Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-24

nation is death. Our esteemed con-
the st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat, which talks nonsense in politics.
but is otherwise sane, says:
Professor julius Wolf of the University
OF Breslau imam address to the Austrian
Agricultural society and the Central AS
sociatton Of Manufacturers at Vienna
told his hearers about new peril from
the Americans to which they were ex-
posed. In referring to the schemes of q
union OF the continental European pow
ers against England and the United
States he said that this was impractica-
BILE and also needless. Europe has moth
Ing to fear from the industries of Eng
land. he said. 1t has much to fear from
those Of the United States. but hostile
commercial combinations on the part Of
Europe would not avail. The whole Of
Europe. he declared. could not success
fully compete with tho United Srg5ea
save by force of arms and he CSC e
that ..by shutting off exports of cott';p
the United States could paralyze s1i-
rspcan industries" Here Is an aspect OF
the American menace to Europe which
lad not received much attention from the
United States.
A Lesson From Gainesville.
Under the above heading the Wash
iagton rost, Independent, with Rcpub-
.lican tendencies. prints the following
sensible editorial which should have
the widest possible circulation:
The terrible calamity which befell
Gainesville. Ga.. week or SO ago has
not been wholly without its compensa-
tons. Three negro churches, the negro
schoolhouse and fifty or sixty dweila "a
occupied by colored people were destroyed
by the tornado, leaving some COO negroes
homeless and. practically pcnniless. lot
Professor Booker T.. Washington has re-
ceived from the colored cergymen Of
Gainesville dispatch containing the In
formation that "the white people are
feeding and clothing the destitute" They
naturally want money to rebuild the
churches, but 1.-The white people ere TAX
Ing care of the afflicted negroes and sce-
ing to 1t that they do not suffer from n
lack of any of the necessities OF life.
It would perhaps be too much to hope
that this spectacle of human kindness and
practical sympathy will have the slight
est effect upon the northern dema goguea.
whether of the pulpit or the press or the
stump, who spend their time lying about
race hatred and persecution at the south.
They are engaged in an agitation which
cpntemplates not the employment but tho
perversion OF truth What they want $
license of the unbridied variety to werk
upon the passions and prejud,ces of the
ignorant or the evilly disposed and to
keep themselves in tho public eye at any
cost. Fortunately the white people Of tho
south do not trouble themselves over the
activities OF these crazy mischief makers.
The civilization of the south Is In good,
strong hands, and Its works of charity
are not intended for display.
But the honest men and women of the
| north, who happen to be in a ma jor,ty of
about nine-tenths or more, will not fail to
appraise this incident at its proper value
and significance should 1t be brought to
their attention. And they will be at no
loss to realize the difference between the
quiet, unpretentfons sincerity of! the SOUTH
ern whites good works and the wicked
purpose of their northern traducers. The
Gainesville instance Is only one in thou
sands. 1t Is merely an isolated illustra-
ton Of an all prevailing fact.
Hat Etiquette.
For a long time the papers have had
much to say as to hat etiquette, as to
when, where and how men should tip
their hats or take them clear off to
women. Now the New York Press In
dites this essay as to men taking of
their hats in the presence Of each 9TH
er. no woman being present:
Tipping the hat IL q rare thing among
ulSN WHICH, sSueIG are AlO WVxOSIA kAEOUIbus u
few nne old fellows cherish the habit OF
tipping to each other and to strangers
when introduced, but ordinarily the hand
never touches the brim. In business Of
fees there Is no sort of etiqrette. Men in
the sweep and rush of business have no
time to give thought to hats. But certain
dscencies should prevail On entering Q
private once look at the head Of tho oc-
cupAnt. II he has his hat on keep yours
on: II his hat Is of. remove yours. The
removal Of your hat Is q compliment and
q courtesy and does not indicate that you
Rogers. one Of the most active OF men.
being Standard oiler, always takes OF
his hat when he enters q business once.
| Pie and Purltanlsn.
Life seems to think there IL a dis.
tinct relation existing between the time
honored New England pie and the case
hardened New England disposition
Hearken to Life:
The decadence of Puritanim II chiefly
due to various preparations OF sawdus
being eaten for breakfast throughout New
England instead Of the cold pie wh1cl
i was formerly the piece de resistance O.
the matutinal meal there
Cold pie eaten at breakfast gets In 1T
work while yet the nervous force, re
cruited by sleep. is largely unspent. tn,
| result is the fierce, aggressive hatefulneei
that is the very life Of Puritanism.
/ But cold pie for lunch or dinner merely
| brings on gloomy and prohtless apathy
| It might as well never DO eaten, from tn,
| religious point OF view.
It Is worth any mans while to eat cole
pie for breakfast q time or two II only II
| order to appreciate the hne irony Of Ba1
| tiers Saints Res"