The Columbia register., July 29, 1904, Image 3

r7v?T?T7?TTr UJ-i.-. ,.' ... .ijaii . . nag. m..jji jj-u. .g , ,.'.'1 I In
. ITT -rizsmmcmmrm-- .... - ..... --- I V
IIICM SCHOOL 'RAICRMTItS AND SORORITIES.
Br fre. Wilbur X Jackmaa, lalrtrtltr at CaKaga.
ZJ
The most enlightened sentiment of the present
lima regard the school a social ImtltuUon. In
making Inquiry, therefore, into the value of fra
ternity life among the children It li net-wintry to
tcit It entirely In accordance wltU Itt power to
contribute to the welfare of the
I whole. The 'hol, Wing a
J,
bit a right to demand that every Individual con
tribute the beat that la In him to the good of all.
In making title contribution It la perfectly natural that
much should be done through groups around certain center
that have definite Id en In. The group being formed, the
school, however, Mill ha the right to exact the same thing
from them that It doe from the Individual. If, now, the
fraternities and sororities are ao contributing, If they are
wielding an Influence that la tendfng to blend all the dlvcrae
Interest of Uio school to ard one end, the social uplift of
all, how does It happen th.it In school where these societies
exlat the clua room and corridors are thronged with those
who are shivering under the front of ostracism? Here la a
system, masquerading a social, which, at bent, la Indlffof
nt to the good Influence which great numbers of the pupils
might exert and, at the worst It deliberately seta about
preventing the Individual from giving hi beat to the achool.
Whether In the fraternity or out of It, there Is no difference
In principle. The good that the fraternity seeks Is the good
of the small coterie composing it It Is distinctly sclflsh and
narrow. To assume anything else Is ridiculous, for if It
were really the good of tho Wholo It could not and would
not confine Its membership to a few. It Is essentially arls
ocraUc, and It must, therefore, come into direct conflict
with the proper organization of the school, which Is essen
tially leini)"rntlc.
Tho ;i!rlt of the American parent Is against the spirit of
the fraternity. When ono contrast the effect upon the
character of his child that a school will linvo which la
broken up Into fraternity factions with tho effect which a
training for a similar length of tlmo would have In an
Institution founded up.iu tho principle that govern Hull
limine, or which dominated tho Cook County Normal School,
there is simply but one conclusion possible. Tho one trains
tho pupils at this most touchable, period of their lives In all
the old social prejudices and traditions that tho race Is
doing Its best to slough off; the other broadens and deepen
the sympathies; It schools tho older In the care of the
younger, and It tenches tho younger to trust tho older. It
train the strong to look after tho weak, that tho strength
of tho latter may bo moro surely conserved. In fine, It
educate Into that broad citizenship which constitutes the
true demoorutlc stnte
STOCK JOBBING AS A FORM OF PARESIS.
fjr Prof. Jama C. Hitman, H, D., Chicago Poit-traduata Scaool.
aJ
Since the days of Juvenal
pursuit of speculative wealth
la modern times. Tho speculator has had his
part, however, In all ages,
L
monopoly has been a crime against which Uie
fanatic law-maker has always launched bis legal
bolts In vain. Even the corporation of the swind
ling variety Is old. Of the closo of tho seven
teenth century Macauluy draws the following pic-
'lure: "An Impatience to be rich, a contempt for those slow
tut sure gains which are tho proper reward of Industry, pa
tience, and thrift spread through society. The spirit of the
cogging dicers of whlto fralrs took possession of the grave
senators of the city, wardens of trades, deputies, aldermen.
It was much eusler and much more lucrative to put forth a
lying prospectus announcing a new stock, to persuade ig
norant people that the dividends could not fall short of "JO
per cent, and to part with 5.000 of this imaginary wealth
for 10.000 solid guinea than to load a ship with a well
chosen cargo for Virginia or the Levant. Every day some
new bu bid o was puffed Into existence, rose buoyant, shone
"bright, and was forgotten." ,
Ono great barometer of the social pressure resulting
on stock Jobbing Is paretic dementia, or paresis, as It Is
popularly called. While this disorder hns probably always
listed. It wns flrst pointed out by tho great English neu
A SPRING 80NQ.
When Love comes to my garden
lie walk with dainty tread,
Tho lilies hluze before him,
Tho moss-rose lifts its head;
The trim-kept lawns grow greener,
Tlio borders blush with pride,
The bmls burst Into blossom
When Love walks by my side.
When Love leaves my sad garden
The roses' petals fall,
The jasmine's scented clusters
Fade, dying, oil the wall;
The lawn grow dock and thistle.
The paths are rank with weeds.
And all the dainty borders
Are strewn with fallen seeds.
Sweet Love, stay In my garden,
Itest In Its rosy shades.
Bask in Its scented sunshine,
Dream In Its leafy glades;
Sing to ths strings of pleasure,
Through all life's penlluns;
Make every season summer,
Let every month be June.
Pall Mall Gazette.
4 V-H
SAVED BY A DREAM, J
HWAS sitting In .a certain .railroad
ofllce one evening not very long
ago, when a telegraph operator re
lated the following incident,- which I
will try to repeat In his own words:
."Speaking about dreams," ho said,
"reminds me of a dream tlint I had
once while I was working at Brlcks
burg, on the O. C. & B. It wns the
moBt remarkable dream I. ever had,
and I have no doubt it was the means
of saving a great many lives. But I
will relate the Incident, and you may
then Judge of that for yourself.
"I dreamed I was in my office. 'B'g
B'g B'g,' I heard the sounder click,
and hastily taking up my pen I open
ed the key, answered the call and re
ceived this order:
" 'Operator: ' '
" 'Flag and hold train seventeen (17)
until train sixty-eight (08) arrives. .
. "'31 ALLISON.' .
"When I had repented it back to tho
sender and received the signal that
influence of such
the fact that paretic
the negroes in Chicago than those in New York, and 1
practically unknown
Is due to the fact that
school a social
equal in commerce and politics and Is thoroughly under the
Influence of the speculative atmosphere which permeates
(octal organization,
tho commerce of
In the undue proportion of psretlc dementia among the
Irish, widen Is much
Uils arises from the
uicien io speculation uian inose in rew York. To my
personal knowledge Irish women, who In New York would
simply hoard their money and keep away from all specula
tlon, here denl In options on wheat and pork.
Not every organism can take paretic dementia in a spec
ulatlve atmosphere since there must likewise be acquired
predisposing causes, generally what Is euphemistically
called blood poison, which, whether Innocently acquired or
not, creates a tendency to paretic dementia. All other
things being equal, the man of strong constitution is more
likely to be attacked by paretic dementia, since the Weaker
breaks down in nervous prostration. Fortunately, the pa
tlent rarely lasts
hereditary. It Is,
civilization.
MEN WHO ABANDON
'Men
should be
May of this
term In the
una, more
man, who
found tho
entirely to his liking.
out good causp, abandon his wife, and neglect or refuse to
maintain or provide for her; or who shall abandon bis or
her minor children, ahull be nunlshed bv n fl
than floo nor more
county jan, nouso or
ono month nor more
Una and Imprisonment; and should a flno be luioBed it
may ie uirecteu iy tuo court to be paid In whole or In part
to tho wife or to the guardian or custodian of the minor
cuild or children.
Men who abandon their families without trlinA Ni,u
may bo divided Into
wuo come irom roreign snores. They leave without any
premeditated thought of final separation. In time, however,
with thousands of miles between, the picture of loved ones
grows dim In tho distance. The men grow to like the ways
of our country. New ties are formed, which, unfortunately,
supplant tho old.
A second class are those who lack the moral courage to
face temporary disappointments or troubles. Men go away
under pressure of circumstances, conscious In some In
stances that their presence Is more of a hindrance than a
help to their families. They are well aware that relief
agencies will, not help so long as the able bodied men are
about; and so they leave, knowing the community will as
sumo the duties which they cannot carry.
A third class luejudes those who deliberately plan to
leave their families, and are known as tho criminal type.
The fourth class are the men who leave their wives and
children, but who earn n fair livelihood in the city, and
make no pretense at leaving It. Moral suasion goes a great
way In adjusting tho dlfllcultles In cases of this kind.
The man who commits theft has comparatively little
chance to escape punishment If we find it essential to
punish the man who stenls f 10 worth of merchandise, he
who deprives his wife and helpless children of their nat
ural rights to his protection and support, thus robbing the
home of its sanctity nnd society of its morals, should not be
nllowed to atone for all his sins on a mere promise. He
should not be dealt" with lightly before a tribunal that
stands for Justice and the enforcement of the law.
satirists have scored
ns a vice peculiar
and forestalling or
my understanding of it was correct, I
placed the.order-book before me on the
table In such a position thnt the order
could not escape my eye, thus making
It almost Impossible for me to forget
It, even for a second.
"Having recorded my understanding
of tho order and pronounced It correct,
or 'O. K.,' the train-dispatcher then
sent an order to the conductor and
engineer of train No. 82 to run to
Brlcksburg regardless of train No. 17.
This will show the responsibility that
rested upon me. If I allowed train
No. 17 to pass my station a collision
would be the almost Inevitable result.
But you may be sure I did not intend
to let such a mishap occur.
"But how sleepy I was! Before I
was hardly aware of it I was nodding
in my. chair. Seeing the order before
me all the time, however, and know
ing Its awful importance, I tried hard
to banish sleep from my eyes. I got
up and paced the floor, bathed my
face with water, opened the door and
stood in the cool night air, and then
at length I sat down again and took
up a book to read. I read for some
time, but at last the words commenced
to dance before my eyes. I roused up
several times with a sudden start to
find that I had lost my place, and had
been almost asleep; my hend fell slow
ly forwnrd, my eyes closed, tho book
dropped from my hnnds, and soon I
was asleep.
"'Toot loot!'
"It was the tra-ln. I sprung up with
a start, grasped the safety signals and
allowed it to proceed, and then
'Oh, my God! the order!'
'I was wide awalfe then, and great
drops of perspjratlon rolled down my
face as I wntched the lights of the
swiftly receding train. The engineer
of that train, Tom Watson, was one
of my best friends, and to know that
he was rushing on to almost certain
death was terrible. Ills home was in
Brlcksburg, and as tho train passed
his house I heard' him sound his whis
tle signal to his wife to let her know
thnt he was 'on time' and all right
"It is Impossible for me to explain
tho awful horror that I felt, know
ing that I was the cause of what must
soon prove a terrible disaster. I could
only wait and watch,' almost breath
less, hoping that the engineers might
rologist, WillLa, In the seventeenth century. It Is found only
In countries with a speculative commercial atmosphere. The
an atmosphere la excellently shown in
dementia Is far more frequesi among
among the negroes in the South. This
the negro In Chicago Is treated as an
the city. The same influence is abown
greater than In New York City. And
Irish In Chicago being much more ad
over four years and the disease is not
however, the danger signal of commercial
THEIR FAMILIES.
who abandon their wives and children
made to answer for their crimes. In
year the Forty-third G eneral Aaxeru
bly of Illinois passed a much needed amendment
jo our abandonment law. Under the old laws
county Jail did not benefit the family";
unsatisfactory still, the lazy, shiftless
never did make any pretense at work,
Idlo life, with free food and nhelter.
Now. anv nerson who ulmil with
'than $.'K), or by imprisonment In 'the
correction, or workhouse not less than
than twelve months or i,v wt. .n,.h
p uu- V- M U J V
four classes. The first Includes those
see each other's headlights in time to
stop their trains. " , r
"A Bhort distance from the station
there was a sharp curve, in the track,
and as I looked I saw the headlight of
train C8 dash into view; heard the
short, sharp whistles for brakes, and
the next Instant came an awful crash.
"Ilatless, coatless, I left my office
and ran to the wreck, which was soon
all ablaze, and when I reached the
spot I almost fainted at the horrible
sight that met my view. The engines
were both 'piled together in a heap,
bright tongues of flame were darting
up toward the sky, while the screams
and groans of the unfortunate pas
sengers were awful to bear.
"Hesitating' only for a moment, I
sprang to the rescue of those whom I
could reach and assisted them out of
danger, but I could not stand it Jong.
To see men, women, and even little
children all crushed and bleeding, and
to hear their cries for help to save
them from the cruel flames, were more
than I could bear, knowing that my
carelessness was the cause of It all.
The river was near at hand, and with
avw!ld scream I ran to the bridge and
Jumped off,, falling down, down, down,
with 'murderer!' ringing in my ears.
"'Fredt Fred! come," Fred, get up!'
It was my wl f calling me, and how
glad I wns to. know that the awful
disaster was only a dream. J ;
"I told, my wife about it, nnd she
snld: -..".', "
- " 'Be careful, Fred; for my snke be
very careful.' -
"The next day our child was very
sick, and I had but little sleep, and
consequently was hardly fit for my
duties that night I asked to be ex
cused from duty, but there happened
to be no one to put in my place, so I
had to work. s i r. :
"About 9 o'clock I .began' to' feel
sleepy, and found it hard to keep
awake, A fev minutes later, however,
when I received an order to hold train
17 until train 68 arrived, I thought of
my dream, and was wide awake in an
instant. r j ; (r - ,
"I placed the book where the order
could not possibly escape my eye, and
sat down to wait But I was soon nod
ding again. This would not do, decidedly!-so
I got up, bathed my face,
and toolr t turn around the platform
the cold air. and for ihnrt itm.
felt better. But Nature was bound
nv her way. and 1 fonn.l I mnui
not keep awake. The awful dresm
wa constantly before my mind, and I
rnru my win to the uttermost to
wp my eyes open, but they would
'. i took another turn around, the
Uttform, and then a thought struck
. I entered the offlca iiraln. found
piece of strong wire, and with It I
secured the safety signals so that It
was impossible for me to move them.
Thus protected, I sat down and gsv
up the fight, soon falling alecp.
"The flmt 1 knew a shrill whistle
sounded In my ears, causing me to
Jump up in excitement and alarm and
grasp the signals. The next instant
the train dashed past and then, too
late, I thought of the order.
" 'Oh, God, I groaned, as I watched
the receding train. Then came the
headlight around the curve, the sharp
calls for brakes, followed by the awful
crash.
"Toot toot r
"I awoke with a start, grasped the
Ignais and tried to work them, but
soon remembered why they were fas
tened. " 'What's the matter. Fredr cried
Tom Watson, from bis engine, 'What'a
the danger signals set forr
"I have got order to hold you here
until train 8 arrives,' I answered.
'Train No. 17 took the sidetrack;
the headlight of No. C8 was soon seen
dashing around the curve, and a mo
ment later the danger was overr Then
I took my wire fastenings from the
safety signals and allowed No. 17 to
go on.
"That is all. unless I add that I
never again received an order of that
kind without fastening my signals so
that they could not be moved. For, al
though it happened once, I might nev
er again be saved by a dream." The
Hearthstone.
EQUINE WEARY WILLIES.
fitorleti of llorw. Mho Had Idea of
Their Own and Lived Cp to Them.
There are many instances of horses
refusing to perform their allotted du
ties A certain -farmer at Sateley, la
Hampshire, tells a story of a cart
horse which he bought "cheap' at a
horse sale near Aldershot. As. event9
turned out this animal proved by no
means a bargain, for from the day he
was bought to the time the disappoint
ed purchaser sold him "for a mere
song" this stubborn beast absolutely
refused to do any work.
He would submit to being harnessed
In the most exemplary manner, but
when once this operation was perform
ed the wily animal would not budge
an Inch rivaling in determination the
mule, which frequently decides to take
a rest and in Italy it is often found
necessary to light a fire underneath
the lazy offender before he can be in
duced to. "move on.""
A well-known race" horse trainer in
Sussex once had a horse which would
only work when in the mood for It
Time after time this curiously dls
posltioned animal would, when run
ning In hurdle races, lead his field, and
appear to be winning easily, until the
last hurdle was reached. He then nre-
sumably thought that he had done
enough work, for he would stop short
and, digging his front hoofs Into the
ground, would allow every horse In the
race to pass him, after which he would
quietly trot off to the paddock.
Apparently there was method in this
peculiar Idiosyncrasy, for his tralne
was of opinion that thes horse counted
the hurdles there are eight in a race
and, mindful of the many hidings he
had in former days received in the
"run in" from the last hurdle to the
winning post had formed a resolve
never again to negotiate the final hur.
die. London Answers.
WHO MAKE THE BEST SOLDIERS?
They Come from All Walks of Life,
Hays Gen, Hawley.
"Who make the best soldiers?" in
quired a Hartford man of General Jo
seph R. Hawley a year or two ago,
when Senator Hawley was stopping at
the Hartford Club, says the Hartford
Courant. '.
"Who make the best soldiers?' re
peated : General ' Hawley, reflectively.
"You- mean what kind of men make
the best soldiers, I suppose," and the
Interrogator said, that was precisely
what ho meant '
"Well, ' I ; will tell, you that It was
my, experience that",, ho, klndof men
made the best soldiers, and I mean by
that that the best soldiers came from
all the walks of life and were of all
kinds and conditions. When I was
captain I had a great towering pri
vate - that , was , a , swearing, frenzied
creature In, battlei, "absolutely fearless,
and I had another soldier, a little fel
low pot ; more than 17 years old, who
looked like a girl, and. the little chap
was-as s calm and; brave a soldier as
ever went into a"n engagement 2 l
, "He wns wounded in one battle and
I saw him drag himself and his gun
down to a stream. There he washed
his wounded ; le,,- bound It up ; with
bandages made , from his .shirt and he
came; back proudly to the firing line,
where he stayed all day. There were
many men of special bravery in every
company and those, who ;were .coward
ly were very few, as my experience in
the .Civil, War -taught me;" -t ;
, i .More Paper Money. ,
.The Paraguayan government has
authorized "a few issue. of paper
money, and bids for printing the same
will soon be asked for. About 5,000,-
000 -notes will be, printed. ,
Natural Inference.
"Isn't that Tom's step I hear?"
"Probably; he just went out with
the auto." Harvard Lampoon.
mm
"A
IT
" --'AN.
ml
V: t (
'All-
AWNAWVA
The Will of God.
Among the members of a certain
working girls' club a few years ago
was a young Norwegian girl named
Berna Jonsen. She was an exaulslte
creature, a veritable child of the morn
ing, with the beauty of the dawn In
her face and the Joy of the morning in
her heart There were those who, see
ing. her charm, trembled for her. "If
she were only not so beautiful V they
said. "What will her Ufa be?"
But God was taking care of her life.
She waa nurse-maid in a family with
two little children. One evening while
putting the children to bed, she was
called from the room for a monenL
Just what happened was never known,
but when Berna, hearing shrieks, came
nylng back, one child's dress was on
fire arid the curtains in a blaze. Berna
threw herself Instantly upon the boy
and beat the fire out. but the flames
caught her hair, and before help came
sue was terribly burned.
She was taken to the hosnltal at
once, and everything that skill or mon
ey could do -was done for her, but from
the flrst there was no hope. She lived
three days, suffering Intensely all the
time, and then the end came. But
those three days revealed the real Ber
na. She needed no ministry of cour
age; rather it was she who ministered
to all. She was herself a lesson of pa
tience, courage and unfaltering faith.
It was God's will, and it was right
' The unusual circumstances of her
death wakened the widest sympathy
and Interest Kindred and friends and
strangers, patients, nurses and doctors
it was marvelous how many waited
for word of her through those three
days. There was but one feeling among
them all the tragedy of such an end
ing to the beautiful young life. Most
of, all the girl's mother felt It "She
was so lovely, so lovely!" she cried
again and ftgaln..
Three or four weeks after Bernri
death a woman knocked at the Jon
seas' door and asked for Mrsv Jonsen.
When the mother came she told her
story. She had been a patient in the
hospital at the time Berna was brought
there. Life had been hard to her and
ihe was bitterly rebellious. PeoDle had
been kind she realized it afterward
but she had thrust their kindness back
In their faces.
"Don't tell me of God!" she had cried
to them. "You have never suffered. If
you had to endure what I have, you
would find your God a long way off." -
men," she said, "your daughter
came. I heard about her, of course
we all did. We heard how beautiful
she was and how young, and how she
lutrered, and I knew then that God had
answered me. If she could give ud
life, with all It held for her, without
a woru or regret; if she could suffer
as she did and still say that it was
all. right Tknew that -she had some
power behind her, and that power must
be God. I cannot teH you how I struz-
gled through those three days. It
seemea as ir my soul was fighting for
Its life. But the night she died the bat
tle ended and I gave myself to her
lioa. .
"I have come," she ended, "not to In-
trude upon you with a stranger's storv.
but to tell you that your beautiful
aaugtiter did not die in vain. I know
that she would have been glad."
The mother turned away for a mo
ment and from the Dasres of a hip
Bible took two letters. "Do you see
cneser she asked. "They have come
to us since. They are like what von
tell. AVe have talked and talked, her
tatner and I. She was dear to us you
cannot know how dear but w are
willing now willing even that she
snouuj have, died so. We shall never
again rebel against suffering Ond
knows best." Youth's Companion.
She Refused the Medal.
Bishop Potter often visits Sabhnth
schools. At one time .a little girl's
sewing class was organized, and ha
offered a medal for the child who
would always be present and never be
late. . -
At the closing exercises, little Alice
was called forward as the elrl who
had been neither absent nor late. Bish
op Potter handed her the medal, but
she refused it.
"One day I was late." And she told
him what had made her late..
Afterward Bishop Potter asked her
all about it
"WThy didn't you take the medal.
Alice?" he asked.
"It would have been telling a He."
was the answer.
"WTould your teacher have known
It?"
"No; sir. She didn't see me come
In that day."
"Would your mother have known?"
"No, sir. I didn't tell her about it"
"Well, who would have known that
you were telling a lie?"
ill..- . - . I . .
Morning.
Rise, thou spleudid sun,
L'her In bright day,
Bid the silver mUts
Break and melt away!
Ripple, little wave
riaying on the shore!
Trill your song, O bird.
Greet your life ones mora!
Ope thy petals, roue.
Diademed with dew!
Float in laxy calm,
Cloudlet on the blue!
Let the children laugh,
Housed from dreamless sleep!
We are glad of Joy
We who wake to weep.
E. Ititchie.
Patient Keeking;.
If we would gain light either on the
theory or practice of rellgton, we must
sincerely desire the light We must
use the light we already have. We
must patiently seek light in the double
way of prayer and rational inquiry.
Never, as long as the world stands
will any religiously benighted' soul
thus patiently desire and labor and
pray for the break of day without at
last seeing the eyelids of the morn un
senled and the painfully dusky east
gradually redden into the sun. E, F.
Burr.
M-c new grw pinx. i saouia,"
said she.
The Bishop did not give her that
medal, but he had another beautiful
medal made, and sent it to her to re
mind her always to tell the t-uth, na
matter how severely she might be
tempted to do otherwise.
INSOMNIA AND WEATHER.
One Man Declare that There la a Cloa
Connection.
"Do you know I think the connec
tion between atmospheric conditions
and insomnia is much closer than we
believe it is," said a thoughtful man
to a New Orleans Times-Democrat
writer, "and I think I have good rea
son for the faith that Is within me, so
far as this matter is concerned. I suf
fer a great deal on account of sleep
lessness and in at least nine Instances
out of ten the weather 'is directly re
sponsible for it If a violent change
in any way whatever Is about to take
place my system will register the fact
with Just as much accuracy as the
most delicate devices used by the ex
pert weather prognosticators. '
"Of course, I do not mean to say
that I have a monopoly on this sort of
thing. We are all influenced to some
extent and in one way or another by
weather changes. But I was speaking
more particularly of the relations be
tween atmospheric condition and In
somnia. The connection is direct and
unmistakable. Take the man, for in
stance, who Is a chronic sufferer from
headacha or neuralgia, or any . kindreds
ailment and you will find that an 'Im
pending . change in the weather will
have a tendency to put his nerves on .
edge, If I may say it and he will, as
a matter of. fact fall Into the clutches
of that awful slaughterer of rest In
somnia. "I may say that any man whose
nerves are particularly sensitive and
whose system Is delicate enough to re
spond to slight pressures will be af
fected In the same way. The ordinary
corn is often an agent In begetting in
somnia, because It Is a sort of barom
eter and responds quickly to changes .
in the weather. It would be interest
ing if some man -who Is an expert in
such matters would trace definitely
the relation between insomnia and at
mospheric or climatic conditions. Many
variations would be found. ' It would
all depend on the temperament of the -individual.
A great many persons will
be found who wifl sleep heavily if the
night becomes suddenly a little cold.
Cold in such cases aids sleep, la the ,
cases of other persons a change of this
sort will produce wakefulness because
the cold will Irritate the more sensitive
nerves. So I might go on and enumer
ate a vast variety of ways in which
different persons, because of tempera
mental differences, would be affected
by a sudden change In the weather.
rhere can be no sort of question about
the connection between Insomnia and
the weather."
Character and Woe.
With rare exceptions the Russian
peasants are lacking In education, so
briety, industry,, energy and honesty.
They have the characteristics of a
race of slaves. They are so suspicious
of anyone asking questions that fre
quently they will lie when it is to
their interest to tell the truth, and they
will use the greatest ingenuity in
stealing and covering their tracks, but
they so totally lack perseverance, as
a rule, that it is difficult to turn their
cunning to account Some of these
characteristics extend high up. At the
time the Retvlzan and Variag were
being built at the Cramps, another
Vessel was being built for the Japanese
navy, and naval officers were here
from both countries to supervise the
work. An engineer who was detailed
by the Cramps to look after the foreign
officers told me that the Russians did.,
little but drink, and seldom went near
their vessels, while the Japanese -watched
every piece that went into
construction and knew Just what it
was meant to accomplish. It is only
such intimate knowledge that allows
an intricate machine like a war shipi
to be utilized. to its full capacity.
Bacon in Bookldver's Magazine. ' .
' Both' Extracts. " '
Customer Have you any extract of
beef?
Walter Yes, sir. ..Brown or white?
Customer Brown or white?
Walter Yes, sir. Beef tea or milkl .
Philadelphia Press.