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the mire See he would continue,
producing a handful of silver, 81 de-
nude myself, ] am not to be trusted
with the price of fare. Take it, keep
ii for me, squander it on deleterious
candy, throw it in the deepest of the
river-I will homologate your action.
Save me from that part of myself
which i disown. If you see me falter,
do not hesitate; if necessary, wreck the
train. / speak, Of course, by parable.
Any extremity were better than for
me to reach Paris alive"
Doubtless the Doctor enjoyed these
little scenes. as a variation on his part;
the represented the Byronic element
in the somewhat artificial poetry of
mis- existence; but to the boy, though
he was dimly aware of their theatric-
ality, they represented more. The
Doctor made perhaps too little, the boy
possibly too much, of the reality and
gravity of these temptations.
One day great light shone for jean
Marie. Gould not riches be used
well?' he asked.
In theory, yes replied the Doctor.
But it is found in experience that no
one does So All the world imagine
they will be exceptional when they
grow wealthy: but possession is de-
basing, new desires spring up; and the
silly taste for ostentation eats cut the
heart of pleasure"
Then you might be better if you
had less" said the boy.
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movement to and fro across the axle
which well entities 1t to the style OF a
Noddy. The hood describes a consid-
cradle arc against the landscape, with
solemnly absurd effect on the con-
templative pedestrian. To ride in such
carriage cannot be numbered among
the things that appertain to glory; but
liver complaint. Thence, perhaps. its
wide popularity among physicians.
One morning early, Jean-Marie led
forth the Doctors noddy, opened the
gate, and mounted to the driving-seat.
The Doctor followed, arrayed from top
to toe in spotless linen, armed with an
immense fiesh-colored umbrella, and
girt with a botanical case On baldric;
and the equipage drove off smartly in
breeze of its own provocation. They
were bound for Franchard, to collect
plants, with an eye to the Compare
tive Pharmacopoeia.
A little rattling on the open roads,
and they came to the borders of the
forest and struck into an unfrequented
track; the noddy waved softly over the
sand, with an accompaniment Of snap
ping twigs. There was a great, green,
softly murmuring cloud of congregated
foliage overhead. In the arcades of the
forest the air retained the freshness Of
the night The athletic bearing of the
trees, each carrying its leafy mountain,
pleased the mind like so many statues
and the lines of the trunk led the eye
admiringly upward to where the ex-
treme leaves sparkled in a patch Of
azure Squirrels leaped in mid air. 1t
was proper spot for devotee of the
goddess Hygeia.
The McCook tribune., 1897-06-11
CHAPTER vI.-fCoNrINuED.) }

CHAPTER RVl-tCoSTISCED.)
But the boy could never be brought
TO see that he had done anything wrong
when he stole. Nor, indeed, did the
Doctor think he had; but that gentle
imam was never very scrupulous when
in want of a retort:
And now" he concluded, do you
Ibegin TO understand? My only friends
were those who ruined me. GretZ has
been my academy, my sanatorium, my
heaven of innocent pleasures. If mil
lions are offered me, l wave them back:
Retro, Sathanas!-Evil one, begone!
Fix your mind on my example; despise
riches, avoid the debasing influence of
cities. Hygiene-hygiene and medioc-
rity of fortune-these be your watch
words during lifer'
The Doctors system of hygiene strik-
ingly coincided with his tastes; and
his picture of the perfect life was a
faithful description of the one he was
leading at the time. But it is easy to
convince boy, whom you supply with
all the facts for the discussion. And
besides, there was one thing admirable
in the philosophy, and that was the
enthusiasm of the philosopher. There
was never anyone more vigorously de-
termined to be pleased; and if he was
not great logician, and so had no
right to convince the intellect, he was
certainly something of a poet, and had
a fascination to seduce the heart. What
he could not achieve in his customary
humor of a radiant admiration Of him.
self and his circumstances, he some
times effected in his fits of gloom.
Boy he would say, avoid me to-
day. II were superstitioas, l should
even beg for an interest in your pray
ers. / am in the black fit; the evil
spirit OF King Saul, the bag of the
merchant Abudah, the personal devil
Of the medieval monk, is with me
is in me-" tapping on his breast. The
vices of my nature are now uppermost;
innocent pleasures WOO me i'll vain;
long for Paris, for my wallowing in
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TAKE 1T, KEEP IT. -

that he ever surrendered one Of his
own. Convictions existed in him by
divine right; they were virgin, un-
wrought. the brute metal of decision.
He could add Others indeed. but he
could not put away; neither did he care
if they were perfectly agreed among
themselves; and his spiritual pleasures
had nothing to do with turning them
over or justifying them IN words.
Words were with him a mere accom-
plishment, like dancing. When he was
by himself his pleasures were almost
vegetable. He would slip into the
woods toward Acheres. and sit in the
mouth of cave among gray birches.
So while the Doctor made himself
drunk with words, the adopted staEia-
boy bemused himself with silence.
The McCook tribune., 1897-06-11
ITO BE coNrrNuEp.p
CURIOUS CLOCKS.
How Some People of Foreign Lands
Reckon Time.

How Some People of Foreign Lands
Reckon Time.
Neither clock nor timepiece is to be
found in Liberia. The reckoning OF
time is made entirely by the movement
and position of the sun, which rises at
6 a. m and sets at 6 p. m, almost to
the minute, all the year round, and at
noon is vertically overhead, says Popu-
lar Science News. The islanders of the
south Pacific have no clocks, but make
an ingenious and reliable time-marker
of their own. They take the kernel
from the nuts of the candle tree and
wash and string them on the rib OF a
palm leaf The first or top kernel is
then lighted. All of the kernels are
of the same size and substance, and
each will burn certain number OF
The McCook tribune., 1897-06-11

minutes and then set fire to the one
next below. The natives tie pieces of
black cloth at regular intervals along
the string to mark the divisions of
time. Among the natives of Singar, in
the Malay archipelago. another peculiar
device is used. Two bottles are placed
neck and neck and sand is put in one
of them, which pours itself into the
other every half hour, when the bot
ties are reversed. There is line near
by. also. on which are hung twelve rods
with notches from one to twelve.
The McCook tribune., 1897-06-11
The President Favors Prompt Action

The President Fayors PROMPT Action
A dispatch from Washington saws
that President Mckinley is trying to
impress upon the senators the neces-
sity Of speedy action on the tariff bill.
Mr.. Mckinley is not accused of max
ing threats or OF trying to improperly
influence legislation. He simply calls
attention to the enormous increase in
imports, and shows how the govern
ment may be deprived of much rev.
enue to which it ought 20 BE entitled
il the passage of the tariff bill is nm
necessarily delayed.
It should not be necessary for tha
president to make such an apDaaI IN
the senators. The members of the m
per branch OF congress should under
stand the need OF haste without beinr
told. Last week thirteen steamers
loaded to tho rails with foreign goods
discharged their cargoes at the nori
of Boston, and more are coming. The
importers and the free traders are.
overjoyed because Of such condition
ot affairs, and they may be trusteI tn
do their utmost TO prolong the debate
OF the tariff bill and delay its pas
sage as much as possible Every dav
that is wasted in talk in the United
States senate will cost the limited
States government large sum OF
lnoney-ClevelanG Leader.
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1896

In the four months. March-June in
elusive, the imports in both the pre-
ceding years were more than half the
imports for those entire years, but
this year they have been / 1,243, 900 900
in two months, against S24, ,000. 900 last
year. The known heavy movements
in May thus far warrants the expecta-
ton that fully two-thirds of a years
supply may be in hand by the end of
the four months this year, including
what stock refiners held prior to
March, and on this quantity the diff
ference in price, if as much as the
proposed increase in duty under the
senate bill, would be about eight
tenths of a cent. or $40, 900 900. a hand
some profit for the owners, namely:
the Sugar Refining company The pay
ment Of duties at the present rate on
about two-thirds of years Consump-
ton will deprive the treasury of about
as much revenue for the coming year
which it would have derived from the
increase of rate on 80 degree raw su-
increase of rate. Under the Dinglev
bill the increase in rate on 80 degree
raw sugar would be little less. about
seven-tenths Of a cent, but the imports
after April 1 would be subject TO the
higher duty, which would make a diff
ference of nearly 100000 for the
month of April alone.
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number of exchanges OF goods Is made
In year. What will be gained by
using two silver dollars. each worth
so cents. TO make the same number
and amount of property exchanges?
Thirty-two times the weight OF metal
are used. but the results accomplished
that is. the business work done-is
the same.
The McCook tribune., 1897-06-11

saw all the colors
of the rain bow in
a moment; the sta
BILE universe ap-
peared to be about
capsizing W ! t h
h i m, Because, T"
said he-affecting
deliberation after
an obvious pause
because | have
The McCook tribune., 1897-06-11
J s. ||la 3: :; /, :.
(H y FAAn 5I.|Ez ~: naAa5P !5Eea.!E:
INTERNATIoNAL PRESS AssocIATioM.

Certainly not" replied the Doctor;
but his voice quavered as he spoke.
Why" demanded pitiless inno-
cence.
The McCook tribune., 1897-06-11

a Paris doctor has discovered the mi
crobe of badness and has exhibited it
at the st. Louis hospital. together with
a sheep innoculated with it which had
lost its wool He is now hunting for
the means of destroying the microhe or
rendering it innocuous.
The McCook tribune., 1897-06-11
Sugar Imports and Duties.

New York Tribune: The imports
of sugar are usually large at this sea-
son, but have been increased remark
ably by the expectation of new duties.
The treasury department has made
up the record for April, showing that
757, ,799,527 pounds were imported in
that one month, and in May and June
the quantity is usually larger than in
the preceding months, as the follow
ing figures for three years will show:
The McCook tribune., 1897-06-11
CHAPTER VIII

HE Doctors car
riage was a two
wheeled gig with
a hood; a kind of
vehicle in much
favor among coun-
try doctors. On
how many roads
has one not seen it,
a great way off be-
tween the poplars.
in how many
The McCook tribune., 1897-06-11

world is not sufficient for Its require
ments. Upon the same principle they
might argue that the expectation Of
wheat and corn indicated that the
world does not produce enough of these
articles for its requirements. The
mere fact that there is monetary de-
mand for gol1 in Europe and Japan be-
cause countries there desire to increase
their stock and because of war pos
sibilities does not argue a general in
sufficiency Of gold in the world. The
quantity of gold money in the world
in 1873 was 81 .209, 800. 600, while in 1896
it was $3.69S, 100000 The supply of
gold money in the world is now so per
cent greater than was the gold and sill
yer combined, in 1873.
The McCook tribune., 1897-06-11

village streets. tied to gate-posti this
sort of chariot is affected particularly
at the trot-by kind of pitching
The McCook tribune., 1897-06-11
Beet Sugar Factories.

Parties who are preparing TO estab-
lish beet sugar factories will be inter-
ested in recent step taken by the
secretary of agriculture in their be-
half. Having supplied over twenty
thousand farmers of the United States
with beet seed for trial crops, Secretary
Wilson is now making a practical and
intelligent investigation to determine
the sections of country where beet
sugar manufacture is most likely to be
successful, the object being TO assist
those who desire to invest in beet
sugar factories.
G.. H. WILLIAMS.
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Hides to Be Protected,

The reciprocity feature of the new
tariff law is likely to be even more
satisfactory than that of the Mckinley
law. The addition Of tea and hides to
the dutiable list increases the oppor
tunity for obtaining favorable reciproc
ity treaties and it is understood that
the senate will put into the bill such
provisions as to make it practicable to
secure very advantageous reciprocal
arrangements with many countries. all
OF which will be especially in the in
terests Of the agriculturists OF the
country. The duty on raw hides
which is proposed by the tariff bill
in the senate would probably add about
cents to the cost of the foreign hide
used in making the leather which goes
into pair of shoes, but as only one
fifth of the hides used in this country
are imported the average increase in
the price of shoes would only be one
fifth of that, or one cent per pair. AS
sumlng that the average man buvs
three pair of shoes in a year. his in
creased tax burden" would be three
cents year, while the advantage to
the farmers will be millions of dol
lars.
The McCook tribune., 1897-06-11
Why Gold Goes.

With the importations of foreign
goods increasing enormously by
reason of the prospective repeal
of the Wilson law, it is not sur
prising that the gold exports are in
creasing. The foreign goods brought
into the country must be paid for in
gold and if foreign importations in
crease ten to twenty millions a month.
it goes without saying that the gold
expectations must increase. The sill
yer advocates are saying that the re-
cent expectations of gold are an evil
dence that the supply of gold in the
The McCook tribune., 1897-06-11
CHAPTER VII.

DESPRE'
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-17
NO MORE CHANGES.
The Government Too Poor To
Make Any More Transfers
of Troops.

a representative of the Re-
gisier was informed in the of
flee of the Secretary of War
yesterday that there would be
no changes whatever in the
stations of troops at present.
The secretary has emphatically
said two or three times that the
condition of the treasury does
not warrant any expenditures
under this head except for the
most urgent reasons. A consid-
cradle sum was necessarily
spent in transporting troops to
Washington on the 4th of
March and to New York CITY
for the Grant parade. While it
was advisable, we presume, to
have the army represented in
both instances, the feeling
among many officers is that if
the amount of money expended
on those two occasions could
have been applied to much
needed transfers the army
would have been benefited to a
greater degree.
Gen. Miles made a number
OF recommendations regarding
the exchange OF stations of
troops before his departure for
Europe. just what they are
cannot be definitely stated.
There have been a great many
rumors around the department
which have found their way
INTO newspapers to the effect
that several transfers are soon
30 be ordered. As we have said,
the secretary has empbatically
stated there will be DO changes
at the present except for very
argent reasons. What the sec
rotary considers urgen: reasons
we Of course are not able to
Judge. We think there are ur-
gent reasons for quite nnm bel
of changes, but if the depart
ment falls back upon The old
excuse of retrench,nent on &C
count of the treasury that ends
the argument. Regiments which
should have a change musr
continue to suffer for the mis-
takes and unwise doings o
shose who have been running
che government finances at q
loss-.Army and Navy Regis
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-17
UNCLE SAM ALERT.
Looking for A Filibustering
Expedition Off The Florida
Coast.

Washington, June I5.-The
Treasury department has re
ceived by reference from the
Secretary of State a commune
cation from the Spanish min
ister to the effect that he has
information that an important
fllibustering expedition IS be
ing organized on the coast Of
Florida and asks that steps be
taken to frustrade it.
No particulars were given,
so the only action that could
be taken by the department
was to communicate this in
formation to all collectors and
masters of the patrol fleet on
the Florida coast with instruc-
tons to be on the alert to pre-
vent the departure OF any sus-
pected expedition. This was
done by telegraph.
1t developed later that the
department has specific infor-
nation Of the shipment of arms
and ammunitions for what
promises to be one of the most
important flibustering expe-
ditions for several months.
A carload of arms LETT Jackson
vile Friday morning by the
Florida E. c. Railroad and
passed ne sf Snij n south;
bound. A second carload o.
rifles and dynamite left Jack
sonville Saturday morning or
the regular freight train for the
probable purpose of being
Transferred to some vessel or
the East coast. probably by
yacht "Valusia," which ha:
been engaged to transfer these
ammunitions from the railway
to the vessel destined To-
Cuba. 1t is probable that The
vessel which will receive these
arms will not come close t.
shore.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-17
CHEAP FOR CASH.

Tue people of WatertOwn, N
Y, turned out the other day
and made an unsuccessful al
tempt to lynch man. This
will interfere with the perform
ance of the New Workers who
have been pointing. the finger
Of scorn at 0hio.-W ashington
Post.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-17
EORLORN HOPE.

eshe letting him down easy|
Pm sur>s Mr. Hardlsigh, that
you can find plenty OF girls
right here who can make you
much happier than could.
He (mournftlIly)-Yes but
you seey that's just the point.
I've asked 'em alt. You are nay
enly chance Harlem Life.
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Old newspapers for sale at
lis Office
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-17

Or. PricS Cream Baking Powsee
Ay,sr3,o r.,;s - %sssinter Fair szr Srzaaisea
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-17

For eighteen months have been we'll. Al
though - years of age can so where wish
and sleep ali night and wake up as cheer
fll as a babe and completely rested.
DR.. Miles Remedies are sold by all drug
rists under positive guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money refunded Book on Heart
and Nerves sent free TO all applicants.
DR.. ALLIES MEDTcar = EIkhart. ind
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others and a number
of remedies. spending
a large amount of
money. but finally be-
came so bad that II was
unsafe for me TO leave
home. I commenced
using DR.. Miles Heart
| Cure two years ago.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-17
ONLY A HATCHET.

When il came to lumber
even alleged free Trade Senators
could not tell lie hnt admitted
they had their little tariff ak to
grind philadelphia Times.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-17
THEY MAKE US WEARY.

There is one class OF labor
ers ia this country whom Il
wo,dd be real PHEASANT 10 see
ent Of a job the n-wspa per
paragraphrr who grind out al
tsg4d Jokes as,ou. the lack 81
pro- p~riiy.-Nashsills Amer.
Jean.
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pEg DIEM BILLS, TOO.

The Texas Legislature has
ben. in session tweniy. Jay ayr.
sr,,1aollar bills Atlanta 0o''-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-19
TIE PHILADELPHIA LEDGER
Says, We have used it, like it
and recommend it.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT
Speaks strongly in favor of it's
use as a toilet article.

The dry atmosphere causes
dandruff to form and the fall
ing out of the hair naturally
follows.
The use of KATHAIRON
will eradicate dandruff, there
by preventing the hair from
falling out, and will beautify
and will restore life and vigor.
1t will not do impossibilities,
such as turning grey hair in a
single night, but it is beyond
doubt the best preparation on
the market to preserve and
improve the hair.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-19
JApAN's TRUE INTEREST.
Government Officials Not So Belligar-
eut as the Japanese Press.

1t would seem from the Osaka Main
ichi's report of an interview which
some of the Jiyuto members have just
had with Count Okuma, Minister of
Foreign Affairs. that the wild and in
hammatory writings of certain Toxic
journals are not approved by the Gov
eminent. The Count is represented as
saying that if the United States de-
eide to annex Hawaii he should not
think of recommending an appeal to
arms. as the good will of America was
very much more important matter
to Japan than the Hawaii question.
The commercial relations of the two
countries, His Excellency is reported
TO have asked his visitors to remem-
Der. are of too much value to warrant
better to frankly abandon interest in
the island than endanger the country's
friendly relations with the United
States.
Japan's true interests assuredly lie
in an understanding with the English
speaking races, whose institutions she
has already set herself to copy with
such success. The nearer sold glory
is brought to these shores the better;
the greater Americas interest on the
North Pacific the less Indifferent she
will be to the threatened extension Ct
Russian power and its possible domi-
nance. Surely such considerations as
these ought to weigh with Japanese
public men. Our only surprise is that
the vernacular press has so far ignor-
ed them-Kobe Herald.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-19

When man proposes to a woman, she is
generally not nearly SO much surprised as
he is.
If some men traded off their backbones
for some pieces of rubber hose, they'd new
err miss them.
The less man thinks he knows about
himself, the more girl knows she knows
about him.
A girl always judges n meal at restau-
rant by the number of funnily shaped forks
and spoons scattered around each plate.
When a woman gets to heaven, the first
thing she will ask is whether the minister
of her church has got in yet.
Babies don't know nearly so much as wo-
men claim; if they did, they would hold a
convention to decide how to bring UP
mothers. York Press.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-19
Did She Weather 1t?

Mrs. Snaggs Oaying down the paper)-
The weather forecast Ks for rain or snow,
followed by higher temperature and clear
ing, with cold wave. That is four or five
kinds of weather.
Mr. Snaggs-Well, the weather man has
to give us variety to Justify the designa
ton -four cast. ''-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-19
SURE TO WIN.

The people recognize and appreciate
real merit. That is why Hoods Sar.
saparilla has the largest sales in the
world. Merit in medicine means the
power to cure. Hoods Sarsaparilla
cures-absolutely, permanently cures.
1t is the One True Blood Purifier. Its
superior merit is an established fact,
and merit wins.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-19
why He Reformed.

eyes, was tol'able successful while
was in the biznis, " admitted the reformed
burglar with smile of reminiscent pride.
but your conscience troubled you too
much?" queried the distinguished philan-
thropist.
Eyes, between that an the perlice !
couldn't get no rest. detroit News.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-19
To the Point.

Wife docking up from her book)-You
know great many things, John; now
what do you think should DO done in a case
of drowningY
Husband-Have funeral, of course
Boston Courier.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-19
Their Christianity.

Potts-The thing that mystifles me-
about this Turkish -Grecian fight is
Notes.-The powers?
Potts-Bosh, no, but rather the way peo-
Pile here who haven't seen the inside of
church in 40 years go wild with sympathy
for Greece because the Greeks are Chris
tians. Truth.