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A Horrible Example.

A d,LAken saloon porter wandered into the Presbyterian church It I>o- komo, Ind, during the revival con ducted by Evangelist Merton Smith Of Chicago. The porter took a front seat, and when the evangelist told of the horrors of the liquor business tn } drunken man arose and denounced him as a scoundrel and liar. 4 rull- Der of women tainted. Don't take him out," exclaimed the evangelist, as the janitor pushed the man toward the door, "It is not the man tha-: speaks, but the liquor in him. Hs is no worse than I once was"
 The minister placed the drunken man in the pulpit by his side and con- tinued his discourse, with the living subject for a horrible example.-Cir- cinnati Commercial Tribune.
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"Little Bat" Shot.

Lincoln, Neb., Dec 15.-A Journal special from Crawford, Neb., says tIat Baptiste Garnier, known all over the West as Little Bat" the fearless In dian scout, who first came into prom thence for services rendered Gen. Cook and later for all the service in all the big Indian wars. was shot and prcE- ably fatally wounded in a saloon to- night by James D. Haguewood, the sa- loon manager. The trouble between the two is not known.
 Little Bat" has been 1o,di ig 1he position of chief officer in the govern ment service at Fort Robinson. There is slight hope of his recovery. Hag1e- wood surrendered.
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Frantic Excitement at a Santiago Ball

Santiago de Cuba, Dec. 16.-A sharp earthquake shock was felt here last night about midnight. It was the most severe that had been experienced in several years, and created panic at the San Carlos Club, where a grand ball was in progress.
 The shock was preceded by a dull sound like a mine explosion. Two shocks followed. the former being quite severe. and the latter scarcely perceptible. The ballroom at the club became a scene of frantic excitement. Several ladies tainted, and the people rushed into the streets.
 At Moro Castle. a military ball was in progress The American ladies pres ent expressed great interest in the earthquake, which was the first they had experienced, but displayed no fear.
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and sank. The crew threw themselves into the sea and clung to the wreck age, but the majority quickly disap- peared. Capt. Kresthmann dled at his post.
 The Malaga lifeboat made three eff forts, and rescued fifteen men, but the weight capsized the boat and twelve were drowned. The other three were saved by means of ropes thrown to them. The port authorities saved many of the sailors.
 The survivors have been received at the hospital, the Hotel de Vile and private houses. All the theaters in Malaga abandoned their performances this evening.
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Nearly Six Hundred British Killed and
 Captured by Boers.

London, Dec. 15.-General Kitche ner's supplementary dispatch refer ring to the disaster at Magliesburg confirms yesterdays most pessimistic fears, and demonstrates that the cat astrophe is among the worst the war.
 Lord Kitchener's message to the war offizce is as follows:
 Pretoria, Dec. 14.-Clements brought in his force to Commando Nek unopposed. The casualties were, I regret to say, heavy: Killed, five officers and nine of other ranks; miss ing, eighteen officers and 555 of other ranks. These latter were four com panies of the Northumberland Fusil- eers, who were stationed on the hill, and some yoemanry and other details sent up to support them. Names and nature of wounds are being tele- graphed from Cape Town.
 "Broadwood's brigade took no part in the engagement. The Boers suf- fered severely. Knox drove Dewet north to the Thabanchu-Ladybr line, which was held by our troops. Dewet's force, about three thousand strong, made several attempts to get through during the day, assisted by a force of Boers operating from the north. These attacks were 1r'~nn back though some of the Boers from the south were able to get through the line"
 Wiring later, Lord Kitchener re- ports that while passing the lines in the neighborhood of Thabanchu Dew cts force lost considerably. The South African light horse and Thornycraft' s mounted infantry capturtd a fifteen pounder, taken at Dewetsdorp, a pom pom, seeral wagons with ammunition. twenty-two prisoners and some horses and mules. A portion of the enemy has not been able to pass north.
 Lord Kitchener. under date of De- cember 15, reports to the war office from Pretoria as follows:
 Clements has come to see me. He says the four companies of the North umberlands held out on the hill as long as their ammunition lasted. The Boer force attacking the hill was 2000 strong, while another force of 1000 attacked Clements camp. By 6:30 o'clock the hill was carried Rein forcements of one company of the Yorkshires failed to reach the top.
 Clements retirement was carried out with regularity, but as many na- tive drivers bolted, a considerable amount of transportation was lost. All their ammunition not taken away was destroyed. He reports that all behaved very well. Broadwood has gone to Rus tenburg and supports Oliphant's Nek, which has been reinforced. A flag of truce which has come into Commando Nek for the Boers, says Joubert's son was killed and further reports their losses as being very heavy"
 This astounding and utterly uneX- pected reverse, the news of which was broken to the nation exactly one year after General Buffers defeat at Col enso, effectually disposes of any hopes that the war in South Africa is nearly ended, and completely abates the myth that interpretations there were merely of guerilla nature.
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port the discovery of magnificent falls one dropping from a heighth of 1900 feet, also several glaciers, one of which rivals the great glacier of Sel- kirk's in area, and surpasses it in magnificence of its surroundings of mountain lakes of unusual beauty and of lofty peaks, which will offer a great temptation to mountain climbers. These hitherto hidden marvels of na- ture can be made accessible by con struction of trails and these will be built early next spring.
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Gompers is President.

Louisville, Ky, Dec. 15.-The twen- tieth annual convention of the Amer ican Federation of Labor adjourned sine die tonight after selecting Scran- ton, Pa., for next years convention. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Sam uel Gompers, New York. cigarmakers, reelected; secretary, Frank Morrison, Washington, printer, reelected; treas urer, John B. Lennon. Bloomington, H., tailor. reelected.
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So accustomed have Americans be- come to think of the United States as a new country that the statement of AL bion w. Tourgee that i've are one of the oldest of existing civilized nations," seems to require an explanation. Since the foundation of the government, all 9fnost one hundred and twelve years .ago, there has been no break in our ! Presidential succession. During that 2 period, according to Judge Tourgee, the Form of government in France has changed ten times. Germany" he adds, 'is but thirty years old. Aus tria, as a nation, Is the outcome of the Hungarian rebellion. Italy Is a still later product of popular evolution"
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The kindergarten Is a debatable uues- ton. Originating in a cool climate
 among a calm people, the idea of "child garden" was healthfuI. hannv and wise. After prolonged but not con elusive experiment American educators are of divided judgment about its uni versal adaptability to the temper and physical environment of American childhood. It's advantages, generally stated, are numerous and unquestion- able. For the child of the squalid home 1t is a blessing not in disguise. For do- nestle hardship, blows, curses, kicks, for the poverty of heart that too often accompanies a lean larder and brutal habits of degraded parents, nothing bet ter can be imagined. For child soli- tariness of mind or body 1t gives sweet companionship. For the darkness 1t substitutes light. The hunger of the little soul 1t nourishes with hope. The thirst for play 1t stakes. It Is warmth in winter, coolness in midsummer heat
 as compared with sun-beaten streets of
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British Prisoners Freed.

London, Dec. 17.-[By Atlantic Ca ble.] The following dispatch has been received by the War Department from Lord Kitchener:
 Pretoria, Dec. 15.-Five officers and 916 men, Magaliesburg prisoners, have been released.
 ''The Boers surrounded and captured 120 men of Brabant's horse in defile in Zastron district.
 "Col. Bomfield, moving on Vryheid, defeated the Boers with heavy loss, delivering them from Scheeper's Nek and capturing quantity of arms. The Scheeper's Nek movement occurred December 13.
 'The Boers who attacked Vryheid December 10 lost 100 killed and wound ed before they retired. The fighting lasted all day, the enemy drawing off at 7:30 D. m. The British loss was six killed, nineteen wounded and thirty missing. Our casualties include two officers, who died of their wounds"
 Wiring from Pretoria yesterday (Sunday), Lord Kitchener, after an nouncing that the released Magalies- burg prisoners had arried at Rusten- burg, says that the Boer force divided into two portions, one moving south and the other west.
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Terrell, the murderer of Express Messenger Lane, has justly been sen tenced to death. It may be true, as claimed by his counsel, that he is a de generate, but society must protect itself against degenerates when their degen- eracy takes homicidal turn. It is not the fault, but the misfortune, of rabid dog that he goes mad, yet no one stops to sentimentalize before killing a mad dog.
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The double life" is a conspicuous feature in the news of the day. First MT. Schreiber, of Elizabethport, modest and respected young bank clerk. was suddenly found to be twins, the other one being known as MT. Hart support- ing a scarlet and costly menage in New York on funds flched from the hank Second, MT. James Roosevelt, Jr.. scion of two distinguished families, million aire and collegian, suddenly introduces as his alternate delegate" a curious character known as Jimmy" a youth of miscellaneous habits in the Tender loin. Third, Messrs. Kerr, McAlister Death and Campbell, some of them Heading" and all of them outwardlv respectable citizens of Paterson. N. T.
 abruptly disclose their other selves as four monsters of lust and cruelty
 Fourth, MT. Alvord, rotund of figure
 frank of face and plausible all over the Implicitly trusted teller of a great bank, unexpectedly introduces as his double, who undid him, familiar figure among sports and gamblers who has taken $700,O00 of the banks money.
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Optimists firmly maintain that the human race is growing in mental vigor and intelligence, but we cannot forget that about one-half the female popula- ton of this town Is practicing the Kangaroo walk" This causes us to hesitate at an acceptance of the optimis- tic dictum,
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Alvord, who might have home and friends and place of trust and good pay, is now in New York, practically penniless and in jail, a ruined man. He takes this outcome philosophically and says he has enjoyed his fling, but the cost of the fling was enormous. The way of the transgressor is hard.
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Bishop Fallows seems to be busy ad- vising the rich men and women of the country by letter what to do with their money for the worlds good, but the rich men and women of the country do not seem to be taking his advice to any great extent.
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To See HerGaIF

Mrs. Givem-Isn't Mrs. LoudIeigh rather ostentatious about her charita- ble works?
 Mrs. considerations? I should say so. Why, that woman would like to have pier glass over her mantle of charity.-Baltimore American.
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Let's seel Ten years Imprisonment for $7OO,OOO. That would be $7O,OOo a year. Even at the extreme penalty bank footing on a large scale pays pretty we'll
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According to the report of the com missioner of education 100000 Amer leans are in school. One-fourth our people are preparing by school life for life's school
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Twenty million dollars in gold has been received at Seattle within twelve months from Alaska. Report on the gold-brick trade farther East have not been made public.
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Fight With Boxers.

Pekin, Dec 15-A small force under Colonel Tullock, while reconnoitering today northeast of Pekin. encountered a force of Boxers in the village of Ka- oliying. The village was barricaded and the officials were insolent. A Box CT encampment was discovered at Tieh Chaing, five miles distant Rein 1orcements arriving on Thursday, the fortress was attacked and captured af- ter a sharp engagement, and forty Chinese were killed. There were no British casualties.
 The country is reported to be in a general state of anarchy, necessita- ting the scheme of frequent pacify- ing expeditions which was drawn up by Count Won Waldersee, allotting spheres to the various nationalities and which was unanimously accepted
 The opening of the railroad has been postponed indefinitely, efficient engineers not being obtainable.
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pr. Koch's latest investigations all go to show that mosquitoes are the prin- cipal progators of malaria. What are mosquitoes good for anyway?
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Men Use More Hair Dve

A New York druggist said recently that according to his experience men use hair dyes to a much greater extent than women.
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H. 4. TEASE Publisher:
HOLBROOK. ARIZONA

The girl and medical student who has discovered the cause of pips in chickens should now devote her best energies to securing a sure cure therefor.
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A polite bachelor always gives up his seat in a crowded car to a widow of long standing,
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Wonders of Rockies.

Winnepeg, Man. Dec. 15.-The Ca nadian Pacific Railroad engineers have returned from an exploring ex- petition in the Rockies and they 1e-
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A piece of poetry about shattered idol seems to appeal particularly to every married woman.
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BUtRy STILL FIGHTING
British Recruits Tackle Superior Force
 and lose many men.
BRITISH PRISONERS FREED
Hundred Killed and Wounded at Vry-
 held -Brabant loses some of his men.

Aliwal North, Dec. 15.-A party or Brabant's horse, consisting mainly of raw recruits, engaged a superior force of Boers, December 13, near Zastrom, Orange River Colony, losing four killed, sixteen wounded and 12O taken prisoners
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Looked That Way

Jaggles-Do you really think he committed suicide?
 Waggles-Well, he ate mushrooms he gathered himself-Judge.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-09
ABOUT PEOPLE OF NOTE.

The height of luxurious travelling has
been reached by the car and czarina
TIE empress private car is upholstered
in pale blue satin. The electric lights
are all in the form of lilies, and the car
contains writing and tea tables made
of mother of pearl. The nursery IS the
next compartment, and is as comfortable
and handsome as the same rooms In any
of the cZar's palaces. There are dining
rooms and drawing rooms and several
sleeping apartments; in fact, this train
is miniature palace. The wheels are
covered with India rubber tires.
1t will probable startle the Emperor
William to learn that he has been found
guilty, by an industrious epumerator of
the delivery Of no fewer than 100 speech
es in the course of the last ten years.
This works out at an average OF nearly
a speech and a half for every week
of the decade, and is a decidedly liberal
allowance, even for a sovereign whose
extraordinary fiuency is said to be more
embarrassing to the Stenographers than
it has occasionally been to his ministers.
The Duke of Richmond and Gordon
holds strong views about gambling. and
will not allowing eard-playing for high
stakes in his house. The younger mem
bers of his family, however, are more up
to date, and on the occasion of a large
party at Goodwood, the duke having, o.
they believed, retired early, a popular
game Was proposed, with. of course, the
usual accompaniment Just to give an
interest in the game" Play went on
meTrily for some time. The party had
warmed up to considerable excitement,
when suddenly the door opened and the
host appeared! In his usual courtly, yet
pleasant way, he smilingly observed that
it was getting late, made few tactfui
but firm remarks about his rules and
the party qSickly dispersed bedward.
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credit. The situation would then have
been Infinitely worse than it is certain
to be as the situation now stands. No
doubt the people of Minneapolis will be
able to stand what is in store for them.
They have acted with elaboration, and
re vote cast shows that they have not
taken the step which they have taken
under any Misrepresentation. They have
repudiated an administration which lis-
charged all its obligations to an enlight-
ened public sentiment. They did SO, as
tribute to the devotion of the bulk of the
people for certain national policies which
relate to the welfare of the city only in
the most indirect way. They will have
ample opportunity to count the cost; aud
unless all former experience is at fault,
the cost will be high enough to meet the
demand of the most exacting.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-09
AMES, ELECTION.

The election of A. A Ames as mayor
of Minneapolis is in itself a circumstance
which reflects infinite discredit on thar
community. But such a result, achieved
through plurality exceeding 1900. must
fill even the most ardent believer in the
popular desire for good government with
surprise and disgust
The sequel to this election will be- q
bitter one for the people of MINNEAPOLIS.
and the bitterness of it will be felt no
more keenly by any class of the com
muntty than by those who cast their
votes for the third candidate. Mr. Dean.
They it is who have secured for their city
the certainty of a local administration
which will win for it a degree of unde-
sirable notoriety from which every local
interest is bound to suffer.
1t is an easy and a safe prediction that
before many months have elapsed the
readers of the Minneapolis press will ha
furnished with interesting intelligence of
the unavailing protests of just the class
of society for whom Mr.. Dean has stood
against the conduct of the administration
which they have been chiefly instru-
mental in bringing on the city. They
are bound to make themselves heard, and
it will be to no good purpose Mime
apolis will be wide open to an extent to
meet the requirements of the most ardent
admirer whom the doctor has among his
fellow Minneapolitans, and many an i'm.
pressive object lesson is in store for them
of the inevitable results of their devoted
attachment to their peculiar notions of
municipal policy.
There is much of consolation in the fact
that the new charter has been defeated
With such an instrument in operation
under the guidance of such man as
Ames the results would have proven
to be beyond all endurance, even by the
people of a community which has en-
dured SO much at his hands to its dis
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-09

for expansion. A new country IN pro-
cess of development in population and
material resources naturally seeks every
outlet for its trade which will help to
promote its future greatness The peo-
pie of the Pacific states recognize the
from the centers of internal trade. They
realize that their growth must be de-
pendent to some considerable extent on
their ability to find new sources of en-
are in the current of american trade
with China and Japan. Many of the
products of their own immediate section
will find sale in the Orient. The dezHand
for American manufactured articles will
promote the development of manufacture
ing industries among them. The natural
conditions are all favorable The fuel
supply is at their very doors. Climatic
conditions invite the influx of settlers
from almost every section of the coun-
try, and are undoubtedly certain TO
commend themselves to incoming inn
migrants from the most desirable coun-
tries of Europe
Whatever may be said or thought of the
wisdom of the American people in adopt
ing the administration expansion policy,
it is not to be gainsaid that its devel-
opment along lines that are warranted
by the constitutional system of this peo-
pie Will result in greater and more endur-
ing gain to the South and the Pacific
states than to any other section of the
United States.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-09
WHEN VIZ WENT NUTTvNe

bunch" to make them what thew
should be. A merry crowd of youngsters
ana few we'll filed baskets and ;ov
harvested victory. To get up before
the sun and climb into a wagon bed of
nay and ride several miles until Mort
Haines found the particular stretch of
woods We wanted, was among the nIaas
ures of those olden golden tfne1s
Dung Haines always had something I'M
his sleeve. He knew just the spot in the
creek where the best fish ioafed. and
where squirrels could be found. He mad
corner on hickory and hazelnuts. and
never allowed the crowd to stop hefors
they got to his point OF destination Aft
er lettering the horses, axes were thrown
into some sapling. A battering ram
was hewn out and the torment began.
Tree after tree was in this manner b,,r-
glarfzed and piles of unhured nuts gar
nered in.
A porch climber may have his trouble.
as well as other second-story men hut
the troubles of the lad that scaled fhe
young hickory had more than all of
tnem put together. To get up into the
tree was enc thing, and a very difficuIt
thing, but coming down was another II
was after this ordeal that the YOUNGSTERS
stomach looked like Hamburger. There
is something about battering hickory
trees that forces an awful appetite and
when the girls got the noon spread ready
over on the slope, corn pone and .punap-
Kin butter suffered the consequences
There IS an old tree that used to stand On
the lower forty near the meadow fence
30 long as memory lasts the picture scf
that tree Will never be effaced BY ma
tufe generous both of shade and nuts
boys for miles around used to lombard
IT, At the end of the season there were
always more clubs in that tree than could
be found in penuchle deck
AS a matter of fact the walnut. whe7
properly cured, goes about as well around
a winted fire as any other, but il has To
be hUlled. No attic in the country is well
stocked without its quota of walnues.
boy that hulles two bushels of -waInuts
ought to be pensiOned. He is entitled Sat
least to eat a few of them The hl1lls
are always infested, and the stain keeps
his Unit" looking like the foot of rae
coon until about Christmas, and as a
usual thing his sisters beaux have eaten
up all the nuts by the time the bows
hands again assume the color of a eau
cass1an. The younger boys of the family
naturally have to lay in the stock Of nuts
Tor winter. while their brothers are work
ing in the fields A boys full capacitv
for eating them is not developed until
ne IS old enough to go to see the sister
of some other iuckless urchin who gath
ers them, and so it happens that the
youngster comes to regard the Rough
neck who calls every Sunday as the le-
Ultimate enemy of his toll
After all, this is the only unplesaant
recollection of the whole sport that of a
red-faced neighbor fellow with a horse
and buggy and an insa table desire to eat
up plate after plate of the goodies stored
away by the hapless little fellow whom
Whittier refers to as the barefoot bow
with cheek Of tan" and who in the nut
ting transaction remembers even unit! he
IS gray that he got "all the worst of H."