Saturday Evening Post 1898-06-04: Vol 170 Iss 49

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In 1729 this paper was purchased by Benjamin Franklin and published by him as “ Fhe Pennsylvania Gazette” until 1765 when it passed into other hands. The title was changed to “The Saturday Evening Post’’ on August 4, TYVTYYTYYV TTT Uu THE SATURDAY EVENING POST” vv~, oe BO oe Bee eed ata ats Be ate ay ate & Ts a “Fae, Volume 170 Number 49 8 Founded A. D. 1728 "Philadelphia, iy 4, "B98 5 cents a copy 8 $2.50 a Year git, In@s, by Tee Cuntis Postisnine Compan PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 425 ARCH STREET a Serre wr er er eS ee eC See eee Fete Geeeaeeaaaeaaaneaaneaeneaeeneaescaeaeane @ + “9 _ THE WOMAN WHO TRUSTED WILL N. “HARBEN Fifth Chapter ko I'd known you really intended to barter the restful life of the South aswim in this whirlpool, IT would ve said ‘ No; don’t do it, Lee,’ ”’ said Chester to Wilmot, when, trave ned and buoyant, the latter , reacl New York two days later ‘Not that you would have paid the slightest heed tomy advice, but I would have felt relieved by giving it For a cold, one can take qui Hine. for heart trouble, atropine—or matri m foreveryv ill there is a cure; but for Iiteras ispiration, complicated with a ! esire to get to New York, there is but t cure—New York. How many bir men have come here to win rtality and have won only—a I ! india was stove. Pardon this t t osophy, old fellow, but let me ir fame reached here before You are already known Your erary reputation have already 1 1 in the balance by the small, that constitutes the literary Nal of Gotham Did you feast your t ist month's Current Fiction? "’ never seen it. What's in it, ‘ Why should it interest me any? h lown to plain English. I’m too t v your verbal fireworks What nt Fiction?’’ racious, where do you live? It’s i tic magazine that is very popular ™ ry folks. The number I speak of * your story, The Repentance of ! trom The Echo. In an editorial, x Nore—This serial of literary life in gun in No. 48 of the Posr. With PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS BY MATHILDE WEIL the editor declared it a gem, a—a—he said lots of nice things about it. I've heard it mentioned in a great many places. Frank Harrison read it to a crowd of us the other night in his rooms, and the boys said it was great. I suppose it was The Decade accept ance that caused you te Treak away from good old) Dadeville. I'we told that expe rience of yours a dozen times Harrison says it was simply tragic. What did the editor say when you returned the check ?"’ “He simply thanked me, and said he regretted the mistake.”’ oe ‘Not to submit something else?’’ asked Chester Then it wasn't The Decade that was responsible for bringing you to New York.’ ‘No; it was my novel,’’ said W have found a publisher for it ‘Ah, I might have a word of encouragement filmot. ‘I guessed it! Few men have the courage to remain in retirement during the calm preceding the storm of a first appearance I have had my first serap book I pasted into it) every newspaper mention of myself If I went to a tea, and was mentioned along with a lot of celebrities, I always blue-penciled my name and pre served it entire I had the proofs of my first novel bound in Russian leather Only the, man receiving the first copy acknowl] edged it. Said he'd read it when he had I really don’t think he would have had had eternity time, but read it if he There's been an awful slump ino my market,’’ Chester went on, carried along by the memory of his early hopes. ‘'I got only one request last month for my autograph, and I began to hedge by saving the stamp It was from a young lady in Maine. She had sort of spinal affliction that kept her in)’ bed) twenty four hours a day She said my stories were the only comfort she got out of life It touching, I you, and, in a vanity, To got out the package in had tied all requests for my Imayine my chagrin when I of the twenty requests Thad received in the past, were from girls with spinal afflietion they all lived in the same town in Maine, and had the same handwriting had published a asa beginner and asked for my autograph, Some wis assure Spasm of which I autograph found ten, out k.very time I new story she spotted me . That very night there was a lot of fellows in this room, and James Fitch Ellerton began to talk of his work Incidentally, he men tioned he had just got something which did him more good than all the checks he had ever received It had drawn tears to his eyes and been a mental tonic to him ‘Gentlemen,’ he said, ‘DT hold ino my hand a letter from a poor girl confined to her bed with spinal disease “He paused to take the envelope, and [ broke in de 1 bet a booox of W , Maine: and your stories are the one letter fre the civars She lives at thing that makes life worth living for her ei ? “Herton stared, then he tial Chester, you've read this letter! Not that, but ten like it I said throwing my colleetion on the table, and they all laughed tut, seriously, tell me about the novel, Lee; who is to bring it out? Wellington ‘Good people answered Chester ‘that is, fairly good I think, perhaps, they are publishing too books, but you sleep over that; itisn’t your and Cle EK many needn't lose any lookout What terms ? Pen per cent., royalty returned Wilmot They wanted me to give them the royalty on the first two thousand, but T preferred having it myself Im democratic im most things, but I've a great respect for Royalty So, 1 refused their offer to monopolize it (jood! exclaimed Chester That true grit I had Inst refuge of hopeles spent quite a even to accept the authors, and sum of money before my first publisher would Kutered at the Philadel; ted in | , 18 21 and the office of publication was the one formerly occu- pied by Benjamin Franklin in the rear of 5.3 Market St., Philadelphia. 1897 it became the property of the present publishers, THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY In the year hia Post (fice as Second (lace Ma world I collateral consent to present the book to the had to putcup bard earned com as to support my hope ino the book Phe pub lishers were like that girl in) Maine —they didn't have geod beac k boconne Wellington and Clegy must have liked your story Phey said nothing of its merits untel the papers were signed, then they praised it, and wanted me to apres te write another Ain ‘] told them T would wait tall the book carmcd thranek the Io admire your pluck fer a beginner When will the brook “Tr about fer ‘Rather carly, but ye was out matter aver tprpre ag? weeks or so momust work itoupoon the meantime J) introduce you to some of the critics, and if they taken Jikan ter ye they will vive you a boom. berg a new nian is decidedly in your favor vou have no past to live down T'1l bee vlad ter tmieet any friends of yours said Wilmot, risiny but TP really wantomy work judged) on its merit ‘Oh, of course, T understand that.’ sard Chester quickly, and he followed his) frrend across the corridor inte another room I hope you will like this cubby hele I told Mrs) McGowan, the landlady, that ouower a friend of mine, and she will look after your comfort Phere are some mice preccopele t» thre Poortleliny brank Harrison, first a r text t mine: and Weyland has his studio at thet ° It will | ‘ ! ration h 1 ie at work ! rt sie t f replied W t Ooh, To hia telone a literary tl a ‘ rvcorithys Ia kiny t t Cord wv j ect dW Hieot ) "n mie if I Sk your te expla " t technreal terms ter mie Core) werd beeweored ome It's matter bought bey ome urement smiled Chester We yet oy tmticl a ferot We take ‘ cnrk it the ecliteoria “A head and bid om tilling it It nest » omiteh ao matter of brain stich pres ‘ nu ‘ Most of us use typewriter | big con tractors dictate to shorthand scribbles wl iblet the work to people w ‘ ying at bread and water prices I hat one Treason J was afraid vou might mot yet oor it first for, judging vou bey ir carefu Written

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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST Volume 170, not seen him this morning? when Mr. Weyland is out of noving toward the entrance busy, Mr. Chester conducts the « not. Miss Weyland: Trapped on and sees who is asked to play I passed, but got no response speak In fact, every one’s gut was on the door-handle IDbon't of them almost as brothers you come up to see us ‘* And after Miss Wevland can vhted to see you were her school,’’ asked Wilmot. Were vords as she passed into the hall the same? ; MeGowan went to the door and looked ‘ Yes, sir; when she came, | an : ‘ ras t oa. 7 ’ i then she returned to her is a widower—not much ol; Chester, cither—took rooms $fror and vou, Mr. Lee, she is” the studio, and since then : she sighed lived like one family remarked Wilmot tenta ** Do you think that Chester ng between his desire to learn her?’’ asked Wilmot, remem: innate rebellion against the Chester had said to him about marri.o- { listening te gossip ‘* That's just what I can’t mak ae ” 4 y ban i wisp of vellowish gray hair unfastened — he is in love with her, and that he’s : dake : her cheek that she don't think of him that mangeduntilshecame — then, again, lam stuunped—you «1. in Washington, can read women I don't te lieve tid, pounding would have been fooled if the « Him and been a woman Iam all mixed hick as friends I've noticed, though, Mr. Cc} is free in the studio seems so restless as when Mr rent. When Mr been spending the evening in mce a week, or taking Miss Aline out for a w Mrs) MeGowan shrugged her fat shoulders, Sometimes, when he acts so stra: ve, and makes restiments Cotter RE eee THE DESERTED COTTAGE A Canadian Peasant Woman's Story By M. BOUCHIER-SANDFORD story of wid ‘er, but she don’ like 'eem, an vo een dat take de trip to Canada she don ees now desert’. come wid dem till she is on de s! I ‘ear dat, bacose dey don’ kne stan’ de Anylish so good; an’ I at dees French But Joseph walk on de rock w live cen dat Den 'e turn roun’ an’ walk back tas edid use’ walk ‘' IT see de boat. We mus’ go wid ‘ees ‘ands wharf.’ Den dey go ‘way; but de did shut) walk by de rock an’ look on ci up, like boat is no more seen cem Dat night, w'en de Captain s] Lucie, she put out ‘er ‘ands an’ s not spik wid ‘er again; an’ ck anger come on ‘er face, an’ she say tim ! : one tell dat she be marry wid de n storys Den ‘e ‘ide ‘ees face wid ‘ee } 1 ome Zroan come An’ I say, ‘* Lucte,, don’ dat ‘"E never kill somebody say ‘ard t'ings at ‘eem, an bacose ‘e spik wid Aleece she believe ‘e kill somebody . Den ‘e say, ‘* Do you wan Lucie An’ she sav she n St ecem some more So 'e bring money at Xavier for Lucie, an’ ‘e go way W arrife, Lucie fret, an’ wish '¢ don’ come Den Lucie say, ** Susanne read an’ write before Cvree Den J know she be sorry d for teach ‘er, she use’ fall I don’ wan’ be bodder wid Wien de snow go, an’ de tree be green, de buat sto de men carry someting at an’ we see de ¢ aptain lie Den Lucie kneel an’ cry sorry, Cyreel! Spik, Cyreel E open ‘ees eve, an’ put ers, but ‘e don’ spik; an know ‘e never spik again After ‘e die, de men tell boat wreck on de river, an wedder tree vear, say, ‘* 1am accuse for take de boat, an’ dey stop show dat I save de life \ sit wid de babies, men dat cling on de boat all dem An’ An’ de men see ‘eem rut Den one ladv ‘ands, like ‘e wash dem, an ’ appair like she ** Aleece, Aleece, dere’s no she take Cyreel een Ah, Aleece, God gran’ you k! er dat I die innocent!” \r Lucie! poor leetl’ Lucie De nex’ weenter two Cyreel Vintoun an’ die for Lucie One letter Is tell dat dey all know for de murderair |} write Now t An’! t Den take de De men dat ! t de ghos

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1898 _ MAN as aha THE SATURDAY THE EYE OF A GOD The Strange Disappearance of the Sacred Treasure By WILLIAM ALEXANDER FRASER In Two Parts: Part II PO THIT’S assertion that he had shot the sacred ruby into the body of the Thakine took away the breath of the Court The silence ken for a full minute; then the iid: ‘‘ Hpo Thit is telling les; 1 it \We must swear him ' ud the Deputy Commissioner ; For things ike oath to that lone judicially i the clerk to swear him on the mese Bible hime said the Priest, inter- is not a disciple of Buddha man, and we must swear him f the leppan i tree the oath it was the same—the in the Police Chief's body t is the truth,’’ said the Deputy said the priests; ‘and the just give up the Beda \\ we'll see what can be done in ter,’’ slowly answered the Deputy mmissioner; and Hpo Thit was remanded iwait developments By Jove! said the Surgeon, when he ird about it, ‘“‘that accounts for the ernal thing taking that corkscrew course.’’ You'll have to get it out of him some VAAN ud the Deputy Commissioner, ** for ts worth about two hundred thousand r ind, besides, it won’t be healthy for Valentyne to live in Burma with the eye of a ldhist god in him Look here, Grey,’’ said the Surgeon, “I un jiggered if I probe for the cursed thing un IT nearly let Valentyne’s life out of m the other day for fear of poisonous msequences, for I thought it was a sluy jut if it's a good clean-cut ruby, it) will ibly never hurt him, and I'm not going take any more chances about it.’”’ > Then t Deputy Commissioner was— in lhe Phoongyes, headed by their Ar ». haunted his” office and his mw otmight and day, clamoring for the tor their sacred ‘* Beda,’’ for the eye { r Buddhist god But t Surgeon was obdurate ne is a friend of mine,’’ he said, t going to murder him to please robed Phoongye. I wouldn't do were an enemy. I'd leave the Deputy Commissioner had t to the Commissioner, and he to Commissioner rt read ‘ ‘That the sacred imous ruby, had been stolen re id of the image of Buddha, i there, by a hill man, Hpo » Thit had been captured, and ied to the possession of the f Police, Mr Valentyne from Hpo Thit’s evidence fred it from a musket into the lent’s body but as to whether len could be accepted, and lent held to be in) innocent f the stolen goods or not, or hould be arrested as receiver of soods, he was not prepared to say t with the higher authorities to lic suggested that it might be better to the Judicial Commissioner . e in the meantime had to be it the hospital, for Mi Mra dis it the Phoongyes had set a scheme kidnap him, and, incidentally, Ip, to tind the sacred stone vere many reasons why they should iS soon as possible Their td fost all prestige since his mal d ' no pilgrims came now to lay offerings at his great square ' y i ivoda had ceased to do i paving r Uzzana’s ruby had been a It had been a good invest twelve centuries had gone ) rth pric 1 tor | | | murder vo TS " will be worth somet} | rose though if they ado tt first slash art But Valentyne steadily improved. The wound was healing up nicely, the ruby seem ingly giving him no trouble whatever As soon as he was able to sit up and move about he discovered a new source of annovance Devout Burmans were con stantly coming and prostrating themselves at his feet, touching their foreheads to the ground and muttering their crazy prayers ‘What does it all mean?’’ he asked Moung Ouray, while the Burmans bothered him ‘Sar, they are worshiping the ‘ Beda’ which you, by the grace of God and that wicked Hpo Thit, have got ‘* This is intolerable,’’ thought Valentyne “Tam a ruby mine, and a and a receiver of stolen goods all in one jurmese god, o As he got better the beauty of his new life was further enhanced by the deluge of official correspondence that commenced to pour in upon him By order of the Chief Commissioner he was asked to explain how he meant to make good to the pagoda the value of the ruby he was still retaining on his person. It was cheerfully pointed out that if half his salary was escheated for this purpose, it would take at least forty years to make up the value of the jewel. A delay of this sort would hardly be fair to the Phoon- “ves, beside, in that uncer- tain climate, his salary might cease at any moment, At any rate, under the fifty five years’ ser- vice rule, he could) not) re tain his) posi tion in service for that length of time, and his pension would only be barely enough to live upon The Civil Surgeon was raked over the coals for not acting upon the Deputy Com missioner’s suygyestion and probing the matter to the bottom, as it were for not making another effort to recover the jewe! It was in vain that he wrote in answer that the Superintendent's life would have been endanyered by another operation His answer only brought another literary i wivging, in which he was curt reminded that the British Government expected it officials to do their duty, irrespective of personal feeling or consideration of personal safety Hang them for alot of bloodthirsty swine,’’ exclaimed Corbyn, for that was the Surgeon s name, they mean to have that ruby out of Valentyne, even if it costs him his life Then the Phoongyes got up a monstrou petition, signed by all the Buddhists, living and dead, in the whole Burmese keampire It was cleverly worded, having been drawn up by a young Burme barrister, wi Gold Medalist of his year in England io was the + I petition was to be forwarded to the \ roy throuy! t} ( ef Comm ret immed it pray a that 1 se rintendent ’ Valentyne ! | I ! r to them that the ! ht rey t ! t | t | rl t , | ’ , ‘or ? | ’ ne of their mo red ids t nd " : to which tl itt ' EVENING POST powers, stolen, and the jewel was now in the sole possession of one of the Government Superintendents of Police There was a cock-and-bull story, he said, about it having been shot into his body; but even if it were so, they could not set a whole nation of Buddhists by the ears for the sake of one man. In common honesty, they must give the jewel up, and if this man couldn't part with it, why he would have to go with it; that was all The Viceroy seemed inelined to look at it in this light too, and it) really seemed awkward for Valentyne In the meantime a civil suit to recover the value of the ruby had been instituted in the high courts in) Rangoon, against the Government in general, and Valentyne in particular Luckily for Valentyne, the Secretary of State was a hard-headed man, not much given to nonsense, and he said in equivalent official language that he'd be blowed if he'd see an innocent Englishman deliberately cut up to recover any fetish bauble e But all the same the Superintendent would have to be retired on half-pay, for his useful ness was gone The two could not be com bined the dual position of Burmese God and Superintendent of Police; for the natives still persisted in) reverencing him, though ready, as soon as the word was given, to cut him up to recover their jewel! Just when he thought his troubles were at an end, and he might go home, they applied for an injunction to prevent him from moving the ruby out of Burmah Phey showed to the Court, on medical authority, that) there was every possibility that the ruby might work itself out some day, and = so ln recovered: but if Valentyne were allowed to leave the kingdom the chances of the rightful owners ever becoming possessed of it were very slim indeed They undertook to pay Valentyne a salary of ten thousand rupees a year so long as he One or two playful attempts on his life relieved the monotony of his existence, but as these laudable efforts were usually frowned down, both by the Phoongyes and the officials, and as one of his assailants caught a cold steel in his right lung, they ceased altogether after a time, and he was I ading a comparatively happy lite He almost began to wish that the ruby would stay where it was We're fixed for life,’’ he said to Corbyna, if this Beda thing doesn't turnup. Lo must be more careful of myself I must stop riding, for the shaking up may dislodge the infernal thing, and start it working out He had even got used to seeing the natives plump down ins front of him, and fall to praying Strangers always took him for the Chief Commissioner when they saw this sort of thing going on, and many were the mistakes made in COMSEeq IEICE Onee he received an offer from Barnum at a salary which made his paltry ten thousand rupecs look Tike pin-maoney, only The enter prising American guaranteed to smuggle hon outof Burma alse, and pay all legal claims After he had been in the business about two years, he began to feel a pain in his back He confided his fears to his attendant physician “It's working out, I'm sure he said serrowfully And so it appeared, for a distinet: lump was forming just below the shoulder black Phe Phoongyes were notified, and there was great rejoicing among them lhey came and beat tom-toms all night long on front of Valenty ne drive the spirits away, so that they would not steal the “° Beda ayain Valentyne was loaded down with presents and feasted like a bullock for the sacrifice I shall be a rich man he sail te Corbyn, if the thing holds off for a time But the incessant drumming and play making about his bunpalow was driving him nearly mad for want of sles 1D Dhenone dayCorbyn s botagalow This was te mide a discover It remained in Rangoon, and all they asked in return was the privile veoof coming to worsh pp the Beda at certain period ind that oa medical offteer ippomted b therm hienalel have free acce to Valentyne person with a view to keeping track of the perambulation of tl rul med that whem it meade at ippearance near the skin anywhere, so that Pais ht be extracte t t danyer to bis that ve vould tr nau hoa cla 1 typo t and allow the Surgeon to use any method he desired to hasten it ippearanee Valientyvne's counsel ecing which wa the wind was blowing, ayreed to accept th ruling of the Court, only tiptrlating that Corbyn be appointed Surgeon, for the nether ] stone had uffered most im the yvrind nicl Corbyn was out of the services One Jitthe formality the Court demanded ind that was that the Archbishop and three or four of the chief Phoonyye Pheotated gree Conn it bond for Va tyre pour nea ifert sin ft _ rititetr nt ley 1 ! i } it fiirt freed borat ined tr t | ' an Tih . t nr ] f t ' t } ' ' ' \I | ' | ; } ‘ was only a broil, the re ulteof manyvo eating Phe Phoonyyes were in clespour Just about that time Hypo Phit w ilked inte his bunyalow ome day and bumping his fore beach oom the floor beywed Valentyne'’s forviveness for wound ing hom Hie had served bis tiene anal Was foOImmy away If te remained oon surma they would kill) bam for stealing thre beatin ste hie Wiis ywommy to some other country Ane that was the last invbocwdy «' ! iw of Hlpveo Thirt on Peartna Three year mor ot playing Bu felbya cat thee rate of ten theotiscmed a your poe dd oaned t titre ther sted } t mM tail il it (Cortyt i ! i rtil> a ’ ’ enotryh th t It Wat coming not far fr i tl 1 byeey the bb hia t no fiaet, ot ! rrit tier f tt I! 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the Pasha'’s eves suddenly brightened and he smiled He had an invincible coml nation He placed his queen before his opponent's queen. The officers began t yrumble, for they thought their ¢ f had lost his head Oniv Res \ n the meantime had ned t t spectators, looked hay H y sed his tr nd’s combinat t na is sure that it was invine ‘ He \ ]l take the pucen t spectators I n he w be heck eight 1 ves wil spered back Res > eves fixe d on the boar And if he doesn't take her He will lose his own : ex champion The stranger moved a paw! S mal took his queen The officers t 5 { was all up with the gaunt young tart back to their coffee Phe ver ick however bv the first ,ords ° opponent had spoken since « Pasha, in exactly twelve be checkmated It is your m The interest of the Pasha’s fr ! ~4 intense They counted each | d , One—two—thbree—four—and t! . already hard pressed Fiv 1) eight—nine—and his men wet on all sides Ten—the Pas to break the bloc kade by . - queen Eleven—-he drew back - a corner Twelve—''Checkmt There was a dead silence Pasha He thought hard f Th, } without a word nen rit ingly at the stranger and nce before I have seet you play it Your stratey although I cannot cope that ur play y } + 7 1 tl It ‘ .s k . Hi ¥ I

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all the for Ol ONEL HARRY FORD was the > President of a big bank in a Western State, and the Colonel ind I were, at the chronicling of 7 this tale, in New York, whither we vone as chance traveling companions from the West It was on Sunday and as we took it easy in the hand tments he was occupying, a mes brought him a telegram The ‘ is from his wife, and the boy being nubt eved youngster, the cheerful Colonel ited with him pleasantly a moment and gave him a quarter as he departed Docsn't that make telegraphing come pretty. high? I inquired, with the true Yankee spirit: of thrift. ““ Tused to be one f. he said in explanation, ‘‘ and now, never L see a bright-eyed kid like that, I varm up to him and give him something, though not always a quarter. Being Sunday, ind the telegram being from my wife, I do i bit better than usual, and part with all of venty tive cents.”’ Iho you really mean that you were once I asked in great surprise, is | looked over the elegant man of the world, every inch a gentleman born, who sat inthe big chair by the window gracefully posing a cigar in his thumb and finger When I was a youngster of ten,’’ he replied I was a messenger boy earning the xurious salary of $3 a week, all of which I y@jantly turned over to my mother, who Was a banker's daughter, though she had ' amesscenyer boy -*F po turned out of her father’s house because “ie had not married to suit him and her step ther Then I managed to learn telegra phy idded the Colonel, with a reminiscent ind nobly did IT profit by my expe riet vith the wires during a more pros- riod of my career a egin at the beginning, as the tid When I was sixteen vears mother and father had both dicd, her relented sufficiently to pro ducate me By the time I was l had been graduated, and my ive me a position ina bank he t very pleasant interior town, ved such aptitude that the old entirely forgave me for having of his disobedient daughter, and » vo ahead and I should be his most natural thing in the world tl] in love, and I did it for all nomy throbbing heart, and on the ' the day [ was promoted to the f the bank I asked Kate Vernon te During all the time of m+: n the bank IT had kept up my cleyraphy, and after Kate and I Upon our future relationship I had her house with my room at the Whenever I had the chance I called talked love to her between meals ty I don't know how much of tf talk we indulged in, but I do ' 3 t Kate became almost an expert operator, and could easily have Ning atit had there been such a which Tam ylad there wasn't . f +} he other customs of that charming in the foreground was a drive nd I took two or three times a trap she owned, leaving the bank ny time four o'clock Corn thre she would telegraph down that f. | would lock up the money THE SATURDAY EVENING POST THE TACK HAMMER THAT OPENED A SAFE BY W. 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LAMPTON a paper that had been left there by mistake I got up at once to put it where it belonged in the safe, and as I went into the vault I did not observe that all the books had been put away, though I could hear Old Jock in the litthe room back telling his boy about sweeping out “ The paper belonged in a pigeonhole far back in the vault and high up, so that I was compelled to go up a. step-ladder we kept there, and about the time I had got myself high away in the shadow the big door swung to and [ could hear Old Jock turn the com bination out of joint I yelled out, but it was too late, even if the old man’s ears had been sharp, and I found myself in’ th disagreeable predicament of being shut up in my own safe and no visible me ans of esc ip At first it struck me as ludicrous Phen it became serious, and in a few moments I had gone to thinking as those people think who are confronted with tremendous moments in their lives I soon decided that my only hope of getting out was through Miss Vernon, who, when she returned, would naturally inquire for me, and in this way old Jock would in time discover that he had shut me up in the vault How long it would be until Miss Vernon returned, or what the chance of the old man still being there when she came, now began to demand discussion in = my brain, and for a minute or two [ stood still in the thick darkness and listened to my beating heart. Then I remembered that we always kept a hammer ina pigeon-hole near the door, and, groping around, I found it and at once began to pound on the floor Immediately a response came, but, of cours: I did not know who was giving it, though evidently the boy, as the old man could scarcely have heard. This gave hope at once, and I set up a regular tattoo on the door with my hammer, to all of which came the responses from the outside, but it) was not getting me out of my prison, and con finement was becoming irksome 7 ‘* For the first time now I heard faintly the sound of human voices calling to me, but it was as if they were miles away, and I could not distinguish whose they were, though I thought I knew Kate's I answered back, but the place was so thick and heavy that my voice frightened me, and T used the hammer instead of calling. Up tothistime IT had not thoroughly realized what my entombment meant, but now it came upon me that the only man in town except myself who knew the combination had yone away for a vaca tion to the seashore, and that with the door air-tight, or practically so, TI could not live a great while in the vault, certainly not lony enough to hear from either the clerk om vaca tion or from the people from whom we had bought the safe im St. Louis Indeed, if I stood it for two hours IT felt IT would be doy well, for my pounding had tilled the litt air I had with dust, and tt was nearly suflo Phe pounding from the outside cating mie increased the dust, too, and, while TP could prevent myself from doing it and did) stop the very fact of my stopping made those on the outside pound harder, as if to encourage me, as they thought I was losing hope . This thought came to me with a shock so yreat that T almost collapsed I caught at the sides of the vault in the inky blackn and for a minute T became deathly sich Following this came almost a frenzy to ye and how], and claw at the door, and scratch my face and tear my hair I had heard of people acting so, and going mad when lost in caves and such places, and TP felt) it coming on me in that dreadful hole Po add to the horrors of my situation, the air was growing rapidly worse, and T could not stand up in the vault without a feeling of the most pro found nausea It was the nausea of despatr if any body ever has analyzed just what that os Two feet froni light and air, and love, and life, and utterly shut off from all It was horrible to think of, and To am sure a thou sand times worse thaniuf Po had been burice in the sands of a desert a hundred mile from water and green tree J | yth ypoiny, an lat last I ld met River catching the clickety-click-click of the instrument on the table, and which always seemed to be as important as a ship's deck ts toan Admiral. I seemed to be hearing the ‘calls’ of operators all along the line, but I gave no response, and then the scene changed, as it does so suddenly and unac countably in dreams, and I was at the instru ment in the bank, listening with all of a lover's eagerness for the first call of Kate Vernon over the wire T had put up for her It was very faint and far off, and 1 think I must have smiled as I bent my ear closer to the instrument to catch the sound, having in mind my sweetheart at the other end of the wire essaying her first attempt ino handling the lightning For a moment it was vague enough, with its modest little clickety click click, butall at once it seemed to say some thing to me I could not distinguish at first, but presently it took form, and I could catch the ‘call I had taught her It was the letter K, repeated over and over again, just as all operators do when they want some other operator who is not at his desk to respond promptly Phen it was the clickety click-click of the letters that formed my name, and I smiled to think that, as a child learning to talk says ‘mamma’ first, so Kate was saying first, in this new languaye of the wires, the name of her teacher . “*T could feel it was something more than a dream I knew that some sound must be shaping my dream for me, and, without knowing what [Twas doing, and with an odd fecling of the very peculiar key we had put on our instruments, | took the hammer and sounded my ‘call’ to Kate in response to what I was hearing Instantly the ‘call’ was repeated, and my name followed Now I seemed to throw off the nightmare, and I aroused myself Striking with the hammer on the door, I called to Kate by name, and, then, distinct enough, though muffled, I heard the clickety-click- click on the outer door, and Kate was telling me in the mys terious manual of Morse a message which brought me renewed courage and hope “And what a wonderful strength is hope! Now that IT had established communication with the outside world TI took great courage immediately, though [| did) not understand just what I was going to do to be saved, for I confess that Twas not very clear headed at this time I thought only of telegraphing to St. Louis for the combination, and had actually signaled to Kate to do so at once and PT would try and keep up until word was received, when, to my indignation, she laughed at me over the wire that as, the door plate and told me to telegraph right then and there to ber what the combination was and she would do the rest Hlow plain and simple that was! And I had never thought of it Neither had I thought of telegraphing to her trom ot prison, and it was only beccuse I rt t woman that she ever thought of semerioy rd through that dull door to mew the ca Decannennied When, three minutes after T liad t 1 hier what the combination was, the door opened and I fell forward into the fresh air of the world of unystiane Kate caught me mo oher arm ind it was her voice Td rel fivant and) far i" [ heared tl ‘ chet ‘ i! lh T { ! t it it ‘ | b t ! i | } it : r Ana 4 | fter I me ! ifter ” that I Inyo | tr 1 Mi } id tt banker earnest hie bras ! ! a odotanvedreced taenve nee that ane J 1 mt tr e her for all th ott ! ‘ net mothe ric Ania hie ny hye ‘ t ter tho perant he acdeded lauyhiny Pu) need to have om life ived again, but st vontad it, PUL bet a her ane bearne 1 Shree mitist slraw the re omew here aid [T rethectis W hinyton Star ee WHEN LADY DESTINY CAME The Romance of the Choir Singer [)' STINY BROWN wa what f , ‘ tt t hoor } ‘+ Ke. > , (pener had ¢ , think For the modest remuneration of Stoo per annum he sang every Sunday morning tn the gallery of a neighboring Catholic church Of the congregation, none but his sisters were aware of having seen him at any time, and so far as he was present to their thoughts, he was of such hero: stature and herculean proportions a redoubtable Apollo where is, in fact, those thunderous notes shook the little fragile form to its foundations There had been a time when Theoph was no more than tive and thirty, and when the lingerers of his early friends had not) vet ceased by fits and starts to exhort him to “come ott to deo things, to ‘‘take a Tine to ‘make a move.’ My dear fellow,’’ Wilkins used) te say through the smoke as they sat) puffing (Wilkins was subeditor on an evening paper), ‘ Pwant you-——vow T really mean it to do something It 18 wetting serious Here are you, a man of ability far beyond mine, and you are doing nothing with it You let the chances slip by, man after man pushes you asic Phat is what they deo he would repeat rhetorically push you aside and mount on your shoulders, up the ladder, out of sight and away I know his puny legs and smoking thoughtfully Brown would reply, recrossing while his sincere little gray eyes searched the fire It seems rather futile, doesn't it ? But if you knew However, IT am patient I can watt The hour will come the opportunity and the prize Phere will Comme a knock it thre clove he went dreamily on and Destiny will be there, the dear lady, bearing it in her hand I am waiting for ber rat a tat tat at the door Bosh! Destiny be blowed! A man is his own Destiny But Theoph only murmured rhythmically to himself in his ponderous dulcet bass With a rat a-tat tat at the door The two weird sisters, in proportion as they regretted the passing of their own inne cent hopes with creeping years, grew more pressingly anxious for Theoph's happiness “' Tt is theme Pheoph, they would say shyly and confidentially iw really is time you should think of settling With your accomplishment and appearance But Theoph would cut them short with a tremulous wave of his blue vray hand “Yes, my dears, but one must mot hustle Destiny In her own time, my dears, she will tap with her fingers at the door, and the door will be opened, and T shall yo with her One must be patient, my dears patient Hicks was persuaded of the perfeet ability of the race * Come he would say, in his breezy way “to our Battersea settlement Help us to spread the light Now, lama man without balf your ability Joo T content myself with earning a bare subsistence by some nameless drudgery? No. ldo the work I tind the best I spread the light) | Come and spread the light Gentle thunder was understood to expostu late that one must not be too strenttous on forcioy the band of Drestiny Pdiatiy = Ddestiny A oman of your real Phe thunder opioed that at didlo mot run mi by ten cobon dat You are a fool odd Poach moa Teta 1 have ibwa feared t repoltecd thee tt math peck While | ried post tiert t | moniter Hut { ot ' tent to wait for Pest atiel ca tand of Ly tes eoppeny tee beer bien he kno nd te yo with her tl }? it thier oul are Ihe years went | Hick n tiie It ‘ ! il the ! ! te i } 7 nD | to perfect f ' ; ! \ \ ‘ | | > t ! t rat i t! f | t | t ' L patient : tity ! poath } ’ } b ’ He might be said te ha kee) hea { thy rT ert fitt ! sith ¢ . ’ 9 ‘ i toot ! Hi i t aned obi bianiad i thre ‘ f le tren! ‘ | rt } } ‘ Mut | ' ‘ cleo nel | ear temecd 4 ’ it me “1 , , ‘ : ou \ \! ist ! al fous ' '

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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST

ward the patient waited for him seo A WINTER WEDDING BY KATE WHITING

a Tn ae ee ——. his knowledge extended Mer ! trated to his side of the house He spent his evenings with her und on the first dav of each mont handed her the small sum they | Ipon as a fair rental The vears slipped on in this quiet Richard received asmal]l] pensict him to live upon with the slight Id earn in addition There w for himto doin Middleway, but vould be imposstble to ge search of employment and le meliness Even this half was better than total separat ° The older people of the t died and others became old plane es: the voung people v children plaved in the shady st! yradually did this old story of t! repeat itself, so gently did the =! their heads, the two faithtul passed middle age ere they were with that patient hope still at hearts She had become Miss \ people of Middleway he w spoken of as Richard Mart knew m he was the Ma he tender romance of thei yotten or overlooked I wonder of it, had grown iccustomed eves; but althoug! — S e seen, the sensitive ¢ ‘ Little children loved Miss Me lonied }

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4, 1898 THE SATURDAY EVENING POST that vears, it had been easier to let the “‘ And what does the man think I’ve been young Mrs. White peeped in. She had come friend. It is more fitting to day we me , farther into the future, to settle about all day?'' she asked, smoothing the on some prosaic errand, but when she saw — should look upon the symbols of full matur ng ber enjoyment of present peace dark gray cashmere folds with a gentle the sweet face bending over the chest, and ity, and my heart rejoices that this gentle rey nes but the hope of that * better touch ‘ This is my wedding gown."’ the things laid out upon the bed, she would snow should fall to purify the earth and bid | of r slumbered “Is it?’ He stooped and laid a finger on have quietly slipped away had not Miss Mercy — us think of the honor of a hoary head th inv vears, now, it had been the it reverently looked up and called her back The two rooms were filling fast with the subd ‘ily custom to tramp down to the ‘“ My wife's wedding gown,"’ he reflected ‘Oh, Miss Mercy, I'm so glad,'’ whis happy mass of sympathetic human souls, and ent ist before his supper; not that he — softly, and then he drew a deep breath pered the young woman, putting her arm at last a lull in the opening and shutting of romed to receiving a large amount Miss Mercy's needle lay idle long enough about the slender shoulders, and then they — the outer door seemed to signify that all the : ther than his quarterly communica- for her to girlishly brush her cheek against sat in silence until a brisk voice at the door guests had arrived “ the Pension Office, but the exercise — the rough coat-sleeve near her inquired impatiently, ‘‘ Well, Tilda, can you Then a hush fell over the assembly, and a sure to him In a few moments the Major spoke again get a cloth or must we borrow one from — it seemed as if every one drew a deep breath t fdternoon, in early December, he “Mercy, what became of the gown you Mrs. Holland?" as the gray hatred bridegroom led the woman n he little office at the usual time and were making before ? That thin, white The minister's wife and Miss Bassett stood of his heart to the arch of hemlock where the ial deliberace way, but he had hardly — thing?”’ in the doorway and Tilda sprang to her feet minister stood waiting for them door before the eager face of the ‘It lies in the chest upstairs where I laid “Why, I quite forgot my errand,’’ she ex It was a very simple service, only afew ess appeared at the small window — it away half finished that day Ah, Richard, claimed. ‘‘ Miss Mercy, have you a long — sacred, solemn words freighted with the ten 52 ecitedly vouchsafed the information you wouldn’t have me wear white muslin tablecloth? We're planning for to-morrow der sympathy of the pastor's voice, only a " tter had come for him. now! Why, I’m an old woman, dear.’’ Miss Mercy turned to the chest) again moment and all was over, but these two had from way down in Missouri, accord- Richard stooped and kissed the lips that ‘‘ Why, yves,’’ she said, ‘‘ have a long cloth been waiting nearly half a century to hear ue postmark,’’ she continued, handing — trembled between a sigh and a smile here; will this do?” those words; for nearly half a century had ‘Have you any folks that live ‘To the world outside, perhaps; never to The minister's wife took the picce of their patient lives grown toward this sacred , iv? me. But you know what is fitting, dear, and handsome damask and carefully unfolded it moment. As the minister uttered the solemn 5 Martin took the letter and scru whether the gown be of muslin or wool it words, ‘'T pronounce thee man and wife , ' t carefully will be all the same to me, so long as _ it's ’ they turned to one another with a look, a B Richards, Attorney,’’ he read your wedding gown ‘It’s never been used, I declare,'’’ she — k in which all else was forgotten rner of. the envelope ‘* Never The day before the wedding Miss Mercy exclaimed ‘Mercy Clark, do you: mean to Something like a sob broke from the litth , m before I wonder what—— felt that the old red house hardly belonged say you've kept your things hid away all gathering of friends —even the fair cheeks of 4 to her Mr. Treat had shut up the brick these years when they couldn't do anybody a the children were moist with tears they did school -house for the day, and all the young mite of good? "' not understand —but onl for i moment return to him after ten days people made a pilgrimage to the woods in Miss Mercy flushed painfully, and Tilda then a great joyful murmur filled the air ar \l Frazer. who had evidently the morning, whence they returned laden her eyes filled with reproach, made haste to the boracte wind yroom were nearly ver , turn of scrutinizing the myste with trailing green and hemlock boughs Say Why, she couldn’t use them before whelmed with loving embraces ? ' nication ‘I thought some of — In consequence, Miss Merey was turned out Aunty They are her wedding thing I'm Every man in the room kissed the bruce » to vou this noon, for fear it of her own best room and sitting room, which sure that cloth will be just the thing, dear and Ithink its safe to say that every woman thing important You haven't were invaded by these eager young friends Miss Mercy k ed the groom. while the hildrer ny lie down there, have vou? If and their woodland spoils Miss Bassett was handling the damask bout their knee indi pulled at an and sa lawver—a lawver and an In the kitchen she found Miss Bassett pol wondering !y ‘lt ain't vellowed a bit les coat -tail une thing, isn’t it?-——perhaps ishing the best glass and china, while Mre remarked Did vou keep it wrapped ina M Mer v. Mr M Hew Sipe tell vou of it.’’ Hackett managed numberless savory sauce blue paper, Miss Meres iwav her ful tears at tr her ’ hook his head and tore off the pans, and pots, and kettles, that were bubbling When the morrow came a light snow wa gratitude, and the Major be t ivelope awkwardly with his one falling gently over Middleway like a bridal oved toward the small oil lamp veil, and the people who gathered from far and , father’s only brother went West, near inthe early afternoon, had to stop. for At length, when every one had had a chance : he said, ‘‘ and married there, much stamping and shaking at the outer door to proffer congratulations, the Major prou ht his children all died young.”’ betore they were admitted to the red house offered his arm to his wife and led her t er watched with breathless inter As wraps and overshoes were laid) asics the dining room, where, in the centre of the ned the letter and began to read. and the guests assembled ino the sitting long table, stood ayreat wedding ike hict puzzled at first, then he room, there were many exela the minister's wife had made with her ‘ vlanced quickly down mations of approval passed hand Phere were other good thing i nd the postmistress was from mouth to mouth Phe the table, and when the il riapad | ‘ iid not have read all young folks had made the room peared, and the cake had been cut) and tuffed the sheet hur a bower of green, and the sweet ded, there was a peneral movement t ! pocket and left the oder of hemlock filled the air the sitting room I te forgetting to say good Pilda had come early to help Phe Major had declared that) he utd the eager, disappointed Miss Mercy dress, but she found have just such a wedding trip as they had in her already attired im the soft planned to take so long ago, and Doctor : ny minutes later Miss gray yown, and only in need of | Clifford had offered te dr them over t ird a quick, youthful step Layton to meet the afternoon tram hh, an eager hand upon It is almost time to leave obser ind she started from her the Doctor, showing hie itch to the Mayor i fast-beating heart, for isthey left the dining room 1 will give rd oof her youth stood X11, you fifteen minutes for closing exercise F | at Atthat Mr. Treat came forwar with } 7 irling!’’ he cried, ‘‘ the | i | © violin and beyved that all old and) youny have come;’’ and he ’ join in a Virginia reel, the dance to be ° t rto his heart. f , a i = L headed by Miaayor and Me Miaartin rd, what do you. mean? ! | Never isso lone a reel made im Middl , ] she asked as soon as she | way, itextended through the two rooms, for her voice, and for an | { hardly a guest remained seated, and poor yved the letter from his {I | | Mr. Treat’s arm was quite weary with) fid {flung it on the table | | dling before the bride and yroom had reeled that,’’ he said a ty | | i to the end of the long: line In't even know I pos ; | Then Mr Mercy went up to put on her died off in) Missouri, I | new bonnet and wrap, and all the ! rushed vver writes to tell me } Ba} h , | to help the Major with h ercoat inne] it only heir to be found; a ’ | \ it few moments more they were yome ‘ eaving no will, as I make He | f hower of rice falling about them | I've come into a tidy | 4 || What a wedding cryedl) M Ir r that will make us inde By ’ + 4 wiping her eye ' he stepped back inte th for life Mercy, my darl , : _—— ens t house Ioyust knew pood luck wa Omnins cod wan no longer We = \ . _\ ' ' to om M ae shen LT saw ancl trange hand ve all that life might have } a ew ~ writing and the Missouri postmark but we can know the i i a As forthe little bridal party driving throug! me together at last.’’ oP On MOhe the mw, few words were spoken Dent 7.4 ae ( fford had 1 theouyht for ripe ! . ee they were of the summer t Perhaps t ler who had been trying ‘ , tl hts of those two, wl it with | the letter, came back to vd fa y nok t ' t r I ut her arms about his 4 f the Imimer time a ! h NOW long they stood there : San a re ‘ u t uid v? The vears had fal = As tl drove up at the tat u ’ ind it was the little tr ny in a neither obser I ng ago whom Richard WHIN YOU COME HOME bee Pyoung | ple. hast Prat heart—the yvirl Mercy e fr ibig way nt t ve in her wild blue eves pon their ear I I rf ' golden curls about her face; and to away on the cookstove, and four or five other Tilda’s deft fingers to a tin arranging t bride into the car, a ! t ixain the stalwart youth who had good neighbors were standing or flving about, creamy, rich old lace about her throat ‘ r thes ined th ther tr rs thr gentle life into his keeping The bent on errands entirely incomprehensible Then she went down alone t find ft tare if inp it stirred so near one another beat to Miss Mercy Major waiting for her at tl Foot ot t hair rt ! y th the feverish joy of youth The minister's wife and Miss Thankful indo no eves beheld their meeting t haired ter t t Middleway awoke toa realization of | Tremane were busy over something ino the their wedding day ul t dct t r romance it had carried silently in) dining room, she knew, and Tilda White Now they stood together near the entrance adenty ! ill these years, a wave of sympa had just appeared to help them velcoming each fr Po who came tot t ; t cing spread over the old town How good every one was! vith them, and t tream of ca prery Per ! t vere young listened breathlessly The read tears gush d to Mi Mer till ! redouy ! Itiful story; those who were aged eves, and she retreated to her own chamber Whatever sha ve do with ther : . t r memories for a clearer picture that she might sit down a moment and quiet) cried M i a ted I t her agitated feelings. She nk into th t Pild f th delis t ! tor beat When Queen Victoria's Lamp Smoked lercy had thought of a very simple tle rocking chair by the window and ked r I t ht Midd ‘ ! r ther nf t ' i just a walk to the minister's about her On the bed lay the gra i ker hanother d is that t 1 ful, wonderful moments in his 9 which she had just taken t final stitch, and vi f ther t a Hach t th quiet walk home again bee le t a litt | t int th H ‘ t t? iter") vith all the strange, sweet — had « for that other for r rn fulf ed int r } rt lor vs, en } r \! ‘ lin ip adr . t ‘ ° xt after n for a sed for in rn nt and Miss \ M M u ter pat | vitl " } y es r her ame a vhtt + " ‘ ' .

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Bee Re Origndeae” 2 4 hein Philadelphia, June 4, 1808 eee The Danger Side of Newspapers W LR : ta | ro press inte naval it Republic t war has Vements tical wolely 7) t prs of hiv cheovtve with attractive the old regime, we may be sure Pposing it to be deliberately intended on burmanitarian grounds, would mot have been declared by America for at) least a couple of months to come Now that hos tilities are openly entered Upon, the necessity for action. however needless and abortive, is IMiperative An ominous feature of the situa tion as that already there is a lack of effectual headlines forthe newspaper bills Phis will never do In other respects, war a da mode appears te be conducted under disadvan tayeous comeitians No secrecy is possible Every movement of the American ships and troops is discussed and criticised Phe dectstons of the naval and military authorities are reported in the me Wspapers even before they become Operative News paper despatch boats now accompany the Amer t reporting every movement thes dye, every intention mmanders Vialunatole enemy ind yes \ iluable Stiute f printing news hot an under ind the f acom ne inwar idmitted may men when THE SATURDAY mass «of thre peu ] neither Mr responsible ive su unles (,reat srita require d, that his speech ts Continental P threatening the inte will seek an alliances mt merely defensi But we may we common prudence and noble cause enlist with England answer which it Anglo Saxon mpeclucded in commerce for T of the globe, among the ofthe two xy it Asiatic the almost unpeopled as the ind the vit is the cre wants to this ciy ifice the evolut the world And in would make for pe powerful to be ster successfull ind wherever its jurisdiction extended the free commerce that dreads war would also go eee What is the Best Philanthropy ? FB idges no point is human opinion mere divided than upon what constitutes gen uine love for one's fellow creatures, says the San Francisco Chroniclh There are those who spend their lives in unselfish toil, only to dissipate their earnings among the less fortunate or less worthy Others religiously set apart a certain portion of their income for the founding or support of institutions whose influence is every year swelling the growth of the pauper class In short, there is so much false philanthropy in) existence, soa much benevolence which exerts a disastrous effect upon society, that itis dithcult to determine where the good influence of charity stops and demoralization begins As institutions mul- tiply for the coddling of the unfortunate, can didates for entry multiply far beyond any reasonable ratio The same may be said of the demand for funds handled by societies which undertake to alleviate the miseries and supply the wants of the poor Yet, in the nee of any other avenue of relief, the nd hearted have neo other Instances of an open qu wivanel ‘ mip! Trdiy inne! who percel unspoken need ko Stretches out a » hand to assist a friend over the rough places of life, who loans money without interest to one who has been shipwrecked on the finan has done the best turn to bumanits make the y mater tributes tothe substantial and at the same time gives the citizen occu pation and a si t, the two antidotes t pauperism the best philanthropy Wheat, the Preserver of Peace ANY fear exists that) European Powers are likely to court hostilities with the States it will ty dispelled by the se Powers are taking in relation to mo oand exportathe f wheat and suppl l pites sii n Commercia Frances EVENING POST large dependence of Europe States for food products wure our security against While the popul ition of ly increasing, her ability to tence is steadily diminishing, ind more force d to seek food the United States and other England France and augment their armies and lis is a condition they are pow overcome Herein lies a guarantee between the United States and great of the Old World In attacking us iid be attacking their granaries How Business Men Help the Army HE action of many business establish ments throughout the country in granting of their employees as may enlist for continuation of salary during mployment upon return, 1s c and praiseworthy, says It is just such action the United States, iv is the soldier of being over, he weful avocation \ paid at best must continue to leaving them, and reducing he meayre eam is mind at rest on to provide for his family continuing his salary to increase his usefulness a fol will likewise greatly ben the tle that he is not losing yround at home during 1] fi his absence If he not have to begin at reed to search anew for employment Phe volunteer soldier also survives the war he wi the bottom again or be encounters many hardships. He risks his life off as well as on the field of battle He is entitled to all consideration, both as regards his services in the tield and oppor tunity for him after the war is over What- ever is calculated, therefore, to give him idditional heart for the struggle, and comfort while he is engaged in it, adds materially to the fighting resources of the country Our Trusty Citizen Sailors LTHOUGH not designed as a Federal Naval Reserve, the naval militia in the seventeen States having such organizations might be promptly drawn upon by the Navy Department, as a matter of necessity, upon the first indication of an emergent situation, says the Philadelphia Record. There are but three thousand seven hundred men in service in this hitherto inconspicuous adjunct of our naval forces, and of these only a mere handful have performed actual drill duty, or have had the benefit of training and practice on board of a modern man-of-war The best, if not the only, place in which men can ned to handle ships-of-war is on board o hi \ little active work of this sort goes a iong way with ihe quick tted young naof th maval militia That chance of Increasing lasty employment of an assumed emer mportant thing for considera juncture is, however, that for the ir naval history an organized been placed in a responsible 1 man-of-war, with a command This cs The Decay of the Chinese Empire 7 Chinese Empire seems to be dving, as aman dies in catalepsy, with all organs perfect, with no appearance of disease, but body fixed in a strange, almost a powerlessness, says the London No Army has invaded China since Japanese retreated No fleet has shelled her ports. There has been no rebellion in any province. The Emperor is as absolute as ever, the organization of his Government Is quite complete, his people are submis sively loyal, but the life of the whole = is apparently suspended. His Army flits from port to port at the bidding of each foreign invader, apparently without an idea of firing ont His people, three hundred millions 1 artisans, who have held , j uUsand Volume 170, No, 49 Told of the Authors Contemporary Writers at Home Miss Braddon as an Actress.— |; the early ambitions of Miss M. FE Braddon the novelist, were Thespian and «\ panto. mimic She made her début in 4 p, iia theatre, about forty years ago, as Fair Pineapple, in a burlesque entitled = Prince of Fairyland. During the yea; or pa that she was on the stage, she IMpersonated no less than fifty-eight distinct ¢| iracters her last part being a picturesque Ind istria in a pantomime version of Little Red Riding Hood. She was then known as Miss Mar Leyton, and an old actor who semnecnbens her says that she had a wealth of b! : a Statuesque figure and a fine face strongly expressive, and that she had de ided talent and marked dramatic powers j that ack hair, ° Inventing a Real Heroine.—Mr Justin McCarthy, Member of Parliament, telis curious story regarding the heroine in his novel, Donna Quixote The character, a rich young widow, full of impracticable philanthropic schemes, was entirely his own creation; but, a short time after the book was published, he received a letter complim« nting him on the clever portrait of Mrs who, the writer was glad to know, was a common friend A year or so later the novelist made the acquaintance of | this Mrs , and found that she was really a living picture of his heroine. Resenting O'’Rell’s Insult.—Once, when Max ©'Rell was staying at a hotel, he had occasion to complain of the marked incivility and neglect of a waiter. The proprietor apoélogized, assuring Max O’Rell that no such complaint had ever been made before When the waiter was duly reprimanded, he explained himself thus: “It’s no’ to be expected that a_ self-respecting Scotsman could wait on him with civility Didn't he say we took to the kilt because our feet were too large to get through trousers? ’’ 7 R. H. Stoddard and the Tomatoes.— At a dinner given to Richard Henry Stoddard, the famous literary critic and poet, the chair- man told this story of the guest: ‘* Stoddard was opening a tin of tomatoes one night. Sounds that came from the kitchen convinced Mrs. Stoddard that her husband was not accomplishing his task without a struggle Finally she called to him, ‘ What are you doing, dear?’ ‘Opening this tin of toma toes,’ came up the rather gruff answer “What are you opening it with?’ ‘Witha knife. Did you think I was using my teeth?’ ‘ Not at all, dear,’ came the answer; ‘IT thought from your language you were opening it with a prayer.’ ”’ * Mrs. Sangster’s Inspiration.—Recently, in conversation with a friend, Mrs. Margaret kK. Sangster, the well-known poet, said that a gentleman once asked her when she wrote her poems, and she answered him, ** I do not know.’ But afterward, in thinking it she realized that they were really wt while she was riding in the cars or wa king Probably this accounts for the case ind naturalness of Mrs. Sangster’s poetry. (ne could hardly conceive that these light and graceful touches on subjects that are d the human soul could come if she sat saying to herself, ‘‘ I will write a poe! . Jokai’s First Allegiance.— Maurus author of the Lion of Jonina, has gift tongue as well as gifts of the pen prese nted to the Emperor William w latter visited Buda-Pesth, but wa away to speak to the Archduchess Josef Returning, after a few momer' said in apology: ‘‘ Your Majesty must me, but my allegiance to ladies comes my allegiance to monarchs.’’ . Zola’s Perseverance.—When M. F: heard that he got only four vote latest election of members for the Academy instead of eight, as he got before, he said: ‘‘ What! I has four! I am surprised, for I never it, having taken no part in the | election was arranged beforehand fore it was useless to pay any atten! To teli the truth, these Academi have no effect on me I confine putting up for every seat vacant Wait to see the result without t emotion QT course I no

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se= et a lik richest college in America is the one founded by Stephen (sirard. In fact, no millionaire made college of modern times has yet surpassed it in wealth. Tr) " ned benefactions of Stanford and Rock r, munificent as they were, do not accumulations, for the value of i} the property with which Girard College is ind from which it draws its income represents to day twenty-seven million dollars Harvard is usually associated in the American mind with the thought of collegiate riche Yet, after more than two hundred mdoftitty. years, the fund which all its propertics could be converted into would be much less than one-half of the patrimony of Girard College, and would probably not exceed cleven million dollars. Indeed, four of the chief universities which had long been in existence before Girard College was ever thought of—Harvard, Yale, Princeton, id the University of Pennsylvania—now har more than equal the amount of its wealth. When Girard passed Wav, he was estimated to be worth about sover million dollars. But so judiciously was much of this money invested, and so skillfully en handled by the Trustees of the City B elphia, to which Girard confided his “reat trust, that it may now be said to have most heavily endowed seat of n America. It solicits no contri needs no gifts, it pays out more t million dollars on its pupils, and meas that which flows altogether enerous bounty of its founder e been dead for sixty-six vears was not opened until fifteen his death Yet, sagacious as the rand merchant was in his fore he could hardly have foreseen for lopment which it has reached in irs Few rich men who have ist fortunes by will have accom ch lasting good or have had executed in more accord with rections There have been some re and there trom the exact nstrument, but none of them invalidated his main purpose xpressed it, was to ‘* provide for ber of poor, male, white, orphan in be trained in one institution, ‘Meation, as well as a more com tintenance, than they usually m the public funds.’ — . this late day, the methods and the extent of his beneficence are but ely little known, for the spirit) in lege has been ruled is as simple iNostentatious as that of Girard It is true that it is a college which laim to the higher learning. And o rr, the moment he passes within f the yreat stone wall which ¥rounds, is struck with th ne of architecture unsurpassed Kreat seats of learning THE young woman, leading a group of urchins to a dormitory. A professor is pleasantly explaining some mooted point on the laws of base-ball to the youths who have eagerly gathered around him. From the greenhouse some of the teachers are coming out with bunches of flowers in their hands At the manual-training school several boys have stopped to inspect a tool and a curiously turned block of wood which one of them is carrying. Then is heard, as from the dis tance, a strain of martial music Advancing with a West Point stateliness of column, the cadets sweep over the parade ground, their guns flashing in the sunshine. Some pal faced little fellows, who have just risen from sick-beds, come to the windows, their eves dancing with delight and sympathy * Here and there, too, may be seen sad, or stolid, or stupid faces But the whole effect of the first glance of the visitor is inspiriting And when he goes into the beautiful Gothic chapel, which many a university would enyy, and looks down over the sixteen) hundred lads, hig and little, he notes at once a goood average of healthy sturdiness and bright intelligence among them, rather than the dull, listless faces found in public charities These sixteen hundred have come from many parts of the United States Thus Girard directed that boys born in what. is called “‘the old city’’ in) Philadelphia should have precedence; next those born in other parts of Pennsylvania, and lastly those born in New Orleans and New York, for of both these cities he had a sentimental recol lection of his days as a young French sailor on his first voyages. The lads must be at least six and not more than ten years of age when they enter, and they are not expected to remain after they have reached the age of eighteen. The term “ orphan" to mean a boy whose father is dead; if his mother is living, that does not lessen his eligibility for ad mission if she is unable to properly provide for him As soon as he 1 is construed enters the college, it becomes not only his instructor, but his guardian, his master, his parents The mother binds him out as an ap prentice to the col lege by executing an indenture The Prustees then yuarantee to feed, clothe, educate and yenerally ‘take care of him antil he is old enough to go out into the world and earn a. livelihood In fact, the college is the only impor tant survival we have inthiscountry to-day of the old apprentice system e It is the only place in) America where an army otf boys have nothing to do but to learn and to grow fo eight or ten years without cost to themselves or to anybody else now living, and are pro vided with daily comforts which many a student in Harvard or Yale has been unable to command The expenditures of the college represent $350 a vear for each pupil This is much more than the average boy of both poor and 1 American houscholds costs his parents up the time he is eighteen; it Is even more tl many an American collegian pays tor board and tuition (;irard Ss idea f i nel « | t SATURDAY THE RICHEST COLLEGE IN “ AMERICA 2 BY WILLIAM PERRINE EVENING POST The curriculum, indeed, sometimes begins with the alphabet That boy doesn't know his A B C's” yet, said an over-critical otheial somewhat contemptuously of a poor little fellow who had just been admitted at the very lowest age possible. “Well sharply observed one of — the an ex Mayor of Philadelphia look after him just the best vou know how, and re member that Abraham Lincoln, at his age didn't know a bit more.’ Before that bey leaves the college he will have the oppor tunity to acquire, not only what Girard set Trustees, down as the essentials of an education, but elocution, vocal music, manual-training, elec trical mechanics, and a military discipline Girard College is a great juvenile deme racy No boy has more privileges than another except those which he wins by superior conduct. Thus each is” credited with one thousand marks at the beyinning of his term, and for each offense he may commit there is a loss or a deduction in the stock of marks with which he started on equal terms with all his comrades Nor are the punishments severe Phe ordinary one which the teachers and governesses are per mitted to exercise is to cause the insuber dinate pupil tostand with his face to the wall for twenty minutes, or to deprive him of the pleasures of the playgrounds It is only through the President that the authority for corporal punishment may be obtained, ana it is exercised more reluctantly and much less frequently than it was in the early days of the college when the rod was often used ° Indeed, at every point possible the self respect and the individuality of the boy are preserved Hle is known by his name, and not by a number; he wears no distinctive garb; he is never reminded, unless it) is through thoughtless teachers, that he is a dependent on charity Phe idea that a boy should work for his education is entirely discarded He is treated pretty much the same as a boarder with special privileges No labor is expected of him except: dressing himself, and blacking his shoes, and keeping his person clean. kvery suit: of clothes he wears is cut to his own measure by a tailor, and delivered with his own name on it He has a porcelain-lined bathtub, which he must enter twice a week He has his own comb, his own hairbrush, his own towels, his own toothbrush; a physician is always at his command, and no belle keeps her teeth whiter or in better order than are his teeth are kept as sacred relics his desk, bis silver ware, bis furniture, the gig in which he rock about, the bedstead on which he died, a parr ind his) bootjack But few of the boys are old enough to understand this of his stout boots wonderful man It is noted that they rarely express themselves in anything like sym pathetic admiration of him until after they have reached manhood What os your opinion of Mr. Girard, my boy? a bright lad of fourteen was asked I don't) know much about him, only he was a French cabin boy at my age,’ was the reply; but I don't see how a plain, one-eyed old man could have saved all the money to run this college But he must have been a good hearted old gentleman for all that Yet, after they go out into the world and face its struggles, they are often heard to exclaim, ‘' God bless eld Stephen Girard! ~ Hlow | thank him And now let us glance at the daily routine At six o'clock in the morning the chapel bell is heard in’ every dormitory of the college A governess or a prefect, having each twenty or forty boys in a large apartment, appears at the door and salutes them with Arise, boys!"' of (soc) morning, omy boys! '’ “Good morning, teacher is the response which comes from them in’ lively unison, although occastonally some mis chievous urchin, in merriment, may be heard to esaculate, Rats!’’ Before the end of the next half hour they have made their morning toilette at their lavatories, and then, filing past the governess, each one stops to hold up his shoe in order that it may be inspected They then march to the great dining hall, where more than a thousand plates are laid on tables of snowy whiteness, glittering with the sparkle of castors kach boy has his regular place; each his napkin and his little Seotch plaid napkin ring, and each receives from his governess or prefect: some hint or word of advice, whenever it: may be necded, as to the etiquette of the table The bill of-fare for the three meals of the day is very plain, but wholesome and abundant—a cup of coffee, buttered bread, and beef hash usually at breakfast; for dinner, roast beef or roast lamb and veyetables, and on Sunday dessert; for supper, bread, milk, and stewed fruit of some kind Pen barrels of thour are turned into three thousand loaves of bread a day Some critics of the college think that the bill-of fare should be more varied, but the boys undoubtedly thrive well on it At eight THE under the care of the dentists, who begin to watch his mouth from the day he first enter the class room and do so until he leave Nor os there ! nwl hh aa bees in pend mer a tl eye wa Man of the , j i ' ‘ rn " aoa oe ri f ¢ . 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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST Volume 170, No. + Me ago an carnest attemyrt ever docile Russian Hebrew l " ht ' e Vs and there among tive recent u igh i GLADST an IS - ORK Ms lude black boys among them slum ! , hapel tn gs : . P ° > promeptiy decided thet when morning sign The Foremost Briton of His Time white male orphans only the Six ! lof the (aucasian was meant college s es President on the platform has to wart is still i proud el os wamliment v Presicte f +h } was destined to prove a most He performed herculean ja}, to the English-speaking disestablishment and disendow: the Manual of the Chapel 1s its yvraduate ‘ i ‘ - Great Britain Gladstone, State Church in the House of ( re : a hae Sabie ntel af _ tham Lincoln, says the the result was that the first great +.5 “. ae December 2g, 1*09, Ireland was accomplished. The: presser on . ‘ I he he and Liverpool the place of on to accomplish other reforms {,; Ir Leia im Ewart Gladstone, scholar, and in the meantime, Dis: } . author: alegislatorformore resigned, Gladstone was ay pe thanthreescore years; four Premiership Then followed times Prime Minister—the what was well called the Gold should ever have access yreatest of Victoria's reign Liberalism the end that —and incontestably and He came into office in December ; measurably the first the first of his four terms as Pri; of } ime and of and immediately formed his Ca} veteenth century basis to insure the progress of in (;ladstone’s princip.es The second re form { riven its which he devoted himself was eking of of the land tenure system TI of National popular education i: given careful considerati the the Ds, and rm in few seconds for absolute silence He issage from the New Testament, a Pennsvivan th fine spirit, and a brief prayer orders are euerciaes Theres chapel is a ligently A (sir ard irprise to visitor Thus the bill better than any it to every gentleman, as he founder's purpose was of the janitor’s lodge, 1s be *' bound out unde man? in accordance with trons «of (,irard that tie ure, and so enmectual ent that a bill was school privileges wi orest cottager in the country Alabama Question roblem of Mr. Gl SR se 7s ORE And once, during ‘‘the golder Liberalism included in Mr. G first term as Premier, he was defeated the Irish university question Disraeli was called to the Queen, but knowing that his come refused to accept Gladstone put aside his personal fee PRS ees

ee. again took upthe duties of Premiers he discharged until February, 17 The issue on which he retur: Premiership was based upon the recities He then unspeakable Turk ghteous wrath as to system, wher 1s ma p > s : hieial life i dvan ooks back upon those the college had expired, to an san ment to th i" 'ndet ‘ t 1 command in 1895 and tradesmat i s\stem, in tim 1e to lorie he after ueel massacres would have been brought s be nauoned eve ! his intr\ rik ascended — the hrome 183 ’ toa halt 1] { . Queen Victoria offered the Premiership the return of the Liberals to p cessively to Lord Granville Huntington; but they declined that Gladstone alone had led the victory, and to him belonged the ward So to him it was given, and thus in 1sso he entered upon his second term as Prime Minister of Her Majesty Mr. Gladstone resigned and Lord Salisbury became Prime Minister in June abe few weeks showed that the Govern with this propitiation, had not majority Then Mr. Gladstone third time called to the Premiers And now, although the Irish met the leadership of Parnell ha t :

policy of fiercest opposition and f tive vears, and had obtaine t 1 sions, Mr. Gladstone favored His t more, and in April, 1886, when April 1 into power, surprised the nation TS53, and the peech accompanying it) many of his friends by introdu lasted five hou ve é of h hearers the establishment of an Irish Par! suspected it iratl intil i ‘ One of the most violent period over, so fascinat lid th a lake = =0omentarv debate and agitation k1 his subye history of the country followed . Mr. Gladstone's friends forsook ' t allegiance to him, and the Liber must be t vt it once an in party being formed, the Go teresting cy thie I | tesmi: defeated In August, 1886, Lor After our \ War w well under wav succeeded him in the Premiers

he expressed hit Ipen na manner THE BOYS WEAR ODD-SHAPLD that astounded t!} \ orth He said i CAPS AND LONG TROUSERS We : hav u pinions about For the six years following Mr l 1 r against the was the leader of the oppostt ith ! loubt, I think, about advocate of Irish autonomy although ¢ ’ go into mereantile business or professional 7 Fetter t\ nd the other leaders rather than because of this, he iwerage period of si pursuits In the ministrv, at the bar, in uth ha nade an Army; they are to power by the election of 150- 4 medicine, in journalism, and in finan hey naking pears Navy; and they have fourth and final time held the pr have been honorably represented hav mad et rie what is even of more im of Premier. even produced two memb meres rtance—thev have made a nation.’’ Five On March 2, 1894, Mr. Gladst Neat the main buildin tal } cut ‘ ears later ladstone, with customary from the Premiership. Up to ; r who re : me your nantes andidt mache nfession of his mistake however, he remained a power! ime out © d Coll to give u vere vident about this time that Mr on English thought and action rhe lad had pletely away from In 1896 the ‘* Grand Old Mat on public questions resting-place at Hawarden, to he took the lead permanently retired, after sixts agitation for the active public life, issued power! the inde ye ndent action of Eng the suppression of the Turk and

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MR. GIRARD AS HE DROVI ear the classics | TOWN IN THE OLD CHAISE—NOW —s + ‘ echeedllppenny Tiled <0 gaat ee \ the liter IN THE MEMORIAL HAL! 1 tt ritish Ge o- oh th ho de]

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A Wesley Merritt, Military Governor of the Philippines rtant of the The transfer of General Wesley Merritt from the command of the military East, with headquarters City, to the post of Military he Philippine Islands, is a high } militarv and civil judgment Through the ill of Rear-Admiral Dewey, tes Government has had thrust and utive abilities inagement of a large rv inthe Pacifie Ocean iwing large interests in the this peculiar situation bly Great Britain In view tional complications that are nd the great strain that will the American administrator, it to know that the officer on ernment has laid this excep bility has already achieved a t offers no ground for doubting hieve success Merritt was born in New York ( 6, 1836, and has but two vears n the Army before reaching u Kminent authorities have m one of the greatest cavalry Civil War. He is an officer of onal courage, with a record for ess, and has never been known nm emervency ° Charles E. Clark, Capt. Charles Edgar Clark, of the battle Captain of the Oregon Don Carlos de Bourbon, F inish Pretender the S ship Oregon, about the h, during the journey around here was so much fear, is, like noof Vermont In 1860, when n vears old, says the New York was appointed to the Naval He was an Ensign on board the ‘ er in rSSt nt first-class battle ship Ore ' aa Stria issumed the name of iis daughter the battle of Mobile Bay n command of the steamer that vessel was engaged in the North Pacific Ocean, from 1883 was Lighthouse Inspector from He was promoted to the rank In September, 1893, ind of the Mohican and cruised ir He was in charge of the » Independence in r&g5, and on he was promoted to the rank nd assigned to the command vessel Monterey Nearly io he was detached from the ordered to take Tons command. of roonl 5 ° or thirty years Don Carlos VII has con himself the He has his prot ssed rights, sidered o the throne of Spain ttle for inces his readiness to snatch vernment from those who are old them.’’ He was born in March 30 rX4- His Carlos V, one under the Salic law, and against Queen VII, who had deathbed will heir latms in favor of n, Carlos, who seven vears of Ferdinand the latter a tear Tis ¢ ISO! died in Carlos VI was succeeded in f his brother Juan, but in 1868 n favor of his eldest son, the nder. When Queen Isabella ibdicate the throne, in 16% rted to war for their chief le Struggle till 1876, when | his followers fled to The pretender married i he Duke of Parma, and both principally through inher THE SATURDAY EVENING POST MEN AND WOMEN OF THE HOUR Close-Range Studies of Contemporaries to his Theosophist cult. Mr. Vivekananda went without money, and (something which astonished Americans) refused to accept money from his numerous and enthusiastic admirers. He lived in the simplest manner, and preached his severe Buddhist doctrines wherever he went. In New York he was detained for months by enthusiastic disciples Swami is a Hindu word meaning free, and is given by the religious order to which Vivekananda belongs to those only who have reached spiritual perfection in the material body There are only twenty such teachers in India, or in the world They really liy the jiife ascribed to Buddha in Arnold's Light of Asia, wear the plainest garb of yellow, travel from village to village afoot and and much rice or pulse as will fill a litthe wooden bowl preaching teaching accept nothing save se Swami Vivekananda is an impressive orator and a deep and profound thinker o General Aquinaldo, Gen. Emilio Aquinaldo the Philippine Leader te Insurgent leader of the Philippine is the idol of the natives Young handsome brave and self sacrificing, this native Malay has neglected no opportunity to harass” the Spaniards in the islands Phe insurgent forces, among whom his pame is a talisman are mac ants of Spaniards natives and the descend and Aquinaldo been betraved by the up of the natives has several times Spaniards, with promises of reform, which were made only to be broken On December 14 last, Governor-General Rivera made peace with him, and then betrayed him Aquinaldo then left the islands and went to Singapore there he was assisted by Pratt, the Consul From Singapore he Kong, but he is doubtl of his followers in the Philippine those and thre ending of Spanish rule there, has, of course, inspired the insurgents with new hope, and many of the which it that they have executed upon the Spaniards materially \merican went to Hong now at the head Recent practical sy neer events in islands, atrocities is charged are doubtless canards, still it would not be well to place too implicit confidence in the natives during these exciting times SJ Representative Jose ph Wheeler, of Alabama, whom President McKinley has recently honored with the rank of Major General im the Army served in the Confederate during the Civil War Phere Commander of — the Joseph Wheeler, the New Southern General reyulat Army Is indeed Theo SUTVINIGY Contcederate irtryite excepting, perhaps, Fitzhugh Lee who enjoys the contidence and affection of so large a part of the people of the South He 4 ixtv-one vears of aye, and is in the very prime of his manhood He was from West Point in 155g His career in the Confederate cavalry was most distinguished After the battle of yradu ite a Shiloh he was placed in command of the cavairy of the West, and performed constant, laborious and brilliant service His work was) especial upper ciated by General Sherman, to whom he opposed during the « Lrda posit nthat cnded in the capture of Atlanta General Shermat reported to have said, after the ft war, that if he ever had to fight a fore i toe, General Wheeler hould have a « mand Phe appointment of General Wheeler to one of the | hest , tial m the \ is conclusive evidence that the ¢ 1 War l become wholly a matter of histor John Bassett Moore, John Bassett Moore Secretary Day's Assistant rs / of State, has aoremarkal | uptodate knowledge of teratur t science, history and law t 1 Ni y h Press He entered the Department of Stat it Washington in ors Hl ! ol 7 7 a? ‘ ’ ‘ 7 ’ tr to tak the « ] er exalt i iprpru ntment He pa ed f i i Was assigued at om toa & ' the appointment, how eT t In January foliowing it w m nad Wa i it } t! t ] \ tant Se ' 6 Gene \\ » tl , 4 \ir t 1) P nD ° P Mr ar recently completed book on international law complete work of the sort) in He was secretary of the American Conference of is the most existence. delegation to the Fisheries ISS7-SS8; he participated in the Samoan con ference in Washington between the Secretary German Ministers in 1887, and he prepared all the of State and the’ British and proton ols of the conference . Eduard Remenyi, the Famous Violinist Eduard famous violinist died sO) a most impulsive and whims was the most history of the art i) person Hl migratory mustcmun in th Remenyi, the “ he suddenly, was and won the sobriquet of the “Wandering Jew of the Violin Te took an active part inthe Plungarian insur rection of 848, and became Adjutant te General Gorges After the revolution wa crushed, he was compelled to ( ‘ thre country ind came to Amer ! becam t virti , In hie t I zt t Wermar incl oth Wa peo ted no \ ! t ti ‘) Vietoria In Sho he returned t Pfui i! incl later w mace iolinist to t \ tt homperot \ ro musieran, Reyne ‘ " plished an unusual tas he 4 ‘ .% people and the critics Pde will, doutetl be ranked as one of the yvreat miuaster the violin He combined h | | individuality a perfect mastery over the tech nical difficulties his whole soul of his tostrument Het inte his plaving, and alwa carried his audience with him e Sir Julian Pauncefote, Phe recent rumors 1 England’s Ambassador ‘!' «fet Britash Gs contemplated an early recall of Ambuassach Pauncetote and the substitution of oS PFhomas Hh. Sanderson in his place \ Washington, calls attention to one whe ba loti acted with credit as the Queen's repre sentative im Amerten Phis diplomat what is usually defined as a Hotnacde oman He is burdened with a great weight of tith each of which was conferred on him tn return for scone ivnal service to his county In sty he was knighted He is now sever vears of age, a model of a high bred, pol ished, stave, shrewd kenglishmon He ' lawyer of the highest attainment, and ta served as chief justice at Hong Kony and the Island In intricate yame ot ciple Leeward PSS8) without as experience im the amd ter sue appointed by fori matey, be was ceed the famous Lord Sackyille West I vour iver dhe \ raised ter thee Piitib Ambassador to the United Stiate inal ueen direct representat eyo th ts Sir Julian is one of the most) popu mats in the city of Washington ° Mrs. Nelson A. Miles, Mr Nelson \ Her Husband's Companion !'!' " en aside pres er weer ‘if qT miitiation to aecompany the Greneral te the front, is her husband col It is common talk in the Arm ivs the Ne York World, that Mr Miles has been tear enough to her husband in some of bis India Gerhita tc, 1 ir th j Gendt 1 P| \) went th | .to Fur « last 1 ! Val i tie t f vt (areek 1 ' th t} | rh \WVI Cyethert NI received orders to go to Tampa, when it was planned to send an Army at Mrs. Miles made arrangements to go along Mrs) Miles is tall and) striking looking She has a way about her that thee matter once to Cuba makes ever how humble h Mile clre ss one feel at ber rank may be compared to General exalted position in the Army She quietly but with the exquisite taste that stamps her in the minds of people who know her as a thorough woman of the world She is at home as muchon a sprite d horse as shy mon her beoucerr She rides every day whil at home inp Washington Miles just as fond of riding as is his (seneral wife . Charles Ht. Allen, Charles Hi Roosevelt's Successor Hts been ssistrnt Allen, whe appotnted Secretary of the Navy born in to succeed Theodore Roosevelt, wa Massachusetts, in i848 He was graduated from Amberst College in t86q Althouwh he pave up bis I owe I] Wished to be a physician, be ambition and engeayed ip the lipenptoer Letpsunne vith bh father The later erved an the Mia vw husett Stiit sevbate md was elected a member to the Forty nintl National Congre Lhe i! erved ' 1} biftieth Congres Nir \llen | i vreat feotoyett ! } tr tot } } ' ’ ’ af | eit ! ! preparat t" t i " hres eet i t 1 ent | ' | \ ] NN i Mi t T { | t 1 it nob tow nel NS \ Mir \ 1 ran itnst t! ( her \\ kk for cha ft ‘ } t f t! Coledd # tit nt k oo. 9 7 Marshal Blanco, (jeneral R Governor-General of Cuba KI NCO \ret a lye, '" Cheech ' last woeeded Marshal We er as Ge (generated Cubal ha ong beam regare un ! t tender hearted lier | went t ‘ boa salen t «bie t fres thre comm ntl hy | Tulane - t ‘ } ‘ @hie ' tor hy | ' t! on kK mt out ! I ‘ . 1 en r the t i 1 tt Citha ' | relet { | ) ke ' P t Corrite ch Ssterte bye ' ' wt t of Marshal W (or i Prrvit tint ! t ! i! Wevler ork ' ' ! it f that ! t Hered ‘ el en if .ag ! it ! 1 ! thett thes itnipe " fou trial w t! time of th clestruet noof th Nive | mipetl t conn feveat ¢ ' ! t corned for the re { f } “ut " ( Csenera Leet tified! 1 ! init rit ! freequent le i that | elie) pest } ! ‘ (yet rial | ' al iw { krow ledge of the itust hy . Capt. Charles V. Gridley, Capt. {has Commander of the Olympia cot \ r [dew flags! | t ‘> I 1 bn hes hy ' ' \ his a? { \4 i I! a " I ‘) han ihe i Er ' net ' ey ‘ \I, 7 ( €> 1) « at | , + ‘ ' ' } tf keofwar M aot +} (> ‘ ' t} 1 mi 1 | ! f t I ’ pit j | ( | ‘ ¢} e Micl ‘ b tot Ml ‘ i : {> t bis | ' J b y | | ( } NI Nia ! \J } Ie | r

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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST Volume 170, No, je" nsof and the National and interna: 66 99 struggle I plain and wl ‘ ‘| law PU B LI C K Oo CCU RRENCES wptured vesse eu urgeon involved After a condemnation +h, F , 9 1? ' ot ‘ \ | property s sold < t prise ; - , \ property 1 id at auction and . - — _ t = a iTe of

. ae: sul . vel the captors in the proceeds deter; The distribution of prize mone, irefull regulated. If the prize vessel is .; eae or equal force to the vessel that t wed it the net proceeds of all the pr con. demned is awarded to the captors. 14 the prize is inferior in force, one-half the pro ceeds 1s awarded to the Unit State, Government and the other half t, the captors Where one vessel is 4 led by another or others, all share in the distr bution of prize money. In the case of a United States war-vessel sinking or destr ying an enemy's war-vessel, the Government Pays a bounty to the officers and crew of the victo rious vessel for each person on board the enemy's vessel at the beginning of the engagement This is to recomper ise the victors for the loss of prize money

Each person's share is” regu! by statute Phe commanding officer of a fleet or squadron is entitled to one-twentieth ; of all prize money awarded to any vessels under his immediate command manding otficer of a division of squadron under the command of officer mentioned is entitled to mart of the award to a vessel in his fleet Captain is due one + eee 2A OL awards to any vessel or ve or squadron in which he is s a capture is made by the vesse he fleet Captain is serving at the t cer only shares with the other office men on the vessel in proportion t The Commander of a single vess« entitled to one-tenth of the award to his warded vessel if, at the time of the capture, his vessel Letu y the | i was under the command of a superior officer ° vrea tus ird deeds of s] 1 darin and to three-twentieths if his vessel was Captives Taken at Sea nd oppeortunit Fe ist acting independently of such superior. After i : angst er 7 ee , Pies Ndiet i im , \ - these deductions have been made, the eG 6 » defir ntitled te Mare in tl remainder of the award is distributed among ill other officers and men in regular service on the captor vessel in proportion to their respective rates of pay for service Prize Money: How Won and A

eee ’ Seigniorage of Coin The Crimes of Reconcentration raat ese t : at t t tured vesse Y prize rey For several vears past the persistent Thier ire 2¢ pre rscnma red \ t hie se\ , oat \ itd ca 1 t r condemnation ; ‘ rize advocates of a la ger use of silver in reports to the Un tat American coinage, and many opponents of listrict in which the port i bond issues, have been urging on Congress attorney files a libel the coinage of the seigniorage of silver. In perty, and places it i w the pending discussion of the war-revenue nited States Marshal; an bill in Congress, the supporters of this policy msisting of three Commis have desired to secure by means of the bill rty as other courts try authority for coining the seigniorage of harges, by deposition silver in the Treasury vaults and issuing f all interested parties that notes thereon, claiming that such a course war me ire, | le persat , ed. oh ey e ou ire availabl It reports its findings to the would vield about $58,000,000 of additional Mi Kine ‘ ‘ \ different position from that of fit nit States District Court for the district currency The seigniorage of coinage ts mers hier) comsideres whi the libel is filed, and this Court really the profit to the Government on l rize by condemnation or coinage Free coinage implies that any o the evidence presented — person may take gold or silver bullion Government mint and have it made inte In Great Britain no charge Is m coinage in the United States

inage is deducted fron market value of the bullion uses ence between the cost and the va bullion lies in the seizniorage eee Centennial of the Rebellion in Ireland One hundred vears ago this occurred the rebellion in’ Ireland resulted in the union of the England Its cause was <‘ Roman Catholics for great religious freedom, and its the establishment ot with France strony organizations W plan The Seo , rinallv formed by P: ~ aid Gratlan in carrving forward eee reform subsequently became elements of opposition to the G At this time the Roman Catholics three-fourths of the inhabitants A combination of the Catholics senting Protestants was) promt efte ( ted by Theobald Wolfe Tone young Protestant, who had had a organization of the United Irishn also acted as secretary to the Cat mittee To resist this combinat yanization of Protestants, very | owners, and all of them atta British Government, was eflect

name of Orangemen The uprising had long The moment deemed most with the closing days of was at war with France ] +} he 1dol ne SN seen he

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iV rt THANATOPSIS WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT (> HIM who, in the love of Nature, holds Communion with her visible forms, she spe aks \ ria lanyuage for his gayer hours S i voice of gladness, and a smile And ience of beauty; and she glides Inte | darker musings with a mild \ Jing sympathy that steals away 4 | t rpness, ere he isaware. When (oft t hitter hour come like a blight ( rt rit, and sad images (oft tern agony, and shroud, and pall, thless darkness, and the’ nar sick M t! to shudder, and yrow ider the open sky, and list Too N teachings, while from all I her waters, and the depths j ( t voice: Yet a few days, H 1 me ; I beholding sun shall see no more ; l course; nor yet in the cold j \ t pale form was laid, with brace of ocean, shall exist karth, that nourished thee, Mm ! tor bye resolved to earth h human trace, surrender dual being, shalt thou go ever with the elements; ! ther to the insensible rock, sl clod, which the ugyish Vain share, and treads upon roots abroad, and pierce thy thine eternal resting-place retire alone—nor couldst thou re magnificent Thou shalt lie irchs of the infant world—with rful of the earth—the wise, the and hoary see rs of ayes past, hye mighty sepulchre The hills ind ancient as the sun: etn bie rt € +B € 3 Ts. i N That slumber in its bosom rake the wings Of morning, pierce the Barcan wilderness, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings—yet the dead are there! And millions in those solitudes, since first The flight of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep—the dead reign there alone! So shalt thou rest; and what if thou with draw In silence from the living, and no friend Of aves glide away, the sons of men Phe youth in life’s green spring, and he who LoOcs In the full maid strength of years, matron and The speechless bocalve ind the vray headed man Shall, one by one, be vathered to thy sick By those who in their turn shall follow them So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves LETENOEC FER FROM THE DRAWING BY J Take note of thy departure? All that breathe Will share thy destiny The When thou art cure ray will laugh Role, the svlemn brood of Plod on, and each one, as before, will chase His favorite phantom vet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee train As the long GO FORTH UNDER THE OPEN SKY AND LIST TO NATURES TEACHINGS To that mysterio t n, Where ea hall take HI chamber in the lent hal of death Thou yo net like thie Quarry Slave at night Scourved to his dunyveon:; but, sustained and soothed By an unfalteriny trust Like ome couch About him ind lie dreams approa h thy yvrave who wrap the drapery of his who oto pleasant THERE IS NO DEATH By J. L. McCREERY no death Phe stars go down |= RE is Po rise upon some fairer shore And bright in Hleaven eweled crown They shine for evermore There is Shall change beneath the summer no death! The dust we tread showers To golden yrain or mellowed fruit, Or rainbow tinted flowers The granite rocks disorganize And feed the hungry moss they bear; The forest leave crink cauly life Prom out the view l uit There is no death The leave may fall, And tfhowers tmiay fack add pou way, They only wait through wintry hours The coming of the May There is Walks o'er the earth with sil He bears our best loved things And then we call them dead no death! An angel form nt tread way all clesehate He leaves our hearts He plucks our fliowe Ts; fairest sweetest Transplanted into bl they now Adorn immortal bowers The bird like voice, whose joyous tones Maiucle ylad these Scene of sin and trife Sit i) V AN CVEeTLiastiny ny \reounad the ts of lif Where’er he ‘ ist © too bright Cor bhevart te pure for taint ane He bears it to that world of light Ter clwe Para ] no tarites t t ' f I} ‘ } 3 ’ Witt t! t boxcept thea anved poceus And « ronear tl hounseen Dhie clear ' rh pirits trea bot | l J fe t t t ! eee A DISPUTED AUTHORSHIP {mmo I here i ‘ it hee ) » Nw wal as wick been attributed t sir | ind Bs er Joytton t ‘ ritten | > Mi Creer It first i}>} ir outs Art r Hi Ma zit ihout thirty two years a ‘ t name attact | \ } ] ' it ane t t my baarnier \ { ( yl 1 it | t I reprinted i \ J i ] j

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FAM OVS WASHINGTON AS A STATESMAN BY WILLIAM McKINLEY Almighty God as f the Ameri in pe op First Congress fa timely lesson is to he from ions of Washington on his assum- office of President, so, afs s much il benefit to be derived from. the present application of certain portions of his Farewell Address, a document in which Washington laid down principles which , ! +} Appes to him “all rtant to the per address Washington contends, in For the promotion of institutions 2) for cherishing the public ment. Pr d edit 3) for the observance of good faith ing, Washin and justice toward all nations ton states t (ne hundred vears ago free schools were reasons for his ittle known in the United States. There lief i lan ere excellent schools for the well-to-do, and r ! ible institutions for the instruction of and girls without means; but the free school, open alike to the ct Idren of ich and poor and supported by the State nd waited creation and development. The every patriot eed planted by the fathers soon bore fruit No people ree hools were the necessary supplement be bound f free men. The wise and liberal pro to acknowledge Visions for public instruction by the fathers and adore the second only in effect to their struggle for the ] independence and creation of the Union, were at no distant date, to produce the erfullv satisfactory resu country has grow! bv the State has 1 is are the collegiate end Old World, none of them t » the gifts made to edu the people of the U governments im ce which sound and manners, ot 1d laws.’’ Adams and Hamilton favored fe igh standard of citiz« have had peculix hat W ishinut ngrossed with lid not f to fre Nothing better tel! upon knowledge as an } itizenship

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4, i898 1 woman can enjoy when sup- morality, and nobie aims \ rte : juirement of learning in our | colleges seems so easy that we inderestimate its value and let the ry to win it slip by, until regretfully it the chance is gone The rudi be ingrafted in youth, or, with ins, they are forever lost. st is a struggle, and there is little e contemplation of the theoretical ractical is pressing at every hand. monopolizes our time. The com thers controls our preferences and fits our intentions. By steadily to a firm purpose amid the activi- we may keep in touch with the f the day: but to go back to the rto grapple with the foundations of is bevond the power of most men have entered upon their chosen m r profession in life ental fighting, often a hand-to-hand obstacles and temptations, Is a Sown, a campaign whose motive lividualitv rather than circum k Work in the mental world that in the physical world. Nor been found to take and self deni il and ription yet f ipplication which have rreatest leaders given to the and noblest ries a4 le | credit!’’ How much on and instruction is combined ie admonition of the Father of The United States emerged tter and prolonged struggle of the irvy War exhausted financially, and indred existing perplexities and vhich remained to be solved be financial credit of the new nation established at home and demon- vad t Washington knew how to. gather m, and place in positions of the trust, the able financiers and econo- names the country still vene- whose great work it still enjoys. pouty] te «ff ie ASA ep .: % : : 4 Ny a

At the Turn of the Road BY F. L. STANTON h road turns, and the valley t i and 0 itl iD feet nef and gloon anil “ an ‘ it vw tu drea ‘ ithe t and light } amd a Test reep nowht i n ‘ t pu Nee at iast at last ft yeu way ney ittand lony Kies ts tothe perfect la i € livht and song is and kiss us and love us Heaven al ve ous Atlanta Cons 3 n . The Wardrobe of an Emperor > am tary man from crown ivst Pall Mall Gazette His THE Hamilton, and Morris, and Gallatin, and others were successful in establishing the Treasury, and inaugurating the financial operations of this Government upon prin ciples which recognized that the most endur ing basis of National credit was National honor, and that whatever other assets we might have or acquire, that was indis pensable, first, last and all the time, if we would cherish the public credit. We have been fully awarded all along our history by adhering to the principles of Washington in keeping the public faith. Before half a cen tury had passed we had paid off our National debt and had a balance in the Treasury Another debt, the greatest in our history, was incurred in the Civil War for the preservation of the Union. But this did not exceed the resources or discourage the intentions of the American people. There were those who suggested repudiation, but the people repudi ated them and went on unchecked, discharg ing the obligations of the Government in the coin of honor From the day our flag was unfurled, to the present hour, no just violated has yet tarnished the name. This must and will future as it has been in the past stain of a obligation American be as true in the Phere will be prophets of evil and false teachers. Some part of the column may waver and wander away from the standard, but there will ever rally around it a mighty majority to preserve it stainless At no point in his administration Washington appear in’ grander than when he enunciates his to the foreign policy of the Government ‘Observe good faith and justice toward all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all; religion and morality enjoin this con duct Can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it?) It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the mag- nanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.’’ These were grand ideas! To-day, nearly a full century Washington's death, we turn reverentially to study the leading principles of that does proportions ideas in regard since

His rifles are under the special care of the Leibjager, and are kept in a special cup board A remarkable feature of this collec tion is the hunting sticks which His Majesty has cut with his own hand while out hunting, or received as presents during his expedi tions, from gentry and peasantry alike The Kaiser's wardrobes occupy a suite of five rooms in the old castle at Berlin They oak In the middle of one of the rooms is a large table for spre id ing out the uniforms There is asixth room, in which small repairs are undertaken Here a tailor is permanently employed, for Kaiser Wilhelm does not throw away clothes are massive and of until they are well worn He keeps about eighteen pairs of white military gloves in use These are cleaned and repaired from ime to time Phe glover receives a small yearly sum for his ser Fach pair supposed to h t rtain f Should the leather s woany defect, it returned to the uniucky glover with a most peremptory demand for an explanation When a suit is ordered, woe to the tailor Ie] it t fit like a glove, though a try on is never permitted Directly a suit has been taken off, it is returned to the wardrobe, and there subjected to the closest scrutiny Phe orders and decorations are kept im ano tron fe and represent, in value, about a quarter of a million dollars of our mone. . How Long Does a Thought Take ? an long does it take a man to think ’ Professor Richet, at a recent meeting of the British Association, vg t! t Its of his investigations into th t He found that by mentally running up the notes oft thie Musi i! , ile ! ! Tie f 1! if ‘ ta ind then d ny t t sl t I i num ' t theotug tit I h (3 I SATURDAY EVENING

POST comprehensive chart for the guidance of the It was his unflinching, immovable devotion to these perceptions of duty which, more than anything else, made him what he was and contributed so directly to make us what we are. Following the precepts of Washington we cannot err. The sons in government which he left us it will be profitable to heed. He seems to have grasped all possible conditions and pointed the way safely to meet them. He has estab lished danger signals all along the pathway of the nation’s march He has warned us against false lights He has taught us the true philosophy of a“ perfect union,’’ and shown usthe grave dangers from sectionalism and wild and unreasonable party spirit. He has emphasized the necessity, at all times, for the exercise of a sober and dispassionate public judgment Such sound judgment, my fellow citizens, is the best safeguard in the calm of tranquil events, and and triumphant above the storms of woe and peril, for on it we may safely rely. people wise les rises superior ° We have every incentive to cherish the memory and teachings of Washington Hlis wisdom and have been confirmed and vindicated than eulogy is the foresight after experience His best highest ws ricentury of work he tribute is the great hore wrought, his Republic which he and his founded to more than seventy millons of peopl CoOmpatriots From four millions we have grown while industry, learning, and the arts has been the -wonder of the world What the future our progress in will be depends upon our selves, and that that future will bring still greater blessings to a free people T cannot doubt With education and morality in their homes, loyalty to the underlying principles of free government in their hearts, and law and justice fostered and exemplified by those intrusted with public administration, we will continue to enjoy the respect of mankind and the yvracious favor of Almighty God The priceless opportunity is ours to demonstrate anew the enduring triumph of American civil ization, and to help in the progress and pros perity of the land we love and honor HALF HOVRS WITH $°NG AND STORY The sharp sound of the electric spark of an induction coil was distinguished with one ear when the rate was as high as tive hundred to the second. Sight is much less keen than hearing in distinguishing differences If a disc, half white and half black, be revolved it will appear gray when its evolutions exceed been found twenty four per second It has that we can hear far more rapidly than we can count, so that if a clock ticking mice ment runs faster than ten to the second we can count four ticks, while with twenty to the second we can only count two of them ° Why Army Surgeons Wear Green Sashes A GREAT many people do not know wi Army surgeons wear yres ‘ It 1 t »pmuch anit i a t i pro t n to the veu r t () i World Herald \ jinigy to tl t War ir mn) re 3 r shot or tak | rhe oO <2 berat ! t t wi he 4 wearit ist tn) j t violation of the code punishable | deat Because of this) prov on, Surgeons of conte Army never refuse to look after the wounded of the other Army rf it possible for them to do se JDouriny the Civil War it was often tl cA that, after a rattle th fielal he pital would contain alr tan equal nu wer f m tr lint ‘ ra Thie I ral Ar had the lest ryeons and tl t stort ind yout Confederate lered f reat luck if | was r 4 J } pit to | ‘ | f I er ’ nid pol But t tof bate tyreen } neta iT protection rveon ; ‘ { or 4b But t a t k t! e cok ; io ; P ' ‘ ‘ ’ ’ i a Foreign Monarchs Reigning in Europe

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The King of Belgium is a Saxe-Coburg the King of Denmark a Holsteiner, the young monarch of Spain is a Bourbon, the King of Savoyard; the King of Roumania and Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria are both foreigners; the founder of the Bernadotte dynasty, in Sweden, was born at Pau less than a century and a quarter ago the Czar is a Holstein Gottorp, and the King of the Hellenes is likewise a Holsteiner Eevenin Britain's Roval family there is very little koglish blood left The Hohenzollerns were Italy a therefore Neither Dutch at first originally Suabians, and, partly Bavarians and partly Swiss was the house of Orange Queen Victoria's Wedding Ring PFORTA'S UEEN VI6 QO made by a Philadelphia, says the The old craftsman, however, is: apparently indifferent to the fact that it was he jomed two kingdoms together with the of yold fashioned for that occasion Jal ja he nods, when questioned about it I learned the trade in Hlow clidd it happen that the was given to you? The litthe old took Off bis spre tacles and, with an effort, called up the details wedding ring was jeweler now living in Chicago Chronicle who band fseTrmany COMMISSION (herman I went over from Germany to kngland he answered toa shop in London to work So! It was a big place One «cday were came to make the Queen's wedding ring I had the specialty I made all such rings and so they gave itto me to do That 1s all Keeping Your Wrists Cool ERY few people know the importance of keeping the wrists quite cool im warm weather Actors and actresses tell you that if one of their number faints they pour cold water on her wrists; athletes engaged in the performance of feats of endurance, know that in the winter the wrists must be kept warm and in summer cool, but the genera public still continue to wear tight gloves and heavy cuffs in the then wonder why itis hot Taking off one's church ference dog days, and specially in amazing cif Pight sleeves ' Kioves t often makes quite an In temperature will above all make the wearer hot in oppressive weather; delicate girls have been known to faint from this cause things alone eee The Author of Thanatopsis HANATOPSIS, be the finest pronounced by many te poem in the beinglish ban puage written by William Cullen Bryant at the age of seventeen The was born in Cummington, Ma Was author sachusetts, in 1794, and died in New York, June 12, 147% just twenty years ayo As a boy he was exceedingly frail, and had a head the immensity of which troubled his) anxious father lo reduce it to a normal size the child was immersed oom cold water evers morning, bead and all At the age of thir teen he wrote a tire on The boaimbarge Hf was a Student at Williams College for tu voar Then he took up the practice of law In 1825 he went to New York and became at New York kvening Post While = aa tuclent erect Thanatop iH poet } 1 Pieoae ’ lef ire of « i ) Dhianatop hye 7 a chisel and the marh breath ! H f tl cla ‘ vas profoune i as il aol the (, ok nad Tatu provet t j ar nel | ¢ af ’ f if thas t t ! t i ! ‘ T ; i i] ‘ t t It , t ‘ i \ bs prey ! \\V ; ' iE i t turned to t iH i hn ‘ tt meron t extra se tized to ut ured jer ! } Witl ! biat ! t! ' what eet cf 1 if ' earth a t thy pu ' thing Heneath | feet th Nye prop i f ' | thie ‘ ‘ ’ L ‘ dead i ‘ ' " ¢ ' i ariel post ' ‘ ’ ' I) Woe ‘ i { I!

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