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EDGEFIELD, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 10. 1901.
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. 702 Broad St.,
COMMUNITY OP INTEREST
W. K. VANDERBILT EVOLVED THIS
IDEA IN RAILROADING.
JLight 9Ten Said to Be in Practical Con
trol of O ar Steel Thoroujrhiares- Jame*
J. Hlll-the Greatest Itailrnad Autocrat
Since Commodore Vanderbilt's Time.
"The fact that eight men should be
In practical control of our railroads is
primarily due to the enforcement of
.the Federal laws enacted to prevent
railroad combinations. Here is a
.striking paradox: The Supreme Court
.of the United States, in dissolving the
Joint Traffic Association, infused the
breath of life iuto thv .community of
interest* idea. Prevented hy the high
est law In the laud from forming traf
fic agreements or pools, the railroad
owners felt bound to protect them
selves by forming still greater com
binations .on ' the mutual-ownership
plan.
"Some persons say that it was Wil
liam K. Vanderbilt who first suggested
the idea,,of 'community of interest'
which has developed with marvelous
rapidity into the basic principle of
railroad management in this country.
Certain it is that Mr. Vanderbilt, and
the powerful financiers whose inter
ests are closely allied wilh his, were
the first ones to . clasp hands in a pro
tective mutuality of ownership. Hav
ing welded all the Vanderbilt liues
into one. compact system. William K.
.Vanderbilt was in a position to take
the initiative in a movement to domin
ate the railroad situation between New
York and Chicago. Mr. Vanderbilt and
other members of his family became
stockholders of the Pennsylvania Rail
road and capitalists long identified,
with the last-named property ' bought
Rentrai stock. Negotiations j
>r>?'close alliance be
te
Slates.
Ind. death of his
Cornelias, he had fig
red comparatively-little in the man
agement of the family's railroad in
terests. Most of his time was given
np to foreign travel and social pleas
ures. . Veteran employes of the Van
derbilt lines, feeling that because they
had begun service with 'the Commo
dore,' they were piivilege to express
their own opinions, frequently shook
their heads, and muttered: 'Who is
going to succeed Cornelius? Willie K.
bas r.o business head.'
"The sudden stroke of paralysis
which compelled Cornelius Vander
bilt's retirement from business was
followed by a series of surprises, ex
tending throughout the Vanderbilt sys
tem; William K. grasped the reins of
control with a degree of. promptness
and self-reliance that sent cold shivers
down the back of many a high official
who had begun to regard himself as
indispensable to the Vanderbilt lines.
The new head of the family was found
to have a definite policy. Concentra
tion, retrenchment and increased earn
ings were his watchwords; 'We must
haye these three,' he declared, and in
order "io secure them he reorganized
executive staffs, with a total disregard
of "sentimental considerations,"
"No mnn has taken a more earnest
part in developing th?^?Xmmunity of
interest' idea than Jan?ts J. Hill,
President of the Great Northern Rail
road!, and director in several other rail
road corporations. Mr. Hill is a man
of energy and quick decision, and once
he makes up his mind tLat a thing is
desirable to do, he proceeds to do it
with all his might.
*t ?rpije community of interest idea is
growing in favor,' he said, not lonj
ago. 'Small lines of railroad, with few
exceptions, arc not likely to grow, all
-hy*themselves, so it is much better for
them to Join? interests with strong
lines. It is* noir necessary" that the
roads should consolidate, although in
many instances a more economical ad
ministration could undoubtedly be ob
tained i,j such a course. The time is
coming when the community of inter
est will be so perfected that small lines
of road will be .mt off from connect
ing traffic so as to make an independ
ent policy on their part unprofitable,'
"Mr. Hill ls the autocrat of the
Great Northern Railroad. Since Com
modore Vanderbilt's time there has not
been so complete an Instance of one
man-power at the head of a great rail
road system as is presented in the case
of President'Hill. He evolves policies
and executes them, bis directors bow-,j
lng to his will with dignified hut-\
unanimous docility. Men in the em
ploy of the Great Northern know that
unless they satisfy James J. Hill their
fate is sealed. There is no other court
of appeal. And President Hill has the
reputation of being "very particular,' to
use the cautions phrase of his sub
ordinates.
"One day Mr, Hill walked into the
office of a high official of the Great
Northern Railroad, in St Paul, and
brusquely announced;
"?Mr.--, I do not think that you
and myself are well mated. Your
successor, will report for duty to-mor
row/' I"?<?
"This high official had been drawing
a salary of $10,000 per year for a long
time, and he had grown into the belief
that he was a fixture in the Great
{? girth ern service,- But be went with*
9
m
"atones, Jewelry, Sterling Silver
I Fine Cut Glass, Clocks, Vases,
?to.
isiting Cards.
Repairing, Dia
$ by experts.
TAKEN IN EXCHANGE FOR
L SEND FOB CATALOGUE.
' & CO., Jewelers.
Augusta, Ga. J
out arguing the question with Mr.
Hill.
"When James J. Hill was elected a
director of the Erie Railroad a few
months ago, there was trepidation
among many of the employes of that
company, for the report was passed
! from lip to lip that Great Northern
methods were to be applied to the af
fairs of the Erie. Mr. Hill is economi
cal as well as exacting. He does not
believe in bavin?: too many heads of
departments, and he is averse to hir
ing two men to perform the duties
that can be performed by one 'quick
and alert' man. It is the 'quick and
alert' type of man that has thc l'?ast
to fear from this pushing, dominating
and successful railroad president.
Earl D. Berry, in Ainslee's.
WHY BUCHANAN NEVER MARRIED.
Tue Image of His I>ctrt Fiancee Xever
Faded From His Heart.
"Mr. Buchanan, who was the first
bachelor elected to the Presidency,
was sixty-five years of age when
elected, and had deliberately given
himself to a life of celibacy," writes
William Perrine, in the Ladies' Home
Journal. "In the days when he was
:t young lawyer of Lancaster, Penn
sylvania, be lind loved Miss Coleman,
a beautiful daughter of a citizen of
that town. They had been engaged to
be married when one day he was sur
! prised lo receive from *her a request
to release her from the promise. Ac
cording to Mr. George Ticknor Curtis,
the separation originated tn a misun
derstanding on the part of the lady,
who was unusually sensitive, over
some small matter exaggerated", by
giddy and . indiscreet tongues. Soon
after the estrangement 6he was sent
to Philadelphia, and there died sud
denly. Throughout the rest of his
lifi ' . for "^'.I"jt(?p??-' . Ttjiry, Mr.
Mi,-. . >p is .not ^rr^O.o -tove re
only sri- }htiK':: un"d v-;thu"f: i
and r.L?iis.'Tiiri had led ham,-mviv;
deeply ..than ever into T>oiit!es las a dis
traction from his grief. In his old
age, long after he had retired perman
ently "to private life, he ci? lied atten
tion to a pac?fage containing, he said,
the papers and relics which would ex
plain the causes of his youthful sor
row, and which he preserved evident
ly with the idea of revealing them
before his death. But when he died
and his will was read, it was found
that he had directed that the package
should be burned without being
opened, and his injunction was
obeyed."
Another Lost fiainsborotigh.
One of the best-known picture ex
perts ia New York City, in speaking of
the return of the portrait of the Duch
ess of Devonshire, said:
"Of all the Gainsborough?, to my
mind most beautiful is the picture of
the Hon, Mrs. Graham, which now
hangs in tho Edinburgh Gallery. I
would rather own it than any of the
others, ato. whenever I go to Edin
burgh I make it a point to see lt.
"The history of this picture is even
more romantic than that of the Duch
ess of Devonshire's portrait. The hus
band of the Hon. Mrs. Graham, who
must have been a most beautiful wom
an, had Gainsborough paint lt for him,
and a year later the subject of it died.
The husband's grief was intense. He
built in his 1^*use a niche, 1 'here the
portrait was hung, making cf it almost
a shrine.
"Not long before his death, feeling
that, this picture of his wife was sa
cred to him, he had ae niche walled
up so that the picture would be con
cealed as long as his house stood. Moro
than, fifty years later, in the course of
some repairs on the house it became
necessary to t?ar down this wall, The
secret of tho hiding placo of the por
trait had died with the owner, and
great was the amazement of the work
men to find this beautiful painting
concealed between two walls and ap
parently In as good condition as when
it was painted.
"The discovery attracted general at
tention, and. the painting was quickly
identified as a Gainsborough and an
excellent one, too, It was secured by
the Edinburgh Gallery, and' there it
hangs to-day, a fitting memorial of a
beautiful woman."-New York Suu,
Engaged All Bight.
Jones, sauntering out upon the floor
of tht Exchange that morning, allowed
it to become known that he was wait
ing for congratulations.
The dearest, sweetest woman in
the world had consented to share the
by no means humble, yet somewhat
precarious lot of himself, the most un
worthy of men.
"Ha! ha!" laughed his friends, "that
Jones in such a wag."
Indignantly the accused man drew
from his left breast pocket a bunch of
letters on pale blue paper, addressed
in a delicately feminine hand.
The postmarks on these missives
bore successive dates, a continuous
if not an endless chain,
After that, congratulations were tho
order of the day.-New York Sun,
In China criminals and political
prisoners are beheaded. Some of the
executioners are so expert that they
can arrange and behead a man in
eighteen seconda.
r
A SINNER
BY SOPHIK (
"My, but j'our mornin'glories do look
nice, Miss Phemey! Wish you'd save
me some seed offen that white one."
It was Mrs. Ridley coming up the
walk.
"I will, Mis' Ridley. Come in and
set down. There's a pa'm leaf on the
lounge, an' mebbe you'll take a glass
of cool water. It's a scorchin' morn
ing," said Miss Phemey.
"I would like a drink, thank you,"'
responded Mw. Ridley. "Seems like
when anybody's fat as I am, they just
get he't' up like a coal stove. My, that
tastes good. You got a grand well,
Miss Phemey." .
The hostess smiled a flattered smile,
but before she could speak Mrs. Ridley
went on: "I brought over three of Mr.
Ridley's vests, Miss Phemey, to get
you to mend 'em. He's bu'sted .'em
?ver' one right down the back, fr a?l
the world like a seven-year locust, I
tell 'im, an't seems like I got no time
to fix 'em, with Emma May gittiu'
married next week. ? We're just livin'
in a regular whirlwind, an' sor:ry as
I'll be to see Emma May go-not that
I don't like Charlie Foote, but you
know what I mean-I cert'ney shall be
glad when all this fuss is over."
"I expect it is trying," sympathized
Miss Phemey. "But Emma May's al
ways been a good daughter, an' she
deserves a fine weddin'.'"
" 'Tain't that I don't want her to
have it," said Mrs. Ridley, hastily.
"But I'm just dog-tired this mornin'
for the land sakes, it's half-past ten
o'clock a'ready; 1 got to go. You
bring them vests over when they're
done, Miss Phemey, an' I'll pay you
fr 'em. I'd send one o' the boys over,
but Emma May wants you to come
particular an* see her presents, so 't'll
be killin' two birds with one stone."
She chuckled comfortably as she
stepped outside the door.
Miss Phemey looked after ber de
parting form with resentful stare.
"Yes," she muttered, "she can get
Miss Maxwell to make Emma May's
weddin' clothes, but I'm good enough
lo mend up Jim Ridley's old vests, I'll
charge her 15 cents apiece, see 'f I
don't; that'll be 45 cents. Does seem
a good bit to charge fr mendin' three
vests."
Miss Phemey went in and shut out
the glare of the summer day. As she
picked up the package of vests her
thin little hands trembled. Tears
sprang to her eyes and she burst out
fiercely: "'Tain't right! I made Emma
May Ridley's dresss to be christened
in, little teenty baby as she was, an' I '
made her a dress to be confirmed in,
an' I made her a dress when she ';
gragwated at the b?Th'T>V.V:I . she'd !
always vhi I ...':. ..-...iii ?:..?.{* "her ^ed
withered cheekR and ^.i.l^J.i.a
upon Mr. Ridley's second best pepper.
and-salt vest. Presently her wtfeth.
flamed anew.
"Emma May wants you to come per
tickler to see her presents! 'Tain't no
hint; ob, no? Sally Ridley needn't
'a' troubled herself to say that. I got a
present for Emma May, an' I'm going
to give it to her. I'd like to get even
with them, the whole kit of 'em. Jest
as if I couldn't 'a' made Emma May's
weddin' clo's. They tell me Miss Max
well uses a chain-stitch machine. I
always did say chainstitch machines
was made for the careless, an' I don't
see no reason to change my mind.
Well, 'pon my word, this vest ain't
on'y bu'sted, but frayed int' the bar
gain." Miss Phemey fell briskly to
sewing,
The next day, despite the threaten
ing rumble of a distant storm, Miss
Phemey dressed in her best and started
toward the Ridleys, -carrying two pack
ages. She was graciously received by
Emma May, a fat, fair girl of pleas
ant mien and placid disposition.
"I brought home them vests," ex
plained Miss Phemey; "and here, Em
ma May, is a little present I brought
for you. It'll be nice fr your dining
room table; I thought." She held out
a small white pasteboard box,-with an
expression of the beaping-coalsof-fire
kind.
"Ma," called Emma Mav. "come
here; Miss Phemey's brought me a
butter knife; Wisht you'd look. That
cert'ney is beautiful."
"It's solid silver," spid the donor,
proudly. ' M" neice down to New
York got it for me." She received the
thanks, delivered a trifle embarrass
edly, of motirer and daughter, with
polite coolness,
; When the brlde-?'ect invited ber to
an inspection of the presents, Miss
Phemey looked them over and
ma*', few comments. She turned the
set of silver spoons, "presented by the
groom's parents." so that the plate
mark was visible, and she tapped the
globe of a gaudy china lamp with the
remark that they were just $2.35 cents
down to Beedham's When she had
looked at all, she said, cheerfully:
<4Now I want to see your clothes,
Emma May,"
Mrs. and Miss Ridley exchanged
glauces of annoyance, but the latter
led the way to the spare room, where,
on the bed and chair, lay the creations
of Miss Maxwell, "City Modiste."
There was the white silk wedding
dress, the tan traveling dress, somo
odd waists, a black satin, stiff with
Jet, and a "tea gown." No girl in a
country town marries without these
last indispensable garments; they are
the real backbone of the trousseau.
Miss Phemey looked at the display,
felt the quality of the material, and
examined the despised chain-stitching,
without a word. At last she said,
pleasantly conscious of paying old
scores:
"If I might persoom to criticise, I
really do think ifs a pity you got your
wedding dress made with a p'inted
oversklrt. AJI the latest fashion books
say they're not worn at all this sea
son; and box-pleats, too, Is kind of
droppln' out. I was readln' only yes
terday that 'twas just the cheapest
goods was made up so any more. Thut
black satin's real pretty, though. Did
you see Lena Sullivan's bhv,k satin?
Hers was a beauty-fines', piece of
satin I ever cut into, an' pil made up
UNREPENT. i
?ATES KERK.
with these here pleated ruffles. Why,
Emma May, seems ir you'd be more
afraid to leave all these fine things in
here with the winder open, this room
on the ground floor like it is. It's been
a real treat to seo such elegant clothes,
an' I hope your married life'll be hap
py. The Footes "have all got terrible
onreasonable tempers, they say; but
I hope you'll be able to manage Char
lie. Good-bye, all."
Miss Phemey walked home slowly. ,
Even the thought of the darts she had
pl?nted in Mrs. Ridley's capacious
breast brought her no real comfort,
when the vision of the snowy wedding
dress rose before her.
"Things ain't edge even yet," she
mummured. A low growl of thunder
startled her and she hastened into the
house to shut out the cutting flare of
the lightning. When the kettle boiled
she set her lonely table and made tea.
The quick thump of heavy rain-drops
on the roof made her start nervously.
Night had come with the storm, and
after lier supper was over, Miss Phem
ey sat In the dark and meditated.
About 10 o'clock the rain ceased, and
she flung the shutters open. The stars
were shining now. The air outside
was cool and damp and fragraat She
looked over toward the Ridley house,
and as she did so their last light went
out. Miss Phemey strained her eyea
to no avail. All was darkness there.
"I'm a-going to do it," she said aloud,
determinedly. Rummaging over the
table, she found a pair of scissors, She
took a match from the box beside the
window and unlocked the door. The
moon was creeping up, a flat disk of
pale yellow. Miss Phemey looked down
at herself and saw that she still wore
her best dress. "It'll be all drabbled,"
she thought; then recklessly, "I don't
care, nohow."
She brushed against the dripping
flowers beside the garden path, and
held her br?ath as the gate gave a
whining cr-e-ak. Out on the road,
walking noiselessly, she went, Onca
she heard a team coming and crouched
in a corner of the worn icnce, behind
a little sweet-gum sprout, till it was
past. She recognized the doctor's
rig and her heart came up in her
throat and beat there, with great
frightened leaps; but be passed by
safely and she crept on.
At last, after a seemingly unending
journey, sue reached the Ridleys' gate.
The maples threw deep shadows, and,
so sheltered, she reached the house.
Round to the left wing-slowly-slow- .
ly-and the window was still open!
She "stopped and looked in. The moon- ;
light iay in patches on tho floor, thej.
' dresses spread upon i h~:'<T, a~?v f??srej r
--?y ? ?Ti i r?'i^aeb, ' i t rtli ^|^^?^?^ii??j?
?Mm IJss^T^ '.: ?ft J
wtt**f^?A?:\ -r.i.s^v^f,-... -~
Pr-v , ?\w A?\ this ant) aJow'iy-^io ?;?,;';'
:.>.' u&u? went out toward the fclls?';
tening beads. A quick jerk, and tbe-.
waist of Emma May Ridley's wedding
dress lay across her knees, She sought
the seam in the middle of the back.
She could feel the dispised chain
stitching and 9he slipped her fingers
deftly along toward the collar. What
was this? A lose end of thread-a little
pull-r-i-i-i-ip it was done! In a
spasm of fear Miss Phemey hustled the
waist through the window, back Into
place, and ran into the concealing
shadow. Out to the gate, down the
road again-she was almost home.
Suddenly shcstopped and gave a little
chuckle.
'.Them bastin's 'll hold it together
so nobody 'll s'spect-lucky she left
'em in, But when Emma May puts
it on, big an' fat as she is, It'll bu'st
square up the back like a frog." She
couldn"t help laughing at the idea; it
tickled her fancy so. She forgot her
wet feet, her draggled, muddy skirts,
and went to bed with a smile still
pulling at the corners of her mouth.
The next morning the exposure had
done its work. She was hoarse and
feverish, and there was a sharp pain
that stabbed her at every breath.
"Threatened with pneumonia," the
doctor said, and commanded her not
to stir fro her bed, though she could
uot have ne so had she so wished.
The neigh * were very kind and at
tended hei thfully, and the tenth
day found sitting up, very weak
and frail, bu h life in her eyes and
voice.
Mrs. Emerso: .he town gossip, carno
in and brought a bundle.
"Jest ns soon as you git able, Miss
Phemey, 1 want you to make me a
dress, It's one Mr, Emerson got me
over to Bristol, an' he showed real
good taste for a man, I must say.
Look-a-here, ain't that fern leaf real
pretty?"
"It's just beautiful," assented Miss
Phemey, "Seems if you'd have Miss
Maxwell make it up, bein' she's from
the city and all."
She-'ll never cut into a piece of
goods fr me, I c'n tell you," said Mrs.
Emerson, with emphasis. "Ain't no
body told you how she made Emma May
Ridley's weddin' dress and never
sewed up the back, an' Emma May,
not susplclonln', put it on an' bu'sted
it clean wide open? O' course, you
was sick an' didn't git to the weddin';
but I was there, an' the weddin' party
was nigh an hour late jest on that ac
count. Nothln* but a bastin' thread
to hold it together; such shif'lessness!
Course, bein* bad luck, Emma May
never tried on the dress after it come
home, like she did the others, an' I
c'n tell you she was hoppin'. People
at the church didn't know what on
earth was the matter. No 'ndeed,
Miss Maxwell makes no clo's fr me,"
After her visitor was gone, Miss
Phemey lay back on her pillows and
looked out of the window a long time.
M "Twas an awful mean trick, I
know," she said at last. " Twas right;
but I got this spell o' sickness to pay
up fer lt, an' that butter-knife was
solid silver and real expensive. I'm
evened up all 'round-an' somehow
I jest can't care."-Ladles' World.
"What Next?
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
has been dramatized nov and it is
understood that 16 or 17 ambitious
playwrights have designs upon the
dictionary.-Boston Globe.
KEEPING NERVES SOUND
m?.. ?
^SPREAD OF NERVOUS PROSTRATION
1 AND SOME OF THE CAUSES.
A. Dread DIscaao That Seems Especially
[?to Assail I'ersona Who Are Notable and
j Active in All Walks of Life - Pore Air,
[ Itest and Oalet Its Most Potent Antidotes
Nervous prostration is the prevalent
isease of the moment with notable
ersons in all walks of life, declares
e New York Sun. It cannot be
lassed among the fashionable di
eases, for it rarely attacks those of
he leisure class, but doctors, law
ers,. financiers and actors have been
I |he. principal victims this winter, as
well as politicians of more or less re
nown and a statesman or two from
Washington's population.
This exclusiveness in the selection
.of victims was also noted in the grip,
which, when it first made itself known
(n America, chose only the prominent
for its prey. Since then it has become
more general, bestowing itself impar
tially upon rich and poor alike.
,; Physicians rarely giv* bulletins of
their cases of nervous prostration. It
'io frequently heralds serious results
that in many cases lt is deemed wisest
j to call it by some other name. But
the outgoing steamers carry away
jmany prominent persons of all sorts
who are ordered abroad most impera
tively for the ocean trip and to escape
from the routine In any particular
business or profession.
Rest is the invariable prescription
and it rarely fails to effect a cure
when the disease is taken before ar
tificial means have been employed for
the quieting of the affected nerves.
The victims of the complaint are
nearly all those whose brains, eye
sight or nervous systems are called
Spon in their vocations. The excite
ments of the theatre prove to be a
most powerful cause, as the long Hst
of dramatic stars that have collapsed
.during the season now closing shows.
But the old adage that hard work
never kills holds good in this instance.
It ls not hard work, but injudicious
work, irregular hours and loss of sleep,
jack of proper air and exercise that
are really the predisposing causes, as
-well as excessive smoking and drink
ing. A great worry, a bereavement or
a shock, will frequently bring on an
attack of this sort, especially with
women. The increase in open air
sports for women, however, ls largely
driving this complaint out of the femi
nine category. Most of the women pa
tients are from the stage.
; Quiet rest Is the great and universal
cure for neurasthenia, but unhappily
in cases that have been allowed to
advance, quiet is the boon denied the
?sufferer. The nerves refuse to become
calm and no sleep comes to rest the
cI^cT~cr,r. of the brain and nerves so
?''.ni'.iv.;-'. . ..: one to the other.
....! . \ \ the result may
----- r -rns of insanity
*. .." :v ~a ends.
luiTuptu:
nerve are common; the reason Is
weakened; sometimes the mind be
comes permanently unbalanced or the
dreaded locomotor ataxia sets in.
Nervous prostration has no set rule
of approach. It takes Its victims in
various ways often by a complete phy
sical collapse as in the case of actors
who faint on the stage during a per
formance. Suicide is often the sud
' den ^ruination.
""J..- dangora of the disease," said
a ?i?vsician, "lie In the fact that peo
ple go on disregarding the warnings
which they have flashed to them from
the tired-out nervous system. These
warnings are excessive nervousness
and Irritability, these being the first
symptoms and often continuing for
years before any breakdown occurs.
Then there is a general condition of
illness, less of appetite and insomnia,
depression, a tendency to worry over
trifles add to these, more serious
symptoms add themselves as the dis
ease progresses.
"The heart frequently is affected,
the head is* heavy, hot and aching,
then the speech becomes jerky, con
fused and uncertain and the move
ments of the body arc spasmodic and
not controlled by the brain. Eccen
tricity of speech and action ls noted
and violence ii> the next stage of the
corni laint. Then the patient who has
resisted all the appeals of his physi
cian to rest from his work is con
demned to a sanitarium where en
forced Idleness is necessary for weeks
and sometimes for months.
''Open air exercise ls a great pr?
ventive of nervous sickness. Cold
batos, the plunge and shower and
needle spray should be thc accompani
ments of the morning abolution of
those disposed to nervousness even
slightly. It is never wise to adopt
harsh or sudden methods in this cold
water treatment. If one is accustomed
to warm baths the temperature of the
water should be changed gradually.
An exoellent plan is to fill a large
sponge with cold water and holding
it at the back of the neck, squeeze
it so that the water trickles down the
spine, repeat this several times and
the subsequent shock of cold water
on the rest of the body ls slight.
?Brisk friction with a coarse towel fol
lows.
. "Above all exercise-not with bells
ior pulleys, but in the- open air, with
?deep breathing and plenty of walking
?and running, if possible. Well venti
lated bedrooms are a necessity. Busl
?nes-s men complain that they have no
ilelsure for exercise in the open air,
|but I now have a number of patients
who walk to and from their offices
each day from uptown homes.
. "Cold showers are of the utmost
iheneflt In nerve trouble, correcting the
[conditions In all slight attacks very
jreadlly. In severe cases patients must
_up reading and writing or even
listening to music. Study ls forbidden
to students who develop nerve dis
/ But In these advanced cases It
J??tter for the sufferer to leave the
ity, and a sea voyage is a splendid
{tonic for the nerves. Living in cities
surrounded by tho awful street noises,
khe clang of firebells and those of am
bulances and cable cars and the buzz
ling of automobiles the only wonder is
ith?t the disease is not a scourge,
j "The greatest danger of nervous
.prostration ls that so many sufferers
anxious to avoid giving up their va
rioua pursuits resort to remedies that
produce only an artificial calmness to
the nerves. These are the cases most
difficult to cure."
SIXTY DOLLARS AN HOUR.
Timi's What It Cost Huston, ut the Least,
to Look at Two Ital Holes.
This is a story of a rat and two
holes in the ground. The holes were
very smal holes, just big enough to
let two rats into the cellar of the Old
South Meeting House, and probably
more than big enough to let them,
wiser and leaner rats, out again.
These two holes, with the intermit
tent assistance of the rat, entertained
the good citizens of Boston at the
rate of 2000 an hour for an indefinite
period in the middle of one day re
cently. It is easy enough to reckon.
During the show there were from 30
t,o 35 people standing in choice posi
tions along the Milk and Washington
street railings of the fence about the
tiny yard of the Old South Meeting
House-a constantly changing crowd
that renewed itself every minute.
Now in this crowd were all kinds of
persons, from the office boy at $3 a
week to the broker at $300. Every
one watched his minute before he went
about his business; for some the
monetary loss was only the fraction
of a cent; for others it mounted up in
dollars. A low and conservative esti
mate of the average monetary value
of these people is 20 cents an hour.
Thirty people standing for one minute
are equal to one person standing for
half an hour. But the entertainment
extended over many minutes. An
hour of it for 2000 people was paid
for by Boston employers in $60 worth
of time.
What did this $60 crowd of 2000 per
sons see for its money? Most of the
people saw two holes in the-ground;
some of them the bright, beady eyes
and the whiskered nose of a rat. The
poor fellow was probably trying to get
away to some less hallowed, but more
fruitful surroundings, when the first
observing eye saw him and by looking
collected the audience. He lay low for
many long minutes, so many that the
whole crowd about the fence was in
utter ignorance of what is was watch
ing; but still the crowd hung on, look
ing at the holes, or gazing up at the
sparrows which twittered in 0*w, -*
of their nests in the close iv.,
on the wall. Every time t
looked out one or two saw hi
then everybody devoted his a'
to the holes again. And neltL r
nor holes can have known hov
they were costing the emplo?
over Boston.-Boston Evenlnr
cript.
John Mnlr, tho Mountain Climber.
"John Muir is a fascinating compan
ion. He abounds in fun, and his talk
is apt to become a monologue, as lis
teners grow too. interested even for
comment. He runs on in a. steady,
sparkling stjeamJ??..T't.ty chat, charni
( - i ng reminiscence- -^?amous. men, of j
son in ?lie beautiful flowrfey .'neaaews
cf Yosemite; of tossing in a frail ka
yak on the storm-tossed waters of
Alaskan fiords. By turns he is sc]
tist, mountaineer, story
light-hearted schoolboy.
"Alhambra valley, where^
home of many broad acres,
tiful vale curled down in th!
the Contra Costa hills, sheltered
every wind that blows, and warm?
the heart by the genial California
light. Here he dwells, a slender, griz
zled man, worn looking and appearing
older than he is, for the hard years
among the mountains have told upon
him. Here he has a series of vineyards
that are a delight to look upon. It
was grape time when I saw it last;
acre upon acre of vines stretched out
in every direction, the brilliant red
of flaming Tokays, the golden green
of ripe Muscats, the rich purples oC
Black Hamburgs and Cornichons made
a fine color scheme, amid the rich dark
foliage, while all the air was delicious
with the fragrance of the teeming har
vest.
"It was a fair picture of peace and
plenty, under thc soft, blue September
sky. A stream ran close at hand,
shaded by alders and sycamores and
the sweet-scented wild willow. On thc
bank nearest us stood a solitary blue
crane, surveying us fearlessly. A flock
of quail made themselves heard in the
undergrowth, and low above the vine
yards a shrike flew, uttering his sharp
cry. Noting him, I sa:d to Mr. Muir:
" 'So you don't even kill the butcher
birds?'
"He looked up, following the bird's
flight.
" 'Why, no," he said, 'they are not
my birds.' "-Adeline Knapp, in Ains
lee's.
A Machine Calculator.
Mechanical calculators give promise
of becoming universal means of com
putation in the near future. Already
most of the banks and many corpora
tions utilize them to a greater or less
extent. Recently several government
departments .".t Washington, particu
larly those dealing almost wholly with
computations of ono kind and another,
have taken up these work-saving de
vices. Chief Hitchcock, of the Sec
tion of Foreign Markets, whose de
partment work consists entirely of
statistical tables, reports very favor
ably on their use. After careful inves
tigation he found that two machines
of different tynes used in combination
are most satisfactory. One of these
machines is used exclusively for add
ing and the other for all work in di
vision and multiplication. Practically
the entire task of computing in this
section is now done by mechanical
means. Experience h?.s shown that
the average clerk can do fully three
times as much work with the aid of
one of these machines as without it.
securing at the same time increased
accuracy.
Timber Mines.
A curious source of wealth is report
ed by the French consul at Mengtze,
in upper Tonkin, lt lies in the wood
mines. The wood originally was a
fine forest, which tho earth swallowed
in some cataclysm. Some of the trees
are P. yard In diameter. They lie in a
slanting direction and in sandy soils,
which cover them to a depth of about
eight yards. The wood furnished by
these timber mines is imperishable,
?T?d the Chinese gladly buy it for
coffins.
?The Coijsiilulion 1
I Well Built. I
x? The Nev/ Method of Construction Adds Cf
^ Strength and Saves Weight.
The Constitution, the yacht built for
the defense of the America's Cup by
thc Herreshoff Manufacturing Com
pauy.is probably the lightest construct
CONSTITUTION ON HER TI
ed vessel of her size ever built, and it
is largely on ilie lightness of her con
struction that those interested in the
yacht expect she will make her great
gains. In model there Is very little
difference between her and thc Colum
bia. The slight differences made are
expected to enable her to carry ten
per cent, more canvas than thc cham
pion of 1899, which alone should make
her very much faster than the older
THE CONSTITUTION'S LONGITUD 1
OF MAST ST I
.would otherwise be. Those "who are
interested in the yacht think thereto,
no doubt ot her beating tbejndepend'-r
? rne'e^'aiid uve ?rgue^Bi?tSyjta'Jyii t?t?:
?ya? Constitution, w't.-. j-:--.- ?t*s??Lr toi
??\ e. -will go, through the water X.i ....
r than the. Independence, and every one
concedes that in the hull the Constitu
tion saves tons in weight over the In
dependence. The Scientific American
gives some detailed drawings cf the
construction of the Constitution, and
shows where the great gains in weight
saving are made.
^EW SPORfTROM^^^^^P^Q^ES.
Ax and Saw Contests Are Witnessed by -
Shouting Thousands.
Tasmania may justly claim the credit
of having given the world* a new sport.
In that far-off land, among the men
of brawn and might, whose swinging
axes have felled the towering forests
and converted their. trackless depths
iuto flourishing farm lauds, has arisen
a contest fit for kings; a form of ath
letic exercise calculated to bring the
thrill of delight to all who hav<> an
honest admiration for good red blood
and the display ol' mighty muscle sys
tematically trained to do useful work.
The new sport may be designated ns
"axmanship," and although it is of but
recent origin it has already taken the
premiership over all ether sports.
A HANDICAP CHOPPING
What the bull fighter is to Spain and
Mexico, the cricketer to England, thc
swordsman to France, the hockey
player to Canada, and the football and
baseball hero to the United States thc
THOMAS PETTI TT, WHO WOK THE CHAM
PIONSHIP.
champion axmau has become to tho
brawn loving Australians.
The championship contest or carni
val is held yearly In Ulverstone, Tas
mania, some time during the first two
months of the year, under the auspices
of an organization specially formed for
the purpose, hearing the title of the
"United Australian Axemen's Associa
tion."
The entries to the yearly competition
are not confined to Tasmania, but
come also from Victoria, New South
Wales and New Zealand. Each dis
trict has its champion, and among the
adherents of these various stars there
is the most heated controversy as to
the respective merits of each. For
months before the great contest these
brawny axmen spend all their spare
time practicing, until they develop a
speed and strength that Is little short
of marvelous. This year's carnival is
conceded to have been the most suc
cessful since the yearly meeting was
inaugurated.
In 'the championship chopping con
tests there VTPVP sir trials and the final.
NAL PLAN. SHOWING POSITION
3P AND LEAD.
:
marily.to tc?t * :?.<?'s skMJn felling a
tree, the log, a great" piece o? tough,
wood, six. feet. -fonV "
of theihe.it the t
are. 'j .?.?y AUS all ?? endid. A???
of physical prowess^thick set, deep
chested, iron muscled and bronzed
from exposure.. Each carries his fa
vorite ax, the fullest latitude being al
lowed in the matter of selection. It is
a significant fact that several of the
saws and axes used this year were the
product of American firms. When all
is ready the pistol shot sounds and the
contest is on.
Scarcely less exciting is the sawing
contest. The lbj
as that employed in the cEoJ
test, but the time made is much more
rapid, for thc great & ..' nts through
the wood much more quickly than the
axe can go.
This year for thc first time the ax
men's and sawyers' championships
were won by the same man-Thomas
Pettit; of Sprint, Tasmania. Not only
did he win both events, but he also
broke the record for each.
Little Known About Morocco.
"Nobody knows what the population
of Morocco ie. Estimates place it all
the way from 2,500,000 to 9,400,000,
CONTEST IN FULL SWING.
says a correspondent of the New York
Press. A large part of the country ls
totally unexplored. The French lately
have gone in behind Morocco and ex
tended the boundaries of Algiers, so as
to take in the Tuat region, a chain of
fertile oases through which run the
caravan rotes. The Sultan has expos
tulated and is still expostulating, but
with no effect so far as can be seen.
Morocco is sometimes called the "sick
man of the West," but those best in
formed believe that it is a pretty lively
sick mani.
England Fears Timber Famine.
If it were not for the foreign sup
plies England receives a timber fam
ine would have overtaken the country
long ago, because the home-grown sup
ply has not been able to meet a tithe
of the demand for loug enough, and
that only of inferior kinds of timber,
says a British agricultural journal. If
the foreigu supply of fir alone was to
fall off sensibly now the whole building
trade of the country would come to a
partial standstill and the wagon com?
paules would be next to idle.
The steeple of the Cathedral of Ant
werp, Belgium, is 47G feet in height,
which- makes It the highest church
steeple In the world. . - *r>