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with his ships and mines and things!"
said Rob.
Il fancy. II the relative value OF
money was considered. your Uncle
David would be found almost as rich
as Solomon" said Mrs. Cleverdale.
laughing at Rob's amazement But
We must get on with our story. You
know that have looked for letter
from Buenos Ayres every three
months. Well. that letter contains a
remittance from Uncle David Of Ave
hundred dollars. That is what we are
living on-what we have lived on since
your poor father died"
"Oh! But I'll pay him all back some
day. mother. Don't fear. I'll pay him
all back"
Mrs. Cleverdaie hugged Rob. and he
did not see the tears that rolled down
her cheeks.
"Yes. dear. you Will pay him. And
the time for that has come. must
read you letter received from him q
short time ago. II Is In reply to one I
wrote him"
There was such evident emotion In
his mothers manner that Rob looked
at her In astonIshment He could see
nothing to a6iiate her In the eonvcrsa-
t!on they had. Mrs. cleyerdaic left her
chair and took from drawer In her
desk u letter hearing the same stamp
ms the package containing the pictures.
She opened this. but did not at once
begin to read. II was by this time ap-
parent to Rob that his mother was
feeling very sad. And II there was any
one feature In Rob'S nature tha, was
stronger than another. II was his love
for his mother. lie put his arms
around her and said:
Don't read II. mother. II Il makes
you cry. Put the old thing away"
"No." she replied. pat,!ns his head.
Il, Is for your good. my 10y. and !
mus, be brave. Uncle David Is wise
and shrcwd. iIc knows wha; Ia best" I"
Solomon again." said Rob.
''Listcn.' said Mrs cicverdaic. begin.
ming to read:
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Bank of Bucnos Ayrcs. Nov. 10. is9-.
Ny Dear Sister.-t have read your
ietter--the last one. in which you ask
about Rob-a, least six times. And at
every reading I reach new eonelu-
sion. Nov. however. after the last
reading. I think have solved the
problem of his future. and have no
doubt you will agree with me in that
have solved IL well. To return TO your
letter. you have. as I understand. made
some arrangement to give up your
lonely housekeeping and make your
home with Mrs. Seymour. your old
school friend. and more than sister.
who lives in Brooklyn. You feel that
IL IL time Rob began to think Of his ca
rcsr, or for you to think for him.
agree with you fully. II you were sure
that the boy was adapted to a profess
sional life I would say keep him at coll
lsse. and I would sec that he go,
through his professional studies and
had enough capital to start life upon.
But there Is no certainty tina, this Is
so. ! fear that he may have inherited
the scholarly tastes and fine tempera-
mcnt of his father. together with his
lack OF worldly push. II this were so.
II Is time now TO take him In hand and
make man of him. II you thought
seriously Of engineering. which you
mentioned. l would say go ahead. But
have studied all the projects you
spoke OF. and cannot see that there IL
any better one than am about to lay
down TO you. And do not mini tell
ing you that there is strain Of SELFISH
ness In my plan. so you need not feel
that I am doing anything by way of
charity. This arrangement will uu-
doubtedly be as advantageous to me as
to him. As you know. my interests are
vast. have so many investments that
require personal attention that I am
busy every waking hour. And besides
myself there is no one In whom can
place any confidence. Now. my dear
sister. I am getting old. need
younger hcad-a younger hand-to
take hold out here and help me. Rob
Is young-so much the better-he will
be the more easily trained TO my meth
DDS of business. You see my way Of
looking at it-now TO my proposition.
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married a wealthy lady Of Bucfios
Ayrcs. and he fci, rather in awe of the
4, oud face with the black eyes that
looked at him from the card.
II hope so. Rob"
.put so far avay,- said Rob. Don't
they ever come TO New York to see
Jour -
Your rnCic David ls very busy
man" she said. Il don't suppose he
ever has any time to so visiting. He
owns so many interests in all parts OF
tha, country ,ha, they keep him ocen-
picd. I fancy. II you ever do see him.
you will so there"
60 thcreI What, Nc so to South
America,"
There VAS so much eager delight In
Rol's words tina; Mrs. CleveTdaie
zipcd an upbidisn tear from her eye.
"Ycs, Rob- she said. Il have not
mentioned this before. because the SUB
ject was very painful TO me. But IL Is
time now for you TO know something
Of the future that has been arranged
for you. As you know. VIC are not rich.
Your father was not one OF the money
making kind. lie was good man. and
a scholarly one. But he preferred to
work for a stated salasg rather than to
strike out in risky enterprises for him
self SO, when he died. he left us with
nothing. My brother. David Horton.
was Just the opposite In nature. lie
went to Buenos Ayrcs when he was
Young, and started his career raising
cattle and horses. He made money ana
married lady OF Buenos Ayres who
was quite wealthy. Then he brauehed
out and took up other lines of business.
and now he is the controller OF many
Of the Industries in the Argentine Con-
federation. lie is a banker in Buenos
Ayrcs. and Ia the friend of the Tresi-
dent. In fact, he is known TO be the
mainstay of the government In Imam
cial matters. Then he has silver mines
on La Plata River. and gold mines on
distant islands. He owns vast cattle
ranges on the pampas. and ships that
go to every country in the world. He
Is a merchant. yes. a merchant prince
His ships bring him treasure from all
,ver."
"why, he's Just like Solomon was.
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a story Of rwlrs.

LLOYD 1owndCs and Richard Lown-
drs. sons of Governor Lovndcs OF
Maryland. arc twins and look very
much alike. According TO a story go
ing the rounds. Richard was travelling
through Ohio year ago. when a man
came through the cars and slapped him
on the back. Hello. Lloyd" he said.
's,op over aud spend the night with
me al Chiliicothe." Richard said he
wasn't Lloyd. but the man wouldn't
believe him. 80 he stopped over
Among the people he met was Miss
MAY Quinn. She liked him and ne
liked her. but Richard had been mar
ried for several years. SO he told his
brother Lloyd about her. and In proc
ess OF time Lloyd went TO see her. feii
in love, proposed. and was married
las, week. when he told his hancee
,ba, he was not the Lloyd she INST
me-, bu. that the first Lloyd was
false. Lloyd and really Richard. he
had n hard time convincing her ne
was speaking the truth.
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KEEPING cHARLsy.s SEAT.
u. w.aii No, esae Forward to Cisisr

tt. w.aii N.t cstae Forward to Ctsis.
Many amusing scenes are enacted
before the foo,iishis a; bargain matt.
nccs. especially in the thca,cFs where
no rcscTvsd.seat coupons arc issued on
such occasions. and the rule OF FIRST
come. frs; served" obtains. says tho
Philadelphia Record. At a recent mat
inec Of this Kind in a popular ;hcs,eF
much merriment was excited by the
efforts of a stout. sooi.naturcd look
Ing woman to secure scat for a young
man. evidently relative. who had
come into the thcatcr after the house
had pretty well filled up. She had
succeeded In securing n seat herself
and holding another one by the me-
dium of sundry wraps and parcels.
alongside. pretty well down toward the
stage. In front Of these she stood
sentinel. auxiousiy scanning every
new group that came In. Finally she
saw ,he young man and began wildly
to wave her handkerchief at him. but
apparently he was looking everywhere
save in the right direction. Meanwhile
several sea,-hunters had espied the un-
occupied chair and were casting en-
vious and suspicious glances at IT.
The situation was becoming critical:
so. without more ado. the stout party
put her hand to her mouth and shout
cd in stentorian tones across the en-
tire auditorium: Charlie! Here's
your seatI" Every one laughed; but
Charlie. evidently not courtiag unwei-
come notoriety. discreetly kept in the
background. "Charliel" she yelled
again. in louder tones, and then the
denizens of the gallery. quick to seize
an opportunity. began a chorus OF
Charlie! I say. Charlie!" "Charllei"
where are your" and "Ho! Charlie!"
which strengthened the youth in his
wise resolution to stay just where he
was. Then the sentinel surrendered
the seat to misunderstanding wom-
an who wore spectacles.
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TEACHING GEOGRAPHY.
An SnSii.s-s- o.j.si. sitsss,y 20 the
A@eric,a Nstb.i

American Nsthssi
II am we'll satisfied With the Amer
lean method OF education" said an
EnEiishmau residing in New York. in
fact. for girls. especially. consider
ths, u l. better In many ways than
the English system. I do. however. OBJ
icr, TO some Of the geographical ideas
,ha, they have in regard 10 England.
Last winter my little EiTl started TO
learn about the states. From pciotC,
until May she drew maps Of each one.
learned about their towns. rivers,
mountains and commercial products
until sh. had them al, at her fingers
ends. That was all well enough. and
I srca,ly admired the thurouEhness Of
the teaching: so this year. when shc
told me that they were beginning on
ENGLAND. Scotland and Ireland. ! felt
quite pleased that she should learn all
about the dear old c~untry. and prom
ised myself good deal OF pleasure In
talking TO her Of my old hauuts. Well.
II you will believe u. in about week
she announced that they had finished
up with Great Britain and that the
class had started to study up the iivi-
sions of the cun,incnt. Six months for
the United States. and a week for Eng
land, Scotland and irelandi Then !
felt. indeed. that my children were
Americsnizcd. New York Tribune.
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THE NATURE OF MICE.
1t is somewhnt of u Puzzle TO tho Hu.
man Mind Until You Uuderstund IL.

It is somewhEt of q Puzzle 10 tho Hu.
man Mind Untii You Undersinnd II.
From Pearson's Weekly: Few peo-
pie understand the mystery of mice,
l think l can, without immo modestly,
claim to understand mice, for have
made them a study for many years.
i used to think that nature supplied
mice wherever there seemed to be any
call for them. For example, II you
live In house where there are no
mice. and in rash moment provide
yourself with n mouse trap. or set up
cat. mice will Immediately make
their appearance. To the superficial
observer this looks as II nature. per-
ceivins that you have a mouse trap,
proceeds to supply mice for II. or no.
ticing that you have a cat. sends mice
enough to satisfy the animal. But this
Is not the true explanation. In order
to understand mice you must grasp
the fact that the NOSE Is an animal
with keen sense OF humor end a love
OF excitement With this key In your
possession you can readily unlock the
mystery OF mice. That the mouse has
sense OF humor Is conspIcuously
shown by the way In which he Will
rattle newspaper In your bedroom
at night. The mouse does not eat
newspapers, neither does he put them
to any domestic use. He merely makes
a noise with them. knowing that OF all
the sounds the midnight rustic of n
newspaper Is the one whIch will most
successfully ban!sh sleep from yous
eyes. II mouse finds an eligible
newspaper In your bedroom he Will
settle himself down to n nigh, OF fun
and iollIiy. He will rattle tnat news
paper Till morning. and the only effect
OF throwing boots at him or OF getting
up and lighting the saS and searching
for him with n poker will be that he
will hide hlnsei: Till you lie down TO
sleep and then resume his little news
paper game. II this does no, show a
sense Of humoF II would b. dlifleult TO
say what II does show. Then there IL
the wcll-known fact that no sooner
does mouseirap or cat eater
house than II ID followed by a troop
OF mice. Cats and trapR draw mice as
the pole draws the magnet. Tho
mouse loves the samc OF teasing the
eat by silmuia,in. the iai,sr's hopes
OF capturing mice. II Ia considered tho
heish, Of fun amuas mice TO scui;ic
across a room In tho pscSenee OF cat
and 10 disappear in hole Just as a
cat Is ready TO pouaee. OF course. now
and then too reckless mouse pays
the penalty Of raahncss by being
caught by tho cat. but accidents OF this
Kind arc more rare among mice than
football accidents among Hca. and In
no way render mice shy o. the sans.
I. you oaec understand the nature OF
mice you nesd have no trouble with
them. Bsnish from, your house every
cat. trap and newspaper. and no, q
mouse sIll shou Itself fIli your
house si;h newspapers. ;faps and cats.
and mice aili fiock TO IL from miles
away. No mouse wiii so 10 house
where no amusement, Is offered 10 him.
This Lesson I have learned. as said.
by years OF study. aud u has been con-
nTm.d by the testimony Of several %:
the most Intelligent sats whom have
known
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CHAPTER l.

J..
a Long Journey-A Terrible Plunge.
"Hurrah! Hurrah! Here 1t is. moth
er! At last. At last!"
The morning mail had Just come In.
hob Cleverdale held aloft a square
package. bearing the stamp and post
mark OF a republic in South America.
Mrs. Cleverdale smiled.
How eager you are." she said.
And why would not be. mother?"
asked Rob. when a fellow has an
uncle and aunt and cousin whom he
has never seen. and no other relatives
In the world. he must be eager to SEQ
:helr pictures"
And themselves. Rob?"
"oh! II only could! But. quick!
Get 1t open! Oh. quIck!"
1t was evident that Mrs. Cleverdalc
was ns eager rs Rob, for her hand
trembled as she undId the package.
"oh, OH"
Rob's head was close to his mothers.
Together they studied the photographs
that had been sent from faraway
Bucnoa Ayrcs. One was that of n hand
some. elderly gentleman. with white
hair and beard: another was that OF u
hne-look!ng lady. his wife. and tho
third. the one that had brought tho
expression Of delight from Rob. was
that of beautiful young lady. about
four years older than Rob himself. Rob
was n; this time aboa;Snftcen.
$50 that's my cousin ElsIe." said
Rob. And Uncle David. and AIn,
Anita. Isn't Elsie nice. mothcr7''
Mrs. cleveEiaic did not answer. She
leaned back In her chair and gased
with moist eyes At the face of her only
brother and the picture of his oaly
child.
II; seems 30 strange" said Bob. not
noticing hia mothers abstraction. "to
be looking at the pictures of people I
have never seen. Do you think I will
ever sec Uncle David or Elsie. moth.
err"
iio did no, seem so eager to SEQ Aun,
Anita. lie knew that his uncle had
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r,,ur, ravemruts.

Teacber-"Now. little girl. I have
,,,d the class about the wicked place
being paved with good Intentions. Now
what do you suppose heaven Is paved
wi,b," Little Girl with delightful
recollection OF fresh~aid picnic,-
"uam sandwiches. bananas, an pie.
Harlem Life.
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S-tev,es, Ordnance.

From the New York Advertiser:
Hobbs-1 see by the papers that your
friend. the Rev. Dr. Bang. has joined
the artillery of the church. pobbs-
What do you mcan7 Hobbs-Why'
he's been made canon OF the cathe-
drai. Dobbs-H'm; didn't know that
he was such big gun.
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-,olyEgR's LIMIT.

a -. a locomotive at
,ilr,'s"'Iye ir~I engineer, IN IN rep'S Np,i,.
y kSnVSSt hat 100 miles an iOua hOu,
ai,tSa. ,Ss Iss IpsSs..iDIlItIes Of Sn,1% iI'lrs Ihs
- ~; ,1;;emlie mil gait, but they ihey
y : :, ~ engineers. The sIraiii ~
flSilsa lsF =, tTS very high speeds s.ds Is
IssTe, y and anything over
ts i,,''SC, q hour S a pace when men
% a.' in the body. Ihe
%! ss'. Hs,'s IS apt to break down u,
" ;,aFHlIll ;,a miles an hour. After
s1l.,,sl 'i','i be- Is completely .nap. an.
s''SI"r 2 ~, when he hears uneH'
~, ~, h. lave passed through TINS ,his
Hi, hS!leNtu l"'' MI.
I. though the sight. me
~, 10 look straight r. aHeaa, Saan
.,s,. time. US ii has been
X sees things wlllLI'nS ig "
- .yle, out OF the I'M o,
,.II I, |. a. II something had
!. :, ~ Y nerve aud was pull
~ ~ -, !, rubber band" Shad'
s,,,,ror = Of the locomotive en-
,ssI r,sy dit across the head
,,1T 4 shadow down the
,sYa box ear. OF course,
-. Is,;,ut. bu, 10 just that
II. A. rlrs. Of the engineer
r,ss shock that they may
ks IA ! week The new
an. ar slId 10 bc the
IN I, g5oEprUducrrs. They
n Nam shadows lha; a bu.
!.r.,lr ..ass will give the en-
IN lz,.y,,sB of a COW lying
~, ,,tss Pilot. Al very high
IN 81 sITsflcncc conJures up
N alta dgaIh aRd gives n
.mas b.5R 10 every nerve
I,.,k koly q tie engineer.
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4 sss .tzr

kxra..! TCIlI Is famed for
q .g.utlssL The newest
I.esu. f.l' Wh!sh has shot
"a h-i.1s Is tie wonderful
Itl F..ts. I5saiet oa Calves.
= .!FT sg;Ttsa Houston and
.. = as celebrated Coast
Ef!nG \ happy trinity o.
I a..s =! SIg!ial 10 here found
y E..; y = great decpSa;eF
= y Eg.i.iVs P1t!le EoTk 10
br, s!!:s shlEis. iocEs and
bs.s q n-s.ss ilS!!iiIrs The
irr.ais. is E91s 10 deepen
10 a5 tsab..as the larsrs;
ks~s,, T;t!ys aHd discharge
hall fs'ts.
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Ci,lrs Ills Authority.

Caller-where's Mr.. Hare7 Smart
Office Boy with grin)-Can't cay.
He's dead. Caller-why, I saw him
myself this morning. Boy-well. any
how. there's sign over across the
street there wot says, Hair Dyed
Here."-Kansas City Independent
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uri.r Iszr,

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ess aus. SD 20 pFlaeiasi
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Antitt= Esrias Co. .ls
fA tfas7. ". H caaanr.
NJ. CsashsF Commerce
-iii1 OAil q ". J. Bers,
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L-s'gi ,;s,l issius the hoii,
/ ly'ilI ''ul Can't sec a
|EI@lF .' uyslf-
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nennc,l.

From Brooklyn Life: Teacher
Johnny. you may define the first per-
son. Johnny-Adam.
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tglr Glis'fH 90 E'ra1 is Head
tth ~ tFaEElsfs Fsf5ff 1
aE aGH s0H
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h o 'us 'isy away from
'Eausts gkF.F wives Lavrnt
q gt
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-08-27

fund Neither report is probably true.
If Kruger can manage to escape to
Portuguese territory he would be safe,
and from there he could easily take
passage in a United States ship to
the United States. He would need no
Sanctuary, the flag would protect him.
As to the two millions or so to the
Democratic campaign fund the story
is evidently made out of whole cloth
In the first place Kruger is VIGOROUSLY
close listed except with his own rela-
tons. If there is going to be any dis
tribution of coin it will go into the
pockets of his own immediate depend
ents, but the bulk of it will be placed
to the credit of Mr.. Krugers bank ac-
count. Moreover what gain would
Kruger make if the Democratic party
were to come into power. 1t certainly
would send no armed force to assist
him. 1t could not restore the Repub-
lies because they have ceased to exist.
The story is the fiction of some busy
brain which had more imagination than
balance.
The end of the Boer war has been
reached. The complete pacification and
reorganization of the country will take
considerable time, but that will come
as surely as the sun rises in the east.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-08-27
c, p. HUNTINGTON.

The older Californians are gradually
dying off and leaving to the younger
generation the guidance of the enter
prises and affairs of that progressive
state. The original pioneers have prac-
tically all gone to their rest and their
memory is surrounded by a halo of
romance. After them came the real
state builders, the men who devoted
themselves to the development of Cali
fornias natural resources and who saw
that the only way to make California
take it's proper position in the Union,
was by binding it to the Middle West
and the East by pair of iron rails.
Among those who were foremost in
this enterprise was Coils p. Hunting
ton who died on the night of August
10. Death came TO the railway mag
nate swiftly. He retired in the best of
health, was heard to groan and in ten
minutes he was dead.
Mr. Huntington was typically sue
cessful American. From small begin
ming he gradually by thrift and energy
amassed a large fortune before he en-
leTeu INTO the great railway Scnene
with Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins
and the two Croclters. The success of
that scheme is history That Mr.. Hun
tington had many enemies as we'll as
many friends is certain. The very
strength of character which he pos
sessed to carry out his enterprises was
bound to make both.
The late railway magnate and multi
millionaire stands, however, as the
type of a peculiar class, which has
been developed by the institutions and
the peculiarly fortunate conditions ex-
listing in the United States. The coun-
try was there to develop, but it took
the energy of men like Huntington and
his colleagues to develop it. Men of
less energy and of less genius would
have gone along in the old grooves.
One may talk of the achievements of
the knights of old, but modern civiliza-
ton has its knights who have gone
boldly forward to conquer the forces
of nature and tanned them to be the SER
wants Of man, or brushed them aside
from the path of progress as if they
were but flies.
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MYSTERIES.

The attacks made on the Grand Jury
are extremely unjust and uncalled for.
However the gentlemen who compose
that body are of such standing in the
community that such attacks can have
no affect upon them. Most of the at
tacks are garbled statements of the
report, or sections of the law quoted
just far enough to suit the argument
Take for an example Section 446 of
the penal code. 1t is true that the first
portion of the section forbids the sale
of spirituous liquor on Sundays, but
the end of the section says this shall
not apply to the ordinary supplies fur
nished to bone fide boarders and dodgers
in the house or premises" If a man
habitually takes lunch he certainly is a
bona fide boarder. Again if a man is
bona fide boarder if he orders a quart
of beer, which he has right to do, he
can divide it with his friend.
The line between bone fide boarder
and stranger is somewhat hard to
draw. 1t is no wonder that the Grand
Jury in its Investigations found that
though there had been technical wrong
doing there had been no intentional
wrong doing on the part of the proprie-
tors. 1t was but fair on the part of
the Grand Jury to make the recon-
mendation it did.
In Washington city there is a strict
Sunday law, but a person can get all
the liquor he wants at any hotel, by
simply ordering a lunch of bread and
cheese, and in a club without ordering
any food at all.
The attacks on the Grand Jury bear
the ear marks of animus and personal
spite. Such warfare ever proves a
boomerang. Calm criticism and not
Mysteries is what tells.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-08-27
SOME CANARDS.

The Boer war is now confined to two
contracted regions. One in the north
ern frontier of the Orange River Free
State, and the other in the mountain
Gus region to the north east of Preto-
ria. In the former is De Wet, who
has ex-Presdent Steyn as a virtual
prisoner, in the latter Kruger is hold
ing out and looking for what terms
he can make. How long this kind of
warfare can be protracted seems
problematical. 1t has about reached
the limit that Lord Roberts gave it,
and still it drags on, just as the paci-
fication of the Philippines drags on.
There is a report current that Krug
er has made formal application to the
United States authorities for Sanctu-
ary and another rumor that he has
subscribed between two and three mill
Hons to the Democratic campaign