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Drugs as q Cure.

Drugs as a Cure.
Tie doata at DR.. Leslie E. Kelley, dis
,overer OF the 'Tgold cure" for alcoholism,
will naturally Invite wide discussion OF ths
yal1e OF his system OF treatment and tne
,oundness ot the theories Ipon which u
was based That such u discussion VII!
present much diversity OF belief and many
conflicting views regarding the patholoeJ
OF the drink habit. which Dr.. Kelley calico
a disease, is apparent from the many oon
troyersles sngendered even While tne
famous specialist was making his most re
markable claims.
But this very question OF whether toe
drink habit is Il pathological condition OF
not, and whether its treatment Is ques.
tion entirely OF therapeutics instead oil
moral suasion or mental discipline. is rms
rock upon which the disputants have split.
and it Is safe to say that they can"neVer De
brought into harmonious agreement.upop
this proposition. II alcoholism is a dis
ease-a morbid condition resulting from q
failure OF physiological frnctions-then tts
cure. according to modern thernpy, be.
comes question of drugs. Dr.. Kelley be'
lieyed lie had found the one specific fot
this disease in bichloride OF gold, and no
one will deny that he was remarkably sue
cessful with this treatment. He saVeo
hundreds from drunkards' sEfaves and
brought happiness into many desola.e
home. A large percentage qEtneoriates
and dipsomaniacs who yieldsdt13h MS treat .
ment we're apparently ,'curedS and dtd
not relapse again into drunkenness, Thest
appetite for whisky WAS apparently de-
stroyed. That such treatme ent lott q
patient now and thou physical or mental
wreck was not to be wondered at.
For this work humanity will always hold
DR.. Kelley In grateful remembrance; But
notwithstanding his many rem markable, ap..
parent ..cu-es." thousands OF thoughtful
people who have given the subject much
study and Investigation will decline to W.
ueye that alcot tolism is disease thai cas
be cured with drugs. They have noted
tue fact that an occasional Kelley patient
who is supposed to be''cursd" OF the orlnR
habit. after holding out two or three years,
succumbs In an evil moment to the Danetut
American treating habit" aud away ne
goes, down deeper than ever, into the nen
OF alcoholism.
TIE drink habiS is a ,mental and mora
disease. Drugs ulone will not heal per.
yerted moral nature. Tue Influences o..
Christianity, moral suasion, Lealthful and
uplifting environment, must be combined
with any system OF therapeutics that Il
calculated to reclaim the drunkard to q
life OF sobriety and usefulness. Blchio!
ride OF gold will not keep mnn out OF q
saloon II his In ornl nature Is too weak TO
resist the temptation Chicago Times
Herald,
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How Primo, Patrick Got His Name.

The appointment of the Duke OF Con.
naught to be Commander in. Chief OF
Ireland recalls an incident which de-
cided the Queen to give him the name
of Ireland's patron saint. When the
Queen and Prince Albert visited Ire
land in 1S49 an old lady in the crowd
which welcomed her majesty to Dub
lin exclaimed, as. the carriage in which
the Queen sat with her husband and
elder children passed, ':Oh, Queen,
dear, make one OF them dear children
Prince Patrick, and sll Ireland will
die for you" =,
The hint was not forgotten, and
when, year later, the Queens sew
enth child was born, he received the
name of Arthur Patrick Albert. The
soldier prince was further connected
with the Emerald Isle when he was
made Duke OF Connaught.
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= = I = anoleon on .Drunkenness. 81

& NAPOLEON ,Bonaparte nbpears In the Cen
tury Mag8sIne In inanswrole-that q OF a tenn
5psrancc advpcate y In the second install.
Sment Ssof al 0sMeRra'ss hitherto unpub
.iisked df9Taaks5Rlth Napoleon" at st. Helena
It IS recordaf thBt, having pain in bis
side. the ex- -Emperor asked his physiciat
to show him where his liver was situated
and the iatSst in ;some remarks on tn th'
causes oISinaamfnatiou OF that organ, men
tiooed inroSteation as one OF them. There
upon Napoleon remarked:
/ tttThen 1 ought not to have 1t, as neve,
was drunk but once In my life; and tina
was sstwenty.fours.y ago, at Mica.
drank three bottles OF Burgundy, aud wa:
completely drpnk. k.O, how sick was th'
.hext day! 4 wonder how Il man who onc'
gets drunk can ever think OF doing 1t again
Sue .head dache, vomiting, and general sick
hess; Iwas nearly dead for twJ days"
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The Sober Scot.

The Sober Scot Society is Scotland's
attest contribution to the cause OF temper
auce. Ths.name, perhaps, is q trite un.
fortunate, but it may be excused In view OF
The prom oters' excellent object. The meet
ing held recently in Edinburgh to give the
society constitution was not largely at
tended, but it was fairly influential. Col
ouel Ferguson, OF the Sandburst Military
College, one OF our Ayrshire lairds, has the
credit OF being the founder of the orrgani.
zation, which seeks to influence moderate
drinkers, not to, become total abstatners
but az to whenathey themselves should
drInk and to whom they should offer drink
Members are, pledged not to drink In the
forenoon, only to drink a. meals, never 20
stand treat TO anybody between meals ana
never to offer:drink In return for services
rendered. ThtSRtedgs undoubtedly strikes
.at abuses and shontd do some good. The 80:
cIety hopes to get as Its first President Lord
.Baliohr, OF Burletgh, Secretary for Scot
land. and among those who have con
sehfed st0s Sc vlce.Ptesldents are Lord
,(Iasg6w9 Eord Torphtchen and Principal
SIT Wiltiam Muir Of the Edlnburg Uni
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BRlTAIN'S WAR BUDGET.
The Cost of African Operations i:
Estimated at S3OO,oOO,OO0.
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach Wins Suppor
Of Opposition. But the 1rish At
tack the Budget.

LONDON (By Cable).-Great Britain has
served notice to the world that all OF her
great wealth will support the war she i:
waging. After q short debate Monday the
House OF Commons adopted tue Govern
ment budget providing for war expendi.
lures Of $500, 900 900.
The House OF Commons was crowded aud
the public galleries wore thronged in an
ticipatiop OF the budget statement.
The return OF the Chancellor OF tue Ex
chequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Baach, intro
duclng the budget, shows that an expendi
ture OF S770, ,410, ,009 has to be provided fol-
in the budget Of 190O-19O1. The same state,
ment shows that the exchequer account OF
1S99-1900 would have given surplus oi
upward OF 1926, 900, 900, but that tho sup
plenettary war estimates OF Sll5,OoO,OO0
makeSthe expenditure exceed the revenue
By 55s,S5o,oO0.
Dealing with the war expenditures, he
said the Government had made the best
calculations as to the amount 1t ought tc
ask from Parliament, with the view. OF
successful prosecution OF the war. He es.
timated the total war expendlture,nt $780,
600 900.
The proposals provide increased taxes
on articles OF consumption in England, and
declare that s2l5, 900, 900 must be raised by
new taxes. A loan OF about SITS 900 600 Is
part OF the proposals.
Explaining the proposed loan, Sir Mica.
ael Htcks-Beach said he hoped to place the
issue In such why as not only to insure
profit for few great and wealthy persons,
but to bring the whole public in the war
.oBn.
Tia Chancellor OF the E1chequer, after
laying che figures before the House, pointed
out that the county had to face a total
estimated war expenditure, in consequence
OF war, OF no less than six times as much
az had been estimated In Oatobsr last. He
explained the various reasons which led to
the early introduction OF the budget. In
cluding"a desire to afford both our adver
.snries and foreign critics proof OF earnest
ness In the work In which we are engaged
!; At the conclusion OF the Chancellor'i
statement, the leader OF the opposition
compllmented him aud promised support
in the plans to defray the expenses OF the
Boer war. There was some protest from
the Irish Commoners, but this was de
teated. Mr.. John Redmo ond denounced the
budget as "iniqultous," designed to up
hold an ubiquitous war"
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GzclInc Notes.

l. Is time to give the whee! thorough
cleaning for spring riding.
The coming season will show return to
tae Use OF the small sprockes whee!.
1t was snid recently on excellent au.
thority that in the past twelve years l0.-
600, 900 bicycles have been manufactured
in the United states.
Tho makers OF conster brakes a-e now
sniI to be working on the problem 81
changing them so that the bicycle ray be
trund!ed backward. This is u needed i'm
provement.
The roads in India may be classed rs
fair weather roads, and while wheelnen
can get over them easily In the dry season
there are few roads TINT can be used Tor
cycling during tho monsoon raius.
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or "Great Price" to God.

Our active service may or may not be
pleasing to the Lord. according to what is
the motive behind it; but il We would cult.
vate something that can never fail to please
Him, we will seek 10 have always that meek
and auie. spirit. which Is In the sight OF God
OF great price" Stop and think for a mo.
ment what I'D inestmable privilege it Is tc
be able to offer to the Lord something thai
Is of great price" to Him, and geo IL we
shall not be stirred up to cultivate more
and more OF this inward quietness OF spirit
that knows no anxiety and no hurry.-Han
nah Whitall Smith.
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MARRIED FORTY WOMEN.
Chicago BIgsmist Sent to the Penitentiar.
For an Indefinite Term.

Chicago BIgamist Sont to the PenftentIar1
For an Indetinite Term.
CHICAGO, Ill. Especially. Forty womer
scattered in about as many States were let
to the altar by WIlfred Orton, who has
Just been sentenced to the penitentiary foi
an indefinite period by Judge Barker.
, Orton was arrested upon four charges o.
ibIgamy preferred by as many women, al
iof whom he had married under the name
,,of Walter l.. Farnsworth. Orton married
several women under the name of Walter
L. Bradford, and at one time cut quite
figure in Baltimore society.
he caudldly admitted that he had mar.
rled so many women that ne was prepared
to let the plaintiffs fix the number; four OF
forty was all the same to hlm-the more
tbe merrter
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The Rond to ConvaIesoence.

A woman will be in bed all morn
ing, and go to whist party in the
afternoon. She will be genuinely
sick all day, aud 60 like martyr to
card party at night. The plea that
her absence might Inconvenience her
hostess is considered sufficient ex-
cuse. A man with an ache goes to
bed, and roars. 1t would be interest
ing to learn which is the shorter route
to recovery. Globe.
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,,o,p- SACK 10 Conructus.

The Dowager Empress OF China appears
to be determined TO relapse into the an
cient conservatism. She has issued an
sdict commanding a return to the old man.
ner OF study, according to the teachings Of
Confuclus, for examination for official RANK
and orders the abolition OF the stuoy o.
the new, dspraved and erroneous SUI,
lects OF the Western schools" threatennhs
with punishment the teachers OF such SUB
iantQ
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KRUGER SAYS FIGHT ON.
An Address to tho Army Sent After Hi
Conference With Steyn.

An Address to tho Army Sent After His
Conference With steyn.
LONDON CBy oable) ).-The conference be
tween Presidents Kruger and steyn and
the General commanding the Beers IN
northern Natal was hurriedly arranged
when the news OF General Cronje's sur
render was received.
: President Kruger telegraphed fervtd
religious appeal to the Boer troops, which
ali officers and men were ordered to read.
He urged the -burghers to stand fast and
strlyestor victory ID the name OF the Lord.
he told them that unless they had faith in
God cowardIce would ensue aud their posi-
tion would be hopeless the moment they
turned their backs to the enemy. Past vic
tories, he said, showed that the Lord wa;
on their side. The President OF the Trans
wal urged the men not to bring destruc'
tIon on their progeny by falling back.
, A high official In Bloemfontelu, Orange
Free State, informed a Boer correspondent
that IL the Free Staters now confronting
Lord Roberts are repulsed they will retire
toward the TransvaaI. and that the united
brethren OF the two republics will muln
tain the struggle to the last.
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When the time comes for Us to wake ou'
OF the dreams OF the worlds slerp, why
should it be otherwise than out of the dreans
Of tn. night2 Singing OF birds. first broker
and low, as. not to dying syes, but 70 eyei
that wake TO life, the easement slowly
grows u gimma;iuS sluarr," and then tho
gray. and then the ross ot dawn; and last the
light. whose going forth is to the ends O.
heaven.-Ruskin.
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Lessons From tho Boer War

In German military circles 1t Is believed
that the lessons taught by the Boer wu
will make u large increase necessary in The
German cavalry. and will also lead to Il
thorough change OF cavalry tactics, elm
mating massed charges, OF which Emperor
,Willjam-showed himself so fond ut the re-.
cent army manGuvers.
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Sataev or Automobile.

Making a case for the safety OF tue auto
mobile as compared with horse,drawn We.
hIcles, the editor OF the Wheel dec,arss
rhnt there We're S19 carriage accluents III
France within recent month, causing FIX.
ty-eight deaths and 75l Injuries. LII t.,e
same mouth there were only tWenty-e'sut
automob accldauts. With two heath1'
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never yet found a Christian who was
disappointed in Christ, although | have
found m;sny disappointed in themselves. Il
is now % years since first caught glimpse
of Him and He has been growing on ms
ever since. Thnre is not want in the sou
which lie will not meet Mr.. MOndv
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Passenger Cars Tumble.

HUNTINGDON, Penn GpeclaD. - There
was IN accident to the early morning pas
senger train on the East Broad Top Rail
road at Martins Meadow. The conductor,
George W. Briggs, and Nine Superlnten-
dent Frank Lyon and Grant Schmittle we're
probably fatally hurt. A dozen other pas.
ssngers were seriously hurt.
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Insane Prisoner Kills Two Men.

Sheriff Cooley, OF Chiffon County, Ala.
was struck on the head and fatally
wounded by an insane prisoner named
Campbell, in the Clinton Jail a few days
ago. Campbell also killed Dan Jenkins.
colored, who had been placed to watch
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Three Persons Burned to Death.

John Westervelt, his wife, and six-year
old daughter were burned to death in the
destruction by fire Of their home. on Char.
fine Bluff, Va. A twelve-year-old son was
the only N ember OF the family who escaped.
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Disd at the Age OF loo Years.

Rufus Miller. oolored, died In Port Jer'
Wis, N. J., aged 100 years. For thirty year:
he was engaged in landscape gardening
His hair was only slightly gray, his teett
were perfect and his eyesight was GOOD.
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SPLIT TR AIN CAUSES A WRECK
Twenty Men njured in q Collision o
tho Illinois Central II abroad.

tho Illinois Central r abroad.
CHICAGO (st eciaD. D.-Twenty men were
injured In collision between two freigh'
trains OF the Illinois Central Railroad a
Junction "C," a side station near Broad
view, iii. Two OF the injured may die.
The, collision was the result OF tn,
breaking OF cou upllng-pin IN the middle
OF QUE OF the trains, which was running
about mile ahead OF the other. The rear
section OF the broken train ran back toward
the train behind, and before anything
could be done to avoid it tue trains met,
Two cars were burned, one OF them day
coach, In which were thirty stockmsn.
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Mobilization Ola British Fleet.

LONDON (By Cnble).-The mobilization
OF powerful feet began Monday evening
at Torbay. Fifteen battle ships arrived.
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Plant Nut Trees In Their Orchards
Farmers in nearly every northwestern
StRte are planting nut trees afonR W. Mi.n
their peaches au d pears, and are utilizing
the hillsldes, where nothing else Will sfo"'
for nut orchards.
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,vo Killed and Forty Inj u red In Wreck

Two Killed and Forty fnju red In Wreck
BRAZIL, Ind. Especially Two miners Eert
killed and forty injured in collision be
tween train conveyiag the men from the
mines to their home In this city and 6
freight train. There were 800 men on th'
wrecked work train.
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went his Sunday crop Hewpz
OF sN Sabbath breakerss <. Is 81
Again, / charge you bes
tion With the dissfpate s$os t]zef9k
and YOU will In time Ead0p 4
Who is that man fnlien
stone. covered with brutse
ness? He was as bftea Ssssse5s yses
looked up from your nuts9 IS 11s1t ASte,
rocked him, prayed for. htpl ona ~!
cheek and held him up 519H H9< &
| into hisloyinR eyes and HDldeaa!s
hieh position nshe was being ffttAl ~ q aIa
tered lite with bright hopes. TheS US
beckoned him, friends cneereE nims
but the archers shot at him. yils;
men set trays for him, bad habits hooseds
fast to him with their iron gra. .,ples: nsss
| feet slipped on the way, anc there ne ilesss
Who would think that tnnt unconbed hair,
was once toyed with by fathers iinEers.
! Would YOU think that those bloated cheeks
| were ever kissed by a mothers lips? Would
Won guess that that thick tongue once
made household glad with its innocent
nrnttlea Utter no hnrsh words Ia his ear,
Help him up. Put the hatoye that once
nanly brow. Brush the Dust from that
coat THAT ouce covered a;ggenerous nears.
| Show him the way to the home that once
reioiced at the sound OF bis footstep anu
with gentle words tell his chi!dren TO stano
bnck us you help him t!ir'tughthe nat.;
THAT WINS n kind husbpud !once aud an
| indulrent father. He will kneel with them
no moro as once he did al family prayers =
the little ones with clnsped hands looking
nm into the heavens with Thanksgiving for
their happy home. But now at midntghs
he will drive them from their pillows and
curse them down the steps and howl after
them as, unclad, they fly down the street
In night garments under the calm starllSEs:
Who slew that man? Who blasted ;hat
home? Who plunged those childten into
worse than orphanage-unsii tho hands are
blue with cold. and the choeks are blanched
with fear, and the brow Is SCARED with
bruises, aud the eyes are hollow with grief:
Who made that life wreck and filled etec-
nifty with the uproar OF doomed spirlt?
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-10-13
REPRESENTATIVE CROCKETT.

State of Nebraska, Wayne County,
SIS. Charles Crockett being duly sworn
on oath deposes and says, that he re-
sides in the county of Knox Of the
state of Nebraska, and has so resided
there for tne !ass fifteen years. That
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-10-13
SENATOR CANADAY.

State of Nebraska, Kearney county.
IS. j. s. Canaday first being duly
sworn on oath says that he is a resi-
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pR.WJ. LEves.

about under the official but delightfully."-
ambiguous title of European repre-
sentative of the Transvaal." 1t is said,
indeed, that some of the most influen-
tial continental newspapers have been
subsidized by the Transvaal govern
ment through the willy DR.. Leyds, and
it is known that he approached Lisbon
over and over again on the matter of
the purchase of Delagoa Bay, but could
not succeed in shaking PortugaPs
friendship for Great Britain. 1t is a
recognized fact that Leyds, by some
means or other, has found it possible
to obtain audiences with European
rulers unwarranted by his own official
Importance or the Importance of the
government which he represents. But
1T is rumored that this same govern
ment instructs it's European agent to
scatter his gold lavishly when once he
has ascertained where such gold will
do the most good. 1t is worth while
noting that the Special expenditure.
as such funds are termed, of the Trans
vaal government has amounted to $11,-
435, 900 during the last IA years. This
goes to show that the secret service OF
even such small republic as the
Transvaa1 is no insignificant affair.
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THE ARREST
or a SPY

of information regarding the movement
and disposition of the British forces.
In the town of Mafeking, too, early
in the war, Major Cecil was forced to
post up notices to the effect that in
formation had reached him that spies
We're operating in the town, and that
unless the same left Mafeking by
noon of the following day they would
be apprehended and punished according
to the law governing all such cases.
The startling number of times the
British forces have been led into am
/ buscades or have marched unsuspect-
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out Of information. The present situa-
ton in South Africa is something like
that in. the Philippines. officers find
it difficult to determine just who are
friendlies and just who are to be count
ed among the enemy. How many spies,
for instance, there may be among, the
supposedly disaffected burghers Of the
Cape it is impossible to tell. This
peculiar position of affairs forced Gen.
eral Gatacre not long ago to issue a
proclamation that any Cape Colony
burgher travelling from town to town
would be arrested on suspicion. He
forbade them to go to market towns
oftener than once week. This was
obviously to prevent the dissemination
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of his forces all unite to neutralize the
advantage which his enemies possess in
their more perfect organization, in dis
cipline, and in superiority of numbers.
1t explains to great degree just why
the little republics of South Africa have
been able to make such an excellent
showing when facing the most power
full and the most aggressive empire in
existence at the present day.
While the Boer is by no means dip
lomat, he is, in state and political at.
fairs, always willy and foxy schemer
This perhaps explains just why the Sc.
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ingly against Boer force thoroughly
prepared to meet them has naturally
given her majesty's officers very dis
agreeable consciousness that their
movements were only too well known
by the enemy. In fact tbs known that
Cape Town itself is full Of Boer spies.
yet no effective move can be made to-
ward stopping their operations. The
knowledge which the Boer possesses of
the country, his well guarded means of
secret communication and the mobility
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cret service system of the Transvaal is
the most extensive and the most effect
i've affair of its kind in existence. When
it is remembered that the Simple
minded veldt burgher' has such an
adroit and experienced secret service
agent on the continent as DR.. Leyds
and it is borne in mind that this official
receives salary of $4,000 a year for
his services, some idea Of the faith
which Dom Paul places in his spy sys-
tenn may be secured. DR.. Leyds goes