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General It. C. Drum." said an oldtime newspaper man, "turned as unresponsive and impenetrable a facv on reporters as any army officer I over Inew. Put on one occasion ho helped xq to tie greatest piece of news I ever bandied and enabled me. to make clear $100 by one day's work. This was in 1S7G, when I was a reorter on Chicago evening newspaper. I was fci the habit of culling at Drum's office erery day fir army lows. If I was Jaeky enough to meet General Sheridan or Fred Crant or Colonel Corbin. I came away with all the news that was accessible, if I came face to faoo with lrnm I gt just what he thought it was proper to give me, wh'oh was nevr very much. "In the latter part of June. 17;. there came" to the ofiWe early In the tflay a bulletin from Cheyenne, say inj?: There is a rumor here that General Coster and his entire command have been slaughtered by the Indians.' There was great excitement !n the office, nd I went at cuce with the dispatch to army headquarters. I handed it to CJeneral Drum, who for onc dropped Ills mask. lie was as excited as I was. He bocam? at once oblivious so far as I was concerned. lie went Into an faiECT room and General Sheridan and Colonels Crb:n and Forsyth came mit. Dn.n nulled down some large military maps that were on rollers and the four offers forgot all about me and proceeded to fix the location on t!ie maps nf th sirno of the massacre, and to theorize as to Custer's plan of attack ami his preliminary movements. "All were familiar wfth the territory, particularly General Sheridan, who took the l?ad In the discission. He drs?ril vividly the scene of the tattle and showed how Custer probably made the attack and how he was riught In a trap. The others expressed their opinions and each one gave some Information as to the strength of Cus-te.-s command, the probable strength f the hostile Indians, and the character of thf country. I stood and listened, au'ii; no questions, say his not ne word, but when I left the room I bad more Information as to the battle. f the Little Rh Horn than any other wypnpr mm In this country. In fact. I h:u c II that the (Jeneral commanding rh department ami his Adjutant Gereral and aids could give. I went at once to the ollice, wrote up an ffoui:t for my own newspaper. omnmnicatHl with the papers in New York, St. Louis and other cities and ent lo g specials to several of tliem. 5lMrIlr.!i".-? hypothesis as to tbe battle iras corre.-t. and my dispatch read like n account written on Inside information. General Pram was probably at lof3 to understand how any reporter me to be so thoroughly posted. lie forgot that for once his own tongue was loosen -m1. ami that under the excitement of the hour he save the fullest iosibe Information to a newspaper snan." "Newspaper men of the Civil War period," said th? Major, "were depositories, as It were, of secrets, government and personal. In all the Investigation leading tojthe exposure of the Knights of the Golden Circle, Sons of liberty and other organizations of the kind newspaper men were active, but for the most part reticent. In that day there was a little sehooihouse a few anlles from Newcastle, Ind., In which the Knights of the Golden Circle held their secret meetings. As a rule the meetings were held between 12 and 1 'clock at night, and there was never a Eght in the schooj house. One right Julius Benbow, of Newcastle, a stanch HepuMicr.n and a bitter opponent of the et)perheids and knisrhts. suspected that a meeting was to be held at the schoolfcoose Mentioned. "Benbow rode out to the school house, Ced his horse at a safe distance, crawled tinder 'the schoolhouse floor, recognized the voices of those present, heard their plans, which contemplated the taking of a certain train on the Bellefontalne road for Indianapolis, the killtnj of Governor Morton and other oflieisls, the captnre of the arsena', and the release of the rebel prisoners held fa camp there. Benbow went at once to persons who notified the authorities t Indianapolis, and United States troops were drawn up under tbe shed it the station ready for the knights when they came in. "Another detachment of troops guarding a section if artillery moved out a nile or so from the city. A cannon was placed In the middle of the track and Hie toin at the order of the commander f the troops came to a standstill. Evtry suspected person was taken out and prut under arrest, and all except one were taken to Indianapolis. Through the Influence of E. IJ. Martlndale, Mr. Bcnbow's brother-in-law and a law partner of Governor Morton, one of the nost prominent of the men arrested was smuggled through the lines, was fixen a horse and his escape connived L He rode to Newcastle, spent a night jnd day secreed In Mr. Benbow's bouse, and finally made his escape. "Mr. Martlndale was a newspaper man. The story of the capture of the Knights of the Golden Circle was told In detail, but there was no reference whatever to the escape of one of the party, who afterward became prominent In Indiana aJTalrs. Benbow knew early every one of the men arrested. Borne of them were his close personal friends, others were business acquaintances, but his loyalty to the government Put dutJ' ltore friendship, except In the case of one man." Chicago Inter Ojean. Unnritlrn Armr Incident. "What puzzled me," said the Serjeant, "waa that so few of the old army correspondents got hold of the anecdotes and experiences of army life outaide of the battles and skirmishes. I account for this on the theory that very few correspondents ever went on foraging exielitluns or ever circulated freely among the rank and file of the army. I remember a ca.ie in West Virginia, where a iuad of twenty men came uin one of the. better class of houses; most of them were inclined to re?iect jiru:crty. bat there was one fellow who kad no respect for anything. -While the boys were assuring the people of the bouse that nothing would

be injured, Di' U went into the parlor, jumped upon the opt-u piano, and literally stan.pt'd the keys, ilu- spending board and wires into pieces, hopelessly ruining a very line insir.n.-nt. The young women f the establishment streamed out their indignation and misery, while our own men dragged Iick out of the h use, tied him with ropes and carried him in a shamefaced way toward camp. They stopped on their way, tut a hickory gad and larruped Dick till he howled for mercy, but they never reported the case. 'Just before the battle of Fredericksburg a detachment from the Nineteenth Indiana Volunteers out foraging c;.me to a well-appointed Southern mansion. The whole family, warned of the approach of the .soldiers, lied in terrorall except one young girl, who remained behind to collect some of the valuables. When the soldiers came in she explained what she was doing, and some of the boys were inclined to treat her harshly. "But Andy Craner, drummer of thNineteenth, interfered, anil, reporting: the circumstances to Captain Vandevenlen, the girl was permitted to take wlut she wanted, and Craner was detailed to see her safely through the lines. He promised her that not a slijgle piece of the beautiful furniture should be touched, and that the family might return without harm to them

selves. He kept his word regard in 5 the furniture, but t'.e boys took every- : thing in the shajM of provisions on the place." Chicago Inter Ocean. Drothrr Against Ilrother. Noveltlsts and dramatists in quest of strong situations have" arrayed brother against brother in the war for the Union. The climax is reached, as a rule, on the battlefield, where in a crisis, or fateful turn of the battle-tide, the brothers meet. I have never heard of a well-authenticated instance where brothers met and knew each other in the shock of battle. The Instances are numerous where brothers opposed each other, as members of companies, regiments ot brigades participating in the conificts that were prologtnl over years. The nearest approach to brothers eneonutering each other In battle that fell under my observation was at Shiloh. The Union forces were compelled to occupy the battle ground for several days. The Confederates were In their front at Corinth, there was a river oversowing Its banks in their rear. Tha Federals required provisions for horses and men, nurses, hospital service all the essential requisites to rapid healing and humane treatment were in demand for a time. Meantime burial parties were hard at work clearing the ground of tbe dead, as a matter of humanity as well as for self-protection. Later, orders were issued division commanders to remove their camps from the battlefield to avoid a peril as great as battle. On the second or third day after the battle, my attention was called to a burial party whose actions were peculiar. There was none of the ribald jesting so often indulged In by men who were ashamed of betraying sentiment befittin the occasion. The little party was gathered near a large tree. They seemed unusually quiet. The burial party belonged to an Ohio regiment, whose nuin!er I have forgotten. I inquired cf one of the party the cause of the ser'ous djortment of the group near-the tree. "One of our regiment has just found his brother. We have Just buried him." "That Is very sad." "He takes it pretty hard." He pointed to a young man near me, whose eyes were cast down. Those around him respected his bereavement. "Member of the same regiment?" "Xo! That's what makes it seem so hard. His brother was fighting against us." The "Incident was so strange that I dismounted, the letter to examine Into a case that excited my curiosity. The surviving brother's attention. If my memory serves me, was called to the dead brother by a comrade, who either observed a strong resemblance or know both brothers. The survivor Instantly recognized his brother. His comrades, out of sympathy for him, immediately resolved to give the Confederate separate burial. Instead of tossing the remains Into the trench where so may lay, they selected a spot on sloping ground jusr below a large tree, dug a grave, placed the Confederate In it, and had Just completed an Inscription, carved in the tree, reciting the-facts concisely. The brothers had been separated a year or more. The survivor did not know that his brother was In the Confederate army. The truth was revealed to him sharply; he seemed to be dazed for a time, but before I left the burial party he had sufficient self-command to converse freely. Whether the dead brother served In the Confederate army ot his own choice, or whether necessity compelled him, there was no means of knowing. T1m chances of battle--death obliterated his faults. The burial party paid Its tribute to him the same as if he had been one of themselves. Not Pretentious. General Morris Schaff, In his recent look, "The Spirit of Old West Point," shows In a few words how finely blended were Grant's qualities and abilities. "Of all the officers of high rank whom I have met," be says, "only Grant and Sherman did not charge the atmosphere about them with rallüary consequence. "While at City Point I frequently joined my friends of General Grant's staff, Porter, llabcock, "Hilly" Ihinn and others, at his headquarters. The general, in undress uniform, always neat, but not fastidious In appointments, would sit nt the door of his tent, or sometimes on one of the long settees that faced each other under the tent-fly, smoke, listen, and sometimes talk. And not a soul of us, from the 3'oungest to the oldest, ever had a thought of his rank. "Without lowering his manner to the level of familiarity, he put everyone at ease by his natural simplicity. "He had none of the caprices of iwwxls or vanity. Quiet in his manner, gentle In voice, of absolute purity of s-peeeh, of unaffected, simple dignity, Grant-threw a charm around his camptire. , 'Vt Point never graduated a man who added so little austerity or pretense to the peak of fame." The 21S surviving members of the Kaw Indian tribe, of Oklahoma, want United States Senator Curtis, of Kansas, to be their chief, to succeed Waj Shun-Gah, who died recently; but Mr. j Curtis, who is an eighth-bluod Kaw, Lias not I fled the Indian Commission that the Job should go to one of the twelve fullbloods of the tribe.

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NEAT.IXG UND OF ANTHRACITE?

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Al haustlon of anthracite coal is furnished by I the Girard estate. Whcu the great phllnn9 .1 .si.-.. Jl.. I 1 - . A. fc 1

ii.rojusi ur-u nn nujHii i;u:i pari 01 111s legacy to humanity was in hard coal lands. Mining from these big deposits has gone on steadily for seventy years or more.

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It was formerly the custom cf anthracite mine owners to lay n?ide 10 cents for each ton of coal taken from the ground, which money constituted a sinking fund. When the mine should be exhausted this sinking fund was expected to equal the original cost of the property. Cut recently the Girard estate has put to the sinking fund account the total selling price of all the coal mined. That is to say, if ? 1 , i00,tK) worth of coal is taken out, the $1,000,000 is placed to capital account ns an asset, which has been merely transferred from under the ground In the shape of anthracite to above ground in the form of njonej'. Only the Intens: on the $l,OtX),000 is spent. Not o::ly Is this conservative policy another proof of the exceptional wisdom which has characterized the Management of the estate which supplies Girard College its life blood, but it is a sign that anthracite must now be regarded as a most precious commodity. Philadelphia Press,

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OLLOW1NG the murder of a priest at the altar in Denver and an attempt on the life of tbo chief of police of Chicago, the Secretary of Commerce and Labor sent a circular to alt commissioners of immigration and Immigrant inspectors, directing them tj co-operate with the police In securing

the deportation of all foreign anarchists. The order does not mark the beginning of a new policy, but Is in line with the course of the department since the passage last year of the new Immigration law, which defines anarchy 'and forbids admission of anarchists to the country. Ill-balanced persons who have suffered undpr the rule of despotic government are prone to oppose all government and to urge the killing of all public ofiicers. In the United States, whero government rests In the hands of the people, there is not the slightest excuse for even the most unreasonable and unreasoning person to be an Rnarchist. The anarchical murders done here are crimes of so horrible a character that It is di llieu.lt to find words adequately to characterize them. The crime of one who Is carried away by passion or out of his senses from strong drink can be comprehended; but when a man in cfid blood shoots down another against whom he has no iorsonal grievance, and no grievance at all save that his victim h? a representative of organized soeiety, all the forces of orderly society must be used, if necessary, to bring alout his punishment. The una rchlst, or the man of his type. Is more dan

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m. "There ain't , but four or five termatters out o the whole basket you brought me yest'd'y that's any good at all," complained the pretty cook. "The celery is about the poorest 1 ever seen, too. You can take theny right back with you. What's the reason you' can't bring me vegertuLlcs that's half-way fresh?" -Search me," replied the groceryman. "I always pick you out the best there is In the store. I know that, and the boss picks out the best that there is ia South Water street. I give him special Instructions to, anyway." "I'll have to tell him a few things myself," said the pretty cook. Til tell him that he'd better get him a new man to fill the orders I give him." 'That ain't kind of you. Evelina.' said tho groceryman, reproachfully. "I know you don't mean it, but it hurts me to hear you speak Cross even In fun. These here termatters Is all right as far as I can see. They're soft in places, but that's only because they haven't ripened even. These termatters come from down south an the sun shines cn the in only In spots there. It's better to have 'em soft in spots, though, than to have 'em soft all over." "You take 'em lack," said the cook, uncompromisingly. "What's the matter with the celery?" asked the groceryman. "Nothln', only It's green an stringy," replied tho cook. "That's because It wasn't left In the bed long enough," said the groceryman. "You take celery and If It ain't left in the bed until It's white it stays green. You take It uisfalrs and tuck it under the blankets." "Smarty!" said the cook. I ain't smart," said the groceryman. "I wish I was. What I need is a smart wife." "What you need is a little sense," said the cook. "I've got .1 scheme, Evelina," said the groceryman. "What's the matter with me spadln' up a little patch right here in the yard an plantiu' a few Tegertubles in it for you? I could do it Just as well as not an I'd be tickled to death. I could do It iu my spare time an you could look out o' the winder an' watch m, an' when I got tired I could come in an' set down for a spell an' rest myself an cheer you up." ! "Fine business," said the cook, indifferently, carrying her pan of potatoes to the sink. "I could set out some gTeen onions an' some spinach an' termatters." pursued the groceryuian, thoughtfully. "An I could plant some string beans along the fence an' sow some radish seed an' lettuce an some parsley an' things for flavorln' ru then you'd have 'em fresh all the time. How does it strike you?" "If they was as fresh as you are It might be all right," saiil the cook. "Wunst In a while if you bad a pie yu wanted me to sample an' tell yon If it tasted right I could help you out that way," suggested the groceryman. "All I'd a st you to do would be to wave your hand and smile out of the winder at me. I nver done any ardenln, tut I don't see no reason why I couldn't Fu-uy It ne'.er struck me before." "You'll have someit'n strike you that won't be so funnj pretty soon." "That seems to be alout the proper thing," said the groceryman. "The man out in the garden dlggln' an' the woman in the kitchen, ringln. 1 wonder if your boss wouldn't give me a Job as outside nan." "If I thought It would keep you outgide I'd be v.illir.' to give you my reckermend." said the cook. "Anyway I haven't got no boss. I want you to anderstand that."

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gerous than a pack of wolves running wild the wolves can be seen and shot. He is like the fcr-dc-lance, the poisonous reptile of Martinique, which 6trikes without warning and without provocation. The fer-dc-lancit is killed at sight. The anarchist is not punished until he has done some overt act, and then only after he has been tried by orderly 'process and convicted: but he can be banished from the country if he is an alien. When the civilized governments unite for his suppression, ns they must do in the near future, the anarchist will have to abandon his pernicious principles or find refuge in some savage land where government does not exist. Youth's Companion.

approaching exSHI jj I letln r.tf "I forgot all about .vou be In the cook for the moment," said the groceryman. "Well. I nunt lo goln'. Cheer up, Evelina, an I'll bring you the celery. Or did you ask for celery Jest so' I'd come back?" Chicago Daily News. SCIENCE AND THE HOME. nnuxhter' Ability Had Sadly 1'nilrrmlnpil Mother' Self-ltcupeot. Ellen," asked Mrs. -Morren, without preface or greeting, "what is a balanced ration?" "A what?" said Mrs. Tanimerley. "You blessed creature!" responded Mrs. Morren, energetically. "It comforts my very soul that you don't know." "I don't see why I should," rejoined Mrs. Tammerley, serene but slightly bewildered. "I've nothing to do with soldiers. Ration Is a military term, isn't it, like barracks and squadrons and reveille and khaki and such things?" "It's scientific, too," said Mrs. Morren, "and It's something evry housekeeper ought to understand, Lucilla says. She's deep in domestic science nowadays." "Well, I don't understand It," remarked Mrs. Tammerley, easily, "but I dare say Lucilla's right." "She seems to know a great deal already," sighed her mother, proudly, but not quite happily. "She never used to ca- e about household matters at all, but lately she follows me from attic to cellar with a note-book, asking questions till I'm wild. She seems so disappointed, too, when I don't understand all about plumbing and gasfltting and steam-heating, and the relative value of food products and electricity, and double-entry bookkeeping, and how to cut up tho carcass of a shep oh, well, Ellen, you may laugh, and I suppose it sounds funny, but it's humiliating all the same; and sometimes I get so mixed I don't even know the things I do know. It almost makes me wonder how I've dared keep house all these years, with no training at all but being In the kitchen with mother. Lucilla makes it seem so complicated.' "When Lucilla really knows, perhaps she can make It seem simple," remarked Mrs. Ta::merley, dryly. "Never you worry, Lucy," she added, gently. "Our daughters ought to keep house better, than we do, some day, and it's only a bit of young vanity to smile as If they're too quick to think they caa do it now. Your training and mine was good for our day. If not for this; and It taught us some things classes and instructors can't teach; it taught homlness. That's a thing our girls have a harder time learning than we did, and, after all, it matters most. They'll learn it, too. Hut If we've kept home as It should bo kept, there's no need to be troubled because they don't always approve our old-fashioned ways of keeping house. They'll love and remember home long after they've forgotten the the unbalanced rations." "You have so braced my tottering self-resiect," declared Mrs. Morren, gratefully, "that next time I have to own to Lucilla I don't know,' I believe I shall add, defiantly, 'and I don't care. " Youth's Companion. The Oldest ot Profelon. An old friend of the family had dropiH'd in to see a young lawyer whose father was still paying his office rent. "So you are now practicing law," the old friend said, genially. "No, sir," said the candid youth. "I appear to be, but I am really practicing economy." What Hart. "I hate to call on a girl," said Tom, "who can't, do anything but indulge in small talk." "Yes," replied the wise Dick, "especially if what she has to say is a very short 'no. "Philadelphia Press. When a woman drives a horse she Is always whipping him with the lines. The man who is always contemplating never sets any work done.

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FLAT LIPE AND TUBERCULOSIS.

UK example of Tarls seems to indicate that tvnes of domicile lwrn rrmrOi to An w-Sth

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tggjypsggJ ,tale to declare that the appalling prevnlenee of tuberculosis in Paris is due chiefly to the general o?eupancy of "flats" and apartments. In London, where the mortality from that disease is not half as gteat, such tenements are little known, and cottage dwellings, with far more li?ht and air, are the rule. Moreover, In Paris, as In New York, many houses seem to becomo infected with tubercular germs, so as to menace all their occupants. Thus in Paris in 190d there were 0.r73 deaths from tuberculosis, of which 7,807 .were in houses in which deaths from the same disease had previously oecurrred. Of the latter number 4.S3S were in houses In which fewer and 2,tHJt in houses In which more than live tubercular deaths each had occurred. The sanitary authorities reckon that ther are In Paris 5,203 contaniirated" houses, in which occur nearly CO per cent of the deaths. Thus in one group of 2S1 houses In twelve streets there were in. 100d no fewer than 114 deaths from the disease, and in 10!." there were 103 In the seine houses. New York Tribune.

DEVILIZATION IN AFRICA, HE ordinarily sober-sided pages of Liberia (which It must be understood is the bul-

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American Missionary Association) are lighted up by this f intastic new word. "Devillzation" is a pun on "Civilization" and represents Its antithesis. The word is a native African product, first seeing the light In the Lagos (Guhiea Coast) Weekly Record, Invented to describe the veneer of civilization Imposed on natives of Africa at the whites points of contact with them. This I.ajrs publicist limls that "after a century of trial it Is lining that the native should call a halt, and In his own interest take stock of the result of this foreign system Imposed on hlin." Iioston Transcript.

WHAT REALLY COUNTS. Whrn IV a Qnoniloo of Prrurrvlii tho Ilappine of II n band. A well-known writer In dlscussini the question of what kills married love and why It Is that Cupid, blind befori marriage, Incomes argus eyed after ward, says that the true answer is lack of patience. The keynote of marl tal happiness, the plummet of love, tin mainspring of the universe, according to this writer, is patience. The mosl mismatc-1 pair that earth ever pro dueedj may live contentedly together and even enjoy a measure of happiness if only they have patience enooigh. While patience may be a most alluring quality in a woman, it Is well to rememler that there are other traits which appeal perhaps more to the average American husband. Among these might be variety variety in a wife and not of a necessity variety In wives. Love of variety is especially an American attribute, and explains why some men are hippy with wives whose moods are as April weather, but, like real April weather with bursts of sunshine for every gust of storm. Tritely, but truly, the well-fed husband Is more often the happy one, and the wife who Is pettid and flattered the one whose life spells contentment. Indigestion Is a fruitful source of Irritability, and that, in turn. Is a bar to marital happiness If not a weapon to sever marital relations. Only a saint can endure dyspepsia and remain good-tempered; therefore, It behooves a woman to see to It that her lord's viands are well cooked, and a man to Insist that his wife shall not consider her digestive apparatus to be made of cast Iron, warranted to wear forever. A good digestion and a smiling face are usually companions and are also always companionable. If impatience and irritability are rocks upon which the ship of marriage splits asunder, what may be said of Jealousy the monster that has rent so many homes? And how slight a thing will awaken its wrath. Women randy learn to appease Jealousy in husbands and husbands blunder constantly in stirring It up In wives. The banner of emancipation has rarely yet !een successfully planted by a woman beneath the roof of a husband worth having. It Is more than the average man can endure to see his wife set out on the morning of election day to hand out chicken salad and cold turkey to the political supporters of a ticket in line outside the vetin; booths. Just this exuberant feminine Idea of civic patriotism has been responsible for Innumerable disrupted homes. This kind of wife loses sight of the fact that it Is the dignity and unity of the home which best conserve the unity and dignity of the nation, and that strong moral Influence in the domestic circle will inevitably send out men to vote for and to fight for high principles In the world. She might better learn the lesson that she Is no longer a bright will-o'-the-wisp, flitting hither and thither at will and leading her wouldbe captor a pretty chase, but that, as wife, she has taken up a serious line of march and ought, for the safety of others in the same procession, to step In the tracks, set Indian-wise, by her husband, who precedes her. In the scale of our characters there Is always a balance of some kind. Marriage Is a great test of character. It determines whether an equilibrium shall hi preserved or whether It shall be destroyed by heedless handling ol those materials which weigh the scales. luite a Difference. "What does Vernon do for a living?" "He works In a paint shop." "Why, I understood he was a .vrltei for the magazines." "Well, you asked me what he did for a living." Bohemian. Whenever a man gets to making money, his kin consider It is their duty to work him for Just as much as he will stand.

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OS Mr. Hooevelt'i Fnture. As far as Mr. Eooscvelt is concerned, he American ieopIe need not worry about the future. The question as to ivhat we sliall do without ex-Presfdeuts vill be solved by the strenuous executive for himself, and no doubt in a highly satisfactory manner. When Mr. Jloosevelt leaves the White House nest March he will be Just 50 years of age. Therefore, he will have achieved his most remarkable distinction at a period of life which will leave him the probability of many years of activity yet to come. Blessed with a wonderful physical constitution, a masterful personality, a record of line achievements and a comfortable fortune he can look forward to the future with pleasant anticipations. Although he has not formally announced his plans, It is pretty well understood that he intends going abroad for rest and recreation after leaving the Presidency, with the Inevitable "big game" hunt in the foreground. No doubt he would enjoy such an outing greatly, especially the opportunities for encountering lions and tigers' In Africa and India. With such facilities as would be his he could fully satisfy bis restless spirit for adventure. At foreign courts he would be entertained in royal magnificence and Indulge his fancy for association with art and literature at every capital of culture. It Is little wonder, then, that he is anxious to lay down the reins of administrative responsibility and go out into the world to enjoy himself, for be has the same driving capacity for enjoyment as he has for work. President Itoosevelt perceives another advantage In foreign travel, in that it would secure immunity from the charge of critics that he was dominating the Taft administration assuming that Taft will be his successor. So many opportunities are open to Mr. Roosevelt as an ex-President that the selection of a future career depends merely upon his own predilections. In all probability he will turn to writing books and possibly serve his State In the United States Senate. It has been suggested thai he might become a college president, but there is little probability of this. He is entire ly too strenuous for anything so seden tary. Kansas City Journal. The Iloyoott In China. That the "heathen Chinee" assimilates civilization rapidly, once he gets under way, Is shown by the manner in which he is vlsting punishment on the Japanese for the Tatsu Maru incident. Compelled to apologize for the seizure of that ship, the Chinamen are retaliating through the medium of the American boycott. At first It seemed incredible that such a movement could be s-ieevssfully organized, owing to the lack of national spirit, but the feeling for revenge has spread into so many corners of ths empire that the Japanese merchants have taken alarm. The first experience of China with the boycott was when complaints were made against this country for alleged ill-treatment of Chinese citizens who came here on a visit and were deport ed. The loycott was not of very long duration, but had the effect of modifying the methods of our immigration inspectors, and therefore was regarded fry the Chinese as a 'good thing. The boycott against the Japanese is more serious, because, China Is doing a larger business with that country than she did with us. Besides, the feeling against Japan is very bitter, and unless a reconciliation is effected, Japanese .goods will find little favor on Chinese soil. However, the Japanese ministers are born diplomats, and when they find that the boycott has assumed dangerous dimensions they will bend themselves to the task of straightening out the difficulty, with the almost certain result of compelling the China man to pay damages growing out of his little twentieth century pleasantry. Historical Fact. The historical fact stands all the time that during perbxls of highest tariff, this country has prosjered most, and under even approaches to a freetrade have come1 periods of unusual depression. This is not merely a statement for effect, but is borne out by history. This reninds us of what Lincoln said about tariff: "I do not know much about tariff, but it strikes me that if you buy a ton of steel of England you get your steel ; but if you buy it of an American, you get your steel and keep your money." Dallas (Texas) American. Looking for n, Similar One. "Hezeklah," said the Kansas matron as she adjusted her glasses and opened the paper, "It says here that a woman was carried two miles by a cyclone and didn't speak a word for three weeks." The sun-tanned farmer grabbed his hat and his spyglass. "Where are you going now, Hezeklah?" "Where am I going, Lucy? Why, I am going out to see If I can't sight one of them thar kind of cyclones." Dreaklnic It Gently-. "Ah, me good man," said the heavy tragedian, as he came out on the main line of the railroad, "bow far Is It frocn here to dear old Chicago?" "Three ralr of half soles and six pair of now heels," was the Information of the gatekeeper, who was familiar with the ways of stranded Thespians. IMaaatble Theory Mrs. Wedderly They say there is a man In the moon. Do you believe It? Wedderly No. Dut I believe there is a woman in the sun. Mrs. Wedderly Why? Wedderly That must be what makes It so hot there. Chicago News. No Doubt About It. "And what did the doctor say?" "He said, 'No more medicine; but if ye take a little walk of a marnin and get the air, mebbe you'll live to be a oxygenarlan.' " Doesn't Take Warning;. "Does your son profit by your example? I)oe3 he Imitate your successes and avoid your mistakes?" "No. He wants to get married." Xbiladelphia Inquirer. A'levr of n Victim. "I heard Standoff Is going to settle clown in New York," sal iwliceman. "So?" rejoined the ryman. "Well, I hope he'll settle up here first"

Chanfi Sinei ISJH. For more th:-n ten years the ItuV liean parly has beeTi iu charge of all departments of the government. The people seldom exhibit such steadfast confidence in a party or trust it ".rirli entire control for so long a period. Another rational election is at hand.

and it is right that they should carefully review the manner in which the responsibilities have been carried; passing Judgment upon the influences ami issues that have been paramount ar.d the policies that have been adopted. The presidential election of Mi hinged upon the value of the dollar. Should it be scaled down one-half or more, or be kept up to the gold standard, the only measurement accepted throughout the world? Should the debts of the nation be paid in 100-ccnt dollars or be adjusted, without the consent of creditors, to an arbitrary reduction? The gold standard prevailed and has been established by the party that promised to do it. Such is the power of example that nearly all the nations of the earth now recognize the uniform standard, and the few races that do not are placed at a disadvantage. All that the Republican party promised In regard to the value of the dollar has been fulfilled. Nearly eleven years ago the protective tariff was restored, by Republican votes. Another distinct promise was thus redeemed. The present tariff law, shaped by such practical economic students as McKinley and Dingley, has been in force for more than a decade. It is identified with the coun try's greatest era of prosperity. Its enemies said a return to protection would destroy our foreign trade. Put the opposite has happened. Our sales abroad, including manufacturers, have largely increased, and at this time the balance of trade in our favor Is at the highest recorded point. Iiut some unexpected things have happened since 1S:)0, calling for the proof of the ability to meet emergencies not looked for. The war with Spain came in 1SDS and was ended before the close of that year. Its story is well known to the people. Within the decade referred to Hawaii, the Philipp nes, Porto .Rico and some other Islands have been added to the national territory. We have looked to Cuba's Interests as a ward while it tries to organize a stable government of its own. A Panama zone has been acquired and the interoceanlc canal is moving on rapidly. An Irrigation law has passed and $40,OCO,000 Is going Into various large projects to furnish the arid lands with the water that will open them to the uses of agriculture and Insure that a part of the crops will always be secure from drought. A pure food law is In force. Our interests In the Pacific have boon looked to with vigorous effectiveness. Belatlous with Latin America have Ixvn strengthened by marks of friendly interest. Army and navy shew progress. All forms of production and industry have been stimulated and American wages maintained. Tbe savings of the poopie are vastly greater than they were ten years ago. A panic of limited extent occurred last fall, whose cause is said to have, beeu a lack of sufficient currency to carry on the immensely augmented volume of trade. A temporary Joss of confidence had something to do with It. Monopolis tic trusts have been made to feel that the power of the people will be used against them. Tills summary of wnat the Republicans in national contro1 have done since 1S0C could be much extended, but the samples given ae amply convincing. St. Louis GlobeDemocrat. Xo Snrrrndrr. The coming Republican platform at Chicago will be no surrender or fundamental modification of the party's protective stand. No jicw Paniel has come to Judgment as far as the Republican party is aware, nor Is any State qualified to sieak In advance for the Chicago convention. There Is a Democratic dictator in Nebraska, but the Republican party thinks and acts for itself, unless it has abandoned Its old hih standard of principles and purposes. It makes Presidents. It is not made by Presidential candidates. St Louis Globe-Democrat. Shrewd Lad. "Wbat Is Jimmy Finn putting on so many lugs about?" sneered the lad in the blue Jumper. "Haven't you heard?" replied his chum. "Why, Jimmieis de sole owner of a rubber monopoly." "What! A rubber monopoly? Is it down in Brazil?" "Naw, out to de baseball grounds. Jinimy bored a hole in de fence an' he is going to charge each kid a nickel to take a peep froo when de game is go ing on." 1 Tenure Explained. "That man makes a great many mistakes," said one factory employe. "Yes," answered the other, "more than all the rest of us put together. The foreman keeps him around to have some one to jump on and ü'how that he's boss." Washington Star. A Change In Temperature. "I hear the audience last night was rather cold," said III Tragedy. They were at first," replied Lowe Comedy, "but whou they remembered that they had paid good money to see the show they got hot" Catholic Standard and Times. ' For the Present. "Before I give yoxi my answer," snij the beautiful heiress, "you must tell mo about your debts." "Oh," replied the count, "why discuss worldly matters? Let us just talk of love for the present." I Between Gentlemen. Mother Tommy, you should be polite, dear, and offer to share ycur candy with the little boy. Tommy But can I be sure that lie will be polite enough not to take my only stick? After New. The Medium Ah! beautiful lady, you have come to find your future husband; is it not so? The Lady Not much. I've come to find where my present husband Is when he's absent. Avoid Suplrlon. Mag Jlinmie, go home and chop some wood ; fetch up two buckets of coal; den go over ter de butchers an' " Jimmie Sh-h h, Sis. Not so loud or fciks'li tink we're married. On the Anxious Bench. P.ride l).d I appear nervous at all during the ceremony? . Brother A little at first; but not after Gejrge had said yes.

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