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I n n n n :: n n n n u n u n u Bf... HOWARD FIELDING n THE & & & :: DELUSION JOHN IRWIN n I, r « COPYRIGHT, 1902, it tt tt tt it ii A t * 4 f ♦ BY CHARLES tt tt tt W. « :: « « HOOKE n n n tt story tn a few «lays, and It’s luy last hurdle. The en«i of all uiy troubles is near.” As lie spoke be gave a ha ml to Moran, who of all of us was certainly best able to appreciate his feeling. Poor John! The end of all Ids troubles was nearer than In* supposed. "We lire all extremely gratified by this favorable termination of our la- liors,” said Bellows. "We have done our poor best and have saved a fellow creature. You regard him as saved, do you not. Dr. Hockey?” "He's as sane as 1 am,” replied the distinguished specialist, “The record of this Institution,' lie added, turning to nn*. "is really wonderful, You ought to look iuto It.” And lie favored me with a few sta- tlstics. .Meanwhile Irwin was dress- lug, asaisted by Moran. "By the way,” said Bellows, “now that you’re well again, Mr. Irwin, I suppos«* you won't need the $13. It was like stage money unyway. 1 fancy that green [Hiper would have done as «veil.” "All that was needed,” said Dr. Rock- Au CULTIVATE IT TO THE EXTREME LIMIT OF YOUR ABILITY. II 1« lite 8olil«.»l. Xlost Mani) lio.l at lile Saoi— 'riuie Xlust Wmiimil, ul «tualltle.—ì'Iie l(.-ul llasla «»( K«lu- «'II li oli unii Hueeeaa, Teachers and parents are asked to consider the statement that a scuse of duty is the foundation of real educa tion and tin* basis of sue«-« ss. Wliat- ever lias been achieved of real Impor- tanee ill tlu* worhl lias bis-n bas«*d up on a sense of duly. Religion itself is founded upon duty, ami its main teach ings deal with questions of duty tlu* duty of men and women toward each other ami toward their Creator. Children's minds will he strength- rm-d. tlieir work nuid«* e:is|«-r and tlieir nmbiti< hi stimulated if they can lu* made to feel toward duty that it is not repulsive, but that It offers an op portunity tor achievement, an oppor tunity for every individual to prove bls worth and tliat lu* deserves to succeed. If duty van be strongly develop«*d in the mind of a voting child, tin* effect will remain tlirouzli life and make that child's existence useful. Parents should Impress upon their children and young people should Im- pr«*ss ii|Kin themselves tlu* tact that a sense of duty is tlu- noblest, most mnn ly and at the same time most woman ly of qualities. The average small hoy thinks that then* is something "soft" about n duti ful boy. He should in* taught that wliat made Washington it tighter and Lincoln gi*':it among his fellows was nothing else than a sense of duty to their country. What makes a fireman brave is a sense of duty. A sens«* of duty is at tin* foundation of every effort made to provide for ehihlreu, to meet tlie obli gations of lire honestly. Tlu* German philosopher Fichte, ns admirable n moral character as the world has known, exemplifies as per fectly ns atty tlu* beauty of a life In spired by a sense of duty, and it is a thdh nun fell to the floor. singular delusion Hint hold all Hie mind life which may lie well studied by captive. Mr. Moran's experiment was those engaged in shaping tlu* charac very shrewd. 1 bad been about to sug ter of l lu* ««ting T1U* ver.) Keynote of Ills philosophical gest it myself.” Irwin wns Just tucking away tlie $13 system v,as based on duty. "I'lisero in ids waistcoat po< ket. Behind John's Welt ist das versiniilichte Material Utl- back Moran was making frantic signs Merer Ptllcht," said lie. This idea that our world is lint the to Bellows, who did not comprehend inaterlal Incarnation of our duty he tliem. "1 always pay a debt when 1 have taught, and. wluit Is more, In* practiced wliat lie preached. the money,” said Irwin. "Sometimes 1 (ine preacher who practices Ids luive thought myself hasty, while oth ers. probably, have cussed my slow preachings thoroughly is worth many ness. It hampers one to be absolutely of tlie other kind, no matter how elo penniless an.l by the limitation of ids quent the Olliers. And Fichte pine tlced ills beliefs. When lie was poor earnings postpones liis day of freedom land a young tutor, lie set a good ex from all debt. However. I have $16 in the safe. Let me see seven and seven ample to every teacher. As a tutor he made his living, but lie knew tliat bls and seven—Harney, old man, my head duty to tlie child intrusted to him was hurts. Hold me!” tlu* principal tiling. He knew also Ills face, that laid been pale, had Unit every child is rtiail.) lormed in suddenly reddened to a degree that I character anil morals hv tlie inthtence was painful to witness, lie turned of its parents. half round and fell iuto Moran’s arms. Fichte kept a Journal devoted to the So weakened was the artist by fear of attitude of ills employers toward tlieir wliat he saw impending Hint lie could child his pupil. Every week lie told not sustain tlie shock. Both men fell 1 them tlu* mistakes tluy had made aud to the floor, with Irwin's bend upon held them accountable lor sptiiling tin* i the artist's knee.' child through flattery, loo mneli kind “This is a most singular development ness. ill Judged judged severity or ill what of the case,” said Dr. Rockey, stooping ever way. Strange to say, the parents I over Irwin. “The mnn is dead!” actually pm iif> with this for two Moran, wlio hud been so weak a mo whole years, so great was tlieir ad ment before, suddenly lifted tlie body miration for the youtik tutor's moral without apparent effort and laid it up character. on the bed. Then lie turned to me and Duty well ingrained in the soul will addressed me In a voice that was much keep a man on tlie right path.ln easy like Irwin’s when the strange delusion times and In littrd times, Fichte is had been upon him. quoted lidre because no man better “For $13,” he said, “I could have tlinn he proves tlie power of a sense I bought the brightest man I ever met, of duty. In small things duty guided and 1 didn't have the money!” Idm, ami it guided him at tlie end. He was just pa t the half century of The Ol«l I.ml.* mid (hi* In«*iil>iit<>r. his age and had been gloriously suc All old Indy visiting an exhibition cessful. He bad been called to the went to see some incubators which chair of philosophy at Berlin, and no were on show mid, complaining of tlie teacher of truth had ever been more expense of keepiilg fowls, s.-iid tliat if loved or more admired. On a certain tliey were cheaper she would liny an day he was to lecture, and he had < ho egg hatching mudline. After she had sen "Duty” for liis subject. Ilis coun asked various questions the gentleman try was ut war and threateni'd with in attendants* proceed«*.! to show her Invasion and absolute annihilation of the drawers in which were deposited her liberties. tlie eggs In different stages. On these Fichte, wlio had talked much of the the old lady looked In astonishment. little duties of life, talked on this day "Wliat!” she exclaimed indignantly. of man's duty to his country. Tin* "Do you use eggs?” "Certainly,” was sound of drums calling for conscripts the attendant's astonished answer. frequently Interrupted his lecture. He “Well," said she, “I consider it a per told the listening young mnn that eaeli fect swindle to pick the pockets of man's duty Is to lend Ills individual holiest, hardworking folks by selling strength and life to bis country In them those frauds! Why, anybody can time of danger. It was a marvelous hatch chickens with eggs! I can do It address, and It ended well. myself!”— London Globe. For at the close he said to his great crowd of adniiriug students: "This Mnrrrlou, Medicine. course of lectures will lie suspended A patent medicine vender in a coun until the end of the campaign. We try village was dilating to a crowd shall resume tin til in a free country or upon the wonderful efficiency of bls die In tlie attempt to recover her free I iron bitters. dotn.” “Why,” said lie, “Steve Jenkins hud I Fichte left his lecture platform toen only taken the bitters one week when list as a simple soldier, and, needless lie wits shoved Into the prison for mur to say. Ills students followed his exam der, and what does Steve do but open ple in crowds. That was at tin* be a vein in Ills arm and take iron enough ginning of the campaign of 1813. but out of his blood to make a crowbar, the example Is good enough to last nn with which lie piled tin* doors open i til now and for many hundred years and let himself out. Fact!” to come. A year later, aged fifty two. In* died. Hi* caught the fever while Lucky. caring for those afflicted, tinning others “No use o’ talkin’,” said Mr. Ernstus for Ids own wifi*, who had gone witli Plnkley, “dat brother o’ mine is a the army ar nurse. mighty lucky man. lie nlltis has mon Make duty a strong part of your ey.” child's or .our pupil’s moral educa "But you must remember that he is tion. A sense of duty impels men to much more Industrious than you are. struggle on and do their best even in lie isn’t nt all afraid of work.” the face of failure, a sens«* of duty im "lint's Jes’ de [stint. II«' were lucky pels the successful tnan to good In bein’ born Industrious.”—Washing use of Ills success. The hideous, emp ton Star. ty. seltlsh Ilves of tlie self indulgent class are based upon utter lack of tli ID n Eurly PromiMC. sense f duty. In the education of “Does my boy,” Inquired tin* parent, child moral teachings should corn« “seem to have a natural bent in any first; In a child’s mental equlpmet one direction?” moral qualities should be first consi “Yes, sir,” sakl the teacher; “lie gives ered. By example, precept, nrgnme every Indication of being a captain «.'f mid through history Impress upon yo Industry some day. He gets the olle I* children tin* fact that without a sen bt»ys to do all Ids work for Idm.” Uhl of duty they are unworthy of tin* o| <*agw Tribune. portunities that life offers to men 111 this world. New York Journal. This was our final decision. But clr- o’clock.” said 1. “Come over with us. cumstances Intervened. While* uptown Yon can work Bellows for the car lit the latter part of the afternoon, get fare.” ting facts for a religious special, 1 ran The artist was waltlng for us at the across Theoilore Bellows, who Is begin brldgt* entrance next morning, and we ning to be <|uite well known as a phi all rode out together. On the way Mr. lanthropist. Bellows was In Yah* when Bellows confided to us the Information Irwin was there, and I thought he that he was considering a new move In might be Interested In the ease. I tlie case. It luip|M*ned that Dr. Ru therefore described to alm tlie singular dolph Ehrlich of Berlin, probably the hallucination that had taken posses greatest living authority on brain dis sion of John's mind. eases, was In America at that time, "Wlmt he needs.” said Bellows, “Is a ami It hud occurred to Mr. Bellows to J-^^ftrst rate specialist. Bland Is a good bring him from Boston, where he had man- an excellent mnn in general prac been attending a scientific convention. tice—but In these advanced days ami Of course the expense would be consid when dealing with obscure mental phe erable, though not beyond the means nomena a specialist is absolutely essen of the wealthy philanthropist. He bad tial. We will engage Dr. Wilton decided to take the step If Dr. Hockey Hockey.” saw no objection. "Mother of Moses!” said I. "Roekey \Ve found Irwin In bed In a neat and charges $1,000 a minute. If poor Irwin airy room, tossing about like a man in cemes out of his madness to tlnd a bill a strychnine convulsion. He had b«*en from Roekey waiting for him, he will kept In tied most of the time, but had go back into it again as a mere meas slept very little. Even In sleep the ure of relief.” same strange delusion haunted him, so “I will defray the charges," replied that he never woke refreshed. Often Bellows. “He will be more moderate in tlie night the nurse would tind him with me, as I am able to be of service sitting upright against the headboard, to Idm in various ways. You need not ns If the unseen enemy had thrust him mention that, however, in case you back with a hand upon 1 is throat, aud should write this up for your paper.” struggling with his uutelllgible prob 1 was greatly pleased to know tliat lems of ligures. Irwin would have the care of such a Moran, who, as an Irishman ami an man us R<s-key. Dr. Bland also ex artist, has double cause to lie emo pressed satisfaction when 1 mentioned tional, shed tears at the sight of his the matter to him upon returning friend. home. "Dear old fellow!” he cried, grasping “We can’t have too much advice in both the patieut’s restless bauds aud this case,” he said. “It is extremely holding them true and steady, as he unusual. John has been crazy as a leaued forward across the bed. “Isn’t tiddler’s elbow all day long. Hear there something-anything- that I can him?” do for you?” “In heaven’s name,” moaned Irwin, John seemed to have a faint recogni “I must, I must, I must have some tion of tlie man and to feel the better money.” tor Ills presence. Dr. Hockey came in about 8 o’clock “How much do I owe Mrs. Rear- with Bellows. John had been quieter don?” he asked In a vague, wandering for the last hour, and Bland had ex way. “It must be seven and seven pressed Ills fear that Hockey would not and seven and seven and—yet witli Bee him under the most favorable cir fifteen more—two sevens are fourteen cumstances, but Just before tlie emi and one for me—you can get a sand- nent specialist arrived John began to wich and a cup of coffee for 5 cents add bls sevens and fours and ones at Dollbins'. Of course it Isn’t coffee, louder than ever. but a fellow can work on it. and the The great physician looked pleased. sandwich is a foundation for a smoke I am told that lie always assumes that even If nobody can digest it. But what’s the use? I can’t get through. The Gravesend story would have paid the last of my brother's debts. If— If if! Seven and seven are fourteen. I must, I must have some money!” "His conversation Is somewhat more rational this morning,” remarked Dr. Roekey, “more connected, as you see. Yet the fixed Idea—the fixed idea”— “In the name of heaven!” cried Ir win, starting back against the brass and Iron heading of the bed. "I must have some money!” "Why, gentlemen.” said Moran, turn ing to us, "lie says lie needs money.” “Not an uncommon delusion,” said Dr. Hockey, smlliug. “I never saw It before,” replied the artist. “I have met those whose need was not what they declared. The un deserving beggar on the street, the habitual borrower who does not pay, will add a lie to bolster up tlieir pleas. Yet all speak truth In this—they do ac tually want the money and would bo the happier for it. Even the fellow fi fth the thermmniter gllfkhi'j out of his who will spend what you give him for mouth, he continued puciny the floor. drink feels a real craving tliat you and expression when a case presents un I may not understand or sympathize usual features. He proceeded to put with. But It’s real, for he proves It by John through the tests for paresis, par denying himself food and shelter. As anoia, dipsomania and other forms of for John here, It’s obvious what lie demoniacal possession, and all the time wants. He wants tlie means to live poor Irwin was calling for money at till lie can finish his story.” “He had $16 In his pocket when he the top of Ills voice. "Wliat he needs,” said Dr. Hockey, was taken with this delusion,” said I. "Ami cau’t you see what lie was try “Is regular, systematic hospital treat ment. We ought to have him in our ing to <lo with It?” said Moran. "Hear sanitarium at Flatbush tomorrow him add. He Is trying to add up $28 morning. As to the precise nature of j of petty obligations In such a way that his malady, I should not care to speak the total won’t be more than $16. I’ve at this time. The only• pronounced | played that game, and the devil Invent symptom Is tills delusion of the need of ed it. A man with a conscience can go money, but that might appear in many . crazy at it without any trouble at all.” forms of insanity. Do you concur, Dr. ' “You do not fancy that money would do him any good?” queried Bellows. Bland?” “Fancy! I know It!” retorted Moran. Dr. Bland concurred, and thus It hap pened that he and Irwin, with Mr. Bel "He says so himself, and I believe him. lows and myself, rode over to Flatbush Where’s his $16?” "In the safe down stairs," said Dr. next morning in a hired carriage which cost the philanthropist $16. I presume Roekey. his own equipage must have been busy j "John,” said Moran, speaking very distinctly, “you’ve got $16 In the safe elsewhere. Irwin behaved very well except for down stairs that you can have any his unending additions, punctuated time you want it, and Mr. Bellows Is with the same old cry, "1 must, I must going to lend you $13 more. Here it Is.” have some money!” As he spoke he took the amount During the next three weeks I was a regular visitor to the sanitarium, where which Mr. Bellows had counted out John's ease excited the greatest Inter ami gave It to John. “That's $2!»,” muttered Irwin. "Sev- est. Neither care nor expense was spared, and yet there was not the tn and seven are fourteen and four are slightest change In the patient's condi eighteen and four are twenty-two and three are twenty-seven and one for tlie tion. I was returning disheartened from washerwoman. Why—why, that leaves one of these visits when nt tin* New c-ne! It can’t be so. Frank, give me a York end of the big bridge I wns ac piece of paper.” I handed him an envelope and a pen costed by a bronzed ami weather beat en man who had to tell me three times cil, and lie made figures with surpris that he was Burney Moran before 1 ing rapidity. Suddenly be looked up witli a smile that was beautiful to see. Would believe him. "Boys,” said he, "I'm out of the hole. "1 thought you were In I’orto Rico I'll take a bit of a nap and then go to drawing pictures for The Globe,"said I. work. It's all right, all right at last, "The Globe sent me down there,” re tliiink God.” plied the artist, “and then wired me He slept until 7 o'clock that evening, that the hurricane was exciting little tli«! first healthy and natural sleep that Interest In America, and so I'd better he hail had since he came to the sani come home. I wired back for money tarium, to say nothing of the months to buy a return ticket and didn't get It, and years preceillng. Moran sat beside so I worked my way up In the stoke- Ills bed all the time. I had to go back hold of a steamer. I tell you. Prank, to the city, but I got away from work there’s destitution In I’orto Rico, but In season to be present when John not nearly so much ns when I was Versatile. awoke. there. I lived on the bark of trees and Mr«. BJoties Your husband, I hear, wore Dr. Hockey anil Mr. Bellows a hatful of rainwater for three days. also In the room when the patient Is quite versatile. However, they fed me well on the opened Ills eyes. He seemed refreshed, Mrs. Brown-Smythe Versatile ¡9 DO steamer, only I was so blamed seasick and bls expression had changed rad mime for It. Why, he can actually that I couldn’t eat anything. But ically. He looked perfectly sane, and stay out late every night in the Week never mind my troubles. Whnt's tl.’s when he spoke it was quite with sense I mid not give the same excuse twice.— I hear about John Irwin?” i.nd precision. Singularly enough, ho Philadelphia RPeord. I related the facts. tin 1 a fairly accurate memory of what A Donhle Impediment, “I'd go over and see him this min had occurred except regarding time. A little Tioga boy wns Introduced by ute,” said Barney, "if I had the car He fnncled that he had been In the fare, but I haven’t. I’ll raise a dollar sanitarium only a day. lie remember bls father to a lame mnn. who also has somehow between now and tomorrow ed the loan made by Bellows and ex au Impediment In his speech. ".Say, pop,” whispered the boy, "that man forenoon, and If there’s anything I can pressed the proper gratitude. do for John”— "I feel like going to work at once,” I stutters at both ends, doesn't he?"— “Bellows aud I are going over at 10 he said. ”1 cun ttnlsh my Gravesend Philadelphia Record. DOWN IN A SALT MINE. YOUK SENSE OF 01 T\ I,ennl Point*. "So bo got out an Injunction against your company,” we say pityingly "Why didn’t you forestall him by get ting nn injunction to prevent the Issu ance of bis injunction?” "I couldn't. You see, lie was slick Blough Io get out mt In Junction against tny getting out nn Injunction ngnlnat Ids Injunction!”—Baltimore Herald. Uc.-a.loa "*l‘“ Ouo’n Must Hr Net Aside. Ulault, It is only the ,’*et among travelers w ho tind their way to Berebtesgad« u. In Bavaria, not far from Salz burg. writes a correspondent of Hie London Taller. If you drive in a car riage from thence by mud, you are stopped midway at a customs house and liml y urself leaving Austrian ter ritory for Bavarian. Berchtesgaden is beautifully Situated. and It Ims two noteworthy nttraetious, one of them the Konigsee, thought bj many the most beautiful lake in tlie world, and the other the salt mine- A visit to the salt mines gives om* an exciting hour. Many tourists take tickets at the top, but many of the fail sex are deterred from using them when they see tlie costume Unit is rendereil eNs«*ntial to till* visit. In oilier words, they have to abandon skirts ami adopt a special "rig out." Om* mai frequently observe that lailies. torn between w lint they consider modest.) and curiosity, go two or three limes to tlie mines before they screw up tlieir courage sufficiently to dou the attire ami pay tlie visit. The necessity lor women to abandon tin* usual garment atises from the fact that a portion of tin* mine can only lie visiti'd through tli«' medium of a kind of slid«*. This slide is, however, tin* best thing In the whole visit. It is a great di'.il latter than tobogganing, ami, as one is in the «lark ami with only a i iitullo fastened to one’s dress, it is not a little exciting. Tlie strangest Incident in tlie trip is that of the illumination of wliat is calk'd "tin* suit lake." You are rowed across this lake in almost absolute darkness, the illumination being pro vided by a number of miners’ lamps round tlie lake, mid the journey lias a very cmisiderahle weirdness. Tin* next best experience in tlie trip is tin* final ride into daylight on tin* trucks. This is a Jourm'.i through absolute darkness for a very considerable way until tinal- Iv on.' sei's a little gleam of light in tin* distance. Aitogelher. as 1 have said, between the toboggan slide, the car ride mid t lit» boat Journey iicross tlie salt lake the visitor to the Here li tesgiidcn suit mine has plenty for his money. But. curiously enough, he sees very little salt. At any rate, the pre- pitr.il salt that one us«*son one's break fast lalile is not at all in evidence. \ WnrnliiK From the Child. BLAkt. papers The number of pieces of matter of all MOFFITI XX ItAPI'IM. ... 1 kiuds mailed iiK-reased from . aid . imai In & TOWNE CARO STOCK IT'. hi tu 7,424.3» 1.32W in ItMll. ...Sti'u»und Kinder»' Buard,,. Tlie first year's Issu«* of postal cards, a3-ST-m>-UI First street 1873, nilUlliered 31.<»I*L im * o . while in Tal. Mala HM*. 41 SAN FRANCISCO. ltMll lk'.ll,til4.8OD Were issUeti. In 1865 money orders to the amount of $1.360,122 wen* issued, while in 1001 the total amounted to $274.546,067. In 1853, the year in which stamped envelopes were first issued, 5,000,000 were uued, whil<* In lliol tin* total was 772,830,00". Tin* registry system was started in 1855, ami 111 that year tlu* registered pi«-«-«*s numbered ti2li..'tL’2. In H hh tln*y Bright h DI hcuhc tinti Dlubetcu numt.**risl 2O.814.faU. Arc Positively Curable. l-'roni .Inm* 30, 1817, to June 30, 1851, I.LiKt.'Jixi posing«* stumps were Issued, while in tlie single year 1!M»1 4,329,- People either cured or recovering from the 273.6!*'. stamps w«-r«* llsell Io (he (»eo- ai»ove dtReuNCN ate in every ward In thisutty. Mm (’ Mathew sou, proprietor of tbet’Uftuo pie of the l'uit<‘il States. In 1780 ihere were only sev enty-tlve Hotel, 60« Powell street, i.s ouu of Iht.'iu, aud post«>tti«-e* establishe.l, tin ■ length of uiukt h thia Ntatrnn-ut: 502 Powell St.. S hr Francfitco, Nov. 21, 190' tin- post routes lieing 2.27.' *> miles and For two year« 1 »utTi-red greatly from iilfil>«*fr» the gross revenue of tin* department F lually I had to go to one of the hoaphn 8, going co iieillg Olllv $7.51<i. Tlie exp«‘liditur«*s our of thlaelty*» very l>mt Thrre pbyah lana there were $7,56*1. eonflriiird my chm * hk dlalirtrN. and put me under I acre were in l!*U 76,504 postotlii-es treatment and atriet dirt «irttlng no relief, I went in operntion. 51i.sos miles of post home I got. atrndliy worw* and went to another routes, 4(W, 116.O5U miles of mull serv- well known city hoHpital. The phyBlclann there Hlao »aid dlnbetm nn<l stated that tliry could prolong my i«-«* perform<*d. I lie gross revenues of life. Init that I could never l»e well. I left the hoa tli<* «lepartmetit were .8111.631.11*3, the pital after a few iiioniliN completely broken down. the expenditures $115."3'.i,6o7. penrntage of sugar lieing II per cent. It waa at Two Hospitals Said Diabetes. Dexterity In IliindliiiK M m ri«»nettea. “Tlie ingenuity of some of the han dlers of marionettes. said a show- man. "is incredlbh'. I know a ipan w ho conducts ii marionette tlieuter wherein an orchestra of eight pieces plays under marionette nui rionette leadership while in the boxes a dozen marionette spectators laugh and applaud and on the stage a marionette drama briskly enacts itself. The conductor of till this stands exposed vo the waist at tile back of the stage, and apparently he is motionless, though really each linger of both hands and tin1 majority of (lie toes of both feet are working with nil exam pled rapidity, for each marion ette is coti'iected by a string witli a toe or a finger of the op rator, ami this string sometimes has as many ns ten or lifteeli branches, Joined to tlie man Ikln’s fllee, body. arms, legs, etc., so that It may dance, smile, wave Its arms and do a number of other lifelike tilings. One of these figures, indeed, is eonneeted bv thirty two strings to the operator. It Is bew llderitig to think SOME WRITERS. of the number of strings there must be altogether, ami really It Is impossible Bret Hurt«* was a good deni of a re- to conceive of the dexterity and the cluse, ill tlint r.'spect resembling IIuxv- thought required In the artistic uianlp thorne more thiin any other mnn of utatlon of a band of marionettes, 1'iai letters. adelpbla Record. Baxter, it is said, kept the manu r-cript of tin* "Saint's Everlasting Rest" Tri«*kN <»f Pli> n I v I iiiin . in his linnds for thirteen years, revis “Tlie best thing a physlchiii or stir ing nisi «-ondeiising. geon can <lo is to go off tiluiut six Cooper is said to have written "The months every two or tliret* years ami Spy" in le-?, tlian six months. Most of give patients a chance to miss him his slorii* were founded on legends anti then cum«» back ami resume prac well known in his ueigliliorliood. tie«». They will ffock back to him In Longfellow turned out about one swarms, provided, of course, he has volume of poems a year fol* many establish«*«! a reputation and galn<*d years. Nearly four years were required their complete contidcncc.” So says a for his translation of "Dante.” hading ami eminently successful sur Tin* lirst volume of poems by Alfred gt‘on. Tennyson came nllt when he was twen Iler«» is a physician living in a city ty-four. lie was forty-one when "In of r»t».oiMi inhabitants, with a practie«* Memoriaiu” came from the press. of a year, of which he collects Thomas Moore often wrote a short $12.no(i. “’I’he most successful pracii poem almost impromptu. He consumed tinners in my town,” he says, “arc two over two years In reading and prepar young men who spent a year each in ing material for "Lalla Rookh" and \ ienna and Paris, apparently studying Iwo years more in writing that iniuii- the latest met hods and cures. All that tliey know they learned right in New table piK'in. York, but tin* mere fact of their having taken a course or two in Europe, or One Brlrk Short. lilchiil'd M. Hunt, the architect, used having pretended to, lias given them to relate that in ills younger days, a vogue which no one who lias never while supervising tlie erection of n been abroad can appr«*<*late. A for brick building, a recent arrival from eign reputation Is worth $io.ooo a y«*ar Cork applied for a Jolt and was em to a five thousand dollar doctor.” De ployed us i lioiji-nrrier after being in troit Free Press. structed Unit he must always carry tip fourteen bricks in ills hod. One morn Kiiswlnns Take X«-r, Little ICierelse What exercise Russians take Is usti ing the supply of bricks rim out, ami, do his best, tin* new man could tind ally more of a gentle promenade than but thirteen to put In his hod. In an anything else. They will stroll up swer to a loud yell from tin* street one and down the principal street In the of the masons on tin* sixth story town or in some small public stillare or garden for hours quite contentedly. shrieked down: Thus, in spite of the imitine opporta "What do you want?” “T’row me down wan brick,” said nlty for skating which their long win I’at, pointing to ills hod, "to make ine ter gives them. It is rare to find any Russian w ho can skate wi ll. If you do number good!”—New York Times. timi two or three good skaters, you will probably learn on Inquiry that A Slor.v or lleiir, ( In, Henn. A good story Is related of Henry they are Englishmen or German«. I Clay Dean, tlie famous orator of a was. however, surprised to find most generation or so ago. Mr. Dean was of tin* Englishmen who tire In the genetally referred to as "Henry Clay country on duly (as 1 was, for the pur- Dean of Iowa" even long after lie laid |s»so of learning Hie language! any established a home in Missouri. He thing but pleased or contented with explained his change of habitation in tin* life they ari' obliged to lead.— tills wav: "You see, they passed a ne < 'oruhill Magazine. farious prohibition law In Iowa, and A Mediaeval Meicaphone. there’s your whisky gone. Then they A curiosity of great antiquity la still abolished capital punishment, and there's your hanging gone, and now to be seen within St. Andrew's church I be nt Wllloughton, near Galnsltorougb, tlie whole |Hipulation seems to I drifting toward Universalism, and says mi English magazine. This is a there’s your hades gone, I can't live quaint speaking trumpet with an ob in a state that has neither hades, scure curly history, dating back to tlie times of tin* Kniglits Templars. In hanging nor whisky.”—Argonaut. slnipe it resembles a French horn and is more tlinn the fi*et long, having a Bad tinnii Made Hint Money. When Lord Curzon was nt oxford, bell at the end of the graduated tube. lie wrote an abominable hand. < me It was formerly «lx feet in length, but day lie penned two letters, one of them is now telesi-ojied at tin* joints, where to n relative and one to a ehum with tlie metal Ims appar<*ntly decayed. wlmm lie always discussed the faults Tradition declares it was formerly of tlieir respective relations, and ac sounded from tlie tower to summon cidentally put these letters into the aid in case of need, as, w lien blown wrong envelopes, lie was about to' at a height, the weird, deep notes the write a profound apology to Ids rela-I trumpet pnaluced could lie heard a five when Im welvcd the following great distance away iti bygone days. note from him: "Can’t read a word of i It is belk'ved that this curious instru your four pages, but guess you want ' ment has often been us«*d to cull to some money, you young rascal.” In gether the villagers, thus dispensing dus. d w ns a Bank of England note for witli tli«' Usual bell, mid to give addi tional powei and strengtli to the choir, a good amount. being then probably used by the chief Too ( Miltl«t 11», singer, as tlie trumpet Intensities vocal "1 have the greatest confidence in sound to a marked degree. I it*. Slocum ns a pliyslclan,” Haiti one I nretnrnr.l, of tin* doctor's patients. “He never gives an opinion till he has waited and Mrs. Meekins Wliat a nice Indy Mrs. weighed a ease and looked ut it from Selden is! every side." Mrs. Pratt Is she? I never met her. "I’m m!” said the skeptical friend. Mrs. Meekltut- Perfect! I told her "That's nil right if you don't carry It today 1 was ashamed of myself be too far. There have been times, you cause I never bad returned her call, know, when lie's been ho cautloua that mid she said, very politely, you know, Ids diagnosis lias come near getting that I needn't worry myself; that I mixed up witli the postmortem.” — could keep It ns long ns I pleased — Youth's Companion. Boston Transcript. A three year old little girl wns taught to close her evening prayer during the tenqsirary absence of her father with “ami please watch over my papa.” It soundml very sweet, but the mother's amusement may be Imagined when «lie He Told Iler. Teacher Johnny Stokes, how many added, "Ami ,\qii better keep an eye on Iminimn too.”- Exchange. make a million? Johnny Very few on dis earth, mum. J POSTAL STATISTICS. this juncture | heard <»f the F ulton Compound and sent for It. I hr h > ennd and third weeks I began to •»rep uninterruptedly, and found that the awful thirst I had suffered with fur over two years had left me. I am now an entirely dlffereut person, though still taking It to fnaure |>ei miineney. 1 hate ecommended It to a number ali getting favorable result* one was a warm friend and another Is a Berkeley attorney who bud Bright’* Dlaraar and Is now perfectly restored. I dislike publicity, but feel that t I i I n thing ought to be known. M rs . C. C M attukw m . on . Medical works agree that bright's Ills»»,« Mid Diabetes are Incurable, but H? perceut. ate positively recovering under Die Fulton t'oui- ixniuds (Common forms of kidney eouiplalut ind rheumatism offer but short resistance. Price fl tor the Bright,. Dlsea e und fl So for the Diabetic Compound Johu .1 Pullon Co , sai Montgomery street. San k’ruuclsco, sole com pounders Free tests made for pattuii Is. Do le it pt Ivo pamphlet muilud free. Save the Baby babies during the The mortality anumg three teething years is Romethlng frightful. I'he < eiiKUB of 1900 shows that about oin* in ••very seven suruunibs. The cause Is :i |«|*iirent. With baby's bone» liiioh’iiing, the fontanel (opening In the Its teeth forming, all skull) closing up uinl it. t hrse coining at once creai create a deniand f«»r bom* nuitei'liil that nearly hall' the llttlu in. 'I'he result Is H) Hh’IIIH are deficient weakness, Bwea sweating, t Ing, fever, dial I ervisbncffl rhooa, brain troubles, convulsions, e etc . that prove terribly fatal, The deaths In I! !**» under three year« were 304, ‘»SS, to 4u.x nothing of lh<* vast number outside the lug (iti.* that were not re|M»fte<l, a nd this 111 the United States alone. When baby begins to sweat, out In »deep don't wait, ami neither medicine nor narcotie little system Is crying out lor material. Sweetm.in's Terthin piles It, It has saved the live nt’ babies. They begin to ii forty-eight bouts. Here Is w think ul it. 2934 Washington Rt., San Francisco. .lune 2, 1902 (i«*ntl**iii«*n I uni prescribing your T ihk I In lh.* inullltliilt* «»( hub)- troubles due to Im- i >..<I< m I tlenlliion. A large |H*rcentage of ill- fnnllle Ills un<l fittnlil I«* m are the result of Your food supplies what the UllIW teetlllnK. ■I«*tii-I«*nt H)**l«*m deiiNtiids, and I have had In Hmres of cases Murni'iHlnK aw«*c«*HH with it till» dirt, given with their regular food, has not rnll.-.t to check the infantile distresses, Severnl of the more Merlolls cases Would, 1 f«*«*l aure, h.iv- hern fatal without it. It cun not la too quickly brought io the attention motheis «if of the country. It is an ah- of the motílela eounllj. aolute ne, orally. I, C. MENDEL. M. D. I'etiilunia, Cal., Heytpinber 1. 19(»2 Dear Sltf I have JiiHt tried the teething fond in two and In both It wiim a hik - (eh», one wan a very nerioua < HHe, ho crith < ;il that it Wils brought to me fi«*ni another ( Ity tor trentnn-nt* Fatal reeultH were feared. In three dii.VF the baby ceaaed worrying tind commenced eating and I h now well. Its action in IhlH cane wan remarkable. I would a<1- vlHe you to put it in every drug store in tills city. Yours, • “■ I’ll« M ’Toll, M. n. I. Sw.itniaii's Teething 1'....<I will carry Imliy safely and comfortably through the most dan- geroua period of child life. It retiderB lanc ing of the gums unnecessary. It is the safest plan and a blessing to the baby to not wait for symptoms but to commence giving It the fourth or fifth month. Then all the teeth will come healthfully, without pain, dis tress or lancing, it Is an auxiliary to tlieir tegular diet and easily taken. Price 30 cents (enough for six weeks), sent postpaid on re ceipt of price Pacific Coast Agents, Inland Drug Co., Mills Building, San Francisco. HOW THE INDIANS VOTE. They Are Very Deliberate anti Then Have a Simple Method. Tlie Chickasaw Indians cu.st their vote differently from tlie way the white man does it. They meet the duy before the election, and none but Chickasaws by blood is allowed to vote. No white man or Intermarried citizens have the right of suffrage. They go off to themHelvea and have a powwow. They decide for whom they will vote after considering the mutter for twenty four hours. 'I’he polling place is (piite unlike that of the white man. There is a great shei i of piiper, white, yellow or brown as tlie ease may be, about three feet > I mire. Ipon tills slieet of paper are a vast number of cross lines, regularly ruled off with a pencil. Then down oil«» side of the sheet of paper are placed I lie names of all candidates fur ollie«*, heginning with the candidates for governor and running on dowu to pivciriet officers. At the top of the sheet art* file number of blank spaces lli.it will I»«* re<|iiired for the names of I lie vot<4s. Tin* Judges of election sit by and pass on those entitled to vote, and tln*r«* is a c«*rtainty tliat no illegal votes arc cast. 'Fin* Indian Is thoroughly deliberate, Hr takes his time when It comes to He proceeds to the polling voting, place, looks carefully over the poll sheet, and if he Is ready to cast his ballot he tails out his name, and the di rk records it on the sheet. Then the clerk reads off the names of the can didates for governor. The voter delib erates awhile, calls out the nuine of the candidate (or whom he desires to vote, his vote is recorded, and the nain«»s of the candidates for tlie next office art* ealletl tmt. anti so on through the list, till all the offices represented arc votctl for. Ilins It is that every voter knows exactly how every other voter lias cast his ballot, anti there are no remarks, nt» sugg«*stions anti nt» quarrels over tliff t rences of tipinion. « 111 ;il«>ninl I “There Is one t^iiig I like about your husband lie never hurries you when getting ready for n w alk.” "Very little credit is due to him for that, my dear. Whenever I Bee that 1 am not likely to be ready In time I slm ply hide Ills lint or Ids gloves out of the way until I have finished dressing.” A«l.<’<l nn«l Answered. Feiniih* laiwycr How old are you? Female Witness You know ns well ns I do that I’m Just a week younger than you .ire; but. If necessary- F> mill«* I .axx yer (hastily! 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