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SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

Schedule III elect January IL, 1889
All tta'Is arrive at ald leave from Pennsylvania
s:ol A.M.-Daily. Local for DanyilIe Charlotte
burg and Harrisonburg daily, and ut LynchDurg
WIZ WIZ Tue Norfolk ard Western daily. and with Z.
AMI .. Ri;. for Natural Bridge daily, and Lexing-
ton daily except Sunday.
FAST MAIL Pullman Sieepcrs. New York and
Washingf IN 10 Jacksonville, uuiing at Salisbury
with sieope fog Ashesilic and Hot Springs \. G;
hh"AYine. Cnatiancoga and Memphis, Tenn, and
at charlotte with Sleeper for Augusta Sleeper
With sgenf TO for e lsnfa o9 ging 1D at Charote
to New orleans without change Dining Car
service. Surset Personally Conducted Tourist Ex-
cnIsion Sleeper on this train every Wednesday and
satRrta! I" san Francisco without Change.
4:Ol P.M.-Local for Front Royal StrasburC and
Harrisonhuie. daily. except Sunday.
$50 rMhAiY ExdfrT fff fhsr9sYe s1Hp1yxEw
YORK AND FioKiDA LiMIrED. CON Composed adf-% OF
Pullman latest Drawing Room, Compartment,
VILE aud st, Augustine and Drawing Room Car
Tor aiken; "ith connection FOR Augusta.
WESTERN vESllBCLED LIMITED, composed Of
railmnn rrailmnn FSstilnled Sieepsrs Dining Cars and Day
via Ashsyille Knoxville and Chattanooga; New
YORK to Tampa via Charlotte, Columbia. savannah
ingham; New York and Washington to Augusta a.
with connection for Aiken. and New York to New
Day Coach Washington to Atlanta Southern Rail
way b9S Y Gar " l.Ieens?ro to MoHigomery
pm. daily, except Sunday. and G:25 p. IN Sundays
day for Le bHg ana So M d da y Sf Sfei aerndan SS
Returning arrive at Washington S:2s m. daily
and 50 IN. Sunday only. and 2 IA p. IN. daily ex
cCpt Sunday. from Round Hill; 7:O6 a. m daily
except Sunday. FROM iIerndon and s:3i am. daily
except Sunday from Ieesburg.
Through trains from the south arrive Mt Wash
lnGt"i % u n IN, 9: is and 2:20 and 9:O5
pm faiiy- Harrisonhurg 1900 noon daily, except
Sunday and 9o5 pm. daily and $50 am daily
from Charlottesville.
Ii"kcts. sleeping car reservations and other in
formation furnished. and baggage called for and
checked from Hotels and Residences by Union
or.in laf+ 1-;cra ntE.
Ih5 Fifteenth st. NV, 511 PENNSYLVANIA avenue
Nv and at Pennsylvania Passenger Station.
service.
FRANK s CANNON. I'd Vice Prest & Gen. Mgr.
VI. CULP. Traffic Manager.
w. A. TURK Gen. Pass Agent.
l. :. BROWN Gen. Agt. Pass. Dept.
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WASHINGTON. ALEXANDRIA AND MOUNT
VERNON RAILROAD.


From station 1872 street and Pennsylvania ave.
In effect November /. 1898
For Alexandl ia. week days--6:30. 7:O4. x7:35
SEQ s:30. $50 OPS. 1000. IL :0O l1:i5 am,
x12:O5. l2:2I I:l4 l:45 " :64 2:4O 3:25, x359,
x+ 10. $50 sos, x5;2o, $40, x6e4. $50. 703,
80, 500. 900. 10 90. II 20 and IL 80 pm.
l2:no noon. I2:i5 80. 2:15. see As 4:3O 5:15.
900 $40. 30. s1o, 9:00 1000. II 20 and IL 30
pm.
Fer Mount Vernon, week days-6:S0. 500. 1000,
dI;oo an l2:0o l:li. 2:04, 2:40, 359. 1905 and
snndays-s:0o am. 1900 ncon 2:15. a:45. GAS
ard 300 pm
For Arlington aud Aqueduct bridge (week days.
500 SOB. 1000. I 90 a.m ii2:o5, IL 20 l:Ii
2;o4 2;io' f5;2o. 7:15. $50. 6:04. 7:O6 and 500
pm.
sundays-7;45. 900. s45. 1890, 11:IS am.
l2:0O noon, l2:io 81. 215. 800, 345. $780, 5:l5
Parcels carried on all trains. Baggage checked.
AESpress. 'R;:Rs to Payne station only
fRuns to Arlington only.
G. Z. AREOTT J. COI,yIN
President. tno4 Supernt ntendent.
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Manned your boy after yourself, Mr..
Barrows?"
mo, Mrs. Thomson, we have named him
James after prolonged family row."-Ti
Bits.
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RAILROADS.

CHESAPEAKE AND ONO RAILWAY.
1HRoIGH THE GRANDEST SLENERY OF
AMERICA, ALL TRAINS NESrlBULED.
AL MEALS SERVED IN DINING CARS.
SIAllcN. SIXTH AND Il STREETS.
Schedule In effect Dec. s 1888
go Pm pAILY-CinCinnati and ST Louis spe-
efA-Siltr train for Cincinnati, Pullman Sleepers
~ Cincinnati lexington. Louisville Indiana polls
en-" ST Louis. without change. Connects at Cow
tSg:"n, Va for Virginia fiot Springs Parior
ca" Cincinnati to Chicago.
II 10 Pm. DAILY-F r. v. Iimited-SolId train
70 Cincinnati Pullman Sleepcrs Cincinnati
Lexington and Louisville without change; open for
Occupancy At 900 .. Pullman Sleeping Car
10 trsinia Hot Springs connection for Hot
epr r.H$s. Va, daily. without change, Tuesdays
ChieaSp and ST Louis.
20 PM DAlLY-For GordonsviIIe Chariottes-
Vile. Staunton and for Richmond daily except
Sunday.
Reservation and Tickets at Chesa peake and Ohio
Offices, 5l3 and l42l Pennsylvania aEenue and at
the station. Telephone call 1411 for Pennsylvania
Fsiircad cab service Fl. W FULLER
del sod General Passenger Agent.
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ISt EI.LANEOl -.
LAKEWOOD. NEW JERSEY.

LAKEWOOD. NEW JERSEY
LAUREL =IN=THE= PINES
Accommodations for $50 guests
HORACE PORTER MANAGER
ill.rNy.Od Is 80 miles south Of New York and is
we known resort FOR health and pleasure.
toif links. CrO~S-COU1try riding. bicycling and miles
% b.aurifui drives and walks offer great induce
pleuts fer outdoor .ife Purest Drinking Water
from artasian well. drG- .th&s-i2tf
KeniaWOrth linn,
Biltmore, AsGleville, N. c.,
WILL OPEN JAN IG. 1899. AND REMAIN OPEN
ALL THE YEAR ROUND: newly furnished and all
modern !mpr, ycmsnts. GOLF LINKS and TENNIS
CUUBiS SEND FOR BOOKLET
de- .tl.S-26t L. A. kITTREDGE.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

HOTEL SHERWOOD. OLD POINT COMFORT. w
American and European Rooms. 81 and up; 81
c f. 81" wk. and NJ. Greatly improved. Hurriike
a,.,t srInf 'rtablc GEO- BOOMER, owner < I'rop
tg-H {ui-4
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OCEAN CITY. MARYLAND.


The Colonial will rsmain open all the fall aml
winter. 100 feet parlcrs ocean front incios-
ed in glass for iayGlds: heated throughout; gun
nlas. W. ]. WARRINGTON. Prop and Mgr.
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Hamilton Hotel,
Hamilton, Bermuda.

OPEN DECEMBER UNTIL MAY
Electric lights and all improvements.
MEAD \ BROOKS, Managers
New NlJk Once. Park Place. no2g-t th.Ss- -on / 0
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HOTEL WINDSOR.

SPECIAL. WINTER RATES
From September l. 1885 March l. 1890
American plaH-Single, Si5 to $50 weekly dou-
lie. S2s L. $50 weekly; 81 30 to So daily
European pIan-$I 10 $3 daily.
Open all the yea. e. JASON WATERS
Sos sSt
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Seaside House,

ATLANTIC CITY, y. ].
Pennsylvania avenue, Ocean Front
Open tho entire. year EcfuIn.sh.d. elevator. Hot
and Cold sea water baths. Rooms suite. baths
attschei Sun Puriors in house and On Beach Front.
ts31 2tJ-lO CtIAS EVANS.
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Now, If We, with our boasted intelligence
have so little actual information about
Asiatics, with what face can We charge
them with ignorance because they know so
little about us? They have special infor-
nation of their own of which we may be
ignorant. and may find it useful to learn.
Are We not daily entertained or exasper-
ated by evidences of the ignorance of the
most intelligent Europeans concerning
America and Americans? But this assump-
ton of the intellectual inferiorty of Asiat-
les is one of the prime reasons for the fire.
quent collisions between Asiatics and Euro
peanS, and for the backwardneSS of the
former to accept what We are pleased to
term modern civilization. And let us con-
slider also that, il we are thus ignorant of
superficial facts about Asiatics, how dense
character, question far deeper, more elu-
sive and more important in international re-
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HOTEL DENNIS

ATI.ANIIC CIIG, y J.
Open g guests Throughout the year
Modern in every detail
uexCelled train service. Via pennsylvania and
Reading kailIJa1s.
ia5-Tst-lU JOS. H. BORTON.
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which these religions were the source, and
frCm which the European or western mind
drew the inspiration for its own spiritual
and intellectual development? But it was
essential for the Asiatic mind and char
acter. in order that it be fitted for receiving
and organizing such wisdom. that IL should
be mystical in It's tendencies, inclined to
subtitle, subjective speculation quiescent
meditation and long periods of brooding,
such as the climate would naturally en-
courage, but of which the western mnd Is
generally impatient.
To assume as most Christians do, that
none of these religions except Christianity
is of any merit or avail is to take posi-
tion that retards the progress OF Chrlstian-
ity itself among so-calied unbelievers; for
those unbehevers are sincere and often eX-
ceedingly acute, and are to be Won by gen
tie persuasion to a higher creed rather
than by direct onslaught or negauon of
the truths which each of those religions
in some degree undoubtedly contains. AL
lowing the higher Aositi0n assumed for
Christianity, thessa acta remains that each of
the other cults was equally of divine en-
of the period or Soiintry WHERE it appeared
and perhaps CONTINUES to be of incalcula-
BILE benefit to tfrer, people who accept 1t au
fond. Each and all of these creeds teach
prachcaily the same etnics. several Oh
them are replete'with noble moral precepts
or aspirations. Thereis growing opinion.
suggested by lesHnfisoand the study OF or1-
entail literatureIU that Christianity Itself,
besides promulgating g,,ideas. especially its
own, borrowed thought from Buddhism and
Magianism; andHafat 1.-THE story OF the three
wise men is an aHegofy based on the possi-
BILE fact that during the period of eighteen
years. when Christ disappeared from the
divine records, He Swas engaged in a jour
ney to Persia and India, where He studied
wisdom with the sages of the east.
Other Debts Due to Asia.
But not only do we owe to the Asiatic
mind the world s religions, or its great
games, chess, draughts backgammon and
probably cards, or such inventions as gun
powder actesian wells, the compass and
the astrolabe. Or chemical investigations,
and whole vocabulary of scientific terms,
such as alchemy chemistry, algebra, al
debarron, boraX, alcohol alembic and the
like; or vast literature of poetry, aphor
lsms, allegories and philosophy of unsur-
passed beauty, pathos and wisdom, to
which western thought is turning with
more and more zest as to a rediscovered
mine of limitless wealth: but Europe owes
to Asia the origin, the inspiration for west
ern art
Our first step must be to study not only
the character of the variesated peoples of
the Philippines, but also of the peoples of
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Il Matter of Banking.

A lot Of travelling men were discussing poli-
ties the other evening. and having disnosod Of
tho question Of expansion to their satisfaction
they took up the matter Of finance.
Before this rowwow has become too much
involved for anybody to see head or 'ail to it,"
remarked a New York drummer, Il want 10
say that hereafter my vote goes with n whoop
TO the development and dissemination Of the
doctrines of the Chicago platform and all the
term implies"
The announcement was in the nature Of a
shock.
II admit" continued the drum ner. that I
have hitherto been in favor of trusts AMI
monopolies and corporations and money
devils and octopuses and all that Kind, bu. |
out for the other side"
Naturally everybody asked why.
Il hadn't heeHsin New York for six months
when | arrived there four weeks ago. and
ddtdnrG snow t." what extremes the money
When ] learned that. | 1T once hastereI to
reform and am now hs previously stated. 1t
banks over there. not satisfied with profits and
dl|,Idrndg and Surpluses. and sinking funds
S Woal ,HS Sh n2ra E sms,Hm w MI. ia all: G2Mcimded they
town checks, didn't know ANYTHING about
I uAtil went 10 the bank one day where |
gcncies, anu wanted To deposit i've or six
cl,rrEs Of 81 or =, each, rcp:csentng loans
lows hud helped ont oi a hole during the las.
trin. | kicked when the clerk todd me. he
once went to tho cashier and reported the
tyrnnnicnl out age
How is this said !.
" How is what no replied very stiGy.
"..This. charging for checks
ats all right. The BANKS can't work for
nothing Kent aud dividend, have To lie InId,
and %salnrloe, and taxes and insurance. and
W." We got 10 have a sinking fund and a surplus
I don I Know Hlll All | lp,ur L. tIut
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they must bldo at home when the mistress
puts on:her best bonnet and that they may 20
with her when she dons the everyday hat that
she wears TO market or the outing dress That
means q tramp through the woods. With
marked and decided characteristics that at
test intelligence. memory and gratitude dogs
also indulge In cctcntricities that are ana2-
ingly human. A bro wn and black SPANIEL.
named Frank. had three homes: one at a mill
sixteen miles southeast OF the town Of C.. one
In the town itself and the third five miles
northeast Of C. He made regular pilgrim
ages from one place to tho other. each In It's
turn. dividing his time among his three resi-
dences. He was not especially intelligent. no,
had he any other striking idiosyncrasy, but he
knew enough never to lose his way or outstay
the sojourn that he had fixed for himself at the
house Of each Of his friends. The poor brute
vas finally killed on the railway track by an
express train in one Of his mIgrations.
Nr. n. who lived in q small town In Ohio.
had n dos Who INDUCED in g freak equally un-
accountable. His dog. Sandy. was perfectly
aware when Sunday came and the family made
their preparations for morning service. They
were members OF the Baptist Church. which
they attended with great regularity. The dog
ACCOMPANIED them-as far as the PRESBYTERIAN
Church-about half way. where he left them.
'Nl wv VIC SttDs anu u NJ IL uOpT Vi tlc
Calvinistic place OF Worship which he mvs-
teriously preferred. He had lived in DR.. Ms
family from puppyhood. and his conversion 20
PresDyterianism could never be explained.
A black-and-tan terrier once furnished a
touching example OF wounded self. respect and
deep-seated indispensable resentment. His
family went way for the summer and lett
him. with minute instructions. to the care Of
the neighbors. For several days the dog was
inconsolab'e: he would neither %eatsnor drink.
and he seemed broken-heartel. At last ho
responded to the betting OF his temporary
guardian and his spirit and appetite slowly re-
turned. Finally no followed her home and he
could never he induced to return to his for
mer master. He would trot mast the gate with
out so much as turning his head. receiving
their overtures Of reconciliation with disdain.
You deserted me-" he probably said to
himself. "and l will prove to you that n dog de-
spised does not always forgive contempt. You
left me to strangers and | have found. under
their roof, a homo that pleases me perfectly.
no thanks to you"
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THE M.IITHE D'HOTIT.
Appearance Here OF n Fuuciinnnry who
Must Combine Rare Qualities.

The Importance that two or three Of he
greater restaurants Of New York have assumed
In the life Of the town has brought into cNi-t-
onre n funrtiunary not previously known in ths
personnel Of such establishments That Is tia
maltro d'h6tcl; an omcial who combines the
knowledge OF the professional cook with that
of n steward and OF a head waiter.
\ man thoroughly equipped to oil this pot
must have achieved distinction as chef o.! \
great Kitchen; he must have technical know.
edge Of ailments. skill in all that ]prrtaiu- -
the s"rvic" Of meals and executive capacit, .
control n large number Of subordinatcs. Nor
over. he should lie well appearing. suay" aui
diplomatic Of manner and speech. and Qo al.rt
here 10 recognize VARYING degrees =
wealth as is his foreign prototype To Wy
h'm3g" to grad les Of rank or, it'll" liz
is the man who supcrvisos the mou"-.
and suggests additions ar changes: . o..
CiSns and oversees tn" preparation ot 81" Il
dishes and controls the service II cvrrv L E q
n"ml" Junction. Of III" "stallI-hm"n' IN vii j.
to z Sp"mia! meal Of four, In h., caincrty {
lnnitr" d'hit"l he has confidential r'n' ~
win a very lh4rG" ]cli"ntci". nor merely "a ..'
,m'' NJ nLn lhnt covers all tie territory r'-' Z
The o(lcc Of mnytrc l'h6trl + a very ull u,'.
II had is origin IN Italy in the nftcru'h SOW
train Of catherine io MGdr"fs. wrrrI !: ~-."a,.I
permanent lolGwont. Tho maltrc d'h1t", %
tr"at tg"nch, Italian and Sw!ylsh h"t."- t, I
IA-c,puEi iIIc has. never s""uFcd n 'og'!o, ~
England. There IL "a growing acmnud fr l.l
n ms G],fntry., FOR he has Etvyn rga"tn'
diced with safety that within III" u"N'
years ho vii he II rermnncat addition g. 'h'
domestic m2"htn'ry %, those household "
greater frequency.
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L~OUISLiNi'S GREAT RICE CROP.
Prosperity Following the Experiment of n
Farmer from Iowa.


NE" ORLEANS MAY Zo.-lt Is gong to be an
o'her sFeaI rico year IN Louisiana greater
even than lS'2' when the record crop was
maze, me pi'H@niu OF February last. which
cost Louisiana mlIlions OF dollars which cut
doWh me suRar-cahe acreage one-halt and
w'Iln!Eh eN'eFhlIhalrd the orange ana liz in
o"s'ries' gave rico u Doom. hlce was IN" only
crop Ill me STARE oenehted by the abnormal
co'u weather. Alter the storm IRON all rurts
o, 'le rice country came the news ina the
situation had improved. The freeze killed of
..i., H. 80 '""'
WIN the crop broke up the SOIL ana htted 1t
ior planting rice ana the farmers put more
yor hos .ho axra,a 100 ,,t, .
NOT mas me rNI'riehce oil 1857 with IT'S over.
or affected tbo ri.o prorora TLoy hol;ovo
1h,t tho oorn,rr j.. 'rnnnraI
great deal more rice than formerly. As cooked
in the North and West the Southern cernnI 10
uninviting in appearance; as cooked in the
South and in tho Oriont il is one of the most
inviting dishes in pumho cnrrins ,mh,1ov,o
ana tho many other preparations to be made
from it. Believing that the decline In the use
of rico in Tho North w,s Iro :, tha ir,or.n,a
OF the people there how to cook it. a number
Of leading rice growers have carried on a cam
n,ion ~ ;,strrotior ,.,r,ol ,ho Ln,uIoana
,"'nn u Uepi'a' 'he hno"'euhe Oh
now 10 COOK rice. sun better work Is expected
from the Philippine campaign. Rice is largely
coruun,od thor, ors th, I;I,ni,aa III. ~
ris"n luz 'no tnIp'I"s' IKE inc
Chinese. know how to cook it. 1t is believed
that tho Noldiers who have served there vii
como bock with = taat. for rico wbor nronorrr
'''n' o"'A WIN" 'aS'e u rice' WIEN properly
cooked. and n knowledge OF how to cook it that
will soon spread throughout the country II is
,auo,,h,r,,I 40. ~, -. ....t.a,
len'un,por'u .na' '"e ieanuu attained ma''ona'
reputation during the civil war. The rice
growers Of Louisiana hope for the same result
20 "a rioo f,an,,ho pLiIi,, ~
= Tpa d. ,,y,i Nv h'iiPiIne canipaish ~,
ooiinn"n ueatrn'Incn' ol rlrn,GroWlhs IN lal-
JaSIcu, hSau,d NJ tnc nel.hnorlhS parishes
tuinn nv bn'h ni!iy atCtrm Siats, LreviIlS 70 tnat
r,tn' ~ li"aIir s'rt'o'ui soutlW"Sl l.oulsihila
Tan1p s L5hn}f! ns Nv s,s'n up 70 paSourihG cattr
dnr c a n9 NV q i'stn's Nh u'I.' aiiu SCI
uonh He". HooHc o. reht9, me hIat larnl ir-
S 24u 30 'nr grIWinE Oh rire am2 containing
iroW atrrs 81 ianui was nqnEht oya farmer from
tHE e M ade T IIe "nn rs many Nn!p9 ~ t@,uHy at t";,"9 y
and r. :, Nv ,..nienn " i"'HtiEL l'Cc oi II;
hnrtu proNTu q srfh. success me WORK or
h"nT nn3 lar I'M vas a n1 n U,uae',y ~ oo uohT ny
nnIInu; nnu tn"s WIS. ol course. very extensive.
me MesIefii farmers VINO iolIyw"d the pioneer
myro "urunI'n"n ~ tho use oi y Rtun, oeai on
" "s,rcut anh soo mm%mnnhIHinppyi IN cnI'lvatiig tnnsa,r
r,otSi anu sJon iIiVualteu 'ilG ON Systeni; i NJ
r,"oiT orvP, i" TItot'a'"n "iinDs, en.itety WIN
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re-. why-why-I wouldn't bet on it my

race. Why-why-1 wouldn't bet on it my
but look here" said Mrs, DOLBY; "a tril.
And a one, usually" said DoDley weakly.
And a one. u won certainly. Ha! hal"
.".Mai ina" sniI Dolby.
"YSy-y-yes." said Dobley,.
gramme. Here is your nqmc. " John Wood
wafS}t h DSSSl sSSiia b boT sSun What W. ,G 81 THAT
s. oa ,TriiiiSn onthHf mean straight; yes,
Doblcy couldn't answer. The cocktails were
%heginrinE to make his mind hay Gut he
her 50 aud went down ana had n cocktail.
Then he looked at the race. and scnmrd To- so"
looked ulikc about II mile in front of tn" othrys
ell the way around. \ young man lcsilc
Gohlcy was jumping, around likc a mailman.
49,. ",.Whash-th' madden til yo?,. asked Dohlry.
n nMhI ), IT, f. t 5G Gsna i hco, G Wraln Fins! hGorsI-
There's only one horse, YOU chump." yelled
the yonng man: and I've a hundred on him.
Como eli Trillion! !"
Every one was shouting Trillion. How
much dye win p asked Dobley of the young
Five hundred! Five to one. I ough. to
have had a thousand on him. Como and have
Dobley thought he'd. take n cocktail. Did
You have anything on him. asked the young
man, who tried to get Dobley to drink cham
pagDe with him.
Non, snil poblcy. but Mish' Dobley had
him. Mish' Dob!ey hash II system. Can rick
winnersh TO beat tn ban. Shay Old man. how
mush does So sh ., win? Five dollarsh onth'
Why. $50. of course"
"Yesh. thatsh the limit: she don't want to
win moro: shc'sh won .eyory race. Wonderful
sy.shtem. shay. y can't lose. Woner'ful."
Why DIS like this. She remembers an ole
school mate. shame name. y understand. and
nothin'. %IIonorn. Coombs Dobley-tlash fve
isn't ~. John Woodward Dobloy--thash four
IL Trillion.simplesh thing in the world. Ole
Man. I'd like yo' to meet my wife. She win
over a hundred to-day"
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THE RATIO or HITTER ICY,
Statistics from Various Countries of the
Condition of Education.

Ntht1stics from various NOlntrlPB OF tho
Condition of Education.
Statistics OF illitnrary are sought In CONT
mental nations Of Europe In the case OF soldiers
recruited for service in the army. Among Ger
man recruits. for instance, tho percentage of
il~litcracy is IL. or ] 900 recruits, $50 can read
and write. II cannot. In Switzerland, the per-
ccntagc of i]lst;cracy is onc-half of | per cent. 4:
in France it S5is per cent. in Holland it is a
little less 3 10; in Belgium it is l35: In Italy
1t is 80; in Hungary it is %, and in Russia it is
10. There aro no authentic ngurcs OF an OIL
cial or quaSi-oficial character in Spain show
ing the ilIltcrucy Of army recruits In Spain as
in Great Britain the test Of i~lIitera-y is the rec
ord Of marriages from which it is seen that
about ~ per cent, Of the population of mar
rAgeablu age seems to I've illitCratc.
According to the last figures Ot those signing
mlarriHg" certificates in scotland the ratio OF
illiteracy among them was only 81 per thou
sand; In, England i was IS and in Ireland il
was 10. but since then, of course, the general
diffusion of education has further reduced the
figures. making them approximate thOS" Of
Germany aud other countries of the Continent.
In Norway and STnd"n the army lper;
Germany. In Dcnmark the ratio Of
iIliteracy among army recruits is very little
higher than 1t il in Switzerland, and IN Austria
very low, In some other parts Of the Austrian
empire, however, Croatia. the Tyr0l aud Aus
tr~lnn-Poland. the ratio Of illltrracy is much
higher, bringing 1t VI among army recruits
20 pcr cent, OF the reputation. a larger proper
ton Than in any other country. is enrolled ut
schools, the average. attendance Mt which CN-
GI otidS lo'01o;2oo 10 the iarg" eo!9red p9Iu;
states Is due the fact that there is any litter
acy here to speak VI.