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Sheridfin Road Publishing Co. Pnblhhed every Sunday morning at High had Put. 111.. Ind Winneth. “1.. by the Entend It the’ Pout-Omce at Highland Put an: second-clan mum-r. . Advoruoln‘ nus Ind. known on applaud)- It "I'll-M smelt!“ H. F. Evan, News-Letter Banding. 271 Centnl AVenue. Hluhhnd Put. ' We are sorry to see that .a bank clerk in Vermont has defaulted to the extent of $22,000, stolen and lost in speculations. and he a yo‘ung man. Think of a young fellow throwing a- way his Opportunities. his reputation, his life indeed, for that paltry sum. He was a young man of ability, was on the road to eminent success, and now all gone for a song ~every dollarlost In the mad mania of gam- bling. a haste to become rich at once. «We note the growing 0bservance,-_ year by year, of Easter by all denom- inaticns o_f Christiana In our boy- hood the dissenting churches very seldom observed Christmas, because the “Established” church made so much of it. But all that ndrmwuess lias‘ passed ' away. All churches” which-have any faith in Ch riat should observe Easter; make it u glad, glori- ous and triumphant day, for it sig- nalizes Christianity’s final triumph overall form and combinations of' evil. I: ' We have one vade mecum on our desk for little snatches of leading, on 11 moment’s notice. wit is the "Beacon" biography of Bishop Phil- lips Breaks. 3 small‘ 16 or 18 mo. volume of about 125 pages. and like A Courier 0! Noah Shou- lnmlllcence. SATURDAY, APRIL 21, JOOO Tchphmc No. 92, Highlan'd Park. TERMS 5..” PER YEAR.- OFFICES: Manager. THE SHERIDAN ROAD NEWS-LETTER. e diamond, es ehoiee ss it is smell. We een reed s sentence, perlgrlph. I page anywhere with intereet and profit. The grestnees, goodness and grandeur of the men ine out every- where. The perusal of each e book makes us proud of our race, as the conduct of some others make us hang our heed: with shame. straight to the mark. Thst level- ‘hesdod sense, sound to the core, knows whether it wants whiter-bed or not. “You can’t (001 all the peo- ple all the time,” mid one man too wise to want a filter. ..._.._ 7-7â€".â€" Ae Untimely Death. There was somethinz unsneaksblv A mother told us the other day how her son loved books and that love seemed to be growing into .a passion. If he could put money in clothes or books, the chances were that last summer’s suit would do ser- vice this year and the money would add volumes to his growing library. In all that we rejoice; it shows brains, and brains of the right sort, ‘Snd besides. it is a good omen for the future. The man who really loves books. good books2 books with the flavor of time on their ‘ pages and which deal. with the histories and problems of the. ages, that man will not become a miser or a'sp‘endthrift, but a good,whole-souled, and whole- some citizen; That love for good books is a hostage for home, church and state and that man can be trust~ ed as well as respected. Cling to your books. my boy, and next to your ‘mother give them your first and choicest affection. We Guess They Know. , ” We remember when one of our as- piring political leaders flung out this nugget of practicaliwisdom when a big petition' was presented in the Council, “Nine-tenths of these peo- ple did not know what they were signing for,” or words to that efl'ect But we think when theivotes on ithe filter question are counted. he and his coterie will conclude they know what they are voting for and what they are voting against. Of course it 1s easier and safer to prophesy after election, but we have great .faith in what an eminent statesman so aptly. styled the ‘fnnerring moral instincts of the common people.” The per- verted moral instincts of the higher and the corrupted instincts of the lowest classes may go astray, butthe, moral sagacity of the middle classes. the common people goes as an arrow from the hand of the Almighty As Untimely Death. There was something unspeakahly sad in the sudden death of Professor Welch of Lake Forest academy last week. Years of. time and study put into preparation for his work, and then a proven aptitude for success in that work, and then stricken down on the very threshold of life’s work.* all this is sad and mysterious. And our feelings are intensified when we bear in mind the fact that. there are many whom the~ world would not miss, whose lives are of so little worth to the world, that aside from a few friends, almost none would mourn their departure. But in the death of a young man like ProfessOr Welch not only the “republic of let» tors,” but the entire fraternity. of successful teachers suffers loss, for while of the so called teachers there are many, of the heaven born, heaven endowed, markedly successful ones, there are only too few, for heaven is chary of its choicest gifts. The Arnolds of Rugby, the Horace Man’s, Elphalet Notts, Francis Way. lands, Professor Drummonds, Presi- dent Elliots, etc. there are but few in sny age, and they leave the enduring impress of their trancendent genius on a whole generation. Seldom‘ has any one man left the stamp of his genius and character on the men who shape a nation’s domestic, civil and religious status and policy ‘as did Thomas Arnold those years of his reign at Rugby. In fact that influ: ence went out to the ends of the ‘world. So it was with "Union college during Nott's presidency and Brown while Dr. Wayland led its fortunes. We do not say that Prof. Welch belongs to this select and high class, but he was a successful teacher and the promise was there. just as it was in Charles W. Elliot when he went to the head of‘ Harvard, five and twéuty years ago. ,â€" Women voting is becoming a big success in this city; the public spirit- ed ladies take to it like ducks to the