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Ton don't corna ta aa often as jtru
Used to' ventured .he cigar dealer,
kinging np the trilo. young man's
plckel anU relighting his own cigar.
"No, I don't," admitted hi atten
uated customer. "I don't patronize
pone of these cigar and tobacco dumps
as much as I did. Fact is, I'm trying
to quit."
The tob-aevouist laughed.
"Trying to (jnlt?" he repeated. "Say,
that's a hit! Any old time you back
away from your little 0-cent smoker-
Ines I want to know about It. What's
he matter with you got heart dls
fa.se or something?"
The thin yonng man looked patned.
"I don't see where you get any
awful scream out of that," lie pro
tested. "IXm't lota of fellows quit
smoking eery year? What's the mat
ter with me getting Into the band
wagon with Lucy Page Gaston and
cutting it out for a while? I found
put that these cigars I was smoking
was beginning to hurt me affected
my nerve so 1 couldn't sleep good at
pight so I says to myself, 'Chopl'
That's the way It Is."
"Well, I suppose you know your
own business," said the cigar dealer.
"If you think cigars Is bad for you, I
don't blame you for cutting 'em out.
But I never took any stock in that
stuff about cigars affectln' anybody's
heart. I think that's all bunk the
doctors put when a fellow gets nerv
ous. They've got to blame It on some
thing and the cigars Is the goat. How
re you gettin' along with the quit
ter "Oh, pretty fair," said the thtu
young man, rather doubtfully. "It
come easier now than it did at first.
You see, I got where I was p-uttln'
way eight or ten of these blonde
Wisconsin perfectos every day had to
hare a few every evenln' after sup
per. Well, I began by cuttln' them
down to one after each meal and an
extra smoke just before bedtime. I
found I could do that, all right" .
"Sure! said the tobacconist. "All
It takes Is system and a little nerve."
"I'm there with the nerve, all right"
Admitted the victim of the tobacco
habit "The only trouble I had was
from my friends wantlu' to stake me
to cigars downtown when I'd meet
'em you know how It Is. I didn't
want to be explalnln' to everybody
that I was qnittln" and havln to stand
for a lot of kiddin" about It so I fell
for an extra smoke now and then."
'That pretty near brought you np
to your average, didn't it? asked
the cigar man.
"No, I don't figure the it did."
said the thin customer, "but I began
to feel a lot better just as soon as I
quit I mean cut down on my cigars.
I cut out my smoke after breakfast
for a week or so, but I found that
wouldn't dc things didn't agree with
me. Then I quit smokln' at the noon
hour and that worked all right but
. I got to hlttli' np two after supper
again. I tell you, lfs no cinch tryln'
to overcome a habit like that but I
did it!"
"That's right" said the cigar man
Admiringly. "If they was all like you.
j fellows would go wit of business in
H hurry! How many are you smokln'
a day now?"
' "Of course, it's like anything else,"
weriiT on IL slender young man mod
estly. "When a fellow makes up his
mind to it if he has any sand at all,
why, he can put it over. I Just says
to myself: 'This here smokln' thing
is puttlu' me to the bod and I got
to go easy on it' I'm nobody's fool.
you know, takln' a chance on gettin'
my heart all out of whack, or sotne
thin' like that for the sake of a low
bum cigars; I should say not!"
The tobacconist lighted a fresh one
and offered the box to the self-ftacrtOc'
lng young man.
"Have one on me," he suggested.
'That la, if you haven't gone over
your limit to-day. Don't let me tempt
you, you know," he added.. "How
many a day have you got It down to
now?"
The turn young man accepted the
proffered cigar and coughed reflec
tively.
"Well," he said finally, "I Jtret take
one one, mind you after each meal
and once in a while I slip np and hare
an extra one in the evening like
now. But not often, though." he add
ed.
"You've got rt beat Ml rtgm." com
mented the cigar man. Chicago Daily
A'ews.
. The Girl ot Am
Where are the riris tlmt we tml to
know?
The pink-frocked girls ot flie U ago?
The little lues with the eyes of nine,
And wind-totmed linir of a pililpu hue?
J lave the fate boa kind to her, tall me.
pray.
That maid I loved in the bygone daj?
Vhire Is tlie maldi-n tlm-t starrmiwed so,
The little Isdy called "pigeotitop"?
The plain little mis wtoh the rfftai
braid.
The shy little girl wbo wiw hsilf-tif raid
To iqieak to rhe boy tlmt slio didn't kjwnv?
. Where are tfie sweethearts (? lmig ago?
I can w rbera ail in my dreams to-day,
Jennie and Marion, Ituth and May,
And I wondttr often an I look Uuk,
11a the world bei-n kind to tlmt merry
pack?
Conif, tell ux, w-r, fir I want to know,
Where are tlie sweethearts o Vnvg au?
IMroit Free Proas.
It Dlda't Work.
In the outer room of a Wall street
office this sign was posted a few days
ago: "Please do not whistle; we do
all that ourselves." The messenger
boys on service in the building evi
dently saw a funny side to the notice,
for within an hour more thnn twenty
of them asked: "When do you whis
tle?" "When does the concert be
gin?" "How nv.ich for a ticket?" and
similar queries. The sln came down
after two days, and the manager of
the office has had it replaced by one
bearing in aggressively bold letter
simply the words, "Don't whittle."
Don't abuse your friend's and ef
fect them to consider it criticism.
FRESH EOGS.
I nenm p arable a Mean of ItaoTJta
mm Well of aatenanre.
Some people contend, says the Bos
ton Cooking School Magazine, that an
egg Is an egg. So ft is. But to ascer
tain Its true value take a fresh-laid
egg, weigh it first, then weigh a cold
storage, or, as we say, a "store egg,"
and note the result. The difference In
weight is an illustration of the differ
ence In food value.
Let us take a fresh egg, and see
how many different practical uses we
can put It to, and first cf all, in a
medical way. To the white of an egg,
shaken In half a glass of cold water
until light and foamy, add the Juice
of half a lemon, fill the g'as3 with
water, sweeten to taste, and you have
a delightfully refreshing driik known
as and called "albumen watr."
There Is nothing better, although not
generally known, than thi white of
an egg for burns. You simply separ
ate the white and yolk, and put the
white on the scald or burn. Should the
burn be on the fingers, wrap each one
separately, with the white of egg and
old linen. The white of epg forms a
coating on the burnt skin; i; excludes
the air, and thus stops the dreadful
pain.
The white of one egg, beaten light,
then mixed with the Juice of half a
lemon, without sugar, will relieve a
cough and hoarseness.
White of egg Is an excellent remedy
in extreme cases of bowel trouble.
especially dysentery. Beat It fairly
light with or without a little powder
ed sugar, always using a pinch of salt
and take It in one or two swallows. It
tends to lessen Inflammation by form
ing transient coating to the Intestines,
so that Mother Nature may proceed on
her way to health again. This is food,
as well as medicine, and even a child
may be given many doses In a day.
When tired, a raw egg is most excel
lent particularly when the appetite is
poor. Have the egg cold; break the
shell and drop gently Into a small
glass tumbler. When ready to take,
prick the yolk with the point of a
clean needle, and swallow It quickly. If
you use wine, put a teaspoonful in the
glass first, then the egg, and take in
one mouthful. You may think this
impossible at first, but it Is easy
enough after a few attempts. Always
close the mouth as soon as the egg is
In It throw the head back, and It la
all over. When putting up Jellies, and
the tumbler lids are old, cut round
pieces of paper, larger than the glass
es, of course, moisten these thorough
ly with unbeaten white of egg, and fit
over the top. Tie with string, and,
when dry, sponge the paper with a
little cold water, and you have an air
tight cover, stiff as parchment It will
last for years.
In making a fruit plo, brush the
lower crust with unbeaten white of egg
to prevent the Juice from making It
soft, as Is often the case.
To prepare an egg for an invalid,
put it in boiling water. Set it on the
back of the range for ten minutes,
then open into a hot egg cup and
serve immediately. Another way foi
those who prefer to drink their food,
as is often the case during convales
cence, Is to beat an egg very light, put
It in a pretty cup and fill the cup with
beef tea, mutton broth or hot m'lk,
seasoning to Individual taste. One egg
added to a bowl of stewed meat eravy
or drawn butter sauce is a great im
provement.
CUHNING FBZINCH SWINDLES.
l'oaed aa a Navul Officer and Com
manded Venael for Tnu Montha.
The French "tribunal correctionnel"
has Just sentenced to twelve months'
Imprisonment a young man 23 years
old named Gabriel Iioquet, who was
charged with swindling.
A magistrate, M. Bonjean, gave the
court an extraordinary outline of the
prisoner's history, the London West
minster Gazette says. After being con
victed of swindling at Cherbourg, he
said, he was sent to the penal colony
of Orgevllle; and on leaving there he
made his way in July, 1907, to Havre,
where he passed as a naval lieutenant
and the son of Admiral de Cuvervllle.
By sheer "bluff" he succeeded, with
out apparent difficulty. In assuming
command of torpedo boat 228 and In
retaining It for two months. The
crew were only too glad to serve under
him, for he doubled their rations and
remitted all punishments. He was
found out notwithstanding that he
had the crest of Admiral de Cuvervllle
embossed on his notepaper, embroid
ered on his clothes and even stamped
inside the soles of his boots and was
sent to the lunatic asylum at Pont
l'Abbe. There the magistrate, M. Bon
Jean, Interested hininelf in him, pro
cured his release from the asylum aud
sent him to an establishment under
his own supervision in the Pas de
Calais. M. Bonjean contemplated a
career of usefulness for him in the
navy, but Boquet had other views, and
disappeared, to come into prominence
again as the "secretary" of his bene
factor, whose signature he forged so
successfully that be obtained posses
sion of four sums, amounting to 495
40 of which he genrrounly p.".ld in
again to the bank, as he found that he
had overdrawn the account and, on
a fifth occasion, on Feb. 6 last, of sev
eral thousand francs more.
With this money he installed him
self in a magnificent suite of apart
ments in the Rue de Hamlonrg and
began a career cf extravagance. In
which he provided liluiselt with
horses, rarriagis and a motor car, and
even gave considerable sums In char
ity. At this time lie was known as
the Conite de Coligny; but the money
disappeared so rnpldly that at the end
of a week he found hi mnelf in need of
fresh supplies, and an attempt to cash
a forged check for 2.400 brought
alout his downfall.
Kvruad I p.
The Dominie I'm glad to hear you
say you weren't angry with your fath
er for punishing you for something
you hadn't done.
Freddie Oh, 1 got s juare with him
all right. I did it afterward. Puck.
A church woman's idea of being
broad minded is to keep her mouth
closed when she hears a member ot
some other denomination boast
m
Opinions of
CUBA'S DANGER FROM LOTTERIES.
HE country could not regard bankruptcy tn
Putt tnnra favnrahlv than Inanrractlnn.
i Precisely what Its lawful
Cuban constitution remains to be consid
ered, as It doubtless will be, with much
care. Tnat arr.nciment tunas tne tjunau
government not to "assume or contract any public debt
to pay the interest upon which and to make reasonable
sinking fnnd provision for the ultimate discharge of
which the ordinary revenues of tho island, after defray
ing the current expenses of the government, shall 'be
Inadequate." Surely in that there in Implied our right
to restrain Cuba from rushing Into bankruptcy or from
Incurring embarrassing indebtedness. Whether the pro
ceeds from a lottery are rropcrly to be reckoned among
"the ordinary revenues of the Island" is also an inter
esting question. Certainly they are a form of revenue
which the United Statos cannot afford to encourage.
Indeed, it will be the duty of this country to seek to
limit such revenue to the lowest possible figure; for
the promoters of the Cuban lottery probably look for
their chief patronage In the United States, and It Is
certain that our government will employ all legitimate
means to prevent such patronage. On the whole, Cuban
statesmen would do well to consider whether It would
not be best to abandon the lottery scheme, to seek such
legitimate and businesslike Increase of revenue as may
be practicable, and then to adapt their expenditures to
their Income, New York Tribune.
WTiVT WOMEW NEED MORE
HE address of Mrs. Ellen M. Henrotin at
thA Tlllnoln Cnneresa of Mothers contains
i common-sense, practical advice that should
I .nnoal t AT A T en'naCHlA n ,Y1 0 Tl Thi,
HLn. rt U1,UU1"1V T. w ..... u . t.u
waste of money by spendthrift housewives,
and this applies with even more force to
the wageworker's wife than to the wife of
the lawyer, doctor or merchant, is a large cause of
marital misery. This waste is most prevalent in the de
partment of provender, and there is crying need for
general distribution of knowledge concerning foods and
how to cook them. The tenement-house cooking class Is
a greater step toward social progress than almost a&y
other one sign of the times. The dangers which beset
the country girl who seeks to earn her living m the
metropolis Mrs. Henrotin rightly considers an impera
tive demand upon that section of womankind which by
concerted effort can mitigate them.
A suffragette reader of the Journal takes us to task
for lukewarraness on the proposition to enfranchise
women. There is not one useful accomplishment which
can honestly be claimed as the sole work of women In
the four States in which they enjoy full privileges ot
The kaiser a plain dresser.
When 'William Doffs Gold Lace and
Appear aa Private Gentleman.
When the German Emperor quits his
Imperial palace at Potsdam, in Berlin,
he clothes himself In democratic attire
And goes about much the same as any
gentleman in private life. Gold bul
lion, heavy, formidable uniforms and
great eagle-topped helmets belong to
the army maneuvers in Berlin and
other centers ot the German empire,
but when the Emperor is released
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from attendance upon formal functions
he drtsbes plainly. He recently was
seen at his e.iHo when at his home on
the Island of Corfu, to which he was
accompanied by the Empress, their
son, Prince Oscar; Miss von Vclthelm,
Countess Keller, Chief Marshal Count
tu Eulenburg and others high in royal
favor.
There are now in England und
France several establishment where
butterflies ar rt d.
There are at present in the medical
schroU of France 7, "JO French and 819
foreign students.
In soins Ncrwerlan ichools cooking
Is taught, i',id not only to girls, but to
ifcjt 'LI It- t'. A.
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Great Papers on Important Subjects. T
the ballot. Tho Journal is not opposed to suffrage for
women. It believes that whenever the majority ot wom
en desire to vote, voting privileges will be accorded with
out delay, nut as long as the demand for the ballot
conies from such a very small percentage of the sex,
the suffragette missionary work should be doue among
women, Instead of Interfering with public sffalrs. The
lines ot work suggested by Mrs Henrotin offer far more,
opportnnlty for immediate results than the soiled and
unsexlng game of politics. Chicago Journal.
authority in the
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height of this tide of religious enthusiasm we are told
that thousands have been converted, but, unless on
took part, can be say that he ever met a revival con
vert? We are Informed that revivals purge the com
munities In which they have been held Is Boston to
day a purged city? Does that peculiar form of religious
fervor have a lasting effect upon many of those who
come under Its Influence, or Is Its effect but a transitory
one upon the few? As Brooklyn is promised in the
near future a revival upon a huge scale, these questions
are timely, and If there be statistics bearing upon the
ultimate results of revivals we should be grateful to
anyone who can put them within our reach. Brooklyn
Life.
THAN VOTES.
boys, on the ground that many oc
casions may arise in a man's life when
such knowledge Is useful.
It Is proposed In Germany to have
an organization for providing old age
and disability pensions for bank offi
cers and bank clerks, annuities for
their widows, and education fcr their
orphans.
Just forty years had elapsed on May
10 since the rails of the Union Pacific
moving westward met the rails of the
Central Pacific, near Ogdcn, Utah, and
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KAISER AND HIS CONSORT.
the first transcontinental railway was
completed.
As Mongolia Is rich In minerals and
foreigners have boen casting longing
glances on it, the Chinese ministry of
agriculture, industry and commerce
contemplates forming a Joint stock
minim; company from subscriptions by
Chinese merchants In China and
abroad, so as to retain profitable en
terprlses In Chinese hands.
F.pldemlc cerebro-splnal meningitis
used to be rare In France, occurring
chiefly In military centers. Now
doctor Is likely to meet with it In
general practice. If the antimeningo
coccic serum of Dr. Gopter or Wasser
niann is used at en early stage the dla
ease generally stops short aud clears
up in two or threo days without leav'
lng any traces.
That the earth must shine on the
moon even as the moon shines on the
earth U obvious. To detect this light
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A CALL TOS STATISTICS.
E ask In all soberness, is a "revival wave"
such as that which swept over Dostun
some months ago a good thing for the
cause of religion? What are the ulti
mate results ot a movement which, from
Its very nature, must appeal more to the
feelings than to the reason? During ths
SEES MENACE IN LOCKS.
HE immeasurable danger which so many
engineers see impending In the scheme, of
locks In the flight at Qatun on the Panama
canal Is only faintly illustrated in the dis
aster to one of the locks of the 8oo canal.
. Such an accident at the top of the ladder
of locks at Gatun could have no ending
short of the obliteration of the Panama canal and the
transformation of the Isthmus. The thunderbolts ot
shipping, water, steel, masonry and other wreckage
launched from the first lock down upon the next would
sweep It away ltke paper. Here the awful power would '
be multiplied Infinitely by the new forces released, and
hurled along with the first great battering ram. There
would be no earthly power to stop the gigantic instru
ment of destruction, swelling as it swept along, until
it had leaped ino the ocean's vast mass, after brushing
the Isthmus of Panama off the map in a destruction by
uncontrollable waters that has never, been known since
the flood of Noah'B day. New York Press.
from the earth on the lunar surface
and scientifically prove its existence
is another matter. It Is interesting to
find that a recent number of a French
astronomical paper contains two photo
graphs of parts ot the moon illumin
ated by earth light. They were taken
by M. Quenlsset at the Juvisy observa
tory.
The korrlgans, superstitious peas
ants believe, are the black dwarfs of
Brittany who dwell In the sacred
Druidlc circles of the menhirs and
count their cash In the moonshine.
When mere mortals encounter them by
night the korrigans force their visitors
to dance with them around and
around, singing monotonously the
names of the days of the week from
Monday to Sunday. This is the
theme-of the best known tradition
dealing with them, the story ot Lao
and the korrigans.
Lord Kitchener will hand over his
command in India to General Sir
O'Moore Creagh early in August and
at once proceed to Japan. He pro
poses to make a long stay In that
country and will closely examine the
military system and army organization
in time of peace. From Japan he pro
poses to go to China, and he will tra
verse many of the battlefields of Man
churia, with the advantage of going
over much of the ground with officers
who took part in the Russo-Japanese
war and who have been placed at his
disposal by the Mikado and the Jap
anese government
women on the Urnch.
Hyman Lazarus, for many years re
corder of Bayonne, N. J., knew the
woman appeared to accuse a hue-
band who had beaten her he said: "If
I send him to Jail you'll come back
here to-morrow In tears and ask me
to let him out." "No," she said. "I
will not I'd like to have him pun
ished." "How much Bhall .1 give him,
then, asked Lazarus, "two months,
one month, six months?" The wom
an, who' had begun to relent was
speechless. "I'll tell you what I'll do,"
he said. "You come up here and take
my chair, and whatever sentence you
pronounce will go." The woman hes
itated, but the recorder Insisted. The
husband was arraigned before her,
and the recorder In a gruff voice or
dered her to pronounce sentence.
"Six months, three months, tmo
months, a month, quick," he said,
let us have It" The woman burst
Into tears, she and her husband em
braced, and went out of court re
joicing. "There," said Lazarus, "if
you come back I'll give you six
months each."
Wifely Pride.
There is no telling what quaint
turns wifely pride and devotion may
tal e. Sir Melvill Beachcroft, says a
wiiter in M. A. P., while waiting in
a tenement house for the occupant of
the first floor to admit him, chanced
to overhear two women conversing on
the stairs.
One remarked that her husband al
ways wore a clean shirt every Sunday
morning.
"Well, now," responded the other,
"I never cares about Sundays, but I
allays do see that 'e 'as a clean shirt
Saturday afternoons, 'cos that's the
time .'e is generally drinking, and
when 'e does take 'is coat off to fight
I do like to know 'e looks nice and
clean."
Don't argue. That's a bigger ' tool
trick than drinking too much let
water.
TOOLE SAM'S ST7SIHje3.
Ita Manaaremaat Wonlit Mran IVuiJm
raptor to Private Concern
The government of the Dnlied
States has been conducted for more
than a hundred years on financial
principles which would hare bank
rupted a private corporation la a few
months, says a writer tn Leslie
Weekly. There has been no public of
ficial directly responsible fior adjust
ing expenditures to receipts or having
any control over the estlnuvtes of dif
ferent departments.
There is probably no other cJtIHwxI
government on earth certainly no
government which is truly representa
tive where there has been such a
complete lac't ot supervision over tho
budget as In the United State. In
Great Britain the function Is Imposed
upon the chancellor of the exchequer
of rutting his pattern to his doth by
comparing necessary expenditures wtlh
estimated receipts and finding means
to meet a deficit If one appears. In
the countries ot continental Europe,
even under such an absolute govern
ment as that of Russia, tho duty has
devolved upon the minister of finance
of supervising and regulating expendi
tures. It U high testlmonjr to the
character of the mon who hare had
control of femoral affairs In this coun
try that this lack ot co-ordination and
responsibility has not led to mon
strous abuses.
Putting the government financial op
erations on the basts of corporation
finance, it might be said that our
treasury was conducted upon the prin
ciple that when Income did not equal
outgo there should be an assessment
upon the shareholders. Practically, ot
course, nearly all the business of the
government la conducted upon this
principle. In this country only the
postotnee, with some fag-ends of public-land
sales and other minor matters.
Is conducted with the expectation ot
income. Even the poetofilce run up
a deficit of nearly fl3.OoO.0OO a year
without causing comment
Whatever our views may bo jw to
any ot these projects, it will bo ad
mitted that we should put our finan
cial house In order. The importance
of this, It would aecm, should be reo
ognlzed by the moet enthusiastic ad
vocate of state socialism aa keenly as
by his more conaervatlva brother.
There Is a certain force In the sug
gestions of Mr. Hacrtmaa on this
point that the government needs
regulation In these matters as well as
the corporation. A Bynteci which In a
big railway left every head of a de
partment to got what allowances he
could, without reference to what his
associates were doing or to tho not
earnings of the rood, would soon ter
minate In a receivership. Yet this is
practically tho method upon which tho
government of the United Statos has
been operated up to w-Uiin a tew
months.
These unusual corumlona, aouoov
panled as they have been, by a steady
growth in expenditures, wore first
brought prominently before the pub
lic by George B. Cortelyuu whon ho
was secretary of the treasury.
AtfQLO-SAXOlf EIATSTTIIEaa.
JIcmt the TonnUt AJkrond Ofana
Make IflniMlf U4lctimalta.
' All of us wtio travel, wtuther we
mean to or not, will fnrnljHh forth
Impressions ot Americans for foreign
ers, and the opinions of Frenchmen
and Germans and Italians and Britons
concerning us as a nation will be
markedly modified bocauae of our go
ing hither and thither In Europe, says
Charlos Battell Lootnls in Smith's.
"Some of us, with jwrfoctly good In
tentions, will go abroad with that
old fashioned spirit of spread-eagleism
that dies so hard n our brouats.
We shall feel more and more patriotic
the farther away from homo we find
ourselves, and with a laudable douro
to let benighted foreignore to somo
of us all foreigners are benighted eoe
what a glorious country we hall from;
we shall wave American flaAS tn their
faces, and let them know at all times
and In all places how very superior
an American is to every other speci
men ot humanity.
"We shall not be the ony country
to send forth patriotic zealots. There
will be Germans bent on proving that
if It were not for Germany there would
bs no such thing as civilization opon
the earth, and there will be english
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. . . 1. In , fr. An. a n 1 , Ad 4 II II I Al.n.
I ious lO tut) iimivvB an no niu yufmuij
! make ourselves. The French do not
travel as much, and they do not feei
it necessary to blazon forth a patent
fact. French courtesy, also, prevents
a Frenchman from toiling you thot
you are Inferior to Wra.' however mnca
he may think so; but tlie Anglo-Saxon
race glories In its Uuntnass and its
love of truth, and that la why Ger
many and England and Amortcs fur
nish some of the most cJetlonabto
travelers known to Cook."
THE HUMAN HANTX
Ita Itvlatlon to tha True KtliK-aftun
of tlie Young-.
No animal or bird can endure the ex
tremes ot climate like man or Is at
home in so many different parts of
the world. A dog, It is true, will fol
low man anywhere, but only when
food and shelter are provided. Nor can
any other creature subsist on such a
variety, of food as man can digest. Ho
flourishes on roots, herbs, grubs, In
sects, fruits or fish, on which flesh-eating
animals would starve, or he is
equally pleased with animal and bird
flesh on which herbivorous animals
would starve. He can pick nuts with
the monkey, catch fish wtth the otter,
dig roots with the wild pig, eat ants'
f.ggs with the ant eater and grasihop
pers with the snake.
And all this is due to man's hand.
Because his hand could grasp a stone
or a club man rose on bis hind legs
snd walked and talked. His hand is
the most wonderful of all tools. It
twists like a monkey wrench, hangs
en like a grappling hook, cracks like a
nutcracker, picks like tweezers, -tears
1 lite forceps, grubs like a gopher.
This brings us to the first great les
sons of health and common sense.
Man owes all to his hand. Train tho
child's band, then answer the ques
tions that the brain, which ths hand
builui, will ask, and you have true e.J-
tirtlor-lu',AtIon at Its best Givf
chfldren every kind of hand work tha
their play Instincts call for nd theif
play Instincts are the dropost and most
useful tn their nature and then brain
development will follow as nattirany;
as the night follows day. an Fran
cisoo CiiTonlrlfl,
japs ciiauqed cosrmiocta.
ftmut Wev 1ia and mmmaetf
famwrltnllr br ttntyiUtr.
The people of Corea are among Che
queoreHt and moot tiitereuting of tho
Asiatic races, and have groat pxnst
bllltlee, writes Frank G. Carpmtor. As
to their number, a oenaus to tataea
some time ago and the nount made
10,000,000. They hare been an aqwroed
and ground down by taxaitnn. how
ever, that they will not give out the
full number ot souls In ent bouso,
and the protniMHty ta that there are
many more than were counted. A fair
estimate, I am tnld, would bo 14,0n0,
000.
Most at ttuvw pnX)ie lire In vHkwa.
The formhoiws ore squalid huts of
mud and stone with roofs ot 8 raw
thatch tied on wtth strings, and are
coDocted Uwhcr in Ilule villains.
There are no trees or gardens about
them. Every hotne Is surrowidod by
a rand wall high enough to koop tlx
men on the streets from ki&ti? in
at the girls. The streets are windtng
alleys, whore the garbejso of th .
houses Is thrown out to rot hi the stm.
Sometimes ditches run along the sides
of the streets servtng as awrera, and
the houses hare no sanitary armnge
menta whatever. TTxt conditions are)
so bad that typhoid, cholera and dys
entery are of frwitven apoeAranoaand
smallpox Is almost universal, ttearly
every other face one sore bi mm or
less pook-marked. and parents do not
count their children aa prrtnanent
possibilities until after tney hanm had
that disease.
There are no "eery large cHine Sfcoul
has now perhaps a quarter of a mill
Ion, although the census gave It onlx
about 200,000. Ptngyang has 60,000;
Talku 50,000, 'and after that corne
Chemulpo, Fuaan, Qenaan and Songdo.
The people are divided Into dasan,
and, formerly, the Emporor and the
nobility owned moat of the lands said
held all the offices. Ther have been
the curse of the country and have
aqueneod the others muiwrclfuQy. Tlie
nobility until ltovr hare gone about
dressed In silks and fine grass cloths.
They hava had coolies wtth them to
hold up their arms as thef walked,
and If they rode, a serrant would go
along on eoch side of the horse to see
that they did not fall from the saddle.
Theoe people did absolutely no work,
and consider od It a dlsgraoe to carry
a bundle. The boys who went to the
modern school, established by the Em
peror, took servants along with them
to carry their pencils and pootT, and
some tramped to the ai-hool budding
through the rain, because thoy would
not endure the disgrace of carrytng an
umbrella. This sentiment prevails
somewhat to-day, although tt Is fast
disappearing. By the coming in of
the Japanese the most of the noblMty
have lost their fat Incomes and the
farmers and common poorde are now
to have a hotter show.
It (iA t&e trtmuwU.
Aonordlng to the Chinese method of
criminal p rot locution, a man is respon
sible for the crime he may hare com
mitted personally, but If he chooHPS to
es-cajie Justice by running away from
the place whore the deed was ctiinmiV
tod, thon the remaining members of
his immediate family are hold and
punished in lluu of the raU culprit
Tliis may Boom a strange way of at
tracting the real criminal back to the
acone of his crime, but it appeals to
the roliglous side of tlie man's suppi
rtltions nature. According to their
religion, the man who forsakes hhi par
ents when In purTl will find his sntil
Bailing around through hades without
chart or compass for ail eternity. In
view of this, promt compliance with
tho law ts vary prompt, for John Chi
naman does not care to take the des
perate dianoo.
II Got Sonc
"Who fa a ptin, father?"
"A pun, my son, is a piny upon
words. There are three kinds of puns
good ones, which you laugh at; In
different ones, which you take no no
tice of, and bad onoa, which make you
throw son lathing at the punster
"Can you make a pun, father?"
"Of coureo, my aont Now, - yotfre
thinking about ywir supper, aren't
your
-Yes. father .-
"Well, that's -npver-nost ta ?our
mtnd at the prooent tune. That, you
soa, ts a play on- Here, you young
raacaL what did' you throw that book (
at me Corf -Philadelphia Inquires.
WanLi TIbv ta Take Rm4a and AO.
She vent Into a Fifth avenue hai
4rwKso,rB shop to have taw h.d sham
pooed. She wore her hair tn a Psyche
knot The shampootn seemed to be a
trifle rough, and finall her tugs at the
Pyule knot became so forceful that
the woman In the cliaJr cried out In
pain. "What are you trytug to do(
pull my head off?" she exclaimed. "I
am trying to gut your Psyche knot
off," replied the shamponer, "but it
wont come. How did you ever gt
it pinned on so flnnly?" The cuato-
misr almuHt shrieked: "Come off;
Why, It's my own hair."-New Ycrfc
Tribune.
One Tli In if Ct-rtata.
Canvasser (to lady of the house)
Can you tell nie, my dear madam,
whether your husband is Liberal or
Conservative?
"Oh, well," said the lady, "when he's
with Liberals he's Lll-eral. and when
he's with Conservatives he's a Con
servative?" "Yes. but between ourselves, what
is he at home?"
"Oh, at home! He's a perfect nui
sance." London Answers.
Prraoiia Grata.
The Old Bulldog They're going to
chain us up on Sunday nights now.
The Young Bulldog How's that,
governor?
The Old BulldogThe new feller
that's started calling on Miss Mamie
las got money. Clnlnuatl Enquirer,