T11L : FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , I-RIDAV , SIHPTlHHBIiR 22 , 1905
ORlGINALI'i t IS A POWER.
By Fostering This Characteristic Ono
May Attain Great Things
in Life.
There are a thousand pcopltf
who will do faithfully what they
are told to one who can lay out a
programme or execute it ; a thou
sand who can only follow to ono
who can lead. It is a rare thing to
find a young man who has the
power of accomplishment , the
ability to put a thing through with
the force of originality , says Ori
son Swett Marden , in Success.
Whatever your work in life , do
not 'oilow others. Do not imi-
\ tatc. Do not do things just as
* everybody else has done them be
fore , but in new , ingenious ways.
Show the people in your specialty
that precedents do not cut much
of a figure with you , and that you
will make your own programme.
Resolve that , whether you accom
plish much or little in the world ,
it shall be original your own. Do
not be afraid to assert yourself
in an original way. Originality is
power , life ; imitation is death ,
Do not be afraid to let yourself
out. You grow by being original ,
never by copying ; by leading , never -
er by following. Resolve that you
will be a man of ideas , always on
the lookout for improvement.
Think to some purpose. There is
always a place for an original
man.
There is nothing else which will
kill the creative faculty and para
lyze growth more quickly than fol
lowing precedents in everything ,
and doing everything in the same
old way. I have known progres
sive young men to stop growing ,
become hopelessly rutty , and lose
all their progressiveness by going
into their fathers' stores , fac
tories or places of business , where
everything was done in the same
old-fashioned way , and prece
dents were followed in everything.
They lost all expansivcuess.
There was no motive for reaching ;
out for the new and original , be
cause their fathers would not
change ; and I have seen these
splendid fellows , who might have >
become great and grand men.
shrivel to pygmies in their fa
thers' ruts.
How many of our business s
houses are weighted down with i
machinery , old , antiquated meth
ods , ponderous bookkeeping , and 1
\ out-of-date appliances , when new ,
devices , or new methods , with i
short-cut way of doing things ,
would enable them to economize
greatly on room and get along
with less help ; but they cling t"
the old with a fatal tenacity.
This is why so many old con
cerns , which have been strong ,
and powerful for generations- ,
gradually shrink , shrivel , get into l
ruts , and fail , while their newer
competitors , the bright young
men who have gone out from these i
houses , do things in a new way ,
adopt up-to-date methods .
, keep up '
with the times , and go on to
greater success.
WOMEN WASTE VITAL FORCE
Fair Sex Loses Much Nervous Energy
Through Errors Which Might
Easily Be Avoided.
Women ( according ( o a lady
doctor ) lose much nervous force
through errors which might be-
easily avoided.
One notable instance is seen in
their manner of walking. Many
women have an uneven gait , n
nervous , jerky step that jars tin-
whole body and keeps most of tin1
muscles tense and drawn.
A good way of correcting a bad
walk is to carry a waltz tune in
the mind , and keep step to it as
far as possible without actually
dancing. After a time the walk-
will become regular and buoyant , ,
and , the habit once formed , there
is no occasion of continuing the
device of keeping step to a tune.
Women lose much of their vital [ ]
ity in needless excitement and in
misplaced sympathies. Their '
emotions are easily drawn upon '
and instead of reserving their !
powers for important occasions
they dissipate them on the small
est provocation. The reined ' j
here is to practice self-control. It
is one of the finest of nerve tonics
Chinese Cotton Mills.
Thirteen hours and
a half coir
etitutc the working day of a Chi
nese mill hand in the cotton fae
tories , night shifts working but
ten hours. In spite of the lonjj
hours the pay is very small , the
best workers receiving but Ii
cents a day.
CIVILITIES AT THE FRONT.
On Christmas Day Japanese and RUB"J ,
sians Agree to Suspend Fight
That All May Feast.
A Japanese officer serving on' '
the Sliaho has a strange and interesting -
esting story to tell of intercourse
and civilities between the two
armies. '
The Japanese being desirous of
conveying to the Russians news of ,
the fall of Port Arthur , volunteers -
teers were invited to carry the let-
tors. Two non-commissioned of-
( leers and two privates undertook
the task. They rode out toward
the enemy's lines with the inten
tion or delivering the letters di :
rectly into the hands of the Kus-hi
sians , instead of depositing them
at some midway point , as had been
the custom hitherto. There was ,
however , great danger that this
new method might be fatal to t he-
lit lie part.v.
But they rode oll'stoutly to with
in a thousand meters of the ene
my's outpost , waving white hand
kerchiefs. The Russians did no *
fire ' , and the Japanese went
steadily ' on. When they were
only ' about 150 or10 yards away , a
party ; of Russians lay down in Mr-
ing positions , but still the ser
geants and soldiers rode on , ener
getically waving their white flags.
Presently the Russians motioned
them to lay down their arms ,
thinking they had come lo surren
der. The Japanese , however , re
gardless of risk , pushed on to
within hand-shaking distance.
Then the Russians saw that they
carried several bottles of wine
and boxes of cigars. On t he latter
was inscribed in big letters : "To
morrow will be your Christmas
day. We shall not attack if you
do not. Drink and smoke to youi
heart's content and have a good ]
time. "
Atfii'sttheltiissiniisdidnot wisl ,
to accept the presents , but whei ,
they read the hearty sentences
written on the boxes in their owi
language , they were much over
come , and there ensued an ex
change of the friendliest greet
ings.Then
Then the visitors handed ii
their letters and spoke of the fal
of Port Arthur , the news of whicl
was received with profound dis
couragement. "There is no fur
ther object in the war , " said thr
Russian soldiers. Eager ques
tions were asked about Gen.Stoes
sel , and the men were much inter
ested to hear he shortly would bt
on his way home. The Japanes
then presented the Russians will
some pictorial post cards showing
how well Russian prisoners wer
treated in Japan.
Finally the four men rode awa
in safety with the rousing cheer
of the grateful enemy ringing i
their ears.
THE BOOTMAKER IN CHIN ,
Common People Very Rarely Wear
This Sort of Footwear Customs -
toms in the North.
Boots are only worn in China
by officials , servants , soldiers ,
sailors , and special hob-nailed .
boots , occasionally in wet weath
er , by the common people. The
universal form of foot-covering is
a shoe , while coolies and the
poorest classes have to content
themselves with straw or leather
sandals , or go barefoot. Women's
'Hx
shoes are made at home and , ex
jcept in isolated cases in Shanghai
are never exposed for sale in
shops. This remark does not inP
ply to the peculiar form of shoe
worn by Manchii women , which is
perched on a sort of small stilt. In
the north , during the wintei
months , the ordinary boot or shot
is often wadded or lined with
sheepskin , and of late years lepro
ductions of Chinese boots and
idMl
shoes in India rubber have been
imported from the United States
. and Germany , and found favor '
with Chinese at the treaty ports.
1Woman's Progress In Roumania.
' The post of official shorthand
, writer in the Roumanian parlia i
ment has for the first time been
> , won by a woman. It was a com
,
' petitive appointment and the lad\
applicant beat all her male rivals
r Since the new government took uj
. , the reins have made
women great
strides in Roumania in the matte :
inof competing with men. A shorl
hitime ago the finance minister hai
icno fewer than 1. women employer
as secretaries in the central of
flees. There is a great outcrj
against the minister's maiiifes ;
partiality for
Ktopartmeni ,
FATHER OF AMERICAN NAVY
Yet ! Few Ever Heard of Commodore
John Barry , tho.Patrlot Friend
of Washington.
In St. Mary's churchyard , Phil-
adclphia , is the almost forgotten
grave of Commodore John Barry ,
a shipmaster who , at ( he opening
'o the rexolutionary war , offered'
his services to congress and was
given the command of the hexing
ton ( , says Youth's Companion.
Xow an effort is being made to
erect a more suitable memorial
lo I him.
The very mime of the famous old
.igher ( was once a terror on the
nigh seas , but now little is known
of ( his patriot and pe sonal friend
n" \ \ asi.iu.iiou. who proudly re-
.i-d . - . li-t\\e'sonferofflK- ! ( )
'ICO ' and < < mm 'ml of a British
4iiudron ; : "The F.ngHsh govern-
nen ( is not ' rivh enough to
uy me ! "
1 ! irryvis not. as is sometimes
luted , ( intirst ( o ! o'sl ( lieAmer-
nil viisin ; at si-i. V.il to him be-
t'ti } ! * I he 1 oi or of ei , . istening the
"lion llar ; with the 1.1 stripes in
"iv.l ; combat. It wis : when he
cmmamlcd tie I.e.\iiitoii : ( dial
. bore the ensign to its lirsl but-
le , which was a.so its lls-t victory.
It was Barry who look Lufny
tte buck to France , an honored
lid dignified tiust. It was also
I my who. in his hst engagement
n the ' ' war , on his
vay from Havana with a load of
' ! > fiv rotigpess. was dial
i . . ' .red by ( he I ! ilish vessel Sybil
" 'iVho . " < K > s there ? "
"United Slates ship Alliance
: nd saucy Jack Barry , half-Irish
ind half Yankee. Who are you ? "
was ( he answer.
It was a proud day when Com
modore Barry superintended the
| launching of the first-born of the
United States navy , a frigate of
i 4-f guns.
| John Barry was a man of quick
passion , but warm heart. Onci
during the setting of a sail , when
a bungling performance caused
delay , he lost his temper com
pletely and lustily beat the
boatswain about the head with his
speaking trumpet. When he
calmed down his repentance wan
great. lie called th'c boatswain
into the cabin and apologized
frankly and sincerely. From that
day the injured man was Harry's
stanch friend and adherent.
Tie disliked hesitation and un
certainty of any kind. When one
of his officers began a sentence
with "I think , " he would interrupt
impatiently : "Who gave you a
right to think , sir ? "
One day the commodore was
amused to hear himself quoted
one of the crew.
"Who gave you a right to think
sir ? " said one sailor to another
"Don't you know the commodore
thinks for us all ? "
BEER DUELS IN GERMANY
Only Wondering Onlooker Sees Fun
in Contests Carried On in
i Land of Teuton.
If the Rhodes scholar who had
been describing to Chicago the
,
Oxford system of "sconces" had
'
gone on to a del-man university ho
would have found that the man
1C'who can drink a quart of beer
\\ithout taking breath is not : there t
hero , but only an ordinary stu
dent. At the German "kneipe"
, or club meeting for the drinking
of beer and the singing of stu
dents' songs there is a special
challenge to a Bier-Kocnig ( beer-
king ) contest. The huge pots are
filled , the duelists face each other ,
and at the work of command ( hey
drink. The first who can invert
Ian ' empty pot and splutter "Bier
Koenig" wins. A German student
will bring pot and mouth to the in
timate angle , and down goes the
beer without a tremor of the
throat. This , of course , gives no
. pleasure but to the wondering on
looker ; it is merely an acrobatic
feat.
I
Quenched Enthusiasm.
"lie writes very uninteresting ]
love letters , " said the sentimental
girl.
girl."You
. "You mustn't blame him for '
that , " answered Miss Cayenne.
"Fie once served on the jury in a
,
breach of promise case. " Wash
ington Star.
Change of Punctuation.
Barber Does this razor cut all
right , sir ?
Victim Well , it cuts , all right ' ,
Done it about eight times now. "
Cleveland Leader.
ODD RECORDS TO THE FORE
Whim Ono Cannot Bo Famous Through
Natural Sources , Thcra Arc
Many Other Channels.
Those who fail to gain distinc
tion through other means seem to
seek oddity of performance , and
every little while there appears a
challenge from some "champion
egg eater" or other freak.
The-tO-quail-in ID-days perform
ance has been outdone by a man
who recently ate a whole goose
each day for III ) days , the fowls
weighing from six to eleven
pounds. Other records in this line
are ( iO soft boiled eggs daily for six
days , six quails of beans in ( ( )
minutes , smoking 51) ) cigars in 11
hours without once takiuga drink.
A Paris coaple recently walt/.ed
without cessation for six and
three-quarter hoursv < while an
English actor danced all the way
from London to Norwich.
The best club swinging record
has been standing for 17 years ,
when IS ! ( ! different combinations
were shown in sixteen minutes and
a quarter , iHl ! 1 revolutions being
required.
A score of ( ! , > itl : points was the
result of a 21-hour endurance
billiard match in Paris , the con
testants covering 150 miles in walk
ing around the table , and a violin
ist has played a combination of
l.SOO notes in four and a quarter
minutes , averaging 11) ) notes a
second.
Reciting Dante's "Divine Com
edy" from memory in 20 hours is
another queer record , while oth
era have gained fame through
making 12,00(1 ( ham sandwiches in
1 ! ) hours and 40 minutes , dressing
ten shce'p in ! M minutes , ! ! ( ) ( ) chick
ens in1 4 minutes and killing and
dry picking ( ) ! geese in ten hours ,
DURING AN OCEAN CALM.
Ship Rolls and Tosses , But Sails Can
not Get Enough Wind to
Carry the Vessel.
All the afternoon the brig roller
on the long swells , which hourly
grew heavier , says Century. They
leaped against the horizon , swung
onward beneath the keel , am 1
swept past with the unrelenting
persistency that seemed the em
bodiment of persistent hate.
gale can be combated , but , in the
grasp of a calm , man is helpless
Every part of the vessel cried on
in protest. The canvas sluttet
and ( lapped like the wings of
huge bird vainly trying to rise
from the waves ; every block rat
tied and croaked ; the main boom
hauled chock aft , snatched at itf
sheets with a viciousncss tha
threatened to part them at ever.
roll and made their huge block
crash ; from the pantry belov
came the constant rattle of crock
ery ; and the blue sea , dipjied ui
through the scuppers , swashei
back and forth against the mail
deck. By eight bells ever ,
stitch of canvas had been furle
or clued up to save it , and the bri
lay rolling in the dark hollows lik
a drunken sa'Ior reeling home.
SLAV'S RULER A BUSY MAf\
Even in Time of Peace Czar Has Mor
'
to Do Than Any Other Man
in the World.
There is nowadays not a grea
deal of gayety at the Russian'
| court , says Century. The empcr-
' or is a very busy ma n ; he probably
has more to do , even in time of
11peace , than any other man in t lu
world. Combine the responsibil
ity of the president , the cabinet ,
congress , the governors of states ,
state legislatures , and mayors of
the principal cities in thiscoiintry ,
and you will begin to form an idea
of the load on the shoulders of
Nicholas II. There is no finality
below him , except as he permits
il ; and the mass of details that t
actually reaches him is astonish
ing. If President Roosevelt had
to grant permits to operate mills
in Texas , ereri buildings in New
, York , or fonii mining companies
' in California , before any such op
erations could be begun , even his
giant energy would be taxed. Yet
incredible as it may seem , the em
peror of Russia examines into
myriads of similar minutiae , be-
sides attending to the great af-
fairs of state.
Simply Crazy.
' Happy , though married two
days , " was one of the many labels )
attached by practical jokers fo 1
the luggage of a newly married
couple who left an English rail
way station the other day on their ; '
J way to Canada.
WILL POWER AN ESSENTIAL
The Man Who Bollovcs and Has Con
fidence in Himself Is lie- Who
Succeeds.
What would you think of a
young man , ambitious.to become
a lawyer , who should surround
himself with a medical atmos
phere and SIKMU ! his time reading
medical books ? asks Orison Swett
Marden , in Success. Do you ( hinU
he would ever become a great
la wyer by following such a course ?
No , he must put himself into a law
atmosphere , where he can absorb
it and be steeped in it until he is
attuned to flic legal note. lie
must be grafted into the legal
tree so thai he can feel its sapcir
dilating through him.
How long would it take a young
man to become successful who
puts himself into an atmosphere
of failure and remains in ii until
he is soaked fo saturation with
( he idea ? How long would it take
a man who depreciates hiniRclf ,
talks of failure , walks like a fail
are , and dresses like a failure
who is always complaining of tin1
insurmountable diflicuUics in his
way , and whose every step is on
the road to failure how long
would it take him to arrive at the
success goal ? Would anyone be
lieve in him or expect him to win ?
The majority of failures began
to deteriorate by doubting or de
preciating themselves , or by los
ing confidence in ( heir own ability.
The moment you harbor doubt
and begin to lose faith in yourself ,
you capitulate to the enemy.
Every time you acknowledge
weakness , inefficiency , or lack of
ability weaken self-con
, you your -
fidence , and thai is to undermine
( he very foundation of all achieve
ment.
So long as you carry around a
failure atmosphere , and radiate
doubt and discouragement , you
will be a failure. Turn about face ,
cut off all currents of fail
ure thoughts , of discouraged I
thoughts. Holdly face your goal I
with a stout heart and a deter
mined endeavor , and you will find r
that things will change for you ;
but you miisf see a new world h <
fore you can live in it. It is to
what you see , to what you believe ,
to what you struggle incessantly
fo attain , ( hat you will approxi
mate.
FIND TREASURE OF A KING
Hoard of Gold , Ivory and Precious
Stones Lies Hidden In
African Soil.
Treasure hunting continues to
occupy the attention of ninny people
ple in various parts of the world.
A hoard of buried wealth not as
well known as certain others is
that supposed to have been se
creted by Lobengula , king of the
Matabele in South Africa , before
he met his death at the hands of
the British. This treasure is said
to consist of gold , ivory and pre
cious stones. II was brought into
( he limelight of public notice not
long ago by the arrest of a Dutch
man named John Jacobs. He ar
rived at Bulawayo , told Home-
thing of his plans , was put into
what they call the "goal" and ha.s
since been deported.
Lobengula succeeded his father !
' as king of the Matabele in 1870 ( )
and boldly opposed European civ
Vis
ili/.alion. lie made Bulawayo his
capital. After ( he discovery ifr
gold in his territory in 1872 , I'or
( ugal , the Transvaal and Great
Britain strove to win the supreme
control over Lobengula's king
dom. In 1888 he signed a trcah
with Great Britain , admitting her :
suzerainty. In 1SI5 ! ) , provoked b 0
0h
the insolence of Hie British South
! Africa company , he attacked the
' English. He was terribly beaten.
n.is
His capital was taken and In his
' flight he himself was killed ,
John Jacobs , the treasure seek-
er , was a school teacher. lie
Ife
claims to have been private secre
tary to King Lobengula and that
in this way lie learned where the
treasure was hid. The Bulawayc \
'Cd
, authorities , however , discovered ;
that he had a bad record. Hence
his deportation. Jacobs is an el I
Iof
- derl.\ man , bearing evidence of
- long exposure ( o wind and
weather. The treasure is still to
be found.
Old Age nnd Late Hours.
A statistician affirms that the
majority of people who attain old
age have kept late hours. Eight
- out of ten who reach the age of SO
' have never gone to bed till after
12 at night.
WOULD RATHER WALK HOME
Story Told of Carpenter McGloin , an
Odd Naval Character Averse
to Seasickness.
A naval officer ( ells the follow
ing story of Carpenter McGloin ,
an odd character employed in the
navy , who for many years was a
sort of privileged person employed
in the service because of his un
flagging spirits and wit.
The old I'ensacola once was com
ing up to San Francisco from lion
olulu , when she met a severe gale.
McGloin , who in heavy weather
usually became seasick , promptly
"turned in. "
Shortly after his disappearance ,
il was reported to ( he captain
that something was amiss with
( he foreopmusl. ( Accordingly ,
McGloin's services as carpenter
being necessary a I ( his juncture ,
he was sen I for. Staggering on
deck he began to make a series of
excuses , which were cut short by
the commanding officer , who or
dered the carpenter to go aloft
and ascertain what was wrong
with ( he mast.
ThcproposHion struck McGloiu
with such amazement that it took
away his breath. "Up that mast , "
muttered he , "in such weather as
this ? "
"Yes , up that mast , " reiterated
the commanding officer , sternly ,
"and quickly , too ! "
McGloin decided to enter a last
despairing protest. "Cap'n , " said
he , "do you honestly mean that
I'm to go up that mast in such
weather ? Why , this is an awful
gale ! "
The officer lost patience. "You
are impertinent , man ! " exclaimed
he. "And I've allowed you too
much talk already ! Up that mast ,
now ! "
"All right , " mournfully wnilcd
McGloin , as he prepared to obey
the order ; "bill , " he added , with
a reproachful glance at his su
perior ollicer , "cup'n , if there was
a four-inch plunk from here to
Brooklyn , rather than go tip that
mast , I'd walk home ! "
TRIVIAL , BUT A TRAGEDY.
And No Sympathy Could Bo Had
from Confidant of Gloomy
Woman.
They were all ( o have a Sunday
night supper at a friend's house ,
and even ( he boarding mistress
waw invited ; so ( he girl got an
extra Sunday night and the house
hold split up in parties for the.
afternoon , relates the New York
Sun.
Sun.By
By tW' H n nd t lirees they arrived
at the host's home until there ,
were left only the boarding mistress - ,
tress and the husband of the worn- ,
an who had engineered the party , i
There was a quarter of an hour. '
wait , and at last the husband
strolled in.
"Miss Blank says she can't I
come , " he announced , as hoi
sniffed the odor of the old-fash
ioned shortcake. "I guess slit
must have another of her
headaches , for she seems to luw
gone ( o bed ; just poked her heat !
out of ( he doorway and said slu
was sorry. "
Late that evening the
woman took home a generou
slice of shoitcake and found th
absent one silting , disconsolati
in ( he parlor.
"I I bought you were 511 , " sh'l
cried. "Will said you had gone t
bed. "
"My dear , " sobbed the boardin
mistress , "all my dresses butte
up ( he back , and when I started t
get ready the only person in tl
place was your husband. I cou
not very well ask him , could I ? "
And the only comfort she i
ceived was : "Why not ? P
. trained him to do it beautifully
Timber Cutting in Australia.
All explorer in the back woo
-
of Australia tellft how some of t
timber cutlers ( ook big risks ,
had given instructions to the m
in the bush that on no aacou
were they to lay aside their fli
arms , " he says. "After havi
been absent.for a short time I
turned and found that they h
slung their revolvers and carbir
on a small tree and were worki
at about 50 yards from them. I c
fell you they heard of it. The i
lives have a playful habit of dr.-
ging their spears through t
grass with their toes and all (
while looking as innocent as it
possible to look. If the natn
had only thought of ittheymif
have given the cutters a wa
time. "