VOLUME XIX.
FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBEB 9 1004.
NUMBER 45
: ... THE 8AND DUNES.
The nl dunes, th grny f" ,
They call my heurt from me, -Thoy
call it when th world It llgb
They whisper it when full th ult .4
Thoy oall me to the ton.- ,
Oh, the sand dunes, the gray dunes,
'Til there thnt I would be:
Where low and white the wavelets run.
Aud over all round, red sun
1 , . Slips slowly to the soa.
Ahl the sand dunes, the pray dunes,
'Tis there 1 raid good by;
The moon was like a -pule, cold thing,
Too pool beyond a silver ring,
The wavelets' song a sigh. "
Ahl the sand duues, the gray dunes,
They wring tny heart so sorej
The level sand beneath the rain,
The glory of the day's slow wane
I'll never see them more.
-New York Tribune.
i Red Flannel Patch. I
f IT CONCKAUSD TBI TBAORUT Of 4
hihbli Lira. ".
In the "wee short hour ayont the
twaT" one morning recently half a
dozen newspaper men gathered, as
was their custom, In one of Bread'
way's restaurants to do Justice, at
what would li called an unseemly
hour by It'" New York day worker, to
a "square" meal. After dining wisely
one of them remarked that Eugene
Field bad stirred 'more latent syra
pathy in the hearts of the reading
public with his "Little Boy Blue" than
any newsaper man he knew, and this
led to the telling of an Incident that
had occurred the day before to J. The
story was told to J. by a friend, who
had hastily jotted down the facts:
"Tonio Salavatore, organ grinder.
This is the name and occupation of
him who has disturbed my daytime
Bleep, has tortured my overstrung
nerves when awake, and has sent roll
ing through my brain a ccnfti3ed and
confusing jumble of sounds, very un
musical at times, from 'The Little
Widow Dunn' to a distorted creation
of 'Les Raineaux' by some hand-organ
builder who sought sound rather than
truth of composition. You night work
ers, who even In sleep have t?cth on
edge and blue pencil poised ready to
attack the weakling reporter's contri
bution to the dally paper, have per
haps hoard and cursed Tonlo Salva
torc fcr grinding out his discordant
organ note, havo turned restlessly on
your pillows, or made a feint to grasp
anything within reach and hurl it at
.the unsuspecting disturber of your
rest, and then calmly pulled your bed
clothes ovor your heads, to sink again
Into your restless sleep, with 'beats'
and city editors and news editcrs chas
ing one another through your ever act
ive brains. Hear my story of Tonlo,
and perhaps you will say, "Such a
thing as that organ grinder carrying
the faded photograph of a dead daugh
ter on tne cover 01 nis organ never
entered my head.'
"Tcnlo Salvatore and bis wife are
(Sicilians of the better class, with a son
and daughter religleuses in Italy. Ton
io is 72 years old, and his wife is T3.
Misfortunes occur under the Italian
blue dome as under the American gray
dome, and so Tonlo, with his wife and
daughter of 16 years, chose to seek a
new life here. For an old Italian, with
the artist sense of music, sculpture
and carving, there are few opportuni
ties In New York, and menial posi
tions are not always open to an Ital
ian patriarchal in appearance and with
no knowledge of English. "The organ,
the organ,' his new found friends sug
gested as a means to earn his liveli
hood, meagre though the Income be
from the daily trudging up and down
and across New York's busy streets,
and, so that little Battlsta and her
mother might retain tiie shelter pro
vided for them with ' the money
brought from home and now exhausted,
Tonlo procured, by paying a small dal
ly rental for it, an old time organ,
husky, hoarse and discordant of tone,
and, with Battlsta assisting him In
drawing the barrow on which the or
gan rested, be started on the path from
which Victory was eldetracked, and
the end of which was the Grave of
Battista.
"I saw the shivering Tonlo and Bat
tlsta last November In the street lr
which I live, 'she with a thin plaid
shawl drawn around her attenuated
figure, and Tonlo grinding away, with
eyes now looking up at the windows
for the chance contributions of lovers
of bis music, or of haters of It, who,
with a wave of one hand and the close
ly wrapped penny thrown by the other
hand circling in the air, demanded
that He move to another house or an
other street, and then looking loving
ly at Battlsta as she ran to pick the
penny from the street and hand it to
him. At times Tonlo gave a searching
glance at his daughter and dropped
his head until the stubby gray beard
rested on his breast, then quietly lifted
the hand which held the organ up
right, allowing the Instrument to rest
on bis body, and placed it on the girl's
shoulder, smoothing the plaid shawl
and beaming on her with his dark
Italian eyea.
'Yesterday, on Brocme street, west of
the Bowery, I saw Tonlo. Battista was
not with him. and he was trudging
along, pulling bis barrow and organ,
the cover of the organ next to him
having a red patch over it to cover
a rent In the cloth, I thought Organ
and barrow seemed to me to have
doubled In weight, Judging by his bent
back and tense muscles. He stopped
to grind bis instrument, but gave no
sign of being interested in anything
going on around him. His bead Was
-bent and hiu chin rested . on his
'past, He was alive, that was all.
V I was interested in Battlsta and
Ihlm when t saw them In the begin
g of the winter, I made bold to
'id near him, and noted the change
Ms appearance. He remembered, I
Vise, having seen me somewhere
lis dally travels, especially as I
llways contributed to Battlsta a
f some denomination, and he
Ms old cap to me. He ceased
J out his muslo, and I stepped
1 him and tried to convey my
in English to him regarding
!mr. nu cuuiuii 1 untreroianu
'iat I -meant to convey until
I pointed to a Utile Italian girl pass
ing by, and then he knew I was mak
ing inquiries about Battlsta. He lifted
bis hat slowly from bis head, extended
one hand to me, grasping mine quick
ly and pointed to the patch of red on
the organ cover. I looked at him in-,
quiringly, and tried to tell blm I de
sired to know more. He motioned to
me to, step to the street from the side
walk, and when I did so he lifted the
piece of flannel which I had supposed
was put on to cover a rent, but which
I now noticed was sewn on the top
only, and disclosed the faded reproduc
tion of Battista's face, younger looking
than when I had seen her, and plump
er. She was dead. ' I turned to look at
Tonlo, but his eyes were covered with
his bands. His loss was great. I knew,
for I also felt a loss." New York Tri
bune. ;. ,; '
HEALTH IN HATLEBSNESS.
The Sun en the Hair Kills Microbes-.
. Ventilation Cures Catarrh. .
From an article which appeared in
Cosmos and translated for the Liter
ary Digest we learn that the now fash
ion of going without a hat Is not lim
ited to this country. According to
the writer. It has everything hyglen
leally in Its favor and the arguments
against it need only be stated to be
refused. He says:
"The" mass of hair that covers the
top of the head is a feature of the
human race in both sexes and appears
to be ono of Its most stable physical
characteristics. Nevertheless, long
observation is unnecessary to prove
that this characteristic is weakening
and that the vigor of the hair is de
creasing In' man. Now a question
presents itself: Is this due to transfor
mation of the species or must we at
tribute the fact to man's habits! This
second solution appears to be correct,
which is consoling, since M allows us
to hope that the evil may be checked.
This loss of hair that has become
more striking from one generation to
another by heredity Is due, according
to some scientists, to the habit of
covering the head.
This habit must affect the hair In
juriously in threo ways: (1) By de
priving if of the life-giving light of the
sun, of free ventilation and of tne
movement of the hairs by air cur
rents; (SI, by pressuro on the small
arteries of the scalp, which bring
nourishment to the hair; (3) finally,
because all head coverings are an ex
cellent culture niedllum Tor microbes
and facilitale their development.
The promoters of I Ills reform are
meeting at the outset with certain
objections: (1) To uncover the head
may bring on colds, neuralgia and
rheumatism. 'lcy answer that colds,
catarrh, etc., are of mlcroblan origin
and cannot come from the scalp. (2)
As for neuralgia and rheumatism,
they are convinced that if the habit
of leaving the head uncovered is ad
opted in youth these troubles will not
follow. In fact, they say the uncov
ered parts of the heat, are not subject
to them any more than the covered
part less perhaps. (3) So far as the
incontestable danger cf exposing the
bare bead In tlio sun is concerned
there are many ways of avoiding this
without smothering the scalp. (4)
The fear that septic bodies may be
deposited on the uncovered parts, es
pecially in cities, certainly deserves
consideration, but care in the toilet
will enable us to escape the consequ
ences. (51 finally tne lear lest the
hair should be injured by sun, wind
or cold has no serious basis, since
unprotected parts of the head are cov
ered with vigorous hair."
Boxing the Ears.
There are several things very com
monly done which are extremely inju
rious to the ear, and ought to be care
fully avoided. One of these is the
practice of boxing children's ears.
The passage of the ear Is closed by a
thin membrane, espv 'telly adapted to
be influenced by every Impulse of
the air, and with nothing but the air
to support it internally. What, then,
can be more likely to Injure this mem
brane than a sudden and forcible com
pression of the air in front of It? If
any one designed to break or over
stretch the membrane, a more efficient
means could scarecely be devised than
to bring the hand suddenly andorcl
bly down upon the passage of the ear,
thus driving the air violently before It,
with no possibility of its escape with
out the membrane giving way. Medi
cal authorities assert that many chil
dren are in this way made deaf by box
ing on the ear. Buffalo Evening
Times.
Last of Boulanger's Famous Charger.
One of the effects of the hot weather
in Paris has been to put an end to
Oen. Boular jer's old black horse, that
once famous charger which used to
carry France's Idol majestically at re
views and figured in the welcome to
that hero as he rode back at the head
of the Paris garrison from Long
champs to the war office. The poor old
black horse suffered the usual fate of
his race. .Gen. Boulanger Bhould have
Shot him before he shot himself, for
In all . these years that have elapsed
since the "brave general" weakly died,
he has been dragging out a wretched
existence succumbing flnallj ' . while
drawing a vegetable cart acroji the
Place de la Ccncorde. The bkaslng sun
killed Tunis Boulanger's black
charger. Boston Herald,
Western Etiquette.
Delegate Rodney of New Mexico re
lated - this incident In the congres
sional cloak-room:
"I was traveling through the west
a couple of years ago," he said, "when
dux train stopped at an eating place
for dinner. . The woman who kept
the place was evidently an easterner,
and was quite anxious to spread
around her the cultured habits of her
section. ' '
" 'Will you please give me a knife
for my pie?' said one of the men eat
ing dinner.
"'We don't eat pie with a knife
here,' replied the woman quite sev
erely. "'Then, madam,' remarked the cow
boy, 'will you please get me an ax?'"
Washington Post.
H. O. Havemeyer of New York, ft is
asserted, possesses the most costly col
lection of violins In the world.
STATURE OF JAPANESE.
THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A LIT
TLE PEOPLE PHY8ICALLY.
Their Six and 8oldlershlp Historically
Considered A Question of Diet. An
Increase In Quality of the Food Pf
the Nation Suggested.
The statement of Massamoto laoda,
assistant commissioner of Japan to
the Louisiana Purchase exposition, was
that the small stature of his people
is asorlbable to their neglect of phy
sical culture since their revolution of
1868; neglect brought about by the In
tensity of their application to the
study of western civilization, in order
that they might appropriate Its best
fruits In the Interest cf their own
progress. This idea Is extraordinary,
as coming from one of a people whose
citizens are generally of proved care
fulness of statement even under war's
temptation to exaggerate. : , -. .
The year 1868 is assigned by Massa
moto Isoda as the time of Japan's de
parture from her forme Isolation
among nations, but 1853ywhen Com
modore Perry brought about a treaty
with that country, is really the period
when western civilization dawned upon
the Japanese, and they began to ben
efit by its illumination. But, even if
we grant the additional term of lt
years, between 1853 and 1868, to Jap
anese intensity of study, the whele
term of 60 years then concerned would
not account for the smallest degree
of diminution In their physique,
Always a Little People.
In 1853 and 1868, and from that time
immemorial, probably tlhe Japanese
were of the same size as they are
now. We have, with reference to the
period of 1853, the testimony of our
naval officers who were with Perry,
We have the long antecedent testi
mony of the Chinese, who were fond
of calling them dwarfs, down to the
time when they had a taste of their
mettle, and came to recognize them
as the champions against western ag
gression. The huge athletes .of their
country, relatively few Individuals,
represent the only class of big men
among them, and they have reached
their physical condition through a
long ccurae of artificial selection, pur
sued generation after generation. Ex
cepting tbeso, a large Japanese man Is
a rarity. When the Americans, the
Rev. Dr. Phillips Brooks and his in
timate friend, the Rev. Dr. William
McVlckar, visited Japan, they were
regarded there as the giants. In 1872
I happened to have the plcasuro to bo
one of a reception committee to wel
come some Japanese, grown men, to
this country. Thoy were a party cf 11
in number, consisting of a gentleman
who had been a dalinlo, of an inter
preter and of nine other persons. They
were all or the si'i which Is Btlll
recognized by foreigners as the Japan
ese standard of physical develop
ment. A circumstance connected with this
group of Japanese warrants a brief
dlgressicn. Their exquisite courtesy
manifested itself not only In the gen
tleness of their manners, but in deli
cate consideration unexampled In any
other country. With their revolution
of 1S68 the rank of dalmlo had van
ished. Nevertheless, the gentleman
to whom I have alluded as having held
it was treated by bis companions of
originally lewer status with all the
deference appropriate to hU former
Btandtng. Entering the dining room
of the hotel where the reception took
place, his companions always ranged
themselves ceremoniously along the
corridor and permitted him to pass,
whereupon they filed into the room as
If they had been his official suite.
One of the surprises of the day has
been that men so diminutive as are
the Japanese should make such able
soldiers as they have proved them
selves to be In war, with the Chinese
and the Russians. But, all experience
In the field goes to show that, other
things being equal, men of moderate
size must make the most effective sol
diery. These are the men best able to
stand the wear and tear of campaign
ing. This has been proved from the
earliest historical times. Llvy says:
"Romans, corpora haudquaquam satis
valtdtis; ceterum strenuus vlr perlt
usque mtlltlae; Latlnus, vlrlbus In
gent bellatorque primus." The Ro
man, not by any "means endowed with
bodily strength, is, otherwise, a Btren
hou3 man, and skilled in military ser
vice; the Latin, of immense strength,
and a first-rate warrior. Caesar's
troops were once so appalled at the
idea of meeting a force of Germans,
redoubtable for their size, strength
and ferocity, that he 'was compelled to
delay pitched battle with them until
bis array had recovered Its wonted
confidence.
Yet, despite the difference in size
between the Romans and the Ger
mans, as well as other nations, the
Romans continued In their career of
conquest until enervated by luxury
end vice, sapped In their moral being,
they could no longer even hold their
own against hordes of barbarians,
when the French overran Europe with
armies that none could withstand, it
was with soldiers of a people who
were, as they still are, small in com
parison with English, German, Rus
sian and American standards of size.
What the Japanese have to look to
for the improvement in size of their
people is not abatement 'of study, or
more addiction to physical culture,
but to increase in the quality of the
food of the nation. It is only a few
years since tbe excessive use of rice
In their navy led to an Invasion of
beriberi among their sailers. This Is
a disease of the East Indies, especial-1
iy prevalent in Japan, an acute anae
mic dropsy, amounting in debility to
complete nervous prostration. ' In con-
sequence of this occurrence, the Jap
anese were obliged to Institute a die
tetic reform in their navy, by change
In the character of Its ration; since
when we have heard nothing further. ;
of the. prevalence of beriberi there. 1
But, dietetic military measures do
not rectify this evil in the interest of
the Japanese as a people. .
If any one will acquaint himself
with the quality of the Japanese army
ration of the present. time, he will be
astonished to find that men can sub
sist on It under tbe conditions of men
tal and physical stress under which
the Japanese are now laboring. If we
Americans are, among many Classen,
an overfed people, as there seems
very little reason to doubt, the Jap
anese are certainly an underfed one
In military, naval and civil life, and
ought to follow dletetlo western meth
ods besides those which they have so
successfully adopted. They seem, for
one thing, according to the universal
testimony of foreigners, to be inordi
nately fond of sweet confections and
kickshaws of all sorts, which depart
as far as possible from the kind of
nourishment which western people
generally consider hearty food. ,
Variety, besides abundance of food,
is essential to health and growth. The
more nearly man Is omnlverous, tbe
more nearly does be reach the best
adjustment of life. Abundance may
be abused, but variety can never be.
The Japanese lack variety in their
food, and It is to be suspected . the
ability for Indulgence in abundance.
Things may be different, however,
with them In these respects when con
tinental expansion leads to the ac
quirement of new tastes in food and
ability to gratify them. The Japan
ese have had much to do in' achieving
in 50 years what It has taken other
peoples hundreds to accomplish.
However relatively small in person
the Japanese people may be, they are
evidently endowed with an intelli
gence and character worthy of their
great traditions, The world has rare
ly before seen, these two elements
combined actuating masses so great
as theirs, never before, save under the
spur, like theirs, of an all pervading
and propulsive national Idea, The
spectacle of the Roman standing on
a spear, amidst doubtful battle, whilst
his priest announced his life's sacri
fice by plunging alone Into the ene
my's ranks, to appease gods adverse
to victory for his side, appealed to the
Roman mind, as It appealB to ours, as
an exhibition of brave devotion, even
If too theatrical; but It Is not intrinsi
cally equaled by that of the r:en. In
their coolness of resolve, uninspired
by the heat of conflict, to whom tho
Japanese Admiral, Kamlmura, confi
dently said, when they were depart
ing with flreshlps to block the channel
to Port Arthur, that they must die to
man. but not before they had ful
filled their mission.
WAR WITH BAD NAMES.
Experience Appears to Indicate That
They Will Have Bad Luck.
If one should be so bold as to char
acterize tho superstitious sailor as
tilly he would at once declare that
there Is sufficient reason for his be
lief and would proceed to pnivo that
war vessels named after stinging and
venomous things have been unlucky
and that the country should not bo so
Indifferent to the men who follow "a
life on the ocean wave" as to organize
a mosquito fleet.
That Snake is regarded as an un
fortunate name for a essel Is shown
by the fact that two of that name have
been lost, one in 1781 and tbe other In
1817; but no vessel bearing that name
Is now known to exist. Serpent,
which is only a substitute name for
Snake, is an unlucky one also, for the
one wrecked in 1892 was the fourth
British war vessel of that name to
meet the same fate. Viper has been
an unlucky name in the British navy.
The first one was wrecked in 1780, but
the admiralty, would not swerve, and
so kept tho name on the list, each ves
sel meetinr 's doom, and the fourth
was lost ouiy recently. The French
navy has also been unlucky with ves
sels so named. The Viper, used in the
British service after she became a
prize - from the French was lost In
1793. The second was lost a year later
the third in 1797, and the fourth was
recently lost In a collision off Guern
sey. ' The Cobra, another British war ves
sel, was lost recently at the same time
as the Viper. Among other vessels
similarly named and which met fates
other than In battle are the Rattle
snake, In 1781; the Alligator, jn 1782;
the Crocodile, In 1784; -he Adder, In
1846; three Lizards, two Dragons and
one Basilisk. All of these were of the
British navy. The list could be made
larger by citing the records of other
navies.
Tbe Norsemen, who were so fond of
naming their vessels against the laws
of superstition, and using hideous
heads of dragons and reptiles on their
high prows, were less unfortunate,
and these did not meet with frequent
disasters. They did have a belief,
however, that It was unlucky and a
sacrilege to select such a name as did
Lord Dunraven for his first yscht to
challenge for the America's cup, the
Valkyrie. And this belief was
strengthened when she was sunk by
the Satanita. The second challenger
with the same name gave trouble, and
she was broken up after only a short
existence. Navy League Journal.
Man In the Iron Mask.
All the best Informed persons of
my time have always thought that
this famous history was founded upon
the capture and captivity of Mattioll,
a Pledmontese political prisoner, Who
died in the Bastlle in 1793. In those
days prisoners were made to wear
masks while traveling, but it would
be more exact to say a mask the color
of Iron. All the details which Voltaire
added were simply fabulous, and
laughable, and I think you will find
that iny theory of the Iron mask Is
the right one. French Noblesse.
; Cutting a Womari In Two.
' Swedish restaurant keepers of the
old fashioned -sort charge less for a
woman's meal than for a man's, on
tbe doubtful theory that she is physic
ally unable to eat so much. - -A
husband and wife traveling to
gether only pay at many hotels
$ one person and a half; and in like
manner a wife in ber husband's com
pany may travel with a half ticket by
train.- London Chronicle. .
. That Stretchy Kind.
BJones Strange affliction of Morris
jay's, isn't ltT
BjimB Hadn't heard; what Is It?
BJones Why, he has become so ac
customed to eating his wife's Welsh
rabbit that he has developed a mania
for chewing rubber bands. What to
Eat .
Egypt imports annually about 1150,
000 worth of "clparetle paper."
V' HOW KINO EDWARD DINES. .
Perfect Discipline of the Palace Corps
Of COOkS. -yf:.
The moment that their British Ma
jesties take tbelr seats at tbe table
all activity In the kitchen ceases.
Quiet reigns. The dishes are all in
their assigned places, the courses pre
pared In the forenoon are on special
tables, in summer between blocks ot
Ice. The meats, fowl and delicacies
that are to be served hot need only be
put on the stove for a moment to be
served when needed. 1
. The soup which Is cooked an hour
before the beginning of the dinner,
bolls and bubbles, while tho "hors
d'oeuvre" (the delicacy taken between
courses) is neatly arranged on small
Bllver platters within easy reach
either in the kltcben Itself or else, as
is the case in Buckingham Palace,
brought to an ante-chamber which
in this palace l a generous fraction
of a mile from the kitchen.
The time for tbe serving of the dif
ferent courses is fixed permanently,
and the arrangement works like a
clock. Every kitchen servant must
appear clad in snowy linen and must
have his own wash basin and towel
close at hand.
No sound Is heard save the occa
sional orders of the head cook. But
even these are rarely necessary, as
the servants are well drilled. In spite
of this the head cook, conscious of the
responsibility resting on him. Is ever
watchful. Not the slightest thing can
escape his notice.
Close to the dining room Is a large
chamber Into which all the dishes are
brought to receive the last touch be
fore bolng carried to the board.. The
silver-plate, the dishes and glasses re
moved from the table between the dif
ferent courses are also taken to this
room and are left here until after the
repast. The man in charge here Is
attired In a faultless dress suit and
gives his orders In low whispers.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra,
with the other members of the royal
family, and on special occasions dis
tinguished guests also, have tholr own
special serving men, while all the oth
ers present at the board are served
by a waiter.
The entire staff of servants serving
at the table are dressed in black.
They appear In knee breeches, "swallow-tall"
coats, high stockings and
buckled shoes. The table service of
the royal household Is of Immense
value, and consists as occasion re
quires of dishes made of sllvAr, of gold
or of the finest Chinese porcelain.
The King Is fond of good eat'ng, but
prefors plain, nourishing and substan
tial foods. Ho Ib a lover ot the oyster
and likes vegetable soups, but cares
neither for mock turtle nor for ox
tall soup. He eats game, fowl pre
pared with toasted bread and aspara
gug heads, preserved fruits and toast,
but eats no pastries. The Queen, on
the other hand, la fond of pastries and
sweets. She once said to an Austrian
diplomat: "I have the appetite ot a
dairymaid." The Queon usually sub
mits her wishes in regard to the menu
to her lady-in-waltlng, the Hon. Miss
Knollys, who In turn acquaints the
bfad cook with them.
Both the King and Queen are fond
of seeing the board decorated with
flowers, but King Edward has an aver
sion to certain strong-smelling exot
ics, and orchids are consequently ban
ished from the royal dining-room.
Delightful Mexico.
"The United States Is the best land
under the sun as a steady thing, but
for a month's diversion It's Mexico
for mo every time," said Mr. Parker
B. Smith of Houston, Tex., at the
New Willard. "I have been going
down there for a month's stay every
yar for a long time, and the more
I go the better I like the country.
"For one thing, the people extend
a hospitality .that Is charming, and
they make you feel as If you owned
the entire republic. My wife, who ac
companies me often, would rather go
to Mexico than Europe. She Is a lov
er of flowers, and it Is in Mexico that
passion for them is satisfied, - for
wherever we stop, whether in the
capital or In some little village, flow
ers in profusion pour in upon ber,
with the compliments of some newly
formed acquaintance. These floral of
ferings are never omitted down there,
and it is one of the customs of the
country that Is very greatly appreciat
ed by tourists, especially women. To
rise in the morning and And yourself
the recipient of half a dozen superb
bouquets is not only agreeable, but
gives one a profound sense of the re
finement and courtesy of the peo
ple." Washington Post
The Day's Work.
Much of the success of life depends
n proper preparations for the day's
work. Most people work, either to
get the most out of themselves. To
rise late, rush through the toilet and
gulp down a hasty breakfast is no
preparation for a good day's work, yet
It is safe to say that the majority ot
women begin the day In this way. It
is Just as easy to rise in plenty of time.
If one wHI only do it. The tendency
On waking is to stretch and yawn.' A
few minutes spent in this deep breath
ing is always restful, says the House
keeper. This should be followed by a
few breaths of fresh air, drinking a
couple of glasses of water, exercises
that suit the case, the bath and toilet
This forma a mental attitude consis
tent with a good days work. A sim
ple breakfast some take none
should follow before an unhurried
Journey either to office or tbe routine
of housework. Stand erect breathe
erect, think erect, and. half the battle
it won.
Will Battle for flights.
Ob the- occasion of the twentieth
anniversary of the Finnish Women'
Union, at Htislngfors this year, the
president, A. O. Grlpenberg, who deliv
ered addresses in potn swedisn and
Finnish,, recommended the union to
work for the following objects: The
right of married women to come of
age at 21; to 1 dispose ot their own
property, and to have the same' rights
with respect to their children as men;
the promotion of morality in accord,
ance with the Christian, Ideal, ana
equality for women with men in the.
choice of a profession. The union,
which has now been In existence foi
15 years, numbers 1075 members.
A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED
THE VALUE OF OBEDIENCE."
riihsd by tha ltev. Joseph lnnn Bar
,; rll, of Braoklya, K. I .-The Way to
Power Shown by Convincing Arga-
uients Christ Oar Great Pattern.
BnooKT.TN, N. Y.-In the Classon Ave
nue Presbyterian Church. th pastor, the
Rev. Joseph Dunn liurrell, preached Sun
day morning on "The Value ot Obedience."
The text was from I'hilippiant, ii:8, 9:
"He humbled Himself and became obe
dient unto death, even the death of tho
cross. Wherefore God also hath highly
exalted Him and given Him a name which
is above every name." Mr. Burrell said:
From this passage we learn that, through
obedience, our Lord Jesus Christ attained
His surpassing glory. He won His exalta
tion not by exploiting His own will, but by
submitting to the will of God.
On this point He is representative of hu
manity. For all men everywhere to obey
is the wy to rule. "Whosoever will bis
chief among you, let him be your servant."
Obedience thus becomes s most essential
part of educstion, whether in the home or
the school. There is something disreputa
ble about the household where the children'
do not mind, or the lecture hall, where the
instructor has no control. It is a healthy
discipline for us to hive to submit our will
to another's. Such is the Biblical concep
tion of home training. Such was the
method of Christ's bringing up.
Professor Huxley hod great influence
upon current ideas ot education and, per
haps, the most eloquent words he ever
wrote were those ia which he set forth
this ides, that the gist of education is to
lorn how to obey. "That man," he says,
"bus had a liberal education, who has been
so trained in youth that his body is the
ready servant of hit will, and does with
east- and pleasure all the work that, as a
mechanism, it is capable of, whose intellect
is a clear, cold, logic engine, with all its
parts of equal strength, and in smooth
working order; reailyr like a steam engine,
to-be turned to any kind of work, nnd spin
the sossanicrs, a well as forge the anchors
of the mind; whose mind in stored with n
knowledge of the grcnt and fundamental
truths of nature nnd of the laws of her op
erations; one who, no stunted ascetic, is
full of life and tire, but whoso passions are
trained to come to heel by a vigorous will,
the servant of a tender conscience; wIi.t
lias learned to love nij beauty, whether of
nature or 0 art, to bate all vilcnctw, ami
to respect others as himself. Such an one
and no other, I conceive, hns had a lihornl
education, for he is, an rmnplctely ns .1
man can be. in harmony with nature, tit:
will make the best of her, and she of him.
They will get on together rarely; nil? as
his cver-bcncficent mother; hr as her
mouthpiece, her conscious self, her minis
ter and interpreter."
But it is not enough to learn obedience
theoretically in one period of education;
wc must perpetuate it us ah'tbit nil through
our years, for it is the only way to 6ucccm
in life. Ohedienre is not for itii own sal;c,
but in order that through it we may conic
to be our best selves. We accept law as
the predetermined condition of life, sur
render ourRclvcs to il, and by yielding win
true liberty.
Agesilnna of Sparla knew how to govern
becouse he hud liixt learned how to obey,
according In the old saving. The niTHCi't
Kmpeior of (icnnniiy and King of Italy,
brilliant examples of successful monarch,
were trained witlf a severity that sonic of
our boys would think cruel. There was
once a hard worked employe of Jhe New
York street car system; he is nnwscaii.
There wot once a private soldier wiioaV
to submit to all the narrow restrictions of
the mo-t subordinate rank in the army; he
is now our commander in the Philippines.
We toke away harmful things from our
children that later on they may know
enough todeprive themselves of them. They
are made to take care of their bodies that
they may keep the laws of hc:ilth when
they need it for life's work. They ore
given good books to read that thev may
prefer such when they are free to read
what they will. They are shielded from
bad associations and thrown into the com
pany of clean, true, honorable boys and
girls so that when they are out in the
world lighting their own battles they may
choose the friendship of the good aud shun
that of the base.
Home parents arc afraid to have their
children arrive at the age of self control.
Yet what is the good of education. ' The
aim of vour discipline," said Herbert
Spencer, ''should be to produce a self-governing
being; not to produce a being to be
governed by others." It is a joy to linvc
obedient children, but it ought to be a
greater joy when they are become true
hearted men and women, end are out in
the world carrying ou the business of life.
Then the object of education is secured
and the condition of success is satisfied.
On the other hand, moral failure is due
to not having learned how to obey, and so
not knowing how to rule.
When a girl says to herself, "When 1
have a home of my own you will tee how
differently I shall do tl Ings." When a boy
thinks, "Just wait until I am twenty-ono
and I will see life for myself;" you may
know thnt the seed of the Dead Sea fruit
is already sown.
A woman whose family were in want wai
given $25 by a friend. Instead of purchas
ing necessities with this providential pres
ent she used it in having the photographs
of the entire household taken. There was
an example of one who did not deserve to
be grown up. She did not know how to
control her own life. She had never
learned that the only way to live worthily
is to obey the great principles of duty. She
merely followed her whims.
I heard this summer of a young man who
a year ago was flying around Long Island
in his automobile, dazzling the natives with
his reckless expenditure of a newly ac
quired fortune. To-day he it said to be
clerking in a store. He did not know how
to be rich; he had not learned self-control.
Quite rightly he hat been set back again in
his proper place.
Oscar Wilde wat a young scholar of ex
traordinary brilliance. His essay on "The
Decny of Lyin," for example, wat marvel
lously suggettive. But ha never learned
to obey, to control himself, to love the
right; oh the contrary, by following hit
'own will and seeking pleasure without re
gard to dnty he made of himself a social
outcast and died a beggar's death in Paris.
It makes no difference what ability, posi
tion or opportunity one has, if he doet not
know how toohey he is on the road to ruin.
Moreover, this condition of obedience it
the permanent law of life. Neither in this
nor any other world it it abolished. The
mother warm her baby not to touch the
ttove. The little one disobcya and 11
burned. He grows to be a man. He
(merges from hit mother't control. No
tm advitet him now to keep away from
the stove. He can put hit finger on it if he
will. But if ht does he will be-burned
again..,. . , ,;'.- .
So it it in tbe moral lift. At children
we were restricted by others from wrong
doing, and if w persisted in seeking to ac
complish it we suffered. Now we tre grown
and no one hinders us. We can tin if we
choose. But if we do we shall have to bear
the consequences now at then.
The choice given yut a not whether we
shall bt ander God's law or not, but only
whether - we shall obey them or not, in
ither case receiving the results of our de
rision. For "whatsoever a mtn toweth,
that thtll ht alto retp."
The man who abandons himself to the in
durance of appetite, violating the laws of
rmtur, shortent hit life. Hit indulgence
defeats itself. While ht obeyt God't laws
finds them his tervsnts, ministers of health,
nrmiDeritv and usefulness. .
ITor It this stars of things difforenl In
heaven. There it Is said "His servants
shall serve Him." There the law of God
it perfectly fullilled. There the heavenly
boat tins lorever, according to jlkoms
dream, - '
"In Hit will i.our delight.'" .
So forever and forever obedience remains
the law of life.
William Tyndale, who translated the Bi
ble into Knglish, wrote a book entitled
"The Obedience of a Christian Man." "The
gist of it is this: That tho Bible reveals
lh Kt Vf salvation through Jesnt Christ,
tnd nko'the way in which a saved man
oiuiht to live. Few books have had a wider
inliuence. One martyr at lcat is known to
have. K'lne to the sliike carrying a copy cf
it in Ins hand. For it appealed to the con-
n n. c ul ni .-l. it J.nHol Chl'UU.m b-'li'-v.
era that tho salvation of Christ, instead of
releasing front moral obligations, is on the
contrary, precisely tn enduement of power
to perform it. Instead of abolishing ths
law Christ fulfills It, and if there is any
one in the world who ought to be the shin
ing exainplar nffhedienre (o the will of
God, it it the Christian man.
Christ Himself it our great pattern in
Hti rpftHril. He whs an obedient Son. It
I was His meat nd drink. He said, to do
I Hit Father't will. Hut He it more than
our pattern. H6 is our Sayionr', ml nt
I such mablci lis to reproduce the pattern,
j He presents an ideal and also the dynamic
for its realization, this is why there is a
place for Him in every heart. This it why
wc all need Him. If we live in fellowahip
with Christ, trusting Him in utter faith,
fb lw of f.'ivl inatend of beinir sqroethiinr
hostile to our spirit 11 our very life, and
we come to bo able to soy with Him, "I
deliglit to do Thy will, 0, my God."
Tlx Hells-Ion That Makes One Fltlifnt.
The railway superintendent came down
to his office on Monday morning, sat down
at his desk and began to opea his mail.
The first letter was from the wife of a
discharged conductor, which said: .
"I take this opportunity to write while
my husband is at church. He hat been
foing regularly the last three Sundays,
le lias been to see the minister, and
the ' minister gave him good advice and
drew up a pledge, and he signed it, nnd
every morniug and night he asks God to
help him keep it. I am sure he will never
drink again. We have only seven dollars
in the house. 1 am doing my own work,
though I nm not strong enougli to do it.
The baby it sick, and 1 do not know how
we are to live when the little money Ave
now have is gone. For God't sake, pity
us and give my husband hia train again,
and I am sure lie will never drink another
drop!"
Tlie superintendent read tho letter and
handed it across the desk to 11 friend who
hod entered. "Head that," snid he, "and
tell me what to. do."
"What has been his record!" asked the
friend.
"This is the third time he has been
found drunk on duty. Kach time I warned
him, and the second time I suspended him.
This time I discharged him for good. I
can't place human lives jn the care of a
man who can't be trusted. If I take hi in
back it won't be three weeks before ho
ia drinking a little on the sly, and within
three years be will wreck n train, as sure
as the sun rises to-morrow."
"Have you another place where you could
nsc him, sonic place involving less re
sponsibility?" "No, he is physically unable to do bard
work, and there is no other kind at which
I can put a man of that sort. 1 don't
dare set him even w telling a crossing, lu
fact, there is no no.-ition on a railroad for
a man who can t be trusted to do his
duty."
Later in t'te day the conductor himself
came in. Xiie superintendent received
liim kindlv, but with no encouragement in
his nia-iiuT.
"I kiinv you would come," he said,
"and 1 must be flank and say that 1
sh nild have thought more of you had you
st veil at home and helped your wife with
tl - housework, iiiHtead of going to cnurch
s.' that she could write nic about it."
"Hut," said the conductor, "she wanted
nie to go, and I did not know obout the
let;.'v until she told me afterward, and
really, I am sure I shall never fall again.
I have nkcd find to help we. Trust me
mice more iritl have pily for my family."
Th" Hupcrinlcmlent shook his head .sad
1' . "Yon unnl. me to pily your family,"
1. .aid, "but you didn't pity them your-i-
., and yoj never thought about asking
(. "1 to help you, except to help you out
0. s scrape. You h.ye got your religion
too late so far as this office is concerned.
It will help you to forgiveness to your
ains, nna 1 nope win maKC a neuer man
of you, buMt is taojatc for a job of run
ning a train. TliatTnlM- of religion that
lve have to insist on in this offu'4in't the
kinds that helps a man to gerTrawawrtr?
it is the kind that makes him keep it. I
neiieve in rci.giun, ami wish cici; hihii in
the company's employ was a religious man;
but the kind of religion this com puny
needs is the kind that makes men faitnlul
to their work."
The uncharged man went out and the
superintendent's stern face relaxed. "I
am sorry for that wife and the sick baby,"
he said, "but I can't trust human hvet
to n man who gets his religion so late."
The true fnii.li is the faith which maket
faithful. It ia never too late to look to
(fod for forgiveness, but penitence some
times romes too late to restore a lost op
portunity. Youth's Companion.
Uort't Ileal (lift.
We have but a narrow and unworthy
conception of prayer if pur only thought
of it is making requests of God. In human
friendship it would be very strange it
there were never fellowship save when
there were favors to ask the one ot tne
other. Love's sweetest hours are those in
which two hearts commune on themes
dear to both, but in which neither has any
request to make. , ,
The truest, loftie. t prayer is one of com
munion when v.f speak to God and H
speaks to us. The deepest answer we 1 can
have to our praying it not God 1 gilts,
however preciout these may be, but Uort
Himself, ili. love, Hit grace., The prjver
that rises highest and 11 "J
in which we lose ourself in God, when Uod
Himself is all about us, filling us, inspir
ing our dull life with Hit own infauite
bisiisadncsB. J. R. Miller.
A DRT MOP.
A discarded underflannel, with an
o'ld broom for a hand'e, will be found,
on trial, to make as good a dry mop
as those sold at stores. Either cut
off Cue uleeves ot the shirt or tuck
them inside the armholos, and tie it
tightly around the broomhandle. The
weight of the broom pressing agairat
the flannel takes the place of tbe
framo work of the mop, and is even
better than a store mop for taking
up t'ae ttut. Shirts that have some
wool in Ahem are better than the
ribbed cotton Jerseys, at the dust ad
1ere3 to Ihem hotter, although both
are good. A friend tofd mn the other
day that she never thinks of buying
a dry mop for ter hardwood floors;
aba always uses a home-made one of
this kind, and finds it very satisfac
tory. H. M. Richardson In tho EpI
torn lot.
' TUB LfiFT OTKIS.
A rery appetizing way ot UmMM
told beet Is to free U from tat nd
Cristl and cut It Into dise, then add
two or three apoonfuk ot fiaaJy
minced parsley, a little kenw raaa
or chives, and dreta Ufeerally with.
saustardVon and vinegar. This M
by the nam of persillasV '
. The remains of cold soekedi flA
flaked or of poultry cut small may to
added to almost any lettuce salad, and
dressed with the usual mixture.
Ef ic of hard-boiled eggs, or seotlens
of pickled eggs, make a ale and ap
propriate garnish to uca.
Trench beans boltoi and left to be
ci mo cold,, with" parsley added, and
s.aiple dressing, make a salad that
prove n agreeable change from let
tuce in lamiufr time.
It Is announced that the menacing;
third rail is to be covered from one
nd of the subway to the otW, so
?liat no possibility can it become a
f surce of accIdsniS I On every rail
road line, surface, elevated or depress
ed, the formidable current ought to be
shut In ao that It can cause no fatali
ties, says the Nfw York Tribune la
cpmme'uliiig on t'..a statement.
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
"Man's first victory Is over solf ; his
second overselflshness."
Rulers - always hate and suspect
the next in succession. Tacitus. ,
The wonderful thing about a man is
bis power to become. K. I. Bosworth.
Evil never ti mptcd a man whom it
found Judiciously employed. Spur
(eon. . (
A man who does not know how to
learn from his mistakes,' turns the
best schoolmaster out of his life. '
Beecher.
Religion uufoignedly loved perfect
ed man's abilities unto all kinds, of
virtuous services iu the common
wealth. Richard Hooker.
When one is sad or out cf sorts tor
any cause whatever, there is no reme
dy so Infallible as trying to make
somebody else happy. J. W. Carney.
. Where there is no mother there can
be no child. Their duties are reelp-'
rocal; and If they are badly fulfilled
on one side, they will be neglected on
the other. Rousseau.
They who are not prepared for this
ordinance cannot be fit for death or
heaven; nay, acceptable prayer cannot
be offered without something cf a sim
ilar preparation of heart. Thomas
Scott
A ROMAN "MANAGER'S" WOES.
Spent $400,000 on a Gladiatorial "Pro
duction" and All Went Wrong.
Symmachus, last of the great
nobles of Rome, who, blinded by tradl-
tlon, thought to revive the glories ot
hie beloved city by reviving its shame,
graphically describes the anxieties of
the preparations for one of these .cob ;-
ossal shows on which he is said to
have spent what would be about 80,-'
000 pounds sterling of our money.
He began a year In advance. Hors-
es, bears, lions, Scotch dogs, croc- :
odlles, chariot-drivers, hunters, actors
and the best gladiators were recruited
from all parts. But when the time
drew near nothing was ready. Only a
lew of the animals had come, and
these were half dead of hunger and
fatigue. Tbe bears had not arrived
and thore was no news of the lions.
At the eleventh hour the crocodile j
reached Rome, but refused to eat and
had to be killed all at once in order
that they might not die of hunger.
It was even worse with the gladla- .
tors who were Intended to provide, as,
in all these beast shows, the crown.- -Ing
entertainment. Twenty-nine ot
the Saxon captives, whom Symmn.cn- -us
had chosen on account of the well
known valor of their race, strangled
one another in prison rather than
fight to the death for the amusement
of their conquerors.
And Symmachus, with all his real
elevation of mind, was moved to noth .
ing but disgust by their sublime
choice! Rome in her greatest dajfci
o u-ft '.n tnese snows; now could
elf patriot who set his face
against customs which followed the
Roman eagles round the world? .
CountasB Martlnengo in Contem- '
porary Review.
Bot'n Mutt Go.
Among the changes now on the car
pet is the abolition of tbe boatswains.
So far as one can gather the idea is
to make all boatswains of less than
fifteen years seniority qualify as gun
ners, and let this rank gradually die
out, as that ot tbe old navigating offi
cers has don. These alterations will
remove one cf the oldest warrant
ranks in the navy.
The "Batsuen," as the boatswain
was originally called, was In tbe ear
lier days a much more Important n '
dividual than he la today in fact be
seems to have ranked almost aTi high,
as the sailing master of the ship,
Ropes and sails and masts and yards
were always his specialty, and the dis
appearance of these from the fleet
seems llkoly to bo followed by his
own. Not that there Is any lack of
work for him to do. Even In the mod
ern ironclad the boatswain has im
portant duties to perform, but the au
thorities seem to think that the duties
may just as well be discharged by tbe
gunners, who are now on the top line
In everything, so much importance la
there attached to tbe branch - for
which they specially qualify. PH
Mall Gazette.
Not a Tactful Hostess.'
As might be exnected. the iunk shoo
guest chamber is sure to prove a pit
fall to the unwary. Having not long
ago to put the finishing touches to a
portrait, I went into the country to
pass a couple of days with my sitter, a
mere acquaintance, At dinner tbe first,
veninc. wishing to start the conver-'
sation pleasantly, I asked:
"Whose portrait is that in my room?
Suoh a charming, face."
After a chilly silence my hostess an
swered: ' ' 1 ;J ' ' '
""That is my husband's first wife."
The conversation rather languished
during the rest of our meal," but I
made no efforts to revive it The Cen
tury, 1
1 11 1 ' ;';i"
Th Climate of Manchuria.
The St. James's Gasette' says: "The
rainy season in southern Manchuria is
not so bad as It has been represented
to be. Residents of long experience
state that while there are days lu
which heavy falls ot rain take place,
there are not many consecutive days
tn which torrential ralna'are experi
enced. When a really heavy downpour
of rain, of some hours' duration oc
curs it is almost invariably loiiowea
by three or four weeks "of splendid,
dry, bracing weather. There is no
finer summer climate Jn the world
that that of southern Manchuria. Tbe
temperature in the shade is seldom
abov 88 degrees."
Burdened With Big Names.
Pity the' babies of a president I
year. Through life they will have t
stagger under the burden of nm
nthr men have made famous, n ;
they can neither live up to them 1
live them down. It is- like a ti
Of nonentity stamped upon Uiot e v
otherwise might have lived p. ;in -ly,
In respectable mediocrity r
lb.niipa.nds of tliclr unmarked f
f : more Amoriran.