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Mr.. Chamberlain's View of Colonial
Self-Government.

The precise relation of the British Crown
to its self-governing colonies Is defined with
clearness and emphasis in Mr.. CHAMBER
LAIN's reply tothe petition addressed to the
Colonial Office by certain citizens Of st.
Johns, Newfoundland. 1t should be borne
in mind that the Governor of the island has
expressed approval of this petition, which
urged that her Maiesty's Government
should disallow the act by which the colo
NAL legislature recently gave effect to the
Reid concessions, which have placed most
of Newfoundland's resources under the con-
troll OF an individual contractor for a long
term Of years.
From the viewpoint Of equity it is proba-
BILE that no more plausible case could be
presented for the ~interposition OF the home
Government. So vast and various are the
concessions made by the legislative act
| complained of, concessions including rail-
way and telegraph franchises, terminal ia
c~ilities, land grants, mining rights and
water rights, that, without much exaggera-
ton, the whole island may be described as
mortgaged. Already the colonial newspa-
pers speak OF Mr.. REID as the Car of New
foundland, and there is no doubt that,
while ostensibly the servant ofthe law, and
continuing to work through his nominees
in the legislature, he will be able, in prac-
tice, to exercise the powers Of a dictator.
1t is alleged by those inhabitants OF the
island who resent tile prospect OF such a
state Of things that their interests were be-
trayed by the Legislature which made the
grants referred to, and they assert that fore
-l 4 -- --l E..
there must be some means OF redress.
This assertion is not disputed by Mr..
CHAMBERLAIN, but he points out that
redress must be sought by the colonists
at home, and not through an appeal to
her Majesty's Government, because the
appeal cannot be entertained without vio-
lating the fundamental principles on
which autonomous functions have been
delegated to certain colonies. The fact
is noted that the measure which the
Colonial Office is requested to disallow
Is mot only one OF purely local concern,
but one the provisions of which are almost
exclusively OF a financial and administra-
tive character" Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN goes
on 10 say that the right to complete and
unfettercd control over financial policy
and arrangements is essential to self
government, and has been acknowl-
edged and respected invariably by her
Majesty's Government, and guarded jeal-
ously by the colonies. He reminds the
petitioners that the colonial government
and legislature are exclusively responsible
for the management OF its finances to the
people of the colony, and no declares that,
unless imperial interests of great importance
are imperiled, the intervention of her
MajestyIs Government in such matters
would be an unw~arrantRble intrusion and Il
breach of the charter Of the colony. The
words which we have italicized seem to inti-
mate that II the legislature OF N~ewfound-
land were TO declare in favor Of annexation
to the United States the act would be dis
allowed by the home Government. This is
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1t is dispiriting to sec that the Kentucky
tobacco growers are glad OF the new monster
called the Continental Tobacco Company. II
is their duty to loathe IL and refuse to have any.
thing to do with 1t. But the business view Of
trusts often interferes with the proper enjoy.
ment Of the sentimental or rhetorical view
The anti-monopolist. wealthiest in words that
burn. pats monopoly on the head when 1t helps
him to sell for bigger prices or buy for lower
Such Is the weakness OF humanity, except that
part OF 1t that never does anything but de.
nounce monopoly. Even this part doesn't really
hate trusts. for without them its denouncing
business would be impaired.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHALLENGED.
Mrs. Eddy Must Prove Her Alleged Powers
or Confess Their Absence.

From the MEDICAL Record.
In another column in the present issue appears a
transcript from a letter to THE Sun by DR.. Charles A.
L. Reed Of Cincinnati. in reference to Mrs. Eddy's
address to the Christian world. 1t sweeps aside all
sophistries and, by directly challenging the truth of
her statements Rs to matters OF fact. brings the issue
down to close quarters. If Mrs. Eddy fails to take
up this eminently fair-minded challenge. affording
her that opportunity OF demonstrating her position
which she and her adherents profess so earnestly TO
desire. then she will stand convicted as the charlatan
We at present believe her to be. II. on the other
hand, she can practically substantiats her claims to
effect more than can be effected by ordinary lay hyp-
notists who base their position upon suggestion pure
and simple. without any appeal TO a religious plat.
form. and can clearly prove that cases of organic
disease with actual structural alteration can be cured
by her methods, she will do more TO establish her
claims among all honest seekers after truth, whether
medical or lay. than any amount Of verbose and
seemingly puerle Observation-Disclosures can possibly
accomplish.
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Virtue Firm as n stone Umbrella.

From The AHdhdhdd Pioneer.
An address in Burmese from the inhabitants OF
Myitkyina. recently presented to the yiceroy, began
as follows: I'm exercise OF the powers for the Rd-
ministrAtion OF the general affairs Of The countries
which have been aud are coming under British rule
conferred on him by her Most Gracious Majesty the
Queen Empress of India. who is Mistress of the Hun
dred Kings ruling the Great South Island Of jam
budipA, his EKcellency the Yiceroy. who has ad.
hered to the laws which it is incumbent on kings to
practice. aud possesses tho cardinal virtues as firmly
as a stone nm brellA. and has CONF assion on his sub
jects as on his own children. has. after visiting all
the countries. come to Myitkyina. We. the people Of
Myitkyina town, are as happy as II we had discerned
a full moon surrounded with luminous stars; and
We pray for the long life of the Queen Empress and
the yicerOy."
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Disguised as n Clean Citizen.
From ne Cincinnati Enquirer.

TTVHF vi FHTHTTVT.
CHATTANOOGA, Dec. 3l.-John Mattney. an
unkempt and dirty tramp. was charged with
stealing n pair Of oxen from Joe Brown of Har-
rison. this county, and selling the animals to
local, dealers, He was arrested at lockwood
finally secured n capable lawyer, and when the
case was called IN the Justice Court to-day .
clean-shayep, weIl-dressed. good-looking man
Brown and the cattle dealers took the witness
stand they were completely taken by surprise
theft. and neither Of them could swear posi-
lively that he was the thief. He WINS therefore
discharged. and before further proceedings
could be hnd he, had fled the. city. HIS lawyer
had had him shaved. his hair cut, and put q
clean shirt. and collar, on him, all OF which SO
changed him that his identity was lost.
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nruin Didn't Like the sample.


A wooden leg. saved the life OF a young man
named Kelly, who lives near Lackawaxen Pike
home Of his sweetheart at Barryville, a few
miles. distant. late on Sunday night. when he
his progress. and the animal soon overlook
him, Win one cum OF its paw Kelly was sent
beega% eEs w Inc pear oe p"I Nooden HRson him aud
consuming half the leg, trousers and shoe,
Bruin evidently became disguised and walked
away. Kelly reached home nearly frozen, bud
thankful that his life was saved.
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STATE BAR ASSOCIATION.
The Twenty-second Annual Meating to BE
Held in Albany on Jan. II and 10.

ALBANY. Jan. 5.-The twenty-sccond annual
meeting of the State Bar Association will be
held In this city on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Jan. II and 1S Former Acknowledgement
Rosendale OF this city is the President and will
deliver his annual address at tho opening scs-
sion on Tuesday afternoon. The notable ad-
dress OF the convention will be made the same
night In the Assembly chamb, y at the Capitol
by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmss Of the Sm-
sPnbleet S viii be Law in science and Science n IN
Law" After the address President Rosendale
will give a personal reception to Justice Holmes
will be held at the Kenmore on Wednesday
night. when 1t is expected that Gov. Roosevelt
will be present.
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Proposed improvement of Few York Harbor,

WASHINGTON. Jan. 5.-The Senate Committee
on Commerce to-day ordered favorably re-
ported the resolution agreed TO by the House.
directing the Secretary of War to submit a re-
port of survey and estimate for the Improve
ment OF the east channel In New York Harbor
from the NarrOws to the sea by enlarging IL 10
a depth OF IS feet and q width OF OO0 feet. He
Is also directed to report on the desirabilIty OF
the proposed Improvement.
The resolution was afterward reported to the
Senate by Mr.. White Of California, and on his
motion was agreed to.
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The Hon. DoN CARLOS ScHURz surpassed
himself In his lamentations at the University Of
Chicago. He said that nothing has in our tine
discroditcd the name OF republic In the civil
lied world as much as the Dreyfus outrage in
France and our conquest furore In America /;
and our conquest furore more, because from
us the world hopes more" The world hopes
nothing more from Mr.. ScHuRz. He is with
drawn from general circulation. but his Chi
cago speech shows that he is n rich field for the
researches OF tho specialist in mental pathol-
OUv
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The Hon. DoNELsoN CAFFERY, a Senator
in Congress from a region that was annexed.
and for a considerable time governed. without
the consent OF the governed. will rage against
expansion this week. The antl-expanslonists
are q beautifully absurd lot.
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A glow was distinctly observed over Noun
olympus.-LoRdon Telegraph
The high gods keep the Saturnalia still.

The first crank measure OF notability to
appear in the Legislature is a bill introduced
in the Assembly by Mr.. COLLINS forbidding
six-day bicycle contests, 1t is a conception Of
intellectual froth. A better bill than the Col
Inns bill would be one prohibiting legislators
from straining their minds in efforts to invent
measures that will cause their names to be re-
corded in the newspapers and bring to them a
few yellow compliments.
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The Hon. JIM JONES, the Arkansas seventh
son of a seventh son. who carried so many
States by bulletin in 1896. has as gay a whistle
as ever. He says that the Democratic out
look could not be brighter or more encourag-
ing" 1t was the Hon. jim JONES who, picked
out OF the Red River after the steamer which
had carried him and his fortunes had been
blown up. told a reporter that he had a very
pleasant but uneventful voyage.
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past great emergencies" says Mr. DAWES.
grow to a successful discharge Of the duties
here imposed. making. IL may be. many mis-
takes to be corrected. but sure OF final success.
IL We falter not in the faith that our fathers
were sent here for some greater purpose than
has yet been accomplished" Cheerful and
wise words. May they brighten up Mr.. HoAR
as he is trying to unlock tho grapevine twist
OF AuRTMAN.
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We heartily congratulate the Hon. JAMES
JACQUES CooGAN. who ten years ago made the
most heroic effort on record to be elected Mayor
OF New York. upon his attainment OF the high
office of President OF the Borough OF Manhat-
tan. His rise within that time from defeat OF
such fame to glory OF such dimensions will
bring cheer to every discouraged heart.
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Enrthest North for Wheat.
From II. Land Ap,mts' Record,

T"HT rT TF"TFT FTTTT ~
Wheat has this year been grown further north than
ever before. Al Fort Providence, on the Mackenzie
river, Just above the siEty.secoId q a lei latitude,
there is a Roman Catholic mission, and At this insti-
tuition a very hne wheat crop has been grown this
year. The crop was grown aud harvested in ninety
days. The latitude Of Fort Providence is 200 miles
further north than sitka, Alaska, and is about the
same as that Of "Gresnland's icy mountains
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1t should be distinctly understood that
Mayor VAN WICK raises salaries for the sake

The Hon. POTATO PINGREE's campaign
against the reelection OF tho Hon. julius
CESAR BURROWS was Just as effective as his
campaign against expansion will be. PINGREE
is one OF those busting fellows who are de-
scribed by their admirers as always on tho
CO." but there are occasions when he fails to
get anywhere in particular.
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Col. BRYAN doesn't stop to think how
much good he can do to the Philippines 10 he
will permit them to be annexed. Even II he
doesn't need them. 1t should be impossible for
him to admit that they don't need him..
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Governor ROLLINS OF New Hampshire
wants TO have a State highway built from: the
Massachusetts, line 10 the top of Mount Wash
ington. We cannot bear 10 think Of tho Hon.
CY SULLowAY coasting with all his length
OF leg from Mount Washington. He would
bring up somewhere in Long Island Sound and
submerge two or three States with his dis
placement
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The Lafayette statue.

To TIE EDITOR OF The sux-ST: l heartily agree
to the idea OF an open competition suggested by Mr..
Niohsus in his open letter to the committee in charge
Of the Llfay cite monument to be presented to the
city of Paris. JoHS DoSoGHUE.
GEw YoRK. Jan.
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when truth shall triumph In the dim, dis;
tant future. and the Heayeninspired historian shall
age, she will put the name OF WILLIAM McKISLEY
down as the greatest Slyster and land grabber OF all
time. JERRY SIMPSON.
dom like this. should have been defeated be-
cause. as he says. the farmers in his district
had money enough to buy o~veralls. and didn't
rally around the genius OF disaster. Prosperity
Is a curse.
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The Hon. JOSEPH CLAY STILES BLACK
BURN knows that Mr.. MCKINLEY can't be re-
elected. This Is the only expression Of opin-
ion by Col. JACK CHINN that We have seen for a
long tima.
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The Hon. HENRY LAURENs DAWES, for
merly the colleague Of the Hon. GEORGE FRS
Bic HoAR in the Senate. is as hopeful an ex-
pansionist as his Worcester friend is a despair
ing contractionist, We shall IN this. as in
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u our Jriendt tho rdvor us 'cith u1anuteriph for
publication Oiih 10 hare rejected articles returned, nsv
must in all eases send stamps for that purpote.
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CITY OF MEXICO. Jan. IA brewery trust is
about to be formed in Mexico.-S. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Impossible. Trusts are the results OF the
gold standard. The Octopus dares not venture
into a silver country. Ask any Democratic
philosopher OF good and regular standing,
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snh,crirtIons b. MaiI, P%o.tpaid.

PaRrN-Kiosque No. ~. near Grand Hotel, and
Eiosque No. 10, boulevard des Capucines.
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LongfeIlow's Wayside' Inn.

"Rich in the historical and literary
associations accumulated during two
centuries of existence says the La
dies Home Journal" "the Wayside
Inn, built by David Howe, still stands
remote among the wooded hills in
South Sudbury, Mass. The Landlord
of Longfellows famous Tales was the
dignified Squire Lyman Howe, JUS
tice of the Peace and School Commit
teeman, who lived a bachelor, and died
at the inn in 1S60-the last of his line
to keep the famous hostelry. Besides
Squire Howe, the only other real char
acters in the Tales who We're ever ac-
tually at the inn were Thomas w.
Parsons, the Poet; Luigi Monti, the
Sicilian, and Professor Daniel Tread
we'll of Harvard. the Theologian, all
three of whom were in the habit of
spending the summer months there. OF
the other characters. the Musician was
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NINETY YEARS AGO.
Curious Things in an Old Account
Book

c. w. Finch, our superintendent of
Streets, has in his possession an old
account book that is a rare curiosity.
1t was first the property of Asa Falls,
who ran a store in Thomaston, Me-,
in 1906, when the first entry was made
in the book.
The book is bound in rough sheep,
and is very we'll preserved. There are
no cross lines on the pages, and for the
most part the accounts are we'll kept.
Some of the entries afford a good in
sight into "the good old days" and
give one a good idea of the prices pre-
vailing at that time.
When the new ledger was opened, the
country was apparently changing from
the currency Of King George to the new
system of dollars and cents The two
commingle curiously. For instance,
two yards of broadcloth at 1876 figures
up to $S.12, and 'hauling jagg hay
0-6o and going to the shore Opp 70
cents"
If one might judge from the charges,
labor was cheap in those days and mer-
chandise tolerably high. Thus. Hugh
Stewart was charged AZ cents for three
pounds of sugar, % cents for two yards
Of sheeting, 81 cents for three and a
half yards of calico and % cents for
four ounces of al1spice. Nails cost 10
cents a pound, and lone pair netting
pins was listed at s cents. There are
a half dozen charges for ''perlash' on
the page. Who knows what it was?
Or "buckram, three-quarters of a yard
of which cost IS cents? Stewart was
something of a thirsty mortal, as were
numerous others OF Mr.. Falls custom
ers. He is charged 33 cents for pint
of gin and 10 cents for half pint W.
/. rum cost % cents a quart. A bushel
of oats cost 81 cents, and credit is
given for corn at 70 cents a bushel
and wheat at 30 cents a bushel Why
corn cost more than wheat is not ap-
parent.
Credits are made ''for yourself and
oxen one day, ST.; '.by four days reap
ing, 70 cents; "by one day saving
shingle stuff, 30 cents; ''by horse to
carry grain to MILL ID cents; "by
drawing a tooth for wife, II cents" A
copy of Watts hymns cost 90 cents.
and a paper of ink powder, II cents;
an inkstand is listed at 5S cents.
Nearly every customer bought to-
bacco, paying on an average 25 cents a
pound. Snuff and pipe, CENTS" is
one charge And w. I. rum was in
those ancient days one of the real
staples of life, one purchaser buying six
quarts a week. Occasionally there is
a charge for n. E. rum, two quarts of
which sold for p cents. Tea and cof-
fee brought no higher prices than to-
day. Snuff appears to have been gem
orally used, and cost "a cents pound.
In the book is the annual report of
the experimenting committee of the
town of New Vineyard. Unfortunately,
this is not dated. From it is learned
that District No. / paid its teacher
$3.50 a week; No. 3, S1.50 week; No.
f. S1.T5 a week. The teachers probab-
ly s'boarded around" Miss Mary A
Vose got so month because of her
experience as an educator. Her term
was ten weeks long. The committee
complained that the scholars" were
not punctual in attendance, and stsus-
pect from reports of children and gos-
sip in the neighborhood that all is not
right in the school room. Riverside
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The TRANSPORTATION.

Stay, Master, stay upon this heavenly
hill;
A little longer, let us linger still;
With these three mighty ones of old be-
side
Near to the Awful Presence still abide;
Before the throne of light we trembling
And catch glimpse into the spirit land
Stay, Master, stay! we breathe a purer
air:
This life is not the life that waits us
there;
Thoughts, feelings, flashes. glmpses come
and CO.
We cannot speak them-nay, we do not
know;
Wrapt in this cloud of light we seem to
be
The thing we fain would grow-eternally
"No!' saith the Lord. 1.-The hour is past
we go;
Our home, our life, our duties lie below
While here we kneel upon the mount of
prayer,
The plough lies waiting in the furrow
there
Here we sought God that we might know
His will:
There we must do it-serve Him-seek
Him still"
II man aspires to reach the throne of
God,
Ger the duh plains of earth must lie the
road.
He who best does his lowly duty here
Shall mount the highest in a nobler
At Gods own feet our spirits seek their
rest,
And he is nearest Him who serves Him
best. Samuel Greg.
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Ole Bull. the Student was Henry Ware
Wales, and the Spanish Jew was lsraei
Edrehi. Near the room in which Long
fellow stayed is the ballroom, with the
dais at one end for the fiddlers. But
the polished floor no longer feels the
pressure of dainty feet in high -heelec
slippers gliding over it to the strains
of contra-dance, cotillon or mlnuet al
though the merry voices of summer
visitors and the jingling bells OF winter
parties at times still break
the quiet of the ancient inn"
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A MINISTER'S MISTAKE.

city minister was recently handed
notice to be read from his pulpit. Accom-
panying it was a clipping from news
paper bearing upon the matter. The
started to read the extract and
found that it began: Take Kemps Bal
sam, the best Cough Cure This was
hardly what he had expected, and, after
a moments hesitation, he turned it over.
and found on the other side the matter
intended for the reading.