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waking Francois.

The name of Millet. the painter, has
been made familiar to many besides
art students by his "Angelus." How
the genius Of the artist was reused
and encouraged is told in his biogra-
ply.
The most original person of the fam
ily and the one who had the most in
fuence upon Millet was his grand
mother. She was an old country wom-
an of intense religious faith. living in
God, seeing everything in God and
mingling God in every scene of nature
and every act of life.
One of Millet's earliest recollections
was of his grandmother waking him
when he WAS quite a little child and
saying to him:
up. my little Francoisl If you only
knew what long time the birds have
been singing the glory of God"
When he had to leave home to go to
Paris his grandmother said, 81 would
rather see you dead than unfaithful to
Gods commands
At later time, when he had begun
to make his way in Paris, she reminded
him again:
"Remember. my Francois, that you
were Christian before you were a
painter. Paint for eternity and think
that the trump which will call to judg-
ment is on the eve of sounding"
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HOW TO BOIL WATER.
An Important Point when the Coffee
IL Being Made.


ITO boil water is the simplest thing
I'm the world" said the steward at one
of the leading hotels of Washington,
"but how to boil it is. quite another
thing. | believe we have the name OF
having the best coffee of any hotel In
this city. OF course we use good COT
fee; but, let me tell you, much of the
praise Is due to the fact that the water
with which to make the coffee has
been properly boiled. The secret in
boiling water is just this: Always use
fresh water and let the kettle be warm
before the cold, sparkling fluid Is put
into It. The fire should be quick, so
that the water will boil at once, and
the water should be removed from the
fire the instant boiling point Is reached
and poured upon the coffee or tea or
whatever beverage is in demand i'm
mediately. SO many people make the
mistake of permitting the kettle to re-
main over the fire, where the water
steams and SINNERS away, wasting
the good water in vapor. Those who
drink hot water before breakfast, as
many do, should insist on the use OF
fresh water and having 1t served as
soon as boiled"
Doctors say, however, that to Kill
germs in suspicious water boiling
should last about five minutes.-Wasn-
ington Post.
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The wife of great American banker
is known for her even temper. and no
matter what annoys her she smiles and
refuses to be displeased. This may be
the reason why she has no wrinkles
although almost forty. She is idolized
by her servants, because no matter
what they do she never permits her
housekeeper to reprove them. This
consideration is rewarded by house
full of faithful and happy servants who
will go through fire to serve ma
dame" This amiable woman pays
semiannual visits to the kitchen and
the regions adjacent, but she does not
make this tour unheralded. Not she!
She fears lest she find corners full of
dust or quantities of broken china.
Therefore she appoints some day and
sends down this inscription to be post
ed in the servants hall: Madame in
tends to visit the kitchen Thursday or
next week" When madame makes
this long announced visit she is greeted
by trim laundry maids, perfect order
and the chef in the whitest of white
linen. Then jubilantly she tells her
friends how smoothly her establish
ment moves.
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Cleanliness may be next to goodness,
but the persons who manicure their
nails I'm the elevated trains and street
cars win their way to paradise at the
cost of endangering the salvation or
others. Hundreds who wish to make a
presentable appearance at their Offices
and places Of business use the cars or
the elevated and surface systems as
places in which to complete their toll
let's.
A man will pull knife from his
pocket and proceed to remove the grit
from beneath his finger nails. When he
completes his operation he looks around
with the air of one who thinks he
should be commended for his habits OF
personal neatness. lie wonders why
many persons glare at him from over
the tops of their papers in such dis
gusted manner. He does not realize
they have put him down for consum-
mate boor who should be confined IN a
separate compartment - New York
Press
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CABINET MEETINGS.
They Are Informal Affairs, where
Many Good stories Are Told.

Many Good stories Are Told.
There has been a good deal Of fiction
about the cabinet meetings for many
years. There seems to be very gen
eral impression abroad that the cabi-
net meetings are like the sessions or
congress or those of the supreme
court; that the president calls the meet
ings to order and presides during the
deliberations, acting as a moderator,
while the secretaries bring forward the
business of their various departments,
consider it and then vote as to what
shall be done. Nothing could be
further from the truth than this.
Salmon p. Chase, after serving four
years in President Lincoln's cabinet as
secretary of the treasury, said In one
of his letters to friend that he had
never attended what might be called
a business meeting Of the cabinet
They met twice a week then, as now,
and talked sometimes about the war
and sometimes about matters that had
no relation to official business. Some
times the president would open the
meeting with a story and the members
of the cabinet would also tell stories.
That is the situation today.
President Mckinley was prompt
about the hour Of the cabinet meeting
and always entered the cabinet room
at II o'clock, but he did not always
begin by bringing up business mat
ters. There were often few min
utes of social chat and perhaps sto-
nv. and then he would ask if any mem
Der had any question he wished 10
bring up for general consideration.
There were some prolonged and tell
Gus cabinet meetings then, for there
were members who loved to talk and
thought that their talk Influenced the
administration, but it did not. lmpor-
tant questions were decided In private
conferences between the president and
the secretary whose department had
charge of that question.
Only once during the Mckinley adj
ministration was question put 10
vote in the cabinet. That was on the
Cuban message to congress. The pres
ident had prepared peace message,
but the temper of congress was for
war. The message was read to the
cabinet, and each member was IN
vited to express his views. They ala
so. and they were evenly divided. But
the president had decided to change
his message and voted with the war
party. He wrote new message,
which went to congress and satisfied
the country and ended the Cuban
question by driving Spain out OF the
island.
President Roosevelt does not always
enter the cabinet room on time. lie
is so energetic and surrounded by so
many callers from congress that he Of
ten forgets that his cabinet Is waiting
for him. He enters the room and asks
about the business Of the various de-
partments as a matter Of form, gives
his views briefly and lets the secretary
settle it or come to him for more eX-
tensive conference at some other time.
There are no long winded debates with
every member expressing his views on
questions that are foreign to his own
work and on which his opinion is OF
no particular value. The cabinet meet
ings are more often social gatherings
than business meetings.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
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Rusfic Work.

Sooner or later every owner Of a
country home runs up against the idea
of rustic work. Generally it hits him
hard-sometimes too hard. If you real
" need seats or summer houses in your
woodland nothing can be more appro-
pirate than logs with the bark on, be-
cause they harmonic with the growing
trees, says Country Life In America.
This is the real secret of the popularity
Of rustic work, its fitness. 1t is OPP
posed to costlier and more architectural
features which make strong contrast
with natural surroundings. Occasion
ally, however, you will find man who
has fallen head over heels in love with
rustic work for its own sake. The con-
seqence is that he fills the lawn in front
of his house with all sorts of rustic i'm
possibilities which look doubly foolish
because they have no earthly use and
because they are out in sunny spot
in the midst Of an environment which
is civilization rather than nature.
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FiIipino Vanity.

To demonstrate the vanity of the Eli
ipino a Manila correspondent cites this
curious instance: \ wealthy Mestlzo-
Chino Filipino. who was recently the
complainant in a civil cause before the
court of first instance. on losing, ap-
pealed to the supreme court. His ma
tive lawyer prepared an elaborate bill
Of exceptions, which, however, did not
prevent the decision Of the court going
against him. Disguised with Filipino
legal talent, he approached one of the
most prominent American attorneys in
Manila and asked him to look the case
through carefully to see if he could
find some way Of bringing it before the
supreme court of the United States.
He ended the interview by saying that
he did not mind the cost nor care much
If the decision went against him. His
principal object was to be the first
Filipino to have case before the SUI
preme court of the United States and
to have q good excuse to offer his
friends when he made his contemplate
ed trip to Washington this coming fall.
-Argonaut.
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A RAZOR'S EDGE.
Minate Teeth. Like These OF saw,
Make It's kecnncss.


The edge of a razor consists of In
Vulnerable points or teeth which II
the razor Is OF good material follow
each other throughout It's whole length
with great order and clearness. The
unbroken regularity Of these minute
teeth" goes TO make up the blades
excessive keenness. The edge acts upon
the beard not so much by the direct APP
plication Of weight or force as 1t does
by a slight "seesaw" movement which
causes the successive teeth to act
rapidly on one certain part Of the hairy
growth. The best razors, according to
the mlcroscopists, have the teeth OF
their edges set as regularly as those OF
Il perfectly set saw.
This explains the magic effect of bot
water on the razor's blade-the act of
dipping it thoroughly cleansing the
teeth of any greasy or dirty substance
with which they may have been
cloggcd. BARRIERS often claim that ra-
zors get tired Of shaving and that
they will be all right after awhile If
permitted to take rest When in this
tired" condition microscopic exam
nation of the edge shows that con-
slant stropping by the same person has
caused the teeth or fbers of the edge
TO all arrange themselves In one direc-
ton. A month OF disuse causes these
fine particles to rearrange themselves
so that they again present the hetero-
geneous saw toothcd edge. After this
little recreation each particle of the fine
edge is up and ready to support his
fellow, and it again takes some time
to spoil the grain Of the blade.
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PiyR and His Pig.

An old Kentucky indictment has
been brought to our attention which al
legged that defendant did unlawfully,
willfully and maliciously kill and de-
stroy one pig the personal property of
George Pigg, without the consent Of
said Pigg. the said pig being Of value
to the aforesaid George Pigg. The pig
thus killed was the mate to some other
pigs that were owned by said George
Pigg. which left George Pigg a pig less
than he said Pigg) had Of pigs and
thus ruthlessly tore said pig from the
society of George Pigs other pigs
against the peace and dignity of the
commonwealth of Kentucky" - Case
and Comment.
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Matrimonial Laxity.

There is no surer sign Of the in
sidious invasion Of luxury, ever seek
ing a new sensation for its jaded
nerves. than the growing laxity about
marriage. Let any man Of middle life
recall the social penalty visited upon
divorced persons a generation ago and
compare it with the cynical Indifference
which prevails as regards even the
most fragrant cases Of of with the old
wife or husband and on with. the new
in those circles where wealth is the
sufficient passport. The difference is
ss noticeable as it l. painful.-New
York Evening Post.
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or,

Joseph Chamberlain, the English
statesman, was once indebted to a
nursery rhyme for Il great oratorical
hit. In one Of his speeches he was
critlcising Lord Beaconsfield and Lord
Salisbury on their return from Berlin,
where they had been carrying on nego-
tiations with Bismarck.
Both had made speeches explaining
their actions, and one Of them in the
course of his oratory used the word
'1f" so many times as to give Mr..
Chamberlain n chance in his reply to
make one of those popular illusions
which are remembered longer than any
logic
what the honorable gentleman has
said" he remarked, reminds me of a
rhyme l learned from my nurse:
IF all the seas were bread and cheese,
II all the rivers were ink.
II all the lakes were currant cakes
What should we have to drink?'
The effect on the audience was ire
mendous. No one ever forgot that
Of"
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Badness Caused by Fear.

Several carefully observed cases Of
falling hair from emotion have been
recorded, but the following is probably
one of the most curious: A normally
healthy farmer, thirty-eight years Of
age, saw his child thrown out of cart
and trampled upon by mule. He sup
posed it killed and experienced in his
fright and tension a sensation of chill
mess and tension in the head and
face. The child escaped with a few
bruises, but the fathers hair, beard
and eyebrows commenced to drop out
the next day. and by the end of the
week he was entirely bald. A new
growth of hair appeared in time, but
much finer-London Answers.
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An Organ In the Tenth Century.

Wolston speaks of an organ contain
ing 400 pipes which was erected In the
tenth century in England. This instru-
ment was blown by thirteen separate
pairs OF bellows" 1t also contained a
large keyboard. There are drawings OF
that period extant which represent the
organ as an instrument having but
few pipes, blown by two or three per-
sons and usually performed on by a
monk. The keys. which were played
upon by hard blows of the fist, were
very clumsy and from four to six inch
es broad.
About the end Of the eleventh centu-
nv semitones were introduced into the
keyboard, but to all appearances its
compass did not extend beyond three
octaves. The introduction of pedals in
400 by Bernhardt-giving a compass
B fiat to A-was another important
contribution to the instrument These
were merely small pieces of wood op-
Grated by the toe of the player.
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Senator Hoar's Reading.

Senator George F. Hoar has good
reading appetite. His novel reading
consists chiefly of reading and reread-
ing Sir Walter SCOTS novels, the Bar
setshire Stories by Anthony Trollope,
three or four of Dumas and OCCASION
ally one of Miss Austen's. He Is also
very fond of detective stories, from
Sherlock Holmes to Old Sleuth. In a
letter regarding the matter Mr.. Hoar
says: "The books which l read con-
stantly, more than any others, are Mil
ton, George Herbert, Vaughan and
Emerson and Jeremy Taylor am
very fond Of English biographies, es-
pecially political biographies. in which
| include the lives Of the English bisn-
ops and archbishops. But when my
eyesight is good | am rather miscel-
ianeous reader and read good many
books of all sorts"
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BERMUDA MAlDENS.
The Reason So Many of Them Decide
to Remnin Unmarried.

The Reason So Many of Them Decide
to Remain Unmarried.
In proportion to population there are
more old maids in the Bermudas than
in any other part of the world. This
is true of all classes of the population,
but especially of the oldest and wealth
lest families. who have been connected
with the islands ever since they were
colonized by the Virginia company in
1912.
Five out of six of the daughters Of
the old planting families do not marry
in spite of the fact that they are pref
ty. with 4 delicate rose flush type OF
beauty, extremely we'll bred and ac-
complished and just as nice as girls
can possibly be. Their failure TO mar
ry is standing source of wonder to
the whole of the West Indies.
An antiQuated law is undoubtedly
responsible in part for this state OF
things BY this law provision Is made
for the daughters to take shares Of a
landed estate when their father dies,
but If one marries she loses her for
tune. 1t is taken away and shared
among the others Under this law
many a girl of the better class Is
robbed of the dowry which Is rightful-
" hers. Sometimes she will not marry
her sweetheart at the cost of her for
tune; sometimes the mercenary swain
will not marry her if she has nothing
to bring him but herself.
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POWDER AND GUNS.
Evidence That They Were Used Long
Reforc the Christian Era.

Reforc the Christian Era.
There is abundant evidence that the
origin of gunpowdcr and artillery goes
far back in the dim ages of the past.
The Hindoo code, compiled long be-
fore the Christian era, prohibited the
making of war with cannons and guns
or any kind of firearms. Qulntus Cur
thus informs us that Alexander the
Great met with fire weapons In Asia,
and PhiloStratus says that AleXander's
conquests were arrested by The use or
gunpowder. 1t is also written that
those wise men who lived in the cities
of the Ganges "oyerthrew their enc
mics with tempests and thunderbolts
shot from the walls" Julius Africanus
mentions shooting powder in the year
273. 1t was used in the siege Of Con-
stantinople in GGS, by the Arabs in $50,
at Thessalonica In 00l, at the siege of
Belgrade in 1913, by the Greeks in ma
val battle in zoos by the Arabs against
the Iberians in 11I7 and at Toulouse in
1918.
1t appears to have been generally
known throughout civilized Europe as
early as 1900. and soon thereafter &c
made its way into England, where it
was manufactured during the reign or
Elizabeth. and we learn that a FEW
arms were possessed 10y the English In
1910 and that they were used ut the
battle of Crecy in 134G.-Cassier's Mag
aZine
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Malapr0pos of Marriage.

Rear Admiral Frank Wildes, who
died recently. used to be fond Of telling
of a great start that Boston clergy
man once gave his congregation.
81 was born in Boston," Admiral
Wildes would say, "and in my boyhood
attended church there. Well, at church
one Sunday morning there was, it
seems, a couple to be married after the
service. The minister made the an
nouncement in this way:
"'The parties that are to be joined in
matrimony will present themselves i'm
mediately after the singing Of Hymn
No. 245-"Nlistaken Souls That Dream
Of Heaven"
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Too Much Development.

Excessive muscular development is
pronounced by an experienced physi-
clan to be not only unnecessary, but
positively dangerous. On ceasing ath-
letic training, which every person must
do sooner or later, the system adapts
itself very slowly to new conditions,
and digestive and liver troubles are
very liable to follow. The great lungs,
not needed in sedentary work, degener-
ate. often leading to consumption.
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A young nurse Of my acquaintance
was found early one morning uncon-
scious on the entry floor. Upon inquiry
the doctor learned that from Monday
morning till Thursday night she had
been without sleep or even enough
time off to battle and change her
clothes. OF course she was extremely
foolish to permit such thing on the
patients account as well as her own,
but it was her first private case, and,
feeling SHY about obtruding personal
wants in a time of general stress, she
had relied on coffee and determination
10 pull her through. The stale joke,
why, do you have to sleep? l thought
YOU were trainedw unfortunately con-
tains not a grain of exaggeration. L
have gone to a house where after a
days nursing, a night spent in spong-
ing a typhoid patient, at 10 o'clock on
the morning of the second day the
nurse was still In charge. No one had
given her night lunch. breakfast or
even a cup of coffee. She had been on
duty for twenty-six straight hours,
working strenuously all the time. Not
a member of the household seemed
equal to taking her place or indeed
dreamed of the necessity of doing so.
Later it was rumored that this girl
had become Incorporate
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THE KNOCK OUT eLCW.
Effects Produced by the PuEil.sr'
Jolt on the law.

Effects Produced by TIE iuSi.N'''
Jolt on the law.
All boxers know the knock out blow
on the point of the jaw. and not Il few
have lively recollections of what 1t
feels like, but probably rot one in
hundred has any idea why the trick
has such effective and TO the performer
valuable results. The generally accept
ed theory was that the impact Travelled
direct through the socket of the jaw to
the. bony envelope of the brain, which
was stunned by the Shock. but Mr.. j.
G.. Duncanson, writing in the British
Medical Journal, suggests another rea-
son.
In the ear Is a set of canals filled
with fluid and lined with delicate ar
rangement of nerves. The action set up
by the motion of this fluid on the
nerves plays an all important part in
the process of balancing the body. a
sudden and violent rotation of the head
produces a correspOndingly violent mo-
ton of the fluid. The knock out blow
planted a little to one side Of the jaw
in a somewhat slantlng direction causes
lust such a rotation, the muscles which
regulate the turning Of the head being
comparatively weak. and the result Is
a complete loss Of the power OF balance
and generally of consciousness also.
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In the whole of the Madeira. islands
there are no wheeled vehicles, for the
roads are too rough and mountainous.
There are | few heavy sledges drawn
by bullocks, but the favorite modes of
locomotiOn are hammocks slung on
poles and borne by natives and basket
sledges. The latter are used for de-
scending the mountains and are skill
fully guided by runner behind.
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"f" Stops for passengers on sigma
or notice TO conductor.
"c' Stops only to let off passengers
from Cape Charles and points South,
and take on passengers for points
North of Delmar.
$50" Stops only to let off nassen.
gers from points North OF Delmar,
ard take on passengers for Cape
Charles and points South.
Trains 81 and SO will stop at all
stations on Sunday for local passep-
gers ON signal or notice to conductor
r. B. Cooke. J. q. Rodgers,
Traffic Manager, Supt
Norfolk, VS.. Cape Charles, We
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Getting the DrOD.

"You insist on having a man who
carries a rife in every scene" queried
the startled playwright.
THAT must be in the contract" an
swered the star.
"But it will appear very sensational
and inartistic."
Cant help it. 1 play a territory
where audiences have a way Of get
ting restless. want them to see that
we've got the drop on them before they
start throwing things. "-Exchange.
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This is how the Indians Of Central
America cure a snake bite: They pin
the unlucky patient to the ground and
wind strong creepers above and below
the bite until they cut into the flesh.
Then they apply live coal to the
wound to cauteriZe it and follow that
up by rubbing in mixture of chewed
tobacco and crushed garlic. BY this
time the victim is nearly mad with
pain and ready to kill everybody IN
sight especially when he fuds, as he
often does, that the snake was not
venomous.