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Tlio will of the Into .larvlB Konl of
St. Joseph, Mo., leaves $20,000 for a
free mrmorlHl library In that pine1,
ami $10,000 to tho municipal hospital.
Speaking of the dllUrtilty students
experience In icmornbeiing tho exact
situation of the mitral and tricuspid
valves of tho heart, Prof. Huxley once
remarked that ho remembered that the
mitral (ho called from lta resemblance
to the headgear of the church digni
tary) must Iw on tho loftHldo, "because
a blehop could never be In the right."
Potatoes are now being Imported
from tho Paclllc coast to China. The
first largo shipment of potatoes from
thin country to the Walled Umpire wan
reported a ahort while ago. The car
go left Tacomn, Wash., for Shanghai.
Tho Chinese have diawn on the Pacific
roast for breadstuff In recent years,
but thlH In tho first sign that they havo
Required a taste for iKitatoes.
A curloiiH street car line Ih that be
tween Atnml and Yoihlhomu, two
count towim In the province of lzle,
Japan. The line Is seven miles long,
the rolling slock consists of a single
car, and tho motlo power Im fiirnlhnd
by a couplo of muscular coolies, who
push tho car along wherever power U
necessary. When the car comes lo a
down grade they jump on anil ride.
Wero the piotectlon of our foiest?
cnrrled to tho full extonl, there would
be no offender to come under tho con
demnation which Phillips Brooktt thus
expressed: "There Is something wrong
about a man that needlessly plucks oil
a new ICHt-bud from a finest tree, even
If ho be where no human steps would
have been shelteicd by IU shade and
no human eye charmed with it
bpnuty."
Whal Booker Washington Is saying
to the men of his own race, another
clear voice Is saying to the white folks:
"What the south needs Is respect for
work. We must put on our overalls
and hb our hands." Thero Is no sec
tionalism In such a lesson; It Is law
and gospel for all latitudes and longi
tude. Industrial development offers
both basis and security for all higher
Intercuts.
(1 lowing reports come from the
eheopralslng district In southern Colo
rado. Tho Arkansas valley Is under
irrigation over an area of cighty-tlve
miles long and ton miles wide, and
will shortly become tho greatest lamb
feeding center in the world. At th
present tlroo over 315,000 sheep and
lambs arc on feed there, and judglnR
from the rate of Increase thero should
be 000,000 in another year.
Among the notoworthy bequests for
charitable purposes during tho past
year was that of a Navajo Indian,
whoso nutate, valued at over $20,000,
was left for tho establishment of a free
medlcnl dispensary, as "an aid In ex
tinguishing cruel aboriginal superoU
tlona In the tribe." Tho giver rcrog.
nixed the fuct that, in an important
sense. It Is for the Indian to say whot
the future of tho Indian shall be.
A $1 bill bearing only a stamp and
no wrapper for a written coramunlca
tlon on mails from Chicago. Tho bill
served as a wrapper from a written
communication on u card, and was
owed to the card. On the outside o(
the bill was pasted a bit of white pa
pvr bearing n two-cent stamp and the
address. Question was raided as to the
right of sending money in this manner
but the bill in the and was allowed to
10 on Its way,
ii is contemplated io construct a
railroad similar to the Jungfrau Hue
to the summit of Moat Diane. M,
Yallot, th'o director of the Mont Wane
observatory, and M. Doporet, professor
of mineralogy at tho Lyons university,
In conjunction with M. Fabro, a French
engtnocr, have been engaged for some
time past In surveying the sides of the
mountain to ascertain a suitable route
and the atmospheric conditions. The
result of these Investigations Is the
projection of a Hue probably starting
from tho village of (ouches, on the
Savoy side, to the summit, to have u
total length of eleven miles.
Aflcr u recent tontcst It came out
that In some Instances tho struggling,
athletes were sustained by the use ol
ansonlc, strychnine and nitroglycerine.
The winner In a closo trial may tri
umph because the trainer has been
judicious In administering tonic, drugs
But does not tho pharmaceutical road
to victory seem less attractive thnn
the old way which led through physi
cal strength and skill unaided by the
stimulants which modlclne offers?
There Is a modernuess about the pos
slblllty of being beaten by a sixtieth
of a grain of strychnine, which to
earlier athletes would' have biought
both wonder and regret.
A company at Ansonla, Conn., ha
Just received the largest order for cop
per trolley wire ever placod In this
country. Tho weight Is more than
1,000,000 pouuds and the destination
Is British India, whore tho wire will
be used to equip one of tho first trolley
lines in that colony.
Revenge Is a kind of wild Justlco,
which, tho more man's nature runs to
tho more ought law to weed out; for
as for the flint wrong, it doth but of
fend tho law, but tho revenge of that
wrong Dutteth tho luw out of office.
THE BARBER LAW
Sennte Votos to Wipo It Off tho
Statuto Books.
PASSES WITHOUT EMERGENCY ClAUSE
C'anctu VnM Khmllj Mlgueil by nil IU-MlMI-
cuii -Majority A-ut Tartn of
Minority. Ooly Ttnwa of Uu
qurdlnnittiln l.ojulty. I
Lincoln, Feb. 12. Yesterday was
the thirtieth day of tho legislature..
Tho house spent the greater part of
the time while in session in committee
of tho whole. The hour of convening
was 11 o'clock, and before the Joint
session ono bill was put. on third read
ing. It was Crockett' bill, that lie
pulled through by the veriest chance
in committee of the whole, providing
that payment of dumages for the al
teration or opening of county roads
shall come from the county general
fund Instead of from the road fund.
Later in the day, the house passed on
third rending tho bill for a boundary
commission to net witli a like commis
sion from Missouri to determine the
exact state line along the Missouri
river.
The wannest fight of the session on
pure technicalities of a bill occurred
in committee of the whole home over
abillbv McCarthy' to piovlde that
when a foreclosure case is taken up to
supreme court on appeal, the bond
given must cover the revenues of the
property during the pendency of the
suit. Taylor of Custer opined the
bill, and for over an hour a running
light was kept up. resulting in recom
mending the bill for passage. Several
other measures nlTeottng practice In
courts were discussed, and two were
recommended shortening the time al
lowed to perfect an appeal to six
months from one year.
The senate passed four bills yester
day afternoon. One of the bills re
poalH the act creating u barbers' exam
lug board, another defines a legal
newspaper, and the third gives ceme
tery associations the right to receive
and hold real estate and money in
trust. The fourth is a bill re-enacting
the present law malting It an
offense to bet on elections. The present
law is said to be invalid and the leg
islature intends to remedy the defect.
Senate tile No. 71, by Harlan, u charter
bill applying to cities having more
thnn 3,000 and less than a.1,faH) inhabi
tants, wus considered in committee of
the whole, but was not disposed of.
Edgar's bill to punish blackmail or
extortion was reconsidered after hav
ing been Indefinitely postponed and
was placed on the general file. The
same tuition was taken with senate No.
123, by Trompen, u bill to increase the
fees of sheriffs. The only bill intro
duced was the one presented by
Trompen for the. purpose of limiting
the indebtedness of counties, cities
and townships to their actual revenues,
except in case the voters deeido other
wise. The bill contains some ex
ceptions, such as indeteduess Incurred
In the building of a court house or jail.
Itrncli Aureument for Canrui.
Lincoln, Feb. IS. "A republican
caucus in fact!" This auuouncement
was shouted by Speaker Hears from
the stairway in the lobby of the Lin
dell hotel! last night amidst cheering
from a erowd of members of the legis
lature which had gathered to hear
what announcement he had to make.
When the shock'of surprise had sub-,
sided over the notice of a caucus to be
held tonight at a place to be chosen
today the lobby bu.ed aud quivered
with excitement. When order had
been restored the most conservative
admitted that the election of two sen
ators was still far off. The statement
was made a few moments later that
seventy members, including Haldrige,
of Douglas, who sent a proxy to
Speaker Sears, have signed the call.
The rules under which the first meet
ing win oo iieiu are iuo.se Known as
the Whltmore call, and which contain
several provisions insisted on by Rose
water, including a simultaneous nomi
nation. The paragraph stating that
only "republicans of unquestioned loy
alty shall be eligible to nomination" is
one insisted tin by Mr. Whitmore aud
others.
"We, tho undersigned members of
the Nebraska state legislature, hereby
obligate ourselves to enter Into and
abide by a republican senatorial cau
cus to be held on the call of the speak
er of the house on reasonable notice
and as soon as may be after this agree
ment Is made effective. This aggree
meut Is Imsed on the following terms
and conditions precedent, tHwlt:
"I. This agreement shall be effect
ive upou its receiving the signatures
of sixty-seven republican incruhersof
the legislature.
"J. Fifty votes shall be required to
nominate any candidate for the United
States senate or to adopt any addi
tional rule for the caucus.
"il. All nominations shall tin made
by n viva voce vote on roll call.
"4. No nomination for United States
senator shall boeffcctlve until two can
didates shall have been duly nominat
ed on the same roll call.
'r. Only republicans of uuquestiou
loyalty shall be eligible to nomination
for United States senator at said cau
cus." New Natlonol Hunk.
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the application of Edwin
.fenry, of Elinwood, Neb., to convert
the bank of KlmwooU into the llrst
National bank of Elinwood, with u
capital of 82.r,000. Mr, deary started
the Bank of Klmwood more than four
teeu years ago and has been at its head
ever since. It is presumed lie will he
the president of the institution.
Iet your literary compositions be
kept from the public eye for nice years
THE BUFFALO EXPOSITION.
IIoiiim .tiiriprliiti Money l'or Porjinfl
, of Nclimiilc
Lincoln, Fob 13.-
r.iliiiiit.
-The house was
Jn session but one hour yesterday.
The adjournment was taken Im
mediately after the joint convention
till this morning at 1 1 o'clock. Loomls
of Dodge offered resolutions of respect
for the memory of Judge Samuel Mux
well and he will call upou the house
to adjourn on the afternoon of the
funeral out of respect.
The house commlt'.ce on deficiencies
met yesterday and commenced on tho
bills which have been tiled with tho
auditor for allowance They are for
services performed aud supplies fur
nished the various Institutions for
which money was not appropriated by
the legislature of two years ago. At
the meeting yesterday, a bill for SO for
a subscription to the Omaha lice, re
ceived in the governor's office, was dis
allowed. Two fusion meuilK-rs on the
commttte voted for this, Chairman
Iowe being in fuvorf allowing it.
Deficiency claims have been llste 1
with tho chairman as follows: From
the governor's olllce, for telephone ser
vice, f-.'OO: insurance department, 8fi0;
Insurance commissioner. 8'2'Jli laud
commissioner, 81. "0; American Bond
ing and Trust company, for bonding
the hospital at the (Irand Island hos
pital for the soldiers' home, 8.V.M: fish
commission, 81,700; Mllford soldiers'
home. S1,',00: (Irund Island soldiers'
home. 95,000; Beatrice institute for the
feeble-minded youth, T.M'Jt; Norfolk
lio.splt.il, 82.(m'I. A large number of
bills are submitted, coming through
the board of educational lands and
funds.
The committee on finance, ways and
means of the house has agreed to rec
ommend to tin- house the appropria
tion of 81.-i,000 for the pan-American
exposition and the exposition which
will follow closely afterwards at
Charleston, S. C. The. bill as original
ly introdu vil by SpenUer Sears pro
vided for nu appropriation of . ooo but
the committee thought this would be.
Insufficient. The hill to 1e reported to
the house will provide that not more
than 8i'.',0(Mi of the butu mentioned
shall be expended at. the Buffalo ex
position. It is lielleved that less than
this will be needed nnd the balnnce if
any, will 1h used at. the Charleston eS
posltlon. representative of the
Charleston exposition was before the
committer to state its aims.
I'he slaughter of bills In the senate
yesterday morning was done on the
order of standing committees. After
a liberal number had been hulled the
sennte went into committee of the
whole and pushed forward several bills,
iucludlng Hansom's bill against kid
naping. This act appears to 1m; in de
mand. It grew out of the Cudahy kid
naping case, as the discovery was
made after that event that the state
law prescribes practically no penalty
for kidnapping. The bill Introduced
by Kansom as amended provides pen
alties for two grades of the offense.
Imprisonment for from one to twenty
years is prescribed for kidnapping,
but where the crime Is accompanied
with threats of injury to the person or
by injury the penalty shall lie death or
imprisonment for life. McCargar's bill
senate tile No. 104, req uirlng a stamp
on each ball of binding twine offered
for sale In this state, was recommended
fir passage in committee of the whole.
The stamp must bear the name of the
manufacturer and the number of feet
per iiound. A committee was appoint
ed to draft, resolutions on the death of
Judge Samuel Maxwell, e.-judge of
the supreme court. Steele, of JelVei
son, introduced senate file No, L'VJ, an
act to appropriate $7,000 to erect a
monument in the battle field of Shiioh
to commcmor.ite the part taken by the
First Nebraska regiment. The hill
carries an appropriation of 81,000 to
pay the expenses of a commission to
erect the monument.
I.onn Over u Million.
The town of Koehester, Pa., on t lie
Ihio river, about twenty-five miles
from Pitsburg suffered the greatest
fire in its history. The loss is esti
mated at $l,.Mo,noo. The fire started
in the cooper department of the Na
tional (ilnss eompauy's plant, the larg
est t'uinbler plant in the world, located
outside theliiultsof Rochester. Within
one hour half the plant was totally de
stroyed. The plant, covered seven
acres of ground and employed t,.MK
people.
Cuii not l.rniif SurW.
Maurice Thompson is in the last
stage of pneumonia before dissolution,
says a Crawfordsvllle, lud., dispatch,
He is now'unconsclous and his physi
cians have given up all hope. They
say Ills death is now a matter of but a
very few hours, lie had several sink
ing' spells aud is being kept alive with
the greatest difficulty.
Ilimliifmit lllork lliiruril.
On February I" a lire destroyed the
largest business block in Murpliys
iwro, 111., entailing a loss of over 841,
000. The tire originated in the depart
ment store of Sbnrpe &: HoberU.where
an eleetrlo wire passed near some cot
ton goods. 'I'he insurance will cover
fully 930,000 of the loss.
A tittle herd of antelope Is missing
fiom their old f coding git)UU(s in
Howard county since the "choo-choo '
cats have boon making so much fuss
Mrs. Nora Lewis of Madison bus
sued F. VV. Ilorst, Louis Loorko and
C.eorgo M. Smith, saloonkeepers, for
$10,000 dumugoH. They sold liar hus
band tho liquor that caused him to
fnll under the wheels of his wagon
and get killed.
Instead of starting up the press to
please his visitors Kdltor Shedden of
tho Frankfort Itovlow trota out two
horned rabbits and a hen with u four
inch Iron bolt In her craw.
A. R. Potter, u prominent farmer
living near Iloldrego, dlod from in
juries received by being crushed by a
horec.
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CHAP-115K a. tuonttnuea.7
Tho girls went up to the Manor that
day to lunch by special Invitation.
Helen was still away, but her mother
loved to have Kilty there; and, Allrk
being at a safo distance, the General
made much of them. It was he who
proposed to while away the afternoon
by showing the girls over the house.
"You are not old enough for It to
be painful to you, Kitty, and If we
are to turn out in December It may
bo your last chance of seeing the old
home. You, know nothing Is changed'
lnre your uncle's time. Mr. Llndon
let It to me Just an It stood, furniture
and plate, even the family pictures In
cluded." Kitty was delighted at the proposal.
There's a picture of father taken
when a boy I really want to see, and
another of poor little Lillian as a
baby. Mr. Llndon must be thankful
he died, or he'd have gained very lit
tle by his marriage."
They went to tho plctur gallery
first. Kitty talked gaily, but Beryl
was strangely tllont. As she gazed
on the portraits of dead-nnd-gone
Dynevors tho strangest feeling of hav
ing seen them all bsfore came to her,
and when she saw the picture of Lil
lian Dynevor, pointed during her
father's absence in Australia as a sur
prise for him, she had the oldest fancy
that once, long ago, she, too, hud sat
cm a low stool dressed in white, with
a baskat of primroses stiewn on her
lap.
It must have been fancy, and yet
"We havo seen everything now ex
cept the old nurseries." said Mrs.
Craven. "1 never would use them be
cause the last child who had played
In them died."
"She fitted up new ones In the other
wing, which weren't half so conven
ient or airy," said the Oneral, with
a smile. "So much for superstition."
The old nurseries hnd a deserted
air. They had not been used since
Nina Llndon's second marriage, and
thtt big cupbounis were still full of
childish toys. Kitty opened the door
of one and took out a large wax doll
Beryl nearly seised on It with a cry
of delight. It seemed to her she had
known that flaxen-halted baby as long
as the had known anything.
"Poor little Lillian!" said Kitty
gently. "To think that If she had
lived sho would have been twenty
two!" "It Ib a pretty name; but 1 wonder
ahe was not called after her mother."
"Aunt Nina's favorite towers were
llllfa," explained Kitty; "but mother
"If you. mean It and can e-tio.k to
it, I will think over what 1 can do
to help you. No, you needn't thank
mo; It's for your Bister's sake, not
yours. Shea a girl ono cannot nut
reelect."
told me once the child was never call
ed Lillian or Lilly. She railed her
self 'Pet' as soou as she could talk,
and 'Pet' she remained up to the time
of their going abroad."
"And how old woe ahe then?"
"Just three. There wore nenrly four
years between her and her little half
sister." A servant approached with a per
plexed face and addressed the Gen
eral. "Mr. Lindon wishes to see you,
sir."
Kitty Dynevor's cheeks wore crim
son, her friend's face turned ashen
pale.
"I suppose I must see him," .growled
the General, "and I can't be rude to
him under his own roof; but I wish,
(or all that be had stayed away."
The General went downstairs to re
ceive his unwelcome visitor. Kitty
Dynevor. who bad not the least desire
to meet the man she regarded as her
natural enemy, promptly declared she
and Miss Lindon must be going home,
and in a few Inutes they were walking
swiftly down the avenue.
But the butler bad ushered Mr. Un
don Into the library, which com
manded a full view of the carriage
drive. He was seated by the open
daughter, and ahe Is away from home.''
Mr. Llndon sat out his full twenty
minutes; but his attention wandered
strangely, and General Craven felt
certain when be rose to go he was
planning some fresh wrong to tho
pynevors, for his face was full of a
malignant triumph.
"Kate," the old soldier told bis wife
later on, "I wish with all my heart
now I had 6,000 pounds lying Idle', and
I'd lend It to Harold Dynevor with all
the pleasure In life. Undon's an evl)
man, If ever there was one, and I'd
do something to keep Uplands from
bi clutches."
Mrs. Craen smiled. Years younger
than her husband, there was a good
seal of romance left In her still.
"Kven though our boy has the good
taste to admire a 'penniless lass with
a long pedigree,' 1 tell you this, James,
I'd rather A lick married Kitty Dyn
evor without a silver sixpence than
Kustaeo Llndon's heiress."
window, and he distinctly saw the two
girls pass. He broke oft abruptly In
the middle of a sentence to ask:
"Are those your daughters, Gen
eral?" He knew perfectly that the answer
would be In the negative.
"No," fcald General Craven shortly.
"One Is Miss Dynevor, tho other a
young lady engaged in a school near
here. I have only one grown-up
Mr. Llndon went to work carefully.
He knew the Wllmots were toadies
enough to play into his hands and ho
'BEST Jo
Hodfftjruon
promptly put n few cautious questions
to his hostess. Who was the young
Indy staying at Uplands? Whore was
she governess?
"Sho Is a teacher In a school at
ICasthlll-on-Sca kept by a friend of
my own, Mrs. Tanner."
"And what is her name?"
Mrs. Wllmot liMltated.
"To tell you the truth, her name Is
Llndon; but when Mrs. Tanner told
me about -her 1 pointed out It might
not be pleasing to you that a name
sake of yours should fill such an hum
ble position, and the young person
agreed to change the second letter of
her name, and bo Miss Icndon to tho
world nt large."
"It was very considerate of you,"
said the rich man coldly, "but you
have done me an Incalculable Injury.
My only child left hor homo on April
30, nnd though I have offered a reward
for her recovery, and spent money lav
ishly on the search, I have never
found a truce of her. The girl I buw
in the distance toilny r my daughter,
Boryl Lindon, nnd your protegee will
have to dispense with her services,
for of course I shall take her home
with me."
"Of course," echoed Mrs. Wilmot
suavely. "And If Mrs. Tanner had
only known the truth she would havo
communicated you with before."
Mr. Llndon saw his advantage.
"For reasons you will understand, I
do not euro to seek my daughter at
Uplands. Perhaps, as her employer Ih
i protegee of yours, you can wrlto In
her name requesting Miss Llndon to
return to Woodlands at once. I will
meet her there, and no doubt every
thing can bo amicably arranged. Nat
urally I do not want my private con
cerns discussed all over Easthlll, and
you nnd your husband will find it to
your advantage to assist me."
Mrs. Wllmot was only too willing;
but one difficulty lay In her way
how was she to word her letter? Tho
imperious commands she would have
laid on her sister's governess could
hardly be addrKsed to Mr. Llndon's
heiress. The master of the Manor saw
tor hesitation.
"You need not enter Into particu
lars," ho explained. "Just write that
Mrs. Tanner Llndon, mind returning
to Woodlands tomorrow at 3 o'clock."
He slept soundly that night, for It
seemed to him that within twenty
four hours his rebellious would feel
obliged by Miss lindon not daughter
would be safely In IiIb hands. He lit
tle guessed the thrilling events even
then taking place at Uplands, or how,
niter many days, his sin had found
him out. Very soon he would have to
jtdmlt the truth of tho poet's words:
Though the mills of God grind
slowly,
iYct they grind exceeding small.
CHAPTER XI.
While tho girls were at the Manor,
and Harold was out on the farm, Mrs.
Dynevor hnd a visitor. That was
nothing remnrkuble, for the gentle
mistress of the Uplands was popular
both with rich and poor. The "coun
ty" vlHlted her as frequently as It she
bad been a peeress, and her humbler
neighbors liked to como and tell her
their Joys and sorrows, sure that If she
could give little help in money her
sympathy was never missing. But thlB
particular visitor wns utterly unex
pected, seeing It was eight years Blnce
Mrs. Dynevor had seen her, and nearly
seven since she had heard of her.
"If you please, ma'am, Mrs. Ran
som would like to see you. She Bays
you may not remember her married
name, but she was Miss Kitty's nurse
long ago."
"It must be Bridget Gordon," ex
claimed Mrs. Dynevor, In surprise.
"I heard sho married very well; but
what In tho world can hnve brought
her back to Euethill? Ask her In,
please, Dorcas."
The years had evidently paasod
prosperously to Mrs. Hansom. She
looked an though life had gone easily
with her. She was a pleasant, kind
faced woman or 40, handsomely though
quietly dressed In black. She had al
ways been a little above her position,
and, as Kitty said, Mrs. Llndon had
treated her more as an humble com
panion than a maid. Kitty did not
know that Bridget hud been forced to
leave her uunt, sorely against her
own and her mistress' wish, and that
she had always disliked Eustace Lln
don. "1 am very glad to see you, Brid
get," said Mrs. Dynevor. "Won't you
take off your things and spend the af
ternoon with me? I should like you
to sco my Kitty; she is quite a
woman grown."
"I should like to see her," Bald Mrs.
Ransom; "but, ma'am, I've really
come to tell you a painful story, and
I'd rather get it over before Miss Kit
ty's rwturn. But first may I ask just
this: In all the years since my lady
died, have you ever seen Mr. Undon
or hlB daughter?"
"Never once; hut I understand that
Mr. Llndon is now staying at Easthlll
for a few days."
"Ah!" Mrs. Ransom looked relieved,
"it's strange, you may think, for
me to come after all these years; but
I felt, though I might not do any
good, It would be wrong not to tell
you. 1 can't prove my words, becuuse
there's a missing link or two In the
chain; but I'm as sure as mortal can
be that there was something wrong
about Mrs. Llndon's will, and that her
husband has no real claim to tho
Manor." -i
Mrs. Dynevor started. She thought
of tho mortgago on Uplands, now held
by Llndon, of her boy's troubled face
and dark future. If any happy clinnce
could discover u flaw In KUttace Lln
don's title lo tho Manor It would Lo
now life to her.
(To be continued.)
THE NATION'S EXPANSION.
I. If. t.Uinlmririir Dtriina Oanie
d4
KflTrct on Territorial Growth.
Tho Central Branch of tho Y. M.. C.
A. entertained u number of Its mem-x.
bers nud friends last night nt one of Its
series of popular talks, says the St.
Ijouis Globe-Democrat. The speaker
of tho evonlng was Mr. I. H. Llon
berger, who presented the subject,
"Expansion of the United States." He
held that tho history of tho growth of
nations demonstrated that the acquisi
tions were tho result of "Inevltnb'e
tendencies." This wnB particularly
truo of the. growth of Germany and
Franco, and especially so of England.
Tho territory was acquired, not be
eause of the behests of the wlaermen
of the times, but because of a seeming
Impulse of the people that compellecfp
thc population lo occupy a new terri
tory, nnd the nation folt It a duty to
defend Its people, wherever they might
bo. It had been so in tho United
States in the acquisition of the Louis
iana Territory In 1803, Florida In 1819.
Texas In 181-5, California In 1848, and
Alaska in 1867. In each instance the
best Intellects of the time woio op
posed to annexation, and tho argu
ments presented at tho time were
about the same an thotie that had been
presented in the last few yearn. But
in opposition to these vlown the vast
expense of territory had been nddeiL
He held that notions expanded by nccr
dent. rather than by logical rcasouiug
of the statesmen. "
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lUvasM or Fruit PmU.
The attention of fruit growers In
Now Zealand Is being serloualy di
rected to the question of the eradica
tion of fruit pests. But for tho rav
ages of the codlln moth and kindred
pests New Zealand has excellent fa
:llltlc6 for doing a lurgc oxport fruit
trade.
Life is made up, not of great sacri
fices or duties, but of little things In
which smiles and kindnesses, w.tif
small obligations, given habitually, ore,
what win and preserve the heart.ilr
Humphrey Davy. , ,
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A CLEVER DRUMMER.
GeU No Salary bat Make nig Money
. by a Naval Scheme.
A western traveling man who makes
big money on the road and yet re
ceives no salary from the five houses
he represents la the envied of all his
fellow salesmen. Bill Burton Is his
name. The story he tells Is as fol
lows: "Last year I traveled for s
concern that made dining-room furni
ture. I got a fair salary and sola
enough of their goods to satisfy thorn.
They also paid all my expenses. This
year I hustled about a bit, and after
I hnd made some calculations I was
able to afford them my services with
out salary, provided they paid my ex
penses. As you know, all furniture
manufacturers are specialists: one
concern makes parlor suits, another
dining-room furniture, another sofas
and lounges, nnd others make only
beds and bed-room fittings. Yet each
retail store sells all of these things.
I now represent five Arms, each of
which makes furniture that does n-jj
come Into competition with the prod
uct of the other four firms. Each one
of these five firms pays my expenses,
but none of them pays me any salary.
Each Item of carfare, every hotel bill
and all Incidental charges are repaid
to me ivo times over, and it's a good
thing for all my employers. Aa for
myself, of course, It Is good for me,
because when I stay at a $5 a day
hotel, I make more money than It (
limited myself to the cheaper ones."
rara to Grow Old Graoofalljr.
There in a most admirable lesaoa
contained In the following extract fron!
Hannah More's "Strictures on the Mod
ern System of Female Education:"
"Since, then, there Is a season when
the youthful must cease to be young,
and the beautiful to excite admiration,
to learn to grow old gracefully Is. per
haps, one of the rarest and -most beau
tiful acts that can be taught to woman.
And It must be confessed It Is a most
severe trial for those women to las
down their beauty, who have nothing
else to take up. It Is for this sober rsa
Bon of life that education should lay up
its rich resources. However disre
garded they may have been, they will
be wanted now. When admirers faff
away and flatterers become mute, the
mind will be driven to retire within It
self; and if It finds no entertainment at
home, It will be driven back again
upon tho world, with Increased fore.
Yet, forgetting this, do we not seem
to educate our daughters exclusively
tor the transient period of youth, when
It Is to maturer life we ought to advert?
Do we not educate for a crowd, targe
ting that they are to live at home for
a crowd, and not for tbemselros for
bhow, and not for use tor time, qA
not for eternity?"
"Second roandor of RepaMlc."
Lord Rosebory delivered an eloquent
address on Abraham Lincoln at tho In
augural session of the Edinburgh
Philosophical Institution a few days
ago. His allusion to Mr. Lincoln as
tho "second founder of tho republic"
wbb especially well received by the
audience, which wok appreciative'
throughout the address.
Let your literary compositions be
kept from the public eye for nine years
at least Horace. '