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AMEEICA NATION OF GREAT ENTERPRISES.
By Albert Schlnz.
Despite tlie cosmopolitan spirit which more
nnd more Invades modern society, every nation
nevertheless continues. If not to conflue Itself
absolutely, ecrtalnly to specialize In a partleu
lur domain of human activity. If Germany
by preference places Its grand men In the
domain of thought, France In that of art In Its
diverse phases, America places hers In busi
ness; It more and more seems destined to re
main the nation of great industrial and commercial en
terprises. Act Is by no means absent from commercial America,
only Its manifestations must be sought elsewhere than In
France. To demand French art In America Is as ridicu
lous ns If one required a Laplander to dress like an In
habitant of the tropics, or, reciprocally, a denizen of the
equator to don white furs for the chase. SuiH-rflclnlltles
of this sort unquestionably are committed constantly; the
Gcrmaa philosophers reproach the Americans for Hot be
ing metaphysicians, and, vic "versa, the American psy
chologists wax hot over the German speculations; the
French artist despises the utilitarianism of the Amerlcon,
while the latter shr.tgs his shoulders on viewing the
sculptures of Notre Dame, whose "practical utility" es
capes him.
As the sky with Innumerable constellations inspires In
ns the Idea of the dependence of our world on an Infinite
supernatural power, so the thousands of eyes of the sky
scrapers move us In revealing the world as It Is governed
by human Intelligence. And if In futh the power of na
ture nnd of the supcrterrestrlal force incomparably Is
grander than that of Intelligence, this Idea Is well coun
terbalanced by the sentiment of pride experienced In the
thought that this Intellect Is ours, and this Imposing
spectacle the result of the creative faculties of the race
to which we belong.
WILL SCIENCE DISCOVER A MATERIAL SOUL?
By Dr. Elmer Gates.
.Several years ago, as nn Incident to other
researches i-onrcctcd with my study of mat
ters of scientific research, 1 discovered that
certain wave lengths of electric waves, not
X-rays or ultraviolet light, pass more freely
through the body of a dead than of a living
organism, nnd I proposed this ns a test for
death. This greater transparency at death I
found to be due to the uhsence of the normal
-loctr!c currents which always are present In functionally
active nerves and muscles, and not, so far as I have any
evidence, to the passing of the soul. When the body is
alive It Is a bundle of electric currents and electric waves
cannot pass through those currents, but when they cease
at death the body becomes transparent to electric waves.
If anything like n soul organism passes away at death,
these electric waves fall to give any evidence of that fact
by means of a shadow or otherwise. But electric waves
are not the only kind of ether waves known to science,
and there recently has been a most remarkable extension
of onr knowledge of rays and waves, and some of these
various kinds of waves may accomplish for psychic re
search what the electric waves failed to show namely:
if there Is In the present visible and atomic body another
kind of body, Invisible to us. It may be that this other
body will be opaque to some of these various other kinds
of waves, and iy hypothetical case may turn out to be n
new method of psychic research, which consists in placing
tho dying body of an nnlinal In the path of rays of nil
known kinds and of kinds yet to be discovered, and by
various known or yet unknown technical expedients peek
ing to make visible the shadow of the escaping soul or
ganism, If such there le.
This soul organism which Tte uom to find by the new,
method of research will be n material organism, although
of a different kind of matter than the ntoins composing
our present visible bodies n matter, for Instance, con
sisting of solids, liquids and gases couiHised of particles
much smaller than chemical atoms, smaller even than
Ions, which are a thousand times smaller than atoms. Per
haps the soul Is composed of the particles out of which
Ions are built up. or oven still smaller particles. And if
we flud physical evidences of such an organism, then by
e.ierlmentally studying that organism we may hope to
arrive at a few facts ubout the future life.
DISCIPLINE MAY BE CARRIED TO EXTREME.
By John A. Ilowland.
There Is a Puritanical type of man in the
business world who stands always for the
Puritanical, strict observance of discipline.
Ills word and method are the law. If either
Is challenged by so little as an employe doing
something to the lasting benelit of the busi
ness, that employe is called to some form of
account, lie has acted without authority of
either law or precedent. Ity some sort of
good luck no disaster has followed the act but Inferen
tlally nothing of the kind ever must take place again.
As a general proposition the stern exactions of grooved
discipline show weakness of true management. The mali
nger of any business who needs to take so seriously un
der suitervlsion the machinery by which his results are
reached is In the position of the machinist working at
the machine which be suspects will fail him at any mo
ment, lie Is giving too much attention to the machine.
Its products are dropping away from It perhaps without
Inspection.
In ft thousand ways In community life tho over-disciplined
one takes his revenge of a discipline that Is tyran
ny. The business management of the great house, which
confidently looks for loyalty In the grertj mass of Its em
ployes. Is rare. The great businesses which, on the other
hand, feel that they are suffering from disloyalty might
be counted in hundreds. Why does tills disloyalty exist V
The answer Is easy. More disloyalty conies of 'the em
ployers' tyrannical ruling of employes than from any
other cause In all the Held of the world's work.
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YOUNG MAN OFTEN TOO SELF-CONFIDENT.
By E. T. Al In nick.
"I went away from home when I was young,
with only a little money In my picket," writes
a correspondent. "If I had not been careful to
avoid the pitfalls set in my path- well, I cer
tainly should not have been in the good posi
tion I nm in now."
I wonder how many there are beginning
somewhere where he began in the world, and
with that "only oneself to rely on" sensation
creeping over them. It is not pleasant always especially
If one has had some experience that relying on oneself
is not always satisfactory.
From the two stages of what Lord Palmurston de
scribed ns "cocksureness of one's wisdom nnd dead cer
tainty of one's folly," the person who relies on him or
her self emerges Into the third, "fashioned," as Longfel
low expressed It, "on failure and success." A great Jap
anese philosopher, when n stranger asked him how lie
had been employed during the last twenty years, replied
that he had spent ten of them In learning what he could
not do. and ten in learning what he could.
I A Blue Day I
:i
T was a dismal day; the rain had
fallen all the morning was falling
still and the streets of the little
suburban town were of the consistency
of pancake batter.
Klounor Millard drummed listlessly
on the window pane. "What Bhall we
do with ourselves, Mabel?" she asked.
'I should hare had an ugreement with
the weather man before I Invited you
down here. Poor child! Things look
bine to-day!"
"The very thing !" her guest exclalm--d
joyfully. "The very thing! We still
make things look 'blue!' You said yes
terday that j'ou intended to color that
cream dress of yours a navy blue that
you bad the dyestuff In the house;
bring It down Immediately I'm uu ex
jiert at coloring."
Kleauor smiled. "Well," she said
reluctantly, "I will, If you think we
can do It before cook has to prepare
dinner. She objects to my 'fussiu'
round' In the kitchen afternoons."
"O, It cannot take long," Mabel said,
reassuringly, and In a short time the
two girls, enveloped In big gingham
aprons, were bending over a boiler
full of water that was "deeply, darkly,
beautifully blue."
"Now, you wet the dress thorough
ly," Mabel said, splashing the cream
goods up and down Id a tub of clear
tmtvr until her cheeks were rosy wlfh
exertloa.
Klennor looked on admiringly.
"I wish." she wild to herself, "that
brother Dick could see her this minute!
Poor old Richard! He loves the ground
Mabel walks on, but ne'll never let her
know It, because be thinks she's much
to good for him. It would take an
earthquake to make hlui speak!"
"Then," her guest's voice went on.
"you put the wet goods In the dye, and
stir It constantly; if you Jou't the
-o!or will "
She did not finish the sentence, for
the doorbell rang furiously, and n maid
enrne to the kUchen door with a tele
gram. "The boy's waiting for you to
sign. Miss Eleanor,'" she said.
Eleanor took the piece of yellow pa
per and glanced at the signature. "I'll
bo ta.-i; in a moment. Mabel," she said
hurriedly. "Dick has- '"
The rest of the sentence was lost.
When she rc: timed to ilie kitchen
Mabel was standing in the middle of
Ibe r;ioin, with white face, and wide,
frightened eyes. The dyestiek. clutched
In one trc.nliiiiig band, was slowly
making a little blue ik.hI on Ha. white
floor.
"Kick?" she gasped. "What Is It?"
"Nothing, dear," ald Kleauor sooth
ingly ; "be has tickets for the opera tiv
niglit und want us to come In on the
7 oYlock car. Something's wrong with
our telV-phone, no he wired. pn, going
to send an answer." "
"Ob!" Mabel breathed, while the
wunn color crept b.i.-k into her white
face.
"Of course wo can't go In this pour
ing rain," Kloanor said decidedly. "I
don't know what he was thinking of
to get tickets!"
She stepped into the library to write
her reply, while the messenger waited
patiently In the hall.
"I wish I could write a long letter,'
she said to herself, "ami make him
come home right away, nnd propose
to her. She loves him! The telegram
decided that I wish Pick had seen
her face when It came!"
She bit the end of her pencil In per
plexity, then her eyes grew bright and
she laughed aloud while her Angers
fairly flew over the paper.
'Cant come," she wrote. "Mabel is
dyeing. ELEAXOK."
It was the truth, and sho laughed
again exultantly. "That will bring him
down on tho next car," she said, "and
I spelled 'dyeing' correctly, too! Dick
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"THINGS LOOK BI.LE TO DAV."
will never notice tho addition of one
letter to that dreadful word if he
does he will lay it nil to my notori
ously poor spelling."
She gave her message to the boy,
and hastened to the kitchen. "Most
done, Mabel?" s!ie asked c heerfully.
"Yes. now she can set It away to
cool. Tin- dress Is too hot to be han
dled at present. Things do 'look blue
today!'" She held up tier bands and
gazed ruefully at the tioor.
"Poor dear!" Eleanor cried. "You've
been doing all the work, ami I know
you are tired! Come Into the sitting-
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room nun ne uown on me couch. I U
pull down the shaded nnd perhaps you
can sleep."
Ill vain Mabel protested - Elcnnot-
seemed determined ttuif she should
rest. "Shut your es. Mibcl," ).
said, "If you love m-;!"
When her frlcua had lainihliilv
yielded to her entreaties, kic crept out
Into tlie hall, and with her eyes on the
tail clock listened for her brother's
footsteps.
Ten, twenty, thirty minutes passed,
and then she tiptoed to the sitting
room door, and gazed nt the pretty
girlish figure on the couch. The eyes
were closed, and she seemed to be
asleep.
Eleanor sat nervously on the very
edge of her chair, ready to Open the
door before Dick could ring the bell
and wake tho slumberer. Her quick ear
caught the sound of his stop on tin?
porch. At the sight of his white face
her conscience smote her keenly.
"Mabel?" he said hoarsely. "Is she
Is she " Ho could not finish tho
sen;euv.
"She's on the couch In the sitting
room," Eleanor said guiltily, "and
'things look blue to-day, but "
He waited to hear no more, but
strode down tho hall toward the sit-
tlug-rooni door.
Eleanor never forg.it the cry ho cave
nt the sight of the woman be loved.
lying there with eyes closed, as If in
death.
"Mabel!" he cried, desnali-In.di-
throwlng himself on his knees lies Me
the couch. "Speak to me. dearest"!
The big gray eyes opened wide and
looked straight into Kiclmrd Mallard's
honest l.lue ones. A moment she gazed,
then the long lashes fell and the color
flooded her face.
"I've been asleep," she said con.
fused! v.
"1 I thought you were dvlinr." be
stammered ; "the telegram said so. I
see now what Eleanor meant," and he
glanced at tier bine linger tips.
And you cared?" she added softly.
"Cared Oh, Mabel !"
"I made that mutch." Eleanor al
ways declares proudly, when her
friends commented on the perfect ban-
pines of her brother and his wife.
'and," sho would say, "'twas I who
suggested the color scheme of the wed
ding -navy blue nml white rather
odd, but so appropriate!" Indianap
olis Mill.
Makliiur ( rinlii.
In the lower Amazon count rv I he
temperature ranges about ,S7 decree
in the shade all the year round, say.
the author of "Ten Tliinwn,, Mil .... 't..
t Yacht." At Maimos. l.uiu mil s on
the river, the temperature r
eight degrees higher. Thermometers
are little used In th it ..mi - i;,m..
understood. So when a yachtsman iv.
turned down river -mil u-,, .,, i .. . i...
an ollieial at Para. "How is th,. i,.,.
peratun- at M.inaos?" his reply, "Eight
decrees letter tli:iu here." elicited a
stare of iion-eoiiineheni-io:i.
"At Maiiaos," said the yachtsman in
explanation, "I used to wilt six collars
a day; here in Para 1 only need thn-o
a day."
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riilaii. whose face lighted with understanding.
nt idea of the right kind of n let
ter is one In which there Is nothing
to answer.
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A RfcAL "RAFFLES."
Aeronataat ly l)y anil Ilarglar r
Mlit.
A young, sprucely-iit tired and well
educated man who was yesterday sen
tenced nt the t'lerkenwell sessions to
two years' hard bilsir In the name of
Henry Lew-1 Is one of the most re
markable criminals who have come tin
der the notice of the police In recent
year.
Narely 2T. years old, he has single
handed caused more burglary scares
than many hardened thieves twice his
age.
On u previous occasion In October,
1!K)1 this young fellow was ordered n
year's Imprisonment In the name of
.Monks.
His real name is neither Monks nor
Iwls, but that of a well known and
highly respected Inhabitant of Kllbnrn.
by w hom he was given a good college
education, ana who stihscuticntlv se
cured for him nn excellent situation In
an accountant's oilier.
The young man's Ilrst conviction wns
in connection with n number of myste
iWus burglaries In llampstead, Kll
bnrn. ami the Westbourne Park district.
For months delect Ives were bodied,
the reason being that "Iowln" In
variably worked alone at nlirht. select-
ing only the most valuable and easily
portable goods, nnd disused of them
immediately the pawnbroker's establish
ments opened on the following morning,
and befcre the police bad been notified
of the rnblicrlrs.
Moreover, during the whole of the
time the mysterious robberies were go
ing on he was working assiduously dur
ing the daytime at a situation.
Despite his busy days and nights the
young rellow managed to find oppor
tunities for a gcod deal of loveiiuikliiir.
At the time of bis first conviction he
wns courting no fewer than four young
women In highly respectable positions.
One of these lived with her parents
in the country, nnd frequently bests-tit
week ends at her homo. Not th.. ton..
Important link in the chain of evidence
which ultimately secured his first con
vlctlon was u valuable present wide!
be made to this lady, for it was part
or tlie proceeds or one of his crimes.
In addition to his darinz us n burp.
lar, his ability ns an accountant and
his success lu love-making, "Lewis'
has gained considerable success as a
cyclist.
Some years hack he was a frequent
winner of valuable prizes on the Ken-sal-rlse
track. .
His conviction yesterday followed a
series of burglaries In lliiiimsfend. The
police had not forgotten his previous
crimes, nml tiiey were able to catch him
red-handed.
At the time he was occupying a good
situation, the second he had held since
his release from gaol. In both ho had
given the greatest satisfaction to his
employers. He was also "walking out"
w ith a young lady.
"Lewis" received his sentence yester
day with the utmost nonchalance.
Louden Morning Leader.
PLUCK VERSUS LUCK.
Make Oiiortnnlt tm Inklrail of Walt.
Inn- for Them.
1 have profc.nnd admiration for those
who make opportunities and don't wait
for the hand-me-down variety furnish
ed by somebody else. Every once in
awhile we meet a great, big, awkward
country juke, whose clothes don't It
and who. don't pretend to know where
to put his hands and who don't give
a darn, but who has the moral courage
to stand tip before the world and defy
Its critics and fun makers. Thnt kind
of a fellow don't depend on free lunches
and the products of others' toll for a
living. He realizes that he Is awkward,
but he feels that he can become polish
ed. He has never been taught how
to get In the rhetorical flourishes, but
he can ppcak from what he believes
to be the tandKilnt of right nnd there
is no mistaking bis position ox his mo
tives. That kind of n man has already
laid the foundations of success; all he
needs Is practice.
Half of the world seems to think
thnt fortune not only knocks e.tu-e, but
that it tries to break In the door nnd
follow a man around with a stuffed
club to force him to take notice. Thero
are ejiportuiiitiiw to-day, more than ever
liefore In the history of man, waiting
for men with hand anil heart to em
brace them. Itiches, greater every year,
are found hidden beneath the surface
of the earth. Gold, silver, coppr, lead,
zinc, and every other mineral i.re be In 'J
discovered In new fields heretofore un
known. The great prairies and tho
plains, nnd the wc,odcd lands beckon
us on to stretch forth the vajul of
energy that they may become ours.
The demand for everything that man
consumes or needs for comfort or for
luxury grc.ws greater every day am
out In the realms of space we gather
the lightning to do our bidding. The
mighty Niagara and all the waterfalls
of the world are being Invoked to brlnjj
ns more power and to lend us their
energy, as Cod has planned they shall
do all In time and in their seaseji. Yet,
surrounded by all of these great oppor
tunities on every hand, k many are
blind and deaf to their call. It takes
pluck, riot luck, to w in In the battle of
life. Canadian Thri-sherman and
I'armer.
A I civ I orri l llinm.
A few things picked up from
liild s sehwoliioi.!. : Never my, "1 don't
think it will rain." What you mean is,
"I do think II will not rain." "All
over the world" is bad; say "Over .ill
the world. I'he Mason why" is not
only lie orreet, but d icsn't sound us
well as "The reason that." In the'
King James version of the P.ible, quot
ed by some nuth iriti'-s as a standard
of pure English, one m.i.v find the fol
lowing, w hich oeeiirs in Isaiah xxxvil., '
Sid: "Then the angel of the Ird went
forth and simile In tin. eamp of tlie
Assyrians it hundred and fnurseore nnd
live thousand, and when they urose
early in tlie morning, behold they wera
all dead corpses." In other words, tlie
corpses arise early in the morning
and found themselves dead. Don't
say, "A man fell IV the dock." A man
might fall Into a dork, but to say that
he fell off a il' I; In nn better thua to
say be fell off u hole.
Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
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NIAGARA FALLS.
NE of the most interesting tilings about the
tight to save Niagara Kails Is the principle
on which the national legislation Is based.
Congress has assumed that the Nlngnra
Itlvcr Is not only n navigable stream, but
also a boundary stream; and that therefore
the national government and not the State
of New York Is to determine Its destiny. The New York
franchises are assumed to be virtually Invalid, and al
though, of course, the power companies will not be dis
possessed without comprnsntlon, nor, Indeed, probably nt
11, nt least for the present, yet their tenure becomes re
vocable nt the pleasure of the nation.
The act Just passed autUirlzes the Secretary of War to
Issue permits for tho use of water by tho companies
already established nt tlie falls, and further revocable
permits If he sees fit; but only to such nn extent ns will
not Impair the scenic grandeur of the falls, nnd In no
event beyond a total dlvlsi i of wnter on the American
side equivalent to three hund-ed and fifty thousand horse
power. The Importation of electricity from Canada, Is forbid
den, except on permits from the Secretary of War, nnd
to nn amount which must not exceed the quantity named
as n maximum on the American side. '
Tlie life of the act and of all permits Issued under It Is
three years, and the President Is directed In the inean
tlmo to begin negotiations with Canada for n iiermanent
treaty which shall unite both countries In the work of
protecting the fulls nnd preserving the Is-atttlcs of the
adjacent country.
The three huinlrod and fifty thousand liorse-imwer
named ns the maximum is very nearly the amount of
power already authorized by the State of New York, nnd
about one hundred thousand horse power less than has
been authorized by Canada. Youth's Companion.
HOW D0E3 HE LIVE?
1110 business world lias a right to know of
L"" I any business man not only where bo spends
B I his days, but where be spends his nights. It
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Ulia II t IfllV IIIFI. VIIIJ IA! IVMWIV Ulfl II 1UI ll!i
stnnding, but also his status lu tlie scale of
social decency.
It matters not how profanely he may pro
test that his private affairs are not other people's busi
ness. But the protest Is that of the man In the wrong.
The man who Is faithful to the duties of his ofllcc and
false to the standards of domestic decency must have his
financial credit marked down and the business confidence
of his fellow-men lowered to the class of extra hazardous
risks. Such men are adventurers masquerading Is-fore
the community as respectable people, under the belief
that they are deceiving those about them. Rut a man
who can neither lie true to himself ntr loyal to his fam
ily cannot be a saTc leader In Industry, commerce or
finance, been use the very foundations of Integrity have
becomo rotten In his character. He Is a maii divided
against himself.
When the crack In a tall building appears we know
thnt there Is something giving away at the bottom. We
do not need a detectlvo service to find It out. As sure
as night follows day, wrong wrecks Its perpetrators, first
morally, and then in business usefulness. Such a man
may live out the full measure of years allotted to him,
but from tlie time he has becomo a whlted sepulchre, his
presence In his country and his community, however
great his wealth or high his station. Is Just so touch- of
a burden to carry. Nature Las her own slow way of de
stroying tho individual who In his heart bus turned
traitor to his own better self and to the moral judgment
of a self-respecting community. Wall Street Journal
COSTLY RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
iuiiii imni, manes m iwen-
' J I ty-five-mlle trip a day, visits 125 families
I I and picks up about two pounds of mnM mat-
. . . . . . . . . .
icr. us loiai income is less man f a
year, while It costs $1.90. Thua It wlU be
easily understood how the government Is
losing aoout JO.wo.ooo a year on the free
rural delivery service.
As the scrvlco Is extended the loss will become greater,
nnd the Postolllce Department Is wondering bow It can
lessen the deficit without calling on other government
revenue to make It good. It will probnbly have to keep
on doing so. Free rural delivery cannot be abandoned,
nnd It will need to be supported as a ward of the gov
ernment till such time as the Increase la population
ninkes it self-supitortlng, or nearly so.
In either private bauds or under public management
the post tennis or automobiles could be put to other ser
vice in addition to carrying malls. They could take pns
sengers nnd maintain a local express service on each
route. As It Is estimated to cost fSTi a year to hitch tip
n team every time n farmer lias to go on aa errand, a
system for doing this business for rural families would
be profitable, especially when It Is remembered that the
rural delivery patrons number 4,800,000. The govern
ment does not do this. Maybe It cannot Chicago
Journal.
THE DECADENCE OF VISITING.
ALLINtl nnd vUltliiir o ra er,.i, . r..t.
C --- - r. " vu vi laou
I Ion." Ministers nnd doctors make calls,
I but of a professional character. The old
I i.i.i i...- , . . .
mult in i mining iiuo u neiguDor s souse ana
chattering about the weather, and the neigh
borhood's clothes, nnd the doings f the
smith s and the Iniquity of the Jones chil
dren, whenever there was a lull In the washing ana
dressmaking, Is In decilne, however, nnd it Is no longer
proper to go and live on your conslus lu the country for
more than a month. In the supposition that this visitation
Is a visit. In tho tlrst plnce, the railroad, the
trolley, the steamboat, the postolllce, the telephone, the
telegraph, the district messenger, the automobile have
brought people so closely In touch that they see nnd hear
enough of one another without pursuing their acquaint
ances Into their flats nud boarding houses. In the second
place, tlie Tact that most people In the cities do Ilvo In
flats nnd boarding houses, nnd not In homes, makes en
tertainment and even Isolation dlfllcttlt, and as for visit
ing, the country relative who wants to see the town finds
It to his advantage to go to a hotel, himself, for his
town cousin's flat seldom contains space for a pet dog
or canary bird, after the family has been quartered. In
tho third place, while the average country iiotel Is bit
ter sorrow, the Increase In summer hotels, equaling la
size, comfort and luxury anything la the city, ts per
suading people away from their uncles who live on ma
lnria and pork. Brooklyn Eagle.
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k LITTLE LESSOR III AOVERSITT.
The storv of Horace (Iroclev Is one
so familiar that the re-telling of It
seems almost unnecessary. At a tlmo
when, and in n coun
try where nearly ev
ery man In public life
rose to his eminence
through struggles
against poverty and
handicapped by luck
of education and a
dozen other dihicul
tles, Hornco Greeley
stands out as a man
uouAi. GUfcELEir who attained success
In spite of nearly evcrv possible ad
verse circumstance that could bo rais
ed against his progress.
Tho Greeley family was noor. even
for pioneers. The children often had
to sit on the floor and eat their only
meal of porridge out of tiu puns.
Uornce earned bis first monev bv
selling nuts and bundles of the roots
of piteu-plno. He spent the money ho
couiu secure in tills way for Shakes
loare and for Mrs. I remans' poetry.
His love of rending was abnormal.
He had to leave school when hu was
hardly more than it child. He was 11
years old when he walked nine miles
to tho publisher or a paper to secure
a situation us a printer. Ho wns -e-fused
on account of his youth, and did
not obtain work until he was 14
The paper on w hich he was first em
ployed failed, and Greeley set out to
other towns to find work. After many
trials he at last found a place In Krle,
where bo worked for seven months for
Out of this he sent his father
$b1. He had pent $11 In the time he
bad worked there. He kept tho re
maining $15 nnd set out to New York.
Ills first years In New York nre ii
record of the most grinding poverty.
It Is doubtful If ut any time In those
yenrs he had enough to eat or enough
to keep him warm. Rut the spirit or
Indomitable courage that was bis her
itage kept hlin steadily in th, grind of
work until at last be had the satis
faction of knowing that he had won
the fight against adversity.
POOR FATHCRS OF RICH MEN.
Some riirneil l. I ti IIIV1I111,. tl,,,
Soii (il l III Jy,
It is an interesting i,nl instructive
fact that at least lour out of tho of
American multl-milllonalres are sons
of men, who, u their most flourishing
days, probably never knew what It
was to enjoy an Income of $l."i a week;
Indeed, to the majority of them, such
a modest revenue would have sreuiud
riches.
Tho father of Andrew Carnegie,
though ho tolled early ami lato as it
damask weuver nt litinrermllne, was
barely aide to supply the humblest of
necessaries for his small family; and
when steam looms caino to supplant
hand -aeavlng he was compelled to
ell his looms and bis few sticks of
furniture and take bis boys to Amtrl
cm, where he fouud employ nient U
weaver In one of tho cotton factories
of Allegheny City, and where one of
his sons, little though he dreamt It,
was to amass one of the most colossal
fortunes the world has ever known.
The father of J. I. Rockefeller,
whose wealth to day Is said to bo at
least double that of even Mr. Carne
gie, cultivated n few barren acres In
Tioga County, New York, and added a
little to tho family exchequer (scanty
enough at the best) by seniKng out his
boys to hoe and plow and husk corn
for neighboring farmers. W. A. Clark,
tho "copper king' of Montana, whose
fortune Is variously estimated from
$10,000,000 to fabulous figures (some
even credit him with an Income of
$P.O,000 a day), Is the son of a small
Pennsylvania farmer, who probably
never cleared $."00 In any slnglo year
of his lire, and for whom the future
millionaire did tho hardest of farm
labor until years after he had renched
manhood.
Tho father of W. 8. Strntton. the
Colorado gold king, was a small boat
builder nt JelTersonvlllo, Intl., with so
ninny children and a purse bo Ill-Ailed
that be was compelled to tuko his son
away from school at M to oppreutlce
him to a carpenter. Commodore Vnu
derbllt. founder of one of the wealthi
est families In the world, was cradled
in the direst poverty, nnd between the
ngc-s of 0 nnd 1(1 earned his own liv
ing by performing nnv odd Jobs that
came his way, from selling newspapers
and holding horses to farm labor nnd
porter's work ; and Jay Gould, who ac
cumulated a fortuno of $(50,ooo,000 bo-
fore he died at tho ago of 58. was iim
son of a struggling farmer, who round
so much use for his son's services that
ho practically received no schooiim ..t
all. Gcorgo Westlughotise, whoso air
brake has yielded such a golden har
vest, was the son of a mechanical en.
gineer lu a small way or business;
.John . Mackay, the "silver felin?"
was the son of a destitute Irishman
who emigrated to America with his
family in search of fortune, and after
two years of terrible struggle died,
leaving a penniless widow to support
herself and her young children as best
she could. Russell Sage, who left U
tort uno of over SiS0,(M)(i,t;()(, was the
youngest of the six children of very
poor parents, and was toiling on a
farm before lie was Id.
MAY EXPECT HARD WINTER.
(Hum lie DixltirlKinei-, fonie Admit
IteiAinnliiK nt Km-li fill) W.irw.
It Is probably only a coincidence,
but ns fur back as any record has
been kept In Kngland severe climatic
dislurliaiiccs have come about the '.
ginning el inch half century. Prom
the year Wi I, when the Thnnies I'l ie
over, a similar phenomenon has occur
red lu the lirst ten years of each new
century and roughly about fitly years
afterward regularly up to the present
day. One of the.se great winters Is
mentioned loth in "Lormi Hoone" und
In IVpy's diary and came in Pilil. On
these occasions there has generally
been a very hot summer, duo presum
ably to some important dlsturbain-es of
the earth's surface.
TU Urst few years of the uew cen
tury have seen some of the most?
startling disturbances recorded hi hls-j
tory. These Include the Galveston t
flood, the Mont relec disaster, the Sn
Francisco earthquake, the similar;
earthquake of Valparaiso, tho recent
typhoon At Hong Kong, unusual vol-1
canlc disturbances nil over the world.1
tho eruption of Vesuvius, tho partial!
destruction or Mobile and Pensacolai
and the Important deflection of thei
guir stream lu the present year to a
point considerably westward of Its;
usual course. This Is a good long list'
and, as we know, a very expensive
one.
Not the least Important Is the dis-'
turbanco to the gulf stream. It baa J
direct rererence to the iierlodlclty of,
severe winters In the British Islands.!
Tho streum to some extent temjiers thai
heat of the Bummer and accounts for
the humidity of the west of Ireland
and the Hebrides, while combined with'
the southwest trade wind It tempers;
tho winter or a country which woukP
otherwise suffer the winter climate of J
Labrador. The past summer has been'
ono of the hottest ever known In Eng-'i
hind. Football nt Manchester Into In'
September, with a temperuture u 01 !
in the shade nud 120 lu the sun, has'
been ono of tho experiences of an ab
normal season. ' f
Scientists tell us that these disturb.
nuces of the bilious earth coincide with'
a largo development of Bpots on the ,
race or tho buu. They do not nrofess
to know why, but authentic history re
cords a rahiy regular successions or,
such disturbances. They have their!
periods or rest and culminating Dolhts
or activity. We are lu such a period
tistur n ti I na ,a tin. .a . . . . . . ..v. .. T
" umu a v little bu 1UUCH UlOrv
to lose than we had huir a century ago
we are learning that there are other
risks to which we are subject besides
those against which we think we Can
Insure, lu days wiieu financial fore
sight has become almost a science a
San Francisco earthquake can up,et
the calculations of the wisest. No
wonder that the one unfailing topic
of conversation hns always been the
weather. There Is no other Question
lu human affairs of the like Import
ance. Wall Street .Journal.
Nut n Speuiler.
"He has lost bis joh. I wouldn't
surprised if he'd take to drink."
"Oh, bed only no that us a last re
sort." "How do you ini-anV"
"lie always prefers to have some.
body else hlui." Philadelphia
Ledger.
1 IMtlOMNlIlle,
First Duke Why don't you truvel
liiii'nlto, ns 1 doV It's fur pleasuntor.
Seeuitd Duke--Yes, but my wife al
ways gees with me, and I married uu
American. Pick-Mc-1'p.
If old men would talk treely, how
many of them would have complaints
against their daughters? Daughters
seldom treat rat hers as conslderataly
us they treut mothers.
Do you enjoy having a rool eome up
to you uud tell you what you should,
do?
