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cable.” said Mr.
Stoeckl. the Russian minister, "The
emperor gives his consent to the ces-
slon. To-morrow. If you like, I wi 11
come to the department and we can
enter upon a treaty.” Pushing aside
the whist table the Impatient Seward
replied with a smile of satisfaction:
"Why wait till to-morrow—let us
make the treaty to-night."
In these solemn midnight hours the
silent wilderness of centuries was re
leased and to a nation's pillowed ear
the low north wind whispered: "Gold.”
When the sun’s rays fell upon this
parchment and the world was told
what that night had done the whole
nation coupled the name of Seward
with the epithet "Fool.” The press
everywhere declared his acquisition a
"barren, worthless, God-forsaken re-
gfon,” whose crops were “icebergs"
—a« country where the ground was
frozen six feet deep in summer”; the
st reams were "glaciers"; "it should
be named ’Walrusla,’ ”; the fish were
"only fit for Eskimo food"; It was
"Seward’s i folly” and his “polar bear
garden"; It was “a fool’s bargain";
"Oh, the shrewd Russians.” etc., etc.,
etc.
Tn the half-century that has passed
since the Senate ratified that treaty
this "icicle" has produced a wealth
exceeding $350.000.000. or nearly 100
per cent per year on the "fool's'' in-
vestment.
Alaska's exhaustless storehouse of
precious metals was the lure that drew
the argonaut, as did California in 49
and Nevada In the winter of '50 Seat
tle grew great from this argonautlc
traffic—from swapping picks and imns
and warm woolen garments for bags
of fresh-washed nuggets.
Its rapid
growth and perfect stability have fas
tened upon It.« people the chronic af
fliction of Inflammatory enthusiasm.
Perhaps it -may be laid down as
general rule that a legislative assem-
Bly. not constituted on democratic
principles cannot be popular long aft- Ì
■r it ceases to be weak.— Macaulay.
Two Different
•••*♦•*
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THE END OF THE FEUD
Fffeele.
The idea of mercy Is not associated
"If you only knew how nervous I was
to any great degree with the Ameri
when I proposed to sou!"
"And if >ou only knew how nervous can Indian. Yet he is not now—and
1 was until you proposed to me!"— never was—uniformly Implacable and
Meggendorfer Ihm-iter.
hardhearted.
In a book on "The
Columbia River,” W. D. Lyman re
Just I.Ike a Woman!
"The author of Thera Is No Death' counts an incident, which If not typi
kaa iiiarri.-d an undertaker,” says a cal, Is at least worth repeating for its
Contemporary. How doe» she expect intrinsic worth. Between the Shu»
ger husband to make a living?— waps and the Okanogans there was a
Charleston New« and Courier
deadly and longcontinued enmity.
This was ended in a curious and in
Trying It on Nan.
Nan—You look perfectly lovely ln teresting manner.
The Shuswaps had captured the only
that gown.
Fan—Thanks. That’s all I wanted to daughter of the Okanogan chief. She
know Fortunately, I bought It on ap was led with other captives into the
proval.
Shuswap camp. The boasting warriors
were gloating over the poor victim,
W hn( Really Draws.
and the squaws were discussing the
A high-brow 'ccture given freo,
greatest possible indignities and tor
Would few entrance.
tures for her, when an aged white-
The horrid men would rather ses
haired chief got the attention of the
A barefoot dance.
—Pittsburg Post.
tribe.
w
He declared that his heart had been
I den 11 f, I n tg Gu.sy.
opened, and that he now saw that tor
••What sort of a looking chap Is Gua-
ture and death ought to end. He pro
•yr
"Well, If you ever ace two men In a posed that Instead of shame and tor
rorner and one looks bored to death, ture they should confer honor on the
the other one Is Gussy."—London chleftatn's child.
Opinion.
He said. “I can hear the old chief
and his squaw weeping all the night
George’« Discovery.
"Georce." said the Titian haired for their lost daughter "
He then proposed that they ndorn
lehoolmarm. "Is there any connecting
ink between the animal kingdom and the captive with flowers, put her in a
procession, with all the chiefs loaded
the vegetatile kingdom?"
"Yeth. ma’am.” answered George with presents, and restore her to her
father.
promptly:
ba h ’’—Everybody’».
The girl, meanwhile, who did not
Theti* Cou Itln't Scold Him.
understand a word of the language,
Little Achilles smiled.
was awaiting torture or death. What
"My hair always dries when I go In was her astonishment to find herself
."Wimming.” he said.
decorated with honor and sent with
Herewith he rejoiced that hit vulner-
the gift laden chiefs toward her fath-
ible spot was bls heel.—New York
er's camp.
lun.
On the next day the mourning chief
average daily amount of meat con- of the Okanogans and hts wife. look-
by ea, h individual in New York Ing from their desolate lodge, saw a
large procession approaching, and they
said. "They are coming to demand a
ransom.”
Hhiilry of Murk raker*.
As the processton drew nearer, one
“Chicago people think their city al-
of the men said that It looked like a
most as corrupt ns San Francisco."
"Don't jou believe It.” said the Call- woman adorned with flowers In the
fornlan. warmly.
"That's Chlcagt midst of men with presents of robe»
nerve. Always trying to get Into out and necklaces
class.”—Philadelphia Ledger.
Then they cried out, “It I» our child,
and she is restored to us!”
They met the procession with re-1
jotcing and heard the speech of the
old Shuswap chief.
And after that
there was peace between the Shuswap»
And the Okanogans.
All Who
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Too
Late.
pod health, with its blessings, must un
A member of the faculty of the Co-
derstand, quite clearly, that it involves the
lumbla Medical College of New York
question of right living with all the terra was giving his students an oral quiz.
implies. With proper knowledge of what
"What quantity constitutes a dose of
is best, each hour of recreation, of envoy Oleum Tlglll?" he asked a student,
aient, of contemplation and of effort may giving the technical term for croton
be made to contribute to living aright. olL
"A tablespoonful, sir,” was the re
Then the use of medicines may be dis
ply.
pensed with to advantage, but under or
The professor made no comment,
dinary conditions in many instances a but the student soon realized that he
ample, wholesome remedy may be in valu- had made a grave mistake. After the
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Fitch Perkiss tells a delightful story
•f her New J<ng!a.'id
lerl- al great
A h<> w is a man of lagenu
grandfather, who
Ity and resource
She says:
He e
oyed more than one devlc»
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• ness on t;.e part oi
Dangerous coughs. Extremely
his weary . nc:egition. Standing dur
Ing the p ■aver was but one of many
perilous coughs. Coughs that
My grandmoth
—.aer useJ to tell us with
rasp and tear the thro».r and
pride of an Instance which occurred
lungs. Coughs that exalte the
at a time when a nr w . hureh ediflci
whole body. You need a regu
had been proposed, and was undei
lar medicine, a doctor’s medi warm discussion
Great-grandfathei
cine, for such a cough. Ask
thought this a worldly and unneces
your doctor about Ayer’s »ary expense, and emphasized his opin
Ion by pausing in the midst of hts ser
Cherry Pectoral.
mon on a Sunday, saying Impressively
.iah our iurmu.AS
a» he fixed the somnolent members oi
Wo banish *.coho’,
his congrega’c n with a stern look:
from our xaedtcfnss
We ur¿e you to
‘You are talk!
.: ii.'.lling s
oonsu.t your
new cl hu h : I: seems to me quite un
doctor
nee e ss.
"i e • >■ - e'pers in the old
Any good doctor w ill tell you that a medi one
are
all
-onnd!
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cine like Ayer s Cherry Pectoral cannoi
do its best work if the bowels are con
l iin'iruciiuu of i.anxuave.
stipated. Ask vour doctor if he knows
An a - irdly worded statement of a
anything better than Ayer’s Pills for cor fact which was not in itself remark
recting this sluggishness of the liver.
—-Mad« by th® J. C. Ay er Co.. Lowell. M m » —• able recently tried the gravity of the
listeners. It was on the occasion of
the funeral of an elderly woman In a
W here the " ork < aiue In.
New England town. She had left an
Mrs Bacon—I understand >our hus old mother, nearly 90 years of age, and
band is at work or. a new poem’ Mrs an only son who was well on toward
Egbert — He Is
He • trying to gel E0.
some magazine to accept it.—Yonkers
The services were conducted by a
Statesman
timid young clergyman, recently set
To get rid of slaughters. East Indians tled over the parish. After praying
marry them to flow-rs. When the flow for many and various things, he said:
ers are dead the girls are widows, and
"And two, we especially pray that
widows can be sold—cheap.
the Lord will comfort and sustain in
their loss and sorrow. One is the or
She Meant l*rofe**iona’’y.
phan, who, although no longer young,
As the young man caressed the is an orphan still, and must so con
cheek of his lady love she drew away tinue; the other is the mother, far ad
hastily.
vanced in years, who has survived her
“I think.’’ she said indignantly, "you daughter, although considerably her
had better see father first.”
senior.”
"Why, what do you mean?” asked
Ltdleae.
the perplexed lover.
The little boy who had stuck h!»
"Father," she replied, as she nursed
her cheek, "is a barber.”—Success head out of the car window to address
» quest: m to the man on ths station
Magazine.
platform drew it In a gain.
"Mamma." he said " that man out
Sure!
there says this place is Wydopen. Isn’t
Wear your tight shoes for fashion'? that a fur.nj name for a town?”
sake;
Besides, ’tls lots of fun—
Town with a Future.
Two corns with but a single ache.
“
Paris
is a wonderful center of so
Two toes that throb as one.
clal gayety and popular excitement.”
"Yes."
answered
Mr.
Cumrox.
Earned the Kight.
thoughtfully. "I should not be sur
City- Friend (spending the day !n prised if Paris might one day claim
distant suburb)—Didn't It ever strike recognition as the Pittsburg
of
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weeks’—Harper's Weekly
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Mildred—Oh. yes I like him w
enough, but his red -whiskers don’t
look well with my new pink hat.—
I inprot rd.
"You say the man you married Summerville Journal
seems more kind and generous since
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How fs it possible, then, to bring home
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