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Considerable as are the powers of the ‘ Queen, they are not unlimited. There are some very curious restrictions on the royal prerogative. The Queen can- not, for instance, communicate with her subjects as can the most menial of her servants; nor can she receive pres- ents from her people save through of- ficers of state or friends personally known to her majesty. The Queen could sell or give away the royal navy or declare war with Russia; but she could not spend a single farthing of public money with- out the consent of Parliament. The Queen has no power over taxation, and could not create any new oflice with fees attached to it. Neither could she annex new fees to old offices. She could not increase the wages of one of her footmen, unless she did it out of her private funds or without exceed- ing the allowance made to her by Parliament. A curious curtailment of the royal prerogative is effected by an act of Parliament passed in the reign of George III. This act deals with Sab- bath breaking, and in it it is distinctly stated that themonarch cannot pardon offenders who have been convicted of a certain form of Sabbath breaking. Yet her majesty could pardon 99 per cent. of all the prisoners inathe land. Though no act of Parliament is com- plete until it has been signed by the Queen, her majesty.is subject to the laws that she signs, and cannot issue a proclamation contrary to law. ' Though ”the Queen could recall any subject from abroad, she cannot com- pel a subject to leave this country. This disability does not cease to oper- ate even in time of war, and, though at such a time the Queen could call upon every able man toltake up arms, she could not force a single civilian to_ leave the Country, even to carry on a neces-saiy war. Though her decision is absolute after a prisoner has been sentenced, she could not interfere with the course of justice before the sentence has been passed, nor could she exert any in- she interfeie ina acase of private as op— posed to public w1011g. The Queen is the only person who cannot arrest a suspected felon. N0 - action can be .taken against her for breaking the law, and therefore she is precluded from making an arrest, as, supposing the suspected prisoner were innocent, no action for false imprisoni ment could be taken against her maj-' esty. The law, indeed, assumes that the Queen can do no wrong, which , seems about asabsurd as the legal.as- ' sumption that the Queen cannot be under age, and cannot die. The Queen cannot exclude a member from Parliament after he has been duly elected, nor. can she delegate the duty of signing laws to any one. The Queen’s power of disposing of territory in time Of peace has been dis—’ .puted._ In time of war her majesty could hand over London to France to bring the war to an end, but it seems clear that in time of peace her majesty cannot subject any part of the empire to the sway of a foreign power.——Lon— don Tit-Bits. . WHAT IT COSTS TO FIGHT WARSHIPS Nearly Half a Ton of Ammunition Used “‘lien a. 13-Inch Gun is Fired. If no men were lost, if no ships were destroyed'or even damaged, it would cost $2,000,000 or, $3,000,000 for amuni- tion alone to-fight a first—class battle with modern arms and projectiles. An ordinary allowance of ammunition for one of the big guns costs about as much as the gun itself. It takes nearly half a ton every time one of the big thirteen-inch guns is fired. There were 250 tons of powder on the Maine when she went down, and her mag- azines were only half filled. The big battleships and the first-class cruisers should never go into action without a supply of from 500 to 800 tons, or, say an average of 700 tons. There are eleven of these battleships, which to- gether require 7,700 tons. Then there which ought to have 500 tons each in their magazines, or a. total of 8,000 tons; forty-two third-rate ships, which would have at least 300 tons each, or a tot-a1 of 12,600, and seven fourth-rate ships, which should have 200 tons each, or a. total Of 1,400 tons. Without count- ing the torpedo boats, it requires about 30,000 tons‘of powder to fill the mag- azines of Our navy before it would be safe to send the ships into action. The seacoast defenses, with their monstrous eight, ten and twelve-inch guns, require severtl times as much. The four-inch rapid-fire rifle requires sixteen pounds of powder to carry a projectile weighing thirty—three pounds four miles. The five-inch gun requires twenty-five pounds, the six-inch rifle fifty pounds, the eight-inch rifle 250 pounds, the ten-inch 500 pounds, and it costs $1,000 every time one of the thirteenth—inch rifles is fired. There are four of these guns each on the bat- tleships Indiana, Iowa, MasSachusetts and. Oregon—Cor. Chicago Record. Brass (301111113 for Dr unkards . It is said that in Manitoba when a man has been twice or thrice convict- ed of drunkenness in the police courts he is sentenced to wear a brass collar, ,which marks him out among his fel- lows as a person to whom no publiCan can with impunity serveliquor. The drastic measure, often proves a. cure. On the authorities being satisfied that the branded individual has served a Sufliciently long term of probation. he is uncollared and endowed with the liberty of drinks.——Tit-Blts. ..--—““ Q 1.... 3'” RICH OSAGE INDIANS. in the World. The Osage Indians are the richest community in the world. They num- ber but 1,729 Souls, all told—men, Wo- men and children; they own 1,500,000 acres of valuable land; have $9,000,000 in trust with the Government, which pays 5 per cent. interest, and have leases with cattlemen for the use oi their pasture lands, which bring them between $40, 000 and $50, 000 a year, without counting the rent from the agricultural lands and the proceeds of their own labor. That, however, is very small. They have so much mon- ey that they are lazy, idle and in a state of rapid degeneration- There is no male striking example of the co; r'u'pting influences of wealth and idleness. The Indians have up incentive for education or labor, but spend their time loafing and visiting say S , view. the pe0ple, and have eager and inter- ested listeners in the children. I find the most efficient weapons I can use against these tendencies to be ridicule and moral suasion whereby I impress upon them the necessity of looking for- ward and of staying at their homes to look more closely after their property and the interests of their children.” The entire tribe is composed of about 300 families, of which 1,170 are adults and 559 are children of school age. This gives them over 5,000 acres of land for each family, and more than, 850 acres per capita, with $30,000 cash f01 every family. Including the “grass money” as they call it, which is re- ceived from leasing the pastures, the income of the tribe will average $500,- 000 a year, which is about $300 per cap- ita, or $1,600 per family, without any labor whatever. This enormous wealth and the increasing values 01 the“ lands which lie just south of the Kansas line and consists of valuable timber and large tracts of rich citizen- ship of great value, and has caused 'ymany dissolute white men to marry into the tribe, so that 829, mostly chil- dren, are of mixed blood. The “squaw men,” as the whites who marry Indian women are called, are not enrolled, and receive nothing di- rectly, but indirectly they control the shares of their wives and children, and have been gaining more and more in- fluence among the people. The tribe is governed by a chief and fifteen coun- cillors, and at the last election the mixed bloods, or “squaw men” by brib- ery and other influences succeeded in electing-their candidates for chief and the council. This has caused a great deal of discontent among the fullbloods and it is probable that the government will be compelled to interfere in or- der to protect those who are really en- titled to a share in the rights of the tribe.—Chicago Record. BELOVED AUTHORS’ FADS. lshcn' Has a Great Fondnels for Copper Animals. ° Charles Dickens had a. curious ca- price. He professed that he could not grite with ease and pleasure unless certain quaint little bronzes were up- on his desk. When they .Were there the shuttles in the wonderful web of fiction flew with magical rapidity. He needed three things—blue ink, =.q.uill pens and his fetiches. A lady who has visited the Norwe- gian dramatist, Henrik Ibsen, at home, has infmmed the world that in pre- cisely the same manner he uses a queer collection of copper animals. They crowd upon his table—grotesque cats and rabbits and other bits of clever modeling. Ibsen finds in their com- panionship a help and spur, and he is emphatic in saying that if they vaun- ished he should produce no plays. Jule-s Michelet, the French historian, a. tremendous toiler through a long lifetime, had a strange love for the coarse boxes in which he kept his pa- pers. H-e preserved‘them with him unchanged in his study for forty years. However damaged and begrimed they might become, and this was inevitable, he would not have them changed. Possibly their presence seemed to as,- sist his flow of ideas. He was equal- ly faithful to an old dilapidated table cover. Holes and ink stains were not detrimental to its value in Michelet’s eyes. In the case of Haydn, the composer, a ring was the fetich. If he had it upon his finger he could think bril- liantly; if he missed it, all his skill seemed gone. He often declared that without this trinket he was curiously dull. He might sit down to an instru- ment, but all creative power, “he would find, had. deparnd from (him.—,Tid-Bits. Chinese Welcome of Spring. According to the Chinese almanac, spring commenced on Feb. 4. It is customary on the day previous for the Canton officers to proceed to the place named Tung—kao-cheung to receive the spring, which is regarded as the hap- piest season. On Feb. 3, «therefore, the Prefect of Kwangchow and the Magis- trates of‘ Namhoi and Punu districts proceeded with a large guard to Tung- kao-ch'eung. When they arrived the said officers acted as farmer-s, one of them taking charge of a. paper cow, one holding a paper plough, and one 'performing the act of sowing seed jWhen the ceremonies were finished 'the large assemblage tried to stoneathe paper cow to fragments. The people are of the opinion that if the paper cow is stoned to fragments the year will be prosperous.-~Chinese Exchange. each others’ homes, where, as the agent “they feast and gossip until one might suppose their capacity for both was exhausted; but each triflng occur- rence serves as a text, which is dis- cussed from every possible point 01 The old men find great pleas- ure in recounting the past history of A. a Conimunity They Are the Wealthlest 1 3 that cough ..-. Your L a H :1 EMA I A ALOA“ I kae's 't‘oothacbe Drops cure 111 one minute md.AAAAlLLMALAM“AMMAAMAMALe4 ‘l' ”g or throat . WSummer’ s Suit ' E ”W“: 3W” 2325:2233? ma . . . - . t0 gifoir g HONEY Repairing, Altering. Clean- 3 ' . ' S c- km? : p mg and Pressmg a pe 07.5- ialty. E What HQBEHOUNB Trousers from $5. 50 'up E does 3 AND Fit and Workmanship E “.3 :1’.‘ 1‘1“. 32H? : 1&3 Guaranteed. 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Thefoseph Ladue 001d Mining and DeveIopment Company- of Yukon, finding opportunity for the extremely profitable use of addi- tioual working capital in connection with its transportation business, the Company now ofier for investment 2. limited amount of its new six per cent. preferred stock. PRO RATA DIVISION OF ALL SURPLUS EARNINGS. Joseph Ladue was the pioneer of the Klondike. was the founder of Dawson City y. obtained a monopoly of the adjacent timber lands. purchased the original quartz discovery in the Klondike thought to be the “ Mother Lode. " established the only saw-mill in the Klondike district. controls the Canadian patent on Dawson City. Mr. Ladue came east with this basic wealth and interested the most conservativ e 3116‘. highest class of financiers, forming one of the strongest and most owerful com; oar 1es yet organized. His Klondike placer claims of 500 feet each, lother Lode Quartz. roperi nGold Bottom Creek, saw-mill plant, timber rights, and 50m? of the best ots in awson City have been turned over to the above company. The above company has since purchased the Fine Passenger S. S. “ MORGAN CITY, .” 300 feet long. 2. 500 tons burden, and carrying capacity for 750 passengers, which will operate between San Francisco or Seattle and Skaguay up to about the rst of June, wh en she will be put in commission to St. Michaels in connection with four river boats and four or more freight scows on the Yukon River. All the valuable assets of the company are behind this stock and investors are as nred of ample protection. Price of preferred stock $10. 00 per share, pa able 50 per cent on application and balance on allotment of shares. (Right reserve to withdraw stock Without notice.) Subscriptions for the stock should be sent‘ ¢ W. H. SPOONIR, Agent for R. I. and Conn., I46 Westmins‘ . st. ., .-o*i...111 e, R. 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