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ARTICLE NO. 4.

as also President Mckinley, in 1899. for
practically the same amount that Presi-
dent Cleveland had vetoed in 1886
THE NAT TURNER INsURREcTIoN.
The Nat Turner or Southampton insur-
rection startled the people of Virginia in
the month of August, 1881. The leader
was a slave named Nat. Turner. It is
said that from childhood he seemed to
have been, the victim Of Superstition and
fanaticism, and to have grown up IN the
belief that he was destined TO accomplish
some great purpose. He was austere In
life and manners, and impressed his as
soeiates with the conviction that he was
prophet of the Almighty, and that he
was guided by inspiration from above
In his confession he related that on May
i, 1928. he had vision and a spirit WIS.,
lied him, and commanded him TO be ready
at sign te be given in. the heavens to
r1se1and STAY his enemies. This sign was
to be the eclipse in February, 1881 The
Fourth of July was the day fixed for the
rising. but he fell III, and that time pass
ed. The sign appeared again, he said
and then he. determined to wait no longer
The zlDsurreetion began on the night of
Aug Il, by the massacre of his master;
Joseph Travis, and his family
Turner and his associates had agreed
that until they could arm and equip
themselves and raise q sufficient farce
neither age nor sex should be spared,
and this was their course. They went
from house to houses massacring the
whites, until their numbers were increa,s
ed to over fifty all mounted and armed
with gunstand swords, axes ana clubs
Their acts soon aroused the country. and
the members of the band were attacked
and scattered. -. Turner'S ASSOCIATES de-
serted him, and he had to conceal him
self for several weeks; but he was dis.
covered, captured and frisd and executed
1t is stated by Wilson that ein this Ia
surrection sixty-one white persons and
more than a hundred slaves We're kiIISd
or executed This uprising among the
slaves resulted in a message from Gov.
Floyd to the legisla ture of Virginia, fol-:
lowed by long, earnest and exhaustive
debate on the subject of slavery in that
stateai Henry Wilson says of that de-,
bate that seldom, If ever, have the
evils of slavery been more graphically
not to say terrif1cally portrayed" But
Nfrginia's slaveholding aristocracy could
not allow such speetacles and discussions
to be continued, and the free expression
Of opinion was sternly frowned upen,
slavery's assaiiants were finally silenced
and it took the war to abolish the bar
barism.
= A GOVERNORS REVOLT.
Gov Martin Chftten5dfeanns. of Vermont
issued a proclamation III November, 1873,
recalling from the United States service
brigade ofsmilitia then at Burlington,
to aid in the movement against Canada
The troops refused togi obey the order
and the governors messenger was ar
rested. 1t was moved later in congress
10 prosecute the governor, but no fecfs-,
i've action was taken. = ts--ss
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We Have Many
Wonderful
Things
to See Here
At Home.

while 1t is the oldest geologically. 1t Il
the youngest in the new civilization, in
which are concentrated the best forces
of the earth's brightest century
As sight-seeker, what do you want
Do you want antiquity? See the mounds
of Americas prehistoric people scattered
throughout the OHIO valley, along the
Mississippi, by the shores of the Mexican
gulf, in the Minnesota park region and
by Jevifs Lake. in North Dakota Or
go to Mexico or Central America and see
rock carvings, ancient palaces and ruined
cities.
Do you wish to delve in the cemeteries
of the prehistoric animals? Go to the
bad lands of the Black Hills in South
river and Arrow creek bad lands in Mon
tana, where the mastodon rhinoceros,
camel and other monsters of past ages
have been found. A solid cliff of shells
and fishes is to be seen on Arrow creek.
Go to the John Day river country iH
Oregon. Go to Eastern Washington, near
Spokane, where the largest skeleton 0.
the mastodon ever known was exhumed
and during the Chicago Worlds Fair was
exhibited in the Washington state build
ing.
Do you want solitude? In the Rockies
the Cascades and the Sierras arc cliff
and streams and caves and canyons yel
strange to human feet and unseen bs
motal eye, that await the coming of thu
explorer.
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confidence in the elevating power Of
threatened and inflicted pain They re-
earded punishment and torture as the
surest road to good government and the
shortest route to the reformation of those
VINO were inclined to disobey the will of
human ard supposed divine law. This old
theory that punishment or the power to
lnnlct pain, on the part of the sovereign
power is necessary to protect society.
prevails today imprisonment torture,
ana death constituted trinity under
whose protection, according TO the BELIEF
OF the ancients. society might feel se
cure. Connected with all the courts of
ancient times was a chamber of torture
Inc ingenuity of man was exhausted IN
the construction of Instruments for the
purpose OF reaching and making sublec-
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FAMILY.
ARTICLE No. /.

FAMILY
During the arti-Mormen agitation grow
ing out of the Roberts case in congress-,
no attention seems 10 have been called
tic. Bishop Heber Kicks, who enjoys the
distinction of being the head of the iarg-
est family In Mernlenfiom. Ii rot IN tne
world. He hass~fweive wives. sixty-sIx
children. and 2is grandchildren. A the
age of seyenty-eight he is living in the
midst of his descendants in the Snake
valley, On the boundary of Wyoming Oid
Heller Rtcks IS a giant III stature, with
a long, grizz.ed beard and figure lite
bent by the weight OF his years. He is
a high priest III the church. AMI. to Nor
mems. he speaks With the vince of divine
Inspiration on both religion AMI business.
Though he refuses 30 talk acb3IT his early.
life. it is known that he was born In
some foreign land, and came 70 st. I.eais
in 1872. soon after Joining the Mermens
at Independence. Mo. Some OF his SOFAS
are prominent in the Canadian province
OF Alberta. whore the aformens are SET
ting up new kingdom. anil at Caiaua-
hua, Mexico, where for years there has
been a ffourishing Mormon colony IN
fact the name OF Kicks Is prominent
wherever aIermonissn IS knowH
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WAR WITH FRANCE.


The war with France covered three
years. from 1898 to 1901, during which
there were many engagements. The
Americans captured over one hundred
French ships, Of which seventy-six, pri-
vateers and armed merchantmen, were
retained, the others being returned to
France. No American war vessel was
captured except the fourteen-gun ship,
Retaliation. renamed from the Croyable,
which had originally been taken from the
French at the beginning of the war.
The first and most sanguinary fight took
place on Feb. 3, 1fSs, when Capt Trux-
ton, OF the war ship Constellation sent
10 the West Indies to protect American
shipping, attacked and captured the
French frigate LInsurgente, of forty
guns. The fight lasted eight hours and
resulted in the death and wounding of
seventy Frenchmen and of only live
Americans. Before all the prisoners had
been transferred from one ship 10 the
other, the two vessels were driven apart
by gale. There We're only thirteen
Americans on board L'Insurgente to 173
Ffenehmen. Yet the meager force of
Americans drove the Frenchmen below
and kept them there until they arrived
in port On Feb. l, 1900, the Censtella-
ton encountered the French frigate Ven
geance, and maintained a battle of eight
iOufS 1t was Odpt.a impress
SION" says naval authority, that the
French ship was beaten, but the darkness
of the night ana the falling of his main
mast prevented him from following up
whatever advantage he might already
have gained. The Vengeance was heav-
Ter ship, with a larger crew and was
III position, had she so disposed TO
continue the engagement. As she made
sail from the Constellation, the latter
is entitled to the credit of victory,
though not decisive one. Her loss is
not known. but is thought to have been
large. The casualties on the American
side were IA killed and Is wounded il
of the latter dying subsequently from
their wounds. Congress voted Truxton
a gold medal for his bravery in this ae-
ton.
The war was the result of the right
Claimed by France to search vessels of
neutral Eations for arms and other goods
considered contraband OF war, and so
American commerce became a prey to
French crusers settlement was reach
ed in 1901, when the United States pre-
scented claims amt uniting to over $1,000 0 o.
but We're met with counter claims much
greater, in which France declared the
United States had not observed treaty
obligations in watching vessels. The con-
vention resulted in a mutual surrender
of all claims, but American claimants
insisted the government was RESPONSE
pie, and congress was repeatedly pressed
for payment. Presidents Polk and Pierce
vetoed bill providing payment In 1885
congress instructed claimants to apply to
the court of claims. and good many
amounts were recommended for payment.
President Harrison approved an appro-
prlatlon OF over $l,90oO9o for this purpose,
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Honor and fame from no condition
rise;
Act vel your part: there all the honor
Hes .
THE RISE OF THE HUMBLE
Thomas Carlyle and Hugh Miller were
masons. Jeremy Taylor was barber.
Andrew Johnson was a taflor.s Cardinal
Wolsey, Defoe and Henry Kiri<e White
were butchers sons. Faraday was the
son OF blacksmith. and his teacher,
Humphrey Davy. was an apprentice to
an apothecary. KepIer was a waiter boy
in a German hotel; Bunyan was a tinker;
Copernicus the son OF Polish baker:
Marshal Ney, 1.-THE bravest of the brave
entered the army as a private soldier
Richard Golden was boy in London
warehouse. His first speech in parlia-
ment was a complete failure; but he was
not afraid of defeat, and soon became
one of the greatest orators of England.
ness life barefoot At the age Of fifteen
he was obliged TO buy on credit the shoes
he wore To his fathers funeral His
museum was burned several times, and
he met with reverses which would have
disheartened most men; but he had that
grit and pluck which know no defeat.
ard he lives in memory as the great
Snowman.
Robert Collyer brought his bride to
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tive the most sensitive nerve; and ali
this was done in the interest of good
society. good government, and high civil
hzation. a long list Of frightful punish
ments could be enumerated; but did the
inf1uence tend to elevate the morals OF
the people? Can men be made good bv
punishment Can you improve the
growth of tree by bruising it's bark?
How, then, can the human race he inn
proved and the morals of a nation be
elevated There are q thousand differ
emf influences that may be utilized 10
TINS end, If we only properly direct them
Inc mothers of today CHI tell what the
next generation will be. Existing in
huences rightly directed can revolutfonsze
any community in decade and nation
can rise to great heights or fall very love
In a generation.
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The AMERICAN
CONTINENT.
ARTICLE NO. /.

With many people travel means to
go abroad, and the Traveller" in TIE
common meaning of the term, is usually
a man who has taken superficial ex-
cursion to Europe or around the globe.
and who frequently knows as little Of
the wonders OF mis- own country Outside
OF the eities1 as if he had never been in
it. The people of foreign lands take pride
in pointing out their natural, historical
unpatriotieally run away and see these
other lands before they become acauatnt-
ed with their own.
George Washington, in letter to his
question of foreign travel. saying: 1T Is
to be expected that every man who trav-
els with. d view of observing the laws
and customs OF ether countries should be
able to give the description of the stu
alton and government of his own
investigate all parts of our continent,
much of which IS now of easy access. be-
fore spending money and time in Other
lands. Hundreds of millions of doIars of
American money is expended annually in
European countries, with more discom-
forts of travel and living than is posi-
bic IN America. And why. because it IS
the fad. or because our people are ignor-
ant OF what we possess.
America was the first continent to rear
its head above the prfmeva1 waters, and
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III Bundped. -.
...... Years Ngo.
How the People Lived When the
Country Was Young.
ARTICLE NO. 4.

FRUITS
For fruit our great grandparents lad
very small apples dried for winter use,
pears used fresh, and a few peaches The
grape. the strawberry, the raspberry, the
dewberry, currant and blackberry grew
Wild, and were sometimes picked for use,
but the fruit was small, sour, and in
fer1or, and there was no thought of cul-
uvating these plants. The watermelon
and muskmelon were unknown while
oranges, bananas. pineapples, and other
tropical fruits would not bear the long
ocean voyage on sailing vessels, and con-
sequently were not seen once m a decade
except where hardy varieties grew in the
South.
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THERMOMETER.

THERMOMETER
The largest the. mometer In the WORT
is at Hsvestock, Manchester. England
II is seventy feet long. stands m shafi
sunk In the earth, and is Ilsed to meas
ure the temperature OF Mother Eartt
seventy feet below the surface, recording
exactly all her moods and giving scfent-
lists an opportunity to become nl1te close
~ acquainted with The undo: ground mys-
teries OF the globe OF wEich we i've The
giant Thermometer is made in accordance
with the principles that govern the small
instruments in every day use. Ia con.
structilrg 1t many difficulties had TO be
overcome. on account OF It's great size.
The largest Thermometer cve- made
previous to tho seveaty-foo. ona con-
structea By Col. Knight was constructed
by Forbes. who built ono ncssuring
nearly forty feet III length. This was con-
sidercd & great accomplishment. aEJ tl.O
Forbes thercaomete.- became ono oe the
caEiasli;es OF science
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syndicate. Rice IS one OF the chief eropa
The largest stock ranch is in Northwest.
ern Texas. 100000 acres belonging to the
G. b. Farweu 81 nd.ca e. OF Caicsgo, g.ve.
in exchange for building. the Texas STATE
house at Austin.
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FHM0US BOOKS s; z::; IS. .''.
TOM BROWNS school,. DAYS.

TOM BROWNS SCHOOL. DAYS,
r The finest and most famous example Vi
stories depicting English pubic school
life, was written by Thomas Hughes, and
published in 1857, when the author was
a young lawyer Of thfrty-three, 1t leaped
at once into deserved popularity it
has never lost. Tom is a typical middle
class lad. with the distinctive British
virtues of pluck, honesty and the lovs
of fair play. The sorry portrays his life
from the moment he enters the lowest
form of the great school, homesiciz,
timid lad. who has to fag for the older
boys and has his full share of the rou.il
treatment which prevailed at Rugby il
his day, to the time when he has devel-
oped into big, brawny fellow, the head
to pass on to Oxford-another story be-
ing devoted to his experiences there. A
faithful lifeffka and most entertaining
picture of the famous Rugby of DR.. Ar
mold is given: its social habits, methods
of teaching, its sports, beliefs and ideals
The wide influence Of the great Arnold
is sketched with hearty appreciation
and in another figure-that of the gen
tie, hlgh-charactered lad Arthur-one
may recognize the distinguished Dean
Stanley in his student days. Individual
scenes, like the bullying of Tom when
he is green in the school, the football
match and the boat race, will always
cling in memory for their graphic lines
and fullness of life. An honester, man
Her story was never written, for the
author has been through 1t all. The nov
Ell Is by an Old boy the title page de-
clares.- Moreover, it teaches. by the con-
tagion of example, those sterling Write
virtues which have made the English oae
of the dominant races Of civilization To
read Tom Brown is to have an exhiIirat-
ing sense of the vigorous young man
hood of that nation, it's joy of fruitful
activity.
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Thomas Hughes. an English story and
essay writer; born at bennington
1896. Apart from Tom Browns School
Days and tom Brown at Oxford, =
which brought him unexampled fame
and popularity, he wrote persistentiy
and capably in behalf of the form Of
socialism. to which he was welded. no.
tably. "Our Old Church, What Shall
We Do With It?' and Rugby. an
account of q cooperative colony pro-
jected in Tennessee. ssThe Manfines5 Of
Christ Is a very original addition to
the literature of militant Chr stfanfty
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FARM

The largest cultiyatst9 farm in the world
lies III the St. Char * district IN south
west Louisiana. 1t contains about 500. -
eco acres and belongs tc the Wasl1Ins
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SHIPS THAT PASS INsEEIE NIGHT.
This prettily told beaee sac .f.tt-es story
gained wide publicity when lit was pub
llshed in 1894, largely on account of its
taking title. The scene is. laid in a
Swiss winter resort for consumptives.
BeTnardine, pathetic, worn-out school
teacher of the new woman type. who
has had hitherto little human interest.
unds herself one of the numerous guests
of the crowded Kurhaus of Petershofi
HeDneighbor at table is Robert rAllitsen,
man whom long Illness and pain have
rendered so blunt and selfish that he
goes by the name of the "Disagreeab.e
Man. He deeIaressthat he has no fur
Their duties towards mankind, having
made the one great sacrifice, which the
pro.onging, fer his mofher's sake, of 4
: wearisone and hopeless existence These
two people strike up close comradeship,
and eBernardine discovers unsupported
depths of kindness and tenderness under
the gruH exteTier Of the ',Disagreeabte
Man. Her own nature = insensibly
softened and enriched by the sight of
the suffering around her At the end of
the winter Bernardine's health is re-
established, and she returns to the old
secondhand bookshop in London. where
she lives with her uncle. Robert Allit-
sen parts from her with scarce a word
but when she has gone. he pours out
in a beautiful letter all the love he feels
fer her, and has fought SO hard against
The letter is never sent. Bernardine
confides to her Old une1e her love for
this man. In the meantime Mrs A lit
sen, his mother. has died, and shortly
after Robert Allitsen appears in the Old
book shop Bernardine requires him to
continue the sacrifice now for her sake.
That same day she Is killed by an ON
n;bus; and the ''Disagreeab9e Man goes
back to Peterhof to live out his lonely
life. sad picture is given OF the
thGughtlessness of the care takers who
accompany the invalids 1t is said that
when the manuscript was isrst handed
to the publisher the two were married.
but 1T was suggested that a fatal ending
be made. and SO the last chapters were
rewritten. u
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FAITH IN MAGIC.

i
! If the federal census Just completed
had embodied set of questions caIculat-
! ed TO snow how many Americans arc
still believers in magic-in plain, old
fashioned necromaney--it would have
shown some highly interesting facts. il
/ would have shown that the day of the
wizard. fortune teller and the conjurol
4 is not past even in the portions of the
country inhabited almost entirely BIZ
! whites. 1t would have shown that by
! educated white men and women, sup
/ posed TO be of at least ordinary good
/ sense, enough money is spent annually
! ON what Mark Twain calls the magic
of fol-de-rof' to send the sons of hun
/ dred Oft spenders through college
LARGE SALE OF DIgINING RODS.
In New. York alone. a single rnanufac-
tory of magical devices sells in every
year not less than 5000 dixining rods and
many other similar contrivanees which
are supposed,sto hayesthe Virtue of loeat-
ing gold mines or hidden treasures
treasure perfume, g9fdoTneters, patent
zip needless magic gold thermometers and
+ q score of others are turned out to the
value of many thousands of dollars annu-
ally For one of these treasure indicat-
ors a farmer will pay from SIS to $S5, and
then, negleeting his toll, firm fnssthe con-
Viction that he has truly magical de-
vice that will bring him untold wealth,
he will tramp for days and even weeks
over the old fields he has farmed since
boyhoed, seeking the gold mines and our
led treasure the magician" has assured
him is there It&sounds Incredible, but
the existence of the factories, not in New
York alone, but in many Eastern and
Western cities, and the presence of the
statesmen of their wares along country
roads PROVE the truth of it.
THEY TESTIFY TO- MAGICAL INFLU-
ENCES.
And not only do people buy all sorts of
things, but they testify afterwards to
their merits ga Pennsylvania factory
which has just gotten out new cata-
logue of magical apparatus prints a
large number of these. - Dear SIR
writes one from Georgia, under date of
September. 1885, II received the rod which
l ordered some time ago, and am well
Pleased with it. 1t works all right. 1 am
satisfied with it. l found a Decent piece
with it. Works nicely. b. T. Sturves."
He hsfS3asRatd SIS for a magical mineral
finding rod, and with 1.-THE had located a
stray l0-cent piece. He was perfectly
happy, and was prepared to give up his
labor and spend his days following where
the magic rod might lead, hunting for
gold.
Dear sir, writes j. sparksfeld,
from Mississippi, this is to certify that
the instrument that bought from you a
year ago works like a charm. Send me a
catalogue Of all you make Do you have
rcd that will not locate anything but
money!" Mr.. SparksfieId had evidently
had difficulty through a tendency of his
machine to locate zinc mines, or deposits
Of unlimited gold, and preferred some
thing that would produce treasure ready
for Use at thescres roads grocery
-7HE Use OF DIP NEEDLES.
To selst these mas icaI devices the MAJ
ufacturers make use of the slightest in
formation on scientific subjects, which
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Beatrice Harraden. an English novelist.
daughter of an East India agent in
London; born about 1864 After private
schooling and a season, in Germany. she
at twenty-one, showing marked excel
lence in languages She was then en-
pleyed in a publishing house. but i'll
health campeiled her to lleave. Her first
was instantly successful. This was fol
lowed by I'm Varying Moods Things
" II Take a Turn t'ffilda Strafford.'s a
California story, and several others.
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STORY OF The HPPLEI Care assi 4r a%s''-
HISTORICAL.

xxxn word fifty spoken
Is Ike apples of Prov II
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LEAVES.

The largest leaves IL the world ,tfs sssle
to be those of the Ina1 palm. vlicf
grows or the banks Of the Amazon J.
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GEOGRAPHY.

century ago, less was known of the
country west of the Mississippi than IS
known of Africa today The Rocky noun
tain region was the center of the great
American desert, and perhaps the uneX-
pressed thought alone was in the mind
of the most progressive Anne, lean states
man that it would ever become part
of the United States. Spain was mas
ter of South America aud a big slice of
North Ameiica and III West Indies. Morse
had just printed his geography, and 1t
was a crude and primitive publication.