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nate lover; IN the daytime. when she
ought to busy, staring BY the half hour at
nothing biting her finger nails into the
quick; The carpet that. was plain before
viii be palmer after having wandered
through q romance all night long u teseel-
lated halls of castles. And Your INDUS
trlous companion will be more hnattrac.:
tive than ever, now that YOU have walked
IN the romance through parks with
pluped Processes, or lounged in the arbor
with polished desperate. Oh, these con-
frmed no: ! readers! They are untitled
for this life, which is q tremendous dis
cipline. They know not how to 10
through the furnaces Of trial through
which they must pass. and they are un-
htted Tor q world where everything we
gain we achieve by hard and long continu-
ing work.
Again, abstain from all those books
which, while they have some good things,
have also an admixture Of evil. You have
read books that had two elements in
them,-the. good and the bad. Which
struck you! The bad. The heart of most
people is like q sieve which let's the small
particles, Of gold fall through. but keeps
the great cinders.. 0nce IN awhile there is
q mind like 2 loadstons which, plunged
amid steel and brass filings, gathers up
the steel and repels the brass. But it is
generally exactly the opposite. If you
attempt to plunge through d hedge i OF
burs to get one. blackberry, you win get
more burs than b~1ackberries. You cannot
afford to read 2 bad book. however good
you are. You say<"The influence Is insig.
%nificant;" I tell you that the scratch Of
q pin has sometimes produced lock-jaw.
Alas, if through curiosity, as smanv do,
you pry into an evil book yotf curiosity
is as dangerous as that Of the man who
would take . torch into 9 eunnpWder mill
to see whether it would really blow up
or not!
In 9 menagerie in New YoV q man
put his arm through the bars &f q black
leopard,s CAGE. The animals hide looked
stroked It once. The monster seized him,
and ne drew forth q hand torn and man.
gled and bleeding. Oh. touch rot evil
will. the faintest stroke! Tholeh II may
be glossy and beautiful, touch 1t not lest
you pull forth your soul torn and bleed
But: you say, how can ! hnd out
whether 9 book is good or bad %Tithout
reading it,. There is always something
suspicious about q bad book. 4 never
knew an neutrality-suspicious. suspicious
in the index or style Of illustra[ ion. This
venomous reptile always carrie4a warning
rattle.
Again, abstain from those books which
are apologetic of crime. It is 4 sad thing
bookbinderv and some Of the finest. rhet-
Oric have been brought to nuke sin at
~tractive. Vice is q horrible thing any
how. 1t Is born in shame. = 1T dies
bowling in the darkness; In this world
It is scourged with a whip OF scorpions,
but afterward the thunders of God's wrath
pursue it across a boundless desert, beat
ing IT with ruin and woe. Wh4n you come
to paint carnality, DC not painf It as look
ing from behind embroidered curtains or
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thorough and successful Dairying.

W AAk0xONX1 III SUCCESSFULLY NE :
One of the greatest lessons that mod
ern dairying has taught us is that thor
ough and intensive work on a small
scale pays better than careless and
slipshod work. either on a large or
small scale. The man who can handle
a few cows and make them pay a prof.
It is In q fair way to make a success
with any number. But let one fail
with a few, and you win soon find him
failing with many. A great many peo-
pie are inclined to say, What's the
use Of bothering with a few COWS. The
profits on them would only amount to
a little a year, and It Is waste of time
to be SO careful and thorough" That
principle carried through any business
or branch Of farming brings disaster
In its train. There is no better advice
to q young dairyman than to tell him
to begin with FIVE cows and learn how
to handle them so the greatest amount
OF profit possible Is obtained from
them. Then after he has mastered
all the details Of such a small herd.
let him add more COWS. but only SO
fast as he can handle them properly.
giving to each one the same attention
be bestowed upon the first five.
The intensive method of dairying is
very simple to explain, but it is not so
easy to practice. 1t begins with good
cows, d at least the foundation for a
good herd in the shape of a good bull.
LET pond hl0od no introduced some-
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Fronch KIN ! soudsn ChssE.

French KIN : soudan Chief.
French expeditions in the Soudan
united and defeated the forces Of Sui
tan Rabah, the Sultan himself being
killed.
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4 MESSAGE FROM PBKIN.
British Minister Reported That At
tacks on Legation Had Ceased.
BUT AC GORDON WAS MAINTAINED

n Handfn Of American and British
Guards XIII 1000 Chinese who Were
Led into : Trap-The News Confirmed
London (By Cable).-The Admiralty
has made public the following dis
patch from Rear-Admiral Bruce at
Tien-Tsin:
sFollowing message from Pekin:
British Legation, Pekin, June 20
to July 16 repeatedly attacked by Chi
nese troops on all sides. Both rife
and artillery fire. Since July 16 an
armistice, but a Gordon is strictly
drawn on both sides Of the position.
Chinese barricades close to ours.
"sAll women and children in the
British Legation. Casualties to date
sixty-two killed, including Captain
Strouts. A number of wounded in
hospital, including Captain Halliday.
Rest of Legation all well except David
Oliphant and Warren. killed July 21.-
MACDONALD.'"
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Hundrads Killed ~ Volcanic Ernpffor.
Some $50 persons were killed Nv ths
eruption 0f Mount Axnma, ia japan.
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tom. SO that the whole ladder may be
perfectly rigid. The top can be NOR
tised with a crossbeam in most cases
the beam that runs parallel with the
barn floor. If the common detached
ladders r to be used one precaution
should surely be taken-they should
have sharp iron points inserted in the
lower ends, SO that there may be no
chance whatever of their slipping.
This is n Of the great dangers of
the ordinary ladder. and another is
that arising from weak rounds" An
ounce of prevention is valuable In this
case.-New York Tribune.
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No subject Of a public nature inter-
ests and helps the farmer SO much as
that of improved public highways.

The new century will have twenty
four leap years, the greatest number
possible in one hundred years, enough
to give all the girls a chance.
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Condition Of Labor n the STATE.

The New Jersey Bureau OF Stalls
tics has issued a circular showing in
e In wages OF employees In certain
Industries Of the State for 1899. Four
hundred and ~fifty-one establishments
made reports. which affect 384,132 per-
sons, Or twenty-six per cent. Of the to-
tai number employed in the State. The
amount added to the weekly payroll
is $48, 390.49. The reports only COW
cred those who are employed in mills,
factories and workshops which employ
not less than ten persons. Railroads
and many other Industries are not In
cluded. In iron and steel the advance
vas above the average. In nc case has
the increase been less than 5.6 per
cent. The average increase shown As
9.8 per cent. Establishments In which
wages were not Increased are; employ
ing more help, and the number Of
working hours have been decreased.
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ANOTHER CUP DEFENDER.
Yacht VIII Be Built In Boston TO Com
pete for Honor OF Defending
Americas Cup.

BOSTON. Dec. S.--After a conference
with Boston designers. Boston builders
and a number OF representatives ~ Bos-
ton yachtsmen. Thomas W. lawson. a
we'll. known ilnancier and horse fancier
Of this city. announced tonight that he
would personally stand the expense Of
building another yacht to compete for
the honor OF defending Americas cup
against Sir Thomas Lipton's sham
rock II.
The new yacht. according TO lawson.
will be designed by B. B. Crowninshield
Of this city, who has already had much
success with smaller boats. while Geo.
Lawley Of South Boston. builder OF the
former cup defenders Puritan and May
flower and outfitter OF stiIl another, the
Volunteer, will probably construct the
new boat
II is expected that Captain Nat
Watson. one of the best shippers In
the East viii act as sailing master All
matters pertaining 20 the construction
of the new boat will be open at all
times TO any one interested.
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AGREEMENT VIOLATED.

CHICAGO, Dec S.-Most OF the tele-
graph operators lines of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe went on a strike
late today In support OF the strike In
augurated on the Gulf Colorado and
Santa Fe ON Thursday. Earlier In the
day the men went out on the western
divisions but at o'clock II wasNex-
tended over practically the entire sys-
tenn.
President Il. P. Ripley, OF the Atchl-
son road. when he learned Of the strike
of the main line operators said:
These men, having broken their
contract and left our employ without
cause and without notice viii not be
re-employed."
This action was taken" he contin-
ued, Notwithstanding the fact that the
company made contract with Its oper-
ators in service on the Atchlson. To-
peka and Santa Fe proper, July 1. and
with those in service on the lines west
OF Albuquerque. November Is, last, un-
der the terms Of which they bound
themselves through their organisation
to give the company thirty days no.
tice OF any dissatisfaction"
STATEMENT OF MANAGER.
TOPEKA. Kas., Dec. SIN speaking
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sTArEMENT oF uNIoN.

WICHITA. Kas,, Dec. s.--chaIrman
J. a. Newman. Of the Santa Fe dlvIs-
ion OF the order OF Railroad Telegraph
ers including the Santa Fe system, is
sued a strike order this afternoon and a
few minutes later he was Informed that
1900 operators over the entire system
Quit the key.
In his order calling out the men
Chairman Newman says;
You will turn your boards red for
the protection OF life and property and
leave them In that position permanent
~. Carefully protect all the company
property In your care or possession and
allow no person access thereto until you
are properly checked and released from
al responsibility by the eompanys ac-
tual representatives This action is
made necessary TO secure for you rea-
sonable compensation and conditions Of
service"
Newman said; The real grievances
Of the men on the Gulf system as Civ
On 10 me In a special from National
President Dolphin, are a protest against
the proposed elimination Of twelve sta
lions from the schedules and a proposed
reduction In wages AT nineteen other
stations.
TO avoid this strike the committee
agreed to accept the Santa Fe rule
amended by providing for eight cdnsec-
utive hours rest iE iwenty-four hours
except In cases Of emergency. The
clause depriving men OF a hearing
when discharged for lnsubordlnation
was also TO be eliminated. Another de-
mand made was that there was not to
be any reduction in wages at any OF the
stations for the present.
we win stand py the men OF the
Gulf road and fight this battle to
finish"
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THIRTEEN HUNDRED
OPERATORS STRIKE
s=--=a----
TeIegraphers on Santa Fe Sys.
TEN Quit Work.
--a-------~
MEN HAVE MANY GRIEVANCES
President Of The Road Says They VIII Not
Be Rs'suplOysd as They Had
Agreed TO Give Thirty
Days Notice.
MEN HAVE MANY GRIEVANCES

CHICAGO. Dec. s.-six hundred tele-
graph operators on the lines OF the A.
r. a 8. Re struck today In sympathy
with operators on the Gulf. Colorado
and Santa Fe railroad who went out
Thursday. The foregoing statement Is
according to the best information OBJ
,ainabIc from the company's officials
tonight.
The number Of operators on the sys-
TEN Is 1900. df whom 800 are said TO be
union men. or the 900 members OF
the union 300. It Is stated. refused TO
strike, leaving the system with about
half Of liz men at work.
officials of the road declare that un-
der no circumstances viii they yield
To the strikers and that none OF them
VIII ever again work for the company
In any capacity
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QUEEN is FAILING.
Greatest Monarch Of the Century II
Probably Nearing Her End.

NEW YORK. Dec. s.--A dispatch to
the world from Windsor. England.
says:
Much anxiety again prevails in court
circles respecting the queens health.
She has broken up noticeably since she
was informed that the Empress Freder-
lex was suffering from cancer OF the
throat and cannot live many months.
Queen Victoria. who invariably eats
and sleeps well. has now lost her ap-
petite and passes sleepless nights. For
years she never missed her morning
ride IN a donkey chaise around the
private gardens until the last couple
Of weeks. when this was forbidden by
her doctor. who ordered her instead to
drive through the park In a closed car
riage. Sunday last the queen kept her
room the entire day. a thing she has
not been known to do for years. ane
the report goes at the castle that she
said she would not be surprised to hear
Of the death OF Empress Frederick any
day. as the doctors were afraid to per-
form an operation.
II is also whispered that her majes-
~ falls into a doze at meal times. and
the other day, when putting on a brave
front and pretending to review the col
onial volunteers. she fell fast asleep
In her carriage The windows were
shut and she was rapidly driven home.
A belief undoubtedly prevails among
those around her that the queen is fall
Ing. The papers in London assert that
the queen is In her usual health. but
the above are the true facts.
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BERLIN. Dec. s.-The vossiche Eel
tnng. discussing Mr. Krugers move
ments. says:
Presumably the frustrated visit to
Berlin would have met with judgment
when the visit to The Hague was over
and surely II would not have provoked
Indignation II the original pro-
gramn,e had been followed and Mr.
Kruger had first gone to The Hague.
DR.. Leyds. however. thought he was
doing something extra smart when he
changed the plan. His attempt was to
take the Berlin government unawares
and he alone must carry the burden Of
the failure"
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pE WEI HEMMEp N.

ALIwAL NORTH. Cape Colony. Fri
day. December Z-General De Wet ap-
pears to be In most dangerous po-
Sition. and TO need all his strategy to
exfricate his force. With strong British
columns on three sides and two swollen
rivers hing his front. rhe British
commanders begin TO be hopeful that
general chase by four columns, which
has been one OF the most exciting oper-
ations Of the war. viii result in the
capture Of De Wet.
Definite news Of his whereabouts was
first received December 2. The next
morning General Knox started in hot
pursuit. Pitchers and Herbert's col
umns were detached to make turning
movement. After three hours march
General Knox learned that Turing the
night De Wet had doubled back past
the British right. necessitating a COM
plete change OF plans. During the night
Of December 3rd General Knox en-
camped on the Carmel farm. the site
OF the Boer laager. which evidently was
recently and hurrledIy moved. General
Knox started again at daylight. hoping
to corner De Wet while crossing Karre-
poort drift. but he arrived too late.
The British experienced very great
difficulty In following De Wet owing to
the rise In the river. but they succeed
ed in crossing without the loss OF a
man or beast From that time on the
pursuit Of the Beers was taken UP
without baggage. the troops being sup
piled by toragers, enabling them to
make more rapid movements and keep
In touch with the renublicans
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NARROW ESCAPE
OF BELGIAN king
Transport Nearly Destroyed by
Fire and Storm.
COAL BURNED THREE DAYS
Vessel Stood on Her Beam Ends for Fehy-
eight Hours and An oa Board
Awaited The Deaih Which
Seemed Inevitable.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. S. The
transport Belgian King Is in port after
a voyage Of fifty-hve days from Ma
Mia made memorable BY disaster and
by narrow escapes from total destruc-
tIon.
Shortly after leaving Manila the yes
sci encountered typhoon and for tive
days those on board waited for tho
death that seemed inevitable. The coal
in her bunkers shifted and the trana-
port was for 4s hours on her beam
ends. Only sudden abatement OF the
storm saved the transport.
The Belgian King was laid up seven
teen days for repairs at Hong Kong
and after leaving the latter port her
coal caught fire and burned three days.
The fire gained such haedway that at
the time the state rooms were too hot
TO be occupied.
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De VETS FORCE
IS RETREATTNG
Swollen Rivers in Front and
British on Three Sides.
wILHELMINA RECEIVED PAUL
No Hope Of Intervention From Holland War
Office Promises GraiuIiy to Every
Man Who Served In South
Africa.

LONDON, Dec. s.-The war Office has
received the following dispatch from
General Kitchener at Bloemfontein.
dated December s:
Have just received news from Knox,
at Rouxyille. that De VETS force. hav-
Ing failed to force coomassie bridge.
which we held. has trekked northeast.
abandoning 900 horses and carts. His
attempt on Cape Colony. therefore. has
failed. He !s being pressed on all
sides"
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Iitical section Of the Vienna population.
but because the police have conhscated
the present IN question.
The man who organized this homage
70 Mr. Kruger. Denster Kapuscha has
been found TO be a swindIer. He has
been arrested. and the present, con-
sisting Of two valuable flags, two fine
water coiors and a box weighing a
thousand kiIos. containing five hund-
red thousand signatures, has been seized
in the interest Of its victims. The in
cldent has caused a most deplorable
impression.
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INNOCENT MAN RELEASED.
Served Half Of Long Sentence for
Making Careless Mistake

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. s. After
serving seven years Of his 1s-year SEN
tence in the eastern penitentiary here.
James Parker. Of Ellisdale N. j.. has
been released as innocent. Parker when
not % years old was convicted of steal
ing suit Of clothes from a hotel He
left his own. claiming that he made
mistake.
The matter was Investigated and h
was found that the suit which Parker
had left at the hotel was Of better quail
ity than the one he had put on in mis-
take. The board Of pardons unanimous
ly gave Parker his liberty.
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QUEEN RECEIVES KRUGER.

THE HAGUE. Dec. s.-Queen wilhel-
nina received Mr.. Kruger in audience
today. AS the Boer statesman was
travelling incognito the visit was not
attended by the ceremony usually paid
to chief OF state. A court official
proceeded to his hotel and accompanied
Mr. Kruger to the royal palace In a
state carriage. DR.. Leyds received Mr..
Kruger at the door Of the palace, but
was not present at the audience.
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THANKs AMERICAN FRIENDs.

NEW YORK. Dec. S.-The CONSUL
general of the Orange Free State has
received the following reply to cable
gram Of good wishes sent to Paul Kru-
ger by the American Transvaal League.
II thank the directors Of the Amer
lean Transvaal League and all sympa-
thizipg Americans for their greetings.
and hope their kind wishes will be
fulfilled. KRUGER"
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GRAruITY FOR VETERANS.

LONDON. Dec. S.-The war office an
nounces that a gratuity win be paid
to every officer and man who has serv-
ed South Africa since October 10. 1899.
The least amount will be e5
It is roughly estimated that 1t will
take s1,OOO.OOO to complete the pay
ment.
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of the strike situation. General Manager
Nudge Of the Santa Fe said tonight:
THE strike Is caused by trouble over
the rules and regulations. The wage
scale was up for consideration but the
road agreed to arbltrate on that point.
New rules and regulations have been
up and were not settled. The road viii
not agree to rules asked by the men
and the strike results"
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EXPECTS TO BE ACQUITTED.
Jessie Morrison Is Confident That She
viii Soon Be Free.

ELDoRADO. Kas.. Dec. s.-smilIng
and confident, Jessie Morrison today sat
through three hours Of pleading. the
last stage but one in her trial for
the murder of Mrs. Castle.
Since she left the stand yesterday the
prisoner has gained strength and evry
movement she made today depicted the
feeling of joy she felt over the belief
that she would soon be free.
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OVER A MILE A MINUTE.
Remarkable Run Made by Fast Mali
Train on Burlington Road.

CHICAGO. Dec. S.-The fast mail on
the Burlington road made remark
able run last night from Chicago to
Galesburg of 1924 miles in 157 min
utes. Allowing nine minutes for stops
the net time was las minutes or an
average of &C miles an hour.
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BoERs cAPTuRE sHEEP.

JOHANNESBURG. Dec. s. The
Beers have captured 1900 sheep from
small detachment of British troops in
the vicinity of Krugersdorp.
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ASTRONOMICAL EXPEDITION.
VIII Be Sent to the Southern HemIs-
phere by the University Of
California.

BERKELEY, Cal. Dec. SD o.
Mills. New York capitalist, at the
request Of President benjamin Ids
Wheeler, has promised the University
Of California to defray the expenses
about s24,O0o-of two years a-trorc
mical expedition from the Lick observa-
tory to South America or Australia.
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SHOPS CLOSED.

TOPEKA, Kas.. Dec. s.-The officials
OF the Santa Fe decided In conference
tonight that the shops here would be
closed Monday morning until further
orders. The order throws over 2OOo men
out Of employment.
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BIG MISSOURI FAILuRE.

ST. LOUIS. Dec. S.--The Missouri
Guarantee Savings and Building Asso-
ciation made an assignment in the sum
of st,eOOOOO this afternoon for the bene-
fit Of its creditors and stockholders.
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HOLLAND WON'T INrnRvnNE.

ANTWERP. Dec, S,-A special dis
patch from The Hague says Holland
has no intention to intervene in fa-
vor Of arbitration in the Transvaal
troubles.
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PORTLAND RAILWAY SOLD.
Mortgage Foreclosed on Property Of
East Side Railway Company.


PORTLAND. Dec. s.-The property OF
the East Side Railway Company was
sold today to Fred 5. Morris for 49,
ass. subject to court costs. which WlIl
amount to about $4,000. The sale was
in pursuance Of decree Of the United
States court in November in a suit
by Morris and Withheld against the East
side Railway Company to foreclose 4
mortgage against the company.
The property comprises twenty three
miles OF electric railway with equip
ment as follows: Fifteen miles OF track
between Portland and Oregon City. four
miles OF track between Portland ana
Mount Tabor and four miles to Mount
Scott, all standard guage. The road
was built by James Steel and George A.
Steel.
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Y. NJ. c. A. IN RUSSIA
Success of the New Organization in St.
Petersburg Is Phenomenal.

Correspondence Of Associated Press.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov, 25-The St
Petersburg Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION is having phenomenal sue
cess. The rooms were opened less than
two months ago. There are now over
500 members or applicants for member
ship.
In the evenings one can usually nnd
$50 members at the classes, in the rooms
playing games or drinking tea. AlcohOl
and tobacco are barred, but no pledges
to abstain from their use are expected
from members.