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treaty In much the same manner - he
learned the Samoan language.
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treaty In much the same manner - he
learned the Samoan language.
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In the report Of the Samoan commits
SION suggesting q governor at $500 . year
and q chief justice at $500, there il no
mention made Of who shall pay these sal
ares. They do not seem particularly large
TO Us. but II they have to DO paid BY the
SamoAns Il VIII BE- . heavy tax upon them.
IL SCENE hard and unfair to take the lib-
erty Of . country away. to insist upon
foreign rulers. and make that country pay
for these privuegeA Samoa has . small
population Of only lo.000 people. with only
one Incorporating industry. that Of sell
Ing copral (the meat Of cocoanuts). Tie
traders alter their scales; the natives IN
self-defense water the copral to make II
heavier. but even then the gain TO the SA-
moan ID small. and the task Of yearly ac-
cumulattng $1,000 would be very hard on
the nattveA II N strange, In reporting the
decision Of the commission, that SO inn
portant point shall be left indefinite.
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A Sunday school teacher in Boston has
thrown OUT = ST Of Kipnng's works In an
exceau Of horror. Some worthy superin-
tendsnt read soldiers Three and Null
vaney's strong language and devotion to
grog hoCrided him, ana indeed Il - pretty
lively reading for youth. But there isn't
an ounce OF harm IN II. The boy or girl
who would be anything but overjoyed to
meet Mulvaney 10 q poor creature I'm
der the Deodars." ''IAfe's Handicap and
others contain stories Of life and death.
youth. But the Boston Sunday school
should have selected tts Kipling stories;
when the great writer addresses children
he % tnlmitable.
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A book that has been steadily growing
in popularity 10 Elisabeth and Her Ger
man Garden" by an anonymous author
1t has been very little advertised. except
on its merits. and everywhere one goes In
New York one hears the praises Of this
interesting book. It has already gone
through several editions With undiminashed
popularity.
To follow the Dreyfus trial az It drags
along IN Rennes ID like assisting at slow
torture. II II a most horrible and shock
ing thing that this second trial should
have been prolonged a day. They are now
trying an innocent man (if one can pre-
tend to understand the tntricacies Of the
easel for writing document that another
man has already confessed to having sor1-
ed How 1t was possible for anyone In the
courtroom 10 listen unmoved to the horri-
BILE recital OF the cruel treatment OF Drey-
fus for i've years IN the Isle de Dtable It is
hard to understand. But then the whole
affair ID incomprehensible to justice-lov-
ing Americans. A man was sworn In and
under oath declared his conviction. his
individual unsupported opinion, that Drey-
fus was guilty. and h.s words were solemn
ly written down and used as evidence
against the accused. As though It made
the slightest particle OF difference what
any individual thought on the subject! Blu,
tho French idea n to consider man gull
ty until he 10 proved innocent. The wonder
10 In this case that tho unfortunate man
has the physical endurance to so through
with this continued torture.
TEUILA