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iM j'sfiSs SHS® *!>• •*• • >" • - • 'r '"- . • » . , Hottoiv Ash.., ?. • K V * $m ^ & ?$> ^ M A R G A R E T B L O V N T . ^ po v CHAPTER VI. « y^ When the good ship "Port Philip" , Same sailing home from Australia to Kngland many an anxious parent or ?. lover or friend awaited her arrival up- ©n the harbor pier, eager to welcome |j those who had been so long absent, and I' k Who were now returning to leave their native land no more. ^ Most of these wanderers had left £ , their home and friends in search of N gold. Some had been successful, and were returning in the first flush of vic- j torious pride, some had failed and were Coming back like the prodigal son of old, willing to eat even the crumbs that might fall from the paternal ta­ ble, so that the diet of the empty husks in a for land should- be theirs no more. Some were strong and happy, some w«re ill and sad; but for all alike a welcome was waiting the moment they touched the land. * *!For all, did I say? 1 : , There was one on hoard for whose arrival no friend was watching, one who came unnoticed and unknown to the land of his birth, one for whom no home more genial than an inn would open wide its doors. Among the eag- er and excited throng who talked to themselves and each other of the friends they hoped to see, he stood a silent listener, with no story of the kind to offer in return. When they landed at last, his late companions were lost to his view among groups of relation? and acquaintances, but not a hand was outstretched, not a voice wa£ raised to welcome him. He stood a lew moments watching the interchange Of greetings, the prayers, the tears of grateful Joy. then turned away with quivering lips and moistened eyes. - "Shall I never be missed, never be mourned over like that?" was his thought as he passed from the pier to the busy streets, and made the best of Ills way to a hotel, to which he had been recommended by the captain of ids ship. "Three and twenty years old, and the world before me! That sounds well, but when I know that the world Contains no love, no home, no happi­ ness, that I may honestly claim--Ah, Well, never mind! I'm not going to tea baby, and cry for the moon; so, adieu to sentiment of every kind, while 1 drop anchor in this bustling town. Here is the 'Eagle' right before me, and for the sum of one guinea I can purchase smiles without number from K ; Ike worthy host." So saying, he entered the "Eagle" _ and ordered his dinner. But sad thoughts still seemed to haunt him, and when the repast had been cleared away he sat brooding over the fire, bit- lag rather than smoking his cigar, and pulling the ends of his moustache with a frown. At last some memory of the past touched him too keenly. He broke into a bitter laugh. "The fool I was when I was young!" he thought to himself. "How well I remember the wild dreams that kept me company when I began the race! What wonderful things I was to ac­ complish then! How soon I was to build my fortune! How I was going about doing good, comforting the sad, relieving the poor, raising up the op­ pressed. Howsoon I accomplished all those schemes! How much better the world must be to-day because I have lived in it!" His face grew still more sad as he v. Jttnsed. "I laugh at these things now, and yet it makes me unhappy. That would have been aK beautiful life if I could but have lived it. Iwould rather have the heart of those days that could plan the scheme than this I must now own that can only ridicule it! But the young romance has gone. It haunts me no longer. My nature is as barren and Worldly as--as even she could desire." There it was you see. That irrepres­ sible "she" who is sure to be at the bottom of every perplexity and trou- ' bie a man can know. Vf . He tugged at his moustache fierce- /" if, and flung his cigar in the grate. :V . "I can see the place now as if in i dream," he groaned. "Those hills and distant mountains; that calm sky, •o 'darkly, deeply, beautifully blue,' {he sheep upon the hill side, and the cattle in the pasture chewing the cud lazily, and lying still to feel the warmth! And that other day, a week later, when the sky was heavy with rain. A chill, raw wind blew from those hills, the roadway wet and sod­ den; so was the glen, through all its I fallen leaves. Yet she stood there, ' bright and gay, and restless and hap­ py. She let the wind blow through her curls, she lifted her face to catch the fallen rain. Great heaven! how beautiful she was! And I have lost *er--I shall never see her again!" ' tHe groaned, and covered his face v;, ' With his hands. Five minutes passed /""then he started from his seat, pg"This won't do," he ejaculated V *!Byron says: * j I " 'Man, being reasonable, must get drunk.' h'-t t agree with him; but one can't well -,i get drunk before the orthodox hours of 10 or 11 p. m. Then no one minds it, is now 6 o'clock--four hours before I can carry out the Byronic theory. I - ' know what I'll do. I'll go to town and gee my uncle and my little pet, Rose.1 ; • He rang the "bell for a time-table-- ' found that an express train started <or London at half past 6. At that ,• time to a minute he was on his way to Mr. Cowley's house in Mecklenburg Mrs. in a Mrs. S CEPTER VH. • ! "Tea is ready, if you please, liagnum." At that announcement, made Very clear yet pleasant voice, Magnum started out of her nap, which the had been enjoying in the depths Of her velvet chair, rubbed her eyes, looked up at a youqg lady who stood on the hearth-rug, a few paces Xran her. *ifet What did you say, Miss Mar- Jorief" she asked, sharply. "Tea Is ready," replied Miss Mar- jorie. taking her seat at the head of the table as she spoke. "Humph," muttered Mrs. Magnum eyeing her with a sour look of dissat­ isfaction. "Well," you may pour me out a cup. But where is Mr. Magnum, and Julius, and dear Kate? It is really extraordinary, that when I am so punc­ tual myself, everyone belonging to me should be perfectly unable to under­ stand the value of time, ot come to their meals at the proper hours, am sure, when I was a girl, my mam­ ma would have--" What her mamma would have done in a similar state of things Miss Mar- Jorie never knew, for at that moment the door opened, and a corpulent, red- faced, good-humored looking man en­ tered, closely followed by a stupid looking boy of 12. The young lady subsided into a graceful attitude upon the sofa; the boy established himself at Miss Maijorie's elbow, and began an indiscriminate assault upon the eat­ ables; but Mr. Magnum dutifully sup­ plied his wife with a cup of tea and plate of bread and butter before be­ ginning his own meal, which he took at the small table which always stood beside her easy chair. "Well, my dear," he said, cheerfully, "how has the world used you to-day?" "As usual," was the whining reply. "The neuralgia any better?*' "No, my dear." "And the headache?" "As bad as ever." "Dear! dear!" said 411^ Magnum, sympathizingly. Mrs. Magnum sighed and leaned her head upon her hand. She was the invalid of the family. From early morn to dewy eve she sat in her velvet chair; and during nine months of the year, before a fire hot enough to roast an ox. The at­ mosphere of the parlor was so stifling as to make a stranger feel faint after breathing it for five minutes at a time; but Mr. Magnum and his son and daughter Inhaled it contentedly enough. Miss Marjorie, indeed, was constantly troubled with giddiness and determination of blood to the head; but she was only a companion, and no one paid much attention to her ail­ ments, unless they were of an obsti­ nately intrusive kind. So, through the sharp winter the double windows of the parlor were closed and padded, and list was nailed around the doors, and sand bags laid at every crack and crev­ ice, lest a breath of cold air should by any chance steal through; and the in­ valid, basking before the piled-up grate,dozed and ate, and drank,through the short days and long evenings, till the light and heat of summer forced her to live a little less like a sala­ mander and a little more like an ordi­ nary human being. Mr. Magnum was a retired ironmon­ ger, who had made money enough out of his pots and kettles to leave them forever in his fifty-fifth year. It had been his father's business before him, and he had started therein at the age of 21 with the snug sum of one thou­ sand pounds as pocket money, to say nothing of a trade connection extend­ ing half over the Black County. Yet, in speaking of the earlier part of his life he was accustomed to allude to himself pathetically as a "poor or­ phan," and to hint mysteriously at ter­ rible hardships undergone by him-- leaving you to infer that t^oee hard­ ships had been surmounteu by him alone, without the slightest aid. The story had a somewhat ludicrous ef­ fect when you gazed at the face of the narrator, and heard the puffing sighs with which his obesity compelled him ever to Interlard it. Certainly no one looked less like a "poor orphan" than he. Tea was at length over. Mrs. Mag­ num nestled herself into the easiest corner of her easy chair. Julius went out; the fair Kitty began to crochet, and Mr. Magnum read the daily paper laboriously aloud. If any one listen­ ed to political speeches and stock lists it was not Miss Marjorie. She sat in a far corner of the room, ostensibly engaged in correcting a French exer­ cise of Miss Kitty's, but really think­ ing of a time and a person far, far away. At last Mr. Magnum put down his paper and turned to his wife, with the air of one who has a secret of import­ ance to reveal. "My dear, who do you think I met at the works to-day?" "How should I know?" replied Mrs. Magnum, somewhat testily. "Some horrid ironmaster, I presume." "No, my love--quite a different per­ son. A banker. You must remember hearing me speak' sf him. Mr. Cowley, of Mecklenburg Square." Miss Marjorie looked up, flushed and agitated, from her drawing, but no one heeded her. "Mr. Cowley," replied Mrs. Magnum, slowly. "Yes, I remember hearing you speak of him. What is he doing here?' "You would never guess, my love. He has a house." "In this neighborhood?" "Yes, *~<*hln a mile of us." "But what house can there be to let so nea.. i know of none. Do you, Kitty, darling?" "No, mamma." "Yes you do, both of you," replied Mr. Magnum, triumphantly. "Only it is just the last house any one in their senses would think of talcing. It is Hollow Ash Hall." "What!" exclaimed Mrs. Magnum, from among her cushions. "It is true, my ley* Cowley has tak­ en It." • " 'v "Is he mad?" "No--quite sane." "How long is he to stay?" "I can't say, my dear. I only him a moment." , , "Who is with him?" / "His wife and two daagfetera.* "Then they must be mad!" "So I should say," replied Kitty dar­ ling from her sofa. "I never heard of such a thing, Mr. Magnum." Att White Ante In BhodesUf - interesting descriptioif®the ravages of white ants, or termites, in Rhodesia is furnished by Rev. A. Le- boeuf to the Zambesi Mission Record for January. The special interest for the contribution centers in the account of the damage done to property by white ants in Rhodesia, which seems to be even greater than in India. It is no uncommon thing, says the writer, for the colonist on returning from his day's labor to find the coat he left hanging on a nail of his cottage wall and the books on the table absolutely destroyed by these tiny marauders. Nor is this all. "On awakening next morning," writes Mr. Leboeuf, "you are astonished to see in the dim light cone-shaped object rising from the brick floor a short distance from your bed, with two holes on the top like the crater of a minature volcano. On closer examination you discover that the holes have just the size and shape of the inside of your boot, which you incautiously left on the brick floor the night before. They have given form and proportion to an ant heap, and nothing is left of them except the nails, eyelets and, may be, part of the heels." And as the same dismal story with variations--has to be told about every other article of apparel and all perishable objects, it must be admitted that there are drawbacks to the lot of a settler in Rhodesia.--Na­ ture. "Nor any one else, mf iMftMb - • AB Bantoy * wild about ttN "Quite likely." "Cowley says It will do good." "How?" "He thinks that people will not be afraid of the plaee after any one has lived in It" "Stuff and jnonsense!" "So I say, my dear." "How long have they been there?" "Nearly a week." J "Have they seen anything?" "Well, to tell tha-truth, I asked htm that." ' • ' "What did he say?" * "Just what you said it "What?" "Stuff and nonsense!" "Ah, but did he mean ItF* "I think so. He was quite short with me because I asked." "What did he want at the works? inquired, Mrs. Magnum, after a mo­ ment's pause. 'A shovel and a pickaxe, and two or three other tools." 'Then he has seen or heard some thing; and he is going to pull the hall to pieces in order to find it," replied the lady, with unusual energy. Mr. Magnum shook his head. "I wonder if the place is haunted?" he observed, in a musing tone. 'Good gracious! How can you doubt it?" 'People Often tell such ridiculous stories about all places like that. What if all the sights and sounds should be nothing but--rats!" At this heresy Mrs. Magnum held up her hands in horror. (To be Continued.) „ ** Profanity la ThU. e Is no profanity in saymifthat any certain thing " is not worth a tin­ ker's dam," although it is so consid­ ered by many. The expression origi­ nated many years ago, when tinkering or mending leaky tin vessels was much cruder than it is now. In former times the use of rosin to check the flow of solder when placed on tin was not gen­ erally understood--at least by the rov­ ing tinkers. When one of these gen­ tlemen of the road found a job, such as mending a wash boiler or other tin household utensil, he would get from the housewife or domestic a piece of soft dough. With this he wquld build dam around the place where he in­ tended to put his solder. Inside of the circle thus formed he poured the melt­ ed lead. When the metal had cooled he would brush away the dam of dough that had cohfined it to the de-> sired limits. The hea„ aad hardened the heavy paste and baked it thor­ oughly, so it was absolutely of no use for anything else. It became one of the most useless things in the world, and there was not enough of It, even, to foe worth while carrying to the pigs. Hence the expression, which was origi­ nally intended to convey a certain idea, appears to have been retained, while the origin is not generally known.-- San Francisco Bulletin. ifFHhloB* In Wearing Horns. If ihe question were asked, why £o the rhinoceri grow their horns upon the nose, instead of on the head, like other animals? the answer would prob­ ably be that they require them for root digging and such like purposes as well as for war, and the nasal position ren­ ders them more generally useful than if they were fixed on the top of the skull. At present the rhinoceros is the only quadruped which has a horn of this kind, but a study of fossil mam­ mals shows that he is the sole sur­ vivor of avast number of creatures whose natural weapons were built on the same general plan. In fact, in the days of the rhinoceros' early forefath­ ers horns of this kind were probably much more common than those suoh as we see on the heads of oxen, an­ telopes and sheep. In the course of ages the fashion in wearing horns has undergone a radical change, but the rhinoceros who is essentially a con­ servative beast, has stuck to the older method.--Pearson's Magazine. The buzzing ot a fly in the meeting may make more trouble than the howl­ ing of a mob. A stained-glass window is to be placed in Burton» church, Williams­ burg, Va., in memory of Chief Justice Marshall, who attended that church while a student at William and Mary College.--Indianapollis News. WW OUT OF DOORS. SWISS X*fftolativ* Body Hold* UM Upon Air. Tier* are almost as many kinds ot parliament as there are races which •loot them. Some are amazingly an­ tiquated in their methods of procedure, while others are as go-ahead as it ia Possible to be. On the continent, how­ ever, more or less of a family likeness exists between the parliaments of the •ariOus great powers, though in the lesser states there are many interest­ ing and distinctive methods o? govern­ ment. One of the most remarkable in­ stances of these existing today Is the "landsgemeinde" of the canton of Glarus, in Switzerland. The govern­ ment of no Swiss canton by the people is more absolute than In that of Gla­ rus, where the (burghers assembly an­ nually to hold their outdoor parlia­ ment in a large square--usually on the first Sunday in May, weather permit­ ting. The honored president occupies a platform in the middle of the square. There are places for boys around this platform, the young idea thus being taught early how to legislate wisely a,nd well for his beloved country. Al­ together the landsgemelnde is one of the most quaint and Ideal little par­ liaments in existence.--Chicago Chron- mmmm **>•' 0*' THE NEW WB8TBRM CANADA DISTRICTS. gjpat AdvMtm*«a Mw Mi is of Peoplej and (Event* A lunula Explained. . '\ Bryant, Mo., May 13th.--The sensa­ tional cure of Mrs. M. A. (Joss of this place has sent a ripple of excitement all over Douglas county, and Dodd's Kidney Pills, the remedy in question, are receiving thereby the greatest ad­ vertisement any medicine has ever had in this state. To satisfy the many inquiries which she finds it impossible to answer by letter, Mrs. Goss has sent the follow­ ing statement of her case to the St Louis Globe-Democrat: I did not think I could live a day and suffer as I have lived and suffered for months, with Sciatica and Rheu­ matism. I used baths and liniments of all kinds. Two physicians treated me, one of them for two months. Noth­ ing helped me in the least I never slept more thai^ ten or fifteen minutes at a time. I was bedfast and had to lie on one side all the time. I used to wish for death to deliver me from such torture. A friend suggested Dodd's Kidney Pills, and after I had used them a week I began to improve, and in about four weeks I could sit up in bed. A few days latet I walked a quarter of a mile and back. I now do all my own cooking and housework. The pain has entirely left me and I am a well woman. I have taken altogether six­ teen boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. Dodd's Kidney Pills saved my life. "Mrs M. A. Goss." People come for miles to see Mrs. Goss and hear her wonderful story. Dodd's Kidney Pills are working mar­ velous cures in Missouri*' •'"Hiili'm*" i. Advocates Chnrch Trust. President Harris of Amherst college advocates a church trust. "No man of ability," he says, "likes to spend his energies preaching to one-fifth the population of a small town, when, even then, his tenure of office is precarious. Churches should unite in the common interests of humanity. The social du­ ties imposed upon ministers are an­ other reason why educated men look with disfavor upon the ministerial calling. Preaching is the first duty of ministers. One thing or the other must suffer. As there is little danger that men without Christian belief will be attracted to the Christian ministry, it would be a wiser plan to let the young mininsters take charge of their churches without being obliged to run the gauntlet of church councils." ' Cuba'* Prospective President- Tomas Estrada Palma, the leading candidate for president of the new Cuban republic, has been ever asso­ ciated with the cause of Cuba Libre, and was for a long time the manager of the junta in New York. His life has been an active one, spent in the serv­ ice of his country and devoted to the principles of liberty and political equality he imbibed from the study of American institutions. A native of Cuba, he is descended from an ancient family of Castile. He was born at Bayamo in 1835, studied law in Spain and determined when a youth to free Cuba from the yoke of the dons. In 1877? he partly realized his ambition when he was elected president of the Cuban republic. He now bids fair to be made the head of a republic which will be more than the dream of a patriot After his election he served in the field during the ten years' war, In which over 200,000 Spanish soldiers ' < > v ? f ? - TOMAS ESTRAWA VMM&: fell. At the close of that strife he refused to swear allegiance to the king and exiled himself in Honduras, where he married and became postmaster- general and otherwise conspicuous as a statesman. In 1883 he came to Amer­ ica, established an educational insti­ tution, and as soon as the last revo­ lution appeared threw himself into it heart and soul. Lm| Island Claims Gen. Mesrie. Robert L. Meade, who has been pr&> moted from colonel to brigadier gen­ eral by brevet in the marine corps, "for distinguished conduct and public service in the presence of the enemy at the battle of Tientsin, China,'*' is commandant of the marine corps at the Brooklyn navy yard. Long Is­ landers claim him as a native of Hunt­ ington. •What too ttie fMhlldren Tfcrtttk? Don't give them tea or coffee. Have yon tried the new food drink called GRAIN-Ot It is delicious and nourishing, and takes the place of coffee. The more Grain-O you give the children the more health you distribute through their systems. Grain-O is made of pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grad< costs about as much. 15c and 25c. of coffee, but All grocers sell It Writer On Constitutional History. Dr. William Stubbs, the late bishop of Oxford, whose death took place re­ cently, was undoubtedly the most pro­ found student and writer of English constitutional history that ever lived. His book on that subject is absolutely exhaustive for the period which Is cov­ ers. ' XSem*4Mtiy's Able Chancellor. If the rumor that Count von Buelow la to be pushed out of the German chancellorship should be verified by events Germany must be deprived of the services of one of the very ablest of contemporary statesmen. The count is now in the prime of life, being only 52 years old, but he has had a long experience in the affairs ot gov­ ernment. He took part in the Franco- German war, was attached to the staff of the Berlin congress, was first sec­ retary at the Paris and St. Petersburg embassies, charge d'affaires at Athena during the Russo-Turkish war, man­ aged the negotiations at Bucharest which brought about the accession of Roumania to the triple alliance, was minister to Italy, then secretary for foreign affairs, from which post he was advanced to this present position. Private Mailing Card. Private Mailing Card with colored views of scenery on the Chicago, Mil­ waukee & St. Paul Railway sent on receipt of ten (10) cents in stamps. Address F. A. Miller, General Passen­ ger Agent, Chicago, 111. Let children know something of the worth of money by earning It; over* pay them if you will, but let them get some idea of the equivalents; If they get distorted notions of values at the start they will never be righted.--Tal- mage. The tooth often bites the tongue, *nd yet they keep together. Despise not a small wound, a kinsman or an humble *nemy. AfrUiltaral Experiment Stations. There are now fifty-four agricultural experiment stations in the United States, with 678 employes. During 1899 these stations published 445 an­ nual reports and bulletins, containing 16.924 pages. The transportation facilities would aeon to be ample for all possible de­ mands of the mammoth crowds which are expected at the Pan-American Ex­ position. The Entire Btreet railway system of Buffalo, driven by the pow­ er of Niagara Falls, is so laid out as to secure direct communication from all parts of the city to the Exposition grounds. At the northern boundary of the grounds there has been built a fine steam railway station. A two- track steam belt line encircles the city of Buffalo, reaching this station, and all the steam railroads centering in Buffalo have access to these tracks. This means of transportation will be extensively used both for excursion trains from out the city and for con­ veying people from the various parts a( irttT 4a the coiuula •Son of Sitting Bo//. The eldest son of the Sioux Chief, Sit­ ting Bull, is now a thrifty and pros­ perous bootblack in Philadelphia. His Ind i a n n a m e is M ontezuma, but he is k n o w n t o his friends and patrons a s H a r r y Parker, He is a graduate of the In­ dian school at Carlisle, ' w h e r e h e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ t o o k h i g h honors in the classics and as an athlete. When he left college he found it difficult to get a position where he could use his edu­ cation, but he determined that he would not remain idle. Without wasting time he promptly set up in business as a bootblack, and he now owns and con­ ducts one of the most prosperous stands in Philadelphia. He has saved considerable money and is about to open several branch stands in other parts of v^e city. Montezuma Is mar­ ried to Wlnonah, a full blood Sioux girl, whose father was one of the great chiefs of the tribe, and they have two children. Mr. and Mrs. Parker, as they are generally called, own a pretty home, and are in every respect model citizens of the "Quaker City. Germany and Monroe Doctrine An English paper, whose wish is evidently parent to the thought, says that the German emperor is preparing for war on the Monroe doctrine. He wants South America, and he wants it had. For this he is building a giant navy and in fancy he already hears the thunder of his guns as they rock oi the mighty deep. A Paris paper laughs at the idea and then says: "The German navy is yet young, while the Monroe doctrine is hoary with age. And the kaiser Is young yet, and youth will have its fling. Let the kaiser build his navy and aim Its cannon at the Monroe doctrine. When he does there will be war, and war on a generous and satisfying scale. And when the war is over the kaiser will have a chance to sit down and figure up his assets and liabili­ ties, among which assets should not be forgotten the title of "war lord." Meanwhile, the United States of Am­ erica will continue to do business at the old stand, and incidentally may have a little navy of their own, which fast should not be lost sight ef by those who figure out a peek of trouble for your Uncle BamueL" -!i Of J King of CTejcas. Oil kings are being made aad un­ made in Texas at present at a rats which makes It somewhat unsafe to announce the coronation of one for fear he may be deposed almost in­ stantly by some contrary turn of for­ t u n e . B u t there seems to >be at least o n e l i t t l e m a n w h o has kept his place long enough to d © s e r v e a p ermanent niche in the temple of f a m e . H i s name % D. R. B e a 11 y, and the first big gusher in the famous Beaumont district was opened up by him, and still bears his name. He leased the ground on which the Beatty gusher was dug for $10, and it has already returned to his company a total of more than a million and a quarter of dollars. Mr. (Beatty's time since the excitement be­ gan has been taken up with the buy­ ing and selling of oil lands. He or his companies, which are practically owned and controlled by him, have hundreds of acres of oil lands under lease, and the way they do business may be Judged from the fact that one day last week he refused first $75,000 and later $90,000 for the lease of a sin­ gle acre of land near one of the big gushers whiqji he has developed. Mr. iBeatty is personally a delicate little man, only five feet six inches In height, and since Jan. 11, when the Beatty gusher started the Texas oil boom, he has been living under a nerv­ ous tension which might break down, a giant ' 2)r. Cart Herslotxr, Dr. Carl Herslow, who is generally mentioned as the successor of the present Swedish-Norwegian minister of state, Baron von Otten, is a promi­ nent member of the riksdag. The new army bill is certain to meet with de­ feat unless the king consents to uni­ versal suffrage, and this is the meas­ ure advocated by Dr. Herslow. The present administration is sure to re­ sign, whatever the result will be, and, as . ^JJerslow has repeatedly Iwm DR. HBRSLOW. requested to take a seat in the cabi­ net, everything points to him as the future minister of state for the two countries. Dr. Herslow is the editor- in-chief of Sydsvenska Dagliga Snall- poten, one of the leading newspapers in Sweden, and it is the first time in the history of Sweden that a man from this profession will occupy the high position of a cabinet minister, a convincing proof of the progress of democratic ideas in Sweden. For sev­ eral years Dr. Herslow was the speak­ er of the second chamber, and has long been considered the leading statesman of Sweden. His platform, "a just division of citizens' privileges and duties and the right to offer his life for his country as a soldier should also be accompanied with the right to vote," has mad© him the idol of the Swedish people. Cthe Chinese Indemnity. The international committee on In­ demnity at Pekin has reported in fa­ vor of a total of $273,000,000. Large as is this bill of damages which China must pay for the Boxer riots, it is con­ sidered smaller than some of the Eu­ ropean powers were at first inclined to demand. Credit for this reduction must be given to the United States. When the other powers were pressing claims amounting to a total of $400,- 000,000 the Americans urged that one- half or one-quarter of that sum ought to be sufficient Alexander Wins Carnegie Prix* John W. Alexander has been await­ ed the Carnegie prize of $500 offered for the best painting exhibited by tbe Society of American Artists In New York, his subject being "Autumn." Mr. Carnqgie congratulated the prize winner In the following cablegram from Antiebs, France: "Delighted prize from one Pittsburger goes to an­ other. Cordial congratulations." Discussing the habits of other great men he has shaved, the President's barber says: "Mr. Roosevelt was al­ ways chatty. He discussed anything that happened to be the subject of pub­ lic attraction--politics, prize fights, sports, religion or anything that peo­ ple were talking and thinking about" Frauleln Greta Baldauf, a new Gep» man poetess, was a waitress last sum­ mer at the restaurant "Zum Krokodil" at Baden-Baden. Admirers of her tal­ ent have found her a more agreeable situation. There Is many a good wife that aan Mither slng nor da--a. •' _ Dortn* the past year or two a lartt . number of American settlers (tfcCNtf going from the United States to Can* ada). have made homes In the toon district in Western Canada. Tba* have found the climate alHkat coSfc' ̂ be desired and their prospects ara ,, the br ightest In wri t ing of l t a cop<' u respondent says: The lands for sale are choice seleo-i r tions from a large area, and evwjl % t®*m Is within edsy distance of a rail* ̂ way station. Experience has shown that * * this district enjoys Immunity fromi summer frost, from cyclones and bIls4S;: zards. The South Saskatchewan*; v flowing through the tract, is one of the finest rivers in the country, be-ife; ing navigable and having an average width of stream of 1,000 feet The agents of the Canadian govern-' ment whose advertisement appears^ elsewhere in your paper and who Willi b® pleased to furnish full lnformatkm,£ tell me that within the limits of th# tract there are two distinct varieties of soIL One is a rich black loam, andi! the other is a somewhat lighter loam,§|< containing a small admixture of sand.fl There appears to be no appreciably^ difference between the fertility of these!t| two kinds of soil. Both are alluvial in their characteristics, both are mar- velously productive, and both reel's; ^ upon a subsoil of clay. The ad-5 ' vantage of this formation is that it' 11 retains the heat of the day during thai night, and is favorable to the early maturity of crops. Every kind of crop will here attain the highest per-' fection of quality. The land Is admir­ ably adapted for stock-raising and dairy forming, as well as growing. grain. Some idea of the richness of the natural grasses of the prairie may . b e f o r m e d f r o m t h e f a c t t h a t m o r e . . . . . . than 200 tons of hay were gathered ' within a short distance of Saskatoon and stored up for use during the win- " ter. A growth so luxuriant demon­ strates beyond all possible question the suitability of the land for pasturing cattle, and no doubt this important in-" dU8try will be largely carried on. Nature has been lavish in her gifts to this territory. Not only is the soil of unexampled fertility, but the climate is delightful and healthy. Such is the testimony of every settler, and this testimony is confirmed by enthusiastic opinions from every traveler, explorer, missionary or newspaper correspond-, _ " ent who has ever visited this far-,1 famed Saskatchewan Valley. Inform- i er years vast herds of buffalo came here to winter from the elevated storm-swept regions south of the United States boundary line, proving thereby the adaptation of these rolling prairies to the purpose of raising stock. The land is dry, with sufficient, but not excessive rainfall, capable of early cultivation in the spring, and free from summer frosts: The config­ uration of the country renders artifi­ cial drainage unnecessary, and pre- * vents the accumulation of stagnant pools; mists and fogs are seldom seen. The days of summer are full of sun­ shine, under the genial influence of which crops rapidly ripen. Autumn is characterized by an almost unbroken succession of fine weather, during which the crops are safely garnered. In winter it is cold, but extremely ex­ hilarating and pleasant, owing to the wonderful dryness and bracing quali­ ties of the air. The winter is a source of profit as well as enjoyment to the people, being far healthier than a humid climate. Water and fuel--these two prime necessaries of life are plentiful throughout the district . ;--,-- A Curlons Mistake. * ' Word comes from Hawaii of a curl- oua mistake that arose there through "America" and "God Save the King" being set to the same music. A British war ship called there, and the com­ mander made an official call on Gov­ ernor Dole. The government band played "God Save the King" as the vis­ itors came up. The Hawaiian house ol representatives was in session, but th« members did not know what was go* ing on outside. When the music began one member suggested that all stand up while the national anthem, "Amer­ ica," was being played. The idea wa» promptly adopted. W:- South Dakota Is the title of tux illustrated booklet just issued by the Chicago, Milwaukei & St. Paul Railway, descriptive of thi country between Aberdeen and th« Missouri River, a section heretofor* unprovided with railway facilities, bul which is now reached by a new line ol the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway. Everyone contemplating a change of location will be interested in the information contained in it, and a copy may be had by sending a two- cent Stamp to F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, 111. The carrying power of British ship­ ping, including colonial, is now 30,300,- 000 tons, against 3,400,000 tons in 1850. Great iBritain's revenues from the Chinese opium trade amount to $40,*' 000,000. ^ «r t Some articles must be described. White's Yucatan needs no description; it's the real thing. The national debt of amounta to about $60,000,000. Norway |lsA, '* LOSS Ol APPETITE V,, and nervousness, quickly cured by ®H. CRANE'S QUAKER TONIC TABLETS. A promise should be given with cau­ tion and kept with care. llalirs Catarrh Cere fel a constitutional cure. Price. 75a The Adventists In Detroit will llsh parochial schools. Mrs. Wla»low*» So ' ehildr«B tMtklas, (often* liatlon, allay yte, cure* The man who is laxy 1 to do anything. * ,h,s" »->« j »• r- . .. . iM"' - *. , < - * «