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his health, or tears his children will

his health, or tears his children will
be sick or 60 wrong or be killed.
In other words. although he has
achieved quite remarkable success.
vet he has never really had a happy
day in his lie. All bis life this man
has been chasing rainbows, thinking
if he could only get little farther
on little higher up, he would he
happy, but he is just as far from 1,
as yhen a boy.
Il believe this condition has all come
from the habit Of unhappiness when
he formed during his hard boyhoo1
and which he has never been able to
overcome. He has learned to look
for trouble. to expect 1t, and he gets
it.
| have been his guest many a time.
He has beautiful nome. very
charming wife. a most delightful
family. but there Is always the same
cloud on his face the same express
sion of anxiety, of unhappiness, OF
foreboding.
A little property directed training
in hisboyhood would have changed his
whole career and he would have been
a happy. joyous harmonious man in
stead of being discordant and unhap-
Ply.
There is everything in starting
right What is put into the first Of
life is put into the whole of life
Success Magazine.
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Robins play at Being Dead

One morning well known natural
list was greatly surprised to see rob-
in lying on his hack evidently dead,
being rapidly pulled around and
around by another bird OF the same
species. The naturalist at once came
to the conclusion that he had come
in time to witness the end Of a deal.
ly encounter and that the live robin
was indulging in the cruel triumph
Of dragging his victims lifeless body
over the stones. But he was mistak.
en-. for suddenly the live bird went
down upon his back, his wings and
legs were stiffened, and he gave every
appearance OF being dead. while the
other robin who had been shamming
death hoped ON his legs and proceed.
ed to serve his companion in the same
way as he had done him. Finally the
two birds few away together 70 q
neighboring Exchange.
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woMAN,s POSITION IN CHINA.

In China, as In other eastern coun-
tries, it is imperatively necessary 4
women are to be reached to reach
them by women. Though not absolute
" secluded as in Indian zenanas, a
Chinese woman is practically unap-
approachable ito men who are not
near relatives; she does not. it is
true. turn her back and eyert her
face when a stranger appears. as a
Korean woman does: neither does she
ven her face as a Mohammedan wo-
man would do; but, nevertheless. she
| Is kept apart from intercourse with
men, and TO listen freely to male
teachers, though Ear more possible In
these latter days of emancipation than
|. ever was before, is still a difficulty
and an improperly.
A. Chinaman's best friend never
thinks of asking after his wife IL he
entertains the guests; the higher class
women are seldom seen driving out,
much less walking about the street.
A missionary of many years expert
ence told me of a breach OF etiquette
he once made in bowling to a lady
whose husband he knew intimately:
she hurried by, blushing deeply, and
returning no sign of recognition to
so unmannerly salutatlon: he never
attempted such thing again, hence
forth ignoring any Chinese lady he
might happen to meet.
Medical work among them can best
be undertaken by women. In point
of fact. the Chinese women flock by
thousands to the women's hospitals,
carried on by adv doctors and nurses.
One lady doctor told me she had dealt
with as many as 5000 out patent cases
I'm a month: another lady doctor
worked with her. as well as a staff
CT Chinese nurses under her. entirely
trained by hersslf. AS their shyness
of foreign men and d'strust Of the
motives Of missionaries wear of the
wcnen do indeed freely attend hospi-
tails taffed by male doctors. but un-
doubtedly this particular field OF wo-
mans work VIII Always continue TO
need many laborers.
Much. too. has been done in the way
Of training and teaching Young Chi.
ness women. both as doctors and
nurses: they are tachable creatures.
very doclle and eager TO learn: deft-
fingered and neat; but no oriental
can entirely believe in the absolute
necessity for rigid cleanliness and for
antisept'c precautions. A surgeon told
me that one OF his most onerous
duties was to insist on his students
obeylng the ordinary regulations Of
an operating room. or TO make them
understand that they must wash their
hands aga'n u ihsy stroked their heads
cr touched their queues, or. aga'n. that
they must not open a note in the mid
die of an operation: consequently, the
lady in charge Of hospital has ardg-
Gus work in perpetual supervision OF
everything. even 10 the smallest de-
fails.-Lady Florence Cecil in waman's
Magazine.
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IN PRAISE OF EREckLEs.

The persons who reftsed to adop.
little Jasper. an orphan. the other
day. because he was freckled. and
thereby endowed Jasper with ephe-
neral celebrity. were not veil inform
ed as to the outvsrl marks Of char
acter.
II they had been they you'd have
preferred Jasper. and not have re-
jected him on the recommendation
Of his freckles. Though the matter
has never. we believe. been scIenti-
fically investigated and reported u2.
on with the authority OF the faculty.
there Is excellent reason to believe
that freckles on the face OF a white
boy or girl are very fair sign Of am.
bition. spirit. originality and honesty.
Freckies are very. frequently an ac-
compartment OF red hair, and red
hair has been immemoriaIly regarded
as mark Of spirit and independence
Sometimes II Is supposed 20 be asso-
ciated with hot temper and a spite.
full disposition but there Is really no
reason to regard red-haired people as
Of more violent nature than others.
I person possesses high spirit. and
stoutly resIsts imposition. those
whom he resists are quite likely 10
call his spirit bad temper"
Whether the ambitious and indie
pendent spirit resides In the red lair
or in the freckles IL matter Of grave
doubt The doctors have not yet az.
tempted TO tell US. But from Cicero
down. red-haired and greckled people
have been surdIly independent. Col.
Roosevelt is not exactly red haired.
but he Ia said TO have been covered
with freckles when he was a boy.
The freckled girl Is slways a good.
breezy companion. and always ia 10
10 trusted When II comes IN png
nacity. Il need only be mentioned that
Mr. Robert Fitsimmons is one Of the
most freckIed men that ever lived.
The association Of character with
freckles seems to suggest that they
are more than skin deep: and yet
science tells Us that freckies are
merely due 10 Increased local depos.
i Of pigment granules in the epider.
mis-" The accepted specific for their
removal is hyposuIphite Of soda. But
the question whether their artificial
removal has an effect on the charac.
ter tending 10 lessen the spirit Of IN.
dependence 10 the individual need not
70 be discussed because neither hypo
sulphite Of soda nor anything else
ever really removed freckIes.--New
York Mall.
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Value Of Laughing.

An eminent surgeon says: En-
courage your child TO be merry and %
laugh aloud A good, hearty laugn
expands the chest and makes the
blood bound merrily along. Commend
me 10 a good laugh-not TO little
staggering laugh. but to one that will
sound right through the house. II
will not only do your child good. bu:
win be benefit to all who hear and
be an important means Of driving the
blues away from dwelling. Merri.
ment is very catching and spreads ii
remarkable manner. few being able
10 resist the contagion, A hearty
laugh is delightful harmony. Indeed,
Il IS the best Of all muslo"-Ey.
rhange.
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SEABOARD

AIR LINE RAILWAY
Effective Sept. 18th. 1905. and
subject TO change without notice.
Trains will leave Durham as
follows:
No. 23S. JOBS A. NJ. connect
ing at Henderson with no. -
which will arrive at Portsmouth.
Norfolk at $40 p. NJ, resuming
connection az Weldon with A. c.
l.. for Eastern Carolina points
and at Portsmouth-Norfolk with
Steamship lines for Washing. on :
Baltimore, Cape Charles. New
York and Boston. This will also
connect at Henderson with No.
GO for Richmond. Washington
and New York.
No. 2il will arrive in Durham
at 4.30 p. M.
No. 22l will arrive In Durham
at 1906 A. M.
No. 222 will leave Durham az
GOO p. NJ.
The Durham & Southern train
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p. Nj. and arriving at Apex 81
AIS =. M. connects with Sea-
board No. Al and AZ for Char
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West and Columbia. Savannah,
Jacksonville, and all Florida
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For Timetables. rates and any
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cost Of IfyIno.

reorie At large are ascriblng the
present high cost Of necessaries IN
this country 10 one or all OF sever
separate cause.-the worlds increas-
ing gold production; exhaustion ~
partial exhaustion OF notural re-
sources: the exactions OF the trusts.
protective tariffs; forestalling opera
tons By spectators; nabitual extra.
vaganee by the community as a Whole.
and. finally. the demands Of labor
Our own impression Is thst except
possibly for the lastnaned influence
all Of the above-named causes have
operated. though in widely varying de-
|gree.-New York Evening Post.
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a VICTIM OF WORRY.

There is always a cloud on his
face because be Ia constantly expect
Ing that something unfayorabIe is 20.
ing TO happen. There IL going 10 BE-
slump In business, or he Is going 20
have loss. or somebody Is trying 10
undermine him, or he Is worried about
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WET AND DRY MOONS.

There Is an old superstition which
dies hard and that Is that the posi-
tion Of the horns OF the new moon
tells what the weather viii be. II the
horns of the crescent are on the same
level II viii hold water. and hence (
is a dry moon. but II II Is tipped up
then the water will run out. and It Is
a wet noon
One thing has helped keep this be-
lief alive. The moon Is -dry" In the
part Of the spring that Is usually fair.
while Il Il wet" during the season Of
autumn rains.
II this we're sure sign OF the
weather we could have our predic.
tons published many years in ad-
vance. for an astronomer can predict
the exact position OF the moon az any
tine In the future.
The cause for the different positions
Of the crescent Is simple. The moon
Is south Of the sun in the autumn and
north Of II in spring. T he crescent
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is found by the light OF the sun fall
ing on the moon. and the horns are
naturally in a line perpendicular to
the direction of the sun from the
moon, That Is all there Is to this oil
superstition. Boston Herald.
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A SMALL WORD.

no define one word In the English
Language one modern dictionary takes
eighteen columns of small type. And
this solitady word upon which the
dictionary bestows such waelth IT
Ielucidation Is one that hardly anybody
except a dictionary maker can define
at all. The ordinary educated, Eng.
fish speaking persons knowledge OF
lit could be expressed in about half a
single line.
This fecund word is "of." II you
were asked to define it--unless you
are dictionary maker or of an al
lied probably you would have
| to reply: "Of? Why. of Just means
Of" You might add defensivolv y
always comprehend perfectly what It
means when ! see or hear 1t and can
use 1t correctly in speech. so what do
/ want to define It for anyway
| But II you were child your actnal
mastery OF 'of" would stand you In
no stead whatever. You would ne
set TO digging out and memoriing the
things the dictionary had to say about
LIZ. or the driest and least informing
of them. as. for instance, that In some
cases Il is such kind OF prenosition
and in other cases some other kind
and that propositions have such and
such properties when they don't have
some other. every bit Of which YOU
would absolutely and mercifully for.
get at tie first possible moment. Look
over a child's grammar or Language
lessen. with its CHASTITY array Of use
less bones Saturday Eveninf Post
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4 can see EN- out there you fellows
can" The game was resumed. and
the Pittsburgs won in a great batting
rally by to s.-New York World.
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r :pening chsese. and the women work
In them with small oil lamps strapped
around their chests. New York Press.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-02

HA @w ANY, man years ago in Rome said daddy, There was q poor
EA VI slave named AndroClus. He belonged to a mar who treated him
Nv very harshty, SO that n day Androclus ran away and hid In the
woods But IN the woo6s he found it cry hard to find enough
to eat, so that he thought perhaps 1t would be better, after all, to go back ito
his cruel master in Rome.
"One evening Androcus crept Into a ave ito sleep He had not been asleep
long before a great noise woke him UP, and he opened his eyes to see that
there was a big lion in the cave"
"Oh, daddy, wasn't he scaredT" asked Jack.
Eyes" said DADDY. But he DO found that the lion vas not roaring for
anger but because he was in great pain. He had stepped o. a thorn and had
run 4. into his foot.
at hurt him very badly When he saw AndroIus he went to him and
lifted his paw, as much as to say, Help m get rid OF this sharp thing. which
hurts me-
"Androclus took the paw In one hand and with the other pulled NJ the
thorn. The lion vas overpyed and licked his hand and fawned on him Just
like a big cat Then the two lay down to sleep together. In the morning the
lion went out and hunted for food. He brought SOM home for Androclus,
and thus the two lived together for some time
zone day some soldiers passing that way SAY Androclus. They knew he
ws a runaway slave. sc they made him a prisoner and took him to Rome
"There was a law In Rome 1t that time that runaway slaves who wers
caught again had 10 fight against Wild animals to amuse the people. They
were cruel folks in those days When the time came for Androclus to fight
the wild animal thousands came to see. But when the poor slave wasb brought
In and the wild animals cage wa opened a strange thing happened. The lion
which had been chosen to fight with Androdus and which had been kept
man.. All the people thought he would jump upon the slave and tear him to
pieces, but instead of that when he reached Androclus he stopped short aud
began to HEX his feet. 1t vas Androclus' W lion, which had been caught
just about the same time he had been seized. ~
Right in front Of all the people Androclus put his arm around the big
beasts neck Then the people wanted to know why the lion had not tried 70
eat him, and Androelus told the story. 1t pleased the people so much that
they insisted OIL Androclus and the lion being set free They lived together
many years fter that"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-02
GIFTS
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

Captive airships which whiz around
N a string are complete in every de
tall, and those made in celluloid are
splendid toys that boys will be de-
lighted to receive for Christmas pres
ents.
The popularity of electric traction is
reelected In the Increased sales of cleo
trio trains and trans. The motorcar
and taxicab figure prominently on the
shelves. These are provided with boot
ers, adjustable hoods. windows which
can be lowered, glass screens. lamps
and even the telltale taximeter itself.
Monkeys and bears on trapezes,
which squeal and grunt continually,
are new and are bound to cause end
less fun. There are those which turn
innumerable somersaults until the mo-
tive power gives out.
In the parlor and board game de-
partment new ideas are rampant. The
old fashioned Christmas tree may be
superseded by the lucky pies, a big
box full of prizes bearing numbers,
| which have to be drawn for.
The Always Popular Tool Chest.
There are few boys who are not
"tickled to death" when Santa Claus
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-02
If YOU'RE
BUYING FURS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

TyHE point to keep in mind If you are
buying new furs this year, said an
authority on the subject, Is to avoid
noveltiesAthat is, unless o can af-
ford to discard the furs at the end CT
the season. 1t is the better part OF
wisdom to stick to the peits and styles
that have been tried out and found uni
versally becoming and durable. the
new thing in furs. however. for the wo-
man who must have the latest" is the
scarf and muf set Of errnine and seal
skin. Erlnine makes the w!dei Ions
scarf that reaches alnost TO the enc OF
the dress In front and Is henan1ed with
sealskin on its front edge and adorned
with tiny ernine taiis on the outer line.
The accompanying mufr is large ana
fat, lined with the seal and trimmed
with a narrow band Of the sanla peit
that encircles the center of the rnun,
covering a second line that starts about
midway of the rnuff at the sides and
ends in a point at the center front.
Ermine tails trim the hand openings.
This design comes made up In 8 mum
Der of short nap furs. The novelty In
mufTs is the barrel variety, but the av-
erage shape is of fat, pillow, saddle or
rug contour.
The new long fur coats are very at
tractive. They have narrow skirts and
are made on the Japanese lines and
look as IL the fullness were held in by
dra wtng the garment together with the
arms. AS a matter of fact, an extra
width of fur is let in under the arm
gcyes and disappears in a pointed gore
toward the bottom, leaving the edge of
the garment very narrow to correspond
with the ~attenuated skirts. They ars
being shown in every kind of fur from
fine Russian rony through caracal and
the like to what is called Hudson bay
seal.
Moleskin is one of the favorites OF
the winter and is not only used for
whole garments. but for trimmings
The dark gray of this fur is not becom-
ing to all women, but 1t serves admira-
bly, as a foil to brighter tints. The
small animals from which it is obtain
ed are found in different countries, but
the Scotch mole has the most valuable
skin.
The fitch, an animal that belongE tc
Germany, provides a fur that fits II
well with the modes of the season. Its
pale golden tints mingled with a brown
that is almost black are very effective
with the right setting. Raccoon fur is
g fad nowadays, and, like other furs Of
small reputation, 1t can with skillfu
| treatment be made to display unexpect
ed beauty.
Black marten. Adelaide chinchilla and
l fox are among the less exnenqfve Delte
to be extensively woTn Sable, seal
| mink, ermine, ycaracal, lamb, chinchilla
fox and marten alone or In combina.
ton with other furs are all among the
seasons best Sellers"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-02
Quotes Nistzsehe on Women.

"
Mrs. Havelock Ellis, who has made q
careful study OF Nietxsche, says the
philosopher Is strangely reticent about
women, though he evidently has
worked u a philosophy concerning
Them. She quotes him as saying.
tfEverything In woman is a riddle"
She points out that he has said In one
ESSAY: 'Ths true man wants two diff
ferent things, danger and diversion.
He therefore wants q oma as the
most dangerous plaything." The phi
tesopher, celebrating on this point,
Bays in every man there Is always the
element of the child and that woman
IS his plaything. The writer then
quotes this excerpt from Nietssche:
yin a womsn's love there r unfatrness
and blindness to all she does not love.
And oven In a woman's enlightened
love there are still outbreaks and
lightnings, and night along with the
Aght." Mrs. Ellis has picked up in
another essay of the philosopher an
pther excerpt which fits in here. In it
the philosopher says: woman would
like to believe love can do all. 1t
Is a superstition peculiar to herself.
ALIAS, he who knows the heart finds
but how poor, helpless, ~pretentious and
liable to error even the best, deepest
~loveAis, how 1t rather destroys than
Eayesp,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-02
ST.
9o
.MiIady's
Mirror
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'e

12H

A pretty woman is as often a fool
as an Adonis is a fop. Beauty and
brains are separate things, says a
writer in Truth, and they hardly
brains have a way Of molding the
features into strengtb.-EAis is~a4~xery
well In a man in whom strength is
considered beauty, but in q woman it
Jars with our preconceived notions. In
Greece, 1t seems, brains used to make
a mold which was magniicently
We have a few curates with Greek
profiles, a few beauties of the classic
type, but one seldom hears of their
possessing exceptional brains. II OAR
win had been a IN letters would
have appeared I'm the papers suggest
ing that women of science were dread
fully plain, no doubt because, being
plain women, they took up science as
a last resort. The idea that the size
and formation of the brain forbade
smooth, high brows and n small mouth
would never have occurred to these
critics.
Helen of Troy was stu ne can
not read her history without adoring
her for the mixture of beauty and SILL
ness which produced Homer, and, aft
er many centuries, dipped Marlowe's
pen in the divine fire. To be "a love
" lady garmented in light from her
own beauty" whose "beauty made the
bright world DIM" Isl as a rule, re-
served for those who devote them
selves to being beautiful.
Nine. Recamier has been cited as
an exception, but both her beauty and
her brains have been questioned. On
the whole, 1t seems that she was a
very pretty and graceful woman, with
exceptional charm, who studied the
art Of listening. Brains have their
own beauty, but 1t is not Of the sort
to appeal to the man who goes to see
a procession OF earnest and hard
working women in the spirit of the
man who goes to a cattle fair and ap-
praises them quite IN the manner of
the purchaser.
The gift of great beauty is rare, and,
as has been said, 1t Is It's own excuse.
Prettiness is very common, but 1t does
not usually go with brains, In either
sex But charm is independent of
brains, beauty, income or anything
else, and when we come down to the
matrimonial basis of calculation which
prevails among those who write to the
newspapers we shall find that charm
wins the day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-02

OF a dolfie as big as herself, she'll Ike
nothing better than one Of the up to
date baby carts exactly like those a
real baby takes her airing in. The car
riage illustrated Is a new model put
out for the Christmas trade and the
cheapest of them sells for $3.50. The
shape is the same at all prices. the
difference being merely in the appoint
ments of the carriage. OF course the
very wee girl will have an old fash
toned model or a very tiny replica of
his new varietS.
Proud as Punch is the small girl
when she wears her set of furs that
KRIS Kringle has brought her. This
year there is q Fascinating assortment
or these sets, ranging all the way from
ermine to the near ermine. which is
JUST plain rabbit or cat. but pretty
ana dainty nevertheless. C~hinchilla
is an attractive peit for young girls,
and lately even the black furs have
been considered smart for youthful
wearers.