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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-23
LABouCHERE ON KIpLING.

In the last but one of his articles MT. Kipling gave us all to understand that we have had a jolly good lesson, and that it served us jolly well right. This valuable discovery had been previous ly made in many quarters, the first an-
 nOuncement dating from the time of the
 battle of Colenso. But enither Mr
 Kipling nor his predecessors in re-
 search has ever succeeded in explain
 ing precisely what this lesson teaches
 though it is evident that until the pu-
 pil knows that, the mere knowledge
 that a lesson has been delivered cannot
 be of the slightest value to anybody.
 The last article of the series is called
 "The Islanders" The Islanders are ap-
 parently the people of Great Britain
 and Ireland The poet abuses them in the most trucuIent fashion. Had I used
 such language about my countrymen, I should have been men on all sides with shouts of Yah, yah pro- Boer!" But it has always been the privilege of true patriots to call their countrymen the ugiest names, and "hannelled fools and "muddied oats" are only examples of poetic license in this direction But apart from mere abuse, what practical message has the poet for the fools and oafs of these islands? Apparently, that they ought all to be trained soldiers and to submit themselves to compulsory service, failing which their is land will inevitably be conquered by some enemy undisclosed, This is a sin gular doctrine to preach to islanders, more particularly to islanders who have always been taught to believe that their empire rests on the sea, and that the first condition of their freedom is that they should rule the waves That the poet, while Illuminating and prophecy ing so energetically should have lost sight of the fact that insularity is an essential condition of an island, seems to me a strong argument against put ting up poets to instruct the public in politics and business.-London Truth.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-23

Book, and in it people in society are
 rated as to their credit. It would give
 some people shock to look through that book, but it is nearly always in the
 keeping of the head of the house and no one besides himself is allowed to re- fer to it.
 When a man, for instance, dressed in the latest fashion and often with expen- sive jewelry on, comes in to look at a diamond pin or some other article and ends up his inspection of it by throwing | down his card and asking that it be sent either to his home or some other address, the salesman, if he doesn't know him, reports to the head of the firm and the Blue Book is consulted. Then if the mans credit is down as N. | C. the article he selected is sent with | instructions to the messenger not to deliver it before he gets the money.
 'It is in this matter of deciding when to be cautious and when not to be that success in the jewelry business lies gen. erally, That, too, is the reason why salesman has to know Mrs. Astorbilt the minute she comes in, to know all about her and her relatives down to the
 
 into a friendly little chat with her
 ''Women I should say do most of the buying. That is, they generally have things sent home for the husbands in- spection instead of coming in with him or bringing him in after they have looked it over themselves. If they are people of recognized position and are so marked in the Blue Book even if they have no account, the most expensive di- amond necklace will be sent home at their request without the matter of ayment even being mentioned.
 When men spend any time in jewell " stores 1t is generally to buy some thing for themselves or for friend out side of the family. But a good many have the jewelry buying habit as badly as some of the women.
 "A lot of people were surprised the other day at the collection of two hun dred and seventy-four scarfpins which MT Thebaud had, which were enume- rated in the list of things stolen by his valet While, of course, it was an un- usual collection a great many men, | judging from their purchases here, have | very nearly as many and some proba- by more if the truth were to be known, 1
 "The number of men is legion who don't wear the same pin twice in a month. We don't have to spend so much time with a male customer He | usually gets enough gossip at home and i does not want to hear any while he is glancing aver scarfpins. All of them do however, like to be recognized with ont having to show cord 1 that reason We have to make a study of their faces as well as those of the women of society. y."-New York Sun.
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himself. Nothing seems to impair his
 zest for life and his determination to get as much out of it as possible. And if this is true of the men it is doubly
 so of the women. The consequence is that, side by side with an electrifying Ego" and swing, there runs through so-
 cial New York curious strain of nai-
 vete, a sort of fundamental artlessness,
 which separates it from London by
 more than the breadth of the Atlantic
 New York is always wanting to
 know" and does not hesitate to ask, if necessary; it revels in the small points
 of life; it Is as free and frank with it's emotions as with it's introductions or it's compliments. It even allows stories to be told as a form of social entertain
 ment. In no city is so much anxious thought spent on the externals of hos pitality, and nowhere are the results so ingenuously striking Allowing for a certain difference in the degree of bar barisnl, Rome in it's decline could alone furnish a parallel to New York's -Four Hundred" The American "aris- tocracy has no equal in Europe for abil- ity to turn the simplest sort of diver sion into function, and every function into ceremony. It Is not of them I write, though their passion for incon- gruous artificialities and the glare in which they live hase infected all strata. An eXasperated Englshman once de- scribed the social atmosphere of Man ha ttan Island as rather fussy," but that was only in comparison with the English way of doing things. The charm of London hospitality is that there is never the slightest strain put upon either host or guest. The Ameri- can hostess, like the French hostess, feels that she must be continually "en- tertaining" her guest; she considers it a reflection on her hospitality if the guest is left a moment alone; she looks upon it as her duty to be continually providing fresh amusements, and Is constantly troubled by doubts as to whether the visitor is really enjoying" himself That is one of the reasons why Americans, after the pampering they get at home, are apt to feel them- selves neglected in London and left out In the cold.-Sydney Brooks in Harper's Magazine.
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| pay it the last respects The Shulchan Aruch commands this. Do We not owe to these divine texts the honors that we
 pay to our dead parents? Is not the
 sacred literature mother who has rocked us, raised us as her children?
 These texts are the word of God pro-
 nounced on Mount Sinai, for the per- formance of which so many illustrious
 men in ancient times gladly sacrified
 their lives, Buried in the cemetery,
 these venerable remains will watch over the dead will come to life again with them. ,The burial of the Genizah has another, more important aim--to draw the Jews to the graveyard, there to suggest to them salutary reflections on the vanity of human things.
 The discourse done, the bags are car- ried into the ark by those called upon to do so. A chazan rises and puts up at auction the opening of the Peroch- eth. Then comes the sale of the bags. Their price varies from ten to twenty francs. Twenty thirty or fifty of them may be sold at once; it depends on who procures this ''mitzVah." At last they
 leave the ark. All those carrying sacks march to pit previously hollowed out for the purpose Then the pit is filled up. Some weeks afterward a stone will be placed there with words "Genizah of the Year 1901." Roustchouk" The cer- is completed by banquet given to the rabbi and all the religious off cers. Will these sacred leaves, inscrib ed with the divine name come to life with the dead? The problem is too full of mystery for me to attempt a solu Comment.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-23

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
 Candy Cathartc, cure constipation forever lNo 1Eo IT q T ~ fHi1 5r'1cr~ietc ~nfird rr,N,,a-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-23
THE SUBMARINE BOAT VERSUS
 THE BATTLESHIP.

There is not the slightest doubt that
 in future farfare on the seas, subma
 rine boats will play a very prominent
 part In the system of naval tactics which has been evolved by hundreds o1 years of sea fighting, these small, in, conspicuous boats will bring abou changes which will be almost revolu tionary. The blockading of ports, as
 practiced under our present system
 will be well-nigl impossible. The i'm
 mensely wealthy sea-coast cities which
 have trembled at rumors of war be-
 cause of the likelihood that an enemy
 would steal up to their doors and de-
 stroy them, may put aside their fears
 A few submarine boats will be able to
 clear any harbor of attacking ships of
 war Against the stealthy and under
 hand, but terrifically destructive as-
 sault of such craft, batrleship can
 have no defense but flight. At Santi- ago, for example, our men-of-war would never have dared to close in around the mouth of the harbor, if the Spaniards had had three or four ves- seIs like the Holland" scurrying about and delivering quick and unforeseen blows from the depths of the ocean. A battleship cannot attack one of these naval sharks, for the very simple req son that it presents no target. Be the lookouts ever so vigilant, they cannot, of course, detect an enemy approach ing beneath the surface to attack from a water ambuscade. No armor plate that has ever been devised Is as eff cient as a score or more feet of water. Ordinary torpedo nets will give no pro- lection against submarine attack; the assailants will be able to dive under these nets, or send through them tor pedo which will tear a hole large enough to enable the boat itself to pass. think it is not putting it too strongly to say that, in a harbor protected by boats, blockading, as prac- ticed under the present system, will be 3 thing of the past. I believe that it will be necessary to devise some type of war vessel to withstand these boats. What type this will be no man can yet say.--Lewis Nixon in the February Success"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-23
TENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
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 and presented very pretty appear ance, There were seventeen tables be- side the guests table. The dinner, served under the personal direction of Mr. Moseley of the New Haven house, was an excellent one complete in every detail. At the conclusion of the ban quet Burton H. Mansfield of this city, toastmaster said that in behalf of the church club of Connecticut he had the honor and pleasure of bidding the del- egates from all parts of the country a very hearty welcome. He said that the Yankees have a reputation of be- ing cold and reserved. but he trusted that by the spirit in which they had been received this idea was dissuaded and that it was thought even though the outward appearance was cold and reserved there was a warm heart be- meath. Old Connecticut one of the oldest dioceses, bids it's younger sisters welcome. We are not ashamed of our churchmanship because it is right and true. A short reference was also made to the recent conference in San Fran cisco.
 The first speaker of the evening was the retiring president of the conference Professor James II. billiard of New Or leans, who spoke on "The Rector That is Always Needed" He said it was a pleasure and privilege to meet in this historical diocese of Connecticut and in this city of Yale university. He said
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-23
QUAINT HEBREW RITE.


How the Burial of Fragments of Old
 Copies of the Law is Celebrated
 In April the Jewish population of Roustchouk celebrated most pictur- esnUe re1ieious ceremony ro71~atrl every ten years-the burial of Genziah that is to say, of the fragments of old copies of the law. A large tent is erected in the cemetery, and several rows of chairs are placed in front of it. A holy ark is built in which will be placed the remains of the sacred writ ings Near this spot, in a sort of mor- tuaTy chamber are placed about two hundred bags holding the abOve-named papers. The public comes in crowds. In the front TOW are seated the religious functionaries.
 The chief rabbi delivered an address in which he recalled the aim, the origin of the ceremony. The moment book. he explained, is out of use we ought to
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-23
WITHOUT MEDICINE.
Good Food Will Cure Disease.

A good natural food that will correct constipation is valuable thing. Grape Nuts has that reputation among those that know.
 A lady writes from San Pedro, Calf, that after suffering a long time from indigestion and irregular bowels she changed her food and used Grape Nuts regularly. She says she immediately began to improve and in short time was entirely well Commenting further she says, "The only fault l find with it is that it is so good | want to eat it all the time.
 Please omit my name but I will answer any letters if stamped envelope is enclosed" Name given by Postum Co.,, Battle Creek, Mich.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-23
NEW YORK AND LONDON SO-
 CIETY

Society in New York reflects more precisely than elsewhere the average man, and it has been said of the Amer ican that if he is never quite young he is certainly never old. To the last he IS elemental, fresh in his enthusiasms, ready to be interested, ready to enjoy
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-23
LECTURE

LECTURE
 Gin CARDINAL NEWMAN by HENRY AUSTIN ADAMS, Convert to Catholicism formerly an Episcopal Clergyman, at the HYPERION. next SUNDAY EVENING, under auspices of Guilds of Catl1lic Churches of New Raven for benefit of the poor sS Gaifney will sing. j23 St
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-23
Made from purest, most I1ealthful ingredients

Alum is used as cheap substitute for cream of tartar in making many baking powders. It isa corrosive acid, condemned by physicians as dangerous to health when taken with the food
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-08-01

III GIANT CACTUS !
Plant Of Mystery That Flourishes on the Par Western Deserts Of America


No one ever saw the giant cactus
on the sandy desert of Africa; the
primeval architects Of the Nile eve
knew this motive for their colossal
dreams. Here alone do these tall
monuments guard the graves Of
worlds, and perhaps this very one
1 gaze on was scarcely begun when
Ramesis was born.
Day and night l question it, by sun
light and moonlight and the unfailing
stars, until gradually the unfamiliar
harmonies of it's sun-searched life
justify themselves to my soul. The
sense of uncanniness, of monstrosity,
passed away; the emotion no longer
appals and rends me, but soothes
with immensities Of restfulness.
To go out on the desert day after
day and meet these cacti is like whis-
pering into the ear of the Sphinx and
listening at her locked lips. So wise
they are, SO old with the age of the
world, SO majestically still in those
c~ataclysmic %solitudes! And to go out
in April and see them suddenly
abloom is as though the lips of the
Sphinx should part and utter solemn
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-08-01

In most Of the cases in which per-
sons are struck by lightning death
would rarely ensue If the proper
treatment were administered" said
an old-time electrician. Take, for
instance the persons who died In
Chicago last week as the result OF
being hit by lightning during a Sc
vere storm. I am firmly convinced
that had some one who knew what
to do been on hand the victims ives
might have been saved.
IF a person has been struck by
lightning the first thing to do is to
go to work to restore consciousness,
as lightning oftener brings about
suspended animation than somatic
death. The condition Of a person
struck by lightning is much the same
as that of q person rescued from
drowning. Try to stimulate respira-
ton and circulation. Do not cease In
the effort to restore animation In
less than an hour, as you value the
life of the sufferer.
THE method used to restore res
piration is immaterial. A good way
is to initiate the motions of respira-
tion by alternately COMPRISING and
expanding the lower ribs. Do this
gently but persistently at the rate
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-08-01

words. A bunch Of white flowers =.
the tip of the obelisk, flowers sprius.
ing white and wonderful out Of thin
dead. gaunt, prickly things not TINT
natures cOnsummate miracle, a syu.
Dol Of resurrection more profound
than the lily of the fields? And IN
April also the lesser cacti are abloom
with gorgeous flaming colors-each
dragon bears a Jewel in It's teeth as
tribute to the fervid sun. And the
p%aloverde puts forth it's delicate.
downy yellow plumage and the sage
brush renews its silver. Even tho
changeless desert must follow tho
changing year, must greet the spring
with renewal Of life, must unfurl it,
banners to the sun. AS II a few drops
Of rain just moisten its crust 1t d
strange how suddenly the sternness
of its mood will change; the entire
face Of the pale earth will become
softly green in a night, gratefully veil.
ing itself close with a silvery LEAKAGE
tiny and tender and delicate: and
masses Of California peoples will
spread out their patches of cloth Of
gOld.-Atlantic.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-08-01

seminary, I remember the Processes
saying of woman's place in tho
church: Women may sing in pray
er meeting and play on the piano OF
organ, and II the meeting is not too
public they may offer up prayer he
forgot to say that they might also
contribute to the preachers salary
Robert Browning asserted that Of
the two it was his wife who had
creative genius. yet to him and moi
to her England accorded the honor
of a burial in Westminster.
Our Bible is not responsible for TINS
ungenerous treatment Of woman. Inc
cause is back of the Bible in the ns'
ture Of man. But there are Scripture
texts in which this egotism OF us
male has entrenched itself.
On the woman question Mazalu
was more orthodox than Paul. ~
told the young men of Italy: 10"
and respect woman. Seek in her ."
merely q comfort but a force, an "
spiration, the redoubling of your "
tellectual and moral faculties. Canes
from your minds every idea OF super
ority over her. You have none wnss
ever."-Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow
Pilgrim.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-08-01
Ito be C~ontinued.)
Vows Recorded In Frames.


In many churches of Provence and
Italy. especially those neal the sea, ex
vote paintings placed on the walls in
accordance with vows made by pill
grims in moments of danger are often
remarkable for their frames. Among
the curiosities may be enumerated
laths formed OF splinters from ships
that have been wrecked; also frames
made Of pieces Of heavy cables, oc-
casionally painted bright hues, but
sometimes left in their primitive gray
color, splashed with tar. Nailed to the
laths surrounding a painting repre-
senting sailors fighting with fierce saw
ages may be seen African or Poly
nesian spears and darts, or swords
made Of hardwood, evidently memen-
toes OF terrific struggles. Sailors or
landsmen who have made vows during
times OF peril at sea-, and who have no
trophies to display, will surround their
paintings with broad bands Of wood
heavily incrusted with shells and sea-
weed, not infreQuently Of rare and ex-
tremely beautiful kinds.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-08-01
Berlin 4 Beautiful CITY.

Berlin. the Beautiful" is the name
bestowed upon the German capital by
the throngs Of visitors who pour
through every summer. Those who
have not visited Berlin on previous
pilgrimages and also those who saw
Berlin a decade ago stand in aston.
ishment before the mighty progress
of the kaiserstadt. To Paris still be.
longs the charm and the gayety which
attracts visitors from all parts Of the
earth, but to Berlin is now awarded
the prize for its artistic aspect. it's
Immediately clean streets, we'll
groomed public squares and its stat.
uary and ornamental bridges, SAYS the
Brooklyn Eagle. Add to this that
Berlin is the acknowledged pivotal
center of political Europe and that
upon the German empire, with it's
vigorous ruler, rests the decision of
peace or war in continental Europe.
and 1t is no wonder that Berlin ia
pressing Paris very closely.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-08-01

A young insurance man received an
introduction to some good people a
few days ago in a manner which he
will not soon forget. The friend who
did the honors was somewhat of a wag,
but was one of those quiet, sober, pol
ished men whom one meets OCCASION
ally. Upon this occasion he was as
grave and dignifed as a church lea
con, and seemingly perfectly sincere.
He said: Il would like to make you
acquainted with Mr.. B.. a rec
ommend him to your good graces, hav-
ing known both him and his family for
years. His father Is one of the best
men ! know, and their family is an
old one There IL only one thing I
might say. Mr.. B. is an insurance man
and I have always insisted that any
n who could tell as good a lie as he
can ought either to be a piano tuner
Or a lightning rod agent."-Cleveland
Leader.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-08-01
Women and the Clergy

II we turn to the condition of VIC.
man in Christendom, we shall find
that her progress has been long i'm
peded by false ideas of her relation to
man, and in defense of these ideas
the Bible has been freely quoted.
The besetting sin Of human nature
is the lust of power. Man Is an ego
fist. 1t takes culture a long time
to refine that away. Man loves to fat
ter himself with the thought of his
superiority. That pride of power is
undoubtedly at the bottom of the
fact that he Is SO reluctant to ac-
knowledge the equality Of the sexes
Pericles thought "a woman's chief
glory was to be known neither for
good nor evil" Socrates thanked the
gods that he vas "a man, not a
BRUTE and that he was male. not
female Erasmus prayed that all
people might come to read the Bible.
even women and Turks"
Yet we are becoming civilized.
though slowly. Even now, in some
parts of this republic, ONE enioy
full voting privilege with men: vet
1T was only a century ago that France
~gulllotined a woman tor daring to
assert woman's right to the ballot. II
was only twenty-five years ago that
we in America began to think women
worth educating.
AS q student In the theological
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-08-01
POSTMASTER WAS TOO HONEST.
overlooked a Bel That Would Have
Increased His Paw.

Increased His Pay.
Il noticed" said an old resident Of
Chicago, 1.-The recent story of the Me-
braska postmaster who bought goods
and stocks and land with stamps tn
such an extent that his office went
into another classification and his
salary was raised several hundred
dollars q year.
THAT. reminds me Of another post.
master out in Missouri who didn't
know half as much, and who, without
any increase in salary, had to buv
drinks for half the town just after he
failed to rise to an occasion.
1T was under the first Cleveland
administration. The postofice had
been in the fourth class all it's life
n as there had never been any nuh.
Tic stir about putting it into aay other
class the new postmaster sat down
on his Job and sold stamps at current
rates, making the usual settlement.
n thankful for small favors.
But In the third year Of his inc,,m.
Dency OF the Office things took .
squirt, and when it came to a Anal s.t-
uemen for the year the reca,nts
moved that the fourth-class ono.