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READING THE NEWSPAPER.
The Only Way to Keep in Touch will
the World.

The Only Way to Keep in Touch With
the World.
President William De Witt Hyde
contributes to a religious paper
chapter of advice to young people on
reading, in the course Of which he
says that ten minutes a day is enough
to spend on a daily paper. The pre-
posterous things SO often done and
said by college professors, and their
frequent betrayal of lack of every
day gumption-things that make them
a laughing stock to the public-sug-'
gest that many of them have followed
President Hyde's advice. No sensible
person advocates a thorough reading
Of a newspaper-each issue contains
matter of interest and Importance only
to special classes: but each issue also
contains an epitome of the history of
the world for that day: a record Of
progress, something of the thought Of
the best minds-a1together matter as
important as the history or thought
of 100 or 900 years ago to the educa-
ton and culture of the man of
to-day, and much more essential 10
his material welfare. 1t takes some
thing more than ten minutes to read
and digest this daily summary; the
collegiate adviser ought at least to
allow half an hour; some intelIects not
the most alert might even require an
hour. If all men were to spend their
lives in their libraries and had little
or nothing to do with the outside life,
the work-a-day world, such advice as
that of President Hyde might have a
fitness. In fact. it would not be neces-
sary for them to read the papers at
all. AS it is, however, this is a very
practical world. Men who are in it
and of it must keep themselves in
touch with many things. and they
can do this through the daily papers
better than in any other way. If the
author of the advice quoted will look
over the ground he will probably find
that the great majority of the men in
this and other generations Immediate
ly preceding it who have achieved sue
cess in business life, or eminence in
public or professional life, have been
habitual readers of newspapers. and
that they have averaged something
more than ten minutes day in such
ng.-Tndianapolis Journal
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A play is to be made by George AIDE
for the use of Ward and VokeS.
Marguerite Sylvia may star at the
head of her own company next season.
new comic opera will be the vehicle.
Blanche Bates has entirely recovered
from her attack of typhoid which con-
fined her to a Detroit hospital for sew
erai weeks, and is resting in New
York.
One popularity of Bertha Galland's
company is that of the twenty-thres
members thereof. twenty-one of them
use their real names; in other words.
but two of the company have stage
names.
Rehearsals of Stephen Phillips new
poetic tragedy Ulysses" have been
begun by Beerbohm Tree, who is tc
produce it in later January or early
February. Mrs. Brown Potter will be
one of the members of the cast
Frank Mckee has engaged Margaret
Fuller to be leading woman of the
con- pany he will present in Ramsey
Morris new play, "Ninety-and- Nine
in New York next October. Edwin
Ar"en will play the principal role
Julia Arthur is to make an elaborate
revival of "A Winters Tale" in New
York in the spring. She is the wife
who gave a Christmas present of $780,
900 blue diamond, the second largest
in the world.
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Her PrnmIsed Dnll.

This is the story they tell of a cum
ming little 5-year-old girl whose nurse
had been promising her all summer a
little coon doll when the family
reached the city, if she would be very
good and obedient. This was a de-
lightful promise and the little girl
was as good as little 5-year-ofd could
be. Then the family came back to the
city a little earlier than usual, and
something interes ting happened-a
brand-new baby came to the house
1t was a funny, red-faced little Great
ure, which only a loving mother and
experienced nurse could possibly con-
slider beautiful, but it was a great
thing for the little girl, who had never
before in her short life seen a real
live baby. There is a great surprise
for you said the nurse, taking the
5-year-old upstairs, where the little
new sister way lying Struggled up IN
der a canopy of muslin and ribbons.
What do you think of that?" she
continued, lifting the little girl so that
she could see the funny little face on
the. white pillow. And the little girl
was much pleased as anyone had ex-
pected that she would be. She gave
the nurse a big hug as she cried, 20
nursie, is that my coon doll ?"-New
York Times.
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DOUBT IS DEATH.

Men in this age persuade themselves
that it is sign of a weak intellect to
believe in the existence OF thing,
or believe that something transpired.
the explanation of which carries one
away from the material plane of fact.
What harm can come to the mind that
believes in the mysterious or that
which Is not tangible and visible7 Does
such belief require a money sacrifice?
Does 1t rob one of any happiness?
Certainly it does no.; it costs no
money to believe in future life, nor
is it the sign of wea.l intellect to
hold such belief. On the contrary.
it denotes a fine quality of mind to
hold on to a belief in a future life.
if one believes from evidence, for the
basis of such belief cannot rest in mere
declarations-in words. 1t is as nat
ural for the finely organized man, or
woman, to believe in and hope for con-
tinued life, as it is for the child to
look to it's mother for protection. 1t
is only the coarse grained, self salts
fed, who can look with calm indiffer-
ence upon what may seem clear evil
dence Of eternal humiliation. It is
my firm belief that those who claim
breath drawn into this mortal frame.
are one of two things, namely they
are either the blindeSt of fools or else
they do not believe what they profess,
If they are positive that physical death
is death in the absolute sense, they
are of all the blind, the blindest. for
if what they claim be true. or if it
be true that they believe it so. which
amounts to the same with them as
though it were true. it is wholly I'M
reasonable for them to hang on to
life and they prove themselves cruel
monsters not to put their children to
death at the moment of birth. The
answer to this comes back; 1T is
natural for one to wish to hold on to
life as long as he can" And this very
desire to hold on to life is one of the
strong proofs of its observation-disclosures,
But so far as the desire being a reason
for you holding on to and prolonging
absolute end at physical death, it is
no more of Il reason than that of the
desire of the child, to hold in its hands
the iron that is glowing with white
heat. The believer is more sure OF con-
tinued life than the disbeliever is OF
absolute death, and the fact is proven
In the desire of both to live out their
natural lVes or years allotted to ply
steal life Believe what you have 10
room to doubt, it will make you wiser,
Montreal Herald and Star.
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A PROMINENT LABOR WOMAN.

Miss Hattie L. Moritz is one of the
few women of the country who have
an expert knowledge of the Union
Labor movement. AS private secre-
tary to Mr.. Thomas 1. Kidd, vice
president of the American Federation
OF Labor and general secretary of the
Amalgamated Woodworkers' Interna-
tional union. Miss Moritz has famili-
arized herself with conditions
throughout the entire Labor field. The
Woodworkers' International Offices in
Chicago are a meeting place for all
Of the National labor leaders when in
that city. and Miss Moritz has per-
sonal acquaintance with all OF them
from President Samuel Gompers OF
the American Federation Of Labor
down. During the absence OF Mr.. Kidd
in Europe for two months last sum-
mer, she had the direction OF affairs in
that office. and transacted all the
business with the help Of corp OF
stenographers and clerks. Miss Moritz
is native of Wisconsin. She is
graduate of a business college of Chi
cago, and has been in the general office
for six years. She is a pretty young
woman of charming manner.-Penn-
sylvania Grit.
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POWER OF KIND WORDS

1t would seem as ii very few of us
give this power of kind words the con-
sderatiou which is due to it. So
great a power, such a facility in the
exercise of it. such frequency of
OPPORTUNITIES for the application of it,
and yet the world still what it is, and
we still what we aye! 1t seems in
credible. Take life all through, its
adverSisT as well as its prosperity, its
sickness as we'll as its health, it's loss
of rights as well as its enjoyment of
thecA. and we shall find that no nat
ural sweetness of temper, much less
any acquired philosophical equanimity,
is equal to the support of a uniform
habit of kindness. Nevertheless, with
the help of grace, the habit of saying
kind words is very quickly formed
and VIXEN once formed, it is not
speedily lost. Sharpness. bitterness
carGaSm. acute observation. divination
Of mottves-all these things disappear
when a man is earnestly conforming
himself to the image of Christ Jesus.
The very attempt to be like our dear
est Lord is already a well-Spring of
sweetness within us, flowing with an
easy grace over all who come within
our reach.-Frederick William Faber
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from England. France. Belgium and
other parts of Continental Europe
Capital is cosmopolitan. 1t knows no
mere political boundaries. Organized
labor is not different from capital in
that respect. Both are affected, some
times vitality. by conditions existing or
suddenly arising in countries remote
from their native land. Hence none
can safely and successfully guide the
activities of either except those who
take cognizance of and assign the
proper values to factors not always
close at hand or strongly evident at
present. 1t follows. with the closer
relations now existing between all
parts of the earth, that the standard
OF efficiency of leaders has been rails
ed. and there is for both labor and
capital, less room than ever for the
hasty, the ill-informed the reckless
captain. And far less place for him
who would arbitrarily abolish the
economic method to which a world
has accommodated itself.
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BuLGARIA.s WORKING PEOPLE.

The working classes of Bulgaria are
comparatively well off. There is no
lack of employment for all those who
ere willing to work. and there is a
growing demand for skilled mechanics,
who receive much higher wages than
in Germany or Austria. Masons, car
penters, cabinetmakers. painters
stonecutters and other skilled labor
ers earn from 81 % to $3.50 day. and
ordinary laborers from forty to eighty
cents day. which is nearly double
the average earnings of the people OF
the same classes in other European
countries. Meat and vegetables are
cheap. and the diet of the laboring
class is much more nourishing than
is usual throughout Europe. The fam.
lily of a Bulgarian laborer is quite as
we'll fed as are their brethren in the
United States. Except in the large
cities the peasantry live upon their
own produce and dress in garments
of sheepskin and rough wool that are
made by themselves.
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Circuit Riding at the South,

1t is generally believed that circuit
riding is peculiar to the Methodist
AS a matter of fact, | found it common
in all the denominations in the South,
This fact was impressed upon me in
conversations l had the privilege of
having with several students at Rich
mond College, one of whom was a
minister's son from Georgia, another
from Florida, another a resident, be-
lieve, of one of the Carolinas. They
all told me the same story of circuit
riding. In the course of one of these
conversations l heard of one village
of 500 inhabitants-and this goes to
show that circuit preaching is not con-
fined to the sparsely settled country
regions-which had five churches of
different denominations, each with a
preacher of its own. Not one of these
preachers lived in the village. One had
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Miss Rose CoEhlan.

Lester Wallack's leading lady for
many seasons. New York theater
goers thought no production complete
without the presence of this beautiful
and brilliant actress Miss CoshIan
is of English birth. though she made
her American debut in 1872. anu at
once became one of the favorites of
the stage. Her theatrical career in
cludes such prominent parts as leads"
with E. A. Sothern and Barry Sullivan.
perhaps the greatest actor that can
claim ireland for his birthplace.
Miss Coghlan's list of stage triumphs
would fill column if only those in
which she scored prominently were
mentioned. but in the opinion OF the
best judges her Peg Wellington" in
Masks and Faces" will stand rs her
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masterpiece. She is still starring with
hes own company. and promises to
grace the stage for many years to
come.
what's Wrong with the Road?

What is the matter with the "road?"
I'm told that more than one hundred
companies, great and Simultaneously
the latter-have returned to New York
during the past three months That
means a thousand or more theatrical
people out of work. Most of these IN
fortunates, good, bad and Indifferent
have had to resort to all manner of eX-
pedients to get back to Broadway and
the Bowery, while many are stranded
in towns where they closed.
Many good people" are at present
disengaged, while more Inexperienced
young aspirants have positions-with
very small salaries, to be sure Why
is it?-New York Clipper.
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CAPITAL AND IAROK

Writing of the Scranton convention
while it was in session Pennsylvania
Grit man says: Capital is combining
as never before in the history of the
civilized world. Not simply that, but
it is proceeding along lines that touch
the utmost confines of the earth and
are projected far into the future. Much
labor has been following like pro-
grams, and it may be said to be con-
pretended, as far as North America
is concerned in the Federation of La
Dor. whose membership is found from
the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the
northwest extremity of Canada to the
island of Porto Rico, the most south
eastern possession of the United
States. Even across the Pacific in the
Philippines, are craftsmen who carry
working cards of the great American
Labor organization. At the convention
thAre are aIso fraternat delegates
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What Are Our GrieY..

All of us have griefs that we ought
to recognize as griefs. We are not to
attempt to console ourselves with the
idea that they are not griefs, to be
treated as such. Jesus wept at the
grave of Lazarus when the sisters.
Mary and Martha. were Borrowing. Yet
Jesus was to open that grave, and to
dry the eyes of those weeping sisters.
May not we. then, weep over graves
that We cannot open, or over sorrow
that we are called to endure? In many
an instance we can only say, for the
present, Truly, this is my grief. and
must bear it." Unless we have and
recognize our griefs and sorrows, we
cannot know what 1t is to be COM
forted.-Sunday School Times. ;
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"Ali the world abounds in love-"
If We seek it as you may
Ye shall find that from above
Earth is flooded every day
Not mid sordid, mean desires.
Not in lust that leads to crime:
These exhale from british fires.
Cursing man till end Of time
But amid the pure and true
Souls may find undying streams,
Brim1ning full. where TO the view
Gods great love in glory CLEANS.
Seek ye there and ye shall find
Comfort for n wearied soul,
Health and healing for the mind,
While the years do ceaseless roll.
Love is fraught with joy and peace,
When the heart of self is void;
Love can bring a sweet surcease
From great grief or rest destroyed.
Love instiiis blessed hope
Of immortal life at last:
Woes of earth may never cope
With success 'gainst powers so vast.
Trav'llrs to that distant bourne
From which none may come this
way.
Listen and a precept learn:
God is love, love God to-day!
And that land where all is love
Thy blest home in joy shall be,
There Gods face DER all above.
Radiates Eternity.
Oscar B. Smith.
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ABSTRACTS FROM SERMONS.

Companionship is a demand OF hui
man nature. More than we are likely to
realize. our lives are colored by our as
ISOLATION. Social tipping is the widest
gateway to drunkenness.-Rev. DR..
Foss, Methodist, Philadelphia.
Fighting evil with force at best is
only temporary. You may try to sup
press anarchy by law. do not see why
laws cannot be made to punish those
who incite others to crime-Rev DR.
Van Dyke Presbyterian, Princeton, N
].
Virtue, honor, justice, peace and tenn
perance are conserved by the church
and Christian labor, and they are vir-
tues that make men great. that make
the home the emblem of heaven and
society the O. er of the kingdom.-Rev.
A B. Church. Universalist, Akron, o.
The great men of the world, the men
who have risen above and over what
may be termed the common masses,
miracles of greatness and goodness.
have always been devout, prayerful
men whether Luther pleading
against persecution, or an Abraham
Lincoln reverently repeating the words
of his favortse hymn. They have been
great because of their holy communion
with the Author of all greatness
Rev. George w. Miller, Methodist, Kan
sas City, Mo.
There has been a decided gain in
federation and charity through the gem
eral diffusion of intelligence. The time
was when denominations stood over
against each other like fortresses and
forts bristling with weapons of Of
tense and defense; when texts and
arguments were hurled like bombs and
shells have risen as men have gone
upward in wisdom and manhood, the,
outer ordinance and institution has
ceased to divide.-Rev. N. D. Hill.
Congregationalist. Brooklyn. N. X.
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De RPszke aud Wagner,

Jean de Reszke is not to confine
Iilmself to Siegfried. with which he be
gan his season at the Paris Opera but
will be beard rs Faust. RocuI and Ro-
mco. He has recently been telling a
Paris interviewer that he no longer
believes that Wagner should be sung
only in German, but that on the other
hand he thinks the German language
often is too harsh for the singer to ex-
press as well as is possible in some
other tongues the shades of meaning
in tbs text.
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prevent any one from having the
tongue of fire. none acts more di-
rectly than any misuse of the tongue
itself. If the door of the lips be not
guarded, if uncharitable or idle speech
be INDUCED, if political or party dis
cussion be permitted to excite heats.
if foolish talking or testing be
chosen method of display, it is not to
be supposed that the same tongue will
be the medium wherein the sacred fire
of the Spirit will delight to dwell. Who
has ever worn at the same time the
reputation of a trifler and of a man
powerful to search consciences Rev.
William Arthur.
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DIGGING A GREAT Tunnel

Like certain armies of the past,
there are some railroad trains which
must get into Italy. The train Of the
Jura-Simplon system, for example.
leave Lake Geneva behind and go roll
ing up the Valley of the Rhone, until
at Brieg, an Alpine village of Caesaric
legends, the mountains hem in the
path altogether. Only twelve miles
and a half away lies Italy; but these
are miles of mountain. And yet en-
actly here, writes Eugene p. Lyle, Jr.,
in Everybody's Magazine, is an i'm
portant point in comm ercial strategy
for the mutual invasion of northern
Europe and the Latin peninsula. For
fifty years men have looked at that
twelve and a half miles of mountain.
crossed by the wild and terrible Sim
plon Pass, and figured how to do away
with ii. There were scores of plans;
but dnally the most costly and most
daring, and yet the simplest. was
chosen, namely, to go right through.
In 1891 the plan was submitted to the
Swiss government In 1895 the Swiss
and Italian governments ratified
treaty for having the tunnel between
them. At once the Jura- Sfmplon let
out the contract for building the tun-
mel, which must be delivered five and
a half years from November l3, 1898
when the work was begun. The pen
atty for delay will be one thousand
dollars a day with a bonus of as much
for each day ahead of time The tun-
mel is to be twelve and one quarter
miles long. with a smaller tunnel for
ventilation, parallel to the first at
distance of eighteen and half yards.
Under a future contract the second
tunnel will be made the same size as
the first. for a return track Three
thousand men on each side of the
mountain are opening this path be-
tween Switzerland and Italy. Drills a
yard and half long and as thick as
a mans forearm eat into the solid rock
at the rate of yard and half in fif-
teen minutes. Nine holes are bored at
a time, and each is charged with
more than six pounds of dynamite.
The dynamite splinters the rock out
clearly to the depth of the holes, and
the debris-560 tons of it every
twentyfour hours-is hauled away
and dumped by an electric crane be-
You'd the mouth of the tunnel. The
workmen advance at the rate of about
twenty-three feet a day. The last Of
fetal report, April list, showed prog
ress of nearly three miles from the
Swiss side and more than two miles
from the Italian side. over five miles
in all. This means that the contract
ors are well up with their schedule.
Within three years a train viii leave
Brieg. Switzerland. be lost for twenty
minutes and come ont at IS2lle ItalV
To make that little journey possible
will have cost fourteen million dollars,
but the difference between the tunnel
and the Simplon pass over the noun
tains will be the difference between
twenty minutes and nine hours
Youths Companion.
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TOPICS VI
Amenities of Actors.

Amenities of Actors
certain popular actor once played
In stock in ST. Louis. He made many
friends there, and on his return there
for week. supporting another very
popular actor, he was accorded some
very good receptions, which possibly
the part he was playing did not merit.
The first night when he came OF the
stage after a scene, which was vocif-
erously applauded he passed the
stars dressing room on his way to his
own. The star who had heard the
generous applause put his head out
OF the door to ask the reason.
Who was that for" he asked.
why. that was for mel used to
play in this town" was the answer
How does it happen that you get
such tremendous reception" returned
the star. with perhaps a little feeling
Well. you see. l played 'Svengali'
aere. and that's part that will make
anyone
AS the star had also played Sven
gall to the advantage of both the part
and himself, the significance of the
answer may provoke a second thought
New York Clipper.
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Result OF sy,npathetic Strike.

Speaking of sympathetic strikes.
Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers told of one that
he conducted when a boy working on
farm: The force of hands had
dwindled to two, a fellow named Joe
and me. The farmer decided to dis
charge the other fellow, whereupon
Joe suggested that | should stop work
also, leaving the farmer in fix, This
did. ! went out on sympathetic
strike, but the result was that the
farmer hired Joe back again and J
was left out in the cold"