The free press., 1895-03-14
EXCHANGE FL ASHES.
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Controversy is losing business.
The quarrelsome editor is a failure,
Working, not fighting, Is what
paws in journalism, Tie old idea
that the editor must keep up per
petual fire upon his rival has been
long ago exploded. The way to
outstripe your contemporary is not
by abusing him but getting busis
ness. To do this good humor and
liberal spirit are necessary. 1t will
be noted that there is not one-tenth
the bitterness IN newspapers there
once was, but there is vastly more
merit. An editor whose mind is
full of jealously and unkindly feel-
ing has no place in it for enterprise
and new ideas. The people detest
newspaper wraagling. They know
that business jealousy is at the bot
tom of it and they care nothing for
it. 1t is only the ignorant or VIC
ious who longer indulge in 1t. AS
a matter of business 1T has been
long ago discovered that it does not
pay.---N braska Editor.
The great and fourishing plant
saccoline, hjch is produced so ex-
tensiyely and with such gratifying
results in Germany and France, has
been introduced here by Mr. x.
Mitterritter, who lives in the north
ern portion Of the city. 1t is said
that this plant is more nutritious
than either lucerne or clover, and
will grow, on good soil, from 80 to
$50 tons per acre. 1t multiplies
very rapidly and, once planted,
stands forever. It's growth is so
rapid that 1t often reaches height
of IA feet as early as June l, the
stalks being tender and juicy, and
all kinds Of stock eat it as readily
as they DO sorghum. or sugar cane.
If Mr. Mitterritter's experiment
proves successful, it is just posi-
Bile that revolution In the pastur-
age industry of the south Is near at
hand, NORTH Mississippi Democrat.
The politician is my shepherd, l
shall not want any good thing dur.
ing the campaign. He leadeth me
into the saloon for my votes sake.
He filleth my pockets with fine ci,
gars and my beer glass runneth
over. He inquireth after the health
of my family, even unto the fourth
generation. Yea, though | walk
through the mud and rain TO vote
for him and Shut myself hoarse,
when he is elected he straightway
forgeteth me. Yea, though l meet
him in his office, he knoweth me
not. Surely the wool has been
pulled over my eyes all the days of
my life Greenwood New Era.
The proposition to put the public
schools on a war footing by making
a juvenile soldier out of every male
pupil is fantastic absurdty. There
are higher ideals than the military,
although the average PhiIistine
never heard of them. Mllltarism
may do for Prussia, but it is not re-
publican. OF all prlgs on the face
of the earth the military prig is the
most offensiye.-New York Com-
mercial Advertiser,
Here is the newest and strongest
argument against female suffrage,
which we find credited in a Catho-
lie paper to Bishop Spaldiug, of
Peoria. 1t is that women in all
these generations have never yet
learned TO cook well enough TO pre-
vent dyspepsia, and if they f3ll in
this, their first business, how can
they be trusted TO govern the State7
New York Independent.
What has become of the Gulf
and Ship Island Railroad? Can
anybody tell? Wen give the space
if any enlightened friend will give
an entelligent and satisfactory an~
swer to the inquiry. American