Exeter Advocate, 1908-06-04, Page 2r
CURRENT TOPICS.
11 is well enough to lust after riches
for their own sake. hut those who Jo
might letter oonsort with poorer (elk.
Fur t:iey have fixed their hearts upon
lb* seine base concerns which it IS lilt
chief privilege of wealth to escape. '1
riches have werlh at all lis in reliev-
ing the mind of thoughts of money. 1t
is in letting soul and sense freely tower
unimpreone'd by paltry pennies. The
Ignominy of poverty Ls the barbarous
pecessity of interpreting all one's experi-
ence In terms of dillies and dollars; of
Counting pennies over food, shelter,
Wuuw mettle, charities, everythtug; of
clso sling evil things for lack of pennies
to get the good. It is vulgar thus to do
violence 10 enc'., taste, to one's delicacy,
elegance, ease. 1l is vulgar to solace us
with seeft sentiments instead of express-
ing ourselves with art and beauty. It
is vulgar to starve our souls by deny-
ing their whet they require, to chain
them to earth when they are winged to
fly to heaven. For pneusis as are pov-
erty's deformilks of the body, her rav-
ages on the lite of the soul are sadder.
by ugliness and squalor the heart 's
brutal 7711, the soul scarred. Mill'.ons of
nein and women are crippled, stultified,
dtscaserd of mind and morals by reason
of their beggary.
'And the almighty dollar is the only
Cure. It is wealth that refines, beauti-
fies. cultures, ennobles, purifies, first
body, then soul, by abolishing the smut
and donlement, by surrounding the eye
with beauty and filling the ear with
sweet sounds, by giving the fingers de-
lightful things to touch, and the nos-
trils redolent perfumes to inha'.e, and
ilio palate delectable flavors to taste.
What is the difference b-lween the patri-
cian mold of figure and daintily chisel-
ed features and the stubby plebeian ir-
regularity of Lace and Corm if it Ls not
the: difference between wealth and pov-
erty?
ooerty? Refinement and grace of body
and perfection of feature are the first
legacies of the rich. But only the first
of many. It is through wealth that these
dainty hands are taught to paintbeauty
with wonderful colors and to mold it
cut of inarblo and to weave it marvel-
ously out of music. It is through wealth
that the fine faculties of the intellect am
educed, that they are enriched by the
Storied knowledge of the ages, that they
win their perfect efflorescence in inven-
tion, creation, imagination, and the un-
toldinent of genius. The few poor boys
who have bcuirne famous in arts, learn -
leg, letters, vor science, nearly, if not
quite, all have been helped by fairy god-
mothers in human guise who dtscerned
their promise and equipped them for per-
lormance. Lucky eights to be thus
raised above the unhappy case of the
heating mllllons whose parts may be as
promising but whose lives are horcless-
le bound to the grinding wheels of in-
digenco, fereotdained to perpetual grap-
pling with bread and butler problems.
It L4 futile and naively bnrh aric to
prsgoso the sample life near to natures
heart. As evulutien advancer organ-
isms wax mere intricate and reined,
and pIi)aeial as well as mental and
spiritual pabulum must nests grow in
tx,mplexily and delicacy nail variety.
Tie not seemly only for men to revert to hu-
man point es. Rather let thein abet the
development of trees and tubers, of
hwses. sheep, and kine into Hien. tad
ft is quite futile to c umsel tnnney mak-
ing. 'i'he pursuit of gold provers an un-
grnleful calling ever. and terribly warps
suet shackles the souls That are le be lib-
erate).
iberased. narrowing their vision upon
sordidnesses they would shun.
tee; idle. as the world is now ordered.
ere the consolations of philos iphy and
religion. There is ne lot, h•weve'r base
and pnllry, but yields fnntnstically late
esti a nnI ens,lion to an heroic heart.
:And there is no soul so mean but buds
and netters in sante beauty peculiar to
Itself, bo its environs as they will.
The larger, saner, and lovelier rescue,
h weer, for int(ecun`os ty comes
through the evoluten of such eondiU- ns
as provide fir civilized man the sante
facile b ninly that is furnished simple
invage s,sc'ely in tmpicel fields and for-
e.>t* by the tirs.pping frills and luscious
crspnnging weds. Such meager ne-
cessities lei the crude organism of the
e)orlginnl requires are all his for but
Slight esertiuns. And h.s :sluggish mint
Is :eft free to revel in its dull delights.
?Alien the civilized man so attunes his
life to his aurrnund ngs, so harmonizes
crganl.t to environment that each re-
elone% p creeds to the ether, h s pitiful
blithe* fair eeistence will come to an en.l.
Weellh w•.1' el, lint. Trivial toil will
supply :11: the g.'ntb' hisur•es he reeds,
end his superb mental and spiritual
force-. will be set nl leisure to engage
fn tic. se robes eteic serf wlech are their
peeper and worthy employment.
llashish, wheh has 'im:lnr effects to
opium, is prep:are.t from the guns de-
rived from Imilan hemp.
The c d Inys abseil forty-five million
!'fire yearly.
the Sahvston Army make their oai►n
(tweet instruments.
GOD'S GRACIOUS GUIDANCE
Blesses All Men in Proportion as They
Are Willing to Be Blessed
in all thy ways ncknowleedgle Him, and
He shall dero;t thy paths. --Proverbs
zee., 6.
When seized with a mortal malady a
great yeeok•ral passed his last days in
writing his memoirs. Kn.,wing that has
way in the world was rapidly drawing
tri an end. there came to him a deep
sense of lased's gracious guidance, and
se ho began tho steory of his lite by
saying:
"Man propxo;cs and God disposes.
There aro but few important steps in the
affairs of mon brought about by their
own choice."
It is the common experience. God's
overruling hand piny seem more mani-
fest in the case of such a roan, and yet
ft is jut as real
IN THE 1.01' OF TIIE LOWLY
as to that of those That "sit In the seats
of the mighty."
"His mercy Is over ail His works."
"in Hun we live and move and have
our being.'
His ge•ne.ktus guidance is not for the
favored few only. 1l is over us all. It
provides for alt men and blesses all
men in prnportiens as they aro willing
to Ore blessed. Seeing that it is so. we
should thankfully recognize tho divine
Providence that is ove.r us all. 11 should
bre the ground of our confidence and the
strength of our hope for ourselves and
fer our fellow men.
Even though many roes► to live as i1
"without God in time world,." we may
bopo for them atilt, for the divine; l'n,-
vides►cu has not yet been fuliiikd in
them. 11 God bears with them surely we
should else Ile loves them sit I. for ala
their wilfulness and weywardresa, and
often in ways that wo know not of •.e
Lr ing, the wanderer back. It may be
thee:eugh a sorrowful way, but H.s hand
.s over them st 11, and so we can hope-
fully leave them with Him woo Li
DOING FOR TIIF.M Alt. HE CAN.
Ile docs not force His way into their
hearts, but waits for an opening door,
ready to cone in with btesseings as soon
as ever Ile can find roam.
Now, as of old, to ea many as receive
Bann gives lie power to become the sons
et God, not in possibility only, but in
very deed and truth. lie cannot help
those who do not will to be helped, but
Ile is always helping the helpabto and
blessing the bless/deo ami saving the
savable, and so we have the nicht to say
with him who said:
1 say to thee. do thou repeat.
To the first man thou maye.st meet
in lane, highway or open street,
That he and we and all nten rnovo
Under a canopy of love
As broad as the blue sky above.
REV. A. W. SNYDER.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JUNE 7.
Lesson X. Jesus Appears to tie Apos-
tles. Golden Text. John 20. t8.
TIIE LESSON WORD STUDIES.
(Rased on the text of the Revised
Version.)
Items Chronological. -Mary Magda-
lene had hastened to tell the dcsciples
of what had occurred at the tomb, and
how Jess hed appeared unto her. Mat-
thew and Luke mention other women
also to whom Jesus revealed himself be-
fore the events which are recorded in
our present lesson. These also, perhhps
in company with Mnry Magdalene, lo
whom Jesus appeared first, made haste
to report to tie disciples all that had
happened. For lw.) s!:o •afic events omit -.led from John's narrative at this point
we are inekebled to Matthew and Luke
respectively. Matthew earlier in his ac-
count had mentioned the fear and flight
o' the guard, and now relates (hair sub-
sequent action in reporting all that had
happened to the chief priests and Jew-
ish authorities at Jerusalem. %Viten
these hail assembled and had taken
counsel they gave much money unto the
soldiers, saying. Say ye His .dlesciples
come by night and stole him away while
w.' slept. And if this come to the gover-
nor's ears we will persuade hien, and
rid you of cure. So They took the
money. and did as they were taught;
and this saying was spread Wooed
among the Jews, and conlinueth until
this day' (Malt. 28. 12.15). It is to t.uke
that we owe our knowledge of the ap-
pearance of Jesus to the two disciples
on the road to Emulate:. It is a beau-
tiful story and one tvhtcli show; how
Jesus, even after his resurrection. In
Ks last nssnclalion with his disciples,
{patiently and with highest pedagogical
skill sought to teed them into a know-
ledge of the larger and fuller Truth con-
e I'll net himself and his mission. it was
evening when them two dLseiplas Aver!
a'. Incl permitted to recognize their (some
paniem and guest. and so filled with
wonder and joy were they that, as Luke
tccords, "they rose up that very hour.
and fermi! the eleven gathered to-
ge�ther, and them that were with them.
And they rehearsed the things that
happened in the way, and how be was
known of there in the breaking of the
trend" (Luke 24. 3.135). It was while
they were thus assembled behind closed
doors thnl Jesus himself appeared to
them. as re'onled in our present les-
son. i.uke Mike these events with the
arrival of the two dtselples from Em-
maus with thee, words: "Anil os they
spoke these thing*. he himself steel in
the midst of them. and so th unto them,
Peace tat• unto you" (Luke 21. 36).
Verse 19. The first day of the %%eeek-
From This Ume forward observnl 1;y
Christians as a day of worship and
Christian fellowship in commemoration
nt the resurrection of Jesus from the:
dead on that day. Al feral. however,
the Jewish Sotthath wee not on this ac.
count disreganked. The complete sub-
stitution of the former day for the lat-
kr came Mout gradually.
in the midst --:\n expo:ssaon retained
ly the American Revision with senile
lexicographical nuthdrily. though not
oriented by many of the test writers
of English.
2.2. flr.-athod nn them -A e:ymlx)l a ne-
Lon. signifying the importing to them
of his own spirit !reinitiate. Eze4t. 37. 'e1.
The limyS;eir,t--'P►a• nrhulc is want-
Inr en the originnl.siunity lig that the
gift woe "not that e.f tee personal Holy
repot. but rattier nn earnest of that
gift; en cnttsion ..1 the Spirit.'
?3. \Vis -au-ver s ns ve -:111 those pres-
ent. apreel!M and ether•% alike. are ret-
ie.aiedl. One airs!te al leasl was rrL-
.v11t. end .ethers net inent(t'rs nl tho
npnch,lie: (e1•.l1!, were present: hence.
e h:ite -0r the power ee nferrrd by ('heist
a' the.4 kite, alt believers alike shar. 1
Iha. rimier. There is no w"'rrant in
ecril'lure kir hemline it In the ck'rdv.
I..rgrve . . . nen Ir.- The :elalernent
here made muse be rnlerpr'i.1 in the
li. hl of other \••w Testament passages
bearing on the forgiveness of sins.
When so interpreted its undogmabc
sense is clearly evident. The disciples
are to carry to others the glad tidings
e ; forgiveness through faith in Christ.
It is to bo part of their work also to
announce the terms of that forgiveness.
24. Thomas ... Didymus --The former
name 1s the Ilebrew equivalent of the
hitter, which is the Greek form, and
which signifies "twin."
The twelve --Now actually but eleven,
:ince Judas Iscariot had dropped out.
His place, however, was later taken by
Matthias, who was chosen by lot, as
recorded in Acts 1. b-26.
fa. Except I shall see . and put my
nr.gor . . . -Seeing atone had sufficed
to convince the others, but Thomas in-
sists on the necessity of a stilt closer
examinalxen, to male sure that he with
the rest shall not be the victim of some
optical delusion
1 will not believe -hit., "1n no wso.'
The negative form used is Iho strongest
possihk: in Greek.
t'6. After eight days -On the next First
day of the week. The expression is one
that WWI In common use and was aqui
valent to "a week later."
'(homes with them -Evidently their
testimony to Thomas had not been en-
tirely without effect.
Jens cometh -In tho same mysterious
and miraculous manner, and with the
sumo greeting as on the previous oc-
casion.
L7. Then salth he to Thi-mne-\Villi
reference to the declaration of Thomas
previously recorded.
28. My Lord end my (coed -The climax
of fnith in Jesus. which has been the
great theme of John's (;navel through-
out. The confession Is eultheased direct-
ly to Christ.
e9. B'eefed are they that Slave nal
Koen, and yet have believed -Words
which convey the impression That faith
which depends on the evidence of the
s•-nse•s is, after all. not the highest kind
•,f faith. Our spiritual intuitions also
are id be trusted.
30. Many other signs therefore did
Jesus-lteferring to the whole public
ministry of Jesus, not merely to the
period succeeding his resurrection.
This verse and the next form the nn-
tural *inclusion to the entire Gospel, to
which chapter tt Poems to be added as
an appendix or postscript.
31. That ye may believe That Jamie is
the Christ -Thr avowed purpose of the
eetire Gospel narrative,
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M.AV EATING; '1161•:11.
India Native Uwsy% knows t\'here Ile
!Key he Found.
1 have t v.d for w.eks al'ngeile quite
small, well defined (omits centain•ng
lagtere. Lo•eking down from the hillside
1 oould always bell when a tiger was on
foot, where lin was walking and when
he lay down to rest. 1 .r all Raeee nmove•
menfs were roe -red by screaming birds
and chattering spits from lie tr•eetopu,
W111041. 1). Ike.. in the Calcutto States
min.
Ity the like telegraphy and by the
woodcraft eh •h ,i born in (hem, by
Ile. interest' ,ird I an t' of countles gen-
erations, the villagers are perfectly well
paled regarding the great beasts, and
particularly regarding the tigers, in
them neighb Thond. The man eater is
sell known over the whole of his some -
tine. s eet•.naive treat.
A sportsman arriving -provided the
villagers have conn,lenoe in him, and
flue is n large piov.s-un, for they meet
know t!:e:r iron --will have no difficulty
wirdever in be;ng al curale'y informal
concerning the manealer•s n.otcmenls,
but whether he will persua.kt the vil-
lagers to help hum to get up to ha quar-
ry will depend entirely upon hts p. rs,n-
31 n(1)14111 011.
11 es en' -y en.)ugh to Weld a lilac lea'y
scroo•i► in a tree over a (001 rind to sit
and doze there night after night 111 the
ler toms to drunk in the moonlight
and cannel to missed. but it is guile
another thing le heat nut and (ace the
man eater on foot. Consequently the
srmrtcman .Fee4 not rewaya get tnkee► ftp
to the man eat: r. het th s m3 nut beeeuse
the. sitlaa;;eaa do net know where he ;*,
or re'her she. for it is the female who
generol'y pr. yes on men.
T' -c in•Isser.minlle .eff r of r•w•.rd; to
r a wit• t91414 1) the destruction of the
P al firm enter. whf'e it insures the
eheleeaes exieenenett 'n •,1 the us rises.
in.l•alw'ne+attk 4 er and peg stalk-
er and tine CdItle later.
EXERCISE FOIL \OU\al \WOMEN.
Children whether boys or girls need ne
particular utslrl* ti'm reegerJmg eserciee.
The natural mobility and restleestiess •,1
the young inertial aufilce to give exercise
trough to all parts of the body. But
when the lietle girl gets along into her
teems and begins to feel her dignity, she
ie• tenger cares to romp, and carefully
restrains whatever impulse she may have
to rapid movements last she be thought
a tomboy. It is then that eche needs phy-
s.cal ino.truction and guidance in order
lo preserve her health during the remain-
ing; years of exacting school GAt and to
lay a pied physical foundation to serve
ler through after year.*.
In the .school or college the gymnasium
provide& a varlet' of exercises some of
them very useful but the best form of
exercise and the easiest and most con-
venient to practise is walking. There Is
indeed nottung to equal it as an all-round
exercise, not only for girls and young
w(.►ners% but for persons of all ages aa.1
conditions.
In the first place, walking can he
aonpted 10 the needs and capabilities of
every one, and can be veiled from late
most gentle form of muscular exercise
do one of the most violent; from the Mow.
quiet stroll to the breath -taking heel -and -
tee stride at a five -mile -an -hour gait. The
delicate and the robust can therefore pro-
li•. equally by this exercise.
Another eilvnntage, and this to mast
in.portent, is that the walking is done in
the open air. and if it is done rapidly.
the increased respiratory movements
draw in greet quantities of u.npeisoned
air, which oxygenates the blood and all
the tissues of the body, and removes the
carbonic acid gas and the waste matters
which the blood brings to the lungs.
Walking also quickens the circulation
and so strengthens the heart, lite central
pump, upon the proper working of which
the health of the organism, and even lite
itself. depends.
Rapid walking, which all persons whose
strength will permit should practise in
pieferenco to atrolting, exercises not
alone the leg muscles, but Bose of the
back, of the chest, and even of the arms.
The schoolgirl who is past the running
and skipping age should always be made
t o walk to and from school in all weath-
ers, and if the school is not far enough
from li:m►o to give a walk of at least
three or four miles, the deficit should be
made up before the evening meal.
There is the added qualification that
this valuable form of exercise calla for
no outlay, no machinery, no apparatus
beyond a pair of well -lilting shoes and
a good road. -Youth's Companion.
BANISH TIIAT TIRED FEELING.
Are you one of the women who say:
'1 am perfectly well, only i get tined eas-
ily?" if you do, you are one of thou-
sands. And yet. don't you know that
getting tired easily is just of itself a dis-
ease? 1l shows a letting down of the
vital forces that requires attention and
toiling e.p.
You need, first of ail, more rest, not
necessarily more hours of sleep at nights,
tut little half hours of rest snitched here
and there in your hour; of work. And
t•y rest isn't meant simply the physlcial
rest that comes from lying down. Don't
!le down to think over your plans for
ens nomy, or for entertaining, or for any-
thing else.
When ynu lie down to rest slut your
eyes and skip thinking. Teen ru flutes of
this is better thnn an hour of the other.
Then you need more food probably. Not
more food at meals necessarily, but food
taken oftener.
Instead of waiting until luncheon take
I cup of beef tea during the forenoon.
1e the afternoon take a ginss of milk
and a biscuit, if licit agrees with you.
And then get a little fresh air every day.
And get it in the exercise of walking 11
you can.
BRITAIN DISAPPEARING.
The Island Is Doing Gradually Washed
Away.
Under the alarming heading, "The
Disappearance of England.' The Gnulois
e•1 Purlt publs.h..a an arty •le by M. Guy
Dorval on the er>skin of the English
u.asetss.
The writer refers lo the prod(^tlons of
certain British se ent:sts, whom he does
not name, that England will one day
do.apptar altogether hrenelth the waves.
11e says that this terrib'o news has fal-
len on the British public like n holt (nom
the blue. and lave., tis French readers
'.• :mag;fie the emotion and stupor pro-
duced by 11.
Under pressure of public opinion, he
coigne:;, the King. in order to allay
the fears of his subjects, appointed a
Commieshon of Inquiry. M. Dorval then
fejocoeds briefly to summarize the find-
ir►gs of the eommisnon, which hardly
Lear nut the sensational exordium. Still
he repeals hi; conviction ihnt the Brit-
ish Isles; wilt sooner or later sink under
lite ocean un!e.s the inhabitants show
greater tent in the construction of pro-
tective works.
in his anxiety c►necrning the fate of
the entente conliale, M. Dorval hes in-
terviewed sev• nal French scientists on
the subject. M. Ikittquet de la Grys
a me•nbf the Intue-. omewn
renseuroer od ham by catstiemtatlntlIws thesraleharl
erosaun of two-thirds 0t n inIna thou-
-and years. Ile gu,rdksdty slates ns his
personal opinion that the Engl s' pen -
pie woaild it wrong in exagger•ot.ng the
dangers of the situati.,n.
l'rof.-ssor S►anes?ns Hammier, who Is
�qu41;y eomf•erfinr(. d'- lass et tic., out•
ret it at the conslerneleon •e1 the British
people :s based on scientific facts. Ile
compares England to n large !wee or
sugar et water, but says that France
is the same pliBelgium.
li•ellnnd.in C,ermnny andght, Seananddin3yaa are
naw) interested in the g,reslinn al the
same (Inc.,The; panic in i.nglanel is
due to ignorance of geo)og:cal process-
"De ynu lake exercise after your bath
in the morning?" &eked Perkins. Jerkins
--eyes; I generally step on the soap as
1 get out."
WHERE WOMEN WORK
--
AND TIII: LOItDe OF tilts•: tTION TAKE
IT EASY.
In Many Purls of the World To -day the
Hardest Labor le Done by
Females.
It is hard to go to any part of the
world these days without' finding wo-
men employed in many lines of work.
Even in civilized lands their occupations
include cleaning streets, working In the
mines, and running alongside of dugs
pulling small carts.
Unwomanly as these tasks are, it i,
;editing L► what women endure among
e t:civilized people. Here they are held
as properly, forced to do all the work
while their husbands and masters de-
vote themselves to making elaborate
toilets and passing much of the time 1n
leeward idleness.
FLOG WOMEN FOlt IDLENESS.
Among the lowest tribes in Austral a
women are only the domestic slaves of
their husbands, and do all of the hard
labor. They catch the fish, turtles, crab•
fish, and shellfish from the sea. The
women work the soil for yams and to-
matoes, and gather the cocoanuts and
bread fruits. The mien spend most of
their time snaking an intoxicaUng drink.
When not drinking they are having their
t.air des ssed. If they ilnd their wives
re -Meeting their work they flog them se-
verely.
Among the Maori of New Zealand w•o-
rnans life is no easier. Sne builds the
hut, works in the field, snakes the clothes,
cooks the taxi, and looks alter the child-
ren In war most of the melt are lull
cf fire and spirit, but in times of pewee
they lkiuige and sleep.
CATTLE MORE VALUABLE.
The Hottentots think themselves ex-
ceedingly clever. They put their women
to work and they take lite easy. The
favorite way of initialling wiees la to add
.e their labors. If a white complains
of this the men say: "When we give our
women plenty of work we are sure to
keep them out of mischief."
Musteof the lower African tribes be-
lieve women are good druger and noth-
ing more. The KaMrs consider their
cattle better property than their wives.
They watch the great, where the cattle
are kept, and their women work in the
fields, draw the water, and carry the
heavy loads. When they go to market
the women carry the produce on their
heads. The lords walk behind with a
slick, ready to use it on the slightest
provocation.
It is not unusual to hear these men
say: "My wives are my oxen. 1 buy
there, therefore they must labor." The
wnmen practice the strictest economy so
that their husbands can buy second
wives.
In Tibeste the women are cast aside
11 they do not work hard en ugh to please
Weir husbands. The men go off on raids
and hunte which last for months. The
women take care of the cabins, children,
chamois and goats. They buy and sell
and go into the interior. To chew tobac-
co Is their chief recreation.
1)0 THE FIGHTING iN SENEGAL
Among the !lobo, in the northwest of
Senegal. besides working in the fields
and caring for the children, the women
make the implements of war. It Ls corn -
mon for husbands to send them to do
the fighting.
1'he. Monteith men, in the Ubangi, hold
it a disgrace to do any of the work.
Every hit of the agWullural work Is done
Ly the women. \Vhen they migrate, their
wives become beasts of burden.
In travelling, the Alipones of Brazil
load their women down wIlh everything
that is heavy. Anteing some of the tribes,
where it Le necesnry to tell the trees, this
employment is given to the women.
In Java the women alone attend the
markets and conduct all the business of
buying and selling.
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DIET FOIL 141.EEPNF.SSNF.SS.
Dr. Willtnm Stevens snys that tnsnm-
nit is not a disease itself, but the effect
of an unhealthy onndili on of body or
niind. When the cause is removed the
insomnia may be expected to disappear.
Every physician line hid stubborn cas-
e; of It which would not yiekl to any
treatment an.t for which a change of air
or of scene became necessary. lilt such
enaes as these should not oceur, and do
occur only when the "'utterer has neglect-
ed precautions that ehould have been
taken when the trouble first made itself
manifest.
Insomnia resulle from causes which
can he removed if attended to In Mesion.
The most rnmmert cause et found in the
digestive organs. Either •mseitabl) food,
caresing insomnia as a feature of tndtges•
lion. or insumcient fend. causing the pa -
(tent to be kept awake by hunger.
There are few things whirh can be un-
iversally recommended as diel leer sleep-
lessness, since whit will agree with one
pian. will disngree with another. But
two thinges that may almost always be
recommended are lettuce and celery.
PItOOF.
lie wens n hardeverking limey dealer,
reel hes bail ransacked the whole of his
shop in hie efforts to please an eel lady
lean wanted to perrhase a present --
"anything really nice" for her grand-
daughter. Far the fifteenth tune she
picked up nod critically examined a neat
1i111e satchel.
"Are von quite sl.re that this is gen-
uine nlligntor skin'" she inquired.
"Positive, madam." quill) the dealer.
"1 shot that alligator myself."
"It leeks rather soiled," said the lady.
"Thane maeiam. is where it struck the
gruui►d when it tell off the tree."
"Old man. you seem worried." "Wor-
ried et no name for it. Brown Le mining
mond :at fame o'clock to pay me t1."
'Think he may not came''' "Oh. hell
Nene ill right; but Jones I. dee fit t.15
to try to rennet C2 1 owe hits. Sa.pp.e,0
YOU NO
FOLKS
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JIMMIES I.IF'FeLi\I:.
One line, 1 right morning the Fairport
teles, who were welling at the end of
Peterson's %shed for Lawrence Dem,
were surprised to sen him roe ing with
4 new boy, a stranger to all o them.
"it must to his Cneua n tram the• Test,"
said Juhnnie Oliver. "Ile suit he., cou-
sin was owning lh.s week to spend the
rest of the swnmer."
Johnnie was right. The new boy,
Jimmie Jalmer, was Larry s cousin, who
!eyed in a small town in the West, aPd
had never seen the ceean, or any other
large body of water, till now. He was
rather email, with slender arms and
legs, and did not Isok u if he could do
n►ueh; but he lookel good-natured and
full of fun, and the other boys decided
that he was going to be all right and a
goal fellow.
This morning they were all going in
a big dory over to Bayleys clam -flats.
To Jimmie everything was new ani de-
lightful. He kept bnuning the fresh salt
a.r and looking -nut ecr ss the bay, and
et' and by he made everybody laugh by
saying, "My! 1 didn't know there was
so much water anywhere in the world -
ad in one bunch"
That was not the only laugh the ether
toys had at Jimmie's ignorance. When
they reached the clam -Data, and all took
off their shoes and stork:ng¢s and waded
in the mud, Jimmie slipped overboard 1
with the rest, and then gave a yell and
started to run toward the shore. Ile
thought he was going to sink over his
head, and was terribly frightened. rind
when he began to run. his feet stuck in
the soft mud and he fell down. flat on
hs (ace. The other boys helped hien up,
:and brushed off the mud as well as they
oiled, and he got well laughed at. But
when he found how foolish he had been,
and that there was really no danger, he
laughed as loudly as any of the.
It was a day full of surprises for Jim-
mie. He cut his foot on a clam -shell.
and got one of hw fingeis badly nipped
by a crab which he found later on, on
the beach. And on the way home, when
wanted to row, and the bays let him
try it, he "caught a crab." and when his
oar cane out of the water, (ea over in
the boat, flat on his beck.
All this was great fun to the rent of
the toys, and Jimmie himself did not
seem to mtnd it much; but when it was
learned that Jimmie could not swim, •t
was different. In Fairport every uoy
learned to swim almost as noon as he
could walk, and by ...e time they were
eight or nine years old all of them coup
float. do "dog -paddle" and overhand,
and dive and bang up pebbles. 1t be-
gan to lis thought that perhaps Jimmie
was a sort of "coward," and that made
him feel very badly, and also inndo his
cousin Lawrence, in shine degree,
ashamed for Iran.
But it was not long nettle something
happened which made them change their
minds. The boys were all In swimming
one hot afternoon at time end of the
wharf. One after another they had
s:Ippet oil their clothe.% and piles them
up on the string•pieee of the wharf, and
Ilion with a glad shout had leaped like
big while frogs. head first, into the cool,
deep water. Al last Jlnirne eh; the only
rine left on the -wharf. a sat there
gloomily, watching his playmates div-
ing and splashing Lelow him, end wish -
el that he could shore the r fun, but he
was afrnid he . ou1.1 never learn to swim.
Ile had tried and tried, in shallow water,
tut succeeded only in gelling hi, naso
and eyes and mouth full of water. and
then becoming frightened and sinking.
Now a: Jirnm'e wuh•hed the oiler boys
he .saw th:►l Arthur Ilminies was acting
strangely. Ili; face looked very white,
and has breath was coming in little short
gasps. He had turned tnvnrd the wharf
and we, swimming in, ar Iry.ng lo. Ile
kokeel up at 1.mm a and tried to calf out
seincthing, hal with the shouts of the
other boys. Jimmie could not make out
what it was.
Then the other boys saw, ton, but in-
s'ead of done anything, they 1;egnn to
laugh. "pink at Art!' one of them cried.
"lent he doing it great!" They thought
he was trying to make believe drown.
to fool Jimmie: and Jimmie had lend so
many a irks played on him that fur a
moment lin thought so, too.
But by this tune Arthur had reached
the piling on whirn the wharf stood,
and made a grasp for one of the posts.
Hd, clasped his arms about it and tried
to climb up, but it was covered with the
green shine left by the lids and was so
slippery that tot even n cat could have
e:cng to i1. and a'owly he :slipped back,
and w th a pitiful cry i ank out of sight.
Al the other boys thought it was only
a peke. but Jimrn!e had seen Arthur's
frightened eyes, and quack as a flash he
acle.l. Ile sew at a glance that there
was not a thing on the whoa( that eoubl
help h m except the boys' clothes. \Vith
one gtab he re:zed Iwo *hires. knotted
the sleeves together, rind dropped the
dangling en.l of •.ne of the ol'•er 3,leeves
down the . d.' Of the wharf. Arthur had
come up again. end was try:n;; t► ci•nmt
10 the slippery pn.1. By !sing on his
atunaeh Jimmie ovule pail teach hon
w.th the shirt -shy vie but he saw (hat the
line wout.l 1.e too short to do more than
hold the drowning bey up for n fe w m 11-
utee so. still lying on his s'omneh,
and heldeer to the shift v th out' h n 1,
he reached for another -t'ul with hie
other hand, and er,gcl.•1 a1,1)%11•111 he
sized II. Then high hie leen/Tint) his
fi"' hand, 110 led that shirt le the others,
Ho' cou'd now :dint up. mei with the
lifeline in his hands. and rryirig to Are
time not to be scared. and t, hok) on
tight, ho wotke•l aleng the e•11e ,,f 11ie
wharf. tewnrd the shire. towing Arlie?
e illi tun►. until the writer was stwllow
enote:It for Arthur le I.euch belt m.
The other bays had seen by this time
teat .ttthrr was not feeling. but had
teen seize.) by crantive and they had
e and, swinlmingf in to help. Ilut tho
rescue was all over by the time they got
ash ,re.
It w,t4 a pretty sober group of boys
Ihat walinhetet» Arthun;
Meme: and whene. old fg.eel. Afr:xan•Ietolir
nesters hemi what Jimmie had done he
palled him on the shouhder and amid,
"You aro nobody's fool. my troy. even
if you (1In't smell salt water till this
simmer. 1 mei, quirk head le remise
babes 1 eller Thin a str.)ng bo•iy."
t.• should get here jest as 1 was G ing Lttle 1 minter was satisfied. - 1'uulh'+1
paid by Brown." ' Com; union.
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