HORSE-RADISH KING
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ST. LOUIS MAN CONTROLS OUT
PUT IN UNITED STATES.
Connoisseurs Throughout Country
Must Rely on James A. Dacey
for Relish—Is Still a
Young Man.
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St. Ljouis.—This city can boast many
distinctions, but none more novel than
being the domicile of the "Horse-Rad
ish King." More horse-radish is
shipped from this city than all the
other markets for the relish com
bined.
The man who controls the output in
Vhe United States, and who in its sole
has amassed a fortune, is .Tames A.
Dacey. With all due formality, he has
been vested with the tufted crown of
green radish tops, as befits one of such
importance in the vegetable kingdom.
His storehouses hold hundreds of bar
rels of the roots, and during the busy
season he ships a carload a day. Con
noisseurs from Portland, Me., to Los
Angeles and from Winnipeg to El
Paso, have to rely upon him for the
snappy relish.
The title of horse-radish king is
hereditary in his family. His father
before him was in the produce busi
ness .and he, too, handled much of
the strange vegetable. The son, how
ever, realized the possibilities pre
sented by encouraging its growth
among the truck gardeners and to
day be practically controls the market.
Every morning from 25 to JO wagons
loaded with the earth-smelling roots
line up in front of his commission
house and barrel after barrel disap
pears in the storerooms. Here they
are dumped on the floor and the con
tents graded and sorted.
The growing of horse-radish is a
profitable business. This is especially
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true since Uie present king has been
at the head of the industry. Previous
ly it demanded a very poor price,
often selling as low as $1.50 per bar
rel. This energetic., at that time
young, monarch decided to make an
outlet for it. He secured a list of all
the sauce makers and flooded the
country with circulars telling of the
rare flavor of the St. Louis product.
Then he advertised in the trade pa
pers and sat back to await returns.
He was not idle long. From ail parts
of the country requests came for sam
ples. These were sent and the orders'
began to arrive. That was many years
ago, and they are still coming.
It is almost impossible to keep
horse-radish any length of time after
it has been grated. During the sum
mer. whether in a refrigerator or on
ice, it will not keep longer than a
week without fermentation petting in.
During the winter months it is pos
sible to keep the prepared prdouct for
two months, hut. even then it is neces
sary to keep it in a cold, dark room.
When it ferments it takes on a yellow
tinge and is tasteless and unpalatable.
A large preserver, who is one of the
horse-radish king's best customers, is
reputed to have offered $1,000,000 to
anyone who can devise a means of
preserving it indefinitely. Many at
tempts have been made to find a for
mula, but thus far al! have failed.
In order to fill all orders, in the
warehouse of the firm are stored about
1,000 barrels of roots. Each hoid3 100
pounds of the root. When prepared it
will make 300,000 bottles of the relish.
The cultivation of horse-radish re
quires much labor. It is necessary to
losen the roots two or three times in
a season to get good results. The off
shoots are removed and the earth
pressed to one side to give the stalk
a chance to expand. The root when
matured is no longer than the original
shoot planted. It differs from most
vegetables in that, it grows from the
center out, instead of up and down.
It is a plant that requires much nour
ishment and the crops have to be al
ternated <Arery year. It is set out in
rows three feet apart, and the stalks
are about eighteen inches apart.
The horse-radish king, though he
has made money and is now 43 years
old, still pays strict attention to busi
ness. In tne busy season he is at
work in the gray of the dawn looking
over the loads of the farmers and
contracting for the purchase of the
remainder of their crops.
He carries his honors easily as the
head of the horse-radish market, and
declares that in the course of a few
years it is his intention to turn over
his scepter to another. He thinks that
horse-radish has a great future before
it, and once the discovery is made oi
a means of keeping it, it will be used
more than any other condiment.
The Sight of the Pigecn.
. A friend of mine ridicules the idea
that in the carrier pigeon it. can be
sight which guides him on his home
ward trail.. But my friend should real
ly study the mechanism of the eye
of the bird b f -re he seeptizes. 1
am sure that from the heights at
which it is itself invisible the fal
con can note its'prey; and its eye is
simply a self-adjusting telescope. The
careful dissection of the eye of the
bird of prey is an absolute revelation
as to creative ingenuity— Dr. Dabbs,
in Frys Magazine.
GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH
GEN. BOOTH ON EIGHTIETH
BIRTHDAY STARTS NEW PLAN
Veteran Founder of Salvation Army Launches*
Scheme for “University of Humanity" in the
United States—All the World Celebrates
Anniversary of His Birth.
New York.—Gen. William Booth,
founder and commander-in-chief of the
Salvation Army, celebrated his eight
ieth birthday on Saturday, April 10,
and the event was made the occasion
of rejoicing all over the civilized
world. The Army itself held big meet
ings in every city and town where it
is established, and these were partici
pated in by hundreds of thousands of
other citizens who were glad to do
honor to the distinguished philan
thropist.
Gen. Booth himself presided over
several monster mass meetings in
London. His advanced age and the
fact that he was operated on recently
for cataract did not deter him from
taking part in the celebrations held liy
his devoted soldiers.
University of Humanity Launched.
In America the day was marked
especially by the launching of another
of Gen. Booth's original schemes for
social reform in the United Slat* s
At every post of the army was an
nounced the beginning of work to
found a University of Humanity, a
great institution for the training of
workers in social service. Tin uni
versify will be divided between \'tw
York and Chicago, and it is <•>:;>< <*:e<j
to begin witli a fund of $1,000,000. The
gathering of this fund is Hr* work
that the army now enters upon in
commemoration of its famous len ;e s
completion of his eightieth year
As a much-needed stone iu the givar
organizational structure that William
Booth has been building during the
past 47 years, this idea or a school
for the systematic training of his
workers has been in his mind for sev
eral years. On his last visit to tlie
United States the general made his
first tentative announcement of the
plan. Since then he lias worked out
many of the details and he has just
consented to the beginning of pre
liminary work in this country where
the need for trained workers has been
especially great.
Growth of Great System.
It is perhaps not generally realized
that the whole intricate modern ma
chinery of civilization for the uplift
ing of the submerged tenth, the vast
system of charities now so essential
a part of modern life, is to a very
large extent an outgrowth of the
Booth idea. He was the first to see
that the unfortunate could best ne
reached by those who had suffered as
they had, and that they must be
reached by practical worldly help be
fore they could bo prepared to begin
the cleaner life. It was the Salvation
Army which first made a practical
working success of this now familial
principle of so-called "missionary
work.”
This whole plan of campaign foi
raising the fallen began on a very
simple scale in the poverty-stricken
and crimc-infested East end of Lon
don and under the Impetus of William
Booth’s singular force of mind anc
personality and the momentum that il
has gathered with almost miraculous
rapidity it has developed into a truly
astonishing organization.
t Some of the departments of it*
work are: Prison-gate and Rescue,
Inebriates' homes, Hoys' and Girls'
homes, Farm colonies, Emigration,
Naval and Military homes. Maternity
homes, nursing, Samaritan brigades,
hospital and benevolent visitation, po
lice court work and Indian school
training.
No other religious organization In
the world's history has branched out
into so many departments of philan
thropic effort and absorbed them as
part of its religious duties.
Need of Trained Workers.
The scheme foe a University of Hu
manity grew naturally out of the de
velopment of the 20 other depart
ments. With a field as wide as the
world itself tile work of the Salvation
Army is only limited by the number
, of workers that can be secured and
! its effectiveness by the understanding
md earnestness or' these workers. As
j uplift work has grown from local ef
forts to help a few into a great In
i elusive movement which must miss
| none, the problems of organization
! have grown greater. Charity has be
j come.i science and its application an
! art requiring the highest development
! of personal qualities of insight and
! altruism. There is thus pressing need
: for workers of quite exceptional qual
ification. These qualifications must
; first of all be inherent and must then
lie developed by experience and spe
1 ' :al training.
This is ■ he new work planned by
Gen. Booth. Those women, for in
stance, who are to go among the
slums of the big cities must not only
have the desire to help but must know
how real helpfulness can best be se
cured. They must understand by a
study of practical sociology some
thing of the social forces that create
this poverty and crime and wretched
ness. They must understand the dan
ger of the rrnwise charity that merely
increases dependence and understand
the value of better living conditions
i’.i raising the moral courage of those
j to whom fate lias been unkind. They
must be able not only to correct home
j conditions themselves hut to impart
their knowledge and to inspire with
! a desire for betteiment.
value of tne Organization.
This v\ ill be but a small part of the
i university's training in social service
I as planned by tne patriarchal evangeP
j ist, but it serves to show of what
: value such an organization will he.
Of i lie general s plan for the uni
i versity lie himself said recently: ••]
want to train men and women to deal
with misfortune. 1 want them in
structed to coinhat with the weak
nesses and sins cf the drunkard, the
criminal, the pauper and the would-be
suicide.”
At 80 years of age the head of the
Salvation A*my, after more than half a
century of almost unceasing activity,
is as vigorous and untiring as at any
time in his career. The inexhaustible
vitality and intellectual and physical
activity of this social reforemr, philan
thropist, preacher, author and traveler
are marvelous. At fourscore he is
traveling many thousands of miles
POPULAR AUTHORS
The Preacher Finds Ready Sale far
His Decks in Hi3 Parish.
Rent on an errand f nr rcy, a city
prowler made his way into a strange
neighborhood. What impressed him
most was the bookstore windows, in
every one for blocks around were
stacks of a new book he had never
beard of by a writer of whom he bad
never fc^ard.
"Who is this man?” he finally asked.
“Why is ho so popular hereabouts?”
“He is the pastor of the Presby
terian church down in the next block,"
said the stationer. “Every bookseller
in the neighborhood is making a spe
cially of his book. That is the usual
way of doing things when a clergy
man brings out a new book. Anybody
, else might appear in the publishers’
over the world every year, controlling
the destinies of his more than 7,000
corps of Salvation soldiery with their
18,000 commissioned officers, distribu
ted among every civilized country,
preaching constantly to vast audiences
and doing an amount of literary work
that would be a facer to many a
professional author with no other oc
cupation.
William Booth was born on April
10, 1829, in Nottingham, England, and
was trained for the Methodist minis
try which he entered and became one
of the strongest evangelistic forces in
that church. Ho grew dissatisfied,
however, at reaching only those with
some religious training and convic
tion. He felt that there were thous
ands whose need was far greater and
he gravitated to the Hast end of Lon
don where wretchedness of all kinds
was the rule.
In a disused burial ground on Mile
End road lie pitched an old tent and
the first Salvationist meeting was
held in that tent in 1 SGI. The fiery
eloquence of tbo earnest %young
preacher caught the attention of a
crowd of poor Whitecliapelers and be
fore that first meeting was over he
had made several conversions, a per
formance that he has been repeating
throughout the world for 47 years.
How He Started the Army.
This first meeting resulted in the
formation of the Christian mission,
from which it was the evangelist’s
custom to send his converts to the ex
isting churches of the locality, but
finding that they were not welcomed
and were in danger of slipping back
from sheer want of comradeship and
oversight, lie set about forming so
cieties of the converted. These he
found to be a potent agency for bring
ing in more, as the heedless East
ender could be impressed by the
words of a former “pal’’ when he
would not listen to a minister. So
was created the central idea of the
Salvation Army.
The need of organization becomes
apparent, but several methods were
tried with little success before Gen
Booth hit upon the military idea and
named his organization the Salvation
Army. From that time on the move
ment grew amazingly and it has con
tinued to grow without ceasing to
this day.
Spread Over the woria.
The movement began spreading to
other countries of the world in 1S81
when it first reached the United
States through the influence of a silk
weaver who had emigrated from Cov
entry, England, bringing with him the
Salvation Army idea and a strong de
sire to continue in the work. It
reached Australia in the same- year
through a milk dealer from Stepney,
and soon afterwards the first Canadian
corps was organized in a similar
fashion.
Five years later, in 1SS6, the gen
eral made the first of many visits to
the American branches of the army
and he- has seen them grow from a
few small corps into a veritable army
of tremendous influence and unsur
passed efficiency. His first great
world-tour was made in 1891, when he
visited South Africa, Australia and
India. Since then he has visited the
United States, Canada, Australia, New
Zealand and India four times. South
Africa twice and Japan and the Holy
Land each once.
During all these travels the actual
executive responsibility for the gov*
eminent of the army has never been
lifted from his shoulders. Even on
shipboard he is an indefatigable work
er, planning and writing through tho
days.
Gen. Booth Honored.
One of the most remarkable of the
many tributes paid to the general by
the great of the world was that of the
mikado of Japan during the visit to
that country. The mikado personally
received the general with great
warmth and he was accorded remark
able ovations in Yokohama, Tokyo.
Sendai and Kyoto, a circumstance of
strange import when it is realized
that Japan is not a Christian country.
Another interesting distinction given
Gen. Booth was the conferring on him
of the degree of doctor of civil law by
Oxford university. The significance
of this honor will be better under
stood when it is stated those who re
ceived university honors with him at
the time were Prince Arthur of Con
naught. the prime minister of Eng
land, the lord chancellor, the speaker.
Sir E. Grey, the archbishop of
Armagh, Sir Evelyn Wood, the Ameri
can ambassador, Mark Twain and
Rudyard Kipling.
As a writer Gen. Booth is remark
able, both as a stylist, as a thinker
and as a producer. He has written in
all 21 volumes, besides innumerable
articles for the army publications.
His best known book is “In Darkest
England and the Way Out,” in which
he outlined his scheme for social re
form by means of colonization. "The
Training of Children” “Love, Mar
riage and the Home.” and his books
on reform are among the others of
the general’s best known literary pro
ductions.
Writes of His Creed
Of his creed the general has written
verv beautifully. He says:
•The simplicity of our creed has
been, as 1 believe it will remain, one
ji me principal helps to our unity.
We stand for the old truths. The
laith which can be interpreted in
terms of duty, of unselfishness, of
parity, of love to God and man, Is the
inly faith we really care about. What
sver may be the case with the select
minority, the consciousness of sin,
the force of evil habit and the con
sciousness of sin and the influence of
passion, are all vivid realities with
the great masses of the population.
To them we bring the promise of de
liverance by Jesus Christ."
catalogue every month without arous
ing local pride, hut with the preachers
it is different. When a minister tuffts
author that old saw about the prophet
t being without honor In his own ‘coun
try is disproved with a vengeance.
Every spring there is a considerable
literary output by the pastors of New
York churches. The first place where
these volumes are put on sale is the
bookstores near the church where the
minister preaches, and usually tke
largest sales are made there.”
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SALVATIONARMY’f WORKIT
THE UPLIFTING OF HUMANITY
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How the Wonderful Organization Brings About
the Moral and Physical Regeneration of
Thousands of Men and Women De
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graded by Crime and Misfortune.
Chicago.—"The World for Christ,” |
the war cry of the Salvation Army is
uttered to-day by more men and wom
en than ever before since that won
derful organization was formed by
Gen. William Uooth in (he slums of.
Ixjndon. In the Tinted States alone.
there are nearly 900 corps and »m$t-,'
posts where the ''soldiers”, arc doing
untiringly the twofold work of rtw
army—spiritual and -social. livery,
day in the week, every hour in the
day, they labor earnestly among the
fallen, the degraded and the (unfor
tunate. Not so many years ago .IHese:
soldiers met with abuse and violence,'
or at the best with ridicule and con
tempt. Now they are everywhere ac
corded respect and assistance. Their’
beck and call of the commanding of
fleer to carry swift relief to extrenn
cases in any part of the city. Durinj
the winter these slums sisters visiiet
and ^assisted. ill i .various wayj 1,741
families, at a cost tin cash, clothing
coal and medicines of I2.G42.36.
•Clofhin^ttftr. the.jMiolrla collected al
;ofipi,’t&<* ibiiy i>yt the arnly’s wdgoiii
reittirfd* uiid distributed Iron
its industrial home. At this institu
iidri/t< y•*^hijiloymen•is gjvei
io# many fneh'f who. having'held re
sponsible positions, have fallen lov
tirfSi^sh-dAKk'b^Vrfber ’ Score!
otHhcJeVi^fl tire reclainfed' and latei
placed in a'oftd fiositions.'jtnd on lcgv
iifg the home they are given monej
which they earned, by their vvoi'l
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' CHRISTMAS DINNER FOf? POOR.
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methods have not changed, bat the
world has gradually come to know
something of the groat work they are
doing.
Varied Social Work.
While all Salvation Army operations
have as the ultimate goal the saving
of the whole man, body and soul, it is
the social and industrial part of the
work that attracts the most attention
and awakens the -broadest sympathy.
The extent of this work is compre
hended by few who see the sober-clad
soldiers on their daily and nightly
rounds. It comprises many and varied
branches, such as workingmen's ho
tels. industrial homes, rescue homes,
children’s homes,'maternity hospitals,
work in prisons and slums, farm col
onies. summer outings and Christmas
dinners. Some of its charities are
more than self-supporting, but every
cent that is made by them is used in
other branches of the wor.J-:, and for
the rest the army depends on the con
tributions of philanthropic jtersons
who believe that no other agency is
so potent in reaching and elevating
the "submerged tenth.” The public Is
reached not only through personal so
licitation. but by means.of periodicals’
of which the Army publishes 69, with*
a total of more than l.qui.OOO copies
issued. It operates in $4 .countries
and colonies and preaches the 'gospel
in 2S languages. j*
The Army in Chicago. * • :
Chicago is the headrptasters tar • Ae
western territory of the Army in the
United . States, with Commissioner
Thomas Estill in command, and the
operations of the army here are a
fine example of its work throughout
the world. ■ thjriiig the cold! winter
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the.ref Many, .a -self-supporting yen
an. broken dow n by sickness, :has bgei
relieved-bfc- the army, nursed* baokiti
health and restored to her placi
among the wage-earners, ’ r' i
Christmas Dinners-fot^Tfitjusandfr.
'The spectacular sfd’e of the Shiva
i tion Army's work 'reaches ’its clima;
! at Christmas time. For.mhny daj(.
i before the festival .there may 'be see:
on every prominent corner t ip thi
business district a Salvation • lass
who, despite snow, y.ind,' sleet am
cold cheerfully ^tsnds with tam
bourine in hand, appealing to the pass
er-by for the wherewithal to providi
a happy Christmas for more than 12
000 of Chicagois poor. 1 - These peopl
have bo one to plan pleasant Christ
mas Air])rises for them, and' tit
knowledge that the Salvation Arm:
j lias not-foVgotlen them on tho-day o
universal repoicing is one of th'
brightest spots in their dreary lives.
The thousands of Christmas' dinner
. are purchased, packed in baskets an'
| talfen t,n the 21 distributing points
where they are given cut to the poot
Many of tne baskets, destined for fat®
.il^L's'Jn-which there are.little children
,contain. aJs$’a few- toys' ajd-^inicSj
■ liln; suitniusi <UfBc .tb'gtMsiijy doe-3 t
*Hne rwork»'iu>etkljli*g Hothdes and chil
• di*eh* fdf'wiifiHgSfJin thd'-Country. I
• oWns a big hodft*. flrtd farm in-one o
| life ^iW'sl’^ret-ti'ffitlWsburbs, and then
! th\;'i,3.H,g(l‘h Andii-'#tul pun> ; ehtldrei
! from* the slums filF restored to he^ltl
y'vid; vigor. . ‘ * ’*
j’:';' 6hildren’s Industrial" Farm. 1
.In^'a^jnia, 20 piijes from, Sanf:
IVbsa, ss jone of .the Army's greatest in
.' stirufcfcm?*—the .Lytton Spring Chil
dren’s Industrial farm- of C.10 acres
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FIRSt Alp TP. ,ij£g 'INJURED. ;
months the soldiers are eepeclalte
busy, for in addition to provulifig shel
ter .and food for countless ..destitute^,
men and women in permanent and
temporary lodging houses, thjpy search
unceasingly for cases of suffering
where the victims are too proud or too
ignorant to apply for relief. To 'such
people, 'in rickety tenements and;', ^n.
hovels up; dark and filthy alleys, t+e
cheerful Salvation lassies carry food
and coal and medicines; and, -better
yet, bring to the1 wretcht'd-aad^dd^ti
cast the hopd of 'better things and En
couragement to. struggle onward and
upward. There ar'c ho harsh reproach os
for past shortcomings, ;no threats, but,
gentle admonition, kindly advice and
material assistance at the time-when
it Is most needed. J •
Slum Angels to the Rescue.
In addition to the 21 stations in
Chicago from which the willing work
ers help the poor, a sort of flying
squadron of ‘‘alum angels” is at the
.Jpnce It was a sanitarium ancl summer
retreat. Peopls went there to get the
benefits of the'mineral waters, the
balmly air,* the glorious vistas below
and fern-carpeted canyons behind. On
it ,(here. was a:big hotel and ten cot
tages. and these erstwhile abodes oi
the sick and weary are now the haunfs
and homes of hippy children.
About five years ago- the "Salvation
Army, working tin the principle that
the country is the right place to bring
?up children, founded the' Home. ' it
fwas the outgrowth cf a small home
lifalnta-inecl• by'the order in 'Ska Fran
were Installed as supe^tffetfolnts, and
cisco. Maj. C. W. Bourne aidd* Mb wife
the useful career of a marv&cusly use
ful institution was btsgun. Vlt iS now
the home of about 200 happy, healthy
and most useful children. The boys
are learning to be skillful farmers and
dairymen and the girls' to he model
housekeepers—and all of them to be
good citizens. Much of the produce
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'ttf the farm is sold in San Jranc;=fo.
Rescue and Maternity Home.
Of-all its institutions, the Salvation
, Army in Chicago is perhaps proudes
.of* the Rescue and Maternity Home.
Of this the present matron, Mrs. Kn
isign Smith, writes:
j --Our social operations and coloni
sation schemes met the hearty ap
proval of the.socialistic minded. Our
children's homos and even slum poM
excited the admiration of ptailan
thropists, but just depict a poor Sit!
strayed from the path-of virtue and
rectitude,'■ or one steeped in vileness,
and the majority of your listono:
would either ridicule or turn their of
fended moral nostrils away in disgust
I Whence shall the poor, fallen girl tun
| when the whole world is against li<->
It was the practical answ-er to this
1 momentous question from the myriad
i of submerged daughters that openei
1 the rescue home, and the wester:
1 metropolis was not one whit behind
her sister cities, for in 1893 our inst:
tntion was formally opened.”
Kfve times the home was moved '<■
more commodious quarters, and its
work' has increased steadily. I-tst
year 63 children wore born there. Th>
total .number of girls received during —
the year was 133. About 50 of tie
girls who have been in the home i t
’ turn regularly for the monthly meet
ings. Scores of them are now happil
married and settled down in goo
homes and with loving husbands
What sociologists find to praise mo-1
in# thet Salvation Army's matemi
i homes is the fact that every effort is
made to induce ,thf unfortunate youuf
mother^ to ^eep.thpir.children. Thi
is.,^idrnilfodIy the most potent fact
‘ in their, nipral regeneration.
“Surely,* says' Matron Smith. ' < ■<
alone can domprehend the inestlmab
value of such an institution, w-he
thousands of poor, outcast girls, swi:
ly drifting on the dark current to p
dition, are rescued and find a peac
“ haven.”, . »
.Vast Easiness System.
.The-executive work of the am
that falls upon the shoulders of 1
octogenarian leader is enormous. 1
■ sides its muititudious charitable . ,
stitutions, for all of which the me-'
efficient business management i
quired, there are dozens of other
partments of its work that are aitnr
unknown to the general public. F
instance, there is the management ■
the-tgTeat properties of the array it’
its building operations. It does all - ^
own planning and building, even trait:
ing its own architects, builders
wbrihnen. Then it bds large prii.ti
and engraving plants and the rnanag •
ment’of its piublicdtions is in itself .
great business.
The army’s profits from its e>
tensive tradhig operations are dev. . .
I entirely to the furtherance of i:=
form propaganda1,' the extension
development, of its mission field. \
special.|i>oint is rightly made of t
1 fact that no officer profits to the .
’• ftent single cent from the final.
1 sq.qce$$ of its,business enterprises.
The fupds of the army are admit.,
tered by a central board in Lon.,
pad pyery account is -subjected
‘ r. >•' • j...
■ .
1 j : Coal for Slum Dwellers.
1 fv -
rigid .inspection. A regular audit *>t
the books is also made by account
i. ants of standing,engaged from oats;■:
. the army roll. A board also consul, s
with the general on each detail <u
army policy as it arises. Day ami
night ceaselessly—for the strain is >
never off—this central committer,
keenly alert, watches every develop
meat affecting the good of men 'the
world over. Every section of the
army is linked with this central com
mittee by the cable.
A Literary Feat.
The man who lives in the back
woods and goes hunting between chap
t?rs of the novels he writes visited
r0,Vv> t«S( week.
"Weil." said his friend, playfully
"what are you going to do when you
go back to the tall timber?"
"Oh. just write masterpieces an
shoot jackrabbiis," replied the novel
1st. airily.
“Why don't you shoot a masterpiece
I for a change?" asked the friend, wi n
: malice aforethought.
"Well." said the writing man, afte:
due deliberation of the novel propos.
lion-, i may—after I have written a
jack rabbit.”
The Scent of Books.
The publisher shut hls eyes.
"Bring me books," he said, “and b'
the smell alone I’ll tell what country
each was published in."
He did indeed distinguish In this
mauner a French, an English and an
American book.
"English books have thk best smell.”
he said. "French come next. Our own
come last. Our own smell salty; the
; others smell fresh and sweet. Have u
try.”
The skeptical clubmen in their seats
• about the fire, suuffiug the books, were
soon able, in their turn, to distinguish
them by the odor.
■ ■ :>-Too Much Sameness.
'* “You nv-ud ” change,” said the physi.
ctan. •
“la what, .way,'<jr,u:”
"Your life is altogether too monoto
nous.
I "You surprise me!”
I - "It’s true. .Any man who doesn’t
j into bed until morning and then gets
up in the morning ton »„ gel5>
1 monotonous a lUe!” * i3 leadlng t0° ^
