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knowledge of the law at the service Of my
fellow-citizens and become either a Judge
or a legislator in the great councils Of the
nation, all this is surely enough to satisfy
the ambition of the most ambitious man.
The English magazine in question had
lone me the honor of asking me TO answer
the question. I did reply that I should have
liked to be a barrister. but l added: IF I
had not received the good education which
kind. thoughtful and generous parents gave
me. I would choose to be a cabinetmaker-"
Now 1 will explain why | could be perfectly
happy as a cabinetmaker.
First Of all. l could not do any work which
did not entail some responsibility. If l had
to do it. I could drive a street car or an
omnibus. but for the life of me 1 could not
be a clerk or a servant receiving orders all
day long. / could not sit before a table and
add together. on sheets of paper, dollars
which did not belong to me.
l could, however latter serving an appren-
ticeship. of course). create something in
which 1 could make use OF any manual skill
l could acquire and any artistic tempera-
ment I might possess; and this would cause
in me satisfaction which would amount to
happiness.
I would be Jealous. proud Of the work I
turned out. To make pretty furniture. TO
make designs, prepare the pieces, build. I'M
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BUILD A MACHINE.

1t is generally accepted among politicians that &c
be effective one must be either in the machine" OF
fighting 1t. Campaigns are usually fights between
rival organizations or between organization on the
one hand and a variety of forces on the other.
Reform always fights the machine. No one ever
heard Of reform within a machine. Machines fire.
looked upon only as means to an end. and the end is
winning. Reform is a weapon useful as a lever to
pry out the other fellow: it is not a principle.
When good government exists under a machine it
is generally the result of expediency. No machine
promises good government for any length of time.
Too frequently the worst ring rule is inaugurated by
a period of reform. Even Tammany has its ups and
downs, good times, bad times. ms and outs. 1t is
beaten because of its corruption; it comes in again
because the good people, the real reformers, have no
strength Of organization TO oppose it and have let the
other machine get bad.
Practical politicians assert that there is no place
for reforners in a machine; that there is a mutual
repugnance between the practical man and his
methods and the ideas and methods of the man who
seeks not to perpetuate machine rule but primarily
and ultimately to provide the best and cleanest gov
eminent for society. The good man may get into
the machine because he is a vote getter and it needs
him temporarily; he cannot dominate it.
Under present conditions he represents sporadic
good government, and partial good government. II
he would perpetuate his influence and complete it he
must copy the plan of practical politicians, though
not necessarily all their methods, and build up an
Organization. Society needs a machine of its own.
A machine signifies nothing more than activity.
The vast majority of people are honest and desire the
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, with nothing to do that is Of any conse-
quence."
He was morose and unhappy the few briei
years that he fingered.
The same may be said of his ilustrlou'
| brother. John Sherman, who, though n
civil life. was retired from the position ne
had filled with so much distinction, AM
who. Immediately after relinquishins tn'
position in which he was placed prHk'
Down mentally and physically and actua'iy
died before his time.
AS these brothers came from lohs-iNeu
stock and were supposed TO be withou.
deep feeling. Il is a strange coincidence thal
they both should have succumbed so soon
to the bitterness of disappointment from
like experiences in having to surrender
their positions.
But i, seems that high and low must get
out Of the way OF the young aspirahts iof
place, and there are always more asplraht3
than places. 1t seems especially cruel Wnen
patient merit must see the unworthy IN
stalled in its place.
This country is now being treated TO an
exhibition of this spirit OF the relentless
demand of impatient ambition TO step mo
an exalted position. made so by the SELF
sacrifice and untiring devotion OF a "orhaH
to the cause of humanity.
The excuse is that she IL too old, not that
she is too infirm or In any sense unequal 10
the duties of the position she holdS. not
that she Is not honest. not that she does
not know more about the work than any
other person in the Union: not that she
has not rendered a faithful accounting: not
that she Is lacking in experience. beginning
the work as she did in her teens; but some
one has decided that she is too old to con-
tinue at the head OF a great organization.
Notwithstanding the fact that she was its
founder and has made II what 1t is to-day
In this country.
She has made an Immortal name in the
service Of her country and humanity. and
must give some one else a chance. The
methods must all be changed.
A vigorous person of uncertain age must
supplant Clara Barton as president Of the
Red Cross. a position which she has filled
for twenty years without fee or reward. per-
souaily directing the work on the field IN
more than twenty fields of disaster. inciud-
ing those at Mount Vernon. H.. in Kansas.
in the Johnstown and Mississippi River
floods. at Charleston. in the Armenian and
Russian famines. in Cuba, at Galveston and
In other fields.
She exhibited almost superhuman ability.
will and strength in the comprehension or
the needs OF each case and also by her en-
durance and executive skill.
Her successor is to be paid a salary out
of the funds of the Red Cross. Business
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What Would Do: MAX ORELL.

prove. give a finishing touch TO a cabinet. a
table, a chair, would make me feel in turn
all the emotions of an artist who composes
a picture, draws it, colors it and gives it
those deciding touches at the end which
cause him 10 rub his hands with joy. and
exclaim: YES, that's good. that's very
good"
A cabinetmaker may be as proud OF his
work. and therefore of himself, as a painter.
a sculptor. an architect. a novelist, a poet
or any inventor.
I would not be a grocer, a butcher. a
fruiterer, a linen draper Il might be a baker
and feel proud of the good bread and cakes
l made). ] could not be happy in a calling
which would only require of me enough
ability and shrewdness to buy as cheap and
sell as dear as 1 could.
In order TO be happy. I should have to
produce, and I could be happy as q farmer.
q Joiner, a builder, a carpenter, q glass
worker, a diamond cutter-in fact, as an
artisan. but 1 could not as a mere money
making shopkeeper.
The cabinetmaker being, IN my opinion,
the artisan of the highest class. that is why
1 said that. IL I had not enough education
to be a successful professional man. 1 would
be a cabinetmaker.
Copyright. 1903. by ". R. Hearst Great Britain
rights reserved.
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In this vigorous, youthful country OF
ours 1t Is a crime to grow old. In ever,
other country but ours there is a great rev
erence for age.
The Orient. Notwithstanding it's pagan
ism, is a paradise for the AGED.
| IN Germany the respect paid to the aged
IN one OF the most beautiful things one
sees.
Inc front seats at the operas. concerts
ana all places of amusement are reserved
Tor elderly persons. In all professions the
oder heads are trusted. and. long after
they arr eligible for retirement. they are
retained In the high positions. 1t is with
deep regret that they are allowed to retire,
even when they do SO voluntarily.
Ihey are not arraigned and treated as II
tney We're criminals the moment some as
pirants for the positions they hold appear
on the scene.
On the contrary. II the powers that be
come to the conclusion that advanced years
have In any sense lessened the power OF
some faithful public servant they proceed
10 arrange n pension. and in a delicate
way bring about a retirement. making tn.
person retired feel that his country values
the services that have been rendered AMI
dispenses with the continlAnc of them only
because of his physical disability.
The aged who have given their lives to
faithful service for their country are just
az conspicuous on social occasions az In the
days OF their greatest activity. They are
not reminded of their inf1rmities and made
to feel that they have lived too long.
Americans in their aggressive push AMI
drive have no respect Of persons. Long and
devoted service to country counts for
naught when some one gets ready to occupy
a coveted Office.
| have sometimes thought that the indi-
viduafs mental ard physical condition
should be considered in the retirement of
Justices OF the Supreme Court and of Of
ficers OF the army ard navy rather than
the number of years lived.
In comparing ability and efficiency there
is a vast difference in men: some men at
40 are not the equals intellectually Of others
who may have lived four-score years.
There is no doubt but the retirement Of
General Sherman when he reached the age
of 63 years shortened his days. Before his
retirement he was bright and happy and
as alert in everything pertaining to mill
tary affairs as he ever was.
Immediately afterward ne became de-
pressed and unhappy.
He said once to me. What is there for
me to live for? After all my efforts in life.
now. when I feel just as capable as I ever
did. l am pensioned like an old horse. to
browse around for the rest of my days
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upon marriage as a means Of Increasing
their share of the goods OF this world?
| The result of these ideas Is a speedy de-
generation of the civilized part of hui
manity, but their direct, immediate victim
is woman.
Man does not suffer so very much by
such a condition Of affairs. II he has not
the ability or the courage to assume the
midst Of a society Which is hostile and
piratical. he remains unmarried. But with
out renouncing the full qualification Of all
Bacheiorhood IS far from being synony-
nous with celibacy. The bachelor has the
tacit permission of society to procure the
pleasures Of a woman's companionship
when and where he can.
1t calls his selfish entoyments successes
and surrounds them with a kind of ro-
mantle halo. so that the amiable vice of
a Don Juan arouses a sentiment that is
composed of envy. sympathy and secret
admiration.
II he marries without love. to procure GER
tam substantial advantages. he is allowed
py custom to seek the pleasures which he
ooes not hnd IN the society of his wife.
an Is concerned. She is taught to con-
slider matrimony her only life career and
marriage her only destiny.
She must marry 10 exercise her natural
rights as a complete and mature individual.
distress.
There is something radically wrong In our
whole. system-a wrong that must be right
ed II humankind shall not sink into degen-
eracy.
When material considerations enter no
longer into the contracting OF q marriage,
when woman Is free to choose and is not
compelled to sell herself, when man is
obliged to compete for woman's favor with
mis- personality and not with his sucial
position and property. then the institution
Of matrimony will become what il ought
10 be. and this sacred and sublime spirit of
nature VIII bless every embrace. every
chlid Will be surrounded by the love of its
parents, as with a halo, and will receive as
us nrst birthday present the strength and
xltaftg with which every couple that has
3een united by the attraction Of affinity en-
dows its offspring.
Copyright, 1909. by w. r. Hearst. Great Rrt,.
ain rights reserved. Ne~' oiN-
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80 -
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
) TO-DAY IN ST. LOUIS.

y FROM The Republic, Feb. is. 1873,
= Policeman Earl killed a large musk
. rat at Third and Quincy streets.
= Mrs. Sinclair of Carondelet deljy.
. cred a lecture on temperance at the
= NJ. E. Church in East st. Louis.
. The photograph gallery of H.. To-
. bias. No, 25 North Fifth street. was
y ROBBED OF a large quantity of mic
= lures. Tobias stated that perhaps
= the thief would find use for some of
= the photographs in barns or cellars
. where rats come from.
. Miss Ida Minke of Chouteau avon,s
. was injured while out driving. the
y "neei OF her buggy breaking down.
Morris Linderman, 9 years old.
y while playing at the Madison School.
= disiocated his right arm.
A fne portrait of NJ. Doupbertv bv
'onant, was presented to Mr.. and
= Mrs. ~Dougherty, the occasion being
' inc tw~enty-fourth anniversary OF
. their marriage.
MRS. W. Watson. wife of a Mis-
= souri, Pacific Railway official. was
ropoeo of her purse by a thief on
. South Spring street.
julius s. Walsh, membe of the
= Grand Jury. was quite i'll. and was 4
renewed from further duty. Louis P. 4
r taxing his place. Gerard B.
Amen was foreman of the jury.
Inc VIII of Mrs. Theodosia Hunt
ra''erson' wife OF Henry D. Patter- 4
: son. was probated. Her children 4
were Mrs. Maurice d'Anchold, Mrs, r.
M Maiiace. Mrs Frank Huntington
,nIpps, Miss Maria Emily Patterson. 4
MISS Henrietta Patterson and James
. L. Patterson.
Former Judge H. NJ. Jones was sp- 1
pointed receiver of the Commercial 4
= insurance Company.
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Selfishness the Ruin of Human Kind: MAX NORDAU.

WRITTEN FOR SUNDAY
Matrimouy. originally intended to be the
single permanent form of love between man
and woman. has dU:ing the last half CEN
fury lost its scope and purpose. 1t is usual
ly entered into without regard to the afln-
ity between the parties, at least in the high
er classes of society.
Young men and maidens are formally
trained to consider love as something dis
tinct from marriage. owing to the examples
they see around them in everyday life. and
still more TO the light literature of all Ian
guages.
In fact. they learn to look upon love and
marriage as antagonistic in most cases. and
when their hands are united in public make
the reservation In the secret depths OF their
souls. consciously or only indistinctly ap-
pretended, that the inclinations of their
hearts shall not be Influenced by this for
m~allty-the economic organization of our
civilization. is to blame for these facts.
This organization has s~elhshness as q
foundation. 1t recognizes only the single
being and not the species. It's attention is
confined strictly to the individual, and it
neglects in every respect the race. II al
lows a p~iratical system of economy to ex-
list. which sacrifices the future to the pres
ent. and among al! its numerous watchmen
and guards, attorneys and bailiffs, there is
not a single being whose duty it Is to look
after pOSterity.
what matters 1t to a society organized
in this way. that the reproduction of the
species occurs under the most unfavorable
circumstances? The living generation has
only itself to take care of.
II 1t can complete its existence In the ut
most possible comfort II has fulfilled its
duty to itself completely. and it is not
aware of any other duty.
Tit succeeding generation in its turn may
look after itself alone. and If it is men,
tally and physically impoverished by the
fault of the parents. so much the worse
for 1t.
Are the children born in a marriage with
out love pitiable creatures? What does it
matter il only the welded couple obtained
the substantial advantages they sought by
the marriage?
Are the children of love without marriage
usually sacrificed to their mothers dread
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Patti is coming over to get a few thousands more
for her handsome young husband. Not having much
voice left she tells us through her advance ~eulogists
that We must pay to observe her method" Well,
We are not sure about the method. Patti sang at IL
years old in n style as good as that of her prime. 1t
really seems that there is nothing TO observe. She
was born with a clear voice and she took care of it.
Anybody can get the method who can manage to be
born with the voice.
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James ]. Hill piteously laments the fact that the
American workman receives good wages. Good
wages are bad for the manufacturers. he says. and
interfere with profits. or course the high tariff helps
the manufacturer %omewlat. he admits-but how
much better it would be if wages weren't so high.
We could sell more goods abroad. he thinks. Here is
the protection argument divided against itself.
Hitherto good wages and a protective tariff were sup
posed to reside in unity and peace.
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Turkeys trouble with Bulgaria is filling the minds
of diplomatiSts with dismay. Any war-cloud that
rises in the neighborhood of the Balkan States is the
genuine bottle variety and laden
with possibilities of the long-dreaded world war. For
this reason the nations now turn their backs on vene-
zuela and focus attention on Bulgaria.
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The Little Thing. That Count.

The Worlds Work.
It's often the little unheard-of things that are making
the great reductions in manufacturing COSTS said a patent
lawyer recently. only this morning a manufacturer. q
workman and l settled the matter of two little wheels that
the workman had invented for an automatic machine he
had worked over in the employers shop. No one will ever
hear Of 1t, bat the little continuance will save the manu-
facturer between forty and fifty thousand dollars a year.
and the workingman won't have to mind the machine
either"
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RECENT COMMENT.


Pfttsburg Post.
The Hanna bill to pension ex-slaves is already having
its anticipated effect among the credulous negroes of the
South. A colored preacher in Washington says that in
backwoods regions of the South colored preachers are act
ing as agents for a gang of white men who are using the
scheme to extort money. A system of registering colored
people for the benefits Of the proposed pension law has
been adopted at the rate of 40 cents a head. The dupes are
told that the passage of the pension law is assured. and
all they have to do is to pay 40 cents and put down their
names.
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The Louisiana Purchase Territory viii! be the
scene of many spectacular and thrilling meiodramas
during 1903 and throughout 1904. The action will be-
gin in April. when President Roosevelt will enter the
great country from the East on horseback, via the
Eads bridge. In 1904 President Ioubet of France
will come III. the Mississippi on a warship. These
are but two of the dramatic clima1es planned as in
cidental triumphs of the Worlds Fair.
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Senator Hanna's bill to pension all negroes born
in slavery will not be enacted into law. but it is en-
aiding swindlers 10 reap rich harvests by collecting
funds from the proposed beneficaries for the alleged
purpose of prosecuting their pension claims. This
fact, however. will not worry Hanna il his trick has
the desired effect Of winning the votes of colored
delegates 10 the next Republican National Convcn-
ton,
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Dynamite evidently appeals to the humorous
farcy. The Creve Occur party sat on a stove and
exploded sticks of the stuff just for the fun of it. An
Illinois man suicided by touching off ten pounds of it,
employing this method, as lie explained. because it
would obviate the necessity for a funeral.
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Available Reyenue
Baltimore America

Baltimore American.
treasurer be required to give bond when there are no
funds?"
Secretary: why, he might have some money of his
own"
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Retrospective.
Chicago Tribune.

NnnVdEU 1 TTDrne.
Those first efforts of my muse" soHloquized the man
with literary aspirations. how freshly they all come back
to me-"
For the package the postman had just handed him had
been mailed to the magazine less than a week before.
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1t is reported that NJ. GirOn deserted the Crown
Princess for the sum of 100000. There is a per
sonage in the WOrkhOuse in st. Louis who would de
sert lady loves at rates, say, of So and upwards,
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Willing to Try.
Chicago Tribune.

Chicago TrIbuhe.
For the first year of our married life. dear" said the
young man who was poor. but had prospects. I'VE shall
have to live principally on love"
well. people can live on spoon victuals. can't they
George she said, smuggling closer to him.
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The octopus may keep at a respectful distance and
control Congress by silent smiles or frowns or mys-
terious passes, but it mustn't undertake to send vel
low, signed kilograms of a dictatorial nature.
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An Eye to Business.
Washington StaI

VdsnTHgtUn StdT.
IF you don't pay me my salary" said the leading lady.
Il shall denounce you from the stage"
-"All right" answered the manager. placidly. Lets fix
a date and I'll advertise 1t. Maybe II would make a hit"
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' Eel and low, sweet ana low,
Wind Of the western sea;
Low. low, breathe and blow,
Wind of the western sea-!
Over the rolling waters go,
Come from the dying moon, and blow.
Blow him again to me;
While my little one, while my pretty one,
sleeps.
Sleep and rest. sleep and rest.
Father will come to thee soon:
Rest. rest, on mothers breast.
Father will come to thee soon:
Father will come to his babe in the nest
Silver sails all out Of the west
Under the silver moon:
Sleep. my little one. sleep. my pretty one,
sleec,
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SUNDAY. FEBRUARY Is. 1903.
CIRCULATION DURING JANUARY:

W. B. Carr. Business Manager Of The st. Louis Re-
public, being duly sworn. says that the actual number OF
full and complete copies of the Daily and Sunday Re
public printed during the month of January, 1906, all in
REGULAR editions. was as per schedule below:
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And said ". B. Carr further says that the number
cf copies returned and reported unsold during the month
Of December was Ill per cent.
W. B. CARR
Sworn to and subscribed before me this slst day OF
January. 1903.
]. F.. PARISH.
Notary Public. City Of ST. Louis. Mo.
NY term expires April %. 1906.
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WORTH KNOWING
SWEET AND LOW.
BY TENNYSoN.

This song is from "TheP Princess" a long poem by Tennyon. Al outline Of The prrc...
was sNen some time ago Thief following verses, we set to beautiful music nv sir am~ IS
van: ~