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LONDON SOCIETY.
A Declaration That IL 4. Now Pcrmeatsd
by yuIynrjty.

by soisAr'tJ.
IN tne course oil 10 nerce diatribe against
Lohuoh society, tnc Lohuon society week.
", VANITY FAR, says: London society
exists no longer Proof Of this assertion
cohffohts us ut overy step. in every ore OF
orr Prihcli'ai streets, even ut our royal
parties. Nulpiiri,y IN all Its htieous glory
nous the bigh place, aud ancient birth,
nohoreu titles, in!l down and do 1t hom-
age. Where once men and women were
proud "f their blood and Of their family
they would now lay claim to no higher
honor than Thai Of being smart. Where
once they rcjoiccd in wholesome exclusive
ness they now revci in n bonhomie which
threatens to become disastrous. They are
bourgeois gcntilhommes indeed. In Rome,
III Vienna, even in republican Paris, Lon
don society is becoming IL laughing stock,
u very byword. 1t Is looked upon as the
receptacle for continental refuse, the RI. o.
Dish heap OH which many "A dusty charac-
ter can be shot. No one can deny this, for
half the world knows that men and wom-
en- OF vast wealth and no untcccdcrts
have been custed from continental society
only 20 he received here with open arms.
20 be even petted and caressed and made
much of.
BLOOD, pride of race-what are these
nowadays? Money and, above all, the will
ingness to entertain. entertain. ent,riain-
these ARE the pass keys TO what WAS pECu ii
fortress to be nrInc by birth, and birth
alone Even good character is net essen.
tial. Women with inhsls and men with
nothing but very shady prescnts-arr they
shunncd? Not If they entertain, not If
, 1897-10-26

There Ia a member Of the club who ia
young in years, but ia already the active
managing head Of n large retail and whole
slls hardware establishment. He was ~
latinR an experience the other day: II was
standing near two clerks, who did not SEQ
me. The younger ;.skod the other-wf =,
was ten year. older than myself-in regard
to a special discount. Said no In answer:
Il don't know. Ash the old man,
81 wondered who he could mean. The
clerk seemed to know, for he put straight
to the ofiice and asked for me.
WAS ! offendedf Not much. Il was
the proudest omen Of my life. No man
10 ever the old n,xnr about q store unless
he Is respected and liked. 1t means power,
appreciation, respect. When . man Of my
see earns that title, he ought 10 feel happy
enough to 90 out and throw roses at him.
self. "-HardwsFe.
, 1897-10-26

An amusing story Ia told Of the late
Miss lean lngelnw Once says the
Philadelphia Record, when she was stay
ing with some friends In the country 1t
transpircd that. although she often wrote
delightfully."- OF nightinRales. she had never
heurd one sing. So one night the whole
household went out in the moonlight espe-
ciaily to hcar them, and inter, by mn effort,
holding their tongues for five minutes
while the nightingales sang divinely, they
we're startled by Miss Ingelow asking
Are they sinRinRs Idon't hear anything.
With q londoner's dread Of drafts, the
postess, heforc going out in the night air.
had filled her ears with cotton wool"
, 1897-10-26
AND seAA.
The Dog Wins the Eattle Alone After 0sv-
eral Others Lad Been vanQuished.

eral Others Lad Been vanQuished.
George ". McCredy, n prominent sheep
man of klirsitat county, and a party Of
sheepmcn c. assisting OF viii Coleman, Milt
Moorehead. George Van Ostran, the elder
Coleman ana a herder, while In the vicin-
ity Of tho swamp c%orrnls," on the Upper
klickitat riser. came acrOss n yenrling
brown hear. which WAS quickly freed by
the pick Of coyote hounds, three in num-
Der, belonging to Will Coleman.
The 6cnr Being only n yenrlipR and be-
ing tJeed 81 easily. Ven Osiran offered to
climb The Tree and shake him nut, evident
Iy thinking him On u par with n coon. hut
the hear held on to the limb and refused
to be given tho shake. Then u rope was
passed TO Nnn Ostran, who threw Il moose
over the bears head. and, giving the rope
to &C Of the hey who was on horseback,
the latter took II turn aruund the horn Of
tho saddle, and us he was riding n. pretty
coed COW Icrsc, re si:cIrE Ted in pullirg
the bear tinv. IL. and right hero tho fuI
commenced. for he bear. rs the lesr rIshcd
at tie kGIsr ard struck him u powerful
blow with his right. cutting u icpn cash
In The E'rss's shoulder and side and freeing
hinls,N rom til. lariat.
Tie siccrnren wee all un hull pines Ivy
this time and hail IL fire view OF the battle,
tic hounds i.ine assisted iy ~ she. herd
dog. Tie shepherd getting too near, Inc
bear irnt'c II s,yirn ut him, Gottin. lis
claws under the dogs collar, and. Oh at
arms length, made him dance n Jig fur
some minutes. the hounds then closing in
to help tie shepherd dog out. They were
put ont III the game in one two three order,
with the exc piiun Of A. Smytho's stag
hoTnd Rattlur, who seiz.d the hear by tho
throat and WAS Immediately locked in an
embrace such rs only u bear can give, tho
two rolling ever and over on the ground,
the dog never breaking his hold and lying
30 close to tie hears brenst that he WAS
unable apparently to squeeze him very
hard.
Thus they fought for over 90 minutes,
until Mt last the hear succumbed, with lis
windpipe cut in two. Old nan Coleman
said he had killed II good many Eenrs i,
his time, but ho never raw such n GAL,
fight as Rather mnde on that OCCASION
Portland OrcgoIian.
, 1897-10-26
HUNTING THE OSTRICH.
The Bushman's Wonderful Patience and
His Iwo Poisoned Arrows.

His Iwo Poisoned Arrows.
Thu busLl"an diycsts himself of MI hia
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES vessels, food, cloak,
nssag,ii and sandals are all left behind.
Stark naked. except for the hide rntch
about his middle, and, armed only with
his bow, arrows and knife, he Gets forth.
Tho nearest ostrich il feeding more than n
mile away, and there Is no covert hut the
long, SUI dried, yellow grass, hut that Ia
enough for the buShnGn. WOrmiGg him
self over tho around with tho greatest eau
ton, he crawis fat on his belly toward the
bird. Nd serpent could traverse the grnss
with less disturbance. In the space Of An
hour and Al half he has approached within
a hundred yards uf the tall bird. Nearer
he dare NOT creep on this hare plain, and
at more thnn 20 pMces he cannot trust his
light reed arrows. He lies patiently hid
den In the grass, his bow and arrows ready
In ront of him, trusting that the ostrich
may draw nearer.
1t IL Il long wait under the blazing sun,
close on two hours, hut his instinct serves
him, and ut last, us the sun shifts a little,
tho great ostrich feeds TINT way. 1t Is u
magnificent male liri, jet black as to Its
body plunage, and adorned with magnih-
cent white feathers upon the wings md
tail. kwaneet's eyes glisten, but he moves
not Il muscle. Closer and closer tho os-
trici' approaches, 30 PAGES, 90, 20. There
is Il light music,.l.twung upon the hot mir.
and II tiny yellow ish arrow sticks well into
the breast Of the gigantic bird. The ostrich
feels II sharp pong and turns at once. III
that sailc instunt u second Hrrow is lodged
In Its sido just under the wing feathers.
Now the stricken bird raisrs its wings from
It's bony ard Speeds forth into the plain,
hut kwsne,t is quite content. The poison
of those two arrows will do his work cffcc-
tually. He gets up. follows the ostrich,
tracking it after 1t has disappeared from
sight by its sioor, and in two hours the
game lies there before lin nmid the grass,
dead as n acknowledgements Magazine.
, 1897-10-26
The American Protective Tari9 iogss

The Amarican Protective Tari4 logDe
has just Issued another and vefy 60
plete edition OF tariff lava. ms
volume Of IA pages, gives the o0eial
text Of The Dinsley tarin: oomplsts Co.,
parison Of the Dlnglsy and Wllson NV;
aad. index to all articles eovsesd By IL
new tariR. The book Will b. Of sfeat
ralse for reesfenes and for anaWMiag
an qassioas ~rsoarding he taftR enes.
tn. II vim - ssak:tp aAy aAaeeae ~
1ssAtA - ~ AsmnsnkINA4
aeAp01 AsA aatAa eFutesl9vs 1M14
A~mN1kl1 sessek Nsw xmA.
, 1897-10-26
How ". 1. Aide. WRITES.

I do rot work with any crest regularity,
for a aren't part Of my tirno h spent In
cleaning my bicycle. However, l usually
manage to do ut lenst nm hours wask
daily on the .ypewritinz machine, ana -
usual rite Of speed ID about 1880 wco1e
m hour.
II LINN driven, / Gun write about 5000
words nm hour. ] seldom do mors than
400 words In a day, for by the time ]
have written. ssy. 3 900 woeds, the ma
ehlrp refuses TO spell i~ntclllGihiy and per-
sisfs In writing about one word In four
a.sckwurd.--New Il~luasratsd AagasinA.
, 1897-10-26

Many people have nm idea that a couD
Try has only national flag. This 10
wrong. For example. Grsn Britain and
her colonies and dependencies W 1lS. an
easy first, Russia coming next with 80
and tho German empire third with %.
Ths German emper0f. who Is 40 fond Of
tnpplngs. should srs to this The T'nited
States is content with II, Spain with 8.
Turkey with 3 and Uruguay with 9.
, 1897-10-26

In 1918 . hattie waa fought near Milan,
IN Italy, and ~ perfect was tho arnsor Of
both armies shat, although the conflict
ragged from -. M. 10 Z p. M, NO . on
other side waa either killed or wounded,
though one man broke hs collar boss b.
falling Oh bis hesUe.
, 1897-10-26

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, 1897-10-26

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ct catalogus Of society address cards
ssar published and invites those desir-
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eue desisna for ball programs are
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, 1897-10-26
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CACTUS LOYAL ORANGE LODGE
NO. 232-Meets first and third Saturday
evenings in l. o. o. F. hall.
d. A. Jones, W. NJ.
David McCullagh. Secretary.
, 1897-10-26

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HERMlON TEMPLE NO. l, Rath-
bone Sisters. Meets first and third
Thursday evening in X. OF P. hall.
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Mrs. W. A. Jones, NJ. OF R.
, 1897-10-26

LARAMIE TENT NO. Z, X. o. T. NJ.
Meets second and fourth Wednesdays In
A. o. U. w. hall. W. R. Roth, Com.
l. K. Swigart, r. K.
, 1897-10-26

ALBANY LODGE NO. Z, 1. o. o. F.
Meets every Wednesday evening in 1.
usO. o. F. hall. j.. 8. Neteler. N. G.
Louis Soderstrom, Secretary.
WYOMING ENCAMPMENT NO. l., l.
0. o. f. Meets first and third Thursday
evenings in l. o. F. hall.
Vim. Johnsou. c. P.
John EckermaD, Scribe.
LARAMIE REBEKAH LODGE NO.
/. |. o. o. F.--Meets second and fourth
Thursday evenings in I. o. o. F. hall.
Mrs. Belle Meyers. N. G.
Mrs. II. =. Dawber, Secretary.
WASHINGTON CAMP NO. l, p. o.
S. of A. Meets second and fourth We'd
nesday evenings in G.. A. r. hall.
+. w. Lee. Pres.
Corlett Downey, X. S.
WASATCH TRIBE NO. 2, |. o. OF R.
M.-Meets first and third Monday even
ings in |. o. o. F. ball
oo,,, Dat. n I'D
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Meets second and fourth Monday even
ings in G. A. r. ball.
T, q Rartlett p e.
E.. c. Holiday, Adjutant.
oo'iH' oofuo W.. ~ w. H.
in G. A. R. hall.
Mary E. Ingersoll, President.
Mrs. Anna B. Holiday, Secretary.
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W.-Meets second md fourth Monday
evenings in T. a. q. +. hall
I 7 McCutcheon n "
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Meets first and third Wednesday even
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-09-30
IDA GOLDSMITH NORRIS

1t lies in the distance dim and sweet,
On the borders of Long Ago,
ana no the road is worn by the little feet
mat have jOurneyed to and fro:
ana though you may seek it by night or
day
The task you will never achieve.
For only the little ones know the wav
10 the land of Make Believe"
Clad In their armOr of Faith they ride
On the wings of their fancy fleet,
side,
The echo of laughter sweet -
1t lightens the burdens of toll we bear.
~ 1t brlghtens the hearts that grieve;
I'LL we wish we could follow and enter
there
In the land of MAKE Believe
And oh, the wonderful tales that are told
=, or the marvellous sights they see.
For the weak grow strong and the Young
grow old,
AND are each what they wish to be.
o,l; the deeds Of valor, the mi ghty things
100 bold for mind to conceive!
But these are every day happenings
In the land OF Make Believe
Would you follow the print of the tiny
feet?
You must walk as they. undefiled.
would you join in their fancies pure and
sweet?
You must be as little child.
But in vain should we seek it by night or
day,
:, The task we should never achieve;
For only the little ones know the way
10 the land of Make Relieve"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-09-30
INSTANCE AND COMPARISON.
One Phase of Life as it IS a Great
City.
lCharlOtte Observer

lCnarlOLte observer.
That was a pathetic story reprinted
from New York paper in the o.
server. Maggie McMahan lived with
her parents on East One Hundred and
Sixth street. She was IS years old.
Her father never had any luck and
was out of work. Her mother went
out to work when she could. Maggie
had the care of her five younger broth
ers and sisters and went out to work
besides. All her life she had heen an
old woman. She got up early, dressed
the younger children, gave them break
fast and started them to school. Then
she went to her own work. Three
months ago she lost her job and for
three months sought in vain for an
other. The other day she said to a
neighbor, did this old child: "The
dead are better off than the living"
Wednesday they found her ina room
apart from those occupied by the other
members of the family, small vial
clutched in her hand. She had gone
to be with the dead.
The story is one of many. Life
had brought to this child none of its
pleasures. None of Gods good gifts
had come to her. She worked and
fought with poverty until she realized
that she was engaged in an unequal
contest. The burden became intoler-
able and she resolved TO lay it down.
Her last state may be worse than the
first, and yet who knows? At all
events, she was willing to chance the
change. There was nothing for her
here; there might be something, there
might be rest, for instance, for her,
over yonder. She knows now.
The minds eye runs over North
Carolina; its towns, its cities, its coun-
try districts; its seawashed shores, its
rivers, valleys and mountain peaks,
and we think Of our people who in
habit this goodly land and then think
of this child. We have here none OF
those things which made up her sur
roundings-the barbaric splendor OF
New York finds no counterpart in
North Carolina. We have none OF
those massive buildings, with marble
front, rearing high in air: no churches
whose spires touch heaven; no miles
and miles of dazzling streets, betraying
to every glance the evidences of wealth.
But, thank God, we have simple plen
ty and every man is his neighbor' S
neighbor. None of US can starve to
death, nor take our lives through tear
that we may starve to death. Each OF
US has friends and neighbors who we
know will see that we do not need TO-
And this is cause for gratitude. We
are not rich. We do not need to be.
Perhaps it is better that we are not.
We have enough, and that is better
And there are no Maggie McMahon:
among US.
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NO. ~.

can decide for herself whether he is
such one as would develop all that
was best in herself. While | had no
special person in view, my mind has
always been firm on one point: |
would never marry 4 simpcring man
who had no ideas in his head, and who
lacked the energy 10 make a man of
himself. If ever the time came for
my marriage the accepted man would
be one who could come up TO high
ideal, who would not beli,tle my hopes.
and whose name | would be proud 10
bear.
10 prove myself worthy OF such
husband | have worked hard. have
practically educated myself, and took
Course in No,re Dame, Baltimore,
TO perfect my requirements. at
tanned the office of assistant librarian
under circumstances which | think
would win the Georgia Legislature TO
have official employment thrown open
10 women. This state in no often.
slve manner but merely ID show iha,
woman may do something IN this
world without losing her womanhood.
When, IN the midst of all these cf.
forts became conscious of General
Longstreet admiration | but re
doubled my efforts, determined tha, |
should be recognized for myself, and
that he should regard me as com
panion and helpma,e, rather than as a
mere housekeeper. When he asked
my hand in marriage granted it,
knowing that was entrusting my life
and happiness 10 one of the noblest
men God ever made.
ELLEN DoRrCH IoNGSrREET.