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ARE mILL1oNA1REs UsELEssp

In South Africa they evidently think
SO. The enormous wealth lately drawn
from the mineral resources of that
country has given quite number of
persons a chance to write their fortune
with seven figures. But all this wealth
does not benefit the farmer of the
Transvaal to an appreciable extent
and whatever advantages he may de-
rive are neutralized by the fact that he
is compelled to take up arms against
the unruly lot of fortune-seekers in the
collaborating district. This might be
duty which. according to a writer in
the African Critic, London, they are I'M
willing to do. This writer says
Apart from the exploiting OF precious
metals and stones for their own benefit,
what benefits have they bestowed upon
the country Has a single one of them
made a blade of grass grow where none
grew before? Has their own individual
to the wealth of the country? Is there
an acre of wheat, or of barley, of cotton,
or tea, of coffee or sugar, of fax or to-
bacco, or anything useful to the service
of man. the outcome of their handiwork
Hardly one of them has more than a
temporary home in the country They
only go there occasionally to pull the
strings a little tighter, and some not even
tt AT much No industry but mining re-
ceives the slightest attention from them
and one would search in vain for the
magnificent establishments forming the
centers Of vast labor-employing enter.
prises which the Australian millionaire
delights to create in the land in which ht
met with his success. If they had one
spark of gratitude or one glimmer OF
documentary duty, they would fill the
land with vast herds of useful animals
start the plow and the harrow traversnf
Its loamy eXpanses, and cause factories
to spring up like mushrooms. But this
Is not the ethics of the millionaire class
All take and no give is the be-all ant
erd-all of their creed.
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AGAINST FREE HoMEsTEADs.
Hoke Smiths Adverse Report on the
Bill.

Washington, Jan. 21-The House
Committee on Public Lands has re-
ceived from Secretary Smith a strong
adverse report against the free home
stead bill
eral Land Office, In a report accom-
panying Secretary Smiths letter, urges
several reasons why the bill should not
pass, and says:
THE payment of money considera-
lions for lands by settlers thereon In
these cases, appears to be the founda-
ton on which the whole transaction be-
tween them and the Government was
based. and without which the Govern
ment would not have entered into en-
gagements with the Indians by which
the acquisition of title by settlers was
rendered possible. The purpose of the
bill seems to be to repeal all the pro-
visions of existing laws under which
homestead entries have been made for
public lands for which certain price
per acre is to be paid by the entrymen
Large tracts of lands have been ac-
CURED through purchase from Indians
For some of this land the Indians have
already been paid by the Government
and for other portions the Government
is still responsible. There are also aban
doned military reservations involved
which have become valuable because o
| their location, usually in settled com
| munities and persons entering then
| have had distinct understanding tina
they were to pay for them at certain
| price per acre"
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HER BANK ACCOUNT.

1t is the fashionable thing these days
for every woman to have her own pri-
vate bank account. The other day Mrs.
j., whose husband gives her $3.50 a
week pin money, opened an account in
her own name at the - National in
Mad.so square. While the genial VIC ,
president was making ready her book
she looked around rather uneasily, as if
in search of something. Before the
handsome cashier could ask what she
wanted she disappeared in the presi-
dents room, which happened to be va.
cant on this occasion, and closed the
door. A rstling of skirts was heard
and she reappeared with a comfortable
bank roll. which she deposited. The
question agtating the vice. president
and cashier is; Where did she carry hei
money? They have not seen the --latest
style of hose, with money purse attach,
ment.-New York Press
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WHICH is THE GREATER JoYp

At dinner party In Baltimore many
years ago at which George Peabody
was one of the guests, some one in
auired: (Which did you enjoy most,
Mr.. Peabody, making your money or
giving 1t away?"
"Well," answered Mr. Peabody, slow
w. and John Hopkins was observed to
be deeply interested In the answer, 81
enjoyed making money, | think 1t Is a
great pleasure to make money. And
when the idea was first suggested to
me that l should give money away, 1t
did not please me at all. In fact, II
distressed me. But l thought the mat
ter over, and concluded I'd try it on q
small scale SO built the first of the
model tenement houses In London. II
was a hard pull; but after 1t was done
| I went around among the poor people
| living in the rooms. so clean and com
| Portable, and had quite new feeling
| I enjoyed II very much. So l gave
some more and the feeling increased
And now l can truly say that, much as
| | enjoyed making money, enjoyed Civ
| Ing 1t away a great deal better"
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FRANKLIN's ELECTRICAL KITE

The following interesting details re-
garding BENJAMIN Franklin's renowned
kite experiment are given by Park Ben
iamin in Casters Magazine january:
IL was a square kite, not the coffin
shaped affair shown In story-bcok pic
lures. To the upright stock OF the cross
Franklin attached his pointed rod-a
sharp wire, about a foot long-and pro
vided himself with a silk ribbon and a
key the ribbon to fasten to the string
after he had raised the kite, as some pos
sihle proteetion-how much he did not
known-against the lightning entering his
iody, and the key, to be secured to the
junction of the ribbon and string TO serve
as conductor from which he might draw
the sparks of celestial tire-if 1t came.
When the thunderstorm broke he went
phia and faced death-faced the tremen-
dous power of the lightning stroke, be-
fore which all people OF all ages hau
quailed in terror; faced what most OF the
world then believed to be the avenglng
blow of an angered God. True. he be-
lleved that electricity ana llslmns We're
the same thing, and therefore had no ar
terent properties or effects; but he ana not
know IL. The best existing theory whch
a6 counted for electrical conduetion or re-
sistance now so familiar, were not even
suspected. Who could predict that the
| lightning wolld obey any law! BESIDES,
he had produced tremendous shocks WIN
his Leyden Jars In series. and had killed
birds with them. More than that, he had
| been terribly shocked himself by the same
| means-stunned into insensibility and
nearly killed He had said again and
again that an electric shock, If strong
| enough, would blot out life, though with
| out pang. If his idea was correct, II his
| conviction was true. he was now about 10
| face an electric discharge beside Whlch
that of the most powerful of man-made
batteries would seem weak ana insignih-
| cant.
] All the world knows what happended.
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PAYING FOR KNOWLEDGE.

A manufacturer once paid remark
able bill without murmur, simply on
account of the way in which it was
worded.
A large pump which kept the factory
supplied with water suddenly ceased to
work, without offering the least explain
alton for so arbitrary a proceeding. The
mechanic who was called in .inkered
the thing for half day, and then said
the apparatus would have to be taken
to pieces
This was serious, as II meant the
stoppage OF the factory so Ii was sug-
gested that a neighboring engineer-a
reputed genius in all mechanical mat
ters-should be sent for He came,
looked at the pump, and then, taking a
hammer, gave three sharp taps over
the valve.
''She'll go now" he said, quietly; and
when steam was turned on she did go.
"In due course" SAYS the manufac-
turer. II received bill from that engi-
neer for flo As. The sum amazed me,
but on reading the items drew check
at once. They were as follows: For
fixing pump. As; for knowing how, flo
Had he charged me FLO As for fixing the
pump ] should have considered 1t eX.
orbitant. but As was reasonable, and
recognized the value of knowledge, sc
| [ paid-and said nothing. ''-Tit-Bits
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IN DEFENSE OF THE ANGLO
SAXON.

Few people are aware that Americans
are actually the most unpopular lot
eigners in the South American Iepuo-
lies. Conscious of being MEMBER Of
the mightiest nation in the world, the
American bears himself with that prlue
which is only the outcome OF mis- supe-
riority. but which, nevertheless, strikes
the Latin as somewhat arrogant. Inc
moral and material assistance rendered
the Cul ans is viewed with suspicion as
intended to lead to an absorption OF
that island by the United states. In
view of these opinions. it Is pleasant to
note that an important Radlcal paper,
and a Chilean one at that taxes up lhe
cudgels in our defense. Inc Lei San
tiaGo, says: $1,000 o,..,it,,, 4,
The story that the Cuban rcbelllon Is
fostpred nv Americans with tnelf money
must be regarded as groundless SO ial as
the charge of bribery is concerned MAI =
Gomez and Maceo are not the men tidt
their country from one foreigner 70 sen ~
II To the next The Anglo-SaXOns OF
North America are solely conc9rhcu io H
the welfare of this continent ihey MiS ~
to assimilate the American nations as 70
seine extent the nations OF Europe nave
become assimilated. That they are OF
posed to the effete power OF SPAN Is
therefore perfectly natural lor the Az
gIo-Saxon rules in Europe, WINE the pres
| tIge of Spain is as nought. Europe Is one
| In political methods. one in industries, o Ie
| in the ClNiliZ1nS dHIll tAitiN :.
| her peop'e and there is no doubt that
| formerly there was a revolving CONFUSION
of Anglo Saxon, Slavic, Teuton ana Latlll
| IDEAS But the wars which in our gay
| conyulse Europe are no longer the TesuI'
| of the antagonism of races. lhese stTut'
| giles are merely the outcome OF amblllohS
| corruption, or temerity, such as the per,
| yerslty OF human nature must nalut ~
| produce among nations whose lntercW
| occa sionally clash. But the AnBlo-SfNtli
with his essentially ciyiizlng tendencies
and his practical view of life stands T.
day al he head of the world. The AN
race is more like a shade guar9ins ,h'
feeble light which reminds us OF tolih
greatness France, though still great y
her present splendor, cannot revive ~
ancient power of the old Latin races. n
Is a colossus resting beneath the SHADOW
of crumbing walls.
| II Is. therefore, not for fear OF the La
fns that the Americans need assist u
Cuban revolutionists. The power OF spai'
need not create unrest in the mind OF th
| Anglo-SaXon If they assist the rising u
the Antilles, IL they countenance IL
struggling Separatists, II Is not by an,
means i'm order to smother IN blood "
greatness of the Latins; but with the non
orable intention of aiding people u
| thelr efforts to become member oil IN
,rr1t \ aerican Notwithstanding
for tie literary Digest.
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her chance guest down to cold bread
cold meat. and a cup of tea. In order
to guard against such an uncomforta-
bic contretemps one housekeeper has
certain corner Of her buffers pantry
which she calls her emergency cor
ner" Here are tin cans of pork and
beans, boxes of saTdines anchoVy
paste. and. par eminence, tin box OF
grated cheese. This matrons great
stand f. a cheese souffie. 1t Is economi-
cal ana sdvory and can be prepared
in a short time. First a white sauce
is made By cooking together table
spoonful Of -four and one of butter I'M
iii they bubble, and adding to them
half cup of milk. This is stirred con-
stantly until thick. when two table
spO0nfuls Of grated cheese and little
salt and pepper are beaten in. The
saucepan is then taken from the fire,
and two well-beaten yolks of eggs are
added. Last of all the whites of two
eggs, whipped stiff, are stirred lightly
into the mixture, which is now turned
into a buttered pudding-dish and set
in a hot oven. AS soon as 1t is OF a
goIden-brown color Ii is done
Cheese is the basis of many palata-
BILE hastily prepared luncheon dainty.
Sardines rolled in cracker crumbs and
set in the oven until brown are excel
lent appetizers. A little lemon juice
should be squeezed on them before
sending them to the table. Toasted
bread spread with anchovy paste and
set in the oven until smoking hot is
another excellent emergency dish. The
list might be heightened indefinitely.
but it is well to fix upon few dishes
for which all material is always kept
ON hand.
Wise is the housewife who keeps an
emergency corner well stocked. She
has then a heart for any fate in the
way of an unlimited guest, as she is
never then caught unprovided. She can
enjoy her friends society with the calm
consciousness that the friend will en-
joy her lunch.-Harpers Bazaar.
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MISTAKEN KINDNESS.

One of the first resolutions which is
formed by men and women who are
succeeding in life, that is, as measured
by the only standard in use nowadays,
increasing their possessions far beyond
their actual needs, is that they will put
safeguards around their children; the
hardships which they themselves con-
tended against shall never, if they can
help it, be encountered by their off
spring. They not only coddle them
selves, indulge themselves with unac-
customed luXuries and spare them
selves all avoidable physical exertion
but they believe this course to be the
right way to live, and that if it is good
for them it is good for their children
They do not understand that character
is formed under the pressure of the
compulsory hardships and self-denials
of youth; just as they forget thai
health is not gift or an accident, bu
the reward of abstinence and of hare
work under natural conditions, perhap:
continued through several generations
Frederick Tudor.
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which the writer processes to nave DIS
covered in our women: The American
woman must surely be the valnest
creature that struts on earth. Com
pared to her Yum Yum, in the 'Mika-
do admiring herself in the mirror anu
congratulating herself on being the
most beautiful woman in all the world,
is modest. She at least utters her con-
victions only to herself, whereas the
lady from Chicago or Ciceroville goes
up on the housetop and screams so
loud that we are compelled to listen
whether we will or no She is not Q
bad-looking woman. and she goes to
one Of the best Partisan modistes Tor
her clothes. But she is not lady-the
word is out of fashion, but the thing
never Island nothing could make her
one. She is quite without charm OF
manner and her education Is OF the
sort that our board schools give our
coachman's children at our expense.
Her own comfort Is the one thing she
thinks of" And here the writer pro
ceeds to give the American woman
some tips as to her danger OF being
taken for an English woman.
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head I have no doubt. But fr me
know TIL diff'rince between wan an
twinty an five an sixty. j larn IL over
again ivry mornin'.
1--WE whit to tn pond together an
passed tn time iv day with our Irlnds
AM watched tn boys an girls piayin
sb,nnv an skylarkin' hand-in-hand.
Srhev come apart. Jawn. but they go
home together. Jawn, thin young vans.
see be his face Sport Hinnissy was
crown excited. Sure says he, they Sc
5authin' like It, he says. Martin, ne
saws, 'I'H challenge We to race ne
saws so We will says ]. so we Will
/ saws. VIII We do it?' says he Inn.
nissy' saws ], come home ] says, an
5nn't disgrace ye'er gray hairs befure
M whole parish says l. III nave ye
20 know' saws he, that tits not long
sIrca I cud cut a double-eight with
amy man in Bridgeport he says.
at that, Tom Gallagher's young ny
be-nIght Joined N an says ne: MIS-
Their Hinnissy,' he says, If yen go on,
he saws. I'll fetch we a pair Nv skates.
.prin9 thin along says Hinnissy. An
he nut thin on. Well, Jawn, he shtud
nm AMI made wan step an wan Nv his
Saet wint that way an wan this, an
10 thrun his hands i'm tn air an come
down on his back. l give him Tn nef-
nv laugh. He wint clear daft and thrled
TO shtruggle TO MS ieeli an u ilN'
thried IN more tn skates wlnt IT m
undher him till he looked fr all IN
Wur-ruld like wan iv thin little SOUR
rels that goes round on tn wheel IN
Schneider's burrd store.
"GaIlagher's lad picked him up an
shtud him on his feet an. says ne, po-
lltely: Come on he says, go around
With me- He took him out to TN mo-
die Nv tn pond, Hinnissy moyln IKE a
bridge hor-rse on a slippery thrack, an
then tn la-ad shook him off an skateu
away. Come back says Hinnlssy.
Come back he says. Tom III nay ye
alive whin catch We off on tn sthreet.
Come here he says, like a good boy
an help me Off Dooley,' he roors 70
me, mind We. Amt We goin' to 90 any
thing?' he says. Mare thing, says J.
but go home But how m l goln 70
cross? he says Go down on yeeI
knees an crawl says /. Foolish man;
L says. An ne done 1t, Jawn. 1t tux
him tin minyits to get down in sections
but he done II. An / shtud there an
waited FIR him while he crawled wan
block over tn ice muttherln glory pe
to Gawd' at livery foot.
II whit home with him aftherwards
an what dye think he said. Martin,
says he, I've been sinful man In me
time, but / niver had tn ike ~ tha'
| FIR pinance' he says. THINK ~ 40
| in tn stations iv tn cross on tn ice,
| he says. 'Hinnissy,' says ], they Sc nc
| crime In tn catalogue akel TO beln Ole
an fool [ says" -Chicago Post.
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BREAKFAST IN THE OLD DAYS

In the old days a hungry man could
get more things to eat "a a New Eng
land breakfast table than are today
served at many a banquet Hungry
men have declined in numbers and in
fluence, and European travel has had
a depicting effect upon that fine old in
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. No one but the
"Autocrat" ever talked much at that
meal, for the viands were too tempting
great beefsteaks, hot rolls, buckwheat
cakes, omelettes, potatoes, coffee, and
even, at Mr.. Emersons, pie. Then re-
turned travellers began to bring back
tales of the refined Continental break.
fast of coffee and a roll. 1t was ever
narrated that an Italian gentleman
thought that he had eaten a very
hearty breakfast when he put cream il
his coffee.
So pie was first banished, and tht
other heavy articles gradually followed
it into exile, and breakfast is shorn o.
| its glories Those who aim at a resto
ration of the vigor of the Puritan.
| should begin by restoring pie" to it.
| former high estate. and the "Continen
! tai breakfast" should be banished from
| a hemisphere where the Monroe doc
trine and the pie should reign supreme
| -Harpers Weekly.
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Pacific Roads Hearing.

Washington, Jan. 30.-The House
Committee on Pacific Roads today
heard statements by John G. Coombs of
Sioux City and Representative Hilborn
OF California.
Mr.. Coombs recommended that any
legislation ON the Pacific roads be
framed so that the Sioux City branch
may gain share of the proceeds Of the
hrst-mortgage bonds of the Union Pa
enc, ana the original plan of Congress
be carried out by connecting Sioux CITY
with the Union Pacific at North Platte
Neb. He also asked that the Interstate
Commerce Commission be instructed "a
prevent discrimination against the
Sioux City branch.
representative Hilborn opposed a
FUNDING bill and favored a sale of the
roaus IN preference to Government
ownership in case of foreclosure.
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Mr.. Dooley Illustrates it by the Case
of Hinnissy.

"skatin'." said Mr.. Dooley. was In
tinded FIR tn young an gay. IT'S not
FIR tn likes Nv me, now that age has
crept into me bones an whitened TN
head Nv me. Sorra take tn rheuma-
tics. An to think Nv me twinty years
ago, cuttin' capers like a bally dancer,
whin tn Des-plaines backed up an tn
pee-rairies was covered with Ice fr'm
tn mills to Riverside. Manny's tn
time done tn thrick, Jawn, me an tn
others, but now l break me back
broachin' a kag Nv beer, an tn hite
Nv me daily exercise Is FIR to wind tn
clock befure turnin' In an count up tn
cash. Sorra take tn rheumatics!
You haven't been trying to skate Y
Mr.. McKenna asked, in tones of alarm.
mot me-" said Mr.. Dooley. Not
me. But Hinnissy have, Hinnissy. tn
gay young man. Hinnissy, tn light
hearted, divvle-may-care spread-th'-
light! Hinnissys been skatin' again.
May Gawd give that man sinse befure
he dies! An he needs 1t Fright away.
He amt got long to live IL me cousin,
gaarjeen FIR him.
IT had no more thought whin / whit
over with him that tn silly goat'd thry
his pranks thin j have Nv fiyin' over
this here bar mesilf. Hinnissy is-let
me see how oil Hinnissy is? He was a
good foot taller thin me tn Saint Johns
night whin tn comet was in tn sky
Let me see. let me see! lawn Dorgan
was marrid to tn Widow Casey cher
that was Dora O'Broyn) In tn spring
Nv 81 an Mike Callahan whit to Aus
threelia In tn winter iv go. Hinnissy'f
Oldest brother was too old fr to inlist
In tn ARMY. Six an thirty is thirty
six. Twicet thirty-six Is sivinty-two
Sivinty-two liss eight is sixty-four
Sixty-four an nine, carry wan, let me
seel Well. anyhow, Hinnissy is oil
enough to know betther.
9TH firemin Nv milne twinty-sivir
had flooded tn vacant lot acrost firm
their house an all tn la-ads an girl.
Nv Bridgeport knew about 1t. They
come sthreamin' up tn sthreet with
their skates on their arms, tn girl,
altogether an tn la-ads be thimsilves
too. Twas thin tur-rned HinnissY',
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I he kite scared up into the ilack elouu,
vrbile the phiIosouher stood clamiy in the
drenching rain watching the string, until
finally he saw the little hbefs OF Inc htihp
raise themselves Then, without q teihoi
lived For the spark cracked ana taped
to his finger as harmless as did that from
his old familiar electrical macHlh'-, anu
allowed him to charge hls Jars WIN y
with the same impunity. lie sent inc
story OF what he had done abroad, WIN
out a particle of trGmpeting: lie was nos
"A discoycIer for revenue. no sloeh MAI
kets awaited the announcement OF ms
claims; no newspaper stood ready 70
blaze forth his achievement n the inter
est Of the money-iugelers. His own mar
ratfye Iarelv ms one Of the little columns
of the Gentleman's Magazine for ,Octo-
her 10. i752, and IL has at its end only the
initials b. F.
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UTAH DAY
At the Leadville Ice Palace Special
Excursion, $12 Round Trip.

At the Leadville Ice Palace Special
Excursion, $12 Round Trip.
For the evening train of February
10, the Rio Grande Wertern Railway
will sell round trip tickets to Lead
vile and return at the unprecedent-
eddy low rate of sl2, tickets good I'M
til February 10. The Ice Palace Off
eials have selected February l4th as
Utah day, in addition to the meeting
of the members of the order of the
Mystic Shrine, February 10 and l6
will be special days for the order Of
Elks, and in addition to regular car
nival attractions these days will pre-
sent special features in the way Of
kating races, masque balls, process
sion of Elks in costume and number
less other interesting novelties. The
| Leadtille Ice Palace is second to nc
other similar institution. 1t is unique,
ma ectic and unrivaled and contains
in addition to its ball rooms, skating
Kinks and artistic decorations, a mag
niflcent toboggan slide POO feet long
| Also a Midway Plaisance, etc
"Come, make merry with us, il
Leadyilid's invitation. "Come all y,
pleasure lovers from far and near, the
city is open to you A firman i
granted without the asking tina
gives free and safe passage whithe
you will go. King Pleasure rules ant
his code contains but one wOrd-Mer
riment. 1t is the law which govern
the city for the carnival season.