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innate to the girl that it shonld be a
secret between themselves. as he said:
81 hope you will not-I nean-ah--
sr--but You won't" y
!. Won't tell ton you, she said, with
anfeeling bluntness. Father would
be avenged rather more than the
ease calls for if the students should get
hold of the story" Then taking pity
on him she said, sweetly: 81 will
never mention it again. of course, and
will not,eyen tell father"
Jack asked her to call on his aunt,
which she; promised to do, and he look
his departure, too explain to Miss
'SophiaTthat she had only made the same
hlunder that many anct her woman has
done, jumped at a conclusion too read
lily. 81
Jack.visited his aunt with great reg
ularity, but spent the major portion of
his time at the weather prophets across
the way, SO that the neighbors con-
cluded he was taking a postgraduate
course in meteerology somethingl
- "'e' = stsas,c, Il. - SIDNEY KNOX.
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a JlNGo ADMINISTRATION
One of the Results OF I5srrison's Ills.
management.


The jim 20 policy of the Harrison adj
ministratior may yet lring about a
war between this country and Chilli.
So far have we gone ID this matter
that we have got to, fight or sacrifice
our national dignity.
From its insipiency the administers
ton has seemed bent on getting into
squabble with the Chitians. Pat Egan,
with the dust of Ireland still on his
programs, was appointed by President
Harrison to represent this country in
Chilli He was the one man who should
lot have received the appointment
Not only the Gillian government did
not want him, but the people OF this
country, with the exception OF Presi
dent Harrison and Secretary Bl.,ine
strongly opposed comforting distinction
and honor upon a man who was an
American for revenue only.
In the very face Of this opposition
both at home and abroad, Pat Egan's
name was enrolled in the book of dip
lomatists. Then the trouble began.
And it continued and it will continue
just so long as Pat Egan misrcpresents-
this country in Chill.
While the Chiians were trying to-
overthrow dictator and re.establish
a republican fern of government, Pat
EsEgan, backed by the United States
government, lent his support to Baima.
ceda. He did not have gumption enough
to keep his nose and the nose Of his
government out Of the affair. The re-
suit was that when the congressional.
lists had won the fight. Pat Egans was
the most disliked man in-Chili, with
the possible exception Of his frie nd Bal
maccda, and his country came IN for a
very large share Of the same feeling.
The assault on the Baltimore sailors
in Valparaiso was the one opportunity
the lingo statesmen of this administers
tion had been asking for. They wanted
10 pull their vigorous foreign policy on
S ONE body or other and the opportunity
was at hand. They grabbed it, When
they had clustered and bowed. pulled
and stewed for awhile they disco vered
that our lynching bee in New Orleans
was a parallel case and that they were
sim ply aping the dago school of vigor-
Gus foreign policy. Then they set about
to justify lynching in New Orleans and
to condemn shooting and stahbing in
Valparaiso. After telling Italy to go
te-thunder for her indemnity these
. vigorous statesmen demanded .repara-
ton from Chill, The size, population,
wealth and fighting capacity of Chill
made the bluff go"
The very thing these lingo statesmen
should have done they failed To do TINT
is, recall Pat Egan. Such a course
would have made it impossible for a
seven-spot country down in South
America to further make side show
of our governmental Chicago Globe.
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I.
ON PoLYANDRY.
strange Marriage Rites Practiced by Many
Peoples.

strange Marriage Rites Practiced by Many
Il Peoples.
+ Polyandry thus cannot be regarded
as exceptional, since we find direct evi-
dence OF its existence among so many
peoples. But. as has been said, the
conditions. which alone could have
caused it have, in the great majority OF
cases, passed away; the generalrule is
for women to be more numerous than
-Baen, and IL is therefore to the survivals
of polyandry, to the practices derived
from it and perpetuated through Gus,
toms. that we must chiefly trust for in,
dications of its former wide distribu-
ton. Now, one of the most remarka-
BILE customs connected with polyandry
is that of brother taking to wife de-
ceased brothers widow, and reckoning
the children born of the new union as
the children of the deceased This GUS
tom originates from the practice, in
polyandrous unions, of the children al
WAYS being considered the offspring OF
the husband who first esponses the
wife. The first husband is considered
the head of the household, the family
property is vested in him. and all the
children are feigned to be his. At his
decease the brother next in age sue
ceeds to the headship; but as the chil4
dren, no matterwhich of the associated
husbands were their true fathers, have
always been reckoned the offspring OF
the first usband, the practice is con.
Tihped, through custom, even after his
death, and children born subsequently
ere still called his. Thus, in Thibet,
the right of choosing the wife belongs
to the eldest brother, to whom also all
the children of the marriage are held
to belong. In Ladak, when the eldest
brother marries, the juniors, II they
agree TO the arrangement, become in
ferior husbands Of the wife; all the
children, however. beingeconsidered as
belonging to the = eldest brother.
Among the ancient Britons the chill
dren Of the wife were accounted to be.
long TO the husband who first married
her. In Ceylon the offspring Of
polyandrous unions are looked upon as
the children OF the first husband, and
that equally whether the associated
husbands are brothers, or arS not re-
lated to each other. "A. r Ellis y
Popular Science Monthly.
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE

PA, what can do up here in the
country unless you get me a riding
habit?" Get into the habitof walking.
my dear. Once Week. ~
Manager of the dime museum
What happened to the mermaidr
Attendant-"She fell in the tank and
was nearly drowned. Truth.
knew It Was There. - Lady Have
you any nice mild cheese9" Mr.. Kaiser
schnitz (grocer) yah, guess you
schmell him before You come in alretty.
eh?"IN. Y. Weekly.
Did hear you say that you once
saw q red-headed Indian?' 'ssYes"
well, can you explain the phen6men-
on2. Certainly; he was bald. -
Smith, Gray & Co. s Monthly.
--Ed--"What do you do to pass away
the timer" Ned Easy enough. Just
give my note to some one for thirty
days, and the time passes quickly
enough, assure you. - Lowell Citizen
The Tell-tale Evidence Mother
-"I think our John is counting some girl.
Father--"Hey? Is he beginning to have
yaseline on his hnir?" Mother mo;
he is beginning to have IL ON his shirt
bosoms."--N. Y. Press
There's limitsto my endurance
said the old gentleman to his son who
had applied for cash. eyes, father,n
replied the conscienceless youth, hut
| thought I'd like to speak to you about
raising the limit you know. - WASH
ington Star.
He had asked her the momentous'
question with great warmth. s.Youi
know" he said, after pause, that :
soft answer turneth away wrath.
That's very true, !" she replied with :
sarcastic twinge in her voice; sbut
soft question doesn't. - Demorest's
Magazine.
Little Girl--"The teacher says I
must get q diary and write in It all ] do
every day. viii yon buy me one,
mammal" Mamma-ssThere are plenty
Of them upstairs in the lower bureau
drawer. fifteen or twenty I think
Little Girl--"But isn't those written9'.
Mamma-"only the first pages OF
each. Street a Smiths Good News.
The Worst Over ~ Bul6nch- nm
derstand. Dramaticus that you are
writing play" Dramaticus--s.Ycs 4
have that honor" Bulfnch SCOT IL
nearly done?" Dramaticus- sslYoIl,
yes; the most important part Of ii. /
haven't started on The play itself vet,
but / have nearly finished my speech
Of surprise when ! am called % ~
tween the acts. Boston Courier.
To-, Msanh II .vn0 an /. - NJ IT, of<f.
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sTEvE's SITUATION.
Harrison's sword Bearer and His side
Partner.

Harrlson's sword Bearer ana His side
Partner.
Mr.. Elkins is safe from the assaults
of slanderers and blusterers. He will
sit in the luxurious apartments pro
vided for9 the head of war depart
ment having no serious duties to per-
form and laugh at blusterers. He will
scorn the imputation that the partner
Of Kerens and colleague of Dudley, Dor
sey and Blaine can be frightened by in
yentions when the truth has been in
sufficient TO drive him to obscurity that
would have been sought by sensitive
official 1t were folly to speculate as
10 lower depths than have been Illus
trated by .'Steycr Elkins and "Dicla
Kerensrin their relations to the people
and the public treasury. In their career
these gentlemen have illustrated the
saying that truth is stranger than
fiction Mr.. Harrison made careful ex.
animation of the subject before he
named secretary to practice his
peculiar methods in the war depart
ment during the coming presidential
campaign. If there were madness in
this act of the president there was also
method in IT, Mr. Harrison has APP
psrently. concluded that it is time for
certain class to hang together lest they
hang separately. Only by acombina-
sion of the elements represented by
Elkins and Woods is There hope in the
presidents mind Of success in again
thwa.ting the popular will and gain
ing power thereby. With Ellxins no Id
ing the war department., those Of the
republican party who look for success
by abhorreilt methods will see promise
offurther gains. With Woods wearing
the ermine will be hope that criminals
may be saved from the bench when the
bar would be impotcnt Neither the
secretary In the war department nor
the judge, il he besconfirmed. need fear
SANDER. There is a limit to human in
genuity. 1t has been Drawn by these
gentlemen in their public acts. -chi-
cago Times. ~
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ELklns. sscaE AIRY OF WAR.

-
An. there. Mars.
VIII you please ssc. on to Stevei
Steve EllsfuS
or West Virginia,
! U S. A.,
Secretary OF war,
How docs he strike yous
Amt he d cofizcrs
Mind that sword OF his,
His good broad sword.
FIX BlainabaT.
lie can bend IL all
Around the situation,
And straighten 1t out again
When he wants tot
And cut with its
Why. Marsy, old boy.
He can eat the tics
That bind him to
The Plumed ISni yht
With it as slick as tGtteri -
Has he,
Well. nobody said he hadi
Had yon heard anything
To that effect up your way,
Strategy, me boy, strategy
It's strategic
War secretary
That this country needs now.
And Steven Is that
Bigger than a load OF hayi
you missed 1t Mars
In moi having been raised in
West Virginia.
And a'terward having
Blossomed as Blaine hoomepi
You amt in at all
With Steve;
He's SO wariilSe,
And heroic and strategici
Buff he had to wear -,,
i" A suit Of your stataary clothes,
Marsy, old chap,
During office hours,
He couldn't compete with you
A little bit,
Because he Is tine modestest man
@ssThat lever pulled a .-s==s47ss.=
Political wire 4tzzzss=z=5sz5zs-
However. that's oil rightl
But you just keep your eye
On Steve, Mars,
And so VIII
A good many other people.
nafr1ff Iseoo proaz
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ne would have expressed 4. and he
knew she had overheard tn. whole in
terview. He really had not the courage
to tell her outright that her father was
accused Of flirting with his Aunt
Sophia, or else he was lunatic, and
that neither he nor his aunt approved
OF his conduct.
The girl let him founder and get red
in the face for about ten minutes, en-.
joying the situation as only q mis-
chievous girl can, but he managed to
convey his meaning
Then she said: II understand you
perfectly and can perhaps explain it
satisfactorily to both you and syour
aunt Father keeps weather record,
and has as long as can remember.
He takes observations three times a
day, at two in the afternoon, at seven
in the evening and early in the mora
ing, probably before your aunt gets
mp" Here two irrepressible dmples
broke out and limited that laughter was
not far behind. Jack, who had recov-
cred his equanimity, admired them inn
mensely, bat was not to be diverted
from his purpose, so he said judicially:
But why does he use handker-
chief?"
For the very simple reason that if
there is light wind stirring he can
not tell its direction any other way"
We'll, why does he stare so at my
aunt as she sits at her Window
Il think it is not at her hut''--here
she paused long enough to make i'm
pressive what should follow lat the
smoke stack from the furnace. The
smoke that comes from it makes a
first-rate weather yaae. s..-.z-5ssst
@sfhia explanation was made SO de-
murely and with such evident enjoy
ment at the righteousness of the situa-
ton that Jack was slightly provoked
at her and said, rather-sharply:
. well, You must admit--tltat it looks
queer to afellow not accustomed to it.
I've no doubt it does" She replied,
with smile, 'but we have always
lived here and father has always taken
everybody knows his popularity, SO.
of course, it awakens no comment"
As Jack had no reply ready she said:
please make my apologies to your
aunt for any annoyance she may have
felt and as the. comical side came up
permost again she broke into laugh
and said Poor old father The idea
of him being accused of tiirting!'
Jack joined in the laugh. and the inno-
cent cause of all the trouble and fun
sat staring out the window as mild
and placid as though no such charge
Icy at his door Asyet he did not even
know the reason of the visit of the
esstwhile angry but now smiling
ycung man.
Jack apologized hnmbly, but he had
re idea of letting the story. get out on
kim, so he tried in an elegant manner,
which turned out Hat failure. to in
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HER FAULTS.
,l,now she has a score Of faults;

know she has score OF faults;
All, court them o'er TO me.
And II by cilancs your memory haltA
Twill your prompter be.
Her faults. Own, the worldly wise
Must ever loudly blame.
Though tmay chance TO spirit-eyes
They bear another name.
So frank she will the truth attest,
Though 1t be i'll received;
And ready she TO think the best,
Though constantly deceived:
So prompt the absent to defend,
She Oft but Idly pleads.
SO loyal TO stricken friend
For self She little needs.
AilcaEaiess Of the worlds applause,
Unless tis fairly won,
She ildgcj OF another's cause
AS Il it were her own.
love her for such faults as these,
And own the reckoned score
And tbatshe loves me4yeu may please,
ia eeiIHt as just one more.
Camilla Grassland In Demoresi.
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puisation OF me heart the personal
eqnation, making neutrality-suspicious. I'M
possible. How much more VIDE must
oe Inc d'fference IN handwritings when
the writers are writing without thought
o. awning put gesting me woras
aos' On paper
Sono MONTHS ago .roi. 'ehug ",o'c
an article on making a gooa, ciear
ina'iuscriP. iof ,h' coinposu'r ne uis-
eoors.u iearheu'y upon .ne rishs ans,e
~ ""i.n .ne ie.,ers snouiu slant sop'
VIVA. .neir height snouid oe' now iar
apar. ehe "oras snouia DC, am now ~
800 >, ~. .nes "ou,u ~. 90 a.. ~
80 -,
oo -, !, . - ioops anu ~ 'ns 0e's
~ ~ IT, IL 'snos' an'' ~ eApee'u az :
w 80. en.ss y ,iesis .oe.e
~ eo ',' ao'.ro uii : e'o ,'''.
~ ips nisn' ~ So ~
~ I" '',an ing ns
uoas ~ 'ne iu'pira''on " .n. ino.ne ~,
s,.s ~ ~
80 : "a,
800 20 VIZ ~lioo ~ ono
IA "'io'i1' nose.i''e :" =,
on'eo may sno" sill..,arity' just as 'hey
may nave soine 'rai.s lh,e =, ~
" co.hpe emu W "it.o
un .ie ..no PUNISH :. oeoaose ,ss
manu-" ri'ihS soars uPwaro'
III Is Impossible 70 tell my character
from my handwriting, eNclalms some
pert young mss, BECAUSE 4 never
write twice exactly the same. She
VIII not pc nattered 70 be tod that she
lacks stability OF character or IS
swayea.bY her surroundings or AZ a
prey 70 her emotions' but such are the
FACTS indicated.
An autograph may generally be ac-'
cepted as truly characteristic Of its
writer. lis often written more care
fully, and always more huently, than
the remainder of the manuscript. From
these very circumstances, from the adj
ditional care. deliberateness aud fire.
quency of its USE the autograph ae-
quires settled form. which better
portrays its idiosyncracies than coald
any quantity of his other writings. For
this reason psychologists always seek
and insist upon having the writer's sig
hdtute. NOV 90 sohi~-oi the fHcre,tulouS
would believe, in order that he may
discover their ide atIty, and 50 gain
Knowledge OF their characteristics, but
simp because the autograph Is the
epitome OF the writing and the writer
Further, not only are individual pecu-
liarit'es shown by handwriting, but
family traits are Indicated and
national characteristics preserved.
The angular, lnsular English hand,
where the different letters do not
seem on speaking terms APPLY portray
the English characteristic OF reserve
Inc sioplhg i.a'ian nana speaks OF the
sens"ons grace OIL tne Latln race; tne
Incorporated herman SCRIPT shows the
patlent aetention 10 aetaii' the care
the economy the capacity Tor ploadlng
alohg IN groove, wnien distinguishes
our conservative herman el.'zen. Inc
lrreguiar' or1g,pa', 'naependent chirog-
raphy o. Anericans y eloquen. % me
hie ''-s'runs' neis oue oseani1a'ioh oi
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CHARACTER AND HANDWRITING


Tho Latter Reveals Many Very Important
(, = Secrets About the Former.
Disraeli, the elder. remarks: "The
handwriting bears. an analogy to the
character of the writer, as lall volun-
tary actions are characteristic. That
old Frenchmnn who made most ex-
haustive study of the art of chirography
and its most hidden meanings, the cru
dite Desborra les, gravely announces:
Mental states express themselves by
the movements of the hand in pen
writing aud our-own Hawthorne OBJ
serves: "There are said to be tempera-
-ments endowed with sympathies so ex-
quisite that by merely handling an au-
tograph they can detect the writer's
character with unerring accuracy ami
read, his inmost heart as easily as less
gifted eye would peruse the written
page" Conclusive evidence-this, that
graphology has the Endorsement of
brilliant minds. Another authority
claims for graphology the ability t, dis
cuss the mental, moral and physical de-
velopments Of the writer, declaring.
that by this science far more certain
and positive results are to be gained
tSnn by'anv other means. Each down
and up stroke and each minutest man
nerism in the formation of letter are
confirmation ear as Holy Writ of
the true, though oftea disguised, nat
are of the writer" Indeed, so great
is the faith of some in this science OF
graphology that number of medical
students in New York are studying the
art under the instructions OF an ex-
pert, in the belief that proficiency
in graphology will enable them to
learn their patients hiddea idiosyn-
crasies, and to detect the progress
of a disease. to discover whether the
arrangement of an organ is temporary
or chronic. No two people write alike.
The children in our public schools all
follow the Spencerian system OF pen
manship, and yet in a class Of fifty pu-
pills no two specims Ems will be exactly
alike. They may be strikingly similar
but they will have unmistakable points
of difference The mem beers of a fatally
may present photography bearing as
close family resemblance as do their
faces and traits, ard yet be distinctly
different. II is impossible for two peo-
pie TO write exactly alike, as forgers
have found to their cost The letters
Of signature may he traced over with
the minntest care, ands vel the miscro-
scope would show > difference IN the
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PERSONAL AND lMpERscNAl,

"A vermont editor mas thven.e -
new way ior SURFING Up oei"q uene suu-
seripers ne writes ooi.Sery no.'o 8
Of them' assuming tnas ancy na $50, q
ueau. since ne uoes NOV 's.Na TO-
u.'on -. NsP.''
Nitn the desire 2. e'v'ng ner nas.
oana true picture u hsrseu. y, 's ''''ls.s
IN Atchison' Man. ma, me- tlosvs s.pn
taken ~ she appeareu ~ os.,y nvus
WORK m her ki.cneh aress, W. Nv. : ="
on one arm ana broom anu ouss psAaA ~
the other.
The deeds OF property N oMesss.
Tex, provided against the SAFE OF
liquor, and that the properly snoui0 re-
vert 70 the Town company "a case y :
vioiaeion 81 .ne c'ause' uu. ~ oro ussa
Inc #ciansc WAS .om.etea anu she p.,.
cnaser OF the LOT y sehing 20 muon
liquor tnat ony an inJuhc.lon can ssop
nm
Sir Edwin Arnold mas been oriti-
cised rather sharply ~ hev. Whiiam
Elliot trims, OF boston, aoongreBa'
tionalist, Tor saying In ms recent book
on Japan that the Japanese had never
wars, mr.. trims mas h,mseii i'vea -
tne empire, anu nc chains - INV
enough OF us history W - ""A1o =.
tneological Ieaas Whicn ieo ~ kteas
Diooushea-
A typical wanderer has stopped
temporarily in Dallas He has travelled
for fourteen years, crossed the country
from New York to San Francisco,
worked his way through South Amer
-fcs'FT ana has beehSya hfemah, Poiice=
man. railroad man. sport oruui-
mer and solder. he says thac the
world mas USED MN pretty Wen 90 iar,
ana tnat ne in.enus 70 WANDER arouho
until ne dies
I'm the will OF the late king OF
Wurtemberg some curious legacics
were left. The bootblaek outside the
palace gates ITO wear patent feather
shoes for the rest Of his life, be dressed
in blue tweed homespun and receive
pension OF l'ooo marks year An oia
apple woman VINO sweeps . crossing
around Inc corner gets a pleasant po-
fltion IN tne palace, u plack SIX gown
ana small pension.
"A stage that runs between Sacra-
mento and Plymouth was held up by
highwayman who rified the mail bag,
and, as no passengers had started on
the trip the driver was compelled to
give up his cash, amounting to about
twenty-five dollars. rs that all the
money You have?' the highwayman
asked. Every cent the driver re-
piled. We'll, here's dollar, the high
wayman said, aad he tossed up the coin.
"A well known London millionaire,
who made his fortune selling furniture
and who Is now something Of plungcr
on the turf, is called the ''Duke Of Bed
steads." He began business In little
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How can Mr.. Foster and Enos
Nebeker keep money in the treasury 20
long as President Harrison Is the
f:iend Of subsidies and Jobs? Louis
siiis C,usiorj Journal
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Self-reverence differs from vanity as
the colors upon the western sky differ
from the crude pigments with which the
artist. upon puny square of canvas,
tries to initiate it. Self-reverence is
the pride which keeps the heart from
evil deeds; vanity inspires II to do VIC
lence to its innate sense of right Self
reverence leads us to admire great
poems the great work OF mans mind
and hands. to esteem ourselves that we
are capable Of appreciation. Vanity
inspires an unworthy envy. and sees in
the clay monstrosity, the unskilled
work Of groveling soul, excellencea
that the most godlilxe statue in death
less marble. the work of the true genius
of another. dSss not possess for him.
Self-reverencc is the brother Of true
humility, but humility is not goddess
with bowed head and down-droppcd
Iashes, but . calm-eyed. serenc-browed
maiden who forbears to tread under
foot the lowiiest slower who has N
strong hand TO aid the weak, x sr1iie
for the sorrowin9. and for herself tile
knowledge that II tho bodjly temple
there Is Che Image 81 The Living (1od 81
e. Nrn