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NOTES OF THE INAUGURATION,
Gathered from washingtou Speoiais-Th,
Weather.

worse day was rarely seen In Wash
ington. The streets were ankle deep in
slush, growing deeper by the addition Of
snow, which was almost rain. The blizzard
on March A. 1873 the second Inauguration
OF President Grant; the snow storm prece-
ding Gartleld's Inauguration in 1881, and
the pelting rain of the 4th of March four
years ago, all combined could not have
made day mors disagreoabe. No loss
than seven previous inaugurations have
taken place III dlsagreeable weather. At
Grants secoud Inauguration the weather
was very bitter. Some of the soldiers wsre
nearly fro2sd at their posts, and many
deaths were attributed to exposure.
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AT THE WHITE HOUSE,

Shortly after noon Col. Lamont drove
over to the White House from the Airing
ton. He brought with him his two little
girls, Bessie and Julia, and Baby Ruth,
with her nurse. The little folks took pos
session of the room just vacated by Prssi-
dent Harrison, and the baby held a lsvee,
being visited by all the attaches who re-
NAMED In the house. Baby Ruth was
dressed in white, with shoulder knots of
ribbon as blue as her eyes, She wore u
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Al druggists sell Il, Address i0 confidence,
LYDIA l., IrNKmAM MLp. Co., LAM, MASS.
Liver FLuS, rs cents,
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beverages and roll to their door tho
grandest ehariots. and hang ON their
walls the sweetest harps that ever
thrummed to fingers seraphic. Give to
them rapture on rapture. celebration on
celebration, jubilee on jubilee, heaven
on heaven. They had q hard time on
earth earning a livelihood, or nursing
sick children, or waiting on querulous
old age, or battling falsehoods that
We're told about them. or We're compelled
to work after they got short breathed
and rheumatic and dim sighted
s'Chanberlains of heaveni Keepers of
the kings robes! BanGueters of eternal
royalty! Make up to them hundred
fold, II thousandfold, millionfold for
all they suffered from swaddling clothes
to shroud, and let all those who, whether
on the hills, or in the temples, or on the
thrones, or on jasper wall, were helped
and sanctifiel aud prepared for this
heavenly realm by the mission of the
frosts, stand up and wave their scepters!,
And looked, and behold, nine-tenths of
the ransomed rose to their feet and nine
tenths OF the scepters swayed to and fro
in the light of the sun that never sets,
and then ! understood, far better than
ever did before, that trouble comes for
beneficent purpose, and that on the cold
est nights the aurora is brightest in the
northern heayens, and that by the
breath OF sod frost IS given"
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Both countries were too well satisfied
with the general result to waste time or
discussion over small matters. Great
Britain had lost some forts and some
ships, but these would have been COM
paratively useless in the new system of
warfare. On the other hand. she had
gained not only the incalculable advan-
tagc of the alliance, but magnificent
and unsurpassed landlocked basin on the
coast of Wales.
The United States had been obliged 10
pay an immense sum on account of the
contract with the war syndicate, but this
YVES considered money SO well spent and
so much less than an ordinary war would
have cost, that only the mos: violent
anti-administration journals ever alluded
TO it.
Reduction of military and naval forces
and gradual disarmament was now the
policy of the allied nations. Such forces
and such vessels as might be demanded
for the future operations of the war syn
dictate were retained. A few field bat
teries of motor guns were all that would
be needed on land, and comparatively
small number of armored ships would
suffice to carry the motor guns that
would be required at sea.
NeM there would be no moro mere ex-
hibiiions of the powers of the instanta-
neolis motor bomb. Hereafter, if battles
must be fought, they would be battles of
humiliation.
This is the history of the great syndi-
cate war. Whether or not the Anglo
American syndicate was ever called upon
to mako war, is not to be stated here.
But certain it is that after the formation
Of this; syndicate all the nations of the
world began to teach English in their
schools. and the Spirit of Civilization
raised her head with confident smile.
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Survival of the Socially rittest.

The benefits of cooperation in the de-
velopment of man are too well recog-
nized to be denied. Physically weaker
than many of the animals that surround
ed him, he could not long have survived
in struggle for existence against them
had he been forced to continue that
struggle alone. Nor could he have at
tanned the mental development upon
which so much of his success has de-
pended without contact with his fellows.
The most important, if not the necessary,
condition of mans success in the strug-
gle for existence is society. Social growth
becomes possible only through the sur
vival of the socially fit. In an advancing
society this process must ever tend to-
ward the production and preservation of
the officially best"
Recognition Of the rights of others has
been equally as important in the evolu-
ton Of man as self assertion. Indeed. it
may be claimed that under the condi-
tons OF social life it is a necessary con-
sequence of self assertion. Men could
not live long together unless they recog-
nized the right of each to his own and
respected it. The survival Of society,
like the survival of the individuals COM
posing it, becomes possible only through
adaptation to the necessary conditions
of life. and it will not be denied by Pro-
fessor Huxley that morality is essential
to social well being. Science
MoD4bIy-
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oDls AND ENDS.

President Cariiells farm at Mentor
has been divided UP into building lots.
Take care of what You say before a
wall, as you cannot tell who is behind it.
The savings bank deposits in New
Hampshire have risen from $il, 6s6, 1872
in 1884 to $75, 024, 2s2 in 1898.
In the year 7e0 A. D, Pope Paul I sent
the only clock in the known world as a
present to Pepin. king of France.
There are few people who can pay
just debt without acting as if they were
comforting a favor.-Atchison Globe.
The name Brazil" means ''rcd wood"
or ''iand of the red wood" The original
discoverer called it ''tho land of the holy
cross"
Breathing through the nose is the only
proper way to sleep. If you awake in
the night and find your mouth open, get
up and shut it.
The family with the longest known
pedigree is that of Confucius, which
forms the aristocracy Of China. Con-
fucius lived $50 years B. G.
The earthen lamp used by Epictetus,
the philosopher, was sold for 1900
drachmas soon after the death of that
worthy in the year 16l A. D.
Not less than 500 people We're tram
pied to death in the crowds which gath
cred at the fete given in celebration Of
the marriage of Louis XVI of France,
June 81, ITO.
The $4,000, 900 in gold borrowed dur
ing the Barring crisis in 1890 from the
Bank of France was returned by the
Bank of England few months later in
the very kegs il which it came.
]. ii. Hart, curator of the royal bo-
tanic gardens, Trinidad, has recently re-
turned from visit to Central America,
after having successfully transported
thither no less than $4,000 plants of
Trinidad cocoa.
An old law, which had been forgotten,
requires all ships leaving the port of
New York to carry small cannon, two
projectiles and 500 yards of line, so that
in case the ship should be beached the
crew would be able to communicate
with the shore. Allsailing masters have
received notice TO comply with the law.
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children at Latin and Greel; is not so
cruel after all The sight of troops of
boys of 10 and 12 in the common schools
of Germany, poring over Greek and
Latin grammars with spcctacles on,
brings an ache to the eyes of most
Americans, especially since some fa-
NOUS educators cast cut the classics as
uncssential. and if ancient languages are
to be left wholly to specialists it is Al
satisfaction 10 know that the pursuit
does not involve sure nartyrdom
Miss Bakers parents taught her
Greek and Latin cunjugations for
amusement as soon ~ She could speak
clearly. Tho rhythm was rs attractive
to Ealy li,,s ~ Liat of Mother Goose,
and she learned them as thoroughly as
children do nursCiy rhymes. In her
fourth year She stuii, Il Greek. Latin
and French systematically, short
lesson each day Even then she had
ample time for the amuse,nents shifted
to her age, and before she was years
old she had finished all the primary
books in those languages and finished
them thoroughly. Her father and
mother 10th knew the tasks they set
the child and were able to guide her, for
they were teachers of experience. Be
sides the coming of textbooks the
young miss read in Xenophon, Homer,
Caesar, Virgil and the fables in French.
At l2 years Of age she had added some
thing of Herodotus, Demosthenes, Sal
lust and Cicero ard then took up math-
ematics. At II she had read Osdipus Ty.
rannus in Greek and made a lexicon of it
with critical notes on the text AT
the age when most boys enter college
Miss Baker had read all the Greek and
Latin of college course and while
yet in her teens was appointed tutor in
Greek at Simpson college. About that
time she began the study of music and
German and also Published an original
literal translation of "Plato's Apol
ogy," which was a credit to scholar
ship. In 1882. at tho age Of 90 she
graduated at Cornell college. with a
degree. After one year within its
walks, having already passed some
,tAAo a. AiSnpiAfA AtiiN Atit hA
as student. Four years later she On
tered De PAW university ard was grad.
uated with the degree of A. NJ. after
two years study, and was elected in
structor of Greek aud Latin in that in
stitution. After filling the position
one year she returned to Simpson col.
lege and took the chair of Greek, which
her father had held during her early
childhood.
1t is pleasure to add to this remark.
able story the fact that its heroine was
not compelled to sacrifice all that makes
life worth living in order TO become u
great linguist. Her musical abilities
were cultivated TO high degree, fam.
lily and social ties were kept warm.
and the outside world as well rs her
college associates knew that the WON
an s soul was not starving the while her
head pushed eagerly on to the conquest
Of ancient and medieval lore.
THEo. HOLLAND.
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SHE MADE HE MONEY ELY.
A Greek Princess Who Rapidly Eaa
Through = Fortune of :a25. 900, GOO.

A Greek Princess Who Rapidly Isaa
Through Fortune of aa5, 100000.
The Princess Ypsilanti, who died in
Vienna a few days ago, belonged to one
of the oldest families in Austria and
was born in Vienna, March u, lS45 Her
father was the late Baron Sina Won Ho-
dos and Kizdia, and her mother a MEM
Der Of the famous Roumanian family Of
Ghika. Baron Sina was the son of
George Sina, the wealthiest banker in
Vienna. Baron Sina received ON his
fathers death 0,0G0, 900 florins, or 49,
100000. This immense sum was divided
on the death of Baron Sina between his
three daughters, each receiving nearly
SIS. 900, 900. One of the daughters mar
ried George Mayrocordato, q member of
one Of the noblest families Of Greece.
The second married the spendihrift Due
de Castries. a relative Of the late Mar
shall MacMahon of France.
The third daughter, Helene, Nov. 90.
1862, when she was about II years old.
married Prince Gregory Ypsilanti. ma
tive Of Espirus and son Of Demetrius
Ypsilanti, whose valorous deeds during
the Greek revolution made the name Of
Ypsilanti famous throughout the world
During the siege of the city Of Nauplia.
Denetrius. with small body Of Greeks.
one night sailed forth and attacked the
enemy, creating such terror among the
Turks that they raised the siege the next
day.
Prince Gregory ypsilanti was the
Greei, envoy in Vienna for many years.
He was man Of independent means aside
from the great fortune brought 10 him
by his wife, and served his country for
honor alone. refusing all compensation
for his duties as its diplomatic represent
alive in Austria.
Prince Gregory Ypsilanti died in Paris
Feb. 20, 1856, and was succeeded as head
Of his family by his eldest son. Prince
Emmanuel, WHO Is now lad Of IS.
Three weeks after his death the bank
ruptcy Of the princess was announced, TO
the amazemoat Of the aristocratic cir
cles Of Vienna and Athens. Prince
Gregory had been man Of apparently
quiet aud retiring disposition, but he
and his wife had managed to get rid Of
81, 900, eco IN 10 years. AID the widowed
princess found herself 81. G00, 600 in debt
-Philadelphia Telegraph.
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on the Country Road.

To save peas or beans from the weevil,
put them in box or can and drop a
lump Of camphor gum among them.
Remember that crimson clover is an
annual-that is. it viii not grow the
second season any more than cabbage
or corn viii. explains The Rural New
Yorker.
At the Vermont station it has been de-
cided that apple and pear scab are much
the same. being covered by fungous
growths tina, can be largely prevented
by spraying the trees with various cop
per solutions.
If meat is pat away in proper condi-
ton, il viii keep sweet: Otherwise il will
decay, and Il woGia make many farmer
feel poor 10 have his pork spoil Neat
most frequently spoils because il Is put
away before il Is thoroughly cooled.
Eternal vigilance IL the motto where
moles are a pest. Set good traps every
morning and every affernooa wherever
there is run. II these traps are prep
erly set. 10 mole can pass them and es-
care
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ce.t I'D .;rltl.l, pefsn.e-.

The British empire spends. as rule,
upon defense from 500 1a0, 900 10 $780,
000. COO year. Of which the military ex-
penditure of India. with the indirect ex-
penditure for the sake Of India on the
mobile land forces at lone, forms the
largest item. Almost tbs whole Of this
vast sum is expcirled ont Of British loans
or taxes under the control Of the parlia-
ment Of the United Kingdom. and ont
of India taxes under the indirect control
Of the house Of commons through the
secretary Of state, who Is q member Of
the government Of the day. - North
American Review.
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Representative Everett Of Massachu-
setts is regarded as easily the ablest clas-
seal scholar in either branch Of congress.
Like his distinguished father. he is cred
tied with the ability to recite the :. Eneid''
from beginning to end. and even with
the ability to determine the quantity Of
any word In the whole Latin lexicon.
Outside Of the classics the best Of the
congressional lingnists is Senator Turpie
Of Indiana, who has coileqHial fansil.
iarity with three modern languages be-
sides his own aad can read several more.
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An article has been going the rounds
Of our exchanges, says the Ithaca Jour
nal, that 1t was criminal offense to
mail dunning letter on a postal An
editor wrote to the irst assistant post
master general recently and received tho
following reply, giving the decision Of
Judge Thayer, Dec. IA, 1889. on the
wording Of a postal that YVES mailable
and one that was not. The mailable one
read: please call and settle account,
which is long past due and for which our
collector has called several times. and
oblige.s This was decided unavailable:
''You owe as $3.50. We have called sew
eral times for same. II not paid atonce,
we shall place with our law agency for
collection Postal cards are not malta
BILE II they contain language Of 3 threat
ening character.
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in graduated sizes and notched around
three edges, or they may be Of flannel
bound with thin taffeta ribbon and
feather stitched. They are fitted even
ly between the two pieces Of the cover
and are fastened in b. means Of pink
baby ribbon which is drawn through the
holes IN the back edges Of the cover and
tied in two bows. The face is orna-
mented with tiny water color sketch
of wild roses. KATE CHASE
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The cover Of this needle book con.
sists Of 2 pieces Of ivory celluloid.
9 inches by 3. A round hole is cut
near each end Of enc side Of each
piece, and the corners of the opposite
side are rounded off The leaves are
made Of thin pink or white feiting. cut
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-12-09

Women are the poetry Of the world.
in the same sense as the stars are the
poetry Of heaven. Clear, light giving.
harmonious, they are the terrestrial
planets that rule the destinies Of man
kirJ - Uar,sra.,a
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No. 21.
A REMARKABLE LINeUlsT.
Greek and Latin CONGREGATIONS In Place Of
Nursery Rhymes.

tAtSVft AAht i"Ss'
Professor Joanna Baker, the Iowa lin.
quist. avoided the fate of average prod,
igles who blossom early and die short
ly after. The primo of life found hei
established in useful career as in
structor in Greek languages, literatur,
and philosophy at Simpson college. In
dianola.
All the arguments against early drill
in languages We're upset in her expert,
euce and the result seems to indicate
that the German method of putting
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CONTINUED

Copyrighted by P F Collier of Golfers Once
a Week. and published by special arrangements
with him through the American Press Assoc.a
ton All rights reserved.l
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Vol. XIII.
TIL E.
Great War Syndicate.
By FRANK R. STOCKTON.

Author of "Rudder Grange" Amos xii.
Christmas Wreck" THE Lady OF. the
Tiger" 1.-THE Late Mrs. Null" ''The
Hundredth Man." 1.-THE Casting Away
of Mrs. Lecks and SIrs. Aieshine." The
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-01

Horses, it appears, are taking kindly
TO sp~ectacles. The Optician, which has
made special Investigations into the sub
ject. gives the case Of q short sighted
horse whose owner ordered for him a
pair of spectacles. They were made to
fasten firmly into. the head stall 70 that
they could not be shaken out Of place.
At first the animal appeared startled by
this addition to his harness, but he soon
GOT used to his glasses and liked them
so much that when he was turned out
to pasture he felt uneasy and uncomfort-
able without his goggles and one Sunday
hung around the barn and whinnied SO
plaintively that the owner put the head
stall and goggles on him, and the horse
was SO glad that he rubbed the mans
shoulder with his moss as the only meth
cd Of returning thanks.
Dogs who suffer from short sighted
ness have also been provided with spec
tacles and have been able thereby to
recognize their canine acquaintance
much further off than before. If the
system is not carried further no great
harm will be done, but suppose ''uppish'
horses and dogs insist upon d~iscarding
goggles for the pincenez or even the
monocle? Puppies in eyeglasses would
be NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Telegraph.
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when Tennyson Was Made a Peer.

I spent with Lord Tennyson q long
evening till nearly midnight the day be-
fore he took his oaths and his seat as a
peer. He was occupied a good deal in
writing and bringing to perfection a
poem of four lines. which he told me
had given him as much trouble as many
q substantive poem Of some length. 1t
was interesting to hear of his tentative
efforts and his rejection of them, till his
ear and his mind were perfectly satisfied.
Next day I met him in the house of lords
and saw him write his name on the roll
of peers.
The attendance in the house was ex-
ceedingly scanty on that historic occa-
sion. I do not think that a dozen per
sons were present. The poet was not in
the smallest degree elated. His true
eminence lowered supremely above the
adventitious honor, yet he could not but
feel the qualification which had arisen,
not from the fulfillment of a kind of am.
birion which he had never felt, but from
the sense of the secure fame involved in
the recognition by his country OF the
priceless services which he had rendered
to her literature .-London Sunday Mag
azine.
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mErEeRoLeGltAL SUMMARY.

or south Daksta weather service
fsr the meath or Sane lse8.
Temperature. Monthly mean, N.1:
highest monthly mean, $50 at Sioux
Falls; lowest monthly mean, 62.2 at
Cross. The monthly mean temperature
was about 43 above the normal.
Precipitation. Monthly man, ITO
inches, greatest monthly, 315 at Cross;
least monthly, 0.36 at Sioux Falls. The
monthly mean precipitation was about
l.32 inches below normal.
Wind. Prevailing direction, south.
Weather. Average number OF clear
days, is; partly cloudy, IL; cloudy, 8.
Auroras. 18th, at Kimball and
Webster.
Solar Halos. 7th and 9th at Cross.
Hail. 14th at Bowdle, Carthage,
Rosebud and Webster; Goth Webster,
Oath at Carthage, 25th ut Midland, 26th
at Frankfort and Washington Springs,
2sth ut Faulkton, 10Th at Frankfort and
Spearfish, Both at Frankfort.
Th~understorms were reported on the
LIST, End, Bird, 7th, 9th, 14th, 18th, 18th,
10th, 10th, 21st, Oath, 18th, 9th, 18th,
10Th and 3Oth.
Light frost on the 9th at Bear Valley
and Flandreau, and on the end at
Gross. Killing frost on the 9th at Cross.
Dust storm on the 7th at Yankton.
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"A street car line so miles long is pref
ty good for length" said FL. G.. Fouse at
the Southerns There is such a line in
the Argentine Republic, but it isn't the
longest i'm the world. The street car line
between Vera Cruz and Jalapa is 63
miles in length. have ridden on it, and
the trip isn't much worse than it used to
be to 60 to Lowell a few years ago on
what was the old Fifth street line in this
city. Horses are changed about every 10
miles. When the grade is steep. they are
changed at shorter intervals.
The distance is covered in about eight
hours. and the fare is 10 cents a mile.
The superintendent of the line is a man
named Thrailkill, who was n Of Guam
trell's lieutenants during the war. These
unusually long horse car lines that one
finds In South America are relics Of the
FIRST attempts at railroad building, the
primitive road of this kind having been
devised somewhere in Massachusetts,, the
cars running on wooden rails and being
drawn by horses."-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
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Forbidden to Visit srarv.. Toms.

Several lady and gentlemen Jacobites
visited Westminster abbey on the ami
versary OF the decapitation of Mary,
queen Of Scots. for the purpose of plac-
ing upon her tomb wreaths Of flowers.
But the dean had given orders that there
was to be no admittance to the aisle Of
King Henry WIS chapel and the 'Le-
gitimists" and White Roseists'' were
therefore compelled to pay their homage
from a distance and to content them
selves with repeating the adore, inn
ploro, ct liberas mer-supposed to have
been written by the unhappy sovereign
on the eve of her death-outside the iron
gates. The demonstrants made no un-
seemly disturbance. as they did last
year, when told that their intentions
could not be realized, but quietly tramped
with their flowers and wreaths through
the muddy streets to the statue Of
Charles | at Charing Cross and placed
their memorial emblems around the feet
Of that equally unfortunate monarch's
orse.-London Telegraph.