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MAORI PROVERBS.

| The proverbs Of the Maori, like his
 incantations, songs and speeches before
 the land court, are often exceedingly in-
 volved and difficult of interpretation.
 This may be accounted for chi fly by the fact that their short sentences drawn. from long experience are generally taken
 from some fable, and used to represent
 that fable in its entirety Again it is
 natural that, among race which for many centuries has been cut off from other races. there should be found many proverbs that are only explained by a knowledge of their peculiar customs. 'The axe that is not loosened by the sun' is the motto, of powerful northern tribe, and to comprehend It's valiant
 meaning one needs to know that though ordinary axes. the heads of which are
 bound to the handle by thongs of green flax, will become loosened by the suns
 heat, the one mentioned in the proverb
 is so firmly bound that nothing can
 loosen it. Again, the Maori race, having
 had a hereditary priesthood from time
 immemoral, naturally excel in oracular antiquities, and their proverbs fre- quently show signs of this. Moreover,
 they love a certain obliquity of diction which does not simplify matters; for n- stance, instead of saving that a man is getting old they will observe that The is ascending the snow-tipped mountain of Ruahine,' and, rather than call man liar or refuse to listen to him, they will say, "Tell that to the back of my head" Apart from all these initial difficulties, however, they have many interesting and instructive sayings, the meaning of which is sufficiently obvious to justify their consideration here.
 The all-absorbing pursuit of the Maori was war; consequently his language is full of proverbs relating to that favorte pastime. When Maka set sail from Ha- waki in one of the seven canoes, his father called out to him, ''Ho, Maka, de- part in peace; leave war and knife be- hind you;' but the wise one evidently spoke to the back of Maka's head, for to judge by the history of the Maori, Maka and all the others in the seven canoes took their knives to New Zea- land with them. and kept their hands In with a vengeance. The causes of war are land and women, they say, but the Pakehas came, and added wine, or, rath- CT, a liquor called by the Maors Wal piru," which being translated, means stink water" which, in it's turn, being considered carefully, is fine descrip- tive name for bad rum. This third fac tor in the production of war was pro- verbally styled "Tuti's (Cook's) red wine;" but we are not quick to believe that such far-sighted and great souled man as Captain Cook ever did towards the ruin of this race through drink
 Women and land were the first and best causes of war. The high estima- tion in which they regard land is based |
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THE W.4TTERHORN.
Hiram HiIItop,s View oft

| We'll wife, I've fed the critters and while my toes I'm toastin', l Draw me a mug O cider and fill the apple pan, Then bring the little rocker and sit right here beside me, An I'll tell you what saw in town, an bout my latest plan. There. I know there ain't no apples got a taste like these ere russets, An that elders tang and jingle just warns me to the core; Drlvin' over Woodbridge hills, I can tell you, 1t was freezin',
 An l guess, till milder weather, I shan
 go to town no more. Yes, I've tended to your arrants. Now
 don't you talk an poster. Cause I've got important business n fo-
 mentin In my mind, An l look for you to help me, as you al
 wers are a doin'
 Yes, I'll say that for you Katy, you're a
 hepmeet true and kind. Well, you know Marl.ly Bascom spent a
 fortnight in the city, An her sisters husband's cousin took her
 to q tirst-class show; She told us how the speaker spoke his piece all in the darkness,
 While another man some pcters on a
 great white sheet would throw The lecture was on switz'land, an William
 Tell, the hero,
 An the pictures they was handsome: there was lakes and peaks an caves: There was some he called glass ears," an
 some he called "cree vassys,' Which was slidin' ice, an guies where
 men find icy graves.
 clouds all around 1t, The Matter horn he said 'twas,--a risky
 hill to climb; thought I'd like to see it, but never
 t1,nup oh tp 1n
 By goin' down to the next town, in just Il
 few hours time. When I got to New Haven I drove down An there saw the queerest sight I ever
 hope to see, For there, I, risin' up in front of that ere Was them Swiss mountain ranges right
 alongside O me. There was, the, snow-capped summts, an
 little brooks an rivers A trlckln' down the gullles an hills in An matter horns humpin' up, all black
 an griIny lookin', An there were the "cree vassys," an
 prob'bly some glass ears.'' Glass bottles, anyhow, was there, an old
 tin pans, an rubbers An scrapln'S O the gutters, too numerous
 to mention, An vapors was risin', and them there
 horns O matter, Was by their various perfumes attractin'
 my attention. Well, New Haven folks are grumblin, for
 they say come warmer weather When the mountains an cree vassys have
 kinder crumbled down, That the germs of deadly levers, the back
 silly of diseases, Will rise like hungry Cubans, and just de-
 vour the town, Talk about Jlnkin's COW yard, over to
 Boggy Holler!
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UNOBTR USIVE.

Colonel, you swear positively that your regiment never received a pound of embalmed beef in Cuba. How is it possible for you to be so absolutely cer- tain?" Because my regiment never got further than Tampa, sir."-Detroit Free Press R
 q am very much afraid" said the diplomat, that you are going to lose your prestige.'' Am F" answered Lii Hung Chang, whose possessions are 90 varied that he cannot, of course, re- member about all of them I'm sorry to hear that. How much is a prestige worth in Chinese money y?"-Washingt Star
 T tell you" said the obtrusive man, that Paris mob must be made up of wonderfully well informed people. ," But they merely parade the streets and shout" Yes: but think of how often they turn out and how much study it must take to know exactly what they are shouting about every time. "-Wa shington Star.
 No Escape,--Mrs. Ernes- tine my darling, do you expect Con- stant to-night?" Ernestine-"Of course, mamma. Why do you inquirer" Mrs. Chinner-"If he asks you to marry him Ernestine-"And if he doesn't ask me?" Mrs Chinner-"Tell him I am coming to speak to him. "-Brooklyn Life.
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ENGLISH BEER,

English beer seems to be as good and pure as United States beer. A govern ment investigation of English beer was begun by order of the Treasury depart
 ment two or three years ago. The spe- cial committee, to whom the whole mat
 ter was entrusted, report practically
 that if English beer is adulterated at
 all, the evil is not great enough to war
 rant the expense of special government
 supervision. The Board of Internal
 Revenue, say the committee, has all the
 requisite authority, and with regard to
 the suggestion that there should be a
 declaration of materials by labelling on sale, the committee say that they have satisfied themselves that in the present state of scientific knowledge 1t is not possible to determine by chemical anal ysis with sufficient certainty to obtain conviction whether malt adjuncts. have or have not been used, except In cases where excessive proportions have been employed. Consequently they hold that law making declaration of mate- rials compulsory could not be enforced if reliance were placed upon analysis for detection of violation of 1t, and that to create an offence of which proof could not be stablshed would not be desira- ble. As for the proposal that a return should be published showing the amount or proportion of materials of each class mittee decline to recommend it, their view being that it would be an interfer- ence with business of an almost unique and rather invidious kind, and
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and by daring the police to remove the hats from their heads. One day in the Ieatro Atena, the wife of a municipal official appeared with her abundant locks done up under bow of ribbon, which has since been decided to be technically hat. The commissaire of police politely recalled to her mind the ministerial ordinance, which, in spite of the smallness of the "hat," he was obliged to execute. The fair Athenian protested, and said in loud voice that she would be reveneged. The next day she went to the theater without a hat, but having arranged her luxurant hair in such a way that she had built upon her head a regular monument. The commissaire of police could only bow his head; the spectators seated behind the woman complained to the manage ment in vain.
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the front at the top of the head the headdress will not show. In profile the effect is modest and graceful, lack ing entirely the piquant eoquetry of the upstarting aigrette affairs now being worn, but having a decided attractive ness of its own.
 Usually it may be said of styles in hair dressing that a woman may adopt whatever arrangement becomes her The pompadour was for a time domi- nant, but now it is relaxed, and the rule of personal choice is again to the fore. But in matter of boleros, the individ- uars ideas may not have full swing unless those ideas are original The bolero is correctly spoken of as in revi- val, but the forms shown when last it was fashionable are not now seen. Your bolero must be of new sort; that's the long and the short of 1t. So, since the possible kinds were nearly exhaust ed about four years ago, it is no easy job to devise a new one. Hence the model of this picture should be oe in- terest. It's material was heliotrope cloth embroidered with silver and lav- ender threads. The single button seen in the picture was its fas,ening, and because Of it's simple tab and cut out neck it's shape was very odd. It's edg- ing of heliotrope velvet was matched in the belt. Under 1t was a waist of lavender and white lowered foulard with high collar to match. To have a bolero as unusual as this without being freakish, is to ensure the entire success of the gown of which 1t is part
 FLORETTE,.
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that in the majority of cases it would not enable the consumer to ascertain the materials from which any particu- lar cask, bottle, or glass of beer had been made. Being satisfied from the evidence put before them that no de- leterious materials are introduced into beer by way of substitutes for hops the committee have decided that de- mand for the prohibition of hop sub stitutes would be outside their sphere of action.
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FASHION NOTES.
Where Individual Choice Is Permitted.

Where Individual Choice Is Permitted.
 The pompadour has softened it5 rig ors. It no longer is to be stuffed and rattled, but is to be just a soft curved roll and to be parted at one side, which ever one is more becoming. Where it parts a lot of little curls will tumble down on the forehead. Very soon, too will appear little wreath-like arrange ment of flowers and ribbon for head dress wear. This will lie just back of this pompadour, at the sides the flow
 CTS will be punched a little, and the whole will recall that charming Dutch bonnet" effect that so many women found becoming a few years ago. In
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 tearly advertisers are limited to thelr own immediate business ;all matter to be unobjectlonable)l. and their contracts do not Include Wants. To Let, For Sale. etc.
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The Akropolis of Athens relates how a recent ministerial decree regarding women who wear hats or bonnets at theaters is being carried out. The first act of MT. Triantaphyllacos, the new minister of the interior, was an ordi- nance vigorously prohibiting the wear ing of hats at theatrical representa- lions. This measure met the approval of all the papers without distinction of notifies an accord that has never be- fore been manifest since the establish ment of the kingdom, it is said The
 women. however, protested in every pos eible way, by writing to the newspapers
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The president of the French republic Feceives salary of $1250O0 outright, and his allowances of one kind or an- other are as much more, making alto- gether the tidy sum of s25O, 900 for keep ing up the French presidential estab- lishment.
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Some of the New York 400 are uneasy people and try hard to have fun. The latest Is dance in which all the cos- fumes were worn inside out,
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A literary and scientific club of wo- men is to be organized in Milan in honor of Maria Gaetana Agnesi, the centenary of whose death will occur in August At an early age she was credited with speaking Italian, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, French, German and Spanish; at nine teen she published philosophical trea- tise, and then devoted herself to sci ences, mathematics being her favorite study. She stated that algebra and ge- tmetrv were the only regions of thought in which peace reigned supreme. Pope Benedict XIV. appointed her professor of mathematics at the University of Bologna, and she died at the good old age of eighty-one.
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A popular belief that Russian explor- CTS have proved to be an error is that the great Gobi desert in Asia is an arid waste. Instead of being a sandy waste, Obrutscheff tells us, it is steppe-like plateau, with numerous hills and val leys that have been produced by ero- sion since it rose from beneath the sea, and with enough rain and snow in ordi- nary years to give growth of grass sufficient for vast herds belonging to wandering Mongolians. In the most barren part of the caravan route from China to Urga, over which yearly pass 100, 900 camels loaded with tea, the wells are mostly not more than twenty or thirty miles apart. It was in this des- ert that once swarmed the hordes of mounted barbarians, that threatened China leading to the building of the great wall, 1,200 miles long.
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New Jersey woman who was tes- tifying against her landlord, aged 70, charged with assault, declared that she was greatly shocked because her daughter was looking on'' But the judge overlooked the obvious inference, and the presumptuous septuagenarian was very properly convicted and fined
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DELIVERED RY CARRIERS IN THE CITY,
 l5 CENTS WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH, $3 FOR sIx MONTHS, $6
 YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL
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The free distribution of seeds by the Department of Agriculture has for
 many years been considered more or less of a farce, if not at times resulting in actual scandal. Recently, however, this department has undertaken a dis tribution of seeds which has received the universal commendation of botan- ists, and promises to be of great bene- fit. In the seed laboratory of the divi- sion of botany, sets of economic seeds" have been prepared, which are being sent to the colleges of the United States. The seeds are contained in tubes, which in turn are grouped in trays with proper labels, and an alpha betical list of all the species arranged under their appropriate families. This is but another instance of the aid that is being given to the educational inter- ests throughout the country by the scientific bureaus at Washington, and indicates the improved and broadening conditions that are to be noted in this branch of the government during the last decade.
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The average percentage on capital in- vested represented by the amounts paid In dividends by Fall River mills during the last quarter is between seven and eight-tenths of one per cent, this figure covering all capital, whether paying dividends or not At that rate the cot annual average of. less than three per cent. It is admitted however, that at the present time the mills are doing bet ter than that.
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class, Unlocking fellows, whose ap-
pearance led me to believe that they
were aru>.d. 1t occurred to me at once
that the man had come determined to
assert his ownership here with force,
if necessary.
lie made no display of his intentions
before the funeral; he sat quietly with
his companions through the sad cere-
monies, and walked with the others to
the grave. Absorbed in supporting
and trying to console poor Coralie,
took little note of him. When the last
rites had been performed, and we had
returned to the house, was called
from the side of the woman to the par
lor Conrad Bostock was there with
his retainers, and the overseer sat
stiffiy by himself.
Il want You to understand" said
Conrad, in bullying tone, "that my
rights here will be well cared for. I've
got lawyer down at the crossing
that ! brought from New Orleans, and
he'll come up as soon as necessary. If
my father left will, one of you ought
to know it. Did hep"
looked at lie Fevre.
Tell him." he muttered.
1--WE have reason to believe" said,
that the late Mr.. Bostock did not
leave will"
A gleam of savage Joy shone in the
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fTo BE Continued


Simla, the summer capital of the In
dian empire, is pretty pine-tree place
well up in the foothills of the Hima-
layas. A feature of Simla life is the
annual fair held by the native hills
people, an attractive item of which is
Bank of Brides" in an amphitheater,
where sit numbers of young women
who thus calmly announce that they
are candidates for hymeneal honors.
Some of these asprants to matrimony
so patiently awaiting a choosing are
quite pretty. and have intelligent faces;
but those of Mongol caste must needs
linger long for a partner. if personal
beauty enters into the equation.-Ed-
ward Page CASTOR, in Woman's Home
Companion.
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YOU PLAY AGAIN.

people. You're a nice man to run a
plantation, aint you? You haven't
even asked where they've gone, or
whether they've gone at all or not
There's been time and chance enough
for them to run all your niggers to the
swamps."
They wouldn't dare. They could
never hide 'em, and"
Hadn't you better look for your
self?" said Gardette, with sneer.
Conrad Bostock, irritated but not
apprehensive, started for the door and
flung it open. Bess tried to get away,
but he sprang after her and seized her
by the arm.
What are you doing here, you
wench?" he demanded, shaking her by
the shoulder
p Nothing, NAUSEA"
"Where's the overseer, and that
young fellow?"
The woman hesitated
"Aha!" said Gardette Tell me, you
black scarecrow-or I'll cut your heart
out!'
"Dey done gone to Don'son."
screamed the frightened woman
'How long ago?"
Bout an hour, maussa."
"Who went with them?"
20 maussa-"
Tell, you wcnch-or I'll cut your
throat"
One of the men handed him knife
The woman cried and begged.
Tell me the truth, then, or you
dier'
missy Coral went wiv 'em. Dey're
all goin' to de nawf"
With an oath the infuriated master
flung the woman off, and rushed for
the stables, followed by his com,
panicns Everything on wheels was
hope elesslv disa bled
"Who did this?" he thundered. 70 the
trembling negro in charge.
''Maussa LIE Fevre, sab. begged
him not-but he done would do it."
Where's the other horses-and the
mules?"
He done turn 'em all outen de
cane"
go catch them-quick!'
'I'll try, maussa-but de night
dark, an it takes long time to find
EN-"
With blow of his fist, the enraged
master knocked the unoffending negro
against the side of the stable. and re-
turned to the house for consultation
with his friends. 1t was agreed that
nothing better could be done than to
wait for the morning boat up the
bayou.
Three hours after daylight they were
at Donaldsonville. Jumping ashore,
they learned that the Cotton Queen, an
hour late, had left twenty minutes be-
fore.
Run to the telegraph office, Gar
dette," cried Bostocs. 'Send full par
ticulars to the officers at Baton Rouge,
and tell them to arrest and detain the
party, Sign my name"
He went out himself to the low bank
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lief in laugh at my eager reckless
ness. Rapidly he laid his plans before
me. ! considered it as he spoke, and
saw that it offered chance of success.
He said that men of the class of Con-
rad BostoclS and his companions, upon
such an occasion as this, would be
very sure to spend the night over the
wine bottle and cards. He proposed
to communicate stealthily with Coralie
through the faithful house servants,
and after midnight get her quietly out
of the house and drive to Donaldson
vile, taking carriage and ponies from
the place. He knew that the Cotton
Queen stopped at Donaldsonville about
daylight, going up, and that to-mor-
row was her day. We would go far
enough to reach the vicinity of rail-
road, short of any of the cities where
we might be overtaken by telegraph.
and there go ashore.
1--WE can throw off the pursuit in
this way" he said. I'VE can land at
some obscure wood station 1t must
be this side of Baton Rouge, if the
Queen stops there, for there the tele-
graph can overhaul us, and we will
strike across the country to some
equally obscure railroad station. I'll
defy them to find us when we are
clear of the river | have plenty of
money; that and little adroitness
will carry us safe through to Canada
within week"
lie Fcvre, you're noble fellow. If
| ever"
Don't bother so rself." he laughed.
Were not there yet"
convulsion of mirth seized him.
He sat down in the grass and shook
with laughter.
You needn't fear I'm going crazy,
Dorr But suppose anyone had said to
me three days ago Wash LIE Fevre,
you think you're good deal of
southern man, now, don't you? And
you think slavery is about the thing
for the niger, don't you? Well, next
week you'll be trying to run off slave
to Canada Suppose any man had said
that to me! I'd a struck him, if he
was as big as mountain And now
look at mel"
circumstances cnange all OF us.
''They do, indeed. Now to work.
I'll go and feel round among the house
people, keeping carefully out of sight
Go get into the shade, and stay there
till you hear from me | don't want
you with me yet; you're too rash I'll
send one of the boys out here with
something to eat, Here's some cigars;
these confounded skeeters would eat
you up alive"
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LuclSy Torcthought.

snow, wonder what it was I meant
to ask you about" mused the professor,
as there came slight pause in the con-
versation.
whether had followed up that line
of thought you spoke of a week or two
ago." suggested Miss Peduncle, "about
the possible cause of the lack of'coordi-
nation sometimes observed in the ac-
ton of the two hemispheres of the
brain"
mo, that was not it," said the pro-
fessor, who had furtively consulted his
memorandum book. what meant to
ask you this evening, Miss Peduncle,
was this: Will you marry me ?"-Chi-
cago Tribune.