A Reverie

How often do we see men held back flor the time by the gldbness of envious tongues that ai-e not over sensctive reSpedtímg ,the .truth, and are active In repeating tiiis or that story or rumor jd'eroí?aory soine person they desire to keep from going ahead in ,this race oí lifo SometMng ol the sort forms a sad chapter in (the expeience of almost cvery one. Suppo-sing you take a dozen men and p'.aee thoni :n the middle of the ro;id ol prOgTCSS. They wffil not keep together. Sonie wJll stay right where thoy are put, otlier witl fall back and the few wül advance, accumulate monej', secui-e honors and would al ays bo i'nfluentlal people were it not tor the fact that some of the nien who started in the race with them invariabiy are the first to charge, self'slmiess and dishonesty. Aftiing as a brake they may check pro'gress for a wiulle. But public ojiinion steps jn after a time and says : "Gentiemen, tluis was a fair field and a free, unhandicapped race. lf you ,were outclassed that was your másíortune. Ring the bel], there is no -'sl'.ut-ov.t'' fhig, the race goes on and jnerit wins. Kalamazoo Ti legraph ; To the business interosts of tbe nati'on this magnifioent rppublican triutnph means much. It mean.i that the patriotic sense of the peoj'lo is returning; that the tariff and the sihrer question will hereafter be handled in a business-like manner, all o!' whieh will tend torestore eonfidence. The nation has been saved by the returning ttood sense of the people. Popular ívernment has again triumphed.