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FLAGS Made of Metal.

The item of the expense of keeping
"Old Glory" floating every day over
public buildings or schoolhousea
where the daily display of the Nation
al banner is rendered by law obllga-
tory, is not small one. In East st.
Louis, ILL.,, company has h ~, been
formed with a capital of sl0o, 900 to
90 into the manufacture of sheetliron
zinc and other metal flags. The ma
terial from which the flags now in use
are made is not very durable, and IN
the soft coal burning States of the
Union the banner lasts at best but
few weeks, all depending on the
weather, and after a weeks use it be-
comes so dirty as to almost lose its
identity. The Stars and Stripes, duly
waving and apparently huttering, will
be painted on the metal and then
cnameled. When dirty the flag can be
lowered and washed. Such flags Will
withstand the gales which so readily
whip those now in use into ribbons
New York Journal.
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1ruprRASrE NEWS AND NOTES.

In the little German princirality Of Wal.
deck decree has been proclaimed thar Il
license to marry will not be granted to any
individual who is in the habit Of getting
drunk.
Mamma" said little girl, "you know
the story in our reader about the king who
never smiled again?' ''Yes, dear" 'Wcll,
does it mean that he signed the pledge"
Doctor Speyer says that one-eighth OF the
insane in public asylums were sent there
alcoholism.
About one-half of Norway is now under
absolute prohibition: the other is likely to
become so at the election OF this year.
The solors of Plainneld, N. j., have de-
creed that cider is an intoxicating beverage,
and several people have accordingly been
arrested for selling it as noxlous llquor.
"Too much beer for the head OF the family
ilv." That is what someone says Is the
cause of much Of the labor trouble IN this
country.
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THE GOD OF JACOB.

1t Is praiseworthy to want to be altogether
righteous. but it will not do to be without
thankfulness for those who are partly right
eous. If God loved only perfect people,
faultless people, He would have few in
deed to love. 1t is not we'll to forget that q
man may be sound at heart though the con-
duct has flaws not few that he may have
the root of the matter In him though the
fruit Is scanty. The poet does right to
cheer US with the reflection concerning the
saints above who sing the high praises
OF God around the throne that
"Once they were morrners here below,
And poured out cries and tears,
And wrestled hard as we do now,
With sins, and doubts, and fears.
They not only made mistakes, but fell Into
temptations, being composed Of ordinary
flesh and blood with its weaknesses and
tendencies to wander. But through the plen-
itude of Divine mercy they were saved. He
who healed oil their backslidings and
brought them off conquerors at last, will
have the same compassion upon us. So
let us be of good cheer. We need not be al.
together cast down or thrown into despair If
we stumble much. The God Of the imper-
feet patriarchs and prophets is our God also,
with a heart big enough to take US In too.
:; Wait upon the Lord, be OF good courage,
and He shall strengthen thine heart "
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BREAK IN PRICE OF BIKES.
High-Grade Wheels May BE Reduced
Twenty-Five Per Cent.

The most important move that has been
made in the bicycle business In several years
was the announcement by the Yost Manutac-
turing Company, Of Toledo. Ohio that its
500 wheels would in the future be scId at
S75 on payments, and ten per cent discount
for cash. This Is the first break In the So
called "high-grade" wheels, and means that
sweeping reductions will take place from
this time on.
All the makers Of 800 wheels have suffered
this season from the large number OF cheap
wheels that have been thrown on the market
by nearly every factory that could be fitted
with the needed machinery. The Pope Com.
pany recently tried to stem the tide by n
heavy cut In its Hartford grade OF wheels,
but 1t is thought that IL cut will now be made
in its Columbia 31O0 grade since this break
has come in the West. Mr.. Yost said that he
expects to see every 500 wheel sell In the
near future for SIS; that his company IS
simply acting on this opinion. and the MAX
ers are reticent, but hope to finish the pres
ent season at high prices.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

Mistakes are lessons of wisdom.
Riches have wings, but poverty cant
afford them.
That man most needs our love who
is least loved.
Some men are too selfish to be good
to themselves.
The course of true conscience never
did run smooth.
We often do more by our sympathy
than by our labors.
The smaller boy is, the more noise
he makes when playing. .
Many people do not know what they
want until they can't get it.
llSo many people are not at home
when golden opportunity knocks.
Talent is more valuable than
genius, because man can control 1t.
Even the most humble man gets
mad when friend forgets his name.
Some men are honest enough, but
too lazy to ever amount to anything.
The marriage ceremony is the divid-
ing line between romance and reality.
Too many women have au idea that
they must laugh at everything O. man
says.
If you are bound to give advice be-
come doctor or lawyer and get PAID
for it.
Keep out of the frying pan and
then you will not have to jump into
the fire.
The pain experienced in having a
tooth pulled is made easier by little
yelling.
Possibly no man can look at a ten
year.old boy eating without feeling
envious.
Don't sing unless nature has given
you voice which will not cause
others pain.
Probably no man knows in his case
where his business ends and his neigh
boris begins. The Southwest.
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AN AMERICAN PLANT IN RUSSIA.
Locomotive Works to BE Established at
Mimi Novgorod.

Mini Novgorod.
The proposed establishment Of an exten-
sive locomotive building works at Nijni Nov
gorot, Russia, by American capitalists was
announced q few days ago. Contracts for
the machinery for the plant. amounting to
$500, 900, have already been awarded, the
bulk of the orders coming to Philadelphia
firms.
For several years the project Of establish
ing an American locomotive plant In Russia
has been under consideration by capitalists
in this country. The arm of Edmund D.
Smith 4 Co., of Philadelphia. and Walter F.
Dixon, who was formerly connected with
the Rogers Locomotive Works In Paterson,
N. J became interested in the matter, and
as result of their visit to Russia company
of American capitalists has been incorporat-
Ell under the title Of the Russian.Americl 10
Manufacturing Company, which will build
the works.
The plant is to be built in connection with
the Sormova Works. IN extensive establish
ment in Mini Novgorod, manufacturing cars.
steamboats,, steam boilers. ETC., and employ
ing 5000 hands. Engineer Dixon will have
entire charge ofthe locomotive works, which
will be controlled jointly by the Russian and
American companies The locomotive plant
will have capacity of 200 engines year.
and will employ 1000 hands. 1t is under
stood that the Cars Government has given
valuable encouragement to the enterprise.
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SALOONS IN SAN FnANcISco.

San Francisco last year outranked any city
OF its size in the number OF Its saloons, haV'
ing $685. This year the revenue report snow
that the saloons have increased so that there
are now trife over 1000, or one saloon for
every fifty persons in the city. The liquor
license is low, and new saloons are being
constantly opened, as no business promises
surer profits. Nearly all the corner groceries
sell beer and liquors. and the rule Is that
these places keep open until midnight The
result Is that they are the greatest source OF
misery among workingmen's families, even
outside the tenement districts, for the men
spend their evenings and most oftheir wages
In the grocery barroom. Tho increase IN
total being over S2000,0O0.
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A FIGHT WITH TWO HYENAS.
The Keeper is Victorious After Bitter
Contest.

The spectators of circus street parade. ut
Bridgeport. Conn, witnessed a thrilling
fight between two hyenas and their keeper
The cage containing four beasts and Harlc
Northrup, the keeper, was swinging from
State into Main street when the trouble oc-
CURED.
The largest of the animals had been ugly
all the morning. The brute 5pranS for the
keeper, but he turned in time tc meet the
beast full in the face with his loaded whip:
The injured animal renewed the attack, and
one OF the others joined in. The two re-
naming beasts took no part in the attack,
but their running about ineerfercd with the
keeper who was raining blows on his assail'
ants. :,
Suddenly tho brave fellow was seen to lall
to the floor, and the crowd thought he was
lost He reSliaed his footing aud llnally
hal the beasts groveling at his feet. Inc
keeper was assisted from the cage complete
IL exhausted
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M More HandShaking.

The French decided that kissing was
unhealthy and told us of the millions
of dreadful little microbes which were
transferred by this pernicous prac-
tice. Now the Russian scientists como
along and say that it is dangerous to
shake hands, as microbes ore trans
ferred that way. Handshaking, they
say, is O useless and undigni6ud cus-
tom, besides being dangerous. -Lon..
don Times.
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ar,Rr1rso TEMPERANCE LESSON.

DR.. Paul GARNER, Of Paris, who has been
making special study Of the children OF
habitual drunkarls. comes to this conclu.
sion: There is flaw in the very nature OF
these young wretches that the psychologist
sees clearly and notes with apprehension.
the absence of affectionate emotion; ana
when they do not become lunaties they show
insensbility and pitilessness. Here Is =
temperance lesson Of startling power.
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HPA FELT LONELY"

4 Cleveland family was in court the other
day. A daughter was one Of the witnesses,
and she had this cheerful tale to tell OF her
father: "Pa was sitting in his saloon feeling
lonely. he went to the barn. and putting
halter on his horse brought him into the
house saying he wanted the animal to eat
supper with him. Pa made me set plate
for the horse. Then he took hold OF tie
horses front legs and lifted them up on the
table. We all sat down to supper and the
horse began to eat. Pa picked up mug OF
bear and began to laugh and throw both
hands in the air. The mug hit the horse on
the nose. The beast pulled his feet down,
dragging the tablecloth and upsetting the
table. The horse backed up and sat square,
" on a redhot stove. This burned It's tall so
the animal kicked the stove over and ran
out of the door. I screamed and pa threw n
lamp at me. TIE house came near catching
fire, and policeman came in Pa has been
arrested 108 times"
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TEMPERANCE.
RUINED TEMPLES.

RUINED TEMPLES.
When We read OF the ruined temples,
Which once in their majesty grand,
With towers and turrets glittering,
Pillars carved by master hand
how the creation of long past ages
Having stood the storms OF years, q.
Lie with frescoed walls all blackened,
We are sadly moved to tears.
But what of the Temples Of our Lord,
Bodies In His own likeness made?
We see ruins OF these on every side,
In anguish Of every grade;
Wrecked lives, that might have been
Strong, perfect towers OF strength,
Once pure and fair in lovliness,
A cold world hath conquered at length
Sore troubles came, and they sank;
None for their misery did care,
30 hell's fiery liquid they drank
These ruined temples, behold them
In every city and town;
Shall We pass them by with a plying glance,
Ard to pleasanter sights move on?
mol For there's day of reckoning
When these temples OF our Lord,
Defaced and ruined by carelessna.s,
Bereft of one kind word.
Shall rise up to witness against US,
And the cruelty OF men,
For greed and lack OF charity
To these, our fellowmen-
Children OF God rise and hasten
Into the fray, and fight
Against those who would lay In the dust
These temples of God and His light.
The battle Is not to the mighty;
Gird your loins with faith round about,
For the walls of Jericho fell
When the people with one voice did shout
Mrs. C, ". Scott.
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DROWNED N BEER.

Among the "moujiks," or peasants, who
were killed at the Cars fatal coronation
feast for the multitude were several who got
drowned in the big vats OF beer IN their
eaSerness to get at the beverage. "hat
side light does this whole terrible business
afford oa the nobility Of man in the cirlllzeI
atmosphere Of modern European monarchy
Dn ~ njar
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A Warning to Travellers.

European travellers are warned by United
States Consul-General Judd. at Vienna. to
obey the railroad regulations excluding GER
tain articles from luggage. under severe
penalties. He cites the case OF 4 young
American, who was fined 9l2 forins for hav-
ing some cartridges in his trunk. and says
that Servia, Bulgaria. Roumania, Turkey
and Russia have railway regulations similar
to Austria in this respect.
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Tho n. n X. Colony in Georgia

Farmers in Fitzgerald, Ga, are about
ready to harvest small grain. Not great
amount has been raised, but sufficient to
convince the G. A. R. colonists that 1t can
be successfully grown there. Fine large
heads of wheat, rye and oats have been sent
North to show what the country can pro-
duce-
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For Mor,non Colony In Mexico.

Three hundred fnmilies recently converted
TO Iormonism In the mountains OF Virginia
will emigrate to Mexico. and form colony
poligamy. Many have already passed
through Middlesboro, Ky., en- route to their
new homes.
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Your own soul is a growth. not manu-
facture. Accept yourself, and do not try to
be some one else Make the most out OF
Yourself that you can but do not repine be-
cause you cannot make yourself into some
one else. Variation is rs marked feature
in the spiritual as in the natural realm.
Cultivate the gift that Is III thee: Kun WIN
notierce the race that is set before thee.
I'VE waste energies in trying 10 cultivate
gifts we do not possess, and in trying to nun
races set before other sou!s.-Lynan All
bott D. D.
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It's not the smallness Of your life. tut the
quality of it, that is important. You rannpt
be an oak or an elm. hut II you are Vi !ct
under a maple, drinking i'll tht sEEsi'In" and
the dew. you should he content. f": IN tltc
providence Of G,.t humble lives ta",..!,iy
lived have Infinite va:ue.-Gev George II.
H,twOrth.
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Reports from Texas state that charbrou OF
anthrax Is affecting and killing all kinds OF
domestic stock from hens to horses.
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Children of God rise and hasten
wnAr CAUSED ONE soS's FALL.

The following incident. which Is related
by a writer in Onward, carries Its own moral
with it: A story is told of father who was
In the habit of taking every night glass OF
whisky and water Sometimes he took a
piece Of sugar out of the liquor and gave 1t
to his little son, with the words: "Here,
Jack, have bit OF sugar, boy" The boy
taste Of the whisky was unpleasant, he soon
overcame this and began to like its flavor.
till at last the father was persuaded by the
boy to give him sip out Of the glass One
evening a sister of the boy was standing by,
and the father offered her a piece OF sugar
from his glass. Fortunately at this moment
the mother entered and said: "No; stop.
Whatever you give to the boy, cannot al
low you to give it to the girl. She shall not
learn the taste Of intoxicating drinks"
Many years had passed away, and tue
father had grown old and oent, Wneh ne
was called upon to perform O most unpleas-
ent duty.
he had to visit his son In prison. How
changed was the once bright, happy boy:
bis face haggard. his eyes sunken, dressed
In the meager dress of the convict, he was
led out TO see his father. He did not vel
come him, but looked at him angrily. "Ah," !"
he said, "you see me In my shame and pun
ishment. You think me bad son, but re-
member it was your fault that am thus
placed. The sips out OF your glass led me
to love drink, and that love has been the
cause of my crime. am here oecarse was
taught by you to becoms drunkard-' The
father felt the truth of what the son said It
was an arrow that pierced his heart. &c
hung his head in sorrow. he had no reply.
Surely we should take werning and shun the
beginning of evil.
SOMETHING FOR DRINKERS TO THINK ABOUT.
A celebrated doctor of France has recently
discovered something which all drinkers
ought to know. he has found outthat alcohol
in every shape, whether Of wine or brandy
or beer, contains parasitic life called bacillus
potumania. By powerful microscope
these living things are discovered, and when
you take strong drink you take them into
the stomach, and then into your blood. and
then, getting into the crimson canals OF LIE,
they 60 into every tissue OF your body, and
your entire organism Is taken possession Oh
by these noxious inanitesimals. When IN
delirium tremeps man sees every form OF
reptilian life, it is only these. parasites OF
the brain In exaggerated size. 1t Is not
ballucination that the victim Is suffering
from. He only sees in the room what Is ac-
tually crawling and rioting IN his own brain.
Every time you take strong drink you swal-
low these rnaggots, and every time the I'M
biber of alcohol in any shape feels vertigo or
rheumatism or nausea, 1t Is only the jubilee
of these magcots. Efforts are being made
for the discovery Of some germicide that can
kill the parasites Of alcoholism, but the only
thing that will ever exterminate them IS ab-
stinence from alcohol. and total absttnance,
to which I would before God swear oil men,
young and old.
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with horses and camels from Togarmah her
bazaars filled with upholstery from Dedan,
with emerald and coral and agate from
SYRIA with wines from Helbon, with en-
broidered work from Ashur and Chilmad.
Where now the CLEAN OF her towers, wnere
the roar OF her chariots. where the masts OF
her ships? Let the fishermen who dry their
nets VII. re once she stood, let the sea that
rushes upon the parrenness where once she
challenged the admiration Of all nations, let
the barbarians who set their rude tents
where once her palaces glittered. answer
the question. She was star, but by her
own sin turned to wormwood and has fallen.
Hundred gated Thebes, for all time to be
the study of the antiquarian and hlerogly-
phist, her stupendous ruins spread over II
miles, her sculptures presenting in figures OF
warrior and chariot the victories with which
the now forgotten kings OF Egypt shook the
nations, her obelisks and columns, Carnac
and Luxor, the stupendous temples or her
pride! Who can imagine the greatness OF
Thebes in those days when the hippodrome
rang with her sports and foreign royalty
bowed at her shrine and her avenues roared
with the wheels Of professions in the wake
of returning conquerors? What dashed
down the vision Of chariots and temples anu
thrones? What hands pulled upon the
columns Of her glory? What ruthlessness
de:aced her sculptured wall and broke obe-
llsxs and left her indescribabie temples great
skeletons Of granite? What spirit OF de-
structicn spread the lair Of wild beasts IN
her royal sepulchers. and taught the miser-
able cottagers of to-day to build huts In the
courts of her temples. and sent desolation3
and ruin skulking behind the obelisks, ana
lodging among the sarcophagi. and leaning
against the columns, and stopping under the
| arches. ana weeping in the waters which 20
mournfully by as though they were carrying
the tears of all ages? Let the mumm1es
| break their long silence and come up 10
shiver in the desolation and point to fallen
gates and shattered statues and defaced
sculpture. responding: "Thebes built not one
temple Of God. Thebes hated righteousness
and loved sin. Thebes was a STAR but she
turned to wormwood and has tallen."
Babylon, with her $50 towers and hei
brazen gates and her embattled walls, the
splendor of the earth gathered within bel
palaces, her banging gardens built b1
Nebuchadnezzar to please his bride, Amytis
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Foreign Relations.
Our foreign policy should be at all times
firm vigorous and dign1ile1, and all our In
terests in the western hemisphere carefully
watched and guarded. The Hawaiian ls!-
ands should be controlled by the United
states and no foreign Power should be- per-
mitted TO interfere with them: the Nicaragua
Canal should be built, owned and operated
bv the United States; and by thu purchase OF
the Danish Islands we should secure proper
and much needed naval STATEN in the West
Indies.
The massacres in Armenia have aroused
the deep sympathy and just Indignation OF
the American people. and we believe that
thr United States should exercise all the in
fuence it can properly exert to bring those
atrocities to IN end. In Turkey American
residents have been exposed to the grarest
dangers and American property destroyed;
There and everywhere American citizens anu
American property must be absolutely pro-
tecsed at all hazards and ut any cost.
Monroe Doctrine.
We reassert the Monroe doctrine in its full
extent. ard we reaftitm the right OF the lnl-
ted States to give the doctrine eNect ny re-
srondinc to the appeals OF any American
State for friendly intervention in case OF
Furopean encroachmcnt. We have not in
trrfered. and shall not interfere. with the
existing possessions Of any European Power
in this hemisphere, but those possessions
must not, on anv prctrXt. be extended. We
hopefully look f"rwar,! to the eventual with
dr;,wal Of the European Powers from thls
hemisphere to the ultimate union oil an OF
the English speaking part of the continent
bv the free consent Of its inhabitants,
Cuba.
,,Frnm the hour OF achieving their own in
innrn ,pncr the people of the United States
have regarded with sympathy The struggles
of other American peoples TO free themselves
from European domination. We watch with
,,pp;, aud ubiliny interest the heroic tattle