fmmm LUZON
Genera! Oils Will Suppress Out
lawry In the Island.
HEATH SENTENCE IS CARRIED OUT
1 !
a the Cases of Two Filipino Brigands
Coortrtf)! e( Mordtr-Mssj Oflh
ecrs Fear Retaliation.
WASHINGTON'. March 31. The
.execution of 'Morales and Gonzales, the
Philippine leaders, -marks the inaugur
ation of a ce-w policy in the Philippines.
This- is the execution, ii the death sen
tence by the order of -the military of
ficers in com-mixi in the cases of per
sons, natives or others, convicted and
f-n:ened by military commissions un
- der the rules of war. Morales and
(jonzaks were convicted. by a military
commission, of the- rmtrder of Filipinos,
ami were semejiced to be hanged on
'March 30th. and the- press dispatches
from 'Manila slhw that the sentence;
was carried into effect.
I here have been iseveral cases where
the death jxrralty ; was imposed by mili
tary tribunals, -bur; up to the present
ihsunce there 'i ho cas- where t'he
dea'ilt sentence Kvasi carried intoueffect.
All previ ust cases were .submitted- to
the president 'for final action-, and in
every instance (the sentence wacom
miitcd to imprisonment for life.1
It is stated that General Otis' action
is undoubtedly intended to suppress
4ri;arHkigc and outlawry in the Philip
pines, but home- conservative officers
iear that his summary action may jeop
ardize the safety f; American prisoners
now in the hands of the insurgents.!
A
MILLIONAIRE OFFERS THIS
SUM FOR A.: DAUGHTER.
Once Left asi Waif Parent Were
Poor and Unabfe: to Support' the Lit
tle One Child Adopted by; People
Who Saerifke a Paying Business'
' Rather than Surrender Her
Duluth, iMarc-h 18. -One 01 the most
remarkable and pathetic romances of
rval life has bjeeiv brought to light here
by the " sudden dyparture from the
r-t of a wel1-krivn family of Duluth.
Mr. ami Mrs.; Strong, as they wiil be
called, have bcVn jesidents of Dulutfi
for many -years, and have 'been fairly
uoeeuil in a "business -way; not rich,
btrt well to do- They are quiet, easy
jToing. and the jartj. peon's, in the world
in break up late ir Ut to go to new
Mirrottndings ?tnong unknown neigh
bor. A few day ago they left the city.
Vtitcr closing iit ai jvrosiierous business
st considerable- loss. Among a tew, m
:iniats it is known, that they were dnv-
1
to dwr skp :uto! love for an only
child a girl they 'had adopted in her
-hjFhjhood, and who is now claimed by
oix- vf the richest men in St. Paul,
Minn.. a hrs daughter.
About fiiuetv years ago a little girl,
only a few days old., was kft at the
door of a. Cat hoi'tc ; priest in) -'this city.
Tlie person who leit the child knew
what they were doing in placing it
tlKte, for the priest was 'a man whose
ereat charity and; goodness of heart
had Ik-ci! evidenced many tmes. And
so he took the little stranger in. and,
-iftor a ,fritles search Cor the parents,
a home was finally foitml for it in the
Hamiiy of .Mr. ami Airs. strong. 1 ney
hi ! no children and lavished on the
baby all the care: which would have
none to one of1 their own flesh and
blood. ' All the steps, necessary to le
iral adoption were taken, no one came
to claim the child, and she became
their in fact and in nnme. For years
tiay rcsteU seccre m rifcrr rrgiu to ine
an Mter. -and ikhxwv nuesttoneo it.
HirletX the"child. crew up to icheve
thai-'Sr. 'ami Mr. Stron wfliher
rt.il Mislead of lic-r foster oarentLl
- -One dav the! Strongs were starued
by a demand far the child from one of
.he nvost promitxtt and wealthy fam
ilies in St. Paul. They may be calkd
P.nrton. although that is not their real
nainet The Burtons, in (act. are wortM
million, and- thv name is well known
all over the West; Fifteen years ago
t)H-y
uere
And
were noor. almost destitute, and
ere living in Duluth. A child wais born
nil at the same tmc. they now say.
if .'seeme-d imoossJde to provide for it.
To relieve themselves of the burden
and to place the child in better condi
tion, they left it at the door of the
priest honse. From there it passed
into the hands of Mr. and "Mrs. 6trorg.
Henry tturtoiv moved to St. Taul.
got into business.! and commenced to
make money. 'EverythSng.be touched
tinned into gold. Hc built a fine house
and he ami hi wife lived in the best
of style in the finest quarter of the city,
llwy had no children. Tlrey- entertain
ed !avh!y. Then it wis that they began-
to think longingly of the tnby they
had deserted ami kft at the okl priest's
doorstep. . . f ' :-t;- .
Itrton then' attemptel to win .the
child .back witl the easy diplomacy of
money. 1 - ! . . s, :. ...
; "She's rtrv tlaV:hfcr, and I can prove
it." ha ai'j. ''-Will you take $10,000
down for hef?",' . f - ; .
Strong dioofc' hk' had and Mrs;
Strong scoutexl the idea. . , :
The St. Pant milkmaire kept raising
the bid for the daughter until tii offered
aiJcaU- $50,ooa-n f- - ..?.' i?-YV-:-
Rvery propos;tidn met with the same
reiVsal. and atjlasf tlie Strongs made
their prositin. iKTdei"stxod-. 'Money,
they c xplained. was no item, f Tbcy
Kived the ch:l I a-s dearly as if she were
l heir bwti. nd would not give her up
for anything.
Soon afterward it came about that a
tlecision was practically left to the
ehMd herfelL 'Mr.jand Mrs. Strong ad
hered to their original plar of saying
nothing to tl girl oi her parentage
For obvious reasons rive Burtons hesitated-
to tell the; truth "to her. But
the story of tlve child's Jbirthr -and the
fact of its having loeti left on the door
step of the priest's hots? is known to
50.000
OR
some of theTder resident i of the citv.
and .someoi theserpeopk have talked
ot Men.. tokl her the story, adding the
picturesque detains, of her real parent's
wealth and the Teiusal of the Strongs
to part from her for $50,000, or for any
sum ot -money. :'. .
The girl chose her ; loster 1 parenH
without hesitatiorv'though she begged
nos to be sentTo sclrool any more,
where she v?a continually Kirmented
by the story. ilr. and Mrs. Strong de
cided to move West, and escape both
the lnrportunities of the Burton nd
the urrpkasant; gossip about : their
daughter. 'Mr.' Strong tnrron.W,! -
little business, which it had taken Year
to. buikf np. and Mrs. Strong gave up
the righoors ami friends of a life time.
INCREASING STER- I
1LITY OF SOIL.
Due to Lack of Manure and Scientific
Crop Rotation.
In this article I shall deal with the
increasing sterility of the Indian soil,
says a correspondent of the Country
Gentleman. India is a vast peninsula
consisting of kingdoms, chiefdoms and
principalities, some of them not of less
extent than the biggest kingdoms of
Europe. These principalities or prov
inces are again subdivided into a nun
ber of districts, each presided xver by
a district magistrate, who supervises
the internal agricultural' affairs and the
peace of the district under his sway.
The increasing sterility of the Indian
soil and the poverty of the people is
proverbial. In spite "of all their ex
ertions for the betterment of the same.
the government can t meet the two
recurring evils which have infested the
land. Poverty in India is owing to the
incessant drain noon its economical
productions, and sterility is due to the
neglect of the illiterate peasants in not
properly manuring the fields which
hey cultivate.
There is no scientific: rotation of
crops. Koobi, or winter crops, are
sown on the same field year after year.
and the land cannot make up the chem
ical drain caused by this practice; these
lands are becoming gradually sterile
and barren, and the yield is decreasing
day by day. Thus thousands and
thousands of acres are left fallow affet
two or three years cultivation irt order
to make up the drain. The ipopclation
of the country in increasing in geom
etrical progression, and had these lands
been ,under cultivation by a scientific
course of manuring, in spite of the ex
port of (millions of bushels of grain
every year, the ipoverty and recurring
famines would have been to a trreat
extent alleviated or averted. In the
present day the greatest thing which
the country stands in need of is to
educate a class of farmers on scientific
principles, so that the old method may
be altered for tlie modern, scientific
and improved way of agriculture, and
that tlie same be propagated through
out the length and breadth of the coun
try. I may end by speaking especially of
the prominence of Behar, a vast coun
try, not less than half the size of Great
Britain in area, and containing 20.000
000 of inhabitants. Behar was orig
inally Vihara, or monastery of the
Buddhists of yore, and was made into
a subba (principality) tinder the Mo
hammedan rulers. Under English rc
gime it has been placed under the
lien-tenant-governorshvo of the Bengal
presidency. It contains two commis
.sionaries Bhaga!pur and Patua. Pat
tia contains the districts of Patua. Gzu
Sahabad and Durbhunga. each of the
latter being under a magistrate, who
unites in his person the functions of a
collector of revenues also. In Behar,
Hindu and Urdu are the prevalent lan
guages. The people are so verv illiter
ate that they can't understand the" com
mon sense view 01 scientific principles.
even on the most elaborate explana
tion. It is or this reason that the ag
riculture of the province lSn the most
backward condition
Here, as in the whole country, there
are no schools or agricultural colleges
to provide elementary lessons to the
scions of the present generation in the
newest and most improved principles
ot tlie agricultural science, the im
proved agricultural implements, the re
sults of modern scientific researches.
.ire unknown to the vast continent, like
Some of the educated landowner's cf
Bengal' are trying to better the con
dition of the agricultural knowledge
of the country. (Among these I mav
cite Maharaja Sashishekhttressnr, baha-
rfoor of Tahipur and the Maharaia
Ramessur Sinsjh. bahadoor of Durb
hunga in Behar. Except these two
persons. I. can hardly say that any
body takes care for the backward ag
ricultural and technical knowlede of
the present generation. iIr. Tata's
scheme for the diffusion i of , scientific
and technical knowledge : among the
mass of the people of this country, is
no doubt a noble one. tor the accom
plishment of which every educated In
dian ought to strive.
TROOPS TO REMAIN
Idaho People Send a Petition
Secretary Root.
to
RGIN'G EL'RTHER PROTECTION
Th ltrqnrst Pmcated at the War Depart
meat by UoTtrsor Stcaaeaberc
. . ..' Yesterday. ;, v i .
WASHINGTON, March 3r. Gov-
ernor iteurrenoerg. 01 luairo, toaay
ca!!ed at. th war department and prc
scrrtcd in person to Secretary,: Root,
the pethion. to which he refeTrc4 while
nVrfr examination 1 before the ! houe
commktee or: ntilttary affairs, in favor
h" the "retention ot the federal troops
in tbe disturbed raining districts. The
governor had refused ro produce " the
pet it ion before the committee, nntd be
had; first submitted it to the secretary
!i : j 1 , I TV, .
o: war. to wnom it was jinmu. o
petition bears about 500' signatures,
arvl recites thar ail signers are citizens
of Idaho and Shoshone county, and of
the Coeur dWlene tmmng district.
Tliev pctk iom that th secretary of
war allow a ssmall force of federal troop-?
rrnram in. quarters ar'ite iuw-
biom, Sltoshorrc county, as long as
Governor Steunenberg may think inelr
presence necessary kr the preserva
tion of peace and- order. The citizens
alio express their approval ot all acts
that have beer done by the governor
and the officials of their Mate, to pre
serve peace and order.
PREPARING A PLAT. dlenry B.
Thielsen. of this city, secretary of the
Salem Chamber of Commerc and a
civil engineer and draughtsman of con
siderable proficiency, was recently given
the contract for preparing a plat of the
Salem postofnee site and adjacent prop
erties, with regard to elevation, gas and
water mains, electric lights etc : The
plat will be completed within a few
days when it will be forwarded to the
supervising architect at 'Washington,
The plat includes the property bound
ed by Chemeketa and Ferry streets, be
tween High and Capital sitreets and
shows the court house, state capitol
ajjd surrounding buildings, 1
POPULIST PRIMARIES. The
Populist . primaries were held in Mar
ion county, yesterday," delegate being
elected to attend the county- convention,
which meets in Salem on Friday. The
day was quiet, there being no evidence
of a stir, and few. outside of the faith
ful, knew that political history was be
ing made. ' -
SEVEN AND THIRTY-THREE.
The time has passed when you were
young and free.
When you were seven and I was thirty
three. -
Your form is tall, your laughing face
is grave ,
With lines of care no mother's love
could save, t
But as I look again into the past
And see that old-time spirit spent at
last1
I wish the hour again could come
to me
When yo-j were seven and I was
thirty-three! - .
We both feel young, as in the days
of yore.
But fifty-eight now walks with eighty
four! My eyes are dim, my hair is white as
snow;
Your hair, my darling, threads of gray
doth show.
But love is in your heart that same
dear love
God's gift from 'Heaven, yo"ur dower
from above. .
My daughter, .mother loves you even
more.
Now fifty-eight sustains weak jeighty
lour! Harper's I Bazar.
THE MASTER'S FRIEND.
The master must to a distant land.
'With a foreign foe to fight;
And the master's wife was glad of it.
But she hid her false delight.
And came to him with a tearful face
Ami begged of him to stay;
But the master's hound was sorry,
. And it Went and hid away.
' -
The master's ship from the harbor's
mouth. ,
Beat out to the stormy sea:
And his wife staid late at my lady's
ball.
Rejoicing to be free.
They said she shone like a jewel there
And she heard it with delight.
But she could not sleep for the mas
ter s hound.
For it howled through the livelorrg
night. .
The master died he was shot to death
In that land beyond the sea
And they brought his body home to lie
In a grave by the cypress tree:
And the master's widow hid her face
And made believe she cried;
But the master's hound staid by his
grave
Till it starved to death and died.
Bertrand Shad well.
THE TRQMBONE AND THE GOS
PEL.
The real power of the man behind
the trombone is illustrated in the ca
reer of the Rev. Wilson Carlile. o
England, the head of the chttrch army
He began his career with a broken
winded harmonicon. but he soon found
that to reach the masses he must have
a trombone. For eight years he has
blown that trombone, die has blown
it in streets, paloons and dance halls,
and has horrified the stately bishops
by sounding its sonorous blasts in the
pulpit. Occasionally the rough? of
London have objected to his music,
and then he and his trombone have
been laid up for repairs, both badly
battered. - In these .eight - years, with
no other auxiliary than his trusty trom
bone, he has organized the church
army. It has a working staff of! 1.000
persons and an income of $700,000 ""a
year. It has been recognized by the
queen and received the sanction of tlie
Archbishop of Canterbury. It morks
in prisons and poorhouses. It has or
ganized 02 working homes in Eng
land. Chicago Tribune.
TWO SHAKESPEARE RELICS.
Two most interesting ; Shakespeare
relics a very curious cream color d
earthenware jug and ama!acca cane,
both of which were bequeathed by tlie
poet to his sister Joan are to be soldp
mi London in the course ot next week.
The jug. which is shaped much after the
fashion of a modern coffee pot. is
divided longitudinally into eight com
partments, each horizontally : subdivid
ed, and within these the principal dei
ties of the heathen mythology are-rep-rese.nted
ir bold relief. At the begin
ning of the century a silver too and
edging were added, together v With ia
small -medallion ot snaKespeare. in
scribed, "William Shakespeare at the
ace of 40." The iusr is preserved Jn
an octagonal oak case, having in the
eight niches .figures of the poes favor
ite characters." The cne had evidently
at some time or other been mounted.
nd has a ferrule five inches in length.
London Echo.
The Excitement Not Over. !
The rush at the drug store still con
tinues and daily scores of people call
for a bottle of Kemp Balsam for tlie
Throat and Lungs for the cure of
Coughs. Colds. Asthma. Bronchitis
and consumption. Kemp's Balsam,
the standard family remedy, is ; sold
pn a guarantee ami never fails . to
give entire satisfaction.. Price 25c
and 50c. - f ; -V- - .2-
A VALUABLE RACE. ' .'
j sa J -
Sa-n Francisco. March f 11. The
Thornton stakes, at tour miles, worth
Siooo. was -woo- today by Forte, with
Twinkler second, and Welkr third.
Time, T.22Y1. . 1 v
CHANGE IM MAILS
German Government Abolishes the
Private Postal Service.
POSTAGE RATES ARE RID ICED
One Berlin Company BmtIihs Large For
ion for It Baslacas aa Special
J iMBtpt,
BERLIN. .'March 31. AH private,
postal companies will -be abolished to
morrow, and the imperial (ost will take
rheir places throughout the empire, one
privarta Berlin postal company alone re
ceiving $1,000,000 in damages. Simul
taneously postage Will be reduced for
local postal cards to orJe-bali cent, and
for local- letters to one . cent, including
the suburbs.
FAMOUS ONE-MAN VICTORIES.
Fights in Which an Individual Has
Overcome Tremendous Odds.
The splendid stand retade by a body
of colonial scouts in a donga six miles
north of Dordrecht, Cape Colony, a
few day$ ago. against 3 relatively enor
mous Boer force, reminds us of one
or two instances in which a solitary
man has-kept at bay an enemy whose
numbers have run into hundreds, says
Tit-Bits. -
It will be remembered that the scouts
above referred to numbered onl 40,
all told, and that they were cut off by
the Boers because of their determina
tion not to abandon a wounded officer
with whom they could not have made
good their escape. i
Throughout the night they were
again and again as sailed by a force of
same 800 Boers, each of whose' attacks
they succeeded in beating off tintil a
rescue party arrived and conducted the
irallant httle band back to camp on
the following morning.-
dint the perhaps unrivaled feat of a
volunteer, named -Hall, in our war with
the Boers, in 1881, was a still finer
fight against far greater odds. The
scene of this was at Startderton. where
the brave volunteer, seeing that a num
ber off his comrades, were in imminent
risk of being cut off by a force of 300
Boers, q'obly .sacrificed his life to ap
prise them of their danger and afford
them an opportunity of escape;
Without a moment's consideration
for his owrr safety, he coolly commenced
to engage the party of 300 Boers, draw
ing their fire upon himself while his
comrades made good their escape.
But for this superb act of heroism they
would certainly have -all been either
captured or shot, the latter being the
fate of their lion-hearted preserver.
In the course of the operations aris
ing out of the Indian mutiny there was
mote than one instance of a similar
kind. A British soldier who was sur
prised by a party of relels,' to the num
ber of nearly 200, took up his stand
behind the ruins of a wall and blazed
away at the enemy until they turned
tail andlfled at the approach of a mere
handful of our cavalry. They left. 10
dead or Wounded on the field, exclusive
of three whom the Britishers brought
down as the repels retreated.
-A no less brilliant one-man victory
was that of the 'British sergeant .who.
by his- splendid; marksmanship, defeated
ail atterrmts of .the mutineers to place
in position a gun which would (have
commanded the interior fortincations
of one ot the besieged towns and thu
broueht about its downfall.
The enemy made repeated efforts to
fix this gun on the too of a neighbor
ir.g building,' but as soon as any rebel
showed himself on the snot he was
carefully picked off by the ever watch
ful marksman. This --went on for a
long time, until the attempt was finally
abandoned, much to the relief of the
besieged,: who were thus ' saved by the
prowess of one of their numb- from
unr.ih nation or surrender.
A really extraordinary one-man vie
tory was once brought off in Tas
mania aSler a whole arm v" had ieno
minipusly failed. Many years ago the
survivors ct the. aboriginals of th
island were a constant menace to the
settlers, upon whom they often sud
denly descended and subjected to the
most ' barbarous outrages. ,This
prompted the then governor of the
colony. Sir Georee Arthur, to take
measures for the capture of the .whole
nation.
By extending a line of men right
across the north end of the island, arid
then marching them to the south, he
hoped to be able to force all the na
tives into a corner, where they might
ultimately be surrounded and captured.
The most elaborate preparations were
made, and enormous expense incurred
to insure -the success of the expedition
Not onlv was every free man in the
colony called oat. but all the convicts
were compelled to lend their aid; and
after a month's weary marching over
mountain tops, through, almost impass-
abje forests and across rivers and deep
gnuies. the extended! lines of heroes
closed in upon the enemy. But. to
their amazement and disgust they then
discovered that they had! only captured
one poor BiacK. tne cunning 0.1 me
savage having fairly, outwitted the skill
of civilized man.
But what the combined forces of the
colony were unabk to perform ,,wa$
accomplished by a single man, who,
acquainted with the1 language, man-tiers-and
customs of the natives, came
forward and offered to capture, with-
a s) -
out assistance, eacn ana every anong
utal remaining in the, island. , .
!A might be supposed, the govern
ment was nost anxious to retrieve
their position, and eagerly accepted the
offer. . The brave volunteer had not
l6ng, departed on his mission when he
returned with a long string of prison
ers who were -satfelr lodged in gaol. "
1 He then mtmediately set off upon
anothw expedition;; -which was repeat
ed again and i again, the number
prisoners increasing with each, until
not a. single anorigmai was at large
in Tasmania. Not only so. but he ac
complished this unique "victory, so far
as could be ascertained, without the
sheddineof a drop of his own or his
Captives blood.' ,;.' '
i Coming back to the Boers, the val-
tnt stand made by Captain Auchin
ck at Rustenberg. in i88r, is well
worthy of mention, though he was ac
companied, by a force of some 7o rifle
men. Surrounded by many hundred
bf 'Boers, he (ought : them night and
day for' weeks and -weeks, Anally dis
persing them by carrying their trenches
in" the night, at the point of the bay
onet, with a force of 10 or a dozen
men. . . ' ; ' . r . ! ' .-
After three or four of such, sallies,
in each of which the captain sustained
serious injuries, the i enemy had had
enough of cold steel and kept at a
respectful distance from a focman so
resourceful and daring ; as ! they knew
from bitter experience Captain Auch
inleck to be. .May -Great Britain and
Greater Britain always be served by
such noble, valiant sons. '
PROFIT IN A TRADE DOLLAR.
Michigan Man Loses! His Indignation
and Gains 6, Cents.-
sA nan who came jrecently to Chi
cago from Michigan ireeeived a trade
dollar in Chicago when he paid his fare
to the collector of a- bus line at the
Park row station. It! was dark when
the transaction tooki place, and the
Michigan man did -hot discover the
character of the dollar till the next
day, when he wanted! to pay his. hotel
bill, die was indignant. . -
"That fellow thought I was a farm
er," he said. "I wi!lA-rite to the man
ager of the bus line and tell him to
send that collector to! me with an up-to-date
dollar I ami no back number
and neither was the Jblll I gave him."
. , - 1 - - . 1. . 1. .
ine more tne .Micnjgan man innuKm
about the matter, the more his indig
nation grew, lie hjid tried to pass
the trade dollar at a igar stand earlier
in the dav for 00 cenjts. The clerk re
fused to accept it at any price. Finally
the victim oi the busf collector resolved
to forego letter-wntmg and to go to
the bus manager in; person. On the
way he noticed a display of old coios
in a window.
"Guess I'll go in and see what the
thing is worth, anyway." said- the
Michigander said to himself. He
went into the store,1 where the ; coins
were displayed and; threw the trade
dollar onto the icountcr, asking
"What'll you give for it?"
The dealer examined the coin :
minute and replied i 1 1! give yon
$1.65." !
"It's a bargain," said the farme
?nd with the $1.65 jibgling In his hand
he went out. saj-ingi "Guess I woivt
go to see that manager now."
HER MOTHER.
I caivm-H think of hcl as; one of His
Exquisite angels, lair, and very wise
In all tftie many wayi of perfect blis-s.
Treading the tloerl-t iWKls ot Par
adise.
' " ' 1 ' , -
Nay, she is still the! little child that
knew I . - - . ,
No thing beyond jmy arm's warm
tenderness,
That spokfno word,, my little -child
who drew - !
My love by verj A strength of help
k-ssmess. j
I.ord, when Jefore the doorway of Thy
hoirte.
A timid, new-born soul, I, trembling
stand, j .
Let hcT not come- iviiCv glory on her
brows, 1
?A fair, strong argel, bearing Thy
cornmand. I
, j
But let mine own, my child, look up
at me
With the -same eyes that need me,
crave mc. and
Draw me across thy thresliold tenderly
With licr own haind kt little, ten
der hand.
Theodosia Pickering Garrison in
Harper's Bazar. I
WHAT ONE W0MAN THINKS.
'Oharity begins at (tome, but.it doesn't
erl there. !
Reports of the failure of the peach
crop are a1out due. ,
Straws' show whih way the winds
of mirT:ory fashion blow.
The worrrart who wretches her con"
science soon 'get itfout of shape.
What a woman calls a dream of' a
borwiet looks like a perfect nig'htmarc
to a man.
Tlie people who .believe ?2 taking
their time ncer become very famous
for getting there, f
-Some people's whole idea of admin
istering consolation- is to say things
might le a great deal worse.
Isn it strange that women who Are
dreadfully afraid of pistols because they
may go off aren't a bit afraid of a
powder puff? 1
NOT BRIBERY; OF COURSE.
"Were you ever bribed?" asked the
constituent.
"Never! replied jthe -Montana legis
lator, emphatically.! '"No one ever has
dared to even offer me money for my
i-ote'v .' '
"1'ni glad to hear you say that," said
the coyistituent. "
"Of course." went on the legislator.
".nnw ne occasionally leaves a few
thousand dollars in' my room or slips
a little money into niy pocket,' but no
one would have th hardihood to hand
ms anything." -Ohicago Post,.
TO RESTORE LINCOLN'S OLD
CAR. -
There is a plan on foot among the
colored people of Omaha to restore the
Lincoln car, buift at 'the opening of
the civil war. to its original condition
and place it in a public building, where
it will be kept permanently. The
Union Pacific company bought the car
soon after the war and used it-'in the
far West as a pay car, it being especially
desirable for this purpose, as it had
within its sides, concealed tby uphol
stering and mahogany, half-inch boiler
plates. 1 They were placed there as a
protection to prevent President Lin
coln from being shot while at the front.
where he frequently went in his ar
mored car. Jndianapolts Press.
KRUGER'S TEACHER.
He Was a North Carolina Presbyte
rian Missionary. "
- Atlanta. Ga.. .March to. A special
from Charlotte. N. C. savs: The hon
or of having taught and trained Paul
Kruger. now president of the Trans
vaal, belongs to a North "Carolina min
is'er who was sent to South Africa in
18 i from the. Rocky River -Presby
terian Cnurch. near Charlotte, as a
missionary, Ine man was Kev. um-
el Lmdlav, now deceased. Dr. lind
lar -was the first Protestant minister
who ever went to South Africa' as a
missionary and Kroger w converted
under, his preaching. Dr. Lindlay took
yr.png Kruger under his care, edu
cating and training the youth in the
Christian . faith and, in the other cus
tomary branches of knowledge.
Dr. r. !i. Hutchison, on 01 the
oldcsj ritiiens of Charlotte, was pres
ent at a dinner given in Dr. Ijfndlay s
honor during his last visit home, and
says. that on this occasion the doctor
had a great deal to say in regard to
jiis expeniences in Africa and espe
cially in reference to young Krirger,
who. it seems, had made a very deep
impression on It Dr. Lmdlay. by . reason
of his unusual i geniusand talent. Mo
bile Register. , ;
ACTORS TO BUILD WARSHIP.
- German actors have determined to
aid Emperor William in building up a
navy. The idea occurred some time
ago to Herr Moritz Hoetler. manager
of the Seniors Brauiifels theater in
Berlin, that itNrmdd be an excellent
idea to have the actors and theatrical
managers f Germany unite in build
ing a war ship, and he at once wrote
an .appeal to tlie leading members of
the professionJ in which he suggesteJ
that arrangements be made to give
special performances in all the theatres
and that the money obtained therefrom
be spent in building -a man-of-war of
the best possible type. -He maintained
that such a gift to the government
would be a splendid-evidence of pat
riotism, and tfiat there was no reason
why the money, shonld not be collected
within a short time. His appeal, it is
said." hirs made a very favorable im
pression, and there is little doubt that
tlie proposed war ship will be built.
DRAMATIC CRITICISM
! IN RHYME.
In illustration' of the working powers
of George R. Sinr,- the dramatist and
poet, it. is said ,'hat on night a new.
ikcp.was prdduc-l at. a leadinu tlKa
t'er in Londojn Sims Js.nt it out, and
V'?n retnrrcd to. 'his oflice. where he
wrote. a column and a hak" f criticrm
in i-hyme. -Jt was iwar the time for tfle
paXer tc go to priss ;wlKn he legnin,
ami, the 1xy tok tlie) piece - ver?e by
verse from him to tlie compw.inir
room. t'he boy walkiivg continuously
from one to t'he other for an hour.
TI IE K EN TUCK Y 'GOVERNOR'S
PLAIN WIFE.
J-
Mrs. W. S. Taylor.! whose husband
has been the; center iff excitement In
Kentucky, kirj several weeks, is tall and
stout in figure. he lis 42 years old.
smJ btrn up. in one of the. inoun
tion cuntries, from which the.I lonjj
bairetl and roughly lressed- men came
down in hundreds . to brotcct her lui
band from threatened! danger. Jhe is.
in. nv -st-ntie ii socieiv woni.kn riiLl h.14 '
not 1eent received with much warmth
ly the Indies of the blue grass country.
(iivi-iiwr and Mrs.- Taylor have eight
children, tlie eldest. is Tykr Taylor,'
being 16 years old Iijdiarwipolis 'Press.
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'Tis the witching liour of nigh't;
Orbed is the niooni and bright.J
And the stars thcyj glisten, glisten,
Seeming with bright eyes to listen
For what listen sthcy?
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PEACE DECLARED.
Why devote all Vour .time reading
about the Boer. War and the - f Gold
Fields of Alaska? ! There are other
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LONDON CLUB TRICES.
London clubs are! far cheaper than
those in this country. The initiation
fee in the most exclusive and fashion
able never exceeds i $joo, while the
highest dues are onfy $75. - Only one
charge so much as that the Turf
club. The range among others i $50
and $55.' With the Royal Yacht squ.id
ron things are different. The initiation,
fee is $500 and the annual dues are $55.'
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