Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1895-09-13

allied positions In 3 company OF
twenty not more than one or two would
decline Ito take a pinch" when
the snuff box was passed round. IL cost
less TO stand treat with = snuff box
than with cigar case. There was
never any Wat waged against snun az
there has been against cigarettes, corn
cob pipes, plug aud hne cut chewing
tobacco. In no public place WAS sign
displayed informing people that SNUFF
taking Was not allowed. There wore no
anti snuff societies and no lecturers
going about the country declaring that
the use OF pulvefizsd tobacco caused
insanity and shortened life. Perhaps
these facts furnish the reason why snuff
taking has declined Nothing aourishes
unless IL is opposed. When the opposi-
tion eliminates Ia adverse legislation
and families resort to persecution the
condemned practice becomes popular.
The Heavy Burden Of Empire.
From the London Spectator.
II Britieh Government were once TO
realize TO the full the extent of It's dilh
culties aud responsibilities, &c must sink
under the weight IL is only because the
weary Titan Is half blinded by excessive
toll, that she is able TO bear the TOO vast
orb of her fate" Those are thoughts
which cannot but strike any one who,
for some reason, or other, Is led into a
train Of political speculation which
encourages him 70 stand aside for q
moment and view as 8 whole the appal
ling burden of empire Ho then GEES
that there rest upon the shoulders OF the
Cabinet responsibilities and perplexities
which are positively heart shaking in
their magnitude ana intensity, and IN
their possibilities for good or evil, not
merely as regards England, but the
whole human race. Gould the
ordinary Englishman see the questions
which q cabinet has TO face rs a part Of
It's daily work, put side by side and cata-
logued his frat impulse must DO to ask
How do these gentlemen menago to sleep
10 night or take holiday, or play golf.
Their responsibilities must hang over
them like a nightmare. or course, this
would ba very exaggerated way Of
locking at the matter. People who have
to do highly responsible things learn to
do them with as much coolness as drink
ing tea Theoretically, the head station
master 80 Waterloo ought 60 be gray
haired with worry at the thought OF tho
by wrong orders. Again. a general in
the field should be unable TO smile for
the thought Of the disasters which q slip
Of memory might produce. Yet, IN fact,
station masters and generals are Just
like other people. So with the members
of an English cabinet. Though they
realize their responsibility and recognize
the appalling difficulties Of their task,
they are not crushed by them, but feel
instead stimulated by the desire to over.
come them.
Is Socialism on tho wano In EurOpes
From the New York Sun.
Il is certain that the doctrines of Karl
Marx, according to which the individual
ownership of property should be
abolished, and not only the land but al
the instruments Of production should
belong to the nation, have made remark
able progress Ia Germany, II we are to
accept as tests the results OF the last
three or four elections for the Reichstag
Ii We look, however, az other countries
OF Western Europe We find signs Of
retrogrossion rather than Of progress
In recent political phenomena.
What seems to be the explanation Of the
rsaction against Socialism, 10 Is thiH:
that only where the acquisition Of prop
orty Is e thing to which the mass Of the
population can never hope TO attain arc
they disposed to listen for any great
length Of time to preachers who promise
the abolition Of private property.
Neither 20 France nor TO England does
such description apply, and much less
Is IL applicable to the United States. In
all three OF these countries, especially in
the great American Republic, tho
acquisition Of private property Is well
wiJhin the reach Of the mass Of the
people, and, therefore, their ears are
closed to the arguments and appeals Of
Socialism.