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) I ( Red Cloud Chief. published weekly. nun c'-oui). NKURASiiA Utbraska Uoks Probably moro thnn a Hcorc of por GonK hnvo been killed or dangerously Injured by lightning the Inst two week-1 in Nebraska alone. The Hnppy .Tap Chowlng Oum com pany of David City hnB Med articles of Incorporation with the secretary of state, providing for an authorized cap ital stock of $15,000. The antl-clgnrctto law Is to bo strict ly onforccd in I'lattsmouth. Mayor Oerlng Instructed the chief of pollco to notify tho dealers In tobacco of tho fu ture enforcement of the law. Edward Wright of Mason City, Neb., stopped with his right eye tho hoof of a colt. The Injury was serious enough to causo fears for tho sight of tho op tic. Tho young man Is under treat ment. Tho Odcll Independent Telephone Co. filed articles of Incorporation with the county clerk of Gago county recently. Tho capital stock of tho company Is placed at $10,000 and tho Incorporators nro John E, Murphy, Thomas W. Stan oschek, Prank J. Truax, J. B. Rcnard, Arthur Williamson nnd James Col grove. A great deal of tho sweet corn plant ed In tho vicinity of Fremont to sup ply tho canning factory has had to be replanted. A very decided advantage of canning corn over almost any other crop Is tho lateness with which it can be planted, oven up to tho first of July. It has tho advantage over Held corn of not having to mature. Sol Wilcox, a fireman on tho Rock Island, was knocked from his engine whllo near Scandla, Kan., and badly hurt. Ho was leaning out from the englno and hit an obstruction at the end of a bridge. He was brought to Fnlrbury for treatment by tho company surgeon. Wilcox's pcopl !lvo at Heb ron, Neb., his former home. Tho library board has elected Miss Florenco 8mlth as librarian at tho frco public, library of Ueatrlce, to succeed Miss Joanna Hagcy, who tendered her resignation several weeks ago to ac cept a similar position at Lincoln. Miss Smith, who was formerly a teacher In tho Beatrice public schools, Is attend ing collego at Champaign, III. Tho death of Warren llrown of Ger nmntown, Seward county, occurred at his homo in that village. Deceased was born In New York In 1S36, was long tlmo a resident of Seward county, hav ing como to Scwnrd in 18GG. Ho lived on a farm until ten ycarB ago, when, after nmnsslng a competency, ho moved to Gcrmantown. Tho cause of his death was apoplexy. A. A. Young and wifo of Osceola, wero taken violently 111 recently Tho doctor was called and ho thought they wero uffcrlng from poison from some thing they had eaten. Their condition has been such sluco that it lms been imposRlblo to find out anything about it, and tho doctors, with their nclgh- boring friends, aro doing everything possible to relievo and pull them through. Arthur Milow, n boy about ten years old, camo near drowning in tho Nema ha vlver. Ho In company with a gen tlcment named Saum, visiting at Elk Creek, wont to tho river to fish. Milow dropped his polo into tho stream nnd In trying to recover It ho fell In. Ills cries attracted tho attention of Mr. Saum, who hastened to his aid and suc ceeded in extracting him from tho wn tcr us he was about to sink for the third tlmo. William Wolf, "king of Uio Bohe mians' in Clay county, died very sud denly of heart failure. Mr. Wolf came to Fairfield from his native country porno twenty-five years ago, practically wlthont a dollar. At tho tlmo of his death ho was probably owner of as much land ns any slnglo Individual in Clay county, nnd without any debts whatever. Ho left a wife and a largo family of grown-up children, all of whom nro successful farmers und farmers wives. NumcrouB new residences of tho bet ter class, costing from $2,000 to $3,000, uro being erected at West Point. Im provements of tho business buildings of tho town, new fronts nnd rear exten sions, nro also being rapidly pushed to completion, 'tno erection of tho now dopot of tho Chicago & Northwestern railway is now commenced nnd the auditorium contemplated by tho West Point LIcdcrkrnnz will bo finished in threo months. This growth, whllo ex tensive, Is not speculative, but repre sents tho natural development of tho city. Frank Fox of Pupllllon attempted to commlto sulcldo at Fort Crook by slashing at his throat with a razor, and then attempted to cut his heart out, but tho blado glanced on his ribs. Sov cral ugly gashes were mado beforo tho groanB of tho man attracted attention and ho was disarmed, Vat wno inmn to tho hospltnl at tho fort whero his Injuries wero attended to and later he was taken to Uio county Jail, In which placo ho will bo confined until taken to tho lnsano asylum. Fox has been In tho asylum several tlmcB before. The llrst time ho was sent thero was after ho had attempted to tako his own life and then rnn amuck, shooting at every one In sight. H. E. Archer, nenr Waco, nnd daugh ters, starter from their homo to go to Soward when mo team became fright ened and ran away, throwing them out. Miss Maudo Archor sustained n broken leg, tho bono being badly splintered. Tho othor occupants of tho carriage were badly bruised. Tho store of A. J. Tool in Murdock was broken Into for tho second time within two weeks and about $400 worth of watches and Jewelry taken. No trace of tho burglars has beon found. Sheriff McBrldo offers a reward for tho return of tho property or information leadlnc to tho arrest of the robbers. AND THIS IS WAR Description of the Croat Battle of Chin Foil FORTY THOUSAND CHARGE Jnpnnenn Mown! Down lijr ItiiMlnn I'lro I.lkr flruln llcfor tlio Sickle, tint Itotit the Kiidnjr. A London Times correspondent writes: "Witnesses of tho battle of Kln-Chou describe It as an unprecedented mili tary spectacle. Forty thousand Japan ceo wero mnssed behind tho western spur of Mount Sampson, under Biich small cover ob was afforded by the twin peaks. The troops wero within two thousand yards of tho Russian works. There was so little room to de ploy for attack that battalions of Jnp nneBo troopB were obliged to Btand In tho sea, waiting for tho moment of at tack, exposed to a veritable Inferno of fire from tho Russian bntterlcs. The bIicIIb plowed furrowB In their serried masses. Mcantlmo battery after battery of Japancso guns went Into action upon tho Chi LI Chwang nnd tho Kauc'nla yam flats, and a sustained gunboat flro played up the Russian works. Their lines wero fringed with bursting pro jectiles. About midday the energy of tho Russian defenders in the works In front of Mauchlaylng village seemed exhausted by tho gunboat fire. "Two Japancso battalions appeared over tho saddlo between tho twin peaks and mado a desperate effort t'o carry tho nearest Russian works. At first tho straggling walls of Mauchlaylng gavo thorn somo cover and a moment's breathing space. Then tho gallant lit tlo infantry men crept on again up tho slopes toward the Russian posi tion. It was an Impassible tnsk. As yet tho defenders had not been suf ficiently shaken. An avalanche of con centrated flro from Infantry In the trenches, and machine guns In the Rub Blan works and the qHlck-flrIng field ar tillery In tho supporting defenses struck the Japanese, and they melted away from tho glacis like solder be foro the llamo of a blowpipe. A few who seemed to have charmed Uvm struggled on until they reach the wlro entanglements. "It was In vain. Heroic effort was .astcd. Within fifteen minutes these two bnttallons ceased to exist except ns a trail of mutilated bodies at tho foot of tho Russian glacis. "Seeing tho failuro of this attack, tho gunboats and supporting artillery concentrated the wholo of their lire on the pit whero General Oku had de termined to drive homo his wedge, nnd by evening tho works were practicable for an nssault by a general who hnd such Infantry ns tho Japanese nnd who waB prepared to tako the responsibility of such fearful losses. It would seem as If tho actual carrying of tho works had been another Alma. The word was given for a bayonet attack. Then tho wholo Jnpancso front surged for ward and tho moral bnlnnco went over to tho Bide of tho Japanese, tho Rus sians retreating before them." TORNADO AT TEKAMAH lllowi Imti Oporn Homo Wlillo High Nclioul I'linU KithoumiHl. A tornado struck Tekamah, Neb., de stroying tho opera houso and badly wrecking several other buildings. Pro fessor Rarnct and the graduating class of the Teknmnh high school were re hearsing for the commencement exer cises In tho opera houso when It col lapsed, and nil wero injured, but none seriously. Professor Barnes told the pupils to Ho down on tho door, which they did, nnd tho seats protected them from tho debris. Kip Hnmblin, a tele graph operator, who was In the build ing, sustained a broken collar bone. Trees wero uprooted, buildings un loofed and porches torn off. There was little damage outsido tho town. To Kcrlrtlm I.iin.l Wortli Million. I-aiul owners In Richardson county proposo to reclaim farm lands to the vnluo of two million dollars lying along tho Nemaha river bottoms In that county by straightening tho channel of the Rtrcam and reducing Its length along tho north and south forks from Table Hock to Salem, 1V. miles. The Nemaha Is an extremely crooked btrcam. and during tho last few years many valuable fnrms In the bottoms have been mnde useless by tho annual spring overuow. An net was paBsul nt n recent session of the legislature, pro idlng for the creation of drainage districts In sections of this nature, and tho peoplo of Richardson are the first to take ndvantago of It. Sent Ofllrcr from Wnnlilngton. Commissioner Richards of tho gen eral land ofllco has been designated by tho Fecretary of tho Interior to super intend tho opening of tho vnrlous In dian reservations provided for by the last fcesslon of congress beginning with Chippewa opening In Minnesota, Juno 16, and Including tho Red Lake. Rose bud and Devil's Iake reservations. He has left Washington on this mission I and expects tho work to contlnuo until September. A fort of clerkB from tho land ofllco will assist him. DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. Adopted .In no 1, 1(101 nt Omnhn, 'cli, "We, the democrats of tho Btate of Nebraska, In convention assembled, re afllrm our faith In democratic princi ples as those principles wero act forth in tho Inst national platform of the party, adopted at Kansas City In 1900. "Democracy means the rule of tho people; a government resting on the consent of tho governed nnd adminis tered according to the will, and In tho Interest of the people. "With an Increasing love for the principles of democracy and nn In creasing confidence In their final triumph, wo look upon tho present tlmo nB opportune for their earnest nnd courageous promulgation. With a chief executive, who hnB disregarded the constitutional limitations, stirred up antagonism between tho races, em ployed nil the powers of his office to secure nomination and purchased polit ical support by turning tho treasury department over to tho flnancleia and putting the law department Into tho hands of tho trusts; with such a chief executive and with repub lican lenders openly nnd arrogant' In nlllanco with orgnnlzed wealth, tho country Imperatively needs n return of tho government to positive and clearly defined democratic principles. Democracy ns taught by Jefferson, and exemplified by Jackson, Is the hope of tho republic, and offers the only relief from tho plutocracy which now domi nates the republican party and, through that party, tho country. "Democracy would oppose, as Inim ical to the wclfaro of tho people, all private monopolies und would exter minate them by tho enforcement of tho remedies suggested in tho Kansas City platform. Tho fnllurc of thr pres ent administration to enforco existing laws, or to suggest more effective laws, Ib conclusive proof that It lacks the desire, tho Intelligence or the moral courage to ottnek tho conscienceless combinations of capital that havo flourished during recent years. "Democracy would relievo tho coun try of the menace of militarism and Imperialism by following the example set by this country In Us dealings with Cuba and giving the Filipinos an Im mediate promise of ultimate Independ ence. Tho administration of colonial system according to monarchlaHprlncl ples Ib repugnant to our theory of gov ernment nnd cannot be depended on without tho assertion of doctrines which, If carried out. will undermine free government In the United States "Democracy would restore the tariff to a revenue basis nnd administer it for revenue only, thus demolishing the legal bulwarks behind which tho preda tory trusts have formed reaemfwyp tory lrusts have found refuge. Pro tection for protection's sake Is nn In genious devico for the exploitation of tho masses by the privileged classes; It has brought great Injustice to the consumers nnd hns boon fruitful source of widespread political corruption. "Democracy would administer the trensury department In behalf of the public, not. as now, In tho Interest of Wall street: It would prevent the re coinngo of legal tender silver elollars Into limited legal tender subsidiary e'oln: It would secure to the people a volume of standard money sufficient to keep pace with tho demand for money; It would favor pnper money Issued by tho government without tho Interven tion of national banks; It would rfsist tho attempt to establish an asset cur rency and branch hanks, nnd It would oppose tho lending of government money to favored banks. A scheme by which the people's money Is employed te lny a foundation for a campaign fund and to bribe the flnnnciul Interest to oppose any reduction of taxation. Tho present administration or the treasury department Is progressively beneficial to tho capitalistic class and progressively harmful to the producers o! wealth. "Democracy would make taxation moro equitable by collecting a part of the revenues from nn Income tax, se cured by a constitutional amendment nnd would bring tho government near er to tho peoplo by the popular elec tion of United Stntes senntors and di rect legislation. "Democracy would strictly regulato the railroads, thus protecting fnrmers nnd merchants from excessive rates and discriminations. "Democracy would safeguard the In terests of tho wage earner and tho arti san by providing for an eight-hour dny: by substituting arbitration for strikes and lockouts, and by restoring tho right of trial by jury, now suspend ed through government by Injuctlon. "Democracy wjnilel secure to the sur viving soldiers nnd sailors and their dependents generous pensions, not by an arbitrary executive order, but by legislation which a grateful people stands ready to enact. "Democracy would construe1! an Isthmian cnnal without a violation of treaty obligations nnd without excit ing suspicion among our sister repub lics of Central and South America. "Democracy would regard public of llco ns a public trust, provide for an honest nnd economical administration of tho government, and punish with severity any betrayal of olllclal duty. "Democracy has nothing to gain from ambiguity nnd nothing to fear from the light. Democratic platforms should, therefore, set forth democratic principles, policies and purposes with frankness, clearness and deflnlteneFs. Those who champion the principles em bodied In a truly democratic ciced can appeal to tho moral Henso of tho coun try, and trust for vindication to the awakened conscience of an Intelligent and patrlrtlc citizenship. "Tho delegates chosen by this con vention to tho democratic national con vention nro hereby Instructed to vote as a unit on nil questions, provided thnt tho unit rulo may bo suspended by a majority vote of the delegation." Flood nt Contiell 111 tiff. A torrent of rain which almost reached tho proportions of a cloud burst forced Indian creek, at Council Bluffs, out of Its banks and flooded a considerable portion of the business and residence districts of that city. Tho storm extended over a consider able portion of southwestern lown. At Woodbine, a small tornado destroyed n number of small buildings and did other damage. Central America; the Negro's Eldorado A Country where the Black finn Knows No Sorrow nnd Free dom Reigns. By Frank A. Harrison, Special Staff Correspondent. Belize, British Honduras, Mny 2G. Tnis old Entllsh colon;, 13 a won derful place for a Nebraskr.n to be hold. Situated In the tropics, on low ground, and surrounded by nil tho lux uriant tropical vegetation, ltr, climate Is tempered by a steady breez from the Caribbean sea, making It one of the healthiest of Central American towns. It contains about 8,000 Inhab itants, three-fourths of whom arc col ored. Bcllzo was the principal port for the cutters- of logwood, mahogany and oth er valuable woodB a hundred years ago, and was an Important shipping point for tho English trade. Still ear lier it was a rendezvous of the buccan eers and pirates that infested the Cen tral American coasts, and it is said n.any of tho pirates settled hero when their business was broken up and that they eventually becamo good citizens and left many descendants of various colors. It Is now a quiet, law-abiding placo, nnd it the restless blood of the piratical ancestors affects the present population there Is sufllclent diversion in tho handling of the hundreds of boats which carry tho coast and river trade. Tho English havo mnde Belize the most progressive and best of the Cen tral American cities, nnd it Is prob ablo that they havo only been pre vented by tho Monroo Doctrine from civilizing other parts of tho country. Ono can not but think that tho cele brated "doctrine" is wrong If its pur pose is simply to prevent progress In this part of tho world. If tho Idea Is to somotlmo Amerlcanlzo tho whole continent, then the doctrine Is right, but tho progress Is long delayed. Here there aro good stores, and pret ty homes. Tho harbor Is full of ships and nmall craft and the river is crowd ed with boats. There is a bustlo ap parent everywhere, nnd an evidence of constant contact with the outside world. There are llvo Protestant churches, and on Sundays the build ings are crowded with the Sunday school pupils reciting tho lessons nnd singing tho songs thnt nre familiar In the United States. In tho matter of trado there Is n closer observance of Sunday hero than I have ever seen. The business houses nro all closed except the restnurants, and tho latter sell only Ice cream. They would not sell lemonade, gum or can dy. Ico cream Is termed a "necessary nrtlclc," and small cakes are served with it. The inhabitants will sell noth ing at their homes except strictly eat ables. All efforts to buy cocoanuts or fruit which hung In abundance In every yard wero unavailing. They nil said: "We sell nothing today. Como tomor row." There Is a wonderful public garden here, whero all tho tropical plants and fruits nro grown, and It Is probably ono of tho most complete gardens In tho world. It Is cared for by colored gardeners, and Is guarded by colored police. One notices here that tho colored peoplo who have grown up under the English rule aro different from those In tho United orates. They aro moro quiet and business-like. They have no recollections of "slavery days," and therefore do not find It necessary to go to any extreme to "show that they aro frco." Many hero are from Jamai ca and tho Barbadoes, also English colonies. Most of them aro able to read nnd write. They find it easy to mako a living, and they dress mostly in whlto clothes, which nro especially fresh and clean on Sundays. Wo see just enough "greasers" or Mexicans here to see how miperlor to them are the English speaking colored people. It becomes plain to a visitor that there Is plenty of room In Central Amcrlcn for all tho colored people in America, that In any of these republics they would enjoy moro social and polltlcnl equality than they now do In tho Unit ed Stntes; that they could make a liv ing with one-half tho work and worry, and that they would bo a civilizing In fluence In any part of tho rural coun try from tho Rio Grande to Panama. Wholesale, emigration south would solvo tho "Negro problem." Tho money question which is such a mathematical study and constant worry in nil tho Spanish American republics, is no worry here. British Honduras silver stamped on ono side us it Is with tho profile either of Queen Victoria or King Edward, passes for its faco valuo in gold, and American money circulates freely on the Bamo basis. And in the surrounding repub lics wltli their depreciated sliver and hopeless flat paper money, tho money of both tho United States and British Honduras is called "gold." and a sil ver dollar will buy two dollars and a half stamped by tho other countries. Near horo is a largo coral reef, and boat loads of tho coral are brought to tho city to bo broken up for ballast on tho swamp roads and streets. When broken up tho coral looks llko chips of poroufl marble. In tho largo round chunks in its nntural stato It would sell for a hundred dollars a barrel in tho United Stntes as curios, as most of it Is of vory beautiful pattern. From hero It Is ono day's trip to Porto Cortez, in Spanish Honduras, the great banana port and tho nntural cntranco to tho country which Is soon eat to feel tho civilizing influence of "How did they get Into society?" "Oh, they wore arrested threo times ono morning for running their automo biles too fast." It's absolute proof to a woman that she is a good mother to her children when their uncles and aunts tell her that sho is spoiling them. One swallow of bock beers doesn't mako a summer, but a sufficient num ber of them has been known to make a fo'. tho United States. Tho rush there now Is constnnt because of the banana, cof fee nnd rubber plantations, nnd qf the mineral possibilities in the mountain ous interior, already tapped by several paper railroads. Porto Cortez, Honduras, From a distance Americans nro Im pressed with the Idea that tho people and tho governments nro tho piliiolnal reatures of Central America, but here on tho ground on is Impt eased most by the animal and plant life. The Immensity and constantly chnnglng forms of tropical growth Is a cause lor continual astonishment. Here in Honduras, on the level land of low altitudes, tho palm trees seem to have at some tlmo crowded out the other plants. These palms now pre sent trunks of about a foot In diame ter, with long fern-like leaves branch ing out about fifteen feet from tho round. These 'eaves aro each alout thirty feet in length und Intermingle In such a way that the rnys of he bun seldom reach the ground. Thus all smaller shrubs are squeezed out. But on every hand one may sre another tree stifling the palms. The seeds from tho Glnnt tree, called by tho nn tlvcs "Cleba," aro deposited up in the palms Just where tho group of leave branch out. Tho seed sprouts at once and sends up a shoot vith leaves not unllko tho oak, only larger. At tho same tlmo roots start toward the ground, entwining the trunks of the palmn. The growth cf tho new trco and of Its dangling and twining roots Is rapid, and in u few years tho palm has beon choked to death and disap pears. The twisting roots of the Cleba grow together Into a solid trunk, and I have seen many of tho trees over ten feet In diameter that had thilr start In this way, the twist of what were once tho toots being plainly seen up to twenty feet above the ground. Along In tho vnlleys may be seen thousands of instances of this palm strangula tion In every stage, und may also bo seen tho long liana vines nnd orchid parlsltes In their turn attacking the Cleba trees and other giants of tho forest that have been able to rear their heads above tho shade of the palm. It Is a constant struggle of all the plants to reach the sunlight, and In the (scramble, llko a human scramble, mnny nre choked or trampled to death. There are mnny vines which crawl up the trunks of trees, and ns they grow larger and squcezo harder tho orlglnnl tree is killed and remains rigid only long enough for tho vines to consoli date Into a common trunk to be able to hold themselves In tho nlr. Then tho orlglnnl tree rots and disappears and the vines turn Into a tree them selves, the trunk finally becoming solid and presenting an appenrancc not unlike that of tho giant Cleba. Often parlsltes tako root In the bark of a tree limb and extend vine-like roots to tho ground. These grow Into the ground and the circulation thus formed changes tho vino Into another trunk of tho parent tree, supporting the outstretched limb. These and many other wonderful growths would require a volume for adequate descrip tion. Of course, In this Jungle of battling plants there Ib a numerous and varied animal life. Tho comman deer exist by the hundreds of thousands and ns plantations and grass lands aro ex tended by tho chopping down nnd burning of tho forests, tho deor grow moro numerous In spite of the fact that they are killed by tho thousands, mak ing venison the common meat food of all tho rural population. Tho largo and spotted jaguars, the mountain lions, wildcats, coons, a mink as large ns a coon, and many other land ani mals roam in countless numbers through the jungles and over tho mountains. Iguanas, or largo lizards, ranging from four inches to four feet In length, are at every hand, and their big uncles, tho alligators. Infest tho rivers nnd lagoons. In the swamps tho huge boas and other snakes hang from tho tree limbs. In tho larger forests tho monkeys rnco from limb to limb, chntterlng llko elemented be ings. Everywhere are tho parrots, macaws, and a thousand other richly plumed and hnrsh-volced birds. Ants from minute forms to eIzcs like wasps are constantly In search of prey. Grasshoppers larger than Nebraska "natives" Join with crickets In making tho woods resound, whllo ono lone locust In a Cleba treo could teach volco culture to a square mllo of soven-teen-ycar locusts nt homo and mako Itself heard abovo thorn all. Along the rivers aro mosquitoes, and In the forests are chlggera, each intent on tho "blood of an Englishman." Tarantulas abound in tho bananas and centipedes nnd scorpions como Into tho houses to show their sociability. Tho render cannot but wonder what Is attractive and pleasant In this coun try. Yet It Is a fact that ono visit to tho tropics brJngs on a deslro for more visits. A man occasionally takes his pen In hand, but tho umbrella he takes In hand usually belongs to another. Occasionally a man is bo anxious to see hla nnme In prln t that he gets on tho delinquent tax list. Mrs. Ncwwed What would you be today If It wasn't for my money? Mr. Newwed A bachelor. The result of tho annual physical examinations of tho midshipmen of tho threo clncscs at tho naval academy at Annapolis, Md., shows that seven teen midshipmen are disqualified to contlnuo In the servlco nnd their resig nations will bo handed In. Among tho number Is O. W. Howard of Oma ha, Neb., a member of tho fourth class. MONUMENT IS UNIQUE NEW YORK TOWN BOASTS OF MEMORIAL TO ELEPHANT Was the First Animal of Its Kind Brought to America Owner Made Much Money Before the Brute Had o Be Killed. Ono of the oddest and yet the most .ntere8tlng monuments erected stands on tho public square In tho town of Somers, In tho northern part of West chester county, says the New York Telegram. It Is a memorial to tho first elephant brought to tho United States and to tho spot on which tho first circus this country ever saw was erected. Somers Is a quiet little township, with its fertile fnrms and dreamy vol loys, and yet you nsk any villager about tho odd-looking monument, with nn elephant surmounting tho high col umn, and his bosom will swell with pride as he tells you tho history of tho first elephant that ever walked tho streets of that place. Tho monument, which Is nenr a country Inn called tho Elephant hotel, wus erected sixty yenrs ago to "Old Bet," which was tho elephant's name. Her owner was Hackallah Balloy. His brother was a sea captain, and ono ( dny while taking on a cargo on tho Asiatic coast ho bought tho elephant at a bargain and reached Now York with her on his sailing vessel in 1S21. It took tho vessel mnny months to sail to Now York, and "Old Bot" had no keeper to look nfter her llko tho circus beasts do nowadays, but sho stood tho trip well. Sho was very fat, as sho devoured everything she could put her trunk on. Hackallah Balloy Immediately purchased tho elephant on tho arrival of his brother and start ed out to exhibit her. Ho mado "Old Bet" walk all the way to Somorstown, v traveling only at night nnd giving ex hibitions in barns during tho day, charging ten cents admission "to seo tho greatest show elephant ou earth." "Old Bet" proved to bo tho greatest attraction ever seen. Crowds followed her at night and those who didn't havo ton cents rnn ahead to tho next show placo and hid In hay mows until tho beast arrived. On reaching Somers, and whero tho monument now Ib, Mr. Bailey put up a tent, nnd stnrtcd a circus with tho elephant ns tho main and only attrac tion and her owner mado a barrel of money. Tho primitive circus lasted in Som- 4 ers for months before Mr. Balloy sent "Old Bet" on a tour of the United States. Keepers overfed and spoiled the ele phant and ono dny sho broke her chains nnd killed ono of them. It was shown ho had angered her and so sho was forgiven and given another chanco to live. Whllo In South Carolina In 1827 sho crushed another keeper to death, then escaped and started on n run across country. Tho circus hnnds chased her for twenty miles beforo they got a fatal bullet In her brain. When Shall We Win? When shall wo win? Why. when wo fire Straight to tho mark nnd never tiro; W lion wo hold fast, ns wo'vo begun, And still work on, till nil Is done. When shall wo win? When, filled with zeal, Wo fnou tho foe of common weal, And Hinging to tho wind each fenr. tJod's trumpet call ulono wo heart When shall wo win? When we'ro con tent To die, nor to rctrent consent; Hcsolved to shun tho recreant's shame: And rather choose a martyr's name. When shall wo win? 'TIs best to say "What can wo do from day to day?" With truth, nnd faith In truth, wo dare 1 Not faint, or fnlter, or despair. Tho causo of right Is charged to win Omnipotence li not with sin Hlnco Clod Is King, Ills causo will seo Tho light nnd crown of victory. He this our cause: that we endure; 'TIs this will keen our conscience pure, And when tho righteous causo has won, We, too, shall hear tho words, "Well done." Row Dawson Uurns, D. D. A Little Girl's Loves. Ilcsslo (nged five) was accustomed to como to her mother's room boforo tho fnmlly wns up. Ono Sunday morn ing, whllo making tho customnry visit, tho odors of breakfast In preparation mnnnged to reach tho sleeping quar ters. Bessie, with her arms around her mother's neck, gavo ono or two vigorous sniffs, then with nn nlr of anticipation announced, "Mamma, there's two flngs I dess love mos' of enyflng In der world." "What aro they, Bessie?" nsked her mamma. "God and baked beans," Besslo re plied, smacking her lips. Llpplncott's. Business on Co-operative Plan. A Russian traveler, who recently mado a tour through Manchuria In tho Interest of n scientific association, V gives a very Interesting account of tho business usnges In that province. Ho says thcro aro In a Chlneso busi ness houso neither proprietors nor em ployes. All persons employed share In tho profits of tho undertaking. Dur ing tho year each member receives, nt certnln Intervals, a klud of salary,, which, however, Is meted out so spar ingly as to bo hardly sufllclent to sup ply tho necessities of life. At tho closo of tho year the accumulated 4 profit aro divided. American Cigarettes In Turkey. The smoking of cigarettes Is almost universal In Turkey among tho adults of both soxes. Tho supply of clgnretto paper therefore is an Important Itom of trado.' Tho tobacco used Is of 4apar growth. Tho paper employed nlthtto has been almost entirely of Austrian origin. This year American cigarette paper has been Introduced, and meets with evident favor. It is supplied through Constantinople dealers, ffi m m