Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 29, Plymouth, Marshall County, 26 April 1906 — Page 6

In "Muck Rake" Address Rabid Writers Are Excoriated and Inheritance Tax Advocated.!

President Roosevelt's address at' the ."laying of the 'corner stone of the office ! building of the House of Representatives in full is as follows: Over a century azo Washlneton laid the comer stone of the capitol In what was then mi.e more tn&n a tract or wooaea wilder ness here beside the Potomac. We now find lc necessary to provide by great additions -baildings for the business of the government ThU growth la the need for the houslDg of tne government Is but a proot and example -of the way In which the nation has grown -and tn sphere of action of the national government has crown. We now admlnis ter the affairs of a nation la which the extraordinary growth of population haa and the erowth In complex Interests. t The material problems that face us today are not such as they were in Wash ington's tüve. but the underlying facts of numan nat ire are the sams now as they were then. Under altered external form we war with the satre tendencies toward evil that were evident In Washington's time and are helped by the same tendencies for good. It la about some of these that I. wish to say a word to-day. - Man -with Slack Rake. In Banyan's "Pilgrim's- rrogress" you may recall the description of the man with the mock rake, the man who could look no way but downward, with the mack rake in bis hands, who was offered a ceies tial crown for his muck rake, but who would neither look up nor regard the crown he was offered hut continued to rake to himself the filth of the floor. In Pllgilm's Progress" the man with the muck rake is set forth as the example of him whose vision is fixed on carnal Instead of on spiritual things. Yet he also typifies the man who In this life consistent ly refuses to see aught that Is lofty and fixes his eyes with solemn lntentne3 only on that which is vile and debasing. Now, It Is very necessary Uiat we should not nincn from seeing whit Is vile and debas ing. There is filth on the floor and it must be scraped up with the muck rake, and there are times and places where this Berv l-e Is the most needed of all the serTloes that can be performed.' But the man wh never does anything else, who never thinks or speaks or write?, ave of his feats with the it. set rake, speedily becomes not a help to society, not an incitement to good, but one of tbe most potent forces for evil. .uanr ana Grave Evils. There are In the body politic, economic and social, many and grave evils, and there Is : urgent necessity for the sternest war upon them. There should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil man, whether politician or business man, every evil practice, whether in politics. In business or in social life. I hall as a benefactor every writer or speaker, every man who on the platorm or la book, magazine or , newspaper with merciless severity makes . such attack, provided always that he In his turn remembers that the attack Is of use only if it is absolutely truthful. The liar . la no whit better than the thief, and If his mendacity takes the form of slander he may be worse than most thieves. It puts a premium upon knavery untruthfully to at- ' tack an honest man or even with hysterical exaggeration to assail a bad man with un truth. . - An epidemic of Indiscriminate atsault upou character does no good bat very Treat .harm. The soul of every scoundrel is gladened whenever an honest man Is assailed or even when a scoundrel Is untruthfully assailed. Do Not Jump at Conclusions. Äow, it is easy to twist out of shape what I have said, easy to affect to misunderstand It, and If It Is slurred over In repetition not difficult really to misunderstand It. 8 )tne persons are sincerely Incapable of understanding that to denounce mudsllnging does not mean the Indorsement of whitewashing, and both the interest individuals w&o nved whitewashing and those other who prvctice mudsllnging like to encourage such confusion of ideas. One of the chief counts against those who make Indiscriminate assault upon men in business or men in public life is turt they Imite a reaction which Is sure to teil powerfully in favor of the unscruplous scoundrel who really ought to be attacked, who otipht to be exposed, who ougbt if possible to be put in the penitentiary. If Aristides is praised overmuch as Just people get tlr.ed of hetrir.g it, and overcensure of the unCist finally and from similar reasons results i their favor. Excess Invites Reaction. Any excess is almost sure to invlt. a reaction, and unfortmtil th . in. stead of taking the form of punish- "jpof those guilty of the excess is ver to take the form either of pnnlabm f the unoffending or of giving immunity d even strength to offenders. The effort to make financial or political' profit out of the destruction of character can Only result In public calamity. Gross and reckless . assaults on character, whether on the stump or In newspaper, magazine or book, create a morbid and vicious public sentiment and at the same time act as a profound deterrent to able men of normal sensitiveness and tend to prevent them from entering the J public service st any price. As an Instance in poiot. I may mention that one serious difficulty encountered in getting the right type of men to dig the Panama canal is the certainty that they will be exposed, both without and I am sorry to say sometimes within. Congress to utterly reckless assaults on their character and capacity. At the risk of repetition let me say again that my plea is not for Immunity to but for the most unsparing exposure of the polltl- ' clan who betrays his trust, of the big business man who makes or spends his fortune 1b illegitimate or corrupt ways. There should be a resolute effort to hunt every such man oat of the position he has disgraced. Expose Crimes Hast Criminal. Expose the crime and hunt down the criminal, but remember that even In the case ,t crime. If it U attacked in sensational, lurid and untruthful fashion, the attack may do more damage to the pultllc mind than the crime Itself. It Is because I feel that there should be no rest in the endless war against the forces of evil that - I ask that the war be conducted with sanity as well as with resolution. The men with the muck -akes are often Indispensable to the well-U tag -of society but only if they knoV when to stop rakinz the muck and to look upward to the ceies- ' tlai crown above them, to the crown of worthy endeavor. There are beautiful things above and round about them and If . they gradually grow to feel that tbe whole world Is nothing but muck their power of usefulness Is gone. If the whole picture Is painted black there remains no hue whereby to single out the rascals for distinction from their fellows. Buch painting finally Induces a kind of moral color blindness, and people affected by it come to the conclusion that no iun us reany DiacK ana no man really w iite, but they are all gray. 'In other words, thev neither hh. the truth of the attack nor In the honest t v iu uuu n u ii siLscaea ; iney grow as suspicious of the accusation as of the offense; It becomes weilnigh hopeless to iir uju eiuaer to wratn against wrongdoing or to enthusiasm for what la rirT and snch a mental attitude in the public fives hope to every knave and Is the despair VI UVUCOl U1CU. Sort Good from Evil. . To assail the great and admitted evils of our political and industrial life with such crude and sweeping generalizations as to mtiuue urceoi men in the general condemnation means the searing of the public luunucuit. ium results - a general attitude either of cynical belief in and Indifference to public corruption or else of a distrustful inability to discriminate between the good and the bad. Either attitude is fraught with untold damage to the country as a whole. The fool who has not sense to discriminate between what is. good and what is bad is wellnlgb as dangerous as the man who does discriminate and yet chooses the bad. There Is nothing more distressing to ejery good patriot, to every good American, than the hard, scoffing spirit which treats the allegation of dishonesty in a public man as a cause for laughter. Such laughter is worse than the crackling of thorns under a pot, for It denotes not merely ibe vacant mind, but the heart in which high emotions Lave been choked before they cootd grow to fruition. ... There Is any amount of good in the world and tbere never was a time when loftier and more dis'.uterested work for the betterment of maoklnd Was being Ion! than bow. The forces that tend for evil are great and terrible, but the forces of truth and love and courage and honesty, and generosity and sympathy are also stronger than ever before. It Is a foolish and t'mid no less than a wicked thing to blink the fact that the forces of evil are strong, but It Is even worse to - fail to take Into aicount tbe strength of the forces that tell for good. Sensationalism Poor Weapon. Hysterical sensationalism is the very poorest weapon wherewith to fight for lasting righteousness. The men who with stern sobriety and truth assail the many evils o' ur time, whether In the public press or It magazines or In books, are the leaders and allies of all engaged in the work for social and political betterment, But If they give eood reason for distrust of what they say, '. they chill the ardor of those who demand truth aa a primary virtue, they .thereby betray th good cause and play Into the hands of the very men against whom they are nominally at war. In his ecclesiastical polity that fine old Elizabethan divine. Bishop Hooker, wrote: "lie that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well-governed as tne ought to be shall never want attentive and favorable hearers, because thev laaow the manifold defects whereunto every j

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kind of regimen Is subject, hut the secret lets and difficulties, which in publL: proceeaings . are Innumerable and inevitable, they have not ordinarily the judgment to This truth should be kept constantly in mind by every free people desiring to pre serve tue sanity and poise indispensable to ine permanent success of self-government. u tue oxner nana, it is vital not to permit this spirit of 6anlty and self-com mand to degenerate into mere mental stag nation. Bad though a state of hrterii excitement Is and evi: though the results are which come from the violent oscillations sucn excitement Invariably produce yet a Bouucu acquiescence in evil is even worse. In Period of Great Unrest. At tnis moment we are passing through a period of great unrest social, political and industrial unrest. It Is of the utmost Importance for our future that this should prove to be not the unrest of mere re?el.iousness against life, of mere dissatisfaction with the Inevitable inequality of conditions, but the unrest of a resolute and eager amimion to secure the betterment ui iue individual and the nation. So far us mm movement of agitation throughout me vuamry taaes ine form of a fierce dis content wno. evil, of a determination to punish the authors of evil, whether in intairy or pontics, the feeling is to be u-urmy welcomed as a sign of healthy life. , lue oiner nana, it turns into a mere crusade of - annet Ite m !n nr.rvont. of a contest between the brutal greed of -- "-i.-uvia uuu iuu vruiai greed 01 me haves." then it has no significance for tiwu, uui oniy ror evil. If It seeks to establish a line of cleav age, not along the line which divides' good men from bad. but aong that other line, running at right angles thereto, which divides those who are wtlt off from those who are less well off then It will be fraught with immeasurable harm to the body poOne Law for Rich 'and Poor. We can no raore and no less afford to conuone evil m tne man of capital than evil in the man of no canltal . Th uaiih man who exults because there is a failure of Justice in the effort to bring some trust magnate to an account for his misdeeds Ls as oaa as and no worse than the so-called labor leader who clamorously strives to excite a foul class feeli niT on behalf nf enmo oilier lanor leader who i implicated ip One attitude Is as bad as the other and no worse; In each case the accused is entitled to exact Justice and in nlthp n. is there need of action bv oth er Which ort conitruea into an expression of sympathy V HI LUC It is a prime necessity" that If the nreru.. uurrsi .t io resuu in permanent good tbe emotion shall be translated intn and that the action shall be mart-e.1 hv honesty, sanity and self-restraint. There is mighty little good in a mere nnm nt m. form. The reform tLat counts Is that which comes through steady, continuous growth ; riuieui emotionalism lenas to exhaustion. Must Grapple with Problems. It Is Important to this neonle with the problems connected wlfh thaUmo.o ing of enormous fortunes and th those fortunes, both corporate and individ ual, m Dusiness. we snouid discriminate in the sharpest way between fortunes well vrtTi and forte pes 111 won, between those gained as id incident to perrorming great services to the community as . whole n,i h.. gainea in evil iasuion by keeping Just with in tne limits or mere law Honesty. Of course, no amount of charirv tn n.n Ing such fortunes in any way compensates ior juisconuuci in making them. As a mnr. ter jf personal conviction, and without Dre"uuiug tu uisl-uss me ueians or iormulate the system. I feel that we shall ultimate cuusiuer iue, aaopuon or some such scheme as that of a progressive tax on all . 1 J . 1 a . . J ronunes oeyona a certain amount either given in life or devised or beoueathed unon death to any individual a tax so framed as to put it out or ine power of the owner of one of these enormous fortunes to hand on more inan a certain amount to any one lnuivmuai; me tax, or course, to be Imposed by the national and not the state rarem. ment. Such taxation should, of course, be aimed merely at the Inheritance or trans mission in tneir entirety of those fortunes swollen oeyona an neaitny limits. Must Control Corporation. - Again, the national government mnst'tn some form exercise supervision over corporations engaged in Interstate business and an large corporations are engaged in Interstate business whether by license or nt her. wise, so as to permit us to deal with tbe iar-reacnmg evns or ovcrcaDltalizatlor This year we are mating a beginning In tue direction of serious effort to settle name of these economic problems bv the railway rate legislation. . Such leeUIatlon If fin framed, as I am sure it will be as tn uvn ueuuue ana tangioie results will amount to souiemmg ot nseir, and it will amount to a great deal more In so far as it is taken as a first sten In a direction of a jt aupcr.mcnaence ana control over corporate wealth engaged In Interstate commerce. this superintendence and control not to be exercised In a spirit of malevolence toward tne men who have created the wealth, but with the firm purpose both to do Juslce to tnem and to see that they in their turn do justice to tne public at large. ' Honesty First. Requisite. The first renuisite In the nuhlic inrmnfa wno are to ueal in this sbaoe with rornnr. ations, whether as, legislators or as execu tives, ft honesty. This honesty can be no respecter of persons. There esn be no such thing as unilateral honesty. The danger is not really from corrupt corporations, it springs from the corruption Itself whether xercised for or against corporations. The eighth commandment reads, "Thou shalt not steal." It does not read. "Thou shalt not steal from the rich man" Itdees not read. "Thou shalt not steal from tbe poor min."' It reads lmulr and plainly. "Thou ihalt not steal" No good whatever will come ' from that warjed and mock morality which denounces the misdeeds of men of wealth and forgets the misdeeds practiced at their expense; which deno-incen bribery, but blinds Itself io Diacamau; wiiicü roams with rage if a corporation secures favors by . Improper method and merely leers with hideous mirth u tne corporation is ltselr wronged. The only public servant who can he trut. ed honestly to protect the rights of the public against the misdeed of a corporation is uuu puDiic man wno win just as surely protect the corporation ItsAf, from wrongful aggression. If a public man is willing to yield to popular clamor and do wrong to the men of wealth or to rich corporations It may be set down as certain that If the opportunity comes he will secretly and. furtively do wrong to the public in the Interest of a corporation. Xeed Saaltr si Well as Hoaeatr. But, ia addition' to honesty, we neej sanity. No honesty will make a public man useful If that man Is timid or foolish, if be Is a hot-beaded zealot or an Impractical visionary. As we strive for reform we And that it Is not at all merelv the case of a long uphll! pull. On tbe contrary, there Is almost as much of breeching work as of collar work ;. to depend only on traces means that there will soon be a runaway and an upset. The men of wealth who to-day are trying to prevent tbe regulation and control of their business In the Interest of tbe public by the proper government authorities wUl not succeed,. in my Judgment, In checking the progress of tbe movement. But if they did surceeed they would find that they bad sown the wind and would surely reap tbe whirlwind, for they' would ultimately provoke the violent excesses which accompany a reform coming by convulsion Instead of by steady and natural growth. On the other hand, tbe wild preachers of unrest and discontent, tbe wild agitators against the entire existing order, the men who act crookedly, whether because of sinister design or from mere- puzzleheadedness; the men who preach destruction with out proposing any substitute for what they lntecd to destroy or who propose a substitute which would be far worse than the existing evils all these mei are the most dangerous opponents of real reform. Would Lead lato Deeper Pit. If they get their way they will lead the people Into a deeper pit than any Into which they could fall under the present system. If they fall to get their way they Hill still do incalculable barm by provoking the kind of reaction which. In Its revolt against the senseless evil of their teaching, would enthrone more neeurely than ever tbe very evils which their misguided followers believe they are attacking. More important than aught else is the development of the broadest sympathy of man for man. Tbe welfare of the wageworker, the welfare of the tiller of tbe soil, upon these dopend the welfare of the entire country ; their good is not to be sought in pulling down others), but their good must be the prime object of all vur statesmanship. Materially we must strive to secure a broader economic opportunity for all men, so that eacli shall have a better chance to show- the stUiT of which he Is made. Spiritually and ethically we must strive to bring about clean living and right thinking. We appreciate that the things of tbe body are important, but we appreciate a?30 that the things of tbe soul are immeasurably more important. The foundation stone of national life ia and ever must be tbe high Individual character of the average citizen. Not III Experience. "nave you seen Charlie since he -ot married?" ".Yes. He was running around like a chicken with Its head cut ofT, trying to find the man who started the Idea that women are the we aker sex."-Detroit Free Presa.

OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON lAlPORTANT SUBJECTS

THE COUNTRY CHURCH. T a time when some pessimists fancv that

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tho churcli Is not holding its own as an Influence In the world, and when they even 00.-r Into a discussion of the causes of the supposed decline, some fiicts recently ascertained concerning the conditions of the country churches are encouraging, although they

are not surprising. ' According to the religious statistics which are compiled annually by the League for Social Service, the average gain made by each of the religious associations In the United States during 11)04 was three members. With a single exception, all "the Protestant churches showed a smaller number of accessions In W" than in 1S94, the corresponding jear of the previous n.-ude. More recently gathered statistics from one hundred and ten rural churches present quite a different picture. The churches were of all denominations; every State except six was represented, and forty of the churches gav figures which permit of comparisons. During the ten years from 1894 to 1004 the average membership of these churches Inci eased from one hundred and twenty-nine to one hundred and sixty -six, an average gain of forty -seven members ; and during last year there was an average gain of ten members. These figures show most 1 hopeful conditions. The cause of the gain of the country churches must in some degree le attributed to the rural ministers, especially to the younger ones. The level of ability and cultivation has risen proportionally more among the country clergy than among their city brethren; and where diversions nre less enticing, Intellectual ability is a magnet which attracts even those who are Indifferent In religious matters. Youth's Companion.

THE STRUGGLE FOR

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HE world wide struggle for success has always been going on, but nowhere has it been, so generally participated in or so hard fought as It Is now in the United States. It is the biological struggle for existence carried Into the highest sphere of life., The struggle for existence anions animals Is car

ried on chiefly with tooth and claw. The battle for success among civilized men Is carried on mainly with cunning, klll and genius. There have been some changes in the conditions of the contest besides that of weapons which are worth noting.' The struggle for existence among animals In a state of naturjs necessarily U Immediately destructive, however much In the long run it may promote evolution, while that aineng civilized men generally is and almost always might be whollly constructive. Under natural conditions the number of animals that can find In a given area enough nuts or fruit or grass to live on Is strictly limited. The success of some, therefore, means the death of others. If the vanquished are not kille! by the victors they must Btarve to death. , . 1 .:The same thing was true once among men, but science, the arts, division of labor have made it true among them no longer. Whether one man's success hurts other men depends now on the way he wins and uses It. If he win It by treachery and robbery and use it for purposes of extortion, like some American "captains of industry," It Is Injurious to others. Its effects are strictly analogous to those of the destructive victory of the beast that preys. On the other hand, the success of the man who rises, and, having risen, holds his place by sheer force of character and ability. Is a blessing not only to himself but to those

"What In the world Is the matter with you, Henry?" queried Ma Jones, with a look of astonishment as the genial v head of the Jones Family snd denly threw down his paper, peeled off his coat and started to roll up his sleeves. , "Have you got 'em again, or Is It Just one of your regular attacks of everyday Idiocy? What do you see this time? Do they wriggle like spa ghetti or waltz like pluk alligators? Shall I get you somo t racked ice, or would you prefer a straight Jacket? Shall I "Silence, madame! Silence, worn an!" thundered Pa, In a commanding tone, "What do j'ou mean by such slander? How dare you make such n serious accusation? How dare you cast aspersion on the fair name of one, who has been rallying around the reservoir ever ßince the first of the year? I want you to distinctly understand that lips that touch cough cure can never touch mine!. I want you to distinctly understand that I am an ardent disci ple of the water faith. I want you " uur, uenry, interposed Ma, not at all frightened at Pa'a savage glare. you are acting so funny! You are acting so much like a Jones! You look Just like you did the night you thought you had cow horns and crawled around on all fours trying to hook lit tle Fldo! What agitates you, anyway? What are you going to do? What " "What am I going to -do, Mrs. Jones? What am I going to do, sweetheart?" yelped Pa, in a loudsome voice, as he contemptuon-ly glanced at the newspaper. "What do you suppose I am going to do? What would any emi nent citizen do when he waxes wroth over the new-fangled recipes that the editorial geezers are now soaking In the cook page? What would any loyalhearted patriot do when he sees the good old customs of long ago distorted like a monkey face In a cheap side show? Do you thiuk that I am going to sit here and read that stuff without emitting a protesting yelp? Do you imagine for one-menu ut that I am going to stand for such, modern concoctions as long as I ctm raise my hoof In a strenuous kick? Not on your life, lovey-dovey! Not on your life! I am going to show these yaps how to make fudge, I am- " "Make fudge," exclaimed the harpoonful Ma, in scrapful accents. "What does an old quawk like you know about making fudge? Who ever accused you of being sweet enough to coök candy? I don't believe that you " "What are you talking about madam? What are you talking about?" Interjected the barkful Pa, looking wildeyed at his little Mary. "What nre you trying to spout? I suppose you think that I don't know anything about fudge? I suppose you think that the only real candymakers on earth are the esteemed Smiths! Hut there is where you guess again. Mrs. Jones! Ther? is where yon guess again! I want to tell you right here that I know all about the candy game from the planting of the sugar cane to the heart pangs of the poor dude who has to buy it! I want you to get wise to the fact that I not only fried fudge in my boyhood days, but also served an apprenticeship In parting taffy on the sticks. I want "For mercy's sake forget It, you squeaky heathen!" interrupted Ma, ietulantly. "Talk alotit something else! Chirp about your fauious ancestors! Tell me what a wonder you are! Sing It over again to me! Shout the m

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"Don't get gay, j Smithy! Don't get gay!" was the squally response of the exasperated Pa. "Don't try to act kitty like your dear mother! Just you follow me to the kitchen! Pick up your feet and hustle hence to the cookery ! I will show you what I know about the fudge business! I will show you that when I cackle words I have got the deeds to back them !" " So saying Pa swiftly sailed from the room, consorted by Ma and little Fido and In a few minutes auothr charac terlstlc Jones stunt was In full swing. "Don't sit around like a substitute, madam !, Don't sit around like a sub stltute!" commanded the strenuous Ta, as he turned more steam on the stove. "Drop that infernal dog and get me some chocolate! If you haven't got any chocolate get me some chocolate chips or coal tar! Norah, trot out the fry Ing pan! Where do you keep the fry Ing pan? You can never find anything In this house! You can never find any thlg here but the Smiths! Where Is the sugar, Mrs. Jones? Don't you have sugar? Do you sweeten the coffee with that dill pickle smile of yours? Norah, fetch me the butter. That's the stuffHoly smoke! I didn't ask you to haul out enough to grease a life-size locomotive! I am making fudge I I am not starting an oll refinery ! Where Is all the milk, Mrs. Jones? Where is all the milk? If you can't flag a milk train occasionally, I'll sell Fldo und buy a brindle cow! If you-: " Shut up, you simple heathen! Shut up!" shouted Ma, with considerable spirit "You make me mad ! You make me peevish! If you will run away and play I will buy you some candy! If you vnat are you doing, you crazy crook? - That a not the way to make fudge ! You are only wasting the materials that you are putting in It! You don't stew candy the same as you would fry Easter eggs! You have got enough butter In that pan to keep a ham sandwich foundry working for six months! You have " "Who Is doing this, sweetheart? Who is' doing this?" broke In Pa, wltlT a dartful glance at Ma. "Who Is the superintendent of this fudge factory? This isn't any of your modern recipes. This Isn't any of your cooking school styles with a hemstitched apron and rubber gloves on the side! This is the real thing! This is the way my good old mother used to make It ! This Is the -Ah, see how it bubbles, Mrs. Jones! See how it bolls! Now then, Norah, chuck me a pan ! Chuck me a pan quick ! Get out of the way. Smithy! Back off and give me a chance to pour this out! Doesn't that look ail to the ; od? Doesn't that make you Jealous? .Just wait until It gets cool and hardens! Yum-yum! I can almost taste It now! And to think that you spitefully insisted that I didn't know how to make fudge! Don't you wish you hadn't said it, dovey, dear? Don't you wish you hadn't said it?" With this Pa put the candy, out to cool,-but when he went to take n lo.k a few minutes later It hadn't fudged. It was the same an hour later! It was the same two hours later, and It was safe betting that it would be the same forever. "I told you so, you sweet old hero! I told you so!" cried the delighted Ma, with a scornful smile at the disappointed Pa. "I told you that you weren't so many! I told you that you were making a mess of It! If you want to eat that fudg9 you will have to suck It through a straw!", It was then that the battle began In earnest and early the next morning all the natives for blocks around were asking each other if they had heard a fearful rumbling tho night before that sounded lljie an earthquake. Philadelphia Telegraph.

over whom he triumphs and every one else. A man cannot honestly get to and keep at the top of a great business without Introducing Into it economics or improved -methods which benefit his customers and the public. He cannot honest! get to and keep at the top of his profession, whether It be that of lawyer, physician,, engineer, or statesman, without rendering services that redound to the advantage of the community. The public does not tkink things out fast, but usnally In the end It gets around to the right conclusion. Under the influence of the classic English political economy, which came near teaching that everything econonil; that is is right, there long existed a tendency to regard every man who achieved large material success as ri kind of public benefactor. It has lately dawned on the popular consciousness that a man may amass wealth and give employment to thousands of people and still be only a public robber a human beast that preys. It seems likely, therefore, that hereafter a healthier public seutlment regarding the struggle for success will exist., There will be, as, there should be, a disposition to measure a man's genius and claims to public respect less by the results he achieves and more by the way he achieves them. Chicago Tribune.

A SQUARE DEAL.

RESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S square deal epl-

gr.im and his fearless integrity In following it up with good works has Increased his popularity immensely. Farmers are in sympathy with the President in his recommend itions.' almost to a man, regardless of their party alfillatious, because they believe In

honest legislation. Farmers represent the whole country letter than any other vlass because their Interests are more homogeneous. We huve no big get-rlch-quick schemes like promoters of big commercial enterprises and our wishes are identical with the great mass of consumers'. It is not to our liking to have the iostoffice run in the Interest of the express companies, or laws continued that favor th adulteration of food products. It is not to our interest to have the present railroad rebate practice continued. The railway managers would also like to discontinue the practice If they felt they could trust each other. It is not to our Interest to retaliate with Germany until we get our farm products shut entirely out of the market. But what are we doing to Influence legislation? Are wp writing to the Senators and Congressmen who are paid to n present us? Are they familiar with our views on these subjects? Hadn't we better take some of the responsibility home with us and deliberately think It over? Farm, Field and Fireside.

HIS WIFE'S MONEY. NCE upon a time a man married a woman vho had inherited $r00 from a grandfather. This was all she ever received, but the man never got credit for his efforts the rsst of his life. He built a nrw store. "Did it with Iiis wife's money," the neighbors said.

The home was made. over and enlarged. "Ills wife's money did it," was the only comment. The little measly $000 she Inherited was given the -credit for everything he did during life, and when he died and his widow put up a monupient with his life Insurance, "Her money paid for that," was said again. But this Is what her money really went for: During her engagement ue bought herself a piano and a $150 diamond ring, and in a few weeks lost the ring; there was always some regret hat rL di in't lose the piano. Atchison Globe.

"Close quarters" are, of course, the rule in cities, but perhaps nowhere else are people pigeonholed 'away with such exaggerated economy of space as In New York City. The facetious man who referred to his sleeping room as my stateroom In the fiat" did not paint the case too vividly for. one familiar with the 'Vozy" apartments of the metropolis. Mrs. Acton and her daughter Pelle were visiting In the country. Their hostess. Cousin. Frances, had bestowed her guests for the night in two spacious chambers. - "Oh, mother," sighed Belle, luxuriously ensconced ou an enormous bed and gazing off into the distant corners of the room, "I do believe you could put your whole flat Into this room!"' "I shouldn't be surprised," returned Mrs. Acton, glancing Judicially about "although you might have to leave out the bath room or the kitchen." 1 The next day Belle waudered through room after room In the fine old "cobblestone" house, delighting In the unused, superabundant spaciousness of It all. At dinner the two guests described as accurately as they could the details of their own life in the cltylncludlng the dimensions of the4r flat Cousin Frances, a quaint, bright little old lady, whose life had been spent In her native county, listened with great Interest She could Just see It all, she declared, and she knew she should enjoy living In a flat. , ' .Mrs. Acton amused herself trying to picture hospitable, bountiful Cousin Frances In their tiny apartment of five so-called "rooms," and vondered what the dear old lady would think of their guest accommodations. Recently, xhm two guests had descended upon them, she and Belle had surrendered their "stateroouis," and had "doubled up" on a folding couch In the dining room the dining table relegated to a corner to make the unfolding process possible. "But one has. so little room," Belle was saying. ,"You'd miss that. Cousin Frances." "I'm not so sure of that" said Cous in Frances, nodding animatedly. "I think folks have too much room. Now I say that ftco spare rooms are enough for anybody." Mrs. Acton and her daughter gazed admiringly at Cousin Frances. Then their eyes met for an Instant. They could say nothing more. It was simply beyond the power of Cousin Frances Imagination to grasp the real condi tions. The Walk Cure, "I'm out of health," said the man, de jectedly. For an answer the doctor waved his hand toward the door of his Inner of fice, whereon were painted these words: "Walk In." So the niaii walked and walked, early and late, and, sure enough, found himself, at last, In health'onee more. This fable teaches that prescriptions are not always the worse for !cing misunderstood. Puck. A ConfnfI Imprenaion. "There is no doubt about It," said Mr. Cumrox, "he Is a cultivated musician." "And what Is your idea of a culti vated musician." "One who plays things you don't care to hear and talks alout them In a way you can t understand." Washington Star. When a young man spends a great deal of time talking to a young woman,, he is usually talking about himself; hat e a man s way of making love,

THE FIELD OP BATTLE

INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES OF THE WAR. The Veteran of the Rebellion Tell of Whistling Ballets, Bright Bayonets, Bursting Bombs, Bloody Battles, Camp Fire, Festive Bugs, Etc., Etc Of the five battlefields of the war which have been set apart for memorial purposes Antietam, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Shiloh and Vicksburg the first named has certain interesting features not possessed by all. The increase of population and the march of material progress have not disturbed Antietam. It is in the rugged and picti resque mountain country of western Maryland,, which today looks about a it did in 1SG2. The farmhouses are scattered at about the same Intervals of space as on the day of the battle. Not a mile of "pike" exists today whlch was not here then. Burnside's bridge over Antietam creek Is the same structure that saw the terrible slauguter forty-four years ago. and the Dunker church, around which the sharpest of the conflict raged, is still the place of worship of the little society of Ger man brethren. This makes the battle maps clearly intelligible, besides giving the visitor the charm of seeing real .things, Instead of being obliged to interpret all objects as "standing where something else stood," or occupying ' the space where so-and-so could once have been observed. For the historical student. therefore, it Is fortunate that there has teen no rush of population to the poor farm country of western Maryland. Even the little grist mills which abound in this region of quick mountain streams are generally deserted and are falling to pieces, Fate has decree! that Antietam shall reinaln as. on the one day which made the name memorable in all the world- In only a single respect lias the face of nature changed, and that the battlefield commission purioses to set back as soon asxthey have the means. The woods have been considerably cut off, and many acres are now cleared that were well for ested In 18G2. But the farmers are raising the same crops and everything in nature looks just as It did then. Antietam is sufficiently near , Wash ington to make It a convenient rlace for leisurely tourists to visit. Keelysville, on the Hagerstown branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, about sixty' miles northwest of Washington, is the most accessible station, although tlctam. Between the villages of Sharpsburg and Keedysvill': lies the battlefield. Sharpsbum Is on the Potomac, ten miles north of Harper's Ferry, the village .being about a mile from the river; while Keedysville Is five miles Inland to" the north. The country is about as mountainous as the southern part of Neu Hampshire or the most rugged regions of Vermont Capland, where the war correspond ents' memorial has been crated. Is only a few miles away, and along the same Hagerstown branch; while .the clustered spire3 of Frederick, made famous by Whittler's verses, and th thriving city "of Hagerstown are dis tant but a few hours' drive. Gettys burg Is perhaps forty miles to the north east It should be recalled that '.'An tietam" Is not the name of a town; but of a small mountain creek which emp ties into the Totomac above Harper's Ferry. The neighboring town Is Sharps burg, by which Southern historians designate the battle. But It was along the stream, particularly at the Burnslde bridge, that some of the sharpest fight ing occurred. f Near the village of Sharpsburg- four miles from the Keedysville station, are the national cemetery and the observa tion tower beside the Bloody lane. About a mile to the north are the Dunkers chapel and the Massachusetts monument, while Burnslde bridge lies a mile south of the village, and the most picturesque scenery of the field is there found. All the main roads, as throughout rural Maryland and West Virginia, are turnpikes on which the traveler who Is able to ride pays a toll of 5 cents. There Is a tollgate Just outside of Keedysville and one near the Dunker church. In addition the govern ment has built six miles of narrow "avenues" following Important battle lines, the objeot being to make a drive by the Iron tablets, which state - th? position of the various corps and other facts of historical interest These mark ers begin as soon as the visitor leaves Keedysville. The first one Is In a farmer's cowyard and points to a rough lane with these words: "U. S.A. route of the Twelfth Corps to the crossing of j the Antietam." But the tablets are most I plentiful along the battleline, especially about Piper's cornfield and the Bloody lane on the north side of it They are painted black, with white raised let ters, and rest aslant on a low Iron post In some places as many as nine of these are In a row, but the full In scription Is' Interesting to the student of military raeneuvers rather than to the general visitor. The Dunker church Is a little oldfashioned affair, which looks exactly like a one-story, gable-roofed country dwelling. Like many of the structures in the locality, it Is built of brick and whitewashed. It now bears this in scription: "Ttie Dunker Church, erected In 1853, by German Baptist brethren. During the battle the wounded of both armies sought and found sanctuary within its walls. The building was repaired and divine worship resumed in the summer of 1SC4." ! This quaint little church was on tbe edge of the woods in 18C2, but now Is In the midst of open country. The conventional wartime picture ' of the battle of Antietam shows this build ing with Hie woods fortnlng a back ground. There are now two beautiful monuments only a short distance away. One. is a tall, slender stone erected to the "Philadelphia Brigade," as Senator Baker's regiment, the Sixty-ninth, Seventy-first, Seventy-second and One-hundred-and-slxth Pennsylvania, which had in part seen service at Ball's Bluff, was called. . The Massachusetts monument Is a conspicuous work of art The 6lte se lected Is on neutral ground, as between the many Massachusetts regiments that participated In the bloody battle, but on tha highest land of the whole field. It bears this Inscription: 1 ' "Erected by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to mark the positions held by her troops at. the battle of Antietam, Sept 17, 1SC2." The seal of the state, encircled by a wreath, completes the story. Massachusetts was representeu in the, battl

j me isorroik & western road comes The Union army doubtless slightly outI nearer the field at a station formerly numbered,. Its opponent but this advanj called Sharpsburg, but now named An- tage McClellan lost through' his dino.

by twenty-one organization of Infantry,

artillery and cavalry, and they were ac- - tively engaged. At the Burnslde bridge there are other Massachusetts memorials. One of the abutments bears on one side" the Inscription: "Erected by Lieut Albert A. Fope, as a memorial of his uead comrades." And on another face : "The Thirty-fifth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers crossed this bridge with Ferrero's Brigade, Ninth Army Corps, at noon, Sept 17, 1802, and moved to the right up the hill, where, at the lane, 214 of their officers and men were killed or wounded. Gloria est pro patria inori." The other abutment of the lirldg. was erected by the Twenty-first Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry . Association, and uion one side are the names of Its members who were killed near the bridge. There are few more delightful spots than the Antietam creek at this old bridge. The stream, about thirty feet wide, flows almost silently oa Its wnj beneath tbe old willow trees, and with high bluffs a half hundred feet away. The scene Is one of absolute quiet disturbed only by. the rippling of the waters. It had been still here for ages and on just one day this quiet was disturbed by the horrible din of war ; but that one day has given the little spot "a place on the map of the world. In the National Cemetery near Sharpsburg villege," 4,G71 soldiers, according to the old guidebook, are burled. , There is a stone lodgehouse for the "keeper" and a beautiful emblematical monument surmounted by a herole figure of the Union soldier, faces the entrance. The views on all sides from the cemtery are of surpassing beauty. Within Its enclosure is a small mass of limestone, upon which it is said Lee stood to direct the battle. To the east at a distance, of about two miles, a large brick building may be seen. This is known as Fry's house, around which the tents of McClellan's headquarters -were pitched before and during the battle. This cemetery is in the concave of the Confederate bat i tie line when the fighting began. In the distance may be seen the spurs of Marviana Heights and the stately South mountain range. Practically the whola battlefield ,1s visible from this point, and with Palfrey's "Antietam" of the "Campaigns of the Civil War" series In hand, the whole contest Is as readily understood as a football game. The story of the battle Is familiar. It was Lee's first Invasion of the North. His second was stopped at Gettysburg, and, like it, Antietam was substantially a drawn game, except that for invaders such a balance of honors amounts to a defeat and for uef enders a victory. sltlon to await a condition of ideal completeness In tbe way of preparation before Ioing anything. The Union attack was successive, not massed, and many- regiments available were not brought into actual battle. Then the military critics ßay it was fought one day or perhaps two days too late, and it -was one of the bloodiest battles of all the war. It will be recalled that President Lincoln, in obedience to a predetermination, when he heard that the rebel march had been checked at Antietam, resolved to Issue his eman-1 cipation proclamation. Thus Antietam holds a, unique place among the battles of the rebellion. ,lt was fought among people essentially. Unionist In their sympathies. "Mountaineers are always free men," and tne western Marylander. had had no use for slavery. The Institution although legal, was practically nonexistant In this region when the war broke out That Is why Lee's Invasions of western Marylandffalled to stampede the people of the state to his support. as he bad hoped and apparently expect ed. New York Evening Post The "Little Man.' A story was told, says T. F. Galway, In the Milwaukee Sunday Telegraph, a year or two ago in the South by n Memphis gentleman,' which, as It illustrates General Grant's simplicity of manner, Is perhaps worth preserving. The gentleman's, mother, a middleagrd lady, during the war was living near Memphis when General Gr? .nt was in command there, and she desired to go out beyond the lines and return in order to visit, an Invalid married daughter. , She applied at General Grant's headquarters and' was referred to a staff ofUcer, who, after having heard her case, declined with a rathtv grand manner and to her expostula tions merely answered curtly, "Impossible!" ' The lady was downhearted under the circumstances, as may be Imagined, and probably her countenance betrayed her feelings as she was going out across the piazza of the house that served as headquarters, for a plainlooking little man, apparently a hang er-on about the headquarters, as 6ho described him, wearing ' a private's blouse, accosted her and asked if he could do anything for her. She retold her errand. ' 'Walt a moment" said, he, as he left her and went into the house. A moment after he can? out and handed her a pass, saying, , Take this. It will pass you through all lines" - She thought It very kind. Indeed, of this person to be at so much trouble for her, and she thanked him cordially. It was not until she had reached home. had opened the pass, which was signed "U. S. Grant" and shown it to her. family and described the "little man'' that she learned that It' was Grant himself who had befriended her. Her Experience. The Parson Did you ever try castlug your bread upon the waters?. Mrs. Homer Yes, once. ' The Parson Arid did It return a'.ter many days? " ' Mrs. Homer No; it sunk. The time required for a Journey round the earth by a man walking day and night, without resting, would be 428 days ; an express train, forty days ; sound, at a medium temperature, 32 tf, hours; a cannon ball. 21- hours light, a little over oue-tenth of a sec ond;,, and electricity, passing over a copicr wire, a little under one-tenth cf a second. ' . Dancing In India is held in the high est esteem, and dates back many centuries: The girls never dance with the men, but with one another, performing all sorts of grotesque figures. In France last year 497 "million aires" died. But they were million aires in francs only, and a million francs Is only $200,(XX). A volunteer In a Colorado regiment at Manila has been cured of stuttering by being shot through the throat with a Mauser bullet. The best evidence of merit Is the cordial recognition of it whenever and wherever It ma; be found. Bovee,

RENTS LIST OF INVESTORS.

BIi tU"S Wwilihy Ur (alrrlac to People ivlth Idea. "I ran across a man yesterday who Is making money rapidly by renting out lators," said a downtown business man to a New York Press writer. "Of coursa his plan is nothing new, for there are concerns that make a business cf getting up Just such lists and selling them outright to people who are ruentally opulent, but financially Impoverished; but this man has a siecial list of his own, which is, he asserts, far superior to anything the general public can buy., The best part of his contention is that he can make otherj people believe what he says is true and he Is having no trouble in renting out that list to men,1 who, although on the vjrge of bankruptcy, are willing to fork over their last dollar for the privilege of reading over a collection of names of men and women who are reported to have money to burn on the altar of enterprise. "This acquaintance of mine declares that the past winter has been especially rich Ux schemes and schemers. Never before has he met so many people with plans to get rich in twenty minutes. These men of Ideas and flat pocketbooks are here from all parts of the country, and all with an intense desire to get at people with a bank account How my friend runs across thein I cannot Imagine, but somehow he manages to unearth them, and so convincing are his arguments that he alone can put them on the track of a ure backer .that they part with the very board money in exchange for a leepat that preeiou list of .names. "One curious thing about the list is that it contains the names of very few people prominent In financial and business circles. Another funny thing Is that It Is made up largely of women. Ilowoer, both these peculiarities are to its ci edit, so my friend maintains, for a man whose name is not a household word exercises less caution about his investments than the one who is better known. This list baä been compiled with exceeding care. It is revised once In three months and contains absolutely no dead heads. Naturally, be charges a high price for It but the results obtained by the men with Id?as evidently warrant the expenditure, for they patronize my friend so well that he bts given up all other buslnccs and is actually living In clover. ' . READING. BOOKS IN BED. It Is Apt to lad ace Sleep, bat Hart fal to the Hye. It Is the habit of quite a number of people to read themselves to sleep at night or to speak more accurately, to read until tlley have attained that delightful state of drowsiness which im mediately precedes sleep, ' when tha . words float before the eyes without conveying any meaning to the brain and the book nearly falls from the relaxing fingers says the Charleston News andv Courier. It Is a custom, however, to which some objections have been raised, as, for Instance, the danger of one beiug burned to a crisp by going to sleep before extinguishing the light though in these days of electricity the danger U much less than It was when the choice of a reading light lay between an oil lamp and a candle. Then, 'too,' oculists object to the practice, as being most Injurious to the eyes, a fact that is generally to their credit since were they less scrupulously honest (and honorable than they are they would encourage a custQm which would have the effect of so largely Increasing the number of their patient. On the other hand, there Is no surer method of banishing "the cares that Infest the day" than by reading for a while after retiring for the night; since It sends one to sleep with a tranquility that will probably endure until morn ing. Wben cares and anxieties press upon us we can generally hold them at bay . during the working hours by ' simply giving no spare moment of time when, they can seize ujon us. But the moment the lights are out and we attempt to go to sleep they fall upon us like a psck of hungry wolves and put sleep to flight, keeping us tosslns and restless through many weary hours. The best antidote for this Is a quiet and . soothing-bopk, which wiir Interest without exciting, and by persistently fixing the thoughts upon It the nerves gradually become quiet and the vapors of Ieep creep softly over the senses. l A Cataklll Scene. In a dreamy mood you finally inaka your way back to the road, aal Idly wander on until you reach the village postoffice and general store. You gazs curiously at Its barnlike appearance, and at the queer characters congregated there. It is the noon-hour, and they are waiting for the one great event of the day, the arrival of the rural mailman whose white horse can be seen rtrtmlnrr lolcnrolr n t!if ro.td t snail's pace. A smile curves your lips, as you mark the contrast between this raw-boned farmer, In his blue-Jean overalls, and the city postman, in his spruce gray uniform. Nevertheless, In sunshine or storm, the rural mall-man Is as faithful as his city cousin. You ask this unique "Uncle Sam" how he likes traveling the mountain road In stormy weather, and a mild look of surprlse; breaks over his honest features, as he strokes his chin and drawls: "O-h, I do-nt like it so very good." Four-Track News. A Modest Ambition. The Hon. Mr. Sweet was making friends with Johnny, his host's son. "And how old are you?" he asked. Tve five." said Johnny. . "Ah, quite a little man! And what are you going to be?" questioned Mr. Sweet who has been a Senator so many years that he now believes that he selected his own career In the cradle, and that all Infants do likewise, "I'm going to be six," Johnny returned, with conviction. Tne Toune ld A j'oung woman w ho teaches a class Jn a Jersey City Sunday school was recently talking to her pupils relative to the desirability of Increasing its membership. When she invited the co-operation to that end of the several members the youngster nearest her shook his head dubiously. "I might git one boy in our neighborhood to come," he explained, "but all the others kin lick ma" Harper's Weekly. Quite Apparent. The Tramp You're one man In a hundred. Taln't often I meet anybody that'll talk to me two minutes without nskin' me why I don't go to work at some trade. The Remarkable Man Oh, I can tell by looking at you. Puck. When you have a row, don't you tlways say the ether fello.r Is a tczZ luat