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whisky in Africa.

The white men ut Lagos, West Africa,
are 80 indignant over the assertion Of Bish.
Cd TuGweIl that thrse-fourths OF the
deaths Of Europeans on the coast is due to
drunkenness, that they threaten to make
him suffer for his language II they can find
remedy in the courts. The Bishop would
probably plead that he told the truth.
Many men who are temperate In all things
undoubtedly meet an untimely end on the
African coasts, and those who deal With
vital statistics should carefully refrain
from remarks that may seem to reflect un-
justly upon their memories. But the very
fact that seasoned imbibers on the Guinea
coast, the Congo and elsewhere are prone
to inculcate the pernicious idea that LATTER
all, there is nothing like whisky to cure
African fever" makes 1t all the more COM
meadable to emphasize the undoubted
truth that whisky claims great many vic.
Tins In Africa.
When Dir. Stanley wrote about class Of
persons whom he called "gin and whisky
topers on the Niger and the Congo" their
immunity from fever, he said, was not due
to their devotion to whisky, but to their
expertness In the art of doing nothing. "a
few hours hard work or marching In the
interior would lay the lazy lion as low as
dead donkey" The mischief they do grows
out Of the assurance they persistently give
to youthful enthusiasts, newly arrived from
Europe, that whisky Is the best remedy for
all African ills. Bishop Tugwell is only one
o: many mon who have found 1t necessary
to combat SUCH pernicious and semi-maud-
lin advice.
Africa, like all regions newly opened to
enterprise, attracts Its full share OF what
Mr.. Noble, in his book on African missions,
calls "the moral scum Of civilization" and
the best authorities on tropical hygiene say
that these men OF irregular habits are easy
victims as 4 rule to tho diseases peculiar
to warm climates. This has been lotorl-
ously the case in Africa. Military COM
mauders, and the companies owning many
trading posts along the coasts, have
learned to know the great difference, in
their efficiency and chances OF living, be-
tween the habitual imbiber and tho sober,
earnest worker. E. G. Ravenstein, who has
written as strongly as any one about Africa
as "the white mans grave" admits that
"the climate is too often blamed for a NOR
tality that ia In a large measure due to a
dissolute liie." Stanley wrote that ION
the Congo tho very atmosphere seems
fatally hostile to men who pin their faith
to whisky. gin and brandy" Recent writers
on health conditions In Africa, such Gs Fell
kin aud others, advise white men to OBJ
serve the strictest temperance and drop all
thoughts OF tonics.
Bishop Tugwell has slandered neither
tho dead nor the living In calling attention
to the fact that the evil effects OF intemper-
ance are far more potent and deadly In
Africa than In the temperate zones.-NeW
York Sun.
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

The Trumpeters-From the Fire OF Trial
-bIaking Light Of Mercies-"To Hin
Who O'ercometh"-The Philosophy o.
Prayer-Making Christ a Study.
The winds of March arc trumpeters,
They blow with might and main,
And herald to the waiting earth
The Spring, and all her train.
They harbinger the April showers,
With sunny smiles between,
That wake the blossoms in their beds,
And make the meadows green.
The south will send her spicy breath,
The brook in music flow,
The orchard don bloomy robe
OF Mays unmelting snow.
Then June will stretch her golden days,
Like harp strings, bright and long,
And play rich accompaniment
To every wild birds song.
The fair midsummer-time, apace,
Shall bring US many boon,
And ripened fruits and yellow sheaves
Beneath the harvest moon.
The golden-rod, GreciGn torch,
Will light the splendid scene,
When autumn comes in all the pomp
And glory Of a queen.
Her crimson sign shall fash and shine
On every wooded hill.
And Plensy's horn unto the brim
Her lavish bounty fill.
Then, little sweetheart, murmur not.
Nor shrug your shoulders 80;
The winds OF March are trumpeters-
love to hear them blow.
Downing, in ''The Trumpeter and
Other Poems.
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Making Christ q Study.

When we look to Christ for instruction we
ought to ask ourselves not only what did 9e
say, how did Ho come to say IT, to whom
did He say it aud what did Hs mean. but
also how would He have uttered the same
truth had He lived in these days In which
We live. how would He probably enforce the
same principles upon us In respect to con-
duct IL He were living today. When we have
satisfied ourselves. ii we can, that We have
thought out the answer to these questions,
we may be comparatively sure that we have
the mind OF Christ, and We cannot claim to
understand Him unless We take such pains.
We may rely on His PROMISE that II we do
thus seek to know His mind the Holy Spirit
will guido us into all the truth.
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A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
TIE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

The Sweetest tNuslc-Throe-fourths of the
Deaths of Europeans I'm Africa Due to
Drunkenness-Sober, Earnest Workers
Stand the Climate All Right.
was ,lounglng, one night, In the lobby
OF our beautiful new hotel;
mingling OF varied music
On my sensitive hearing fell;
A guest, who was tired and homescS,
Was strumming reverie
On the keys OF the grand piano
In the foyer, over me.
from the po ,lroon there came through
the doorway
The clack OF the cue and the ball;
From the barroom the clinkine of glasses,
Bearing trouble enough for all;
The humming OF conversation
Mid the travelling men about,
Gave tenor anil bass to the chorus
Sweet music beyond doubt.
Near by-I could see meath my hat rim
Stood lad OF the drummer stamp;
1t needed no close inspection
To see he was new In tho camp.
He was Young, even boyish; was lonely;
Far from home, and twas Saturday
night
D cad ripe for the voice ofthe tempter,
And needing the courage to fight.
just then q chance acquaintance
With laughing and jesting throng;
As they passed toward the barroom, one
whispered:
"say, pardner, come! won't you 90 long?'
So eager was I, leaned forward
To catch all his answer low.
And my heart sang hymn as my drumme,
Said: mo, thank you, friends, I can't co.
The piano still sang in the foyer;
Still clattered the cue and the ball;
The glasses still clinked In the barroom,
LurinS many man to his fall;
The hum OF the trav'lers continued
As they chartered in accents low;
But sweetest OF all the music,
TO ME, was that young mans "No."
s.. W. Gillian, in the Lever.
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Cycling Notes.

Cheap wheels arc still sold, but not in
the number that they were disposed OF last
year and the year before.
The 1899 models OF nearly all makes OF
wheels are from three to fva pounds heav-
ier than those OF previous years.
The consensus OF opinion in the trade
points to an excellent season for the busi-
ness end Of cycling as we'll as for racing.
It is noticeable tha. almost every rider
has tos-clips, and the habit OF using these
important little footholders will soon be
universal.
Commissioner F. ". Peck, our commits
sioner to tho Paris Exhibition, has secured
display OF American BICYCLES.
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Recipes.


FIG Tarts-Put pound OF chopped
figs in a stew pan, and two cupfuls of
cold water and cook slowly for four
hours. When nearly done add one
cupful of sugar and the juice of one
lemon. Put the mixture into tart
shells and cover with q spoonful OF
whipped cream.
EGG Salad-Shell and cut in halves
lengthwise six cold, hard-boiled eggs
and dust over each little salt and
CAYENNE then pour over few drops of
oil and vinegar. Chop together.
small quantities of chervll, chives
and tarragon leaves; place in the mid,
die of a dish and arrange the eggs
around this. Place few young let
tuce leaves around the eggs and
serve.
Pineapple Cake-Pineapple cake is
a most delicate and dainty dessert.
Take two eggs, one cup of white
sugar, one tablespoonful Of butter,
one-half cup of sweet milk, a pinch of
salt and one teaspoonful OF baking
powder; bake in layers. For the fill
ing, whip one pint of crear, one cup
of shredded pineapple-which has
been cooked q little-sweeten to
taste and spread between the layers
just before serving. =.
Cheese SouHe-Put two tablespoon
fuls Of butter in saucepan and add
one heaping tables poonful of -four.
When bubbly add half cup of milk,
half teaspoonful of salt and a few
grains OF cayenne, or half q saltspoon.
full of paprika. Cook two moments.
add the yolks of three well-beaten
eggs and one cupful of grated cheese.
Set one:side to cool. When cold add
the whipped whites, turn into a but
tered dish and bake half en- hour in 9
moderate oven.
Chocolate Fudges-Three cups
granulated sugar, one half cup butter.
one.quarter cake chocolate, one cup
cream or rich milk. Beat butter and
sugar together, add the Chocolate
(grated), then the cream. Mix thor
oughly before placing on the fire.
Cook about twenty minutes, stirring
constantly, Try by stirring spoon
:ul in saucer. If it sugars it is
lone. Remove from the stove and
,eat rapidly for three or four min
ute or until it itbegins to look ''sugary."
Pour into we'll buttered tins and cut
uto squares while warm.
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WANTS A CANADIAN TOWN.
An American Barber Laws Claim to th'
Real Estate Of Guelph, Ont.

An American Barber Laws Claim to the
Real Estate Of Guelph, Ont.
PIrTsBuRa, Penn. (special).-samuel A.
Connor, barber, living at Braeburn, vii!
enter suit In the Hamilton (Ontario)
Division Court, which meets in June, and
lay claim to nearly all the site OF Guelph, a
town of 5000 Inhabitants. Connor's
brother, William, will join In the suit.
Their grandfather. John Connor, was an
early settler In Canada and British soldier
during the war OF 1879. For services rem.
dered tho Government 800 acres OF land
were allowed him. At the time OF his
death, more than fifty years ago. none OF
these tracts was valuable, and his son,
John, Jr., who left home at an early age.
did not return when his father died, and
was thought dead. The land was thought
to be without owners and squatters settled
city OF Guelph. 1t Is the sons OF John who
have undertaken to recover the estate.
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coNvIcTS AS coUNrERFEITERs.
bogus Silver Dollars Made by Prisoners
In Colorado.

Tho discovery has been made that soma
very successful counterfeiters have been
operating in the State Penitentiary at
Canon City, Col.
The counterfetts made are silver dollars,
1t Is believed they are OF combination,
principally OF Babbltt metal which was
used In setting the grantlngs during the
construction of the prison. 1t Is supposed
the coins we're made In plaster paris molds'
The coins were first detected by mer'
chants who sold delicacies to the prisoners.
This led to an investigation, and twenty
eight OF the bogus dollars were found If
the possession Of prisoners.
No clue was obtained as to tho identity
of the counterfeiter5. The CONS are SC
we'll executed as to deceive almost anyone
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Hardens tile Heart.

A little girl, in writing an account OF an
address she had heard on tho physical ef-
fects OF alcohol, wrote that alcohol hard
ems the heart" We may smile at the mis-
apprehension o. tho child as to what the
lecturer had taught, but there is no doubt
she wrote moral II not physical truth
when she said Alcohol hardens the heart"
There is not another agent that more ef-
fectually hardens the heart OF men who In
sober moments are tender and loving par
ents, than indulgence In alcoholic liquors.
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Coffin ami Body Petri1ed.

When D. s. Hubbard OF Bay Shore, L. l..
dlsinterred the body Of the first wife OF the
late William Smith, OF East Is'ip, for re-
moval, in Oakwood Cemetery, tho other
day, he found that the coffin and body we're
petrlled. Tho woman was buried moro
than ten yenrs ago. yet Mr.. Hubbard said
the features looked as natural us they ala
at tho time of death. 1t is said that even
the shroud gave no evidence OF decay: Inc
coffin and body were so heavy that 1t re-
uuired several men 20 lift them.
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OIL NEARLY RUINS A COLLEGE.
Sclo Made Money, Dat Bad Character
Kept Attendance Down.

The trustees OF Sclc College, at sclo.
Ohio. have appointed commission With
Instructions to find another site for tue
college. An effort to consolidate with
Mount Union will be made, and If unsuc.
cessful q new town wiz be selected. A
vaar ago Sclo was q model college town.
The college was one OF the best In Ohio,
and had good buildings, big endowment
und was prosperous.
OIL was struck, and tho mad rush
brought In oil scouts, drillers, gamblers.
liquor pedders and bad women. The col.
lege trustees leased the campus to An oil
company. and were soon getting thousanos
of dollars every month for the oil. But
saloons, variety theatres and low dance
halls followed quickly. and the college at
tendance nearly ceased.
Now the college property is worthless
except for oil and commercial purposes
because OF the influx OF vice. The new
comers outvote the natives and legalize
all these things.
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PEPPiNA'S COMMISSIONS.
The Queen of Italy's Discovery about the
Maid who Shopped For Her.

HHe NuteH UI ItHIy 'IsCOEVT5 Ff"""' e'fe
Maid Who Shopped For Her.
An amusing story has been sent to the
London Pail Mall Gazette from its corre-
spondent in Eome. The Queen OF Italy
had trusted maid who did her shopping.
The maid fell i'll, and the Queen sent
lady-in waiting in her stead to buya gown.
Tho shopkaeper asked 5000 for q plain
plque dress, and tho lady demurred ut the
price. Tho shopkeeper declared that the
price was not excessive, saying:
'rhere aio Peppluu's dues to come out
OF it. She always insists on having over
fifty per cent. commission"
The result was the dismissal OF Peppina.
- sadder aud wiser, but not impoverished
woman, her pcrquisites having been enor-
nous.
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Maintaining the Floors Polish.

II the kitchen floor is of hard wood,
and the polish is of the right kind, It
is only necessary to use clean warm
water and woolen cloth and dry
thoroughly. Painted floors should be
washed with a cloth wrung from hot
soapy ammonia suds and wiped dry.
Linssed oil applied to polished floor
after it is cleaned with kerosene oil is
the only treatment for unvarnished
wood floors. The sink can be kept
clean by using fine brick dust or ashes.
Pour into it at least once week apsiI
of hot water in which one-half pound
of washing soda has been dissolved.
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cUNeoATS REPEL ATTACK.
Short Encounter Near Calumpit In Which
Many Rebels Are Killed.

MANILA (By Cable).-The "tinclad" gun
boats Laguna de Bay and Cavadonga and
d launch under Captain Grant, ran into o
nest OF insurgents concealed In the bushes
on both sides OF the Rio Grande River,
three miles above Calumpit, and were re-
ceiyed with heavy volleys at short range.
A sergeant belonging to the Uta b Battery
was killed, and one private wounded.
Opening with their rapid.are guns, the
Amerlcans killed twenty OF the natives and
wounded several others, filing the jungle
with hall OF shot for half hour, until
the enemy fed.
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The ReIchstag to Adjourn.

Emperor William at Berlin, Germany, has
consented to adjournment Of the Retchstag
from July Is to November 10. Parliamen-
tary authorities believe that this is owing
to the Governments wish to prepare
number OF important bills.
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Prize Money to Be Returned.

The United States Supreme Court at
Washington, has decided the first naval
prize money case growing out Of the
war with Spain, holding that the French
steamer Olinde Rodriguez must be re-
turned to her owners.
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Home-Msde Tallow Candles.

The use of candles for various pur.
poses, especially in summer, is sufi-
cient to make their cost quite an item.
The art of making candles at home
has almost been lost sight of in recent
years, and it might be wise to return
to the work that our grandmothers
excelled in. Both lard and tallow
can be used for making the candles.
The usual method is to dissolve
about one pound Of alum to five
pounds of tallow. When lard is used
mix twelve pounds of lard to one
pound Of alumni and one pound Of
saltpeter and two quarts of water.
The alum is first dissolved in water,
and then mixed with the other in.
gradients, and the whole stirred
slowly over fire. When the lard is
thoroughly dissolved let it simmer
few minutes before removing from the
fire. A higher grade Of. candles is
made with suet and beeswax. Melt
the suet, and add a little quicklimes
This carries all impurities to the bot.
tom, and the surface can be skinned
of. This purified suet mixed with
pure wax makes candles as good as
the best wax candles.-The New
Voice.
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Christian Schools For Porto IsiCo.

Tho American Missionary Association
(Congregational) will establish ut once
schools in Porto Rico on the same plan O.
Christian schools which it has established
in this country for Indians and Chinese.
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The Flower Room.

At least one "fower room" is found
in every we'll appointed country house
these days. The woman who plans &
make floral bower of her own, her
daughters, or her guests bedroom or
boudoir, is not restricted by her ina
bility to obtain upholstery fabrics and
muslins, wall paper and floor cover
ings of the same design,;and she ,an
choose the most unusual OF blossoms
if she wishes, instead OF following her
aboriginal neighbor and decorating
her bower with the conventional rosa
or the pretty, but tiresome forget-me-
not. .. -. ..
When the furnisher hos chosen her
wall hangings-chintz or paper usually
she selects her furniture covering
and sofa cushions. Sometimes they
are of the some pattern as the wall
coverings, but in. any case the same
flower is repeated, Window curtains
Of chintz and dimity con be had figured
with all sorts of flowers on white or
oolored grounds. These curtains are
rufHed daintily, and are charming
addition to q flower room. ,..
The furniture is decorated to. order
and is of,white enamel, birdseye maple
or curly birch. The flowers are painted
artisticallY, not in the good old splashy
tcottage.furniture" way; single flow
ers, sprays, bouquets or wreaths tied
with futtering ribbons are strewn over
the light, polished surface of chiftoner.
dressing table, desks, chairs, ETC., and
give an impression of summary fresh
ness that the cold. plain white enamel,
or INEXPENSIVE maple or birch quite
fails to convey. Asters in shades Of
pink, red and purple, the latter shad-
ing to exquisite rosy lilac; laurel in
faint creamy-pink. with a wealth OF
foliage; chrysanthemums in splendid
tints and tones running the gamut
from palest pink to deep reddish gold;
roses of all sizes and sorts and tint,
violets, clover, cherry blossom and
apple blossoms, and the more hack
neyed daisies, buttercups and forget
me. nots are painted on the furniture
for the hower-room.-New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
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Train Kills Two in Wisconsin.

Tr8Iu hIUb I 1WV III s'10e01s111'
A Wisconsin Central train ran down
wagon containing four persons at cross
Ing at Burlington. Wis, killing Mrs. G.
Tintel, OF Milwaukee, and August Klein
feldt, her brother. OF Norway, Wis. Joseph
Huening, OF Waterford, was fatally In
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Old FoSIes Win In China.

Late dispatches confirm the reported
tendency OF the Dowager Empress and the
Reuctionarles to discard as far as possible
foreign aid In China.
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.l.hoUsEHQLp MAIIERS, .,
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Cleayang the Stove.

Clean the nickel plate of stove with
soda and ammonia, using q WOODEN
,loth and polishingit with clean one-
The best way to treat stove that has
not been blackened for some time is
to rub it we'll with newspaper, adding
Just little clean grease Of any kind
It will soon take polish after a few
treatments of this kind.
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Teaching of Christianity iii China.

IeaCNINE OF OIlTINtItHfVJ III Nff1"'''
A proclamation has been issued by the
Empress Dowager OF China to the eilec,
that the teaching OF Christianity be per
mitted in China and that the missionaries
are to be treated as GOOD citizens
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Our faith is trust in Christ who diei,
rather than trust in the death OF IL Christ
p ~ y. ''''h
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women who reject Christianity. make
no remark In regard to those persons. In
the silence OF your own soul make your OBJ
servations.
II infldelIty triumph and Christianity be
overtbrown, 1t means the decentralization
Of society. The one idea in the Bible that
atheists and infldels most hate Is the idea
Of retribution. Take away the idea OF re-
tribution and punishment from society.
and 1t will begin very soon to disintegrate,
and take away from the minds OF men the
fear OF hell, and there are great many Of
them who would very soon turn this world
into hell. The majority Of those who are
Indignant against the Bible because Of the
idea OF punishment are men whose lives are
bad or whose hearts are impure and who
hate the Biblo because OF the idea OF fu-
ture punishment, for the same reason that
criminals hate the peniteltiary. Oh. have
heard this brave talk about people fearing
nothing OF the consequences OF sin in the
next world, and I have made up my mind
II is merely o towards whistling TO keep
his courage up. have seen men faunt
their im!noralities in the face OF the com
munity, and have heard them daty the
judgment day and scoff at the idea OF any
further consequence Of their sin, but when
they came 10 die they sbrieked until YOU
could hear them for nearly two blocks, and
IN the summer night the neighbors got up
to put the windows down, because they
could not endure the horror.
Tho mightiest restraints to-day against
theft, against immortality, against libertin-
Ism, against crime OF all sorts-the
mightiest restraints ure the retributions OF
eternity. Men know that they can escape
the law, but down in tho offenders soul
there Is the realization OF the fact that
they cannot escape God. He stands at the
end OF the road Of profigacy, and He will
not clear the guilty. Take all idea OF re-
tribution and punishment out OF the
hearts and minds Of men, and 1t would not
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-02-22
Probability Of Settlement.

Mention was made last week in THE
News of proceedings having been in.
stituted against Mr.. J. J. Hill by GER
tain creditors seeking to throw him
into involuntary bankruptcy. Final
action will be had in the case Cd the
28th inst. unless Mr.. Hill can succeed
in having TIE proceedings dismissed,
which he hopes to be able to do. His
attorney, Judge j. q. Parks, Is prepar-
ing Mr.. HilPs answer in the case, and
negotiations are in progress whereby
he believes u satisfactory arrangements
will be effected for the discontinuance
of the petition against Mr.. Hill and q
settlement had with the creditors.