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who built up the Basuto kingdom out
of the fugitive clans that were driven
southwark in the first decade of the
present century.
The English had a clash with the
Basutos in 1S4S after victory over the
Beers. The Basutos were severely de-
feated in the opening campaign, and
before larger reinforcement of Eng
fish could be dispatched to the scene
Moshesh prudently sued for terms of
peace. This willy move saved the Hasu-
tos from an discriminating war with
the English and made the two nations
live peaceably together for upward of
half century. The English, in fact,
became their protectors and advisers.
When the war between the Basutos and
the Beers of the Orange Free State
broke out, ten years later, the para
mount chief, Moshesh, appealed to the
governor of Cape Colony, who inter
fered and settled the disputed boun
Diary question. This was repeated again
in 1865, when the Beers made SUI
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LARGEST TREE IN THE WORLD
Called the Hurricane Tree In the
Capital of the Bahama
Islands.

In Nassau, the capital city nf the
Bahama islands, they say "the tree in
the public square"-not the trees.
Now, The public square of Nassau is
quite as large as that of most cities OF
the size, but there is only one tree in
it. and that tree literally fills the
square and spreads its shade over all
the public buildings in the neighbour
hood. For it is the largest tree in ths
world at its base, although it is hardly
taller than threestory house. 1t is
variously known as ceiba, or silk
cotton tree, but he people of the low
islands of the West Indies call it the
hurricane tree. For no matter how
hard the wind blows it cannot disturb
the mighty buttressed trunk of the
ceiba. In the hurricane of last spring
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try to feel humble about it, and | tell
myself that after all am the Same
woman that | was before she distin-
guishcdmc, but can't help feeling Just
tiny bit clated. Just think! She
spoke TO me MS much as four times in
the evening"
IF yon feel that way about her | sup
pose there is hardly any use asking
YOU to call on her. Drake is an old
friend OF mine, aud would have liked
10 have il SO that we could have them
here TO dinner before they go"
before they 20 whcrc?'
ITO Portland, ore. They are going
70 leave Chicago in about three weeks.
Rut then knew better than to ask you
70 do anything nice TO a woman you've
once taken n dislike to-"
How absurd you arc haven't
takcnmy dislike to the woman. would
Just as lief call on her MS not. No, [
think she is a little nippnnt in her
manner, but | might get to like her
very much after got acquainted with
her. And, lIenry!"
"Well?"
~ on mustn't think | mean evsry.
thing ! say because-lny shoes have
been plnching me TERRIBLY all tho
evening across the instep - uicy'ra
really too large FOR me everywhere else.
I've simply been in agonics!"
Poor girl!h- Chicago Daily Record.
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unrrison'. Most Famous Case.

at is doubtful" said an Indianapolis
lawyer the other day, whether Gen.
Harrison recalls certain case which
he tried out in Indiana that was more
remarkable in its way than the session
of the Venezuelan arbitration. OF
the four counsel only one had ever been
heard outside of his own state, and the
Judge had merely a local reputation.
Yet within IL years one of the quar-
tette had been elected vice president of
the United States, another one presi-
dent, still another United States SEN
ator, and the judge had risen to the
circuit bench and had filled two cab
met posts. 1t was political case, and
each party chose its most famous rep
resentative to represent it. Mr.. Har-
rison aided the United States district
attorney, and Senator David Turpie
and Vice President Thomas A. Hen
bricks appeared for the democrats.
The Judge was Walter @. Gresham, who
had been appointed district attorney
for Indiana less than nine years be-
fore. "-Philadelphia Post.
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HUMOROUS.

Mummsee-'I notice that you stick
to one kind of wine when you dine at
Qhamblay's and never touch any OF
the Others" Observation-Disclosures does
the butler."-Boston Transcript.
"Bings and his wife are rival can
didates for school Inspector" isn't
that taking an unfair advantage of the
people?' "How SOP" MRS. Bings
can't loose. "-Philadelphia North
American.
Observation-Disclosures the matter with
the biscuits this morning?" Wife
Its the fault of the yeast. 1t failed
to make them rise" Husband-"Why
don't you use an alarm clock?''-N. o.
Times-Democrat.
"What detained you, dear?" 'Wait-
in to g-get trousers creashed." your
trousers creased! Why, they are
dreadfully muddy" 'Yesh. Had 'em
crashed by au-automc bile! "--Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Lady of the House-"Go on away
from here. We have no old clothes, no
cold ylctuals, no" Hopeless Harry
81 didn't want nothin' to eat nor wear.
l jist called to see if you had an old au.
tomobile to give awav."-Indianapolis
Journal.
my DEAR" began the minister's wife,
there's a bonnet down at the millin-'
"There you go again." he interrupted
always thinking of worldly things
"But, my dear, you wrong me-" she
said. "This bonnet is perfectly Heav'
enly."-Philadelphia Press.
isn't it strange" remarked the nov
elist, "that so many of our rich people
allow their children to grow up to be
SO utterly worthless?" "Oh l don't
know" replied the cynic, when people
get rich they're too busy looking after
their ancestors to bother much about
their Observation-Disclosures Press
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ENGLAND'S BLACK ALLIES.
south African Basutos Have Adopted
Civilized Customs and
Manners.

The South African Basutos would be
difficult nation to suppress and
bring under control again if once
armed, says Golfers Weekly. They
are a warlike and superior Kafiir tribe,
numbering over 220, 900, and have
adopted more of the civilized manners
and ways of the white settlers than
any other of the South African natives.
Fully $4,000 of them are said to be adj
herents of the different Christian mis-
sionaries who have labored among
them. They have never been disarmed.
and in an emergency they would prove
"A formidable foe in the field. The par
amount chief to-day is Lerthodi, man
of great force and emergency, and
highly civilized. lie is the direct sue
cessor of Moshesh, the famous chief
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MODEL TOWN Is IN KANSAS
Lost Springs Population Does Not
Use Liquor or Tobacco and
Few Swear.

From the standpoint of morals Lost
Springs, Marion county, Kan, is the
most remarkable town in the world.
Lost Springs is village of $50 souls.
Every inhabitant is a teetotaler, only
two men swear and not more than
dozen use tobacco. The entire adult
population belongs to the church, and
all the children attend Sunday school.
The town has never had a saloon or
gambling house, and there hasn't been
q game of cards played in ten years.
Two years ago a couple of young men
got up horse race, but the community
made such a fuss about it that the
event was declared off. Dancing has
not been INDUCED in for five years.
Lost Springs is without municipal
government, having never been incor-
porated. The early settlers of the
community were Methodists of great
piety, and, as they explained: Got
started right and kept right" The
Methodist church at Lost Springs and
the Presbyterian and Christian
churches near town have taught in sea-
son and out of season that the wages
of sin is death" with the result that
the people avoid even the appearance
of evil as they would an epidemic.
At the Methodist prayer meeting a
short time ago one brother deplored
the fact that so many of the inhab-
itants of the village used tobacco. He
prayed that the evil might be eradicat-
ed. A venerable citizen of the town,
aged so, arose and said that he had
been chewing tobacco for 60 years, but
it never before dawned upon him tha1
the habit was sinful. "I'll give it up"
he said, and, going to the door, threw
a plug of tobacco into the street Five
other tobacco users followed his ex-
ample, and the congregation rejoiced
with exceeding JOY.
C. F. Shupe, the leading merchant OF
the village, on the day after the meet
Ing, boxed up his stock of tobacco and
shipped it back to the factory. Il have
no scruples against selling tobacco"
Mr.. Shupe explained, "but the senti-
ment of the community is against the
traffic, and | have decided not to sell
any more of it. | do not use tobacco
myself"
One other merchant keeps tobacco
In stock, but as he has sold less than
dollars worth since the crusade was
started at the prayer meeting be like
ly will send his stock back to the FAC
tory.-Chicago Chronicle.
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didn't. / don't see why you would want
to emphasize it in that vicious way IL
had said it. AS a matter OF fact, 1T
was Haskell said so, and you smiled
sweetly and agreed with him. II you
| took it as a personal insult don't SEQ
why you didn't raise Cain about 1t
right then"
II wish you would try not to be SO
coarse in your expressions. 1ou1l be
| swearing at me next"
II wouldn't wonder if ! did myself.
As far as Mrs. Drake cheating or
signaling is concerned, you are very
much mistaken. That's all there IS
about that. If there was anything OF
that sort going on / think | should
have noticed it."
Il didn't know you were watching her
so constantly as all that, Perhaps If
you had paid little less attention to
her and little more TO the game we
might have made better showing"
81 didn't trump your trick, at all
events"
mo, that was just the one thing that
you didn't do. / think that's great
deal to boast of for a man who prides
himself on his whist playing, as you
do. | used to think that you liked to
play with me for a partner, but don't
suppose anything short of Mrs. Drake
would satisfy you now.
MARY, why in-in the name of ev-
erything unreasonable and senseless
are you harping on Mrs. Drake in this
way? What has the woman ever done
to you, I'd like to know
Don't you like to talk about her? l
thought perhaps you would"
II don like to hear anybody talked
about in that way"
every well; I'll try and do better. |
think she is just charming. So quiet
and refined in her manner and so witty.
| think it is perfectly lovely to hear
woman use slang in the way she does
and so few of MS have the accomplish
mcnt. And she's so good-looking, tool
Such a piquant, freckled complexion
and a little rosebud of "A mouth. |
think if ! was afflicted with a mouth
like hers | would try not to call SO
much attention TO it, and if | ever saw
bleached hair in my life that woman
bleaches. You needn't tell mel'
81 didn't intend to tell you. Can't
you think Of anything else? Isn't ono
Of her ears a misiit, and couldn't you
notice a cast in her eye? | think you
might have done SO if you had looked
little closer"
II suppose you mean to be sarcastic.
If an angel tcld you that Mrs. Drake
had any imperfections | don't suppose
YOU would believe it,"
AN angel would probably have aome-
thing better TO do than TO go trapesing
around knocking a little woman who
never did him any harm. There's one
thing about Mrs Drake | will say, now
YOU bring the subject up. / never
heard her say n word against any other
woman or make sncering remarks"
people who live in glass houses"
81 see. Then when we see lady
prancing abou' singing stones in every
/ direction we are to take that as an in
! disputablc evidence that she resides
in an imprcgnablc fortress of granite.
| with wire netting over the windows. |
! thought Mrs Drake seemed very pleas
ant to you and"
"CertainIy she WIS. She was most
kind and gracious. ! was quite over
powered. | haven't felt so honored by
the notice Of anyone for n long time. |
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NOT UP IN THE CLASSICS.
4 Congresaman Who Was In tho
Dark as to Title and
Colophon.

A certain member of the house of rep
resentatives, nameess here forever more,
met newspaper correspondent in the lobby
the other day and mysteriously invited him
to his committee room Inc correspondent
cast chew of tobacco out OF his mouth
in anticipation, and followed the states
nan to the seclusion of the place designated
Say" said the member, looking about
carefully 10 see that only the two of them
were present, 81 want to ask you a question
in confidence"
"Oh," responded the correspondent in q
wanted?"
Eyes; and if you can give me the intorma-
ton / am after you will do me great
favor"
"Al right" said the correspondent, re-.
covering his wonted spirits, though the
other kind were lacking, what is it! Go
ahead with your rat killing:
'Well," began the member in manner
reminding one of the preface to book, II
had one of the boys look over speech am
going to make, just to see what he thought,
of it and make a suggestion or two to I'M,
prove it, if necessary, and he's got some
thing into it that I'm not up to-
what is it," asked the correspondent,
as the member hesitated.
well, I'm fairly well up on the Bible, and
when | come across the sentence anywhere
from Dan to Beersheba,' | know what 1t
means we'll enough. and also know about
Dan and the other one, had that in the
speech, but he said it was a chestnut by
this time, and it would sound more tony
and abreast of the times and literary cul.
ture to change it from Title to Coophon,'
and l told him all right. but didn't let on:
Now, you are friend of mine, and | want
to ask you about this. AS l said, I'm up on
the Bible, but l don't know the classical
BUSINESS little bit, and while ! can kind
of catch on to Title, I'd like TO know who
in thunder Colophon was. Do you know?"'
The correspondent explained, and the
member saw to it that his cast-out chew
of tobacco was not wasted.-N. Y. Sun.
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go round, and every girl usually is
lucky enough to come off with more
than one proposal. Women school
teachers especially are fortunate.
They teach one term rarely more.
Before the end of it sou~ rich young
bachelor among the Boers has pro-
posed and been accepted, for their
admiration for the woman gifted to
earn money with her brains is I'M
bounded.
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GOOD CHEER.
what Neighbor squires ThinL

what Neighbor squireH THINKS.
Other days afore this here
Amt been bright or glad;
Jest about this time last year
Things looked pretty badl
Ma was sick, and Charley. ne
Cut his foot! / swow
Everything 1t seemed TO me
Turned out wrong somehow!
There was Jennie's husband, too, losf MS
place and ,-,,u
Had to send EN- stuff to eat, but the clouds
rolled by!
Henry found another job.
Charley's foot got well;
Ma was up and raIsln hob
In a little smell!
Things looked blue back there, and yet all
cleared up again
Happiest days / ever had come to me since
then!
Word seems kind OF tough jest now;
Got the rheumatic:
'Tother day | lost a COW
Don know how 1t Is,
But things sort OF seem TO Jest
Turn out wrong for spite,
Yet, I've done my level best
TreatIn people right!
Lost my pocketbook last week-can't I'M
agine where
All the money for the hay I had sold was
there!
Pretty hard to laugh along,
Pushiu gloom away!
"Thngs can't keep a-goin' wrong,
SO outsiders say.
That's all right for them that's hXed so
that they can smile,
But there's something spells such songs
every little while!
s'pose the skies may clear bit.
As they did before:
Guess III not give over yit,
Guess I'll try some more
whats that MAJ What's that you sayf
Found my pocketbook?
Money In IT safe?-Hooray!
Clouds are goiu'-loOk!
Sos my rheumatic, by gosh! ain't lame at
all
That old COW? oh. let 'cr go--loss Is mighty
small!
Tell you what, when things are dark,
All you got to do.
Is to simply toe the mark,
Skies'll still git blue!
AL days can't be dark, you know-you can
never tell
BY tonight it might set in for a splendid
SPELL
IS. T. Kiger. in Chicago TImes-Herald.
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all the palms and many of the other
trees of Nassau were overturned, but
the great hurricane tree, although It
lost all its leaves, did not lose so much
as a branch. Its trunk throws out
great curying, wing-lile branches,
some of them 20 feet wide and nearly
as high. These extend into the ground
on all sides and brace the tree against
all attack, while the great branches
spread a thick shade overhead. In the
tropic sunshine of midsummer, hun
dreds, even thousands, of people may
gather in the cool of its shadow. No
one knows how old the great tree is,
but it must have been growing hun
dreds, if not thousands, of years. 4
very old picture in the library at Mas.
sau shows the tree as big as it is at
present and even the oldest negro in
the island cannot remembel when il
was a bit smaller.
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Fear In Boys md Girls.

Fear of certain things in boys in
crcases from the seventh to the
fifteenth year, and then declines, Will,
in girls it increases more steadily from
the fourth to the eighteenth year be
fore diminishing. The fear Of thunder
and lightning, reptiles, robbers and
machinery were found TO increase
with Cleveland Ledger
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Migration of allows.

Swallows migrate TO Central Amer
lea aud the southern part of Mexico.
They like ii pretty warm. Early in
March they begin to appear in the
southern states, but they seldom get
far north until the latter part Of
April. The robins don't care for such
a warm climate, and very few OF the
ret as far south as Mexico.
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ago, stating my case to you.
81 had pains through my bowels,
headache, and backache, felt tired
and sleepy all the time, was troubled
with the whites. L followed your
advice, took Your Vegetable Com
pound, and it did me lots of good. /
now have a baby girl. l certainly be-
lieve l would have miscarried had it
not been for Lydia e. Pinltham's Vege-
table Compound. / had a very easy
time was sick only short time. L
think your medicine is a godsend to
women in the condition in which /
was. / recommend it to all as the best.
medicine for women" - MRS. MARY
LANE, Coytee, Tenn.
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1 NAo mighty hicc hItic sup
per" said Mr.. Grigsby, as he and
Mrs. Grigsby FASTENED from the scene
of the late reyeIry. Everything seemed
to taste good Mrs. Haskell is an Gle
CANT entertainer"
Il hardly think that elegant is the
word to use" observed Mrs. Grigsby.
Il suppose ought to have said that
she's u gracious hostess or something
of that kind" said Mr.. Grigsby. Il
don't see what's the matter with cIc-
CANT myself, and | know when ! am
being entertancd.'
1T il not my idea Of entertainment
TO havc the clarct punch made so strong
that it affects people as it did Mrs.
Drake"
affects! What are you talking
about? She wasn't affected. just be
cause she hGs naturally lively man
ncr."
That's her natural manner, is IT.
Well, ! suppose you ought to know.
You seemed TO notice her good deal.
ia be sorry if it was my natural man
ncr, though, even if it does please you
so very much"
Il didn't say it pleased me"
at wasn't necessary, but then !
don't know that we need talk about
her. If you weren't pleased with her
you can disguise your feelings pretty
well"
IF you could manage to disguise
yours little once Ia awhile think you
would be even more popular than you
are"
''Ghank you'll | haven't any particu-
lar desire to have n lot OF men crowd
ny around me all the time. am con
tent 70 leave that sort Of popularity to
Mrs. Drake, I'd like to hcaI what you
would have TO say If ! carried on in the
way she does. suppose her husband
likes It,"
81 never heard that he objected &c It.
lie seems TO think that she has not yet
forfeited all claim to his respect and af-
fc2tion By the way, never knew you
TO play worse game OF whist than yod
did tonight"
81 expected you would say something
OF that kind, lfit's your idea that By
saying that you defend your own
shortcomings, it's very foolish Of you
my dear"
u notice that lately you never call
me my dcar' until you begin TO get
mad"
Il get mad! Wen, I'd be justified If
/ were. A man who would play the
king as second player when the four
was led, and he had the seven and nine
in his hand besides, has a great right to
talk about bad play"
u was going on the theory that she
was calling for the king with the ace
and queen behind. couldn't tell That
you didn't have anything but the
queen"
no, | wasn't signaling IN the shame
less way she was,"
who was sigualing?"
Mrs. Drake was signaling. sup
pose you think it's = harmless aud Ia.
noccnt mark Of an engaging and
yiyacious disposition 10 cheat nj whist.
For my part, I don't see where the
mirthful part u il comes in, but then
] haven't got a beautiful quckncss o.
perception myself"
Did say anything 70 you about her
having n beautiful quickncsa OF per.
ception?'
Didn't your"
You know perfectly well that ]
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preme effort to annihilate the Basutos,
whom they accused Of stealing their
cattle. This time the English declared
the Basutos English subjects, and the
Free State had TO settle the matter
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A Matter Of Doubt.

Jacl<-I don't know whether to get
married or to 20 to the gold diggings.
Tom-Why don't you ask the girl?
~ have asked her"
"What did she say?"
"She said get married"
"Then why don't you?"
"she suggested another girl."-De-
troit Free Press.
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wild Coffee in AbysEinin.

In Abyssinia the coffee plant grows
wild in great profusion, and derives
its name from Kafra, n district of that
couutry.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Horse. from nreweries.

The brewers Of Johannesburg were
the hrst @ be Communicated for
horses for the Boer artillery.
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New Orleans represents more than
the total valuation o. the rest Of Louisi-
ana and pays more than half the taxes.
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II won't say that I'm proof against temp
tation," said the peaceful citizen; "but I'm
blest if / wouldn't rather be right than be
governor of Kentucky "-Puck.
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lie reason. After fol-
owing your kind adj
ice and taking Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, l be-
came themother of
h a beautiful baby
"a boy, the joy of our
home. He is a.
fat, healthy baby,
thanks to your medi-
cine. "-MRs. MINDA.
/ FINKLE, Roscoe,
III N. Y
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GRA|N-O
THE FOOD DRINK.

Coffee Injuries growing
children, even when it is
weakened. Grain-O gives
them brighter eyes, frmer
flesh, quicker intelligence
and happier dispositions.
They can drink all they
want of Grain O-the
more the better-and it
tastes like coffee.
All erocers 15c. ard 2sc.
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From, Grateful
Mrs. Lane

&" DEAR MRS.
pINKIIAM 4. l.
wrote you a let
ter some time.
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No Boer Spinsters.
Old maids do not exist in the Trans
vaal. There aren't enough women to
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"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM 1T was my
ardent desire to have a child. l had
been married three years and was
childless, so wrote to you to find out
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my BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY

Weak Women Made Happy by Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound 49,
Letters from Two Who Now Haves
Children.
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D. ~ W ~. W w W w Nv sN<S0f ~,
Her SHOES PINChED !
BY Kennett r. Harris.
SIT WAS a mighty nice little sup

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