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The Miller Cftuntv Liberal. VOL. X. FARMERS WARNED Continuance of Rural Routes Up to Them. g MORE INTEREST NEEDFUL , t 1! Where Rules of Delivery Service Are Disregarded It Will Be Reduced , or Discontinued Altogether ’ W*»e A Washington special says: The de cision of the Fourth Assistant Post master General DeGraw concerning the discontinuance of rural ma. I routes, where they are not supported by those living along those routes, is a matter of the utmost importance to every R. F. D. route, especially in the southern states. Investigation shows that these routes are not being patronized in the south anything like as liberally ar, i north of the Ohio river. In order to ascertain the ca’ wtia t | the trouble and to see „_ Q extent R" - ” jutea generally ar “ being patronized, the postoffice de partment during the past few months instituted a careful inquiry through out the country. Special inspectors have been instructed {nake inves c reporta recently tigation. and th'' ‘ submitted account for the department orders discontiiuing quite a number of rural routes —more in the south than anywhere else. Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen eral DeGraw .las rendered a decision insisting upon adherence to the reg illations requiring that boxes on rural mall routes should be erected by the roadside so that carriers can get easy necess to them without dismounting from their vehicles. Not only are boxes to be erected by those who ex pect to patronize these routes, but wheer it is ascertained that, residents living along a route are not patroniz ing the mall service to an extent that will justify a continuance, of the route, orders will be issued abolishing the route, leaving the people to get their mail the best they can by sending to iht* noarpst * iinßnfficp tne nearest posomce. The policy of the 'h-partpeoplo be that .. wlwtv .Ah-s ice, tney will be given it, but it will not be forced ( upon communities that do not want ( it. Where a daily mail service Is pa tronized it will be continued, but. if , the people do not manifest an Interest < is such a service, it will be changed ( to a tri-weekly or even to a weekly service, and if not patronized, the delivery service will be dropped alto- . gether, forcing recourse to the near ' est postofflce to which patrons will have to send for their mail. It is lllUv. I IX- -n many country .people in the south snuu.. manifest such little interest in a I daily R. F. D. service, which, by uni versal consent among farmers of the east and west, is considered to be the most advanced step ever take.i for the betterment of country life. In the south it is found that while invariably the most up-to-date, pro gressive farmers are deeply interest ed in their R. F. D. service, a large percentage of the patrons living along the different routes pay but little at tention to it, and seem to care very little whether or not the service is discontinued. It is such indifference as this that may result in the dis continuance of a great many south ern routes; the liberal and progres sive element paying the penalty for the lethargy of the Indifferent and un progressive residents living along the route. In some cases it has been found where a route has been establish es many as 125 homes to be serve!, not more than fifty of these homes would patronize the service after it was established—the other seventy five not even manifesting enough in terest to put up mail boxes. ROOSEVELT TO STOP WAR. Big Stick and Mexican Troops May Be Used Against Belligerents. As the result of a series of con ferences at Washington Monday by the Mexican ambassador and all the Cen tral American ministers with the as sistant secretary of state, this govern ment will join Mexico in stopping hos tilities in Central America. Joint intervention of the two peace seeking countries will be made by the means of the "big stick’’ in the hands of Present Roosevelt and an armed force, backed up uj resident Diaz, if necessary. COTTON GRADES CHANGED. New York Exchange Eliminates “Straight Low Middling Stained." The New York cotton exchange <in Thursday i>v a vote of 131 to 144 the amendments to the vy. laws eliminating the grades of ton known as “good ordinary’’ and “low middling tinged,’’ and adopted by a vote ok 231 to 94 the amendment eliminating the grade known as “straight low middling stained. FIRE SWEEPS TOWN. | Costly Conflagration in Newberry, S, C., Wipes Out 23 Residences, 10 Stores and Two Churches. Fire at Newberry, 3. C., Friday de stroyed twepty-three residences, ten stores and two churches, entailing a loss estimated at between $150,000 to $200,000, with insurance of about $85,000. The range of the fire was from Adams street to Calhoun, east and west, and from Friend to Main or side block on the other side of Main street. Most of the burned buildings were negro shacks, and in their places will rise modern buildings. Surrounded on all sides by the flames was the residence of Mrs. J. B. Humbert, a widow of a former Methodist minister, which was never touched, although the heat from the flames scorched the house several times. It is related that Mrs. Humbert, ! during the entire time of I be spared. • The fire originated in the three story building occupied by R. C. Wil liams, dealers in wagons and bug gies. A new and handsome two-story building owned by R. C. Williams and occupied by Shelley & Summers, furniture dealers, was in the path of the fire, and from there the confla gration spread. Among the most prominent build ings destroyed were the residences of O. L. Schumpert and Henry Kinard, two of the handsomest in the city, the Presbyterian parsonage, residences of James F. Tond and E. H. Leslie both on the same block. Aveleigh Presbyterian church, a handsome wooden building, is a totai loss, as is the old Associate Reform ed Presbyterian church, which would have been torn down shortly to be replaced by a handsomer one. The majority of the bullnings were small wooden orb'rlck structures, some ot which would have been torn down in I the near future to be replaced by more stables ones. FAVORABLE TO BOLL WEEVIL I ... r .»coi .-reaicts Ava lanche of Them -This Year. The cotton boll weevil will be un usually nummerous and destructive , this year, according to a report by Dr. W. D. Hunter, in charge of the boil weevil investigation for the United States department of agriculture. Hu says; I The conditions throughout the past winter have been unsually favor able for the hibernation of the boll weevil. The two critical conditions for successful hibernation, tempera ture and dryness, have been as fa vorable as they will probably ever be. yiilci winter and spring is having the etrcvi , ... '"■using tinsual emergence from hibernation. .. son at Dallas and Keachoie, La., the earliest weevils appeared on March 21. This season emergence began fully thirty days prior to that date. "The conditions indicate clearly that weevils will be unsually abund ant in the cotton fields this season, and that great damage is to be x pected. Some conditions that may oc cur will have the effect of counter acting the natural result from th? present conditions. For instance, dry weather during June and July, after the cotton plants are well started,will serve to check the insect.’’ ROBBERS LOOT BANK SAFE. Six Charges of Explosives Were Used and $3,000 Secured. Robbers blew open the safe in the jflWt., ’e§Hy "Friday "morning and escaped with $3,000. Six charges of explosives were used by the robbers. The concussion burst out the front windows and so badly cracked the walls that the bank prop erty Is practically ruined. PARSON ACTED NAUGHTY. Baptist Minister Fired for Kissing the Wife of Another Man. For kissing or attempting to kiss Mrs. C. A. London, the wife of his Sunday school superintendent, Rev. G. L. Barnwell, the pastor of the Edge wood Baptist church at Atlanta, has been discharged from the pastorate of the church by the board of ide’ 1 cons. Mr. Barnwell declared *,’ , ~ , .. . .. . . ms min- would immedi-y , ■ surrey- 1 ' credentials and do penace tor his misconduct. CORTELYOU TO THE RESCUE. Secretary of the Treasury Gives Aid In Money Stringency. Secretary of the Treasury Cortel . you Tuesday directed the deposit of customs receipts in the national bank K depositories of New York city. This y W an enlargement of the order re t cN>tiy issued by him. It will in s c.-“i*e public deposits in that city about COLQUITT. GA. WI 1 ES’DAY, APR! L 3. 1907. OFFICIALS INDICTED CANAL wWiticizeo By Contractor Ol? Conference in ■ •n r a. v il New Orleans —Vutions Adopt- Head Men of N. Y. Central ed at f^ eting . Held for Manslaughter. ' „ •’ , At Monday tit’s .session of the southern states veglf coast Panama BECAUSEOFBAD WRECKS canal conference ln4» .Orleans W. J. Oliver, the contra.; made the rot lowing criticism i’_6 canal work: Vice President and the General Man- j g greatly • that ager of the Company Are Held in the decided to SIO,OOO Bonds by the Grand placo the constfou at the Panama -—* uaua. in Ute n-M , , .. , instead of coning f ;j , tc to eon- Indictments charging manslaughter n . tractors. No n,... pw capable th in the second degree were returned w , , ... , army engineers nxa, r their training : bv the grand jury at New York Wed- y h ~ , „ has not been alonj lines of con nesday, against the New York Cen- b struction and dl )n O n a large tral, Ira A. McCormick general super- sc&le They are . intendent of the company, and Alfred ganization to draw g will al ii. Smith, one of the vice presidents ways be wound up red tape, of the road in connection with the Army methods wH ’avail, for a wreck of the Brewster Express on civilian always ha- e more right wrecK o. lhan a Eoldier _ Ue „ uit _ an( j lho the Harlem division last mouth. Me- iligh . Bplrite(l A merl< Uzen will cer . . r- ... J Cormlck and Smith entered pleas ot jot guilty, and were released on $lO,- ..... Annh T 1 ’— handed up a presentment containing many recommendations to tne state railroad commissioners concerning re strictions upon railroad operations in New York state. The grand jury declares that the railroad company ‘‘feloniously, willful ly and carelessly, with gross culpable neglige nee and misconduct, omitted to ascertain at what speed it was safe for the train to pass around the curve. It charges also that the company emitted to exercise any effective meas ures to prevent the train passing around the curve at a speed faster than was safe, and that it placed the train under the control of an engineer not properly trained and experienced and not competent to run the train with safety. To the high speed the jury attributes the derailment of tho train and the death and injury of the passengers. Twenty-four persons lost their lives and more than a hundred others were more or less seriously injured in the wreck. The train was one of the. new electric type whicj? 1U ’ ■jflpntly re- vives fipd<.tb''C‘ett?rarir ,’uburban serv ice. At Woodlawn curve the second car of the train jumped the track, nnd :t and those that followed were piled up in a heap beside tne track. Some of the witnesses established the speed of the train at the time of the acci dent as high as 70 miles an hour. JUDGE MORGAN O’BRIEN BALKS. Chairman of Thaw Lunacy Commis sion Resigns Job. A New York dispatch says: After the jury which has been trying Har ry K. Thaw for more than two months . , iesdav uuu* past WO« »» M next Monday morning, Jyid the mem bers of the lunacy commission named by Justice Fitzgerald to inquire into Thaw’s present state of mind had been sworn in, there came the sud den announcement late in the after noon that former Supreme Court Jus tice Morgan J. O'Brien, the chairman of the commission, had resigned. In a letter to Justice Fitzgerald, Judge O’Brien stated that, upon reflection, he was forced, because of the condi tion of his health and professional engagements previously entered into, to decline to serve as a member of the commission. Justice Fitzgerald made a new or der appointing David McClure, a well known local attorney, and a mem- ber of former Police Commissioner Clure met the other members of the commission during the afternoon and was selected as chairman. WARNING FROM HEADQUARTERS Free Rural Delivery Mail Boxes Must Be Erected. In a decision rendered Wednesday Fourth Assistant Postmaster General DeGraw insists upon an adherence to the regulations requiring that boxes on rural mail routes should be erect ed by the roadside, so that carriers can easily get access^ cut deviating f^“, lr ve hi C j ea . Failure ’ nOU Jmply with the regulations In this respect, the decision states, is like ly to result in the discontinuance of the -delivery of mall by rural car riers. IMMIGRANTS IN COLUMBUS. During Past Month Forty Germans and Seven Scotchmen Arrived. During the past month about 40 Ger man-speaking immigrants and seven Scotchmen have arrived in Columbus, Ga. Practically all the newcome.v were given work immediately upon ar rival. Most of the German-speaking immigrants have positions with local textile industries. taln'v .exercise th g ht when he I >es to <. , w (he o ujetator . wethods of army rt lous - The conference a. mon . lng ses . sion adopted the .wing resolu tions; 1. The natural eCjical foute tv. a large part of the ed states for passengers and mat* intended for Panama is via the ao f L be q u u of Mexico. 2. The isthmian ~ commission has been operating 'j s practically a bi vice from Now Y‘ w Havana, and this exclusive' Sj V j a n ¥ w York places the lndi.f oC the south, the gulf states, Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Alaba all ,| Georgia val leys and cohtlgu^ rr j<,,ry at a pro hibitive dlsadvau” 3. The sout) ern tes and gulf coast Panama cont e represents to President tooae '' hat at least two of the s overnl g steamships should be o. a gul£ p Orl> because of- cl< proximity, by som*» ***o miles, th au New York. 4. We strongly Kj against the discriminations of jprebasing de partment. ot Railroad ority uP’ordert ’ wed tU"Wr.i i 1 eastern states. V.. in this virtual monopoly of ths pt-. Jnt canal trade the gravest danger tdhie future pros perity of sections Us the United States, particularly ft southern and gulf coast states, a‘s pe persistent di version of trade to astern ports will have the certain leniency to establish and maintain a charnel of commerce In that direction fem and through the Panama canal w>en it shall have been completed, theeby cutting off the natural ports frot successful com petition. The resolutions co'‘~’ < ’d .by peti tioning President ... . . nips and also government-controlled . ason why the to investigate the i.iv.-, - . f .. oases fur ac- i-vs aoce of n , ~ count of the I’atia steamship line are made in the ea> rn states.’’ NEGRO TROC'F GUILTY Was Verdict of Couimartial That Ex onerated Majo Penrose. The senate cornu tee on military affairs at Washingto Monday receiv ed a copy of a from Brigad- ier General McCasby, commanding the department of exas, concerning the Major Penrose ourtmartial. The telegram says that tnrose was exon erated, but that thecourt found that the shooting up of Brownsville was 1 done by members o the Twenty-fifth infantry. The follovng is the text of : the telegram: martial, but the covt found that the shooting in Brownstlle was done by the men of the Twe<’-fifth Infantry. Finding approved by s. M’CASKEY, ’Commander." CARNEGIE SCORE SPECULATORS Says Wall Street Grblers Should Be Given the CokShoulder. Andrew Carnegie nde a vigorous attack upon certain VII street meth ods d s l>eech at -. dinner given a his honor by tp United States Military Telegraph orps at the Ho tel Manhattan in Nw York Thurs day night. Mr. Carnfie declared that he ne ver mad-!a dollar gamb ling in aE . a{ jjj ec j that it was time that mfcn dec , fne to recognize men w, raake mon(jv in Wall street and , nder po for it BENTON SPECIL AGENT. Georgia Man Namedo Probe Trade Conditions in Forgn Countries. A Washington d.Jatch says; Sec retary Strauss of 1 department if commerce and labonas appointed I. L. Benton of Moncello, Ga., as a special agent to instigate trade con ditions in foreign ci ttries with spe cial reference to t . m keting of cotton seed produc THE SHORT DISTANCE CHAMPION ( Knlcker—Why don't you gat a tour ing car? Bocker—What’s the use? I always smash in two blocks anyhow.—New York Sun. FITS,St. Vitus’Dance: Nervous Diseases per manently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nervt Restorer, tU trial bottle and treatise free. Dr J? B. KHae. P3l ArcbSt., Phila., Pa I A. really g.Vtxl complexion doesa; i come out in tlie wash. Bewar of Ointments For Catarrh ] mt Contain Mercury, as mor* will surely destroy the sense of smell ai i completely derange the wbo.e sys tem w :cn entering it through the mucous articles shoula never be used except on prescriptions from reputable phv rails, as the damage they will io is ten fold fc ihe good yon can possibly derive from tircni. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured i h}’ I . J. Cheney & Co . Toledo, 0., contains I uo mercury, anti is taken tuterr. acting directly upon the blood and mucous stn - of thesystem. In buying Hall’s Catarrh (,ure be sure you get the genuine. It ia taken in ternally and made m Toledo. Ohio, by r. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold bv Druggists; price, 75c. per hottie. Take Hall’s Family rills for constipation. The marriage of a tailor and a dressmaker surely ought to be in ac cord with the eternal fitness of • things. Plan for Good Health! Take Garr.tlu Tea --v if tho livor and kidneys, r- A <1 nation, purifies the blood and eradicates <:' It is made wholly of Herbs. Flattery catches silly people, but candor never catches anybody. A Square Deal Is assured you when you buy Dr. Pierce’s family medicines—lor all the ingredi ents entering Into them are printed on the bottle-wrappers and their formulas are attested under oath as being complete and correct. You know Just what you are paying for and that tho ingredients are gathered from Nature's laboratory, being Selected from the most valuable native m»ai.,)nal roots found growing in our American f<5R potent to cure are [>er ha r to tho most delicate worn **K.a>«c*iil<rtWrr* Not a -tron A nmeh tajlß-r agelTis qsed both IprxX CK-to’ and preserving inq monmtnai nriucliilcs use*; in them.Tvlz.-Eiyr, truTim relineq glycerine. This agent possesses I n tri ns ic toed ic I tea i properties of its own. being a most valuable antiseptic and anti ferment, nutritive and soothing demul cent. Glycerine plays an important part in Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery in the cure of indigestion, dyspepsia and weak stomach, attended by sour risings, heart-burn, foul breath, coated tongue, poor appetite gnawing feeling In stom ach, biliousness and kindred derange ments of t’-■■■•"p ;-d “V-IN r r J Jewels. I' jTfArAAuji tbn”Golden Medical Discovery i is a Specific for all diseases ot the mucous membranes, as catarrh, whether of the nasal passages or of the stomach, bowels or pelvic organs. Evon in its ulcerative stages it will yield to this sovereign rem edy if its use l>e persevered in. In Chronic Catarrh of the Nasal passages, it is well, while taking the "Golden Medical Dis covery ” for the necessary constitutional treatment, to cleanse the passages freely two or three times a day with Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. This thorough course of treatment generally cures the worst cases. In coughs and hoarseness caused by bron chial. throat and lung affections, except con sumption In Its advanced stages, the "Golden Medical Discovery" is a most efficient rem edy. especially in those obstinate, hang-on coughs caused by Irritation and congestion of the bronchial mucous membranes The " Dis" covery " Is not so good for acute coughs aris ing from sudden colds, nor must it be ex- PC,Cjed to cure consumption In its advanced th. oi>stinaW,d , n!ne will do that - but for all lected, ot badly treat/o". whirl:. It neg- Uou.it Is the best medicine Tna’C■■ar,'b6't‘X ..-n. Some people think that it’s nevet too late to mend a matrimonial mi-s --take by applying for a divorce. CURED OF GRAVED, Not a Single Stone Has Formed Sinci Using Doan's Kidney Pills. J. D. Daughtrey. music publisher, of Suffolk, Ya., says: "During two or three years that I had kidney trouble I / passed about 2 % S pounds ot gravel and I sandy sediment in the iZJBrWIsxZ ur ' ne - I haven’t passed a tone since JMjSfeSwiSk using Doan's Kidney Pills, however, and that, was three years I used to suffer the most acute agony fjOFer'usuarsFmpfoffis’&i bles lassitude, headache, pain In the back, urinary disorders, rbeu i matte pain, etc. I nave a box con taining 14 gravel stones that I passed, but that is not one-quarter of the whole number. I consider Doan’s Kidney Pills a fine kidney tonic.’’ Sold by all dealers. 50centsabox. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. PLEASURE BY AUTHORITY. Hostess —Goodbye, darling. So sor ry nurse has come for you. I hope you and Monty have enjoyed yourselves? Darling- Thank you. Mother says we’ve enjoyed ourselves very much.— Punch. FURIOUS HUMOR ON CHILD. Itching, Bleedin,- Sores Covered Body —Nothing Helped Her—Cuticura Cures Her in Five Days. “After my grana.’-oFkb'Mf seven years f, ured 01 the measles. 3he attacked about a fortnight Ijiter by a furious itching and painful eruption all over her body, especially the upper part of it, forming ar»d bleeding sores, es pecially rndtt the arras, at size. She suffered a great deal and for three weeks we nursed her every night, using all the remedies we could think of. Nothing would help. We tried the Cuti cura Remedies and after twenty-four hours we,..noted considerable improvement, and, after using only one complete set of the Cuticura Remedies, in five consecutive days the little one, much to our joy, had been entirely cured, and has been well for a long time. Mrs. F. Ruefenacht. R. F. D. 3, Bak ersfield, Cal., June 25 and July 20, 1906.’* • Carrabelle, Ta u ahassee & Oeorgia 1 idroad. Passenger Train Bcr.-d '.- Corrected tc June 22, 1906 NORTHBOUND Ex. Ex D’ly Sun Sun D'lr e- di,- <- AM P.M. AM. A?M. , A M F M 7:00 Lv , Apalachicola Ar :5 6:00 8:00 11:35 . . . Carrabelle . . . 2 6 3 ,A 6:45 8:20 11 50 . . . Lanark .... £ " 0 7:21 9:14 12:22 .... Sopchoppy .... I:ss 2:36 9:29 j 7:15 9 53 12:45 .... Arran 1:86 . r . 0-06 8:40 11:00 i 35 Ar ': llahaseee . Lv 12:51 12:30 8:15 6:40 8:50 3 25 Lv :’allalxasßee . Ar 12:46 8:05 8 .0 7:17 <9:25 4:05 Ar . . Havana . . Lv '2:02 7:27 8. 6:25 2 Lv . Oulncy .Ar 1:15 j ■■ Ih-i.o 7:10 3:45 A** . Hn.-c,... 11*15 9'25 Ne'e See Below. 7:17 9:30 4:05 Lv . Havana . Ar 12:02 7:22 «;l« 8:25 10:25 5:13 . . . Bainbridge . 11:00 6:20 7:10 9:25 6:10 . . . Colquitt .... 9:59 6:10 j.: 16 7:20 . . . Arlington . . . . 9:10 6:17 10:45 7:46 .... Edison B’3fi 4:45 11:35 8:30 Ar . Cuthbert . Through Connections Via I a ' -hha.- •»«. A.M PM. PM. A.M. I’M '.ML ' 7:40 Ar . JacksbnvTO Lv 4: - 11. 5 10:50 . . . Ponsacoir 5:t9 A.M Via Bainbrldg*- 9:40 V:iO B:Vu . n ‘ ~ s - 9;4 0 6:15 8:06 8:15 616 b ' 5V P M. P M. Via Cuthbert 1:00 9:49 Ar . . Smithville . . .Lv 6:33 4:10 12:50 .. . Macon . . . . 8:35 7:55 7:10 . . . Atlanta .... 1201 8:00 PM. AM. A.M. A.M. rroTiD—Additional trains, dally Lv Havana 7:35.i u Quincy 8:20a Lv Quincy lltOOn 4r Havana 11:45r J. H. WILLIAMS, G. P. A. finely mine Percent | ( C, the Wealth Is One .? trs **/ ft , " £ Cy Henry L. Call. \ «■><IFTY years ago, there were not to exceed fifty- m s yi He t teer- in the whole of the Unite:! Stales, and their combined <>r- FY tu les —including the half millionaires as will—did not ex ~ O ctcd a probable $100,0(10,000, or 1 percent of the then ag -2 gregate wealth of the nation. Sixteen years ago the <.om <» bined fortunes of this class were estimated at $36,500,00i .- OOtt, or 56 percent of our national wealth loday I percent of our population owns practically 99 percent o the entire wealth of the nation. As a result of this wealth divided into two classes, the enormously rich and the miserably poor, o 18,000,000 wage-eerr-rs receive an average of but S4OO per year; n’n ’' 11 of our business men are notoriously failures; onp clergy reed a y 1 annual salary of about $500; the average for the educators of the . _ • 2F'’, T ’,,J'’> V income of other professional men in proportion, sit ■' f the .om ’ ? rV, H 3 ’ne-third are tenants, and the homes of one-thin. ' universall « (wo " !ir ds are nwrtgag-.-d. and a debt bur.!-a <• nlroosl We arc in fact, a nation of debit.-, .... • . ' bond, and general indebtedness alone reaching a probable ‘vital -t ♦ o'.'o, or $375 per capita; in ether words, an amount equal to t' l 1-2 times our per capita money circulation, and 22 times our savings banks lier- 1 - • • ■ the stacks of our industrial, financial, and public service corporalioi .- .< r e ■■ ported to draw dividends, and constitute as truly an indebtedness upon part of the public to the owners of wealth, as do mortgages and bonds the: > selves: and these, under their present enormous over-capitalization, wou ' swell our indebtedness to a probable total far in excess of the $110,000,000,000 estimated as the total aggregate wealth of tie nation, the whole being a first lien upon the toil and property of the nati• n, with the power given to these corporations to levy what tax they please thereupon These conditions are net normal nor the result of “national law or causa tion, but are instead the resuit of a monopoly of land and m; - - i si-'irc s. ' cf money, of transportation, md otli r public utilities as ab > of ii" '. ■ I This monopoly has, moreover, been brought about by meats of the corpui* I tion, industrial, financial, and public service. & The Coming ? American Monarch i'; ~~ ' ~~ l By Mark Twain. * -" UMAN nature being what it is, I suppose we must exp-’c Hto drift into monarchy by and by. It is a saddening thought, but we cannot change our nature; we are ail alike, we hu man beings; an 1 our blood and bone, and ineradicable, we carry the seeds oi of which monarchies and aristocra- I B k j cies are grown, wors’- . gauds, titles, poww We have to worship liese things and their possessors; w I < > I are all born so and we cannot help it. We hi- etobo • e spised by somebody whom we regard as above us. or are not happy; we have to have somebody to worship and envy, or we not be content. In America we manifest this in all the ancient and customary way... in public we scoff at titles and hereditary privilege but privately we hanker after them, and when wo get u chance we buy them for cash and a daughter. Sometimes we get a good man and worth the price, but we are readv to take wM f’hLke?of --" bV S “ red and lon S deßc endod offal. And when we get him - nation publicly chaffs and scoffs and privately envies, and als i J P routl of the honor which has been conferred upon us. We run over our ‘ i6t of '> )urchases evei Y now and '- hen >n the newspapers and discuss t) iem and caress ’hem and are thankful and happy. - in a monarchy the. people willingly und rejoicingly revere and take pride in their nobilities, and are not humiliated by the reflection that this mhle and hearty homage gets no return but contempt. Contempt does no’ sr.amo them; they are used to it and they recognize that it is their proper due. We are all made like that. In Europe wo «asiiy and quickly le~™ -to take that attitude toward the soverigns and the aristocraci ri’thvover. it has been observed that when we get the attitude we go and exaggera-- it presmtlr ' becoming more servile than the natives and vainer of it. The next • rail and scoff at Republics and Democracies. All of which Is natural, for we have not ceased to be human beings by becoming Americans, and the human race was always intended to be governed by kingship, not by popular vote North American Review. NO. 32