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New York, Special: Poverty sorely be-
sets Countess Nicholas, but She would
have borne it gladly had she not made
up her mind to prosecute her S24, 0oo, coo
claim against Mexico, and therefore she
would sell her $500, Coo Michael Angelo.
She is the aged mother of the late w.
irving Bishop, a noted mind reader,
whose tragic death nearly a score of
years ago will be recalled. Countess Mich
olas was once wealthy. but has undergone
many vicissitudes. among them that of
beng sent to the almshouse, but she has
through all her m;sfortunes kept her
ownership of the painting, which was an
heirloom derived from her English an
c%estors. The venerable woman burned the
doors and the stairs of the house in YER
mont In which she lived and from which
she was finally turned into the snow, but
through all these years she has kept the
old painting, which she believes is Of I'M
questioned value and authenticity.
Countess Nicholas is now living in a fur
nished room at No. 22s West 111th St, and
is maintained largely through the kindness
of friends. She feels quite certain that the
Michael Angelo will certainly bring d
large sum and then she Will nave funds
to sustain her. She wants TO erect a
monument to her son in Greenwood GENE
terry and to provide a fund which shall be
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The Doctors Mistake.

~
A doctor who thinks that all the ills
OF the human ace can be traced to the
drinking of coffee and tea entered q
restaurant recently inc seated himself
opposite an Irishman who was busying
himself trying to dispose Of a steum-
ing cup of coffee.
How often do you use coffee?" que
ricd the doctor.
II drink it morning. noon and right
sir"
Don't you experience a slight dizxi-
ness Of the brain on retiring at night7"
".deed I do, sir. very frequently"
You have a sharp pain through tho
temples and In and around the eyesfs
Right you are" replied the irish-
man.
You are possessed with a drorys,nes,
when you awake in the morning, and
your head often aches and feels very
heavy"
Right again." answered tn. 1rfsa-
a still slipping hin cufeee.
well, then exclaimed the doctor.
sitting e:tcs in his chair, aren't you
now convinced that the coffee is tho
:suse?"
rs tina so?" said the 1rishman, in
astonishment. Faith, l always Thought
it was the whisky"
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A Warning to Psychotherapists

From the New York Times.
Our own recent expressions of doubt
over the so-called functional and nervous
maladies for treatment by persons with
no knowledge of medicine find stro:.g
confederation in an article by DR.. c. \
Penrose, of Baltimore. which appears in
the current number of the New Yor.
Medical Journal.
He begins by denying that 1t is the
neglect of psychotherapy by the regular
doctors that has driven q considerable
portion of the public to one or announcer
school of mysticism for this form of re-
lief from their ills. Il doubt, indeed"
he says, ''if there is any suggestion more
potent than the influence of the family
physician or the simple administrator
Of a remedy by one in whom We have
such confidence" There is an implica-
ton in that statement which 1t IS as we'll,
ever that may be, DR.. Penrose insists that
there is as much Of psychotherapy in
orthodox practice as is effective or de-
sirable.
The vehement demand for more OF 1t he
explains as due to the curious increase, re-
sult.ng from the stresses of modern life, of
q type mentally degenerate, whom he de-
bcribes as mind weary" These people, of
whom the Eddyites are the extreme ex-
Amples, are eager to believe anything that
saves them the trouble Of thinking and at
the same time removes their frets and
worries. The disinclination to think things
out IS a step toward the inability to think,
and after that come the various stages of
imbec.lity, dementia, but DIR. Penrose ad-
mits that the cult which quiets and Gains
may prevent further progress along this
dismal road. and he advises care in driving
such people back into their worries by de-
etcoying their solace.
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used to retain for a time the bodies of per-
sons who may have been pronounced dead.
She has always believed tina her son was
In a cataleptic state when an autopsy was
performed upon him by physicians who
were eager to fathom the mystery of his
wonderful brain.
She is the daughter Of the late Sir James
Davidson. of England. Lady Davidson
was married in this city to Nathaniel C.
Bishop, a stock broker. who acted for
William III. Vanderbilt. Jay Gould and
other ~tinanc.ers, and she once lived at No.
q Fifth ave., in the house now occupied
by Samuel l.. Clemens mark Twain).
one expert who has examined the old
canvas she owns is OF the opinion that it
is from the brush of Michael Angelo Amer
Ugh. ~Car9vasgio, who was born IN 1869, five
years after the death of the great genius
of Italian art who bore the family name
OF Bounarroti. The painting is called Tho
Death OF the Virgin" and represents an
assassin bending over a young woman.
dagger in hand. A picture of the same
name and credited to him is In the Louvre.
and the countess is of the opinion that
this one was there, although she says she
has not at hand the documentary proof al
present to sustain the theory. The coun-
tess says that she was once offered 10000
for 1t, but scorned such u price.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-21
EVERY MAN HIS "
BATTERY, IS DISCOVERY
Or. j. e. SiebeI Tells Scientists
Human Body Can Make Its
Own Electricity.

Chicago. Special: Discovery of q
method for the generation of energy
within the human body itself-the near
est approach to the secret of life yet
achieved in the triumph of science
was announced to the American Assoc
citation for the Advancement OF Sci
ence by DIR. j. L. Siebel, a Chicago phy-
sician. DIR. Siebels discovery ranks
among scientific men with the successes
of Edison, Marconi and Roentgen and
deals with the same principle-electric-
ity.
Experiments conducted for years, Dr..
Siebel announced. nave brought perfect
demonstration of the theory that eiec-
tricity, stored up in the muscular struc-
ture of the human frame can be re-
leased and made to do work. This work
Is the p~rolongation OF life through the
additional vitality supplied to the hui
man body working as its own electrical
generator.
Nearly a year 6 DR.. Siebel n
bounced that nutritive elements, such
as alcohol. sugar. fats, etc. during their
consumption by the human or animal
body. act as generators Of electricity in
the miniature but numerous batteries
that comprise the muscular structure OF
the human frame. The attention of
scientific men was attracted to this
theory. which was the result OF many
years OF study and careful experiment
Wy LII. olCoS1. ~ Viz lllIG lllGTG WAS
only one link missing to make the
theory perfect. The oxygen carrier of
the blood. oxyhemoglobin, would not
Yield to the electric force generated In
the miniature batteries of the body.
Has Made Many Experiments.
During the last year DR.. Siebel has
busted himself with experiments along
demonstration of his success, made in
his address before the association.
proved to the satisfaction of scientists
that a new method for the generation
OF energy within the human body itself
has been produced.
struction Of batteries on a working
scale, in which the nutritive combust-
ibles necessary to form the connection
between the batteries and the system
ave been created.
The Importance Of this discovery in
an Industrial a comes in the genera
ton OF energy In the human system, as
we'll as without it, through the CONVEX
sion OF nutrient matter into cleo
tricity.
Another consideration which makes
the Siebel discovery the more pertinent
to everyday life is the fact that the
oXidizing mediums are common and in
expensive and thus within the grasp OF
that vast body of workers who need
added energy most. OF the co1nbust-
IUleS necessary 10 lIlpdTI tllS energy
to be generated within the body itself,
denaturized alcohol is one Of the most
common. while sugars and fats also
play an important part In this solution
OF the secret OF life.
Alkaline carbonates. especially bicar-
Donates. that exist in solution in the
blood. act not only as tranferrers Of
the oxygen necessary to increased en-
ergy. taking the Oxygen from the
oxyhemoglobin OF the blood c%orpuscles
and conveying 1t to the combustible or
nutrient material, but at the same time
and by the same action convert the
oxygen SO transferred into an active
or ozonized condition.
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How Clara Illustrated !, Poem.

How Clara illustrated a Poem.
Little Clara was told by her teacher to
make.
Like the rest of the class, a fit illustra-
To go with a poem. (Which one shall I
Asked Cara. poor child. in some pertur.
baton.
THE Old Oaken Bucket" the teacher re-
piled.
I'm try" was the answer; and here's
what she drew:
~ circle, three buckets, and off at one side
some dots loosely scattered, a dozen or
This circle?' asked teacher. THE we'll"
She, said, exec
But why have three Como
Clare please tell"
ones the old oaken bucket: the messy
one next,
The third the %,ron-bound one that hung
In the WE'LL"
"of course. said the teacher; but what
are these dots?
really don't see just what they have to
With the poem" Why. don't your SAID
Clara. Those spots,
Why. they're. the loved spots that my
infancy knew"
George Jay In s.. Nicholas.
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tcon.nued Next Weekly
lceland,s Education.

from Natlonal Magazine.
There are no schools In Iceland, yet
to the parish statistics. In no other
country in Europe are so many books
printed n sold in proportion to the
population. = population of only &c 5000,
scattered in many hamlets, has twelve
printing presses. the earliest being es-
tablished as far back as 1880: about
leo books annually. IA newspapers and
eight periodicals are produced to sat
isfy the literary needs Of this little ma
ton.
Yet this literary people still live in
a pastoral and Homeric civilization,
fulness Of human life lived in close
contact with the free. wild life of ma
ture. such as would have delighted the
heart of Rosscau or Thoreau. AS q
proof that this life is healthy, I give
the example OF a clergyman who died
MANAGED to live all his days healthy
and happy on $3.50 a year, the aver
age stipend in the Icelandic church.
The sheep yield o Inc clothing.
Their wool is pulled off in the spring.
carded, spun. woven in hand looms and
worn undyed. You make shoes of their
skin n spoons Of their horns. Every
| opportunity Is seized for the telling Of
stories and reciting of poems. Only the
milk ewes are kept ut home in the
summer to be MIXED. The rest Of the
sheep are gathered in from the noun
tains in autumn. notice being given at
church from the pulpit.
The autumn gatherings, with peopIe
sitting on the walls of the stone in
closure telling stories are quite Homer
ic- The winter evenings are spent with
each member of the family busy at
work in the same room; the men on
their knees shaving the wool off the
sheep skins, making ropes and nets of
hair: the women using spindle and dis
taft, embroidering, ETC.. afford a stiu
better opportunity for stories and pr,ns
There are even wandering minstrels
who gain their livelihood by reciting
prose or poetry, which they know by
heart, at various farmhouses till they
exhaust their stock.
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Glad 1t Was His Wedding.
From the New York World.

Guests assembled for the marriage
Of Lieutenant Logan Tucker, u. S. M.
C., and Mrs. May K. Broome waited
fully 25 minutes past the scheduled
hour before the two principals in the
service appeared. From time to time
during this interval the bridegroom's
grandmother. Mrs. John A. Logan,
turned expectantly to the door, hoping
to see her grandson appear. Finally
the little gathering OF friends. pretty
highly Keyed up, were getting a bit on
their nerves. when Mrs. Logan restored
the balance by calling across tile aisle
to q guest:
We'll. I'm glad Logan Tucker is
going to a wedding instead of a fight.
II he is as late getting into battle as
ne Is IN getting to this altar. he'd stand
Httle chance Of winning, that's all rye
got to say"
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Relieving the strineency in Kansas.

A country banker out in Kansas yes
,terday called up by long distance tcle-
phone and asked for the cashier of a
West Side bank which is Il reserve
agency for several country banks.
whats the trouble down there-are
you In distress?" the city cashier in
Quired.
"Distress! Well. 1 should say" came
the response over the wire.
Are you short on currency?"
Short. no! We've got more currency
than we know what to do with. but the
blamed stuff is all in tens, 1wenties,
flfties and hundreds"
well what IN earth do you want?'
the city cashier growled.
We'll. If it's all the same to you. I'd
IKE to swap a peck of twenties for q
bushel of hves." the country banker
yelled back. apologe-',ally.
!. very well. send 1t along and wen
swap" the city cashier replied. as he
hung ur the telephone receiver.
THAT was easy" the cashier said. as
IL much relieved. II thought sure there
was trouble coming then. A peck of
.twenttes for .. bsshel of fves."
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Force of Habit.
From the Boston Herald.

IOAA ~ DOSlO I1tIdlu.
A Boston psychologist was recently
reminded Of the story OF the Russian
jailer who, changing his occupation,
found the chief interest OF his leisure
moments in catching birds. putting
them In cages and selling them to the
highest bidder.
The scientist having to attend a series
OF lectures in a large public hall struck
up acquaintance with the janitor OF
the building and soon noted in him q
suggestive bent of mind. The man
seemed fond of counting the people.
and would occasionally report the ex-
act number present. I'VE have IFS here
tonight" he would say, or Just 2O1
all told:" or. when the hall was crowd
ed, II make 1t $40" There was a prob
lem in all this, but it tool some time
for The psychologist to solve 1t.
A bit of friendly, familiar talk, con-
tinual1y renewed, did the business, for
1t brought out the fact that the JAM
itor had spent many Of the previous
years of his life as warden in an east
ern prison. With rifle on shoulder,
from some inclosing wall, the man had
counted hts convicts until the habit
became ingrained. In the recesses of
his brain the lecture hall took the shape
of a Jail yard and the audiences were
his prisoners. He counted because he
wished to know IL all were there.
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Unerrine Maternal Instinct.

They look exactly alike, and o.
dress them exactly alike, Mrs. High
snoggle,' said the caller. "How do you
tell them apart?"
That isn't hard to do" answered tho
mother of the twins. "If I slap Johnny
and he swears a blue streak, I now
It's Dick"
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Meat Ct the Nut,

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Your homer" said the lawyer, II
ask the dismissal of my client on the
ground that the warrant fails to state
that he hit Bill Jones with malicious
intent"
This court" replied the country
justice, ain q graduate of none Of
YOUR technical schools. I don't care
what he hit Bill with. The pint IL
did he hit him? Perceed."
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To Be Settled Privately.

Judge. Will you do me a great ia
vory' asked the lady who was about ia
he put upon the stand as a witness.
Certainly, miss; what Is it?"
will YOU please ask me my age be-
fore I take the oath?"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27

r SUPPOSE you know all about the stage and
stage people, You've been touched with
and by actors. and you read the newspaper
Ia criticisms and the jokes in the weeklies
about the Riato and the chorus girls and the long
haired tragedians. And suppose condensed list
of your ideas about the mysterious stageand would
boil down to something like this:
Leading ladies have five husbands, paste dia-
monds, and figures better than your own (mad-
ann IL they weren't padded. Chorus girls are In
separable from peroxide. Panhards and Pittsburg.
All shows walk back to New York on tan oxford
and railroad ties Irreproachable actresses reserve
the comic-andlady part for their mothers on Broad
way and their step-auhts the road Kyrle Bel
LEWIS real name is Boyle OKelley. The rawlings OF
John Mccullough in the phonograph were stolen
from the first OF the Ellen Terry memoirs. Joe
Weber is funnier than e. H. Sothern; but Henry
Miller is getting older than he
All theatrical people leaving the theatre at
night drink champagne and eat Holsters until noon
next day. AfteRall the moving pictures have got
the whole bunch pounded to pulp.
Now few of us know the real life of the stage
people II did, the profession might be more
overcrowded than it IS We look askance at the
players with n,eye full of paronzing superiority
and we go home and practice all sorts of elocution
and gestures in front Of lookng-glasses
Latterly there has been much talk of the actor
people in new light. 1t seems to have been d.
vulged that instead OF being motoring bacchana-
lians and diamond-hungry loreleis they busi-
students and ascetics with children ness-like folk
and homes and libraries, owning real estate and
conducting their private affairs IN orderly and
unsensational manner as any Of us good citizens
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27

er left side of Bob Hart's neck. Not expecting to
get it there, Hart collapsed neatly, while Cherry
tainted in a most artistic manner.
The audience surmised that they viewed come
dy instead of tragedy in which the principals were
married or reconciled applauded with great enjoy
ment. The Cool Head who always graces such
casons rang the curtain down, and two p1atoons OF
shifters respectively and or less respect
fully removed Hart & Cherry from the stage. The
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27
PROBABLY the highest bxid and

best-knosON short story gVYiter IN
america to-day is the man aOho
chooses to sign his aOoyk qOith the nom
de-PInme 70. Henry" HIS talent in
the realm of short fiction has been SO
sn4er6y deVeloped as to give for INN
the nickname "7he american de
.Manbassant." He spent many of the
early years of his life in the West and
Southwest as a newspaper man, dr@g
store clerk and coaVPniicher, aOhlch ac-
counts. in a general s0ay for his
amazing versatility and his wholesome
hsssnor
The tollowing story, "Mice Will
PIay," is the best thing Mr.. Henry has
sOritten lately and rs reblete aOith those
qualities aOhieh definitely mark his
cork
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27

had kept 1t quiet and hidden
away ever since he wrote 1t,
waiting to find a partner who
fitted his conception of "Helen
Grimes" And here was "Hel-
en-" herself, with all the inno-
cent abandon, the youth, the
sprightliness. and the fiawless
stage art that his critical taste
demanded.
After the act was over Hart
found the manager in the box
office and got Cherry's address.
At five the next afternoon he
. called at the musty old house
in the West Forties and sent
up his professional card.
BY daylight, in secular
shirtwaist and plain voile skirt,
with her hair curbed and her
Sister of Charity Eyes, Winona
Cherry might have been playing
the part Of Prudence Wise, the
deacon's daughter, in the great
(unwritten) New England dra-
ma not yet entitled anything.
II know your act, Mr.. Hart"
she said, after she had looked
over his card carefully. What
do you wish to see me about?"
II saw you work last night"
said Hart. I've written a
sketch that I've been saying up.
It's for two; and I think you
can, do the other part. I.
thought I'd see you about it."
Come In the paflor," said
Miss Cherry. I've been wish
ing for something Of the sort.
I think I'd like to act instead of
doing turns"
Bob Hart drew his cherished
mice VIII Play" from his
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27

DEWEY AND GINGHAMY COUNTRY GIRL.
next turn went on and all went as merry as ALI
mony bell
The stage hands found young doctor at the stage
entrance who waiting for patient with de-
coction of Am. B'ty roses. The doctor examined
hart carefully and laughed heartily.
mo headlines for you, Old Sport" was his dag
nosis. IF it had been two inches to the left 1t
would have undermined the carotid artery as as
the Red Front Drug Store in F1atbush and Back
Again. AS it is you just get the property man to
bind it up with hounce torn from any one of the
girls Va1enciennes and go home and get 1t dressed
by the parlor-toor practitioner your block, and
you'll be all right. Excuse me; I've got serious
outside to look after"
After that Bob Hart looked up and felt better
And then to where he lay came Vincente the Tramp
Juggler, great in his line. vincente, solemn man
from Brattleboro, VT, named Sam Griggs at home
sent toys and maple sugar home to two small
daughters from every town he played. Vincente
had moved on the same circuits with Hart 6 Cher
ry and their peripatetic friend.
Bob" said vincente in his serious way, ''rm glad
It's no worse. The little Lady is wild about you"
''Who?" asked Hart
CHERRY" said the juggler. I'VE didn't know
how bad you hurt; and kept her away.
It's taking the manager and three girls to hold
her."
"It was an accident of course" said Hart. "Cher-
rvs all right. She wasn't feeling in good trim or
she couldn't have done it. There's hard feel
ings She's strictly business. The doctor says I'll
be on the Job again in three days. Don't let her
worry"
Man." said Sam Griggs severely, puckering his
old, smooth lined face, are you a chest automason
or human pincushion7 Cherry's crying her heart
out for you-caIling Bob, Bob every second With
them holding her hands and keeping her from COM
ing to you"
What's the matter with herr" asked Hart with
wide-open eyes. THE sketch will go again in
three days I'm not hurt bad, the doctor says She
won't lose out half weeks salary. / know II waa
accident. What's the matter with herr"
You seem to be blind sort OF fool" said
Vincente. THE girl loves you and is almost mad
about your hurt What's the matter with your Is
she nothing to your I wish you could hear her
call YOU"
Loves me?" asked Bob Hart, rising from the
stack of scenery which he lay. Cherry loves
me?" Why. 1t is impossible"
IT wish you could see her and hear her." said
Griggs.
But. man." said Bob Hart sitting up Its i'm
possible. It's impossible, tell you. I
dream of such thing"
mo human being" said the Tramp Juggler
"could mistake it. She's wild for love of you How
have you been blind?"
But, my God" said Bob Hart rising to his feet
Its late It's too late tell you, Sam; it's too
late 1t can't be. You must be wrong. It's i'm
possible There's some mistake"
'Shes crying for you" said the Tramp Juggler.
For love of you she's fighting three, and calling
your loud they don't dare to raise the cur
tain Wake up, man"
For love of me?" said Bob Hart with staring
eyes, Don't tell you it's too late? It's too late,
man. Why, cherry and have been married two
years!"
~~~~~~~--~---.>>s~-~>~~~~
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pocket and read 1t to her.
''Read it again, please" said Miss Cherry.
And then she pointed out to him clearly how 1t
could be improved by introducing messenger in
stead of telephone call, and cutting the dialogue
Just before the climax while they struggling
for the pistol and by completely changing the lines
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27

INTO BOB HART'S NECK.
who are bound to the chariot wheels of the gas
rent, coal, ice, and wardmen.
Whether the old or the new report'of the SOCK
ndbuskners be the true one is a surmise that has
place here. offer you merely this little story
OF two strolers and for proof Of its truth can show
you only the dark patch above the cast-iron handle