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v s CHAi'TKli VII. To Clarice she vowed a rodoublei devotion. Ah! if any care of hers might help her towards recovery, so that when her lover returned from his Indian campaign she might he well enough to marry! Only in helping to bring that marriage to a successful issue could she hope to efface the last miserable half-hour. She would try, too, and talk to Doctor Drake some day by herself, and ask if any possible ohang of treatment might hasten Clarice's recovery. The very thought brought comfort and hope with it. Having decided her course of action, he proceeded to put It Into riactice; smoothed her hair, and tried to wash the traces of tears from hrr face. Then he sat down and wrote a few lines to hsr brother, declining to lend him the money, and giving him her reasons for the refusal. After that she went to Clarice's room, who, happily, she found alone. "I thought you were never coming!" said Clarice fretfully. "Come and sit cl03e by me where I can see you. I need your soothing presence so badly to-day. Why, what is the matter with 70U, dear? You look as if you needed soothing yourself. Yo: have been crying, and I thought you were a woman who could not cry." Janetta gave rather a watery smile. "You were wrong, you see. I have been in trouble? about several things, and I could not see my way clear; but I seo It now. I shan't cry any more, I promise you." And Janetta threw back her head with something of her usual frank reliance. Clarice glanced at her wistfully. "You are reserved and proud. Janetta; but if i: were a case where money would he'p " "With quick alertness Janetta bont down and kissed one cf Clarice's tiny, helpless hand?. "Ah! how good and dear you are; but it is not a case of money. I am almost glad not to have it, because I might do harm instead of good with if "Not my hands, my face." said Clarice simply. And Janetta bent and kissed her on the forehead, oppressed with a sense of her own unworthiness. The day passed like a dream. She saw Captain Merivale only at meals, for he and Clarice spent the evening alon togHh'T. The next day, when he came down after bidding her good-by. he found Mrs. Mortimer standing alone in the hall, giving her last directions for the packing of his luegag into the carriage. Tie looked searchingly about for Janetta. "Miss Howard desired me to bid you good-by for her." said Mrs. Mortimer, answering his glance. "She went into the town for something." "Oh, thank you. Tell her I was sorry not to see her. You and she will look after Clarice for me whilst I'm away, won't yon?" The next instant he was gone. Jaivtta, meanwhile, sought shelter in a little cove by the seashore, and sat with her baric against the cliff, and her tearless yes gazing out seawards. Her teeth were clenched in the effort to keep bark the sobs that rose in her throat. She would gladly have upro-it'.-d t h.i strange love that had grown up in her heart, but she could not. "He's gone now," she said, pulling out her watch and looking at it. "It oau't be wrong to so on loving him vhcn I shall novcr see him ag;;in. It ;an neither hurt him nor me., for he does not know it; and Cod knows I have but one great wish in life pft to me that he and Clarice should marry." It chanced that on her way horn. she came across Ioetor Drake walking quickly conn the street. He would have passed her by with a bow, but she canit to a stop. "There is something I wanted to talk to yoa about. Could you spare me a minute?" 'Certainly,' he said, wiih a slight surprise. "I never get the chance of :i word ilone with you. Will you forgive in" if I ask if there is nothing tliac could be rlone to ha.-t.ru .Miss Seyniour'.s reovery?" Doctor Drake's fair faro fiusiie.J. "it is a question that is often b'-tore nie. Do you think iier worse?" he a.ked ! anxiously. "She is out of spirits, and losing liope." "Of what?" Inquired the Doctor impatiently. "Of recovery or what?" "Of everything that makes her life worth living. Until she is better she will not marry." "Or Captain Merivale will not marry her!" broke out the Doctor. "Which Is it, do you think? You arc speaking frankly to me, Mis Howard, and I can but answer you in the same spirit. No specialist ran do anything for Miss Seymcur. I will tell you briefly my opinion, which is barked by other men in my profession. When Mips Seymour was thrown from her horse she severely strained the nerves of the spine. "Aa far 03 we can discover, the inJury is entirely overcome; but her whole nervous system Is shattered. WJien that recovers its tone she will be well. It lies much with herself and those about her. That Is why I advised cheerful companionship of a girl about her own age. Tvo known similar cases. Sometimes a sudden necessity for exertion will cure a patient, or a great happiness. If I had been Captain Merivale I should have tried the happiness I should have married her before now." Janetta gave him a quick look of ympathy. "You think it mljrht have cured her?" "I should have tried it," rer.ied the Doctor qufetly. "But if it hadn't, how miserable she wonild have been. "It would be the fault of her husband if she were so," replied the Doctor, with rather an odd little smile. "Poor fellow!" thought Janetta, "he cares for her himself. "What a strong.

,s. t st rt "HC tender nature he has hidden behind that cold manner." "Then I can do nothing," she said aloud, "and I wish to do so much! I would do anything that lay in my power to help make her well." For the first time Doctor Drake regarded her attentively. There was no doubt of the sincerity of the speaker. "You can do much," he said kindly. "Help her to forget herself, keep her bright and cheerful; and if, by wholesome contradiction, you could trick her into doing a little more, you would be of real service." They both laughed, for Clarice's waywardness was apparent to every one that csroe Into contact with her; and Janetta remembered how often she had come down stairs, or went out for a drive, in opposition to the expressed wish of the Doctor. "I am glad you spoke to me," he said, holding out his hand. "I feel as If we had come to a better understanding." His last sentence was overheard by Mrs. Mortimer, who advanced with catlike tread down the street. She did not stop, only bowed to the pair who seemed absorbed in such earnest conversation, with a rather meaning smile, and passed over to the other side of the street. "The chit! the deceitful chit! So that is the business that took her out in such a hurry this morning! She is determined to have more than one string to her bow. I wonder what the better understanding may be?" said Mrs. Mortimer under her breath, r.s she looked after Jau"tta's retreating figure. After that conversation with the Doctor, Janetta redoubled her efforts to brighten Clarice's life. "I feel your wings about me night and day," said Clarice, smiling at her. "Didn't I hear you creep into my room in the middle of the nisht?" "Yes." Janetta confessed. "I thought I heard you move, and that I might put you off to sleep again by reading aloud." "Do you sleep with your door open, then?" asked Gärke. Janetta laughed and nodded. "I like to be close at hand if you want me." "But how can I repay devotion like yours? You will stay with me always. Janetta?" "Until you many, if you wish it." "And wh'ui will that be, I wonder?" said Clarice, with a quick sigh. "When C; f tain Merivale comes home again," Janetta replied. "It's just that decided way of yours that keeps hope alive." The were siting in the drawing room after dinner. Mrs. Mortimer had gone up stairs to write letters. A violent ring at the bell made the girls look at each other in quick surprise. "A caller at this time in the evening?" said Clarice. "Just tell Mason that unless it is Doctor Drake I can see nobody." There was only time to issue the order before Mason reached the door, and then a man's voiee was heard speaking in the hall, thick, hesitating, argumentative, and Janetta's heart stood still. The voice was Neville's. Every vestige of color went from her face. A visit from Neville at this hour could bode no good. 'T think it is some one asking for me," she said, trying to steady her voice. "Will you excuse me for a moment?" Without waiting for an answer, shwent quickly into the hall; and there stood Neville, with a foolish smile on his fare, trying to explain to Mason that it was Miss Howard, not Miss Seymour, he wished to speak to. "Neville, rome this way!" said Janetta sharply, putting a hand on his arm to steady his steps, for at the first glance it was evident that the boy had had more than enough to drink. Mason followed them into the study, where Janetta took her brother, stirred the tire, and turned up the gas with slow deliberation: and Janetta was conscious through every liber of her being that the parlor maid knew her brother's condition as well as she did, and she smarted under the humiliation and disgrace. "That will do, thank you. Mason," she said, closing the door behind the maid. "Neville, what has brought you here at this hour and " Her tongue refused to finish the sentence. "Cot -the sack." answered Neville, sulkily, defiant, bringing out each word with elaborate care, to prove that h? had complete mastery of tongue and brain. "I low can you rome and see me and tell m' that?" said Janetta with a sob of pain. "What am 1 to do for you. when you will do nothing for yourself?" C II APT Kit VIII. She had not asknl her brother to sit down, and lie leaned his back against the mantel shelf; while she paced up and down the room In extreme agitation. "Cot such a good berth yourself, I thought " The thought was too far back In the recesses of Nevlllo's muddled brain for him to bring it to light. "That I could ask Miss Seymour t take you In as well as myself," said Janetta bitterly. "You must go. Neville. I can't stop and talk to you tonight. You are not fit to talk to." "Co where?" askcxl Neville, with dazed eyes. "I thought you'd never be tho one to turn me out!" "Oh, what can I do?" cried Janetta. And then came the remembrance of Doctor Drake's strong, kind face. He would help her If he knew In what sore trouble she was. "Ixiok here, Neville," she said, trying not to let him seo how she shrank from him. "I have one friend in this place, who I believe. If I sent him a note by you, will take you In for the night. To-morrow I will seo you and think what can bo done." She was scribbling swiftly as she spoke: "Dear Doctor Drake: I am In sore

troubk. The bearer of this note Is my brother my only living relation and he Is as you see him. I cannot send him to any lodging or hotel to-night. I send him to you, because you are a bachelor, and will understand what It Is to me, his sister, for him to call upon me like this. Will you of your great goodness take him in for this one night and hide his shame, and tomorrow r will see him and settle what he must do. Yours gratefully, "Janetta Howard." She folded and directed the letter, putting it into Neville's nerveless hand. "This man will give you a bed for to-night. It is not far to go down the hill. When you get outside turn to the right, and about a hundred yards down the street there i3 a gate with a brass plate on it. That is Doctor Drake's house." Almost beforo lie know what his sister was doing. Janetta had led Neville to the door, reiterating her directions in soft, low tones. She went back to the drawing room, determined to tell Clarice the story; but her intention was checked by the presence of Mrs. Mortimer, who stood by Clarice's sofa, pouring out an eager torrent of accusation. Clarice had raised herself to a sitting posture, and listened with flushed cheeks and shining eyes, and with rather a scornful smile. "I'm glad you've come back. Janetta. Mrs. Mortimer has been amusing me with really wonderful stories, which she seems to have gathered from her own and Mason's personal observation." "If the amusing stories you refer to are about myself. I shall be glad to hear them," said Janetta, standing before Clarice, with a burning red spot on either cheek. She would not even look at her accuser. "First item: A drunken lover Is supposed to have just come to see you." "He is not my lover. Later on, I shall be glad to tell you who he is; but not in the presence of a third person." "Does that mean, Miss Howard, that you vish to explain your rather extraordinary conduct to Miss Seymour alone?" inquired Mrs. Mortimer acidly. "It docs," replied Janetta, with one fearless ghuue. "That explanation, is necessary to her, but unnecessary to you." "I think perhaps you had better leave us," said Clarice. As the door closed behind her. Clarice stretched out her hands to Janetta with quick entreaty. "Oh, Janetta, what a brute you must think me to question anything you do! Hut she has hinted at such awful things! I only wait for your word to declare everything tintrue, and I shall believe you." (To be continued.)

COLD INDEED. Some or tlie Odd TrlrU of Liquid Air Liquid air is, perhaps, the coldest thins in the world. It is so sold that a cake of ice is like a fierce fire as compared with it, for a kettle of liquid air placed on a cake of ice will boil just as water boils over a hot fire. It freezes mercury so hard that one can drive nails in it. The story is told that Mr. Charles is. Tripler. the experimenter in liquid air, recently took a quart can of the remarkable substance with him on a visit to a friend. On the way be stopped in a restaurant to eat a beefsteak. The waiter brought in a hjt broiled steak and placed it in front of Mr. Triple-. As oon as the waiter's back was turned Mr. Tripler hastily opened the can and exposed the meat to the liquid air. Jnstantlv the steak was frozen hard as a rock. "When the waiter came back his customer complained that the steak was frozen. So the waiter called the head waiter, and the head waiter blamed it all on the cook and the cook was at a loss to explain, and the result was that tha frozen steak was taken back into the kitchen as a mysterious curiosity. A new steak was broiled for Mr. Tripler, and this one he ate with much relish. More Than .lunt Knoagli. Some mouths before his death, Senator Cushman K. Davis wrote the following words to a young friend: "I believe in superfluous knowledge. I have little faith in the thing called genius. I think any young man can attain success, and great success, by good, hard, studious labor; not intermittent labor, but conscientious, constant effort. The men who have achieved .success are the men who have worked, read and thought more than was absolutely necessary; who have not been content with knowledge sufficient for present need, but who have nought additional knowledge and stored it away for the emergency reserve. It is superfluous labor that equips a man for everything that counts in life." Detective Spy-;i on Stilt. Chief Wilkie of the secret service has discovered a new use for a well known instrument of civil engineering, the transit, which is a sort of spyglass on stilts. While a government employe was at work on the new federal building In San Francisco he noticed that a man was bringing something small to a window frequently In a building about 200 yards away. Bringing a transit into play the observer convinced himself that the man was at work on bogus money. A secret service detective was summoned and he pecked through the transit. Then ho went over and arrested the man for counterfeiting, making what Chief Wilkle regards as a most Important capture. I.lth IliiUillnc fJrt Our k. IiClth, Scotland, will become a port of home capacity and trade two years hence. A suite of docks Is in construction there, which is to cost between .100,000 pounds and 100,000 pounds more than was estimated when the Lelth dock commissioners launched their program. In 189C seventy-flvo acres of the foreshore were reclaimed; and t'.ie dock now near completion is 1,900 feet long, with a width of 550 feet for 1,100 feet of Us length and 280 feet for the remainder. The doclc walls are forty-four feet high, and there are to bo two pairs of steel gates, each weighing close upon 300 tons. To this equipment It has been re3olved t9 add a graving dock 500 fet long.

lit PRESIlin HKS

McKinley to the People of the Country. SECOND INAUGURAL SPEECH. rh Verdict or 1890, II Say, lias Keen Fally .Iutltied by Present Condition ('aba Munt De Iudependeut Th Yfr iu the Philippines. Iresident McKinley delivered his Inaugural address Monday to a large issemblage of people, gathered at Washington from all parts of the iOuntry and the nations of the orü world. He was listened to attentively as he spoke to the multitude in a clear voice and evident earnestness. Til following is the full text of his address: "My fellow citizens: When we a?sembled here on the 4th of March, 197. there was great anxiety with rttcard to our currency and credit. None exists now. Then our treasury receipts were inadequate to mctt tho current obligations oi' the government. Now they im- uftic!ou; for all public needs, and we have a jrplu Instead of a deiicit. Then I felt constrained to convene the Congress In extraordinary session to devise revenu- s to pay the ordinary expenses of the government. Now I have tho satisfaction to announce that the Congress just closed has reduced taxation In tho sum Of forty-one millions of dollars. Then there was deep solicitude because of the long depression in our manufacturing, xnlninp. uprieultural and mercantile industries and the consequent distress of our laboring population. Now every avenue of production is crowded with activity, labor is well employed and American products find good markets at home and abroad. "Our diversified productions, however, ore Increasing in such unprecedented volume as 10 admonish us of the necessity of still further enlarging our foreign markets by broader commercial relations. For this purpose reciprocal trade arrangement? with other nations should. In liberal spirit, be carefully cultivated and promoted. Verdict of IX'Mi i:riit-l. Ili "The national verdict of lS has for th most part been executed. Whatever remains unfulfilled is a continuing obiiga--if J I 1 THE PRESIDENT AND tlon resting with undiminished force upon the executive and the Congress. But fortunate as our condition is. its permanency can only be assured by sound business methods and strict economy In national administration and legislation. TVe should not permit our gnat prosperity to lead us to reckless ventures in business or profligacy in pub'i.- expenditures. While the Congress determine the objects and the sum of appropriation?, the oflieials of the executive de-partme-nts nte r sponsible for honest and faithful disbursement, and it should be their constjint care to avoid waste and extravagance. "Honesty, capacity and industry nowhere are more indispensable than in public employment. These should be fundamental requisites to original appointment and the surest guarantees against removal. "Four years ago we stood on the brink Of war without the people knowing it and without any preparation or effort at preparatin for tin- impending peril. I flld nil that in honor could b- done to avert tlie war, but without avail. It bcame inevitable: and the Cngres at its first regular session, without party division, rrovkled money in anticipation of the crl.ds and in preparation to meet it. It carne. The result was signally favorable to American arms and in the highest degree honorable to the government. It imposed upon us obligations from which we cannot escape and from which It would be dishonorable to seek to escape. We are now at peace with the world, and It is my fervent prayer that if differences arise between us and other powers they may be settled by peaceful arbitration, and that hereafter we may be spared the horrors of war. l.ou't to IVopl (or "Intrusted by the people for a second time with the office of President. I enter upon its admitdstration appreciating the great responsibilities which attach to this renewed honor and commission, promising unreserved devotion on my part to their faithful discharge and reverently invoking for my guidance the direction and favor of Almighty God. I : ehouid shrink from the duties this day assumed if I did not feel that in their performance I should have the co-opera-tlon of the wise and patriotic men of all : parties. It encourages me for the great taBk which I now undertake to believe that those who voluntarily committed to ( me the trust imposed upon the chief ex- ; ecutlve of the republic will give to me generous support in my duties to 'preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States' and to 'care that the laws be faithfully executed.' The national purpose Is Indicated through , national election. It is thu constitutional method of ascertaining the public Will. When once It It) registered It la fiheep I'erUli by Millions. The drouth in the western districts of New South Wales Is terrible. Over 20,000,00 sheep have perished. The area of drouth-alllictcd country is vast enough to tlnd room for two or three kingdoms, and it is as monotonous aa vast. Hills are unknown. Tho rivers are inero ditches. At tho whisper of rain these seallke plains blossom Into unparalleled verdure, but under tho rainless crystalline skies these shadelesg pastures shrivel Into one vast lcrel floor of hand. Stationery for Farmer. Ab the years go by It Is pleasing to note that more farmers write letters on printed letterheads and haver their cards on their envelopes. It was once thought that no ono could do this unless ho was engaged In the production of sorao specialty or breeding some pure-'blood farm stock. No one believes that now. Let the farm be named, and then lve that with the name of the owner and his .postofltee address and the business is done. The cost of printing is trifling in coropirison with IU benefit. Lanark (IM.) 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a law to ub all. and faithful observance should follow its decrees. "Ptrong hearts and helpful hand- are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country. We are reunited. Sectionalism has disappeared. Division on public questions r.o longer can be traced by the war nia of lS'Jl. These old differences less and problems demand the thought and quicken th conscience of the country, and the responsibility for their presence as well less disturb tho judgment. Existing as for their richteous settlement rests upon us all no nvro upon me than upo 1 you. There are some national questions in the solution of which patriotism should exclude partisanship. Magnifying their ditliculties will not take the n off our hands nor facilitate thtir adjustment. Distrust cf the capacity, integrity and high purpose of the American people will not be an Inspiring1 theme for future political contests. Way of Vifety Hint Honor. "Dari pictures and gloomy forebodings t..e worse than useless. These only bscloud, they do not help to point, ihe way of safety and honor. 'Hope nn;ketii not ashamed.' The prophets ot" evi! wernot the builder of the repuoli-;. nor iu its crisis sinco have th y ..ived or serve 1 it. The fuiih jf the fath- r a- .1 ml'iliiy force in Its creation, a:. l the fail'i i their descendants has wrought its progress and furnished its defenders. They are obstructionists who d'-.-p.iir and who

would destrov tcntlh nee in th lity of our people t j solve wis. ly and for civilization the mighty problems resting upon them. The American people, intrenched in freedom .it home, tak their love for it with them wherever they fo, and they reject as mistaken and unworthy the doctrine that we lose oui own liberties by securing the enduring foundations of liberty to others. Our Institution will not deteriorate by extension, and our sense of justice will not abate under tropic suns in distant scan As heretofore, so hereafter, will th nation demonstrate its titness to administer any new estate which events de-vo've upon it and in the fear of clod will 'take occasion by the hand and makti the bon ?ds nf freedom wider yet.' "If there are those among us who would make our way more difficult we mu.'t not be disheartened, but the more earnestly dedicate ours Ives to the. task whi. h v- have rightiy entered. Tho path of progress seldom Is smooth. New things are often found hard to do. Our fathers found them so. We find them so. They ar- inconvenient. They cost us something. Dut are we not made better for the effort and sacrifice, and are not those we serve lifted up and blessed? Will M:mil l.v Our I 1 1 ( t . "We will be consoled, too. with th fact that opposition has confronted every onward movement of the republic from Ks TI1B VICE-PRESIDENT. opening hour until now, but without success. The republic has marched on and cn and Its every step has exalted freedom and humanity. We are undergoing the same orde;u as did our predecessors nearly a century ago. Wo are following the course they blazed. They triumphed Will their successors falter and plead organic impoteney in the nation? Surely after 125 years of achievement for mankind we will not now surrender our equality with other powers on matters fundamental and essential to nationality. With no such purpose was the nation rented. In no snob spirit has it developed Its full and independent sovereignity. We adhere to the principle of eepiality among ourselves, and by no act of ours will we assign to ourselves a subordinate rank In the family of nations "My fellow citizens, the public vents of the last four years have gone into history. They are too near to justify recital. Some of them wi re unforeseen: many of them momentous and far-reaching In their consequences to ourselves and our relations with the rest of the world. The part which the United State; lore so honorably in the thrilling scenein China, while new to American life, has been in harmony with Its true spirit and best traditions, and in dealing with the results its policy will be that of moderation and fairness. Ai'.loii Towards Ctiltii. "We face at this moment a most Important question that of the future relations of the United States with Cuba. With our near neighbors we must remain close friends. The declaration of the purposes of this government iu the resolution! of April Jh. lsU must be made good. Uver since the evacuation of the Island by the army of Spain the executive with nil practicable speed has been assisting Its people in the successive steps necessary to the establishment of a free and independent government prepared to assume and perform the obliga1 ions of International law which now rest upon the United States under thtreaty of Paris. The convention elected by the people to frame a constitution is approaching the completion of Its labors. The transfer of American control to the new government is of such great importam e. involving an obligation resulting from our intervention and the treaty of peaexj. that I am glad to be advised, by the recent act f Congress, of the policy which the legislative branch of the government deems ess nt ial to the beist interests of Cuba ahd the United States. The principles which led to our intervention require that the fundamental law upon which the new government rests should be adapted to secure a government capable of performing the duties and discharging the functions of a separate nation, of observing Its International obligations of protecting life and property, insuring order, safety and 11bODDS AND ENDS. Michigan's salt output in 1900 was 5,000,000 barrels. An astronomer reports that his business is looking up. The home "secretary has tho power to pardon for murder in England. The distinction among animals requiring least sleep belougs to the elephant. In 1830 the world's railways measured 210 miles. Now there are 370,000 miles. Our Indian population is not skillful in any line of manufacture save their own crude industries. Upwards of 101,000 visitors wcro admitted to tho stato apartments at Windsor Castle in the course of last year. On a war footing Germany has the largest army, 5,534,11)9 men; Russia, 5,406,004. On peaco footing Russia has 833,146; Germany, 691,870. Out of thirty-four towns in England and Wales ono-third maintain one or more public baths. They are orowded by factory and shop hands.

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erty and conforming to the established ard historical policy of the United States in its relation to Cuba. "The peace which we are pledged to leave to the Cuban people must carry with It the guaranties of permanence. We became sponsors for the pacif.catloa of the island, and we remain accountable to the Cubans, no less than to our owa country and people, for the reconstruction of Cuba, us a free commonwealth on abiding foundations of right, justice, liberty ar.d assured order. Our enfranchisement of the p ople will not be completed until free Cuba shall tea reality, not a name; a perfect entity, not a hasty experiment be "ring Vvkiun itself the elements of failure. lU-ta rtluii; the l'liilippin"-. "While the treaty of peace with Spain wa9 ratified on the Cth of February. 1'.'9, and ratifications were cxcl.aned nearly two years ago, the Congre:-s ha. indicated no form of government f c r the Philippine Islands. It has. l.oweve', provided an army to enab.e the executive to suppress insurrection, restore peace, give -t cvrity t. the inhabitants and establish the authority of the United Statethroughout tho .: i 'h'.pel.i o. It ha- authorize i the organization ef native troops a auxiii try t... : !. i'rZ.:. ir i'oree. it habo'.ii ad vis, a i:--:,i um- to time : t!e a'.'ts or ?h military ai.d naval efilcer in the ls!md , of my action In app' -intin-; civil conui.issicus, of the instructions wth which th. y were charged o ' their duties and power?, of the rec'.nnaendvtions and of the several acts under exe.-u-mmis'-i'in. together wiih the very complete general information they hava submitted. Thtse rej-o:: fully sfet forth the conditions, past and i resent, In the islands, and the instructions clearly show the principles which will guide the ejeeoutive until the 'oi;urt;s shall, as it 1j required to do by tho treaty, determine 'the civil rights and political status f the native Inhabitants.' "The Congress having aided the sanction of its authority to the powers alrealy possessed and exercised by the executive under the Constitution, thereby leaving with the executive the. r- sponsibllity for tho government of the Philippines, I shall continue the efforts already begun until order shall be restore! throughout the inlands, and as fast aa conditions pcrnd will e-tabiish local governments, in the formation of which the full co-op. ration of the people has been alr'.tdy invittd, and wh n established will encourage the people to administer them. iO.nl WiTk Heilig Done. "The settled purpose, lor.? ago prevailing, to afford tho inhabitants of the islands st lt'-gcvtrninent as :a--t as they were ready for it will be pursued with earnesmess and :hle!iiy. Already something has l..,..u a. ..mpit.i!e d In this direction. The goverun-.eutV. rtprtscntative, civil ami ici'.it iry. are diii- faithful and :iobie work in thtir mi.-io:i of emancipation and merit th-? approval and supp.-rt of their countrymen. The most liberal terms or" amte..-ty already have b'jen communicated to the insurgents, an! the way is still open for tlvj-s who hae raised their arms asrainst the government for honorable submission to its authority. Our countrymen should not be deceived. We are not waging war against the Inhabitants of the Philippine Islands. A portion of them are making war against the United states. By far the greater part of the inhabitants recognize American sovereignty and welcome It as a ciaraiity of order and of security for lite, property, liberty, freedom of conscience and the pursuit of happiness. To them full protection will be given. They shall not be abandoned. We will not leave the destiny of the loyal millions in tl"- islands to the disloyal thousands who are in rebellion against the United States. Order under civil institutions will come as soon as those who now break the peac- shall keep it. Force will not be i.e de I n- use l when those who make war against us shall make it no more-. May it end without further bloodshed, and there be ushered in the reign of peace to be made permanent by a government of liberty under law."

. I l rem of Mr. Innt.t. The solemn oath, the taking of which places Mr. Roosevelt in the galbsry of j the country's eminent patriots and statesi men, was administered by Senator WilJiam I'. Frye, of Maine, president pro ; tempore of the Senate. In his Inaugural j address Mr. llooevelt said: I HiHlory if t'rf- nimmt. "The history of free government Is in large part the history ot those represen- ' tative legislative bodies in which, from the earliest times, frte government has found its loftiest expression. They must ever hold a peculiar aud exalted position in the record whioi icils how the great nations of the world have endeavor, d to achieve and piesere orderly freedom. No man can render to his fellows greater service than Is rendered by him who, with fearlessness and honesty, with san- ' ity and disinterestedness, dues his life work as a membr oi such a body. "Kspt-cially is this the eas- when th legislature in which the service is rendered is a vital part iu the governmental ma hinery of one of those worlj powers to whose hands, in the course of the ag s, is intrusted a leading part in '.hapint; the destinies of mankind. F r weal or for woe. for good or for evil, this is true of our own mighty nation. Great privileges and great powers are ours, and : heavy are the responsibilities that go with these privih ges ami these powers Accordingly as we do weil or ill, so shall mankind in the future be raised or cast down. We belong to a young nation, already of giant strength, yet whose presnt strength is a ton cast of the power that is to come. We stand supreme In a continent, in a hemisphere. Fast and west we look across the two ureal oceans toward the larger worldlife In which, whether we will or not, we most take an ever increasing share. And as, keen-eyed, we gaze into th.- coming years, duties, new and old, rise thick and fast to confront us from within an 1 1 1 oiu without. I'uci'ig 'liinHrn Duty. "There is every reason why we should face these duties with a sober appreciation alike of their importance and of their dilliculty. liut there also is every reason for facing them with high-hearted resolution and eager an.l conlident faith in our capacity to do them aright. A great work lies ready to the hand of ihi-j generation; it should count itself happy, indeed, that to it Is given the privilego of doing such a work. A leading part therein must be taken by this, the aucust . and powerful legislative body over which I I have been called to preside. Most deepI ly do I appreciate the privilege ot my l position; for hlh. indeed. I the honor j of presiding over the American Senate ! at th outset of th twentieth century." Church's Work In Kal ration. Dr. Johnston Meyers says: "Tho first work of tho church and tha Christian Is salvation. It held a supreme place in tho lifo of Joöus. It Is unfortunate when a, church or n minister places tho work of training, educating or dcvclaplng abovo the work of soul saving. Tho exact reverse of present conditions would be found If the church were doing tho Savlor1 will. Salvation would bo the regular service and tho development of the church the special service. " lb In en r MinUler nml I. It. Hill. Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister, was In Albany, N. Y.. the other day, and whllo there met David B. Hill at a reception. "Where are your wife and children?" said the Oriontal. Dave confusedly answered that he was a bachelor. "Wrong-, wrong," eald tho diplomat. "You bachelors should be taxed for remaining single, and the older you are the higher yon should be taxed." This Idea was liberally applauded by ail the married men present, thus adding much to the ex-governor's embarrassment.

Leon from Sherlock. The methods used by Sherlock Holmes, the great fictional detective, have so impressed the authorities of Masslllon, O., that they have proided the police with books telling cf the; greatest achievements cf Holmes. The officers arc- undT instructions to a;ply the Holmes principles in all casas possible. Accordingly, when It was reported that a trunk had been brokea open and ?v" stoh n at John Stevenson's bo:i;-iir.:r-ho'r-p the other day, OiTicer .cMn pro,-reded to investigate along Ho!::bV l:n He found that the brass ha.-p- turing the trunk lid had been sew;-.-, with a .h:i:; instrument. N'nnc was in the vicinity. The 1 indlord w.is ;:-ked if ho had aa aw H- p;od : d on.- from a coi!- ; usr-. w.,--f. 3.0 said he always '..e-pt it. Th-n ? -n;.i!i p ; v or bra i the b'adr- .!!.-! it :';' the r-m la the- trunk. T;.-' o!V , , th.it If a robber h?d crnmi d th.- crime he wouM nor, i.iv In .ig away 1:1 ax. Therefore tlvy T - - i t N 1 it must have been t!w landlord. "When th arrested him h- v.-;1.-- ?o nmaz'-d at their line of :v.i-onir..T thrt he aunnffol hi guilt. He is now in jail Pittcburj To-t.

ON V R G E 0 NN SANITY. Mr-. 1 A. Dfacoii 'ItlU of Case Whre a I.aily Wh in ThU erlou Cuditiori, Ixi t i :h Niiv.i. East Randolph. X. Y., March 11. (Special.) M:v. I". A. D. a on of this town is Viro-ih t ;ent of the local Women's Chritiai: T m;- -ran" Union. She is a lady of .-pb mild capabilities, and the?e l..is always direr ted towards tho :.Vc;t!i!'j- of ioimauity. What Mrs. Dcacor T.;-.ys is .uxopteM in East Randolph wit heu: question. No one has ever doubted "nor truthfulness or honesty of purno-e. Mrs. Deacon says: "My attention was first called 10 the r"-mar'-: able curative vaiu" (; 3o.M's Kidney Pilli, through th- nv o: a Horary lady who was a friend ;1 mine, and who from mental overwork wa on th- . rge of insanity. Alt. r ih- 1 lilar- of her physician to L ;p h r, :;b:i :rl waj advised to havo .. n v D i Ts Kilm?v Pills, whuh did with gtatifying rosuits. Sh. v.-i .! ; was eon: ; ly ( o: two month.- ti bf.v -- i fore sho -I. hut at tho end :t n: s)k- was her own happy. I'ii'liar.t on" more. "Feeling I.!iu:!i'i and worn out myself, 1 tlnuiLii : 1 y v. ou'.d tMvhaps te a h"Ip to n.' . and I :-ia v ryglad to say thut two li-fX's made a m-sv wo:iaa of inc. 1 :V I i n year- younger, am ;a the very b-st ed' health, and appreciate that it wa." entirely through the use of Dodd's Ki(iipv Pills. I give them highest indorsement." These ca-es ar hn oming very common in Cattavai:::'! County, and mmy ladies have hail ej ri- ine-s similar to thoe of Mrs. Deacon and her friend. What Dodd's Kidney Pills have dona for these suiftiinc women, they will do for anyone who gives them a fair trial. They are r.'V. a box, six boxes for $2.50. 13 uv them from your local druggist if you can. If he cannot supply you. send to the Dodd's Medicine Co., Huff lo. X. Y. If an heiress promises to be a sis'er to an impecunious suitor he has no kick cominc if he shares equally with her under the old man's will. Yll-II You lluj S:l insist en tettintr Maple "'ity S If Washing: s"oap. Voar t;rier h.i i: or will Ret it. You ean't always judge a man by the cigars he givec to hi-; friends. v t Final There i an rn1 to acute suiTtrrinj; when St. Jacobs Oil promptly cures Sciatica WET WEATHER. W15D0M! THE ORIGINAL r'SH N0 SLICKER MACf OB YtLLO.V WILL KEEP YOU DBY NOTHING ELSE WILL TAKE NO SUBSTITUTES CATALOGUES füll SHOWING FULL LINE 0? GARttNT. AND HAT3 A.J.TOWER CO . BOSTON. MA55. C'lltnnte mihi nil ib' year. Farms inl ru rm ,r...., . 1 1 llff .i..- i4 111111'!'' Wlninis from I urn to 7rt imi nore inu't I Im v hiinl its iw us f im ht acre; a rayi' i u-f tin (Hi to $l."v(M. 1. ( . IIA.MIIKIN, Hampton, FOR SALE CHEAP ICO-iu-rc Turn 111 l"'iil!l.. Kan.. S inH.- fi"n mtiaUtwii Mini lr'-'i . 0 '-rc iiii.lr : v . H1 .! ttl'ti Jn intilt" üh In il'.i'. . nxiin Ii,(ui, x Ti.nr. cIMorn. J ei1, lHli mi,. I k.,1 U-hi-Iuk r Iirl, piK" PT Hi-fi- .II 1 I 111. J. E. CASWELL, Agt., Belleville, Kan, COD C L ll'He t.f ::! I in. !.!! '.11. tu eI Uli wHLL tut. it. M .in! M-ll ftl tii r. tuf B'xi.l r' i'iiH. 100 m-rcN -a f m r -l. wi'l .ll. km1 liu'ldIiik: n IhMUT. M W i m flu furiii, 1.V arrea In culUvm Inn, Ihivi' Iiiiii' hiiiI t'xrii tu tnl i-oittilt Ion. a".'H,. Ii) m. ic lu'ar l.-vui. 7..!'0. VII looaird la ajilenJi'1 itciKlit'1'i'ln..i.i , !- iniriK'tüateiv. A4ilri JACOB BOZARTH, Knoi, Ind. Iteat l'outcb öyrupi. Tau i;mk1. Um In tlum Hohl ry dmirv-lot.

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