■EMBER OF PASTOR'S FLOCK
BaMroolant Clergyman Waa Right In
Assuming That He Knew Young
ster He Addreeeed.
Sr. MQo Hudson Oates, vicar of the
Oiapal of the Intercession, Is a benev
i Plant and fatherly man. He has no
•Mftlldren of his own, bat Is godfather
jto nearly 80. A few belong to hla
friettds, but the greater number are
ghlldren who have been presented for
baptism with no one to stand sponsor
i#3r them. A dozen or more bear Dr.
'Oates’ name.
Not long ago he was walking down
Broadway near One Hundred and Fif
ty-fifth street, and saw a small Italo
Amerlcan Industriously digging In the
-girt Thinking there was something
'familiar about the youngster’s appear
ance he patted him on the head and
asked: "What's your name, young
man 7’’
The boy looked up from his excavat
ing and replied: "Meelo Hud-so-a
Oatua!**—New York Evening Post.
BUFFERED FOR 25 YEARS.
Mr. R. M. Fleenor, R, F. D. 39, Otter
Bain. Isd.. writes: “I had been a suffer
er from Kidney Trouble for about 25
years. I finally got so bad that 1 had
to quit work, and
doctors failed to do
me any good. I kept
getting worse all the
time, and It at last
turned to lnflamma
[ tlon of the Bladder,
land I had given up
I all hopo, when one
| day 1 received your
little booklet adver
R- M. Fleenor. tlgjng your puis, and
resolved to try them. I did, and took
only two boxes, and I am now sound
and well. I regard my cure as remark
able. I can recommend Dodd’s Kidney
Ulls to any one who Is suffering from
Kidney Trouble as I was.’’ Write to Mr.
fleenor about this wonderful remedy.
Dodd’s Kidney Pills, 50c. per box at
four dealer or Dodd’s Medicine Co..
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Mints, also muslo of National Anthem
(Bngllsh and Qerman words) and recl
fsa tor dainty dishes. All 3 sent free.
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One Dry Spot.
Henry Ward Beecher did not be
lieve that the most Juicy things In
the world necessarily were sermona
He was visiting Dr. Alexander at
Princeton university, and the venen
able Presbyterian president showed
him a polished cabinet in which were
all the sermons of his long Now York
ministry. There they were, standing
In stately array. ‘‘This Is a beauti
ful present made me by some of my
•people," said the doctor. "Yes," said
Beecher. "I am glad to see thts place.”
“Why?” Inquired Dr. Alexander.
"Wall, I am glad,” replied the witty
Srescher, “to know that thlB place
i in existence, Dr. Alexander, be
muse, If ever there Is another flood,
I will start for this spot—there will
be one dry place.”
Pearls as Medicine.
Scotland still produces pearls, found
mainly In the fresh water mussel.
Cleopatra was not the only person
Who swallowed a dissolved pearl. Un
til comparatively recent times they
ware used medicinally In Europe and
•till appear In the materia medlca of
China According to one Chinese au
thority, a pearl after being treated
with pumice stone and honeycomb,
mired with the gall of a serpent,
■might be drawn out to the length of
three or tour feet. Make It Into pills
and swallow them—henceforth food
wUl be unnecessary.” The suggestion
/U not that the patient would be fln
Khad off. but that he would live, food
bag toswer.
SCHOOL TEACHERS,
Ala* Hava Things to Learn.
. “Tar many years I had used coffee
Sad refused to be convinced of Its bad
effisot upon the human system," writes
* veteran school teacher.
“Tan years ago I was obliged to
give up my much-loved work In tha
public schools after years of continu
ous labor. I had developed a well de
flaed ease of chronic coffee poisoning.
“The troubles were constipation,
fluttering!* of the heart, a thumping
la tha top of my head, and various
.parts of my body, twitching of my
i limbs, shaking of my head and, at
times after exertion, a general "gone"
feeling, with a toper’s desire for very
strong coffee. 1 was a nervous wreck
'tor years.
“A short time ago friends came to
visit us and they brought a package
of Postum with them, and urged me
to try It. I was prejudiced because
aome years back I had drunk a cup of
weak. tasteless stuff called Postum
which 1 did not like at all.
“This time, however, my friends
made the Postum according to direc
tions on the package, and It won me.
Soon I found myself improving in a
most decided fashion.
“The odor of boiling coffee no long
er tempts me. 1 am so greatly bene
fited by Postum that If I continue to
improve as 1 am now, I'll begin to
think I have found the Pountaln of
Perpetual Youth. This is no fancy
letter but stubborn facts which 1 am
glad to make known.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Write for a copy of "The
Bead to Wellville.'*
Postum now comes In two forms:
Regular Postum—must be well
helled.
Instant Postum—la a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
In a oup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious bever
age Instantly. Grocers sell both kinds
“There's a Reason" for Postum.
THE TRAVELING MAN.
From the Richmond, Ind., Palladium.
The Indianapolis Sun reports that
the average age of the members of the
piore than 000 members of the Indiana
Commercial Travelers’ association
which convened In that city last week,
has failen from 40 to 39 during the
single year 1913. Why has that
estimable sheet burdened us with this
superflous Information; does not every
body know that the traveling man
grows younger and better looking all
the time? Any newsglrl In a hotel
lobby could tell us that. Necessarily
he grows younger; he carries eternal
summer In his soul, a possession better
designed to hold old age at bay than
Ponce de Leon’s spring, if Dr. Holmes
Is to be trusted.
Among the many new human vari
eties the modern traveling man Is the
newest. Even the younger generation,
Innocent yet of baldness or grandchil
dren. can recall when the typical
••drummer” was a flashy sport, orna
mented with a nose redder than Omar
Khayyam's "rose Incarnadine,” and a
fancy vest that looked like the map
of Europe. He told smutty stories and
boozed dally and had to take every
prospective customer out for a ‘good
time.”
But today, ”how Is he changed!”
He Is dapper and trim and dressed In
the best of taste, he wears a chronlo
Pete Crowther smile and loves his Job.
Truth telling, affability, courtesy and
character are the chief asset* of hi*
business.
Armed to the teeth with these admir
able human qualities he weaves up and
down the nation eliminating class
hatred and sectional jingoism and mls
slonarylng for commercial and Indus
trial development. He knows more
about politics than any other, and
many things besides. He helps feed
and clothe the world and his shoulder
is ever at the wheel of progress.* He
preaches the gospel of brotherhood and
efficiency and somehow manages to
spend half his time on a train and
sleep half the night and go and come
in all weathers and live on hotel grub
and keep sweet all at the name time.
To bo able to reveal such powers of
human nature is itself enough to turn
back the wheel of time and clip six
years off his age.
A WOMAN WHO RESOLVED
NOT TO BE TOO GOOD
Anne W. Taylor, In the American
Magazine.
It was long before dawn last New
Year's morning. I lay awake In bed,
waiting for the early cry of my ba
bies. I was thinking of other New
Year’s mornings In which I had made
soul stirring resolutions to be good—
to be gentle, kind, unselfish. 1 re
called tho agreeable elation, the smack
of self righteousness, with which I had
said: “I will be good.”
That morning as I lay there In the
dark, I made another resolution: "I
will not be good!” I knew It would
mean a long, hard fight, but I set my
teeth and vowed It. I had been too
good. 1 had been kind and unselfish.
Instead of firm and self respecting. I
had made a martyr of myself for my
husband, my children, my servants—
and I lmd spoiled them all.
‘‘I will not be meek, I will not be
self sacrificing, I will not bo over
worked, I will not be put upon!” So ran
my litany.
The clock struck half past five. My
younger baby awoke and cried. In her
adjoining room. Her older, but not bet
ter sister called out peremptorily:
”Ma-ma!" My spirit flew to them. I
set my teeth and held myself In bed.
Soon they were botli crying violently.
Their father awoko and regarded me
In surprise. “Aren’t you well?” he
asked.
"Oh, perfectly,” I said.
"Well, aren't you going to fix their
milk? They seem to be hungry,” said
my husband anxiously. Ho seldom
heard bis children cry
"Poor babies,” said I. "They aren’t
going to have their milk this time of
morning any more. Perhaps they will
get used to It." I was aching with tho
desire to rush to them.
Presently my bewildered husband
looked at his watch and spoke: "Have
you looked at the furnaco yet?”
“No. dear,” said I, lying there calmly.
It had been my self appointed task to
nttend to the fire In the early morn
ings. I knew at last that my wicked
"goodness" had been making my really
admirable husband lnconslderute and
lazy. Rut. oh! how It hurt me to see
him get up In tho cold.
When he returned ho said. ‘‘Guess
I'll have to buy a thermostat!"
"Good Idea.” said I.
From that morning I put my resolu
tloon Into ruthless practice. I let my
self be spoiled; I asserted my pref
erences; I stopped taking dark meat.
My husband responded with wonderful
amiability. My children, who had been
most difficult to manage, soon stopped
their fretful crying and learned to play
by themselves.
Very rarely now do I have to repeat
my litany: "I will not be meek. I will
not bo self sacrificing. I will not be
overworked. I will not be put upon."
Protecting Birds from Millinery Trad*
George Gladden, In tho American Review
of Reviews.
A remarkable victory for the cause
of wild life conservation Is that which
was won last summer by the Inclusion
In schedule N of the now tariff bill
of what has been quite properly called
the "Hornaday bill.” which now’ pro
hibits the Importation Into this country
of all foreign wild birds' plumage ex
cept for scientific or educational pur
poses, or, In otlver words, excludes such
plumage for use in millinery. As far
as I am aware, the first serious pro
posal over made In this country to pro
tect tho birds of the world from the
feather trade was put forth by Dr.
Hornaday In November, 1911, In his
printed "Program," and In the follow
ing words: “Stop all killing of Insec
tivorous birds for food, and of ail birds
for millinery purposes.”
The section of the tariff bill which
has this purpose was written by Dr.
Hornaday, acting for the Now York
I Zoological society, but In the very ag
gressive campaign In support of it.
particularly during June, July and Au
gust. 1913, Dr. Hornaday and T. Gilbert
Pearson, secretary of the National
Association of Audubon Societies,
worked In close co-operation. The
plumage Importers and milliners op
posed this measure in the Senate with
the utmost stubbornness, and ulso with
alarming success, right up to the very
11th hour of their opportunity. Dr.
Hornaday's measure was passed by tho
House without change and without op
position, but in the Senate, as the re
sult of pressure brought to bear upon
the subcommittee on schedule N of the
Senate finance committee. It was al
most completely emasculated.
Meanwhile Dr. Hornaday and Mr.
Pearson had flooded the country with
detailed Information and appeals for
support; and In consequence of this
all senators were deluged by letters
from constituents who demanded the
passage of the measure. Probably the
most effective appeals In support of the
measure were those which came from
tho women of the country, whom Dr.
Hornaday and Mr. Pearson reached
directly, through their various clubs
and societies. The upshot of It all was
that on September 2. after a three
hours' fight, the Senate democratic
caucus reversed the action of the
finance committee, and restored to the
bill the clause which the zoological so
ciety had submitted.
One Woman’s Resolution.
The American Magazine b.as been
offering prizes for the best letters en
titled “My Most Successful New Year's
Resolution.” The prize winning letters
are published In the January number.
The following letter, by Anne U. Taylor,
won the third prize:
"It was long before dawn last New
Year’s morning. 1 lay awake in bed.
waiting for the early cry of my babies.
I was thinking of other New Year's
mornings In which I had made soul
stirring resolutions to be good—to be
gentle, kind, unselfish. 1 recalled the
agreeable elation, the smack of self
righteousness, with which 1 had said:
‘I will be good.'
"That morning, as I lay there In the
dark, I made another resolution: '1
will not be good!’ I knew It would
mean a long, hard fight, but I set my
teeth and vowed It. I had been too
good. I had been kind and unselfish,
instead of firm and self-respecting. I
had made a martyr of myself for ray
husband, my children, mv servants—
and I had spoiled them all.
“ 'I will not be meek, I will not be
self-sacrificing, I will not bo over
worked, I will not be put uponi’i So
ran my litany.
"The clock struck half-past 5. My
younger baby woke and cried In her
adjoining room. Her older but not
better sister called out peremptorily,
'Mn-ma!' My spirit flew to them. I
set my teeth and held myself in bed.
Soon they were both crying violently.
“Their father woke and regarded me
in surprise. 'Aren’t you well?' he
asked.
” ’Oh, perfectly,’ I said.
" ‘Well, aren't you going to fix their
milk? They seem to be hungry,’ said
my husband anxiously. He seldom
heard his children cry.
“ ’Poor babies.’ said I. 'They aren’t
going to have tlielr milk this time of
morning any more. Perhaps they will
get used to it.’ I wns aching with the
desire to rush to them.
"Presently my bewildered husband
looked at his watch and spoke: ‘Have
you looked at the furnace yet?'
“ 'No, dear,’ said I. lying there calmly.
It hnd been my self-appointed task to
attend to the fire In the early mornings.
I knew at last that my wicked ‘good
ness’ had been making my really ad
mirable husband inconsiderate and
lazy. But, oh! how it hurt me to see
him get up in the cold.
"When he returned he said, ‘Guess
I’ll have to buy a thermostat!’
“ 'Good idea,' said I.
"From that morning I put my reso
lution Into ruthless practice. I let my
self be spoiled: I asserted my prefer
ences; I stopped taking dark meat. My
husband responded with wonderful
amiability. My children, who had been
most difficult to mnnage, soon stopped
tlielr fretful crying and learned to play
by themselves.
"Very rarely now do I have to repeat
my litany; ‘I will not be meek, I will
not he self-sacrificing. I will not be
overworked, I will not be put upon.’"
A House Built in a Day.
From the Strand.
The remarkable feat of building a
house In a day was recently accom
plished at Hamilton, Ontario. The
lirst sod was turned at 5 p. m. and
the building when seen live hours later
was already up to within a few feet
of the second story, and the brickwork
could be seen to grow steadily under
the efforts of a small nrmy of brick
layers. The house contains nine rooms
and Is of two stories, and every de
tail of steam fitting, finishing, plumb
ing and furnishing was ready within
exactly 24 hours after the turning of
the first sod. It was possible for a
family to have walked in and lived
there without anything further being
required except getting In provisions.
As the workmen were at work all
night, powerful are lights were strung
on poles around the building. There
were between 300 and 400 men at
work at midnight, the carpentering
going on simultaneously with the
bricklaying. The foundations are of
concrete blocks, and the brickwork Is
exceptionally heavy. The Interior
walls are covered In the regular way
with laths and plaster, the heating Is
by hot water and the finishings, in
cluding the floors, aro of hard wood.
The dining room Is paneled In oak,
with oak beams in the ceiling. One
of the most difficult problems was to
get a plaster which would harden
quickly enough, but this was success
fully overcome. The house was given
away to the person guessing the num
ber of beans In a bottle on the grounds
where the house was built.
Lewis Carroll, the author of “Alice In
Wonderland," once wrote a little book,
giving some excellent advice about let
ter writing:
1. Before beginning a letter, read
over again the letter to which you ure
about to reply.
2. Next address and stamp the en
velope so that you may not miss the
post.
3. Give dates and address In full.
4. Write legibly. Bad writing Is
often duo to haste, but what right have
you to save time at your friend's ex
pense? Isn't his time as valuable as
yours?
5. Do not fill more than a page and
a half with apologies for not having
written sooner.
6. Letters controversial or that may
lead to Irritation should he kept till
the next day, and then read over again
with a view to pacific modification
(That means not to write angry or
complaining letters.)
7. Do not try to have the last word.
8. Cross writing makes cross read
ing.
9. Refer to your correspondent’s las
letter, and make your winding up. at
least, as friendly as his: in fact, even a
shade more friendly it will do no harm.
10. When you would mail letters,
carry thorn In your hand.
Know Your Childrenl
From the Century.
Our trouble Is not that we do no!
care, but tlmt racially we are more
Inclined to act than to think. There Is
only one comprehensive rule for bring
J lng up children and that is that we
must honestly rack our reluctant minds
until they give us back something ot
our forgotten emotions: that we mnsl
give In measure as we expect to re
ceive. that we must acknowledge the
child's mind and emotions to resemble
our own In scarcely limited counter
part. Subjective teaching Is tile only
teaching worth while, and sympathy
the only kind of love which will buy
us the best. Children learn most by
example, and they throw open the door:
of their hearts to those who I si
shown them that their hearts ha\
doors. The old quarrel Is the ik>
wasteful and unnecessary one It
human to desire some friends' In. nr
those of us who have children, and ’
whom the desire Is strong, mav re.iii
know at least one or two men un
women a decade or so from no.,.
X Business Failures in Canada.
t - X
4 4
4 According to a statement compiled by Bradstreet’s, the follow- 4
4 lng figures show the comparison between failures in the different 4
4 provinces of Canada In 1912 and 1918: 4
4 —No.— Assets. Liabilities. 4
4 1918. 1912. 1913. 1911 1913. 1912 4
4 Ontario. 4f)9 363 81,869,90 81.197,847 82,914,330 82,410,625 4
4 Quebec . 601 488 3,092,078 2,090,349 6,221,829 6,206,801 4
4 New Brunswick. 46 60 146,319 196,044 226,627 387 346 4
4 Nova Scotia. 65 45 121,616 669,208 260.675 1,670,881 4
4 P- E. Island. 4 7 4,750 10,400 7,960 30,409 4
4 Manitoba . 204 96 689,626 481,748 1,620,819 781 410 4
4 Alberta . 128 76 692,378 285,825 994,862 471,704 4
4 Saskatchewan.. 186 37 761,268 221,878 1,644,708 338,699 4
4 Brlt’h Columbia 284 144 1,484,891 626,320 2,948,354 1,048,408 4
4 Yukon Territory. . . . . 4.
4 Totals .1,826 1,306 88,261,882 85,683.614 816,629,064 812,296,282 4
AS EDITOR MARK TWAIN
STIRRED UP HANNIBAL
It Was His First Venture and
He Went After Every
One in County.
From "Sketches New and Old,” by
Mark Twain.
I was a very smart child at the age
of 13—an unusally smart child I
thought at the time. It was then that
I did my first newspaper scribbling,
and most unexpectedly to me it stirred
up a fine sensation In the community.
It did, Indeed, and I was very pround
It did, Indeed, and I was very proud
and a progressive and aspiring one.
My uncle had me on his paper (the
Weekly Hannibal Journal, $2 a year
In advance—500 subscribers—and they
paid for It In cordwood, cabbages and
unsalable turnips), and on a lucky
summer’s day he left town to be gone a
week, and asked me If I thought I
could edit one Issue of the paper Ju
diciously. Ah I didn’t I want to try!
Higgins was the editor of the rival
paper. He had lately been Jilted, and
one night a friend found a not on the
poor fellow’s bed, In which he stated
that ho could no longer endure life and
had drowned himself In Bear creek.
The friend ran down there and dis
covered Higgins wading ashore. He
had concluded he wouldn't do It. The
village was full of It for several days,
but Higgins did not suspect It. I
thought this was a, fine opportunity. I
wrote an elaborately wretched account
of the whole affair and then Illustrated
It with vlllanious cuts engraved on the
bottom of wooden type with a Jacknife
—one of them a picture of Higgins
wadding out Into the creek In his shirt
with a lantern sounding the dept of the
water with a walking stick. I thought
It was desperately funny and was
densely unconscious that there was any
moral obliquity about such a publica
tion. Being satisfied with this effort
I looked around for other worlds to
conquer, and It struck me that it would
make good Interesting matter to charge
the editor of a neighboring country
paper with a piece of gratutlous rascal
ity and "see him squirm.” I did It,
putting It Into the form of a parody on
"The Burial of Sir John Moore,” and a
pretty crude parody It was, too. Then
i lampooned two prominent citizens
outrageously, not because they had
done anything to deserve It, but merely
because I thought it was my duty
to make the paper lively.
Next I gently touched up the newest
stranger—the lion of the day, the gorg
eous journeyman tailor from Quincy.
He was a simpering coxcomb of the
first water, and the loudest dressed
man In the state—and an Inveterate
woman killed. Every week he wrote
“lushy” poetry for the Journal about
his newest conquest. His rhymes for
my week were headed “To Mary In
H—1,” meaning to Mary In Hannibal,
of course. But while setting up the
piece I was suddenly riven from head
to heel by what I regarded as a perfect
thunderboldt of humor, and I com
pressed It Into a snappy footnote at the
bottom—thus: "We will let this thing
pass Just this once; but we wish Mr. J.
Gordon Runnels to understand that we
have a character to sustain, and from
this time forth when he wants to com
mune with his friends in h—1 he must
use some other medium that the
columns of this Journal."
The paper came out, and 'I never
knew anything to attract so much at
tention as those playful trifles of mine.
For once the Hannibal Journal was
in demand—a novelty It had not ex
perienced before. The whole town was
stirred. Higgins dropped In with a
double barreled shotgun early In the
forenoon. When found out that It was
an Infant (as ho called me) that had
done him the damage, he simply pulled
my ears and went away; but he threw
up his situation that night and left
town for good. The tailor came with
his goose and a pair of shears; but
he despised me too, and departed for
the south that night. The two lam
pooned citizens came with threats of
libel and went away incensed at my
Insignificance. The country editor
pranced in with a warwhoop next day,
suffering for blood to drink: but he
ended by forgiving me cordially and
inviting me down to the drug storo to
wash away all animosity in a friendly
bumper of “Fahnestock’s Vermifuge.”
It was his little Joke. My uncle was
very angry when he got back—un
reasonably so, I thought, considering
■what an impetus I had given the paper,
and considering also that gratitude
for his preservation ought to be upper
most ill his mind. In as much as by his
delay he had so wonderfully escaped
dissection, tomahawking, libel and get
ting his head shot off. But he softened
when ho looked at the accounts and
saw that I had actually booked the un
paralleled number of 33 new subscrib
ers, and had the vegetables to show for
it— cordv.ood, cabbages, beans and un
salable turnips enough to run the fam
ily for two years!
By John Ruskln.
The things to be desired for man in a
healthy state are that he should not see
dreams, but realities, that he should not
destroy life, but save It; and that he
should be not rich, but content.
Towards which last state of content
ment I do not see that the world is at
present approximating. There are. indeed,
two forms of discontent; one laborious,
the other Indolent and complaining. We
respect the man of laborious desire, but
let us not suppose that his restlessness Is
peace, or his ambition meekness. It Is
because of the special connection of meek
ness with contentment that It Is .promised
that the meek shall "Inherit the earth."
Neither covetous men nor the Grave can
Inherit anything; they can but consume.
Only contentment can possess.
The most helpful and sacred work,
therefore, which can at present be done
for humanity Is to teach people (chiefly
by example, as all best teaching must be
done) not how "to better themselves." but
how to "satisfy themselves." It la the
curse of every evil nation and evil crea
ture to eat. and not be satisfied. The
words of blessing are, that thev shall eat
and be satisfied. And as there Is only one
kind of water which quenches all thirst,
■o there Is only one kind of bread which
satisfies all hunger, the bread of Justice
or righteousness; which hungering after,
men shall always be filled, that being the
bread of Heaven, but hungering after the
bread, or wages of unrighteousness, shall
not be filled that being the bread of
Sodom.
And, In order to teach men how to be
satisfied, it is necessary fully to under
stand the art and joy of humble life—this,
at present, of all arts or sciences being
the one most needing study. Humble life
—that is to say, proposing to itself no fu
ture exaltation, but only a sweet continu
ance; not excluding the idea of foresight,
but wholly of fore sorrow, and taking no
troublous thought for coming days; so,
also, not excluding the Idea of providence,
or provision, but wholly of accumulation
—the life of domestic peace, full of sensi
tiveness to all elements of costless and
kind pleasures—therefore, chiefly to the
loveliness of the natural world.
What length and severity of labor may
be ultimately found necessary for the pro
curing of the due comforts of life, I do
not know; neither what degree of refine
ment It Is possible to unite with the so
called servile occupations of life; but this
I know, that fight economy of labor will,
as it Is understood, assign to each man as
much as will be healthy for him, and no
more., and that no refinements are de
sirable which cajinot be connected with
toil. __
Converting the World.
From the Eos Angeles Tribune.
To “convert the world" is an ambition
frequently expressed. To promotion of it
much appealing oratory is being expended,
and millions of dollars are being gathered.
Sometimes the thought occurs that a
wider difference morally ought to divide
the Christianized portion of the globe
from the rest so that the reason for bridg
ing the chasm might be more apparent.
In every city of the land there is ignor
ance, poverty, squalor, crime and despair.
This is the richest nation of the world,
yet in parts of it children are worked in
the mills, and elsewhere reeking sweat
shops destroy all the beauty of life for the
tollers. Fields yield abundantly, and spec
ulators grow grossly rich on the products,
yet the people starve. Mines create mil- ■
llonaire coal barons, the profits going to I
pay dividends on fictitious capital, In the ;
form of Btock these barons have issued
themselves, while the miner has to fight
for a living wage and many a hearth is
cold for lack of tne money wherewith to
purchase one poor hod of fuel. The
Christian nations of the world maintain
great armies to prevent their possessions
from being overrun by the army of some
other Christian nation. Occasionally one
makes a foray on the un-Christianized, re
turning with Bpoils. England forced the
opium trade upon reluctant, heathen
China. A glance at conditions as they ex
ist gives rise to Inquiry as to what are
the new conditions after the Christianiz
ing has been perfected. Not long ago a
fervent worker stated that with a certain
sum—exact figures forgotten—India could
he “converted in a year." A reasonable
knowledge of the Islamitic character
makes reasonable the belief that India
could not be “converted" in a century.
That missionaries have accomplished dis
tinct good is not to be denied. Vast sums
have been poured out to enable them to
make the essay. Not so vast, however,
but that the donors could well afford to
give. Nobody would discourage their
work. Only it seems that the field nearer
home is ripe and neglected, and that be
fore bringing the distant and benighted
up to the standard of civilization the
standard of civilization ought to be ele
vated bo as to be acceptable to those
born and bred within the sphere of its
Influence.
A Millionaire’s Wife.
From the Woman's World for February.
I was the oldest daughter and It
seemed as If my mother’s greatest am
bition was to see me married to a rich
man. She never missed an opportunity
to Impress upon me the wisdom of
choosing a husband amply endowed
with the world’s goods.
'•Delia, me lass,” she would say to
me, "You’ll never make a man happy
by working your fingers off for him.
No husband likes a tired, worn out
woman. You know what happens, me
girl, when poverty comes round at the
door, stamping his feet to get In. Well,
the only way to keep him out Is to
have gold bars at the doors—and the
windows as well—and mind you that
the bars are 24 carat. Pick out a rich
husband. Della girl, for your mother
doesn’t want to see you pinching and
scraping through life."
Dear, well meaning mother, striving
to insure a life of happiness for her
daughter, made a fearful blunder. Her
experience, in a marriage in which
p.ll the bitterness came from poverty,
led her to believe that money is the sole
requirement for marital success. And
I, with blind faith In her knowledge of
life, straightway did as I was told.
The Kaiser’s Youth.
From the New York World.
A ruler of Kaiser Wilhelm’s energy and
vigor has the faculty of never appearing
to grow older. At the respectable age of
GG he still wears his years lightly and
serves as an example of the advantages to
be gained by leading a busy life. With
good care a constitution that was none
loo sound has been strengthened and made
equal to bearing throughout a long reign
the burden of a daily round of duties that
would have exhausted the ordinary man.
Yet among the sovereigns of Europe in
E>olnt of age Kaiser Wilhelm stands near
the top. The venerable emperor of Aus
tria, who Is past S3, and King Charles, of
Houmanla, and King Nicholas, of Monte
negro. are really his only seniors, for the
king of Sweden outclasses him by barely
six months. The thrones of Europe are
held by young men, for the most part, well
under GO, who can well afford to borrow
the kaiser’s secret of youth.
A man who enjoys his life's work as
much as he does can defy the calendar
to do Its worst.
To Save Ohio Floods.
From the New York Evening Post.
To deal with the flood problem was the
first task of the Ohio legislature this week.
The measure prepared after general agree
ment between enginers, lawyers and the
legislative reference bureau is interesting
' from several points of view. Partial ap
j plication of tiie local option principle is
permitted. The “conservancy act'* rests
: primarily on the organization of districts,
each under its board of directors; and no
district may be established except on pe
tition of a specified number of freehold
! ers. But as only 10 months ago Ohio was
! suffering from a flood that cost scores of
lives and $200,000,000 in property, unanimity
in action is almost certain. Once estab
lished, the governing body has large pow
ers; it may condemn lands, issue bonds,
and exercise police powers, subject, of
course, to court review. It is to regulate,
widen and deepen stream channels, re
claim wet and overflowed land wherever |
possible, and improve drainage. The work,
by state direction, will be pushed first
where the peril is greatest, and “extended
to all sections where potential flood dan
gers exist.” The reclamation of waste
lands and conservation of water power are
expected to be incidental but substantial
bcm tits.
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The first crematory In the Nether
lands recently was completed near Am
sterdam.
HR PROMRE TO DO BifTffl
Hard to See How Modoarrlei Could
Live Up to It, Conslderlnf ‘the
Circumstance*.
The late George A. Hears, '-he mlV
Uonalre buatnees man and art collect
or of New York, was noted lor hi*
kind and reasonable troatmer-i of hi*
employee. Mr. Hearn used to smile at
the new scientific management croze,
of which he once sold at a dlaner:
“These scientific mangement peo
ple, with their Impossible claims of
doubling and trebUng a man s labor,
remind me of the humble hoc.carrler’s
Impossible promise.
"A facetious boss said to a new
hodcarrler:
“‘Look-a-here, friend, didn’t I hire
you to carry bricks up that ladder by
the day?"
“‘Yes, sir,’ said the bJdcarrier,
touching hla cap.
“ ‘Well, I've got my eye or you, and
you’ve only done half a day today.
You spent the other hull coming
down the ladder.’
“The hodcarler touched his can
again.
" ‘I’ll try to do better tomorrow, slr.1
he said humbly.”
Important to Mottisr*
Examine carefully every -bottle ot
CASTdlRIA, a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and I'M that U
Signature of
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Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoris
Information Wanted,
BUI—This paper says tie Unlvep
slty of Wisconsin, Madison, now gives
a theoretical course in football.
Jill—What I want to kiow Is, cap
a fellow lose an ear or it nose th*
oreticallyT
Only One “BROMO QUININE”
To get the renuine, call for foil name, LAXA.
TIVE BROMO QUININE. Look lor el mature (3
L W. GROVE. Curas a Cold ia One Day. 2 So.
Never Before Midnight
He—Does your husband stay out
late at night?
She—No; he generally comes In late
at night
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Constipation causes and seriously aggra
vates many diseases. It is the roughly cured
by Dr. Pierce’s Pellets. Tiny sugar-coated
granules. Adv.
Used to Talk.
“I can surprise you with a speaking
picture of your wife.”
“That wouldn’t surprise me.”
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WOMAN WOULD
NOT GIVE UP
fhough Sick and Suffering; At
Last Found Help in Lydia
E. Pinkham’s Vegeta
ble Compound.
Richmond, Pa. — “ When I started,
taking Lydia E. Pihkham’a Vegetable |
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dreao-ully rundown
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had interna* v,^u-J
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tremely nervous antlj
prostrated that if 1
had given in to m
feelings I wou,
have been in j.
As it was I ho
hardly strength at
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effort. I could not sleep at night and
of course felt very bad in the morning, !
and had a steady headache.
“After taking the second bottle I no
ticed that the headache was not so bad,
I rested better, and my nerves wens
stronger. I continued its use until it
made a new woman of me, and now 1
can hardly realize that I am able to da
so much as I do. Whenever I know any
woman in need of a good medicine I
highly praise Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg
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Women Have Been Telling^tWBgJi'
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