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“THE WOMAN WHO TRUSTED Br WILL N. HARBEN

With PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS BY MATHILDE WEIL Fifth Chapter F I'd known you really intended to barter the restful life of the South for a swim in this whirlpool, T would have said ‘No; don’t do it, Lee,’ ’’ said Louis Chester to Wilmot, when, tray tained and buoyant, the Jatter reacl New York two days later. ** Not that you would have paid the slightest heed tomy advice, but I would have felt relieved by giving it For a cold, one can take qui nine; f heart trouble, atropine—or matri I for every ill there is a cure; but for ] ispiration, complicated with a ! re to get to New York, there is | cure—New York. How many | men have come here to win ortality and have won only—a Pardon this osophy, old fellow, but let me te vour fame reached here before You are already known. Your terary reputation have already | manda gas stove Tr j din the balance by the small, that constitutes the literary al of Gotham. Did you feast your t ist month's Current Fiction? ”’ hever seen it. What's in it, ( Why should it interest me any? h down to plain English I'm too ti Ww your verbal fireworks What nt Fiction ?’’ racious, where do you live? It's magazine that is very popular " ry folks. The number I speak of a your story, The Repentance of ! from The Echo. In an editorial, \ Nove his serial of literary life in begun in No. 48 of the Post.

the editor declared it a gem, a—a—he said lots of nice things about it I've heard it mentioned in a great many places. Frank Harrison read it to a crowd of us the other night in his rooms, and the boys said it was great. I suppose it was The Decade accept ance that caused you te Treak away from good old Dadeville. I've told) that expe rience of yours a dozen times Harrison says it was simply tragic. What did the editor say when you returned the check ?’ “He simply thanked me, and said he regretted the mistake."’ e ‘Not a word of encouragement to submit something else?’’ asked Chester Then it wasn't The Decade that was responsible for bringing you to New York ‘No; it was my novel,’’ said Wilmot. ‘I have found a publisher for it ‘Ah, I might have guessed it! Few men have the courage to remain in retirement during the calm preceding the storm of a first appearance I have had my first) serap book I pasted into It every Newspaper mention of myself If I went to a tea, and was mentioned along with a lot of celebrities, I always blue-penciled my name and pre served it entire. I had the proofs of my first novel bound in Russian leather Only the. man receiving the first copy acknowl edged it Said he'd read it when he had time, but I really don’t think he would have read it if he had had eternity ‘ There’s been an awful slump ino my market,’’ Chester went on, carried along by the memory of his early hopes. “I got only one request last month for my began to hedge by autograph, and I ' , wt. | ) ay ) I bicawve t clone a terial tI " x micnth I anion Hiak ely cored we how Cord weed 7 echoed Wialtnet prarclon meoaf TP ask you to explaim a technical terms to ome Cord wood’ 1S beyvenved ove It's matter bought by measurement smiled Chester We yet so much a fest We tike a deoeok it the editor “ shed and bid on filling it It net »mueh aomatter of brains and yer , j ‘ Most of us use typewriter 1} Diy con tractors dictate to shorthand ritololer wl ublet the work toy { y at bread and water prices I hyat one Treason J was afraid you might not yet on at first for, juclyiny you bey ir carefu Written

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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST Volume 170, No 49 Wilmot s ‘ , : f erin . You have not seen him this morning? . when Mr. Weyland is out of : plainly saw d ‘ moving toward the entrance busy, Mr. Chester conducts the y POT cent place E , Sait » not. Miss Weyland: Trapped on and sees who is asked to play Whether vor said _— why be so , “ } as I passed, but got no response speak In fact, every one’s gut a hme ¢ : post, pointing th ‘ it hand was on the door-handle Don't of them almost as brothers 4 dogged l. ee cone Chee \ let he long before you come up to see us. And after Miss Wevland can oi Stee abe: =a F wit delighted to see you,’ were her — school,”’ asked Wilmot, Wer 2 vords as she passed into the hall the same? saaiane ' MeGowan went to the door and looked ‘ Yes, sir; when she came. h can ever it teu } irage to? ; ’ aft he yirl. then she returned to her is a widower—not— much olde: I don't want ny ne . ‘ ' ‘ iret r table Chester, cither—took rooms fir nad siti ihave and ik ver err tween me and vou, Mr. Lee, she is the studio, and since then ¢! ; , . i she sighed lived like one family ee , nk so?’ remarked Wilmot tenta “* Do you think that Chester is “i 1S tively ivgling between his desire to learn her?”’ asked Wilmot, remember You ne ind an innate rebellion against the Chester had said to him about mar: 1 para iH next morning mo ite won oof listening to gossip ‘* That's just what I can’t mak: dio ot tin 4 stem lddiin - a ea ; Mrs) MeGowan shrugged her fat shoulders, Sometimes, when he acts so stra: : If vou 7 4 - ‘ _ ss ree breots ’ i wisp of yellowish gray hair unfastened — he is in love with her, and that he’s “wen er cheek that she don’t think of him that ver changed until she came then, again, | am stuinpea— you ki lin Washington, can read women I don't believe she said, pounding would have been tooled if the s: iron Him and been a woman Iam all mixed thick as friends I've noticed, though, Mr. Ch mr Of too th ny ’ x. or iking me fr m t ZS just what is free in the studio seems so restless as when Mr rent When Mr been spending the evening in lav, once a week, or taking Miss Aline out for eive, and makes Otten OE Tee RN Ralites oom THE DESERTED COTTAGE A Canadian Peasant Woman's Story By M. BOUCHIER-SANDFORD you de story of wid ‘er, but she don’ like ‘eem, an t liv’ een dat take de trip to Canada she don ees now desert’. come wid dem till she is on de shy devo say ees I ‘ear dat, bacose dey don’ know stan’ de Anglish so good; an’ I at dees French But Joseph walk on de rock w live cen dat Den ‘e turn roun’ an’ walk back tas -did use’ walk ‘IT see de boat We mus’ god wid ‘ees ‘ands wharf.’' Den dey go ’way; but di sometime ‘e did shut) walk by de rock an’ look on de mw odem ‘igh up, like boat is no more seen ing dat gif ‘cem Dat night, wen de Captain sp Lucie, she put out er ands an’ sa\ fish wid de men, an’ not spik wid ‘er again; an’ di but ‘e tell nodding anger come on ‘er face, an’ she say time, wien ‘e play one tell dat she be marry wid G storv, ‘¢ laugh wid Den ‘e ‘ide ‘ees face wid ‘ees neces min’, xyroan come. f ands on An’ I say, ‘ Lucie, don’ dat ‘'E never kill somebody ‘vy. say ‘ard tings at ‘eem, an Henri bacose’e spik wid Aleece week Den she believe ‘e kill somebody Neo man More in Picaud like 7 Den ‘e say, ** Do you wan’ me: Lucie? An’ she say she ne see cem some more So ’e bring money at Xaviet for Lucie, an’ ‘e go ‘way Wet arrife, Lucie fret, an’ wish ‘e ret marry ‘er, don’ come. he bre Den Lucie say, ** Susanne read an’ write before Cyree! Den J know she be sorry dat w for teach ‘er, she use’ fall t I don’ wan’ be bodder wid Wen de snow go, an’ de tree be green, de boat stop de men carry someting at de an’ we see de Captain lie w Den Lucie kneel an’ ery sorry, Cyreel! Spik, Cyreel ‘'E open ‘ees eve, an’ put ers, but ‘e don’ spik an know ‘e never spik again After ‘e die, de men tell boat wreck on de river, an are marry toges ree year, say, ‘ 1am accuse for take de bre vir tu _ shy ' on . 9 v4 ; v mn iw air \ ‘ arrife off de boat, an’ dey stop show dat I save de life A Wilmot: the color im he ‘ dee} . ! te Luc Tin This ventler P 2 x ticthan theout him asking were ie sit wid de babies, men dat cling on de boat at name she call dem An’ An’ de men see ‘eem rut lan’ Aieece.’’ Denoneladv ‘ands, like ’e wash dem, an face an’ appair like she ** Aleece, Aleece, dere’s no * lv she take Cyreel een Ah, Aleece, God gran’ you kt and ’e pat ‘er dat I) die innocent!’’ An ‘Lucie! poor leet!’ Luci De nex’ weenter two “ Cyreel Vintoun an’ de for Lucie One letter is tell dat dey all know dat for de murderair haf cor s t il k ( rte nk wat sre sproke Sore thow rosy Surpsc writ Lu But she shak i , Upre Say ¢ OUg we SO '¢ Den de money arrife me, Cenpen : , : ff Angland, an’ nobody knows w’ert take de chil’en at Angland S ic t! ppre . ' : he evidently did pI An’ de fader of Aleece won't let ‘er be De men savy dat somet hester’s not having mentioned her marry wid ‘eem An’ Joseph wan’ be marry de ghos’ of de Captain

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THE EYE OF A GOD The Strange Disappearance of the Sacred Treasure By WILLIAM ALEXANDER FRASER In Two Parts: Part II po) THIT’S assertion that he had shot the sacred ruby into the body of the Thakine took away the breath of the Court. The silence ten for a full minute; then the said: “ Hpo Thit is telling lies; 1 it \We must swear him.’ ) ud the Deputy Commissioner ; rake oath to that.’’ For things lone judicially d the clerk to swear him on the turmese Bible kine,’’ said the Priest, inter- is not a disciple of Buddha man, and we must swear him f the leppan’’ (a tree the oath it was the same—the is in the Police Chief's body k it is the truth,’’ said the Deputy said the priests; “‘ and the must give up the Beda.”’ \\ we'll see what can be done in iatter,’’ slowly answered the Deputy mmissioner; and Hpo Thit was remanded iwait developments. Ry Jovel’’ said the Surgeon, when he ird about it, ‘‘that accounts for the nfernal thing taking that corkscrew course.’’ You'll have to get it out of him some way iid the Deputy Commissioner, ‘* for ts worth about two hundred thousand rupees, and, besides, it won't be healthy for yne to live in Burma with the eye of a Buddhist god in him.” Look here, Grey,’’ said the Surgeon, ‘'I un jiggered if I probe for the cursed thing sain. IT nearly let Valentyne’s life out of m the other day for fear of poisonous msequences, for I thought it was a slug jut aif it's a good clean-cut ruby, it) will ibly never hurt him, and I’m not going ike any more chances about it.’ ° I t Deputy Commissioner was) in t lhe Phoongyes, headed by their Archh ». haunted his) office and his ow tight and day, clamoring for the for their sacred ‘* Beda,’’ for the eye r Buddhist vod But t Surgeon was obdurate ntvne is a friend of mine,’’ he said, nonet going to murder him to please Anny robed Phoongye. I wouldn't do were an enemy. I'd leave the ( ’ the Deputy Commissioner had r t to the Commissioner, and he to ( ommissioner mort read “That the sacred famous ruby, had been stolen re id of the image of Buddha, i there, by a hill man, Hpo po Thit had been captured, and traced to the possession of the ent of Police, Mr. Valentyne peared from Hpo Thit’s evidence 1 tired it from a musket into the lent’s bods but as to whether could be accepted, and ident held to be in) innocent f the stolen goods or not, ofr hould be arrested as receiver of ods, he was not prepared to say rest with the higher authorities to i suggested that it might be better to the Judicial Commissioner.’’ * ne in the meantime had to be it the hospital, for Mi Mra dis it the Phoongyes had set a scheme '» kidnap him, and, incidentally, up, to tind the sacred stone Vere many reasons why they should t is soon as possible Their id lost all prestige since his mal ind no pilgrims came now to lay offerings at his great square pagoda had ceased to do i paving tor Uzzana's ruby had been a ird It had been a good invest tor twelve centuries had gone on r the priests iu t murder you, sure By if } ’ r body will be worth somethin Ng purposes, though, if they don Ket the first slash at you , But Valentyne steadily improved. The wound was healing up nicely, the ruby seem ingly giving him no trouble whatever. As soon as he was able to sit up and move about he discovered a new source of annoyance Devout) Burmans were con stantly coming and prostrating themselves at his feet, touching their foreheads to the ground and muttering their crazy prayers * What does it all mean?'’ he asked Moung Ouray, while the Burmans bothered him “Sar, they are worshiping the ‘ Beda’ which you, by the grace of God and that wicked Hpo Thit, have got ‘* This is intolerable,’’ thought Valentyne “Tam a ruby mine, and a Burmese god, and a receiver of stolen goods all in one.’’ As he got better the beauty of his new life was further enhanced by the deluge of official correspondence that commenced to pour in upon him By order of the Chief Commissioner he was asked to explain how he meant to make good to the pagoda the value of the ruby he was still retaining on his person. It was cheerfully pointed out that if half his salary was escheated for this purpose, it would take at least forty years to make up the value of the jewel. A delay of this sort would hardly be fair to the Phoon- gyes, beside, in that uncer- tain climate, his salary might cease at any moment, At any rate, under the fifty- five years’ ser- vice rule, he could) not re tain his posi tion in service for that length of time, and his pension would only be barely enough to live upon The Civil Surgeon was THE SATURDAY EVENING POST powers, stolen, and the jewel was now in the sole possession of one of the Government Superintendents of Police There was a cock-and-bull story, he said, about it having been shot into his body; but even if it were so, they could not set a whole nation of Buddhists by the ears for the sake of one man, In common honesty, they must give the jewel up, and if this man couldn't part with it, why he would have to go with it; that was all The Viceroy seemed inclined to look at it in this light too, and it really seemed awkward for Valentyne In the meantime a civil suit to recover the value of the ruby had been instituted in the high courts in) Rangoon, against the Government in general, and Valentyne in particular Luckily for Valentyne, the Secretary of State was a hard-headed man, not much given to nonsense, and he said in equivalent official language that he'd be blowed if he'd see an innocent Englishman deliberately cut up to recover any fetish bauble. os But all the same the Superintendent would have to be retired on half-pay, for his useful Ness Was gone The two could not be com bined; the dual position of Burmese God and Superintendent of Police; for the natives still persisted in reverencing him, though ready, as soon as the word was given, to cut him up to recover their jewel Just when he thought his troubles were at an end, and he might go home, they applied for an injunction to prevent him from moving the ruby out of Burmah They showed to the Court, on medical authority, that: there was every possibility that the ruby might work itself out some day, and so ln recovered; but if Valentyne were allowed to leave the kingdom the chances of the rightful owners ever becoming possessed of it were very slim indeed. They undertook to pay Valentyne a salary of ten thousand rupees a year so long as he 3 One or two playful attempts on his life relieved the monotony of his existence. but as these laudable efforts were usually frowned down, both by the Phoongyes and the officials, and as one of his assailants caught a cold steel in his right lung, they ceased altogether after a time, and he was le ading a comparatively happy life He almost began to wish that the ruby would stay where it was We're fixed for life,’ he said to Corbyn, if this Beda thing doesn’t turnup. To must be more careful of myself. IT must step riding, for the shaking up may dislodge the infernal thing, and start it working out He had even got used to seeing the natives plump down in) front of him, and fall to praying Strangers always took him for the Chief Commissioner when they saw this sort of thing going on, and many were the mistakes made im consequence Once he received an offer from Barnum at a salary which made his paltry ten thousand rupees look like pinemoney, only. Theenter prising American guaranteed to smuggle him outof Burma also, and pay all legal claims After he had been in the business about two years, he began to feel a pain in his back He confided his fears to bis attendant physician “It's working out, I'm. sure he said sorrowfully And so it appeared, for a distinet lump was fooriranny just below the shoulder telact The Phoongyes were notified, and there was great rejorcing among them They came and beat tom-toms all night long in front of Valentyne’s bungalow This was te drive the spirits away, so that they would not steal the ‘* Beda ayain Valentyne was loaded down with presents and feasted like a bullock for the sacrifice I shall be a rich man.’ he said te Corbyn, “if the thing bolds off for a time But the incessant drumming and play making about his bungalow was driving bim Nearly mad for want of sleep Dhenone dayCorbyn made a discover It raked over the coals for not acting upon the Deputy Com missioner’s sugpestion and probing the matter to. the bottom, as it were—for not making another effort to recover the jewel It was in vain that he wrote in answer that the Superintendent's life would have been endangered by another operation His answer only brought another literary wigging, in which he was curtly reminded that the British Government expected it officials to do their duty irrespective of personal feeling or consideration of personal safety Hang them for alot of bloodthirsty swine,’’ exclaimed Corbyn, for that was the Surgeon's name, they mean to have that ruby out of Valentyne, even if it costs him his life Then the Phoongyes got up a monstrou petition, signed by all the Buddhists, living and dead, in the whole Burmese Eempire It was cleverly worded, having been drawn up by a voung Burmese barrister, who was the Gold Medalist of his year in England * The petition was to be forwarded to the Viceroy throuvh the ¢ ef Comm romer and it praved that the Superintendent of Police, Valentyne hould be delivered er to them that thev might rew mothe 1 rel niall the Buddhist kmy I were \ nz t on it ' " fam bene @ wnat ’ For a tir t ! aor of their temple had been desecrated one of their most sacred idols violated: and a jewel, to which they attributed miraculou remained in Rangoon, and all they asked in return was the privilege of Coming to worship the Beda at certain periods ued that i medical offteer ippointed by them, should have free acce to Valentyne person with a view to keeping track of the perambulation of the ruby and that when it made at appearance near the skin anywhere » that tonivht be extracted without danyer to him that he would relinquish all claim upon it and allow the Surgeon to use any method he desired to hasten tt ippearanes Valentyne’s counsel eciny which wa the wind was blow iy iy tere to accent th ruling of the Court, only tipulatingy that Corbyn be appointed Surgeon, for the nether stone had suffered most an the grind, and Corbyn was out of the service One dittle formality the Court demanded and that wa that the Arehta hoy and thre or four of the chief Phong ye brcotthel gros conn it bond for Valentyne's personal safets so tl Superintendent is | | ina beautif firrmishedd bortnges ine! tr ted eT aD hi dik i t 7s t pr ! J ife ‘ nyt ' ' } 9 ’ Mi Mra } t t was only a both, the re sultof mango eatioy Phe Phoonyyes were in clespear Just about that time Hpo Thit walked inte his bungalow ome day and bumping his fore head on the thoor bewwed Valentyne'’s foryiveness for wound ing hom He had served bis) time cane Was fOr away If bye rematmed in Burma they would kall him for stealing the fecdia,'”’ sen bye Wis voiny te some other country And that was the last anviody ever iw oof Pipe That im Burne Three years more of playing Baclelha at the rate of ten thousand a year pussed cred they time there could bee mistake abvcotat t Corbyn rial | riitys VA t it enotueh th tis It Was Com , not far from tl ! hher three tocorl breved bee t mn fet if ' if ' thon f th Pewla that | ] t cau i+} } It ' ‘ ’ 1 ' t t i t | ! hh por ! 1 t} { ! » ti t ‘ Cor , tab | P } ' racer 1} \ 7) ' ! terntut | f | ! lien tt / } ' were to getting t "i 24 7 } n tl tf ' ' ' ’ | j with \ nt | { th ated eh) et , ' ‘ ‘ I Vt ' ‘ ! rt ! «at, iit \ tit ! if event Pa 4 ir’ ’ ‘ ‘ ¥ , 4 ‘ ’ ‘ k ; } | }

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Bocsemy of ‘ " “I ' ‘ ] i ( ' . , ’ ’ | » ol } \, ( } “ } } 7 at ’ ! 1 P ' we a ( : a Bare eoneted hy Tong Madame Forreation with great alin THE PASHA’S , are “ , _ 2 Hut nee on J . 6 . wa \ Ast ene 8 A — , —— re? omg nae BB Ei go Tha : the Prossian GAME OF CHESS n 1 | ‘ rt eo othe yh t ait t I tuck the rt ( Aie “ ‘ ’ l ' Playing With a Great Unknown i? ' ! \¢ ‘N nt t t ' t t t ef ] k NA SUMMER afternoon ilmeost fifty the Pasha Ss eves sudde niv ber yht 1 | and ’ tart t ft , und that : . tt ! ! Vout ~ Suleir nn Pasha, Com he smiled He had an invincible coml ) ’ . \ ’ ) ‘ - i hy b | ’ ’ j ’ ‘ ‘ | mt frig tened ' ’ er n-C} ‘ axf the kyvpt in nation He placed his queen big f re his

that I need tal t lam caught \ tr rs W rt ry. sat-at coffee ina café on opponent's queen The officers began t b t trap but I termined that I Iw tab Pimvy men th me \\ the N terrace in Car says the New grumble, for they thought their Commander ' tach { it { ket York S \ Many had lost his head Oniv Reschid Ag ru re | I rt tt t t tl in the meantime had ned tl r I , \ ' . ! ths spectators, looked happ H guessed ‘ ' his friend's combinat nd t Vas S t the sure that it was invin t t t ] ( y ‘ T 1 t ] ARIST He W“ ] take the que t r 1} e Hi | | ( Hit 1 n spectators Molth the Ss s service. But Phen he will be checkmat eight t . \ t ! s | : t king of tl ! es whispered back Res - “ q { | ‘ fr ny that it t to get that yer t t ner of Hatz Pasha, nor eves tixed on the boar | t r first t tt r t t ‘ ( \I tke nor t battle f Nizil ‘And if he doesn't take i oe ' rat tlauyg! ‘ M tur ringly t t ti great Hi ittention was concentrated on ‘“*He will lose his own s t ex dat M ! vid 1 4 re t ‘ f t ! champion Phe ews . C b ine r ‘ f ! r ’ S ! | i Was a famous” chess Phe stranger moved a paw! 9 mann I ! t Na ‘ . ti vi pres ] r In the tirst few weeks after his re took his queen Phe officers t t was \ t t ou are \ ( t dozens of times all up with the gaunt voung art ' 7 , tt LR Aga, formerly the champion — back to their coffee. They x . f ent they nent kely ‘ img > er of Northern Egypt He re however, by the first) wor : f I’r trials brhy ire met Dar ’ ! ! t ‘ farded re tation i chess pl iver as opponent had spoke n since t k } t K s pu nasa warrior | \ \ that fort ] " f t HH nsidered ess to t preeminently a . | . Ma ; ‘ f ¥! “\ y t ‘ ut ever tired of making ‘* Pasha, in exactly twelve ! } \ nd Tow mie Aga elaborate mparisons between strategy on be checkmated It is your mo\ devise seme meats of covering aver Che Come. then’ she said, opening the door the chess board and strategy on the field of The interest of the Pasha’s fr a door x the ' She almost screamed at the sight that met batt] Every afternoon he met Ulema intense. They counted each 1 aloud \“ sot ‘ ' ' her eye for there er t tra} r, Annie k Aga, at the café on the Nile terrace, One—two—three—four—and t! ee I t te My 4 t ! had spread a bright Moorish rug, and on t and beat him two or three games already hard pressed Fiv . poor, | , rue, Sprawiiny a ny aheap ofsiik cushions eight—nine—and his men wet List \ beet lay ttle Re the bate id st . ge? ’ ras! , on all sides Ten—the Pasha tanding att I he r wakened fron eep On this particular afternoon, almost fifty to break the blockade by s+ ew upthe a (oct t Tat r Hie Ls big lfair and } his \ ru l ma Reschid Aga was a little queen Eleven—-he drew back = Debate sie gh a - rt the Prussian walked tight up lat no ocoming to his Waterloo, and acorner. Twelve—‘'Checkmat ‘ . ease! i im to ta , tot vith y oe inn | i was having a preliminary There was a dead silence NIN t x \ skirmish with himself while awaiting his Pasha. He thought hard f : wy | ss sar ta , hi a. _ i. ents arriva His diversion was inter without a word. Then |! x realy cat > : ritne r t ppearar the terrace of a ingly at the stranger and s ; , . . . t t x r rel Phe Once before I have seet ° , DP pee ge ; MPs a ee shnesits » to the Pasha’s you play it Your strates) . , ' ‘ t ! ! . i f-militar although I cannot cope wit . t that ur playing reminds finer t 1 this It was |] t | fantr and , r k i ke that H ( \ 4 - ‘ . r ) r ’ t? ~ taj NI I ‘ ( aj For r \ \ f tal 4 : 1 I :

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was rted f le | c®> S| MONEL HARRY FORD was the President of a big bank in a Western State, and the Colonel Se and I were, at the chronicling of taal this tale. in New York, whither ul ¢ is chance traveling companions i train from the West It was on Sunday nd as we took it easy in the hand riments he was occupying, a mes brought him a telegram The essave was from his wife, and the boy being i bright eved youngster, the cheerful Colonel itted with him pleasantly a moment and gave him a quarter as he departed Docsn't that make telegraphing come pretty high?’’ IT inquired, with the true Yankee spirit. of thrift. ‘*T used to be one myself, he said in explanation, “‘ and now, vhenever | see a bright-eyed kid like that, I varm up to him and give him something, though not always a quarter. Being Sunday, ind the telegram being from my wife, I do abit better than usual, and part with all of twenty tive cents.’”’ Io you really mean that you were once I asked in great surprise, is | looked over the elegant man of the world, every inch a gentleman born, who sat in the big chair by the window gracefully posing a cigar in his thumb and finger. When IT was a youngster of ten,’’ he replied I was a messenger boy earning the luxurious salary of $3 a week, all of which I gaflantly turned over to my mother, who Was a banker's daughter, though she had ‘n turned out of her father’s house because see had not married to suit him and her step amessenver boy?"’ ther Phen | managed to learn telegra phy iided the Colonel, with a reminiscent mil ind nobly did T profit by my expe- riet vith the wires during a more pros- per period of my career 7 begin at the beginning, as the ud When IT was sixteen vears mother and father had both dicd, ther relented sufficiently to pro educate me By the time I was LT had been graduated, and my wave me a position ina bank he t very pleasant interior town, med such aptitude that the old entirely forgave me for having not his disobedient daughter, and yo ahead and I should be his ne day xt most natural thing in the world ill in love, and I did it for all no omy throbbing heart, and on the ft the day IT was promoted to the ft the bank T asked Kate Vernon fe During all the time of my n the bank IT had kept up my clegraphy, and after Kate and I ! Uponour future relationship Thad her house with my room at the Whenever I had the chance I called talked love to her between meals ty I don’t know how much of of talk we indulged in, but I do Kate became almost an expert operator, and could easily have wing att had there been sucha which Tam ylad there wasn't ' ° the other customs of that charming vein the foreground was a drive nd T took two or three times a trap she owned, leaving the bank ny time four o'clock On the she would telegraph down that ny, I would lock up the TOMES ipers in the inside safe and Tt ‘ +} } vault NK THE SATURDAY EVENING POST THE TACK HAMMER THAT OPENED A SAFE BY W. J. LAMPTON a paper that had been left there by mistake I got up at once to put it where it belonged in the safe, and as I went into the vault I did not observe that all the books had been put away, though I could hear Old Jock in the litthe room back telling his boy about sweeping out. ‘ The paper belonged in a pigeonhole far back in the vault and high up, so that I was compelled to go up a step-ladder we kept there, and about the time I had got myself high away in the shadow the big door swung to and [ could hear Old Jock turn the com bination out of joint. I yelled out, but it was too late, even if the old: man’s ears had been sharp, and I found myself in’ the disagreeable predicament of being shut up in my own safe and no visible means of escape At first it struck me as ludicrous. Then it became serious, and in a few moments I had gone to thinking as those people think who are confronted with tremendous moments in their lives I soon decided that my only hope of getting out was through Miss Vernon, who, when she returned, would naturally inquire for me, and in this way old Jock would in time discover that he had shut me up inthe vault. How long it would be until Miss Vernon returned, or what the chance of the old man still being there when she came, now began to demand discussion in omy brain, and for a minute or two [ stood. still in the thick darkness and listened to my beating heart. Then I remembered that we always kept a hammer ina pigeon-hole near the door, and, groping around, | found it and at once began to pound on the floor Immediately a response came, but, of course, I did not know who was giving it, though evidently the boy, as the old man could scarcely have heard. This gave hope at once, and I set up a regular tattoo on the door with my hammer, to all of which came the responses from the outside, but it was not getting me out of my prison, and con finement was becoming irksome. ‘* For the first time now I heard faintly the sound of human voices calling to me, but it was as if they were miles away, and I could not distinguish whose they were, though I thought I knew Kate's. I answered back, but the place was so thick and heavy that my voice frightened me, and | used the hammer instead of calling. Up tothistime IT had not thoroughly realized what my entombment meant, but now it came upon me that the only man in town except myself who knew the combination had gone away for a vaca tion to the seashore, and that with the door air-tight, or practically so, [ could not live a great while in the vault, certainly not long enough to hear from either the clerk on vaca tion or from the people from whom we had bought the safe in St. Louis Indeed, if I stood it for two hours T felt IT would be doimny well, for my pounding had tilled the littl air I had with dust, and it was nearly sufio cating me The pounding from the outside increased the dust, too, and, while [I coule prevent myself from doing it and did) stop the very fact of my stopping made those on the outside pound harder, as if to encourage me, as they thought IT was losing hope ° This thought came to me with a shock so great that | almost collapsed Pcaught at the sides of the vault in the inky blackn and for a minute IT became deathly sich Following this came almost a frenzy to ye and howl, and claw at the door, and seratch my face and tear my hair I had heard of people acting so, and going mad when lost in caves and such places, and TP felt it comung on me in that dreadful hole Po add to the horrors of my situation, the air was yrowing rapidly worse, and T could not stand up in the vault without a feeling of the most pro found nausea It was the nausea of despair, if anybody ever has analyzed just what that os Two feet froni light and air, and love, and life, and utterly shut off from all It was horrible to think of, and To am sure a thou sand times worse thanif To had been burice in the sands of a desert a hundred mile from water and green trees Slowly I felt my strenuth yoing, and at last I could not seo much as respond, even at long intervals, t the knocking on the outsid ind TP sank te the floor with mv head ayvainst the « ] te furry f } , @ «af thee { \s I River catching the clickety-click-click of the instrument on the table, and which always seemed to be as important as a ship's deck is to an Admiral. I seemed to be hearing the ‘calls’ of operators all along the line, but 1 gave no response, and then the scene changed, as it does so suddenly and unac countably in dreams, and I was at the instru ment in the bank, listening with all of a lover’s eagerness for the first call of Kate Vernon over the wire IT had put up for her “It was very faint and far off, and 1 think I must have smiled as I bent my ear closer to the instrument to catch the sound, having in mind my sweetheart at the other end of the wire essaying her first attempt in handling the lightning For a moment it was vague enough, with its modest litthe clickety click chek, butall at once it seemed to say some thing to me l could not distinguish at first, but presently it took form, and IT could catch the ‘call’ T had taught her It was the letter K, repeated over and over again, just as all operators do when they want some other operator who is not at his desk to re spond promptly Phen it was the clickety click click of the letters that formed my name, and I smiled to think that, as a child learning to talk says ‘mamma’ first, so Kate was saying first, in this new language of the wires, the name of her teacher * ‘T could feel it was something more than a dream I knew that some sound must be shaping my dream for me, and, without knowing what Twas doing, and with an odd fecling of the very peculiar key we had put on our instruments, I took the hammer and sounded my ‘call’ to Kate in response to what I was hearing Instantly the ‘call’ was repeated, and my name followed. Now I seemed to throw off the nightmare, and I aroused myself Striking with the hammer on the door, I called to Kate by name, and, then, distinct enough, though muffled, I heard the clickety-click-click on the outer door, and Kate was telling me in the mys terious manual of Morse a messaye which brought me renewed courage and hope “And what a wonderful strength is hope! Now that I had established communication with the outside world T took great courage immediately, though T did) not) understand just what I was going to do to be saved, for I confess that Twas not very clear headed at this time I thought only of telegraphing to St. Louis for the combination, and had actually signaled to Kate to do so at once and TP would try and keep up until word was received, when, to my indignation, she laughed at me over the wires that is, the door plat? —and told me to telegraph right then and there to ber what the combination was and she would do the rest Hlow plain and simple that was! And 1 had never thought of it Neither had I thought of telegraphing to her from oo prison and ait was only because hie 4 i woman that she ever thought of reedinyy rad through that dull door to me wath a bicnanes When, three minutes after Thad told her what the combination was, the door opened and I fell forward into the fresh air of the world of sunshine Kate caught me oi her arms ind it was her vorce TP heard fiaaintl and faroffas T heard the clicket cb and her tapping that led me back te Tit i! ] ht ine ! Ana i 1 oPacapopo t { I! ] Hequyir | ift ” ! i ] uryper baton ! NI ! ud tl beanke earn hie beat } om ite v3 piel? } ti ince that, and Po wouldot trade her for all the other women oo the world And when he See t} tor in print hie idealed lauyhiny Pil need to have my life saved again bout she vont do ait, PU bet t her and bhearne She must draw the dine somewhere said T reflective] Washington Star WHEN LADY DESTINY CAME The Romance of the Choir Singer Pp *stiny BROWN was what bis best friends ca boar but the KRegastrar General had not been al think For the modest remuneration of Stoo per annum he Sathy-every Sunday mcorritiye in the gallery of a neighboring Cathole church Of the congregation, none but his sisters were aware of having seen him at any time, and so far as he was present to their thoughts, he was of such bherow stature and herculean proportions, a redoubtable Apollo, whereas, in fact, those thunderous notes shook the little fragile form to its foundations There had been a time when Theoph was no more than tive and thirty, and when the lingerers of his early friends had not) vet ceased by fits and starts to exhort him to ‘come out,” to do things,’’ to “take a line,’’ to’ make a move." "My dear fellow,’’ Wilkins used to say through the smoke as they sat puffing (Wilkins was subeditor on an evening paper), °° DPwant you—now T really mean it to do something It iS getting serious Here are you, a man of ability far beyond mine, and you are doing nothing with it You let the chances slip by, man after man pushes you aside That is what they do he would) repeat rhetorteally push you aside and mount on your shoulders, up the ladder, out of sight and away I know,’ Brown would reply, recrossing his puny legs and smoking thoughtfully while his sincere little gray eyes searched the fire It seems rather futile, doesn't it? But if you knew However, | am patient I can wait The hour will come, the opportunity and the prize Phere will come a knock at the lower he went dreamily on and Destiny will be there, the dear lady, bearing it in her hand I am waiting for her rat a tat tat at the dos Bosh! Destiny be blowed! A man is his own Destiny But Theoph only murmured rhythmically to himself in his ponderous dulcet bass “With a rat atat-tat at the door The two weird sisters, in) proportion as they regretted the passing of their own tone cent hopes with creeping years, grew more pressingly anxious for Theoph'’s happiness “Tt is time, Theoph, they would iy shyly and confidentially, ‘'it really is time you should think of settling With your accomplishment and appearance But Theoph would cut them short with a tremulous wave of his blue gray band “Ves, my dears, but one must net hustle Destiny In her own time, my dears, she will tap with her fingers at the door, and the door will be opened, and [shall go with her One must be patient, my dears patient as Hicks was persuaded of the perfeet ability of the race ** Come he would say, in his breezy way, ‘to our Battersea settlement Help us to spread the Tight Now, Tam a man without half your ability Joo PE content myself with earning a bare subsistence by some nameless drudgery 2? No. deo the work I find the best I spread the light Come and spread the liyht Gentle thunder was understood to expostu late that one must mot be too strentous on forciny the band of Destiny Phcatngye | Poestanny A oman oof your real aboality Phe thunder opined that at did) mot run 1 bh ten al it You are af ured Ebieh reoca totatl 1 odicave wat feared ! rey 1 tl tt mean on b hil | | | | ithet t h pcos iter Hhiuit if ! ! 3 ut f 1) ancl : 3 tanned rea t ' mt her " | kano h ied te hi her tl ‘ proint there iat 1} if went b Hhich | " t! It i ffi anied bie ! rene ! ! ! it t! Ts ' ' 1 ned ' ; tt ! \ b i ! J ] |? ' } bert ' , . n the far boast Phicat | \ a ine prath bait ¥ I ' hit } i t hit ik " f 1} if ert fitter] arth ' ' t ‘ i teotner fave Hi ‘ oid oh bicatiel itis t i ! ‘ tretubled 4 nf } ! , Hut } ‘ loot ned | t ‘ ! | t! ! { * , \t ist ! af } f ' _— '

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Sj ‘- ' ! il i swe ‘ \} R Mare ou are cr He vazed at her with w r es and drew her close to } ' his cl k against her head \ darling he said n thes rds from vou? N t t I uld not seruy to tak r 5 p if my helplessness wer rary thing But it is not that. dear | net live to be a burden to the wife | Icannet sit by and feel old age creeping upon me, and see her slender shoulders lade: vith cares that I am powerless to lift And I—oh, Richard, vou do not know woman's heart—how willingly, how w y would I bear twice the burden of res r fancy sees than live without those care He stooped and kissed her Dear. lam strong in faith that better davs will come! do not let the | of these eves—the hope that has kept sinkiny all these vears And Merey looked up and smiled The better davs will come shes | The next morning Richard brought his small store of belongings and took possessiot of the rooms in the ell There was no dissenting: voice rais dear old Middlewav when he mas know! his plan. What more natural thar should wish to live where he cou ! f most service to Merev, since his misfortunes prevented his marrying her? The evil mi of the outer world had not: penetrate quiet haven It was certainly a happy arrangement for the two most concerned Richard kept st for himself. and would only ept Merev's invitation oO st with her But, being a wonder at the fact that no dust his rooms or that the crumbs he the morning were yvonne ato neo ~ hiss kre wledye extended, Mer \ trated to his side of the house He spent his evenings with her and on the first dav of each ment handed her the smal! sum they | Ipen as a fair rental The vears slipped on in this quiet Richard received a small pension r , } j ¥ nt he him to live upon with the slight could earn inaddition. There was t for himto doin Middleway, t vould be impossible to go ¢ search of employment and Ie ‘ loneliness Even this ha was better than total! se parat The older people of the tow! died and others became old aces; the voung people gre hildren played in the shady s+ vradually did this old story of t! repeat itself, so gently did the st their heads, the two faithtu! passed middle age ere they we with that patient hope still a! hearts. She had become Miss \ te ple of Middleway he was spoken of as Richard Mart knew him he was the Ma Phe tender romance of their forgotten or overlooked rT! wonder of it. had grown con accustomed eves; but althoug! } re e seen, the sensitive could Little children loved Miss Mer they felt. in her touch and Ic« . mncthes d denied Perl eer er re \ rat hye AY Mik t v Miss Mercy and the Ma { } did it w not a smilie As tl npatience nd eager . } ‘ =e the ulmer t

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~ RG8 49 June 4, 189 it had been easier to let the years, Pes farther into the future, to settle me ober enjoyment of present peace — siness; but the hope of that “‘ better ah ae ie ff a ¥. ° ~ om -_ ya ‘ s r ‘ f - wens WHIN YOU COME HOME Tilda’s deft fingers to as t in arranging t creamy, rich old lace about her throat Thien he went down ‘ te t fined t Na rwaitit for her at th f of 2 ’ ‘ and tho eve beheld their meeting ' their wedding da Now the toot ther near th vite vel miiny ¢ ach fr nad at ean ' r P vith them and +} tr mi of ea wo | till poured } | ? W hate r ha o 6 ' t cried Mi is tt te I t I la if th wecidit ’t ' } ' ' - ht Midd , - , kr ‘ hy ineotl r «al t ’ ’ ’ ‘ 4} ‘ +} ' nt ‘ ( ' | H{ b Hf isn't | +} fee-r () for +} ' \I ’ ™

friend It is more fitting today that we should look upon the symbols of full matur ity, and my heart that this gentle snow should fall to purify the earth and bid us think of the honor of a hoary head The two rooms were filling fast with the happy mass of sympathetic human souls, and at last a lull inthe opening and shutting of the outer door seemed to signify that all the guests had arrived Then a hush fell over the assembly, and it seemed as if every one drew a deep breath as the gray-haired bridegroom led the woman of his heart to the arch of hemlock where the minister stood waiting for them re jou cs It was a very simple service, only a few sacred, solemn words freighted with the ten der sympathy of the pastor's voice, only a moment and all was over, but these two had been waiting nearly half a century to hear those words; for nearly half a century had their patient lives grown toward this sacred moment As the minister uttered the solemn words, ‘'] pronounce thee man and wife they turned to another with a look, a kiss, in which all else was forgotten Something like a sob broke gathering of friends the children were moist one from the little fair cheeks of they did rricormpe tit even the with but only for 1 tears net understand then a great joyful murmur filled the air an the boricte whelmed with loving embraces Every manoin the room kissed the brick and think it is safe to say kissed the groom ibout their ind groom were ne; that every we while the children ul k ree nnd pulled at pown ane ancl the Ma At length, when every one had had a chance te profter compyravulatye offered his ! thre Major prou arm to his wif ined led her t the dining room, where n the centre of the long table, stood a great wedding cake whict the minister's wife had made with ber cor hand There were other good thing 1D the table, and when thes id rapid | peared indi the cake had t nm «tut anil vided, there was a yveneral movement ¢t ! the ittiny- room again T hie Mayor had declared that he vould have just such a weddit trippy as the had planned to take so long ay imel Doctor Clifford had offered to dr them over to Layton to meet the afternoon tram It is almost time to leave observed the Doctor, showing his wateh to the Muageor isthey left the dining room J wall give you fifteen minutes for closing exercise Atthat Mr. Treat came forward with) his violin and beyyved that all old and) youny jon inoa Virginia reel, the dance to t headed by Mayor and Mr Martin Never was so lomy a reel mpade im Made way. it extended through the two rooms, for hardly a guest remained seated, and poor with fie Mr. Treat’s arm was quite weary dling before the bride and groom had reeled to the end of the long line Then Mrs. Mercy went up to put on her new bonnet and wrap, and all the boys rushed ter bee Ip the Major with h ercont amedoit a few moment more they vere gone i shower of rice falling about therm What a wedding! cried) M Ir er wiping her eves as she stepped back into th hots Tyust knew pooud luck wa corny to the Major when I aw that tranye hand writing and the M ouri | troark As forthe little bridal party driving throug! the now, few words were poken Dcwt Clifford had J theughts for conpoa if thie vere of the lmnisniegry tari Vert i} t t} hts of those twe «at it with « [- hag woking t i t r f the summertime a I k ‘ t t i ! \ thy cr ‘ 1) at’ thre tat 1} r ist &r my ! i neit if } r ! f ne | } Niast fr tbig wagen, unt ! on their ear Tlie he M rf } bridle into the ? oa f 7 over ther waned th ther tr r tur tur t ' ‘ | Ir} t t ! re hy r ! t +) ‘ | .-<. ’ don't: f Qa, le h ¢ ewe of eee When Queen Vic toria’s Lamp Smoked

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Philadelphia, June 4, 1898 eee The Danger Side of Newspapers the trast thie ! the le il thre provditie ca med all ba Puponm many suses ‘s ] | Nishret ' st Pau T hie peat \ ! am Whar atyy ipeuart It ,onewspaper made war, the first, though probably not the last, of its kind It is quite ertiatn that the New York anal Chic we pre SS ive hur 1 the American Government into tiities apropos of Cuba before the naval or military departments of the great Republic re ready for action: amd now that war has begun, there i Strong risk of movements bemmy undertaken mot mm obedience to tactical necessities, but solely for the purpose of getting something done, and supplying the newspapers with attractive headlines Under the old regime, we may be sure, War, Supposing it to be deliberately intended om humanitarian grounds, would mot have been declared by America for at) least a couple of months to come Now that hos tilittes are openly entered upon, the necessity for action. however needless and abortive, is An ominous feature of the situa trons that already there is a lack of effectual This will never deo In other respects, war a la mode Priperative headlines forthe newspaper bills appears ter Doe conducted under disadvan tageous comditions No secrecy is) possible Kvery movement of the American ships and troops is discussed and criticised Phe decisions of the naval and military authorities are reported ion the newspapers even before they become Operative News paper despatch boats now accompany the American fleet, reporting every movement mado as far as they in judge, every intention of the ore nsttble Commanders Conse quent t Cnemyy s kept as well posted t \ t i pean f « VMVNpaigete as thre ! then Vt Many of the ' ‘ m4 h i » toro doe itemsely \ ! ‘ it rea yer nying the waroin { t the { handle sensational he w I} hist t iS ounnede | ht betwee thre traitor who pla os Vialunaatole nformation in the hands of the enemy and the newspaper which divulges valuable State rets merely tor the sake of printing news fh. KI re two wavs of looking at the ! rh echoof Mr. Chamberlain New York Times He not only t } possibility of an under t ny between Great) Britain) and the Lonait 1 States weovityar to thre length of a com plete allhance, with the two flags flving in war thove united forees, but he frankly admitted the need { scornne wh alltance to enable (sreat Britain to meet the Powers that may combine against her Here are his momen tous words Phe time has arrived when (reat Britain may be confronted by a com bination of Powers, and our tirst duty. there fore. as to draw all parts of the Empire inte ‘ se rity immed our mext to moanrntarn the bonds of permanent unity with our kinsmen l t s t powerf ind =o generous mater 1 Mr Chamberlain speaking ! my i, ! 1 ! Wea i 1 having ter t rit i vit! l “ iad su far as ¢ that, territ i sail i ! ‘ 4 y t | ‘A i i ! > | , ' | of rdered freedor wl h . n to both nations and shared by none ther Neither of these interpretations ts THE wholly correct Mr Chamberlain w t venture tu Ine uct “MoT t Aer t sure of a strong support among the | tica Class which he represent ind among t mass of the precyple Cory the ther hand neither Mr Chamber!ain nor any ther responsible politician would ato th t give such expression to it as he has given unless he felt that the permanent interests of Gsreat Britain not only permitted but required, that he should dose | Practically his speech is a public warning to all the Continental Powers that if they go too tarin threatening the interests of kingland, Fengland will seek an alliance with the United State not merely defensive, but ayzywressive But we may well ask——we are bound by common prudence to ask—— what ts the good and noble cause in which it as possible te enlist with England? There s but one answer The cause arvcd ss the nterests for which it is comceivable that the great Anglo Saxon forces shall unite ire ‘ included ino the one purpose freedom of commerce for the world In every quarter of the globe, among the teeming population of the two yreat Asiatic continents, and over

| reyions of Afr ca is well as throughout the more backward lands the almost unpeople of blurcopee civilization 1s steadily advancing and the vital function of modern civilization 8 the creation and sat faction of the varied wants to which trade ministers Poward this civilization Great) Britain stand thre recognized champion 1} other Powers seek to monopolize its benefits, and in that are its Opponents An oa ane f (sreat Britain and the United States would be an slhance with the beneficent forces that guice the evolution of the human race throughout the world And in all human probability, it would make for peace, for it would be too powerful to be resisted successfully, and where ver its iurisd ction extended the free commerce that dreads war would also go What is the Best Philanthropy ? PON no point is human opinion more divided than upon what constitutes gen uine love for one’s fellow creatures, says the San Francisco Chronicle Phere are those who spend their lives in unselfish toil, only to dissipate their earnings among the less fortunate or less worthy (thers religiously set apart a certain portion of their income for the founding or support of institutions whose influence is every year swelling the growth of the pauper class. In short, there is so much false philanthropy in) existence, so much benevolence which exerts a disastrous effect upon society, that itis dithcult to determine where the good intluence of charity stops and demoralization begins As institutions mul- tiply for the coddling of the unfortunate, can didates for entry multiply far beyond any reasonable ratio Phe same may be said of the demand for funds handled by societies which undertake to alleviate the miseries and supply the wants of the poor Yet, in the absence of any other avenue of relief, the kind hearted have no other method of meet ing instances of genuine distres But it is an open question whether the world is advancing or retr ywrad ny through thre employment of such methods Individual charity, which works in secret channels and which has no recognition as charity is the true course in this stave of human progress Hie who perceive the unspoken need, who stretches out a helping hand to assist a friend over the rough places of life, who loans monev without interest to one who has been shipwrecked on the finan cial sea, has done the best turn to humanity He who founds a school to make the vouny ‘ f helpful gives an upw ira prrapour Tse to future generations Phe very best philan thropist of all, however is the man who creates new industries or who widens existing chant f employ t Useful e7 > ment at good wages, and plenty of at, is thre watchword of all material progress It « tributes tothe substantial wealth of the world and at the same time gives the citizen occu pation and a support, the two antidotes to pauperism That is the best philanthropy Wheat, the Preserver of Peace W ANY fear exists that) European Powers are likely to court hostilities with the United States it wills bo dispelled by the auction these Powers are taking in relation to Importation and exportation of wheat) and other food supplies, savs the Commercial Advertiser France has been compelled to admit wheat, and IRalv to admit all cereals duty free wnd = Gsermany and Austria are meditating a similar step Russia, it is reported traoourt t w oa r yainst Al rtat t { T i it bad | } t , t x! > | i | \\ P ; F , Na vant of ! tence Instead of bread r here and there is Is now the case, they SATURDAY EVENING POST In the present large dependence of Europe yon the United States for food products r ts in vreat measure our security against foreign itt ick While the population of } urope is steadily increasing, her ability to produce subsistence 1s ste idily diminishing, and she s mere ind more fore ed to seek food ipplies from the United States and other England France and Germany may augment their armies and navies, but this is a condition they are pow erless to overcome Herein lies a guarantee of peace between the United States and great Powers of the Old World In attacking us they would be attacking their granaries sources emutsicie How Business Men Help the Army HE action of many business establish ments throughout the country in granting to such of their employees as may enlist for the war a continuation of salary during ibsence and recmployment upon return, is eminently patriots and praise worthy, says the W ishington Star is fits the situation in the United States, here the citizen of to-day is the soldier of It is just such action to morrow, and, the war being over, he returns at once again to pre weful avocation The soldier is but) poorly paid at best Those dependent upon him must continue to be provided for He sacrifices a great deal in leaving them, taking all of a soldier's risks, and reducing them, as well as himself, to the meagre earn ings of the camp. To set his mind at rest on this point, therefore; to provide for his family in his absence by continuing his salary to them, will be to increase his usefulness a hundredfold He will likewise greatly ben efit by the reflection that he is not losing yround at home during his absence If he survives the war he will not have to begin at the bottom again or be forced to search anew foremployment. The volunteer soldier also encounters many hardships He risks his life off as well as on the field of battle He is entitled to all) consideration, both as regards his services in the tield and oppor tunity for him after the war is over What- ever is calculated, therefore, to give him additional heart for the struggle, and comfort while he is engaged in it, adds materially to the fighting resources of the country Our Trusty Citizen Sailors LTHOUGH not designed as a Federal Naval Reserve, the naval militia in the seventeen States having such organizations might be promptly drawn upon by the Navy Department, as a matter of necessity, upon the first indication of an emergent situation, says the Philadelphia Record. There are but three thousand seven hundred men in service in this hitherto inconspicuous adjunct of our naval forces, and of these only a mere handful have performed actual drill duty, or have had the benefit of training and practice on board of a modern man-of-war Phe best, if not the only, place in which men can be trained to handle ships-of-war is on board of a war-ship \ little active work ‘ f this sort goes a mye way with the quick Witteg vouny men of the naval militia That they have protited by it is evident Phere is, of course, but littl chance of distinction oor Opportunity for naval know necreasiny edge in this hasty employment of a naval militia force in an assumed emer Kenley The important thing for considera tion at this juncture is, however, that for the first time im our naval history an organized militia force has been placed ina responsible pesition on a Federal’ man-of-war, with a Federal naval officer in) command his opens up immense possibilities The Decay of the Chinese Empire HE Chinese Empire seems to be dying, as aman dies in catalepsy, with al perfect, with no appearance of disease, but with the body fixed in a strange, almost a l organs mystical powerlessness, says the London Spectator, No Army has invaded China since the Japanese retreated No fleet has shelled her ports. There has been no rebellion in any province. The Emperor is as absolute as ever, the organization of his Government Is quite complete, his people are submis sively loyal, but the life of the whole is apparently suspended. His Army flits from port to port at the bidding of each foreign invader, apparently without an idea of firing a shot His people, three hundred millions of peasants and artisans who have held together for three thousand vears, who are individually brave, industrious and efficient. P : look on quietly, making no ery deserting, yet worshiping, their Imperial lord I \ re | 1 measur pr 1, but | ‘ } 1 . 1 S . | 7 x ke t hict } r nm verse for no iginatior once stirred t exert itself < | ream I ich Passivity

Volume 170, No. 49 Told of the Authors Contemporary Writers at Home Miss Braddon as an Actress.—1: ;. the early ambitions of Miss M. FE the novelist, were The Spian and e\ mimic She made her début in a Brighton theatre, about forty years ago, as Fair Pineapple, in a burlesque entitled mid Prince of Fairyland. During the year or twe that she was on the stage, she imper onated no less than fifty-eight distinct iracters her last part being a picturesque Industria in a pantomime version of Little Red Riding. Hood. She was then known as Miss Mary Leyton, and an old acior who remembers her says that she had a wealth of black hair, a statuesque figure and a fine face. strongly expressive, and that she had decided talent and marked dramatic powers i | that Br iddon, panto . Inventing a Real Heroine. — M; Justin McCarthy, Member of Parliament, telis a curious story regarding the heroine in novel, Donna Quixote The character, a rich young widow, full of impracticable philanthropic schemes, was entirely his own creation; but, a short time after the book was published, he received a letter complim« nting him on the clever portrait of Mrs who, the writer was glad to know, was his ’ a common friend A year or so later the novelist made the acquaintance of this Mrs , and found that she was really a living picture of his heroine. - Resenting O'’Rell’s Insult.—Once, when Max ©'’Rell was staying at a hotel, he had occasion to complain of the marked incivility and neglect of a waiter. The proprietor apologized, assuring Max O’'Rell that no such complaint had ever been made before When the waiter was duly reprimanded, he explained himself thus: “It’s no’ to be expected that a self-respecting Scotsman could wait on him with civility. Didn't he say we took to the kilt because our feet were too large to get through trousers? ’’ ° R. H. Stoddard and the Tomatoes.—At a dinner given to Richard Henry Stoddard, the famous literary critic and poet, the chair- man told this story of the guest: ‘‘ Stoddard was opening a tin of tomatoes one night. Sounds that came from the kitchen convinced Mrs. Stoddard that her husband was _ not accomplishing his task without a struggle Finally she called to him, ‘ What are you doing, dear?’ ‘Opening this tin of toma toes,’ came up the rather gruff answer ‘What are you opening it with?’ ‘Witha knife. Did you think I was using my teeth?’ ‘ Not at all, dear,’ came the answer; ‘I thought from your language you were opening it with a prayer.’ ’’ ° Mrs. Sangster’s inspiration.—Recently, in conversation with a friend, Mrs. Margaret kK. Sangster, the well-known poet, said that a gentleman once asked her when she wrote her poems, and she answered him, © | do not know.’ But afterward, in thinking it over she realized that they were really written while she was riding in the cars or walking Probably this accounts for the ease ind naturalness of Mrs. Sangster’s poetr (one could hardly conceive that these light and graceful touches on subjects that are deep in the human soul could come if she sat saying to herself, ‘‘ I will write a poe! Jokai’s First Allegiance.— Maurus yrs author of the Lion of Jonina, has gitt n tongue as well as gifts of the pen. [le was presented to the Emperor William w I latter visited Buda-Pesth, but was I away to speak to the Archduc hess Maria Josef. Returning, after a few momer' said in apology: ‘* Your Majesty must cx: use me, but my allegiance to ladies comes [ctor my allegiance to monarchs.”’ * Zola’s Perseverance.—When M. bn ton heard that he got only four vote ‘ ; | non latest election of members for th: Academy instead of eight, as he got ie before, he said: ‘‘ What! I has ie four! I am surprised, for I never it, having taken no part in the p election was arranged beforehand fore it was useless to pay any atte To teli the truth, these Academi have no effect on me I confine putting up for every seat vacant, a! Wait to see the result without th emotion Of course, I shall cont didate, but I no longer pay the Visits I paid them once, that And I shall continue to go Whe ead, ¢ iness o L 4 , ¢€ agent ind among the t¢Or i an arm attached to it firmly, the it. without any further identificat fragments of the Hoosier poet

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a n ae) Hik. richest college in America is the one founded by Stephen Girard. In fact, no millionaire made college of modern times has yet surpassed it in wealth, rl mibined benefactions of Stanford and Rawk or, munificent as they were, do not | ts accumulations, for the value of Ul the property with which Girard College is ind from which it draws its income represents to day twenty-seven million dollars. Harvard is usually associated in” the \) in mind with the thought of collegiate ricl Yet, after more than two hundred mmd so fitty. years, the fund which all its propertics could be converted into would be much less than one-half of the patrimony of Girard College, and would probably not leven million dollars. Indeed, four of the chief universities which had long been in existence before Girard College was ever thought of—Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and the University of Pennsylvania—now hardly more than equal the amount of its productive wealth. When Girard passed way, he was estimated to be worth about sever million dollars. But so judiciously was ! this money invested, and so skillfully his it been handled by the Trustees of the City f lelphia, to which Girard confided his “reat trust, that it may now be said to have the most heavily endowed seat of noun America. It solicits no contri needs no gifts, it pays out more t million dollars on its pupils, and meas that which flows altogether enerous bounty of its founder 2 been dead for sixty-six vears Was not opened until fifteen his death Yet, sayacious as the er and merchant was in his fore he could hardly have foreseen for clopment which it has reached in irs Few rich men who have t t fortunes by will have accom is much lasting good or have had executed in more accord with rections There have been some here and there from the exact Instrument, but none of them V invalidated his main purpose xpressed it, was to ‘* provide for ver of poor, male, white, orphan an be trained in one institution, fueation, as well as a more com ‘intenance, than they usually in the public funds.’’ this late day, the methods and the extent of his beneficence are but vely little known, for the spirit in lege has been ruled is as simple Unostentatious as that of Girard It is true that it is a college which laim to the higher learning. And or, the moment he passes within tf the yreat stone wall which yrounds, is struck with th cene of architecture unsurpassed nail ’ Kreat seats of learning cy ny up in all the massive and pillared temples of A party of boy ure Another and older poring over a map A bright THE young woman, leading a group of urchins to a dormitory. A professor is pleasantly explaining some mooted point on the laws of base-ball to the youths who have eagerly gathered around him. From the greenhouse some of the teachers are coming out with bunches of flowers in their hands At the manual-training school several bovs have stopped to inspect a tool and a curiously turned block of wood which one of them is carrying. Then is heard, as from the dis tance, a strain of martial musi Advancing with a West Point stateliness of column, the cadets sweep over the parade ground, their guns flashing in the sunshine. Some pale faced little fellows, who have just zisen from sick-beds, come to the windows, their eyes dancing with delight and sympathy Here and there, too, may be seen sad, or stolid, or stupid faces But the whole effect of the first glance of the visitor is inspiriting And when he goes into the beautiful Gothic chapel, which many a university would enyy, and looks down over the sixteen hundred lads, big and little, he notes at once a good average of healthy sturdiness and bright intelligence among them, rather than the dull, listless faces found in publie charities These sixteen hundred have come from many parts of the United States. Thus Girard directed that boys born in what. is called ‘‘the old city’’ in) Philadelphia should have precedence; next those born in other parts of Pennsylvania, and lastly those born in New Orleans and New York, for of both these cities he had a sentimental recol lection of his days as a young Frenm h sailor on his first voyages. The lads must be at least six and not more than ten years of age when they enter, and they are not expected to remain after they have reached the age of eighteen. The term ‘‘ orphan '"’ is construed to mean a boy whose father is dead; if his mother is living, that does not lessen his eligibility for ad mission if she is unable to properly provide for him. As soon as he 1 enters the college, it becomes not only his instructor, but his guardian, his master, his parents The mother binds him out as an ap prentice to the col lege by executing SATURDAY THE RICHEST COLLEGE IN “ AMERICA » _BY_ WILLIAM PERRINE EVENING POST The curriculum, indeed, sometimes begins with the alphabet Phat boy doesn't know his A B C's vet, said an over-critical otcial somewhat contemptuously of ao poor little fellow who had just been admitted at the very lowest age possible “Well, sharply observed one of — the an ex Mayor of Philadelphia, look after him just the best you know how, and re member that Abraham Lincoln, at his ave didn't know a bit: more.’ Before that bey leaves the college he will have the oppor tunity to acquire, not only what Girard set down as the essentials of an education, but Prustees, elocution, vocal music, manual-training, elec trical mechanics, and a military discipline Girard College is a great juvenile demo racy. No boy has more privileges than another except those which he wins by superior conduct. Thus each is credited with one thousand marks at the beginning of his term, and for each offense he may commit there is a loss or a deduction in the stock of marks with which he started on equal terms with all his comrades. Nor are the punishments severe The ordinary one which the teachers and governesses are per mitted to exercise is to cause the insuber dinate pupil tostand with his face to the wall for twenty minutes, or to deprive him of the pleasures of the playgrounds It is only through the President that the authority for corporal punishment may be obtained, and it is exercised more reluctantly and much = less frequently than it was in the early days of the college when “the rod’? was often) used ° Indeed, at every point possible the self respect and the individuality of the boy are preserved Hle is known by his name, and not by a number; he wears no distinctive garb; he is never reminded, unless it) is through thoughtless teachers, that he is a dependent on charity The idea that a boy should work for his) education is entirely discarded He is treated pretty much the same as a boarder with special privileges No labor is expected of him except dressing himself, and blacking his shoes, and keeping his person clean kvery suit of clothes he wears is cut to his own measure by a tailor, and delivered with his own name on it He has a porcelain-lined bathtub, which he must enter twice a week He has his own comb, his own hairbrush, his own towels, his own toothbrush; a physician is always at his command, and no belle keeps her teeth whiter or in better order than are his teeth are ke prt aS Sac read relics his clesk his silver ware, his furniture, the gig in which he roc about, the bedstead on which he died, a pair of his stout boots. and his bootpack But few of the bovs are old enough to understand this wonderful man It is noted that they rarely express themselves ino anything like sym pathetic admiration of him until after they have reached manhood What is your opinion of Mr. Girard, my boy?" a) bright lad of fourteen was asked I don't) know much about him, only he was a French cabin boy at my age,"' was the reply; but IT don't see how a plain, one-eyed old) man could have saved all the money to run this college But he must have been a gool hearted old gentleman for all that Yet, after they go out into the world and face its struggles, they are often heard to exclaim, °° God bless old Stephen Girard! Tow LT thank him And now let us glance at the daily routine of the college At six o'clock in the morning the chapel bell is heard in’ every dormitory A geverness or a_oprefect, having each twenty or forty boys in a large apartment, appears at the door and salutes them with Arise, boys!" of (ood morning, my boys!" (ood morning, teacher! is the response which comes from them in lively unison, although occasionally some mis chievous urchin, in merriment, may be heard to ejaculate, Rats!"’ Before the end of the next half hour they have made their morning toilette at their lavatories, and then, filing past the governess, each one stops to hold up his shee in order that it may be inspected They then march to the great dining hall, where more than a thousand plates are laid on tables of snowy whiteness, glittering with the sparkle of castors. kach boy has his regular place; each his napkin and his litthe Seotch plaid napkin ring, and each receives from his governess or prefect: some hint or word of advice, whenever it may be necded, as to the etiquette of the table The bill of-fare for the three meals of the day ts very plain, but wholesome and abundant—a cup of coffee, buttered bread, and beef hash usually at breakfast; for dinner, roast beef or roast lamb and vegetables, and on Sunday dessert; for supper, bread, milk, and stewed fruit of some kind Ten barrels of flour are turned into three thousand loaves of bread a day Some critics of the colleyve think that) the bill-of fare should be more varied, but the boys undoubtedly thrive well on at At eight an indenture. The Trustees then vuarantee to feed, clothe, educate and penerally take care of him until he is old cnough to go out into the world and earn a. livelihood In fact, the college is the only impor tant survival we have inthiscountry to-day of the old apprentice system 7 It is the only place in) America where an army of boys have nothing to do but to learn and to yrow. for eight or ten years without cost to themselves or to anybody else now living, and are pro vided with daily comforts which many a student in Harvard or Yale has been unable to command The expenditures of the college represent $350 a year for each pupil This is much more than the average boy of both poor and rich American households costs his parents up to the time he is eighteen; it is even more than many an American collegian pays for | board and tuition (ait ird > ile i ! i ut | t ! ! truct 1 a) T AT ! under the care of the dentists, who begin to watch his mouth from the day he first enter the class room and do so until he leave Nor as there " sayin which a boy can spend money tl th yewa Many of thre i ' | ' » fr ‘ that +1} yy aden Dest }; ‘ { { their i tt if r ' ' ' } r r Ty nel i t i ie ' MAIN BUILDING. CONTAINING MEMORIAL HALL, LIBRARY AND SCHOOL ROOMS o'clock they yo to tl haat wd after tl cle ' 1 wt rthey rp ‘ ’ transter them tot t nti if at «i ters f i t t } ' In t P ’ f+ b .

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am the th fine ‘ ; ‘ luck from Irpr ise geTrcises ' yates r : ryan? im ae is14n was meant long ago an President on the platform has to wait mds for absolute Russian Hebrew boys and there among tive recent attemyr black boys among them decided that male orphans only the save mut for heard slurmtber the carnest wt en thre morning Six th colle ge since ws still only He of a Pennevivania silence a mplim the New Testament Manual of the Chapel is and a brief prayer Thr chapel is a Thus the gentieman, as he its graduates spirit orders are to be ligentiy, a Gira bill better than founder's puryx bound out to visitors to every f the janitor’s lodge, ts be cordance with (sir ard that should ever have ac end that trons of nme ess Is te yrour the s upent controversy do you hay quently But the why, then m fre \ \ it aye its There lavs of Mothers Day eta system, when the coll tradesm be b when THE night lireat tu Carries rd Ce any « me was und Railroad } ‘ , ' eT SATURDAY

whether the th ST> ' wi at THE CAPS 1 of State Church in the House of Cx; the result was that the first grea: yi Ireland was accomplished. The: ) on to accomplish other reforms {or | and in the meantime, resigned, Gladstone was appointed t, the Premiership Then followed re what was well called the Gold. Liberalism. He came into office in December the first of his four terms as Pri: immediately formed his Ca} insure the progress of | principies. Thesecond reform tor J; hich he devoted himself was in: of the land tenure system. Ths National popular education in |; given careful consideration measure, and so effectually Parliament that a bill ena proper school privileges within ¢t the poorest cottager in the country ‘The Alabama Question "’ was problem of Mr. Gi; Prime + itisfac tis the the ns, and Tm in pressed Tt and is Disr having and basis to w“ Was some Inistration as i to the the credit of ( iscientious and cour: e And once, Liberalism first term the Irish Disraeli Queen, during ‘‘the goids included in Mr. G! as Premier, he was defea university question, and called to the offi but knowing that his time refused to accept it The Gladstone put aside his personal fee again took upthe duties of Premiers! he discharged until February The issue on which he returne: Premiership was based upon the He then declared unspeakable Turk’’ in righteous wrath as to indicate, n looks back upon those days, that in command in 189§ and 1446 the massacres would have been brought s! toa halt. Queen Victoria offered the Premiership, « the return of the Liberals to power: cessively to Lord Granville and to Huntington; but they declined it that Gladstone alone had led the I victory, and to him belonged the So to him it was given, and thus in isso he entered upon his second term as Prime Minister of Her Majesty Mr. Gladstone resigned and Lord Sa! became Prime Minister in June, 1>> few weeks showed that the Governm: this propitiation, had not majority Then Mr. Gladstone third time called to the Premiers! And now, although the Irish mem! the leadership of Parnell ha cv of fiercest opposition and f vears, and had obtaine ions, Mr. Gladstone favored more, and in April, 1886, when he into power, surprised the nation a manv of his friends by introduce the establishment of an Irish Par! One of the most violent period mentary debate and agitation kt history of the country followed Mr. Gladstone's friends forsook allegiance to him, and the Liber party being formed, the Gover: defeated In August, 1886, Lor succeeded him in the Premiers was come, INT 4 atrocities such sbury but a with ° For the six years following, Mr leader of the opposit advocate of Irish autonomy rather than because of this, he to power by the election of 150-2 fourth and final time held the pr: of Premier. On March 2, 1894, Mr. Glads' from the Premiership. Up to however, he remained a power! on English thought and action In 18096 the ‘* Grand Old Mar resting-place at Hawarden, to \ permanently retired, after sixty active public life, issued power! the independent action of Eng the suppression of the Turk and ment for the massacres in Arme! Mr. Gladstone's private life plary as his political career 1829, he was married at Haw to Miss Catherine Glynne I a perfect the |i of in was the one comparab!] t! « t His speeches flavor, though he seldom ™ His Homer and the classics studied them with the with the keenest scholastic delight literary He “« ner literary studies were

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Wesley Merritt, Military The transfer of Governor of the Philippines rig Ms. pnd rtant command of the military tof the East, with headquarters rk City, to the post of Military the Philippine Islands, is a high fl military and civil judgment utive abilities Through the il! of Rear-Admiral Dewey, States Government has had thrust inagement of a large and rv in the Pacific Ocean wing large interests in the r this peculiar situation blv Great Britain In view tional complications that are nd the great strain that will the American administrator, it to know that the officer on Government has laid this excep hilitv has already achieved a t offers no ground for doubting hic Ve suUCcCCeSS erritt was born in New York ( | ® 1836, and has but two vears in the Army before reaching we Eminent authorities have m one of the greatest cavalry Civil War. He is an officer of onal courage, with a record for ess, and has never been known in emergency . Charles E. Clark, Capt. Charles Edgar Captain of the Oregon Clark, of the battle ‘. ship Oregon, about the ch, during the journey around ( there was so much fear, is, like noof Vermont In 1860, when nvears old, savs the New York was appointed to the Naval He was an Ensign on board the ‘ ' the battle of Mobile Bay n coramand of the steamer that vessel was engayed in the tthe North Pacific Ocean, from 1883 1 was Lighthouse Inspector from He was promoted to the rank In September, 1893, nand of the Mohican and cruised ear He was in charge of the » Independence in rSg5, and on he was promoted to the rank nd assiyned to tl tense vessel Monterey Nearly Ss aco he was detached from the do oordered to take command. of nt first-class battle-ship Oregon er im rS8y we command e Don Carlos de Bourbon, For thirty years Don the Spanish Pretender Carlos VII has con sidered himself the to the throne of Spain He has battle for his professed rights, iInces his readiness to snatch ! Government from those who are hold them.’’ He was born in \ustria March 30, 14s His issumed the name of Carlos V, throne under the Salic law, and or seven vears against Queen te of Ferdinand VII, who had m the latter a deathbed will is daughter the heir cated his claims in favor of m, Carlos, who died in S61 Carlos VI was succeeded in his brother Juan, but in 1868 1oin favor of his eldest son, the ender When Queen Isabella abdicate the throne, in 186° resorted to war for their chief ed the struggle till rs76, when ' d his followers fled to France

The pretender married a the Duke of Parma, and both Vealth, principally through inher (omtesse de Chambord . der of ] lat try? neo ] pris ng THE

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MEN AND WOMEN Wr THRE Moun Close-Range Studies of Contemporaries to his Theosophist cult. Mr. Vivekananda went without money, and (something which astonished Americans) refused to accept money from his numerous and enthusiastic admirers. He lived in the simplest manner, and preached his severe Buddhist doctrines wherever he went. In New York he was detained for months by enthusiastic disciples Swami is a Hindu word meaning free, and is given by the religious order to which Vivekananda belongs to those only who have reached spiritual perfection in the material body. There are only twenty such teachers in India, or in the world. They really live the iife ascribed to Buddha in Arnold's Light of Asia, wear the plainest garb of yellow, travel from village to village afoot preaching and teaching, and accept nothing save so much rice or pulse as will fill a litthe wooden bow! Swami Vivekananda is an impressive orator and a deep and profound thinker ° General Aquinaldo, Gen. Emilio Aquinalde the Philippine Leader the insurgent leader of the Philippines is the idol of the natives Youn, handsome ] brave, and self sacrificing, this native Malay has neglected no opportunity to harass) the Spaniards in the islanes Phe insurgent forces, among whom his name is a talisman, are made up of the natives and the descend ants of Spaniards and natives. Aquinaldo has several times been betraved by the Spaniards, with promises of reform, which were made only to be broken On December 14 Jast, Governor-General Rivera made peace with him, and then betrayed him Aquinaldo then left the islands and went to Singapore; there he was materially assisted by Spencer Pratt, the American Consul. From Singapore he went to Hong Kong, but he is doubtless now at the head of his followers in the Philippine Recent events in those islands, and the practical ending of Spanish rule there, has, of course, inspired the insurgents with new hope, and many of the atrocities which it: is charged that they have executed upon the Spaniards are doubtless canards, still it would not) be well to place too implicit confidence in the natives during these exciting times Joseph Wheeler, the Representative Joseph New Southern General Wheeler, of Alabama, whom President McKinley has recently honored with the rank of Major-General in the regular Army served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War There is, indeed, no surviving Commander of the Contederate irmie perhaps, enjovs the contidence and affection of so large a part of the people of the South Hle is ixtveone vears of age, and is in the very excepting, Fitzhugh prime of his) manhood He was yvraduated from West Point im 15g hiis career in the Confederate cavalry was most distinguished After the battle of Shiloh he was placed in command of the cavairy of the West, and performed constant, laborious and brilliant service His work was) especial ipypere ciated by General Sherman, to whom he w opposed during the « sniparen that ended 1 the capture of Atlanta General Sherman reported to have said ifter the close of t war, that if he ever had to fight a foreign toe, General Wheeler hould have a cor mand Phe appointment of General Wheeler to one of the highest position mn the Are is conclusive evidence that the ( 1 War l become wholly a matter of histor . John Bassett Moore, Jolin Bassett Moore Secretary Day's Assistant et new First of State, has ao remarkal | uptodate knowledge of | literature rt science, history and law, says the New Yor Press He entered the Department of Stat at Washington in rs His name was on of the first on the list of thie to take the civ er © exal i f appointment He pus edsoere tably il Wiis ASS yued at once to as » CCT \? the appointment, however being tempor In January following it was made pert ‘ as 1 ind he was as ited ! t } \ stant S ret Nir \{ \ ( , Toe whe recently completed book on international law is the most complete work of the sort in existence. He was secretary of the American delegation to the Fisheries Conference of ISS7-S8; he participated in the Samoan con ference in Washington between the Secretary of State and the’ British and German Ministers in 1887, and he prepared all the protocols of the conference. 7 Eduard Remenyi, the famous violinist, who Eduard Remenyi, the Famous Violinist died so suddenty, was a most impulsive and whimsteal person at was the most migratory mustcranm in the history of the art, and won the sobriquet of the ‘* Wandering Jew of the Violin Ile took an active part inthe PHlungartan insur rection of IS48, and became Adjutant to General Gorges After the revolution wa crushed, he was compelled to leave thr country and came to Amert " ere | became aovirtuose TT ee ae ee tel Liszt, at Wermasr aed othe follows year was appotnted solo violist to Queen Victoria In rs6o0 he returned to Plungar and later was made violinist to tl \ustrian komperot As a musician, Regnenyvi aecom plished an unusual tas he pleased tl people and the critt be ranked as one of the yvreat masters «of the vielin He combined with individuality a perfect mastery over the tech nical diffieultics of his instrument Phe thr his whole soul inte his playing, and alwa earried his audience with him ° Sir Julian Pauncefote, Phe recent rumors to England's Ambassador ‘!'o cllect that thy : Britush Gs contemplated an early recall of Ambassadors Pauncetote and the substitution of Sur Phomas Hl Sanderson in his place it Washington, calls attention te one who ba long acted with credit as the Queen's repre Ameren Th diplomat what is usually defined as a self miade main He is burdencd with a great weight of tith ernment sentative in each of which was conferred on him in return for some sivynal service to his counts In rst4y he was knighted He is now sevent vears of age, a model of a high bred, pol ished, suave, shrewd Feng lishmien He is a lawyer of the highest attainment, and lias served as chief justice at Hong Keone ane the Leeward = Island In SSS, without aon experience in the intricate game ot diplo mccoy, be Was appointed boy Penna lianned tee sane ceed the famous Lord Sackville West | years avo Ive wil raised ter thee Peitib ol Ambassador to the United State ine t (teen > «lirect representath eth ‘ Sir Julian is one of the most populist mats in the city of Washington ° Mrs. Nelson A. Miles, Mr Nelson A Her Husband's Companion !'!: : a HAS ¢ presses ver cleter mination to accompany the Gremeral to the front, is her husband COUSTANL Comp atiot It is common talk in the Arnis aves the Ne York World, that Mr Miles Khas been meas enough to her husband in some of | | I tiorlit ti | ir ti bieat firedd by t} She went th him to kurope last year, when he Vil i ! It { ow t C,reehk 1 t Nail with tl | Th Wi 1 Gye ra Nl

received orders to go to Tampa, when it was planned to semd an Army at once to Cuba Mrs. Miles made arrangements to go along Mrs) Miles is tall and striking looking She has a way about her that makes every one feel at home. no matter how humble h rank may be compared to (seneral Miles exalted position in the Army She cdresse quietly, but with the exquisite taste that stamps ber in the minds of people who know her as a thorough woman of the world Shy: is at home as much ona spoirite | horse as she isin her beoucderr She rides every day whil at home in) Washington (aeneral Miles just as fond of riding as is his wife Charles H. Allen, Charles Hl Allen, whe Roosevelt's Successor Ss been appornted Assistant Secretary of the Navy, to succeed Theodore Roosevelt, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in i848 He was graduated from Amherst College in 1869 Although he wished to be a physician, he gave up his ambition andl enyayed uv the lumber business with his father The lates ervecdd oon thre Mia whusetts Stiute Senate med was elected a member to the Forty,ninth Natronal Conyre He alses served in tl biftieth Conyre Mir \ilenm ba t pvreat footed yess fer chen tr probsatel the itt at h eu fired 1 preparat nm ofeer i media qareet hte if present ly ' 1 Lowell ane tmemberaof 4 roithent n Boston ane SN Vork Nir Alles ran wecainest othe (, nor \W ' k fer chan ft ( } t f t! (otel | sh iate ntl kK | ! nm ft t » Marshal Blanco, (aeneral Rag Governor-General of Cuba — o \rer alec ' Ode tober last rwoceeded Marshal Wevler as 6, (senerateat Cubal ba lon leon regard Spin ! t tender hearted elie | went te Cuba almost cdireet fren the Compa n tl hi popeut Island 1! U et i bine f { the envelitae icons } i t! ou he mt int ! t { t 1 rather than tern ' t }*| 1 mt { ( ha ! per ! relet f tl ) } t t t Loriitecl Stite hha tested ‘ t tt t of Marshal \W ! oor i were comrnane! t } t ine Wevler ork ler t! ' i? of thiat officer ' flere t ‘ el enreaotllrayen it ! | ! | ! theout thes a pela trral w b t t| time of the destrnetion of the Mia | promptly et oon ferot « ! ‘ ne | it command for the relief oof the strviyer it Consul Gseneral Lee testitied tel ersen Inteuwrit } freequent «le reattest that | hid mot brelrewe Gremeral Blane draco foreknowledge of the catastreopelye ° Capt. Charles V. Gridley, Capt. Char Commander of the Olympia pial Aly ' [eon {| ‘5 ) | t ‘> } ’ i It ’ ' } if } ' hot | il t s \ Vier at ( \\ o I" . as j | 0 pia that ¢ ha ved ' ntl Poutt ; VIu atue ‘ {, n tt ' ' | Nt t ti ! t t ! (, nt b ! if Hf a J on th ) 1 at 7 n : ' ' {hoe f ! tis HH cdndiact pe ( jot nf ¢} teamer Mict retovt ; ter the Maw i i ‘ ; fm) ‘ t

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a ¢ 0) Raga a es Se * Ba % 2 4 aPRUE A: FEN os a rtm Pere ae Lge alvin 3» Dismemberment of China age ee io, ee ere oe PF easly lite” nor rarer nor ‘ hove 4 ’ x ’ | , act ’ fr ( yr , t (; ‘) ' (peony [> r ul ha r,l ‘ i is at Cett ' and te ft reat t ’ ‘ 9 ‘ it ’ ’ i The Crimes of Reconcentration persomal and omuaty Amer ins WwW hie Ver ruary ©5, rSqs anal rid will reca with { de tevboer { 1 Sf rm * Cees il] Wevler mand im Cuba but a Veur ! ed his infa of comcentratron for Riv Dhis decree as 4 War measure, ted sident MeKinley declared of civilized warfare ‘ ' ‘ f ‘ prort lary t her own Navy pretext or another f f her vast territory at Power has been the ~ f the war atvooof Shimeonoseks with Japan but it amedoof troubles, ‘ uc t reais a i 1 ra at ' ' ‘ her \ wit ! t { lapan ain t A a ‘ Powers { ! S tr ' iv“ ! a t I I ‘ Prize Money: How Won and Awarded Captives Taken at Se roses «aif } wain during tl ‘ ! i} at ! ’ it ! ¥ | ‘ ” ae | wr fe : . ‘ sz Juan by od I be dpa i t prart t .! nner . An quadron ’ Spanish theet The ting w kur pe x Tis no which SATURDAY EVENING POST “PUBLICK OCCURRENCES", *: I plain and the surgeons of r } ve ‘ rer itfa “uryZ ns a the vv f may tak iway their i ~ . “=u 1 I | t sed t ntin ma cap vis +} 9 in: On hi [> are s t to the ] may te captured Ke r st ind they and their equip ' soe? 9 the « ytor. bu percep vool t} ! it i irn t I Warships eee ‘ t} I'nited States yan to ! biize ts North Atlant: rn t Kev West Spain beyan to sing fleet at St. Vincent, the 1 t ( aj Verd ms ands sla e rt nonmuyt r nal three ‘ tree ( ate Verde » ' , t nt f Atr ‘ ny to (on t President McKinley ee ¢ ’ fe United ~~ ? ~ \ yf } ; , r ? , ak r t an ‘ x ‘ same is ntr yw at ( Z v i t ~ eight ers , thr ' . { r y this | ¢ m t Ss al yr rat n r ' re tey r rH ’ t ree ' tr ’ ’ ' z r + + ret n ( ' vit | P Gentoe \ } . ive { sa r i t sol sp i) Garinyg orth s for enriching himself i ’ r ’ = 7 il os ? ? ire tit toe a sare 1 thre it t the Sa r soares in r t ze money rls ~ cS iaAWS It IS the itv of ‘ ficer of a vessel that has 1 an s ship roa Vessel con Tala f var. % send the « ip Visne Vit? 4 prize crew into the port for condemnation as a@ prize master fr rts to the United States v for the district in which the port ts } the attorney files a libel against ze oproperty, and places it in the of a United States Marshal: and a ourt, consisting of three Commis tries the property as other courts try individual under charges, by deposition examination of all interested parties that available It reports its findings to the States District Court for the district } which the libel is filed, and this Court e prize by condemnation or to the evidence presente dl rT} boat Winslow nish x its The i | R were ‘ \ squadrot \ pr t ind War stores tachn t from the t ! kad f the , p d S Fr pare’ \ , ati (, I , ( \ . . ¥ Volume 170, No. 49 ind the National and interna: involved After a condemnat : property is sold at auction and gs the « aptors in the proces ds dete r “os The distribution of prize money irefull regulated If the prize vessel js wank or equal force to the vessel that t wed “4 the net proceeds of all the pr wad demned is awarded to the captor. I the prize is inferior in force, one-half the pro ceeds 1s awarded to the Un;: State, Government and the other half ; : the captors Where one vessel is 4 led by another or others, all share in the dict; bution of prize money In the case of 4 United States war-vessel sinking or destr ving an enemy's war-vessel, the Government pays a bounty to the officers and crew of the vieto rious vessel for each person on board the enemy's vessel at the beginning of the engagement This is to ree ompense the victors for the loss of prize money ° Each person s share 1s regula 1 by statute Phe commanding officer of a fleet or squadron is entitled to one-twentieth part of all prize money awarded to any vessel or vessels under his immediate command The manding officer of a division of a fleet or squadron under the command of th. first officer mentioned is entitled to one-fiftieth part of the award to a vessel in his division To the fleet Captain is due one-hundredth part of all awards to any vessel or vessels of the fleet or squadron in which he is servin : 4 Where a « ipture is made by the vesse n which the fleet Captain is servir ig at the time that officer only shares with the other officers and men on the vessel in proportion to his pay Phe Commander of a single vessel is entitled to one-tenth of the award to his vessel if, at the time of the capture, his vessel was under the command of a superior officer and to three-twentieths if his vessel was acting independently of such superior. After these deductions have been made. the remainder of the award is distributed among il other officers and men in regular service on the captor vessel in proportion to their respective rates of pay for service eee Seigniorage of Coin For several years past the persistent advocates of a larger use of silver in American c« Maye, and Many Oppone nts of bond issues, have been urging on Congress the coinage of the seigniorage of silver In the pending discussion of the war-revenue bill in Congress, the supporters of this policy have desired to secure by means of the bill authority for coining the seigniorage of silver in the Treasury vaults and issuing notes thereon, claiming that such a course would yield about $55,000 ooo of additional currency The seigniorage of coinage ts really the profit to the Government on coinage Free coinage implies that any person may take gold or silver bullion toa Government mint and have it made inte coin In Great Britain no charge is made for the coinage in the United States tl actual cost of coinage is deducted from ¢t whole market value of the bullion used I Iifler ence between the cost and the valu f the bullion lies in the seigniorage eee Centennial of the Rebellion in Ireland One hundred vears ago > spring occurred the rebellion in’ Irelat ch resulted in the union of the isla vith England Its cause was a struggle of Irish Roman Catholics for greater pout ind religious freedom, and its immediat St was the establishment of a r n al ince with France ‘ Iwo strong organizations wet t bottom of the plan The Societys nited Irishmen, originally formed by Prot ts to aid Gratlan in carrving forward | s ol reform subsequently became t elements of opposition to the G " At this time the Roman Catholics tuted three-fourths of the inhabitants nd A combination of the Catholics at x senting Protestants was promet effected, by Theobald Wolfe Ton: rdent young Protestant, who had had a mn Ure organization of the United Irishme: id also acted as secretary to the Cat m mittee To resist this combsnat r yanization of Protestants, very lar owners and all of them atta the British Government, was effect lame of Orangemen ; The uprising had long been The moment deemed most) ©} with the closing days of May ; was at war with France N made himself the idol of .the Ft Pome who seems to have ! executive of the movement, W ! | i with N poicon s Ire ' that the 1 6 ¢ " scort} . . 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49 laws iT ize re of fully eT log dit, Con the pro ate, the by ition ited an VS a icto the the the THANATOPSIS WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT () HIM who, in the love of Nature, holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A yariou language for his gayer hours i voice of gladness, and a smile And mience of beauty; and she glides Into | darker musings with a mild \ healing sympathy that steals away | r rpness, ere he isaware. When (of t t bitter hour come like a blight ( rt rit, and sad images (of t rn agony, and shroud, and pall, thless darkness, and the’ nar house M t to shudder, and grow sick ‘ it Go forth under the open sky, and list N teachings, while from all ! Bart nd her waters, and the depths ( i still voice: Yet a few days, thee I becholding sun shall see no more lt his course; nor yet in the cold ind \\ thy pale form was laid, with tear brace of ocean, shall exist hearth, that nourished thee, mM vth to be resolved to earth h human trace, surrender dual being, shalt thou go ever with the elements; I brother to the insensible rock, luyyish clod, which = the Sain share, and treads upon roots abroad, and pirerce thy thine eternal resting place retire alone—nor couldst thou re magnificent Thou shalt lie triarchs of the infant world—with rful of the earth—the wise, the and hoary seers of ayes past, ighty sepulchre Phe hills and ancie nt as the sun; no opensive quietness be That slumber in its bosom Fake the wings Of morning, pierce the Barcan wilderness, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings—vyet the dead are there And millions in those solitudes, since first The flight of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep—the dead reign there alone! So shalt thou rest; and what if thou with draw In silence from the living, and no friend Of aves vlide away, the sons of men Phe youth in life's green spring, and he who Wocs In the full strength of years, matron and maid Phe speechless bab ind the yvray headed man Shall, one by one, be gathered to thy sick By those who in their turn shall follow them So live, that when thy summons comes to Jom The innumerable caravan that moves Ne FROM THE DRAWING BY J ©. LEYTENDEC KER Take note of thy departure? All that breathe Will share thy destiny Phe gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care od on, and each one, as before, will chase His favorite phantom vet all these shall leave Their mirth and their cimployments, and shall come And make their bed with thee As the long train GO FORTH UNDER THE OPEN SKY AND LIST TO NATURES TEACHINGS Do that mysterious realm, where each shall take ht) chamber in the ent hal of cleatl Thou yin Dheat like tlic Quarry buave a night Scourved to his dunyveon: but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the couch About him and = die int dream > LIKE ONE WHO WRAPS 17 ABOUT HIM AND LIE THERE IS NO DEATH By J. L. McCREERY HERE is no death' The stars go down To rise upon some fairer shore And bright in Hleaven joweled crown They shine for evermore There is no death! Phe dust we tread Shall change beneath the summer showers To golden yrain or mellowed fruit, Or rainbow tinted flowers The granite rocks disorganize And feed the hunery miss they be ar, The forest leaves drink daily life Prom out the view l ut Phere is no death Phe leaves may fall, And tlhowers may fide and pra away, They only wait through waiotry hours Phe coming of the May There ! reo cle ith’ An mivel form Walks o'er the earth with stent tread He bears our best loved things away And then we call them dead He leaves our hearts all desolate He oplucks our fatrest weetest flowers; Tran planted inites Dela they now Adorn tmmortal bowers The bird like voice, whose joyous tones Mire glia theese scene of in aed strife Si now an everlasting sony \rouned the tree of life Where’er he sees a smile too bright ] ! tint ‘ ’ 1 ‘ 1} ‘ butt ! Wit them t Ix | ti ! anid pruit And ever near t tl hunseen Phe dear immortal spirits tread hao ’ } ' ] f t ! t ‘ | eee A DISPUTED AUTHORSHIP b kee [rmemonil I hieere is No Death has widely been attributed t rs surd Biulwe J.ytteon it was written by Jo bo MeCreer It first appeared in Arthurs Plome Mayazit about thirty two year wren, With tl stit r name attached Ncertain | Is ! t it atid ent t a ! owt | Farmer Addvoeat = printed t over - t ! | reprinted 1 i \W t J ' ' } ] } ——

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ment. Proceed ing, Washing ton states the reasons for his belief in in wuay so ex alted that it ad 1} every patriot No }e ople can be bound to acknowledge and adore the nvisible hand w! if nedlucts t urs of t pleof tl I te States . Every step ' 1 by w h they hav advat i toth ( iracter oft noag Den a t nat ~ t \ } ’ ¢ , r ; rat ns and stil Ss fresu tls t yw h es 7 esla - | ~ T s inn S th seems to ri much rractical benefit to be derived from. the resent application of certain portions of his Farewell Address, a document in which Washington laid down principles which appeared to him all important to the per manence of your felicity as a peop! In that address Washington contends, in part 1) For the promotion of institutions of learning 2) for cherishing the public credit 3) for the observance of good faith and justice toward all nations (ne hundred years ago free schools were littl: known in the United States. There were excellent schools for the well-to-do, and haritable institutions for the instruction of vs and girls without means: but the free public school, open alike to the children of t rich and poor and supported by the State, waited creation and development. The ' seed planted by the fathers soon bore fruit Free schools were the necessary supplement of free men. The wise and liberal pro Visions for public instruction by the fathers second only in effect to their struggle for the

independence and creation of the Union, were destined, at no distant date, to produce the most wonderfully satisfactory resuits As the country has grow! ition fostered by the State has kept | vith it lich as are the collegiate endowments of the Old World, none of them exc n munih- cence the gifts made to edu t stit tions by the people of the United Stutes and by their governments, In nfor with t nfluence which sound Mu iS on religion and manners, on (¢: rnment ] and laws Adams and Madison, ic m and Hamilton Sher and Trumbull Hancock, Jay Mar the Clintons ind many others w I Ss ¢ st a i q nt t ‘ at ; f in pleading the caus nd - . it n for tl ‘ Nor does this seem surprising we ren ‘? t the tr <t m ' bition of education ts not finis for the favored few, but the « 1a igh standard of citizenship among ' _- I have had peculiar satisfact ! “ that Washington, in those ear : engrossed with mighty govert r lems, did not forget his contr be education of the poor, and left 1 arts bequest to be dedicated to fre struction Nothing better tells aes placed upon knowledge as an ess highest and best citizenship a How priceless is a liberal 2.5 itself what a rich endowment paired by age, but its value ; ust No one can employ it ! wner. He alone can illustr t its rewards It cannot | pur ised It must be effort It I ‘ \ {fr Ka sta \ 4 'w Ka S : A libera jucation is the | e str I s t yt -

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>, In Ons iblic fait were here and mn of free n of tate The ruit nent pro ers the were the | 3, 1898 » or woman can enjoy when sup- y virtue, morality, and nobie aims wequirement of learning in our | colleges seems so easy that we inderestimate its value and let the ry to win it slip by, until regretfully it the chance is gone. The rudi be ingrafted in youth, or, with wns. they are forever lost. st is a struggle, and there is little he contemplation of the theoretical practical is pressing at every hand. monopolizes our time. The com- thers controls our preferences and feats our intentions. By steadily to a firm purpose amid the activi- ties we may keep in touch with the ; terat f the day; but to go back to the » grapple with the foundations of ; es. is bevond the power of most men have entered upon their chosen r profession in life wrt e 0) ental fighting, often a hand-to-hand obstacles and temptations, sown, a campaign whose motive lividuality rather than circum ick. Work in the mental world , that in the physical world. Nor ription yet been found to take yplication and self-denial and les, which have given to the leaders and noblest sa ay , x : { greatest S the public credit!’’ How much tion and instruction is combined ple admonition of the Father of trv! The United States emerged from t jitter and prolonged struggle of the k t iry War exhausted financially, and indred existing perplexities and which remained to be solved be- fore t financial credit of the new nation : established at home and demon- rad is Rat Washington j and place in positions of the r toast, the able financiers and econo- mist se names the country still vene- ; rit nd whose great work it still enjoys. yee knew how to. gather H m At the Turn of the BY F. L. STANTON Road \\ t r h road turns, and the valley \ ts balm and bloon The Wardrobe of an Emperor , . ! | 5 a miiltary man from crown ‘ ‘ + 1 ' ivst Pall Mall Gazette His Varadyr Ss contain only five suits ‘ i Vienna Lik t H THE SATURDAY EVENING POST Hamilton, and others were successful in establishing the Treasury, and inaugurating the financial operations of this Government upon prin ciples which recognized that the most endur Morris, and Gallatin, and ing basis of National credit was National honor, and that whatever other assets we might have or acquire, that was indis pensable, first, last and all the time, if we would cherish the public credit. We have been fully awarded all along our history by adhering to the principles of Washington in keeping the public faith. Before half a cen tury had passed we had paid off our National debt and had a balance in the Treasury Another debt, the greatest in our history, was incurred in the Civil War for the preservation of the Union. But this did not exceed the resources or discourage the intentions of the American people. There were those who suggested repudiation, but the people repudi ated them and went on unchecked, discharg ing the obligations of the Government in the coin of honor From the day our flag was unfurled, to the present hour, no stain of a just obligation violated has yet tarnished the American name. This must and will be as true in the future as it has been in the past. There will be prophets of evil and false teachers. Some part of the column may waver and wander away from the standard, but there will ever rally around it a mighty majority to preserve it stainless At no point in his administration Washington appear in grander proportions than when he enunciates his ideas in regard to the foreign policy of the Government ‘Observe good faith and justice toward all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all; religion and morality enjoin this con duct Can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period a great nation, to give to mankind the mag- nanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and ’ These were grand ideas! nearly aie full century reverentially that does benevolence. To-day, Washington's death, we to study the leading since turn principles of His rifles are under the special care of the Leibjager, and are kept in a special cup board. A remarkable feature of this collec tion is the hunting-sticks which His Majesty has cut with his own hand while out hunting, or received as presents during his expedi tions, from gentry and peasantry alike The Kaiser's wardrobes occupy a suite of five rooms in the old castle at: Berlin They are massive and of oak In the middle of one of the rooms is a large table for spread ing out the uniforms. There is asixth room, in which small repairs are undertaken Here a tailor is permanently employed, for Kaiser Wilhelm does not throw until they are well worn He keeps about avay clothes eighteen pairs of white military gloves in use These are cleaned and repaired from time to time The glover receives a small vearly sum for his sers Fach pair ts supposed to have a certain Should the leather s woany defect, it returned to the unlucky glover wit to most peremptory demand for an explanation When a suit is ordered, woe to the tailor should it mot fit like a yvlove, though a try oon is never permitted Directly a suit hes been taken off. it is returned to the wardrobe, and there subjected tothe clo estscrutiny I hie orders decorations are kept im ano tron | in value and and repre sent million dollars of our mone. about a quarter of a How Long Does a Thought Take ? f “- long does it take a ? Professor Richet, at a recent meeting of the British Association, gave the results of his Investigations into this ibiect He found that by mentally running ip the notes of the musical scale, for . 7 and then d ne total t } Sovics number of notes thought of er for ea h + P G I ‘ 1s comprehensive chart for the guidance of the people. It was his unflinching, immovable devotion to these perceptions of duty which, more than anything else, made him what he was and contributed so directly to make us what we are. Following the precepts of Washington we cannot err. The sons in government which he left us it will be profitable to heed. He seems to have grasped all possibic conditions and pointed the way safely to meet them. He has estab lished danger signals all along the pathway of the nation’s march. He has warned us against false lights. He has taught us the true philosophy of a‘ perfect union,"’ and shown us the grave dangers from sectionalism and wild and unreasonable party spirit. He has emphasized the necessity, at all times, for the exercise of a sober and dispassionate public judgment Such sound judgment, my fellow citizens, is the best safeguard in the calm of tranquil events, and and triumphant above the storms of woe and peril, for on it we may safely rely. wise les rises Superior We have every incentive to cherish the memory and teachings of Washington His wisdom and confirmed and vindicated foresight have been after than a century of Htis best eulogy is the work he highest tribute is the great which he and his more t Xp riche wrought, his Republic founded to more than seventy millons of peopl compatriots From four millions we have grown while industry, learning, and the arts has been the -wonder of the world What the future will be depends upon our our progress in selves, and that that future will bring still greater blessings to a free people T cannot doubt With education and morality in their homes, loyalty to the underlying principles of free government in their hearts, and law and justice fostered and exemplified by those intrusted with public administration, we will continue to enjoy the respect of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God The priceless opportunity is ours to demonstrate anew the enduring triumph of American civil ization, and to help in the progress and pros perity of the land we love and honor HALF HOVRS WITH $°NG AND The sharp sound of the electric spark of an induction coil was distinguished with one ear when the rate was as high as five hundred Sight is much less keen than in distinguishing differences If a to the second hearing dise, half white and half black, be revolved it will appear gray when its evolutions exceed twenty four per second. It has been found that we can hear far more rapidly than we can count, so that if a clock ticking move ment runs faster than ten to the se can count four ticks, while with twenty to the second we can only count two of them ond we Why Army Surgeons Wear Green Sashes A GREAT many people do not know why Ariny suryeon wear teen ‘ It rt Is not so much anus nia of t ‘ ' orotection to the vearer t ‘) i World Herald \ rding to tl f War ir mn reo rshet or tak | Oner Po deliberat ! t t re wl t he i We riny ist nd ee | rT violation of the code punishable | deat see ASE of th pro Ni Iryeons of Army never refuse to look after the wounded of the other Army tf it ble for them te do so During the Civil War it was often the case that ifter a battle, the field ho prt i! would contain alm t an equal number «of " reedr eed 1M blue and ra I bie I et il Arn head the best ryseon and the |! t store md oa wounded Confederate con fered | elf i reat luck if } was re ed t } hhospit ter bee « 1 ! } ! md pl ‘ Hut 1 eatofl itt 1 wre i ! neoots ge NH protection. jane ryeon ere ter | or 4} Hut t a t b tt j ’ ' ’ ' r ! ' ’ ‘ r ] ‘ ’ ‘ | ’ * ! t ! | ’ ’ ! * Foreign Monarchs Reigning in Europe 15 The King of Belgium is a Saxe-Coburg the King of Denmark a Hoisteiner, the young monarch of Spain is a Bourbon, the King of Italy a Savoyard; the King of Roumania and Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria are both foreigners the founder of the Bernadotte dynasty, in Sweden, was born at Pau less than a century and a quarter ago the Czar is a Holstein (rottorp, and the King of the Hellenes is likewise a Holsteiner kvenin Britain's Royal family there is very little English blood left Phe Hohenzollerns were therefore Neither Dutch at first orginally Suabians, and, partly Bavarians and partly Swiss was the house of Orange Queen Victoria's Wedding Ring UEEN VICTORIA'S wedding ring was mate boy a Philadelphia, jeweler now living in savs the Chicago Chronicle The old craftsman, however, ts apparently indifferent to the fact that it was he who joined two kingdoms together with the band of yold fashioned for that occasion Ja! ja it I learned the trade in How did) it happen that the ) he nods, when questioned about (sermany Commission was given to you The little old German took off his spec tacles and, with an effort, called up the details I went over from Germany to kogland he answered, ‘toa shop in London to work So' It was a big place One dav word came to make the Queen's wedding ring I had the specialty I made all such rings and sothey gave itto me to do That ts all Keeping Your Wrists Cool ERY few people know the importance of keeping the wrists quite cool im warm weather Actors and actresses tell vou that if one of their number faints they pour cold water on her wrists; athletes, engaged in the performance of feats of endurance, know that in the winter the wrists must be kept warm and in summer cool, but the genera public still continue to wear tight gloves and heavy cuffs in the dog then wonder why its het days, and Taking off one's gloves (es ~ ~ church ference pecially an amazing dif Dight sleeves things, make the weather; delicate girls have been known to faint from this cause often makes quite an In temperature will above all wearer hot tn Oppressive ] alone eee The Author of Thanatopsis HANATOPSIS, be the finest guage pronounced by many te poem im the written by english lan William Cullen Bryant at the age of seventeen The author was born in Cummington, Massachusetts. on 1794, and died in New York, June 12, 1475 Wats just twenty years ayo As a boy he was exceedingly frail, and had ai head the fmmensity of which troubled his) anxious father Io reduce at to a normal size the child was immersed im cold water every Horny head and all At thy ive of thour teen he wrote a satire on The kmbarge iH was a Student at Williams College for tw years Phen he took up the practice of baw In 1825 he went to New York and became editor For mat irs he was editor of New York kveninyg Post While a College tudent hie writ Phanatop Hfis por ms had been crude fig ures of «lay in Thanatep he eized 1 chisel and the marble breathed H the cla ( Was proved had al tho the Greek and Latin poet t} part ot | fee cana H t ‘ ‘ t H t ' ' | ' ; i ! eet ' t ! It i ' . , . st “s \\ Brya ! turn 1 t Hi is Ith cotne tt oon ' extra set tized te it ured i. With nytilar viele t} ’ w fiat ‘ ’ 1 ' o ‘ earth a brit) thie pu r thrity Beneath | f ' 1} ne pop ! | the futur be oat ' dead o> iol ' ‘ ‘ i ariel peu ! ! ! yt r re | Woe , ‘ i | I '

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