BATTLEFIELD ANGEL
NOBLE LIFE WORK Or
CLARA BARTON.
MISS
Htr Carver Hrrallrd by Iter Healgna
tlou from tha I'rvaltlrncjr of the Amer
ican Kl Croaa ttotUty-Muciccdcd by
Un. Jobu A. Logan.
After nearly half a century of lovln
ervlctt to her Buffering fellow mortals,
during which ale baa personally ill
rected the relief work In tlmea of war,
free, flood, famine, peatllence and
epidemics, alio who la ona of tlio
warmest and wisest humanitarians of
the age, whoaa tender nursing, loving
sympathy ami unfailing courage won
lor her among tha aoldler boys of
MtV'US the name of Tha Angel of tb
Battlefield," Mlaa Clara Barton, has
tepiel down from the high place ha
lias ao long occupied and ha been auc
eedcd by Mra. John A. Logan, aa pre
Ident of the American lied Crone Asso
ciation.
The resignation of Mlaa Harton, aa
1ho head of the lted Cros Society In
thl country, I the culmination of aev
rol yeara of Internal atrlfe in that
tody. A number of the members of
the Hoard of Management have been
demanding an accounting of the fund
of the aoclety and suggesting that Mia
Itarton retire from the actire preal
1ency. There ha been of late consld
arable distrust of the management of
lied Croaa affairs because of Miss Iter
ton's age and her Inability to manage
It: peraon the bualnea of the great or
ionization. Be that aa It may, .when
one thinks of the good that Alias Bar
ton haa done for her country and hu
manlty, of her noble life work and
weet character, it aeenia deplorable
that In the evening of her eplcndld
Ion general, and who succeeds Ills)
Hart on aa preeldant of the Bed Cross
Koclety, Is no stranger to work along
those lines. Bhe it waa who instituted
the famous "striped hospital" of the
Civil War. Immediately after the bat
tle of I'.ehiiout. lu MUwiurt. MX) of ilea.
Igan'a uien cnuo down with the mea
sles. Here waa predlcauieut There
waa no such thing aa hospital In
which men could be sheltered. There
waa no one to nurse the brave young
fellowa who bad Just gone ao gallant
ly through their first battle, not even
tenia In which they could be quarter
ed. Mrs. Igan waa the woman of the
hour and rose to the emergency with
that atrength and decision that have
always marked her character. She
marshaled a few of the officers' wives,
and detailing them with a generalship
of which any veteran might be proud.
made a complete and exhaustive can
vas of the aurroundlng countlea In
the battle section. The men were alck
at Cairo, III., and 24 hours after she
had alar ted out Mra. Logan waa back
with a carload of supplies, gathered
from hundreds of farmhouse. The
hoxpltal waa in the City Hotel. The
wlvea. mothers and sweetheart In that
part of the country opened out their
stnrea of household good most gener
ously. Not only were there delicacies
for the alck soldiers, but fine, soft
homespun blankets, of brilliant stripes
and hues, patchwork quilts of gorgeous
design, family heirlooms ungrudgingly
yielded tip. It was these coverlets
that gave to the hospital the name by
which every veteran of the war re
members It to-day. The "striped hos
pital" wilt go down In history with the
rosters of the old soldiers of the Civil
War.
In the work of nursing In thoae aw
ful days of carnage Mrs. Logan played
a noble part Day after day she held
the chloroform sponges for the sur
geons when there waa an arm or leg
to be amputated, or helped to dress
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StLf-REGlLATION IN THE LIVING ORGANISM.
Br Dr. ft. ft. rVaace.
Fclfrcgulatlon Cleans the tendency of living
organisms to counteract, by biological or struc
tural changea. Influences of ft destructive or de
leterious nature. Some of the regulative phe
nomena of the human organltn are well known
and recognized aa auch by science. It la gen
erally known, for lnatance, that perspiration la a
regulative phenomenon the object of which Is
measures and men. When be Is in full sympathy wtti
what that party la doing he should Identify himself with
it as prominently as possible. When he thinks it la doing
badly be should keep out of those offices where he will
be forced to support measures which he disapproves. Ws
attach ourselves to ft party when we believe It is doing
good; and aa long as we have sympathy with its general
alms ftiid purposes, and believe that It is doing more good
than barm, there is no obligation upon us to separate our
selves from it because there are men within its pale whose
JUDICIAL DECISIONS.
to nre.erva the normal temperature of the body, conduct we disapprove or articles in its platform concern-
Other Instances are the powerful development of the mua- JU wua some uou
cles of the lees In professional dancers, bicyclists, and
mountaineers, the development of abnormally strong bones THE IDLE MAN A PITIABLE OBJECT.
in persona In the habit of carrying heavy loads, and the
increased activity of the heart in cases of kidney disease.
Several German and French btologlata recently have made
t careful atudy of the subject and gathered a great deal of
important material which throwa an Interesting light upon
the problem of self-regulation.
The regenerative faculty which the human body pos
sesses, aa documented by the healing of wounds, the restor
ation of destroyed tissue, and the knitting of broken bones.
la developed to a much higher degree in animals of a lower
Br 3. H. Joacs, Merer af TaU4.
It is a sad reflection that present day civili
zation Is largely poisoned with the Idea that an
Idle life 1 a desirable life, and that this delusion
should enslave the American mind, or Indeed that
it ahould find a dwelling place among; us at all.
Somehow, some way, some time we must grow
out of this stupefaction, for all the deplorable
things, of all the pitiable objects that incumber
the earth to-day, the most deplorable, according
order. The planarla, a worm quite common in every I to the teachings of all history, philosophy and religion, is
swamp, may be cut into several piece, and each piece will the Idle man or woman.
develop Into a entailer but otherwise perfectly formed lndl- I think every one will understand that my pity la for
vldual. Ilecent investigations have lea to me uiscovery all Idlers, I make no exception. I cannot understand how
TWO WOMEN WHO HAVE DONE
MUCH FOR SUFFERING HUMANITY.
that planta also possess restorative faculties, though the
latter are not so stTongly developed as they are In animal
organlama. Dr. Hlldebrand observed that, after the first
leaf developing from a seed of cyclamen europaeum naa
hwn cut off two new leavea srew In its place. In another
either possession or position of any sort can justify a hu
man being In leading an idle life. "In the sweat of thy
brow thou shalt eat thy bread" is the divine decree written
in every atom of man's being. Our faculties must be quick-
A woman la held, in Op'ta vs. Earel
(Wta.) 62. L. B. A. &S2, to bare an in
surable Interest in the life of a maa
whom she Is engaged to marry.
A text occupied by a divorced msa
and his child as their only place of
residence Is held, in Hipp vs. State
(Tex. Crim. App ) C2 L. B. A. 073, to
be a private residence occupied by a
family, within the meaning f ft statute
punishing gaming except when It oc
curs at such residence.
An ordinance requiring the Inspec
tion of milk sold within the limits of
the city, and providing for the licens
ing of venders, is held. In Norfolk vs.
riyna (Va.), 62 L. B. A. 771. not to bo
void aa affecting persons beyond tho
limits of the municipality, where it
touches only those who bring or send
their milk Into the city for sale.
Aa electric railway company whoe
line traverses a city la held. In Cris
man vs. Shreveport Belt Bail way Com
pany (La.) 62 L B. A, 747. to be negli
gent In placing one of its cars In charge
of a young man only IS years old.
whose experience In the handling of
an electric car dates only twenty days
back.
To impose upon a court the duty of
receiving and acting on petitions for
the submission to the voters of the
question whether or .not intoxicating
liquors shall be sold Is held, in Super
visor of Elections vs. Todd (Md.), 62
L. B. A. 800, to be beyond the power
of the legislature, under a 'constitution
separating the departments of govern-nient
The guarantors of ft negotiable not
100 cases.
nad. afranirthenA1 rwrlfl1 TMrfwtA h naa hn th
' . . . . . . v. i i ,l i . . . . . . ' . . are held, in Lemert vs. Guthrie (Neb.)
case a young piani aeveiopea mree new Kim m yiuto ui must an uo uaeu. vou ueyer aesignea one Deing ior Drain " . . J,, x, V
th. -tin.i fl-.t i.r M.h waa siooDed in IU arrowth by work excluslvelv and another for hard work aTlnaii 62 L. B. A. 054, to be discharged from
uin vi - " . . . I - ,..,. v .I1. V.
the seed capsule, from which it could not Tree itself. Neither has he ever intended that a select few should have u" . -
While most of the phenomena of self-regulation may be no more trying occupation than to loll around, abeolutely maker' "P''1116 no
eiplalned as purely mechanical manlfestaUona of the aelf- lost In a slough of sofa pillows, wondering what they shall " a1"0"! .noUce. , gtr?n
regulative faculty of organisms, there are some so compll- buy next, and, I may add, nature has wisely proTlded that Mrntor9. an em.an1 U n.' mlr9
caW and so clearly to the purpose that many aclentlaU are this sort does not cumber the ground, for it Is not of the Dp0V;m UUI J ' montns arter
. - I eh vii a4 s-ar sarn An th a nr si ar a'aspai n o wast i
inclined to attribute them to a teleoglcal principle of cas-l kind that obeys the Scriptural Injunction to multiply and
ualty governing all living organisms. One of the most replenish the earth. come ""jTent-
perplexing phenomena of that kind 1ft tne regrowtn or we Believing in unity, m aemocracy, In Christianity, I can- LUO uiuu uuiuu ir iDaUie
extirpated lenses in the eyes of the larva of trltan taenia- not understand how I can be true to those ideals and bold Volunteer Soldiers Is held. In Overhol-
mm . I a . ..... I ua m XT m f aha! ITawi m. Ma f if asai Vvt w4
tus, which was observed by rrcressor u. woia m over any cuman Deing in a menial relation. I place my finger
on tnis as tne most cancerous spot in our American clvlllza- c'UiCls vvuw;, .
tion. We can never have social peace or political Justice to be a corporation created oy un-
so lone as we burden our democracy with this blasDhemons P8 ror porpose or perrorming an
heritage of aristocracy.
The highest title that can be conferred on me la that
of "man." Than that no man should seek a higher. Tet
what do we see on every side of us' In this "democracy?"
Out there on the street passes a man. "No! Nor' some one
Is hasty and kind enough to Inform me. That is the "gov
ernor," "senator," and So-and-so, or "his royal highness"
Prince So-and-so, Is there anything In our Taunted democ
racy so utterly inconsistent and withal so completely dis
gusting? And yet It Is a habit that Is apparently lnarown
in the grain of the American people, this habit of worship. Pnte writing In the case. If they have
neen rouna to De genuine vj ue pre-
HOW TO BECOME INFLUENTIAL IN POLITICS.
Br Arthur D. IHdley. rYesMaflf f Yale Vtilrtrsity.
The Quickest way for a man to secure Influ
ence In politics is to ldentlf himself with some
party, tAke its nomination for office, and look for
the promotion which is about as certain to roiiow
In politics as In any other business where a man
accepts tho rules of the game ana piays it sum
fully. The disadvantage connected with this
way of doing things ,1s that such a man secures
his influence at the sacrifice or his lndepenuence.
... . i . mo...in hmind h tha nint form of the nartt I 6
lie is iii """""" v ,- - . - . . nlap. OP nosltton or monev.
... . . t a . n DJn K. .vll mhlah r. I r
which nomtnatea mm w oui. utrc" -
suits from this loes of Independence some men are lncnnea
to go to the other extreme to cut loose from party organi
sations altogether, voting for the best measures and the
best men without regard to the question which party sup-
appropriate and constitutional func
tion of the federal government, and as
such to be part of the government of
the United States and not to be liable
to be sued in an action for tort
Writing otherwise Irrelevant and not
admitted to be genuine la held. In Uni
versity of Illinois vs. Spalding (N. EL).
62 L. B. A. 817, to be admissible In
evidence for comparison with the dls-
MISS CLAJU BARTON,
ii as. jonir a. looaa.
fife she should be subjected to humili
ation and misrepresentation.
Mlaa Karton'a Career.
A native of Massachusetts, where
he was born seventy-four years ago,
Miss Barton's life work begun with
the Civil War, when she gave up all
thought of any other occupation and
wnsecrated her life to the sen-Ices
of her fellow men. Her first experi
ence in the field wos at the battle of
Hull Hun. Undaunted by the sight of
lilood. the cries and groans of the
wounded, or tho shrieks of the dying,
this "Angel of Mercy" continued In
her good works during the whole of
that long and bitter struggle. Aside
from her services In behalf of the sick
and wounded soldiers, she was keenly
alive to the necessity of a better sys
tem of Identification for those of tho
dead who, for lack of time, were hur
riedly burled. To this end she devoted
all of the time which could possibly be
apared from her other duties.
Miss Barton's labors in this connec
tion were so valuable as to claim reg.
nltlon from Secretary Stanton, who
called upon her to go to Andersonvllle
and assist In the identification of the
dead that suitable stones might be
.ictd to mark their graves. Through
iter instrumentality many thousands of
tmrled soldiers were disinterred, Iden
tified and tenderly placed In marked
graves.
In the Franco-Prnaslan War.
For a time after the close of the war
Miss Barton lectured upon her work
ind experiences among the boys In
Wue. Overwork brought on a severe
illness in 1809, from which she suffer-
time, afterwnrd going to
Switzerland for a much-needed rest
tint prim war seemed ever at hand to
intm her attention. With the break
ing out of the Franco-Prussian trouble
he was asked to Join the Internation
al Bed Cross Society in its labors on
hp battlefield. There she distinguished
herself again by her remarkable ex
ecutive ability, as well as by faithful
work among the sick and wounded,
At the surrender of Metz she gave
nrsctlcal assistance, and was of Inesti
mable service at the close of the siege
f Paris. As a result or ner lapors
Miss Barton was decorated with the
Iron Cross by the Emperor ana jum
oress of Germany.
After her return to America Miss
Barton worked for years before finally
securing the adoption of the Bed Cross
treaty by the United States in i8i,
Miss Barton distributed relief In the
Bussian famine of 1802, headed an ex.-
oedition In the Armenian trouble of
1806, and at the request of President
McKinley carried relief ,to starving
Cuba in 1898. She did personal field
work In the Spanish-American war,
and conducted relief work at Galveston
after, the great tidal wave.
' Mra. Loean's Noble Record.
Mrs. John A. Logan, the widow of
"Black Jack" Logan, the famous Un-
nu-ta flinm THOS WHO DjOia IU1S BUT UUI CTCU B
iduiU minority of Independent voters could force the regu
lar narty organizations to compete for their approval ana
the wounds of dying soldiers, while the thus compel those organisations to do better things for the
air was heavy with the booming of the country than wouia otnerwise De proDame.
distant cannon. Thus, like Miss Bar. I believe it is possible to take a middle ground between
ton, Mrs. Logan won a warm place in the theories of the extreme partisan on the one hand and
h hnsrts of th ciril War vt.rna those of the extreme Independent on the other. In taking
nd is a worthy successor to the "An- this middle ground I should aavise a man not xo go into pon-
gel of the Battlefield." Mrs. Loean tics until he had some Independent means or support sum-
has been connected with the Bed Cross dent to keep him and his family from starvation upon
for a number of years and lias served which he could fall back If he were defeated for office. 1
should advise him to connect himself with the party whose
attitude on the whole most meets his view of what the
country Is coin to need in the long run in the way of
as Its vice president for a long time.
Havana's Golgotha.
When Americans visit Havana they
re confronted with many peculiar
customs. One of the most startling
and revolting Is that which prevails In
regard to the dead. Colon cemetery,
a beautiful burial ground, laid out In
romantic walks, arched with superb
trees and adorned with costly monu
ments and classic cenotaphs, Is the last
home for all, grandee and peasant
alike.
The rainbow effects of the city's
architecture are carried out here, a
revealed In' the various colors of the
crosses which mark the graves; but
suddenly, and without warning, the
vision is astonished with a grotesque
contrast which is truly a shocking
commentary upon civilization.
It appears that the ground in this
cemetery is leased, not sold, and If
after a term of five years the renewal
rent is not paid tho dead forfeit their
resting places. The bodies are ruth
lessly dug up and enst into a common
heap, exposed to public view along
with thousands of other skulls and
bones of men, women and children
who can never be traced by posterity.
THE MARRIAGE TIE SHOULD BE INDISSOLUBLE.
Br Rar. Or. Car a B. Crear.
I recognize the necessity at times for a sep
aration where, for any of various reasons, the
home Is Impossible. Never, however, should the
separation carry the privilege of remarriage In
the lifetime of both parties, because marriage is
an Indissoluble relation, to be broken only by
death. Even before separation be granted every
other means should first be exhausted, but if by
reason of brutality or other cause a separation Is
the only solution it should be granted, yet never severing
the marriage bond or permitting remarriage. The separa
tion, as the Latin phrasing goes, might be from bed and
board, but from the chain no.
It may be long before the views I have expressed obtain
general practical acceptance. Yet if they are true, as I am
convinced they are, the time Is bound to come.
siding Judge upon clear and undoubt
ed evidence. An elaborate note to thlf
case reviews all the other authorities
upon comparison of handwriting.
NOVELTY IN EYESHADES.
CHINESE BANK CLERKS.
Without doubt there has been much
more complaint of trouble with the
eyes during the last half century than
ever before. While
no small ; amount
of this poor sight
can be laid to
overuse of theeyea
In reading and
work, a large pro
portion is caused
by lack of knowl
edge as to how to
arrange the light
to best advantage
St-' v . s
Uaay, Yet Hard.
The merchant was booking an order
for a customer whose name he had en
tirely forgotten. He tried to get the
namo without betraying himself, and
made a mess of It as is usual In such
cases.
"Let me see," he said. "You spell
your name the easy way, don't you?"
"Yes," replied the customer. "I sup
pose it seems easy to most people, but
it's really Hard."
This did not help the merchant any.
"I beg your pardon," he confessed,
"but I shall have to ask you how to
spell it"
"Oh, it's quite easy to spell."
"But didn't you say a moment ago
that It was hardr
"Yes; and bo It is. But It's easy,
too."
"How do you make that outf
"Because lfs Hard H-a-r-d."
lie May Be Good Now.
"I never trouble myself about the
future," he said.
"No wonder," she replied. 'It must
keep you pretty busy thinking about
your past"
Typhoid in Paris.
Iu 1882 the deaths from typhoid
feer in Paris were 142 per 100,000
inhabitants; today the proportion U
only 10 per 100,000.
China has a way of getting hold of
some of the first principles of things,
t-ven though she may not have devel
oped them Into elaborate and scientific
systems. The method of calculation
used In the Chinese banks may seem
primitive to the foreigner; nevertheless
It is carried on with rapidity and ac
curacy. An English officer, sUring in
Hongkong, tells of his visit to one of
the banks.
As an Englishman he was received
with great civility. "Schroff I" shouted
the head clerk. This word is not, as it
sounds, German, but a corruption of
the Hindu "sarraf," or banker's assist
ant In response to the call a native
cashier appeared, noiseless and defer
ential, with a smooth-shaven skull, a
four-foot pigtail and spotless, flowing
garments. He carried neither paper nor
pencil about mm.
With great rapidity he made the de
sired exchange of notes, doing his cal
culating on an abacus a frame of
wire and beads, similar to those used
in country schools years ago. His
Iqng, lithe lingers moved over the
beads more quickly than the eye could
follow, but there was no mistake in th-
total.
The officer wanted a large piece of
money changed Into a small coin. In
stead of going through the weariness
Involved in counting out the three huu-
dred pieces included In this transac
tion, a simple, Ingenious device was
empioyea. a nat wooaen tray was
produced containing one hundred re
cesses, each Just big enough to lodge
one coin and Just shallow enough to
prevent the possibility of two lurking
together.
The pile of small coins was poured
out" on this tray, and with one Jerk
of the clerk's wrist the hundred re
cesses were filled and the surplus
swept off. During the performance the
clerk kept his enormous sleeves tucked
welL up, in order to disarm any possi
ble suspicion of dexterous pilfering.
The officer's change was correct to
the last penny, and waa obtained In
an Incredibly short time.
Benson Bought a sawmill, eh
what are you going to do with it?
Jenson Bring out a new breakfast
food. Town Topics.
WORN LIKE GLASSES.
and prevent it
RUSSIANS LAUNCHING A
SUBMARINE AT VLADIVOSTOK, from shining in the eyes, either dl
lectly or by reflection. A ugnt piacea
at one side of the face, where the rays
can shine obliquely into the eye, is
very tiring to the optic nerve, though
the person may not notice It until ft
headache Is discovered later on."
Some people have discovered this
cause of trouble with their eyes, and
have made use of a shade to screen
the light from the face, but many who
have tried this remedy have been an
noyed by the weight of the shade or
by the additional heat which it pro
duced in the summer time, and have
thrown the thing away in disgust It
seems strange that the Invention which
we here present baa not been thought
of sooner than this, especially since it
will overcome the objections which ob
tained with. the old shade. It con
sists of a light frame, somewhat simi
lar to that used for a pair of glasses,
with two small shades shaped to fit
closely to the eyebrows and extend
downward over the eyes. The shape
of each shield is practically the same
as that of the large shade, and should.
therefore, serve its purpose equally aa
well, while at the same time resting
lightly on the bridge of the nose and
the ears and causing no discomfort
The inventor is Thomas Little, of De
troit, Mich.
Not 8o Serious.
The conductor came rushing through
the train in great excitement
"Prepare for the worst!" he shouted.
, "What's up?" gasped the passenger.
"The train robbers are going to give
us a brush."
"Thank goodness it is not so bad
after all. I thought you were about
to say the Pullman car porter was go
ing to give us a brush." ,
Sherlock, the Sleuth.
The modern Sherlock was again tri
umphant "I knew I could tell if the prisoner
was a woman," he related, "by the way-
ahe handled her lead pencil."
"But she had an automatic pencil,'
said the friend. "She didn't have lo
aharpen that"
"No, but I caught her trying to but
ton her shoes with It"
The queer under water craft shown In this picture was launched In the
hope "that it might prove efficacious in protecting the warships of the Czar
or in bringing destruction to those of the Mikado. When this submarine was
floated in the water it was found necessary on account of the icy surround
ings to bring Into requisition a novel method of procedure. The boat rested
on the Ice, which was sawed all arqund it With a comparatively slight push
the ice block was then overturned, and the submarine took its position In
the water.
GUAM'S SUPPLY OF DOGS.
Neither They Nor the Natives Ever
Get Enough to Eat.
An officer of the marine corps brings
to Washington the interesting informa
tion that a feature of one of our in
sular possessions is an abnormal sup
ply of dogs, says the Philadelphia
Ledger. Guam, of which we know so
little, save that It served as a prison
for transported Filipinos, Is famous for
Its dogs. Poverty-stricken and consti
tutionally lazy, the natives naturally
take to dogs. Neither the natives nor
the dogs have enough to eat, and in
the struggle for food the supremacy
of the biped over the quadruped la
shown, and the dogs get the worst of
It But even where things are equal
the dogs show more activity and roam
about searching for food, while the
native wallows in the filth of his dug
out 1
The dogs are a great nuisance to the
white people who are compelled to live
in the Island. They prowl about the
bouses at night and seize anything
that smells like food and make off
with it , They will even break through
windows of the houses.
The marine officer says that the
dogs are thin and bony, vicious on ac
count of hunger, and generally a yery
disagreeable lot He tried to keep
them from his quarters with a shot
gun, but the shooting at all times of
night disturbed other officers, and he
adopted the poison method. He sup
plied the dogs with fresh meat thor
oughly Inoculated with quick-acting
poison from the medical department,
and each morning obtained a crop of
Guam dogs. Not that he wanted them,
but he did want sleep, and this was
the only way he could obtain it
, - Countless.
Sara-Just think of the number of
American girls who go tuft-hunting
abroad! They who return as countesses
are so fewl . ,
Jack And those who dont
countless, Princeton Tiger.
When It comes' to making lore to a.
Are widow no man is 'capable of going the
limit. ' ;