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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1900)
TOG EXPANSION IDEAS They dio Kept Open Purely for Campaign Pnrposjs, WHAT BflYAN'S ELECTION MEANS. Dentrnctlon of Unrivaled rrotpcrlty, Lower Wngci nnd Scantier Kmploy mrnt Ills 1'ollcy Could Not Ho Curried Out, liven Tfiouch Ho Were Klrcted A Comparison of tlia Two (Ircitt l'nrtle. ThoFO who bo fondly hoped and ba lieved that the "nntl-impcrlnllstB,'" as certain republicans termed themselves, would support IJryan for tho prest dency, are to bo disappointed. Sena tor Hoar gave out a statement a few dayft, ngo, in which ho said: "I do not presume- as yet to forcsco tho Issue of this business. Tho alter native of electing Mr. Bryan Is not, In ray Judgment, to be contemplated for a moment. Ills election means, If ho and his party can have their way, tho destruction of our unrivaled pros perity, lower wages, a scantier employ ment for our workmen, tho debasing of our standard of value, tarnishing tho national faith, tho destruction of rcdlt, tho arraying class against class, bring Into contempt tho authority of tho supremo court, and undermine tho ttecurlty of property and values. Now nome of our friends say that it is better that all theso things should happen than that this policy of imperialism rbould bo persisted In. Hut that Is not the question. "It Is not tho question whother Bry nnlsm or Imperialism bo tho worse ffr the American people. Tho ques tion Is whether nnythlng that Mr. Bry an can bo trusted to accomplish In o position to Imperialism Is worth nttalning at the price of all theso other sacrifices. For one, I cannot see any thing to expect In the way of a return t- tho ancient principles of tho Kepub lifftn party by tho election of Bryan. "We could hnvo stopped the whole thing by defeating tho treaty of Paris, which would have compelled It to bo (intend ed by making tho samo provision as to tho Philippines that wo thought it right to make in regard to Cuba. That juirpopp was bafllod by Mr, Brynn. The defeat of tho treaty, or rather 1U amendments, as I have Indicated, wn. assured when Mr. Bryun camo to Washington and by hlo personal in flucnco Induced enough of his followers to vote for tho treaty to Insure Its passago with but a single vote to Kparo. It would have been defeated, at, It was, If Justin Morrll had lived. I have no doubt that Mr. Bryan did this for tho sole purpose of keeping tho question open as an lssuo for tho cam paign. "Now, what can ho do If ho is elect ed? Congress will settle tho quostion no far as tho establishment of 11 gov ernment, for ho Phlllpplno archlpolago la concerned, before tho present nti ininlstratlon shall Ko.oittof powernud In all probability boforo tho prosont Hcsslon shall, bo over. Whatever may be the fate of tho'prosldentlal election, the Republican ascendancy in tho Sen ate for at least four years longer Is assured. If it were not so, thoro aro many Democratic senators my Infor mation i3 that thoro arc at loast nlno who agree with that largo number of republicans who aro In favor of holding those Islands forever, or at nny rate for tt long and indefinite porlod. J suppose tho samo thing is truo as to many Democrats in tho house." THE TWO PARTIES. One the Party uf Prog-roil the Other the I'arty of llllnd Oppovltlon. Ono tho Party of Progress; tho Other the Purty of Blind Opposition. At a banquet on tho occasion of tho Lincoln birthday celebration at Chi cago, Hon. J. K. Cubblson of Knnsau, In responding to a toast, said: "Tho democratic party has but ono positive idea and that is opposition to tho republican party. Its platform Is rotten from ago and defectlvo from use. Only ono now plank has been placed In its platform during tho past forty years, and that plank was sawed in Arkansas, transported to Chicago by Coxey'a "army" as tho Kansas "pop" says, "because tho bulwarks of tho Chicago convention," "free and unlimited coinage of silver" id the only new song tho democratic party haB learned since tho civil war, and that cng llko the song of a dying man be came tho melody of its dying hour. Tho democratic party Is a national mourner. Every four years It buries lis treasures. In 18G0 It burled "state Hoverelgnty." In 1804 It buried "on position to tho war." In 1868 it burled "opposition to reconstruction." in 1872 it burled a "roncgado republican." In 1870 it asked tho rcpubllcun party to furnish tho cadaver. Wo refused, nnd with great grief and lamentation it finally burled "Tlldon and reform." Jn 1880 It buried "Hancock and local tnrlff lssuo." In 1884 it missed tho funeral procession, but continued to wear mourning;. In 1888 It burled "tariff reform.") , In 1802 under tho leadership of Gsovor tho Second tho democratic party obtained absolute power in all branches of tho govern ment. It almost Immediately com inenced divorce- proceedings against drover, and made preparations for a lim-ciass funeral which followod in 1SUC, when tho democratic purty with tears in its eyes laid away forover the freo and unlimited colnugo of silver ot the ratio of 16 to 1. In tho coming contest the democratic party will cnJov another carrlagq rido to tho cemetery, and this time it will bury three thing uryan, Agmnaiuo and all hopo ot fu turo success." HhotrliiE Op the 1'ruudi. Tho democratic Pnplllion Times hns been telling some moro truths ubout tho sham reform" stnto officials. It tays; "Ono cannot read tho published nc counts of tho proceedings of yester day's meeting of tho Stnto Board of Transportation without reaching tho tho conclusion that Messrs. Mcservo. Wolfe and Cornell acted moro llko wants of tho railroads than wervants to tho public. Meeerve offered a reso lution to rescind tho action of the board in 1897, requiring tho roads to grant carload rates to shippers of live stock, ond his resolution was adopted notwithstanding a vigorous protest by Attorney General Smyth, who was sup ported by Secretary Porter. To a man up a tree or in Nebraska It would some times appear that Wolfe, Mcservo and Cornell wcro representatives of th) railroads and not servants of tho peo ple. Language too strong cannot bo employed In condcmlng these men who aro selling tho peoplo nnd their party to tho railroads. This latest ac tion on their part shows clearly wheru tho blamo belongs for failure of secre taries to "do something" during tho past two years. Tho Lincoln Post, the ablo champion of tho corporation fac tion In tho- fusion forces, will proba bly ask to have tho Times arraigned on a charge of treason, because wo daro point out tho real traitors to fusion principles and to tho fusion causo. But no matter. Wo cannot afford to have fusion hopes in this stnto blighted by tho uncondemned conduct of any of our pnrty leaders, oven though those leaders may bo lining stnto offices. fmmtiir Htuwnrt' Vlov. That venerable silver leader. Senator Stowart of Nevada, has not changed his mind on tho expansion question. On tho 11th of January, 1871, In speak ing on tho Sau Domingo resolution, he snld: "I believe that it 1b a part of tho destiny of this country, whether for good or not, to annex moro territory. 1 do not believe in tho power of any man or set of men, or of any party, to prevent tho accomplishment of this destiny. Whllo this republic grows It must expand, It must Increase; as It grows It must extend its territory a ltd wealth and power Increase. That laa been tho history of every country whllo It was attaining its destiny, History does not furnish us an example of any nation that nns risen to power nnd promlnenco whlcn has not during growth expanded. It Is one of tho ele ments of growth for a nation to ex pand, as much as It Is an clement of growtn In tho oak, which, ns It grows, must havo room to extend its trunk nnd multiply ltq branches." (Cong. Globo 1871, pago 427.) in a speech on the floor of tho Sen- ato a week ago Senator Stewnrt made this quotation from his former speech, nnd then followed with a strong argu ment In favor of retaining tho Philip pines. Ho said that tho president had acted wisely and proporly In tho mat ter, and that tho ndmlulstrutlon hnd not departed from tho teachings oi th i fathers ot tho republic. it to high time that tho Aunties rend Senator Stewart out of tho popocratlc party. Iteduelnit the Debt. Tho farmers of Seward county mnde a reduction of 840.5G4 during tho month of January, warming pays In that county. Ougo county Is also pros perous. Tho farmers thoro reduced their Indebtedness $13,828 during the month, During tho year 1899 thoro was a total reduction of the real estate m!n- gages in tho stato amounting to $7,- vu;su. sinco tho election ot McKln- lcy tho totnl reduction haB amounted to ?19,907,35, or about $19 per capita for tho entire population. Another Incrnune In Wiiros, Three yoars ago tho Baltimore & Ohio road was practically bankrupt, as wero mnny other lines, the result of stagnation of business under dem ocratic times. Now all this has changed. A fow daya ago tho B. & O. announced an lncreaso In tho wages of Its engineers, affecting over 3,000 men. Othor roads hnvo taken similar action since tho olectlon of McKlnloy, mm muiuruua Ul M1UUSIU1UH 01 Cinpioy- cs havo been directly benefited. Inducing- th Xatlonul Debt. Prosperity makes its showing In thi Unltod States treasury as usuul. For tno nrst naif of February tho reccints of tho government exceeded tho ex penditures by $3,118,619.79. For tho past eight months the net gain has boon nt tho roto of $4,500,000 per month. Under a democratic adminis tration, In a tlmo of peace, tho govern ment wan running behind and increas ing tlio public dobt. Noto tho differ ence. TriiTels T.Ike it rtutoorut. Fusion papers aro announcinir that Bryan has traveled 02,720 miles slnco his nomination In 1890. had ho not traveled on passes and levied on local rcmmltteos for his Incidental expenses, tho straight coast of such a trip would bo over $5,000, provided ho roue in ordinary coaches tho same as tho "dear common peoplo" patronize. . Kate of Inrrraae. Tho decided Increase in nrosnerltv may bo traced by tho figures showing mo saies ot Amorican manufactured goods to foreign countries during Do combor. In 1897, $23,000,000; in 1898, $28,000,000; in 1899, $30,000,000. Farm products snow a corresponding in trenso. "Hon HurV tlreut 8urce iik u I'lny. Ono of tho most pronounced dra matic successes of tho season In Now York 1b William Young's dramatlza- tlon of "Bon Hur. now for about threo months holding tho stage of tho uroauway theater, with crowded houses. Tho dramatization of "Ben Hur" was dono with assistance In sug gestion from Gen. Wallace, uuthor of utc novel. Twenty-Four Hour Syitum Work Well' Tho American Society of Civil l!n glnoora has been discussing tho advis ability ot tho general adoption of tho twenty-four-hour clock, and a nroml nont member of tho society, who la a manutacturer in Mnlno, snld In a ro cont speech that ho had been using tho iwon:y-iour hour system ror tlmo nnd all his workmen llko It and understand it. All "ltooievelt" Khop. Nearly every barber shop in Albany has on ono of its shelves n shaving mug labeled "Theodore Roosevelt." It Is a hood advertisement for tho' barber, but as a matter of fact that governor docs not pntronlzo any ot tho shops. He gets shaved In tho prlvato room of tha executive chamber. FAYOKS FUEE WOOL. BRYAN HATES PROTECTION AS MUCH A8 EVER. Declare lie Stand n Ho Stood Blx Yciirx, An Uncnmproinlglnc; Opponent of nny Tariff for tho Itcncdt of tho American Sheep drawer. Last week the wool market report of tho Commercial Bulletin contained the following paragraph: "The Salt Lake City correspondent of Hccht, Llebmann & Co., of this city, writes that Mr. Wm. J. Bryan, In his recent visit to Utah, assured leading dealers and growers in private conver sation that he had changed his mind on wool, and that though ho would consent to a reduction of duties, they could rest assured that he never would Blgn a free-wool bill." We desire to repeat the paragraph, and aro perfectly prepared to furnish tho names of tho persons who wero given the nssuranco that tho wool tar iff would not be nn Isbuc and that tho protectionist who wished to vote for freo silver might do so without fear that tho beneficent duty would bo re moved from wool by Mr. Bryan. Mr. Bryan now makes this publica tion unnecessary, however, by a public pledge, which, of course, recalls all pri- vato or personal assurances ns to his attitude on wool. In nn Interview ac cepted as authentic by such freo wool authority as the Boston Herald, ho is quoted by that paper, among others, of Jan. 14 as follows: "When asked regarding the report that ho had changed his view? on the matter of freo wool Importation, and had asserted that, In bohalf of western dealers and manufacturer, ho would, If elected president, favor a tariff on wool, Mr. Bryan stated most emphati cally that ho had mulo no statement whatever to the effect that he had changed his former views on the ques tion." Theso aro Mr. Bryan's "former views," as expressed on tho floor of congress, March 1C, 1392: "I, therefore, Mr. Chalrman.dcnounco as fallacious, as unworthy of consldor ation.the only reason that can bo given In support of a tariff on wool, as a protective tariff and for protective pur poses." And on Jan. 13, 1891: "It Is Immaterial In my judgment whother tho sheep grower receives any benefit from tho tariff or not. Wheth er he docs or does nor, whother tho wool manufacturer collect! a compen satory duty from tho consumor of woolen goods nnd pays It over to the wool grower, or collects and keeps It himself, or doesn't collect It at all, and therefore doesn't need It, I am for froe wool." It Is Idlo for Mr. Bryan's friends, iu Utah or tho other Western states long er to scok the votes of wool growers, as thoy have been doing, on whispered assurances that tho free trado plank of tho Chicago platform is not nn is sue. Free wool Is an Issue in 1900. Mr. Bryan hns made it so by his own public uttoranco at Columbia, Miss., Jan. 15, 1900. The private whisper in Salt Lako City Is overridden by the public declaration again publicly en dorsed: "I am for freo wool." A Bryan victory thus means not only surrender and freo silver, but a drop to tho old freo wool basis of 27 cents a scoured pound for ordinary flno me dium Utah wool. Tho Western wool grower will do well to ponder this and to cut out Mr. Bryan's Interview for reference; when the campaign la on next fall. Boston Commercial Bulle tin. A TRULY GREAT CHANGE. Mark oil Improvement In the Qrado of Coffin nnd Furniture Now Demanded. "Some queer facts regarding Improved business conditions nro set forth by tho Canton (111.) Register In tho Bhapc ot an Intervlow with n traveling nun who represents threo factorles.ono that manufactures coffins, one that makes a specialty ot tables, and another that produces n genoral assortment of fur niture. Said this commercial trav eler: "The factorlos, though running night and day, aro away behind their ordors. Threo of tho largest houses on our cub torn list wo have, for the present, quit taking orders from, simply bocauso we can't fill them by tho tlmo desired. This botng true, it looks as though my services as trado solicitor will havo to uo dispensed witu. "How do you account for this exces- bIvo demand?" was asked. "Prosperity; everybody at work; good wage's; plenty of monoy." "Well, but ain't colllns as much In demand In hard as well ns In good times? Interposed a Democrat. "Yes, and perhaps moro so, but In such tlmps thoso of Inferior quality aro tho most called for tho kind that can bo moro rapidly thrown together. In such times as wo now havo tho best Is required, and It takes longer to man ufacture them." "What Is your exporlcnco with tn hies In good as compared with hard times, or In McKlnloy as compared with Clovoland times?" was nskod. "Now, that Is something 1 would sooner talk about than to talk about coffins. I will tell yor. The many who uso storo boxes and looso boards for tables In tho Cleveland times nro now, that they havo plenty of work, good wages and pood monoy, wanting good factory-mada tables. And wbon It comes to furniture in general It Is wonderful to noto tho Increased da mund In these McKlnloy times com pared with tho demand In the Cleve land-Wllson tariff era. Peoplo who could not afford sideboards, rocking THE MODERN DAVY CROCKETT. and easy chairs then arc now in a po sition to havo and enjoy them. 1 con fess, as I contemplate the situation, that I am somewhat troubled lest I be laid off until my houses can catch up with their onlcr3." It will be noticed that In tho differ ence betweon Cleveland's reform tariff times and McKlnley protective tariff times tho chnngc runs to quality as well as quantity of goods consumed. Collins must be better than four years ago. Any old sort of burial box would do then; It had to do; but it will not do for peoplo who aro earning nnd making more money than ever boforp, and who nro ablo to afford seemly and proper mortuary accessories. So must the tables bo more neat and presint- ablo than In the times when n board or a box had to suffice; and In the mat ter of furniture n demand had sprung up for a stylo and quality of articles that put to shame the cheap stuff that found a stinted market In the days of the Wilson tariff. All this means more demands upon American labor, moro employment, more wages, moro money In circulation, moro comfort, more hap piness. Truly the change Is great. ACHIEVEMENT AND FAILURE. ItfiuIU of Itepubllcan anil Democratic Policies Contracted. Wo havo had three years of McKln loy and Republican domination. Look at tho practical results. During the free silver panic pending the election of 1896 every man owning a hundred dollars In currency, who could get Into tho treasury, got thero demanding Its substitution In gold, and the Republic an lenders oven predicted that McKln loy, If elected, would be compelled to start out with a bond Issue. But In stead, confidenco being restored even before his inauguration.thc gold flowed back into tho treasury In a steady stream, just as It camo back from its hiding places In Europo to which it had been driven by the phantom of four-bit silver. Before tho spring ot '98 had waned ,tho money supply ot tho country, resting upon a sound founda tion, In circulation, in the banks and in tho treasuries, had reached tho high water mark of experience, nnd before tho autumn had waxed every preceding record had been broken. This success was repeated In the unprecedented In crease of our domestic and foreign trade, and for tho first time In many years the balanco of trade was regis tered at a high figure In favor of this country. Boforo January, 1899, moro than a million of laborers driven Into the streets by the Democracy had been restored to work nt top-rato w.agea. At tho beginning ot the last named year every furnace was ablaze, every mill was pregnant, and every pleco of ma chinery was instinct with life. Yet tho record of 1898, surpassing all others In business achievements so far as to stand out as a conspicuous landmark in history, Is dimmed and eclipsed by tho achievements of the year Just closed. Wherein experiment has proved Democratic policies a miserable failure It has proved Republican policies an unparalleled success. Then where lies tho path ot patriotism and honor? Wobb City (Mo.) Inter-Stnto Com moner. A Floe Fiscal Ileoord. The January record of receipts and expenditures by tho treasury depart ment was an oxcollent one. Omitting consideration of anticipatory payments liquidating tho public debt by bond purchases In ndvnnco of the muturlty of tho bonds, tho net excess of receipts over expenditures for tho month was more than $0,000,000. The record of customs receipts was also an excellent one, showing moro than $20,000,000 of receipts from this source. The receipts from Internal rovenuo were nbont $22, 000,000. It Is a matter of surprise to public officials that tho expenditures on account of tho war department con tinue at such low figures, being less than half what thoy wero during tho Spanish war, notwithstanding tho maintenance of large armies engaged In active campaigns In the Philippines. A year ago tho monthly expenditures exceeded tho receipts by about $10,000, 000. As evidence, however, that exist ing tnrlff laws aro not only proving ef ficient ns protective measures, but also In brinclng Increased volumes of rov- enuo to the treasury, the receipts from customs Inst month were moro than $3,000,000 In excess of those In January last year. WAITING FOR DEFEAT. How the Democrat Hope to Oet Hid of Air. Itryau. Tho Springfield (Mass.) Republican, which is not Republican, but is bitter ly hostile to tho Republican adminis tration, says: "Tho Bryan situation Is strictly unique. Tho less his prospects of elec tion tho tighter grows his grip on tho nomination. For the first time In our political history, a great party sits worshlpfully nt tho feet 'of a man and does llttlo or nothing to oppose a lead ership which fow believe can result in victory." Tho foregoing Is a fair statement of the situation by n paper which would delight to support any candidate who could make a half hopeful fight upon an antl-expnnslon platform. But Its zeal for Agulnaldo and Its relentless hostility to the Republican party do not make the Springfield mugwump oblivious to tho facts which are obvi ous to all except tho blind followers of Mr. Bryan. There is but one explana tion for the general acquiescence of tho Democratic leaders In Mr. Bryan's can didacy. With the issue before the country thoy have no hopes of success next November. Whatever the plat form may be or whomsoever thn can didate may lo. President McKlnley, who has generally satlslied the coun try and whose administration has been attended by a mnrvelous prosperity, will bo re-elected. This fact sems to bo conceded by leadinc Democrats In most tho states. The anti-Brvan men who aro prominent Democrats realizo this fact, and, realizing It. they see a sure way to get clear of Mr. Bryan, his silver nnd othe- heresies. The; may mako a little show of ODnosltlon. but they will acquiesce In Mr. Bryan's nomination. They do not "sit wor shlpfully nt Mr. Bryan's feet," as tho Massachusetts naoer affirms, but thev nre waiting patiently to seo Mr. Bryan rejected as the party dictator by an other defeat. When he Is again de feated they believe tho Democracy will accept men of brains ns leaders. In dianapolis (Ind.) Jti;ii4!. Need of Ne Adjective. Ono of the needs of today seems to be a new dictionary with a long and varied list of terms applicable to the unprecedented prosperity of the pres ent. Tho newspapers seem to havo qulto exhausted their vocabularles.even sometimes in a single issue, in their efforts to tell the story of tho great nnd wonderful prosperity which the enactment ot the Dlngley Tnrlff law has brought to the country. The head ings of "Good times In Ohio," or "Good times In the South," or "Good times" somewhere else, in common with all tho other brief statements made to describe tho Industrial condi tions existing throughout tho country, nro repeated over and over again until tho render would grow tired or seeing them, wero It not for what they stand for. In fact, all tho words In present uso which nre descriptive of prosper ous times are very much over-worked almost ns much over-worked as nre tho mass of American laborers In the present rush of business in tho coun try. Tho International Trutt. There is no tariff on automobiles. But thero is a so-called autqmobllo "trust" with an authorized cnpltnl oi $75,000,000. This would suggest that a Protective Tariff Is not n sine qua non for trusts. There Is another inter esting fact in connection with tho automobile "trust." It Is that, accord ing to report, tho promoters of tho combination purpose to unlto nil tho Important British nnd American uttto mobllo concerns into one organization. When a trust can bo formed In respect to a product on which no tariff is Im posed, and when, furthermore, that trust contemplates the uniting of Brit ish and American Interests Into ono company, It ought to bo self-evident to nil but the wlirully blind that tho trust problem Is utterly distinct from any question of tariffs. Unless n woman is pretty In her tcare she should do her crying in r,o-cret. CHOCOLATE IN MANILA, Uow It l rrep.iroil for tJe In the) Pretence of tho Furchancr. In Mnnlla they mako your chocolate while you wait. Right into tho houso a Chinaman comes with hla basket and rolls tho crushed cacao bean nnd sugar, nnd then makes a supply of chocolate that is sweeter and more palatable and cheaper than the commerclnl brand sold in the Chicago stores. When the Chlnnman comes ho lnys asldo his hat and shirt, nnd, stripped to tho waist and barefooted, ho begins his work. In the basket is tho chocolate or cocao bean, from which tho rancid oil has been extracted and which oil long ngo hns anointed tho hair of somo Filipino hello or lighted somo Filipino home. The beans first come on the board bit ter nnd brackish. With a rolling , pin the Chinaman grinds them into a flno powder. This takes time. When it is done, ho opens another basket and dips out the sugar for the sweetening nnd tho final mixture, Tho sugar Is what would probably grade coffee "C" If tt wero Jn commercial circles. Llko the bean, it srows on the islnnd. Industri ously the Chinaman rubs, and gradu ally tho chocolate forms on tho bottom ot tho board and drips off in Bticky sweetness into tho basket beneath. Tho family gathers about to sample tho product nnd tho Chlnnman stops to emoko a clgnretto whllo Judgment is being passed. Cups of tho bovernge nre handed around and nil "taste." It it is not sweet enough tho mnnufnetur er throws more BUgnr on his board and drops in another pinch of vanlln and clnnsmon for tho flavoring. When it Is "right" he goes to work, and for sev eral hours rubs away at his task, The depos't below the rolling pin is a brown subutance that is soft and moist, while nbo'o It is to all appearances a dry powder and sugnr. Tho llttlo one gather about, and if there is nn older daughter, pcihaps sho sits down on the floor In front of tho Chinaman and matches the growing pile. Such was tho case In the house of a Spaniard voday when I called. The young lady Hat there and idly watched tho manu facturer of tho edible, and when n llt tlo brother came she took his head in her lnp and he lay thero with her, watching the brown-skinned Chinaman rub and rub the sugar into tho other ingredients. It was insisted that I should sample the finished article, and I found it very good. Chicago Record. VIVID FLASH OF LIGHTNING. rccultarlty of the Thunderstorm That Visited Foutti Africa. n A very few days after my arrival at Marltzburg at the end of 1875, I was. standing one afternoon In tho shade of my little houso on a hill, anxiously watching tho picturesque arrival of an ox wagon laden with my boxes. It wn3 in tho very early summer, and the exi gencies of settling in left mo no time to worry about the thunderstorms, of which, of course, I had often heard. A more sereno nnd brilliant nfternoon could not be Imagined, and it was not oven hot nt nil events, out of tho sun. My two smnll boys, ns uoual, trotted after me like dogs, nnd clamored to nsslst at tho arrival of tho wagon; so I lifted the llttjo ono up in my arms and stood there, with tho elder boy clinging to my skirts. Suddenly, out of the blue, unclouded sky, out of the blnzo of golden sunshine, enme a flash and a crash which seemed as if it must be tho crack of doom. No words at my command can glvo any idea of tho in tolerable blinding glnre of the light which seemed to wrap us round, or of tho rending sound, ns if tho universe were being torn nsunder. I suppose I flung myself on tho ground, because I was crouching there, holding tho llttlo boys beneath me with some sort of protective Instinct, when In n second or two of time it had all passed, for 1 heard only a slight nnd distant rumble. I do not believe tho sun hnd ceased shining for an instant, though its light had seemed to bo extinguished by that blaze of lire. Never can I forget my amazement, an amazement which even preceded my deep thankfulness at find ing we were absolutely unhurt, tho fearless, little boys only inquiring, "What was that, mummy?" Thero had been no time for their rosy cheeks even to pale. I wonder what color I was? I looked at the little storehouse with astonishment to find It still there, for 1 hnd expected to seo nothing but a heap of ruins. Nay, It scorned miracu lous thnt the hlll3.nll around should still be standing. Lady Broomo in tn Cornhill Magazine. Teace or War. In the olden days, when the spear was used as a weapon of war, men had to bo very careful how they carried It. If they were In a strange country and boro their spears with tho point forwards, Jt was supposed they wero bent on mischief, and was regarded as a declaration of Avar. If, on the other hand, they carried tho spears on their shoulders, with the point backwards, their visit was taken as a visit of friendship, and there was no disturb ance of the jjeaco. Motto nn our Coin. The word "God" never appeared in any government act until tho year 1864, when, at tho suggestion of the director of the mint, ex-Gov. Pollock, of Penn sylvania, "In God Wo Trust" was stamped on the copper two-cent piece. Before that tlmo "B Plurlbus Unum" had been tho motto. Strango to relate, "E Plurlbua Unum" on coins never was authorized by law. Curloua Arabian Practice. When an Arab woman Is tired of widowhood nnd decides tc marry again Bhe goes the night before, the wedding to her husband's tomb S id-prays hlo not to le offended.