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quite tame. 1t would introduce a new
and exciting feature into the September
encampment if Gen. Sickles Were to
avow himself a candidate. How nis can
dldacy can be avoided in view of the
present situation does not seem quite
plain to outsiders. No Grand Army
man can ignore the truth that in the
present situation the organization is made
to occupy the position of maintaining
a persistent raid on the federal treasury
and being in completely with the pen
sion agencies. This much Is unavoid-
able. Gen. Sicl1les has pointed out that
Commissioner hvans has been able
through the newspapers to misrepresent
the controversy as being an effort on the
part of the pension agents to drive MIN
from Office in order that they might
with more freedom carry on their raids
Should the G.. A r. go on and ignore
this imputation it's members need not
be surprised if the country take them
and their organization at the value
which Gen. SickIes says Commissioner
Evans sets upon them.
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KGaTt-t O-He1Tt Talks
BY THE CYNIC

''All the world loves a lover" This
is true in but limited sense. and even
then it depends upon how the lover eX-
presses his divine passion. All the world
loves a lover when he keeps the fact
to himself as much as possible. But
when the lover makes an exhibition Of
his love, like the parade Of a circus
before the opening performance, the
world turns away its head much as
man does at sea when the weather is
rough.
Is it possible that young people whose
parents have announced their engage
ment the young peoples engageInent)
know how insufferable they become by
the Importance which they attach to
their little affair? When such a contract
is announced. it always seems to me
that it Is the first one that either of
the parties were ever at; and that the
individual attractions Of the parties
were at such a low ebb that the mutual
discovery of admirable qualities became
matter of astonishing news to be
published to the world for the benefit
of science.
The announcement of a marriage pos
sesses some degree of Importance be-
cause it marks change of social rela-
lions and affects society. But an en-
gagement-bah! 1--WE are happy to an
nounce that young Mr.. Featherhead
called upon our daughter Maude the
other evening with evident matrimonial
intentions. AS Mr.. Featherhead is a
young man of some social standing and
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CONGfESSMdN LITTLEFIELD, OF
MAINE

Maine has never been a pivotal state
politically, yet it has produced a num-
Der of men whose influence in national
politics has been second to none. James
G. Blaine and Thomas B. Reed. for the
last forty years nave kept the public
eye en- the state of Maine and now
comes Congressman LittIeneId who
promises to keep up the reputation of
the state in the legislative halls at
Washington.
1t was thought when Gear Reed" re-
tired to make a fortune before it became
eve-lastingly too late, that mis- sue
cessor would find it difficult to fill his
place. Reed was and is a big man. He
is big in every sense of the word and
with that bigness goes the courage OF
the giant. He is ruler of man and
was usually right, His errors, if any,
We're big like the man To follow such
man and sustain the reputation of
the state was no common task. That
Littletield has accomplished this in his
short term in congress is the highest
possible compliment to his ability and
his character.
WAen President Mckinley gave voice
to his famous plain duty message re-
sarding Porto Rico, Littlefield agreed
with him and refused to change his
views at the Gictation of the party boss
es. Ne took his position on the broad
ground of the constitution and common
right and fought it out on the floor of
congress. His speech on the Foraker
bill was the severest possible arraign-
ment of the Republican policy toward
Porto Rico that could have been pro-
nounced. Today lat speech reads like
prophecy.
True to his character and the reputa-
ton he has made for honesty of pur-
pose, Mr.. Littlefield has announced his
intention to support some KIND of tariff
reduction measure in the next congress.
He is in sympathy with the movement
inaugurated by Congressman Babcock,
CT Wisconsin. and will throw mis- in
fUence and his ability into the scale
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with those who demand the passage Of
some measure which will save our for
eign trade from utter annihiiation.
Littlefield is large enough to see that
the nation has passed the period OF In
dustrial swaddling cloths. He appre-
ciates the fact that trade expansion and
tariff bands are incompatible. lie sees
the prosperity Of the country threatened
by the stubborn adherence of the hide
bound schedulists to a theory which no
longer applies to existing facts.
There is no Disgusting the fact that
war is at hand. Russia and Germany
and France are arming for the battle
They are throwing up their fortifcations
and training their guns on our merchant
marine. For fifty years we have fought
industrial Europe we have taxed our
people to keep up the war of exclusion
Now the tables are turned and we are
the aggressor. Our markets are glutted
by tari1f-fed products and a foreign out
let must be had or we die. That foreign
market can only be secured and retained
by liberal tariff concessions. Not such
concessions as are indicated by the plank
in the latest Republican reciprocity
platform, but concessions that will be
of mutual benefit All these things Lit
tlefield is big enough to see and he pcs
sesses the courage to act upon the re-
suit of his vision.
The revolt against the suicidal policy
of the Dingieyites, started by BabcOck
last winter, is gaining recruits every
day. The middle West will be with the
reformers. that is. the people will. The
the sting Of the party lash welded by the
Eastern bosses. With LttlefeFd. of
Maine. in the arena. g fight and a fight
to the finish is assured. Nor will the
fight for tariff reduction be confined TO
the items of trans-oceanic import.
The question of free trade with Cuba
will be a prominent feature of the fight.
The mass of the people want sugar free
There is no reason under the sun for
taxing the country Sl5O0O,O9o to keep the
beet sugar industry going. The game is
not worth the candle.
There viii be a general shaking up
of the fossilized bones of the high pro-
tectionist that will astonish the Oldest
settler The Republican press may alb
stract what comfort 1t can out of the
blubbering Of McLaurln, of South Caro-
lima; it can talk Of the break in the
Democratic ranks in the South, but while
it is rejoicing in what it regards as sign
of Democratic dissolution in the South,
the action of such men as Littlefeld
must come like a cold northeast w!nd
chilling the very marrow OF the bone
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I.uPRoTE PHALEY P4RK.

No one who has been frequently in the
vicinity of Lake Phalen, and knew what
little store is set on it as n place of
popular resort cai: avoid wonder at the
slight attention bestowed on it. either
! by public authority or by the
masses of the people. No other body of
water of any considerable extent is as
accessible to the heart of the city. ex-
cept Lake Como alone 1t Is beautifully
located, and is peculiarly adapted for
popular enjoyment.
1t is in great measure the fault of
the city authorities that Lake PhaIen
end the public park established around
it have been the object of. so much
| neglect. Nothing hes Leen done to III
duce the public to resort to it. The
PARK site was adopted and the matter
was let to rest at that
Aid. Holt is doing a valuable pub
lie service III calling attention 20 this
! lovely spot. He will ind however, that
the street car corporation will pay no
attention whatever to him or his vesoIu-
ton for the extension of their lines to
that point. The extension will come
only when the street car people see some
serious demand for it, They will hagge
a good deal over the terms on which
they VIII make the extension. as they
always 90, and end by getting the hard
est bargain they can drive with the city;
but they VIII go-when they find it prof
liable. and not before
The present park board has done and
is doing great work for the city. It's
Identification of Como park represents
years of intelligent thought and labor.
1t has Won for that spot deal Of pub
lie attachment and Of admiration from
non-residents. The Indian Mounds park
too, under its direction. no longer lies
in the shadow of popular neglect, as it
did for so many years. It's beauties are
being made thoroughly known, and APP
preciated and the street car corporation
now finds it profitable to run it's cars
there with reasonable Regularity
What has been done for Como and In
dian Mounds during the past ten years
or so may be done for PhaIen park The
q / o b e thinks the time has come for
taking the matter under serious consid-
Grafton. There is a great population
within easy reach Of the park which
would be especially benefited by it's be-
ing made available. AS it is at present
the park might as well be at the other
end Of the city for all the good that
is derived from it by the people of the
First or Second wards
Nature has done much for Phalen
park. 1t does not need the eye of a
landscape artist to distinguish how
greatly the work of natur, could be
added to by small expenditure. When
the public are induced to attend the
park-and the .inducemcnt need not take
any other form than that of reasonable
encouragoment-it is easy to understand
that it will be but brief period befora
another beautiful popular resort will
have been added to those ALREADY exist
Ing within the city limits
the park board cannot give too much
or too prompt attention to the in,prcve-
ment of Phaleu park
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nave producer a high average of COM
mon education and ambition; but the
AMBITION has been largely commerce al.
Our educated sons have given their en-
ergies to advance the industrial and COM
mercial system and helped MAKE the
Rockef5fers, Carnegies, Vanderbilts and
Morgans q
1t is questionable if by any investment
of money in institutions, or by any lib
crafty and enterEr on the part of the
public or of our millionaires, we can
produce a. Shakespeare, Raphael, Copper
nicus, Newton, La Place. Goethe or
Darwin. There are things which money
cannot buy; ana the creative gsniIs in
art, literature, ami science seems to lie
one of them To produce a Shakespeare,
We need the age, the spirit, AMI the con-
ditions which gave bi- tn to Shakespeare.
and that is a difficult proposition. How
can this practical money-making age rev.
olutionize itself into an age of romance.
chiyalTy and the po-t'c AMI dramatic
passions? How can institutions Of the
most elaborate character prodLce a RAJ
phael. who was an artist from birth. a
famous painter in his teens whose Ii Z
from the cradle was in an atmosphere OF
Italian art, whose whole environment
and sole ambition was art? How could
CffR,N
ture and the principles of the Uni Ell Sc
from books and school teachers? The
technical SCHOOLS of Amer ca m-S. all
them to become successful engineers and
help them to good position in the en-
ploy of a Vanderbilt or a Carnegie; Bat
that is the extent
President Schurmann holds that if Amer
lean universities did for the young nj n
and women OF America what European
universities ar, ding, America also
would be turning out muses.: but. alas,
natures way is net THAI read. What
did Coperntcus get from the university?
Certainly Raphael and la Place never
attended college, and the only school, Of
Shakespeare was the stage and his only
university education was the study of
human nature Goethe, it is true, was
sent to the UNIVERSITIES OF Laipsic and
Strasburg to study law; but to wat
end? At Leipsic he neglected his studies
and plunged into a poem; AMI at S.Vas-
burg he got acquainted with Her1er AMI
the Italian scacol of fine arts AMI fill
in love with Frederick Brion. He took
his degree in law, and then passed out
and produced poems, dramas. romanccs,
theories in botany and astronomy. and
fell into irnumerable love episodes. OAR
wins debt to colleges is about equal to
that CT Goethe
The ambition of President Schurmarn
to build American institut, ons that VIII
rival ire best European as an all nd
inspiration to scholarship is worthy Di-
rectly these institutions may not pro 1uC e
geniusss; but they may help prepare TIE
soil. TEey may assist to bring about u
new age in which something besides
VT authorization is dominant; and that is
Tic: first. great ssentaI
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 81

COMMA NDER-fN-CHIEF SICKLES.
1t Will be quite a pleasant diversion
if out of the exciting controversy be-
tween Gen. SiclIles and Commissioner
Evans there should arise the candidacy
of the former gentleman for the office
of cOmmander-in-chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic
An amount of cid straw and some new
has been threshed out in the attack ana
defense in the Evans case; and the i'm
putation has been affixed to the vet
Grams, organization that it is in control
of the pens-on attorneys and operates
as huge treasury bung-hole.
Is Sieklos right in insisting that Evars
is unjust to the veteran in his rulings?
Has the administration faisifed itself IN
allowing Evans to remain in Office?
TIL Sc are the two questions which re-
main to be passed upon. The G. A. II.
menbers can pass upon them only in one
way. S,cSles' candidacy for the COM
mandership-in-chief points out that way
eoGs' appear from time to time quite
visible in the position taken by the
good Mckinley and his advisers. The
canteen legislation of the last session.
which is understood to have been de-
cided on through the personal influence
of our good president offered one illus
tration. The showing made in this pen
sion business offers another. The only
way in which the G. A. R. people can.
in vind!cation of themselves and of the
patriotic character of their organization,
resent the imputation which has been
made to settle on them through the
EvansS!ck,es controversy is by dieting
Sick.es commander-in-ch!ef.
The contests for this honorable posi-
tion lave for some years past beer
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good family We are happy to further
announce that our dear daughter Maude
is willing TO reciprocate every slight ad-
vance made by young Mr.. Featherhead
looking to a union OF the Shoddy and
Featherhead families"
AS a social call by Mr.. Featherhead
upon Miss Maude Shoddy may end in
marriage. if they be given time enough.
and the proper influences be thrcwn
about them, why not make the above
announcement in the daily press at the
start, and let the public watch develop
ments. 1t would be interesting, don't
you think? Should the young people.
under the stnnulant or public interest,
conclude to be engaged announce that
also as sort of report of progress"
If the two survive the enga cement stage
and the altar is approached. announce
that, too, for here the interest of the
drama begins. When the stork hovers
over the cottage or the fiat, as the case
may be, the fact must he duly an
nounced; so, too, when the long-legged
wader concludes to aight. Everything
must be announced for how else will
the world become aware of the exist
ence of the Shoddy and Featherhead
families.
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IT'S POSSTRTLITIES.

The dedication of Harriet island to
public uses viii never become complete
until it is recognized net merely as a
bathing place hut as the local sani-
tariur and pleasure ground. This result
will become inevitable should the project
of Or. Whilcomb become a reality, and
poor scltly children find there a place
to which they can have recourse in the
heat of summer
The problem of eating for infant life
in the heat Of summer is one which
tries more or less severely the resources
of every large city in the country. In
New York, owing to inadequate sanitary
provision, infants die like flies In the
recent severe heat in the big city there
was no public note made of the poor
little ones who yielded up their young
lives by the hundred for want of ma
lures cheapest gift-fresh air.
The only provision yet made in any
community for the preservation of child
life is represented by the makeshift of
freah-air excursions. These are usually
held in the heat of the day and are fol
lowed by q renewal of precisely the
conditions against which the effort is to
guard.
The establishment of a children's pa
vilion on Harriet island will be a beau
tinaation of the island in addition to
the great enhancement of its value as a
public resort which VIII be involved
Un3cr the direction OF two skilled and
earnest men like Drs. Ohage and Whit
comb There can be established, and with
the cooperation Of the medical author
flies, maintained, throughout the sum-
mer months. a model institution of the
kind
st, Paul's free baths have directed
great attention to the city on the part
of residents of other cities which do not
enjoy such an institution. They have
come to be regarded as a model of wise
and timely provision made for the pub
lie health and enjoyment during the
summer season. If they are to be sup
pleIoented by a chIdrcns sanitarium
erected in their immediate vicinity it viii
not be long until Harriet island is famous
throughout the West, and other cities
all over the country will be found copy
ing the provision which we will have
made.
If all this should be followed by the
establishment of a public road to the
baths from Wabasha street bridge, such
as was suggested by the G lob some
days ago, ana which is provided for
in the resolution introduced by DR.. Whit
comb, the highest expectations of the
public would be realized and the island
would be secured to the use of the pub
lie free from annoyance or invasion OF
any kind.
The general public policy represented
by the Harriet island enterprise is hon
CRADLE to the intelligence and public
spirit of st, Paul 1t should be encour-
aged No provision which the city can
make which will tend to secure to the
masses all the benefits of it should be
neglected. Those benefits will last not
for this year or this generation. but
vii! survive many generations ana be
alike honorable to the wisdom and hui
manity Of this people.
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WoMAN IND HER WORK.

Man laSors from sun to sun; BIT
worlans work is never done" T!lat is
= the essence, if not the text o. the old
! adage, which intended to convey the
thought that woman was never at rest
| from household labors and cares In the
! days when this old saw hal its greatest
vogue women did nothing but look after
/ household work. Today in the cites es-
! pecially, woman's work is far from be-
ing confined to the housed DID, She has
entered into the business Office. and sore,
as she had entered many years before
into the foctorg: She is now to be found
wherever man is in industrial callings,
working side By side with him
Is this Well? That is a question which
/ the social philosophers are studying and
debating day af, er day, without reaching
a settled CONCLUSION, while woman Keeps
on with her work She drops none of the
new tasks, but even takes on additional
ones. The half-tledged stencgrapher is
followed by the expert accountant, and
the girl at the r.bbon counter has evolved
TIE lady buyer, who makes her periodical
trip to the East and often to Europe for
'the house"
We are taught to believe that the w rk.
ing of women in the factories has been
source of greatly increased social vice.
Those who tell the sad story which thee
. is to be told are usually reaGy
to urge up3n the gr who
must Sc employment to go into
somebody's kitchen and earn good wage
as hired help. Yet. sad as it is to state,
the records AMI stat sites of social m s.
, fortune show that greatly la gar p.o-
port.on Of POOR girls who have worked
cut have fallen than of those who have
taken their moral ami physical lives in
their hands and gone into the fac cries
There is very little to be gained pres
entity from the discussion of this problem
of the kitchen and the factory. Women
will be forced into going into both in
search of a living; and the work they
do in them is usually that which is not
fitted for able-bodied men, and must be
done by them or by children. 1t has
been SO. and it VII be so, and there's
an end of it.
Let the philosophers give us the social
conditions whlcn VIII render every
father and mother of a family able to
support all their children and provide
for tnem so thatothey will not have to
work; or, if there be no father and no
their offspring, let them get the state to
take the thing up and keep the girls
from having to go out in search of
work. and then their statistics of crime
will be no longer necessary to gather.
But until this can be done, let us at
least have the good sense to confine our
selves to making the surroundings of
girls who have to7work as agreeable and
as healthy Sas possible, and the proba-
bility is that the world will keep on get
ting better and better notwithstanding
that the girl like the boy has often to
so out too early to search around for
something to eat and wear
The problem of woman work is not one
Of crime or vice. 1t Is one of economics,
social and political. There are great
studies possible OF woman in her rela-
ton to Industrial society and society at
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AIAUDIE AGAIN.


Maud Miller once on q summers day
Went down to the meadow to rake the
hay.
The sun. especially long bout noon,
Was hotter than love in the month of
June.
But Maudie was cunning; the rustic
Had a novel hid in her work .ng clothes.
A pallet of hay she raked in the shade
OF a spreading chestnut, and down she
laid.
And she read and read, and she read
and read
TILL She fell asleep on her grassy bed.
And the sun was setting when she
aWeAe,
And the hay she had gone to rake was
unroke.
Denver Post
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RAISED THE FRICE.
Tieler Alaskan News.

Teller Alaska News
1t is told that when Sammy Newman
was running the Little Blanche" in
Nome last winter he had a number "
heat absorbers as ! egular customers. IN
the course of their conversation they
were refusing as high as 5000 for their
claims. until, with visions of the big
sack in sight they would line up with
Let's have a drink. boysH' That's on
me" says the heaviest claim owner. 10
me-" was S9mmy's chief source of revs-
nUe. Now Sammy is fat and good nutur-
ed. but there is a time when patiaue9
ceases to be nuggets. When the sama
gang blew in next day this neat little
sign met the eyes Of the dry: The price
Of drinks has been raised from that's on
me 10 TWO bits"
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WHY THE THIRD?

A long time ago the wedd ng ns as
worn on the foreiinger. and was ta-rck-
~ studied WIKI RE ',ous sion g.
People who haze geo the oil pc.u -
of the Madonna in Rome VIII remember
that in one or two Of tlCm t-ere IS a
glisten ng ring on the fore finger Of Ter
right hand. but with Christianity came
the wearing Of tn welding ring on re
third finger rather than the fist.
The old story OF thore being a We tn t
runs from tina. finger TO the heart is nom
sense. It's use orig mated in this way:
The rr.est first put It on the thumb. say
ing: In the name Of the Father" en-
the forsfnger, adding: I'm the name q
the Son" On tire second finger. repeal
ing: In the name of the Holy Ghos- 20
ami en- the th.rl finger ending wltls
Amen" and there it stayed