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Decorah-posten., 1897-08-31
To the Mothers.
Ole g. 2arcplo.

During our graduating exercises last
Friday evening | could but think of the
hundreds Of boys and girls who read
DEBORAH PosTEN that would be greatly
stimulated to put forth their best endeav-
ors TO complete a thorough course in the
common branches. if. once each year,
your school houses were filled with the
parents and friends Of those who were to
receive their diplomas. Whatever is
good and wholesome for young people
who live in villages is equally beneficial
for those who live on the farm. You,
mothers. by united action, have it in
your power to set In operation, in every
school district, influences for good that
will have a far reaching effect upon the
rising generation. What an army of
workers there would be in this good
cause if the spirit was willing and the
flesh not weak. What a reward awaits
all who become coworkers to cause a
higher estimate to be put upon sound
learning. Will you not hold meetings
and warm the hearts Of the people to.
wards the children? When not too far
from DEBORAH, may ! nc meet with you?
J. BRECKENRIDGE,
DEBORAH, Iowa.
Decorah-posten., 1897-08-31

rpsds SpeosapltuR inar er mIn6re eno
| 1891. europa prpoueerer Iiseiaa'
mes,i &ag fem Spses, men iaar er Der
paiaa llasr paa Rugtn. Gurppas
RusapIiHs auIlaass til fun s75, ooo,'
600 8uTbsls. 3 he isucre Gar har
Oct aisnn,miuitltst uObpits paret
1900, 000. 900 8uitsis. Gotstsruc
bar Oaiaa Faas; fell, % Der aoIss tboIt
1000, ooo, 900 guib:lS gOtetcr minbre
elo be u1rmEit ~irr,eaatuos gGr.
Decorah-posten., 1897-08-31

De fun bar forlaret 2 gester raa &c
for en- 8est Wel. 9stte er nOsst 8dn'
lie anoet emo | samls 9i9s, ba 5tlferns
matte lepsre inotil bet 15'oObtelte ior
Reiet.
8anfftitet
er upaaflaseligt. let er fremoeles
SoeitsiItei. Jon siucr bet beoite uo'
bptte. Get sr ogiaa ben 6iiteiort. iom
bet lsrner fig beOii at ina Gag |.
gteb 2nrsiansiten
er bet pmtrent iUrbl. 9aa &~eittDltsn
bar 5iiterne Here Gteber ta9et op Gr'
terne % ailIuttst 8sOriiten. Oct fans
lese uobptte anta9es at bore ct gpot
gtiobelsaars. Men ipm iRouanli9t
bar 5unsiten uaret tsiit uieUu paa De
iorItieaise Gele al Spiten.
M afrelfiitst
laoer bet % iaa III at pGre paa Selotn'
gen meo, ialialO SOmmerfiIte r1r'
mere 2ano. Barren bliper ielonere %
i~jelonere, ieiSelia bprere. Sporleoes
Ssltiltet uoe i run Gu pil fomme til
at arte fig, er bet ior ttolist at baue
roSen 0lerins ont. Oct sr nemlig
life ri8tt9 bsSDnot enbnu.
8 2%rUnobiem bar man gjurt Gorisg
rneo at iatte en- ny Grpprtart tel isun9,
lloiprisl al letialtet os prssiet
9crit III Ginlnno. 9etts turoe bliue
al 8etDonlne. GtuIanoeren er nsmlis
en- Tor GiIteipiier, ialiuto be, Der bar
eqer bOiat fig / @Orse. 9uor
ban fanr tsrt 8rsO o9 ct StDtie
Saltff - benus ere n~otina mager
iaa forIan9er ban life en- bsOse
MioOas.
Decorah-posten., 1897-08-31
ct. c!af college, Iortbdelo,
Winneiota.

yet 24be GfoIeaor bs9Dnber ben eoe Sep
TENDER u~Pittommeuoe.
IRE &uriuS.
/. Academic English Course.
2. Academic Preparatory Course.
3. College Course.
SioleH er bel tleHot. Zen bar baut 963
Gutter % 361 Ei9er, Jolt 1924 gieuer, 81
Gutter % 2 Tiger er 8%raoueret fra Golle8et
% 1875 @attcr "a As Yiser ira Staoamiet.
llnOeroisnin8, Soit % 2pSis for rimeli9
Detailing.
3eu, ipm guIfer 6atalcg eler nGrmere
Splpsuing ON Stoleu, bpr ifriue til 8eitps
rercn 81. q, 10 0 b n,
47a7 Nprtbiielo, Minlt.
Decorah-posten., 1897-08-31

eulpm nugfdrlsfano % life plae
tntet ansnoe Suitru meo mine Sh
l~iahsber."
"@r leg suaoen, utiIfrees % II
oeipe? ?" fan iaa en- sng aolnoe 'pi
Jig ielr, naar benoss 9ur toumt
Sslpprppslis; 'oa sr is9 lanatfrn
let for ct Samlip, Der oil brluss
GpIet oft bet, Der CT rbsbngsliSt
iuarenoe / min 9aratter." "a
ploere utSisenuem 9iiten al ems &c
beoer fan oenue 3sgt 9oot anosnl
gtaar TO 4erioner Saar Grm VI
mGrtes bet iaa let, Dm ben enes Z
lille boloer Stano meo bsu anoe
SuOr megen lllptfs % @rammelie
uel life lliOrenlistso % uiOrerasel
beo mellem 9Ggtefolt paret Sfplb
On inObilOf Dusltng tpSr9sr ii
on ben aUinOe, ban tantsr at R9
tar ale be GgeHfubsr, Der er e8nI
til at ojpre benbe til en- COB Suit,
men han er rlocu beiiGlet at iaa Il
gen Oompgbsb, al Eau ipcrser iig le
ON oa ban ogiaa eier Re Setlnseli'
Der CT BOr9su iOr, at ban Tan bllpe
goo 9ggtemnno, ifjpnt bette sr
6pprssmaal Of liseiaa flor 8istisf
JON bet isritc.
SjerlisteOsu err BOP iaausl L
bliab, oa Der er tibet Saab ON, at
u~naeriuenb sler lln9ms lptter
Taamiurslier icm oisie, siter at
aQereoe er bunous / MINORS 2ente
men igreuo Set q asr iaa pit, e
bsleilis lib sac IA M
ies itiiiet til m'3?e
~
~ srl.
Simleu er aaar pits
itnmt .-gm
g., sr;,., ,iso, s5ri
Decorah-posten., 1897-08-31

the Bank OF Thomson, Thompson, Iowa, with
which / Iemained a year and a hal, and then took
the position that | now hold as book-keeper Of the
Bank OF Buffalo Center, Buffalo Center, Iowa.
What little success | may have &C, ieyed since
leaving you, ] realize is altogether due to your
efforts In my hehsitin endeaYoring TO fit me for a
business life, and ] can cheerfully-
anyone desiroing a good, compete business
education, or a very thorough course OF short.
hand and type-writing, TO you ani your schools,
where they will be instructed by ladies and
gentlemen, and where they will receive the best
Of personal attention and Instruction.
Gao. +. DAWSON.
Decorah-posten., 1897-08-31

Oct sr ben bebfe Gtus for Sd
ale SmifGuSigbcber. eigeIom
neiie fan file en- CONNIE iii /
Deb at iatts fs ben % tau,,,
tan roeet 9raparat ftabe Saar.
Der IAN gitr.s er at iorbeort 5. @
iom Saar,ts @art berosr poa,
naats PED a1er's Satr 9tpor.
ner S'inL rtulsr S%oo,o5unSt
GrunSeu, hort Saaret greer, {
e, Er'en ul frtmbringe S.oma,
9tesn, iaoletes oil Der gro Ga,
FaISet Sopto, raar SoarrsSS,
narebe. Ittn &sOSsrre n,aa
Gsriom GI BIZ hare Gtt Saor
boIbe bets opriuotliss Garoe, eQ.
On sniter at gicngioe sraat Ell
Saar bets table Sulsr, brua
Decorah-posten., 1897-08-31

For good work and low charges Prof.
BreckeRrIdge's DEBORAH Institute leads
all other schools in the Northwest. Text
books free and day board SI.25 a week.
Come now or Nov. l.. Send Tor circular.
Decorah-posten., 1897-08-31

Gmma SeIshem. 9atter af @uQjd
" Selsbeim, 9sIano, 29inuebnsp g.,
3Fpn, CT Tor treble Sang iuOitrepst
lem @leu REQ 3eeorab Suftituts.
Decorah-posten., 1897-08-31

Gisnorsntt. Moousa Oil ban n9siite 9,'
',rf -9aa bc~s ts " ..r
Ast a'.at 'anlr. e tas
at.az, gr va 54 d ag
fri g'r ne laa q -,o me5 s.raassa,
Decorah-posten., 1897-08-31
"Gr irs ififfct til at siite mig"

"Gr irs ififfet til at siite mig"
Sen giite Stauo er for WanO /
AlminOeliebso ben beoits, 90 osfto mer
en- Wlaub sr u~ltiifet BERTH, oeito pRrre
er ban i%aren." eaa ia9Oc eamle 81.
Samuel SobniOn, % itjpnt bon itte
la9oe tor alogIfab for 9ageu / lit
8als al Suitru, er tans Orb bog parb
liot Spcrp:iclie. Ger fommer en- glp,
i enbper ing 9erions 2ip, oa Site.
Ganier nofgloer Ell life riuss 9el al
Spn8freoien; men boor ioa er Bet bel
life al Oisie hinge, iom for iulot Qtlpur
IpDr8er iis ielo: "@r jss itittet til
at 9iitc mil?" On ct iaaoaut Spsras.
maal Ituloe opfomme / Ell Ielltl b.lia
Sammentomit, oiloe bet oesuGue
utpillomt be oaerIlelte GiIielbe fun
blipe cpfattet iom en- Spsa, % aipiii
nnoer mnrter Sfismt. 90 bog er bet
ct al De met alporsiulbe % inbgaa,
enoc Gpprgsmaal, Ell un9 9srion. Der
ajerns oil fomme til ct upi. Selus
aienoitab, fnn sisre fig ietu. "Gr iee
essnfier, Gnmnsisnet, ~tpranuit?"
9isie G8enItaber, ON De iaur Sop at
raaoe, utl not paa nart Sulo, / bet
oaslise 2iu, briuac ulplie buaoe ouer
mtg iclu % min 8amiltc, Spis ics
fremos~ laoe nit Iireuse ~itlusUos
ein h%erif.nos, bsr ies lspe
Decorah-posten., 1897-08-31
Cor Rpinoen.
Gp Wetbpos | gebanOltng al Stilos'
ipage.
aebissret for sec. .gOieu' al Una donna

iuage.
Inter Ocean iprtaQer, at man be
apnoer III uter og rner | in SebaHp'
ling at SiroSipge, / Saroelesbeo
GnglanO, at sirrs prattiit anpsnoelI'
al Garues&rren. Set pil iige, mar
tRQGer &inb pau, at 8atienternes SnI'
gipslier er lpie og bebaselise, oa Del
bar piit ii1, at bette bar en- nlsget 8aon'
fig a~n0fIpoetie paa ben Spse. Del
beooer iaaleoes, at en 8atiert, ion
tapos bet msb MeIanfoli, % Tom | FIRE
Gage nsspe baooe tnlt ct Orb, blst
inoiat i ct gGrelie, bpor SGsse, Gag
% @utptappe bar al blantr9uI Garps.
Wtau lob Solfinuet itremme inc, %
ON tire Elmer bar Raroen naitsn fors
panolet, munter> os opliuet. On an'
ben, iom par rent a%ifiuot9 Os bapoe
restct at tase 5poe til fig paa lang
Tio, oa ban oiloe foris9e a: iulte fig
tblel, bsgpuote at ti9gr efter Otao, fpr'
eno ban liable Upbolot fig / ianme
8Grelie ct 9sgn. en-, Der bar me8et
poIo iont, % iom mdatte bOloes
SpGuoetrpie, blep rplis og meb9ipr'
Zig, eiter at BABE optclot iis en- 3ine /
ct 8Grelie, ser bar uoitvrst / lpiss
blaai. 50 3ases SpbOlo i ct gr.
rel's, osforsret / ptolblaat, baOoe ilig
snontig 8irtntu8 paa et Gatieut, at
ban b~egBuote at beOe ON at blios ieuOt
bjem, Sa ban fpIte fig aloetes iriit.
-
glGbet ipnes at u9re peubt ONT /
iotsenOe
RaaO til sGgttmenb,
% iom en- Naritet bpoes bet oerior
irem | apinoeipolten:
On NGgtemanb bpr altio irempiie ct
imlIenoe rs tilfrecs Gniist. etutce
bin WIcle meo at fori!affs bet npbpeu.
oi8s ran Nateriale til Suiets 8ebup
neotrptte big, iaa Lob big aIorie merle
oermeO,.- gaa altio biem mcb ct Sml.
Oct bar Oite bRnOt, at Ell Mauo bar
miitst i'm Suitrues SjGrlisbeo peb at
ie betDmret uo.
ger p~mbpsaelig for bit u~oieenoc;
tbl bet ct al flor SistisbeN. &c til,
at bit Saar er tiGmmet slat, ca at bin
er fri Ior 9leiter, fpreno on
piier Dig peb 6rOfotbprbet. Get er
ueo Sastta8elien al i%aaoaunc Gmaos
ting, ou oil oare iitano til at tstoloe
Din Suitrus 9iarlisbeb.
Slas big lite, ON on er iva. Gu
9G8tsmano, iom altib flpufsr o. ilas
ger, iassr bite berueo fin Suliru til at
Zig teba8eIig.re Sslitab auoets
itebs. Sar BIZ 2uuppine. ina - imil.
Sm BIZ sr / 6prIesenbeo for RioIcr
DC ngopsubiae Susbolbujnss,lI ooiis
ter. mao cu BOG ie alaO os ipiielig ub
- inIil aItto; bin 2Cne iuuoe blipe
f~riitet til at t~ilbriuse fine g~titener burte
ira Siemmet, beriom ba tIoser big.
Ssls meo Gtosr. Gin Some, ipm
bar 8erneres Spora9elie at uaretaae.
8lerne mer, eno ou aisr. Sab
life bette urre 2tli9loet. Otter at III
bar orbeioet tolu elsr ~iiOrten Elmer
ON 3o8en, mna bn enoeIis ie til at
anpcnoe &eiteu al bin 5to til Slanos.
ounnelie, iaa at bin &pne life fiuoer
Jig Selfab, iom sr ner aauosbslao.
tet, auoettco8.
Stnlo bin 9one rD0er cIer bruaer
Eobat / np8sH auoen Sfitfeiie, err bet
life at ii9e uO8et. Smtil er ofte
at icretratge fremior 3aOel. Cpmun.
tire benOe til at rpae eler tp3ge, abpao
oct M trGiier til at bore, biemme, els
lers Fan bun tomnle til at haze fit I'll.
boIo altfcr cite borte ira Sismmet.
Decorah-posten., 1897-08-31
Buffalo Center. Ia, Feb. "a. 1897,

Buffalo Center, Ia, Feb. "a, 1897,
Valdez & Oliver, DEBORAH, Ia.
Gentlemen:-l desire to extend my
most sincere thanks 10 both Of o. and
your able assistants for the interest you
took in me ana my studies, aad the help
that you CAV me while taxing the com
mercial and shorthand courses AZ your
school. Directly alter leaving you |
accented 4 nnsI,inn As s~tanrprlnhrr Will
The herald., 1897-07-04

Grafton Of the nations. 1t failed Venice
in her time of need, and at last, by the
aid of paper currency, and after GEM
turies of conflict she became the queen
of the Ardiatic 1t failed Napoleon In
his great European wars, and It's gleam-
ing face was seldom seen by our contd-
mental army. though brave men, despite
the absence of gold and silver. sustained
almost alone by paper money, snatched
the crown Of empire from England at
Yorktown.
To put our paper currency in the hands
of the banks, thus giving them the power
to initiate or contract the volume of cur
rency at their will, will be to revive the
days Of the old United States bank, and
then 1t is to be hoped that the spirit of
Andrew Jackson may revisit the capitol
and drive the money changers from the
temple of our liberties.
1t was the mission Of the greenback to
strike the shackles from millions OF
slaves and to snatch from the domes Of
eleven state capitols the stars and bars,
and place in their stead the flag Of the
Union. This cry against the greenback
does not come from those who offered
their lives as a libation to the cause OF
the Union, but from those who bought
them at 35 cents on the dollar, and
afterwards exchanged them for their
face value in per cent bonds.
JOHN SHIRLEY WARD.
The herald., 1897-07-04
1T IS Hot 1anaycAy; Rut Plain Duty

prevent the machinery of state and fed
eral politics being used simply to per
petuate the existence Of a political par
ty, to reward that party's friends ant
punish that party's enemies. BY right
full use of the ballot the people can pre-
vent, for instance, the continuance ir
perpetuum of the national disgrace Of
having one man, for party purposes
despotically lord it over the house oil
their representatives in Washington. de-
nying on the floor of the house hearing
to any man save he who is sin the swim
with the speaker, and blocking the
wheels of national legislation by refus-
ing to appoint the committees oil
the house necessary to that end
In this way can the American people
prevent the recurrence of proposition
that their government assume a debt
of foreign state, to the amount of s4,-
100000; debt incurred by adventures
with an eye to this anticipated as
sumption-against the will of the people
of such foreign state. and largely if moi
wholly based on wildcat bonds issued
by said adventures without any proper
warrant therefor in law or equity. A
proposition which involves a radical de-
parture from the safe and wise foreign
policy of the United States, for more
than one hundred years, and which
would, If adopted. become the prolific
source Of enlargement of the United
States with foreign nations, a breeder
of costly navies, a fomenter Of war and
of the millions of dollars of taxation to
meet the expenses of said wars, to be
levied on the American people who, at
last, always pay the piper
How amply the existing called session
of congress, its proclaimed purpose and
this proposed treaty of annexation of
the Sandwich Islands to the United
States, sustain the position assumed at
the opening of this article! How clearly
these things illustrate the decadence OF
moral principle, even in the highest
places of stated Surely this ill-omened
political status cannot last. Surely the
downward trend of a great nation like
the United States will some day check
itself and ample remedy be found fol-
its many disorders. The era of shoddy
patriotism, like the sale of shoddy goods
must have an end. The great body of
the American people is sound to the
core. and only needs to turn it's atten-
tion to the evils glanced at herein to ef-
fectually right them. The people move
slowly, but as the immortal Lincoln
said: you cannot fool all the people
all the time" and their Indignation once
aroused, woe to the men who attempted
to fool them. The spirit of the days OF
our first great revolution still survives
in the hearts of the people and will
sooner or later assuredly reassert itself
We cherish, as part of our inheritance
from the men who defied and conquered
the armies of King George of England
hatred of all injustice, tyranny and op-
preston, and as sure as God reigns this
fair land of ours shall prove itself once
again the land of Washington, of equal
and exact justice to all with special priv
ileges to none.
JOHN c. MACCABE.
The herald., 1897-07-04
California Cherries

| The California fruit makers are ad-
vancing with rapid strides. They were
always very successful in simulating e
the appearance of the natural fruit.
Their peaches and pears were even
larger than those of nature and lacked
only flavor to make them equally &C.
ceptable. But they were Dead Sea
fruits, that tempt the eye, but turn 10
ashes on the lips
But Of late the Californians have
learned to add the needful element of
flavor. They have not yet impaired it
to their pears and peaches. But their
grapes have flavor and SO have their
oranges. These latter We're at first ad-
mired for the thoughtfulness and in
genuity the Californians had shown in
packing all the seeds together at one
end. Though this was originally a
Mediterranean invention, it has never
been applied SO extensively as in Cali
fornia But it was even more to the
point, to purchasers whose aesthetics
were more gustatory than pictorial,
that the oranges which showed this in
genious device were also good to eat.
They are as good as anybody's oranges,
while the grapes are not yet as good as
hothouse or as Mediterranean or as
Atlantic grapes, though creditable and
promising improvement has taken place.
The cherries we are getting now in
such profusion are equally creditable to
the Californiars. They rot only look
like cherries, but they taste like cher
ries. OF course they suffer somewhat
from the journey of three thousand
mil h,it thex arriU Si n lrip n
fact, in wonderfully good condition. and
nobody whose cherry eating is confined
to the Black Tartarians and Bigarreaux
of the Pacific slope is in need of COM
passion.
There is in this very serious moral
for the fruit growers of the east. While
the Californian growers, thanks to their
climate, can beat them in the size of
their fruits, they retain an advantage in
flavor and in proximity to their market
which ought to be decisive. Yet they
are getting beaten on their own ground,
and for obvious reasons. The Califor-
mans show more intelligence and enter
prise in the culture of their fruit while
upon the mercantile side, in the whole
business of packing, transport and dis
tribution-in everything, in word, that
involves organiza .ion-there is no COM
parson whatever. That is why the
fruit growers of the Napa valley take
more money from the Inhabitants of
New York than the fruit growers of the
Mohawk valley. 1t is only in small fruits
so perishable that they cannot be trans
ported that the local growers are able to
compete for their own natural market.
It behooves them to bestir themselves
and to put more brains and more enter
prise into their business if they expect
to live by it much longer.-New York
Times.
The herald., 1897-07-04
A Strategist

Senator White is a consummate STRAIT
egist. In his first campaign for the
senate he excited and utilized the frantic
abuse and opposition of the Examiner
with eminent success. He enumerated
a whole lot of cases in which its officious
treachery had produced the very results
against which it rallied and protested
Again he covets and bids for its vindica-
tive antagonism to his reelection, as
one of the 'purchasable newspapers" to
be ignored and defied. And to avoid the
contamination even Of it's support he is
kicking it into open opposition.-Placer-
vile Democrat. -
The herald., 1897-07-04
She Hadn't Thought Of That

1T will never marry man who uses
tobacco in any form"
mot even If it happens to be good
form?''
She pondered. The slavishness Of wo-
man to convention - proverbiaL--ln-
dianapolis Journal.
The herald., 1897-07-04
A NV FORM OF government

!. $3.50 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ~ ST
The herald., 1897-07-04
SHALL We HOLD ON 70 The GREENBACK?

r i. !.
The times., 1897-08-12
Castilian Chivalry.

Unless the Spanish Republicans should
adopt more vigorous measures than they
are likely to within the next few days, for
the suppression OF the monarchy, it Is re
not take office at once, but that, on senti-
mental grounds, a conservative ministry
will be installed at Madrid, as mark OF
respect to the late Prime Minister canovas
del Castillo. After little time it may
be presumed that it viii give way to a
liberal government under sagasta.
Such an arrangement is understood to
be consistent with the ideas of courtesy
and of chivalry that are held by the
hidalgos OF tlle country to which we owe
SO much for our discovery. 1t is said
that Senor Sagasta would deem it improper
and immoral TO seem TO benefit Immedi-
ately by the downfall of his old political
enemy. This may be a commendable
spirit, but 1t is one almost without parallel
In our country. Here, statesman no
sooner takes TO his bed with an attack
OF indigestion than other statesmen begin
to file theiT applications for his place,
Whatever change takes place in the
Spanish Cabinet, it seems generally to be
believed that the recall OF Mr.. Dupuy de
LONE will not be long postponed. He was
q protegc of canovas and thoroughly yidenti-
fled with the dead leaders ideas and pol
icy. Both now are discredited. or viii
be as soon as it can be decently DONE
There is a chance, of course, that cir
cunstances may intervene to prevent the
recall and to render Mr.. de Lome's de
parture both patriotic and pyrotechnic: but
in the absence of q disposition on the
part OF Spain to engage in serious trouble
with us, Il is 10 be expected that shortly
he VIII go in the usual way. regretted
by Mr.. Hele, Mr.. Olney, Mr.. Atkins and
By all who admire him and the cause
he represents
The times., 1897-08-12
Canadian Amenities.

The effects of attrition seem TO have
endowed our Canadian neighbors with
much Of what 5 termed Yankee shre wd
ness The government at Ottawa has
evolved a scheme which must be COM
mended for its Inherent ''cuteness." 1t
is that the Dominion authorities shall
est ;tii.ish governmental treasure house nn
the Upper Yukon, and in itreceive and store
the dust and nuggets OF the miners, giving
them in exchange the full value Of their
gold in drafts on banks in the United
States and Canada. This arrangement, it
is believed in Ottawa, viii 20 q long
way to placate American miners and
reconcile them to the 10 or 20 per cent
rake-off which it is the Canadian inten-
tlon to lead them with.
In the event that they should prove
obdurate and reject This olive branch, and
the LIABILITY to pay royalty, force OF one
hundred mouEted police, with two Maxim
guns, has been dispa tcled to the scene If
the aurifcrous festivities. The governor
general and MS council feel quite confident
t, at such a force, SO equipped, will be able
to overawe the Americans and compel
them to observe the laws and regulations
imposed upon them, even on the debata bic
land, which may, in fact, belong to one
country or the other.
There is a siuug confidence in this con-
cluslon that appeals to our understanding
as being something more than British. One
hundred mounted police against several
thousand American Adventures, all armed
TO the teeth with winchcsters andrevolversl
Two Maxims willnot equalize the disparity,
and they might only produce the effect Of
making the Rocky Mountain and Pacific
coast contingent all the more determined to
lay the cornerstone OF a mounted police
cemetery, and proceed to I'll it.
The times., 1897-08-12
Spirit Lamps and Moralities

'"Some day. said a philosopher, medI-
tatiyely, "theIe will be a big fire at sea,
and it VIII be caused by some woman s
dctermin alton to curl her bangs
This sounds like Jules Verne or Frank r
Stockton at first thought, but it is reason
able all the same. Women do insist on
curling their bangs, il they have any,
whether they are on sfipboar or anywhere
else; and as electric lights are as good for
that purpose as fresh icieles, the gentle
little lady sneaks spirit lamp into her
trunk, with some alcohol and some matches,
aud heats her beloved tongs over that.
Then one day the ship gives a ron, and
the lamp. and the alcohol, and my lad US
bangs, and some muslin and lace things
lying around on chairs, all go up together
in q general celebration, and there Is
another awful accident at sea. Why, why,
why, will not a certain type OF woman
conform to rules made for the good of
all people?
part OF the answer to this question
lies in her bringing up. Some girls are
taught from babyiood to suppose that
they and their wishes are the pivot round
which the whole creation moves They
don't wa9t very much, to be sure. but