The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-05-11
EDITORS CHAT.
Few Things the C. c. are Thinking and
Talking About.


Talking About
A WORD ABOUT Department.
A few evenings since the Editor attended a con-
cert with party OF friends. Oar seats were imme-
diH,ely under the gallery. which was occupied by
boys. some of whom verGing upon manhood
-in size I all other respects it will be many and
many years before they will I've worthy TO be known
as men. unless they mend their ways.
They were noisy at all times and in applause
bois,erous. When the musical numbers were IN
progress they tied strings to their programs and
dropped them down until they almost touched the
heads OF the people They behaved in all respects
like a lunalic asylum let loose and created much
confusion ia tie exercises of the evening.
The scene shifts and this lime il is girls COM
pauy. An unexpected guest, not of their partieu-
lar set arrives. There is a ull in the conversation
md all eyes are bent on the newcomer. No one
rises TO bid her welcome after she has been intro
duced by her hostess, and she drops into the near
est chair, embarrassed and distressed, wishing an
earthquake would come and swallow her up.
Strange eyes are scanning her. She looks Mt her
HANDS, little rough from honest toll, and tries to
hide them. She looks at her gown aud her feet
and draws them back under her skirts, though
they are honest feet, and have always trod duty's
rounds faithfully. Her face is flushed, grows
crimson aud white by turns; she is dizzy and iain
and is taken from the room.
pore over books and compete for class honors!
Are these things fair and humane, and marks of
good breeding?
Remember that thought for others, sinking of
self in the common good. is the root OF all polite
ness.
Qaiet and order would have made That evening
entertainment memorable for all sweet harmonies
Of Voice aud viol-the symphony of high cont
partnership word Of welcome TO that young
r N h-f,l-l ~
the ice of reserve that so cruelty chilled her poor
heart.
DO not live for self; curb your unresirained ma
iure; perfect yourself from the heart out. Never
mind the veneeriug. if only the grain is good.
Love bcgeis love and kindness Is the parent of
kindness. Aud both love and kindness needed
10 make the world-Ihe world of people, fit place
10 live in.
THE Pixies PEAK HERO.
For 81 years the towering pinnacles of Pixies
Peak have stood grim and hoary monument 10
the discovery of Gen. Zebnlon Pike, the great
Western explorer, and the first white man to ap-
thenticaie the mighty chain Of mountains OF which
il is part.
Col ]. b. Wheeler. the Colorado millionaire
has commissioned The noted artist and sculptor
James Z Kelly, whose =" SheTidan's Ride" crested
a sensation at The Academy of Design in New York
several years ago, to make a bronze statue Of Gen
Pike. Mr.. Kelly IS the principal illustrator Of
Kate ID. Sherwo od's book, " Dream Of the
Ages"
The statue which is seven feet high. viii be
erected in the public park at Maniou Springs. at
the base OF Pixies Peak. Ii represents the dis
eoyerer Standing on a natural bowl,ler. with tele-
scope in hand aud rife slung over shoulder. and
wearing the costume described by himself in his
mountain records.z a
Tie siaine is Col. whee!er's gifs to the City Of
Mallitou Gen Pike was born in New Jersey. lie
served with distinction in the Revolutionary army
and the Of 1872. He met untimely death at the
age Of 81 by the explosion of an English magazine,
pending a ssirmish with the British at York.
Canada.
brave officer and daring, venturesome ex-
plOTer, lac the asiroDomer. surveyor, com
Enanding officer clerk spy guide ard hunter Of the
Government expedition seat out ia ls05 and 1906 20
explore The Louisiana Territory, thea "a Spanish
possession and seek tie source Of the Mississippi
and OTHER Western rivers.
Al O'Clock ia the afternoon OF Noy. Is. 1896 lac
discovered small bue cloud which, viewed by a
spygiass. he perceived "a be mouniaia, and half
AsuT is:er the Colorado range visible and
his dishearieBed followers gave three cheers.
Despite snow and fatigue Gen. Pike pushed on Is
miles unii be came lee The base of the mountain
thai bears his name aud where The proposed statue
Will be erected. Gen. Pike the first 10 bring
back The East The report of line existence Of gold
In ihe WasieTp country.
SUNSHINE. IAN den Sonnenschein.)
Translated by Kate Bro,gnIee Sher1cood)
o sunshine . sunshine,
Thou thTillest All this heart Of mine,
And love and mirth in glad unrest
They overflow my peaceful breast;
And lure me from my quiet home,
With thee tile smiling world to roam,
Where dancing on the sunny green
The joyous nlAidens ali are seen.
O sunshine. thou knOwest well
cannot share thy subtle spell,
And daily with each fragrant flower.
And taste their sweets from hour TO hour,
Hast tlIOH not learned the world old song;
Whats right for you, for me Is wrong?
Then wherefore vex This heart OF mine,
u Sunshine.