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COMMANDER M'CREA'S ATTITUDE. Doubtlaai there are precedenu for moat of tha thtnsa done by Commander McOea In protecting foreign Intereata tn Haiti, but eome of bis actions seem to Indicate a purpose on the part of our Government to exercise a larger measure of control over the affairs of the South and Central American power#. He waa undoubtedly tight In refusing to recognise the blockade established by the revolutionary government If, as he says, and as seems to have been admitted by Its abandonment, It was Ineffective. So. too, he was within his rights when he forbade the bombardment of towns without notice. But he went beyond the usual rule when be refused to recognise the right of the Insurgent government to stop and search merchant vessels of other powers entering the ports, or to allow the cutting of cables or the interruption of lines of communication. In time of war these are things which a belligerent has the right to do; at least belligerents. If they are strong enough, always do them. Yet It Is to be remembered that the Insurgent government has not been recognised, that Its belligerent rights have not even been recognised. And It would bo intolerable if every petty faction that raised Its head In the countries to the south of us were to be Allowed to Interfere with the commerce of the world. At any rate. Commander JdoCrea effectively protected the rights mnd Interests of foreigners in the disturbed territory, and of their governments. And bo did well In so doing. We suggest, however, that there Is no peculiar obligation on this nation to keep Its "wards” in order. Wa are more Interested In doing so than Is any other power, and we are closer at hand, so that the work Is easier for us. But the governments of South and Central America are no more responsible to us than they are to Great Britain and Germany, for Instance, and either of those powers m as good a light to protect Its Inter«ota as we have to protect our Interest® It seems well to Insist on this, for the reason that certain of our own people, and a good many people abroad, seem to feel that the enforcement of the Monroe doctrine by us makes It Impossible for European powers to care for their own Interests on this hemisphere, and so Imposes special obligation on us to maintain order. TVe shall. It is to be hoped, always be willing to do our part, and. If necessary, a little more, but we should be careful about assuming as a duty what Is really a mere favor to the European govarnments whose Interests may be In peril, 'rbe German government seems to understand this, for It thanks Commander McCrea because he "has complied In every Wray with the wishes of the consulate and has most obligingly Interested himself In the defense of the Interests of the German citlrena.”

adroit that without some measure of selfconfidence there can be no success. But we do not, as a rule, stop to consider how gradually and Imperceptibly selfconfldence merges Into egoism, and how difficult It always Is to distinguish between the two. Napoleon, for example, trusted not simply In his star, but In himself. He knew that his presence on the battlefield was worth thoussHids of men. And In the wonderful campaign against the allies when they Invaded France In 1814, the mere rumor of the arrival of the Emperor's carriage on the field was enough to paralyse the enemy. Napoleon knew all this — he could not help knowing. It would have been the merest affectation of modesty for him to have assumed not to know It. So he had sublime confidence in himself. He was both egotistic and egoistic. Everything was viewed by him from the point of view of his own personality. Nor was he economical In the use of the first person singular. All schoolboys will remember the word* spoken by Julius Caesar to the boatman who heeltated to put out Into the deep when there was a storm raging. "Quid times, Cwsarem vehis?" And that superb announcement of his great victory. “Venl. vTdl, vtci," who does not know of that? First person singular all the way through. let we suppose no one will deny the tremendous power and greatness of these two men. Did they owe any of ,t to their egotistic faith In themselves? Much, we think, in every way. To believe In oneself and to make men understand It, helps one to win the faith and confidence of the world. So we think there is a good deal to be said for the first person singular. The President is undoubtedly fond of It — but why should not he be? With the example of Caesar and Bonaparte before us, we need not blush for tha President. It Is true that the excessive use of the first person singular Is not a proof of greatness, but at least It Is not Inconsistent with It.

ployer alone has anything to say In fixing the terms of employment, and that all that the employe has any right to Is the acceptance or rejection of these terms, then it Is difficult to see on what the theory of compulsory arbitration can rest. The right of one to appeal to the law In other troubles rests primarily on Interest. If It be shown that one Is not a party In Interest one Is at once put out of the case. So then If we grant equally to employer and employe the • right to appeal to the law for settlement of a dispute as to employment, we do assume that the employe has an Interest In the employment. This is to modify the theory which hitherto has prevailed that the employer has practically the sola light In fixing the terms of employment.

printed on. Tha editors may say that they can not find good writers. Perhaps that la true. But tf they could they could not get them to write on such subjects aa the editor* *ecm to wish to have handled. We are ah wallowing together In the gulf of commercialism, and are assuming that this Is the best of ages because It has the most ••hustle." The ••still small voice" of real literature is drowned amid the shouting of tha Industrial captains.

INCREASING PERPLEXITY. The Ohio convention condemned all those who sought to repudiate or Ignore Bryan and Bryanlsro, thus putting the ban on the Democrats of Indiana, California, Pennsylvania and Iowa, and reversing the action of their own convention of 1801. And now we have Wisconsin also Ignoring Bryan and Bryanlsm. Just before the adjournment of the Democratic convention ot that State a delegate offered the following resolution: "We, the Democrats of Wisconsin, In convention assembled, reaffirm our all glance to the Democratic parly and Its policy, as enunciated In Its national plat-

form.

It Is hard to see how there could have bean a tamer or loss objectionable indorsement of the Kansas City platform, hut It would not do. At once a point of order was raised against the resolution, and this was followed by a motion t< adjourn, which was carried by a practical ly unanimous vote, there being only two or three “feeble protests." Thus the resolution was not even voted on — It was completely Ignored. So the Wisconsin Democrats have exposed themselves the condemnation of their Ohio brethren. Is the average voter greatly to blame for being somewhat confused by such performances? Indeed, It Is not essy for him to learn what or where the Democratic party is, who are Democrats and who are not. and what is and what is not the Democratic faith. Were the Democratic conventions of Ohio and Wisconsin both Democratltf conventions? Were the Ohio Democratic conventions of ISO! and 1901 both Democratic conventions? Must a man. In order to be a Democrat, follow the lead of Indiana and Iowa and Wisconsin, and Ignore and repudiate Bryan. or must he accept the theory of the Ohio Democrats that all those — IncludIng the conventions of Indiana. Iowa and Wisconsin — who Ignore or repudtats Bryan and Bryanlsm are not Democrats at all? Plainly the situation Is embarrassing. A political party that does not know what It believes can hardly expect the people to believe In It.

REUNITING PRESBYTERIANISM. Two presbyteries In Illinois of the Cumberland Presbyterian church have adopted resolutions 'that the revision of the creed of the main body of the church has opened the way to reunion, and a memorial to the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian church was adopted by one of these presbyterie*. asking that negotiations be opened with a view toward reunion. It would doubtless be a help toward better work by the church and an advancement of the general moral and rellglou* Influences of the time, were all the churches bearing the same general name with a qualifying prefix united. Doubtless the many kinds of Methodist* and Presbyterian*, and other denominations, could In union do better work In every way. Tha Cumberland Presbyterian church took Its rise In 1S01-3, during the religious revival in Kentucky and Tennessee. In that time of great excitement the crowds that came to the camp-meetings were so large that It was found Imposslblo to supply the demand for ministers. The Presbytery of Transylvania, In this emergency, appointed laymen to preach. But their reception was strenuously opposed by some of the clergy, and ordination wae refused them. In 1803 a new presbytety was formed, called the Cumberland: It subsequently received these lay preachers by granting them ordination; at the same time It took on trial as licentiates others of the same qualifications. This action was reviewed by the Synod of Kentucky, its validity denied and a commission appointed to examine the newly-ordained ministers, both as to their attainments and the doctrines that they held. The conclusion of this action was a condemnation of the course of the Cumberland Presbytery. This finding was confirmed by the General Assembly of the church. The Cumberland Presbytery demurred to the decision, withdrew from the Jurisdiction of the General Assembly and 1810 organized the separate and distinct body that since that time has been known as the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Its progress was rapid and successful, and In 1813 It formed a synod and adopted articles of religion and a form of church government. In doctrine It took a middle ground between Calvinism and ArminianIsm, rejecting the doctrine of eternal unconditional election and reprobation and holding to the universality of the atonement and the final conservation of the

saints.

The statistics of the church reported to the General Assembly In May, 1901. show, among other things, 1,586 ministers (besides licentiates and candidates), 2.963 churches. 182,449 members, 104.996 In Sun-day-schools; and church property valued at *4,267,561. The revision of tha ersed of "the Presbyterian Church In the Cnlted States" Indicates how tha way has been opened for a union with the “Cumberland Presbyterian church." It Is to be hoped that no obstacle may arise to the speedy consolidation of these two great bodies.

THE VALUE OF EGOISM.

Tha New Orleans Tlmes-Democrat, as we have already noted, has been at great pains to find how many times the Prestdent has used the capital letter I In his Haw England speeches. And it makes a truly formidable catalogue. Commenting on this In connection with the President’s discussion of the trust question, the Memphis Commercial-Appeal bluntly says: Instead ot speaking definitely on these questions and hitting the center, the President has loaded his megaphone with several rounds of the Brat person singular, and Is discharging It with soporific effect. There can be no doubt that ‘T” la "It." This raise* a vary Interesting question, though It seems to us it Is best to consider It as far as possible impersonally. The question is as to the value of egoism. We know that many of the great men of the world have had the utmoat self-con-Adsnce In themselves; and we most of us

COMPULSORY ARBITRATION THEORY. The demand for a compulsory arbitration law In Pennsylvania may gather additional force from Mr. Baer's refusal to make any concession. Public opinion In that State was already strongly tending that way. Governor Stone is reported ns favoring a special session of the legislature to enact a compulsory arbitration measure. It must not be forgotten that the State already has an excellent arbitration law which has been powerless In the present difficulty because lacking a compulsory clause. As to all such measures It might almost be said that they are needless, because when the two parties to a labor trouble are willing to arbitrate they will find a satisfactory way of doing so whether the State has pro-

vided machinery or not.

But we have hesitated to Introduce compulsory arbitration; and few elements In our society have opposed It more strongly than organised labor. A good deal of this spirit of opposition grew unconsciously, perhaps, out of the old feeling of non-responslblllty of labor, It waa not legally responsible, and there has only been too much action based on this fact, such as the repudiation of contracts and the breaking of agreements. But in recent year* there has come a change In spirit that has Indicated a willingness to live up to contracts; and there has been manifest also greater willingness on the part of labor to submit to arbitration. In the anthracite strike labor has been willing from the first. The operators refuse because they say there

Is nothing to arbitrate.

If we accept the theory that an em-

THE MAGAZINES AND LllERATURE. Two magazine editors, Mr. Page, of the World's Work, and Mr. Alden. of Harper's Monthly, have recently set themselves to answer the question why the magazines are not better. The question Is one of great Interest, but we can not see that either gentleman throws much light on It. Mr. Page, as usual, speaks with great frankness. He says: I should b« tha last man on earth to call even the best of the magazines good. I have had my hand in making — 1 should not undertake to say how many; but 1 have never mads one and have never seen one made that was more than a pile of debris. After making this rather sweeping — and. we think, too sweeping — admission, he goes on to vindicate the editor at the expense of his writers and the public. "The reason," he says, "that you have rubbish In the magazines is because the editors can not get anything belter, and the audience that blames him Is Itself blameworthy." Yet a little later Mr. Page acquits the public when he says that our style Is not good, or at least that It “must become better." The assumption here plainly Is that If our magazines were better written they would please the people more, and would please more people, for If this were not the case our very practical editors would pass the new style by and turn to some hack without any style at all. Thus the fault does not seem to ] be the public, which is represented by Mr. Page, as wanting a better style, which It Is unable to get So we come to the question of style — and to the pathetic struggle of the editors to command better writing. Here It seems to us that Mr. Page mokes the mistake that is so often made of assuming .that our times aro different from any that have gone before send so demand a different style. To be sure of stating bis theory fairly, we give It In his own

words:

sCffectlve style Is changing. The somewhat leisurely style of a generation or two ago pleased the small circle of readers within its reach—a mere little company which by comparison might have been got Into one room, a company who had leisure and who liked to read that kind of writing. Now the great world la forging forward in all its departments of thought as tn all Its Industrial development. and style suited to our lime Is different. The man who would write convincingly or entertainingly of the things of our day and our time must write with more directness, with more clearness,

with greater nervous force.

We say that It Is a mistake to think of our time as essentially different from the periods of the past. We live In an age of expansion and of Intense Intellectual activity on rather a low plane. But the age of Elizabeth was an age of expansion and Intense Intellectual activity. Then even more than now the older order seemed to be breaking down. A religious reformation waa In progress. The character of the monarchy was rapidly changing. The Influence of the people was being more and more felt. Men's minds were Intoxicated with the spirit of travel and adventure. The glories of new and strange j lands beyond sea appealed powerfully to the Imagination'. The great world then, as now. was "forging forward tn all Its departments of thought.” But there was one difference, and that Is whereas all the rush and lift and advance of the Elizabethan age appealed to men's Imagination. they now appeal to our cupidity and our vulgar admiration of wealth and power. And It Is to these latter things that our magazines largely appeal. and to which the men who write for

them are expected to minister.

Take another period — much closer to hand — that leading up to and Including our great civil struggle. There waa nothing "leisurely" about that. It saw the birth of the railroad, the telegraph, and the ocean steamship. The pace of the world was accelerated more then than It has been since. From the stage coach to thirty miles nn hour is a more startling change than from thirty to sixty miles or a hundred miles an hour. Great things, too. were done in the commercial and Industrial world. Yet the "leisurely” writing sufficed for our fathers, and we still love tho delightful triflings of the Elizabethans. So we conclude that It Is easily possible to magnify .he difference between periods. The world is always going anead. and Us motion Is never accommodated to the pace of the slowly moving. And to assume that we must write with "greater nervous force" because the age is Impetuous Is to lose sight of one of the great functions of literature, which Is to operate as a stay and a refuge amid tiis whirling trivialities with which we are so often compelled to concern ourselves. The plain truth, as we see It, Is that the magazines, as far as they are bad. are so because they do not want good writing. They are seeking to usurp the functions of the more sensational newspapers. We have In them accounts of great Industrial enterprises and business strokes, sketches of so-called princes of the business world, stories of Invention — things with which no man who can write would for a moment bother himself. There Is no thought of the possibility ’ of an appeal to the great human spirit, which is much the same from age to age. There can be no good writing unless It be shot through and through with Imagination. And you can not make your imagination work at the task of describing the method used by a great city In dis-

posing of Its garbage.

There are more Intelligent readers than ever before tn the history of the world. But the trouble Is that there are more Ignorant and uncultured readers, too. A great and hitherto non-existent constituency has been discovered, and it Is to this that our publishers and magazine editors mostly appeal. Those who even yet delight In the old leisurely writing and are hungry for more of it are Ignored. What Is desired Is circulation, and so we have silly and Ill-written articles, and books which are not worth the paper they are

LINE THE ROADS WITH TREES. It is a pleasure for The News to note that W. H. Freeman, secretary of the State Forestry will Include In his report a recommendation that the next legislature enact a law encouraging landowners to plant trees along the public roads He has already discussed the proposed law with holdover Senators, and finds them generally favorable. It Is a pleasure to The News to note this, for, as far as it knows, it was the first paper in the country to suggest the Idea. Since then many States have adopted the plan. Our own Slate has lingered long — It will linger but little longer, it !* to be hoped. Secretary Freeman's suggestion ought to have weight and tf he shall supplement It by an active campaign he may Induce the Legislature to act- Both New York and Pennsylvania have such laws. Pennsylvania's law Is to this effect: Anyone who Is liable for road tax, who shall transplant to the side of the public b'ghway on his own premises any fruit, shade or forest tree of suitable else, shall be allowed by the road supervisors in abatement of his road lax 81 for every two trees set out. The roads to which the act applies must run through or adjoin cultivated fields. Trees growing naturally by the side cf such roads shall be allowed for at the same rate. But In no case shall an abatement be allowed for tree planting In excess of a fourth part of the annual road tax. Inasmuch as tha road tax in many townships Is a considerable Item, an abatement ot a fourth Is worth consideration. We trust that Mr. Freeman will gather all Information on the subject and will bring It to the attention of members of the Legislature and have ready a bill which may form the basis of consideration, and, we hope, of faVorable action. Meantime, as we have said before in this connection, If the press of the State, which aids In so many good works, will taka up the subject and keep it up. disseminating Information on It from time to time, as this may be procured, wa shall have a widespread and Intelligent appreciation with which to begin.

No doubt Denmark feels like announcing a mark-down aale on her West India Islands. Mr. Boles may run against Speaker Henderson In the Third congressional district of Iowa Boles — Boise — let's see. that name sounds familiar.

Ws at last have tha truth from' tbs Saturday Review, and It Is peculiarly grateful In that it comes from such an unexpected quarter. In discussing the President's remarks on trusts and the Monoe doctrine, this paper says: German newspapers are perhaps most Irritating to President Roosevelt, and the British press must amuse typical Ameri-

can citizens.

The British press, as far as they are acquainted with It. certainly does amuse American citizens, and of all tha British papers none Is more amusing to “typical American citizens” than the Saturday i Review. Yet It sometimes. In Its blundar1 Ing way, comes nearer the truth than do the papers that are friendly to this country. It Is wrong in arguing that there Is any feeling of hatred In the United States for Great Britain, but It is right tn doubting whether there is any such raptdrous love in this country for Great Britain as that which Is so glowingly and beautifully described by the more sentimental British papers. We do not mean that there Is any of the bitter enmity here that the Saturday Review finds, but simply that our people have their own way of looking at things, their own point of view, and their own problems, and that they do not bother themselves greatly about Great Britain or any other foreign power. Naturally, therefore, they find the British press, whether It be friendly

or hostile, very amusing.

It might not be a bad time, considering the ellver mania In certain quarters, for the present administration to put the gold standard on as firm a basis aa possible. John W. Gates has bought 5,000 acres of land In the Illinois coal belt. Perhaps he Is getting ready, like Mr. Baer, to sell 40 per cent, of the product below cost. But It Isn't at all likely.

An "Indignant dtlsen" yesterday pertinently naked In our columns whether people have any rights In this city that shirt washers are bound to respect. That Is a question that many people have asked, and have asked tn vain. Among the worst offenders In violating the smoke ordinance are snm* of tho laundries. They pour Into the air thick masses of dirty grime as If their object In life were not to promote clean-, lines* but to Increase filth. The laundry In Sixteenth street, of which our correspondent complained, has long been an offense to the neighborhood, both by reason of Its smoking chimney and the nerve-racking din of Its machinery. Borne way It should be compelled to stop polluting the air and to cease Its clangor, or find a new location.

The action of the Ohio and Idaho Democrats does not constitute a very attractive appendix to the Democratic textbook. _ (J _ That was a great mimic battle off Newport last night, but Admiral Higglnson may have made a mistake In disturbing the sleep of the Duchess of Marlborough. Yet perhaps K waa a serenade or a little surprise arranged for her.

Cuba wants Neely to give up the money he took from her. It looks as If Neely might Just as well have been honest. Mr. Schwab Is to r*y 840,000 a year for a flat In New York. If he would go farther out he ought to get quarters cheaper than that. If tha Democrats nominate a "Uterarian” to run againat Mr. Tarkington the situation will be sura to attract the attention of the New York Bun. Considering the tearing around that Senators Platt and Quay are doing In an attempt to settle the anthracite strike. It Is to be hoped that their railroad passes will not be recalled. Usually, everything Is well when Senator Quay goes fishing, and aa he has Just gone on anothes* expedition of this sort, the Inference Is that the coal strike Is to be settled, or that he does not care whether It Is settled or not. Emma Calve, the singer, who was hurled to a Paris pavement and badly hurt while riding a bicycle to reduce her flesh, doubtless had no idea that she could bring It down so quickly-

To the Holy Spirit. In the hour of my itlstrees, When temptations ma oppraaa. And when I my at tv- oonfeaa. Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When 1 lie within my bed, (tick In heart and alck tn head. And with doubta discomforted. Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When the house doth algh ami weep. And the world la drown'd tn eleep. Yet mine eye* the watrh do keep, Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When the paaatng bell doth toll, And the Furtee tn a ahoal Come to frtsht a parting aoul. Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When the tapere now bum blue. Amt the comforters are fe

And that number Sweet Spirit, cot

comfort m

inn

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'•'auae my speech la now decayad.

Sweet Spirit, comfort me!

When, God knowa. I'm tnaaed about,

Rither with daepalr or doubt, Tet before tha claaa be out. Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When the Judgment la reveal'd.

And that open’d which waa aeal'd.

When to thee I have appeal'd. Sweet Spirit, comfort me

l me! —Ho

obert Harrlck.

My Rosary.

Thu* I begin, when I first wake. My soul all conscious of lt» ns^dii. To pray for strength ami for HI* tak*. To follow where my Master lead*. And rently, atep by step. I go. Still copying: Him tn all I do. And never hurried, never «low. 1 try to keep my Lord In view, 1 can not prey, on bended knee. And eo I *ay the Rosary. And when the morninc work It donet And I would pause to pnty or reel. No rest have I In shade or sun. Tet all Is well. He loves me best. I prees along the patient way Of meek obedience with my cross. So tired, perhaps, but who shall nay That following Jesus Is a loss? I can not pray on bended knee. And so I say my Roeary Self-love t* mortified each day. And pride Is trampled In th# dust; And I must work when I would play. Though 1 am neither good nor Juat, The angry passions, unsubdued. The love of ease, the fear of strife. The shrinking from the coaree and rude, Are daily trial* of my life: Yet beat! by bead, dear Lord, for Thee, I try to say my Rosary.

SCRAPS. There have been fewer naturalisations this year than last In New York. Dr. Mesmer. who made the first experiments In mesmerism, is burled at Meersburg, on Lake Constance. Spain holds the record for cheap working of her railways. Only 48 per cent, of the gross earnings are spent In manage-

ment.

The hardest wood Is not ebony, but cocus. It grows In the West Indies, and Is used for making flutes and similar T?tstru-

meats.

The spoon Is very ancient, and manj specimens are In existence that were b> the Egyptians In tho seventeenth

tury, B. C.

withstanding their theoretical o to railways, the Chinese make much use of them when built, and trade Is

meats

The spoon Is very ancient, and many fine mens are In existence that were used Egyptian* In the seventeenth cen-

tury, B. C.

Notwithstanding their theoretical objec-

tions to rallwa; use of them w once improved.

By the rectification of the India and hlbet frontier, which has now been completed, 350 square miles have been added

to British territory

Thibet pleted,

Of twenty-five Presidents of the United

from four Sta

States, seventeen came I In the Union, namely, York, Ohio and Tennessee.

om four Statee Virginia, New

to be erected on

Ilean expedition has foui

suitable site, landing

A lighthouse It Horn. A Chll

the Island a suitable site, streams of srater and plenty A tomb of lapis lazuli has been discoV' ered among several others south of thi Great Pyramid of Gtxeh. There were irony sarcophagi and Inscriptions found

likewise.

Dr. Jager. of sanitary woolens fame, has celebrated his seventieth birthday at Stuttgart. He Is known In Germany as Iter on philosophical and natural hls-

tuttgart

a writer on ph tory subjects.

Dean Bradley, of Westminster, tendered his resignation Immediately after the cortatlon. He Is elghty-one years old and

had held his place r having succeeded De;

tty-on

for twe

Sta:

for the harvest fli

The Canadian pres# looks for immigration from the United Sti

snty-one years,

nley.

Over 8,000 men are reported to left Toronto during three days last

of western Cana looks for a la:

Igra

year. Amo:

of southern Okl of the grass hoi the Wichita India

tent, keep up

lecture to the present

have week ada.

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ates next

ng features the remains rly built by

ndlans, who. to a certain exi their novel mode of archi-

ng the most Interest! uthern Oklahoma are

i l

uses formei

There Is to be limited woman's suffrage naconsln. for the first time, this year, women will vote for school officers. >ther neighboring State* In which like ui's suffrage exists are Iowa, Mlchi-

Mlnnesota and Illinois.

In Wisconsin, for the first time, this 3 and women will vote for school officers. The other neighboring Statee in which like

womai

gan.

Prof. J. Anderson Fitzgerald, who has lust been named by the State Board of Regents as Instructor In Greek at Marshall College, In Huntington, W. Va.. Is perhaps the youngest college professor In the United States. He Is but eighteen

years old.

"Draw a circle one hundred miles In diameter, with Guthrie, O. T. as the and you will mark the most active railroad building section In the

laroeter, with Gutr

enter, and you will mark ctlve railroad building sec

world,” says a railroad contractor. “Within the circle more than 1,000 miles

of road are now being built."

Benevolent Old Man (pointing a moral to village school children)—Now. why do I take all the trouble to leave my house and come over here and speak to you thus? Can a.iy boy tell me? Bright Child (Innocently)—Please, sir. It's because ye like to hear yersel 1 .—London TU-Blts. The corner stone has been laid lit Newport, R. I., of a monumnt to Charles Louis d'Arsac De Ternay, admiral of France, who landed there with French troops In 1780 to aid the young republic. Admiral

the young republic. Adml

De Ternay died shortly after his arrival

burled near where he dtaei

irgentlna received Immigrants her of 80,127 persons who ca

and wa barked. In 1801

to the number of 80,127 persons who came 58,343 from Italy; 18,068 from Spain; 3,788 from France, 2,742 from Austria, 2,159 from Syria, 2.086 from Russia, 836 from Germany, 439 from England, 471 from R01 mania. 363 from Switzerland, 175 fro:

Denmark.

Twenty fins specimens of the fish family, most cf them captured off the coast of Yucatan, wore received at the New York aquarium recently. There were originally thirty, but some of them died on the way up, eight succumbing to a change In the temperature of water In their tank on the

last day of the trip.

Two boys on the training-ship Minneapolis are representatives of both sides of the most merciless feud ever known In the South—the Hatfleld-McCoy war. The lads are Perry McCoy and “Anse" Hatfield. They have buried their hereditary hatred and are fast friends, with

hammocks slung side by side.

Germany la gradually dismantling her old-time fortresaen The old fortifications

of Mainz and of Coloi

down

wh

and no j old to'

took place. 1 have dlsappes are tearing d

old fortll

1 and of Cologne have been torn d now it Is the turn of l.'li

Is the turn of Ulm. in the capitulation of D*i6

f the walls of Metz

ared, and at Thlonvllle they

Vauban’s famous ram-

parts.

Iowa has a law which provides for thi confining of habitual drunkards in tnsam asylums. It Is popularly known ns "thi old toper law,” and Its enforcement is re ported to be having a wonderful effect Many men who for years clung to thi habit of getting drunk regularly have reformed and become more or less useful a

citizens.

A Paris hospital surgeon discovers tha

music Is e. help In healing wounds. The violin Is played close to an injured part, and the vibration of the music hastens Its

jeon

uslc h is mini

be strictly In 1

the nature of the wound.

certain kinds of music have the desired effect, showing to hts mind that the vibrations must be strictly In accordance with

istei

surgeon notes that only f music have the desired

New York city revenues eluded *35.250 from com

1 bequest U _' rom^nri h

equest.

chlses, 319.600 from gas from licenses, 8660 froi

chlses

from licenses, fund (excluslvi same fund In

riaries and wages

renues last year Inmcert licenses. *31,800 , *52,000 from a char-

ailroad fran-

*38,540

the conscience

(exclusive of 125 contributed to This fund In Brooklyn) and unclaimed

, to the amount of *21,-

sali 200.

The late t

used to tell abo ployed on hla

He. had

The late Senator McMillan, of Michigan,

‘ >ut a green Irishman em-

,try pli

e. ha<i a severe attack 1 xd the Senator sent hil

a green Irishman

>untry place near Detroit, s attack of malarial fever enator sent him a box of five-

grain capsules of quinine. Upon the occasion of his next visit to the farm the Senator called on Pat and asked If he received the medicine all right. •'Yes, sor," said Pat, "and It cured me, too, but it was a lot of trouble to dig the medicine out of those Utile shells."—New York

Times.

CASE AND COMMENT

It would nut be difficult to show that the most widely-quoted poetry of the day, excipilng. of course, the work of the recognised poets — and sometimes It Aft and Life seems as though even that need not be excepted — Is that despised type of poetry known as newspaper verse. Perhaps a conclusion can be drawn from this that may not bo wholly without value. Whatever newspaper poetry tray not be. It ts aa a rule aggressively concrete. It usually deals with real people and events, and people and events of a contemporaneous Interest. Often It Is not good, and never, of course. Is It tha best, but It does. In a measure, touch with the glow of romance and beauty things of which people are at the rime thinking. This Is true of the work of Mr. Stanton, of tne Atlanta Constitution, and of Mr. Neeblt, of the Baltimore American. One of tho best noema of the year — though little attention seems to have been paid to It —Is Mr. Nesblt’s Decoration day poem. In which he described the blending of the Blue and the Gray. But whether good or bad. It seems to be clear that many of our newspaper singers have got a firm grip on the hearts of the men of their day. We believe that people generally like tho concrete. Metaphysical abstractions, languid rahpsodlsIng over the flower# of the field, decadent Incantations to one's own soul, and mere artistic beauty without anything else, do not, as a general thing, appeal to the great masses of the people. What men, sometimes even the best of them, want Is to see art In harness, even though the art be of a singularly low and Imperfect kind. It has always been so. The popular poems of the great writers have been of the same type, though Infinitely above the humble newspaper verse*. We ride with Tennyson and the Six Hundred "Into the valley of death." or with Browning along the road from Ghent to Alx; we fight with Homer about the beaked ships which line the shores of windy Troy, we carouse — tn a modest, shamefaced way, It Is true — with Falstaff. and we drink our Falernlnn wine with Horace under the shadow of Soracte. Always It Is the concrete that appeals to us. It Is so in politic*. Men weary of the transcendeniallsts in statecraft, of the talker* about reform, and of the mere propheslers and promiser*. But they follow enthusiastically a man like Grant or Lincoln. who somehow manages to get things done We see the same law Operating In religion. The great churches and the great religious teachers are those that stand for something positive and definite, and who accept the Impossible rather than attempt to refine and explain It away. Llttrature — whether poetry or prose — that merely puzzles can not win the love and praise of men who are struggling with very real and grievous problems. They want to be helped, and If, as Arnold says, poetry Is to be a “stay,” it must contribute something to clearing the human situation. It must come down from the clouds and sojourn with men. Nor need It be less great. The man who ran make It easy for the people to see romance In the ordinary and trivial affairs of daily life pet forms a real service to his fellow*. Lowell, Longfellow, Whittier and Holmes, understood this. And though some of their more "timely” poems may fail of Immortality because they were timely, they none the less were real poems, and performed a great and beneficent work. The sinking of the frigate Cumberland in Hampton roads, for Instance. was quite as dramatic an event aa tho losa of the Royal George or the last fight of the Revenge. Any Influence or tendency that operates to divorce art from Ufa must be deprecated and resisted. We do not need any more newspaper poetry than we now have. But we do need to have all our poetry brought Into closer and more direct contact with the life that we all know. <&• It would seem at the present time that It Is rather fashionable than otherwise to be known as a prophet. Of course. It Is true that there has Prnnhetc baen a **eat change rmpnci». In tha conception of New and Old the prophetic office. We most of us nowadays are disposed to accept as a prophet any man who so calls himself, or who holds himself or allows himself to be held out as a prophet. There Is a tendency to look for the prophetic tn what is obscure, strange and sometimes even repellent. Many a man who begins his work quite simply, and without a thought of any serious purpose. Is Immensely flattered when a few silly people pretend to find great things In it, and Is not at all unwilling to assume the garb of the prophet. But it was not always thus. In the old days the prophet was called In such an unmistakable manner that he had no doubt whatever of his mission. And It was always a mission of Importance. Often there was a struggle by the man to escape from the responsibility that was laid on him. It was so wltn Moses, and with many of the others. Indeed. in many cases the prophets were most unpopular men. We read the prediction that a time shall come when he that prophesies shall be thrust through with a sword, and that “It shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed everyone of hla vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive; but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am u husbandman: for man hath taught me to keep cattle from my youth." "Never.” writes Browning, “dares the man put off thr p-ophet.” The word'was prophetic of what was to come rather than descriptive of what was passed. Yet properly understood. perhaps, It may apply to the past. Foe the prophets of old did not dare to "put off the prophet,” though they would often have liked to do so. Now they would not hesitate to drop the role if they chose, but they are unwilling to do so. because they find It pleasant. It Is remarkable that the great men who have blessed the earth have rarely come to lb for the purpose of furthering any special cause. The Old Testament heroes strove simply to bring a recreant people back to God, to make them see things ns they were, and to recognize the supremacy of the great law of righteousness. They wore reformers, to be sure, but what they sought to accomplish was the reform and the regeneration of the heart of humanity. They had no elaborate social theories, no political schemes, am! certainly they never showed any undue reliance on the law. It was simply, "return unto Me, and I will return unto you." Thus they differed In many Important particulars from the men and women of to-day, who are trying so hard to make over the world. They were called, they were conscious of the call, they rather shrank from than courted It. and when they accepted It, It was as a "burden." The old model Is a good one to follow. All men are called in one way or another. But the fact that a man undertakes any special piece of work Is not of itself evidence that he ts called to It. And certainly an eager seeking of the prophetic office, a passion for notoriety, a willingness If not a desire to be taken for something that one Is not, and a hunger for fame and flattery, ore all so many signs that the man Is not a prophet but a charlatan. Those of us who are so keen to make

Miracles and

Relttfon

prophets, often out of the most unpromising material, would do well to devote some time to a careful and reverent study of the old type.

♦

In the religious thought of most people the thing that seems to trouble them moat Is the miraculous element. It Is not

Intended here to go Into the question, but simply to call attention to one feature of the miracles ot

Christ that seems specially noteworthy. And tha word now Is rather to the *0caUed orthodox than to the skeptic. There Is a tendency on th# part of Christian people to magnify unduly the miraculous part of their religion. Always wonder* huv# had a charm for the half-formjd and barbaric mind. At the present time there are many *eets which make much of the supposed ability of their member* to heal the sick In a miraculous way. And thero are many minds that are strongly Influenced by the mysterious. Just as there are many minds that are repelled and even angered by It. Of course, there Is no way of eliminating the miraculous from Christianity. And the man that can not accept It, miracles and all, though he can get much good out of Its morality, ought to be frankly told that miracles are so Inextricably Interwoven with Christianity that the two can not possibly be separated. Therefore, Christ's attitude toward the subject la of very great Importance. We read In th* gospels that on one occasion he healed a man who "waa deaf, and had an Impediment In hte speech." Then we are told that "He charged them that they should tell no man." Yet He was trying all th* while to convince the people that Ho was the Messiah, and to establish hie claim on their love and loyalty. If ever there was a god reason for the miraculous Interpoeltion of God In th* affair* of the world it waa In U>* days that Christ wa* cn earth. We are even told that He performed miracles In order that the glory of God might be manifested and that men might believe on Him occauee of tho works that He did. Yet He seemed to look on miracles as being. In a sense, a sort of last resort. Certainly He had no desire to figure as a mere wonder-work-er. "See thou tell no man." He said, when He had healed another unfortunate ot hi* leprosy. Almost Invariably there was this icrerve —this desire to avoid notoriety ir publicity. He seems almost to perform Hie miracles reluctantly. 'But now some of our Christian people act and talk as though there were nothing but miracles In the Bible. They beltpve In Christ, not because of what He was — which Is as He Intimated the highest ground for belief — but because of what He did. Religionists of various names pretend to perform great wonders, and then they run off to tell th* papers all about them. It aould be well for us all to cultivate a little ot the divine modesty and reserve, and to learn to shun rather than to cultivate notoriety. We need not minimise the miraculous, but we should be humble when It comes to claiming special power* over and above those posae»*ea by ordinary men. or to holding ourselves out aa the chosen Instrumenta by and through which the divine power acts. "He charged them that they should tell no man, ’ “see thou tell no man" — such Is tho aiessage that comes down to ut cf the present day. If we can not heal the blind, the deaf, the lame or the leper*, or

to It

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least see

blind, the deaf, th# lame or tl raise the dead, we can at len

that "the poor have the gospel preached to them." And we can do in* ratter. If we will, without advertising our own

holiness and liber

dlneas and

r&llty.

VIEWS OF THE STATE PRESS.

The they

i* cartoonist* can make all the fun r please of Roosevelt's teeth, but when a man can escape a fatality "by the skin of his teeth." as the President did yeeteray. those teeth are not to be despised.

M uncle Time*.

We like to read Colonel Watterson's dews of Cleveland and Bryan and then emember that Cleveland was the only nan Democrats could elect In forty-two •ears, and Bryan the next best choice.

-Terre Haute Express.

"It was Almighty God and not William

eho gave the countr

McKinley who gave the country prosperity," says Mr. Bryan. But when the Almighty got ready to give the country prosperity. He saw to It that there was no Democratic administration In the way, apparently.—Craw fords vllle Journal. Ex-President Cleveland has again been made a doctor. Perhapa the fact that Mr. Cleveland 1* so many kinds of a doctor Is what bring* about the talk In Democratic circles that the sage of

lake a good presidential

The Pianola

PWy* Amy Plano. Anyone Can Play lu

A Circulating Library of Over 10,000 Roll* is in Operation. The Aeolian Co. 40 MonumanL Place At Joiner, Fuller A Broughton's.

)em

Prlncet Candida

would make a good pre: for 1904—the party being

candidate for 1904—the party being now In a pretty low state of political health.—

Hartford City Time*.

The higher morality of some of the Indianapolis papers will, of course, be greatly shocked because of the "whltccapplpg" case noted In our local columns. They will read us an earnest lecture on our Inability to protect the reputable citizen from outrages of this sort and point the

om outrages of this sort and pol might-edged finger of scorn right

Democrat.

at ua

straight-edged —Martinsville

Indiana was truly honored In the life of

Ed -

lana was

Iward Eggleston. Ho was a man of

genial disposition and ever had a warm place In hts heart for his native State. He wa* certainly a literary genius of the first order and his career shells glory upon the notable galaxy of writers that the once sneered-at Hoosler commonwealth has

produced.—South Bend Tribune. Roosevelt used to pose as a great civil

service reformer. He was an active member of the Civil Service Commlaslon and UMsl to bring the Federal officeholders to time If thev happened to become active In politics. And yet. as President, he is now striding over the country campaigning In the Interests of the Republican party, and praising his administration.—Columbus

Herald.

Senator Fairbanks Is not a theorist. He Is a practical, successful man of affairs, hence his Ideals are practical and can be applied and worked out for the upbuilding

needed at the he:

>r tlm

ir peop

kind of ma

fairs

He Is

n needed at the head of af-

fairs and when the proper time comes ne will be pushed for the presidency by his Indiana constituency and friends all over the country. Few men are so generally and favorably spoken of as Senator Fair

banks.—Greenfield Republican.

Even the State of Indiana Is enjoying the prosperity that has been the result of the wise legislation, both national and State, brought about by the Republican party. She has Just wiped out a mllllo dollars of Indebtedness and every Hoosl

situation. T

. million Hoosler Ion. The vote at iny way

that would mar the splendid outlook for the future. Let us as a people "continue

igh alone."—Bluffton

Is now rejoicing ove

way to do In the future Is to so vote at the polls ns not to Interfere In any way

jtlook for

fer the situation. The uture Is to so vot

the polls ns not to Interfere that would mar the splendid

the future. I

to let well Chronicle.

By keeping his satellites constantly and persistently at work. Tom L. Johnson has gained complete control of the Ohio Democratic Htate convention. This was easily accomplished by reason of the Indifference of John It. McLean and his following. Johnson has a barrel and he tapped It liberally. McLean, too, has a barrel, but he didn't tap It this year. The consequence Is. Johnson has everything his own way. It Is easy to calculate what the outcome of this sort of business will be. —South Bend Times. Directions in London. [New York Pun.) In London and throughout the tight little Island the word* "up" and "down" have a peculiar significance. In going to London from any part of England you go "up." In traveling In any direction from the capital you go "down." So In London Itself everything goes "up" If It goes In the direction of the bank—that Is, the Bank of England—and going from that center toward any of the point* of the ympass Is to go "down." The word bank, which Is not only always spelled with a capital "B, but Is always uttered with an Impressiveness that suggests an Initial letter of the largest type, may be said to be In a sense Interchangeable with city, a term of equal dignity and value In the eyes of Englishmen, and ^likewise Invariably adorned Thirdly* does not mean London by any neans. It means a certain limited section of London, the part where business Is mainly carried on and where the great financial Institutions stand.

One Hundred Victorian Poets

LXVI. Sydney Dobell waa born at Cranb^rwk, Kent, in 1&24. lie succeeded his father ir the wine trade, but found time to wrtti several volumes of poetry. He died it 1874.

"TIo. How

• s _ ■■

"V/bafp your boy'a name, froed wift. Anti In trhat iroed ship aalrd her*

"My hoy John—

Ho t'-nt wont to aea—

Whnt car# I for th* ahlp. aallorf

Mv boy** iry boy lo me. You mmr bark from **8. An«* not hnow my John?

I might an well hnv* nuk'd acme landomak

Yonder down ,n tha town.

There’a not an aao In all tha pariah

But ha Irr.owa my John. ••TTow** iry boy—my boy? And tinVM you Ut me know I’ll swear vou ara no rat lor,

Rlut* Inoket or

Pn*a butt-ina or no, sailor. Anchor and crotyn or no! Sure h!* fhlp waa tha ‘Jolly Briton* **— » 'Vp^ak low, woman. ap«ak low.’” **\ndl why should I speak low, aailor. About my own boy John? If I «*as l«/ud aa I am proud I’d sloe Mm over the town! Why chvAill I speak low. aallorr* “That fo;d ahlp want down.** “Hosr*a my boy—my boy? What car* I for the ship, aailor? 1 was revtr aboard her. Be ah# afloat or b* ahe aarround. Hinting or swimming. I’ll bo bound. Her owners can afford her! I n?\ how’s my John?” “Every man on board went down, Kv**ry man ^board her.” •*How> my boy—my boy? What car# I for tho men. aailor? I’m not thslr mother— How’s my boy—my boy? Tfd! me of him and no othar! How*a my boy—my boy?**

How’s My Boy?

'lor of th. *ca! boy—my boy?

Business Men have confidence in the young man who has sufficient faith in himself to take out life insurance. It bespeaks a desire to succeed, and a belief in his own power to win success. His choice of a company reflects his judgment, and successful men take this into consideration. The Amu of Th* Mutual Life Ie.ur.nre Comp.nl of New York eiceed tho»e of any other life inturam.4 company in existence. They are over $352,000,000 It has paid Policy-holders ova* $569,000,000 which ia more than any other Ufa insurance company in the world has disbursed. A young man, ambitious of success, ahould consi^e these points. Writ, for “When Shall I Inaur.)" The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York Richaxd a. McCurdy, Praddasc ROBERT N. MERRITT, Mgr-, IMilauapeUAlBd