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SCRANTON. SEPTEMBER 19. 1S9C.
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
NATIONAL.
Plldent WILLIAl" M'KINLET.
Vic, Prealdent-GAHRET A, HOBART.
8TATK.
Congressmen - at - Large GALUSHA A.
GROW. SAMUEL. A. DAVENPORT.
COUNTY.
Congress-WILLIAxTcONNELI,.
Commissioner's. W. RuUKRTS, GILES
RGBEKT3.
Audltors-A. E. KIEPER. FRED L.
WARD.
LEGISLATIVE.
Renate, 21st PIstrlctCOL. W. 3. SCOTT.
Representative. 1st District JOHN it.
FAKR; 21 Dlstrlct-A. T. CON NELL;
SU Distrlct-DR. N. C. MACi-EY.
We congratulate the Tlmwr upon Its
decision to conduct upon Its part a
clean and dignified local campaign, and
trust that It will have the moral cour
age to live up to Us promise.
ilsosurss Up to His Opportunity.
A tribute so Just and true Is paid to
the Republican nominee by the Lan
caster New Era that wo offer no
apolojjy for reproducing It herewith.
"No man," that excellent Journal ob
serves, "can attain the prominence In
this country that Major McKlnley has
attained without being a person of far
more than the average range of ability,
as ability la rated among our public
men. His speeches In congress and out
of It during the past ten years have
shown Incontestably that he is a man
far beyond the ordinary. But not
withstanding the high estimate In
which Major McKlnley has been held
by his fellow citizens, for ability, pa
triotism and broad gauge statesman
ship, It may be questioned whether
many of our people ever estimated this
man at his proper worth. It Is only
since his candidacy for president on the
Republican ticket and his numerous
utterances to the Ecores of delegations
of all classes of people representing
almost all the Industries In the land,
that wo have reached a correct appre
ciation of the man's true character and
his extraordinary mental grasp and
power. He seems to have lifted him
self to a much higher plane of ability
and statesmanship than it had been
supposed he could occupy. Hl3 ad
dresses have In them a mental reach
which places him side by side with the
ablest men this country has ever pro
duced. "There Is, perhaps, no better test of a
man's mental vigor, of his originality,
of his general ability than the manner
In which he deals "with the many kinds
of persons who call upon him, each rep
resenting a different cause or industry,
and each demnndlng a peculiar aptness
of speech and understanding. Under
such trying conditions the common
place man quickly finds his level. He
cannot open his mouth without putting
his foot into It. He either suys some
thing he ought not to say, the wrong
thing at the wrong moment, or makes
a dunce of himself straight along. In
either caso the weakness of 'the man
Is exposed and we arrive at the true
measure of his abilities. In Major Mc
Klnley's case he has developed an abil
ity to talk a dozen times a day to as
many kinds of people, to say the right
thing to them all and to say it with
a vigor of expression and with a mental
grasp not surpassed by either Garfield
or Harrison, who have been the most
remarkable examples of this kind this
country has ever seen. His speeches
have been models of this kind of
speech-making. He has not made a
single mistake, but in every Instance
has won his hearers by the quiet dig
nity of his reasoning, by the cogency
of his arguments and by his remark
able power of concise argument and
statement."
In another respect not noted by our
Lancaster contemporary Major McKIn
ley is likewise deserving of exceptional
praise. He has demonstrated the pos
session to a remarkable degree of what
Is known a reserve force of charact
er. He knows when to talk and when
to maintain silence. He exhibits rare
power of self control without going at
any time to the opposite extreme of
arrogance, self-conceit or that blind
elf-confldence which brought Grover
Cleveland to political wreck. He Is an
approachable man. a companionable
man, a man who does not Impart the
Idea that he is a superior person hedged
about with awe, and yet he never for
gets his self-respect nor condescends to
words or deeds which would tend to
lower him in public esteem. In these
particulars he is truly unique among
the public men of our time, and It Is
therefore simply the truth to point to
bi:n as embodying one of the most not
able cases of the man rising to the
opportunity of which tbe later years
cf Americas politic contain any rec
ord. The Times wants to know "it there is
enough of gold money In the world
why have all the civilised nations cf
the earth been trying for years to
come to an agreement for the greater
use of silver?" Simply because genu
ine bimetallism is believed by most
economists to be better and fairer In
the long run than either gold or silver
monometallism. When we say "genu
ine" bimetallism, though, we don't
mean Bryan's spurious kind, which la
operation would drive gold out and re
duce us to a silver basis.
And so Dave Hill has reached the
point where he considers It necessary
to sneer at the newspapers. Alas, poor
David!
As Others See Us.
While there Is nothing especially new
or startling in the editorial on our
presidential campaign reprinted In an
other column from the Leeds, Eng.,
Morning Advertiser it Is a sufficiently
accurate comment to evoke surprise.
It Is not often that an American topic
is discussed In a British journal with
so large a percentage of evident under-
standing.
It perhaps Is worthy of note that In
telligent Englishmen expect to lose by
our election no matter which of our
parties wln9. The election of Bryan
would mean at least a temporary fall
of American securities In English
hands; that of McKlnley a transfer of
the manufacturing activities of the
American trade from the industrial
centers of the United Kingdom to
those of the United States. -This latter
programme would, of course, no more
than equalize matters, since England
has enjoyed the advantage during the
past three years; but neither prospect
Is likely to prove acceptable to the
native Briton and it is not to be won
dered at that he takes to both un
kindly. In one particular, though, the Leeds
paper Is the victim of a delusion. There
has been no other presidential cam
paign In this country .within the mem
ory of the present generation Involv
ing so little of the so-called jingo spirit.
At no prior time in our history has
there been a smaller Inclination on the
part of the masses to encourage pure
ly political tall-twisting. The disposi
tion of the American people at this
time Is toward International peace and
good will. It will not be their fault
If the peace of the nations Is disturbed.
The man who doesn't peruse the
speeches of Major McKlnley from day
to day is missing some mighty good
reading.
An Alderman's Sermon.
Tho limit of tt unexpected may be
said to have been reached in Chicago
last Sunday in the occupancy of a
prominent pulpit of that city by a
member of the municipal board of al
dermen. When it is recalled that a
Chicago alderman corresponds in most
respects to a Scranton common coun
cilman, the novelty of the reported
phenomonon requires little further elu
cidation. The Intrepid pulpiteer In
point was none other than Alderman
William Kent, of Chicago's Thirty-second
ward, a man already celebrated for
his trenchant blows at municipal ill
doing. His subject was "Practical
Politics," and we wish we could reprint
all that he had to say concerning it.
But we must be content at present with
only a few picturesque extracts.
Starting with the unassailable gen
eral proposition that corrupt municipal
politics must Inevitably corrupt the
politics of the nation, and that they
exist In obedience to the rule that
while good citizens are vigilant and de
termined once or twice In a generation,
the vicious classes are vigilant and de
termined 365 days every year, he drew
some specific pictures of corruption
within his personal knowledge which
are well calculated to give the indif
ferent citizen a voltaic shuck. Fur ex
ample: I wish I were capable of drawing two
companion pictures of the results of muni
cipal neglect. The first would dellneato
the machines you permit to manage the
politics of this city, and the second would
show the olilcers placed in nomination by
t'.ie machines and elected by you, the agen
cy through which you are misgoverned
by the grace of your own stupid votes.
The first picture, the machine, would
show three groups or figures two Republi
can factions and one Democratic. There
are In them, as leaders, tho worst of nur
aldermen. There are franchise Jobbers,
and there are brokers in corruption. Thtru
are men who never had a visible means of
support. There are gamblers and other
known criminals. Were it the time or
place, I would heap up against these men
a list of charges that are as clearly proved
as human evidence can prove them, crlml.
nal charges, penitentiary offenses; but,
alas, they could not be clear cnoush to be
effectual In a state's attorney's oilice, tii-j
function of which has been for years,
with but few Intervals of decency, to
shield public brigandage.
Another specimen:
Here ore franchises worth millions given
away by a shameless majority of tho coun
cil, sometimes vetoed and sometimes en
couraged nnd signed by the mayor. Pay
roll scandals; frontage frauds and for
geries; every form of violation of civil
service laws; highway robberies every
day; a police force, some of the members
of which are worse than the criminals
they are supposed to watch; policeman
who are not permitted. If they would, to
suppress public gambling; and who. In spite
of ail forms or malfeasance, are kept In
position by political pull; justice shops
that blackmail the unfortunate; that sell
verdicts to good customers; constables
who are the lowest of the low; saloons run
nlng In prohibition districts on payment
of blood money; a drainage board glvin
over to spoilsmen; park boards who have
to heed machine clamor In employing
men; judges whose tenure of office depends
upon complying with machine demands;
a board of education still a victim of Job
bery, though nobly striving to climb up
out of the mire; revenues deficient from
tax dodging on the part of citizens and
corruption In the offices of assessors, and
a county commission known of all men.
The food you eat, the water you drink, tho
air you breathe are tainted by politics.
Your rights, your property, the very edu
cation of your children have long been
at the mercy of the spoilsmen.
"And yet," he continued
The politicians have but rushed In to All
a vacuum caused by tha neglect of the
honest and competent. They are not ho
much sinners against us as our embodied
civic sin. And the worst politician In tho
midst of his self-seeking does mora for tho
community than tb, citizen who Is too nn.
to take up the party business of practical
politics. Nor are the hands held up In
horror at the misdeeds of officials all clean
hands. They may be too soft for tbe stern
tank of guiding the tiller of the ship of
state, but the stain of the bribe la not to
be sought on the palms of the recipient
alone. I have seen In my short public Itf,
the most shameless corruption that can lie
conceived. I have heard It made a Jest by
men who should wear prison stripes for
selling their constituents. I have heard It
lightly discussed by men of capital who
should adorn the stocks and whipping
post. If the prison Is good enough for the
commodity they have purchased. Leckv
has said: "There is on, thing worse than
corruption It Is acquiescence In corrup
tion." Tho young look up to some one
In the community, to financial success or
to official position. Shall we choose the
street car magnate, who has debauched
public officials and repudiated private
obligations; or the city official who has
betrayed his trust, as the model for our
children to follow? When so much of so
called success Is the sequence of moral
failure, we have chosen a hard school In
which to bring up our children.
There is no escape from this arraign
ment: It Is argued that the vole that controls
our local politics comes from the saloon,
that It Is drunken, sodden and ignorant.
What an admission! Do the drunken, the
sodden, the Ignorant, manage the private
business of this community? Public con.
trol must come from some source. It
might come from the counting-room and
the pulpit. Py the very meaning of the
word the competent may rule If they will,
nnd will to rule justly; for men must have
leaders, and the neglect of the Intelligent
and honest Is the opportunity of the dem
agogue. If those who should take the lead
In Israel hang back from their duty, let
them hail even tho rule of tho saloon as
better than anarchy. Do the bribe-givers
conio from tho saloon? Are they the dregs
of Europe? .Are not many of them of the
best blood of this nation? What should
the verdict be for him who, from the raised
platform of education nnd intelligence,
seeking only to play the game of grefld,
debauches government nnd perverts Jus
tice? You say the task of reformation Is
hard, that It Is too complicated, that com.
mon decency , In government Is an bides,
cent dream. A change is a matter of
vital necessity; It Is betterment or abso
lute ruin. Just government or revolution,
common sense or chaos. Politics Is notio
complicated for tho worst among us. Are
you unequal to the problems solved In their
own way by the saloons and the slums?
It may be said that this Is mere rhet
oric, yet If It Is, no one can deny Its
truth. It Is a kind of rhetorio which
sounds practical In the pulpit of a live
religion.
Idle car tracks laid simply for the
"salting" of franchises certainly de
serve to be taxed roundly.
Jones Gets Facetious.
Chairman Jones has given out an es
tlmate of Bryan's strength which is
worth reprinting In the humorous de
partment. These are his figures:
Electoral
States. votes. Majority.
Alabama 11 W.0i)0
Arkansas 8 73.000
California 9 30,000
Colorado 4 10,'WO
Delaware 3 IO.ikk)
Florida 4 13,000
Georgia 13 75.000
Idaho 3 10.0W
Illinois 24 43.000
Indiana 15 30.000
Iowa 13 3'J.OH)
Kansas 10 4'MW)
Kentucky 13 33,000
Louisiana 8 4o,fto0
Maryland 8 W)
Michigan 14 30,000
Minnesota 9 33.0HO
Mississippi 9 D0.000
Missouri 17 GiV.oo
Montana S 13,000
Nebraska 8 ao.CW)
Nevada 3 4,000
North Carolina It 40,IVK
Ohio 23 2.V.000
Oregon 4 100.000
South Carolina PHftiO
South Dakota 4 100,000
Tennessee IS 40,noo
Texas 15 73,000
Vtah 3 in,MD
Virginia 12 23.000
Washington 4 ISflO
West Virginia fl lno.oofl
Wisconsin 13 30,000,
These estimates give Bryan 33 out of
the 4!i states, with S07 electoral votes.
Jones also claims that New York and
New Jersey will give their electoral
votes to Bryan. Jones evidently wants
to laugh his case away.
Everyone knows that the United
States is seeking foreign trade. Ev
eryone knows thnt our dealings with
the other great nations are Increasing
from year to year. Shall we be so
shortsighted as to adopt a money
standard which they nil, after due trial,
have discarded as unsatisfactory? Can
we do this and continue to hold our
own with them?
Ceneral Harrison's decision to make
no more speeches this campaign will
occasion regret; but the one which he
did make was of sufficient value to can
cel any claim which the party may have
had upon him. Besides, the general
doubtless feels that his services can
now be spared without endangering the
ticket's success.
The administration of William Mc
Klnley will have only two things in
common with that of Grover Cleveland.
It will unflinchingly sustain the na
tional credit and it will resolutely up
hold the law. In other respects it will
be directly opposite to the present low
tariff regime.
It Is reported that the prospect is ex
cellent for sending a solidly Republican
delegation to the next legislature from
Luzerne county. Well, if Luzerne will
promise that, Lackawanna will pledge
another.
The claim of the Popocracy that It Is
going to capture the labor vote seems to
be compounded of the same materials
that compose Bryan's speeches mere
wind nnd assumption.
Now that the Buffalo convention, at
Senator Hills orders, has made a
laughing-stock of the Democracy of the
Empire state, what will Dana do to
Hill?
It Is, we think, generally conceded
that Mark Hanna ought to recognize
Pitchfork Tillman's services to Mc
Klnley with at least a bouquet.
Mr. Merrlfleld's "golden altar" Is pic
turesque, but it looks lonesome without
Bryan's "crown of thorns."
Is tt not juet a little bit cowardly In
William J. Bryan to try to disown his
own free trade handiwork?
The merit of those Canton addresses
is, uiey au nave someuiing in them. 1
An English Uieu)
of Oar Campaign
From the Leeds Morning Advertiser.
The presidential election continues to be
the chief object of Interest In America,
and the extraordinary character of the
forthcoming contest naturally makes It
much more exciting than thete struggles
usually are. With tho selection of Mr.
Uryan as the Democratic candidate It was
m.idd tolerably apparent that ilr. McKlu
ley, the Republican nominee, would be
the winner. ISut that has by no means
diminished the activity uf politicians, leaat
of all on the Democratic side. The truth
Is that the Democrats have never been In
such a hopeless condition since they first
came Into existenco as a great political
party. Owing to the unwritten law of the
American constitution, which derives Its
force from the practice of George Wash
ington In refusing a third nomination,
President Cleveland was debarred from
standing for a third term. Even If he had.
It Is not clear that he would have been
elected, In view of the silver craze which
prevails at present In the more numerous
section of tho Democratic party. But,
putting President Cleveland on one side,
there Is no one man on tho Democratic
sido who towers head nnd shoulders
above his follows. Mr. Uryan, tho nominee
of the convention, was quite unknown
outside the boundaries of his own state
before he made that rhetorical and flashy
appeal against those who wanted to "cru
cify humanity on a cross of gold."
It Is only natural that such a man and
sucH a programme as he represents should
be distasteful In the extreme to those
members of tho party who have not en
tirely lost all common sense In currency
matters. It Is quite posslblo that an in
dependent Democratic convention, com
posed of those In favor of sound money,
may be summoned for tho selection of
another candidate. Such a step would be
a remarkablo one, for In the United States
political parties are usually more com
pact than those In our own country, and
It Is not easy for a man to secedo from his
party. Still there are Instances In Ameri
can pollticnl history where considerable
numbers of politicians "Mugwumps," as
the are called have disregarded party
ties and -voted with the other side, Just
as the Peelites did in ISO) and the Liberal
Unionists in 1SSG. On tho present occa
sion, too, there is no hard and fast divis
ion between tho Republicans and the
Democrats. Some Republicans, like Sen
ator Teller nnd his friends, are In favor
of Mr. Bryan's candidature, although ho
labels himself a Democrat, because they
euro more for sliver than for the tariff, as
represented by Mr. McKlnley. Somo
Democrats, on the other hand, will doubt
less vote Republican, because they dis
approve of the currency theories of Mr.
Bryan. It will thus be an election Buch as
the United States have never seen In all
their history.
The real fact Is that the old party desig
nations In the United States, as In somo
other countries, have become somewhat
obsolete. Tho 'Republicans are Identified
with a higher tariff than their opponents,
but both parties are apt to wobble upon
many Important questions of tho day. The
appearnce of the Populists as a third party
has rather upset the calculations of those
political wirepullers who used to divide
all Americans, as all Englishmen used
formerly to be divided, Into two, and only
two, parties. Tho Democrats of Mr.
Bryan's section appear to hope that their
man will be supported by tho Populists,
whose views are about ns wild and ex
treme ns his. but It Is by no means clear
that this will bo tho case. Tho Populists
do not want to be extinguished as a sep
arate organization by being merged In tho
Democratic ranks, and will probably In
sist on their pound of flesh the nomina
tion of a Populist as vice-president In place
of a second Democrat.
It seems tolerably certain that which
ever side wins Europe will not benefit.
Tho victory of Mr. McKlnley wuld cer
tainly mean a very high protective tariff
against European manufacturers, while
the sucecss of .Mr. Itryan would greatly
Injure European Investors In American
securities, which are now largely held In
this country. Mr. Cleveland, although he
has not been particularly friendly to Eng
land during ejther his first or his second
term of ofllce at the White House, has not,
at any rate, asosdated his name with a
policy which would cripple our export
trade to the United States. The outlook
Is, therefore, not a very bright one. VThnt
ever folly the Americans commit, we shall
have to pny for Indirectly. The wonder Is
that a nation so shrewd and so astute
should bo misled by the transparent clap
trap of the politicians. But It has long
since been observed thnt on questions of
tariff and currency men of the greatest
ability and Judgment will go wrong and
become absolute fanatics. Currency ques
tions have from the early part of the cen
tury been tho corner-stono of American
politico, for of purely political problem,
such as agitate us, tho United States have
very few. We rould wish, however, and
the wish has been also expressed Py
American men of business, that thse
presidential elections came less frequent
ly. The French system, which makes
seven years tho term of a president's
office, Is much better than the American,
which restricts It to four. It Is a bad thing
for trade and the amenities of Interna
tional Intercourse thnt a country should
bo convulsed so often by exciting contro
versies, during which political capital is
apt to be made by addressing very big
words to foreign Powers, like Great Brit
ain over Venezuela, or Spain over Cuba.
Til J I'OPlJ,1STlC UPUISING.
From Whitelaw Reid's Letter.
We have had the four years In clover
which our friends, the enemy, promised
us in K2. The people are quite satistlcd
that they have hud enough of It. On tho
eld lines this campaign wu3 already won.
Voters were absolutely resolved to
back to the point where they turned 01T
four years ago, and get Into the path
again which from 1SS8 to 1892 had led them
for the greatest and most widely diffused
prosperity this country ever enjoyed. As
rerting the power of the common people,
they put forward as their candidate the
man whose very name meant to every one
of them the policy of those four prosp?r.
ous years; and the work was practically
done. Then burst out the Adullamltc.
Every unthinking or unscrupulous m:in
that was In distress, and every one that
was in debt, and every one that was dis
contented, gathered themselves together,
not unto David, alas! but unto Altgeld.
They captured the national convention of
a historic party and degraded It and hu
miliated the country by asking the Ameri
can people to vote that they would not
obey the eighth commandment.
Now, when a question Is submitted to a
popular vote people must Infer that there
are two sides to It and thnt they have a
right to vote on whichever side their Judg
ment or their Interest Inclines. Hut there
are two sides to the moral law. No man,
no party, has a right to put the eighth
commandment to a popular vote, to de
cide, through an expression cf popular de
sire nt the polls, whether this nation shall
cheat Its creditors by paying Its debts at
the rate of 53 cents on the dollar, and
whether every private debtor Bhall he at
liberty to cheat to the same extent the
man who has trusted him. To propose
such a vote and such a decision Is Itself
a crime, but, having proposed It, the pl.iln
people of the country will sustain the
great commandment by a vote which wiil
surprise those who would break It,
JOHN WAVUIAKER.
A Democratic Picture.
Harrlsburg Patriot: "Mr. Wnnamaker
has had extensive business experience and
has amassed wealth. Brag has been his
chief capital and It has yielded him Im
mense returns upon every Investment.
Politically he Is nn artful dodger. He
soft-soaped himself Into Mr. Harrison's
good graces and then glided Into his cabi
net over Mr. Quay's shoulders. In the
capacity of postmaster general he was
a failure. lie made no practical improve
ments of the service but Instead made
It more than ever a bureau -for reward
ing the spoils seeker. The administration
wra's
Our new stock now complete. It comprises all of the
latest weaves, such as Lizard Cloths, Crepons, Basket
Cloths, Boucles, Camels Hairs, Cheviots, Cravennettes,
Vicunas, Brocades, Serges, Henriettas, etc., etc. It will
be a pleasure to show them.
ecial Sale
200 Dozen
designs.
Every Street
LIKE EVERYWHERE
So have we in Scranton met with the greatest success.
A PLACE FOR Al 1
A STORE for the men who have been paying 25 per cent, more for
their tailor-made garments.
A STORE for the man who has been paying the same price for
ready-made as he can get our tailor-made suits.
GREAT EASTERN SUIT AND PANTS CO., 3?Ji"
Our garments arc made on our premises, under our own supervision.
of tho postal department by Mr. Wana
maker was more Inefficient than It had
been known to be In modern times. Mr.
Wanamakcr is not a statesman. He Is
not a fair politician. He Is not a pro
found thinker. He la not a man of un
usual patriotism. He Is not un orator, not
even a pleasing speaker. He has nothing
to commend him as Cameron's successor
If tha requirements of this lofty position
are to meusuro the man who fills it,"
THE ARKANSAS VOTE.
From the Times-Herald.
Instead of being the largest Democratic
majority In Arkansas for years the of
ficial returns show It to b, the smallest.
The gubernatorial returns for the last
three tlcttons were as follows:
1892. ISM. 15.
Democrat 90.115 74,809 71.C45
Republican M.uSi &U10
Populist 81,117 21,511 11.2S0
Prohibition 1,210 1,531 1,J43
Total 150.188 123,958 110,578
Democratic plurality . 68,471 48,624 45,235
It will be seen from this table that al
though the Popocrat vote has absorbed
one-half the Populist vote' of M4, and
about two-thirds of that of 1S92. It lacks
over 3,0iO of being equal to the vote of
1S!H, and Is 18,470 Ices thaa the Demo
cratic vote of 1502. If this rate of de
crease In the Popocrat vote from the com
bined Populist and Democrat vote Is to ba
kept up all over the country Mr. Jones
might os well pack up his headquarter,
In hlB little grip and return to the hay
fields of Arkansas. It means that no com
blnutlon that can be uevlsod will defeat
McKlnley.
M OUTH FIFTY CENTS.
From the Times-Herald.
With the latest fall In the price of silver
bullion to Go cents an ounce the silver in
a standard dollar is worth Just 50 cents.
Ducked by the Bold guarantee It passes for
100 eent. Lucking that guarantee,, as It
would under the :yan 1C to 1 free coinage
plan. It would buy just uO cents' worth of
merchandise.
THE OXL WAV.
He had a worried look on his face, and
remarked, with a sigh: "I suppose there
Is no use in expecting that everybody will
ever bo satisfied."
"Xo," replied the man with campaign
buttons all over him: "not unless this
government makes arrangements to have
two or three vice-presidents." Washing,
ton Star.
WHEN AT HIS IIEST.
From the Washington Star.
Like Mr. Piatt, Mr. Hill Is at his best in
the game of politics when playing on the
home diamond.
MARS.
It may be there are forms of human life
Upon old continents of throuded stars;
It may be there are men grown mad with
strife
Among the fields and woods and hills cf
Mars.
Some day, perhaps, we shall look on the
face
Of one who dwells within that slater
sphere.
And wonder if his soul has sweeter grace
Than any soul of ours that sorrows here;
If he has loved, as we may love. In vain;
If he has striven in cruel colls of hate;
If loss with him has been the end of gain;
If he had learned to live and learned too
late.
Yet It may be that this new brother dwells
In ways mora gentle than terrestrial
ways.
That night brings peace to him and halcy
on spells
That dawns are harbingers of (olden
day,;
i
And It may be that he Is patient, brave,
Fraternal yet forgiving, strong; yet meek.
And that his world Is like the dream we
crave, .
Like some Utopia we divinely seek.
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AGAIN, THE NEW WOMAN.
"I think Miss Tenspot Is trying to ba
a new woman," said Skidds to Darley.
"Why?" "A friend of mine who Is a clerk
In a shoe store says alio Insists upon get
ting shoes largo enough for her." Judge.
"Take my word for It," said one gen
tleman to another; "the new woman only
comes from one county," "Which Is
that?" asked the other. "Middlesex."
Ah! Why bo?" "Because she has not yet
become a gentleman, and Is certainly not
a lady." London Spare Moments.
"What do you think of this new woman
movement?" "It's a good thlnir." "How
do you make that out?" "Well, my wife
attends so muny clubs and public func
tions and drinks so much stuff at them
that she's seldom able to smell my breath
when I get home." Boston Post.
"Sir," said the womnn of the determined
Jaw, "woman's sphere Is enlurglng, and
you must admit It!" "Well," said tho
cynical bachelor, "while I urn not exact
ly prepured to concede that woman's head
in exactly a sphere, still there is no doubt
that it has been swelling at a great rato
in the last few years." Indianapolis
Journal,
"What I object to about the new wo
man," said the appreciative man. "is that
she pushes ahead too fust." "Oh! I don't
know," replied the man in the cycling suit.
"the wants to tlo as much work as a man
does." "Vou're wrong. You get a tan
dem ride up a hill with one of them, and
you'll find out your mistake." London
Answers.
"No," said the woman of the future, "I
cannot marry you. Much as I love you, I
would not ask you to nbandon your bril
liant prospects in life for tho dally drudg
ery of household cares." The young man
burst Into tears of mingled disappoint
ment and gratitude. It was, clearly ap
parent that the spirit of the age was
geared up to about SO. New York Press.
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