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    THE GIFT OF LOVE.
When crystal gleamed In pebbles by the ea.
Where you and I sought treasures In the sand
Tours was the gem; the stones were left for me.
When golden rays through leafy darkness shone,
Where you and I went roaming hand !n hand
Tours was the light; I bore the gloom alone.
When blossom to that desolate bough is born.
Where you and I no more In spring shall stand
Tours be the sweetness; I will take the thorn.
-Lawrence Alma Tadema.
IN THE INTEREST OF SCIENCE.
"Young man," said my host and era-
loyer as we sat together on his plaz
a the first evening of my arrival In
Ireenfleld, "are you of an experlment
1 turn of mind?"
"Why, I don't believe I understand,"
I began In surprise. "A doctor, of
ourse " .
Dr. Leavltt shook the ashes out of
feits pipe and broke In: "Of course, I
knew your record at the medical
fcchool "
"Which I wish now had been better,
lr," I put In virtuously, but the doo
ar smiled quizzically as he returned:
"Well, my young friend, it was Just
because you weren't honor man that
I got you here. Wilson, do you know
there Is such a thing as being too sci
entific?" i I modestly replied that was an as
pect of the subject I had not yet seen,
the old doctor did not answer right
.way, but a gleam of merriment shone
rom his eyes. We smoked for a few
minutes in silence.
It was that time between the dark
and the daylight when people who can
Sfford it take their breathing spell,
'he doctor Informed me that it was
is custom to smoke a pipe Just after
Inner and I might bear him com
pany. As I sat on the porch I had my first
opportunity of looking at my new sur
roundings, which were most attrac
tive. A large white house with a
forch faced ours across the street. Aa
looked a fat blonde woman of about
thirty rose from her porch-chair, came
ut through her gate and walked up
and down once or twice on her side
pf the street. She eyed the doctor
ftonlly, but I felt that she was trying
o get a view of me without seeming
to do so.
, Presently she went in and Dr. Leav
ltt looked very communicative.
That," he said, "is Miss Margaret
Bcott. She hasn't spoken to me for
twelve years. She Just had to
fome out this evening to survey the
and. Mr. Wilson, that women caused
the biggest spllt-up in the annals of
Rye County. It's because of her that
the Prices and Snows aren't on bow
ing terms, and the Lords and the San
borns are at 'outs.' It was your pre
uecessor, Mr. Wilson, who brought
bout this state of affairs. I haven't
tad an assistant for twelve years now.
lAH I ask of you, Mr. Wilson, is don't
be too scientific." The doctor's eyes
krere smiling.
"I don't believe I could bo' accused
of that, doctor," I modestly asserted.
"Would you like to hear about it?
It was this way. In the fall of '1)6 1
wanted an assistant and I sent notice
to the Baltimore College, as I did in
Sour case. They recommended a
ames Stillman. who had done excel
lent work in college, won the Euro
bean fellowship, and was willing to
pome to this little one-horse town to
aiake a start."
"Tour research work in tuberculo
sis " I Interrupted,
i "Had nothing to do with it," retort
ed Dr. Leavltt, irritably. "Anyway,
to make a long story short, Jim Still
pian came and had the goods to show.
He was quick, bright, genial, and had
k medical grounding that was surpris
ing. My wife took to him from the
(Srst and be continued to improve.
Ihe girls were all crazy over him, for
rou may imagine that a young col
lege man, good looking and smart.
Eho had lived in Paris, London, and
ienna, was quite some in this town.
he only thing about Jim was that
e dian t care a rap aDout tne gins.
e'd refuse invitation after invitation
card parties, dinners and dances to
Itay home and smoke with me and
alk over some of the late discoveries
n the medical Journals. He had some
rery original ideas, too. He came to
lve at our house, and It my wife
ranted to go to some party or other
pe'd take her and call for her, but she
Used to tell me she scolded him both
ways for not paying more attention to
he girls. The Price girls, the Kenne
dy girl, and the Lords were all on
kls trail, and Bessie Price was the
prettiest girl in town unleas it waa
puian Lord. But Jim was all for
business, and he and I got to be better
friends every day. Even when I waa
(ailed down to Boston for a few days,
iny wife said he sat and talked with
tier a while every evening after din
ner and then went up to his room and
Studied.
"When Jim had been living with me
tor about six months, and doing splen
Aid work, Margaret Scott came home
(rom school. She had always been
(airly healthy and we were shocked
when her mother brought her home
Before the end of the term 111. Her
mother called me In ana asked me
what I thought was the trouble with
ber. I never saw a girl go off so.
Bhe was pale and languid and had lost
In weight. I tried the tuberculosis
teat, but nothing there. I suggested
very ailment in the almanac, but
fcers was a brand new disease. I
called regularly for a month and Mar
garet waa no better. One day at
church I always make It a point to
take my assistants to church, Mr. Wil
ton I saw Margaret Scott, whose
another made her go to church If she
was able to walk, and the poor girl
looked as If she could hardly hold
Her head up; bloodless, weak, shaky,
tad yiin as a rail. I pointed her out
a stillman and he had a look at her
jareaia the aisle. Next Sunday he
was ill In bed and getting paler every
day.
"One evening I was discussing the
case with Stillman. I remember tell
ing him I thought the girl waa fading
away before our eyes. He said in bis
quiet way that he had a theory regard
ing the case and that if I would let
him put it in practice he thought he
could cure her. He said he had been
studying the external aspect of her
case for some time. So I told him to
sail right in, as I'd tried and failed.
He asked that I would not interfere
for two weeks. After that he said I
might call every Monday and see how
the patient was and if there was no
marked progress at the end of three
weeks he would turn the case back to
me. I agreed and he took It up.
"He paid a lot of attention to It At
first he called once a day, but at the
end of the week he was driving up to
the Scotts' twice a day. I supposed
things were going pretty bad, but as
I'd make a failure of the case, I didn't
think I was the one to Interfere.
"Monday I called and Margaret was
sitting up in bed. 'I'm a little better,
doctor,' she volunteered, and she cer
tainly looked it
"That afternoon I congratulated
Stillman on her Improvement 'Oh,
it's only begun,' he replied confident
ly. "The next Monday when I called on
Margaret 8cott I never would have
known her. She was sitting up at her
window in a pretty dressing-gown.
She chatted about the girls and things,
and told me she had been out In the
doctor's rig that morning.
"In the hall Mrs. Scott accosted me
with: 'Oh, lsn;t It wonderful, doctor?
No drugs, either. He tells her to eat
and drink what she wants.'
"I confess I was rather sore over it
But Stillman had such a frank, nice
way of putting things to me. He said
It was Just a little experiment of his
and he hoped it would be successful as
ho had been working it out for about
six years.
"I was called to Boston for three
days and I dropped in to see how Mar-
aa afteraoon chat also. And the way
that girl sat up and took notice Indi
cated that she needed the heart Inter
est all right. I-nut week I got to the
flower-sending stage.
" 'Yesterday I wanted to test her
strength. I asked her to play tennis
with me all morning, lunch wth me at
the clubhouse, and go on a tramp In
the woods In the afternoon. And, by
Jove! even after all that she was as
fresh as a daisy!' For a moment a
gleam of professional pride lit up his
gloomy face.
"'Look here,' said I, putting my
hand on his shoulder and looking him
square In the eye. 'If you made love to
that girl '
I suppose I was awfully nice to
he said, after a pause. "But I
her,'
"LISTEN TO THIS!"
garet Scott wa9 getting on Friday
evening Instead of Monday. She was
positively blooming! In an evening
gown of some kind of pink stuff with
a bunch of violets at her belt She
smiled and looked positively charming.
I say 'charming' because any young
person who is the picture of health is
more or less charming. I compliment
ed her on her looks and it seamed to
please her mightily.
" 'She's feeling as well as she looks,
too, doctor,' her mother smiled and
purred up at me. The woman Is a per
fect cat. 'Perhapa when you come
back, doctor, she'll have something to
tell you.'
"I went straight to my train, but
those worda of Mrs. Scott's ran in my
head all the way to Boston. If I hadn't
had to fight death for three days and
nights I'd have taken the time off to
write Jim, but money now wasn't any
too plentiful at our house and tele
grams cost I hooted the Idea and dis
missed It. She wasn't his kind.
"When J got home Jim wasn't there
in the rig to meet me, but I saw a
fanner I knew and he dropped me on
his way home. The first thing he said
waa: 'I heard young Dr. Sttllman's
goln' to marry Widow Scott's daugh
ter, Margie.'
"He esemed to be waiting for me to
say something, but I never opened my
mouth on that drive. So Jim Still
man had passed by Susan Lord and
Bessie Price and had been roped In by
Margaret Scott My clever Jim's ca
reer ruined by a fool of a wife. I was
silently haranguing on the villainies
of designing females against my un
suspecting young friend when we ar
rived at our gate. Before I had reach
ed the house Jim came out to meet
me. 'Jim,' I said, holding out my
hand to him, 'it's not true, Is it?'
"For answer the poor boy picked up
my valise and led the way to the ar
bor.
"'Doctor,' said the poor chap, 'I'm
in a devil of a mess.'
'"I know If
" The deuce you do. It is already
spread over seven counties.'
" 'Sit down, Jim.'
"'It was this way, doctor. I always
had since I entered college this theory
that some people need a heart inter
est One of my cousins was that kind
and a fellow who lived In our town,
never happy unless he had some girl
he was taking to parties, sending can
dy to and who was interested in him
" 'I saw Miss Scott, who, between
you and me, hasn't any too much
sense, moping and pining and thought
I'd try my experiment on her. I felt
sorry tor her case and thought the
cure was worth the remedy. I tried
for a week being very agreeable and
attentive to her and she seemed to lnv
prcv. Than I look to dropping In tor
never proposed. I never did do that,
on my honor. Oh, it's an awful mix
up.' " 'Keep cool, Jim, and tell me this
aren't you In love with her?"
" 'No.'
" 'But you certainly were In love
with her for the moment.'
" 'No, I never was not for one mo
ment' "This astounding statement from
Jim Stillman fell like a thunderbolt
And I knew he spoke the truth.
"'Maybe you lost your head and
proposed,' I suggested Inanely. "That
will happen sometimes.'
" 'Nothing like that for me,' said
Jim with fierce conviction.
" 'I don't know how it waa, doctor,
but I felt from her manner at lunch
eon that she wanted the people at the
clubhouse to know I was Interested.
She was looking as well and healthy
as possible and I determined to let
her gently down. For, to tell the
truth, I waa about sick of spending
two hours a day on giggles and gur
gles. Her little air of proprietorship
made me tired, but somehow I
couldn't tell her. On our walk she
ran on about things and seemed to
take It so for granted that I Just
couldn't tell her Just then, but I shut
up like a clam and resolved to let it
die a slow death so aa not to hurt her
feelings.'
"That was so like Jim that I half
smiled.
"'Well, we got through that walk
and I was Just shaking hands with
her la her hall when her mother ap
peared and Margaret excused herself
to take off her hat
" 'Mrs. Scott and I were alone. She
made some remark about Margie and
me being bo suited to one another, or
something like that And the first
thing I knew she was leaning on my
shoulder dramatically beseeching,
"Oh, doctor, be good to my child al
ways, always."
" 'I don't remember what I said
Just then, but if I ever longed to
strangle a human being, it was that
purring, clinging old cat I suppose
it waa brutal, but I came out and told
her that I had never been In love with
her daughter, was not now, and never
would be.
" ' "But your attentions," she hiss
ed. "She never had any other gentle
man show her such attentions, buggy
riding and violets. Your attentions
1 "Were In the interest of science,"
said I cold-bloodedly. "I cured your
daughter. From the sick girl she was
less than a month ago she is now the
picture of health. You will admit
that."
" ' "Yes." she snapped, and I never
saw a human being so bottled up with
rage.
' "The case Is dismissed, Mrs.
Scott," said I shortly. "You forced me
to this declaration. Good afternoon."
' "Dr. Stltaian," she fairly scream
ed at me, "you're a brute a horrid
brute. I shall ruin your reputation
in Greenfield. I'll publish you as a
trlfier with my girl's affections and a
murderer. I'll have this case taken
up. Margie will die and you will be
her murderer."
" 'Doctor, I was so furious I never
thought what I said, and I retorted
and left the house. This was my part
ing shot: "She won't die. That's part
of the theory. Pride will bolster her
up." I left the house and came home,
and after dinner every one in Green
field knew all about It and more too.
Isn't it a mess, though?'
'Romance versus science,' I re
marked.
'Don't Joke, doctor," begged the
poor chap. 'This morning I made my
calls and the Kennedys sent their
maid down with a note from Mrs.
Kennedy, saying she didn't need my
services any longer. Half the people
I bowed to cut me dead. The Joneses,
the Wllcoxes, and the Lords all passed
me by no, not all of the.m either,' he
finished. 'Miss Susan Lord came up
and spoke in a very friendly way.'
The poor boy said It gratefully, with
out one ,'llnt of humor."
Dr. Leavltt paused and puffed his
pipe.
"How did it turn out?" I Inquired.
"Well, Dr. Wilson, it's a queer
world. Science isn't as popular as ro
mance. Will you believe It, Stlllman's
practice fell off and people were cut
ting him on all sides. All Greenfield
was lined up in one faction or another
and things got so hot I advised him
to leave go somewhere else and he
did. I hated to lose him, for he was a
medical genius, thoroughly scientific.
I believed his story and do to this
day. My wife aides with the Scotts."
"And the cure?" I asked. "Was that
permanent?"
"As you see. Margaret Scott droop
ed for about ten days, then decided
pride waa the best shoulder brace, and
has never been ill since. She has put
on flesh steadily. Now you know the
greatest event in Greenfield history.
But," concluded Dr. Leavltt, "I always
regretted that fellow Jim Stillman.
He was, aa I said, a medical genius.
And now I must get to work."
About a month later Doctor Leavltt
came into the dining-room with a let
ter In his hand.
"Letter frocn Jim Stillman." he
cried, excitedly.
"Humph!" And Mrs. Leavltt Btopped
pouring the tea. "I hope it Is acine
thlng to his credit thle time."
The doctor scanned the close writ
ten page-. "He's married."
"I hope." remarked Mrs. Learitt
I wKa a malice of whlofe I aevw
thought her capable, 'he' a widow
with a past, with ten cuildi'en for him
to support."
"Listen to thle!" There was triumph
In the doctor's tone. "'You may be in
terested to know that I was married
last week to Miss Reglna Elizabeth
Quackenbush, head of the department
of science at Wellenmore College. Miss
Quackenbush recently secured her
Ph. D. for her exhaustive treatise on
"The Absorptive Spectrum of Chlorine
and the Polybaale Acids of Menlty-
lene." She Is a thoroughly sclentlflo
woman who ' " and hero followed
three-quarters of a page expounding
her virtues.
Terhais," observed Mrs. Leavltt
acidly, "a real scientific woman can
get along with Jim, but all the same
I wish she had been a ballet dancer!
San Francisco Argonaut
ROMANCE OF THE RINO.
flaad Ilaa Been Worn on the Flacrr
from Knrlleat Tiin,
In many lands and through many
agea a ring has been the symbol of
marriage. Young folk are seldom much
In love with antiquities, but here is an
exception to the rule, for there are
few things older than the wedding
ring, and In it young people have not
yet lost their interest. There has been
much outcry against rings political,
but here is the all-dominating, all-attractive,
most influential of mergers,
and of all combinations the hardest to
break.
Finger rings have boen used as orna
ments from the earliest times, write
Dr. G. Chapman Jones in the House
keeper. There Is a Greek story of the
origin of their use. Jupiter chained
Prometheus to A rock in the Caucasus,
where a vulture preyed on his liver,
which grew again each night. After
2.500 years of this chronic liver trou
ble Jupiter released him, but ordered
he Bhould wear on his finger an Iron
ring, having attached to It a piece of
the rock, so that the deity might keep
his oath of perpetual Imprisonment.
Hence the use of rings of metal with
Jewels.
Rings seem to have been among the
first trinketa given and prized. They
were tokens of trust, Insignia of com
mand, rank and honor, pledges of faith
and alliance. They have also been
badges of servitude. Illustrating the
proverb that extremes meet.
Pharaoh gave his ring to Joseph In
token of delegated authority. The
oldest rings now In existenoe came
from Egypt, having been originally
placed on the fingers of the dead. The
moat Interesting ring In the world, at
least to antiquarians. Is the ring of
Cheops, who built the great pyramid.
It la of fine gold, weighing about the
same as three $5 gold pieces.
In early Roman times the ring was
worn on the fourth finger of the left
hand, from a belief that a vein passed
from It direct to the heart. An old
Jewish legend tells us that Tubal
Cain, the first of metal workers, made
the first ring for his wife. The earli
est marriage ring of which we have
any authentic record is mentioned In
scripture, where the ahy and gentle
Isaac placed a ring on the face, prob
ably the nose, of the ln-no-wlse. reluc
tant Rebekah. Isaac was always timid
and he would surely have managed
the delicate matter more appropriately
himself.
pAFElS B.E PEOPLE
SAMARITAN TOOK CHANCES.
Whrn You Try to Save s Woman
I.lfe Don't I)lrrane Her Hair.
The Spectator knows a slangy young
collegian who says the Good Samaritan
was a confoundedly lucky fellow to
have got off without having his head
punched, according to the Outlook.
This phlllstlne state of mind dates
from that particular collegian's im
promptu entrance Into the life-caving
business. He was In Boston he wears
the Harvard crimson on his hat band
strolling up Tremont street, when
there was an alarm of fire. The chief's
wagon had dashed by and that hoarse
shouting, hatless firemen who clears
the way for the ladder truck and al
ready the peculiar thrilling ring and
rattles of engines could be heard as
the department swung out of Mason
etreet Into Tremont, when a woman,
with the desperate homing Instinct of
a distracted hen, started to cross the
street A hundred voices shrieked,
"Look out!" Our collegian saved his
breath. , Dashing out, he seized that
woman round the walat and hurled
himself and her toward the curb. As
they fell sprawling among the crowd
the department thundered by.
Our heiro picked himself u, expect
ing to be overwhelmed . with thanks.
Not - Mt of it! The rescued lady wore
Hjfera 1 footbath for a hat, mount-
94 sui amazing erection of puffs
and curTs. The edlfloe had suffered In
the fall. Wherefore she turned upon
her preserver and linguistically rent
him limb from limb. No lady? Oh,
yes, she was. That's the curious part
of it. But her nervous system and her
vanity had had a sudden Jolt and sput
tering waa the natural reaction. No
doubt she remember that Harvard
man In her prayers. But not by name,
for the abashed youth disappeared
with what alacrity he could, convinced
tiiat you had better let a woman die
a dozen deaths than disarrange her
back hair.
Juat aa Daacrlbed.
Excited Fisherman (to country ho-
telkeeper) There Isn't a bit of fishing
about here! Every brook has a sign
warning people off. What do you
mean by luring anglers here with the
promise of fine fishing?
Hotelkeeper I didn't say anything
about fine fishing. If you read my ad
vertisement carefully you will see that
what I said was "Fishing Unapproach
able." Tit-Bits.
llraril at lloma.
Mrs. Flxem I don't see what you
men find in your club.
Mr. Flxem It's what we don't find.
Ally Sloper's.
Politeness is to be admired, of
course, but it doesn't amount to much
In the business world unless combined
with Industry.
There are all sorts of people. We
Ihave known Invalids who mua4
proud of their ailments.
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WHY THE UNIVERSE WILL NEVER DIE.
By F. O. Henkel.
On philosophic grounds Herbert Speacer was
convinced there must be cycles of growth and
decay In the evolution of the universe. More
over, it may be asked, how is it that the uni
verse la not dead already? If It has existed
from eternity there has been an Infinite time
for this dissipation to take place. On the
other hand, we may say that nothing what
ever can be postulated, as to an Infinite uni
verse at all, except that It be Infinite, the dissipation of
its energy must take an Infinite time, and so the death
of the universe will never come oft at all.
Though it is true that tbe suns of the universe are
growing colder by radiation, thin radiant energy is ab
sorbed and preserved by the dark stars, and the nebula)
at low temperature. Of recent years it has been shown
that the quantity of dark and faintly luminous mntter
In the part of the universe which alone we can reach
with our telescopes Is far greater than was formerly
supposed to be the case. Photographs of regions of the
ky taken after long exposures have revealed the exist
once of nebulous matter utterly unknown before.
Under the Influence of gravitation matter tends to
concentration in vast centers, but this Is counteracted
by the scattering aotlon of the light pressure. This
idea, of the balancing of contrary tendencies Is ancient,
and we well remember being told of the two "forces, at
traction and repulsion, by which the world Is kept go
ing." The philosophic notion is at least as old as Aris
totle. "Solar systems are evolved from nebulas nebulas
In their turn are produced by the collision of suns."
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SO YOU KNOW HOW TO SAVE MONEY?
By John A. Howland.
Almost universally the knowledge of how to
save enters Into the modern formula for suc
cess, and the question of method and ways
and means to saving is open to discussion. If
"keeping" every possible piece of money com
ing into one's possession may be mlserllneas,
there must be some phase of saving that is
reprehensible.
In my ' experience of men I have seen
enough examples of arrested business development
brought about by early savings to bring the point
strongly home to me. Through hoarding earnings and
perhaps making a few early ventures in speculative
chances that proved successful, many a young man has
acquired a bank account that was beyond his capacity
to appreciate. His normal friends, looking on with both
envy and admiration, have helped him to lose his head.
His precocious pride has been pricked until the thought
of chance of losing that which he has accumulated be
comes impossible to him. The spirit of the miser Is
aroused In him. Whatever his business ability may
have been, It is arrested in Its development
Everywhere, in every phase of life, the experienced,
thoughtful person is confronted with the problem of
saving. It isn't wholly the question, "Can I afford to
spend?" Quite as frequently It Is the questlor., "Can I
afford to save?" Wisdom is necessary to the answer
ing. "Wasting at the spigot and saving at tbe bung" Is
one of the old, old similes which approximates the meat
of the whole attention of savin?. Each man must ask
himself how much and when and where be shall save.
But wisdom and experience must dictate the satisfac
tory answer.
WOMAN NOW COMING INTO HER OWN.
By Ad May Krecker.
This is woman's age In part because It is
an age when the finer forces that women use
and the sweeter Ideals that they love are be
ing valued by the world. In a word, the spir
itual and the esthetic forces were latent in
cruder ages, but now are beginning to operate.
Music baa been a costly Indulgence, a soft
pleasure, with little, if any, hard work to do.
Every girl has been expected to play the
piano or to sing as a part of her education, which
has been ornamental rather than useful. But music
has a function of much grandeur and dignity to fulfill.
Tbe old Greeks knew this and used music to cure dis
ease, to calm troubled spirits, to purify and uplift the
mind. Their Ideas are reviving. The therapeutic ralno
of sweet sounds and harmonies Is being appreciated.
And the power of music to convey subtle and exalted
thought is being realized. "Music begins where words
leave off."
All the woman nature which lay dormant to a de
gree, unutilized, unrecognized, misunderstood through
the base, brutish ages, Is now awakening and beginning
to energize in the gentler times when Its subtle power
and sweetness have a legitimate place. ,
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MYSTERIOUS DISEASE AMONG CHILDREN.
By Dr. II award L. Mart la.
A mysterious new disease designated by
the profession as "infantile paralysis" has
lately Wen spreading among the very young
children of Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. The
disease, though suggestive In some of its
phases of meningitis, must not be confounded
with that more malignant malady. Few of
the babies that have been affected with pa
ralysis have died, but In meningitis there is
always a big percentage of mortality. This new aliment ;
begins with a fever, Is succeeded by vomiting and sharp
pains of the stomach and completes Its evil work by at
tacking the spinal cord, causing a paralysis of the legs
and other muscle groups. The suffering, when death
does not ensue, usually lasts for several weeks; then it
goes away, but the paralysis continues. So far, It does
not appear to be contagious, as frequently only one child
In a large family will be attacked. There Is hardly any
doubt, though, of its being Infectious. Up to this time
no child has recovered the use of Its limbs, and the doc
tors are at their wits' ends trying to find the cause ot
the disease and Its cure.
A MAN WHO "MOVED ON."
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A youth who, as early In life as be
la a free man, decides to "work for
himself," often lays the foundation of
a fortune sooner than his comrade
who la willing to occupy a more do
pendent position. One man, now a
very rich cattleman of Texas, possess
ing lands which are more than sutll
clent in extent to make a German prin
cipality, owed his independent start
In life to an uncomplimentary remark
which his mistress made about him.
The man, who was a poor farmer's
boy in Rhode Island before the Civil
War, went to the Southwest to seek
his fortune while he was still a callow
youth. But although he was callow
he was extremely long-legged, . and
this circumstance won him immedi
ately the name of "Shanghai," by
which he was almost exclusively
known to his friends In that part of
the world.
He himself now tells how, on his
arrival In Texas, he went to work
for a farmer who had several slaves.
There was no one on the place except
Shanghai and a negro named Pete
who could ride a certain horse, and
It often fell to Shanghai's lot to
mount this fractious beast. But one
day It happened that when Pete was
on the horse, It threw him and then
fell on him.
This happened near the planter's
house. Tbe planter and his wife and
several attendants ran out to the as
sistance of the negro, who appeared to
be dead. As soon as she saw the slave
lying sonseless, the woman cried out:
"O dear, how unfortunate! There's
an elght-hundred-dollar negro killed!
Now If It had only been Shanghai, It
wouldn't have made any difference."
Shanghai was In hearing of this
eminently economic remark, and he at
once said to himself, "If I'm not worth
as much as a negro slave, I guess I'll
move on to some place where I can
make myself worth It."
He "moved on" to the plains, en
gaged at first In a small way In the
cattle business, later furnished cattle
In great quantities to the Confederate
army during the war, and eventually
grew very rich.
DR. MOTHER.
A Hhockrd Spot.
The London Chronicle says that two
Englishmen recently touring In Scot
land found that Sabbatarianism oc
casionally extends to tbe middle of the
week. They were forced by the weath
er to take refuge in a small country
hotel and after lunch adjourned to tbe
billiard room to kill time until the
rain stopped. Tbe game had hardly
started when the landlord entered In
a very drunken condition, upbraided
his visitors for their unseemly conduct
and Insisted on their leaving the bil
liard room. They received profuse
apologies from the landlady. Her hus
band always got drunk on Sundays,
she explained, but, mistaking the day,
he had got drunk on Thursday in
stead, and from force of habit, believ
ing It was Sunday, had been shocked
it the click of the billiard balls.
Mildew.
An easy method of removing mil
dew Is to place the article In a warm
oven for a tew moments and then
brush it.
Don't bank on the veracity of any
woman who tells a man ha Is handsome
'
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T$4WJ I WONDBB 3PELL.
TOE WEAVING- OK TJOVris
A little wound, a little ache,
A little blistered thumb to take
With touch of love and make It well
These things require a mother's spell.
Ah, sweet the progress of the skill
That science brings unto the ill I
Vast range of methods new and fine;
But when our little ones repine.
The mother is the very best
Of doctors Into service p rest I
Sunshine and air and mother's spell
Of helping little lads get well,
And helping little lassies, too
Here are three remedies that do
So much more, often, than the grave,
Skilled hands that try so hard to save.
For Dr. Mother, don't you know,
Qlves something more than skill
gives so
Much of herself; oh, so much
Of love's sweet alchemy of touch!
Upon a little ward-room bed
A little curl-encircled head,
A little slender hand and pale,
A little lonesome, homesick wall.
Loved nursing best of skill and car.
But oh, behold the wonder there
When Dr. Mother, bearing sun
From where the winding roses run,
Leans down with hungering love and
klsst
There is no medicine like this!
In little child-heart's hour of woe.
Rain, ache or life-wound's throb an4
throe
The Dr. Mother knows so well
The weaving of love's wonder-spell-
Just what the little heart requires;
Just how to cool the fever fires;
Just how much tenderness and cheer
Will calm the little doubt and fear;
How much of tenderness will ease
Alona she knows such arts as these!
Baltimore Sun.
ENGLISH SCHOOLS.
Quaint Cuatoma That Are Main
talned with HeII-lona fare.
The head muster of Manchester
Grammar School, In a speech at Roch
dale, referred to a custom at Rugby
School which forbids a boy of less
than three years' standing to turn up
his trousers and insists on his doing
so after that period.
The custom Is only a minor Instance
of the quaint practices that exist at
all the great public schools in Eng
land and are maintained with relig
ious care, though in many cases their
origin is obscure or unknown. The
Shrove Tuesday tossing of the pan
cake at Westminster School, with its
ensuing scramble for the largest frag
ment, which gains for Its possessor a
guinea from the dean, is perhaps the
boat known among them. A curious
custom at Marlborough requires every
hoy to bring to school with him a
cuhhlon, technically termed a "klsh"
with the "I" long. This article is his
inseparable companion in school time
and, In addition to the ordinary func
tions ot a cushion, Is employed to car
ry books from one form room to an
other. '
At Shrewsbury School, at the be
ginning ot each term, "hall elections"
aro held for the posts of hall crier,
hall constable, hall postman and hall
scavengers. The genial brutality of
youth often selects for the position of
hall crier either the most nervous boy
in the school or one who Is afflicted
with a stammer.
The new boy In the schoohouse at
Rugby Is early called upon to-take hla
part In "house singing." At this funo
tion, which is held la one of the dor
mitories, he has to render a song Ut
the satisfaction of his audience, the,
penalty being the swallowing of a
mouthful of soapy water.
Another ancient school custom is the
parade ot the Christ's hospital blue
coat boys before the Lord Mayor at
the Mansion House on St Matthew's
day, when the "Grecians," who corre
spond to "sixth formers" elsewhere, re
ceive a guinea each and the rank and
file of the school are presented with)
new shillings. London Mall,
Su
Tbt Goaalp.
Nell She's an awful gossip.
tolls everything she hears.
Belle Oh, she tells more than that.
Philadelphia Record.
Tbe youth who can afford a motor
boat doesn't have to paddle his owa
cauoa.