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THE
HOSPITALLERS
or ST. JOHN
IN the East Central district of
IN LONDON

7N the East Central district of
London, in thoroughfare that
echoes day and night to the rum
bling of railway cars and market
wagons. there stands a Tudor arch
way, notified gray and black with age
and smoke, that in itself summarizes
the romance of eight centuries and
symbolizes great and noble work of
to-day.
Who Of the never-ceasing stream Of
workers that flows under st. Johns
Gate, Cierkenweli, gives a thought to
the goou and doughty knights who
since the crusades have found shelter
behind its stout old walls2 Who Of the
hurrying crowds suspects that to-day,
as in the twelfth, century, there issues
from that cramped, half-hidden door
way emissaries of mercy who carry
hope and succor to sick and wounded
in many lands? Many of these passers-
by may themselves owe the preserva-
ton Of their lives to the good offices of
the men who quietly and without self
advertisement pursue calling which
has little reward save the satisfaction
of easing pain and solacing the af-
flicted.
The King is supreme head and
patron of the order, while the Prince
Of Wales has succeeded his father as
grand prior. The ceremony Of install
lation is held in the ancient chapter
room at Clerkenwell.
The reception Of knight is a quaint
and picturesque ceremonial. The
postulant presents himself with a
lighted taper in his hand and carry
ing his naked sword. Finally the
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STORY OF THE KAISER,

His Signature Brought Much MoneY
for a Worthy Object. u =.
The Rome correspondent of the
Kleine Zeitung tells a characteristic
story of the German Kaiser. The
Aquarium Of Naples, as many natural
lists are aware, is one of the finest in
the whole world. Prof. Dohren, the
| manager Of this excellent institution,
has been very anxious to perfect and
complete the scientific apparatus at his
command. The Neapolltan Aquarium
already enjoys a subvention from the
Italian government, which, considering
the poverty Of Italy, Is extremely gen.
erous, but, nevertheless, Is utterly in
sufficient to maintain the aquarium at
its high level. Prof. Dohren, with the
permission of the, italian government,
made journey to Berlin to negotiate
loan Of some hundred thousand lire.
He there obtained an audience with
the most important member Of the Trt-
pie Alliance, Kaiser Wilhelm, whom he
entreated to use his imperial influence
for the perfecting Of the famous
aquarium at Naples. :,
The Kaiser, just for a moment, was
somewhat startled at the request, and
inclined to refuse. After a short pause,
however, he seized a pen, and wrote a
subscription for 10000 marks in his
own name. There" said he, handing
the paper to DR.. Dohren, "now you can
go round among the high officials and
aristocracy, and show this paper, and
just tell Them" added the Kaiser, "that
when the subscription list is full it is
not to be sent to the Italian govern
ment, but is to be returned to me, that
l may forward it to the King of Italy"
The delighted scholar took the hint,
and as the result Of series of begging
visits in the German capital he obtained
promises for nearly 100000 marks in
addition to the sum subscribed by the
Kaiser.
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BUT mustn't we show people that we love them?' asks
the adorng little woman despairingly Yes of course YOU
may my DEAR and If you do it wisely you will lift I'D and
Improve those to whom give your heart and devotion
but all human things fallibe. Therefore YOU must
temper your love with discretion WISE farseeng dis
elimination Do not spoil" your husband Do not allow
the love which ought to be the guiding star of his life
which should be stepping stone higher things to make
MIN into selfish, exacting, fault-fnding person.
1t Is common enough wife often becomes selfish
because of her husbands great love- who started
marriage with only normal average share Of masculine
sehshness Is frequently transformed during the first year
of marimony into impatient inconsiderate man. who liz
always demanding, never giving.
If he discovers that you awed before the majesty
OF his criticism, he will be pued up with undue sense
of his Importance By all try to have everything
in the home life perfect possible do not let
him think that it all done for his sake-done lest he
might complain.
Il never go away from home for a day without Tom
lest he might not be comfortable sure he would
feel terribly neglected If Il went off visit enjoying
myself while left him to the tender mercies of the SER
want" continued Mrs Smith. But there's no satisfying
him."
1t would be the finest thing in the world Tom If he
made to feel neglected for Bit while his wife en-
joyed herself elsewhere
If have "angel in the house, we are too apt to
be of the privilege Absence makes miss her.
Tom would think great deal moSe of his wife
not always on the spot when he wanted her.
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OF vehicles employed Is looked upon
as one of the most important require
ments in ambulance work. An invalid
has been carried across Europe on one
of the stretchers of the association
without having been once removed
from it. A two-wheeled litter was
used at the start, then a stretcher was
conveyed by railway and steamboat.
and one Of the horse carriages from
st. Johns Gate completed the jour-
ney. This would have Deen impossi-
Bile had not the conveyances been OF
uniform size.
The noble and ancient Order of the
Hospital of st. John of Jerusalem
never performed better or wiser act
In its eight centuries of existence than
when it established it's ambulance de-
,partment
st. Johns Gate is the home of the
Order Of the Hospital of st. John OF
Jerusalem In Great Britain; 1t is also
the headquarters of the st. John AM
bulance Association founded by the or
der.-Montreal Star. ~
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unreasonable. Mother. / remember
now what you told me once things
have come to you gradually. You and
father began just as Leslie and are
going to begin!'
"Well-no, not quite" returned Mrs.
I'ravers.
but you were almost as poor.
weren't youg"
Mrs. Trayers laughed gaily.
If you must know, my dear" she
said, your fathers salary when l
married him was exactly half the In
come Leslie is making now"
Mother" said Mabel, you make
me more and more ashamed Of my
self"
"Oh, but ours was dangerous ex-
pertinent. You see, our income was
below the minimum of discretion"
Anyhow, the experiment ended hap
ply"
"As 1t happened"
Mrs. TraVers blushed charmingly.
1T was risk, though, which l
shouldn't like you and Leslie to run"
"You think don't love Leslie as
much as you loved father, and no won
der, after the way I've behaved" said
Mabel, humbly. Mother, wish--I
wish Leslie were as poor as father
was, so that 1 might show you"
The sentence was elliptical, but Ma
bells mother uderstood.-New York
News
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BUSY MEN SHORT OF FRESH AIR.
Indoor Workers Find 1t, Difficult to
Renew Store of Oxygen,

Indoor Workers Find 1t, Difficult to
Renew Store OF Oxygen.
Men Of affairs in New York find It
as difficult to get fresh air as exercise.
Some Of them find time for an hour
with an athletic trainer, but are too
occupied to devote another hour to
taking the air; that Is a long process
nowadays in this city. It perversely
happens that the men who are alb
sorbed by the large matters Of life
here are those who are most strenu-
ously urged by the physicians to take
the air. says the New York Sun. Ger
tain maladies to which they are espe-
cially subject are best treated by peri
DDS Of time passed out of doors. Govt,
for instance, yields more promptly to
such course than to any other. But
it happens to be just the thing that
most busy men are unable to do.
One or two Of the athletic trainers
whose services are so much in de-
mand at high prices have all their cli-
ents work In what is practically the
open, as the windows are Enclosed and
the patients protected from the cold
by heavy clothing. But more usual is
the prescription Of a doctor who has
numbered many well-known men
among. his patients. He told them to
ride always with the windows of their
cabs open, whatever. the weather
might be. BY that means the Journey
fo and from their Offiono ooT11d aIuo va
be made a method of taking the air.
And most Of those who tried the pre-
scription were so convinced of it's
value that they stuck to 1t. William
G. Whitney attributes his general
good health for years to his devotion
to this habit, and he has not been seen
in long time riding in a carriage
with the windows closed, no matter
how cold the weather.
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face gradually changed to one of re-

face gradually changed to one of re-
lief.
Il think 1 understand" she said.
"Oh. I'm horrid, mercenary
, wretch" cried Mabel.
mo, I don't think you're that" re-
piled her mother, quietly, "only-well,
want of money Is never a pleasant
thing. We all love wealth and pros
perity, and it's perfectly natural that
woman should want her husband to
be rich rather than poor. don't
blame you. dear. for regretting Les
lies poverty; only thought you cared
for him less because of it."
ION, no, MOI! cried Mabel eagerly.
Mother. you don't think that meant
thatw
II was afraid at first, when YOU
spoke SO bitterly" replied Mrs. Tray
ers gently. But l know now I was
mistaken"
Mother, I'm beginning to see things
more clearly" said the girl, with n
sudden Frightening of her face. 81
hate poverty, but love Leslie. If Les
lie were a pauper l should groan hor-
ribly, but shouldn't give him up"
Mrs. Travers began to laugh.
well, it isn't as bad as that, is it?"
she returned. After all, Leslie has
quite a respectable income. l admit
1t might be larger, but then, there's
every prospect Of its increasing as time
goes on. Do you know, Mabel" Mrs.
Travers continued, you're just lit
tie bit inclined to exaggerate your fu-
ture husbands straitened cfrcum.
stancesY
Perhaps 1 am" admitted Mabel.
But then"
"Oh, know what Is in your mind"
interrupted her mother. Poverty Is
always comparative, and SO, because
you have been accustomed to a big
house with plenty Of servants, a lit
tie house with only one servant must
seem poor and mean to you"
Mabel looked puzzled.
"You see." said Mrs. Travers, "when
you compare the big house with the
little one, you're comparing your faith
er's position with Leslie's, and the
one. you know, is nearly thirty years
older than the other"
"Oh! exclaimed Mabel, with start
ling emphasis. What silly child 1
amp
And Mrs. Travers smiled in a salts
fed way. She knew that her daugh-
ter was cultivating the proper frame
of mind.
"And l never thought of that! 1 ac-
tually expected Leslie to start where
father left off! Why, of course, it'0
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SUCCeRRfml.
Kaiser.

In former years, when representa-
tives Of ship chandler stores char
tered tugs in which long trips were
made on the Chesapeake Bay in Or
der to be the first to solicit business
from the captain, the feeling among
the competitors was anything but
friendly. One of the runners" tells
the following story:
After a long chase, in which half a
dozen of us took part, one Of our num-
Der reached the boat much in adj
vance Of the others. He promptly
sought an interview with the cap
tain. When the others boarded the
steamer he represented us as a gang
of cut-throat boarding house keepers,
and persuaded the captain to lock us
out Of the cabin and have nothing to
do with us. He was a well-dressed
chap and good story teller. Our
clothes were rough and our manners
worse. This may have had some
thing to do with the success Of his
efforts. Before he left the captain he
had sold the ship provisions enough
to keep it supplied for six months.
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"Yes-T suppose so. He said that,
as we were to be married so soon
now, 1t was only right that l should
know exactly what he could offer me.
Oh, mother, l had no idea that Leslie
was so miserabIy poor"
Mrs. Travers eyed her daughter with
troubled look.
his income" she said.
Il know; but l didn't realize how
little it was till he went into all the
wretched details about rent, and serv-
ants, and housekeeping money. and
all the rest Of 1t. Oh, it all seemed
so mean and sordidw
And Mabel flung out her hands with
little gesture of impatience.
81 am very sorry to hear you say
that, Mabel" said Mrs. Travers grave
ly. "It-it almost makes me afraid"
she went on hesitatingly, you ought
never to have promised to marry Les
lie. Perhaps you are not the right
kind of wife for him, dear"
'Motherv'
Mrs. Travers rose from her chair and
laid her hand lightly on the girls dark
head.
Tell me, child" she said, do you
really and truly care\for him?"
At this Mabel hid her face in her
hands and burst into food of tears.
I'll do love him." she sobbed, 'but
butch, don't know what is the
matter with mew'
And the girl spoke truly. She knew
that she loved Leslie, yet she was mis-
erably conscious of disappointment
and establishment. That day she
had realized. for the first time, the
prosaic meaning of limited income.
She had been accustomed to think
vaguely of poverty as a rather ro-
mantle kind Of thing that made love
all the more delightful. Leslie's state
ment Of hard facts had scattered all
her pretty, sentimental notions to the
winds. Her heart had sunk within
her as she listened to her lovers de-
scription Of their future home-amod-
est villa in the suburbs, with one maid
to assist her in her household duties.
She dreaded the prospect of all the
petty economies they would be obliged
to practice, and for moment, though
she hated herself for 1t the next, she
had felt almost angry with Leslie be-
cause he was not richer man. She
loved Leslie, she told herself again and
again, and yet
Something of all this the girl con.
trived to sob out in her mothers SYM
pathetic ear, and as Mrs. Travers list
ened, the look Of perplexity on her
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WiIder's Wisdom.

Marshall P. Wilder, who, as the
warning has already been given, is ap-
preaching the vaudeville circuits, is
too adroit story teller to confine his
jokes to the coal famine. He doesn't
mind interesting the women in the
high price Of produce, however. One
of his late yarns is appended:
II was in a fruit store on Broadway,
where a woman was buying some ap-
pies. She noticed few cucumbers on
the counter, and said: You may put
In half dollars worth Of those
1.-THE salesman looked at her inquir-
ingly and remarked: You will have
to buy a whole one, ma'am; we don't
cut cucumbers'
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mantle Of black with the white cross
Of eight points embroidered on the
left side is thrown over him, and the
brethren say: 1--WE wear this white
cross as a sign of purity; wear it also
within thy heart as well as outwardly,
and keep 1t without soil or stain. The
eight points are the signs of the eight
beatitudes, which thou ever must pre-
serve-namely: /. Spiritual JOY. 2. To
live without malice. 8. To weep over
thy sins. 4. To humble thyself to
those who inJure thee. 8. To love
Justice. 6. To be merciful. Z. To be
sincere and pure in heart. s. To suf-
fer persecution"
The establishment for a Knight Of
Justice Is this cross fashioned In gold
and for a knight of Grace a silver
cross.
The Royal knights, 1t may have
been noticed, wear the cross in a more
prominent position than of their other
orders-that is, suspended from the
neck by a ribbon.
Although originally an order for the
defense Of their religious principles,
the watchword and mission of the Hos
pitallers have, from time immemorial,
been mercy and succor They sent
men to attend the sick and wounded in
the Crusades, and when the Franco
German war broke out many members
of the order were continually engaged
in the campaign. Then, at the out
set Of the South African war, the am
bulance department of the order dis
patched 2,O46 men to the field and sta
tionary hospitals. No less than sixty
two of 'the brigade succumbed to dis
ease contracted In the performance Of
their noble work.
The st. John Ambulance Association,
although an offshOot of the Order of
st. John, has its management and
finance kept quite independent, It
commenced in humble way with a
two-wh6sled litter, a triangular band
age and a stretcher. In short time
no fewer than thirty eight-wheeled lit
ters had been supplied to London's
police alone.
Previously when an accident &C.
CURED, and it was necessary to carry
an invalid In a recumbent position, a
gate or a shutter had been considered
to be the proper vehicle. This prim-
tive method, however, Is authorize tive
ly pronounced very superior to the
plan still too frequently adopted of
doubling up a patient in four
wheeled cab. regardless Of the nature
Of his injuries. Uniformity in the style
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No Ready Money!

At Princeton alumni dinner held
recently at one of the New York hotels
President Woodrow Wilson alluded to
the genius of Johns Hopkins as a mon
ey-maker, and said that on one occa-
sion, when Mr.. Hopkins was more in
tent on accommodating wealth than on
the wise disposition Of it, three young
men waited upon him to ask help for
the local Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation. The New York Times repeats
the story:
But have no money" Mr.. Hopkins
said; that is, have no ready money.
l have little property, but that, of
course, Is not available. l don't see
how l can aid you"
well, Mr.. Hopkins" said the spokes-
man, I'VE shall be glad to take your
note"
''Um, HIM! Nov that's clever! You
shall have it," And he forthwith wrote
his note for three thousand dollars,
payable in six months. AS he handed
1t over, he said, "Teli me now what you
are going to do with this
1--WE shall turn it into cash."
"But, see here" said Mr.. Hopkins,
"what will that cost your"
''Six per cent"
THAT will never do. It's too much.
I'll discount it myself for four"
" "And he did," added President Will
son, although he had no ready mon
py"
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Strength of the Ants.

A. r. Miller recently weighed a
small ant and a dead grasshopper
which it was dragging to its nest The
weight of the grasshopper was found
to be sixty times greater than that Of
the ant. The force exerted by the ant
in dragging the grasshopper along the
road was therefore proportionately
equal to that of man weighing $50
pounds pulling load of four and one
half tons, or horse of 1900 pounds
load Of thirty-six tons
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Browning by Photograph.

Robert Browning's words and tones
have been preserved. He spoke into
a photograph cylinder some time be-
fore his death. Ten or a dozen years
ago there was a gathering of notables
at the Chelsea residence of the late
Rev. Hugh Haweis to hear the in
strument give back the voice of the
dead poet. The precious cylinder Is
kept in the British Museum.
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he Point of View

IA ~SN~NN%<NN~
ABEL TRAVERS stood at the
gate and watched her lovers
Fetreating figure until it dis
8ed round a bend in the road.
I was a disconnected expression
handsome face as she walked
oack to the house and entered
Ptners drawing room.
1FaVers looked up from her
% mabel, with a little impa-
Rlsh' threw herself into a chair.
\ \. ~, oearT' she said brightly.
AF returned Mabel In a tone
pned the contrary.
nVthing the matterw asked her
4, lou haven't quarrel with
suppose she added. play
. yeSU - least, really, I'm not
u'' was the unexpected re-
me- said Mrs. Travers.
nanw " "arry a
Ped surprise. sn'e'
uSfi'ng" she said, reproachful-
s-an nuO u I'm a wretch to say
stNa nu perhaps I don't mean it
tber Oe afraid to tell me, dear"
a hn leslie and Il have been
led II lness talk. - That's what
~ VI IT. 1t was hatefulg
larllnss y necessary. Leslie was
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YOUNG MEN MAY RISE.
IBy Samuel Brill. New York Merchant.

lie
| began my business career as a newsboy.
I'M My beginning in life n humble one l was
IN only 10 years of age when / left the school
III was attending and started out to earn a living
~ Even at that early age had thirst for knowl-
n edge and availed myself Of every opportunity
81 to improve my mind. picked up papers in the
81 street and bought secondhand books with the
! few pennies l could spare and took them home
ead them evenings. Young men who are now
ing subordinate positions in stores or workshops
The material from which to draw inspiration
sstance that had the only difference being that
here is more Of it.
ply had $3.50 when l started in business with my
81 who had a similar amount, but had what would
call courage or a something within me that gave
pfdence to struggle toward the goal of success
eping careful watch my expenses, by living
imply, even after fortune had begun to smile on us
sness grew rapidly.
pay we have over 200 employees in our four establish
| have an excellent chance to study men, tc
e their motives and watch their efforts to get on in
prld If young men will follow my advice which
q of experience, and will deny themselves what they
Gures in their younger days, say between IS and
q save their money, when they are 80 years of age
viii have accumulated few hundred dollars with
to start in business for themselves or to Law the
ton of substantial bank account. They can en-
Y the same line Of business as their employer on a
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from Liverpool, going TO our racine coast, one
i, thn suez Canal and the other by Cape Horn, and
.,o1s of the same speed from New York, one going
ord and the other eastward and both English YES
IL roach their destination before either of Cut
&.hman canal and it is nearer from New York to
Kong via Nicaragua than from Liverpool to the same
via the Suez
IN brepzes and these carriers of international com
must be built of American material in American
hv American labor They are to be manned by
ban sailors fired by American coal or, more probably
n thew are to float the stars and stripes
other this will be accomplished through government
Nv American patriotism and American capital and
han energy cannot say. Whether this consumma-
hall be contributed to by statesmen or achieved by
sers is immatcria compared with the Importance Of
suc itself American wealth, American energy, plus
h which is ours, plus the Philippine Islands, which
hrs plus the sthmian canal which we will surely
transfers the sovereignty of the Pacific Ocean from
biop Jack to the Stars and Stripes.
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H PENCIL AND WITH INK,

& boy came from his school one
day,
ms heart in a furry of glee;
papa! they've taken our pencils
away,
I'm writing with ink" said he.
rs breast was filled with manly
pride,
n Joyed him much to think,
laid his pencil and slate aside,
Is writing his words with ink.
pocent child! could you guess the
truth
would ask of the years to stay
FAese slate-pencil doings of youth,
q tear will wash them away.
u IN the great world of life and
men
wrongs that we do and think,
lhot so easy blot out again,
use we then write them with ink.
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Nv ana by studying the situation carefully ara
neping constantly the alert they will be able 70
Climb the lader of success l'' Oe "Die 70
inns Is not idle talk; 1t is experience The voun man
NV = indifferent to his surroundings remains in rnt
e one vino is energetic, not afraid of work and i
business for himself ' " ''S :"