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~ wonder the Africans do not shoot with
poisoned arrows every white man that
lands upon theif coast, for they have
brought them rum and are still bringing
1t; and in a few decades more, II the rum
traffic continues, there will be nothing left
In Africa for God to save. The vile rum in
This tropical climate Is d~epopulating the
country more rapidly than famine, pesti-
Ience and war, and l I'M only waiting for a
man to I'LL my place at Muhlenberg Mission
10 come home and take he platform
against the liquor %trafac; for l can do
Africa more good warning against the Id
uor tranlc hero than / can preaching and
teaching the gospel there. Africa, with
The simple gospel of Jesus is saved, but
Africa with rum is eterDally lost; for the
few missionaries that can survive there can
not overcome the effect of the river OF
strong drink that is being poured into the
eountry."-Rev. David A. Day, a Mission
airy In Liberia.
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A TEMPERANCE COLUMN,
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

First aud Last Chance Saloon-Tempta-
tions which Beset wage-Earning Boys
Begin by "RushinG" the Can For
Others and End as Drunkards.
A chance is now offered to travellers this
way,
A first chance and last chance the signs
clearly say.
To travellers one way a first chance Is made
known,
To travellers returning a last chance is
shown.
But words OF the sign are a warning to ms
And / hasten my ste ps, from danger to fee
TITS chance to surrender my honor and
wealth,
A FIRST chance to endanger my comfort and
health,
A first chance to turn from the right to the
wrong,
A chance to SOW tares for my reaping ere
long,
A chancet to bring shame upon kindred anG
friend,
A chance to bring death to my soul in the
end.
Least chance it may be to redeem a good
Last chance for salvation from sorrow and
shame,
So I pass quickly by and shudder to think
Tn last chance OF hope, may be first
chance to drink.
RAMS Horn.
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Since the day Noah got drunk and cursed
his grandson, good people have been try
ing to save drunkards. Everybody be-
lieves 1t bad to get drunk. whether he
teaches school or not. Men have been
lighting the liquor evil for 1000 years, but
the methodshof attack are changing as
time progresses. In London 100 years ago
a man was refused an insurance upon his
life because he did not drink moderately,
1t was the belief OF Insurance companies at
that time that men ought to drink to pro.
long life. Now 1t is the contrary. and
men have to pay higher premium to obtain
Insurance. Rev. A. @. Dixon.
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eoHEMlANs BLAME McERsoLL;x
VIII Attempt TO Reduce NpN iot sus0
cides Among Country's AgA 'tics.

cides among touhtfS
A plan by which it is sought to revoiu-
%tionize the social customs OF W mlans In
tho United States has beer h.rtaken
among the 100, 900 of that race i.fCst go
BY the Bohemian Brotherhood oil An fca.
The brotherhood, which is a secret otsant-
cation and represents II variety OF religious
beliefs, makes the bold declaration that
the prevalence OF Ingersoll agn' sticisn
among Bohemians has resulted IN suicides
in such numbers as almost to threaten ~
determination OF their race.
Necessity for action Is emphasized by the
brotherhood in a circular sent throughout
the country calling on Bohemiansto coop.
crate in Altering the unwholesome mental
attitude OF their countrymeD. 4. the Nv
peal for cooperation In the worF 'tpy
venting suicides are appended s. ues
going to show that one-third OF tue o. gus
among Bohemians are by suicide.
Mr.. Zdrubok, who is editor OF the svor,,
most, n Bohemian daily newspaper, ana
who is mentioned in the circular as en-
couraging snicide, declares that the
societies prohibit religious belief among
their members, aud that the works OF
lngersoll are used as texts In the Orders.
He said: 1--WE preach and practice agnostic-
ism, and !. think the brotherhood has a
difficult task in hand IN attempting to
effect the so-calied REFORM
Other officials OF the Bohemian societies
make no effort to deny the statements
made by the brotherhood
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The liquor traflc has many defenders,
but no defence.
Saioonkeepers complain because they
cannot sell liqu or to private soldiers in
CuDa.
Three sa~loonkeepers at sullivan, III,
had damage suits agg regating $4,000 illed
against them in one day lately.
Women Of Norway have procured a law
which prohibits a liqIor seller from EN-.
pioyir Z any women in his business, except
his wife.
The most tragic question for France at
the present moment Is the terrible pro-
gress that drink, or alcoholism, is making
and, truly speaking, the absence OF efforts
TO stay the plague. Lunacy is ops Of the
worst sides Of the scourge.
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The boy Is very sensible and sympathetic
aud his father intends to tell him the whole
story of his case in a short time. When he
heard he was to meet his father the boy
prepared a bouquet OF flowers, which he
presented to him.
Dreyfus met the carriage bearing his
children and he grasped them 10 his arms
and smothered them with kisses. His emo
ton WAS so great that he was unable to
;peak for some time. The excitement over
the meeting made Dieyfus's physical con-
dltion somewhat worse.
Hereafter no strangers will be admitted
to the house occupied by the Dreyfus fam
ily,
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CAPT. CARTER
Wayne MacYeagh Argues For a Ju-
dicial Hearing Of the Case.
saws tho President Would Be Guilty
of an Act of Great Cruelty In
Affirming the Verdict.

WASHINGTON, D. c. (Special).-Attorney-
General Grlggs gave u hearing to Wayne
Macveagh, counsel in the court martial
case Of Captain o. NJ. Carter OF the army.
Mr.. Macyeagh asked for a Judicial hear
ing in the case, saying that II the President
affirmed the proceedings he would be
guilty OF an act OF great cruelty and wrong
The record was, he commended, SO satu'
rated with errors Of law that it is impos'
sible in aeountry governed by law to affirm
the finding.
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The War Department at Washington has
received the following cablesram from
General Otis regarding the military use OF
church property in the Philippines: 'Re-
ferring to your cablegram OF September IS,
sixteen churches In different localities are
occupied by United States troops. Four
only partially occupied and religious SER
vices not interiered with. Also three con
vents occupied. These three and ten OF
the sixteen churches formerly occupied by
Insurgents. Church property respected
and protected by our troops" No orders
will be sent to General Otis on this topic,
as 1t is regarded rs a part OF warfare to oc
copy churches.
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CHILDREN KILLED IN A WRECK.
Six Lives Lost in an Accident to an ES'
cursIon Train In Colorado.

SIX Lives LOST III hu htciutut tp an Ek-
cursIon Train In Colorado.
DENVER, Col. (speciaD Six persons
were killed and as many Injured In a wreck
on the Rio Grande Railroad a few miles
east OF Canon City. The wreck was caused
by "a collision between n Judson excur-
sion train, west-bound, and a freight train,
east bound, at a siding.
The killed are: Eva NJ. Walker, Westfori,
Mass, aged twelve years. Eugenia b. Jud-
klns, Spokane, Wash, aged twelve years;
Addie Judkins, aged ten. and George II.
Judkins, aged six; n boy named Wills, Los
Angeles, Chi, and Conductor Salter, prob
ably from Chicago. Perry Walker. OF West
ford, Mass, was injured internally.
All the trainmen en- the locomotives OF
the colliding trains jumped OF and escaped
injury. The engineers turned OF steam
AMI put on brakes, but the trains eolllded
with such force that engines and cars were
badly wrecked. The excursion train con-
sisted OF one empty coach back Of the
englns and three Pullman tourist sleepers
two OF which were telesooped.
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hin Was a Prize of the Spanish War.

The Adula, a steamship with Il gross ton
mage OF 77l, was built in Belfast 10 lS93. she
was seized of Guantanamo Bay by the
cruiser Marblehead on June 90, 1898, as she
was going In for refugees without cargo
She had been chartered by Don Jose Il,
Soils, OF Manzanillo, and had made three
other trips, each time carrying a cargo OF
provisions. A month after her capture she
was adiudged a lawful prize OF war by
Judge Emery Speer, In the United State'
District Court at Savannah, Ga.
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URGES FARMERS TO HOLD CORN.
Secretary of the Kansas Board of Agricui-
ture Says Good Profits Can lie Made.

lure says bOOu FTVT0h CHH DC "NUe.
TOPEKA, Kan. (Speeial). -Seeretary Co.
burn, of the State Board OF Agriculture,
has issued a second appeal to the farmers
OF Kansas TO hold their surplus corn. He
says;
of grain spectators car make a profit
on borrowed capital by holding Kansas
corn piled up along the railroad tracks, too
often brought below cost OF production,
the producers can make u better one by
taking good care OF all they are not COM
PEELED to let go OF. The instances are few
and far bet ween where a grover has sur.
Tered loss by holding his unincumbered
surplus from an unusual cora crop for at
least twelve months.'
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The entire cucumber crop in the district
northeast Of Benton Harbor, Mich, repre-
senting over 1900, 900 bushels OF small
pickles a season for the last ten years, has
been completely destroyed by a foreign
red bug. The new pest, although much
smaller, belongs to the lady-bug family.
The total loss to growers is estimated at
over 600, 900.
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During a game OF football at Meriden,
Conn, between the Middletown High School
and the Meriden High School ~elevens,
Thomas Kelly, left guard Of the Middletown
team, was thrown and his neck broken
He died in the hospital. Kelly was abent
eighteen years old. He was playing with
the High School team willie preparing &c
enter college.
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Every visitor to Cuba, Porto Rico and
Manila says that drunkenness has In
creased among each of those peoples at an
alarming rate since the United States as
sumed control, which, II true, and the
Government takes no measures to arrest
the evil. will be to Its everlasting disgrace.
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DREYEuS With HIS Family
He Sees His Chi,iren For the First Eime
in Yesrs-His Boys Thonghtfulness.

Paris (By Cable).-Former Captain Drey-
t;;s met his ctildvs Garpentras a few
days ago. Nine. Dreyfus Joined her hus-
band the day before. He embraced each
of the children tenderly. The boy remem-
bered his father. but said he looked differ
emit from what he had pictured him.
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That was the announcement on a sign
suspended over the entrance to q snowy
building that had just been completed in
one of the busy thoroughfares OF Chicago,
The vestibule was finished in marble. The
windows were artistic and beautiful. On
either side OF the steps were shining brass
handrails. Through the open door could
be seen polished woodwork and glistenine
mirrors, and furniture OF latest pattern and
dnest dnisb.
"Open for businessi" What sort of bust.
less? Is the newiy-furnished place to be a
store or officer Is some branch of legiti'
mate business to be carried on? Are per.
sons who enter to trade there assured Of
an equivalent for the dollars they expendf
Nay, nay.
''Open for businessi" The business OF
Implying mems pockets, debauching theit
bodies, d%ethroning their reason, despoiling
their homes, starving their children, etIac.
ing the image OF God from the soul and
blotting out all hope of heaven. Yet this
Is the kind OF business that is hourlshlng
as no other business is. The rum-selling
business Is the worst kind Of business.
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THOUSANDS PERISH IN ASIA MINOR.

Earthquake There Destroyed a Number
of Viilages-Many Injured.
LONDON (By Cable).-Advlces have bee !
received here to the effect that an earth
quake occurred in Asia Minor on septem'
Der 90. The shook was most severe be-
tween Aidin and Sarakeuy. Thousands Of
persons were killed and 500 were injured.
Thousands OF houses were demolished. la
some cases entire villages were rizel.
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Henry II. Faxon says; "The only GER
tain remedy for intemperance is to shut
up the rum shops. Under any other oon-
sditlon save that OF prohibition. drunken
sss must prevail to a greater or less ex-
M - Hl
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The Rev. Lewis Lumpkins. for forty
years n Baptist minister at scottsboro,
Ala, has been sentenced to ten years In
the penitentiary for torturing his young
grandson with burning. The Child died.
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"There is one source Of intem perance tc
which l do not remember having seen at.
tention called In all the long and varied
discussion OF the subject" says Florence
Kelley, Secretary of the National Con
sumers' League, and u temperance advo
cate. ''This is the temptation to which
wage-earning children are exposed while
at their work. In many factories 1t is
customary for the youngest lad to go to
the nearest saloon, carrying a long pole
with pegs on Its side, and a tin can hang
ing from every peg. On the return trip
the pole lies across the lads shoulder, and
the cans, containing beer, swing as he
walks. He is paid for bis trouble In sips
of beer, The beer boy is a part OF the
equipment in nil large smithies, and, in
deed, wherever work is done at an excess
slve temperature. The workmeD, full grown
and able-bodied, and engaged Mt steady
work, tuke their beer as food or refresh
ment. Butthey have no realizing sense OF
the effect on the little lads growing body
and mind OF the sips which they give him.
"a far larger number of children for n
the habit OF drinking from exhaustion.
They work out OF all proportion to their
strength, endure the same extremes OF
heat, cold, noise, dirt, discomfort and ex-
haustion as the men among whom they
work, and feel the need of som~ethipg-they
do not know what. The most accessible
wv Observation-Disclosures ihVabS - NHhtNA -"
drink, and the habit is easily and quickly
formed. Even where boys are restrained
from drinking by the fortunate habit OF
carrying home all their earnings, a prac-
tice widespread and benefcent, the ex-
haustion OF the long working day, heavy
and indigestible luncheon, and long jour
ney to and from work in all weathers, ulti-
mately bring a craving for stimulants. And
when u raise In u comes, when the lad
Ia fifteen or sixteen, 1t often happens that
the old wage Is carried home and the dif-
terence spent In drink. The example of
the older men counts for much In this, but
physical exhaustion counts for more.
'How shall the evil be reached2 There
Ia only one honest. effective way to reach
all the evils that aflict wage earning chill
iren. That Is, to take the children bodily
out OF the stores and factories, the work
shops, glassworks, sweatshops and all other
places in which growing children are
stunted In body, mind ana character, and
keep them in school. When We really set
seriously about removing the causes OF the
craving for stimulants, we shall soc to 1t
that the children, all the children, are well
led, we'll clothed, and kept in school until
they are sixteen years old. Then wien
they leave school, with years of temper
apce teaching and years OF manual train
Ing welded into their character, the most
dangerous time for acquiring a permanent
physical craving for stimulants will have
passed forever"
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The cut shows Il device for watering
stock in the stalls. A V-shapel trough
extends along before the whole row OF
stalls, forming, with its cover, the
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The ApuLA SINKS AT SEA.
Soes Down Near Jamaica With the Cap
tain and Five sailors

fdfH III Nv fHtr"F"'
KINGSTON, Jamaica (By Cable).-The
Atlas Steamship Company's steamer Aduia,
which was seized as a prize by the United
States during the war with Spain, has been
sunk in deep water to the east OF Jamaica.
Her chief officer, Captain Percy, OF New
York, was drowned witt the crew OF hve.
She was bound for Baltimore, with a cargo
Of OrAnges.
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President Diaz, Of Mexico, will not come
70 the United States. owing to the illness OF
Nine. Diaz. Ignacio MarIscal, Secretary
OF Foreign Affairs, will come in his place.
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Winter Clothing VIII BE Bearer.
Winter clothing will be more expensive
owing to the advance 10 the price OF wool,
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l. A farmer who does not love his
business is not likely TO succeed,
Work with no heart in it is not apt tc
be well done, for "when the heart
strays the work flags"
.. Hogs and Aominy are all right in
their way. But the farmer who pro-
vides these only or mainly for HE
table supplies is not living up to his
privileges.
8. Run your farm to make a living
from it, and you are almost sure tic
get a good one and make some money
besides. If you farm 10 make money
alone it is doubtful if you get either,
4, Avoid debtas you would the pes
thence. II unavoidable meet it brave
ly and conquer it.
8. A farmers first aim should be to
make for himself aud family a COM
Portable support. Then, like the
Dutchman in the story, let him try to
make money-honestly, if he cau-to
meet the needs of the rainy day, so
sure to come some time.
6. Ii you want to keep your boy on
Tue lNllA luttktNt AlhA III II va y
giving him an interest in the results
Of his labor. To add TO his interest
provide him with suitable books, mag
azines aud papers, and don't hegrudse
him Il well earned holiday now and
then. These Investments will pay al
most daily dividends.
Z. The most profitable acre on the
farm is that devoted to a well-tendeG
vegetable and fruit garden.
3. Credit has killed moro farmers
Than it has helped. Like temper, il
is an excellent thing to have, but be
careful and not lose it,
Q, Concentrate your working capl
lal, labor and fertilizers on one-hal
the acres You arc now tending and sec
il farming does not pay better dlY'
dends and cost less tronble.
10. The foreheuded farmer Is gen.
orally the full-handed farmer. lie hc
keeps well ahead of his work is master
Of the situation AVID can take advantage
Of every circumstance.
IL. The true policy Of the South is
aot to raise less cotton, but TO make
il at less cost, on n smaller acreage
more highly worked and fortified
and that, too, as a surplus crop,-M'
e. Boyton, in Home aud Farm.
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Porto Rico annually exports about
80, GOO, 600 worth Of inc coffee bean.
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KEARSARGE'S TRIAL TRIP
New BattIeship Covers the Distance
With an Average Of 1884 Knots.
PROVES HERSELF AFlNESEA BOAT

IN Her Official Speed Trial the Kearsargs
Shows Herself to Be the Fastest in
Her CIsss-Her Trip Unequaied For
Marine Pieturesqueness - Battleship
is a Ssventeen-Kn not Vessel.
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long and irregular hours of labor, con-
tinuing in many cases far into the
night, and the high pitch to which the
nervous system is wrought in perform
ing the constant brain work required
of the man of today strain to the
Swapping point the vitality of the indi-
vidual, and lead to the constant use of
stimulants. They attest these argu-
ments by indicating the enormous total
increase in the consumption of liquor,
coffee, tea and other stimulating
drinks, alcoholic and nOn-alcoholic.
Tobacco also they say is almost uni
versally used today, its consumption
commencing with the youth and his
noxious cigarette. @nd continuing al
most uninterruptedly to the brink of
the grave.
These persons emphasize the point
that the American especially has with
him always an Unsuitable desire Tor
employment of some kind. They say,
moreover, that he spends the time
which he should devote to healthy
recreation in gambling and in wanton
and riotous living. at the worst; or in
some recreation that calls for the eX-
penditure of nervous energy, at the
best. Then these croakers shake sadly
their heads when they compare the OH
spring of today with the ancestry OF
yesterday and profess to anticipate
with horror that fast approaching day
when the effete sons of men shall uni
versally end their existence as did those
who in the days of long ago dwelt in
the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
spoken OF in Old Testament narrative.
The World Gets Better.
But this is not so. Even Paris, the
seat of sensuality the capital of crime,
grows no worse as the tide of time
SWEEPS on. And the remainder of the
world is growing better. The human
race is progressing. Men are growing
healthier. stronger, brainier; they are
larger. more quick to think and to do:
they know more, work more, accom-
plish more and are better for the life
that they lead today. Contrary to
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condition that each purchaser erected
an edifice on his purchased lot, such
edificeS 10 be of stated minimum
valuation. In some of these villages,
or '.dorps," a church was built. and in
a short time the dorp assumed out
wardly quite a thriving appearance.
Only outwardly. though, as most of
the houses were uncccupied, excepting
at "Naachtmaar' seasons. AS the pop
ulation increased volkSraad, or con-
gresS, was formed. This was and is
the most crudely primitive assemblage
Of Lawmakers ever imagined-that is,
amongst nineteenth century white peo-
pie There is no political excitement
at election times; in fact, there is no
electioneering worth calling by that
name. The honorable member for the
volksraad is chosen by his brother
Beers generally on accoHnt of his rep
utation for wealth. The early volks-
raad was quite a family affair.
the members spending their time
principally in fraterrally swapping
tobacco pouches and drinking coffee.
There was nothing particularly impor-
tant to discuss, outside of the prospects
for the next sheep shearing season and
the present state of the crops, so the
honorable members of the vOlksraad
would look as wise as possible, draw
their pay and return home to report TO
their constituents There were very
few TransNaal newspapers in the days
of which / speak. and very few Beers
who read even these. A stranger was
always welcomed on account of the
news he could presumably relate. There
were no telegraph offices, no railroads.
and a mighty uncertain postal service
DTifted Into Bankruptcy.
This condition of affairs satisfied the
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working at the high American speed
Our Normal Pace Is Swift.

MIR. Spencer was wrong. He failed
to realize that we were going only at
our normal pace. | would lay it down
as a general rule that the people on the
average do what they are able to do,
and that what they actually do is the
safest and truest measure of what they
can do. In Berlin the average man
walks at the rate of two and half
miles per hour; in London; three; in
New York. three and q. quarter; and in
Chicago, San Francisco and Denver the
latter pace is exceeded But Mr.. Spen-
Ger would have found, if he had taken
the trouble to investigate. that the
average length of life in America ex-
ceeds the average in England and that
one proportion of our population that is
confined within asylums for the insane
is considerably less than in either Eng
land. France or Germany.
"In this connection l Will say that I
believe that the greater amount of la
Dor that the American is able TO stand
is due in considerable part 10 single
cause. The American is the breakfast
eater IF the world He invariably COM