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i Perfect Peem.
Is printed a lyric, of
Mileh tme greatest living poet, Algcr
sjsji Charles Bwlnburno, baa said that:
moat perfect piece of -writing no
Mn alive has ever turned out." The
smther of this poem 1b, however, not,
M we should Imagine, ono of the great
lyrist of tho age, but a man whose
imputation was Required In the Held of
tlit aovel Gcorgo Meredith:
We saw the Bwa'llows gathering in tho
sky,
And In the oslcr-lBlc we heard thorn
nolnc,
Wo had not looked back on summer
Joys
Or forward to a summer of bright dyo;
ut In tho larccncsa nl tho evening
earth
Our snlrita crow as m went aide by
side.
The hour became her hUBband and
my bride,
t that hnil robbed ub bo, thus
blesaed our dearth!
The pilgrims of tho year waxed very
loud
In multitudlnoua chatteringa, an the
.flood,
Tull brown came from tho West, and
like palo blood
Expanded to the upper crimson cloud
Love that had robbed s of lmmorta
thlngb,
This little moment mercifully gave
There I had aeon ncrosa tho twilight
wave
Tho awan sail with her young beneath
hor wlnga.
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Cancer net Hopeleee.
The American Magaslne contains n
article oh "Cancor, the Unconquered
Plague," by Dr. Leonard Keeno Hlrsh-
berg, of John Hopkins University.
Every year nearly 40,000 men ana
women dio of cancer In thla country.
The disease la a dark and gloomy
mystery. The facta about It are ex
traordinarily Interesting, as Dr. Hlreh
berg presents them. There la no ab
solute euro for It yet. But there la al
ways hope. On this point tho author
says:
"Nature, indeed, la tho only doctor
whose skill is capable of combating
cancer. Ehrllch and others have ob
served that, of a given number of
Imlco displaying symptoms of cancer,
a certain portion recover. The same
thing is true of human bcing3. Every
community has a saved sufferer, and
aa a rule thla same auffercr Is a per
ambulating and very vociferous boll
man for aome aort of 'mental' treat
ment or nunck medicine. It is
Farmer Hayrake Cousin Josh wrl tea from New York that he's paying
$50 a month for rentr
Mrs. Hayrake Land sakea! He must be running a hotel!
His Knowledge.
Returned Tourist I was bitten by
iles and mosquitoes in every country
in Europe this summer except Russia.
The Stayat-IIome Haven't they got
ftles or mosquitoea there?
Returned TourlBt Don't" know. I
did not go there
The Silk Supply of Spiders.
ye
Tho spider 1b able to secreto at least
three colors of Bilk Btuff tho white,
which formB the web, and tho cn
awathuient of captivea and the egg-
cocoon; the brown mass that nils tho
cocoon Interior; and the flossy yellow
between that and the Inside of tho sac.
The glands end In minute ducts
which empty Into spinning-spools reg
We and Our Servants.
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Josephine Daskam Bacon begins a
Borlos of articles on "Tho Servant
Problem" In Tho American Magazine.
She says that wo can depend neither
upon tho rich nor tho poor for a solu
tion. She saya that the problem
must bo worked out by tho upper mid
dle financial class (of which class Misa
Bacon frankly admitB she Is.) This
class is composed of thoso "who keep
only a few servants."
After presenting a splrltod descrip
tion of the housekeeper's present pre
dicament the author takes up some
"grand and flighty theories" and
proves their weakness . Incidentally
she shows how much men think they
know about tho matter and how littlo
they really do know. Mrs. Bacon's sa
tiro is always delightful. Then the au
thor makes some remarkable revela
tions about women's Ideas of loyalty
and other things. She also produces
anr criticises some Interesting letters
of recommendntlon written by women.
Proceeding to practical suggestions,
Mrs. Bacon makes several points that
are really of treat importance. Hor
discussion of tho necosslty for stand
ardizlng domestic service Is certainly
very able and interesting:
Until every woman stops having
different ways, until, in other words,
we nave effected tho standardization
of Domestic Sorvico In tho upper mld-
dlo classes, wo shall have no hold on
the situation as a whole.
"I mean by this, for instance, that
overy woman wnoso means warrant
her In employing a waitress, as (lis
tinct from a cook, should havo her ta
bio sorved In one way tho proper
way. Tho duties of a chambermaid
arc as obvious as thoso of a sales
clerk, a rubber In a Turkish bath or
a stenocranhor. A woman has no
Why He Went a Lewer.
Fred Prince has bad a loag esse
leaco in assigning berths to passen
gers and has become ramlllar with all
possible excuses to avoid the second
story.
"Give me a lower, 'Is the usual re
queat and thereupon the passengel
uses somo expressive slmllo to show
his opinion of the "sky chamber."
A hardened old miner came In yes
terday on his way east and wanted a
berth. All the lower ones had been al
lotted.
"Come, put mo In the aisle," said
the dlsgueted treasure seeker. "Do you
think I tun a cliff dweller?" San Fran,
clsco Chronicle.
Those Who Disappear.
What becomes of tho persons who
mysteriously disappear? There ar
hundreds of them. A few whoso cased
are striking or unusual aro mentioned
In the newspapers, but tho majority in
tho ! a routine way, for there Is a routine ol
samo with cancer aa with other dls- dlaappearances, go out of the world,
whon Nntnrn. hv hra- mvater- and yet remain In it, without then
ularly arrnnged along the sides and
mpon the tips of the six spinnerets, or Jmoro ronson for maMnR hor b0(1 ln an
"samning-mammals," or "spinning
Angers," which are placed just be
neath the npox of the abdomen. Tho
spinnerets aro movable and can bo
fl ung wide apart, or pushed closely to
gether, and tho spinning-spools can bo
manuged In tho samo way.
The silk-glands aro enfolded in mus
cular tissue, pressure upon which, at
the will of tho spider, forces the liquid
Bilk through tho duct, into tho spool,
whence it issues as a minute filament,
since It hardenB upon contact with tho
air. Ono thread as aeen ln a web may
be made up of a number of filaments,
and Is formed by putting tho tips of
the ppoolB together aa the liquid jots
are forced out of tho ducts. "When the
Individual and unuaunl way than for
brushing her teeth In an Individual
and unusual way either process
should properly class her Immediate
ly as an Invalid or a crank and both
theso persons should pay extra for
special services. Tho higher tho class
of sorvico tho more does this rule ap
ply. Tho best hotels, tho best clubs,
tho most elaborately appointed privato
establishments all resemblo each oth
er tho most closely, and deviation
from an accepted standard marka tho
lowor grade at bnco. Of what possi
ble advantago is It to any domestic
employee to fit horsolf for hor busi
ness if, ln overy placo sho may enter,
Students Educate One Another.
It Is a great thing for hundreds of
splendid young men from all over the
country to bo thrown intimately to-
gcthor at tho age of the greatest ex
pectancy, when life promises so much,
at an age when youths aro full of hope
and ambition, and feel Btrong and vlg
orous. There is an untold advantago
In tho growth and expansion which
como from the constant measuring of
mind with mind, the tuition of men
talltles, tho measuring of brain power,
tho comparing of ability, of experienc
es, the tempering, the constant drill
in self-sacrifice, tho constant prodding
of ambition, tho spurring of lagging
energy. All these things are of untold
advantage.
I believe that the advantages of mere
book learning ln college are overesti
mated. That is, I believe that a great
deal of what is attributed to the stud
ies themselves come from the associa
tion of the students.
We hear a great deal about the de
velopment of personal power In soli
tude; but, while a certain amount of
this ia necessary, yet there is no sub
stitute for the growth and education
which come from intimate association
with human beings.
As a rule, the men who pay
own way through college aro tho most
successful because they are the most
practical men. On the other hand,
every 'man who has to devote a great
deal of his tiir.o to paying his way suf
fers an immonso loss from the lack of
larger association with the students.
Many of theBe men who work their
way through college feel obliged to go
directly from the classroom to their
own room. They can not enter Into
many of the sports with the other stu
dents because they aro obliged to re
main In their rooms and study during
evenings, Saturdays and holidays alike.
I bcllovo that many college men owe
more to what they get from their fol
low students than from their studios
In saying this, I do not underestimate
tho great valuo of what comes from
lectures and books; but I believe it Is
mposslblo to overestimate the value of
tho social Intercourse of the college.
O. S. Marden In Success Magazine.
cases.
lous processes, effects an eleventh
hour cure, tho credit goes to the doc
tor in attondance.
"Luckily, there is no disease, no
matter how virulent, that Nature her
self cannot cure; and so even in the
worst caaes of cancer it Is well not to
abandon hope. I havo myself seen
several cases of such spontaneous
cures. One patient was a wealthy
Baltimorean, whoso malady was diag
nosed by an operation as cancer of
tho stomach three years or more ago.
Three prominent American surgeons
saw the cancer, which waB inoperable
because of Its location. He submitted
to a scrum treatment, and last sum
mer a second operation revealed the
fact that his cancer had entirely dis
appeared, leaving a scar. Here was
an undoubted case of cure, but did
the serum do the work? Its advocates
maintain that It did, but a great many
very learned and scientific physicians
hold that It did not. One cure, It Is
obvious, by no means establishes a spe
cific's efficacy "
mystery being mentioned. A disappear
ance Is always a mystery. A criminal
can not mysteriously disappear, for
many of them try and fail, but an hon
est man can stop out of his house take
a car at the corner, and never be seen
again. Accidental death is the aolu
tlon of the mystery preferred by tho
friends and the family of the disap
peared, for any other theory la less
kind, and a broad charity treats thi
disappeared and the dead alike and
of them only. good.
Starts in Right Direction.
Some years ago the Hon. Elijah
Morse and Abner Upham witnessed the
hanging of a man at Dedham. While
they were driving home the subject of
sin and its punishment came up.
"Brother Upham," remarked Mr.
Morse, who was a rigid orthodox in
belief, "I suppose, according to your
belief, that this man, who has been
found guilty of murder by his fellow
men, and hanged because he is not a fit
person to be at large among his kind,
has now gone straight to heaven?"
It is necessary to explain that the
incident took place before the gallows
was equipped with trap doors, and It
their was tho duty of tne executioner to give
the rope, fastened about the victim's
neck, a tug that actually jerked the
doomed man into the air.
"It is not for me to judge a fellow
man, Brother Morse," replied Deacon
Upham, who was an ardent Universal-
ist, gravely, although there was a
twinkle In his eye, "but I must Bay
that the last I saw of the unfortunate
follow he was headed that WDV '
Boston Herald.
Cost of City Government.
The price one pays for city govern
ment depends very much upon the
city one elects to live In as a residence,
While we pay $31 in New York, in
Philadelphia and also Chicago It costs
only $13 a head to bo governed, and
provided with police, firo, sanitary and
other protections common to larg
cities. In Buffalo tho figure is $12; in
Washington, Bridgeport, Schenectady,
and cities of that sort, $11 per capita
pays the tax; in Houston, Texas, the
charge Is under $10; In lively Los An
goles, $7.50; Scranton and Seattle each
collect $0.50 and Nashville, Tenn., is
at the bottom of the list of progressiva
cities with a taxation of about $6 pel
capita, less than one-fifth of New
York's rate. The average city ta
throughout the country Is probably bo
tween $10 and $11 per capita, or all
most exactly the amount by which
New York has raised Its per capita fig
ure in only nine years. Broadwaj
Magazine.
pinnorets are Joined and a number of she is confused and bullied into a dlf-
the spools aro emptied at onco their
contents merge, and tho sheets or rib-
bens are formed which ono sees in
the enswathment of a captive or tho
Mnkinnr nf Arciono's central shield.
This delicate machinery tho owner op
erates with utmost skill, bringing in
to play now one part and now another,
and again the whole, with unfailing
deftness and a mastery complete. Dr.
II. C. McCook, in Harper's Monthly.
Explained.
"Why Is it that bombs are always
thrown by Russians?"
"Because, fool Russian where angels
fear to tread." , .
foront sot of methods by tho aggrcs-
slvo and meddling American house
keeper? "Does some woman say, 'but wo can
not all afford first-class sorvico?'
"Very well, then, lot hot' not pay for
It without getting It, aa sho Is proba
bly doing now. Every man knows that
an $8 a week stenographer cannot bo
expected to equal ono who commands
$20 but ho also has a general Idea of
what ho may expect for $8, which Is
not tmo of tho housekeeper. Thoro Is
a perfectly justifiable market for un
trained, clumsy but willing aervlco -
but it 1b third-class and Bhould bo em
ployed and paid for as such
Tho Moravian Church was founded
in this country by David Nltschmann,
who at 04 years of nge crossed tho At
lantic to Bethlehem, Pa and felled
with his own hands tho first treo that
was used In tho building of the colony.
A somowhnt Spartan custom Introduc
ed by tho church of tho United Breth
ren, as the Moravians aro called, was
that of taking all babies from their
mothers when they wore 18 months old
and placing them In tho care of tho
church, whore tho widows and unmar
ried women looked after them. A beau
tiful custom among tho Moravians at
Bethlehem is tho sunrise service on
Easter morning. A procession of mus
icians marchos through tho streets to
awaken tho inhabitants just before
daybreak, and ns tho sun comes up a
blaro of trombones leads ln a grand
chorus of gladness. On March 1 tho
Moravians will celobrate tho four hun
dred and fiftieth anniversary of their
church.
Women Sold as Slaves.
It was this system that led to tbfl
sale of human liberty In tho spring ol
1903 on the steps of the Yorkvillfl
court house. More than twenty worn
en had been held for nearly threfl
days. They were frantic; their hangers-on
were desperate. Finally the righl
man was allowed to bring a bondsman
and from the magistrate, who had
pretended to bo doing zealous work in
the Interests of morality, the lawyei
got their release under bond. Then hi
went straight to the doorstep and call
ed off the women's names.
'Who wants Rosy Goldstein?" h
would ask.
'Here,' would bo tho eager cry.
"Fifty dollars quick and get out ol
the way."
So ho wont down tho list before a
crowd of nearly two hundred' personl
auctioneering off the liberty of thes
women, and standing off clamors foi
cheaper rates, all practically within
earshot of tho magistrate who is sup
posed to have profited by the revolting
deal. Nearly $1,500 was cieaneu up u
that morning's work. Broadway Mas
azlne.
Would it Be Egotism?
"Evo was Adam's rib, wasn't sho,
pa?"
"1 bollevo so."
"Then If Adam loved Eve, could ho
bo said to bo stuck on himself?"
Submarine boats dlvo better
flying machines fly, but they
como up any better.
than
don't
Dictionary of Misinformation.
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Collar Sco cross-cut saw.
Canary A popular cage bird, which
spends Its time between singing,, dying
and being eaten by the cat.
Tho Quakers dress in plain gray, un,
cover the head to no ono, and addrest
all impartially with tho familiar "theo'
and "thou " Theso strange folks forn
a restful note in the busy work-a-daj
world. Their real title is society oi
Friends. They believe ln tho plainest
houses of worship because they saj
that God dwells ln tho heart and noi
ln wood and stone. They aro silent la
their meetings ln order to encourage
"tho frost of tho mouth and thaw of th
mind." They have founded many good
schools and colleges, among them bo
ing Bryn Mawr. Thoro aro more Quaki
ers in Indiana than In any other stato,
Tho lending Quaker that America had
produced is generally conceded to hav
been tho poet, John G. Whlttlor.
If assassination killed tyranny
with the tyrant, it would be easier ta