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small. Thcro Is too much worship of wealth, but it is not universal, and wealth itself is poor and feeble ns com- pored with tho power of thought nnfl tho spirit which moves men to work toward tho highest human ideals- Nashville American. T i! avorite BUYING A PAIR OF CRUTCHES., 3 V ! 8 Opiniofts of Great Papers oa Important Subjects. T Jittiit'l"! 't t t J ij' t t- t"t't"t' t,,t"t,,t,,t" Strata (Mora Livia iLL Wads of rubbh 1b being written about Jk Itfae awful strata f modern life and Its d4 lastrewi effects Hpn those w)to are forced to JT m la m witMn Units of & buar cMliuttoa Instead of lyin to a lodge la sorao vast wil derness. In fact, tbero has been so much said by esc nenen and another about the degen- ncy that to certain to follow life lived in the thick of jytngii tfeat any number of men and women are beginning U feel sorry for tbezaselresi Feeling sorry for yewrsett, It to worth while saying, fmx invest more time and sympathy with less proflt thnn ay ether occupation a man can take up. If a man drinks cocktails before each meal, highballs between meaki, tea and coffee at regular intervals, Bmokes aumerous strong cigars, cats too much, Is out in the open plr not at all and ends his day with a bottle of wine and a addnight supper, something disagreeable Is coming to him if ho will only keep it up long enough. But he Heed not lay the result of his own gluttony and Ibuse of alcohol and tobacco and other bPblts l tn0 aort civilization or to tno awful strain of'Tlfe in the twen tieth century. v The proof of it lies in a decreasing death rate all over America and Europe. A really degenerate race begins to to out it does not go on living longer and longer. v It may bo true that there are moro men and women fa rest cures than there used to be but as there used to & no rest cures for thorn to go to it is reasonably clear jthat there are lives being saved now that hnd to be given ap heretofore It is also said that there are more insane persons than formerly. Insano persons used to die in a comparatively phort time, and comparatively few of them were ever re stored to health and usefulness. Many moro used to die before insanity showed itself,, who are now preserved. Sta tistics of that kind are generally misleading, since they take only one aspect of the case into account Men who do not eat and drink to excess, who make play a port of their work and who stick to life In the open Whenever thoy get a chance, need not worry about stress tnd strain in modern or any other life. Chicago Journal. The Rod in School. OFTOnTi nrlnflnnla urn Tin t nno IItt rlvrn1 wt Ithe restoration of corporal punishment in the (schools, but the majority In favor of the re- W B i n r. i. I , 1 ml.. .A. 1. A. 1 V. elusive with the Board of Education, for tho simple reason that tho principals who do not believe in whipping, or who can govern with out it; fwlll not have to resort to It becauso tho board per mits it It is a matter of discretion, and every tendency toward reposing a larger discretion in the principal, and then holding him accountable for the results, ought to be Encouraged. Some men can govern boys without the rod, and any man can govern some boys indeed, most boys (without the rod. But there are exceptional cases among Jtoys and among principals, and the rules should make allowances and glvo .authority for those special cases. The fact is that our schools havo run mad over the idea of uniformity. Tho tendency everywhere is to seek So turn out children as much alike as two patent rockers BTrom the same factory. Now, children are not alike by nature, and tho chief value of education is to train a child ftb use advantageously those faculties In which he Is (Strongest The moment the fact is discovered that a cer ftain percentage of children can do so much work In n certain time, the course of study Is gauged up to that peed, and the teachers are expected to spur up the dullards po it so as to make a good showing of "ground covered Most children can be governed without corporal punish ment, and tho same effort to adapt all children to this ma jority rule resulted in prohibiting flogging. Undoubtedly. flogging used to bo overdone, but the effort to get along (Without it is as mischievous as tho overdoing, because it rives an ugly boy an unduo sense of his own nownr nwi Importance, a trait which is sure' to lead him into mls jchlef In the outsldo world. Neither parent nor teacher hould flog a child In a temper, but it must be remembered .that the offense which tends to rouse the teacher's temper is not committed in tho presence of tho principal. He meets the offender in a cool and unbiased stato of mint, like a court of appeals. Under such circumstances cho chanco of a principal's flogging a boy uajustly to gratify either his sense of pewcr or ul own brutal nature is very alight If a principal flogs ) such a spkit and without cause, he ought to bo tried and dismissed. Becauso on man in a hundred misuses a power is no reason why tho other ninety-nine should be deprived of tho power when they need it to maintain discipline. The principals say thoy do need the liberty to flog in emergencies, and tney aro the best Judges of tho situation. Brooklyn Eagle. Electricity en tho Farm. HE utilization of windmills for the production of eloctrical energy for farm lighting and farm work has been one of tho dreams of thoso who have been watching the dovelopmout of electric lighting and electric transmission for mechan ical purposes. Tho hope behind this dream ing has been strengthened by tho Introduction of tho tolophono In rural communities, where sometimes tho wire fences are utilized for lines of communication. Windmills are now generally used ou farms for tho lin ing of water for the stock and for Are protection. They nave been so improved by inventlvo genlua that they aro new almost as efllclcnt as steam engines for tho purposes for which they aro installed. It is therefore not extravar gant to believe that some dajr'farmhouaes will be lighted with electricity developed by the wind, and perhaps In some instances-certain light farm machines may be op erated by electric currents from storage batteries which are replenished whaantmr tfca wind is stroDg enough to op erate the dynamos The Danish government has been experimenting In this direction, with satisfactory results. It found that tho dynamo could not be coupled direct to the motor with good result but that a regulating devico was necessary. This was provided by the use of a belt whoso tension was kept constant by a movable counterweight A switch was In terposed between tho dynamo and the battery, to open and close automatically and keep the charging current con stant, A writer in tho Canadian Engineer explains these experiments and states that a small plant installed In this way has been operating at Askov and supplying the in habitants of that place with light. Tho plant has a guso llno engine as a reserve, for use when the wind Is light. It is said that this plant has brought In a not revenue of 12 per cent on tho original Investment. Tho uso of gasoline vapor power os nu auxiliary In this case Is interesting. It will strengthen the belief that tho utilization of electricity in rural communities and on the farm is not far distant Tho gasoline motor Is being de veloped to a high state of efficiency by tho demand for speedy automobiles and auto-boats, and eventually these engines may be utilized with proflt on railways as well as on boats of commercial size. Electricity would reduce the danger of Are on tho farm, by enabling farmers to' light their barns without the ubo of lautcrns, and to do' away with matches and lamps In other work in the neigh borhood of inflammable materlais. Milwaukee Wisconsin. Beyond the Smlllnjr and tho Weeping, Beyond tho smiling and tho wcoplng I shall be soon; Beyond tho waking and tno fllcopius, Beyond tho sowing and tho reaping, I shall bo soon. Love, rest and homo I t Bwoct hopol Lord, tarry not out come. Bcyona tno dooming and tho fading I shall bo soon; Beyond tho shining and tho snnninu, Beyond tho hoping and tho drending, I shall be soon. Love, rest and homo! Sweat hopo! Lord, tarry not but come. Beyond the rising and tho setting I shall be soon; Beyond tho calming and tho fretting, loyond rcmcmborlng and forgetting, I shall be soon. Love, rest and homo! Sweet hopel Lord, tarry not, but come. Boyond tho gathering and tho etrowing I Bhall ho soon; Boyond tho ebbing and tho flowing, Beyond tho coming nnd tho going, I shall bo noon. Love, rest and homo! Bweot hope! Lord, tarry not. but come. Beyond tho parting and tho mooting I shall be soon; Beyond the farewell and tho grooting, Beyond this pnlno's fover-boatlng, I shall be soon. Love, rest and homo! Bweot hopol Lord, tarry not, but come. Beyond tho frost-chain and tho fever, I shall be soon; Boyond the rock-wasto and tho rlvor, Boyond the ever and tho uovcr, I shall bo soon. Love, rest ond homo! Sweet hopo! Lord, tarry not l"t come. Iloratius Bonar. T Christianity in Japan. HERE Is nothing very remarkable in tho report from Japan that a movement is on foot, sup ported by many eminent men, to found a church pro-Christian In character but Inde pendent In its lines. When Buddhism was dis established and disendowed In tho early "seven- tics" of tho last century, owing to the, momen tary ascendancy of Shinto, which Is merely vague ancestor and nature worship, it was prophesied by acute foreign observers that Japan would either adopt Christianity or bo- como frankly materialistic. It will not bo owing to any lack of energy on the part of European nnd American mis sionaries If tho former course is discarded. Here is one forecast published jUBt fourteen years ago: "To make all Japan Christian by edict some lino morning Is not on tho program of the Japanese statesman of the hour. But thnt something of tho kind should happen within the next twen ty years Is not nearly so unlikely os many things that havo actually happened In this land of realized iinproba bllities." London Chronicle. TIME FOR PLAIN SPEECH. I A clever insurance agent had la- . bored long to close a contract with a wealthy merchant whom ho wished to Insure for $100,000, says tho World's 1 Wiork. Tho merchant wns what is known among agents as a "'tough prop osition," and the solicitor's oloquouce ran from him llko water from a duck's back. Tho agent, with all his profes sional pride roused, redoubled his ef- . forts. At lost the merchant swung round in his swivel chair, and fixed jhim with a cold, gray eye. "Young man," ho said, ,4if you can saiUsfy me on one point I'll take the policy." The agent braced himself for the en counter. "I guess I can," he said. "Well, then," said tho merchant, pointing a big finger sternly at him, "how much do you got out of this first $1,000 which Iarate "invest ns you call it?" "I havo no objection personally to telling you," said tho agent, "but I havo agreed not to give tho exact fig ures." la it half?" "Yes, more than that" "More than half! And will you kind ly inform me why I should pay you more than $2,000? Do I get anything from it? What reason is ttare for such an absurdity?" Tho merchant avos angry, insulting, (triumphant The agent rose. IIo felt thnt the deal was off anyway, and that he had earned tho luxury of a few plain words. "Well, I'll toll you," ho said. "I've been here twelve times, have I not?" "I can well believe It!" snapped the merchant "And I havo spent hours and days you know nothing about finding out nil about you and your affairs, and laying out my facts so they'd appeal to you." "Well?" "Well, If the world wasn't full of obstinate Idiots llko you, who have to have a good thing hammered clear through their skulls before they rec ognize it, my company wouldn't need to employ men of Intelllvenco like mo to do the work." The merchant looked apoplectic for n moment; then as tho humorous side of it struck him ho began to chuckle. His chuckle grow into a laugh, and with his good humor restored he saw a now light on tho agent's figures. The solicitor was as surprised ns his victim when ho went nwny with tho signa ture he had been working for. Caught by tho Cry, "Coo-e-o" Is tho curious cry that was ono of the signals of tho native blacks of Australia. Tho cry was speedily adopted by tho invading whites. The final "e" is a very high note, a sort of prolonged screech that resounds for long distances through tho bash and thus enables separated persons to as certain their relative positions. On one notable occasion this peculiar cry was heard In London. A daring bushran ger made his appcaranco one morning in front of a bank In Ballarat and coolly posted a notice on tho door to the effect that the place would be clos ed for an hour. Entering, he terrorized the officials with his revolver and got clear away with $30,000. Some time afterward the authorities received Information that the man had been seen in London One day a detective thought ho espied his man In tho Strand; but, not being quite suro, he hit upon on oxpedlent He uttered a piercing "Coo-o-e." Passersby stood fixed in astonish mont, but the Australian, acting on the spur of the moment and recognizing tho'famlllar sound, hastened to tho per son who uttered it. no was promptly arrested and was taken back to Aus tralla. Chicago News. How Sho Won Out. Gladys Papa says you're a loafer, Jack. Jack What reason has ho for enter Mining Buch an opinion of mo as that? Gladys Ho pays you spend three or four evenings hero every week with out having any apparent purpose in coming. Chicago Tribune. If tho bride and groom aro disap pointed, thoy shouldn't show it under three weeks; the public doesn't expect it any sooner. WORTH MEASURED BY MONEY. liangcroun Mcrccnnry Spirit l'ertuca- tiiic American Life. It Is too much tho fashion In this country of rapidly developing wealth to measures success by a mercenary standard, to estimate tho worth and abilities of men by tho amount of money they accumulate. Drawing a contrast between the kind of men who once nttracted attention on tho streets of Now York and thoso who nro now pointed out as tho important person ages, Father Ducey says: "To-day tho question Is: "Do you bco that man across tho street? Well, he Is worth $50,000,000. Do you sco thnt man behind him? Ho is worth $100,000,000 mado last week In Wull street" It Is old money bags on nil sides. Never Is the man of Intellect, tho savant, tho critic, tho llterateur pointed out In public. Tho question about tho lawyer, the doctor, oven tho clergyman, of to-day Is: "What fee did ho get? Lawyer So-and-So got $100,- 000 for obtaining Mrs. Blank's dlvorco. Dr. So-and-So got $50,000 for a vermi form appendix operation." NoVer an allusion to tho learning of tho lawyer or tho skill of tho surgeon In tho oper ation. Even priests of God talk nbout tho Income of the parish, instead of tho Influence they aro wielding." Tho spirit of materialism seeniB to bo uppermost Commercialism Is tho altar at which there Is too much ar dent worship. Tho developer of wealth Is useful; the mere money gotter is of llttlo benefit to anybody, and Is In no sense an Inspiring plcturo or a model to bo Imitated. Recently Dr. Hadley of Ynlo declared: "There Is no danger that tho coun try will oven feel the lack of money makers. What wo do need to fear Is the possibility of a lack of public spir ited men who think not of themselves first nistory, whatever Is studied In school, Is Intended to broaden tho mind and sympathies. This spirit Is grow Ing In' tills country. Wo want men who stand for Ideals, who make llfo worth living." We believe tills spirit is growing will grow as we grow older as a na tion nnd as civilization advances. Wo are living and havo been living In a period of wealth-developing, of monoy making, of industrialism nnd commer clullsm In which huvo grown up colos sal fortunes through the development of tho enormous natural advantages of this wonderful country. In such a period of Industrialism success Is apt to bo measured by individual wealth of earning capacity. But wo shall come moro and moro to understand and ap preciate tho true standard; to estimate in on, not In dollars and cents, but ac cording to their real worth. The world's greatest benefactors have been men who lived and died poor In ma terial wealth. Tho scholar, tho patriot, the statesman, tho artist, tho scientist the teachor, the moral exemplar, tlieso in the greatness of their work, make tha mere money grubber seem meanly Odd Experience of tho Purchnncr In' Ono I'hico that. IIo Went To, "Now, this, you know," said tho nor-) rator, "I thought was nn odd expert enco, "A friend or mino who broke his leg tho other day sent to mo to buy him n pair of crutches, nnd ho wanted a choap pair. Ho didn't oxpect to breal his leg very often and ho didn't bo any uso of locking up a lot of capita in a pair of gaudy crutch ca "But at tho first place I went tc thnt wns tho only kind thoy hnd hnndsomo crutches, rosowood, sllvei mounted nnd Uint sort of tiling, very pretty crutches, but costing moro that I wanted to pay, and so I started nwny to look olsowhoro. "As I was going down tho stairs. from tho placo I hoard Bomebody call ing me, and, looking back, I saw, throo or four stops up, n woman near! whom I had boon standing when I wad asking for the crutches on tho floor! above. Sho had heard mo ask nnd soon mo turn awny, and sho had fol lowed mo out, nnd now sho was calH Ing to ino on tho stnlrs. " 'Young man,' she wns snylng, 'I hnvo nt my home' nnd sho gavo me her address In n flno West SIdo street la tho sovcntlcs 'a pair of crutches thnt I hnvo no further uso for that I would llko to give you. I will glvo yout my card, nnd you can just go right up there and got them.' "Well, It Is part of my business not to bo feazed by anything. I try to bo nlwnys ready for whatever may turn up, but I will admit that this of fer of a pair of crutches, in this sltua. tlon, on tho stairs, by a handsomely i dressed woman who spoko as ono with authority, accustomed to control wher ever sho was, but who wns clcarlyi making this offer to mo out of tho pur est klndnass, did a llttlo bit to sur- prlso ma "I gathered myself together in a. mlnuto and took off my lint and thank-j ed her ns politely ns I could nnd told her I couldn't think of taking them. She said I'd better, that they wcra nlco crutches nnd that I could havo them Just as well as not, but I thanked her again nnd begged to decline them. and then she went back up tho stairs and I went on my way to another) placo where they Boll crutches. "And there I found crutches, not so- nice, to be sure, ns thoso I saw at tho first plnce, but serviceable enough, at such prices that a man could afford to buy two pairs of them and uso them both at once If ho wunted to. I bought n pair of these, and my friend is nowi hobbling nbout on them quite comfort- ubly. But thnt wns an odd oxperlence in tho first crutch place, hoy?" Now York Sun. PLAN NEW OVERLAND ROUTE. Canadians to Hulld a Line 0,50O Miles to the Count. The length of the main lino tho new transcontinental railroad In Canada from Monoton to Port Simpson, Is es timated at 8,500 miles. It Is expected to cost In tho neighborhood of $125,-, 000,000, of which $115,000,000 are for. tho eastern section, to be built by the, government, and $00,000,000 for tho western section, to bo built by tho rallJ way company. In addition to tho main lino thero aro several projected branches, somo to connect with tho principal towns and, cities to tho south of tho railway, nnd others to open up new districts still1 farther north. Nothing hero has been definitely decided, but it is practically certain that, in tho east branches will connect tho now transcontinental rail' way with Monteral, Toronto, Sault Sto Mnriff nnd Fort William; while' In thj west branches will be built to Rcglna Calgary, Prince Albert and other imj portant centers In t wheat ana ranching districts. In British Columbia connection will probably bo made with a line running1 north from Vancouver, and a branch' line will run north to Dawson City. A possible development of the future may, bo n branch from some point on tho eastern section extending northward to Hudson Bay. Hallways to Hudson Bay havo been projected and chartered time and again during tho last 10 or 15 years, but havo always fallen through because of the immense ex pense Involved and tho uncertainty ns to tho forthcoming profits for many years after completion. With tho new transcontinental road opening up so much of northern Canada, tho cost of a branch to Hudson liay would bo ma terially reduced and Its commercla-lj success corresponding Increased. ' Success Apples ns "Nightcaps." The applo Is such a common fruit that very few persons aro familiar, with its remarkubly efficacious modi- clnal properties. Every one ought toi know thnt tho very best thing he can! do Is to eat apples Just before rotlrlnp for tho night Family Doctor.