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June 13, 1901. 8 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. WAYS AMD MEANS COMUITTEE Tib DU IWtss K4v4 fclwly. Ceua btttawMB ftUll t Wrk for tW Csmmmi WAYS AND MEANS Collection are very light thit week, yet fcatlIetory is ot view, because th c2tiitstor m to look upon coa-Jitlcr. fatorable to oar success at th poll this fill. There seems to t rjse csliunierstisdicg in places j to fcat debt originally stood ariixut the Ut committee, and the lEpr!oa prevail that a part of the 4eLt U for salary or Chairman Ed clitea. Tils Is riot the fact. Chair otaa Ki states cad ito charge for his $rricr as efcalman of the state com xsittee, and has bo claim for money a;a'rt the committee. Chaiman Uirxitun has ia mind the takiBj; of a referendum rote on the quotioa of when to hold our coming state cooTcmloa. and would be glad to tear from those Interested In the matter. His address Is Thedford. Neb. EfXEIPTS. Preriotuly ac know led jed $1.207 71 To Wedneaday nooa 20 75 Total 11.23$ 46 BY COUNTIES. EOYD Previously acknowledged. II; Wa C. Preocott. SI; N. H. Black mr. SI. both Tower P. O.. Bush pre ciatt. Total. $5. GREELEY Previously acknowl edged. tU-Q: Gen. Patrick H. Barry. Gre ley. tllJXi (making a total of contributed by the general d ur ic the campaign of 1K. and 118.75 more than his pro rata share I. Total. 117. Fle dollars more from Greeley vould complete her share of the debt. LINCOLN Prerlously acknowl edged. tZ2K collection of 12 from Isaac Marsh. Echo, (no names sub- j tallied . Total. $4.20. ! THAYER Previously acknowledged im .5: No Nam. Kk. Beltridere. To tal. flftMS. YORK Previously acknowledged. IS.CS; collect ion cf $2.75 from J. A. Brumaey. Bradhaw. committeeman for Bradihaw towcshSp. (Seneca Hub bell. Zjc: John Glaser. 25c: Darld HlUhcock. $1; J. B. Carlisle. $1.50; J. A. Brnmey. 50c I. all Bradthaw. To tal. $24. K:t a Partisan Lunatic Editor Independent: As there is considerable talk about the democracy reorganising, fusion and things of that sort. 1 thought that it might bs all right to give the opinion of an old greeaiacker. First we will vote wirh any party under any name that will guarantee that the government shall isaue all the money without the in tervention of backs acd regardless of the material of which it Is composed. When this is decided there will re abundant time to quarrel over the de nil as to the amount and whether it hall be redeemed in other kinds of mosey or not and also to quarrel ovr the tariff. There Is no use fighting the trtata as long as we have the bank of Uae trv.t. To Rueater let me say: If there is nothing in the quantitative theory, do" we not watte a great deal cf di; gir g and stamping goM as one dollar would do the business as well as more. As between reorganized democracy and Hsnca republicanism. I am a re publican. The twin, gold standard and Imperialism, are their offspring and cannot be turned over to me by my vote. They-have got to go further, ten if they are adopted by Dave Hill. Gorman. Morton et al. Imperialism, like misery, loves company. If we must have tanks of Issue, the more of the banks the more misery. GEO. W ATKINS Fhubert. Neb. THE CU3AN SITUATION TV Inswrrisi Orrfor I by McKtsUy i C-naM'l4i mt th tre Throi The lade puient has made perse veriEg e Sorts to pet a copy of the res olution p.-d by the Cuban conft'tu tknal convection In accepting the Piatt amendmenL If it has been pub lished at all. no copy ha come to Lin rola. All that is known about it is that the convention Included in th5 resolution th explanation of the amendment thai was tven the r'm mi&fion -rr:t to Washington by Mc Kinley and iWretary Koot. That to have roused the ire of the emperor and he iireiM th military comman der ia Cuba to inform the conven-..oa that he would tand no such nons-i.Ke that the Piatt amendment must be acpted by the Cubans without any if and ands, Just as it passed cn (ress and that the United States troops would not be withdrawn without an ' unconditional surrender. It seem that MeRisiey cave to the commlsssoa a ( Ifttrr written by Senator Piatt and i when they rot home they pave the let- S ter to the press. That caused the an gry passions of Secretary Root to rise and he declares that the commi-s!on vitiate! eonSd nee in publishing tfc letter. It was as follows: "Senate cf the t'nite States, April 2t, I 01. Hon. Oihu Hoot. Secretar cf War. Dear Sir: I am la receipt of your letter of this date In which 3 cm say that the members of the coni citmloa of the Cuban const It ut ion il convection far that the provisions rel ative to lntrventioa. made in the hlrd clause cf the amendment which has come to bear my name, may have the effect of preventing the independence of Culm, and In reality establish a pro tectorate or suzerainty by the United Suite, and you request that I exp.x my opinion of the views raised. "In reply I will state that amendment was carefully prepared with the object of averting any possi ble I3ea that by the acceptance theie cf the constitutional convention wouM thereby establish a protectorate or suzerainty, or la any manner whatso ever compromise the independence or sovereignty of Cuba; and. speaking fa" myself. It seems Impossible that such an interpretation can be given to the clause, I believe that the amend ment should be eoaiit-ered as a whole, and It ought to be clear a reading It that Its well -denned purpve Is to se cure and safeguard Cuban Indepen dence and set forth at once a dear Idea o! the friendly .disposition of toe United States toward th$ Cuban people and the express Intention on thei part to aid them if necessary in the main tsnance of said Independence. These are my ideas, and, although, as you say, I -cannot speak for the entire con gress, my belief is that such a purpose was well understood by that body. "G. H. PLATT" The comments of . the press imper ialistic and opposition may be gath ered from the following article in the Chicago American: "An administration article ajsrts that the Piatt amendment wa3 seiit.tc t ie Cubans for their acceptance or re liction: "U was not submitted to them for their interpretation, modification or comment, or for them to amplify with their recolfection of anybody's oral Interpretation or comments.' . "That discloses a singularly short memory among the friends of the ad ministration concerning the nature of their owff work. The Piatt amend ment authorized the president to with draw our troops from Cuba 'so soon as a government shall have been estab lished In said island under a consti tution which, either as a part thereof or in an ordinance appended thereto, shall define the future relations of the United States with Cuba, substantial ly as follows.' "There is nothing there forbidding 'interpretation. modi2cation or com ment." It would have been a perfect compliance with the letter and spirit of the Piatt amendment if the conven tion had denned the relations of the United States with Cuba in its own words, preserving the substance of the American demands, and then bad add ed a complete stenographic report of all the interviews held by its commis sioners with every official In Washing ton and a whole volume of explana tory comment. In literally accepting the amendment, as they did, the Cu bans went far beyond the requirements of the law. What they chose to add in the way of comment was entirely their own business." What Morion Said A republican paper says Lincoln is now a high priest of democracy, and wants to know what they said about him forty years ago? Well, such men as Morton, who abused him forty years ago, are now voting the republican ticket. The democrats who carried guns to support Lincoln's cause are quoting him now. Butler County Press. Genuine stamped C C C Never sold In bulk. Beware of the dealer ho tries to sell "something just as good." BARGAIN COLUMN AN ADVERTISEMENT io this column will brief more and quicker returns for the money raid than any other newsiaper in Nebraska. Nearly everybody reads this column. Bate lUc per line each insertion. 211 EA I .' T 1 large size (do tights), 10c. Sealed lists for stamps. Star Novelty Co., iiay fetiore, N. Y. VVUICIfY-2-' tr 8aiin; material can be liniOIl ot at any drug store; formula $1. Investigate. Address. A. A. Clarke, Stilson, la. YD!I PAM t'r chords and accompaniments IUU UMil on piano or orran without lessons. teeti 'ic for sample Chord Chart; sells for $1.50. Agents wanted, bix months subscription t our magazine included. Western Music Co. N. L C Pioneer Press Bid-., St., Paul. PflVQ-To sell Harrison's Ink Powder. Sells Uwlw at every house, hotel or office. Sample bo and terms, 25c. Send for sample and you will want to tll them. W I. Harrison Co., hiterviLl. W. Va. inCUTC-Both xe. N f-nmrwttitinn. 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A nAYW day salary for a t i un I man with rig to introduce our goods in the country. Kansas Food Co., (De partment A Hi Kaunas City, Mo. DC VnilD OWN BOS-Make SlaO PER Ut. lUUH MONTH in the mail-order busi ness. Honest and honorable. No canvassing, ion need not B2lrt your reaniar occcnatinn. Eitturr lady or gentlemen. Be the first. Others wlU take advantage of this brilliant money snaking plan. Writ at once for confidential d vice k S fc-E. We tell yon all about it from A to C Amglk. Beck a, Co., Lincoln. Nebraska. UUY not start a FACTORY in your town) 1 1 II I Dtsu dc surer or ) cents stamps for samples, prices ana circulars, a. a. wat CHorr. Culver, Kansas. Q1TCUT carpet stretcher, stretches carpet rnlLni and taeks it without stoopintr. Price a. u. wucsurr, quiver, A.ansas. UC p 11 a week and expenses to men with lis. ruts to tntroaace ourpottltry compound. Sx-utl stamp. IVM. L Mlg. Co., f arsons, Kan. DffJ linMJ.YMkm Bttirrors at home. Iu- UIU KtUilkl struct ions 10c. A. A. CtAfeKE, MUon. low a. IU UC1I Andthe WayOut! A book full of 111 iikks. facts, isc post paid. i'KTE Hao- mak, jprtmeot aauoa t axis, aiidu CANDY jjJ THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Movement For a National Art Gallery In Washington. AH rKDTJSTKYOF THE WHITE HOUSE Sirs. McKInley's Pleasure 1st One of tier Chosen Avocations "The Al phabet of Celebrities" a - Popular Game In Which the Most Iffnorsnt Is the Loser. A movement looking toward the foundation of a national gallery of art at Washington is well under way, which one of its projectors describes thus, says the New York Post: "The plan Includes In its scope not only a permanent collection of works of art, but also a gallery suitable for transient exhibitions and an art school in the broadest sense of the term. The name "national' does not mean that the art is to be American art only, but that the galleries and the schools are to be long to the whole nation to be a na tional pride. "A gallery of paintings and sculpture to rival the collections of the old world sannot be brought together in a year or a decade or in many decades, but there are in this country many wonder ful private collections of works of art, both ancient and modern, which would eventually find their way to this gal lery vif it were really national In char acter and under a broad minded and wise management. A building where transient exhibitions of contemporary art could be held is very much needed in Washington, and It should be so amply endowed that the best artists from all over the world could be In vited to contribute. A school founded on the broadest lines would be a nat ural sequence a school which should include the best instruction in the In dustrial arts as well as in the so called fine arts. "A committee of artists and laymen having the speedy attainment of this object in view Is forming, and before long more detailed accounts can be giv en to the press." A recent visitor at the White House found the wife of the president busy( as usual, knitting the woolen tops to slipper soles, writes the Washington correspondent of the St. Louis Globe Democrat. A pleasant protest that the first lady of the land should so steadily employ herself was well answered. Why shouldn't she knit the slippers? It was about all she could do In her state of health. Perhaps the good ac complished was more than the caller appreciated. And then the gentle lady told with undisguised satisfaction of the sale of a pair of her slippers at a New Eng land fair for a good purpose. The slip pers had brought $350. which had gone for the benefit of the cause. If there existed a desire for th possession of a pair of slippers knitted by the wife of the president measured by such a sum, why should she not try to meet it and thereby extend help to worthy objects? Mrs. McKinley defended her vocation admirably. Frequent requests for some handiwork of the president's wife, to be utilized for the benefit of charity or church, come to the White House. None Is refused so long as Mrs. McKinley has the strength to fulfill them. Relating to the leather soles of these slippers there is a story which en hances their value. Mrs. McKinley told it recently. On one occasion, early In the first term, Vice President Ho bart came into the presence of the lady while she had her knitting in hand. He picked up from a table near by a 6cle upon which work had not begun. "Where do you get these?" he asked when he had learned of the charitable purpose of the industry. Mrs. McKinley replied that she bought the soles by the dozen. "Well," said the vice president, "these ore made at my factory. I will see that hereafter you are supplied with the soles for the slippers without cost. That shall be my contribution to the good work." From that day. so long as he lived. Vice President Hobart saw that the 6tock of soles as often as it ran low through Mrs. McKInley's Industry was replenished. And since the death of the vice president Mrs. Hobart has kept up the contribution from the fac tory. It is a matter of pride with the wife of the president that her expert ness with the needles enables her on days of average strength to complete one slipper between morning and night. Washington Is much interested just now in a game called "the alphabet of celebrities." says the New York World. It "can be played anywhere for any thing. The method of procedure Is this: When two or more persons are gathered together, somebody asks. "Now, what famous man's name be gins with the letter A?" Everybody names a famous man whose name begins with A. and the person who names the least famous one has to pay the penalty, which may be a cigar or a box of candy or a bunch of flowers or a pair of gloves or a drink or anything like that. Then they go on to famous men whose names begin with the letter B. Mr. Wo Nominated For Emperor. Why not make Minister Wu emperor of China? He talks well and appears to know, says the Mexican Herald, bow to combine the best in Chinese conserv atism and western progress. Very Fruitful. Since last October 2.000.000 fruit trees have been planted in Georgia. Ev idently California, says the San Fran cisco Chronicle, will have to count that state as a rival in future. f Dr. D. K. Pearsons, the octogenar ian benefactor of small colleges, has been signally honored by the legisla ture of this state to the adoption of a complimentary set of re:. lonsi. ' The legislators, recognizing that Dr. Pearsons'" wealth was accumulated In this state and that here his greatest benefactions have been made, took occasion, on Dr. Pearsons personal visit to the legislature, to record with a rising vote their appreciation of his splendid work in furthering the cause of education. The keynote of Dr. Pearsons' ben efactions to the colleges is contained in the following saying by himself: Not a penny to the rich or well-en dowed institutions. I am helping the poor, struggling colleges because they are helping the poor boys and poor girls to obtain an education." If, as Dr. Pearsons and a great many others believe,", the best American types of the future are to come from the west and middle west this liberal giver to the cause of education is shrewd and far-seeing in confining his gifts to the small ccllegss scattered over the middle and western states. Dr. Pearsons sharply defines the work of the smaller colleges as distinct from the great," richly endowed institutions of learning. In the latter the ten dency is ever to concentrate, consoli date and absorb. In the small col leges the opposite tendency is para mount, and hence they must ever re main "close to the soil," whence the best types of young America -are re cruited every year. The great universities are constant ly absorbing more wealth. They are also absorbing smaller and weaker institutions at an unparalleled pace. Dr. Pearsons believes, and a great many will agree with him, that this tendency is not representative of true democracy .in -learning. Nothing can ever supplant the beneficent work of the smaller colleges. It is In them that the moral fiber of students fresh from the country or mountain home is developed as-it -cannot be in the glamour of a great centralized uni versity. Probably the tendency of the future The Country Colleges. GOLD STANDARD ABANDONED After Spreadjng Death World London Financiers Give up the Attempt . There have been several councils held during the last year In New York and London in relation to the gold standard by the villains who brought more suffering and woe upon the world than was evera caused before by any set of men. The vcrime of '93" was so foul a crime that It never can be expressed in words. 'Think what the people of Nebraska suffered and tnsn remember that in India where the British government attempted to stop the coinage of silver that millions died of starvation and the plagues that always follow fa mines. - It is announced from London that upon India has been practically abandoned This attempt was inaugurated in iune, 1893, by the British council for the gold supply of the world and was in league with the treasury officials at Washington and the national bank coterie in New- York to reduce silver every where to the position of a subsidiary metal, thus enhancing the demand for and the value? $f the gold stocks in London. The misery "caused by the attempt in the United -Stated, in India and elsewhere throughout the world might be reckoned in billions of dollars.' But even that would not be adequate. Mil lions of lives have been sacrificed in India, and within the limits of this coun trypresumably independent thousands of hard-earned fortunes were swept away. This evil was wrought in the name of "honest money," but the selfish motive power of the movement was the gold that existed at the time, and to If these vlllians could have controlled the output of goldJ they would hae pushed their scheme to the bitter end, but all at once and contrary to the ex pectations of all ; the world, the gold mines began to pour forth a flood of gold such as was never known in all history. Science came to the aid of the miners and new processes enabled them to work over the old; abandoned dumps, new gold fields were discovered in Alaska and elsewhere, and the care fully planned schemes of these scoundrels came to an end. The effect, upon India and in this world stood aghast. America, where .saw sights , which were never seen marched in armies up and down the country, starving, ragged and homeless. Homes were desolated and fortunes, the result; of patient toil of many years, were swept away in a few moDths. All this was done in the name of "honest money." ' . As one looks back upon these scenes and shivers with horror at the re membrance, he cannot help but be filled were led to vote to impoverish themselves less acceptance of catch phrases invented by the villians who were wreck ing the prosperity of the world, and the political tools, who for the sake, of office and power, wera willing to betray the interests of their constituents. Who can for a moment reflect upon those remember that they were brought about by the machination of men deter mined to give the world "an object lesson," by which to impress upon, the masses the effectiveness of their power and gather within their control the wealth of the world, without a burning indignation? This attempt "to make money dear, ley once said,5 has-been abandoned, not because there was any pity for the suf ferings of mankind in the hearts of these wretches, but "because the providen tial output of gold made the accomplishment of their purposes impossible. But the greed of gain has by no means died. in the breasts of these men. They have evolved another scheme that will in the end work to the same pur pose that they had in view when they undertook "to make money dear and all things else cheap." They have turned their attention from bonds and great national debts 'to the control of industries b means of the organization of trusts. They will again attempt to deceive the masses by catch phrases and induce them to vote their industrial liberty away, not knowing that with it will go all the rights of man. i The great dailies, which they have as completely under their control now as they were in '93, are already beginning to announce a new political economy. Capital is to have a share of production from fifty to five hundred per cent more than it ever had before. All the industries are to be capitalized, not for their true vdlue, but for as much as the plants can be made to earn under a monopoly. A plant that is worth $50,000 is to be capitalized for $150,000 or $500,000, as the case may be, and interest on capital increased from 3 per cent to 10 or 15 per cent, when the increase of wealth annually is less, than 3 per cent. That process is as sure to end in distress as did the scheme to abandon the coinage, of silver, reduce the quantity of money, make it dear and every thing else cheap. The same plans are laid for its accomplishment. The daily press is to be owned and controlled, politicians are to be promised and given offices, the masses are to be deceived by catch, phrases. London having abandoned the attempt to force the gold standard upon India some time ago, there has been in consequence of it large shipments of silver. Official statements from the British board of trade, covering the four months from January 1 to April 30, 1901, show that London this year shipped to India and the Straits silver worth $14,478,586, compared with $9,094,397 in the like period of 1900. The gain reached $5,384,189, or 59.2 per cent. From San Francisco to India, in the same period, the silver shipments were $30,000, against nothing last year. The New York Engineering and Mining Journal, in commenting on the board of trade figures, .declares that "the increase in Indian shipments of silver was due almost entirely to the purchases, which the India council was compelled to make to maintain the circulation of the rupee. The attempt to force gold coinage has been practically abandoned, and the coinage of a large amount In silver rupees was found necessary to maintain the circulation In India and avoid grave currency difficulties. The high price maintained resulting from large shipments of silver to the Straits also helped to increase the demand for silver." & s. . How long will it be before the great dailies will announce the fact that the British government has abandoned the attempt to establish the gold stand ard In India? They were crowded with items and articles every day when the attempt was being made to set up the gold standard there. Now they say nothing, which shows how worthless they are as a guide to the American voter. -. If there is any sense in the democratic party, it will make an effort to get the above facts to the people. So far there has not been a word said on the subject in any of. the great dailies . that sail under the democratic name. Let them put up -in great black letters reaching clear across a page the words: "England has abandoned the attempt to force the gold standard upon India." That will show, more statesmanship and.sel more papers than if the same spa,ce is filled with reports of divorce trials and murder cases. If that cannot be done, the next best thing would be for the national committee to send The. Independent to every Bryan democrat for a year. By that time they would know some of the facts in the case. 1 , will be that the Immensely endowed universities, with their magnificent equipment and facilities for special investigations,- will devote themselves more and more to postgraduate work. The training of the raw material in the ordinary academic and college years will-be left to the smaller insti tutions near the homes of the stu dents. . . - . .; .' .This tendency is even necessary If we are to retain the principle of dem ocracy in the field of learning. The attempt to consolidate and affiliate scores and even hundreds of small colleges into one centralized ; Institu tion is an artificial policy, that may ul timately fall of Its own , weight. : Long may the small college prosper and such prophets as Dr. Pearsons multiply. Chicago Chronicle. v - Where Speculation Tends. Watch the record of embezzlements and defalcations and see how many of them are due 1 to "investments" In stocks, or grain, or something else. For the last thirty or forty years this speculative mania has been growing up under the name of business and the re sult is that it has permeated every cor ner, of the country. The people who lose are not as much In evidence as thore who win. They are not adver tfsed in the papers. But If they were all known they would be vastly more conspicuous than the winners, for there are vastly more of them. It takes a great many losers to make a millionaire winner. Indianapolis Sen tinel. . They Deserved It We believe the majority of the fu sion judges in this state merited the severe lashing they received at the hands of the Nebraska Independent, in Its last week's Issue, but we do know that the two district judges, who re side in Saunders county, do not come within this category, for had all offi cials contributed as liberally to the campaign fund as they did, there nev er would have been any deficiency. Saunders County New Era. and Destruction Over the the 'attempt to force the gold standard India, at a time when London controlled enhancement of the limited stock of make money dear. ! country was so terrible that the whole abundance for all had been the rule, before. Thousands of able-bodied men with pity , for ignorant masses, .who through party insanity and thought six years of suffering and death and and all other things cheap," as McKin DISTANT RELATIONS. Avt BABBT TAXSt. GeorgVGoad and Arthur. Sennet oc cupied the third of the .mourning coach es in; the . procession. They had worn quite' the right expression as they stepped down from the house to the coach. Not one of the little crowd that had gathered to see the procession start could, haye "found any fault with It 'Arthur wore bis handkerchief so that the black border on It peeped oat of his pocket and indicated how his bereave ment had gone all through him and left its mark on the smallest detail. But when they were once Inside the coach and leaning-back on the cushions that expression dropped off. It was a very comfortable coach, and George Goad looked perilously near to being content ed." Even Arthur's querulous face wore an appearance of partial and -rancid satisfaction. : For a minute they nursed their-solemn thoughts In silence, but they were the kind of men that had got to talk. Arthur looked out of the corner of his eye at George. It was for the elder man to start and to justify It. And George began with a justifica tion that he had used before on similar occasions.. "After all he said, "we may have our feelings, but we couldn't have wished it otherwise. It was a merciful deliverance." "I ' can't help but agree with you. said Arthur, as though he rather re gretted this want of an independent Judgment In himself. "She was a great sufferer. When . the news was brought to me, I had a feeling that was almost like relief. If I may use the word." "And after all we're nothing more than distant relations. It can't be the same to us that It should be (and I hope is) to them. that were nearer and are now In the coaches In front." "That is soV. said Arthur. "As to the relationship. I've tried to work It out, and it fogs me. I was thinking about it only last night. It's a kind of cousin, and I should say It was a third cousin. But I wouldn't speak for certain." "Ah," said George Indulgently, "we country chaps are no good at problems! Now, your' profession clerk . to. a so licitor I'll wager that sharpens "the wits." "Do you know what's the principal use of a solicitor's clerk?" asked Ar thur bitterly. ' "Well, and what might that be?" "To stop' the solicitor from making a fool of himself." "Oh, that's a good one! That's as good a one as ever I heard. I'll re member that I'lr He pulled him self up with a short,' sharp jerk. In another minute he would have been in to a guffaw. He went on rapidly. clearing the smile from his face as he spoke: "She was a good woman. Yes, and a thoughtful woman too. I don't suppose the expense would have kept you away today or me either. Still, that 5 pound note apiece for the pur pose was thoughtful." ..That is how I took It." said Arthur. "Of course your railway fare's more than mine. Still 5" "Of course.. There's a margin, and I haven't the least doubt she meant there to be a margin. I'll give you an other point s.DId you notice that sher ry .before we started ?" Arthur confessed that be had not no ticed it particularly. "Well. I did. And it happens I can tell you something about that sherry. If she ever took a glass of wine, it was sherry. And, what's more, she kept two sorts of It There Was one at 18 and one at"36." I know that for a fact because I know the man she dealt, with. Now, the 18 I've bad at the . house before; . nice enoughi you know, but with. a sort of sting in it The one we had just now was not the 18, but the 36 and quite a different thing. "I rarely touch anything," said Ar thur, with melancholy. "Can't it's liyer .with' me." . .""What you want Is a country life and good plain food. I'm never in a town but,! notice the. difference there.. You can't get a good stew in a town. That's a country dish for country cooks. 1 dou't say I could fancy it on a hot day like this, but in the winter Well, you must come down one day and see for yourself . what wet can do. Give me three helpings of a good stew, a little bit of cheese and a pint or so of old ale, and I don!t mind" . But It never transpired what George Goad, under those delicious circum stances, did not mind, because at this moment the coach stopped. They were already at the cemetery. Without de lay George and Arthur assumed the necessary expression. The coach moved on a little farther and stopped again close to the cemetery chapel. There was a moment's delay, and then a man in black opened the door, and the dis tant' relations got out and took their places' in the partially formed proces sion. At the door of the chapel they could see the curate waiting. There came a burst of laughter from children In the distance. Then as they entered the chapel the curate's voice rose clear and vibrating In words of singular beauty and solemnity. George and Ar thur looked all right Black and !WbIte. :-' f, . Aaafcttt Vrm Contentment. 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