Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 238, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 August 1900 — Page 12

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Rejected manuscripts will not be returned unlet postage Is Inclosed for that purpose. Entered as serond-claas matter at Indianapolis, na., postoKlce. : TIIH INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. Can b found at the following places: NEW YOIIK Astor IIou3e and Fifth-avenue Hotel. CHICAGOralmer House, P. O. News Co., 211 Lw-arborn street. CINCINNATI J. R. Hawler &. Co.. 1S4 Vine street. LOUISVILLE C. T. Deerlnsr. northwest corner of Third a-nJ- Jefferson streets, and Louisville ltook Co., 20t Fourth avenue. BT. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot. WASHINGTON. D. C Riss: House. Ebbitt House and WHlard's Hotel. The fact that about J18.000.000 in gold has been shipped to England since Aug. 1 in payment for British war bonds should not make free sllverites exultant. There is still a great abundance- of gold in the country. Mr. Parsons, a recent traveler in China, is inclined to put the population of that country under rather than over 200,000,000. If he is nearly correct, the trade of China is not worth half as much as the general estimate for years. It Is announced that President Seth Low, of .Columbia University, one of the ablest of Eastern independents, will make McKinley speeches In Indiana, Illinois and Ohio. Thus fur General Schurz seems to be the only Independent hostile to the President. The cause of much of the mlsapprehenelon of those who are trying to apply the Declaration of Independence to the Tagals is that they put its signers on an equality with the Filipinos. To those who have not parted with their sense on this sub ject the difference is a very wide one. The mayor of Boston has permitted pub lic speaking from a stand in one of the city malls. Last Sunday a speaker de clared: "I would rather be an assassin than the Governor of this State." Such repression is beyond the limit of freedom of speech, and laws should be made to take cognizance of it as a crime. If the Board of Public Works were sin cere In its retrenchment policy it could find opportunity for cutting off expenditures in other branches of the city's service that would not make it necessary to curtail the number of street lights. Thieves and marauders will hall this cutting off of street lights as a reform for their special benefit. The generous reception and entertain ment given the Cuban teachers in New i'ork, Philadelphia and other Eastern cities cannot fall to have good results. The teachers, over a thousand in number, will return to Cuba with most favorable impressions of this country and people, and will become active propagandists of prolAmcrlcan ideas. The United Council of Building Trades In New York, representing 33,000 members of unions, has so amended the constitution as to abolish the walking delegates and to refer all matters of dispute to arbitration before a strike is ordered. This action is more important because It is the result of a conference with similar organizations In Chicago and other cities In which there L?.ve been strikes. The attention of the managers of Eastern "coal roads has been attracted by the fuel shortage in Europe, and they are taking steps to supply the European markets with American coal. One road now has agents In various places in Europe ne gotiating for piers and docking privileges In anticipation of a heavy coal export busi ness. The situation is unique and shows the readiness of American enterprise to take advantage of new conditions. 2Ir. George Fred Williams, of Massachusetts, who Is now stumping for Bryan in Vermont, attributes the Filipino war to s a desire on the part of capitalists, powerful In the politics of this country, to establish a has of operations for the domination of the Chinese empire with England, la order that these capitalists may be supplied with cheap coolie labor In prospective mills, mines and other plants in China. In the way of fantastic theories which are being made to do campaign service, this caps the climax. The outbreak in Akron, O., was a surprise because it had been a sort of show town in morals. It is really the fountain of the Chautauqua movement a city of churches and schools, consequently this saturnalia of arson and murder was unexpected. In a very moral town there is a multitude of people who are ready for riot and crime when it can be participated in with Impunity. For that reason the ring leaders in all such outbreaks should be vigorously sought out and punished to the limit of the law. Public safety requires it. The secretary of agriculture has wisely determined to investigate the Belgian hare fad, whkh is attracting so much attention. There is a suspicion that the Belgian rabbit may become a nuisance like the English sparrow. Kansas has been paying more than $00.000 a year in bounties for rabbits killed. Up to 1SSS Australia exper.ded J3,OX),000 in the fight to exterminate rabbits. Secretary Wilson sounds a note of warning. The hare, harmless in captivity, may be an irrepressible nuisance when wild and the conditions are favorable. A dlsyatch from an Ohio city gives an account of a literal representation of the prodigal son and the fatted calf at a Methcfi'st camp meeting. While the preacher t:j tjeakieg of the parable, a youns man

wearing rags rushed wildly Into the audi enc . shoutI should j 8tarve wnll(

houting: "Why should I starve while there Is enough In my father's house and to spare?" lie was met by a man and woman representing his parents, led to the pulpit, where he was stripped of his rags and put Into a new suit of clothes. A fat calf was then killed and roasted within twenty feet of the pulpit. While the roast ing was proceeding the audience "sang songs amid great shouting." The roasting completed, "the calf was sliced and salted, and big chunks of the meat with bread were handed to hundreds who accepted." Thus it appears that there will always be those who imagine they can present truth more effectually than the author of Christianity, but churches under the direction of bishops should prevent such sensationalism as is here related. GRAVITY OF THE CHINESE ruonLEM. The modern civilized world has never been brought face to face with so serious a problem as the situation in China now forces upon It. The allied powers now hold the capital, even the "forbidden city." They have rescued the foreigners in Pek ing and they may be able to do so in other parts of the empire, but they have not reached the ruling dynasty, nor have they been able to communicate with Its members. It is probable that, having begun a war to expel foreigners and western civili zation, the present rulers will continue to hold aloof from the allies. All the In formation given the world by European travelers and residents respecting China and Its people seems of little value. Even the population of the empire is not known within tens of millions. The estimates within a few years have ranged from Ai nsu AAA . . A A n AtY Cu'f fWl In rnpint times, while the latest estimate is 130,000,000. Even those who have studied the Chinese at home cannot agree upon their possibili ties when western civilization shall be forced upon them. One writer within a brief period gives a glowing prophecy of the vastness of the markets which modern civilization will open, while another alarms . . . . a . A I us with predictions mat me competi tion of the Chinese, when once the masters of modern machinery, will bring ruin to America. The world has been led to believe that the Chinese millions are apathetic and docile, and will readily submit to new conditions. This view has been generally accepted since the war between Japan and China and the yielding of territory to European nations without a struggle. Indeed,, modern nations had come to the conclusion that China was inhabited by many millions of people so passive that outsiders could do with them as they might wish. Consequently, land-greedy nations proposed to break up the empire and take the pieces, while private corporations have secured from compliant rulers concessions for railroads and other industries which are a part or modern civilization. The energy displayed by foreigners in the building of railroads and the undertaking of enterprises which the Chinese do not regard with favor seems to have inspired national sentiment In a people which was believed to be devoid of the sentiment of nationality and patriotism, and aroused hostility to the civilization of the "white devil3." It is not the religion of the missionary that the Chinese are in arms against, because the missionary Jias been in China a long time. Indeed, the Chinese have no religion beyond a few vague superstitions. It is the more positive and aggressive civilization of modern nations, with railroads, factories and machinery, that has aroused and apparently united the Chinese against these Innovations. China's hundreds of thousands of carriers see in the railroad their ruin, and the hundreds of thousands of hand workers in their homes see displacement and starvation in the forerunners - of the factory system with machinery, for which they are unfitted after generations of skillful hand work have made them mere machines. All classes of Chinese, the more Intelligent as well as the ignorant and superstitious, see nothing but their effacement in the aggressive civilization of Europe. The Emperor, who looked with favor upon the new civilization a few years ago and took steps to introduce it, was deposed and killed. His successor, while pretending to be friendly to foreigners and desirous of protecting them, is at the head of the movement against the invasion of China by modern ideas. In short, the movement is national. The Chinese desire to be rid of foreigners and their civilization. Instead of asking them to withdraw, the Chinese made the mistake of adopting the policy of assassination. The result of that policy is that Peking Is In the hands of the allies. The result of a request to be let alone would probably have been war and the partition of the empire. Would the governments now represented by the allies in China have heeded the request of the Chinese that foreigners withdraw and that the country be closed to the outside world? Nearly fifty years ago the United States forced Japan to open Its ports to the outside world. Would this country r.ow repudiate the precedent established by the administrations of Pierce and Buchanan, or would deference be given to the now much talked of consent of the governed? Will the allies say to China, our civilization is much better for you than that you now have, and you have no right to close your ports to the commerce of the world? If China resists, violating treaties which have sometimes been wrested from Its rulers, will that violation be regarded as cause for Invasion and the setting up of a government with modern tendencies or the partition of the country among European governments? The United State would retire upon the safe delivery of its citizens, the payment of indemnity for the losses of American citizens and the cost of the present invasion to protect American citizens; but suppose the Chinese authorities will not comply with these requirements, what will our government do? It is easy to say that the allies can place some liberal prince on the throne of China and sustain him, but this would be most difficult. At the outset the allies might not be able to agree upon a policy; but if they did and should put a man at the head of the government, they would find it most difficult to compel the Chinese In the dif ferent provinces hostile to foreign Influence to recognize the Emperor. At best these provinces have never been held very closely to the central power, the Viceroys In many cases being well-nigh independent rulers. Many, other obstacles to the solution of

the Chinese problem could be stated, but these are sufficient to show that the situation Involves grave and momentous questions. THE ART OF LOAFING. The summer Is nearly gone, and most persons who take an annual vacation have already done so, but the outing season still includes September. - According to the calendar September Is a fall month, but in this latitude we sometimes have our warmest weather in, that month, though this Is not apt to be the case when any previous month shows as high a heat record as August does this year. Yet, there are good arguments In favor of September as an outing month. If it is tedious waiting till then there is the advantage of generally good weather, and the benefit acquired so late in the season is not quickly lost and Is

good capital with which to begin the winter's work. This is only one of many, things to be considered , with reference to the growing practice of annual vacations and how to get the most good out of them. It is pleasant to observe that the number of persons who recognize the importance of such a vacation and the number of liberal employers who allow their employes a week or two "with pay" is steadily Increasing. Almost everybody now recognizes that any person engaged in sedentary or confining employment can do more and better work one year with another, if he or she takes two weeks every year for rest. Universal recognition of this fact would add materially to the sum total of happiness and comfort without detracting from aggregate production. A professional man of "this city, now a little past middle age and a hard worker, said a few days ago: "I am working right straight along through the summer and stand it first rate. I never worked to better advantage than I am do ing now, and I am not tired, either." This man Is not wise. He can stand that sort of steady grind now because he has not yet passed his prime and does not realize the load ho is carrying, but he is running up a bill that he will have to pay later. He is overdrawing his account of reserve strength and will have to make it good sometime. What does it profit a man to devote a week or two once in a year to work which should .be' taken for vacation if, in a few years, he have to take months for rest instead of weeks? An essential part of the enjoyment of a vacation is a knowledge of the art of loaf ing. All the other conditions may be favor able, as time, place, weather, company, etc., but unless one understands the art oi loaung ne or sne cannot ruiiy enjoy a vacation. In its broad sense this means ät 1 Ä .... . the facility of completely forgetting business, of dismissing all care and worry, of ceasing to think about the things left be hind, and of giving oneself up entirely and unreservedly to new environments and occupations. The more these differ from the old ones the better, and it is especially im portant that they be free from all conven tlonality. The art of loafing does not con sist with etiquette, form or society. In its highest development it is an attribute of savagery. The true loafer is the Indian who floats or paddles along a lake or river. oblivious. of time, without any engagements to keep or objective point to make. Ignorant of the day of the month, forgetful of the past and careless of the future, indifferent whether school keeps Hor not, concerned only about the next meal, and not much about that, slightly clad, not too clean. but in perfect harmony with nature and himself o That is the perfection of loafing. but a "Civilized person can hardly expect to attain it. The most the latter can do is to become perfectly Indifferent for the time being to personal appearances, and get as near to nature and savagery as circumstances will permit. By so doing he will get as far away as possible from the reminiscences of civilized employments and get out of his vacation the greatest good lor the greatest number, which in this case is number one. This sort of loafing cannot be done at seaside resorts, at fashionable watering places, or even at less pretentious places where conventionality still asserts itself under some difficulties at meal times and In the evening. The conditions which make it possible can only be found in the heart of some forest region or some out-of the-way place where nature and human nature still retain a large degree of their original . primltiveness anti where dirt is deemed a badge of friendliness. A touch of that kind of comradeship makes the whole world kin. It is under such condi tions that the art of loafing, which is in danger of becoming a lost art among elvi llzed people, asserts its universal dominance and reaches Its highest development. A RACE TItAIT. Mrs. Booker T. Washington, who has gained a reputation hardly second to that of her distinguished husband, disagreed with other speakers at a gathering of colored women's clubs in "Detroit last week. They had expressed the opinion that prejudice against their race was growing. She said she believed that prejudice, in the South, at least, was on the decrease. "The real difficulty is," she continued, "that a few years ago we were a much more light-hearted race, did not expect much, and were easily satisfied. Now we are becoming educated and more serious. Education has given us finer feelings and we are more sensitive. We know our affronts and resent them." If what she says is the fact it is a new illustration of the truth of the saying that Ignorance is bliss. No one who takes serious thought on the subject can do otherwise than approve of the education and general enlightenment of the negroes; they cannot agree that it is folly to be wise; whatever elevates them mentally or morally, or gives them manual training improves their condition and is bet ter for the community but to say that education tairc j away their light-heartedness thl3 is a serious indictment, Mrs. Washington evidently does not regard the matter as a misfortune, but it certainly belongs In that category. Light-heartedness and gayety have been distinguishing characteristics of the blacks, both of the South and the North, and are usually more strongly marked in individuals according as the complexion is nearer to the genuine African hue. The greater the admixture of white blood the greater the restlessness and discontent, as a rule. If she had said that mulattoes were made more sensitive and more serious by education it would not be surprising, but to say that as a race the negroes are losing their gayety is disquieting. To some extent, of course, their inherited tendency to Irresponsibility, growing -out of generations of bondage, has encouraged the disposition to gayety, for one who will not take the world and

its cares seriously must Inevitably be light

of heart; but most people have believed that the negro's good humor and cheer fulness were Inherent traits not likely to be entirely lost under any circumstances. It Is the beaming good humor and light spirits which to the majority bf white men and women are the distinctive at tractions of the negroes. They af e'deflclent In these qualities themselves, but are not the less able to appreciate them In others, and they have liked the colored people because they possessed such attributes In good measure. When education has done its perfect work, according to Mrs. Wash ington, the negro will be accomplished, he will be quite able to take care of himself, and white men will respect him accordingly, but he will no longer be joyous and jocund, and that will be a great pity. But, with all her opportunities for observation, perhaps this lady is wrong In her conclusions, and, the gayety will remain as a race trait. Let us hope so. WOMEN' AND POLITICS. American women are not In politics, that Is, not as a rule. There are, of course, exceptions. Out In Kansas, for instance. there is always at least one woman who makes party speeches, usually of the Populist variety, it must be said, and who is spoken of with more or less respect as a "leader." Further west, where women have the ballot, one is every now and then a candidate for office and is elected. Also, there are women who want to vote and who agitate the subject In season and out All these together, however, make but a limited number. For the most part American women, as before stated, take no active part in political proceedings. They have an interest in tho campaigns; oh, yes. At the present moment" there is none of the apathy in feminine circles of which party leaders complain as existing among the voters. The women "take sides" ardently; they don't- know, the dear souls. exactly what the issues are. "Imperialism" la a vague term, they speak hesitatingly about trusts, while, as for "sound money. of course that is coin. They do not turn cut in large numbers to political meetings, but they will go any time to look at a torchlight parade and will urge their "men folks" to participate. They get deeply ex cited as election draws near, and grow highly indignant at any one who ventures to predict the success of the other can didate. They are positive, "perfectly cer tain," of the election of their own favor ite, though seldom having enough confidence 'in their convictions to back them with the smallest wager. They will hang Hags' out and wear badges and sit up late cn election night to hear the returns, and will cherish the delusion that they are nothing less than accomplished politicians and patriots, while, as a matter of fact. they are only playing around the edges. English women, now, are "in politics" much deeper than our women. They do not vote, to be sure, but they do electioneer, . . ' and such work is expected of them, especially when they have near relatives who are "standing for" Parliament or, other office. The work they do is of more than one sort; it may be clerical, for there is much correspondence to look after, literature to send out, etc., and there is no organization or "machine" there, as here. to look after such things. The woman may appear upon the platform" and " urge the voters to what sho considers their duty, or she may assume the older or more feminine role of direct personal persuasion. Whatever she undertakes she does it with all her might, and her influence is a distinct element In the election. As a part of her campaign she has a "political costume," and this feature will attract the attention of her American sisters. She may make the costume in such style as she pleases, but it must be of tho "colors of the candidate or party for which she Is working. Sometimes these colors, being chosen for other than aesthetic reasons, are very crude, and it is difficult to contrive anything with them that will not make a fright of the wearer, but special costumes are important and are becoming, it is said by a correspondent, more and more indispensable. When it once dawns on American women that clothes and politics have an intimate connection, their interest In the subject may be increased and they may be Inclined to more active participation. It might. In fact, be the part of wisdom for Mrs. Catt and her cohorts to dwell upon the influence of clothes in polltics and the duty of women to elevate party life by drapery effects. Once women are convinced of their duty they will do it. The institution of a replevin suit to recover possession of a set of the original bird paintings by Audubon, the celebrated ornithologist, illustrates tho complications of real life. The pictures were found in a pawn shop, and their value is placed at $1,500. If they are originals they must nave a fancy value. They were the result of al most a lifetime of assiduous work by Audu bon, and their publication made him famous In Europe and America. Ills work entitled "The Birds of America" was published In numbers, each containing five plates, drawn and colored by hand. The whole book con sisted of four folio volumes of plates, and It was sold by subscription at $1,000 per copy. The entire cost of the work ex ceeded $100,000, the first volume being issued in London in 1S30 and the last in 1S39. The letter-pres3 to accompany the plates was subsequently published in five volumes. The plates are now exceedingly rare, most of the few remaining copies being found In public or college libraries, which obtained them many years ago. Audubon lived several years in Louisville, and after wards at Hendersonville, Ky., and his bird hunting excursions often led him through the hills of southern Indiana. His colored plates of birds have never been surpassed. The "Hoosier Club," of Des Moines, la.. held a picnic In a grove near that city the other day, and the members, all trans planted Indianians, of course. Indulged in praises of their former home and related pleasant reminiscences of their life In this State. Before adjournment they elected as officers for the coming year: John I. Dille, president; J. S. Clarke, secretary and treas urer; Rev. Joseph Layton. chaplain; E. A. Nye, Tacitus Hussey, S. J. Cope, J. W. Haya and Samuel Compton, executive com mittee. A good mihy ex-llooslers are scat tered about through the Western States, and their loyalty to the old home is al ways conspicuous. New England has set the fashion of having an "old home week In which, to welcome Its residents back. It might be well for Indiana to follow the example and extend an invitation to

Its former citizens to visit their former

places of residence and receive greeting. It must be gratifying to Americans 'to know that the European press is full of praise for the gallant American soldiers who have taken part in the relief of the Peking legations. From the beginning of the outbreak until the stars and stripes were placed on . the battlements of the imperial palace our soldiers were in the front, doing the best service. These gallant soldiers were seasoned by active service in the Philippines, actual experience and advantage which no other of the troops of the allies had. But these brave men, for whom "every European nationality has unstinted admiration, have their detractors. Those are Americans, very little Americans, who, as correspondents from the Philippines, charge them with killing prisoners of war and needlessly shooting Tagals. New Orleans papers condole with the North on the continuance of Its hot wave, and indulge in scientific speculation as to Its probable cause, extending at the same time a cordial invitation to the sufferers to come down there where the temperature is not so high, and where at least the nights are cool. This sort of condolence may be well meant, but is not soothing. We like to think that it is hotter in the South than here; there Is a degree of satisfaction in reflecting that other people are a trifle more uncomfortable than we are, and to be told flatly that they are not is very trying, and has a tendency to send the temperature up. The New Orleans papers should be more considerate. One of the significant features of the census figures is the growth of a class of what are sometimes called the smaller cities In the middle West. Columhus, O., shows a gain of 42.41 per cent, during the past ten years; Toledo, a gain of 61.SS per cent., and Indianapolis of C0.44 per cent. There has been no particular boom In these cities, but manufacturers have found them more desirable locations for business than some of the larger cities. WThile the resi dents of these cities can be congratulated upon such marked growth, it should not be forgotten that the country round about for miles is as great a gainer by such ad ditions to the army of consumers of its products. Versatility Is one of the gifts that Boston admires in Its clergymen, and It has one with a local reputation for the "tactful and reviving way in which he conducts a funeral service, while his success at a dinner party Is equally marked." Young men ambitious to enter the ministry should make note of the varied qualifications required of them and consider well whether or not they can meet all demands. BUBBLES IN THE AIR. Another Specimen. The AVay of Women. She When Emeline and I met, after thirteen years' separation, we were speechless. He Of course; each was thinking how the other had aged. He sits, and stews, and blames the heat' 1 1 -' -Slings bad words simple and concrete; " You offer aid, as man to manHe says, "Oh, no, I never fan." The Individual Power Plant. Democrat Bryan our master mind is opposed to imperialism. Republican Yes, so I've noted; but only in bulk; he dotes on It in small personal lots. A Coup D'Etnt in Features. What Is a Populist, par 'Well, Bobby, a Topulist Is a politician wha thinks that wearing long whiskers will keep people from noticing that he hasn't got a high forehead." The Congeniality of the Impossible. Mrs. Gewgaw Did you see much of Pauline Glmcrack at the seashore, Portia? Miss Gewgaw No, mamma; we were not to gether at all. We get on all right, you know, but we can't stand each other's friends. Society Crazy Fntchvrork. Elanohe Was Mrs. Gewgaw'a garden party a Lilian No; It seemed to me more of a "tagend" party. Blanche A "tag-end" party? Lilian Yes; a lot of people who were Invitei only because a lot of other people wouldn't como. Footnotes. We rpend money judiciously; other people fool ishly fritter It away. If you are not the Iceman In hot weather be glad you are not the postman. Plain living may conduce to high thinking; high living conduces to no thinking at all. At a picnic a perfect lady always keeps her gloves on and lets the other women unpack the baskets. While Sirius rages don't hurry unless you are sure the people in whose behalf you hurry aro good pay. The sun may be throwing on extra volts this reason in the vain hope that men will find it too hot to fight. People who take kodak pictures on Sunday generally feel an right if they snap a few pic turesque churches. Get what you want as you go along; many lost treasures in life are the things we have promised ourselves to get as we came back. IITERABY NOTES. . "To Have and to Hold" was published about Feb. 13 last, and has now passed the quarter-minion mane Mr. Julian Ralph, who is now in London recovering rrom an illness contracted In South Africa, is writing his second novel, dealing with American life. In commenting on Ellen Glasgow's "Voice of the People" a London critic says: "Like careful in workmanship than the average English work of fiction." Gilbert Parker has lately completed the first novel he has written in more than two years. It is called "The Lane that has no Turning," and, like so much of Mr. Park er s work, it deals with life in Quebec. The recent assertion by the Critic that Princesf Henry of Pless, daughter of Mrs. Cornwallls ' West, is the author of "Eliza beth and Her German Garden is denied. The author is said to be a lady of German birth. Miss Wilkins will in September have ready for the press her story of life in a "Shoe Town" under modern industrial conditions, the completion of which story she deferred last winter in Order to write "The Heart's Highway" and a number of short stories. Miss Helen Hay, daughter of the secretary of state, haf two volumes in press. One, a collection of verses for children, is to be called "The Little Boy Book." the other, entitled "Beasts and Birds." con tains a series of drawings by Frank Verbeck, a verse by Miss Hay accompanying each one. The dramatization of popular novels seems to be a feature of the coming theatrical season. That managers are-keen for material for good plays Is indicated'by the tact that the publishers of the Century have already received applications for dramatic rights In "The Helmet of Navarre," of which only the first installment has been printed. Queen Victoria, it would seem, is a collector of old manuscripts referring to Windsor and the neighborhood. Frank Murray, the Leicester bookseller, has just sold such a manuscript to her IXoJcrty

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Mr. Ttooley On -the Jegro 'Problem.

By FIN LEY iCopyright, 19C0. by Robert Howard Russell.! "What's goln to happen to th' naygur?" asked Mr. Hennessy. "Well." said Mr. Dooley. "he'll uyther have to go to th North, an' be a subjtck race, or stay In th South an be an objlck lesson. 'Tis a har-rd time he'll have, annyhow I'm net sure that I'd not as lave be glntly lynched in Mississippi as baten to death in New York. If I was a black man I'd choose th cotton belt In prlfrinoc to th belt on th' neck fr'm th polisman's club. I wild so. "I'm not so much throubled about th naygur whin he lives among his opprissors as I am whin he falls into th hands lv his liberators. Whin he's in th South he can make up his mind to be lynched soon or late, an give his attintlon to his other pleasures lv composln rag-time music on a banjo an wurrukln' f'r th man that used to own him an now on'y owes him his wages. But 'tis th dlvvle's own hardship f'r a coon to step out lv th' rooms iv th S'ciety fr th Brotherhood iv Ma-an. where he's been r-readin a pome on th 'Future iv th Moke, an be pursooed be a mob lv abolitionists till he's driven to seek polls protection, which, Hinnissy, is th polite name fr fracture iv th' skull. "I was fr Mhrikln' off th shackles Iv tu slave, me la-ad. 'Twas thrue I didn't vote f'r it, beinthat I heerd Stephen A. Douglas say 'twas onconstltootlonal, an' m thlm days I wud go to th' flure with anny ma-an f'r th' contltoot:on. I'm still with it, but not so sthrong. It's movin too fast f'r me. But no mather. Annyhow, I was f'r makin th black ma-an free, an, though I shtud be th South as a spoortln proposition I was kind iv glad in me. heart whin Gln'ral Ulyss S. Grant bate Gin ral Lee, an th rest lv th' Union officers captured Jiff Davis. I says to mrsllf, 'Now,' I says, 'th' coon'll have a chanst fr his life,' says I, 'an' in due time we may injye bim, I says. "An sure enough It looked good f'r awhile, an' th time come whin th ocras'nal dollar bill that wint acrost this bar on pay night wasn't good money onless it had th name iv a naygur on It. In thim days they was a young la-ad a frind iv wan iv th' Donohue . boys that wint to th puVllc school up beyant, an he was as bright ä la-ad as ye'd want to see In a day's walk. The larnln' iv that la-ad wud sind Father Kelly back to his grammar. He cud spell to make a hare iv th' hedge schoolmasther, he was as quick at figures as th" iddycated pig they showed in th tint las' week in Haley's vacant lot, an' in joggerpby, astronomy, algybberä, jommethry, chimlsthry, physiöjnomy, bassoophly an' fractions I was often har-rd put mesllf to puzzle him. I heerd him gradyooate, an his composition was so fine very few cud make out what he meant. "I met him on th sthreet wan day af ther he got out iv school. 'What ar-re ye goin to do f'r ye'ersilf, Snowball,' says I his name was Andrew Jackson George Wash'ntoh Amerlcus Caslateras Beresford Vanilla Hicks, but I called him 'Snowball, him beln as black as a coal, d'ye see I says to him: 'What ar-re ye goin to do f'r ye'ersilf?' I says. 'I'm goin' to enther th' profission lv law,' he says, 'where be me acooman an Industhry I hope, he says, 'f'r to rise to be a judge,.' he says, 'a congrlssman,' he says, 'a slnltor,' he says, 'an' p'rhaps,' he says, 'a Prisidint iv th United States,' he says. 'Theyse nawthln to prevint, he says. 'Divvie a thing,' says I. 'Whin we made ye free, says I, 'we opened up all these opporchunltles to ye, says I. 'Go on, -says I, 'an' enjye th' wealth an' for $125. It Is nearly C00 years old, and Is altogether a quaintly set out page in the records of Windsor. The manuscript turned up in a casual way. Mr. Allen says in his London literary letter: "Quantities of new novels are promised for the autumn season, many of them being written by men and women who usually write what is worth reading. But whether they really see the light this autumn depends not so much on the publishers as on Prince Tuan and the dowager Empress, and no one can yet guess what they will do." One of the most notable literary achievements made by women is the first translation Into English of the extremely difficult Pall work, "Dhamma-Sanganl," by Mrs. Caroline A. F. David Rhys. The book belongs to the fourth century before Christ, and is a sort of handbook of Buddhistic psychology and ethics. King Kassapa V of Ceylon valued It so highly that he had It engraved on golden plates adorned with jewels. - The eminent German novelist, Paul Hejrse, declares in a recent magazine article that he considers iTimself fortunate in posesssing the faculty of forgetting his stories soon after he has written them. This leaves his brain free for new impressions and fancies. He has a great aversion to reading over his tories after they have appeared in print. Many of them are based on personal experiences, and the plot of one, "Frau Marchesa." was suggested to him In a dream. He began his literary career as a poet, and destroyed hi3 earliest stories. Mr. Claude Wetmore's clever novel. "Sweepers of the Sea," Is beginning to attract attention. One reviewer says of it: "Mr. Wetmore has a good deal of the genius of Jules Verne, and can make the Improbable Feem the actual, while he never trenches into the country of the lmpossi bl! as so many fiction writers who are not content to confine themselves to our own planet, are apt to do. His descriptions of the fight with the British fleet and of the cyclone off the Brazils, show powers of description of a high order. In fact, 'Sweepers of the Sea comes Into the class of important fiction, and as such will be received and read by a discriminating public." VY1Ö1JUJ31 vr OUIVIVJ. XXUiiui. Men are generally kind when women look their best. Bequeathed. A man sometimes bears things better to know that others are bearing the same things. The Meloon Farm. The simple gift of wholesome laughter, often the best as often the only remedy for so many discomforts and absurdities in life. The Ittlgn of Law. I do not think there Is a sight in the world that annoys a woman more than the sight of a man who Is not master of his house and in his house. Bequeathed. To be a woman, to be in love, to have the artistic temperament it would take God himself to predict what a human being would do under those circumstances,"! wouidn t it7 I he Meicon ! arm. Should mankind be destroyed, the last thing to disappear would probably be hut man vanity, which, like the grin of the Cheshire cat in "Alice." would linger after the race was gone. Love in a Cloud. Why, for instance, a dozen books, if you come to that? Why more than one, borrowed from the free library around the corner? You cannot read two at a time, and as for the storage, read the one properly, and there it is, stored forever Inside. It is the senseless craving for "furniture and effects" that "keeps us all slaves." No. 5 John StreetTragical suffering is the sublime privilege of deep natures. The Reign of Law. It is the men who remember how they lived 'and loved and suffered during their former incarnations that paint pictures and carve ctctuss and tins conns; arid the men

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position conferred on ye be th consticootlon I says. 'On'y,' I says, 'don't toofree.' I says'. 'Th freedom lv th likes iv ye Is a good thing an' a little iv it g" s a long way. I says. 'An' lv I iver hear lv ye bein Prisidint iv th United Stat".s I says. Til take me whitewashing away fr m ye'er father, ye excelsior hair, ponchr.'-r eyed, proJiny lv tar 1 sa'?. rr me Arg'.oSaxon fcelin was sthror.g in thlm rf.iy. "Well, I used to hear iv him afthr that defindln' coons In th polls coort, an' n;w an thin bein' mintioned among th' sc.ittherin in Raypubiican county con-vinti.-ny, an thin he dhrorped out iv sight. 'Twas years befure I see him again. Wan day I was walkln' up tb levee smokin a good tin eint seegar whin a coon wearln a suit Iv clothes that looked like a stained glass window in th house iv a Dutch brwtr an a pop bottle In th' fr-ront iv his hlrt, steps up to me an' he says: 'Hod 'd'ye do, Mlstah Dooley,' says he. 'Don't ye know ir.e Mistah HIcksr he says. 'Snowball?' says I. 'Step inside this dure way,' says 1, lest Clancy, th' polisman cn th corner take me Tr a octoroon, I says. 'What ar-rc- ye doIn ?' says I. 'How did ye enjye th prlsldincey? says I. Ho laughed an tol' me th' story iv his life. He wint to practiMn law an' found his on'y clients was coons an they had no assets but their vote at th prim'ry. Besides a warrant f r a moke was th same as a letther iv introduction to th warden iv th' pinitinchry. Th' on'ly thing left f'r th lawyer to do was to move Tr a new thrile an afther he'd got two or thne he thought ol things was th best an ye do well to lave bad enough alone. He pot so sick iv chicken he cudden't live on his fees an he quit th law an whit into journalism. He r-run Th Col-, a failure. ored Suppllmint' but it was th taste iv th public lanin mote to quadhroon publications, an' no ma-an that owned a rcsthrant or thcaytrc or dhry goods store'd put in an adver-tiscmint f'r fear th subscrlbers'd see it an cone ar-roimd. Thin he attimpted to go i.Uo pollytics, an th best he cud get was carryin a bucket lv wather f'r a Lincoln club. He thrled to larn a thrade an found th on'y place a naygur can lam a thrade is in prison, an he can't wurruk at that without commitin burglary. He started to take up subscriptions f'r a sthrugglln' church an found th profisslon was overcrowded. 'Fin'ly,' says he, "twas up to me to 1m? a porther In a saloon or go Into th on'y business,' he says, 'in which me race has a chanst, he sayr. 'What's that? fays I. 'Craps,' says he. 'I've opened a palachul imporylum. he says, 'where. he say?, twud please me very much, he say?, ma ol Abolitionist fri'nd,' he says, 'if ye'd dhrop In some day, he says, 'an' I'll roll th' sweet, white bones f'r ye, he say?. ' TIs th' hope iv me people he says. Ve have an even chanst at ivry other puroot,' he says, 'but 'tis on'y In craps we have a shade th' best iv It, he says. . "So there ye ar-re, Hinnissy. An what's it goin to come to. eays ye?. Faith, I don't know an' th naygurs den't know, an' lc hlvins I think if th lady that wrote th piece we used to see at th Halsted-sthret t Opry House come back to earth she wudden't know. I used to be all -broke up about Uncle Tom, but cud I give him a job tlndln bar in this here, liquor store? I freed th slave, Hinnlssy, but, fali, I think 'twas like tur-rnin him out iv a panthry into a cellar. "Well, they've got to take their chances," said Mr. Hennessy. "Ye can't do anything more f'r thlm than make thim free. "Ye can't," said Mr. Dooley, "but whin we tell thim they're free they know we're on'y sthrlngin' thlm." who forget everything but this pre?nt world that make fortunes and cat dinners and govern States. The Farrlngdons. ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. A Protestant Episcopal church in Philadelphia has elected three women as members of Its vestry, one of the number be;ng accounting warden as well. Sarah Bernhardt says that the wearing of diamonds destroys the best expression of the face, dims the fire of the eyes and makes the teeth look like chalk. Second Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee was born a deaf mute, learning the use of the organ of speech Vy artificial methods, and mastered the art of lipreading. Later in life he came to h-ar partially. Before starting on hU vacation recently Judge Oliver H. Horton, of Chicago, sent to the bureau of charities ll.fy'O street car tickets and.l,(KO steamboat tickets to le used in giving poor children of the city a day's pleasure. Congressman Julius Kahn, of California, is the only member of the national legislature who was ever a professional art or. He played at different times with r.dwin Booth, Joseph Jefferson. Tomaso Salvii.l, W. J. Florence and Clara Morris. The widowed Queen Margherlta of Italy, who intended to settle at Turin, h:is yh-hl'A to the entreaties of her son and her daughter-in-law and will take un her reMdonrG in Rome. The news was received v2th great joy, as she is adored bv the P.omaa population. A telegraph lino from Syria to Htdjas is contemplated. This will give access to that portion of Arabia, thus bringing "Meeca ar.l iueuina into communication with the w:Ul. The line will follow the old pHrim-u; route to Mohammed's shrine at Mecca. The total length of the line Is said to bo i-:i mlle3. . . . Lord Roberts never learned the art of dictating his dispatches and to this day ?mS t0 Vite them out witD h ow hin !- His writing is. moreover, so verv bad that it can be read only by his aid. to r."e lot it consequently falls to "translate" thf orders into characters more rea.liiv Jtcipherable. Prince Oscar Bcrnadotte, King Or car's second son, recently returned home fr. m his tour of inquiry into the welfare of iv Laplanders. Twice a year he-make th!s trip, accompanied by a clergyman of t:. Lutheran Church, and carries c:i an active religious propaganda within the Arctic clrcl;. Count Leo Tolstoi denied the othtr !:.y the recently published btatement that he had been asked to visit the Cniverty of Chicago by Dr. Harper, its pres.iu.-nt. I am, he said, "getting too old to travel f.tr. but I must add that it is one of my great, .-t regrets that I never had an opportutitv e Ktudy properly the splendid Republic of the United States." A Jewish o.Tflcer with the German fores in China claim; to have rediscovered t! e tribe of Jews native to China whe v.r first found several centuries ago. Th-y constitute a small and dwindling community at Kalfengnu. the capital of the j :,,vince of Hönau, where the hlsh priests say their people have bet n tattled for years. They have the Jewish features ar. I retain the form of vorhhip thev brought with them from Israel through lVri;i a:;J India, but In every cthvr way are Ch;iu?e. TSTnn n'3 fteraDAiTiin.I r.Uht-I-orm.n Ana afternoon and nicht nd nhut! IV. 1 1,4e: make thi f-rer.. ?n ublline. if ; n,.n rsalm. th! nUht. & xrarr. Ana lime is conquerrd, en J thy cron U w.o. R. SU Th rrratest height of loneUn-is and I vi is nt To stand alone ani lock ahtad Uroh rv..'.if years. Cut lde ry aide to Uve with en ho n know The turden of your slltnee. ycur grtf of uatears. Crz-rra Eacca rat nr. in IUrpr.