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BETAKE THYSELF' I'O PRAYER. When bitter winds c( trouble blo, An ' thou art totting i fr. win 'ii waves are rolling mountain high, A - .1 uloudfl obHOUH) tin- sU-ailfiiHt slcy. I', iir not. my bouI, thy 1iM'ii ix there, llutnlra tbyaelf, my muI, in prayer. wii. n in tbe dull routine of lif; Thou yearnest ball for pain and utrlfe, Sn ivnacy fif ti i- nnmtnonptitoo, You speak in enigmas. Of south WKSTiouN FRONTlElts. ...I...1 .1, . .... . I, V U..H ,.ll,i .... I I... I xcllluC,, aS OU8trust8wni not allow per- If so, it is a Spanish enigma, for more troops. sona, nmbitions or f;ictional and painted In lovely charac-j Anxiety increases in London feejnr to devYda the party ters. however cabalistic they i ns the hours go by without bicb can bone for nothing if maybe." bringing news of his situation. so divided. 'O.'' a sudden light breaking The names of a numbpr of in Upon him. 'yon speak of my officers killed and wounded have picture. And doe ut-- in me .if niv in UK. i " Mp hnen i iiki' was SI'Mlt- ..-It. J i-U- . ;n. .. 1 1 f see it freed from the clutches jA HAKMr-K'S PRAYER TO Mc of the the oppressive and ruin The fate of this nation in the hands of the people KIN LEY. Prom Illtfbee News. Our Advance Agent of Pros perity hear. I beseech thee, the words of thy lowly and ignoble rests servant. Thou d we) lest among Tf f lui tniirliHi - t o -f nrfll iil' r u itw ir f I 1 N iiih nr.ii 4 1 m i ' i I 1 : .1 nnun I tA o t m v ....... they ara honesli unterntied and l herd with the lowly. Compar """" 1 1 Metnuen mmsen was sini- Ullited the trusts with all of oi day that woar 1 1 . - aulf-aame face, Think -..fil.v. toul, tliy Lord is there, gratulat;ons. But come, as am not yet a benedict, may not have this waits?" Aii'l then beta'Mi thyself to praey. Vv .i' .i brlttiM the oup with sparkling indeed, then, open to your con- )y wounded, being struck in the i fhp;r H nnn non ono ; thigh by a bullet. idown in defeat. If, 1-1 T . : . t . I . 1,1a mI,.n ! a I r f l :i is Known inai ins suu.i - iney are learini, overawed, or will go however, " W ii happv t wIch the Wli n men with prut alatin Upon the hlghwaj i mi. . lioufri employ, and IWOBt a ! And this is Hon is a perilous one, and the bound up in petty personal o 1' iU thy name, I i. in Iheo have a care, L t'd ui Fervent prayer, where two pathways meet, ilny thy iiKtfi'i.n feet, lull mad to take. 'For Thy dear niji i.. . , laiinre to receive reassuring au- amhilions, then the money thought Thornton May. as a Vicea and the doubt aa to bia power will triumph to infinate few hours later he sat alone in I real poaition alter the battle of disaster fdr the nation. Chi llis bachelor apartments mood ,last Thursday, serve to throng cago Democrat. uy suivey.ut; me ..y.uK emu the War 0(lice wl, allxious p.-j n '.- rt ii iloulil l .in and nay i ikUsi! nhow Thy footprints fi (pure is. The position I li.lin 'I'll. llirist unsworn mi, with wily toll, my iul, ao preoloi iii the grate, "I. who fancied her voice could no lonireE thrill r.t. i,.,,. k..ni n hiitta The positions of Generals but riveted the chains I thought French and Gatacre in North struck olT from me foiever. To- ('ill Colony also is a dlffl night how indifferently she con cult one. A dispatch says that irratulatPfl mp ii i mv aunnim ' Boera are gathering "5 " I J I I eu engagement: ttau inings " 7r - . I show in"- the ner camta ctrcul while the UrltlSU are lew in' . " 1 . 1 . Bill I i , n7i h' TI'diiltIi Watan I) . i n. h ta' i lyaell iIai ii "Vol" use their Odl isn'n iMioiillar plod rain, thy fjord ty prayer. if K. S.N 2jTM ; ! the Boers are ifreat force to been different liow cbarminirly my pretty model might have number, helped out mv plan! 1 will put tile ocean between ns ere, in my weakness, I once more give Iter the right to mock me. " "Gointf away. Ml sOIWli STARTLING FIGURES. Some idea of the pernicious effect the class legislation fos tered by tlie Republican party j lias upon the agricultural sec itionsniav be trained from an in I - NATAL NEWS. A description l the Biege of Ladysmltb from November i(j analysis of the following table, i- tion of money in the various states. It will be seen that tbe northeaster slates, with their protected interests, have uc cessfnlly sapped the Ogricultu- to 20 written in the invested ral sections. The table was (.1 PJ it w I Oi I1 no alio as : for T ill!' Wile. in-- only e carrying iol. vru r i I Nellie nlly up into i h addressed ;is loUgil she had i la ii v a inoiil h tin May? city shows that the British are Have you tired so soon of your not worrying over their isola old friends thai you must desert tion. them? But 1 forget some one j rpg jot.r is waiting for vou." .1,1 .,.,,i,..i r. I IVUVUM tl, I L 'Yes," In? answered. ! must h in ii- glanced lace of him innocently 1 1 oi known question REV ENGE. riioruton? Why. yeaterday you m books to once more say goott-oy, but litis - boys Know time, Miss Nellie, I hope you will add godspeed, 1 have not lorgotten our last parting, though 1 hope my folly has long ceased to be remembered. You were right, It was a boy's presumption, and J must thank you fur my lesson." 'i his was ui most more than she could bear. For I he mo ment tears shimmered in A .. ,. I . i I .. i. ... I uum cjrea, a buu ruac in uci throat, but she answered brave- 'It was I who should rather, ask your pardon lor the idle vanilv nl ;i ..irl win, h-iii.te mil the meaning of her own words, but who throutrh them has been to na ve spruni! , i, . lT , , 1 itne only sufferer, Good-bv. bombardment is is an truid. j few casualities have been sustained and the reports of great damage done to the Boers (also are discredited. It is believen at bstcourt that Pennsylvania the Boers have- blown up the Ma'ne Tutrela River Bridue. made when the per capita cir culation of the nation was $22. 40: Rhode Island 08 ,r). HO 17 described a s j Massachusetts New York ed with thee I am as a toad to an elephant; a house-fly to an eale. Yet, nevertheless, oh William, I am constrained to raise my - voice in entreaty to thee in behalf of myself and fellow farmers, for our burden is grevious to be borne. If thou wilt remember, in thy Inaugur al Address thou promised jjreat things for the four years thou shouldst reign, because of the prosperity which thou intended to scatter o'er the land in great gobs, broadcast and without stint, it is of this same pros perity of thine oh McKinley, that I would speak. For two never-to-be-forgotten years have We fanners been grappling with thy prosperity. For two years we have seen our farms go into the hands of the stran ger and alien, because of cer tain mortgages which we failed to satisfy. For two years have our ears been tilled with the cries of our hungry children. Aye. McKinley, we have gone 71 8i ! about in tfa,'s, hurrahing for j. i put to her had been trem bling on his eager lips. hot :1'.:.mi dyed Thorlon May's cheeks i her words. A flash of angel lea ! into the 1 dark ey a moment before sol ti ii lerli passionate. e' ui. I lea ,t It s!" burst in I a in uttered whisper from the young man's white lipn TiisJii I i n ,,.ir,..i, I lie i use wiiu a Beemi d sudden I in' Ing ins hand, with simply a low bow ui courtesy, he left her, sin sitting moliouless, the echo oi I he closiug of the outside dooi ringing in her ears strange ly like a Ituell. "They say Thorlon May is engaged. What wonderful sti Hies he lias made in his art!" "Wonderful, indeed. But who is the fortunate winner of such a prize?" "A Spanish girl whom he met abroad. His la GENERAL SITUATION. General Lord Wolseley an nounces that another division l'ltJ I of British troops will be called out. This makes the seventh. Colonial Secretary Chamber lain in a speech at Liecester yesterday noon, made a plea for the alliance of the Anglo American Tuetonic races "to rule the world.." He said that it already existed in spirit. Mr. May, and godspeed." TREMENDOUS ODDS. She the only sufferer? What' Do the democrats of this na j could she mean? tion realize what tremendous For a moment a wild hope 'odds are to be against them in crossed his mind, to be extin- the struggle of 19U0? (pushed the next as he glanced into the calm face and the eyes I whence all trace ol tears had lied, but at the hall door a mo men i later he paused. , He would return to disabuse her mind of this idle folly a.s to his engagement. So, again crossing the hall and mounting t picture, about tbe stairs, be stood upon the Wincli even one is raving, isl hi.uah..ui . i,. i... i left sc short a time before. But, O, how changed! Down upon her lace lay the figure of the girl who had haunted him all these years, while sob after sob racked her sain to be her counterpart. Such was the idle conversa tion at an evening party which feli upon Nellie Rivers' listen ing ear. iiii this was the meaning of reuce. when she would : Ira me. v. atonement tor the i . Hie revenue was in his band folly of a girl. ,a last. The moment had cine to mock her as she had mocked Oo they understand that the trusts represent a capitaliza tion of 1(18,000,000.00, and do they grasp the mighty signili cance of that fact? If this momentous fact is not fully recognized it is vital that it should receivejclosest atten tion and deepest thought. There is nothing more fatal j to success than an uuderesti-j mate a I the forces of an enemy, j I Facts should be faced bold I y Oklahoma Connecticut 71 1 I California 4? 84 New Hampshire -la oi Vermont 10 15 3 88 ?,r id Maryland 20 60 District of Columbia L" 7f Delaware 25 58 New Jersey 22 44 Colorado 1!) 57 Montana 18 05 Illinois 17 2." Ohio 15 91 Michigan 14 85 Iowa 1.13 70 Minnesota 12 02 Missouri .11' 50 Wyoming ltJ 41 Wisconsin 11 44 Arizona 10 30 Kansas 10 10 North Dakota 10 12 Washington 10 00 Kentucky 9 40 Nebraska (J 80 Utah : 8 07 Oregon 8 32 Indiana 8 25 South Dakota 8 12 West Virginia 7 91 Louisiana 7 05 Nevada ...'(' (55 Virginia fi 50 Idaho 5 87 New Mexico 5 03 Texas 5 61 Tennessee 5 12 Florida 4 28 hi ha 1 mow herself. girl, a ml irueii Hie lesson i.;,n. i,.,, i,. i;.rilt ,.. ing in his eyes had no mocking ray as he clasped the sobbing girl close to his heart. is this true, my darling?'' In udiff ma I -for th win did not Wiiu had le only ( hrough four years of bit tei sufl i ing, of which this was tin end. Dreaming, .Miss Nellie, and atone? What does this mean?" Ii was hi.-j voice which broke her reverie, his eyes rest 11 her, I rom Whom, Ii .. any sin- must hide t he i ruth, am growing old." she an id, lightly. "Like your have put away childish , thojgh, unlike you, 1 not assumed fresh respqn- upon which, by the 1 1 . e you are to be and not ignored or gloaz.-d over. Let every democrat consider j seriously what power is given to the oppositiou by the fact that 98,000,000,000 are combin-j ed in the trusts to balk thej will of the people, to buy votes 3 34 Georgia 3 18 South Carolina 2 90 Mississippi 2 72 Indian Territory 2 00 North Carolina 2 43 Alabama 1 91 Arkansas I 50 Upui lug co-' . w. SC 1 thie bat : I . '. I . : .siui 1 1 ties, way, I b con g rat u lat ed. Hanil v ie- -rv . to coerce voters, to purchase Simple Method ot Strengthening eloquence, to subsidise the the Lungs. l'n'ss Strengthening the lungs, es- Tbere is to be a struggle oflpecUliv the apetes, may be said. "Al.d has our game been 1 1110 most desperate cnaracter . done by blowing through a cross purposes all this weary on the-part of the republican J small pipeetem or tube that will Nellie. my oride ; l);irlv lo Keep us yrasp on, allow the areata to pass out power. slowly. jnrst nil the lungs And the trusts with their : with good air, then blow with $8,000,000,000 of capital will steaily force vigorously but not tune.' j, INellie. my would have kept me silent had you not shown me your s cret I Imd meant, darling to teach you, if I could, to love I forgot I had learned son long ago a leSSOl . put work band and glove with ..I the lea-whose the violently. A few tiines daily will be sufficient. December Ladies' Home Journal. republicans, Under the circumstances. sweet teachings will guard all ! what must democrats do? j A Connecticut farmer made my future life." Tbey must unite. Without this return to a tax assessor: Thus, with lips Dressed to united occasion defeat is as "One wife with red hair, two although you it lor Ii lip and heart to heart, her sobs cirliiUl :ts sunrise now sous oi uappiness. 'j'lioru thee and thy prosperity, and abusing thy .adversaries, the free si Iverites. for not saying times were good and money plenty. For two years we have passed to and fro among thy enemies and boasted of money to throw at t lie birds, when at the same time we were dodging the tax col lector and wondering where the next meal was to come from. Now. oh William, 1 would ask thee, (on the sly) when thou sent in thy prosperity call art sure thou pressed the right button? Anyway, Bill, if thou Shouldst try another whacic at it please press the ose marked Adversity." We beseech thee to withhold thy prosperity for the two ensuing years of thy reign. Keep it with thee! Use it for home consumption. Bind it around thy neck as thou would a mother's keepsake. Eat it with thy bread and but ter. Drink it with thy Mumm's extra dry, fori tell thee truly, to the farmers thy prosperity is like the embalmed beef of thy secretary of war unpalatable. We know thou art merciful a little. Witness thy dealings toward the Filipinos. Sudden death is preferable to a life of slavery. The Kragg-Jorgeuson is more merciful than the scourge of the slave-driver. Nevertheless, oh McKinley. if it is thy will to further burden US with thy prosperity, pile on the burden fear not! We will continue to cry, "All hail to McKinley prosperity!" and vote the grand old Republican tick el, even though our wives and babies starve. We'll vote her straight, Mack, though we be so wealc from starvation that we have to be hauled to the polls. So be it. A county spelling match will be given at New London Fri day evening Dec. 22. One con testant will be allowed from every school in Ralls County. The prize will be a 20 gold medal. The admission fee will be 25 cents. The proceeds will be used lor buying books for a school library. Any teacher in the county can get a list of the I steers that's a pair, one horse j words to be used by writing the ceeping ton May wreaked his revenge . Surely democrata who love, she's a mare, that's ail. I J Ralls County School Conunis- r such a secret from your friends " Spare Moments. their country and who wish to swear sioner.