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Strive for p\Manhood : ™ the .. ls it Waning- ? a* Higher Ideal. %-By DAVID B. fREiMAN% No plan can reach maturity without a guiding rule; no cause can triumph without an ideal standard; every proposition needs its directing force. As the wise men followed the star in the east, so tuan at all times must have his satellite to mark his course, to cast a ray about his footsteps. The higher ideal, like a delicately wrought canopy, suspends itself over men’s actions. It is like a glow ovar the landscape of life. It has been man’s beacon through the brambles of hardship, self-de nial and despair. It is the day star of his existence and attends his course even into the boundless realms of glorious achievement — of mental and physical triumphs. Throughout all the ages, what has been accomplished for the bettering of mankind has been done through the exercise of the higher impulses and the clinging to the higher ideal. The soldier heeds his bugle call, and the army will eagerly and with gladness follow its shrill notes to the long charge when it sulks and groans hearstiek if compelled to j rest in the rifle pits before the fort; the boatman heeds the gong, the trainman with eager ear moves at the noise of the steam signal and great audiences are managed by a mere wave of the hand. The ideal must precede the real, and, moving as an orbit of blazon ing power —like the vanguard of some mighty army —al >ng life’s devious way of duty, to attain great ends it must have marshalled to its support as companion forces the nobler virtues. These must play their part—purpose, zeal and sterling character. He said well who said “he aims low who aims below the stars.” With noble pur pose, man is not only civilizing but christianizing the world and work ing reforms with their blessings and benefits to all. Is manhood on the wane? Among some there is a fear that it is. In this day when commer cialism is such a ruling force, the fear is, that it will gain a momen tum by which individuality will he practically swept away and man hood itself be in peril of if it is not all but lost. Many will refuse to believe crush ed that manhood which says : “I scorn ihe gay banquet with kingly attendance In unison wrought with some other career; The ploughshare rpturning my life’s independence And pleasures that cost not a sigh nor a tear; The conscience untarnished that calls forth the smiling Of Him who abides in the heavens above; The glow of true friendship life’s sea sons beguiling. The pleasures of home and the sun shine of love.” “Endurance is the supplement that brings success to effort, con centration and continuance com pel victory.” “The bow which is never unbent soon loses its value and speeds no arrow to the goal.” j The “toiling upward in the night” ' lias ever prefaced “the heights of great men reached and kept.” Be cause inventors toiled and explor ers walked in weariness and mar tyrs died at the stake, the sunlight shines.at midnight, a whisper is heard round the world, there is no dark continent, republics have been born and religion is unfettered by churcbor state. We enter into the fruits of other men’s labors. Looking forward, some one tells us we will see in years which are to come, lands redeemed from tyranny and made rich with the choicest stores of a Christian civilization; peoples rescued from ignorance and bar barism and uplifted to a place among the nations of the earth; races saved from savagery and dowered with the priceless bless ings of civil and religious liberty. “W hat is a man If his chief good and profit of his time is but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more. Sure He who made us with such large discorrae Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and Godlike reason To fust in us unused. ’’ Purpose, like the rudder of the ship, when lined up with lofty im pulse, carries man forward and away from the breakers and reefs and he is equally as susceptible to the smiles of saints as impervious to the scowls of viilains. Under the warming influence of noble de termination one latent quality alter another bursts from its chrysalis and comes forth to glorious move ment. Thought, whose field is universal, devises and pushing ac tion goes to tht fore. Through the use of needful forces students have progressed from ciudeness of conception to erudition, and cul ture has done a leading part in civilization. Bishop Berkley’s ex pression “westward the star of im ' nire takes its way,” had its signi , ficance before, at the time of and lias since its utterance. From its | cradle in the plain of old Chaldea civilization has swept westward | until it has circled the globe and has its last unsolved ensigma alone 1 in the far eastern question, and we view the grand spectacle of nations ! rising where barren plains and ! gloom y forests with their forbid j ding mien in darkness sulked,while ! petrified tnonarchs look on in won der and helplessness at the trans • formation. Japan has emerged into the light of western ideas and will measure ! strides with progressive nations. India, Australia and Africa are I fast passing from terra incognita ! into the light of advanced civiliza tion. Geography has been trans formed, while China, wont to gro vel in inertia and darkness, is be ing pushed by alert powers until at her twenty-three treaty ports the white sails of 40,000 merchant vessels no\v enter annually. The pulsations of great com merce have been felt in every land, and from bridle-path and shamb ling stage coach we have come to stone-ballasted railway lines with palace sleepers. Serfdom has had its chains unloosed and arrogant insolence of feudal lords has been made but a loathed recollection, crises have been spanned and the tide of triumph has left us as a perpetual living force, the Magna Cbarta. Tlie lower qualities, such as nar rowness, selfishness, brutality prej udice, avarice and bigotry must abide apart from thrift. Because barbarous countries refused to look higher than these, the sure meth ods of a refined progress worked their material undoing, and God’s hand has been in the working up ward of man’s state. Napoleon went down at Waterloo. Napo leon was moved alone by selfish ambition. Wellington triumphed. Wellington was striving to thwart threatened oppression. “We stand before the vision of Patinos,” says a pious thinker “to discover a great and good reason for the existence of all nations. Nations have a birth with a begin ning, progress and end, Every nation has its individuality eternal. Rome may conquer the world, but it cannot discover the individuality of other nations. Phigland may fill her museums with works of art of nations older than herself, but the individuality of those nations are seen on every work, and fabric of the human hand. “There is a special reason for the existence of Christian nations. The life of God is in them and God never stands still. But in this vis ion of New Jerusalem is the ideal of ev_ry city which God is truly building on earth. In the onward movement of all national life there must always be the ideal before there can be the actual, and the ideal should be the civic inspira tion, God-sent out of heaven. The difficulty with pagan and barbarian nations has been first an ideal. Mammon,Baal, Buddha and Brahm or any other perversions can never give an ideal for national life. You can never.build character on a caricature or on a falsehood. “In this country of Washington, out of all those in the history of the world, the manifestos of God are made more clear, if possible, than in the times of the prophets. Not as they are preached from the pulpit but as they are acted in the movements of history.” The tragedy of Valley Forge stands out on the great panorama of history as a beautiful representa tion of noble fidelity and heroism. The chances of freedom or igno miny and oppression hung in the scale. The cause of the revolution was gravely uncertain. Yet these patriots, worn by fatigue, uncloth ed and feet bleeding at every pore, resolved to dare and die if need be from their suffering, but never to yield their purpose to continue to withstand the British. LaFayette appeared, and, through him the proffered aid of France became a | reality. Hope rose anew, the turn | ing point of the revolution had i come. Washington held to the ‘ higher ideal; the higher ideal was , freedom or death. Freedom tri umphed. our glorious constitution was born and liberty is a sweet ; song wherever man’s voice is heard. SAYS HE WAS TORTURED “I suffered such pain from corns 1 could hardly walk,” writes IF Robinson, Hillsborough, 111., “but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve completely cured them.” Acts like magic on sprains, bruises, cuts, sores, scalds burns, boils, ulcers. Perfect healer of skin diseases and piles. Cure guaranteed -by Young Bros. 25c. OUR WEEKLY LETTER FROM WASHINGTON. (From Our Regular Correspondent.) Washington, July 19, 1901. Has New York anew democratic candidate for the presidential nom ination? That question is being asked in Washington since a prom inent New York democrat dropped a quiet hint that Col. I)au La mont, who was Mr. Cleveland’s private secretary during his first administration and secretary of war during his second, and who has since been associated with ex- Secretary Whitney in various big business enterprises, might become democratic candidate for governor of New York, and if elected would become a candidate for *he pres idential nomination. Of course,' there are some substantial “ifs” to ! lie considered in connection with ’ tiiis matter, but the whole presi-1 dential question is one of “ifs” at I this time. There are several rea-! sons why Dan Lament would make I a strong candidate for any position ' he might aspire to. First and foremost is his personal popularity! —a man who could spend eight i years in Washington as ly associated with administration!* as he was with those of Cleveland without making an enemy, as Dan Lamont did, must necessarily be a remarkable sort of a man. The next reason in importance is that he would have the advice and ac tive assistance of William C. Whit ney, who has shown himself to be one of the shrewdest political man agers the country has or has ever had. This thing may be no more than the idle talk of a summer day, but if Dan Lamont becomes a can didate for the democratic nomina tion for governor of New York, he will get it, and he would probably be elected, and that would natural ly make him a presidential possi bility. There is little that is new in the exposure of the methods followed in the distribution of the patronage of the house, made this week by the national civil service reform league, but it is none the less dis graceful to the republican majority of that body which allows the steal ing, for that is the proper name for receiving money and giving no pretense of return for it. Men are carried on the house pay roll who never even come to Washington, but have checks for their salaries mailed to them, and other draw salaries for work which they have others to do, paying them only a small fraction of what they receive. The patronage of the house is not nnder the civil service law. It is controlled absolutely by the will of the majority, and that majority should be held responsible for the willful waste of the peoples’ money, and especially those members who have held up the officers of the house and demanded that salaries be provided for their favorites should be held up to the public contempt they so richly deserve. The weak spot in the long and de tailed exposure is the careful avoi dance of putting in the names of looting congressmen. This avoi dance is so palpable that it is clearly intentional. Names are given in plenty, but they are those of the little rascals. A proper ex posure would have given the nam.es of those who made the rascality possible, but perhaps the gentle men who made the investigation for the C. S. R. L. were a little bit afraid to attack the congressmen by name. probably if Commissioner Evans had made rulings that would have involved the paying out of the $5,468,505.89, unexpended balance of tue $144,000,000 appropriated by congress for pensions, which he has turned back into the treasury, the ring of pension sharks would have been less persistent in their demands for anew commissioner of pensions. The administration has at last found a place for Col. John S. Mos by as special agent of the general land office. It isn’t a very big place, but it is understood that the necessities of Col. MDsby had be come s pressing that he received the appointment with thanks. Representative Hooker, of Mis sissippi, who passed through Wash ington this week, does not endorse the idea of dropping silver, and he strongly deprecates the fight that is being made on Mr. Bryan. He said: “Silver has been part of the world’s money since the earliest dawn of recorded history, since Abraham paid 500 pieces of sil ver for the land in which to bury his wife, Sarah. And why should there be this uproar against Mr. Bryan? He has not been forc es, himself on the Ameiican peo ple since the last election. It was his piivilege to take up newspaper work. He had to do something to support himself and his family, and has been going about it ki a dignified manner. I served in cot:- I with Mr. Biyan, and there I | gained a high regard for his abili ty.” The long-talked of order of the ! postmaster general regulating sec ! ond-class mail uwis issued this week. 1 It doesn’t regulate anything, unless it be the consciences of the postal officials who have winked at evas ions of the law governing second class mail. It merely provides for an enforcement of the law, which the postmaster general and every one of his subordinates have all along been under oath to support If this order is strictly enforced it will simply prove what has been as plain as the nose on your face, that there was plenty of law to shut fake publications out of sec ond-class mail and only needed backbone on the part of officials to enforce it. A FIREMAN’S CLOSE CALL. “I struck to my engine, although every joint ached and every nerve was racked with pain,” writes C. W. Bellamy, a locomotive fireman, of Burlington, lowa, ”1 was weak and pale, without any appetite and all run down. As I was about to give up, 1 got a bottle of Electric Bitters and, after tak ing it, I felt as well as I ever did | n my life.” Weak, sickly, run down people always gain new life, strength and vigor from their use. 1 ry them. Satisfaction guaranteed by \oung Bros. Price 50 cents. Boiled in Iron* Baltimore, July 18. —After being parboiled in a sea of molten iron, Peter Weldon, an engineer is now in a fair way to lecovery. The case is a remarkable one in local medi cal annals. Weldon was almost burned to a crisp about tw'o weeks ago at the works of the Maryland Steel Com pany, at Sparrows’ Point, Molten iron heated to a temperature of 1,700 degtees Fahrenheit from the receptacle in which it was en closed o'ver Weldon’s body, with the exception of his chest and sto mach. There was not an inch of his body that did not come in con tact with the terrible liquid. The sufferings of the man were almost beyond human endurance. F'rom the first he insisted that he would recover, and although at times his resolve to get well flag ged, he. was hopeful. ‘‘Laugh and Grow Fat ” Life is such a serious business to the average mortal that an oppur tunity fora hearty laugh is more than welcome to most people. “A merry heart doeth good like a med icine” end so do the humorous features of that great metropolitan daily, The Chicago Record-Herald, The first thing that greets you on the first page of every issue is the humorous cartoon that frequently tells more at a glance than could be conveyed in a column of read ing matter. Every issue contains also a humorous short story on the editorial page as well as “Out of the Ginger Jar,” noted for its snappy qualities, and the “Alter nating Currents” cjlutnn written by S. E. Kiser, one of the most 1 popular humorists in the country. In addition to all these the Sun day issue always includes a comic section guaranteed to produce laughter from the most lugubrious of mortals. Then the inimitable Bob Burdette, one of the most noted of American humorists, is a regular contributor to the Sunday Record-Herald, and every issue contains, in addition, other special articles of a humorous character. Summer Excursion Rates via Sea board Air Line Railway- The Seaboard Air Line railway have on sale from all of its stations very low rate summer excursion tickets to the mountain and seaside resorts of North and South Caro lina and Virginia, and to Wash ington, I). C., Baltimore, Mary land, New York City and Boston, Mass., and to Buffalo and to Ni a a a Falls, New York. Tickets to Buffalo and Niagara Falls give a splendid opportunity for side trips to the various attrac tive coast resorts of New Jersey and New York. Tickets are on sale daily, guod for return trip until October thirty first inclusive. The vSeaboard Air Line railway is operating fast double-daily trains supplied vVith magnificent vesti buled Pullman sleeping cars, and also day coaches, through to Washington and New York, and also to Richmond and Norfolk. Close connection made at Nor folk with steamships tor Washing ton, Baltimore, New York and Boston. Write for information to any agent of the line, or to, Wm. B. Clements, Traveling Passenger Agent, Equitable Building or No. 12 Kim ball House, Atlanta, Ga., H. E. 1,. Bunch, G. P. A., Portsmouth, Va., W. E. Chkistian, A. G.-P. A,, Atlanta, Ga. ICASfORIA! The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has ‘been, in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of— and has been made under his per- CJs, sonal supervision since its infancy. /'UtCWK Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and “ Just-as-good** are but Experiments that trifle w r ith and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. 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He said in a course of discussion with an editor: “Editors dare not tell the truth if you did youcould not live. Your newspaper would be a failure. The editor replied: “You are right, and the minister who at all times tells the truth about the members, alive or dead, will not occupy the pulpit more than one Sunday, and he will find it necess ary to leave town in a hurry. The pressand pulpit go hand in hand with whitewash brush and kind words, magnifying little virtues into big ones. The pulpit and the press are a saint making partner ship. “And the minister,” added our contemporary, “went away look ing very thoughtful, while the edi tor turned to his work, telling about the unsurpassable beauty of the bride, when as a matter of fact she was as ugly as a mud fence.” A Fireman’s Cl so Call. “1 stuck to my engine, although every joint ached and every nerve was racked with pain,” writes C. W. Bellamy, a locomotive fireman, of Burlington, lowa., “I. was weak and pale, without any appetite and all run down. As I was aboutto give up, I got a bottle of Electric Bitters and, after taking it, 1 felt as well as I ever did in my life.” Weak sickly, run down people always gain new life, strength and vigor from their use. Try them. Satis faction guaranteed by Yonng Bros. Price 50 cents. A murderer of health, if you tall to cure yourself ol'constipation. K, K. K. Pills cure constipation. Purely vege table. Life. The poet’s exclamation: “Oh Life I feel thee bounding in my veins,” is a joyous one. Persons that can rarely or never make it,sn honesty to themselves, are among the most unfortunate. They do not live, but exist; for to live implies more than to be. To lire is to be well and strong-to arfse fepiing equal to the ordinary duties of the day, and to retire not overcome by them-to feel life bounding in the veins. 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