Corvallis gazette., June 27, 1902, Page 4, Image 4

To the country side, where the earth
From the fiery ways where the sun heat
down.
For a bracing ran in the open air.
Spring into the laddie with feverish
haste.
Keen joy in the heart and a laugh for
care;
Away where the branches are interlaced
" With the glorious bine ol the ojeu ait.
The
sou grows
lean in the narrow
streets;
The spirit hearkens to grim despair;
Awheel and away where the rarest
sweets
.' Scent erery breath of the open air.
The sonl shall expand and the heart grow
light
In the distant lane where the city's
blare
Is lost like a phantom of vanished night;
Awbeel and away to the open air.
Chicago Times-Herald.
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;: The Broken Cloud
4 ! I I- V I V ! I- ! ! ! ! 1 '! !
EALLY, Gerald, the way you
speak to me is unendurable! If
I were your slave you could not
be more domineering!" exclaimed Mrs.
Kenton, as she put the teapot -violently
on the table.
Take care the tempest does not ex
plode the teapot, madam!" her husband
retorted.
"As If I hadn't a name!" she cried.
And then followed angry words on both
sides.
They paid no attention to their lit
tie daughter, Ada, who looked first at
one angry parent and then at the oth
er, until she finally sobbed aloud. Em
mieMrs. Fenton rose to soothe the
child, but tears are catching, and tbeirs
mingled. Mr. Fenton meanwhile left
the room, slamming the door after him.
and went to bis office as usual.
"It's fortunate that the new house
keeper is coming to-day," thought Em
inie. "Now I can go and see Cousin
Maggie, and get the cobwebs brushed
away. It will do Gerald good to pass
an evening without me."
She initiated Mrs. Maloy, when she
arrived. Into the ways of her house
hold, told her to prepare her husband's
dinner, and left a message for him to
the effect that she intended returning
by the late car.
"Don't leave either house door open,
for tramps come round sometimes," the
cautioned the woman, who replied:
"Sure and ain't I afeared enough o'
tramps to lock the doors?"
When Gerald came home toward
evening he rang the bell as usual, not
being In the habit of carrying a latch
key, for Emmie liked to admit him her
self. "Good-evening, Mrs. Maloy," he said,
as he heard the latch click.
mi... i. ..1. .. . i j
-i. ii ti u v Housekeeper uyeiieu me uuui
a little way, placing her strong foot
firmly behind it
giving him a suspicious look. "And
what may you be wanting?"
"To come In, of course," was the nat
ural answer.
"Sure and ye don't!" was her reply.
"Is Mrs. Fenton at home?" Gerald
asked loudly.
"The mistress is out," she answered,
"and the busiuess is none of yours."
"Don't you know I'm Mr. Fenton?"
he began. "
But she interrupted him with:
"A mighty foine story to get an old
woman to believe!"
Gerald fairly gasped, while he won
dered how much of his wine Mrs. Ma
loy had Imbibed. What a mistake he
had made in this woman! Yet he had
done the best he could. After Emmie's
correspondence with her, he had seen
her in his office, forwas It not part of
his business as a lawyer to judge peo
ple by their faces?
"No nonsense!" he commanded. "Let
me in at once!"
"I Just won't, and so there!" she de
clared, as she slammed the door in his
face with a great bang.
lie went round to the kitchen door,
and found that fast bolted. Should he
fetch a policeman and force an en
trance? The woman might have 'done
. Emmie some mischief. Turning to go
down street, he met a friend.
"1 saw your wife and little girl start
.off to Deepdene this morning, intend
ing to come back on the 10 o'clock car,"
he said.
Resting on this information, Gerald
spent the evening at his club, returning
at 11. AH was as still as the dead. His
wife evidently remained for the night
at her cousin's and the old woman was
doubtless in a drunken stupor. His only
resource was to go to a hotel.
After a wakeful night, the 'first per
son Mr. Fenton met In the street was
a client of his, who urged his going on
Important business to Chicago, and
Fenton consented to start at once. His
house preserved the silence of tbo pre
vious evening; so, tearing a leaf from
bia pocketbook, he scribbled upon It:
"Off to Chicago; you will understand.
Expect me when you see me.
"GERALD FENTON."
Slipping the paper under the door, he
thought, "This trip will give Emmie
time to return to her former self." Then
he hastened away, having barely time
to catch the morning express.
"When did Mr. Fenton come back?"
was his wife's first Inquiry of the
housekeeper on her return.
"Sure and Misther Fenton's not
shown himself inside the doorway since
you went away!"
With a falling countenance Mrs. Fen
ton went on:
"Has no one been here then?"
"No one at all to come in," the wom
an assured ber. "One of them sus
picioning gents came to the door last
evening, as though it was the right that
he had. but I gave him me mind on the
subject, and he took himself off. Never
a spoon or a fork would ha been left
the day bad he got in!' .
As she moved away from the door
Mrs. Fenton caught sight of the folded
piece of paper, which she hastily read.
"What was the tramp like, Mrs. Ma
loy?" she asked. " :
'Dade and he was like any other
member of the swell mob, as we call
such in old Oireland. He had a false
By the use of the electric current a
passenger train on the Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy Railroad was re
cently made to take its own photo-.
graph while going at the rate of near
ly sixty miles an hour. A sharp, clear
picture was obtained, including even
the smoke from the locomotive, while
the engineer's features are clearly out
lined.
The camera was connected with the
railroad track by an tlectric switch,
the idea of Mr. Ayrault Green, of Chi
cago, after Having made several at
tempts to get a snap shot in the ordi
nary way. Mr. Green's story of the
way be carried out his plan is interest
ing. It is as follows:
"Thinking this was a simple task, I
set to work with my regular camera,
but to my regret my first pictures were
utter failures. After some study as to
the speed of trains and shutters,. I de
termined these facts: Assuming the
speed of the train to be sixty miles an
hour, it Is plain that eighty-eight feet
would be covered in one second; hence.
with a shutter working at one-hun
dredth part of a second, the train
would move about 10.6 Inches during
mustache to his face, and a hat tnai
came down over the eyes of him."
"How was he dressed?"
"Faith and I couldn't tell you. I nev
er take count of the clothes of tramps,
for I know they niver came into them
the right way," said the deep reason
ing woman.
Still unsatisfied, Mrs. Fenton went to
the house of her nearest neighbor, and
asked if she had seen her husband pass
by on the previous evening.
'No," was the reply, "but l-saw mm
this morning, walking hurriedly away
from the house."
On her return Emmie again ques
tioned the housekeeper.
Do you think you could recognize
Mr. Fenton from having seen him In
his office?"
"Sure and I could that."
"Then you don't think he was the gen
tleman you took for a tramp?"
Do you suppose I don't know a
tramp when I gets the sight of him
me who. was married to one ten years.
till I couldn't stand his ways no long
er?" Mrs. Fenton's state of mind was any
thing but satisfactory. V hat should
she do. She reckoned up the days, and
concluded that her husband would be
back from Chicago in a week's time.
Should she write to him and explain
matters? No. it was for him to ex
plain he had been In tbo wrong.
Tho davs went slowly by. but tne
postman brought no letter from Ger
aid! The time she set expired, and he
had not returned. So she went to his
office and she learned that the English
men who were negotiating for the pur
chase of some mines Insisted on Mr.
Fenton's going to England. Should
she write to him now, and explain that
an accident prevented her return on
that unlucky evening? No the humll
iation of getting the address from the
office was too great. She again reck
oned up the days, allowing three weeks
for his return. The third came and
went with no arrival and no tidings.
She became a prey to the keenest anx
iety, as well she might, for Gerald Fen
ton was an Inmate of a London hospi
tal, having met with an accident.
The weary weeks dragged on. There
were times when Emmie left she must
lose her reason. If her husband were
only restored to her -she never again
would complain of his domineering
ways And on his side Gerald was
thinking:
How could I have been so overbear
ing? Emmie is my equal in all save my
professional work and my superior in
some ways. No wonder slfe resented
my masterful airs! Well, she shall have
no reason to complain in future."
Can I soon leave, doctor?" he in
aulred one morning, when the house
surgeon came on his rounds.
"You'll be ready to go in a day or
two," was what he gladly heard, for
he was all eagerness to commence bia
home life under a new aspect
He had written a few lines to his
wife, telling her what had befallen
him, adding, "I am longing to be at
home again that we may start a new
and a happier chapter together; one like
the first of our series!"
And what that letter meant to Em
mie only a woman similarly placed can
know.
"Emmie. I'm still a bit of an Invalid!"
Gerald said on arriving at home. "You
must be kind to me!"
Emmie could not speak; but she
kissed blin, and the silence that fol
lowed was eloquent.
"How on earth did you get rid of that
drunken old witch?" he inquired pres
ently. "Did you call In the police?"
"You don't mean Mrs. Maloy, do you?
Why, she's here still, and is not a drink
ing woman."
"Well, I declare! I must have It out
with her before I'm an hour older, or
she'll be for turning me away again."
laughed Gerald.
"Then you were the tramp, after all!
1 thought so from the first!" cried Em
mie. "Poor Mrs. Maloy!'
According to the proverb concerning
"black angels," the housekeeper ap
p ared at this moment with a.cup.of
tea for the traveller.
"Do you know me this time, Mrs.
Maloy." Gerald asked, "or do you still
take me for a tramp";" t
the interva. of exposure, making a blur
on the plate.
"I finally succeeded in devising
shutter which worked at a speed of
one-thousandth part of a second. This
speed allowed the train to move only
a fraction over one inch, which would
give quite a sharp picture, and on de
creasing the angle at which the cam
era was set the movement on the plate
was constantly reduced.
- "After trusting to luck several times,
and meeting with little success, I de
cided to employ electricity in . the
scheme and finally completed a ma
chine which was simple, yet very ef
ficient. The device comprises an elec
tric switch communicated through a
metallic circuit to a set of dry cells.
and thence to a shutter release. One
with a little knowledge of electricity
can readily see that when the engine
strikes the switch it closes the circuit
and instantly the electricity communi
cated with the high speed shutter and
the picture is correctly registered on
the center of the plate.
"Thus the Burlington train took its
own picture while" running at full
speed, and it may seem odd, yet it is
true-that a railroad locomotive has at
lest joined the great army of amateur
photographers."
The saints preserve me!" was her
excited response, while the tea cup
narrowly escaped a spill. "Every fiber
o' me is shaking with the sight! Twas
the- fairies that threw dust in me eyes!
Twas the living with Maloy that put
tramps on me brain. Rather than make
the mistake to himself, I'd unbar the
door to a whole rigiment of 'em, and
dia on the gallows!"
"It's all rigut uow, Mrs. Maloy; don't
worry any more," said Gerald, and she
retreated in tears to her kitchen. "All's
well that ends well," added Gerald. "If
Mrs. Maloy had not mistaken me for a
tramp we both should have missed a
lesson we needed.". And he drew his
wife's face down to his and kissed
fondly.
Awakened out of her sleep by her fa
ther's voice, Ada jumped from her crib.
rushed into the sitting room and bound
. into Gerald's arms.
"I knew you'd come back, 'cause we
all love you!" -she cried. "Don't we.
mummy i"
"Better than life itself!" fervently re
plied Emmie. And Gerald felt that his
matrimonial infelicities were over.
Waverley Magazine.
FLOWERS FOR THE TEACHERS.
How the Schoolrooms Are Brightened
by the Pupils.
The janitor of a public school build
ing stood pointing to a young woman
just quitting the building with a large
cornucopia, made out of a newspaper.
In one hand, "Do you know what that
teacher Is carrying home?" he asked.
"I haven't the least idea from its
shape," replied the man who had stop
ped for a chat.
"You'd be surprised if you saw every
teacher fin this school, and in nearly
every other school in the city, leaving
in the afternoon with a bundle of the
same kind?"
"I would," said the other. "I stfp
pose it has something to do with their
work here."
"Not at all," said the jan'itor."Theyre
simply taking away the flowers the
school children brought them this
morning. From about this time of the
year on to the close of the session you
will see this thing repeated each day.
But there's more in this little fact than
you'd at first think. If you care to fol
low it up youH learn a good deal about
the popularity of teachers with their
pupils. It Is seldom that a teacher is
not remembered at all by hefscholars.
It would be a pretty unpopular teacher
that didn't get at least a nosegay. The
big-hearted, generous little tots even
hand the 'gruff old Janitor a pretty bou
quet quite occasionally.
"Everything in the way of cut flow-,
ers and sometimes potted plants Is
brought here every morning. And if
a teacher Is well liked she can't begin
to carry home all the flowers she re
ceives. Some of the classrooms look
like florists' shops. There's hardly a
woman teacher who doesn't keep one
or two vases on her desk, and they
are almost always filled up. It cer
tainly brightens up the plain school
rooms with color. Roses, violets,
daisies, carnations, peonies, sweet peas,
sometimes wild flowers gathered after
a trip to the fields and woods in the
northern part of the city they are all
favorites with the children.
"It would do anybody good," contin
ued the janitor, according to the New
York Times, "to watch the beaming
face of a child who Intends to surprise
her teacher with a gift. It's a bit of
sunshine for the cloudiest day. The
love of most children for the love of
their teacher shows itself Dlainlv in
these floral gifts, which are frequently
in the nature of peace offerings. When
a child has offended her teacher she
generally takes the first step toward
a reconciliation by timidly presenting
a little nstrui or flowers the next day.
"The men teachers? Oh, yes, their
pupils bring them flowers, too. Bache
lor buttons? Yes, and roses, also.
"It's a pretty example of school chil
dren's thoughtfulness." he concluded
They tell of a young man who started
in twenty years ago to sweep out a law
office and study law, and wljp is still
sweeping uu
A terrible lot of the information the
average girl has about things was gath
ered in novels.
"TliwULANTFOR1tHE HEART.
Cold Application Are Superior to
Dameht of Alcohol."
There is a deep-seated belief amount
ing almost to a superstition that alco
hol Is a very Important heart stimu
lant, especially when this organ .. Is
weak. Winternlts, the great authority
on hydrotherapy in Germany, has often
told ua of the very great value of cold
as a heart stimulant or tonic, and that
It is far superior to alcohol In this re
spect Dr. Kellogg gives the method
of application as follows: -
j.ne application consists of a com
press' applied to "the portion of the
chest wall over the heart. This com
prises the space bounded by the second
rib above, the right border of the
sternum, a line falling a half-Inch to
the right -of the nipple and the. sixth
rib below. The compress should, be
large enough to cover this space and
to extend at least two Inches outside
of it. Ordinarily the best effects are
produced by employing water at a tern
perature of about 60 degrees. The
compress should be wrung moderately
dry and should be very lightly covered.
It Is desirable that cooling by slow
evaporation should be encouraged and
be continued for some time."
Dr. Kellogg continues: "In Ger
many and France It is the custom to
administer alcohol to the patient just
before putting him in a cold bath.
Some practitioners, as WInternitz, ad
minister but a very small amount, t
single mouthful of wine, for instance,
while others give brandy in consider
able quantities. A few American prac
titioners employ brandy freely with
the cold bath. The unwisdom of this
practice will be apparent on due con
sideration of the following facts:
One purpose in administering the
cold bath is to secure a true stimulant
or tonic effect In arousing the vital
energies through excitation of the
nerve centers. Alcohol was once sup
posed to be capable of effecting this.
and was used for this purpose in ty
pboid fever and various other morbid
conditions accompanied by depression
of the vital forces. At the present
time, however, it is well known, and
with practical unanimity admitted.
that alcohol is neither a tonic or a stim
ulant, but a narcotic; that it depresses
and does not excite; that it lessens and
does not increase the activity of the
nerve centers, and that this is time of
small as well as large doses, as has
been shown by the researches of care
ful investigators." Health.
HE KNOWS BOSTON SOCIETY.
Man Who Stands by the Doors at All
Functions of Back Bay Society.
George C. Becker is perhaps one of
the best-known men in the circle of
the 400 of Back Bay's most exclusive
set. He doesn't exactly belong to this
set, rather he Is oil the outside, para
doxical as it may sound. He belongs
to the great army of bread-winners of
the city, yet few outside of society
have the pleasure of his acquaintance.
'George," as he Is familiarly known
in Back Bay circles, has been an inte
gral part of every great" function "that
has taken place in the Back Bay for
nearly a decade. His is a peculiar call
ing. For twenty years he has held the
proud and undisputed title of doorten-
der. for the fashionable set. He began
when the fathers of the presenj. genera
tion were children, and now he is doing
the same work for the grandchildren
of his original employers.
George's" particular work is to
stand at the doors of halls and private
houses when any great function if go
ing on and watch the Incoming guests
to see that no unbidden guest enters.
He knows every man and woman of
any prominence in society, and every
maiden and young man who is entitled
to enter therein, "and they know him
as well, and from oldest to youngest
they all greet him affectionately as
George."
George has just celebrated his sev
entieth birthday, and the occasion was
made memorable to him by the many
gifts which were showered upon him
from & legion of well wishers. Boston
Daily Globe.
One Effect of Russia's Great Railway.
With the completion of the Trans-
Siberian Railroad Russia makes her
entry as a competitor in the European
butter trade, and is carrying every-
thing before her. In 1899 the Russian
product in the London markets was
too small for separate classification; in
two years it had jumped to the second i
place, Denmark holding the first, as she
has long done. The Trans-Siberlau but
ter trains, one a week, leave Obi, stop
at six other centers of the Industry and
arrive at the Baltic port of Riga after
a journey of seventeen days. A steam
ship line with cold storage service con
veys the product on to London, where
It competes successfully with the best
European brands, those of Denmark,
Ireland and Normandy. The trade is
only begun, but its promise for the fu
ture Is enormous, and the butter mar
ket of the world, of which London is
the center, will henceforth feel the
force of a new factor and a new source
of production of practically limitless
extent
The Teacher Rebuked.
According to Representative Little
field, it was a preacher's small boy who
got Into a fight with another youngster.
As the latter was going home with one
black eyes the minister met him.
"My lad," said the preacher, "you
have been fighting."
"Yes, sir," was the reply.
"Don't you know it is wicked to fight?
I will go home and pray for you
"You had better go home and pray
for your own boy, was the indignant
reply. "He has two black eyes."
Washington Post
A Small Request.
"I understand you are possessed of
great strength?" queried the quiet vis
itor at the freak congress of the strong
man. .
"That's what I am," replied the mod
ern Hercules. "
"Would you mind helping me lift a
mortgage "
But before the strong man could
reach out the quiet man had lost him
self In the crowd. Ohio State Journal.
Some people are mean enough to buy
a Bible with counterfeit money.
Some. girls don't comb
often enough.
their hair
NOW A KING IN FACT.
BUT THERE IS NO GOOD REASON
TO ENVY ALFONSO.
Threatening Political Situation Con
fronts Spain's Toons Ruler His
; Mother's Struggle in ilia Behalf He
Is Neither Petted Nor Spoiled.
The scepter to which he was born,
but which has been withheld from him,
has passed into the hands of Alfonso
XIIL of Spain. The lad whom the
world has pitied, and into whose future
it may well, look with -deep concern,
who was fatherless from birth, and
whose courageous mother's regency
has been full of troubles within and
without, who has himself seen his
country lose 160,000 square miles of ter
ritory and 12,000.000 of population this
boy is now a full-fledged monarch. He
has been described as a physical weak
ling, with corresponding mental Insuffi
ciency. Those familiar with his train
ing and .acquainted with his personal
ity say this is not true that he is
strong. For his own and bis country's
sake, it is to be hoped that this is true.
No weakling can master the political
situation which confronts Alfonso. The
country is barely recovering from the
recent war with the United States.
Discontent and trouble are rampant in
every direction. Political strife of vari-
KING ALFONSO AND HIS MOTHER.
ous sorts threatens the public peace.
In certain provinces socialism rears its
head, menacing the kingdom with dis
integration. In practically all of them,
labor and social difficulties have reach
ed a degree of intensity bordering on
revolution. Socialists, anarchists, re
publicans and Carlists are ready to
seize the first opportunity to overthrow
the reigning dynasty. Darker and more
threatening than it has been in over
a century is the political atmosphere in
Spain to-day.
To fit the youth for his royal duties
has been the workof the Queen Regent
during the past sixteen years. It has
been a gloomy epoch. During the time
that Maria Christina has reigned on be
half of her son Spain has lost the last
shreds of her once world-wide empire.
Spanish military prestige has been de
stroyed and the burden of defeat
weighs heavily upon the proud spirit of
the nation.. Yet in the midst of all
these adverse circumstances the Queen
has never for a moment lost sight of
the great duty-of educating her son for
the grave responsibilities of kingship.
Through sorrow and uncertainty and
in the midst of cruel vicissitudes, she
has never flinched. She has rightfully
earned the respect and admiration of
the whole world. During the years f
early childhood all sorts of rumors of
the infant King's weakness were cur
rent. He was hardly expected to live.
yet constant watchfulness pulled him
through the dangerous years and un
avoidable illnesses to which children
are subject. Little by little the people
began to see that, in the struggle, the
mother was bound to be triumphant.
The boy grew daily stronger, and the
fears, and to many the hopes, of his
early death began to disappear.
Though born to the purple. King Al
fonso XIII. was brought up as the
child of middle class parents, mindful
0f his physical development and-, sur-
rounded by all the healthful influences
of home life. He was kept in the open
air and made to exercise hip body as
much as his years and his strength
would permit His teachers, as such,
had over him the authority that teach
ers have over the son of any gentle
man, and his kingly prerogative did not
allow him to neglect his work or his
studies. Born to command, he was
taught to obey, and this system has
been followed.
The King, besides Spanish, speaks
French, English and German fluently.
THE PAPER FISH.
r-"W..Jl.. .ila.ll WW llwl. ui, "'J'
- Cut a small fish of stiff writing paper, as shown in figure. Cut a round hole
in the center and from tnere a narrow channel to the taih Place the fish flat on
the water, leaving the upper side dry. Our task hi to make the fish swim without
touching it or blowing at -it
This is done by caref ally pouring a drop of oil in the hole cut out of its eenter.
The oil will try to spread on the surface of the water, which it can do only by
going through the channel. The pressure of the expansion, will move the fish
in the opposite direction, that is, forward a motion lasting a considerable to.
He has had teachers of military cl-
ence, and. In all departmental of human
knowledge Is as proficient as a boy of
his years, subject to a most careful
training and gifted with a clear Intelli
gence, may be expected to be. His
mother has neither petted nor spoiled
him. .- -- -::'.:- -
There Is no coronation In Spain, such
a custom being foreign to the institu
tions of the country. The swearing-in
ceremony took place In the Chamber
of Deputies, where the young. King
stood on a throne and altar and took
the oath. This, simple ceremony was
followed" by a reception at the palace,
and in the evening there was a grand
ball .. - : ' '
Embarrassing Accuracy.
A certain Mr. and Mrs. Anderson,
who had a grown-up daughter, went to
live In California, where they rented a
small furnished house and engaged a
Chinese man-of-all-work.i The house
was well situated and tastefully fur
nished, and Wing Lee proved to be a
good cook, clean and respectful. As
soon as the Andersons were settled the
neighbors began to call, and it was then
that the fact was discovered that Wing
was absolutely devoid of any ideas as
to the ushering in or out of guests. So
one morning Mrs. Anderson and her
daughter determined to Instruct him.
Providing him with a tray. Miss Ander
son went out, rang the bell, was shown
Into the sitting-room, and waited while
the Chinaman carried her card to Mrs.
Anderson. This was repeated several
times until they were quite satisfied
that Wing was perfect in his role. That
evening at half past S the bell rang.
Wing stalked majestically to the door,
while mother and daughter leaned over
the banisters to watch the result of
their teaching. They heard a gentle
man's voice ask if the ladies were at
home. They saw Wing present his
tray and receive a card with an air
which made them mentally pat each
other on the back, and then they saw
him draw a cacd -from his sleeve.
"Mine!" gasped the daughted. "The
one we used for the lesson!" Wing
compared the two carefully, and, re
turning the one which the caller had
just handed him, he, remarked bladly,
"Tickee no good. No can come," and
calmly shut the door in the face of the
astonished guest!
St. Lucia's Sulphur Mountain.
The Island of St. Lucia, not far from
Martinique, has a volcano, until lately
supposed to be extiuct, that is known
as the Sulphur Mountain. It has an ele
vation of 1.000 feet above sea level,
while the crater covers about four acres
of surface. The sides of this volcano
are barren of trees and herbs, and cov
ered by thick deposits of sulphur.
Formerly it belonged to France, and
Louis XIV. built, at great expense, an
immense sanitarium around the boiling
springs on its northern slope, the" ruins
of which are still standing. It was at
the time believed that the waters had
certain curative and medicinal quali
ties, but afterward this was found to
be untrue, and the sanitarium remained
untenanted, and a monument to mis
placed and mistaken judgment.
Minnesota Miners.
About 40 per cent of the men employ
ed in the Minnesota mines are Fin
landers, another 40 per cent Hunga
rians, about 8 per cent Italians, and
the rest are divided among Americans,
Germans, French, Scotch, Welsh and
Cornish.
Watchdogs in Louvre.
. Watchdogs are to be placed on night
duty with the watchmen in the Louvre
Museum, Paris.
, "I dream my siorles," aaid Hicks,
the author. "How you matt dread go-
ng to bed!" exclaimed Cynicus. -Tit-
Bits.
DRUG HABIT IS INCREASING.
Bvea Physicians Become Slaves to the
Deadly Morphine Practice.
It is estimated by those who profess
to know whereof they affirm that there
are at least 10,000 persona In the' Uni
ted States who are victims of morphine
and 10 per cent of American physicians
are slaves to opium In some form, ac
cording to a statement adopted by the
Medical News. All recent estimates, the
same authority asserts, moreover, indi
cate that the use of morphine not only
as a drug to allay pain, but also as an
intoxicant, is 'daily becoming an in
creasing evlL . "
A physician to whom this statement
was quoted by a Sun reporter express
ed some doubt as to the extent of the
evil so far as the medical profession is
concerned, but said that the general
estimate was rather under than over
the mark.
"The demand for morphine in the
drug stores is increasing at an alarm
ing rate," said this physician. ''Traffic
in the drug Is restricted by law, but the
law is practically ineffectual Any mor
phine fiend who needs a supply knows
how to obtain it and does obtain it
readily enough, and apparently one
user of the drug makes many more.
"Before long there Is sure to be cry
for increased restriction. What Is need
ed, however.'ls not so much a new laT,
but the strict enforcement of the pres
ent one and vigorous prosecution of
those who connive at the illicit traffic
in the stuff."
Whether or not it is possible to cure
the confirmed morphine eater after the
habit has reached a serious stage is
still the subject of debate among phy
sicians. There are also differences of
opinion as to the best treatment al
though the authorities agree now that
institutional treatment or the services
of a trained nurse to outwit the cun
ning aroused in the patient by the crav
ing for the drug are essential to success.
Baths and exercise in the open air
form "an Important part of the newest
treatment advocated, and it is laid
down that there is practically a cer
tainty of a relapse unless the treatment;
is prolonged to three months, of tener to
six.
The sudden withdrawal of the drug
by friends or relatives, horror-stricken
over the discovery of the disease, has.
resulted in many cases In a fatal col
lapse. Substitution of some other opium
derivative has now been rejected as un
satisfactory. '
Gradual withdrawal of it or tapering
the doses is the only choice in a major
ity of cases, and in some cases lessen
ing it by one-sixteenth is as much as
can be effected at first
"It is only in recent years," said Lhe
physician quoted, "that the treatment
of morphine cases has been properly
taken up. Now such cases are of com
paratively frequent occurrence in the
practice of every medical man in the
city."
AMERICAN GIRL ON STAGE.
Ellen Terry Bays She Is
Too Im-
patient for Fame.
The menace to an American actress'
future is often her haste to achieve
distinction. You cannot force the
growth of great talent You may aid it,
encourage it, nourish it, If you will, but
you cannot successfully force it If
forced, it will lose its soundness and
sweetness, just as does hothouse fruit
I repeat the growth of art is slow, and
it is still.
It is not remarkable, however, that
an American woman, brought up in a
world of haste, where events, from
those of the household to those of the
national capital and of the great trade
centers, move with incredible swift
ness, applies the methods of her own
training to her special art
This temptation Is, perhaps, nowhere
else so strong as upon the Stage. To
enter any other profession a woman
has, perforce, to go through careful
training, often years of training. To
be an artist a musician, or a sculptor,
she must have instruction and long
practice before she thinks of submit
ting har work for public approval, but
the woman who wishes to be an actress
feels a great Inner conviction that she
is born so, and that sentiment arranges
the matter to her own evident satisfac
tion. Thenceforth, all she longs for is
opportunity.
Chance may discover an actress, as it
may crown a king; but It can make
neither. The actress must make her
self by long, thorough and patient
work, laid upon a foundation of strong
natural ability. It is well to avoid plat
itudes in advising a young woman who
hopes to conquer on the stage. When
she is told to work, she usually feels
that the one advising fails to under
stand her special case and how really
wonderful is her gift Neither man
nor woman lives by platitudes alone,
but I am of opinion that both could
live better If they listened and heeded
oftene.r that platitudinous word
"work."
How often one has heard all these:
"Patience, enthusiasm, capacity for in
finite detail, unceasing application,
courage, the power to put to one's in
dividual uses all adverse criticism"
every woman who is out in the world,
engaged in honest work, has heard
them many times I bad almost said,
until she is weary; but that is just the
point She must not be weary of think
ing to herself, every day, of these car
dinal words and phrases, for tirey-mark '
the confines of her kingdom. Against
ail these the American spirit of baste
militates. Ellen Terry, in Success.
Irish Independence.
A Liverpool bookseller lately adver
tised in the local papers for a porter
and man-of-all-work for his bookshop.
Among the many applicants appeared
a burlv. muscular Irishman, who walk.
1 ed Into the shop and looked round rath
! er uncertainly. His eyes rested upon
! a conspicuous notice hung above a ta
ble covered with books "Dickens'
works all this week for sixteen shil
lings." The son of Erin' read it care
fully, and it made a deep impression
on him. "Oi've come in to git th' job,"
he said, when questioned by the book
seller, "but Oi'U not care for it Dick
ens can work all the week for sixteen
shillings if he likes. Oi'U not Ye'd
betther kape him!".
A woman should be so wise that she
does not believe all her husband tells
her, and so clever that she never lets
him know it