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capped throughout life with nerves con
CENTRALLY weak or diseased.
But even for these good regular hard
work will be by far the best tonic.
II We call TO mind the men who. Judged
from the output OF their labors. not OF
their genius. hut OF their sheer toll. must
have been hard workers. We shall not find
that many OF them suffered from nervous
breakdown, though not a few OF them
were men Of feeble health In other ways
Not many men ever did as much work
as Alfred the Great. who was always Ill.
Everybody remembers Macaulay's descrtp-
ton OF William III as an "asthm2tc
skeleton" Besides. II is more than doubt
full whether. considered as a whole our
own age Is pre-eminent IN hard work Our
working classes do not toll as their fore
fathers did.
Hours OF labor are now shorter than
they ever were. while half holidays are
GASES in the desert OF monotoIous dreaTi-
ness unknown TO former generations on,
but look At the brain workers" And when
we look at the brain workers in our great
Industries We see dawdleTs. The universal
complaint is that we fall behind because
these same brain workers won't think
won't take trouble. and won't throw their
energy into original methods.
Upon examination IL would very likely
appear that nerves are generally the
outcome OF idleness and dissipation. And
by dissipation is meant not merely So
clal dissipation. but that kind OF dissipa-
ton 0or so I beg leave TO call IT'D which
consists in a restless craving for money
and for show. and that uncertainty about
the future which characterizes all periods
OF commercial and other speculation: and
men never lived so much by speculation
as they do at present.
It Is precisely among the classes who
are the galley slaves OF social dissipation.
or who are either directly or Indirectly
tossed about by the varying gusts OF spec
~ulation. who supply the long roll OF vic
tins to nerves. And no wonder
WORRY OF SUSPENSE
We say truly that It is not work that
kills: # is worry. But a most cankering
worry is the worry Of suspense. the wor-
ry OF uncertainty.
Another Is the worry OF dissatisfaction
and discomfort A third Is the nameless
consuming worry OF what Is called pleas
use. especially II it be associated with
ambitions to play n part IN society. and
to shine or be recognized In THE glitter
inS throng."
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bser than Danish barley. One OF the young
Jacobsens has recently visited Milwaukee
TO learn how we make beer.
DANES GET BUSINESS
EDUCATION IN AMERICA.
1 am told that many Danes are now
sending their sons TO our country TO learn
business methods.
They consider US al the top IN trading
and manufacturing. and they are begin
ming 10 pattern after US IN banking as
we'll.
It is only a year or two ago that three
OF the chief Danish bankers were sent to
the United States to study its financial
methods.
Our trade with Denmark is important.
That country has close connections with
all parts OF Europe, but. nevertheless, We
stand fourth in our exports TO it.
We send about s3.C0.OoO worth OF goods
here every veal This IS more b any
other country, with the exception OF Ger
many. Great Britain and Sweden and
Norway.
Indeed. Denmark Is n better customer
for US than Sweden or Norway.
II has only about two and one-half mil
lions, or about one-third the population of
Scandinavia: nevertheless II takes more
goods than all Scandinavia
Denmark cannot feed itself nor its stock.
It has to 90 outside for such things, and IL
is especially fond OF American corn and
American -four.
The corn m In for the stock and the
-four IS made into bread for the people.
At first the Danes imported the wheat
and tried TO grind II. They made a fair
-four. but not so good as that shipped in
from America.
Then they imported our milling machin-
cry and American millers to manage II.
but. for some reason or other. the -four
was a failure. and they had to give II up.
It may be thai the climate here is not as
suited to milling as that Of Minneapolis.
The Danes are buying our cotton-seed
meal for COW feed They say II makes
good milk and good fertilizer and they like
It. They have many OF our agricultural
machines, and also some electrical ma
chinery OF United States make. I see
American shoes sold in the stores. and am
told that this branch OF trade might be
materially increased. as the people con-
slider our shoes the best In the world.
COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
BUYS FARMERS MACHINERY
The farmers OF Denmark work together
better than any farmers OF Europe.
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Special Correspondents Of ne Sunday Republic.
Copenhagen. Denmark. sept. B-The
capital OF Denmark is one Of the livellest
cities Of Northern Europe.
Il has about 10000 people, the most OF
whom are as well dressed as any you viii
find on the Continent.
Il has some magnificent buildings and
the cleanest streets outside OF Holland.
Every man here has TO see that the
street and pavement in front OF his house
is kept clean.
The asphalt Is brushed several times
every day, and a regiment OF ~able-bodied
paupers is always at work on the squares
These men wear black clothes and wood
en- shoes.
EScr carries a watering can and a huge
broom and works away like a Dutch
housewife.
Copenhagen Is a good business city
It has fine stores. most OF them so high
shove the streets that you have to 20 TO
the second story 10 get in
1t has great warehouses and several
large factories. It is noted for its brew
cries. especially those owned by the ia
cobsens.
These Jacobsens are the Astors OF the
Csrnegies Of Denmark.
They have for years been ths richest
people OF the country. the original Jacob
sen having made a great fortune In beer.
The last jacobsen before the present one
had a son who was very wild.
Instead OF brewing barley the young man
persisted in sowing oats OF tho kind called
wild. At last his father disinherited him.
The two did not speak as they passed
by. and the yonug man and his family
were left to 20 their own way.
One day a little son Of the young man
saw his grandfather on the street
He came up to him and said:
You are my grandpa, aren't your
That I am" was the reply. and the old
man took the baby to his heart. He Rc-
companied him TO his sons house, and
there was a general reconciliation. Short
ly after this he gave the son a quarter OF
a million dollars TO use as he pleased. The
son thereupon resolved to turn over a new
leaf.
He founded an opposition brewery and
soon became as great as HIS father. At
the lRtter's death he succeeded to the
whole estate.
The Jacobsens believe in America and
American machinery. They import Ameri-
can hops and Indian corn for their brew
cries. and they say our corn makes better
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is fined At the rats OF kronsn. or ~
for every bad egg.
As q result. there are few bad Eggs
In the Danish pachng-houseA
After this the eggs are sorted accord
ing TO sizes.
the dozen. the packers guaranteeing 30
many pounds to the dozen Up TO a certain
amount.
II similar care could be used by our
chicken raisers our helpful hen would
become more helpful than ever.
The Danes have ais cooperative bacon
associations.
gether 10 sell their product They have
their own ways OF feeding and their pork
brings a higher price than ours In the
markets OF Europe.
n best hogs are produced BY feeding
them American corn until about three
weeks before killing. During these three
weeks they are fed on barley. skimmilk
n buttermiIk.
Last year Denmark exported horses,
cattle and pork 10 the value Of SS0oo.eH
and butter 10 the amount % $4,000. 60
you see she does a biz agricultural bust
ness.
DEMAND FOR OUR PRODUCTS
Is INCREASING.
our Consul here speaks highly OF the
Danes as customers.
He says they know q good thing when
they zee IL. n have the money 20 pay
for Il.
He SAYS the demand for American shoes
Il increasing and goes on as foloWs:
Danish business men write their letters
en- American typewrters-
They count their none on American
cash registers: they like the American
bicycle and are now buying American au-
tomobiles.
IN short. American goods OF every de-
scripuon. n reliable and up-to-date. will
find a ready sale here"
Copenhagen Il noted for It's educational
Institutions. art galleries and museums.
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ne Danes are about the best edueated
people OF Europe
They have had q compulsory system OF
education since 1874. n one rarely finds
a man or woman who cannot read and
write.
There are public schools evsrywhsre and
all sorts Of technical schools There are
schools for daIrymen. schools for farm
ers. for beer and for everything
under the sun.
The Thorwa,dssn Museum Il one OF the
finest IN Europe and singularly enough It
Is devoted 10 the works OF one sculptor.
Ihorwaldsen was educatet at the Acad-
envy OF Copenhagen and later on the
Rome.
lie soon developed INTO a great sculptor,
and as o I'D more work perhaps than
any other OF his kind. In this one mu-
scum there are eighty statues. $50 busts,
three large friezss and 80 reliefs IN
marble.
His works are OF wonderful beauty, and
they are famous all the world over.
Among the objects is a model Of the
Swiss lion. which he carved out Of the
rock at Lgc.rne In memory Of the Swiss
Guards defense q the Tuileries.
Another great man OF Copenhagen was
Hans Christian Andersen. the writer OF
the fairy stories.
There Is a monument 10 hlmNhsrs in the
heart OF the city. on one side OF the Uvd-
sstal Of which Is engraved a picture from
the Ugly DuckllnE'' and on another side
a little child riding on the back OF a
stork.
Andersen was born in the little Danish
town OF Otense.
His father was a shoemaker. and his
mother wanted 10 make her boy a tailor.
Young Hans however. has a bOokIsh
bent. and his ambition was 20 become
famous by writing. BE left home with 8
In his pocket. and with that as a start
worked his way through school in Copen-
hagen.
He had some talent for singing. and
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street" from which he long age retired
and IN the cloisters OF art and verse. sx-
tending as they have over so many years.
brought this active man innumerabls let
ters and kilograms from ell parts OF the
world.
he had lived and that his work would sur
vive him down the ages.
Aside from books Of poetry from his IN
ceasing pen. Mr.. Stedman has given Us
"A Victorian Anthology" in 1855. and A
American Anthology" IN 1900, volumes
which required the most active research
and which demonstrated his untirinE de-
votion 20 his study.
These books OF reference to-day are OF
almost inestimable value.
He delivered the Initiatorv course sf lee
lures OF the Turnbul chair OF poetry at
Johns Hopkins University. These were
repeated later At Columbia and at the
University Of Pennsylvania.
His critical works include: Victorian
Poets" written In 1S55: Poets OF Amer
lea issS. and The Nature ard Elements
Of Poetry" IN 1892
Mr.. StedTan was a busy man IN 1857.
but ne found tins 10 write his Pan In
wall Street" to illustrate the artistic
sense that swayed his soul even IN trying
epochs Of his career. For here he tells.
Even then ! heard a strange, Wild strain
Sound high shove the modern clamor.
Above tls cries o. greed and gain.
The curhstone war. the auctions hammer.
And swift OF Music's misty ways.
Il led. from all this strife for ~r..iiona.
To ancient sTect-d0-nothing days
Among the EirtIe-robed Sicilians.
And a. Il stiled the multitude.
And yet mere Joyous rose. and ahrfiisr
I saw a minstrel where he stood
At ease against a Dorfc pillar:
One hand a droninE organ played.
The other held a Pans pipe Fashioned
Like those % oldD to lips that made
The reeds Eive out that strain impaS-ton-A
Mr.. Stedman's poems were familiar ns
early as 1850. As his experience wfdened
his works gained In grace and power. he
divided his time later between Wall street
and his books. although always remaining
faithful 10 the former. He had a grea.
many friends In the literary world In the
days OF his youth. and this circle has been
steadily growing.
HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH
HORACE GREELEY.
His friendship with Horace Greeley VA.
OF long standing. and when the poet came
20 write lovingly OF the Sage OF Chan.
padua" he wrote truly. but the Character
isues were those OF Z c. Stedman as wen
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touh6 SIT his powers Until he took to

fOuh6 5dt his power until he took to
smoking.
But Charles Kingsley was exceptional
IT many ways. For one thing. he luXu-
rated in an east wind. But with many
Of us. when the nerves are fretted or the
brain tagged. a coed cigar will LAP Us IN
Elysium' for. say, two hours. n 30 long:
after which we settle into a Eloomier
detection than before.
At least. 1 am always rudely and even
ruthlessly bundled out OF the Elysium to
which I nm pleasantly waited on the
fumes OF the cigar: that f.. when = in this
way seek relief from the fever and the
iret. or try 10 coerce my brain into
working when it would rather not. Work
got from cigars is like money borrowed.
The interest is terrible. But IN our
time. from what one sees and from all
one hears and reads, the extent to which
narcotics and opiates are INDUCED in is
truly alarming. Smoking Is smiling in
nocence in comparison 10 many other
means now in vogue for the purpose OF
obtaining a soothing or a stimulus from
drugs.
Like the bat Of Indian brakes.
Whose plnions fan the wound she makes.
TIL soothing thus the dreamer's pain.
She sucks the Hfebl0od from the vein.
There IS and can be nc remedy for bad
nerves other than changing the kind OF
-AN NhAEl mas mdUG IuGUl DdN.
As very subordinate TO this. doctors
drugs may be OF some use. but even then
their use is small. and when these drugs
are taken without ever stopping the cause
or the mischief the evil is only masked
for a time. II IS like Sheridan putting
the Sherifs officers into his own livery
at a party. making them masquerade rs
his hunkies until the door slammed on the
last departing guest-aud then,
WORK DOES NOT KILL
Now, what is the cause or what are
causes OF ~present-day nerves.
There are two or sets OF an
swers, the one fattering, the other quite
the reverse. Tho first is
Nowadays we are all supposed, CT wish
to be supposed, abnOrmally Industrious.
The age is supposed to be breaking its
with industry. But is this actually
the case? And while undoubtedly there
are many hard wOrkers-very hard work
ers-is 1t these who suffer from nerves.
Probably not; for work. even when ex-
c~essive, II II be free from a certain alco-
holic element. which shall be given pres
entity, contributes TO steady and strength
en- the nerves
Nothing is said OF those who are hAndi-
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They have cooperative associations
through which they buy their machinery
and sell their products. and also borrow
such money as they need.
There Is one such association which
ships nearly all the butter made IN Den
mark 10 London.
Indeed. Denmark is the dairy farm OF
London. and nearly all OF its dairy work
Is by cooperation.
The first cooperative dairy was begun
IN lSS2
There are now more than a thousand
such dairies. which use annually almost
four billion pounds Of milk and make
more than 25.cll.go worth OF butter.
These da!ries were erected and put into
operation AT a cost o. about 100000. the
cost Of each dairy varying from 500 10
t0.e0l The stockholders are farmers. and
they number about l50.0Cl.
In such dairies I31.0OO.OOO pounds OF but
ter are made annually.
This combination might be called a but
ter trust.
il Is so. hut the farmers are the stock
holders, and the money goes back 10 the
people. Years & they made their butter
as we do, and the Danlsh butter COM
manded the lowest prices.
Then these cooperative calries we're
started on borrowed capital guaranteed
by the farmers
Every man agreed 10 turn in all his
milk 10 the company. and TO let 81 handle
the product. The result was that better
butter was made and shipped TO England
and elsewhere.
It at once began TO make a reputation.
II improved. and now II is the best butter
in the market.
The companies buy feed in quantities
and sell Il out at reduced rates to their
members, taking their pay out OF the
milk receipts.
Machinery IS bought in the same way.
and the associations work generally for
the good OF their stockholders. Settlements
are made weekly or monthly. the coop
erative society holding back n certain
amount OF its receipts for a sinking fund
70 pay OF its debts.
It also puts a part OF its surplus into
a savings bank and loans Il out to the
member OF the association at low rates OF
interest.
Each man can borrow in proportion TO
the quantity OF milk he supplies 20 the
association
CHICKEN RAISERs ARE
also IN A COMBINATION.
The chicken raisers have also their com
bination.
There are something like 25.OO Danish
men and women who raise fowls. who
have Joined together to get a good price
Tor their eggs r chickens.
They have their own egg collectors, who
90 from farm to farm and take the cggs
10 the factories or packing houses, whence
they are tested and shipped on 10 London
end other markets.
Every farmer Is responsible for his own
eggs
He has 70 stamp them with his initials.
and II = bat egg IS allowed 10 get in he
IL fined.
As the eggs come into the packing-house
they are tested by being placed on a
frame q netting. which is neld over an
electric light.
The frame will accommodate sixty eggs.
The ligh. will shine through those that
ere good. but not though those that
are tire least bit bad.
Every dark egg is k out. Its tends
Is known by the initials upon Il. and he
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as Of the man to whom they v.r. aa-

as OF the man to whom they were ad-
dressed.
He av the Eoodne1. rot tns tafnG
In many a poor. do-nothinr creature
And EPve TO sinner and 10 saint.
But kept his faith IN human nafurDt
Perchanee he was not worldly via
Yet ~ who noted. standing nenruT.
The shrewd. kind twinkle IN his syeA
For every weakness held him aearsr.
Mr.. stedman Is now engaged D o TS
History OF Wall Street" a life story Of
men and deeds which he Is so fitted TO tell
To this work he will bring a keen sense
OF observation. a kindly sympathy and the
gracious craft Of the teller Of anecdotes
who makes u entertaining bits q work
OF simple art. This history OF the Street"
which. OF necessity. must be threaded with
gold. will. Il IS safe 10 say. possess mons OF
the sad. dispiriting in1uence OF Hood
when he sang OF the sunny metal. Il 10
the whOle-hearted optimism Of Mr.. Sted-
man that has brought him 10 a silvery
youth In the cloudless. crystalline winter
OF his three-score years and ten.
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REAL CAUSES OF OUR
P"RESFNT-DAY "NERVES''
WRITTEN o TIE SUNDAY RHFUBLIc.

WRITTEN FOR TIE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
This IS the age Of nerves.
Perhaps we are not so often told so as
we were P few years ago. but the reason
for the comparative silence is that we
ave grown tired OF repeating to one an
other. or deem It unnecessary to repeat.
what everybody knows and accepts as a
settled fact-that this Is e~mphadcally the
age OF nerves.
Il must. therefore, have come as a new
evanEel to an efete civilization, the news
OF a great discovery made in Switzerland
that nerves could be cured by drinking
tea made with boiled snow.
It wac added that before boiling the
snow It was necessary TO FIRST melt It
Readers must carefully note this Qualih-
ation lest they shout commit the fear
ful error OF boiling snow before It has
been melted.
OF late the Swiss have shown no little
alertness in finding out profitable new in
dustries. but they ought to make their
country one OF the richest in the world
II they can utilize their vast natural re-
sources in snow by supplying water which
is melted snow to all the draving-rooms
in Europe for afternoon tea
Yet. after all. the Joke as 70 The SNOW
water nerve cure may contain a modicum
OF truth.
For. explain It as one will, snow pos
Eesses chemical properties which water
does not. IN country districts every house
wife knows that pancakes can be raised
with snow. and that they are quite as
light as those raised with eggs. Tea
made with snow water may. therefore,
possibly enough have properties peculiar
10 itself.
. DRUGS NO REMEDY.
lPut It can, alas. be safely predicted that
II xiii not cure nerves" The remedy
cannot ne found in drugs. whether natural
or-srinnsfg. though. OF course. there are
medir5nsI Substances which soothe irri-
tated nerves lot ulme ohIy- a. a rue &c
make them more hFlIaole a~i'er"arus.
Tobacco e u nerve sedativs, undouhted-
". b,t I. ,fa,s fearful havoc with the
nerves NJ noet linen. There are certainly
excentjoDs iTLfor instance. Charles
KfnRslsv proved that he never
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~TIwWaId5en
he great 0anDh Sculptor

for handling Fnsds. I noticed several
American products among the things lead
ing and unloading.
American cotton. petroleum and Indian
corn were being taken out OF vessels from
New York. and also Minneapolis hour and
Chicago pork. There were many steamers
N the h~arbor-several from Russia, two
from Norway and Sweden. three from
England and an equal number from Ger
many.
There were ships from the West Indies
and South America. and also enc about
starting out for Greenland.
There Is considerable trade tive
Greenland and Denmark
Greenland II largly ( Danish colony, ana
there are many Danes in Iceland and the
Farce Islands.
The Greenland c~olonies are chiefly on the
west coast, extending through about II
degrees OF latitude. or something Ike 10
miles.
They hnve also a mission and trading
station, and DO 4 considerable export husi-
ness.
The trade Is largely In the hands Of the
Danish Royal Greenland Company. It In
monOpolized by the State. and only Gov
eminent vessels are allowed to sail on
Greenland waters.
According 70 Denmark's treaties with
Us. the British and other people. thess
waters are Closeu 10 all vessels which nave
not the permission OF the Danish Govern
ment. and It Is also necessary for travellers
who wish 10 go 10 that part OF the coun-
try to get u permission.
Without a traveller has such permission
he cannot enter. and this permission Is not
granted without the person who asks for
II Is backed by his own Government.
This IS done I'm order to protect the na-
dives from INSCRIPTIONS traders.
The Government Will not allow the ma
tives 70 sell more than they can dispense
with lest they be starved In the winter.
They will not sell them Intoxicating
liquors. and they are really doing what
they can to elevate the conditions.
The exports from Denmark TO Greenland
are chiefly provisions, firearms. dry goodh
hardware, tools and implements.
They send some tobacco, rope and wood
en- goods. Their imports are seal oil, seal
skins, bear n fox skins and e~iderdown.
About 5000 sealskins are sent from that
island 70 every year. and also
those Of the polar bear and OF the blue and
white fox The eiderdown IS brought as
- comes from the nests OF the cider duck
II IS here cleansed and prepared for the
market. FRANK G. CARPENTER
Copyright. 1903. by F. q. cArpeatsr.