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Senator Hoar , and
: ! Philippines.
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OAFT AGEEE WITH PABTY.
In Gold We Trust," Say the
New York Bankers.
A "HEW HUMOEIST IH THE HOUSE.
General Groa-rcnor Develops Rla
Heretofore Latent Talent In That
Direction Makes Fan of the Doers.
The Irosperlty That the Trusts
Have Drought-The Hay Treaty a
Dlssraee to the Country The M
mm Disclosures.
JEpecIal Washington Letter.
Alas and alack I The goldbug bank
era of New York, who claim to bare
more than Solomon's wisdom and who
deem all other denizens of this repub
lic fools, have run rp against Uncle
Earn at last for counterfeiting. Think !
of that awful catastrophe, O ye silver
Idiots! Here Is the way the Associated
Press tells th astounding tale:
Members cf the State Bankers anociation. at
their annual dinner in the Waldorf-Astoria hotel
aezt Tuesday niht. were to I. are eaten their
Ices out of receptacles indicative of the bankers
loyalty to the gold standard. The ices were ta
have been inclosed in pasteboard boxes made in
Imitation of a pile ct eight huge gold coins, with
milled edges. The top coin represented the re
verse of the $10 goldplece, much enlarged, and
, bearing the imprint of the San Fran, i'o mint.
.The ordinary motto,' "In God We Trust." had
' been changed to read "In Gold We Trust." The
ciae of the imitation oin was about two-thirds
larger than a double eagle.
The order was p'acsd with a New York firm,
who prepared a plaster cast of the cover of the
bos and made a model, which was submitted to a
representative of the government for his opinion
regarding ita validity. He at enc declared it a
violation of chapter 127 of the laws of 13S1.
which prohibits any person from making "any
token, device, print or impression, whether of
metal or ita compounds or of any other sub
stance, 'in .likeness, similitude as to design, color
or the Inscription thereon of any of the coins of
.- the United States." .
j : Chief Hazen was notified, and he seized the cart
and model.
"In Gold We Trust" instead of "In
. God We Trust," the legend prepared by
; the fathers of the .republic! Are- we
y 'not progressing after the ; manner of
the crab backward at a rapid rate?
Massachusetts Republicans.
Amid the din and dust of the con-
lllct In congress and in the country
touching the status of the Philippines
f6tudents of our political history will
wonder. Indeed they rnu3t. what will
( be the outcome so far as Senator
.Georga FrLsble Hoar of Massachusetts
Is concerned. ' He Is a venerable man,
'(. a .scholar of great attainments, an ora
tor of rare force, a historic personage
'who has cut a wide swath; In the
bouse and In the senate: he is
at loggerheads and cross purposes with
bis party on this farreaching question.
f
Jleague.-Senator Henry Cabot ,
is a rampant Jingo Just as his
nther. George Cabot, was "a ,
Ills colleague, Senator
Lodge,
rrandfath
high flying Federalist, to borrow one ,
Thomas Jefferson pet P188 ' 4
xuis distance u appears ujut. oenaior
Lodge rather than Senator Hoar repre
sents the sentiments qf the Massachu
setts Republicans. But this- appear
ance may be deceptive, for it must not
be forgotten that Congressman Mc
Call of that state kicked over the
traces on the Porto It lean matter,
which may be a straw to show which
way the wind Is blowing In the Old
Bay State. The question which forces j
Itself upon the minds of students of ;
history in this connection is this: Will j
Massachusetts stand by Hoar, who Is
her chief mental luminary in Wash
ington, or will she condemn him and
treat him with contumely, as she did
Roger Williams. Daniel Webster and
Charles Sumner? She has lately re
fused to expunge or reverse the de
cree which banished Roger Williams
action which injured not the immortal
Baptist preacher who has been with
the saints for more than 200 years,
but which is a blot upon the escutch
eon of Massachusetts. Hoar as t mar
tyr will be In good company with Wil
liams. Webster and Sumner.
General Grosvcnor's Ilsnor,
X have frequently herein expressed
my admiration for General Charles
nenry Grosvenor's mental capacity.
Until recently I had no Idea that he
was a humorist of the first water, but
such he is nevertheless. Not long since
Mr. Shafroth of Colorado, a capable,
honest, courageous man. made a mag
nificent speech In the house urging
that our government should offer its
services to both English and Boers as
pacificator, arbitrator or lntervenor.
- wher pon General Grosvenor burst
upon .he bouse In role of humorist and
made ?! sorts of fun of sympathy for
the Boors, trying to make it appear
that It was simply demagogy. From
the manner in which the general's bit
ter humor was received by the Itepub-
lican members It seems to be accepted
by them that any sympathy with .a
weak people fighting bravely -for llb
erty Is demagogy. My guess is that
General Grosvenor and his Republican
friends will rue that humor that inhu
man humor. The Washington Post
says editorially:
It seema hardly wise on the part of the admin
, titration or those pretending to speak for it to
" poohpooh the various expressions of American
syropatSy, fcr the Baers as mrrr ebullition ct
the I.-ish-American" and "German-American"
elements and therefore unworthy of serious Oon
, slderaticn. In the first place, this sympathy is
not confinod to the classes mentioned. In the
second I'lace. etro if it were so conflnud, that
fact wci!d not entitle it to the eonterapt cf the
adminls' ration. The truth is thst a very large
majority of the American people, including those
ef purs aaglo-Saxoa descent, side with the Beers
In this straggle and devoutly hops that they wtQ
preservt their liberties at last.' .
That the Irish hat! England la natural enough.
The sentiment Is a thing of centuries,- It la bom
In Irishmen and la part of their natures, but that ,
feeling cannot be ascribed to the people of Ger-!
nan extraction nor to those of us whose fore
fathers wers English. It is absurd to say that
these people have borrowed their prejudices from
Ireland. IW fact is that thousands of them do
not share the Irish prejudices at alL This sym
pathy with the Boers is a logical and legitimate
product of the circumstances of the Case. We be
lieve that the Boers have been badgered into this
war by the machinations of a clique of greedy,
piratical pawnbrokers operating - through Joseph
Chamticrlaln, their accomplice, and this' convic
tion is fortlfled not by the statements of Irish
Americana or German-Americans, but by the ut
terances of Englishmen in the British parliament
and the British press, by the utterances of such
men ss Sir William Uarcourt, Sir Edward Clarke.
Sir Robert' Reid, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman,
Lord r'itrmaurice, Mr. James Bryce, Mr. Henry
tabouohrre." Mr. Frederic Harrison, Mr. Lecky,
the historian, snd others too numerous, to men
tion. ;"'"'' ,
The chances are that General Gros
venor and his hilarious friends will be
laughing on the other side of their
mouths in "the melancholy daya of No
vember." ;:
- Tax on Appetite.
Every once In awhile a gem appears
In the columns of rural weeklies. Here
Is au entire stump speech of rare force
condensed Into very few words. It con
tains eensewlt. sarcasm and prophecy
all combined. It was written by my
friend, Hon. Wallace J. Davis, editor
of The Pike County Tost and member
of the Missouri legislature, and runs
as follows:
The American manufacturers of fruit Jars met
last week and sgrecd to advance prices on all
their products 25 per cent. This is another blow
at the fellow who wants to eat. It is a tax on
apprtite. as the pap:r trust prices are a tax on
intelligence.. Bet $4 il the Republicans win an
other election there will be air trusts in every
state to put a tax on raw breath.
If anything terser or more compre
hensive has been said recently on any
political or philosophical question, it
has escaped my .attention..
Apropos of that I will say that the
great prosperity which has come to the
average citizen by reason of the trusts
Is clearly Illustrated by .the following
sample items:
llattleax tobacco, that sold for 12
cents per pound before the trust got
hold of the big plants, has gone up to
SG cents per pound. Prosperity for the
tobacco chewer.
The trust has made prices Jump all
along the line in rubber goods. A pair
cf rubbers which cost G5 cents last
winter now cost a big Dland dollar, an
advance of 35 cents, an Indubitable ev
idence of prosperity to the, buyer, -f
Canned goods which were formerly
sold "two for a quarter" are-now "15
straight." a little rise caused by the
trusts and for tho sole benefit and be
hoof of the trusts,' which reduces the
quantity of food consumed. in thou
sands of homes. t
TTnt-owInir Off the Ma sic.
The G. O.' P. Is gradually throwing
off the mask and - feeling . its way to
taking an out and out English stand,
don't you kn6w. The Hay-Pauncefote
treaty Is a disgrace to Americana
shameful surrender of our rights, our
historic position and our honor.4 ri
I do not believe that it-will ever be
ratified. Certainly one-third ' of the
senators have some spark of Amcrl
canism left. If so. It will go to the
wastebasket.
By the Clayton-Rulwer treaty the
"Catted States and England were to
L. states and Engl:
or dlg the lsthmlan
It jointly, pay f,
' . t,J,i M
canal Joint-
for It Jointly.
' Tlit T-trna IS!! arirkiKrli nri1 ttftlr hijrnr
faccepted by , our people.
Blaine declared it null and voldhen
be was secretary of state, and the peo-
pie applauded him for so doing. -Blaine, '
whatever else he was or was not, was
an intense American, proud of his
country, jealous of her honor.
By the Hay-Pauncefote treaty Eng
land graciously permits us to build the
canal ourselves and foot all the bills, re
serving to herself the same use of it
that we have, provided we pledge our
selves never to fortify it! Could any
thing be more" humiliating? By 'Eng
land's permission, eh? And In the
western hemisphere? Wonder what
old James Monroe Would think of that?
i Spend $100,000,000 or $200,000,000 to
i make a world's highway which we are
i not to fortify and which an ingenious
and industrious enemy of our country
could by use of a-little dynamite and
In a faw minutes render useless to us
for a year or two! A lovely kettle of
fish, surely!
It Is whispered about that Mr; Sec
retary Hay wrote every word of that
treaty and that" Embassador Faunce
fote's whole part in It was to sign It,
which he is said to have done without
crossing a "V or dotting an "I." No
doubt he signed it with astonishment,
pride and pleasure astonishment that
we are so blind, pride that his country
was gaining so much, pleasure that he
was crowning his long diplomatic ca
reer with a treaty which contained a
complete abandonment of the Monroe
doctrine and which entitles him to an
earldom, if not a dukedom, in the Brit
ish peerage.
If this treaty can be ratified, then
the administration can go the whole
hog In Its alliance with England, for
Its ratification will demonstrate that
v.-e hare little' If any, national spirit
left-the spirit of 1770,
The Haernm Matter.
Of course all the thick and thin,
whole hog administration men will
solemnly swear by Mark nanna's
boodle, chest that no understanding,
written or verbal, clearly stated or im
plied, exists with the oppressors of the
iioera. Unfortunately for these politi
cal supplejacks there is a young inaa
In this country earned Maerum pos
sessed of valuable information on this
subject information which he Is by
no manner of means loath to Impart
to a candid and startled world. He
was lately and until recently Ameri
can consul to Pretoria. The tale he
tells (3 the history of . the most dis
graceful and humiliating chapter In
American history, worse even than Ly
man J. Gage's correspondence and
dealiegg with the New York' Natlounl
City bank. Now, please ' retnemDer
fnat Mr. Macrum Is not a wicked Dem-
fcrat or pestiferous Populist, but ho
H an Ohio Kepuwican. lie aeciarcs
hat the English authorities opened,
held up, censored and mutilated his
correspondence with our government,
whether written or telegraphic; that
his patriotism and self respect rebelled
against this, and he came home to In
form his government as to this out
rage and finds himself bounced for
his pains. Moreover, he claims to have
documentary evidence to prove his as
sertions, i At first the state department
undertook to whistle his grave charges
down the wind, but it Is said now that
so many Republican senators and rep
resentatives have warned the adminis
tration against this course that the
department ; Is cooking up some sort
of explanation. If Macruin is telling
the truth, our government ought to
give England 48 hours within which
to . make an abject apology t and In
which to punish the perpetrators of
this monstrous outrage. . If England
refuses then give Lord Pauncefote his
passports and order Joseph Cnoate to
come home at once, thereby breaking
off diplomatic relations with Mr. ,Bull.
We are getting to be a world power
with a vengeance, aren't we? How
long would Andrew Jackson have put
up with such conduct as that on the
part of England or of any other gov
ernment? In his day we were a feeble
folk compared with what we are now,
but If England had dared do such a
scurvy trick when he was In the White
House she would have gone down on
her marrowbones In apology, or In ten
days an American army would have
been marching on Quebec and Mont
real. It Is said, how truly I do not
know, that the state department claims
that the English did not break the seal
that the sun melted them! I suppose
the sun also stamped "V. R." (which
letters mean Victoria Regina) n the
seals.
An Cnderstnndlco With England.
That an understanding between Mc
Kin ley' s administration and England
does exist cannot be longer doubted.
Here are a few ' words, pertinent and
patriotic, , from Washington's farewell
address on that very point:
Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence
I cos Jure you to believe ma, fellow citizens, the
Jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly
awake, since history and experience prove that
foreign influence is one of the most painful Xocs to
republican government. But that - Jealousy, to
be useful, must be impartial, else it becomes the
Instrument of the very influence to be avoided In
stead of defense against it. Excessive partiality
for one foreign nation and excessive dialike of
another cause those whom they actuate to see
danger only on one aide and serve to veil and
even second the arts of influence on the other.
Ileal patriots, who may resist the intrigues of the'
favorite, ' are liable to become suspected and
odious, while the tools and dupes usurp the ap
plause and confidence of the people to surrender
their interests.
, The great rule of conduct for us In regard to
toreign nations is in extending our commercial
relations; to have with them as little political
connections as possible.' 60 far as we have ih
ready formed engagements let them be fulfilled
with perfect good faith. Here let us stop. "
Europe has a set of primary interests which to
us have none, or a very remote, relation; hence
She must be engaged in frequent controversies,
the causes of which are essentially foreign to our
concern; hence, therefore, it must be unwise in
as to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the
ordinary vicissitudes ot her politics or the ordi
nary combinations and collisions of her friend
ships or enmities.
Our detached and distant situation invites and
enables us to pursue a different course. If we re
main one people, under an cQcient covcrnmsr.
the period is not far eff when we may defy ma
terial injury from external annoyance: whan we
may take auch an attitude as will cause the neu
trality we may at any , time resolve upon' to be
scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations.
under the impossibility of making acquisitions
upon us, will r;ot lightly hazard the giving us
provocation; when we may choose peace or war
as our interests, guided by Justice, shall counsel.
Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a sit
nation? Why cult our own to stand upon foreign
gundr Why, by interweaving Our destiny with
that of any other part cf Europe, entangle our
pace and prosperity in the toils Cf European am
bition, rivalshin, interest, humor or pathost
'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent
alliances with any portion of the foreign world
no far. I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it-
far let me not be understood as capable of patron
iziuj infidelity to existing engagements. (I hold
the maxim no less applicable to public than to
private affairs that honesty is alwyas the best
policy.) I repeat it, therefore, that those en
gagenents be observed in a genuine sense. But,
in my opinion, it is Unnecessary and would be un
wise to extend them.
Taking care always to b;eep ourselves by suit
able establishments on s respectably defensive
posture, we rony safely trust to temporary alli
ances for extraordinary emergencies.,
As in the heat of a campaign It is
frequently difficult to find a thing
wanted very much, I ndvlse readers
of these letters to cut out those words
of Washington and paste them In their
hats in order-to have them handy.
The Democratic national convention
goes to Imperial Missouri, where it
properly belongs, for be it remembered
that Missouri is the most puissant and
populous state which at all times and
under all circumstances gives her elec
toral vote to the Democratic presiden
tial candidate.
Kansas City, ihe young giantess of
the Kaw. will In July have a most dis
tinguished gathering of strangers with
In her gates, and she will entertain
them in royal style. Kansas City Is
the Ideal place for a Democratic na
tional convention. Holding It there
makes sure the 11 electoral votes of
Kansas and will do good In many oth
cr ways.
The InSccnce of Flowers. "
The Illinois house of correction is
about to try an Interesting experiment
In the reformation of women criminals.
Superintendent Sloan has built three
large greehhouses. covering a space of
'4.000 square feet. In which It Is Intend
ed to grow roses, carnations and chrys
anthemums for the Chicago market.
The women prisoners will work in the
greenhouses under the direction of an
expert horticulturist, and It is expect
ed that contact with the growing
plants will have a softening and re
generating effect on the hardened na
tures of the unhappy Inmates of the
institution. -
PAW TALKS MICROBE.
EXPLAINS THE GREAT STRIDES THAT
. SCIENCE. IS MAKING. -
Maw Aa-rees With Him That It Is All
Simply Wonderful, but Advances a
Strong Argsment la Opposition to
, Paw's Idea of Utopia.
Maw.wos Looking; at the paper the
other Nlte after she got paw to Hold
the" Baby for a little while, and. Every
few minutes he, Would haft to fix It all
Oyer again becoz its feat would come
out, and prltty soon she says:.
'What's ail this about microbes? A
purson cant, take up a paper isnny
more but what They find sumtbing
about microbes." , r V ; ?
"Here, hold this Child," pa tr says
Like if he was prltty glad for the
chance, "and I'll tell you. Microbes Is
one of the new Discoveries. They, have
microbes for -Ifeerly everything now.
They are, yello fever microbes and
meesle microbes, and consumption mi
crobes and mump microbes."
"I don't Beleave," maw sed, "that
they are enny . truth In such a Thee-
ory." ' '-. 1 , - ; " :
"That only, shows you Don't no Ea-
ny thing About syunce," paw told Her.
If you would keep posted Like I do,
you wouldn't sit there with a Disgust
ed look on .Your fais and Say You
didn't Beleave what the people that
Discover things' are Doing to make
men Happy.'r ' "
"I don't see how It'll Make a man
happy to Find Out he Is nothing But a
crowd of microbes that ' mebby Have
him Divided up into Counties and Elid
ing Lots, with his Nose for a Court
house , and . his Whiskers for a park,"
maw sed.
"Of corse you don't," paw says.
That's becoz you Don't understand
the Grate principle and Can't look
abed, it takes a man . to See these
things. As . fast as Every different
Kind of 'microbe Is Discovered syunce
goes to Work to find Out how to Raise
Blooded microbes and What'il Kill the
Bad ones without hurting the Other
microbes that are Trying to Lead a
Blameless life. After that's Done the
hewmun .race Will be Grate people.
Everything a man does is On account
of his Microbes. If he rites poetry. It's
Becoz he has more poetry microbes in
him than Enny other kind; If he Gets
In .Love,, it shows the. love microbes
drove all the Other microbes Down
from his Splon Kop. That's where it'll
come In handy when syunce gets the
microbe Bizness all fixed up like It will
be Sum day." V , . "1
"What'il happen then?" maw ast.
" Why,", paw -,, told her, "Insted, of
Keeping medasuns the Drug stores will
have microbes 'to Sell. Wheat a man
wants a girl to Love him. he will get
Ten cents Worth of Love microbes and
put them In her Caramulz, and the first
thing you no She will think he Is a
Nappollo Belvy Dearie with close on.
."Then , they , will have microbes to
make men , generals and Statesmun,
and if they find Out what Kind of Ml
crobes Cnrnlggy and Rockeyfello and
J. Plerpont Morgan are full of they can
raise that Brand and Put them within
reach of all. and nobuddy won't haft
to work Enny more." :, ;
"My, oh. my!" maw Says. "It's per
fickly wonderfull what Syunce keeps
doing! . And This Is a Bewtlfull thee
ory, but they'll never get 'It thru."
"Why -not ?" paw ast.
"Becoz." maw says. "If peeple Could
all be made happy by. Using the. rite
Kind of microbes they wouldn't Ever
haft to drlnk stuff to Get cheered up.
and that would interf ear with the Sa
loon Bizness. They Are no use Ever
trying to get Enny thing the Saloon
vote is against."
iiy uenryi' paw says. "I never
thot of That!" Georgie in Chicago
Times-Heraid.
Approving.
"Yes," said Farmer Corntassel, "let
Josh go right abed playin golf,
reckon It'll do him good."
"You said you thought it was
waste of time yesterday," said his
wife.
I ve changed my mind. If he keeps
on practicln with them sticks a few
years rnebbe there won't be so much
danger of cuttin hisself when he tries
to han'le a scythe." Washington Star,
Joys ot Matrimony.
Wife I met an old acquaintance to
day. Mr. Meeker. You remember he
was your rival for my hand.
Husband Yes; I hate that man.
Wife You shouldn't hate him Just
because he used to love me.
iiuKDand -Jh, that isn't the reason
1 hate him because he didn t marry
you.-Chicago News.
. Seldom Do It.
"The olBee," said the theorist, "should
seek the mau."
"Possibly, possibly," replied the prac
tlcal politician, "but it is my expert
ence that offices do mighty little search
lag." Chicago Post.
TVroag This Time.
llnnim:-Til bet that boy has pot his 4
foot in 11 it vain 1 , -
Wilie .No. I ain't, ma; It's my hand.
-Cotnlc Cuts. : : . . '
Tl IP I IHTI IP ri V "'it
1 1 IL. WH viilio
a ! 1 1 11 1 1 r-l ! n
. tvj ma v 00 uenren.
Laas Kapiaisen was dead. And only a
year ago he naa marrtea pretty uiue
Olla, the daughter of the Innkeeper at
Lauritsala. '. C';-- i;l'.': :
The mourners ca'tne, one after another,
ifted the sheet from his face, took a
mg look, and said, "Ah.1 how changed!"
r "He looks as natural as In life," ac
tording to the disposition of the speaker.
Then they pressed the hand ot the young
widow, who stood with . swollen eyes by
the bedside, and went into the adjoining
room for. a bite and a glass of punch.
Gradually the throng dwindled away and
only four persons remained to comfort
the widow , and watch over the dead.
These four were Olla's mother, Onni Dit
kalachti and Asto Snutati, who "had been
Lass' best friends in life, and Oge
lander. - - ; . ; - ''
The last had not been exactly a friend
Df the deceased, for he had been his rival
for Olla's handVand had never - forgiven
Laas for having carried off the prize.
But now that Laas was dead, Oge re-
rrfained with the watchers In order to
ihow that he did not carry hard feelings
beyond the grave, which was very noble
and kind of him, to be sure. ;
And so all five, the widow and her
mother, the two friends and Oge," sat to
gether, silent and sorrowful.
After awhile Onni rose and approach
ed the table. He drank a glass of punch
and said In mournful accents: f ,
"We are all sad, very sad; but we must
not forget the necessity of the flesh. You
permit, Olla?" . i , '
Olla readily permitted, and the others
drew round the tableon which was not
only good Swedish punchi but a liberal
provision of eggs, ham and other, smoked
meats and great, fiat-loaves of the hard
Swedish bread. . , , i-
They all ate and drank and wept to
gether.
Tho right wore on. The clock struck
2, but It was not yet dark. The white
night lay over Lauritsala. the bright
summer night of Finland in which Koit
and Aemorik, dawn and twilight, kiss
each other. Below lay the quiet Sairna
lake, which reflected the rosy glow of the
sky. Stillness reigned In the watch cham
ber. AH except Olla and Oge were
asleep, with their heads on the table, and
Olla and Oge sat gazing at each other
with a new light in their eyes.
"Come." Oge whispered, "let us leave
them sleeping, here and go down by the
lake."
She clasped
his hand and tbey went
The others slept calmly
out together.
on. . ; . - -. '
, Through' the window the dawn, looked
into the chamber . where the dead man
lay so still. . Somebody had forgotten to
draw the sheet over ' his face. and the
beams of the rising sun "fell full upon It.
Dear, good Laas in this light looked quite
handsome and not in the least like a
corpse.
A little fly was buzzing about him. It
alighted on his hair, but not. finding that
reeion. to its likintr. it crawled over his
forehead and down his nose and at last
entered his nostril. '
Now: It Is an exceedingly unpleasant
thing, to have a fly up one s nose, and
Laas evidently thousrht so. for he sud
denly sneezed twice with great violence.
and then he opened his eyes and sat up.
He gazed about him stupidly at first-
for a fellow Is apt to be a little rattled on
awaking, from the dead but he gradually
got his bearings and understood
Ah. ITfe thoueht. how firlad his wife
would be to see him alive again !
He climbed out of bed and shivered In
the cool morning air, for he was very
lightly clad. So he picked up the sheet,
wrapped it tightly around him and went
forth to look for his wife,
He felt a trifle dizzy, but people who
rise from the dead must put up with a
little discomfort at first. In the next
room he found the watchers still sound
asleep and the remains of the punch and
other good things on the table. i
Laas was very hungry, but he was de
termined to find his wife first of all
things, which was certainly very good of
him.
He walked out of the house door. Out
side the dew was sparkling on the grass,
fine clouds were floating over the lake,
which gazed up at the overhanging ver
dure like a great, bright, blue eye.
The cocks were erowinir lustily. Down
by the lake Laas saw the gleam of a
white kerc-hief that he knew very welL
for he had given it to Olla. i
Ah I There she sat. weeping for him!
Laas picked up the skirts of his wind
ing sheet, the end of which trailed on the
ground behind him, and stalked down to
the lake with mighty strides.
Yes. Olla was there, but Oge
Ilander
was there, too. and their heads were very 1
close together. j
Suddenly the lovers were startled by
Laas Kapiaisen's hand coming between
them from behind and falling with a loud
thwack on Oge's cheek. They sprang to
their feet, regarded the sheeted Laas
with horror stricken .eyes for an instant,
then fled in panic fear without uttering a
syllable.
One ran to the right, the other to the
left along the shore of the lake.' and Laas
stood gazing angrily after them by turns.
He shook his fist, at the fleeing Oge
and muttered to himself. "That fellow
never enters my house again!" , '
Then, with a sorrowful mien and much
shaking of the head, be went slowly back
to the watch chamber. - There the flies
were awake and huzaing. but the three
watchers were still asleep.
And Laas. with his rueful countenance
and his white, winding sheet, sat down
beside them at table, and. to the accom
paniment of their snores, regaled himself
with ham and eggs and mighty drafts of
his much loved Swedish punch. Trans
lated From the German For Short Sto-v
rles. - " '"- -
Fashionable Parisian Life. . .
A witty Frenchman has declared that
the Parisians .are passionately fond of
the country but they never dare, drive
farther than their beloved park for fear
a revolution will take place during their
absence and they will miss having a fin
ger in the pie. go. Jike the famous king
of France who marcherl up a hill and
then marched down again, monsieur and
madame take v a turn in the Bois and
then drive home again. Fashionable Pa
risian life is an endless treadmill. La
dles' Home Journal.
Slasy Clnbii Knoir (Ilni.
'ls Cdjrnr SniOV an apreeable member
of your club?"
"Oh. yps. : If you let him have his own
ray about everything. -he's delightful.
Detroit tVee Frees.
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High Arm, High Grade, Noiseless,
""Light Running y: Self-Threading
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The Head swings on patent -socket binges,
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plate has rounded corners and is inlaid or countersunk, making it flash with the top of the table.
Hiqhkst Arm The space under the arm is 5 inches high and nine inches long. This will ad
mit the largest skirts, even quilts. It is Self-Threading There are absolutely no boles to pu
the thread through except the eye of the needle. The Shuttle is cylinder, open on the end, en
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Stitch Ekgclator is on the bed of the Machine, beneath the bobbin winder, and has a scale
showing the number of stitches to the inch, can be changed from 8 to 32 stitches to the Inch, i
The Feed is double and extends on both sides of the needle ; never fails to take the goods
through ; never stops at seams ; movement is positive ; no springs to break and get oat of order;
can be raised and lowered at will. Automatic Bobbin Winder An arrangement for filling thi
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is a flat spring tension and will admit thread from 8 to 150 spool cotton without changing. Nersv
gets out of order. The Needle is a straight self-setting needle, flat on one side, and cannot bo
put in wrong. Needle Bab is round, made of case-hardened steel, with oil enp at bottom to
prevent oil from getting on the goods. Adustablb . Beaeinos All bearings are case-hardened
steel and can be easily adjusted with a screwdriver. All lost motion can be taken up, and ths
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of best steel attachments frei : One Foot Hammer Feller, one Paakage of Needles, six Bobbins,
.f one Wrench, one Screwdriver, one Shuttle Screwdriver, one Pressor Foot, one Belt and Hook,
one Oil Can.fllled with Oil, one Gauge, one Gauge
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