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The New Age.
A. D. GRIFFIN, Manager.
orrici; set MonnitoN stiiekt.
Orrfon T!ihan Oak 801.
KmUrtd at the Poitofflce at Portland, Oregon,
MNNid elm matter.
BDHHCnil'TION.
Tar, Fayabl In AtTanc,4....9a.OO
AN AWFUL ALTERNATIVE.
In tho courso of nn nddrcss deliv
ered ly President Hadley, of Yalo
University, In Uoston, recently, he
wild :
"TriiBtB have got to bo regulated
ly public sentiment, nnd that public
Hcntltncnt In not merely tho opinion
of nny particular part of tho whole
people, but Is a readiness to nccopt,
In behalf of the community, restric
tion Independent of tho question of
whothor you or I shall bo personally
harmed by theso restrictions.
"You say tho community will not bo
governed by this principle. Wo must
oxpect that tho community will, how
ovor, for tho nltornatlvo Is an emperor
In Washington within twonty-flvo
years."
Wero this tho prediction of n stump
orator, spooking in tho strcsB of a
campaign, it would not bo consldorod;
but It Is tho expression of a man who
Is noted both for sagacity and cool
judgment nnd who Is discussing tho
fdtuatlon In a purely academic spirit.
Ah such It commands attention.
President Hadley, in defining tho
Influences at work to such a dis
astrous end evidently has In mind
tho gcnernl tondoncy of public
thought. It in nparontly not tho trust
powor In Itself taut ho fears so much
nn tho growing complacency with
which tho peoplo wltnesH tho crush
ing of individualism nnd Independ
ence. A nation which hns tho power
to "roverso Itself" every four yearn
would today rlso Indignantly nnd vote
Into oblivion nnyono who would pro
Paso to turn tno republic Into nn em
pire. It Ih President Hadloy's opinion
thnt, nfter n qunrtor of a century of
growing trust domination, all business
centering In n few, nnd theso fow
necessarily having powur In tho nf
fairs of fltato, tho peoplo would bo
nccuntomod to tho Idoa of surrender
ing tholr powor to n permanent
trustee, supremo both In trade nnd
in politics,
Mr. Hadloy, In IiIh oxtremo and
nlnnulHt view, can point for confir
mation to tho apathy with which tho
people havo accepted tho act giv
ing despotic- power to tho president
nn net which would havo called forth
n Htorin of nngry protest three Bhort
years ago, Yet, a majority of Ameri
cans will find It illflcult to convince
themselves that republican principles
uro ho lightly esteemed In this country
thnt tho voters will over consont to
their ubnudnumont. Indeed, It hooiuh
Imponslhlo In this ago of enlightened
progress, and yet there uppoars to
bo need for an aroused clvlo bouho
nnd an awakened puhlla consclonco,
and President Hadloy's warning tends
to such nn awakening. It la well that
one man holding high place In nn
American college should havo tho
courage to point out thnt Industrial
despotism makes for political despot
ism. The place to strike tho first
blow Is not, as many readers of Presi
dent Hadloy's address will Infer, tho
trust Institution Itself, but that par
ticular form of trtiHt which owes Its
existence to discriminating legisla
tion and exercises unnatural nnd op
pressive restrictions upon trade. Put
the bad trusts out of existence and
It Is much to be doubted whether tho
'trusts remaining ever could attain
HUlllclout power to dominate either
tho political or tho industrial forces
of tho republic.
OREOON AND ITS GUESTS.
Prominent nnd Influential business
men of several of thu groat clttea of
tho Kant havo been our guests this
week. Thoy camo through storm nnd
Minimi to reach Oregon, nnd thoy
found Its metropolis in a blato of
tutulit glory. Tho utmosphoro was
laden with tho balm nnd fragrance
of springtime, Woodland scenes wero
Just donning tholr summer attlro;
meadows anil orchards wero rich
with tho verdure of life and fresh
ness; fields hud been fallowed nnd
had already begun to show tho prom
ise of tho coming harvest, and people
generally woro buoyant ovor tho
prospect of renewed business activ
ity after a brief period of rest. It
was Indeed ono of tho good times to
visit Oregon. Tho Impressions ac
quired through all of theso tnftucucoa
should bo of great profit, both to those
who enmo to boo us and to tho state
Konorally, bocauso others will follow
them In quest of permanent homes.
Little attention was given to a de
tailed view of tho city. That fcaluro
of tho receiving comnjltteo's work ap
peared to havo been neglected. Of
course, each visitor returned with a
trunk full of pictures, bu' no photo
graph of tho city over taken Is as good
as a careful view of the original th"e
city itself. Portland Is one of the
prettiest cities on tho continent In
embryo, In some respects, to bo sure,
but tho ground-work is hero and the
advancement mndo gives fair Intima
tion of what tho result will bo.
TRAGEDY AND TROUBLE.
In tho matter of tho estate of tho
lato Consul-aenernl Wlldmnn, nn
old lnw question Is revived. Mr.
Wildmnn, his wife and their child
ren wore lost on tho Ill-fated Rio do
Janeiro. Tho mother of tho wife has
applied for letters of administration
upon her daughter's estate, whllo tho
public administrator of San Francisco
has applied for letters on tho estato
of Mr. Wlldman.
Tho question is: Which died first?
In case tho wlfo perished before tho
huBband then tho public administra
tor may prevail, and tho distribution
of
tho small estato may tako a
dlflorcnt courso than if the wlfo sur
vived tho husband. In tho first enso
tho wife's estate would bo subject
to tho claims of tho husband nnd his
heirs. In tho latter case tho hus
band's estato would descend through
tho heirs of tho wife.
Tho old rule of law Is Incorporated
In the California codes nnd will pre
vail, namely, that tho presumption
must obtain that tho stronger Ufa
perished last. Thus, tho finding un
der tho presumption must bo thnt
tho children perlBhcd first, tho wlfo
next nnd tho husband last, unless It
can bo shown by 'sufllclent proof thnt,
as a matter of fact, tho husband died
llrst.
THE STREET CARNIVAL.
Tho proposition, so heartily en
dorsed by the business men of tho
city, to hold a street fair nnd cnrnlvnl
during tho coming summer Is certain
ly n most commendable one nnd
ought not to bo permitted to slumber
a minute until every arrangement
shall havo been mnuo for nctlvo work
In tho preparation for Its opening.
Tho Idea of holding It nt nn earlier
dato than that on which tho street
fair was hold Inst yoar Is most worthy.
,As has boon suggested, It will enliven
our dullest season nnd at tho samo
tlmo precede tho full rains, which,
once or twlco Inst year, sorlously in
terfered with the ttucccHB of tho fair.
Thu street fair and carnival of Inst
year wns not only a financial huc
ccsh for thosu who organized tho
scheme and executed tho plans, but
It wns u grandly successful affair for
thu city and tho stnto. Portland's ex
traordinary Increase In population
since that time may bo largely at
tributed to attruciions of that enter
prise nnd tho excellent manner In
which they wero presented.
Every lino of business In tho city
profited by It. Tho stnto of Oregon
and tho metropolis of tho Northwest
were splendidly advertised. Almost
every stnto In tho Union wns ropro
Bontcd among vlsttors who wero In
duced to como, chiefly by tho adver
tisement of tho carnival. It was a
grand affair and should bo ropentod
on u grander scalo this year.
REBELLIOUS STUDENTS.
In tho University of tho State of
Washington thu students "went on a
strike" and 200 of them threatened
to go out In n body unless tho faculty
modified tho puulBhinent It inflicted
on two students who wero Indefinitely
suspended for engaging In a regular
tight of four rounds to settle nn issuo
betweon them which had arisen over
rivalry for first place In tho favor of
n young woman. Thoy nverrod thnt
unless tho faculty rescinded tho order,
tho students to tho number of 200
would withdraw, Tho matter Is yet
In nboyanco.
Let tho faculty Btnnd firm. If It
yield to tho demands of tho pupils,
Its otllco for good will bo at an end.
Tho lustnnt tho faculty gives way
to an unreasonable demand on tho
part of pupils, where tho threat to
withdraw accompanies It, It turns over
tho discipline, policing nnd govern
ment of 'tho InstltiMon to tho .tudentij;
mtlt "llrtt Mint IttltlKAIIfl 41iX unl.nnl I
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might as well put up Its shutters und'
lock Its doors,
Tho czar's life la said to bo XZ cWZtoi
In danger. When was thoro a tlmo , 00m I, Multnomah block, Portland,
wheu it wits not in porll? Tho his- They refer, by pormUslnu, to Mer
tory of his reign has so far not ro- dit National bauk, Portland; K.
vealed that period in his unhappy W' '. tP department, post
., "' ollice; H.J. Martin, druggist, corner
"I0, Washlugtou aud Sixth.
Employes of tho local breweries
aro on a strike Just what for no one
seems to know.
An organization of
brewers' employes In San Francisco
has ordered them to quit work, and
on Wednesday they quit. Tho Call
forn.a organization Is dominated
an English syndicate. 1'ortiantl brew
crs havo been shipping beer by the
trnlnload to California and by tho
boatload to Manila. The English syn
dicate proposes to stop this, If possi
ble, but it will not bo posstblo. It Is
a case of English capital against local
enterprise. It will not win. Portland
beer will contlnuo to bo enjoyed on
two or three continents.' Just tho
same.
Maryland has Just disfranchised
about 50,000 of Us votors, half' of'
whlcn number arc white and tho
other half colored. Thoy aro classed
as Illiterate and therefore unnblo to
prcpnro their ballots on election day.
It Is said that this action of tho
Maryland legislature has mado that
little state safoly democratic, but
that assumption may bo shown to
bo promnture. At all events, tho col
ored peoplo, with advantages tenfold
less than those of tholr whlto broth
ers, havo mado an excellent showing.
Another Negro was hanged by a
mob, this week, near Terry, Miss. Ho
wns discovered In a whlto woman's
bedroom, but thoro was no ovldcnco
thnt ho was not thoro with hor con
sent. Tho whlto woman was not
hanged. Her whlto brothers readily
condoned hor offenso, but a mob
gathered, caught tho colored man,
tied a ropo nbout his neck and
dropped him from n brldgo beam.
Andrew Carnegie's splendid gifts of
millions of dollars for tho establish
ment nnd maintenance of Institutions
whoso purposo will bo tho allotment
of comfort nnd opportunity to deserv
ing peoplo who cannot purchnso thorn
shows conclusively that ho Is not tho
niggard with which ho lias so fre
quently been charged with being.
Foreign manufacturers havo bocomo
much alarmed ovor tho results of
American competition. Thoy aro Book
ing to stlflo our progress, but tho
world of business Is deaf to their sol
fish nppoals. Amorlcan onterprlso
hns won against tho combined rivalry
of tho world, and It will contlnuo to
win.
Tho county commissioners' muddle
ovor tho adjustment of tho now law
to existing conditions continues. Ex
pensive litigation promises to follow.
The Finest 8orvlce to the East and
South.
Tho O. R. & Co., In connection with
tho Oregon Short Lino and tho Union
Pacific, offers tho finest Borvlco and
tho fastest tlmo to Salt Lnko, Den
ver, Kansas City, a Omaha, St. Paul,
St. Louis, Chicago; and nil points
East. Three traliiB dnlly from Port
land, with choice of many different
routes, Pnlaco nnd tourist sleopors,
library, dining nnd chair cars on nil
trains.
Wrlto A. L. Crnlg. O. P. A.. O. R.
& N. Co., Portland, Oregon, for par
ticulars. Now la tho Tlmo to Travel.
If you aro going East do not pur
chase your ticket until you havo se
cured rates from tho Illinois Cont
nil railroad. Travel ovor a lino la
position to glvo you good sorvlco and
quick tlmo, nnd you will savo'.monoy.
Wo can do both. Our rntoa nro as
low as other lines, and our sorvlco
Is excelled by uono.
If you nro going to sond East for
your family do bo now whllo rates aro
low, but boforo doposftlng monoy for
their tickets como In nnd boo us, or
address B. H. TRUMBULL,
Commercial agent Illinois Central
Railroad, H2 Third street, Portland,
Oregon.
TOURIST CARS.
Tho tourist cars, like n newspaper
In a country town, certnlnly "fill a
long-folt want." A cool, clean, woll
ventilated sleoplng and observation
enr. equally freo from tho discomforts
of tho old-fashioned passongor coach
nnd tho stuffy heat of tho ovor lux
uriously upholstored drawing-room
and Bleeping cars, ana at a moderate
oxtra feo, has solved tho problem of
providing attractive accommodations
for tho general public. Tho O. R. &
N. Co. runs threo of thoso cars dally
between Portland and tho EaBt. A
portor Is In churgo of onch car to
look after tho wants and comforts of
tho passonKors.
For rntos and particulars, wrlto to
A. L, CRAIG,
Gonoral Passongor Agont O. R. & N.
Co., Portland. Or.
No doubt the stockholders of the
Rival Oil eompauy will bo pleased to
know that tho oompauy la drilling ou
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,or 0ii cents or share. Tliov own
tholr laud, and will uuko for tho
stockholders many times their iu vest-
ment. Mail orders will receive prompt
I llttlklttltl lt al n.lktlAJ I itt.HA..SA.I .,u
V: The Beet of Mfte. '
Not till life's heat In cooled,
.-The headlong rush slowed to n quiet pace,
i And every purnnnd paBmon tnat nas
ruled
Our noisier years nt last
flpurs us In vain, and, wenry of the race,
byrtSSS
past
The best of life begins.
To toil for only fame,
Hnndclupplngs and the fickle gusts ol
praise,
For place or power of gold to gild a
name
Above the grave whereto
All paths will bring ua, were, to lose our
days
.Wc, on wkose cars youth's passing bell
has tolled
In blowing bubbles, even as children do,
Forgetting we grow old.
But the world widens when
Such hope of trivial gain that ruled ui
t,.m ' . .1.11.11 ,
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We win to self-controll
And mall ourselves In manhood, and there
rise
Upon us from the vast and windless
height
Those clearer thoughts that are unto the
soul
What stars arc to the night.
Tho plcturcsquo lino nnd tho roynl
ono back to tho homo of your child
hood is via tho Northern Pacific.
You will rldo over tho Rockies,
along Clark's fork of tho Columbia
and tho beautiful Yollowstono; skirt
ing tho shores of Lnko Pond d'Orcllle,
through tho famous Bad Lands of Pyr
amid Park and across tho wheat fields
of tho Red rlvor valley you go at
fifty miles an hour, and Bleep and ent
In perfect comfort ob tho solid vest!
buled train rushes along.
For detailed Information, tickets,
sleoplng enr reservations, maps of
routes, etc., call on or wrlto
A. D. CHARLTON,
Assistant Qonornl Passongor Agont,
205 Morrison street, cornor Third,
T'nrflnnil Or.
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I KISSED .THE COOK.
I kissed the cook. Ah, mel Bhc was di
vine Cheeks peachy, dark-brown eyes, lips red
as wine;
Long apron with a bow,
A cap nn white ns snow,
By far too tempting, so I kissed the cook.
I kissed the cook, this angel from the
skies,
And yet I did not take her by surprise.
'Twos mean, I will allow,
But If you'll make the vow
To keep It, I'll tell you how I kissed the
cook.
I kissed tho cook. Pdor, helpless little
loss
The chance so good I could not let it pass.
Her hands were In the dough,
She dare not spoil, you know,
My Sunday, suit, and bo I kissed tho cook.
I kissed tho cook. I might have been
Dllt thcll - gueS8 jt wngn.t Tcry wroDg,
' l?r J"" n y" n(1 mc
Tuc cook. my wrC( , .
Bo I'd n right, you sec, to kiss the cook.
Selected.
NIPEY nnd Kipper stood In tho
dock, with a don't-enrc-n-flg-for-anybody
air.
"What's the charge against these fel
lows" Inquired the magistrate.
"Drunk and disorderly, your wor
ship, nnd assaulting the police."
There wns no defense.
"Any provlous convictions?" asked his
worship, with a sour look at tho two
youths of promise.
Kipper thrust his hands deep Into his
pockets; Snlpcy, somewhat older,
wntchod tho dock-keeper with nn
anxious eye. There wero previous con
victions. "That will do!"- snld his worship,
severely. "You nre evidently Incorrigi
ble. Such fellows are the weeds of so
ciety. It's a pity you cnu't bo cr
plucked out. You will bo removed to
tho houso of correction for threo
monlhB."
A rnw-footed nnd broken detachment
of a British Infantry regiment wns
stumbling gamely along n dreary ra
vine In the interior of China. The regi
ment helped mnko up a relief forco
which wns hurrying to tho rescue of a
missionary station. Two smart com
panies had mustered In tho gray light
of early morning nnd had set out to
teconuoltcr In the hills. Through a child
like faith In tho efficiency of the In
formation supplied by a so-called Intel
llgcncc department, tho major com
manding tho detachment hnd got hope
lessly out of his reckoning. Tho Intel
ligence department of the Chinese hnd
not misled them, nnd by the lato after
noon the British had fallen Into nn nm
bush. From tho rock ridges tlnuklng
tho ravine tho Chinese showed now nnd
then tho gleam of n scimitar to their
prey. LIttIo puffs of smoke appeared
more frequently still, nnd were some-
",UPa fo,,owctl " sickening little
"Plops," when tho bullet met flesh nnd
ooiio in tho vnlley. Tho dend lay
sprinkled In tho wnko of the British In
dabs of scarlet, ns If they wero pluylug
a weird game of hnre-aud-hounds with
death.
Tho end of their endurance came
when tho shadows of tho rapidly np
proachlng night closed In upon them.
Tho word to halt wns given nnd obeyed,
although Its mellow note killed all hope.
Itntlous of flour nnd water were passed
round, and, with tho sentries posted.
the tt,0 bo(y q ,,,, ,,,,,, at
or Iny nt ease, rlflo lu hnnd, waiting
for night nnd death.
Two hours passed; then the com
manding ofllcer was startled from a
dow by a honrso whisper.
"Majerl innjerl"
"Hallo I" ho snapped. ' "Who tho
devil's that?"
"Me. mnjer Prlvlt 'Arrlson. I've bin
a-tnlkln' tho pcrsttion over with a mate
friend, beggln' yer pnrd'u, sir o'
mine, an' we thinks thcers n charnce o'
savin' the detnehmeut."
Thero wero a fow expletives In tho
darkness.
"Who told the privates the detach
ment wanted nuy saving?"
Then there was a sound like n sup
pressed chuckle, and tho whisper re
asserted Itself. By nnd by the exple
tives melted Into answering whispers,
then followed silence.
Ten minutes after there slipped Into
the stlenco the rustle of gently moving
aien.
"Snlpey, ole ninnl"
"Kipper!"
Two bands groped ridiculously In the
Inky ulght until they found each other.
A few answering cracks from the hills
were followed by tho bum of wasted
ammunition.
"Majer said as It was a flve-ter-one
charnce," replied Snlpey, with some-
lUUOt
"Wot else did 'e say, mate, when yer
axed 'lm?"
"Say? Why, a few bloomln' 'air-
lifters at fust, as It's 'Is nature to. Then
says I, 'Me an my pal, mnjer, reckons
as these pigtails wun't want ter tackle
In the darkness, a-cuuse they might get
cut up a bit, so they'll wait an' pot us
comferable In the niornln',' 'Right y'
are, ole chap,' says 'e. Then I says,
But If we tried to do a guy, majer,
ole pal, they'd smell a rat, an' be down
ou us like a lot o' winter sparrers on a
midden.' 'Considerable powers o' pen
etration,' 'e says. Then,' says I, 'ma
jer, here's our Plan. Let one or two
stop behind an' keep a-flrln' from dif
ferent places, an' they'll think we're
all 'ere; then the rest o' the detachment
can creep off foxy,' The majer swears.
I.
an says It wos a flve-to-ono cnunce.
Then 'c thinks a bit. Th'cn 'e says 'c'll
try It Then I volunteers for you an'
me to stop, n-cause It wos us wot for
merlntcd tho Invention. 'Couple of
damn scamps aforo you joined, eh?'
-'e says. 'Certn'l, mnjcr,' I says, sooth
In Mike. Then I feels sumniat n-,foollu'
nbout mo In the darkness, an' when I
grabbed It I found It wos tho major's
hnnd." '
"Snlpcy," said Kipper, reproachful
ly, "you're a bllsterln' llnrl"
"That's the kernel of It, mntc. It's
true nbout tho hand, though, KIp." '
II.
Crack, crnckl Unceasingly tho pltl--less
rifles told tho lurking Chinese that
their British pigeons wero safe In, tho
nest below.
"Kipper!"
"Ole pull"
"Wc gotter remember ono thing.
There must be no bloomln' surrender
In'." "Not n bit o' surrendcrln'." Thero
was a decided quaver In the tone now.
"There wtin't be no tnkln prisoners!
We've-took n great responsibility on fer
tho regiment. There's a lot o' clarso
about tho regiment, KIp, nn' wo ain't
a-goln' to disgrace It. See?"
"Snlpeyl"
"Kipper, ole mnul" There wns tho
same funny groping of hnnds In tho
dnrk. tho sniuo tight, lingering ' grip
when they found each other.
Crack, crack 1
"Curse this rifle!" said Snlpey. "How
she bumps!"
It was nearly 4 o'clock when Kipper
npoko again. Tho blackness was di
luted a little over tho eastern ridge.
"Snlpey," ho snld, with a weary llttlir
sob, "I'm n-gottln' Mill" Then nfter a
pause: "Snlpey, d'yer remember what
that Crucified Chnp said when 'Eo got
tired when 'E was wenry o' waltln,
I menn?"
"Don't glvo yer neck, mntc!"
"Him wot tho mlssh'narytoldusnbout
when wo wos kids," went on Kipper,
pnthctlcnlly. "Wot wns It?"
Snlpey sighed.
"I know, chummy. I wns Just n
thlnklng of It mcsclf. "Oiv long, O
Lord, "ow long?'"
"Thnt's Itl" snld Kipper, through his
chattering teeth. "Ow long, O Lord
Tho enstern sky wns n golden sea.
Tho rocky ridges and hills beneath
seemed blacker tlian ever, nnd from
that black smudge ou the glory of tho
dnwn camo half a dozen little puffs, of
flame, aud Kipper's rifle clattered down
upon the rocks. Snlpey groped nbout
In tho gloom, nud found his comrndo on
his knees, gasping and spitting mouth
fuls of warm liquid.
"Wot yer dolu', KIp?" ho said,
anxiously.
Ho stood for a minute, still as tho
rocks around, then .stumbled, forward
with a sobbing cry "of rngo arid'mlsery. "
In the dim light ho saw Kipper lying
on his side, trying In vain to raise him
self upon his elbow.
"Kipper!" ho whispered softly, fall
ing ou his knees beside his chum.
Kipper groaned, nud pressed his
hnnd to his right breast.
"Through tho lungs!" he snld, In nn
awed whisper, between tho fits of
coughing that wrenched him. Snlpey
pressed his hnnd, with n sob.
"For tho regiment, Snlpey!" Ho
raised himself ou his elbow, nnd his
chum flung an arm around his neck to
support him. "There's a bit '0 clurso
nbout the reg "
A fresh bit of coughing brought In
tense agony; after It was over his bend
fell back.
Snlpcy pulled out his handkerchief to '
wipe tho blood from the dead lips. It
wns a. miniature, copy of tho British
ting. He remembered bow tho hand
kerchiefs had taken tho fancy ot
tho soldiers Just before they left Eng
land, nud how tho regiment had
bought up the whole stock.
He stared stolidly at tho quiet faco
for n minute, then spread tho little Hag
over It.
When Snlpey turned onco moro to
face tho east tho day had broken glori
ously. Ills rltlo was empty, nnd ho
slipped a fresh' cartridge Into tho
breech. Theu, with a sudden thought,
ho fetched Kipper's rlflo aud loaded
that, too.
When tho Chinese closed round lu
the growing light they found their pot
shot prey had flown, A solitary Brit
ish soldier, with hands nud chin resting;
on the muzzle of his gun, stood await
ing their vengeance.
Tho weapon sprang to the aching
shoulder, nnd one yellow foo lay a
corpse. With tho report of Kipper's
gun another pressed his hand to a mor
tal wound, and the affair was finished.
But that morning, In the mess-tents
of the rescued regiment, the story of
how a couple of weeds bad b&n pluck
ed from the garden of society was told
with misty eyes and glowing hearts.
8nro Proof.
"This won't do," exclaimed Mr. Pnam
llman; "here It's nfter midnight and
that young man and Maude are still In
the parlor."
"How do you know?" Inquired Mrs. .
Phamllman.
"Because I don't hear a sound dowa
therc."-PhlladelphIa Press.
Italian, and Geruiaa Navies.
In fifteen years 1885 to 1000 Italy
spent on her fleet f300.000.000, and yet
the Italian nary does not come up to
half the strength aud efficiency of tho
German fleet, on which during the same
period of years 1208.000,000 was ex
pended. Don't talk at random. Make every
thing you Bay bit the mark or save your
ammunition.
The widow's favorite
Yourself la HI Placs."'
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