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A New Negro Empire Plan?

. n I've" NCSko .
That Theodore Roosevelt, while APP
parently in Africa on a hunting expe-
dition, killing tigers and f1eas, is in
reality carefully Investigating con-
ditions to ascertain if it be not posi-
BILE and practicable to. establish in the
Soudan country a SECOND empire OF
Liberia, and thereby solve forever
the negro question of America, is the
disclosure made by a United States
federal attorney in charge of a South
ern district, who relates the supposed
secret plans of Roosevelt in all their
details. The plan as revealed by the
former Presidents %confdant is to
stake out a good section of the coun-
try in the Soudan, north Of the Congo
Free State and west of German and
British East. Africa; hoist up the
Stars and Stripes at the four corners,
have Uncle Sam declare a protector
ate, organize the native tribes into a
suzerainty Of the United States OF
America, and then will come the ex-
patriatlon of the negroes from this
country to the new empire in the
heart of Africa. In the rounding out
of the plan a wedge Will be formed
by a nation under the control of the
United States that will prevent the
expansion territorially or commercial
ly of Germany and will make the
United States a factor in the balance,
of power among the nations of Eu-
rope now struggling to retain and en-
large their footholds in Africa
William Buckley, in Leslie's Weekly.
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mill-wheels, and then tumbled noisily
down. and down the rocks till it be-
came a commonplace, demure' canal.
Zanna often used to ride on the
queer little canal-boats to see II she
could not find some English-speaking
tourists whom she might invite to
her home. But she never found any,
and instead, USED to watch the peas
ant folk coming from the market.
lZanna thought she would never tire
of looking at the fair-skinned, faxen-
haired maidens with their ample
wooden skirts and bright-colored knit
''bodices, quantity cut and fastened
together with curious brass or silver
clasps and buckles.
After awhile, however, Zanna be-
came used to the ~rosy-cheeked peas
ants, and then she began to grow very
lonely. I think she was really a little
homesick for the children and fowery
valleys Of her American home.
"Of course I have you and papa
and Baby Joanne," she said to her
mother one day. And don't think
I would get lonesome for any n
else if only some green grass and
pretty flowers grew up here. But it's
Just rocks, great, bare rocks every
where. And it always make me won
der whether the giants didn't try to
build houses with these awful rock
blocks, and got angry because they
couldn't, and then just threw them
round. Why, that big fiat rock back
of the kitchen is twice as big as u
whole yard over the ocean,"
I think Zanna grieved more than
most little girls, for she used to have
a magic touch with all growing things
and loved her plant children" far
more than dolls.
Never mind" said mother, who
heard the sigh and guessed for what
her little daughter was longing. 1T
Is too bad we cannot have Jul gar
den, dear, but things might be very
much worse. It is better for us all to
live here with father than to have
all the fower-gardens in America"
LduHd luouSiI ~, wv, dnu Iiho q
brave little girl tried not to think
about the bare, ugly rocks. I have
often noticed, haven't you, that If we
don't let ourselves think of what we
can't have, it makes it easier to do
without them?
So Zanna thought instead of Christ
mas, and of what she would like In
her stockings, and on the beautiful
tree which she and jeanne would
have together. In fact, she thought
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Pandowdy.

Butter a baking kettle or some
kind of an iron kettle and make a
pie crust and put into it, leaving a
small place just at the bottom OF ~
kettle without any crust. Then put
in some good apples, either quarterea
or cored or sliced. Then lay in a few
strips of the crust and some more ap-
pies, a good large cup of maple syr-
up. a few slices of salt pork, one
half cup of cider vinegar: Cover the
whole with pie crust and put a tight
cover on the kettle. Cook slowly
for three hours, being careful not
to scorch it. Serve with sweet cream
and maple sugar.-American Cook-
ing Magazine.
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with his arms full of presents from
her little schoolmates in America.
"But Zanna hasn't see the best Of
all yet," said her mother.
More yeti" exclaimed excited Fan
ma. "Why, I can't think of anything
else 1 want"
ut is so big" explained her father,
with a twinkle in his eye, that old
Saint Nick couldn't think of getting
down the chimney with it."
Couldn't get it down the chin
ney!" P
"No. In fact, he couldn't carry it
at all. He had to get four horses, in
stead Of reindeer, to cart it here in
wagon loads-four hundred, I think.
They left it out by the kitchen with
Miss Katrina Suzanne Hjorth's name
on it. Get on your wraps and we'll
see." s...- .
Sure enough! 1t was just as Mr..
Hjorth said. The big, fiat rock was
covered deep with-what you'll never
guess, so I'll tell you right now
with four hundred cart-loads of soil!
Rich, black, woodsy earth several feet
deep! And zanna was so happy she
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ROUMDCXBUyIl
AEME HOU&E:lY

If YOU have daughters teach them
to knit and spin, and to keep the
family accounts. ..
Wet a towel in cold water, hang
in the open window. 1t will cool the
air wonderfully. .
If you have a family and are not
very afhuent, remember that a pin
a day is a groat a year.
If you lend a mar or woman a
small sum, be sure to ask for 1t be-
fore he or she forgcts it.
Five cents worth of whiting kept
in a bathroom closet is q cheap and
quick polisher of nickel 1xings.
In cutting bread for sandwiches if
a hot instead Of cold knife is used the
slices will be thinner and more easily
cut.
Old shoes make good slippers, and
need not be denied the blackins
brush because they are old indoor
servants.
Do not put too much money in
your %children's pockets in going to
school. It is sowing the seeds OF
prodigality.
If oilcloth is given a coat OF var
nish twice a year it wears longer. la
more easily kept clean and does not
lose the pattern.
A paste Of thick starch and water
put on blood stains and allowed to
stand for a short time will remove
them when not too old.
A ~saucerful Of lime placed IN a
damp closet will act as a disinfcctant
and absorb dampness. The lime
should be renewed once III two weeks
or as often as it stakes.
Bathing the feet in cool. saltcd
water, then shaking Il tcaspooIiful o.
talcum powder in each shoe, will be
found a great relief for hot. tired
feet, caused by too much standing CT
new shoes.
Gather all the rose petals you can:
dry in the sun, then add a little
ground cinnamon, cloves and nut
meg; stir we'll, then put in small
cheese cloth bags and place in clos
cts. trunks or any place you wish.
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Westerners in the Battle of the
Wilderness.
By GEN. R 81 a

All the flags save one captured
from the enemy in the Wilderness
were taken by Western regiments.
The Twenty-fourth Michigan captured
the colors Of the Forty-eighth Vir-
ginia, the Fifth Wisconsin those Of
the TWenty-ffth, the Twentieth In
diana those Of the Fifty-ffth, the
Seventh Indiana those Of the Fiftieth
Virginia, the Fifth Michigan thSse Of
the Thirteenth North Carolina. The
Eighth Ohio and the Fourteenth In
diana retook Ricketts, guns. The
men from the West were probably no
Drawer, man for man, than those Of
the East, but I think their success
was wholly because 90 many of the
men were woods wise. From their
youth up, both by day and night, they
had roamed through woods under all
sorts Of sky and in all sorts of
weather, and so their depths had no
terror for them; and so, like their
enemies, they were at home in the
timber, and could make their way
through it almost as well by night as
by day. And I have often thought
that perhaps it was this common
knowledge of the woods that gave
our Western armies so many vic
tories. A Confederate line coming
on or rising up suddenly and break
ing into their sharp, fierce yells, did
not greatly surprise or set them Quak-
ing. And yet although all my boy
hood Was passed in the grandly deep,
primeval forests of Ohio, I am free
to own that I heard that
Rebel" yell in the woods of Virginia
that it's old fields behind is did not
seem at once to become nightly at
tractiye.-The Atlantic.
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MONKEY MUTINEERS
FOUGHT SHIPS CREW.
chimeanzee Held Wong Foo
Dangling by His Queue in the
Fore Rigging.

Fore Rigging.
Six chimpanZees, part or o con-
signment of 600 members of the Sim
ian tribe, were responsible for
wounds and scars exhibited by the
crew Of the German steamship Tan
nenfels, which arrived recently from
Calcutta and Colombo and docked at
Pier 8, Bush Stores, South Brooklyn.
The monkeys we're consigned to a
local animal dealer, but, at the earn
est solicitation of Captain. Lubke,
were landed at Boston, where the YES
sci put in last week, and such as are
wanted in this city will be shipped
overland.
"Himmel!" exclaimed Captain
Lubke, 81 want not such beasts on
my ship once more" "
Chief Engineer Newman nursed a
badly lacerated wrist, which was
gouged with a marlin spike welded
by a three-foot chimpanzee after the
entire chimpanzee contingent had es-
capped from cages and attacked the
Chinese cook.
Wong Foo, the cook, who had suf-
.fered the painful indignity Of being
suspended in midair by his queue
held by a chimpanzee, excitedly de-
clared:
Him no monkee; him big debbil!"
The trouble was precipitated the
night of April 13 in midocean and
was due to the enmity of the six
chimpanzees for Wong Foo because
he spilled a can of hot soup on the
big leader. -, No. '
1T was about 7.30 o'clock, just
after supper" said Engineer New
man, when we heard a scream, fol,
lowed by a flow of Chinese language.
Crouched in the ratlines of the fore
rigging was a chimpanzee tugging at
the end Of Wong Foo's queue. The
cook was lifted off his feet and was
swinging clear of the deck, kicking at
the other five chimpanzees, which
were attacking his legs. The crew
rushed to the rescue; the chimpanzee
let 60 the Chinaman's pigtail and
made aft toward the midship house.
Wong Foo ran for the f~o'castle
yelling like mad, chased by the five
ehimpanzees, which we're followed in
turn by the seamen. Joined by two
Of my firemen, Hubert Hansen and
Hans Fels, we rushed for the big fell
low, which had taken refuge In the
bosun's locker. When we got inside
we were suddenly attacked by the
Infatuated animal, and in the semi
darkness we're completely at his
mercy. ~"
""He had seized q marlin spike, and
as I reached out to take it from him
I got this dig in the right wrist. We
were all glad to give him a free
passage out. He dashed through the
door and leaped into the sea.
Meanwhile the ships crew cap
tured the others. . They had escaped
by tearing away a Stat"
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WORSHIPERS
HY WINtFRED WATSON GANTENBEINi

Down a little village street
Rode three strangers, grave ana SLOW.
Women coming from the well, ,
Workmen whom they CHANGED to meet
Turned to gaze, and wondered low
What they sought in Israel.
ais it but a STAR" they cried,
"That has guided you so far?
10, the skies of Palestine
Beam with many a light beside!
What so paltry as a star ~, o.
That q torch can render mean:
Then the strangers went before
Where the little Christ-child lay.
And the children in the street
Followed at the open door.
All forgetful of their play.
Came the dusty, hurrying feet.
Shepherd, saint and sage and child
Knelt beside the manger bed.
But the people in the street
Turned away and lightly smiled
At the rapturous words they SAID
Kneeling at the Baby's feet.
"Just a little peasant Child
Said the people passing nigh.
"Shone q halo round the bed
When the sleeping Baby smiled?
Twas the lantern hung near by
Shining dimly on His head"
Shepherd, saint and sage and child,
Kneeling at the Baby's bed,
Heard the angels sing that morn.
But the moth, still and mild, !
Listening to the words they said,
Knew the glory that was born.
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Stuffed Mangoes.

Select the largest peppers you can
procure, cut off the tops and remove
seeds. Cover with strongest salt
water and let stand two days, uraln
and cover with cold water.
The filling is made Of minced cab
bage, two tablespoonfuls of grated
horseradish, two tablespoonfuls OF
minced onion, mace, nutmeg and GIN
ger, of each one-half teaspoon n a
full teaspoonful of celery seed,
ground mustard and brown sugar.
Stuff the pepper, tie on tops with
clean white twine, pack in a crock
and cover with boiling vinegar. Gov
err jars and pack away.-Indiana Ear
mer. ... ...... .-.i. "
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The Courtship Gate.

W. have been shown a design for
an upholstered front gate, which
seems destined to become very popu-
lar. The footboard is cushioned, and
there is a warm soapstone on each
side, the inside being adjustable, so
that a short girl car bring her lips to
the line of any given mcustache with
out trouble. If the gate is occupied
at 1890 p. m, an iron hand extends
from one gate post, takes the young
man by the left ear, turns him
around, and he is at once started to-
ward home by a steel foot. The girl
can, if she likes, set this part at a
later hour than 1~0.3O.-Jones Coun-
ty (Ga.) News.
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dGoodeThMqS
Mpt0 EAt
GsS9ss:55S9E " ,.HHD now 70
YSS SNHEW
Picalnli.

Take two large white cabbages'
chopped fine, and six or eight onions
chopped fine. Mix together thorough
ly, pack down in wide mouthed jar
or crock, and stir in a handful OF
salt, allowing it to remain thus for
twenty-four hours. To a quart or
vinegar add a pound of sugar, and O
tablespoonful each OF allspice, mus
tard, pepper, mace, cinnamon and
celery seed. Put into a preserving
kettle anti bring to a boil, then put
in the chopped cabbage and onion
mixture and boil together five or ten
minutes, let cool and pack in glass
iars.-Indiana Farmer.
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True Christmas Colors.

Red and green are the true Christ
mas colors, and there cannot be too
much repetition Of these hues at this
season. In addition to the holly,
with it's brilliant fruit and foliage,
bay, box, cedar and the other ever
greens are combined with broad,
holly red satin ribbons, streamers
and bows. These combinations ap-
pear most frequently in wreaths and
garlands.
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Shades of Annie Laurie.

The new minister was inspecting a
pawky farmers stock, and paused to
admire a donkey.
Fine donkey that, Mackenzie"
said the minister. .SWhat dae ye ca
him." ... . '..-
"Maxwelton, meenister." was the
reply.
Wherefore that, mon?" cried the
,fsftor. ar.
because his brays are bonny,"
came the answer.-London Daily
News.
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Expects Nothing Else.

"Tne public" remarked the bro
ker, us always bullish, always In
clined to buy for a rise"
"I s'pose," said the other man,
"that it's hard for the public to
grasp the idea that anything is going
down in price. Louisville Courier
Journal. , IA
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Negro Lingo.

Senate. Taylor, of Tennessee, tells
of an old negro whose worthless son
was married secretly. The old man
heard of it and asked the boy if he
was married. Il amt sayin' l amt"
the boy replied.
Now, you Rastus," stormed the
old man: II amt askin' you is you
amt; 1 is askin' you amt you ISL
Troy Times.
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It Sounded Hopeful.

A young man who was not particu-
Iarly entertaining was monopolizing
the attention of a pretty debutante
with a lot of uninteresting converse
ton.
"Now, my brother" he remarked.
in the course of a dissertation on his
family, "is just the opposite of me in
every respect. Do you know my
brother?"
NO." the debutante replied de-
murely, "but I should like to-
Lippincott's.
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Mammals Business.

Little Minna was saying her
prayers. When she had finished her
usual petitions. her mother said:
"you have forgotten, DEAR. Make
Minna a good GIRL you know"
"Oh, mother" she answered, e
p%roachfully, don't let's bother God
about that-that's your lookout. =
Harper's Magazine. ~,
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In the Coming Days.

aGood gracious! Where is this
heavy shower coming froms The sky
Is quite clear"
sits nothing. I'm just having my
park syringed by balloon, that's ALL
-Meggendorfer Blaetter.
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SeSi1a
& SCIENCE y N

a powerful autobiography plant
has been contracted for by the Navy
Department. This plant will be at
Washington, D. c., and will be guar
anteed to transmit messages 5000
miles across seas.
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Sky High,

Howell-"our servant kindled the
fire with kerosene the other morn
ing"
Powell-"Did you eprimand herr"
Howell-"You bet she got a blow
ing up."-New York Press.
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A Recipe in Brief.

Little three-year-old Alice stood
watching her mother cooking pam
cakes. After a few minutes silent
observation, she said FRI z
"Put on back, turn over on chest.
then eat. New York journal.
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He knew.

Father Cat head Of stairs Ethel,
what time is -it?"
Ethel Gin drawing room)-"It's a
quarter past 10, father" z
Father-"All right. Don't forget
to start the clock again after the
young man goes out to get his break
fast."-New York Journal. ~ i
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NOT ForMe

Shop Assistant Ito purchaser OF
Widows bonnet -Wo you like
to try it on before the glass, MADAME
Customer-4No, thank yer, miss.
It amt for me. I wish st wash
London Opinion.
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iTheRoR.

aOh,i George! I am glad to see
you. Father is in such a rage. Do
,trySto calm him.
whats the row."
al have Just told him I wanted to
marry you.n-Bon Viyant.
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Teacher-aNow IL your father gave
your mother So to-day and SO to-
morrow, what would she haVe?"
Small Boy-"she'd have q a, ~
Boston Transcript.
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In Broken Tones.

Mrs. X-FeDoes that new girl OF
yours break many of your things?r
Mrs. Y.-aMerey, yes. Why she
can't attempt to sing without crack
ing her voice. Boston Transcript.
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sa#h ~ ~
XNS CharIortcrtBre9ive Joroap ~
NSSsss@sa ~~sa&agsssEEs~

so hard about it that before she knew
it the next day was to be Christmas.
You all know how early she got up
to peep into her stockings, for you
probably do the anne thing your
selves. Everything was lovely by the
nursery chimney-place, and when she
hurried to the breakfast-room she
was just in time to meet the postman
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The Christmas Ghosts.

Ghost, Of the Past. in the near shadow
biding
The hearts uuspoken call,
With hand unfailing all our treasures
hiding
Deep in thy chambered hall,
Draw To-day's curtain back from Memory's
portal
And to our sight display
What we called lost, but what thy care i'm
mortal
Has only stored away.
Ghost Jof the Present, shape so quickly
flying,
Smile through thy little hour;
Press on our lips one kiss of love undying,
Drop at our feet one flower.
Ghost of the Future, holding in suspension
The coronet and cross,
Our thought of thee be hope, not appre-
tension;
Our proving, gain, not loss.
Shine through the cloud that wells thee
from our faces;
Some reckoning joy disclose;
And, like the aurora in far northern places,
Brighten our Christmas SHOWS.
edward A. Church, in Christian Reg
lister.
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III case of ElnercencY.

Old Gent-aaBut why are You beg
ging with that thick stick?p
Beggar-@Oh, that's only In case
anybody should refuse to give me
anything. "-Fiegende B1aetter.s
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1t is reported from France that it
is proposed to manufacture fuel from
peat under a new patented process In
the peaty district on the borders OF
the Charente Infericure and Deux
Sevres Departments.
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Inevitable.

The seasons come, the seasons CD
Christmas is here before we know it,
When we must take our hard.earned CAST;
And Unfortunately blow 1t.
Puck.
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Warned liz Time.

"Hi, Bill; don't come down this
ladder; 'tisn't there. "-Weekly Tele-
graph.
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A machine has been invented to
wrap with wire a telephone or tele-
graph pole to save it from gnaWing
horses.
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Pity it is, indeed. if in Gods own
world of beauty and hope a soul can
not fervently say, II have kept Gods
law"
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could hardly keep the tears back, for
she knew that this strange Christmas
present would be a JOY to her all her
life long.
And when her mother gave her
present. a package of seeds Of every
kind-mignonette, phlox, pansies and
asters-2anna thought she was the
very happiest girl in Norway
Youths Companion.
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A nut that rcsists every attempt at
getting loose usually becomes more
docile after it has been heated for
several minutes. This can be done
with a torch or by holding a piece OF
hot iron against it for a little while.
This will cause the nut to expand
slightly and make it easier to come
of.
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The Star Of Bethlehem.

The Star Of Bethlehem.
When Jesus Christ, a little child,
In Bethlehem was born,
There shone a star across the wild
More glorious than the morn. .,
1t glowed and cleaned, it blazed ano
beamed,
Above the lonely hill.
All blessed star of Bethlehem,
1t lights the nation still.
Denis A. Mccarthy.
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With the completion Of the Ben
guella Railway, from the Zambesi to
the Congo border. Rhodesia will have
O service Of $500 miles of railroads..