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WHCM OTHERS FAIL CONSULT SEARLES 5: SEARLES Main Office Lincoln, lisb. m r-a.w . -a 0 ir if J jr -. tkmt aua4 1 t"rt l as. 5 WPAtf M7Nr 1 ; lt and M i fef btt I rtses.l "IK Ail lura fasti & at I fwrw t " !1 ea cwraljTa f It a.. .. smr-. liver. biowS. k-c.v Lt Hrtkr!.!tM fac. iit&wvte. Van . ''rrr. 4n. ri . ta Mb4 ht'. L'ct. UUtiet . rts Jr. IK OO tor of MtMAtl,IslBaIA StricturE & GIc?tS5S csiii. 4 mm ' , 1 r-sjctt fry nuul CZ, m 8 r vta t-R'9 Mala Orfica Ors. Ssarlss & Ssarlss i V'l LINCOLN NEBRASKA BBYJI STILL CUB LEADER tmt rtar. If IL W sttar a4 ClevelaaUaa M I Irtea lau Hater HatkaeM 4 MmAm t -tmy Ibrm. Editor lB4epeadeet: The future co-j-r!ua of tLe fueiua force is one that will wkb l- to the front. aa5 U ot tkal Btier otlsting tircumstaucea ahooli tare tLe careful thought ana calm conideratioa of every reformer la the aation. Mark Hacaa and hi truvt are la tLe ad1 and if cot oLrfl the Xmerircn repulilie will be rl lJ'o into tLe a- It la Mid that foo's t-a& cbildren I-ara by ejfrience we are not ctiMrta'. yet we ought tu tare IaraM fcomHbics in the late caEJpifia. aci if we tare, we bou!d prt.fi t oy tat know 11 ge. We hoa!d calxsl? sr.i uctis4. wlthoit preju jir parts-- a '3'.or. wrfh all of tie comptkatices ani coaditlou t,rou:Lt oat ly trJit carcpaia- If there wm m5ta taade tfcof e making tfcem aLauld aot aek to erade repoaslbil itr tryin? to aallle tbera onto otLera. Ttat tL-ere is td ot plaia talk I vrrlly believe. tiirefore I shall try to tfclk plainly. Tt without malice toward acy one. or Intent f placing rrtpon:ti:ity wter? it doe not be ioss or oi Li!iiss fltber or pjt;. I aia not raw nsr never was it ttlckkr for party, mart surely not .t tLU crisis. 2zy prty that will save csr repobhc and with It tfce people' !iWti- ictict. 1 pool eaoutrh for r-. V.'hat t.at prrtv ha!l be ca!U-d is of very Itle roasquence If this ot j -ct i attsfi.ed Tt linn i thi- logical masn'tlc leadt-r to lea- lr.'JuEtrial force In tLe future, as he haa N-n la the past, cannot be Jotibted. Tnat he can sac cejfa!!y lead to victory tinder the leaders!,? of the deraoemtic pvrty I 4m not Delievt. Tfca party cannot hepe far mott far ralle conditions tfeaa those revalhn? la the late cam pa;ft the vital isms were all la tmr favor. The Lincoln tt publicans and pcpu'Ht ttsf parted the ticket .s loyally tt can evrr te expected In the fat are It la well understood that msm of this jppor was' siren tinder prettst. Not. hciwcver. for want of conSieoce la Uryan. but the Kansas City epos:!e made them f?ar too much eastern democratic influence la his ad- j rsislftraUoa. This fear was well focadel. as every ore must know who is conversant with Wall street arro gance and methods. Those fellows got close enough to get Into the service It Bryan aho-jld be elected, yet far ecocirh x.wy to connlre at his defeat. If it v rod government which they souiht, why f hip tfco ranis of Tam tiacy fchotiter to the convention to make a great demonstration for a man who wzs a traitor at least was one la 3K? How was Stevenson any bet ter except In the name democrat than the coble Towoe who nad once sacri ficed the emoluments of oSce for principle? Tie ffsestion now is. shall Bryan democracy pie. ail. r shall we be tied to the Tammany tigr's tail for keeps? Shall tree jSernian democracy be our shiboteth. cr thsll It be bonds and Clevela&d panics? Unfounded preju dice Is often a more potent political factor than Is argument and reason. I'rc'-J lice for cause Is the most subtle and deadly enemy that a political par ty c posflbly be aHicted with. That the democratic party has this aSletlon is known to all men. That Bryan a ad Bryan people have done wonders la redeeming aad regenerating that party Is kiiowa. So other than a Bryan could take It from the c?ss pool cf corruption Intc which Cleve land ted cast it. and rehabilitate it into newness cf life. But all of the Bryaa 4!icfe-tants that caa be ap plied to It In twenty years cannot mate it smell sweet to those whom the Clerelstsi ranic rulred. My demo cratic friends may believe this is rath er harsh If it is any harsher than tt ree?! d show. I will try to undo this wrctsg. It Is the record that we trie to whea e run up against th Har.Eait?a. Is tisere any sense or reason In a pjp!s etrirlng fcr Justice and reform as are it oe of the aliUd forces to seek that justice and reform through a par ty that has known little of official Jus tice for more than fifty years? My democratic brothers honor Tel ler. Towae. Davis and their fellow- pitriots for abandoning their party wfc-a it forsook the people for the h pots of Itasaa. It Is asking too mech of the patriotic democrat to abandon a party that forsook human rights aad betrayed the people Into the hands of the slave oligarchy fifty years aro. and which has not im proved the record very much since? When yea took beck to the sacred faetaories cf JcSersoa and Jackson, cray rjocxVer the Tellers an ! Townes. who left former aSliatJons that thrill the heart of rrrry trrly liryal Ameri ea he ajKsociatiems cf the immortal I4scotn. thst strock the shackle of slavcrj ixva tomr gtl ktas of Lnman PL U.- CATARRH & MUDS WE crKK U forms of Ctrrh of tb Head, ' Vm, afroatcalaJ Tttb-, Loafs, gtosaach, llowala, atldavay w4 BU44r. AH curable CATARRH CURED PERMAIIENTLY. A perfect ear fTjrnt4 in every ess wj ac rvC Madieia aad treat si ant only $5.00 per Ma-atth. CI finn DniCnU CWad for life and thapois DLUUU rUIOUil oa thoroutfhly cleansed frees tna system. J v Nervous and Chronic Diseases of MEN and WOMEN. Electrical Treafmeat with Medicine! 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I do not ask you to come to my party, we did not do this In the late campaign. We 'went , to you. and asked you to come half way to the will be immortal Tellers and Townes. All that we ask of you now Is to shake the putrlfied carcess ot the slave oligarchy and of Grover Cleveland. ' Oh, some say Hill, Cochran, Olney, Whitney were penltant. Yes, and for all that I know Morton and the devil shed tears. But this work accomplished at Kansas City, penitance ceased tears were dried. Hell-fire and brim stone was hurled at Bryan. Divorce Bryan from that old Wall street har lot. Scourge those old disease-infected carcasses of the Hills, the Gormans and the Mortons Into outer darness to stay, and Bryan will lead us to the greatest victory for the advancement of man since the world began. JONATHAN HIGGINS. Cambridge, Xeb. . The flarkets CHICAGO GRAIN. Cash quotations Tuesday: Flour Dull and unchanged. Wheat No. 3 spring, 68 71c; No. 2 red, 70473Uc CornNo. 2, 4S49Vic; No. 2 yellow, Oats No. 2. 224 23c; No. 2 white, 2ic: No. 3 white. 24?;26V4c. Bye No. 2. 49c. Barley Fair to. choice malting, 57 5Sc. Flaxseed No. 1. U 64; No. 1 northwestern. $1 634. Timothy Seed Prime. $4 254 35. Mess Pork Per bbl, $11 124011 25. lrd Per 100 lbs.. $7 007 05. Short Ribs $S" 62 6 724- . Shoulders 5T4fi6l,4c. Short Clears 16 80 6 SO. Sugars Cut loaf, $6.15; granulated, $3 CO; confectioners A, $5 55;! off A, $5 40. Clover $10 00. Producer Butter, creamery, 15 20c. 234c; dairy. 1320c. Cheese Active; 10UH4c. Eggs Fairly active; fresh. 22c. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. . Cattte Natives, good to prime steers $3 3305 85; poor to medium. $4 25g 5 23: selected feeders. $3 50 4 25; mixed stockers, $2 25(73 65; cows, $2 65 6 4 25; heifers. $2 70 4 6o; canners, $2 00 02 63; bulls, $2 604 25; calves, $3 5005 50: Texans. receipts 300; fed steers. $4 00 4 83; grass steers, $3 30 4 15; bulls, $2 503 25. Hogs Receipts today 38,000; tomor row 40.000. estimated; left over, 4,000; 510c lower; active; closing steady; mixed and butchers. $4 6o4 974; good to choice heavy. $4 704 95; rough heavy. $4 55 4 63; light, $4 65 4 95; bulk of sales, $o 90. Sheen Receipts 13,000; good to choice strong to 10c higher; others slow; lambs lOttiSc higher; good to choice wethers, $4 25; fat to choice mixed. $3 7004 00; western sheep, $4 20; native lambs, $4 25; western lambs. $4 2505 20., SOUTH OMAHA LIVE STOCK. Representative sales Tuesday: Beef Steers. No. Av. Pr. No. Av. Pr. 40.... 1114 $4 25 4.... 1370 $5 00 Cows. 1....10S0 $2 00 - 3. 6 9S0 2 65 12. 4 1234 2 85 2. 4 e 93T 3 a5 2 ,.1006 $2 65 ... 979 - 2 65 ...10S5 2 85 . . .1235 3 60 Bulls. 1 1440 $2 50 2 1540 $3 00 I 1350 3 50 1 1800 3 75 Stock Calves. 1.... 330 $2 00 10.... 313 $4 25 Stockers and Feeders. 2 290 $2 75 13.... 716 $3 25 IIOG3. . , Representative sal as Tuesday: No. Av. Pr. ! No. Av. Pr. 16 243 $4 73 , 64.... 257 $4 75 77 252 4 75 48... 64 264 4 SO 74... SHEEP. 262 - 4 774 217 4 80 Quotations: Choice fed wethers $3 00; fair to good fed wethers S3 65 3 85; choice grass wethers $3 7313 90; fair to good grass weth era. $3 3.3 75; choice ewes, $3 25 3 50; fair to good ewes, $3 003 25; choice spring lambs, $4 905 15; fair to good spring lambs, $4 65 (g 4 90; feed er ewes, $2 2503 00; feeder wethers $3 503 75; feeder lambs. $4 004 40 TEEL RAUGES ' AT HALP PRICE. TW Ctm only tlFU. Other raaM, stove, fnmnara. In. I rnn mt m ii.i tliinuu. WESUS1 FSE8CAITILE CO., Neb. CHRONIC or ACUT, IUSCTJI-AB or AR TICULAR, Enlarged and Stiff Joints, Lnmba- '' ro. Intercostal. Ail cases that can be cured at HOT SPRINGS cau be cored AT HOME. Onr . combination of Medical and Electrical Vapor Baths will oure all curable cases. The Combined Treatment of the Great ; t CURATIVE POWERS. . . Science. Medic'ne. and Electricity, Properly applied, cures Chronic, Nerrous and Prirate-Diseases of Men and Women. When nerves need toning' give them natural ' electricity.- . 1 ..... . DYSPEPSIA CURED...... Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stom ach, Nausea, Sick Headache,Gastrahria,Cramps. Worms, etc.. Electricity with Medicine enables as to guarantee to cure all cases cura ble of the Nose, Throat, Chest. Stomach, Liver, and Kidney Diseases. Blood Poison Bright' Disease, Diabetes, Bladder Troubles, Nervous Diseases St. Vitas Dance, Epilepsy, Nervous Dyspepsia, Neuralgia, Eeart Trouble (sympa thetic). Palpitation, etc. ' Eczema, and all Skin Diseases. ; . .- ; v..,- s Examination and Consultation FREE. ., Treatment .by mail a specialty. Call on or address with stamp. Box 224. DRS. SEARLES & SEARLES, Main Office: Rooms 217-220, Richards Block, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA "MENTION THIS PAPER POPULATION OF NEBRASKA Increase For the Ten Years Li Than , . One Per Cent. The population of Nebraska, as offi cially announced, Is 1,068,539, against 1,058,910 in 1890. This is an Increase since 1890 of 9,629, or .09 per cent. The population in 1880 was 482,402, show ing an increase of 606,008, or 134.0 per cent from 1880 to 1890. The' popula tion by counties is as follows: Adams ..... 18,840 Jefferson . . . 15,196 Antelope ... 11,344 Johnson .... 11,197 Banner .... 1,114 Kearney ... 9,8bb Blaine ..... 603 Keith .. 1,951 Boone ...... 11,689 Keya Paha . 3,076 Box Butte .. 5,572 Kimball .... 758 Boyd 7,342 Knox . . 14,343 Brown 3,470 Lancaster . . 64,835 Buffalo 20,254 Lincoln .... ; 11,416 Burt 13,040 Logan ...... 960 Butler 15,703 Loup 1,305 Cas3 21,330 McPherson . 517 Cedar ,. 12,467 Madison ... 16,976 Chase 2,559 Merrick 9,265 Cherry . 6,541 Nance ...... 8,222! Cheyenne... 5,570 Nemaha ... 14,952 Clay 15;535 Nuckolls . . . 12,414 Colfax 11,211 Otoe ....... 22,288 Cuming 14,584 Pawnee 11,770 Custer "19,758 Perkins 1,770 Dakota 6,286 Phelps 10,772 Dawes ..... 6,215 Pierce . 8,445 Dawson 12,214 Platte 17,747 Deuel 2,630 Polk 10,542 Dixon 10,535 Red Willow. 9,604 Dodge 22,298 Richardson . 19,614 Douglas 140,590 Rock 2,809 Dundy 2,434 Saline 18,252 i Fillmore . . . 15,087 Sarpy 9,080 Franklin ... 9,455 Saunders ... 22,085 1 Frontier ... 8,781 Scotts Bluff. 2,552,! Furnas 12,373 Seward 15,690 Gage 30,051 Sheridan ... 6.033! Garfield 2,127 Sherman ... 6,550 Gosper ..... 5,301 Sioux 2,055 Grant 763 Stanton 6,959 Greeley .... 5,691 Thayer, 14,325 Hall 17,206 Thomas 628 Hamilton ... 13,330 Thurston .. 8,756 Harlan 9.370 Valley ..... 7,339 Hayes 2,708 Washington 13,086 Hitchcock . . 4,409 Wayne 9,862 Holt 12,224 Webster . . . 11,619 ; Hooker 442 Wheeler . . . 1,362 Howard .... 10,344 York 18,205 Awful News A New York dispatch says that the Prince of Wales does not crease his trousers, and that he has not done so for months, perhaps years. It was an awful shock to fashionable New York. The startling news reached there last week. It did not come over the cable nor by word of mouth. It came in a more reliable form in that of a phot ograph of the Prince, showing that his trousers are absolutely creaseless. While the Prince has gone back to unironed trousers, President McKin ley hasn't. The "first gentleman of America" has dis dressed every morning by his private secretary or some one else be fore he puts them on. The crease Is a most emphatic one. It is made with a very heavy flatiron wielded by a man with a large biceps, who must work for many minutes de veloping the crease. It now devolves upon New York dudedom and John Hay to say under which leader they will follow the prince or the president. One cf Moody's Jokes. D. L. Moody was always full of fun. He sa w the comic side of things, and as a boy enjoyed putting practical jokes upon any one whom he well knew. In the rear of his Uncle Sam uel's retail shoe store in Boston was a cobbler's repair kit seat, tools, awls, ptc, and the seat was, as usual, a piece of leather concavely shaped downward at Its center. One day the workman on this saucer shaped seat . felt . it becoming uncom fortably damp, then really moist, He rose and saw a damp spot on the seat Supposing that a few drops of water had been accidentally dropped upon the seat before he sat down-to his work; he folded an old newspaper and placed It and sat comfortably down to resume his work. But the moisture seemed strangely' persistent Rising again, he found the paper becoming soaked with, water. and - he stood perplexed. his hammer In one hand and the soft, wet paper In the other. ' Looking this w;ay" and that in his perplexity, he soon heard a half chuc kle, half snicker, which could no longer be repressed, and there behind the door was the . country boy, learning how to be useful in a city shoe; store, as he really and rapidly did, but tak ing his fun as he went along. He had placed a shallow dish of water close up to the underside of the center of the, leather seat, which only - touched the water when the weight of the oc cupant was upon it, so three or four email awl holes served his purpose for that time. Congregationalism . 'j. CHINA'S WAR SPIRIT. WHY THE MOSS GROWN EMPIRE . IS ? ; STI RRING FOR ACTION. Influence ot tke Wr Wlta Japan. China Aasered and Aroaaed "Chi na For the Chinese" and "Let Ca Alone" the Popular : WatchiwrdaC t 5 " ; -- '- - Copyright, .1900. by. Q..L. Kilmer. IHINA is a clas sic land of revo lutions. Leaving out of , account th e "uprisings which have amounted to rev olutions., the . nu merous .: rebel lions . have In volved areas and populations lar ger V than, ...the southern Conf ed- eracyv, The last : gfet "' .rebellion of ' the ; purely- Chinese element continued in full force ; over 15 years. This was the ffaiping 1 rebellion, which was finally cnished by English aid. ' s'- : ,. The Chinese social and bolitical or ganization tends to armed uprisings. ! The imperial government Is weak, and the people look to themselves, for. re- t dress against all classes of. evils. Al though under an Imperial regime, Chi na is really ruled In Its local affairs by the simplest form of democratic prin ciples." After patiently; enduring griev ances for a long period . the populace " arises and in its blind yet irresistible way enters, a bloody protest. More, powerful than a red sealed edict from Peking " is the mysterious appeal placarded In every village of the dis turbed provinces. . . Whether "or not the. present move- ment indicates that China is making her last stand against the encroach ment of ' foreigners, either Asiatic or European, it is certain that the people have been for generations at least brooding' over the sway of Influences which are not purely Chinese, There are vast, districts ''In "" China - where , it is said the population prides itself upon being of a purely Chinese strain and that in those district not only the national spirit,' but what passes in oth er countries as patriotism, is the strong est. That fact showsthat there is an element at work in China and has been for centuries which in time of general upheavals' nimst ' assert itself either in blind fury or in a methodical and sys tematic movement to assert its views and principles. ; ' I . . " ' : The last national struggle of China was against the Tartars; who came down from the north and first conquer ed and overran the country, then were driven from' "power' and "forced back across the border. Eventually they reconquered China, and since that time the dynastyVhnd dominating Influences have been if antchoo, or foreign from the point of vtew of the true blooded Chinese.-- ' -'h ' ,-' ''; ! --; j It would W strange that If : In an ! old civilization like Chifia there should not be degeneracy,; and; In the'Mant chbo elemeht in the'' government may be found .evidences "of degeneration. The court," courtiers and the royalty have gone from bad td worse until at the present time the souls which domi nate at Peking are of the vilest stamp. In other words, the government of Chi na Is rotten ripe for change. Is the best element of China "determined to make the change, and when the change comes will that element get the uppei hand? It may be that China has for the last 50 years been simply brooding over the evils which have rested upon or threaten her, but the events of the last few weeks show that the powers of Europe ' have underrated the strength of the national movement among the Chinese. The war with Ja pan unquestionably opened the eyes of the thinking nian in China as nothing short of warand a defeat would have done. There were two parties at the 1 time of the' war, one for,, and one against clashing with Japan. The throne secretly .entered Into the war, met with humiliating defeat and was compelled to show that humiliation In public, whereas the conservative Chi nese element was not In favor of the war until after it had begun and. the nation was humbled by , the pygmy race from across the Yellow sea. Then the dormant faculties of the empire began to awake. China was not ready for war when.lt came, not ready in sentiment and' not ready in military preparation, but when the warl ended the entire nation was . filled with a fighting spirit The peace which the rulers negotiated with Japan was more unpopular than the war itself, and un der some forms of. government un doubtedly there - would . have been , an armed revolution, ; overthrowing.. 'the' dynasty, and at the same, time recover ing from Japan what had been taken rrom China by force of arms. .After the cession of valuable, territory , ,to Japan as the result of the war" there followed the cession of domain to Rus-, sia, to England and to Germany," all of which the conservative, element op posed. : :::v.,:4i- ' The encroachments - by the foreign ers since the irruption by. Japan into the affairs of the old kingdom may seem trivial, butitaken In conjunction with .the events of the past , 50 years the "wise heads of China must be con vinced that "the work cannot go on much longer without not only destroy ing the Integrity of China, but the structure of her civilization. It Is for her dvlllzati&n that China will fight'lf she fights at all. Material wealth Is under the han of,. the religious teach ings of China. For this reason all the promises of greatness through the adoption of foreign ways do not ap peal to the Chinese. Their cry Is and has been for generations, "We wish to be let alone r" " And under all the con quests of China by outside peoples the Chinese have always held their" own, When the Tartar hordes swept down from the north. they destroyed noth ing , in China except what they cut down with a sword and wiped out with a torch. They did not impose Tartar civilization Upon the Chinese, and when the final conquest of China was made the ; conquerors : adopted the civiliza tion of the "Chinese rather than force their own upon them. It is this same conservatism that causes the Chinese In all parts of the world to, live in colo nies ..'...by,- themselves, with their own forms of government, subject of course .to the general, laws of the country In which J they ,llvel But they do not adopt -foreign' civilization," and they .do not .want foreign civilization imposed upon Chlna-V Recently a Chinaman in London," stating the case of his people against Europeans, said: Consider your; missionaries. They come with a new religion,, upon the main principles of which they are bitterly, divided among themselves. They tell w that unless we accept their doctrines we shall suffer eternal punishment. They - frighten our children and. the more weakminded of our older people and create all kinds of dissensions between families and individuals. No wonder that we will not-tdlerite them. . ' It we wanted your railways and machines, we cculd,.of course, .buy them. But we do not.- We have no use for -"them. We have learned to do without them. Yet. you say you will force us to buy them; whether we will or no. Is that just? I say it is an . impertinence, an outrage. A good deal is made of the fact that we are not soldiers. Well, -we have ceased to be soldiers because we have, become civilized. .., War is barbarism. The effect of our having arrived at our present stage of civilisation -is ,that . we have increased and multiplied beyond every other race on the face of the earth. In spite of our great mortality, which seems to.be .very shocking to you, although we recognize in it. only a wise provision of nature, the Chinese race is increasing at a greater rate than any other people in the world. We could if we chose overwhelm the rest of mankind. That we lo pot do so is due to the per fection of out civilization," our philosophy and our morals.' We number 400,000,000 human beings, and who could "withstand us if we chose to assert our power? -..Do-you think we are unconscious of it? Oh the contrary, we understand it only too well. Let the white races of the earth appreciate the fact that we and not they are its masters. There hive" been 20 so called successful invasions of China. But what has happened? Have invad ers dominated the, Chinese? No. The conquered have absorbed their conquerors. All have become Chinese." The vey Jews who have come among us have been absorbed by our race, a thing which has never happened elsewhere. Let me repeat that all the forces which divide men in the west have practicclly no existence in China. Politics, religion; private ambitions, the necessity for expansion, land hunger, gold hun ger all ; these have no existence in China. You think that because the Chinaman is inert, care less and simple he is a child. There never was a greater mistake. - . He has learned the secret of being happy. His life is placid, and nothing troubles him so long as his conscience:. is clear. There you have our character in a sentence. Let us alone, and we will let you alone. . , ., - Li Hung Chang is still more em phatic and speaks for the highest minds In China. He declared in a re cent interview, printed In the New York Journal, that foreign missionaries ask the. Chinese ; people every day of their lives to refrain from obeying the laws of China. As to the charge that the Chinese play false in politics, the viceroy says It Is only what other na tions do constantly. Besides, it is done under duress for self preservation. "One great nation after another comes along with -a knife at our throats and wants torob us. As long as we feel the point of the 4 steel 4 we say, of course, what you want us to say, but when the danger Is over we forget aft about the Incident." " No nation, he says, respects the con tracts made at the point of the sword after becoming strong enough to fight the foe. Only the envy, rivalry and hatred of European powers save Chi na.. . .'. '" Li Hung Chang has faith in his own people. Looking, forward to a clash with the European nations, he says: "You criticise our sullen attitude. Do you expect lis to make love to you be cause you robbed us? Ah, we know your programme .well enough. The north for Russia, a good part of south and central ..'China' for England, the rest for France and . Germany so It has been- planned. We are to retain nothing. Everything for the foreigner, nothing for the Chi nese. But one cannot do away with 500,000,000 "people by sleight of hand. It may not be, very difficult to defeat - ' "KILL THE FOREIGNERS I us, but to conquer us will be a hard Job, T assure, you. It is like eating a real Chinese meal. A courageous Eng lishman or 'American may tackle it, but I doubt that he will digest It" - The. fact that China ;has rested so long under, the evils of the time with out protest Is not , guarantee for peace. .-The people are slow by nature and "averse 1 to strife. , From the Chi nese point of : view domination of the Asiatic foreigner has lasted 300 years too long. The Irruption of the Euro pean foreigners began half a century ago." Possibly John Chinaman thinks thatinow ornever is the time to call a halt George L. Kilmer. . ; ' Quite Frank Aboat It. : He I; have come to ask for your band. Y ;',.- - . .' She (teaslng)Whlch hand? He The one with the most diamonds. AN JNC0RRFGTBLE. "Cousin Percy has returned from his wanderings,", announced Mrs. Brandeu terg. laying down her paper. "I do wish, Mortimer, that he would , marry and "settle down. But I fear he's Incor rigible."" , . -: Mr. Brandenberg laughed. "1 1 appose you've already picked out the girl, and Percy will have her for dinner and tea, for ball And luncheon, at charming little tete-a-tete meetings, etc., until he'll have to gire in from sheer helplessness and marry her." ?. ;'. "I fail to understand you, Mortimer," said his wife crossly. , - "Come, now, don't;, get ; angry. Floss; but you know you love nothing half so well as making a match for people who are too stupid to arrange one for them selves. But you must confess there are just two people you cannot do anything with, Percy and Virginia Tarelton." "Go away, Mortimer, and don't be so illy. 1 tell you they were made for each other, and Lam only doing my duty in bringing them together," said Mrs. Brandenberg, tossing her head defiantly. "Gang yer own gait,' missus," replied her husband smilingly, "and meet with defeat, But I'll wager that is all you'll meet" "What'll you wager?" queried the little woman briskly. . "The price of your portrait painted by Chatran," he responded, : confident that he would never have to pay it. "Done! -And I intend to win," Mrs. Brandenberg cried gleefully just as, by a strange coincidence, the door was thrown open and Virginia Tarelton . was an nounced. Mr. Brandenberg cast a quiz zical glance at his wife as he escaped from the room, but she was already em-' bracing, her dearest Virginia and did not notice him. Miss Virginia was a rather stately young woman of eight or nine and twenty, handsome, accomplished 1 and very wealthy: but, having been raised by a maiden aunt who had met with a dis appointment in love in early life and had in consequence turned into a veritable man hater. Miss Virginia had been led to believe that men at best we? untrust worthy, creatures. : Besides, she was con stantly haunted by a fear of fortune hunters and was almost unapproachable to all unmarried men.:' ' . Floss jr. Brandenberg, who was very fond of her, had made several unsuccess ful attempts to make her happy for life by marrying her to some venturesome suitor, but Virginia fought shy of all such well meant aid. When, therefore, her friend began to recount the many attractions and virtues of her cousin Percy, Virginia listened but coldly. Finally, being rather had push ed, she turned at bay. "Look her. Flossy," she said, energet ically, "please say nothing more about men and marrying to me. I'll have uone of it!" "Marrying!" exclaimed Mrs. Branden berg tartly. "Why, Virginia, pardon me if 1 say what seems uncomplimentary, but Percy Pentacoast would not. marry you nor any other woman under any con sideration.". "And why not pray?" demanded Vir ginia, quite huffed. "Because," her hostess replied solemn ly, "Percy. has just as intense a loathing for matrimony as you hare. I never knew a man so insanely opposed to anything as he is to marriage. And it's a shame, too, for Percy is so companionable, enormous ly wealthy; has traveled the world over, paints, plays divinely; in short I know of nothing that he is not master of." - "And nothing could induce him to mar ry? Are you sure, Floss?" Virginia in quired cautiously. . . ; "Quite sure," was the decided response. "Then," 6aid Virginia, drawing a breath of relief, "you may introduce him, Floss." Mrs. Brandenberg seemed suddenly to lose all interest in ' Cousin Percy. She stilled a yawn before replying carelessly: VI will if I ever get a chance, but Percy so seldom goes out. But perhaps. I could arrange it," doubtfully. It Miss Virginia's feathers were ruffled. She colored up angrily. "Pray don't put yourself out on my account. It's of not the slightest interest to me," she said stiffly, and then plunged animatedly into a discussion of the new play. But when she had taken her departure Mrs. Bran denberg laughed aloud as she said to her self: "Point one scored." The day was an eventful one for Mrs. Mortimer Brandenberg, for Miss Tarel ton had hardly left the house when Percy Pentacoast ran in to pay his respects. "You came just too late to meet one of my most interesting friends," his cousin said as she greeted him warmly, after which she broke into praises of Virginia and kept it up until Percy interrupted her sarcastically. 1 "In fact, she's a perfect female para gon, I suppose," he. said. "No," returned Mrs. Brandenberg, looking sad. "far from it Percy. " She would be if it were not for the unnatural antipathy she has for marriage. " 1 wish it were possible for you to meet her, Peicy, for you have so many congenial tastes and pursuits, and you would be perfectly safe in her society and could enjoy it freely, knowing that even if you wished she could not be induced to marry you." "You wish it were possible. What do you mean by that?" demanded Mr. Pen tacoast. stung into interest at last. "Oh, Virginia has built such a Chinese wall about herself that she's almost inac cessible," she replied. "I've scaled some pretty high walls and broken . through many others," Mr. Pentacoast said rather sulkily, "and if I wanted to make myself agreeable to nny woman I would do so," whether she willed it or not." "You're game, Percy, my boy, but you'll not likely be tempted in Virginia's case,, as you'll probably; not meet her." And then, having accomplished her end, the wise woman changed the subject When her cousin left her, he was pledged to attend a small dinner the next week, which she gave in his honor, and, singu larly enough, he took Miss Tarelton1 in to dinner.- v . "Mortimer." said Mrs, Brandenberg to her husband two months after her dinner party, "you'd better arrange with Chat ran for my portrait." "What?" cried Mortimer, jumping up in surprise. , . "I was sure I could do it," said his wife, dimpling with delight 'Then; are more ways than one to gain an end, my dear. Virginia writes to, announce her engagement to Percy. 'She fears I will be shocked and surprised. I am, dread fully!" And the fair plotter broke into such an irresistible peal -of laughter that her' husband, defeated as he was. had to $oin in. Chicago Herald. " A shortage of coal among the local dealers has narrowly been averted by Gregory, The Coal Man, who has just received a shipment of Hanna nut, which sells for $6.50 a ton. 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