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Dt u - III II u 4 y
greaterin value than his railroad stock,
but that 1t did not produce so large an
income. He might have said, with
equal justice, that the Grosvenor estate
of the dukes OF Westminster does not
belong TO one man. but is an institution
descending In trust from heir TO heir
As matter of fact. the late dukes
will has just been probated. lie left
exactly $3.0O0.o 900. which he could per-
sonally dispose OF by will. The estate
was entailed; the 1900, 900 was his pri-
vate property.
Powerful as ls the name and prestige
of the Rothschilds. there is no one of
them who alone can compare in wealth
with the new American millionaires.
And of all the Vanderbilts, there is only
one whose entire estate is larger than
the yearly income of either Carnegie
or Rockefeller. That is William X.
Young Alfred, sometimes enormously
called the head of the family. will have
less than $4,000, 900. in all probability,
when he comes into his estate.
Far better than stocks and money
lending, IL one Is In hurry To get rich
quickly, IL the control OF some natural
wealth of the soil or the sea or the in
ner earth. The wealth of Rockefeller
Is represented by every can OF kero-
sene that is lugged home from the
grocery. Carnegie takes toll OF steel
and all that Is made from il. The
Rothsehilds lost money heavily upon
their investments during the Franco
German war. and again during our
own war with Spain; but the Almaden
quicksilver mines in the latter country,
which were long ago pledged to them
as security for a debt that Spain will
probably be unable to pay. have never
failed to pay a rich return.
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ticcd the arrival of the car-his car
The young woman hurried aboard
Smith followed. lie took seat across
from her and abe RIared at him, but
Smith is a pretty good glarer himself
when he gets mad, and he was very
mad now. Her eyes dropped and she
moved along. To Smiths great thank.
fuiness. there were few other paSsen-
gers. When the conductor came to him
he pointed at the tall young woman.
''she win pay my fare. ' he said.
''sir-r-r-r-!" gasped the young
woman.
''she has every cent ] have In the
world" pursued Smith. doggedly.
'sUh. dear. The man is crazy. He
followed me on the car. He's crazy
conductor don't know hin"
"I've touched the other button" said
Smith. grimly. Il thought there must
be something besides 'sir-r-r in her .
Lady says she dom know you. said
the conductor. who was somewhat pnz-
zled. Smith didn't look either drunk nr
crazy, or the kind of man TO throw of
a car without well substantiated rem
sons.
'she doesn't. said Smith; but she's :
got quarter of my money"
''Where2 How2" demanded she.
81 don't know where il Is now, and
I'd hate TO guess" said Smith.
Conductor" said the young woman,
IN trcmulous tones, "this man came up
TO me on the corner and tried TO engage
me in conversation. never saw him
in my life before"
Il thought So" said Smith, com
posedly. Because ventured to adj
dress a lady who had first thrust me
into the gutter and then absorbed my
last cent, you Immediately jump to the
conclusion, you yourself being the lady
in question. that ! am so overcome by
the attraetiveness OF the performance
as to try TO get up n Irritation with you.
That's what you think. isn't ~"
"sir--r-r-r!" said the young wom-
an, but this time she said ii without
any enthusiasm, as II, rather, she
couldn't think of anything else to say.
One of the passengers was "a youthful
creature, who now conceived that here
was his grand chance to play the part
OF hero for damsel in distress. Ae.
cordingly he arose and approached
Smith from the rear.
What right have you TO annoy this
lady? ?" he began. and then stopped, for
Smith had whirled so suddenly as to
make him blink.
oh" remarked Smith. in pleased ae-
cents. "You're a man. aren't your
Anyway you wear trousers and tho
rest of the garb.'
"What do you mean, sir?" demanded
the other in fierce accents.
why, you see, I've been laboring
under the disadvantage OF argument
with a lady. But you're different. My
friend"~here Smith laid hand. none
too lightly, on the shoulder of the
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TO GET A crest.
Cruiser New York Go he Replaced by
keArsarEe Ra FLAGSHIP of North
Atlantic Squadron.

II Is said at the Brooklyn navy yard
that the navy department has decided
60 retire the aFmored cruiser New
York as flagship of the North Atlan.
tic squadron and replace her with the
new battleshlp Kearsarge. The New
York has been the flagship of the
squadron since before the war with
Spain and has seen much hard sery 4'e.
The reason given for the change I.
that the cruiser Is in need of an over.
hauling and "rest" II was said
that in addition TO the KeArSarge the
new hattleship Kentucky and the re-
constructed cruiser Atlanta will be
added to the North Atlantic squad.
ron. The New York is now IN West
Indian waters. She is due at HamP
ton Reads on March 20. and il is ex'
pected win come To the Brooklyn
yard in April. when Admiral Farquhar
will transfer his flag 20 the kearsargc.
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Hi. Gruase Against Rum.

"Ah. my friend" sighed the reform.
or, ruin causes lots OF trouble Ia this
world"
Indeed IL does" agreed the listener.
No doubt sou OF would he happier
were II not for the rum demon" wen,
ON the rctarmer.
Indeed we would" again agreed the
patient listener.
And how has IL caused you unhap.
plness 2" asked the rrtormer.
Years ago q woman told the that Il
| stopped drinking she would marry
ME.
And YOU could not stopg''
Nc" reared the patient listener;
"no, | did Baltimore Ameri,
can.
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years ago pu
learned in them sewing, history, ge-
ology; you listened to lectures on
American history and other improving
topics. Perhaps you helped the
heather or the poor by taking part
in something more frivolous at two
dollars per ticket for charity. Or you
took a course of lessons in fencing or
gymnastics. which was lots OF fun. and
yet very Lenten. because different,
don't you know"
The times change. The Lenten
amusement now most popular Ii to
see the Filipino dancers, or the jap
anese jugglers, who have become the
society pets of the moment. A state of
society so giddy that going to a cir
Gus seems appropriate to a season OF
modification of the flesh is rather re.
markable. But most society people
now like to be amused without too
much exertion on their own part.
Or IL weary of New York, there Is
the easy device of going abroad until
Lent is over. The other day Mediter-
ranean steamer set out from New
York with ESQ passengers, of whom
only IL we're men. All the others were
women and children. Probably more
than half were women of moderate
means who go to infest the cheap
boarding houses of Italy; who shiver
over the microscopic fires provided by
Tuscan landlords, and spend their days
in visiting picturp galleries For there
Is this difference between women and
men; The former will visit picture
galleries and the latter won't.
This sort of economical absenteeism
of the women of the moderately well
TO do is getting very common in New
York and its vicinity, and II is produc.
ing some much-regrettcd social results.
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THE PLACE FOR A POOR MAN.
Alameda, n. w. T., Canada,
Dec. 22rd, 1899.
Mr.. b. Davies, Canadian Government

Mr.. b. Davies, Canadian Government
Agent, st. Paul, Mimi:
Dear Sir--As l promised you about
two years ago that at some future time
/ would let you know what thought
Of Western Canada and the chances of a
poor man making start and support
ing family at same time, so will write
a few facts concerning my own cxpe-
rience the past 21 months, and what
have done, any abIe-bodicd man can do,
provided he will work.
left Traverse country, March goth,
1893, landed in Alameda at noon the
21st, with $3.55 in my pocket, n
stranger and among strangers, and
when my family came in Oct, 1s9s, my
wife had nearly $40, or barely enough
to pay freight on her stove, sewing-ma-
chine and clothes and beds. l COM
menccd work March 2Sth, also made en-
try for homestead same day (the man
started work for loaning me SIS to
pay entrance fee), and l have earned
or at least received $47s.1o in wages
since then, and have been idle at least
2 months of the 21 since I came. The
homestead l took had 10 acres broke
by a former occupant. I paid $50
to have il replowed in July, 'os, and the
seed wheat for it cost me $s.25. l let
it to a neighbor for "a in elevator clear
of all expense except the seed. and this
fall | received SOLO for my part of
the crops of of the IL acres. so my total
receipts the past 81 months has been
S54s10, and my expenses besides living
for self and family have been as fol-
lows:
Entrance fee $500 being paid
for cancellation)..... IL. 90
Summer following 12 acres. 20 90
Seed for same ................. S.25
Cost of house, besides my own
labor on same. me............ 75.s5
20 acres of breaking and double
discing same .............-... 60. 90
s179. 10
My half of wheat .............. 20. 10
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49, = e tSNtht W w ~
NA'i'eAu' huta bright young
fellow has just succeeded in carrying
OF. $50 of them to build n railroad In
Virginia. To do this in the dead of
winter was quite feat. The con.
tractor did Il by inviting all the men
20 drink at his expense. and by assur-
ing them that the excellent whisky
with which he provided them was com.
mon aud cheap where he came from.
Also. he said that every man could
have a dollar and quarter day for
two years. but that was a minor con-
slderation.
Acting on the theory that the bum
IL as fond ot dirt as he IL OF whisky.
the school authorities OF the city are
about 60 try an experiment In ena Of
the most squalid tenement districts
by eqaipping = school with baths, Il
the scheme works. IS other schools are
to be similarly equipped. For there
are 90 many great schools In the city.
each having more than s,ooa sehoIars
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has Just returned
to his beloved
Italy after n brief
visit TO the land
of his fathers.
Crawford is a
nephew of Julia
Ward Howe, and
[ h . S O n o I
Crawford, tn e
$ c ulptor. lie
comes honestly
enough by his love
for Italy, for he
lived as a little
boy in II o IN e ,
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Net expense on homestead -. 500 90
We moved on our homestead July
10th, 1899, have 80 acres in good shape
for crops in 1900. My wife joins with
me in sending best wishes to you and
yours.
You can truly say to any poor man
who pays a big rent to get a farm
(somebody else's land) or works for
wages to support family, that have
personally tried both in Minnesota and
tried hard to make a success of il, but
found 70 my sorrow that after working
hard poor living was all could get
out of II, and after nearly years of
Western Canadian life I will say that
/ am very thankful to you for helping
me to decide to try it in Canada.
Yours respectfully,
W. III. KINKADE-
Don't judge a mans prospects by his pre-
tensions.-Chieago Dispatch.
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come TO New York
TO enjoy the sea
son. They can live
along the Bowery
for about 30 cents
a day, which they
easily secure by
begging or by an
occasional job, and
there is plenty of
stale beer to be
had for two or
three cents aglass.
These men do
not as a rule at
Nar,AN e.. -
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49, w yum
pare the worlds
richest men.
Old William II.
Vanderbilt W a s
perfectly within
the truth when he
said, the year be-
fore he died, that
he was the richest
man in the world.
He compared him
self with the duke
of Westminster,
saying that the
London real estate
Of the latter might
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Rether. you VII !
find them discuss
ing the extraordi-
nary revelations
Of Henry G Prick.
as a step in his
great law su IL
against Andrew
Carnegie.
The profits of
the Carnegie Steel
company for the
present year are
estimated by Mr..
Carnegie himself
at $4,000, 600; by
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Wealtb and Society and
Other Things in Gotham

on the ayerage. whose pupils mostly
come from homes which provide no IA
cilities for bathing.
By this means the teaching force
expect to reduce the army of the great
Unwashed by some 10000 or so. And,
II the experiment works. they will have
reduced the army of tramps and vaga-
bonds as well.
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u good while not
included much of
the old notion Of
sacrifice. ofcourse
no weddings oe-
cur in Lent; and
there are no large
balls or festivities.
Butthere is plenty
going on, just the
same.
IL all grew out
OF "the Len I e n
cl ass" I h e S e
classes were very
fashionable ten
-. go. ~.
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The Japanese government decided
soIne time ago TO increase the price O I
railway tickets by one-thirl. The re-
suit was . loss instead OF a gala in re
eeipts.
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Nearly 5000 eats were received last
year at the London Institution Ton
Los, and Starving Cats
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How wealth nn. aroun.

The recent death Of the duke of West
minister has given convenient OPP
norfunIlv 10 oatu
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Cant. Marion Crawford.

A type of the far more foreign
American is +. Marion Crawford. who
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Not in New York alone, but wherever
In the country men are gathered to-
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Meanwhile, there are the buns. The
city II full of them. Every winter they
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Lent Besin., sea.o. Ends.

As Lent begins. the season ends
The New YORK idea Of Lent has for
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ALARASIlNE

ings, made ready for use by mixing with cold
water, 1t is a cement that goes through pro-
cess of setting, hardens with age, and can be
coated and recoated without washing off its
old coats before renewing. Aiabastne is made
In white and fourteen beautiful tints. 1t Is
put mp in five-pound packages in dry form,
with complete directions on every package.
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Don't judge a mans prospects by his pre-.
tensions.-Chicago Dispatch.
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1lA IKoh f1oQNT ALN RegIE

rhs wsVs4s sazstxrszz zsa ArhyaAr. R0ssd Rlsss -
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s1e1ms seaperyl Dsl1Essful CEmassr Asass-a -
spgiESs PsfmA1 B<Eifst stes7fnG CaPs -1tn11a -
fre@ %. LozAa RSdnsad Re1nd Trip hs1@s -. -
reund. frsn al eoapea potnss n ths q y as -,
Ng~Yur As1erfpstrs aE1 nlsstrseed p.mFs1s saa.ssrJ
cozp.ny1E aRent.. or n G. TOWNsKNp -
Rs.ssaFsF sa1 rtskst AsssA u. LOUIE ~.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-06
OVERHEATED STOVE.
Cause of an Early Morning. Fire on
Congress street.

AS Officer James Dawson WAS walking
down Congress street between High and
OaK ct 1. 80 clock this morning he saw
smoke issuing from the cracks in the
windows and doors Of the grocery and
provision store OF Granville II. Cloyes at
$50 Congress street. He at once fastened
to box 80 and pulled In the alarm. When
the department arrived on the scene, a
very few minutes afterwards, the smoke
was pouring out In vigorous style. This
store extends from Congress to Free street
and the tirenlen effected an entrance by
breaking in the Congress street door.
The fire was In the little compartment
used as an Office and was about the stove,
and was probably caused by the stove
being overh satsd, several coats and over.
aIls catching fire. 1t was gaining q
strong headway, but few streams from
the chemical quickly extinguished the
flames. Then the fremen were Obliged
to use their axes pretty freely about the
walls and ceilings in order that every
stray spark might be blotted out.
One of the first men to arrive on the
spot was Mr.. William Il. Cousins, a clerk
in the store He said that it was the
custom to leave fire In ths store all
night. MIR. Cousins thought that the
loss, on account OF the oftioe furniture be.
ing ruined ana a small part of the stock
being wet down, would amount TO about
S4OO. This viii be fully covered by in.
suranoe.
The store Is part of the block owned
by the Green heirs who live in Madison
In this state. The agent Of the block Ii
Mr. Fred 3. Green, one of the clerks In
Geo. q. Shaw's store,
The 'all-out" sounded just an hour
after Officer Dawson had pulled In the
alarm.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-06
ROCHESTER, BANK no SETTLE.

Rochester, N. H., December Elmer
j. smart, assignee for the Rochester Saw
ings bank, which clossd its doors thrse
years ago. owing to the absorption of Its
businsss by other banks that were able
to pay q higher per cent Of interest,
states that he has petItioned the Supreme
court to grant hearing on December
s9sh for the final settlement OF the
bank affairs.
1t Is expected that the final dividend
or III 7-l0 par cent WILL be paid 70 deposi-
tors on january 10, 1871.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-06

scriptions for eight tablets TO stand over
eight allegorical statues in the great
reading room of the Congressional Libra
ry. One OF the statues represented Re
ligion. He wanted Inscriptions. seventy
two letters long. about religion and ssv-
en- other great subjects. l sent him one
OF the best definitions or religion that
has ever teen written, and one Of the
most complete statements Of the most at
tractive doctrine of modern sociology, :
$50 we being many are one body In
Christ. and every one member one Of
another" thought It was appropriate
In q National Library-"one from
many" But General Casey came down
TO his Office one morning with my letter
In his hand, and said to his second ID
command, MFR. Bernard Greene. now
superintendent of the building tanothsl
Unitarian, By the way); "Prssiden'
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-06
D or lighters coal laden wore swampsd at
their docks.
ASHORE AT LUBEC.
1--WE schooasrs wrecked and Two oth-
ers In Danger.

I,ubeo, December 5.-The fchooners
Maud MaliooE, Capt. Aylward, Calais and
for New York with lumber, and the Mar
gsres Jones, owned by 6.A.Mowry OF Luz
bee, are ashore IN Johnson's Bay, ana the
schooners Ella Brown OF Jonesport and
q L. Eaton OF Calais. both lumbsr laden,
are riding heavily near the lodges. They
were anchored some distance on, but
have dragged their anchors until uow
their positions are exceedingly danger
Gus. They were holding well this latter
noon when the storm was &C It's height,
but there was danger OF the chains part
ing or anchors dragging at any time
The crews Of the Maliock and Brown
were saved.
The scnooners had put in TO the bay for
shelter last night, and did not expert
encs any serious difficulty until this
morning. Then the wind increased In
force and the Mallook dragged her an
cnors. AS the vessel moved toward the
shore she was exposed to the full fury
OF the gale, ana soon after starting,
her mainmast fell with q crash directly
ACtOtE t1o CduAus WnoAo php cAoW A@s@>@ '--%~
en- refuge. The heavy mast crus he'd In
the cabin root. but although some OF the
men were injured slightly by flying
pieces OF wood, none were badly hurt
BY this time tine life savers had sighted
the disabled vessel, aid the crew was
taken off with great aim ,ulty.
Before the life savers had landed the
crew OF the Mallock they were called
upon to give assistance TO the Margaret
Jones, which had broken away from nei
moorings and was headed for danger
GUS shore. The crew OF the Jones final
iy was taken on and the schooner few
minutes later went on the rocks beside
the MaIlock.
The Ella Brown and q. L.Eaton, which
were near the other vessels, broke away
at about the same time, but sheir anchors
held willis they were yet several hun
tfred feet from the shore. There they rode
this afternoon, Juggling at their chains,
and the life savers remained In readiness
to give assistance at any moment. The
place where the schooners were holding
is just OF particularly dangerous place
on the coast, and II their anchors had
dragged or the chains parted the vessels
would have been dashed to pieces in a
short time on the rocks.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-06
THE REVENUE BILL.


Washington, December 5-Chairman
Payne OF the ways and means COMMITTEES
today introduced bill reducing the
taxation under the war revenue act,
after the Republican memte-s Of the
committee had agreed on the form Of the
measure and the articles TO receive the
reduction of tax. Tne bfil povides an
aggregate reduction estimated at 81. co., :
s4S. The estimated reductions in detail
90 given out by Mr.. Payne are rs fol-
lows: Beer, 81, $50. 712; cigars, ~, lS9, 764 I;
special taxes (section ~, commercial
brokers, SiSs, s51; custom house brokers.
ss, 167; circus, sll,744; theatres, s47, ,iSs;
exhibitions not otherwise provided,
ss4, ,2ls; total special tax, ssS7. $50.
Schedule A Bank checks, 5000, 900;
certificates OF deposit. SOD, 900; drafts
inland, $500, 900 ;promissory notes, q, 800,
900; postal orders, SB0s. o10; forsign bills
OF exchange. si0o, 900; export bill of lad
ing, 500, 900; express receipts, s1,YO0. 600;
telephone messages, $4,000; bonds OF
Indemnity, ss50,O00; certificates other
than profits, sos, ,eO0; charter party $780,
OO0; brokers" contracts, 500. 900; convey
anoes. 100000, telephone dispatches,
$500. .OoU; insurance, $1,000, 600; leasss.
s2U1, 900; mortgages. s50e, 600; passage
tickets, 500 900; power of attorney, etc..
sl0o, 900; protest. SIS, 000; warehouse re-
ceipts. ss6O,Ooo total schedule A, sss, :
242. 600
Total schs iule b, si,54s,2s3; less
wines. $500, OO0-ss, 94s. 2Ss.
Legacies, ohAritabls, etc, $500, 600;
grand total, $40 900, ,34S. -
Chairman Payne has called q meeting
OF the ways and means committee for
tomorrow morning when he expects to
have the bill reported to the House. He
will then seek to have the bill consid-
cred after the army, oleomargarine and
Legislative bills are disposed Of, with q
view to securing action before the holi-
days.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-06

like them all bat one. That one Is about
religion. 1t is too Christian. l don't
feel well today. l wish ron would write
a letter to DR. Eliot, and ask him to
give me another inscription TO go over
the statue of Religion" General Casey
went to his house, and in an hour he was
dead. In O day or two MIR. Greene wrote
me, asking If under these circumstances
1 would prepare or suggest another IN
scriptiun. l fell back on Micah-"Nhab
doth the Lord require Of thee but TO do
humbiy with Thy Godf'' And that Is
written over the statue of Religion.
Thoss two sentences every child CT our
faith ought to learn and hold to. They
will never get better definition CT re-
ligion than Mieah's.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-06
PARTISAN SAILS.
Repaired Broken Machinery and started
for Portland.

Halifax, N. s., December 7.-The
steamer Partisan having repaired dis
aplsd machinery, sailed at midnight for
Portland, Me.
Tnsy report that when the ship was
but one day out something broke In con-
nection with the machinery and the ship
was almost helpless for twenty hours.
The break was repaired, but three days
later there was another break and the
ship was again stopped for repairs. Then
she proceeded, but again something went
wrong, causing >~another stop. The sea
was running high, sweeping the decks,
and the men repairing the machinery
found the job difficult and dangerous.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-06
FIGHT FOR LIFE.
Hmprisoned Men Dag Their Way
To Liberty.

Scranton, December b.--Imprisoned
one thousand feet down In q coal mine at
Dunmors near here, thirty-two men had
a desperate battle for life today and only
succeeded In gaining their liberty by dig
gin0 their way out.
Five acres OF surface fell into the mine
and completely blocked the exit Of the
thirty-two mine workers who were far in
the interior. Those on the outside termed
themselves into q rescuing party. After
some hours work they succeeded IN clsar-
ing away sufficient OF the fall to gel
through before ths rescuing party reached
them.