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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. RLIXK, Ltd., 831 Arch St.. I'hila., Pa.
Dunvegan, the famous seat of the Mar
leods, is said to bo the oldest inhabited
private house in Scotland.
Mrs. Win-low'H Soothing Syrup forohildron
teething, soften tho gums, reduces inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind oolic. 25c & bottle.
Even the beo In a bonnet may have a
sting in its tail.
Piso'fl Cure for Consumption is an infallible
medicinefor coughs and colds.—-N.W. SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 11)00.
In baseball as in oookery the best battel'
takes the cake.
S. K. Coburn, Mgr. Claris Scott, writ™
"I find B&U'B Catarrh Cure a valuablo re
medy." Druggists sell it, 75c.
Poverty may be no disgrace, but it's j
mighty uncomlortaWe.
Crrflcld Headache Towdcrs cannot bo im-
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ley aro not cathartic and do not in any way
derungo tho system ; they arc harmless, pica.,-
ant to tho tasto and good for all.
'A reasonable amount of egotism keep 3 a
man from brooding too much over his '
neighbor's success.
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Moral Bonoltrta Lighting.
Honolulu, the chief city of the new
American possessions, is not far be
hind the modem metropolis in Its elec
trical equipment. Electric lights ore
plentiful. l>oLh for street and Interior
lighting, while electric ttells and funs,
electrically driven automobiles, tele
phones, telegraphs and electric light
houses are all very much In evidence.
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. All herbage
may droop, die and disappear In the
oven of an Australian dsought, but the
pear survives, flourishes and carries on
Its processes of expansion and repro
duction with unconcern. In the fierce
"struggle for life" when a drought Is
devastating the land, this pest Is a liv
ing example of the survival of the "un
flttosL" It wne brought to Australia,
like the rabbit, either for use or orna
ment, and it hoe become a plaguo and
a pestilence. Its extermination In tho
colony of Queensland, at least, Is a
question of national Importance.
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Coltootlng British Coin.
As the British coins that bear Queen
Victoria's portrait will soon cease to
come from the mint, if they have not
already done so, the collectors have be
gun to board them. They will have n
good deal more value in future years
than they now hare as money, and the
hoarding of them is simply a matter
of Investment. The new coins will, of
course, l>enr the portrait of King Ed
ward VII., but that change cannot be
made Immediately, for it will take
some time to get the designs and the
dies ready. Queen Victoria had lieon
on the throne nearly n year before the
dies wore ready to Issue the new coin
age.
Iceland Produces Coal.
A Oopenliagon correspondent writes
that a firm In that city has exhibited
the first samples of coal from the large
Icelandic coal bed recently discovered
at Nordfjord. Tlic coal is considered
equal In quality to Northumbrian.
Samples are luting sent to the Danish
Koyal Agricultural Society to l>e exam
ined, also to Stockholm and Christiana.
II is expected that the new coal bed
will be valuable, at any rate, for local
purposes.
ATO won Cling Allen's Fool- Eaio 1
It is tho only cure for Swollen. Smarting,
Tlrod, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns
anil Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a
powder to be shaken into tho shoes. Cures
whilo yon walk. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 26c. Ramnls sent FKEE. Address,
Allen S. Olmsted. Leßoy. N. Y.
We pay In the neighborhood of $50,-
000,000 a year In taxes on sugar.
2) * neadsches ! Headaches I
There Is no excuse for a headache; h
Garfield Ilr-aduohe Powders cure them quick,
iy and stv&ly, aud rnoko one tool well; they
oovur harm. Try them.
By .the game laws of New Hampshire no
individual is allowed to kill more than
fifteen partridges in ana day.
Moalle Monday In Sco'land,
A characteristic feature of the Scot
tish University Is that it lias always
afforded an opportunity to poor stu
dents of obtaining and education.
There Ims always existed In the uni
versities u fine spirit which has re
garded with honor the struggles of
students who arc endeavoring to sup
port themselves. 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'*.