The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18

To match the modern whim:
II should slip and hruise my hip
Id hate to write it lim
| AND !n when "a, man is owing me
70 take my pen and ask him when
Hell pay that little det-
I cannot spell the new way
I Like Brander Matthews big;
SO not cnoose.I must refuse
| 10 drop g from egg.
| Perhaps I'm sadly out of date,
If SO can but sigh:
l cannot spell the new way
Will not simplify.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Miracle of Self-Conf1dence.
1t was said that Napoleon,s pres-
ence In battle doubled the strength
0! his forces. Half the effectiveness
OF an army re sides in the soldiers
1aith In their leader. When the lead
er doubts, hesitates. waivers, the whole
army Is thrown into, confusion; but
/ OF every man under him.
Inc mental faculties, like soldiers,
naust believe in their leader-the un-
| conquerable will. The mind of the
doubter, the hesitator, the waverer,
| the man who is not sure of himself
/ who thinks he is not equal to what he
mas undertaken, is set toward failure,
and everything works against him,
There is weakening all along the
line
In an emergency, as in danger, a
man can often perform feats of great
strength which he could not even APP
proximate in cold blood. Arousing a
man multiplies his power tremen-
dous1y. Think of what delicate men
ana women, even invalids, have ac-
complished when dominated by some
supreme occasion or a mighty passion.
The fmperfous must" gives added
strength and unusual power to all
/ the faculties. So great self-fafth. an
unwavering self-confidence, braces up
the entire man, physically, mentally.
morally. 1t raises him to his highest
power. and makes him do with ease
what would be impossible without
| this wonderful stimulus.
! An overmastering faith in oneself
often enables comparatively ignorant
men and women to do marvellous
things-feats which sensitive, timid,
doubling people, of far greater ability
and much finer texture and nobler
qualities. shrink from attempting.
l know people who have been hunt
ing for months for situation; but
they go into an office with a confess
sion of weakness in their very man.
ner; they show their lack of self-con-
fidence. Their prophecy of failure is
in their faces, in their manner. They
surrender before the battle begins
/
| themselves.
When you ask a man to give you a
| position, and he reads this Language
in your face and manner, please give
me position; do not kick me out;
| fate is against me; 1 am an unlucky
dog; I am disheartened; 1 have lost
confidence in myself" he will only
have contempt for you; he will say to
| himself you are not a man, to start
with, and he will get rid of you as
soon as he can.
If you expect to get a position, you
must go into an office with the air OF
a conqueror; you must fling out conf
dence from yourself before you can
convince an employer that you are
the man he is looking for. You must
show by your very presence that you
are man of force, a man who can
do things; with vigor, cheerfulness,
and enthusiasm
If you carry with you evidence OF
your power, the badge of superiority
then you will not wander the streets
Everywhere employers are looking
for men who can do things, who can
conquer by inherent force and energy
10. 8. Marden, in Success.
aluminium Money.
For the first time in it's history the
| royal mint last year used aluminium
for coinage purposes. In all 31,ST2,134
| coins were struck from this metal,
these comprising half cent pieces for
use in Uganda and one-tenth of a
penny pieces for circulation in the
Nigerian protectorates.
A good deal of Imperial silver finds
| its way to the west coast of Africa,
much of it going into northern Nj
| geria. Bronze coins also circulate to
some extent on the coast. but it is very
/ rare for them to be met with in the
L "a
| shells known as cowries, the value of
/ which is continually fuctuating, being
| highest in the remoter districts. have
| hitherto formed the medium for ex-
| change.
| st is hoped that these small alumni
! mum coins will gradually take their
place as the medium for exchange
| stated Mr.. Ellison Mccartney, deputy
| master of the mint, yesterday. They
( have a fixed value, which ought to be
| of great advantage to the native as
we'll as to the general trade of the
country"
Mr.. Mccartney explained that the
| low value of the coins and the immense
/ number of them required rendered it
necessary to make them OF some ex-
| tremely light metal-hence the adop-
| ton of aluminium The smaller the
amount the greater the cost of COIN
much more costly to coin than pennies,
/ and yield far less profit So far as
| know, these are the only aluminium
| coins in the world"
| Both the new coins are perforated
/ in the center to permit the natives 10
| string them together as has been their
| habit with the cowries from time i'm
Observation-Disclosures Daily Mail.
The Wrong Hat.
/ A Young man entered a hat store
| and asked to see the latest styles in
derbies He was evidently hard to
please. for soon the counter was COW
cred with hats that he had tried on
| and found wanting. At last the sales
man picked up brown derby prusn-
| ed If off on his sleeve, and extended it
iadmiringly.
4These are being very much worn