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r Womdn s Rv Eben E. Rexford. F you organize a Tillage improvement society be sure to in clude the women in it, and give them an opportunity to carry out some of their ideas. A woman has a keen eye for the beautiful, and her knowledge of color-combinations will be of groat benefit In the arrangement of flowering plants. But her usefulness will not be confined to the aesthetic features of the undertaking. Women can be as practical as men are. In Green Bay, Wisconsin, certain lines 0$ street work hare been put into the hands of a committee of prominent women with most satisfactory results. ' They not only plan, and plan wisely, but they exe cute and execute thoroughly. It is a most excellent. plan, to interest the children In this work also. They frill bring a great deal of enthusiasm to the performance of their share of it, and take pride in living up to the responsibility placed, upon them. It will fcc good training for them. Bear in-mind this fact that the greatest measure of success Is almost always the result of tht widest, heartiest co-operation. Get everybody Interested, if possible, and keep them interested by giving them lomething to do. Make active members of everyone In the organisation. Uppincott's Magazine. - ' . . V , The P S By Sara HERE Is Ybrke St sven 2021. a growing, if unexpressed, belief pervading every-sphere of our social structure that as the State is entiled to levy a tax in exchange for the comforts secured by them while living under its protection, so is the community entitled to tax, every citizen who 'has achieved intellectual distinction, in exchange for such benefits as he may derive therefrom. This view is no v a a jl 1 f 1 1 aU? tn -v n T no V 4 12 kept within just limits, and to-day an individual's talents are as grudgingly admitted to be his own as is his wealth. No sooner doss a man display a capacity above that of the average than ho becomes a target for the steady and divereif-ed demands of his fellow-citizens. .' Here a dignified and deepiy learned Sha'ceerean scholar is dragged out of . his retreat to read for the benefit of a school of art needle-work and he may deem himself fortunate If a preface extolling the school's achievement is not also exacted of his good nature there a former Ambassador is torn from his distant Western haunts and gently but rirmly brought to an Eastern church hall to talk about the Spanish War to an audience of messenger boys. Nor does it make much dif ference if he knows but little of Spain and If his career has led him exclusively through paths of peace. He is a personage. The Spanish War is the topic of thl day. The people wish to see and hear him; it becomes a public duty. It must pay the tax levied upon his prominence. Indeed, little discrimination is made by the new tyrant as to his victim's qualification for the task Imposed upon him. Whether he Is a savant, a litterateur, a statesman, an actor, a Journalist, or a diplomat, every man of note, unless he consistently surrounds himself with a frigid atmosphere of chilling selfishness, will sooner cr later .find himself a slave. Lippincott's, J T M oderii Science Proves ;.the ; Bible Tree ERHAPS the most remarkable event in the history of modern Christianity is the unexpected confirmation or uiDie trums from the hands of what seemed to be Its arch-enemy, Modern Science. The pick and spade of modern scientific investigations have come to the rescue. Parts of the old Biblical world ihave been opened up, and we now find ourselves face to face with the veritable contemporaries of Daniel, Moses, Joseph, Abraham. Within the last two decades the excavator has been actively engaged un covering a few cities In the land of Eden, the home of Abraham. The Univer eity of Pennsylvania is excavating Nippur, the Biblical name of which Is Calneh (Genesis x., 10); the French are excavating Tello, a city which flour Ished before Abraham was born, and the Germans are at work upon the tern pie and the "Tower of Babel" in the city of Babylon. The origin of those remarkable Babylonian legends which so closely re ferable the Biblical accounts of the Creation, Eden, and the Deluge belongs to this country. The Deluge story,' for Instance, as recorded by the Babylonians Is strikingly similar to the Old Testament, even in minor details. Atrachasis, ther Babylonian Noah, Is commanded by the gods, after they had decreed a flood, to build a ship or ark; to pour pitch over the outside and the Inside, and to take the seed of life of every kind into the ship. When it was ready. Atrachasis embarked with his family, servants, possessions, cattle and beasts vt the field, and closed the door. The heavens rained destruction for six days and nights. The winds raged, the floods and storm devastated, until the xhole of mankind was turned into day. The ship grounded on a mountain of Nlzir. After seven days a dove is sent forth; but it returned, as a resting place it did not find. He then sent :forth a swallow; but it also returned Lastly a raven Is let go, which did not turn back. Everything Is then sent forth to-the four points of the compass. An altar Is erected and sacrifices of fered. The gods smelt the sweet savor, and gathered like flies about the sac- rificer, after which it is decided that. Instead of a deluge, wild beasts and famines shall diminish mankind because of its sins. A number of the tablets containing these legends were written about the time of Abraham. Woman's Home Companion. THE BURDEN OF YOUTH. ;i : The face. of the youth is ruddy : I And bears not the trace of feart; -The face of the youth is naughty i And 4iides from the world its tears '. 'But, oh, in the heart oi youmwure J Is many a battle fought With travail and awful carnage : 1 ". The strength of a man is bought. You call him a !eiddy 5Toungster 1- . ' Withtnever a hint of care: t v i You scd but the buoyatit courage i Aye rfeady to do and dare. I You think that the smile triumplianfc " ' He j iimtily "bearsto-day - I Wreathes ever hi youthful features, i mat me is tor mm out play, i ; 11- - fi- . : . . ' You speak of hia glad assurance I i lhat 411 will be his at length; j You speiak of the dauntless courage i xnai i springs irom ma youtnume 3, strencth: You bitterly call ''presumptuous" His earnest and zealous mien, And say! that a day is coming Whcn-lifc will have lost its sheen. Ah. call: him a "giddy youngster" . You Who have fdrnot your youth: We men! who are leaving youthland More 'clearly recall the truth. We knoiv that the compensation That helped us to bear the losa Of vieoriand hone is only ' MC1GIU UU1U uui j uuniHiug The future's a thing appalling . To him who would rise and win; Each power is all untested; Whilp folly and gilded sm Entice to a way that's easy, And ever too few he sees Who've chosen the rock-strewn pathway Forsaking the way of ease. There's hope in the soul that's youthful, A smDe on the young man's face; Ambition and strength and. courage He bears with a Kingiy grave. , - . Then lend him your life s example : Ere all his youth be gone ; And give to the heart of youthtime Incentive to struggle on. W. Gillilan, in Baltimore American. I j HI' f 1 TPfflTI JIM HARDY'S G0UP D'ETAT; ? A WALL STREET EPISODE. The Story of Bucknall's Revenffe, Hardy's Co-opera-? tlon, and a Sensational Tildve In Stocks. W 1 1,'iHiHM.... i (WB!HWBlWW'gieB t ALL Street was in feverish motion. A ceaselessly riihing crowd filled the sidewalks. The middle of the road was reserved by common con sent, for ithose who had to run. The faces of ihe passers-by were firmly set. They hah the air of men whoso des tiny it is! ever to tramp up an untiring treadmill! They seemed to feel that they must keep their footing on the dizzy wlieel or be thrown violently down among the wreckage below. At times they appeared to be debating whether It would not be the lesser evil to be thrown. j Important bank clerks scurried along with largb bill books chained to their waists. Office boys dashed about as though millions depended uponUheir breathlessi haste. Exchange brokers rushed frpm their offices to their tem porary quarters in the Produce Ex change. Even the policemen seemed to have caught the infection of restless activity. ; They pounced around (with implacably speed and prodded ail the pushcart peddlers into a very frenzy of motion, -if .. ; v : j' Above, the sky was blue and the sun shone brightly. Eclow, BucknalL the great market manipulator, stood on the steps of 4e Mills building and impas sionately cursed the directors of the I and M. It.; It. Co. tn general and Samuel Ripley inj !particuku At times Buck nall talked put loud to himself, but no one had time to notice it. Every one on Wall, talked oui Street worth mentioning friendly, but he's told me that I'll come in for everything." "Well, now, Hardy," said Bucknall after another thoughtful pause, "look here. I'm getting old and I want some one to break into my business. I make a pretty good thing out of it, you know that. Suppose I bought you a seat and started you along. t Don't you think the experience would be a mighty big help to you?" r- "There's a seat to be sold to-morrow," said Hardy promptly. "You can buy hat. Then I can start, in Monday morning. What's the first thing on the program?" Bdcknall smiled approvingly. "You get along pretty fast," he remarked. le picked up his letter opener again. 'We'll start in with a big raid on L. and M. stock," he said gently. "I want thatistock hammered down below ten. And! I don't want any one to know that I'm interested in it. You'll do the work. I'll give the advice and pull the wires- When the stock touches ten the seat Is yours. But mind, you're not to speculate a cent, or everything's off. Agree? Good. : Then that's settled," said Bucknall comfortably. It plight be remarked that Hardy dreamed, that night that his Stock Ex change venture turned out disastrously. When he awoke he murmured to him self that dreams went by contraries. and he contentedly turned over on the other side and tried to dream it asrain. How peurile and Ineffectual Is the scope of the mind of man! was ConventiioAiBty 'Limits' the -individual loud to himself, and It therefore nobody's business. The directors of the L. and M. were large holders of Its stock. They gener ously desired to have the stock more widely helid. At the same time they naturally wanted to make a profit, j Un fortunately for them the quotations of the stock had been very erratic. For this reason the banks shunned it as collateral. 1 As showing the lack of in dependentijthought in the human race It is a sad fact that when a bank turns up its nose at a stock the public at large turns; up all its features in sym pathetic umson. i . J Taking these things Into considera lion, the directors of the L. and,M. had engaged Bicknall's services to see that the price of the stock never fell below seventy-fiv(. Bucknall had discovered that the Chairman of the Board of Di rectors wrts nrivatelv unlnndinfr hu holdings. 'Bucknall made a few hum ing remarks, shook his fist a number of times ith a certain graceful mo By Margaret Stowe. T is noticeably evident that common sense and broader thought are gradually doing away with the social conventionalities in life. We have come to realize that to conform to rules and Tegulations that have no sensible reason for existing means limiting ourselves to a verymall circle of thought and action which, in so doing, make us lose our Individuality we become colorless. vve win not mention tne conventionalities or dress so much as the absurdness of some of the conventionalities of action, such as the newest fashion in walking, handshaking, bowing and other nonsensical rules to be conformed to at home and at social functions. . iiet us all try to be origmal and not monotonous. Is there anything more monotonous and absurd 'than the actions of a roomful of -men and women standing In a fashion-prescribed posture shaking hands either high in the air or low down, according to the latest vwhim of this erratic rule of Dame Fashion? , , - ' minds of these same people are so taken up with the fear of forgetting tnemselves or these little rules" that then conversation, for lack of real exercise, deteriorates into foolish, senseless chatter. Is it the lack of courage that stands in the way of individuality courage to .break away from such inane existence and act. one's true self? Then mothers should cultivate courage and strength of conviction in their children. Bring Mary Smith up to be Mary Smith and not to resemble, so closely that 'you cannot tell one from the other, a following of marionettes worshipping at the feet of Fashion. The question Is asked, "Why don't girls marry?" The distinguishable ones flo marry those who are beautiful or magnetic in some way, whose characters ,. travesome definite coloring and who can make themselves in any way con spicuous, not in any undesirable sense, but prominent In character, or individ uality. . v.. -; , . Men are going to choose the girls they can see; those who are completely negative, unnoticeablo. coloness. formless. Invisible are left behind.' Make the; youth of to-day realize that a disposition to Imitate a fashion or . conform to. senseless roles set by-others Is always a sign of Inferior intellect '. ana rudimentary taste. ., ". - ? , The time ia coming when you .will nQt consider it anything of a compliment to nave it said that you follow a flock of fashionable imitators.; xour life, your actions, your manners, should be unique. What you do and . inc "way you do it should concern you, and not what others think. Get rid of artificiality and allow people to detect the precise man you are. uon t be afraid of "being criticised beeause you dare to stand forth an Indi vidual. Be one, and be natural in your actions. Emerson says, in speaking of conformity and the criticism that usually follows the lack of it: "Act singly, and what you have already done singly .will justify you now. Ordinarily everybody In society reminds us of something else, or of some nther nprsnn Character, reality, reminds you of nothing else; it takes place of the whole UUil UUU .-- , - , ....... tion, ana retired with dicrnitv. TIip H rectors then called in the services of Samuel Ripley, another manipulator. to continue Uuckneira work. Tifrio-r was Buckiiall's pet aversion. Thpre. fore Bucknall stood on the steps of the Mills buildihg and relieved his mind of a few passing thoughts Ripley keep L. and M. above seren- ty-five?" he concluded. "He? Rip ley? Why; HI knock that stock down . e : T to ten in less than a week, and they'l never Know who dM it TriQ-n.9 uais: ' Bucknall j miled at the beauty of contraries? Not a bit of it. On the contrary he swore lustily at the bell nov who knocked at his door and awoke him out of this beautiful vision. Whenever a client . entered the law offices of Wills & Bristol he Invariably did two things: First he stopped tak ing full breaths and next he wondered how! many family skeletons were roost, ing In cramped positions in the little f ironnhnleS. The office boy had the Important face of one who could tell many an Inr foresting tale if he felt so inclined. The stenographers often seemed to be wagging their heads at their machines irv twinfr.1' sorrow at the things they were transcribing. The managing clerk, prematurely old, was apparently bowed down by the matters that had been confided to him in the course of his professional duties. In the private office, Mr. Wills, the senior member of the firm, was closet ed with Hardy. Outside the clerks were discussing with admiration Har dy s great raid on L. and M. "Yes," remarked Wills to Hardy, "I am one of the executors of your un cle's will. He leaves everything to you." . Hardy neatly expressed sorrow at his uncle's death and satisfaction at the happy disposition of his property. "Quite so," said Wills slowly, "quite so." He paused unsasily. "Now, I've been making an inventory of your un cle's estate. He had a few hundred dollars in bank here and the rest of his property was in the form of his se curities." l"And these securities?" asked Hardy. ; "I find he had a block of 20,000 shares of stock. When he left for Europe last month his stock was worth something oyer a million and a half. He left it with his bank as collateral for a loan of $200,000 which borrowed to enable him to buy a round 20,000 shares." !"I hope the stock has gone up since he left," said Hardy, with the smile of ajman who sees a million or so coming his way with open arms. "Well, no," said Wills. "The fact is itlhasgone down." He surveyed Har dy's waistcoat buttons with prolonged interest. . . 'The fact is," he continued, "It has gone down a good deal." He looked Info Hardy's face again and gently played with his watch chain. Hard's smile ceased.' He rapidly as sumed the air of a man who sees a million or so running away from him anfl making derisive noises in its flight. "It wasn't L.;and M. stock, was it?" he inquired faintly after he had man aged to clear his throat. "I'm sorry to say that It was," said th lawyer, "and to speak plainly, the bank sold out the stock when It had reached fifteen in order to protect themselves. I understand they just realized enough to liquidate their loan." Hardy's face aged perceptibly as he remembered how he cheered when that block of 20,000 shares struck the mar kets It seldom falls to the lot of man to applaud so vociferously at his own unconscious undoing. New York Sun. ST ir until ILifel ON TTTF. LOKfl Tmr'.' : . Some men are born to fftlft M A few are born to order 'd; And many are born to'he Fate puts us in the harnss WTTTT.F WATTTVn rr. 1 ... i,wu i ATipJ iuiu iuciui- re you p. special line of-study aside fJ!5 practice?" Young Doctor "Oh. tpc i .perlmenting to find out Wv'J1 I X- is uecessarjf. 10 support liannn v-l ' no substitute: - Little Elizabeth was impatiea1. XJ.CJ. uiuiuci naa uusy and Sifl' "Have patience, -Elizabeth"' which Elizabeth replied: "i aon x want patience. iwJ COMPULSORY. "Are you doing anything cold?" i sneeze wnenever it wants aie'J New York Journal. The campaign against L. and M. R. R. preferred and common was a short and merry one. Bucknall. f mm Ms former experience of the stock, knew all its strong points. He avoided them. He also knew all its weak points and smote them viciously as with a sand bag, i At first the downward movement was a mere rjronhetir trpmiiiin a ?txt faint hearts sold out. But old Sam Ripley was there. He bought up their holdings, rallied his forces and prodded deserters with the sharp point of his sword. Then the. trembling became an ague, and Ripley tried the regular ho moeopathic remedies. The ague con tinued, however, and all the small hold ers were shakpn out. ninw HMn' f J UIUU V r J !?okelat Pai ind onto the ship. "i"'-iD luugue nuu us puise. He became seriously alarmed and tried allopathy. In vain. -The ague became a ralsv. A storm cloud appeared on the financial horizon. J-ne Avail Street news agencies fore casted; cyclones and heavy winds, ac companied by sleet and rain. Substan tial holders of L. and M. decided to get out of the wet. They fell over each other In their desperate endeavor to find a dry place, an4 stood there pant ing. But it cost them very dear. Down, down came the stock. First a bucuesceui,. J-USn a lands dp AnrT j I Would Xiet Go Bla Anchor. - The Inevitable Irishman was looking for j w;ork. Noticing a gang of men loading a large steamer alongside, he walked up to the foreman and asked: "t)'yqz want any more hands, cap'n?" There were a few men. carrying an vils i singly from the quay above along a plank onto the ship. "dan you carry those anvils?" in quired the foreman. "Shure!" replied Pat, with a smile of a man. who had an easy jot) on. "Very well, you can start now." "What's the pay, mister, beggin' your pardun?" . i "Piecework a penny for each ono you carry onto the ship." Pat instantly stripped, seized an anvi and i carried It with ease across tha With the view4 of doubling his pay, he picked up aj couple the next journey and was walking along the plank when it broke, and down went Pat into the water with both j anvils one in, each hand; Nothing was seen but a bubble for awhie. Presently Pat appeared on the surface of the water for the first time, and yelled out: "Hallo, there! Chuck me down a rope, ; or, begorra, Oi'll drop thaise things!" Answers. . Want Acquainted. Waiting in the bank directly In his extemporized alliteration. He fell that in tills subtle manner fate was ah-endv playing into his manipulative hands. lim Hardy was a vounsr chnn xvhn pined fpr things, to do. His glance was keen. His lehin was pointed. His nose was set slightly askew. This gave him an inquiring cast of countenance and encouragedf strangers to open their minds to him. He; delighted in wear ing his hatja little bit on one side; He regarded hesitation as a vice. He took things for gj-anted. i He was always on the spot, and from his Indomitable fac ulty or rapid action he was generally coincident .yfith' the; spot. Incidentally ue was n curostone broker. Hardy snapped open the door JtsucKnairs off pp. tt Mj a clerk whp came, for his card and bmiiingiy pushed past "him into Buck nail's private office;: j T - v , t Bum "CKnaii, looking np. : He Picked Dp a V,il lZ F ana twlQalea it thou-ht I H L uieiv in nis cnair. "Oh yes, ne repeated. He gazed at Hardy inquiringlyj "How'd you like a soat on ineatock change?" he asked.; , v Going, tq sget one as soon as my un cle s will becomes operative," replied Hardy. BUOknall raised his eyebrows liaidy Hes in Europe now vou ow, for his health. We iaSt very of to , " .4-.A. 11 Uill Mil I ITT I 1 nirfl.liu..l! . . I r "'""K avaiancne, car- fronti of nie was a charminc wo -nnn n its r?nTi ZS hat stoo of twenty or so who was having her lSrM.f t Exchange was panic- first; experience in banking," said the stricken. It was a battlefield, with nil moT-or. i . ? SL0t - the shouts asked the questions usual for one who iiiC. . . f- . Har(1y- 18 opining an account; her name,' ad- noe IntVm7n ,;n , ""lumng ner ratner's ana mother's name. She a - wuicr liihii n mm i nsvon ,1 1 -v ueaier.i ne was quicker than a wink.- xue directors of the road began to "'Mother's maiden name, please. accused Mnh Z' ""y . :A imean 70Ur mother's name when firm. thl ,sne was a girl, explained the clerk. . . .v r .wu unecu JtlOW snonirt I lmnw T Ann'- -ti, 5 ? . impe-rtinencrsir1! How f The idea! Ara vnn trrtn v tt rrt should I Exchange In the shape of n hinv r l u, on nnn t V . r v . . . ' " vjr iur some make fun of mm cirv xr one tO DDT thPItl fnv otitt 11 A I ! - J.WAU. on m. - - v wyx ynce-ai ximes. . xuut was tne aeiicate uttio. w. u.utu mat ma tne trick. Har- What Cange. lufant m,i ZJrH nnlCaiIy as the lot aver- The Superintendent of the Babies agea apout $10 a share. The directors Hospital in New Ynrlr rilw nn, n ri reiigned. A. receivership, of the road anna Wheeler, says that in her eleven was arranged, and the stock sullenly years'! experience in th. Zf thca beneficent institution she has 5 w . Ul&tt ck babies brought for. treat- Exchange tToZ7acU:?L box v. . "til, Uiltl L1U1T Tnplr snhca lTlTrt H n Vrf-rr'r T , . s Napoleonic methods They whistled in amazement at what tlaeyfound and emphatically expelled him from the Exchange p ea Then !old Jacob Hardy took action He died in a little Swiss village and " . U1 ueatn New York. It miffht w quent weakness has been the result of ignorance, or of i 0vv vauocvi uire DO YOU BLAME HIM? Towne ''There seems to be noti: he enjoys so much as the sound own voice." Browne "That's so, and tht nothing annoys him so much ast thought . that he can't hear fc: when he talks in his sleep.'-Piilat phia Press. 'easily EXPLAINED. "Jennie," said the fond moix, 'ri; do you throw your clothes v; that way?" "Do vou really want to know? ate v w the precocious youngster. "Of course." "Well, it's because it's easier t hanging them up." Chicago Tost. THE JUDGE WAS LITERAL as he pleaded for mercy for lnsc.it "comes from a good family. "Yes," said the police judge, ;t appears to be the chief trouble should not have come iro ' family. ; He should have stayed it. Just S11.40, with costs. peast Kew. York Commercial Advertiser. " " 'A MODERN ANANIAS. Mrs. Mateland "Henry, I wonder vnn lrT7ri mtx na mnrll 3S VOU ubt" invo mo hpf nro ita wpre married, w ottv things to me von frl in thncro dfivs." Mr. Mateland "That's because 1 'M von mfire thnn T did then, dear. 1 Trr.,1 v.n nmr f r IIP tO J OU, Jv know." Boston Transcript. HIGH PItOTECTION. C poverty on the part of the mother."' Pete Afeuuittiiv;c is tue cmer cause of tmnWo Young!: babies are foolishly fed, evei given tea or beer, b'yi mQthersf alcer- be was cabled to tain class; are improperly dressed - are tnf . ercu.. . exposurer-and 4 In; the dreamed that niehr I aray case 01 wen-to-do people, are overfed and famous. Did L nl?6 Wis. rlch andwlndulsed, a course quite as fatal ! u. uia he construe this by to the baby's health as any other oayi Ain't it iuciiy yetr New York Journal. . n . . llrT"7 m-n A TT. A UiNIVEKSAli xx "Afn'f Wrfhio 1p way dese,i;? said ' 1 people put on airs?" 'It's only human nature, red 1 a Mil' I meandering Mike. I Knu cu,sttf burglar who was humiliated -ai death because his picture tf alongside de photograph of a- c tutor in 1a' i.Ani1nc (rn erv. -- git away from caste." - ' Star. ' - el a is 7S
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