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NATURES
jj COURSE
By NORA BR> ANT
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Mr* Humph rev -helled the |ieas in
stkHM-e. waiting for tlit' outburst. S!i<
as 11 meek little woman accustomed
to listening to lior Uaut ul, tall daugh
ter and oU-xlng her b-bests uu<|ues
TTff.tiik.lj Ain <■ l»—><• —fit Itll the tilde
jh' of spirit which her mother
lacked
"No, mother," - ild Alice, seizlug
rtdounly on a pea |««1 an<l breaking It
open. "u«, yo i can't. It Just liorn
>u you I've got to «lo It alone."
"\\ hy. Alice!" exclaimed her mother
with hurt Inflection.
"t»h, I know It, mother. I'm a horrid
crus* girl, but 1 can't help it Father's
gone off again and left us with no
wood. This has tieen yoiiiK on for
three years now Sometimes here
Bimi 'rrni to but a load, hut when he
does we hate to split it. And in the
meautiuie we have to scratch and
scramble foi wood Just hh if we were
as poor as |<overty. Just look, we've
burned most of the fences till the place
look* more ghastly than ever, if pos
slbl*."
"Alice, Alice," sighed Mrs. Hum !
phrey. "y»u shouldn't talk so of your
father."
Alice's face flushed deeper and she j
libelled a handful of peas liefore reply
lUK Then klm* looked out of the door at
the Jiuiso'i weeds
"Everyfhli g is all wrong, and It's all
father's fault Why shouldn't I marry
Boh ItiHllps? Tell me that? Just lie
caiMe he la a college man and his peo
pie live tu towu father has set himself
agatnet him Now, why does father j
send me to college If he ex|iects me to i
Settle dot\ u to chopping wood and cook
lim f..i ii,,- ml mt my life'- Nt, Mttv. |
I'm a sophomore now and I know morn
I did oiK-e. I am going to marry
utid father Is going to agree to It
too"
Alice looked at her mother sternly
"See Ti'Ur I amis, blistered and liard.
You creep out and chop WIHMI every :
Ur.o 1 turn my back. Look at my
haii.'.s " She held up slender lingers |
Hn th ugs to carry back to the col
tilts fail: Now. I'm going out to j
chop enough to get dinner with." And.
pulling shade hat over her eyes, Alice
walked out into the hot harvest sun
and pli-V. 1 up the ax
Htrair.Lit up to the new brooder honse
ah«- went and with a neat swing of the
as twgaii Nattering up the brooder
house door In a few moments the
door had disappeared and in Its stead
ou the ground near hy lay a neat pile
of wtuve wood Still not quite satisfied,
Alice looked alN.ut her. A hayrack
lay on t!j" ground waiting for the nft
ernooii trip to the oat Held. A few
flrn, blows from the broad of the ax,
and tb -dde boards showed signs of
weakeiua„* Half a dozen clever cuts
with tlj ' lade, and the hoards dropped
to the ground. In tlve minutes the
pile of >»o<l by the brooder house was
aufpnet *.-d by a pile of heavy sticks,
and l<ef- -e Mrs Ilniiiphrey could catch
breath ! Inquire the source a brisk
bla»e lighted up the front of the old
cooking stove.
A little after 12 Mr Humphrey ap
pen red at the door
"Mother" Mrs. Humphrey i«aiiscd.
with a bit of bacon |«jlsed on her fork
"mother, ean you tell me what has
hai>!**ned old tinyraek nml to
the t>r< xjder house door?"
Mrs Humphrey looked at Alice.
"Why - why, father, I don't know.
Alice, do you know?"
Alice poured the steaming peas iuto
a china dish an 1 then glanced at her
fath«r "Well." she said calmly, "you
will find imrt of the door still In the
wood Itox. but the last of the hayrack
in Just golnj up the ehimney." Then
she carried the dish of peas into the
dining r ■••in and set It carefully down
on the table
Then Mr Humphrey began: "Alice,
if you were not grown up I'd send you
to bed for two days."
Alice squared her shoulders, looking
Into her father's eyes with an expres
sion strangely like his own "Father,"
she sal 1, "you are not fair. You give
your men the best sort of Implements
with which to do their work. You keep
the horses and cattle In buildings that
are for their greatest comfort, but you
e*peet mother and me to find our own
means for doing work that neither of
us Is strong enough to do and to live in
a building that scorches us in summer
and freezes us In winter To say the
least, you are not fair."
The great veius swelled In Mr. Hum
phrey'* forehead, and he took a single
step toward Alice anil then stopped as
If controlling himself by a physical
effort
"AlVe," he said, "I forbid you to de
stroy any more of my property. Just
how to punish you for what you have
already done I don't know I shall wait
until tonight."
That afternoon Alice was left alone,
as tier mother was calli*d away to see a
sick u«lgtilHjr For awhile she sat
quietly, then suddenly she flushivl a lit
tie Far down the road she could see
the rt<pir« of a man and a horse moving
leisurely through the heat. Alice ,
smoothed ber hair and glaneed down nt
the dainty whiteness of her gown
Then she waited Boon the rider turn
ed Into the yard, with an eager shout at
the sight of Alice A flue looking young
fellow was Bob Phillips in his natty j
riding togs, sitting his saddle with the
ease of a westerner And a charming
figure was Alice In the doorway witii
the color deejienlng In her cheeks, her
gre:»t (lark eyes brightening and the
dimples eoinlng to the corners <f her
mouth
"Oh. Bob," she cried :is he dismount
ed bill tied his hoi ■<>, "I've been wish
ing for you Everything Is so topsy
turvy In tills horrid place!"
Bob looked anxious. "Is It your fa 1
ther again?" he asked as he drew her
down on the step beside him. Alice
told him of her morning's experience.
Bob's fate darkened.
"Look here, Alice," he exclaimed,
"I'm not going to stand this I knew
things were pretty bad. but I never
knew you had t>> do this sort of work."
He took her hand, looked at the pretty i
pink palm with the row of blisters j
across jt. "I'm not going to say any of
the thing-i to you that I think about
your father But this Is going to stopi
This architect business is slow In start
Ing. but I've got enough to keep the pot
boiling I'm on my way out to the
Scotts' summer home now. They want
me to plan an addition for them. But
touight I'm coining back to tell your
father that we are going to lie married
at on«"e."
Alice shook her head n little fearful
ly "No, Bob, dear," she said. "I can't
lea * e mother that way, and I want to
finish college first No; father has got
to change There Is no sense In his act
lug so to such a dear as you."
Boti grinm-d appreciatively as he
drew her to him. but he lost none of his 1
look of determination. "That's all very
well. .Mice, darling. bat I've a few
rights. and after supper I'm coming
back and read the riot act to your fa
ther."
Alice siglutl. Then she nodded her
head. "Yes. come back. I don't know ;
Just how, but some way I'm going to
shame father."
"Dou't you worry." said Bob. "I'll
tix him."
As Boh disappeared Alice's glance
wandered toward the broml stump of a
tree that stood in the dooryard. As she
looked her eyes lighted with a mls
»aievous smile. Then she began her
preparations for supper. In a short
time she Appeared la the \ anl with two
covered dishes in her hands. These she
placed on tin top of the old stump
where the sun blazed down on their
shining covers. Then she returned to
the house to set the table.
The hay wagon rattled Into the yard.
"Well," called Mr. Humphrey, seeing
Alice in the door, "Isn't supper ready?" |
Alice looked anxiously toward the old
stump. "I'm afraid things have not be
guu to boil yet." she answered.
Mr Humphrey looked at the strange
arr.iy of Utensils <>u the stump. "Al- i
|c«.," he said, "what nonsense Is this?"
'it means just this," answered Allco
bravely "You refuse to buy wood for ,
us, and this noon you forbade me to
destroy any more of your property. So
when it came time to get supper tho
stump seemed the hottest place at
hand, and 1 put tho vegetables out
there to let nature take Its course. It
' Is much easier for me."
Mr Humphrey stood In silence. Al
ice Will lied him anxiously. Slowly the
angry flush died away, and the corners ;
of his mouth twitched. He turned to
the man who had been an Interested j
; spectator.
"Jim," he said, "you might as well
finish tip the old hayrack. Split up
enough wood to get supper with."
Then he walked into the house with I
1 never so small a twinkle In lils eyes. i
That evening, as Alice and her father i
: sat on the sic; s waiting for Mrs. Hum
phrey's return. Mr- Humphrey broke j
the silence.
"I've lieen thinking it over, Alice," j
he said, "and -and—well, I guess fa ;
ther has be -n negligent of his two
girls You see. I didn't realize how
hard some things are for women folks.
! Now. do you suppose you could plan a
a porch or a a window or some
! thing?" he asked vaguely. "And we'll
surprise your mother on her birthday."
For a moment there was silence;
then he heard a low sob beside him.
He reached out an awkward hand and
drew his daughter toward him.
"Why, little girl." he said, "I didn't '
know it meant ro much to you."
Alice nestled against his shoulder.
"It means more than a porch," she
sobbed; "It means that, after all, you
are nice, like other fathers."
Mr. Humphrey cleared his throat.
"And I've thinking, Alice," he I
went on. "that I've been hard on Bob I
A rou- h old fellow like me gets preju J
diced against these college chaps, j
When you flni'h school and Bob gets j
a start well, you'll linil that father !
wants you to be happy after all."
lii <1 E.i ii s Are Poor Shot*.
I luring a residence of many years '
among four lilfivront tribes of Indians j
I found, with very few exceptions, they j
were poor shots, either with the gun i
or rifle. When one considers that i
from young lioyliood they have been in t
the habit of using a gun almost dally !
and their very living depends In a
great measure on accurate shooting,
tlieli poor marksmanship Is to 1m- won
tiered at; nevertheless such is the case.
A good wing shot is a rarity among the
Indians. The Moutagnais of the Lab
rador and north shore of the gulf of
St. Lawrence are no exception, and
Oils in a country where most of the
wild fowl are killed flying. It Is ad
mitted they kill wild geese and ducks
while on their passage north and south,
but this Is only possible from the lin
mense numbers of birds and a lavish
expenditure of ammunition.—Forest
and Stream.
(inlihmilirM OMIUHTJ Notice.
It would be difficult to find a more
quaint announcement of death than
that published In an old newspaper In
1771. at the time of Oliver Goldsmith's
demise.
"1771, April 4. Died, Dr. Oliver Gold
smith. Deserted is the Village; the
Traveller lnth laid him down to rest;
the Good-natur'sl Man is no more; he
Stoopse I ' • >-liter; the Vicar hath
performed h - sail office; it is « mourn
ful task from which the Hermit may
essay to meet the dread tyrant with
more than Grecian or Romn forti
tude."
WANTED A KAISE.
A Story of Marnhnll Fl«*ld and One
of II IM I VNM lon«*•**.
Among the charities of Marshall
Field was a pension list of persons to
whom a stated sum was sent regularly
each mouth. With these he was gen
erous, but he disliked being imposed
upon. < )ne man, who had in some way
impressed Mr Field with his deserts,
had a check each thirty days for $25.
He had gone far from Mr. Field's
memory, but remained on the list. His
pension made him quite "an eligible
parly" in the circle in which he lived,
and at last tie yielded to the blandish
ments of his landlady, an elderly, pros
perous widow, und married her.
"Now, Henry," «hc to him next
day, "we'll just be havlug your pay
' raised. You can't keep two as easily I
as you can one. Mr. Field Is a rich
man, and he will understand that. You j
! go down and tell him you need soo a
' month now."
Away went Henry, and after much
■ argument and persuasion obtained ac
cess to tin- inner office of the great
merchant, where he stated his ease.
Mr. Field l» came interested at once.
"A widow, eh?" he Inquired, smillng
"Did he ask you or you her?"
"Well, sir," stammered Henry,"l
guess she did lead tip to It."
"How old is she?"
"About forty, sic."
"Did she support herself?"
"Yes, She has a big boarding
house I boarded with her. Ido yet, in
fact "
"Ah, yes," said Mr. Field. "So you
want a raise, do you? Let me see.
j Ilow much was your pension? Twen
j ty five dollars? Well, you won't have
to pa. any board now, so suppose we
make it twelve and a half? That will
l<ei p you in pending money." Youth's
Companion.
•tiiMiniriii i In the I nllril
Aliliou 1 ■< mm urn is produced in ft
*inall \ iv i i a tiumbei of states of th#
i ni i.the bulk of the commercial croji
is the product ..r three states- Illinois,
1 bra si a Illinois pro
ch heavy proportion of the
to 'I tl if i output 1 of considerably
j-n at. r importance than that of all the
rest • I the aintry combined. Prac
ti-Mll. all il I ilnois i-rop is produced
In the cc iti I ut of the state, Poles
and I ioii: I ' ' 'unities being the center
of lh« industry not only for the aUiie. j
'•ut foi the entire country.
(I ~ "jfl
THE EIGHTH
GIRL
By BELLE MANIATES
Copyright, 11)06, by P. i\ Lafltmont
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When John Walker was left a wld
ower, although he was in the prime of |
1 manhood, with a comfortable income j
and good habits, it was universally I
predicted that he could never win a
1 second wife
For what manner of woman -that is,
of tho type fastidious John Walker
would fancy could contemplate the '
prospect of stepinothering seven da ugh
ters ranging In age from pert thirteen
I to precocious four?
If the children had been boys, John
Walker's prospects would have been
I more favorable, for a squad of boys |
can be turned afield, but seven girls
to hear and heed until they should
come to an age when they would with
their lords depart!
John Walker was domestic, and after
two years of wldowerhood he began to
yearn for a goddess of his hearth and j
home. The affairs of Ills household
1 had not been administered so badly
| since his wife died. The cook was ca
; pable and honest and had been reign
ing over the kitchen for eight years.
1 The seamstress, who had always spent
I a month each spring and autumn "sew
{ Ing up" for the young Walkers, contln
' ued her visits, with the added respon
i ibilit.,' of selecting and purchasing
I material.
The eldest girl, Madge, was promls
j in.to be quite a practical little liouse
: Iv.viit r, but John Walker know that a
1 \. i-e feminine hand and heart were es
i Kential to the guidance of his active,
i romping, unruly troop of youngsters.
lie began to call assiduously upon
j Cecilia Kayne, a young woman re
! uowned for her intellect, practicality
and excellent judgment. She accepted
j his attentions, though reservedly, and j
I with a general air of careful consider
■ atlon and "weighing In the balance 1 ."
Ills Intentions were regarded as un
mistakable wheu he Invited her, with
her mother, to visit his home and drink
tea one afternoon. The children on this
fateful day had never lieen so noisy or
unattractive. Even Madge was bois
terous and untidy.
John Walker did not know that it '
was malice aforethought 011 the part :
of his offspring. Madge was preeo i
clous and acute eared. She had heard j
it said that John Walker would marry
just as soon as he could find any one
j to have him. She had sized up Miss
ltayne as 11 home ruler, and In the
mother of Miss Kayne she scented a
natural ejieuiy.
So she Instigated and encouraged re
hellion in her many sisters, and their
! deportment carried the day. John
! Walker escorted his guests to their
home and returned with the firm in
tention of administering unto his own
something stronger than rebuke.
He found his flock white rolled and
sweet voiced, awaiting with uplifted
mouths his good night caress, and he
! could not bring himself to mar their
' slumbers by so much as a word.
"If she only could have seen them as
j they are now!" he thought, with a re
i gretful sigh.
Madge's busy little brain worked
I overtime that night on the solution of
1 the stepmother problem. A day or
two after the eventful visit of Miss
Cecilia Kayne, as John Walker was
passing a little park, he met two or
three kindergarten teachers walking
with their young charges. He gave
them but a casual glance, when his
attention was attracted by a delighted
cry of "Papa!"
The littlest and last child In the pro
cession let goof the hand of the young
girl with whom she was walking and
rushed up to him.
"Why, Tot," he said, taking her up
in his arms.
Then he looked hesitatingly at the
young teacher, who was walking on
slowly.
"You must be Mr. Walker." she said
naively. "I am Tot's kindergarten
teacher."
"Are you?" he asked interestedly. "I
didn't know that Tot attended a kin
dergarten."
"Didn't you?" she ask»-d anxiously.
"Madge brought her to school yester
day and entered her as a pupil. I sup
posed it was your wish."
"Of course It Is," he replied prompt
ly, "only I hadn't thought of It before.
I am glad Madge Is so wise."
"I've learned lots, papa. I'm going
to prick you a card." assured Tot.
"Thank you, darling. Where is your
school. Miss"—
"Warden," she said, supplying the
name. "The school Is on the corner of
Wood and Third streets, three blocks
below. Are you fond of children, Mr.
Walker?" she asked, looking up at the
princess enthroned ou his shoulder.
"Naturally," he said, with a whim
sical smile.
She flushed and laughed a little.
"Come and visit our school some
time, then."
"I will walk there with you now,"
he responded promptly, setting Tot
down 011 the sidewalk.
The child instantly appropriated a
hand of each guardian and skipped
along between them.
"Who takes her to and from school?"
he asked, remembering the automobiles
and trolley cars.
"Madge has so far."
"Madge said you could stop for me
1 noons on your way home to luncheon,"
i said the little girl.
"Why, yes, so I can. How did Madge
know of your school. Miss Worden?"
"Oh, Madge and I are old friends. I
give music lessons afternoons, and her
Inseparable companion, Grace T.andon,
Is one of my pupils."
"I wish you would give Mad;;e les
mi 1 to 1. Her tca<her left the city
so ,-tii..e ago, and 1 have neglected to
ha •e la start again."
"I sh ild be glad to teach her," said
file girl imply.
' Very well. You may commence to
mo; row, If agreeable, and give her two
lessons a week."
"She's a sweet little girl," thought
John Walker as he pursued Ids way
fi en the kindergarten. "She must be
1 oiit Worilen's daughter. Poor fellow!
His failure took all he had. She's a|
trump to take hold and help in this j
way." j
The first day that John called for Tot 1
he so cordially seconded the child's In j
citation to her teacher to come home
with them to luncheon that she was
forced to comply.
Madge's music hour wan to
(i, ami she would not prai pro;»erly
unless her teacher wmi ' hi «• l to
stay to dinner. The childr< 1 all da'
ed her as a kindred spirit and called
her "Bess," for which they were stern
ly and Ineffectually reprimanded b.\
their parent, who finally followed their
example and called her by that name
• himself.
In the mouth of July the Walkers
went to their summer cottage on a lake
some twenty miles from the city.
"You need a vacation more (han auy j
imt'," said .John Walker abruptly to i
Hess ono day. "You must go with us.' I
"Thank you very much," said the girl j
gratefully. "It's kind in you to ask me, i
but of course 1 can't accept."
"Why not?" he demanded. "Your >
! father Is going west on an extended
! business trip, and he won't need you."
The girl blushed, hesitated and then |
i said frankly:
"Wliv, y«ni s(»c% of course, it would
I really be all right, but then you know
pe >|i!e would talk they wouldn't ap- j
! prove."
She began to flounder In her explana
! tlon. and John suddenly comprehended.
"I see," he laughed, nodding. "But I
you see you have come to seem to me j
j like one of my own—my eighth girl, 1 j
! call you but 1 suppose you are grown
i up enough for a chaperon."
"I am twenty years old," she said
with dignity.
"Indeed! A great age. Well, I have
j a second cousin, a meek, elderly wid
ow, whom the children rule (Irmly. I
| presume she would like a month or so
I at the cottage."
So it was Dually arranged.
From that time on John Walker sud
1 denly regarded his children's teacher in
a new light.
"I wonder if a beautiful young girl
like Be;-* could come to care for an old
duffer like me," he pondered. "I had
supposed that she considered me an old
man!"
A thrill stirred within him as he
looked up at the fair young face gazing
happily over the waters of the lake on
the tirst night of their arrival.
"Hess!" he said suddenly.
Itut the children had also called
"Bess," and she was nwny for a romp
on the beach.
"She Is only a child, after all," he
thought, with a sigh.
In the Walker boathouse was a canoe
which the children were forbidden to
use, but Hess one Sunday morning ven
tured forth alone in It. She managed
it very skillfully, but on her return a
sudden wind came up and made the
lake ch'ipiiv. She had all she could do
to keep her little craft right side up.
John Walker, coining out on the ve
randa of the cottage, saw her danger
and rushed to the boathouse. Intending
to row out after her. Another emotion
besides anxiety surged within him, and
he knew now that he loved this play
mate of his children.
She was making great progress with
| her tiny canoe, and as he rowed out
from the boathouse she was lauding at
the pier.
It was a verj merry, winsome face,
alight with t!ie excitement ami danger,
that was lifted to his.
In the reaction from his fright he
was begitMiiii:: to censure her when he
was Intel rii|>ii- I by Madge, who had
appeared upon the scene and who in
stantlv resented her father's lecture.
"You shall not scold her!" she cried
hotly. "I wanted tier for our step
mother, but I'll give her up If you
aren't going to be nice to her."
Bess turned red and pale by turns.
"I'll race you to the house, Madge."
she cried, and th< y were away.
"Hess," said John softl\ when he had
succeeded In getting an interview, "as
I said, 1 hi 1 thought of you as my
eighth girl. Id• • n't want to think of
you as a st >pmother, but I do want
you to be my v. ife and a companion to
the girls because 1 love you. Will you
try and care for me?"
The verdict of the world was that
John Walker had eight girls now and
needed a woman in his house more
than ever.
( omplrtr I,offer Writer*.
One of tlie earliest <»f these "guides."
dated 1(515, was styled "A President
For Young l'enmen." It was advertis
ed as full of variety, delight and pleas
ure. The former quality it undoubted
ly possessed, as will be seen from the
following headings: There Is "A letter
from a friend to a fantastical, conceit
ed madcap," "A by ting letter to a
clamorous gentlewoman," with a "byt
lng" answer to the same, which must
have relieved the feelings of the writ
er; also a "Melancholy, dlscontentlve
letter upon the frowne of a kinsman,"
j and. as a variation, "A kind of quarrel
some letter upon a l'rowne of a friend."
A letter to an "tinkle to borrow a
horse," strikes one as being of mope
practical value than all the rest put to
gether and Infinitely to bo preferred as
a model to the epistle of "Miss Molly
Smith to her cousin, giving her an ac
count of a very remarkable Instance of
envy in one of her acquaintance who
lived in the city of York." How a dis
tracted scribe was to get help or com
fort from Miss Molly Smith !s more
than we are prepared to say.—London
(Jraphic.
SEA GULLS' EGGS.
Thi'ji Arc Good to Kat mid Tntte
1.1 L•- I'IOVITH' CKUN.
"I'd like to have a mess of gulls'
eggs now," said the epicure. "They
beat a hen's egg all to pieces, and nine
people out of ten eat gull eggs for
plover eggs and don't know the differ
ence.
"In England from March to May
there are hundreds of men who make
a living by gathering gulls' eggs and
foisting them on the public for plovers'
eggs. The fens and salt marshes of
the English coast are as valuable on
account of the gulls' nests as vlue
yards or orchards. These fens rent at
a high rate, and keepers protect the
eggs from thieves the same as keepers
on noblemen's estates keep out poach
ers.
"Early In March the gulls pair. They
lay their eggs hi the salt marshes In a
hollow or a tuft of grass. The nests
In the best marshes touch. You cun't
take a Step without crushing eggs un
der foot. These eggs, olive colored,
plashed with green and gray, sell at
wholesale for 7 cents apiece. They are
called plovers' eggs.
"Each nest has, as a rule, three eggs.
When tin' tirst set is taken from her
the female bird lays another set, and
If this one Is taken too she lays a
third set, which is always left to her to
hatch, or otherwise she and her kind
would never return to the marsh again.
"Many of the owners of these
marshes make apiece in the
spring by selling for plovers' eggs
their gulls' egg harvest."- New York
I Press.
%»tii(y to See K» «T> IhliiK.
A New York urgeon, says the In
I ternational Journal of Surgery, ocea
j slonally takes an applicant for a posl
' tlon on the house staff of the hospital
j with which he is connected and bids
hlrn look out of a window and describe
what lie i Some men practically
see nothing at a!!, others notice but n
few thing .. not always the most Im
portant. while the balance appear to
observe i". erything. It Is from among
the latter that the successful candi
d-ile ! •■•■iiia ni\ dif-eii. It Is to the
nun > ee everything that every art
and i uce Is indebted for whatever
progress they have made, and the sur
geon's method of gauging the probable
value of a young man's service has
nothing in It that is trivial and unim
portant
ZANOWILL EPIGRAMS!
CLEVER THINGS THE WITTY AUTHOR
RAID ABOUT THE JEW 3.
The Way 110- < <» tit pared II in Coreli
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Illustration off Sonic of the Striking
Hebrew 112 liaraeterintleu.
Some years since Israel Znngwlll
when on a visit to this country delly- j
ered an address In Now York city to '
bis own people. A few of the epigrams i
which he then coined concerning the j
characteristic* cf the Hebrews are here 1
offered:
The Jews had no country of their
I own. They could not possess the lund
iof their fathers In reality. So they
made a portable Palestine. They car
ried it wherever they went. Tills was a
spiritual country. It could not bo as
sailed by their oppressors.
There have been two conceptions of
the Jew- one that he lends money and
wants it back again, the other that ha
deals In old clothes. The truth Is .Tows
have been everywhere. They lmve
been everything except pope of Rome,
and they have come near to that. If
they dealt in old clothes it was because
papal decrees forbade them trading In
anything else but old clothes and old
Iron.
Jews Inn way were as good as Unit
ed States bonds, only United Ftntes
bonds may be converted, but when a
Jew was converted he lost his value.
Because Shylock was rich and Jes
sica beautiful nil Jews are rich and all
Jewesses are beautiful. ' wish It were
so.
A good looking Jew was considered
the fool o? the family, which Is conso
lation for some of us.
The black plague swept over Europe,
The Jews escaped by reason of their
different hygienic laws. The Christians
charged them with poisoning the wella,
and thousands of Jews were put to
death for not dying of the plague.
Colonel Itoosevelt told me that the
Jews of his regiment were among his
bravest soldiers, and when Hobson had
to be kissed it took a Jewess to do It.
Jews not only furnished money for
Columbus' expedition, but his first
lieutenant was a Jew. This officer dis
covered tobacco, which Is greater than
America.
Carlyle said the Jews had no humor,
hut Carlyle was a Scotchman.
A beggar stole a spoon from a wealth
ier member of his race who had enter
tained him. When detected the beggar
said: "By taking the spoon I broke
the eighth commandment, which says,
Thou shalt not steal.' If I had not
taken it I would have broken the tenth,
which says. 'Thou shalt not covet.' I
saw I had to break one commandment
anyhow, so I thought 1 might as well
have the spoon."
It has always been the desire of Jew
ish fathers, however rich, to have learn
ed sons-in-law. however poor. Ido not
find this custom prevalent today.
To illustrate whj there are no good
Jews In fiction Mr. Znngwlll related
the story of the lion and the cub. The
cub had seen a painting of Samson
vanquishing the lion, and said to Its
parent: "I have seen many contests
between lions and men, and always the
men have been the victors. Why are
there no pictures showing Hons over
powering men?" "It is because we
lions have no painters." was the par
ent's reply.
The Jews have been scattered to the
four wiutls among all the nations of
the earth. They have been of Immense
service to every country that has har
bor. 1 them. It reminds me of the story
of the crocodile which opened its mouth
BO that a bird might g.» Into It and eat
the leeches which annoyed It. There
was mutual benefit from the operation.
It is nit -:ingo that sometimes the
Jews find the crocodile's mouth closing
upon then;. It was natural that Jews
should congr' g te around their syna
gig 'f>. Th* v bee 'me to some extent
Isolated from the people aiii"!ig - whom
5 aweix. mis isolation orougnt witn
It suspicion, and suspicion caused more
Isolation 112 u - mutual protection.
In mediaeval times the nations of
Europe had a conception of the Jewish
character compared to which Shako
speare's Shylock was a saint. It was
this that brought about the compulsory
ghetto.
There are two general types of Jews,
the Oerrnan and the Spanish. Th«
Spanish .lev s speak a mixture of He
brew and Spanish. The (Jerman Jews
speak Yiddish, a mongrel of bad Ger
man and every other language In the
world.
The Jews financed the crusades vol
untarily and involuntarily. There was
nothing they had not financed, not even
their own persecutions.—Now York
IleruJd.
Kx leu null IIK rireuiii«tano®«.
A woman was charged with stealing
a dozen cases of silver. Sin* appeared
before the second judicial chamber.
Said the judge, "Come, tell us the
truth." Said the woman: "The truth,
my good judge, Is that 1 have not been
able to resist the temptation. Consid
er, your honor they all bore ruy Ini
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I THE MASAI OF AFRICA.
A tlueer llni'P Where the Men Be
come Old »l Thirty.
The young men of that African race, i
the .Masai, are all warriors, theoretical
ly, between the ages approximately of |
seventeen and twenty-seven. When In I
i tiii; stage they are known In their own j
I language as el moran. They pull the i
| head hair out to Its greatest length, j
| even sometimes twisting and plaiting !
I lilier and stri. ic Into their wool. The j
j hair is then ti ekly coated with mutton i
| fat and red clay and tied Into perukes. I
| All hair on the face and Itody Is pluck- ;
! ed out l y iron tweezers. The skin is
! k ;it i .stuntly lubricated with mut
• 'fat mixed with red clay, but as a
mil' t! e bnl.\ is not disagreeably oily,
and thi-' lubri< ation only has the result
of giving a beautiful polish to their j
statueliko forms.
As regards the body there is proba- j
I bly no more beautifully formed type of
n:.• ii than fine young Masai warrior.
The face Is s imetlmes in keeping with
the body, but more often has a rather
brutal aspect. The Masai are not pure ,
n'.".roes, but obviously received a very \
long while ago a slight infusion of
Ilamitie blood from races dwelling to '
the cast of the White Nile. While they
are In the young-man-warrlor stago the
Masai live principally nn milk and on
blood drawn from the veins of living
ciU!!e. They also occasionally eat the
! meat of oxen, goats or sheep.
When a Masai decides that he has
had enough knocking about and has
accumulated sufficient property on
which to retire he decides to marry.
This Is usually about the ago of twen
ty seven to thirty. After marriage he
shaves his head, or at any rate keeps
the hair of his head very close cropped,
lie ceases to anoint himself with mut
ton fat and definitely ranges himself
with the old men.
DOCTORS' FEES.
A Medical View of the Charge, and
V.'ork of Fhyslclaim.
The law of supply and demand regu
lates medical compensation to a very
great extent. It Is a natural phenome
non, over which neither tho professor
nor the laity have much control. Where
there are many physicians of equal
ability competition grinds down the
fees. If the Income drops below living
expenses the least successful leave the
community or take up other means of
getting bread and butter. Tho fittest
survive, and In every locality the com
position of the profession is in a state
of constant flux—never tho same from
year to year and constantly regulating
Itself to tho work to be done. When &
man develops exceptional skill his serv
ices are demanded more and more.
They are bid up by competitors on the
other side, lie is. Indeed, compelled to
raise his fees to prevent overwork,
strange as that may seem. He would
not be doing his duty by his patients If
he tried to treat a hundred a day, and
that many would crowd his offices If
his fees wore 23 cents. It Is also a fact
that a surgeon can do more now than
ever before—a few can do wonders as
compared with tho surgeons of a cen
tury ago—and they receive more in pro
portion by the operation of natural
law. llow they gained this ability Is
Immaterial to the question. Indeed,
not all have ability to profit by fortul
; tons opportunities to learn surgery^
Savored of the Truth.
"That's no lie," remarked tho man
with the newspaper.
"What's no lie?" queried the other
party to the dialogue.
"This paragraph to the effect that
'wise men are more often wrong than
fools are right,' " answered the other.—
Chicago News.
Two Klntln of Ambition.
Men have two kinds of ambition, one
for dollor making, the other for life
making. Bouie turn all their ability,
education, health and energy toward
the first, of these, dollar making, and
call the result success. Others turn
them toward the second—into charac
ter, usefulness, helpfulness—life mak
ing, and the world sometimes calls
them failures, but history calls them
successes. No price is too great to pay
for an untarnished name. <>. S. Mar
den 111 Slice s ; Ma" r n •
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Swiss EDGCATIOIM.
A MerloQN Mutter, <juardf<t Jt*alotml>
t»y the State.
One reason why the Swiss fare well
is that their public school system is
probably the best in the world, and
with them public school education is
practically compulsory. You can send
your child t < a private school (in some
cuntons) if you insist upon so doing,
but the face of the government and the
force of public opinion are sternly
against the practice. In the canton of
Solotburn private schools are absolute
ly forbidden. In other cantons a pri
vate school pupil must secure a formal
permit from tlit* local authorities, and
in some cantons he must pay a charge
to the public funds. The idea is that
the public K«-lio' ls are good enough for
all; that ri -'t and poor are to meet
there on even terms; that the public
school is the nursery of democracy and
patriotism; above all, that democracy
Is the lifcblo >d and strength and very
sold of the republic, and the republic is
Switzerland, and without the republic
Switzerland is nothing. Private schools
112 ir Swiss children are few in number,
j and such as exist are under the strict
supervision of the state. Education is
a serious matter in Switzerland. There
Is no escape from it. A parent must
send hts children to school or go him
self to Jail. They kept a Seventh Day
Ailventist in jail for two years because
he refused to let bis child attend school
ou Saturdays. As It then seemed likely
he would spend the rest of his life In a
cell he surrendered.—Everybody's Mag
azine.
The Sinn Who SinKa.
Give us, oh, give us, writes Carlyle,
the man who sings at his work! Be his
occupation what it may, he is superior
to those who follow the same pursuit
in silent sullenneaa. He will do more
In the same time, he will do it better,
he will persevere longer. One is scarce
ly sensible of fatigue while one march
es to music. The very stars are said to
make harmony as they revolve in their
spheres. Wondrous Is the strength of
cheerfulness; altogether past calcula
tion are its powers of endurance. Ef
forts, to be permanently useful, must
be uniformly Joyous, a spirit all sun
shine, peaceful from very gladness,
beautiful because bright.
StraiiK** Happening*.
A Michigan woman was scanning
over the marriage columns of a news
paper and remarked to her husband,
"Here's a strange coincidence—a Wil
liam Strange married to a Martha
Strange."
"Strange indeed," replied her bus
band, "but I expect the next news will
be a little stranger."- Lyre.
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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad.
In Effect Jan. 1, 11105.
TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE.
EASTWARD.
7.07 a. m. dally for Bloomsburg, Kingston,
Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. Arriving Scr;»n
ton at IMS! a. in., and connecting at Scrantoii
with tram* arriving at Philadelphia at K.ts a.
in.and New York City at 5.30 p. in.
10.li» a. iii. weekly for Bloomsburg, Kingston,
Wilkes-Barre,Scranton and intermediate sta
tions, arriving at Scranton at 12.H5 p. in. au«l
connecting tliore with trains Tor New York
City, Philadelphia and Buffalo.
2.11 weekly forßloomsburg,Kingston, Wilkes
Barre, Scranton and intermediate stations,
arriving at Scranton at 4.5U p. in.
r.,i:i p. in.daily for Bloomsburg, Kspy, Ply
mouth, Kingston, Wilkes-Barre, I'ittston,
Scranton and Intermediate stations, arriving
. at Scranton at 5.25 p. m.and connecting there
with trains arriving at New York City at 6.50
a* iu., Philadelpeia 10 a. in.and Buffalo 7a ni.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT DANVILLE
H.I fin. m. weekly from Scranton, I'ittston,
Kingston, Bloomsburg and intermediate sta
tions, leaving Scranton at ti.lift a. in., where It
connects with trains leaving New York City
atS.HOp. m., Philadelphia at 702 p. in.and
Buffalo at lO.HO a. ni.
l'J.tt p. in.daily Ironi Scranton I'ittston,
Kingston, Berwick. Bloomsburg and interme
diate stations, leaving Scranton at 10.10 a. ni.
and connecting there with train leaving Buff
alo at 2.25 a. 111.
1.38 p. m. weekly 0111 Scranton, Kingston,
Berwick, Bloomsburg and intermediate sta
tions, leaving Scranton at 1.55 p. in., where It
connects with train leaving New York City
at 10.00 a. in., and Philadelphia at M OO a. 111.
9.05 p. in.daily froin Scranton. Kingston,
I'ittston. Berwick. Bloomsburg and interme
diate stations, leaving Scranton at ti.MS p. in.,
where It connects with trains leaving New
York City at 1.00 p. in., Philadelphia at 12.00
p. m.and Buffolo at tf.3o a. in.
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