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TO WRITE NEW BOOK. ; Booth Tarkington, .the well known writer is mud to be working } new book, which will shortly ho tbrthcoming. g,- Atté‘r the European wars which sig- nanzed me early part of the 19th century a' readjustment took place in Finally the English succeeded the Portuguese as the dominant power in the East and while Acheen was suc- cessively governed by a number of women rulers a kind of British protec- tton was formed, during which the colo- ny flourished. Among the exports was gold. betel nut, rice, pepper and variâ€" ous spicesx ' v 7'“, -â€" A D 1615 was king and in order to sum the Portuguese a lesson he sent a. fleet of the hundred sail manned by sixty thousan_d troops, agqlnst that port. The/king of Acheen at this period was a most powerful monarch and exceed- ingly wealthy. In his army wpre no less mm a thousand elephants, trained to war. , - - In their long stmggie with the Portuâ€" gueSo the Aeheeueso were never sub- duggl. glthc'gugh almost decimated. When the Portugese established tbemsehes at Malacca they commenced ’5’ menace Acheen. Iskanda Muda, in Ache-m was the first port at Imparâ€" ‘zance in the early days of East India "trading. Most of northern Sumatra was at mm than. during the seventeenth sunny, Homiuated by the King of Acheen, (mmetimes spelled Achln.) ' nan». Â¥ _.-..., M The Achwnese were of Hindu or Him deChinz origin, ’and diaered‘fmmxhe Haiays who'populated the mamportion at the island. As’ they were few in number they must have been of super- ior type as may controlled the other tribes withfmt much dxmculty. ' Today such as can be controlled nre’ crushed under the heel 91‘ Dutch 'sn-l premacy asfirmly as waé Cuba under that of Spain, and as‘a necessaI'YJIPe- caution. for they will not admit than»: wives whipped and are always renow- ‘ mg the codmct with {heir assumed’- conquerors. 1' Generations win-have to miss before the fight against extermination which thfl Boers are making'wm have merited such unstinted applause as the'gallant Achwneseam entitled to (or the stub- barn resistance they have made to con- quest. . . !n the struggles of tlie beers to maln- tam their independence there has been some lime backbone shown, but it melts inm' insignlfipance beside the fight which for {be last, five or three centurâ€" ies the few hundred thousand Achoen- e59 have been keeping up against Euro- Mn aggression "It was British progress that locked horns with Dutch stolidity or stupidity and caused the Cape war." say the Eng- 1133). They a‘re pointing now to the difference between the position 6! the native population in thefitmlts Settle- ments and in India and that of the Acheenese and other natives of Sn- matm.. The Dutch, wlth their ambition to colonize, have played a considerable part in the colonization o: the East In- dies, but they have nowhere» lifted the natives as the, British have done in their many colonies. In all their attempts to subdue the natives of thatoreign countries which they have endeavored to colonize the Dutch have met With no race so rest)- luté in resisting their rule as the A ch eenese. The latest question that has sprung to the lips of the Englishman in reply to the chustic criticism levelkd at him by the Dutch in origin or thought 19 “How about Acheen 1’” London lpttef: Since recrlminxtmn has become the order of the day amongst the European powers it Is not vain-prising that the English worm is turning at the malicious I 13 which the pro-Boer foreign press nblishlng and is now beginning to retort in some sort of fashion new the 1mm. of gamma my. . Fought for Oénturiu Against European Rule. 33mm armor-.3 rwrr 1mm PRO-30338. HOW ABOUT ACHEEN? 3’ Joel J. Doolittfinstill living in Cutl- b‘erland Wis. rs ago he was noted as a music te er and vocalist. He numberedamo his pupils Emma Ab- mott, and first .gan singing in politi- ‘cal campaigns 1 1840 for ueneml Har- rison. In 1856 e canvassed Illinois with John C. Fre ont. singing at every meeting, and i 1860 parlormod the same kind of work, accompanying Abraham Line 1 ‘ . .5..:;:_ ,,-.,v_~,_. my t.‘ nu». .u -u nuuucav ling illustrated ,‘e'Lifie in the chid'a Work: As a busi - coneern La Prensa (the Pmss) in “ ldediy profitable. It is credited with; pircuiatidn (at three ' cents) of over 1: 000, and its highest advertising rated @8450 an inch. in income is over $2 90900, with expenses pt ”50.000. 'Bn ’ figure: are rather surprising to fly 1‘ who hive not kept track or. thc’xrlr in of the Argentine capiui, but mug mop ream-habit: in the palace mm». lei: Ln Prom is housed, and w was built by the owner. J. C. P. , in 1898, at a cost '01 82.000.000. Th: 0 are salons tint sug~ gest old Ve lea, an editor's ante~ room as long the main cabinet I river steamboat. is. about a quarter of a mile. or pen-ha ‘ a little more; ele- igant dining roomsmhere editors and irvporters are t nlshed meals at cost, ‘fine libraries a imuseums. which are open to the public, a free dispensary, and a room whegk} legni advice in given without. charge "La. Prensa is its 'own- er’s hobby, andgzhat he has been able to acquire beyi'».Ld a competency has gone into these {nique features. . arran‘m..."_. - r Noveiiy. .) Republican: M03! j > A News Springfield (M ,newspapers. we eat capitals. ml ’Ayrqs daily, Ln {gum-tars rue A bed In an lnterest~ “Oh no," said 1 slow way “110] 1 ::Well, I 311 . Blanks will?” ’ . “Yes." was the; . _ “Well,"then,” ntlnued the gossip. “you probably ,1: , w about how much he left. W0uld_:,'f‘u ugind telling me?" unx. -A n , A ,7 , fiw' __-, -- u-v "II-n uvcucwaru III [.116 [IQOODHKDI {3; at me for. a mo- wtth‘ Frank and her younger brother ‘ ‘_ '. and then exclum- George eomplvted. ’ a darned tool you The weeks-that followed found him *fore they begun on speculating and drawan conclusions . , f - . on everything that happened about the “From the an {source comos' the house. He‘I-ememhered that all the the story at a la xi; or who was said In time he had been there the only servant hlé day to have an more will: than ever seen was the murky young girl 'anyone else in :x'idcounty. Upon the ' M death of a res 7 citizen there was ' to the value of his egosslp undertook Calling upon Mr. - l r referred to, he re- must have been $you.‘ “ j “I told him ” ' l the lawyer, “that to enable me to d1 ; the deed I studied two years in Lax stet- academy. and this cost me 32 21 then I spent {our fyears In Dartmo léonege. which cost me $250 a year . and I went to; the Harvard Len ““th for another gym at a cost ofjJW. the necéssary ed ' {51651571573 I had to‘pay ou V700. and yc might-gs 0t §2 g a large one.‘ New York Tim; ‘ flaw”: of some distinction, who flan practice in a small New Ensign , wn. says his first .cuent required v’ V, ' : covering certain {parcels of land ~~ . ,v :o a neighbor. {the ‘deed was drawn , N form, and after its execution the} put demanded his bill. It was :2. i «in amount was ob- jected to as a m 31 exorbitant hum for thh services rend ‘ One Man End 771 He Left n «3. In her as if! I wars with these Indomimble na Holland has shed some at her bee ‘y‘. in! and they yet re- main unanbdued, I“ that there In more than a mere empty quiry in the Brit- lsh snarl of ”Ho bout Acheen?” GA .gm Rummy. in lien or ‘ 2 v, ‘n'cesaionu made by the Dutch on‘ 13' Imminent 0! Ann, handed Acheen; ‘ no the government of the Netherm, ( g '_ L-.. ___ W. ‘the flu: Misty ,3 ) Mob Great Britain. LAW YE. {111‘ Haywood. in his 11’ gave” cexit he had ”~ 1‘ 2 81:16:. that to get ’10:: £0de this work _ £00. and you think ff X Inwyer of some : zan practice in a wn. says his first pd covering certain _,,_.__‘ _-. uuuvnuu “You have never told your mother and sister: you mun-ind the daughter of yang-(boarding house keeper?" ’ “ aver humanly hinted at It. dab d'lng.” "Said mother belonged to one of the out aristocratic Philadelphia fnml- mun true." . “You. my star, I enlarged on that." “I tound on; long ago am most peo- apologized. and'for once to his life he became eloquent. “You've polished my boots with your tears. 1‘]! at them un- der glass and worship em because I you've touched them unless you'll let 1 me kiss the tip: of youth for the rent of ‘ my days. 1']! wait on you and take care or you and kee» rob from harm. You'll be the wit and I?! be the muscle of the family it you'lllonly say the ward.” And that way how it cune to pass that Frank and Le Roy two month. latex-were sitting in a luxurious state- room of a vessel about to port In Liver- poal. Flank. I dnlnty mlor rillng 1n the pale cheeks, a mischievous light in her eyes, m'quatianint her husband. true Briton. stuck outside his door each night had never been polished so 'well, but the 'fboots" who did them was an noiseleu a: the dead. One morning‘when Le Froy opened his door and the boot: were not there he sud- ‘denly resolved to do a little detectiva work. "Boot!" might give a clew to the rest of the mystery; He sat by'the door. A short wait was rewarded by the softest of step: on the attire. He drew the door too gently until the stealthy footsteps reached it. then nuddenly flung it wide open and faced-ank. holding his great boots at arm's length. Her hand dropped, and tears of humiliation fell on the bright polished surface of the bo‘ots. He looked at those glittering drops and then drew her inside. “I enn’t talk to you in the hall," he apologized. and'for once in his life he V," __- ‘4'»- â€" 4 about. the houee done with Go friction? Even the boots whic true Briton. stuck outside his each night had never been pollei well, but the 'fboots” who did was an noiseless a: the dead. morninz‘when Le Frey opened hi: and the boot; were not there he denly resolved to do a little deb But in this comfortable houn'o there was one Bloebeud'a chamber. the kit- chen. .The entnnce to the dining room was protected by a double men. From that chamber of myterlel there come ouch rich, well-flavored soups, meats juicy and hot. pun-y hull: and delicate, as boarder never before put to mouth. The Vintons' cook was no doubt I treas- ure. I who waited on the able. Frank «no ’shoul to her meals dointfly dreued, languid Mug, 1 and unturned, but very late. and Le- m Froy began to mpect that the m not. undo. so hapless on she looked. Try as he were» would, he never could discover any tra- totem can of first she did. Stout. sweet mod» “Yo erly Mrs. Vlnton must be a wonderful you] housekeeper. and so might hank he not 3 with a house at her own. h-Mh "Frank holding his mt boot: at um. length.“ How was an He had heard that her parents. the ' intonn. belonged to a fine old Phil:- [ deinhin wily and but come We» , when, ' adversity era-nod their path. Cerium! m the outta-d and visible aim in'l‘rank‘n cue indicated a born right to fine linen and idleness. and ID- pnrentiy the £111 in the laumy fortunes had never .redunpd her to 81le up either. be Fray thought her gown a marvgi o! elegant simplicity. But he was only 0. mm. The appraising eyes ‘0! the rich lawyer’s daughter across the table read a diluent story. ‘ Le Fray won the booby prize that night because he ntudiegi the languid droop or a certain brown hand and the . I i ‘ l electric lights commenced the witchery ot the walk home‘ward in the moonlight with Frank and her younggr brother George completed. ' ter. ’ (Cowman 1902. by s. s. necnunmfi) E‘FBOY. engineer of the new sti'eet ' roam company, was not It all tux-prised to meet at the euchre ‘ ' party given by, the president of hi: road his landlady'n daughter. He was becoming thoroughly accustomed to the democratic loci-.1 life of this mid- west any. Moreover, he was deeij In- terested in this came landlady-‘3 daugh- eloquent. "You've ‘pou-héli 11;): 1th your tears. I‘ll ut them un- ss and_ Whip , em because Her HelplesSness BY FRANCES GROW. this and _»_everythlng boots which it: macs ml: of the smméftâ€"unuol. or a hum-h of six mugs. bu now been bored The Swiss section (I rather more for. “rd thaln gory-gun. 1;?on tunnel in to bosom?" . I It. aunties-eh no tax 01_ w «hi. â€" 'vv Incl-w "Step-hemeon,“ he cthd, mum" 1h; offending missln,‘u|d lung 1: on the h Dr. Hirsch denlu thnt'Shylock m a Jew, and a good thin; about It. he move: It. In the course of his mud address. he and: "'In the Jew: hufin- lty has been crucified. The Jew 1: MI- I! the mouthpiece of outraged human- ity. For more then 15 centuries the J has pnld his pound of new. but u demanded it. His son! was «ten to e‘ quick by the oppression of his enemies; but he never cherished the monument of the 8111mm» changer. Shakespeare's Shquck m not A Jew." : Robert Louis Stevenson in particu- larly attadzed tgathe “v'.' In his name. and utterly avem to‘the “ph” tom of spelling. Letters of “taking auto. mph hunters am not often draw him. but one day In Sumo. 1 letter arrival contunlng pnlu Io Judlcloul that he aid: "The I nut answer.” Th‘en his eye fausht the envelopg. addressed me_-_ ._, , "‘Why. 1t's plain :3 day." said Mr. Wander. “They Just sand the message: through .the ah- lnstead‘ of over wire.” “I know that." said she. “but how do thex'nsten me glr to the polu?”~ '54 ..n_, , Baltimore Amerlun It Mod Hat. "1 can't undemnd about this Wire: ”ngexgaphyfi 'gold Mn. Wunder. , wv‘" He charged hack “1 have discovered you are the prime. of Mars. " "‘But such hawk-u onus.” The maid in your: and I" also I can “'9 you n Alone In their room do in (it In: to attack. “My dug. you were true in we letter. but not in the aplrlt. You did not raise your eyebrow. you did not wink. but you coughed." She lay back In her char with the bunk! fine :1:- her Mama 1nd ul- lnlred from the first. He did not cough this time Astonuhment m [wallow- ed up in admiration. “You need not be ashamed at It It I. greatly to your credit. I with I van not such a helples- cmtun. I can ugly 1m my hand.” nude the may you inflating. W8 were not going to‘tell tombut you have [owed the contention." should know something 0'! home mg, no we have In to cook a m. ‘ as. (n. tavg’f humbly lactic. "I j _,- ‘ “Why. 'yea. noun! boll". gm. hep- at your: there an Iiany little (Hi; you turn your hund- to." "And I dare say." paid the Amman; with an annihilating look :1 her but b91151: "beg; In this qulot country "(9 “Yes, dear," said the new liltnr~ln~ luv, “but meanwhile let u help you. Jan. and I"â€"-the two W lino- m- and blushedâ€"“win In mt our :3: especially done, do it flat act 1'." . Thu evening saw them sent“ In the dining room ottholneoldnsnslon on Oh. Le Fray estate. The mm lad on other shone bnvoly in tho hfldO'l M. She looked delicate and moo. cutie beside the Wine. rod chock- cd English hues. They “mind he! openly with their eyes. and My Maude, the younw. ventured to do it ,orsliy. "We thought, having s boy‘s nsme. you'd be masculine um I!!! re» nut. but you are exquisitely feminine. ‘ Your bolt is lovely. How do you at»! man it so beautifully?" ‘ Astoniohmont nnd gentle rebuke 'shone in Frank's eyes. "I never do my 1 hair. Such a time as I had on the; stgnmcrt My maid was subject to msl ) "I can't go another du without a mud.” continued his Vite, taking no have. Chum did not wink. He did not move tn eyebrow. but he can“ very loudly. m om or "me she tuned to 'u-me.’ and Clumsy tried his land, such I big. urban-d one." ‘ ~ do mar, it seems. and bmly deserted no at the Rut moment. and I would nut. take I. girl I knew nothlu about. Then I :bought I might also an Eng- lllh girl back with xne. Coming out one of the stewardess“ did my hair, “An eyebrow." he [mud WM- ly, then rubbed hen the won: my and hand 1L “not you'll nevu- hllt M the-an, and l mom-um the chamber work, and m washed the claim aid “rubbed. I!!! M the _'II your wife’s hall! m nblod to hold their held- I) In world. Do you summit It-l waited on the table than! out till did down the street you'd humour looked u no twice! If your omen that who: you km now. theY'd look down on me. I hove read nut country bred English women are narrow. 1nd who! ‘1 at I: earâ€"your part. Now. Clam”, swear on the book again a double oath. Be- }peot It other moâ€"l promise to let my wife"â€" "My wife"â€" â€""answer an‘my mother's and In- ten' questions. every one"â€" . "Every one"-â€" I -"nnd I will never look surprised at 1?“ she says, or wink, or 1m to eye“ ‘ ram" 1 “I! la the Bible!" “You. Now am" "Thu In becoming norm Did I ever break ; prom-H'Whuunlta moan-.115!“ of my eyu?" w the bi! fellow. PIG man who work-d. but rower ooked down, unduly women who dldn't work. on woman who did. I know America: women, a.“ I". heard English woman on wane. and 11 you don’t follow my direction. I'll garment you to death. Swen on this grey-men- "sic” hence.‘ V . You: has Ignatius. of woolen fume. '2 DOI- ‘ufacmrod near Beirut, but the each“: loom h“. long Ilace boo. m -:, the big factories employing thug: or men and Womel.‘ . moat of the hon-puns we sold bib" merchants or the may "nun down; the country. Th ' 3 purchased in bylk Qty thawing.” -|.A “--l._ -- Schools have been stab“ hunt centers of Mlhtlon tion a: the :05; m a ‘ Dupli- ntm . we ”a,“ Spools! file: of ltllh m, net: hate been held mu. 2. n I: utpnlshin‘ with m was... I, these century-old manna- om Q one of these loom m wave: the II. linen preumted toQueenVletm-h on *9. occasion of her Jubilee In 182.. ¢ llnemuld tobetheflnut mm. ulncturcd. ' Predlczlons hzve heel ,mue to tho- oucct that the home-pun Industry I!!! ‘nzaln apt-em over the whale of km: Little surprise will be «and 1:11.th 3: last to those who have follow (I023 growth of the lace Industry «an; ' past few years. In lany diflflmfié ha been almost humus to lug, :39an on account at thllt “ busily employed worklu the #1 ly mm lace “(bother 1mm. a: M‘ :7 m-edlework. ' ‘ , “ i most of the nplhnliifiiluh hobo. the worker- 01 another time. All muchlnes are permuted with the of turf smoke, end the mural color 1 the wand used In their W he long since been dyed bleak by the firm poet. . he: A We owning a loan In: m be known by m unwind length. 1‘. loom nus one and of the cottage. which ls only one story In height. Add! , floor am for spinning wheel. nah-It greatly Increased Imam. noon-r7. [This I: done at the “penned m tton and give- the shade n scanty ‘peannce that It deceiving The '3 .0 AI.‘ AAA. --‘ ‘ The machine Ind In “M the home-spun an unduly cute I. appearance. They an» vary to"! , nnd enduring In to". at their pt finished workmmhm. Loan; ‘0‘ handed down from one [encum- to another. and the teen-t of the Inc «I o! the comma m whiie -__. of than each yen, m for their cleanlineu. a Donegnl is the center or chili-man: - activity in homo-spun circles. and the . came- don; the mountain lids- are - filled with the lama of buy workers. The entire tnmlly span! the um 2 months .1 reel, wheel uni loom. Whoa 'llhe days lengthen and the an my! “more genial. work on the little MM 40! round necessitates a dam... II 1 1 production. Potatoes must in- alumni. in few cabbage punts “ambled" in m grids”. and 1 road of two at all! ‘ "inhaled." Then follow the MM» 3 in; season. with in delightful W land cloudin- sky. No mtuér how 1 many onion royalty muy send lat m i’apun. these hsrdy hill talks will “an ,uilnp nisy in summer days.” {simple penutry‘ live to plane the;- iaelm. and that? pic-sure is usually the ‘tulnllment of a general daslre in take their own ting for doing china. like the sunshine and the ~ mil; i f For hundreds of yearn the m or [round clothed themelvu to ur- Inenu of their own mnntnotm. Le. than 60 yam no no wedding no co.â€" plete without 1 spinning wheel Win the list at prenat- fl'om the W of the bride. Even In "poor ould'ln- lmd." however, machinery In. '“ such Itrldu thnt Ind Queen Maud. delayed nau'ct longer in placing we ant non! «dot for the hone-upon the sound at tho loon'vonld not now in heu'dlnthelnnd. “know“ am» being dusted and muted; In” that [and almost forgotten the dam n- qulred 0! them are being «New again to Work, nnd young bond. on ragldly becoming expert with Mac. outside lute In the “but: M veah mum m net ion-lb ‘motlon. Onion m not hell; ”can. from every city In Enron's. A W 0'? dc:- roeently can from Perth. and even 111 Anita": the home-Ivan I. not no- knorn.'1‘he mm mum: cm “PM!" becoming proapcroun compared with thdr circumstances a few years ID- Tho new market for their good- as claimed every nrd they munnctun. so that while royalty flaunt: the homo- spun we cougars no content with the cheaper mill arucle. l and“; Journal at men: In an "we thatched come- at Dow! all Canaan-n looms a; mum 'M are buy mandarin; humm- 1" ton! ware". Tho 1.2:.5‘. a“! quota OI Rump: have decided that that. (man- tactum 112' a: Ior'court attired-d flu pewt- ofthenorthud waterin- lnnd Ire raping n golden W catatonic-Way the. m «um mm in town. - swutnd toQueen Vietcrlu on at of her Jubilee In 1887.. The said to be the aunt ant In.- I [Ion for (m ". m!” u so