DITOMALS
OPINIONS OB GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
the sprarr of success.
WOMAN will have several irons In the flro nt
once, but she gets her ironing dono by tho con
centration of her energy into tho manipulation
of one Iron. Edison and Marconi aro men of
one Idea, and each Is absorbed In the pursuit of
It. Boll had no time for aught clso than his
telephone. C!cll Rhodes divorced himself from
jpvery interest save tho building of an empire In South
ffrica. Feary Is consumed with his purposo of reaching
the north pole. Diaz set himself tho task of transforming
'Mexico Into a great modem nation. Jefferson, in his dny,
was on fire with the passion for national liberty, and pre
ferred death to failure, and Roosevelt li as hot and fixed
in his single purposo to-day of freeing government from
graft and patriotism from patronage.
Tho principle Is ossontlal also to business success.
There must bo a life slnglo to Its purposo, whatever that
purposo may be. "Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel,"
said the old Hebrew father to his unprofitable son, and nil
history demonstrates that he did not utter a curse but a
psychological fact. There must bo a deliberate and Intel
Li,ent determination of purpose, and an unwavering, im
movable adherence thereto. That is the spirit, and tho
only spirit, in which difficult problems arc solved and suc
cessful issues wrested from unwilling conditions. Cent
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BREVITY AND ACCURACY.
HERE are many qualities necessary to success
In modern business life; but there is none of
more Importance to a man holding a position
of responsibility than tho power to mako a
plain, straightforward, buslness-liko statement,
cither by spcecli or In writing. Tho quality of
fluency Is not so much what Is required as tho
qualities of accuracy and clearness, deflnltcness and brev
ity, tact and judgment. If wo are not clear and precise it
is certain that those who listen to us will bo no more
clear, when we have finished, than we aro ourselves
probably much less so. We must have no vaguo and misty
ideas about tho subject, but they must bo crystallized and
definite. These qualities of our thought and speech, how
ever, cannot bo left to chance. They are attained ns tho
result of effort, of careful and independent thought on the
subject for ourselves, of looking at It from many points of
view, and thus satisfying ourselves and thoso who listen to
us that we thoroughly understand what wo aro talking
about. It clears one's own mind In thinking out a subject
to talk it over with a colleague or to write out a statement
of It or to dictate It to a shorthand writer. Having decided
what to say, and having properly arranged It, tho last point
Is how to say it. The first essential Is to speak distinctly,
then to ho natural, straightforward, lucid; neither to strive
after effect nor to exaggerate, but to give tho Impression
that we arc ourselves convinced of the cogency and force
of our own contention. Technics.
SLEEVE MOURNING.
to3?i A J.innn nmm o who hnvn snfforofl n horrnvr.
ment not only do not put on mourning, but
after tho blow has fallen they make their next
M appearance with smiles upon their faces, Is If
nothing had happened. According to Lafcadlo
jllearn, this is not in tho smallest sense an ovi
donee of indifference. Tho Japanese, he de
clares, suffer as keenly from a bereavement ns any other
people. The purpose of the practice Is wholly to spare the
feelings of other people. To betray feelings of sorrow Is
to alV.v.t those about us. The mien or garb of grief afllicts,
therefore it is impossible for n courteous person to wear it.
So reason the Japanese. In order that no thought of pain
shall pass from tho sufferer to Ids neighbor, tho sufferer
wears tho aspect of contentment, oven though his heart ia
breaking.
Our own practice Is quite tho reverse. It considers tho
sufferer, not his friends. In order that not only may all
know that ho is In sorrow, but that somo drop of that sor
row may pass from him to those about him, tho bereaved
person wears black. The direct purposo of wearing mourn
ing Is not, we may bo assured, to make an ostentation of
grief, as somo opponents of tho practice have thoughtlessly
assumed. It is rather to sparo tho bereaved from tho
chance remarks of thoso who aro ignorant of his alllctlon.
It Is worn that they may know, and avoid questions or
blundering observations that may wound him. Rut even
in this wSrthlcr and, wo bcliove, truer view of tho purposo
of mourning emblems, tho person whoso comfort Is consid
ered Is tho sufforor. Tho many aro called upon to sharo in
his woo to somo extent. Tho emblem Is the token of their
compassion, not tho omblazonmcnt of his grief.
We could not possibly got ourselves Into the Japaneso
altruistic thought in this matter. It is idle to talk about
the abolition of the practico of wearing mourning. It is
probably Ingrained into our naturo to wear It. Yet ia it
not posslblo that tho practico of wearing a mourning band
upon tho sleeve overdone? Is not the thought of sorrow
cheapened when, for n bereavement that often is not very
near or intimate, tho badgo is conspicuously displayed on
light-colored street clothes, work clothes and tho veriest
neglige, and borno lightly and apparently thoughtlessly in
the crowded mart? New York Mall.
KNOWS MENU FRENCH
THE 'GREATEST HEALTH FACTOR WORK.
ONGICNIAL work with mind and hands should
bo encouraged in all persons, for its prophy
lactic as well as its curatlvo influences. Rest
will prove scrviccnblo doubtless in numbers of
cases, but its application should bo restricted
and carefully studied. There arc many condi
tions where absolute rest will not only prove
useless, but really harmful. To send a man from an active
business life to one of comploto Inactivity will often prove
disastrous, ns much so as to proscribe all food for tho
obese.
The nervous will complain that they do not feel like
work. If left to themselves nnd told to do absolutely
nothing, not oven to read, they aro sure to dwell upon their
lnllrmltles, nnd grow thereby morose nnd hypochondriacal,
thus increasing their invalidism. Tho deslro for work
should bo encouraged in all conditions and In all classes.
If one's Interest is aroused oven to a slight degree a con
tinuance in the work will dovolop a deslro for occupation.
Ono will uovor fool like work if one has nothing to do.
Work will often accomplish what medicine, however prop
erly applied, will not for It is not alone that wo must earn
our bread by tho sweat of tho brow, but every man 'nnd
woman should work for tho pleasure of It, as well as for
tho health-giving, brain-expanding results, and tho benefit
of example. (Medical World.
WEARING HATS IN CHURCH.
HE question of women wearing hats In church
recalls tho fact that men nlso formerly wore
theirs nt worship. Pepys shows that in the
seventeenth century both men and women
wore their hats to worship. "To church," he
writes, "and heard a simple fellow open tho
praise of church muslquo, and exclaiming
against men wearing their hats on in tho church." Later
he notes that ho saw a minister "preach with his hat off,
which I never saw before." Tho hat was then an Integral
part of both m ilo and female costume, nnd Pepys catches
"a strange cold in my head by flinging off my hnt at din
ner." Now York Tribune.
1 A DANGER AVERTED. f
The Misses Malcolm wore known to
the little world of which Grcenby was
the center ns "the two Malcolm girls,"
In splto of their gray hairs and sixty
odd years. They were also known as
tho best housekeepers In all tho re
gion, and any lapse from the exquisite
neatness of their domain seemed to the
Misses Malcolm a terrible thing.
When Cousin Palmer Malcolm, a
reckless Western relative, died, the
Malcolm girls started for tho Missouri
town on four hours' notice, although
they had entertained thirty-two "liar
vest Gleaners" the night before, too.
To Miss Sophronla, the elder, was
allotted by mutual consent tho task
of putting tho lower rooms In order,
so far as possible, while Miss Eudora
attended to their bedrooms nnd their
simple packing. ,
When they Avero nt last seated In
tho train, after a two-miles' jolting
ride In tho old coach, Miss Eudora no
ticed that Miss Sophronla'.s face wore
a troubled and anxious look. As Cous
in Pnlmor Malcolm had been a great
trial to the family, Miss Eudora felt
that his death could not bo the cause
of her sister's worry, and after a few
moments of silence .she decided to
.probe tho matter. At that very mo
'ment Miss Sophronla spoke.
"Eudora," nnd her tone was ono of
distress, "I lot Mrs. Goodwin go up
to tho sparo room just before supper
last night to got tho measures of our
quilt nnd "bolster-spread, and tho bell
rung while she was measuring, and
sho hurried down, leaving tho quilt on
ono of tho chairs and two of the cur
tain shndes up to tho top. Sho told
me, nnd I forgot it. Supposo tho houso
caught on flro while wo'ro gone, nnd
tho neighbor went in and saw that
quilt oa u chair, and all, what would
they think of us?"
"Now, Sophronla, you ought to have
trusted me, and not worried," said
Miss Eudora, calmly. "Something led
mo to open that spare-room door the
last tiling, nnd when I saw what a
fix 'twas In, nnd knew I hadn't an
other minute, I just locked the door
and put tho key in my pocket, for tho
thought of flro came to mo Just as It
did to you."
Miss Sophronla's face cleared.
"I'm so thankful," sho said, simply.
"I shouldn't have had ono mlto of
plensuro or comfort In tho journey or
the funeral If that door had been loft
unlocked." Youth's Companion.
SELF-REGULATING STOVE.
Dniniier Device IteKiilnfoH Aclmlnnlon
of Air to the Grnte.
Among recent inventions patented
Is a self-regulating stove, designed by
ltEai'LATKH AUTOMATICALLY.
a resident of Freiburg, Germany.
Americans aro world-renowned for In
venting appliances which do away with
unnecessary labor, but this one eclipses
anything similar to it manufactured In
this country. The mechanism is sim
ple, a metal rod, expanding or con
tracting, according to the degree of
temperature, and actuating a dampi-r
devlco to regulate the admission of air
to the grate. In the Illustration Js
shown an ordinary stove having this
attachment. Near the top Is an open
ing for supply of fuel; at the bottom
another opening for lighting the stove
and emptying out the ashes; In the
center a sifting grate, with ash pan
beneath, and at the back, near the
top, tho opening for escape of smoke.
On tho front of the stove, nt the top,
Is a dial having three divisions cold,
normal nnd warm. The pointer on this
dial connects with the regulating rod,
It being only necessary to place tho
pointer so that It Indicates the temper
nturo desired. Tho automatic regula
tor la a metal rod, made of aluminum,
which Is preferable, although other
metal alloys can bo used. The regu
lating rod extends nlong tho back of
the stovo and connects by other rods
with the dial at the top and the dnin
per nt tho bottom. When the stovo Is
cold tho regulator barely touches the
rod connecting with tho damper. A
flro being kindled, the regulator ex
pands, forcing the damper rod up nnd
releasing tho damper. The moro heat
generated the more the expansion of
tho regulator and opening of the dam
per. Thereafter by setting the pointer
on tho dial the stovo will automatical
ly regulate Itself.
Exitliiliiln? It.
"No," said Nuritch, "I don't cull that
a work of art, although It was when I
bought It."
"But," protested the friend who was
Inspecting tho pictures, "If it was a
work of art then, why not now?"
"Tho price Avas moro than I could
afford then, but It isn't now." Phila
delphia Press.
PA JONES PR0VE8 HIMSELF A
WONDER FOR ONE DAY.
Ho Orrtera Dinner In tho Senfttdo
lintel nnd ftcta What Ho AVnntu
Without Glvlnff Bin Joncn Cmmo
to Kill nt on tho Snot.
It Is a Avondor thnt somo statis
tician has never found out Iioav soon
nftor a wedding tho Avord "rights" be
gins to appear.
"Remember, Henry, that wo aro at
tho scashoro now, nnd for mercy's sake,
don't net like Hedge Corners!" remark
ed Ma Jones, ns sho dived Into a trunk
and hauled out a spldor's wob Avnlst,
trimmed Avith mist "You nro too care
less In your dress nnd speech for any
thing, nnd I nm so dreadfully afraid
that you will mortify mo Unit I don't
know what to dol"
"Let not your heart bo troubled,
SAveot one!" reassuring rcsponso of
Pa. "You can always depend on your
Uncle Henry! You can bet on him ev
ery time! It Is ten to ono Unit ho
will be dashing under the Avlro AA'hllo
you, your dear mother, nnd llttlo Fldo
Avlll bo walking up tho homo stretch l"
"Indeed!" was Uio scornful rojolnder
of Ma as she Uirow n Avlfely glaro at
Uio old man. "I presumo you think
avc don't know how to conduct our
selves proporly! I suppose you think
"That's all right, Maryl That's all
right!" Interposed Pa. "I know you
havo boon reading a book of eUquotto,
nnd If the whole business of you don't
make monkeys of yourself It Avou't bo
the fault of Uio man avIio AYroto it!
This Avny of putting on a ahlno Uiat
you enn buy for 10 cents at tho corner
noAvs stand doesn't tickle mo a bit! I
would raUior bo natural, oven if I act
llko a yap!"
"Yes, I knoAV you would, you hcnUi
on !" rejoined Ma In her swcot Avlfely
Avny. "It is Just llko you! It is Just
llko all the rest of tho Jonses! Rut I
want to toll you right hero that if you
cannot conduct yourself In n formal
Avay I shall havo my meals served in
my room!"
"No, you Avon't, Smithy! No, you
won't!" returned tho brutal Pa. "You
Avouldn't miss an opportunity to pnrado
that Avalst In tho dining room, even If
you had to load mo down tied to Uio
end of a palo pink ribbon I I know
you, dear one, like a preacher knows
his prayers, and I'm Avilllng to bet a
hundred that no Avoman over suffered
from a loss of appetite at a scashoro
hotel unless her best gown was in Uio
wash."
"You pretty pot!. You dear old thief."
exclaimed tho exasperated Ma. "You
know It nil! You nro a Avonder! Rut
I " f
"Forget It, Mary! Forget ltl" Inter
rupted Pa, Avilh a solf-satlsfled smile.
"Put the rest of It on Ice nnd keep It!
Sing it next month, or, better still,
keep It until next Avlnter, when avc
havo nothing else to fight over! Now,
then, continuo your Instruction! SIioav
mo how to keep step with your pride!
Tell mo what to do in order to act llko
a Smith! Tell me "
"Well, In the first place," said Ma,
with a dignified air, "I want you to
put on evening dross nnd go down
stairs looking llko a gentleman Instead
of a Jones. Then I Avant to call your
attention to the fact that tho menu
card will bo printed In French, but that
need not Avorry you. All that you
have to do Is to sit still, look Aviso, nnd
when the wnltor asks you If you Avlll
have this dish or that Just nod your
head and you will get by AvlUiout let
ting others at tho table know Unit you
over came from Hedge Corners! More
over, don't try to dig Into Uilngs llko
you did down at Cousin Ilex's, or I
shall die on the spot!"
"Don't worry, Mary! Don't Avorry!"
responded the sanguine Pn. "I am Aviso
to the ways of dodging French menu
cards and before dinner Is over you
Avlll bo waving the glad flag Avhlle I
slldo Uirough with bells on!"
Two hours later Ma majestically
swept Into the hotel dining room, deck
ed out In hallelujah rags, and took a
sent at one of the tables avIUi all Uio
formal agony that was ever pictured In
a Avork of etiquette.
Pa Jones followed avIUi the rest of
the delegation, and lost no time In
seizing n menu card. This ho know
ingly scanned for a moment, avIiIIo Ma
looked on avIUi anxious eye.
"What will do gem-man have, sab?"
asked tho Avalter as ho filled Pa's Avn
ter glass.
"There Is nothing on this card Uiat I
care for," was the prompt reply of Pa,
as ho disdainfully shoved Uio grub list
from him.
"Henry," whispered Ma, Avith a AVlld
cyed glare, "remember Avhat I told
key. "Rut would yo' mind glvln' m
dnt ordah again?"
"I want roast beef and potatoes
answered Uio bluffing Pn. "I woul
havo given you Uio order In Englirfu
but nftor looking at Uio menu card
don't think you know anything buj
French, unless It Avas Lombard strcoj
Spanish."
Pa got his order, and Ma, wu4
Uiought sho would hnvo to faint recoil
crcd In Umo to seo all Uio oUicr dlnorj
looking enviously at Uio old man.
"You Uiought you Avero awfulto
smart, didn't you, you silly slmplotonr
said Ma, when Uioy wore alonii
"Whero did you got your French?"
"Nickel in Uio slot mnchlno down o
Uio BonrdAvalk, lovey-dovey!" respond
cd Pa, avIUi a tickled look. "By ih
Judicious use of about 25 cents you caq
get Uio key to nil Uio menu cards on
earUi."
With this Pn Jones Avcnt out on Uio
hotol veranda, set flro to a cigar, and
for ono day at least ho Avas regarded
as a Avonder. Philadelphia Telegraph,
OLD NEW ENGLAND IRON MINE,
"Madame," said Pa, avIUi somo emo
tion, "avIII you bo good enough to chew
off your own corn? I am "
"Perhaps the gom'man avouUI llko
something else," suggested the dnrkey,
putting moro Avater In Pa's glass.
"I certainly avouUI, monsieur," re
plied Pn, with a grinning glanco at his
llttlo Mary. "You may bring mo roablf,
sans jus, ot pommo do terre."
"Beg pardon, sab," returned Uio dar-
Ifnnmco Unlit in ItiUO Turin Qui
Hlirhent Ornilo Atotnl In Amorloa.
Tho oldest Iron mlno In New Eng
land, out of Avhlch comes tho highest
grndo of metal in America, has r
Ginned oporaUon nftor having boon
"modernized" nt a cost of $20,000, soya
tho Ncav York Herald.
It Avas in tho onrly '20s that strikos
of iron in Uio Borkshlro hills Avero
made. WlUi a groat Avoodon Avhool tOi
furnish powor, n furnaco wns eatab-t
Ushcd nt tills place In J 820. John 0.
Collin and Alexnndcr Holloy Avoro thoi
founders. Both Avero from Connooli
cut, and tho latter was afterward Gov
ernor of tho Nutmeg State.
Coffin's sons took up Uio bualnossj
after ho lnld it down, and through th'
hands of many noted men, anion
Uiem former Senator Barnura and
RosAvnld B. Mason, It has passed downj
to Uio present.
It. A. Burgot is now president, after1
having boon connected Avith Uio firm
twoscoro years, and W. II. Hall is
treasurer.
Thoro Is no great bustle or rush, as.
In somo Pennsylvania places. Tho do
mand for such good Iron as Uicso hills
glvo up is limited, and Just as the iron
is good, bo tho oro Is poor.
Ono hundred tons a Aveek Is an av
orago output for only 42 per cent of
tho oro Is motalllc Iron whllo tho lako
ores average 00 to 05 por cent.
Hidden in tho woods is the furnaco,
and ono conies upon It suddenly after
a Journey over a road avIioso soil la
black with charcoal dust and Avhoao
foundation is sharp with lllntllko sub
stanco Uiat is blown from the furnaco
Avhllo tho oro Is "cooking."
Whllo only ono furnaco Is running
now, during tho civil Avar Uirco Avoro
running full blast.
This Avas before tho days of stool,
and tho Iron mostly Avont to South Bos
ton, Avhcro tho guns that Capt. Rod
man Invented Avero cast from It.
It Avas at this time that tho iron,
works laid asldo tho old Avater whcol
that had worked so faithfully and put
In tho present engine. The onglno la
old-fashioned now, but it does Uio
Avork. They ran It once, not long ago,
for throe yours and fourteen days, day
and night, wlUiout stopping, and it
has just started out nftor a noAV rec
ord.
The Iron from Borkshlro oro seoms
peculiarly adapted for car Avheols, gun
castings and other uses for Avhlch a
hlgh-grado metal is desired. Tho car
Avheols of passongor coaches to-day aro
usually stcel-rlmmed, no mattor Avhat
their Interior mntcrlnl, pnper, AA'ood ot
soft Iron, but tho freight car Avhoela
aro Iron and nearly all of Uiem. aro
Borkshlro hills iron.
A railroad runs within n short dis
tance of tho furnace, and a branch
may bo run up to tho very door.
This is an Improvement on Uio old
days, Avhon tho Iron and tho minora
Avoro Uiere, but tho railroad Avaa not,
nnd Instead of "f. o. b. Richmond,"
prices had to bo quoted avIUi Uio con
tingency of a haul to tho Hudson river
In mud.
lletrlliiitlmt.
"Good gracious! These fat men avIII
bo the ruin of ino!" exclaimed Uio au
tomntlc scales; "that last ono simply
put mo on the bum."
"Well," replied the chowlng gum ma
chine, "now you can llo In wolght foe
the next one." Philadelphia Press.
A Jlnril One.
"Pop."
"Yes, my son."
"Isn't a rock a largo stone?"
"Yes, my boy."
"Well, does a diamond over get bljj
enough to bo called n rock, pop?"
Yonkers Statesman.
Loudly DruNnetl.
Shoemaker Do you know why thai
gontlomnn's shoes creak?
Tailor No, Avhy?
"Because lie hasn't pnld for them."
"That's no reason If it Avoro, hla
coat Avould creak, too." Tales.
Whon a Avlfo tells her mother hei
troubles It signifies nothing, but Avhen
a husband begins to tell his to hla
mother divorce laAvycrs got buajr.
