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we feel that we amount ..RIH
and doi.bt whether, after all, life
worth while, there Is always dang«P
of-playing the coward; of doing some
thing that we shall be ashamed of
later. It Is better never to take an
Important step or make a radical
change when discouraged.
When everything seems dark ahead
and you cannot see another step,
then say to yourself: “I guess It Is
up to me now to play the part of a
man,” grit your teeth and push on,
knowing that the gloomy condition
will pass; that no matter how black
or threatening the clouds, there Is a
sun behind them which will ultimate
ly burst through. You ’will be sur
prised to find what power and cour
age are developed by this holding on
as best you can.
After becoming better acquainted
with the mighty re-.erve which is in
you, you will learn that you can de
pend upon It; that it will come to
yoxft- rescue in your hour of need.
I have known young men to play
the coward to such an extent as to
cancel engagements to speak on im
portant occasions, just because they
were filled with terror at the very
thought of appearing before an audi
ence. Their timidity, their fear oi
liui- vv:o piupci ij,
made such cowards of them that they
Invented all sorts of excuses for shirk
ing the responsibility.
Many people are frightened out oi
taking responsibilities which they
know perfectly well they would be
capable of fulfilling, and which would
be of untold benefit to them if car
ried out. They haven’t the courage
to measure up to their opportunities.
Now, when tempted to play the
coward, get by yourself and give
yourself a good talking to. Think
how cowardly it would ba to run away
from your responsibility or opportun
lty. Just say to yourself that you are
made of better stuff; that you are go
ing to do the thing that you agreed
to do, no matter how hard or dis
agreable it may be.—Success Maga
zlne.
EVIL SPIRITS IN WIRES
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How Bolivian Indians Were Inducec
to Stop Interfering With. Tele
phone and Electric Light.
The modern marvels of electricity
have not been appreciated by the
South American Indians. A telephone
line had been laid between La Paz,
Bolivia, and Lake Titicaca, 45 miles
away, but the Indians got the idea
that the much-sounding talk of the
white man that could be heard thus
far would disturb the long sleep of
their ancestors, so they stole the
wire and used the poles as firewood.
When the line was rebuilt, the In
dians repeated the operation until the
line was abandoned. Next they
turned their attention to the electric
light plant. After the plant had been
In operation a few nights there was
m eclipse of the moon, and the In
dians, believing that the electric light
was swallowing the moon, moved upon
the plant to destroy ii. The troops
had to be called out to save the
plant, but, as troops could not be
employed permanently, the American
engineer devised another plan. He
selected three representative chiefs,
took them to the power house and
shocked them slightly, and then took
them along the line and gave them
some rousing shocks. The Indians
went home and reported that the
wire was controlled by evil spirits,
and that it was useless to contend
with an enemy that could twist them
into kinks when miles away. Since
then there has been no further
trouble.
Tenants Like (tome Clerks.
“Of course," said the flat owner, “11
all tenants were as careful of a rent
ed house as they would be of their
own, the cost of upkeep would be less
and rents would be less, but many
tenants never think that far. They
say:
“‘What’s the use? Why should w«
break our backs looking after this
stuff? Why shouldn’t we wear It out
and get more? It Isn’t on us; lt*s
on the landlord.’
‘They’re like some men who work
for the government and dawdle along
on their Jobs, give only half a day’s
work for one because they think the
government’s got plenty of money.
They never stop to think that every
dollar the government spends has tc
be raised from somewhere; that they
themselves are taxed with the rest tc
pay their share of It"—New York
Sun.
Tolstoy'S Intensity.
We quoted the other day an Inter
esting description of the count by aD
eminent Russian writer. Everything
n Tolstoy’s character, he said, attains j
ntanic proportions. “As a drinker ;
le absorbed fantastic quantities of
iquor. As a gambler he terrified his :
partners by*the boldness of his play, j
Vs a soldier he advanced gayly to has- !
;ion four, the bastion of death, at j
Sebastopol, and there he made dying
nen laugh at his witty sayings. H<i j
surpassed everyone by his prodigious :
ictivity in sport as well as in liter* 1
ure.”—London Times.
seen a sapling as big as a» il|k of cat
o’-nine-talls. Eatlnct volcanos sur
rounded us on every side. Dust storms
swept down from their scarred sides.
Distant gleams of glittering ice from
the glaciers dazzled us when the sun
shone upon them.
“But here, In a land where there Is
almost no fuel, and where few crops
besides hay and turnips can be raised,
In the land of the midnight sun In
summer and the midday moon In win
ter, I found books and cheerful con
versation, an outlook on life, and a
knowledge of current events which I
have not always found in populous
cities.
“There are no schools, to be sure,
hutside of Reykjavik and one or two
other small towns, for children cannot
walk ten miles each way to a school
house, and even such a schoolhouse
would accommodate but two or three
families. But the itinerant peda
gogue goes about from house to house,
carrying his store of learning with
him, and leaving behind much intel
lectual stimulus .nd a desire to know
what is going on beyond the bounds of
use loiauu.
“They were great chess players in
the lonely farmhouse where we staye'1
and they were keen to play with us
Although my companion considered
himself a fair chess player he was ig
nominiously beaten by the angular
ladv of the household. They had a,
Bible too and an Icelandic hymn book.
We went away from our short visit to
the lonely farmhouse of the Sog with
the impression that the home life in
the typical farms of Iceland might
well be envied by dwellers in more
favored climes.”
POPE’S HEAVY MAIL BAG
His Holiness Gets Greater Number or
Missives Than Any King or
Executive.
If one were asked to speculate as to
the sovereign whose daily mail bag
was the greatest one would hazard
the kaiser. But no. Then most will
say it ought to be. On on unim
peachable authority of a Paris con
temporary we learn that the pope is
the recipient of the greatest number
of missives.
The mail of his holiness consists
•n the average of 23,000 letters, news
papers, etc. To go through this mass
85 secretaries are kept employed.
The president of the United States
receives nearly 1,000 letters daily and
about 4,000 journals and books.
The kaiser’s mail consists of 4,000
letters and frequently the same num
ber of books and papers. Our king,
we learn, Is favored with 1,000 letters
a day and over 2,000 newspapers and
books.
The czar is not overworked in this
respect for a sovereign, his majesty’s
mail being given at 650 letters, etc.,
per day. The kings of Italy and
Spain have to deal with about 200
letters each.
Queen Wilhelxnina is still more fa
vored with 150 letters, etc. But Pres
ident Fallieres is still more fortunate,
for we are told that he receives feu
letters and hardly any papers.—Lon
don Globe.
Badge of Servitude.
Would-be artlstocrats In America
who are wont to decorate the hats of
their coachmen with cockades are
probably ignorant of the fact that from
a European standpoint the cockade is
only used to show that the wearer is a
servant of royalty. Across the water
the cockade can be legally worn only
by servants of royalty, including naval
and military officers, diplomatists, lieu
tenants, deputy lieutenants and high
sheriffs of counties. As worn by these,
the color is black. The black cockade
was Introduced in England by the
house of Hanover, although previous
thereto it haa been worn in various
colors. A Tnarlet cockade was in
vogue during the time of Charles I
His son adopted white, the badge of
the Jacobites, while orange was tha
color of William of Orange. Orange'
remains the color in the Netherlands.
Black and white is the color in Ger
many, black and yellow In Australia,
tricolor in France, scarlet in Spain,
blue and white in Portugal—that Is
before the revolution—and black, red
and yellow in Belgium. The word
"cockade” comes from the French “co
csrde,” originally applied to the feath
et's of the ceck worn by Croatian sol
diers serving in the French army.
Chinese Will Take Part.
Dresden is planning for an exposi
tion devoted to the cause of hygiene,
sports and their allied Interests. Ac
cording to advance information this
exposition, which hitherto has not
been very much talked about, is likely
to surprise by its perfection of detail
and architectural beauty—as might be !
expected of Dresden.
That the exposition will be world 1
wide In its scope is evinced by the
fact that the executive committee has
just received plans from the Chinese
for the erection of an imposing Chi
nese section. It is proposed to erect
a large hall for this purpose, and an
imposing pagoda will be erected as a
demonstratio . of Chinese architec
tural development.
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