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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The Philippine Commission has de-
cided to suspend the land tax III inc
provinces during 1906 for the purpose
of assisting impoverished planters.
This action is largely attributable to
the testimony on agricultural matters
given before the Congressional men,
bers Of the Taft party during their
recent tour Of the archipelago. The
ordinary annual land tax does not
amount to more than S1,0O0,O00.
Fourteen steerage passengers, bound
for San Francisco. Cal.,, were left at
Honolulu by the steamer Mongolia be-
cause of a bubonic plague quarantine
In Hawaii.
Henry Kapea. the young Hawaiian
who was recently extradited from
London. England, on a charge of EN-
bezzling about $4,000 in securities from
the Hawaiian Trust Company. pleaded
guilty in Honolulu and was sentenced
by Judge Robinson to two years and a
half at hard labor.
The Philippines, it was reported Mt
Honolulu, are passing through a de-
preston unelualled in their experience,
caused by q succession Of calamlties-
the wal. the ri%nderpest. which de-
stroyed their carabao; the surca. which
destroyed their horses and mules; the
cholera, the locusts and the typhOOns.
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BITS o. VS.


Having occasion TO secure twenty-five
additional officers for the Philippine
constabulary, The places paying $lloo
per annum to begin with, Captain Nc
Intyre, Acting Chief Of the Insular Bu-
reau, invited 100 State military insti-
tutes and agricultural colleges to, name
candidates for the places among their
graduates. Less than twenty applica-
lions were received, the faculties of the
colleges attributing the lack OF interest
TO the fact that their graduates were III
great demand in the business world.
Charles A. Stillings, nov Of New
York City and formerly of Boston,
Mass, was appointed Public Printer
by the President.
Fleming D. Cheshire, who is now on
leave Of absence in Washington, has
received his eXeQuator from the Chi
nese Government and will proceed to
Mukden as our consul there.
Secretary Hitchcock ordered the dis
missal from service of four clerks in
the Pension Bureau accused of loan
ing money ut usurious rates.
An order has been issued By the War
Department creating q department OF
military hygiene Mt West Point. The
object is to instruct the cadets liz meti-
cine and surgery for the care of troops.
with no intention Of graduating cadets
for the medical department Of the
army.
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when Not to I'alie.

The best CT us talk too much. "The
essence Of power is reserve" said q
man who knew. Many 4 reputation
has been built on silence. Many a one
is spoiled through rushing prcmaturely
and vclubIy into speech. 1t is safe to
be silent when your words would
wound. "Taithfui arc the wounds of q
friend" says the old proycrb, but n
wants to lie mighty sure ones friend
needs the NounGing and that VIC are
qualified to administer it. Keep still
when your words will discourage. 1t is
infinitely better TO be dumb forever
than TO make one fellow being less
able to cop with life. Keep still when
your words vii! i2cite 10 anger or dis
comfort. IN incredible amount Of
breath is used in tie evil practice of
trying To make Or friends dislike their
friends. Never speak wien what you
have TO Say is merely for inc purpose
Of csaltiMg yourself. Shut your lips
with a key when YOU arc inspired to
babble incontincntallyo Of yOurself-your
ailments, accomplishments, relations,
loves, batrcds, hopes and desires. 1t
is only to the choice. rare friend that
one may speak OF these things without
becoming Il fool.-I1iiladelp!iia But
lciin.
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The Inspiration of Confidence

There is nothing which so helps one
to do his best as the inspiration OF 4
generous confidence. Many a man Sue
ceeds because of anothcr'S confidence,
OF fails because OF the lack Of faith CT
his friends. When John s. Cough frs
signed the pledge he found no ono who
could believe that he would keep il.
With his nerves shattered by his indut.
gence, and his fatal appetite asserting
itself. he could not feel confidence in
himself. At the moment when his d2-
spondency was greatest q gentleman
made his appearance and the folioW.n=
conversation ensued: q. j..
Good morning, Mr.. Cough"
Good morning. sir"
II saw you sign the pledge la:
night"
Eyes, sir; I did"
II was very glad to sec you do it.
and many a young man followed you;
example. It is just such men rs you
that we want. And I hope you will be
the means Of doing 4 great deal OF
good. My Office is i'll the Exchange.
Come in and sec me. I will be happy
to make your acquaintance. / have
only a minute or two TO spare, but I
thought 1 would just call and tell you
10 keep up q brave heart. Goodbye.
Cod bless you. Come in and see mo-"
That "spare minute" or two saved
the day. Mr.. Cough felt the inspira.
ton OF the strangers confidence and
resolved not to disappoint it.
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FOREIGN.

Prince Won Bulow talked of a new
trade treaty between the United States
and Germany.
Elliott Il. Shepard's hope of escaping
sentence TO Jail in Paris seemed gone.
The Russian Government had to ASK
Sweden to transmit the most important
mails for the Continent, but no steamer
was available.
The German court at Gotha decided
it was competent to try the suit LOT
divorce of Prince Philip.
Count Leopold, Regent of iippe-Det-
mold, has been confirmed in success
sion to the principality by the German
arbitration court, according to a special
dispatch.
Armed brigands opened a fusilade
Of rife shots on q train that refused TO
halt at their summons, near AlOra, IN
the Province of Malaga, Spain, OIL
passenger being wounded.
The Russian priest. Father Gapon,
who was active in the recent Russian
troubles, is said to have left Norway
to return to his own country.
The Chinese maneuvres, carried out
by an army Of 10000 men, were in gcn-
cral praised by the foreign military
attaches, who consider that China has
at last obtained the nucleus of & real
army.
A bomb was thrown at 10 o'clock ut
night at the troops guarding the Tech
biological Institute, in st: Petersburg:
Nobody was hurt.
I,he late Sir Henry Irving's coiiec-
ton OF theatrical curios and pictures
and his library are TO be sold by auc-
ton ut Clristie's, in London. Eneland,
under the terms Of the will.
A.. special dispatch states that the
incident growing out of the attack on
Admiral Train is now closed. the gov
ernor Of Nankin having ~ap0logiaed
and returned the officers their guns.
A special dispatch from Milan an
nounces the death Of Baron Raimundo
Franchetti.
". PobiedonostseT. Procurator Of the
Holy Synod in Russia, has resigned
russian cruisers informed at French.
Chinese and Philippine ports will rem
devious at Saigon.
The French portion Of The new Rus
sian loan is $780, 1000. 900; German. $780,
600, 900, and British and American.
S20.0 00. 900 each. -.
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Gk2G1
DURdW
RrehkMM
Sunble
I'm THE TIME OF TROUBLE he SHALL
HIDE ME-"

Lay not, my soul. thy grief too much to
heart;
When God doth empty thee He doth i'm
part
Himself, in place of earthly joys removed;
When lie thy love and trust IN Him hath
proved.
Lie still, my soul, nor dare to think Him
hard, -
Lest thou, by murmuring, His work retard.
Think'st thou thy God can ever make mis-
Or cause thee needless sorrow to partake?
Is this thy Fathers love, which. once did
give $50,
His Son to die, that thou in Him might'st
live?
He only. seeks to burn thy dross away. .
Return, my soul, return unto thy rest"
And gust thy GOD to order what is best;
To HlS~kind arm thy welcome is most
His heart of love hath soIace firm and
Therein, cen now, thy faith can surely
In paths of righteousness" thy God doth
lead.
And when thou knowest as thou here art
known. p
In deep humility thou then shalt own
That what in time was grievous unto thee
Exceeding e u hath wrought eternally.
Then rest tn. n thy Fathers choice to
To guide thy steps in His appointed way.
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TIE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF lMTEMPGRANcE

ZOE a DrnnE''-h Story kncnt RI sne!ri.
ato WHO Was Laborin= Under tho Do
fusion TIa: Drunkenness is Hereditary
1t liz Acquired, Says DR.. DuckwortL
Like q good citizen / registered roy
name at 4 barber shop and I hope to
vote the straight ticket" (Whateye1
that may menn) on Election Day. As
I emerged from tie registration office
l met 4 man who vas decidedly drunk.
This is Il common sight in London, but
I am glad to say rather a rare one IN
New York City. Accusing me with
familiarity, he said: " say. boss, what
are they giving. for Il Yote%. or words
to this effect, for they were p~rofane
in their diction. 1 endeayOred to e%:
plain to him the great criminality OF
bribery, when the drunken man said,
with another oath: Il want to get
some OF that insurance money BACK
referring, of course, to the campaign
fund. Having a little leisure for a
chat, I Waylaid the man on his re-
turn from registration. and ~endeavored
to instruct him is to the evil Of drunk
enness.
81 can't help it, boss" he exclaimed,
"my father was q drunkard L so,
you see, it runs in The family"
This man was laboring under the
Ge!usion that drunkenness is heredi-
tary. DR.. Kelley, the author OF the
celebrated Kelley cure, says that sta
tistics do not prove that inebrIety is
hereditary. He says like produces Xix
only under restricted conditions. If q
parent has a hare lip or q cleft palate
or a crooked finger these variations
may be transmitted. But if a man
loses his right hand by accident or you
cut OF a dogs tail these deformities
will not be transmitted. Nature can
be educated, but not forced.
1 have just been talking to an ofilrer
who has spent thirty years in the
army, and on carefully considering the
subject he said he did not know a
single drunken man of his acquaintance
who had had q drunken father. By q
curious coincidence I met 4 man in the
express business who was clearly the
worse for liquor, aud I asked him if
he had had q drunken father. He re-
piled: ."We never had a drop of liquor
in the house. I only became a drunk
ard last Election Day." Dr.. Dyce
Duckworth, a great authority on alco-
hol, is Of opinion that drunkenness is
an acquired habit, like many other bad
habits. On my way to the Office at II
o'clock I went into u Well-knoWn cafe
near Wall Street. and there I saw an;
educated man drinking a half tumbler
of neat, brandy. Pouring the spirits
down to keep Ills spirits up" Yon
|. could not get a pig or a donkey to
drink half Il tumbler Of neat brandy.
1t has taken the wild Indians Of Amer.
lea two or three centuries to acqniro
the habit. Shakespeare says: How
Use doth breed.a habit in a man. Tho
habit of drinking is the result of conf
partnership and environment, out it is.
not hereditary. A drunken father may
teach his son by example to drink TO
excess, but he cannot transmit tha
/. habit the laws of heredity. Written
by "The Man in the Street," for tic
New York Globe. -.
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CHAPTER VI.

The engagement was an accom-
plished fact. Miss Lynch announced il
to her small world of village goSsips;
the vicar announced it to the higher
authorities across whom he CHANGED
to come; Clifford Mohun look special
pains to announce it himself to half
the families in the county.
He was a great deal too much cnam-
ored Of James lovely face for him to
entertain any serious misg;v;ngs as to
the wisdom of his choice; but yet n
sense that the world would say he was
m~isallying himself was ever present
with him and he chose to be the
first to communicate the news to per-
SONS of whose good opinion he was
Jealous. lie %eXpatiated to such on
Miss Grand's secluded bringing up. or
her grace, her feminine accomplish
ments. her beauty; adding. with an
air of off-hand humility that was
meant to conceal r certain degree Of
wounded pride: "hud I am very glad
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kycinlcrt NcbEeIna.

Very little is known of Hobbcnla's
life. lie appears to have been born at
Amsterdam in 1885, but, as we have
seen. other towns claimed to be his
birthpIace. It is probable that he was
the pupil Of Jacob a Kuysdael. and
certain that he lived in Amsterdam.
He died poor, his last lodging being in
the Reoscgraft, the street in which
Rembrandt, also poor, had died forty
years before. his works were little
appreciated in Holland until neariy 4
hundred years after his death. and
most Of them found their WaJ' to Eng
land.-St. Nicholas: 49,.
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TcmDersnce Notes.

The first social glass has put many q
bright young man into the suDne"S@;
class. i
The great railroad corporations OF
every. country have corne to recognize
the Justice and wisdom Of temperance
rs is evidenced by the requirements
they impose OH their employees.
Nowadays the great industrial and
other concerns employing large mum
bcrs of men find it moro and more
necessary TO insist upon ;io:!-!iqiGi
drinkers and will employ 10 others.
Il. w. Emerson is proposing Il 'se!
together" conference OF The various
temperance and reform organizations
Of Kansas.
Il drunken passenger threw a lighted
match into some gasoline on the laurc!i
Ben Eiur, near Detroit. Mich. and IL
the panic which followed four paS&cE'
GERS were drowned. Score another
triumph for "per&ona! liberty"
An cxccllnnt text book on hygiene,
written by Mr. ScngerS. has just Deen
published in Belgium for use i'll tht
primary and secondary schools. IlIe
book is written in Flemish, anu
ahounls in sound information regard
inc aIcoho, and lis effect on health.
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DOMESTIC.

A French sailor was caught in New
York City smuggling a $1,000 opera
cloak under his blouse. 20
Government Geological Survey by
biologists are investigating wells. and
Uuarries in Connecticut to learn the
laws that govern the occurrence or
water in crystalline rocks.
The first snow of the season in East
ern Nebraska began falling, completely
covering the ground, with indications
of a heavier fan.
Robbers and citizens battled Mt Rich
mond, Ind. after the burglars had Sc
cured s4S57 in cash and $500 in checks
from the First National Bank, but no
one was hurt.
An automobile driven by Harry Ohm
stead, of Hackensack, N. j., who mar
ried q relative of the Vanderbilts,
knocked down and killed a deaf-and-
dumb woman in E~nglewood. N. J.
Caught in the machine which he was
running, at Marion O., Clifford lusch
was being drawn under its KNIVES
when his scalp was torn OF III saved
his life.
|. From injuries received in q footoai
game at Milwaukee. Leslie Wise is
dead, having fallen so that a weed was
thrust up his nose into his brain.
Former Governor D. R. Francis, OF
Missouri, has been appointed special
commissioner to visit forty-threajor
eign Governments to thank them LOT
participating in the st. Louis EXPOSE
tion.
Governor Blanchard, Of Louisiana,
met all the Marine Hospital Service at
taches in New Orleans, La.
The family of Lawyer Francis @:
Eaed. of New York City, donned
mourning for q servant who had beer
in the household fifty-two years.
A step in the dark plunged Bruno A.
Bahr,' q messenger boy. eleven stories
down a ventilating shaft at Chicago
ILL.,, killing him.
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The Four-RIiIe Law iF Tennessee.

AS a result Of the four-milc law Of
Tennessee, originally passed i'll 1877
and amended in 1887, saloons were
driven entirely out Of tile country dis
tricts. Under the act Of 1859, extend
ing the provisions OF the four-mils law
to towns OF 1000 inhabitants, they were
driven out OF tWenty.eiGht towns in
which they then existed. Since the
passage Of the Adams law in 1908 they
have been driven out OF forty other
towns, leaving them row in only seV-
enteen cities and towns in the Stale
eight over 5000 inhabitants which do
not come under provisions o. the law.
and nine under 5000 which lave NO;
yet taken advantage Of it-and leat:hG
them lin only twelve counties co.: .:
the nl~nety-SiE.
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,un.,s q Hair Grow.

A >asc that has interested the ply
sicians not a little IS that OF James
Toss, Of Saugus, Mass. Last February
Mr. Foss fell down a flight OF stairs
at his home, striking on his spine. He
was picked up for dead. For some
time lie did not show any signs of life,
but later 4 faint heart beat was felt.
From that fine until July l he lay in
an unconscious state. Before his fall
he was %baldheaded. but during his i'll.
ness the hair began to grow, unit! now
he has as good q crop as any person
could desire.
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Tive peosjoucrs of S-cG.

Ulc report CT TIC Commissioner q
Pensions, 1t Washington. ID. c.. 10
the fiscal year ended JulS 1 last, saSH]
that there are Still five pensioners 81
account Of the War of the Revolution
one Of them being Esther S. Damon
the widow of g Revolutionary soldier
The others are daughters of such SCI
diers. Mrs. Damon is n%inety-ore year
old
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pnniin EousaR C7oGcd.

The London County Council have NJ
ready, in pursuance OF its Temperance"
policy, closed 1873 public houses at 4
cost of f33G, 600, and last June, on the
motion Of Sir William Collins. it was
agreed to continue that policy in regard
to the improvements GeiTG made in
:Ifampstead road, where another large
public house will be closed IT Il c"s q:
goo 09o.
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Acrnhnf LIGHT Months Old.

Ell ght months old and az acrobat, u1
able to wall: or talk. yet p~2ssessin|
such remarkable muscular 'develoA
ment of the arms and shoulders th3
he can balance himself en his hand
and with heels IN the air proceel
across the room-these are among IN
remarkable characteristics Of the sd
Of William Schars. Of Denver, Col.
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A Sermon to Self.

TO work fearlcssiy. to follow ""Iil'
estIy after truth. to rest with 4 Child
like confidence in Gods guidance. TO
leave ones lot willingly aud heartily
TO uim-tfis is my sermon to lnysaif
II we could live more within sight Of
Heaven, we should care less for the
turmoil of earth.-!ohn :.!c!,a:i
Green.
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Worlds Oldest LaWYer.

David Wark. the Oldest | 'gislator
the world, died at his home i'll Free
erickton, N. B.. aged 101 years and 81
months. Mr.. Wark was a member
the Canadian Senate at Ottawa, q III
office.
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Two Are ~Hntagonis:ic,

He that hath Slight though: * IN
never has great thoughts CT Col
Owen.
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Japan's purchases from the Unite
States i'll the fiscal year just close
amounted to S51,724,72G.
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IOa a DrnnE''-h Story kncnt an sneAri'
ato WHO Was Laborin= Under tho Dc
fusion Tha: Drunkenness is Hereditary
1t liz Acquired, Says DR.. Duckworth
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-29

Varicocele is a Scrotal Disease, The
uneasiness and observation-disclosures that
it causes is almost understandable. If
neglected or improperly treated it
causes Nervous E,xhaustion--the dis
ease that saps your very life away
and if YOU value your health you will
not allow .inexperienced doctors to ex-
pertinent with you. This disease in
wolves the most delicate organs OF the
body. and no other disease requires
more the service Oh an expert
specialist.
DR.. Hathaway has had nearly Is
years experience in the STUDY ana
treatment of this disease, ana no mat
ter where you go you VIII ma no
treatment that will give you better or
as good results.
IF Won have Varicocele it will be to
your advantage to get DR.. Hathaways
opinion Of yolr case (Which costs
nothing) before you place yourself
under othor treatment If you are not
satisfied that he can do you SOod you
need not take treatment
DR.. Hathaway also SuoCeSsI uily
treats other private ana cilIollc dls-
eases of men, such as Nervous EAnaus-
ton Gost Vitality. kidney anu Bad
der Complaints. Speciilc Dioou ROBSON
(syphilis). Structure. Gleel' etc., etc.
If you have either write lor eAaialna-
ton blank.
You can be cured at your nome. A
book on your disease free TOT the ask
ing. Address whether calllhg or writ
ing. Dr.. HATHAWAY & Co. - lnman
building, Atlanta Ga.
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ARE FEW CALLED?

The Methodist Protestant Confer
ence in session at High Point notes a
scarcity of preachers. Other churches
feel the need of more ministers
1.-THE harvest is white, the laborers are
few The classes that graduate at
most tf our c':iieecs, denominational
ana secular con.3;l fsw who are rrc
;.ai 'ng to enter the ministry
Nny do fewer young men Of c1u-
eaton and talent eater the ministry !!
That IS a question hat vitality concerns;
the churches today, and us vitality
co. Germs the whoi. public. for unless
the pulpits lead in intellectual and
moral uplift, where will men look for
guidance? Some people tell us that
fewer young men are attracted to the
ministry because the financial rewards
are greater in business or professional
life. But that is no answer, for there
has never been a time when men OF
brains could not make more money
irving to coin their intellect and en-
ergies into dollars than in cOnsecratjnS
their lives to saving souls and making
mems lives better. 1t will not dc to
say that the dearth is due to the fact
that there is not need as formerly for
men of power in the pulpit. That
need has never been greater than to-
day.
What thene is the reason for the
scarcity of young men of high attain
ments going into the ministry? The
answer is found in the tact that selfish
ness, love of money, dedication OF
wealth. making heroes of money. MAX
ers has gotten hold of the teachers
of mankind and young men see that
the intellectual meIi, who should be
chiefly honored, bow down to the man
of millions. Extravagant living, which
invades even our temples of learning,
has largely driven out the real and
true simple life which produced the
greatest men-not that affectation of
simple life that we hear talked about
by men who have tired of the excuses
of fashion and haste, but that simple
life which enabled Agassiz to refuse an
offer of $4,000 to lecture because
he was "too busy" learning the Sc
crets of nature to turn aside to make
money