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whom III
was not altogether uupleas"-..
dreadful sorry this should have hap
pened though, and I'll talk seriously
to Job.
so will T." CRASHED the captain.
"I'll break every bone in his body"
But Job, wiser in his generation
than the children of light, had taken
particular care to go over to his
rran6mother's, six miles across the
snowy fields, to spend the night, and
the only person the captain saw was
old Mrs. Westerbrook sitting by the
kitchen fire. ),
"You've lost your chance, captain,
said she, good humoredly. "Dorcas
smith has just gone by on her wa,
home from the sleighing party, and she
says Max Crossley brought si6yl o,l, mar
rington in his new cutter, and they're
engaged. "
The captain went home the mex
day according to program, and Mrs
Max Crossley has never seen MN
since. And when the affair came OF
Job got piece of wedding cake ol'
enough to give him the dyspepsia 10
q week.
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When his following grew turbulent
+bo etole him into exile and kept him

When his following grew turbulent
they stole him into exile and kept him
hidden away for three long years.
Times changed. Political lines
shifted in.the islands. Malietoa, the
weak, died. Note the drama. A man
of the United States, William Lea
Chambers, of Alabama, had come to be
chief Justice of the island, under the
provision of the Berlin treaty. Not
| long ago a German had held that office.
Now that question of vital political
import was to arise to be passed upon,
a hated American was seated in the
chair. A half dozen claimants for the
throne sprang up. Moli, the brother
of the dead Malietoa Lanpepa was one;
Malietoa Tanus, o son of the dead
sovereign, q STRIPPING little known to
the chiefs and the people, was another.
The American chief justice, con
STRUNG the Berlin treaty, read Mataafa
outside of the ranks of those who may
be King of Samoa. The old exile hao
carried by o vast majority the odd sort
of an election by which king is elec
ted. The Germans, who had put tina
clause in the document, found it las
to bar their own path even more thai
that of the aged, Indifferent Mataafa
whom they had brought back iron
exile to make king.
The Germans want the ruling han'
in Samoa. They cannot claim this OF
the strength of their superiority il
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The war with Spain and the press
ing occupations connected with the ex-
pansion of our territory have caused
Samoan affairs to slip temporarily into
the background. The appearance OF
the Philadelphia in Samoan waters will
signalize the resumption of our full
rights and responsibilities there.
More> fascinating than romance is
the naive story of the brown skinned
folk of Samoa these twenty years past.
It is tragedy, it is farce, it is opera
bouffe, it is childs play. lisa tissue
Of intrigue and greed and simplicity:
And the mighty import of the world
politics threads the whole by virtue OF
the clashing interests there OF the
three great-Powers of America, Eng
land and Germany.
Nearly every year in the past twenty
there has been q crisis there, clash
of kings or a wrangle of consuls. War.
ships have rolled into the tragic bay OF
Apia and lain there at anchor, silent
but powerful factors in. the situation.
Almost ten years ago came the great
est of all the crises. Rival kings were
warning in the island under German
incitement. Consuls we're at daggers
point. Washington, London and Ber'
lin were aroused. Out across the
Pacific into Apia harbor sailed three
American warships. Three German
vessels lay there already. Her Maj
esty's steamship Calliope putin The
ugly quarrel was smoothed over BY
none of the soft speeches OF dl
plonacy. The British and Americans
stood allied against the greed and as
sumption OF Germany and there wa.
no pretense of-concealment. The blui
naval officers talked plainly of shoot
ing and meant it. Rumors came t
America that already there had been
fight between the United States steam
ship Adams and the German ship Ad
Ter, in which the former was SUNK b
the first shot. One day the fire wa
nearly ignited. English and America
vessels had followed the Germans o
q cruise about the islands with ou
spoken intentions. The tension we
too much; at ono point the Germa
! lowered his gun ports and made read
to fire. >,
By no more than a hairs breadt
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,vu ever go rvsa mllltary ball? Old
Yeteran-No, my dear young lady; IN
those days had military ball come
to me. 1t nearly took my leg on!
she-I do so hate to see msswalk-
ing along the sidewalk with his VIE
following two OF three feet behind
him. He-Perhaps that is his only
chance to get ahead .. her, poor man.
The Lady-You here again? me
Tramp-Yes, kind lady. "Weli, 1
won't help you again: 1 don't belleye
you've done thing all winter! IN
deed I have, mum; I just done thirty
days"
Judge-Do you know the prose-
cutor in this case? Witness Yes,
sir. Judge-What can you say OF nus
veracity? Witness Well, your honor,
he was once life insurance agens
and Judge--That will do. Case
| dismissed.
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TALE OF A .TERMAcANT.
Her Meek Lite Husband Mistook Bear
for Her.

Her Meek Lite Husband Mistook Beal
for Her.
Hentley is one of those dear little
New England villages where any old
lady with whom one-sits down to have
a chat cat1 tell uumberless anecdotes
of the courtships, quarrels, marriages
and funerals of the inhabitants for
generations back.
|. A favorite tale is one of local ter
r1agant, married to a meek little hus-
baud, who never found spirit for more
effective remonstrance against her
tantrums than the half-alarmed. half
reproachful expostulation "N-n-n-now,
Lucy Ellen! N-n-n-n-now really"
One day man with a performing
bear arrived iu Hentley. It was ex-
treme y hot weathe", and the beast
felt the oppression of his shaggy hide.
he became ugly, sli ped the muzz e,
frightened off his keepers, and began
to ramble about the village frightening
the Inhabitants.
In the course of his wanderings he
reached the house of the henpecked
husband, who happened to be alone.
The bear, smelling some honey which
had been stored in the pantry, nosed
for awhile about the outside of the
dwelling, and then with a sudden
shove of his great body burst in the
door.
The neighbors heard terrible
shrek, and several of the boldest
among them, catching up scythes,
sticks and old guns, rushed to the
rescue, expecting to find the poor lit
tie man in the ferocious hug of the
bear.
As they approached the hous strange
sounds were heard-gruuts, grow!-
ings, ratings, smashings aud gulp-
ings, with running accompaniment
of inarticulate remarks. Looking in
at the window, they beheld the bear
overturning and devouring such
edibles as pleased his fancy, while
barricaded in q corner behind the
kitchen table the master of the house,
trembling and entirely too confused in
his terror to know what lie was doing
OF saying, had iustinctively fallen back
upon the familiar phrase which served
him in q domestic crisis.
'N-n-n-n-tlow, lie was gurgling hys-
to his unwelcome guest, as
first honey, hen sugar, then preserves
vanished before his rapacious appe-
tite-early courses of a meal of which
he expected to provide the dessert in
person-"N-n-n-n-now,. Lucy Ellen!
S-n-n-now really, Lucy Ellen!'
The bear, gorged and satisfied, was
soon captured land waddIed peacefully
lway with its owner; but for many
years after the episode Lucy Ellen
urned red if bear was mentioned in
ler presence, and Hentley old folk
'huckle over it delightedly to this day.
Youths Companion.
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HUMOROUS.

'It is bad plan to rake up old
quarrels. eyes, at our house. we,
can always find plenty of new ones"
Weary Watkins-Don't you wish
we didn't baf to eat? Hungry Hig-
gins-An' have nothin' to live fer?
Huh!
"Now that his father is dead I sup.
pose Goodby will spend all his
money" "Oh, no; he gets married
tomorrow"
Pa-What's baby crying for, Dolly?
Dolly-Just COS 1 showed her how to
eat her cake.
Aunt Jane-It's so pleasant to haYe
baby in the house. Walker-How
can it be pleasant when there is con-
tinual squall?
Friend SO the editor sends you his
paper free? Poet-Yes; he says I
needn't subscribe if I won't contrib
ute any more.
''Marie, I thought your doctor told
you that you were not strong enough
to ride bike?" eyes; but went to
another DOCTOR"
Hicks-Do you have running water
in that new suburban cottage of
yours? Wicks-No, but We have
water in the cellar!.
Nothing so hard but search will find u
OUT"
The poet writes-untrue, beyond doubt; :
When she the truth would hide, no bard nor
sage
Can learn the figures of woman's age.
'This is ticklisb undertaking, %
said the fly as he skirmished out across
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Bicycles in the Orient.

In Corea cycles are becoming COM
mon. The natives are gradually TAX
ing q them, and it is stated that two
ex7cabinet ministers of Corea now
ride The streets of Seoul are excel
lent; the country roads seem pretty
bad at first, but when one becomes
accustomed to riding the narrow foot
paths upon the dykes the whole coun-
try opens up as field for cycling.
There are no fences, and these PATHS
run everywhere. The missionaries
nearly all use bicycles in making trips
through the country. Nearly all the
cycles used in corea are made in the
United States, and Japan comes next
in the amount of it's imports in this
department. Very few English OF
French bicycles are used.-Washing'
! ton star,
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been the first of their kind We might
be at some loss to account for them;
but We must 60 back more than a
dozen years for the beginning Of the
efforts of the German traders to acon-
troll the islands and to turn them, if
possible, into a German possession.
AS long ago as 1885 Consul Stuebel
and Herr Weber, the head of thelead-
ing German firm, tried to Bring
King Malietoa under their contiol,
and, finding this impossible en-
couraged Tamasese, the Yice-King, to
plot against the Government. In 1887
a German naval officer landed hismen
Mt Apia and hauled down the Kings
flag, the unfortunate monarch being
soon afterward taken away on a5Ger-
man ship to a distant land, iand
Tamasese set up in his stead, The
people, finding Tamasese only a Ger
man puppet, chose Mataafa to be their.
King, and he distinguished himself
by defeating with considerable hiss
landin" no"tr from the German cruiser. ]
.9f. 2rrntests sof !
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were buried many German and Ameri-
can seamen and along with them, as ii
happened, were buried for the hour
the ugly quarrel which had divided
them. The nations we've brought to
their senses. But for the tragic in
tervention of the hand of Providence,
who knows but that great war might
have started? The Berlin treaty fol-
lowed in its stead.
Now the second great crisis has
come. The poor, vacillating king, set
upon the throne by the Berlin treaty
of 1891 is dead. German interests,
which have ever dominated on the isl.
and, seek to replace him by a man
suited to their own desires. Strange
contradiction of fate-that man is Ma
taafa. Stranger still he stands barred
from the petty throne by the very act
of the Germans themselves, by their
own special provision, inserted in the
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A coi,cidenco of Grnndsons.

A strange coincidence occurred re-
ceutly in the family OF ex-County Com
missioner George W. Cuskaken OF
Shelbyville, Ind. On one Tuesday
morning, at 9 o'clock, an eight-pound
son was born to his daughter-iu-law,
Mrs. Edmond Cuskaden of Arcola,
Ill.,. and at exactly the same hour aud
dav son, weighing exactly eight
pounds, was born to another daughter
iu-law, Mrs. George T. Cuskaden'
'rheywcre christened William J.Bryan
ID Fitzhugh Lee. ndianapolisl Sen
tilal,
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FIELD AND FOREST CALL

There Is field, that leans upon two hills, 9
Foamed DER with flowers, and twinkling
with clear rills;
That. in its girdle of wild acres, bears
The anodyne OF rest that cures all cares;
Wherein soft wind and sun and sound are
blert,
And fragrance-as in some old instrument
Sweet chords-calm things, that natures,
magic. spell
Distils from heavens azure crucihle,
Anu pours on earth to make the sick mind
well. ~
There lies the path, they say
Come away! Come away!
There is a forest, lying 'twixt two streams,
Sung through Of birds and haunted OF dim !.
dreams;
That in its league-long hand of trunk and
Lifts green wand that charms away all
grief
Wrought OF quaint silence and the stealth
OF things
Vague, whispering touches, CLEANS and twi.-
terings.
Dews and~cool shadows-that the mystic
or nature permeates with suave control
And waves DER earth to make the sad heart
whole.
There lies the road, they say
Come away! Come away!
Madison Cawein.
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e.Ian,4 arriza in time" said the

wouldn't arrive in time" sold the
bride. H.,
IT wish it hadn't" groaned the
groom, who had just then caught signe
OF the decorations upon the trunk.
During the trip to Jersey City tne
bridegroom tried to reach the trunk
in order to denude it OF its decoTa-
tions, but the baggage master, VINO vi :,
winked at the conductor, WOULDN'T
help him find it, and when the train rain
reached Jersey City the trunk had
Gained few new trimmings. The alr
Was blue when Mr.. Mahaney, in Jer'
sey City, aided by q sympathetic Dag
gage man, who said he had recentlJ
been married himself, finished tearing
off the decorations from that trunk.
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nossibIv was war averted that day.
For some reason known only to him liz
self the German did not tre. Inc
sh;ns steamed sullenly back to apia
harbor, There they lay watching each
other with angry eyes. They were
prey to fate. At tue moment @hen
war seemed most imminent came a
terrific hurricane up outo the Pacific
into Apis harbor,. in the angry sea
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trade with the islands, for in this re.
spect they fall far below the United
States, Great Britain md Australasia: |:
In 1897 the islands imported $53, 4lo
worth of goods from the United States
e1e 900 from Great Britain and only
1850 from Germany. Tho Germans,
however, prepare and export great
deal OF copra, and they own most OF
the land that foreigners hold IN the
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THE CRISIS IN SAMOA,
Fascinating Drama of t Three contendng Nations in the
Faraway Pacific island.
WE OPPOSE GERMAN AddpEss1oNs.

The belief in Washington that Ger
many will repudiate any unlawfuEacts
of her Consul at Apia, Samoa, and
will also disavow responsibility for the
extraordinary attempt of DR.. Rafel,
the President of the Municipal Coun-
Gil, to run the Supreme Court, prob
ably accounts for the calmness with
which the Administration regards the
matter.
If the recent aggressions Of local
German representative III Samoa had
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had very prosperous history. The
time is coming, however, when she
will see better days. The resources
of the group, which, all told, is about
as large as Rhode Island, have YET
scarcely been touched. In fact,
nobody lives more than. three or four
miles from the sea and the inner parts
of the islands have not been Utilized.
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THE SUPREME COURT HOUSE AT Ap1A.

Berlin treaty, to keep him out of the
seat of authority. It is as though the
hand with which they had struck
Mataafa had rebounded and smitten
them. They had been his dearest
foes. He had been the instrument
with which the undisputed reign of
puppet king of the Germans had been
overthrown. They were his followers
who slew forty of the flower of the
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manifestly The advantage of him. Ant
pretty Sibyl and Max Crossley, will
his red cutter and great chestnut-col
ored horsel The captain executed ar
impromptu series of gymnastics in the
hay as he reflected on all these things,
II won't wait another minute fol
him" said Sibyl Harrington, coloring
up with the tears in her blue eyes.
"Go on, girls; l shall spend the even.
ing at home"
'There's plenty of room for you in
our sleigh, ,Sibyl," coaxed her brother,
a great good -humored athlete, with red
whiskers and dimples like her own.
'tBessy Brown will be glad to have
you along"
'sNo, she will not, either" pouted
Sibyl. Gas if I were going to spoil
all her fun! No; if can't have IN es-
cort of my own I'll stay at home and
mend stockings. And never-never
will speak to Captain Meredith againI"
Hosea Harrington was just opening
his mouth 10 argue the matter with
his sister once more when the door
opened and in walked Max Crossley.
Sibyl jumped up, radiantly; she
never had been so glad to see honest
Max in all her life before.
'tNot gone yet, Sibyl? Where is
the captain?"
st don't know" said s-byl, tartly,
''and I don't care. Am I Captain
Meredith's keeper?"
"Of course" said Max, ''I can't ex-
pect to make myself as agreeable as
the city captain, but"
"The captain! the captain!" cried
Sibyl, little irritably. "I'm sick of
the sound of his name! I never want
to see him again! What nice new
cutter this is, aud how cozy the wolf
robes are"
"Sibyl," whispered Max, as he
touched up the horse and felt her nest
ling close 10 him, sis it for always?'
''Yes, always" she answered.
"Je-rusalemp said Farmer Wester-
brook.
1t was past ten o'clock at night, and
the old gentleman had come out, as he
always did the last thing before retir-
ing to rest, to see that Job had not
set the barn on fire and that the dumb
members of his family were all safe
and comfortable. 'I do believe that's
old Mike Westerbrook's ghost come to
life again, poundin' like all possessed |
on the barn chamber foorp'
''It's NEE! It's me-e-e" bawled
the captain, forgetting all the nicer
distinctions of grammar in his delight
at the prospects of release; "unfasten
the trap-door; let me outp'
Slowly the farmer lifted the ladder
and adjusted it in its place. With
rheumatic awkwardness he climbed the
grounds and undid the hook
from its hasp.
Chow in all creation came you
lere?" he demanded. ''Why,I thought
you was out a sleigh-ridin' with FL
-olsr
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ssUp with yoG,
but Job shrank steadfast!y back.
'I wouldn't for $780," said Job.
cold Michael Westerbrook hung him.
self from the middle beam Il years
ago, and folks say he stands up there
with rope around his neck every
moonlight night.
"Stuff and nonsenseP' CALCULATED the
CAPTAIN in accents Of supreme con-
tempt. "You great cowardly lout,
stay where you are, then, and LII go
myself.
He sprang nimbly up the rounds OF
ladder and disappeared through the
trap-door.
'sWhere is it?" he called.
ssThe ghost? Right under the mid
die beam by the windy was the place
where
"Blockhead! I mean the string OF
bells. f"
Look for 'em yourself" said Job,
sulking. ''I don't know where they
be. and what's more. I don't care.
'pll settle with you, my fine fellow,
when I come down" said the captain
threateningly. as he groped aboutin the
dim light which was admitted by q
cobweb window at either end of the
barn chamber.
"Don't hurry yourself, cap'n," re-
Joined Job, in a ieering mood.
AS the captain plunged into dark
corner, there was jingle, and the
string of bells suspended from a nail
hit him directly on the neck, SO like
the grasp of death-cold fingers that he
could not but start.
"Oh!" said the captain, nervously.
"Here they are. Catch 'em, Job
Hal-lo! Where's the trap-door?''
And it took the militia man fully 6(
seconds OF more to realize that the
trap-door was closed and fastened OF
the lower side. He rushed to the
window and threw it up, only to SET
Job speeding up the hill.
"Hal-lo-o-oap yelled Captain Mere
J dith. "Come back, you scoundrel
you ill-conditioned lout! you imp o
a evil!'
Job turned round and executed tha
f peculiar gyration of the fingers in con
$ nection with the nasal protuberanc
Il which is supposed to express the eS
J, tremity of scorn. :.
: "You'll find the ladder on the bar
d floor, cap'n," hooted this young rebel
V sAnd don't be afeard O. the ghost. It
It very harmless if you let it alone
v siBut, Job job, come back I'm
be at Mr.. Harrinston's at half-pas
o seven!''
l. sDon't worry" hoarsely bawle
Job. "Miss Sibyl won't wait ver
g long afore Mr.. Max'll be on hand
= The captain danced up and dow
4 the barn floor in an ecstacy of rage
y Job disappeared over the crest of tt
t hill. There was no use calling ft
h. help. He knew very we'll that if l
in had possessed the lungs of Boreas |
could not have made anyone hear. 3
sat shivering at the sound of Kickir
j. Billy's feet among his snug bed
il straw and thinking how disagreeah
or a bar of moonlight which streame
down from crack in the apex
~ the roof, rescmbled tall, white fgu
of standing under the centre beam. f
le could almost fancy the rope round
neck = pshaw! And the capita
or jumped up again, with starting de
Mt on his temples, even in the freezil
ng atmosphere of the barr, chamber.
Nv What was to be done? he asked hil
o. self. And Echo, if Echo had had al
ax common sense, would have answere
'.Just nothing at alll' Job had OIL
all witted him. He might and probal
Ii would "settle'' with Job for the
ds ture, but for the present Job b
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The charter of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company is dated
March II, 1893, and its founder was
Robert Keyne, part member OF the
Honorable Artillery Company OF Lon
don. which was chartered by King
Henry VIII. The Boston organlza'
tion was first known as the Military
comnany of Massachusetts,
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A Reliable Sign.

"Now," said the attorney for the
defense "here is q skull. Can you
tell us to what species it belongs?,. j.,
"It's the skull of lawyer, replleo
the expert witness.
How can you tell?"
"By tho cheek bones"
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delightfully."- hard and well packed ani
glorious full moon shining down as
whitley as ifa rain of silver were del.
uging the whole world!
Couldn't be better weather!" said
the captain. "Job, where are the
sleighbells?"
Dunno" quoth Job, indiferently.
'There's them old jinglers in the gar
ret that used to belong to Deacon Joe
Westerbrook that was in the revolu-
tionary war, and there's the two cow
bells that Mary Ann might scour up
with ashes"
'Pshaw!' said the captain, edo you
take me for Rip Van Wrinkle? There's
pretty little string somewhere, for I
saw them when Mrs. Westerbrook
went out day before yesterday"
81 hain't seen nothin' on 'em," said
Job.
Come, come, don't make yourself
out any stupider than you be by ma
ture, Job," said the farmer, laughing,
nevertheless, for the captains airs
and graces were fast wearing out his
welcome, and he secretly sympathized
with the much:afflicted Job. "I guess
they's out in the barn chamber. You
better go with him, captain, if you ex-
Feet to find 'em-our Jobs dreadful
thick-headed when he chooses to be. I"
"Come along, my line fellow" said
the captain jocosely, collaring Job and
marching him off in the direction of
the old red barn under the hill. "We
don't need any lantern in this bright
moonlight, that is one comfort" Z"
Old Billy, renowned for his kicking
qualifications, blinked sagely around
at them from his stall, and Tom, the
little gray pony, who was destined to
figure in the cutter shafts that night,
set up low. frlar y thew
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