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Show IVIany a scriptural text serves as a pretext for a lengthy discourse. Wise; men know more than they tell, but fools always tell more than they know. Some men w ho never forget they are gentlemen fail to remember that there mil others. Objects Unit wive color to men's thoughts naturally put them in a lii'own study. Why not. threaten to feed Filipino prlHom-rs oil army beef; that will fin- i l.sh the rebellion. The fi elhig of uneasiness among the wives of Chicago sausage manufacturer manufactur-er must, be growing rapidly. Any poor person can become a thief, lint in order to get Into the kleptomaniac klepto-maniac class you must have money. Queen Victoria has gene to Nice, but Tod Sloan Is about to relurn to England, Eng-land, so the balance of greatness will be maintained. It Is announced that 25-eent c!gar3 cost 2 'a cents each In Manila, but that Is by no means the strongest argument argu-ment for holding the Philippines. Kansas City has an embalmed milk scandal. In view of the fact ..hat water is cheaper than any chemical known, this scare would seem to be wholly unwarranted. Onions, In the opinion of New York's supremo court, aro not sufficient cause for dlvorco, however they may constructively con-structively contribute to the well-known well-known breath of scandal. Sixteen battleships will be able to carry our flag to a number of places. The United States has five in commission, commis-sion, five launched and under construction, construc-tion, three In the stocks and three provided pro-vided for at the last congress. Orders recently issued from the headquarters of the American Tin-Plato Tin-Plato Company in this city for a large Increase in wages In all Its plants. The men affected by this order are those who have been receiving less than $2.50. Wages will be raised from 6 to 10 per cent, the greatest inorease going to those who received the smaller small-er wages. Of the 20,000 men employed by the company, fully one-half of the entire number profit by this advance. 1 It will be both unfortunate and mis chievous if the, views expressed by Mr. Rhodes shall be accepted in this hemisphere hemis-phere as in any measure interpretive of American spirit. They are very wide of the mark. The duty of this country with respect to possessions which have fallen to it as the result of a war unsought and undesired can in no proper sense be associated with a thirst for world-wide dominion or with a disregard of the obligations of nelgh-borllness nelgh-borllness and honest dealing. The graphic story of the succor of j a starving soldier at Indianapolis has an economic as well as a philanthropic Interest. The soldier, It seems, was found In a fainting condition before the house of Gov. Mount. He was carried car-ried into the house, where the governor gov-ernor was entertaining some friends. His immediate bodily needs were relieved, re-lieved, and the governor "sent out a member of the legislature to secure a railroad pass to Chicago." The governor gov-ernor has an executive turn of mind. He knows how to employ the best instruments; in-struments; how to accomplish things !n the shortest possible way. When a railroad pass Is needed who can do the business with more neatness and dispatch dis-patch than a "member of the legislature"? legisla-ture"? It is not the sore place that should be hit in administering a reproof, but the wrong deed. For the reproof that causes wincing is more likely to provoke pro-voke anger than amendment. Lord Palmerston, while minister of foreign affairs, had a good-natured way of giving giv-ing reproofs when he did not mean to be severe. "Put a little more starch Into your neckcloth, my dear Dash," he said to a diplomatist who he thought did not hold his head high enough at the court where the minister represented Great Britain. A witty repartee often serves as the courteous bearer of a reproof. "I can't find bread for my family." said a lazy fellow. "Nor I," replied an industrious miller. "I am obliged to work for It." Zeno, the Stoic philosopher, remonstrated with certain of his scholars for extravagance. extrav-agance. They excused themselves by 6aylng that they were rich enough to Indulge In prodigality. "Would yen," retorted Zeno, "excuse a cook who should oversalt his meat because he bad a superabundance of salt?" Mr. Wines, the man who has been appointed assistant director of the census, is reported to be a strong and consistent advocate of temperance. But, for that matter, Mr. Booze, who has represented Maryland in congress, is a man of exemplary habits. Gen. Otis says: "Manila is no place for women. This is war, not a picnic.'' It is gratifying to note the fact that Gen. Otis has conducted his campaign very successfully thus far without Indulging In-dulging in any profanity whatever for publication. |