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The Breckenridge news., 1905-01-11
4 Winter Swimming Club.

A swimming club, the members of
which are pledged to battle in the
Chicopee river on Sunday morning
throughout the year, has been organ
lied at Chicopee, Mass, says the New
York World. A. l.. Roberts is presi
Cent of the club, which has four mem
bers, with several applications pending
One of the bylaws is that in case the
river is frozen hole Of suitable size
shall be cut in the ice after the mem
bers have disro6ed. Last winter the
ice was twenty-siX inches thick. Bet
ting is to ! that the club or its mem
bers die before the next president is
inaugurated.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-01-11
Copyright, 1901, By
Mcclure, Phillips & Co.

! your own home. your own church. your
own workshop: then. if you can, set out
| from this TO go beyond it. That is the
plain and natural order, and man must
| fortify himself with very bad reasons
TO arrive ut reversing il. At all events.
the result of so strange a confusion of
duties is that many people employ
their time in all sorts of affairs except
those in which we have n right TO de-
mand it. Each is occupied with some
thing else than what concerns him. is
absent from his post. ignores his trade
! This is what cOmplicates life. And 1t
would be so simple for each one to be
about his own matter
Another form of simple duty. When
damage is done who should repair it?
He who did it. This is just, but it is
only theory. and the consequence of
following the theory would be the evil
in force until the malefactors were
found and had offset it. But suppose
they are not found. or suppose they
cannot or will not make amends?
The rain falls on your head through
n hole i'm the roof or the wind blows
in at a broken window. Will you wait
TO find the man who caused the mis-
chief? You would certainly think that
absurd. And yet such is often the prac-
tice Children Indignantly protest. IL
didn't put it there, and shall not take
it away" And most men reason after
the same fashion. 1t is logic. But ii
is not the kind of logic that makes the
world move forward.
On the contrary, what we must learn
and what life repeats to us daily is
that the injury done by one must be
repaired by another. One tears down.
another builds up; one defaces. anoth-
er restores; one stirs up quarrels. an
other appeases them; one makes tears
to flow, another wipes them away; one
lives for evil doing. another dies for
the right. And in the workings of this
grievous law lies salvation. This also
is logic, but a logic Of facts which
makes the logic of theories pale. The
conclusion of the matter is not doubt
full. A single hearted man draws il
thus: Given the evil, the great thing Is
to make it good and to set about it on
the spot. Well indeed il Messrs. the
Maiefactors will contribute to the rep
aration, but experience warns us not
to count too much on their aid
But, however simple duty may be.
there is still need of strength TO do it.
In what does this strength consist or
where is it found? One could scarcely
tire of asking. Duty is for man an
enemy and an intruder so long as it
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tainly heIrtrending. Some. in despair
end 10y doing nothing They lack
neither pity nor good intention. but
these bear no fruit They are wrong
often man has not the means to dc
good cn a large scale. but that is not
reason for failing to do it at all So
many people abSolve themselves from
any action m the ground that there is
too much u do. They should be re
called 10 simple duty and this duty
In the case of which we speak is that
each one. according 10 his resources.
leisure and capacity. should create re-
lationS for himself among the worlds
disinherited There are people who by
the exercise of a little good will have
succeeded in enrolling themselves
among the followers OF ministers ard
have ingratiated themselves with
princes. Why should you not succeed
in forming relations with the poor and
in making acquaintances among the
workers who lack somewhat the ne
cesSities of life? When a few families
are known. with their histories. their
antecedentS and their difficulties. you
may be of the greatest use to them 10y
acting the part of a brother with
the moral and material aid that is
yours to give II is true you will have
attacked only one little corner. but
you will have done what you could
and perhaps have led another on to
follow you. Instead of stopping at
the knowledge that much wretched-
ness. hatred. dsunion and vice exist
I'm society YOU will have introduced a
little good among these evils And by
however slow degrees such kindness as
yours is emuated the good will sensi-
bly, increase and the evil diminish
Even were YOU to remain alone in this
You would have the as
Surance that i'm fulfilling the duty.
plain as a child's, which offered itself
You We're doing the only reasonable
thing If you have felt it so, you have
found out one Of the secrets of right
living
In its dreams mans ambition en-
braces vast limits. but il IS rarely Civ
an us to acl icye great things. and even
then a quick and sure success always |
rests on a groundwork Of patient prep |
iration. Fidelity i'm small things is at I.
he base of every great achievement. |
We too often forget this, and yet no |
ruth needs more to be kept i'm mind |
in the troubled eraS of his |
ory and i'm the crises Of individual life |
In Shipwreck "a Splintered beam an |
,ar. any scrap of wreckuge saves us |
)n the tumblng waves of life when |
'vcrytliu, seems shattered - e.
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appears as an appeal from without.
When it comes in through the door he
leaves by the window; when it blocks
up the windows he escapes by the roof.
The more plainly we see it coming the
more surely we fee. 1t is like those
police, representatives. of public order
and official justice, whom an adroit
thief succeeds in evading Alas, the
officer, though he finally collar the
thief, can only conduct him to the sta
ton, not along the right road. Before
man is able to accomplish his duty he
must fall into the hands of another
power than that which says, "DO this,
do that: shun this, shun that, or else
beware"
This is an interior power; it is love.
When man hates his work or goes
about it with Indifference all the forces
of earth cannot make him follow it
with enthusiasm, but he who loves his
Office moves of himself; not only is it
needless to compel him, but it would
be impossible to turn him aside. And
this is true of everybody. The great
thing is to have felt the sanctity and
immortal beauty in our obscure desti-
ny; to have been led by n series of ex-
periences to love this life for its griefs
and its hopes; to love men for their
weakness and their greatness and to
belong TO humanity through the heart.
the intelligence and the soul Then an
unknown power takes possession of us,
as the wind of the sails of a ship, and
bears us toward pity and justice, and,
yielding to its irresistible impulse, we
say, Il cannot help it; something is
there stronger than l." In so saying
the men of all times and places have
designated a power that Is above hui
manity, but which may dwell in mems
hearts. And everything truly lofty
within us appears to us as manifes-
tation of this mystery beyond. Noble
feelings, like great thoughts and deeds.
are things of inspiration. When the
tree buds and bears fruit il is because
it draws vital forces from the soil and
receives light and warmth from the
sun. If Il man, in his humble sphere.
in the midst of the ignorance and faults
that are his inevitably. Consecrates
himself sincerely TO his task, it is be
cause he is i'm contact with the eternal
source of goodness. This central force
manifeSts itself under a thousand
forms Sometimes it is indomitable
energy; sometimes winning tenderness:
sometimes the militant spirit that
grasps and uproots the evil: sometimes
To be Continued.
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THE HUMOR OF JAPAN
JOKES THAT AWUSE THE NATIVES
Of DAl NIPPON.

Some samples of Their Character
i"tic Funny stories - The Doctor
Who DiGHT Fear Durgln-s The
writing critic Who Couldn't Write.
In review of collection of funny
stories called "Kok6ci Hyaku Showa''
by Mr. Kuho Tendzui the Japan
Weekly Mail quotes theafollowmg as
beng peculiarly characteristic of Japa-
ncSc humor:
\ certain government official who i'm
olden tines used to he called "daik
wan" but now is known as gun
cho" Chead of district, having been
recently appointed TO Il certain district,
was engaged in Il tour of inspection
when his notice was attracted by the
approach OF IN old man who was too
tipSy T. walk straight
Wondering who the intoxicated man
could be. the district officer accoSted
him and after much difficulty ascer
tained that he was the head of the
village which lie had come to Inspect
Thinking it TO be his duty to make use
information, the district officer asked
the topper how many houses ana how
many people there were in the village
There are 100 houses and. males and
females included. GO persons in the
village" replied the man. Puzzled. the
officer asked. How can that be-"
There is nothing wrong about that"
replied the head Of the village. BE
sides these sixty there are any amount
of peop,c in the village. but since they
are creatures who know not what it is
to drink they are not. take it. worthy
Of being mentioned"
Once upon time it happened that
five OF six burglars. armed with
swords ana shouting like men attack
ing an enemy on the battlefield, came
bouncing into the house of certain
doctor. The whole household. with the
lyZed. They felt as though iron chains
had been placed around them, and not
one Of them moved hand or foot. They
watched i'm terror to see what would
happen, when, 10 and behold, the rob-
bers took their departure without
stealing "A thing. Though they could
not tell what was the meaning of this
strange proceeding. certain it was that
the family was safe. But where was
the head of the house? After search
ing through the rooms they found him
in his dispensnry. There he stood in
the midst of the drugs. medicine spoon
in hand, looking fierce and triumphant
What are you doing hereT" inquired
one of the members of his household.
Smiling. he replied: Those robbers
were perhaps ms noted as Kumasaka
Chohan, but they may thank their
stars that they have got off with their
lives. Had they pushed matters lit
tie further and entered this dispensary
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! not one OF tIem would havc ia. Il
| alive" Amused by this remark. o2e o.
| the members of tie family rome.
| without sword or p,a d .,',
| could YOU have killed tlc.C r''
Can you kill robbers with a 50 lJu 81"
Whcrcupon tie doctor. with L"" s., t
assurance. replied: How u.v- t.4"
sands Of lives have | taken by means
of this spoon. What to mc are tie
lives of five or six robbers; Lucay
chaps 70 get of as they did,
The son Of an extremely in!tc".tc
peasant was in the habit of Lr.n~inc
his copies home day after day. lis
hands and face covered with Tie ir&
that should have gone on his copy.
Thinking it well to exercise his patcr-
nal authority over the lad even in re
gard to his school lessons. the father
one day commanded the boy to show
him his writing. Looking it over with
the air Of an expert penman. he ciiti-
ciSed various strokes: This stroke is
too long: this one too short. These two
strokes are too far apart" observed
the father.
But" said the boy, the writing
master tells us to write them as | have
done" SHOW me the copy" jerked
out the father. The boy produced the
copy. which his father began to eX-
anime closely upside down. why.
you are holding it upside down. eX-
claimed the lad. Not TO be beaten, the
father replied: Don't be so conceited!
| am holding it for you to look at, Of
course. You could not read it were
it turned the other way. Listen to
what is said to you and don't fancy
you know everything"
The above reminds us of a story that
concerns Tara Kiyomori. 1t is re-
lated that in the time of the Heiji re-
beliion the rebels attacked Kiyomori's.
camp very suddenly one day. Losing
his presence of mind, Kiyomori put
on his armor in great hurry. the back
part front Some persons near pointed
out the mistake he had made. You
have put your armor on the wrong
way" they exclaimed 1T is not so.
calmly answered Kiyomori. "As the
emperor Is coming behind | have put
on the armOr so as to have the front
part facing him. II would be mpolite
to have the back part of ones armor
facing an emperor" Without altering
it he went out to battle.
The term ''yabu" is applied to doc
tors who prescribe wrong medicines
Now, it happened once that quack
having been the means of killing the
only son of a certain house, the par
ents determined to have their revenge
Oh him. So they sued him at court
of law. The affair was eventually
patched up by the worthy quack giving
the bereaved parents his own son in
return for the one he had killed. Not
long after this event the said quack |
heard a loud knocking at his door one
night. On going TO the door he was
Informed that one of his neighbor's |
wives was dangerously i'll and that |
his presence was required at once.
Turning to his wife, he said This |
The Breckenridge news., 1905-01-11
WOMEN SHOULD VOTE.

Rev. Dr. Balusford. OF 81. George =
Church New York. calls attention 10
many reasons why women should re-
ceive the ballot He SAYS
Whether we greet 1t with dismay
or hOpefuluefs, one of the results Of
our civilization is that legislation is
entering on spheres winch are pecul-
iarly woman Once upon a time
legislation ch ttly had 10 DO with pro.
lection of property Now We legislate
about homes, sanitary questions edu-
cation, relations TO laDor and capital,
licensing question: the drink trade
etc, all moral questions that in the
most intimate way affect the home as
well as the outside interests Of life
and questions on which woman Is not
only a Judge but decidedly the best
Judge. II l. most unreasonable and
unfair that N these questions where
experience is vital. and All her ten
derest Interests are Immediately affect
ed, her influence should be confined
10 an indirect Influence, and her vote,
If recorded at al only recorded
through pressure on her husband or
her sons
Lite has way Ot outgrowlng law
in this woyt aud when it does, law
must tit itself to lite. We legslate on
hundred things our fathers never
dreamed Of Iegislating on
To-day the life Of our women mas
grown wider. has led them up to this
point where they come asking the
suffrage, aud neither common sense
nor the interests of the nation will
permit Its beng refused to them.
Politics and political silence must
soon be seen as they ara living
and ennobling effort 10 carry into
the life of mankind principles Of high
eat morality. and 80 tn raise and keep
aloft men's lives. as well As to de-
fend mems pockets
In bringing about TINS better view
and better day, | am very sure the
morality and idealism If American
womanhood must find its place And
so, for my part. / have done and
will do what IN me lies to win for the
womanhOod of our nation voice
in its fsteful councils
The Breckenridge news., 1905-01-11

Clever rich American women are
running Il fId. however, which probi-
bly, is original with Il few of tive
bright minds Of Newport or LenoX. FIR
the scheme has not attracted notice
anywhere except in New York city
where ii recently began to be known
More attention is being paid to the
nurseries in new American homes than
TO the drawing rooms, says the New
York Press Many women are earning
large sums of money by designs which
turn nurseries into veritable fairy
lands. One society young woman in
New York who moves in the Gould set
has finished several designs in nursery
frieze of charming originality. Her
wall papers tell the real story of child
hooI with all the romances of Little
Bo Peep and the fairies who use mush-
rooms for their round tables at mid
night feasts. Flocks of sheep and
hedges of clover. blue butterflies and
square rose trees are thrown into the
adornment, so that the nurses may in
their fund Of anecdotes have constant
Illustrations on the wall. Nursery trick
furniture and wild animals woven in
the carpets are bit of this new nurs-
cry fad
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CA STo IA.
p.o,.4bo A The Kind You Have AIwayS Bought
signature ss I>4H2AIZs<
L. & N. A SAFE ROAD.
(Glenn's GraphicJ

The men who have the management
of the Louisville and Nashville rail-
road in their hands ought to congrat-
ulate themselves and have right to
feel proud of the re1ord of the road
during the past year, that is so lar
as exemptions from disastrous wrecks
are concerned. While other roads have
had a succession of these troubles,
while wreck has followed wreck and
many lives have been lost with much
destruction of property the l.. Il N.
has been peculiarly blessed along this
line. THIS is perhaps attributable as
much or more to the nsorvatIve
spirit that is found in the manage
ment, which, though progressive, looks
more to the life Of the passenger than
1t does to undue haste In making over
fast time. 1T seems that every man
of that road from President Milton
Smith, down to the unknown brake.
man is expected to look we'll to the
safety of those who patronize the road.
When we are travelling on a Louis
vile and Nashville.train, we teel al
most as safe as we do while sitting In
our Office writing an editorial for the
benefit of our subscri bers We feel that
everything possible Is being done, not
only for our safety, but for the safety
of every one on the train.
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Translated From the French by
Mary Louise Hendee.

in the dark. feel oneself torn between
the contrary solicitations ct c'utctN-
calls. or again. 10 face a. duty gigantic
overwhelming beyond our strength
what is harder. And such tL.u-> lsp
pen We would neither deny nor c.u.
test the tragedy in certain situations o.
the anguish ot certain lives And yc-
duty rarely has ro make itself plain
across such conflicting circumstances
or 10 be struck out from the tortured
mind like lightning from storm
cloud such formidable shocks are eN
ceptional Well Tor Us IL We Staut
stanch when they come, But If no on,
is astoniShed that osks are uproo,ct
by the whirlw.ni. that wayfare'
stumbles at NIGHT on an unknown rolt
or that q soldier caught between two
fires is vanQuished. no more should Dc
condemn without appeal those who
have been worSted in almost superuu
man moral conflicts To Succumb nm
der the force of numbers or obstacles
has never been counted a disgrace
So my weapons are at the service OF
those who utrench themselves behind
the impreguable rampant of duty il
defined. complicated Or contradictory.
But it is not that which occupies MT
today; il IS of plain-I had almost said
easy-duty that | wish TO speak
We have yearly three or four high
feast days and many ordinary ones
There are likewise some very great ami
dark combatS 10 wage but beside these
is the multitude of plain and simple
duties. Now. willie i'm the great en-
counters our equipment is generally
adequate. it is precisely in the littl,
emergencies that we are found want
ing. Without fear of being mi>led by
paradoXical form Of thought. | af
firm, then. that the essential thing l.
10 fulfill our simple duties and exercise
elementary Justice. In general. those
who lose their souls do so not because
they fail 10 rise to difficult duty, but
because they neglect to perform that |
which is simple Let us illustrate this /
truth.
lie who tries to penetrate into the /
humble underworld of society is not F.
slow 10 discover great misery. physical /
and moral And the closer he looks |
the greater number of unfortmateS |
does ne discover. till in the end this /
assembly Of the wretched appears to |
him like great black world. in whose |
presence the individual ana his meaas |
Of relief are reduced to helplcSsness.
1t is true that he feels impelled 10 run
to the Succor of these unfortunate>.
but at the same time hc asks himself.
what is the usef" The case is Ger.
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A Grim Tragedy

is daily enacted, in thousands of
homes, as Death claims In each one,
another victim of Consumption or
Pneumonia But when Coughs and
Colds are properly treated. the tragedy
is averted F. Il. Huntley, of Oaklandon,
Ind, writes: MY wife had the SON
sumption, and three doctors gave her
up. Finally she took DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption CII5li
and Colds, which clc9i h,:, All t.
day she is well and strong. 1t kills
the germs of all diseases. One dose
relieves. Guaranteed at SOC and 81. 90
by Short q Haynes, druggists Trial
bottle free.
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A TEXAS WONDER

One small bottle OF the Texas Won
der, Halls Great Discovery, cures all
kidney and bladder troubles, removes
gravel, cures diabetes, seminal ennis
sions, weak and lame backs, rheu-
matism and all irregularities of the
Kidneys and bladder in both men
and women regulates bladder trouble
in children. If not sold by your
druggist it will be sent by mail on
receipt.of 81. One small bottle is two
months treatment and seldom fails
to perfect cure. DIR. e. w. Hall,
sole manufacturer, p o. Box 629, st.
Louis, Mo. Send for testimonials.
Sold by all druggists.
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ShjDS For EnRIIsh NAVY

Great Pritain has in course Of con,
Gtruction; Battleships, s; armored
cruisers. 10: second class cruisers. l.;
third class cruisers. 4 scouts, 8; de.
stroyers, %; submarines, II; river gun
boats, 6. The new battleships, to be
known as the Lord Nelson class, will
cost $S,OO0,OOO each.
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READ THIS.

Louisville, KY, June 13, 1901.
DR.. E. W Hall, st. Louis, Mo. Dear
Sir: have suffered three years from
Kidney and bladder tronbles, and one
half bottle of Texas Wonder, Hall s
Discovery, has cured me. and | can
cheerfully recommend It,
Yours very respectfully,
j. n. Roberts, 1919 Maple st.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-01-11
chamberain's Cough Remedy Absolutely
Harmless.

The fault of giving children medic
inc containing injurious substances,
is sometimes more disastrous than the
disease from which they are suffering.
Every mother should know that Cham
pertains Cough Remedy is pefectly
safe for children to take. 1t contains
nothing harmful and for cot ghs colds
and Group is unsurpassed. For sale
by Short g. Haynes.
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Greatly I'm Demand.

Nothing is more in demand than
a medicine which meets modern re-
qnirements for blood and system
cleanser, such as Dr. Kings New Life
Pills They are Just what you need to
cure stomach and liver troubles. Try
them. AT Short & Haynes drug store,
25c., guaranteed.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-01-11

requires cons .deratipn. my dear. There
Is no knowing but that if may end in
their takin" yGu from me"
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There l. one rational way to treat
nasal catsrrh: The medicine is apph-
ed direct to the affected membrane
The remedy is Ely's Cream Balm. 1t
restore the intlamed tissues 80 a heal
thy state without drying all the life
out OF them and it gives. back the lost
senses of taste and smell The sufferer
who Is tired of vain experiments
should use Cream Balm. Druggists
sell it FOR 80 cts. Ely Brothers So War
rem Street, New York, will mail it.
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TO HAVE A GOOD TOWN.

The most prosperous town Is the
one where there is the greatest evil
dedce of local trade, says an ex-
change 1t doesn't require mansions
and great lawns and the trappings Of
wealth to make prosperous town Or
city. but order, cleanliness AMI the
evidence OF civic pride are an abso-
lutte essential.
The neat clean, well kept home,
with the evidence of personal inter
ct, clean streets and back alleys free
from rubb lsh, the things that may
be possessed by ali save the really un-
fortunate, are the things which make
a town inviting, and upon which
prosperity measures rest