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Heart io Heart Talks. By EDWIN A. NYE. Copyright, 190S, t>y Edwin A. Ny?. THE WOMAN WITH THE DSSH RAG. Do you know what ls the mont dan gerous occupation In the worhl? It may surprise you lo leam that lt |s the occupation of housekeeping. So 6ays Dr. Dickenson of Chicago, rm au thority In statistical studies. These are some of the dangers the house keeper faces every day: Death hy scalding. By gasoline or, gas explosions. By fatltng down dark stairways. ' By heat prostration. ! By insanitary sewerage. I By exhausting drudgery. By suicide caused hy the hopeless ness of daily routine. These are not fanciful dangers. ?Each of them has its frightful statis tics of fatality. At the battle of San tiago, of 10.000 soldiers. 300 were killed -a death rate of three-tenths of 1 per cent The death rate of women who keep house ls much larger. And, Rtrangely enough, while modern war fare reduces the percentage of deaths, labor saving devices in Hie household Increase the percentage. Gas nnd gas oline explosions ?rc especially notable as domestic tragedies. The slaughter of mothers exceeds that of Ibo warriors who are paid to face death. . . 0 That old time picture of the busband going forth to the dangers of the day, leaving the wife safely protected In tho sheltered home nook, must be changed. The picture may have been (true in the day of our grandmothers -day of Dutch oven and hanging crane. Housekeeping at the best is more or less ti menial and monotonous occupa tion. It ls to weary thousands a spirit less regime. To many a frail or nerv ous woman this bondage to tho com monplace is in itself a tragedy. When there ls added to it all exhausting la floors and a menace ns real ns that of Ahe battlefield, what must wo say? The remedy? Society must do more for tho house wife. There must he more safety ap pliances and better sanitary conditions. 'Kitchens and cellars should ,be more habitable. Women should be better . ._,.,?"., , ^ .i,r, <>', turo nf oTnln j Iluiii m,_ c.. |? " "Work is not a curse; drudgery is." Let tile world forget for awhile the sorrows of "The Man With the Hoe" and contemplate for a time the fate of the woman with tho dish rag. THE CITY BOY. Go over the list of men In the city who have done things Nine-tenths of them were reared in thc country. Why is this SO? Because a boy needs wide spaces in which to grow. Ho needs elbow room, The boyish swath is a wide one. lie must be noisy, lie must bubble over, just US a teakettle must. In tho city he is cribbed, cabined, confined. Ile lias little'chancc to lot himself out Ile lades tho free play of his nature. POOr eily boy! For him there aro no wide echoing fields or shady woods where wander' lust may lead him. For him no vent of blood that runs riot la his veins. For him no company and touch of Hy 111 pa llietlc nature. Poor City boy! They say he is awkward, rude, de structive. What wonder? Tho wonder is that he does not explode. He is all boy; that's why ho is worth "raising." He spells Force! And hu is scolded and blamed for being what he is. .Motliers fear he will spoil the furni ture If ho stays in the house. Clive the Ind some money and let him go out on to the streets-streets that oftentimes aro the very gates of hell. An unspoiled boy-in city or in coun try-is about tho lines! tiling on two legs. Tile normal boy -under his vest- is affectionate. His heart-if you know how to lind it-is larger than his head. He is naturally honest. Ile ls also frank. And, above all else, (he real boy stands four square, everywhere and always, for fair play. Ile believes 3n tho SijUaro deal, tater on he may lose some of these qualities. Cheated, Jie may grow dishonest. Disappointed, he may lose ids frankness. Disillu sioned, he may quit wearing ids heart ititi Iii:; sleeve. But as a boy-he is sim ply admirable! Give tho City or town boy his chance. Send him to the country as often ns possible, There is where ho naturally belongs. I,et him build his shop In tho back yard or In tho basement. (?ive him, il" possible, a room of his own 'And don't bc sting) about the furnish' ings, Pul some reOncmcnls nbotil him. Of course Iiis room will often 1)0 topsy turvy. Lot lt. Ito is nol fl young .gentleman. He is Hoy. And Cod bless .him! Lot him bring his chums homo iWllh him. I.et them romp ami "raise <'niu." Give idm vent. Give the City boy a chance, you pub He officials. Give him playgrounds and room for his calliope voice. Multiply the parks. Ventilate his schoolroom. IA nd when he goes wrong provide a {Juvenile court and proper guardians. ? 'The country reared boy hus beaten r" ! tho city reared boy becanso tho former hus lind tho bettor ebonee. FISHIN' You feel tho delicious languor of boy hood stealing over you. Nature wooes yon to lier bosom. You want to loll in tiie sun. Yon want to dig a little lu the ground. Tho ripple of distant wa ters lures you. Of a sudden you straighten your shoulders and emit this pronuncinnento: "rm goto' tishin'." (When one ls under that sort of Im pulse, it ls proper to cut out tho ilnal "g.") Thcro cnn be no doubt you have cor I rectly diagnosed tho ailment. Thc ! symptoms are unmistakable. Your I disease is "spring fever*'-plus* # Tho prescription is specific. It ls the i roclpo Simon Peter used when he said, ? "I go a-flshlng." Wcll You get out thc tackle. You don an old suit and tlx lt. It ls not elaborate, j that outfit. No fancy reel for you. i You are no professional. Just a bam boo pole with thc old fashioned string and cork und lead. And as for halt? You dig for worms in the back yard as you did when you wore knee breeches. If yon nre a city man you take tho car as far as it goes and walk thc rest of the way. Walk ls scarcely the word. You slouch over thc countryside.' ! Arrived at the stream, you select n j log or a rock whence to dangle your I simple enticements. You discover the ; tish are not In n biting mood. You do j not care. Hy degrees your pole droops I into the water. You have forgotten j what you came for. j Well, the fact ls you aro not partlc ; ularly concerned as io the catch. You ! Just wanted "to go Qshin'," that was I all. And when you go home empty handed. If tho boy jibes nt you and your .'fisherman's luck." why, you aro : content You havo had your "fun." Is lt not so? I You wanted to get away from every I body. Yon wanted to loaf and Invite your soul. You were tired of the buzz i of business and the clash of civilized ' things. You heard the ca:I of the wild. And nobody saw yon nial nobody 1 bothered you as you nodded and dreamed over your Osh pole. And you 1 dreamed of a little mite of a boy who llshed with a hickory switch and a pin ' hook long, long ago. And you dreamed ! -but lt's nobody business what you dreamed. Whatever your visions of tho oldm, golden dc ys-they were worth while. It was nature calling to you and soy j lng to you what science In thoso last j days is saying to all humans: "Re ! lax. Helnx. The bow that is nlwnys bent will sometime lose Its spring." Go fishin', VIOLETS FOK MOTHER.. She bravely walked into a high toned llorist shop, a mite of a girl, nine years old. An old shawl covered her head, clinched in her hand mulei- her tiny chin. Underneath tho garments were sadly frayed. though scrupulously clean, lier stockings were well darn ell and the shoes pitifully worn. Tho youm; proprietor was engaged in selecting a dozen American Beauties for a young society girl, lt was some lime before he noted tho wistful eyed baby. "I want some violets to take to my miimma," said th?' little one, holding OUt a ton cent pi?ce. "Why," said tho proprietor, smiling gravely; "1 think some cheaper How ers would do, my little girl." "No, sir," came from the tot. "1 want violets. My mamuin ls sic!;, and my papa's dead. Mamma, she gets Whiter and whiter every day, She just coughs awful. This morning she felt so wonk und had 1 just thought she'd die. Pul she said If she could only live till real warm weather conies again nud she could saudi violets once more she just knew she'd get better, an' 1 had this dime, so I" Hut the llorist was fumbling before a glass ease marked. "Violets, $7.fit) per dozen." There was an nebo In hhs throat ami a mist In his eyes. And finally a big tear was released from its home and glided down his chook. Ill a minnie ho bad a big bunch of tho violets-dozens Of thom-wrapped up. Ile gravely took tho child's io cents and gnve ber I ho bunch of pre cious (lowers. Ho held the door upon and gallantly bowed the little thing OUt ns gallantly OS he would have dis missed his richest customer. Ile took the I>it of silver and dunked at lt, tho samo sort of ache ns before bothering his thront. 'Iben he care fully wrapped it up and put it In his purse. . *t "Dying for a breath of tho good old sumnier time and ii breath of violets!" That ls all there ls to the true story And yet it ls not al) That IO cents! WHY, WITH TI I AT DI M IC ON 13 COULD Uti Y A SI NX KU'S RAN SOM AT TIII3 OATES Ol'1 PA ll A DI SR And who shall say but thal the good God's recording angel smiled to himself ?is he wrote the name of that yoting llorist, like once he wrote tho name of Pen A bon above all thc rest, that day? THE GREATEST OF THESE. What, In your opinion, ls tho groat? cst force in human lifo? What is it,'moro than all else, makes some men succeed and others fail? Three answers, at least, have been given: l'Mrst.-You are what you arc because .JOAO BI uunis Oqj 6(' ? i . . uAvop ?oqj uoqA\ pu? V 6UAUU Oy\\\ j\00] O.?O 5UUA4? KJO spnop jopunqj, 'stqtuuno BI .A"j|B Oqj BSOJO BU JBOU o.vv i wi] i osoip 'spiuiuj.fd. ? no -jodw.v Stqjo.wo) otu, uoqp -un oUusojd soop .\i|?i?low P1 . 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Pu rd? h m o nt of a Man Eater Tfart Killed a Tibetan, ty years ago tigers were very com even in tbo high bills of western , writes C. A. Sberrlng in bis ac : of that country. At thc prescut however, owing to tho increase pulntlou and tho general spread of /atlon, they havo becomo raro, tho appearance of a man eater ' curried off a poor'old woman on dope of Chipia created constorna the following day there were ered together a hundred grim men, ;d only with axes and stones, for had not a gun among them. rto.no favored the brave, for the . was found asleep under a rock, nco ouch man dropped silently Into .'over of tho brushwood and piled Hip of stones near to his hand, o one of the most trusted of the / was commissioned to stalk to top of tho rock and drop a hugo ? on the sleeping brute. well was ?he work done that tho . fell true on the tiger's back, and allatoly, with a roar, the wounded t sprang up and, seeing his ene , who leaped from their cover, ged tho line. t a hundred men, desperate ns to equenees, throwing stones with at and main, aro not to be awed or ed from their purpose lightly. Tho es broke the tiger's tooth and went his mouth, and his body soon bo o a mass of wounds, lrolng, he tried to escapo and took pursuers up hill for a mile, but .rover he puused and whatever ho he could not escape tho pitiless . of missiles. Tho blow on his back, given, effectively cheeked his ld, and finally, worn out. ho came ay under a great cliff. ie rest was easy. Ho was tnnnodl y hemmed In, and tho stones wore vered on him thicker than over and ed with redoubled energy, As ho c down tho villagers rushed In and atened him with their axes. - th's Companion. RHETORICAL TRIUMPH. ?dan's Speoch In Connection With tho Hastings Trial. swcrlng a correspondent who ask )out tho speech of Sheridan in con on with the Warren Hustings tho lx)i)don News says: hat imineuso oratorical triumph certainly not reported In the notes lcstlon, for tho Onde speoch was lollvered during the trlul. Sheri ?rouounced lt in tho house of coin in tho year before tho trial lu uping iurtoonij <>.m cuiUiuuuusly. i , fully conscious of the extraer- I ry state of excitement disclosed by breach of decorum, moved the nd .umcnt on tho unparalleled ground j 'tho "ninds of members were too ated to discuss tho question with ] noss and judicially.' Sheridan luid ken for five hours and forty min <. No full report of the speech tts. Tho bed nppoared In tho Lon Chronicle for Tob. S, 17S7. Pito fame of the speech was such t when ibo trial came on ?5? was dly pal 1 for a seat In the hall ot? day of Sheridan's speech n:? a nager of the impeachment. Macau 's nccounl of that speech, which is h misleading and Inaccurate In sov I respects, nt least permit.? us to >w tho tact that the speaker waa ?Hely embraced by ?urko on rosum? bis sent. At a later stage lu tho ii six years later, In fact-Sheridan leered another speech which was .cribed by one of the auditors us an rnordinary rhetorical triumph." Tho Cinchona Tree. 'lu? cultivation of tho cinchona treo one of the principal industries of ,a, and tho chemical process adopt by the Dutch for (ho preparation of . dru;; ls said to produce thc best photo of quinine procurable. This carried out in Holland, whither tho rk as stripped from the trees and ed is exported, cinchona pin uta ns aro frequent on the lower hills oughout .lava, and the trees art of sizes, from the mero sapling up to rty feet high. To Moko the Job Complote, I wish you would see what la tho Uer with this," sahl the customer, ?ding his watch across tho show ic. "it has stopped. Perhaps Piece's huir tangled np In the balance cel." 'ho Jeweler opened lt, screwed lils .glass Into place and ?nude tho CU? lary horrible grimace at tho help? ?? watch. * A hali!" ho said. "There's a lock 'em." Well, give it a shnmpoo." Rapidly Aged, lient (to matrimonia) agent)' -Yeo wed me this lady's photo lust year I told me sh?; was twenty-five, but .i- making inquirios I lind she is r thirty. Matrimonial Agent-Well, see, her father died lately and that d her very much. Rcauon to Re Grateful, here ls a good side to everything. . Instance, when you are troubled \ bad boy of yours you have reason io grateful that ho wasn't twins. leeville Journal. halsoever that bo Within us that s, thinks desires and animates ts stial. divine and con Isba bio.-Aristotle habit among women aro alarmingly on the increase. lt is not strange that a woman should contract an appetite for stimu lants. Tho habit Is not moro abnor mal than tho malo habit. Especially aro those women tempted who keep lato hours and indulge In social dissi pations. But they are not moro tempt ed than the poor woman drudge whose vitality ls spent In ceaseless toll or be causo of poverty or of Ignoranco or of abuse. Nevertheless- . The curse ls Hie same whether upon man or woman, "for at tho last lt bit otb like a serpent, and stlngcth Jlkr au adder." It is arso true that tho effect of liq uor or drugs habitually used is worse in its effects upon woman. Her finer sensibilities aro tho moro easily rav aged, the flue edge of her keener sense of delicacy tho more easily blutited. If she is rich, sho may hide hor growing coarseness in a sheltered home or disease may lake her to a prematuro end. If she Is poor, humili ation indy drive her to suicido or pov erty may lend lier to something worse. There ls an awful warning In that despairing cry, "Too late-too later WHAT IS SUCCESS, FAILURE? Tho American people aro seriously pondering the question, What ls suc cess? In recent years success, In tho pop ular definition, has stood for the ac cumulation of money. Wo bave wor shiped at tho shrine of the uliulghty dollar. Only of late have wc begun to In quire: What shall it profit n country if it shall gain billions of dollars and lose Its own soul, or what will a na lion give in return for its soul? IS MONEY COSTING US TOO MUCH? Wo aro Just beginning to soe that un der our former definition of things Nothing fails like success. Nothing succeeds Uko failure. Under tho new revolution of thought or feeling-for lt ls as yet more a feel ing than a thought--wc are coining lo realize that life ls moro than moat and raiment; that it is one thing to make a living and quito another to make a life; that perversion of business morals and a mad chase after special privilege aud tainted dollars are not success, but ab ject failure Because such n system DEGRADES MEN AND DEIFIES.DOLLARS. Wo are coining to realize that Ignoble SUCCESS IS ONLY SUCCESSFUL FAILURE; that NOBLE FAILURE IS SUCCESS. We have boen slow to learn theso things. But a change ls surely coming over tho spirit of our dreams. "We aro nv au up led, josi Wtiut loaders shall lie selected to make those remedies effec tive, cannot bo affirmed, but the impor tant thing ls not so much the ways and means of reform as tho apparent NEED of reform, tho DESIRE for re form, the DETERMINATION TO SE ( ?URE reform. Let us thank God and take courage Wo have a new and better definition of success. Let us bo glad thal we havo within us tho spirit of self purification. Pcironous Plants. T. C. Bridges, writing on the .subject of unsuspected poisons In the Grand Magazine, draw:-, attention to the fact that a largo number of plants which arc usually looked upon as harmless ? possess poisonous properties. Those Who aro employed In picking daffodils and narcissus frequently stiffer severe ly from a troublesome skin affection known ns "daffodil poisoning." The most trying feature of this ailment is the small gatherings which form under the finger nails, lt is said that minuto crystals of lime exist in large numbers lu tho Juice of tho stems of the pretty blooms and that theso are responsible for the poisoning. Regular daffodil pickers are accustomed to rub their hands with oil and work tallow lu un derneath their finger nails before be ginning their work. The bulbs of tho white Koinan hyacinth have similar unpleasant properties. Tho Particular Man. For weeks and weeks the Man with the Sterile Dome had been using a now brand of Unguent Dope to Reclaim tho Largo Deforested District on tho Sum mit of his Thought Promontory. Duo day he noticed a little Tuft of Fuzz growing on the previously Pol ished Plateau above bis Hralnery. Ito felt an Impulse to Rejoice, yet being a very Methodical Man, ho Took Thought as to what kind of Tumult would ho best-to RalSO over lils Dis covery. At last he Thought of Something that seemed Particularly Appropriate, so he cave with groat Enthusiasm and a slight touch of Eclat a Hail liaising Shriek.-Chicago Nows. And tho Minister Smiled. A certain minister recently called upon one of the families tn his parish. Ile ascended the steps and knocked at tho door. Receiving no response, ho was about to depart when ho heard n window bi tho next house open and a woman's voice say, "Mrs. Smith, the minister's at your door." What was tho pastor's surprise and amusement when ho caught Mrs. Smith's responso wafted gently around the corner of (tie hJP-.o, "Sh, don't you s'pose 1 know lt !" Tho next Sunday after service Mrs Smith mot her pastor and expressed her sorrow that she was away when ho had called. TH? CHILD'S MIND. ?Jive It a Chance to Develop fojr It? Natural K'roccaae?. Tho littler they ere tho bettor, be cause further removed from tho world thnt ls ours and deeper pluccd lu {holt own world. A good baby radiates peace. Every ono who ls rightly con stituted smiles at tho sight of lt. They oro busy, they aro cheerful. As a rule, they scorn to be kind to ono another. They aro not bored, and un lesB the weather ls Insufferable or they are sick they aro not doprcssod. What philosophers! What heroes! Is lt strange thnt tho attltndo of an unpervertcd child should bo tho Chris Han ideal? Tho great merit of children as com pantons lies In tho breadth of their tolerations. They aro easy to please, agreeable to most propositions nud not very critical. They do not "know better." That ls ono of their dolightfulest traits. Chll dren will trust you, and that ls one of the most gratifying compliments pos sible. In thc company of children yon have relief In considering what will pny. The things that they do and prefer to do, do not pay. as a rule, except lu tho doing of them. Wise elders who aro qualified to train tho mind of a child are pretty scnrco. Tho next host thing is tho older who ls wise enough to respect tho child's mind and give lt a chanco to develop lu u sympathetic atmos phere by its own natural procosses. E. S. Marlin in Harper's Mngazlno. c AN OLD GERMAN LEGEND. The Sknll With the Natl Driven! Through It? Temple. At Freiburg, linden, in front of an old chnpel rich In medlnovul palutlng depicting tlie rewards of virtue und tlie wages of slu, stands u grent cross, nt its foot a skull with a uall drlveu Into the templo. A shoemaker of Freiburg, according to tradition, died suddenly lu tho good Old dnys before coroners and Juries! were too Inquisitive nad was burled | near where the cross stands. Scarcely had the earth upon his gravo been wet I by tho rains before his wife took a sec- ' ond husband. Neighbors talked, but that was all. One night tho priest of tho parish awoke to find standing at tho foot of his bcd tho ghost of tho dead shoe maker. Tho ghastly figure ralsod a [ gory lock from lt's fo/chcad aud point ed to u natl driven In tho temple. Tho body was exhumed, and thero] wns the evidence of the crime Just ns | the specter had ludlcnted. The wlfo confessed tho murder aud was execut-j od *??? *he , lut th? ? ?.ii? c?i'ed wo a ind?.t vb >hv<v.".e." i tin IM?? '.a : utlifTi i chr?alcleff, "for j - t:h'lt' . ;* wife (>( 1V.'.' vt fi in*?' u ovet lhere was auyunng m me, world that went by contrarios, it is the Chlneso flag. It will be recalled' that it is one of the gnyest of national standards. The body of tho banner ls 1 of a pale yellow. In tho upper left hand corner ls a sninll red sun, and looking at lt is a tierce Chinese dragon. About, 1,000 years ago, so the story runs, the Chinese made war upon the ?Tapai.eso. They prepared for n great Invasion. As a prophecy of victory they adopted a standard which ls that of the present time. They took tho sun of Japan ?nd made it very small. This they put in front of tho dragon's mouth to express the Idea that tho Chinese dragon would devour the Jap Oliese. It happened, however, that tho Chinese licet, conveying nu army of 100.000 men, was wrecked on its way to Japan by ii great storm, and all but three ol' the 100,000 perished. The rc-, suit ot* recent events has not been any! more convincing than the ?rst affair : that, the Chinese (lag bas been cor ! rcctly conceived. ; I In mor in tho Par Knut. Ahdur Un liman, tlie late ameer of Af ghanistan, had a grim sense of humor which was sometimes exercised with- i out scruple. On ono occasion a dur-1 bnr lie was holding was interrupted by a man who, in a state of the greatest! excitement, rushed in declaring timfc | the Russians were advancing to '.? Afghanistan. Turning aside ment from the business in i lie late ameer In tlie most um tones ordered lils shahcassi b the man to the summit of watch tower. "Look you out the Russians," commanded Ai man, "for you do not eat until them arrive."-Grand Magazin I iiokK ti iii<i Their Tant "I never season things up to taste," said a man who has cc a restaurant for ninny years, few cooks do. They hnve pala ?rave high seasoning. The long Cook the more suit and popp 'spices they require. If I shoul uj) my dishes as I like them would be so hot and peppery tin the patrons In the restaurant wo unable to cat them."-New York The Accident. Hlzonner - You oro charged breaking a chnlr over your wife's Prisoner It wns nn accident, honor. Hizonner- What' Didn't Intend to hit hor? Prisoner- Yes, I didn't. Intend to bren lc the chair. The I?nr.y llorac An Irishman once tapped a i horse with n whip anti said, "Pick your feet, ond they'll fall thelrsclv -Atchlson Globe, Tho rendient and surest woy to - rid of censuro ls to correct oursolvei Demosthenes.