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from this start he advanced with uninterrupt-
Horosperlty. He has made himself thoroughly
ocnlilar with three four diverse industries
SO remote in scope each from the others that his
advocacy OF the interests Of one will not inter
fere with his representation Of the interests of
the others Each Of these industries has its
hatlonaI wholesale association and its retail as
sociation, and from each Of these associations
ne receives fixed annual salary Some of the
largest individual dealers and manufacturers in
each Of these industries retain him in addition
TO report TO them directly. In addition 10 this
annual salary, he gets commissions on every
government contract in these several lines
Business news from Washington is by no means
at an end for the year when Congress adjourns.
In many cases the important features do not be-
gin TO develop until after that date When Con-
gress has done all the legislation il sees lit 10
enact. the departments begin the work of inter-
preting the new laws and then all sorts Of reve-
lations are made These things are frequently
OF vital Importance to the business world, and
early information about them is heartily appre-
ciated.
Probably this kind Of business news will in
time be syndicated and dealt with just as other
news is bought and sold by press associations
But even when that does come TO pass the need
OF the special correspondent viii in all IIkeli-
hood be even greater than il is now. Such has
been the result in the political news field. The
press associations distribute the routine news
with general satisfaction yet the number Of pa
pers having seats in the press gallery and e-,ecal
Washington correspondents Is greater than ever
before.
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for currants. coffee and marine insurance. on
Thursday, June -, 1876. the famous act for th-
repeal Of duties on corn received the royal
assent.
The next ten years the repeal Of the tax
bricks and windows. and reductions in the
stamp duties The year 1860 was marked 10y
what Sir Michael Hicks Beach calls a wind
fall" In that happy year long annuties fell in
TO the amount Of over two million sterling. which
meant that the annual charge on account Of the
national debt thereby reduced by the
amount named Mr.. Gladstone Chancellor
Of the EXchequer. and with the emphatic ap-
prOval Of the House Of Commons. he applied the
proceeds Of the "Windfall" TO a remission Of
several tariffs which at the time were severely
hampering trade and manufactures. 1t is
worthy Of note that this final revision com
pleted the reduction Of the number of articles
in the tariff from 200 in 1912 to IL in 1850
The year 1866 saw the total repeal Of the duties
on timber and pepper. and in 1870 taxes on To-
comOtion. except the tax railway passengers.
brewers licenses were repealed in 1880 and the
same year marked the reimp0sition of the tax
on beer.
The income tax. which stood at 5d. in 1SS1.
waste provide funds for the Egyptian war
raised to 6lad. in l>S2 Later on another lI.d
was added. bringing IL UP to Sd. while the ad-
dltiOnal II. last year brings it up to the
shilling. Whether Sir Michael Hcks-Beach VIII
increase the rate or not. must wait until to-
morrow To know. Meanwhile il is apparent
that il he is compelled to seek other sources TO
provide the anticipated additional revenue the
ioings of his predecessors in office have already
laid open 10 him a very wide and varied field
for selection.
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TIE PorsDAM NoNUmENr TO WILLIAM I.

AN EQUESTRIAN STATUE BY PROFESS 5R HETsrER
WHICH GREATLY PLEAsEs THE EMPEROR
In token Of their love for Emperor William I
the people Of the province OF Brandenburg have
erected a beautiful equestrian monument TO his
memory at POtsiam. The monument was un-
veiled with much pomp and ceremony on April
II in the presence Of The German Emperor and
Empress and many men Of military and political
prominence in Germany. The memorial is the
work Of Professor Eerter. whom the Emperor
complimented on his artistic achievement on the
day Of the unveilng. and decorated With the
Order of the Red Eagle.
One Of the relief panels OF the pedestal repre-
sents the triumphal entry Of Emperor William
into Berlin after the peace Of Versailles, the
group including the figures Of the old Emperor
the Crown Prince Frederick, Bismarck Won
Moltke Prince Charles and the Emperor's
grandson, the present Emperor.
The ceremony Of dedication included review
Of troops and when these had passed before
the imperial party they formed about the monu-
nlent, from which the drapery was removed by
command Of the Emperor. who Joined the great
throng in singing He'll dir i'm Sieger-kranz-
Before the troops marched away the massed
bands played Deutschland uber Allis."
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THE HAORIS AND THE QUEEN.
A LAMENT ON THE ROYAL BEREAVEMENT SENT
To KIND EDWARD

LAMENT ON THE ROYAL. BEREAVEMENT SENT
To KIND EDWARD
From The London Times
The Hon. w. T. Reeves Agent-C;enerar for
Nt"-Zedldnd. recently received from the Maori
inhabitants OF his colony ..tanri Ir 10 &c, =.
On the death OF Queen Victoria with the request
mat 1t might, il possible. be laid before King
t-dWard- Mr.. Reeves accordingly forwarded 10
or Clshton frobyn the request and the weep
ing, OF which the following is a transIation.
Hark, Hark! There is the sound of weeping
IN the Maori pahs tvilages) aged women heat
l,ieI breasts sIOhS men stand by with heaving
che SITS and clouded brows. young women Iff
their streaming eyes To heaven. even the chill
dren join tn Air Wailing to the lamentation of
their parents for the Maoris are mourning the
death of the Great White Mother The Maori
nation has learned to love the great 0naan
Empress whose rule brought friendship and
peace to their tribes and nations who had
spilled each others blood in useless warfare and
the civilization and friendship of the white
races Very few of the Maoris have ever seen
the great Queen. but they have been told of her
goodness. and those of the young braves who at
tehied the Diamond Jubilee bear witness to the
greatness and beneficence of Victoria; therefore
the Maoris. whose proudest boast is their LOYALTY
toward the empire and its great ruler are bowed
down with sorrow at the death of her whom
they nave looked upon. revered and loved as
their White Mother The heart of the Maori
Is full Of sadness for the death of his Queen:
nature seems to have lost her beauty and hs
thinks sorrowfully that the story of the mag
nificent welcome ne proposed to give her rOyas
grandson can never gladden. the heart of the
dead monarch No more for ever can the Maori
sing God save the Queen IL was his love for
his White Mother that caused him to give to
his utmost To provide men and horses to fight
the battles of Queen ard empire. and had it
been permitted thousand Maori warriors the
brdVest OF the brave. were ready to fight and die
in Engiand's quarrel. But the Maori must not
weep always; his White Mother who perhaps
still sees him, would not have it The Queen
Is dead-long live the King and though the
memory of the White Mother will long remain
enshrlned in the heart of these her loving sub
jects, though the Maori mothers will tell their
children of the greatest woman and the truest
heart the world has ever seen. the Maori knows
that the best tribute he pay to the memory
of his beloved sovereign is to transfer his un.
SwerVing loyalty and dying affection to
her son and successor. King Edward VII With
tears scarcely dried, with heart still full OF
for the loss of the White Mother the
Maori tenders his allegiance to his sover-
eign and prays God save the king'-Ma TIE Atua
e Tiaki te KingL"
Sir DghtOn Probyn has written TO Mr.. Reeves
that he is commanded to convey the expression
of his majesty's thanks for the sympathetic and
loyal feelings expressed by the Maori the
occasion of the death Of her late majesty Queen
Victoria"
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THE CLERGFM4N'S FISH STORY.

From The Washington Star.
..About the dueerest fish story | know OF,
said a highly truthful looking man-lndee1, NJ
was a clergyman" happened TO me al Hltle
lake in Wisconsin, where i used 70 summer WIN
NV family. One day my wife was out IN our
boa. with a party OF friends. She was letting
her hand trail in the water, without thinking
about its shrinking effect, and when she nnally
took her hand in her wedding ring was gone.
The lake deep at that point, and although
ii was not found. Naturally it worried her a
good deal and the next year she would not 60
hack 10 the same place Nor Gid We 90 the fOl-
lowing year; but the third year We went there
again and one day / was in the woods. about
a mile from the lake. with my boy, trying 70
get a shot at some denizen Of the forest other
As We went peering around among the trees 10
get a squirrel We had seen / noticed something
shining on a twig in tree about twenty-five
feet from the ground j sent my boy up after
il and when he came back was more than
astonished to find that the shining thing was
my wife's wedding ring
How il ever got there was a mystery al ufSt,
but / was not believer in fairies and that sort
of thing so / began TO investigate Tor mater ial
causes The top of the tree had deadened. and
with a suspicion in my mind sent my boy up
10 see what signs might be- above the green
bOughs He called down to me presently that
there We're remains of fshhaWk'S nest in the
forks Of the tree and, putting this and that to-
gether, came TO the conclusion that the hawk
had caught the FISH that had gobbled up my
wife's ring in the lake. and had taken il to the
nest for The young hawks. They didn't for
1eyelry and had left that part OF the fish in the
nest from which. the nest was blown TO
pieces by the wind. ana beaten by the storms,
the ring had dropped out and by chance had
caught on the tWig whore l found il In any
event if that not the way ii got there. how
did it? For it surely was there ana my wife
is wearing il to-day
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REAPING DANDELIONS.
NOW IS THE TIME ITALIAN WOMEN
GATHER THEM IN PROSPECT PARK

The stroller through Prospect Park at this
season. no matter what time Of day he takes his
walk, is likely to upon numbers of Italian
women and girls digging dandelons. Wander
ing over the grass. which is just springing into
a fresh green. crouching suddenly as they
spy a patch of the much priced plants. they
make odd and picturesque figures in their gay
colored and rather cumbersome costumes. A
sharp knife is used to uproot the dandeliOns,
and these are then slowed away in an old shawl.
d bandanna handkerchief. or sometimes indeed
in the skirt of the digger. The police have in
structions not to interfere with the dandeon
gatherers. who are, in fact performing d
vice to the park in clearing the lawns of the
troublesome weed. The only condition imposed
upon them is that they shall push back the sod
with some care after cutting out plant, so that
unsightly holes may not be left in the turf.
Sometimes the policemen and park keepers
obliged to enforce this rule in the case of heed
less dggers. but in general the women are care
full, and make little trouble. They are allowed
to carry on their work in any part of the park.
Indeed. it may be of interest 10 mention here
for those who do not know it, that Prospect Park
has no use for keep off the grass signs The
meadows woods and hilIsides there are not re-
stricted as in most other pleasure grounds and
it is only when some tender and newly made
warn pedestrians away from it,
The dandelion diggers have great faith in the
virtues Of the plant as a spring remedy" They
eat the young green leaves as a salad at this
season. little later. when the growth is ranker
and the bitterness of the leaves is too strong for
salad purposes, the dandelon greens are boiled
like spinach, and considered almost as bene-
fetal in that way. Even the root of the plant is
so highly esteemed by. the Italians that they
steep it to make drink. which they say is good
for consumptves
Fresh young dandelion leaves may be seen
now in the shops which make a speciality Of
vegetables and fruits. But if any housekeeper
hesitates to buy them, thinking of the doubtful
looking aprons and handkerchiefs which she has
seen used as receptacles for them by the park
disgers, let her be reassured by the fact that
the better class shops never buy the greens from
the Italians Those offered for sale now come
from hothouses. and a little later they will be re-
placed by the product of the Long Island market
gardens The Italians probably use in their own
families large part of what they gather and
the remainder they sell among the cheap shops
of the tenement neighborhoods patronfzed bv
people Of their own class
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NEWYoRK TRIBUNE ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT

the House of Commons. ma gnetized by the spell
of his brilliant oratory, passed the measure
without delay. Incomes of 200 per annum
and upward were charged 10 per cent; between
100 and ttO various graduated rates, and in
comes below t6D We're regarded as exempt
Taxation in England reached its zenith be-
tween the years 1899 and 1872 when owing to
the unwlse repeal of several taxes in the years
immediately preceding that period, a big effort
became necessary 10 restore the financial equi-
iibrium. Consequently there general rise
in the customs. excise and assessed taxes
which, however. failed to bring in sufficient
revenue, and a direct vote Of want of confidence
in the Melbourne ministry was carried by
majority OF one vote on June I. 1911. The
IN England. The taxes on glass and on property
sold by auction We're repealed in 1919. and about
the same time remiSSiOns of duty We're granted
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BAcKWARD uEcKLEyBURG scHwERIy.
Erom The London ChronicIe

From The London Chronicle
Mecklenburg-Schw whose reigning Duke
a nephew Of Prince Henry Of the Netherlands
has just come Of age. may be said To be the
most backward State in Germany. being the only
member of the Germanic Confederation which
is ruled the Old lines. without constitution
similar to those that resulted from the revolu-
ton Of 1913 OF the two Mecklenburgs. Schwerin
and Strelitz, the latter has always been more
closely connected with the English COurt-a
connection in recent times which was continued
by the grand duchess sister Of the Duke of
Cambridge. one IF the household officers of
StretZ. until lately EngliShman. Cap
tain WinslOe. whose brother was the first officer
on the German side to fall in the war OF 1870
near Saarbriicl v hen Lulu" got his famous
ba ptisIn Of fre.
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SOME CURIOUS IMPOSTS
TAXES BY WHICH ENGLAND HAS RAISED
MONEY IN THE PAST.
From The London Globe.

I TOM I he LONDON Globe.
Many and varied have been the suggestions
offered TO Sir Michael Hicks-Beach as to how
he should provide for the necessary increase in
the national revenue which is generally antici-
pated, and many 4 man honestly believes that
the means he himself has thought out-and
perhaps communicated to the preSs-posSesses
the imprint of originality, if not of financial
genius \ glance at the past records of taxa
ton in this country should. however. quickly
disillUsOn him. and should convince him that
almost every conceivable expedient known 10
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SOMETHING DOING.

From The indianapolis Press.
Il hear there was doings at McGhoolighan's
wake
"Dongs? There wOr nanny foine fights.
me boy thot tn wake raypoOrted ia the
spoortin' column"
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COkSTDERATE.

From The Philadelphia Press
FthAi-Namma told me ] could stay in the
narlor last night while MIR. Huggard was calling
on sister Bess.
Elsie-Did she2
Ethel-Yes and il was great fun We played
ssl1ind mans buff" and they let me De the blind
Saan nearly all the time
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STRANGE.
TX Weekly.

From The New-York Weekly.
New Boarder-I didn't sleep well last night
Mrs. Slimdiet-Strange bed. presume
New Boarder-Yes; strangest bed ever slept
n.
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as much improved last week, took a
relapse and was seriously sick for
several days, but is again improving.
John Purcell. OF Independence.
accompanied by his two little children
and his sister, Miss Ruby Purcell,
visited the family Of C. o. Kinkead,
Sunday.
Walter f. Bryant has purchased Of
John A. Lockhart the dwelling house
10 the west end Of town usually known
as the Shafer property and will shortly
move thereto.
Joe Atterberry is dong duty as juror
in the circuit court at Lexington and
came up Wednesday evening ant
spent the night with the family of hi,
cousin, W. S. Griffin.
Judge j. T. Pete came down from
L~eavenworth, Kansas, Tuesday anC
remained until Sunday morning las
with his son, Joe, who has been quit,
sick with gastric fever, bnt is improv
ing now.
James F. Bryant and wife went l.
Odessa Friday last, intending to spen'
the night following with the family q
William Mitchell and TO return Of
Saturday, but Mrs. Bryant was take
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so str oasly i'll on Friday afternoon
that she could % be brought home
until Tuesday. and though improving
Is still quite sick.
Messrs. Price Crutsinger, Ed. Boese,
Frank Rumbaugh, Alex Bsrdett,
Rogers Wright, Walter Larkin, Forest
Crews, Lee Strodtmsn and Seelev
Dumas BY combining all their varied
resources scraped together a few of the
good things of this life and through
the motherly heart Of Mrs. John Ritter
gave a great feast at her residence last
Thursday evening. The invited guests
were Misses Mollie Bardett, Belms
Crutsinger, Leila Carpenter, Maud ant
Mary Frye, Bette, Dora and ANNE
Slade, Lena Klrchoffer, Militia Gaus
man, Maggie Lsrkin and Jenni,
Purcell. The boys declare it TO hav'
been a very enjoyable affair but not Sc
} highly c~ommendable as where the girl
furnish the refreshments at the expens
of their pas.
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AL The NEWS ERoM ALMA

ALL lI1E NEWS FkOm ALMA
B. N. Barbse vi tied home folks here
Sunday.
Louis Bauman- had business in Cor.
der Wednesday.
Ike P. Taylor and wife were In Lex
ington Tuesday.
@. Z. Corder shipped hogs to Kan
sas City Tuesday.
Mrs. Richard Lllllard of Marshal
visited friends here Sunday.
G. Norman left for Oklohoma City
to visit his son, Edward, for a few
days.
j. X. Goodwin returned to school at
Lexington Sunday after spending stV'
eral days visiting his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fulkerson the druggist
at Waverly drove over Tuesday anC
took the train here for Odessa.
Fannie Warren came down from
Lexington Wednesday of last week M
visited the family Of G. B. Flctche
a few days.
Henry w. Erdman returned HON
Monday after a two weeks tour visit
ing some of the large towns in Indians
Illinois and Missouri.
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Spalding Business college.

SPS'uinS business college.
Mrs. John I. Nelson left Sunday
morning for a visit to re~lstlves in Kan.
sas City.
Charles O~berhelman has been quite
sick for several days, but is reported
as improving.
John Ritter has been made deputy
postmaster in place Of Arthur Winkl,-
meyer, resigned.
DIR, +. W. Mann attended the meet
log OF the county democratic committee
at Higginsville Friday.
Members have hai the Catholic
church rooted and will probably hold
services here at intervals In future.
The l. o. o. F. lodge No. 81 will
hold their annual supper at the lodge
room in this city on the evening Of
December 81.
Miss Bette Slade left Monday morn.
ing for u visit of several weeks dura.
ton with the family of Robin Stigall,
near Sunshine, Ray county.
Marvin Harner, P. NJ. Wright, Git
Jennings, E. NJ. Thomas, Thoma,
Cole, W. F. Lineback and j. Galbrett
we're at the county seat Tuesday.
Emmett Hammer, whom we reported
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Died in Kentucky.

Mrs. Hester Trap, aged II years,
seven months and t%wenty-four days,
died at her home at Lexington, KY,
on the 28th Of November. The de-
ceased was a sister to Judge Joseph
G. Chinn and Mrs. Mary E. Bowman,
of this city. Five children are left
to mourn the death of a devoted
mother.
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