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ENGLISH AND FRENCH.

In discussing Emperor Williams re-
cent order for the compulsory teaching
of English in the German high schools
the New York Tribune says:
Hitherto French has been taught in
the German schools. 1t is now reduced
to the rank of an optional study, while
English takes it's place on the conpui-
sorry list. That means that English is
regarded as more important than
French, and indeed, as more importan,
than any other foreign tongue, since it
alone is made a required study. That is
curiously significant of another thing, to
wit, the intense practically and COM
mercial spirit of the present age. Time
was when international relations meant
chiefly diplomacy, and then French vas
the International language, the Language.
of diplomacy and of royal and Imperial!
courts. 1t may be that had what VIC
may call the dominance of diplomacy
been maintained, French would have
held it's place as the International lam
guage. But it has come to pass that
commerce often overtops diplomacy in
the relations Of state with state. Tariffs
and trade are more than dynastic mar.
riages, and shops cast chancelleries into
the shade. Naturally, therefore, the lam
guage of the chief commercial nation
Samuel Adams nation of shopkeepers'-,
also comes to the fore as the new inter-
| natona Language.
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As To The Feeling Here.

1T is felt here" says the New Yorh
correspondent of the London Times in q
dispatch to his newspaper, that nothins
ever so discredited the United States "A
Mr.. Cleveland's handling of the Venez
uela matter"
Oh. come now! Mr.. Erving Winslov
feels that the capture of Aguinaldo dis
credits us more in a minute than Presi
dent Cleveland's emphatic and effect
i've reassertion of the Monroe doctrine
discredits us in fifty years. All the
anti-imperialists feel that by doinR- II :
duty in calm and conscientious man
ner. and by pursuing its policies to sue
cessful conclusions. the present admin
lstration discredits this nation more than
all past administrations have ever done
'" j. Bryan weeps once every week
IN his Commoner over the deep discret1t
put upon the country by a majority OF
It's legal voters last November H.,
doesn't think of the Venezuela matte
once in three months. There are men in
common 1ails in this country who neyer
heard of Venezuela or of James Monrop
VINO continually blush and swear at III,
mean and discreditable way in which
their country has treated them.
Nhen the correspondent of a news
paper. and in particular the correspon
dent OF newspaper so distinguished and
influential as the London Times, permits
himseif to preface a statement by the
words lit is felt here" he assumes a
most serious and grave responsibility
Those words mean the public here feels
public opinion is and the leaders of
thought and the great mass of intelli
gent men think. as I. your correspon
dent. hereinafter set forth and aver
Before assuming the solemn responsible
lty OF the prefatcry expression lit is
felt here newspaper correspon lent
ought to retire to his closet get dow,
on his knees and pray with fervcr and
humility that the spirit of truth may
possess his mind and guide his pen while
he writes his dispatch. Let ME not-s
the prayer of the London Tires CORES
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pendent should run-let me not with a
reckless and irresponsible mind say 1T
is felt here" merely because at dinner
last night I overheard two aged men.
both foreigners. declare to each other
that Mr.. Cleveland's Venezuela mes
sage was the crime of the century. Let
me not commit this detestable sin
through weak yielding to the con-
seriousness that over there they will like
this sort of stuff better than the truth.
But above all I do most devoutly pray
that l may never again say ut is felt
here because l fesl that way myself. o
give me the conscience. the desire, the
energy and the legs to get out among
this great people and find out how they
really do feel. what they think. and
what they say. Let me not go on in
this way presenting as the public opin-
ion of this land the pessimstic numb
lings of a few ancients of days over their
gin and water at the club after bad
night. May my mind be opened Chase
out the old grudges. let in new ideas.
Soften my heart toward Grover Cleve-
land. l have worked him to death in
my dispatches, always censorious, be-
lifting. and calumniatory. He has
never found it out, but it tires me. Wipe
out. l implore from my brain that root
ed nightmare of the Venezuela business.
Animate me with wish to write about
something else. Abate my dislike of the
American people. Make me forgive
them for not being English and let me
not so on forever picturing them forth
in my dispatches as faith1ess, sordid,
ill-bred. vulgar and vile
1t would do Mr.. Smalley a world of
good to send up petition in those words
For. in truth. man who is appointed
to tell one of the preat people in the
daily deeds and opinions Of another
great people holds a post of trust to
which he cannot be unfaithful without
putting his mortal soul in need of fire.
quent prayer. The form we submit is
about right for Mr. Smalley.-New York
Times.
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THE CANTEEN AGAIN.

Although the canteen has been abol-
ished. the canteen question is still very
much to the fore and considered from a
practical point of view the adjustment
of that institution cannot be considered
a success.
On this subject a soldier of the forty
sixth infantry. now at Corregider island
writes: 49,.
l have had some experience in the can
teen in these islands, and can freely say
that people at home who are trying to
down the canteen know not what they
are doing. If they desire to know the
true state of affairs on that subject they
should come out here and get a bit of
experience. The native drinks are vino.
muscatel and other poisonous liquids
If man cannot get his beer at the can
teen he will drink the vile stuff of the
natives, for, have something he will, in
spite of anybody. Now Why not let him
have his good, clean beer instead Of
tempting him to break regulations by
going outside? AS General Sanger says.
assertions. court martials and piosOn will
result if the canteen is abolished. H.,
How about us? Have we no word in
the matter-the ones most AFFECTED, Or
must we abide by the decision of out
siders? Certain meddlesome folks have
a narrow idea that all soldiers are drum
kards. Well. they will have a chance
to see great increase in that line when
they take our canteen away.
There is lady here from California
working among the boys, and she belongs
to the Womens Christian Temperance
union. She has been here long time
and understands the canteen far better
than her sisters at home. On a trip to
Manila we discussed the matter, and she
is in favor of the canteen, for she has
been where there was none and found
such difference as to convert her at
once in it's favor. Where there was no
post exchange or canteen as it is called,
she found drunken and rough soldiers,
bue she sees only the best of order here
and no drunkenness whatever. Now
this lady knows what she is talking
about.
1t is strictly against regulations for a
man to become intoxicated in the can
teen, and when he gets enough good beer
to quench his thirst he Is satisfied, and
thus avoids the hospital and the guard
house. They may talk about our army
being so patriotic: we'll, it is so. the most
patriotic in the world, but let the peo-
pie who stay at home while we do the
fighting and bear the hardships persist
in taking away the few comforts we
| have. and you will find that three-quar-
| ters Of the old men will never re-enlist
| You have no idea how the regulars
| feel about this. 1t will affect us bu
| little, as we will soon be out of the
army, but we sympathize with the pool
chaps way down on the line where moth
| ing but poisonous stuff is obtainable
The regulars are justly sore over the
matter and they have a right to be. They
say when the -at-homes interfere
with our pleasure it is time for us t.
| stay at home. too.
Just such result as this was foreseel
by farsighted men when the canteen bill
was up for discussion, but zeal overcam,
| reason and the measure passed
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HOW SHE WON,

He played game of cards with Kate
The prize to be her hand.
He played as if it We're with fate,
And every card he scanned.
And trumps the maiden threw awey,
Most carelessly she tossed
The cards whene'er she made play,
At last she sighed: I've lost"
Now. this is where the strangest part is
That ever since that day
She takes in every trick Of his,
Whatever game they play.
The ending always is the same,
And he has never guessed
That in the ante nuptial game
She did not play her best
Josh Wink. in Baltimore American.
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NOTICE.
Boston.

Boston. April 2, 1901.
To the Stockholders of the Boston and
Montana Consolidated Copper and Sill
yer Mining Co.
Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of the
BOSTON AND MONTANA CONSOLE.
DATED COPPER AND SILVER MIN
ING COMPANY of Montana will be held
at Butte, Montana. on Thursday. April
25, 1901, at II o'clock, noon. at the Office
of the company.
The business to be transacted at this
meeting will be the election of directors
and such other business as may legally
come before it. The transfer books OF
the company will be closed from April
9. 1901. to April %. 1901. both days in
elusive. w. J. LAID.
Secretary.
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ENGLISH VIEW OF AN ENGLISH
QUESTION.

The London Chronicle. in a somewhat:
critical but but general approving criti-
cism of Arnold Whites great work. is
inclined to think that the following
statement is somewhat overdrawn:
1t is a curious comment on the artl-
ticiality of our social system that nc
stigma attaches to preventable i'll health.
Parental neglect. premature and reckless
marriage leading to multiplication OF
tainted brains and rickety frames are
matters of Indifference to 'practicaI
statesmen. Votes are not injured by dis
ease. Christian charity is invoked to
canonize weakness. while preventable i'll
health is honored under the sacred prin
ciple of individual freedom. No law pre-
vents the union Of consumptive swain
with his strumous sweetheart: no re-
striction interferes with the colonization
of our great towns by diseased aliens.
neither church nor state debars pennl-
less and understood striplngs from
undertaking parental responsibilities.
The Chronicle says that the conse
quences Of this condition of affairs are
easily apparent. In the Manchester dis
trict 1l,c0o men offered themselves for
service letween the outbreak OF VAR in
October. 1899, and July. 1900. OF this
number 5000 were certified to be pm ISL
cally unfit to stand the fatigues Of a sol
diers life. while of the 5000 accept ted
only 100 attained the moderate stand
ard of muscular power and chest meas
urement which the military authorities
required. The stamina of the population
of Lancashire is in no wise inferior TO
that of London. and there can be little
question that unless the continuous
drain of the rural districts 10 fill the
towns can in some way be stayed or
town life improved to an extent which
at present seems impracticabl in the
third or fourth generation from now we
shall have a mass of incurables to ieal
with which will be a very heavy tax on
the industry of the nation. The remedy
for this state of things, Mr.. White con-
siders, lies in the overhauling of the
marriage law.
A medical certificate of physical and
mental fitness for the marriage state
should be eXacted by wise state before
union, in the interest Of the unborn, VINO
deserve justice no less than their parents
deserve compassion.
However true this may be, we fear
that no change of the marriage law
will be effectual until public opinion is
awakened to the facts, and that no gov
eminent Will undertake the thankless
task of making the experiment until
distinct mandate is given by an enligh.-
'ened public. hut as great changes have
small beginnings, the Chronicle com
mends to the cabinet the suggestion
that the more aged and inactive
politicians who rule us would be
none the worse themselves for med
ical Inspection If cabinet meet
lnss We're preceded by examination of
the members present by experts on men,
tai and physical diseases it would help
to form public opinion on the subject.
the dimensions of that august body
would be kept within reasonable limits,
and If bulletins We're published it meht
be less difficult for the man in me street
to fathom the causes of some of the de-
cisions arrived at
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tense and to a fine of 500 for subseouen,
offensas the drunkard also be ing Hab,,,
to fine of not more than S. An alter.
native penalty is that instead of finins
the saloonkeeper 500 his license be sus.
pended for three months The license of
any saloonkeeper so convicted is to be
Endorsed accordingly. From the favor
able consideratio which this PROPOSE
bill has received it is considered reason
ably certain that some of it's feature.
will become law
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The Spice ct Life.
PAINFUL INTERFERENCE. +

Don't trihe with me. Miss McCur-
dy." pleaded the young man desperate
ly. wait till l have finished. Do
need to tell you. after all these weeks
how completely and absolutely your
image fills my heart? Have you not
seen? Do you not know? Have 1 not
betrayed it by my looks. by the tones
of my voice. by the eager joy that lights
up my features whenever you appear?
Must I put in words the feelings l can
no more disguise than l cam
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NOT THAT KIND OF A CROP

That boy of mine" sighed the old
operat on Change. has run through
with $4,000 in less than a year.
We'll, young men will SOW their wild
oats, said the sympathizing friend
IT wasn't OATS rejoined the other
looking dismally at the young mans
bills and receipts. 1T was broom corn"
Chicago Tribune.
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THE STERN PARENT.

notwithstanding man. are YOU
carrying any life insurance."
prospective Sonin-L aw-"Y yes, sir;
am about to take $4,000 in the Abso-
lutely Sure Thing Company"
Pa erfamilias-"H m. I'm not at all
certain about that company. It's the
che I'm in. You'll have to scatter the
risks better than that before you can
come into this family"
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THE MORROW.

Now at last they We're man and wife
AS they swept down the aisle from the
altar he whispered softly to her.
You are all the world to me-" he
said.
''Oh. I'm the whole cheese to every
body today she answered. But to-
morrow"
There was a touch of sadness in all
ths.-Detroit Journal
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to underestimate the cost of war. Still
he is a Russian; and who shall say that
with Manchuria, Russia's continuous
lnarch of annexation by conquest or
diplomacy has been stayed?
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Mr.. Whitgood. interrupted the
young woman. are you in earnest"
"Glycerine McCurdy," he said. draw
ing himself up with injured dignity. do
you think I'm doing this on bet?"
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WELCOMED.

do YOU think an honest man is out
of place in politics."
"Certainly not" answered Senator
Sorghum. I'VE want more of 'em.
Those are the people that are wilin to
walk right up to the polls and vote and
not charge you a cent."-Washingto
Star.
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OVERLOOKED A POINT.

Buy why not, popper?" pleaded the
beautiful maiden.
Il. said the red-necked and brutal
1ather am not putting my trust
shares in Princes. Not this year. Or
any other old year."-Indianapolis
Press.
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A SURE SIGN.

Bangs says he would rather. sleep
than eat"
why. I wasn't aware that his wife
did her own cooking phia
Bulletin.
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The n stei and Boarding House asso.
cia.ion h,ee: every Wednesday evenin.
at 343 East Park street. at $3.50. J. p.
Tobin. secretary and treasurer. Clarence
hotel.
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CHAPTER v.
CHANGE OBJ FRosz

CHANGE OBJ FR0NT-
Truss him up good" said one.
These rebels are not to be trusted even
when they are tied. =
gave careful notice to the.snan whs
spoke, evidently the leader of the party.
He was of middle size, middle age anG
ruculent features His most noticeabl.
characteristic was his dropping eyelida
which would induce the casual observes
to think he was fast asleep. though in
reality he was wide awake. He was
dressed in the uniform Of captain in
the British army. set him down as a
partisan chief on small scale. He had
five comrades cast in the same mold as
himself, all dressed in British soldiers
uniforms and rather wild Of look.
They bound mo securely and me
with my back to the log and my face to
the fire, much in the position that had
occupied while the girl was singing
Oonfound her for milling away my can-
tion and suspicious in such manner ]
had no doubt now that she.had seen the
rcd uniforms Of the British when first /
went into the wood TO search for the
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"My love is handsome laddie O,
Genteel, but meier foppish nor gaudy OF
Though commissions are dear,
Yet I'll buy him one this year,
For he'll serve no longer cadie Oh
A soldier has honor and bravery O,
Unacquainted with rogues and their knav
cry Ol
He minds no other thing
But the ladies or the king,
For every other care is but slavery OF
She sang it still mcra softly and gen
t1y than before, and, though my eyelids
dropped again, / turned my eyes from
the bed of Goals to her face. The fire.
light played ruddily over her eyes and
cheeks, and the expression there seemed
tender and faraway, as if her thoughts
had gone from this dark night and the
war torn fields Of South Carolina to the
green English meadows and peaceful
sunshine
When she finished, I raised my hands
and clapped them together.
''Well donep' said. well donep'
''Done well enough for us, said
some one, and strong hands reached
over the log and grasped me by the
wrists My languor and my sleepiness
were gone in an instant, and made a
powerful effort to wrench myself loose.
but I had been taken too suddenly
Three or four men flung themselves
upon me, and I was crushed under
great weight, while the firm grip was
still on my wrists. managed to deal
somebody a heavy kick and heard
grunt Of pain, but in a few seconds !
was overpowered and, like a wise man,
ceased to struggle further.
Singular1y enough, one of my early
thoughts in that moment was of relief
that Old Put should prove not to be
false prophet. having enjoyed such a
good character in that respect SO long.
I had been fool not to take his warning
more seriously. Then / wondered why
the girl did not CRY ont at the sight Of
struggling men ana rns souna OF oauns
and blows, violent medley usually
very terrifying to women. I caught one
glimpse Of her, and she was sitting on
the log, her back against the up thrust
bough, leaning upon it as lazily as if
she were in rocking chair in parlor
The firelight still played over her face
and eyes, but the soft and tender ex-
preston which had pleased me was
gone. Instead the look that she turned
upon me was mixture Of dislike,
malice and triumph.
After meeting such a glance it was a
relief to me to look another way and
see who had captured me
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nad my doubts about the loyalty, y
which is term devised for the proteo
tlon OF sovereigns in their crimes, but /
said nothing just then. She, too, said
nothing more. The heap of Goals grew
and glowed in the depths with deep
cr1msons and scarlets, throwing out a
generous heat and wooing me to sleep.
Despite my sense of caution and the ef-
forts OF my will. my eyelids dropped.
The castles In the Goals became more
indistinct and wavered as If thew were
made of red mist.
Old Put Whinnied again and raised
his head high in the air like one who
listens. was wide awake in an instant
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rid better see to that, I said. .'Old
Put is not going to give warning for
nothing. He has character to lose .
"A wildcat may be, . she suggested.
Perhaps, but I'll see. y
Irose, still keeping my blanket wrap
ped around me, and ordered her to stay
where she was under pain of being
bound again. She promised, and / be-
llieved that she would not stir from her
position on the log. The darkness and
the desolation were not inviting.
I walked out into the black bank of
the night, but could neither see nor find
anything. I made a complete circuit
around the oasis Of light from the. fire.
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..That is a different matter. !,

a,1Ixo Sr1J.
That is a different matter. 2
What kind Of sweetheart would
you choose?''
"A soldier, gallant English soldier,
one loyal to his king through all. y
She continued to hum her little song,
whatever it was. Something stirred in
the wood, and Old Put, despite my pre-
vious command, whinnied and stamped
his feet
'Confound that beast, whatever it
may bel'' I said. ''It must be a wildcat
attracted by the light of our fire. -
Let the wildcat 60, she said.
Listen and will sing you song that
will tell You what my future betrothed
and husband shall be. It's an old Scotch
song Of devotion and loyalty, but we
English sing it, too, and like it as we'll
as the Scotch. 'Dumbarton S Drums we
call it. -
".Sing." said.
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