Topics of
the Times
Football, for lack of a bettor name
to describe It. Is still designated as a
lort
Doctor will doubtless agree with
that London scientist who assort that
disease ta a blessing.
Too many men allow their religion
to hang In the closet through the week
with their Suuday clothe.
Some of the watcbdoga of our na
tional banking system seem to have
lost the faculty of finding and follow
ing the scent.
Just to show what heroes they are,
bo me of the life insurance experts an
nounce that they earrypolleiea In their
own companies.
It ts expected, meanwk-tle, that the
forests will remain !n their place until
the courts have decided whether or not
they are to be preserved.
In Japan Admiral Togo la fondly re
ferred to as a lobster. The admiral ts
a small man physlcalty and can't tight
much except when he is on his ship.
It is asserted, on the other hand,
that big hats for women are not going
out of fashion. The report that they
were, doubtless, was started by some
designing masculine person.
"Three saTed by chewing gum' is
the head over a news item. It aeema
that the three used chewing gum to
plug a hole in their canoe. Then they
were sated by not chewing it. after
all.
Russia's bad way never could be
more forcefully illustrated than by the
lamentable fact that the stroke of one
man's pen could open the dungeons
where political prisoners hare been
left for years to wither and die.
Professor Wiley proposes to test the
effects of cold storage food on the hu
man system. It is to be hoped that ha
will try the cold storage egg himself,
so that he may speak from personal
experience Instead of merely observing
Ita effect on some hired man.
About half a century ago England
took notice of one fleet only, the
French. Now things hare changed.
Japan has revealed her naval power;
Italy has a fairly good navy; Wil
helm II. rules orer Germany and has
announced that the country'a future
welfare must be sought for on the
seas; the United States wish to have
no rivals on the ocean and Russia is
beginning to rebuild her fleet.
This continent Is no longer the scene
of the most striking Innovations; Amer.
Ica is an old story. Africa is the new
world. The French are stretching a
telegraph wire from the Mediterra
nean across the Sahara to Timbuktu.
The wire' has already reached the Tuat
oases. It will pass thence to the Ahag
gar Mountains, where live the Tuareg
bandits, and so Into a country which
a few years ago was extremely dan
gerous to an avowed Christian.
No matter how profound and learned
a lawyer may be, he seems to be In
capable of drawing his own will so
that it will not be set aside. This was
the fate of Samuel J. Tilden's will, and
now we are Informed that the will of
Chief Justice Edward M. Paxon of the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, be
queathing $3,000,000 for the establish
ment of a farm school for boys, is void
for such an obvious defect as the ab
sence of subscribing witnesses. Some
times it looks as if people who know
how to make money never know any
thing else.
There are men who have never been
detected in wrong-doing whose per
formances are nevertheless so hostile
to the public welfare or so acceptable
to self-seekers that" their honesty is
impugned and their patriotism dis
counted. Any prosecuting officer will
testify that there Is nothing in the
whole catalogue of crimes so difficult
to trace as political corruption, noth
ing so difficult to fix as bribery. The
public should not wait for proofs. The
vote should not wait for evidence. It
Is not only essential that public men
have their dishonesty unproved, but
that they be men of such proved hon
esty and absolute Integrity that no
breath of suspicion has ever tainted
their reputations. .
A friend of the editor asks this ques
tion: "Why do Americans as a rule
go after the dollar harder than Euro
peans?" Plainly, because dollars will
buy more in this country than in Eu
rope. Dollars will buy some things
there, but here they will buy every
thing that is worth buying. In Eu
rope It makes no difference how much
money a man has, nor how decent his
character, neither be nor his family
can amount to anything in particular.
ITe must be born to the manner. Else
the door of 'opiHUtuulty Is closed. In
this country. If he Is the right sort of
a man, be csn buy freedom from fear
and worry, recognition. Independence,
He can aspire to ho and become all
that any other American can aspire to
become. And that Is why our critics
across the waters fall to understand
us. Years ago they called us a nation
of shopkeepers. They can see us only
as dollar chasers. Rut the fact Is we
want money because of the thtugs It
will buy. We do not hoard It, We
are royal apeudcra. Of course there
are some among us who believe that
money win buy anything content
ment, happiness, or even character.
They learu differently. Rut surely it
ts not altogether an unworthy motive
that we should desire money that we
may minister to the wellbelng of those
whom we are fond of. It Is not sor
did desire, this one of wanting money
to educate our children and give them
chance In life better than our chance,
And that is why Frlta and Patrick and
Nets and Antonio and Moses, when
they wine to us over sea, Join with us
In the dollar chase. It Is only when
we begin to long for dollars we cannot
use that we become money mad. The
American wants dollars for what they
will buy and he buys what he wants.
There Is close relation betweeu be
lief and reasoning, but there could be
no greater vrror than to suppose that
reasoning Is the only thing that can
produce beliefs and that all of our be
liefs are the result of reasoning. Moat
people would fvel Insulted If told that
they believe anything whatever with
out reason, aud yet the truth Is that
of atl the beliefs that exist In any
human mind not oiw In a thousand bat
been produced by reasoning and not
one In a million by Investigation, re
flection and reasoulng. The greater part
of our most cherished convlettous are
Inserted in us ready made, just a
cartridge Is Inserted In a gun or a box
put Into a wagon. This Is easily prov
ed by asking people why they believe
certain things. In most cases It will
be surprising to see how they are em
barrassed by the question and what
trifling and Inconsequential replies
they make. Sometimes they becoimj
Impatient and Indignant and Intimate
that what they believe Is self-evident,
or they say: "Any fooi knows that."
They drop the subject as soon as they
can, but not until they bare made It
evident that they believe without rea
son and without ewr attempting to
reason. How, then, do we come to be
lieve certain things? Evidently by
mere imitation or by a sort of hypnotic
suggestion. In childhood and youth
we belteve everything we hear. What I
ever Is constantly said In our homes
or by our associates we Install among
our settled convictions and retain
them long after we have forgotten
when, where and from whom we first
heard them. We are as passive In re
ceiving these impressions as a colt Is
in getting used to harness. We would
naturally suppose that convictions that
wvre acquired so easily would be Just
as easily upset and abandoned, but It
is Just the reverse. The beliefs which
we have acquired we know not how
aud which we atv at a loss to defend
are exactly those that are most Invin
cible. We would at least expect them
to melt away before strong argument,
but argunivnt hag' no effect on them.
Argument will often overthrow and re
verse beliefs which were acquired by
argument, but these belk'fa' which are
foisted upon us hypnotically do not
yield to rensonlng. These traditional
beliefs cannot be said to be an evil.
The fact Is our wry life Is founded
on them and governed by them and
we could not live without them. Life
Is too short for everything to be rea
soned out. We must Iw set up In busi
ness with an immense stock of ready
made convictions or else we would be
more helpless than the brute creation.
They are valuable also for the very
reason that they cannot be over
thrown, for without this quality there
would be absolutely no stability in hu
man character. Ou the other hand, It
Is obviously absurd to reason that cer
tain opinions and beliefs are well
founded because they are widespread
and of great antiquity. A belief may
be perpetuated from generation to gen
eration in an ever-widening circle for
thousands of years and even beconw
universal without ever having a parti
cle of fact or logic for Its basis. That
we can never entirely free ourselves
from Involuntary beliefs is certain,
and that we would perish if we were
deprived of them Is certain also, and
jet our safety depends on keeping
them in check by reasoning and inves
tigation. We must be continually
sloughing off our groundless beliefs or
we shall be completely swamped by
them. This is not an attractive pic
ture of human nature, but it Is a faith
ful lUeness.
Papa's Viewpoint.
Her Father What are your pros
pects, sir?
The Suitor (modestly) I am fifth
vice president of the Brazen Assur
ance Society. '
Her Father Well, you may come
and see me again, If the jury acquits
you I Puck.
popultvjionco -
Paper Sftatlnaa ' nrU.
In several places In Prussia, expert
menta are being made with a some
what novel material for soldiers' Unit,
namely, shavings 0f imper about three
centimetres broad and several hundred
metre long. These are stuffed Into
bags on which the soldiers' He, They
re said to be more comfortable than
straw and more springy. Straw beds,
moreover, must be changed every six
months. These new beds of paper
havings need changing only once in
two or three years.
rarmlag y ..
In order to demonstrate that. If nec
essary, agricultural operations can b
carried out day aud night continuously
with gasoline motor, an Interesting
trial was reeeutly carried out la Eng
land on a farm near Biggleswade, A
field was Illuminated by acetylene gas,
tud two 6-foot mowers were attached
to an Ivel gasoline trader. Under these
conditions fifteen acres were cut la
the short time of 3 hours 33 minute.
New Active Valeaaa la Xavaea.
A volcano throwing off molten lava
has been discovered lu Nevada. Th
volcano Is In Rye Patch, Humboldt
County. Although that section bat
been traversed for years the crater has
Just been found. , The men were In
search of cattle when they came on
the stresm of lava, and. tracing It to
Its source, found the volcano.
One of the largest and most famous
trees In England 1 the Cowtborpe oak,
thus named from the town wherein It
ataud. It la gradually decaying and
disappearing, although It atlll puts
forth green leaves every year, Llk
other giant tree In a state of decay,
Its trunk seems to be sinking Into the
ground. About 200 years ago It was
78 feet In girth at the ground level,
and HO feet high. Now It Is but little
more than 54 feet In girth at the
ground, and only 37 feet high.
China Is so well suited by natural
conditions for the production of silk
that even the most atittqunted and un
scientific methods cannot deprive her
of the first rank In that Industry. Ii
Japan eveiy thing connected with the
silk business 1 scientifically regulated.
No silkworm Is allow to hatch unless
the egg has passed a scientific Inspec
tion. The mulberry trees are cultiva
ted on scientific principles. Similar
methods are pursued In other countries
where silk Is produced. Hut lu China
these things are almost entirely disre
garded, and yet China keeps uear the
head In production. Her undeveloped
resources lu this Industry are so enor
mous that Mr. Anderson, our consul at
Amoy, predicts that when Chlnn adopts
modern methods she will give a new
turn to the silk business of the world.
l)ealiaed In Praetlew.
When tho lute Secretary Hay was
crossing the Atlantic In 1HH5 on his
way to Paris to serve as secretary of
legation he told the following anecdote
to one of his fellow travelers, Ou ap
plying for admission to the bar of
Illinois be was summoned to appear
before a committee of prominent Chi
cago lawyers to be examined as to his
qualifications.
He went to the place appoluted and
found the commit lee assembled; but
for a long time they took no notice of
the young candidate, but continued
talking vigorously together on various
subjects. At Inst one of the lawyers,
turning to him, said:
"Mr. Hay, what would you do If a
client should come to you with such
a case as this?" and proceeded to de
scribe very elaborately a complicated
legal case.
"I should ask for a retaining fee of
fifty dollars' promptly replied Mr.
Hay, "and tell -lm to call to-morrow."
"Mr. Hay, you ore admitted," said
the gentleman, and with a hearty
laugh from all present the proceed
ings closed.
Xrry Fororrtfnl.
Clergyman I'd like to pay a fit tin;,'
tribute to your husband's memory.
Widow He didn't have any mem
ory; be couldn't remeiubvr to mall a
letter.
Social Problem.
Lumber Yard Lem I hain't seen
Weary Willie around lately.
Seven-Lengue Raunilers No; he's
disguised himself as a college profes
sor an Ilvln' In one o' dem. He's
goln' to write a magazine article on
lelr lives an' habits." Puck.
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Whenever a sore or ulcer does not heal, no tuutlcr on what part of th
body it tuny Ixt, it is because of a poisoned rendition of the Mood. This
fHuson may be the remains of some constitutional trouble; the cllcct of a
one spell of sickness, which has left this vital stream polluted ami weak,
or because the natural refuse matter of the body, which should pass off
through the channels of nature, has been lift in the system and absoi bed
into the circulation. It does not mutter how the poison became intrenched
in the blood, the fact that the sore is there and dot-a not heal is evidence of
a deep, underlying cause. There is nothing that causes more discomfort,
worry and anxiety than a festering, discharging old aore that resists treat
ment. The very sight of it is abhorrent aud suggests pollution and disease ;
besides the time and attention required ta keep it clean and free from other
infection. As it lingers, slowly eating deeper into the surrounding flesh, the
sufTcrcr grows morbidly anxious, fearing it may be cancerous. Some
of those a til ic ted with an old sore or . . ...
ulcer know how useless it is to ex. JttXttf&Stt&Sl'
bect ft cure from Halves. towilcr. lo- MOMoountauu B.n thia trx
tions and other external treatment. . ,,0. 1 ha a-ood w.Jt'c.T tt.a
Through the use of these they have 'on, tuihUlorot worse. IwmId
seen the place begin to heal and scab tllSuil'
. I
wci, anu hcib conic raiuiuvinjr iiicm ! jr ,,
selves that they would soon be rid of ffiV;: Aft tAmH
the detestable thing, when a fresh riubu blood wadleine. . '
upply of poison from the blood '. V...T.. W.J.CAT1.
would cause the inflammation and old discharge to return and the sore would
be as bad or worse than before. Sores that do not heal are not due to out
sidecsuses; if they were, external treatment would cure them. They are
kept open because the blood is steeped in poison, which finds an outlet
through these places. While young people, and even children, sometimea
suffer with non-healing sores, those most usually afflicted are persons past
middle life. Often, with them, a wart or mole on the face inflames and be
gins to ulcerate from a little rough handling ; or a deep, offensive ulcer de
velops from a alight cut or bruise. Their vital energies and powers of re
sistance have grown less, and circulation weaker, and ncrhana some taint in
the blood, which was held in check by
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PIIDCI V VCPCTADI r There is only one way to cure these old
runtLT f tut I MDLt, sores and ulcers, and that is to get every
particle of the poison out of the blood. 1'or this purpose nothinjf equal.
S. S. S. It goes down to the very bottom of the trouble, cleanses the blood
and mikes a permanent cure. S. S. S. enriches and freshens the circulation
so that it carries new, strong blood to the diseased parts and allows the place
to heal naturally. When this is done the discharge ceases, the sore acabs
over and fills in with healthy flesh, and the skin regains its natural color.
Book on Sores and ulcers and any medical advice desired will be furnished!
without charge. mc SWIFT SPCCtFtC CO., ATLANTA. OA.
I have seen something of legal prac
tice on both sides of the Atlantic, and
my opinion Is that our profession
would gsiu luiinenely by combining
the two branches pretty much as they
are combined In the I'nlted States aud
Canada, says a writer In the Ixiiulon
.Suturdily Kevlew. It Is obvious that
the solicitors would profit by such an
agreement. They would have the right
of audience in an courts and the op
portunity to qualify themselves for
promotion to the bench.
In America the young lawyer goes
Into an office, where he makes his
merit t known by steady attention to
business. There will slwnys be two
kinds of lawyers those who stay In
their offices, dealing directly with cli
ents and attending to mutters of rou
tine, aud those who advice on points
of law and argue cases In court.
These two orders of men are clearly
(llstlgulshed In America, but they
work together as partners to the great
advantage of the client.
Never flmllvd Ascala.
"How do you manage to wrlto 511
those funny things?" asked the Inquis
itive female of the' Jokesinlth.
"With a typewriter, madam," an
swered the so-much-per yard grin pro
ducer. "Indeed:" exclaimed the I. f. "Don't
you know, I Imagined you used some
sort of copying apparatus."
Infrvqnrnt Ocraalona,
"You must try to love your papa as
much as he loves you," said the vis
itor. "Oh, I love him more," replied Tom
my. "Indeed? Doesn't your papa love
you very much?"
"Not much. He says he only loves
me when I'm good." Philadelphia
Press.
Mr'trry of the Pac no-.
It's awfully hard to understand linw
pug dogs csn like th sort of people that
like them. Cleveland Lender.
HelplHelp!
I'm Falling
Thus cried the hair. And a
kind neighbor came to the res
cue with a bottle of Ayer's
Hair Vigor. The hair was
saved t In gratitude, It grew
long and heavy, and with all
the deep, rich color of early
life. Sold in all parts of the
world for sixty years.
" About on, ;Hr at-o T loit raarly all of my
'hair following- an attack of moailtti. I wu
adrliad by a filaiid to ua Ayar'a tialr Vigor.
I did to, and aa a ratult I now have a beautiful
baad of hair." Mas. W. i. BttOWM. Mauou
oom Valla, Wit.
by J. O. Ay.r Co., Lowell,
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PIUS.
CUeRltr PECTC8AL.
THAT DO
NOT HEAL
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their stronger constitutions of early
me, snows usm. ii is wen to be sus
picious of any sore that doea not heal
readily, because the same germ that
produces Cancer is back of every old
circulation to nnxltiee this fatal diaeaxe.
A NOVEL ADVERTISEMENT.
II Appeared la a Keeeat laaaa ml a
l.aadua Kewaaaner.
a anm.KMKi.Y rxeoMi'KTKNT root
with no tiiiallrti-ailiiiia, mm-IhI er IiiM!i--lual,
totally drvolit ut aiiowlrtlit on any
i-imi rival. Ir aiihjm t, ItKirnuslily iullu
a till uiitruai worthy, la iti-alrtma of olilaln-
log rrmmirrailvv hm In any -( It r .
Attilrma I. K. 3, Mat-lla roait, l Ku
a!ii(toa. The a ti til Innj candor of the a!ovo
advertisement which appeared In a
recent Usue of the Ixiudou Times lets
caused some amusement and attract'!
a great deal of attention amc ng hind
nvss men, says the London Kxpiess.
.Many declared that i. V." was
practical Joker; others that 1e hud a
detlnlte object In view wlie.i be made
himself out to be a fool.
That this latter solution was the cor
rect one an Kx press representative
learned yesterday from "1. r" him
self. His object, he said, was to af
truct the attention of employers by
going out of the beaten tr.t k.
"I. V." who Is about 'J7 years old.
Is rather more ak-rt and Intelligent
than the average man with nit ordi
nary public school education, and hi
face Is a particularly honet one.
"1 thought If I said exactly the op
posite to what moNt people lu tur-l
of a billet Insert lu the newspapers,
lie said, "I might stand it good cliauce
of hearing from employers tired of
superlative virtues, and I hdve not
been disappointed,
"I have this mornlug reivlvel two
genuine offers and appointments fr
Interviews from the heads o' good
tlrms and a large number of letters
aud post cards from practical Jokeis.
It was Inevitable, of course, that thro"
or four of the writers should luv
advised me to apply at once to the
war office, 'where 1 would be sure of
a billet.'
"I have bevn schoolmasterlng seven
years, and althougn 1 have a small
billet now, I wish to better myself."
Not Hull! Kor Two.
When Michael Burke Joined his
: brother James In this country, tho
aioney Hie brought over, added to
lame's savings, enabled them to go
nto the ice business. In course of
:lme their custom Increased, and It
liecame necessary for them to have an
)IIlce. In this James booh installed a
lice roll-top desk.
"The one desk will do for the two
)f us," he explained, tnc day It was
let us. "And here are two keys; one
for you, Micky, and one for me."
Michael accepted the key, but seemed
to be studying the desk.
"That's all right," he said. "But
(vhcro Is my keyhole?"
Art Note.
Mrs. Syllle My husband takes a
deep Interest In art
Mrs. Older You surprise me.
Mrs. Syllle Well, It was a surprise
to me. But I beard him telling Jack
Rownder last night that It was a good
thing to study your hand before you
draw. Cleveland Leader.
CUMl WHIHt All Ut f All.
Coukd Syrup, TaMea Oood. ui
In tlma. Sold by drumUta.
&.J Boat