1
HEROES AT HOMB.
nt his mouth much wisdom com;
i world Took up to him as one well
qualified v run me buiiu.
aeems to be of better clay than Just
the cemmon run of men,
And we revore him a a mini whose like
we may not meet again.
We seem to think that lie's above the
ordinary thliiKS of life,
Tet he, too, has' to run and hook her
waist, when summoned by his wire.
Ant he, too, mushy jihrnse spoke and fell
upon his bonded knees.
And promised, If she'd be his bride, shed
always know a life of ease.
He's somothiii; wonderful to us, we Bit
and gate at htm in awe.
But etlll there la a woman who refer
to him as son-in-law:
And when at home he nlfihtly Roe ana
quits the Rlamour of the street,
Rl mnntle from his shoulders slip and
he Is told to wipe his feet.
I ear not who your hero Is, at home he'
very much the same
A we aro who stand by to cheer at Just
the mention of his name.
When In his dlnlnir room he sits, shut
off from othfir people's view,
H dips his eg toast In Ills tea, the way
that common mortals do.
It matters not how great his fame, like
us, when he is all alone,
He loves to pick a chicken wing and In
his fingers hold the bone.
Dot riot Free Pros.
It was shortly after my return from
Africa and I was booked to give a
talk on the "Fauna of the Tropics" to
to the Huntsman's club at Hillsbor
ough. Arrangements had been made
through a committee, and I was to be
entertained by the president of the
club while In town. 1 was somewhat
delayed In alighting at my destination
by an annoying old person who Insist
ed on claiming my bag as his own. In
exasperation I finally convinced him
br showing him its contents. A grin
ning porter was meantime signalling
him from the doorway with a bag
quite like mine, and the old fellow
hurried off with scant courtesy. I not
ed at the time his athletic build, and
Blfl complexion, which was as darkly
browned as my own. As I walked
along the platform of the station, alert
for my host, who, by the way, I had
never met. I saw my brown-faced ac
quaintance and his precious bag being
borne off In a sporty-looking rls. No
one came forward to claim me, how
ever, but at last, as I stood by the
curbing with an expectant eye for a
friendly face, I saw a buggy coming
toward me. It was a low, comfortable
looking vehicle, drawn by a fat, easy
going horse. These points I caught
casually, but my conscious attention
was directed to the girl who drove.
Instantly Wordsworth's "phantom of
delight" sprang' to my mind:
PHer eyes ail stars of twilight fair,
Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair;
But all things else about her drawn
From Maytlme and the cheerful dawn."
She was looking directly at me, and
I dare say I looked as "haunted, start
led and waylaid" as the poet himself
could have wished.
She smiled brightly. "Is this Uncle
Henry?" she asked In a tone that
would have no denial. I would have
pleaded guilty to an Identity more com
premising than any Uncle Henry, with
knr eves challenelne me: and as I am
known by that appclation to some Jolly
youngsters at home, it was quite nat
ural for me to answer, shaking hands
cordially the while, "Of course It Is.
Ndbody else!"
"I thought It must be, you're so
brown," eho laughed, "though you're
lots younger than I expected. Papa
was writing and forgot ail about you
till the last minute, and then he sent
me. You must have thought- yourself
forgotten."
I was too content with the delightful
situation to question how I came to
be called "Uncle Henry" by my host's
daughter. My semi-public character
had accustomed me to many affection
ate abbreviations of my name, "Old
Hen" being one favorite term of en
dearment, and If the Huntsman's club
liked "Uncle" I bad no objections,
though my age did not warrant the
sobriquet. -
"Now tell me about the nealhen,"
she said sociably as we drove along
the elm-shaded street.
Just then the eporty turnout bear
ing my fellow traveller appeared
ahead, coming toward us, hot foot My
pretty companion with a sudden and
effectual use of her whip urged our sur
prised old nag around the first corner,
thus avoiding a face-to-face meeting
with the approaching carriage. My
young friend was evidently timid and
feared a collision; "Rather speedy for
Hillsborough," she said gravely.
Then I began to teil her of my ex
perience with one of the occupants of
the carriage we had avoided. I' must
have told it In my wittiest vein, for
one seemed genuinely amused.
Then shs returned to the subjsct of
the heathen.
"Oh, they compare pretty favorably
with the rest of humanity," I answer
ed. "But to tell the truth I was al
ways more Interested In the manners
and customs of the king of beasts.
Ton can't hunt the heatheri, you know,
unless you belong to the army." I
amlled at her gasp of surprise and pro
ceeded to tell her a little about a Hon
hunt.
We arrived at the house all too soon,
and a studious-looking gentleman,
wearing spectacles, came down the
walk to meet us.
"Your Uncle Henry arrived some
time since," he said to my fair com
panion, who looked aghast. Then be
..'glanced Inquiringly at me. The girl
A Lion Hunt.
By Marion Forsaltl
V J
clasped her pretty hands and besought
me with:
"Aren't you my Uncle Henry I"
I smiled soothingly and said to her
father.
"I fear I have been unwittingly the
cause of a slight mistake. I am Henry
Dearborn, engaged to speak tor me
Huntsman's club this evening."
While I explained as well as I could.
my brown-faced friend of the train ap
peared In the doorway casting suspic
ious looks at me.
If. anireared that the president of the
club bad taken In the first tropicals
lnnklnn traveler that had preseuted
himself, and discovering' his mistake
early had posted back to the station
with him, hoping to find me, but fall
ing in that had taken the genuine
Uncle Henry, a missionary to Africa,
to his relatives.
Mv niece's fad litem) father, who
turned out to be a minister, kindly
drove me to my abiding place, where i
received a warm welcome, though the
wife and daughter of the family ex
changed Indignant and significant
glances when they heard of my ex
perience. After I became engaged to the min
ister's dauehter. which was not long
afterward, she told me the Inside his
tory of our first meeting1.
She had been late In starting for
the train and had met the carriage of
mv entertainer bearing home In tri
umph her Uncle Henry, whom she had
recognized from a picture of him in a
religious paper. Realizing the blunder,
and knowing that the Hon of the
Huntsman's lecture (the expression
was hers, not mine) must have been
1ft hehlnd. she lumned at the idea Of
teasing the president's daughter, who
had manifested some Importance over
the affair, by taking me In exchange
for Uncle Henry. Reviewing the con
versation during our drive I felt that
she had cleverly covered her tracks.
"That waa a clever case of kidnap
ping," said I severely.
"Not at all," she retorted, "It was a
Hon hunt, and I caught the Hon!"
"And I caught" said I, suiting the
action to the word.
"A heathen," she whispered before
speech was effectually cut off. Boston
Post.
Church from old boat.
Home for Sailors on the Pacific Coast
How It Was Fitted Up.
It would be difficult to find a greater
oddity In church architecture than the
Seaman's Bethel, on Rattlesnake Is
land, close to the port of San Pedro,
off the coast of California. It Is the
decayed and weather beaten hulk of
an old ship that used to ply the salt
seas. Becoming unseaworthy It was
beached, made fast with cables and
transformed Into a church.
The Seaman's Bethel Is a mission
church maintained for the benefit of
the sailors that come Into San Pedro
harbor and of the fishermen of Rattle
snake Island. All the machinery and
seagoing fixtures have been removed
from the old hulk and the rooms amid
Bhips that used to open Into the engine
room have been combined Into the
assembly hall.
The after deck has been boarded In
and transformed Into a reading room.
Tables and chairs, with many books,
magazines and newspapers, give the
place a homelike apperance, and here
the sailors of the Seven Seas, with
human derelicts from many lands, con
creeate In the afternoons and evenings
to find out what Is going on In the
great world.
Really the Seaman's Bethel Is a sort
nf institutional church. The after
part of the hold has been fitted up as
a evmnaslum. Here also Is a bowling
nllnv and In another corner are bath
tubs and a water heater. Another part
of the hold Is fitted up with bunks,
where the sailor who finds nimseii
"broke" between voyages Is made wel
come to spend the night or as many
nights as he pleaseB. Kansas City
Star.
North Carolina Peanut Crop.
"There is a shortage In the peanut
cron In North Carolina this year,
said Z. W. Evans of Cisco, that
State. "The shortage Is due to un
favorable weather. There will he
enough peanuta, however, to satisfy
the demand without Increasing the
price or curtailing the package. It Is
unfortunate that there should be a
shortage In the crop, as the market
for the nut Is being constantly widen'
ed. The yield of peanuts In this cbun
try Is abont six million bushels annual'
ly. The value of the crop Is about
$14,0(10,000. Suffolk, Va,, is Its head
quarters; though we have Important
clearing and shipping points In North
Carolina. The vines are used as feed
for horses or cattle, while hogs de
light to root for the nuts which have
not been gathered.
"The raising of peanuts Is year by
year becoming to be a more Important
Industry with our people. A fifty
acre farm devoted entirely to peanuts
Is not uncommon. The seeds of - pea
nuts are planted like beans and when
the vines have come up and the nuts
are ready for harvesting, the farmer
takes a cultivator, made especially for
the purpose, and starts down the long
rows. This cultivator Is armed with
two long knives which sink Into the
ground deep enough to cut the tap
rot of the vine. The vines are then
shocked. Ten days later the nuts are
gathered." Baltimore American.
. A Chinese Takln.
A Chinese takln has been mounted In
the American Museum of Natural His
tory. The animal was caotured In
the mountainous regions of China, and
was presented to the museum by Mas
on Mitchell, former American Con
sul to China. The takln has the char
acteristics of an antelope and a goat
Paternalism
By Mayor George
of New
HERE Is a disposition among us today to forget the sturdy
individualism of the past nnd to think of the state as the
source of all power and ail blessings. This spirit of pater
nalism hus been growing stronger and stronger as the years
have gone by; both parties have felt Its Influence, no one
in the community has been absolutely free from it. The
marvelous economic development of the last half century,
the enormous Increase in population and wealth that haa
' AnlA.. i.lnna In 4 li t a ntt lYt tV hnvA nraspnted new problems
itintru jjioa.q m uua . un w -
for our solution that require wise thought and the greatest care, unleMvwe
are to Imperil the happiness of our country. The tendency of the day being
toward paternalism, government has in good faith undertaken the solution of
problems which a generation ago would have been regarded as the exclusive
work of private enterprise. The complicated conditions of modern civilize
tion, the centralization of population and werlth have made It impossible for
private enterprise to perform certain public functions, and It has been obliga
tory upon government to undertake them.
The difficulty lies not so much In detei mining what government can un
dertake as in determining what goevrnment ought to undertake. There are
those who would nevertheless have us inakcgovernment so paternal as to
carry us up to, If not over the line of state socialism. Some thing govern
ment must do because private enterprise falls In trying to do them, and the
danger conies In drawing the line where government activity shall end and
private endeavor begin. The risk W tnal government win go ir
Internalize every field of endeavor, so that the very spirit of individualism
will be lost.
Tl.. nw.l,M,m.. i.rnn fhol haa Knan BiVl.CnIna thft miintfT haS TOt been
1 HO pii'iiiuilii'ii nave lino uvsu
j t 1 ! .. 1 . !,,.. 4n 41m
sentiment which has expressed Itself in
not been the cause of the sentiment,
forbidding men to drink will not of
making gambling in any form a crime win oi liseu siop neiuus. or iims
with the primary and election laws will of Itself give u honest primaries or
pure elections. No law can be effective that Is not supported by public
opinion, for, after all, law is nothing but the recognition of a publto pinion
that already exists.
f
What Is a
Selections From a Small Dictionary of Quo
tations or Prejudices
Cy Scribendi
II AT Is a gentleman?
W u a scotch-man couu
might be something of
,
j
nui iu swine i,ui c;iiciui iuu ,w jm
Cromwell called Irishmen "the brlblngest men I ever
knew."
tclligenz," and an Englishman has been known to say: "I
have no prejudices,
A Frenchman Is "a person, generally decorated, who Ignores geography.''
A German Is like an oyster, nil st-omach and no heart, which explains
why the nation is so bellicose.
In Austria, said Wimlischgratz,
count."
A gentleman might perhaps be a Spaniard; for Lord Dundonald, when he
captured a 600 ton Spanish man-of-war with his 50 ton brig, told hte fallen
foe "be had fought his ship like a gentleman and a Spaniard."
Sydney Smith in 1827 apologized for passing a night at a banker's couu
try place.
Fielding speaks of "brokers and other thieves of this Kind."
Jeremy Bentham said of lawyers
the corrupt part of human nature."
Sancho Panza declared: "There
grandmother used to say, the Haves
Haves."
Izaak Walton may be the best judge: "I would rather prove myself a
gentleman by being learned and humble, valiant and Inoffensive, virtuous and
communicable, than by nny fond ostentation of riches, or wanting these vlr
tues myself boast that these were In my ancestors."
Certainly the man was not- a gentleman who took out a policy against
fire for Ms wife when she merely wonted an annuity. She was justified in
her dlvoroe.
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3
Power Boat rishing
Great Sport for Those Who Go Down to
the Sea
Ey Louis
OWER boats have
pleasure. Sailing craft are all right if there Is wind
but to lie becalmed, "a painted Bhip upon a painted ocean'
within sight of 'i big school of bluetlsh, is very galling, in
reference to thu location where August soa fishing is best,
there Is no choSce. It Is all good from Key West to tihe St
Lawrence Gulf. It Is always best In the neighborhood of the
mouths of rivers, large or small, or near rocky shores where
seaweed clings and
shores, liko that of the Jersey shore,
ered with beds of shellfish. The north
good as the Connecticut coast opposite.
of Long Island is excellent, being cut up In numerous nays ana lmeia, Begin
nine at Rockaway Point. Jamaica Bay, Great South Bay, and so on to Mon
tauk. Splendid fishing is available from Block l3land to Cape Cod and up to
Boston Harbor, and thence along the M'aine coast as far as the Bay of Cha-
leurs. The season for this region is
but continues on till cold weather nips
essayists
Ly Elds
HE lowest form of art is the essay and the lowest form
of humanity is the essayist. The trouble with the essay
ist Is that he knows too much. He wins his questionable
success by pelting his listeners or his readers with huge
...un .hiinUa tit erudition until they are completely
T
H submerged and unable to do any more than gasp for breath.
In the mind of the essayist the ideal essay is a college
& aflnrntlnn In tabloid form. On the other hand, an cs3ay
must not bo understood to be appreciated. If it Is under
stood, it stands forth, of course, as meaningless as remarks on the liquor
question by a politician who doesn't know whether he Is talking to a oaloon
keeper or a W. C. T. U. lady.'
, If anyone wants to take the pains critically to analyze a really artistic
essay, It will be found that almost every statement made is true, but that
aone of them makes any difference. From Life. .
y
: 1
V. McCletlan
York
. .. v..-i'...o
nhnnrtmAnnl trrnmih nf temDeranCe
legislative form. The statutes have
but, on tne contrary, us uirew reomu
Itself keep them sober any more than
5
Gentleman?
Cacoethes
Clarendon, the historian affirmed:
nave euner cuumse uv irunom. -
a man." Yet Providence owed the
Goethe said: "Per Englander 1st eigentllch ohne In-
but I do hate a German."
"men below the rank of Baron do not
that "their knowledge was confined to
are but two lineages in the world, as my
and the Havenots, and she stuck to the
' t
Rhead
converted sea fishing Into unalloyed
shellfish may be found. Even sandy
are good where the sea bottom is coV'
shore of Long Island is not- nearly so
On the other hand, the south coast
not confined to the month of Aagust,
the fingers.
O Jones
Mrs. Orover Cleveland.
!Dea though forty-flve year old,
Mrs. Cleveland "till retains her girl
ish looks. She la a great walker.
Every summer she takes a number of
two or three-day tramps over the
mountains, and she enjoys particular,
ly camping out for the night on the
top of a mountain. Her nature buoy
ant, sunny and kindly, was, of course,
God given; but her wonderful experi
ences, whloh would have turned the
head of many brilliant women, hav
only added to her grace and humllit'
Respected and admired by a whole
country, and loved by a devoted fam
ily and a wide circle of friends, she
is what "the first lady of the land,'"
Should be on Ideal for the typical
American woman. American Maga
zlne.
THEIR SKIN TROUBLES CURED.
Two Little Girls IlnU Kczerna Very
Uudly In One Case Child's Hair
Came Out and Ijeft Bare Patches
Cutit'ura Met with Success.
"I have two little girls who hae been
troubled very badly Willi eczema. One of
them had it on her lower limbs. I did
everything that I could hear of for her, hut
it did not give in until warm weather, when
it seemingly subsided. The next winter
when it beeanie cold the eczema started
gain and also in her head, where it would
take the hair out nnd leave bare patches
At the same time her arms were sore thf
whole length of them. I took her to
physician, but the child grew worse all thi
time. Her sister's arms were also affected.
I began using the Cuticura Remedies, and
by the time the second lot was used theii
skin was soft and smooth. Mrs. Charles
Baker, Albion, Me., Sept. 21, 19H8."
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Sole Props
of Cuticura Remedies, Boston, Man.
41
An Apocryphal Conversation.
"Peary Is getting more credit than
he had at first," observed the critic
"Yes," answered Dr. Cook, "but 1'rr
getting more "cash." Cleveland Lead
er.
The next time ynn feel thst swalhwing
sensation, the sure sign of sore throat,
gargle Hamlins Wisnrd Oil immediately
with three parts water. It will save yon
days and perhaps week of misery.
Autumn's Color Drama.
The man who is too busy or too
careless of the beauties of nature to
wander off into the autumn wood
lands, or that man who cannot ap
preciate the truths and the lessons
that lie beneath the molding leaves
and twigs and In the colors of the
foliage, Is Indeed unable to share one
of the greatest pleasures which the
changing year holds for the human
mind. The woods this fall are more
beautiful than usual. The trees have
put on their beauty garb of gold,
crimson and russet earlier than Is
their wont, and in the heart of the
sylvan solitude Is such a riot of color
and beauty now as never can be seen
save in the workshop of nature.
Women as a rule do not need to
have their attention called to these
things; they recognize them Instinc
tlvely. But too often men, If they
can appreciate natural beauty and
not all can are ashamed of the fact,
strange to say. The Sunday walk
that does not lead to the woods these
cool, bracing days, however, spurns
the greatest show that can be set be
fore man's eyes. Baltimore Star.
That Medical Mystery.
Pellagra, that so called medical
mystery which has puzzled Southern
physicians, Is simplified by the paper
from Dr. F. M. Sandwlth of London
read yesterday at the International
Pellagra Conference at Columbus, S.
C. The British professor, who has
made an exhaustive study of the dis
ease which has recently so alarmed
the south, confirms the opinion of
American practitioners that it is
caused by eating musty or moldy
maize. That, too. has been the view
In Italy and other South European
countries where pellagra has been
prevalent for years. But Dr. Sand
w4th adds that the ;hookworm. Dor
the eradication of which Mr. Rocke
feller has given a million, Is a com
plement of pellagra and that they are
usually found together. In that case
the Rockefeller donation will perhaps
serve a double purpose.
Great Britain has 500,000 horses
available for the purposes of warfare.
Silence!
The Instinct of modesty natural to every woman u often a
great hindrance to the cure of womanly disease. Women
shrink from the personal questions of the local physician
which seem indelicate. The thought of examination is ab
horrent to them, and so they endure in silence a condition
of disease which surely progresse from bad to worse.
It baa been Dr. Pierce's privllcie to care a
reat many women vrho bava found m retain
tor modesty In his offer of FREE consulta
tion by letter. 2111 correspondence la held
as sacredly confidential, address Dr. B. V.
pierce, Buffalo, X. Y.
Dr. Pierce' Favorite Prescription restores and regulates
the womanly functions, abolishc pain end builds up and
puts the finishing touch of health on every weak woman
who gives it a fair trial.
Jt Makes Weak Women Strong,
Sick Women Well.
Yoa can't afford to accept a secret nostrum as a substitute
for thi non-alcoholio medicine op known composition.
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Whiskered Jurors.
An Illinois judge, whose name we
will not give, made a recent address
before the Illinois State Attorneys'
Association, In which he told of the
tricks of lawyers to win cases. Speak
ing of the prejudices of jurors and of
judges he said: "Whiskers play a
great part In lawsuits. At present tne
prejudice in Chicago Is against jurors
with whiskers. It formerly was the
other way. I know a Judge who
thought he was without prejudice and
thought only men with long whiskers
made good jurors. The prejudice now
Is the other way and attorneys here
generally reject men with long whisk
ers." It Is fortunate that this pre
judice Is not widely prevalent, for If
it were there could hardly fail to be
a sudden change in men's fashions
which would banish the smooth
shaven and moustached from Ameri
can police society. Green. Bag.
Moderation.
Drinking is a habit that grows,
an occasional smile, but ho shouldn't
allow it to develop Into a perpetual
It's all right fur man to Indulge in
grin. Illustrated Mall.
A dentist surgeon expresses the
opinion In the Dundes Advertiser tnat
the chief cause of the Increase of
dental troubles In recent years Is that
the bread now generally used Is made
from roller-ground flour.
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