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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17
JESTER IN JAN AT PARIS.
Wrote Epistles to the Mercury ant
Quotes Scripture = Religious
Then, Religious Now.

The Mercury was accused Of foment-
Ing feeling against Jester while In
jail ct Paris in 1871, but It appears
from the following extracts taken
from an old file that the prisoner
knew but little OF It, or he would not
have been SO free with his communI-
cations:
FROM THE JAIL.
From Paris Mercury OF 1871.
Tho following epistIe from one OF
the prisoners now In jail here was
handed to bur sheriff, with the re-
guest that he hand the same to rs for
publication:
MRssRs. EDTToRs: The inmates Of
the Paris Jail desire to say to the
readers Of the Mercury that the jail
has been renovated and taken through
general cleaning-the inmates Of
the jail, with the assistance Of the
noteworthy Sheriff Of Monroe coun-
ty, having scrubbed and made every
thing neat and clean. The prisoners
desire that some Of the Christian pso-
pie Of Paris and vicinity give ns q
call. 1t 10 generally supposed that
prisoners are bad men; and Christ
said he came not to save the righteous
but sinners to repentance. Again:
"The whole need not physician, but
they that are sick.n Please call and
see us. PRISONER,
MEssRs. EDITORS: VIII you please
find room for these few lines in your
noble volume:
"Many other signs and wonders truly
did Jesus in the presence of his dis
ciples, that are not written In this
book; but these are written that ys
might believe"
There is great difference in per-
sons believing and acting upon the
doctrine OF the Bible. There are some
seven hundred different denomina-
tons, all protesting to be followers Of
the same leader, and all building upon
the same foundation, and all differ
who can account for these differences?
/ viii give my reason a. to the cause:
Prejudice, In my estimation, is the
great cause Of this state OF things. A
PERSONS mind is always ready to re-
ceive something, and the impressions
first made upon tho mind are hard to
overcome. Prejudice has led many
q man astray and caused many inno-
cont persons TO suffer; and there are
many persons that make IL their daily
business to form and build up prein-
dice In the minds Of the human family.
Reader, II you can give any better
cause than the above would like TO
hear from you. A. JESTER.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

Mr.. G. f. Clark, who lives In the
Householder property, on North
Clark Avenue, this eity,tel the lid
GER that he grew ten acres CT oats
which yielded 40 bushels to the acre
and they were OF fine quality. There
is fair crop of oats in Audrain, bet
ter than was expected.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

EVERY Populist in the Eighth oon-
gressional District should vote for
shackleford, the Democratic nominee
To the writer there seems to be no
reason for any Populist throwing biz
vote away and indirectly assisting ia
elect Republican. II they believe in
their platform they will always be
found voting and working against Re-
publican nominees.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

"Unele CharIieh Turner, Of Lad
donia, received the sad intelligence
Tuesday Of the death Of his sister-in-
law, Mrs. Thos. A. Turner, which oc-
Cured Tuesday morning near Perry.
The remains of deceased were inferred
at Lick Greek church yesteniin9 At 6
n m
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

Among the Mexico people who at
tended the big picnic at Martinsburg
Wednesday we're: DR.. E. s. Cave,r. F.
Rodeu, Gale Guthrie, J. T. Williams,
Joseph McIntire, Howard Buckley,
Harry Atchison, Capt. o. T. Allen, r.
M. White.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

EVERY business house in town will
be, asked to close on the afternoons
OF Thursday and Friday of the Fair,
which begins August %. The busi-
ness houses Of Columbia did this and
proprietors and employees went to the
fair each afternoon. The business
houses Of Moberly will close two
afternoons during the fair there, and
Mexico merchants should do the
same here. This is all the Fair asso-
citation asks OF them.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

AUDRAIN county won new laurels at
the Columbia Fair on her horse stock.
No county in the State can beat old
Audrain when 1t comes TO good horses
or most any other kind Of stock, and
this is a big advertisement for us
nhFoad
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

W. H. Turner, who lives in the
southern suburbs of the city, mourns
the loss Of twenty fine chickens, some
Of them costing him So apiece. Mr..
Turner thinks some burglar in trying
to poison his fine watch dog poisoned
his chickans.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

In the daily and weekly LEDGER
will be found the professional card Of
DR.. W. W. Maofarlane, who has re-
turned to Mexico 10 reside perma-
nently. DR.. Macfarlane has opened
his office In the Maofarlane building
and will be glad to have his friends
call and see him.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

John T. Marshall has finished his
contract for painting and papering
the Inside OF the Court House. MIR.
Marshall and his workmen did good
ion of work.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

The Fulton Telegraph says; R. NJ.
White and wife were here Tuesday.
Mrs. White came over to make ar
rangemsnts to place their son, Mitch
ell, In Westminster College.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17
AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
Famous Jim Cummings, of the James
Gang, Returns Home.

LIBERTY, Mo. Aug. i1.-"Jim" Gum
mings, who was 8 member Of the
James gang, has come back to bis old
home in the northern part of Clay
county, after an absence of twenty
ave years.
Cummings has been In various parti
OF the country, and states that hs
served as Deputy United States Mar
shal at Eureka Springs, Ark, for
while. He has been reported dead
several times.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

Luke W. Morris writes the LEDGER
from Houston, Texas, that the Mexico
people down there are all doing well.
Luke is hustler and VII succeed no
matter where he locates. We are IN
hopes he viii eventually come back 10
Moxlco to stay.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

Aprotracted meeting will commence
in Benton City Baptist church Sunday
morning, Aug 1s, BY the pastor, Ed.
p. H. Taylor. All are invited.
Paris and Mexico says Jester VIII DC
tried in Mexico. You pay your money
and take your choice. Centralia Cour-
fas
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

THE administration may be looking
for general who can subdue the
FilipInos without becoming q pren-
dental possibility.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

THE crop prospects In all sections
are bright, which win boom business
this fall. The crops in Audraln are
better than 1t was supposed they
Would be.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

DIR. A. M. Patterson Friday shipped
two big boxes of his ague cure to
DaWaon City. Alaska.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

THE Dreyfus trial should give the
most careless person sufficient knowl-
edge Of French to get around
at the Paris exposition without
.ronhIa
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

THE happy termination Of the
Cleveland strike was celebrated Tues
day by blowing up street car with
dynamite.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17
WHAT DO THE CHILDREN DRINK?

Don't give them tea or coffee Have you tried
the new food drink called dttAlN-Ot II is do
hcious and nouriBhing and takes the place 81
coffee. The more aRAlN.0 you give the chill
dren tho more health you distribute through
their systems. GRAIN-O Is made Of pure
grains, and when properly prepared tastes Ike
the choice grades Of coffee, but costs about Y
AZ much. All erocera sell It, i6c aud &c.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17
Audrain at the Columbia Ban.

Audrain at the Columbia Fair.
From the Columbia Statesman.
Stallion and over, saddle horses,
lst premium, ]. A. Potts, Mexicoi and
premium, R. P. Moore, Mexico.
Marc or gelding and over, harness
horses, list, Tom Bass, Mexico; And,
Squire Rowland, Columbia.
Roadster stallion, any age, 1st, Tom
Lafon, Columbia; and, o. F. CLARK,
Mexico.
The Mexico band is = good tad" for
Mexico. It Will play also for the Oen-
tralia Fair.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

George Parker,a son Of John Parker,
Of southeast of Laddonia, has enlisted
in the army and will go to the Philip
pines.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

r. O. Calhoun and family will take
their summer outing at Eldorado
Springs, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

AUDRAN COUNTY should have an
Old Settlers Association, and there
should be a reunion every fall.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

The LEDGER is reliably informed
that MartinsbuFg, Mo-, has two kisa-
ing bugs and that they are very popu-
lap
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

HOSTILE Kentucky Democrats should
suspend operations for a few weeks
until the watermelon season is over.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

IT is strange that none Of the
learned professors are hurrying to
Kentucky to look for the feud mi
crobe.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17
TRY ALIENS FOOT EASE.

A powder 10 be shaken into the shoes. Your
feet feel swollen, nervous and hot, ahd get tired
easily. II you have smartllg feet or tight shoes,
makes walking easy. Cures swollen, sweating
feet, ingrowtng nails, hlisters and calous spots.
Relieves corns and buniona OF al pain and gives
druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial package
FREE, Address, Allen S. 0tnsted. Ia Roy, NY.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

General Otis reports that the loss Of
the Filipinos in Wednesdays battle ia
estimated at 100 killed and 800 wound
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

Three hundred lives were lost In the
West Indies storm. Ponce, Porto Rico,
was wrecked by wind and flood.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

LIGHTNING struck Jersey City ball
PLAYER, but all lovers of Justice viii
believe ii intended to strike the um-
nira.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

Attorney General e. O. Grow says
he has not announced himself for any
office,
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

Ina South American republic every
who man owns q gun may aspire to
the presidency.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

LET Us hope that the demands Of
the situation win not force the Presi-
dent to put up an all-lawyer cabinet.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

The steamer Queen brought $50
miners and excursioniats from Daw-
son, Alaska, Thursday.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17
For Assaulting Birt Garrett


About ak weeks ago Joe BOYD
threw a rock at brakeman Joe Gar
rett as the freight train was leaving
Auxvasse, striking him on the head,
which came near knocking Garrett
from the train and killing him. BOYD
was arrested at Cedar City Wednes-
day morning by Constable J. W. n
Garner and Constable Lynes brought
him to Fulton at once. He was taken
before Justice I. N. sitton, pleaded
guilty, and was fiued SIS and costs BY
that Official.
The cause OF the trouble grew ou'
OF the fact that the tram men pul
Boyd OF the train near Fulton fol
not paying bis fare, ana then boye
swore that be would get even viii
the brakemen on the freight.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17
aDuly Feed Man and steed." !"

UU1y AUuU HAEEH AH1u HVVVu'
Feed your nerves, also, II you would
have them strong. The blood is the
feeder and sustainer OF the whole
nervous system. Men and women
who are nervous are 30 because theiI
nerves are starved. When they make
their blood rich and pure with Hoods
sarsaparllla their nervousness disap-
pears because the nerves are prop
erly fed. Hoods sarsaparilla never
disappoints.
Hoods Sarsspariila never disap.
points. Price 25c.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

Miss Ada May Armstrong is In
Macon on viait. l.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

M.B.outbris attended the Berkshire
swine sale on the n. Il. Gentry farm
near sedaIla, on August II. The sale
made an average Of 81 head or ~
more than the sale last year.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17
Little
Pirnples Turn
to Cancer.

Cancer often results from an i'm
purity in the blood, inherited from
generations back. Few people are en-
tirely free from some taint in the blood ,
and It is impossible to tell when II win
break out In the form Of dreaded Can-
Ger. What has appeared to be q mere
pimple or scratch has developed into
the most malignant Cancer.
aI had . severe Cancer which was 81 frsl
only q few hlosohes, that thought would
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

, thAt l thcusht Woulo
soon pass away. ! was
treated By several able
physicians. but IN apite
of their efforts the Can
Ger spread until my con-
dition became alarming.
After many months q
treatment and growing
steadily verse, I de-
ei ded TO try 8 q 3.
which was 20 strongly
recommended. The drsi
6tils produced an fm-
pForement ! eonttnued
he medicine, and In
four months the last lii
tle soab dropped on.
Ten years have ELAPSED,
lieease has returned"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17
"Every Well Man
Hath His III Day. "

A Doctors examination
might shoD that kidneys,
liver and stomach are normal
bat the doctor cannot analyse
tie blood upon whieh these
organs depend.
Hoods sarsapsrilla purifes, vitailIes
and epriches the blood. Il eures YOU
when ga bit of" or when seriously
nffiicted. n never disaRpoints.
ovanausia-~ Ny husband had dy.pep-
ala And Hoods sarsapariila cured h nm.
Onr nftle boy was nervous and ne eepy
hsd uionrous sores. II cured Dom. AAs
Esnn1 RrBE, Portage, Pc.
lne,luesfion could not eat tor soma
u,onthf On account Of distress and inolss.,
lion. Hoods sArsaparllia cured me g sns'
Toan cal and sleep we'll ms. q. a. JUL ~,
TAYLOR and Walnut sts.s wilmington ~
Hoc1 Sa.sapaa@
Te.S1 Fils ssTs uvsT q. sAs see lEEi.z..aE =
-ST---l----I- 4 fsFs Nifh Heafa ezl1ar1rIN'
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

Il b dangerous to experiment with
Cancer. The edisease Is beyond the skin
Of physicians. s. s. s. Ii the only cure.
because IL is the only remedy which
goes deep enough 70 reach Cancer.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Stumpf
Of Benton City, daughter.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

Mr.. John Edgarton, io2O Third Ave,
Altoona. Pc, says: II suffered from
dysentery for three years ! took Pc
ru-nA and an now well"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-08-17

uo.I1 MN c1ra lvaT % IS neslIIllzzllT =.
al SsIS1TiIs z al IN asszs s.z..zlzAA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
COMEDY AND TRAGEDY.

If I should die and go to my long rest,
To place a few fresh flowers on my breast,
TheS heH Would id Gang me- %iah Rndiy
Out where the winter snow and summer
Would pelt the earth DER my defenseless
The saddest circumstance of being dead
Some few warm friends might drop a
"a common thing for all of US. know
OF r mayb sid tive, upon ny lonely I bier Allan
But, in the merest fraction of a year,
My friends would try forgetting me their
Or think me very much non est.
And 50 the man who struts along the
With iordly tread and self-important air.
Who never deigns to glance toward his
Betfmes to see if both of them are there;
Who thinks the earth will be most incom-
When he at last is laid away with care.
May never know, the while he walks the
How very trifing his intrinsic worth.
We see the names of sages dead and gone
Upon the page Of histry' 5 smiling face;
Full many thousand. since creations
Have made great tracks that no one
For each great corpse we sadly look upon,
A greater one is born to take his place.
To serve for Jefferson and jackson both.
This is a stage of transitory things,
Grim death gets after common men and
And every season life's great curtain
And time before the ftful footnghts brings
In this pathetic, comic worldly strife
walt Mason in Nebraska state Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
FLUID IN BEEF.
Doctor Christine Saw Liquid
Injected Into Meat
By Swift & Co. Employees at
South Omaha.
SAID TT WAS FOR ARMY
The Philadelphia Physician
Makes His Affidavit
To This Fact and Sends 1t to
General Miles.
SAID TT WAS FOR ARMY

Philadelphia, Jan. s1.-Dr. C. Maxwell
Christine of No. 2O43 North Twelfth street,
visiting surgeon to ST. Luke's Homeo-
pathic hospital, will tomorrow send to
General Miles an affidavit in which he
states that while in South Omaha last
June he saw liquid injected into beef
by employees of the packing firm Of Swift
& Co., which at that time had a contract
with the government to supply the army
with meat.
had taken great interest in the conduct
of the commissary department during the
recent war and that he had given close
attention to the present controversy be-
tween General Miles and Commissary
General Eagan. The vituperative state
ment of General Eagan concerning his
superior officer, DR.. Christine said, had
aroused his Indignation. He said:
American @1S institute it Of Homeopathy held in
Omaha that !, in company with Dr. A
Der Of otRer physi ST ans wy Was conducted
through ali the departments of Swift &
There was one man in the place whose
sole duty seemed to be the handling of
ing a depth and breadth of about II inches.
1 saw him inject a fluid by, means of a
every piece of beef that passed through
his hands; do not know the nature Of
the house that the beef passed upon by
the inspector, was supplied to the army:
upon General Miles wrote to the general,
informing him of what I had seen. 1 re-
ceived the following reply:
Headquarters of the Army,
Washington, Jan. 25 1899.
"Dr. G.. Maxwell Christine, 2043 North
Twelfth street, Philadelphia, Pa:
My Dear Doctor: Your very import
ant letter of yesterdays date IS to hand;
be greatly obliged if you will, in the in
terest of truth, make an affidavit of the
facts as stated in your letter, and also give
you at the time and witnessed the trans
action. Very truly yours,
NELSON A MILES,
81 shall furnish General Miles with the
affdavits tomorrow, said DR.. Chris
tine. land shall tell him exactly what I
have told you. My only regret is that I
cannot swear to the nature of the fluid
which 1 saw used. I think that 1 could
identify the man who used the canula.'
Dr. Christine is the son of Prof. Chris
tine of the Boys High school, and has one
of the largest general practices in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
IN GAY PARIS.
Castellanes Living Now in Three
Big Rooms.
Anna Gould and Husband Try
ing Housekeeping.
PALACE LIKE A BARN,
FIues That Wont Draw Nor
Heaters Heat.
Will Have to Remove to a
Chateau at Marais.

Paris, Jan. S1-Count Boni Castel-
lane, who married Miss Anna Gould of
New York, has rented for three years
the fine chateau at MaFais, one hour
from Paris, from the Due de Noailles.
This seems curious, as he has just
taken up his residence in the magnif-
cent Trianon Palace, Bots du Boulogne,
which he recently built. However, from
inquiries made. it appears that the lat
ter mansion is proving anything but
comfortable. In fact, the count and
countess are living in three rooms, as
the rest of the house is still uninhabit-
able. There is difficulty with fues
tus that won't heat The house is on
the ground floor to great extent and
is difficult to heat.
Americans are figuring largely in the
social gayeties of the city this winter.
Mrs. George Law, widow of New
York banker is making rapid progress
in exclusive Partisan society, where she
is much admired and her lavish hos
pitality at the Hotel Vendome is great
ly appreciated by French as we'll as
American celebrities. This week she
gave three splendid dinners in success
sion, one to Paul Deschanel, president
of the chamber of deputies. There was
a small dance afterward which was
we'll attended. Several leading artists
and their wives were among the COM
pany.
Ambassador Porter gave a dinner
Thursday to Alexander RibOt, ex-
premier. Nine. Ribot was an American
of Americans.
General and Mrs Gates and the
of Drexel Harges, also gave some smart
entertainments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
WAS ROXANE A FLIRT?
CFrom the chicago Tribune

(From the Chicago Tribune.)
The versatility of the South Side club
noon. The South Side WOmans club dis
cusSed the DreyfuS case, considered ''Cyr-
author; Coquelin, the actor; examined the
play as given by Mansfield, and was pre-
vented from entering upon debate as to
the advisability of territorial expansion for
the United States only by the announce
ment from the social committee that the
tea had been brewed and was getting
The most animated point in the discus
sion over Cyrano was FURNISHED by the
character of Roxane. her mentality and
s'Rostand is not old enough to create the
Of oU % eaTn When Sf he
ANY woman that loves good man and
he loves her. in plain language, but must
have it in embroidered words, is f1irt,''
said another.
''Roxane is a good spiritual woman"
said Mrs. Lucy d. Hall Fake, president of
the club, land what she wanted was the
spiritual love of Christian
ManSfeld'S presentation of the play was
treated in paper by Mrs. Calvin S. Case.
LAS opposed to MANSFIELD and Kings
bury,s joint conception said Mrs, Case,
I'VE have the juvenile translation for Ada
Rehan to star in, without having hero
or heroine, for Roxane was no heroine,
but only a coquettish, pretty woman, with
a tender, loving heart-the kind of a wo-
man men love. Again, a production of the
play was attempted which appeared in
spite of the morbid literary attachments of
our own historic Hub, no one has been
able to discover either hero heroine,
Besides, we remember the attempt of
Henry Lee right here in Chicago to take
the wind out of Mansfields sails by pro-
fields appearance.
1.-The popular taste is what tells in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
AMERICAN MORALITY.

HAL Caine in the London Telegraph. ]
Nevertheless, the corroding effect of
great wealth shows itself on American
society In more ways than one. The
marriages of Englishmen to American
women may perhaps bring about the
Anglo-American alliance which Mr..
Chamberlain so much desires, but
where the reasons for such unions are
merely wealth on the one side and
vanity on the other, without any ap-
parent motive, the loss will be to Amer
lea in the lowering of the moral tone
of that part of her people which come
within the atmosphere of such transac-
tions. In New York drawing room,
a few days before I sailed, friend
overheard something like the following
Were you at the wedding of Mrs. -
to the Earl of -?" Second Iady-''No;
were you?'' First lady-"Yes; she is an
old friend, you know?'' Second lady
us she going to England Immediate
1y?'' First lady-'Imm ediately; but
she will not be in the princes set, my
is naturally. however, only a small, and
not very active or influential, section of
the American people that is suffering
under the worst effect of great wealth.
on at the sapping of the vital moral
principle untroubled and undisturbed.
The moral sense is, perhaps, keener in
America than anywhere else in the
Worlo, Tor the carry puritan basis Oh
New England is under everything.
Neither in literature nor in life will it
tolerate the encroachmentS which are
constantly made upon it in other coun-
tries, and nowhere are the sins of the
senses punished with such prompt
energy and relentless vigor. The most
popular books in America are not re-
alistic romances, but biblical stories;
the most popular plays are not sensual
extravaganzas, but simple or whole
come pastoral dramas. like The Old
Homestead and Shore Acres"