TllJO SCKAiYION TlUBUiNJ-J-WUDiNUSDAY, .lAMWUV 21, 1900.
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III Qiifenslund tin- prnprtf
tor of tlii- bent hotel th
jilux' mild uoast of was
(surprised, not tn say ll:it-
terid, to sre gcntleni'itl.
colil bended ns to Ills cane,
and evidently rich and In
fluential to Judge from his servant and
Iukpik ullBht I mm tlio couch with alt
tho opUeataiKi nt oiip who wan solus
to stay nt least a week In the place, lie
Viii distinctly Amerlcnn, with n
twinkling Bray eye, n Ions aiiullltie
nose, a clean shaven unper Up nnd n
Mimll goatee which In- smoothed tuel'
tatlvi'ly uh he stood like u long legged
'olo.9tis cif Hhodi'H, In trousering of i
ery broad check pattern, surveying
tho pride of the proprietor's heart
namely, tho hotel.
"I guess It's not unlike my stables tn
Connecticut." lie said presently, up tho
Proprietor came down to moot hlr-.
"You must havi! tine stahlej, then, '
wnstlir i-opiy offered gently In the hope
of tuinlnK away not the great man
lilifsilf, but only his wrath.
"We have, sir: our stables are con
siderable. And I say It In praise of
Jour shanty that It remlnJs me. of my
KtnblMi in Connecticut. 1 suppose yon
can Rive us a loose box for a ve"k maybe-'
The landlord recognized th" fie and
easy American with plenty of money
tho kind of a man who was never slow
to jjive offense because he was master
of tlio situation by re-.uon of the al
Jnlghty diiltii.'; he ".igiilze.l the
'voloiit-l" it ml tho "general," tho man
Vho travels as he lists the wide world
over, and Kets ready respect and defer
once from everybody.
"Certainly." he replied; "for a week
or as much longer as you like."
"Well, 1 guess I only want to stay a
cek Von see I arranged to wait here
for Viscount Thurlton, who Is going to
Join me next Thursday, and then we're
going .Uony to the new diggings just to
reckon things up u bit to see whether
the place Is worth working on a large
scale, as we do it in America. Uut T
say, boss, this place s real dull after
Brisbane; isn't there any theater or
Place of amusement? I reckon I shall
dle of dullness right here." -
The landlord, already under the dis
tinguished patronage f Viscount
Thurlton, became oily, almost greasy.
In hlsmanncr., He explained that then;
was n" troupe at the theater at present
and that the only excitement was the
'lialof a man who was supposed to be
concern, d In a daring coach robbery
committed some little time before In
tho neighborhood.
'Ah' that would be Interesting," said
tlio stranfrrr. "I should like to see
that. .Stuck up tho coach, did he?"
"Well, they say he did, but he him.
self swears that he is innocent, and
that lie was in Hrisbane at the timo
tli,- loach was stopped. If you would
are to hear the trial, sir, I can get you
a seat easily."
"'"'.fiUess I'll take you up," returned
the stranger, and it was agreed that the
propiietor should escort the great man
to the court house on the morrow, and
by bis inttuence secute him a good seat,
Just to enable him to while away tho
time until Viscount Thurlton cuino
along.
II so happened, however, that when
they nrrlvod the body of the court win
full, so that the distinguished looking
Aimiliiui was neiommudatcil with ,i
s,at on Mho bench, where he not only
h.xl agiiod view of the proceedings', but
m... -iei ami known to every one as
the mend of VK-iiunt Thurlton, and a
v-aithy Anieilean' who was going to
buy up tln new digging township to
''ttiirk it" as an ordinary man might
'Null, a potato patch.
Tin prisoner wus standing In the'loclc
with his eyes east down listening In
despair to the conclusive evidence
against hint. Presently he raised his
vt s at sonic direct question from the
judge, and was about to speak when
his iyes foil upon the stranger hitting
m the bench. He paused and stagger
ed, then gripped at the alt- and fell
senseless in the duck.
When at last ho was brought Kitind
lie ttood up ami, pointing at the
utraiiKcr, Rasped lor bicatli and tried
to nieak.
"What is il, my man?" said tho
Judge. "Steady yourself. I ask again,
hnvi you anything: to say in your own
ilefonH"."'
ili, Your Honor!" said tho prlsunor
at lust. "1 am saved saved at the last
liniment. I have already said that I,
v is In Hrisbane at tho time of the rob
hery and there is the man who can
M iv it."
Ml i-yi'S followed the direction of his
tiiiKer and rested upon tho stranger,
who hi.irtt'0, looked confused, then Ir
ritated, and dually bewildered, as It
he fdinied the prisoner must bo mad.
If that gentleman will answer my
)iiostnn." resumed the prisoner, "I
think I shall be able to prove to every
no that I was In Hrisbane at tho time
1 said."
The stranger shifted in his seat ner
vously. and at last said in tones of an
noyance and expostulation:
"Your Honor, I've never to my
jO&Deofc&a&o.
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Fill the house with cloar, brllllnnt
whlta lilit. Tliero's no oxcu.afor
dingy homes In these duyi ot our
Headlight
Water White
Oil
A dorlc houso Isn't lumlthr And
poor oil Isn't economical. Von can bur
our Headlight Water Wtilto OH at
Hid mme urtre iik Infc ir olU
cheaper tuan eonm. jail your
dfaler to Hiipuly von with our
IleudllBht tt'uter White Oil.
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knowledge set eyes on the prisoner
heforp, and t don't see how 1 can itx
up his Innocence. Hesldcs, I guess I
didn't conic bote to be ipicst loncd by
eery soli ot n gun that holds up a
mall coach I beg your pardon, your
honor, but you'll allow the annoyance
is considerable anyhow."
His honor admitted it was. but
straightway appealed to the stranger's
better feelings on behalf of the prison
er until he was somewhat mollified,
nnd remaiked: "Waal, If he thinks
It's straight wire, he can start In, and
I'll answer his questions. I don't
mind taking him up on that."
The stranger was then sworn, nnd as
he stood in the witness box the prison,
er addtcssed him.
"Sir," he said, "do you remember on
the third of duly a man running afte,
your hat In the street in Hrisbane, and
bringing it back to you on the pave
ment'.'" "I can't say that I do," replied the
stranger, after a little thought; "no. I
can't fetch It."
"Do you not remember his saying
that he was out of work and his three
children were starving? And then can
you not recall giving him a sovereign
and saying, 'Here's a shilling for
you?' "
The stranger was silent, as if ho
wished to remember the occurrence,
but presently ho shook his head and
said: "No: it's no use you must be
mistaking me for someone else."
"Stay!" cried the prisoner again. In
a voice of terrible tension, for It w.is
his last chance. "Do you remember
before giving the sovereign, that the
man told you he had fought In the Cri
mean war and could show wounds-
that he had helped his country.but hU
country wouldn't help him? Yes, yo i
must remember his showing you th
scars one at the back of the head, an
other on his right breast"
The stranger Interrupted him with a
sudden exclamation. "I do. I do! The
scar on your breast Is a long one, a
sabre cut. Your honor, I remember
meeting this man! I must apologize;
his life was In my hands, and I nearlv
let him fall through. Jle Is tho man I
saw in Hrisbane.
There was a profound sensation In
court as the prisoner steadied himself
and wiped the cold moisture from his
brow.
"Can you remember the date on
which this happened?" asked the
prosecuting counsel.
"Ah. I'm afraid 1 can't," the stran
ger returned; "but I know this It va
three days pupi" the Carlisle Castle ar
rived at Sydney, t it's possible to Hal
out what dale tiTat was."
The newspapers of the first week in
duly were then consulted, uuil it was
found Hint the Carlisle Castle arrived
at Sydney on June ,'!0, so that Hire
days afterward brought It to the ex
act elate required.
Again there was applause in couit
as the prisoner was formally acipili
ted. Finally, turning toward th.
stranger, the judge remarked: "In ilu
Interests of Justice 1 thank you. sir;
your piosence here today is one ot
those remarkable dispensations of
Providence which are seldom met
w ith."
That night the acquitted prisoner,
the American gentleman and his ser
vant rode through the bush In a jovi
al frame of mind. For reasons best
known to themselves they wished to
put as great a distance as possible be
tween the township and themselves ne
foio morning; and as they went they
planned how they should bold up tho
mall a second time at no very distant
date. Hul it was the last time th"
trick was played successfully In that
neighborhood, for tho distinguished
American decamped without paying
his hotel bill; moreover. Viscount
Thurlton never arrived, and a rat was
subsequently smelt and seen lloatlng
in the air of the nelghboihood of th.
court house a rat which had grown
considerably beyond the "bud" stage.
London Star.
A FRENCHMAN
ON EXPANSION
Shows That the United Stntes Is
Destined to Become the Commer
cial Master of the World.
From the Indianapolis Press.
No American writer has discussed
American expansion with such prac
tical learning and breadth of view as
has George Woiilrrsse, a Frenchman.
whose leniarkable treatise tlier i
Iiue just been reproduced In' the
1'nlted States. Kdltors, essayists and
statesmen In this countrv have dis
cussed the subject from the narrow
view of close contact. They have not
seemed utile to taki it In with proper
perspective could not get a blrdseye
view of It. While American commer
clallsts have been too busy formlni'
trusts nnd tilling orders to inquire
deeply into the philosophy of their
own progress, It has remained for M.
W'eulersso to grasp the significance of
America's material growth, to under
stand Its certain tendency, and pre.
diets Its tremendous results. He him
done this with the comprehensive gen
ius of a profound philosopher. His
article has attracted wide attention In
Kiirope. as it must In the I'nlted
States; and It Is bound to create n
deep impression wherever read.
This writer shows that American
expenslun Is not an accident not th"
Incidental result of a war begun with
far different motives; but that It Is
the result of natural causes. He de
i lares that It Is not a colonial expan
sion a mere matter of additional ter
ritory acquired as a result of war; not
a religious expansion promoting
Protestantism at the expense ot Ho
nianlsm; not a moral expansion pro
moting humanltarianlsm as against
seinl-barbnrlsm; not a political expan
sion - promoting Republl Mr.tsm as
against effete monarchism; not n mili
tary and naval expansion j.oniotlnc
onqupst and Imperialism: and not
even an artistic or Intellectual expan
sion pi omotlng a love for tho beau
tiful and u higher general knowledge.
The significance of the real American
expansion, while. It touches most n"
ull of these purposes Incidentally, is
wider und deeper than any or all of
tin m. It mo'ina a commercial revolu
tion, or. In the language of M. YVeu
lersse, "the most prodigious economic
expansion the world has over seen"
this being tho result of American coni
nicrclal ability und enterprise tn out
strip that af the civilized world. Hrf
cites a ninsa of farts pertaining to the
development of American manufac
tures nnd commerce, us a basis on
which to erect his miitelileys argu
ment: showing how Atnerlcan enter
prise has Invaded one foreign Held a'
ter another and taken business away
from Kuropeuns: and how this will
continue nnd grow worse unless Hiiro
peans become aroused and change their
own conditions, so as to neutralize and
In part overcome the advantage the
Americans now have over them. Thee
advantages he divides Into two classes
natural and human. Among the nat
ural advantages are:
1. Oeogiaphlcal location. This means
our convenient situation In the North
Temperate X.oiie hnlf way between
the western east and the eastern west,
with our shores widely open to both;
and with the additional advantage of
almost every vatlety of soli und cli
mate. 'i. Our vast territorial surface, every
variety of coasts, gooil natural port",
and splendid rivers and lakes, for the
greatest Internal commerce In the
world.
3. The huge quantity of virgin ter
ritory still untouched, and the still
larger amount yet capable of tremen
dous development; much unexplored
mine land, where mining of all
kinds Is comparatively easy; and
cheap raw materials, among wlilen
coal Is of special Importance.
Coming to the man-made advan
tages, they are given as follows:
1. Our ability to make everything
quicker than Ktirope. as well as cheap
er and better.
L Our willingness to make things
as they are ordered anxiety to please
our customers.
H. Our machinery and commodities
have a mechanical superiority a nat
ural result of having the best equipped
plants In the world.
t. The American Inventive genius,
relnfoieeil by practical and theoretical
Instruction In manual training an 1
high schools; which gives a gener.il
culture and promotes the mechanical
spirit which reigns In the American
workshop.
S. Division of mechanical labor,
which Increases both speed and elll
clencv. C. Alert find intelligent supervision
generally by those financially Inter
ested, which Insures maximum results
with minimum expense.
7. 1'nergy and nervous force ex
pended by American mechanics; whlc'i,
notwithstanding shorter hours of la
bor, Is greater than that of the Kuro
pean workman of similar classes.
While our men earn one-fourth more
than foreigners, they produce one-third
more In results In tho shorter time.
8. The concentration of capital Into
trusts: which reduces the cost of mau
anagement. sale nnd distribution of
products to e. minimum.
9. The small public debt of the Unit
ed States and light federal taxes large
ly resulting from a small military es
tablishment. 10. lluslness colleges, wheio natural
aptitude Is assisted by special and
practical training.
AMHIMCAN ALKUTXESS.
The proposition to add a secretary
of commerce to the president's cabi
net is also mentioned as a further sign
of American alertness; and the ad
mitted need of tariff revision in the
direction of free trade. II. W'eulersso
then adds:
"Freed from all bounds, with the
stiengtli of all its organs, the com
mercial empire of the United States
can exercise without contest a reil
domination over the economic world.
The American peril exists; it
Is at our doors. If the American ex
portatlons to Europe continue to in
crease and those of Kuropo to America
to diminish it Is certain our industries
will be ruined, our workingmeu re
duced to misery. How can Kiirope de
fend itself? By protection. We must
close our doors, decree against America
a continental blockage of Kuropo. Th's
Is the tlrst thought, but is it the best
solution?"
The writer then offers his own reme
dies, on behalf of Kurope, which arc:
Lessening the cost of Ktiropean pro
duction. Not by reducing wages, but
by Imitating American methods; bv
developing the mechanical spirit, von
centratlng foreign capital and Indus
tries; by multiplying Instruction In
technical and professional schools, im
proving the consular service, paying
higher wages for shorter hours thus
checking the emigration of skilled la
bor to the United States: also hy not
undertakliiK hopeless competition, but
only lighting where there is a light
ing chance; nnd by watching Ameri
can taste and producing what Ameri
cans want for they are liberal buy
ers. In short, modern methods, mod
'ern spirit and n division ot work
among the various nations according
to natural advantage and adaptability-,
are the remedies suggested for Ku
rope, "In the great work of humanity
to sustain Itself, to multiply, and to
elevate itself."
While M. W'eulersso may give undue
Importance to some of the man-niad"
advantages he pjints out, his phllo-i-phy
Is sound hi the main, and w. II
worth the careful consideration of for
eign nations. The value of h:s - rtn le
to people In the United Slates ji pot
fo much in the facts or conclusion ho
sets forth, as In his wide-eye i, philo
sophic point of view: which shivs
American expansion In Its true his
toric, not to say prophetic. Ijtht; not
as a mere political and mill. tv ex
ploitation, but as the natural, onward
march of an Inexorable, world-wide
evolution.
Felt Smaller Than He Looked.
The dwarf of tho new house Is John
I.,. Hurnett. from Alabama. An Ala
b.imian the other day related this
story, which will best Illustrate how
the diminutive member will appear to
the speaker, when ho makes his mai
den speech, relates the Philadelphia
Call.
Hurnett, commonly known In his dis
trict as "the Jack of Spades," is a
shrewd lawyer who has had much
piactice before the Alabama Supremo
court. The greatest embarrassment of
his life was suffered when he made his
debut before that dlgnltic-d tribunnl. in
wus seated behind n high table, stacked
with law books and papers, and when
he arose in his turn to address tin
couit their honnis were unable to even
see the top of his head above the pile.
"The learned counsel," wild the chief
Justice, tapping vigorously with his
gavel, "will kindly do the court tin
usual courtesy ot rising when address
lug It."
It is needless to add that Hurnett felt
manifoldly more diminutive than he
looked.
"THW LOSS OF GOLD is great; the
loss of health Is more." Health, Is lost
by neglecting to keep the blood pure.
Hood's Sarsatmrillu purities, enriches
and vitalizes tho blood and thus saves
both Kohl und heultli.
HOOD'8 PILLS euro billouguess, sick
headache
THE DYING CENTURY
PASSED IN REVIEW
WAR AS A FACTOR IN ITS HIS
TORY. Innumerable Chnnges of the Nine
teenth Century as Influenced by
JJattle Growth of Ropubllcnnl3tn
in the Westorn Hemisphere and of
Liberty In Europe.
From tho Chicago Tlmes-llcrald.
Upon the map of the world for this
nineteenth century no one agency has
been more fruitful of possibilities to
civilization than has war. Perhaps no
other century In tho world's hlstoiy
has been so deeply marked by the
sword. Yet with the ringing In of the
century Napoleon stood upon the
heights of stupendous militarism, sick
of war. His overtures of peace, made
to the king of Kngland and to the
emperor of Austria In 1S00, stand for
his unwillingness In the nearly fifteen
years of struggle, which afterward
shook Kurope, ending for him nt Wat
erloo nnd in death at St. Helena. Af
ter him come a hundred military lead
ers, decrying war, but lighting still,
until the century Is ending as It be
ganwith two of the great nations of
the world waging wars that promlro
map changes to the glory ot a higher
civilization.
XAPOLKON'S MAOIC W'OItlC.
Xo military movements of tho cen
tury have exceeded those of Napoleon,
through which western Kurope was
brought to the feet of France. Mar
engo, Austerlttz, Jena and Aucrstadt
are Indelible on the face ot history is
standing for nil that is posuble In
military successes, Just as the peace
of Schonbrunn stands for all that was
dreamed of for the Napoleonic empire.
Yet three yeats later. In 1S12. this lead
er felt back from burning Moscow,
dragging after him his mighty army
of fioO.OrtO men. A united Kurope rose
against him, and the virtual end of It
all came at Lelpsic on Oct. IS, 1S13.
Waterloo, almost a year later, was only
the last, dying struggle. Then came
the parceling of tho war-won empire
and the adjustment of Europeon boun
daries. ARMING IN T1MKS OF PKAC13.
In tho comparative peace that fol
lowed Kurope was only ripening for i
revolution. The principles of absolut
ism and of representation In govern
ments were opposed and trouble came
In France In 1N4S, followed by uprisings
In Hungary. Germany and Italy. Hun
gary, especially, made war with Its
Austrian oppres&ors in a way to startle
the world, and for nearly two years
the continent was In a ferment.
Itussia least of all the Ktiropean
state.', had been affected by this revo
lution, which may have led It in lsr.t
to attempt the subjugation of Turkey.
France and Knglnnd declared war
against the czar, and the memorable
war In the Crimea followed, ending In
Itussia suing for peace at. the cost ot
her fleet In the Hlack sea.
Denmark grappled with Austria and
Prussia in ISfil in a vain attempt to
seize territory. Austria and Prussia
were engrged two years later, and In
1S70 the Franco-Prussian war began,
ending in the surrender of the third
Napoleon and the famous siege of Par
is. Out of this came the third nn 1
present French republic. Last of th
rotable Ktiropean struggles was that
between Russia and Tuikey, beginning
In 1S77 and ending a year later In large
cessions of Turkish territory to Kng
land and to Hussla.
Hit of these Kutopean stiuggles of
war and intricacies of peace have come
some statesmen whoso names hiwvo
been passed to history. In Kushmd,
from the disinist.nl of Lord Pnlnvmon
In December, ISM. the Htitlsh govern
ment passed through a long period (.f
toppling ministry's. Lord Derby, Lord
Aberdeen, Lord Palmerston agiln, and
Lord Russell passed In kaleidoscopic
views as prime ministers, and out of
these tangles of politics weie evolve 1
Henjamiu Disraeli and WIlllnntK. Glad
stone, Jwo political gladiators who
crossed swords In Kngllsh polities. Mobs
in Hyde ParWir;lSfiO impressed upon DIs
laeli the principles of reform for vhi-h
Gladstone was contending and In lt.it
year in Kngland and in Scotland and
Ireland In 1SCS sweeping reforms In
suffrage were effected.
MARKS OF GLADSTONK'S TIMK.
Through the period of dls-estnbllsh-ing
the Church of Ireland, passing th..
Irish land bill and generally affecflUK
reform in Ireland the Gladstone an 1
Disraeli ministpies played at see-saw
Gladstone's third reform bill, passed
in the house In 1SSI, but rejected by
tile house of lords, filled Hyde Park
again with Hiitlsh denunciators of tho
hereditary lawmakers and biought out
Morley, Hiight and Chamberlain In
echo of the sentiments. Gladstone
pieserved his equilibrium, brought th
1)111 again before the house and pressed
It through the house of lords on Nov.
1, 1.SS1. Through it L',000,000 citizens of
Great Britain were enfranchised.
Kgyptlan war and the fate of Gordon
overturned Gladstone in 1SS5. Salis
bury succeeded him, but his resigna
tion In ISPli again brought Gladstone
to the ministry and the heights of his
fame as the "Grand Old Man," the
greatest liberal in Kngllsh history.
DRKAM OF G HUMAN UNITY.
German unity was a dream of
Flchte's In the first years of the cen
tury, and his addresses on that sub
ject In lsOS stirred the national spirit
profoundly. Little was done, however,
until William I came to tin throne In
1SG1. with Hlsmarck as chancellor. War
with Denmark gave to Austria an 1
Prussia the duchies of Sehleswig, Hol
steln and Lunenburg to squabble over,
and In 1SC1 these two nations went to
war over the spoils. In th? ,iaco tin.
came after seven weeks a plan of con
fedeiat'in was formed which xclude'i
Austria. Hut on Dee. 10, b)"i .ho Ger
man ( nfoderncy was eff'et'd His
marck's dream was realized, and Wil
liam I. of Prussia receive' !- title of
emperor on Jan. IS. 1SS1. William died
on March 1. ISSN, and was succeeded hy
Ills son, Frederick III., wh.i died soon
afterward. The present William II.
succeeded to tho throne, nnd In IS'.i)
forced the resignation of Hlsimui: an 1
appointed Von Capiivi to the mlnU
try. In ISO I, however. William made
a peace offering to tho "Iron Chan
cellor," and nt his death mourned him
as one of the greatest figures In Ger
man hlstorv. ,
ITALY'S MEN OF FAMK.
Mazzlnl, favour and Ga'rlball" eimo
out of the stormy periods, that affected
Italy. Garibaldi In 1S50 organized a
thousand volunteers at PleO.ont, cap
tured Sicily and estnbllshel tlio die
tutorship In tho name of Victor Km
inunuol II. From Sicily his campaign
and his successes spread until ull ltuly
was at his feet. On Feb. 18, ISCt. tho
llrst national parliament met nt Tut In
and the kingdom of Italy was pro
claimed under Victor Kmmnnuel. Of
these statesmen Murdoch, In his Re
construction of Kurope," says:
"To Mazzlnl belongs the credit ot
keeping alive the spirit of patriotism;
Garibaldi Is entitle ' to the admiration
of the world ns the pure patriot who
thed men's souls, but Cu voitr was
greater thnn either, and Mazzlnl nnd
Garilialdl were but humble instru
ments In his magnificent plan of Hnl
Inn regeneration."
In Africa, Kngland and France have
done most of the lighting that has af
fected history. In Kgypt and in int.
Soudan the British red coat has as
serted Itself on one of the mosl not
able occasions, bombarding Alexan
dria, July 11, 1SSL. Three yea is laur
disaster and death came to General
Gordon at Khartoum, a capital mndo
known to the world throut,:i the Hiit
lsh pluck and endurance that marked
the explorations of Lander, linker
Livingstone and Stanley.
1NFLUKNCK OF GOLD.
Gold at the Cape has been the Incen
tive to the phenomenal pviplitu.-
Africa's south temperate zone. It has
led Knglnnd Into a series ot petty wars
In the Cape country wars that began
with the wresting of Capo Colony fro1 t
the Dutch In 1815. Out of these tur
moils have sprung the seeds of repub
licanism In the dark continents, untM
at the end of this century the Cape-to-Calro
railroad Is pointing to South
Africa as one of the spots of fertile
promise to the next centennial period.
Of this the Hrltlsh-Hoer war, wltn
which the century closes, may be re
garded as only a symptom.
In Asia the Hiitlsh conquest of In
dia has been one of the most slgnlll
cant fnets of geographical history, In
1S77 adding the title "Kmpress of In
dia" to the Rrltlsh crown. It was
Riitaln's might against China In the
40s that forced the treaty of Nanking,
ceding Hong Kong to the Kngllsh and
opening live ports of that walled coun
try to the world's trade. For the
United States, In 1S33, Commodore Per
ry .forced the "hermit kingdom" if
Japan to commercial intercourse with
other nations.
JAPAN'S SIGNAL VICTORY.
It was this awakening after 20J
years of seclusion, that made posslbla
the Japanese victories over China In
189a. Until that war China had betn
a bug-bear of the military powers.
Julian's signal victory over It left the
llowery kingdom open to the pillaging;
of Kurope, and since that time Kng
land, Germany. Italy. Russia and
Spain have been busy lopping off ter
ritory until "the partition of China" Is
an every day phrase pointing to tlio
seemingly Inevitable fate of that em
pire. Russia has made vast accretions of
territory in Asia. Siberia alone stands
for three times the area accredited
to It in 1S00. The heart of the con
tinent hns been laid bare by explor
ers, even unto the forbidden secrets of
Thibet, and map changes have fol
lowed wars and explorations whose
Impulses have sprung from Kurope
always the hotbed of territorial con
quest. In Ameiica war has been more sig
nificant, perhaps, than In any other
country on the globe. For it the cen
tury opened upon the greatest experi
ment in self-government that has been
conceived by mini. War had drained
the colonies that made up the new re
public and only n handful of untried
states stretched along the Atlantic
seaboard, with a wilderness of their
own lying between them and the Mis
sissippi, beyond which was a Spanlsn
wilderness stretching to the Pacific.
TI1K LOUISIANA PURCHASK.
Hut the vision of a mighty republic
was before the people. Kven tlv
mighty Napoleon had treated with it.
and It was due to that warrior's Kuro
pean conquests that the Louisiana pur
chase was made possible from France,
when for $15,000,000 the young republl
tool; unto itself SS3.000 square miles of
territory lying between the Mississippi
and the Rocky Mountains.
With the task of reclaiming this
vast wilderness from savage beasts
and still more savage men. the young
republic found itself forced into anoth
er war with Great Rrltalr. That na
tion's insistent "right of search" on
the high seas hud offended all Kurope,
but It was left to the United States tc
contest the claim. Tho war of 1S12
followed, with Canada menacing on the
north and the powerful British Ileet
threatening the Atlantic coast. Kx
peditions against the Canadians In the
main were unsuccessful, but on the
seas and on the great lakes naval suc
cesses for tho United States were phen
omenal, bringing Kngland to terms .:
the treaty of unent on Dec. 21, 1S14.
Fifteen days later, before the news
of the treaty had reached America,
the famous battle of New Orleans ws
fought. In which half or General Pnck
enham's assaulting forces was wipe 1
out by the Americans under General
Jackson.
Spain's cession of Florida In lSia and
the organization of the territory by
congress in lSl'2 tempted Immigration
in spite of the occupancy of the Seml
noles. War with this powerful trljo
opened In 1S3.'i, and lasted nearly seven
years the longest, bloodiest and most
expensive conflict ever waged with tho
Indians.
Texas declaration of Independence
of Mexico Involved tho Untied Stat' s
in war with that republl , th" result
of which was the accesjljn of mote
than BCO.OOO square miles ot terrlto-y,
including Upper California. In which,
soon after the treaty, gold was
dlscoveied on the Sacramento river.
And gold and Immigration became the
leaven of development in t'io ivtat
west.
STATKS DIVIDKD AND RKUNITKD.
Civil war In the United States came
with the 'na. In i the world saw ex
emplillcutlon of the old truism, "When
Greek meets Greek, then comes the
tug of war" Xo ago of the world had
seen euch another conflict. It discov
ered a Lincoln to be added to tho
world's statesmen: to the' world's war
riors It ndded Grant, Sherrnan.ThomaH,
Lee anil Jackson. And yet the cen
tury scarcely was long enough 'o
bring proof of Its bearing for good In
the history of the republic. Hut it
came when in 1S9S a united people
sprang to arms against tho fourteenth
century tyrannies of Spain. That
short, dechivo struggle, redounding so
signally to tho military nnd naval as
cendaney of tho United States. Is too
fresh In mind to need n counting. Ah
the probable last conillct for the Uni
ted States In tht nineteenth century,
the victory deserves t-i stand In Its
place for the uvi'lut'on of American
arm a.
SOUTH AFRICAN AVARS.
Insurrections, jevolulions. and the
petty warn of one petty stnto against
another havo marked the progress of
South America In Its parceling Into
republics. Mote than a Fc.ire of states
have assorted Independence of Span-
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Ish empire nlnco the century began,
nnd In th.it country Spain has loc
more squnri miles of territory ierha s
than anywhere else on the map. Ven
ezuela led in revolt In 1S11 a ml csUab
llsliud an independent government,
which Inter wiih divided Into three
atutey. The Argentine lUpublli- was
born kooii after, and gradually alnmt
the whole continent has been ahsorbcl
by self-girt'ornlng .trite.'. Ah an IndU
cation of tho country' j progress. lira
sill's abolition of slavery by a system
of gradual emancipation stands as one
of the most Bignltlcani Incidents of
the century.
Looking over the results of wnr on
the world's map, one must recognise
Its agency for civilization. I'.very
whoru It has bit republlcn In its trade.
Everywhere It litis solved problems
which only war's dynamic agencies
could grapple. Switzerland, stnndlng
for the oldest In self government,
drew new life from the campaigns of
Napoleon.
INFLUKNt'n UPON MO.NAIU'MKS.
A wore of nionnrchs cinceded
broader limits to Individual!.-.!) by
reason of the same military mieeossoH.
In this century of broadest liberty fo.
nil men. that liberty has been bled for.
and wherever tho soli lias drunk Htteli
vintage tho spirit of liberty Is sllll
calling from tho gt-witid.
War and tho spirit ct revolution
which did nngoo'l. His head got so lud
lie would cry all night, and my wife could
sleep none, nnd began to look ghostly.
His head got soforo that wo put a night
cap on hint, and folded a white cloth four
thicknesses Inside of It, and just through
tlio night a kind of matter would oozo out
from his head, soaked through tho cloth
nnd cap und on to tho pillow. Tho top
nnd hack of his head wai almost a. solid
soro, nnd looked so ludly that words would
not describe It. Almost In despair I told
my wifu I had seen Cuticuka. ItF.MF.ntni
advertised nnd recommended very highly
and I was going to try them. I bought
tho Cuticuiia Bksolvent, Cuticuua
Soxr, nnd Cuticuua Ointment. Wo gavo
him halt of tho Resolvent, used part ot
tho cako of Soap, nnd beforo wo had used
tho Bocond box of CttTtctiitA Ointment lie
commenced to get bolter, and Is now ns
well nnd hearty as anybody's boy. Ho is
as merry as a lark, sleeps soundly all night,
and Ids hair looks glossy, thick, nnd soft,
while my wifo looks liken different woman,
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AGENT,
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lmv" given new meanlrgs to thf word
"niimari'liy" in Kurope Nowher Is
this fact inure significant, than In the
peace congress of Ku".pi. ussomhlln-r
at tlio call of Czar Nicholas of ltussln.
Niipob-on suggested peace when '!-
wits drun'f with blood: Nicholas, out
of such a peaco ns seldom has conn
to Km ope. rose from hlr Itnpregnabli
capital and sought thp perpetuation of
that peace a fact that may irmik his
tory more deeply than It bus tracked
the surface of tho time.
Kor twenty-live years a great Kuin
pean war lias lieeu a. prophecy fur
momentary fulfillment. If It is to
come, It must innr a new century.
Equal to the Occasion.
A llasitls'L ami a .Muthodlst minister
wcro by neeirtent dining at tho mine
house. As thry took their seats there
was nil enihurrasfed pause, the hostess
rut knowing how to nsk ono minister to
say graeo without offending tho other.
Tho pmull son ;uli-kly grimpcd tho situ
ation und, liulf rising In his ehulr, mnvrit
his linger rapidly nrouiid tho table, ro
citing: -
Kny mum mluy mo,
t'aieh a nigger by the toe.
He endi-d hy pointing ht finger nt th
llnptlst minuter nnd thoutlug. "Ynu'ro
it!" Tim reverend gentlemen 'accepted
tho ilm-lidou and said Krace. hut It lacked
lbs usual kolomnlly. Columbian, '
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