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bureau of foreign affairs Is generally COM
posed of eight persons Of the greatest promi-
hence and supposed TO be thoroughly posted
in diplomacy and international relations. The
Chinese are famous for their cunning and
duplicity IN diplomacy.
4 4 \
How much did our imports into Manila
amount 10 last year--or Shat was the total
of our sales 10 the islands that passed through
their chief purt2 H.G.C,
The total imports through Manila from the
United states in 1899 Of merchandise amounts
ed to $l,5b0,3Gi Tho total imports into Ma
Mia for that year wero something over S7.-
100000, Of which Hong Kong furnished SO, &c.,
Geo, England something over 100000 and
Spain $2,62i00o,
Can you give me the author OF the lines:
How Ike mounting devil In the heart,
rules unrGined ambiuon?" | have often
thought OF this recently IN connection with
the trend OF events hut can not recall the
author or the text in which the lines oc-
cur. Democrat.
The author was N. p. Willis and the poem
"Porrhaslus.
VIII you please infrom me through your
Letter Box column what your first Presby-
terrain church cost; also the amount unpaid
ON same? A. Posts Friend.
Tho building cost approximately $4,000, the
ground approximately $4,000. We can not
say how much is due on it, If anything
\ \
Would you please tell me through your
columns what foreign nations have consuls
aud vice consuls at Galveston? Ambassador.
Austria Hungary, France, Germany Great
Britain, japan, Mexico and Nicaragua.
\ \ y
Please advise through the Letter Box coi-
umn OF your paper upon what part of the
body Fit2simmous delivered the blow that
knocked cut Corbett. I'LL.
On the solar ploxus- In front of the spine
and in the upper part OF the abdomen.
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TIM MURPHY.

Mr. Tim Murphy has entered Into an at
rapfement for this season. next and pre-
sumabN subsequent seasons. when will
bring his taleut nearer the plane ard public
OF appyecation they deserve. Ever since the
DAYS az Hoyts "a Texas steer" when Mr.
Murphy made such renarNtDlo success as
the Hon, Maverick Brandtr he mas been Of
frlng biz dramatic wares IN other clues
unn New York He struggled hiaVe'Y ana
with perseverance for tho New York oppor-
uulity which every artist seems 10 c0V9l. Last
sprlr however. he secured "a opening at
IKE Fourteenth street theater Sow iorh.
aud tn cold and steel critics gave Aim super
atlvc praise to which the public addel tho
approval OF their presence IN crowds Az
the end Of the tlrUo originally contracted iof
In this theatcr the subs adueut attraction
forced Mr.. Murphy out but the Biiol tnestsr
~ on Broadway. was al once opened to nlin
and there he ran the season out until inc
cOmiur o. hot weather.
The ARRANGEMENT referred TO IS the natural
sequence Of wears OF hard stuiious Eorh aud
OF Me- Mum hy's success In New YORK last
spring Fred q. Berger. ESQ. for wears ana
still tho manager OF Sol smith RusSeIl be-
con!Cs Mr. Murphy's manager For the pres
eus year Nj Murnhy VIII appear as DSy.u
Holmes ia Martha Morton successful IN p
eds. * Becbeior's Romance company ~
tyen better timber than first SUPPORTED MI.
RUSSELL in thlf play viii support hr. NUT
phy Among them are Fannie Aedlson flIt'
Louise ThorndYbo Bnucicault, Elnel splch-
lanl BOYD Putnam Percy Brooks. j. Lester
Wat'aoc Fred A. Thomson, John Armstrong
All uts sblv Percy Haswell
Mr.. Murphy will be seen only IN the larger
ci,,te fia route including exactly seven ono
ntSh. stnrds. lie will return 10 New YORK
In tbs rring again. Mr.. Berger wiz gre
him his " divided attention this year 80
81 smith Russell has decided to rest an
her season before resuming his work Mt
Murphy takes his place among the stars OF
ths FIRST magnitude while vet Young man;
though not without 2 reco-d OF successtui
experience behind him. He began his ca
rec" under Charles Hoyt for whom be Gre
ated some Of the most successful characl o.
izutlons OF the Hoyt repertoire culmlnauHe
In his original realization OF Maverick brhn :
or. Leaving Hovt six wears ago. PECAN
starring and his advance has been dulSt
steady and finally conspicuous.
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They Need an explanation.

81 Louis IOst- DlADatrh
The lo.50c.Gle OF the human farlily whom.
lbs prss cent spys his party liberated from
lnpes'alism vrt Id like very well 70 know
where the liberation comes N. With a
stunning army ever them ami hundreds OF
them flaufhi,Ied eyeTv monh m the wear
hey ars cd .ainlv entitled 20 an exclamation
q NJ. NcNinsY's ltttls speech on the pereh
Vt CaEun.
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Please inform us through the columns OF
your valuable paper how many soldiers tins
country lost in our late war with spain.
battlefield and how many through sickness.
Clarence.
The statement made by the war depart
ment shows the following casualties between
May 1 and October /, 1855:
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all tho time and yot he was good to me.
managed TO scrape along but II was dread
fl struggle and never night did ] sleep
until ! saw him safely in bed He rarely
came home TIL near daylight and how ha
ever stood 1t all these wears don't know.
What cured him was remedy called Golden
Specific q powder 10 DO mixed With coffee
or food or anything liquid. | gave II to him
secretly. ! saw an rr.i,le In some news
paper about this reuedy and Il seemed to
be Just the thing thought OF 1t day and
night FOR quite awhile and then concluded
10 try II come what nusht. You know the
rest VI the story, 1t was only few days
when he snid Mother. | have resolved to
stop drinking He put his arm around me.
kissed me passonatey and with tears rolling
down his cheeks he begged me to forgive him
for all tho misery he had caused me. And
he did stop That remedy had done Its work
and II there ever was q message straight
from heaven It was that article in the news
paper which told me to use Golden Specific"
This remedy ia the discovery Of Or. j. w.
Ha,ncS s497 Glenn building Cincinnati, Ohio.
uud he sends TO everv woman who writes HIN
free trial package OF Golden Specific 40
she can try Il for husband, son or brother,
and thus save him from life that must
eventually prove his complete ruin. Do mot
tai to write at once for this free trial pack
ago.
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Republican no..e. worried.

Atlanta journal.
The sidewalk republican politician 10
the only fellow who now talks OF walk
over for Mckinley and Roosevelt The
republican BOSSES wear q worried ioek,
but even they are in ecstsSy compared
10 what their State OF mind viii b. 81
the ruorninx sftsE the eiaotkon.
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+ = =

y
Please let some readers OF The Post know
which pay the most county tax In Harris
county the city people or the country peo-
pie. A.W
The Getty people" nearly four to one.
The total assessment OF the county will be
about tS2 900 900 this year. including tho city.
of course, and Of this amount the city as
sessment will reach anywhere from s24 900 900
to SIC, 5000 leaving the taxable values out
side the city only about 100000 or $780,,
900.
T. What does II take to constitute horse
power as referred to in machinery z. ls
a MARRIAGE license Issued in one county good
in any county except where IL ia issued In
Texas WEB,
l. Tho power Of 3 horse or It's equivalent,
which is generally estimated to be a power
which will raise 50 600 pounds one foot high
per minute. 1t is. however, claimed by soma
that this estimate is entirely too large. 2.
Yes.
What Is the present ratio OF representation
in congress and what was 1t under the pre-
cedlng census? Inquirer.
The ratio Of representation at present,
based on the census OF 1890. is one congress-
man for every 73.sOl people The ratio I'M
der the census OF 1880 was one for every
l5l, si2 The apportlonment under the census
OF 1900 will probably be one for every 200 900
or more.
What is the tsung II yameu which seems
to be playing such an important part IN
Chinese affairs? RP.V
Il Ia the foreign Office Of cAina. This
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Responsibility to sooiety-There is au-
other form OF violence which wish 10
mention as Illustrating the lack OF sense
Of responsibility to society AS we arc
prone 10 TAKE the law Into our own hands
as individuals for individual ends no are
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DRUNKARDS
EASILY
CURED.
Mrs. Howard carleton Wants Every LADY,
Reader Of this Paper to Know How
She Saved Her Sen.
Used an 0dorless and TasteIcss Remedy
In Ills Food, Quickly Curing Him
Without his knowledge.

Trial Package of This Remedy win
He Mailed Fycc to show How Easy
IL Is 10 Cure Drunknrds.
Every woman in this broad land Is given
an inspiration In tbs WORDS OF Mrs. Howard
Iarieton. whose address is Box CAS- Lebanon
ohio that must result In the greatest tenn
nerEboe crusade ever started. She cured her
sot, common loafer. and now he Is Q
reformed. upright citlEen. rejoicing with his
mother in the wonderful result and the mar
velous remedy that brought about this grand
change In his life.
Yes. | cured NV son OF drunkenness" said
MRS Tarleton when interviewed about II
Although am his mother and proud OF
nim | must say he was a wayward man for
n good many wears. He was what tho news
PAPERS call bum. or a saloon loafer. drunk
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What Is the tsung II yameu which seems
to be playing such an important part IN
Chinese affairs? R.PV
Il u ths foreign offas Of chinA. This
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-23

triot stand forth and say how much
he'll give, and that'll break the ice.'
Not a patriot stood forth. Each one
was studying the cracks in the floor
and waitin for the other to speak. The
situation had got to be embarrassin
when nobody dared put his hand in
his pocket for chay of terbacker.
when 'Lish Billings came saunterin
in. Deacon Spooner explained the
affair to him and asked how much
he'd give.
Hasn't nobody said nothin yit?"
asks 'Lish.
Not person"
kinder waitin fur each other?"
That's the way OF it."
wool, you needn't wait no longer.
! heard of the case about an hour ago
and went up to take the COW out, but
found her dead. However, if your
hearts are wide open about the matter
and you feel that you must do sunthin
you kin chip in quarter apiece and
buy that poor COW headboard!"
But nobody Clipped, and before
'Lish could BIZ quarter of a pound
of tea and git his pipe lit up he was
left all alone.
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DROPE'S MOST VENERABLE SOVEREIGNS

square miles greater than that OF Bel
GUM. and its population hardly surpasses
100000, but it has become a power
throughout the world by its royal al
Iiances. through which 1t is estimated that
the king and his descendants reign over
more than 500, 900 people The ear of
Russia, king of Greece. the Prince of
Wales and numerous other promising
scions of royalty are intimately allied
with the king of Dannebros, the first
named being his grandson, the second
his son and the last his son-in-iaw.
King Christian is fatheriy old man
and is so affable and polite to all that he
has been called 1.-THE first gentleman OF
Europe" Like the king of Sweden and
Norway. he is happiest when he can
stroll about incognito and make the ac-
quaintance of his subjects without their
being aware of his identity. All the world
knows of the poverty stricken family that
occupied the royal palace at Copenhagen
during the early'years Of the reign, that
the future empress of Russia used 20 trim
her own bonnets and the Princess Alex
andria (of Wales clear starched her own
linen, while the boys were sent into the
navy to save expenses. In fact the roy
al Danes have never got on very we'll in
the world, except by marrying. and the
latest rumors are that they have just
sent over to the United States to negou-
ate a little loan of some S15.000,0OO They
are handicapped by their colonial posses
sions-one group, Iceland and Greenland.
in the arctic zone, and the other, St
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must wear shoes. und so you can elf
me figures on shoes ind burial. Don't
try to swindle me because / vhas fat.
of course not 1t vhas all der
same, lean or fat. Our goods vhas der
best und our prices der lowest. I Will
say seexty dollars for all. If you die
in der night, it vhas no Difference
'Seexty dollars?' she says. Why.
dot vhas robbery If somebody don't
bury me for forty dollar, den / lay
on top der ground. Cobbler. I vhas
a fat womans und dying womans,
but you can't swindle me- Make dot
price forty dollar, und we shall talk. It
vhas forty dollar, und shall hat SEX
teen hacks at, der funeral
:" 'Seexty dollar vhas der lowest tig-
ure,' l said. Dot vhas an awful dis
count, but we like to do peeSness und
satisfy der peoples. We vhas here to
stay. If you come once, you will
come again.
fOTly uOllaIi OF III on.
"'Seexty dollar, or no tradei
dot womans vhas some deceiver
She looks like leetle lamb, but when
l don't make dot combination for
forty dollar she begins to shout und
swear und scream und kick, und
pooty soon she faints AWAY und falls
down. More ash one hoonered peo
plies comes crowding around, und dot
cross-eyed policemans shumps in der
door und pulls me oudt on der side
walk und slams me around ind yells:
Here vhas der villain! He shall
go by states prison for life for kill
ing some fat womans!'
'FIt vhas an awful time We don't
get dot fat woman oudt for an hour.
und more peoples kept coming, und
eafery few minutes dot policemans
poAes me NIT his club und says l vhas
a murderer. BY und by, when all vhas
gone, l lock oop my shop und crawl
under der bed und for three days
vhas drunk und don't come oudt again
to be sent to state prison. Den dot
undertaken comes aroundt und tries
to be friends, but my heart vhas ice
und dot combination vhas busted
4 STATUTE OF THE LATE MIR.
BROWN.
This Illustration shows the new stat
ue Of Mr. John Brown, erected by the
Queen of England at Balmoral to COM
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makes sooch a big row dot feefty peo-
pies come around und belief somepody
vhas killed by der street cars. | can't
see why he gets his back oop. but
vheen he goes AWAY anodder man
comes in upd cries oudt:
Hello. cobber, but dot combina-
ton vhas all X. O.. I vhas down to
see Jones und look oafer some bar
gains und he recommended me to
You. He SAYS your work vhas good
und your prices sheap. How mooch
to put some soles on my shoes
"'Feefty cents says.
Nonsense. Dot yhas der old figure
before der combination. II can buy
$40 coffin for SIS do you belief /
shall pay you feefty cents fur new
soies? You make der price 25 cents
und go TO work
Il couldn't do dot. und do you belief
dot mon shouts und yells und kicks
around und says be tan lick me in one
minute By two clocks? He calls me
robber tiei und liar. und some more
peoples come running und ask where
der fire vhaS. ike TO gif UP dot
combination right AWAY. but ] don't
hat time TO see der undertaken before
. tat woman comes in NIT an old pair
of shoes to be fixed. Dot wonans vhas
so big und fat dot she can hardly come
in der door. und she haf some asthma
der worst kind.
Was you in some combination nit
an undertaken she asks as she sits
down.
81 yhas. If you like to buy coffin
und hat a pair of shoes fixed at der
some time. can do bully by you"
dot vhas peesness- Cobbler. 7
yhas expecting TO die eafery day. ind
of course | like to be buried ash
sheaply ash possible. While III I
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Puddin and milk is what she's been
living on fur the last two years, and
now that the milk is gone she's only
puddin left. She came to me to-day
with tears runnin down her cheeks
and a lump in her throat to ask if we
was a nation of freemen or of slaves"
In other words" said the deacon,
she wants her cOw?'
she do"
And you told her We was nation
of freemen?"
Il did not only told her that. but
I pledged her my word that the
$4,000 600 freemen Of this glorious re-
public would either raise them -
cents here tonight or I'd go up to the
pound tomorrer and jerk the COW over
the fence by the tail Yes, gentlemen;
right here and now I'm appealin to
pity. mercy. charity, liberty and the
proud star spangled banner for which
so many OF us have fit, bled and
died"
Il s'pose the correct way" said
Squar' Joslyn as Moses fell back, is
for every man to say how much he'll
chip in and then chip. From what
know of the gineral sentiment of this
community I should say that We will
not only git the rs cents for pound
fees. but enough extra to buy new
milk pail. Perhaps Deacon Spooner
will lead off in announcin' the sum he
will give?''
I'D ruther not" replied the deacon.
THAT is to say, l don't want to take
the honor away from Silas spebee."
Its a sad sad case" sa Silas as
he shakes his head in a mournful
way How the Wilder MAYORS cow
got into the town pound | dunno. but
it certainly rests with this American
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nation to git her ont agin. I'm ex-
pectin' to- chip in, Of course, but |
don't want to seem to own the town
of Jericho When we was tryin to
raise s. to fill up the mudholes in
front of the court house, it was Aaron
Saunders who started the ball a-rolIn
by sayin he'd contribute cents
Mebbe it would be better for Aaron to
lead off in this case"
"If it's the gineral opinion OF the
crowd that | orter do so. then | will,
says Aaron in his sleepy tones. but
I'd kinder like to know leetle more
about the case before | do Pears to
me that I've read somewhere that
putin a COW in the public pound was
agin the constitution of the United
States. If it is. then the wilder has
got claim ag'in the town OF Jericho
and may bankrupt our treasury II it
amt, then we must git her COW out
at any sacrifice to ourselves. Squar
Joslyn, do you remember whether
COWS are mixed up with the constitu-
tom"
Il never came across them there"
replied the squar'.
"It may not mention COWS in per
ticker. squar. 1t might speak OF live
stock in gineral. I'm holdin' that the
same rules would apply to hogs"
Il can't recall nothin."
"Mebbe the constitution overlooked
l.. as it has heaps of other things,
and 1 s'pose the proper way would be
to send in a petition and have it
amended Deacon Spooner, can't you
draw up a petition?"
4 could. s'pose. replied the dea-
con, but it kinder seems to me that
the wilder orter hev her puddin and
milk back right away. Let some pa
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DER GERMAN COBBLER.
He Undertakes Combine with an
Undertaken to Pusn Business.

Copyright. 1900, by c. b Lewis)
Zone day when l don't hat some
things to do man comes in my place
und says:
Look here cobbler, we shall go
into some combinations. You help
me, und l help you. vhas dot under
taker who starts in peesness on der
next block, und ] can send you 20
customers week. When peoples cum
to my place, says to dem:
% q Do you know dot German cob
bier? Well, he vhas rusher, und he
vhas sheap prices You go to him.
und he vhas all right?"
'Und when some peoples cum to
your shop you should say:
&c" DO you know dot undertaken
down der street? Well, he vhas boss,
und if you patronize him once you
Will be sure to come again
After dot undertaken, goes AWAY
talk nit my wife, und she says MAYBE
it vhas all right. | like it better if it
vhas some tailor or butcher, but pooty
soon when an old man nit a lame
back comes in to get cement patch
on his shoe | says:
'Vhell, MAYBE you vhas going to
die dis winter, und it vhas good for
you to git der lowest price und der
best treatment. l like to recommend
my fr'endt Jones to you.
'Cobbler, vhas you talking to me?'
asks dot old man ash he looks at me
awful sharp.
"'Of course. l like to see you get
some bargains if you die. 1t vhas no
use to pay some undertakers one hoon-
bred dollar to bury you When you can
get her done for sexty. Go down und
see my fr'endt before der rush takes
place.
"Vhell, I neffer saw a man so mad.
He calls me names and wants to hit
me nit his cane, und he says he
shall drive all my customers AWAY
und send me Ply der poorhouse. He
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crowned heads that also wear the bays,
for his literary works include render
ing of Faust" into Swedish and val
liable memoir of King Charles XII.
While his ancestor, Bernadotte, never
acquired the language Of the people
over whom he was placed, King Oscar,
on the contrary, is master of several
tongues Decides Norwegian and Swed-
ish. and when on his LAST visit to Eng
land cOnversed with nearly everybody
presented to him of whatever NATIONAL
ity. Travelling incOgnito as the Count
Won Haga, yet his tall fOrm-6 feet 2
irches-made him conspicuous, and the
Scandinavians in London greeted him
wherever ne went. As a ruler over the
dual kingdom of Sweden and Norway,
Oscar IT, has had many millions or so OF
Scandinavian subjects, whether Norwe-
gians or Swedes, all love and respect
him thoroughly, as was shown during
the illness from which he has but re-
Gently recovered.
Next in age to the king of Sweden
and Norway, though second only to
Victoria in length of reign-52 years,
having succeeded to the Austrian throne
in isis Francis Joseph, ruler over
the Acknowledgment empire, who was
born August 49, 1880. With an empire
next to Russia the largest on the con-
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and the assassination of his consort
two wears ago. \ complication mas
arisen in the imperial succession, since
his nephew. Franz Ferdinand, upon
whom it naturally devolved, has re-
ncunced it in favor of his brother Otto,
himself having contracted a morgan
attic marriage with the Countess Chotek
and taken oath that their children shall
be ineligible to the throne.
Leopold H., king of the Belgians, may
be entitled to be called venerable from
his years, having been born in 1873, but
from all accounts he does not support
his kingly dgnities as he should. HIS
little kingdom OF some 1l,0O0 square miles
is one of the most densely populated coun-
tries of the world but its annual revenues
OF $4,000 600 or so hardly suffice for the
royal expenditures, and Il aireadF has Il
debt of nearly $500 600 eco.
In refreshing contrast to the Belgia"
king stands out the highly moral court
of Denmark, presided over by the Vener-
ated Christian TX. and Queen Louisa.
The area OF the home country is but 1000
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under the belief that liberty. was as
sured to one and all. l thought so,
and you thought so, but behold how
woefully mistaken we was,'
Moses, is there anything back OF
this?' asked the deacon.
"Of course there is
Then dish it out before it gets
cold"
I'D like to refer to Washington
crossin' the Delaware, but if this