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`The Blessings of Covemment, Like the DWm Heaven, y1o covec " Alike loon the Rich and the P~.

W G. KENTZF4, Edtr COVINGTON,'ST. TAM AA , ARISH, SATURDAY; JUDTY 2, 1898. ~VLX~I~I~2~

THE DEAREST GIRL.This girl that I'm to write about-you

know the one I mean-The girl whom a1l the fellows- swore was

fit to be a queen-Of womankind she seemed to me the sweet-

eat and the best,ad that was Just precisely what she

seemed to all the rest.

RObow my heart was stirred when firstI met her face to face!

'And to my gladdened eyes she seemed theS very soul of grace.

I swore she as a gem, a rose, an angeli (minus wings).

all the other fellows swore the verysaf-ame things.

,b well do I remember how I yearned tocall her mine!To share my lot in life with her would be aJoy divine.And how I used to wonderl she'd care tO

change her name:And all the other fe:lows, oh, they won-

dered Just the same. -

So long as memory holds asway I nevershall forget

When first I held her hand in mine-I seemto feel it yet!

Its tender clasp, so soft and light and yetso warm and true-

And all the other fellows, oh, of coursethey held it, too.

And then-'twas after I had kissed her fin-gers' velvet tips-

I bolder grew, and, oh, ye gods! I dared tokiss her lips!

The priceless boon was far above thewealth of kings to buy,

And all the other fellows got a kiss thesine as I.

Anad when at last the time arrived, downon my knees I fell,

While In my ha;ting: trembling way I triedmy love to tell.

Until she spoke the gracious word my hap-Py life to bless,

* And to the other fellows, why, she gave thesame sweet "yes."

Then to her stern papa I went to ask himfor her hand;

My knees were limp and shaking so that Icould scarcely stand.

He kindly gave his glad consent and wishedus many Joys.-

He did the very self-same thing by all theother boys.

And then, of course-you know the rest-united heart and heart,

I promalsed I'd be good and kind and true'till death do part."

And with God's gracious help I'll try tosmooth her path through life

As every fellow will for her-the girl hemade his wife.

-Nixon Waterman, In L. A. W. Bulletin.

T[HEY USED to make fun of him atthe office. He was a queer old fel-

low, with .a solemn face and what wethought ridiculously polite ways. Hiewould take off his hat when he came in

Viand say:"Good-morning, gentlemen. I trustsee you all in good health this fine

And some of the boys would nod-and some wouldn't do anything; but Inever could help standing up and bow-lag, perhaps because I knew that myo-- ther would have said I ought to

do it.And, you see, it was gentlemanly of

him, I said; and if he was a little crea-ture, with a queer little wig, why, helooked something like a gentleman, too.I said so once to Merrivale, next deskto mine; but-well-I didn't try itagain.

You see, Merrivale was up to every-thing, dressed elegantly, sneered ateverything almost, and i'd come from acountry town and he was a city man.

Nobody was down on "Old Dumps"as he was, especially after he made usthat speech about our conduct to theladies.

Dumps made the speech, you know,and it was Merrivale who had said thelady only came in to look at him.

"The man who calls a blush to thecheek of a good woman by look or tonemust have forgotten his mother," saidOld Dumps. "When that lady asked youa-civil question she relied on her beliefthat you were a gentleman, Mr. Merri-vale. When you answered her as youdid and spoke to her as you did, any-one could read your insulting thoughts,Mr. Merrivale; and you did not evenrise from your seat, sir. You provedthat she was very much mistaken."

"Mean to say that I am no gentle-man ?" asked Merrivale.

"In this instance, sir," said OldDumps, "you certainly have not con-ducted yourself as one should."

"Mr. Dumps is right this time," said I."Bah!" said Merrivale. "You're from

the country.""Thank heaven for it. then, my young

friend," said Dumps, as he sat down.After that Merrivalc was never even

half-way civil to Dumps, and the boysfollowed Merrivale's lead. But I likedthe old fellow. When we met in thestreet I'd take off my hat and shakehands and say some of those politethings that mother used to teach me tosay. And I wrote of him to mother,and she said that she was glad her boyknew what was due to a good old gen-tleman.

Sometimes. when I lived at llaredalewith my mother. I've seen the sky beau-tiful and bright and blue one hour andthe next blr.-k with the clouds of athunderstorm. Just that way my trou-ble came to me-an awful trouble-such as I could not have dreamed of.

I had written to my mother that Iwas doing well and liked my business,and would be down to see her on Sun-day, when I was sent to go into theinner office: and there-I can't go

through with it-I can't even rememberdetails; but I was charged with beinga thief.

You'd have to understand our partic-alar business, as well as bookkeeping,

. to know how I was supposed to havedone it; but they believed I had robbedthem of 100.

They urged me to confess. I was in-nocent, and I said so. Then they toldsme they did not wish to be hard on me.I was young. The city was a bad placefor boys. They would be merciful andonly dismiss me without recommenda-tion. All I could say had no effect.They proved me guilty before they ac-aced mte, they said; and at last Istag-gere•-eut Into the office. The boyswere getting ready to go home. I sawtheyitb knew what had happened.

' one of you believed this of me?"aiid L "N'one of you who know me?"

S:And Merrivale said:' LIok here, Forrester; you're luckyto get .f so."

And O(ib said:*I say, Forrester, don't talk too much;

,, 'lpgive yourself away."AaI *hat with shame and rage and

I tnqIld 'are ded: wben out ofad • rer as • Old Lamps, ia

I uaIaEr-elbrhi -meat and

"Mr. Forrester," k id, "I've wltited

you ever since you've been here. Iknow what you are. ou• are incapableof a dishonest act, and, what is more, Iwill prove it before the rest. The manwho respects others always respectshimself. The man who honors hismother will do no dishonorable thing."

He took my hand in his arm, and,bowing to the others, walked out intothe street with me. I heard Grab andStover and Carberry laugh, but Merri-vale gave us a furious look and stood,white to the lips, lookingafter us.

"Mr. Dumps," said I, "I thank you forycur confidence in me. I deserve it-inthis, at least; but it saves my heartfrom. breaking under this disgrace.

M• iihsall I tell my mother?". "D6n't tell her yet," said he. "Wait.Others shall think of you as I do soon."

Thep•he went on in silence. HI me to his own room, white he

bachelor's hall. He made tea for meand served me with sliceq potted beef

t and thin bread and butter.

And it was not until we had done teathat he said to me, very apologetically,after I had called him Mr. Dumps:

"Air. Forrester, excuse ine, but I amnot named Dumps. That is the name

by which the young men at the storeconsidered it witty to call me. I con-

e fes.s I could not see the wit, but it

rather hurt them than me. I saw bya your manner that you had made a mis-

tape. My name is Ad.•ns."I was so much jbamed of having

-used the nickname,'lanocently as I didit, that I could have cried.

CBut my old friend comforted me. Oneday he came to me, flushed with tri-Sumph, and took both my hands and

I shook them hard, and said:"My dear boy, it's all -right. Id

watched before and had a clew. Youre character is cleared. The firm wel-

coa.es you back with regrets that theyshould have suspected you, and the realculprit is found. The real culprit :

e Mlerrivale, and Stover is his . accom-

o Iice." -And so it really was. They had dooe

I tored my books and meddled with myproj.

I Went back to my j a lon, and I'vegot on well'*er siiiee; but there's moreof my story. .Think of my dear OldDumps turning out to be my uncle-mymother's own brother-and neither ofua guessing it.

Long ago other people had quarreledit and so separated these two, who were1- always friends.e Think of the little man in the shabby

e wlg and coat proving- to be quite richn and going down into the country to

live with his sister for the rest of hist life.e In vacations and holidays I go to see

them. They are happy together, andthe little tea table is set with the oldchina, and there is potted beef and jelly,and I'm petted like a child. And in myuncle's room the old miniature of thea young lady hangs on the mafftelpiece

as it did in his lodgings.And once he told me its sweet, sad

strory, and I knew why the quaint;olde man in the oflice had a more true and

k tender gallantry to women, and was abraver friend and more perfect gentle-man than the young fops who grinnedat him from the high stools betweenhis desk and the window and gave himthe nickname of Old Dumps.-BuffaloTimes.

PARALLEL TO BALAKLAVA.

The Desperate and Disastroua Charge

of the Prussian Cavalry at

Mars-la-Tour.

It seems the Germans have a story tomatch the charge of the light brigadeat Balaklava, equally magnificent anda good deal more like war than thatblundering exhibitiop, of course.George Bunsen, a son of the famousGerman savant, tells the story on theauthority of the Prussian officer whocarried the order to Auerswauld, at thefight of Mars-la-Tour. It became nee-essary to save the army at any sacri-fice by gaining time for more troops tocome up. The general in command sentorders to two cavalry regiments to a.Nvance; they were the crack regimentsof the Prussian service. The staff offi-cer rode up to Auerswauld, the senior ofthe two commanders, and told him toadvance against the French.

"You are not serious," was the reply."You do not mean me to attack thewhole French army?"

"I am serious; I bring you positive or-ders to do so."

Auerswauld bowed, and, sending forthe young prince of Hohenzollern, or-dered him immediately to ride off thefield. The young man said: "I havedone nothing to deserve this," andburst into tears. Auerswauld repliedt"Your family has suffred quiteenough. I order you as a soldier todo your duty and obey your command-ing officer.

He then directed his men to advance,first at a foot's pace. then a trot, thena gallop. They did so and were almostall destroyed. When the survivors hadbroken through the French Auerswauldordered the bugles to sound the assem-bly; slowly some 67 were mustered.Auerswauld said: "Soldiers. I thankyou; you have done your duty. Longlive the king!" and fell from his horse,mortally wounded. He recovered con.sciousness. but died the next day.About 300 only of the two regiments re-mained alive, but the army was saved.-Baltimore Sun.

A Purist Ia Distreas.A certain out of town man, who was

widely known in Clevelahd, represent-ing one of the oldest families in north-ern Ohio, had many peculiarities.Among these was a remarkably faslidi-ous care for forms of speech and pro-nunciation.

One day when he was standing on thelittle landing at his island home heslipped in some manner and went intothe water with a resounding splash.There were a number of visitors on theisland, and several of them were at the!anding when the proprietor fell in..Among them was an old lady whoshrieked direfully as the host disap-peared.

"He'll be drown-ded," she wailed;"he'll be drown-ded!"

Just then the waters parted and thehead of the victim of the accident ap-peared above the surface.

Coughing and sputtering, he tookedI toward the agitated old lady.I "Drowned, you old idiot," e roared,.'I bwnedl"

a •ad tben they be,4al alle,

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HUNTING FOR GOLD. !

It Is by No Means a Healthy orAmusing Task.

A Prospector Just Back from Alaska

andl the 3u ko Country Relates

a Tale of Woe mud Dis-

appointment.

[Special Chicago Letter.1That obtaining gold in Alaska is not I

attended with the ease and comfortsome accounts would lead people to be- 1

lieve is quite manifest from the story of %a returned gold seeker, here given ex- ccl~afi ly, as near as possible in his own ?

' _ed at Forty Mile creek, on the It- 1,100 miles up the river t

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EN ROU OTIl KLONDIKE.

July of last year,some hardy tel-

low tat to •rospecting" gold,.l Pi, from accounts that ha beenliven us, we were led to 1g,$11 uldbe literaUy scooped up by th bl'bket--ful` almost anywhere in the district.Our first triatat prospecting convincedus that what we had been told regard-lag the country and its wealth of goldhad been largely fairy tales, and wealso soon learned that a person needsto be acclimated in Alaska as well asin the tropics, several of d• partysoon falling sick and some dyi Sick-ness and death are not pleasant subjectsfor contemplation under the most fa-vorable conditions, but when they comein the midst of Alaskan dreariness,without proper nursing or medical aid.they are doubly gret•some and to bedreaded accordingly.

To persons who have never been InAlaska prospecting for gold it wouldprobably not seem very hard or diffi-cult work, but when it is understoodthat in the summer season the surfaceof tJhe ground p scovered with moss,under which Is from two to three feetof soft mud with a frozen bottom-as that is as deep as the ground everthaws-and that the prospector sinksinto this mud from eight inches to twifeet at every step, it will be readily seenthat the life of the prospector for goldI in Alaska, especially in the summer.time, is not a primrose way. Instead, itis about the hardest and most disagree-able task mortal ever undertook. Intramping over ordinary ground whenone gets weary be may sit or lie downand rest; not so, however, when wadingthrough Alaskan mud, as one finds noplace to sit or lie except in the coldmud, and I never realized what ablessed thing dry ground was until myprospecting experience in mud-coveredAlaska.

We had established a permanentcamp, where we had a cabin, made ascomfortable as circumstances wouldpermit, from which we made journeys

through the adjacent territory in questof gold. Being strong, and determinedto strike it rich, I stood the wearisomework of prospecting better than theaverage man. I was taken sick whileout on a prospecting trip with two com-panions. My stomach refused to per-form its natural functions and I wassoon so weak and exhausted that I wasunable to tramp through the mud. In

this state I was left at our temporary

camp while my companions continuedprospecting. I grew weaker, and, real-Izing that if I would live I must eat, 1made myself a savory dish of soup andforced down a few spoonfuls, but mystomach rebelled. and after three orfour ineffectual efforts to retain some

PANNING GOLD.

of the food I was forced to give up theexperiment. By this time I was com-pletely exhausted and felt a great de-sire to sleep. But where could I sleep?Not on the ground, for that was cold

mud. The thought occurred to me thatI might tie myself to a tree and sleepstanding up. I therefore bound myselfto a tree as well as I could, but foundthat my knees were too weak to sus-tain the weight of my body, and, un-tying the rope that bound me to thetree, I sank down on the cold, muddyground and was soon in a deep slum-ber, from which I was aroused by mycompanions upon their return to camp.

It may be imagined how I felt whenI awoke. My body ached all over, andit required considerable rubbing andstretching before I was able to staad onmay feet.

My only idea now was to ge back toour permanent camp, where I ight atleast have a chance to lie d andtherefore lost no time in setti g out. Istaggered and.erawled by t andmust have fallen at least 0 tmes in adistanee of three miles or sandwhen I :nally got through) I s sightto hehold. ifj hand5,ekre kteesvimh to l

with the brush and my elothr.g wasfairly torn into shreds. Arrived at ourcabin I fell through the door onto the ifloor and at once dropped into a deepsleep--the sleep of exhaustion-fromwhich I did not awaken "until the nextdy. I then found myself too weak tostand and was compelled tocrowl about Ithe cabin on my hands and knees, wait-ing on myself as best I could.

Energy and a determination to win Iare very essential qualities for one to 1possess in seeking gold in Alaska, and 1I haf thought myself possessed of suf-ficient of these to enable me to triumphover oil difficulties, but it is wdederfulhow quickly these qualities leave onewhen sickness weakens the body anddeath by disease stares one in the face.As I lay there almpst helpless I thought Iif I could ondy get strong enough how igladly I would turn my face towardshome and civilization.. All yearningsfor Alaskan gold had left me, and I feltthat to remain in the country meantsure death.

As I lay one night, sha g and dis-heartened, I heard the sona of an ap-proaching steamboat's whistle andrealized that if I could only get to theboat landing I might procure some-thing from the boat's supplies thatwouldive me strength and aid in re-storing health. By a great ,ffort I suc-ceeded in crawling on my hands andknees to the landing, some 800 feet fromthe cabin, where I purchased a bottleof whisky from the captain of the boat,for which I paid $15. I then crawledback to the cabin and arousing one ofthe Inmates had him make me a hotwhisky, whieh I drankand which, t myg•'kt jqg, my stomach retained. I thenfell'asleep and when I awoke next morn-ing felt somewhat refreshed. I had an-other hot whisky, after which I felt aslight desire to eat and a companionmade me same soup which I ate and re-tained and soon began to feel stronger.The next day a man came along anddiscovering my bottle of whisky, out ofwhich I had taken the two drinks, of-fered me $25 for what was left.

During my dreary confinement in thecabin my own suffering was often for-gotten in witnesasingthat of a poor fel-low from West Virginia, who was laidup with rheumatism." By the way, Iwould warn everybody in the least sub-ject to this ailment to stay away fromAlaska, for if there is any one thing thedampemsu of the soil of Alaska has anespedlal ffinity for it is rheumatism.Thia.lVest Virginian had set out forAlaska with high hopes and bright an-

OIG AN RIV

1 FORDING AN ARCTIC RIVER.

ticipations, being robust, well educatedand possessed of considerable means;but here he was. so badly afflicted thathe was unable to even crawl on hishande and knees, but had to roll abouton the floor when he desired to changehis position.

As soon as I was able to walk I soldmy 18-months' supply of provisions andoutfit and took the first boat down theriver for home. As I approached thegangplank to board the boat some onehailed me with: "Will you please takea letter for my wife?" Turning to thespeaker, I was fairly struck dumb withamazement. The man making the re-quest was one of the party that hadcome up the river on the boat with me,and I remember how I had envied himhis superb physique. Standing over sixfeet, broad-shouldered, deep-chestedand strong-limbed, he was the pictureof vigorous American manhood, butwhat a transformation two months'prospecting in Alaska mud hadwrought! So great was the change inhis appearance that but for his voiceI would not have recognized him; hischeeks were hollow, eyes sunken andlusterless, shoulders stooped and chestflattened-in fact, he was but a mereghost of his former self. As soon asI could recover from my astonishmentI exclaimed: "A letter for your wife?Why, man, I think you need to go toyour wife yourself instead of sendingher a letter!" to which he replied:"No, no; I can't go back yet. When Ileft my home in Iowa I mortgaged allmy little possessions, including furni-tare, and also borrowed some fromfriends in order to get enough moneyto bring me here, and I can't go backuntil I have enough to pay my debts."Regretting that I could not pay hispassage back and relieve him from debt,I took his letter and bade him a sadfarewell, feeling that it was but a ques-tion of a short time before another vie-tim to the lust for gold would be addedto the long list of those who have lavdthem down to die in imhospitable Alas-ka.

Those who are making the mostmoney in Alaska are persons engaged intransportation and trading, and to suchthe country offers an inviting field, butin the case of the poor man who hasbarely enough money to pay his pas-sage there and buy provisions for ayear the chances are that he will losewhat little be has and possibly healthas well; therefore I would say: If youhave money with which to trade andspeculate you may go to Alaska andcan probably win; if not, you had bet-ter remain at home, as there will beenough unfortunates in the countrywithout you.

GEORGE WOOD RAMAGE.

Unamamme.

Hattie-Was Gladys much affectedwhen the burglar entered her roomt

Madge---Yes. She was completely as-manned. He stole her bloomers, eol-Ilars, shirt, coat and alpine hat.--N. .Truth-

I Bobble-Pop, whem Ir a. synmayu used?tpm-tWhbm yR•ot-.y': a• bt

I olaqWsoI*

1 DDING IN CHILKAT.

a. c"r Geaetales Atteadlag a Re- Ienat livreage to Vram

.or Alaska.

N ,r. pephaps, has there been a morelate ting wediling than that of FrankB a strapping miner from Mon-tan `d Marie Isharov, a Polish girl, Iwho as traveling with her father ctow the •jondike and metgth.Amer- Iican route The girl is much moretian rdinarily good looking, and the 1stal rt IMontanian is such a man as Iwon ad favor in the eyes of mostovo He and the PIiMh travelers, Iwit pumber of other re in campto r for some timer-a the youngcou soon took to eachgth eP Youngr proposed and was accept and 1Mr. arov, after careful inquiry, be-(5cam taed that his daughter hadcapt ted a man who could and wouldpro_ well for her. So the weddingday. as et, al! arraegementt being Inthe a of t *k.Tg T J

de •e should' be a weddingp on, and that ji should begin at"ihe I;cl,%

e nd, the famous steps ocut the snow and .Ice by the tread at Igol kers gone before, and that the Iwedi n ceremony should take place onthe mmit of Chilkat pass. -T• pro-gra mewas carried out to the letter.

Tie wedding procession started from"thetbC ales" at 11 a. m. Leading thewayyaccordion in hand, was Phil Ward,of rrginia City, Mont., who manfullyIpl'a a wedding march. FollowingM u1 a Ward were Ushers Gilbert atndSi e d, also of VirgiataWlty. Then l

Icn -the bride, accoQnpanied and as-itt• by Bert Fenner. Miss Isharov

wasensibly attired in neat-fitting mod-I eat :ondike garments and appeared

I as ppy as any bri4e on whomethe suneve shone. Followang the bride came

he ather and Mrs. Decker, a hand-so young widow from Puyallup,

t W who was'on her way to the in-te r. After Mrs. Decker and the

br' e's father came Ushers W. A.R nsoa, Knute Ellingaon and Wil-Nurnberger, all of Virginia City,

Sn Arvin L. Kells, of Dawnon. TheI fo ed a great crowd of interesteI ip4tators, many of them with loads of

100ppuinds on their batks.aWthen the wedding passion reiched

Stheumpatit it was nlet h-y Rev. Christ•-phip L. Mortimer, a Misseuri minister,wh is'eeking fortune and souls to saveir n old fie!ds. Intkvery short timeth shers had everybody pict uresquelya rnged for the first wedding on theC at sumral.

was a strInge scene, this weddingceremony upon the mountain' sum-mi, and the Montana boys who had as-rasged it felt repaid as they epokedaround. A great crowd had gathered.FIoatlng their heavy packs on the snow,ts gathering of gold seekers from all*tsof the earth stood with uncovered

ads-and reverently watehed the min-of God Io t 7 wedl

anilsome .Montana ranotoe netiful Polish girl. With their feet on'American soil and their faces turnedtoward the land of the stars and stripesFrank Brady, a true type of the braveAmerican miner, and Marie Isharov, aPolish girl who fears not the hardshipsof the land of the midnight sun, weremade one.-Chicago Chronicle.

OUR RESOURCES.

We Produce Everything Needed stCarrying on a War on Land

or Water.

It is a matter of national pride thatsuch a satisfactory showing has fol-lowed the war excitement as to centerthe attention of the world upon the factof the enormous resources of this coun-try. One thing is surely accomplished s-- the convincing of other nations of tour great powerin producingeverything fneeded in the event of hostilities beingptolonged. Not only are the Spanish 4army and navy now eating our flour,but we can feed several other nations atthe same time.

All of the war material as well asthe supplies of our army and navyar, produced here, and by citizenswhose patriotism is well known. Ourarmor plate is the best in the world, andRussia is so far convinced of this factthat she has recently placed an order awith American manufacturers for a tquantity sufficient for two battleships.Japan is also buying. The armor-pierc-ing and deck-piercing shot and shellsmade here are not equaled on the faceof the globe. Other countries under-stud this and purchase liberally. Ourdynamite guns are so far ahead of therest of the world that-they practicallystand alone. Ask the strugglingCubansabout the destructiveness of these guns.The automobile torpedoes made in theUnited States after the Whitehead pat- 1tern are so much more effective than 1' the original that the English and Aus-trian manufacturers are despondent.Our dirigible torpedoes eclipse every-thing of the kind in Europe and are be- ]

ing sought after by foreigners.Everything is produced here. Noth- I

aing is lacking, from hard tack to 13- 1Inch guns, and from armor-piercingshells to a simple lanyard, and the greatcredit is dite to American genius and 4

' enterprise and capital. which should bepatronized in preference to all others.

While the government has been, of ]late, buying vessels to meet an emer-gency,. nobody questions our ability tobuild warships as good as the lest. Ourshipyards are well equipped to turn out

fast and powerful fighting ships. Andbhile we are congratulating ourselves

on this grand showing those in author- IIty should remember that we will needmore battleships two or three years

hence and that now is the time to makethe contracts. Very many small yardsare ready to rush our patrol boats, tor-

Spedo boats, dispatch boats and smaller-craft. At no distant day the UnitedStates will be the best market for war

a material of all kinds, and the attentionof other nations is already directedhitherward.-Army and Navy Journal.

e Opalmss of a Pewsitmat.

r You can't ride a hobby up the hillthat leads to success.

If half the things you hear weretrue there would be no one with whom

I you could associate and retain yourSself-respect.

Nature intended every man forI great things. It is only his beastlyi

luck that is keeping him down.After he had made man and wo-

God taught them the word "If."B Ha the people of this -worldknow how the other bat live, ant

et i yoi tq to *W l t g CIevw

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X" : TERRIBLE ORDEAL.

How the Da5barous PaSttMUaChoose the KlmS Who s to

Rule Over 5tems.

The system used by Patagonlanswhew se!ecting a king to rule them inpeace and lead them in war is as fol-lows: Every ten years fleet footedcouriers are dispatched throughoutihelength andbreadth of Patagonia tosummon the able-bodied men of tee na-tion to a grand powwow at some cen-traL.point in the great 1 s. Whenthe braves are all asaa4ed and theking has called the m ting to order,volunteers for the po tion of ruler forthe ten years to follow.gre called for.

The king of Pat• rule~ for butten years, and then tew monarch isselected. Nobody is l~-ed who wishesto undergo the ordeal through-whicha ruler of these people must pass,whether he be a member of their racor not. The Patagonial -love a bray

,man above everythingu• d likewise 4e-vise a coward, and any man, be isl

or Itonio. n••. is~

able- y af eig the ri-Me torture tuewhich all aspirants tothkingly scepter are fptis good enoughin ahe eyes and 4stimation'ot thesestrangpeople to lie invested with the'mantle pf sovereignty over all the Patasgonlans and given a power to rupe that

Sght be envied bye cmar.*the details of theeeremony show tiar-

tore of the most revolting kind, and themanewslo can to throigg the Idealw ifout wincing must s•rtely be pod-

Ind of a heroic heart. Two hundredor .300 of the stalwart biaves of thetribe generally vogl~trto uabrgsthe triture. rEahe In tmr to atree, against wnibor be Is told to athadgreet, with his aras le-ld ataight pi babove his head and against tltr•eY ofa tree. The onea of the old ai•n of thetribe, selected by the braves to performthe ceremony, seises a atone harmmer ofnative mold and proceeds to nail 1

pirant to s kingship to the tree thrisers made of a wood of wonderfulhardness which is found in that partof the world. These rivets are driventhrough the bands of the applicant, andthrough the fleshy portions of his lowerlimbs.

if the volqtFr should a thishorrible torntUe without ngand without giving external evidence ofsuffering he is hailed with a aightyaeelaation and pronouneed at toen-de the finishing tonehes o(the sere-mony,- wieh consist of a seleeled num-ber of the bravesa. pothing the trans-fixed applfeant with' gesturerand tIea of derision iueb jabbinghim in.the feshy parta.of his body withsmalI mharp darts aGl a• ets.

Oftte the whole number of volun-teers I exhausted, s!oant aiding aman wl• su letnt bull•og grit andi stamina to go through the ceremonywithdut giving way to the physical tor,•:ug and either fainting from the pain

complement of braves willing to be tor-tured for a chance to be king is calledfor.

When at last a man is found who isable to go through the ordeal withouta sign of fear or an evidence of suffer-ing, he is at once released and is thenand there proclaimed king of the Pata-gonians for the ten years to follow. Hispower is absolute, and the reverencewith which his subjects regard himamounts to the worship of a god.-Bloomington Eye.

FED THINl WITH PENNIES.

How a Powerful Amerlcam Seaman

Placated a Hlostle CrowdIs Cuba.

A gentleman who was aboard the tsteamship Utstein, which went to'Ma- otanzas to take 1,000 tons of provisions Ifor the starving Cubans, told a Times-Democrat reporter tie following inci-dent of the trip:

"You remember," said he, "the indig-nities that were heaped upon us while Iwe were there, most of which were re- 1ported by the Associated Press and the IKansas CRty newspaper men who inau- :gurated the trip. The Spanish people Iin Cuba insulted us in every way pos- 4sible. They called us 'American pigs,'spat at us, dared us to fight, and in vari-ous ways tried to draw us into difful- Ities. One of the young Americans withus, who was armed with two six-shoot- aers, became so incensed that he sworehe would shoot some of them down if hewas hanged the next minute, and at-tempted to draw his pistol.

"Chief Engineer Hultman, of the UIt-:stein, an exceptionally large and veryJolly man, clutched the young man'sarm ansd said: "Don'tshoot; I will showyou something that beats shooting.'Running his hand into his pocket, thebig engineer tossed a handful of cointo the crowd of Spaniards, negroes andhalf-breeds who bad been guying us.Everybody in the crowd made a divefor the money and left off insulting usto fight among themselves. EngineerHultman did this several times, untilthe cringing crowd would run after himbegging for nickels, and say: 'Me noSpanish, me Cuban.' Hultman replied:'I don't know whether you are Spanishor Cuban; all coons look alike to me.'And every few minutes on our way tothe ship he tossed them a small hand-ful of nickels or pennies. He finallymade friends with the whole contingentin this manner, and every time he wentashore after that instead of being in-suIted he was welcomed and greetedas an old friend. The incident servedto show me of what kind of stuff thoseSpaniards are made."--N. O. Times-Democrat.

Derlta's "•Ryal Court Pharmacy."Berlin's "Royal Court Pharmacy" is

now 300 years old. It was establishedby Elector Joachin Frederick of Bran-denburg, and had its quarters In theroyal palace until two years ago, whenit was transferred to the Moubijoupalace. The pharmacy supplies medi-cine to the whole Prussian court and tomany of the Berlin liospitals.-N. Y.Sun.

The Best Time.Teacher-What season follows sum-

mer? (8ilence.)Teacher-Hans, ena't you tell me

what is the time to piok fruit from thetrees?

"Yes, sir; when the dog is ebaledt"-Der Flob.

straaye derkatels.: he Prussian government will short -

': >ring before the landtag a bill toa, hfbit women and smiors from at., ag public meet#aga, aenda-he it a

a tal ;Sle, 1so ddlivr a mf tC a

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Sue-" ~ng everyone thoughtbefore spe ?" Prue- "Why, you'dbe able to hears pin dropt" - TownTopies.

'Anyway, the pedestrian has the lawon his side." "Oh, of course; bathe ha sthe wheelman on his neck. "-Indianap- h•oils Journal. -

Curves--"Hov could Penelope marrythat bow-legged man?" "Mte doesn'tagid it% he matches her dachshund."-Chicagb Record.

According to a Missouri "coroner's itjury the deteased "came to his death by rbeing struck by ralrod train in the ahands of a receiver."-Crypt. - is

The Teacher--"What 1Iapptns when eaa man% temperature goerdownas ras it cango'?" The.martBoy-•"He hascold feet, ma'am." - Yonkers States- aman.

When Hbaps t saldt Mas1,a, iWithin which pasaetlb, ,"I ils-lev, that he had in jeka oo-epli ntury cke t drsW.--HaCW

bawrn He r bopat--Matt" amistake. atniogisJt kedher to giveme a tJaseea.' aned she said hshe n'ldfl'L%',"O Ly Life. Y

PeronaL-"I am very asorry, Capt. iGOibs, bat e;irWlrsta•es over which• Iavr aeeeates campel me tosa•no.mfay I ask what the eircusatances I

a$i?' 'Yours."-Boa a Traveler.'kan Tnps ble Sein.-"xy*Wand S

her ,ergborm used to be abut they 'gt ispeak now." stth tronble?' "She persuaded my ` tio buy-a iln Statitss t o6e h'tbe ls' a : saoms Presso tl

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-he cyaqies a s nmla

Whether on a smootk sea, in a starm,or in iatlb, tah eag delvice he psa sleepless vigilanee over the poaltisaof the vessel. Themain

an ingtrmest of. pe iSr"and g*eat work asi s4 b1y wh timeIs measured with e ta in tdetermining geographical )o gitudes, tis saidao bathe most4aluabtl gilt that jastronomical s ience0albs given to man-kind Iu tha progress of navigation andthe Ianreed ea rityn o t IItaand prop

erty.

One o the mostessential and praeStical features of the United Statesnaval

I observatory is to keep in hand, ie the

use of the navy, thoroughly !tested' chronometers, a work which requires1much cam and attention ln maoathian4b.eakri. JA tomPen"t re_Sncted with thhe chronomete and time-I service department of the observatory,in which the testings ark made, underthe influence of hygrometric condition

of the atmosphere. Comparisons aremade daily between 11 and 11:40 o'clocka. m, with the meantime standard

-clock, and the errors and rates arei worked up once a week. From thesemean rates calculations are made to thenearest quarter of a second. The tem-Sperature is closely observed each dayand recorded forded for the previous 24 hours,by a chronometric thermometer, andby self-registering maximum and mini-mum thermometers.

The room is heated by circulation of 4hot water, the fuel being gas, controlled Iby electricity, and is cooled by an IceSrefrigerator when a temperature is re- s

. quired below that of the outside at-, mosphere. For the six colder monthsof the year the temperature room iskept within a range of two degrees, andoften for 48 hours within one degrees

Chronometers received are placed ona trial for six months before purchased- by the government, and are tested at la three temperatures between 45 and 90

Sdegrees Fahrenheit. Fifty-five, 70 anda 85 degrees are good temperatures to use,

-as between these extremes are included 1all degrees of heat and cold chronom--eters will pass in ordinary navigation

-Chronometers are suspended in gimbals 1h on the ship, so that whatever angle the-deck of the vessel may form with the

e horizon the chronometer will alwayse maintain the same position.

- Chronometers for service are selectedwith a view to the climate in which they

I are to be used. Those for tropical nay-I igation should have their point of com-'a pultation highest, and those for coldw climates the reverse. When called for

' they are transported direct from thee observatory, through the equipment ofn the navy department, to their destina-d tion, whilestiI ranning, with the great-'. cat eare. The uiarine chronometer dif-

el fers from tbe ordinary watch in thes mechanism of its escapement, which is

r so constructed tbat the balance is en-I I tirely free from the wheels during thea greater part of its vibration, and alsoo lIn being fitted with a compensation ad-

: justment to prevent the expansion andh contraction of the metal by action of

.' heat and cold. They are delicate ando costly instruments. Yet every ship that

- sails a United States naval pennanty; must carry from one to five ebronome-t ters for the purpose of ehecking one an-t other and to guard against the effects- of aecidental derangement in any single

d one. They cost fromn$375 toS450apiece.d Since the war preparations have been IIc progress there bhas been the greatest- run on the observatory for them since

the late war.-Washlgton Post.

Leaf-Cuttmag ee.The leaf-cutting bee seems to be on.

of the most curious Insects whosehabits hbae been investigated b' nat-uralists. It has three eyes in the centrof its head, a very thick one, and twocompound eyes on either side. In eachof the compound eyes there are 11,000reflectors-a feet proved by placing alocust in the lens and taking a photo-graph of the bead, which showed alocust in every releetor. The bee bur-.rows in a sandbank a nest in the shapeof a tube, and them preoeeds to a rosetree and cuts out tssm a leafa elrselaspiece. This is transported to the nndand forced to the extreme end, afterwhMch oblong pleees are brought andused in inahiag the sides of a elL.Twelve ceils in all are constreated, iaeach of whleh ar placed ma1terlegathae. froTm wr i sow~ath sand at aeAlakid The eutggo tat t

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• Ei SUIUaeSed the Tam I.'P pe Qs s. .e.e .

'l tli jwelry trade Samuel Nhi :an American, ildknown s the pearlkingr Althougr ty 3bjrearkd 1b4hehas bui an smmense busanessin the

nearl a pearl abedraeand hisrep-utation extends even to Europe. Be isknown in Tahiti and in thejewel mar- .bets of America and Europe for his fair*easlag, his enterprise and his reliabil-itJ and his trade-mark, "H" sr-

aoundcd by a diamond, is a guaranteeof excellence. It is in the SocietyIslands that most of his peaIs are gath-ered, and he began there as a mereboy.

It took years for-him to induce thenatives to traie fair with hineand togo ettemalve rnlyto thabnsiness of pearlgIthesalg. H• war a natural judge of

respect of the native a es ts aluwith m was so Liiht he e y

t, be irust tolook a ,when eefound the g Ies ax ac& .ReturNing to OCiforit befitted out a

p with * argq of knives, elotag,Ash hooks, lqting a#,OU abbar-

talp " ad returned w M gses to sa..Feas ,o. wtsrgo which he tt sto the natie i were9jdh-I• ~y ..e

'latter <gd even j tbeythemselves well paid by theof pearls and pearl shelal for articles

resa r. ai --

all lbs, and aw fousarp exported )blus, in

s a torn. lt hisalt 4t` i al rate a t `'at Re f h e ro slee at

itstooeh oldt ar t sh f ISnest itahe weaf in f;ethe BIHome su let. Iagobopaught sroib , Aitte Sse a

Cl*A V.

lncrlasedeo zThere has been recently filed with th•Swiss minister of finance and eaustemsat Berne a detailed statement of hotelreceipts in that country, from which Itappears that the gross receipts of iSwlshotels rose from 53,800,000 francs in'1880 to 114,333,000 in 1894. The entireannual expenses of the Swiss repualicamount in a year to between 80,000,09Eand 90,000,000 francs (the budget I ,this year is given at the latter AgurE rand it would seem, therefore, very mah -aas if the hotels of Switnerland takelbsain a year more than the governmentT Iself does. The Swiss figures are not theonly ones furnished in Europe recentl.on this point. A French recordahowrthat every year there are 270,000 foreigners who pass from a fortnight to awhole winter on the Riviera. Emverpersod is supposed to expend ea anaverage 1,000 francs, or $200, 1w •thcountry. In other words, the freign:visitors spend in the country every *lbter the sum of $54,000,000. TheZlare put down as contributing one-tbrdof this amount; the French themselvescontribute another third; "Geimans,Belgians, Dutch, Russians and Ameri",.eans contribute the remPainder. Fs• •being a poor country when it was an-sexed to France, in 1860, Niee has become one of the richest department`od- ,the republic.

Some figures recently compiled of therevenues of hotels from 'tourists nParis show the average number of inr-eign visitors to be 60,000. It is eustComary to estimate at ten francs, or twadl-lars, a day the hotel bills of trangt.in Paris. Estimating at two dollars lday each the hotel bills at 60o0i toe*

is.ts, and at about a. much more theouother outlays. it is to be -ean that t.•-ists in Paris can be put dlown fora az.'penditre f! ,nearly a quarterofaaLlion doli..rs a day.

The total sum expended by tourlatsin Europe in a year is probably not fearfrom $700,0000,00, and a-very considerf-ble portion of this comes fompthe poeekets, the purses, and the bankers' balanees of Americans, wboare prseai.ly the most liberal among travel•Russians come second. Brasilians th •i-N. Y. Sun.

The Leagevity tof Caameod oSIt Is only fair to state that t1•and

meat still holds the record foir Iam.r-Ity. Witness the ease of that preervde-mutton vouched for by Dr. Lethebyi n. ;his Cantor leeture, which had be entinned 44 years, and was still Ihtei.th-etion at the end of that time. ThbCk~thad an adventurous career. In jthey were wrecked in the good ship=Fury, and east ashore with other ste• :on the beach at Prince's Inlet.

They were found by Sir Jobhn llieight years afterward JO a state •I'feet preservation, bhaaving M athrough alarming varsatlonsofstare aur ually-from 92 deg"eeszero to 60 degrees above-and wita.b .

the attacks of savage beasts, per-samge men. For 16 years implay there brolled and ftrae ar 6ly; then her maJesty'ashipmI tIgaScame upon the scene, aad b~stlt nts were in good eas.l -tr a.nearly a quarter of a oral. ywithatqod the climatic ah, aneal

was but natural, ssee ofI eb o.gbrought home agas, wkeyon in honored olad t4i-boeot udnder ae n

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