Dakota County Horald
DAKOTA CITY, NIB.
John H. Rianif
Publlahei
Beverai otnpr inings oosiaes college
football nec-d reforming.
It begins to look n though Wore
Jong Dr. Cook ran t belong to anything
xcept church.
"Cost or living" ay be borne pa
tiently. It Is what, it coats merely to
exist that hurts.
Halley's cornet has thus far len
overlooked ns a cause of high prices.
Why this oversight?
The digits of 1910 add tip H- Tnls
Indicates flint the price of Ice will
advance next spring.
When times change men and women
hould change with them. Living In
the past Is a lonesome life.
A century hence It may bo possible
to pick up a newspaper without find
ing therein some, reference to Rocke
feller. Perhaps that mathematical boy won
der can help some by reducing 999,
99,99fl causes for high prices to 57 un
derstandable varieties.
Dr. Cook's own ATotic club has
jounced him. It appears to be a repeti
tion of the old story of the serpent's
tooth and the thankless child.
New York playwright became crazy
after finishing a vaudeville sketch.
Bis case was remarkable chiefly be
cause the insanity developed after.
Ona of the New York managers says
there are too many theaters In this
country, but the one night-stand player
will stick to the theory that the thea
ters are too far apart.
But before Congress can do much
bout the cost of living most of the
Congressmen will have to deliver some
Impassioned addresses to be read by
the folks hack home.
Mr. Morse says he Is the victim of
"the most brutal sentence ever pro
nounced against a citizen of a civilized
country." Mr. MorBe, therefore, Is a
martyr. Kindly heave a sigh for him.
France is far from being the child
less country that some writers picture
ft. The recent census shows no fewer
than thirty-five thousand families In
that country which rejoice In ten or
more children each, and over one and
one-fourth million families having at
least five children each.
Both Mrs. Wells and Mrs. Fargo will
fcave new gowns at once. The stock
shares of the Wella-Fargo company re
cently rose from 519 to G60 in the mar-
ket, following the distribution of a
dividend which showed a profit of 300
per cent on $16,000,000 of capital
some of which Is actually invested.
The composite character of the
American people to-day could hardly
be shown in a more striking way than
by the fact that a leaflet in ten dif
ferent languages has just been au
thorlzed by a elothlng-mukers' union,
In order to inform Its members of
present conditions In the trade and
the advantages of organization.
Not even the strenuous attainments
of "advanced" and "emancipated"
womanhood can smother the blessed
Instincts of sympathy and pity in the
feminine heart. When an athletic.
Chicago girl caught a burglar in her
homo the other night, she first over
powered him single-handed, and then,
listening to his pitiful plea that he
was driven to crime by hunger, gave
him a square meal and set him free.
Cleveland school children bid fair
to become the champion spellers of
the country. They are required to
learn only two new words a day, or
ten words a week. At the end of
very eight weeks they are tested In
a spelling bee, and almost every child
spells all the words correctly. This
System is based on the truth enunci
ated in the chorus of the song, "Every
little' bit added to what you've got
makes a little bit more."
If Swinburne used a rhyming die
tlonary and thereby became a great
poet, as has been recently alleged, it
is a pity that many of the embryo
poets of the present Gay could not be
supplied with the same brand of rbyin
Ing dictionary. For, whatever the rea
on may be, there is at the present
day a dearth of genuine poetry. There
la much rhyming, much bright dog
gerel, and occasionally ambitious at
tempts at blank verse, but the results
of the latter are usually dreary. Few
modern poets, but Walt Whitman, ap
pear to have possessed strength
nough to make un rhymed metrical
lines a vehicle of expression. The age
seeds a great poet. In the past CO
years the leading nations have devel
oped virtually a new civilization, a
new morality, new standards, a new
sociology. What a great field lies be
fore a poet with genius enough to be
to this age what Homer was to the
ancient world; what Virgil was to the
Latins; what Dunte was to the me
dieval thought: what Shakespeare was
to the Elizabethans, and what Tenny
son was 'to the Victorian age. The
poets of 'be past, with their wonderful
psychic powers, anticipated modern
development along inuny lines; but
there are Ideas evolved from modem
Inventions and discoveries, from eco
noniU- and political development, and
from sociological changes, thut they
never could have thought of, and thut
am groaning to ha delivered in ade
quate poetic exprc&dion. There is also
a morality higher and liner thun uny
thing coureivtd of 111 the past, iiius
mucb as it embraces tti wholw human
brotherhood. There ere beautiful
theories of liberty in ancient and me
dieval times, but the body politic rent
ed upon a system of sis very that gavo
sly the favored fsw ltlsurs for fa-
tellectiial development. The nnlver-
salUy of human rights la a conception
whose full poetic meaning could be
embodied In Immortal verse only by a
man of the age that has seen It act
ually wrought Into human institutions.
Leopold II., who died recently at the
age of 74 years, was the second king
of the riulglans. Belgium became In
dependent In 1S:U, when It separated
itself from the Netherlands and elect
ed the prince of Haxe-Coburg Gotha,
Leopold's father, as Its first king.
Since that time the kingdom has
grown and prospered. With one-quarter
the Hrea of the state of New York,
it contains about the same population.
There Is an average of one person for
every inhabitable acre in the whole
country. The growing density of popu
lation early attrac ted the attention of
Iopold, and he began to look abroad
for an opportunity for colonial expan
nIon. After Stanley had failed to in
terest Gladstone, and through him
England, In the development of the
Congo basin, Leopold sent, for the great
explorer and gave him $2f0,000 toward
the expenses of his expedition of com
mercial Investigation In the Congo re
gion. The Congo Free State was
formed as a result of the report which
Stanley made, and I;opold became its
protector and practical owner. In 1908
he turned over to Belgium his rights
In the state, and it Is hereafter to be
governed by the Belgian parliament.
Great abuses marked Ieopold's admin
istration of the Congo Stale, and his
reign will be notorious for them; but
the fact remains that he was the only
European monarch willing to assume
responsibility for the attempt to civil
ize that part of Africa. At home the
king was a constitutional ruler in the
most democratic kingdom In Europe.
He was active. In co-operation with
Belgian capitalists, In developing the
foreign and domestic trade of the coun
try, and was long regarded as a type
of the modern man of affairs in public
life. In his private life the dead king
seemed to be devoid of moral sense,
and outraged all the decencies. He is
succeeded by his nephew, Albert, who
Is loved by the Belgians because ho
possesses those moral qualities which
his uncle lacked.
"The dog is man's companion; the
elephant Is his slave," writes Sir Sam
uel W. Maker In "Wild Beasts and
Their Ways." The dog shares with
his master the delight of hunting, and
defends him from an enemy's attack;
but an enemy might kill an elephant's
mahout, and the huge beast would not
Interfere to save him. Te never vol
unteers his services, although he can
be trained to do certain acts, for he
has a wonderful capacity for learning.
But he will not do them unless he is
ordered to by his mahout, to whose
guidance he submits, because he knows
that disobedience will bring punish
ment.
The mahout, sitting on the elephant's
neck, governB the animal by an iron
hook and spike, which resembles a
boat-hook, and weighs from four to
six pounds. The mahout drives the
elephant by digging the point of the
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spike into its neaa, ana puns mm duck ;
bv inserting the hook in the tender ,
t, nf ih ears Without the hook
the elephant Is like the donkey with-
out the stick, lie obeys not from af
fection, but because he knows that he
w ill be punished If he disobeys.
An elephant whose mahout rules him
responds to the secret signs of bis
driver. Tho gentle pressure of the
mahout's toe, the compression of his
knee, the delicate touch of his heel,
or the slightest swaying of his body
to one side, guides the mighty beast
as a ship Is guldud by an almost Im
perceptible movement of the rudder.
But the mahout must himself be cool
and free from all nervousness If he
expects the elephant to obey him.
Illustrating the fact that a poor
driver makes a disobedient elephant,
Sir Samuel says that a man may sit
a horse gracefully, but lr he has not
the gift of a "good band there will
be little comfort for the animal and
no ease for tha rider. A rider with
a uaa nana makes mat xaci Known
to the horse almost as soon as he seats
himself in the saddle. The result Is
that the horse becomes nervous, and
does not perceive what his master
wishes him to do.
Tbe elephant Is not bitted, and there -
fore is not disturbed by a "bad hand."
But if the mahout Is nervous, or hesl-
tates, or vacillates, he will be sure to
have a "bad knee" or a "bad toe." His
mood will Influence his muscles, and
the elephant feels that the mahout
does not exactly know what he Is
about. Instead of obeying Instantly
j the pressure of knee or toe, the animal
vacillates, swings his head, becomes
unsteady, and If engaged in hunting
or scenting a tiger, turns round and
runs away - made a coward by his ma
hout's nervousness.
Cook I iiK Your Umh,
The phrase, "I'll cook your goose foi
you," originated In this manner: Eric,
king of Sweden, coming to a certain
town, besieged It, but, having few sol
diers, was obliged to desist. The In
habitants In derision hung out from
the walls a goose on a pole. Later
Eric returned with re-enforcements
and In reply to the challenge of the
heralds observed that he had come "to
cook their gooso for them" and pro
ceeded to storm the town and rnuke it
hot for the Inhabitants.
Apuroprlulv Teudrury.
"How does Johlilus expect to do this
year?"
"Ills business ouilook Is a grave
one."
"Why? la he In trouble?"
"No; he's an undertaker." Balti
more American.
Mtrrarr 1'crlla.
"A great deul that you bihj In print
nowadays is dangerous and mislead
Ing," said the conservative citizen.
"Yes," answered tho dyspeptic, -
peclally In cook books." Washington.
Star.
THOMAS AND NANCY LINCOLN.
'Fit us for humblest service,"
This kindly, reverent man.
Content to hold a lowly place
In God's eternal plnn;
Content, by prairie, wood and i
The common lot to share,
Or help a neighbor In hla need
Pome grievous weight to bear-
Then trustfully resigned the life
Thut bad fulfilled bis prayer.
And she In Indiana's grave
This many a year who lies
Mother and wife whose yearning soul
Looked sadly from her eves
Who, dying, called her children close
Ae the last shadow fell,
And bade them ever worship Ood
And love each other well-
Then to her forest grave was borne,
The wind her funeral knell!
Ho drear so lone who could have
dreamed
The boy her bed beside.
Forth from that cabin door would walk
Among earth's glorified?
But, lo! his name from sea to sea
Gives patriotism wings;
Upon his brow a crown is set
Grander than any king's;
And to these fumelcss graveB his fume
Tender remembrance brings.
Ah! still the humblo God doth choose
The mighty to confound:
Ptlll them thut fear and follow him
His angel campeth round;
And while by Indiana's woods
Ohio, murmuring, flows.
And Illinois' green levels shine
In sunset's parting glows
While Lincoln's name Is dear, our
hearts
Will hallow their repose.
Edna Dean Proctor in the Independ
ent .
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A Floral Valentine
The life of Ninette Harding was not
;o be envied. That of tho maiden aunt
making her home with her sister, and
that sister having a family of growing
children, seldom is.
Ninette Harding's mother, left a wid
ow while her daughters were mere
K'r,s' ne consumed with the idea
that th one wnv tn hrnvMa ,,-..
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tulu, u' "er
lu "mil, uinu on. Ana oi course
iftora' WK lne ol(U,r. must be disposed
of first
Therefore it was that Jack Hilton
had every opportunity to see and know
Nora well, while of Ninette he knew
little. Nevertheless it was to Ninette's
knowledge of Jack Hilton,- more than
to any other factor, that Mrs. Harding
could have charged her utter failure
In disposing of her second daughter ac
rordlng to hor fancy
After Jack went west Nora took the
next man who came and was "haputy
ever alter. mat is, as happy as
she deserved to be. Not so Ninette,
Now, when Silos Harding died he
left money enough to provide well for
hU children without the process of
"marrying off' Instituted by his wid
ow. But said widow was a "good man
ager" that Is, she managed to dispose
of all the extra funds and when she
departed this earth, soon after he
elder daughters marriage, she left
nothing but the beautiful residence
where Mr. and Mrs. Jones had already
taken up their abode, much to her
' chagrin and disapproval.
she did not believe in children re-
I malning at home, she said; but that
uiade little difference to Ned and Nora.
Ned Jones was poor; he believed he
was marrying an helresB. If that beau
tlful stone house was all she was hei
to, at least they would have that
They completely Ignored Ninette'
ihara in the house, and appropriated
everything to themselves. Ninette
had a home there on sufferance, lest
1 ahe should attempt to claim her own
Income she had none. Therefore she
took a position In one of the city
dry goods emporiums," and, as mlgh
have been expected under the clrcum
stances, most of her wages went t
help tide over family expenses,
soon her salary was nearly as large
as the Incompetent Ned's.
So matters stood when Juck Hilton
came home from the West, and, pass
ing the Hurdlng house, recalled Nora's
blue eyes. Turning to a little shaver
landing on the sidewalk, he asked:
"Does Miss Harding live here still?''
Now, there had been but one Miss
Harding within the memory of this
small man, therefore he answered
truthfully:
"Yeth. thlr."
Jack Hilton had arrived at the time
of life when a man discovers that
it Is not good to be alone, and as he
was perfectly plain with himself about
the matter, why should not we be with
the reader? lie hud come home to seek
a wife.
Not thut there were no women In
the West. It had only chanced that
he hud not found the right one In
that longitude.
Now he remembered the flowers he
used to send to Nora Harding how
tenderly she cared for them; the pot
ted plant never lacked water, the palm
was never dusty, tbt Easter lily bloom-
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ed the second Easter, the bouquet was
always exquisitely rearranged.
He wondered why he had not mar
ried Nora then, they both loved flowers
so. He remembered how she used to
laugh when he complimented her upon
her garden or potted plants, and how
she would pretend not to know one
flower from another, and how It an
gered him then. Well, she would have
outlived such pranks by now.
So thinking, he turned Into a flor
ist's, and then he remembered it was
St. Valentine's Day.
"White roses and hyacinths bordered
with heliotrope," he said to the flor
ist. To himself he muttered: "Roses
and hyacinths they're for love; hello
trope, that's devotion. Strange how a
fellow will remember those things!"
On the reverse side of his card,
hlch he gave to the florist to send
with the flowers, he wrote:
"Read my floral message, O my Val
entine!" Then, feeling that he was
making a fool of himself, he gave the
address, "Miss N. Harding."
Of course he would have to follow
his valentine and pay a call to this old-
time divinity of his, and as he walked
on he grew quite nervous over the
coming event. Nothing gives a man
better opinion of himself than Im
maculate gloves. He would indulge
in a new pair. He entered a store to
make the purchase, and there behind
the glove counter he found his di
vinity. Not she of the blue eyes for whom
he had purchased the flowers, but his
Ideal, whom he had been looking for
through long years. How did he recog
nize her? Well, he did not know, but
certain It was that she recognized him,
too.
Yes, O blind man, she recognized
you us Jack Hilton, her Ideal, whom
she had loved since early girlhood, and
waited for through long, silent years,
with only faith in God to bid her
hope. And you you took that radiant
look of joy that roused your heart's
blood and made you cry out: "Here is
my ideal, my twin soul!" for a gleam
from a fancy as Idle as your own.
Jack Hilton felt no more nervous
ness about the call which he resolved
to pay that afternoon. Ho would laugh
over the Valentino business In some
way, and close that chapter quickly.
When Ninette Harding reached home
at noon her little niece ran to meet
her with a beautiful though somewhat
disarranged bouquet in her hand, cry
ing: "Oh, Aunt Nettie! Aunt Nettle! S?e
what some one sent you!"
And Nora called from the dining
room, where she already was at lunch:
"Oh, Ninette, would you believe it?
Jack Hilton Is homo, and he sent you
a most lovely bouquet, to announce
himself, I suppose. Used to send them
to me by the score; you remember, for
you always took care of them. The
silly goose! The child is Just wild
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over them; I couldn't keep them away
from her."
Ninette set her teeth hard, but took
the flowers and said nothing, accord
ing to her custom. As she straight
ened up the rumpled ones her eyes
noted tho message which her meddle
some sister had not spied.
She took the bouquet to her own
room, and that afternoon she wore,
pinned to her coat, a bunch of flowers
a rosebud, a Roman hyacinth and a
sprig of heliotrope.
In the meantime Jack Hilton had
learned from relatives 4the Hardings'
near neighbors) the whole "lay of the
land" at the Harding) home, and In the
course of these Inquiries it dawned
upon him who his divinity of the
glove counter was; and when he met
her on the way to the store that after
noon they shook hands as old friends
who were not sure at their first rec
ognition but doubly glad at second
meeting, he received her gracious
thanks for the bouquet that, after all,
had not gone astray, with a thankful
heart.
Suffice It to say that Mrs. Ned Jones
knoweth not to this present day that
Jack Hilton's bouquet was meant for
her, and that Mrs. Jack Hilton is ig
norant at this present writing that her
valentine was sent before Jack Hilton
saw his fate across a glove counter,
and lost his heart (which he was pre
pared to lose) at the first glance.
Cynthia Doering.
l.ot Ilia A pole.
During a public reception at the
White House a farmer from one of the
border counties of Virginia told the
President that the Union soldiers in
passing his farm had helped them
selves not only to hay but his horse!
and he hoped the President would
urge the proper officer t consider his
claim Immediately.
Mr. Lincoln said that this reminded
him of an old acquaintance of his,
Jack Chase, who used to be a lumber
man on the Illinois, a steady, sober
man and the best raftsman on the
river. It was quite a trick to take the
logs over the rapids, but Jack was
skillful with the raft and always kept
it straight in the channel.
Finally a steamer was put on and
Jack was made captain of the boat. He
always used to take the wheel himself
In going through the rapid. One day
when the boat was plunging and wal
lowing In the boiling current and
Jack's utmost skill was being em
ployed to keep the steamer In the nar
row channel a boy pulled his coat tall
and yelled out to him:
"Say, mister Captain, stop your boat
a minute; I've lost my apple over
board." Strongest Maa In Ilia Town.
"In the meantime," says the "Every
Day Life of Abraham Lincoln," "Abe
had become not only the longest but
the strongest man In the settlement.
BY MARIE F. 3VIPT
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Soma of his feats almost surpass belief,
and those who beheld them with their
own eyes stood literally amazed. Rich
ardson, a neighbor, declares that he
could carry a load to which the
strength of three ordinary men would
scarcely be equal. He saw him quietly
pick up and walk away with 'a
chicken house, mado of poles pinned
together, and covered, that weighed
COO, If not much more.' At another
time the Riehardsons were building a
corncrtb; Abe was there, and seeing
three or four men preparing 'sticks'
upon which to carry some huge posts,
he relieved them of all further trouble
by shouldering the posts, single hand
ed, and walking away with them to
the place where they were wanted. 'He
could strike with a maul,' says old Mr.
Wood, 'a heavier blow than any other
man. He could sink an ax deeper Into
the wood than any .man I ever saw.' "
('Million of Ihe Uob;.
Lincoln could not sympathize with
those Union generals whx were prono
to Indulge In big promises, but who
never accomplished anything. In
speaking of a general of this type one
day he said:
"These fellows remind me of a man
who owned a dog which, so he said,
just hungered and thirsted to eat up
wolves. It was a difficult matter, so
the owner declared, to keep that dog
from devoting the entire twenty-four
hours of each day to tho destruction
of wolves.
"One day a party of this man's
friends decided to have a wolf hunt,
and as this particular dog was so fero
cious, they said they wouldn't take any
other dog. The man who owned the
dog didn't seem overanxious to go on
the hunt, but he finally consented, and
the party, accompanied by the fero
cious wolf-dog, started out.
"At last they sighted some wolves
and tried to 'sic' the dog on them. He
whined and whimpered, but they final
ly kicked some enthusiasm Into him
and started him after the wolves.
Wolves and dog soon disappeared in
the timber.
"The hunting party got no trace of
the chase until after a few miles they
came to a farmhouse, where they saw
a man hanging over the fence.
" 'Have you seen anything of a wolf
dog and a pack of wolves around here?"
asked the hunters.
" 'Yep,' was the short answer.
"'How were they going?'
" "Pretty fast.'
""'What was their position when you
saw them?'
'"'Well,' replied the farmer, 'the dog
was a leetle ahead.'
"Now, gentlemen," concluded the
President, "that's the position In which
you find most of these bragging gen
erals when they get into a fight with
the enemy. That's why I don't like
military orators."
Cor Valentine' Hr.
What though the skies be cold
gray
And winds be wild and shrill.
and
Loco's messenger shall nnd nls
Across the valo and hill:
way
For sunlight he shall have your face,
For stars two eyes that shine
Where my hourt has its dwelling
place
Your own, dear Valentine!
lie turns to neither left nor right,
lint straight ahead he goes;
Ills guide is Hope, whose footstep light
Tho surest pathway knows:
lie bears my message In his scrip,
A song whose every line
Shall turn to music on your lip,
My own deur Valentine!
Oh, when you hear his eager knock
Upon the door begin,
Make haste to lift tho heavy lock
And bid young Cupid In.
Glad then shall gleam the skies above.
And glad this heart of mine
To bo at last with her I love
With you, dear Valentine!
Indies' Home Journal.
ot Taking; Chanca.
One day at a meeting of the Cabinet,
it being at the time when it seemed as
it war with England and France could
not be avoided, Secretary of State Sew
ard and Secretary of War Stanton
warmly advocated that the United
States maintain an attitude the result
of which would have been a declara
tion of hostilities by the powers men
tioned. "But why run the greater risk when
we can take the smaller one?" asked
the President. "The less risk we run
tho better for us. That reminds me of
a story I heard a day or two ago, the
hero of which was on the firing line
during a recent battle, where the bul
lets were flying thick. Finally his cour
age gave way entirely, and, throwing
down his gun, he run for dear life.
"As he was Hying along at top
speed he came across an officer, who
drew his revolver and shouted: 'Oo
back to your regiment at once, or I
will shoot you.'
" 'Shoot and be hanged!' the soldier
exclaimed. 'What's one bullet to a
whole hatful?'"
Ham Raanlt, Anva.
"Why don't you go to the picnic?"
"Aw, I'm too tired. Let's soak a
few sandwiches in lemonade and eat
'em on tho kitchen floor." Washing
ton Uerald.
FACTS IN TABLOID FORM.
Two bushels of olives give three gal
lons of oil.
Roi.Vt veal Is the least digestible of
butcher's meat. It takes five and a
half hours to digest. Roast goosa
takes two and a half hours.
A piano stool that will nccommodato
but one person under ordinary circum
stances, but which contains leaves
which can be Bpread to hold two to
play duets, has been invented by &
Chicagoan.
At nine Paganlnl was composing
sonatas, while Malfe, the great Irish,
composer, it is claimed, wrote "Lovcr'
Mistake," a song which was sung by
the prima donna, Mme. Vestrls, In
the drama "Paul Pry."
Chung Ling, n priest of Buddha,
well versed In all the mysterious
knowledge that Is secreted in thoso
mystic temples of the plains of China,
is a student in the Franklin school
night class for foreigners, Washing
ton. Gertrude E. Curtis, of Bradford,
Pa., is the first colored woman dentist.
She passed the final examination in
the College of Dental Surgery, In
Philadelphia, with high honors, and
Intends to begin active practice with
out delay. She believes dentistry Is
one of the best professions for wom
en, and has encournged several col
ored girls to take up the study.
The coal market of the Argentins
Republic, heretofore supplied almost
exclusively from Great Britain, is to
be Invaded by American coal mined
in West Virginia and exported from
Norfolk. The first cargo Is being
loaded in the British tramp steamer
London Bridge, bound for Puerto la
Plata. West Virginia coal, it is as
serted, can be put in Argentine 25
cents cheaper than British coal.
Writing from Calcutta, Consul
Perry says that It has been found
that the skin of the rat is well adapt
ed to a variety of purposes such as
the binding of books, the making of
purses, gloves and other articles for
use and adornment. It Is stated that
already the traffic in this commodity
amounts to about $250,000 a year in
Great Britain, and advertisements
have appeared for supplies of skins,
of the brown rat in lot3 of 100 to
10,000.
Most members of the upper house
possess more than one title, and not
a few have a large number. The duTie
of Abercorn Is holder of four Scotch,
four Irish and two British peerages.
The marquis of Lansdowne has one
Scotch, five Irish and two British
titles. Other peers who are well
equipped in this respect are the duke
of Norfolk (seven), the marquis of
Breadalbane (eight), the duke of Port
land (five), the duke of Devonshire
(five) and the duke of Northumber
land (six). Westminster Gazette.
The German diamond fields in south
west Africa are still yielding a goodly
supply of extremely small diamonds,
but some reports Indicate that the in
dustry will he short-lived. Dr. Kutj
Buckeburg, after spending eighteen
months in the neighborhood, explained
the situation to the Cologne branch of
the Deutsche Kolonlal Geseilschaft
He said that the diamonds were su
perior in their form and brilliancy to
those of the British South African
mines, but that so far no stone had
been found weighing more than a sin
gle karat.
Reade's literary work was, Sir Rob
ert Anderson remarks, a rare combina
tion of genius and plodding. A brass
scuttle which stood by the fireplace
held the Illustrated and other papers
which reached him week by week.
From these he culled anything that
took h Infancy, and the cuttings were
thrown into a companion scuttle, to
be afterward inserted In scrap books
and duly indexed. Materials for hit
novels and plays were thus supplied
or suggested. The accurady of his de
scriptions of events and places was
phenomenal. Blackwood's Magazine.
At nineteen Charles XII., king ol
Sweden, with 10,000 troops, routed
50,000 Russians under Peter the Great
at Narva; George Washington was s
major; "Carro del Cieolo" came from
the Spanish pen of Calderon; Wllkio,
the English painter, painted his "Pity
lessie Fair," containing 140 figures,
regarded as one of the most complete
con vases of the period; Tennyson wo
the chancellor's medal at Cambridge
University for his poem, "Timbuctoo,"
and Klopstock conceived and com
posed a good part of his "Messiah,"
the great work which gave such im
pulse and impetus to German litera
ture and fired the geniu3 of the Fa
therland. Massacnuseiia, .ew iotk, Virginia
and Kentucky were the foremost
founder states. New York and Massa
chusetts have been strongly nourished
by Europe's money, culture and im
migrants and plenty of good, hard
sense to boot. Virginia lost out through
pride and war, with her many bloody
nnrriflees. Malaria hilA most rtiinnd
Kentucky. Kentucky was our oldest,
longest maintained frontier, settled
up by first and second generations of
English farmers and a few Irish and
U. .!.. It 1.1 pavnlut lM'iir unl.lln.j
Kentucky bad .more and harder Injun
lighting than any other state, beside
largely indulging hi the IS 1 2-1815 and
the Mexican and other wars. New
York Press.
At the present time and for the fu
ture as well, l here is lying at the Hans
of France, in Purls, a reserve gold
store of rit'.O.duO.UOO, which is, in fact,
writes one correspondent, "looked
upon us a war fund, beside which the
twenty millions of (iennauy look very
small." But the German "Krieg
schatz," or emergency war chest fund,
only amounts to six millions sterling,
and It is lying not in the Reichsbnnk,
at Berlin, but lu the vaults of tho
Julius tower, in the fortress of Span
dau, near the capital, against the com
ing of Germany's next evil day. It
has been lying there as a dead fund
ever since Germany received front
France ber war Indemnity of 250,00Or
000, from which it was taken. Lea
tea Chronicle.
