t
OF MYSELF.
This only grant me, that rny meant may
llo
Too low for envy, for contempt too high.
Some honor I would have.
Not. from great deeds, but good nlono!
Tho unknown aro bettor thnn III known:
Humor can one tlio grave.
Acquaintance I would have, but when't
depends
Not on tho number, but tho choice, of
friends.
nooks Bhould, not business, entertain the
llcht.
And Bleep, on undisturbed as death, tho
nluht,
My houso a cottage moro
Than palace,' and should nttlng bo
For all my ubb. no luxury.
My garden painted o'er
VUth Nature's hand, not Art's: and
pleasures yield
Iloraco might envy In his. Sablno field.
Thus would I double my life's fading
space;
For ho that runs It well twlco runs his
rnpr.
R Aud In thin trim
These unbodght sports, this happy state,
I would not fear, nor wish, my fate
But boldly say each night,
To-morrow let my sun his beams dis
play, Or In clouds hldo them: I have lived to
day, Abraham Cowley.
Martha-Mother.
11 V MARY MARSHALL PARKS.
Author "Two Points of Viow," etc
(Coirrltt, 1901, tjr Dolly Btorj Pub. Co.)
Although fiho niQdo no complaint,
her heart was Blowly breaking, for
sho had lost her husband's affections.
All tho thought, all tho care, all tho
tenderness which should havo been
hors, ho lavished on a black holo In
tho ground which he called tho "Em
ily K."
Not that mine operating was his oe
cupatlon. Ho was only a very excel
lent and well-paid bookkeeper for
Smith & Smith, dealers in mining
supplies; but every penny of his nm
Plo salary that was not needed by his
famlly for the barest necessities was
(absorbed by tho Emily K., or eomo
other of that Insatlablo Blsterhood.
"James," his wlfo said to him ono
night, "I wish Louise could begin hor
'music now. Tho teachor that boards
across tho street says she has won
derful talent; and sho'Il give her les
'uons for half price and let her prac
tice over there."
"Half price!" said tho man, sharp
ly. "I can pay full prlco, and I will
ns soon as I make a big strike. We're
iZottln' tho finest kind o' Bhlnes. See
here!" And ho drew from his pocket
u handful of glittering specimens.
"Louiso shall havo her lessons. Sho
Bhall go to Boston to study. Just watt
a little."
A week later he carno homo wlh a
haggard face.
"Drowned out!" ho said, huskily.
"The water has beat us In splto of all
wo could do. Curse the luck! If we
'only had capital enough for a steam
Ipump. Wo wore nearly there."
"But you might not havo struck It
unyway, James."
"Couldn't V helped It, Martha," ho
replied, Impatiently. "Haven't I told
yo tho mining experts all say tho rich
vein they're workin' In tho 'Wild
Goose,' runs straight into our lot?"
Ho wnlked tho floor with hasty, ir
regular Btrldcs; and there was a fever
ish glaro In his eyes.
"We'll havo to go back to tho 'Llttlo
Lotty,'" ho said at last, with a sigh
that was half a sob. "It nln't near as
,good a prospect. Somo fellows wcro
talking today about a now prospect
down on tho tract whero tho Republic
Zinc Co. mado their big strike. I must
go back down and sco 'em about It.
I don't want any supper."
As ho left tho houso a tall, handsome
girl enme into tho room.
"Did you ask pa about my now
aress7" sho inquired, anxiously.
"I Just couldn't, honey," said tho
mother, deprecatingly. "Hp's nil
worked up over tho Emily K. The
water has got in. And he's talkln
about a new prospect."
- Tho girl's faco paled with disap
pointment. "I won't go to the party
then," she Bald, passionately. "It's
and kissed him right In tho
court
the first time Harry over asked mo;
but I won't go with him In that old,
faded dress. The girls at school all
laugh at it; and he's so particular.
And the houso is bo shabby I'm
ashamed to usk htm here. I hate tho
Emily K. and all the rest of 'em."
"You can't hato 'em worse than I
do, but I can't do anything. 'Taln't
Ilko your pa was ugly about it Ho
never refuses a thing Jest says wait
a llttlo; an' he's so kind about It It
ho ever should strlko it, he'd spend his
money like water. I hate to see you
children going without things; but
Jtho worst of all to mo Is tho way it's
changed your pa. You don't know
what he was before bo got this min
ing fever the best tho klndost "
"O mother, don't cry," walled tho
girl. "I know It's worso for you than
us; but oh, what shall wo do? What
uhall wo do?"
Many times during tho sorrowful
years that followed did the heart-sick
woman echo hor daurMer's dospalrlng
words. Day by day sho saw hor hus
bnnd grow moro infatuated, mora In
different to her wolfaro, moro oblivi
ous to ovory earthly happening not In
somo way connected with mining.
Tho boys run away from homo to
escape tho pinching and dreariness,
and 'nil camo to grief; tho girls, for
tho same reason, married hastily and
unhappily.
At last sho was left alone, utterly
alono; for hor husband had no thought
for anything but tho shifting will o'
tho wIbp that ho had chased for so
many years. When disaster overtook
his children, ho neomed moro startled
thnn grieved; and tho shock ho might
have fell whon 11 tolegram announced
his eldest daughter's mortal Illness was
neutralized by hU frantic anxiety over
water In the "Bcasio B."
Tho lonoly woman was sitting ono
evening In tho dark little parlor hor
"You don't say! A llttlo girl! My!"
daughters had hated so when her hus
band stumbled up the steps. For ono
horrified momeut sho thought he was
Intoxicated; and so he was but not
with wine.
"Mothor!" ho cried, with a hyster
ical sob. "We've struck It at last
Btruck it rich nn immeuBO vein of
solid Jack same ono 'at runs through
tho 'Big Four.' What'd I toll ye,
Martha? I told ye ye'd die a rich
womnn, mother. Rich! Rich Louise
can have her lessons now; and
Teddy"
Ho stopped with a Jerk. His Jaw
dropped and his hand went unstead
ily to his head. Tho light that had
been blinding him for years had sud
denly gone out.
"Teddy" ho faltorod again, sway
ing until ho felt tho support of tho
wall behind him.
Teddy was the boy who had been
shot by tho Indians. And Louise
Louise was lying under tho sod In far
away Dakota with her day old baby
in hor arms. Sho died calling for tho
could not como to her be-
rmmn it imri taken a month's salary in
advanco to fight tho water In tho
"Bessie B."
Thn old man looked at his wlfo with
scared eyes, but their was no re
sponse to his appeal. Tho flro 01 love
had gono out long beforo for lack of
fuel; and after tho first Btaro of
amazement at his wild speech, sho had
ceased to look at him or heed him.
Her aching heart was In Dakota besldo
a gravo that sho had never scon.
Tho desolate man tottered out on
Mm iittin narch. It was a quiet street;
i.nt thn few nassers-Jjy gazed curiously
at his bowed head. The big strlko
waB tho talk of the town, und tnoy
i nt his attitude. As tho
shadows deepened, he roso and crept
Into tho houso with tears streaming
tnurn bin fnCO.
"Martha! Mother! Where air ye?
I'm afraid." he sobbed.
The woman turned in the darkness
with a glad light In her eyes. This
was a sound that she knew and loved.
"Here I am, Jamie!" sho cried, in
thriiitnc voice holdlnir out her arms.
I v. n r -
"l'vo wronged yo, Martha you and
tho children; nut I meant it for the
v.nnt " hn walled, as she laid his
trembling head on her arm. "I meant
to do right by ye, mothor."
"Never mind, .Tamio lad. Never
mind, honoy. I know you thought It
! tinat I know It all tho time."
she crooned, stroking his gray hair
and smiling happily, for out or mo
wreck of her ruined life, sweetheart,
husband and child in ono hnd como
back to her empty arms.
DEFUSE CONSOLATION.
Dogs, Horses nn I lllr.1 Hnnititlnie lie-
como llroken-IIrarted.
There have been many cases on rec
ord of nnimalB dying of "broken
heartB," usually dogs and horses, and
somotlmcs birds. Not long ago a young
lady living In London who owned a
Gordon setter thnt was very fond of
her, was married, and moved to tho
country, says Golden Penny. The dog
was left behind, and at onnn becamo
Inconsolable. Ho would eat nothing,
and stood looking out of tho window
for hours at a tlmc.whlnlng and moan
ing pitifully. Tho dog was wasting
away from exhaustion. Those who
know him said he was dying of a brok
on heart. When It was seen that he
would dlo if ho could not see his mis
tress ho was taken to her. His Joy at
seeing her was extravagant, and he at
once got better. His nilH tress booh
after camo to town for n two wooka
visit, and left the dog with the Borv
ants In the country. Whon bIio re
turned sho found him dead, lying on
ono of her garments. Tho poor bruto,
thinking himself again deported, lay
down to die, and could not bo driven
or coaxed from bin jdofcc, nelthor would
ho eat nor drink. A oorso belonging to
a brewery had been driven for yearj
by a man to whom ho hnd becomo
much attached. One day tho driver
failed to appear at tho stable, und an
other man was put on tho wagon. Tho
horse, however, refused to be driven
rTfi)
by any oho except his old friend, and
after many trials ho was put back In
tho atablo and another horse took his
place. Tho horse continually watched
tho stablo door for his master to enter.
Ho refused to eat the hay and onts
placed beforo htm. Day by day ho
grew thinner and weaker. At last ho
fell down and could not rise, and died
beforo his friend nml driver returned
to duty. The veterinary surgeon who
attended him paid he died of a "broken
heart."
ARTIFICIAL STONES.
Ingredient VtA In Making Tliem That
UcrelYe the Elect.
To meet tho growing demand for ar
tificial Jewelry the process of making
"precious- atones" has been greatly Im
proved within tho last few years, nnd
Ita further development hus enlisted
tho services of somo of tho most skill
ful chemists. Tho material chiefly
used la glass, hut It is not tho ordinary
glass of commerce. This glnss can
bo mado from absolutely puro quartz,
or, better still, from rock crystal, na
quartz frequently contains mlnuto
veins of Iron, which would Impair the
clearness nnd color of tho gluss. Tho
bicarbonate of potnah and tho oxide of
lead which pro mixed with It must also
bo chemically pure. Other Ingrodlents
of lcfl3 Importance uro borax, which
promotes tho flux, aud a nmnll quan
tity of aracnle. Tho beat glass for lin
ltntlon gems consists of rock crystal,
32 per cent; bicarbonate of potash, 17
per cent: oxide of lead, CO per
cent; borax, 1 per cent, and n
truce of arsenic. Carefully prepared by
competent hands, this mixture pro
duces a grade of glusa which In bril
liancy and Iridescence yields llttlo to
tho gcuulno diamond Itself, nnd these
qualities may bo furthor enhanced by
tho substitution of potassium for the
bicarbonate of potash nnd an Increase
of tho quantity of oxldo of lead used.
Stones carefully mado by thlfi process
can only bo distinguished from the
genuine by expertK. TIiIb Is truo, how
ever, only so long as they are now,
for tho Imitation gems wear off.becomc
blind and lose their fire with nge, und
It Is to remedy these defects that the
efforts of chemists, ar.o now directed.
Opnquo gems, like tho turquoise and
the opal, nre made from glass whoso
transparency Ir destroyed by tho ad
dition of oxldo of zinc after pulveriza
tion. Tho color of tho turquolao Is
produced by means of oxide of copper
and cobalt Pennsylvania Grit
BEAUTIFUL HANDS.
To Ho One's Uitii Manloure I Nut H
1)1 menu Matter.
To bo one's own manicure Is not at
all a dltllcult matter, and requires only
patience and a cortnln deftness. As n
matter of first Importance, It Is neces
sary that tho hands should be kept
soft and tho skin pliant. To do this,
tho easiest way is to rub them well In
cucumber cream nt night, and to woar
a polr of comfortablo largo gloves.
Tho hands then In the morning should
bo washed with almond meal of fine
quality, or a bag of fine oat meal. The
nails Bhould be polished every day to
keep them bright, nnd ten minutes Is
nmplo time to devote to this process
All acids except, perhaps, lemon Juice,
should bo avoided, ub they will prob
ably do more harm than good, It being
necessary to use all otrong acids with
tho greatest care. Very attractive
hands aro very easily kept If ono In
systematic about It and It must be
confessed that no greater pcisonnl at
traction can a lady possess thnn heair
tlful, well-kopt hands. Even If they
aro not beautiful, if they aro perfectly
cared for they cannot fail to bo at
tractive. Very pointed nails are not
considered qulto as olegant as those
more moderate In shape.
Italics Picture.
Tho trials that beset the amateur
photogruphor aro many, but tho pure
joy of obtaining n good picture now
and then compensates him for fro
quent failures. "I've got tho baby's
photograph. I took It all myself, and
It camo out splendidly," said a ten-year-old
cnthuslust, presenting for
grandmother's Inspection a plcturo of
a bed on which lny a small bundle
covered with mosqulto-nettlng. "Yes,
dear, that's the baby on her mother's
bed, mire enough," Bald grandmother,
arter a careful study of this "still
llfo" subject through her spectacles
"Ycs'm," said tho young photographer
with pardonable pride. ".Mother Bald
I'd nover bo able to tako hor when
Bho'a awake 'causo she squirms so,- but
getting hor asleep that way, and under
tho mosqulto-nettlng, It was Just us
easy! And uron't tho legs of tho bed
splendid and clear?" Youths' Com
panion.
HlnipU Ufa nt Holland's Queen,
No wealthy American girl could
in
hor homo live moro simply than
Queen Wllhclmlna, nnd her regime is
a model which any young women of
humbler birth might follow with ad
vantage. In tho morning nho Is up
with the lark, and after a light break
fust of chocolate and rolls or coffee and
rolls sho devotes an hour to study, nnd
unother to affairs of state. Then she
goes for a drive, unless somo atato
business requires her presence. At
noon tho regular Dutch breakfast Is
served, with almple, healthy food, and
without tho parado and ceremony
which many private families affect.
After breakfast the Quoen devotes
moro tlmo to study nnd atato business,
and then again tukca nn hour of ex
orcise, returning for tea. Dinner,
which la moro ceremonious than the
noon repast, usually passes en famlllo,
and tho ovonlng which follows, ns In
mnny ordinary home circles, is spent
in conversation, muBle nnd nmusc-mcntu.
IMBROGLIO
SOME EFFECTS OF RUSSIAN
RETALIATORY POtlCY.
SerrMnrj dice's At-tlnn lUnai-dlng
t'ountertalllng Duties Hrcnn to lluxo
Kmboldrncd free-Trader nnd rrtjlit
tied Sume Timid I'rotoctlmiWtt.
In the vast quantity of comment
culled forth by tho dcclHlon of Secre
tary Gago regarding tho enforcement
of the Dlngley law relating to counter
vailing duties nnd tho retaliatory ac
tion of the Russian government in con
nection with that decision, It Is grat
ifying to encounter tho cool common
sense, the level-headed logic, with
which this question Is treated editor
ially by tho Cincinnati "Times-Star."
This Is all tho more refreshing In
view of tho contrast which It presents
to tho attitude of n considerable por
tion of tho newspaper press of the
United States on the name- subject
With ono accord nnd actuated by tho
common liupulso of discrediting tho
protection policy, tho free-trade demo
cratic Journals havo sprung to tho
front with Imperative demands for tho
repeal of the Dlngley tariff. Nothing
nliort of wiping this law from tho fed
eral statute books will satisfy them.
To thcHo superior minds It docs not
matter that tho decision of Secretary
Gage was rendered In obedience to a
mnndatory provision which left him
no discretion or option; It Is of no
consequence that tho decision serves
nnd was Intended ns tho shortest possi
ble route to a Judicial determination
of the question whether Russia has
been evading the sugar bounty pro
vision of our laws by roundabout
methods; not .of tho least ImporUuca
Is, In their Judgment, tho plain fact
that-the neglect of our government to
enforce countervailing duties on Una
slan bounty-fed suguru would have
been construed and resented by other
bounty paying countries as discrimina
tion against thorn and undue favorlt
ism toward Russln.
None of thoso considerations affect
tho froo-trndc democratic newspapers.
They dencunco the secretary's decision
ns provocatory of n continental com-
blno for tho purpose of shutting out nil
Imports of Ainorlcan products, nnd
they demand tho repeal of tho Dlng
ley law and tho abandonment of tho
American system of protection ns tho
only way out of tho difficulty. Here
nnd there n weak kneed, half hearted
protectionist uowspnpor expresses n
similar alarm and In effect counsels a
similar surrender. To tho latter class
of shlvcrers, as well as to tho consld
crablo clement of domestic producers
to whom tho progrnmmo of European
retaliation presents Itself ns something
bo terrible In Its consequences ns to
Justify any nnd all sorts of concessions
for the sako of effecting a compromlso
to nil such cornea with peculiar per
tinency this pointed Interrogation of
the "Tlmes-Stnr":
"Do the manufacturers who are pro
testing against tho present Russian
tariff, imbroglio ever stop to consider
this proposition: 'If tho American
tariff Is to bo altored every time some
European nation finds its provisions
dbjectionable, what will ultimately be
como of tho protective policy?' "
"Oho!" says tho free-trndo democrat
ic propagandist, "It In easy enough to
answer that question!" So it is, from
thnt point of viow. Tho answer Is us
easy and simple us was that of the
eminent Tammany ofllco holder when
ho disposed of n great Issue with tho
famous exclamation: "To hell with re
form! !" Substitute protection for re
form, nnd you hnvo in a very brief
phraso the freo-trade democatic solu
tion of tho Russian tariff imbroglio.
, But Is .thut tho answer to .Ik: given by
our industrial captains and by tho
doubting Thomases of tho half-breed
protectionist press? Says tho "Times
Star": "They must not forget that thcro
Is in exlstcnco in this country n party
which Is wrappod up In the free trnde
idea, and which In ovory speck on tho
horizon sees a tnrlff war which will
justify them In shouting: tholr disas
trous doctrlno. Thoy must not forgot
thnt this party Is desperato for a new
Irisue to prcsont to tho people, and that
If it could tako up tho tariff Issue In
new form would willingly do BO.thoush
their underlying hatred to tho protec
tive principle would bo but lily con
cealed. "It Is probably truo that tho pres
ent situation Is disastrous to boiuo in
dividual enterprises; hut not In tho de
gree which it was at first sought to
Impress upon tho public. Don't lot
Eurnpcun nations got thn Idea that
when Russia, to whom wo soil lon.s
thnn one-half of ono per cent of our
total exports, threatens to cut off that
Inflnlteslmnl trnde, wo aro prepared to
bow down and alter our tariff lnw.t,
or other governments of moro moment
to us ns customors mny decide that it
is posslblo for thorn to secure like
changes.
"Don't forgot nil commercial Eu
rope is alarmed nt tho aggressive com
mercial and Industrial growth of
America, and that tho leading econo
mists of tho continent uro urging Just
taich a policy. Don't forget that thoso
features are not to bo overlooked and
that they involve questions of moro
moment to tho Ainorlcan manufactur
er than tho trade with Russia."
Talk of this kind la good for weak
knees nnd lumo backs. If taken
promptly and In liberal doses Its effect
as a tonlo nnd a nervo stimulant can
not fail to bo boneflclal In all cases
whero diagnosis clearly Indlcatoa tho
need of something to brace up with.
Wo commend it to nil thoso who por
celvo in tho dlsplcasuro of any foreign
country or of ill f-jrclgn countries, If !t
shah tutme to that, a good anil suffi
cient reason for nbnndonlng tho policy
of protection to American lnbor and
Industry,
THE ORTHODOX SORT.
Utclprorlty on Noii-Cuniietlllve Article!
1 What This foil ii try Should lUre.
Not a llttlo of tho argument which
Is mndo In favor of tho reciprocity
treaties which havo been negotiated
with different countries is claimed to
bo based on the paragraph in tho Re
publican platform referring to reci
procity. Those who claim that they
nro Justified by thnt paragraph In fa
voring the broad provisions contnlucd
in some of the treaties referred to need
to read tho paragraph again. It reads
as follows:
"Wo renew our faith In tho policy of
Protection to American labor, . . Wo
favor the associated policy of rcclproj
Ity, so directed ns to open our markets
on fnvorablo terms for what wo do not
ourselves produce, In n return for tree
foreign markets."
This Is the truo protect Ivo policy, to
which tho Ropubllcnn party pledged Its
support; this Is tho kind of reciprocity
for which the people voted whon they
returned tho Republican party to pow
er. Tho principle contained In It Is ns
truly protective us Is any tariff Kched
ulo In tho Dlngley law. Tho policy It
outlines In to admit freo only thoso
products which do not enter Into com
petition with Amcrlcnn products.
Tliero is nothing In this paragraph
which suggests tho removal of tho
tariff from articles Blmllnr to thoso
produced In this country or of tho
yielding up to foreign manufacturers
ono bit of tho American market which
Amerlcun producers are ready nnd nblo
to supply. Tho prlnclplo may, of
course, be extended to thoso products
which can be produced so cheaply In
this country that no protective tariff
on them Is necessary, but thcro Is no
authority In tho Republican platform
nnd there will be found no approval
on tho part of tho vast majority of
tho Amcrlcnn people for any reciproc
ity treaties which In any way break
down tho principle of giving protec
tion to every American Industry for
wheh protection Is needed, In order to
secure to It tho American market On
the othor hand, reciprocity treaties
formed In accordance with tho plcdgo
contained In tho Ropubllcnn platform
thnt Is, reciprocity treaties framed
In accordance with tho great American
pulley of giving to the output of Amor
lean producers a right of way In tho
Amcrlcnn murkot, will receive ub nr-
dent support from protectionists as
from free-traders, und will in no way
bo opposed to tho American system of
protection.
AN AUtiURD PURSUIT.
Freo Trnde Argument Travel Around
in a Circle, Like a Dog Chasing Ills
Own Tall.
SHOULD BE STOPPED.
Use of Knrelgu Label on Ainerlrnn
Products to IU) Prohibited by Law.
"the Commissioner of Internal
Revenuo bus decided that U is n vio
lation of Jnw meriting sovero punish
ment to put foreign labels tiou Amer
ican wines. That Is a good thing for
American wines. Most of our best
wines ure disguised by foreign labels,
and the country gets no credit for
them." Illnghntntoii (N. Y.) Repub
lican. Tho "Republican" probably over
stated tho case In averting that "most
of our best wines uro disguised by for
eign labels." Deception of thin kind la
practiced to a considerable extent, und
It should be Btopped with all tho vigor
and severity which I ho Commissioner
of Internal Rewnuo can bring to bear
upon tho subject. By far the greater
portion, however, of tho domestic wine
product of tho United States Is Hold
under truo labels nnd Is making head
way on tho basis of Intrinsic merit nnd
quality. But Hicho wIhoh eonllnuo to
bo handicapped by tho foolish preju
dice entertnlncd by ho many Americans
In favor of foreign luhels, Thcro were
served ut the Tariff I,ouguo banquet
of February 1G the finest array of do
mestic still wines nnd chnmpngnca
over seen upon a tublo ut any import
ant festival function wines of unques
tioned purity and of such excellent
quality that, hnd their bottles borne
foreign labels they would havo been
Instantly accepted as equul to anything
tho world can produce. This tin
American prejudice in favor of foreJm
labels on wlno bottles will In tlmo b
overcome, Just us American comma
sonso bus overcome tho prejudice
which formerly existed In favor of for-clgn-mado
fabrics nnd commodltloj
of various kinds. Tho Tariff League
dinner served a good purposo ns nn eu
torlng wedge iu behalf of Amorlenn
eatables, drinkables and smokables
nnd tho strict enforcement of tho law'
prohibiting the sale of Amcrlcnn wines
under foreign labels will bo an addi
tional tep la tho right direction,
OPERATIONS FOR CANCER. '
If Vaktn la Time This Ulsenso Can II
Oared.
Dr. Herbert Snow, nn eminent Eng
lish authority on cancer, notca tho In
creased number of deaths from can
cer (from 8,117 In 18G4 to 2C.015 in 1803
in England), and urges a more scien
tific study of cancer. He fluid rccontly:i
"It must be oorno In mind that the ma
jority of the sufferers are perfectly,
curnblo ty n surgical operation with
in certain limits of time. In 00 per
cent, or nine out of every ten enncor
cases, tho organ attacked Is nmonnblo
to tho resources of practical surgery,
applied not merely to palliate, but to
eradicate permanently. Tho boglo of
heredity, I. e., of a transmitted consti
tutional .taint, has been extinguished
by tho past twenty yoara resoarch nnd
experience. No one conversant with
those Investigations now entcrtalna
the smallest doubt on tho fact that
cancer Is primarily a purely. local, mal
ady; that It dlffcrn only, say, Yrom n
carious tooth, In its pocullnr proper
ties of emitting cells which carry In
fection to distant parts of tho organ
ism. Hence, If it bo wisely dealt with
by tho operating sttrgeou within that
pre-lnfectlvo period, a Btngo of eovoral
weeks or even months, It Is Juat ne
easily extirpated as Is an offending
molar or Incisor. Tho only really nb
Initio incurnblu cases of cancer nro
thoso wherein nn Internal organ es
sential to life Is tho primary site, and
mich constitute n very sniall;, .minor
ity of tho whole. The popular Idcn
Is that 'cancer' Is 'something In tho
system a mystorlpuB entity, which
when cut out In ono place in certain to
show Itself Booner or later again, cith
er thore or In some othor locality.
That Impression Is by no means limit
ed to tho uneducated. Not long slnco
I heard a very highly placed dignitary
of tho Established Church remark nt
a public function: 'Everyone UnowH
that who once has cancer always hns
cancer.' Nothing could well bo wore
remote from tho truth."
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WHAT "V" MEANT.
Tim Mysterious Kmblein Anoptcd 1J
liny at Amherst College.
Many years ago a young fellow en
tered tho freshman class at Ainhorst
Colloge a lad with a Bquoro Jaw, u
steady oyc, a pleasant smllo and ft
capacity for hard and persistent work.
Ono day, after ho had boon in collogo
about a week, ho took a chair from
his room into the hall, mounted It and
nallod over the door u lnrgo aquaro
of cardboard on which waa painted n
big black letter V, and nothing olso.
Collogo boys do not llku,. mysteries,
nnd tho young mun's neighbor, tried
to make him tell -what tho big V
meant. Was It "for luok"? Waa It n
Joke? What wrb It? Tho Bophomoron
took H up und treated tho frcshmnh
to some hazing; but ho would mnko no
auswor to tho questions they put At
last ho was lot nlono und Ills V re
mained over the door, morcly a mark
of tho eccentricity of tho occupant
Four ycarB passed. On commence
ment day Horace Maynnrd delivered
tho valedictory of his class, tho highest
honor tho collogo bestowed. After ho
had left tho platform, amid tho ap
plause of his fellow HtudentB-nnd of
the audlenco, ono of his classmates ac
costed him: "Was that what your
'V meant? Wero you after tho vale
dictory whon you tacked up that card?"
"Of course," Maynnrd replied. "Whftt
else could It have been? How cIbo
could I havo got It?" Maynard noed
ed to tuck no other letters over his
door. The ImpetuB ho had gained car
ried him through llfo. Ho becamo n
momber of Congress, attorney-general
of Tennessee, minister to Turkey and
postmaster-general, and adorned every
position to which he was 'called.
Youths' Companion.
Transplanting Maees Improve Physique.
It is asserted by ethnologists thnt the
transplantation of the Europenn races
to newer countries resultB In tho Im
provement of the phyHiquo. Tho
French Cnnndlan, for examplo, 1h of
moro hardy frame than tho Frenchman
In his own country, nnd tho colonial
horn Englishman, whether in Canada,
South Africa or Australasia, Is, on tho
nverage, nllghtly taller, though not
heavier, thnn tho nntlvca of thoso Isl
ands. Bu'., probably, thn most Btrlhing
oxumple of Increased Htnturo la to bo
found In the South African Dutchmen,
und especially In the Boers of the
Transvaal. All travelers agree .thnt
not only are the Boers, physically, a
much finer rnco than elthor.tho French
or tho Dutch, from whom thoy aro de
scended, but thnt they nro probably
tlio tullcHt race of whito men In tho
world. Two reoBOtiB for this remark
able lncreaso in ututuro naturally sug
gest themselves. First, tho almost per
fect climate, which mako tho opcn-nlr
llfo of the South African uplands tho
healthiest In the world, and BCCQudly,
the struggle for exlstcnco which tho
migrants had to light with tho wil
derness and tlio iiat!veB;,whleh-'vnint
have rupldly weeded out all but the
Htrongst and most enduring,
MIlCOCC or MUOU or MCM?
How shall we oxprcss tho century
In Roman numerals? Shall it he
MDCOCO or MDCD or MCM? If we
adopt tho first stylo wo lay up for
thoso of us who survlvo till 1988 tho
following overpoworlng combination:
MDOCCCLXXXVIII. The second
style is a sort of hybrid. Tho Times
Herald Is in favor of stylo number
threo, which In tho matter of simplic
ity, euphony and brovlty certainly him
the advantage over its rivals, It pnvta
the way for the double M, which many
.children now living will live to write
u tho Blga of the twenty-first century,
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' H-Cfeleaco Tlmw-lltrftld.
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