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( , ' t' Thlra'e IL onl' tor the mlln who Ii
, lucky nnd bold.
/t. , , ' 1tor tl1a mnn who has fl\te on hl1 '
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'J J' ' .l'her. ! I\rc cheers tor the tolk that p.re
, " JltIllng Ule gold
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; . .Awl ore drlttluK I\lonl ;
, 't But the IIIlln who Is strIvIng to sel t\J
thl ! h\tld
' & AmI tacltllr the hungry wave'A er'st ,
, , \\'e uuttl' o\'erlook , tor we don'tIIlllel' -
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The fellow that'p'dolng his best ,
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Though we I1lI1l1e 119 he plods on hlJ
} way. '
II For his OWII Belf-esteem III the prize he
hall WlIlI ,
All obscurely ho'/I stood In the fra ) ' .
Aud he know ! ! the atrecllon of hOl1lo and
ot ( l'lond
And the pleallure ot hotlORt-enrned rest :
' 1'hero are peace Iltld good will , as the
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1 was kneoUng on a carpet or forest.
lea. ves , dropping t wenty.dollar gold
'pIeces Into my hat , as an officer or the
1aw checked them off. Whllo In the
midst ot this unusual occupation I
1leard a. Blight rustle at m ' side , and ,
tooklng up , beheld Rollin Pemberton
I galling down at me , I had not seen
111m for five years , and at parting our
} 'e1atlons were not cordial , but ! 10 addressed -
, dressed mo In a tone or voice which
.Jntllcatcd that whatever ill.feellng he
may have borne me had disappeared
. 'In the lapse or time , I return cd his
-salutation and went on dropping gold
into my hat , followed b ' otller metals
and paper cm'rency to the amount or
. five thousand dollars , 'fhen 1 arose to
. my feet , brushed the leaves fl'om 111 '
-clothing and calmly s\ll'\'eyed 111Y audl.
Cllce , which consistell of a man in
. . . shacltles , two ofilcel's and 1\lr. Pem.
. , , berton.
< . _ _ , Five 'ears beron ! I 11l1d left Mr.
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Uembcrton's presence after a rather
. , 'Stormy interview , In which his daughter -
, " tor Maude and myself were 11rinclpally
-iJ. ; : Interested , I had sought his consent
, , : t' to our marriage. He stonned and
t" " I Tae until I feared that he would
' , : : topple Q'\'er from heart failure. "You
' : ' " are too ; young to thlnlt of such a thing
- . , . " - .as marriage ! " he exclahned , "It Is
preposterous ! Go a\\ ' ' und stay five
. , years , You are both mel' ! ehlldren ! "
" " . 'Vo 11 , 1 went away after an under-
, ; 'St ndlng with 1\Iaude , We were to reo
i , main faithful though the heavens fell ,
'Vo balf way admitted , howevOl' , that
the old gentleman WIIS rlht. ;
I joined the statt of a pl"Ogresslve
< : Ity dally , and In the course of time
reaohed a place 'Whero I could count
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i. J' trntlon and perseverance , One night
11. brief telegram came'ln from a to\n
1Uty mnes away , It was from a friend
or the paper , and said : "Send a man
to Bowllngton at once , Geod. story
tor right man , Sens1ltlonal ! "
An hour later I was on my way to
Bowllnton by rail , and by daylight I
was at the city prison , the most lIlcely
place , I thought , to plclt up the scent
'Of the stor ' I was aller. Just as I
arrived two officers Wel'e In the act
or bundling a man In Irons Into an ex.
tlress wagon , .A.t'ter a few guarded
inquiries I learned that an olil gentleman -
man bad been robbed of fi\'e thousand
' dollars the night befOl'o In the prln.
, < : Ipal betel of the town , and that two
suspects had been al'rested ten mHes
awa ) ' and brought bact ; : . They had
nothing on tholr persons to fasten the
< : rime on them , but , novet'theless , they
, ; ' were' thrust Into lrlson at the county
seat. Finally , ono or them wealtened
and offered to conduct the officers to
I the place 'Where the money was se.
, < : reted , This they were on the pointer
or doing when I arrl\'ed. I managed
to join the party with the expectation
that. I 'Would get bacle In time to
, , gather the town end of the story and
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"I felt something spongy. "
put It on the wll'e for the next Issu (
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" I" , ) , When " 'e re checi our Ilcstlnatlor
It turned out that the 1II'Isoner dlr
not Imow ( 'xactl ' whel'e the nlOneJ
was bidden , It was somewhel'O In t
" mty.acro tract of woodland wjth t
bea\'y unrlrrground. 'l'ho hilling h\I :
" \ " been done In the darlmess of the nigh :
" before b ) ' the acco11111110 or the mal
\ : , with us , When we recched the top 0
' n hhh bank on the etle ! or the for '
I" est , tl1\ accused lIIau steJpped anI
r satd : "I do not Imow exactly whert
I ! , ' the money Is , It Is somewhere II
I ; this wood. We enterell on this side
, . My pal bad the money and secret t
1t. . I did not lIee whel'a 'he Illaced 11
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'but I Imow that It was lert In this
forest , " , vavlng his hands in no par.
ticullm direction ,
You can f'eallze that this was very
Indefinite Information. However , we
started out , ono officer and the prls.
oner going In one direction , the IICC'
end OffiCCl' tool , another course and'
I strolled awa ' by myself. 1 had but
little faith In the story or the alleged
penitent prisonel' and less hope ot
locating the stolen mone ' . I had
made up my mind that 'tho prisoner
was attempting' to pla ' n. sharp trlcl ; :
-seeldng an opportunity to escape , I
plcled up a sUclt as 1 started and
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Maude had remained at the roadside
In the carriage. '
used It as a cane for some distance ,
I had not gene a hundred yardR be.
fore I noticed a brolon ; : weed with the
top lying In the direction I was go.
ing. A little further along a se\'ered
vine furnished evldenco that some
human being 01' a lower animal had
. . .l\ssed along that wa ' sllOrtly before ,
1 followed the dll'ectlon of these
slgnR , A beavy shower had fallen
late In the night , and had obliterated
' evidence of o\'ert\ll'ned ] ' ,
an \ \ ea'es
I had not proceeded one-fourth or
the distance through the timber when
I noticed a peculiar lool\ln ; ; hump be.
side a cluster of bushes , I hud been
jabbing my stlc ) ; : Into hollow logs und
other places 1I1ely ; : to be cbosen by
the thief. 'fho hump which 1 huve
mentioned ! lId not seem to Invite In-
vestigatlon : t.he rain had beaten the
leaves down and they loolcd ns Ir
they might ha\'e heen undlst\ll'bed for
a ) 'ear , but us I passed , I pelted at
the little 'elevation In a mechanical
SOI't or way. 1 felt something spongy ;
I scralled the lea\'es awa ' and there
lay a canvas bag ! 1 at once catled
the other members or the party to
m ' side before I renwvld the bag
from Its hiding place , 'I'hen at the
direction or tlw ofilcers the bag was
opened and the money counted , the
value or each piece helng noted In a
small vest poclot ; : book by one or the
oll1cE'rs , 'fhe full amount of five thou ,
sand doliars was thel'p ,
Tbls was the mOlley I WIlS dropping
Into , my hilt , pleco by piece. when
Hollin Pemberton came up. I did not
lwow that he was Interested in the
matter amI had no Idea how he came
to ho on the scene-that place being
a thollsand miles from his home. 'I'he
omcers tool ; : charge of the mone ) ' and
we turnell back toward the hlgh\\'a ' .
l\lr , Pemb'l'ton fell In at m ) ' side and
we watl\fJd away together. "Halllh , "
ho Hald-Halph Walton IH my name-
allCl' un emhal'l'asslng pallse , "tbal
waB well done , "
" ' accident " 1 ass\lred
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him , "I had no more Idea of f1ndln
that mono ) ' than I ha\'o of tI'lng te
China thlH 1lI0lllqnt , "
"Wetl. I feel oalol' : ovel' It , at anJ
rate , " ho went on , " 'fhat was alJOul
the sl1.e of my 1)lIe or read " money , '
! 'I'hen came my hu'n to he s\lrlrlsed ]
"Yours , " I l'xclalmell. "How doe :
I that come about ? "
I "I am the old partr who wa :
, rohbed , "
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Pemberton and his dallghtOl' hac
started fOl' a distant part of the couu
trr to ] Hlrchmw sume propel't ) ' , hi
had cnt"l'led that mono ) ' with him II
order to pa ' CIIHh , Ho had been lI'acec
- h ) ' tWO rohhers und his moner stolen
Ho had heard of the attemllt. to rr.
covm' the 1I10n ( ' ' and togethcl' wltJ
hi ! ! dallghtol' hlld followed In 1eal
rlagl. ' . "Malule had r\lI1alned at thl
:1 : roadsltle In the carriage which \ \ a
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her father rollo'tVed UB Into UIO Um-
ber. As 1 drew near the carrlago
walking besilio her father , seomlngly
on the hest of , . ter11ls , ta1\110 100lOd
at mo , startcll allghtl ) ' , whllo n rosy
blush flllfrusod her clll''IR. 1\11' . 1'om.
bl.'rton Intrclluced ) lR us If wo had
lle\'Cl' met hefot'l' . In a monu'nt ho
conRldel'l\tel ' IItcllped : to the hors's'
heads to attl'nll to the hlll'UOSR111110 : \
whlslerel1 [ : "Wh ) ' , ltnftlh. what has
halipened to pa1a ? Hus he forgl\'en
Olll' 'outh 1"
It'as a brlAht l\In ) ' du ' and the fall.
Ing apple blossom ! ! clllstored in
1\lnllde'8 halt" l1\lIldng a ] 1retl . lllctul'e ,
as nho sat there smiling. '
I went bael. to town In Ir. Pem.
herton's clIl'l'la e anel sent n good
StOI' ) ' to the 1)pel' ) , hill the 1I10st Inter-
ellln cvcnts wet'e omitted.
We were 111a1'l'Ied the I\l'xt Christ.
mas ; Mr. Pelllbf'rton Is a grandl1l110W ,
und nn' wlCe ntHl 1 Homethnes listen
us he tells the ehlllll'cn 1IItor ' about ,
a neWSI1 pl'l' rCllorll'I' who cOllld find
lost 1I1ono\ ' better than the man who
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hid It. "I'lIollletllllcfI thlnl ; : hp helpcd
hillo it , " ho oft < 'n ad lIs , "to hoollwlnl ; :
a cel'taln old mun I Imow Into the
bellof that he fOllnd It-anll Inc\den. \
tllll ) ' to get the old mlln's 11ullghtor. "
HARE AN ELUSIVE ANIMAL.
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Small Creature.
' 1'0 my notion , there Is a ] 1ecullar .
chal'm abollt Iraillng a hare , wrlte3
I dwyn Sand 's In I.'obruary Olltlng. In
the first place there is a superb Imcer.
tainL ' about where ) 'OU w11llucate the
beast , If It Imows whcro It Is ItseIr.
You find II. fresh tracIe , and if'Ise ,
) 'ou follow It In what apparontl ) ' Is
the wrong dll'eclion , anlt then-well ,
'ou just l > eep on following. SOIllO'
whcl'e , perhalls enl ) ' a few 'arda to
one side or whel'c 'ou ltrucl : ! ; : the
tracl ; : , Is the othcl' cnd , aud , or course ,
a hare. You acquire wisdom concern.
lng' this small terll1llcullt ' 1I11el'-II"S ,
slbl ' hom's latel'-but tluiL floes not ot
necessltw slloll the SpOl't. It mar h
the tracl ; : Is first founll In a hrll'l'y
tillclet , \ \ ' llnh l amllors a11 the rlslug
gl'ounll , 111111'I\n ; : \ ! ; the edge of n. gl'eat
swal11p'oolllallll , It Is eas-hl fact. '
almost too eas ' , 'fhe h re loves'
s'ampy'oOll1allll , so. of course , ho
merel ' has fOl' ' dlc-
) sl\lllped a ll'lfilng -
tauce along the 1'1111 , M IL were , of the
dO)1'eS8101l ) ) , then gone down lIul Hquat-
ted unllel' some hallll ) ' log , from
which sholtel' ) 'ou will bounce him
wlthlu fi\'e mlnutos , Theoretically
thlii Is sounll : lll'llctlcally ills a 100 to
1 shot on an \ utte1'lj' II11rella111e tip.
lIullUlRe pl'ompts 'ou to slant down
tOWU1'd the swamJl at once , to jump
him fl'Ol11 somewhel'e , ] Il'omlt1y Imock
him ever and be done with It. 'I'hls
will sa\'e useless pottering over foolish -
ish tracls ; : , anel also sOllie'aluablo
lime.
Skate Sailing.
' 1'hel'o Is nothing new In the IlIea or
sleate saillnA' , says Dun Beard , in
Outlnf ; . It Is as old as slmtes , and
dates bacl ; : to the time whcll OUl' an.
cestors with hones of animals hound
to theh' fect sllread thell' ample cloals
and allowell the wind to waft them
o\'er the s\ll'face of the ice ,
But slllce that tlmo the 1\1't has
progressed , l\Colllng pace with the
evolution of the model'l Rteel Hlmto
from Its rude bone unceHtor. Some
time In the ' 80s Hlmte sailing was first
brought to the attention or the gen.
eral public by n Herles of articles upon
thlR subject whloh appeared In val'lous
IJCl'lodlcalH , and we then hecame faml.
liar with the Danish square sail and
topsail , .the long double , 01' two.man ,
sail of the NorweglanR ; the Bngllsh
lateen sail , with the mast made fast
to the slmter's leg , the handsome dou.
ble'lIlamond Ball In\'ented hy Charles
Led 'al'll Norton anti many others of
minor hnportnuce ,
As a rule , the foreign deslgnSt are as
clumsy , Impracticable and as much
out of date as the forms of go\'el'l1
ment under which they 1101l1'lsh.
About Rats.
Dr , Dan-ysz or the Pasteur Instltulo
in Paris finds that ratB can contract
a slleclal disease to which olher un'
ImalB are not exposell. lie has suc ,
ceeded In obtaining the bacllluB 01
the disease. It Is necessar ) ' onj' ! tc
Hoak bl''ad 01' grain In a boull1 n of
the mlcrohe culture and allow the rat
lo cat It , whell the ' eontract'the mal
ad ' and uBuall ' die within lIvc to
twelve daY/I. / : A number of experl ,
mentH ha\'o already heen l11ado with
the new metholl. espcclaH ' In the seW'
01'/:1 / : or Paris , whleh are full of 1'IltH
and \'cry good results have been ob ,
tnlnod , It. was IIl'o\'ed during the ox'
pcriments that the 'oung rat arc the.
mst senslUvo to the acllon or the
mlc1'oho , 'rho new rat'oxtermillaling
culture Is coming Into practical IIse
In Paris anll espeolall ' at the BOlII'II ! ;
de Commerce , whore It Is uset ! to lIre ,
te't the l1eposlts of gl'al1l ,
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" 'Ilh fooll"h hOlito'0 rllllh from lila ,
' 1'0 strllJtJ \ madly 111 the [ 1'1\ ) ' ;
" 'IJ , wck to heut the hrnz11 on ,
'ro lilt ourfwlvcl ! against lllU l1roll :
AK If thl' ellllllCIJ illIg-it t fal1l1 a war ,
Wi' 1'0h WI''t chll < < lhooll of ilK tlu ) '
, "nIl 'Cl\'C : thfJ IlIu htel' Ullcl the J.ay ,
Ulatl lIIom'nll ! Ihal tn 'outh 1J101l ! ! : ' ;
l With foolh.h hasle.
, 1.0\0 Hwccll ) ' hf'ckolls UII to fltar ,
But. rUllhll1J. : off , WI ! answer nay ; ,
, 1"1'011) ) laug-hh'r anl from 10111111 I < on&
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" ' 0 GO to 8trll h' In 'tho throlll : ,
AnI ! ( ' 1ul 11) ' IIllIk' ' " 111 t11 l11l1r.
With foolhlh hast ! ! ,
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' Baths , In Schools ,
1 All lIew schools In Swltzerlalld ha'G
" a } ) ( ) I'tlon or the grou1Id flool' 11 1111 fJ'
[ 1 Ill'latell fol' haths , I'ach class hathe
1 ubout enc ! ! \'ol't1llght \ BUlllmUl' atHl
1'Intel" Soa)1 ) Is UliOt ! uul1 n Wal'l11
. . hath Is followol1 b ) ' a cooler OIIl' , Slcll
I' chlh r6n nllil those ha\'lug s1\ln dl $
II ca.i's arc excltl1led.
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s 'I'lll're al'O : ! ,835 1Icellst'lt aulo'llOhlleJ
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WHOt..E COUNrRV : A UNIT ON
THE Pr.OPOSITION.
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Se:1ator : Germ n'R Opposltlo" to the
Crc : tlon of a Proper Na lonal Dc.
fcolsc : Will Be Condemned-His
Own Party Is galnst Him ,
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' 1'he nl1\1I1 alllll'lIlU'IIItOIl ! hili l'e pOI' t.
l'll to the hll1l1l0 uuthl1l'lt's the CI1Il'
st I'IICtiOIl of IIIll' fll'st elalll haltloshftl ,
lWI 1I1'st ( 'lass 111'111111'011 \llsers , aut !
thl'l'e scollt l'l'ulsl'l'S III 1\ total cost of
$ : . ? SUOUI ( ( ) ( ) . 'rill' hili IIlItllol'l1.es 111140
all hlel'l'llfH ! 01' : .ItlUn III the llI11nhm' oC
snllot'lI , ' 1'he couHll'UClioU of 130 111(111) ( '
cl'ulsel's ia l' ( > comUlclldl'll hecullso It
Is desired to I\'c u hl'tt l'I' Ill'OllOl'tlOII
to Iho 1lI\\ ' ' . t.1st ! 'CIll' ) ll'U\151011 WIIS
Illltelo I'ul' 11\0 haltll'shlllj ! ,
The cOllll\llltl'o SIl 'S III Its l'eJOI't ) :
"If we jlldgo plI h Ill ! sl'lIt1mellt cor.
I"l ctl ) ' IL Is III l'a\'OI' of the cOlltllluance
of the llolll' ' or hul1l1ll1 1111 011I' nuv ) ' .
11' Wl' sloPlwl1 1I0W we wuuld ho loft
behind the leanillg clIIllll'leB ! of the
wOl'I1I. ' 1'hl1 Amerlcau ] leoillo will not
Indorse the IJOII ( ) ' of HUCl'1I1cllll ; the
An1l1rlcall ' fot' Inlol'llal ' ' ,
IIUV imlll'\'o
ml'lItH , 1101' II : ! thcl'e un ) ' such lll ces'
slt ' , "
It Is not mlstulell III Its jud n\Ont.
The ] leople ! do nM wish to see the
11II1Ic ) ' of IJlllldlng 1111 the na1111111'
dOlH' . 'j'hat Is lIot hocallso the ) ' uro
helllcose I1nd deMit'e na\'al Will'S , but
IHullse : eXIIC\'lollce \ a 1111 rcason ha13
hl'llllght thom to IIH ) conclusion thut
lho cOlllltl' ' must hl\\1 } a rcspeetuhle
and ' ' rot' ' or
ro\\jlng , na \ 11111'I1II80S
national dl'fclIso I1nll the lIIalntellallco
of Amel'lcun l'lghts , l'J'osl ent .John
Alams , hegull the COlIstl'lIction of a
nlUnelel' : lerl'Ol'soll the worl ; : WI1S
stlllllll'I , Iiu thou hlll na\'y llIneces ,
SIl1' ) ' . When lhe Wilt. or 1812 cume
this cOllntl' ) ' fOUlld llHelf at Il tel'l'ihlo
dlslte\'lIlItaAe ! hCCl1l1sC of thut JerrCl' .
SOli lUll 1111111 : ) ' wllich hus all 11I\\'Ocato \
now In till ! sCllute. ;
Whut Is h'IIU o\ \ ' the IlColle : gellel'llll ) '
Is 1I0t tl'lIe of all lho 1)011l00l'uts In the
Unltl'll Siales Hellute. ' 1'he Demo.
cl'lltle lcallet' In that hody , Sellator
Gut'man , has lUlt hllluel { on record
agaillst lIa\'al expansloll. He wOll111
SlIl'lIll mone ) ' 101' IlItcl'l1ul Imlll'ove.
ments which his Hal'l ) ' once deemcd
IUlconst illltlonul , hilt not fot' wal'shills ,
110 , sa iiI :
"We 11l1\'e l1ll'al'essels everywhel'e.
Ila \ ' ( . 'ou Jlot enollgh now ? gVCl'ybod '
will IIl'HWer ' 'es' IInless It Is trlle , as
was lloatlll arollnd lu high naval circles -
cles , Ihl we Ul'O Ulurchln arolllld the
/Iobo / ; with a chilI on our I-Iholll1lor
lool\ln fol' the OliO gl'Pllt natlou that
tl'llllhies liS mOl'u thull an ) ' other 111
011I' t l'llie ! relations to get.III some
tl'ouble , "
In his 11Ildl'esH at a Lincoln da ' din.
nOl' III I"ow YOl'l ; : the BeCl'otlu'y of the
l\1\ ' ) ' ( JIIOtl'll lutel commenled on thl1t
rel1'lIant dl'l11ul'o/lcul / ; stutl'nwnl. lie
COllfOHSC'1l that IIc WI1S SIll'IH'I8ed IJ ) ' It ,
I'm' ho hnll tholl/hl / ; that the 11'JIC ) ' of
1111\'al III'ogl'es ! ! was nol at-l111 OIJen to
partisan aUacl ; : , lie had hoped tlll !
that IlOilo ) ' wOlIlIIIn \ cOlltlnll 1 110
mutter which 11lll'ty was III control or
the nutlonal gO\'C'lImellt ! , bnL hili faith
has heen Hhatcn ] b ) ' SenatOl' GOl'lna11'5
factlolls und 1I1I11"tl'lollc III tCl'unces.
If thftt senator were as astute us
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he hus. heen given credit fOl' helng ,
thel'O might he canso to felli' that ho
hat ! gauged the senthnent or his 1I1lrt '
ntlll trul ) ' repre&entcd It when ho In'
\'elghed ag-alnRt an Increase or 11aval
force , Dllt he has lost his IlstutOIlCSR
Ol' his cllnnlll , 110 Is bhtndcl'Ing
m'oll1I1 ! 11111111 ! ) ' III queBl ( ic n IJ11rtiHan
IRSIIe. Ho SU 'R "lho naY ) ' Is geltinS'
touhea vy , 'l'lIel'u are too many men ,
too man ' sal101'I-I , too many ; ; unlJ
afloat. " 110 cannot llel'Hnade the maHS
or the Democl'lts ! that this Is trne ,
'l'he na\ ' ) ' will coutlnuo to he Incl'euR'
ed desllite the un worth ' ollPosltloll of
an incollll1Ulont I1nd nlscredlled senu-
torla "leadct. . "
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The Salvation of China.
Se'retal'Y 11a"s Note suggesting
that Husala aud , 'almn ' limit the area
of hOHtllltieH as far as llusslhle and
that the neutrallt ) ' ant ! allmlnlstratl\'e
eutlt ' of Chhll1 lIe resllected liaR horne
fruit. It Is bolleved Ull his \'lewlI
commenll themlwlves to the two gov-
el'l1ments to which the ) ' are Hlloclall '
adllressed , ant ! they assnredl ) ' do to
most , if not nil. of the neulral powel' ! !
of JII'OIlO , When the lIuhstance of
the note was made l\l1own thel'e WIlR
sOl11e (1IlCstionln aud cavllln In Eu.
rOle. In HOllie fillarters It llIar have
heen duo to vexation that the United
States shoult ! have tal\en \ the leat ! in
a matter of such genoml concel'n nnt !
ImpOl'tance , Ol' therc IlIa ) ' ha\'o Iwen
11 mlsconcelltlon of the scolle of the
' ' ' ,
socl'ota1'Y'H proposition
or COllrRC lhe voice of unfriendly
criticism was heard at once In the
Ullltel ! States. Whutevcl' the admln.
, lBtratloll may suggest to project the
Interests 01' to cnhance the rOlllltation
1\1\t ! Infillenco or the country la ut-
tacl.cll . 11I1'ecll ) ' ot. II ) ' Innucndo , It
Inslnuatell that Secl'chir '
was ) IIay
was ahout to dmg the Unltell State > >
Into war , that he was seelltlg ; : to form
n comllact with OUWI' , nations to COI11'
pel China to remain nelltl'ul , uud to
compo. . RUHsla and ,1alllln to respcet
that noutl'allty , or that he hud mllile
a mo\'o unfriendly to Rllssla , dlctatcd
by a desh'c to helll , lapan ,
The vhllllcation of a dlslntorested
IHllleY.lllctatell Holol ) ' 11 ' dORlro to
\\Cell China Ollt 01' u conflict which
almost Inc\'ltahl ) ' would end In the
partition of Uw emplro Is at hand. Ja.
lIan IIl\H acced'd to the HUJmeslions of
Secl'eta1' ) ' lillY , und the furmlll con.
currenCfJ or HlIsuia Is 1I\0mentarll \ ' ox.
lCctm1 ! , Thp HIISHlan govel'nnwnt ap-
[ lc.IrS to have l'on slow to IUOVO hc.
caUBe of it ! ! unccrtulnt ) ' Ill' ! w tlte
exact nH'anlng 1\ttnrhl'11 hy ScC'rC'tar ) '
Hny to 0110 of t hll Ilhrllscs In his notl' .
\l Is cunrldcnl1) ' lJl'lIl'\'ll : il 'Wt'shlng.
-
ton that the COJ\ctlrrenco o [ Frnnco In
the American proposal hua remo\'cd
whatever dOllhts ' hl\\'o . .
ma \ \ been enter.
talnod h ' HusAla , and that the United
Statl'S bus achIeved 1\ great pacific
\'Iclor ' ,
The ChlnoRo gtH'ornml'nt Ilnlt { Rlmee )
a Ill'oclamlltion or 1\O\ltrn\lt \ . , redoubt
doubt 1l WIRhull to hI. ' nhRolutl.'lj' nOli'
tml , but It 1I11t ' ho bO'olul itH ] lower
to regulale the conduct or the fanatl.
cuI , IIncontrollublo clumentH III the
pOIJIIlation of norlhern ChIna. I ven
If thol'o Rhouhl he local outbroal(8 ,
the ) ' harll1y will Intel'Ccl'O with the
WOl'ltlnSIJ or tlta belloIlcent tllan de. :
\'IRed b ' the AlIlel'lcan secretur ) ' of
stnte , which will , In u1l lll'obuhlllt ) . , ho
acceltell unll lo'allr obl'\'oll h ) ' the
belllgeren t 110wer8 ,
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The Consular Servhe Dill.
, No ono I.'Xllocts much onthuslasm
fl'oll1101ItlchlllR fOl' lIlcnsures 11Imln.
Ishlng H\lolls \ ollJOrlunltlcs ) or Iltuitln ! :
I ho llI'ea of t hl.'lI' ncll vlt les , The
Ledge hili for the roor anbatlon : or
thl1 cOIHHllnr 801'vlce of the United
St ? R haR be'n Itllhmwel llY numt'rou ! ! '
I1ulustrlul IlIlII cOlllmerclal orsulllzll' [
110 n 1-1 , Indeed , the business Interests
or the countr ' uro pructlcally a 'mlt-
for the adoptlou or the merit s 'stell\ \
In the selocllon or consuls and the
abolition of the fee system.
Notwithstalldlng' this fael , nnd in
IIplto oC the flll'thel' conshttratlon that
the bill hus been recomlllClulod hy the
Senate commltteo on fOl'elgn relations
all sOl'lH of "constltutlonul" objections
are now raised b ' Ils oPllonents , 'I'ho
meusul'e , tlly sny , Is unnecessary ,
und no pl'esldent would feel himllctr
'bollnd hy Its provisions. 'fho right or
the oxocutlvo to uJl1JOlnt consular om.
Cct'S cannot he abridged b ) ' rogula.
tlons JJl'escl'lhed h ' ' It
) conHl'OSR , Is
gm\'cl 1 argued , nnd It is undllnlOel1
lo enuct 1I\WH which must bo ] Jurely
ad\'lsOl'Y. All this hus been heard be.
fOl'C , lid nUUfleall. 1\1111 to consldm' It
sorlollsl ) ' would bo a waste o [ SIIllCO
and tillie ,
'rhe tt'ulh III that. the opponontll of
the hill do not want 111erlt In the con.
8ulal' sCI'\'lce , 'rhey Imow the defects'
01' the IlI'osent Hyslem and the ' Imow
that the service Is malntainell till ce l'
the IlI'ovlslons of a law IJIlsell ! : ! In 1856 ,
which 19 neceSHIlI'lI ) ' antl'llll1led nnll
ontlrol ) ' Inadequuto to oxlstlng conll ! .
tlOl\fI. But the defects do not Injlll'o
the IloHtlclll Rldo of the service. 'l'hey
afoet forelgu cOIllIllCJrco , fOl' which
cOllgl'C'ssmou having fl'leuds a11l1 hang.
Cl'IH1Il 10 reward ,1'01' actual 01' illlll/l- / ;
nary I1ld cal'e'ry'lIttle. . If the ex-
IRUn law r llltlllg to the conslllar
ser\'lco 11-1 constltlltlollal , the Iod o
bill cannot he unconRtltutional , At
an ' rate , 110 execllllve wOllld deem It
snfe expeillcllt to dlsl'egard u merit
bill In obedlenco to put'solml aull
SpollR polltlca ,
' 1'he enactment or the Ledge bill by
the IIl'c8ellL Congl'css wOllld bo It , de.
Iml'tlll'O from the do'nothlllg and
Ht IlIIiI Ilat pullc ) ' . bllt It Is 11 departurll
which the 1IIIBInosl-l Illtorellts will not
ollly cheerfnlly "slund , " bilL glad ! ) '
welcollle. ' 1'ho Cl'lOIlIls of the 111eaSlll'O
are 1I0l hOlleflll ; lire they su1llclontl ) '
unel'gellc lInd ent'nost ?
Reciprocity With Canada.
The agitation In fa01' or l'eclpl'O,1\1 '
tmde relations bet ween the United
States nntl Clllllllla haH been renO\yt1t1
hy the Detroit chulIlher or COlli III OI'CO.
'I'he aim Is to hu\'e the Joint high com.
mission recon\'ened fOl' the 11lIrSO ) of
negotlutlng n reclprnclt ) ' treut ' .
' 1'lwro Is lIluch to cOlllmPl1l1 the Woa ,
Bolh countl'lell have lIIan ) ' Inlorests In
COllllllon , Prollol'l ) ' dl'uwn , 11 recftJl'oc-
It ' , I rcnty wOllld henefit both , ,
'I'ho first Cunadlall reclproclt .
It'eat'US I11l1do In Viii , I alld tel'lul.
nated b ' liS In 18GG , Amel'lcan Rontl.
ment o\'er the Call1\lhln ( protection or
Confeelol'llte el11lSHllI'leH ' IIncI the lurgo
halllnco of tl'l\lo ( ngal'lII tllll : led to our
withdrawal. In ISH an lither tl'el'.ly
WIIS negotilltell. hut fulleli of ratification -
tion h ' the /I.mllte. / :
In the two ) 'eal'S , 18GG and 18GG. :
undel' the old lreat ' , the balance r
trade was 1\I' ( el ' In Cunada'l : ! fll\'or ,
hut the cOI\lItions ( that Immediate ! ) '
followell the wal' wel'o Ilrlnelpally
rCHlOnlllblo Cor thili. In the lUaln , the
trealy ] II'lImolell our cOll1mct'co und
was beneficial to both countl'los ,
Mr. Bryan's Prize Platform ,
The Conmlonm"s offel' of $100 fol' a
Demoel'at 10 IlIatfOl'1Jl IR surrounded
with conditions that Illfllw tiw COIl1IIe-
tltlon n crueH ) ' which Llhould clIll fill'
] lOlIce InlCI'ferenco , 'I'ho rille that the
pl'lzo Illatforll1 must \ e agl'eeabo ] to
ton DnlJlocmtlc llewslHIIIOl'1 Is cnough
to fill 11 whole Incl\1'ablo ' WlIl'cI with'
Illen mlldo "loony" h ' the attell1pt ,
'l'ho enel'OlIS offer IIf an exlm $ Ii fOl'
a letter Crom11' : , Clovellllul , 1\11' , GOI' .
mun 01' .h\lge ( Plll'lwr Inehll'Hlng any
111atol'IlI ( any ono of the llewspallCl'R
namell can 11mw Is lIItcl ) ' alHo to ha0
II violent efrect on wenlt.heal'ted edl.
torR , 1\11' . Watlel'son , who mils
a alnsl the mone ) ' IHIWm' , linll the
othOl' gentlemell Invited to lho joust
w1l1 ho so lI ltatd at the temtatlon )
to the COl'l'ulltion of Democratic oell-
torlal mOl'l1ls ollened UII hr the Com.
1ll00WI"II recld'ss IIbol'allt ) ' that , the ) '
IIrobahlr will decllno to tlll\O 111l1't In
It.
Protectionist and Prosperous.
A fl'l'o tl'l1clo contomllOl'I1I' ) ' l'OlJlal'ls
that cvI' ) ' Industr ) ' of Franco elljo's
a high < 1 < 'll'e\ or pmsllel'lt ) ' , and IIsls :
"HaR Fl'ancp 11I1111e hOl' tlll'lff rates ex.
ol'hltant ? " Fl'I1l1cn hils III\\'U'S hel'n 11
IlI'otecllonlllt CIHlIltl' ) ' , 'l'he savlllgs or
hOl' peolo ) 111'0 ] 1r < JpOl'lIullutel ) ' lho
lllrg,1'It In the wOl'ld- . LOllis Globo. '
Democl'l1t.
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Novelty of Posse : : 310n.
Co ! . BI' 'lIn IIlhnlts thllt whllo ahro l
hC' f'l'\Il'et1 ' onn now Idea , hut hn 1'1
, ' ( ' ) ) It to hIlu ( , lC until the no\'olty
or Jloss'sslon WN\I'I' ' ! ofr n lItllo.--
Washlnglon Post.
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IINTERESTINQ TO AMERICANn.
Wedern Car.ada Will Doon Dcoom _
the Supply Depot for Wheat fol'
Great BritaIn.
During the pat 3"Jnr nbout 60,000
Americans went trom the United
Stntos to Cnnnda. Most ot those settled -
tled upon fnrm lands , n d the wrIter
Is Informed by n&eqts & ot the Cnna-
dlan Government thnt the greatest
IIUCCOS8 bas tollowed the elTorts ot
ncnrly aU. To their trlonds on thll
sldo ot the bound rT , IIno' the fullest
assnrnnco Is , ; Ivon or the prosperity
that Is In store for them , 'I'hero will
' \lwnys be a splondld tnnrlct tor all
ths crnln , cattle , and ether produce
thnt can bn ralBed In 'Vestorn Canada -
ada , and with the altvnntngeB ofreroll
or a free home9tonll of 160 aereR of
Innd. nnd other lands whlcb mny b.
bouht ! cheaply , au excoilent cllmato ,
Bplondlcl school A'stem , educational
ndvl1ntnroB or the hest , what moro
Is relulred. The husbandman gotll
moro return for hIs money than In
any ether cOllntr ) ' In the worlll.
On the occasion ot Sir Wllrrod lAu-
rlor's vl9lt to the Corn Exchange , London -
don , England , Colonel Montgomery , V _
D" made several Important state-
mentl , "Tho function , " be ftl\ld. "which
you have just boon nsslstlng In con- .
necUon with a Idndrelt association hOIl
doubtlcs8 shown you the Importance of
the provision trndo or Liverpool In Ita
relntlonshlp with the DominlonJ and
the onormOUB possibilities or the rIa.
turo development or tll t trado. Well ,
the grain trade or Llvcrpool has Interests -
terests wIth Cl\nado. no lesft Importnnt
than Ulose or the provision trado.
When U IA berne In mInd that 80 per
cent at the breadstuffs or litis great
coulHry haa to be brought from
abroad , ) 'OU will rendlly appreclato
with what great lIatisfaction we view
the large and steadily Increasing sup-
IpU08 or crnln which are annually avail-
nblo for cXllort trom Cnnnda , and (
chnllengo contradiction when I say
that or the wheatll we Import
from Russin , India , the Pacific.
and the length anlt breadth or
the Unltell State9 , none gives mora
sonArll1 Ra IIRfactlon , none Is moro
generally appreciated than that
raised In the I'l'ovlnco or Mani-
toba. Wo cannot get enollgh or It.
and it Is no cxaggcmtlon to Bay that
, there re before u dozens ot mlllern
who hunger for It. This Is not the
.tlmo to enter Into stntlstlcal questions -
tions , but wo look rorwarlt with confidence -
fidenco to the tlmo at which , with the
present rate or IH'ogress , the Dominion
or Canadn will hl1\'O a Aufficlent surplus -
plus or wheat to render this country
Independent or other sources or sup-
ply. I thin ] , I O1ny , with jusUfiabla
pride , romlnd ) 'OU that this Is the chlor
grain marlet or the British Emplro ,
, and through Itll oXleilent ) geographical
position , 1\8 well as through the cuter-
111'1110 or Ils ml1lnrs , It Is 110" the soo-
oml mllllug center In the world.
Send to any lIuthorlzlJd Canadlsn
Government agent Cor copy of Atlas
and InCorluatiou us to rallwny rata ,
etc.
Hope Is tho' mainspring or Ufo-
Socrates ,
The Uaeful Camel ,
The Homull camel can cat overy-
t..lng al\ll dl'll1Js nolhlng. Il will mul't )
11 meal whm'o evell the country Ilony
woulll ! : ! turve. Daremo , mimosa , aca-
cia-ail como alll\O to It ; and when
shoots and 10aveR lire witherell It can
Call bael' on rnots , thorns and barlt.
That SOl'L of digestion maltes tt , or
O\ll'HO. vaillahle In a cOllnlry where
the bill of flll'o seems comlllled In the
Inlerest or the earll1vora , but Its In.
dlrrerence to IIClllld Is Its especial
vlrllle , Whllo the Arah cumel nceds
drink dally , his 80mull brethren whea
on IL marcH are wale red only o\'el'y
firth da ) ' , and when drollth Ilrovl1l1s
11111) ' bo loll for ten. When grazlu : ;
they are Slll1lOsed to ho watered every -
ery sixth da ' , hilt sllch regularity Ife-
pOluls on the enCl'gy of the hel'tlers
anti the contlltlon or the grass , thl )
her1ls when the gl'l1ss Is grcen beln : ;
often lefL wlthollt. wl'.tel' for as long
as th 1'00 mon ths , ,
" Insecta , " '
Japanese 8lnDlng ,
Alllon ( ; tile IInllll'al curiosities ot
Janan al'e Its singing Illsect8. Tilt.
m08t 1Il'Izoti of these tiny musicians is
a hlaclt hetllo lIamod "SllsIl1l1I1s11I , "
which mcalls "Insect hell , " The sOllnd
tuat Il emits reBemhles that or a lit. .
tle sllvol' hell of the sweetest and
'J10st 1Iellcalo tono.
. . The Mot ; ; Common Disease.
Ynrltown , Al'J. " Feb , : ! ! Jth.-LlJland
Williamson , M. D" n successrul and
clo\'or local ph 'slclan , Bays :
" 1'hero Is HcuI'cely another form ot
diseuse a ph 'slclall III called upon 80
orten tll trcat as Kidney Disease. I
In varlatJlI ) ' IlI'escl'lhe Dotld's Kltlney
PIlIII anll am not disappointed In their
efCect for the ) ' lire always rollablo.
I COIIIII mention many cases In which
I ha\'o IIsed this medicine with splendid -
did sllccess. for example , I might ro-
fCI' lo the case of MI' , A. H. Colo.
"AJe : n , gl'eatl ) ' emaciated , some
fOVOI' , grel1t palll and pl'eSSllre over
region of IlclnE'II. IIrlno filled with
pllS or ( : OITIIltlon ) und very foul smell.
Ing anll lIassed 50me hlQod , Dlrectelt
to 1Irlnl , II gl'l'at deal or water. gav6 ,
hrll ! : ! ; : IlIIrgatlvo and Dodll's Kidney j
,
Pili ! ! , ' } ho ) llIh were contlnlled reg11-
lal'l ' fol' three weel , ! : ! and thcn n. few' 1
iloses lIver ) ' \\'eelt , eSIecally ! ir patient
Celt UI1) ' Imlll In' region ot Kldne's.
GIII'cII comilletel ) ' and IJationt IJor-
Cormed his duties as farm laborer In " ,
rOlli' weolts , " "
"
"Jk Williamson has been 11. reulnr '
pl"llclllloncl' for O\'el' twenty 'ears and
\IIlCllllt11fieel IndorsemC'nt or Dodd's
I\ltlllo ) ' Pills Is cerlalnl ) ' a. wouderCul i
tl'll1l1le to this ramed , ) ' .
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It 11wltlt m'n as with horses ; thos8
thllt 110 the most I1ranC'ln ! ; male tha
least progress-Daron de Stasliart. .
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