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LINCOLN NEBRASKA
BBYJI STILL CUB LEADER
tmt rtar. If IL W sttar a4 ClevelaaUaa
M I Irtea lau Hater HatkaeM
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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
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beings. Is the world to understand
that these patriots are just good
enough to vote the democratic ticket,
but not good enough to be emulated by
democrats? Give me one single logical
reason, my democratic friend, why this
should be so. and I will cease , this
agitation at once. 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. .
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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
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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
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"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.
Ruled By, Women
RULED BY WOMEN.. .. .. ..
Considerably . more than ; half the
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women the empress dowager of Chi
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govern about half the entire popula
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of Holland, whose home land , numbers
less; than 5,000,000 souls, but whose
colonies t.have ; 30,000,000. Spain is
ruled by ' a woman, Queen Hegent
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It is ' expected that- the queen mother
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