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A CHINESE LOVE LETTER.

Not to Be Despised Is Regards Induce
ments Held Out.
The Ostasiatcher Lloyd, an author
ity on Chinese matters, in a recent
article on the manner Of love-making
in the fowery kingdom, publishes the
following letter from man who de-
sired the daughter of neighbor as q
wife for his son:
ION my knees I beg you not to de-
spise this cold and common request,
but listen to the words Of the matri-
monial agent and give your honorable
daughter to my slave of son, so that
the pair, bound by silken threads, may
have the greatest joy. In the beauti-
full spring time I shall offer wedding
presents and give a couple Of geese.
And let us hope for long and continu-
Gus fortune and look forward through
endless generations to the fulfllment
of genuine love. May they sing of
plenty and have every joy. On my
knees l beg you to consider my pro-
posal favorably, and throw the mirror
like glance Of your eyes on these
lines"
To this letter the father Of the bride
replied that he would attend to the
portion Of his poor and poverty
stricken daughter, that she might not
be without bedclothes, cotton cloth
ing, hairpins and earrings. Therefore
1t was to be hoped that the couple
would have constant fortune
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Intrinsic Value.

There is no such thing as intrinsic
value in money. The highest courts
have so decided, and the encyclopedias
SO declare. The idea is maintained in
so-called financial circles simply to
bolster up a commodity in which they
are most interested, and perpetuate a
superstition that holds the people of
the world as their slaves. Upon no
other theory could the present fnan-
cial system be maintained. If gold has
an intrinsic value, let us give it the
benefit of that value. Repeal all the
laws making gold to be money and de-
clare it no longer legal tender. Place
it along side of other commodities
purely on its intrinsic value. Let it
stand or fall upon its own merits This
would be entirely fair if the conten-
ton of the single standard is correct
that gold has an Interchangeable in
trinsic value. Should the law making
bodies propose such a thing. the gold
bugs would squirm worse than nest
of maggots upon which turpentine had
been poured.-Progressive Farmer.
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PaternaliSm.

The Kansas City Star. of November
IA, says the income of the city from
the water plant since Septembe had
been sec. 700. %. This is the amount
the city had saved the first two and
one-half months by owning its water
works instead of permitting a private
corporation to own it. At that rate
the city will save 1914, 600 year. This
is an example of what "paternalism, -
when applied to one monopoly, is do.
ing for Kansas City. 1t is the kind of
''paternalism" the peoples party is adj
vocating Don't you think it is very
good thing? Kansas City was COM
PEELED to own the water works in self
defense. The water company was rob.
bling the city and government city
ownership was their only means of self
protection. Other cities have applied
the same remedy, not only to water
works but to electric lights, etc. with
the same good results. Thoughtful
men everywhere are rapidly reaching
the conclusion that government own
ership is the only solution of the cor
porate monopoly question. Clay Cen.
ter Dispatch.
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Thereafter worked up stream very
slowly and lazily, and little above
Monghyr there came down boatful Of
white faces-alive! They were, as re-
member, women, lying under cloth
spread over sticks, and crying aloud.
There wac never a gun fired at us
watchers of the fords in those days. All
the guns were busy elsewhere. We
could hear them day and night inland.
coming and going as the wind shifted.
rose up full before the boat, because
! had never seen white faces alive,
though knew them well-otherwise.
A naked white child kneeled by the
side Of the boat, and, STOPPING over,
he must needs try to trail his hands
in the river. It is a pretty thing
to see how a child loves running water.
I had fed that day, but there was lit
tie untitled space within me. Still, it
was for sport and not for food that I
rose at the child's hands. They were
SO clear a mark that I did not even
look when closed; and they were so
small that though my jaws rang true
I am sure Of that-the child drew them
up swiftly unhurt. They must have
pS1SScu DCtWccu duu COOCu-LuOS6
small white hands. 1 should have
caught him crosswise at the elbows,
but, as said. it was only for sport and
desire to see new things that l rose at
all They cried out one after another
in the boat, and presently rose again
to watch them. The boat was too
heavy to push over. They were only
women, but he who trusts woman
will walk on duckweed in a pool, as
the saying is; and by the Right and
Left of Gunga that is TRUTH
"Once a woman gave me some dried
skin from fish," said the iackal. II
had hoped to get her baby, but horse
food is better than the kick of horse,
as the saying is. What did thy woman
do?''
''She fred at me with short gun of a
kind have never seen before or since
Five times, one after another" (the
mugger must have met with an old
fashioned revolver); land l stayed
open-mouthed and gaping, my head in
the smoke. Never did I see such a
thing. Five times, as swiftly as wave
my tail-thus!"
The jackal, who had been growing
more and more interested in the story,
had just time to leap back as the tail
swung by like scythe.
fro RE comet IrDED1
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Killed and Wounded.

When a big battle has been fought
the most important thing to know is
the list of killed and wounded. Well
here is q list for you to look over: Ac.
cording to the report of Mr.. Henry c.
Adams, the statistician of the inter-
state commerce commission, during
last year 1,s2s employees and 1924 pas
senRers were killed by the railroads of
the United States-a total of 2,14Z.
The injured employees numbered Lag,
and the injured passengers, 3,054-a
total of 26, 1856. The grand total
amounts to 2,147 killed and &c, 456
wounded A correspondent of the
Chicago Record aptly comments: 'The
summary shows that one out of every
42s employees was killed and one out of
every thirty-three employees was in
jured, which indicates the hazard to
life and limb of railway service, and
dem onstrates the truth that it is more
dangerous than . war"
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talking in the evenings, and what, they
said made me certain"
"And what did they say?' the jackal
asked.
''They said enough to make me, the
mugger Of Mugger-Ghaut, leave water
and take to my feet. l went by night,
using the littlest streams as they served
me; but it was the beginning of the
hot weather and all streams were low.
crossed dusty roads; 1 went through
tall grass; climbed hills in the mvon-
light. Even rocks did climb, chill
dren-consider this we'll l crossed
the tail of Sirhind the waterless, be-
fore could find the set Of the little
rivers that flow Gungaward. / was a
months journey from my own people
and the river that knew. That was
very marvelous!''
"What food by the way?" said the
jackal, who kept his soul in his little
stomach, and was not q bit impressed
by the mugger's land travels
THAT which I could fnd-cousin, :"
said the mugger slowly, dragging each
word.
Now you do not call man cousin
in India unless you think YOU can es-
tablish some kind of blood relation
ship, and as it is only in old fairy tales
| that the mugger ever marries jackal,
the jackal knew for what reason he
had been suddenly lifted into the mug
gers family circle. If they had been
alone he would not have cared, but the
adjutant's eyes twinkled with mirth at
the ugly jest
"Assuredly, father, might have
KNOWN" said the jacl1al. A mugger
does not care to be called a father Of
jackals, and the mugger of Mugger-
Ghaut said as much-and a good deal
more which there is no use in repeat
ing here.
1.-The Protector Of the Poor has claimed
kinship. How can remember the pre-
else degree? Moreover, we eat the
same food. He has said it," was the
jackal's reply.
That made matters rather worse, for
what the jackal limited at was that the
mugger must have eaten his food on
that land march fresh, and fresh every
! day, instead of keeping it by him till
it was in fit and proper condition. as
every self-reSpectlng mugRer ana most
wild beasts do when they can. Indeed,
one of the worst terms of contempt
along the river bed is ''eater of fresh
meat" It is about as bad as calling o
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SHE FIRED AT ME WITH SHORT GUN"

friend a cannibal would be among
human beings.
THAT food was eaten thirty seasons
ago." said the adjutant quietly. IF
we talk for thirty seasons more it will
never come back. Tell us now what
happened when the good waters were
reached after thy most wonderful land
journey. If we listened to the howl
ing of every jaclkal the business Of the
town would stop, as the saying Is"
The mugger must have been CRATE
full for the interruption, because he
went on with rush:
"By the Right and Left Of Gunga,
when came there never did see such
we .!Wsrs t,sv ,.++.u 49,. 49,,
big flood of last season." said the
jaclzal
Better! That flood was no more
than comes every five years-a handful
OF drowned strangers, some chickens,
and a dead bullock in muddy water
with cross-currents. But, the season I
think of, the river was low, smooth
and even. and, as the gavial had warned
me. the dead English came down touch
ing each other. got my girth in that
season. my girth and my depth. From
Agra, by Etawah snd the broad waters
by Allahabad-"
'Oh, the eddy that set under the
walls of the fort at Allahabadr' said
the adjutant They came in there
like widgeon to the reeds, and round
and round they swung-thusl"
He went off into his horrible dance
again. while the jaclxal looked on en-
viously. He naturally could not re-
member the year Of the mutiny they
were talking about The mugger con-
tinued:
"Yes by Allahabad, one lay still in
the slack water and let twenty go by
to pick one; and, above all, the Eng
lish were not numbered with jewelry
and nose rings and anklets as nv
women are nowadays. To delight in
ornaments Is to end with a rope for
necklace, as the saying is. All the mug
gers OF all the rivers grew fat then
but 1t was my fate to be fatte. than
them all The news was that the Eng
hsh were being hunted into the rivers.
and by the Right and Left of Gunga we
believed 1t was true. So TAR as went
south I believed It to be true, and I
went down stream beyond Monghyr
and the tombs that look over the river"
Il know that place." said the adj
infant Ssnce those days Monghyr Is
lost city. Very few live there now"
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copyright, 1894. by Bachelor. johnson. &
Bacheller.l
LII.
'Anything," said the mugger, shut
ting his. left eye again-'anything is
possible that comes out of a boat thrice
the size of Mugger-Ghaut- My village
is not small one"
There was a whistle overhead on
the bridge, and the Delhi mail slid
across. all the carriages cleaning with
lowing across the river. 1t clanked
away into the dark again; but the
mugger and the jackal were so well
used to it that they never turned their
heads.
''Is that anything less wonderful
than boat thrice the size of Mugger-
Ghaut?" asked the bird, looking up.
IT saw that built, child. Stone by
stone saw the bridge piers rise, and
when the men fell off (they were won
drous sure-footed for the most part
but when they fell was ready. After
the first pier was made they never
thought to look down the stream for
the body to burn. There, again, I
saved much trouble. There was moth
ing strange in the building of the
bridge" said the mugger.
But that which goes across, pulling
the rooted carts! That is strange" the
adjutant repeated.
ut is, past any doubt, new breed
of bullock. Some day it will not be
lble to keep it's foothold up yondcr,
and will fall as the men did. The old
nugger will then be ready"
The jackal looked at the adjutant,
md the adjutant looked at the jackaL
If there was one thing they were more
certain of than another, it was that
the engine was everything in the wide
world except bullock. The jackal
had watched it time and again from
the aloe-hedges by the side of the
line, and the adjutant had seen engines
since the first engine ran in India But
the mugger had only looked up at the
engine from below, where the brass
dome seemed rather like bullock's
hump.
''M-yes, a new kind Of bullock" the
mugger repeated ponderously, to make
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himself quite sure in his own mild;
and Certainly 1t is bullock" said the
jaclsal
"And again it might be" began the
mugger, pettishly.
''Certainly-most certainly" said the
jackal, without waiting for the other
to finish.
"What?" said the mugger, angrily,
for he could feel that the others kne-y
more than he did. what might it be?
never finished my words. You said it
was a bullock"
1T is anything the Protector of the
Poor pleases. I am his servant-nSt
the servant of the thing that crosses
the river"
''Whatever 1t is, it is white faced
work" said the adjutant. "And, for
my own part, I would not choose a
place so near to it to lie out upon as this
bar is"
"You do not know the English as I
do" said the. mugger. ''There was a
white-face here when the bridge was
built, and he would take boat in the
evenings and shuttle with his feet on
the bottom-boards, and whisper: is he
here? Is he there? Get me my gum I
could hear him before could see him
each sound that he undertaking
and putting and rafting his gun, up
and down the river. AS surely as had
picked up one Of his workmen, and
thus saved great expense in wood for
the burning. so surely would he come
down to the ghaut and shout in loud
voice that he would hunt me, and rid
the river Of me-the mugger Of Mug
ger-Ghaut! Me! Children, have
SWAN under the bottom Of his boat for
hour after hour, and heard him fire his
gun at logs; and when I was we'll sure
he was wearied have risen by his side
and snapped my jaws in his face. When
the bridge was finished he went away.
All the English hunt in that fashion
except when they are hunted"
'Who hunts the white-faces?" said the
jackal, excitedly.
mo one now. but have hunted them
In my time"
81 remember little of that hunting.
I was young them" said the adjutant,
Gathering his beak significantly.
II was well established here. Ny
village was being builded for the third
time, as remember, when nv cousin
the gavial brought me word of rich
waters above Benares. At first would
not go, Tor my cousin, who Is a fish.
eater, does not always know the rood
Grom the bad; but ] heard my people
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james G. Blaine. while living. "

James g. Blaine, while living, was
an acknowledged leader of the repub-
lican party. The views entertained by
him on finance may be of interest to
the voters. Here is what he said in
his speech delivered in congress Feb
ruary 2, 1873: It believe gold and silver
coin to be the money of the constitu-
ton; indeed the money of the Amer.
lean people anterior to the constitu.
ton No power, was conferred on
congress to declare either metal should
not be money. Congress has, there
fore, in my Judgment no power to
demonetize gold"
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PAINTED ARAB GIRLS,

Husband Could Desire. e,
Arab girls, before they enter the
harem and take the veil, are curious
sight to behold. Their bodies and
faces are dyed bright yellow with
turmeric; on this ground they paint
black lines, with anthony, over their
eyes; the fashionable color for the nose
is red; green spots adorn the cheek,
and the general aspect is grotesque be-
yond description
My wife tells me, says writer in
Nineteenth Century, that the bellies in
the sultan's harem are also painted in
this fashion and they also paint gloves
on their hands and shoes on their feet,
and, thus, bedizened, hope to secure
the affections Of their lords. At Shiez
the men would not allow my wife to
approach or hold any intercourse with
the Arab women, using opprobrioua
epithets when she tried to make friend
~ overtures, with the quaint result that
whenever Mrs. Bent advanced toward
a group Of gazing females they fed pre-
cipitately, like a flock Of sheep before
collie dog. These women wear their
dresses high in front, showing their
yellow legs above the knee, and long
behind; they are of deep-blue cotton,
decorated with fine embroidery and
patches Of yellow and red sewn on in
pattern.
1t is the universal female dress in
Hadramut, and looks as if the fashion
had not changed since the days when
Hazarmaveth, the patriarch. settled in
this valley and gave it his name Gen.
K, 2s). The tall, tapering straw hat
worn by these women when in the
fields contributes with the mask to
make the Hadrami females as exter-
nally repulsive as the most jealous OF
husbands could desire.
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LITTLE MANI understand, sir, that you
have called me an unmitigated liarf' Big
gated.'n Little Man-"Then l accept your
apology.n-Tit-Bits.
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DRoPsY is dread disease, but It has losI
its terrors to those who know that H. H.
Green s. Sons, the Dropsy Specialists of
Atlanta, Georgia, treat it with such great
success. Write them for pamphlet giving
full information.
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"LooK here, schlumpenhagen, you must
help US at our smoking concert. You play
the flute, don't youi' mot ven dere ish
anypotty apout" "How's thatr "Dey
Won't let mel,
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BRONCHITIS. Sudden changes of the
weather cause Bronchial Troubles. "BrOapn's
Bronchial Trochcs'' will give effective relief.
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THE Lady-"Is this novel fit one for my
daughter to readl" The Salesman 81
don't know. l am not acquainted with your
daughter. Life.
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ONE part Of knowledge consists in being
ignorant of such things as are not worthy
to be known.-Crates.
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PERSONAL PARTICULARS

William Ludlam White, Of Jamaica,
n. Y, casts O big shadow for boy Of IS
years. His weight is zee pounds.
Gen. Cassius NJ. Clay has concluded to
send his wife to school instead Of having
governess for her.
William Beckett has been appointed
coachanan to President Cleveland. He
is middle-aged colored>0an and has
lived in Washington oil his life. For
years he has driven q public vehicle.
Rev. Joseph Northup, of North Scit-
uate, Mass, who was reported as gored
to death by bull, had the pleasure of
having three minister friends preach
his funeral sermon after reading the &C.
count of his death in newspapers.
Police Judge Campbell. of San Fran
cisco, joined the Salvation Army in that
city. Mrs. Ballington Booth is preach
ing there, and at one of her meetings
the judge stood up and asked to be
prayed for, and afterwards joined the
army. He does not expect to don uni
form and become regular warrior.
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IT is high. solemn, almost awful thought
for every individual man that his earthly
influence, which has had commencement,
will never, through all ages, were he the
very meanest of US, have an end.-Carlyle.
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CALuMNY shall make me set surer guard
on myself, and keep better watch on my
actions.-Ben Jouson.
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MI name and memory leave to mems
charitable speeches, to foreign nations and
to the next age.-BacOu.
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CANNOT speak too highly of Piso's Cure
for Championships FRANK MoBBs, 2l5
w. I'D St., New York, Oct %, 1894.
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BEEcHAM's PILLS for constipation loo and
25c. Get the book (free) at your druggists
and go by it. Annual sales 6,0O0, 900 boxes.
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Mr.. BoNpER-"Can I see the financial
editori" Office Boy-"Nope; he's busy
writing On article to show why the stocks
he owns don't pay any dividends. Brook
lyn Life.
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IL these days the matrimonial match only
seems to light on the money box.-Truth.
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"Horseshoeing parlors" is the sign
over blacksmith's shop in Traverse
City. Mich. And culture, not facetious-
ness, caused the inscription.
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GENIUS always gives its best OF first; pru-
dence, ut last.-Lavater.
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Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price &c.
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No. 50. Plaid Waist

Clan TArtans -
full box-pleat front extra large
well stiffened sleeves-tight fitting
percaline lining-black satin stock
collar belt OF SELF 49,.
material - sizes 90 to ~, $40
Postage ~ cents.
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No. err Box Coat
4 button 'front.'
IS inches long-pure wool rough
Boucle, the seasons most popular
fabric black only - extra large
melon sleeves II full ripple back,
wide self facing and high storm
collar. All sizes for Misses and
Ladies. In ordering state bust
measure. The best value 400,
OF the year at So.OO
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-13
RE|LLYS RAILROAD BILL.
The Committee Will Report 1t
Back to the House
A BILL FOR FREE SILVER
Congress Asked to Restrain Train Rob-
bers and Wreckers
CleveIand's Bond Measure Under Considera-
tion-Time for Collection Of Income
Tax Extended

Washington, Feb. 12.-The House COM
mittee on Pacific railroad decided today
to report the Reilly Pacific Railroad bill
back to the House for further considera-
ton. The committee decided that the
House should have another opportunity
to vote for the bill, in view of the fact
that the resolution recoinmitting the bill
to the committee stated that sufficient
time had not been allowed for its consid-
Grafton. In reporting the bill the COM
mittee will also submit, without recon-
mendation, the proposition made by the
railroads to pay the principal of the debt
without the interest. This action is to
enable the House to vote upon the prop
osition if it so desires.
A motion to report foreclosure bill re-
ceived only one vote in committee.
Mr.. Boatner, Democrat, of Alabama,
who offered the foreclosure amendment
which was voted down in committee, will
make minority report.
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ELECTION OF SENATOR'S.
Report of the Committee Favors the
Amendment

Washington, d. c., Feb. 12.--The
Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections today decided to report back
the bill introduced by Senator Mitchell, of
Oregon, for constitutional amendment
providing for the election of Senators by a
direct vote of the people. The majority
and minority reports were afterwards
submitted to the Senate. Messrs. Tur-
pie Palmer and Mitchell say in their re-
port:
1.-The object is to place one department
OF the Government wholly in the control
of the people. The. legislative, or law
making department of the Government
ought, in our opinion, be so placed. The
laws of the United States are made by
Congress and in behalf of the people 1t
is, therefore, matter OF highest import
ancd that the lawmakers in both branches
of the National Legislature should be
chosen by the people,"