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New-York tribune., 1901-03-17

ally points out the failure Of some cog in the
new machinery, and casually notes from time To
time the prevalence OF conditions that might
seem to invalidate some Of the sweeping state
ments Of antpodean bliss. There is anxious dis
cussion Of the decreasing birth rate; and only
few years ago the labor reports were gloomy;
the police reports striking'y resemble those of
NeW-York and London, ard there still Il
sheep ring and a coal ring" and indications Of
others. But in the full swing of his descriptions
Mr.. Lloyd carries US pretty well by all these
preliminary cautions. and shown New
Zealand the freshest and heathiest flower
ing Of Anglo-SaXon colonization. where the
wicked oppressors of the people have been
effectually cut down.
With all allowance made for the authors
strong predilectons his book is extremely
interesting account of existing conditions in
New Zealand conditions sometimes such that
We rub our eyes and wonder if We have not
accompanied a travelled Alice to a wonderland
back Of the looking glass. Mr.. Lloyd is a close
observer, for all his desire to see certain things.
and he writes in an engaging style, colloquial
at times, but always effective.
In New-Zealand the government is in the in
surance business in competition with private
companies; ii operates most of the railways; it
builds public works itself, through sort Of
cooperative system with its workmen; it is
engaged in breaking up the vast private landed
estates and dividing them into allotments for
smaller holders 1t enforces compulsory arbltra-
ton in disputes between employers and en-
ployed; il lends money to settlers on mortgage;
it is by way OF controlling the banking business
Of the country; il gives old age pensions, and in
many ways exercises a benignant oversight
upon the people through the manifold activities
and watchful eye of the public trustee The
latter is a most interesting official-ofering, as
Mr. Lloyd says, the most human aspect in
which any people of our day presents itself to
the persons who make it up. He is the executor
of all who wish to name him as such in their
Wills: the administrator of the ;nteState; to
him people desirouS Of erecting any public trust
betake themselves widow with property that
she feels incompetent to manage places herself
i'm his hands. He is vested with large discretion,
and the law allows him to use his judgment
and even his heart in making good deficiencies
and omissions in the instruments under which
he acts In unregenerate America we could
imagine almost any possibilities of disaster
from such officer, we'll as of success; but
so far as Mr. Lloyd instructs us. the public
trustee in New-Zeaand exercises his office Of
good angel with omniscience and unfailing be-
nignitY.
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noI fear that he would have to work az
long as he stayed in Honolulu. But
the act Of Corporal Murray has aroused
the suspicion Of the natives now as to
whether Papa TIA is a real "'Kahuua."
II he is. then Corporal Murray is one
also. Meantime the contributions are
falling of, and, Papa talks of leaving
the island. It was at big, special
fire-walking performance the corporal
did his trick. Papa TIA had walked
over presumably white-hot stones amid
the wonder and awe Of the spectators,
when suddenly off came Corporal Muir
rays shoes, and he followed the msgi-
clan across the stones In his stocking
feet. suffering no harm. Immediately
there was q row. The manager Of Pa
pa TIA went for" the corporal, and the
corporal pummeIed the manager, the
exhibition breaking up in a free fight
with nothing magical about it. Papa
Ita's performance apparently is differ
ent from Chat given by the Shintoists,
but 1t is also evident that Corporal
Murray is an observing man and
caught on" to the secret of the Tahi-
tan's seemingly wonderful feat.-Chi-
cago Journal.
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were all four as white 40 paper and sat
tongue-tied and motionless round the
table. N q "a F.&
"A snail," said at last. for I had
heard that these animals make noise
somewhat similar in, character.
Snail be dd!' said Northmour.
"Hush!"
The same sound was repeated twice
at regular intervals. and then a formid-
able voice shouted through the shut
tiers the Italian word ''Traditors!"
Mr.. Huddlestone threw his head in
the air, his eyelids quivered, next mo-
ment he fell insensible below the table.
Northmour and had each run to the
armory and seized gun. Clara was
on herfeet with her hand at her throat.
So we stood waiting, for we thought
the hour for attack was certainly come;
but second passed after second. and all
but the surf remained silent in the
neighborhood of the pavilion.
Quick" said Northmour, upstairs
with him before they come"
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Loyal Legion in Wisconsin.

The annual election and Gen. Chas.
Kings paper on "The Battle of Gaines
vile" contributed to make a recent
meeting of the Wisconsin command
cry, Loyal Legion. one: of athe best at
tended of the year About rs men,
bers were present at the meeting place
In Milwaukee. The election resulted
as follows: Commander, Surgeon Walt
er Kempsler, Milwaukee; senior vice
commander Capt. Harry A. Valentine,
National Home; junior vice command
.er, Lieut.. John P. Dousman, De Pere;
recorder. Capt. A. Ross Houston. Mil
Waukee; treasurer. Andrew A. Hatha-
way. Milwaukee; chancellor, Lieut..
Jerome B. Johnson, Milwaukee; chap
lain, Capt. Joseph w. Saunderson, Mil
waukee; council, Harry S. Fuller,
Lieut.. Arthur Holbrook, Capt. A. P.
Foster, Col. B. r. Parker, Lieut. Will
lam E. Trowbridge. Gen. Kings pa
per, "the Battle of Gainesville" was a
mastery account of the engagement in
which Gen. Rufus Kings division bore
@AAO VI uhC VI LAlC uE3iCIAS duu III WulCu
the Iron Brigade commanded by John
Gibbon, lost 40 per cent of it's men in
killed and wounded. The speaker re-
ferred to letters left by Gen. Rufus
King and to official reports to prove
that he was unjustly criticised for
abandoning the field on the night after
the battle and retreatfng towards Man
tassas. '"Ehee orders to hold the line
which Gen. Pope said he sent to my
father" said Gen. King, were never
received, and the retreat was ordered
after a consultation of officers, at
which all except one agreed that it was
a necessary military move" Gen. King
paid an eloquent tribute to the Iron
Brigade. ''They lost 40 per cent of
their strength" said he, 'tand more
than stood the breaking strain of 33
per cent, which most eminent authori-
ties agree to be the utmost limit of en-
durance in battle" At the business
meeting. Gen. r. C. Winkler read an
obituary on Gen. Augustus Gaylord;
Capt. A. e. Smith, one on Lieut..
Charles Palmetier, and Lieut.. r. H.
Putney one Capt. W. v. Tichenor.
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Yankee Corporar. Great nerve

Not long ago the American minister
Japan and some members Of his party,
visiting Shinto temple. initiated the
priests Of the temple by walking bare
foot over what was apparently bed
OF live Goals. It was explained at the
time that the surface of the bed Of
Goals were covered by thin layer Of
some substance which was bad con-
ductor Of heat, but through which the
light of the fire below would show at
night, the time when such perform
ances take place. Now, Corporal Muir
ray Of the Sixth artillery, stationed IN
Honolulu, has proved again that Amer
teams can pass unscathed through the
ordeal of fire. There came to Honolu-
lu lately magician who calls himself
Papa TIA, the Great Tahitan Fire
Walker" Papa Ita's great feat consists
In walking barefootAd over lava stones
under which fires have burned for
;hours, He impressed the native gIIa-
waiians With the fact that he Was q
wonder among magicians. and their
conttibutions flowed IN to thimlso pro
fually that one night suppose ~ need
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Sure Fame,
Not marble. not the gilded monuments
OF princes, shall outlive this powerful
rhyme;
But you shall shine more bright in
these contents
Than unswept stone. besmeared with
sluttish time.
When the wasteful war shall statues
overturn,
And broils root out the work Of ma
sonry.
Nor Mars his sword nor wars quick
fire shall burn
The living record Of your memory.
'oainst death and all oblivious en-
nifty
Shall you pace forth; your praise shall
still find room,
Even In the eyes of posterity
That wear this world out to the end
ing doom.
So. till the judgment that yourself
arise,
You live in this, and dwell in lovers
eyes.
shakespeare tFifty-fifth sonnet.)
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CHAPTER VIII

somehow or OCher, by nook and
crook, and between the three of us.
we got Bernard Huddlestone bundled
upstairs and laid upon the bed in envy
Uncle's Room" During the whole proc
ess, which was rough enough, he gave
no sign of consciousness, and he re-
manned, as we had thrown him, with
out changing the position of a finger
His daughter opened his shirt and be-
gan to wet his head and bosom, while
Northmour and ran to the window.
The weather continued clear; the
moon, which was now about full, had
risen and shed a clear light upon the
links; yet, strain our eyes as we might,
we could distinguish nothing moving.
Thank Cod" said Northmour, Gag
gle is not coming tonight"
Agile was the name of the old
nurse. EIe had not thought of her till
now; but that he should think of her
at all was trait that surprised me in
the man.
We were again reduced to waiting.
Northmour went to the fireplace and
spread his hands before the red en-
bers. as if he were cold. I followed
him mechanically with my eyes, and in
SO doing turned my back upon the
window. At that moment very faint
report was audible from without, and
a ball shivered pane of glass, and
buried itself in the shutter two inches
from my head. I heard Clara scream,
and though whipped instantly out of
range and into corner, she was there.
SO to speak, before me, beseeching to
know If were hurt. continued to
reassure her, with the tenderest caress-
es and in complete forgetfulness of our
situation, till the voice of Northmour
recalled me to myself. ~
"There is one point that we must
know" said he. "Are they going to
butcher the lot of us, or only Huddle-
stone? Did they take you for him, or
fire at you for your own beau1 yeaux?"
"They took me for him, for certain"
I replied. II am near as tall, and my
head is fair"
II am going to make sure" returned
A'OA IAAAOol, u0 SICppOu up W Cut
window, holding the lamp above his
head, and stood there, quietly affront-
ing death, for half a minute.
eyes," said Northmour, turning cool
ly from the window; cts only Huddle-
stone they want"
ooh. Mr.. Northmour!" cried Clara;
but found no more to add, the temerity
she had just witnessed seeming beyond
the reach of words.
Efe, on his part, looked at me, cock
ing his head with a fire of triumph in
his eyes; and understood at once that
he had thus hazarded his life merely
to attract Clara's notice, and depose
me from my position as the hero Of
the hour. He snapped his fingers.
The fire is only beginning" he said
when they warm up to their work
they won't be so particular"
(To be continued.l
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Military Camp. at Exposition.

Many military organizations intend
to visit the Pan-American Exposition
during the summer. Arrangements
have been made to provide frst-class
accommodations for them. The expo
sition will maintain permanent camp
within the grounds for the accommo-
aatiOn of about 200 men at one time
This camp will be supplied with tents
floored, cots, buckets basins, pint cups,
light, water and sinks, for the use of
which no charge will be made It will
be necessary for visiting organizations
to furnish their own blankets and sub
sistence. There will be no accommo-
dalton for cooking in this camp, but
the visitors will, no doubt, be able to
make satisfactory arrangements with
restaurants on the grounds at reason
able rates. 1t is expected that organi-
cations taking advantage Of these
camp privileges, will at such time as
may be agreed upon beforehand, give
military exhibitions without charge in
the Stadium. Bands in uniform will
be admitted to the grounds free. Or
CARNATIONS using this camp will pay
one general admission per man when
they enter the grounds, and must be
governed by the rules and regulations
laid down by the Exposition Company.
On account of the large number of or
CARNATIONS now applying for camp ia
cilities at the exposition. the use of this
Il, IL
exceeding six days for any one organ
ization. Large bodies Of troops visit
ing the exposition must be. CHARTERED
outside the grounds, where large
camp for this purpose has been estab-
lished. Major Charles ]. Wolf is in
charge Of the Military Bureau, and he
is kept very busy these days furnish
Ing information to organizations In
tending to visit the exposition
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While tho Farmers Grain Is, RlpopSnv
aud His Stock Growing Fat He NAV
Have Plenty Of Shooting.
There is probably no country On the
American Continent where the life of
the farmer carries with it that assur-
ance Of comfort and success, as does
Western Canada. Nor is there to be
found anywhere else such a. pleasant
combination. Game abounds every
Where and nowhere does it afford such
perfect amusement. A noted sports
man writing of the favorite. pastime
says: There is one particular spot
where l saw man drop seventy NAL
lards one morning and bring them all
to bag, too, for they dropped in open
water or on fiat prairie. At the. right
season Of the year you can see. black
lines and triangles scut sharply out
against the sky ali round you, moving
very swiftly. and you begin to, wonder
whether you have enough, cartridges
to holdiout. You can hear the prair,e
chicken Growing like barnldoor fowls.
and q. little to- the northeast is q bit
OF marshy ground. cattle-poached and
dappled with cleaning pools, where
the snlpe' are nearly rs thick as mos-
quitoes. Az thin column OF blue smoke
curling up in, the distance. shows Won
where a. few wandering Indians nave
pitched their camp. bub there is no
Other indication Of civilization In
sight Still. the. neighbonhood is we'll
sctt'ed; and a. s1pnt drive win bring
you TO farmhouse. where you can
buy the finest butter and the freshest
eggs for uncivihzed, prices
A very short railway journey will
bring you to country iill Of deer and
the ioIr1y wapia, the king Of the deer
tribe tRe world over. and down on the
hat, bosgg land by tho lake shores tha
moose VIE stand Knee deep In water
on the summer evenings ready to Il.
dow' when the flies get butherfnr
All day you breathe the Wild free air
OF the prairie, and at nteht Won ara
lullsd to sleep by the surge and rinn,s
and splash Of the waves on the heaeh !
broken now and then by the wiera
banshee-cFy q strange WATERFOWL.
Particulars regarding settlement a. ~.
lalab az Western Canada can ba ,..d
from any agent Of the CANADIAN -. -.
efnmbnt. whose advertisements an,. -
s 1kss ysAless IS your columns. a'.
OLD READER
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LOVE AMONG LAPLANDERs.

habitants of the Icy Land.
When a young Laplander LIS in love
with girl he and she run a race. He
is heavily handicapped, so that she
may win If she chooses, and if she out
run him he cannot propose again. OF
course she suffers herself to be over
taken If she cares for him, but the con-
sent of her parents must be obtained
before she can be married. The law of
the land is very strict on this point, and
in olden times the man was subject to
capital punishment if he married with
out the consent of the girls parents.
After a Laplander has chosen a bride
he sends her present Of a girdle, a
ring and quantity of brandy; he goes
so far as the door Of her hut, but re-
mains outside until invited to enter,
when bumper of brandy is offered to
the girls father; II he drinks it it is a
sign he consents to the marriage, and
the young lover then promises to give
the girl some clothes, and pays a sum
Of money, generally 100 copper dollars.
on the spot. This, Of course, is rem
nant of marriage by purchase which.
in primitive times, succeeded marriage
by capture. Banns are published once
in Lapland and the marriage ceremony
is very short. The bride wears her hair
loose and has a gold band round her
head Her presents and her dowry are
generally reindeer, and she and hlf
bridegroom remain with her pare3
for year after marriage.
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CHAPTER VI.-(Continued.)

CHATTER fl.-lCOntlnueQ.)
'fIs 1t in the pavilion p I asked.
'It is; and wish it was in the bot
tom Of the sea instead" said North
mour; and then suddenly-"What are.
you making faces at me for?" he cried
70 Mr.. Huddlestone, on whom had I'M
consciously turned my back. "Do you
think Cassilis would sell you?"
Mr.. Huddlestone protested that moth
ing had been further from his mind.
1T is good thing" retorted North
mour. in his ugliest manner. "You
might end by varying US. What were
you going to say?" he added. turning
to me.
II was going to propose an occupa-
lion for the afternoon" said /. "Let us
carry that money out, piece by piece,
and lay itsdown before the pavilion
door. If the Carbonari come, why, it's
theirs. at any rate"
emo, MOI" cried Mr. Huddlestone;
1T does not, it cannot belong to them!
It should be distributed pro rata among
all my creditors"
Come, now, Huddlestone." said
Northmour, none of that"
well, but my daughter" moaned
the wretched man.
your daughter will do we'll enough.
Here are two suitors, Cassilis and I.
neither of us beggars, between whom
she has to choose And as for your
self, to make an end Of arguments. you
have no right to farthing, and, I'M
less I'm much mistaken, you are going
TO die"
1t was certainly very cruelty said,
but Mr.. Huddlestone was man
who attracted little sympathy,
and. although I saw him vince
and shudder, I mentally Endorsed
the rebuke; nay, I added a contribu-
ton Of my own.
"Northmour and T." said, 'are will
ing enough to help you to save your
life. but not to escape with stolen prop
erty."
self. as though he were on the point Of
giving way to anger. but prudence had
the best Of the controversy.
my dear boys" he said, edo with
me or my money what you will. I
leave it all in your hands. Let me
compose myself"
And so we left him, gladly enough I
am sure. The last that saw. he had
once more taken up his great Bible,
and with tremulols hands was adjust
ing his spectacles to read.
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Negro Parse. Arm, E.a.lnat,o.,

The first negro to pass regular
army examination open to enlisted;
men for appointment as second lieu
tenant Is benjamin o. Davis of the
District at Columbia. He took his e.
animation at Fort Leavenworth, kan.
Out Of eighteen candidates. twelve
passed. Davis being third ia. tie Or
der iof merit. with an average OF 81
Per cant. He Z : ssrgsant major q
tha Ninth cavalry.
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CHAPTER VII.

The recollection of that afternoon
will always be craven on my mind. We
debated over and over again my pro-
posal with regard to the money, and
had we been in complete possession of
our faculties am sure we should have
condemned it as unwise; but we were
dustered with alarm, grasped at
straw and determined, although it was
as much as advertising Mr.. Huddlc-
stones presence in the pavilion, to car
~ my proposal into effect
The sum was part in specie, part III
bank paper and part in circular notes,
payable to the name of James Gregory.
We took it out. counted it. inclosed it
once more in a dispatch-box belonging
to Northmour and prepared letter in
italian which he tied to the handle. 1t
was signed by both of us under oath,
and declared that this was all the
money which had escaped the failure of
the house of Huddlestone. This was.
perhaps, the maddest action ever per-
petrated by two persons protesting to
be sane.
Had the dispatch fallen into 9th
er hands than those for which it was
intended, we stood criminally convict
ed on our own written testimony; but.
as have said, we were neither of US
In a condition to judge soberly, and
had thirst for action that drove us
to do something, right or wrong, rather
than endure the agony of waiting
Moreover, as we were both convinced
that the hollows Of the links were alive
with hidden spies upon our movements,
we hoped that our appearance with the
COX might lead to a parley, and, per-
naps, compromise.
It was nearly when we issued from
the pavilion. The rain had taken off;
che sun shone quite cheerfully. have
never seen the gulls fly SO close about
the house or approach 80 fearlessly
to human beings. On the very door
step one tapped heavily past our heads,
and uttered its wild cry in my very
ear.
There Is an omen for you," said
Northmour, who, like all freethinkers,
was much under the influence of su-
perstition. "They think we are al
ready dead"
I made some light rejoinder but it
was with half my heart, for the cir
.eumstance had impressed me.
A yard or two before the gate, on
patch OF smooth turf, We set down the
.dispatch-box; and Northmour waived
white handkerchief over his head.
Nothing replied. We raised our voic-
es, and cried aloud in Italian that we
were there as ambassadors to arrange
the quarrel; but the stiffness remained
unbroEen save by the sea gulls and the
surf. had weight at my heart when
we desisted, and saw that even North
mour was unusually pale. He looked
over his shoulder neryously, as though
/ be feared that some one had crept be-
tween him and the pavilion door.
by God. he said in q whisper, this
J 81 too much for mel"
s replied In the same key: Suppose
there should be none, after ALL
Look there he returned. nodding
Nth his head. a. though he had been
A3raM 10 point. q. 5
+ Glanced 8 the direction Indicated.
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Tho Horse and tho Battle Org.

Talk about education, that horse Of
the MAJORS has got more sense and
patriotism than . whole lot Of people 4
said the colonel THAT hos Sfr, was
being eurrted, By a recruit Tie man
didn't know sh1 business sir, and he
didn't half DO his work, JNst as -
had .combed ont the hoFss's tan as :
finishing touch and ~as gstktng axsay,
the horse shs. ont Ids hind lOkA, snort
ing, q tie sscglit went ug, into tho
I'll, 'RAmsuibse sthS mana, III
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vvh.A No che Chndrsn DEinl

WHIST DO The Chndren DrinkS
49, the now food drink called GRAIN-Oy
n "a ielicious and nourishing, and takes ths
Macs Of coffee. Tho moro Grain o you give
the children the more health. you distFlpnss
rsre eerains, and when properly prepared
fsstes like the choice grades OF co6ee, hut
costs about i - much. Al groosss se1 =, -.
fko and 90 s "a III /. rs 1Fss y