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Wasted Energy.
Sometimes bond and heels work well
together , but it was not so in a case
reported in the Yon bora Statesman.
Cam , a colored man , was an hour late ,
and his employer asked him to ex
plain.
"Yes , sah , I'll explain , sah , " Sam re
plied.
"Well , what excuse have you ? "
"I was kicked by a mule on ruy way
liere , sah. "
"That ought not to have detained
you an hour , Sam , if you were able to
come at all. "
"Well , it wouldn't have if he'd only
kicked me in dis direction. You sec ,
boss , he kicked me de other way. "
SAVED CHILD'S LIFE.
Remarkable Cure of Dropsy by Dodd'a
Kidney Pills.
Scdgwlck , Ark. , June 19. Tho case
of W. S. Taylor's little son is looked
upon by those interested in medical
matters as one of the most wonderful
on record. In this connection his fath- ,
er makes the following statement : j
"Last September my little boy had ;
dropsy ; his feet and limbs were swol-
len to such an extent that he could
not walk or put his shoes on. The
treatment that the doctors were giving
liim seemed to do him no good , and
two or three people said his days were
short , even the doctors , two of the best
in the country , told me he would not
get better. I stopped their medicine j
and at once sent for Dodd's Kidney
Pills. I gave him three Pills a day , j
one morning , noon and night , for eight I
dajs ; at the end of the eighth day the ;
swelling was all gone , but to give the ,
medicine justice , 1 gave him eleven i
more Pills. I used thirty-five Pills in j
all and he was entirely cured. I con
sider your medicine saved my child's
life. When the thirty-five Pills were !
given him , lie could run. dance and :
sing , whereas before he was an invalid
in his mother's arms from morning un
til night. "
At "About SO "
When one knows the age of a woman
one knows the woman. The very fact
that she permits you to know her age '
exposes her character. She no longer I
masquerades. She has lost a certain
uncertainty , an evanescent delicacy , '
that was an irresistible charm. Worn- I
'
en , like philosoph } ' , are divided into
two classes , the knowable and the un
knowable. Also , like philosophy , it is
the unknowable woman who is the
speculable. Therefore to get her at her '
highest capacity she must be unrnar- '
ried and about 30. I
The married woman presents certain
inescapable telltale data. She has
children , and those children have ap
parent ages , two facts which go far in
determining her annals. If she is un
married and is not "about 30" she is
under 30. again a definite fact. Being
"about 30" is indefinite. She may be
more or loss. No one hazards a guess.
There is a delightful vagueness in be
ing "about 30. " It has nothing to do
with dates , and many of us who from
our youth up have felt no attachment
for dates can forgive the unattached
their confessed indifference.
I Dancing Birds of Lnysan.
Sailors visiting the islands of Lay-
Ban , in the Hawaiian group , are great
ly amused by the curious antics of the.
Laysan albatross , or gony. These birds
sometimes perform in pairs a kind of
dance , or , as the sailors call it , "cake-
walk. " Two albatrosses approach each
other , nodding and making profound
lows , cross their bills , produce snap
ping and groaning sounds , rise on their
toes , puff out their breasts , and finally
part with more nodding , and bowing ,
only to come together again and re
peat the performance. Occasionally
three engage at once in this singular
amusement.
FOOD IN SERMONS.
Feed tiic Dominie UiRht and tlie Ser
mons Arc Brilliant.
A conscientious , hard-working and
eminently successful clergyman writes :
"I am glad to bear testimony to the
.pleasure and increased measure of effi
ciency and health that have come to
me from adopting Grape-Nuts food a *
one of my articles of diet.
"For several years I was much dis- j
tressed during the early part of each j
day by indigestion , ily breakfast , usu
ally consisting of oatmeal , milk and
eggs , seemed to turn sour and failed
to digest. After dinner the headache
and other symptoms following the
breakfast would wear away , only to
return , however , next morning.
"Having heard of Grape-Nuts food , I (
finally concluded to give it a fair trial.
I quit the use of oatmeal and eggs ,
and made my breakfasts of Grape-
jSuts , cream , toast and Postum. The
result was surprising in improved
health and total absence of the dis
tress that had , for so long a time ,
followed the morning meal. My diges
tion became once more satisfactorj' ,
the headaches ceased , and the old feel
ing of energy returned. Since that
time , four years ago , I have always
had Grape-Nuts food on my breakfast
table.
"I was delighted to find also , that
whereas before I began to use Grape-
Nuts food I was quite nervous and be
came easily wearied in the work of
preparing sermons and in study , a
marked in this
improvement respect re
sulted from the change in my diet I
am convinced that Grape-Nuts food
produced this result and helped me to
a sturdy condition of mental and phy
sical strength.
"I have known of several persons
who were formerly troubled as I was ,
and who have been helped as I have
been , by the use of Grape-Nuts food ,
on my recommendation , among whom
may be mentioned the Rev. , now
a missionary to China. " Name given
by Postum Company , Battle Creek ,
Mich.
"There's a reason. ' '
Bead the little book , "The Road to
Wellville , " In each
Opinbns of Great Papers on Important Subjects. *
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Preachers * Small Salaries.
MONOthe permanent funds of the Methodist
Church Is one for the support of superannuated
ministers. The question was recently raised in
New York why Methodist preachers cannot
save enough from their salaries to support them
in old age. Figures have been given which are
a sufficient answer.
There are 797 pastors in the three Metropolitan annual
\ conferences In 1904-5 , these being the conferences in New
York City. These pastors may be divided into four classes ,
members of the first class , numbering 225 , receive
$1,500 per year or more , those in the second , numbering
184 , $1,000 to $1,500 ; those in the third , numbering 211 ,
FOOD to $1,000 ; and those in the fourth , numbering 177 , $000
or less. The salaries paid the ablest and most eloquent
Methodist preachers in the metropolis are no more than are
received by many men in subordinate places in large busi
ness concerns. The salaries of many of their humbler
brethren are less than half as large as the wages of a good
mechanic.
Outside the cities , both in New York and in other States ,
salaries are smaller. "My college chum , " a distinguished
New York lawyer is quoted as saying , "was my equal in
every respect , and in some respects my superior. After
twenty-five years of successful ministerial work I discov
ered that his annual income when in his prime was the
exact amount I paid for the care of my horse at the livery
stable. " In the rural districts the pay of a pastor is often
much less than the keep of a city horse.
The smalluess of the salaries of Methodist preachers is
partly due to the fact that in every community this church
firaws to it many pjsor people , but it is more largely owing
to the noble , time liohdred policy of Methodism of having
"a church for every pastor and a pastor for every church. "
The flock may not number a dozen. It may be in a mining
camp in Alaska. It may be in a city slum. However
small , remote or inaccessible , it must and will have a shep
herd. Wesley and Whitefield didn't believe in waiting for
people to come in and get the gospel. They took it to them
wherever they were , and their successors have been doing
likewise ever since.
A man has to pinch and squeeze to rear and educate
a family and dress as a preacher is expected to on $1,500
a year , especially in a city. The fact that thousands of
educated , men gladly and laboriously serve their church for
much , less shows that the age is not so commercial as it is
sometimes ; represented , and that religious heroism is not
flead. , The superannuated ministers of the Methodist
Church : accept their annuities without regarding them as
Alms , and well they may , for they have earned all they get.
Chicago Tribume.
Why They Lost Their Jobs.
HE Workers' Magazine has collected the stories
of seventy-two working men who lost their
jobs. The list has been tabulated and shows
the following causes for discharge :
Drinking , eleven.
Carelessness , eight.
Swell-headedness , seven.
Gambling , five.
Laziness , four.
Following these come many others , such as "business
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SAVED BY A BOY.
When the wife of one of the United
States Senators was a baby of two
years she was rescued from a great
peril by the courage of her sister and
her 9-year-old brother. Her father ,
Mr. Lee , lived in a farmhouse with his
wife and live children , and one day
the home was attacked by the Ute In
dians. Lee shot three of the Indians
in their first rush , says a writer in
the New York Sun , and then he and
his family prepared for a fight to the
death. The cabin was log-built , and
afforded absolute protection against
bullets.
"The children will be brained or car
ried captive and your father and my
self shot down if the Indians get into
the house , " said Mrs. Lee , handing a
knife to her eldest daughter. "Don't
let yourself or your sisters be taken
alive. "
A smell of smoke revealed the In
dians' first move. They had thrown
brush on the roof and fired the house.
It ignited slowly , for everything wus
damp from recent rains , but the dwell
ing soon filled with suffocating smoke ,
and the baby was thrown into convul
sions. While the mother was frantic
ally trying to restore the little one ,
Mr. Lee attacked the burning roof.
Emma , a girl of eleven , made a rush
for the barn and. returned in safety
with a crowbar. With this implement
the father was enabled to pry off some
of the blazing logs , but the smoke
Continued to grow dense.
Lee was about to go for water when
Emma sprang forward.
"Let me go ! " she cried. "If you
should be killed what would become
of the rest ? "
The child made several trips under
cover of her father's gun , and the fire
was put out
Charles , a boy of nine , then an-
ounced his intention of making a
break through the Indians and run
ning to Beaver , four miles away , for
help , but both parents refused to give
their consent Charles stood the inac
tion as long as he could ; then with a
cry that he would not stay to die by
smoke , he made a dash out of the
door and was gone. Barefooted and
half-clothed , the boy escaped the no
tice of the savages , and ran at top
epeed to the town. His feet were
bruised and torn by rocks and briers ,
but he never slackened his pace until
he met a man ou the outskirts of the
village.
"Indians ! " he gasped ; and the man ,
wheeling his \ > rse round , rode back
to Beaver , repeating tat boy's 07.
closed down , " two ; "dull season , " two ; "fellow clerk stole , "
one ; "sassed boss , " one ; "woman worked cheaper , " one.
It will be noted in a large majority of the cases the
fault was with the employes. Indeed , the remarkable part
of this symposium is the exceeding frankness of the dis
charged men in admitting this fact. Of the entire seventy-
two , but two or three make any claim that their employers
were at fault.
Another fact is revealed : There is little record of in
efficiency on the part of the workers aside from that in
duced by bad habits. Four admit they were lazy. Three of
these were just out of high school and say they will take
hold of the next job with firmer determination to succeed.
They have learned that business is not a "snap. "
Liquor drinking heads the list of causes. The Idea that
"the wheel of business must be lubricated" is not borne
out by experience. Gambling goes along with drink. It Is
simply a short cut to business ruin.
Carelessness , which is second in the list , is inexcusable.
Tlvis faultj together with that of swell-headedness , is pecu
liarly The fault of younger persons and is not without cure.
The deduction from the entjre niatter is this : These
workers discharged themselves. They voluntarily put
themselves out of business. Cincinnati Post.
Physical Culture.
OUNG ladies are now devoting to physical cul
'
ture enough energy to run the machinery of
the world. It is well on many accounts that
they seek to build up their strength , and among
these reasons is the fact that it requires a
robust constitution to withstand high heels ,
tight stays , marshmallows and pickles. A
woman needs a full measure of physical training to enable
her to resist the numerous deteriorating tendencies of mod
ern life. It would really seem that some young ladies fear
old age so much that they take rash measures to keep
from growing old. It may be they fancy it might reflect
on their goodness not to die young. Young ladies who
have not the time or means or physical capacity to work
like field laborers in the gymnasium can often secure prop
er development of arm or chest by helping mother. Really ,
some good physical culture i9 to be obtained in this way ,
and there are some domestic arts the diligent practice of
which tends not only to expand the chest , but also the
heart and head. Washington Star.
The Foolish Treating Habit.
BILL to make treating criminal is progressing
j through the Pennsylvania Legislature. Any
lone who buys for another a drink of intoxi
cating liquor will be guilty of a misdemeanor.
There are many men who would stop with
a drink or two if it were not for the treating
habit. They stand with their friends against
the bar for a round of drinks and each man has taken
several times as many drinks as he would have preferred
to take. There is no more reason for this custom than for
a custom of treating to shoes or hats or overcoats , which
would be much more sensible.
In Germany and France there is no such custom , and
in England the custom only slightly exists among equals.
The abolition of treating would do away with what might
be called involuntary drinking. New York World. .
Ten minutes later twenty men were
riding at top speed toward Lee's
ranch , where they drove the Indians
back and rescued the inmates from
what had seemed certain death.
EUROPE'S BIGGEST THEATER.
New Coliseum In I/ondon Seats 3.OOO ;
Covers One and a Quarter Acres.
London's recently completed Coli
seum has the largest theater and larg
est stage in Europe , says a London
special to the Sr. Loiis Post-Dispatch.
Luxurious seating has been provided
for 3,000 persons. The stage mechan
ism is tho last word of ingenuity. It
consists of revolving"tables on which
the scenery will be changed as if by the
wand of Prospero , and it is said that
by their means the race for the Derby
can be represented from start to fin
ish. Yet the London Coliseum illus
trates the smalluess of many modern
things compared with those of the an
cient world.
The Roman Colosseum seated 87,000
people. Whereas the London Coliseum
covers an acre and a quarter , Rome's
amphitheater extended over five acres.
Without a doubt great things will be
done at the London place of amuse
ment , but the slaying of 5,000 wild
beasts in the arena one of the little
items of Titus' inauguration will cer
tainly be no part of the proceedings.
It is more just to compare the now
Coliseum with the Colosseum which
was erected just SO years ago on the
edge of Regent's Park by Decimus
Burton. This fine building , which
Samuel Rogers , by the way , insisted
was "finer than anything among the
remains of architectural art in Italy , "
an opinion in which he probably stood
alone , was built to accommodate Mr.
Hornor's famous panorama of Lon
don.
don.Mr.
Mr. Hornor worked on his panorama
in a shed erected on the top of St.
Paul's at the time of the renewal of
the ball and cross. The original ball
was rolled down Ludgate Hill amid
the plaudits of the multitude , and
both ball and cross were placed In the
Colosseum among other "concomitant
appendages" to the panaroma. Those
included some surprisingly modern in
stitutions. There was an elevator to
take spectators up to the platform ,
from which they were to look down ,
with an extraordinary illusion of
height , upon the pictured London.
In the forties the building was en
larged and given another entrance in
Albany street , where the name "Colos
seum Terrace" still survives. The
panorama of London was succeeded in
1848 by one of Paris , and this by a
panorama of Lake Thun , in Switzer
land. Then the original panorama was
restored. From time to time side
shows were added : "A Gothic Aviary , "
"Stalactite Caverns. " "The Hall of
Mirrors. " and what not By 1S55 the
Colosseum had exhausted itself , or the
London public , and was put up for
auction in vain. The remainder of its
career wns checkered and dismal ; in
1870 , or thereabouts , it was demol
ished.
BANK OF ENGLAND LOSSES.
Formers Secure "What Rioters Ilave in
Vain Kejieatedly Tried to Gain.
The Bank of England has been re
peatedly attacked by rioters. In 1709 i
the tory rioters , after sacking and ! *
burning several chapels in the neigh- I
borhood , began to storm the gate of the
bank , and it Avould have fared ill with
the "old lady" if the queen had not
promptly sent her guards , horse and
foot , to the rescue. In 17SO , after a
fanatical mob had destroyed Newgate
and left behind it a trail of blazing
Catholic chapels and tallow chandlers'
shops , it marched , thousands strong ,
on the bank. Its reception was a hot
one , for tho roof of the building
swarmed with clerks and volunteers ,
who had actually molded bullets from
their melted inkstands , while a ring
of soldiers fenced the building. The
rioters made two furious onslaughts ,
but were received with sirch a murder
ous hail of bullets that they turned
and fled.
But where raiders ana rioters failed
to do the "old lady" injury many a
clever forger has succeeded. "Old
Patch , " lottery office keeper , robbed
her of no less than § 1,000,000 by a
long series oC forgeries , in which he
manufactured ink and paper , engraved
the plate and printed the notes single-
handed. He was caught at last and
obligingly hanged himst'If in jail.
Fauntleroy , a banker , was still more
successful , for he pocketed § 1,800,000
by a system of forging powers of at
torney to sell stock which was not his.
lie was hanged at Newgate , but it Is
said was clever enough to save his life
by inserting a silver tube in his throat ,
escaping later to Paris to the enjoy
ment of his ill-gotten gains.
John Mathison , a clever amateur en
graver and the most daring forger of
them all , printed Bank of England
notes by the hundred , forging the wa
termarks so skillfully as almost to defy
detection , and scattered his counter
feits prodigally from one end of Eng
land to the other. He was cleverly
caught at last by one of the bank
clerks , but even then , it is said , ho
would have escaped conviction had he
not confessed his guilt in a spirit of
bravado , actually volunteering to show
the authorities how he had so success
fully produced the watermark.
The mightiness of tht pen ii
to the Ink.
CLINGS TO SUPERSTITION.
Indian Will Not Shed Peculiar Beliefs
of His Father * .
The American Indian has many
that lu
deep-rooted superstitions are
dicrous and amusing , but in this re
spect he is probably no worse than
other savages of present and pristine
tribes. In fact , all primitive peoples
were nursed on superstition ; and even
In our own civilized age there are
many intelligent Caucasians who enter
tain extraordinary beliefs.
The soothsayer , necromancer and
seer are no longer plying their roman-
esque vocations , but we still have the
"second-sight" swindlers , the palmist ,
mind reader , double-evil mediums ,
pseudo phrenologists and fortune tell
ers , whose thrifty prosperity goes to
prove that the general public must still
be highly credulous.
Several years ago a San Francisco
newspaper made a test of popular su
perstition by placing a high ladder di
rectly across the sidewalk in such a
manner that the multitude could qasily
pass under it.
Four out of every ten walked out in
the street rather than pass beneath it.
An average of two out of the remain
ing six walked under it , only through
oversight , persuasion or after much
consideration. Then , among the civil
ized masses , we still have the old pin
superstition. The barking of a dog
near the home of a sick person still
presages to many the step of death. If
a black cat crosses our path by night
there are many of us who will mumble
an imprecation of danger. And we
nurse other equally ridiculous supersti
tions too numerous to mention.
But the Indian , as an abstract exam
ple of the genus homo , is a composite
character of paradoxical peculiarities ,
and his superstitions seem to be direct
ly innate. He is at once noble and
base , shrewd , cunning and ignorant ,
inspired with a profound veneration for
all which he cannot fathom , and yet
grossly superstitious in his conception
of things temporal. The natural the-
ogony of his heart is sometimes beau
tiful , but from prehistoric time he has
been hampered by these inborn fan
cies.
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Not the Kind.
"I had an uncle die up in Vermont
last week , " said the Boston man , "and ,
though there is nothing so very queer
about an uncle dying , this relative of
mine didn't have a fair show. "
"As how ? " was asked.
"Well , when he was 20 years old a
tin peddler advised him to always car
ry snuff around in his pocket to throw
into a mad dog's eyes , in case he met
one. He carried that snuff for forty
years and never used it. "
"Well ? "
"One day , after he had carried it for
thirty years , he was crossing a field
and an old bull got after him and
gave him a toss. When he came limp
ing into the house and told us about it
I said :
" 'Why didn't you throw snuff in his
eyes , Uncle Jerry ? '
" 'Why , that peddler told me to use
the snuff on dogs , and that if ever a
bull got after mp I was to use ground
cinnamon. I hadn't any of the blamed
stuff with me ! ' "
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A good remedy for damp , moist hands
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Liucky Vcrscinaker.
"Here's a little poem I wrote last
night , " said the man with the unbar-
bered hair and shiny coat , as he shuffled
into the editor's presence.
"Did you really write this ? " asked the
editor , as he glanced over the manuscript.
"Sure. " answered the verse maker.
"Well. " continued the man behind tho
blue pencil , "it's a fortunate thing for
you that I'm not in a Gghtiug humor to
day. "
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- letters they convinc
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