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Administ the
Oath of Slavery.

Somebody came out to say that Pjotr
Sidorow was to wear uniform henceforth.
Whereupon Pjotr's young wife. who had a
baby at her breast, cried convulsively, for
this meant loneliness. slow starvation for
four to five years.
Either the hardest sort Of servitude or
piteous degradation is the lot Of the SOL
dier's wife.
Now a man in long hair and in robes that
distinguished hin from the rest Of the
crowd drove up to the Town Hall. A police
man ordered the people to fall back. and
make room for him.. He was tho minister,
ordered to administer the oath Of allegiance
to tina recruits.
This man of God, who proudly considers
himself Christ's representative and SER
want, but is unable to recognize the sins
and lies he dignifes by his presence. walks
briskly into the CONSUMPTION Chamber,
where the recruits await his coming. He
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And with their tongues made heavy by
drink, these unhappy ones stammer the
words which they ave been told to utter
and which are to express their happiness.
Their relatives are still outside In the
o With eyes red from crying, the vo-
men stare at the door.
Finally 1t opens, and the new soldiers
come out with unsafe step. but frightened
into assuming q bold air.
Now tho lamentations Of tho mothers
and women and girls m anew.
Some throw themselves ON the necks Of
their relatives. and cry in anguish, other
try to bear their sorrow silently; few have
words OF encouragement. The mothers and
wives felt It all the time. but now they are
sure Of 1t that for three. four or i've ysarD
they will be without support.
Who can blame them for crying aloudf
The fathers do not exhibit their sorrow3
they keep quiet. but 1t breaks their hearts
to know that never again will they see their
children az they have known them all Their
lives For sven II they do come back thsH
will not be obedient and diligent a. here
tofore. but men stepped in vice, ashamed
Of simple pursuits and deeminG themselves
'too good" to work.
Then all mount their sledges again ana
OF they ere for the inns. The drunks0
bowling and singing. and also the lamenta-
tons OF the women, become more pro.
nounced-louder, moro disgusting a. they
mix with the music Of the conosrtinas and
curses.
The bacchanal continues until tho last
copper is spent. The Government makes
quite q neat sum out Of these sinfud pro.
ceedings, for the moro VODKA that u drunk
the larger are the revenues paid into the
Treasury.
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"The man who gives to the individual beg
gar commits a grave offense. but there are
many societies and Institutions soliciting
aims, to aid which Is none the less injuri-
Gus to the community. These are as corrupt
ing as individual beggars.
Zone of the chief obstacles which the
philanthropist meets in his efforts to do
good in this world is the practice of indis-
eliminate giving, and the duty Of the mil
lionaire is to resolve to cease giving to OBJ
jects that are not clearly proved to his
satisfaction to be deserving. He must re-
member Mr.. Rfce's belief that $3.50 out of
every $1,000 bestowed to-day. on so-called
charity had better be thrown into the sea-
One man or woman who succeeds in liv-
Ing comfortably by begging is more dan
gerous to society, and a greater obstacle
to the progress of humanity. than a score
Of wordy Socialists"
In reference to the cry that the masses
are downtrodden by capital, Mr.. Carnegie
might be quoted from the same book in
reply:
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RUSSIAN PEASANT.

Around this table sat the members Of the
Consumption Commission, quietly and I'M
concernedly: one Of them smoked a cigar
cite, another languidly turned the leaves Of
a book.
When Sidorow stood before his masters.
a subaltern officer walked uo to him,
pushed him under the wooden gauge to de-
termine his height. kicked his naked feet
into position, and with a Jerk of his arm
thrust the poor frightened boys chin high
up in the air.
Then came the man with the cigarette
he was the physician. He felt. with undis-
guised disgust, Pjotrs muscles, tapped his
breast, ordered the subaltern ''to open the
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fellows chops" and finally commanded
him to breathe hard and to shout. all the
time calling out his findings to the register.
When the physician got through he said,
without even looking at the victim Of con-
scrioton:
MI right. fetch another OF these swine"
Meanwhile he sat down at the table
again with the same Disguised and wearied
air.
The subaltern pushed the man towards
the door and told him to dress. Pjotr, when
trying to get into his shirt, did not at oncs
find the armhole. but a kick sharpened his
wits. He donned his trousers in q fifty,
likewise his boots. grabbed his neckcloth
and his sheepskin. and thus. only half clad,
re-entered the conscription chamber. scarce
ly a minute and a half after leaving it.
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part Of the increased wealth Of the oe~,
munity. but administering 1t for the com.
munity far better than It could or vouId
have lone for itself.
1.-THE best minds will thus have reached n
stage IN the development Of the race IN
which It IS clearly seen that there u no
mode Of disposing Of surplus wealth credit.
able to thoughtful and earnest men mt
whose hands 1t nows save by using Il year
by year for the general good This day
already cawna Men may die without IN
curing the pity Of their fellows, stiIl shar.
ers in great business enterprises from
which their capital canno b. or has not
been withdrawn. n which IL left chiefly
at death for public uses: yet the day II NOT
far distant when the man who dies leavina
behind him millions Of availaple wealth.
which was free for him to administsr dur
ting Life will pass away -unwept, unhonoeoa
and unsuns.' no matter to what uooo -
leaves the dross which he cannot taeo With
him. OF such a. these the verdict WM bos
The man who dies thus rich dieo a.
Racsd.ss
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great mind which has in a few brief months
done more to silence the growing thunder
OF the madding masses thirsting for a
reckoning and a readjustment of conditions
which they felt to be wrong, but knew not
why nor where. and could not fix a remedy.
, This sentiment against aims is expressed
by Mr.. Carnegie in his Gospel Of Wealth."
'Those who have surplus wealth give mil.
lions every year which produce more evil
than good n really retard the progress
Of the people. because most Of the forms in
vogue to-day for benefiting ankin only
tend to spread among the poor a spirit Of
dependence upon aims. when what is es-
sential for progress is that they should be
inspired to depend upon their own exer-
lions.
''The miser millionaire who boards his
wealth does less injury to society than the
careless millionaire who ~squanders his un-
wisely. even II he does so under the cover
Of the mantle Of sacred charity.
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and In the United States. stil moro Of re-
cent origin than in Great Britain; and the
revenues Of the masses are Just in proper.
ton to the ease With which millionaires
grow"
The sum and substance Of Mr.. Carneg1e's
theory Of world-betterment IN found in his
own words:
1.-THE best means Of bensfting . commune
ty Is to place within its reach the ladders
upon which the aspiring may rissefrss IL
braries, parks, and means Of recreation by
which men are helped In body and mind:
works Of art certain to give pleasure and
improve the public taste; and public fnsti-
tutions Of various kinds. and which will
improve the constitutions Of the people: In
this returning their surplus wealth
to the mass Of their fellows In the forms
best calculated to do them lasting good.
""Thus is the problem Of the rich and Door
to b solved. The laws of accumulation
will be left free m the laws Of distribu-
tion free. Individualism will continue, but
the millionaire viii be but q trustee for the
Door. entrusted tor . season With q 0aat
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GUARD AT ST. Pc
TERSBURG.

duties as children Of God. and compel them
henceforth to assume butchers duties.
mi such things are done openly. Nobody
IL there to call out:
Think before you act; q lie, the most
blasphemous. the most tricky lie. IL imput-
ed to you-a Lie which not only ruins your
body, but your soul. too"
Nobody thinks Of doing this. On the con-
trary. after the minister has gone, the
Colonel enters the CONSUMPTION chamber,
where the recruits are locked in, and says
as II to goad them:
"Welcome, you fellows! I congratulate
you on your good luck to be allowed to en-
ter the Cars service"
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which some three dozens of men were pla-
| cling their everyday clothes and struggling
into the uniforms soldiers wore in the days
when aida" %sojourned at Thebes. Some
were a nondescript sort of chaps who
seemed familiar with the proceedings, and
they congratulated each other when they
had safely arrived in their costumes. with
out very many great rents or tears
In That Wonderful
Place, the Dressing Room.
Meanwhile Assistant Crosby. an authori-
tative young man with a large expanse Of
brow, appeared with a sheet Of paper in
his hand and called on all the soldiers to
rise. 1t appeared that he wanted eight i'm
mediately, and there were only six there
in dress. So he took q U in their or
binary clothes and marched them to the
mistress Of the wardrobe. She distributed
garments done up in neat little packages
and handed them a helmet apiece. Then
that squad went back and dressed, while
the rest of the gallant army. in full uni
form of cheesecloth. gilt braid and brass,
sat in a corner and played cards.
But Commander Crosby scanned his ma
terial still unused and selected a number Of
boys who were there on q lark. They
seemed to be young fellows who attend
night school sometimes. and they laughed
a great deal.
Nobody seemed to have anything for the
youth who was curious to do. SO he merely
sat and looked on and talked with q jolly
chap who said he lived at q clearinghouse
and had been summoned thence just q few
moments before while seriously contem-
plating retiring. Another fellow complained
that the business had no money in 1t in
St. Louis. In New York he said he had
made a living at suping. earning as much
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Gar in Gorgeous Uniform,
Christ With Crown of Thorns.

AS he entered the door his eyes fell upon
a portrait OF the Car in parade uniform,
with the broad scarf of st. Andrew across
his breast. The picture was incased in q
heavy gold frame.
In the corner. near the window. hung a
small. cheap Undergraduates in a shirt
and with the crown Of thorns.
In thej middle Of the large room stood a
table draped with a green cloth and dotted
with papers. There was some kind of a
scaffold on it, embellished by the gilded
eagle OF the Russian empire.
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THE RICH MAN AND CHARITY.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie's Discussion of Wealth and
Its Responsibilities in His Two Books.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Mr.. Carnegie, the multimillionaire. and
Mr.. Carnegie. the great philanthropist. are
much in the public mind and heart just
now. but 1t IL not SO widely known as is
his worldwide kindness. that he has writ
ten two books which have much merit, and
no doubt will prove volumes much in de-
mand on the shelves Of the libraries which
he Il scattering broadcast throughout the
land-ornaments. stimulants to industry and
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stepping stones to a higher plane Of human
fly.
THE Gospel Of Wealth. is a recent COM
pilation Of strong essays on social condi-
tons published from m to time,in the
magazines.
Triumphant Democracy was published
fifteen years ago. and Is an excellent trea-
tise on sixty years march Of the American
Republic.
h book is a review Of American prog
ress. and is full Of the great thoughts Of the
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Huddled Together to Await
Their Examinations.

There I found them, clad in new sheep
skins. knitted wooden bands around their
threats. their eyes swollen with drink. Some
were bowling wildly in an effort to benumb
their feelings of alarm; others were quiet
and resigned.
Attended by their crying wives or sweet
hearts, and their mothers. they must walt
until their names are called out.
A few are huddled together in the corri-
Cor.
Meanwhile things went their course in the
CONSUMPTION chamber. Somebody opened the
door. and the porter cried: "Pjotr Sido-
row."
The man addressed shuddered. crossed his
breast three times and stepped into the
room where the recruits undress. Pjotr's
comrade. who had just been found service
able. at this moment emerged from the con-
ecription chamber. nude and with chattering
teeth. He could hardly don his clothes. so
cold was he. Sidorow saw at once that his
friend had been taken"
He wanted to ask him a few questions.
but the guard commanded him to shut
up and undress. So he threw off his
sheepskin. his boots. his waistcoat and his
shirt, and went into the chamber naked
and thin. You could have counted his ribs.
He trembled all over. and was rocking
with the smell of vodka, tobacco and per-
epiration.
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Mr.. Temple was teaching some young ladies
In sweeping skirts how to dance that palm
ballet in the third act. The girls used their
parasols as palms. and the erratic Temple
was singing the music in agonizing tones.
They wound about the stage several
times. their progress punctuated by In
structions from their leader, and finally left
the stage.
The Engagement and the
Advent Into the Theater.
The young men who had been waiting
went out in the foyer again. and in a body
bearded a stout, important-looking indi-
vidual. who wore a uniform that was not
unlike the one General Miles sometimes
has himself photographed in. Neither was
1t unlike a f1reman's suit. They respectfully
asked II the supermaster had passed
through. and If he had hired any supes.
The Generaltssimo drew himself up, swept
a whitening glance over the group before
him. and said:
He came this way an hour ago. and he
has engaged all the people he needs. They
are all gone. You fellows can't get any,
thing here"
This was SO discouraging that four of tho
youths merely muttered shame-faced
thanks and ambled away and disappeared
down the broad steps. But the fifth youth,
who was curious. plunged for the stage and
found out that 1t was true that the re-
hearsal was over. But the supermaster
could use some men, and II the youth would
show up on Sunday morning at 10 o'clock he
would be enlisted in the Egyptian army as
trophy-bearer, with a remuneration Of Is
cents q night.
On Sunday morning he came. There was
the orchestra down in front. The scenes
were pushed in place. The chorus people,
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In the meantime the fathers, mothers.
women and sweethearts fought for space in
front of the Town Hall, being anxious to
find out whether their relatives had been
taken or not.
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Accepted "Recruit"
And the Crying Women.

He was ordered to Join the rest who were
adjudged fit subjects for the drill grounds.
A soldier with gun and bayonet, who only
a year ago was just such a yokel as Pjotr
Sidorow. but from another part Of the En-
pire. stood guard over him.. He had orders
to run Pjotr through and through If he
should make an attempt Of escape.
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No One to Protest
Only Women to Weep.

And these disfranchised young men really
believe that the sinful. and. to them, incom-
prehenslve, words, which they echoed as
they left the minister's mouth, prevent
them, for the period Of service at least.
from exercising their sacred rights and
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Class Prejudices, and
The Busy Stage Manager.

Tho king IL the stage manager; and II
you should harbor the supposition that his
when they play Aida" and see him work.
Mr.. Temple was everywhere, shedding or
derS and instructions Ike q machine and al
SO throwing an occasional word into the
conversation RhadameS Shsehan was hAv-
ing with Dute Cabanns at one side Of the
ous-looking negro how to handle his chains
ON the stage and had . short conversation
with Bass Voice Clark, who stalked i'm.
presytvely about. begsing with utmost I'm
Partially pardon Of everybody whose sown
he scraped. Miss Frances Graham. who
appears to be very Jolly OF the stage was
having q funny chat with Gof. who was
dyed black as the captured Ethiopian
Prince. father Of Aida
Az there were 90 many new supss In the
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ers-of which the youth who was curious
was one-formed in single file behind. Each
was instructed to watch the man in front
Of lin closely. and do exactly az he did on
the stage.
Then the army began to move. 1t marched
from the bowels Of the heater up IN the
stage, and struggled along until a halt was
called Just back Of its particular entrance.
While the men waited, the spears and tro-
phies became heavy, and the rear wall OF
tho stage was confiscated as an arsenal.
II you should happen to believe that q
super Is as good as a chorus person. you
will be speedily disillusioned On the stage:
for the chorus folks hold themselves az
haughtily sequestered from the supes a. the
principals do from the chorus people. That
IL stage conventionality and social order.
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BY couNT LEO ToLSToI.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY
The school of murder-a recruiting office
acts upon my mind as the magnet does on
steel. And l entered into the bowels of the
commotion to see it in all Its phases and
to question all concerned in 1t. And the ef-
frontery OF those by whose orders this great
crime was committed in bright daylight,
on the open market, astounded me.
About the town house there was the IA
miliar crowd; / heard the voices of drunken
men and boys. the lamentations of mothers
and young women. Inside a meeting OF the
Consumption Commission was taking place.
The elders and authorities of all the vii
lagos had called upon their sons. this time
as in former years, to prepare themselves
for civil execution in the cities. A great
deal of drink was INDUCED in. The Elders
did not begrudge the young fellows large
measures of vodka; indeed. it would have
been too cruel TO commit them in a sober
state to a system and a condition of servi-
tude that has no other purpose than to
change honest boys into machines for muir
der and despoliation. They had come to
town in sledges, with oaths on their lips.
Such curses!
They sang ribald songs, fought among
each other and remained In the saloons
all night long. When morning broke, moro
vodka to back up their courage. Then they
assembled before the Town Hall.
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Three Thousand Russian Students Were Forcibly Enrolled on tho
Army Lists and Delivered UP to the Military Authorities for Daring
to Resent the Murder of q Comrade."
Recent Cable Dispatch From ST Psfsrsbsr&
The Topeka state journal., 1901-04-09
mo- more TAX.
Russia Refuses to Communicate
With China Over Manchuria.

Pelxin, April 9-The Russian minister
to China, NJ De Giers responding to the
letter from Prince Ching and Ii Hung
Chang regarding Manchuria, merely re-
fuses to hold further communication
with them upon the subject.
The Mongolian Prince Olaskan. father
in-law of Prince Tuan. proves to be an
important factor in the rebellion now IN
progress. He urges the rebellious troops
to march on Sian En.
Chinese knowing Gen. Tung F'uh Sian
say the emperor brought the rebellion
upon his own head when he published
the edict threatening the general with
future punishment. On account Of his
present power and influence Gen. Tung
Flu Sian would not permit this and nat
urally desired TO prove that power. He
has the entire Mohammedan population
with him Prince Tuan also has large
following, while Prince Olaskan controls
the entire province of Mongolia
The German minister. DR.. Mumrh Won
Schwarzenstein entertained all the min
listers at dinner today in honor Of the
anniversary of the birth of Count Won
TVa1dersee.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-04-09
THIN CHILD

IF child is thin. let him
take a little of SCOTS emulsion
of cod-liver oil.
Some children like it too
well; begin with a littl.. A
half or quarter-teaspoonful is
enough at first, if the stomach
is weak; but increase, as you
find the stomach will bear.
The effect is: the little one
takes on strength; gets hungry;
eats and is happy; gets fat-he
ought to be fat-and gets
healthy
we'll send you little to try If you ike.
SCOTT 8 BOVINE 4os Pearl ssre=ts New Tora.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-04-09
Whist Club Scores

The Topeka minister's played another
double game in the tournament last
night James and Putnam carried off
the buttons for high score Results were
as follows:
First Game-North and South-Brad-
ley and Gillet, rs; Herbst and Lowry,
72; l7alkner and Payne, 81: Marshall
and Murphy, II; Larsh and Robbins, ~;
Shakeshaft and Shakeshaft, 7S: Ness and
Noble, 76; Thrapp and Korn, 80; Merrick
and .Troutman, 79; Gill and Aston, 79
Average, rs 4-1o.
East and West-Hillis and Hogeboom,
So; James and Putnam, "a; Drum and
Koontz, SO; Ryder and Wolf, IS. Brcn-
son and Cole, 81; Ashby and Mum, 7s;
Carr and Custer, 80; Beerbohm and
Brown. IA; Hart and Nevill. n; Kendall
and Main, n. Average, so 6-10.
Second Game-North and South-Gill
and Aston, 81: Thrapp and Korn. 50;
Ashby and Num-, S5; ShaBeshaft and
Shakeshaft. 81; Movers and Storey. 81;
Fa1kiner and Payne, IS; James and Put
man. 81, Kendall and Main. so; Carr
and Custer, 50; Marshall and Murphy. SO.
Average, So $40.
East and West-Ryder and Wolf, IS;
Hills and Hogeboom, "A; Beerbohm
and Brown, IL; Merricl1 and Troutman,
rs; Larsh and Robbins, "a; Bradley and
Gillct. II: Ness and Noble IS; Sibley and
Hnrrie, rs; Bronson and Cole, rs; Koontz
and Drum. 81. Average, Y 2-10.