| RUSSIAN I A t tenß , r l W at j>'' ts~\. A.UTOCR..AGY St Petersburg. To pome minds, fortunately not to all, the word "autocracy" seems syn onymous with despotism and tyranny. It certainly does mean power, but he who has power has also the possibility to use it in a beneficent way and to exert it whenever conditions demand it. Power—absolute power—ln the hands of King Henry VIII., or an Ivan the Terrible, might have been looked upon as a disaster, and yet the reign of either monarch is regarded from a political view, as successful; from an individual view as despotic. Fortunate ly civilization and the twentieth cen tury have made It impossible for such monarchs to exist. Absolute power In the hands of Alexander 11., the auto crat of all the Russias, the world knows, has been a blessing, for he had the possibility to free 25,000,000 slaves with one stroke of the pen, and not only free them, but endow every one of them with a piece of land. Do you think he could have done so, or that the nobles would have permitted him to do so, if they had a word in the matter? In your country the samo great reform took place nearly at the same time. But how differently was it solved! Through a civil war which fought against brother, and the effects of which are still in existence. Let us go further back in Russian history to the reign of Peter the Great. Nobody can dispute what this auto cratic czar has done for his country. Could he have changed the history of Russia, as It seems to us now, In one moment? Could he have reformed a people who were on so low a grade of civilization that they called him the "Anti-Christ" and looked upon his great work as the "end of the world" —if he had not had absolute power to do so? And still further—would pagan Russia have been Christianized in so short a period if the rulers of the time had not been autocrats? The few freigners who are well acquainted with the history of Russia, her im mense territories and the characteris tics of her people, all understand why Russia stili needs an absolute govern ment. When Alexander 11. was anxious to throw off the responsibility of a reign which nihilists had made a bur den to him, and give his people a con stitution, all the great statesmen in ! WOMEN Appalling Growth of INEBRIATES Fashiona-blo World. Joshua L. Bailey of Phlladelphi, president of the National Temperance Society of Friends, says that there is in appalling increase of inebriety imong w.omen. Recently, he says, the principal of a fashionable young la dies' seminary in counseling her pu pils to avoid extremes, declared that It was just as vulgar to be a total ab stainer as it was to drink to excess; that one was an indication of a weak character as much as the other. And what, asks Mr. Bailey, can be ex pected as the result of such tuition when these young girls enter fashion able society? Intemperance among fashionable women Is much more observable, even in Philadelphia, than it was some years ago. In New York a social lead er, who refused to allow her name to be used because of her family con nections and her personal relatious to the "400," says that the drinking evil among women of the highest circles has reached an alarming stato. It is nothing unusual, she declares, to seo in leading hotels and cafes beautiful and handsomely dressed women of Fifth avenue absolutely pouring down cocktails and other mixed drinks. Nor is New York the only American city where such condi tions exist. Workers of the W. C. T. U. of Chicago report finding hundreds of women drinking in the saloons at all hours of the night. The increased use of liquor among women is a sad but generally admit ted fact in Great Britain. Dr. Hay wood Smith, the noted English spe cialist, furnishes facts and figures to prove that British women are drift ing toward inebriety. He asserts that the vice is increasing with greater rapidity among the rich and well to j What Long Prayers Did, | Tho troubles that too long prayers can cause are emphasized by recent happenings in the First Congregation al church at Braddock, Pa. A lead ing member, who was active In the erection of the congregation's new ed ifice, was addicted to the habit or long prayers. Other members thought they were not getting a fair show and voiced this complaint to their pastor. The pastor. Rev. Clarence Greeley, a nephew of Horace Greeley, thought so, too, and promised to see about it. He labored with the long-winded brother and asked him to cut his prayers shorter, if possible. The praying member retorted by asking his pastor to resign. This Rev. Mr. Greeley obligingly did Monday. Now the ma jority of the members of the church. It Is said, have sided with the pastor, and will hire a hall and organize a new church, with "short prayers" for Europe thought it a mistake, as Russia was not ready for it, and advised Louii Melokoff to induce the czar to give up his project. Fate has saved Russia foi the timo, for Alexander 11., the llbtra tor, was killed in the streets of 3t Petersburg, where despots before him Ifad wal-ked unprotected, the day when he was to sign the constitution, ,The first germs of an autocracy ID Russia lay in the constant territorial disputes of the old Slavs. Wo Rus sians, unfortunately, do not possess the necessary qualities, neither the perseverance nor the public spirit com mon to other nations, to carry out great plans In harmony. Many ill in sults in social questions have been laid at the door of the government when they were solely the fault of the people. It is a great mistake to say that a constitutional government fa-- vors education more than does an ab solute one. In order to educate the 175,000,000 people in Russia it needs, first of all, money and teachers. Rus sia does not need compulsory educa tion; the masses are hungry for knowl edge, and they are gaining it slowly hut steadily. If the last generation at peasants did not know how to read and to write, the present generation does. The Russian government would not refuse to have more schools and universities, if society would furnish the funds. The proof Is that we have numerous private colleges and aoade mies, founded by the more public spirited and certainly very wealthy class of merchants. Have not science, art and literature flourished while autocrats ruled? And who can dispute the words of Alexan der 11. that great reforms come better from above than below? But in Rus sia with its immense territories, and a large class of her people coinposod of Asiatic races and half savage tribes, they must come by degrees. Thanks to her autocracy only, Rus sia could victoriously survive Her trials in the lest century—defeat Napoleon and live through the disasters of the Crimean war. Considering that civili zation has really entered our courts but since the days of Peter the Great, we need not be discouraged, for before the new century is much older wo shall have all we want. —Madame Sofja luouna Friedland of St. Petersburg, in the Chicago American. do women than among those of the lower strata of society. He adds: "In this so-called upper class drunkenness is epidemic." I have long believed, and each year strengthens my conviction, that the drinking customs of society stand more than any other impediment in the way of all moral, social, indus trial and religious progress. Swopped Cotton fop Daoon, A thrifty and far-sighted farmer bantered an Americus merchant yes terday to swap off bacon for cotton, pound for pound, the meat to be de livered during the year and the cotton to be handed over next fall, says a Georgia newspaper. But tho grocer smiled a take-me-for-a-damned-fool smile and declined. Last spring he was picked up by this same very gentle and unsophisticated farmer, and while it was a good trado for both, the pork peddler will stay out of the game this year. They traded then on a pound for-pound basis, and while cotton stayed at 10 cents and above the far mor steadily sold his crop and pocket ed the coin. His meat bill was not then due. It was paid later with 8-eent cotton. One of his neighbors, who made a similar trade with a local mer chant, got scared and settled when cotton was at 11 cents, fearing that it was going to 15 cents. Meat is now worth 10 cents at retail and cotton only eight cents. Next fail the price of cotton may bo much less, hence the unwillingness of the local merchant to swap his 10-cent meat for cotton which may bring him only live cents. Though the high heel has come hack into fashion, it is not for walking pur poses. one of the foundation stones of their creed. The Ktnte Mothnr-ln-lAff. No woman influences national poli tics so powerfully as the attractive wife of the German chancellor, Countess Marie von Buelow, who. In her bril liant toilettes and huge Rembrandt hat, is frequently the mo3t important figure in the diplomatic gallery of tho Berlin relchstag. The German chan cellor also often brings his mother-in law, the venerable widow of the great Minghettl, who. since she played a prominent part In the shaping of Count Buelow's commercial policy with re spect to Italy, lias obtained the sobri quet of "3tate mother-in-law." These appearances in the political world are a nevr departure of the home-loving German Woman. —Rotterdam Nieuwa Corrant. Adj. Gen. Corbin's Potato Crop. 1 The first Irish potatoes grown In' New Mexico were raised by Adjutant General Henry C. Corbin, major gen eral U- S. A. That was over 20 years ago. Corbin was then a major serv ing on the frontier posts hundreds of miles from civilization. Part of his work—and no small part of It—was to got suitable provisions for his men. Fresh vegetables in New Mexico were almost impossible to be had, and were correspondingly craved by the sohllers. Having been brought up on a farm, Major Corbin took an interest in the problem of growing things for the use of the post, aud particularly In the possibilities of Irrigation. One day It occurred to him that by tapping n spring in flic hillside and digging a ditch he might irrigate aliout an acre of ground, and that it would be a good Scheme to plant the acre with pota toes. When he mentioned his plan ho was scorned. lie was told pota toes would not grow 1u New Mexico, and was reminded that there was no seed. There was not a potato short of "the States." But he determined to try; so he sent for two bushels. They wore sent by the iiound, and when they arrived the bill for them was Kid. lie cut them up carefully himself and assisted in putting the eyes Into tlic ground. Then he super- Uitended their cultivation and Irriga-1 Don. It'hen digging time finally arlved there was Joy in the camp. "We sent them all around to the officers and men," the general relates, "and there never were potatoes like them. I have eaten fine dinners and sat through elaborate lainquots In later years; but nothing has tasted or ever will taste as did those potatoes. The fame of them went abroad, and the seed from my patch started the potato Industry in the Southwest." Swodon Wants an Anthom. Bweden pines for a new and worth ier national anthem than too existing one, which ic antiquated, and does not at all appeal to the emotions of the modern Scandinavians. In conse quence n special committee has !>oon formed, which has issued invitations to n select number of song writers to seed In their competitions by a cer tain date. The songs thus collected are to be sung at concerts to be held In all tlx' principal towns on a fixed j day, and the composition which re ceives the unqualified approbation ol these assemblies will be recommend- j ed by the committee for the prize, ami j for adoption as the now national an them. PCTXAM'B FADELESS DYE produces tho fast- j eat nnd brightest colors or any known dyo stuff. Sold by all druggists. There are 4000 tons of stone in the py ramids of Cheops. It oould be built for $20,000,000 to-day. ! Sonic men are too lazy to even stand in ! their own light. Massachusetts uses more postage stamps I pel' capita of population tuan any other citato ia the Union. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness after first day's use of Br. Kline's Great Nerve Itestorer. f 2 trial bottle and treatise Ires Dr. It. H. 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A unique feature of the electric light ing of private dwellings to be found there Is the provision made for light lug the Interior as Well as the exterior of houses, as, for instance, porches, grounds or even streets. Everybody naturally lives outdoors, and In order to throw lights on the itorches, etc., the lamps aro arranged In globes set In the masonry walls of the houses. When these lamps ore lighted the re flection is available both for Inside and outside lighting. Plague ol tho Prickly Pear. One of the most serious difficulties In the way of land settlement In some parts of Australia Is said to bo an ob noxious plant called the prickly pear. As a [test to the farmers it may be fair ly classed with the rabbit®. It hits taken ixissession of whole tracts of country, und the settler has to fight a pitched liattle for every acre he calls Ids OWIL A single fruit bears forth 30, 00 and even beveral hundred fold of good productive seed. 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And these students have so prised an education ns to lead lives of strenuous self-denial, with their eyes determinedly se upon the far-off goal. Matty students from their Highland homes have appeared at the beginning of the academic year with a hag of oatfnenl and a barrel of potatoes, rep resenting the sole store of life and energy for months to come. So com mon was this practice that a holiday in the midyear was appointed, known as "Mealie Monday," in order to give the students an opportunity of return ing home to replenish their larder. This day is still obseved as a holiday. In his reminiscences of Edinburgh Robert Chambers tells the story of ids early experiences at the university how a friend, his brother and himself had lived together, and each had brought to the common store a bag of oatmeal. The three bags hung from one of the rafters of their room, and •the landlady would scrupulously take a handful of the meal from each hag, in order to mix the morning porridge, according to a strict equitable prin ciple of distribution. It must be remembered also that in many eases, untold sacrifices must be borne in the homes whence the sons set forth to secure an education, in ci der that they may live in a university town at all, even in the simplest pos sible manner. It Is by no means ar isolated case, that story of the fnthei who had but three cows, and one ol them he sold in order to send UU sol •to St. Andrew'*.