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Co-Workers With Christ.

Christmas commentaries the most impor-
tant and far-reaching fact in the history
OF mankind-the fact Of our redemption
through the suffering and immeasurable
sacriice OF the Son OF God. II Christmas
reminds us supremely of anything, it must
remind us Of this. 1t is not only the ami
yersary Of great Joy to Us, but of the keenest
suffering to another in the story Of the ages
of the advent into His earthly martyrdom
Of the being who willingly sacrificed heav-a
emily peace and rapture for the redemption
of our lost and SHINING race. This great
fact, in itself sobering and profoundly
impressive, lays upon Us as a race
reciprocal obligations and calls to
sacrifice which can never be fully dis
charged. We owe our Saviour loyalty, SER:
vice, sympathy self-abnegation. We owe
all these as ce-operators with Him in the
building up Of the kingdom which He came
to earth to inaugurate.: The anniversary OF
Christ's birth recalls. the grand privilege and
obligation OF every one Of His earthly f6llow-
ers to Him. We are not to forget that we
are essential co-workers with Him In the
redemption OF mankind. Christmas Joy Is
good, but so also Is Christmas seriousness.
The day is not complete unless 1t be hal
lowed by both. Our Joy should merge into
our sense Of responsibility, and should suf-
fuse 1t and glorify it with the color Of divine
privilege.
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SAMOAN TREATY RATIFIED
Approved by the Senate A"e- Two
Hours Debat,
After An Exchange of Ratt6catIona With
Great Britain AMI Germany We
Will Take Possession.

WASHINGTON, D. c. (SpectaD. Without
the formaity Of roll CALL the Senate rati'
fled the treuty under which Great Britain
will withdraw from the Samoan Island:
and the group will be divided bet ween the
United States and Germany.
Six speeches in Ill were made on the
treaty, three, by Senator'S Davis, Foraker
and Spooner. advocating ratification. and
three, by Senator'S Bacon. Money and I'LL
man, opposing the acquisition OF more
territory by the United States. Upon the
conclusion OF the spAe ches. the Senate, by
its vote, showed itself so overwhelmingly
In favor OF the convention that ratification
was announced without further proceed
ings.
There is reason to believe that the
administration, anticipating ratification,
has made arrangements for tho extension
of American sovereignty over Tutuila,
O!oo, Mama and Rose Islands. Nothing
will be done until after un exchange OF
ratihcations with the Berlin and London
Governments, when instructions will be
cabled to Commander 3. T. Tiller, com
manding the cruiser Abarenda, directing
him to take possession OF the islands in
the name OF the United States.
Commander Tilley will issue proclama-
tion to the inhabitants OF the islands, set
ting forth the purposes OF the United States
in connection with their government. Tu-
tuila will be regarded US naval station,
and Commander Tilley yill be its Il rst Gov
ernor.
Now that the Senate has ratified the
treaty the three governments will make ar
engagements respecting their consular rep
resentation in Samoa. The nhroSation Of
the treaty OF Berlin will naturally lessen
thu duties OF Consul Generate Osborn, who
will probably be recalled and a consai ap-
pointed in his stead @
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

The Things I Miss - Co-Workera With
Christ-Where All Have Equal Rights
The Revelation OF the Father-Charity
and Love the Proofs-A ChIld's Trust.
An easy thing. o Power Divine.
To thank Thee for these gifts Of Thine!
For summers sunshine, winter snow,
For hearts that klndle. thoughts that glow,
But whom shall / attain to this
TO thank Thee for the things / miss2
For all young Fancy's early CLEANS,
The drearneh-of joys that still are dreams,
Hopes unfulfllled. and pleasures known
Through others fortunes, not my own,
And blessings seen that are not given,
And never will be. this side Of heaven.
Had too shared the Joys see.
Would there have been 4 heaven for me?
Could have felt Thy presence near,
Had l possessed what held dear2
My deepest fortune, highest bliss,
Have grown perchanca from things miss.
Sometimes there comes an hour Of calmi
Grief turns 10 blessing, pain to balm;
Power that works above my will
Still leads me onward, upward still;
And then my heart attains to this
To thank Thee for the things l miss.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
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Whore All Have Equal Rights.

There Is country residence in England,
grand and massive in It's proportions,a q com
bination OF palace and castle. Walls and
ramparts surround it, also porters' lodges
and kennels for dogs: but engraved upon It's
porch In large stone letters Is the sweet and
inviting word-"Welcome." 1t has voice
for all comers. 1t Is the first thing that greets
ftheeye. II can be discerned at a considers
bic distance. 1t grants free and hearty en-
trance within the spacious building and par
titipation in its comforts and attractions.
Old and young. rich and poor, alike are
welcome. So all have an equal right to the
manger of Christ. The wise men visit it,
and are male glad. The attendants OF the
stable look In and see the infant King. The
birthplace Of the Prince OF Peace is for the
righest rs well as for the lowest. None need
be afraid or ashamed Of the cradle OF the
Saviour OF the race. The lowly spot is the
heritage Of Observation-Disclosures.
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The Reyelation of the Father.

There are many who stand yet on the
other side Of Bethlehem and the other side
OF Christmas. To them Christ has not come.
He is only name-a so iething vague, un-
certain, Of whom there are many conflicting
opinions and various thoughts. And to
many thousands he is less than that. But
this is still the glory of God that He seeks
to come into our life as the little child, tho
beginning OF Il newe: and higher life, the
revelation of the Father. bringing to the
heart peace and breathing into the soul His
own good will to men, Those shep-
herds were not great or wonderfully wise
o. good men. But they heard OF Jesus
found Him. And for US. for every one of
US, there waits this same Christmas gift
the gift OF Gods great love to every man
who will seek and receive Him.-Mark Guy
pparSn
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Charity and Love the Proofs.

AS We look back over the months which
have gone, WHO of US is not conscious, and
slailyr0nsciols' %latever 'erials may have
~5efalien him aud howeTer severe they may
have been, OF his obligatfen to be grateful
10 tho Almighty? Who OF Gs>-{ndeed. Is
not tho o-oughly and profoundly thankful9
How. then shall our gratitude fludt express
SION? Only in the familiar ways, to bsa sure.
sor their is nothing new under the sun, A2d
works Of charity and love, done in the name
Of Christ to those who are needy, are the
best proofs Of what we say. Such proofs
have nothing of novelty about them. but
there may be such novelty within us, in
The increased sincerity, earnestness and ten
lerness Of our benevolence, that the Master
shall see. not only that our gratitude Is gen.
uins but that /, bsspeaks q true and perma-
nent growth in grace and in the Joy OF the
Lord
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FATHER SENDeAvoR" cLARK's TRIP.
He Will Go Around the..world in the In
terest of Christian Endeavor.

He VIII Go Around the..World in the In.
terest of Christian Endeavor.
BosToT GSpeclaD For the third time DR..
Francis =. Clark, "Father Epdeavor"
CLARK, as lie is often called, started on q
tour in the interest Of the organization of
which heis the leader. After leaving Bos-
ton, he and his wife goes direct TO San
Francisco. whence they will suil for Japan.
They will be in Japan nearly 4 month, at
tending meetings and conventions IN
various paris OF the country. In reference
Z to the remainder OF the trip, Dr.. Clark
says: .t.
E "From Japan, the trip to China will be
made about the middle OF March. Here
Christian Endeavor Is particularly strong.
By June I've will have to leave China,
taking the new Trans Siberian Railway
across Russia to Europe and including ten
days OF river travel and about twelve by
mi, to ST. PetersburRb. = Thence we go to
SEngland, in time ITO greet the arriving
Americans, who will pour into London for
The Nineteenth International Christian En
deavor Convention, July Il to 49,
lS Concerning this convention DR.. Clark
said: "The spectacle of 1000 or 5000 Amer.
Jeans crossing the seas with this object in
view will be without precedent. Aud the
fact that 1200 or $500 OF them will 60 prac-
,ticaliy In whole Steamer loads will be ad-
fditionally noteworthy"
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Prominent PeopIo.

Jobn D. Rockefeller has given S1pa, ,0e3
to Columbia University In New FORK CltS,
for Il chair Of psychology. 100 9
The German Emperor's favorite saddle
horae ia an Irish hunter. H. is brown
reldinc. bred in the United States.
In 1888 three men, now we'll known, were
friends together at the University OF Stras-
burc-Rontsen, Paderewski and Tesla.
Bishop Satterlee (EpiscopaD OF Washing.
ton, is lifelong friend OF Secretary OF
War Root, with whom he went to school
when boy.
Thomas Dunn English, the author OF
''Ben Bolt" says that no author should at
tempt to write poetry until thirty or a
oovel until after forty.
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Seventeen West Point Cadets Discharged.

Seventeen West Polnt Cadets Discharged.
Seventeen young men left the Military
Academy'at West Point, N. T., few days
ago. having been found deficient In their
studies at the examination just closed aud
being accordingly discharged, as follows:
Cooley, OF Michigan, and Prentiss, OF New
York, OF the second class; Sprague, OF New
York; Burnam. OF Kentucky; Russell, OF
Illinois, and Barry, OF Tennessee, OF the
third class; Coury, Of Ohio; Fridge, OF
Mississippi; Hascall, OF New Hampshire;
Burnett, OF Alabama; Rinssing, OF Massa-
chusstts; Gehle, OF Iowa; Cron. OF Michi.
gan; French, Of Krnsas; Lacy, OF Indiana;
Faller, Of Pennsylvania, AMI Brant, OF Ne
braska, OF the fourth class.
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Boet-British War Notes.

About twelve hundred British subjects
are still in the Rand district.
The British have already lost in killed,
wounded aud prisoners nearly 5000 men.
General Joubert, the Bosr General =,
denies that be has ever protested against
the use Of lyddite.
An appeal has been made to Americans
for funds to establish British hospital
base at Cape Town.
Queen Victoria has approved the adop-
tion by the Royal Irish Fusiliers OF the
motto. Faugh-a-Ballagh.
Ttr, British Government is threatened
with , nal famine, the most ss@ious de.
velopaent OF recent weeks.
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ITALY ASKS PREPARATION.
Wants the Government to Punish Louise
ana Lynchers.

WAsHrSGToy, D. C. Especially. - The
italian Government has signiRed to the
Government Of the United States in the
polite and courteous method known to
modern diplomacy IL wish that the persons
guilty Of lyachlng the tire Italians at Talu-
.ah, La., last spring, should bs punished.
& As under the existing law the trial and
prosecution OF such cases rs this is LETT en-
.:irely to the State auth critics, the National
36yernment Is wellnigh helpless to meet
fIsereonest or tie italian Government.
The President will probably make fresh
representations to Congress urging the
speedy passage ofthe pending bills intend
I'd to remove from State courts jurisdic-
lion In cases where persons claiming treaty
protection are the victims, aud transfer,
tng jurisdiction over them to the Federal
,OurtS
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MONSTER TRIAL OF BANDITS.
Cour Hundred Defendants, Lncludin

Eour Hundred Defendants, Including
Many rrominent Persons.
ROME (DY Cable). ).--Sassnri, in Sardinia,
Is the scene OF monster trial OF bandits
who lnfest the island aud the numerous
persons accused OF openly or covertly a5et-
ting them.
There ars 400 defendants, Including land
lords, wealthy trndosmen, state andimuui-
cipal officials aud mauy women.
The witnesses number 1909. the docu.
ments CON mprise 300 large volumes aud l2o
lawyers are engaged.
A huge wooden building was erected for
the trial Two OF the old judges resigned
rather than undertake. It. A third ouly
consented OF promise OF immediate p.o-
motion
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PLAGUE ENDANGERs MANiLA.s

Three Undonbted Cases Have Appeared
Within the City Limits. tJ
MANILA (By Cable).-Three undoubted
CAGES OF bubonic plague have occurred
within the city limits.
While strict quarantine has been estab-
lished and hundreds OF inspectors are max
ing inspections OF the entire city, the pop
ulation OF tue city is frightfuily congested,
and there is no sewerage system here.
Horses are now being inoculated to se-s
cure antitoxin serum. DR.. Eddy, an ex-
pert, is unwilling yet to state that there is
no danger OF an epidemic.
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yyould Preserve Cuba's Trees.

~ General Rius Rivera, Secretary o. AGri-
culture, Industry, and Commerce, has ad-
dressed communication to Cover nor
General Wood, at Havana, advising that
steps be taken Immediately to protect
Cuban forests belonging to the public do
main. He urges that he be empowered to
nppoipt six inspectors, at a salary OF s20C0
ench, with instructions tc locate public
property and 10 consult with the officers OF
the rural guard in the various provinces
as to tue best methods Of preserving tho
trees which are now being used at the
pleasure Of the first person who desires tc
ont them
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DEATH IN BILLIARDS. PATH.
People and Stock Perish in New Mexico's
Severe Stprm.

GoRDo, N. NJ. [SPeclaD.-D etails OF the
blizzard which swept over Southwestern
New Mexico indicate that 1t was the sever
sst storm ever experienced in that region
A stretch OF territory fifty miles in
Width, with White Oaks aud NogaIes for
he centre, seemed to suffer the most,
,Ithough the severity of the storm was
Mountain region. Tue velocity OF the wind
vas terrible, all roads aud trails were, OBJ
iterated, and the driving snow madsrf
impossible for travellers 10 see their way III
The storm. %s.
When the storm abated, wagons which
lad been abandoned, we're found strewn
ali over the section. Several fatalities are
reported, including the driver ofthe White
Oaks and Lincoln stage, aud many sheep
ler1ers have lost their lives. Thousands
oH head OF stock persisted, and itts esti.
mated that the loss will aggregate over
800. 900.
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ALASKA MAY BE CUT I'm
Suggestion Is Made to Create
~ tory OF Seward: {

: wAsH1SGroS, D. c. Especially .-TSSennte
soommittee on Territories considered bill
sreatIng three judicial districts for Alaska
and for revision of the laws OF the United
States applying to tue Territory. A num-
Der OF Alaska men were present with the
committee.
y They were asked il there was any sent-
menti in favor OF dividing the-Terrltory at
sAft: st. Eilas, making the southeastern por-
ffon the Territory OF Seward. The reply
swas that the people believed such Il division
would be necessary ut some future time.
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SETTLERS co TO CANADA.
ycarly 1900 With $40 10000 Left the
United States Lass Year.

Nearly 1900 With $40 10000 Left the
!, United States Last Year.
Z; TORONTO, Ont. Especially. The Superin-
sendent OF Immigration has received re-
sports from most OF his agents in tie United
States and estimates that nearly IA, 900 set
atless from the Republic have become resi-
dents OF Canada during the past yeHr. "a
conservative estimate places theMeaith OF
these persons at $4,000, 900.
s. The prospects for increasing The number
OF settlers from the United States During
the season OF 1900 are very eaeour9gin 4.
Kansas and Arkansas suppliedfhe greater
part OF those who came. ~ s 1ss ~,
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fLAINsnEN 10 HELP HoEiSs,
q Regiment OF Cow Punchers Beihg @
ganized In the West. .s5S

MINSEApoL1s, MINI. (Speclal ohm G.s
Maher, a weil-known cattle mRn .ot Chad
ron. Neb., while here en- route to- Chicago.
regiment of 1000 "cow l;ppncherss. and:
plainsmen to go to South Africa ind help
the, Beers. transportation will cost 3 200
per man. and the money has besh pledged
In New York, Chicago and Omaha es
He is Oh his way to find out how far the
pledges cal be realized on before get-
ting the men together. The plan, he said,
Is to embark them rs emtgrahts to
the Transyaal, and thus escape Federal tn-3
reference. The men ara oil accomplished;
rough riders and crack shots. 'i q f '
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Senator Hanna OIL National Issues.

Senator Hanna on NatiOnnI IssueS.
Senator Hanna stated 1T Philadelphia,
where the committee in charge OF arrange
ments for the Republi 'an convention be.
gun its work. that the National issues would
be the prosperity OF the working people OF
the country, and the retention OF the
PlilIUpines r..
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Dr. Bedloe Has Resigned.

The resignation Of Dr.. Edward Bedioe,
United States Consul at Canton, China,
has been accepted by the Department OF
Sint. nt Washington aud Robert NJ. Me.
Wade. Of Philadelphia, has been selected az
his successor.
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S,v,I Cadet Dismissed For Hazins.

Naval Cadet J. F. Maxwell, OF NorM
Carolina, has been dishonorably dlsmiSSe5
from the Naval Academy at Annapq3
Md, as result OF court -marttai
found him guilty OF partlcipattonslns{{a {ae
Christmas haZinS. n ~ fSSSffssSfs
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TRENCH psFsAT TIL: CHINESE.
Stjak 10; Athe boundary Dispute a
- - 81 rs schau-wan Bay

aktle lxsx tue boundary Dispute at
- ~ E551ngs schau-Wan Bay
y sT Especially 1.-The steamer
$lpi 81 news from Shanghai
ttssES q have taken posses
sloH VIM Bay, where i
So4nf 1lf < |(ifl been pending for
.,erSf5 ~ ha French con1menc led
i,nDa{ King tw0ss Chinese gun
slsslf T. s 4 4 theit su uns and arnmuni-
i St3S 8 HE officers on board the
|BB hs prisoners. The warshlps
81 x led twenty Chinese Villages, COM
q fha Chinese troops to noye back.
+ ~ $sft 63Its, bhttie took riacesat Veg.
m II ~ Gfch the French lost fourskiiled
ia 3k IS rs ii wounded. Ths Chinese
4 S3i 3 fass;| AFTER the ChiIese re-
| 81 B6 tAno4 forces we're divided in
= ittphs, which pillaged and
sd 3nany villages.
~ f6ral mandarns surrendered to pre-.
kS8nf the burning OF their towns. They are
held as hostages to- prevent retaliation by
the natives.
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Portuguese Republicans Aritate.; /:

LISBON (By Cable) e).-The repu bllcanpress
is working up an agitation against the
monarchy on the basis OF Englands inter-;
ference with vessels outside Delagoa Bay,
It declares that Euglaud's action Is q, yto-
lation OF Portrgal's neutrality. and Is due
20 the weakness OF the existing reg1me.$e
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German SQUADRON Held Ready. !,

BERLIN (By Cable).-Reports are pub
ished from Wilhemshaten that the first
German ironclad squadron Is completely
ready to leave for action within twenty
tour hours. .rr .
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With q Ch lids Trust.

A child appeals to US specially because it
80 much needs us. and the Eternal Child,
zoo. casts Himself upon Us in love and in
hope. Love waited Him when He came.
True, He was laid Ia manSer. but He was
laid there tenderly. He was trustful rs chill
dren are trustfu. and there is nothing soft
ms the heart more than child's faith.
Most OF US grow world-weary. The time
comes when we expect danger at every
step when the grey sisters enter our house
md threaten to abide, when our idols turn
to clay, and our eagerly sought prizes drop
lead from our grasp. But we are healed
from the disease Of hardness OF heart by u
little child who recalls the old time when we
Thought all men noble and all wome9nfD
ful. Nothing. we repeat, is moro
than t0 be trusted once more
4, only child viii! trust Us,
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San Domingo Pays Frauce.

s5,Eha French deb:. .ola56, ,o0o iu liquidation
Reispa ssill claim has been
S. sf8meht 81 San D Domingo.
asEgsf3f 3fH u 4 ,8sh settled to the salts
fsetter fench aui Dominican
setlnsshl
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|; GtclinS Notes.

There are many American cyclists IN
Cuba. ana fhsse will form 9 anucleus>f Tor y;
Cuban cycling league. - .. Il
As for5 1899, the general opinion, borne
out by facts, Is that last year was the 39
bicycle season since 1896, yhisS.y71(
mafknble sales year.
Over one thouss p
:oads have been
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MORE COFFEE FACTS.
study the Question YourseIf.

when the doctor said No more coffee,
was dismayed, for as an ardent lover
Of coffee and "a crank in the matter of
its preparation, had grown to believe
that life was not worth living without it,
Out the DULL stupidity and the almost
daily headache SO interfered with my
profession Qiterature) that I was COM
PEELED to seek the doctors advice
Il saw an improvement from the start
but missed my morning beverage and
felt great lack 1t was at the home Of
a friend and Postum apostle, Mrs. --
Of Lonsdale, that I tasted my first Pos
tum. Her family had sworn by it a year
or more, and declared themselves, from
the least to the greatest, benefited bx its
use.
Il was surprised TO find It really palat-
able. and determined that I could i'm
prove on it myself purchased a bog.
and as we all do. on the first trial. made
a lamentaoie failure Of It. through insult
hcient boiling. and the Postum was poked
away on an upper shelf. until the Oft
reiterated newspaper statements made
me determine TO try it again, with long
boiling
took twenty-five minutes 70 prepare
It. about ten minutes 20 bring It ID TO a
boil, and then allowed it 20 boil steadily
for fifteen minutes. and from the first sip
/ was enthusiastic over the new bever
age and even wanted a second cup. II
has never palied upon me- morning or
night Nothing could induce me % 90
back to the berry coffee.
The chaue-a Postum, t,s.s ,-----,,-,-. =.
seems little short CT miraculous. For .he
first time In many years am really well
my color has Freshened. headache has
not visited me for many weeks. ana nv
ability for work has returned with All us
old zest- I shall never cease to Be grzte-
ful for what I feel IS a remarkable cure
due 70 nothing more than Postum Food
Coffee. in place OF the OPAL barry.
Sincerely yours"-Mrg = Tallmzn
Centre3ale P