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fleet. Prior to his present appointment
he was commander-in-ehiefa at Maizuru.
a dockyard on the sea Of Japan. Maiz-
uru is not one Of the largest yards in
the island empire, but it may become Of
great Importance as suitable port
from which troops can be dispatched to
Korea, owing to its comparative near
ness to that peninsula. His present
rank is that Of vice-admiral. All in
formation with respect to the japanese
fieet has been SO absolutely withheld for
the past few weeks by the censor that
It is not quite certain on which ship
Admiral Togo has hosted his flag; but
IS is understood that the Hatsuse is the
vessel. The Hatsuse is a sister ship to
the Mikasa: that to ay, she is one of
the largest and most powerful battle
ships afloat, having over Ia, 900 tons dis
placement. In person Admiral Togo is
short, somewhat stout man, with full
Dlack beard and mustache, and a des-
rinctively japanese appearance. He is
not great talker; indeed in. manner he
is somewhat reserved. Above all, he is
cool, resolute, determined very coura-
geous sailor, quick and alert Of percep-
tion, but calm and unprecipitate in ac-
ton. He knows his fleet well-knows
what 1t can do to nicely. He knows
the spirit and temper of his men, fresh
~ and passionately moved at this time
by consuming fever of patriotism.
JaDan( confidently expects much from
MN and them, and has no fear that
they viii disappoint her fervent an
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Times.
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Comfort me with apples. said the
sweet singer of the Song Of Solomon.
and it is felt in these more modern days
that good apple is quite a comfort.
Missouri is celebrated for her apples as
well as for her hens. and it has been
pleasantly planned to have an Apple
Day at the great fair in st. Louis. Sep
TENDER 27 has been set apart for that
purpose and one of the ideas is to give
each man. woman and child who visits
the exposition on September 81 three or
four apples daintily wrapped in tissue
paper. on which will be printed the
name of the apples and the places where
they We're raised. 1t is expected that
about 100000 apples will be required
for this purpose. This means. it is esti-
mated, at least twenty carloads of the
sruit. Moreover, there is to be con-
tinuous display of apples from the time
the first summer apples appear until
the close of the exposition. The varie-
ties chosen for distribution are rather
unfamiliar in this vicinity. They are
the Grimes, Golden, Jonathan. Maiden's
Blush. Fulton varieties, the Wealthy
and the Chenango Strawberry.
Missouri apples are all right, and
those who get some of them at the Fair
will be at least temporarily comforted.
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be inspired with horror of war. At
the same time. however. the fact is to
be impressed upon them that as long as
a supreme Court Of Arbitration has not
been founded by the nations. national
security requires constant vigilance.
Let the children of France" said NJ.
Bellan. understand that aggression is
always possible, that the honor or indie
pendence Of the mother country may be
threatened. and that they must all with
one heart fly to the support of the flag. F"
A member of the General Council of the
Seine suggests that NJ. Bellan extend
the measures proposed for the Paris
schools to those oe the whole Depart
ment of the Seine The children, he
says. should be taught to synpathize
with the sufferings of their little Rus
sian comrades. At the same time they
ought to be warned against Utopian
ideas. taught to be ready for possible
misfortune. and prepared to make all
sacrifices for the defence of their coun-
try and the national honor.
Why not? Children who are destined
to be food for powder" are perhaps en-
titled to be taught why.
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have been assumed that he spoke with
adequate knowledge. But no, the Brit
ish editor loftily waved the explana-
ton aside, and observed that while
some Of these buildings might be of
peculiar shape, this fact was unimpor-
tant, and that all high buildings con-
structed with steel or iron framework
are invariably spoken of by Americans
as ''fiatirons. How did he know this?
Simply because he was a Briton and
had therefore inherited omniscience as
a radical birthright.
Several years ago, we happened to
be dining at Continental table d'hote
and found ourself seated next to an
Englishman who turned out to be a
member of Parliament. and very gen.
ial, unaffected gentleman. Like many
of his countrymen when they are out.
side of England. he put aside his natur-
al reserve and chatted pleasantly OF
many things. At last he spoke of the
visit of the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery to London, and happened to
mention the State from which they.
came and which he pronounced Mas
sakussitts," A. moment later, he COM
mented on the odd names of some Of
our States; and so we ventured to in
form him of the proper pronuncia-
ticn of Massachusetts. We shall never
forget the look of bland incredulity
which fitted cross his face. ooh, but
you know" said he that oh is pro-
nounced like k" Rather absurdly we
grew little hot under the collar
and replied that this was precisely
what we didn't know; that we had
lived in various parts of the State of
Massachusetts and had never once
heard any human being call it Mas
sakussits" But we might just as
wen have whistled up the chimney
The Englishman smiled in depreca-
tor way as of one who did not wish
to engage in controversy; but his con-
viction that he was absolutely right
was as impregnable as Gibraltar.
Was he not a Briton and therefore al
ways and unchangeably infallible? In
like manner most Of his countrymen
when they speak of the Potomac, call
IL Pot-annac with the accent on the
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SOME KAss4s HUMAN NATURE.

Things continue to happen in Kan
sas. For instance, woman at Win
field sets up in her divorce petition that
few weeks after she was married,
less than year ago, her husband told
her that he had married her only to
spite her sister, who didn't want him
in the family. and that he intended to
leave her as soon as the honeymoon
was over.
In the district court at Seneca last
week a divorce was granted to girl of
less than sixteen who had become a
bride when less than fourteen. When
Judge Stuart learned that the parents
of the girl had given their consent to
the marriage. and that they were then
in court. he proceeded to express a few
vigorous opinions about a father and
mother who would give a child away in
such fashion. The local paper speaks
of the judges remarks as an unmerci-
full SHINING"
At Emporia the other day Hugh
Reeves and Margaret Adair. each sew
enty-five years old, were married. They
had been childhood companions and
later were lovers. Something separated
them, and they lived their lives apart.
The woman buried two husbands and
the man two wives, and then destiny
brought them together again. They
met in Independence few months ago
and renewed their early affections. And
then they went to Emporia to make a
lark of their wedding day.
And SO forth and SO on. While the
great plains of Kansas occasionally
yield small crops, the crop of human
nature is always large there.
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first syllable; and they explain obligl
ingly that the word is from the GreeI
noun potamos. 1t is not for us to tel
them that it is really of Indian orig
in. They know, for they are Britons
There is certain Importance in thi|
trait of theirs. for it explains JUS
why it. is that Great Britain is gradu|
ally falling behind in the rivalry o.
nations. The same complacencs
which makes them impervious to spel
cial information about the prorunciai
ton of foreign word, makes them
equally inpervious to the lessons
which other countries could teach then
in much greater things. They are alb
solutely satisfied with what they have
and what they are; and the result il
that the United States and also Ger.
many are outstripping Britain In every
sort of enterprise and industry. The
attitude of the editor Of the Athenae-
UNI is therefore much more than ar
amusing piece of British nlorgue. II
holds in itself the explanation of the
gradual decline of a great world-e1n-
pire.-From Chronicle and Comment, In
the March Booknan.
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The F.r., E.le,lan.

The last of the snakes in the Emerald Isle,
He paused at the edge Of the sea,
And turned to Saint Patrick, who stood
with q smale
On his face as broad as could be.
Says the snake: .'Ye'ye played us dirthy
thrick,
An We think we've done somethin' grand,
Just because. wild the aid Nv that old
crooked stick,
we've dhriyen us out " the land.
But we've startled dangerous custom,
ould man,
The devil could not have done worse,
For in times that's to come this eviction
plan
WIN sure be ould 'Ireland's curse.
There's mannay man will be dhriven
away
From his home whin the rint's overdue,
In the very same fashion as sarpint's to-day
Have been banished from Ireland be
you"
with hirt of his tail and wink of his
eye.
The make quickly vanished from sight,
And left poor Saint Patrick wondering why
We do wrong when we try to do right
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THE oMNIsc1ENT BRIToN.

A superb example of British self
sufiiciency has lately been given to
the world by the editor of the London
Athenaeum. That parsonage, in speak
ing Of the American skyscrapers cree
ted in our cities, casually remarked
that in the United States these build
lngs are generally known as ''fatirons. :"
Whereupon Joseph B. Glider wrote a
courteous letter to the Athenaeum,
pointing out that the term '.fiatiron'
IS not the name of tall buildings in
general, but is applied to one particular
building in New York because of its
peculiar shape. AS Mr. Glider is an
American and New Yorker, it might
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FOR FRENCH SCHOOL CHILDREN.

As French school children, like United
enough to study they are going to re-
ceive instruction in international rela-
lions and politics. The "Syndic" OF. the
Paris Municipal Council, M. Bellan, has
asked M. Bedorez, director Of primary
education for the Department of the
Seine. to instruct the school teachers to
explain to their pupils the alliance be-
tween France and Russia, and secure
their aid in preparing lint for the
wounded. The children are to be en-
lightened concerning the Russo-Jap-
anese campaign, to learn how The
Hague conference came about, and to
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knowledge in a most feeling manner the
great honor conferred upon him. In
accordance with that time-honored GUS
tom / now acknowledge in most feel
ing manner the honor you have con-
ferred on me-"
The last obstruction to the beginning
of the construction of another trans
continental railroad from Quebec to
Port Simpson on the Pacific, is now re-
moved. The Canadian parliament has
approved a plan of construction; the
company has accepted it, and the fears
and doubts of the British stockholders
have been so far overcome that they
have consented to the expenditure of a
hundred and twenty-five million dollars,
which is the sum estimated to be re-
quired for the construction of so much
Of the road as the Dominion govern
ment will not assume responsibility for.
1t is related that Archbishop Ryan
was called upon by a priest who said
his health required that he take vaca-
tion. The priests frequent absences
srofl his parish were notorious, so the
archbishop said to him: MY dear Mr..
Soandso. if you need change of air
would suggest that you try the air of
your own parish for a month or two
At another time the archbishop rebuked
a priest for wearing disreputable
looking silk hat. But I would not give
up that hat for twenty new ones" said
the priest. 1T belonged to my father,
who fell in the rising of 49," All"
was the archbishops retort, "and evil
IDENTIFY he fell on the hat
1t has been semi officially announced
that President Harper will not be sat
isfied until the endowment of Chicago
university will amount to $50,000,000,
and thus be a real world beaten. He
expects to reach this mark within the
next ten years. The total assets of the
university at the end of last year were
S19,978,761. The additional endowment
to be secured is $S,O0O,00o. New build
ings will account for So, 200, 600, five new
hospitals for 100000, the Rush Medi-
cal college for $1,725.0oO, the lecture
study department for $1,000,0OO, the
fund for the purchase Of books $1,000-
O00 scholarships and fellowships So, $780,
coo, chronological school $5,OOO,0o0, and
schools of music and art 100000.
The closing words of an autobiogra-
ply by Herbert Spencer have been Civ
en- out In advance. Among them are
these: Largely, however, if not chief
ly, this change of feeling toward relig-
ious creeds and their sustaining institu-
tions has resulted from a deepening
conviction that the sphere occupied by
them can never become an untitled
sphere, but that there must continue
to arise afresh the great questions
concerning ourselves and surrounding
things, and that, If not positive an
swers, must ever remain. Thus relig-
ious creeds, which in one way or an
other occupy the sphere that rational
Interpretation seeks to occupy and fails,
and fails the more the more 1t seeks,
have come to regard with sympathy
based on community of need, feeling
that dissent from them results from
inability to accept the solutions offer
ed, Joined with the wish that solutions
could be found
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AnvFRrIsING RATEs.

Situations, Wants. Rents and other small
sertion. Five Cents a Word for full week.
Display advertisements. per inch, one IN,
sertion S12O; each subsequent insertion, AZ
cents; one week, $500; one month, $40; one
year. $40. x
Obituary Notices, in prose or verse, 70
cents per line Notices of Births, MafrI-
ages, Deaths and Funeral. so cents eaen.
Local Notices, Is cents per line.
Yearly advertisers are limited to tneir
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unobiectionable), and their contracts do not
Include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
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down into the bowels OF the earth
again. The mine owners will not allow
them to be sold. az the market would
be flooded and the price would go down
so that there would be no porfit in the
gems. Instead they are stored in big
vaults, and brought up few at time.
as the market conditions demand.
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There are thousands OF millions of
dollars worth of diamonds stored in the
deep deeps. or underground safety de-
post vaults at the Kimberley mines in
South Africa, said ]. H. Mortimer, of
Chicago. the other day. Mr.. Mortimer
was a British soldier in the war with
the Beers and became intimately ac-
quainted with the conditions there. The
natives go down deep into the mines
and bring up the clay-like earth, which
is spread in the sun and dried into a
scaly brittle material This is examined
very closely for the precious stones,
which are picked out. They are Moth
ing but rough looking pebbles, and their
value cannot be estimated with any de-
gree Of certainty until they are polished
But the pebbles are not polished at
once. They are packed UP and sent
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The Hon. Mike Sutton was chairman
of the senatorial convention in the Har-
per (Kansas) district. On being escort
ed to the rostrum he spoke and said:
"Gentlemen-In an experience of many
years attendance upon conventions I
have observed that it is the custom of
the person chosen to preside to ac-
knowledge in most feeling manner the
great honor conferred upon him. In
accordance with that time-honored GUS
tom / now acknowledge in a most feel
ing manner the honor you have con-
ferred on me"
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Some idea of the delights Of travelling
In Korea is given by the following de-
scription by a traveller of the bridges
In that country a first class bridge in
Korea is simply an assortment of
planks nailed together. These are
scarce. A second class bridge is a
series of Isolated stones. from one to
another of which the visitor may jump.
A third class bridge. much the COM
moneSt variety. is invisible, its position
being Indicated by a couple of posts,
one on each side of the river. They
mean that YOU may safely wade across,
as the water will-probably-not go
much above your chestI
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ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
Little Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. |.
W. Seaman Accidentally Shot
at Running Water.

The unwelcOme news was received
by l. w. Seaman Monday afternoon
that his little daughter, Mary. was
accidentally shot at Running Water
some time during the morning hours.
Mr.. Seaman caught the first train to
Running Water and this morning
Mrs. Seaman was summoned there,
leaving on the IL O'Clock passenger.
The little girl is visiting hel brother
Charles, at the ranch near Running
Water, but how the accident hap
pened could not be learned, the only
information being sent was that she
was shot. The shot took effect in
two places, in her breast and her
limb. 1t is thought that the wounds
are dangerous On account of Mrs.
Seaman being sent for, as 1T was
expected that the little girl would
be brought home today. The little
gill is a bright child aud is loved by
d host of friends, and it is hoped
that the accident will not prove
fatal.
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ASSESSMENT OF COUNTY
The Assessed Valuation of Real and
Personal Property as Equal
lied by the Board.

County Auditor Stearns has just
finished making an abstract Of the
assessment rolls of Dawson county
which he mas forwarded to the state
board of eu%uilization on which the
members will take action the first Of
next week when the board meets.
The assessed valuation of all prop
erty in the county, both real and
personal. amounts to 50, 1871 $50. This
does not include the assessment of
the railroads, telegraph or telephone
systems. The assessed valuation of
a year ago amounted to So. 066, SIS,
the increase this year being s65,l71.
The following extract from the
rolls will give some idea as to how
the assessment is distributed Acres
Of land, 263 Jos, valued at 81, SID 1888.
There is a falling off Of 23o acres Of
farm lands, which has been plated
into city property in this city, Mt.
Vernon and Ethan. Town lots are
valued at 1891, LAG, an increase of
S74 ,O18 over a year ago. There are
1904 horses that are valued at Sl0l.
ABA, and although there is "a falling
off IN the number the valuation is
increased by SIG, 799. There are IL
$50 head of cattle of all ages that are
valued at sls2, 1870: mules and asses.
SIS, valued at Sl,275; 2,S74 head of
sheep, valued at S4. 749: 1918 head of
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valued at s2l, 500: l.e4s way.

swine, valued at ST., SOL: l,64S way
ons and carriages. valued at SIS. 795
29s organs, valued at s3,o47: 246 pi-
amos, valued at Sl3. S05: household
furniture. valued at 81 go: aslicul-
tural tools and machinery. valued at
$40, $50. gold and silver plate, valued
at $3.50: watches, diamonds and lew
elry, valued at S420: goods and mer-
chandise. valued at Sl43.227: mater
ials and manufactured articles,
s.. l75; manufacturers tools, implem-
ents and machinery, SIS, Us: money
of banks, other than those whose
capital is represented by stocks and
shares of stocks, S,4, 100: credits of
banks, bankers, brokers, etc, $3.50:
moneys, other than those of banks,
bankers, brokers'. etc, Sl2, 300: bonds
and stock, other than bank stock,
81, 500; shares of bank stock. assessed
at 80 per cent par value, Sol 2230;
shares of capital stock of companies
anu dsaocidliuuS, el,lUU, SUOCk anu
furniture of sample rooms, eating
houses, ETC., So, $50; office furniture,
library, poultry and other property,
So, 624; elevators, warehouses, ETC..
sl5, ASS; improvements on United
States lands, except blowing, S3sC;
franchises, %annuitles, royalties, etc,
s75, The poll of voters as taken by
the assessors is given at /, 729. which
is acknowledged to be far short of
what the voting population really is.
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Will be Tried i'll Sioux Falls.

Sioux Falls Press: Judge Jones
rendered a decision in the 1aubman
habeas corpus proceedings. Taub-
IA who was arrested for criminal
libel in his paper, vas brought to
Sioux Falls to be tried on the ground
that the libel was committed here as
we'll as elsewhere as the paper circu-
lates here. Taubman's attorney
moved IN justice court to dismiss on
the grounds of lack of jurisdiction,
but the justice held against him.
The decision of Judge Jones snstains
Justice Fowler, ard Taubman will
have to stand trial in this city.
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A LAWN TEA PARTY
A Delightful Tea Party Held at the
Home of Mrs S. H. scallin
Wednesday Afternoon.

Mrs. I. Windle. Mrs. S. Fl. Scallin
and Miss Mary G. Windle were the
hostesses at a five O'Clock tea party
given at the home of Mrs. s.. III.
Scallin on Park Avenue west We'd
nesday afternoon. AS the affair was
held on the lawn the invitation list
was larger than if held in the house,
1850 gusts being invited, and over 100
being in attendance. 1t was one of
the prettieSt gatherings of the sea-
son, and the scene was an attractive
one. The lawn and porch were beau
tifully decorated with rugs and dra-
peries of brilliant hues that were
ad1ed to by the bright costumes of
the ladies, and the presence Of so
many flowers of different varieties.
The flowers were sent by Mrs. Geo.
a, Silsby, Mrs. Lannle Brown. Mrs.
II. Noble, Mrs. II. b. Rogers, Mrs.
@. e. Vermilyea, Misses Haynes,
Goodykoontz and Scallin.
The hostesses were assisted in
serving the refreshments by Mrs.
Will ScaIlin, and Misses Grace Goody-
koontz, Sara Scallin. Florence Dick
son, Edna Daniels, Grace White,
Lenore Prescott, Nora Harker md
Jessie Walrath.
The tea was served in four courses
and each dish of the courses was
garnished with a single flower, in
the way of a fern leaf, daisies, mas
turtlums and sweet peas. At the
conclusion of serving the guests
made them into miniature boquets.
After darkness came on the lawn
was lighted with Japanese lanterns,
which added much to the effective
ness of the scene. The affair was
n of the most pleasant of the
season.