THIS BAD OLD WORLD.
There's plenty of good in this bad old
world,
In spite of what cynics say.
There's many a hand held out to help
Another on his way.
The world is selfish, the world is cold,
And its idol is success;
Yet it often steps aside for fear
On the fallen it will press,
There's many a hero gives up his life
In humble duty done,
With no hope of glory to shrine his
name
Past the setting of the sun.
Dearly the world loves dollars, and yet,
In spite of its grasp and greed,
There's many a dollar freely spent
On the widow and orphan's need.
Bad as it is, with its vice and sin,
This old worn world of ours,
And love and faith are powers.
and cheers,
Though his right lines in a fog;
still
Stand up for the under dog.
—W. D. Nesbit in Baltimore American.
Into a JMantrap.
By Shirley W. Smith
We three undergraduates bi-
~veling through Canada from Detroit
to Niagara Falls. Carter and Crole.
man were seniors; [ was a junior.
At Ancaster the well-graveled road
began to fall off sharply, and had it
only led straight on, we might have
coasted several miles into Hamilton.
Carter wanted to'stop in the city for
dinner, but Crcleman and [I were in
favor of riding the few miles to Gr
by. As we had agreed to abid
by majority vote,
sur way. But we had hardly
outskirts of the town when Cro
ran over the a nail
out of a horseshoe in the dust
tire was flat in ten
we had spent half
ing the puncture, we
that wished
in Hamilton We
turning
ahead
looking
thought
milk.
The family gave us a
tion; a galion of I
reamy
house, and a giant
set us And
payment for our feast, }
biuflly refused
On the hand,
before went
kim show us his new sto
was, he
of all the country r The
ing was not finished Painters
were putting on the second and
or carpenters were working
inside. noticed
about to s2t a pump in the
The roof of the had
nearly three weeks, Gaston
and almost his whole hay
stored away in the vast mow
of was turned out to
‘ure; and
cattle and some smaller animals
now in the stalls and pens
Aller inspection we sat
on the piazza for a few minutes’ rest,
when were summoned
into an experience that literally came
were
ims-
we coniinu
stub of
wonds
an hour in
were 80 hung
we had stop
even though
everyone
back But
we could see
farmhouse
we might ge
and cool
before
xaston
to touch
he insi
away
host,
other
we
x el
anda
told us, the prid
ound
quite
coat,
ane two
We ong man just
cistern
barn been
Mr
on
said,
was
Most
pas-
Trop
his stock
only the work horses
being
our
we suddenly
politics when 1 saw a thin,
strand of blue smoke float
ventilator high up in
big barn.
from a
a gable of the
out
steps
But even before
way to the building the line of blue
smoke had become a dark cloud, and
red flames threaded rolling mass
Smoke and fire were to be seen at a
dozen openings. We found out after
ward that a hired man had been tak
ing a smoke in the stables, and that
a spark from his pips as he went to
get hay for the had
the blaze.
Gaston an
every effort
he could get half
its
hr Tees
5
started
his
count,
mes could
as they knew ex
and where. We three boys helped ag
and carriages, hauled out bags of grain
and tied horses so that they could not
rush back into the building. But rap
idly as we worked, and with all ti
assistance that arrived from the neigh.
some of the animals were doomed.
The thought was a terrible one to
me. | remembered a pen of two or
three sheep that | had seen as we
passed through the barn, and 1 be.
lieved I could find them anda drag out
at least one. In I dashed. But it was
a foolish act. The smoke was heavy,
and before | realized what I was do-
ing, I was groping wildly about with
no thought but to find my way out
again,
Then suddenly I stumbled over some
rattling metallic object, and it and
1 dropped into space. [| felt the air
grow darker, yet cooler and purer,
and then [ struck water and went
under it to a stone floor.
Like a flash cama the recollection of
the open cistern I had noticed on our
trip through the barn. Was I to drown
in that dark hole? | remember that
there was an instant's comfort in the
thought that I had better drown than
burn to death, [I fought my way up
to the surface through what seemed to
be fathoms of water,
Blowing and strangling, I managed
to get a breath, and stood up. Then
I knew that my fall had broken no
bones, and that the water was only
waist deep. The galvanized iron pall
that I had tripped over was floating,
half full of water, beside me.
But my plight was bad enough.
hard work in the heat of the day and
the blazing barn had drawn the per
gpiration from every pore of my body,
and now to be plunged into this chil
ing place for I knew not how long
me in danger of rheumatism or
sneumonia. And the immediate dan.
ger was great enough. It was improb
able that the smoke would settle into
the cistern sufficiently to
much; but high overhead I
the flames in the timbers of the roof,
The
coulu see
ing wood were dropping to the floor.
The opening through which a
passed so easily was certainly
could crush in my skull
pasteboard.
Worst of all, the cistern had been
so, the
to a point
end was down; but even
under the openin
almost
central
let my
point,
feet
lowest,
cement
that
the slippery
stepped away. Two or three small
fell upon me, and in
anotner | and got a
complete ducking
By the momentary light of the little
torches that dropped in | saw that my
least rive feet from the
me, and that there was
thin my reach
grasp. The fire
could hear
avoiding
slipped second
was at
opening over
absolutely nothing wi
that
my fingers could
above
roared while | tne
trampling of the {frightened
their stails w and then a hoarse
shout throat
Littie by in the
grew noise of the
lames seemed to ind rather than
idenly | heard the clang
animals in
vitalides
OuLsiae
cistern
human
ia the air
and the
rease
of a fire engine bell, sua thed a clear,
resonant must have
come tl} trumpet i
command that
ugh a
correctly, as 1 afterward
the Hamilton firemen
together
learned, that
had managed, by
many sections
piecing
hose, to get
iniiing
water to escape the
to crawl to one
¥ sloping bottom, and
axpectii 1d to get a ort
detached
But
ing blow
only
discovered
was a hi
team above, and a splash of
down upon me. It
fire
was plenty of water to fight the
that fell
succeeded by other splashes ‘hen ne
a small stream, and
that in turn a larger one Still the
water poured in-—a steady jet as large
a8 my arm It not come di
red tly from the hose; it was too large,
and it had not sufficient force. it fell
more as water fails from the open end
of an eaves spout during a hard rain
storm
Suddenly |
being only the water
aimost at my For a moment
I did not comprehend the meaning of
Then I graspad its import, and
the time that afternoon real
seized upon me. 1 tried desper
sloping floor of my
was no use! 1 might gain
a couple of steps, or even three, then
back 1 slid. Over and over 1 tried it;
and when | gave was
nearly even with my»
By its impetus the stream above me
feil a little to one side of the center,
and I was spared receiving the dejuge
I got the pail under my
feet and thus raised my mouth a foot
higher aliove the water
gleam of hope Perhaps
would cease to run in.
oked ther
ame
se, from the hose
flames,
» Ag
t me
for tle splash on was
coud
realized that
waist deep
chest
rat
fear
ately to get up tho
ft up the water
guaouiders.,
the
But
water
as the
ers again, I grew as frantic as before.
Each little ripple as it touched mo feit
nearer my face,
i shouted and screamed again and
again. 1 tossed up bits of charred
wood, crazily hoping that they would
in some way find on opening and rise
as a signal to the friends who were
unwittingly killing me. Each plece
fell back as regularly as it was thrown.
Often they were too light even to reach
the covering of the cistern.
The water was lapping my neck
when | thought of my bicycle wrench
and my knife [I got them from my
pocket and threw the knife. There
was weight to that; it carried well,
but when it struck a timber end it
dropped back into the water with a
hopeless splash. The wrench was my
last hope.
I poised myself as carefully as 1
could, and then with all my strength,
hampoared by the water and by un.
steady foothold, 1 tossed the little
piece of shining steel. Straight as a
ray of light it went into the point
where the stream of water was flowing
through. And as the pall slid from
voder me and the water closed over
| me, I knew that the wrench was not
going to fall back. Where had ft
landed? Had it risen into the air
and been seen by some eager eye? Or
was it only lying out of sight beneath
rubbish that had stopped its upward
course?
When I could
mere above water and had my feet
fixed firmly as possible on the
pail, my blurred cyes strained toward
the incoming stream. 1 knew it was
still falling, and that the water was at
my chin, But it might be—it might
be smaller. And-—was 1 right? Did
{ not my water dimmed eves mc mei
{ The flow was certainly less! It was
growing still less every second! And
i then |t There was only a
| succession of subdued drops in place
of the splashing, bounding torrent of
| the last half hour
And already the
gan to shiver and
get my head once
as
ceased.
rubbish above be
resound under the
rapid blows of axes. In ten minutes
more 1 was looking up into the ful!
light of the afternoon, and Croleman
{ and Carter were lowering a rope with
a big noovse at its end. [ got the noose
under my arms, and then my
| taxed body and nerves failed me |
came to my senses again after a few
minutes, and found myself lying in
b2d between hot woolen blankews, and
my chums and Mr
bint m So vigorcus
forts that I felt
timo before that
them to treat mo
The next day proved that
ment had been good for
”
elfiects
over
rub
thelr et
vaston were
me were
than at
afternoon I
wanaer any
begged
with less violence
their treat
I felt ne
whatever from
ted on ge
my experi
ence, and insi
our trip. The Gastons
i
ly. and would have
ing ahead with
oh Wity strong
een
us spend our wholz
farm; but
i our
vacation at
we did not
the
wish to give ug
our
dinner
rode off
excursion to
was limited
hade them
falls and
time So, after
we good by, and
toward Grimsby
The bu
that
rned barn,
ruins
the story
d to be
water hap
upon me
Was
of how nHuch
pours
end of the bu
and the
g "he
south ding }
standing partly burned roof
sloped then { the middle of the
barn, When
the ridgenole
where
charred and
body whe
if ¥
ba f
i
® out of
b's Companion
WHY HAVE A STOMACH?
If the Lictum of Doctors Be Accepted
We Need None,
Lancet the
gas
then
informs
operation of
He
others
its trial
ni ¥ f
opinions os
on this
quedation
Altho the
igh entire stomach has
been removed for cancer with tempor
ary cannot think that the
number of cases in which this can be
nor we look
the operation as at all a favor
one. They do not even describe
operation, as if the growth
sufficiently large to warrant such 2
severe procedure, it 1s practically be
of immunity from
#UCCOE8, Wo
done will be
upon
able
iarge: ao
the be
yond hope recur
rence”
It is evident
has no
would
that the Lancet’'s ex
patience with surgeons
permit people to retain
their stomachs when opportunities for
iremoving them have offered
Here (3 his declaration:
"It me that in
of gastric carcinoma where operation
ie advisable at all gastrectomy is in
dicated, as it having been proved that
the stomach is not essential for diges
tion. the more complete its removal
the greater should be the probable im
munity from recurrence, while the risk
{ig not proportionally increased. If at
i all possible it is, however, wise, for
| physiological reasons as well as for
lease in operation, to leave a small
portion of healthy stomach.”
The gentleman should be thanked
i for his concession as to the small por
ition of healthy stomach, but why
{leave any of the stomach if it is not
| essential for digestion? Why carry a
| stomach for even a portion of one
| around just as a matter of form? De
scribing an interesting operation per
formed by himself the Lancet’'s cor
respondent very interestingly says:
“As compared with pylortetomy the
operation as performed in this case
was easier and took less time, be
cause there was less stomach surface
to suture. The cut edges were easily
and rapidly brought together with con
tinuous silk sutures (through all the
coats), and then the duouenum was
implanted into the very small surface
of the fundus that was left. Had there
been difficulty in approximation 1
would have closed the duouenum and
attached the jejunum.”
This plain and unequivocal state
ment should inspire the public with
new confidence in surgery. When It
becomes possible In case of difficulty
of approximation to close the duode
pum and attach the jejunum who can
reasonably continue to sit back in
doubt? Down with the stomach!
Chicago Record-Herald,
pert
who
been
seems to all cases
The dyspeptic is inclined to wonder
if some cook books are not full of typo
graphical errors.
We We
we Due to Education.
By Wu Ting-fang, Chinese Minister
TYPICAL American ig never at a loss what to do with himself.
If, by some enchantment, he were whisked away over night and
get down in the middle of Timbuctoo, he would, doubtless, when
he should awake next morning, be astonished, but before
Fr luncheon he would be busily engaged in some business enterprise
EAR) so readily does he adapt himself to circumstances. In every in
- stance he knows how to take care of himself, but perhaps the
secret of his success i8 that he knows how to make the most of his
An American student usually realizes that education is the stepping stone
He makes the most of himself as a student, that he may be
able to make the most of himself in his chosen career. All through his course
of study this idea is instilled into his mind, and the consequence is that he
leaves his college or university well prepared to enter upon life's activities
I may also add that the schools of the United States,
both public and collegiate, are the crowning glory of his young and great Re
No words can bestow upon them too high praise. No estimate can be
put upon the good which they are accomplishing in training young women as
well as young men for future usefulness. Systematic education is reaching its
highest form in this country. Its results are sp practical that the country
cannot help but advance.
The intelligence of the average American is worthy of note. This, I
it, is due in large measure not only to the excellent schools, but also to the in
take
The ability to seize his opportunities, which is characteristic of the Ameri-
can is seen in the business enterprises of the country. American brains and
American capital are reaching out to control the markets of the world, and,
with good reason, other nations are watching the efforts with keen interest
China is but awakening to its vast possibilities, and more and more will she
merchant and American commerce within her borders
American enterprise is now building a railway from Hankow to Canton, and,
doubt, other roads will soon be building. China's rivers and harbors are to b
improved, and there will be more and more demand American steel, rails
RB RB rR
and Matrimony.
By l.lllian Bell.
a hapoy riage, the making of a home—a home,
mind keeping a house—is the only legitimate happiness
in the for a woman The Almighty has plainly said so
but we twenileth-century wiseacres, who know so much more Lhab
our bachelor girl, for
women's « i everything which is calc
to takes the Woman's sou!’
a husband's sustaining of a downy head
TESSINg against 8 w you like
when Christm
Fool the if you
r beauty, z2ll you
no
for
Women
ATRIMONY
nar
you, not
world
Creator
we cry out for careers, for the
women'srights, a ated
iubs 1
place of the natural
yearning in a true
and
breast ail, } 3 Fool
know how
and protecting the feel
mans ives if
world CAN I kn
have hours of wish
were swallowed up for ju
Lonely? The jest of vou + best educated, the most if-support
the
13056
POs
IUTHs
nes, you you
for the sound of one
prou
ie
3 ‘ . 4 a y v tino
the mos {zo-called) | den we lonely times
ing,
andlielightin
for a
made you
unhappiness
aristmas times earth you
own and husband and a child No matter if they
times, the (
aa wme of your
unhappy. E
made by busines
ven a wife's and 3 other iness is p rable to th
O Cause vou to
i he chance along
»R BR XB
Sympathy the Key
Ye
We
By Marion F. Mobray.
thinking of her
That this
ation]
sequen ¥
her mix and pleasure—and too little of others
uld be the ca gs anything but a credit to her
In return
way of educat
show more gratitud { sympathy in his activities,
fewer things for granted
Men are so often spoken of as "selfish how about women?
it is selfish, ungenerous and ept every privilege bestowed
gpon you and offer nothing in retu: nothing of the gentile dignity
and grace with which women can add so uch to the be life
Remember, in this give az well as
take, but for the moment the poli take all that she
can get and give nothing
Women should more what
The harmony of the home rests with
it as they will.
The two ways in which women’s po
are by sympathy and scorn
Sympathize with the aims and aspirations of those around you
who can in that way call forth the energies of others are endowed
reatest power that is given to any one on earth
On the other hand, the power that scorn holds
is cannot win or lead
It is by sympathy that woman works
strongest natures
woman tods in the
» should
and take
for
¥ hy al 1 pe 10E
01
pilivating
aunty of
must
to he 10
world, ould be happy, we
SINAN Begins
ferful power good
They may
for they have
encourage or destroy
a wont
them
remline
wer is most commonly brought
Women
with the
may punish—-it may drive
but
nost offectively and influences the
the lower impulses of man and degrade him, or to call forth
and render his whole being nobler and finer
There are women-—empty, frivolous, and idle—who are absorbed
pleasures of life, and who are only trying how to gratify themselves.
in the
he displays in battling with the world. Their influence does not tend to en
courage or enoble,
Desire to be an unselfish woman, true fo the good you know, and eager to
do it-—-whose sympathy san call forth all that is best in a man. By ready sym
pathy at every turn a woman may obtain a large share in every mart of her
welcome sway over his whole life
wR »® »
An Incidentof . . .
UST before the big Bothaville fight the column of which my unit
formed a portion was encamped upon the banks of the Vaal River,
at Rensburg Drift
We had just completed a long march under a scorching sun;
and now, having “lined up” our ammunition wagons and turned
our horses out to graze, most of us had thrown ourselves down
among the long, dry grass in order to doze and to resi our weary
A high wind had sprung up and, fanned by it, 1 was soon fast asleep; but
Springing to my feet, imagine my dismay at seeing a wall of fire rushing
through our camp and making straight for our ammunition wagons, which,
Without waiting for any word of command from their officers, a wild rush
ulated his comrades to exert themselves to the utmost,
Some seized the pole of a wagon, others manned its wheels: and by Jdint
of sheer hard work and frantic efforts that wagon with its terrible load was
dragged to a place of safety.
Then the second wagon was tackled, and it also was soon drawn out of the
last wagon the treacherous flames were licking its bottom boards.
Undaunted, these gunners and drivers fought and battled through the
flames, while many others rushed away and clapped their hands to their ears
in horror, momentarily expecting the awful explosion which would announce
the total destruction of the ammunition wagon and of the brave men who were
struggling with it :
But an all-merciful Providence watched over these men, and, blackened,
scorched and blistered, they emerged from the smoke and flames with their
precious charge. y
It was a near thing, and as gallant a deed as I ever witnessed, yet not the
slightest notice was taken of it
One of these heroes is now working away contentedly at his trade in Glas
the sod” at Pretoria; Driver Hillier, who led the mad
now drives a cab through the
ny 1 a BWR Landon
—
ingex to Poise.
No human creature can thrive and
come near perfection without giving
eijual heed to the instinct for doing
right. And it is only as these three
great instinctive forces come into
something like fair accord that we
begin to know contentment. Content
ment is the Index of poise in a char
acter, while discontent is an indica
ttion—nay, is the very essence—of dis
traction. And to be distraught, to dc
one thing when we perceive we ought
to do another, to see the truth clearly
and not have heroism enough to fol
low it, to Yead an inner life of turmoil!
this is the beginning of death, the
gradual dissolution of character we
nearly all undergo, says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer. It may be habit or con
or slavery conventionality
at englavesr and undoes us at the
it may be a faltering will and »
le heart it may dull and
the disaster is the same;
of
us, and
discontent perches on
gcience to
1s
he a
py mind;
feel the diversity of purposes
¢ warring intuitions within
goblin of
ir donrsten
Statue of Rameses II.
Among the many colossi with which
Rameses II adorned the different
temples throughout Egypt there is no
more characteristic representation of
this mighty ruler of the desert, ac
cording to own ideals formed
from our historic knowledge of him,
than the mighty colossus of Memphis,
which longs to the British na
tion
Raised
aa ate tas
a8 lain face
our
HOw
Nile
downward
caimiy beneath
bed, where it
for centuries,
the waters
save at the dry
became visible until
ihe inundation again buried it, it now
rests high and dry above all dangers
of high water, on heavy pedestals of
stonework.
Originally
Bldg
reposing
of the sg
BROTE river
season, wh it
this figure stood on ene
of the great doors of the magnifi.
cent temple of Pthah, the ancient god
of universal life or artisan of the
world, which temple Rameses II fur
ther enriched with the colessi. There
is but little evidence remaining of this
temple, save great mounds of decay-
ing and crumbling granite and con
giomerate,
goes straight to the
seat of the pain,
. mo matter whether
it comes from
Rheumatism,
Neuralgia,
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