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Western Kansas world., 1888-01-07

as well as in behalf Of secnlar f.1e
wjeh that this winter our royda -c,,a -.
rivers and our Capitoline grounds m1cht -
all aquake with Ihe heel and the shont 81
the swift skater. wish that when The
warm weather comes the graceful oar micht
dip the stream, and the evening tide "a
resonant with boatman's song. the bright
prov splitting the crystalline billow. We
shall have the smooth and grassy lawn.
and we will call out people of all occu-
pations and professions, and ask them to
join in the ball players sport. You will
come back from these outdoor exercises
and recreations with strength in your arm,
and color in your cheek, and a flash in
your eve. and courage in your heart. In
this great battle that is opening against the
kingdom OF darkness we want not only q
consecrated soul, but strong arm and
stout lungs and mighty muscle. bless
God that there are SO many recreations
that have not on them any taint Of iniquity;
recreations in which we may engage for
Strengthening of the body; for the clearing
of the intellect, for the illumination of the
so9l; H.. !. ..;,, ,,o.,.. .o.u. :. ..,u..,,o.
which commend to you, and that is the
pleasure of doing good. have seen young
men, weak and cross and sour and repell-
ing in their disposition, who by one 'heav-
emily touch have wakened up and become
blessed and buoyant, the ground under
their feet and the sky over their heads
breaking forth into music. "Oh," SAYS
some young man in the house to-day, "I
should like that recreation above all
others, but / have not the means" My
dear brother, let US take an account o.
stock this morning, You have a large es-
tate, if you only realize it. Two hands.
Two feet. You will have, perhaps, dur
ing the next year at least SO for charitable
contribution. Youswill have $500 cheer
full looks, if you want to employ them.
You will have 5000 pleasant words, if you
want to speak them. Now what an amount
this is to start with!
You 90 out Tomorrow morning, and you
see case of real destitution by the way
side. You give him cents. The blind
man hears the pennies rattle in his hat,
and he says: "Thank you, sir: God bless
YOU" You pass down the street, trying to
look Indifferent; but you feel from the
very depth of your soul a profound salts
faction that you made that man happy You
go on still farther, and find poor boy
with wheelbarrow, trying to get it up on
the curbstone. He fails in the attempt.
You say: "Stand back, my lad; let me
try" You push it up on the curbstone for
him and pass on. He wonders who that
well-dressed man was that helped him.
You did great joy to your own soul. You
will not get over it all the week.
Western Kansas world., 1888-01-07
Because.

aWhy do you call that man q cow
b0y?" Because he is 42 years old, and
hasn't been q boy for SO long he has for
gotten what it tastes like. aAnd why
do you call him q coao boy? aBecause
he drives steers snd bulls. We'll, /
thought there must be some reason for
it knew that town-crier was go
called because he never cries, and that
matinees were given at the vesper hour,
but ] didn't know you had such keen
sense of the fitness of things out
west. t.s-Burdette
Western Kansas world., 1888-01-07

blmes In 1acC, Sucn thing was never
heard of. But now it is different. II
is certainly bad enough when q man,
out OF inherent laziness or downright
cussedness, won't work, but when he is
OF an industrious turn, wants work, and
more than that, needs it to enable him
to feed and clothe the loved ones who
are dependent upon him, then, I say,
no greater curse could befall him.
in my younger days fellow who
wanted work, and wasn't too particular
what he did, in the way of honest Ia
Dor, was never idle. It was not until
l had been a man grown that 1 began
to find out that there were thousands
of fellows all over this country out of
employment, and no work to be had of
any kind, to enable them to keep soul
and body together. Can you imagine
anything more discouraging than q
hard days tramp from place to place,
without penny in your pocket, beg
ging for work enough to procure meal
and bed, and at nightfall to find that
you are the owner of nothing but vo-
racious appetite, so imperative and un-
relenting in it's demands that you are
tempted to rob, steal, or even to COM
NIT murder, and all in self-defense
Pretty black picture, isn't it? Yes;
but not overdrawn.
When a man asks for aims outright,
then it is right and proper to investi-
gate his case and to see whether he is
not deserving object of charity. If
he so proves, then those of a philan-
thropic turn not only relieve his pres
ent needs, but take steps to give per-
manent aid, such as helping him to
employment whereby he may become
self-supporting and remain no longer
charge on the community. But
when man comes along asking for
work it is different. It is at once con-
ceded that a man who wants to work
ought to be permitted to do so. He is
not asking charity. but employment.
But many times it would save him ask
ing for bread or for money to buy a
nights lodging, if those whom he asks
for work would do something to help
him to obtain it. Ask him a
few questions as to what he wants
to do, what he can do, what he
is willing to do, and then think
for a minute, if there is not some
place to which he can be directed where
he is likely to obtain that for which he
is seeking. Some men are very easily
disheartened, especially when they are
looking for work, but still, even on
such, little of the milk of human
kindness is not wasted. I have often
thought that Hollands idea of charity
was good one. He said: Build
churches, school-houses, and work
shops, but give no man a dollar in
charity, except as you give him labor
by which he may honestly earn it. /"
OF course this rule does not apply to
the sick and helpless, but only to the
able-bodied applicant for some small
change. SO my advice, George, is
always to help fellow to find work;
he can accept such favor without sac
rifcing his self-respect. But a man
who can accept penny in the way of
charity, and with no thought of re-
paving, has taken the first step to be-
come a beggar. if he is not, indeed,
already a professional mendicant.
Yours cordially. UNCLE SAM.
Western Kansas world., 1888-01-07
Commander OF the Rangers.

Lee Hall. who commanded the famous
Texas Rangers organized by the Gov
ernor of the Lone Star State to put
down lawlessness, has been in Wash
ington recently. He is tall man, with
auburn hair, tswny mustache and
steel-blue eyes. He is considered the
bravest man in Texas. He says: II
did my duty to the State and restored
the Iaajesty of the law in rather tough
localities. Life and property are now
safe IN Texas. I am known through
out the State and / have just fighting
reputation enough left so that people
let me alone" Il viii be observed
that, like all other brave men, he Is
extremely modest Ne,c York Worl6
Western Kansas world., 1888-01-07

TIE Queen has sent : speeie
to the vatican to thank The F.
his jubilee conRratulatiops
Catholics - hiekly pls1l6
Duke of NsxSo1k NJ - -
Western Kansas world., 1888-01-07

forced Either is
3 curse to hu-
mankind, but of
the two the lat
er-named is by
all odds t b Q
worst. When /
was q youngster
it was very rare
ly that q man
was forced to be
idle, at least for
any length of
Western Kansas world., 1888-01-07

amuSemenGS WHICH Inc young people OI ouI
homes know SO we'll how to contrive.
Then there will be the parlor socialities-
groups of people assembled in yeur homes,
with wit and mimicry and ioviality, filing
the room with Joy from the door to the
maptel, and from the carpet to the ceiling.
Oh. is there any exhilaration like a score
of genial souls in onelroom, each one add
ing contribution of his own individual
merriment to the aggregation OF general
hilarity?
Suppose you want to 60 abroad in the
city, then you will find the panorama and
the art gallery and exquisite collections of
pictures. You will find the Metropolitan
Museum and the Historical Society rooms
full of rare curiosities, and scores of
places which can stand plainly the test of
what is right and wrong in amusements.
You will find the lecturing hall, which has
been honored by the names of Agassiz in
natural history, Doremus in chemistry,
Boynton in geology, Mitchell in astronomy,
John B. Cough in moral reform, and
scores and hundreds OF men who have
poured their wit and genius and ingenuity
through that particular channel upon the
hearts and consciences and imaginations
of men, setting this country fifty years
farther in advance than it would have been
without the lecture platform.
I rejoice in the popularizatien of out
door sports. I hail the croquet ground
and the fisherman's rod and the sports
mans gun. In our cities life is SO un-.
healthy and unnatural that when the
census taker represents city q having
4OO, 900 inhabitants, there are only 2O0, 600.
since il takes at least two men to amount
to one man, so depicting and unnervinga
and exhausting is this metropolitan lite.
We want more fresh air, moro sunlight
more of the abandon Of field sports cry
:. fer it in behalf OF the church of God
Western Kansas world., 1888-01-07

we have no right to stand before men and
women in whose hearts there is desire
for recreation amounting to positive neces-
sity, deneuncing this and that and the
other thing, when we do not propose to
give them something better. God helping
me this morning, and with reference to nv.
last account I shall enter upon q sphere
not usual in sermonizing, but subject
which ! think ought to be presented at this
time. / propose now to lay before You
some of the recreations which are not only
innocent but positively helpful and ad-
vantageous.
In the first place, commend, among in
door recreations, music, vocal and instru.
mental. Among the first things created
was the bird, SO that the earth might have
music at the start. This world, which be-
gan with SO sweet serenade, is finally to
be demolished amidst the ringing blast of
the archangets trumpet, so that as there
was music at the start, there shall be
music at the close. While this heavenly
art has.often been dragged into the uses Of
superstition and dissipation, we all know II
may be the means Of high moral culture.
Oh, it is grand thing to have our chill.
dren brought mp amidst the sound of cul.
tured voices and amidst the melody of
musical instruments. There is in this art
an indescribable fascination for the house-
hold. Let all those families who have the
means to afford it, have flute OF harp. or
piano or organ. As soon as the hand is
large enough to compass the keys, teach il
how to pick out the melody. Let all our
young men try this heavenly art upon their
nature. Those who have cone into it fullv
have found in it illimitable recreation and
amusement. Dark days, stormy nights.
seasons Of sickness, business disasters
will do little toward depressing the soul
which can gallop off over musical KEYS or
soar in jubilant lay. It will cure pain. II
win rest fatigue. It Win quen passion. Il
~iIl revive health. It win reclaim dis
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-27

him no thought Of "castle." On the con-
trary, II suggests grievance against bis fell
bowman who may be more fortunate than
himself. 10 the separate-house system, how
ever, the reverse Of oil this Il true. Here,
indeed, IL the poor mans home. no matter
how humble-his castle; here he hns
feeling Of ownership; here no has
sense OF individual possession, and
here a laudable desire IS aroused to adorn
his surroundings and make more comforta-
bic those about him. 1t IS better still, II the
house has attached 10 It little plot OF
ground where afew flowers can be cultivated,
and thus the idea OF possession and the
aesthetic be developed in the children. The
capitalist who bears these facts in view and
builds neat, comfortable houses for the poor
Is public benefactor. lie not only helps
the cause OF city eyangelization, Seeing that
be renders the poor more approachsble to
those engaged In that work, and more i'm.
pressionable to religious influences, but elo-
Yates his felow.man in the social scale and
contributes to the peace and good order OF
the community.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-27
GoOci-Bve. Malone.


The city elections In Virginia are over
They resulted disastrousy to MALONE; and
now the leading BLAINE organ in the United
States-a paper edited by Mr.. BLAfNE's per-
sonal friend, WuTTELAw REID--sAys OF the
new WISE Republican party IN Virginia:
"The new party has adopted plan OF or.
gonlzatiOn consistent with Republican ideas
Tue hops OF Republicaaism In Virginia, we
believe, rests with this Organization"
What the Tribune says the Baineites will
endorse. We quote again:
"The practices 10y which General Malone
maintains his power have no rigbliul place
IN the Republican party. One Of these i
the unit rule, which no National Republican
Convention will ever enforce; also. in pre-
venting the election OF district delegates IN
local conventions, aud In forcing their cleo.
tioR by district subdivisions u the State
Convention, 90 as TO be able 10 control the
choice, he has run counter 10 party custom
aud violated the spirit, though not perhap:
the strict letter. Of the Instructions OF the
National Committee"
SO the WISE delegates except the dele
gates.st-large) may yet be admitted into the
Chicago Convention. Cold comfort for
MALONE the two paragraphs we have quoted
contain. We quote once more:
"There IS every reason 10 believe that as
regards a number o. the Virginia districts
the will OF the masses Of the party was multi
fed by GeReral Malone. The Chicago Con-
ventlon must weigh all the evidence and de-
eide IN which OF them this has been done
The anti-Msbone party claim that they are
entitled TO the delegates from SIX out Of the
ten districts. Under the Republican system
Of popular representation the convention
deals directly with each district, except as
regards the delegates at large"
Again we say, Goodbye, MALONE.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-27

The capacity OF Russia for blowing bot
and cold in the same breath is very well IL
Illustrated in a recent telegram from st. Pc
tersburg. The first item says:
The Gar, in replying TO depuiation in
viting him to attend the celebration at kief
IN July OF the ninth centenary OF the con-
version Of Russia TO Christianity said: 81
sincerely wish that this jubilee will not be
disturbed by wariike events. All nv efforts
are directed to securing the peace Of Russia"
The next item, however, gives an account
OF meeting OF the Slav Benevolent Society,
al which "Grand.Duke VLADIMIR, General
RICHTER, and all the Russian Ministers were
present, in addition to 1900 persons belong
ing to the highest classes Of Russian society"
and adds:
"General Ignstieff in an address expressed
a wish that they might soon sec all the Slavs
In the world uuited under one faith, speak
ing one tongue, and forming one nation"
When it is remembered what q source Of
irritation Pan.Slayism is TO Austria, the
Cars pacific utterances sound Ike grim
Joke. The Car talks peace, but his Minis
ters, by and with bis consent countenance
that which more than all else, save armed
Russian invasion of the Balkans, is calcu-
lated 10 provoke war.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-27

Indeed, does 4, seem that whom the gods
would destroy they first make mad. Even
the New York Press, one OF the staunchest
Republican papers in the North, feels called
upon to rebuke the malignanis in the Senole
who would delay the confirmation OF Mr..
FULLER II says:
alt Is neither wise IN the abstract nor eX-
pedent for the Senate TO delay the cOnlrma-
ton OF Melville w. Fuller as Chief Justice
OF the United States. disappointment is an
unceptionabe one IN every respect, and
every patriotic citizen, even IL he be menu
Der OF the United States Senate, should re-
joice that so good a selection had been made,
and do his utmost TO consummate 1t as soon
az possible"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-27

In his letter published In yesterdays DiS-
patch cur Petersburg correspondent said:
"Mr. Daniel Dyson. who is the treasurer
elect, and Mr.. Robert Gillian, who Is elected
clerk OF the courts, are members Of the Com
mon Council. and VIII have TO resign their
seats in that body"
OF course they viii; and the law in Rich"
n<ond IS exactly the same Ss 1t is in Peters
burg. The constitutional provision is not
merely that Common.councllman cannot
be auditor, clerk, mayor, or treasurer, but
that he cannot even hold such an Office, no
matter in whom the title to the Office re-
sides.
But II IS said that even il the acting mayor
has no right to veto proposed ordinances it
does not matter in cases where the ordinance
is passed over the veto. This IS misappre-
tension. The law requires every proposed
ordinance to be submitted to the mayor for
his approval or disapprOyal. II it be sub.
mitted to the auditor, or the treasurer, or to
any common-counclman, the law will not
have been compiled with.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-27
Religious Notes.

"Itisa wise remark" suggests the United
PrssbWsriGn, "that the safe and sure way
for ministers is to let sp1smodic and outside
issues severely alone. This does not mean.
OF course, that they who preach are TO ignore
passing opinions and movements; only that
they are 70 keep themselves free from plrli-
san. or too frequent discussion OF them.
When men become possessed with the spirit
Of such things IL becomes an element. and
often a dstortng one, in all their public
work."
The largest salary paid TO any OF the
bishops oi the Protestant Episcopal Church
is $4,000 a year. New York DAYS this TO
Bishop Potter and provides him A house.
The next largest AMOUNT is $4,000, aud only
the bishops OF California, Chicago, Long
Island, and Massachusetts receive that
Gcure. Only eight receive 5000. one being
Bishop Whitaker, OF Philadelphia. The
Rjshop OF Eaine receives only 81. 800, and
has 10 pay his travelling expenses; but he
receives about 81, 700 as rector Of 81. Luke's
Cathedral.
Bishop Warren says: "Cbrists resurrec-
ton body was neither in the state In which
It was laid in the grave, nor when gloriied
az the ascension. II was somewhere in the
immensely between. II was body capable
Of vanishing and appearing at Will; OF go
ing through doorway, the door being shut;
OF eating food or going without, and OF car
rving gaping wounds without pain. Through
ali the wears the grave has been so mucn 4
grave Of all last rays Of hope, as OF the life
Of the body, that men could only say,
DUN SpirO SperS while I breathe hopej.
But now the Christian can truly say. Dam en-
PRO SDero (while | expire 1 hopsl."
at Il practical impOssibity," asserts
the New York Observer. to have any hearty
concentration and conservation OF effort and
means when the Church itself Is no longer
united in regard TO what is the Word Of God
and the faith OF Jesus Christ. IL Is In vain
that there Is an authoritative Bible, an evan
gelical Prayer Book. and orthodox creeds
and articles, when year after year men are
welcomed 70 the ministry who make no pre-
tence OF regarding any OF these standards as
authority. Liberality, broadness, and the
spirit OF the age are all attractive and 'inte-
resting but they are fatal 10 enthusiasm,
depth. and the split OF all aces. 1t is pity
that any Church with ineligible standards
should be required TO use its guns. hut 1t is a
greater pity when its guns are spiked, or
when it has lost the spirit that can make
them powerful"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-27
mECKI.EGBUEG.
The Rains-The Crops-Deaths-IatI
Facilities.

Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
CHASE CITY, Va, May %, 1883.
II has been raining here almost every day
FOR over two weeks. The streams, however,
have not been high and no damage from
frcshcis is reported.
The season for planting tobacco Is all that
could be desired. There will be asuliiclency
OF plants, Out the farmers will not plant
over an average crop. They 20 upon the
principle that a reduced area more tho
roughly enriched and cultivated will pro-
duce better and hieher.priced quality, even
II less quantity, and, paradoxcal a 1t NAV
appear, the less you make the more you VIII
get.
Sales OF tobacco at the warehouses have
been unusually heavy this week. II IS est.
mated that fully three fourths Of last years
crop have now been marketed.
noticed a fine lot Of barley harvested
here this week. II is an unusual crop for
this section, but Ncrmonter told me u was
as good as any he had seen ia the North.
Neither the wheat nor the Oat crop pro-
mise an abundant yield, but clover and Other
grasses show luxurious fields.
There were ten compasies from this cOun-
" in The Confederate army, and now to tire
ordinary observer the effects OF war are
rot specially noticeable; but at our last two
courts the widows and wounded soldiers
who applied for pensions came from all over
the county IN such numbers as to Indicate
that il viii be many decades yet before the
sigus Ol the red boot OF war will be oblite-
rated.
There have been since 1866 decreed in
the Circuit Court OF this county forty d.
yorces. aud nearly all to colored people.
Mr.. William Jeter. for long time since
the war Inspector OF tobacco at Seabrooks
warehouse In your city, aud VINO was we'll
known 10 your tobacco trade, died yester-
Gay at the residence OF biz son Ia this
county. He Yves eighty.tive years old.
Mr.. John Bacon Puryear, Weil-known
citizen, died yesterday near here, at the resi-
deDce Of Colonel T.. A. Barnes.
Mrs. judith Walker, who lived a few
miles from here, also died this week. Her
ace was ninetY-1ve and her disease was
measles. She was one Of the oldest persons
in this county.
Although we are In four hours ride OF
your city we do not get our daily morning
papers until about s O'Clock at night. 1t was
expected that when the railroad was COM
pleted 10 oxford, n. c., that we would have
an early through passenger and mail train.
There are thirty-eight post-ofices in this
county, and applications for four more have
been made. Mail facilities constitute an I'M
mense factor for the convenience, education,
and enlightenment Of the people.
Mr.. Joseph X. Roller, formerly OF HALIFAX
county, has purchased one ball interest In
the Mineral Hotel here. D.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-27
Practical Philanthropy.


DIR. HoCE, ia his address in Philadelphia
Thursday. enumerated among the desirable
aids TO "city eyangelization the substitu.
ton, in housing the poor, Of separate houses
Tor tenements. Tbs is 4 subject worthy Of
serious and earnest attention In every city.
IT involves practical philanthropy -practi.
cal religion. II points the way to elevation,
contentment, and refinement There Is q
broad philosophy In the assertion OF old
Father HoRAcE, "Nor has he spent his lie
badly who has passed Il in privacy" This
II no less true IN its liberal than in It's literal
1 sense. Privacy Is the soil In which home
influences take deepest root--the soil ia
which alone family affection can be cultlya.
ted In all It's purity and sweetness. II the
tie hat binds us 10 home; Il Is that which
makes the home, It is the synonym Of pos
session. In the tenement system, as 1t OBJ
talns In the large cities OF this country.
there Is no privacy. There the poor are
herded together like cattle. the apartments,
II they should be dIgnifed With that name.
being simply eating and sleeping places,
where the weary hours not employed I'm toll
are spent amid foul smells, in discomfort, aud
subject to intrusion from any one who may
live In the same building. The tenant has
no feeling OF Individual ownership, no.
thing to stimulate him 10 beauiify
his surroundings. II there 10 any sense
Of possession 1t is sense of common
possession, which Is an ineentiye TO social
Communism. The word home suggests TO