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the present system. Certainly not SO much
when we add the expense of military campaigns
which existing conditions compel.

the present system. Certainly not SO much
when we add the expense of military campaigns
which existing conditions compel.
PEACE WOULD RESULT.
peace would be one of the primary results
OF my plan, but do not quote me as prophesy-
ing any immediate Utopia. / am somewhat
familiar with the condition of the Indians who
are on reservations in the state of New York
They occupy land as fertile a. any in the world
but much of 1t is grown up 70 briar bushes
while its owners exc out a miserable existence
that ls somewhat of an improvement upon that
OF their ancestors, but which demonstrates
beyond cavil that Incidence is a matter Of
heredity and is ingrained in the Indian char
acter. An Indian learns but little. He is not
receptive of civilizing influences. He lives be-
meath the open sky and generally dies when
deprived of liberty for any considerable length
of time. Schools fail to attract him; his crude
ideas do not comprehend christianity or
mathematics"
I'm your judgment would conflict now re-
suit IN the determination of the Sioux queried
the reporter.
sIFT OCT UNofFESDINa INDIANS.
II hope not" said the Senator. IF we are
now to have battle or a war the Indians who
are assembled ought first to be thoroughly
sifted if possible. to the end that no Indians be
destroyed who have not fully made up their
minds to 60 upon the war path and accept the
consequences of that rash act. How far this is
possible do not know, but am satisfied that
the officers in command will make a supreme
effort to see that no Indians not hostile are
punished. We certainly would lose the sympa-
thy of the people of the United States if we
should proceed to kill unoffending Indians
Such action is hardly probable, for there are not
to be found two better men than Generals
Brooke and Ruger, who, under Gen. Miles, have
charge of our end of the difficulty. They are
everywhere known as prGdent, humane and in
telligent soldiers and gentlemen. Ii is only three
or four years since Gen. Ruger disposed OF one
of these Indian messiahs. Sword Bearer, for
invulnerable to the weapons of the white man
and he WAS taking that tribe on the war path
when Gen. Kruger ordered him into camp.
Sword Bearer failed to comply with the order
and was, in consequence. Immediately de-
stroyed. BY this prompt and praiseworthy
action Gen. Ruger brought about the collapse
of really alarming condition of affairs.
THE RELIGIOUS CRAZE EXAGGERATED.
Gas to the religious infatuation mentioned,
while il has a limited existence, incline to the
belief that it is exaggerated. Indians always
have among them soothsayers, prophets, pro-
fessors Of legerdemain and pretenders of one
kind and another: products, all the world over,
Of ignorance and idleness.
During my life in the west have had occa-
sion to study the Indian character. / have
never believed in the maxim There is no
good Indian but the dead Indian but do not
count the gray barbarian better than the
Christian child"
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gotten afterward as the buttsraiss Of last sum-

gotten afterward a. the butterAieo Of last sum-
mer.
OF handshaking, taking the men at random a.
they happened to be standing. His host was
| almost the last to whom he came with sinister
smile and outstretched hand.
Maxine looked straight and stern In front Of
him and did not take the hand.
"You know the old saying, monsieur, Speed
the parting guest" he said grimly. 81 have
the utmost pleasure in speeding your depar-
tnre, which believe was hastened by the par
ticular request OF my wife,"
culver Of surprise shook vivien for q
moment, but in the next he collected himself
and accepted the situation with all ito c9nse-
quences.
81 am leaving hurriedly, admit" he said,
but although am in some haste to leave this
part OF the world can spare Sou an hour to-
OF the railway. shall spend tonight at the inn
In your village and shall be at your service at
Whatever hour may suit your convenience and
that of your friends"
'.Tolpache. you were prepared for this
Loisin, know I can rely on you," said Max
ime, turning to his two most intimate friends.
For my own part have only one desire to
express. Let our meeting be at sunset tomor-
row weapons az you please. That delay will
give me time to arrange my affairs
he turned on his heel and went to the music
room, leaving Vivien to choose his own sec
onds and settle details.
He felt in his choice of the sunset hour that
he was obeying an old friends summons and
accepting his fate.
The next day passed like a peaceful dream.
Maxine and his wife we're alone together for
the greater part Of their time, Lucie having
excused herself from an excursion to q vii
lage race course in order to be her husband q
companion. No cloud upon his brow fore
warned her OF approaching doom. He wanted
that day to be cloudless-that day which he
told himself would be his last of love and of
life. He parted with her at half-past three
O'Clock, straining her to his breast with one
long passionate kiss as he babe her goodbye.
There was despair in that embrace and for
the first time since his return she was startled
from her happy security.
why goOd-bye?" che asked. SLOW pale you
are, Maxine. Is there anything wrong?"
"Wrong? No, dearest. am only going as
far as the village to settle some farming bust
ness with my bailiff."
"You Gill be back to dinner?'
81 hope So"
When the sun dipped at the bottom of that
wooded hollow where Maxine had seen it sink
three days before, the augury of the earnest
face and the pointing hand had been fulfilled.
1.-The End-Copyrighted.
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A convention Of the coal miners Of -.
trail Pennsylvsnia, comprising the couptiss -
Center, Clearheld, Cambria, Blair. nr.aso~S
Huntingdon and Jefferson has been o.II.6 4.
meet at Altoona next Wednesday 70 conSa.r !.
proposition 70 establish . fund 70 nav n.
wages Of check wcighmen at the mine. -, !.
vote on the sdviaability Of demanding = 80
eral advance in the price Of MINING on Is.S g.
]. The convention win be one of the r,oss -.
porsant ever held in central Pennsylvanis' - !
would also seriously interfere With 60. msn. ~
ing from this district. anes COM
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Wife Grading paper)-sT .,v. ~.
Col Hooker was an honest man -. ae'e tnas
man filed him fun of buckshot isst 49,, 49, !.
hgsbend. nd. does the honeet r.rt so,..
M MnsC"why, this article ssys t6e coso.s,
S Ss9so.~when was in Chins---
ssnso-.T , rsa xnev You had been In ChinA."
vas jammsd through tAs ssrtS /. ~ S ssss -
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THE NOBLE RED MAN.
Senator Sanders of Montana Talks at
Length About Him.
WE STARTED wRONGwTTH HIM

And Have Been Going Wrong Ever Since
He Won't Work and He Won't He Civil
fsed-The Reservation and Agency Systems
Bad-Whas Ought to BE Done.
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HUMAN MILK Is THE BEST FOoD for infants. moi
but merely because It u the most dgestible. when
however, It u % poor n 70 be no longer nutritioul
4 ceases TO ra0k - food, andNellinS Food should
be used
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A Georgia man says he has Q hen that ID
twenty years old This looks - though the
colored people Of that section had been bassly
slAndered.-Ram's Horn.
Ethel-'How do look In this dress?"
Maud Charming. Isn't IL wonderful how
much . dress can do for oner"-NunseTs
Weekly.
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From Life.

Bingo-'H I we're rich for just one little
hour ~
Kingley-'T should like to know what good
that would do you."
Bingo--"Wen, I'd spend Just about fifty-6ve
minutes in making my property over 70 my
wife."-Haspr's Bazaar.
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There is something very awful in the ides
OF living FOR fortnight in the same house with
two such men" said Madame Evremoude. the
bankers widow; lone feels ones principles in
danger Of being gradually undermined II
Vivien's conversation is anything like hi,
books"
THANK heaven 1t isn't" said st. Waller. so,
n Vivien would be intolerable. Social ANALYST,
n Q very good thing to dream and dozs over
with cigar and ones feet on the fender, but
20 have TO listen to the analyst expounding his
theories-quelle coryee."
One Of the first inquiries from the lady viz
ttors was for the family ghost
''Of course there is a ghost-some sad stor,
OF . jealous husband and murdered lover
perhaps, or q faithless wife shut up in one O
those too delicious turrets?'' said Madame Bel
fort, who was stout and sentimental-a kindly
sdipose creature, who offered to the fashiona
pie faiseur the problem of how to make tn,
best Of jelly fish.
..Unh..Ppily, chere dame, there is no ghost.
what. In chateau built in the middle o
fne seventeenth century, CHATEAU built wher
men wore long hair and velvet doublets an,
cannon sleeves and point d Alencon rufies
That cannot be! There must be q ghost. You
nave not hunted up the family traditions.
mouse without ghost story, family withou
traditions, would be hardly respectable"
Il said there is no ghost, but / did not "a,
there are no family traditions
There are traditions, then?' asked the stou
lady:
Eyes"
"Ghostly ones?'
There is one that savors Of the supernatural
but - / never yet believed in a story of tina
kind when heard it told Of another man fam
LILY, am not likely TO believe in this legend be
cause IL Is told Of my own ancestors"
"A legend! the very word has a fascination !.
cried Madame Evremonde. please let u
hear it."
'Then you own TO a ghost?'' exclaimed
Madame Belfort, who had the density of larg
bodies. "Prsy show us the haunted room.
feel sure il il one of the turret rooms, 0,
quaint, 30 historical, 80 uncanny."
"Again, chere dame, must assert that n,
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swered, Nth little laugh which was meant to
be reassuring; "Only he has somewhat out
stayed his welcome. Laure and are of the
same opinion in being tired Of his company,
ments-Of course in the politest way-during
your absence. Literary men are sensitive, and
he was quick to understand the situation, and
devise a sudden necessity to be in Paris"
God bless you, my dearest!' cried Maxine
clasping his wife to his heart. III Eve had been
like you the serpent would have crawled out of
Eden baffied and Inundated"
"Dear Maxine, / really don't know what you
are thinking about" his wife said, gaily. 1.-THE
whole business was as simple as bon Jour. and
hope You will be especially polite to NJ. vi
wien on the last day of his visit
Maxine had not the slightest doubt that Hec-
tor Vivien had taken advantage Of the hus-
bands absence to declare himself to the wife,
and that he had been repulsed with the fearless
scorn Of unassailable purity. He took an OPP
course Of the day, and though she would tell
him very little, her admissions and even her
reticence confirmed him in his belief
Vivien and his host did not meet till dinner
time. The nOvelstwas in his room all day,
busy packing and arranging his papers, He
Travelled without a valet and refused all offers
of assistance from st. Vallier's household. Con-
sumed with rage and agitation, he felt that he
could not trust himself in the society OF
another mans servant. His irritation might
DTcdh Out Ut IuOIucIlt anu WEcdk lteeiI uDOn
some rustic wretch who had only offended by
| sheer stupidity.
Yes. he had wooed his friends wife-he had
| found his opportunity in the afternoon soil.
tude Of the pleasaunce screened from the
windows OF the chateau by ten-foot hedges OF
cypress and yew, as secure from observation
| rs in forest labyrinth. He had brought tc
bear all those arts and Vaccinations which he
had always found irresistible with duchesses il
his novels, and occasionally triumphant with
middle-class matr0ns in actual life; and hi,
reward had been the scorn of scorn; such
scorn as pure-minded woman who loves heI
husband must needs feel at the folly Of AMI
| man who dares to suppose that he can super
| sede that husband in her affections
The dinner table was not 10 CAV as Il haf
been on many another evening. vivien talked
as much as usual, but there was an angry ligh,
in his eyes and keener cynicism in his con
versatiOn, which indicated latent irritation.
Maxine, who had been hysterically vivscioui
| on the evening before his journey TO Paris, WA
| now grave and silently watchful. He and
| Tolpache had talked together for half an hon,
before dinner, walked up and down the terrecs
| on the edge of the moat in the wintry dark.
ness, and Tolpache, like his host, was silent and
thoughtful. 20
| The dinner was long, and the carriage VA
announced while the men were still lingering
| over coffee and cigarettes. Madame st. VallisI
and her friends had retired to the music room
whence came the sound Of lightest opera boufft
melodies played by Madame Evremonde. who
was passionately fond Of the music that livel
for Parisian season, TO be - completely for,
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"Living. as they have been, ON reservations
they cannot be expected to know better. Reser.
vations are no longer Of any use to an Indian.
They never were Of any value except as pre-
serves for game and now that the game is all
destroyed believe q reservation is an absolute
detriment to the indiana who occupy it. The
buffalo and other wild game of the northwest il
gone and the Indians should now be settled
upon small tracts of land in families. They
should be surrounded by industrious white
farmers and grnziers, whose example and ad-
vice and conservative influence could not fail
to have most wholesome effect. Herding
them together in large masses around Indian
agencies, with nothing but Q constant success
sion of Notwithstanding and passion-inciting
DAYS and weeks, is little less than o crime. but
90 long as persons find il to their individual in
terest to advise this course they will continue
'What would you do in the present circum-
stances?' asked the reporter.
WHAT OUGHT 10 BE DONE NOW.
"First," replied the Senator, very deliber-
stely, II would see that the white settlers were
protected. Secondly, would zee that the In
dams had enough in reason to eat, distributed
to them not once in two or four weeks but 20
far a. available instrumentalities made 1t pos
sible, daily. Third, as a step toward perma-
nent settlement OF the Indian question I would
disarm them, certainly to the extent Of depriv-
ing them Of bresch- loading weapons. Az there
is no game in their country their guns are use
full only to enable them 70 kill settlers' cattle
or each other or the whites in their vicinity.
Fourth, would see that each Indian or family
had farm, and inasmuch a. they are IMPROVE
dent and some Of them easily imposed upon,
would provide that the farm should be inalien-
able in the hands Of the grantee and his or her
heirs until further legi1htd0n, which could be
enacted in the hight Of future conditions. !
would assist, in . limited way, those Indians
engaged In farming or in pastoral pursuits
with such agricultural implements or other aid
~ would encourage them, and would keep an
agent travelling through the country to look
after the Indiana general welfare. All this
would cost money, but no more, I think, than
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The Multiple Votes.

The latest plan for maintaining the su-
premacy Of the whites in the South comes
from Mississippi. Judge j. A. P. CAMPBELL
OF the Mississippi Supreme Court proposes
to give extra votes to landowners in pro-
portion to their holdings. each 80 OF 80 or
100 or other agreed upon number Of acres to
entitle the owner to an additional vote. The
Aberdeen Examiner having mentioned an OBJ
vlous objection to Judge CAMPBELL's plan
that the negroes might become land owners
to such an extent that as a means Of secur-
Ing white ascendancy thenew scheme Of SUI
frage would prove boomerang, Judge
CAMPBELL explains that he does not propose
plural votes for land In a county other than
ones residence. and he estimates that IS
per cent. OF the whites and scarcely 10 per
cent. of the negroes would have extra votes
under his plan. lone additional vote" he
says, for the ownership of a home In
county or town would secure majority Of
white voters in the State and two additional
would secure such majority in every county
in the State. We cannot Increase the num-
Der OF white men or lessen the number Of
negroes and have no way open to us to Sc
cure white supremacy except to multiply
that the negroes who as landholders would
receive additional voting power, would side
with the whites from self-lnterest.
The Times-DemOcrat, which is as anxious
for white supremacy as Judge CAMPBELL
can be, points out the vital objection to
his plan. an objection which is fatal, no
matter how correct may be his details
or how clever his plan. THAT objec-
ton is that the plan Is essentially undemo-
cratic, and that it would easily and naturally
lend itself to the creation and establishment
of what we may perhaps be pardoned for
naming terrocracy' or Handwriting class,
whose votes might swamp at any time the
honestly expressed opinions Of all the other
classes Of voters put together"
"Terrocracy" is amongrel and an abomina-
BILE word, but the idea that 1t expresses is an
abomnable and intoleIable thing in q demo-
cratic republic. The consequence OF the es-
Enlistment OF class OF landed proprletors
with superior political power would be even
worse than negro rule. 1.-The humber
whites" says our New Orleans contempo-
rary, would gladly ally themselves with the
terrocrats TO ward off colored domination;
the terrocrats once firmly seated In the sad
die placed on their OWN backs by the hum
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For Victory, Not Defeat.

Our able contemporary, tho Inter DC can,
has como suggestive remarks on the an
proaching Democratic National Convention.
Tint Convention will be controlled by the
South, we are told ; but we are also told that
tho South will blndly dictate who shall be
the candidate; and this Is mistake.
1t is clear that no Democratic candidate
can he elected In 1890 without the vote Of
New York; and the Convention will hardly
be willing to force upon the Democracy any
man who is sure TO be defeated.
There may come a time when New York
will cease to be Of such supreme Importance
In the politics OF this country; but at present
all parties must strive to obtain the favor
and the suffrages OF the Empire State.
There are sages in politics who propose to
crafty their own predictions both in the
candidate and tho platform; and they start
out with the idea that success is Of no Inn
portance. But these wiseacres will never be
able to suppress that desire OF the human
heart which longs for victory even more than
for the struggle by which 1t is attained.
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Autonomy and RelIrlon.

To IHE EDITOR or THE sUE-Sir: Your article of
yesterday THE Wonders OF Celestial Journey" .S
one of the most interesting and striking Accoun OF tho
newer disclosures OF astronomy 1t has ever been my
good fortune to read Not only does tho article give us
tho result OF recent research and theory but the appeal
To ones imagination throughout IL most effective New
conceptions most noble and beautiful Of the vast tran
scsndent events occurring in interstsar space uRsr
in our memory after reading this eloquent account
In one respect recent astronomical science has
rendered what should by good rights be the greatest
possible service 10 persons religious faith Itisa
matter OF denomination, Of experience in fact that
astronomers can tell uS exactly where In solar avs
tenn al given moment tho world will be- In oihsr
words sOutely precise m mathematical prevail in
the material world main obstacle to religion faith
deep down IN mons hearts has always been In reality
asense 9fthe seeming imPsrfse!ion of the Dlyinlys
life seems incompIsts and often is as matter OF eI
perence painful has been hard for tho world 10 he.
ievo that the law OF tho Lord Ia perfect Certainly
IT'S circumstance OF the greatest eivAble momsRt
10 have these vast that in the material
world the law OF tho Lord is infinitely perfect
der and neneratloh May not belieye then that In
NEW IORK, Nay "a 'PIyEHlI
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LKTrERs OF LIVELY INTEREST
Tint IntoIernb,o Cep.u,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUH-Sir: Every man
with an ounce OF free blood in his veins. and
any knowledge OF the constitutional limits OF
tue powers OF Congress, will admire your pun
gent attack on the Congressional induisition
proposed to be enforced under the provisions
for taking the eleventh census and will refuse
TO answer the impairment questions relating
to his private debts and diseases. In such
refusal am certainly warranted In an actual
case for reasons which you have not yet noticed
In your paper.
number Of years since. It seems, made
mortgage on real property. which was record
ed In the proper county clerks office. The
special agent OF the census in that district has
delivered to me printed slip containing on
one side description OF the mortgage. On the
other side am asked to answer the following
questions: Was this mortgage fully paid Jan
/, 1902" II not fully paid how much was
unpaid upon the principal Ian. /, 1890 ~ Was
chase money. to make improvements. or for
what other purpose, or II made to renew pre-
Slo onso mortgage. what was the debt originally
had forgotten the existence Of this mort
f eags alsoGetnSr II happens that am an e.
made. My Impression is that in making this
veyed to me the title that l. might make the
MORTGAGE for reasons which he impaired to
lno 10 ms leRHl auNlB0r anu upon hLAtOm0ntb
mace by him to mo as professional secrets--
privileged communications, which, under my
oath OF office as an attorney have no right to
reveal Probably the bond secured by his mort
gage was not mine-the debt not mine /; H. In
deed, there was any debt. do not remember the
precise circumstances but II / did. certainly
would not d isclose them to the United States
or any one else. ! would rot In Jail first No
would any honorable member OF my profession.
II the facts In tho case are as | suspect and
should disclose them. and by any possibility
my client should suffer thereby. ! have no
qoubt could he disbarred. and ought to be.
IL only my memory were better ! should be
between the devil and the deep sea !" obliged
to run the risk OF being disbarred for unpro-
iessional conduct or put in Jail for refusal to
answer.
1t is a common practice for builders and
spectators in this city to make mortgages to
friend without consideration for future ne
EQUATION or for other perfectly honest, proper,
legal PURPOSES which. however, are secret;
Just as other business schemes are secret. and
properly 50. 1t is easy to see how great injury
might be done to man in this situation. He
mas nothing 10 rely on but the supposed Sc
Grecy OF the enumerator. and that official Is
liable TO be the very man OF all others who has
no businessto know the secret reason OF tho
mortgaRor.
Many other illustrations OF the outrage Of
private rights penetrated under the method
pursued :" to enumerate the inhabitants OF tho
United States" may be found. but the posi-
billy 81 two such as are above described Is
enough to condemn the law. or at least it's pro-
posed inquiries. JOHN HOWARD CoRWIN,