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1.,,u,,v R,zoiau, ,snuahou: THE REV T. B. GREGORY

+, there IS such thing IN the world as duty
and that II is his highest and noolest busi-
| ness to render unto that duty q willing and
glad obedience
And. finally. he Is going TO keen on hop
ing his great hopes and dreaming his splen-
did dreams.
He has seen the folly and emptiness OF
the old creeds: but while the creeds are
gone. his living soul remains. and to the
glorious intuitions OF that soul he win Be
grandly. gladly true
Our children's children viii not 70
doomed to live In q world OF sunless days
and ~starless nights. q world without virtue
and without hope.
A hundred. q thousand. years from now,
mems hearts will leap up when they be
hold q ainbo in the sky" and TO the
beauty OF the world they will respond with
a splendid thrill
Ten thousand years from now duty. with
its still. small voice. viii speak to men and
be obeyed, for then. as now. men VIII feel
how awful goodness isr'
And when a hundred generations shall
have rolled by IT will be found that in the
great heart OF humanity Hope = still sing
ing her victorious sonsI
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ferent species OF the same genus. Thus. FOR
example. the French invariably describe it
particularly the American species-as being
n little chic" while learned scientists who
close personal study of II have been known
TO call It a "ducky daddle." a "goosey
pOosey" and a "lovey dovey"-statements
that are clearly irreconciIabIe.
In appearance the Stenographer IS so at
t~ractive that It is a Joy merely 10 ride
on the and watch II. carry IN the
morning. as It fits gayly back into its age
which has been left open for its return
II is always young and pretty. as when
one gets old and haggard It IS snOoed CUT
OF the coop and finds itself In the con-
somme. II may be easily distinguished az
sight by its having n bigger pompadour. a
smaller waist. a tighter belt and higher
heels than any other creature could achieve
and live.
1t is also fond OF gay colors and rafting
chains. so that you may detect its ap-
proach from afar by the noise it makes
Unfortunately. very little is known Of
the habits Of the Stenographer. except thai
II is easily ruffied. and requires to have
its feathers frequently smoothed down
A careful observer. TO whom we are in
debted fer much on the sub
ject. declares that as soon as a Stenog-
rapher enters its cage IN the morning II de-
votes the first hour TO primping and preen-
ing. and settling its plumaEe.
1t then hops over to its owners desk. and.
perching on the ledge. MARBLES a few soft
notes. calculated TO nal him him wen
Of himself. after which II listens TO HIM
spiel. with its head on ore side and IT'S
fascinating little topknot in a proximity
that makes him want TO stroke it.
As soon. however. as its boss's back Is
turned the Stenogra2her begins making
rno-goo ewes at ali the good-Ioking clerks.
and when not thus employed devotes itself
to chewing the end Of a lead pencil. from
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WRITTEN FOR TIL SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
The S~tenographer-Of all the birds that
inhabit the stone forest OF the city. per-
haps none is so fly and so much admired
by man as the stenographer.
This lovely creature is found in many
parts OF Europe. but in America It reached
n perfection that is unknown elsewhere.
and this. coupled with its ability TO get
onto a dollar. has led many eminent scien-
lists TO believe tha; in time II would SUP
plant the Eagle as our national emblem.
The origin Of the Stenographer is veilei
In obscurity. and II IS believed that this
beautiful bird was unknown to the an
clients. although history states that several
Romans were dlctators.
1t is uncertain. though. whether they dc
tated to a bird OF a Stenographer. or irto
Il Photograph, SO the careful! student IS
justified in accepting the prevailing opinion
that the Stenographer il a modern acquisi-
ton TO distract mems minds from their
business.
In this they are so successful as TO have
become n necessity.
You can scarcely enter an office without
finding one OF these pretty little creatures
sitting up on its perch. twittering TO its
owner. and such is its power of amusing
that not infrequently a man devotes 81
much time TO his little pet that he lands
in bankruptcy
Early writer's on this subject classified
the Sterographer among the barnyaru
fowls that scratch for a living, but this ap-
pears TO be an error. and later orni-
biologists placed IL among the birds that are
for show and like the peacock
and the paroquet. pointing out that it Is
a ~welI-known fact that men will not have
a homely Stenographer around the prem
ises, no matter how useful it Is.
Beyond this meager classification, It has
been found impossible TO go, owing 10 the
tendency Of students TO assign It to diff !
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WORLD'S-19O4-FAIR

IN JUSTICE TO ME-. ROOSEVELT.
1t would be well If Mr.. Roosevelt, or some one for
him, would take occasion while on his popularizing
and recreadve journey-at q time when he is brought
eye to eye with the ~peope-to explain q Circumstance
which has puzzled the nation for several months and
grievously perple1ed the admirers of the Roosevelt
executive and personal character, namely, just why
was it that he struck hands with Delaware's whole
sale corruptionis, ]. Edward Addicks?
Although this question perhaps involves a rather
searching inquiry into Mr.. Roosevelts political modus
'operandi, which Is a thing that even presidential
candidates nay decline to discuss, as savoring Of
private concerns, Mr.. Roosevelt viii never have a
better opportunity to set the public mind Alright, If he
so desires. And, though his political methods and the
character OF his machine may be his own affairs,
they become the ru5ncis affairs, too, when they in
yolve executive recognition of a power SO Infamous
bad menhcing as the Delaware gas man" 1t is a
public concern when the President, In whatever ca
pActty, establishes an alliance with political debauch-
e1.
N M. Roosevelt Is q public man in whose character
there is faith, and It is with deep reluctance that his
friends have observed his open recognition Of Ad-
dicks. Roosevelt has made no effort to conceal his
firm stand with and for the figure Of political evil
as personifed by the Prince of Vote-Buyers and it
is the Presidents very o-penness-dehance, II you
please-of popular moral conceptions which carries
with it a suggestion that Roosevelt could explain
away the Ault If he chose.
Everywhere the people would heartily welcome
such an explanation. That which seems may be only
a false appearance, after all. But the people are IN
sophisticated. They know only that for sixteen
years Addicks has methodically and silently and in
asidiously undermined Delaware until it has fallen
into his power. They know only that Addicks now
brazenly laughs and says, IFS mine. Why not? 1
paid for it" They know only that Mr.. Roosevelt
strengthens the boss by nominating and renominating
his man Friday over the Senates indignant refusal
and against the protest Of Delaware's decent people,
Including the bench and bar. Wherefore the public
1would welcome an explanation.
Until Mr.. Roosevelt sees fit to %enlighten the nation
his position will not be unlike that of a defendant at
the bar of public opinion He should speedily justify
himself. so that he may retain before the people that
reputation for sincerity which was his best claim
upon the country.
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I TOD OF his stick. would be a sight FOR the
| gods to enjoy.
/ believe that a single eyegIass not only
In Chicago or Kansas City. but in Broad-
! way. Ne= York. and even In Boston. wouid
cause Americans whose bump Of vensratton
is not highly developed 10 pass remarks
not OF n particularly favorable character on
its wcarer. In = West Re might be tarred
and feathered.~1no iynched. One way or
The other. he would be a success there
sss .
But the most provoking. the most imo1-
dent single eyegIass OF ali l. the one whicn
Is worn. generally By very youns men.
without strings. As they frown and wink
and make the grimace unavoidable to the
vresre- 81 that kind OF apparel. they seem
70 say See what practice can do. l have
no string. yet / am not al all AFRAID OF us
falling from my eye"
Rich AnnanItes grow their finger nails
S ard 10 inches long 10 show you that they
are arLstocrats and have never used their
hands for any kind Of work. French ana
English parasites advertise their useless
ness by this exhibition OF the single eye
glass without string. And with IL on. they
eat. talk. smoke. run. laugh and sneezs
and il sticks. Wonderful. simply wonder
fuI. When you can do that. you really are
in it"
When you consider the progress that CIV.
~ilization IS making every day. the discov-
Sr.es that are made. the pluck and perse-
vc-aace that are shown by the pioneers OF
science. by the princes OF commerce. by the
explorers CT new fields and pastures. In
your gratitude for all thsy have done and
are stli doing for the world you must not
forget the weil-groomed young man who
has succeeded In being able to wear q sin
gle e~yeglass without a string.
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BLAZE AWAY AT THE SOUTH.

A few of the Northern and Eastern papers are
taking serious ohense at the attitude Of the South I'D
on the negro question, and are c~ondemning as the most
reprehensible kind Of campaign fabrication what in
reality is very mild, sane discussion and a very high
order of truth.
Southern journalists and the Southern people as a
whole have not gone Wild over the conspicuous mis-.
takes made by Mr.. Roosevelt; nor have they once for.
saken their high dignity Of character to asperse the
hasty and uniformed critics who have grossly mis-
represented them and their relations TO the negro.
But that they have felt and do feel the gross in
justice Of certain official acts and the many unfair
criticisms consequent upon their protests is wholly
true.
Naturally enough the South has discussed and will
continue to discuss the momentous problem which
rests at its very doors, with which its tranquility has
been threatened and which is inseverably linked with
Southern destiny; yet 1t is wrong to say that South
ern passions have been inhamed to the point of violent
race prejudice, to accuse the South of oppression and
injustice to the negro and to paint as enemies the two
races which have never dwell in other than peaceful
relations.
There is only shallow fnlsehood in the effort to
make an outcry of prejudice out of the sane. moderate
utterances Of the Southern people in defense of them
selves.
The Roosevelt commentators. these very Journals
of the East and North which have no more compre-
hension of Southern affairs than the small Georgia
weekly has Of Wall street, are themselves responsible
for whatever political capital is being made Of the
misft and nonrepresentatiye negro appointments;
and, whether involuntarily or through malice and de-
sign, these papers have accomplished more toward
the political ruin of Mr.. Roosevelt than has the entire
Southern press.
Let them make what profit they can out of the pro-
longed discussion. Fire away at the South. II will
and will suffer nothing by the exchange. ON
tha contrary fha INSTRUMENTATION hittar or;.iciSnn ond
philosophy of these papers tend simply to
develop the South's political strength.
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q, man. right and wrong. life and destiny are
gone. does IL follow that. from now on
mankind is to be without ethical or spH-
itual aspiration. insensible to uplifting SEN
timent. dead TO all but the purely MAJ
r:al2
/ No one who Is in his right senses will ad-
nit any such thing
God, right. duty. hope. are words that
stand for eternal convictions OF the nor
/ mai human mind. and 50 long as such
mind Is 10 be found on this eartn those
convictions will be found along with IL
We can no more divest ourselves OF our
| tendency to think OF and believe in the es-
senuals of religion and morality than We
can get rid OF our inclination to be sleepy
hungry and thirsty.
Just so certain as there Is a something in
US, that makes US think OF food. drink and
sleep. is there another something in US
that makes US think Of God. duty and des-
tiny.
The last set OF thoughts Is as natural.
as imperative. as persistent and as indie
strucuoie as the former.
This being the case. II follows that the
essentials Of religion and morality do not
depend upon creed and ritual
II every creed and ritual on earth were
destroyed human nature would suffer no
iota Of change. for the better or for the
worse. Human nature is not the result of
the creeds and rituals-rather the creeds
and rituals are the result OF human nature.
The tree sheds its leaves every year. but
the tree keeps on living. The human mint
is now casting OF its one-time ideas Of
morality and religion; but the human mind
itself is not going to die. or TO be. in any
radical sense of the word. changed from
what II Is and has ever been.
Moral and religious by nature. man is 60
ing to keep on believing in and generating
his convictions OF things spiritual.
He Is going to keep on believing that the
universe, OF which he Is a part. IS In some
sort OF competent keeping.
He is going to keep on believing that love
Is better than hate: that truth Is nobler
than falsehood. and that justice and gen.
erosity are fairer things than injustice and
greed.
He is going to keep on believing that /
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Thoughts On Eyeglasses: MAX ORELL.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY PTB
The man who wears spectacles-I mean
eyeglasses with branches fixed hshi,d The
ears-is n serious man. a man Of science. a
man OF business; at all events a man who
thinks OF his comfort before he thinks OF
his appearance.
There is no nonsense. no frivolitv. abou,
him. especially IL they are framed in gold.
He Is n steady man. somewhat prosaic
and even matter-Of-fact II he is a Young
man and wears them YOU may conclude
that he means 10 succeed in life. He ia no
Top. no lady-killer. but a man whose afec-
tons can be relied on. and who expects n
woman TO love him for the qualities OF his
mind and the truthfulness Of his heart
.ss
Next TO a solid gold watch and chain. a
pair OF gold spectacles are the best testimo-
ny OF respectability. Then comes a sound
umbrella.
The man who wears his glasses halfway
down his nose is 4 shrewd man OF business.
who ever bears in mind that time is money
Thus paced. his eyeglasses enable him to
read a letter Of introducticn. and. above
them. to observe and read the character OF
the person who has presented il TO him.
Lawyers generally wear them that way.
and they seldom fail 10 have their desks so
placed that they can have their backs 10 the
window while their clients or callers are
opposite. in the full light OF the day.
Old gentlemen wear their eyeglasses on
the tip Of their noses when they read their
newspaper. because II enables them to re-
cline in their armchairs and assume a more
comfortable position.
ssss
The single eyeglass was originally worn
by people whose eyes were different. In or
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der TO remedy the defective one. To-day {!
may be asserted that. out OF a hundred mel
who wear single eyeglasses n~inety-n!ne SCI
thrcugh-the other one.
The single e~ycclass is tolerable in a mar
o: certain age who is both clever and dis.
tingue looking John Bright. with his fine
white mass q hair ard Intelligent. firm. yet
kind. expression. looked beautiful with his
eyeglass on Lord Beaconsfelt looked well.
too. with one To Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain.
with his turned-up nose and srerring smile.
and his Jaw ever ready 10 snap. it adds i'm
pudence.
ss'.
When a man looks silly. the single eye
glass finishes him and makes him look Ike
a driycliug idiot. II. besides. he is very
"oung. II gives YOU an irresistible desire
10 smack his face or pull his nose.
ssss
The single eyeglass ~originated in England.
but It Is now worn In France quite rs
much. especially b. young dudes. VINO.
lacking the manli2ess Of young EaElisi.-
men. look prepcsterously ridiculous with
them en-. I must say. however. that great
Frenchmcn have worn single eyeglasses
Among them: AlphOnse Dludet. Aureliel
Scholl. Precedent Felix Faure. Castor Par
Is; Alfred Capus. now our most popular
d-amatist, wears one; so does Paul Bour-
get. but the latter Is short-sighted on the
right side.
No royalty has ever been known TO wear
one. although not long ago I saw a portrait
Of the Kaiser with a single eyeglass.
America Is 10 be congratulated on the alb
sence Of single eyeglasses. I may have seen
one or two at the Horse Show in New York.
but i should not Ike TO swear to f. An
dude. with his trousers turned up.
wearing a single eyeglass and sucking the
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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
In a current number OF a popular maya
zine we find two remarkable articles by
two remarkable men.
rs Morality Shifting in Its Founda-
tionsg' is the question raised BY GoldWlh
Smith; while the Reverend Doctor J. :.
Munger discusses The Current Phase OF
Religious Thought"
GoIdwin Smith is afraid that morality Is
receiving a rude shaking up these days. and
IL il safe to say that the whole tone OF his
article is sad and gloomy.
Doctor Munger. while less inclined to be
pessimistIc. admits. with a wonderful
f~rankness. that the old theology is as
dead as a doornail. and that II religion sur
wives the shock II is to-day receiving at
the hands OF science and the higher crtti-
cIsm II Will do so not without the loss OF
many o: its oId-time features
Both gentlemen aver. without hesitation
or equivocation. hat the mediaevnl view
OF morals and religion Is gone forever. and
that by no sort Of ethical or theological
h-ocus-pocus can the ancient way OF think
ing be restored
Copernicus. Darwin and tine laborers in
the field OF higher criticism. from Bishop
Colenso down. have. these gentlemen ad-
NIT. completely overturned the old foun-
dations and forced US to take an altogether
new view OF man ard the world.
Perhaps It is well that the articles IN
question were written. There IL nothing
ike frankness. nothing like seeing things
as they are-and admitting the truth as
It is.
Nothing is gained in the long run by de-
ceIving ourselves or others. Il IS always
best TO be honest. and. looking the situa-
ton s~qua-ely in the face. TO report the
facts as We find them.
Admitting then. as these distinguished
gentlemen seem to think We should admit.
that religion and morality. as our forefath-
ers understood them. are uprooted and gone
what are We TO conclude as TO the future
OF human thought in the direction of duty
and destiny?
Because the old ideas about God and
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sources beyond the dreams Of avarice." its mountains
are filed with priceless gems" and II has harbors
wherein might ride secure the commerce of the
world"
But the Jefes and banditti and thieves and de-
spoilers are so wicked and do so eyerlastingIy black
mail everything and everybody that honest and enter
prising wouldbe pioneers OF trade are afraid TO de-
scend upon the rich resources and priceless gems.
Therefore the Anonymous Business Man lsments
with the late respected Bolivar that Isthmian life is
one demnitlon torment; and he regrets that things
are come TO Such a pass that no great foreign nation
win condeScend to conquer those countries. Why:
Chiefly because the shortsighted United States have
4 Monroe Doctrine. The United States have said:
Hands or and the great nations obey.
The writer therefore proposes that We should take
1t back Either this or police the isthmus our
selves. He is not particular which. ANYTHING. In fact.
will satisfy him which will guarantee stability and
security to trade. He has previously pointed out that
our trade IN those countries doesn't amount TO more
than what would be half the business of a New York
~dry-Goods house. But of course with a guarantee Of
safety we would pick out the priceless jewels and tap
the rich resources.
The great international princIple-almos a law by
the force OF nearly a century's universal recognition
and compliance. and safeguarding the peace of two
hemispheres, has small value beside the gems and re-
sources.
Some people never understand that benevolent as
sanitation" in the form OF military conquest is none
the better because It helps a few commercial houses
TO extend trade. Everybody hopes, OF course. that law
and order can be rapidly improved from the Rio
Grande to the Horn. Every inch of that territory
needs improvement. But our own United States will
afford us enough Of such problems. The Monroe Doc
trine concerns our political safety, not our responsible
ity for the police duties OF the Spanish-Americans. We
have not at any time professed to fancy the Spanish
lndian-negro methods Of government which prevail
south OF the isthmus, as they have prevailed in Cuba
ana Hayt. All We have TO say is that European mon
arches shall not forcIbly take possession Of these
And we say that much because it affects
our national peace, If not our national existence.
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UNIQUE PROPOSITIONS.

AN American Business Man" who presumably for
the sake of his trade and credit relations with Central
America refuses to sign his name. advances some high
and mighty opinions in the North American Review.
concerning the Monroe Doctrine. This worthy trades
man finds the isthmian countries in a chronic state of
writing and revolution very unsatisfactory to enter
prising tradesmen. In fact, there isl't much profit in
doing business down there.
But there would be enormous proft-h. From the
standpoint of getting rich there is nothing the mat
ter with the country as a country. II Is rich I'm re-
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COMM EMIT
Dazzling for Fun.
Golfers

OUIIItT =
Dueling, not for honor. but for fun. IS one OF the Ia,es,
pastimes INDUCED in by the gayest OF nations. And they
can ms fencing with buttonless foils. do the merry Gauls
Ia poule sanglante," T. e, the bloody hen. For these En-
sangulned Poultry contests. the following regulations have
been laid down: Swords with buttonless blades. face un-
covered nght arm barred. ordinary kid gloves IL desired.
upper part Of body clothed in a vest fitting tightly 70 the
SKIN belts forbidden. each fencer to be assisted by two
seconds The competitions Will consist Of two-minute
event Of this kind took place early in March at Neufnv
near Paris. the fighting cocks Tor hens) to lead on being
NJ Laoerdesque and NJ de vIlette. The latter received a
scratch on the forearm Then the police interviewed After
a perfunctory though clamorous official DEMONSTRATED.
the officers Of the law withdrew. and then the series of
ouels continued and more Of the brave Gallo birds bled
for fun.
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n Easter Faith.


III
The worst as well as the best OF men have these resur-
recuon moments. whel they stand side by side with the
saints-moments Of sublime repentance when they see God
Inc have a Meeting sense Of being perfected IN love. The
oeggar IN his attic. no less than the monk In his cell. hears
ever recurrent some far cry from heaven that calls him
beyond the sterile reality Of rags and dIshonor TO a fairer
VISION OF NE II Quickens for him also the poor wings
Inat III "hlte and still beneath the weight Of all his woes.
fnese are the blster days that keep alive the faith of
the world And so long as these impulses. however tran
sient' come to men. nothing can defeat in them the con-
Ncuon OF immortality. neither philosophy nor experience.
nave a sense OF completeness that reaches beyond NOR
tai life and confirms our faith in another. If we fall. We
rise again to demand It. For, after all. # Is founded upon
a reality tina; conquers death in US and fills every grave
with eternal hopes.