.t'.y
XME FRAI
VOLUME XX.
FRANKLIN. N. C.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 14, 1905.
.NUMBER 24.
KLIN
PRESS.
THE BOY NEXT DOOR.
Oft
I're envied goodly people that could
coast a model boy-
The kind that will not fljtht or (hoot or
break each costly toy--Who
never tracks hla muddy boot about
the house, nor flings
Ills playthings on th parlor floor my-boy
did all these thtofrn I
And whenever I would chide him, and his
" reckless ways deplore,
I would always bid him pattern by the
boy that lived next door.
Yet
In
tbe nlnythlng would Ret broken
me careless nine iiauu,
And my head come nigh to bursting when
he brought his pirate band
To tear the house to atoms while I talked
..ltd talked in vain,
To aetp the small hot fingers from my
shining window-pine.
But whene'er his brand-new trousers or bis
ruined shirt be tore,
II would say he "didn't want to bear of
that good boy next door."
Now at last I've perfect quiet there
HUnana evnrv llav : .
And my window-panes so grimy bay
grown clear and bright for aye :
And I strain mine eyes' to And the slight
Mt mini nrlnt on the floor-
But alas 1 my house Is spotless a the boy
that lives next door!
How I listen till my longing eare do ache
to eaten a souna ;
And If only I could Bud a shoe or broken
toy around i
Out, ah, no 1 I only hearken, hearken Vain
ly evermore.
And I only hear the laughter of the boy
tnat uvea next aoor.
Harper' Basar.
One Remarkable Result
of the
Thirteen Superstition.
From the French of F. Berthold.
iuiiiiiiuiiiiiiiaiiiiiuaituii-ihaiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiuiiiiii
Absorbed in the telegram which had
JuBt been banded to her, Mme. Mar
' nler did not hear the click of tbe gato
as It was opened and shut nor the
approach of her guest, Maxime Rich
ard, tbe artist.
"Am I the first?" he called, gayly.
"Country etiquette, you know," he add
ed, as he drew nearer.
Mme. Marnier glanecd up with a
troubled frown.
"Dear me! I am so perplexed," she
said. "I scarcely kuow what to do. 1
have Just received a telegram from
the Cortots, saying that they cannot
come out from the city for luncheon.
It Is half past 11 now, and the others
will soon be here. What can I do?"
"But I fall to see the trouble," began
the artist. His hostess interrupted
him:
"Why, if the Cortots don't come, it
will make us exactly thirteen at the
table, and Mme. Second would never
in the world consent to such an ar
rangement, nor would I for that mat
ter." '"Would you like mo to go away?"
asked Maxime, with a smile at the
perplexed Mme. Marnier.
"Not for worlds! But listen. You
have plenty of friends about here. Do
go and ask somebody, anybody, to
come to luncheon with me. It's a
queer thing to do, I know, but you can
explain the circumstances. Get Pierre
Deslandes, tho novelist. He lives near
here."
"Anything to oblige you, madame,"
said Richard, with his best
will bring a guest
hlin with ropes!"
- "Good boy, you
life!" and the prett,
waved him farew
snail
Mil
f TT
1 '
!an hour later m
ly for the trifling sum he had so gra
ciously agreed to lend.
Deslandes looked about him help
lessly. It was too much.! The let
ters were evidently authentic. What
could it mean? He asked himself
blindly how in one day he could have
done so many things, while retaining
absolutely no memory of them.
As he sat there, struggling to find
some head or tall to the affair, his
servant entered, saying two gentle
men would like to speak with him.
Correct and dignified In their tight
ly buttoned coats, tho two men en
tered the room and bowed. Then one
said:
"You will have seen from our cards
that we come from M. Hardouin." He
paused, waiting for Deslandes to an
swer. "Well," said the latter, after a mo
ment, "pray proceed."
"This is not the reception we ex
pected," said the second of the gentle
men. "It is contrary to all the rules
of such affairs of honor. Since you
force us to explain, M. Hardouin has
charged us to represent him and to
demand "
Deslandes bounded to his feet
"Do you mean that you have the
impudence to como here and tell me
that a M. Hardouin, whom I never be
fore heard of, has challenged me to a
duel? Tell me. where does this M.
Hardouin live?"
Furnished with the address, the
novelist was oil Hkea 8,., leaving
the two correct
men
me,
r- "-
vksu s. aish-
Tho artist had not long to watt for
his reply. When the return letter
came. It said simply:
You have given me the happiness of
my life! . I have not fought with H.
Hardouin, nor sloes Mme. Hardouin,
consider that I. have insulted her
since. In two weXs, she is to give me
her own sister as my wife. I forgive
you because you have 'repented, But
you owe me this In reparation; corns
and be the best man at my wedding.
."Whew!" whistled the artist as he
put the letter In nib pocket "There's
a marriage that has cost me a good
deal of worry! It's astonishing how
one sometimes render a man the
greatest service possible without tht
slightest Intention of doing so!"
DRUG DECADENT IN MEDICINE.
Due to Increasing Knowledge of tie
Cause of Disease. .
Never did the publio so be-drug It
self as today. Tbe Invaluable method
of hypodermic Injection, greatly faci
litating the use of drugs by the medi
cal man, has performed a like service
usually, In this case, a grave dis
servicefor the public, so that homes
for the treatment of drug habits
spring up and flourish everywhere.
Morphia, cocaine, trional, paraldehyde
and many more claim what appears
to be a constantly increasing number
of victims. In all these relations, than
the drug, so far from being decadent,
is In full climax. And yet, In sober,
scientific medicine, tbe drug is deca
dent The discovery and use of ac
tive principles Instead of the plants
that contain them, and the employ
ment of hypodermic Injection, though
greatly facilitating the abuse of drugs,
have led also to a better recognition
of their legitimate uses and that is
chiefly a recognition of their limitations.
The days of the shotgun prescrip
tion, containing a dozen different
things, of which some two or three
might hit the mark, were numbered
when scientific study was directed to
the normal action of each constituent
of every drug. And with the direc
tion of Individual study to individual
drugs came the discovery that drugs,
except In a very few and unmlstake
able Instances, are an I can be no
more than mere auxil'iu'los, usually of
not more than doubtful utility in the
treatment of disease. When you have
mentioned quinine in malaria, mer
cury in another disease. Iron in
anaemia, and sodium salicylate In
rheumatic fever, you have practical
ly exhausted the list o! drugs which
have a specific action in disease.
But the discovery of the causes of
disease has done even more for the
humiliation of the drug. It Is found
that the, active cause needs
,g causes to preps
ursed seed.
cause
THE (PULPIT,
BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY
' REV. UR. NEHEMIAH BOYNTON.
Subject! The Meaning- of Christian Service
.Brooklyn, It. X. a large audience
erected the Rev. Dr. Nebemlah Boyn'
ton, the pnstor-elect of the Clinton Ave
nue Congrcgntlonnllst Church, Sunday'
morning, to hear hi first sermon In
his new pulpit. Tbe subject of the
sermon was: "Christian Service." The
text wns from Mark X-.43-44: "Whoso
ever would become great among yon,
shall be your minister; and whosoever
would be flrst among you, shall be ser
vant of all." Dr. Boynton said: '
Jesus never questioned tbe proposi
tion that It wns a fine thing to be
Ki'cnt. He had no small jealousies to
nurse. Hut He continually annua-
sized the declaration that it was a finer
thing to be flrst, and, to His thinking,
greatness and primacy were not syn
onymous terms,
lu our clumsy English It is not easy
to indicate the distinction in the text
between the "minister." who aspires
to be great, and the "servant of all;
who becomes f rst; it Is the difference
between tbe mere waiter, who serves
with one eye on your nwl, the Ktier
on your tip, and the bodyguard, who
has committed himself unreservedly to
your interests and who Is bnppy alike
In life or denlh if only, like the Japan
ese, lie etui have the honor of serving
tue Kmperor.
So Christian service Is the flrst thing
In the world; It Is greater than the
great tiling.
The outstanding characteristic of our
nee tins been and Is tbe realization
Hint the universe is one; it Is God's
worlj. It Is Christ's world; that the
spirit is one; it is God's spirit, it is
Christ's spirit: that the Christian ser
vice means nothing lesj or more than
Inking Christ's spirit out to Christ'
world and Installing It. All that Is in
volved lu this mighty conception .we
do not yet comprehend, for "the new
nzo stands, as yet. half built neainst
(lie sky," but It is easy cnouch to see
that the struggle of the day in pres
ence of the mighty and impressive
changes which are transforming mod
ern life is to match 1 lie growing world
and the widening universe, with a gen
uine, circumferential Christian spirit,
putting the noblest Christian science
in piny "far as the course Is found."
Beyond this. It is equally evident that
the supreme challenge to the church Is
to accept and to appropriate, faithful
ly and fearlessly, all revelations and
revisions, which the many sided truth
of the unity of God's universe illu
mines and installs, for the church will
liavo lout line mission and her Influence
when shoi Is content to be cumD fol
lower trn
advancing legion
The pr
upcrlor
conscience between his school doom
and his fairy stories. It was a great
day for blml Any boy's first struggle
Is! But the man in the boy won the
right and in order to establish himself
beyond the possibility of a lapse, he
threw ills book of fairy stories into the
brook. His father, a precise, unimag
inative, dutiful soul, saw the bean
tlful book floating away and proceeded
to tbrasb bis conquering boy for his
wanton destruction. That Is about all
many fathers appear to know bow to
do effectively) What a wonder be did
not spoil his boy I What a boon a bit
of appreciation, of sympathy would
have been to the suffering but victor
ious lad. He needed bread and his ob
tuse father gave him a stone! The
father could do what he thought was
his duty, but he had nothing to share
with his boy. He was a monumental
parental failure!
Large Christian service Is always in
quest of tbe Joint of sympathy; it
makes Its alliance with what Is. beln-
Ing It to what it ought to be, and avoids
the folly of Inverting the divine order!
This type of helpfulness may be
meager in Its ability to do, but is for
ever finding to Its unspeakable Joy
that it has a boundless store to dlvidel
Sharing sympathy Is an infinitely more
roynl privilege than donating cast off
clothing, or stale food, for "If 1 besiow
ail my goods to feed the poor, but hath
not love It proflteth me nothing!" '
Sympathy as an eiccti ot (jnnsnan
service forever pushes a 'soul on toward
democracy. Surely one may confess
with Lowell that while bis tastes are
with tho aristocrats, his convictions
are with the people and yet, like Low
ell, ho forever more and more pushed
Into the very heart of humanity and
glory In tiio push, too!
The preacher who confessed to a
friend that he loved to preach and
who wns met by the stinging, search
ing question, "Do yon love the men to
whom you preach as well as you love
to preach?" felt the thrust of the sword
between the Joints of his harness.
which sent him to his study to fall
upon his knees and passionately pray
that bo might be delivered from bis
temptation to love-his sermons better
thnu he did souls, preaching better thnn
persons. The appeal of humanity must
outstrip that of bomlletlcs.
Christian servlco to-day must be Im
mersed In the democratic spirit; Its
mission is to humanity humanity as
onresonted by Hills Island, a so by
Clinton avenue; by Greater New York,
also by the lumber camps of Michigan,
Every man is a son of God. Every
woman Is a daughter of God. Go, And
your man, and by the.shlnlno truth in
your soul, by tho sympathy In your
heart, by the humanity In your out
stretched hand, make him believe that
you seek not his, but blm.
This this aloneIs Christian servlcel
Christian service after this fashion be
comes at once an interpreter. It makes
(ilnrnltnr out of a disadvantageous
position; it transforms an ordinary,
commonplace ability into a shining
privilege and acbleven
things we.
Id I
COSTOFSOCIALPEESTIGE
A 8TUPENOOU8 DEVELOPMENT IN
FASHI6NABLE HOUSEKEEPING.
Xjmm. Ha!
Absorbed Th-the prolyto of hla
puperstltlous hostess, hMalled to see
' pedestrian directly lif front of him
and before he could stop himself they
were both rolling In the warm dust.
"What in thunder do you mean by
running down an Innocent traveler,"
.demanded the stranger, wrathfully.
"A thousand pardons, monsieur,"
said the artist, contritely. "U was en
, tirely my fault." Then, a sudden
(tnotignt striking him, he continued
rapidly: "May I ask you to do me a
great favor, sir?. I beg and entreat
that jou will consider it
was a
in.
uouoi tt, slr-a s"aTy regret I
am positive that you are not the man
whose name you have borrowed. The
man in question is dark-haired, while
your hair Is light; he wore a mus
tache and you have a beard, and, If
you will pardon mo, you have the air
or a gentleman, whllo ha
wretched Bcamp!"
"Well, If I am not Pierre Deslandes,
who am I?" groaned the novelist, feel
ing that the days of witchcraft were
not yet at an end.
Just then M. Hnrdouln's sister-in-law,
a charmingly pretty girl of 18,
entered the room.
"Why, . M. Deslandes," she cried,
both hands outstretched, "how glad I
am to meet you again! There, I told
Cgether, and
ertions of all
to o
rth all the
fcopoeias put
by all the ex-
Ciorman chemists
yet unborn. Tho point I want-tn mat-
Is the inherent improbability that this.
uai w lire otner plant shal nmvida
a cure for a disease the cause of which
has nothing whatever to do with the
piant. The only Indisputable excep
tion to the Irrelevance of plants in the
C'ire of disuse Is furnished by quinine
in inamna. ana there, as it happens
for It Is a palpable fluke the drug is
Mirecuy letnai to the minute animal
parasite which causes the disease.
World's Wofk.
""There is a lady In this neighbor
hood who will look unnn It an hnn.
or If -jroir will take lunch with her to- you' Alfred'" she continued, turning to
day, a The circumstances are most
the astonished M. Hardouin, "that it
pressing. Other guests failing, there could not nave Deen the real M. Des
remaln only thirteen. landes whom you met yesterday. Pray
"Thirteen! Do you understand leave us alone and I am sure that I
;W1U you tako pity upon her and be ean unravel this mystery much better
tha fourteenth guest?"
"Well, upon my word!" exclaimed
the man, surprised at the proposition.
"Say yes, I beg you, Blr. I haven't
the ghost of an idea who you are, but
.I'm sure you must be presentable.
' 'Yoij consent, do you not?"
' "It would certainly be a most amus
ing adventure and I'm as hungry as a
dog, not to mention that I've lost my
way. . Well, yes, I'll do it!"
t. "Good! And listen: Here's an
other Idea! You shall be my friend
whom no one here knows and whom
I promised to bring back with mo."
As they talked, the two men an-
proar.hed the entrance to Mme. Mar
Bier's summer villa. A moment later,
In the presence of his hostess and
Her
than you.
friends."
M. Deslandes and I are old
Mile. Luclle waved her brother out
of the room and then sat down near
the perplexed author.
"You see," she explained, "M. Har
douin swears that he met you yester
day at a luncheon, when you how
shall I say It? made evident voiir ml.
miration for my sister. I was equally
certain that it was not you he had
met, but there Is only on Pierre Des
landes, tbe novelist. Ther Is some
secret somewhere, and we will soon
be able to find it out, but do not let us
talk about It now. I want to hear
about your books, which I have read
with the greatest admiration."
Entranced by her beauty, Deslandes
talked eagerly, feeling that he had U
last found the Ideal woman he had so
assembled guests, the artist said
seriously:
"Allow me to present my friend. M. often blindly described In his Danes
Pierre Deslandes, the well-known an- When he finally rose to o. ho
thor" begged permission to coma nin .
No one doubted the novelist's Iden- request which Luclle, blushins- nret.
JUty, and, the butler having announced I tlly' Slanted him.
'luncheon the guests went out to the
table.
Tho next morning, seated at his
desk, Pierre Deslandes, opened his
mall, which seemed unusually volumi
nous, : - -
Tho first two letters,- begglnc for
autograpns, ne tossed carelessly aside,
- --
A month later Pierre Deslandea r.
ceived the following letter from his
old friend, Maxime Richard:
My Dear Boy-M have a confession
to make to you which I have put off
from day to day.
Not long ago, I went to your villa.
io bsk you, on the part of a Mme.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
The diameter of the funnels there
are two-of the new Cunarder Caronla
Is so great great that were they laid
on their sides a couple of locomotives
could pass abreast.
A hunter who lives at Kustrin. nr.
many, shot and wounded a wild nneir
When he came across It. after a inoi
i iouna mat it had tried to
stay the flow of blood under the wing
uj miimng in a number of grass blades.
Spain Is gradually waking up to the
consciousness that she Is better off
man sne was before the war, and that
to have been cut loose irn ho.
troublesome and unprofitable colonial
possessions was the moat advantage.
ous thing that could have happened to
oer.
me most lofty lakes are found
among the Himalaya mountains In
i nibet According to some authoriti
Lake Manasarowar, one of the sacred
lanes or Thibet, Is between 19,000 and
20,000 feet above the level of the sea,
uu a mis is so it is undoubtedly the
loruest in tne world. .
ine most curious vegetable In the
world Is the truffle. This fungus prod
uct has neither roots, stem, flowers,
leaves nor seeds. In soma countries
dogs and pigs aro trained to dig it for
use in flavoring- dishes for the epicure.
ine animals which are trained to un
earth It aro guided by the fleshy odor
taai u emits.
Snicltunl abii
horizon and its
uateljr relatedUtoJS
1 ULMif
which has settled Into the enmfni.tnht.
"" "'at tne rami has once for all
m-CTi enverca to tlio saints, that spirit
) I '"" ior io-(iay is but a repro-
.....,., , ,,. ,Tl,tf a,m nictnod of yes-
iiuij, inueen ue contented with
.. lum uixion, unt us ability to min
5V . '"cctiveiy to the present day
kiiiRtloni of God is shorn of adequacy.
Little conceptions make little Chris
tians; large conceptions make large
Y" """. jjr. i-ennoay is voicing
ringing truth when lie declnros ti,t
great heresy of modern Christendom
is In residence in the belief that life
Is a ship composed of watertight com-
' i nit ,i i , in one or wnicn we work,
n another study, In another play and
in another worsliln Tho m.) i.
i-iiismii ot ie. tlie ncrmont nir r,nn..
of the divine spirit, the wideness of
v.ou mercy, tlie depth of His love.
wu uieiiuiu ni Mia itoi.Air tha lw
nl.leness of His will, tho absoluteness
or His Inw, these furnish a perspec
tive for an attentive nii-it in t, i.
ion of which the meager nnd petty are
overlooked and the promised "won
nrous things of Thy law" gleam and
glisten like the flash of tbe harbor
light against the hlnekno.. h.
Christian service
stimulus of the great idea of the unity
of God's world to eet It I
of its comprehensive chance, so that
n e ippi k nn ins- nn.ih.
vllU the wide visioucd martyr pray
ing as the flames lieked hi. foot VrJi
"'.TiT, ,l,0,KlDS of England's"
t'J cs, It is in order for us to pray for
uwoie petition, "Con
fi',icf n,ld ,lenr me' 0 Lord- ntf 0di
l uimic ryes.
If, however, the time of ruii.iti.i.
service Is related to small conceptions,
the prerogative of Christian service
leiuuiny to introduce the same to
i eiii ium masterful ohm. nn,i tn tni.
it to find its choicer fellowship as it
ui.-n us migntier inspirations here.
Pilate's question, "What Is truthr 1
pertinent to-day. Is lt n mrn m,ni.i,i.
assembling and formulation nf fflfitcl
" com, inert, useless thing.
Is it a glowing faith, a vital, personal,
obsolnte experience? . There It is warm
With a divine fire nnd lniitint ith .
fciumug anticipation.
Henry Drummond mo r iter! th.t -in
with u red letter when h
Ignore truth as mere prepositional wlaP
uuiii uuu uegnn to realize it as per
centlve wisdom. Ha
bad almost finished his college course
no unu nny otner conception of
Christ than that Ho lrn a ti.,1.1
conscience in the interests of the Trln.
lenored In into
i 1 Wl
ssuraucc
ah men i
This n'n T K-npili
Whose wheel the pitcher shaped,
is io sucn rervlec, broad, true,
sympathetic, humanitarian, Christian,
that we commit ourselves to-day; it is
... mi emeu unit we expect to find
our privilege nnd Joy, and from such
service that we hope to demonstrate
mo rensonauieness or our united en.
deavor.
PEACE AND WAR MUSEUM.
-wn a eioch's Building Definitely
-ucsiea ai Lucerne.
The tourist who has not halted for
year or two at Lucerne, Switzerland
uo noi a little surprised when
Issuing from the railway station h
es nara beside it, and also hard be-
sme me deep blue lake, a new build
ing of medieval asoect. In nrfi
keeping with the antique Mussegg
towers that are a feature of the city
Turroted, battlemented.
closer observation shows that despite
Its warlike aspect It Is ivv wrcsthort
speakiii? of peace rathor than battle
. 1 lift
and. that moreover It is arinm.ri .uk
frescoes, some of which speak elo
quentiy rather ot the olive than ot the
uaiueue. Anfl Where In th. .,,
decorations warfare la ir.riio.t i.
h . , . . u Bv , . v.bviij huh ma uiutsr one does.
nrS oble!,t1.for,n. " defense of the The exact duUes of servants have
How "the Wheels Go Round" In the
Palace of the Mllllonalre-Elect
Town House, Without .Yacht, $200-
000 a Year "Martyrdom," a Qaorgla
Visitor Call It,
There Is a stupendous development
In fashionable housekeeping, the echo
of which has not yet reached some
small towns. The method and the ex
pense of running a millionaire' house
at the top notch of style Is not even
grasped by those who are delighted
when their two servants are well
trained and do not want too many
days out.
The average town-house expenses
range from $2,000 to $4,000 a week.
This does not include the stable or
yacht, and of course the matter ot
house rent is not taken Into consider
ation at all, as most lavish entertain
ers own their own houses.
The summer house, especially if It
be at Newport, takes about as much
as the yearly cost of keeping up an
establishment is from $100,000 to
$250,000, according to the elaborate
ness with which the mistress enter-talus.
One daughter of a well known mil
lionaire has $75,000 a year allowance
to run her town house for a little less
than four months, and this does not
Include her personal expenses, such as
gowns, or her opera box or stable.
This comes pretty near the average
of New York establishments.
The American woman who assumes
this great responsibility must have
tremendous executhu force. She can
not be an ordinary woman. She can
not be stupid. If she Is unobservlng
she Is a failure. Her house must run
on wheels that are oiled, and she Is
responsible to her multi-millionaire
husband for much of his reputatloi
as a successful man,
It would astonish the slmple-mlnd
woman in a little town to foregath
with such women as Mrs. Hermai
Oelrlchs, Mrs. William K. Vanderb!
Jr., and Mrs. John R. Drexel In
early morning hours and watch
stupendous amount of fine de
which these women personally su
Intend.
In such houses twenty-four servi
are considered enough, although
Clarence Mackay employs forty
In her Long Island house.
The wages of these people
An additional $5 a month is ma,
New York prices when any
ey "r -t i employed outsi
iwport, Thoi
ia and Bos to1
nee a month to
expenses allowed and
', They demand this be
unlona and societies to
belong in Gotham.
the kitchen the cook gets $76 if
a woman: if a man. 195 a month aI
tnougn a woman Is considered the
better cook by the greatest house
keepers. There are only twenty first-
ciass women cooks In Now York, and
an or the great leaders In society
know their names and anxiously await
an opportunity to get one.
The butler gets $65 a month.
When there is a housekeeper, her
regulation price Is $1500 a year, and
she must have a sleeping-room, pri
vate BltliDS-room and dining-room
combined, and bath.
In the stables tbe ehnuffeur
$126 a month, the head coachman 185.
the carriage groom $60 and the strap
per $60.
The butler and the cook In New
York assume that their salary Is neces
sary ror pocket money, and demand,
besides, a well-furnlshed room, three
perfect meals a day, a certain guaran
teed amount of whiskey or wine, all
uvenes, every piece of laundry and
commissions.
This last provides not merelv a lit.
no extra, pocaei money, nut a annr
lncomt. Outside of these great estab
lishments a mistress would gup at
such a condition of affairs. Ths head
of the twentieth century palace shuts
ner eyes to It
These commissions are handled by
me neaa cook, the butler,-the head
coachman and the chauffeur, the
coachman divides with the strapper,
the cook keeps her commissions to
nerseir, the butler makes his divisions
accorait: to favoritism. The chauff
eur divides with the man who helps
mm.
"Tell me," said a Georgian visitor
im a Newport house, "how the wheels
go round In these falrr tmI&tm t
have a glimmer that the housekeep
ing iu mem is as Different from our
as Buckingham Palace Is from a North
oea fisherman's home."
It's as distinctly laid out" aaJd
me wewporter, "as a set of armv
rules. We are like a lot of sheep. "We
ao exactly wnat tne other one does.
We do not even know the names of
the others. If there is a mistake In
tbe dining-room the butler Is sent for,
and he criticises the man who made It
We observe these rules of etiquette as
much as we do our visiting and dinner
engagements."
"Some day I shall write "The Mar
tyrdom of a Millionaire," said the
Georgian. From Alnslee's Magazine.
MANY U8ES OF CAMPHOR.
Valuable as 8edative or Stimulant
- How Cultivated and Procured.
Camphor Is used In medicine, both
outwardly and inwardly, sometimes as
a temporary stimulant and sometimes
as a sedative. Everybody has heard I
oi me use or camphor drops for per
sons liable to fainting fits. It is fre
quently employed In gout and rheuma
tism. In small doses It acts as an
anodyne and antispasmodic, but In
large doses it Is an Irritant poison.
The alcoholic Solution and the lin
iments In which it Is the chief In
gredient, are much used for external
applications, for sprains and bruises,
chilblains, and even for Incipient
paralysis. The employment of cam
phor as a medicine In England, says
Health, is not very old; it was used In
Germany before it became known In
England, and In medical books of the
last century It was called "camphire."
All kinds of healing properties wore
ascribed both by English and foreign
doctors to the drug, of the Importa
tion of which from Japan the Dutch
had the monopoly. Camphor was said
to be a powerful antiseptic, to be a
cure for hypochrondriasis, and to be
useful In cases of epilepsy.
It was administered mixed with
gar, or rubbed up with a mucilage
.nr.i t onl"l"efl with a
THE POPULAR POEM; HOW
WRITTEN. ;
Bisrt no knowledge of the past
Nor thought of what's to come.
Select your subject from the vast
And limitless humdrum I
A hnmely theme is best, say like
"When Fa Joins In Our Sport,"
"When Sister First Began to Hike,"
"When Ma Begins to Snort!"
And If yoo have a conscience hard T
And ripe for alt emnrlic,
Desire a lightning-quick reward, , ,
Of fame an extra slse,
Just drop a tear or two for shame- , ,
Tho public won't suspect
And straightway then express the same .
In rotten dialect!
As to your style :
plainer than In prose ;
He sure that It's
Much i
A trono or other olav of wits.
Hraifmber, never goes I
And last and graves! thing of all
ton't let your muse cavort
Too long a time ! The rule recall .
And cut It very short I
Then will your name on many lip .
. u jour ismo incrcaBe :
On walls will pasted be the slips
hat Browning,
That hold eioh moving plpccl
And folk will snyi "That
now.
I" erasy, lacking pltK :
The fool, he con'f eompnre nohow
With Beresford J. Smith!" :!
New Orleana Tlmes-Dcmocrab
JUST FOR FUN
"Watch out," warned tho pick-pocket,
as he palmed tbe gentleman's time
piece. Princeton Tiger.
"If your husband were to die, would
you pray for him?' "Of course, but at
the same time, riliray for another."
Town and
PSvslclan -V saw man
Vine
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1
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fallen off
Is not only? siuiiu i u, L(T?5pirfri.
depend for camphor. II
Almost all the camphor ofjVcom
merce Is the product of the cffipbor
laurel, or camphor tree, whfch is a
native not only of Japan, but pf China,
Cochin China, and Formosa, and its
cultivation has been Introduced into
Java and the West Indies, two regions
which have certainly not been affect
ed by war in tho Far East
The Chinese camphor tree Is found
In Kwang SI and Sukien, and affords
both timber and gum for exportation
and domestic use. The gum Is pro-
curea rrom the branches, leaves and
chips by flrst soaking them In water
until the liquid becomes saturated with
it, hen It Is turned out into an earth
en basin to coagulate, and undergoes
other treatment. It comes to market
In p. crude state, and is usually urnln
refined after reaching Europe.
There is also an oil extracted from
camphor, which rarely comes to Eu
rope and the article made In Borneo
and Sumatra Is so much esteemed In
the east that even In markets of
Japan 200 pounds of camphor of the
latter country used to be given in ax
change for one pound of the product
of the (former. The Bornean camphor
Is white, like chalk, but has the same
smell and taste as that of China and
Japan. The natives ascribe extraor
dinary medicinal virtues to It, and fre
quently bang it, powdered, In bags
around their waists. Wrists and ankles,
and curiously enough, this use of pow
dered camphor was strongly advocated
by Raspall.
X
Probably one of the longest leases
known was granted for a small piece
oi meaaow land, some sixteen acres In
but tho third he read and re-read with Marnler, an excellent, though super- "Xtent, in. Surrey, England. It is for
is uwiieuiug wonuer. . u was from a """ ay. io lake lunch with her
lady thanking him for the honor he ner guests falling, there were thlr-
had dpne hor the day previous in ac- t89B ,eft 40 't at the table. Not flnd-
cepUrg her impromptu Invitation to ,n m I ns obliged to pick up the
lunch, and expressing her regret for flrBt man I met, whom, in a spirit of
the pslnful acwae which followed and J881, I Introduced under your
wnicn sne nopea nad not led to any I uualel
disagreeable consequences. ; But what a terrible dni.w I
Pierre Deslandes laid down the lot rou! I bow rnvsoie in th. .
ler in amazed astonishment He had four feet For a whllo .n want
not accepted any invitation the day
previous. , ,
"Bah, .it Is some craxy Joke," he
thought to himself. t
But his surprise redoubled at the
out alas I after a too copious Imbib
ing of Mme, Marnler-s good , wines,
yoo pardon me, tbe false Deslandes
became Jovial and you can guess
me rest irom the fact that M wr.
the terms o! 2S00 years, and was grant
ed on St Michael's day, in 1651, at the
singular rental of "a red rose when de
manded." It Is not stipulated that
the rose shall be the product ot this
land, whhu is fortunate, for no such
rose grows anywhere on the sixteen
acres.
An English medical missionary jaj
S't 1 here dumbrted in been firmly fixed by them. The head
th- It J ,nd Araold Wlnkelried, eook prepares all food for the dining
rn . .?S of 8w,M Independence: room and baa charge ot aU kitchen
w nuiu U11B HLLmrriVal Innkln id I Vll1tnra Dha Vautna .
Diie-wMh w - " . .r?'- t""ou9lu
But the dav cam i.i,.n t, 1 it looks as Uinno-h - V I .1. -J. .
f hla rni,ll.. ii 3 I I- m . SlUUO, 1 I U1UUIU. 1 UO BBWDQ ' COOK PrSDareS
he know ChXre T;ed a1d L bnUt tor Mk mM' tor """ta and maTeV toe
L.atT..I0.:"0W chrlst' as ab- economy-is nothin more no i. I bread. Th. viteh. .m J?
than th- . T . . 7 . vv"
.1"" , "-"us reace ana war Mu- lesser work and serves the servants'
- v. n. jean oe ijioch. tha srront I table.
peace apostle, the klnrt
nni . i . """urn, i - iui uexi iiuinaress aoes the ner.
s rTi uui lauuuiBH uum Liin itii i inmn MintKu
o uiv . IUTJH UV
was recognising I cauM n could not get the neoeskary
iraci out as concrete truth. N ..
ri-inira io nre philosophically by a
series of dreary nronnsitim,. h..
.utMiiuieu 111 uts own lire vitality br a
personal friendship, which deepened
tTCJ irim. rvinnnpu with
experience and heightened with
aspiration. Then be was recoirnlalni
truth as a spirit that Drummond began
those tireless, fearless, splendid ser.
mcu niaue mora then n- ai.
criminating observer
wnrjimif nilll OHIBTAnnitity eT'ltwIaieVI. -
vt 4,M ; uinu os
Nor will the Christian service which
Consolations,
Now It happened that the philosoph
er, taking bis walks abroad, was con
fronted by a young man of a morose
and sullen aspect
It would seem," said the philosoph
er, "that something has occurred to
annoy you."
Yes," said the young man; Hhe
season of the year annoys me. I hate
cold, I loathe the winter, and the
weather we are having now is peculiar
ly filthy. Therefore, I do well to be
am ry." -v
Not so, ray dear young friend."
said the philosopher, gently. "Far
Irom It For all depends upon the way
In which It Is regarded. " Live In the J
future, AU during the winter count I
each day as bringing you nearer to
summer, and so winter itself shall
have its charm for you." ' 1 1 ; -
"Good idea," said the young man.
'Always look forward. .But what am I
to do In the summer?" ,
"Sorry I can't stop," said the
philosopher. Harper's Magazine.
Shen-Se. China, says that he was asW I incarnates the truth be inmr hn. ..
by a native to cure a blind beggar. vlt 'uickenln8 influences of sympathy. No
was a simple case or cataract and an I "" "veln mH0 uimseir and when tbe
theMIfe of Daniel Meschlen, who
I tremble at thejthought ot kll that
1 nave Drought ubon your Innocept
eight of the next letter, which was douln's seconds called upon you the
"j mu ukmiijr luiKuown genue 1 next pay!'; . -. .. : 1
man, wio wrote to vow undying gratl-
iuae tor tne novelist's kindness in
recommending the writer to the fa
mous publisher, Lacrolx. - , . .'
The fifth letter was from a lady re-1
mmamg mm or nis promise, to send
ner ma pnotograph and the sixth said
that the writer would send Immediate- j
operation restored sight. , Then th J'1"1 fo ho always make a sorry Qno,. hSKT01 Ir
mlsslonsrr received .nn.hor n e! W ot "f- "I want to have some- 11'! J"61. "- New York, early ths
head, but I did hod
as your genuine
dare to warn you.
surprise was your
poti prooi or guiltlessness. Write
me and tell me lfou forgive me, or
If t must ever cAslder myself the
most wretched of scWdrels.
tne same man, who calmly told him
tnat as he had. destroyed the only
means oy wnicn ine bund man could
get a living begging It was his duty
10 mono 11 op 10 mm oy taking him
Into his employment and providing foi
mm xor lire. ,
Liverpool contains 100,000 Welsh
men, im revival rervor hhs been
growing among them lately ... f
tiling to do With the mntorlnl wnrM
exchilmfd Hawthorne, when by tbe
long nnd brilliant cultivation of hla im.
.K.".iimn ne oegnn to reel bis Isolation
from humanity. "There Is nothing so
"iifir. I1U vroffl fft lillifrfa Nnw Ml
his world, ns to have no share Ufite
.'")' null- lOrrOWS." Tlio raiun, n,h.
tile tlllgei'S of Ullleh that la nallD rhri.
iwii sfivice are ail thumbs Is because
while much is n-iveli. lima i h.i
n.ii.iiiunj- niwnys ntia something to di
vide, not merelv soinethl liir In ,ln
JP1"1 bty Flcliie had a struir'gle in
and she and the assistant launrir...
do the household linen. The servant'
laundry la sent out."
One minute," said the GenrrW
Trivial Accident Mav r... rttk ( "wbat Is the average amount of linen
The vibration caused h, n..nJ In a house like this in a week?"
elevated train Jarring a small sharp- "About Ave hundred pieces a week,"
edged mirror from the wall h. 1. answered the Newporter. And. Imira.-
fell across a rubber gas tube may cost ,ng the 8roan ot dismay from her
Buoni, sue went on wun the "regula
tions."..! A;,
"The head cook Is in charge ot every
person below stairs. She hires, dis
charges, pays wages, hunts references,
and is responsible for the good be
havior of her regiment The butler
baa official rank with the cook. His
regiment Is upstairs. He also hires,
pays, controls, discharges and com
mands. The head housemaid la In
control ot the sleeping floors.
It may amuse you very much to
knb that hot one of our set of house
keepers would think of giving an or.
det (ti anv servant but thesn thro-
other morning. Meschlen went to the
hotel one night and nait h.
" ....o,u .meueq gas in his room.
ene summoned hetn. With an th.
uuur was oroKen down anil h-
found almost asphyxiated. He was
vamea io me rresh i r inri ..u
Isnce summoned, which fnnir u..hi.
. -' " asai,iav.44iTju
. du Vincent's Hospital. Investiga
tion showed that the small
been Jarred from the wall in such a
manner that It severed tha n.hh
tube connecting tho era tot tth .
small ess heater.
An Obstruction on th Trsck, '
Alice Brown, 87 years old, a heavy
weight seamstress, tied up traffic on
the Crosstown line at Bedford avenue,
near South Fourth street early this
morulng, and It required the combined
efforts ot Policeman Smith of the Bed
ford avenue station, and tour muscular
volunteers to remove the obstruction
from tbe tracks. Shortly after 1 o'clock
Alice placed herself In the centre of
.the down-town tracks, and had been
there but a few minutes when a trolley
car arrived., She scorned the entreat
ies ot the motorman and conductor to
move, so the officer was called upon.
When arraigned before Magistrate
Higglnbotham in the Lee avenue court
Alice was In a penitent mood. She
couldn't remember what had happened
and on lier promise to do better, sent
ence was suspended. Brooklyn Eagle.
Today Japan has 1500 dally news
papers and periodicals. I
iTamp-JKin I hev iToasrrari6nfi?
tlon, boss Conductor If you are
willing to take a Tie Pass. The walk
ing Is good. Tramp I alnt no Jap.
boss; honest, I ain't Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.
Smith You remember Muggins,
who used to bore us with his long
winded stories? Jones Yes; what
of him? Smith He was arrested yes-
lerauy ror Deing sliort n his account
Chicago Dally.
"Our poets are beginning to exercise
more Influence," said the literary op
timist. "Yes," answered Mr. Cumrox;
"they are certainly helping to sell a
great deal of soap and patent food."
Washington Star.
Hoskins I don't object so muoh
to Fanny kissing he. dog, but I prefer
her to kiss me before and not after."
Wllklns I know; but don't you aun- '
pose the dog has his preferenaJoo
Boston Transcript. 's tt"
Towne So yon are learning the Jlu- .
Jitsu method of defence? Browne ' ' -v i
Yes; it's necessary in theso auto '
days; teaches a man huvr to be " ' '
knocked down without being hurt you I
know. Detroit Free Press. I
Prisoner I don't think there will be ' I
any need for you to address tbe Jury.
Counsel Why not? Prisoner My In-
sanity will be immediately plain to W
"rem wnen tney see that I have re-
talned you to appear for me. Pick-Me-Up.
Reggie Ripper D'ye know, Miss
Twipper, I sometimes wish I could be ' '
appointed foolklller faw a while, ye ' f
know. Tessle Tripper Why, Reggie,
you shouldn't let your er thoughts . :
run on suicide so much! Cleveland
Leader.
"Don't you sometimes think that
you are too much attached to money."
no," answered Mr. Dustln Stax. "If
you knew all the schemes to pry a "
man loose from It, you'd realise that
he has to be closely attached."
Washington Star. .,
"It Is pretty hard," said the csar.
UJl.t. - , . 1 . .. ...
Bauueui arousing nimseir rrom a
brown study. "What doea
A. . . . V
iy mean 7 -asked the courtier, - "It's
pretty hard to think of suing for
peace when you feel as If you ought to
be suing for damages." Washington
8tar.
"Yes, Goodley hurt himself quite'
badly. He attempted to open a car
window for a lady, and " "Ah,
burst a blood vessel tugging at it'
eh?" "Not- at all." He expected the
thing to be hard, but It went up so
essy that he pitched headlong through
it" Philadelphia Press.
"Look here. Dennis, I cant under
stand how you put In IT hours on
Thursday. "Shure,. 01' shtarted two "
hours before I began, an' 01' wurrked
all dinner time when 01' was restln'
an' afther Of left off Ot' wurrked for
two hours more, an' that makes me
tolme out" Plck-Me-Up. -
Young Fcathertop (at the party)
Br Jove, when I went to my apart
ments this evening to dMss for this
occasion and found I had left my cane
at the club, by Jove, I wan at my
wits' end!" Miss Quickstep It Is sur
prising to see how quickly one can
get there, Isnt It? Chicago Tribune.
Marietta Such a Joke on Mr. Gay.
boy! We were out on the balcony be
tween the dances, and he got the
sleeve of his dresscoat all over t 1
paiui. iiuui una oi ine posts tnat were
Just palnt'jd. Papa And did you go.
near the post? No, Why? Because
you have red paint all over the back
Of your waist New York Weekly.
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