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better methods.
rvfmii'N oj rasy errors and the
jriinds of foretltoityhf, to r
ilucr mutually e.rpmsire mis
taker of mechanical, routiner
cial ami professional peontel
How long could you
carry the same um
brella every other day?
An architect told hip that lu could
1( M three umbrellas n duy. but that
lip Knew a man who carrlpd an urn
tiri'lla every da. summer and win
ter, using II as a mie, and ho never
lost one any mine ilian lie would his
tint.
One of my schoolmates took a trip
nnd lost his rultliers the first thing.
Mo got another pair anil soon lost
them. Then he decided to go without
rubber--.
You may find It a good exercise to
try carrying n cane or an umhrella
every other day. Just for tho test It
would give you.
Could ,wii have done this? On tho
way to my tialn this morning I called
to Interest a man in my accuracy re
wan Iws, and after some pffort sue
i reded. Up sns n believer In actual
experience, and skeptical about re
lonleii experiences. Five minutos
after leaving him I missed my um
brella and iPluriied to his ofllce.
it w.is not theie, hut he had a laugh
ready lor me it was a joko to him
to see me hunting lor a lost umbrolla
jut c'tor I'diiMUV him to work with
me ace.iracy.
T. n I had to explain that I wanted
to know more about i eeurncy . and by
riving and getting Idc.is I expected
to do so. I am mine accurate than
f niil . lui' cfiulil ou lime gone
lii.i I: for the umhrella'.'
Ooin back to him as I did and
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il under tho management of an art-it-1.
I know Hint I now know more
about ho, not to leave my umbrella.
Te.ling you about it helps me chain
an umbrella mentally to me. A visi
tor to I lie Wot Id's Fair in Chicago
tried to take hninoan uinhiclln he took
from home with a special pride and
le-lro. lie thought that ho could
earrv It clear through his tilp. but
be did not. He loll It in the larm
ers' dining rniiui and never saw it
nun In
1'. S. (a day later) Telephoned a
friend II I had lett ill) umbrella at
bis home. He asked toi a descrip
tion, and I told him a rubber band
was- mi the handle, lie could not Hud
It, but on my way to the train I
called and It was theio. He said ho
did not look lar enough, as the rub
ber luind was down mount! the ends
or tho ribs at the rod end of tin han
dle. The employe's Customer.
Sellers of tinio are not always will
ing to do for their customer what
their customer lias to do tor bis cus
tonic. And who W the customer of tho
employe? The employer is! The em
ployer works lor the employe when
the employe becomes Indispensable to
the employer
lint when tho employe Is common
ly desirable, then the employer buys
time and skill and nblllty the same as
he does nnythiug else.
Home dealers bullet e In one-tlmo
customers by taking advantage of tho
customer and making all they can tho
first tiino and not expect Iiib another
opportunity
Other dealers bellevo that a trans
action should lead to another and that
to tho ourtomcr's friends.
Tho employe's ability to do Is his
Hock In trade. His coinmeielal char
acter Is what ho loally Is when It
comes to power to earn.
His reputation inn he good or bad,
lust or unjust but character Is r.l
t.ayb Just of justice, and Just what ho
is when tut is alone with himself.
Knemles may cover his reputation
up In mud, and character, If first
cla&E, will help him dig out smiling.
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The solution of tar
barrel perplexities
which are everywhere.
A captain gave tny futher a big bar
rel In which was about ten gallons of
coal tar. The captain threw In a re
mark' about the groat value In coal
tar and Its being handy to lime
around )
Somehow we did not usp the coal
tar as fast as we expected to. but It
seemed necessary to move tho barrel
about four times a year.
Kvery time I touched the barrel It
riMtilrod lard and soap to nature tny
hands, but my memory did not last
ft oiii occasion to occasion, and I con
tinued to use lard and soap soveiol
times n year for several years.
Then the thought came that It
might be all right to pass the barrel
along to. a farmer who had more op
portunities to use It than Jo move It.
Ho came for It with a smile and a
wheelhairow and It went across the
stteot to my relief and a saving of
lard and soap.
Tho farmer spoke well of the bairel
several times alter getting it antl this
helped mo to forgive the captain for
his liberality.
We might Inventory our posses
sions once or twice a year and pass
along to the light people any tar bar
rel articles wo find In the way of our
peace of mind.
Our desire is going
in the wrong direction
when we wish others
trouble.
The ancients may have meant de
slro when they talked about heart.
!s not desire the henrt of a person?
Dohlro governs our thoughts ami nets
so far as we have freedom.
Why it is an error to wish others
misfortune or to glory In their having
trouble?
We see others doing It nnd it Is a
common temptation, but it is an error
because it helps to sustain discord on
em th and war among men.
In every nation there Is a peace ele
ment mid a war element. You and I
are on one ship or the other In our
llttlo eery day life.
In nearly every organlntlon or as
sociation and In many homes the two
elements may be found, one for bettor
methods and one for the pioducts of
ignorance.
Tile best victories me not those
which cause trouble for the enemy,
hut which rather cause the enemy to
lespect you and confess his previous
error.
A desire for the right kind of a vic
tory" gives patience, wisdom and op
portunity. For success It must bo n
genuine desire for peace on earth and
good will among men.
About keeping on the
track during debates
and conversations.
We start out for a certain point
and think of an argument or a sub
ject that leads us In another direc
tion. On.- says something that makes
the other bay something else and the
'irst thing you know you are wonder
ing how you got where you find your
self. This Is true of thinking. After you
have been going from one subject to
nnothoj- subject nnd then say to your
selfhow did I happen to hnvo this
subject In my head?
Wandering around In the lipids nnd
woods Is recreation and so Is wan
dering around In memoiles mid imag
inations. Do not do too much and do not do
too little.
Do it when you should rather than
when you should he thinking to a purpose
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MADAME
Mmf. Krzosinskn, the favorite
dancer at the St. Petersburg theaters,
has renounced her life of pleasure and
applause and hns gone to the front as
a Hed Cross nurse.
In addition to her fame as a dancer
llmi', Kr.esinska Is icputed to be the
wealthiest single woman in Russia.
She lesldos in a magnificent palace
In St. Petersburg and has a castle In
Poland, a villa on the north shoiu of
the Crimen, and another country home
in one of the Halt it piovlnces. She
owns land to the extent of luO.UOU
acres and her fortune Is estimated at
$5,000,000.
With all her wealth, Mme. Krzesln
ska has neer abandoned her profes
sion of bnlleteuse, and during the sea
son she can be seen on the stage In
St. Petersburg night after night.
PRETTIEST CHILD IN EUROPE.
Committee of Artists Awards Distinc
tion to Little French Girl.
According to a decision by Caiolus
Duian antl a committee of French art
ists, Odette Milllo. Is the prettiest
child in Kurope.
A general beauty contest was
opened, to lie decided on the strength
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of photographs, and emissaries were
sent to very country, advertising In
thp papers for photographs of protty
children.
From those sent In 2.000 were sc
led eil and submitted to Carolus-Duran
nnd his committee. The uunnlmoiis
choice fell upon Odette Milllo. of Mar
seilles, France, who Is just 8 yenrs
old.
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CALM BEFORE THE STORM.
Czar's Prophetic Utterance to Mel
ville E. Stone.
When Molvillo i:. Stone, formerly
of Chicago, was in St. Petersburg just
before the outbreak of tho Kusso-.Ia-pan
war he attended the royal ball
that was given a week before the
.InpanoMt attached tho Russian ships
at Port Arthur. The czar spoke with
Mr. Stono and In the course of the
conversation the Aineilcaii remarked
that It did not look like war to see
so vast an assembly so Intent on '
pleasure. The cur's reply was mem
orable: "Hut remember the duchess
of Richmond's ball the night beroro
Waterloo." he said. They both
laughed, but the Saturday following
the Japanese ambassador, under or
ders from home, asked for bis pass
ports, nnd on tho following Monday
night fighting began.
Girl Turns Black, Then Dies.
Miss Vloletta M. Potter, a bountiful
young society woman of Providence,
R. I is dend as the result of a little,
known, but much dreaded malady
known as Addison's disease. Miss
Potter had been a long and patient suf
ferer under her mysterious allllcton.
She had t-.een her delicate pink and
white skin turn first to gray and then
to tho lino of a negro, as tho black
spots spread and ran into one another,
finally coveting her entire body. Tho
first symptoms ol the malady appear
ed about four years ago.
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Once every yenr Mine. Krrpsluskn
makes a tour to llerlln. Paris, and
Vienna. She Is unipiestlonably tho
gi cutest ol contemporary pirouette
duncers. and cun whirl round on her
axle, so to peal. no less than thlity
three times on the point of her toes.
When Mine. Ki.eslnsla travels she
Is accompanied by a suite of fifty-two
attendants and domestics. She rents
whole Jloois of the most expensive
and fashionable hotels, gives sumptu
ous dinners to local nobilities mid gen
erally astonishes western lCuropcuns
by the almost barbaric character of
her splendor. Why she has abandoned
the pleasures ami luxuries of her life
In St. Petersburg to expose herself to
the hardships of win has yet to bo ex
plained. fsw.
BARS THE MERELY RICH.
Queen Alexandra Plans to Reorganize
London Society.
It will not be a mere matter ol dol
lars to Invade the Mayfalr set in m
don this season, Queen Alexandra hav
ing signified her wish that not every
Tom. Dick anil Harry he presented at
court l.nn season was a holiday for
money eil Americans who could buy
marchioness lavor with a pearl neck
lace and many a peer was willing to
dine in public for a tip on the stock
market . So many folk rushed head
long Into the wet end set that a posi
tion in tills society was cheapened.
One woman, whose mother was a
keeper of a hoarding house in the
west. Is one of the hen Irlends of two
iluchouscs Splendid Jewels, dlseret t
ly distributed, brought the noble ling,
llshwomen to her feet.
IS NOT STUDYING ITALIAN.
Mark Twain Gives Cogent Reasons
Why He Need Not.
Mark Twain is not studying Italian;
ho does not consider it necessary,
even though he Is domiciled in Flor
ence for some limp in come. "I can
not speak tho lunguage." ho recently
explained; "I am too old now to lenrn
how, also too busy when t nin busy,
and too Indolent when I nut not;
vvhereron some will Imagine that I
am having a dull time of it. Hut it is
not so. The 'help' are all natives;
they talk Italian to nie, I answer In
Kugllsh; I do not understand them,
they tlo not understand nie, conse
quently no hnrm Is ileum and every
body Is satisfied. In order tojjr Just
and lair I throw an Italian word wheu
I have one."
HIS READING WAS DEFECTIVE.
Otherwise Senator Beverldge Might
Have Been a Soldirr.
Senator Heverldge ol Indiana takes
gieat Interest In military affaiis nnd
while In the Philippines spent murli
time on the firing line with (Jen Law
Ion. One day he made u remark of
such military aptitude that Lawton
snld. "Mr. Heverldge, you ought to
bo a soldier, not a politician." "I
should have hern In tho army," re
plied tho senator, "but I couldn't read
aloud well enough." Ho then explnlnetl
that he was heateit in his cxninlnn
Hon for a cadotshlp at West Point
by one-fifth of 1 per tent, his tleret the
oral rending having tinned tin scales
by this fraction against him.
Trouble for Elevated Railroads.
Says Klectilelty of March HI- The
new "musical" scrapers on the ele
vated railroad cars in Manhattan
were subjected last week to thtir
first severe test, and were found
wanting. As the sleet fell on the
rails It fro.e, mid a thin film ol Ice
was tormed on tho track. The shoe.i
glided over the coating without pick
ing up any current, and the scraporn
mane about as much linpiesslon on
the coating as the shoes. An a re
suit, tralllc was delayed and ttalna
Mailed.
HOW MUCH SHOULD WE EAT?
How shall one determine- how much
ood to eat? Too much mystery linn
been thrown about this subject. Let
your sensations decide. It inur.t be
kept In mind that the entire function
or digestion antl assimilation Is car
ried on without conscious supervision
or concurrence. It should he entirely
uiifclt mid unknown, excepting by the
feeling of "blend re." which neeoin
panics mid follows Its uortnul accom
plishment. Satiety Is bad. It Im
plies a sensation of fulness In the re
glou ot the stomach ami that means
that too much food has been taken.
The exact coriespoiiiloiicp In a healthy
anlinnl. between the appetite mid the
amount ot food letptlred Is extraordi
nary. As a title, the meal, unless eh ten
very slowly, should cease bofoie the
appetite It. entliely satisfied, because n
little time is letpilied for the outlying
organs and tissues to feel the effects
of the ItiotI that has been Ingested. If
too little hns been taken It Is easy
enough to make It up at the next meal
mid the appetite will be only the bet
ter ami the food, more grateful.
No one was ever sorry for having
voluntarily eaten too little, while mil
lions every day repent having eaten
too much. It has been said that the
great lesson homeopathy taught the
world was this That, whereas physi
cians had been In the hnblt of giving
the patltnt the largest dose be could
stand, they have been led to see that
their purpose was belter subserved by
giving him the smallest dose that
would produce tne desired effect. And
so It Is with food. Instead of eating,
as most people unfortunately tlo, as
much as (hey can, they should pat
the smallest amount thai will keep
them in good health. Century Magazine.
JAPAN ASIATIC TO THE CORE.
According to Talent t Williams in
(lie Hooklovers Mngalue. It is a shal
low view of the Japanese nation
which rcgmtls it as Ihiropeaul.ed. It
remains at the coro Asiatic. What
it has horiowed Is small by the side
of what it has retained. The pros
pect, strong twenty years ago, that Its
upper and Intelligent cinsi-es would
adopt Christianity, has vanished.
There has come Instead a renaissance
of Shinto Initli. a revival of Huddhism
just as Islam grows stronger In
every Moslem country nut! a wide
spie.nl desire to preserve the Japa
nese attitude In faith, In morals anil
In soelnl life. The Japanese soldier
ami sailor in arms, armament, uni
form, oiganbatlon, discipline and drill
- Is F.uropcan. but he addresses him
self to the tasl with a reckleso dlsro
gartl of life, a seciccy, a subordina
tion ami a freedom from personal
ambition which teciill Asiatic rather
than Kuropcuii tradition.
THE ADVANCE OF WEALTH.
The advance In the standard of
wealth In the last century Is recog
nized by all as something formidable.
In the writer's boyhood, Thomas dish
ing was the only man in Huston, or
Its vicinity, who was suspected of be
ing a millionaire; mid even in his
ease noine leganleil such wcuth as In
credible. Ho win. an essentially mod
est, retiring man. ami said to a lady
of my aciptalitauet. who ventured to
reproach him for having holes In his
shoos, that he knew no real advantage
of wealth, except to be able to wear
one's old shoes without criticism. Hut
what is a million dollars to-day? To
the eyes of many It lepresonls econ
omy; almost poveity; at any rate, a
step toward the almshouse, John Ja
cob Astor was said to be worth twen
ty millions, and that, was such it colos
sal fortune, people had again to alter
their standard ol figures In ailthme
tic. Alter this Commodore Vaniler
hilt's forty millions seemed but a step,
and the next v'audcrhllt's two hun
dred millions weie not so wholly
startling. Vet men looked with com
miseration on the division of this
last fortune by his published will. Six
ty millions to each of two sons, mid
(lie lest of tho tamlly cut off with ten
millions apiece! Men felt like taking
up a contribution In the churches Vet
what seeinod even these wonders
compared with the personal wealth of
the present day! Thomas Went
worth lligginsou in the Atlantic.
SOURCES OF HER CHARM.
Poets and lovers or New Oilcans
will tell you that the girl of the south
ern city gets her pale, creamy com
plexion from the magnolias that bloom
In such piofuslon; her grace and Inn
mild ease of motion from the thou-
sumhi ol waving palms; tho dusk of
her eyes ami hair from the wondrous
(topical beauty of the southern nights;
her volte from the whispering of tho
yephyrs and the changeful song of
the mocking bird. Much of her health
Is undoubtedly owing to tho fruit she
eats; oranges like globes of russet or
greenish gold, into whoso fiavor has
microti the pot fume of tho most dell
clous llower In tho fiult world; figs,
which me dowers, purple without, rosy
within, the subtlest nnd most delicate
ol fruits; "wutermllllon," whoso cool
colors are as icfreshlng on a summer
lny as the draught that cornea from
Its crimson heart. From "Tho Now
Orleans Clii." by Columbine, In Na
tional Magazine.
JAPANESE WOMEN IN WAR.
The women of Japnn do not go out
anil light today as they have done on
rare occasions In the pnsl. Wo had
an empress once who led an army
Into Korea and fought at the head of
her soldiers. And even In tho last
century, when the Shogun niatlt! his
last stand against tho Mlkntlo, near
ly a thousand women mid girls be
longing to families attached to tho
Shogun fought behind and upon tho
castle walls, mid many were killed.
It Ik different now. Only the men
go out. Hut there Is much loft for
Hie women (o tlo, mid there Is not n
woman In Japan who will shirk her
duty. Not only must sho lake onto
of the family while the men are away,
but slit must work for the soldiers.
Our KtnpitsK herself Is the put ion of
tho Jnpanpsp Rod Cross Socltiy,
whoso president Is always a prince of
the nival bouse.
The women who act as nurses must
lay aside their kimonos nnd wear tho
tegular dress of a hospital nurse.
Iloth before and since tho war with
China tho women of Japan hnvo at
tended the hospital training schools,
whore Instruction Is given by Amort
can antl European nurses, and there,
me now no better nurses In tho world
than those of Japan. Mrs. Hadnx.uc.hl
Uchltla, wife of tho Japanese Consul
(eiieral In Now York, In Hatpor'n
Weekly.
GOOD MAY COME FROM WAR.
Such good us may come fiom the
war. such compensations as may fol
low in Its train, must tie looked for In
the hiontlftiing mid uplifting effects
ol the contest upon tho countries
where It Is waged, and whoso posses
sion mid control constitute the rent
ensus belli. So far as tho benefit! to
bo ileilveil fiom modern civilization
are concerned, there can bo no doubt
that Atauchuiia will bo far better off
under either Russian or Japanese ruin
than under Chlne.se, as this region
still Is. nominally. Manchuria has al
loody benefited greatly by Russian
administration of her finances, hci
tutirnads mid her local government,
and these gains will bo confirmed anil
extended when Manchuria passes com
pletely under the control of a morn
highly civilized power.
Hul to Corea most of all will tho
war be practically certain to bring a
largo measure of advantage, no mat
ter which party to tho contest may
claim her as the spoil of victory. Co
rea, which remained up to a few yearn
ago tin "hermit nation" of tho KaHt,
is still In a benighted condition, with
a government and a people but fow
mailea above savagery. The country
has no educational system whatever
mid the mashes are still In the lowest
depths of Ignorance and superstition.
Industrial enterprise and development
are render, il impossible by the na
tional prejudice which forbids Innova
tions of any kind us lining disrespect
ful to the, ancestral relations of tho
people.
The existing government, as admin
istered by all, from the emperor down
to the lowest village officer, Is entile,
grossly iuellltient nnd corrupt to a
degree hardly appreciable by an acci
dental mind. The country is filled
with officials who do nothing but tlravv
their salaries, and whoso maintenance.
" enforced as It Is by every species of
cruelty and oppression, Is a crushing
burden upon the laboring classes. Jus
tice as administered by tho local mag
istrates Is worse than a farce, since
decisions go almost entirely as a mat
ter of lavor or in return for bribe'.--
Leslie's Weekly.
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THE ART OF CLEAR DICTATION,
Fow people think and talk with pre
cision mid In logical order, even of
the men whose trained Intellectual
ability Is made ninulfoRt In their de
liberate wilting. In dictated jtullclnl
opinions and legal ilociimunta then
now often appear redundancy, com
plexity of thought and carelessnehH
of expression, of which tho burden of
Interpretation Is great; and some
times tho separation of tho wheat
from tho chaff Is next to impossible.
Moreover, we discover In many con
temporary literary productions, books
and what not, like evidences that they
weio dictated by men who hail not
mustered rho art. Tho difference bo
tween written antl dictated work Ik
madu apparent In the absence of any
thing like Individuality of literary
style antl in a machlno-llko uniform
ity In which there Is no more literary
style than la an ordinary commercial
letter. New York Sun.
FRENCH HOUSEWIFE'S THRIFT,
The well-known 'thrift of tho Fronch
housewife Is reflected In tho nntlonul
finances. It Is a fact that tho distribu
tion of wealth in Franco Is wider than
in any other Kuropeau country. Tho
records of the Courts of Probate in
Knglnntl antl the notarial records In
Franco nfford data for comparison. In
Knglnnd the Cl.aan estates adminis
tered last year amounted to $1,440,
000,0000, while In Franco .J6.'t,G12 es
tates only netted $954,425,201. In other
words, while the English fortunes
were much greater Individually than
tho French patutes, tho number of
property holders In Franco wore flvo
to ono compared with Ungland. Phil
adelphia Record.
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