Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 July 1900 — Page 4

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of the Chinees comftate Department ou*ht of pride to everr American Long before there was thought trouble, when the powers wers out for territory, Secretary Hay to inducing all the power* to* to China to pledge themselves to the maintenance of the policy. Little wae made of at the time, but It wae great piece of work. For Great Britain bad been endeavupbold this policy, and suagestK would be wise for America to with her In that effort. Evidently of iucceee. she apparently the »pbere-of-lnfluence thecontented, Impliedly at leaet, to * partition of the ancient emr d only she were allowed to fare share of the epolls. Yet wltbte, without an alliance, without nding the pride of the Cbinese, withany ehow of force. Secretary Hay, ply by making the request, got all the ft power* of Europe committed to ofren*door policy- , the present crisis, this same states I has shown jn«r# common sense, sanand political sagacity than all the W men who have dealt with It. It is to his wisdom, moderation and cour- , that this nation has taken the lead. I it la juet the nation that should » the lead, for it has no selAsh interl to serve, and no territorial amblWe have been prompt to act for relief of those In peril, not only Ing ships and soldiers to China, endeavoring to enlist the Chinese side. Our Oovemmcnt ts the only has revealed a well-settled pulI When the statesmen of Europe floundering In uncertainly. BecreHay sent to all the great European * note outlining the policy of verntnrnt. which was at once aoin. and which was practically for the statement made by tho Minister for Foreign Affairs now the whole world Is assured, in plain ataiement. made yesterday, our policy ts unchanged, and that >1 be adhered to. It Is announced our Government, while doing Its to prevent crime and establish a government, "will, under no drees, Join In the partition of Chlong the powers,'' and that It "will its influence to the utmost exihort of war with European nato prevent the dismemberment of Inese empire." m to us that this Is & policy of a groat and enlightened naThere is no talk of vengeance — ly of Just punishment for crimes ted—and no nuggeation of a wish t by the preeent dlstressiitg situChina is assured that we have no to destroy her government, and tion to make war on it. On the hand, we are solemnly-pledged to utmost to preserve the integrity empire, to refrain from Joining In tion, and to^exert our influence the greedy hands that are now after territory. Every right have is honestly and bravely as1 there need be no fears that ts of the country will suffer, r Government, speaking to the of the world, recognises that It ion* to the people of China will fearlessly discharge. We that this frank and emphatic decof our purpose* — correct as -will have a wholesome effect politics. It Is something to t there is one great power now to China, whoee policy is not in grab territory wherever poswhlch will not use events to such selfish alms and ambitions. Hag ha* spoken the needed I It la much to hi* credit, as to the credit of the people whom U, that, to spite of the dreadthat have come from Pekin, immenjt still stands by the enand civilised policy proclaimed world, before the report* of the Pekin massacre had reached Ug

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AN INDEPENDENT TICKET.' Tori Evening Po*t is out for lent ticket to be put in the ferably by the gold Democrats, lent In favor of this courae la But there are. nevertheless, to be considered, and some It *e*ms to ua. the Poet overWe have no quarrel with any gold that find* it impossible to supand that proposes to stay the polls on election day. But nevertkeleaa, that there ts 1 choice ottered —a choice between 1 you will, but still a choice. Ad- ! Mr. Bryan s honesty and ability kind — It seems to us *>>»t be a great mistake to intrust power. He represents a party lost practically all Us conservit. The great and trusted i of the organisation — men like Carlisle. Lindsay. Caffery, Vilas — ars almost all out of Bryan would he compelled to his adviser* from the Altgelds, Tillmans. Townes. Shively*. SulsTarvtos of the party. No other lid ba available. Moreover, whole tendency I* toward

there I* a distinct

does not lead to tho another embarrassing fanter that must he reckoned wKh. If we know anything of the gold Democrat* to this region. It will be wholly impossible to frame a platform on which their party could unite that would meet the demands of the aaO-tmperiaJleta, or of the Post and these who think with H. They are not Jingoes. Indeed, many of them regret the acquisition of Porto Bice and the Ph&ipptoea They ecetatoed the Hawaiian policy of President OerreUndBut they have poetttveJy no sympathy with the Edward Atkinson school of potttte*. They are convinced that Porto Rico and Hawaii are ours forever, and that wa shai; have to govern the Phtlipptnes. probably for many years- They would not favor an abandonment of the islands. And to them the Bryan scheme of a protectorate over an independent Philippine government •seme fanciful and fantastic. Nor are they greatly alarmed over the so-called imperialistic tendencies of the administration. And we doubt whether they would vote for a ticket of their own on a platform that seemed to squint to the direction of Edward Atktoeontem. The men who will come here from the East nest Wednesday will have no difficulty in finding out the truth. There la a strong feeling here that Eastern people are unnecessarily alarmed. And pny attempt to comndt the gold Democratic party to tho extreme antl-imperlailet view wtU. we believe, be resented and resisted. Here, then, hi a very serious obstacle. Another one ts the unwillingness of our gold Democrats to do anything that might contribute to the election of Bryan. They may be the victims of an illusion, but the work that to them seems most Important Is, not the creation of a new party, but the re-creation and regeneration of the old Democratic party. That wae the motive that prompted them four years ago. To accomplish that result they would be willing to do anything not inconsistent with the welfare of the country. As we view the situation they can moat certainly accomplish that object, and at the same time save-tbe country from misfortune, by defeating Bryan, and overthrowing the influences that are now paramount in the Democratic party. Thus the question le not so simple as some of the advocates of an independent nomination would have us believe. The election of Bryan is not the main evil to be ifrevented. The greater evil Which threatens Is the permanent enthronement of Bryanlsm In the councils of the Democratic party. And w# warn those who are so urgent for independent political action that they will have to take the chance, not of four years of Bryan, but of a generation of Bryanlsm. And that surely ought to give us pause. Especially ought It to sober those Democrats who believe In the old Democratic Ideas and Ideals, and who hate and despise the recent developments. It Is not a question of giving the voters a candidate “whom," as the Post says, "patriotic Americans could both vote for and speak for, and be proud of" — though that would be very delightful — but of doing cne's duty under very trying circumstances. and of manfully using the only available weapon — Ineffective at It may bo — in a fight against both present

and future evils.

It aeran* to ua that these con

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THE INFLUENCE OF BOOKS. The influence of books is an enormous factor In tho life of every educated roan; an Influence that can not be measured or weighed or set down In exact terms. Here stand the well Ailed book shelves and If the collection has been long In tho making you can read pretty clearly, aa you cast your eye over the books, your own biography. i;p In the corner one will find a volume or two of Maryat: ’ Midshipman Easy." perhaps, or * Peter Simple," and you remember how when schoolboy cares beset you, you were wont to And a shady spot and revel In the delights of the old eea-storlee. Perhaps the man who ha* these memories was delighting, last night, in Boswell's "Johnson"; In the “Diary of Pepye," or In such eolld mental food as "Marcus Aurelius," and he amllee aa he thinks how his taste In books has grown and expanded since the days when "Maryat” was a favorite. And yet, when you go to take down the old, schoolboy book, needing the shelf-room, you light on some familiar passage, and. at cnce a thousand tender associations and recollections arise, and the old volume goes back to the place it has won a right to

through age.

There are books, of course, whose Influence has been felt by a whole country or an entire generation; such books for instance (to name two typical instances) as "Unds Tom s Cabin" and 'Tom Brown’s School Days." Bom* of these books live on because their spirit Is vital and strong and because they carry a message to the generation to which we belong as well as to that of our fathers. Other of these hooks are dead, or nearly so. because their appeal was special, and it 1* hard for us to understand why or how our fathers and our grandfathers appreciated or enjoyed them. The books that appealed to us in days gone by may he of no very great merit to themselves, their appeal lay in some fortunate note which Struck a responsive chord in our natures and which, even through all the cares and troubles of later life, ha?

never been forgotten.

To those who in youth or early manhood know Don Quixote, Sancho Pansa Tom Strap, Partridge, RatUtn the Reef er, the three musketeers, the heroes e G. P. R. James, the brave crowd tha peopled Cooper's novels; Charles O'Mai ley and all the gallant troop of that ilk how glorious to look along the shelve and see the book* they live In etandir. there; veritable caskets that hold mo

of what was

by. How the meanness of some hoc villain we remember arms us again: viclouenees; how the Joy of knowir what some book hero did prevails upe ua to emulate him I Waa It not a delta! for every boy to think of King Arth

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a* among ua can not even yet. ail that we read to later year*, beeam* of the strength and the happt-

neaa of ear boyish faith.

Walter Beaast declares that there 1* no time of life at which books do not influence ns, and Joseph Parker. teOs ns that most men are happily able to point to aome two or three booh* that have been their lifelong friends, and he adds: "Any hook* which Influence mo must ho more than paper and Ink. They must

abound to suggeetlveness-"

It 1* probably true that to every man’s 1 Ilf* there I* one book which stand* preeminent; perhaps it wa* the first book given him by his mother; perhaps it came tote hi* possession at a time when his •pul hungered for some particular message, and the book brought It; perhaps It suggested to a man to youth his j career to Ufa; perhaps It came to him to middle life, filled with fond memories of the dear, dead day*. What aa Influence such a book has on the life of a man! It may be taken for granted, we think, that the influence of hooks is almost always salutary. The evil that is to some books usually passes by and Is forgotten; the good remains. Books art true friends. They are never cold or forma!; piqued or offended; one may leave them to themselves for months; they welcome one back with unabated cheerfulness, with message unimpaired. They may be sold to the second-hand dealer, burned, borrowed or stolen, but they can never be wholly forgotten; their Influence la In-

sidious, but lasting.

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to own up that U was wrong, and ctm* to the Council begging to be helped. The denial by the Council will put the administration to no worse plight than it already confesses It is In. But It wtU hurt and embarrass the city, and that is the consideration which should now have greatest weight with the CotmetL

Mr. Bryan Would employ troops, too. when occasion arises. In the last analysis, there Is probably little difference between his "Imperialism" and that of McKinley. Mow that the bwfldtng Inspector is enjoying the public applause that has followed his display of seal in preserving the streets from further encroachment by greedy builders, can be not bring himself to court more favor by actually doing something with tbs smoke nuisance? He has talked bravely several times shout what be was going to do. But has he done anything?

The Boxers are said to have enormous supplies of ammunition, and to be equipped with the most modern and efficient weapons. The fact conveys Its own commentary.

The Boxers are violating all ring rules. French soldier* fled before a bayonet charge of Chinese! Shades of Napoleon Bonaparte!

The State Department might call scoop.

It was Abraham Lincoln that made the wise remark about the folly of swapping horses when crossing a stream. We suspect that that saying will occur to a great many people In the present campaign.

In ths face of the Chinese trouble we are forgetting that there Is a political campaign. Ths Kentucky Democrats yesterday nominated Mr. Beckham as their candidate for Governor, and adopted a platform the chief features of which are its enthusiastic Indorsement of the Kansas City pronouncement, and Its demand for the amendment of the Goebel election law, and for the representation of the Republican party on both St&te and county boards of election commissioners. The rest of the platform is mostly devoted to denunciation — much of it deserved — oithe lawlessness of the Republicans. But it ought not to be forgotten that the Democrats showed a keener desire to get the offices than to deal fairly with the election returns. The Republican candidates wers elected by the people to an election which was at least as fair aa the average election. But the quarrel Is one that the people of Kentucky will have to settle for themselves. State Issues seem to be a good deal more "paramount" In Kentucky than is Imperialism or silver.

The effort which the Populists will make to raise money by an endless chain is but another of their endless schemes.

The part which the Louisville A Nashville railroad took In the last Kentucky campaign indicates that corporations can not enter politics with resulting good to politic*.

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It seems to us that the Republic;:-

our.dlmen may fairly be charged with precious la the ^ go T>« ut Politics.” f they refuse promptly

o authorise the proposed tempora; a*n. Wc can not epe what political ad outage they can hope to gain by sue; course. It will not be the admtnistrs on that they "put to & hole" so muc> s the city. The administration is alrcadj i-credited and humiliated. With a gree how of economy It pretended, for cam

Ths great powers of ths world act sa though they were completely stunned by the Chinese uprising. Here they were proceeding on the assumption that China waa a helpless derelict, with which they could do as they pleased; that she could be Insulted and robbed with Impunity; that without so much as saying by your leave a port could be approprlatsl here and a province Invaded there; that if they chose they could virtually, without striking a blow, divide up her territory among themselves and despoil her of power and sovereignty. And lo! while they were nursing this pleasant dream, the Chinese have gradually been waxing more and more indignant at the outrage to which their country was being subjected till at last they have risen In blind and tndiscrlmlnating fury against Western civilization. And the powers taken completely by surprise do not know as yet Juat what course to take. The only government with clear Idea or definite purpose In ths premises is our own. It will be weeks. It Is said, before ths allies are ready for & forward movement. It will take them that time to determine who shall assume command.

Mr. Rockhill, who has been appointed a special envoy to China to report on the condition of affairs to the Stats Department, spent many years at Pekin as secretary of the American legation. He speaks the language, is thoroughly conversant with Chinese ways and modes of thought, and Is the author of a very Interesting book on China. He will doubtless be able to gain for our Government much valuable Information.

The work of running railroads through Chinese graveyards has been suspended.

A pretty Important question for the Republicans is. What la going to be don* with Neely, Rath bone & Co.? Suppose It be granted that Nealy Is the chief rjscal and that he has got to be tried, virtually by Judge latcombe before he can be sent back to Cuba, and that may taka no knowing how long, what I* to hinder some action at once In the case of Ra-tbbone? Is his magnificent appropriation of Cuban postofflee funds for gorgeous furniture of his "palace," for splendid equipage and liveried outriders, for lavish entertainments and all the rest, to pass unpunished?

There Is said to be plenty of grain In India, but it Is held at such a high price that It Is beyond the reach of the people. Verily, business has no soul

It.is a colossal and perhaps impossible undertaking, but Americans will not rest content until some heroic efforts are made to relieve ths prisoners In Pekin. We have for so many years held in contempt the Chinese armies that It Is hard to realise that our own and the European forces are now held in check by Mongolians, while our people are being murdered almost within gunshot distance of relief parties.

The Populist* confidently expect the short wheat crop In the northwest to assist them materially In that section.

If the dispatch received by the State Department, yesterday, waa really from Mr. Conger and waa of so late a date as July 11. It will be a matter of infinite regret that the powers have not put forth grevter efforts to reach Pekin with a leeculng force. For two or three weeks It Ua* been assumed that it was already too late to save the lives of the Europeans and 'that, therefore. It was not worth while to press forward to Pekin until ample resources were at hand. Of course, it is difficult, at this distance, to know how serious the obstacles In the nay of an advance may be. The fate of Admiral Seymour's column proved that they were formidable But if the poweis had been willing, as soon as the danger to the legations became known, to let Japan act with a free hand, or had invited Japan so to act, it would seem that an adequate force could have been p-R in the field long before this which mighf have been well on the way t > Pekin, It not already before the gates. It Is not at all unlikely that the trial of Caleb Powers will have an Important ffect on the result in Kentucky this fall. Mr. Weolley says he Is not the leader if a forlorn hope. What to his name .’or it?

MEN AND WOMEN. J. Plerpont Morgan, while & student at the English high school in Boston, took the mathematics prise for three years In succession. Montagu White, one of the Boer envoys to this country, has a brother who fought against the Boers. He Is a lieutenant In the Btrathcona Horse. Justice Brewer told a Topeka man the other day that he was happy because, he said, he was "just starting for a resort in Vermont where I can wear one gallus. no collar and roll up my pants." Marshall Owen Roberts, who became a naturalized British subject a few days ago, is a son of the late Marshall Owen Roberts, of New York, a mining king, who died In 1S80, leaving an estate valued at 18,000,000. M. De Lanessan. French Minister of Marine, has issued an edict permitting the engineers of the fleet the honor of epaulets and swords, thereby admitting them to the rank ofl combatants, which had hitherto been denied them. Our minister to Brazil. Mr. Charles Page Bryan, must hereafter believe in the theory that "there to a destiny which shapes our ends." He ardently desired the Chinese mission, and, indeed, he had been nominated for that honor, and the transference was a keen disappointment to him.—Buffalo Commercial. Major Llewellan. of the rough riders, was recently operated upon for append!-, cttls, and the surgeons discovered two big bullets while they were carving him. When he revived from the anaesthetics they showed them to* their patient, who calmly observed; "There are two more In there somewhere; did you see anything of them?” The Marquis of Northampton expresses the opinion that the religious education of the Boers has been Imperfect, as all their quotations are from the Old Testament. At a meeting of the Society for the Spread of the Gospel at Earl's Barton he said that after the war It would be the duty of the Church of England to spread the gospel among them. A Bulgarian journalist, named Sangoff, recently wrote an article In & Sofia paper on the subject of the relation of the nose to character. After discussing the various shapes, he came to the conclusion that persons with long noses axe often bad characters. The public prosecutor regarded this as a case of the lease majeste. because Prince Ferdinand has a long nose. Bangoff was arrested, tried and sentenced to three days' imprisonment. The excellent style of the resolutions adopted by the Democratic national convention betrays the hand of an experienced journalist. We learn that, with the exception of the three unimportant planks on c. labor department, irrigation of arid '.ands and Chinese exclusion, the paragraph declaring imperialism the paramount issue, and a few verbal amendments by Mr. Bryan, the platform was the work of Mr. Charles H. Jones, formerly editor of the Florida Times-Union, and later of the St. Louis Republic.—New York Post. -

HENRY U. JOHNSON.

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The d&r te loac. m3 the day !• hard. We are tired cf the n-arch ted Of keeping ptaerd. Thwd ef the sense of a to be wey. Of ders to lire Ummgb aad ot week to be

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Tired ef on selves sad of beta* elans.

And an toe while, did we only •**. We walk to toe land s own eaespnar:

We fight, bwt ’tt* He who nerve* our era; He turns tbe arrows wMch Otoe might harm. And eat of toe warns He brisg* a calm. The work which we cocat *e bard to Aw

He stokes tt easy, fw Be work*, tee;

The <tor» that are leas to Bv« are His.

A bit of Hie bright eternities. Aad chwe to oar need His hetpiag t*.

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dared to

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Ccoildge.

Unafraid.

Out of the Bight that ccrrem me. Black as the ptt. froao pole to pole, I thank whatever* *od* may be For my nm imaiiwebl* soMI n tbs etreng etreee of etreumwaaoe I have not winced nor cried eioud; Under toe bludgeoning* of Chance My head is bloody, hat unbowed! Beyond this vale of wrath and tears. Looms op the horror of the shade; And ye*, the menace of the years Finds, and shall find ms. unafraid! It matter* not how straight tho get#— How charged with punlshmeats the eeroll; 1 am toe master of my fate— 1 mu to* Henley. SCRAPS. Great Britain baa LOOflOQB domestic servants. . t . There are 11,000 Quakers in the United Kingdom. The lord mayor of London wears a badge of office which contains diamonds valued at £12C.S)i). The population of Europe Is SSl.OOO.OOO. an Increase of 71.000,000 since 1839. or an annual increase of about 1,000,000. In the United States last year one passenger was killed for every 2.189.00 carried. and one injured for every 151 .We car-

ried.

Last year the graduates of professional schools numbered 16,448, of whom 5,597 were doctors, 3,0® lawyers, and 1.073 clergymen. Freddio—Why does a runaway automobile cut up such capers? Cobwigger— Because, my boy, it hasn't any horsesense—Judge. The question of having female factory inspectors Is being discussed In Switzerland. and the measure is advocated by the owner* of factories. A young man In Auburn, Me., to play a Joke on his barber, paid him thirty-five old-fashioned cents Later the barber sold one of the coins for 835. At the present time the United Bt&tea has more warship tonnage under construction than ever before in the history

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Under the circumstances Minister Wu will forgive us if, In some quarters, there remains some doubt as to the authenticity of that dispatch.

The announcement that Henry Underwood Johnson, late Republican Representative In Congress from the Sixth Indiana district, would support Bryan in the present presidential campaign is no surprise to Republicans, and It is quite certain hia defection will have no appreciable effect in the section where he is best known.—Newcastle Press (Rep.). Former Congressman Henry u. Johnson, of the "Old Burnt district." has announced he will take the stump for Bryan on the Imperialism Issue. In the last Congress he was one of the strongest orators. H!s presence In Indiana will aid materially on the stump. With Frank Burke and Johnson canvassing the State, the Republicans will know they are having a fight.—Evansville Courier (Dem.). Henry U. Johnson has found his leveL It is unfortunate that so many politicians who can not have their way finally go back on what, was really best in their record out of mere spite. Mr. Johnson had several tilts with the administration during the closing days of bis congressional career. He could not have his own way. He soured on the conduct of national affairs, and the Republicans of the Sixth district very properly retired him to private life.—Anderson Herald (Rep.). So the Hoa. Henry U. Johnson has renounced the Republican party and cast Y.s fate with the Democracy; a second Webster Davis as it were. We presume .he Republican party will not be sertrusly affected, sot even experience a ipple. over the Hon. Mr. Johnsoa’s aeion- The real fact is the Republican irty Is much better off with men like Johnson and Davis out of U. The party 3 becoming more and more an orgasixalon composed of the nation s most tubtan tial men. Johnson and Davis, of ourse. are not In this class.—South Bend .Tribune (Rep.).

of the country in time of peace, f A well-known economist has out that out of ninety-eight chlei

tlonal industries in a given year only twenty-nine gave men work three hun-

dred days in the year.

London has a larger commerce than any other city in the world. Liverpool comes next, and Hamburg probably ranks third, although Antwerp closely

approaches her.

Military tailors and accoutrement makers In England have made so much money out of the Boer war that It Is preposed to ask them to contribute 850,000 to

8100,000 to the army relief fund.

A Missouri woman has sued her divorced husband for 83,000, which she alleged she has expended in providing food, lodging, clothing and schooling for his four children since he abandoned her

and left the children to her care.

Experiments recently made In England have shown that the soli contains normally specific organisms which are destructive to the typhoid bacillus. If these organisms could be Identified they might

be used to combat typhoid fever.

According to the statistics collected by the Bureau of Education, Kansas has the largest percentage of children In public schools, being 27.86 out of every 100, while Louisiana has only 13.64. West Virginia and Utah follow very closely after Kan-

sas.

In a Northampton (Mass.) paint shop the other day a bolt of lightning struck the roof of the building and flying to the room where Mr. Bouchier was painting a window, set It afire without at all Injuring the painter, who put the fire, out with nls brush. Boston has a floating hospital, which makes a dally trip down the harbor with a number or sick women and children. Some of the patients are taken by the day only, but the more seriously afflicted are permitted to remain on the vessel constantly until cured. Australia has had & controversy over the right of members of Parliament to take service In the army, which recalls the case of General Wheeler. In the Australian case the seat of a member who went to South Africa as a corporal was promptly declared vacant. The Livery Stable, a weekly paper, printed in New York, charges the tight check-rein and the docked horse to "heartless woman,” and adds that If "ladles will refuse to drive behind docked horses and tight check-reins" both abominations will soon disappear. "What we want to do." said one of the benighted nation’s wise old men, "is to get civilized." “I know," answered the chief, "but how shall we go about It?” "Well, I suppose the first step Is to quit killing people by hand and learn to use machinery. —Washington Stax. A despondent New Yorker spent his last cent in paying his fare to Coney Island, intending to jump off the pier and drown himself. He -was so cheered by the sights of gay Coney that he walked all the way back, spent the night In one of the parks, got a Job next day and is now happy. The Japanese government, through an agent, has Juat made very large purchases of shoes, cloth and iron for the Japanese army, in St. Louis, Mo. Said the agent: "Our men will wear American shoes and boots into China and when they reach Pekin will hang American shirts on the walls to dry." The people of the southern Appalachian mountains number about 2,000,WO, their descent being from the Scotch-Irish, French Huguenots, English, and Gerrrutris. They have been in these mountains since long before the revolution. They love their homes, and mingle but little with the outside world. Business is booming in Severance, Kas. The editor of the News in that place, after calling attention to "the vast press of advertising In our columns," adds: "No room for politics this week. Will simply announce that Bryan and Stevenson were nominated by the Democrats for President and Vice-President." The docks of London cover a great area. The Victoria dock, opened In 1S65, measures 3,000 by 1,060 feet. The Royal Albert, connecting with It, and completed in 1880, Is 6,500 feet long and 490 feet wide. The two, with their locks, constitute a chain almost three miles long, across one of the great horseehoe bends in the lower Thames In the new regulations for the navigation of the Suez canal, which have Just been promulgated, is a provision that no vessel shall pass through the canal unless It has an electric searchlight capable of lighting the channel 1,400 yards ahead and also electric lights capable of Illuminating an area of 240 yards around the vessel. The time has passed when any old clothes that a traveler might possess were accounted good enough for an ocean voyage. Indeed, tbe dressing of passengers on some ocean liners has recently become so elaborate that persons looking for ease and informality are alarmed at the rapidity with which tbe former Ideas on this subject are chang-

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For a number of weeks past there has been a constantly Increasing stream of Roumanian Hebrews passing through Vienna. in parties of from fifty to ore hundred. It Is said that the majority of these wretched folk are on their way to Canada, where they Intend to settle as laborers. Thousands of them have been compelled to desert their homes by a steady persecution which made It absolutely Impossible for them to earn a livelihood. The philanthropic young woman who gave up a summer at Newport to conduct a home for poor children In the country had to encounter one of the difficulties that Invariably attend such enterprises. Such city visitors are never welcomed by residents of the towns selected, and every possible means of sending them somewhere else Is usually tried before the country towns submit to their presence. The philanthropic persons who organize these summer diversions for the children of tbe poor always find the question of site their greatest difficulty. It Is from the families which contain small children that these protests usually come.—New York Sun.

CASE AND COMMENT. Ob* of tbe leading religious papers of the country commends several of the baccalaureate addresses delivered this year because of their deep spiritual tone, and _ „ . uses them to reinforce Kcilgi#! tbe argument that true culture grows out of Christianity and depend* on it The point Is important, for it is beyond doubt true that there has of recent yean been a reaction against materialism, and a growing realisation that the thing* of tbs spirit can not effectively be dealt with by the scientific method- And, in truth, there Is a large and Important realm that lies outside of. not above, the world of so-called fact and reason. Love, faith, hope, trust, the craving for Immortality. spiritual aspiration — these things are as much a part of man aa are his five sanae*. And sound education makes much of them at the preeent time. But it may be well, sometimes, to think of culture and Christianity from another point of view, and, after admitting that culture must be Christian, to insist, that Christianity should be cultured. It the relation between them la a* do** as now seems to be thought. It must he that culture affects—or should affect— Christianity perhaps as much a* Christianity affects culture. The words are great words, and It is Impossible to define either of them In such a way aa to satisfy everyone. But this is not necessary. It ts enough to know that for the present purpose the word culture I* used In its stricter and narrower sense. The quslity implies, of course, a kindly And gentle nature, teaming, an acquaintance with the beet thought of the world, and many graces of character that need not be specified. But It also implies refinement and polish, and It la these subordinate characteristics which ought to be associated with Christianity more than tbey are. About the greater qualities there will, of course, be no dispute But U sometimes seems as though good Christian people show all the vulgarity they possess In the way In which they deal with the sacred things of their faith. Surely It ought not to be so. Christianity Is the finest and most delicate flower that ever blossomed In this world. It exhales an Ideal purity, and breathes an Ineffable charm. It has Inspired the greatest art that mankind has known. Noble prose, poetry, majestic and tender, selfobliterating service, heroic sacrifice have all flowed from this bountiful source of truth and beauty. We do not think of this as much a* we should. We all of us tend to look on Christianity aa something devised to save men from hell, and frequently regard it—though none of ue would admit this—as made by man, and to be interpreted by him as best suits' bis own narrow. and often vulgar taste*. Bo we have coarse and sensational sermons, silly and childish hymns without a touch of either poetry or spirituality in them, t'ulgar "shows" given "for the beneflt" of some church, and prayers that would be an insult if addressed to a human being. All this has an effect on character which is obvious and deplorable. There is ah almost entire lack of reserve in dealing with sacred things. We do not sufficiently guard our own personality or respect that of others. Surely a men who is a gentleman at all in the true and high sense, ought to show bis gentlemanly qualities in his religious life. Little it anything is ever gained by vulgarizing or brutalising religion. It is a high and holy thing, and it ought to develop the very best qualities in men—courage, humanity, faith, a self-respeotlng reserve. a deep, and often silent, reverence for sacred things, and a true culture and refinement. Good taste is not religion, but It may well be a part of It.

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For all things true and noble? Life Is great By living greatly. So on# growe not old. But always innocent and young hie life. And alwaya he can triumph over Fate This column is not designed to be political, but there are occasionally political questions that It seems necessary to

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in its political life. And any one who baa a fairly close relation to the political machines on either side must, at times, feel somewhat despondent. But it Is not Intended now to go Into details, further than to point out the fact that, with a great Increase in independent voting and thinking, there has oome a greater machine despotism. The conventions of ths two great parties were merely registering bodies. But with tbe degradation of politics—which, it may be believed, is only temporary—has come an increasing talk about morality. Tbe people are passionately assured by Mr. Bryan that his cause is based on fundamental morality, and throughout his long campaign, which has lasted for four years, the moral argument has been a favorite with blm. On tbe other side, we hear a great deal about God, duty, national honor, destiny and trusteeship. Is it to be inferred that as people think less about righteousness and act less righteously, tbey com* to talk more about righteousness? There is authority for this view, and It also has reason to support it. Men have always been in the habit of appealing to God when they were not quite sure of themselves or their cause. And they tend to lay the heaviest stress on morality and right-dealing in their talk at those times when they show the least familiarity with them in their action. But now, as always, the promise is, not to the sayer, but to the doer. And. viewing the matter from the purely human side, it is encouraging to believe that the people are much less easily deceived than ever before, and that they are severer— and possibly more cynical judges.

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