r IN A REINDEER 8LEIOH,
Samuel Wlnorlraa, a Flnlnah boy, 15
years old, who apeak no English, was
the guest of charity In St. Louis three
days when near the end or a remark
able Journey frym the Old World to the
New.
Me traveled, labeled like an express
package, from Jalaajarvl Finland, to
Perry, O. T., and was but little better
able to take care of himself than an
express package. Mis passage did not
cost more than the charge for trans
porting an express of his weight be
tween nis starting point ana Ms des
tination.
The boy traversed 5,500 miles at a
cost. Including subsistence, of flOO.
The means of conveyance employed
were varied and the scenery he viewed
ranged from the Ice-covered crags of
his native Finland to the golden ex
panse of cornfields on the rolling prai
ries of Oklahoma. He began his jour
ney wrapped in furs in a huge sleigh
drawn by antlered reindeer, and made
the last stage of It In a buckboard that
was whirled away from the prairie
town depot by a single fractious, raw
boned broncho.
In the interim between these widely
different experiences the boy sailed In
a Baltic sea fisherman s sloop; crossed
the great Atlantic on a monster of the
line; whizzed through New York streets
on trolley cars; rushed across moun
tains, plains and rivers on American
railroads and paid a quarter to the
bridge arbitrary to cross the grand
Mississippi.
The boy arrived In St. Louis penni
less because he had not husbanded the
funds sent him by the relatives on this
side to whose home he was going.
While the boy could not talk English
he was sufficiently acquainted with the
sign language to spend money and be
fleeced by peanut venders and purvey
ors of other things that allure the boy
whether he comes from Finland or the
bailiwick where Tom Sawyer thrived.
The Finnish boy's passage was pre
paid from Stockholm, Sweden, to his
destination. The ticket was purchased
at Perry and sent to the boy's parents.
A tag asking all with whom he might
come In contact to treat him kindly
and assist him not to get lost was at
tached to a buttonhole in his cot. But
the boy did get lost in St. Louis, or,
rather, he wandered out of the sight of
those who were heeding the request on
the label, and that was how he came
to have the pleasure of remaining In
St. Louis two days. Instead of only
twelve hours, as his itinerary called
for.
The Finnish boy has an uncle living
on a farm near Perry, O. T., who want
ed a bright boy to help him about the
farm and grow up in free and enlight
ened America. The uncle bethought
him of Sammy and decided to send for
the lad. After a correspondence re
quiring weeks It was arranged that
Samrny should say good-by to home
and Finland and travel to the country
of his relatives, of which he no doubt
had a vague and very Incorrect Idea.
The uncle purchased through the
railroad agent at Perry a ticket for
Samuel Wlnnrima, aged 16 years, from
Stockholm, Sweden, to Perry, O. T.
eveninr of August 13. His train was
not due to leave until next morning
Kind-hearted attaches of the union sta
tion took him in charge. A chance
traveler who spoke Sammy's language
learned of his Journey and that he had
spent most of the money intended for
food on peanuts, bananas, eta
Sammy spent the night on a couch In
the station matron's rooms. He was
up early next morning. When the sta
tion officers who were to put him on his
train searched for him he could not be
found. He returned after his train, was
gone. He was not much worried.
He was fed and taken care of by the
station attaches, but despite their ef
forts to get him started on the road to
Oklahoma, Sammy missed the train
twice after the first failure to get away.
LEGEND OF BULL HILL.
If the residents of Bull Hill, Me., set
liement lok east they see the broad
surface of Great Pond. In the opposite
direction their vision climbs the steep
side of a mountain which hides Its ton
among clouds in the daytime and talks
with the stars at night. There are
fourteen nouses, a general store, a ho
tel, a blacksmith shop and a diminu
tive school bouse In the village. Be
yond these are trees and crags, tenant
ed by many wild animals and haunted
by the ghosts of. the men who per
ished years ago while trying to solve
the mystery of a barrel of bull beef.
The village of today has not changed
in forty years, except that a school
house has been put up on the spot
where a grogshop was burned by a
moD in iswi. The school house is the
smallest Institution of learning In
Maine. It is 12 feet wide and 16 feet
long. Five pupils for every school day
is the average attendance. When the
boys start for school In the morning
every one takes a dry stick of cord-
wood on his shoulder and saws It Into
stove lengths before beginning his les
sons.
The name of the man who founded
Bull Hill was Hussey. His act was
wholly involuntary. In company with
three other men he started from Am
herst in the autumn of 1838 to take an
oxload of supplies to a lumber camp
in Greenfield plantation. As they
mounted the shoulder of Bull Hill the
men walked on ahead, leaving Hussey
to wield the goad stick and guide the
team. At the very top of the hill the
rope binding the load parted, and a
barrel of salted bull beef rolled off to
the ground, from which point gravita
tion took it over the brow of the hill
and carried It out of sight.
"I'll get that barrel of beef," said
Hussey, with an oath, "or I'll never
come back."
The men laughed at him, telling him
they believed he was fond of bull beef
because his teeth seemed to be made
fur the purpose of chewing tough food.
As Hussey had large teeth, which he
never housed dar or night, summer or
winter, the taunt made him mad.
"If 1 find that barrel of beef," he
cried, "I'll stay until I eat It all up or
I'll starve to death trying."
He took his axe, gun, ammunition
U. 8. A., via New York City. Tickets ana a lew oiner neeurui articles irom
of thin kind consist of three coupons, the oxcart and went off down the hill,
One coupon Is a receipt for the total ! while the men continued their Journey
sum. This receipt is Kept ny ine pur
chaser. The other coupons are an or
der for the steamship passage and
an order for the railroad passage from
New York to the destination.
Sammy's coupons were sent to him.
He was bundled into a reindeer sleigh
at Jalaslarvl and began the trip to
to Greenfield camp. Hussey didn't
show up at camp that winter, though
the foreman -needed him badly and
looked for him every day. On their
return to Amherst the men expected to
find Hussey at home, but when they
learned he hadn't been seen sim.-e
he went away the autumn before, his
WAYS OF THE MEXICANS.
thr nearest seaport, Krlstlnestad, on j friends grew frightened and began to
the Baltic sea. 1W miles from his home, mane up searcmog parties, aiiui a '
This, the first stage of his Journey, oc- reports about a man lost In the woods
cupled three days. reached Bangor and Old Town, and
At Krlstlnestad he embarked In a men who wanted an outing for human
sailing sloop to cross the wintry Baltic Ity's sake with a prospect of plenty of
to Stoc kholm. The sail was 4.V) miles rum and molusscs on the side made
and required five days. There was 1 frequent Journeys to Great Pond in
nothing new to the boy thus far, for -quest of Hussey and his bull beef,
he had ridden behind reindeer all his Many of these well-meaning searchers
life, and had taken many a cruise with ' came to grief. A canoe containing
relatives In the fishery business. three men and a boy was overturned
At Stockholm the novelty of the on Great Fond in May, 1S39, and no
trlp began for the young Klnlander. He body lived to reach the shore. The
had never been to the Swedish capital, following month a party of four men
and there were many and great sights took refuge unih-r a fallen hemlock to
fur him there. I he KteamsiilD company, avoio u nuuuvn uunniiuui, t.j
took him In charge there and started
him on the railway to Christiana, the
sailing point of the company's trans
atlantic steamships.
The rail Journey was 450 miles, and
kept the boy 48 hours among the pic
turesque scenes of rugged Sweden.
At Christiana the boy saw tor me
one was killed by a thunderbolt. Three
months later a party of six was over
taken by a great forest fire, in which
two lost their lives. One man was lost
In the woods and his body was torn to
pieces by wild anlmaU.
In spite of hardships and disasters
the hunt for Hussey and his beef was
first time a treat sea harbor with Its kept up for ten years, and though evi-
foreats of spars and masts, trim racing
yachts, warships bristling with can
non, tiny fishing smacks and crafts of
varied shapes and importance And
here, too, he saw for the first time a
real American flag, an Immense silk
banner of stars and stripes, crackling
in the breeze above a United States
cruiser. The boy knew the flag and he
knew the ship that floated It was one
of the defenders of the great country
to which he was going, and he longed
to go aboard and feel like an American
at once.
But the patriotic Sammy was obliged,
in accordance with the directions on
his shipping tag. that afternoon to be
pluced on an Immense ocean steamer,
and was shown his bunk In the steer
age, and the place where he was to
eat for the next two weeks or more.
Sammy wept a few lines when the
0lg ship wrtdhed anchor and crept to
the open sea In obedience to the pulling
tug to which she was attached by a
long line.
- Bammty's Journey had then fairly
been begun. There were many persons
from his native land on board, and he
was not without some one to talk to
and cry with.
The ship's Journey gave the boy a
view of the Shetland Islands, where the
diminutive horses originated.
He sailed July 27 and It was not un
til August 13 that he saw Fire Island,
the right sign of the land of the New
World. He successfully passed through
was permitted to walk down the gang
plank and set foot on an American
pier. Sammy had but little trouble
with the customs officers.
But he would not hae been permitted
to enter the country with his scant
supply of the worlds goods and no vis
ible means of existence save a few
small coins, but for the fact that bo had
inland transportation. He had given
one of his coupons for fare on the
steamer. The remaining coupon was
an order for a railroad ticket from New
York to Perry, O. T. This was Sammy's
open sesame at the barge office, where
immigrants are examined and permit
ted to enter the United States If they
have money enough to get out of New
York, or made to reshlp If they are
paupers.
An attache of the steamship company
took Sammy In tow and passed him
through the barge office to the railroad
station. Sammy was then left entirely
alone, save for his label. Ho had sov
eral hours to wait for his train to leave,
going further look a ride on a trolley
car.
H tot away from New York on
time and remained on the train until
he reached St. Louis., There was no
dm on the train to speak with him In
his nntlve language, but the label had
len rewritten In English at New York
and explained his few needs.
Sammy reached St. Louis on the
A,mr.e that ht wnl ntlll HvInC WQS dlB-
covered at several times, he remained
unknown to the world until 1K52. when
James Clinch and Arthur Penney pad
dled Into a cove on the side of Great
Pond one afternoon and saw Hussey
sitting at the mouth of a cave watch
ing a handsome squaw at play with
her three half-breed children.
"My wife, my babies," said Hussey,
Introducing his family. "Glad ter see
yer, boys. Stop and have a snack."
After supper the men questioned
Hussey and asked him why he had
never come out to the celarlng In all
the years that bad gone.
"I've bin wantln' to many's the time,"
replied Hussey, "but I took my oath
thnt I'd never come back till the bull
beef was et up." He paused here long
enough to point out a barrel In one cor
ner of the room, and added: "And It
ain't all gone y It."
Current report has It that Hussey ate
hull beef until the day of his death.
After he had Kone his children married
and settled near their old home, so In a
few years the side of Bull Hill hem a
small village, resting among the rocks
and reaching up the road over which
the founder chased a barrel of bull
beef.
RELIGIOUS.
When a church has a dozen or fifteen
attractle young women among Its mem
bers the prayer meetings are generally
well attended.
The total number of foreign mission
aries, including their wives, who are
doing IYotestant Christian work In Ja
pan Is !)2, an Increase of thirty-three
over last year.
The Methodist congregations of
Brooklyn have united In a movement
to endeavor to pay off the debts of all
Methodist congregations as a part oi
the twentieth century fund scheme.
According to the twenty-fifth necro
loglral report at Princeton Theological
seminary recently Issued th length
of the average pastorate In the I r.s
byterlan church Is eight years and eight
Mrs
while
A SOLEMN SAIL.
Churchly-What? Is It possible
at Fashion Bay you actually
uent out sailing with a young man
Sunday? . . .. ,
Daughter-V-e-s. ma; but there was
scarcely any wind, ma. and we went
real slow. Just ns If we were going to
church, you know.-New York Weekly.
FLEEING FKOM TEMPTATION.
Mother Johnny, have you been In
swimming?
Johnny No'm. Honest, I aln t.
Mother-Thwi what makes your hair
so wet? ,
Johnny-I g't all sweaty runn n
away from the l,ys that was goln
swImmln'.-New York Journal.
The street names of Mexico are some
thing really appalling to the newcom
er. Some years ago. the streets were
renamed systematically, with numeri
cal avenues running east and west and
streets north and south, and although
the new names are prominently post
ed on all the corner houses, they are
never used except in official documents.
Every one uses the old names. Many
of these are place names, or streets are
named for some occurrence or tradi
tion, or for the character of the trades
that formerly predominated In them.
The number of names is infinitely
multiplied, because each block Is re
garded as a street and has a separate
name. When the name of a street
continues me same through more
than one block, the various squares are
aeaignatea as nrst, second, third, etc.
Many of tbe street names seem very
odd to foreigners. Those named for
the deity and religious personages are
numerous. For Instance, there is the
Heart of Jesus street and the Street of
the Holy Ghost; Ave Maria street and
the Avenue of the Love of God. Oth
ers are the Street of the Saint of the
True Cross, the Arches of Bethlehem,
and the Graves of St. Sunday street;
the Bridge of St. Peter and St.Paul nda
the Street of the Crosses of Sorrow.
Not only are the names of streets un
usual, but they are often found in the
most incongruous locations. For In
stance, if you walk down Jesus street
and continue In the second block you
will be startled to find that you are
then on the street of the New Slaugh
ter House. The Alley of the Egg and
Potato street are Just as likely to be
the prolongation of the Back of Saint
Teresa street as any other. The Street
of the Seven Princes may no longer
be Inhabited by royalty, but the Ave
nue of Illustrious Men was named for
real persons. The Street of the Lost
child derived Its name from a popular
tradition, but the Avenue of the Fifth
of May was named for a famous bat
tle with the French. There are a large
number of the capital's streets named
for living things.
There are the streets of the Little
Bird, Street of the Fish, Bull street and
Goat street, and streets of the Flies,
Rats and Boosters.
It is a little startling to newcomers
at first to notice the universal custom
In Mexico of addressing persons of
high and low degree by their first
names. As soon as friends are at all
well acquainted they address each oth
er by the given name, and this is done
not only by those of the same age and
sex, but Indiscriminately among young
me nand young women, young people
and elder persons. In the latter case,
or between elderly persons, a respect
ful prefix Is used as "Don Klcardo.
Public characters are also commonly
eferred to by their first names, even
the wife of the President of the repub
lic being affectionately called Carmen
clta by all classes. In the household
the head of the house Is called Bon
Jose or Don Manuel by the servants,
and a son in distinction Is known as
.Manuelito (little Manuel).
It should not be Inferred from the
above, however, that the relation be-
ween the family proper and the help
s ever anything more than mat or
master and servant. Far from It. The
servant knows his place and remains
In It always, and the master would tol
erate nothing less, though the servant
may address the master In terms of
endearment, and the master speak
with servant In the language of inti
mates and relatives. It Is In expecting
too much of these patient servitors, or
In asking that the Mexican Indian dis
play the same degree of providence
and foresight as the educated laborers
of the north, that the American em
ployer falls out with them, or at least
does not achieve the best results.
Among servants the customs regard
ing the names given superiors are not
unlike those of the negroes of the
Southern United States. The lowest
classes, or the servants that have
grown up In a family, Bpeak to the
heads of the house as onino or nina
(masculine and feminine for child), or
call the wife and mother senorita, re
gardless of the fact hat she may have
attained three-Bcore. ine servants ais
tlngulsh between one of their own
class and a friend of their master or
mistress by such distinctions. If a call
er Is to be announced it Is a senorita,
regardless of her age, that Is In the
parlor. If a woman of the common
class awaits the mistress it is a senora.
A Rentleman of the upper classes is
referred to as a senor, while a laborer
will be called a muchacho (boy).
The modern City of Mexico will soon
be thoroughly up-to-date in all modes
of street transportation. The capital
has long been noted for Its handsome
horses and equipages, several motor
carriages and tricycles are to be seen
every day splnnlg along the level
streets; the district railways are be
ing thoroughly equipped for electric
traction; a handsome line of omni
buses to one of the suburbs has Just
been Inaugurated, that raises the "com
plete" sign in the most approved
French fashion when the seats are all
taken; a large number of fine, new
public coaches, at CO cents an hour, are
to make their appearance next month,
and more than all, a concession has
been applied for by a company that In
tends to supply the city with automo
bile cabs.
There are no alleys In Mexico, as
they are known In the United States,
and no back doors to nouses, aue
Jon Is frequently translated as alley,
but It Is literally and In reality little
street, and is so called because It Is
either narrow or short, or both. Mod
ern Mexico.
ODD ITEMS.
Tbe other day In Bangor, Me,
wheelman met a young woman riding a
wheel and shedding bitter tears. He
asked her why she wept, and she gave
the following explanation: She was
learning to ride her wheel; she could
not turn while riding it, and If she
dismounted she could not mount with
out help, and there she was riding
farther and farther from home. Of
course he helped her out of her trouble,
and she went on her way rejoicing.
A proclamation has been Issued in
Malta announcing that after fifteen
years the English language will be sub
stituted for the Italian in all the courts
In the island. The use of Italian has
been of great Inconvenience to the Eng-
iiBii oi jnajta.
The most singular ship in the world
is the Polyphemus of the British navy.
It is simply a long steel tube, deeply
ouneu in me water, the deck rising
only four feet above the sea. It carries
no masts or sails, and is used as a ram
ana lorpeao boat.
Christian Ludwiireen bet Edward w
Vogt of Hoboken 5 that he (Vogt) had
not the nerve to ask any woman to
marry him. Vogt took him up. A little
later he met Miss Annie Steiner, also
oi MoooKen. and told her of the bet.
"You don't dare to marry me," he said.
"Oh, I don't know." said the irlrl. Sn
they were married and Ludwigsen's $5
counis as tnelr nrst wedding gift.
The spider that seeks out a pebble
and anchors her web with it clearly
makes use of a tool. The pebble Is
analogous to the iron anchor used by
man. Spiders have been seen to use
nails for anchors.
The area of the world's coal flels is
471,800 square miles.
Among the principal consumers of
corn whisky is the British government,
which used 124,000 gallons last year in
the manufacture of smokeless powder.
The most extraordinary forest in the
world was discovered by Dr. Wewltsch,
and occupies a tableland six miles in
width near the west coast of Africa.
The peculiarity of the trees is that,
mougn ineir trunKs are as much as
four feet In diameter, they attain a
neignt or only a foot. No tree bears
more than two leaves, and these at
tain a length of six and a breadth of
two feet.
The sultan of Turkey is most inquis
itive as to what is said and written
about hi mabroad. Every day transla
tions are laid before him from newspa
pers of the world, and these are closely
perused.
To salute with the left hand is a
deadly insult to Mahometans in the
east.
Sir Jung Bahadur, the prime minister
to the king of Nepaul, has a hat made
of diamonds worth $2,500,00, and perch
ed pn the top is a single- ruby of in
calculable value.
At Mendon, near Paris, a captive bal
loon was recently allowed to rise to a
height of 150 yards and then shot at
wits a rifle. Most of the shots passed
through the lower half of the balloon,
and some pierced the upper half. The
effect upon the balloon was hardly per
ceptible, as six hours elapsed before, in
a very gentle descent, it reached the
earth.
money, and he may now depart in
peace, knowing that all the rites have
been observed and when he dies it Is
only necessary for his family to place
bis body in the coffin that lies in the
ground.
IN SULU AND LUZON.
A GERMAN GIRL'S EDUCATION.
An important part of a girl's educa
tion In Germany is her instruction In
domestic science. She Is taught ' how
to knit and darn stockings and how to
repair towels and bed and table linen
skillfully. She crochets lace and other
things, and makes all kinds of cross
stitch work. Most German girls of the
upper classes have some musical edu
cation. As a rule, they play better on
the piano than they sing. After 1he
girl has finished her school course she
goes to a boarding house of the better
class to learn how to cook and keep
house and to acquire the ways of re
fined society outside of her own home.
Here she remains for several months
and watches the process of the cooking
and other work, often lending a hand
herself. It will be seen that her edu
cation presupposes that ahe will marry
some time In her life, and It Is In a
measure a preparation for that event.
Consequently, when ahe haa been con
firmed she begins to prepare her trous
seau. She croc-hem lace, makes table
covers, works long tidies Is cross-stitch,
and by degrees collects a large supply
of towels and bed and table linen.
Everything that Is valuable is put
away In a chest holding her treasures.
A MNOER REACH.
"It can never be, Mr. Bllmpurse,"
said the fair Mlas Embonpoint, deris
ively. "The man I marry must be able
to surround me with comfort." "Ah! I
see " retorted the young man as he
lea'ched for his hat. "You'll have to
et a fellow with ft longer reach than
me If that's the case." Philadelphia
Ilecord.
PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS.
"Maria, I told Jimmy It was wicked
for little boys to fight." "What did he
eay?" "He said, 'Pa. you must be
gittln' old.' "
'Mamma," said little 5-year-old Tom
my, "do only good little boys go to
heaven?" "Yes, my dear," replied the
mother. "Well," continued the youth
ful observer, "if that's the case boys
must be rather scarce up there."
Well, Clara, what did you see in the
country?" asked a father of his little
4-year-old daughter who had Just re
turned from a visit to her grandpar
ents. "Oh, Just lots of funny things,"
was the reply, "and the funniest of all
was the hlr?d man unmilking the
cows."
Little 4-year-old Harold met with a
very serious accident, having broken
arm and a broken leg In consequence,
says the Youth's Companion. When he
was able to talk his father questioned
him as to how It happened. "Oh," he
said, "I went upstairs and there was a
window open. I looked out, then I hol
lered out and then I Jest follered the
holler."
"Pa, ain't you a director of th' school
board?" "Yes, I am. What of it'"
"Well, teacher called me down today
and she was Just awfully impolite
about IL" "Were you on the school
house premises when she called you
down?" "Yes, I was on the roof."
She was a bright little girl and was
not at all backward fvr her years, but
one day on her return from school she
surprised her mother by remarking:
"The music teacher must be a fool or
else he thinks we are." "Why, what
can cause you to say that?" queried
the mother. "Well, today he stopped us
in the midst of our singing and asked
how many potatoes there were in a
bushel." The mother was naturally as
much surprised as the child and de
termined to Investigate, so she sought
the master of the school, who could
shed no light upon It, and together they
Interviewed the singing teacher. He
was thoughtful for a moment and then
a smile broke over his face, which re
sulted In general laughter when he
explained that he had stopped the mu
sic to ask: "How many beats to the
measure?"
SQUIRRELS.
Ours Is a beautiful quiet country
home at the crossing of four roads.
The house is in a large yard, filled
with trees and flowers, so many trees
that we have named It "The Ever
greens." A few rods away is a piece
of woods, first a maple sugar bush and
below that an evergreen swamp. Here
the red squirrels live In freedom. They
come from the depths of this swamp
to the house, often running over the
roof, Jump on one of the tall pines or
uaisam, irom mem to a maple outside
of the yard, whose limbs Interlock over
the road, on to an apple tree In the
orchard without touching the ground.
Down one of the walks are some
walnut and butternut trees. These the
little "bright eyes" claim as their own.
They not only carry away many, but
drop quantities from the stem before
they are ripe, says Our Dumb Animals.
We gather these for their winter store.
One year we raised sunflowers for the
hens, stored them in a shop that is
between the nut tree and a spruce that
is near more maples. We noticed how
sleek and glossy our pets were, and
we had more than ueuaL .Think
ing Biddie would like a dessert of
sunflower seeds, we sent for them, but
presto: xney were gone. Master
squirrel looked wise, but told no tales.
Near our kitchen door is a mam
moth pine. One bright October day
we neara an unusual squirrel concert.
Going to the window we saw one sit
ting on a projecting bit of bark, fld-
aung witn nis leet, keeping time to
the music; sometimes he would rest
his hands and use one of his feet. Ours
being a childless home, we make pets
ot eerytning. Nearly every day we
put a quantity of nuts by the roots of
a pine, and a squirrel comes over the
trees and fence looking for them. If
we have neglected to put them there.
he will hunt over and under the leaves
everywhere, so disappointed. When he
finds some he takes one In his hands,
turning it over and over, to pick off
the outer bark, in order to hold it se
curely in his teeth. Away he scam
pers with it, sometimes up in the
trees, where he tucks it In some
crotch, pushing it down with all his
tiny strength, and sometimes across
the road under the bam, to hide it
in the barn bridge, or in the stone wall,
or the board fence, and some he buries
In the snow, covering them with his
little feet. Once he took one across
the road, up an elm and out on a limb,
dropping it into a bird's nest. The
"gude man of the house," says "he
desn't put all his eggs into one bas
ket." The last nut he carries home,
but never are two put in the same
place. After a little time he comes and
carries them all home.
BLOOD THICKER THAN WATER.
That it exists there can be no doubt.
Een to people on this side of the At
lantic it is apparent; and those who,
like myself, have lately passed through
the United btates can testify to Its in
tensity and spontaneity. The cause
which has produced it is not far to
seek. A greater sympathy and friend
ship has been apparent for two or three
years. Even the excitement about the
Venezuelan dispute failed to disturb
It; and when it looked as if Continen
tal Europe was disposed to enter the
contest between the United States and
Spain, not so much in defense of Span
ish Interests as with a view of humili
ating the United States, there appeared
a genuine sympathetic interest which
extended from the man in the street
to the cabinet minister at Whitehall.
We pitied the fal lof Spain, but we
could not help feeling that our kins
men were taking up the cause for
which this country In the past has
spent so much and made such gigantic
sacrifices. As became a neutral, we
were unmoved spectators of events, un
til that whisper arose which stirred us
all to our depths.
When it became evident that an In
trigue was on foot to throw a Latin
alliance Into arms against the United
States the voice of Great Britain was
unmistakably heard, and ve showed
plainly that In such an event, Great
Britain must be reckoned with, and
anv attempt to wrest from our kins
men the gains won by her sons ashore
and afloat by a combination of Conti
nental Europe would have to meet the
whole Anglo-Saxon race In armed alli
ance. The storm passed, but that little
proof of our sincerity did more than
a torrent of words to establish cordial
relations between the United States
and Great Britain. Our kinsmen real
ized for the first time what we have
never doubted over here, that, differ
as we may among ourselves, neither of
us would ever see the flag of Anglo
Saxon freedom dipped on either side of
the Atlantic to an overwhelming com
bination of Continental Europe. Lord
Charles Beresford in Pell Mall Mag
From the Springfield (Mass.) Repub
lican: President Hadley of Yale uni
versity says that he is not the author
of the editorial on the Philippine ques
tion in the last number of the Yale
Review, of which he is one of the ed
itors. When asked if he agreed with
the editorial's sentiments, he said: "I
think that all the facta stated In the
editorial can be substantiated." Fur
ther than that he would not speak.
Reference hag already been made In
this paper to the Yale Review's edi
torial. The strong statements in it
were that "despite the mists of cant
that have been studiously thrown about
put position," it is becoming clearer to
an increasing number of people that
"we have undertaken Just what Spain
had on her hands in Cuba the reduc
tion of an unwilling people to subjec
tion;" and that the thing for the Unit
ed States to do is to "turn back on
conquest" and offer the Filipinos "self
government and protection against for
eign aggression." Another point the Re
view made was the inconsistency man
ifested in recognizing the local auton
omy of the sultan of Sulu and in refus
ing to recognize the local autonomy of
the Filipino republic of the northern
islands. If we can pension the sultan
of Sulu and recognize his government,
why cannot we recognize the govern
ment of Aguinaldo? That is a fair
question.
Compare the sultanate of Sulu with
the republic whose head is Aguinaldo.
The sultan rules as an absolute mon
arch after the manner of the sultan of
Turkey. He supports a harem and the
Institution of human slavery flourishes
In his dominion. The harem is In vio
lation of the spirit of American insti
tutions, since polygamy was legally
abolished in Utah. The slaevry violates
the thirteenth amendment of the Unit
ed States constitution, which declares
that neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude shall exist within the United
States "or any place subject to their
Jurisdiction." If Mr. McKinley claims
Jurisdiction over the Sulu islands he
can not permit human slavery to exist
there without repudiating the thir
teenth amendment and the cause for
which Abraham Lincoln was a martyr.
Yet Mr. McKlnley's representative has
recently been to see the sultan of Sulu
to negotiate with him a treat and
nothing was said or done, accordkr to
all reports, which would inform thl sul
tan that human slavery was now be
come unlawful and impossible in e
Sulu archipelago. We recognize a Mos
lem potentate with harem and human
slavery, and we pay him several thou
sand dollars a year to stay quiet while
the United States guarantees him pro
tection against foreign aggression.
But in Luzon we did not do anything
of the sort. We started in with a
presidential proclamation declaring
that we proposed to "assimilate" the
native population. We made a treaty
with Spain guaranteeing the perpetu
ation of the monastic orders and their
land titles, which constituted, perhaps,
the most potent cause of Insurrection
against Spanish rule. Wt refused to
recognize the native government of Lu
zon, and as Boon as that government,
seeing clearly our purposes of aggres
sion, fell foul of our military power.
we started In to crush the life out of
It in war. Yet this native government
represented a Christian people, not Mo
hammedans. It was a republic, formed
ambitiously after our own, and not a
monarchy. Its head was a Christian ,
with one wife, and did not support a
harem. Its constitution proclaimed hu
man slavery. Why is it that we are de
stroying the Christian, republican, civ
ilized government, and at the same
monarchical and barbarous govern
ment? The VaIa Tielew Ravfl- "Tf we are to
rule the Sulu archipelago through the
sultan, why not rule Luzon through
Aguinaldo? His abilities have been
amply tested." Will some one answer.
It la hard to understand why a slae
holding Moslem sultan should be treat
ed with such extraordinary deference,
while the Filipino republic of Luzon
and Panay should be overwhelmed with
all the military power of the United
States government.
A LIVE MAN'S FUNERAL.
A curious Incident Is related by the
Japanese papers. Mr. Kumekawa of
Kobe, like every other Intelligent Jap
anese, desired that his funeral should
be attended by ceremonies appropriate
to his ran kadn social position, and In
order that he might not be disappoint
ed In this respect, having reached his
seventy-seventh year, and feeling that
his days were numbered, he determined
to have his funeral in advance and
make the arrangements himself. There
fore on the day appointed his relatives
and friends were Inlvtcd to his house
and gathered around an empty coffin
with all the paraphernalia of mourn
ing and engaged In the most elaborate
Buddhist ceremony that could be de
vised. Mr. Kumekawa sat at the head
of the casket and watched with Inter
est all that was going on.
After the ceremonies at the house
were concluded a procession was form
ed which marched through the princi
pal streets to the cemetery. Mr. Kum
ekawa walked In front of his own cof
fin. The floral offerings were numer
ous and beautiful. The Kobe City
band led the procession and played
modern airs, while at Intervals were
groups of dancing girls and members
of the theatrical profession who per
formed pantomime alegorles to Illus
trate the nobility of Mr. Kumekawa's
character and the loss that was suffer
ed by the community at his death.
Just before reaching the gates of the
cemetery the procession was halted and
several photographs were taken. Af
ter the coffin had been lowered Into the
grave and covered with floral offerings
the funeral party proceeded to the Jln
ko club, where an elaborate feast was
served,' and speeches eulogistic of Mr.
Kumekawa were delivered by Severn)
of his friends.
Mr. Kumekawa was thoroughly sat
lrfled with the success of his funeral,
although It cost him a large sum of
PREJUDICE.
The doctor, like many doctors, Is an
Inveterate smoker, relates the New
York Times. This Is a great annoy
ance to one of his best patients. She
likes the doctor, but that annoying
habit of his Is a great trial to her. Her
case. It may be Incidentally remarked,
is one which possibly could be cured
by one of those scientists who treat by
meana of faith. Faith has been doing
its perfect work for some time; per
haps, anyway, she has not seen the
doctor for some months, but she was
111 again and she sent for him. The
doctor came, of course, and the patient
was clad to see him, but she was pre
pared for her usual trial upon the occa
sion of his visits.
"Oh, doctor," she exclaimed, as he
came, with the long-drawn sigh of one
who bears much, "that dreadful cigar."
The doctor wall a big, bluff, hearty
man, and he laughed a big, bluff hear
ty laugh at that, as he answered:
"Madam, I haven't smoked for over
a year."
. WHY HE MOVED.
"flreat Scott, man!" cried the eastern
rattle buyer, as he pointed to the funnel-shaped
cloud in the distance,
"there's a cyclone."
"Calm yourself, stranger," responded
Amber Pete. That thur ain't no cy
clone; It's Just that clouds hang over
the bank cashier over the Eagle Eye."
"But It's moving at the rate of a mile
a minute."
"You'd be movln', too, stranger, If a
whole town was nrtor you."
AMBITIOUS.
She confronted him at the breakfast
(able.
"George, I want that letter In your
pocket. Please give It to me. Don't
refuse."
A guilty look swept over hla face,
find he answers hoarsely: "W-what let
ter, my dear?"
"Why, a V, but If you could make It
an X It would do Just as well. I've
got some shopping to do."
And he la so grateful at the hair
breadth escape that ho maxes it a XX,
THE WORM TURNS.
It takes money to run a newspaper.
St. John (Kan.) News.
What an exaggeration! What a whop
per! It has been disproved a thousand
times; it is a case of airy fancy. It
doesn't take money to run a newspaper.
It can run without money. It is not a
business venture. It is a charitable in
stitution, a begging concern, a highway
robber. A newspaper is the child of
the air, a creature of a dream. It can
go on and on, and any other concern
would be in the hands of a receiver and
wound up with cobwebs In the win
dows. It takes wind to run a news
paper; it takes gall to run a newspaper.
It takes a scintillating, acrobatic imag
ination and a half dozen white shirts
and a railroad pass to run a newspaper.
But whoever needed money to conduct
a newspaper? Kind words are the me
dium of exchange that do the business
for the editor kind words and church
sociable tickets! When you see an ed
itor with money, watch him. He'll be
paying his bills and disgracing his pro
fession. Never give money io an ea
Itor. Make him trade it out. He likes
to swap!
Then when you die, after having
stood around for years, and sneered at
the editor and his little Jim crow paper,
be sure and have your wife send in for
three extra copies by one of your weep
ing children, and when she reads the
generous and touching notice about you,
forewarn her to neglect to send .nrteen
cents to the editor. It would over
whelm him. Money is a corrupting
thing. The editor knows it; what he
wants Is your heartfelt thanks. Then
he can thank the printers and they
can thank their grocers.
Take your Job work to another Job
office and then coma and ask for free
church notices. Get your lodge letter
heads and stationery printed out of
town and then flood the editor with
beautiful thoughts In resolutions of re
snect and cards of thanks. They make
such spicy reading, and when you pick
It up filled with these glowing and fer
vid obituary articles, you are so proud
of your little local paper!
But money scorn the filthy thing.
Don't let the pure, Innocent editor
know anything about It. Keep that
for sordid tradespeople who charge for
their wares. The editor gives his away.
The Lord loves a cheerful giver! He'll
take care of the editor. He has a char,
ter from the state to act as doormat
for the community. He'll get the paper
out somehow; and stand up for the
town and whoop It up for you when
you run for office, and He about your
plgeontoed daughter's tacky wedding,
and blow about your big-footed sons
when they a get a M-a-week Job, and
weep over your shriveled soul when It
Is released from Its miserable hulk, and
smile at your giddy wife's second mar
riage. Don't worry about the editor he'll
get on. The Lord knows how but
somehow. Cohocton (N. Y.) Times.
"I must take Henry away In August,
If he Is alive."
"Is he so 111."
"No, but his whist club, chess club,
golf club and bicycle club all havt
tournaments this month."
