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else's fault
Years before this man had deceived
himself when told by an anxious wife
and friends that he must give up that
bottle, or give up everything else
And now that all but the bottle h;
gone, he still deceived himself into ia
belief that the bottle. which caused hi.
misery, had come really as a friend a
the end, as solace in his misfortunes
How great benefit It would be il
every young man in this country coulC
have seen YEARS ago, and ONE
WEEK ago, the whisky victim that
is told about here.
1t is hard for us to learn through
the experience of others. but no man
could fail TO be impressed by this ex-
ample.
The man once had everything that
he wanted, and one thing that he did
not want or need-the whisky bottle
Had he given up that one unneces-
sary thing, he might have kept all the
others, and the remaining years of his
life might have been happy and use
full
But with the power of self-decep-
ton which that very bottle supplied
TO him, he chung TO it to the end OF
his good fortune. and he will cling to
it to the end of his life, unless a
miracle of self-cOntrol should 0aGe
him.
In mere selishness and the desire
for wealth. success and ease. there are
tn no found nnNVnrfu1 10 MOI ~
guments. Young men must make up
their minds. in this day of competition
and of organized, exacting struggle,
that man who would go to the top
must not try TO carry that bottle with
him.
But for the REAL man, the young
man worthy the opportunities of mod
ern life, the argument against whisky
should be based, not on selfishness,
but on noble desire to be useful
and worthy human being.
Whisky takes away your money,
your houses, your friends, your pros
poets of getting those things,
But it does worse than that. Ii
takes away your manhood and your
courage; it takes away your right to
look other men in the eye, and your
power to use the strength that nature
has given to- you.
Whisky destroys the will, and sup
plies the lying arguments with which
its victims deceive themselves. 1t
arouses the lowest instincts of vice
and of dissipation. and chokes the
possibility of progress toward better
things.
If whisky controls you, you cannot
be a MAN. Leave it alone.
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Asked Navv For Aid.

Washington, Oct. &c. - Secretary
Morton ordered the protected cruiser
Tacoma, Commander Reginald +.
Nicholson, commanding, TO so in
search OF the steamer Massachusetts.
belonging to the International Mer-
chant Marine company. of New York.
The vessel was reported lost about 20
miles north of the Old Bahama chan
mel by the steamer Ontendeta, which
has arrived at Port Tampa. The Mas
sachusetts LETT Cardiff, October /, for
New Orleans. Sixty persons are on
board. and the company sent an ur-
gent request to the navy department
for assistance.
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Anthracite Coal Trade Dull.

Philadelphia, Oct 26.-The anthra-
cite coal trade continues dull, and
further curtailment of production will
be necessary, according to coal mining
officials, unless a sudden cold snap
sets in. The Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron company is likely to
shut down its collieries on Friday, to
remain closed until the following We'd
nesday. The other companies are like
ly to do the same, as aside from Sun
day the mine workers will take two
holidays between Friday and Wednes-
day-Mitchell day Saturday and All
Souls day (Tuesday). Mitchell day
commentaries the ending of the strike
OF 1900.
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SATURDAY 49,. OCTOBER 80, 1904
S : E e "
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A LIFE TRAGEDY.
Money, Friends, Clubs, Wife and Chill
dren Dropped Away, But the
Bottle Remained.
This is a true story. readers.

Ihls is a true story, readers.
The writer first knew the man in
London. He was successful, owned a
oank, had a fine house in the city and
another in the country, had horses
and carriages and a promising family.
he belonged to some of those clubs
in which membership means chean
and desired distinction.
He had AMBITION. His frien Is
predicte dthat his success and afflu-
ence would grow and his ambitions be
realized as the years went by.
Among his other possessions this
man had one to which he attached
then, but slight Importance. That
was a bottle which was passed to him
quite often by a solemn butler. who
always brought with it smaller bot
tie containing soda water.
The curious part of the story is that
this man gradually lost all of the inn
portant things, all of those which he
originally valued very highly, and that
he never lost that one small unim-
portant bit of property-the plain.
black bottle of which, in the begin
ming, he thought so little.
The man was seen again the other
day toward dusk on the sidewalk Of a
western city. 1t was difficult to recog-
nize him, and he was evidently sur
prised that anyone should recognize
him, and take the trouble to check him
In his shutting march.
His clothes were dirty and actually
ragged. The brim of his hat was torn.
His face was blOated, his look uncer-
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Brides Fatal Fall From Wall.

New York, Oct. 24.-Rosa Gods left
her home in Yonkers in her bridal
dress, accompanied by Andrew Borle,
whom she was to marry, and John
Tabaczar, who was to act as best man.
A few hours later she was found un-
conscious at the foot of the wall in
Jerome Park reservoir, and now she
is dying in Fordham hospital. Borle
and TabacZar are under arrest and tell
conflicting stories as to how the woman
came to fall. The police have found
witnesses who saw her and the two
men on the top OF the wall not long
before the woman was discovered un-
conscious on the rocks 25 feet below.
She was found to have a fractured
skull and n number of bruises about
the face and body.
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REPORT OF STEEL TRUST
Earnings and Untitled Orders Show
Marked Decrease

Marked Decrease.
New York, Oct. 26.-Directors OF the
United States Steel Corporation de-
clared the regular quarterly dividend
Of 1 q per cent. on the preferred stock.
payable November 80. The financial
statement of the quarter ended Sep
TENDER 80 last shows net earnings, af-
ter the usual deductions for repairs,
renewals, maintenance, fixed charges
and interest on bonds, of $1S,7T3, 932,
which is below conservative esti-
mates.
Comparison with the same quarter
for three years past follows: 1903,
$32,422,954; 1902, S36,954,4SS; 1901,
S2S, ,S43. Net earnings for tht nine
months of this year aggregate Sill.
700, $50. In 1903 for Sss SAINT. 4 c,iod
they were s94,133,9a., and In Ns2
SOL; '22. O04.
Unnued orders on hand on Sep, ~
Der 80 lust amounted to 3,027,436 tons,
decrease of 701, 1906 tons over the
same period last year AS an offset to
this, however, Chairman Gary stated
that the corporation had booked an
average of 10000 tons of new orders
per day during the current month. an
Increase of SO7s per cent over the
business OF last October.
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tain. His diGident, timid smile. with
all the old solf-reliance gone. was very
pathetic.
The man told his story, and as he
told it in n restaurant. after being
asked to eat and drink. he whispered
to the waiter: "A little whisky.
please" And the waiter brought him
that same dark bottle that had been
brought him so often in the DAYS of
his prosperity.
The story that he told was his story,
but it was not THE story.
The real story was very simnIe: YOU
who read this can guess quite easily
Its main features. says the New York
American. 1t is a story that you can
read in the faces of men in every bar
room, prison or poorhouse, in the faces
of men that commit suicide of those
that commit murder, of others that
shuttle along as this man shumed-
poor, heart-brohen failures.
The man had gradually lost his
mental keenness and capacity for bust
ness. Others got his banking business
away from him.
BUT THE BOTTLE STAYED WITH
HIM
He gradually came to rely more and
more upon it. and to- value its COM
partnership as his force of character
diminished.
His friends left him, and he had to
leave his clubs.
BUT THE BOTTLE STILL STUCK
TO HIM. The dues that it claimed he
paid faithfully. 1t was there at his
elbow when his other friends had dis
appeared.
He lost his house in the city and his
house in the country; but that bottle
which represented now his chief pos
session, was still with him.
His wife and his children had to go
to those who could take care of them.
But they did not take the bottle away
with them. The wife had tried oniv
too often to take away that bottle, but
she had to leave it. She could take
away the children-the law allowed
her to do that. The sheriff could take
away his horses and his carriages
the law allowed that The governing
committees could put him out of the
clubs, and friends could take away his
reputation and remaining chances of
employment with shake of the head.
BUT NO POWER on EARTH AND
NO LAW COULD TAKE AWAY THE
BOTTLE; that stuck to him, and he
stuck to it.
The man who had Travelled with his
bottle from success and fortune to
ragged clothes and pathetic despair.
ate his dinner and drank his whisky.
and, with he drunkard'S pitiful decep-
ton, said:
Il don't look like much, do I? I am
afraid | have been drinking nrettv
hard since luck went against me. II
is not many Of my old friends that
speak to me when they see me now"
Even then the poor man could not
see that it was whisky which had
turned fortune against him-not III
luck that had turned him to whisky
Whisky conqUers men by deceiyino
them, by encouraging them to think
that their drunkenness is some one
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Guilty.

What a terrible arraignment against
cigarettes is found in the following as
sertion made by Chief of Police Cleary,
of Rochester: Ninety per cent. of the
young criminals We have to deal with
follow the same road that leads iuevi-
tably to crime and prison. The path
opens with idleness; ends behind prison
bars. The sign posts along this road are
cigarettes, dime novels, poolrooms,
gambling and drink. This road brings
them to burglary. breaking open slot
machines, petty thievery and numerous
other kinds of crime of petty nature.
As the youth natures, murder may be
the end
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WANTED special representative in this
county and adjoining territories, to rep
resent and advertise an Old established
business honse Of solid financial stand
ing. Salary $2l weekly, with Expenses
advanced each Monday by check
direct from headquarters. Horse
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Famous Battlefield Sold Cheap.

Richmond, Va, Oct. 24-The famous
Civil War battlefield of Gaines Mill,
near Cold Harbor, Hanover county,
where both northern and southern
armies suffered so severely, has been
sold to Joseph Woodson, of this city,
for $360.75. 1t is probable an electric
line will be built thither from Rich
mond, so that the place may be more
accessible to sightseers.
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GOOD FOR SHOES.
@SS<~

The purchaser of each Pair of Shoes
from 81 90 upwards entities you to a
Coupon.
OK Coupons will get you aPair of our
4" wp BEST $50 SHOES. -
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The young fellow looked dazed n
moment "Oh, it's her." said he. Evil
IDENTIFY that constituted a sufficient ex-
PLANTATION according to him, for he re-
sumed his march up and down.
The clerk followed him. "See here.
what is it? This won't DO. You aren't
the king of SIAM
The stranger stopped in his walk.
III tell YOU" he said, confidingly.
MY names Ephraim Hiles, and | live
on farm four miles from Owosso,
Mich. I'm here to meet her, the girl
I'm going to marry We agreed 10
meet in this hotel at $3.50 this morn
ing. Each OF us is to carry raised
umbrella so we can recognize each
other.
''You see, this is how it is: We cor
responded through matrimonial
agency, but we amt never met, and
We had to have some sign"
He looked at the clock. "She ought
to be here now-it's two minutes past
the time. Now, wait minute, and I'll
put the umbrella down"
Just then, says the Chicago Chroni-
Gle, into the lobby from the ladies'
entrance floated a creature in pink.
Her green and blue parasol was up and
from it hung a streamer of ribbons.
She minced along and glanced about
whats her name?" asked the clerk.
Minnie Edkins; she's from Iowa.
stammered Ephraim. But" he gasped,
81 never thought she looked like that"
He closed the umbrella precipitately
and sneaked toward the door. 1.-The
Lord keep her from spottin' me-" he
mnrmured as he streaked north on
Michigan avenue
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carried by long and lank young fer
low with oadaverous cheeks and earn
est eyes. He paraded up AMI down the
lobby from north TO Couth she length
OF the lobby, and it EBl Sss4 9:2S
SsaS1S VIII = ~ Nes~sa
Flows this? WI IT'S up?" inquired
Clerk Shaffer. Dom you know it
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AL Saloons Are Subway

All saloons are subway, all lead down
to death, and it does not matter in the
least whether they are opened With
prayer and closed with the Doxolcgy,
the results are just the same.-Aner.can
Issue.
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STEAMER WRECKED

Atlantic Liner Massachusetts Strand
ed Off Bahama Islands.
Nassau, n. p, Oct 26.-The Allan
tic Transport line steamer Massachu-
setts, from Cardiff. for New Orleans,
stranded Off Abaco, Bahama Islands,
October 1S She is resting easy.
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REGENTS PROMISE TO WED
Young Man Who Had Ucoed Girl by
Nail Flees When he Behol6s
His Charmer.

Wide-spreading umbrellas were car
ried about in the lobby of the Audito-
rum at Chicago the other morning.
The first one was noticed by CLERK
Shaffer. a large clmmo@lous parachute
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dry l.ilk.
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vieve's shapely feet. While Mary was
peeling potatoes or baking cakes in the
kitchen, Genevieye would be up in the par
lor discussing drives and nibhck shots
with Jack Cleek, the amateur golf cham
pion, or specializing with Bob Touchdown
Of Princeton on the outcome OF the next
big football game. When the Jones family
went to the seashore. Mary might be seen
Genevieve was out beyond the life-lines.
being taught the trudgeon stroke by
Charlie Webfoot OF the life saving corps.
She turned down her ardent admirers
by the score. 1t needed a pretty good man
to get even to the turning down point with
Genevieve, for her standard was high, and
as time went on she kept raising the matri-
monial ante, so to speak.
As her athletic prowess increased, so
did her standard Of masculine fitness After
she won the championship Of the Hinky-
Dink Golf Club and made a record for the
running broad Jump, no man could expect
to have his attentions received unless he
held at least. one amateur worlds record
and could show pawn tickets for at least
fifty medals. Nor did she stop there but
soon began to require in her would be
suitors degree Of masculine strength and
physical symmetry commensurate with
her own feminine perfection.
After many had been weighed In the
balance Of Miss Jones's exacting athleticism
and found wanting she finally decided to
seemed TO her to meet all the requirements
OF her high ideal-a young athlete who
had gone through two colleges without the
formality of using either his brains or
money and who held more records than he
was able to keep track Of His stock in
trade with which TO start the game Of life
on the double-barrelled principle was only
a highly exaggerated idea Of his own great
ness and bushel or two Of assorted medals
but Genevieve was quite happy until one
day he left for other parts with chorus
girl
In the meantime Mary had somehow
succeeded in hooking what passed for a
young man, and she lost little time In
jollying him along to the marrying point
and getting the matter oinched. He was
not much to look at, but he could bring in
enough simoleons to foot the bills; and as
for Mary. II a mans ideals are not too high
he can forgive a woman much OF the good
looks she hasn't got II she can fry steak
right and bake edible biscuits.
Mary has eight children now, and her
husband somehow manages to support
them all and save q little money besides.
Genevieve lost heart In the game after the
incident Of the chorus girl, She Is now
running physical culture page in a
womAn's magazine and giving lectures
against race suicide.
From all OF which It viii be seen that
rnAtrimony Is still q glorious and blessed
lottery. ,,s ,...
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into big mouthed jar. and the water,
II there was sny, was drained of. An
aroma Of stray berries remained. This
was kept for use upon the face after ride
in the hot sun.
The mint cream Of those days was a
wonderful thing for the healing Of the
hands. winter and summer, and it would
be good even in this day. 1t had for basis
an ounce OF sleeps fat or mutton tallow,
and into this was dropped a sprig of mint.
The whole was heated, and while 1t was
still hot a little sweet oil was added to
it, about a tablespoonful Of oil to an
ounce OF the tallow. II was poured hot
into a glazed jar and kept from years
end to years end for the amounting of SUM-
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Girl Students Of Painting Music and
the Drama in a Clubhouse of Their Own.

Il found last year, too, that the girls
seemed to like the freedom OF dining where
they pleased 1t gave them q sense OF
independence, and none Of them has
asked for cafe.
How did come to originate a students
club? Well, before founding this one
held a social evening for girl students
once a week at st. Marks parish house,
where I was then working. My Object
was merely to bring students In the vari-
GUS arts together for amusement and to
help them to form coneenial acquaintance
shigs.
me to tell them where they could obtain
comfortable lodgings at reasonable rates
that soon began to investigate the home
life open to girls who come to New York,
strangers, to study. found that small hall
rooms, poorly furnished and almost always
unheated in winter, are the best accom-
modations to be obtained for IS or $3.50 a
week, and that Is all that the average stu
dent can give.
Then, in lodging houses there Is seldom
a parlor where ones friends may be re-
ceived and entertained. Any one who
thinks it over will readily realize what
encouragement, Loneliness and tempta-
tons must often beset young girls who ar
rive in this great city and are plunged
into such conditions, without the friend
ship and sympathy they have been &C
customed to in their home circles. The
various homes for working women which
provide pleasant rooms oheapiy have 90
many restrictive regulations that those
who go to them are often made to feel that
they are in charitable institutions rather
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burned noses and rough hands and for
the preservation OF the complexion.
The familiar camphor ice. used In those
days as now. was made of such good STUFF
that it never failed to heal the skin. The
recipe called for two ounces OF mutton
tallow which was placed in double boiler.
Then. when it he'd warmed. there was
added half an ounce OF the best oil Into
this there was stirred about half a tea
spoonful of camphor gum in humps as big
az peas These humps were ultimately
flshed out and the material was poured
out to cool and become camphor Ice.
It was pretty fad Of other days to take
egg shells and fill them with the ice. Rib
bons were then tied around them and the