Evening journal., 1891-08-28
NEWSPAPER OPINION.

The Hard Fate OF the Farmers Wife.
John w. Bookwalter in the Forum.
Every day OF her life she goes through
the dreary, monotonous round. At an
early hour every morning through the
hot summer, she prepares the same black
coffee and fried pork (perhaps hot bis
cuits), aud before she can clear away the
breakfast things and make the bed she
hears the calves beating, the milk COW
stamping, both impatient 10 have the
mornings business done with Then
comes the dreary routine Of the fore
Moons work, the baking of bread, the
washing and the like, until the meridian
sun warns her that the everlasting mid
day meal is due and must be ready at
once To round up the duties and re-
sponsibilities OF the day her labors
are carried far into the night, and
often, very often, they continue
long after those Of the male portion Of
the family have ended She has long
ceseed to think about her personal ap-
pearance. A tender kiss from her hus-
baud would almost surprise her. Once
she grieyed that her little girls were so
barely clad now she seldom thinks Of II.
That she should have spare hour every
day TO read never enters her head, and
the bare suggestion that on every Sun
day she should dress up" and devote
herself to social intercourse would cause
a stare Of increduity. For be 1t under.
stood that Sunday is sort Of clearance
day for the farmers wife TO adjust the
odds and ends Of the previous week
cares and labors, TO be in readiness for
the renewed labors Of the coming weak
What a Real University should be.
President ID. s. Jordan I'm Forum.
In the true sense a university is not
an assemblage of colleges, nor CO ordi
nation Of faculties, nor is its existence or
effectiveness dependent on any details OF
organization. Its essential quslity is in
dividuallsm. A university Is an assem-
blage Of teachers and students It's sole
purpose is to bring teachers and students
together, to give the power Of association
and thereby TO produce results impossi
BILE in isolation. There can be but two
units in the ideal school the teacher and
the student, and she value Of these may
be sometimes interchangeable All strnct-
ures and all restrictions which tend to
subordinate teacher or student to the
needs Of the imaginary departments to
which he belongs are useless and may be
vicious. Most Of the details Of organiza-
ton in American Colleges and Universe
ties are simply survivals of old tradi
tions. They are remsins OF old barriers
erected IN undemocrstic times for the
purpose OF creating artificial divisions
where real distinctions do not exist The
essential function Of the university as
Presiden. Coulter has recently said, Is
'the emancipation Of thought" This
was the original impulse which in the
dark ages gave Use to the first universi-
ties To this end the simplest possible
organization Is the one which serves the
purpose best.
Tobacco and Liquors Pay the Cost Of
Government.
Edward Atkinson ia the Forum.
The new administration NAV meet the
new Congress on December, 1898, with a
report rendered by the secretary of the
treasury some what as follows The In
come derived by the treasury from
taxes and duties upon liquors aud
tobacco is now sufficient to cover
all the normal expenses Of the
government, including the army aud the
navy, and in addition thereto the inter
est upon the public debt It will be in
cumbent upon Congress, therefore, to
make suitable provision only for the
amount Of revenue which may be neces-
ssry to pay pensions, and to contribute
to the sinking fluid for the ultimate re
dempiion Of the public debt, according
to law.