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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-28
DIR. 5. WEIR MITCH ELL IN HIS STUDY.

Graduating from Jefferson N4z,..csI
college in 1850, DR.. Mitchell Immediate
ly began the practice of medicine. He
served a surgeon in the civil war and
as long ago as 1860 presented the world
with a careful study of poisonous aka
loids. The science of poisons seems to
have fascinated him, and he became an
authority not only on toxicology, but in
herpetology, or serpent study with di-
rect reference to the venom of rattle
snakes. AS a herpetologist, then. he
may be said to have laid the founda-
ton for his wonderful career as an an
alyst, toxicologist, naturalist, thera-
peutist, especially as a neurologist and
finally as a poet and novelist. His ca
reer. in fact, is an illustration of what
may be accomplished in a life of aver
age length devoted to study and inves-
tigatiOn. It shows also that what at
first may be taken up as an avocation,
a side employment or recreation. may
eventually become the dominant factor
in ones life.
Starting out as an authority on poi
sons, and particularly on poisonous ser
penis, DR.. Mitchell pursued his investi-
cations along what may be called the
lines of least resistance and finally be-
came an authority on nervous diseases.
There may seem to be no connection be-
tween the two, but the transition came
naturally enough. At all events Dr.
Mitchell is famous as the greatest neu-
rologist of the country probably of the
world, and his celebrated rest cure
for nervous people would alone have
made him famous.
IN this connection, as showing how
literally the -medfcos'' do not follow
the injunction Physician. heal thy
self" may be cited his experience with
a French specialist in nervous diseases
whom he went to consult when in Paris
Learning that DR.. Mitchell came from
Philadelphia, the specialist-Dr. Chicot
expressed astonishment that a man
afflicted with a nervous trouble should
go outside that city for treatment
why he said, you have a physician
there better qualified to handle your
case than I am, and if you like 1 will
give you letter to him. You should
consult him Immediately on returning
home He is DR.. S. Weir Mitchell, the
famous neurologist.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-28
Dr. S, Weir Mitchell Herpeto1ogist, Neurologist,
Toxicologist Student Of Character,
Sept1agenarian Novelist

the stage the following year. His poem
THE Masque" was dramatized twelve
years ago and under the name of THE
Miser'' was performed by Wilson Bar
rett.
In the preparation of his novels Dr.
Mitchell has exercised the same care as
in the preliminary work of his scientific
articles. and his pictures of the times
depicted are said to be faithful in every
respect AS to his genius there In no
question, but whether he will rank with
the greatest of writers is still open. He
is described personally as a tall man,
muscular-even athletic-with a colos-
sal head and most impressive face. He
believes in outdoor life and is a lover
of nature, like most long lived men. A
native of Philadelphia his address has
always been a certain fine old house in
Walnut street, where he has a beauti-
full home and a well stocked library. He
and his family spend their summers on
the coast of Maine where in the. morn
ing hours of summer most of the au-
thor's literary work is done. 1t is said
that, though ne may have been many
years collecting and collating the mate
rial for his novel Hugh Wynne." he
was less than two months putting the
story in shape for publication.
Dr. Mitchell is still hard at work writ
ing short stories and books, one of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-28

South Congregational Unitarian church
of Boston and continued it's active pas
tor for forty-three years. He resigned
in 1899 and is now its pastor emeritus.
Under him that church became such
center of religious and social activity as
to attract the worlds attention. 1t need
not be more than mentioned that his
people-and their name indeed is legion
are attached to the good doctor by the
tenderest of ties, and they believe that
there is no other like him in the uni
verse. AS a religious influence perhaps
DR.. Hale's preaching has been less APP
parent than his example, than his liter
airy and social work; but personally he
is the incarnation of faith in good
works. He is no dOctrinaire who would
split hairs upon the edge of dogmatic
controversy. and ten to one he is more
likely to dodge q request for his CON
fession of faith" than to comply with
it; but he is living exemplar of some
qualities which many who are more
pronounced in their creeds do not pos
sess, or, if they possess, do not ex-
hibit. 1t is the most significant token
of DR.. Hale's catholicity and extreme
liberality that men and women of all
creeds unite today to do him honor
The keynote of his noble character
seems 70 DC ~ tilpdlHy. POSSESSING nu-
NOR in an infinite degree, DR.. Hale yet
feels keenly the sufferings of humanity
and, like all true humorists, is pene-
trated to the core by the pathos of mere
existence. This is shown by the look of
inexpressible sadness in his large,
dreamy eyes. with their gaze seemingly
interpretive and self searching. AS to
his personal appearance. he is. tall and
angular. in build something on the Abe
Lincoln plan, with long, loose limbs,
figure clad in garments that do not al
ways fit and a head crowned when out
doors by broad brimmed felt hat He
has the same supreme contempt for
clothes apparently as was held by the
great Carlyle and is Just as peculiar as
TO his preferences: but, what is more
important. he has a massive head filled
with an exceedingly fine quality of
brain beneath that old SLOUGH hat, and
while *Tummas' Carlyle was a testy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-28
HAD EASY HOURS.

Sir John Adye, formerly governor of
Gibraltar. always made himself very
closely acquainted with the details of
the Office work carried on in his depart
ment. Meeting a person once coming
into the office late, the governor asked
him what time he was supposed to be
on duty.
oh" was the reply. Il usually stroll
in about IL or Il o'clock"
Stroll in" said Sir John in a rising
tone. Then I presume you do not leave
till late?''
We'll. usually slip off at o'clock or
therea bout
slip off at Il" exclaimed the veteran
in his topmost note. Pray, may 1 ask
what department you belong tor"
Oh said the stranger, I come ev-
cry Saturday to attend to the Office
clocks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-28

i ~. %. - ..-4.1 used the same fac
ulties in analyzing the mental process
es-in dissecting the living human be
ing, one might say-that he had exer-
cised in his pathological work Then
came into play his skill as a synthesiSt,
and from the material he had gath
cred, the people he had 'skeletonized,' -
he built up anew the folk of fic-
tional creation. He always went about.
many have declared. with an eye to
utilizing real people in his literary
work. So it win at once appear as not
by any means strange that he should
have passed from physical to literary
synthesis. He was only using the art Of
the builder; but that had to be inborn-
the literary art The faculties of OBJ
seIvation, of analysis, of keen percep-
ton that go to make such a magician
of the pen as DR.. Mitchell are the result
of self training and introspection.
DIR. Holmes was right. By subordi-
mating his literary aspirations to the
work for which he was manifestly Gre
ated DR.. Mitchell finally turned aside
from a medical practice of from SIS 600
to $4,000 a year and achieved another
reputation with his pen. Not every
body can do that; very few. in fact, can
do it; but he did, and today his readers
are numbered probably by the million.
1t is too late now for an analysis of his
works or even a superficial criticism
for they have long since run the gauntlet
of criticism and emerged triumphant
1t has frequently occurred thai the
writer whom the public regards as a
beginner, merely because it had not
known him before. had been writing for
years, and so it was with DR.. Mitchell.
He began writing many years ago not
only his scientific treatises. which NUM-
Der more than 100, but also fictional
sketches for children, such as The
Wonderful Stories of Fuz-Buz. the Fly
and Mother Grabem the Spider" Grad
uating from that class, he brought out
in 1850 his .Hephzibah Guinness. fol-
lowed by a volume nearly every year
until the great success of his life.
Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker which
appearing in 1897. at once established
his reputation. In 1889 came THE Ad-
ventures of Francois another success,
which was dramatized by his talented
son, Langdon Mitchell, and placed upon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-28

" DWARD EVERETT HALE, the
IL greatest living Bostonian,'' and
hence, as residents of the Hub
are willing to admit, the great
est living American from many
points of view. viii have his eightieth
birthday celebrated in a manner appro-
pirate and fitting if not in accord with
what his native modesty would suggest
Not only in Boston. his birthplace, but
all over the Union, there viii be a spon-
taneous, we'll nigh universal tribute
paid to his worth as man and his
genius as an author. humanitarian and
preacher of practical righteousness.
His eightieth birthday falls due April
3, but preparations are already under
way to make the anniversary one to be
remembered. The home celebration will
occur in the new Symphony hall Bos-
ton, and the character of those having
the matter in hand and of those who
will participate shows the universally
of the animating feeling toward this man
who for nearly sixty years has been a
preacher of liberal Christianity and for
nearly eighty years an exponent of hu-
manitarian principles in the broadcast
sense. Sectarian and political lines will
be temporarily obliterated; men, wom-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-28
REMARKABLE PAINTER

1t is remarkable that Vereschaein
the Russian painter of battle scenes
should do such capable work when one
remembers how terribly his right hand
mas suffered A leopard bit off the
1nuino' "hlie rifle ball struck the mid
die finger during a battle. and III. ,.a.t
of the fingers were very badv sr,o .,, 80
in a sledge accident
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-28

former appearing in one of this months
magazines. If he lives cut the years
that seem now to be in store for him,
he may have a list of works equal to
that of any American author of the
higher class.
WALLACE o. wILCOXsoN.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-11-27
This should be part of every girls


This should be part of every girls
education, to cultivate an honest pride
in her power to charm and interest
and win the respect of both sexes.
Household economy, how to care for
children, sick room duties, should be
in the curriculum, even if political
economy must be crowded out. The
preparation of food, sweeping and
dusting the room, the arranging of q
bouquet on the table, are Of more inn
portance than lessons in geometry or
bread, cheerless living room, are not
necessary in order that the girl may
have time for mental growth.
III. N.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-11-27
INNEsoTA, THURSDAY. NovEMBER p, 1902.

prosecutor and the prosecuted; the
wrathful man and his victim-all must
die! There's consolation in that. Have
your motives been misconstrued :?
Have your friends failed to understand
you? Have your enemies reviled you !?
Has the<world disdained you? Cheer
up! Death will make all things even.
What you suffer others have suffered.
But a little while and you will forget
your troubles. The knocker will not
knock forever-because he is mortal.
The tyrant will not tyrannize forever
because he is mortal. The unscrupu-
lous schemer will come to naught-be-
cause he is mortal. Even the well-bred
gentleman who rooms above me, and
who nightly dances hornpipe for my
special delectati0n, is mortal. From
the way he shuffles his feet l feel GER
tain | am not wrong in concluding he
will some day shuttle off his mortal
coil. o Azrael! if thou passeth this
way, fail not to visit himl Don't kill
him, but for mercy's sake! scare him
into quietude. Show him thy dart,
and threaten him fercely; perchance
he will take heed and mend his ways.
Even now, while thy slave is uttering
this prayer, he is vexing my soul with
his demoniacal restlessness. If it is
within thy power to grant favor to a
poor mortal who must one day fall be-
meath thy stroke, then grant me this
one request! If necessary, tickle him
little with the business end of thy
dart, and if he still persists in his evil
ways punctuate him here and there
do something, anything, to make him
listen to reason. But who am | that l
should offer advice to thee? Thou
knowest how to settle his hash; but oh!
hasten and settle him, or fix him; or
still better,--to make sure of the job
transfix him!
To sum up: We should be thankful
because we are living; we should be
thankful because we must die. If we
have friends let us be thankful; because
as friends, they are source of comfort
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-11-27

woman's burden to carry; woman's
power to bless her race and serve her
God. would have daughter of mine
so instructed by her mother from her
earliest days that as years go by and
danger comes she would never be
ashamed of her girlhood or count it/a
misfortune that she was born wom-
an.
Again, the matter of physical health
is a matter of primary Importance to
the girl. No daughter of mine should
go to school in which the girl is
stimulated to keep pace with her mates,
boys or girls, because of the supposed
honor which high rank brings to her.
the nervous tension which such COM
petition causes is bad enough for the
boy, but it is thousand times worse
for the girl. It should be avoided at
any cost at all ages. If the girl breaks
down at the end of her high school or
college course, it is not so much from
Overstudy at any particular time, but
because her entire education has been
conducted, from the day of her entrance
into the primary room, in utter disfe-
gard of the fact that she is in>embryo
a woman.
So much Importance do attach to
this point that am forced to the con-
clusion that men and women who will
shape the destinies of America will be
the descendants of the girls like those
of the Tennessee mountains, who wear
calico dresses, checkered aprons and
sun bOnnets,, and who walk eight or
ten miles to school on Monday morn
ing and back on Friday night over
rough mountain roads, rather than
descendants of the up-to-date girls
from our colleges, with distorted
spines, dyspeptic stomachs, torpid liv-
ers, wasting nerves and cultured
brains. It is dangerous to overfeed
the brain and starve the body.
Again, it is every woman's duty to be
attractive. She may. know Latin and
Greek; may be an expert in mathe-
matics; but if she knows not how to
adorn herself with becoming attire,
with pleasing manners, with shapely
form, the womanly part of the woman
is missing. Verify nature madewomen
beautiful but she has sought out, many
inventions.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-11-27
Feminine Education.

Paper Read Before the ChdiuduQud Circle.
6 N N ALE and female created
wv He eth Them. ao.,,,n. 81 ..x .,,n.
through all animal nature,
and serves its purpose even in the
vegetable creation. 1t is one of the
immutable laws which God has or
dained; one of the eternal landmarks
which man has no power to remove.
L believe it invades the mental sphere,
and that between the male and female
mind there is an essential difference.
Woman in her natural state loves
children, and understands child nature
without the aid of book or class in
structions. Her sympathy is large
and sometimes overbalances her judg-
ment. In the intuitional insight into
motives which rule the actions of
children, man is in no sense her equal
In his mental physiology, Carpenter
says that the predomfnence of the
intellect and the will is required to
make the man successful in life; the
lively sensibility, the quick sympathy,
the unseltish kindness, gives woman
the power to make home happy and
social existence the purest of all pleas
ures.
Our modern education is a mistake,
so far as it ignores all differences, both
physical and intellectual, which arise
from sexual organization. l do not
propose to argue the question of CO.
education. Huxley sums up the mat
ter thus: "Women will find their places:
and it will be neither that in which
they have been held nor that to which
some of them aspire. Natures old
Salic law will not be repealed: and no
change of dynasty will be effected"
Only, in proportion as she accepts this
unfailing inheritance with which she is
endowed by nature, "can she show us
how divine thing woman can be
made" This should be part of her
education.
The first thing in the education of q
girl should be to teach her to rever-
ence her sex; to be proud of the fact
that she has woman's work to do; a
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-11-27

and pleasure to us. And if we have
no friends let us be thankful; we can
then spend all our time and thoughts
on our glorious selves. Let us be
thankful that all things come to an
end. Even our Imprisonment will come
to an end. What's year ? or ten years i?
or a hundred years? Divide the years
into seconds, and then just think how
quickly the seconds roll by! Let us be
thankful because we are thankful.
Thankfulness is a state of conscious
ness resulting from the activity of
several of our mental faculties, as
memory, comparison, causality; and
the concurrent excitement of several
emotional sentiments, as veneration,
benevolence, hope, etc. Small souls
are incapable of giving heartfelt
thanks. Greatness of soul is accom-
panied by spiritual humility, and an
inward sense of gratitude. So if we
are capable of feeling sincerely thank
full we have an additional reason for
giving thanks.
Thus it seems all of us have good
and sufficient reasons for being thank
full. Are there no exceptions? Yes,
just one. A few years ago there came
to this institution man whose weight
was then 81 pounds, ounces. Since
his Incarceration he has always been
very industriOus-at meal times. He
now weighs 217 pounds. But few
short months and this place will know
him no more. He will be ruthlessly
thrust into cold, unsympathetic
world. He will dream every night of
mutton stews, and pork and beans.
He will awake to find his dream was a
hollow mockery. Considering what
this man is about to lose can we expect
him to be thankful? No! Alas! how
tickle is Fortune! How inexorabie the
DEGREES of Fate! What shall it profit
a man it he gain his liberty and lose
his boarding house? Brethren, let us
retire and bewail the lot of this most
unfortunate of mortals!
III. SLOwGO, JR.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-09-19
Officer Hooten's Statement.

Officer Hooten says he doesn't thlnB
either of the three bullets he fired al
the negro Wednesday night, could pos
sibIy have cut those holes in Allison
Webster's hat. He says Mr.. Webster
was almost directly behind him be-
tween 40 and As yards back. and tina,
he lHooten) pointed toward the ground
when he fired. The negro he says had
already been placed under arrest, ano
was trying to escape when the shots
were fired.
The negro, he says, was not boy;
as reported, but man between 80 ano
40 years of age.
Mr.. Hooten does not deny the shoot
ing. however, and there. according tt
the Herald's view, was the gravamer
of his offense. He gives as his reason
for shooting that he mad two other
prisoners under arrest, and could no,
leave them to run after the one. But
he should have allowed the one to es
cane. without endangering the lives OF
Others. or disturbing the peace, by mr.
ing off his pistol. No officer has any
right to shoot, under the law. except
in self defense and peace officers ougn'
to pride themselves upon their oDedl
ence to the law.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-09-19
INSTITUTE OPENING.
Boarding Department Well Filled,
With Other Pupils Coming.

The Columbia Institute opened this
morning with the chapel well filled at
morning services. Letters and tele-
grams announcing delay of pupils in
the boarding department show the
present tendency to push still farther
back into the fall the opening OF
schools, especially in the North. On
account of this an accurate statement
of the boarding department cannot
vet be given. 1t is sufficient to state
that every room in the steam heated
building has been spoken for and all
but two in the old building.
The visitors present at the opening
of school at chapel service were Mrs.
Webster, Mrs. Allison, Mr.. and Mrs.
Woodbridge and DR.. Biddle, Miss Mary
Barrow, and others.
Rev. w. B. Capers made appropriate
remarks to the school. A temporary
classification of new pupils was made
and the school dismissed.
The Institute will open at 3: 40 daily.
The prospect for choice and full
school give the coming year interest
and inspiration.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-09-19
Cost $1.25O,00O a Year.

No other government spends as
much money in public printing as
does the United States, and when one
reads a description of this magnificent
printing plant and the work it is ex.
{ - ed to do there is about nine tenths
q the work that looks like squandee,r-
ing money. One report, recently
submitted to congress will be scat
tered broadcast by the congressman,
and over 100 tons of paper will be
used in it's printing. In printing the
Congressional Record 100 typ pss ths
are kept busy all the time. and sne :
notification costs the government,
h. $50. 900 q year. The office has turned
ont some very rapid work in its time
and once issued two hundred and
ninety. eight page book in twenty ,y.
four heurs. 1t was a report on .ao
blowing up Of the Maine, the typeses.,,
ting. printing and illustrating, as well
ss the binding, being attended to In
: single day. Erie Pa. Herald.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-09-19
COPE

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The springs of red blood are
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-09-19
II Cures Piles, Eczema. rte.

Charles Jones, of l19 North College
street, Nashville. got quick relief from
the use of Browns Oil Ointment. ID
saws: 81 have been a sufferer with piles
sin e 1882: have tried many different
kinds of medicine and spent lots OF
monty. get better results from Brown
oil Ointment than all others by large
majority" - ,,,oh
Rufus Benson, Fennvilie, Mich.
writes: "The great big fissured eczema
on mothers side that had been there
nearly fourteen years was all healed
and completely cured in three weeks by
Browns Oil Ointment. 1t stopped me
pain in her side so that she slept well
the night after the first application
Brown Oil Ointment is put up I'D
handsome porcelain jars which sell iof
so cents.
Pre-Digested Oil (P. D. o. has twenty.
times the value of cod liver oil and Is
pleasant to take. $l.0O per bottle; fof
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Geo. ). AicOrn. II