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From the cradle into the grave, man
gence, and after death he hopes that
he may find 1t and enjoy it forever more
In youth idleness is permitted and best
enjoyed for though it be permitted in
old age it cannot be enjoyed by reason
of inirmities and sadness ef mind Man
sets before him as his goal the achieve
ment of idleness. Some seek their OBJ
ject through the acquisition of wealth.
deluding themselves into the belief that
when wealth is acquired idleness may be
enjoyed; but the gain Of some wealth
leads to the desire for more, and more
begets the desire for still more, and thus
the unfortunate man proceeds, never sat
isfied that the wealth he has got is suffl-
cient to safely establish him in idleness.
Some think that toll will insure them
the means to procure idleness, and for the
greater part of their lives they labor; but
when the time comes that they think
they can be idle and enjoy the pure de-
lights thereof, they find that their capac-
ity for the enjoyment of idleness is de-
stroyed, and they cannot refrain from
continuing their toll.
Some seek idleness in love, but find that
love begets desire, desire ends in safety,
and safety in aversion, in which there is
neither pleasure nor love- To these, idle
ness is a thing to fear, from which they
are deprived of the power to fee
To seek and find idleness, man needs no
medium or mediator He must seek idle
ness itself and for itself alone, and to
find it he need not search the mountain
tops, but look by the wayside. He must
pursue 1t idly, setting aside the desire for
wealth, for toll Or for love and any other
weight which besets him, and, when he
finds idleness. as he will at every turn
of his path, he must sit with 1t and en-
JOY its company until the light fades or
necessity forces him away.
Idleness can only be enjoyed by the way.
1t does not make appointments with any
man. 1t regards not time or place 1t
is met with casually and cannot be found
by seeking. For seeking implies the ex-
istence of a purpose and of earnestness,
| both of which are inimical to idleness.
| The wealthy man finds that the task
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IN EMERGENCIES.

From time to time we have the an
nouncement made of the failure of or
ganized charity to meet the urgent de-
mand of want and suffering. In New
York city during the recent blizzard this
winter thirty-eight babies are known to
have perished on the streets, and home
less men were found dead or dying in the
public parks. Concerning a young
woman, charged in the police court with
having abandoned her offspring, 1t was
shown that she had been sent away
from the hospital in which they had
birth, withc',t-'a penny and that she
ha@ ofudged the streets In vain for a
long time afterwards carrying her chill
dren in her arms in search Of work or
aims or any form of assistance that
would enable her to overcome the diff
culties of her situation temporarily.
This same woman, it has been shown.
when the kindly assistance of another
of her sex was made available for her
could not secure immediate admission to
any charitable Institution. so that she
was left to the final recourse of the
prison and station house alone
All this and even worse may be pos
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sible of occurrence, and still the indict-
ment which is laid against organized
charity may not hold. All organized
charity must be based on intelligent in
quiry. Urgent as are the needs of many
it is not reasonable to believe that they
can always be met >on the instant A
great defect without doubt of the prevail
ing plan is that in cases of emergency
there is practically no recourse open
short of the police station. This should
not be the case. Public as we'll as private
charity should be in a position to meet
any demand, however urgent And
really, when the need and urgency ara
peculiarly great, as they are in cases of
widespread calamity. the humanity
which animates society in dealing with
its own members finds vindicatlon in
ways which rebound to the honor of the
race.
Existing institutions of charity should
be supplemented everywhere by one OF
more institutions which are always open
to the relief of passing distress. Imposi-
tion is easily possible. but it is not liable
to be so general as to seriously lessen
the value of such places or to call the
practical utility of them into serious ac-
count. 1t will remain a reproach to our
civilization as long as it remains possible
for man, woman or child to suffer the
pangs of hunger or serious physical suf-
fering from want without being assured
of the immediate Intervention of public
and private benefcence. Even in these
cities We have the experience presented
to US at long intervals of men and
women destroying themselves or being
brought to Deaths door through want.
Such possibilities merely show how slight
IS the advancement the one-half of us
have made after all is said and is done
| in learning how the other half lives.
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THINGS JUST INVENTED.

Denver NEWS.
A Texan has designed a handy twine
holder for use in stores, having a pair OF
horizontal spindles on which conical
packages of twine are placed, the cord
being drawn through two eyelets and the
weight, the latter taking up the slack as
it falls.
In a new German device for cleaning
large panes of glass frame is attached
to the window to support two endless
chains, the latter carrying a horizontal
bar htted with a cleaning strip to come
In contact with the pane as the bar Is
raised or lowered.
Pneumatic tires are protected from
punctu"e by a new guard, comprising
series of semi-circular scales forming an
endless chain around the tire with eye
lets formed at the ends of the scales.
through which wire is threaded to re-
strain the guard in place.
Oil cans are prevented from exploding
by new valve attachment, a chamber
being formed at the inner end of the
spout, with a spring-actuated valve TO
shut the opening from the chamber to
the can, the entrance of the flame eX-
panding the gas in the chamber and clos
ing the valve instantly.
An improved folding tobacco pipe has
the bowl flattened at the sides to fit In
the pocket. with a hole drilled through
one side In which the stem is inserted,
the latter being bent at an angle ans
provided with spring which allows II
to be lowered and folded on the side of
the bowl when not in use.
A folding hat has been patented by
Scotch woman, a single sheet Of stiff
paper or other material being folded into
transverse plaits. with a crease through
the center at right angles with the plaits.
which allows one portion to bend out ard
form the brim after the sheet Is bent
into a tube.
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of caring for his wealth is a bar to the
enjoyment of idleness. The toiier finds
that he cannot disassociate himself from
toll and will forever be performing some
task which neither he nor the world
| needs. The toiler never learns chat many
of the tasks he thinks it Is his duty to
perform doday will tomorrow be found
to be entirely superfluous.
The true idler knows that nine-tenths
of the so-called duties Of life are unnec-
essary of performance. His motto is
Never do today what. can be done to-
morrow for tomorrow 1t will not. be re-
quired to be done" He knows that true
| happiness lies in idleness He knows
that wealth. power, love. ambition, toll
and suchsthings breed an unrestful spirit,
inconsistent with happiness.
But the false idler Is pleased to think
of these things and 1t adds to his pleas
ure to see other men wrought up over
such matters The false idler loves to
set stone rolling down hill, and to see
the commotion it causes, and being neces-
sarily man of much fancy he finds
! delight in urging the misguided seekers
after idleness upon their toilsome ways.
The seeker of ideness through wealth he
directs to paths where wealth can read
lily be obtained, and smiles to see him
adding to his burden. To the man who
| seeks power as means to idleness, the
false idler points the way to the bleak,
white-shin.ng mountain tops and sends
is shown other and greater labors, and
like Sisyphus, bends to his endless task
But the true idler does not do these
things.
For the lover who seeks idleness in
love, the idler has no word or counsel
The creature who is so besotted as to
imagine that idleness can exist and be
enjoyed where love is paramount will find
carries his own scourge and is too busily
engaged welding it to ever enjoy idle
ness for a moment, and when he learns
the illusiveness of love. he is too sore
to remain idle
The hearts desire of man, whether he
be in the possession Of wealth or power
or only striving for the same, is for idle
ness-to lay the burden down and sit
| idly in the shade. Religion, even, holds
out as its reward and goal a heaven Of
perfect and endless rest, and what is
good for angels cannot be had for man.
That which is the perfection of enjoy
ment in eternity must be desirable for
time
He who has found and can sit with idle
ness must have tender heart and gentle
spirit. The coarse, the forward, the
| sordid, the passionate can never find idle
ness. The true idler can console the
suffering and soothe the bruised spirit.
He has sympathy for the downtrodden
and can find the time to minister to the
sick None are too poor or too lowly
for his company and his kindly word
works more wonders than all the wealth,
the pride of circumstance, the selfish toll
and the passion in the world. The true
idler sees things as they are. His eyes
! are not blinded nor his heart consumed
with desire. He has the peace that
passeth all understanding.
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ARMY AND NAVY NOTES.

Deducting dubious vessels, the complet-
ed battleships of England now number
thirty-six and those Of France and Rus
sia thirtY-eight.
For new shops at the Philadelphia ma
val station $100O,000 will be expended.
Thirty-two structures Will be added 70
the League island plant, giving faclllues
to turn out ships Of war.
Several new ten-inch guns mounted on
disappearing carriages have been placed
in the fortifications guarding San Fran
cisco harbor. Experts say the harpor IS
now proof against anything that may try
to steam into It,
President Jablonsk of the Polish Ma
tional alliance, IS authority for the state
the English army for service in India in
the hope, that events will give them
chance toE fighs against E-ssfa-
Sir Wilfred Laurier has announced that.
for Service in South Africa, the Cana
dian minister of militia is in com1nunica-
tion with the British war office relative
to the aq1saOitEb f1rfa Witb ca 'e
Lord Wolseleg recently caused the fol-
lowing statement to be sent out from the
British war Office: The commander In
chief has, found it necessary to call at
tention to the frequent prevalence Of
practical joking among militia officers.
and to point out to commanding officers
their responsibility in the matter under
the queens regulations.
Speaking of British armored cruisers,
the London Graphic says: 1t Is painful
to find such vessels as the Nelson,
Northumberland, Agincourt, Achilles.
Minotaur, Black Prince and Warrior fig
uring in our list under this head. None
of these seven. vessels is fit to cruise. and
the admiral who sent them in their pres
ent state to sea in war would be commit
ting murder"
A new and powerful fourteen-pounder
gun made by Messrs. Vickers' Sons and
Maxim has been built for the United
States. 1t is claimed that the breech
mechanism is practically automatic in its
action. that 1t has a muzzle velocity of
$3.50 foot-seconds. and muzzle energy of
6S1 feet; that it can fire twenty-six rounds
per minute, that it weighs only 1712 hum
dred weight, and that 1t will perforate
1912 inches of wrought iron or 79 inches
of steel plate, according to Gavres for
mula.
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zens and bona fide residents oI the states
and territories from which the timber
is to be procured So
much of the timber Authority to
growing upon the Sell Timber.
public lands as may
be necessary to supply in a legitimate
manner the necessities of those depend
ing upon public timber in settling the
country, developing and maintaining its
resources industries and public improves
ments and in providing means Of trans
portation.
That before such sales are made, adj
vertisements shall be made in news
papers offering the timber for sale
The timber, cord wood, or other tim
ber products sold shall be removed with
in twelve months from the date Of pun
chase.
That miners. prospectors, agriculture,
lists, and bona fide settlers who have not
a suhctent supply of timber on their own
claims for necessary use In developing
the natural resources OF the land owned
by them may procure timber free or
charge from unappropriated, unreserveI.
public lands TO an extent not exceeding
in stumpage value $50 in one year.
That persons who appropriate or cu;,
or cause the destruction of timber. eX-
cept as allowed by the proposed act, shall
be lined not less than 500, nor more than
erection of the court.
The sccret tarY OF the interior Is author,
lied to make ali proper-rulas and regula-
tion5 Tor carrying the provisions of the
act into effect. The bill, If 1t becomes
law, will bring together and revise the
various statutes upon the subject OF the
use OF timber the public lands. IL
will relieve these statutes of the pres,
emf ambiguity, uncertainty and conflict
which exists and viii prove, it is be-
lieVed Of great benefit to the public
timber states of the West
The friends Of Matthew Stanley Quae
in Washington, emphaticaily declare tha,
he will be able to carry Pennsylvania in
the interest of his own candidacy for tna
United States senatorship this year with
out very much difficulty. 1t IS said that
Mr.. Quay has matters so arranged that
the Republican members of the next
legislature will practically vote solidly
for him for senator at Harrisburg next
winter The friends of Senator Quay
are therefore highly gratiaed over what
they consider reversal of public sentl-
ment in Pennsylvania for their favorite
within the past year.
j. S. Van Antwerp.
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HOPEFUL SOCIAL ACTIVITIES,

Among the many movements of a So
cial or humanitarian purpose which are
found to prevail today in almost every
country in the world those of the most
universal application have reference to
some Improvement in the mental and ma
terial status Of the laboring people resi-
dent in large cities
Twenty or thirty years ago the move
ment for Improvement of the social con-
ditions of the laboring people was con-
fined to themselves. and took the form
of propaganda of one kind or another,
but mostly of a political nature Today
all such movements have their origin
among the good peSr.a of the world who
have leisure and means, as well as dis
position, to do some good for those around
them, and who do not pretend to be en-
gagged In strictly charitable work. or, in
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-18
street Waists.
Harper's Bazaar.

Harper'S BaZar.
When lace waists are intended for street
wear-that is, to be worn under q coat
the sleeves must be lined; but when In
tended for wear with thin summer gowns
or a dinner waist, the lining is taken out
of the sleeves and around the shoulders;
the waist then looks smarter and more
suited for (as 1t were) a dress occasion.
These lace waists will prove another
boon for women this summer. Old lace
or new will serve as material with which
to make them. and so the accumulauons
of years may be brought into use.
pretty lining may be contrived from
half-Worn and perhaps out-of-date ball
gown and a touch of contrasting velvet
ribbon in belt and big bow gives point
to catch the eye-the necessary accent
which makes the waist striking.
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Q Chat OF De Capital. 9

WAsHINGToN.s D. c., March.17- (Spe-
cial,1--It is doubtful Il The people Of the
United States contribute enough money
to provide a home for Rear Admiral
Schley in this city.
Az ey toF Since the purchase
SchIey Home. of residence for
Admiral ID W v,
generous people throughout the country
seem 70 be lukewarm so far as contribut-
ing money for live heroes is concerned
me committee which had charge of rails
ing money for the purchase of a home
Tor Admiral Dewey in the national cap
itaI really had to urge wealthy people
throughout the country to contribute in
oruer 10 bring the total sum up to the
$50 0G0 mark
me committee started in perfectly sat-
lsled that money would come running in
so tast that it would give them very lit
Tie trouble to secure the sum of S1OO. 600
Tor the purchase of Admiral DeWev's
Washington home The committee was
mistaken The members of it became
aware OF this fact, after endeavoring
for six months to get the fund I'D as
hlSh as $4,000. Then its members began
TO ask for contributions from 81 900 and
| upwards from various rich residents of
the country. Some of them declined to
contribute anything; others accepted the
leVles put upon them. Few people in
the United States believed that Dewey
would accept of these contributions
Perhaps this is one reason why the mon
ey came In so slowly. 1t is a fact that
the people all over the country were sur
prised when the Hero of Manila Bay
reached New York harbor, and, after
having been interviewed by one of the
members of the committee, announced
that 1t would please him to accept the
house to be provided for him in Wash
ington.
That the American people are generous,
however, was clearly shown when Adjt
Gen. Corbin stated that subscriptions
would be acceptable for a fund for the
wife and children of Gen. Henry w Law
ton, who was killed in battle in the Phil
ippines Gen. LaWton was the hero of
the land forces in the Philippine war
He died a poor man.
Within three months the American peo-
pie contributed, without being urged up
wards Of $9S0O0 for Gen. Lawton's widow
and children. 1t is evident that there
was difference of opinion amongst the
people regarding the advisabilty Of CIV
ing house to Admiral Dewey, who had
a fixed salary for life of $13,5OO per an
mum, and the necessity of giving to the
family Of the dead hero a sufficient
want for the remainder of their lives.
This is one reason why the people. who
are working so earnestly to secure
fund for Rear Admiral Schley are likely
to fail.
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EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPH.
More sporting nIood Needed

More Sporting Blood Needed.
Washington Post.
When We consider that Mr.. Cleyeland's
Venezuelan message followed quickly
upon the heels of one Of the justly cele-
brated duck hunts we cannot but regret
that there is so little sporting blood in
the present administration.
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Pleasing Possibility.

Kansas City Journal.
Still, if Mr. Harrison should become
president again. he might, by shOveling
ginger into our foreign policy, manage
to collect that fee from Venezuela
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Won't Cause Any Big wnvs.

st. Louis Republic.
If Secretary Hay is kept from resigning
by an apprehension that the surge OF his
disappearance beneath the surface Of the
political sea may ingulf the ship of state,
some one should correct his misimpres-
sion
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"rlaln Duty. Demanded.


Philadelphia Ledger
Every consideration of justice and
good faith" as the secretary of war de-
clared in his last annual report, demands
that congress shall accept the obligation
of ''plain duty" as it was announced by
President Mckinley.
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Omit Be OhIiterated.
Boston POs

Boston Post.
1t will be impossible for Mr.. Mckinney to
obliterate the impression, already created,
of his disposition to truckle to Great Brit
ain, which has been intensified b. the
publication Of the -Pauncefote canal
treaty.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-18

Baltimore American.
The general pubic will always regard
Andrew Carnegie as a man who can af-
ford to have Strawberries three times d
day during the winter
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Didn't Know His business.

Memphis Commercial-Appeal
George III. only attempted to tax us
once without representation But we
have raised George and gone him 100 per
cent better
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Why He,s Economizlng.

Chicago Record
If Gen Obs Is man with any gratitude
in his makeup he will save few choice
victories to be worked off during the heat
of the presidential campaign.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-18
RetributiOn.

st. Louis Republic.
The Indian band from the Carlisle in
dustrial school is to play for President
Mckinley. Serves him right.
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Sure Thing.
Chicago Democrat

Chicago Democrat.
McKinley's method Of governing ac-
quired territory IS the surest way in
which to kill territorial expansion.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-18

There are altogether too many people
in the world whose only object in life
seems to be to prevent somebody else
from being elected.
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1t is indeed a wise and judiclous pro-
vision of Providence that St. Patrick 8
day should be followed by the rest and
Quietness of Sunday.
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Happily, it is really possible for a man
to vote early without voting often.
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WEATHER FOR TODAY.

Miunesota-Fair warmer Sunday; Mon
day fair: variable winds.
lOwa-Fair Sunday; warmer in eastern
portion; Monday fair; west to south
winds
North Dakota-Generally fair Sunday
and Monday: variable winds.
South Dakola-Generally fair Sunday
and Monday; variable winds.
Montana-Generally fair Sunday and
Monday; variable winds.
Wisconsin-Fair; warmer Sunday. ex-
cept snow hurries near Lake Michigan;
fair. fresh south to west winds,
ST. PAUL.
Yesterdays observations. taken by the
United States weather bureau, st. Paul,
T. +. Lyons observer, for the twenty
four hours ended at o'clock last night.
-Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation.
highest temperature Observation-Disclosures, -
Lowest temperature NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
Average temperature ................... u
Daily range Observation-Disclosures. 19
Barometer % 81
LttHl-ultN ...-.......... ..'.'.,.....+..... 81
Precipitation ........ .................... 03
.. m, temperature Observation-Disclosures. -
p. m. wind, west; weather, cloudy.
Z, I1F A
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Really, now. are you spelling "Sapho
with one or two ps?
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1t has long been a common complaint
that there were not offices enough to go
around This accounts for conditions in
Kentucky
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Mayor Kiefer says he Is a candidate
for reelection. Who In thunder said he
wasn't?
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Spring apears to have sprung back
alright
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The immensity of diplomatic informa-
ton that is not possessed by Secretary of
State Hay is really fabulous.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-18

Hetty Green, of Texas, wants her son
to run for the vice presidency. And Hetty
has the price
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-18

It is universally admitted that every
body in ST. Paul has a guess coming re-
garding mayoralty candidates.
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Robins have appeared IN Indiana, but
the Southern peach crop is being severely
smitten with frost.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-18

The objections of that man Dreyer, of
Chicago, to going to the penitentiary ap-
pear inexhaustible.
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After all, stretching a point is not nee
essarily direct attack on the elasticity
of the constitution.