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1 ThgTfijeslde circle had widened by
the . coming Of The - Country Bride,
who leaned wearily "book In tier aty
chats, a happy smile shining In her
eyes, though between them the wor
ried pucker, that cornea with a day'a
shopping, wag not yet quite smooth-
d way. .;'.!..
"You are getting the - shopping
JTace," the College Olrl laughed.
"Am IT Well, If one, had plenty
of -doljare home making would be
mightily simpllfled," the country
, . nriae stgnea. -"I'm
afraid not," laughed the
Motherly Woman. "Indeed, I should
. consider the matter much complicat
es. You would have, then, to give so
- much attention to the house; now
" you have only ; to build a home.
There is suoh a difference, you know,
, . between a house and a home: be
f tween house furnishing and home
." v. making. The one does require a lot
of money; the other can be done with
, ' so "little!.1 And people always love
-, the little homes; the others are only
. admired."
"And envied," the Country Bride
added. "I saw so very many pretty
things to-day; I felt , that without
' some 'of them I should scarcely be
, havings home at all. It seemed
rather hard that we'd have to watt
for Robin to work out a way to
them."
1 "Did It?" the Motherly Woman
laid a caressing hand on the fluffy
- head. "Well, that was only because
: you know so little, yet, about the
pleasure of the waiting. Tou are
tired, too, like a little nest builder,
. who has been searching all day long
t Vi A rl (tK f w Vi 1 n tt ha if XT-sra
: mind. To-morrow some older nest
builders shall' go searching with you.
I think I've found out one of the se
crets of home making, one that all
the little furred and feathered house
keepers understand perfectly. It Is
this: make the. home to fit those who
are to live in it.- A wee brown wren
doesn't build an oriole's nest Our
, homes ought to bear the Impress of
ourselves. The house is a mere mat
ter of roof and walls. I wonder If
any little worker has to-day been
keeping her eyes the pattern of any
other home than the one that is her
very own?"
The Country Bride flushed. "I'm
afrsld so," she said gravely. "So
many of the girls have been getting
such pretty homes. I saw a lot of
things to-day that are like theirs
nearly, only much cheaper. I was
tempted to buy them, but I havn't
yet. They didn't seem just the thing
for the old house. My shopping
hasn't amounted to much."
"We'll hope for a better to-morrow,"
the College Girl said cheerily.
She had developed a sudden interest
in matters domestic. "That old
house of yours. is a picture set there
on a shoulder of the hill with the
trees, like faithful friends, gathered
close about it; they've grown old and
mossy and beautiful together. I
don't think much of new houses; old
nnAa haVA mA nVinwintivii
"And dust and mice and draughts,"
added the Countrjk Bride ruefully.
"But I love the old place; Robin was
born there. His dear mother went
to it as I'm going, a bride. Tm not
shamed of it, but I have compared
It with the new homes about it, and
well, I have felt that we are not
keeping up with the others."
"Don't try to," said the Motherly
Woman comfortably. "Let your
home keep its own individuality.
Don't fit it up In pretentious fashion.
Whatever the others have, let yours
be a simple old country home. Then
, it wl have a dignity of Its own. I
nave seen many lovely little homes
hat showed the refined tastes of
their owners, though so far as money
KOeg the nrloe nt th
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great I ve Just been thinking of a
certain little log house that I know.
It Is low and rough and It has the
tiniest windows and most unsightly
walls It is In the edge of a shady
Southern woods, like a fairy tale
house, you know, and a brlak little
Vermont woman lives in It. It la one
or the most charming homes that I
Know anything about and I visit It
as often as possible. There Is a big
soft white bed in the sitting room,
and home-made rugs and cushioned
chairs and footstools and book
Bhe ves. full of the best books, and
tables piled with new magaxlnes;
and the wee bit windows have the
very cutest short curtains, and in
winter there is a fragrant Are on
the cleanest hearth you ever saw
Above this charming room is the
tiniest pinch of a guest chamber fit
ted right under the very shinnies
themselves. Sometimes a star winks
?he.rrt,throKu' and' when 11
Thi.mti 5Btl a rand chestra.
This little chamber Is as cleah as an
acorn cup, and so full of sweet
woodsy aJr that It Is a delight Just
to breathe. There Is a shell of a
lean to kitchen that Is dainty enough
for the queen to eat her bread and
honey In. and the loveliest meal, are
served there. And this Is all except
closet a little larger than a band
box and an odd little dimple of a
: k nnd tne etet of butter.
'.J. ' one of the mo"t Perfect
,'homei on my visiting list. One
.never realises its poverty, It u to
LWi!h th,e treeB -nlkrlng close
.about It and the shadows playing
'hide and seek around Us door step
like dancing fairies from the woods
JW.v?a.n wh0 IVM tner wull as
thl?K ot aDlof for the
.hcr no,e or ung the
color of her eyes as she would of
rl"''."' ?.ort.of P'naf4on about
,t . 'J. lrap,y do not ocour
2r.W . .U Sou,d mk ny stf-
ot Lj0.her ,r,ondg- And
; not. she Is not conscious of any
5rLf "''tortty. though she I.
w"?Vnd--,,n,pU and unpretentious
:.r.SVeI " ne,ther hidden nor
' ,.9r",nal, makeshifts are
her lack of means a. being poverty.
'V i'V" ,ne nwd h entertains
3Lh, Ch,ce 5UMt"' he l always
fulUbly dressed and her tiny larder
Is always abundantly suppMed for
this dear Jlttla Yankee U a thrifty
oul. and she loves a man who his
not succeeded as the world wont!
oia rriends, the man's feet find
tralghter paths than they to
MZ ?d, hopo and hatncs?.nt
up the little place for th. bra"e wo
man who make, of th. poor hou!e
uch a perfect home. UM
"This dear friend of mine ! cant
mistress of the art of ma" Ing P"h.
Fhe Is away above covetousneu and
r-'f va,n pMn wr up in
' l? ctear, aweot atmosphere of ner"
feet content. And thit de nil
mean that she has any lasr war of
.taking thing. e.y; if'.h.haVth;
' place would be a mere hovel 8h!
is a cultured woman, highly educated
at J refined. She takes the els. of
tier house as I take the sis. of my
Philocophy
OX THE HEARTH,
hand, and really forgets all about It
And When you go there, only the
peace and comfort ot , the place are
In evidence' i ;vj;.'.i.
"But your friend Isn't a very young
woman' said the Quiet Man, who
had. , been . watching the Country
Bride. "It requires many years - ot
living, to reach her t serenity. per
haps at first she lacked the poise that
is so charming now. I doubt It her
home making was so perfect In those
early days,) and doubtless, if ... she
were questioned, she ; would confess
many ordinary mlstaites."
v The Plain Little Woman looked up
from her drawing: "I know that she
has passed through ' many conflicts;
she bears the scars of some of them.
Her perfect home isn't of mushroom
growth. I have tried to think out
the process, piecing together all the
little bits of reminiscences and frag
ments of her life that have leaked
through her cherry conversation, and
I believe that honest- self-respect and
simple dignity of character have had
a great deal to do with it These,
and Iovb for the man I But the
point Is that, a perfect home can be
made otvery ordinary material." v
"If one 'could only 'imbibe her true
philosophy!" sighed .the Country
Bride. "But mossy carpets and flim
sy curtains and graceful chairs and
shining mirrors are so entrancing
when one is gathering up the ma
terial." "Perhaps that was one of my little
Yankee's conflicts," . laughed the
Motherly Woman. "She has such
perfect taste and she does love pret
tv things. But she learned to see
beauty in utility. Lace curtains at
her little windows would destroy the
harmony of the room and she loves
harmony more than she loves lace
curtains."
"I think I'm getting converted,"
ventured the Country Bride hopeful
ly. "The clouds of my despair are
not quite so lowering. But the half
of . my dilemma has not been told tou.
As soon as we are settled, I am go
ing to have a guest. Two of my
classmates and I were dear friends
at Bchool. The otirer girls used u
call us the Three Graces. It is five
years since we met. Alma is study
ing in Europe, Coralle has married a
New York millionaire and it is she
who is coming to see met"
The College Olrl sat up with live
ly interest in her pretty face. "Why,
no wonder you you " she stopped,
blushing.
"Now that's Just what I think,"
the Country Bride laughed. "Cor-
alia was the sweetest and most unaf
fected girl, but think how she has
been living for nearly five years. Al
ma stopped there when she was In
New York and she wrote me pages
about it. Why, Rosalie's bathroom
cost more than our farm., Alma says
It Is the very lap of luxury itself with
all sorts of delicious baths and It is
as beautiful as a pink sea shell. At
our house she will have one portable
tub and she will doubtless have to
wait very often for hot water. And
besides, Rosalie has a French maid,
the thought of whom fairly terri
fies me. Robin says I am wearing
myself to a shadow. Of course he
laughs at me, but then he's a man
and doesn't understand."
"I think he does understand," the
Quiet Man said with his slow smile.
"I think that Robin knows your
friend is coming to see you because
she .loves you. She knows the sim
plicity of your country life and she
Is coming to share it with you. True
hospitality Is taking into your home
the friend who seeks a place there.
This Is very different from admitting
a person o the house. Yonr guest
Is an Inmate of your home, one of
you."
"Luxuries so soon become neces
sities," said the Country Bride dole
fuly. "And after people get used to
things " she shoo her fluffy head
gravely.
"But one can hardly suppose that
you could have chosen for your very
dear friend a weak or foolish girl,"
the Motherly Woman said thought
fully. "1 know how anxious you are
to make her happy, but you cannot
believe that she Is so utterly spoiled
by her good fortune. Is it quite that,
after all, that troubles you, my dear?
Isn't Is Just the old bother about
keeping the best foot foremost and
making a good Impression? Are you
not Just a little afraid that your
friend may not understand, as we all
do, what a really happy woman you
are,-how fortunate, how blessed? Do
you really think that she sets such a
very high value on wealth? I am
sure you do not. Little woman, love
your friend, think of her and forget
the sea shell bath room and the
French maid. Welcome Coralle to
your home gladly, proudly and don't
spoil her visit by dragging Into ir amy
poor Imitation of her city living
That would be worse than the cheap
lace curtains. The beautiful thrill
in the soft voice took the sting out
of the frank words.' "I was young
once," the Motherly Woman went on,
"and that Is how I came to know so
much about It.
"I used to think that handsome
gowns and elegant surroundings were
essential to realy fine living. But
I've learned a truer lesson. A lady
Is a lady anywhere and if she has
arranged her surroundings to - suit
her own convenience they are suie
to be harmonious. Not long ago I
called upon a friend of my mother's
in a city down by the sea. I had
visited the fine old house as a child
and a picture of Its stately mistress
had come with me through the years.
But It was a white haired woman
who met me at the door. In quite
the old way she took me Into her
arms and kissed me.
" Corae down the hall with me,
dear. We havn't many Area nowa
days .and I sit where one Is most
needed, but you must see the old sit
ting room before you go.'
"I noticed that her gown was al
most embroidered with fine darning,
but her collar was snow white. She
threw the lafet of the doors wide
open and we entered the kitchen. A
queen might well envy the dignity of
this gentlewoman, who sat by her
own kitchen fire. And such a
kitchen! Of course you all know
my weakness, for kitchens; I love
the homely name Itself. Well, this
was one ot the lovelies places. It
was like a picture. I had seen It
when a black mammy presided at
the cave of a fireplace like some
dusky priestess . before an altar.
Now the fireplace had been changed
to a queer sort of a wood closet with
a heavy curtain before It, and a
bright little cooking stove winked me
a warm welcome One of. the long
dressers had come to be a splendid
book shelf and the other, lowered a
little and cushioned, made a real Rip
Van Winkle couch. ' There are rows
of wide, low windows along one- side
of the room ana theee had quaint
white muslin curtains that were short
and full, and these had a shelf with
a few plants on, K. The tafelo wag
set for tea and we had it hot and
fragrant from cups that I recognized
as the wonder of my childhood. I
used to think that they must have
grown somewhere like flowers.
"It was a very dainty tea that we
had together and my friend was tell
ing me about a visit that she had
been having from her father's cousin
and his family. , They had been with
her two weeks and had Just gone
home to Philadelphia. a
'"We had lovely times she said,
'and the cooking, which I had dread
ed a little, turned out to be the best
ot our nice , times; regular frolics.
One of the girls had ben to a cook
ing school and this . was the best
chance she had ever had, to make
use of all she had .learned. .Cousin
Henry, who Is getting to be an old
man now,, used . to watch uaget his
meals ' ready.' - ' X . -' , '
- "It' was the next day and in a very
different home that Z learned who
the guests of my old friend ha,d
been, She had spoken of them as
'father's cousins,' because, to her, thai
was the most Important thing abwtt
them. As a matter of fact 'Cousin
Henry" is a great man, famous the
world over, not only because he is
the son of one of the richest Amer
icans, but because of hia genius and
goodness. The woman who told me
'Consln Henry's' other name was
amazed because the man who sat
contentedly beside my friend's
kitchen Are had more than once been
entertained by royalty itself!"
"Then you needn't mind Rosalie's
coming, need you?" said the College
Girl In the comfortable little way
that is so charming.
"I dare say I've been very, foolish;
Robin says so and nearly always It
turns out that Robin is right," and
the pucker vanished from the Coun
try Bride's .forehead.
The Plain Little Woman brought
over a handful of pictures. "Arn't
these a little like your rooms, dear?
I've been thinking that with them we
might do a little planning to-nlgnt
and perhaps to-morrow's shopping
will amount to more."
The College Girl clapped her pret
ty hands and four heads were bent
absorbedly over the drawings, while
the Quiet Man watched them and lis
tened to the chatter that was like
nothing so much as the happy chirp
ing of a flock of field sparrows at
nesting time.
Government Competea With Private
Power Companies.
Cassier's Magazine. '
The development of the hydraulic
power of Niagara on the Canadian
side Is leading to some interesting
sequences.
A tribunal called the Hydro-Elec-trlc
Power commission has been
created, and in the hands of this body
has been placed the entire domestic
regulation of the power product of
stations coming within government
control.
In addition there has been given to
the various municipalities the right
to undertake the distribution of elec
trical energy within their respective
limits.
In order that the commission may
be in a position to dictate terms to
the existing private companies it Is
important that the cooperation of the
municipalities be obtained, and this
appears to be partially accomplished.
The city of Toronto has already ar
ranged for 15,000 horse power of
electric energy from Niagara, the
price being $14 to $16 per horse pow
er for a supply for a 24-hour day, in
cluding transmission to Toronto, the
local distribution to be in the hands
of the municipality, and It Is believed
that a number of other cities and
towns will make similar arrange
ments. These agreements are made with
the Hydro-Electrlo Power commis
sion, and It In turn must either se
cure the power supply from the ex
isting private companies or else pro
ceed to develop lt own stations.
It Is hardly probably that the lat
ter alternative will be found neces
sary, since the result would " be to
leave the private corporations with
the greater part of their prospective
custom permanently taken away,' go
that the real consequence of the re
cent legislation Is to compel the com
apnles to supply the municipalities
through the commission at prices de
termined by the engineers of the new
body.
It Is possible that such measures
will prove advantageous to the pub
lic, but much will depend upon the
manner In which the law Is carried
out. It has been intimated that this
legislation will render it exceedingly
difficult tor promoters to Induce out
side capital to engage In th develop
ment of natural resources In Canada
hereafter.
Squaw aa a Housekeeper.
Denver Republican.
Put the squaw in a tepee and she
Is the neatest of housekeepers. Every
thing In one of these big, roomy
tents Is In apple pie order. The
blankets are neatly rolled and stowed
away under the edge of the tepee,
leaving the centre clear. Bright color
ed blankets and fine fur robes are
spread about, and a wonderfully
beaded dance drum hangs from one
of the poles.
But, on the other hand, put a squaw
In a house and she la anything but a
success. Go Into one of these frame
houses and you will And the mat
tresses laid along the floor, with the
whole family sprawling thereon. The
cracked cook stove wll be in the mid
dle of the floor, with anything but
agreeable odors coming therefrom,
while the meal Is in progress. Outside
the beadsteads and springs will be
used as chicken roosts.
But the squaw doesn't let her
housekeeping shortcomings worry
her. When she puts on an elktooth
robe, valued at anywhere from $1,500
to $3,000. and rides to the fair or to
the agency on 4 Sunday astride a
beaded saddle, she Is a picture of con
tentment that any of her white sisters
might envy.
Showed Great Qualities.
Greensboro Tar Heel.
The story of the conduct of the
force In The Charlotte Observer plant
when the building was on Are one
night last week shows the pluck and
qualities necessary for making a great
paper. The men remained at their
posts and continued to perform their
duties while the fir 'raged on the
fourth floor of the building, hot pitch
falling on the operatives below. The
Observer knows how to train men
and how to handle them after they
are trained.. The Observer caught all
the malls same aa it 'nothing had
happened.
Back's Extraordinary Achievement
North Wilkes bo ro Hustler. -
Mr. H. E. C Bryant, of The Char
lotte Observer, showed extraordinary
ability in the work of sending an ac
count of about 1,000 words, nearly
one page, to that paper Tuesday on
tne closing scenes and a summary
of the doings of the Legislature, And
he is as clear of vagueness as any
writer la North Carolina or most any-
jghert for that taattar. . .'. ; ;
Statistics, Tariff
and Politics
, By SAVOYARD.
. Mr. O. P. Austin ; to ', chief of the
United States Bureau of Statistics, and
I make no sort of doubt that he is
surroundedfront, flank, and rear
by ' more : mathematical tables than
any other individual ' between earth
and sky. He has 'all sorts of eco
nomic ammunition In his locker, and
a man skilled at flggers can find sta
tistics in Mr. Austin's supply to prove,
or disprove, anything that truth can
presentrOf error invent. It was an ob
serving English" statesman who made
ibis classification, "Lies, d d lies, and
statistics." It has also been remarked
that if figures won't He, liars will flg-
jjfe, and that is why you can vindi
cate rree trade, or protection, accord
ing as you "figure." James B.
Weaver Justified flat money by sta
tistics, and Abram Hewitt supported
the gold standard by them
Mr. Austin has been lecturing on
the "Markets of the World" and tell
ing us how to "capture" them. He
cities that Europe supplies certain na
tionalities of the Orient with 60
per cent, of certain lines of goods they
buy, while the United Satess sells them
about 1 per cent. Mr. Austin thinks It
possible for our country to. control
most of this trade. He says we do
not make goods to suit the Oriental
trade, but Insist on the Occidental pat
tern, and on that account our wares
are rejected for the European, which
are more to the Oriental fancy - in
cut, nl make, and in finish,
This Is an old, old story. Perhaps
there Is not a single consul, pre
senting in foreign ports a single gov
ernment of Christendom, who has not
writ home that very thing. Your Eu
ropean consul tells his government
England, France, Germany, Holland.
Spain, Italy, Russia, or Sweden that
Its rivals are getting the better of it
on this very account. It is the very
first-letter your consul writes, and It
has done service for centuries. Jt Is
suggestive of the biscuit "mother used
to bake." There was never a tariff
discussion in either house of the
American Congress, when a general
tariff bill was under discussion, that
this phase of trade was not exploited.
"Pig Iron" Keeley used to cite
his protection speeches; William R.
Morrison called attention to it In free
trade arguments. Mills and McKlnley
fetched It In, and so did Wilson and
Dingley. Doubtless one will find It In
the debates ol McDufTie and Evans. I
do not see how Adam Smith and Jere
my Bentham could get around a con
sideration of it, and perhaps they did
not.
It was considered in the marts of
Tyre and Sldon. When the Phoeni
cians loaded their ships with mer
chandise to exchange for the products
of-the then far Western peoples, no
doubt this very question of local taste
was discussed. It was argued In the
bazaars of Bagdad and studied by
the attar dletlllers of Damascus. It
was meditated by the merchants who
sent their wares In the caravans that
made their way through the valley of
Mesopotamia, when It was the garden
of the world. The Idea Is as old as
trade. It was put In practice by Re
becca when she made savory meat for
old Isaac that was set before him by
"the hand of Esau."
Mr. Austin says we can dominate
the Oriental market he speaks of if
we will only consult Oriental preju
dice and taste In fashioning our goods.
It will take something else. It will
take cheapness. That Is the stuff that
"captures" neutral markets, the only
stuff that ever has captured them, the
only stuff that ever will capture them,
the only stuff that ever can capture
them cheapness, the Invincible, the
undisputed autocrat of foreign trade.
How Is a man spinning cotton at Fall
River, New England, going to com
pete with a man spinning cotton at
Manchester, old England, In the neu
tral market of Canton, China, when
the Fall River manufacturer confesses
that he cannot compete with the
Manchester manufacturer even in
Bristol county, Mass., without an out
rageous protective tariff of 54.28 per
cent.? They make Jackntves In Con
necticut, "but the men ho make them
cannot tell them to a Yankee farmer
without a protection of 79.(0 per cent
and then they counterfeit the trade
marks of Sheffield, old England, or
used to, a practice I assume yet dis
honored In the observance, as all pro
tection Is purely a game of graft
Then how Is this Connecticut Jack
knife man going to compete with the
Sheffield man In the neutral muritet
of Tenquln, half way round the world'.'
How are American wool weavers go
ing to sell blankets in Manchuria
when they cannot sell them at home
without a protective tariff of 88.12 per
cent ?
That Is why Mr. Austin's statistics
show we have but 1 per cent, of the
trade he purposes to "capture" by
cutting our cloth to suit the Oriental
Jib. England dominates that-trade, and
will continue to dominate It as long
as her would-be rivals hold that the
act of exchanging products h.Hween
alien peoples is criminal and Is fined
In enormous amounts at custom-houses.
Our present tariff could not bet
ter foster the foreign trade of Eng
land If the men who made It had de
signed It for that very purpose. Eng
land gets a good deal of Indirect free
trade out of us anyhow. Making
cheaper goods than we, she exchanges
them for tea In the Orient, or coffe.
In South America, fetches the tea or
coffee to America, exchanges It free
for our cotton or other raw material,
and thus turns her money over and
over. We would turn that trick our
selves if we had the wisdom to adopt
England's tariff, and that Is the only
way we will ever do it Talk about
the difference In the wage of labor!
Over $0 per cent of factory labor In
this country Is machine, and cheaper
here than In England or clwwheve.
You can't eat your cake and have It
Tou can't monopolise the home mar
ket and at the same time "capture"
the foreign market until you can ele
vate yourself over a staked-and-rld-ered
fence by your boot straps. We
boast of our superior' energies, our
enormous wealth, our limitless resour
ces, and then whine ground that the
paupers of Europe will run us Into th.
poorhous. If we dare compete with
them. History tells us that It Is the
pauper, not th. prosperous man, who
Is In danger of the pool-house. Who
ever saw a prosperous man In the
poorhous ? - Who over saw a pauper
put a prosperous man In a poorhous.?
They say the tariff Is to protect labor
but they levy It on the product of la
bor, which Is the property of capital.
Thar la practical free trgde la labor
and laborers come at the rate of the
above 1,000,000 a year each after a
Job. If they sent tholr goods Instead,
It would put our labor to making oth
er goods to exchange for them. Pro
tection is for capital, and it It were
not we would have free trade. ' .
, Democratic dissensions the past doz
en years have afforded immense satis
faction to partisan Republican editors.
The distance between Cleveland and
Bryan has been accurately measured.
It has been asked how Richard Olney
and Tom Johnson can work in har
ness together. Tom Taggart has been
picked to pieces, Judge Parker ridi
culed, Ben Tillman flattered, and
abused, and what not And there Is
no denying that the Democracy is in
the middle of a mighty bad fix. But
Is everything lovely on the other side
of the hedge? Who can measure the
distance between Senator Aldrlch and
Senator La Follette? How are Foraker
and Taft getting along In the Ohio
stall? Who Is that kicking out In
Indiana? Will the platform be pro
gressive or reactionary? Will the can
didate be a Roosevelt man, or a con
servative? We hear something of a
"same and safe" squad in the G. O. P.
Is the octopus chasing and trust-busting
over the season ? How about free
hides In Massachusetts and free shoes
In Iowa? Ho wabout the Philippine
tariff?. How about Canada hard
wheat for Mr. Plllsbury's mill?, How
about the maximum and the mini
mum? Never In our entire history has
there been such an unsavory oltapa
drlda of politics aa the G. O. P. Is now
cooking up for 1907:
Fillet of a tinny snake,
In the couldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt,, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog.
Adder's fork and blind worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and hawllt's wing.
Ship subsidy, Japanese In the
schools. States' rights, Panama canal,
another campaign against the rail
roads, lending the public funds In
Wall street, reciprocity, standpattlng,
the big stick for California, a fish
worm for Japan these are some of
the Ingredients of the hash .the Re
publicans will set down to in 1908.
We know one thing, and that is,
that Republican discipline Is admir
able; but If hard times should come,
even that might fall. Mention of Al
drich and La Follette recalls that It Is
up to these two gentlemen to show
the bosslsm that Is In them. Nearly
seventy years ago Daniel Webster was
boss enough to dictate that Rufus
Choate and not John Q. Adams should
have the then vacancy In the United
States Senate. It is said that Mr. La
Follette Is under obligation to a Mr.
Stephenson; but Mr. Stephenson
counts his money by the millions.
How can a man of Mr. La Follette's
preachments choose a plutocrat for
a colleague In the Senate? It Is even
suspected that Mr. Spooner deliber
ately turned his toga Into an apple of
discord. But a boss must boss and he
must play favorites. It is up to Mr.
La Follette to pay his debt to Steph
enson, or surrender the primary.
As for Rhode Island, the wonder Is
that Mr. Aldrlch allowed the thing to
get into such a muddle. Unless there
is something In the, depths we cannot
see on the surface the Rhode Island
situation means a new deck, a new
shuffle, a new cut, a new deal, and
new players, If Uiis can happen in
Little Rhody, what may not occur in
the great Mississippi Valley? Penn
sylvania may ever catch it It is
catching.
EVENING DRESS IN TEXAS.
Governor
Bailey's
Trouble,
Campbell lb How s In
Footsteps Gets Into
Macon, Ga., Telegraph.
It has been asserted that the be
ginning of Senator Bailey's troubles
in his home State was his failure to
keep his promise never to wear even
ing dress. When he was first sent to
Washington he vowed to remain a
true Texan and never put on the un
democratic garments of a degenerate
society, but after he became a Sen
ator he succumbed to his surround
ings and donned the forbidden ap
parel, thus causing a shudder to pass
through the -length and breadth of
Texas, where a "swallow-tailed'' coat
and the snares of the evil one appear
to be synonymous.
We had supposed that Mr. Bailey's
early objection to evlnlng clothers
was due simply to his not being ac
customed to them and feeling 111 at
ease In them, and that the alloged
position of his constituents were mere
Jest. But now a clipping from The
Honey Grove, Tex., Signal that has
reached our table shows that Gov
ernor Thomas Campbell has got Into
trouble because In a moment of weak
ness he yielded to the temptation to
put on evening clothes and show him
self In public. "Think of It, my
countrymen!" exclaims the editor of
The Honey Grove Signal. "This
great commoner from the sandhills
of East Texas decked out In a coat
without a front tall and a vest that
touched only the contour of his bread
basket!" The Signal Indignantly
adds:
"When plain Tom Campbell ap
peared In Honey Grove last summer
looking for votes, how different the
habiliments that wrapped his demo
cratic frame. Well do we remem
ber the $1.60 slouch hat that canopied
his dome of thought. And the cheap
alpaca coat with a ripped pocket, cov
ering a shirt front not Immaculate
and showing a pair of si-jpenders not
new. A plain leather belt assisted
In keeping his trousers at the right
place, and' (his wss of the same ma
terial as the bellyband of wagon
harness. He chewed a (world of
Tinsley tobacco, and could expector
ate as big a streak of yellow fluid as
waa ever aimed at a orack In the
floor."
The, excitement. over this matter in
Texas Is founded on a misapprehen
sion. There In point In objection to the
accepted evening dress for men on
the ground that It Is not becoming,
but not on the ground thatlt Is un
democratic. It Is tis democratic as
any of the ordinary togs that are
worn, and much more so than some
other glad rags of expensive material
and latest cut It Is worn by poor
clerks as wall as by trust magnates.
It makes brothers of waiters and mil
lionaires. The garments which so
scandalize patriotic Texan, are worn
by waiters. In fact all day long as
well as In the evlnlng, and If that
does not make them democratic
nothing can. .
Mr. Bryan aa a Politician.
Petersburg InjJex-Appeal.
Mr. Bryan says that trade unlona
hare done more for the oountry than
any other organised force, and that
expression from Mr, Bryan on the ere
ot ' a presidential . nomination shows
pretty clearly that the great com
moner knows how to cast an anchor
or . two to . .windward.'- x , ,. s
lays of The : Right Can
By Mrs. J. Lindsay Patterson.
- China la a country that baffles re
search and defies explanation. It is
a land that Is at once the oldest and
the youngest of the world's sisterhood.
With her, continuous written history
begins, and if one may from the past,
forecast the future, eaons after the
notable traveler from New Zealand
has wept over the ruins of London
Bridge, It Is the Flowery Kingdom
that will write the last syllable ot re
corded time.
The chronicles of other nations are
but a repetition of that chapter of the
antediluvian patriarchs in Genesis
with its monotonous refrain "and he
died, and he died and he died." As
syrian magnificence, Egyptian learn
ing, Grecian beauty, Roman -power,
what are they but crumbling tombs
alongside that dark pathway to obliv
ion that the world has been traveling
for six thousand years? China alone,
the "Wandering Jew" of the nations,
still marches on, without haste, with
out rest, grim, mysterious, self-sufficing.
If she grieves for or even re
members the dead empires with whom
in the gray dawn of the world's morn
ing she began her seemingly endless
Journey, she gives no sign. There Is
something sinister, horrible, about a
life that does not end. Almost wo
catch an echo of the words of our
Lord, "If I will that she tarry till I
come, what Is that to thee?"
What great goal Is hers what mar
velous destiny awaits her on the knees
of the gods, that for her alone the
universal doom, earth to earth, dust to
dust, ashes to ashes, has been sus
pended. Unique in her national life she Is
even yet more unique In her spiritual
life. That one supreme question,
.which ah nations, In all ages, have
asked, "Watchman, what of the
night?" which Zoroaster, Buddha and
Mohammed have answered, even If
In halting, Imperfect fashion, "The
morning cometh" Confucius, Chinese
of the Chinese, alone replied, "I know
not; save only that it Is night and
that we may brighten It a little with
music, poetry and art, with the law of
kindly forbearance and the cheer of
good fellowship."
And If he did not And the greatest
thing in the world he did find such
great things that to-day more than
three hundred million of his country
men are governed by his teachings
and his descendants form the only he
reditary nobility of China. A temple
to Confucius stands In every town
and village. His precepts are commit
ted to memory by every child from the
tendered age, and each year at the
red-walled temple at Peking the Em
peror holds a festival In honor of the
Illustrious teacher. Year follows year,
and century follows century, but the
Invocation never changes.
"Great art thou O perfect sage! Thy
virtue Is full, thy doctrine complete.
Among mortal men there has not
been thine equal, AH kings honor
thee. Thy statutes and- laws have
come gloriously down. Thou art the
pattern in this Imperial school!"
The wisdom of Confucius Is not for
an age but for all time. His sayings
are as applicable to the men and
measures of to-day as they were to
the men and measures of that long
gone yesterday, when as chief Judge
of the country of Loo, he taught a
peace loving people the rules of pro
priety. Western civilization Jeers at
those rules as obsolete, teaching In
stead the rules of war. Some day
China will learn that lesson, the yel
low kingdom will become the yellow
peril, the map of the world will be
changed, and history end where It be
gan in the East.
Born about 550 B. C, Confucius
came of a line of statesmen, and his
hereditary gifts early displayed them
selves. At fifteen he was noted as a
scholar, at twenty he occupied the
Important office of distributor of
grain, at twenty-two he began to
teach, at twenty-nlno he studied mu
sic, later writing books and treatises
upon it. Then for eight years, feel
ing that the proper study of man
kind was man, he traveled from prov
ince to province, questioning, learn
ing, teaching. Returning to his native
town, for fifteen years he devoted
himself exclusively to study. Fol
lowing this period of retirement, one
public office after another was held
by him so successfully that the prov
inces he ruled were looked upon as
models, and statesman and Princes
came to him to learn th. science of
government. Yet who Is able to stand
before envy and who escapes It?
Forced out of office, he wandered
again for fifteen years, returning only
wtoon a new Prince resigned who wel
comed the sage with gifts and honors.
The last years of his life he spent in
collecting and editing the poetry and
history of this country, dying at the
age of seventy-three.
His disciples have given full account
of the habits and personal app.aranc.
of the ssge, setting down with Bos
welllan fidelity trifles light ss air and
opinions which have affected the des
tiny of millions.
Evidently the old gentleman was
particular about his clothes, but I Ilk.
that In a man, and I think It's a great
pity his example wasn't followed by
more of our early Church fathers
with their unaccountable hankerlnr
after dirt and such cloth.
Th. good man would use no purple
for the facings of his dress. Nor
would he have red or orange color for
his undress. For his black robe he
had lamb's wool; for his white one.
fawn's fur; for his yellow one, foa fur.
His furred undress robe was longer,
but the right sleeve wss shortened.
That must have been for convenience
in writing. He would need have his
sleeping robe one and a halt times his
own length. For ordinary home wear
he used thick substantial fox or badg
er fur. When he left off mourning
he would wear all his girdle trinkets.
He would never wear his (black)
lamb's wonl, or a dark-colored cap,
when he went on visits of oondolenc.
to mourners. On the first day ot the
new moon, ho must have on his
court dress and go , to
court When observing his fasts, he
made a point of having bright, shiny
garments, made of linen. He must
also at such times vary his food, and
move his seat to another part of his
dwelling room. ,
As to his food, he never tired of
rice solong as It was, clean and pure,
nor of hashed meats when finely
minced. - Rice spoiled by damp or
our, he- would not touch, nor tainted
Oia, nor bad meat, nor gught of a bad
3'
color or smell, nor aught overdone In
cooking, nor aught out of season. I
only wish that I too could lay down
-the law about bad cooking, but I don't
know why he objected to things out
of - season. Southern r truck farms ;
wouldn't have had much encourage
ment from him. Only in the matter
ot wine did be set himself no limit,
yet he never drank so much as to
confuse himself. Tradesmen's wines,
and dried meats from the market, he
would not touch, dinger he would
never have removed from the table
during a meal. He-was not a great
eater. At his meals he would not en- '
ter into discussion, and that Is anoth
er thing all of us might emulate with
decided Improvement to our diges
tion as wen as to our sours saiva
tlom And when reposing (afterwards) "
he would not utter a word. Don't you '
sleepy? . .':;-vif-pfi
Even nhnnlil tila meal rnnalaf nnlv nt -
ivevhuii kcuuaa n uu ia.1 IV n ucaa v u la kib -
coarse rice and vegetable broth or
melons, he would make an offering to
the spirits and never failed .to do it
religiously. And yet we scorn the
"heathen Chinese."
He would never sit on a mat that
was not straight. And I must con-
foua rViat- ns4)Vklntv fiafa ma vmjv tfe a t
to have to do that very thing. There
Is something absolutely maddening
about a rug that Isn't straight.
But Confucius at court and Confu
cius (it hnmA urnrn twn varv different
individuals company manners are '
evidently of ancient origin. Here Is
the Chinese account of his behavlort
wut i.iaoici in , 111 11 u& yiwMUl
manners, and. of probity, courteous, -moderate,
and unassuming."
In his own village, he presented , a
somewhat plain, and simple appear
ance, and looked unlike a man who
possessed ability and speech.
out in the ancestral temple, and at
court, he spoke with the fluency and
accuracy of a debator, but ever guard
edly. At court, conversing with the lower
order of great officials,, he spoke
somewhat firmly and directly; with
those of the higher, order. His tone
was somewhat more affable. Doesnt ,
that sound like a page from the life
of Beau Nash?
When the Prince was present ho
was constrainedly reverent In his
movements, and showed a proper de
gree of grave dignity In demeanor.
He would salute those among whom .
he took up his position, using the
right hand or the left, and holding
the skirts of his robe in proper posi
tion before and behind. He would
make his approaches with quick step,
and with elbows evenly bent outwaros.
On going up the steps to the audi
ence chamber of the Palace he would
gather up with both hands the ends ot
his robe, and walk with his body bent
somewhat forward, holding back his
breath like one in whom respiration
has ceased. On coming out, after
descending one step his countenance
would relax and assume an appear
ance of satisfaction. Arrived at the
bottom, he would go forward with
quick step, his elbows evenly bent
outwards, back to his position, con
strainedly reverent in every move
ment. Now all this valuable information
may not be wildly thrilling, but when
you are presented at the Chinese
court It will be of tremendous ad
vantage to you ir you know you are to
hold your breath In and your elbows
out To the Oriental Intellect there
ix no such thing as a trine.
His teachings are as remarkable for
what they omitted as for what they
Included.
"Strange occurrences, exploits ot
strength, deeds of lawlessness, refer
ence to spiritual beings such-like
iuiiv i a umow?. -iuiueu ill wuvoi-
sallon."
Four things there were which he
kept In view In his teaching schol
arllness, conduct of life, honasty.
, ttlA Ml.tA, In MAWW
faithfulness.
The principles of his teachings are
these whole-heartedness and kindly
forbearance; these and nothing more.
Ha harfail. fAtir wnA m Vi hiiM
have no "shell's," no "must's," no
"certalnly's," no "I's."
He Is the only on. of the world's
great teachers who did not speak as
"one having authority," and yet such
authority was given htm that H fairly ,
staggers the mind to attempt to con
ceive Its vsstness. Music with hUn
was the stud and recreation of a life
time. When he was In company with
any one who sang, and who sang well,
he must needs have the song over
again, and after that he would Join
In.
Don't you wish you could have been
In that singing school? I think that
is why I've always had seen a weak
spot for the Chinese saae he so of.
ten saya and does the thing we are :
- - ...v.w .m
a favorite uncle than some far away
irrunmn in rnir nn r..ia mnr. u.
dreamer 8ummed up, think I should
can mm a "gentleman or the old '
school polished, kindly, Intellectual,
ceremonious.
His Ideal government was a pater- '
nal despotism with the proviso that
the despot be wise, just, benevolent,
dignified. If you can pick out a des-
Idea Is very much out of the way. ;.
Here are some ot his sayings about ?
rnvMrnmant:
"What is disliked by the masses
needs inquiring Into; so also does that ,
which they have a preference for." - v
ii a great man o. not grave, ne
will not be revered, neither can hla
v.i mil. v. iuuu.
"Give prominent place to loyalty '
and sincerity."
km ..111 H
in man oi superior mina is Pla
cidly composed; the small-minded '
man Is In a constant state ot perturb- '
atlon." . -..n;
r ; w.i v. u.-t tM w - - '
j i. iiiq . u, inn .M.aL.r Hiu in. l .
when matters went well In the State .
he used to have his wits about him; -but
when they went wrong he lost
them. His Intelligence might be
-nU.iiw, vut iivi hi. niuiHUVWi . t ,
"To labor for the promoting of .
righteous conduct among the people
of the land: to be serloua in retard
.nu.ll.il ml a A. Hltl..aau.l
to spiritual beings, and to hold aloof
from themthls may be called wis
dom.1 ,' v i - -vV,
"Without the proprieties." said the
Master, "we have these results; for
deferential demeanor, a worried on.;
tor calm .: attenttv.ness; awkward
bssh fulness; for manly conduct, dtsor-
derllnes: for ' straightforwardness.
perversity -v.;--- ' -
"When men of rank show genuine
ear for those ' nearest to them in
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