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Show THE BEE I vatlous tho half of which cannot bo fully appreciated. The volunteer of 1HU boro equal horrors with tlo same heroic, unfaltering endurance. Tho tramp, tramp) tramp of 2,000,000 men t'choed around tho civilized world. It shook the thrones of Icings and emperors; it startled from apathetic reposo tho opprosseil and downtrodden of tho earth, and abovo tho thunder of this majestic tread rang out tho clarion cry of liberty! And now again tho torch of liberty is being carried into oilier lands, to light tho path of other victims of barbarism and tyranny. Kings look on again in fear and apprehension. Thrones tremble and tho map of tho world is about to bo shaken to pieces by tho oarthquako of progress. Tho Mayor of this city continues Headed to heliavo liko a man who is unMajor. used to ordinary business polito ness, unknown to olficial courtesy and blind to every interest except when Pat Lannan orders him to opon his eyes and seo. President Barnes of tho council did a charitablo thing tho other night whon ho consented to tho ungentlemanly language of tho mayor being expunged from tho records, but lie had waited on tho mayor to discuss the affairs of tho city with him during tho week and his boorish, pigheaded excellency refusod to talk. It is a shame and a disgraco to have a man liko that at tho head of a modern and progressive city. It is an team a city of the first class and a mayor of tho chart class. When John Clark finds out that Pat Lannan is not the only pebble on tho political o ch boulder might be moro appropr'r.o in this comparison when he learns that Lon Hills and tho little bunch of bankers, who dragged Li n from obscurity are not tho only peoplo who have rights to bo considered, ho may quit making tho spectacle of himself that he has persisted in making since his inauguration. , But tliero are reasons to fear that he will never learn. p, - ill-match- 1 The progress 0f civilization and th increase of population in tho world go hand in hand. The astonishing growth of European cities during the last twenty years illustrates the movement throughout the civilized world. There is something so startling in the figures that attention should be called to them. According to Mulhall the total population of the earth in tho time of Augustus Caesar did not exceed 54,000,000, so that in the United States we now have more people than the earth contained when the empire of the Caesars was at its greatest. According to the same authority the popu-- ' lation of Europe was only 50,000,000 in tho fifteenth century, while now it is estimated at over 357,000,000 people, whose average of living is far higher than that of the age of Augustus or than that of the fifteenth century. In this country the increase of from survival Fittest. -- 50,000,000 to 70,000,000 in less than two decades is paralleled bj Germany, which has increased from 30,000,000 to 52,XHllOOO war. England since the Frauco-Prussian shows a liko increase, confined chietly to tho cities. Whilo Ireland, Italy and Spain are not so responsive to tho movement, it is fur causes too well understood to make their cases seem exceptions to tho rule that the great scientific and mechanical improvements of tho century are making it posMblo for tho world to produco and support a larger population than was dreamed of oven by tho most pronounced opponents of Malthusianism in their controversies with tho ignorant theorists who bdioved that tho limit of population had been or was about to bo rcachod. It is becoming moro and moro a proposition that tho increaso of civilization is not only accompanied by hut is dependent on an increase of population. And no fact in economic history is of moro importance. solf-ovide- far-reachin- nt g Somo preachers aro still opposing tho use of a wheel on Sunday. Now there is no reasonable to bo given for making tho bicycle a Of all text for special condemnation. known forms of Sunday recreation the is tho loast harmful. Tho value of its contribution to health and hajipinoss is unimpaired by any admixture of dissipation or any tendency to tho formation of bad habits. On the contrary, its influence is wholly in tho direction of leading tho young away from resorts and associations that are apt to bo hurtful by furnishing them with a recreation as innocent as it is attractive. Only an extreme and devotion to Sabbatarianism wTould prompt an official censure of the bicycle on Sunday. And it is reassuring to think that ill-advis- ox-cus- o bi-cyc- lo ed this narrowness of judgment represents a very small fraction of the religious sentiment of tho country. The great majority of the clergy would refuse to endorse the resolution of this conference. Indeed, the great majority of them know by personal experience whether tho wheel is sinful or not, and aro to be found on the side of common sense with tho multitudes to whom the wheel is the best as well as the only form of Sunday outing. Some time ago Elizabeth Cady Stanton called attention to Ezekial, Chap. X, verses in illustrating how it might be shown that the prophet rode a wheel. 13. As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel. 14. And every one had four faces; the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. 15. And the cherubim were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar. 16. And when the chorubim went, the wheels went by them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them. 17. When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted them 13-1- 9, - selves also; for tho spirit of tho living creatures was in thorn. Thon tho glory of tho Lord departed from off tho threshold of tho houso and stood ovor tho chorubim. 19. And tho cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from tho earth in my sight; when they went out tho wheels also wore bosido thorn, and every ono stood at tho door of tho east gato of tho Lords houso; and tho Glory of tho God of Israel was ovor thorn above. 18. . m m m Now creeds aro discovered every fow days and somotunos in un- Another Oncer sect, expected places. Tho Now York Press tolls of ono known as tho Evening Light scattered throughout Indiana, Ohio The families aro not isoand Michigan. lated but form communities. No one is really loader, but in each community there is always a man who is looked up to. Though nearly all aro well to do, no attempt at display is ever made. Tho homes aro in houses, built about a house whoro tho soct moot on Sundays. Where they have no mooting houso thoy meet in tho homos of tho families, oach in turn. Thoy havo no ministers. Each member of tho soct says and does what ho considers best for tho community. When they meet at ono of tho homos tho host always has ready a good meal. This sect wears peculiar clothing. The women make all tho mens clothes. When the baby boys dresses aro taken from him he is clothed in tho garb he is to wear foi life. Thoy wear trousers reaching to their ankles and boots to their knees. A waistcoat and a hat complete tho outfit, except in cold weather, when an overcoat is added. Only heavy brown or black material is used in making the clothes of the ono-stor- y men. The young women dress in either black or bright blue and use no trimmings. Their aprons are always brown. Cash- mere is the cloth used for the dresses. The bonnet is after the sunbonnet style and has a skirt in the rear. Brown and black satin is used to make them. To keep out the cold of winter the women wear black cashmere shawls. There are no barbers in the community. The hair is allowed to grow. These people never take part in politics, never go to court and dont have their photographs taken. They never insure their property, and if one should lose his the others start him anew. The parents match the children as soon as they are born and they are brought up in each others company, and are made to understand that they are to marry and always live together after they leave their homes. Children stay with their parents until they marry. The marriage ceremony consists of the bridegroom putting a ring on the brides finger and then both drinking holy water. A big dinner is served, and in the course of it the young couple leave and go to their home, which they find all ready. Where this sect originated is not known. The men are very fond of horses. They are very clannish and have services peculiar to themselves, some of which are secret. |