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11 KANSAS-NEBRASKA.
| fe ft ARE NO LONGER THE HOT BED
K B OF WILD EYED THEORISTS.
j , 5 * 'tSrailaalljr Settling aorta to the Con-
% L g. tllUun * Ordained by the Taws o'
/ 51 Nataro The States Will Right the
- • - V ' Del aoo sad Vote Republican TlcUct.
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, \ \ 4 Nebraska will be one of the battle
, f { -centers in this national campaign. Net
' | f + \ fcraska Is the home state o Bryan.
% Because of his nomination for the
* s ' • * ? ' ipresulcacy , all the hysterical and nerv-
> | su3 mind force of his Nebraska follow-
r J'i3. -era will be aroused to its utmost tension -
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\ = sion from now until election day. So
iar ao Bryan's followers are able to
f- ? • • tmalte it so , the campaign will be sen3
r , 'sational. Bryan himself being the very
embodiment of sensation , in his atti-
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4ude3 and in his oratorical effects , and
l 4he doctrines which he preaches being
isuch. ns to appeal to the .hysterical and
. • nervous mind force of the community ,
the campaign Tvill undoubtedly be one
of the most exciting ever witnessed in
the country ; and Nebraska will be one
-of the centers of this excitement
Not only is Bryan himself a breeder
, ' * • "OC political hysteria on general prini
I y ' < nplesvin his attitudes and in the ef
fects which his oratory produces , and
-not only is the attitude of the democratic -
• • cratic party in espousing so suddenly
1 -the free -silver cause , heavily charged
-with sensationalism , but populism ,
"which is the very essence of sensation-
slisnx , being now merged with Bryan-
ism and this new democracy , the whole
at once becomes a complete aggregation
• -of , all the sensational fads that have
• characterized the last decade in American -
-can politics.
Until recent years the mind force
* in farming communities has been sup
I posed to be phlegmatic in its character ,
j low in action , and more than any other
, -class of people , farmers have been
judged aa conservative and deliberate.
For the last few years , farmers in
INebraska and Kansas have exhibited
the very reverse of conservatism to a
-degree almost alarming. People in the
-cast have been unable to account for
'the universal activity of the mind force
I in these western farm communities ,
I -and especially their tendency 'toward
| -sensational doctrines.
I In the old world the cities are the
• nesting places of sensation. The unus-
j | -xial mental activity of the farmers of
i Kansas and Nebraska is undoubtedly
1 -due to the physical conditions ; the
• clear , bracing atmosphere , the healthy
j -and nourishing food , the high altitude
1 and the electrical conditions which
i arouse the mental force to the utmost
§ tension , all combine to make them the
1 i most active and bright minded people
I t -on the face of .the earth. It is as impos-
I .sible for the mind force of Kansas and
I ' Nebraska people to be dull and phleg-
I i . tatic as it is for the mind force of the
I j people of the south to be bright.
I I "Whoever comes from an eastern state
n I -and spends a week in Nebraska will
m 1 feel upon his own person and in his
I "mental faculties this same exhilarating
I | zforce. There is no brighter minded boy
I * Jn the world than the Nebraska boy. It
I ! s said , by those who understand that a
I I "man in both mind and body is the
B product of the physical conditions
I -which surround him , that the future
I -will show in the western prairie states
I of high altitude , the brightest minded
! anen and women in the world. This
S unusual , mental activity , peculiar to
i Kansas and Nebraska , makes the peel -
l j3le quick to grasp at a new idea and
'tiold to espouse a new cause. This
8 "quickness to act in a new cause , while
I § it indicates the bright mental facul-
ties df the people , also indicates a reck-
| Hessness which would be alarming , were
I < It not understood that the community
'is new , that there is gathered on these
II Western prairies a heterogeneous mass
of men from all sections of the coun
try , blending all the isms of a dozen
-different types and civilization , not yet
• fully settled down into conditions of
order and harmony susceptible of the
< 3 > est leadership. Any declaimer who
• vliad a piece to speak coufti get an au-
Idience in Nebraska ; any orator who had
lat sensational speech to deliver could
jeL applause ; and any theorist who had
_ plausible scheme could find ready and
eager followers. In the last six years ,
.liowever , Nebraska and Kansas have
tphad much experience. The farmers
Sxave listened to many orators and
tsnany isms have been expounded and
'exploded. The two per cent per annum
' .government loan proposition which
caught the farmers of Kansas like wild
Hre six years ago has run its race and
Is a dead cause. • The doctrine of the
government ownership of railroads no i
longer arouses the enthusiasm that it
I -did a few years ago , and only plays i
I & perfunctory part in giving body to i
I Ahe populist platform.
I ( , The bitter and relentless attack of a
I } ew years ago on railroads , telephones ,
1 telegraphs , banks , and all manner of
H corporations for which these western
H < statce were famous , has subsided , and
H now the populist United States sena-
K • Ttor , congressman , member of the leg-
Hj kslature and the populist official of
B { whatever rank , rides on a railroad pass i
m whenever can get one with as much
M . nonchalance as the most confirmed ; i
m * wire-puller of the old parties.
H Li the earlier history of the populist ;
_ -party , each county and state platform l
H | -denounced the politician and office :
H -eeker , and each orator declaimed with
H sanctimonious unction on the evil ef-
B -foots of personal ambition and office >
B . uoeeking.
B All this is at an tmd in Kansas and :
B Nebraska. Now.the populist orator bold-
B $ r assorts the doctrine that to the vic-
B" , 4ors fiolong the spoils , and in the coun-
B y and state conventions they jostle i
B 4HLC& other in greedy scramble for place i
B | ft& & power , without rebuke from the !
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pnpuUbt press or protest from the rank
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and file.
The present campaign will be exciting -
ing I and Nebraska will be one of the
centers < of battle , but let it be understood -
stood that the bright mind force of ,
these prairie farmers has passed upon
the sophistries of populism , and it will
be j rejected in this year as It was six
years , four years , and two years ago.
The voting population of Nebraska
has been subject to the Bryan windmill
for i six years. Every light grain , every
fihriveled kernel , and every empty hull
has 1 been blown out into the populist
chaff < pile.
The republican wheat which remained -
mained after the campaign of six years
ago , four years ago , and two years ago ,
remains i still , and there is enough of
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it 3 to make a good round majority for
McKinley 3 and protection.
Free Trade and free Silver.
When Hamlet was about to commit
suicide he reasoned with himself as to
whether i it was better for a man to be
dead ( than alive. When Plato showed
him ] how it was impossible for him to
destroy ( himself , that he would live on
in j the next world , and that there would
be 1 trouble there , just as there Is trouble -
ble here , he hesitated , saying , "Aye ,
there's i the rub. "
Many a voter in these United States
who has listened kindly to the silvery
voice of the free silver orator , will
pause j before he drops the ballot , and
say < to himself , "Ay , there's the rub. "
When we have shuffled off the gold
bug : and the plutocrat , when we have
dismissed < the trained minds from the
councils < of the nation , when the boy
orator ( is in the presidential chair , and
when all the other free silver orators
are j in the seats of congress , when the
sober , experienced business mind of
the republic has been dethroned and
the inexperienced , experimental mind
is enthroned in power , what ills may
come to the American people ? Will
Altgeld , Tillman , "Waite , and Peffer ,
whispering in the ears of the boy president -
dent < , bring us peace and financial security -
curity , or will they bring us ills that
we know not of ? It's an undiscovered
country ' , this Beulahiand of silver and
two per cent farm loans.
They tell us that in this undiscovered
country each cloud will have a silver
lining , but we cannot see behind the
clouds and we know not what storms
of ' wreck and revolution may be gath-
'eriug ' there.
vihat other new isms will be evolved
by the inventive genius of these new
and ; inventive statesmen when they sit
down ' in council to doctor the financial
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system ' of this country ? As they have
reamed about among the people like
strolling ' minstrels , each has sung his
own | particular song and each has start
led hie audiences with doctrines unique
and ; original. But when they get into
congress , these men of new ideas , un
der ' the stimulating influence of competition -
tition , what new and yet unheard of
experiments ' will they not bring forth ?
When populism had control in Kansas -
sas it enacted stay laVs which were
intended to make every borrower a dis-
honest repudiator , which drove out of
. the state every dollar of conservative
low-rate money and cost the borrowers
of the state $2,000,000 annually in ad-
vanced interest. They defied the laws
of the state and surrounded the state
capitol ' with armed soldiery. The elec
tion of Bryan and a Bryanized con
gress may mean to re-enact these Kansas -
sas scenes at Washington. It is not
so much the intent of these free silver
orators to be revolutionary that makes
them dangerous , but rather the recklessness -
lessness with which they invent new
doctrines and their inability to agree
among themselves as to just what they
do want and as to just how to bring it
about.
It was two years and three months
from the time Cleveland took his seat
until the Wilson bill was passed. It
will be three years from now before a
free silver law can be enacted. What
will happen"in the meantime ?
Decline of Populism.
Now that the populist party has been
swallowed bodily by the democratic
party , it is interesting to go back to
its earlier history and see how far it
has drifted from its original moorings.
Kansas was its chief nesting place
when it made its famous campaign in
that state six years ago. Then it had
for its chief corner stone the doctrine
that the government should issue unlimited -
limited quantities of paper fiat money
and should loan this money to the
farmers of the country , $2,500 on each
quarter section of land , at two per cent
per annum.
This proposition is regarded now as
absurd and impractical e > en among the
populist farmers themselves ; and yet
enly six years * ago it was the one par-
ticular doctrine which more than any
other was talked of in the farmers'
meetings and advocated as a safe and
practical measure.
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At that time Frank McGrath , of Beloit -
loit , Kas. , then the state president of
the Kansas Farmers' alliance , was continually -
tinually deluged with letters from Kani
sas and Nebraska farmers inquiring
as to the two- per cent per annum
scheme. In these letters President Mci
Grath was urged to hurry the matter
forward with alL possible haste , and in
some of them 'strong personal appeals
were made on the ground that the writi
er's mortgage was nearing maturity
and that he was exceedingly anxious
to change his rate of interest from sevi
en per cent per annum to two per cent
per annum , and to shift his debt from ]
some grasping New England creditor to <
the government itself.
Frank MoGrath , who is a strong , self-
reliant , practical man , had opposed the
two per cent government loan scheme <
in the populist state convention at To-
peka , and it was the greediness with
which he saw this doctrine devoured '
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by the populists that made him fir t
lose I judgment in these nervous and
excited people , and it was this deluge
of letters pouring in up&n him during
his presidency of the state alliance
more than anything else that made him
sick of the populist cause and caused
him to abandon it , which he did in the
following year.
Talking to a friend of this mattei ,
he said : "Many of these lette ' rs were
pathetic. They urged that the two per
cent government loan proposition
should be crowded forward to comple
tion with all speed , and many of them
desired reply by return mail that they
might know just when to expect the
money. It was pitiful to see a com
munity of honest , well-meaning men
so carried away on so flimsy and un
reasonable a proposition. "
About that time , through an Inter
view in the Kansas City Journal , Frank
McGrath gave it out that he despaired
of success for the Farmers' alliance as
.soon as he saw that into the new movement -
ment v/as drifting all the hysterical and
nervous mind force of the country.
He saw that this two per cent govern
ment loan proposition was greedily
seized by these nervous and excited
men. He knew that , though the fal-
lacy of the scheme would soon be ap
parent , other financial schemes equally -
ly catchy and equally unpractical
J would be suggested from time to
time , and by the appeal of these
catchy doctrines and by the ap
peal ] to class prejudice the weaker
and more hysterical part of the people
ple worJd be gathered together by designing -
signing leaders into one vast army of
excited ' and unreasonable men , and he
fp ared that such a condition might be
the beginning of the end of the rei
public.
What Frank McGrath feared six
years ago has come to pass. All the
hysterical mind force of the American
people has been aroused by these catchy
doctrines and organized into one
mighty impulse to do what ? Does it
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know what it w'ill do ? Just now this
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impulse is for free and unlimited coinage -
age of silver. Six years ago it was for
the free and unlimited coinage of government -
ernment farm loans. What will it de
mand next year ? Should it get into
power , this impulsive mind force , -when
will it enact this free coinage law ?
When Bryan is elected and when his
triumph has swept into the national
congress all these nervous and unsta
ble minds , when will they agree on a
fiee coinage law ? And what other dan
gerous * and unpractical measures will
be gathered in by this mighty drag net ,
this organization of disorganized mind
force , this aggregation of visionany and
unpractical men ?
THE MA REM MA.
Iargo Tract of rn < a'u ! > rIon and Cor
dcrlnsr on the Mediterranean.
The name of Maremma is given to a
large extent of insalubrious land which
borders the Mediterranean , whether
insalubrious because uncultivated , or
uncultivated because insalubrious is a
problem which has not yet been solved ,
says Good Words. Though both modern -
ern science and quickened national en
terprise have of late years been applied
to its solution , the results accomplished
have been unconvincing. The Tuscan
part of the Maremma stretches inland
nearly to Siena ; beginning at the north
a few miles from Leghorn , it extends
to the ancient frontier of the pontifical
states , from whence the same immense
tract of sparsely cultivated and malari
al territory continues under the name
of the Roman Maremma and Campagna
to the gates of Rome. There is no hard-
and-fast border line between the
healthy and the unhealthy land but the
transformation is a gradual one , the
villages * become rarer , the cultivated
land diminishes , stretches of wood and
bog are more frequent until we no long
er see any houses by the roadside but
only here and there in the distance
some small gray -hamlet perched on
the top of a rocky hill , "like roosting
falcon f musing on the chase. " On the
hillside 1 near such oases some field , a
few olive trees and then again begins
the woodland , large forest trees , then
groves of beeches and oaks looped con
tinually for firewood , the forest full of
dangers and alarms , with its ponds and
bogs and labyrinths , a hiding place or
anything from a ghost to a brigand
in ] short , the typical forest of the
Maremma. Toward the Mediterranean
coast the hills become less abrupt and
alsng the shore and up the broader val
leys 1 which diverge from it stretch im
mense extents of undulating grass
lands , seemingly uncultivated but
which really are sown piece by piece iD1
regular rotation every ten years.
Napoleon l After the Battle of Dresden '
The night of the 7th v/as spent in
indecision i as to any one or all of these
ideas i but in active preparation for the
retreat i ; any contingency might be meter
or < a resolve taken when the necessity1
arose. ; During that night the emperor1
took two warm baths. The ( habit of !
drinking strong coffee to prevent drow-1
siness had induced attacks of nervousness - ,
ness i , and these were not diminished
by 1 his load of care. To allay -these and
other i ailments he had recourse for !
some i time to frequent tepid baths. '
Much has been written about a mys-r
terious 1 malady which had been steadily - ]
ily i increasing , but the burden of testi-1
mony i from the emperor's closest asso
ciates at this time indicates that in the
main i he had enjoyed excellent health
throughout the second Saxon cam
paign. There were certainly intervala
of self-indulgence and of'lassitude , of
excessive < emotion and depressing self-
examination < , which seemed to require
the f offset of a physical stimulus ; bat
on the whole natural causes , complex
but not inexplicable , sufficiently account - '
count < for the 1
subsequent disasters. - - j
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INSTRUCTIVE | READING FOR
BOYS AND GIRLS.
Power of a Child An Up-to-Date Fish
Story The Buffalo's Debt Nailed the
Baby Down Humming Birds Anec
dote of a Cat.
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' OME they brought
, her warrior ,
1 dead ;
I She nor swooned
nor uttered cry ;
[ I All her maidens
J watching said ,
"She must weeper
or she will die. "
Then they praised
him soft and
low
Called him worthy to be loved ,
Truest friend and noblest foe ;
Yet she neither spoke nor moved.
Stole a maiden from her place ,
Lightly to the warrior stept ,
Took the grave-cloth from his face ,
Yet she neither moved nor wept.
Rose a nurse of ninety years ,
Set his child upon her knees ;
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Like summer tempest came her tears ,
"Sweet , my child , I live for thee. "
Tennyson.
A Fish Story.
There is an old darky who can be
found j any day perched on such freight
as may rest on the platform of the
little ] station at S up in Maine. He
has ] a cheerful word for everyone that
will greet him , and was never known
to | lose his good humor except on one
occasion. One morning he was , as
usual \ , perched on a bale of straw but
instead j of whittling at a piece of stick ,
a ; habit of his , he sat with his face in
his ] hands , gazing mournfully out over
the I little lake that stretched away
among : the hills. It was then I noticed
that < his nose had assumed enormous
proportions ] , almost shutting out his
eyes. {
"Why , Ike , what's the matter with
your nose ? "
He shook his head sadly and in
quired ' if I had a little "baccy. " I
handed ' him some and waited for an explanation -
planation about his nose.
"I's neber gwan ter fish no mo' ,
sah no , sah ! neber no mo * ; 'cause
dat's whar I's got dat nose , youse see. "
"How uid it happen , Ike ? Tell us ;
perhaps we can fix you up. "
"See dat little neck er-runnin' out
past de big mountain ober dar ? Well ,
round dat neck dere's a cove , and dere's
as fine er trout stream runs in dere
as dey has 'bout dis place. Ise was
er-fishin' i dere de oder day , when Ise
seed er big one flittin' by a rock dat's
dere. Ise thrashed dat spot by de
hour , and dat trout he done come an'
look at de fly , an' den yes , sah , den
dat trout laugh at me an' swim 'way.
I's tried eberyt'ing to ketch him , but
'twan't any use. Den Ise grew er-
thinkin' . What he do 'round dat stone
all de time ? So Ise rested very quiet
and ; watched dat stone. Pretty soon
Ise see er bee hummin' 'round close to
de water and near de stone , and Ise
see de trout make er leap fer him.
"Dat settled it ; I'se knew what ter
ketch 'im wid. I'se just caught er
bee an' put de hook in between ie
wings , where it wouldn't hurt him.
Den Ise casted. Yah , yah ! he ! he !
Dat trout he made one leap an' he had
de bee ; but de fight was awful. He
done paid no 'tention .ter me , but he
an' de bee wuz er-havin' it out and
how dey did fight ! Ise got him on de
bank at last , and dere's whar my
trouble came in. Ise opened his mouth
ter get de hook out , when out flew dat
bee , and he wuz mad. Yes , sah , he
just been er-waitin' fer me , Ise know ,
an' he landed plumb on my nose.
Youse see de result. But dat's only
part ob it. De trout he swelled up de
same way. He wuz five pounds when
Ise first ketched him , but when he
v/as done swellin' he was too heavy ter
carry home. "
We silently left Ike to continue his
mournful contemplation of the lake.
Harper's Round Table.
Nailed the Baby Dovrn.
Tommy Teale was just six years old.
Today was his birthday , but instead
of having a good time to celebrate
such a grand event he had to take care
of the baby. The mother had gone out
on some errands and left him all alone
with his little sister. Tommy felt very ,
very badly to think such a thing had
to happen on his birthday , and besides
little Nellie cried a great deal.
He did not know what to do with
her , of course , he loved her dearly , but
did not enjoy taking care of her when
she was fretful.
As he stood at the window Ned
Brown came out to play on the side
walk.
"Come out , Tommy ! "
"I can't , " shouted back the little pris
oner , "I've got to tend the baby. "
"Shut the door tight , and she can't
get out ! " screamed Ned.
Tommy thought it over. He knew
more about babies than Ned Brown
did. He thought Nellie might burn her
self , or pull the cover off the table and
break the lamp , or some other thing
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that babies seem to love to do. Ah !
a bright idea came into Tommy's head.
He ran quickly to the closet , got the
hammer and tacks and then went over
to his baby sister and drove three tacks !
right through her pretty little dress ,
fastening her down tight to the floor.
When this was down he ran out of
doors as fast as his little fat legs could i
carry him. In such a hurry was ho to 1
get to play that he neglected to shut
the door tightly.
In about an hour Tommy's mother
returned , and much to her surprise she >
found her baby daughter out on the top i
step ! Both her chubby arms and dim- {
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pled neck were bare , for she had no
dress on. Her mother picked her up
and carried her into the sitting room.
There was the little frock nailed to the
floor , in , torn condition , showing how
v < ? ry bard baby must have struggled to
get away , and of course , it had to bo
put into the rag. bag.
Tommy came In soon after and was
very much astonished at what hi3 mo-
ther told him.
"I never did see such a baby , " he
said. "I thought you only wished to
keep her out of mischief , and I felt sure
the nails would do that ! "
Tommy's mother shook her head , aa
much as to say , "I never did see such a
boy ! " San Francisco Call.
The Bnffalo'd Debt to the Flnmtnco.
The buffalo is used as a beast of bur-
den in Java. Everywhere you see them
grazing lazily in the fields or dragging
carts or plows. It is a clumsy animal.
Thick folds of superfluous fat and skin
hang jc about its neck and limbs , and a
constant stream of perspiration runs
from its almost hairless body. A beautiful -
tiful pair of crescent-shaped horns
adorn the forehead of this tropical
horse. Flocks of flamingoes and white
cranes strut and fly in and out among
these beasts.
On one occasion I saw a beautiful
flamingo parading up and down upon
the back of a buffalo cow , which was
lying almost immersed in a mud hole
by tlje roadside. This bird was feasting
his tropical appetite by picking insects
and other unwelcome visitors from the
shining back of this mammoth beast.
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This kind of thoughtfulness on the
part ] of the flamingo is much appreciated -
ciated by the cow , and I am convinced
there exists between them a pure , platonic -
tonic friendship.
Hutnmlnc-Bimn.
It was long thought ( says a writer
in Chamber's Journal ) that hummingbirds -
birds would not live in confinement , <
and this idea is so far correct that , al-
though * easily tamed , they will not live 4
long } in captivity if fed only on syrup ,
If confined to this food they die in a
month or two , apparently starved ;
whereas , if kept in a small room , the
windows of which are covered with I
fine 1 net , so as to allow insects to enter , j
they 1 may be preserved for a considerable -
ble 1 time in health and beauty. Their j
nests ] are very curious ; many of them
are j cup-shaped and very small , sometimes -
times i no larger than the half of a wal
nut shell , and they are often beauti
fully decorated on the outside with
lichens , so as exactly to resemble the
branch in the fork of which they are
placed. j They are formed of cottony sub \
stances < and are lined inside with fibers
as ; fine and soft as silk.
The nests of other species are ham
mock-shaped , and are suspended to
creepers , ; the Pichincha humming-bird
has been known to attach its nest tea
a straw rope hanging in a shed ; their
eggs are white , and they never lay
,
more than one or two.
Once , when on the Amazon , Mr. Wal
lace had a nest of young hummingbirds -
birds brought to him , which he tried
to feed on syrup , supposing that they
would be fed on honey by their parents.
To his surprise , however , they not only - '
ly would not swallow the liquid , but '
nearly choked themselves in their efforts -
forts to eject it. He then caught some
very small flies and dropped one into
the wide-open mouth ot the poor little
orphan humming-bird ; it closed instantly -
stantly with a satisfied gulp and opened
again for more. The little creatures ,
he found , demanded fifteen or twenty
flies : each in succession before they .
were satisfied , and the process of feed
ing and fly-catching together required
so ; much time that he was reluctantly
compelled to abandon them to their
fate.
A Oat Story.
Many strange anecdotes have Been
related which seem to show almost hu
man intelligence and reasoning powers
in animals ; but the following true in
cident , furnished by a correspondent
of Youth's Companion , suggests the
possession of even higher qualities :
On a farm in Indiana there were two
cats , and in the barn each had a nest
of , kittens about the same
age , on opposites -
posites sides of the haymow. One of
the cats fell sick ; she had a little
cough , and wasted away till it became
apparent that she would not long be
able to take care of her family.
One day the two old cats were noticed
sitting on a beam in the barn , and the
observer was impressel by something
unusual in their actions. They seemed
to be absorbed in the consideration of
seme important question.
After this had lasted for some time
the well and strong cat got down from
the beam , and going to the nest of her
afflicted friend proceeded to carry the
kittens from it one by one to her own
nest on the other side of the haymow.
The dying mother watched every
motion of her sympathetic friend until
the last kitten had been safely trans
ferred to the home of the other fam
ily , and then she dragged herself from
the beam , went out of the barn and
was never seen again.
The other cat brought up both fam-
ilies as one , treating all alike , until
th y were old enough to shift for * hea-
selves.
Wanted to Co Home. I
The two small boys who wanted to
fight Indians had gotten some distance
from home. The romance had dwindled
and a discouragement which neither
liked to confess had taken possession.
"Look here , " said one of them at
last , "I've been playin' I'm Sierra Sam i
for two days now , haven't I ? " j
"Yes , " was the reply. i
"Well , I'm kind o * tired o' that game. 1
I think I'll " ' > '
play the prodigal son.
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J what to Do With Hard-Bollpd Effg * . f t , * 1 |
• A man sent his daughter to buy four I , H
eggs. She bought them nnd he put/ J riUUmM
j them in a sauce pun to boil , sayinff to t jl B
1 "Just " look * at those cjrgs , will JovgLS j M M
and take them out when they \iH
done. " , . , , . | aalllfl
I I He went away and came back in halt f fl H
an hour. Finding the eggs still boil- ) \M \ H
, \ ing , ho cooly took them off , put thorn 1 AJ.HH
j I cold | water , dried thorn and said to his i fj M
daughter : \ |
"Take those eggs back and say you ) /'ft - afl
wanted ducks' eggs , and if they have ' J | H
no ducks' eggs , bring the money jl H
back. ' " §
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IMieiiomeno n.
A Vfondorful
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The man who should , pass through Hfo t JI H
without oxporionclntwhijju of indigestion. . W H
might ] bo lltly regarded us u wondorful. . plie- § _
? dbubt Prlvileg.od
nomonon. * o If such H
mortal has ever existed. Itt-o. wo have _ _ B
never seen him. But thousands are known JB
to bo dally relieved of dyspepsia by Ilostet- jB
tor's Stomach Bitters , the popular remedy /9 _ B
for that truly tiutlonal complaint , as well us VB )
for fever and ugne. debility , constipation , < jB
rheumatism and kidney troubles. -llB
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What a Broken Chain Did. / !
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A broken bicycle chain stopped the ) |
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operation of an entire street railway • ( > j H
system in Chicago recently. The chain _ _ B
parted and fell from a wheel with one J i
_ _ _
end | in the slot of an underground trol- > 1 _ |
ley j line. One end of the chain touched y | H
the trolley wire , and the other re- -B |
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mained outside , forming a short cir'l Ij H
cuit. All the cars suddenly refused to j | H
work. The trouble was finally distf ' 4 H
covered by a track-walker , who saw a < k | H
blue flame where the chain and track , Jy 3 _ B
were crossed. When the chain was ' i
- _ _
removed the operation of the cars was * Sf ! HH
resumed. Exchange. i |
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Two bottles of Piso's Cure for Consump- ' J _ _ |
tion cured me of a bad lung trouble. Mrs.r „ * i / 4 B
J. Nichols , Princeton , Ind. March 20 , 1803. f y J
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A Census Experience. ) if |
In the recent of the of
census county , "iH
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London ] , the occupier of a tenement "l B
handed ] b.ack a blank paper to the col'f * H
lector ] with a confused statement that |
it i did not apply to her. "And where , H
do you live then ? " asked the bemud- ! H
died enumerator , after a lon < r struggle ; H
to 1 disentangle witness. "Where do I t B
live ? W'y , w'ere should I live but in i H
myown'ome ? " "Well , where is your | H
home ] ? " "This is my 'orae , of course H
it j is. " "But you just now said that H
you : did not sleep here last night" "No j H
more did J. I never slept a minute all B
night j long , and my 'usband ' 11 tell 'o H
the same. " Household Words. B
HaU'fl Catarrh Cum / H
Is a constitutional cure. Price , 75c B
Many of the horse shoos Ubcd iu Australia - . H
lia 1 are inudo of cowhide. f H
Man is name of honor for u king. Chap- / ' H
man. ' l _ H
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Your nerves upon rich , red blood and you will ( ! M
not be nervous. Blood Is made rich and pure by \ * H
Sarsapariila * I
The One True Blood rur.fler. AH drugglst3. $1fc H
Hood's Pills are always reliable. 25cents. / H
Why i pay the sanie - _
price for the inferior "just f G _ H
as good" when you " fPlIlw * _ H
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| | VELVETEEN ,
SKIRT BINDING JH
by asking and insisting ? j B
If your dealer WILL NOT l M
supply you we will. B
Samples sroun ' ng labels and tr.alzrials mailed frez. |
" Home Dressmaking Made Fasy. " a nev72 psga mW
took ! by Miss Emma M. Hooper.ofthe Ladies'Home mm
ioumai. tells in plain words hov. ' to make dresses a' H
ome without pre /ious trainingmaiJedfor25c. ; . mm\ \
S. H. &M. Co. , P. O. Box 650 , N. Y. City. B
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THE UNIVERSITY CF HOTflE DAME.
Xotre Hume , IniHmiu. \
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Full Conn.in Canity Istitn , Scnir. . Law , nil * . If- _ _ _ _ _ _
eliaolril an I Efrrlrlral rnn rriitr. Thorough [ YrpinUrr H
end Innnn.rclal lour.es. Uumi trr < " to ill atu cnts waa H
have cumplPteJ thrttwllcc reqoinsl r < > r&-tmli lnn into \ _ _ M
the Junior . or Srnlor leir. or uny of the ColIeiMe _ _ U
Courses. A llmitel uuralx-r or CanJMutoi tor the HH
Ecclcsi . itical state will b * received Rt special rttes. HH
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St. MwartT. Half , or fcojs ui der n years is unique In _ |
completeness t ts fn.uipm'ntt Tui 105th Term -nlll _ |
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open September JMU. C.t.lv- % cent r e onpnti - _ i
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SOUTH P ! a@Himi tm
west ntidduuniD
The best fruit section la the WeM. No ? % . _
? ? SHlh A falure of crops ncvir known. Y _ i
Mild climate , irodnutive & 01I. Abundance or I ' < _
good pure water. " H
For Maps and Circulars giving lull descrlp- W\\\ \
tion of the Rich .Mineral. Fruit and Agrfcultu- _ |
ral Lands ' in bouth West Mi-pouri. writ" to _ |
JOHN' M. l'UKDY. Manager of the I.Iis ouri
Land and Live Stock Company , Neosho. Newton -
ton Co. , Missouri. _ M
& 2ft 17 V7E PAT CAS" WEEKLY a-i.1 ' A. \ \ k
ST27 ? S iJS a wnnt men erprywlM-re to SELL _ W
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IfinO"absolutely be < t. "Superioutntj. .
WJ1LiL \ new rtem.STATlKBROTHF.RS , . _
LocisiASA , Mo. , BocsroaT , III. / j H
, PATENTS , CLAIMS ' /
PENSIONS , . . . *
Late Principal .
Esaalner U. 'e. Panslra Eieii _
• * jrv. la hut war. U < uijud.catins elatca. Mj. .mc ]
- ffoi r3-1 1 * Tanks \ _ _ _ \
TH-S ! 21 a\ hpMJtOWKST . prices.
"mWEKKKTCHMER. . lied pale. la. H
flPilMHa ! , JLCaredE't-lI . Thousands ' _
U T 3 U ill S" " ' Cheapest acd best cure. FsE Sf
Statcease. Da.Ifaasu. QuincjMIchT
LINDSEY * OMAHA RUBSERST * " 1
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mention this paper. 1 _ _
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