THE ETEENAL PEOELEil OF THE POOS-EEHEDIAL EITOET :Sf AN EAST LONDON MISSION EAIL. I raiDS aheeican type.
'TIGHTIN3 BOB" EVANS.
The Mwlluud Hall shelter, whl-b In In Medland street,
East London, was started over .seventeen years ngo by
some young men in the London office of a firm of Aus
tralian merchants. After n Hhort period It was trans
ferred to the philanthropic branch of the London tJon
gregationul Union. In one ivwk of March 2,4)0 men
were given shelter In this hall, while 1,!X)0 men, turned
away for want of room, were given bread. There were
2,250 men who received bread' and butter between 12 and
4 a. m. Altogether 0,5(18 men were helped In Rome way
during the week. A representative of the shelter leaves
HEART'S TWILIGHT.
Deep in the twilight of my heart
I hid a rose ;
Red petals on its red.
At dusk I looked to greet its velvet face,
And wept the rose was duud.
Deep in the twilight of my heart
I hud a kiss;
Red mists about it slione,
At morn I looked to raise it to my lips,
And wept the kiss was gone.
Doep in the twilight of uiy heart
I hid a tear,
A pearl In its red sea.
At night I looked to soar it in my dreams ;
The tear awaited me.
Smart Set.
CAMIULE I
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Camille's eyes were apt to linger on
the rod-tiled attractive house until a
gray-haired man with a slight stoop
came slowly out on the stone-pillared
porch, and, sinking In a cushioned chair,
would lean hack wearily, letting the
sun creep up nTul pour over him as it
flooded the garden with warmth and
light, among a storm of joyous twit
tering from sparrows, thrush and red
bird. Camllle, young anil energetic, while
busy with her sweeping and dusting
and the caro of her llowers In boxes In
the buy window, felt a profound com
passion for the invalid across the way,
whoso great wealth could not give hMn
health or the sympathetic companion
ship ho must crave, Camille felt sure.
His valet and bailor and respectable
looking housekeeper, whom Catuille met
one evening when taking a short cut to
the shopping street of the little town,
ns she passed in front of the gate,
were all very attentive to tneir em
ployer. Money could command that, of
course. Hut Alexander Iteed, who was
not yet middle-aged, seemed very lone
ly, had a 'high-bred, handsome face, In
Bpite of its thinness and pallor, and
his smile was very attractive, Camille
thought, the day his horses plunged
and reared at the sight of her sitting
by the roadside reading. He had raised
his hat and bowed, smilingly, when the
coachman, quieting thorn, drove off rap
dly. Camlllc's life was a very busy one.
What time she could spare from her
ministrations on her sweet, timid moth
er, for whose health Camille had taken
the cottage In the pretty town among
the mountains of the ltlue Hldge, was
devoted to giving French aud music
lessons, even up to 0 o'clock at night,
when Carl Hauinpton, a rich coal deal
er, insisted on learning verbs and gen
ders throe times a week.
How was Camille to guess it was the
beauty of her gray eyes and oval face
and admiration for her courageous ac
ceptance of life's burdens, and her lov
ing devotion to the gentle invalfd. which
had induced the stout and prosperous
German whom she had met casually
to plunge into the study of French,
which lie abhorred?
"Money 1 Money is the most impor
tant thing in life, little mother," Ca
mille declared while kneeling in front
of the tire toasting mullius and making
chocolate for the invalid.
"I thought you said love and home
happiness were the most important,"
her mother answered, smiling.
"That was long ngo. To-day I put
money first, because money gives health
nd happiness," Camille declared,
brightly. "Just think of all 1 could do
for you, muuisey, if we were rich. The
doctor says you ought to go out for
hours every day. Wouldn't it be glo
rious if I could order tip a comfortable
jarrlage aud take you driving every aft-WuoouT
"If money could give back health,
our neighbor across the way, who owns
such a beautiful home, would get well
and strong. The doctor says he is
gradually sinking. He does not seem to
take the least Interest in anything. Dr.
I'errln told me yesterday he scattered
his wealth lavishly to help others, and
that while he professes no religion, he
Is a great philanthropist. He is always
doing kind deeds in an unostentatious
way."
Ann, the small country girl whom
Camiile employed to help In household
matters, ran in excitedly to say that
Mr. Hood's carriage was nt the front
door. His note to Cainllle's mother,
handed in by the footman, begged her
to make use of It for a drive, the weath
er being so fine.
, "Did I llot say, little mother, that
money is the greatest blessing In the
Whol world?" Camille said, joyously,
having accepted in a formal note of
thanks her neighbor's victoria, while
getting her mother into some warm
wraps, and gayly pinning on her own
hat.
"Money gives the moans to do a kind
ness, child, but not the heart or the
goodness to execute It," her mother re
joined, whereat Camille laughed and
hurried off for the drive. .
It was the beginning of a very pleas
ant acquaintance with the invalid mas
ter of Stone Lodge.
As the spring days lengthened and
drew Into summer, whenever Camllle
could command the time the little maid
Ann was dispatched down the path be-
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THE DAILY HEADING.
hind the cottage to Stone Lodge with
a message, and a long drive through
the odorous woods and mountains that
evening gave Cainllle's mother a good
night's rest.
Alexander Reed was too important a
personage to be overlooked. The nota
bles of the bright little town and the
wealthy tourists, owning summer resi
dences on the heights around; all called
on him, but a formal return visit usual
ly ended their acquaintance -except
with Dr. Perrin, a keen-eyed old physi
cian, who had a cynical knowledge of
life, and an abhorrence of the shame
and flatteries of society, and whose
carefully hidden good deeds kept him
poor iu spite of a lucrative practice; for
this pretty town was a favorite resort
of the millionaire health seeker.
"It is as rare as It is refreshing to
cotne lu contact with real merit," re
marked Dr. Perrin, rubbing his knees
rofiectlngly as lie eat In front of a
bright wood fire In the library at Stone
Lodge, for the early June days were
cool, and fires were pleasant iu the
evening.
"Yes," Alexander Reed answered,
with polite llstlessness, while swing Ca
inllle's face In the dancing flames.
"Yes, real merit," repeated the doc
tor.
"Now, this child, Camllle, Louis
Ilemdon's daughter why, there is
more downright merit in her life than
lu that of the pretentious benefactors
wiling iu gold, with their ostentatious
gifts and donations, who parmi theiu-
selves in the public eyo
Medland Hall every night about 12 p. m. and begins to
distribute tickets for one-half pound of bread and butter
at Aldgate Tump to men sleeping out. He walks to West
minster bridge by way of the Embankment and returns
by way of Fleet street. Most of the men taking tickets
have to walk three, or four miles for their one-half pound
of bread. Our artist represents a scene in the evening
after the bread has been distributed. Each of the seats
turns over and makes a bed and mattress, upon which the
men are allowed to sleep until the early morning.
London Illustrated News.
"I)o you know," Dr. Perrin contin
ued, turning bis strong, rugged face
toward the pale, melancholy man re
clining nervelessly In bis chair, speak
ing with softened emotion, "not only
does that child sunnort her mother nml
herself bv her clever, (vihrnwuna nf.
forts, but she looks after a poor, bed- costs $10-ow-ridden
old hag, Ann's mother, a nitlfit I Influenza, like
wretch, who doesn't know the meaning
ot the word gratitude, nnd now I hear
sue lias got to work ror the boy, Ann s
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.. . ...u nl,c-i ... ..,-ii..uS uu.ois.
Not one moment of her time is misused.
A brave, noble child. If ever the sun
shone on a being of superior worth, it
does on Camille. Her father, John, and
I were college mates," the doctor con
eluded, getting tip to go,
A look of keen Interest came over the
invalid's face. He made a motion to
stop the doctor. Would she consent to
give some of her time to an invalid,
he asked. "If she will read to me daily j Orsa, In Sweden, has in the courso
It will soften the long, tedious hours. ' of a generation, sold $5,550,000 worth
Persuade her, doctor. The reinniiera- of trees, and by means of Judicious re
tlou will be large, for the service would planting has provided for a similar
be great."
"I will bring her to-morrow at 12,"
said the doctor, as he turned and left
the room.
Camllle was delighted, for the price
offered seemed fabulous to her. By
getting up one hour sooner,, giving
music lesson before breakfast, she"
ample time for reading daily to s.
antler Reed. Her voice was sweet ft.
low, and she had the gift of throwiiu-
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m-imMi .mu ine aiury sue reau, ana
shu was a good French scholar. Her
mother was of an old Creole family, 1
originally titled folks, who came over I
from France in the earliest centuries.
The daily readings often occupied
only a few moments. Alexander Reed :
was a man of culture and many attain-,
nu'iits, mid ma k'Lsurely wanderings 1M , e
had taken him to far-distant lands and ?k,n toTincr Governor is
among strange people. Camille found Je.wh. tdulll t Slf lectt re"
an infinite charm In his vivid imper- i tu",cd to everyday life "And I am
sonal descriptions nnd word paintings.'! ,f 'elr' ' d Mr War
and to the world-worn man the young ! feU1' lu a recent llltervlew in Milwau-
kee
girl's fresh enthusiasm and wholesome,
keen-sighted appreciation were a per- The English nnd American mile is
petual delight. L"0 yards, or 5,280 feet. In France,
The hour was apt to lengthen out, Holland and Belgium it is 1,000 meters,
and It was always a surprise to Ca- or 1-014 J'al'l1s- Iu sl'ain lt 's
nillle when Mrs. Harris, the sedate J'nrds; in Russia, 1,107 yards; in
housekeeper, appeared with a tea tray, j hlna, 0011 yards ; In Norway and
Mrs. Harris' satisfaction was obvious ; Sweden, 11,000 yards; in Germany it
at the increased animation plainly vis-1 eQU!1,s throe English miles; iu Italy,
iliie in the invalid's manner, while the ,' 2--;3 'ards i ' Portugal, 2,2o0 yards ;
faint flush on his cheek and the glow j ln Austria, S.2!7 yards, and in Den
In his dark eyes were symptoms of a , mark, S.23S yards.
long-forgotten contentment of spirit,
possibly signs of returning health.
Therefore, the old housekeeper ap
proved of the reading lessons and their
effect.
One day a joyous color swept over
Cainllle's face when Ann rushed in to
announce breathlessly . that Mr. Reed
aud the doctor had called.
"What a delightful surprise," Ca
mllle said, ushering them in the little
sitting room, filled with her plants and
flowers.
How kindly was the light In the
doep, gray eyes, and how handsome was
the invalid's face in spite of its care
worn look. How beautiful was the
smile with which he took Cainllle's
hands Iu his and held them fast.
"I have come," he whispered, "to
crave a boon. He generous, little one.
and grant It. Shed the light ol your
lovely presence on the few remaining
years left me, and a wept a devotion as
boundless as eternity. Give me the
right to protect the being I love beyond
life, or the hope of eternal bliss."
Camilleralstd wondering eyes to his,
the color receding slowly from her face
She shivered slightly.
"It is no boon," she said, gently. "It
is my heart's desire. How could I ever
part from you?" New Orleans Times
Democrat. Some people squander a lot of money
in trrlasr to nvake fools of themselves
British Paper Iraisea It, as ShoTraj
In Football and Uitsrball Cat.
The existence of an American type
is denied by It. G. Lindsay of the Brit
ish embassy at Washington in a recent
report on alien immigration into the
United States, published as a Blue
Book by the British government. Mr.
Lindsay, who characterizes the peop
ling of this country by immigration as
"one of the most remarkable move
ments of ixipulatioii to be met with in
history," says on this point:
"It must take many generations be
fore Americans are physiologically dif
ferentiated from Europeans as much,
for example, as the French are from
the Germans. There is no such thing
as an American type, and even if in
the towns of Europe it is possible to
point out a tourist as an American
recognition Is effected by mere out
ward marks, such as the style of
dress."
With this opinion the British Medi
cal Journal announces disagreement,
which it sets fortii in terms compli
mentary to the physical development
of Americans. Says this paier:
"In illustration we would draw Mr.
Lindsay's attention to the photographs
of college football and baseball teams
In many of the American magazines,
which exhibit a well-marked and, it
may be added, a fine type. What has
become of the conventional Uncle Sam,
the long, loose-limbed creature of
Punch cartoons, we know not. The
American of to-day presents a firm,
square jaw, broad brow and clear,
keen eye, which together usually rend
er recognition of his nationality
matter of no great difficulty."
Coal keeps best under .sea water.
The criminal class of Loudon number
700,000. ' ,
1 Tlle Iltiug
of the Forth bridge
cholera,
always
, 'ravels from ea.st to west.
The sperm whale can stay under
water for twenty .minutes.
I
A lm,I eats as W as 20,000
enrth-worms in ,a nf ,-,.
In Saxony practically all of the live
stock is stall-fed 300 days of the year,
and the largest portion the full 30.1
days.
St. Petersburg authorities have is-
8U(d 011 cr(ler forbidding the students
of tU8 cmlot ct,1'Is to read "Sherlock
"0es' J other stories of a sim
llar character.
j income every thirty or forty years.
; There are no taxes. Hallways and
telephones are free, and so are tho
school houses, teaching and many other
things.
The French government has purchas
ed two bronze busts exhibited in this
year's salon by Andrew O'Connor, of
Massachusetts. One is a portrait of
Robert Newman, and the other tho
head of an exquisite Italian girl. Mr.
1
O'Connor last year obtained the medal
Cf tho second class by the salon
judges.
, nt . ,, , ,
r Ac,rdlS o Ldwin W arfie d, lately
?TOrnor ,f, there's a dtf
f,bot ven,ors "
f"""7 '- ex-Governor is
The Frugal Japanese.
A college professor who had spent
four years at Yale and two in Berlin
acquiring his foreign education, lives
with his wife at Kyoto, n city, in a
rented house, having a little garden, at
a total cost of 405 yen a year, or about
?233. This Is divided as follows
Rent, $120; house tax, $3; servant's
wages, $13; fuel, $13; light, $3; clothes,
$25, and food, ?50. His salary Is $400,
and he is applying $100 a year to the
debt he Incurred to obtain his educa
tion. A people who can conquer domes
tic problems as do the Japanese find
no terrors ln the economic burden of a
war debt. Boston Globe.
Time Saved.
"Does your husband spend as much
time as formerly at the racetrack?"
"Not nearly as much," answered
young Mrs. Torklns. "He has a new
system and nearly always goes broke
on the first or second race." Washing
ton Star.
Boil down almost auy man's prayers
in five words, and you will find them
to be: "Reward me. Punish my
enemy."
A girl enjoys picking her way dain
tily over a muddy crossing Just a,s
much as Ur brother enjoys splashing
through.
"Fighting Bob" Evans relinquished commar.d of the American fleet and
will go on the retired list. It was hopud the brave old sea dog would he abl
to accompany the fleet around the world, but ill health compelled him to haul
down his flag. ,
Robley Dunglinson Evans was born in 1S40 and is a graduate of th
Naval Academy. He received his first baptism of fire at Fort Fisher in 18G5)
was in command of the Yorktown in 1891, when there was trouble with Chile,
and led the battleship Iowa at the battle of Santiago. His sobriquet, "Fight
ing Bob," was honestly acquired, for he was always in the thickest of the
fray. Although a strict disciplinarian, he had a way of giving commands and
enforcing obedience that won for him the love and respect of his men.
It was a fitting climax to the noble old admiral's career that he was
the ranking officer of the combined fleets at the Golden Gate, the most for
uildable array of battleships ever assembled. Ills success in sailing the six
teen American battleships from Hampton Roads to Magdalena Bay, the end
of the voyage finding the ships in better condition than when they shipped
anchor, von the world's commendation. Those two events furnish a glorious
finale to "Fighting Bob's" naval career, which Americans will hope is but a
prelude to many years of peaceful retirement.
(DOEKEIB
Messrs. II. P. Cady and D. F. Mc-
Farland have found the rare element
neon toegther with helium In natural
gas from southeastern Kansas. They
report that in addition to all the strong
er spectroscopic lines of helium, which
they have carefully identified, they find
15 fairly strong lines which cannot be
Identified with those of any of the fa
miliar gases. These lines having pre
viously been found by Dewar ln the
spectrum of gas from the Bath Spring,
and also reported ln lists of lines
shown by the more volatile gases from
the atmosphere, they suggest that they
may represent a new elementary gas.
M. E. Pennington of the Bureau of
Chemistry, Department of Agriculture,
reports that experiments on milk kept
at about the freezing point showed a
continuous increase of organisms for
five or six weeks. At their maximum
they numbered hundreds of millions
per cubic centimeter, and occasion
ally they passed the billion mark.
Although the milk 'experimented
with was never solidly frozen, yet
after ten days to two weeks It was
a mass of small ice crystals. No odor
or taste Indicated, the high bacterial
content, and even on heating no curd
was produced until the very end of the
experiment.
It has often been asserted that Rog
er Bacon, appreciation of whose scien
tific acquirements is continually grow
ing, knew how to make gunpowder In
the thirteenth century, although more
or less doubt on the subject has always
existed. Confirmation of Bacon's knowl
edge in this respect Is regarded as hav
ing been found in a manuscript contain
ed ln the National Library in Paris,
which has recently been sidled by
Mous. r. Duhem. Monsieur Duheni be
lieves that this manuscript is a part
of Bacon's Opus Tertium, and it clear-
Infllcates a knowledge c the com
position, 'as well as of the explosive
energy, of gunpowder.
Ot a curious double rainbow an ob
server says ln a letter to the London
Times : "On March 14 last, while on
tbe voyage between Jamaica and the
Isthmus of Panama at 11 a. m., the
sun being then nearly in the zenith, a
double rainbow of brilliant coloring ap
peared, forming a complete circle round
the sun, the inner bow being some dis
tance from the sun, the outer bow being
about an equal distance from the In
ner. A clear horizon showed no signs
of rain. Neither the captain nor any
other soul on board had ever seen a
similar phenomenon. The other bow
faded gradually away and then the in
ner bow."
Novel Vme for Wooden Egg-a.
One of the innumerable things that
the manufacturers of turned wood
goods make Is the darning egg, for use
In darning stockings.
These eggs are commonly provided
each with, a handle of the same kind of
wood, which screws into one end, says
the New York Sun. A while ago there
was received at the New York office of
a turned goods manufacturing concern
an order for a couple of cases, some
thousands ln number, of darning eggs
to be supplied without handle and of "a
size somewhat smaller than the stan-
It
dard; and then for some reason this
special lot of eggs was left on the
manufacturer's hands. But they were
not wasted.
In the course of time there came In
a hatpin manufacturer who wanted to
leave an order for a few thousand hat
pin knobs, to be made in specified shape
and dimensions. Besides making regu
larly a great variety of things the
turned goods makers also turn wood
in any shape that may be required, to
order.
And then the salesman recalled that
little lot of undersized handleless darn
ing eggs, which proved to be exactly
what the hatpin man wanted, and he
took the lot. And so finally' they came
to be made up, not as darning eggs,
with fancy handle, but the knobs of
hatpins.
When a female person doesn't want
to get married, she is already.
A man can cut down his smoking if
he's sick abed and thinks he's dying.
The way a woman manages a man
Is by making him think he manages
her.
The first essential to being a great
man Is for him to have no doubt about
It himself.
The reason a woman says the baby
never cries at night Is she believes it
is never going to do It again.
It makes a woman very proud to
think how smart the children would be
if the school teachers only knew how
to teach them.
What satisfaction a woman gets out
of her husband's garden Is how often
she can catch him pretending to know
things about it
A Memory Teat.
A professor of mnemonics had gon
to lecture at or near Canterbury. Aft
er the lecture was finished he had to
wait for his London train. It was a
most comfortless day, and he retired
to an Inn for shelter and refreshment
To pass the time he began to exhibit
his feats of memory to the yokels In
the inn parlor, and one and all were
thunderstruck except the waiter. There
Is always one skeptic In every com
munion, whether, of saints or sinners.
Do what he would he could not miti
gate the acrid smile of acid Incredulity
of that glorified potman ! In the midst
of one of his most difficult feats the
whistle sounded of the "Only train to
London to-night !" and he rushed off to
catch It He caught it at the station,
and his reputation caught it in the inn
parlor, for the waiter, coming in with
some ordered .refreshments and finding
him gone, pointed to the corner where
he had been sitting and exclaimed,
"Silly 'unibug, he's forgot his um
brella I" Young Man. '
Disappointment.
Amateur Sportsman (after shooting
best friend) Too bad. too bad; but I
thought you were a deer. The Victim
Don't fret Amateur Sportsman
Don't fret ! Why man, I promised my
wife a pair of horns. Illustrate J Bits.