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"Why tho Jnp Is Strong. TherJapanese arc allowed to be among the very strongest people on earth. They are strong mentally ami physically and yet practically they eat no incut at all. The diet which en ables them to develop such hardy frames and such well-balanced and keen brains consists almost wholly of xicc. steamed or boiled , while the but ter-to-do add to this Spartan fare lii.h , eggs , vegetables and fruit. For bever ages they use weak lea without sug.ir or milk and pure water , alcoholic stim ulants being but rarely indulged in. "Water is imbibed in what we should consider prodigious quantities to an Englishman , indeed , the drinking of so ' much water would be regarded as madness. The average Japanese in dividual swallows about a gallon daily In divided doses. The Japanese recognize the benefi cial effect of Hushing the system through the medium of the kidneys and they also cleanse the exterior of their bodies to an extent undreamed of In Europe or America. Another and perhaps this is the usage on which the Japanese lay the greatest stress is that deep , habitual , forcible inhalation of fresh air is an essential for the acquisition of strength , and this method is sedulous ly practiced until it becomes part of their nature. Medical Record. The record tomato was raised by Mrs. JoshuaV. . Shockloy of ll.iltimorc , Md. It weighed twenty-two and a half ounces , nnd measured over eighteen inches in circumference. It wa < ? cut into thirty slices , which were served to nine persons. "WHACKS" An'l What They Mean. When Old Mother Nature gives you a "whack" remember "there's a rea son , " so try and say "thank you ; " then set about finding what you have done to demand the rebuke , and try and get back into line , for that's the happy place after all. . Curious how many highly organized people fail to appreciate and heed the first little , gentle "whacks" of the good old Dame , but go right along with the habit , whatever it may be , that causes her disapproval. Whiskey , Tobacco. Coffee. Tea or other unnatural treat ment of the body , until serious illness sets in or some chronic disease. Some people seem to get on very well with those things for a while , and Mother Nature apparently cares but little what they do. Perhaps she has no particular plans for them and thinks it little use to waste time in their training. There are people , however , who seem to be selected by Nature to "do things. * ' The old Mother expects them to carry out some department of her great work. A portion of these select ed ones oft and again seek to stimu late and then deaden the tool ( tin * body ) by some one or more of the drags Whiskey , Tobacco , Coffee , Tea , Morphine , etc. You know all of these throw down the same class of alkaloids in chemi cal analysis. They stimulate and then depress. They take from man or wom an the power to do his or her best work. After these people have drugged for a time they get a hint or mild "whack" to remind them that they have work to do , a mission to perform , and should be about the business , but are loafing nlong the wayside and become unfitted for the fame and fortune that wait * for them if they but stick to the course and keep the body clear of obstruc tions so it can carry out the behests of the mind. Sickness is a call to "come up high er. " These hints come in various forms. It may be stomach trouble or bowels , heart , eyes , kidneys or genera ! nervous prostration. You may depend upon it when a "whack" comes it's a warning to quit some abuse and do the right and fair thing with the body. Perhaps it is coffee drinking that offends. That is one of the greatest causes of human , disorder among Americans. Now then if Mother Nature is gentle with you and only gives light , little "whacks" at first to attract attention , don't abuse her consideration , or she will soon hit you harder , sure. And you may also be sure she will hit you very , very hard if you insist on following the way you have been doing. It seems hard work to give up a habit , and we try all sorts of plans to charge our ill feelings to some other cause than the real one. Coffee drinkers when ill will attrib ute the trouble to bad food , malaria , overwork and what not. but they keep on being sick and gradually getting worse until they are finally forced to quit entirely , even the "only one cup a day. " Then they begin to get bet ter , and unless they have gone long enough to set up some fixed organic , disease , they generally get entirely well. It is easy to quit coffee at once and for all , by having well made Postum , with its rich , deep , seal-brown color which comes to the beautiful golden brown when good cream is added , and the crisp snap of good , mild Java is there if the Postum has been boiled long enough to bring it out. It pays to be well and happy for good old Mother Nature then sends us her blessings of many and various kinds and helps us to gain fame and fortune. Strip off thr > handicaps , leave oul-the deadening habits , heed Mother Na ture's hints , quit being a loser and become a winner. She will help you sure if you cut out the things that keep you back. / "There's a reason" and a profound one. one.Look Look in each package for a copy of the famous little book , "The Road to .Wellville , " : l > K' viv ; * ' > r' fr ; * : ? * * ' yy * * # s of Great Papers OQ Siiiportent Subjects. Q W * * & * & & &WWW3& & &i $ & & & & ' & Looking for Easy Jobs. N aged colored man was recently arrested in Washington and pronounced insane after a medical examination. One of the chief proofs f his insanity was his stubborn insistence that the government owed him a living and that IK [ tvas entitled by right to a position in one of tho Federal Departments. The occurrence furnishes a fit text for the pen of the humorist. Yet as a matter of fact is it not true that a very large number of white men who are young , vigorous and presumably capable of making a place for themselves in the world are likewise possessed of this particular form of lunacy ? How many Senators and Congressmen , if they should speak out frankly , could furnish some interesting revelations regarding the extent and persistency of the importunity to which they have been subjected by people who were convinced that they ought to have a government job and who frankly based their preference for this sort of employment on their belief that it Avas about tne easiest that could be found anywhere ? There is , of course , nothing dishonorable in socking a subordinate position under the government In some branches of the public service , owing to the gradual intro duction of the merit system , there is more chance than formerly for promotion based on fitness and capacity. But it is undoubtedly true that the belief that Avork for the government is usually "an easy job , " inspires the bulk of the applicants who annoy members of both houses of Con gress Avith their appeals. Yet is this the way to win gen uine success ? Is a task that is "easy" the kind which the average healthy young person should look for ? Men who Im'e risen to eminence in trade , industry and professional life have not wasted their time in hunting up places Avhere they would have little to do with com paratively small prospect of advancement. They have reso lutely looked for openings Avhich were accompanied by hard labor and plenty of it ; and when they have secured such an opening they have usually proved that they had the right stuff in them by buckling down Avith energy to do their best. Philadelphia Bulletin. Why "Little" Japan ? HERE is One illusion about Japan which seems to survive evidence and to work most serious political mischief. The Continental Powers , and Rnssia more especially , cannot get rid of the belief that the Island Empire , however brave or astute or lucky its children may be , is. after all. but a "little" State , Avhich in a vcr.\ short time must "bleed to death. " It is not very easy to trace the origin of this belief , "unless it be the habit of expecting great size in all Asiatic Empires , or of comparing the area of Japan Avith that of China , or of Russia itself. So compared. Japan is , of course , a little place , AA'hieh looks on the maps almost insignificant. Compared , however , in a more sensible way. with the other Island Empire which has so long been one of the Great Powers of the world Japan is by no means small. Its total area , without count ing Formosa , is by twenty-seven thousand square miles greater than that of the British Isles , and as large a pro portion of it is fertile and thickly populated. That popula tion , again , is forty-four millions , or three millions greater than that of BriJain. six millions greater than that of France , and almost equal to that of Austria-Hungary. If the word "little. " again , refers to strength for war , that strength is in many respects superior to our own. We could probably destroy the Japanese fleet , but the Japanese fleet has destroyed that of Russia , and could , if allowance Is made for position , maintain a contest with that of France or Germany Avhich would not be absolutely hope less. As regard < * soldiers. Japan has a conscription , and the conscription obviously works. Within the last six months the country has sent out six armies , each nearly equal to either of the forces that contended at Waterloo. "We thought we had done a great thing when Ave sent eighty thousand men to India in 18.77 , and an extraordinary one when we transported two hundred thousand men to South Africa in 1000. But Japan has transported more than four hundred thousand men across the sea , and defied the Rus- A Virginia farmer , up among th.1 foot-hills of the Blue Ri.lge Moun tains , cleared a new field and pastur ed his cows there. Before long the ani mals sickened and ono died. Think ing that perhaps the spring Avhich bubbled from the rocks in apparent purity might be the cause , the farmer caused its Avaters to be analyzed. It Avas found that they contained arsenic in such quantities as to render them dangerous to man and beast. This discovery , says the Boston Herald , led to an industry , unique , not only in the United States , but in the Avcstern hemisphere ; that is , the mining of ar senic ores and the manufacture of white arsenic , for the supply of Avhich America has hitherto depended en tirely upon foreign markets. Arsensic is mined in Japan , Italy , Portugal , Spain , Germany and Eng land. Its uses are ma 113' . As a poi son it has been known from verj * ear ly times. The peasant AVOIUCU of Aus tria consume large quantities of it , haA'ing faith in its virtues as a beau- titier , and the men of the same region are addicted to its use in tl/e mistaken belief that it increases their bodily strength and endurance. Arsenic is a useful mineral. It is used in the manufacture of glass , white metal , Paris green and a great variety of paints ; in printing calico , in making toilet soap , cosmetics and complexion powders ; in the manufac ture of fireworks and as a constituent of many alloys. For tlicao and simi lar purpo.es between five and slx tliousand tons are imported into the United States every year. The aver- ago value of AA'hite arsenic may be placed at about eighty-five dollars a ton. ton.It It Avas only about a year ago that the arsenic ore Avas discovered in Vir ginia ; then the mountain top round tho present mining town of Brinton Avas an almost unbroken wilderness. The si tins at Lia Yang and Port Arthur with armies greater in ' the aggregate than that which Napoleon IIL mobilized for the invasion of Germany. Of the quality of these forces it is unnecessary to speak. Sailors and soldiers alike are , in discipline , in speed of marching , and in endurance of fatigue , the equals of any that Europe has produced ; while in their reckless contempt of death they display a special quality which , as great Russian officers admit , sometimes 1 appals and demoralizes their own stubbornly brave men. Where in all this is the evidence of the "littleness * upon which their press declares to be a guarantee of their OAVH ultimate victory ? London Spectator. Love and Work. DEALISM asan interpretation of life , a vision ultimate . cuds and conditions , has always won to itself the ardent , the poetic , and the high-minded the great company of seekers after light and love in every generation , who _ _ , rebel against the hardness and injustice of the r worj , nate i S noisc and brutality , its fierce competitions and its stolid indifference to the defeated. Even in the presence of the groat purpose which runs through the A'isible order of things and the society in which men 'have arranged themselves , anel which has come to light , as one of the most spiritual men of the day has said , just in time to save some of the best men and women from despair , it is hard for the sensitive and aspiring and tender hearted to bear the sorrows of the world and to sit witli a cheerful spirit while so many losses raA'age the homes that are dear to them and despoil the best fortunes of men. There arehosts of men and women AVIO vo through life with a noble discontent in their hearts , n sense of loneli ness and isolation in their souls ; they are homesick for a world in which men help instead of smite , bind up instead of wound , are quick to recognize the good insetad of eager ' to find the evil , stand ready in all crises to rebuild the fallen , arc patient of spirit Avith the weak , love the sinner while they loathe the sin. are kindly in speech because kind ly in thought , are indifferent to external conditions because conditions are the happenings of life Avhile the soul is its j ' great and enduring reality , are bound together in a vast conspiracy to cheer , to aid , to give heart and hope , to make the highways of life bloom Avith spontaneous kindness , and to make the lonely world a warm , hospitable , many-win dowed home for all Avho pass this way oil the journey of j ' life. * * * Men are made happy , not by tho things which surround i them nor by the things Avhieh they take to themselves , but by the noble putting forth of the soul in love and work ; i the two great activities Avhich are never divorced in the harmonious and balanced life , the two languages in which every true Idealist makes confession of his faith and gives i eA-idcnce of its reality. For love is the ultimate expression of faith , and without Avorks faith is a vain shadow. The Outlook. Criminal Frequency of RatJroad Wrecks. HE frequency and frightful fatality of railroad accidents in this country must sooner or later bring about determined governmental action for the protection of the traveling public. There is not another country in the Avcrld where a annecessarily large a proportion of railroad pas- lose life or limb. The fact ) that so many American railroads are composed of but a single track is a .partial explanation of this awful slaughter , but it docs not account for everything. In Eng land , where accidents of serious proportions are so com paratively few , railroad precautions for the safety of the j public 1 are prescribed , and supervised , by the Board of I , Trade , and the wholesome-ness of t\\l \ * regulation was rec- ! i ognized by a bill which was introduced In Congress last ' winter , providing for a similar supervision of our roads by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Interstate Commerce Commission is already a use- ! ful body , but it Avould bo of larger use if this new power were given to IL The railroad influence blocked the bill just mentioned at the last session , but this fact should not < deter the vigorous revival of the measure. Piltsburg Press. ! * tory of its transformation into a busy industrial community is a good illus tration of the pluck and indomitable will to Avhich America owes its indus trial supremacy. The mine is located at the summit of a mountain , throe thousand feet above the sea-level. The physical difficulties that had to be overcome AAcre enormous. The ore body averages twenty-five to thirty per cent pure arsenic. It is found in fissure A-eius , cropping out at the surface and extending into the earth for an uuknoAvn distance. Twenty distinct veins have been dis covered , outcropping for a distance of seven miles , so that the deposits arc extensive enough to supply the Avorlu's demands for an indefinite period. From the time Avhen the ore enters the crushers until the finished prod uct reaches the casks it is untouched by human hands. It is carried along from point to point by automatic ar rangements through each process of manufacture. The impalpable dust and poisonous gases generated are so dangerous that the atmosphere of the plant has to be kept pure by artificial means. As a further precaution tho works are provided Avitii hot and cold baths , of which the men are required to make use as soon as their daily task is completed. At the present time the output is three tons of white arsenic a day. When one stops to think of them , these figures contain some startling possibilities. The output for four days would furnish a fatal dose for every man , Avouian and child in the United States. In a few Aveeks the ; plant could turn out enough arsenic to Avipe out the entire population of the globe. V/ouM Takei.oO. . "The people who complain about the ordinary mosquito don't know Avhat mosquitoes arc , " said a civil engineer the other day. "The Evanston mos quito is a positive joy compared to the blood suckers we haA'e in the North- AvesL In North Dakota you couldn't possibly sit out in the evening without chain armor or a smudge fire to pro tect you , and along the lijwj of the Canadian Pacific the Avorkmen wear gloves and veils. When I was out there a year ago , looking after tho 'building ' of a short branch road , AVG { had only one man in the gang who did ' 1 not mind mosquitoes nor even horse :1 llies. lie was abig Swede Avith a hide like sole leather. His impregnability to the assaults of stinging tilings wag the wonder of the camp , and one day he offered to bet my assistant that ha could sit half an hour in a 'slough' and not Avince once Avhile the gallinippers drained his life blood. My assistant had a $5 bill Avhich said the Swede couldn't do it The Swede stripped to tho waist , folded his arms , and let the bloodthirsty insects do their utmost. Ten , fifteen minutes passed , and my assistant saw his $3 leaving him. He took out a sun glass and focused it on the Swede's back. The big follow be gan to squirm. His back was toward : us , and he could not see AA'hat was go ing on. His back began to smoke. He > writhed for nearly three minutes , then he twisted his head over his shoulder and called out : " 'Ac ink off 50 cents if you kill that horse fly. ' " Chicago Inter Ocean. > Pat's Answer to the Sergeant. An Irish soldier was crossing a bar rack square Avith a pail , in which he Avas going to get some water. A ser geant , passing at the time , noticed that Pat had a very disreputable-looking pair of trousers on , and , Avishiug to ) make a report , stopped the man ant ] asked : ( "Where arcyou going ? " "To get some water. " "What ! In those trousers ? " "No , sergeant in the pail. " Christians in Japan. According to the Church Missionary Gleaner , the Christians in Japan num- ber 140.SOG. The Protestants nuinbei 55,354 ; Roman Catholics , 58,080 ; Rus- sian Orthodox Christians ( Greek ChurchJ , 27.3UG. "When eggs are scarce , the popular ity of the woman who has eggs to a'tl sell , Is not to be desolseeL tl II WWI > i > iHJi TO One Hundred Years Ago. James Monroe was appointed min ister to Spain. The French governor of Guadaloupe forbade the shipping of newspapers to the colony. Owing to a long drj * season the coffee crop of Mexico was a. complete failure. Three liundre'd slaves were employ ed at the shipyards at Antwerp , Ger many. As the south wing of the capitol at Washington was not completed , the members of the House of Representa tives met in the library of the build ing. ing.All All talk of war between England and Spain had ceased , notwithstand ing the capture of the treasure frig ates , for which no reparation had been made. The Ilibernia , at that time the larg est man-of-war ever built in England , was launched at Plymouth. Seventy-five Years Ago. Spain ordered S,000 stands of arms to equip her soldiers who were going to Mexico. Political riots occurred in London. President Guerrero of Mexico relin quished the extraordinary powers granted to him by Congress on account of the Spanish invasion. The City Council of Washington pased a law prohibiting gambling. The Siamese twins were exhibited in London. v Troops of Monterey revolted against the governor of California , with a view to give all ofiices to Californians. Sam Patch killed himself by jump ing the Genesee Falls at Rochester , N. Y. Fifty Years Ago. The American Ship Herald was fired British man-of-war. on by a - - The Canadian legislature voted $100,000 toward the British patriotic fund. New Granada prohibited the expor tation of guano. The city of Boston adopted a new charter. A telegraph line was opened be tween Paris and Bastia. Eighteen British and twelve French j ships were lost on the Black Sea. The mosque of the Sultan was blown down by the storm which wrecked many other buildings in Con stantinople. Forty Years Ago. A school census made by the con troller placed the population of Chi cago at 109,353. Sheridan sent an army through Front Royal in the Shenandoah Val ley , capturing many prisoners , guns and horses. Chicago was the hiding place of hun dreds of men who bad tied from their homes to avoid the draft , and many irmy officials were searching for them. Three bounty jumpers , arrested and convicted of desertion in Chicago and St. Paul , were sentenced to be shot lit Fort Snelling , Minn. Reports circulated throughout the North that the movement of Sherman through Georgia toward Charleston was intended to give Georgia and' South Carolina an occasion , desired by them , to secede from the Confederacv. Fhlrly Years Ago. Forty persons Avere drowned by the sinking of the packet Empire at New Drleans. The government of Saxony forbade he practice of cremation. Gladstone and Archbishop Manning vere engaged in spirited exchange of oress interviews on the relative de- nand of church and state on a Romai * Catholic. England was thrown into a state of xcitement by the reported death of 3ueen Victoria in Balmoral castle. St. Petersburg newspapers announc ed that the government had deter- nined to introduce a system of com- mlsory education. Lieutenant GoA'ernor V. V. Smith roclaimed himself the lawful gover- ior of Arkansas instead of Governor rarland , elected under the new consti- ution. and appealed to the President o sustain him. wenty Years Ago. ! The French forces captured and oc- [ upied Tamsui , China. The otficial canvass of New York itate was completed , assuring the lection of Cleveland as President. A treaty of commerce between the Jnited States and the Spanish West ndies Avas concluded with Spain. F The tribunal in Paris proclaimed the I bsolute diA'orce of Mine. Patti from u I lie Maruuls de Caux- Shop Talk. "Say , let op , will you , " said tho " wagon wheel. "You make me ped. ' "Yon fellows are always 'running around , " rejoined the blacksmith ; ' no wonder you have that.tired feeling. " "You are like your bellows , " con tinued the wheel , "full of wind. " -nub ! " exclaimed the bellows ; "you needn't think you are the entire gun- happen to be a store just because you little revolver. " Then the wagon tongue spoke ur and put an end to the hubbub. Stuck to ill Truth. Lawyer You have taken your oath , and E want you to answer each of my questious honestly. Witness Yes , sir. LawyerWhat is your occupation ? Witness I am n driver. Lawyer Do von drive a wagon ? Witness No , sir ; I do not. Lawyer Now b careful and remem ber that you are on your oath. Yon ad mit that yon are a driver ! now , honestly , don't you drive a wagc'i ? Witness No , sir ; j. drive a horse. Albany Journal. The Blnclc Hand. "Charley had a areadlul time last night , " said young Mrs. Torkins. "Ho says he was a victim of the 'Black . Hand. ' " | "You don't say so ! " exclaimed the caller. "Yes. He came home without a cent. J don't quite understand the particulars ns he explained them. But they pulled a deadly weapon on him that is known as a club flush. " Washington Star. Good News lor All. Bradford , Tenn. . Nov. 21. ( Special. ) Scientific research shows Kidney Trouble to be the father of so many diseases that news of a discovery of a sure cure for it cannot fail to be wel comed all over the country. And ac cording to Mr. J. A. Davis of this place just such a cure vis found in Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mr. Davis sajs : "Dodd's Kidney Pills are all that is claimed them. They have done me more good than anything I have ever taken. I had Kidney Trouble very bad and after taking a few boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills I am completely cured. I cannot praise them too much. " Kidney Complaint develops into Brigbt's Disease , Dropsy , Diabetes. Rheumatism and other painful and fatal diseases. The safeguard is to cure your kidneys with Dodd's Kidney Pills when they show the first symp tom of disease. Fecundity of Finny Tribe. In a chapter on the artificial culti- vation of sea fish , contributed by R. B. Marston to Afialo's "British Salt Water Fishes , " it is stated that there need be no fear that such important fish as the cod and the herring can ever be come extinct or oven reduced in num bers by man , except locally. A cod of teripounds has a million eggs. On 11 July 2ii , 1S93 , Professor Ilenscn calcu lated that there must be over 278.0 0- 000,000 of impregnated cod eggs in II each square Norwegian geographical mile of the surface of the Skagerrak. Consequently the three or four hun dred millions of eggs artificially hatch ed and turned in annually from n Nor / wegian hatchery are only a drop in the r i ocean. s ? " In America , however , codfish culture ! * H has had beneficial results in establish ing lucrative fisheries in inshore Avaters of New England that had been en tirely depleted or had not contained any great stock of them previous to , the operations of the fish commission/- Still more splendid have been t e re- ( suits from the culture of shad , once a luxury obtainable only by a few. but now plentiful np'l comrw'tively cheap. OKDEBED OUT BY A POWEEFUL COMBDTATIOF. A Kansas "Woman Succeeds jn Main taining1 Her Right to Earn ller The walking delegate is nofc the only one Avho can order the employee to give up his job. Some irregularity in his health may force him from his work and render him incapable of improving the very finest opportunity in the Avorld. A remedy that Avill restore health solves many labor difficulties at once and makes the path to success a smooch one. Miss Winuifred Ray , ofXo. . 917 Water street , Wichita , Kansas , has passed happily through an experience which illustrates this point. She says : "In 1901 1 began to suffer from con siderable disturbance of my health. There was derangement of stomach and bowels , as well as female troubles. i j\Iy appetite became very f eeblo. Sonio 1 days I had no desire for food at all nnd when I did take any it caused me great discomfort , particularly burning sensa tions. lalso had palpitation of the heart and often a sense of being smothered , and I became so nervous I couldn't sleep. One doctor thought I had heart disease , another consumption , another a radical disorder of the liver. While I Avas not confined to my bed , I was so miserable that I really thought I must die. "After suffering in this Avay for a year without finding any relief , I read about Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People in a book and got a bos and began to use them. In a week I was better. In six cr seven Aveeks I was well. My liver seemed to be stimulated at once and my jomplexiou cleared up. The burning sen sation left my stomach and I could eat icarly everything I AA-auted. I had no nore pain in my abdomen and no more rouble Avith my heart. My A\-hole system ippeared to be regulated and tho grave ears of the doctors were all banished. have recovered my strength and sheerfulness and am able to do my rc- - ilar daily work and to support myself igaiu. The pills have done me great jood and I believe they wonld help others jqually if they would try them. " Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo ple are sold by all druggists , or direct by Dr. Williams Medicine Company , Sche- lectady , N. Y. , 50 cents per bcx ; sis Xxes ) for $2.50. rostpaid.