Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 265, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 September 1901 — Page 4

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TITB IXDTAXAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUXDAT, SEPTEMBER 22. 1001.

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It will be Interesting to observe the original enemies of civil service refornifalllng Into line. The same Cabinet that counseled with President McKinley will counsel with President Roosevelt, and tho same icople will s to back of him. It Is not likely that civil service reform will suffer any detriment by the fact that a former chairman of tu commission has become President of the United States. In spite of tho interruption of business the past week, the clearings of the Indianapolis banka were C7.1 ier cent, more than during the corresponding week of last year. Jso other city of its class shows anything like such a gain. President Roosevelt is reported as saying: 'l am going to do my best to be the President of the whole people and not for any one section." That was the spirit of his predecessor, and it is the true American spirit. In the Southern States tho convict leaso ystem, which often was inhuman. i3 passing away. Mississippi has employed its convlcta In raising cotton for tho market. nd the experiment has proved so successful that other cotton States will adopt It. A prominent railroad oflicial whose duties require him to viit many cities said a few apo that he knew of no other in the itcd Ktatvs that attracted more or largi r crowds than Indianapolio. II rnipht hac Bdded that !) other city v Iconics crowds iore cordially ir takes better care of them. Th Board of Safety should have given I ho charges of tho representatives of the iOviu Alllancr a courteous hearing. That certainly i on of tho official duties of that loard, anil on previous occasions charges ega!n3t individuals of a much lc.sd important nature hav received lengthy inyestigation. All patriotic people will Join Col. 'William 7. Bryan In "the hopo that this national miction, which unites all factions in a common sorrow, will result in a broader charity and a xnoro liberal spirit among those who, by different policies and through different parties, seek to promote the welfare and Increase the glory of our common country. The lamentations of the Xew York Journal over the assassination of the lato President are ostentatiously noisy, but the public remembers that Jiot long ago that' payer declared editorially in poster type that the President was "the most despised and listed creature in the hemisphere, whose iwiuo n uuuieu uiiu wnuso i:ure is Durneu In eflUy." Tho Chicago American is of the same brand as the Xew York Journal. Mr. Powderly, the commissioner of Immigration, is said to be working out a plan for Important changes in our Immigration laws, looking to the exclusion of bad Clements, Ho Is reported as saying that there is no crying need for Immigration, and that the time has arrived when the United States ahould accept none but the best. The subject is one that Is wholly within the control of the government. Movements for erecting McKinley monuments have bten started in several cities, nd, while they n?y not all be carried through to completion, some of them doubtless will. The Ohio Legislature Is expected to make aa appropriation for the erection cf a monument at Canton, as it did in nld cf tho Garfield memorial at Cleveland. Congress wili doubtless provide for erecting statue of McKinley at Washington. There is a bronzo statue of CartieM at Vahington, erected by the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, and another at Han Francisco, erected by that city. There are many statues of Lincoln besides tho monument at SprinplieKl. Superintendent Kendall will begin the experiment of manual training in a few of the schools of the lower grades by employinga woman teacher who will give instruction In domestic economy and a man who ill give elementary instruction in the is of common tools. Mr. Kendall Is a thorough believer In the methods of Booker WashiJgtin. and Relieves that they can be dopUd with great advantage in the lower grades of the public schools. Many people hare the opinion of Mr. Kendall and trust hat hi experiment will be crowned with f access. "When tho public schools can give Instruction which wiii enable their pupils to turn to some productive industry when they go into the world they will add much , to thfclr usefulness. V.'hlle the opinion of witnesses is not adn!slfcle as evidence in courts of law, it Vems that tho cplnlons of experienced ofA:ers regarding what was or was not th. best thing to hav been done under the then listing circumstances would be of great Tiluc In a court of inquiry. The decUicn of Ux court cf Inquiry mujt be their opinion

of the propriety or impropriety of the acts of the officer who asked for tho tribunal. It seems that the court could arrive at a more intelligent decision if It had before it the opinions cf experienced officers who were present. The court, however, has decided not to ask such questions in tho Schley inquiry. The fact that the Judse advocate sustained Admiral Schley's ccunsel in objecting to such statements does away with the charge that that official is to be a prosecuting officer. Till! CLOUD'S MLVi:il LIXIX. Th-2 past week has no parallel in the world's history. The American people have been a single mourner. A common sorrow was seen in the faces of all, for even the exuberance of those intent on pleasure was silenced by the oppressive sense of a great loss. Conversation turned from ordinary events to the common sorrow. Men who felt that they had nothing in common, and strangers, found a common tie in this bereavement and talked with the tenderness of intimates, because their sorrow was the same. For days people were simply shocked ar:d crushed by the Nation's sudden bereavement. Doubtless thousands declared that they could r.ot reconcile the assassination of the late President with the theory that a just and merciful God rules the universe. Such an outburst 13 natural when a terrible bereavement crowds out of the mind all else, but as tho days pass on we will

take a more rational view of the Nation's calamity. There will be a silver lining to the portentous cloud. Kven the last words of the revered McKinley offer consolation: "It Is God's way." In the methods of God's moral government of the world It appears that It was necessary that some terrible event should cause the American people to halt. "We have been going forward recklessly. Bitterness, Invective, the teaching of the sedition of clas3 jealousy, the selfishness born of prosperity, the placing of money abovo many things which arc better have made us reckless. Some startling event, some great bereavement was necessary to turn us back and to quicken the public conscience. During tho past week thousands and thousands of men and women have realized the Christian character of William McKinley and its nobleness and made to feel that It i3 worthy of emulation, ,who might havo sneered at any suggestion of such a qiiality as worthy of possession. Already the death of the President has led us, as a people, to think of God. The singing of his favorite hymn, "Nearer, my God, to Thee," by almost countless thousands the past week has softened and touched the great heart of the people as no other event could. Ills death has filled the hearts of the people with that Christian charity which was a life-long characteristic of William McKinley. Will his death not lead us to better ways hereafter? Will It not make us better citizens and neighbors? Already his death has inspired the Nation with a deep-seated hatred of anarchy may it not eradicate from the minds of the American people tho atheism which leads to anarchy? Not that all atheists are Anarchists, but all Anarchists are atheists, and because a people's denial of God's moral government would lead to anarchy. In recent years there has come Into' political aud other discussion a recklessness and bitterness which might, if continued, have brought peril to the Republic. People now realize the offenses which have been committed in reckless writing, reckless picturing, reckless speaking and demonstration.' It was not so considered before, but now it is realized that appeals to sectional jealousy, to class hatred and to general distrust are not only wrong, but Avill lead to the destruction of tho Republic All havo been more or Ics guilty of this offending, and all havo cause for repentance in this hour. Is it not possible that theories of government and public policies can be diseased upon their merits without personality, vindictlvcness and hate, and without attributing to men motives which do not appear? Is it not possible to act upon tho theory that men In public position aro honest and patriotic until tho facts show them to be otherwise? So long as all of us must live together, cannot wo drop that wicked demagogy which has led some to preach the heresy of classism which arrays one set of men against another? Cannot the reformer who has a good cause find enough in his causa to cease personal slandering? William McKinley was an active party leader for more than twenty years. Few men have mado more addresses or been involved in more heated debates in Congress, yet his opponents say of him that he never uttered a sentence that would rankle in the heart of an opponent. Ills great success and Influence as a party speaker was due to tho fact that he used argument and never resorted to Invective; and yet no man ever had greater cause to retort in- kind upon assailants. If William McKinley had written a last word. In view of death, ha would have counseled brotherhood, not acrimony; he would have advocated faith, not suspicion; patriotism in politics, not pessimism; the Golden Rule by which labor and capital should be drawn together rather than separated by hate. Shall these rare virtues which William McKinley displayed be the silver lining to the dark cloud? HOSTILITY OP L AltOH TO ANARCHY. Because a number of prominent labor unions have adopted vigorous . resolutions deploring the assassination of the late President and condemning tho assassin as an enemy of intellgent labor and of the human race, an exchange has seen fit to call attention to it. Nothing else could havo been expected. Not long ago Emma Bergman, in bidding an ostentatious farewell to America, lamented that anarchy made no headway among American wage-earners. She declared that all effort to win the labor of this country to anarhism was thrown away, reople listened to her sophistries, but turned away to be sneered at by her as abject slaves. There is every reason why wage-earners, above all others, should oppose the heresies of those who would overthrow social order and destroy law. The upward progress of the toiler for a century is due to law. Lav broke the grasp of feudal leaders who held the masses in serfdom. The payment of wages is the result of law. The fixing of the hours of labor Is the result ef law. Labor has, through law, tho first claim upon the property It helps to create. Popular suffrage has becmsecured by law. Even the right to strike, which was forbidden years ago. is now sustained by law. The payment of wages frequently with money is required by law, and law strives to make factories safo to life. No part of society has asUcd for so much legislation or has obtained so many advantages at the hands of legislators. Law ij labor's protection

and its hope for better things. Anarchy promises nothing to labor. It would break up labor unions in its efforts to leave man to do as he pleases. Anarchy forbids the holding of capital which makes large employment possible. There Is not and cannot be any grounds upon which labor and anarchism can act together. Tho Anarchist denounces the ballot, while no men so prlzo the right of suffrage or vote so generally as American wage-earners. The wage-earr.cr prizes the public school, but the Anarchist would not have It. In other matters the antagonism between labor and anarchism Is absolute and irreconcilable. I'f.MSlIMEM OF ANARCHISTS. The recent outburst of popular passion and emotion has called out so many suggestions relative to the suppression of anarchism that if there is safety in a multitude of counselors some effective action will be pretty suro to follow. The suggestions are not all equally wise cr practicable, but they all have the merit of showing a sincere and earnest purpose to suppress a recognized evil. Only those whose business brings them in contact with many newspapers can havo any conception of the variety of these suggestions, but there is one that has been repeated by more persons and In more places than any other. That is that Anarchists and their sympathizers should be sent out of the country and confined or corralled, as it were, on somo remote Island without any government or lav; and with no inhabitants but Anarchists, and there left to prey on one another. This seems to strike the average American as a tting punishment for those who are opposed to all government. In Edward Everett Hale's stoiy, "A Man Without a Country," Philip Nolan, tried for treason and conspiracy against his country, declares his wish never to hear again the name of the United States. T2i3 court decrees that his wish be granted, and through long years of bitter exile he learns to love the country he had disowned. Thousands who havo not read this, famous story seem to have hit upon something like t'..e same punishment for Anarchists. It would be an Ideal punishment if it were practicable.

Milton says of Satan, after he is cojt down fro.m heaven to Infinite perdition, "Now the thqught of both lost happiness and lasting pain torments him." Anarchists deprived of the protection and blessings of freo government and compelled to enduro tho miseries which their doctrine would entail and experience tho consequences of their own viciousness would be in that plight that nobody could wish them worse punishment. Like lepers confined with leper's. there would be nothing left for them but to curse one another and die. Probably no other punishment could be suggested agr.inst which Anarchists themselves would protest as cruel and intolerable. For ob vious reasons It is impracticable, but tho suggestion serves to emphasize the social ostracism that should be enforced against all who even remotely encourage the infamous cult. A HOPELESS I ' A I E R T A K I X f J . Within a few months two efforts have bee.n made to lift from the name of Aaron Burr the obloquy with which It has been covered during nearly a century. Mr. Lewis, who wrote a lifo of Croker, chiclly useful as showing how littlo need bo said of the title of a book, has taken occasion to defend Burr because he w;:s the first Tammany chief, his main offense being an attempt to reinstate Burr by an offensive comparison between General Grant and Burr. The other effort is more pretentious, being a uovel entitled "Blennerhassctt," by Charles Fclton Pidgin. Evidently the chief object of tho writer was to secure for Burr a less infamous place in history than that to which he has so long been doomed. Tho author has performed his task very adroitly by devoting a considerable portion of his work to a. portrayal of tho affectionate relations which existed between Burr and bis ill-fated daughter, and to the exploitation of his kindness to individuals. But neither of these apologists presents any evidence to prove that Burr did not plan a conspiracy to set up an empire in the Southwest which should include Mexico. A gifted man in many directions, Aaron Burr WiU abovo all things a visionary. His scheme of empire, which cannot be refuted by facts, was so Utopian that it may lead many people to doubt if a sano man could have embarked upon such an impossible enterprise. Both of Burr's apologists, in order to relieve him from the responsibility of the treason which the facts of history have attached to him, assail tho acts and motives of two of his contemporaries who were, during all tho years of their public career, emphatic opponents Hamilton and Jefferson. While, they did not conspire together to tho undoing of Burr, both, according to his apologists, plotted his destruction. Hamilton, because he regarded Burr as a dangerous man, used his influence to have his party In the House give Its votes to Jefferson for President when there was a tie , In the electoral vote In lSol between Jefferson and Burr. This naturally mado Burr, who lived in New York with Hamilton, his enemy. While he was Vice President Burr lost prestige, and to recover It he.becamo a candidate for Governor In New York In 1S)3, and was defeated by a decided majority through the influence of Hamilton. Out of this campaign came the duel In which Hamilton was killed by Burr. Tlui author of "Blenncrhassett" devotes much space to an effort to create a prejudice against Alexander Hamilton. Whatever may bo said of Hamilton, his place In history is secure. He was a patriot and a statesman in some respects without tin equal in tho history of the Republic. To his efforts more than those of any other man we owe the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. But while he was a great statesman, he was a wretched politician. The most serious charge In this misnamed novel is that Thomas Jefferson plotted to connect Burr with the attempt to establish an empire in the Southwest. At -the time that Burr entered into this visionary scheme he was a discredited man In Ihe party of which Jefferson was the head. Burr had appealed to his party In New York for vindication and had been beaten by a majority unparalleled in the election? of that State up to that date. He had killed Hamilton in a duel, for whi:h he was generally execrated. He had declared, "I have no country." That Tiiomas Jefferson, President of the United States, should have plotted Burr's destruction under such circumstances Is too preposterous to receive the least credence. Yet the author of "Blennerhassctt" would have us believe that Jefferson caused officers of the secret service to not only watch Burr while in the West, but to place temptations before him In order that he might be enmeshed in a treasonable conspiracy. It is even charged

that, acting under the intimations of Jefferson. General Wilkinson, commanding In Louisiana, led Burr to Join the conspiracy. That Wilkinson was in the conspiracy, for h3 w"s always an unscrupulous plotter, there can be no doubt. Indeed, there is reason to believe that he wa3 a leader in the treasonable conspiracy, and escaped by making Burr the leader in season to appear as accuser, but at this late day to Intimate that Wilkinson sought to involve Burr in the plot under the indirect Inspiration of Prrsidont Jefferson, and to ask the world to believe it, is too much. While Burr wa3 not convicted In court of treason, he was convicted by all the circumstances and by his movements and conduct. Even l:is apologists admit that he was connected with a scheme to establish a government outside of the United States. Such being the situation, the obloquy of Aaron Burr should have been left to the mercy of oblivion.

TEACHERS AXII PUPILS. The school authorities acted wisely la postponing the beginning of school until late in the mojith. By so doing the heat of the early September days has been avoided and the demoralizing break caused by the customary vacation given during state fair week rendered unnecessary. The vacation has thus been made longer than usual, but pupils and teachers will be all the better for it. For tho children it has been a time of play and physical growth, and, as teachers are sure to find, a strengthening of mental powers as well. For all education is not gained in schools, and it is tho exceptional youngster who does not begin his school year with mind made keener by the experiences of his playtime and with a store of facts unconsciously gained which will be of as much use to him as those gathered from books. As for the teachers, It has been wholly playtime with but few of them. They have read or studied or attended summer schools, with the needs of their profession always in view. A writer in an educational magazine has this to say of university teachers, and what applies to them is equally true of the best class of public school teachers: For the modern university teacher vacation means not a cessation of work, but a change of work, with perhaps a short peliod of pure rest, according to the demands of his constitution. He uses the summer for researches in the field, the library, or tho laboratory, die rritcs books, articles, papers, reports.. In a score of ways he employs his time on matters that are strictly germane to his professional work, and it is of Immense advantage to him to be abla to do this in complete freedom. It Is often sall that the superiority of German scholarship, as compared with our own, is due ultimately to the fact that the Germans have less teaching to do. In reality this does not tell tho whole story, but there Is something in it. Dur!r.g the academic year the Ar-erian professor Is apt to be so fully occupied with bis teaching and with Ihe administrative duties connected with his position duties which are often very burdensomethat h en get very little time for productive scholarship. To him the long vacation is a great boon. Teaching is hard work, and the vacation studies and researches should not be too exacting. There should be rest and recuperation for teachers as well as pupils, and for the most part this needed rest Is secured. The majority will return to their labors refreshed in body and mind and with a renewal of the vigor and enthusiasm which go so far to givo the Indianapolis schools the high rank they possess. Tho schools open under good auspices, and there is every reason to look for a year of successful and profitablo work. I "A PUBLISHED It II Y 3! ES. Tho singular propensity of peoppj who never wrote verse before to string together a lot of rhymes whenever a striking public event occurs, as the death of the President, with that event for their theme, is well known to every newspaper editor. Such person, though they have no literary ability whatever, and though they could not produco poetry if they lived a thousand years and worked at the task without ceasing, invariably believe that their amateurish efforts arc of consequence, and want them printed. Editors who rccelvo these effusions are often puzzled to account for the strange confidence of the writers in the merits of their rhymes and their belief that they have uttered something wholly orig-, Inal, whereas the sentiments expressed are, as a rule, the commonest platitudes, or tho dim echoes of lines they have become familiar with, perhaps in the hymn-book or old school "reader." But, after all, this phenomenon Is not such a mysterj. It can be accounted for just as the existence of innumerable commonplace works of fiction is explained. Everybody in t lese days knows how to read and write and some know how to spell. Sentiment, patriotic, religious, or of whatever form, is not an exclusive possession of a highly educated class. A great event that stirs the emotions of all classes arouses thoughts in the nonliterary mind quite like those excited in more cultured mentalities; the difference is that the nonliterary person does not know that his thoughts are commonplace. They are unusual to him; hi3 mind swells with them; he fancies them great. Paper is cheap and he writes them down, by dint of tremendous Intellectual effort putting thpm into rhyme. Because tho lines rhyme, though their feet be halting and irregular, he imagines that he has written poetry. There are no mute. Inglorious Mikons In these days, and he wishes to havo other people share his joy in his achievement. When the editor returns the production his feelings are deeply injured. He can never be made to understand what tho faults of his verses are, and the experienced editor wisely declines to make the attempt. He knows that, whatever he may say, the disappointed author will cherish a secret grievance against him, and will be convinced in his heart that the editor either does not know a good thing when he sees it or is animated by a personal preference for other writers whose verses he does print, though they are no better than the ones rejected. It Is one of tho penalties of being an editor that he is sure to get himself disliked by the authors of rejected contributions. He 13 only sustained In his difficult position by the pious consciousness that in refusing to print he is really doing the contributors, to rrty nothing cf the public, a real service. Tho week just closed afforded new evidence of the attractions of Indianapolis as a railroad center and the ability of the city to handle and entertain large crowds. It would be a mistake to suppose that the beauty and comfortableness of the city and its pleasant homes are Its chief attraction for conventions and meetings of all kinds. Its central location, its railroad facilities and its easiness of access from all directions are its main attractions. These are what draw conventions, but the spirit of the people and "the local attractions and amusements are what charm the people after they come here und '.send them away as advertising agents for the city. The result is that Indianapolis is tho best

advertised and most talked-about inland city of the United States to-day. Delegates to conventions of all kinds find that it Is an easy place to get to and easy to get away from, and they go away with pleasant impressions of the beauty of the city and the hospitality of its people. No city could wish better advertisement than this. Residents of Indianapolis should remember that they are an important factor in this condition, and should not forget the obligation of being polite and friendly to visiting strangers. A question politely answered, a request for information kindly complied with may leave as lasting an impression as the Soldiers' Monument. New York city has such a shortage of schoolrooms in the crowded tenement dis

tricts that thousands of children will be deprived of school privileges, even though the half-day system is adopted. On the other hand, many schoolrooms in the suburbs and other parts of the city are not half filled. The attention of the New York authorities 13 invited to the plan in vogue in many rural districts of transporting children from scattering neighborhoods to schools centrally located. In the country they save expense by this plan, but as the saving of public money is no object in New York, this will be no recommendation for the system. Just the same, a few wagoii to carry the East Side youngsters to the half empty schoolhouscs would solve tho educational difficulty. Several weeks ago the Journal published tho letter cf General Daggett, in which appeared the soundest argument that has been mado against the army canteen, his main objection being that the canteen fixed the beer and the debt habit upon the soldiers. Captain Homer, who has been in the regular army thirty-five years, meets General Daggett's statement that the soldier spends a large part cf his pay at the canteen by showing that men can obtain checks for only one-fifth of their pay, and then only with the approval of the company commander. Captain Homer, who had charge of a canteen five years In a post of twenty companies, believes that the institution is conducive to sobriety. The controller of the city of Baltimore recently stated that the churches of that city saved the taxpayers over 51,000,000 a year. He based his judgment upon the fact that the church stands for law and order, and that thero would be little lawlessness if all the ieople were under tho influence of church teaching. The point is well taken, and it may be added that Jn those localities where church edifices are most numerous thero is the least lawlessness. In large cities the spots which churches abandon for more inviting localities are sometimes given up to be occupied by classes of people who give the police the most troublo and fill the dockets of the police courts. Ex-President Cleveland was right when he said In hi3 manly address to the students of Princeton that nothing can guard us against the menace of anarchy "except the teaching and tho practice of the best citizenship, tho exposure of the aims and ends of the heresy of discontent and hatred of social order, and tho brave enactment and execution of repressive laws." When the best citizenship shall bo practiced and the heresy of discontent shall cease to be preached tho other evils will die. Fall Fruits. Unmistakable signs have begun to appear of the season happily characterized by our home poet in "When the frost is on the punkin." In fact, frost itself has appeared two or three mornings, and, though not heavy enough yet to do its perfect work, it has made a beginning. The leaves. already debilitated by tho summer's heat und drought, are withering and falling pre maturely, and the fields arc putting on their russet garb almost a month earlier than usual. A shortage in some vegetables was compensated by an unusually line fruit crop, which is giving housewives plenty to do in tho way of canning and preserving, the results of which, carefully put away, will make many a boy ready to admit that being: shut up in the pantry Is' capital pun ishmcnt. Although the frost has not yet been heavy enough to ripen nuts, it has sweetened some of the native wild fruits so as to make them eatable. Among those that have appeared in Kiarket aro pcrsim mons, wild cherries and pawpaws. The first is a coarse fruit and only palatable when thoroughly ripe, but it has such a pronounced flavor that those who like it are apt to like it very much. 'Coons not to be misunderstood, perhaps one should say raccoons are very fond of them. As wild cherry trees are comparatively scarce nowadays, the fruit is seldom seen, but It possesses fine qualities for making cordials and wine. The pawpaw sometimes called the Hoosier banana is distinctively Amer lean and Western. Like the persimmon, it Is rather coarse and strong-flavored, re quiring frost to sweeten it, but some per sons are exceedingly fond of it. To relish a pawpaw aright it should be found in its native haunts and picked up from the ground, where It has fallen among the leaves and is waiting for some person to find it. Dark purple on the outside and golden yellow on the inside, a thoroughly ripe pawpaw Is a fruit not to be despised. They are, however, as much out of place In the city market as a fish out of water. Pawpaws belong to the country, and should be eaten not far from the tree or bush on which they grew. Nevertheless, there are a few bearing pawpaw bushes within the city limits, as there are also, by the way, a few bearing chestnut trees. White river anil Fall creek bottoms were formerly thickly set with the bushes, and with a little searching the fruit can still be gath ered within a few miles of the city. They still grow abundantly in the bottoms and along the hillsides somewhat removed from cities and towns. "When the frost is on the punkin" it is also on the pawpaw, and among those who have lived in tho country the latter probably has as many appreciative friends as the former, though pawpaws are useless for cooking or domestic purposes. An essentially wild fruit, it refuses to lend Itself in any manner whatever to the culinary art, and it protests against being made an article of merchandise by losing half its flavor. However, perhaps some persons may think the other half is enough. . The Indianapolis newspapers have had unusually heavy duties to perform during the past week. The papers of most 4ther cities were able to give practically their entire space to matters connected with the President's death and funeral, no local happenings calling for special attention. In Indianapolis it was necessary to present not only all the news about this great public event, but also full reports of the proceedings of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows and of the opening and progress of the state fair. All telegraph dispatches were subordinated to those from Buffalo, Washington and Canton, no other events of importance occurring throughout the country during the week, but neglect of the great local happenings here was out of the question. Therefore it wus that both tho mechanical and reportorial resources of tho papers here were severely taxed, and the giving of complete and satis

factory report of all the proceeding nt

home and abroad became a triumph of ex ecutive management. It is only men with newspaper experience who can have an idea of the labt-r involved In "covering" all he important news of the past week, but they will douMless be willing to give the Journal and iin contemporaries full credit for a great achievement. A. Nerlncx. n the September number cf the Annals of the American Academy of Political and f.ocial Science, dUeusses the system of compulsory voting In Belgium. He says: "Since the franchise has generally ceased tOjbe looked upon purely as a right which a Citizen is at liberty to make use of or neglect, and is, on the contrary, regarded as a civic duty which he is bound to perform scrupulously In the Interests of the community for which every citizen Is a trustee in a general way," punishment has been prescribed for not voting. The penalty range? from a fino of twenty-five francs to disfranchisement for ten years. This also precludes the voter from btlr.g a candidate for office or promotion in the public service. To some, the writer says, it may appear ridiculous to take from a man a right he did not care to exercise, but it is one thing willfully to neglect a privi lege under certain uninteresting circumstances and another to bo deprived of it altogether for ten years. If democracy Is to redeem its magnificent pledges to tho people, he says, it can only do so by the co-operation of the more honest, responsible and better citizens of the country or by compulsory vote. The system in Belgium was immediately and highly successful. Cecil Rhodes, who is a man of fuds, con fesses to having a passion for "collecting anything Dutch." General Kitchener pos sesses a similar taste, but has not yet suc ceeded in collecting as many Dutch as he would like. THE JESTEES. An I'nnceesitnrj' Incumbrance, The Smart Set. Daisy I have male up my mind to enter so ciety. Hardhead Whit has your mind cot to co with It? Time. Chicago Record-Herald. "What time have you?" "My watch is broken. I guess it mu-t somewhere near neon, though. I hear the newsboys calling the 3 o'clock extras.' " Quite Satisfactory. Brooklyn Eagle. Penelope So, us prophecies gro. It was satis factory on the whole? Constance Yes, the said I would b disappointed In love, but that I would marry rich. A (ilveauar New York Telegraph. "Delia," said Mis. Wantcrhy, who had some "nice people" to dinner and was trying to make an impreeslan, "it seems to m the coffee looks a trifle weak." it ain't the ceffec's fault, ma'am," replied Delia. " 'Tis too much crame ye put in it. Ycu ain't used to crame, ma'am." Sensible Garments. Washington Star. "What a nice, sensible hat!" exclaimed he. "I don't quite see why you speak of it in that manner," ehe answered. I was simply doing my best to catch tho proper phrase. I have observed that whenever any garment that makes a woman less attractive comes into voguo it Is invariably referred to as fieniilde.' " Ttro Girls. Life. 'If ten men hould atk you to marry them, what would that '"?7" "What would it be?" "A tender." "And if cue s-houlJ ask you, what would that be?" "I don't know; what?" "A wonder." Something: of That Kind. Boston Transcript. Parent Well, Charles, you will soon b setting throus'i wi'.li your schooling, and it's timo you thought about what you exin ct to io for A living. Have )uu any preference for anything in particular? Offspring In a general way. nothing nor. I have thought I'd like to be a stock btoker cr a clergyman, or something of that kind. Parent Something of that kind? Offspring Yes; something in which other folks furnish the confidence. WISDOM OF CURRENT FICTIONTho devil possesses no one who does not desire him. Sister Teresa. People aro like metal interests they come up again. A Serious Wooing. He was a man whose judgment was more of tho stomach than of the head. Antonia. Joy, unlike despair, sometimes loosens tha spirit till it almost takes flight, but it seldom kills. Antonia. Men are born to hardship. It Is the allov which gives firmness to their metal. When the Land Was Young. Professional saints are very tiresome people. Amateur sinners are much more interesting. Casting of Nets. A gentleman is a fellow who doesn't undertake a thing unless he can see it through in proper style. A Serious Wooing. Some o' these greenhorns are not nice to play with. They're like some guns loaded when you don't expect it. D ri and I. Most people requlah misfortune to show dem what an amizln' difference der am between a friend an an acquaintance. Uncle Eph. Consistency Is a Jewel, perhaps, but inconsistency has a thousand gleaming facets to offset the cold gleam of the celebrated "jewel." The Beleaguered Forest. Spring is well known to be feminine If only for her habit of changing her mind. Having bMn a ppitfire all night, spring will smile in the morning. When a Witch Was Young. As you are a woman, eschew fatalism. It is a man's Idea, and a man dare support it- But women have not the courage to sav: "This is a It was destined to b It Is an "it Is." No, they must hope; they must endeavor to charge the course of events. The BeleaK'ure 1 Forest. I LITERARY NOTES. Another Polish novelist is to appear bofore tlds public, bearing the name of Eliza Orzeszko. Her book H called "The Argonauts." and is translated by Jeremiah Curtin, tho translator ol tsie i. . k . - .i.jä-4 into English. Mrr.e. Orr-'zko's previous Mo-rl'-s ar- said to have given her considerable vogue in her native land. Mrs. Mary llartweil Catherwo-l has been spending the summer at Mackinac. She knows and loves every foot cf the old Island and lias celebrated Its charms In many delightful stories. She has enjoyed her rest this summer, for she has carrel it. Her new novel. "Lazarre." on which sh has labored without reading, has just been announced by her publishers.. Bookdealers, it is said, are expecting an Increase In sabs of President Roosevelt's books. His books have always been popular, especially his "Strenuous Life." One Eastern department store has already bad such a demand fr Presiient RooeeIi's writings that it has ordered a large shipment. Frequent Inquiries for books on anarchy havo also b-en made in the same store oi late. The "Riley Farm-Rhymes." Just brought out by James Whltcomb's Riley's publishers. Is a collection of his most popular poems dealing with rural themes, as "The Orchard Lands of Long Ago," "The Clover," "When th Frost is on the Punkin." etc. It is profusely and beautifully illustrated by Will Vawter. who. more than any other artist, catches the spirit of Mr. Riley's verse. In his forthcoming book, called "The Parts of Speech," Irof. Brander Matthews sets forth the contention that the English

language biorr? to th rnT,p3 ?rk it: that the An erioan branc h of ti e language 1 destlneii. at r.o distant day. to assume th cor.tr dlirg p i-1 1 1 n h rMnforo and now- held by the parent branch in England. Professor Matthews also hold raiiloal views on or;.: -gra hv. w hi h he nforces by Innovation In Ins own text. An unpublished letter of Walter Savag Landor has been found, say? the Sprir.gfielJ Republican. In which he correct? what st-erns obviously a ml.-prlnt or slip of tha pen In Dryden's o Their packs were fiiled with corn, with generous win? Their souls refreäht; thdr ehVng store Still when tl.ey cair.e. supplied with more. And doubled was their corn. "Klne" for "corn" la the last line is a very sensible reading. AEOUT PEOriE AND THINGS. Prof. David K. Goss has engaged L, C. Karpinski, of Oswego, N. Y.. a recent graduate of Cornell, as an Instructor In mathematics for his School for Boys la Strasburg. Rear Admiral Melville has not had mere than forty-eight hours' leave In fourteen years, except for his trip with President McKinley to California and one week at th Chicago world's fair. The Rev. Mr. Sheldon, of Topeka, said recently that lie would rather drink a bottle of red Ink than a bottle of beer, which moves the Kansas City Journal to remark that "the craving of home men for stimulants Is awful. The main constituent of red ink la alcohol." Santos-Dumont, whose flying machin seems to be dirigible when everything U Just right. Is the son of the "Coffee King" of Brazil, who employs C."0 laborers on his plantation. The aeronaut is the youngest of ten children, and was born in Hio de Janeiro in 1 i. A sanctimonious bore, whose hobby was anti-CutholIchm, went to the great evangelist one elay and put the direct question: "Mr. Moody, do you ever Intend to do any preaching i'.galn-t the Catholics'." "Ye.-, 1 may some tini"." "When will that le?" "After all the Protestants are converted."

Miss Maria It. Audubon, granddaughter of the great naturalist, took a prominent part in the recent public exercises at Shannonville. Pa., when the name of that village was changed to Audubon. It was In this little village that Audubon first began his nature iuly ar.d his writings dwelt much on the natural beauties of the place. D. It. Beatty, one of the new Texas oil kings, was a reporter on the Salvation News when the new s of a great oil "strike ' came In. He got together $10, and by putting that up as a security he "bluffed" the discoverers and got valuable lands, which proved so fruitful that he was able to pay tho balance due on them in a few weeks. A woman architect of New York city is now superintending the erection of two large uparLnent houses. Buildings of thi sort have been her specialty within the laft few years, and she manages personally all the details of her business. Although hrr two sons are associated with her. hhe hold the responsible position as head of Ihe lirm. For the first time since 1SGÖ the Virginia Democrats have put up for the governorship a man without a war record and without a military title to his name. Mr. Montague is a son of the man who was Henry A. Wise's running mate In the famous Knov-Ne)thlng campaign. With him on this year's ticket ho has a colonel and a major. Mrs. Isabella Bird Bishop, the great traveler and author, has offered herself to the bishop of Calcutta for mission work in India. When she began her extensive travels Mrs. Bishop was a decided opponent of missions, but has been completely converted by her visits to mission lands, until now she pnqioses to become a missionary herself. She has visited more mission fields and stations in many lands and ef all religious bodies than any other person. It 1 supposed she will be self-sustaining In her missionary work. Elias Howe, jr., the inventor of the sewing machine, was born in Spencer, Mass., and the Spencer folk have painted a statement ef that fact on a board gn eighteen feet square, ho that all the passers-by in the trains of the Boston & Albany Railroad inav see it. Th sign reads: "Down in th valley below, Elias Howe, jr., inventor of the sewing machine nnd an illustrious son of Spencer, was born in tili. After the words "Down In th valley below" Is a hupe hand with a finger pointing In th direction of the birthplace of the inventor. A paper published in Tokyo, Japan, recently contained the following curious matrimonial "ail:" "I am a beautiful woman. My abundant undulatrdg hair envelops mo as a cloud. Supple as a willow is my waist. Soft and brilliant is my visag as the satin f the flowers. I am endowed with wealth sufficient to Haunter threnigh lif hand in hand with my beloved. We-re I to meet a gracious lord, kindly. Intelligent, v.vll educated and of go.-d taste. I would unite myself with him for life and later fhare with him tho pleasure of being laid to rest eternal In a tomb of pink marble." Ciolgor Nationality. Kansas City Jouranl. There have been various statements m to what nationality Czolgocz belonged to. He has been represented in the dispatches as being a Russian, a Hungarian, a Pole, a Hungarian Jew and a Polish Jew. Some of the Jews of Kansas City have protested that he was not a member of the Israelitish family. Rabbi Mayer says that while In New York, a few elays ago, he satisfied himself em this point. Members of a Polisn organization in the East have betn investigating his antecedents with a view to proving that he was not a Pole, but a Vlav. After informing themselves s to the tacts, they reported that they w-r eompeüed to admit that he was f Polish eleseent, but added that they weie deeply ashamed of him and condemned his foul e!eed with nil possible K-evcilty. By birth he is nn A;n rlcan and has always resided l:i this country, so that we can take a share of the humiliation upon our ow n shoulders. Be her a. professional Anarchist, he has no reli;ln. A Great Opportunity. New Y'ork Evening Post. Mr. Roosevelt has before him a great opportunity. Unlike any other Vice President who has been promoted by death, he comes Into the highest office the representative of no faction In h'.s party, and with no obligations or affiliations which should hamper him. He has had a long training in public life, and he has mastered our political history. He mut realize that the conservative elements of th Nation have felt some distrust of him, and he must desire to win their confidence. U knows how generous the American c-ple archow anxious they are that e very new man who comes to high place shall prove worthy of it a temper strikingly Illustrated in the warm ex;.r. stiorn ef good will frem newspapers of all sti'tlons and parties whb h we reprint on another page-. The new President need only do h!- duty, and b will have the heartiest support ejf the Nation. Medical Quarrel. Philadelphia Record. It Is to be trusted that any threntenel logomachy between electors over the case of President McKinley may be kept, at the most, strictly within the technical bounds and confine s of medical and spe-cial journals. NotH-dy can pre tend to decide when the-se wis-- men disagrre o thoroughly as they apparently elo over a eirnple case of gnnVhot wound In the stomach. Their distli!gu.sh.d p ati nt H le ad. and It w as the assassin, and not they, who must be held re-sponsible lor tb. fatal result. Wlwt mounting !'' i 1 Is it that sts preife -sslop.al nun to wrangling and Jingling over points of punctilio and uudeinonstrat b theories of the ir craft that are of m eNuquence whate ve r to the' ontsi le we.rld? I t the g..d eloftors settle their ejnarrels in private, and throw no mud. If they hall, some of It is sure to stkk. Fool Friend. Baltimore American. In many cases of s"-called hyelrophobi the' harm, on investigation, would be found to le less in the log's bite than la the tongues of Injudicious friends. The e-sg-T ne-s with which friends and aevju alntane'e ot a iiervems man will unite t frighten him te death is one of the unexplained myüteüe of human nature. Truth uf the Mutter. Detroit Journal. Squabbling over Czolgo-z nationality Is foolish. He is simply hcil-spawu.