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STANDARD or XCELLENCR.
Appreciated Really Good
s Cooking.

As q rule the mountaineer OF KEN
lucky is not a gastronomic connoisseur,
and the visitor at his table is quite as
likely to hear dried apples referred to.
as fruit" as he is to find any other
kind of fruit on the table. Occasional
", however, one Ct them is sufficiently
fortunate to get away from his fast
nesses, and living temporarily down in
the blue grass has an opportunity to ac-.
quire some virtues not otherwise OBJ
tainable. 1t was such one caught
up with one morning in June along the
ridge Of the Cumberlands.
I'm looking for place" I said after
few preliminaries, "where / can stop
for 2. week or so while look up some
timber I have in this neighborhood.
Do you know of any %
There amt much Nv that sort
Ground here" he replied, "exceptin'
you go ter Mount Pleasant, an 1 reckon
that's too fer. But hop on he broke in,
with sudden thought; ''thar's the Wild
der Tackett. She axed me yistidy to
see some Nv you folks at the mill an
tell 'cm she had place to sleep and eat
two or three men eff they wuzn't too
pertickler."
"Is it a pretty good place." I in
CURED, thoughtlessly.
The young mans face flushed. &
"Well, I reckon he said, with some
emphasis; ''she's goin' to be my moth
er-in-law, come next September"
ooh, I beg your PARDON fastened
to explain. II only asked to know if
she had good eating. Some of that we
get in private houses even in the cities,
you know, is not the best in the world"
''Cities be derned,' he said, with a
fine feeling; Eyer amt never tried the
Wilder Tackett's pie yet, mister, an
yer want to keep still till yer do. Amt
nothin' like it nowhere, no matter what
kind Nv pie she sets afore yer. It's all
ne plusibus unum, an 10 mistake. Why,
I'm tellin' you that sot down to one
Nv her pies last week, dern if I remem-
Der what kind it WIZ, eff ever knowed,
an l wuz eatin' right into it like hot
shovel goin' into a snow pile, an Bill
Rogers acrost the table frum lie called
me liar, an never said rdern word
ter him tell had plum ct my pie and
got my teeth picked. Dern my buttons
eff cid, colonel
I cid not like to inquire further into
the mystery of what happened to Mr..
Rogers after the last taste of the pie
was safely housed by my informant,
but made fair guess and went ON to
see the Widow Tackett concerning
board and lodging for one man for one
week.-Washingt on Star.
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GERM ANS FEEL SORE.
Public Opinion in Berlin Is Against
the United States.
And That In Spite Of che Fact That
the Government Has leen Friend-
~ to the American Cause -
Right Along. ..r.
Especial Berlin Letter.1

?. It'F@ l0peCIAl Berlin Letter.
For man: who has, despite pres
ent European residence, preserved
his American heart intact, the task
OF writing from here news . con-
nected with the war is far from
q pleasant one. Sentiment here
is strongly anti American. This
seems strange, for there is no valid
reason whatever, for it. Ask the very
men who are most abusive of America
why they are so, and they will be at a
loss to reply and will hem and haw
foran answer. Why, indeed? For over a
hundred years Germany and the United
States have lived in unbroken mutual
friendship. True, during the war of
independence some 10000 Germans
fought on the British side against
the struggling American forces. But
every student of history knows that
these German soldiers were sold like
cattle by a number of the then petty
German despots, at so much per head,
to English agents, and no sensible
American blamed the German nation
for this detestable bargain in human
Mesh and blood carried on by few ir-
responsible princelings; and he knows,
too, that the greatest German princes
of those days severely condemned this
business, and that Frederick the Great
forbade the commanders of those mer-
cenaries to cross his territory and that
he, too, was the first European prince
to recognize the independence Of the
young republic and that he sent a
sword of honor to Washington. But on
the side of the United States nothing
was ever done to offend Germany seri-
orsly and justly, for while it is true
that during the German struggle with
France in 1901 large part of the
American sympathy was, despite the
justice of the German cause, on the side
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in. an interview that he thought peace
might be arranged on the following

in an interview that he thought peace
might be arranged ON the following
terms:
The United States and Spain to agree to
let the Cubans decide by a plebiscite
whether they desire independence or au-
tonomy under the suzerainty of Spain.
The two governments to agree to abide
by the result Of the plebiscite.
In the event of the Cubans voting for in
dependence, the United States to allow
Spain nine months in which to withdraw
her army, gradually and dignifedly, from
Cuba.
Continuing. the minister of war said !:
1--WE ought to retain Puerto Rico at all
costs, in order to be always near Cuba, Of
which the Americans will be able to despoil
us in course of time, and in order to more
easily communicate with the South Ameri-
can republics, which daily display the
greatest enthusiasm for Spain.
LAS to the Philippine islands, it is certain
we will retain them. even though the
Americans succeed in occupying Manila,
of which place their occupation will be
most brief. An official dispatch announces
that the rebel chiefs and the Americans
will not always agree, which is to Spain's
advantage.
1.-THE government has formed a scheme
which will not only assure Spain the pos
session of the Philippine islands, but which
will reestablish tranquility"
London, July 16.-All the dispatches
from Madrid to the London morning
papers agree that Capt. Gen. Blanco
and his staff are now willing to let the
decision as to peace or war rest with
the home government This change of
attitude is supposed to be due to the
lack of provisions and equipment.
Berlin, July Is. - The Tageblatt's
Madrid correspondent says Sagasta
has declared that he is now convinced
that the Americans would be defeated
by the land forces in Cuba and that
the Americans knew this themselves,
but since Spain no longer has fleet
the Americans could starve the island
without subjecting themselves to ex-
posture to the Spanish bullets, Hence
he has resolved to bring about peace
as soon as possible.
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Minnesota Briefs

Private Waterhouse, Company E,
18th Minnesota, was convicted at Camp
Chicamauga of having been asleep on
duty and was sentenced to three
months hard labor and to pay fine
of $40.
Charles Christensen, aged IL years,
fell unconscious in front of the post
Office in st. Paul, the result of sun.
stroke. He will recover.
Mrs. Martha Nelson, of St. Paul,
picked up can containing gasoline,
thinking it was water, and poured into
a frying pan on the stove. An explo-
sion followed. badly burning Mrs. Mel.
son and her son.
Miss Ina r. n. Barbour killed her.
self at Mendoza by pistol shot through
the head. Miss Barbour was formerly
directress of the St. Paul school of fine
arts, and was considered one of the
best teachers of drawing that ever
came West.
A lad II years old has been arrested
at Red Wing on suspicion of having
criminally assaulted two young girls,
6 and 8 years of age.
John Morgan, sentenced to prison
from Mobiles county for assault has
been pardoned. Prisoner is suffering
from cancer.
The pardon, board refused Kristiau
Kortgaard's application for a pardon.
Geo. N. Spray, q well known attor.
ney, was killed in Minneapolis by the
street cars. He was caught between
the tracks and dragged for nearly q
block.
The 5000 six per cent electric light
bonds of the town of Gaylord were
awarded to the Minneapolis Loan and
Trust company at premium of $500. so.
+ Peter Baldrfck had both legs taken
off below the knees by the cars on the
Milwaukee tracks in Minneapolis.
Mrs. Annie Smith fell 20 feet through
the skylight in a lodging house in Min.
neapolis and was seriously hurt,
An interesting feature of the sum.
mer school which opens at the state
university Aug. will be the depart
ment of domestic science. It will be
conducted by Mrs. Mary B. James.
Officials propose to give Minnehaha
Falls plenty Of water by building q
canal and taking water from Rice and
Amelia lakes. q. .E51.
The new German Lutheran church
at5Zumbrota was dedicated with spe.
cial services.
The Improved Order of Red Men win
hold their great council at Winona
Aug. 80.
Rush City Is to have q new school
house, costing 50. 900.
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dered, has fattened on the results Of
hard-earned European civilization,
without doing anything in return.
Those millions of European emil
grants which she has swallowed up
in her capacious nav, and which have
mainly created American wealth, SO
these German authorities of mine
Aaim, were fed and educated first with
Ehrope's money and then went to en-
rich America. And then, another
thing, they claim that America hither-
to, by reason of her favored geo.
graphical position, has been able to get
along without large standing armies
and big navies, while Europe has stood
the brunt of the battle for advance
and higher civilization.
All these things you will hear crop
ping out once you enter into conversa-
ton with one of the class of Germans
of which I spoke, and it is all these
things which have prejudiced German
public opinion against the United
States. And not since yesterday, in
deed, but for years back, and it is
largely because the English people,
like the American, do not have to carry
the burden of gigantic regular army
with all that implies that they are
better able to sympathize with the
Americans in this present war, aside
from the fact that England largely
counts on making something" out of
this war, one way or another.
mt Ho hot -
quently been amazed during the past
month at the unreasoning intensity of
the present German ill-will against
the American people. This feeling is,
for instance, strong enough to react
very seriously on the business rela-
tions between the two countries. I
speak again of what know personally
when I say that American business
men here in Germany declare they
at present find it impossible to sell
their goods to German customers. One
of them, the representative of a large
American typewriter concern, told me
the other day that the first month
OF this year has brought him loss
of $4,000 marks in commission. A big
cash register firm doing business here
direct told me substantially the same
thing. And SO one and all of them,
differing only in degree. They told
ME that when they approach their
German customers they get the reply:
I'VE dong want any more American
goods" And when they are asked
why, they bawl forth something about
st no nj y.f7,
1 will say Is stupid. OF course it is, and
that is the worst of it, for if it were
not so stupid one could reason about
it, but as it is that seems hopeless
task. WOLF Won sCH1ERBRAND.
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Noted Attorney killed.

Minneapolis, Mimi, July 10. George
81. Spry, one Of the best-known law
yers in the northwest, ran in front of a
street car Tuesday and was instantly
killed, the body being frightfully
mangled. He was 81 years Of age, was
born in Norwich, Ny. served through
the civil war, at one time was assistant
attorney Of Kansas, and has lived
here % years. He,was close friend Of
Justice Brewer, Of the United States
-"ureme court. sz'
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upper classes especially, republic o.
equivalent to downright chaos and
systematized robbery. Anot
cited was that the United States had
always been looked upon as peace
power, as q country making for the
adjustment of standing armies and
Of bloody wars, q country favoring
arbitration instead Of an appeal to
brute force. And then this sudden Access
sion of warlike fervor, and this war
for what is deemed here quite in
sufficient reasons, for that the Maine
was blown up by the Spaniards is not
believed here, and that Cuba has been
mismanaged is here held as no business
of the American people. Again, they
say, Spain is the under dog in this
fight, and hence sympathy for her is
but human. And lastly, the "over-
weening ambition of the United
States, as it is here spoken of, is called
an object of dread, not so much in
the present as in the future, and the
fear is expressed that the American
people, like the wolf in the fable, hav-
ing now tasted blood, will enter on a
policy of foreign aggression and spolia-
ton, and American proceedings in
the Philippines are pointed to in proof
of this.
All these reasons, however, I hold
to be rather fimsy, and not of kind
to arouse such general abuse on the
part of a whole nation, and I have a
theory, and believe it to be the cor
rect one, that will explain the phe-
nomenon of which I speak much bet
ter. I mean German national envy, the
most besetting and unlovable German
vice, vice which mars most Germans,
otherwise honorable men, and which
has always played too large part in
German national politics. The Ger
man people cannot forgive the Amer
lean people their national prosperity,
| their greater wealth, their easier ma
tional life. They have heard and read
so much of American millionaires that
they have begun to believe the whole
American people are rolling in wealth,
and fattening ON their "unearned in.
| crement." For there is the rub;
they do not here think that the Amer
leans have fairly earned their great
national prosperity. They say that
America has all along been "sponging''
on Europe, has been getting benefits
where no equivalent has been rem
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As Applied to Love Making.

what is the matter with young
Hankinson and Mabel Garlinghorn?
thought they were growing fond of
each other" #.I.55E.
"They were until they found out
their mothers were forming plans to
bring them together oftener, and then
they quit. They said they didn't want
any board of strategy business in
theirs. Chicago Tribune. a.
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Mankato Knitting Mills

The Wizards, w. D. and Myron G..
with capitalists whose names are not
given out, have purchased the interest
of the National Park Bank of New
York in the Mankato knitting mills
for SIG, 900. The First National bank
Of Mankato owns the balance of stock
and the Willards have offered 500, 600
for it. But a few months ago the
hosiery mills were placed IN the hands
Of the assignee and the Wizards were
former owners, having made an as
signment,
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Not Together.

Surely, the possession Of wealth and
q kind husband should have made her
happy.
rue. But in her case the riches
came first and the kind husband aftere
wards. Brook yn Life.
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Irvine Goes Up

The situation with regard to binding
swine has grown so desperate on &C.
count Of the high prices that Warden
Wolfer of the state prison will be
asked to compel the dealers who Sc
cured Irvine from his institution to
keep within the law ere eating the Irvine
factory and sell at only reasonable
profit. The price on Irvine has gone
ap from 6A cents per pound to 20 and
% cents, and the farmers will be
.mulcted for thousands of dollars.
What Warden Wolfer can do may have
to be decided in the courts.
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VIII Try to save the Colon.

Off Santiago de Cuba, July 10, via ia
maica, July 15.-Admiral Sampson sent
the battleship Texas to make the
wreck of the Cristobal Colon fast to
the shore by hawsers and cables. The
Colon lies bow on the bank, stern in
deep water. It is feared that a heavy
sea would wash her into deeper water,
as the bank is very steep, and it is i'm
possible to float her. It has, been de-
cided to attempt to save and repair
her -ss@. -
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First In the State.

Mrs. Nellie Austin, the department
librarian of the ladies Of the G. A. R.,
has organized the first circle of the or
der in Minnesota composed of colored
women. The circle was initiated at
Garfield post hall, St. Paul, by the de-
partment president, with the follow
ing officers: President, Mrs. Laura
Hickman; senior vice president, Mrs.
Lennie White; junior vice president,
Mrs. Fife White; treasurer. Emma
Houston; chaplain, Mrs. Patterson;
conductor, Mrs. Emma Warren; guard,
Mrs. johnson.
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Nothing But War Terms Now.
Il thought you said the Jones boy
couldn't whip you. Willie 4
well, he couldn't alone, but he and
his brother modified and then they
had me. Chicago Post. s.
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The Birthplace of Josephine.

: Fort de France, Martinique, is the
strongest fortified point the French
own in America. It is both military
and naval station, and fort was erected
on mountain top there years ago,
which has since been improved and
strengthened by some Of the most mod
ern guns known in warfare. During the
civil war the United States cruiser Kear-
sarge chased the confederate blockade
runner Alabama into the harbor, and
was or the point of opening fire on her
when the authorities forbade it. Here
they remained for some time, and dur
ing stormy night the Alabama slipped
out and disappeared in the Caribbean
sea. Several times the place has been
badly damaged by tropical cyclones.
during which hundreds lost their lives.
It is noted as being the birthplace OF
Empress Josephine; life-size piece OF
statuary of her adorns the principal
plaza. The fort has had for years but
one family-the king Of Dahomey and
his six wives. whom the French cap
tured after great trouble in the African
wilds and impris .--P hilad elphia
Record FL ss= #
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IN"THE VEXED BERM0OTHES. 1"
Peculiar Laws Which Apply to Wom-
en- as Property Holders In
the Island.

There are, perhaps, larger number
of spinsters in Bermuda in proportion
to the population than in any other
place on this side of the Atlantic, and
it is a curious fact that this is the law
of the land.
The semi-tropical climate of the
islands and the isolation have made of
the inhabitants of the. English stock
quiet, almost sluggish folk of SIM
plieity nearly Arcadian. The women
especially, many of whom live very mar
row lives, never leaving these islands,
are remarkable for their old-fashioned
hospitality, and a natural ease of man
ner which seems to rise from an en-
tire faith in those with whom they
come in contact. Perhaps the fact that
it would be very difficult for criminal
to escape from the islands may account
for it, but, at any rate, crime is very
rare there.
Bermuda women are excellent house
wives and bring up large families of
children, some of the most favored
young folk being sent to the United
States for educational advantages. In
matters of etiquette they are far more
strict than Americans. AS rule,
they are well-to-do, and live comfort
ably, while some of them possess ample
means and enjoy much luxury. In
Bermuda, as in England, property, es-
pecial]y real estate, remains in the same
family for long periods, and some of the
descendants of the first settlers still
possess lands which have never passed
out of the families. 1t is just this con-
servatism about properly which causes,
the superabundance of spinsters. No
alien can acquire title to land in Ber-
muda, either by purchase or inherit
ance. This is chiefly precautionary
measure against the Portuguese, who
flock to the country and go in large
ly for onion growing. But the law pro-
vides that if a woman marries for
cigner she shall lose her landed prop
erty, and shall also become incapable of
inheriting any. This law is naturally
unpopular with the women, who see
their brothers mate with Americans
and other aliens, and would fain have
the same liberty. Occasionally Bermu-
dan girls renounce their birthrights
for loves sake, but as rule the charms
OF penniless maidens are not sufficient
for young men to desire them for wives,
and thus many girls are doomed to
single blessedness in Bermuda simply
by the law of the land.-Boston Herald.
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The Country, Preacher.
He labored long and patiently
To free this world from sin,
And after years Of ceaseless toll J.
a sharper took him Il.
Harlem Life,
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= Loyal Indians.

The Indians at White Earth are
eager to 20 to war, and are consider
ably annoyed that they are not allowed
to. They talk of little else but war,
and take lively interest in all that
happens. They are familiar with the
facts of every engagement up to date,
and are studying the navy with an in
terest that surpasses anything that has
yet absorbed their attention. Those
who can read the papers are kept busy
telling about the events, and picture
papers are priced as things of great
value. The Indians natural propen-
sity seems to be a spirit of com bat,
and they would like nothing better
than an opportunity to enlist. They
claim they would make better soldiers
than the Cubans and would aid the
troops now in the field very much more
than have the Cuban allies.
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This spaniard commonly
lin the Spanish
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A Double Lynchinx..

Little Rock, Ark, July 15.-A double
lynching in which Jim Redo and Alex
johnson, two negroes, were the VIC
tins, occurred at Monticello, Ark,
Thursday. A mob of men broke down
the doors of the Jail and, entering the
cell room, poured volley of shots into
the cages where the men were con-
fined. johnson is dead and Redd is IA
tally wounded. -.
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Alleged Embezzler Arrested.

.-ass' ~
Tampa, Fla, July IS. - Charles G..
French has been arrested for the en-
bezzlement of $360,OOo from the Mer-
chants and Traders Building and
Loan association Of Chicago, of which
organization he was secretary up to
last fall. s
Given Charge Of Chicago's schools.
Chicago, July 14.E. Benjamin An.
drews, now president Of Brown uni
versity at Provide nce, r. 4, was elect
ed superintendent Of Chicago's public
schools Wednesday evening.
z Renominated. 3sg.s $ *s
Charlotte, N. G., July 10. Congress
man r. z. Linney was renominated by
the republican congressional conven-
ton Of the EIGHTH district Tuesday.
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the action of the Irene as a menace
which will require explanation. It
was thought at first that this first
outward show of force on the part of
the German ships might lead to an in
quiry by this government as to the
purposes of Germany. Thus far, how
ever, there is no disposition to make
such inquiry, or to attach serious i'm
port to the incident
New York, July 14.-A special copy
right cable from Manila, July 10, to
the New York journal says:
Admiral Dewey early on July z dis
patched the Raleigh and Concord to
take Grande island in Subic bay and
capture the garrison.
The cruisers shelled the principal
ports on the island, destroying the
earthworks and other fortified tons,
and laying the torpedo station in
ruins.
They then sent out launch with
a message demanding surrender.
There was no response, and the
Raleigh finally sent a six-inch shell
through the commodore's house.
The white flag was instantly run
up on the ruins of the earthworks.
A landing party demanded absolute
surrender.
The Spanish colonel, Rio, realizing
his hopeless position, made submits
sion and gave up his sword.
The 500 men comprising the gar
rison were made prisoners and their
rifles were taken from them.
Forty thousand rounds of ammu-
milton and one Hotchkiss gun were also
captured.
The victory gives the Americans
control of Subic bay.