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trustfully, and John felt like fraud. AL
though his accents did not even family
typify the condition of his stomach, he could
not deny that the voice was assumed. He
began to doubt whether he wasn't feigning
sickness after all, and he allowed Mr.. Jewks
to persuade him to go back to work.
But as he was returning to his post, he
tainted away at the head of q flight of stairs,
and fell down to the sidewalk, where he re-
gained his senses and took car up town.
He was fortunate enough to secure seat,
though it was the last one left vacant. Two
blocks farther up the street powerfully built
woman boarded the car. She ran her eve
rapidly over the occupants of the seats, and
all the men Immediately buried themselves
behind their evening newspapers, except
John, who didn't have any. The member of
the weaker sex strobe up to John and
planted herself firmly in front of him.
Forced to Give Up His Seat.
Now, John wasIa courteous man who had
scruples about allowing a lady to stand, but
on this occasion he felt that his illness was
q sufficient excuse, and he tried to make
her aware of it. He coughed feebly and
put his hand upon his heart. Then he
passed it across his throbbing temples and
sighed. But the woman shifted disdainfully,
and intimated plainly that she was not to
be fooled bv such a thin pretense. She
gazed at John with sad but patient eye,
just as turkey brzzard sits on dead limb
watching a sick COW in remote corner of
the pasture John shuddered. Her cold
and calIous eye was killing him. He gave
her his seat rather than bequeath it 10 her;
and, at the next corner, got off the car, and
called on his family physician, who lived on
that street.
"Ah, john" said the doctor, heartily,
"glad to see you looking so WELL"
doctor, I'm SICK" said John.
Nonsense, old fellow" cried the merry
son of EscuIapius (who attended Johns
family for stated sum per Year,, you're
little down in the mouth, that's all; cheer
up. You'll feel all right tomorrow. Never
saw YOU looking better. Stomach feeling
bad? Get Mrs. Smith to put teaspoonful
of soda in a cup of warm water. That's all
you need. People take too much medicine
nowadays"
And So John Smith Died
John got out on the sidewalk somehow,
and tried to feel encouraged; but at the cor
ner he felt so much worse that he asked
policeman for an ambulance.
"Who's hurted, moo. dunno?" inquired
Policeman Mahatfy, as he pulled the call.
ats me-" said John family, ''I'm sick"
10 on Wld yeZ, We rapscalllon, cried
Mahaffy, waving his club. "Did ye tink it
was funny maxim me pull de call for moth
in?"
John sat down on thu curbstone, put his
head against lamp post, and died. Half
an hour later the ambulance arrived.
''Simple drunk" said the surgeon.
"Know where ne lives?"
yep" said Mahaffv.
'Well, take him home in a wheelbarrow;
he'll be all right tomorrow.
Shortly after 8 o'clock that evening Un-
dertaker O'Gool, who was friend of the
Smiths, finished his work and looked up
with professional pride at the weeping
widow.
Mrs. Smith, said he, stroking the chin
of the deceased. sI never saw John looking
better in my life."
HOWARD FIELDING
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The Bookmaker, of England.

Colonel Frank Burr-The English bookmaker
Is quite a different article from his American
brother. The English bookmakers handle no
money. but do business on their regulations tor
honesty and gentiliry. They have a book where
the balances are carried forward just like the
balances of banking business and settlements
are made with the customers every Monday at
IL o'clock. They do not call those who deal
with them customers, but call them clients the
same as lawyer terms his customers. When
men make bets with them they simply enter it
in the book and run with their clients an open
account which is closed, as l said, every Mon
day. No money enters into the transaction eX-
cept settlement day. If these settlements
are not promptly met on both sides neither the
client nor the bookmaker would ever be trusted
again. 1t would ruin them on the English
turf. Another difference between the Amer1-
can and English booknakers is that the latter
never back horses. 1t is point of honor
with the English bookmaker not to be involy ed
in the manifold questions which arise between
the betting men and the racing authorities.
They are swell lot of men and have club
next to 1rving's theater called the Victoria. A
geod many of them drive some of the swellest
turnouts to be seen in London. They affect
very lordly airs and are. for the most part. a
hign grade Of gentlemen considering the busi-
ness in which they are employed.
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SMITHS SAD STORY.
he Was a Very Sick Man, but Couldn't
Make Anybody Believe 1t.
EVERYONE SAID HE LOOKED WE'LL.
No Escape From Eating Breakfast and Had
to Work Till He Painted
DOCTOR AND DRUGGIST HOOKED HIN
WRITTEN FOR THE D1sPArcH.I


The story of John Smith touches a sympa-
thetic cord in my soul. Doubtless if John
himself had told it to me should have lis
tened with wall-eyed Indifference, and at the
close should have said few words about
nv own narrowing tough luck before wish
Ing the gentleman an empty good day. I
should have said that had been all through
it myself; that I had deserved it much less
than he; that had borne it m uch better,
and that if be didn't leave off being sorry
for himself and begin to be sorry for me, he
must indeed be soulless clod.
But now th at John is dead, and there is no
prospect of a monument, or relief fund, I
can see where his story treads upon the sore
toe of our common experience. and can pity
him. The facts, in brief, shall relate in
calm, dispassionate tone, as follows:
John Smith, sober and industrious citi-
zen, awoks one morning feeling as if he had
been drunk four weeks. As matter of
fact, he had never tasted the intoxicating
cup. 1t was somebody else who had had the
spree, and who, on that morning, though
some hours later, doubtless awoke feeling
very we'll indeed.
But John Smith could have sworn that
his brains were stewed glue, while his blood
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Mem ory Is a Matter of Nature.

Mr.. Sydney Woollett poetical recitals-It re-
quires no special effort of the memory on my
part to remember the various poems which 1
recite before the public. I could. upon mo-
ment's notice. without reference to the book,
recite any poem in my extensive repertoire
Memory is largely a matter of nature as well as
training. There is q sort of mental photog-
raphy; that is to say, the lines are taken in neg
atIve on the brain and can be reproduced with
out difficulty and under any circumstances
The difference between natural memory and an
acquired memory will be illustrated by the re-
markable cases of children being able to repeat
any stuff that is read to them, without under
standing what it means, and the memory of
men like the late John NJ cCullough, who almost
Immediately forgot the lines OF the play he had
just acted. 1t was necessary for him to read
over any play to refamiliar1ze himself with the
lines. A good many actors and actresses have
the same difficulty and require considerable re-
hearsal to keep them up in their parts.
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Hard Work Is a Disease.

Frank B. Carpenter, The DIsPAr Oh corre-
spondent-Hard work is disease, think. It
Is som ething like the love of drink. the slav-
cry of tobacco or opium. 1t becomes ingrained
in a man naturally, if he don't have it to start
out with. There are men In New York worth
millions VINO work harder than anv man who
tolls at one of their desks at a small salary. Jay
Gould probably puts in more hours of labor
every day than any laborer on the streets of
New York. 1t is more exhausting labor. too.
1t is a labor wholly unnecessary from his finan-
cial circumstances. But sucn men would be
unhappy if they were not at work. 1t is labor
of loye-a love of money. They never could
get enough money. If men like Gould had
$500. 000.0 900. they would work much harder to
make it s1,OO0, 0OO. 900, if possible. There are
other laborers of this Kind who work not so
much for money as for the mere pleasure of
work. They get to be like an old topper who isn't
thirsty, but simply drinks because be likes to
drink. 1t is disease, and ought to be consId
cred as such because that is the only philosoph.
ical explanation of the apparent phenomena. 1
have seen newspaper men stricken with this dis
ease, and as hard and hopelessy as any other
class of mon. They are diggers and delivers,
with never any let up, whether it be at an edi-
toriai desk or any literary labor, until they
actually drop dead from exhaustion.
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Purchasing Millinery Goods.

A Pennsylvania Milliner-The out-of-toun
milliner comes to New York twice a year,
spring and fall. The spring buying begins IN
February and lasts till the latter part of March.
The fall buying begins in August and ends late
in September. The purchasing is usually done
by women directly, Or under womans super
vision. Women are usually close buyers. They
start in systematically, say at ribbons, going
from the top OF a wholesale house down,
through flowers feathers, stuff by the yard
pins, ornaments. hats, Grape, patterns. etc.
They buy general styles of pattern hats. paying
from SIS to $50 each. This is for the style. This
buying takes about e week. While IL is going
on the purchasing milliner makes her head
quarters at a wholesalers and is treated with
much consideration. II she is of lively dis
position q clerk will take her to the theaters
and make it pleasant tor her at the expense of
the house. Prices are higher this season, the
increased tariff on foreign goods being from 10
to Is per cent. When the middlemen get their
advantage out of this it makes good bonnet
cost from s2 to 90 more than it did last season.
CHARLES T. MURRAY.
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The BOys, Eirst CircuL

Charles E. Coon-No man ever forgets the
impression his first circus made upon him when
a boy. Nor does he get quite 30 old as to de-
spise the smell of the sawdust, or cease longer
to take pleasure in the entertainment of the
ring. About one of the earliest recollections
you can go back to is usually your first circus;
perhaps the elephant has our earliest men,
ores. l never see an elephant now without
thinking of the first elephant 1 saw when a
child. 1 can date nothing back of that ele-
phant Nor can 1 date back IN my younger davs
farther than the first circus-one of those old
fashioned kind that had one ring and one
clown-that broke SO glorlously upon my Doyish
vision. When see man who says he don't
care anything about circus l think there is
something wrong with him. Yet the circus to-
day is widely different to that we first saw as
one thing of the same kind could be from an
other Still the aroma of the ring and the ami
NAL cages is about the same to our nostrils. 1t
recalls the happy days of our youth, and il it
gives no other pleasure now. even that is
sufficient to induce our annual attendance upon
the circus.
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the advisability Of sea bathing as usually
practiced. The use of a bathing dress L
think injurious, because when thoroughly
wet its colo, damp folds cling to the wearer
and thus prevent that necessary reaction OF
which have spoken and which is so essen
tial to the heaithfulness of bathing. 1 am
told ;hat in parts OF the British West Indies
in Kingston, Jamaica, especially-ses
baths are so prepared that bathing dress
may be dispensed with. This is done by
building small enclosures out into the sea
on the principle of miniature natstoriums.
Each is supplied with small dressing
rooms, and one may there disrobe and make
the acquaintance OF old Neptune in COM
plete seclusion and in a complete state of
nature l think this the only true way to
extract the fullest possible benefit from sea
bathing
think gymnastic and athletic exercises
have largely assisted me to grow old health
fully and vigorously. In nv boyhood,
early manhood, and even in my old age I
have engaged in these pastimes. 1 have
always been careful 10 avoid violent exercise
and all excessive effort. / early made it
rule never to attempt any feat of strength or
agility thatI did rot believe to be far within
the limits of nv powers. Unless 1 firmly
believed myself capable of easily perform
ing something twice as difficult as the feat
in question 1 never attempted it. The
general observance of this rule would pre-
vent anyone from ever being injured by
athletic exercises. 1t is because they at
tempt feats which greatly overtask their
strength that so many very strong men die
early. Another circumstance which think
has greatly helped me to grow old is the
power I have always had Of completely
banishIng from my mind at will all the
cares and troubles of life. Thus no matter
how great the affairs weighing upon me 1
have always been able to sleep souudly and
peacefully. Won BISMARCK.
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An ex-A mercan Minister-The term Amer
lean to US is very simple thing. 1t means a
citizen Of the United States Abroad, however,
that is quite a limited sense, and one which IS
rarely used except by citizens of this country.
If you speak of an American in Paris and Lon
don and in American society. of course. it is
us ually taken that you mean citizen of the
U nited States. But outside of this circle OF
our travelling people the term embraces
Canadian. Mexican, Central American and
South American. To merely say that you are
an American is about as indefinite in most of
the countries of Europe as it could we'll be.
NJ ore So in fact, than in any other nationality
that can be named. An american" is not, in
fact, q nationality, because it embraces a citi-
zen of several nations This is calculated to
take the conceit out of us upon our first ex-
perience abroad. 1t is a good deal like ones
experience in lower Italy. the most Travelled
parts of Switzerland and Germany, where an
American is simply "Anglais:" that is. consid-
cred indiscriminately with the Englishmen.
The chances are if we attempt to reduce our
nationality to a more definite basis the for
eigner will scarcely understand the difference
between the Central American, South Amer
lean, Canadian anG the citizen OF the United
States.
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of dress for women, but do not for mo-
ment think of ever trying to introduce it.
It will come into vogue in the natural evo-
luton of things, nd its Introduction and
adoption cannot be hastened. If the ideas
of dress reform L have advocated, and which
have attained certain degree of popularity,
are continued, as they certainly will be, in
the course of time the dress that have sug-
gested to you will be adopted. 1t is the
most artistic dress that it is possible to
make. just see how the proportion between
the upper and lower parts Of the body is
brought out, and how graceful and we'll
built every woman would look in such a
dress. They could take just as much e1er-
else as men do without finding themselves
hampered by heavy clothes. The reason
that I do not favor the adoption of the
bloomer costume, which is horrid-looking
thing, although it may be comfortable, or
mems clothes, such as DIR. Mary Walker
wears, is that I am enough of a woman to
cling to disting uishing feature In the dress
of the sexes"
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Friendships Of the Soldiers.

Colonel w. A. Hayward, e1-Confederate-
There never was any trouble between the ex-
Confederate and the e1-Federal soldier from
the moment the troops fraternized at Appo-
mattox. The universal testimony of men who
fought in the Confederate Army is that no
friendship is SO easily cultivated and SO tena-
ciously retained as the friendship of ex-soldiers
of the late war. About the warmeft friends l
have in the world to-day are men who not only
fought on the side of the Union. but were
placed directly opposite me in various engage
ments in which participated. have found it
to be the case in numerous other instances.
There is a sort Of charm comradeship between
friends who we're once enemies that never
exists as between friends who have never fallen
out There is very large streak of human
nature in this. and that is the only way l can
account for it. Every man knows that during
his boyhood days the best friend he had was
the boy who licked him or got licked by him. l
suppose it is because men of tried and known
bravery have greater respect for each other
than those whose courage has never been put
to the test
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Sarah Bernhardt's Magnetism.

John B. Schoffel, Henry Abbey Company-
The Bernhardt season in America has been .
remarkable success-I might say almost phen-
omenaI. considering all the circumstances. The
power of this actress to draw IS apparently
measured only by the capacity of the houses in
which she plays. When we remember that not
one in ten in these audiences understand the
language IN which she plays her talents as an
actress can be appreciated. There is some
thing magnetic about her with which language
has nothing to do in her portrayal of the human
passions. Her Boston engagement was per-
feet ovation. She took there even better than
here in New York. We had actually to turn
people away. No matter what is charged for
seats the houses are filled to suffocation. Her
present tour is one of the greatest triumphs Of
her life OF course it is a corresponding sue
cess for her managers
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TEE FATHER OF SHIP CANALS
Observance of Natures Laws Preserved
Ferdinand de Lesseps.

Observance of Natures Laws Preserved
Ferdinand de Lesseps.
Ferdinand de Lesseps, father of the Suez
and Panama canals. writes thus:
/ was born in Versailles in 1905 Nv
father, Jean Baptis.e Barthelezni, Baron de
Lesseps, was wise and judicious man, who
devo ed himself assiduously TO both my
mental and physical education, leaving
nothing undone to endnw me with mems
sana in corpore sano-that sound mind in a
sound body which is the most valuable her.
itage from parent to his child. While my
mind was being cultivated my body was
being judiciously exercised. l was re-
strained from overtaxing myself either men
tally or physically.
The example OF proper care of my mind
and body thus set me by my father has been
constantly before me, and have regulated
nv Il = in accordance with it. have al
WAYS observed regularity and temperance in
all my habits. Though was but 20 years
Of age when l entered the diplomatic serv-
ice, being appointed attache 10 the French
Consulate at Lisbon, l was careful to avoid
the sxcesses with which yoRng men in such
positions are sometimes betrayed.
In my oath wear l was made attacne to
the Consul General at Tunis, ana during
ny residence there, was especially careful
70 avoid everything that could possibly
bring upon me the i'll effects OF the climate,
as 1 also was while Consul at Alexandra,
in Egypt, TO which post was appointed in
1881, and when exposed to the sudden and
severe change from the Egyptian to the
Dutch climate Oil being made Consul at
Rotterdam, in my 35th year.
Probably few men have been more ex-
posed to climatic changes, which physicians
tell US are especially trying to the system.
From Rotterdam l was transferred to the
Consulate at Barcelona, and from there to
Alexandria, only TO be soon retransferred to
Barcelona. Then l was Minister at Madrid,
and after the revolution of 1S4S l repre-
sented the French Republic at Rome. The
excellent health ana physical vigor l en-
joved in all these varying climates-some of
them very trying to anyone not to the man
ner born-I attribute 10 the temperance and
regularity OF Ilv habits, and to the observ-
Ruce Of all the precautions and regimen of
the natives Of the country in which 1 was
living.
When the construction Of the Suez Canal
called me again to Egypt, was still mind
iul OF ;hese things, and l did not forget
them when, later in lite, the Panama Canal
claimed nv attention.
1t is to regularity and temperance in all
things and TO a careful observance of
natures laws that I attribute my happy and
vigorous old age.
FERDINAND DE LEsSEPs.
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made him stub his toe and fall over fragile
and valuable objects with his arms full of
things which rolled into obscure corners
whence only painful search could discover
them.
At noon John was feeling much worse, 50
he crawled across the street to drug store
and asked for something that would resur-
rect the dead.
Cold Comfort From the Druggist.
"Here is our own preparation" said the
druggist, sit is superior to anything else in
the market"
He handed John a bottle of water with
beautiful green LABEL
"What do you think Is the matter with
me?" asked John.
"a trIfing gover-indulgence In bad whisky,
nothing more" replied the genial druggist.
You'll be all right tomorrow; but for a
few DAYS wouldn't drink anything before
10 o'clock in the morning, and then only
the pure article such AZ we sell in our back
room. Have you seen our back room7
Never drink? Ah. We sell alcoholic pre-
parations only on prescriptions. The re-
storer will be s. 75. Thank you
At o'clock John was SO much worse
that he felt obliged to tell M. Jewks about
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ALL SORTS OF TALK.
Short and Entertaining Interviews
About Men and Things.
HARD WORKING is A DISEASE,
Bookmakers Of England Differ From Their
American Brothers.
A TEXAS TALE OF TON ocHILTREE

fCoRRksPoNDKNcE OF THE DIsPArcH.I
NEW YORK, April 4-Durlng the week I
was fortunate in having talks with people
who had something interesting to tell. Be-
low will be found some of the best of the
interviews:
No Good Hotels in Dixie.
George NJ. Rye, Texas-I have travelled pretty
extensively in following race meetings, and
have had a great deal of hotel experience.
There are not as many good hotels in the South
to-day as I have fingers on my right and. 1t
has always been a mystery to me why hotel
proprietors and owners in the South did not
make some effort to keep up with the times
1t is a fact. however, that they don't, and that
about the very worst living that man can get
on top of the globe is handed out to him in
these Southern otels. am Southern man
myself. and have lived a great deal in the
South, and it is not therefore a prejudice.
love good living, and am able and willing to
pay for1t. They may pay as much for their
food in some places as is paid in Northern local
ities. but the cookery is bad. There is scarcely
decent cook anywhere. 1t is only when a
man goes outside of a hotel in a place like
New Orleans, and gets acquainted with the
will. in a short time, learn customers taste
and mako an effort to crafty it and he gets
satisfaction. The South IS still under subjec-
tion to the frying pan. There are a few noted
Improvements in the watering place cities
along the Atlantic coast, but outside of these
there is scarcely a decent hotel south of the
Mason and Dixon line.