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Show - ( If i m Country. loof ago the lore of Aflt'i hat Wm turned on Greece beceuee ah dared be tree, 'to Europe, following fhe aelf-aafate, ball hurl her combined ermtea. soon or Aa Mjr late, country, 'upon thee, The world moves on In cycles. History, Advancing by some hidden law sublime, s as the ages flee; For that which once bas been again shall be. Though changed do lit the time. The monarchies behold with startled eyes Thy growing shadow, easting In eclipse Their trade and prestige; tear and envy rise; And he who asks, hears ominous replies Fall from the Future's lips. Tor Europe, haughty In ancestral pride. With all her mighty armaments of war. Till they are used will not be satisfied; To crush a rival, au uer states allied Will gather on thy shore. he will not brook an equal; will not see The marts of commerce pass from her control. She hates thy newness, hatea thy liberty; Hut most she hates thy threatened mastery, Thy fleetneas to the goal In their lairs; Already growl the war-doAlready come tbs muttering of storm In next decade prepares; ?he as the trumpet call for action blare. Her columns swiftly form. Her hosts unnumbered swarm upon thy Too did step on toy foot!" ts-- ' dferated George.. 'You are a liar" shouted Bill. "Boya, dont shoot, for Lord's sake!" shouted a score In concert. The hitherto passive throng, was now In rolltng..aurglag motion. The timid fell to the rear, and the bold toiled madly toward the danger-swir- l. Ths windows of ths house became Rush! Go ter drawfn' a plctsr like thgt, an' I'll commit suicide to (It to he the one to sit hung over." The two men laughed merrily, while at the same time they were unjolntlng the "pops," casting out old hulls and putting new cartridges into the cylinders. "How far off had we better get?" asked George. Oh. say well one hundred yards awl step forward ten steps at each fire." Thats good say, who's them eom-t- n that buggy?" Durned ef I dont believe its Bill Tom Branner an' Tillla. "That's jest who they In, by gum!" An old topless buggy, drawn by thin, bay horse rattled up. The occupants, coming opposite. Inclined their heads gently, smiled pleasantly and passed on, a foam of dust rising In their wake. She smiled at me, George." She smiled at me. Bill." Say, Bill," laughed George. "Wouldn't it be a good 'un on us If Tlllle loved that dog dratted rascal with her better than she do either of us?" "Huh! An him with nuthln but an we-e-1- 1. mouths for rapidly expelling wads of color. The doorway was a choked channel for the emission of n feminine went up, and flood. Wild ahrleka benches tumbled down. Dogs yelped, wild-eye- d womes and white-facecried: Oh, where's my baby?" or Sal-lie- " or "Tommie, where are you? A rolling commotion of voices on th outside finally killed all distinct express Ion. Bill's white-face- d sister got to him end seised him by the arm, but n big firm hand pushed her back. Tba constable wedged his way to Georgs, bui he fell back limply against propping men, his face gushing blood. Ths justice of the peace, who commanded peace, found the peace of Bill's paralysing fist All was In swirling, roar ing confusion when the thunderout voice of the preacher broke above th crowd with the awelng power: Ef ye ain't got no respect for ma an' the day, an' the Lord, respect yei neighbors who now leave single Ilfs for the holy ways of matermony. I now peform a sarlmony. Be ye silent in the face of this awful, sacred in ordinance uv heavens disposition. Jine han's Thomas Benton B rammer and Matilda Jane Susan Ann Adams! Silence fell, and so did the spirits of Bill Garrison and George Peterson. They looked up at each other and though agony loaded their hearts, they smiled through sick, feeble Ups as thought Answered thought: "What fools us fellers be! -- shore; slow-chuggi- BABYLONIAN BT JAMES NOEL JOHNSON. Author "A Romulus of Kentucky," Etc. tcopyrlght, lSOt. by Dally Story Pub. Co.) "Come to thinJr of It," said George Peterson to Will Garrison, a the two stood chatting on the , highway, T heard that you aald that one of us was la him to git a bullet-hol- e fore long?" "Well, now," returned Will thoughtfully,' acrewing his left eye and digging at hla scalp, hit comes to me thet I ; bed jeet about slch talk." , Ton think we ought to shoot over f ' Tlllle Adams, eh?" I dont see thet we cud shoot over ennythlng more Important; do yon? shot ole Jim Stacy over a hog last Summer, an' by gum, in my estimation, Tlllle Adams is wuth a whole drove o hogs." "That is All true," admitted George; "hogi aint to be mentioned In the same breath with Tlllle no man gits ahead o me in appreciating her worth but the question is one o policy an good Jegment ort we to kill each other over her?" - "Now, that is a matter to seriously chaw on, I admit That ve both love the gal more nor an ox team end pull ef they had a down hill shoot on It Is certain. That both vud fling our lives, aa worthies tags, at her feet ia ekally shore; but aa to whether wed be doin the properthlag to do it Is a matterta chaw on. Rut the matter must be settled some wy. 1 believe the one she loves best orter have her, but she wont say. I believe Im the one." "An X feel shore Im the one." "An this sbareness o both, ys see. Is what thought would bring Its ef DftMtTSFf EXPLORATIONS. Grot Teapl Library City ef Kipper. Prof. Hllprecht of ths University of Pennsylvania, the Babylonian explorer, haa discovered the Great Temple library of the ahclent city of Nippur, which was destroyed by the Elumnltea in the year 228 B. C. For eleven years the professor has been exploring the mounds of ancient Nippur, ths city that antedated Babylon by centuries sa ths capital of Babylonia. Within ths past year he has found among those prehistoric ruins the library of the Temple of Nippur. This la the first Babylonian temple library - that has ever been discovered, and it contains the oldest and moet Important records of the earliest civilisation of which even an echo has come down to oar own age. Already 18,000 volumes from the ruins, and it hive been-takeis expected that many more thousands will be recovered. Inscribed on clay tablets in the cuneiform characters which the explorations of Nineveh and Egypt have made familiar to archaeothese literary works . logical students, ho lived 6,000 years before 9 1 the Christian era began Include die -- ltronerrbtlThifl'1,rfTrt. Forcing a Decision. Boys, dont shoot for Gods sake!" edlcation, an' not a hoes to his name! That's bout as redickllus as one of us bein loved by a presidents darter. Oh, I wu jest tunning, of oo'ee, but eome to think. Ive hsarn o things eat as onreasonable. Te see, Tlllle has been down to the Bluegras goln' to school for a year or so. an thars no tollin' what slch fool doins as that will lead a gal to. They are curious critters at the best gals Is. Why, I beam of a gal once that refused to marry Jesse Underwood, the beet pistol shot our Kalntuck hills ever had. Well, iuh, she kep on an on actin ths fool till she finally married some poor lawyer thet never amounted to nuthln ceptln samthln Uke circuit Judge, or some foolishness Uke that Tell ye, gala Is curios. Yas, thats so; bnt we aint no mors time for fooUn, Lets step oft. The men stepped out, took places and confronted each other. They were to count three In. concert, then fire. ftlonariefl, architectural plans," bistort "One, two, three!" I cal and chronological data, legal and Spang! e A ball passed through a lock of hair commercial aa well asrellglouslter-abov"form to witness the bear ear. that He hadnt fired, ature, Bill's left , and for good reason. When hs went and pressure of time" In which Abra-' Prof. also show, lived. says main ham revolver ths hla They to cock spring had broken. He had pointed the Hllprecht that ages before the reputed weapon nevertheless, taking the risk appearance of Adam man was not only of being killed rather than to explain existing but that developed a high an accident that George might regard state of civilization, comparable in all a purposed act to avoid ths duel. its essential points with that which ws Well have to adjourn this case, ourselves possess. sighed George, until you kin git ysr ) own pop.' Aaerlesv First Froteataat Ckerefc. AmSay, George," returned Bill, handThe first Protestant church In Ivs erica ing Georgs ths crippled weapon. was made of the sails of Capt matter jest thought we kln'settle this Smiths ship hung between th John mors satisfactory, Tlllle, aa well aa Jamestown, Va. ' The pulpit trees st refuse maul love both, she appears to stump and ths congregation sat ter marry the one that kllla tother was a unhewn during ths service about her. Then wed be In a nice upon 1811. whenlogs cabin was erecta until log ahd tother waiter, shape one dead of the governor, direction under the ed Less fine out which one she really Dale. In 1838 a brick strucThomas Sir ons let then that give loves best; lucky feet is by twenty-eighim ture fifty-si- x tother all his property to dimensions, with a tower throngk a little, and take her. "Thatll be satisfactory to ms If ws which it was entered, eighteen feet kin git a hill o discovery, aa tbs law' square, was built with the most substantial material, as its endurance tesyers say, that will wuk.' "Well, I think Tvs got It Termorry tifies. It was partially destroyed by at church ms m you will let on like Are in 1676,'but was restored and occuws git in fuss, an poll oof pop. pied nntll'1723, when the capital was wim-meremoved to Williamsburg. Chicago Everybody will be excited; the will yell, an plrty THUS will corns Record-Heralscreamin out to the ns she loves best, an beg him for her sake to put Cfcereh Tarda la Bad CaadlMoa. a up hla- - pop." of the church yards in tke Many "The very thing!", exclaimed George Highlands are reported to he In a lapping a cloud of dust from his right shocking condition. There has been leg. a scandal In North Harris, where the a a authorities have bad to step A great congregation had gathered sanitary and the people from btQ in prevent revivalfor Rev. Ball, the celebrated more bodies in a small piece any ing ist of Knott county, was to preach, and of while the churchyard at ground, suck-hol- e a as drawn had ths report people another small Highland place, draws chips from a broad terri- Moralg, ts so fall that It Is described as (Imtory. of human beings. The Tbs house being filled, ths grounds ply mounds have a great liking for Highlanders covered overflowed. Men and boys ones with those who lost their laying ths tort in front and at ths sides, as have before and this accounts gone a of side aa the at bees cling thickly g. This, of greatly for the gum on a hot tnorn of July all ears course, to the old Pro-chl- al only applies elecsave the Nothing eagerly poised. ms the newer one are tric voice of the speaker, fell upon the under cemeteries, control, which (tope government X vast quiet ' to stop anything Uke When the preacher began to' pitch or is supposed his tons to ths seals of concluding ex overcrowding. hortation. Bill and George, as per pre Blag Tea Maeea. Vlous arrangement came Into ths The King of England has ten maces, crowd from opposite directions. They were radiant in their new clothes, and which are kept in the Tower of Lontheir new boots announced their don. They are all of different degrees entrance through proud meas and all will be need at the coronation. ured squeaks. Being ths richest The lords have their own mace and will of men ths section. not allow the house of commons macs young made heads of I to enter their house. It accompanies their appearance reverence silently Incline and a whis- 1 the commons' to the door of their lord-sh- ip bouse, but it is always left outper of admiration ripple through the wider throng. side. Quietly the young gallants worked toward each other, and, before the si'By the will 6f the Barones Nalent company knew they bad met, or thaniel Rothschild the Paris Conservaknew they had occasion tor quarrel, a toire has Just eome into possession of rapid firs of denunciation began be- n valuable collection of MSS. of ths rorks of Chopin srd Auber. tween them. -- 1 ht d. over-crowdin- Spang! Agger it this way: trouble. Bo both live, an one gits her," tother wnd ruther be dead. With one dead, bei at everlasting peace, an' the other happy with Tlllle. Now, what do you say?" "Im a chawin on the thing." Have you got yor pop with you?" youve got two." "No, but I "Yas, an here is a good place, pice, thick shade yander under that beech to die comfortable under, an ttmorry is Sunday, an the new preacher is to preach at High Paint, an the feller that gits hit light put out - will have a glorious big funeral! Tlllle, her bootiful I kin jist see dew-wer rose, hanging like face, " , aver me right now l et BY THE STEEL ST'RIK.E. ' uls ex 'A UJN0I3 aio Minnesota, Michigan and Maryland. Already the strike Is' on at plants in tds Franco-'RusJ- ' .- - V- - Alliance . O operating a laundry and opened such an establishment In Southampton, I I , where ths faithful among her former friends are helping to make ths ven- : tun a success. Cath- princess erine Youriewskl, dauhter the of murdered Emperor Alexaader II. of Austria by his sec- -. ODd. wife, Princess Tht Enjtub LibtraU. While Lord Roseberry has been free to criticise his own party and to aiieg -that U could not exist under its pre- -' ent condition be has been equally unreserved concerning the conservative party and government Never, said he. In the remembrance of any Impartial observer, haa there been any government which had crowded such a -frightful assemblage of error, weak-ne- e and wholesale blunders Into Its administration.1! Ths grave fault of ths liberals Is they can agree on no policy. They are split Into fragments and yet to desirous are the leaders to keep together that at a dinner a short time since -given at the Reform club, a vote of confidence wu given to Sir Henry as ths leader of Campbell-Bannermthe party. This, said Lord Roseberry, quoting the famous phrus of Disraeli, Is "organlied hypocrisy." In fact the liberal party In Great Britain Is very much In ths plight of ths democratic party In the civil war, "In favor of the war, but agin lta prosecution," - haa Dolgomuka, becomeofllcially engaged to the Duke of Chaulnes, head of one of the Junior branchea of a n c Le a t that ducal French house, of which the Duke of Luynesls ths chief. Ths Duke of Chaulnes has Russian blood - In hla veins, for his mother was that fames beauty, Princes Sophie Galltila, who, after being treated In ths an most abomina- ble manner by tbs d, family of her both prior to his deeth, but mors bus-ban- especially died after-war- d, literally of ftarvatlop In one of the moat s t ricken poverty parti of the French capital. Innocent of It bu been discovered that ths Rothschilds are the holders it ths, mluing ticket for ths prlxe of 100,800 CATHERINE YOURIEWSKL francs in M. Coquellns lottery in he- -) half of the Dramatic Artists' associad&t picked up many valuable articles Paris. They have given the ing back to the Napoleonic period, ons tion at to the society. money once wh.ch being a solid silver piece had been the property of Jerome BonaGeneral' Fttxhugh Lee has decided ... . parte., that the business In ahlch he has determined to engage upon retiring Into About a year ago Mrs. Alfred woman Brook private life near Richmond, Va., will, of A society be "of an Industrial character," but lyn, lost her fortune in speculation. this he hat refused to make beyond friends awell aU maul of her Nearly for publication. statement tested such strong disposition to drop any her acquaintance that Mrs Schermer-faor- n AlAccording to the anthropologist, took ths lnltlativs by. dropping differs Italian north a Nice fore, theirs, and being a woman of sense be- fredo a German than he does from gan to look around for some means of leu from Sicilian. a of Idea hit upon the PRINCESS anything beyond mere coquetry and' indiscretions, compromised by ths attentions of a man who ha no other claim to social dlsttnc-t)- o than that hs was ope of her, numerous train of admirers,' she was deprived by her husband's will of tbs guard IanhIpolhercbIldren:which were taken from her by a family council. 8he endeavored to recover them, and was In consequence thereof Indicted for attempting to kidnap them. Ths ' court, however, prejudiced against her as a foreigner, though It was, declined to convict her on the ground that she had really done nothing to juitlfy her children being taken from her. . Lack of funds prevented her from taking any further steps to establish her rights. Ths social power of bar ths tom fanatic old mother-in-laDuchess of ChevreuM, was. too great to admit of any one risking her anger by befriending the unfortunate jroung Duchess. Every door was closed against her and without a single had act being proved against her she died of hunger as an outcast In a Paris alum and without seeing her children. Her jeldeet boy, the present Dufce of Chaulnes, was about five years' old when she tried to abduct him from ths gloomy castle of her mother-in-la- w In the south of Francs. i fecher-merhorn- , 1 hs Christened the Maine. Mlu Mary Preble Anderson, who broke ths customary bottle of champagne to christen ths battleship Maine, Saturday, launched at Philadelphia come of a famous naval family. Bhs of Commois a great dore Edward Preble, who having disa young man la tinguished himself ths American navy daring the revolution, commanded the ConstitutionOld Ironsides during the famous expedition against ths Berbery pirates. Hs hu always, been styled the father w, grand-daught- er u of the American navy, because It was he who first made it famous abroad. His nephew, Admiral Georgs XL Preble, was distinguished In ths war against Mexico snd In ths elvll war, and his grandson, Edward Deering Preble, uncle to Mlu Anderson, rose to. be lieutenant commander In the navy, and was navigator of the Kearsarge la Its battle with tbe Alibama. Mlu Anderson lives with her parent In Deer-in- g street, Portland, and I well known socially. Short Vmon at Storiu. Mark Twain tells thus ths story of his first great London banquet, at which, by the way, there were 800 or 900 guests. He admits that, not having been used to that kind of dinner, hs felt.- - somewhat lonesome. "The lord mayor, 'or'somebody, read out a list of ths chief guests before we began to ML When he came to prominent naniM the other .guests would applaud. X found ths man next to me rather a good talker. Just as we got up an Interesting subject there wu a tremendous clapping of handa I had hardly ever heard such applause before. I straightened up and set to clapping With ths rest, and I noticed a good many people ronnd me fixing their attention on JM,, and some of them laughing In a friendly and encouraging way. I moved about In my chair and clapped louder than ever. Who Is Itr I asked the gentleman on my right " Samuel Clemens, better known In England a Mark Twain, he replied. I stopped clapping. Ths life teemsd to go out of me, I never wu In such a fix In all my day." Mrs. Edwin Gould Is one ef the most ardent collectors la America snd at ns time she declared that if she could only get held of the club With which Cain pommeled Abel she would be the happiest of women. On s recent visit to New Orleans she explored ths French quarter of that city and wu rewarded by finding numerous relics Of day long before Andrew Jackson whipped the British there. She also MIS3 MARY PREBLE WHO CHRISTENED THE MAINE. I V" - before they are done. The mass of ths men snd plants affected are in Pennsylvania sad Ohio, aa the number of black dots on tke map will indicate. Tbe number of men out now In Pennsylvania la 21,000, In Ohio 23,000, in Indiana 10,000, vand In Illinois 2.000. on every combination controlled by As many mors may be Involved later the United States Steel Corporation In the atruggle with the steel trusL Tbs great strike of iron, steel and thirty-nin- e towns, and all of ths plants tin, Yorkers sweeps over s stretch of of ths United States Steel Corporation ronntry from tbe western boundary of in these various states will, It is beNew Jersey to the Mississippi river lieved, be seriously affected betors ths gni beyond. It takes in the states of snd of the trouble. The leaders of ths Amalgamated association are going Psaneylvenla, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, with offshoots In Wisconsin, slowly, hut threaten to call a strike , - KHH51VM Jetag d, Her navies sprinkle the surrounding ess, This Is the culmination of all war. The Armageddon prophesied of yore. Preceding lasting peace. And long the contest wages to and fro. And long the cloud hang heavy over t thee, My native land; yet. In the sndlng, know Thou shalt prevail and over thee shall glow The sun of victory. Then, aa a tempest on a summer day leaves all things purer from Its passing flood. So shall thy stains, corruption and decay. Thy filth of greed and guilt be washed away In that baptism of blood. Then The flag of freedom over thee unfurled. Thou ehalt, the peoples champion once mere, March onward through the Future e open door, The leader of the world. TE'R'RI TO'R.yAFFECTED 1 4 ..... |