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THE PRIMROSE PATH.
HOW FEE ITCH SEAMEIT AJLE THAIS ED.
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. I CTTia breath of April's In the brfMW. '
The long streets glisten in the nun.
The taswled lilacs in the square
Are full of nods and whisperings,
While black-bollcd poplars stir the air
With hints of happy secret things.
The town is all so fair and fine.
The streets they make so bravr a abow ;
And yet and yet Corinna mine,
TIs now the pale primroses blow.
TV woods are calling us to-day
Where grassy hills fall fold, on fold ;
Come, let us take the primrose way
And gather wealth of faery gold.
Tnt off your dainty silks and Ince '
For leathern shooti and homespun
gown ;
Coma, leave this bustling market place
To play the truant out of town.
For though in town the sun shines gay,
You cannot henr the sweet birds sing;
Come, my Corlnon, come away, '
And let ns go a-prlmrosing.
Rosamund Marriott Watson.
A HEROINE
of Necessity
A way to the right, ns far as eye
could sec, stretched the shimmering
ocean, the sunlight dancing on the
Braves and turning them Into a carpet
of gold. To the left lay glorious
patches of purple heather, broken here
Bnd there by big gorse bushes, covered
jwlth golden b looms nud soft green
pikes. Overhead the seagulls wblrlod
7.ily across a turquoise bay, uttering
elr plaintive notes hs they greeted
one another In passing.
And one, at least, of the millions of
created beings was thanking God at
(that very moment, as she leaned her
nmus oh the slight railing which formed
he only protection from the cruel shltv
jgV below the edge of the steep cliff.
!Fate bad been more than ordinarily
kmd to Ohrlstabel Tredennls up to now.
Rbe bad never known a single sorrow
jail her life through; twenty years of
tanspotted peace ley behind her. Sue
res young, fair to look upon, wealthy
(beyond the dreams of most women, and
dear to a manly heart, now far away
in Western Africa, fighting bis conn-
l DO NOT WANT TO GO ALONE.'
try's battles In skirmishes with tribes,
Mrtth a pluck that was tenfold more
Utorough because of her.
' 1 Mrs. Tredennls bad come to the quiet
little village of Croone, on the Dorset
jehlre coast, because she bad happened
to see a highly colored print of it In
iconic one's photo album. It had not
kurned out to be all that It was paint
led wiMt does? upon closer acqualnt-
nce, but Ohrlstabel and she liked the
sencry and the solitude and stayed on.
tTbJs was about their last day.
TV She was thinking of her soldier-lover
ar across the waters, as she gazed,
tarbeu her mind was suddenly recalled
to her present surroundings by a mut
jtered exclamation borne to her ears
on the soft summer wind. She turned
round hastily and saw, a little farther
iou;' a tall, spare figure standing on
'the very edge of the cliff, an edge that,
as C'hrlstabel knew, was unprotected.
To call out would be to startle the
rash adventurer, whoever It was; but
the girl crept softly across the heath
er that lay between the figure and her
self till she was Just behind her.
The woman turned round and almost
anied. ChrUtabel, with fear knock
at her heart, brought there by the
k In the eyes meted on bars, laid
band on the other's arm.
'Come farther from the edge; It Is
igcrous," she said.
ym 30 to 50, laughed.
"It's the edge I like," atie answered.
iking her arm free of the detaining
ind and taking a step forward. "Have
ever walked over a cliff? Should
like to come with me and try the
itlon nowr
UCbrlstabol looked round wildly. There
is no one In sight; the only sound
D be board was the mournful cry of
til gulls.
, A story she had once beard came
nto her mind at that moment
"It's nothiu;i to walk over a cliff,'
pbe returned, trying to steady her voice,
"It would be much more wonderful If
.'ra started at the bottom to walk to
W top!"
j The other shrugged her boulders.
t'a matter of oulnlon. at
afoe said. "Let us try uiy way first I
(Mint to go to him. Don't you see be
la beckoning to me over there?"
She glared ferociously out to sea,
Bad gripped the girl's arm In a rice.
1 "He? Who?" asked Chrlstabel, bon
ing thereby to gain time.
x The rune was for a few moments suc
Jeeesful. The woman drew a photo
graph out of her pocket and thrust It
amder the girl's nose.
Cbrtstabel started ; the blood bad left
JlSer fane, and her heart seemed to stop
eating. It was a portrait of her lover
Jim Blakiston she would know It
' In a thousand. It had been cut out of
an Illustrated paper and gummed on
to a correspondence card.
This man what Is be to you?" she
atekel hoarsely.
The woman laughed again gleefully.
B3fc'S
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French seamen are notably active and agile and this is due, so It Is
averred, to the training they get while they are In their apprenticeship. Agility
In systematically encouraged and lightness of movement Is considered a very
great accomplishment Among the exercises given the younger seamen when
they enter the service Is that of rope ladder climbing, and the fellows soon
become as proficient at this as monkeys and climb up and down with great
speed. But the exercise Is not restricted to the younger men alone, for It Is
quite necessary that the sailors keep In trim, so they are kept at the practice
a share of each week at least and this la why they have become famous for
their agile movements and tbelr quick work. For many years they have had
a prestige for nimble movements, and that this may In no wise be lost the
officers see to It that training is kept up throughout the naval service.
"He be Is handsome, enough, lent
he?" she queried. "Tom seem to ad
mire his picture they all do. Corte,
we will go together and see him. Be
will be surprised; he loves me he
loved me once, and they said he died"
she lowered her voice, then raised It
again suddenly "but It wasn't true.
He Is beckoning to me to come, and we
will go together, you and I for I do
not want to go alone. No? Then I will
go alone!"
Whereupon a fight swift and sharp,
raged In Ohrlstabel's heart Why should
she not let this mad woman perish?
Why save her for him? the being she
loved best on earth. A maniac! Well,
she would not be missed, site only mar
red God'a sunlit world! Let her go
Then a great revulsion of feeling
came over the girl's soul. She saw the
hideous temptation; she knew that
come what might think what she
would, she must save a fellow creature.
It became no longer a matter of voli
tion It was a matter of necessity, for
action and self-sacrifice, which comes
to every Iranian being born Into the
world, with his or her share of respon
sibilities with regard to another. Why
save a lunatic? Why should a sane wo
man die for an Insane one? Why? Bo
cause the Instinct Is there, whether she
will or no an Instinct which dies
hard. Of necessity Khe must save her
sister, be the exchange ever so un
equal, the result of so little apparent
satisfaction !
All these thoughts surged momentar
ily through Chrlstabel Tredennls' mind
as she Rtood on the sunlit cliff; and
then she wrestled and struggled ns she
had never though to wrestle, with all
the luck of a long line of dead and
gone ancestors, wrestled till she felt
herself growing dizzy and faint; and
the edge of the cliff drew ever nearer
and nearer, and ever that mad. mad
face, with those ferocious eyes, gleamed
luto hers.
A strong hand thrust them apart; a
stern voice thundered a wrathful In
quiry. The woman sank trembling on
the heather, her whole figure shaken
with sobs. Chrlstabel, breathless, white
faced, white-eyed, stood shaking In ev
ery Unib from her recent strain but
safe safe!
"Poor thing!" The doctor looked
pityingly at the woman. "She has es
oapod again, but they never thought of
looking here, I suppose. You have had
a bard fight yes I understand "
"For life," put In Chrlstabel. with
lips that trembled, as a shudder passed
through her frame.
The doctor whipped out a flask and
held It to her mouth. "Drink," he
commanded. And when she bad done
his bidding, be turned and spoke kindly
to the cowering lunatic, "Come home
now," he Bald. "Miss Lacy, do you know
It Is nearly teatlme, and Masom will
be wondering where you are. You
should not take such long walks alone;
they are not good for you." The matter-of-fact
tones reached the poor duzed
brain; she still clutched the photo
graph. The doctor, raising bis eyes,
saw Chrlstabel looking at It with a
queer expression on ier pretty face.
"Her lover," be supplied briefly In
low tones that reached only her ears.
"Poor thing, be died of cholera in India
teu years ago, and that was what turn
ed her brain!"
"Ills name?" breathed Chrlstabol.
"Henry Blaklstou. Did you know
htm lieutenant In the uavy? She Is
under a delusion that he Is calling for
her, and that we are keeping them
apart. It Is getting damp on the
heather; we must be making tracks
now. I am more sorry than I can say
that this should have happened."
But the face Chrlstabel lifted to his
astonished him beyond measure. It
was radiant glowing.
"I atu engaged to his brother," she
voluntered shyly, "and be la so like
that picture"
"Ah. I see you Imagined they were
the same." The doctor was only hu
man and chuckled at the colncldenca,
1 t te&Yl -l.A-
which had meant so much to bis com
panion. "I congratulate you and must
wish you good afternoon."
lie shook hands, and then proceeded
to lead his patient away, without a
backward look. Ohrlstabel turned her
face towards the setting sun and her
lips moved. "Thank God!" she cried
fervently.
When Jim niaklston came home not
many months afterwards on long
leave, he was told the whole story.
"I should have let her go, I'm
afraid. I should never have saved
ber," he said, looking at Chrlstabel's
bappy face In wonder.
"You would have saved ber," she an
swered proudly. "You are so brnve;
besides, I can't explain properly, but I
did It of necessity."
And then and there It dawned on the
young soldier that the reason account
ed for many ao-callod mysterious things
of everyday life. There are many he
roes who are heroes "of necessity," of
whom the world never hears, but they
are none the less heroes because of
that Philadelphia Telegraph.
LATEST PAD IK MEDICINE.
Opsonic Thcorr Will Explain Why
You Are Sick or Immune.
Immunity from Illness according to
the opsonic theory, the latest discovery
In modlclne, was the subject of Dr.
Cleaveland Floyd's public lecture at
the Harvard Medical School recently.
"The rason why one person will
come down with sickness," said Dr.
Floyd, "while others living practically
In the same environment remain Im
mune, according to the opsonic theory,
Is that the amount of serum and white
corpuscles In that person's blood Is
below normal.
"The body Is being continually at
tacked In every portion by dist?ase-pro.
duclng germs and organisms. When
ever any portion is infected nature pro
vides that an Increased amount of
blood is sent to that spot
"This Is easily seen In the redness
that surrounds a boll or other form of
Infection.
"Nature rarely does anything with
out a purpose, and the reason why
more blood Is sent to the point of at
tack is that more white corpuscles and
more serum may reach the spot The
white corpuscles and scrum are the
means which nature uses to drive out
infection.
"The serum, which is the sticky,
clear, yellowish fluid often seen around
a scab, reduces the vitality of the germ
or organism and the white corpuscles
gorge themselves with the germs, di
gesting and destroying them.
'It Is this feeding of the white cor
puscles upon the germs of bacteria that
gives the name to the theory. The
Latin word opsono means prepare food
for and the adjective opsonic conveys
that Idea of feeding on which the the
ory Is based.
"The usual practice In treating dis
ease, according to the opsonic theory,
Is to Increase the amount of white
corpuscles and serum In the blood,
which Is done by Inoculation with anti
toxins and vaccines.
"This form of treatment has proved
very effect! vo In skin diseases, diph
theria, typhoid and tuberculosis. It
also has produced speedy results In
driving pus from the abdomen after
operations for appendicitis and In heal
ing running wounds and sores." Dos
ton Post
Hot Idea ( I'ln Uiir,
"You know, dear," cooed the bride,
"you promised to let me bare all the
jrlu money I wanted."
"Yea, love, and you shall have It"
'Oh, you dear! Well, I saw a pin to
day with pearls and diamonds In It
and I do want It so." Baltimore Amer
ican. If a man Is called upon to bury his
wife's pug dog be la ait to abed tears
9t J7.
Truth. To know one little truth and
live It Is letter than to know a hundred
great truths and write them down.
Hev. Frank Crane, Unitarian, Worces
ter, Mn.
Waste. The life rf sensual indul
gence, while very fascinating. Is never
sutUfj !ng. The apples of Sodom turn
to ashes upon the Hps. Iter. II. S.
Pradley. Atlnntn, (J.i.
The (ohn Calf. We have danced
around the golden calf In America un
til we have almost ciiine to worship the
mnn who steals the most. Iter. C. My
ers. Baptist, Brooklyn.
The University. University men are,
In large iiushImtx, too far removed from
the affairs of ordinary life to be true
pmphets of our time. Hev. T. 8. Bo
veil, Baptist, Burlington, Iowa.
Americanism. True Americanism
menus Individualism, and to be truly
patriotic we inunt make the most of
ourselves, morally, Intellectually and
spiritually. I lev. T. S. Inland, Meth
od 1st, Victor, Col. ,
I nseltishnessj Let love conquer your
nenrts and the world will make way for
your coming, and we shall startle the
world by the originality of our urisol
lixhiiess Uev. D. D. Mcljnurln, Metho
dist. Bochester, N. Y.
Splrjt of Nature. There comes a
time in every human life when one
must decide from which source he will
draw his life from the Inner world of
spirit or the oute world of nature.
Itev. T. A. King, Swedenborglan,
Cleveland, O.
Forgiveness. It Is far more noble to
pardon than to be avenged. It la part
of the animal man to retaliate an In
jury. It is only God and the Son of
Uod that have the magnanimity to for
give. Cardinal Gibbons, Roman Cath
olic, Baltimore.
The Three Steps. There are three
distinct steps taken by every one who
etrters the church, namely, to make a
choice, to establish the act of worship,
end the sealing of the covenant rela
tion between the Individual and God.
Bev. L. W. Madden,. Preabyterlan,
Princeton, Ind.
Church-going. The question of
church-going Is not merely a matter
of statistics, of how many go, but
rather It may be put this way, that ev
eryone who does go and goes to any
purpose goes for two or three others
beside himself. Uev. J. S. Zelle, Pres
byterian, Plalnfleld, N. J.
Secret iod. Being anonymous Is the
opislte of being egotistic and self-conceited.
It is being a good man and
never mentioning it ; It Is doing the fine
thing on the sly. It is letting your light
shine, but keeping yourself bidden from
public view. Itev. W. T. McElveen,
Con gr cga 1 1 nu n 1 is t , Bos ton.
Gratitude. When we consider the
one end for which we were created
to serve God In this world In order
that wo may bo happy with Him for
ever hereafter we cannot help but
oel that we are not us faithful to Him
us we ar to the world. Bev. J. J.
Mnhar, Boinan Catholic, Philadelphia.
Young Men. The call to-day Is for
young men In every business or social
enterprise. The position the young
man will occupy depends upon what
haf been his ideal. Young men are to
be examples of faith, of charity, of
righteous living, of clean conversation,
or purity. Hev. Z. E. Bates, Disciple,
Allegheny, Pa.
Frlde. Humility Is the first step to
promotion In the klugdimi of grace.
"He that bunihleth himself shall be
exalted." We ure God's stewards,
therefore we are to avoid willful ex
travngnnee, undue boasting and pride
In word and deed, which excludes God
and discounts sacred things. ReT.
George Adams. Methodist, Brooklyn.
Power. Power is the main idea of
this gospel that we preach, a realm of
a legitimate source, a realm of prac
tice and fxiHTimentatlon, Just whelm
ing all ahout us Its Infinite real of
power. It will be legitimate field for
experimentation, for we shull probably
find, If this he true, that this realm of
power Is similar to other realms. It
will Ik? oik'ii to nil that come. Bev.
W. II. Warren, Methodist, Waterbury,
Conn.
floats Hot I am for Coat.
If you object to pajter money, but
wish to carry big values In small com
pass, you might do worse than lay In
a stoi k of bent lenses for niicroscopea.
Weight for weight, gold is not nearly
so valuable as glass In the form of
powerful lenses, nnd an ordinary purse
filled with such lenses might easily
represent a fortune. The record In
creaxr in the value of the manufac
tur.l article over the raw material la
probably made by this variety of gla
which multiplies itself W,(MK),(K0 tluu j.
The froiit lens of a micro objective
sirumeiit costing aixnit 1 weighs w
more tlisn about ,x tl 7 of a gram; hence
the value of such lenses to the weight
of about two and a quarter pound.
would be nUiut (MMi,(X)(). The cost of
making this weight of glass Is
N-iU'e to 'I pence, and thus when work
ed up Into the line of a lens th
il.iKS has Increased In value about 50,
(XJO.OGo times. London Express.
'Ho Longer Worried.
"I thought," suld the visitor, "11a
drop In and tell you what your hair re
storer did for a friend of mine. When
he startt1 to using your etlxtr there
were only a few hairs on bla head, but
now it's completely covered."
"Indeed?" exclaimed the patent med
icine man.
"Yes; by six feet of earth." Catho
lic standard and Times.
It is a funny notion that old maid
T thirty-five need chaperons, while
married women of twenty-five do not
need them.
It Is sweet to suffer when we suffer
for those we love.
Opinions of
rsETxxTa tob divorce.
HE Rt I Aula Inrfra who has 1nat invMaed
H I a Judicial degree of Impatience with the
B I allly pretexts fr divorce wbJch are ofteu
most profound facts of the grievous situa
tion which la called by courtesy the "divorce
problem." That there Is such a thing an
a divorce problem In the world Is not to be denied, but
It 'la not raised In one case out of twenty which are
brought Into the courts for settlement The statutes
of nearly all of the States leave Judges with little or ne
discretion. The word "Incompatibility" is a very broad
and Inconclusive one, and can be mavle to cover, or at
least la made to cover, a multitude of acts, either mutual
or on the part of one member of an unhappy pair to
ward the other, Indicating perversity, obstinacy, selfish
ness or other things which nwty be aggravating, but which
raise no problems for Judicial settlement
The Biblical ground of divorce, cruelty and Improvi
dence are the only ones which the courts should be called
to consider. It may be safely assumed that a husband
who drags bis wife Into court on trlvlaltles which a
real man could easily compose with a real woman, Incks
those elements of manhood - which would make riving
with htm desirable or even tolerable. This la equally
true of a woman In the sense that a woman capable of
such an act has lost that feeling of regard a wife should
hold toward the partner of her Joys and sorrows. But
divorce Is another question. Let those who cannot live
together live apart but let them feel' that the marriage
tie Is something more binding than a shoestring. St.
Louis Globe-Democrat
AH ERICAS' WASTEFULNESS.
ST Is a frequent statement that the family of
a European working man can live on what
the family of the American working man
throws away.
C3) Whether this be trne or not. It Is certain
l eVsaKJ that French-Canadian. Itallana, Russian
Jews, Germane, Swedes
eigners who arrive la the United Statee with barely
enough money to enable them to pass the Uaunlgratlon
Inspectors, are soon found to have bank accounts and to
be owuecs of teal estate and proprietor of businesses.
The national neglect of small ways to save la the reenlt
of the great natural wealth and resource of the country.
But the are not Inexhaustible, and If any one thing
baa distinguished the Industrial progree of the last quarter-century
above other things It Is tb discovery of the
possibilities which )1 hi waste and by-product. Streams
are no longer clogged with sawdust and slabs from saw
mills; there la no refuse from the modern slaughter
bona; every scrap ot leather left from a hide out In a
great shoe factory Is saved and made useful.
In personal life progress has not advanced so far. The
old fashion of a "best suit" and best shoes and hat la
disappearing ; and so Is the habit of a "best room." The
paper used to print stories of the employer who re
warded bis office boy for colling up and preserving twine
and folding up bit of wrapping paper. Now they tell of
the employer who scold the boy for wasting time that is
"The more I see of human nature the
j Mder It seem to me," observed the
man in the tan flannel waistcoat
"It wouldn't be human nature If K
wasn't odd," remarked his friend with
the full beard, profoundly. "We are
fearfully and wonderfully constituted."
"That's what" agreed the man In
the tan flannel waistcoat "Now, there's
my father, for Instance. I haven't quite
got over feeling afraid of tbe old gen
tleman even now."
"That's natural enough, I should
hope," said the man with the' full
beard.
"I should eay so. ne didn't believe
In sparing tbe rod and spoiling tbe
child. Not that be used a rod to any
treat extent Ever feel bis hands V
"I don't believe I have."
"I have. Next time you shake hands
with him you notice how bard the
palm is, and ,the size of It It made
gulte an Impression on me In early
life."
"My father used to reason m-lth me,"
raid the man with the board.
"So would mine," said tbe man with
the flannel waistcoat "He'd appeal to
my reason nearly every time. He'd
lay : 'William, It's wrong to amaeh win
Sows with hard rubber belli, and I'm
going to tell yon why. Window are
put Into houeo for the purpose of ad
mitting light and unshlne and In or
r that the Inmate may be able to
iook outdoor without the trouble of
folug out themaolves. When a pane of
glass la shattered It doent Interfere
with this purpose, 1 admit but at the
him tim it Jets In draft, which are
likely to cause cold and bronchltl
ind pneumonia, which In their turn en
tail doctors' bills and even funot-nl ex
penses. You understand all that quite
slearly, don't you, William T
" 'Yesslr.'
"'Very good. Now, I know tfe too
orach to expect a boy of your age to
be very careful. As they grow older
they learn to think before they act
and to take probable consequence Into
consideration. Why? By experience
it consequences unpleasant conse
luence. If the result of any foolish
or Ill-considered act was In every case
pleasant a boy would be dolny foolish
and Inconsiderate things all bla Ufa.
That stand to reason, doesnt itf
" 'Yeastr.'
"'Exactly. Then the remit of thin
particular piece of nilartlef will be a
licking. J4ot a ierfunotury paddling,
but a thorough licking that will make
rou stop and consider carefully In fu
ture every time you throw a ball Vs
the direction of a bouse.'
"Then the performance would begin
and I'm bound to ay that I did atop
to think what I waa throwing at ffou
that tlin on. n laid ea good aast
Great Papers on Important Subjects.
and many other for
hard. Mother used to tell him he waa
too severe, but he couldnt see It 'Non
sense!' he'd say. When I waa a boy
my father used to lick me, and I often
think I didn't got half enough.' That'
the way my father raised me."
'That' natural enough," commented
the man 'with the beard. "I suppose
we all think our children ought to be
raised tbe way we were. We know we
. ame out all right"
"I wouldn't go ao far as to say
that," said the man In the flannel
waistcoat "I don't think that I'm a
perfect specimen, but I do think that
there's a good deal, of bosh about this
moral-suasion business for children.
Children need a licking every now and
then. It doe 'era good. I'd give mine
a good deal more than they do get If
It wasn't for one thing."
"Wbaf thatr
"Well, their grandfather won't stand
for It He seems to think they ought
to be allowed to do what they like and
he says be wont see 'em abused. Of
course I don't like to hurt the old
man' feeling," Chicago Dally New.
Im Mtm t'p Its Wealth.
"Callfornlans have solved the prob
lem of the alchemist and are making
gold out of sea water," say William
Briggs, writing In the Technical World
Magazine. "The Golden State ha taken
golden treasure out of her mountain,
has made ber valley yield million of
dollars' worth of golden fruit ha
amassed tourist gold In exchange from
her sunshine, and now turn to the
great laay Pacific and ransack it cof-
rs.
"There Is no rush of Drosnector to
tbe new field, however, a the gold Is
coming out of the sea In tbe form of
alt of potaealom, magnesium and bro
mide, which would elude the pan and
the rocker of the prospector.
"Of several 'diggings' of this nature.
one at least 1 active and prosperous
and on la approaching activity. The
Man Pedro Salt Company, which recent
ly entered Into the field, bas succeeded
In manufacturing a quantity and qual
ity of salt which bas found a ready
market and has already assumed a
place among the export of the port of
San Fedro. Tbe fact that San Pedro
1 a lively and thriving port, with al
most no outgoing cargoes, make the
development of this trade both easy
and Important 81 nee the flraj: of lat
year the coasting schooners, returning
to the northern coast have taken away
over a thousand tons of thl ea salt"
Test fawna Brother Dllcr,
"Never tell a man ter ro tor da ow
U," say Brother Dickey, "for It may be
d devil don t want dat very kkrf of
ma I" Atlanta OoosUtutloa.
worth more tban what he eaves. Very likely It is to the
employer; but to the bo the value of the habit of saving
was worth much.
No one would wish to encourage niggardliness; but
wise self-reetratnt the rejection of luxuries which add
little or nothing to well-being, the disregard of senseleas
conventionalities and the cheerful acceptance of the lea
expensive thing If ft serve Its purpose these are not
only sure step toward prosperity, but constant and Im
portant acresoions to atrength of character Youth'
Companion.
D&UDGBS NOT HEEDED.
""OtNG John D. Rockefeller In a published
Y interview the other day, urged young men
"to seal and Industry" as the pathway to
tmmmmm "success." This philosophy has been
MXTjfA preached so often from the depth of sleek
gla ili waistcoat, that the general public accept
It almost as axiomatic.
But the young man with his career to be carved out
would do well to stop and think that seal and Industry
do not necessarily mean drudgery. The fellow who vol
untarily makes a drudge of himself Is apt to be taken
at his own estimate as low-grade ore. The virgin stuff
doesnt have to be ground to powder to get out Its value.
The man who Is most valuable to bis employer and
the one whe I apt to rise to the top In any business is
the one who la careful to get all tho sleep that nature
requires to replace the tissue burnt up In the day's
work, who makes time to get Into the open air and draw
strength and Inspiration from nature, who finds relaxa
tion with hi domestic Joys, and who returns to his
work with a clear brain and a steady nerve, ready to
meet emergencies, capable of giving valuable mental
effort to the matter that come up, and of rising once
In a while above the level of ordinary thing and routine
matter.
There are million who can tread the mill, but com
paratively few who can devise new machinery. Phila
delphia North Amalcan.
THE QXTESnOir OT THE DEATH TXNALTY.
kTVERAL of the moat Influential unrmnwrt
SI of Pari are urging the restoration of the
I death penalty In France. The OauJoia think
tuw uvitMvu vfc tuv vnui iutiii umm wow
nothing but cut the sinews of Justice and
courage crime." "It la Incontestable," de
clare the Intraneigeant "that the con v lo
tion that those sentenced to death will never be exe
cuted has brought the Mndaeon, the revolver and the
dagger Into such prominence la the police reports a to
menace public security." . ,
These Journalistic view are the echoes of like opin
ions ottered by French officials and social critics which
the Literary Digest ha collected. M. Goron, ex-Chief
of Police, think tbe experiment of going without the
guillotine has gone far enough and bo been disastrous.
M. Marcel Prevost argue the right of man to destroy
human creature that menace life even a be may de
stroy noxious vermin and dangerou animals. New York
World.
VTEJnrA TO SELL COAL.
City Mehlnar Rutoul Eiporlsaem tat
Municipal Ownership.
There would seem to be no end to
Vienna' new experiment In the field
of municipal ownership, say the Pall
Mall Gasette, Only within tbe last
few day negotiation have been com
pleted for tbe purchase by the city of
the business of the two largest under
taking companies, and now come the
new that tbe City CouncB la serious
ly contemplating the establishment of
a gigantic municipal wholesale coal
business to counteract the manipula
tion of tbe coal trust It was at first
suggested that the city should acquire
coal mines, but as that was found to
be Impracticable, the project of buying
direct from collerlea outside the trust
wna mooted.
Vienna consumes yearly from 1,200,-
000 to 1,500,000 tons of coal, nearly a
third of which Is taken by the munici
pality for the gas works, electric light
ing, tramways, beating of. the schools-
end public buildings and other pur
pose, it is proposed that after sup
plying it needs In thaw directions, tbe
city should sell coal to small dealers,
thereby saving the public from the fre
quent Increases la price made by tbe
trust dealers.
Beside getting lis coal cheap at the
mines, the city expects that tbe govern
ment would make special freight rater
for Bending coal to Vienna.
STOUT OP A TOOTHBRUSH.
One Haar4a aa a Lsitrr Pit Oaly
foe wanaaa'a U.
Colonial diaries aud letters make It
plain that oar unfortunate ancestor
suffered much from jumping toothache
swelled face and the early loss by
forcible extraction of teeth which at
a later period might have been saved
to render their owner many year of
further service. Mo wonder, since tnx
care of the teeth waa little understood!.
and that little often but negllgtajtrjr
practiced.
Toothpick were known, tbe tooth
brush was not although rough ubtl
tute were employed, made of flatten
ed atlcfc, split and pounded at one owl
to a stiff, flbroua fringe. Toothbrush
when first Introduced were regarded a)
by uo means Important acceasorlea t
tho toilet but rather a minor loxn-
rlea and suitable for women only.
Tbe diary of a London . merchant
trading to the colonies has this entry:
"Bought a toothbrush for my wife,
which, used together with salt wa
ter, very strong, and wasshe of herb,
she la told will keep her teethe front
falling out or getting ho Howe. Thj salt
aud berbe may well prove strength
ening to her guuunea web. are tender.
but for the brush, It seems but a silly
toy, hardly like to wear the worth of
It price and scarce cleanly save when
new. But she must have It being a
new thing late from Frence." Youth'
.Vnrpanlon,
Thoaaaa Caa Bat KJlha War.
In Will Thomas, outfielder, tbe On
ctonatl reds have another of those rare
pjayer who. Ilk Millet Hagglas, pos
its the ability to bat from either aid
o( the plate.
No one ha a much money a og)
aetjlne.
