Exeter Advocate, 1908-04-02, Page 7•
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CURRENT i'O 'lCS.
There Is no more real basis for the
(requent:y expres'.ed fear that the race
Ls deteriorating physically than these
Is for the eque.11y prevalent and erron-
*Cus idea that the world is growing
moually worse. Beth of Ileac uppre•
etensl•ns spring from similar inisinene
Aretatie ,is of the signs of the limes. It
Is not surprising that in the face of the
Whin, sale reports of crime that roach
4s the:ugh the daily press rho untrained
!rind -hould gather the impression that
Crime s on the increase. The average
titan Weiser, mikes accurate observa-
tion.,, and rarely, Indeed, make; accur-
ate c• mpurative observations. Phenom-
ena that are present to his settees al -
Ways are snare vivid to hint than those
Which he remembers or reads about.
Ellie thunder storm that now Is raging
es always "the worst he ever has seen."
And even when he makes due allow-
ance for ti's habit. he does not, as a
rule, consider the concomitant cireirn-••
glance.; which modify the comparison.
In drawing his con._:usions oon^ern!ng
the morals of the times be overlooks
the fasters of growing population, Con-
centration, and increased publicity.
And, cove all, ho does not take ac -
retire of that ever increasing amplest.
Ity of moral conscience which continu-
It (':.!.•ring biesonies a craze whon all
ells e creating fresh standards of vir-
tue ; •:J ,thereby continually multip!y-
Ing krailations of evil.
In the matter of health substantially
the eamo things are true. There is a
Current belief that the physical condI-
ttion of the recd is sso►•80 than it was
In "the good old days," and the alleged
tic!crioration popularly is ascribed to
the increased tension under which we
tivo In these latter dnys. Vital statis-
tics, considered in their relatlou to mod-
ern cendit.ons, do not *support the sup-
e►osilion. Many of the factors In our
civilization which popularly are sup-
posed to contribute to nervous strain
are, for the most part, the agencies
which relieve us of strain by expediting
travel and communication and elinin.
tiling the eletnent of suspen,c. We over-
look the fact that suffering and disease
tc-day are given wider publicity end
are exploited ; y the medical and public
pros, hr the purpose of combating
them. •And. more important than all,
We do not appreciate that growing oom-
plexity of hygenlc science which every
year Is setting a higher standard of
physical perfection, and In so doing
creating more manitols and diverse
giujations of abnormnllty.
Unfortunately, at this point there
arises n feature nf diff -ranee between the
moral'and the physical problem. While
the man In the street exhibits a whole-
some unconcern about the metaphysic.;
of religion, he is morbidly sensitive
about the details of Ids bode. Unseru-
putous quacks disseminate sensati-:nal
Statements which in their half truth aro
worse than Iles, and the reputable me-
dical man talks a great deal more
frankly with the laity than he used
to. The result Is a mental and nerv:,us
sand ton. due not so much to modern
tension as to a mis'nterpretntien of the
enteral developments of progress. This
is the disease of the tne►rt.eth century.
It matter., little by what learned name
it is celled, whether hypochondria, or
neurasthenia, or what mol. The camel-
lial element la the constant concern
Shout one's physical and mental con -
1.t en. en Incessant habit of ph sisal
J(htros; ection. The disease Ls like a
*keel; a xehango panto. The efficient
remedy is to deny and disprove the
tumor.
During one of the many seasons �f
finnneial emberransmcnt which came
into the life of Mr. Bob Sawyer That
gentleman was discussing n little bill
Which he owed his landlady with Ills
Mem! Mr. Ren Allen, and Mr. Allen
inquired: "How long line it been run-
ning " Upon this Dickens, who intro.
duce! the Ivo i•ienals to the world at
large. remarked: "A bill. by the bye,
to the mast extraordinary locomotive
engine that the genius of men ever
pmdure.l. It would keep on running
during the Inngest lifetime, without ever
once Mopping of iia own accent.'
This bit of domest`c and business
economy Is worthy of a pinee beside
Mr. Nticaw•bers phelosnphy of receipt,
and expenditures. For charge.acrnnnts
de net stop of their own ncccr&, one
they are much eas er to tenet than to
Atop. Under the Influence nf the charge
hetet there is a feel'ng of gene;al pod•
se'ss.' n. :1 small purse imposes no lim•
It Or.i••ring Itcc. mes a craze when al
yen have to do is to order. nut It only
p►estronee the evil dny. for the bills
never die until they are overcome by
(-eh payment:. Ye,u Hulst settle or be
trended as n led debtor.
("early the one soie tory In avoid the
tyranny of bills Ls n ter to run there
under any circunet•ini•es, and Iles is
pnrticulnrly desirable when there Lt
only a smell income to run against
tern. Charging Is a rent peril when
It make'? a elerk or his wife feel as free
at a mill +naive. The illi+ten ►nay be
the cause of much pride and some Iran.
•14ry comfort, huh i1 brings hum`le,'.
1:. n, dteemfort ane s.'r.oi, tr. nee, in
lit Ua.e
i'e. lea; s a good way to enf•,rre nbstt-
it•'r c� w ould he fir nwlhcrs to direct
Keir energlee in either directions. There
Is a chart in an aeclenl tX)'lk which
praises the virtuous woman who "seek-
clh wool and flax and worketh willing-
ly w.th her han,ts"; wtto "riscth while
1t ;s night and gi e h meat to her house.
heitl and n rortfcn to her n►eider,s';
eh.) "layeth her hands to the spindle
en'! her han.it bnt! the distaff." We
shoal say that in her cage time w•ou1.1
b•• Vining in wh eh to aequlre the
charging h',b:t and that g.'nereolly She
kOUlol maks instead of spend.
UPRIGHTNESS OF CHARACTER'
It Will Outweigh Ability and a Clean Life
Overbalance Brains
Whatseest thou? And 1 quid a plunrb-
l.ne.-Amos vii., 8.
In the primo of his life there was
granted the Prophet Amos a vision of
a symbolic picture. He sow a master
builder testing a wall. The wall and
the builder did not attract his anent on
s n much as the implement with which
the wall was being tested. Used to de-
termine whether the wall was true or
not, it suggested a process by which
the characters and lives of men were
to Is tasted.
There Ls hardly a part of life with-
out Its visions, 1 ut the vision that counts
Is that which gives tis enough of truth
end right-eusiiess to inspire our lives.
There is nutting wh ch stimulates to
nobler action more than a vis'.on of in•
tegrity. Affection, gentile, intellect. ire
seirs men, for they give visions of life.
But they count for nothing without in-
tegrity at the bottom. It is at the basis
se life, individually and collectively.
There never was a tithe when there
was gloater need than at present to
Lying down close to the life of the av-
eiege man the vision of
INTEGRITY AND ACTION.
The d!s'r..ssing discoveries that have re-
venkrl the lack of it in all walks of
line have simply shown that too many
of us are concerned with the husk, net
the Icernel. Character itself may well
b' regarded as a wall. for there Ls n
kind of masonry which we must test
by the plumb of Integrity. Analyze
character and we find it Ls one great
silent force which moves through the
avenues of thought. feeling and action,
until it shows others just what many ha
expected of us. Only one force reigns
supreme in that character and keen ob-
servers can tell at a glance what that
force Is. To use our analogy. there is
but one style of architecture influencing
our character wall; the sensual man 's
building on bestial lines, the miser on
those of money -getting, the philosopher
of wisdom, the broad•tninded, spiritual
men on those of integrity and upright -
nee. And eo it goes.
There is another point in the analogy.
There is a vast amount of different nin-
ttr.als being incorpxi•uted.inlo our build-
ings. Earth. lime, stone, brick, wood
and iron. But each muse be tested by
erne standard of correctness i -fore it
ie permitted a place. So in life. Our
character well must not have embodied
in 11 anything but what will stand the
highest test. In our use of the men-
tal, moral, muscular, political and re-
ligious material heaped about us wo
must apply the test That will best help
to
PRODUCE A NOBLE RESULT.
As we build, courage comas from the
prosaic fact that we can do only a la-
te day by day. Stone upon stone, tier
upon tier, is the old, old law. The
form, style and expression of life being
slowly turned into character, we test
each days work as we look toward a
finished result. It Ls antiquated, bet
still true, that we de not become a de-
vil or a saint In a day. We, as we
grow into something different front all
others, must constantly measure our-
selves by the standur,s our visions have
grunted u3.
rt is a miserably sad thing to have the
cne opportunity of life come to us, an
oporhnt'ty wherein we might show our
integrity and our loyalty, and to awaken
to the fact that slowly acts have be-
came habits, habits character. and we
are unable to live up to the opportunity.
It is a .serious thing if we personally
fail, but still more serious if we kill
oonsclously the visions of integrity in
ethers. in that sense eve become
"hemocidee." for the ancient Greeks be-
lieved the "homo" send for the crea-
ture capublo of aspiration and imagin-
ation.
ROBERT P. KRrrri.ER.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
iNTElN\TION V. LESSON. APRIL 5.
Lessem 1. Jesus (ho Gored Shepherd.
Golden Text, John le. 11.
THE LEISSON WORD STUDIES.
(Rased on the text of the Revised
Version)
A Familiar Figure. -The lessons of
ties quarter deal with the closing events
et Christ's ministry, most of which oc-
eurrmd in and near the capital city of
Jet usalern. The two miracles. the rake
ing of Lazarus and the resurrection of
Jeans, bring the apu,ties record of
"signs" proving trite divinity of Jesus to
a culmination. In view of the fact that
these Iwo wonderful records of Chriere
power and victory over death are to he
studied In the regular enure,' of leasona
for this quarter no special ltnsewn is of-
fered for Easter Sunday (April 19). It
tvlll bo appropriate, however, M make
nest Sunday's lesson. 'The RtLsing of
Lazarus." the basis t,r further disci'
aeon on the following Sunday. In sev-
eral succeeding lessons we shall study
portions of the longer dkmurscs which
Jesus delivered shortly before his pas-
sion. These discourses also witness to
the nharncter and divinity of Jeeus, as
did the events other than mlraeler
trbout which we shall study. From
one of thew disrouraes the teat of our
present less et Is taken. Shepherding
was a (emllinr occupalion to Orientals.
A shepherd went before his flock, seek-
ing nut the Most pasturage for the sheep;
he watched over Wiese and defended
there from wolves and other foe.:; he
brought them safely back to the fold
for the night. not seldom currying n
tired sheep or feeble lamb in his arms.
Each individual sheep knew the shop•
herd and was known by him by name.
11 wag natural, therefore. for the Jews
to think of the provindenllal core of
Jehovah for los pimple under the figure
of A tender shepherd. and it Is tiffs
well-known figure wh ch Jesus adopts
and develops in order to make plain
eine nsrect of his character In Mallen
In his feline -ere. The details of Iles are
plication are the subject of our study
in the present 'e=arn.
Verse 1. Veri;y. verily -A form of
sn'emn emrtinsis with which Jeans ln-
trvxlrcea hit stnlemenl concerning him-
self. Th's formula La usually used. not
at the beginning. hal in the midele nf
di. 'nurse •er cnnverSalon, where it
serves to hhln,dure some profnund
Truth. or In empinnsize a reply. Used
al the end of n stalorent nr descnurse
the Greek exntesaon here used Ls trans-
lated more literally. Icing rendered by
noir i'nglish word nmen.
Denr-Ar. gale.
C1!mh•th tip sumo other wee --Forcing
his way into the fold without right or
p ermieelen.
The p"rter--The de erkeep. r er
eereleker of the fotd: n p"ereonakne in-
trn,hee,1 into the allegory for the .eke
M comphetenees. in nur Interpretation
of the rnrnhle we should not go farther
into details than lecis hI►nself diel in
his suhaequent explanation to his dee
(Meet.
4. Goelh before them--flefleetine the
actual custom of the Oriental shepherd.
Know hie voter,- The rail of the shep.
1.erd is fnmiliar le eaeh individual sheet)
,' f the flock. elle w.11 not respell" to
the elli of a atr,en'ter.
7. Said 'unto teem again --In Mellow
':,ngn:tge sun's they had not uniersts,d
the paint of h. pnrohle.
The door el the ahtrp---The deer
wail by the ch.ep, and the inti• entran:a
to the (old.
8. All that carne before me -Profen
sing to he that which 1 renlly am, and
I. give to the sheep that which I give,
but in reality impostors and false teach-
ers.
Thieves and robbers -Jesus abruptly
sets aside the authority of all self -con-
stituted guardians of the flock. tie
doubtless has in mind the Jewish bier-
nrehy, and especially the Pharisees,
whose characteristics he describe.. In
Matt. 7. 15; 23. 13, 14, and parallel pas-
sages.
9. Go in and go out -in the enjoy-
ment of the truest freedom.
Find pasture -"Shall not \tante (Pse.
2:1. 1).
11. Layeth down-I.it., "puts aside"
hi- life, esteeming it of less value than
the sheep for which it in given.
le. Ili+eline--One who serves f ,r pay
atone.
The wolf -A oomnten danger to sheep
in Palestine In our Lord's time.
Snutcheth-Tho older or authorized
version uses the word "catcheth" which
I•utg ago conveyed much the same
meaning as does our word "s nalcheth'
al present. 'the meanings of words in
n thing or spoken language nre ne-
cessarily continually changing. which
feet constables one great factor in mak-
ing neceesury hew versions of the
Bible front time to time. The snatch-
ing of one slurp from the flock would
naturally frighten and scatter the real
13. Caret; not for tiro steep -Since
he has personally nothing at slake in
their destruction. -
15. Even os the Father knowelb me -
With a perfect, Intimate, personal ac-
quaintance.
16. Other sheep 1 have --The figure
at this point may Inc Variously interpre-
ted. Some commentator... suggest that
Jesus here refers to "Gentiles, uncon-
nected with the Jewish fold"; others
told that his reference is here to such
a: would In the future hoar of him and
'believe on hen witleurl reference to
distinction or nationality.
O,,e Ibck- Note the distinction be-
tween the wnrtLs "flock" and 'fold,'
which was not brought nut by the ear-
lier, er King Janice, version, but w•liicli
i., clearly marked to the Greek.
17. Therefore -On account of his ful-
filling the part of a shepherd to ...o
human race.
That 1 may lake it again -in his death
the (:ere! Shepherd docs not leave Itis
flock defenceless. Ile will lake life
again. and This oleo for the sake of
hie sheep. His power over life And
death, together with his love, secures
to those who are his life. freedom. and
abundance which he came to bring,
18. No one laketh It nwny-Margin.
'look it awaye' ag If rekering to ..e
eternal decree of Gott. Roth from eter-
nity and now in the midst of human
enemies Christ , surrender of his life
!a wholly voluntary, compelled neither
by n higher decree of the Father nor
1,y the leered of men.
This c ienntandrnent---Or. "right." Roth
the surrender and tee Inking again of
Ills life arc purl of the elisine plan of
redompli4 n tvhirit hi, Infinite love and
Mel of Ilie Father have 'mete possible.
If the translation "commandment" be
the rorr'el •one, we nm -1 dill Think of
(-heist'., v(•lunlnry sunnier of his own
life nn1 {,•tar- with 11;,. Father ne pre.
((ding this (e'mmn ;Base 1. While in
the fk•.ti J1c115 sulenrd:na►le,l hin+s,•lf to
ilii Ftrth.er seal oi.evi',1 Imp;;,•ilts, his
h'ddinnt.
tho, M'rnnning our example in
perfect obiA:thee.
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\1:\'1:11 \\'E\ 1 TI aT F.\n.
There are me vele s'..,••e•n; there n'e
hyl,•reervoe1. 'v. -m' -n I: 1 eschar to
nerves s 1h'et the 'onl-coral tool.. .4
►eilk skirl icakeA. Them airy us - nen
there err re, ,t "rico 4e itrvee113 as
(Let!
ttlV+iPv 4veiV ^4ecOiO�^vow
HEALTH
THE literal!. BABY.
Fretfulness in an infant is a danger-
ignal, and indicates that something is
wrt'ng with either the child ur its lee-
Iher. Tine child Is sick or in pain or
discomfort, or else U has been allowed,
throughabil.h poor management by themo-
tloer or nu►se, to contract a peevish
An infant which is manifestly ill is
likely to be fretful, but in this case the
fretfulness is obviously a symptom of
the disease. But there moth
cases in which this conditioaren any is foerl
dstutctly associated with disease, yet
!hero must bo some cause for it, which
should be searched for and removed
when found.
The most common causes fir fretful-
ness are pain, discomfort and hunger.
:\ great variety of conditions. some ob-
vious, others obscure, may produce
pain. It ntny he due to beginning dis-
ease of the spine or in the hip or some
other joint, in such a case. which 's
very rare in a well-nourished infant,
but does sometimes occur, Lesides the
fretfulness and occasional screaming tits
during the day, the baby Is opt to give
a scream now and then in its steep at
night. The child who does this re-
eeatedly every night, or nearly every
night, should be very carefully examin-
e! as to its spine and its joints, in or-
der that disease, if present, may be
detected early and treated promptly.
Another uncommon causo of pain In
the young infant Is inflammation of the
ear. In this case the pain Is usually
very acute, and finds expression 'n
screaming lather than mere fretfulness.
Infantile scurvy is accompanied by
great soreness of the muscles, which
causes the child to cry pitifully when-
ever it Ls taken up or handled in any
way. Most commonly, however, the
fretfulness of pain is due to indiges-
tion, evidenced by vomiting, constipa-
tion. or diarrhoea.
When the milk is deficient In fat the
baby Ls almost always constipated, and
then, although apparently in geed health
end well nourished, it will be in a con-
tinual state of fret. The correction of
this may be secured by a mere gener-
cus diet on the part of the mother, or
the admin'stration to the baby four or
five limas a dny, just before feeding,
cf a few drops of nil shaken up in weak
solution of bicarbennte of soda or milk
of magnesia. Temporary relief may be
obtained by warns applications to the
abdomen; this will quiet almost any
peevhh infant for n time, at least.
Dlseomfort from creases in the cloth -
Ing. the rubbing of a frayed edge of
cloth, or the scrntching of a concealed
On will make the sweetest -tempered
Laby peevish.
!lunger will naturally make a baby
peevish. but it is had practice to slop
the child's mouth with milk or give him
a 'comforter' to smirk upon whenever
he cries. The frmthriness itself should
not be treated, bill his canoe should be
sought for and removed.--Youlles Com-
eanion.
IIOJIE CURES.
If necessary for the schs-mt tory to
tnko medicine during absence from
home let mother put the required
amount in a small vial, marking the
hour to take on the label, using a sep-
arate vial for each dose. Thh method
Insures a corrr'Ct measurement tend ob-
viates nece city for carrying a spoon
or glass.
A good way to give liquid nourish►
talent to a sick person who Is ratable
to sit up Is t.) buy the straw's which
are wed at the soda founlnins, or the
rubber tubing which conies for Infants'
use, and can be purchased nt any drug
store. One toter can Lo uSGJ fair medi-
cine and Iho other for nourishment,
tv: as to avoid mixing them.
To cum a cold on the lungs. Inke cent.
mon brown paper. spread with lard,
mid grate nutmeg thickly over the top
and lay over the lungs. Wear until the
paper wears out. It has been known
to cure the wars( kind of n cold.
Cuter for Naueel.--Take some common
(tel, cern and perch it Ihoniugh!y with -
cut burning. Then grind iine or pound
u, fine will' n hemmer. Take etvo or
Three tablespoons et this and pour over
tt n cupful of boiling water. Let Ihla
stnnd until it settles, drain off water.
and give to patient to drink, a swel•
kss ur two at a time every few minutes.
DONT FOLD YOUR ARMS.
By folding your arms you pull the
eh oulder, forward. flatten the chest and
impair deep breathing. Folding the
arms across the chestso flattens it (hien
that it requires a cons'ieue effort to
keep the Che'sl in shat slhoule toe !lis
naltrnl p►tsilion. Ana -
s st.on as you tor-
ge•t your. elf down drops the chest.
We cannot see• ourselves ny ethers
see tie. It we riled tnnny of its would
Ix ashnn►c4! of our shn)'es. Tine fosl'I.,n
you )►old dour b.dy in (11(51 of Ithe lime
soon bee onw; iia nnturnl iwoctlion. (;nil.
Cru„oats folding your mens ncro.�s the
chest will develop a flat chest and a
ro uLack.
11• rende.1 aro four other hints whieh Ahrould
a
Ir nnale inial here the brick of the
nark (1•,se to, (be back of lie(v►Ilnr nl
to'sib'e Ihtupa. AIwr►vs carry the
cte.et farther In the fried than any ether
'.art of lie anterior body. Drew the
n►.do,n"n in end up a hundred Irnh•s
each (lay. Take n deism deep slew
Le -cattle a cozen times each day.
-
Ilal erns' n: seem In le Iecre !sing in
see. Seine of the mast gigantic crowns
Lave neer -tv 1 iiia+, eh:le in other lints
both crowns mud brims are crier -mous.
One of the prettiest aprons is nine.,
from n tgetnre of hendker, hef linen.
I1 Is pnrtieularly pretty le wear when
n:anrpilaling the festive chafing dish.
Jatnnty little Peewits. r ,nlc of er• 1 ,n.
tie and a 1 teasel le match w 11 b' seen
es ill tt hole ter eolered I nen and p.qu0
Skirts on no xt seS. i al's summer girl.
FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND
NO [1 4 01' 1\ 11 IU: -T 1.111)\1 11E11
!leeks AND URAL.
What is (.o!no On In the Highlands
nod Lott lands of Auld
Scotia,
There are now 19,000 empty houses
in Glasgow.
Alford Oddfcliows have now a capi-
tal of £2,000.
A minialuro rifle club for ladles was
•^p•ened in Dun►trles.
At Hunlinglower, l'erlhstt:re, a boy
of nine years has died from steatite!fever,
A fine specimen of the great grey
shrike was recently captured at Inver-
aray-.
Card sharpers aro operating on the
Cnledon:an (rains front Greenock to
Ghosgow.
Glasgow has now 89X miles of tram-
way opetb as cumpwred with SOX a
year ago.
It Ls propnsod to raise another squad-
ron of Yennanry in Roxburgh and
Selkirk shires.
'rhe shipment of Mal front Rothesay
Dock, Clydebank, lest year amounted
to tons.
A AfotheiweU ruiner has ontnnrittel
suicide by blowing his head to pieces
with u detonator.
Duncan Macrae, gamekeeper, Inch-
tenaig, killed !lure otters op one of
the Islands near Luse.
Perth is suffering from an Influenza
epidemic. In One of the public works
nearly 200 have been laid aside.
The distress In leilbirnie district ow-
ing to the stoppage of the Glengarnock
steel works is very .severe.
By the theft of brass fittings from
engines at Cove Quarries, Aberdeen,
about fifty men were thrown idle.
At Craighead colliery a section ct
men struck work recently because of
the low wages they were earning.
The biggest sturgeon ever landed at
Aberdeen. 9 feet 10 inches long, was
caught the other day and soli for $4G.
There were in the Glasgow hospitals
last week and under sanitary provision
at home, 2,985 cases of infectious dis-
ease.
A big lube and steel factory firm are
pmspecting In the neighborhood • 1
Falkirk with a view to starting a fac-
tory there.
The Edinburgh (feather Club lately
kok 2,000 of the poorer children of the
city to Cooke's circus and gave !hent
a good time.
Srotlish cnnhnesters have reduced
coal for manufacturing purposes ls.
per ton, and fur other purposes a smal-
ler stun.
A movement Is en foot to set up a
memorial to the Into Air. ltobert Don-
aldson, headmaster of Ioehend !toad
School, Leith.
The introduction of lady railway
booking clerks into Scotland. com-
menced some fifteen years ago, has not
peeved 0 AuccesS.
In Dundee jure and other textile
trades, Including flax and linen menu -
facture, employs altogether over 32,-
000 people of both sexes.
Orders for ocean-going destroyers of
33 knots, have been placed by the Ail-
nitrnlly with Messrs. Denny, of Dum-
barton, and Palmer, of Jarrow.
Ab:►ul 83.000 of dnunnge (including l:
cc,ws burned) was done by fire in the
premise; of Jaynes Mair & Sons, buteh-
ers and cattle dealers, Buckle.
A series of explosions from firedamp
oceurrel in Mary P11. lochore. One
man was killed outright, and seven
others were serinushy burned, two of
them dying In hospital.
DfaCieletei I.11'E RI' \N.
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Platens-ea to \\'titch They are l:,prcil'lly
Liable 1 hr Narcotic leobil.
Doctors as n class are mere subject
in illnesses than their fellow (nen nail
their expectancy of life is leans then
that of moat, says the British Medical
Journal. An explanation of this le
readily found in the anxieliee caused
by responsibilities which must weigh
l,cavy on every roan of right feeling;
nm the sinount and trying nature of the
work the doceir has to do; in irregu'ar•
les of inerts Ant broken sleep; in es-
tcsuro to weather and to infection; and
Inst but not hetet. in the scanty ro-
mineral:on winch his labor too often
brings him.
The combined influence of all these
emcee is suMeient to undermine the
elr(ngeet constitution Tong brforo e
Iran has rent -hell the limit of three -
store and ten. A ce,mperson of tables
eempil.sl by stati,licuine in different
e. unlr e; gives doctors an average of
31 yenrs at (Path.
Doctors as a cines are msp.'einlh' 11.
a1.1'e to certain 411 -eases. S'tling aside
afk tions due to exposure end I►leVon,
the prarlice (•t medicine leo et a duser►-
1 ortiennto !rime- from its professors
in the form of d1wnsea n1 the cardia-
vusculnr and nervous svelems. Angina
pscteris hn; been called the "dodoes
(tsetse''; neurasthenia detersra to 1*
ranked in the snipe entepnry, and se-
verer forms of neurosis are, as Heg'il
be expected. common nn►gng men wk se
puttesseon compels them to live nt the
bight -et IenAion loth of Lenin and terve
Piece.
11 is siAreely to he wandered nt.
'hare'nre. Ihnl the narcotic habit is en
e •mnrnn net Ile 'ln^Ihr. After nie
wh,►! shorten- the dolor's f f•' Is ever.
es ►e, menl:.l ane 7oelily strain mane
fe-ling its -df at the point e•1 ;te►sl r.
eislance.
SOMMIIING TIIEitE.
"\berry!' exclaimed ('heel's Keeeee
"I'se get such n reed in nus head."
"Who. se yin hove," 5411 t'epprey:
"I'11 hove to 0111 Knc,s (!coven the test
lune I sae hien f. -r I,Lrlini ewe. Ile
raid you had nothing in it.'
People we., err to love ming n ' Mit
they fool eller p(ople.
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YOUNG
FOLKS
TOBOGGANING.
Tho toboggan was al the dour, gay
with flowered cushions. Its curved
front beckoned the children o t.
"Now you re sure you'll le ireful,"
said neither, in the doorway.
''Oh, you needn't worry," said Fred,
Puling on his gloves with a grown-
up -man air. "I'll look after Slider Lon
as (tel as father himself would. Meet
11. ok big enough to take care of a little
girl like you, Sister Lett?'
"Yes," said Saler Lou, trudging down
the steps, a son ball of white wetly
torahs, with her face steeling out the
only opening in Ihent.
"1 II pull you to the hill," said Fred,
t.eiping her up on the cushions. "Now
held on! See, one hand on this repos
and the other on lids ono! '!'hose are
th., side
Sister Lou nodded her white bonnet,
unit squeeze! the ropes in her hands.
Fre] dragged the toboggan ten the top
of the hill in the side garden.
"Isn't it fun(" lie asked, 'But Just
wait till we mast!'
He thought IgM perhaps when she
found herself sitting til tho top of the
shining track that the toys had (made,
she would be frightened; but she look.
re! as serene as a anew -bird.
"Fred! Fred!" called a voice Irons thou ,
pi•rzza. "Here are your skeesl"
The new "skees" that had taken Mr.
l.-n.sted so long to make!
'Soo hero, Sister Lou,' he said, brisk-
ly, "1 want awfully le gel there. Witt
you sit right still while 1 go over to
the house a minute?"
"Yes,'• answered Sestet. Lon.
She meant to sit still. But Fred was
gone longer Than she expected, so much
Linger that after a time sin forget her
p►ontiso. She stood up 'end looked the
toboggan all over lovingly. It had
conte only a few days before. ani was
still now to her. "Fred thought it was
like a little boat. not to go on the water,
hal on the snow," she said. "Anil it Is,
only It has a nape to pull it by."
She gave the string a jerk, and moved
the toboggan a little on the moment
snow.
"!Hello! \Vhy don't you sit still?"
shouted Fred, running down the front
steps.
Sister Lou hurriedly scrambled into
het seal again. "1 forgot.' she started
to say, but the said "Ohl Oh!" instead,
for the toboggan began to move. In
playing with the string she hod pulled
it near In the slippery hill. New it ss•es
running away with her! The curved
tram already was dipping toward the
steep white slide.
Fred ran at the top of his speed.
"Take held of the side ropes!" he shout -
e,1. "Hold light!" Ile felt as if be wore
rocks on his feet instead of overshoe.
T' think of tial white ball of a baby
sinter, gliding away in her little boot
dew') the sleep elope so swiftly' end
there, al the left of the slide at 111' eel -
tem of the coast, was the pile of stones.
Fad flung himself down on the slide,
tut he wee just too late to catch the
back rope. There was Ife thing to do
hill slide down the hilt Mier her, call•
Mg al! Ilio way, "I lied to the side ropes;"
Sister Lou's 1 Leggett flew down the
hill and sp earl way round
slopcul
I.er; then it . •iitt : to u g
on the level lee& Annie distance from
the atone heap. Fred govo a gasp 4)1
relief. "Only it'll ep►il all her font
She'll never want to teleetgan again!'
ire groaned, as he ran 1 ward her.
But Sister Lou teatime up int I.i o: film
l+er cured -ins. "I beat!" she •.1.,+.i. "1
teat! May 1 go alone soma neer
At bedtime Fred told 'nether all
it "And Sister Laws no 'frail eat,
he said, prom y. "Rut 'uppnsing aired
gut hurt! I would have leen all my
fault. O mother. Fin not half so gr ,•. n•
up as 1 lteuelit 1 west' -Youth's a onn-
puuion.
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GETTING 1'lltt000lI 11i' L1\1:'et.
Chinese Spy ('irrled a Nessenr from
One throttle General to Another.
(:hence.• hoo...ty i5 ptvwerb,ii1. hut
wuu!,1 Ptsem I . Lave its except'. ns. 'rhe
Me. 1.,hn 11. K. De Forest, tar thirty -
nye years resident in Japan and high
ire the antleteice of Japanese stnbsr-
nten and ellic.als, fold of en seole0.10
of which he had personal knee:lee ge
while with the army of Kutoki In elem.
chnrie:
"`;Dune of the spies used by loth sides
during the war were Chinese,' he seed.
"Complications not Infrequently result.
a1.
"Kurnpalkin ene day bad a particu-
larly Important message In feral to (;en.
1kxe+ssel. To gel through It:e Japan-
ese lines smmrd nlmest out of (le ques.
Lon, loll rho Russ an commenter went
to n Chinese fnnnelts for his skill and
intrepidity. The cold fellow erin'l went
le risk if, but Kiroonikln cajoled him
to i1, giving him APO end promising
hire $t f1 when li(' returned.
rcn't)e I Ilse vier is • 1 the
Jnp•anes,e Iirs, %villi nn )tl•nLon that
had rest• lith boon will► in► from the
Alert. le went straight ; Koerte;, In•
sisting that ha business -Nees very press.
ing.
"Ile rspinlnr.l in full 1, Kun,k; Ihnl
t►e Itmssinr► (k•neral hard gisrrt him a t
Incl: whirls he could not perform be-
e ti' e•1 the admirable diaprslton of Ihg
1?r•tsne-e forces, Ifnet Iherete,r.e hr hail
n the next Leat thing and (eines
r . !fit 1.. the ills strious leader of We
.1-1;,hatit Japanese.
-Renee r. n 1 the despatch, gave '1
t + L. hen. bade him go en to Sloes.
ct'i •xilh it and return with the nnswer
to the Japanese crimp, when ire w►uIJ
ref elle A'nro and 1.•' p•ermite l I-) (airy
lilt. newer en L► Kuropatk:n and cal.
!eel Iiia r.'rnaining 82(1). The Chinaman
carrie.l out Ids instruct:ens ,n detail
Ant rel',•ctel for his etpk,il SIAM."
"Pert nit hair in the m Jilt.', p'ens'."
-m: hitt thanes an •.,1,1 e.ne. sir,
\\,...: h,.e 1 I both.;• d.. vele II►atr
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