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China Methods.

Nowhere else are the principles Of
sound banking better known and un-
derstood or so universally practiced,
while the word of a Chinese merchant
Is accepted the world around. The
Chinese were the first TO coin money
and they have long since solved tie
problem of bank note issues. Business
conditions are stable and values set
tied. Their internal commerce is high
ly developed and all products that can
stand their slow methods Of transpor-
tation are well distributed.
Yet this, the greatest country in the
world, is without any of the modern
means of transportation and exchange.
It's immense traffic is still handled in
the most primitive manner-strinSs Of
camels that reach from the city gate
to the horizon carry the tons Of coal
for the peoples fuel. Pack mules
from western provinces laden with
dried fruits, silks and rugs. return with
salt fish and sea weeds. Heavy carts
groan beneath casks of fragrant wines.
Towboats are dragged along the canals
and rivers by dozen of straining men
The travelling merchant may make
his trip by cart, boat or sedan chair,
If the weather be mild, but If 1t be
winter, the mule litter will carry him
over the rougher country, or he may
skim along the waterways on a light
sled propelled by human arms and
legs.-Leslie's Weekly.
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Now He hdyertises.

"Once. when j was publishing n
paper i'm Seattle, convinced man in
the most emphatic way that 1t paid to
advertise" said an old journalist. ''He
was Il fairly prosperous merchant, and
had tried for lon gtime to get him
to insert an advertisement in my paper.
".Oh, it's no use. he would say. L
never read the advertisements in a
paper, and no one else does. l believe
in advertising, but in a way that will
force itself upon the public. Then 1t
pays. But in newspaper-pshaw!
Everybody who reads newspaper
lodges the advertising pages as If they
were poison
"'Well, said 1, If can convince you
that people do read the advertising
pages of my paper, will you advertiser ?
"'Of course, will. / advertise wher-
ever think 1t will do any good
"The next day had the following
line stuck in the most obscure corner
of the paper, between a couple OF pat
ent medicine advertisements:
"'what is Cohen going to do about
it?.
"Thc next day so many people an
noyed him by asking what that line
meant, that he begged me to explain
the matter in my next issue. I prom
ised to do so IL he would let me write
the explanation and stand by 1t. He
agreed. and I wrote: He Is going to
advertise, of course And he did
Golfers Weekly.
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An Expert Beer officers OplsIoa Of melera
Artillery.

Major Albrecht, commander Of the
Boer artillery was asked by the Deut-
sche Worte whether his experience
confirmed Herr Won Bloch's assertion
with regard to the fearful effects OF
modern guns. In letter dated Kroon-
stad, Dec. IL. after the battle OF Co
lenso, Albrecht says:
What does Bloch sny? A modern
shell throws over thousand pieces!
What rubbish. wish that Russia
would send me some Of those shells.
What we have here won't even always
obey us. but what the English have are
bad beyond description. Out Of hun
dred shells not ten burst, and even
these make more noise than they do
damage. The day before yesterday
about $4,000 English with over fifty
guns stood against us 10000 Beers. l
cannot give the accurate numbers, for
am to-day already on my way back
10 the Modder River, from where l
came on the 18th with half of my ar
tillery. But l can well say that we
did not lose more than hundred men,
among them about three dozen killed.
TO about 1000 English shells about
twelve men were killed, and thirty or
forty wounded, for the rest was done
by rifles. Our Boer artillery was by
no means as successful as | had antici-
pated before the war. Certainly our
people shoot splendidly; but there is a
1T lot I'D n
rifle The English must have suffered
heavy losses, but | know that l, with
my artillery, had only a slight share
i'm IL, although we fired about four hun
dred shells. | leave it open whether our
artillery disabled i'm all a hundred men.
The riflemen disabled in ten minutes
ten times more than our artillery did
sometimes in ten hours. Artillery in
defence does not seem to be destined
to play a brilliant part, and as regards
the attack, it's use consists chiefly in
intimiGating the enemy, so that the at
tacking body can advance under its
protection. The real decision lies in
close fighting. The battles of Magers-
fontein and Colenso were decided with
in ten minutes. Within five minutes
Butler had lost eleven guns.
He who is least nervous is victor
ious-Of this | am firmly convinced.
OF course. in close fighting many more
soldiers are now disabled than former
ly, but the massacre is therefore of
shorter duration. No body of troops
marches straight Oh. as on the drill
self be simply shot down. Not even
the English do this. According to my
conviction. was is nowadays not more
murderous than formerly"
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New Crimes and Penalties.

The theft of IL lamp is larceny; 1t
may be Roman lamp or a Greek
lamp, an oil lamp or an electric lamp.
Whether it constitutes grand larceny
or petit larceny will in certain states
Of the Union depend. not upon it's age
or newness, but upon it's market value.
On the other hand, there are a great
number of modern crimes which could
not have been committed in ancient
days because the instruments for their
perpetration did not exist. They are
the outcome of modern civilization and
they require new legislation.
The tapping Of telegraph wire is a
modern form Of highway robbery. In
the old days the method was to way
lay the courier on the road and to rob
him of his purse or Of his message.
The formula of the modern highway
man is not stand and deliver" but
simply DELIVER And he may get
message from the lightning courier
which may be worth more to him than
Il well-flled purse. But there is moth
ing to be gained by indiscrimnate tap
ping. 1t is some special message or in
formation that the thief is looking for,
possibly for its effect on the stock mar
ket or on other business ventures; but
the use of cipher codes renders the tap
ping of telegraph wires of little avail,
even in time of war, unless the code as
well as the message has been stolen.
For the tapping of power or light lines
the modern highwayman comes in out
of the rain. He can do his business
better indoors by attacking the elec-
tric meter, confusing its calculations,
and thus getting more current than he
pays for. Such, at least, seems to be
the implication of recent statutes.-
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A Tin About Using Stamps.

'Wait until / have washed of the
postage stamp on this envelope, spoil
ed in the addressing" said a man.
1T is not necessary to do that" said
a lawyer. You may take your scis-
sors and cut out the adhesive stamp
and stick it fast to your new envelope
with mucilage, Notwithstanding the
adnering piece of the old envelope.
1T does not look nice, and may be-
come detached in the mail, but If the
stamp is genuine, unused, adhesive
stamp it Is not questioned. The Gov
ernment, when it sells an adhesive 2
cent stamp, undertakes for such con-
sideration to transport and deliver to
destination the letter to which 1t Is af-
fixed. The fact that 1t has a piece of
an envelope TO which it was formerly
attached, but not used or deposited
for mailing, does not relieve the Gov
ernment to execute its part of the con-
tract when the letter Is deposited for
mailing, the stamp being otherwise
perfect. .r-Washington Star.
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THE BAyoSHr IN SOUTH AFRICA
Value Of q Weapon ProbobIy Useless ID
Dealing with European Fee.

/ think 1t has been clearly demon
strated during the Boer- British war,
writes an English expert, that the at
tacking force loses about four times as
many men as the defending force. AS
we shall probably always be lne at
tacking party it appears essential that
our numbers should always be largely
in excess of those Of the enemy. The
ultimate issue then Is merely ques-
ton Of the number of men we can con-
centrate In order 10 make our attack
irresistible.
do not mean TO say that this would
be the case were we fighting the train
seems probable that a modern Euro
pean battle will last several days, and
that against modern disciplined army
the bayonet will be discarded as use
less encumbrance. With the present
magazine rifle the infantry come un-
der hot fire at 1000 yards, and in an
attempt to rush trenches at the point
of the bayonet, few, IL any, would sur
vive. But with our present foe the
conditions are somewhat different. The
Boer does not wait for bay0net
charge; he is not disciplined, and does
not remain i'm the trenches because his
officer commands him. When he thinks
his enemy is getting too close, he
mounts his pony and gallops away TO
where he considers he is safer.
Thus, though We lose many men, our
troops have usually managed to dis
lodge the enemy by this means; but,
as rule, when they have gained the
position, they have not found many
Beers there. They have gone when the
storming party was still 200 or 300
yards off, and at u distance at which
European soldiers would have opened
fire, out of which no man would
have come alive.
l wish to show by this that though
this mode of attack is costly one, and
would probably be impossible against
European armies, yet it seems the on
ly one by which we can make sure OF
driving the enemy from the strong po-
sitions they take up, and to carry this
out successfully We must be vastly
superior in numbers 1t might be asked
why do the generals not try big flank
ing movements to turn the enemy's po-
sitiOn? The answer is simple. Our
generals have found that owing to the
extraordinary mobility of the Beers
this mode Of attack Is impossible
London Daily News.
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AS STYLISH DRESSES ARE TOPPED.

bolero, one that Is. in a way, success
sor to the blouse front. That Is, 1t dis
guises the outline OF the figure as the
blouse used to do. This was on the lay
er plan. Boleros made in this way usu-
ally show at least two materials, and
some of them have each Of three or more
layers Of a distinct character. In this
one were a bolero of cloth in the new
blue that matched the rest of the dress.
Under II was indicated second layer of
delicate gray-blue, and last came a layer
of black silk. These materials were re-
peated on the skirt in the manner shown.
The embroidery was Of a degree Of eie-
gance that once was kept for ball or
other elaborate costumes. but that now
Is deemed correct for half-formal use.
Most of the new skirts suggest close
ness to the knees, at any rate. The
apron front skirt Is laid in lengthwise
pleats at back and sides. and its front IL
nat and lies over the sides as big old
fashioned apron would. Gowns made
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Grew Up With the Indians.

Representative Curtis, of Kansas,
has an elaborate pipe of peace. 1t is
made of fine pipestone, and can ac-
commodate several warriors about the
council fire. 1t came to him recently
as gift from the Cherokee Indians
of North Carolina, and as an express
sion of their affectionate regard.
Indians who como to Washington al
ways look Mr.. Curtis up soon after
their arrival. His fame Is wide among
the red men Of many tribes, and he pa
LAYERS with the aged chiefs and digni-
fed braves in the most intimate man.
ner. When he was boy the Kansan
played among the Indian papooses. and
much of his younger life was spent
about the wigwams of Shawnee Coun-
ty.-Washington Post.
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TWO DOWNRIGHT NEW ONE AcoEPTABLY QUAINT

silks, lawns or muslins such a gown will
be very pretty.
Yokes are of undiminished usefulness
in decorating gowns that are otherwise
comparatively simple. As used by some
they are daring in the extreme. 1t is
rather startling to see young woman
dressed demurely in a simple gray cloth
gown, with deep unlined yoke OF white
lace that comes out over the shoulders.
Such arrangements are not few. The
lace of the yoke is OF heavy pattern, like
duchess or Spanish, and it can be said
of the idea that handsome neck does
look still more handsome under lace
yoke. As d rule such yokes are white
or of lace tinted soft ivory or yellow.
Black unlined is too startling. Heavy
yellow lace and turquoise blue cloth were
the materials of the first of these yoked
gowns. Bodice belt and ribbon for skirt
were lemon satin ribbon. In the other
gown were putty coored poplin and ivory
white lace. While sleeves remain tight,
most elaborate dresses show some shoul-
der finish, and in this the fancies very
like what was recently in vogue are as
pretty as any of the downright new
schemes. With the exception of the hood
drapery, none of the latter seems sure of
general adoption, and many of them are
too striking.
What is accomplished for the shoulders
in street or dressy attire by epaulettes,
frills or tucking. is being done in new
house dresses by highly wrought fichus.
With care in making or in selecting these
can be so nicely arranged that they give
width at the shoulder and yet are not
ugly or bunchy at throat or bust. Fine
embroidery or needlework is considered
necessary on n handsome fchu. though
ready-made ones can be bought that look
very well. In many a pretty house dress
the pretty fichu is the one distinctive
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Sizes In Shoes.

every few shoe wearers probably
know that a size in shoes is only one
third of an inch in length" explained
n shoe dealer to the writer recently.
This doesn't seem much, and yet to
many women 1t is a momentOus af-
fair Two inches in a waist or bust
measurement are not as apparent as
one-third of an inch in the foot, for i'm
the latter II is direct or lineal increase.
The dstaste for increasing the size
of our shoes becomes more pronounced
as we ascend the scale of the size-stick.
A woman who had habitually worn a
No. 3 shoe, when necessity demands,
can don a 3R without great sacrifice;
she still retains the integral number 3,
which in some measure cOmpensates
her for the added fraction, but a new
integer, No. A. is distasteful by reason
of its formidable sound. If shoes, like
hats, could be graded by eighths of an
inch, she could take refuge in 3%
shoe and yet be comparatively happy.
From No. Az to No. 5 is still greater
trial to feminine nerves, and in the
realm of 6's-well, few women speak
of that size to any one else but the
dealer. The siZe-stick, except for GER
tain work, is not often brought out in
the retail shoe store. 1t is dangerous
thing in the hands of tyro salesman
and would defeat many a sale. With
the expert salesman 1t can be made n
powerful ally in selling shoes to credu-
lous folk. He can skilfully place the
size-stick where 1t will be mightier
than either sword or tongue in con-
futing prejudice and bringing peace Of
mind to customer" Washington
Star.
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the styles are simple there is little ex-
cuse for bad dressing. Over-dresses are
many, but there is very little trace Of the
draped sorts, so maybe that nightmare
is to be escaped. The double skirt is
still worn, but the underskirt shows very
little, either in q houncc that falls from
under the edge of the overdress, or the
overdress is open up side, front or back,
to show the underskirt in petticoat or
front fashion. AS light skirts are seen
less frequently for the street il has come
to be the fashion to give more dressy
look to the dark cloth by a glimpse Of
light underskirt or effect. Tie model of
to-day's first picture was one of many
that are planned in this way. 1t COM
bined dark blue cheviot and oyster color
ed cloth, the latter embroidered and band
ed with black lace insertion. More
dresses are made along this general line
than one realizes at first thought, so
great is the variety of materials and ar
rangements. While NOT a few bodices
are as close as this. there are
worn great many boleros over
which a wrap may not be put with pro-
priety. That means resort to inner jack
cts of chamois. To a woman anxious to
seem stylish this will not be serious
objection. Give her novel bolero and
she'll not think twice of the wrap ques-
ton. Two examples of the new bolero
are pictured here. The first had shoul-
der revers after the manner of the hood
drapery that appears in gowns in many
ways. This gown will be an especially
good one for a figure that is rather too
slender. It's jacket curve to the bust and
the drapery on the shoulder will relieve
the narrowness of the plain-sleeve finish.
AS sketched this scheme was carried out
in dark red cloth. but any goods of styl-
ish color will be equally suitable.
Shown beside this is another sort of
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with princess fronts, the portion Of the
skirt which extends above the waist u
front being carried around the waist to
make Z bodice belt. effect In back, are
cleverly arranged. Another equally new
and even prettier sort has the pleats- se-
cured by ribbon run under them, the
ends OF the ribbon knotting where the
pleats stop In front. 1t Is usual to allow
the pleats to fly free towards the foot OF
the gown and make at the edge the full
ness that Is still In vogue. A box-pleated
skirt often shows contrasting color be
tween the pleats. A skirt Of this kind
Is long all around, and really seems i'm
practical for street wear because 1t can
not be held up successfully.
The few hints of the draped overdress
that are seen are usually accompanied
by a quaintness that marks them as oc-
casional rather than as OF impending gen.
eral acceptance. or this type was the
third gown in the SECOND picture. But
that they might prove an entering wedge
in behalf of bunchy draperies, they could
be much praised. There was an old
fashioned prettiness about this one, a.
there is about a good proportion Of all Of
the class. When, as here, the overdress
is long in front and takes only one or two
graceful long lines Of drapery at the
back, one cannot complain. When the
shoulder seam is made very long and the
sleeve comes out from under shoulder
cap in a way to suggest the romantic
sloping shoulder, the quaintness is much
accentuated. 1t needs only the elbow
sleeve with spreading founce to complete
the suggestion of the gowns our mothers
wore a long while ago. Bands Of cash
mere in contrasting color embroidered in
conventional design make a pretty trim
ming, and in lightweight cloths, summer
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In a paper read before the British
Association Captain Welby described
journey in King Menelek's domin,
ions. He stated that in the Abyssin-
ians there lay mint of pluck, energy
and intelligence which was merely
waiting for development. He noticed
that those tribes who relied for food
solely on milk and meat were of finer
physique than those favored with ce-
reals as well, while others dependent
solely on fish and herbs were, as a
rule, miserable individuals. He came
across one tribe who held the notion
that whenever there was thunder n
white man was born, and hence II was
thought that he must be able to bring
rain with him. The capt. n exhibited
photos Of Abyssiuian sianss over seven
feet In height
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The Boer has not been without his
uses In the world scheme Of civiliza-
tion. Like the American backwOods-
man, he has blazed the way for the
march of progress. His bold and rest
less spirit has pointed out path to
the crowding nations Of the old world.
His have been the privations, his the
toll and his the peril. But his func-
tion is at an end; civilization presses
mt his heels; the land from which he
drove out the Kaffir calls for denser
population. He must submit to alb.
sorption or perish. For the present he
refuses to be absorbed.-The Forum.
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"Did you ever see the name a lobster
is born withT asked a fish-dealer the
other day. 1T is marked on his body.
No? Well, III show you one"
The dealer took live lobster out of
heap on the marble slab.
'Its name Is Joe," the dealer said.
after he had inspected one of its legs.
"Now, can you find it?"
The customer took the lobster gin
gerly by the back of the neck, where II
could not reach his hand with Its nip
pers. Turning 1t on Its back 80 that
the brown legs at It's side Topped back
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ward. a smooth steak half an inch
long and nearly as wide was seen on
the thigh. In this streak, like mosa-
ic. were short lines, rs though some
one had printed on it with indelible
Ink In backhand the characters o e.
"Some Holsters are named Jim," the
dealer said, .some Jack. others John;
and once clearly made out the name
Julia"
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m THE CLEANING.

The summer day Is dying,
The drosy fiowrets fold;
Long shadow soft is lying
On the green and gold.
The brook. what Is 1t saying.
Or Is il laughter sings,
Some voice of joy was playing
Among days happy things!
The brook Is flowing,
But not like summer streams;
Faint lights are on 1t glowing
1t Is the drift of dreams.
John Vance Cheney, in Century
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Reau RrummeI,. S,r.ve.

The dust of Beau" Brummel rests
among yew and cypress trees In lit
tie cemetery mt Caen, France. A stoue
at the head of the grave bears the sol-
lowing Inscriptions: I'm memory OF
George Brummel, Esq, who departed
this life on the 10Th Of March, 1910,
aged 62 years."
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In a new burglar alarm the floor In
front of the door is cushioned to nor
mally separate metallic contact points.
the latter closing circuit when per-
son enters the room lighting lamp
and ringing bell.
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cheapest whether ii seems so or not. Ger
tainly it is better to have one dress Of
good stuff than three or four halfway
ones. But while materials are dear, cos
tunes ready-made were never sold at
more reasonable figures, and as many Of
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The athletes Of Greece in anc.ent
times when training for physical con-
tests, were fed on new cheese, figs and
boiled grain. Their drink was warm
water, and they were not allowed to
eat meat
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wright--How much did the editor
give you for your poem?
Penman--Two dollars.
"Is that all? Why, he gave me more
than that for lost dog last week.
Yonkers Statesman
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THE SPRING OUTLOOK
PRICES ON NEW FEATURES ARE
AWAY UP.
Ready. Made Costumes, However, Were
Never Sold at More Reasonable
Figures In Regard to
the New Bodices and Skirts.
New York correspondence:

lightly turns the
young maids eye to
the things she can
not buy; that's the
way to paraphrase
the quotation in ap-
plying it to women
just now. And even
a maid with half an
eye can get to the
bottom Of her purse
in less than no time.
Prices seem to have
gone away up, be-
cause there are SO
many new features
of a sort that always
are held at top-notch
figures. One needs
to choose wisely.
The best comes very
near to being the
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feature. Such was the case in the house
gown that appears here. 1t was pale
pink cashmere, the fichu and soaring Of
India linen, with edging Of lace.
Copyright, 1900.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-28


the Western states, was never greater
than this year. This is partly due. no
doubt, to the fact that Minnesota breed
ers have this year been exhibiting birds
all along the Western circuit, not only
exhibiting birds, but winning the best
premiums In cash and cup and ribbons.
1t is believed that the choice of the
armory building as an exhibit hall for
the coming show will prove wise one.
The building is large, well lighted, Of easy
access, and both visitors and exhibitors
may be comfortably accommodated.
The pet stock exhibition, to be given
under the auspices Of the Poultry asso-
citation, promises to be an interesting and
novel feature of the coming show No
entry fee is charged, and owners of pet
animals, cats, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits,
etc, are invited to exhibit their pets at
the chicken show. Entries in all depart
ments close Feb. 2. The armory will be
at the disposal of the Poultry association
Saturday morning Feb. 8, when exhibitors
may begin to arrange the coops.