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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*
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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
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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
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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! Never tnlnd;
it isn’t ne<- - -iii5- Chicago Nexx *.
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