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Washington sentinel., 1900-12-15
Hon. VIM. suIEer

is pushing to the front as an sg-
gressive, tactiul and able leader
of the minority in Congress.
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sraAweeaa,es sRozE HARD.
Spoon Wouldn't Break Them and They
Flew In All Directions.

Spoon Wouldn't Break Them and They
Flew In All Directions.
It was while she yet knew little about
the mysteries of the culinary depart
ment. But she had all the ambition
of q Youthful bride and when he said II
would be nice to have some OF the hrsf
strawberries of the season with Ice
cream she cheerfully acQuiesced and
prepared the dish herself. says the de-
troit Free Press.
The occasion was a small family par
ty, with the rector and a vestrymap
thrown In. All went merrlly till the
ice cream and strawberries were
served. OF course 1t was his little
nephew that first tackled the tOOthsome
mixture. A strawberry flew straight
across the table from him and took the
astonished vestryman in the eye.
Leave the table," shouted the boys
father; I'm tend to you when we get
home," and the boy went tearfuliy tc
the back yard.
The father was so angry that he had
made rather q vicious stab at his cream
A stra awberry like bullet hit the rector
ON the end of the nose and caroned to
the ear Of the hostess. The father was
In the first sentence Of an abject apol-
ogy when the rectOr's spoon made
slip and a solidified strawberry whizzed
on a bee line. hit grandma on the 5ugu
lar and then slid down the wrong side
Of the neatly folded 'kerchief that made
her look like q Quakeress.
There Is no better behaved family
in the city. but the host was getting
very red and his voice was not steady
as he intimated a desire to call game
and settle down to eating. He made
dive with his spoon, the rest followed
his example. and the air was full OF
frozen strawberries. Everybody looked
anxious to fight when the bride divert.
ed the wrath to laughter.
MY goodness!' she exclaimed, II see
1t all now. What a ninny! put those
strawberries In whole instead Of crush
ing them, and they're as hard as hail.
stones"
Then the rector graciOusly explained
what q large percentage OF water there
is In the strawberry. and facetiousiy
asked the yestryman II his eye was
black. The vestryman responded that
the rector's nose was red. grandma said
that -she Was over her chill and the
small boy was called in to double por
ton Of his dessert.
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Yet It's OF no use-no use At ALTO say
anything to father about Dick. They
hre determined that shall marry
Squire Harding. and 1 don't care for
him-I don't care for him at air.
! Then you sha'n't marry himl III
put Q stop to this work, sure ~ my
name Ii Phoebe Ray! don't know how
now. but l willv'
No. Aunt Phoebe did not know how
the task was to be accomplished, but
; with eyes and ears alert, she soon ac-
cumulated a fund Of Information bear
Ing upon the case.
One morning she presented herself AT
Squire Harding's dor. and was shown
into his private room. where he re-
ceived his clients.
Its early. squire. but wanted to see
you alone. before the duties Of the
day." she observed.
/: 'Sit down. madam-sit down." said
the squire.
1.-The subject Of my call is my niece" !"
"Ahv'
"Yes. I suppose you will b deeply
Interested In thisv'
Certainly. certainly! Anything which
concerns my pretty little Gladys! All,
that is an uncommon girl. Mrs. Ray
70 gentle. 80 fair. 50 healthy"
"Ahem!' croaked Aunt Phoebe, omin-
ously.
"What. dear Mrs. Rayl IL not Miss
Gladys wellY'
Far from It."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-27

TIE animal that first succumbs to
Extreme cold is the horse.
The man who can't blush is no worse
of than a mule.
Violent grief is like n straw fire; 1t
soon eXp-nds itself and leaves no ashes.
Little sins always grow up.
He who is saUcy would be brutal if he
dared to.
T;c content with doing with calmncss
the little which depends upon yourself,
and bet ali els. be 10 you as if it were
not.
Necessity is stronger than any lay
or gospel
a bad woman is more than a match
for the devil.
Don't be nodded by your circum-
stances: mold them.
Envy won't let a man have peace an
where.
There is nothing more dangerous rc
young man than love Cf notoriety.
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the oovxaosoRs IN CANADA.

Unpleasant Ex perience OF the Russian
Refugees in Their New Home.
A remarkable story comes from Can
ada about the Doukhobors, who, after
many vicissitudes since they were ex.
PEELED from Russia. were brought over
at the expense Of the Canadian gov.
ernment and sent into the Northwest
to make population and raise wheat
for the maintenance of the Canadian
Pacific railway. They had hardly put
foot in the country. in q state of absO-
lutte poverty and dependence. when
they were beset by the ministers of the
many rival sects that abound In Can
ada to Join their different denomina-
tions. Satisfied with their own simple
and practical form Of Christianity, they
repelled all the overtures made TO
them, and SO came to be regarded as
little better than heathen. Then petty
persecution began. The patriotic
British immigrants and settlers in
their vicinity accused them Of dis
loyalty for not participating in the re-
joicing that followed the relief Of
Kimberly, the relief Of Ladysmith. and
other events In South Africa, follow
ing up their accusations by acts of
menace and violence. They were also
described as anarchists because they
would not work for less than custom
ary wages. and inflammatory litera-
ture, which would have as much ef-
feet among them as lighted torch
thrown into water would have. was
said to be sown broadcast among
them. A portion Of the French press
took up the cry and went for them on
religious and racial grounds. and al
together the poor Doukhobors found
themselves very much between the
devil and the deep sea. They found
not only the people among whom they
had come inhospitable. but the climate
unpropitious, and began looking about
for some escape to more civilized and
favorable surroundings.
Good fortune sent some California
land agents their way, and. after some
country. they returned and prepared
their people to migrate to the new land
Of promise. But they reckoned with
out taking count Of the Canadian gov
ernment The Ottawa authorities first
of all set those well-intentioned per-
sons who had persuaded the Doukho-
bors to take shelter under the British
flag to induce them not to leave the
subglacial paradise in which they had
been planted; but 1t was of no avail.
Then force, and of a particularly mean
kind, was used. It was represented to
the United States agent at Pembina on
the frontier that the DoukhObors were
engaged under contract to work in
California, and the road was blocked
to them in that way; and so, willy
nilly. they are constrained to remain
British subjects. instead Of becoming
American citizens. The situation as II
presents itself to their minds must sug-
gest a curious contract. The gates of
despotic Russia were opened to let
them out; the doors Of q free British
colony are barred against their de-
parture. What kind Of loyalty they
must now entertain toward Canada
and the British nag would BE- worth
finding out
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one day she privately wrote q letter to
Dick Archer. who. she had learned
through Gladys grandfather. was
Inost promising young man.
The result Of this letter was to bring
the young gentleman also to Bayport
ON q visit, and the young people had
plenty Of time in which to plight their
vows and take wise counsel with good
Aunt Phoebe.
Through her influence. Archer was
soon prosperously established in life,
and now. In happy motherhood. happy
and rosy with her own rosy babies.
Gladys. the wife Of q good husband.
has far less heart trouble.-Waverley
Magazine.
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And when she had finished. and when
Queen Tita was begging her to sing The
Little Old Cabin in the Lane" Col. Cam
eron said:
well. Miss Rosslyn, when I have the
pleasure Of receiving you two ladies in
the North-when old Duncan. that ia. my
factotum up there. gets your things ont
NJ the dogcart. shall be enormously dis
appointed II l don't see that yellow ieath-
:: case among them"
She looked up suddenly.
"A banjo At Inverfaskw she exclaimed.
In kind Of awe-stricken way, as though
the incongruity was quite startling to
her.
why not?" said he. simply.
And surely stranger things than that
have happened In this odd mixture Of .
world.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-27

CHAPTER XIII.
'Do you know Whist true wisdom isY'
mo"
''would you like to be toldr
"Yes."
'-Then I will tell you," says this most
amiable and obliging philosopher. Il will
tell you" she saya. blandly. True wis
dom consists In recollecting how well of
you are. Il sounds simple. doesn't It?
Yet people never do II. It's only their
miseries they pay any heed to. The tooth
ache, or an overcharged bill. or an ILL.,
fitting dress viii vex them beyond any
thing: but when they don't have these
worries or any other. they forget to be
grateful. They don't realize their good
fortune. They don't reflect how glad they
ought 10 be that at the present moment
there isn't bit of dust In their eye. and
that their boots aren't pinching their
toes. You know not what the physiolO-
gists say that when you are not con-
sicOus OF having any body at all. when
you don't seem to be aware that you have
rot a head or . hand or . foot. thea ev-
.rything Is going well. and you are in
perfect health; you know that?"
1--WE heard something of the kind"
But people in that happy condition
never think Of congratulating them
selves" she says. 'They take 1t all as
a matter Of course: they forget how lucky
they are. When they have rheumatism.
they make a mighty fuss, but when they
haven't 1t, they don't recollect that it's
a very nice thing to be able to. walk. or
move your arms, just As you please. Now.
that Is true wisdom, to remember how
well off you are. and how many ailments
,SDhH knun houopst and tn ha
very grateful and thankful and content
ed.
Yes, Miss Marcus Aurelius, that Is all
very well, for you," one says to her. You
sught to be content. certainly. Look at
your position. You are young. you are
passably good looking"
II thank yOu." she says. in her cool
American way.
You have excellent health and spir-
its, you have an abundance Of friends
and well-wishers, you have nothing In the
world to do but look pretty and please
people. 1t would be Q singular thing II
you were not content. What more would
you like? Would you like to be an an
gel2"
"Ah. see I can't make you under
stand" she says. 1T isn't at all being
merely content; you should make your
self happy by thinking Of the various
anxieties and ailments and distresses that
you have suffered from or might suffer.
and that you are now free from: 1t isn't
content, Il 10 congratulated. Say" she
continues, In her usual inconseQuent fash
lon. why u your wife % anxious that
Mr.. puncombe shousa come peeE % IL
She puts this question in an uneoncern-
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VERSATILITY OF REAL TALENT

People Of Brains Whose Gonius 0hovs
In Many Various Lines.
Its Q wonder to me that there are
aot more Hopkinson Smiths In this
world" remarked q man who reads
everything.
Heaven forbid" calculated his
.riend. who prides himself on never
,eading . new book.
'"Oh. mean like Hopkinson Smith In
diversity Of talents." the first man has
ened to explain. "Smith, you know.
,egan life as q civil engineer and really
lid some notable work In that line.
Then he made himself famous writing
lovels and painting pictures. and now
ie's broken into the Occurring business.
Now. believe that plenty Of people
,ould do the same thing IL they only
nied. A man who has brains Of one
sort usually has brains Of another sort
I remember that Hetty Green once said
to me. You can't put . smart person
into a pint cup I thought Of that the
other night when went TO Browning
study class at Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Church. II there 10 anything usually
steer clear Of 1t 10 Browning club. but
Q friend dragged me OF to this. We'll.
said as we came away. II Jenkin
Lloyd Jones wasn't q pretty good
preacher he would make . more than
middling actor To hear Jones read
dramatic poem IL like going to q first
class play. He initiates first one char.
acter and then another, and roars out
the lines like a trained actor.
II know a physician here in the city
who is prominent in his profession, and
is also one Of the best violinists evei
heard. He had an offer once from Sci
del Of . place in the New York orches
tra.
dorado Taft writes art essays better
than he makes busts. Ralph ClarksOn.
the painter, is writing book. One OF
the best newspaper reporters In Chi
cago hasibeen q high-salaried preacher.
Q first-class lawyer. . soldier, . school
teacher, and an actor"
Come to count 'em up. 1t does seem
that brains do not work In pigeon-hOles.
doesn't it1 We haven't mentioned the
famous examples. like: =. Goethe anc
Gladstone and Rosebsry. and our own
Chauncey Depew and Ben Franklin,
and even George Washington, who
could fight and survey land and govern
the country and run . farm and cult
vate the graces OF Q Virginia gentle
man."-Chicago Intaf Ocean
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you amaze me! Has some outrage
,us disease approached that lovely
sirlf'
Aunt Phoebe shook her head, and col.
.mnly said:
Chronic"
"What-what II itT'
"a heart troubIeF' pronounced Aunt
ehoebe. sotemnly What the poor
:hild suffers from 1t NO words can tell"
You don't say SO! Can 1t bel Why,
supposed-"
''She looks healthy, I know. But
Gladys 10 like her mothers family; they
Ill had hearts-I mean they all suffered
rom heart troubles- Why. could tell
;Ou Of sufferings-but won't Iwon't
iarass your feelings by describing
what . source Of dreadful misery
aeart difficulty IL. But 1 know; I've
rad my share of their palms."
"You-you have that tendency.
nadamT
"Dreadfully! All the family has more
or less. I tell you. squire; and my niece
she's dear, good girl and want her
to do well: but 1t really did seem to me
Is II you ought-belng 30 strict in your
lotions Of health--tO know the truth"
Heart disease! Why, 1t often proves
suddenly fatal, doesn't itT
''Oh. yes: people usually die with it.
And then there's Paintings. and pinings
away. and it"
Lord bless my soul! This 10 serious.
my dear madam! IL have openly de-
.lared that l will not marry a sickly
person. 1t Is strange-it is very ob1ec-
:ionable to me-that Miss Gladys faith
.r has not informed me-"
He doesn't know, and wouldn't be-
,ieve . word of it Gladys has never
said . word to him about her heart.
But I am her aunt-her mothers own
sister-and 1t isn't a week since my
liece confessed to me how she suffered
i suspected 1t before she uttered q
word-for. as l say. it's in her family,
md know the signs.'
"Yes. yesl Well. now. my dear lady,
what course ought I to pursue, under
:hese remarkable circumstances? With
ny peculiar views ON the subject of
lealth-my very decided views-I real
y cannot be expected to proceed a. If
the circumstances were different"
Il don't know anything about that 1
cannot advise you. But feel A. II I
had done my duty"
But I-can l honorably retract? Can
withdraw my proposalY'
MY brother-in-law Is Of . very
,hOleric temper; cannot say But you
might be called away"
Il an called away. have urgent
business in Liverpool, and l am the
man who should be on the spot. No in
1ircct agency will avail shall 60
abroad at once, Mrs. Ray. And Miss
Gladys-she Is very pretty-no doubt
may supply my place, In the course OF
\ year. with some one who-whO has
not the peculiar and very decided
views on health that hold. And you
since you seem a lady Of uncommon
sense and superior ideas Of the fitness
Of things-will. perhaps. use your innu-
ence toto"
Certainly. to smooth my niecs's
pathway, Of course"
So the conversation came pacincally
to an end, and two days later the squire
sailed for Liverpool The news came
to the Rays like a thunderbolt, for the
father and son had prospectvely Sc
cured large slice Of good fortune from
Gladys wedding the rich squire. But
he was gone-for year or more, report
said-and after . furious and senseless
anger against Gladys the poor giri wa
left In peace.
When Aunt Phoebe went home to hsr
auisA seaside dwelling At Bayport she
eoek GLADYS with AI - Q yisif and
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Last year the Winnebago Indians,
on the reservation near Sioux City.
Iowa, feasted on 301 dogs obtained
from the dog pound IN that city, at a
cost of about five cents q dog.
I'm Switzerland q telephone can be
rented for 3S q year.
The cost Of educating a pupil in the
public schools OF Chicago in 1877
amounted to $8.41. It has been steadily
increasing each year until the record
Of 1888 showed a cost per pupil of
1854.
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-08
AT THE RACES.

CFrom the Chicago American)
The bay gelding Prince Alert, by
Crown Prince, got the worlds record
for pacing in hopples at Cleveland on
July rs, covering the mile in 2:O2.
The black gelding Coney, by McKin-
ney, was first to reduce the hopple rec
ord this season, making the mile in
2:o22 on July "a.
Cresceus, the chestnut stallion, beat
all previous records for stations at
the Cleveland grand circuit meet on
July 90. He trotted a mile in 2:O6sl =,
reducing his former record of 2: orr
made last year.
A trotter that has been doing ex-
cellent work is the brown horse John
Nolan, by Prodigal (2:O7B), and
owned by Hubinger Bros. He holds
the three fastest heats ever made by
trotting stallion.
Searchlight (2:O3A), the great west
ern PAGER of which so much was ex-
pected, has not yet been seen on the
track this season. He is undergoing a
special training, and later in the fall
will be sent after Star Pointers rec
ord of 1:59h.
Although the light-harness season
is hardly well under way, many SEN
sational performances have been wit
messed since the grand circuit opened.
No less than two worlds records have
been reduced, besides the lowering of
a number of individual records of the
season. John r. Gentry and Joe
Patchen, the two famous PAGERS, have
figured prominently in the record
breaking feats. In their first meeting
at Lima, o., on July 4, Gentry beat
out the black stallion in straight
heats and reduced the record for a
half-mile track to 2:O4A. This was
considered remarkable performance,
but Patchen showed himself a half
second faster under the same condi-
lions when the pair met at Windsor
Park on July IL.
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burning tumble weeds viii travel
long distance. Her intention now was
to pillow few more burrows Just out
side the garden by the house and
burn a wider space before the fire
came. She had not gone a rod until
she saw that her work was useless.
The fire would be upon her before
abe could get the back fire going. The
horses had smelled the smoke and
were quivering with excitement. She
loosed them from the pillow and they
broke away from her and galloped
OF across the prairie at the highest
speed. She glanced after them with
dismay. One more chance of life gone,
she thought. 1t had occurred to her
as she was trying to pillow that she
might possibly take her sister and the
babe, one at u time on one of the
horses, TO some place of safety, but
now she could not do that. She stood
for a moment dNzed and undecided.
then another plan suggested itself.
One thinks very quickly in time like
this; hours seem ages; moments
seem days. Up the canyon few rods
there was an old dugout built well up
on the side Of the canyon, where
there was no tall grass and so no
chance for the fire to come. If she
could just reach this in time! She
ran into the house and found her sis
ter awake. Pheme had not much
breath to spend in words. so she said
briefly and hastily, There's a big fire
coming, and I'm going to take you
and the baby TO the old dug-out down
the canyon" AS she spoke she took
Maggie up in her arms and started.
"Oh! take the baby frst-take the
baby first" walled the sick sister, but
Pheme paid no attention. When they
got outside of the door and Maggie
caught sight of the red flames so
near, she tainted away at once.
Pheme did not have time. to get water
to restore her. Trembling with IA
tigue she FASTENED on through the
tall grass to the old dug-out. She
reached it, laid her sister down and
hurried back for the baby. The
flames were now quite close to the
house. The baby was wide awake and
smiled up at her as she took him in
her arms. When he caught sight of
the flames he crowed with delight,
thinking no doubt that this was some
new and pretty plaything that had
been arranged specially for him.
Pheme was by this time so weak
with the excitement and overexertion
that she could hardly drag herself
along. She could hear the flames close
behind her, but dared not look
around. A little faster now and all
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carry. AS seen in the picture, the
shade as furnished by parasol, in the
upper portion of which is placed a
revolving fan with slanting blades.
which drives current of air down
on the head of the person carrying
the parasol. The fan is rotated by a
simple and light mechanism, consist
ing Of a reciprocating rod suspended
In brackets parallel to the handle, the
upper end of the rod connecting with
a gear wheel pivoted on the frame of
the device. This gear wheel meshes
with one revolving around the umbrel-
Ia handle, which turns the fan and
produces the breeze. To operate the
apparatus it is only necessary to in
sert one finger in the ring at the tip
OF the rod, giving the latter a recipro-
eating motion to revolve the wheels
and bring the fan into action. The
fan blades and other parts of the de-
vice are so arranged that they fold
inside the parasol when the latter in
closed.-Louisville Courier-JournaI.
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CHINA AND HER GOVERNMENT

Area of China is 4,2tS.4O1 English
square miles. OF this territory only
11,336,S4l miles belong to China
proper, the remainder being the de-
Tendencies of Manchuria, Mongolia,
Tibet, Jungaria and east Turkestan
Notwithstanding the relatively small
size of China proper it contains the
bulk of the population, having $780,
100000 inhabitants out of n total pop
ulation of the kingdom of 400 ,6sO, 900.
China's present emperor-that is,
the parsonage variously reported poi
soned, murdered, in hiding and mys-
teriously vanished in other ways-be-
longs to the Manchu dynasty, which
overthrow the native dynasty of Ming
in 1644. The present lively interest
Prince Tuan-leader of the Boxers
is taking in the determination of for
eigners is due to the fact that his son
was last January declared by decree
to supercede the real emperor and ne
is anxious to clear the way.
Supreme direction of the empire is
vested in the privy council, and the
administration is under the direction
OF cabinet comprising four men,
bers, two of Manchu and two of Chi
nese origin, besides two assistants
from the great college, who have to
see that nothing is done contrary to
the civil and religious laws of the
great empire. These members are
called ministers of state. Under their
orders are seven different boards of
government.