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Show Jlme Htnrl.vi. An ably t miluetwl newapnper aomo time since act.t oat clrcuhira to its subscribers sub-scribers asking them lo innko suggestions sugges-tions which, in their juilguient, would enable tho editors to make the rnjief inoro uaoful nnd intereatlng It is men tlcneil rntl.tr aa n repronth to theao excellent ex-cellent enbsrtibers that three-fourth of them wanted mom stories. lint Is it n reproach? Not so. The fnct Is tho rnco has been presetted at from nil Iwlnti of approach till it It mortally mor-tally llrwl or it. Wo do want u.oro ttoilen of tho Inst sort thoso which will spiH-nl lo tlm Imuglnalloii nml the finer sympathies nml wake tu tip aud ghe tu "lhillli"all our. Wodownuf'thrllli," tint Is what no want, fur wu nro fnggetl uml life seems n wooden, leaden stretch of up hill, Tho ancients used to Initio warriors to ilceperato deeds In battle by recounting thotnattelotu feats of Ihtir In rues anil nuoestors. "Uncle Tom' Cabin" ptl.si tlld more than nnj thing else to break tho chains of tho flare, and tho norcls of diaries Kendo ond Uiikeus nr.Mie.1 publlu sentiuient lu lhiglnnd to the outrages penetrated ou working children and insane patients as nothing el had done. Tlicro nro stortna cuoukIi written, in all conrtience, Imt tl.ere 1 nothing lu tin in. Not morn than ono In a hundred of those sent toiwwaviiArnnd muguztne (.flVes tali Im UHtl. They aro nut worth printing. Ilut wo tlownnt more good stories, tho ti.oio tho lienor. Wheru aro tho real nmglclaiai w ho shall Inspire our tired, stupid souls! |