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probation of their domestic virtues. u
according to the silver plate on the
organ. But England seldom inter.
feres with anything concerning the
Government of Pitcairn.
When Christian had confessed his
crime, however, President Nc Coy
called meeting of his parliament, u
aud, as there was no precedent by
which to be guided, it IVES decided to
imprison the young man and appeal
to England to, send out and try him.
So the man .ofwar Royalist was sent
to Suva in the Fiji Islands to get the
British Judicial Commissioner for
the Western Pacific" The commits
sioner went to Pitcairn in the Royal
ist and Christian was tried before him
and convicted, though he repudiated
his confession and pleaded not guilty.
He was taken to Suva 'for final salts
faction of the demands of justice"
One peculiar thing about the Pit
cairn Islanders is that they all speak
English with decided "down East"
twang. and use many expressions
which are seldom heard in Old Eng
land, but are common in New Eng
land. They are light-colored peo'
pile, with blue or brown eyes. The
only harbor in the island, and that is
not a good one, is Bounty Bay, a
slight indentation in the shore, where
the mutineers burned the Bounty
when they finally decided to stay on
the island. Rising up back of the
little settlement is peak called the
Goat Eouse, and near its top is cave
where the mutineers used to hide
when they saw a sail approaching the
island. In the first few years follow
ing their crime Christian used to
spend certain part of each day on
the mountain on the lookout for sails,
in order that call bands might douse
the fires and go aloft, when there ap-
peared any possibility Of their exist
ence being discovered. They did not
descend to the village again until not
only the coast, but the ofing, was well
clear. But men and times are changed
now on Pitcairn, and a visiting ship is
warmly welcomed.
The Parliament House of the island
is interesting, because in it is some
timber taken from the Bounty. This
building has for windows two rows Of
portfolios, which give it the appear
ance of stranded ship. The house
in which the president lives is the best
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jnpanese Genius.

One year ago there came to the Uni
versity of Michigan, at Aun Arbor, q
young Japanese, the scion of noble
family in the Mikado's empire. Tt
seems that the Japanese aristocracy
are suffering from the usual noble all
ment-hnancial stringency-but in
this particular case-contrary to Gus
tom-the young man did not set nets
for IN American heiress, but. rather,
set his brain to work. He needed
money to complete his college course
and goaded on by his ambition his
Japanese mind evolved a "muff
stove.
It is a compact bit of hardware and
a most useful one and it is reported
that the sales of it have beer sufficient
to warrant the inventor in taking q
suite of front rooms, when few days
ago, as it were, he lived, ,breatled and
had his being in hall bedroom three
back.
The "muff stove" is metal box,
small enough to be slowed away IN
lady's muff and covered with thin ie!t.
Inside the box shoulders chunk of
punk, the stuff that just burns itself
out without ever bursting into fame.
The box can be loaded for any length
If time up to five hours. If you are
simply going to run over to the corner
to fill the Pail little piece of punk in
each of the two stoves for either over
coat pocket adjusted to burn ten min
utes, will keep the hands warm and
nice. If the trip be longer one, why
q bigger piece of punk is all that is
required.
The inventor of the convenience
claims for his stove that it is bound
to revolutionize winter. Detroit Free
Press.
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VAC v.1 VI r.vvuiy, UuU Uui preparedness
thereto. The flag. is not menace to
the world, nor under the pretext of
It's name is policy Of aggrandizement
foreshadowed. 1t is safe in the keep
ing of Young America, and when the
cause is right it will be uplifted.
It's placing in the circle secures an
admirable balance between the varied
portions and the fat ones very enjoy
able to the eye. The strong horizon
tai bar formed by the cannon, low
down in the space, lifts mp the 1.-the
figure of the youth, and gives it a dig
nifty and sense of size very difficult to
obtain in so small a compass. Again,
the poise of that foot upon the rope
observe how ezquisitely sensitive it
is!-brings into the narrow space at
the bottom an interest and distinction
which make it contribute to the dec
orotion of the whole. Lastly, the.
whole possesses that quality which is
such charm of low relief-''envel-
oppe"-as the sculptors call it. At
mosphere is, perhaps, our nearest
English word; the pattern of the dec
grafton is not one merely of liget and
dark, cut of several degrees of light
and several degrees of dark, as if
viewed through varying planes of at
mosphere. The result is, though, not
hard and gritty, but luminous, rich
and velvety.-Harper's Weekly.
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AM operntlon stopped the sneeslng.

A remarkable physical phenomenon
was reported to the Medical society of
the District of Columbia at recent
meeting by DR.. Walter A. Wells. A
girl II years of age began to sneeze
while in the schoolroom one day last
October, and was uncomfortable. The
teacher sent her to drug store, and
the apothecary gave her powder
which she was instructed to inhale
like snuff. This did no good and she
was sent home. Her mother having
tried all of the ordinary remedies
called q physician. He prescribed
sedatives such as opium and bromides,
first small and then larger doses, but
the sneezing still went on. A consul
tation was ordered, and it was de-
cided to give the patient chloroform.
While she was unconscious the sneez-
ing stopped, but as soon as the stupor
wore offshe began again, and continued
regularly night and day without ces-
sation, until surgical operation was
detern ed upon. An abnormal
growth was found in the nose, which
the doctors believe caused the irrita-
ton. DR.. Wells undertook its re-
moval by the use of electric needles
and the sneezing stopped.
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died, became religious enthusiasts,
and when they died they left God,
fearing community in their children
band grandchildren.
For ITO years crime was practically
sunknow on Pitcairn Island. Then
Harry A. Christian murdered young
woman and her year-and-a-half-old
child: 1t was the first serious crime
that had ever bee committed on the
island. Christian met the woman and
child walking in the bush one Sunday
evening, and killed them in cold
blood. After dark he returned to the
scene of his crime to drag the bodies
down the steep face of @ cliff to the
rocks below, where he threw them
through 'tblow-hole" into cove
where the pounding surges of the Pa
Bcifc soon tore them to pieces. The
murderer, when accused, confessed
his crime, and it is believed that his
object was to be free to marry another
young woman of the island with whom
he had fallen in love, and for permis-
sion marry whom he had applied un-
successfully to the parliament" Of
the island.
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shift the responsibility of the bargain
upon the boys. They should decide.
As he turned to speak the old man
quavered behind him. The hesitation
had worried him:
'sI thought it was good bargain,
squire. I'll have to sell her. I might
take"
The squire had whispered to his
boys: CT could get the horse for $50.
She is worth $500. Shall I beat him
down to $50? I leave it to you. :"
'tBut, pa" interposed Don, with a
frown, "would that be Just right when
we took the refusal at 1852"
'tAnd he's got lots of things to get, !"
said Aleck:
''I say he ought to get what's right, I"
said Don, stoutly, and .Aleck nodded
vigorous assent.
"Mr. Dickl" The squire pulled
his coat about him and wheeled upon
the old man. 'sDon't say a. thing.
/ can't afford the price" The per-
emptory tone made old Mr. Dick
shrink.
''Eben!" The squire turned back to
the door. s'Step here!"
Eben Dexter had thought it best not
to be seen in the transaction. He
was used to bargaining, and he though
the sight of a stranger might raise the
price. He did not know what kind of
a man Mr.. Dick was. Then he had
wanted to enjoy his cigar. But he,
too, had been observing some of the
very things the squire had observed,
aud the cigar had lost its flavor.
He threw it aside in disgust as he
stepped inside at his brothers. call
and saw the white=haired, bent, shabby
old man trying to hide disappointment
in unnecessary attentions to the ami
NAL in the stall.
''This is my brother, Mr.. Dick.
The squire's tone was cool and even.
The old man raised his faded, misty
eyes and bowed silently. "He'll make
you an offer for your horse"
Eben Dexter looked in surprise at
his brother ''Not going to buy it
yourself?" he asked.
"We can't afford it. The squire
made comprehensive gesture that
took in the wondering boys, Mr.. Dick
and himself. make him the offer
you made me-
Ebeu Dezter raised his shaggy eye
brows, glanced at the boys, who were
staring straight into their fathers
eyes, looked once more at his brother,
took hold of his own coat-collar and
shook himself up. "Mr. Dick, I'll
buy your horse for 5000"
'eWhat!" The old man gasped
Il guess can add Sl00 on my own
account" said Eben Dexter, coolly,
nodding sturdily back at his brother
and then laughing encouragingly as
he saw old Mr.. Dick clinging trem-
bling to the manger. '"Fhat'll make
three.-That- -ia-~h"t -.n-" l-"-
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God, kept the Commandments an

were uappy.
The crime which was responsible
for the settlement of Pitcairn Islan
was the mutiny of the crew OF tip
British warship Bounty in 1889. Tht
mutiny was led by Fletcher Christie,
masters mate of the ship. The fist
murderer of Pitcairn Island was Harry
A. Christian, a descendant of Fletcer
Christian. When, under the leadof
Fletcher Christian, the crew of ne
Bounty seized that ship, they put ne
captain, Bligh, and certain otbrs
who had refused to join them, intan
open boat and set them adrift. he
captain and his party, after se,re
and hazardous experience, reaced
Timor Island, in the South Pacic,
where they were picked up by a pss-
ing ship and taken back to Englad.
The mutineers, after setting the ap-
tain adrift, sailed for Pitcairn Islnd.
Pitcairn is only two miles long.nd
about mile and half wide. lilies
in the South Pacific, between us
tralia and South America, out ofthe
pa h of commerce. Though exfdI-
tions were sent out by the BT1sh
Government to find the mutinee, OF
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Hero for the Sake of Science.

Profe ssor Gsassi's discovery that the
Roman malaria is spread by particu-
lar species of gnats has been certified
in a curious manner at the Santo
Spirito hospital at Rome. All attempts
to communicate the disease to animals
bad failed when patient in the
hoapital volunteered to have the ex-
periment tried on him. He was ex-
posed to the gnats, developed the
fever, his blood showing malaria
bacilli, end was then treated with
ouinine. The doctors think that they
are now in way to discover serum
that will reader people im:anne to the
malaria.
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FORTY SQUARE MILES OF WHEAT.
1t Would Take Man Thirty Yenrs to
Plow and Plant it.

Plow and Plant it.
What is said to be the largest wheat
field in California is now being planted
to the grain that makes the staff Of
life. It covers over $4,000 acres, or
forty square miles. This enormous
field of grain is located on the banks
of the San Joaquin river, in MADEIRA
county. The field is part in Fresno
county and part in MADEIRA county.
Clovis Cole is the. man who is put
ting in this vast acreage, and be has
undertaken one of the largest jobs
that any man has yet done in Cali
fornia.
While it is true that larger acreages
of wheat have been planted by certain
ranchers in this state, there seems to
be no record of an exact parallel to
the present case. On the Miller &
Lux ranch in Kern county, $4,000
acres were planted one year, but the
fields were scattered about in different
places. There were really series of
fields, located wherever there was
fertile spot. Few of the fields were
1000 acres, and in many instances
there would be half mile of bare land
between them. The acreage planted
could not be called wheat field Of
$4,000 acres, any more than all the
wheat fields in the state could be
classed under one head.
The Clovis field, however, is an
ideal wheat field. 1t is almost as fiat
as floor, with gentle slope toward
the river. The outer lines of the field
make it almost perfect square. Each
side is little over six miles, and if
the day is clear every part of the field
can he seen from any other part. 1t
will be beautiful sight worth seeing
wien all the grain is up and waves
gently in the '>reezes of springtime.
There are no roads through the
Clovis wheat field. It is to be one
solid stretch of grain, and every square
foot of land is to be utilized.
The grain will all mature at about
the same time. Then will come the
Herculean task of harvesting.
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HUMOROUS.

BifL-She said her face was feE for
tine: JflF-Poor thing!
"Did you lead your class?" ''No,
but the whole faculty were after me-"
"And you will not elop. with me,
Mamie?" Certainly not. Jast look:
at pa and ma! They elopsd. "
Proud Mother-Oh, John, the baby
can walk! Cruel Father-Good, He
can walk the floor with himseh at
night then. - "59si..
Would-be Writer-What do you
consider the most important quaifca-
tion for beginner in literature2
Old Hand-A small appetite.
The bear that walks like man, no doubt, 3
Is frightful foe to be hunted out;
But worse foe yet-of his clutch bewale!-
Is the awful man who acts like a bear.
Wee Miss-Mamma, mayn't I take
the part of milkmaid ut the fancy
ball? Mamma-You are too little.
Wee Miss-Well, I'm q condensed
mllkmaid. fg
Excited Wife--oh, professor, the
cook has fallen and broken her collar
bone. Professor-Discharge her at
once. You told her what to expect if
she broke any more.
Papa" said Sammy Snaggs, 'the
paper says that phantom party was
given last night. What SOFT OF party
is that?" "Oh, it's some sort OF q
ghost of show," replied Mr.. Snaggs.
He sang song to her nut brown hair
Her rosy cheeks, her brow so fairi
He praised her eyes. and said that there Elg
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"N. hs. .as
Dexter 4
prise. 81 can l--.---- e~~-- ~ Il
guarantee me buyer"
"But thought perhaps you couldn't
afford it," she repeated, with gentle
insistauce, brushing off bit of mud
from the garment and avoiding his
eyes.
"H M" said the squire. He pulled
on his gloves and joined his brother
without reply.
The boys, standing in the door,
looked puzzled. They followed their
father and uncle down the road to
Mr.. Dicks, while Uncle Eben kept up
q one-siied conversation, not seeming
to notice that the others were unusual
ly quiet. They found the old man IN
the stable. =.
"Stays about Doll all the time now, "
observed Aleck, as he and Don stopped
at the door while their father went in.
Eben Dexter walked up and down out
side, smoking his cigar.
The squire chatted few moments
on various topics, noting involuntarily
as he did so how rapidly the old man
was aging. He felt impelled to say,
kindly: "We're all getting on III
years, Mr.. Dick. "
eyes, sir; yes, sir" said the old
man, with assumed cheerfulness and
an attempt at smile. cts all am
getting on in, squire" Then, quickly,
as if fearing his visitor was avoiding
the important subject, "The boys
told YOU I wanted to sell Doll?"
"Yes, they said so." The squire's
tone was perfectly non-committal.
ct do hope you'll take he"- squire.
Mr.. Dick stopped before e mangel
with scant forkful of hay. ''The
boys want her, and I do need the
money powerfully just now, squire.
The squire saw the withered hands
tremble, and he felt that it was not
fromtho weight they were holding.
"It'd so hard to go to the poorhouse
this winter" sighed the old man.
"Perhaps my wife and I won't be here
to worry about another winter. Don't
say YOU can't afford itl''
"H-m."
The squire wrinkled his brows.
turned on his heel and walked to the
door. The boys stepped hack ant
watched him. He looked toward the
old house beyond. Mrs. Dick, scantily
clothed, was emptying n wash-tub O.
water. She looked up, saw him and
bowed.
The squire raised his hat gravely
The gray-haired woman reminded hin
of his own mother dead but few
years. His mother had every comfort
lie thought, gladly. TWAS shame fol
old Mrs. Dick to be SO poorly provided
for as she was. How those two ole
people would fare and feel in the poor
house! Then his mind ran to th'
horse. Could he afford the bargain
before him? He understood we'll wha
his wife had meant.
"Pshaw!" He uttered the impatien
exclamation aloud. '"rhe bargain
was Dicks own making" though
the squire. "I'm not bound to tel
the old man he is letting his horse g.
far below its value. Or am II" Th
squire grew angry with himself tha
he should allow such query 70 con
front him.
"'Taint the money" just then Dol
observed in an hubble mutter t.
A!eck, giving the stable door kick a
he spoke.
The boys had let nothing escap
them. Don had been reading hi
fathers thoughts. The kick calle'
Squire Dexter back to the present
He looked up at the boys. His sou
were sharp like himself, he reflected
Could he afford it? He determined t
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the Bounty, all trace of Them waost
until one day, many years after, nen
a sailing ship happened to find hsel1
in the vicinity OF Pitcairn Islanano
sent g boat ashore for water and nit.
A curious, isolated civilized oonun-
ity was found there. living undthe
rule of a venerable patriarch, PIN
Adams, the last survivor of the ptl.
neers of the Bounty AdamAau
Taught the natives to read and ate,
aud begged that missionaries beent
ont 10 aid him in lis work. Fro be-
ing Wild and reckless mutineerithe
saiIors of the Bounty, boforehey
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THE DEXTERS' BARGAIN.
BY F. G. GRANT.

s75 won't go far to keep them out very
ION g."
':That's so," replied Aleck; s'but
I'm glad we've got the chance to get
the horse as long as he had to sell
her, though I'm sorry for them"
Mr.. Dick was looking for the return
of the horse and met them at the gate.
i, The boys said nothing, according to
Alexis suggestion. But the old man
betrayed his anxiety.
"Did you speak to your pa about
Doll?"
"Oh, yes, Mr.. Dick. Father III be
across to see you"
"I wouldn't be in any hurry, only
it's all I can depend on for winter, "
said the old man. ''I'd like to get in
coal before the price rises, and there's
Doctor Smiths bill-he don't like to
wait long, and Mrs. Dicks apt to have
him any time with her rheumatism-
and some fannels for her and then the
living"
"Father'll let you know before the
times up" answered Aleck.
"Poor old man has got the price
whitfield down pretty Close, observed
Don, as he swung the hitching-strnp
against the gate-post in turning into
the street. 1t was Don's habit to hit
things when he was thinking hard.
"He'd cut it still more, suppose, D."
Aleck rather curtly replied, "but he
needs an overcoat.
Nothing more was said. They hur-
ried in to the dinner table, where the
family were already gathered. Eben
Dexter was reviewing the horses fine
points, and the squire was in very
jubilant mood. Mrs. Dexter, who had
smiled indulgently when Don and
Aleck had announced the news to her,
now sat silently listening.
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J YUM, - nave Inarrlen ner. 81 We Afe
two souls with but single thought"
"Well, you've gained something. a
single thought isn't so many, but it is
one more than I ever knew you TO
have before" f"
In Ger small boy was observed
to be suddenly agitated, but regained
his self-control after o few moments.
Soon after the conductor appeared
and asked for fares. When he stood
before the small boy there was slight
pause, and the passengers were sur
prised to hear the following: "Pleathe
charge it to my papa; I've thwallowed
the money!"
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A Belgium Telephone Building.

A new telephone building has been
erected recently in Brussels, Belgium,
to be devoted exclusively to the tele-
phone service of the country. The
building, which has cost nearly S193,-
900, will provide for 5000 subscrib-
ers. The room devoted to the COM
mutators is lat feet long, IS feet wide
and 80 feet high. Nearly all thewires
will be under ground. The building
will be Eeited by new syste q, which
will reduce to minimum interference
from humidity and dust.
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OUR STANDING ARMY.

We have no standing ssmy?
Nay, look around and eSe!
Fine man who plowsthe ftSrtou.
The man who fells the tree,
The statesman and the scholar
At the first word OF fear,
Turn to their country. breathing,
my mother, l am here !!
Notof dumb, blind people
Is this our army made;
Where scf1oo3bouse and where sesepie
Have Gust their friendly shade
Our army grows fn knowledge,
As it to manhood grows,
And, trained in school sa8 calegc,
Stands ready for its foetI
The brawny arms OF gunners
Serve minds alert and keen;
The sailors thought has travelled
To lands be has not seen.
Not for the Joy Of killing,
Not for tho lust Of ssrife.
Have these'come fu - with Rladness,
TO offer up their h.e.
Behold our taanding army
Not, as in otter lands,
An army standing idle,
With empty minds and hands,
Bot each one in his statlonf
And peaceful victory
Is training ter the nation
Heroes of land and sea.
-1outh's Companion
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cination for Christian readers every

cination for Christian readers every
where than that which appears below.
It is photograph of that wonder
full rock in burlington Coombe, Eng
land, which afforded Rev. Augustus
Montague Toplady the inspiration
which found expression in the imner-
ishable hymn, Crock of Ages" AT
one point there is conspicuous crag
of mountain limestone seventy or
eighty feet in height, prominent OBJ
iect on the right hand to any one ap-
preaching from the Blagdon road.
Right down the center of this mass of
stone is deep tissure, in the recesses
of which grows many a fern, while Oh
the hillside around are trees, whose
stunted growth and wind-worn ap-
psarance tell of the scarty soil and
the exposed situation.
In this fssure Toplady took refuge
from a thunderstorm, and it was this
"cleft" and this rock which suggested
the central idea of this beautiful
hymn.
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Nanoleon,s yeterans Paid on.

France has paid its last pension to
Napoleon rs soldiers. In 1869 law
was passed granting $50 year to all
non-commissioned officers and privates
who had served ten years in the armies
of the First Republic OF of the First
Empire and had received wound.
For the first year the payments
amounted to $500, 600; last year 'the
sum was $50, and the last recipient is
now dead at the age OF los years.
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The British Government was asked to
send to the place some one with
judicial authority to try the murderer.
From officers of the British man-of-
war Royalist information has been
received of the trial, by a special
commissioner sent out for the pur-
pose.
Though the settlement o. Pitcairn
Island was the result of crime, the
l~~-c-l7' al settlaps
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The island parliament is an execu-
tive committee of seven members,
presided over by president. The
parliament and the president are
elected by popular vote, the women
voting as well as the men. All the in
8habitants of the island are descendants
of the mutineers of the Bounty and of
native women found there, except one
family, and that is fnrn;i-