- ..... t . ioim ih 1 m,rl-
e s I.UAU ago iwo "
A o,n navy bad It firt fight with
ii. rhiim.u- Bud In Jaiian and
MW -l'"' .
Core the I'nlted State ha aUo lauded
partle to demand aaUafactlon for u
le to American cltUeu. Tbe chief
U of the United State In Alia ua
Im as the apontor for China, Japan
and Core a nation. The United
State w th 11 rat nation to mak a
treaty with China by which that coun
try reoogulsed the principle of Interna
tional law, and It waa followed prompt
ly by other nation. An American nav
al officer secured th first commercial
treaty with Japan, forced the Bboguu to
admit foreigner to trade, and Incident
ally brought about the overthrow of a
usurper aud the establishment of the
present liberal government lu control.
Core' first treaty wa with the Tinted
State, a wa that of the king of the
I.00 Cboo Isle. The United State "
im made the flrat treaty with Japan
that treated tb Mikado' empire as a
clvillaed nation. Within the last year
thl country secured the adoptlou or au
agreeuieut for the opeu door lu China
by the power. Some of the most In
fluential general, admiral and diplo
mat In the ervlve of th Asiatic pow
er have been American. It I uu ac
count of these facta that when the pre,
eut trouble arose the suggestion waa
made In many forelgu countrle that
the United State should ettle the ert
l In China and also because of the
known disinterestedness of the Uulteu
State, which ha allowed other power
to reap the territorial advantage that
have followed It action. So, too, the
Chinese minister waa not without rea
son for ht suggestion that the Mourue
doctrine be applied to China.
First Lcmok.
The first experience of the Chlueee
with American grew out of a some
what almtlar state of affairs to that
In the Mediterranean. wbe the United
State suppressed the Barbary pirate,
who had been levying tribute on the
slilps of the great natlona without hin
drance. Chinese water were also lu
fested with piratea. against whom the
Europeans had made no determined re
sistance. The United State ship Athu
alpa. under the command of Capt. Ba
con. happened aloug In 1800. The ship
entered the river at Macao and scut a
boat crew In command of the chief of
flcer ashore to get a pilot. The pirate
Junk stole quietly up and suddenly
rounded the boat. Intending to leap
on board and kill the crew. When the
American realised what had happened
they turned their loaded caunon on the
Chinese and fougbt off the boarder
with tbelr Brown Bess muskets and
boarding pike. The Chinese gave hard
battle, throwing hand greuades on
board. The piratea were beateu off,
and the defeat of the leader was such a
blow to his prestige that he was after
ward betrayed by some of hi men.
The mandarins put blin to death by
the mcaus known as the "thousand
cuts," a slow and prolonged process of
backing Into little bit. Capt. Baton's
lesson, however, taught the Chinese pi
rate to respect the American Aug, aud
American trade grew and prospered.
The oplutn war, wnich was declared
against China by Great Britain In 1840,
was responsible for the opening of that
nation to th world'a commerce by
means of the treaty port which were
afterward established. That war grew
out of the attempt of China to suppress
the smuggling of opium carried on by
the British to the depletion of the im
perial revenues. To suppress the trude
the Chinese had recourse to force,
But after the short, sharp struggle In
1857, which resulted In the capture of
Canton by the allied British and
French, the United State was one of
the powers that Joined with England,
Frauceaud Russia In securing treaties
for freedom of trade.
The first forelguer employed by the
Chinese for the reorganization of their
army was an American, Frederick
Townsend Ward, a soldier of fortune,
born In Massachusetts, lie adopted the
Chinese nationality under the name of
Hwa, married the daughter of a
wealthy mandarin, and was made a
mandarin of the highest grade and Ad
miral General In the service of the Em
peror, pen. Ward turned bis attention
to the reorganization of the empire's
army, but found It a difficult task. He
died as the result of a wound received
In directing an assault on Tsekle. The
Chinese paid him the highest possible
honors after his death by burying him
In the Confucian cemetery at Ningpo.
.Ward's successor In command of the
(JUnese forces was Major Charles G.
Gordon "Chinese" Gordon who
brought to a high degree of discipline
and efficiency the army whose founda
tions had been laid by Ward.
The treaty made In 1808 provided for
the application of the rules of Interna
tional law to the conduct of war be
tween the nations, gave China the right
to appoint consuls to the United States,
provided for the recognition of free
dom of religion In China, and permitted
Chinese to embrace Christianity, per
mitted the Chinese to attend schools
In America and to have free right of
travel here, and for all the mutual priv
ilege which are allowed to the most
favored nation. The Chinese exclusion
act later excluded the Chinese, and In
this again the United States was first
and was followed by Australia, the
only other nation where the coolie com
petition was felt.
When the war with Japan ended dis
astrously for China LI Hung Chang
turned Immediately to America to se
cure a disinterested adviser to aid In
the peace negotiations and watch the
Interests of the Imperial government.
The man upon whom his choice fell
was John W. Foster, who had succeed
ed James G. Blnlne as Secretary of
State. Mr. Foster went to Shimon
oskl and conducted hi negotiation to
the satisfaction of the Chlueue govern
THE UNITED STATES AND
ment. In th cae of Japan th United
State wa actually th godfather of
the new nation.
Japan had been a closed nation from
1(133, when th fortuities bad been
expelled, until JS.V4, when Commodore
M. a Perry, a brother of the victor on
Lake F.rl. opened th country to for
elgu trade. Tbe Japanese government
did not penult any foreign vl to
touch at a Japanese port under any re
leu. In 1!MU tbe United State bad
It flrat troubl with the Japanew guv
ernuieut. Commodore Ulslnger. learn
ing that wmi American sailor were
imprisoned at Nagasaki, wot Commo
dore Glynn to demand their liberation.
He succeeded In dolug to, and tb re
port he then mad of the resource of
he Island wa partly responsible for
the determination of Daniel Webter,
then Secretary of State, to open the
Islands to American trade.
The acquisition of a Pacific coal line
by the United State suggested to
Millard Fillmore- and Daniel Webster
hat the Uulted State should be tbe
chief trading power In th Kat. and
Uiat the commerce of Japan would be
profitable. Commodore Terry waa,
therefore, given a letter to the Mikado,
signed by the Trealdeut and written by
Daniel Webster, aollcltlng a treaty of
friendship and commerce between the
two nation by which the Mikado'
port should be thrown open to Ameri
can vessels for purjK) of Irale.
Commodore Terry sailed lu Novem
ber. 1852, with a fleet, aud he carried
with him many useful Implement and
Inveutloua a present to the Japauese
government, Including a imall railway
and equipment, aud a telegraph line
thing which were unknown to tbe Jap
anese. Commodore Terry's Instruction,
which he received from Webster before
the Secretary' death, were to approach
th Emperor of Japan In the awt
friendly manner, and to use no vtolem-e
utiles attacked, but If attacked to lot
the Japanese feel the full weight of bis
power.
Perry diplomacy.
Terry carried out hi Instruction by
sailing to Yeddo aud delivering hi let
ter to the authorities with the retiuct
that It be presented to the Emperor.
The Japanese, In accordance with thvlr
centum, refused to permit him to lund.
aud Terry waited for hit answer for
several month, during which be aur
veyed the Loo Cboo Island. While
In these Islands be made the first treaty
negotiated by them with a Caucasian
power. After waiting several month
Commodore Terry returned lo the Hay
of Yeddo, and finally by a triumph of
diplomacy, aided by the sight of bl
seven ships, effected a landing and ob
tained a treaty permitting the Ameri
can to trado. Tbl treaty permitted
citizens of the United Stales to trnde
with Japan through the ports of Hlino-
da and Makodado and (he United
States wns authorized to Appoint Con
suls to represent It Interest at the
point. It wa stipulated that steam
er from California to China should be
furnished with aupplle of coal, and
that American Bailors shipwrecked
upon the Japanese const should be
treated humanely and not killed or Im
prisoned, as had been the JupaucMe cus
tom In their attempt to secure Isolation.
Thus Jupan, after 210 years of aet-lu-slou,
entered Into the family of tuitions.
The other power were quick to follow
the United State' example and se
cured similar treaties, and three other
ports were soon added to which West
ern people might trade.
Terry's visit wns the cause of tbe
overthrow of tbe dyunsty then In power
In Japan. From the twelfth century
the authority of the Mlkndoi had I wen
nominal. They hnd been relegated
among the gods and their power waa
exercised through a Shogun, who waa
the real sovereign. When the Bbogun
yielded to tbe American demand It
created a profound sensation In Japan.
The nobles were Indignant at the de
parture from the traditional policy of
the empire. They gained the upper
hand, and In 18(13 ordered the Shogun
to abrogate treatleg of commerce. At
tacks on the foreigners followed, and
foreign vessel attempting to enter
treaty ports were fired upon. One of
these vessel wa tbe Pembroke, a
small American, steamer loaded with
merchandise.
Japs Learn a Lesson.
Tbe Insult waa reported to Command
er MacDougal, who was with the Wy
oming at Shanghai. The Wyoming at
tacked and destroyed the Japanese
fleet. McDougnl sailed away In tbe
Wyomlngwhlch was hit twenty time.
Five of his men were killed and six
wounded. The American minister
made a claim of $10,000 for the Ions of
time and freight sustained by the Tern
broke, which wa paid promptly.
Terry opened Japan to trade. The
United State In 1878 and again In 1894
led the way for the admittance of
Japan Into full fellowship with the na
tions and to permit trade of Amerl
can In every Dart of the empire.
After 18(18, when the Bhogun wna
finally overthrown and the Mikado him
self began to rule under a constitu
tional government, the Japanese show
ed constant progress In peace. They
became restive of being treated as bar
barians and wished the removal of the
stigma. The first effort was received
with favor by the United States, which,
by the treaty of 1887, placed Japan upon
exacty the same footing as Germany,
France, or any other country In rela
CHINA.
tion with the United State, except
that th consular court were contin
ued. Th treaty of 1804 wa the flrat
to give Japan standing among nation.
Until then th empire wit closed to
foreign residence and travel
Cor was the laat of th Eastern Asi
atic countrle to be opened tbe world
Th Hermit Kingdom," a It wa
called, excluded all foreigner until
ViliX wben Commodore Suufwldt of th
United tSate navy opened It by much
th sttu method that bad been em
ployed by Commodore Terry In tbe
cae of Japan.
Tb flrat communication the United
State and Core bad waa on of force,
and In a punitive expedition 2,000 Core
am were killed. Tbl expedition wa
sent because of tbe treatment of th
crew of an American schooner, th
Geuertl Sherman, which bad been char
tered by a British trader.
Tbe Coreau were bitterly opiocd to
foreigner aud had succeeded In mak
ing tuccesaful resistance to all their
attack. A Trench expedition ut In
18!tl to chastise the Coreau ascended
the Keutil Itlver aud attacked the fort,
but lost so heavily that It wa ford
lo retreat. Thl gave th Cores n the
Impression that foreigner could not
fight. A few week later tbey attacked
the General Sherman, which never re
turned after entering the Ta-Tong
Itlver. The fate of the crew wa tot
learned until ISOA, when It wa dis
covered that three cow loaded with
sulphur and saltpeter had been Ignited
aud scut against It. thus the Geueral
Sherman was set on Are, The crew wa
smoked out, and, aa tbey came tum
bling ashore, tbey were hacked to
piece by the mob, while sumo were
preserved for the more frightful tor
ture which the Coreana, like the Chi
nese, know bow to devise.
Coreaas Whipped,
When th General SWuinn's disap
pearance became known th Uulted
States demanded redrew of China, but
(hat country denied responsibility for
affairs In the peninsula. So lu January,
1807, the Wachusett, under the com
mand of Commander Hhufeldt, proceed
ed to Core. Tbe local official refused
to give auy Information, -and the
Wachusett left A similar mission un
der Commander Feblger of the Sheu
amloah, dispatched a few mouths Inter,
proved equally barren. .
Fluully, lu 1871, the American Asiat
ic squudron, consisting of the flagship
Colorado, the corvettes Alaska aud
llculcla, with the gun twin a Mouocacy
and Talus, were dispatched to Core
under the command of Ueor-Admlral
ltodger to obtain satisfaction. When
the licet arrived at Seoul a boat came
out to the flagship with native officials
bearing a letter from the king. It wa
couched In Insulting terms, and stated
(hut uules the fleet left It would be
destroyed; that the king desired no In
tercourse with foreigners; and that the
crew of the General Sherman had com
mitted piracy aud murder aud bad been
put to deutb. Admiral ltodger de
manded un apology aud satisfaction,
which was not forthcoming, and he de
termined to teach the king a lesson.
Uu June 10, 1871, the gunboats pro
ceeded up tbe river, landed a force of
044 men, aud an attack was made upon
the principal fort. Amid a hall of bul
lets from the enemy the American
sprang up the steep Incline to attack
the citadel. They swarmed over the
ramparts or through tbe breeches, and,
In a twinkling, were at close quarters
with the garrison. The Corean fought
stubbornly to tbe lust without asking
quarter, and nearly 2,000 of them were
slain. After that the subsidiary forts
and 481 pieces of artillery fell Into the
American bands. Three Americans
were killed and seven wouuded.
Tbelr defeat In this battle taught tbe
Coreant a wholesome respect for Am
ericans, who . were unmolested from
that time forward. The United States
wat determined, however, to secure
trade with tbe peninsula, which re
mained closed to all natlona except
China and Japan. The negotiations
were put In charge of Commodore
Hhufeldt, who hnd served. In one of tbe
expedition against tho Corning, , The
matter wa aecompllshcd'by diplomacy
when China became Jealous at the
growing Influence of the Japanese In
the kingdom.
Nacaclty of .th Sage.
"Hello, Dl; found that honest man
yet?" asked Alexander, quizzically.
Bet your cothurot," replied Diog
enes, gruffly.
"Well, I suppose you've sold your
lantern, then," commented Alexander.
"Say, why don't you whitewash your
tub with the proceeds?" i, ;
"Not by an amphora full, I havent,"
retorted Diogenes, emphatically, and
Ignoring the hygienic suggestion. "But
I have contracted for a dozen more and
hired a day and a night watchman."
"Why, what for?" cried Alexander.
"Because I'm not going to have him
play any 'trusted employe' tricks on
me, Sandy," explained Diogenes, sage
ly shaking his bead.-Phlladelphla In-
Jqulrer. - - 1 '
WILL HONOR HIBOIO DtAO.
Confederate Will Lrtit a Miworial
at MU'hmaatl, Va,
Tb recent couveutlou of Confederal
veteran held at Louisville voted to ac
cept with thank th offer or 1100,000
made by Charles Broadway Itouse of
New York, formerly a soldier of tb
Confederacy from Vlrglula, for th pur
po of erectlug a memorial to th Con
federal dead at Itlchmoud, Va. Tb
Memorial Committee reported that It
bad secured pledge of TJ4,l37.:ta In
addition, and that th prospect of tale
lug an amount aurhYlcut to nisk th
total, Including Mr, House' douatlon,
100,000 wat excellent. Upou thc rep
resentation Mr. llous lint authorised
th Coufedernte Vetera us' Association
to draw upon blui for the amount
pledged by him at any time It may b
thought advisable to begin th wolk.
Tb Confederate Memorial Association,
which ha the eulerprlso lu hand, hut
elected Judg George I. Christina of
Itlchmoud, Va., a II treasurer, nud
the memorial I to be built lu Itlch
inoud, th heart city of th Confed
eracy and the place where, for rour
year, th policies aud plan wr
evolved lu consequence of wulcb III
South waa enabled to make so memor
able a struggle against Inevitable do
feat Th deftiill arrangement for th
construction of the memorial do not yet
appear to have boon completed by th
association, but Geueral J, 0. Under
wood, the Secretary and aiUH-rluuii-dent
of the work of mUing f iimt. a
prepared plana (with the ar'provn'' i t
soiu member of the eeeutl tui-
!Ml.lfOM tOMVMISMATB MKMOMIAt,,
milled, aud these plait were presented
at Iulnvlllo.
Geueral Uuderwood aayt of his plani;
"1 hav designed a memorial rotunda
wltli a mausoleum dome and room for
each Stale, wherein relics, record and
various other archive may be safely
kept for all time to como, ami I have
further designed suitable liuiiglilg
space for a portrait gallery of reuowned
Southern lenders, and I personally pur
pose to Ih-sIow upon the peopl of th
South tweuiy or more mngnlllcent or
tral's, full lxe, in oil, of distinguished
Confederate officer, both civil aud mili
tary, as soon a (tillable place ahnli
have Wn made to receive them. And,
iH-sldes. I also present to you for In
spection statue models of ('resident
Jefferson lnvl and General Itolicrt K
I.ce. the civil and military head of th
historic Confederacy, for the manufac
ture of which lu hroiixe I, Individually,
prn(M)e to raise the requisite money,
and, a In the case of the portraits, to
'Innate the same to the association, to
placed oil either side of the grand
tsht of steps to the portico of the said
.,iomimiI memorial building, provided
such meets with your approval.
"The maximum estimated wmtTtfst
of the design t propose I S.mv)o, not
Including statuary and portraits, s id
calculating upon the building kite bel i
donated With the amount i-ai
those due, otiior promt I aud null. )
patlon reasonably hat! upou lu
backing I have demonstrate!, nu con
fident of being able to secure nt least
1500,000, aud If my designs are ap
proved and authority given me to pro
ceed in accordance therewith I'll obli
gate myself to construct the memorial
building at deslgued, with such mod
ifications a may be found necessary to
tiilt the building site to be wlocted
and oilier essential requirement of th
case In every particular.
"My geueral plnu luclude tb plac
ing by each State of two statues, either
lu brouse or marble, a may hereafter
be determined, to suit Inside DuUb of
auditorium rotunda, and that the aev
in I States shall select their heroes to
he Itnmortallxed, each Stat hearing
the expense of such statuary (from 10,
000 to tTi.000) representing Its own
heroes, but the portico statue and two
equestrian statues of Generals J. K. It.
Sluurt and N. It. Forrest I propose. lo
secure by money to be raised from out
side friendly sources Hid already hav
assurauce of matcrlul assistance for
that purpose."
A Curious Colno deooe.
Sir Herbert Maxwell seem to occu
py a unique place In Pa H In men t. Prob
ably he I the only member of th
House of Commons who can claim to
be descended from an ancestor of pre
cisely the snme name as himself who
sat In J'urllnment over 000 year ago.
Hi forbear, Sir Herbert Maxwell of
Carlaverock, sat lu the Parliament of
Scone, 1283-84, and agreed to accept
Margaret of Norway a hla sovereign
In the event of tho deuth of Alexander
III., and he was also a member of tho
Parliament of 1280 00. This worthy's
brother, Sir John, It Is further curlou
to observe, although not himself a
member of Parllninent to far a
known, hns also his repxcscnlaHreTind
namesake In the ITouko of Commons In
the person of Sir John Ullrllug' M,r.
well, direct descendant.. Sir JU-'il
Maxwell and Sir John Mn veil ftr
both "commnudccrcd" by Kdwarv I.
to perform military aervlce "beyoud
the sca"-l. e., In l'rance-ln 1207.
Berlin's Sewage System.
The sewage system of Berlin annual
lv trnnanorts from 00,000,000 to 70,000,-
000 tons of sewage for distribution over
. an area of 20,000 acre lying from sev
i en to fifteen miles beyond tho city Hm
, Its. . Although the cost of the drulnng
Is about $25,000,000 a year, the enor
i mously Increased fertility of tho land
makes It a paying operation. Besides
1 that, It Is the most sanitary and sclct;
j tlllc mode of disposing of tho city's
I sewage. '
I Hw Bhe Got It.
A little girl who bad been told not t
ask for anything to eat at a neighbor's
came home with a face very suggest
ive of lunching. When asked by bar
mother why she bad usked for some
thing, she said:
"But, miimma, I didn't ask Mrs. (1.
I Just looked at her and said: 'Cau l
you see how hungry I am?' "-Now
York Truth.
Parole System for the Ioaaite,
A parole system 1 In use at tb hos
pital for the lnsuuo In Nebraska, under
which those mildly nflllcted are ulaead
I In tb custody of their friends for
ninety days before btlng finally dis
charged. , - ' ' .
I . There Is nothing as stale as an old
story, yet half of tliniu ar com
menced: "You have probably beard It
I but," ste.
' WQMANC1 IN A TRIAL.
McKlaUr Lt Ml riret l'ae la tenrt,
at Wee a HHUs,
President McKlulcy, a a youug at
torney, lott bis Cut cat lu th Com
mon Ties court of Siark couuly, at
Ihowo by th record, but b won a
brld. He was elected proscvutiug at
torney during tbe trial., Tbl case wa
flrat heard before Justice Tuillp Loew,
ef Navarre, Stark county, In ItMU, Loew
It a rock-ribbed Democrat. 11 I still
a Justice of th pesce In I ho village of
Navarr, and ha bold th oillc lu an
uubrokeu Uu all the year.
Johu Uotetter, a farmer of Bethle
hem township, Stark county, brought
action against Thlllp Sheen, hi ten
ant, to recover da mages of WM.'M. Th
farmer bad a quarred over tome horse
breaking luto a wheat field. Th plalu
tiff caused au attachment to be Issued
to satisfy bl claim, should be wlu tbe
lull
Summon wa served on Sliced
March 18, 18(10. He demanded a Jury
trial. This wa granted, and April 0
wa II ied a th time to bear tbe case,
Tbe partle were not ready, and th
cat did not com to trial until May 8.
It took three day to hear the evidence
and the argument. The jury Anally
tmMm T i
im, si a ,7V-J Li' fcW " S
bQUIKE LOEW AND
gave Judgment fur the defendant.
Sheet, amounting to 113(1.85. McKlu
ley's client wa nut satisfied with the
Issue of the case and took an appeaL
During th trial of the case McKln
ley had become engaged to marry Ida
Sexton, the belle of tho town of Can
ton, aud, while the case wa peudlung
between Hosteller and Sheets, McKlu
lcy getting ready for the wedding
tour. II waa married In January, 1871.
HI Interest lu this Important event of
bis life Is shown In a letter written a
short time before hi marriage to Judge
Ambler, of Salem, Ohio, then congress
man from th district. The young
t:itoo sttorncy sent a letter of in
quiry to Congressman Ambler at Wash
ington and Informing Mr. Ambler of bl
ppioaclilug marriage.
Tb Vtlt of William McKluley and
W bride to the national cupital wa an
rren'fnl occurrence In the young bride
groom's life. Another ImiKirtaut event
lu the life of McKlnley that caused hint
to delay the case of ltostetter aud
Sheet wa bl en u van for prosecuting
attorney of Stark county. He was
nominated, partly aa a Joke, for the
county bad been strongly Democratic.
The opposing candidate was William
A. Lynch, McKlnley won.
Here ta another strnngu thing clus
tering about this period of McKlulcy'
experience. The opposing counsel In
the Hostetter Sheets case was also this
same William A. Lyiich, McKlulcy
won the election, and hla bride; Lynch
won tbe law case. Two years later
McKlnley and Lynch were again op-
' FA KM OWXKI) BY
posing candidate for prosecuting at
torney. This was Lynch' turu, aud he
ditfo&teT'MvKlnley. Tho presiding
Judge lu tbe case, the partle to the
suit, aud mofct of the Juror are dcud.
Tb IKtle house used as a court by Jus-
i iv t.n.iw sti'l itfliiilx near hla grocer?
stores and serves a a small store room,
BRYAN'S FARM.
Where tha Democratic Leader Finds
Kest anil Kevreutlon,
William Jeunlngs Bryau maintains a
little farm of thirty aires Just outside
tbe city limits of Lincoln. He bought
the first five acres some years ago be
cause he liked the look of the place,
He and hla wife were driving by what
Is now bl farm, or the uucluus of It,
and tbey stopped to admire the view,
with pleasant farms all around. Ante
lope creek, with Its heavy forest, near
at hand and neat country homes lu
their setting of shudeaud fruit trees all
around. 86 charmed were Mr. and Mrs.
Bryau with the situation that they
bought the five acres for $250 an acre.
While this price was perhaps pretty
stiff, Col. Bryan explains how be got
his money's worth.
"The scenery Is worth $100 an acre,"
he says, "tho climate nuuthcr $100, und
the soli $50."
Since that time Mr. Bryan but added
to his farm in five and ten acre tracts
until now be hns thirty acres.
Mr. Bryan's farm Is not even separ
ate from the adjoining ground by a
wire fence. At present the farmhouse
Is occupied by his tenaut. It Is a one
story and one half frame structure In
'the style so commonly seen on the
Western prairie. One room Mr. Bryan
has reserved, and In It he keeps the
effects which he has collected as Col
onel of tbe Nebraska regiment. Some
fifty feet to the rear la the Inevitable
windmill with ftie drinking rnp m 1e
of a tin ran. North aud wtt the
house I th garden which Mr. Bryan
planted and ba cultivated, aud tb
chicken-bout I at th rear of tbe
farmhouse.
Cot. Bryan I a tru Nebraskan. Al
though be ba vlsltsd every part of th
country la bl campaigning tour and
lint bad a cbauc given to few men of
comparing the relative bcautlct of lake,
river, mountain aud prairie country
from ocean to ocean, b declare that
no section of tb country satisfies him
s Nebraska does. II like to get out
on hi rarm aud tak thing easy, watch
the chicken, ramble srouud In th
field and drink from th old tin cup.
Of course, Col. Bryan doe not "work"
th farm himself. Small a It I. It
would take too much of tb tlm of a
man at busy a Bryau Is. A caretaker
live In the little farmhouse during the
greater part of th year and attend to
the crop aud the thousand and one
duties of th farm. Th garden and
th chicken yard are what CoL Bryan
attends lo personally. Tho rest of the
work-the fields of onts aud corn, tb
orchard and all the wide sweep of acres
Is attended lo by the employe. It I
but a short drive from Col. Bryan'
v
HW COl'KTIIOUSE.
home lu Lincoln to tho farm, aud.
therefore, he seldom. If erer, remains
at the farmhouse over night
A Watchful Wire.
Twice tbe dowager Empress of Uu
sla ha saved ber husband's life. Oue
day, when lu the Emcror's dressing
room, the observed that on his dresslug
table lay a curious-looking Jewel case.
Something about It appearance arous
ed ber curiosity, aud, inking It up, she
became aware that It was extremely
heavy. Without saying a word ah
went luto her room aud placed It care
fully lu a basin of water; then, send
ing for the prefect of police whose
duties kept hi in much about the palace,
she begged him to have It examined,
and It was discovered to be-one of tbe
most marvelous Infernal machine ever
Invented by the Ingenuity of man. The
second occasion on which the Empress
was directly lustrutneutnl lu stopping
murder occurred lu the Winter Palace,
when she heard a slight uolse which
Indicated the presence of some- stran
ger In the Guar's study. Without be
traying the slightest anxiety, she beg
ged her hushnud to dome and speak to
one of the children, lie did so. She
lucked the door and only gave up the
keys to a party of soldiers, who found
that someone had Just escaped through
tl t wludow.-TIt Bit.
Butterfly Consumption Cure.
Frederick IL Knight, of Venice,
Fin., la here to carry on esperlments lo
W. J. BRYAN
an alleged consumption cure. Tbe
basis for the cure Is the bodies of dead
butterflies pulverised to a powder
Knight says that It has long been
known that the fever weed which flour
ishes In Florida has been a great atlmu
laut for malarial and cousumpllou
cases. Tho thought occurred to some
oue that the peculiarly bright butterfly
that In Its first stage lives oh tbe fever
weed might be used Instead of the
weed Itself. Tho Idea was tested, nud
has proved efficacious In many cases.
A compnuy has been formed to manu
facture the cure. Denver special to
Chicago Chronicle.
But an Kmpty Hoaor.
A member of Parliament tells a
charming and touching story of the
Queen and Lady Roberts. When Lady
Boberts was at Windsor a few week
ago the Queen handed her a small par
cel, saying: "Here Is something that I
have tied up with my own hands, and
that I beg you not to opeu until you get
home." On her return home Lady Rob
erts found that tho parcel contnlned
the Victoria Cross won by her dead
sou by his gulluutry at the Qrst.battle
of CoIcujO. v
Inuroaslng Va.ue.
"1 hnve no less than a dozen complete
novels which no editor would accept,"
said the unsuccessful author. "Tbey
are lying In nfy desk, and yet 1 believe
they are growing more valuable with
the passing years and that even now I
might realize on them."
"I don't doubt It," replied the heart
less girl. "I understand tbe price of
paper bas advanced at a tremendous
rate."-Pblladelpbla Press.
Boys seem to be growing better, but
their mothers gossip about them aa
much as ever. ,
8H:E3 Of THC "CELESTIAL!,
Itfiarvrt and liMltbfvlaaM ef Tblr
Wo S)lraw Haadala,
"I may seem to b quarreling with
my bread and butter," said an uptown
chiropodist to on of bl best custom
tn tb otbr day, "but In my bumble
ind torn what professional opinion th
most sensible of all men In tb matter
ef footwear tb Cbluatuan. Did you
vr notice hi feet? 1 don't believe
there Is tucb a thing aa a cura tor bun
ion In all China. Chiropodists would
itarv to death there so far as th re
quirement of tb mascullu foot are
concerned. Whatever the deformltlea
Inflicted on the feet of women In China
may be, the men certainly enjoy sound
ud comfortable understanding. Look
at tb Chines laundrymen here In
Washington: they ataud at tbelr work
eighteen hours a day. No class of
worklugmen I know of spend so many
hour on their feet a tbey do. Yet they
never break down there, aud physically
tbey are a wonderfully healthy race.
'Simple living and freedom from the
uervoutpurtultsof our ctvlllxatton may
hav something to do with It, but I at
tribute their exemption from foot weak
ness and disease to tbe kind of bouse
shoe so universally worn by them, t
have a pair that 1 have worn for sev
eral years, and I wouldn't wear any
thing else for genuine Indoor comrort.
Tbey are woven of straw and seaweed
aud soled with borsehlde. There I a
thick sol of straw above tbe leather,
and through this the air can circulate
freely, keeping the muscles of tbe un
der part or tbe foot always cool. The
laundrymen, you notice, ar . usually
barefoot, which Is an added advantage
In th matter of bealthfuluess. There
Is about as little material In tbe uppers
as I consistent with tbe Idea of a shoe,
tnd this Is Just enough to keep tbe thing
on th foot Tula upper, too, I woven
loosely of set weed, so that tbe air can
hav access to the foot Nowhere doe
thl (hoe pinch or In the least degree
pre th foot
"These are tbe Indoor shoe of the
Chinaman. On the street here In tbe
Uulted Statea nowadays be wear very
commonly the leather shoe or boot
of American manufacture. That I one
of the waya In which be I becoming
A merit-suited. But tbe outdoor cloth
hoe of China I a great deal worn also.
That, like tbe Indoor shoe, Is very
thick aud soft In tbe sole, and tbe foot
I never pinched or (trained by It Tbe
healthiest footgear ever known prob
ably was the sandal of tbe Greeks. It
bad no upier, and, as you will see In
statuary, the feet of men aud women
were Ideally perfect. All the aandal
afforded wa a protection from the
ground. To him who wear aandala,'
say the Arabs, 'It Is as If tbe world
were shod with leather.' The China
men teeuii to follow out thl motto, and
bl shoe are merely soles and noth
ing more. But tbe great secret of tbe
excellence of bis Indoor shoe Is the balf-
tneb straw bole. "-Washington Star.
The Morrow of the Millionaire
"Look at tbe ways of the million
aire," observes tbe Idiot, In tbe role
of an entertainer, which John Kendrlck
Baugs assigns him In the Woman's
Home Companion. "Given bis million
be give up hi bouse and build him
self a small, flrst-claa hotel In some
big city, which for the greater part oi
the year la occupied by servunt. lie
next erect a country palace at Lenox
or at Newport Tbl be call a cot-
lago, though It usually look more like
a public library or a hospital or a club
bouse. Then he build himself a camp,
with stained glass windows, In the
Adlrondncka, and ha to float a small
railroad lu order to get himself and bis
wife's truuks Into camp. Shortly after
these follows a bungalow modeled after
a French chateau, somewhere In the
South, and then a yacht warranted ta
cross the ocean In ten days, and to pro
duce seasickness twelve hours sooner
than the regular ocean-steamer, be
Mines oue of the necessities of life. Re
sult, be never lives anywhere. To oc
cupy all bis residences, camps and
bungalows be has to keep eternally on
the move, and when be thinks be needs
a trip to Europe be has his yacht got
ready aud sends It over, going himself
on a fast steamer. Oh, It's a terrible
thing to be a millionaire and have no
where to lay one's head, with every
poorer man envying him, many bating
him, and bauds raised against him
every wbcrel"
Aa Island aa a Natural Lighthouse.
8tromboll, one of the Llparl islands,
bas constantly and usefully performed
the function of a lighthouse for at least
2,000 years. Circular In outline, the
Island culminates in a conical shaped
elevation due to past volcanic ageucy,
which rises to tbe height of 3,000 feet
above sea level, add Is visible over an
area having a radius of more than 100
tulles." During the day masses of vapor
are seen Issuing from a point high up
the mountain side, and at night suc
cessive displays of red light, varying
lu duration and Intensity, somewhat
resemble those of a gigantic flashlight
on the coast. The flashes last from
under one to over twenty minutes,
gradually Increasing to a ruddy glow,
and as gradually fading away. This
Island Is referred to by several very
ancient writers s'. the great natural
Pharos of the Western Mediterranean.
Now It serves the same purpose, for
the constant stream of traffic passing
to and from tbe French and Italian
ports In the Gulfs of Genoa and of Ly
ons, through the Straits of Messina, for
whlcb Stromboll acts as a "leading"
light. To such an extent Is this the
J tase that, although the other principal
.Islands of the Llparl archipelago are
1 marked by lighthouses, nothing of tbe
klud Is placed upon Stromboll.
Foreigners In Japan.
To eat with chopsticks, and sit on
mats, and wear big-sleeved coats do not
bring a man any nearer to genuinely
lutlmate Intercourse with the Japanese
people. The language Is also needed.
Yet even when the language is added
something still remains to be achieved.
No foreigner has ever succeeded In be
ing admitted to tho Inner circle of Jap
anese Intercourse. Japan MalL
la the Blood.
Mrs. Gosslpell "So young Mr. Bfene
A.ii tma tnken a Wife. Dear me! unit
' only 241 What could hnve Induced him
! to take such a course?"
Mrs. Gosslper "My dear, I fancy It
ruus in the blood. 1 bear that bis father
and mother before him were married."
Judge.
Firemen's Water Jackets.
In Berlin the firemen wear water
Jackets, with a double skin, which they
nre able to fill with water from tin
hose. If the space between tbe two lay
ers becomes overfilled the water es
capes through a valve at tbe top of the
helmet
Age may not be garrulous, but there
Is no denying the fact that it tells on
both men and women.
In every family, when kin com they
ar referred to as "Mother's guests."
First Lady-Klller-"M steady say
you kissed ber." Second Dltto-"G'waa
She's only boastluV-New York World.
"Can you give m tb nam of the
first lady of tb land?" asked tbe teach
er. "Yes'uj," ld tb boy with the
frowsy hair, "Kv."-Chlcigo Tribune
Fact In tb case: How did be lose
bit standing In th community?" "By
getting drunk and letting a train run
over bi leg." Chicago Tlmet-Uerald.
"Ar you going to tpend tb summer
In town, HIIklnsT "I expect to. My
wife will do all tb spending out of
town that I can afford." Philadelphia
Bulletin.
M litre "Bridget you'v been a
kiug time In coming; didn't you bear
we calling?" Brldgct-"No, ma'am;
not till yes called tb' third tola.
nia'atn'-Ex.
Fuxzy "Tbey ay that Agulnaldo In
vested half a million dollars In the
FuMlpplue rebellion." Wuxsy-"Well.
b can't complain; be I getting a run
for bis money." Ex.
Mr. Snaggs "1 read to-day that a
pot of tea exploded la a kitchen, se
verely scalding tbe cook." Mr. Snaggs
"It muat have been gunpowder."
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Mamma "You don't care wbat kind
of a husband you get? Wby, Olady!"
Uladys "So long as b I handsome
and rich, and kind to ma I don't care,
to tberel"-Iblladelpbla Press.
Where Ignorance Is bliss: Hicks
(reading) "There are many peopl that
suffer from dyspepsia for years with
out knowing It" Kicks (a dyspeptic)
"How 1 envy tbemr-Town Topics,
Eminent 8tatesman-"l must confess
that I do not know wbat to do to save
tb country." Wise Polltlc!au-"Bettr
wait a month and let tb sweet girt
graduates tell us."-Baltlmore Amert
can. Excited Lady (at tb telephone) "I
want my huaband, please, at once."
Vole (from tbe exchange) "Number,
please?" Excited Lady (snappishly)
"Only tbe fourth, you Impudent thing."
-Tld-BIt.
"Do yon know anything at all aboot
drilling y asked tb sergeant "Faith,
I know all about It" replied tbe raw
recruit; "I wurked In a quarry for
monny yeara befoor I J'lned th' army."
-Philadelphia Press.
"1 would like to be In one of those ex
pedition to the North Pole, would
you?" "No: 1 prefer tbe South Pole."
"Hub! Wbat'a tbe difference between
tb two?" "AU tbe difference In the
world. "-Philadelphia Press.
"Wbat Is blanc mange, papaT
"Blanc mange? It Is tbst ghastly, hor
rible, nervous, clammy dessert which
your mother generally gets up wben we
have company so that I can't shirk out
of eating If Indianapolis Journal
More than even with him: Banker
(to crushed tragedian) "No; 1 haven't
seen you act; 1 have not been Inside ft
theater for two years I" Crushed Tra-gedlan-"lt'a
five years since I've been
Inside a banf-From The Waya of
Men.
Mrs Grimes "Do yon know, Mr.
Brtggs, that your bens get Into my gar
den and make an awful mess of It?
Tbey tear op everything with their
claws." Mr. Brlggs-"! don't know
wbat ta to be done, unless yoo shoe
them."
What we're all coming to: "What,
minding the baby!" said Northslde, as
he entered Manchester's home and
found bis friend agitating the cradle.
"Yes," replied Manchester, "I've got
down to bed-rock."-Ptttsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
"Women are an ungrateful lot"
"Anything special V "Yes; my wife
rrged me to go Into politics, and erer
since I didn't get nomluated she has
talked about what a lot of new furni
ture she could have bought with th
money I spent"-Indlanapolls JournaL
Fuddy "Do you know your wife ap
pears to be a charming woman? 1
hope you won't think me impertinent
to make auch a remark r Duddy "Oh,
no, that's all right That's what I
used to thluk. That's the reason. In
fact that she happens to be my wife."
The census-taker rang tbe bell at the
bouse of Gen. Underthum. The gen
eral's wife responded. "Who Is tbe
bead of this house, madam?" asked the
census-man. "I am," Bald she prompt
ly. "And er have you any profession
or occupation?" "Well, you can put m
down as a 'general manager.' "Phila
delphia Press.
Bluster"! don't care; I believe In
telling a fellow Just what 1 think of
blm." Mlldmay-"It Is a great deal
better to tell somebody else what you
think of a man-that la, of course. If It
Is something deprecatory. If you tell It
to tbe man himself It will probably go.
no farther, but If you tell It to some
body else It Is likely to go the rounds."1
"I am sorry to disappoint you, young
man," said the great railway magnate
to the reporter who bad called In for
the purpose of writing blm up, "but t
did not begin at tbe bottom and work
my way up. 1 was kicked through col
lege by my father, Inherited a fortune,
which I Invested lu railroad shares, and
1 hold this Job because 1 have rotes
enough to control It. It Is too bad, my
young friend, but we can't all be self
made men. We would become tire
some." And he bowed tbe caller out
-Chicago Tribune.
Gold-Beating. -
Gold,beaters, by hammering, can re
duce gold leaves so thin that 282,000
must be laid upon each other to pro
duco the thickness of an Inch, yet each
leaf Is so perfect and free from boles,
that one of them laid upon auy surface,
as In gilding, gives the appearance of
solid gold. They are so thin that If
formed Into a book 1,600 would only
occupy the space of a single leaf of
common paper; and an octano volume
of an Inch thick would have as many
pages as the books of a well-stocked
library of 1,600 volumes, with 400 pages
In each. - ,
Bound Net to Be Outdone.
Wben President Kruger was last In
England he received a visit from the
Duke of Abercorn, In the course of
which bis grace Informed Oom Paul
that he himself bad been for years a
member of the British lower bouse,
and that his father bad been lord lieu
tenant of Ireland. The president evi
dently considered tbat bis guest's pres
ent rank was a great rise In life, for
be exclaimed, hastily, "Oh, that Is
nothing; my father was only a shep
herd!"
Fishing stories are wblte lies,