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guaranteed by the government This bank
has for a long time been the principal one
in the islands. 1t was on the verge or
failure a few years ago, when the govern
ment, to prevent a panic, came to Its as
sistanee and gave 1t loan of a million
pounds. At present the government holds
shares in it to the value of 81 5000
The average amount of deposits in New
Zealand banks is steadily increasing, show
ing that the country is accommodating
money. In 1868 it was only about $4,000
600; at the end of the next decade it was
almost Si5, coo 900, and it amounts now to
more than $7O0OO.o0O. The present assets
of the five chief banks are about SS3OO0,0Oo
and their liabilities about S7300O,OOO.
Banking here is far different from bank
ing in the United States 1t Is managed
more on the trust system. being monopo-
liked by these five banks, which have their
branches in the different towns. There are
altogether 125 places in which banking is
done, and in addition there is savings
bank connected with every post office.
Post Office Savings Banks.
The post office savings banks are, of
course, under the government. They are
banks of deposit, interest from 2la to
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Dor and capita. They have not had
strike for seven years and expect none in
the future. The capitalists think different
ly, but that is another story.
Today the workingmen are the lords of
New Zealand and the laws have been die
tated by them. A curious feature is the
prominence of the trades unions and the
wiping out of the Individual The famous
Cancellation and arbitration laws recognize
only the trades unions, although 1t is pro-
vided that any seven men may register as
a union and thus come under the law. l
had chat the other day as to these laws
with the minister fer labor. Mr.. Edward
Tregear. They are supposed to settle all
disputes between the employers and the
employed. Under them New Zealand has
been divided into six industrial districts,
each of which has it's board of labor con-
Citation, consisting of members chosen by
the trades unions and the capitalists. If
there is dispute the complaint Is made
to the board 1t sends for persons and
papers and after examination gives judg-
ment, which both parties must accept. If
the union Is in the wrong it decides against
it. If the employer is in the wrong he Is
told that he must make the matter right,
and the decision so arrived at remains in
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HANDSPRING IN MEXICO.
Custom is Universal and Becomes An
nOying to Strangers.

Custom is Universal and Becomes An
nOying to Strangers.
From the Chicago Chronicle
Handshaking in Mexico is much more
commonly INDUCED in than in Anglo-Saxon
countries Foreigners resident here for any
length of time inevitably fall into the
habit unconsciously of shaking hands upon
all occasions, and 1t becomes so natural
that upon their return to countries where
a more distant formality is observed, they
are at a loss to know what to do with their
hands and must frequently reflect upon
their surroundings in order not to feel al
most an affront at the hurried nod of
passing friend, or the unceremonious en-
trance and departure Of guests. In Mex
leo friends would not think of entering or
leaving a house without shaking hands.
not only with the host and hostess, but
all other guests who might be present, and
the ladies would kiss each other, both
coming and going, on both cheeks. They
even observe this formality upon the occa-
sion of a chance meeting on the street, or
in the car.
Gentlemen acquaintances passing each
other on the street either tip their hats as
they would to lady, or at least salute
each other with the hand by touching the
hat, or in more of military fashion. Cen
tlemen who are old friends stop and shake
hands and pass the compliments OF the
day. and, IL they have not met for some
time, they will undoubtedly go through
what is termed the bear hug" put their
arms around each other and pat each
other on the back, one passing one arm
over the shoulder of his friend, the other
under his other arm, while the second
this embrace is concluded they shake hands
and tip their hats, at the same time muir
murinR the conventional words of greet
ing. Then they are ready to inquire as to
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theory of the old-age pension system is
that every old man should have at least
$3.50 and if he has not SO much the govern
ment should help him TO it.
Our army Of pensioners Is composed of
old soldiers, their widows and children. The
army of pensioners in New Zealand is made
ND of old wOrnout workmen and workwomen
who have failed TO lay up more than
pittance for the day they are unable to
work. The law provides only that the PEN
sfOner must have been a resident of New
Zealand for twenty-five years prior to his
application; that he must have spent less
than five years in the penitentiary during
that time and that he must not have been
in tail more than four months or four
times during the twelve months preceding.
In proyides that his character must be
good at the time of application and that
he must have been sober and reputable dur
ing the five years preceding that time The
applications are made at the post offices,
where such as pass the examinations are
given certificates. each emitting Its owner
TO a pension for one year, the idea being
that il may be renewed at the close OF that
time.
As far as | can learn this pension system
is popular There are but few old people In
charitable institutions, and the old-Woman
beggar is unknown.
Settling Labor Disputes.
The New Zealand statesmen pride them
selves upon their new laws regulating Ia
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Some Of the Things Government Does
for the People.
BANKER And RAILROAD MANAGER
Provides Old-Age Pensions for
Worn-Out Workmen.
EXPEN SIVE EXPERIMENTS
Copyright, 1901, by Frank G. Carpenter.)

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand
How would you like to be sure of pen
sion after you are sixty-five? How would
you like to know that if your income Is
then not more than $1T0 a year Uncle Sam
will annually hand you out 500 to boot, or
that if you have a little more than $40 he
will give you enough to make your total
income $3.50?
This is one of the experiments they are
trying in New Zealand. They are trying
It upon old men and old women as well.
If an old man has a wife over sixty-five.
both man and wife come under the law
and both get pensions, so that if their COM
bIned incomes do not exceed $40 they may
together get an annual present of $3.50
from the government, giving them total
Income of 500. by no means bad provi-
sion for one couples old age.
This law has been in effect for two years.
The bill was introduced into the New Zea
land parliament by Premier Seldom in 1898
and it passed both houses. Already be-
tween one and two million dollars have
been paid out in pensions under it, and the
tax required to support it is more than a
dollar year for every man, woman and
child in New Zealand. There are between
nine and ten thousand people here who are
receiving old-age pensions, or considerably
more than one in every hundred.
If similar conditions prevailed in the
United States We should have 200 old-age
pensioners in the national capital, $4,000 in
New York, about 10000 in Chicago, 1900
in Philadelphia. 6.000 in Boston proper and
q thousand or more in each of a score
Of the other cities of the United States. In
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resenting an insurance of about s45 600 COO
Up to 1898 the department had received
about S23,0OOOOO in premiums, and it had
paid out to its policy holders over 13,OOO,-
coo
The insurance funds are largely invested
in the bonds of the municipal corporations
of New Zealand and in mortgages on real
estate based upon three-fifths valuation
of the property. The salaries of the COM
pany are all paid by the government and
are independent of the amount of business
dCne.
The government life insurance company
Is managed after the same manner as our
life insurance companies and upon similar
calculations of the chances of life and
death There Is a system of paid-up poll
cies and Tontine savings fund system in
troduced about seventeen years ago. There
Is temperance section also which grants
special rates 10 those who abstain from in
toxicatinS liquors, and a civil service in
surance which provides annuities for gov
eminent clerks after they are sixty years
of age.
Banking I'm New Zealand.
New Zealand has as yet no national
bank, although the government is largely
| interested in some of the private banking
associations. There are five banks which
have the right to issue notes. The chief
of these is the Bank of New Zealand, with
capital of $4,000. 900 in per cent stock
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From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A popular Cleveland doctor tells this
story of a bright boy. his own, who has
reached the mature age OF nine after an
early career marked by many wild and
mischievous pranks.
His restless nature has made him some-
thing Of a torment to his teacher at times
and one afternoon not long ago she kept
him after the others were dismissed and
had serious talk with him. Perhaps she
was q little afraid that her admonitions
We're falling on stony ground. Anyway
she finally said:
Il certainly will have to ask your father
to come and see me-"
Don't you do it," said the boy.
The teacher thought she had made an
impression.
your father"
You better not" said the boy.
why not?" inquired the teacher
"'Cause he charges 81 visit" said the
scamp.
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the whole country. taking the last census
at the round estimate of 100000, we
Should have 10000 old-age pensioners
and il each received $50 the average pen
sion of New Zealand in 1899, the annual
tax for this purpose would amount to con-
siderabiy more than 63.000OoO. If we paid
much per capita as New Zealand is now
paying IL would be more than $4,000, 900.
So that It is hardly probable Uncle Sam
will adopt the system this year.
Who Get Pensions.
Still. they do things differently in New
Zealand They have all sorts of ideas as
10 what a man can earn and what the
government should do to help him. A
theory held by some of these people Is
that no man should have an income of
more than $50 a year. and that if he has
more 1t should be taxed out of him. The
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force as the law for two years to come.
1t goes without saying that the board IS
usually in favor of the unions and against
the capitalists.
The Court of Labor Arbitration.
If either party is not satisfied, however,
an appeal can be made to the court OF ar
bitration. This consists of three members.
two appointed by the governor upon the
recommendation of the unions and the
capitalists and a third, who is the judge or
the supreme court of New Zealand. This
court retries the case, and its judgment Is
final. 1t can fix wages, the working hours
and other matters, and it can impose hnes
not to exceed 81, 800. 1t assesses damages
upon the parties to the suit. and all the
property of the Judgment debtors can be
taken to satisfy such claims; and, II the
Judgment debtor is a trades union or an
Industrial association without property, the
members of that union are liable TO the
amount of 500 per member.
The decisions of these boards establish
the rate of wages not only for the parties
to the dispute. but for all others engaged
in similar labor For instance, if the court
decides that a certain employer shall pay
his shoemakers So a week the shoemakers
in other shops will a once demand the
same and get it. There are cases in which
the employers have the best of the dispute.
For instance. not long ago the printers of
Wellington were getting SO week. They
demanded $40 a week. Their employers
were willing to give them Slt3O, but they
were no. satisfied and brought the matter
before the court. The court awarded them
only ST, and this must be their wages for
the next two years.
Acts as n Life Insurance Agent.
There Is a big building in Wellington
which is known as the government life in
surance office, where you may find just
how much the New Zealand body polite is
willing to bet on the chances of life and
death among it's citizens. The government
has been carrying on a life insurance bust
ness since 1869, and the officials tell me that
it pays. There is talk now of establishing
a government fire insurance department,
and there are those who think the govern
ment should manage the banks. The life
insurance company uses the postmasters as
it's agents, and thus has its Offices at every
crossroads. Ii will not issue policy for
more than $4,000. but it gives a low rate
and you are fairly sure of your money.
There are now 5000 policies in force, rep
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head down to the ground. and slowly got

head down to the ground. and slowly got
up.
Know him?' asked.
My brother he said calmly. And then
he filled his lungs with one long, deep sigh,
and gaZed off to the hills for a moment
with a faraway, thoughtful look. and 1
could see that he was looking straight into
some home and wondering what mother
would think"
The thought is admirably expressed, the
effect being at once pathetic and inspir-
ing. The limp form lying PROSTATE, and
the fine standing figure, with its curiously
blended expression Of grief. affection and
determination. rather than revenge, con-
stitute a composition that, both for its
artistic merit and the story 1t tells, ought
to be put in more enduring material than
clay. The group may be seen by visitors
from now to the end of the month, at the
studio of the sculptor. 1717 10th street.
marked compliment was paid to Ameri-
can art in the selection by the King of Eng
land Of Edwin A. Abbey to paint the coro-
nation scene in Westminster Abbey. The
canvas will be fifteen feet in length and of
a height sufficient to allow the principal
figures to be represented the size of life.
Mr.. Abbey is best known in this country
by his paintings representing 1.-THE Holy
Grail in the new Boston library building.
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the health of the respective members of
the two families. Gentlemen shake hands
with many of their friends both upon en-
tering and leaving a street car. The in
spector of the tickets on the cars will
shake hands with a number of his regular
passengers every morning, clerks behind
the counter of dry goods store will shake
hands with the customers that they know,
and when the employees of a store or mer-
camille establishment assemble in the
morning the formal greeting is never
omtfted
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ST. John New York: Henry Holt & Co. Wash
ington: VIM. Ballantyne Sons.
THE STORY OF SARAH; Novel. BY NJ. Louise
Forsslund On. Louise Foster). New York:
Brentanos. Washington: Brentano's.
ALLERLEI; Gesammelt und Umgearbetet. Won
Agnes Fahsel. New York: American Book
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Natures Country Band.
From the Atlanta Constitution

From the Atlanta Constitution.
There's a little band Of singers
Every evening comes and fingers
Meath the window OF my cottage in the trees;
While the gathering night rejoices,
And the leaves join In the chorus with the breexs
Then the twinkling stars come out
To enjov the merry rout,
And the SQUIRRELS range themselves upon a log;
And the freflies furnish light,
That they read their notes Alright
The katydid, the cricket and the frog
All the night hear them singing;
Through my head their tunes are ringing
Strains OF music straight from Mother Natures
heart;
Now the katydid and cricket,
From the deep Of yonder thicket,
Then the croaking frog OF yonder drones his part:
By and by the moon appears,
As the midnight hour nears,
And her smiles dispel the low'ring mist and fog:
Then the mirth is at Its height,
And they glorify the night
The katydid, the cricket and the frog.
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A Choice,

From the Philadelphia Press
What is it this morning7" asked the
new waitress. Ham and eggs, isn't it?"
Not exactly" said the boarding house
mistress, and want you to work this
well You must be careful to say 10 each
boarder. Ham or eggs"
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Mrs. Won Blumer-"I don't know what We
shall do about that cook"
Won Blumer-"what's the matter nowSs
'She threatens to stay"
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force as the law for two years to come.
1t goes without saying that the board is
usually in favor of the unions and against
the capitalists.
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Of the navy. 1t is a large painting, done
with much strength and vigor, in Mr.
Macdonalds usual and pleasant style.
Miss Forster Is painting the head Of a
young girl as a portrait study which is
most interesting. 1t is almost her first
work in oils, and yet it possesses certain
charms, among them an unobtrusiveness
of material that many do not obtain after
much work and long study. The flesh tint
is excellent and the face full of charac-
ter and expression, while the hair, which
is soft brown color, is brought out of the
background by but touch or two of light
All the outlines are soft, and the whole is
painted with both simplicity and direct
ness.
| Miss Hattie e. Burdette Is drawing in
| black and white a small portrait of a gem
| tie old lady. which, is very artistic and
| done with much feeling. An attractive
book plate is bit ofeMiss Burdette' lately
| finished work. - IL
| Kt*
The portrait which Miss Reading painted
| of Gen. Walter Jones Of Virginia from an
old painting By Hardy for the Fairfax
county court house, will this week be
| placed on exhibition at veerhoffs This
|
| aside from it's artistic merits, as Cen
| Jones was for1 many years a prominent
| member of the Virginia bar, and the son of
| Dr. Walter Jones ofsrevolutionary fame.
r.
| Prof Amateis hasa just put the finishing
touches on the group upon which he has
| been engaged for some time past, and to
| which reference was made in this column
not long ago. Like the paintings of Verest-
chagin, the great Russian artist, it stands
rather as a protest against war. since it
| shows the reverse side of the shield. Prof
Amateis found the motive for his group in
a newspaper letter written on the battle
field Of Ell Caney, where, after the fight,
the correspondent found a soldier nursing
a wounded comrade: and what the sculptor
has undertaken to portray is the scene, de-
scribed as follows:
1.-THE breathing became weaker and the
gurgling fainter and fainter as the graylsh
| pallor began to show through the sweat
and dirt and blood. and finally, without a
| tremor, breathing ceased. The soldier held
| his burden moment until he saw the end
had come. and then laid his handkerchief
over the ghastly face and gently let the
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He-"Tve lost a wealthy aunt
She-"Really? When did she die?"
He-"Oh! she isn't dead; but her niece
has just Tilted me."-Tit Bits
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.

| UP FROM SLAVERY; Autobiography. By
Booker L Washington. New York: Doubleday,
Page & Co. Washington: VIM. Ballantyne &
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-06-17
SUCCEEDS BRENNAN,

F. M. Haines, of Pplau, Indiana, has
been appointed as successor to w. J.
Brennan as supervisor of the Flathead
Forest reserve. The appointment was
made by Binger Hermann, commits
sioner of the general land Office. Mr..
Haines has already left Washington
for Montana and will probably reach
here this week to take up his duties.
Mr.. Brennan resigned to give more
attention to his ranch near Kalispell,
and his request to be relieved has been
with the land Office for some months.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-06-17
A hUNCH FROM HER LITTLE
BROTHER.

So, you're goin' to marry my sister!
She told us about it last night,
And said if you wasn't SO handsome
You was otherwise jest about right.
Ma looked sort O. wild fur minute
I guess she was thinkin' OF you-
But pa only said that he reckoned
Twas mebbe the best she could DO.
She give us sort of sample
OF what you've been sayin' to her,
OF love flown deep as the ocean
An heavens that never'd blur.
OF how you believed her an angel
Jest loaned to the earth from the
sky.
But pa said she oughtn to worry
You'd git over all that by an by.
An say now, she amt bad fellow
AS long as we let her be boss.
'Cept when she gifts up in the mornin'
She's apt to be snappy an cross.
l reckon she's told you bout Harry
That give her the diamond ring,
An how when she found it was bogus
He got the elaborate fling?
Ma says she has heard you are Eighty,
An somewhat inclined to be fast,
But mebbe that after you're married
You'll cut yourself loose from the
past.
Sis says it's wild oats you are sowing,
But she will jest gamble her boots,
That when you are clinched as her
husband
You'll quit agricultural pursuits.
There's one thing I'll say fur my sis
She never paints up fur beau;
Jest rolls up her foretop in papers,
Fur frizzes become her, you know.
An ma says regardin' her figger
She's luckv that she kin escape
A havin' a dressmaker help her
Build up to presentable shape.
think when you git in the harness
You're going to work double all right
| She'll never kick over the traces
If the marriage bandwagon runs
light.
Jest do the square thing an you'll
| find her
The sweetest old rose in the bunch
But if you-Say, chees it! She's comir
Don't tell her I've give you bunch
! Denver Post
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Kalispell: Mr.. Hudson and wife.
Havre; F.. H. Rensleer, Spokane; r..
Karger, Lake View; G. p. Sodway, St.
Paul; H. G. Bub. Lakeview; ID. Fay.
E Spokane; c. H. Sanford, Libby; c.
A. Roach, Minot; Joseph Roach, Mi
not; w. H. Wilson. Minot; l. Cofer
and wife, Blackfoot; Chas. w. Hoppe,
St. Paul; John Doyle, st. Paul. Fred
Sutton, GAINESVILLE, MINI.
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FOREST RANGERS,

Forest rangers will be appointed by
Superintendent Collins, to commence
work July 1, as follows: Bitter Root
reserve, g. Flathead reserve, Z; Lewis
and Clarke. 5. These appointees will
receive $65 per month.
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Geo. w. Reich, of Tobacco Plains,
one of the old time ranchers of that
section, who was there before tobac-
co was ever raised on the fiat, is in
kalispell today looking up old friends
and buying supplies.
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At Troy yesterday, three or four
train crews being laid out indefinitely.
a game of base ball was instituted.
Charley Egan played first base and
shortstop for the one of the mines
which seemed to need him most and
when the game came to termination
he was the most abused man on the
grounds.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-06-17

We have the finest assorted line of
colOred shirts in soft and stiff bos-
oms that money can buy. Merigold.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-06-17

frankie Rice disturbed the peace
last night at the Stockholm and was
arrested She gave $40 cash bail for
her appearance in the police court this
morning, but failed to appear. The
bail was forfeited.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-06-17

Two trains of cattle from western
Washington passed through last night,
one of them being unloaded and fed
at the company's yards. The cattle
belong to the Northwestern Invest
ment company and will be turned
loose at Malta.