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nouncers and all sorts of non-stimu-.
iGting substitutes for coffee.
Il wish you pleasant evening" said
the London doctor. but doubt is gam
ing ground if even intelligent votaries
of pleasure had not better try to real
iZe their ideals outside of rum shops.
Epicureans are beginning to appreciate
the truth that the attempt to trick life
oat of the extra enjoyments is failure
on the alcohol plan; that the present
pursuit of happiness by intoxication
is in every instance a losing game.
characterization by just as much as the
delights of the brief delirium are out
weighed by the miseries of the inevi-
table reaction. The practical outcome
of that experience has taken the form
of a growing addition to literary en-
joyments, amateur art work, travel and
outdoor sports among classes whose
former habits had almost identified
the ideas of merry making and intoxi-
cation.
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Seek Expert Opinion

College professors and students give
members of the senate much to think
of in the way of moot questions. A
day seldom passes by without bring
ing in the senatorial mail a batch Of
letters from educational Institutions
in which all sorts of questions are ask
ed OF the statesmen. Toward COM
mencement time this mail increases,
but it provides food for thought at all
time. These questions are sent out in
order to secure for students arguments
to be used in contests before debating
societies and in preparation for their
class theses. Sometimes college pro-
fesSors seek in this way to get mate
rial for magazine articles or for lee
lures to be delivered before their
classes.
The lists of questions that in this
manner usually come into the posses
sion of senators usually bear upon
matters that are before congress or be-
fore the country. For a long time
there has been preponderance of
queries relating to the foreign posses
sions of the United States and the
tariff and reciprocity have held their
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I'm not conscious of any preju-
dices," said London physician in re-
ply to a convivial invitation, and
wish you a pleasant evening; but
hope you will kindly excuse my per-
sonal presence. Experience has taught
me that l cannot drink and attend to
my business
In that sense converts to the doctrine
of total abstinence have multiplied in
every country of the civilized world,
and their ranks recruit themselves by
a process of natural selection. Topers
are crowded out; the most complete
abstainers forge to the front. and COM
petition has already resulted in an in
creasing tendency to total abstinence
from all virulent stonics whatever.
Hence, anti-tobacco societies, tea-re-
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two francs fifty confines all hour, tn
usual price. and dangers hesitated.
What do you want with it?" he
asked.
Il would place it in my room, M.
David she said, and pray to Christ
for Greece"
He took down the image and hand
ed it to her. and she left that day, tbs
last day Of the sittings, staggering
under its weight.
The statue was finished and sent to
Greece. and the thought of his model
passed from his mind. She was
little of a mystery to him, but Paris
held many such mysteries, or what
seemed to be mysteries. in those days,
and models. to David Dangers, were
simply models.
That was the story of the Marcos
BotZaris monument. David had been
sufficiently young to be enthusiastic
and sufficiently prescriptions to i'm
agine he could do something which
had never been done before. He had
succeeded. With the aid OF the spirit
Of Missolonghi, he had succeeded.
In after years, when he departed
from France, exiled by Louis Napo-
leon. a wanderer on the face of the
earth, the irresistible desire to behold
once more his masterpiece finally drew
him to Greece.
Long before the vessel anchored
he caught a glimpse of the tumulus
erected at the foot of the bastion in
honor of Botzaris. 1t made a sma |.
dark spot on the horizon. but above It
was a speck, small and white, with
another dark speck beside it. He
knew the white speck was his statue
of the young Greek girl, but it was
not until he had landed that he knew
what is now a matter of history
that his statue had been mutilated
almost beyond repair.
AS he reached the tomb, he wept like
child. for, lying across the marble
figure was the unknown girl who had
originated the masterpiece, and who,
having journeyed to Missolonghi to
behold the composition once more,
and having found the right hand Of
the statue Broken, the index finger OF
which pointed to the name, after try
ing to hide the cruel vandal break
with bouquet of flowers, had died
of a broken heart. and, with her still
warm clay for one brief hour was
taking the place of the marble efhgy
she had inspired to the memory OF
Marcos Botzaris and his fall at Misso-
longhi.
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Temperance Education in Schools
For eleven years Georgia white rib
boners have been working for compuf
sorry scientific temperance teaching IN
the public schools, and their zeal has
been rewarded by the passage of bill
In the legislature providing for such
instruction. Apropos of this victory,
Mrs. Sibley, the gifted state president,
contributes valuable article to the
Atlanta Journal from which the fol-
lowing extract is taken:
Some one has said that the nine
teenth century has given the world
knowledge; the twentieth century will
give it virtue. Universal education as
to laws of nature which must be
obeyed to obtain the highest type of
life is certainly one of the first steps
towards this expected virtue. The COM
mon belief that alcoholic drinks are
nutritious, or at least not harmful,
has led to their use and the dreadful
consequences of that use. which baf-
fes description. 1t is, therefore, self
evident that the first step towards pre-
venting those consequences is such I'M
iversal education as to the nature of al
cohOl in all of its forms as will warn
the people of its power over evil. Such
education, to be effective, much be
founded on truth, and be impaired in
childhood. before there is formed the
uncomfortable appetite for itself which
appetite has the power to create. f'Ae
two most healthful features of the tie e.
perance reform now are: First, the
fact that this philosophy showing the
need for scientific temperance instruc-
ton in the public schools is appealing
to thoughtful students of the alcoholic
problem throughout the world. and,
second, that the voices which tell the
story of scientific truth against alcohol
as a beverage as revealed by modern
methods of investigation were never so
many, never more authoritative, and
from so many different parts of the
world as now.
THE history of twenty-five years
shows that the American people have
almost universally accepted the funda-
mental idea that prevention through
education is the antidote for the evils
of intemperance. Only Georgia entered
upon the new century having failed to
provide this education for the children
in the public schools. hence we rejoice
with joy unspeakable that Georgia has
fallen into line. These laws are each
year better and better enforced, and
consequently public sentiment is grow
ing. Since we began this work % years
ago to tell and teach scientific facts
concerning the nature of alcohol and
it's effects upon the brain and Drawn.
the railroads and nearly all forms of
business refuse to employ men who
drink because they are considered I'M
reliable.
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pointed hour, but never a word did.
she vouchsafe as to herself or her an
tecedents, and David, eHgrosseA
with his composition, grew to
think of her less and less,
as his composition neared its compile
ton and he grew to thinking of the
statue more.
On the wall of his Ftudio hung a
very handsome bronze crucif1x, on a
velvet panel. He often found her
watching it. 1t seemed to have fas-
cination for her, and one day,when the
child was dressing. after two or three
hours of hard work, when he had
spoken to her again of payment for
he! sittings and she had again de-
clined the money. she exclaimed, with
a glance at the crucifix:
IF You insist upon paying me. M
David, you may give me that"
The crucifix was worth considerably
more than the price of her sittings at
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the quartz camps Prime Pulca is the
largest and most important at pres
emit There is quite colony at Prime
Pulca, and several mines have been
sunk into the quartz. Prime Pulca is
$50 miles north of Bluefields and near
the coast. The district covers a radius
of about 100 miles from the camp of
Prime Pulca, over which prospectors
have gone and located claims. Is is
essential that machinery be obtained
successfully to conduct quartz min
ter to get it up there, as river nayiga-
ton is easy the greater part of the
distance. The ore runs from $50 to
5000 on the average. although in
stances are known where it went as
high as $500 to the ton. 1t is not hard
quartz and can be easily operated with
stamp mills. although smelters would
be necessary to obtain all that the ore
contains.
The merchant of Nicaragua is no
doubt the Chinaman. One of the
wealthiest men in Nicaragua to-day
is a Chinaman. Chow Wing Sing
He went there eleven years ago and
managed to get $500 ahead, and with
that capital he has expanded until
only the other day he was able to put
$180,000 in gold into mining machinery
for use in his mine at Prime Pulca.
Mr.. Paul Renner has mine there for
which he was offered 100000 not long
ago and refused to sell.
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The New World (Chicago) notes the
temperance revivals now progressing
in Ireland and England and says of
in our Irish exchanges that there is
now going on in Ireland such q cam
paign in the cause of temperance as
has not been known since the days
of Father Mathew. We read in the
pastorals of the bishops of the many
ance is being fought. and of the great
progress that is being made toward
the bringing about of better state of
things. Every true lover of Ireland
will regard this news with joy. Self
government for Ireland is badly need
comes; the settlement of the land
question is badly needed, and there
will never be peace in the island until
the question is settled; but what is
needed there more than anything else
Is the settlement of the whisky Ques-
ton. When that question is really
settled on a satisfactory basis, and
when the Irish people cease to eX
pend a large proportion of their earn
ings on the vilest of whiskey. specially
concocted and drugged for the purpose
of driving them to madness as quick
Iy as may be- then those other politi
cal and social problems above referred
to will settle themselves or be settled
by agitation in the near future.
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Do you remember when good, old
fashioned society women sat by the
hour and talked bonnetS? When
there were whispered comments to
the effect that Mrs. A. looked like a
fright in hers and that Mrs. BIS (pro-
viding Mrs. b., of course, was the one
addressed) was simply dream?
There is no more of it. You may pos
sibly hear Mrs. c. say that Mrs. d. S
new crown isn't bit becoming, but
bonnets are a very minor considera-
ton. indeed.
These crowns are really and truly
ones. although some are more modest
ly referred to as coronets and others
as tiaras. l can trace their use in
America no farther back than the
third Mrs John Jacob Astor. who died
in 1887, says a writer in Ainslees, but
her sister-in-law, Mrs. William Aston,
was almost as early in the field with
the royal insignia.
The value of these ornaments va
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WITNESSED BY "ME AND HEAvEN.'
Humorous Incident at MiiwaukeS
Aaeatrical Performance.

Robert EdeSon. the actor, tells this
story of the stage: I've seen and
heard good many funny things in the
way of plays and play actors in my
time, but The greatest thing / ever saw
or heard was in Milwaukee. This was
several months ago. 1t was in one of
the museums there. The museum
had stock company in it's theater,
and it's great speciality was border
drama. Every week they gave a new
drama of the wild and woolly west.
This play that / saw was a blood-curd-
Ter of that character, and at the time
l dropped in at the theater the stage
was pitch dark, and two men were
fighting duel. l could hear the
knives clash together, and hear the
men stumble around the stage but l
could only family distinguish the
forms of the actors. After while
there was a thump on the floor, and
the villain Il knew it was the villain
by his accent Missed. All, ha! Ru-
dolph Tegherington, l have you now,
and no one nigh to see me do the
deed!' Then the drummer hit the bass
drum a belt and the calcium man turn
ed on the light, and away up on q
rocky pass woman (the heroine)
was seen standing. Coward" she
shouted. me and heaven is hersI'"
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Gold in Nicaragua
Placer Mines In American
Republic.


One man is reported to have PANIED
from Nicaragua placer mines no less
than $500 in four years. or an aver
.aeg OF over So. 900 year This is
better salary than that obtained by the
president of the United States. Quartz
mines are being worked and these are
reported to assay from $50 to 81 800 to
the ton. Opal mines abound and yield
the brilliant fire opal. Water is plen-
tiful and is the chief means of trans
portation, and being right at hand is
convenient for working both placer
mines and stamp mills. says the Gal
weston News.
Nicaragua is known to the world as
a banana and cocoanut producing
country, together with rubber and
other side products that have made
fortunes for enterprising Americans
with a little capital. Gold is new
feature comparatively. and if the
country proves as rich as indications
now point it will equal Alaska in pro-
duction and be devoid of the hard
ships of cold. Climatic conditions will
not interfere, for if a man takes ordi-
nary care of himself his years will be
as many and comfortable in Nicara-
qua as in any other place.
The Prime Pulca district is the prin-
cipal gold field of Nicaragua There
is also development going on in the
department of Zelaya. and placer
mining can be conducted with profit
on almost any stream in Nicaragua. OF
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Curse OF Liquor in France.

Fourteen villages in the neighbor-
hood of Caen, France, in 1850 had $500
people: to-day they have only 5,O2S.
For every ten (men, women and chill
dren) of the population, 1886 gallons OF
beer. spirits and wine were consumed
in the year 1900 in France.
NJ. Fouillee shows that from 1881 to
1896 in France the number of INSIDE
meanors decided upon in criminal
courts rose from 100000 to 100000.
Since 1889 the rate of manslaughter
went up from 1876 to 1879: Of wilful muir
der from 95 to 21S and of sexual crimes
from 539 to 6S1. The annual average
of infanticides is 1870. Convictions of
habitual criminals We're 30 per cent in
1890: in 1896 they were 65 per cent.
In fact, crime has trebled in France
during the last fifteen years, although
the population has hardly increased at
all. In the course of the year 1892
there were 516.671 persons committed
to prison. In Paris more than half the
persons arrested are below q years of
age, and nearly all of them have COM
mitted serious crimes" In one year
alone there were thirty murders, thtr-
ty-nine homicides. three PARTICLES,
two poisoning. ia infanticides, APP
cases OF cutting and wounding. % in
cendiarisms 223 sexual assaults, and
u 800 robberes committed in Paris.
In 1880 the suicides in France were
five per 100 900 inhabitants; now the
proportion is twenty-five. In 1896 there
were 375 suicides of young people be-
tween JIG and y years old, and 81 sui
cides of children under 16.
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own for many years. Here is list
of questions that have recently come
to town: Do you believe in reciproc-
ity? Why? On what articles? Will
reciprocity destroy the protective sys-
TEN? To what countries should it be
extended and what articles of COM
merce should it include? etc.
Senators are asked to tell why they
are republicans, democrats or popu-
lists; how they would vote under con-
ditions that can never possibly arise
and what they think of unthinkable
subjects. When the questions are
reasonable and the senator's are good
natured and have spare time on their
hands replies are sometimes given to
these letters, says the Washington
Star. but generally, unless they come
from the senator's own state, they are
looked after by the discerning secre-
tary, who simply replies that the sena-
tor. because of a pressure of public
business, is unable to reply to the
queries.
When it is silks with the wife it is
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ries from $4,000 to $4,000 each. The
present Mrs. John Jacob Aston has
two, one solely of diamonds and val
ued at $4,000, the other of diamonds
and emeralds, valued at 10000; while
Mrs. Ogden Mills possesses three,
with total value Of $685. 900, one COM
posed of diamonds, another of dia-
monds and pearls and the third of dia-
monds and emeralds.
Others who have adopted custom
that was first a bit startling are Mrs.
O. H. p. Belmont, Mrs. William Starr
Miller, Mrs. Bradley Martin, Mrs. Will
liam ID. Sloane. Mrs. Levi P. Morton,
Mrs. Alfred S. Post, Mrs. Clarence H.
Mackay, Mrs. George Jay Gould, Mrs.
Charles T. Yerkes, Mrs. Perry Tiff
fanny, Mrs. Philip Rhinelander. Mrs.
Harry Payne Whitney and Mrs. AL
fred Gwynne Vanderbilt.
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NATURE AND ORIGIN OF AMBERGRIs
Peculiar Ideas That Have Been Enter
tanned of This Substance.

tanned of This Substance.
Ambergris is generally found float
ing on the surface of the sea, and very
different ideas have been entertained
as to it's nature and origin. 1t appears,
however, that so early as the middle
of the sixteenth century it was known
TO have some connection with the
whales. although the nature of this
connection was not fully realized. One
writer. for instance, in describing
sperm whale stranded on the Norfolk
coast, expresses his surprise at not
finding ambergris in its stomach. Al
though the idea that ambergrls is
swallowed by the sperm whale is err
roneous. the writer in question was
quite correct in regarding that sub
stance as pertaining to this particular
species of cetacean. The fact that 1t
contains the horny beaks of guilds and
cuttles belonging to species that form
the food of the gigantic sperm whale,
or cachelot (by far the largest of the
cetaceans furnished with teeth is,
alone sufficient to indicate that it is
uroduct of chat monster. And from
time to time It is actually found in
the alimentary Scanal of that whale.
1t appears, indeed, to be a binary con-
erection, closely analogous, in its ma
ture to bezoar stones, and due to the
existence of disease in the individuals
in which it occurs In place, theSefoFe,
VI being found only in old and sTong
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EiSh on the hills the great winds strong
ly blow:
The crisp, dry grasses shiver to and fro:
f1eck of white. Il drifting. wind-bloWn
boat.
Sails overhead; immea surably remote,
Ihe blue. haze-hidden valleys lie below
The far-heard. lonely cawing of a crow
Trims into silence Ghostly STILL and
SLOW
The long cloud shadows softly float
High ON the hills.
Iilimita biy far the blue skies go:
The worldwide, wipd-swept spaces WIDER
grow:
pulse of mighty meaning thrills the
throat
OF echoins silence with soundiess
note:
ETERNITY draws nearer than we know,
High the hills.
Henry Holcomb Bennett in the 1nde-
pendent.
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specimens, it is generally at least met
with rather in those in poor condition,
or which have died natural death.
When first taken from the sperm
whales interior, ambergris is soft.
greasy substance, eShaling an exceed
ingly disagreeable odor, and it is only
after exposure to the air that it hard
ems and acquires it's characteristic
aroma, which is described as being
sweet and earthy.-Knowledge
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One queer phase of the recent trip
of the Duchess of Sutherland to Rus
STA. in company with the Duchess of
Marlborough, didn't get into the pa
pers. The Duchess, who is rich, and
lovely, is one of the most energetic
young women in the kingdom. and is
especially interested in the peasants
who make the Scotch tweeds. For the
sake of promoting their industry. she
packed several of her trunks with sam
pies of the highland tweeds. and on
arriving at st. Petersburg spread out
her goods like commercial traveller
and issued invitations to the leading
taiiors of st. Petersburg and Moscow
to come, see and buy. She believes
that. as a result of her efforts. new
market will be opened for the product
of the highland cotters.
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No man is hero to his valet-un
less he is his own valet.
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When it is silks with the wife it is
apt to be sulks with the husband.
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Pere-laChaise.
face that he desired, he had no need
to tell her word of what he wanted.
By intuition she seemed to know, and
by the intuition of his genius he
worked.
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Envy is the offspring of ignorance
There never was a good war or a
bad peace.-Bs acnin Franklin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-03
Progress of the Primary.

When this campaign is over," says the Athens Courier, "the people will have had a plenty of state primary elections" No, indeed. Revolutions do not go backwards, especially those of popular nature.
 In the approaching state primary over 100000 democrats will beyond reasonable doubt participate Think of it-one hundred thousand democrats actively and directly taking part in the nomination of the partys candidatesl Now, is not that better than sixty-six little knots of professionals in which not over two thousand democrats, all told, would have hand? Is not the will of one hundred thousand demo- crats better than the will of two thousandf
 The Courier does not take kindly to popular direct action, but it may as well become accustomed to it, for it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-03

Is yet to be felt. The amount was in itself, insignificant, but the moral effect has been far reaching Firms which have heretofore been resorting to all kinds of note changing methods to postpone going into liquidation first are not so anxious to continue the unequal struggle now that the ball has been started rolling.
 The appalling information has been gathered by the principal mercantile agency of the United States doing bus mess in Cuba, is to the effect that S5 per cent. of the business concerns of the island are today insolvent and that the slightest concussion in financial circles may ignite a deathdealing panic
 The government Is not insensible to the condition of affairs and on the announce ment of the Duran failure, the legislators met with the hope of arriving at some agreement on an expedient which would save the situation, at least temporarily The result is that negotiations for thirty five million dollar loan are being rushed and the ablest financiers of Cuba have been called to the rescue. The masses, however, seem oblivious to the true state of affairs and may be expected to vio- lently oppose any relief measures which will place burden on the people of the island. They seem to think that aid