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A Crisis in France.

Il TTENTloN will be intently fixed
on France for the next few
! days. There are signs of unrest
and apprehensions of trouble before a
new president is chosen and has firmly
gathered the reins of government. To-
day has been fixed as the time for elect
ing new president. 1t cannot be done
too quickly, for delay might prove dan
gerous to the republic. A determined
man, popular with the military, could
at this time accomplish almost any
thing he pleased in Paris.
How stirring has been Frances his
tory during the last century and more,
and how many have been its forms of
government almost within the lifetime
of man! From earliest times up to the
year 1889 it had been monarchy. In
that year came the French revolution
with all it's horrors, caused by the weak
character of Louis XVI, the anti-na-
tional temper of his court. the success of
the American revolution the ferment of
modern ideas in Europe. the scandals
in financial administration, unjust tax
alton without any representation, fire.
quent famines and general distress ac-
companied by cruel oppression on the
part of the nobility. On September u,
1892, the abolition of royalty was de-
clared in France, the republic was pro-
claimed, and King Louis executed.
Then came the meteoric career of Ma
poleon Bonaparte,- While Europe was
combining to restore royalty in France
the military genius of the great soldier
brought order out of chaos. He reor-
sanized the French armies, babe de-
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He Must Keep 1t,

New York, Feb. 17.-Justice Glider
sleeve to-day issued an order compelling
Duncan Curry to retain possession of
$4,000 deposited with him by Martin
Julian on behalf Of Robert Fitzsimmons,
subject to the further order of the court.
The money put UP as forfeit was at
tached by the law firm to satisfy a
judgment of $1,700 obtained against
Fitzsimmons by Friend, Bouze & Cross
man for defending the pugilist when
he was charged with manslaughter
after the death of Con Riordan from
injuries received in a boxing match.
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was u Train Rnhl,. \.

Chickasha, /. T., Feb. III. L. Jen-
nngs, graduate of the law school OF
West Virginia university and former pros
ecuting attorney of Acadian county Okla
homa. was convicted of train robbery in
the FEDERAL court here to-day and SEN
fenced by Judge Hosea Townsend to life
Imprisonment In the federal pententiary
at columbus. Ohio. Jennings was con-
Vfcted OF the robbery of a Rock Island ex-
press train at Minsho, I. I. A trainman
was mortally injured by the robbers. The
gang, of which Jennings was the leader,
has been charged with numerous hold
ups and robberies.
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Current Comment.
-
What 1t Means,
the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
What does it all mean? 1t means that
our forces are unequal.ed in dash. in in
telligence, and in gallant self-confidence
that they$ares ledsih ma sterly fashion, and
that our military organization is equal to
the severest strain that can be put on it,
in spite of details which may be crticisa-
Bile. 4 What better proof Of this superior
efficiency could be furnished than that we
have had in this war, upon which we en-
tered without any Of the laborious prepa-
rations the nations with the greatest mil
itary systems would have deemed impera-
tive, and in the absence of which they
would have deemed it sheer madness to
undertake such conflict. 1t is no
boasting to say that no other people ex-
cept the Americans would have taken
the risk or could have accomplished what
we have, for the world acknowledges it..
1t was the American way. +.
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Gernbans Are Angry.

Berlin, Feb. i.-7The German newspa-
pers In their discussion of the Samoan
question are taking strong exception to
the spirit and statements of the letter
OF Chief Justice Chambers of the SUI
preme court Of Samoa, to his brother
in New York, extracts from which have
been cabled here. They denounce the
letter as proof that Chief Justice
Chambers is at the bottom of the pres
ent trouble declaring him guilty of
wilful Misrepresentation and of show
ing his real animus in the phrase Ger
many must be removed from Samoa .
which, according to the cables, he en-
ployed. @
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Sorrow and sympathy.

Washington, Feb. 1.-The note ad-
dressed by Secretary Hay to M. THE
baut was as follows:
Washington, Feb. IS, 1S99.-My Dear
NJ. Thiebaut: | have this moment
heard the news OF the lamentable death
of your president and hasten to express
my feelings of sorrow and sympathy.
Nowhere will the regret at the sudden
termination of great career. be more
profound or sincere than in this country,
which is bound by 50 many ties of graft
tude and esteem to the great republic of
France.
Il am, dear NJ Thiebaut, sincerely
yours, JOHN HAY"
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Fasig Horse Sale.

New York Feb. 1.-THE highest price
paid to-day 1t the Fasig horse sale at
Madison Square garden was 100. Red
Silk. a PAGER. with record of 2:10 and
a trial of POS. bred by Walter Buck
ner Of Kentucky and consigned by the
Newark farm of Newark, Del was
sold to Marcus DAILY for that price. She
was sired by Baron Wilkes. out of a
dam of Mamie Etticoat Adbne, 1894,
trotter, by Advertiser Columbine, was
sold to j. B. Haggin for $500
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Ordered to Jail.

Guthrie, o. r., Feb. us. N. Hop
kins, auditor of the territory and super
intendent of public instruction, was or
dered to jail by the senate to-day for
refusing to testify and produce his
books before the joint legislative inves-
tigating committee appointed to inves-
tigate all the affairs of the territorial
administration. Auditor Hopkins was
taken to Jail, but before he had been
locked up he was released under $4,000
bonds Oil writ of habeas corpus OBJ
tanned in the federal court.
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How the South Stands.

From the Atlanta Journal.
In his great speech against the expan-
sion policy, Senator Efoar gloried in the
fact that the South is SO strongly opposed
to this perversion of the original theory
of our government. He did not overstate
the case. The South in both houses of
congress, in her press, in the masses of
her people. is overwhelmingly against the
| scheme to make this a subjugating and
| imperialist nation. The conservatism for
| which this section is famous was never
| more distinctly or more nobly demon
Strated.
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Beginning of the End.

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. III --ty-four of the
70 republican members of the legislature
have tonight signed an agreement to go
into caucus to nominate senator. 1t re-
quires Ct votes to elect, and it is believed
that that number will sign the agreement
The prediction is made that the coming
week will see the beginning of the end of
the struggle. Both houses adjourned to-
day until Monday.
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Order Prohibited.

London, Feb. 1.-THE queens bench di-
vision of the high court of justice to-day
granted rule to prohibit the order of
allowing the opening of the bruce vault
in Highgate cemetery being carried into
execution without the sanction of the state
secretary for home affairs. The attitude
of the home secretary is not yet known.
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The Clarke Sale.

New York, Feb. 1.-THE Clarke sale
of art objects at the American gallery
this afternoon developed some sensa-
tional bidding. The famous Capo di
Monte vase was fought for by Harry
Payne Whitney, a Mr.. Ross of Mon
treal and a Mr. Vangelder of this city.
Mr.. Vangelder carried off the prize for
$4,000 Two other Greek vases brought
high prices. The total proceeds from
the sale of 372 pictures for the four
nights was 1924 495,
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Smelter Consolidation.

Denver, Colo, Feb. T.-Ex-Governor J.
B. Grant vice president of the Omaha
and Grant Smelling company, to-day ad-
mitted that movement was on foot to
consolidate the smelling interests of the
country, but declined to enter into de-
tails of the scheme Crawford Hill of the
Boston & Colorado Smelling company said
that no propositions of that kind had
been made to his company.
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CONTINUED from Page One.)
rant the widow strength to bear her

grant the widow strength to bear her
sorrow.
Among the most notable wreaths is
the kaiser's, composed of orchids and
violets, bearing the monogram, w, +"
surmounted by the imperial crown. In
sharp contrast to this are couple of
punches of flowers with ribbons in
scribed ITO Our Friend and Ally" and
bearing the visiting cards of the car
and czarina. The German colony in
Paris has sent its sincere regrets to
Nine. Faure, with beautiful wreath.
Count Muravieff, the Russian foreign
minister, has wired the Russian gov
ernment's condolences to the French
minister Of foreign affairs, NJ. Del
caSSe,
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No Institution.

San Francisco, Feb. 1.-THE British
ship General Robert arrived to-day from
Newcastle, n. S. w. On the voyage from
Australia the vessel stopped at Pitcairn
island for fresh water and provisions, and
instead of finding the great destitution re-
ported several months ago as prevailing
on the island, the Robert found the in
habitants well supplied with the necessa-
rieS of life
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What are you going to do with. that
silver-mounted revolver of mine?' asked
the languid husband.
Il am going to use it to drive the wolf
wife.
Whereupon she took it to the nearest
pawnshop and got 81 on it.-Chcago Tri-
bune.
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The American Soldier.

From the Toledo Blade.
"All honor to the American soldier. no
matter whence he halls, He is not only
the peer of any soldier in the world, but
in courage, resourcefulness and inability
to get licked he surpasses all others!"
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Hitchcock Has Returned.

New York Feb 17.-Ethan Allen
Hitchcock, the retiring ambassador to
Russia, recently appointed by President
Mckinley as secretary of the interior, ar
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ship Teutonic. Secretary Hitchcock viii
assume his duties Immediately upon
reaching Washington.
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Holy YcspiriteMichty to Change.

We hear 80 much in these days about
heredity that. some people feel as though
everything were settled for US before
hand, and II it,were not worth while to try
to make ourselves any better than we find
ourselves. Undoubtedly heredily has a
strong influence on Individual character.
But its dominion has been much exagger-
ated. We are not bound helplessly In the
chains Of ancestral Inheritance. For good
or Ill we are mainly free beings, able to re-
sist and overcome whatever tendencies we
may have inherited, and to assert ourselves
In living q life and doing work OF our own.
Yet it IS difficult to get rid Of ANY trait which
is in the grain, 80 to speak. And 1t is peculi-
arly difficult to root out the quality OF mean
ness. when, unfortunately, it Is inborn. 1t
seems to have specially strong and per-
manent hold upon human nature. It may
be checked in its manifestation. Its evil
character may be realized and a mighty
effort be made to overcome 1t. But,
once in a while, and all too often, it
will reappear and shape some action
or some course OF action which brings
shame to the actor and which grfeves and
causes distrust in those who know him.
Nevertheless no one need lose heart. The
power of the gospel is sufficient to over
come any kind and any degree OF evil. The
holy spirit Is mightier than our direct NE
cessity requires, and he who finds himself
cursed with the temptation to meanness OF
course needs to realize that he has pecu-
liarly difficult struggle to make, but he may
reassure himself with the consciousness
that victory Is as certain, and may be as
complete. az II he had something else to
contend with.
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Tho Crusade In Brief.

The saloon Is our national attempt to
commit suicide.
Every ship In tho British navy has its
temperance society.
The father who votes for the saloon Is
whettlng knife for his own heart.
Neither body nor soul. brain nor hand,
requires the stimulation OF intoxieants.
We Americans scofr at the rule OF the
bayonet, while we smile under that OF the
beer keg.
It Is reported from reliable sources that
the temperance vote In thirty-two cities OF
Massachusetts has increased sixty per cent.
in the spast year.
Not one drop OF Intoxicating liquor Is al
lowed to be sold ut any OF the military
camps of Canada.
Ono OF the leading daily papers OF
Frunce, LIE Temps, calls for reduction In
the number OF saloons in that country.
With drunkenness Is associated most Of
the things that are dangerous to the work
ing mans personal we'll being, and inlmical
to tho fulnlment OF his most sacred domes'
tic duties.
We license a saloon that makes a man
drunk; We pay policemen to remove the
drunken man to jail; We pay the officers
OF court high fess to try the prisoner; we
pay bls snlnrs to judgesto sentenct
him; aud II he commit crime; We pay the
expenses OF u penltentlary 'ro'shut him uf
for years.
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!. IN fine to do all manner of Christmas
things, just as she had done in her
snative Devonshire the preceding
Christmas Of 1876. When it was re-
smembered that Christmas in Ballarat
Ii one of the midsummer days, and
That the mercury in the thermometer
stands at 100 in the shade, it will be
admitted that the achievement is
Dne worthy at all events of brief
lketch.
s. Alice was a beautiful motherless
,hild, with blue eyes and golden hair,
= true descendant of the Celtic Cymri,
md her father fairly adored her.
Dne day, it was in October, the mail
rom England brought q number of
solored prints to Craig-Devon, and
amongst them picture of Santa Claus
by Kaulbach.
..Oh papal" cried Alice, "I'm so
glad Christmas is coming. Grandpa
bold me I should see Santa Claus and
bis reindeer when I was old enough
not to be scared, and I'm old enough
how. Amt I, papa?"
4 Henceforth Alice talked of little bu-
Z Christmas and Santa Claus, not thinkt
ing and not knowing that the heat of
i. Ballarat December 25 would melt
the poor old soul. and his reindeer in
ito five grease spotssin' half a day.
"Where is the use in possessing
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millions" John Halton asked himself
one day, after such a short Christmas
dialogue, eff they do not enable q
fellow to introduce small taste of
winter into Ballarat when fellows
baby wants it?"
That same evening John Halton
cabled Professor McCulloch, of Aber-
deem College, to send him cargo Of
evergreens from the north of Scotland,
regardless of expense, and to send
them via the Suez canal. He tele-
graphed at the same time to James =.
Muir, of Tsrapaki, New Zealand, to
forward him 500 tons of snow from
Mount Tongarairi, in the Waikato
country, and the next day he ordered
the plant and machinery from Sydney,
New South Wales, necessary for the
manufacture of ice according to the
hygienic process.
He made arrangements, in fact, to
have fence constructed around the
crag within which, for one day. at
least, winter would reign supreme.
With this end in viey. he imported
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Santa himself entered the room. She
fancied he was somewhat tall for the
old gentleman, as she had seen him
in pictures, but, tall or short, he was
laden down with all manner Of good
things. On the manbelpiece, the
table, the chairs, the bed, the bene-
fcent "Santy" henped up exactly
those articles Alice thought che re-
quired. Having disposed of his goods
Santa Claus bent over Alice in her
bed and, imprintiug soft kiss on her
brow, murmured "God bless you,
darling"
Then Alice fell asleep. When she
came down next morning everything
was as Christmasy, as she expressed
it, as one could desire. The hedges
&c recently planted were white,
tremendous canvas awnings covered
the grounds Immediately around the
house, frozen rivulets were to be seen
here and there, sparrows, chafinches,
linnets and robins fitted from bush
to bush and from one clump of ever
green's to another, and while Alice
was admiring those sights, their re-
suits after breakfast. coach rolled up
to the front gate, which contained two
little boys and three little girls.
The visitors assisted Alice in con-
structing her snow man, and though
it was, to be sure, little queer to be
obliged to do it in q shed where q
machine ground out coldness by the
square yard, and where the sawdust
was, somehow or other, mixed with
the snow, still they got along famously,
and at night Alice told her father
with sparkling eyes that she had
never spent a happier day.
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The Strategic Hours of Opportunity.

The genius Of opportunity lies In Its stra.
tegic element. In every opportunity two or
more forces meet in such way that the one
force 80 lends itself to the other as momen-
tarlly to yield Elasticity. Nature ls full OF
these strategic times. Iron passes into the
furnace cold and unyielding; coming out 1t
quickly cools and refuses the mold; but mid
way is a moment when fire solends' itself 10
iron, and iron 80 yields its force to flame, as
that the metal flows like water. This brie:
plastic moment is the inventors opportuni-
ty, when the metal will take on any shape
for use or beauty. Similarly the fields offer
o strategic time to the husbandmun. In
February the soil refuses the plow, the sun
refuses heat, the sky refuses rain, the seed
refuses growth. III May comes an oppor.
tune time when all forces conspire toward
harvests; then the SUN lends warmth, the
clouds lend rain, the air lends ardor, tho
soil lends juices. Then must the sower go
forth and sow. for nature whispers that II
be neglects June he will s.arYc iE January.
.... .Unspeakably precious are these stra-
tegic hours OF opportunity. God sends
them; divineness Ia in them; they cleanse
and fertilize the soul; they are like the over
flowing Nile. Men should watch for them
and lay out the life-course BY them, as cap.
tains ignore the clouds and headlunds and
steer by the stars for long voyage and
distant harbor.-Newell Dwight Hills, ID.
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

At Eventile-The Holy Spirit Mighty to
Change-The Strategic Hours OF OPP
portunity-Mus Watch the Signs of
the Times-How Grief ImpeIs to Action
am too tired to sew; upon my lap,
Weary and spent my idle fingers lie;
The needle is too heavy for my hand.
fold the tiny dress and put it by.
The little maid so weary OF her play,
Must wear her faded frock another day.
Here. close beside me, lies my dainty book
With quaint. bright fancies mid its flow
ing rhyme,
Waiting through all the full and busy hours
For one short space OF free, untrammeled
time.
I toucn It's covers with tender hand
Ny brain is dull; cannot understand.
am too tired to pray, plying Lord!
only know the days hard tasks are done.
I bring my burdens-Thou canst count them
DER;
lay them down before Thee every one;
I only long for sleep, to still my pain,
And strength to take my burdens up again.
Mary Riddle Corley.
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Alcohol Retards Digestion.

"Instead OF aiding digestion, as was for
merly supposed. It has been shown b!
contrary Notwithstanding, that alcohol IN
very small amounts actually retards the
digestion, especially OF protelds. Hence
the amount OF nutrient material to ba
taken up by the blood is reduced, and ths
blood, as we have, already seen, impaired
by tho presence OF alcohol circulating In
1t; thereby the upbuilding and renovation
Of the tissues and cells IS interiered with
and retrograde toxins retained to furthe,
impair their vitality. This Is not the role
played by true food."-A. D. McConachie,
NJ. D., Assistant Surgeon to the Presbyte-
rIan Eye, Ear and Threat Charity Hospital
Baltimore, Md, 10 "Omega.".
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How Grief Impels to Action.

It islo. pleasant to bear burdens OF grief
,ut 1t Is better to have borne them than te
lave gone ignorant Of their meaning. The
deepening OF our sympathies enriches lie TX
many different ways. The grief from which
re shrink before It comes rnlarges our ca.
,aclty for useful service. lit tend Mt hrsl
% concentrate attention on ones sell. In the
Ease OF every noble nature it leads tbs
mind away from self In the end, opens
ioors OF usefulness in various diIeren'
directions. and increases the power OF ser
vice not only through the enlargement o.
sympathy, but in other equally practica
ways. A grent grief never leaves ono ns l.
lound him. and there are natures which
anless outwardly supported, 1t seems tt
crush. But most OF US, after the first uumb
ing effect has had time TO pass. it impels tt
action, at tlrst In order that We may forget
ourselves. and then with the nohler hope o.,
preventing our saddened, sometimes almos
hopeless, lives from being also fruit!ess.