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J ! ' M i t 1 Hi t :. 4 f t 'i i .. " I V .it - f t f 1! I ! !S1 ?! til PROTECT SETTLERS. DEMAND QUIET. In Lieu Land Claim Mot Really Effective Against OocupanU-Burden of Proof on Railroad, Inateal of Settler. Settlers in the states of Washington ' and Oregon, and, in fact, in all the . itaes through which the Northern Pa cific railroad pauses, are very much in terested in the rulings now being made by the interior department on the act of congress of June 4, 1897, which al lows the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and others to select lands in lien of lands embraced in the various forest reserves and held by them under patent or under unprotected claims or squatters' rights In lieu of the lands bo relinquished . the railroad company and others was authorized to select from any vacant lands open to settlement. The department of the interior has held "vacant lands to settlement" to mean, if necessary, all nnsurvoyed lands. Therefore, settlers or squatters on unsnrveyed lands have been very un easy for some time, and many of them felt that there is little prospect of hold ing their claims. The land department ol the railroad company, however, asserts that it is not its purpose to take the lands of any bona fide settler. At the same time the department of the interior encourages the settlers to continue their settlement, and within three months after the acceptance of the official survey of their lands to as sert their olaims thereto. The ruling of the department is that the party first initiating the right of settlement has the prior claim. Congressman Jones, of Washington, who has just introduced a relief bill on behalf of settlers, is of the opinion that most settlers would not think of fighting the railroad company, and, therefore, the law as it was enacted does grave injustice to settlors, as a rule. In an interview Mr. Jones said: "It has been repeatedly asserted that lands upon which there are settlers have been fllod on by the railroad com pany under the present law. To pre vent this is one of the objects of the law. I know that settlers have their remedy. That is to fight the claim of the company and establish their prior rights. This is expensive. The set tlers are not wealthy. The prospect of delay is discouraging, and many prefer to abandon their settlements rather than bear the expense and delay of a , content. "The railroad cannot complain at these provisions. If its claim to a tract of land is just ic will prevail. Delay and expense cannot hurt it as they do the settler. All it has to do is to in spect the land. If it finds a settler and does not think he is there bona fide it can contest his claim as any other contestant, but it should bear the bur den of such contest. These bills are introduced without any hostility to the railroad, but out of a desire to do jus tice to the settler. I believe the gov ernment should be quite leniont with men who are striving to reolaim the publio domain, especially nowjjwhen the choice land is taken up. If we had more owners of small tracts of luud we would be better off." Senator Foster and Representative Cushman have eaoh given much atten tion to the claims of settlers and their rights, and in all cases there is an unqualified- Bentiment favorable to the pioneer and home-building squatter and settler. Price, However, Continue Stead Nearly All Line of Trade. JBradstreet's says: Quietness as to demand but marked steadiness as to prices is still the leading feature in trade lines, a condition it might be re maked not uncommon at this Stage of the year, which is a sort of middle ground between stock-taking and in ventory time and the actual opening of the spring season. Aggressive strength in prices is con fined to a few staples, such as pork products, wnicn are nrmiy neia on a rather tardy recognition of the fact that supplies, both of live hogs and dead meats, are far from burdensome. Tal low, cotton-seed oil and similar pro ducts are sympathetically strong. Raw and refined sugars have both advanced this week, not apparently because of the war between the refiners being set tled, but really because supplies of raw are limited. What few lines of next season's woolen goods have been reported are at advances ranging from 25 to 85 per cent. Iron and steel are extremely quiet, but signs of weakness are not numer ous, the shading in pig iron being con fined to a few grades and markets. The demand for lumber is naturally light, but the length of supplies is no table, as evidenced by the fact that white pine stocks are 23 per cent smaller than a year ago. Hides are dull at the East, but con siderable buying is reported West, and quotations are fairly firm. Wheat in cluding flour shipments for the week aggregate 4,248,026 bushels against 2,509,682 bushels last week. The current week's failure returns reflect the annual clearing out of delin quent traders in a total for the week of 295, as compared with 229 last week, 804 in this week a vear ago, 823 in 1898, 478 in 1897 and 412 in 1896. BRAVE GEN. LAWTON. THEIR HOriES. HIS DEATH ROBBED THE TION OF AN IDOL. Dashing- Volunteer of the Civil War, FearleM Indian Fighter, Hero at 1 Coney and Hunter of i'llipinne Dles on the Field. jrj. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. The Filipino sharpshooter's bullet wbicb took the life of Gen. Henry W. La,wtou did more. It plunged the na tion in grief, for Law ton was a popular idol. The same fearlessness which cost him his life bad given him a worm place in American hearts and bis gov ernment regarded him as one of the most valuable of Its military men. Law ton's death occurred In San If a teo. With a small foice he had left Manila for an expedition In the Marl' qulna valley, an Insurgent stronghold. It took all night to cover fifteen miles through rice fields, mud and over rocky hills. In the morning an attack was made on San Muieo. Lawton person ally directed the work. He walked along the firing line, 800 yard from the Filipino trenches, heedles of the warn Ings of bis staff officers that bis white helmet and yellow coat made him a shining mark and regardless of the bul lets that fell about him. lie laughed as tney wnistiea past Win. Finally one truck hlin In the breast, and with the remark, "I am shot," fell Into an offi cer's arms and died almost Instantly. Many tears were shed as bin men, hav ing driven the Insurgents from San Mateo, followed the body of their dead general, borne on a stretcher by six stalwart cavalrymen, back to Manila. Gen. Lawton was a victim to his sense of duty. In spite of his officers protests he persisted In placing himself in Imminent danger, remarking, "it h my duty to see what Is going on oi the firing line." Gen. Lawton was the Ideal soldier. MORnON ROBERTS' WIVES AND Will? UW F1W1 SUPPOSE WE SMILE. HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM THE COMIC PAPERS. Flcaaant Incident Occurring the World Over-Baying thai Ara Cheer ful to Old or Young-Funny Selec tion that Everybody Will Enjoy. Old Beau Ah, Miss Clara, I love you May I hope to some day call you my wlfo Miss ClaraHare you spoken to my mothet on the subject? Old Beau Why er yes, I believe I did some twenty-odd years ngo. Chi cago News. Pinnll Want. Lady tf the House Go on away .-c uiu ciomes, no com here. victuals, no Hopeless Henderson I notbln' lo eat nor wear. didn't waut I 1 list Pol!.,.. , to see If VOU had a M ... .... r - ""luuiuuue to . give ftway.-Indianapolls Journal. I Moat of Them Do. She-Do you believe that man sprat,, from the ape? 4 He-No. But I believe nil t - wujru 9. Artificial Courage. Miss Souiface I'm sure Mr. Dash was Intoxicated when he called last evening. Why, he actually tried to kiss me. Miss Gabby Yes. they say drink nerves men to desperate deeds. Balti more American. (Mr. Cell Dibble Boberti and houie In Ontrevllle! Mr. C. A. Robert and houjo, CentrevUle; Dr. Maggts Sblpp Robert and home. Salt Lake City.) There are probably few men In the United States In which the public has a greater Interest than Brigham H. Roberts, the Mormon, the question of whose eligibility to hold a seat In Congress became a matter of national concern The three wives of Mr. Roberts take life easy in their Utah homes, even though Mr. Roberts is under Indictment for bigamy in Utah. Wife No 1 Mrs C A Rob erts, and wife No. 2. Mrs. Celia Dibble Roberts, live in separate houses in Ceutre vll e, a few mile distant from bait Lake City. The third wife. Dr. Maggie Bhipp Roberts, maintains an establishment In Kait Lake City It Is said that all the Mrs. Roberts are as happy as If each was the only wife of one man. Meetu Them Everywhere. Tired Tread well Dls Is a werry email world, after all. Sauntering Sim Wot makes you t'lnk so? Tired Tread well Hardly a day goes by but what I meet somebody I've pan handled In some other State. Chicago Times-Herald. ew& spring from tho mouse. -Chicago N Had Met Before. "What! Do you know that gambler?" "N-no; he's merely a chance no qualntance,"-PhiladeIph!a Bulletin. He Discover the Beaton. Government Hoapltal at Vancouver. President Beebe, of the Portland chamber of commerce, at its last meet ing, called attontion to the bill locating a permanent general hospital at Van couver, Wash., which has been intro duced in congress by Representatives Jones, of Washington. George Taylor, jr., said that the hospital was of great importance to Portland. "Vancouver's healthful location is well known,", said Mr. Taylor. "Before long, many sol diers will be returning from the Phil ippines, and Vancouver is the place for them." The trustees voted to request the Orugn congressional delegation to co-operate with tho Washington dele gation in behalf of the Vancouver hos pital. Statistics showing that Van couver is a healthier place than tin Presidio will be sent to Washington to help the bill along. Seattle Market. Onions, new, $1.00 1.25 per sack. Potatoes, new, $16(20. Beets, per sack, 75 85c. Turnips, per sack, 60o. Carrots, per sack, 50o. Parsnips, per sack, 75 85c. Cauliflower, 75c$l per dozen. Cabbage, native and California, 75 (g 90o per 100 pounds. Apples, $1.25 1.50 per box. Pears, $1.001.25 per box. Prunes, 60o per box. Butter Creamery, 82o per pound; dairy, 17 (3 22c; ranch, 84o per pound. Eggs 24o. Cheese Native, 16o. Poultry 9 10c; dressed, 1314o. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $12.00; choice Eastern Washington timothy, $17.00 18.00 Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23; feed meal, $23. Barley Rolled or ground, ner ton. $21; whole, $22. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.25; blended straights, $3.00; California, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $0.00; gra ham, per barrel, $3.80; whole wheat flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.804.00. MillHtuffs Bran, per ton, $15.00; shorts, per ton, $17.00. Feed Chopped feed, $20.00 per ton; middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal. per ton, $30.00. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef steers, 7K8o; cows, prime, 7c; pork, 7c; trimmed, 8c; veal, 8)(&10c. Hams Large, 13c; small, 13; breaklast bacon, Uftc; dry salt sides, 8c. I wmmMMMMMMffli' ' MA J. Qt.fl. HKNHT W. LAWTON. Northweat Note. Steelhoad salmon aro reported very numerous in Coos bay. The Dalles has authorized a contract for an electrio fire alarm system for 10 years. Fish Commissioner Little has ar ranged to plant a carload of Eastern lobsters in Puget sound wators as an experiment. A horse, loaded with United States mail, was recently killed near the falls below Brewster valley by missing its footing and rolling over a precipice on the rocks, 150 feet below. The mail was recovered. The Christian denomination of Al- oany intends to build a new church and has raised $2,000 toward it. The pastor announces that the size of the building is to be determined bv the amount of money raisod. as the com.. gation intends to build only such a structure as may be dedicated free from debt. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 60 51c; Valley, 51c; Bluestem, 53o per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.00; graham, $2.60; superfine, $2.15 per barrel. Oats Choioe white, 8486o; choice gray, 84o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $15 16.00; brewing, $18.00 18.50 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $17 nor ton: mid- AM. . 1 a A . a .a. . - I uuuga, snorts, $ib; cnop, sis per He was ion. Hay Timothy, $9.60 11: clover. 78; Oregon wild hay, $07 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 6055c; leoonds, 4245o; dairy, 8087c; store, 2227o. Eggs 1819o per dozen. Cheese Oregon full cream, 12c; Young America, 14o; new cheese 10c per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.50 4.00 per dozen; hens, $4.60; springs, $3.608.60; geese, $7.008.50 for old; $4.500.50; ducks, $0.009.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1517o per pound. Potatoes 65 85o per sack; sweets, (Sa40 per pound. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 90o; per sack; garlio, 7o per pound; cab bage, l'io per pound; parsnips, $1; onions, $1-00 1.10; carrots' $1. Hops 701c; 1898 crop, 60o. Wool Valley, 1218o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 814o; mohair, 27 euo per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 8o; dressed mutton, i 7o per pound; lambs, 7Mo per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00; light and feeders, $4.60; dressed, $5. 50 6. 00 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $3.604.00; oows, $3 8. 60; dressed beef, 6 ;o per pound. Veal Urge, 6K7Jso; small, 8 iho per pound. Courage, strength, activity and endur ance were his conspicuous traits. He was a born leader, an Intrepid cam palgner and a dashing commander. His lion-like courage was proved !n every war his government has waged since he was a stripling, and his rise from a private volunteer in 18G1 to a brigadier general of regulars In 1800 was bysaeor merit. He had not yet been made n brigadier general when he died, but the War Department was prepatlng his commission when the news of his death came. One of the best Indian fighters that our army ever produced, he car ried Indian tactics Into his campaign against the Filipinos, thus adding much to their demoralization. Gen. Lawton was a man of striking personality. He was 6 feet 3 Inches in neignt and welgbed 210 pounds. His forehead was low and brond, and his Iron-gray hair was thick and was worn erect He rendered himself even more conspicuous In the field than his great size would have made him by always oeing actually in the lead of bis men. frequently warned that he needlessly exposed himself, but he laughed at all suggestions of danger. His fellow officers admired him: to his men he was an idol and an inspiration. From Sehool to Battlefield. Lawton's birthplace was Manhattan Ohio, and he first saw the light ou St. Patrick's day, 1843. As a boy he was in the West with bis father, and when he was 10 years old the family located at Fort Wayne, Ind.. which he ever since regarded as his home. He was a student In college when the civil war broke out He left school and enlisted as a private In the Ninth Indiana. Four months later he was first lieutenant In the Thirteenth Indiana, and with that regiment he served to the end of the war, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel, with the brevet of Colonel. When peace established he left the service and be gan the study of law. ne was attend ing Harvard University In 1800 when he received a commission as Second Lieutenant of regulars upon the rec ommendatlon of Gens. Sheridan and Sherman. After a brief service In the Infantry be was made a Lieutenant In tho Fourth Cavalry, and with that rcg Imcnt he was Identified in nearly all the Important events of bis subsequent career. In 1870 he was made a -cap tain, and It was while In this position that he rid the Southwest of the mur derous Geronlmo. His regiment did nothing but light Apaches for years, and Lawton studied thein as a naturalist studies venomous snakes, and took much the same view of them. In 1880, when Geronlmo and bis Apache band of thieves bad been off the San Carlos reservation a long time, raiding in the vicinity, Lawton was sent after them by Gen. Miles. The cavalrymen chased the Indians over the deserts and Into the mountains. Their horses gave out and they follow ed on foot. Their rations gave out and they lived on what they could gather as they moved. They ran Geronlmo down, after covering 1,380 miles. One day one of the old chief's braves came Into camp with a message. Geronlmo wanted to talk, and Lawton went alone to see him. An Apache Is no more trustworthy than a mad dog, but Law ton sat down with the treacherous chief in the midst of his warriors and powwowed with him to such' effect that he presently led him and his war party prisoners to Gen. Miles. From 1888 until the Spanish war broke out Lnwton was attached to the Inspector General's department, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In May, 1898, he was made a Brigadier General of Volunteers and at Santiago directed the operations against El Caney. The marvel Is that he was not killed. He never availed himself of cover. His commanding figure was the most conspicuous thing wherever there was hot fighting, and every Spanish sharpshooter within a mile had always a cuance at Lawton. When he recon noltered, he rode preferably In front of the, trenches on the firing line. , When he. had to move about the zone of ac tion he went right across, regardless of any storm of bullets, even though a de tour to tne rear would avoid all dan ger. He simply never thought of the possibility of being hurt by bullets, he had defied them so often. In the Philippine Jungle. In January, 1809, he was sent to the Philippines and did the severest fight ing. He relieved Gen. Anderson In command of the regular troops, and on April 10 he captured Santa Cruz, a Filipino stronghold at the extreme end of the lake near Manila TWo sharp fighting, and Lawton led bis troops, using the Indian tactics which he had learned so well on the Western I plains. Then he captured San Rafael after a Jungle fight, and then San 1st aro, tne insurgent capital. President ik-3Klnley sent him congratulations for these successful operations. His oper ations covered tne entire central part or L,uzon. up to the day of his death Lawton was In. the field almost con stantly, dispersing the insurgents and cutting off the ammunition and sup plies, tie was under fire several tWa everywhere. His son, 11 years old. was with him In the Philippines. The youngster was under fire with his fa ther at Santa Cruz, and the General was intensely proud of blm. In November the whereabouts of Gens. Lawton and Young, on account of the rapidity of their movements, be came almost as mysterious as that of Agulnaldo. But It was understood that Gen. Lawton was ambitious to capture the Filipino leader, and that he would run him down If possible. It was just such a chase as he made after Gprnni- mo, the Apache. Many of the General's horses were dying, and the snl.lWo and even some of the officers, marched ahead half naked, their clothes being torn to pieces In gettinir through i,A Jungles. Hundreds of them were bura- footed. Bread was scarce and enra bao meat and bananas made un their rations. The General was at Tavutr on rw 1 his troops having captured large quan tities of insurgent supplies. Later h returned to Manila, and, as already set forth, started Dec. 18 to capture San Mateo, where he was shot and killerl. a detachment of the Fourth avnirr his old regiment was with him when he died. By a singular coincidence, it was while fighting a FIliDlno Iparlpr named Geronlmo that he met his fate. Gen. Lawton, like so many eminent soldiers, died poor. He owned nothin except a piece of property In Califor nia which he purchased several years ubu iur ipj.o,uuu, Dut which is mortgaged for half that sum. To aid his family a bill was Introduced Into both House and Senate providing for a pension of ?2,000 a year for his widow, and an ap peal was made for a popular subscrip tion, to which there was a generous response. Bavin g. Mrs. B You know well enough how I scrimp and save. I never have things the way I did before I married yoti. Mr. B I've noticed that, mv dear. hy, you don't even have a birthday any more. Philadelphia Bulletin Undecided. Professor (to whom a stranger ho Just been Introduced) Have you stud led at our university? Stranger- No, professor, I am travel Ing for a wine bouse. Professor Ah, that Is the reason why 1 have never seen you at my lectures! Fllegende Blaetrer, The Minding. Mrs. nenpeckke A husband and wife should be of one mind. Mr. Ilenpccklse Yes; and hard to tell who's going to minding. Philadelphia Record, Further Evidence. "There is Tsomething. after all, in the Idea of opals being unlucky." "What new light have you had on it?" "Young Hanklnson has a fine opal ring. He was wearing it the evening he proposed to Miss Garllnghorn." "And she refused him?" "No. She accepted him." Chicago Tribune. it isn't do th He To be sure, there are some pleas ant things about a bachelor's life, but then there are times when one longs to possess a being whom he can care for, and whom be can call his own! She Say, If you feel that way. why don't you buy a bulldog? -Hcltere Welt Wouldn't Be Like Him. Hewitt Do you suppose that the clergyman will consent to your marry ing his daughter? Jewett Why, of course. Do you sup pose he'd lose a chance to get a wed ding fee?-New York World. Illustrious Precedent. "That was a pleasing afterthought of yours," remarked the old preacher who had listened to a sermon by one of bis youngest brethren, "when you drew upon the analogies of nature to prove ihe immortality of the soul." . "An afterthought!" said the younger clergyman. In some perplexity. "Yes. You thought of it about 2,400 years after Socrates." Chicago Trib une. Pop's Side Information. Tommy-Pop, what is a willful waste? Tommy's Pop The kind you can't get your arm around. Sh h h! Her comes your mother. Philadelphia Record. An Oifer-elr. WEALTH OF LI HUNG CHANG. Some of the W'aya in Which He Accu mulated Enormous Fortune. Li Hung Chang, the most conspicu ous Chinese of the age, Is often called the richest man in the world. This as sertion Is easier made than proved, for nobody knows Low rich he Is. His for tune may certainly be counted by mil lions of dollars, but how many mil lions is purely conjectural. One way in ii i . i . , i . t i ,i ' niiiL'll Jji IOI enormous A Classical Nurse. "Mehltibel," said a Boston mother to the nurse, "did I not see a policeman pushing Revere's ambulator awhile ago?" "Yes, ma'am, but I was merely act ing upon Emerson's advice." "Emerson? What does Emerson say which Is at all applicable to such a case?" "tie told us to hitch our wagons to a star." New York World. but he drove the Insurgents before him The common council of The Dalles has passed an ordinance to refund $20, 000 of 6 per cent bonds at 4 per cent. .At the December meeting of the btytrd of Thurston county commission ers the question of calling $20,000 worth of the Olympia & Chehalis rail road funding bonds of 1889 was consid ered, and the cull decided upon. Of ourse, as the bond have 10 years yet to run the call was conditional on the disposition of the holders to release them. Ban Crauetaeo Market. Wool Spring Nevada. 12 641 Bo rr pound; Eastern Oregon, 1216o; Val ley, 2023o; Northern, 1012o. Hops 1899 crop. ll(ai2o rr pound. Onions Yellow, 7585o per sack. Butter Fancy creaiiir sun- .do seconds. 28il2iiv Imn7 ,uu oi 23o; do seconds, 1820o per pound. Eggs Store, 2022o; fancy ranch. 2728o. ' Millstuffs Middlings, $16.00 19.00; bran, $13 14.00. A Pomeroy man has been fino.1 t"n HvW liAufe ftrt Kitan. a . i. . . ...... w.vwijjff, WlitWfr MUa for allowing his son to remain on the 't $0.509.00; best barley $5 00 to streets after 7:30 o'clock in the even- 00; alfalfa, $0.00 7.60 per ton ing, in violation of a curfew ordinance. raw, 8045o per bale. ' The oldest letter-carrier in Seattl Potatoes Early Rose, 85 90; Ore is Everett A. Hartley, whose term 'oa thanks, 86o1.00; river Bur service dates from August 6, 1888. Ik 'nks' 8090o; Salinas Burbanks, will, therefore, wear two black stars l.aa per sack. The private banking firm at Burns 3 o"?8 Va,lencta' -ts s s ; TilTUIflAN BfHtliJDTrlEMIHArWINS THf 0NMnRlN6UCLABS SI1LL LtAI)n rlJWrSIWrttTllEMSfriBLLlE I iSa. M 3k Hill Vi jr . w a- fr ii a Wm mwmm WW W T0MY WHEN IMG M ARf LW US J&fl JMJ SM WIT Hf l&t VV(1 to -Denver New many years made an sum of monev was t naa uiousanus of soldiers in his own private enterprises without paying them a cent for their labor. In the course of time he purchased extensive estates in ti, nee-growing regions and raised more bushels of rice every year than the uouanza rarmers of North Dakntn i,SDri to raise of wheat He got his labor for uoming ana his sreat oron of ri aimosr. clear profit Ho simply turned his soldiers loose In the rice fields, and they had to be content with th mtin,, uuu me miserable pittance nnlrl them by the government Tllft 1TOO t rttnn 1 . 1 . . - - u3u uecume uis own contractor for army supplies. He would sell his own rice to the government for muiy rations at an enormous profit and pocketed a handsome rake-off on all other supplies furnished to the tens ot mousanas of soldiers in the Pechili province. Then he was chief supreme of the custom houses for a long dis- ui uuim me uulf of Pechili, and there was nothing mean about the eireuin or gold that poured into his strong-box throueh this ni.nnui n has long been notorious that one of tho methods he employed was to Quantities of goods through his agents without the payment of a cont nf ,t,.t and then sell tho oi. 1 c""o i a ruuuu figure to his countrymen. Tin mui. od of money-making finally involved tne old gentleman In trouble, charges were made against him. and ho m.m,. near losing his official head: but Mo power was so great and his real services to the state were so valuable that he was almost Invulnerable in snlte of tiio ujr enemies who have always been caujr io uCCUSe Blm. Tliorfl a. ... "o uuue n vinernir no .v,.i Tsei-Kwo-Fan. who was said to have , , iU1 "ccoraing to his sat- i-oumrymen. he had kmt all while he was alive. Early in bis political career Li Hung Chang is said - ue louowea this Illustrious ex mple, but for many years ho ho k too powerful to think it worth wh.io pay the slightest attention tn hi. and opponents, except those who were so powerful themselves that he could not with impunity Inflict personal von. geance upon them. One nf tho orao rn4 . . setting employed by Li Hung Chang during the later years of his career as , Z7 ras 89 a money lender. There Is little doubt that he was the king of r-.. uaciB lue WOria over. His loan offices were scattered far and wide over his province, and he loaned great sums or money on mortaees an.i of personal nmn. i . ' t . - m a countrv where no legal rate of into i- h. t,..-; . - " "uamess nas Droucht I return, to Ll Hung Chanj. Then She Called the Dog. rt m , . . - miss Bourrace tto tramp) Did you ever Have a romance in your life? iramp les, mum; I bad a sweet heart oncet dat looked like you. Miss Sourface (setting out another piece of pie) And did she die? Tramp No, mum. Me fadder wanted me to marry her, so I run away from home. Baltimore American. Seeking Information. Mistress And why do you want.tt leave, Kate? Is it anything private? Kate (disdainfully) Dear mel No. ma'am, he's a sergeant Judy. Good Nose for News. "Henry," whispered the maiden, in some embarrassment, as they stood la the hallway, where the young and handsome reporter was DreDarlne to say good-nlghf, "it's dreadful of me, 1 know, but I've been eating onions." "Great Scott, Fannie!" he exclaimed. "You don't think that's a scoop on me, do you? I knew that as soon as I came Iu."-Chicago Tribune. Getting; Even with Him. "Money, money, money, all the time." he growled when she said she needed a new bonnet. "Do you know how much it cost to keep you In the country this summer?" "No," she replied. "I don't know. but I know It didn't cost so much as It did to keep you in the city." Chicago Post. 'Pa, what Is a Journalist?" I A 4.,., juuiuunsi, my son. Is n montni bankrupt, who failed as a newsnanor Considered a Rnnhv. "I guess he married her nfror h ho been jilted by several others. He didn't want to give up without winning some uue. mi n suiy imnz Rhe tc i wouuin t serve as anv ma tion prhse.M Philnil.!niiio n.,ni Divorces Galore. i:ie leading lady doesn't lead." "Nor "No. times.' Profitable Silence. "I think that husbands ought to nay their wives a weekly salary," declared Mrs. Tomdlk. "About how much?" asked Mrs. Ho- Jack. "Well, say $10 a week." "I used to think so, too, until I dis covered that my husband navs about $800 a year for my millinery and clothes alone, and then I decided that any salary I would like to ask for wouldn't go very far." Detroit Free Press. Her Connections. "The idea of a telephone girl trying to go in society." 'Why not? I'm sure she has many of the best people on her calling list." Philadelphia Bulletin. , always She's been led to the altar four -t uuaiielplila Bulletin. p'f-Possession. Jinks-Was Coulter cool and collect ed at the time of the fire? Jenks-I should think so. He tool time to take off his nightshirt and nut ou.v vi piijanias. New Press. York The Fine Distinctio I never made such life," said the scare,! horn y 4We don't want a sneooh a enthusiastic man In the crowd "tc say something.-Philadelphla North enormous Not Htart Hungry. Are yon one of the heart-hungry women of whom the poet talks?' asked the soulful young man. rep,ied Mre- Tarvenn with a decided shake of her head. "I can't say that 1 am. My preference Is for liver aiid ,bacon."-CbJcafio Poet. Swapping Telephones. The following story comes from the Grand Rapids Press, and has to do with a man and a woman who are em ployed in different offices in one of the large buildings of that city. Each office has a telephone, but as It happens one Is an Instrument belonging to the Citizens Company, the other a Bell Instrument One day the man had occasion to use the Citizens' line, and stepped across the hall to the lady's office. "Have you a Citizens' 'phone?" he asked, and she replied In the affirma tive. "Well," he ventured, "I'm a citizen. May I use it?" Why, of course he might use it; but inwardly she was inclined to envy his ability to stand up and assert his citi zenship in this way, for some of het womanly propensities were of the "newish" sort An hour later she bal anced accounts with him. "Have you a Bell telephone?" shi asked, on stepping Into his office. H did not try to deny It "Well, I'm a belle; may I use ur