, 1889-07-04

- the 90 t-i-i.
CAIIsrrL. Jnu- 25. Corr, .pondrncr -
ilxh y ater ~ last sub.,i'ns; but u trw
hnndu d acres nave u. -u l",,i,d. On an
Ordinary year about 4U UUO ac'.s are
io, ded ana on high wat,r Artr 40 600
In 80 ne parts bat Il two lhlfd crop II ,x.
| pcctrd on account ot cattle bring ailo sed
| to rang" upun It
The Z, II 'rts u,iic for a Fourth ot jul,
celebration have az yet Lrt with snall
succ-ss
Some families say that snch Gel. brdtions
! nave too nluCh' wurldin"ss about Iheui.
'uch a- a'hletIc ,pors aud duuciuu; 'nat
| tue prople ~ 'rr,y hs>"n bi- together to
have ,lv tim.. Ptrn,p. it tuank,nd
would tut i've ny 10 the happy tn"diuln'
h-t@ren Pdrltan nusIrT,iy duh society
tr,oluy humanity wuulI Or tue better tor
| It. | nave ott-u Thought; Does tn. aver.
dva Auericdn ciiiZ,u strive with sufficient
rarnrstne.s to be ~urthy ut the n-folc
! blood that Was III" tu preserve the li,r
rrtv we now -N jy? IL /. rignt tn .,t ou
this day our citlz 'u> snould luuk win hnn.
est pr,d- on the victories at our ancestors,
! IN our success in srIt'govrrnmrnt aud on
| our wonderful progress IN nat alionsl wealth.
! But IN addition to this iJ ~ our duty to
cons der whether We are eud-hvoriuk 10y
/ hrantiful lives aud honIrs to br an honor
To the most glorious hav that has EVER
ever been unturied to the br,.z-. Of what
| await viii br all the opportunities tndt TINS
ave and country afford us II we alioY ~
norancr, vul9arity aud staluation To over.
| shallow our lives aud honi-s. u We have
| no higher standard tnan the "dluigut,
dollar" and one'half our voters i've ac'
| cordinx To thu motto that ever, uihn has
nis price.' Tnls tlu of men and thUsr
who are t,v biyotrd to read both sides Of
I Al
| are unworthy 1T the citizenship of a tree
country. The existeoce OF this rrpubIlc
! rtquires men OF uutarnished honor. men
OF such nobility of spirit as to render them
incapable ut II despicable action. Ia my
| est; uiation our. celebrations devote too
u,uch time to reviewing the glory Of the
past. More tine should be devoted to ii
study OF our present social and moral con.
| dition; in iniprrssing on our citizens
their duty to strive to remove from our
grand country the ignorance and vice
! with which II ia cursed.
Although to-day we rank among the
most civilized OF nations we have hun.
dreds of thousands of citizens who in cul.
ture, patriotism aud virtue are inferior 10
the noble AZ Seaus OF ancient Greece. And
still worse than this we have hundreds o.
| thousands of 80 called men who are but
little better than the brute beast.
Some walking wrecks and skel-
etons. others bloated deform-
tiles, others with puDy physiqu-s
others with almost the last vestige of
| manliuess disappearing from their hag
gard features. Mothers who think more of
tas shion's foibles than the education OF
their offspring, mothers who waste their
time in gossip while their children's lives
are being ruined tor want Of iostracl IN;
| mothers who spend thousands OF dollars on
| silks and diamonds, filling their homes
with gaudy. Useless arrangements which
| could be hiled with the grandest works or
science, literature and art mothers who
fail to remeuio-r that she who rocks the
cradle rules the world; mothers who do
not believe that the happiest moments Ut
their lives should be those spent in train.
! ing their children to become honorable cit.
| iz-ns OF the worlds greatest republic.
| Fathers who think more OF amassing al.
mighty dollars than educating their sons;
fathers who think more Of billiards, pool
| and beer drinking than the eDj jDyment OF
! a refined home.
Though but few countries are endowed
with sucn variety of natures gitts, for
ests. mines, agricultural lands and salu.
brious eli nate, none of these can prodoce
the honor and unity and our republic.
What we W ant is men and women In the
truest sense of the term, not wrecks of
humanity. not iifeless ignorant wretches.
not spideregQed dudes aud butterflies of
fashion, not intriguing politicians nor
narrow minded religious bigots, but men
and women of noble physique, with bright.
intelligent features and cultivated minds
men and women patriots who would joy
fully lay down their lives to preserve in
our country truth, justice and liberty.
\ The South American emigration fever
| hua has
settled up too fast for those who desire to
keep large bands of stock. 1t is quite
possible that eventually Americans and
their capital will possess the entire CONT.
nent aud form a nation which in wealth
power and civilization will be unequaled
in the world. ROBERT A. N. HARVEY.