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EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

uor OF the United States to the Court
OF st. James, Secretary of State;
many and heavy esponsibilities have
been laid upon him and have been dis
charged with rare prudence and wis
dom. But If he should live a thous-
and years it is not'likely,that he.would
ever again stand in so proud place
as he stood today, or .acquit himself
so worthily of a task so delicate ard
yet so difficult, so greatly to lbe covet-
ed and yet SO embarrassing. To stand
before an assembly comprising the
President of the United States and
his cabinet, the representatives of all
civilized nations including one who is
the Nations guest, the Chief Justice
and the Associate Justices of the
Supreme Court, the Senators and
Representatives, the Lieutenant Cen
eral of the Army, the Governors of
many of the states, and three thousand
others, TO stand and speak before
such an audience! What greater OPP
portunity could any orator covet
what more e-wracking ordeal could
any man face?
The occasion, as every one knows,
was the memorial service arranged by
both houses of Congress to pay tribute
to the memory of William Mckinley,
and the task of John Hay was to pro-
nounce the eulogy. 1t was a great
occasion and profoundly moving
subject. But that the orator was equal
to the occasion and the subject no one
who listened to the discourse or who
will read it can have any doubt. The
thought of a statesman, the sentiment
friend, and the language of a
classicist combined to make the ad-
dress model of its kind
"The object of language is to con-
ceal thought" is one of the most not
ed sayings of one of the most noted
of diplomats. American diplomacy
has gone far to change that definition.
Unquestionably, however, one of the
greatest factors in the art of successful
diplomacy is to so use language as to
couch an offensive thought in the least
offensive form. A close reading of
Mr.. Hays address will show how per-
fectly he has mastered that part of his
art. To write truthfully of thecareer of
so active partisan as was William Nc
z Kinley means to express manythoughts
strongly atvariance with the sentiments
.Nft nh
cal position. Secretary Hay did not
omit the thoughts, but read his speech
with this in mind and note with what
consumate skill he chose his words so
that the most sensitive of political
antagonists could not feel atfronted
1t is a new illustration of the marvel
GUS hexibility and delicacy of the
English language when welded by the
thought of master. Addressed as
this Grafton was to scores of men who
had not single political sentiment
or sympathy in common with William
Mckinley, there was yet not one who
heard it with any other feeling than
that it was a fitting and appropriate
tribute to the dead President. For an
hour and a quarter the vast audience
listened with strained and eager inter
est, and when the last word was spok
en- the common sentiment was that tht
great Secretary had again proven
himself worthy of his great Chief
worthy of more notable assemblagt
and more profoundly memorable
occasion than this generation is likely
again to witness.
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DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK 2
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers Is sure to know Of the wonderful
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distance of 81, 900 feet from the city'e
center. There 10 . powerful redoubt
to the southwest on the range Of hills
through which the transport road to
johannesburg passes. This com.
pletes, with various earth batteries,
the circle of the larger works defend.
ing the Boer capital. Behind the
great redoubt are the principal msga.
zines, one excavated out Of the solid
rock, with bombproof roof, and the
other built into the kloop, also bomb.
proof. Communication between the
redoubt and the aforementioned maga-
zine is by means Of . covered way.
Roads connect all these forts with the
capital, and they have pipes laid for
water, as well as electric lights for the
search lights.
The Beers call the ranges about Pre-
toris Msgalies. The town was laid
out after 1885 by them and named
after Pretorius, one of their first and
strongest leaders. he was tho first
President of the Republic and Com
msndant General Of their army. The
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,recipitous banks of Aapies River,
he narrow gorges-so few in number
the innumerable "spion" or lookout
topics that seem literally to leap from
he bosom of the plain and suddenly,
Iilently oppose access to the capital
:ity.
You look mp to the mountain fronts
Is your train struggles to find it's way
INTO Pretoria and wherever the eye
.ests there appears to be the lines OF
, fort, q redoubt, the front of masked
batteries or the domes of bomp-proof
life and cannon pits. To the ncrth,
sast, west and south these engirdle
he city. They command the few
,ery few-narrow entrances to Pre-
oria. They watch like great dogs
he dusty, sun-rotted-veldt over which
my English troops coming from the
south must pass. They blink at the
,ne railroad TO johann esburg.nnd the
one to Lorenzo Marques. Theyf ce
ihe rorth at Winderboom and guard
he ways to Beersheba. Hebron and
Polonia. Their location has been
.ith purpose. Captain Schiel, now
Is English prisoner, constructed the
,ne at Daspoort from plans obtained
n Berlin. He brought special assist
.nts from Berlin to aid him in the
york. Amsterdam engineers built
,thers OF the defenses. After them
,ame French engineers, and then
hose of Italy, SO that the completed
structures represent the genius OF
!our nations.
No one just knows-or will admit
snowing-thc inward mechanisms OF
.hese forts, the mysterious battery To-
.ations. When the forts were build
.ng workmen employed on one part OF
he structures were not allowed to
work on another part. Sentries were
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Conan Doyle's Marriage Maxiins.

Conan Doyle is not "a skilled
ply sician and writer OF most fascin-
ating detective stories, but has also
some very sound and sensible ideas
on matrimony. The following are a
few Marriage Ma1ims" credited to
him:
Never both be cross at the same
time. Wait your turn.
You were gentleman and lady be-
fore you were husband and wife.
Don't forget it.
A blind love is foolish love. En-
courage the best.
If you take Liberties be prepared to
give them.
There is only one thing worse than
quarrels in public. That is caresses.
The man who respects his wife does
not turn her into o mendicapt. Give
her q purse of her own.
II you can't then you had better do
without o wife.
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PRETORIA
phone connections-not only with each

phone connections-not only with each
other, but with government buildings
in Pretoria. Searchlights are mounted
in each structure so as to command
the surrounding country at night. The
magazines are underground and are
reported to be mined. Report has it
also that the near approaches are mined
and that the electrical construction is
such that considerable portions Of an
enemy's army might be blown into
eternity before surrender came. For
food, in the event Of siege, enormous
quantities OF maize have been accu.
mulated-enough, it is said, to feed
the army and the population of Pre-.
toria for FIVE years. The supply OF
ammunition is calculated to be sui.
fcient for two years.
The center Of the system Of forts
lies about $500 feet to the westward
OF the northern end OF Pretoria, and
has radius of something more than
1000 yards. The center OF the city is
only about 1900 feet, nearly due
south, on the fort on Signal Hill,
which is about 400 feet above the
plain on the west side of the railway
to johannesburg, aud about $4,000
feet from the fort on the hill to the
east of the railway and the Aspiea
River running to the north. Between
this fort and the river are the foun'
tains that furnish the water supply OF
Pretoria. The distance between the
forts on either side OF the railway is
TOO feet. The railway station, where
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csnnibal Captain Dead.

The recently announced death oi
Thomas Dudley from bubonic plague
at Sydney recalls the terrible story
in connection with the loss Of the
yacht Mignonette, OF which he waa
the master, in 1894. when she foun'
dered. Dudley, with two other men
and boy, was adrift fcr many days
in an open boat. During this time
the men killed the boy and tried to
eat his body, for which, after their
rescue. they were sentenced to death
in England. This sentence, however,
was subsequently commuted to si1
months Imprisonment.
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A Hawaiian Temple Of Refuge.

Kawaihae's one remaining point o,
interes: is the ruins, back on the hillf
of temple Of refuge built by Kane
hameha the Great. It ID the very
last of the Heisus, where in the old
days, during strife, the peaceful
sought and obtained immunity from
harm-for into these temples Q man
might not pursue an enemy. This
ruin indicates o very substantial
structure, in parallelogram form,
about 900 feet long by 100 feet wide.
Entrance is gained through a narrow
passage between two high walls, and
the interior is laid of in terraces and
paved with smooth fat stones. The
vail uphill is eight feet high, and on
the dowuhill side twenty feet high.
and both are twelve feet thick at base.
-Harper's Weekly.
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real growth of the town did not COM
merce until after the victory ct Majuba
Hill in 1881. johannesburg is the
center and home OF the Uitlanders-
the nervons, adventurous element OF
the Transvaal. But Pretoria is es-
sentlslly the center of the pastoral
Beers. Tropical flowers and plants
cover the valley in which it lies, and
willows grow in every direction.
Nearly all of the buildings are white
in color. On the dome Of the capitol
is q golden statue Of Liberty. The
Witwatersraud mines, which yield
500, 600, 600 annually, are but short
distance from the capitol. Howard
G. Hillegas, in Harper's, mentions the
universal prevalence of the bicycle in
Pretoria, Of the telephone and he
electric car. The Boer copgress-the
volksraad-meets ct Pretoria, and
President Kruger has lived there for
fifteen years. American goods are
largely in evidence in the shops OF the
town, and the American shopman is
already there in large numbers. Pre-
toria does not and has not encouraged
the presence OF Englishmen, but Ger
mans and Frenchmen are welcomed.
The streets are broad and clean, the
water supply fine and ample.
In spite of its bloody war with Great
Britain the South African Republic
had time to plan and complete build
ing at the Paris Exposition and to
make it ready for the Transvaal ex-
hibit. Every visitor to the great ex.
position will be specially interested in
this display. The chief feature Of the
exhibit is q collection Of native min
erals, including the gold ores Of the
Rand and uncut diamonds. The ex-
hibit also contains specimens Of the
agricultural industry OF the Transvasl,
such as fruits and cereals. A collec-
tion of hunting trophies, including
the skins Of lions, leopards and other
wild animals, shows what the Beers
have had to encounter in their marches
north through the wilderness. The
building has two stories, with q CEN
trail tower and cupolas OF the corners
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CHAPTER XXXIII.
A Girls FIRsr LOVE.

When Dolores entered Mary Ham.
ilton's room, she found the latter,
still tremulous and weak, seated in
her favorite chair-s deep, wide,
bamboo chair, almost as large as a
lounge and filed with bright-colored, ,
silk. covered cushions. Dolores had
come quickly, feeling that if she
paused to think sho would never have
the courage to seek her at all; and
now, with the impetus Of that thought
still on her, she entered and went
swiftly toward her friend, only to
stop suddenly and quite overcome at
the sight OF the white and stricken
face before her; for Polly had risen to
to her feet and had come forward q
step or two TO meet her.
For quite . half-mipute, the two
girls stood and looked deep into each
others eyes, Polly pleading, pathetic,
submissive, and Dolores suddenly
strong and helpful, for she had ex.
pected tears and passionate re.
proaches, such as she knew not how
to meet or answer. But what she
found was so entirely different, that it
helped her in what she had already
decided that she must do.
Instinctively she opened her arms
as mother might have approached a
grieved child, and Mary flung herself
into that protecting, loving embrace.
"Oh. Lorita!" she said, her arms
elinging about the other girls neck
and her head resting on her shoulder.
"He loves you! He loves you! How
am I to bear it?"
mo, Maruja, he does not love me,
returned Dolores. with IN accent OF
calm conviction, that had an immedi'
ate effect on her listener.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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European Wealth by countries.

The total wealth Of Europe. per.
sonal and real estate. is estimated ut
s235, 600, 100000. From the point OF
view OF the absolute riches OF the
world the principal European coun-
tries range in the following order by
billions:
England, 50; France, so; Germany,
40: Russia, 80: Austria, %; Italy, 10;
Belgium, 5; Holland, 4.
In point of view Of circulating
capital the classification is as follows:
England. 81; France. 13; Germany.
:; Russia 5; Austria. .: Italy, 10
Belgium. Is: Holland. l-3.
The Englishman possesses on an
average Sl4S0; the Dutchma2, s720;
the Belgian and the German, $3.50;
the Austrian and Italian, $500; the
Russian, $500.
The Frenchm an possesses $1,000.
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sea level, but 100 feet lower than the
site OF johannesburg to the south.
On the fourth side-the south and
facing the approach from Johannes
burg-the range asttens away to &
vast and level plateau, treeless, desc
late, exposed at every point to the
sweep of any guns that may command
it. The town is 1880 miles from
Capetown, fifty from. johannesburg.
On the map it seems as easy Of ap-
oroach as q prairie village in Ne
,rasks. But the map topographer
ails to present the lofty, barren hills
hist face the south plateau. the
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Filipino POLICE.
Under Americas supsrvisiou Nata - Ks
Order In Manila.

Ofoer In AaDhA.
Native police we're an expe:ime
once in Manila. Now they are 6
ture. They carry their revolvers a
swing their clubs in an independe
manner, hold their heads high a
wear yellow shoes with all the digni
of one to the manner born. Color
Williston, the Provost Marshal, he'd
tated . long time before he would pd
NIT the natives to carry arms. B'
at last Major .Tiernan, who belongs
the First Artillery by rights, and vi
is Chief Of Police by virtue Of his 81
pointment and ability, persuaded Il
Colonel to select small number
the natives to patrol the streets th
were not ss prominent As the EscoiJ
or as public IS the Luneta.
Kahki, in o different shade fro
that worn by the soldier, was chose
as the uniform. At first there was
question - to how they should carr
something to enforce the laws of u
highway aud the city. So they vei
given clubs. Now. q club is efectiy|
80 long rs it is within reach Of u
evil.doer. but as there vas more 4
less robbery going on among the n}
tives it became . necessity to arm th
police with something that wou
shoot. That is how it came aboq
that the native police we're armed Wit
revolvers as large a. those. carried b
the American soldiers.
Each policeman wears . cap, an|
that gives him military air. Hl
uniform is tailor made aud fits hid
perfectly. The trousers are lon|
enough to reach below the tops 4
yellow shoes and sometimes aE|
stuffed inside the lacings. On th
breast is Q silver badge showing
number and precinct. The officer
are designated much a. they are 4
the army, either by stripes on th|
sleeves or straps on the shoulder1
They travel out OF their stations 3
twos, one walking along each side d
the street.
One thing these uniformed men d
is to keep the streets clean Of all din
and refuse. A garbage wagon dali!
comes along every street, the nativ'
driver rings Q bell and the households
is supposed to send q servant on
with the days accumulation from tn
kitchen and the stable. It Is one Q
the duties Of the police to see tha
the carsboa cart is not kept waitini
too long at the door.
The men composing the force ar
brave. They have been compelled ;
rush into houses where robbers ver
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at work. More than one has been
carried away to the hospital badly
wounded in the fights which have fol-
lowed. Besides this they have the
confidence OF the natives and have
been able to inform the officials Of dan.
gerous plots or the presence Of insur-
gent agents.
All this has resulted in the appoint
ment OF moro native policemen and
the establishment Of more stations.
Colonel Williston is satisfied that the
experiment has proved Q success.
Among other things it shows that the
work OF reconstruction will be made
easy, for there is growing con6dence
in the ability of the native to admin
ister his own affairs.
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the rage OF Jeaiousiy 70 ms original
hate, when you resppear in the
character of my husband. There will,
however, be one pair Of eyes that can.
not he blinded; there will be no deceiv.
ing Toddlekins. But she adores me,
and I shall tell her, with my arms about
her neck, that you and I are one; that
she cannot irjure You without injur.
ing me doubly, and that will settle it.
Toddlekins will give us no trouble.
But, last of all, there is Celestine.
That woman sdores you, Carlos-I
mean Clarence-and.t the extraordinary
resemblance between these two men
10 working in her mind like yeast in
-four. If o living Clarence can so re-
semble her dead Carlos, why might
not dead Clarence resemble her liv-
ing CarlosI Already that is to her
the one vital question Of her life, and
the truth will dawn on her before
long"
A ferocious look overspread the
smiling face of the man who had been
listening with admiration to the nm
folding Of q mind keener and deeper
than his own to scheme and plan
Olive had q momentary spasm Of
alarm at this glimpse into dark and
cruel nature. But she had now no
thought of drawing back. Ambition
was her ruling passion, as the love Of
gold was his; and she only trembled
for q moment when he said, fercely:
"Celestine! She will never stand
in my wayl I will take care of
Celestine''
"Ah! Then there is nothing more,
I think" And Olive rose and held
out her hand. II have kept you O
long time, but it will save all future
mistakes. Come again in the even
ing; I want to introduce You to my
uncle. It may be useful"
Stanley gallantly raised her hand to
his lips, and felt thst he was now, ut
last, on the high road to success.
When the door nad closed behind
him, Olive ran lightly to her room,
seated herself at her writing-desk and
scrswled, with her left hand, q brief,
anonymous message.
II don't know what his plan in
regard to Celestine may be-" she
thought. MY good Clarence! He
is immensely gifted, but he has q way
Of jast missing success. Now, with
my assistance, We will change all
that, 80 that he will hit the bulls.eye
every time"
She hastily scrawled IN address on
the back OF her letter:
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eUUUUUUUUUOUUUUUUU
; Pretoria and
; Her Seven Forts
How the ccpitol Of the Beers Has
Been Fortified.
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Pretoria. capital Of the Transvaal,
10 . country town, asleep back OF
mountain walls and the frowning
guns of seven modern forts. Here,
unless all present indications fail and
the war ends earlier than men expect,
the Beers will make their last stand
against the English and endure pos
sibly lengthy and bloody siege before
capitulation.
On three sides OF Pretoria the
mountain ranges rise to elevations of
1000 and 1000 feet above the streets OF
the city, which itself is $500 feet above
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the lines from johannesburg on the
south, Delagoa Bay on the east and
Petersburg on the north form their
junction, is Immediately outside the
city on the south side. The railway
to Petersburg, after winding some
distance to the westward, passes or.
Of the plain on which Pretoria is
situated, through the Daspoort or de-
file in the range Of hills behind the
city. Through this also runs the
Aapies River, the railway and river
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A Golf Yarn From England.

In golf competition at Windermere
one of the players, after q drive,
found his bali Immediately behind o
birds nest, in which were three eggs.
To play the stroke meant destruction
to the nest and its contents, 80 with
tender confederation he played his
ball to the side. The nest and eggs
ultimately cost him FIVE. BY IN ex-
traordinary coincidence the same
player, in subsequent stage of the
competition, ngain found his ball lying
close to q birds nest, which con-
tanned three eggs, and to save that
nest and it's contents cost him two.--
Surrey (England) Times.
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Where Tommy Atkins Gets His Name.

Every British reader should know
the origin OF the sobriquet Tommy
Atkins" Tommy Atkins was the
name OF a sentry who, when the Euro
peans in Lucknow were flying for the
Residency, from the mutineers, re-
fused to leave his post, and so per
ished. After tha. it became the fash
ion to speak OF conspicuously heroic
soldier in the fights with the rebels
as n regular Tommy Atkins. Lon
don Daily News,
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ou..n y,e,oria's Famous Steer.

Although many people are aware o.
the fact that the Queen of England il
very fond Of all kinds OF live stock, il
is not generally known that she goes
in for stock raising as a very serious
business, and sdds very materially TO
the royal income by SO doing. Such,
however. is q fact, for the Queen nae
long been known to be the happy pos
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posted at oil the entrances. Knowl-
edge of the details OF the work was
kept from all but the president and
the commanding officers.
In external appearance the seven
forts are alike. They lave masonry
faces. with earthwoyk which coyers
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Drinking Water For Engineers

To provide drinking water on loco.
motives q Southern man has designed
q tank to tit in one side of the large
water tank on the tender, the body OF
the small tank being surrounded by
the water In the large tank to keep
the drinking water cool.
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KRUGER's House, PRETORIA.

running together across the plain
through the Winderboom Poort.
Both river and railway pass under
the guns Of q large fort 900 fee:
from the center of Pretoria. The
wes.ernmost fort is on the range OF
hills behind Pretoria. and lies at q
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Some Egyptian boats made OF cedar,
probably in use $500 years ago, have
been found buried near the banks OF
the Nile. and furnish an interesting
proof of the power Of thut wood to
withstand the ravages Of time.
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TIE BARON VoN HELMEoLTz,
No. md Street. West,
New York City.

For this letter she summoned no
servant, but, going out for walk,
she presently dropped it, with her
own small steady hand, into pillar
box, and drew quick breath OF re-
lief.
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France contains more people over
sixty years OF age than are found in
any other European country. The
next greatest percentage Of old people
is found in Ireland,