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The action required courage Most
children would have tried to run and
been caught and gored in the attempt.
1t called for resourcefulness and in
1ention--the ability to meet an unusua.
danger by an unusual method of es-
cape. But more than all. 1t demanded
quickness of thought, will and deed.
The lad was all there, bringing his
whole mind to instant attention on the
problem that confronted him. That is
What presence of mind means.
1t is the same mental attribute by which
financiers often achieve fortune, orators
gain debates and generals win battles.
Whatever we may think OF the tipping
sy stem, and especially the hatrack form
of It, we can scarcely miss the point of
the following story:
Manley NJ Rice was for eight years the
hatracx attendant at the Hotel jefferson
in st. Louis. He started with nothing,
received no salary and yet amassed suf-
fcient fortune to buy hotel of his own.
Tips did it. The secret OF his success
was that he always had smile whether
he received tip or not.
Here is his philosophy told In his own
words.
Always look pleasant and have a smile
for the guest whether he tips you or not.
A sneer or u sarcastic word never helps,
but always hurts your business. II you
ore a beneficiary Of the tipping system
you ought to bear this in mind and look
and act accordingly. Don't expect tips
fom the big men. They are too busy
With big affairs to thinks about the pit
tance for service.
This is tip for you and 1t doesn't cost
you a cent: Be pleasant whether your
smiles bring response or otherwise.
tsxen il you do not approve of tips gem
orally you must admit that this tip is
good
And this is true whether you work for
yourself or work for another, whether
you sell calico or sell houses, whether
you run farm run for office, whether
you cut hay or cut coupons.
x smile is tine Iuiritcd gold OF good
nature and 1t brings in other kinds of
n lnred gold.
Like attracts like. Good huinor attracts
good coin.
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oNDON, February 1.-(special.)-
Around the finest and most valua-
AA BILE collection of gold and silver
ware in the, whole world said to be worth
$4,000, 900. is raging a royal quarrel In
which most of the grown up members of
the English royal family are participant
ing. The wonderful collection was left to
Queen Alexandra, absolutely and without
conditions, by the late King Edward,
whose personal property 1t was. Now
Queen Alexandra declares her intention
of leaving all this wealth to be divided
equally between her unmarried daughter
Princess Victoria, and her youngest and
favorite daughter, the Queen of Norway,
whereas King George insists that 1t should
revert to him and so to the Prince ot
Wales upon the death of the dowager
queen.
The collection is stored at Marlborough
house. the London residence of Queen AL
exandra, in lofty, steel lined room or
the basement floor. At one end of the
room is a window the light from which
when not required is shut out by a slar
of Steel an inch thick, which is let down
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all the social work of community under
the thumb of the business interests. 1t Is
claimed for the Cleveland plan, on the
contrary, that 1t will stimulate giving
among vast numbers of people of mod
crate means, and boards of direction
need no longer be numbered UP with Mrs
Goldrocks and Mr.. Brown Stone Front
These boards. assured of support through
the federation. can choose active mem-
bers.
A new method of undertaking the sup
port of a growing citys charities, and a
new way out Of perplexing problems OF
philanthropy. were opened up recently
when the Cleveland Chamber of COM
nerce decided to organize Federation
fer Charity and Philanthropy" For the
donors and philanthropic associations
agreeing to come under the plans, the
new organization will serve as a clearing
house. The innumerable appeals will be
pooled each year into one which Will be
made through the federation. And 1t
oims to do away with tags and tickets,
benefit bazars. fairs, entertainments and
balls.
Five years of painstaking study by the
Chambers committee on benevolent assoc
Citations, following its work of charity
Endorsement as carried Aon since 1900, re-
yealed the fact that the support tor
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from the top Of the window in the man.
ner of a fireproof curtain at a theatre.
Round the walls of the room in large
ebony framed glass cases are stored the
treasures. One case contains the famous
circular shield sent by the Kaiser's father
to the late king, then the Prince of Wales.
The shield is two feet in circumference
and is of solid gold. The front is designed
In three beautif lilly ornamented circles.
The outer circle consists of a set of 90
pictures In colored enamels inlaid in gold,
representing different incidents in Bible
history. The second circle consists of bat
tie scenes engraved in silver and the
third circle. forming the center piece,
consists of a beautiful piece of inlaid
work in pearls and diamonds representing
a monarch sitting on his throne surround
ed by his courtiers. 1t is valued at $780,
900.
In the case next TO the one containing
the shield is a collection Of massive silver
ornaments. Two large silver tiligree bot
ties standing four feet high were a pres
ent from the Czaer to the late King. The
bottles were sent from the Russian court
by a special messenger, who died IN
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motherhood clung to Mary's soul, holy
mist enshrouding her. Joseph knocked
in vain at the earavanserai. begged In
vain for space in the rude interior
where a womh might suffer undis-
turbed. and man be born once more.
Alas. there was no rooml Let Him
go somewhere else to be bornl Let
Him trouble some other innkeeper. in
terfere with some other hosts income!
Was He not interfering with the econ
omic law of supply and demand, as
we'll as with that sacred fundamental
law of the Jungle, the survival of the
fittest, the pre- eminence of the man
who could pay? And so He had to make
shift to be born in a barn. where the
mild and innocent inquisitiveness Of
the cattle bore witness to the fact that
He had touched the rock bottom OF
economics and sociology.
g. The story repeats itself where He
stands in the temple. boy Of Il, ask
ing His terrible unconventional ques-
tions and wondered at the rabbis as
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until at last he was out of the running.
The young man did more than save
his life. He showed a fine type Of
courage in taking up a humble calling.
He made friends all over the land. He
came to know his country more inti-
>mateIy than he could have done in any
other way. He gained the respect Of
all who know him. He set a worthy
example for others to follow, which in
itself is a high privilege.
There come times in the lives Of most
of us when instant thought and action
ere required, one false or hesitatinE move
perhaps meaning death.
These are supreme tests, and he who
keeps his head is the one who comes out
victor
The old and hackneyed phrase for the
reqAjred quality in these crises is pres
-ence of mind.
1T is akin to the power of rising to an
emergency which in its highest form
amounts to genius. This has been the
making of great men. James G. Blaine
is said to have possessed the attribute
In a marked degree He was greatest
in a CRISIS when brought suddenly face
to face with an unexpected situation
We cannot all be Blaines. but pres
ence of mind is just as necessary to
the average man as to the unusual one
Here is a story clipped the other
day. It concerns a Cincinnati boy nine
wears old. The lads name Is Gerald
Hopkins, and he showed quiclSness Of
thought in a striking manner.
A wild bull got loose from stable
in the outskirts of the city and created
a reign of terror In some of the fash
iouable suburbs as it dashed believing
through the streets.
The Hopkins lad was caught in the
middle Of the street. There was no time
to run away. Before he saw the animal
il was bearing down upon him.
For an instant the boy stood STILL ap-
parentIy paralyzed from terror. Then. as
the bull approached with horns low. zlhe
lad took quick step, jumped clear over
the head and played leap frog along the
animals back, from which he slipped
end ran into a house before the bull could
turn around.
BY keeping his wits the lad kept his
life.
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Conditions were such that he was oftenest
in command of the company
Captured at Bakers creek. he was taken
to Johnson's Island. When his command
was surrounded at Bakers creek, with
no chance of escape. he drew his sword
and behind log drove it into the ground
to the hilt to prevent its falling into the
hands of the enemy. After his exchange,
Governor Sanford rejoined his command
and was with Lees remnant when 1t sur
rendered.
Returning home when he was just q,
Governor Sanford went bravely to work
on a farm to help save the growing crop
of the spring Of 1865. During the follow
ing fall he was. married to Miss Drake and
settled on a small farm which he largely
titled with his own hands for several
years. Possessed of an unusual intellect.
as all who knew him recognized, Gov
error Sanford was not content with turn
ing the glebe, and procuring the elemen-
tary books of law, he would study at
night after Iaboring through the day.
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In one case in the room is little glass
silvertopped salt caster. 1t is without
doubt the least valuable article in the
room, probably 1t Is not worth more than
s400. but It was peculiarly priced by the
late king. who regarded It as a sort of
mascot. 1t was given to King Edward
when he was Prince of Wales at supper
party by lady who told him II would
bring him great irok and that he should
take care of 1t. Curiously enough, the
following day the Irince narrowly escaped
being run over by runaway hanson
cab. as no was crossing over from Marl-
borough house to Pail Mall and the late
Sir Arthur Ellis, who was with him. said
leughingly:
by Jove. sir, only for that mascot you
received last night you might have been
run over"
Subsequently tho salt caster came to be
known by those In tho kings immediate
entourage as a thing that his majesty
specially PRICED. He used II regularly at
| breakfast for over az years. and when
he went to stay on visit or abroad, the
| salt caster was always taken with him
| and used by his majesty at breakfast
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derived from a number of sources in
the settlement of grave questions. No
one was more distrustful of his own
flrmness than was he when he con-
fronted by an issue involving much
happiness. There was this womanly
element In his great nature which
would sway him In spite of himself.
Whatever may be said of Governor
Sanford. his most obstinate opponent
could never deny tho existence of this
trait of gentlenss and kindness. Yet
when confronted by principle which
demanded decision. no could be firm,
and was as was abundantly shown by
the exercise of the veto power when It
needed to be invoked.
Governor Samford's service to the
state was manifold. Beginning as a
soldier boy at II, his career was
marked throughout by services of Il
varied nature. While serving as a
representative In the lower house,
from Lee county, he was the recognized
leader of that body. As senator, his
merits were recognized by his being
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SAMFORD-By B. F. Riley, D. D.

ernor Sanford had read every avail
able scientific work bearing on the
case at issue. and was a match for the
most expert witness that could be pit
ted against him.
While Governor Sanford was fear
less, in the prosecution or defense of
any cause, civil or criminal, entrusted
to his care. there wac always stately
suavity that characterized his bearing,
oven in the rough and tumble of the
courtroom, as his native gentleness of
heart forbade the slightest harshness,
or any warmth of passion. lie was
willing to acknowledge q lack of firm
ness on his part. about which he would
speak to friends. but he would at tho
same time acknowledge that 1t was
due to his indisposition to be unkind
to any one.
The creation of the present board
OF pardon in this state was due to his
energy, as he did not believe that SO
much of that which Is sacred should
be lodged In the hands of q single man,
but that there should be deliberation
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A smile Is the hallmark oE~success just
as a crouch is the outward sign of fall
ure
In the long run we get only II we
give. The hat boy gave sunshine and
received sunshine in a concrete form with
Uncle Sans stamp thereto attached.
He gave pleasant looks and got hotel.
Quite a good Investment He deposited
his smiles in the bank of human hearts
and drew interest On the deposit.
Now he has hatracls concession to hand
cut to some other boy who may smile
/ his way into the proprietorship Of a hotel.
Kindness is a good thing whether 1t
brings a return or not. 1t oils the bear
ings of life and makes tho wheels run
smoothly.
II is the Golden Rule In action.
Frank Moss, assistant district attorney
Of New York county. says that the po-
lice graft which has been exposed in
me metropolis is but a symptom of graft
IN big business.
According to Mr. Moss, the little COP
rels'' see the way the millonaires do 1t
and initiate them on petty scale.
This is a general Indictment of the
y hole people.
Is graft the symptom OF disease that
affects the general body polite?
DO we as individuals or as nation
condone dishonesty?
There is one remark often heard that
ould make it seem that We do.
When criticism Is heard of a grating
official who has been caught, some by
stander chimes in with this:
"Aw,. what's the matter With you?
You would do the same thing In his
place."
Would you?
II so, you are in part responsible for
the corruption of our politics and bust
ress life.
Every time that statement or one like It
is made and goes unrebuked it helps that
much to break down our moral standards.
For my part, do not believe that
even a majority Of our people would do
the same thing in his place.
I believe the majority of men and wom-
IN are honest, not only from policy. but
from practice.
| therefore believe that the remark
quoted above is libel on the human race.
II So it should be challenged whenever
mode.
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lie was fortunate in the companionship
of an intelligent and sympathetic wife.
to whom he would from time to time re-
cite, as he would wade through the sue
eessive volumes of law.
In 1871 he removed to Opjelka. was adj
mitted to practice. and applied himself
with energy. Ills thorough knowledge
of the principles of law, resulting from
his rigid application from the lime of his
entrance on its study. was superinduced
by the labor which he bestowed on each
case. A diligent, attentive and intelligent
ls wyer is rarely without clients, and this
admits of peculiar application to Cover
nor Sanford.
A striking and commanding physique.
genial manner, a master yof his cases,
and an eloquence which was natural. won
him practice that rapidly extended, no.
orly. but rank at the bar of which any
one might justly feel proud 1t is nota-
BILE fact that II the long carer of the
practice of Governor Sanford, he was
never caught on any point unawares. He
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hotel at Paris on his way to England.
The bottles were packed in large leather
case, which was taken charge of by the
manager of the hotel and when he learned
what the case contained and for whom
the bottles were intended. took them hiIa-
self to the English court.
Queen Alexandria has had an inventory
of the collection made by the royal gold
smiths. It is impossible to quote ar
length from thei- volumes to which the
writer has been granted access. A couple
OF pages are devoted to the description of
many single ornaments and the whole in
ventory fills three big leather bound
tones.
On table at one end OF the room is set
out set of gold vases, an opium pipe
and two gold boxes. the total value Of
which is $500,000. The opium pipe was a
present to King Edward from the sultan
OF Turkey One of the gold boxes which
bears the Prince of Wales feathers ia
diamonds on the cover came from Alfred
De Rothschild and the other box was a
present from the actor managers of Lon
don. The vases we're presents from fo III
Indian princes. The latter are "a carat
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mo ROOM'-By George Eaves, D. D.

Dies Irae" into ringing psalm and
paean of victories peace.
Naturally enough the story of that one
triumphant life makes poignant the
meaning OF the past and present in ell
the race. He provides the necessary high
light. the necessary contrast. Before FIis
persistent acceptance, calm and patient
and radiant as the dawn on Gettysburg
the fierce agonies Of the battle and of tho
dread defeat and of the universal less
shine lurld In flame amid the reelirg
landscape.
You get the sense of it from His ar
rival to His departure. Every step of
the way the contrast is moro vivid than
at any former time. If the peasant
authors whose story makes the New
Testament had been profound phtloso-
piers, trained in tho incest schools Of
rhetoric and drama, they could not have
presented the contrast half so well.
l. At the first stage. as He arrives
In Bethlehem. as yet unseen by mortal
eye. and the agonies of her first
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much as they wondered at Him. But
they could hnd no room in their tradi-
tional orthodoxy for such upsetting
questions and not much came of the in
terview beyond the next eighteen years
of silent brooding and of cheerful SER
vice, while He daily breathed the atmo-
sphere and felt the daily, hourly pulls
ing of the Wings.
8. only one man recognized the value of
that new life, the meaning of that smile
only one caught the glow of the atmos-
phere and a glimpse of the wings: and he
cried out in glad surprise, but went down
to death doubling whether what he had
seen was not illusion. And only a few
peasants associated with the new man,
peasants not overtroubled with worldly
possessions nor with literary or philoso-
phical theories, and therefore not unwil-
ling to join moment whose revolutions
airy meaning lay hidden In far depths of
unplumbed sorrow. a Sheol opening only
to the key of sacrifice
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sense of divine possibility grows all feaf.
all hope. all sladness, all woe and. in-
deed, all religion. For at its root re-
ligion is a tragedy. or had I not better
say all our tragedy called life Is our re-
ligion? So thag when a man becomes
conscious of the fear. the hope. the ideal,
with its gladness and its woe and its
hunger. that man has become a convert.
a religious man.
1t is the peculiar dogma OF Christianity
and the chief explanation of its infii.-
ence on the ages that one man has lived
and died who did not make the great
Refusal, who let in tho full tide of the
oversoul, and who has reunited by His
act the race with it5 source. Because He
has lived without disloyalty. without ex-
cluding the spiritual ether from His
blood, hence all men may be cheered,
turn from their defeats and disloya1ties
and pessimistic experiences. breathe the
divine air, and turn the tragedy OF the
PAST into a triumphal pageant, Its wailing
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N EADERS Of that sterling demo-
cratic journal, the New Y orlS Day
\ book, published in the metropolis,
in the years before the war, recall the
articles of a spicy correspondent from
THE Oaks IN Alabama. That writer
was the father of Gov. William James
Sanford AS one might judge from the
conversation and from the speeches of
Governor Sanford, he was reared in al,
atmosphere of literature. To him, like
to thousands of other southern youth.
the war was untimely. as 1t interposed TO
cut short all prospects of a finished educa-
tion, for as a STRIPPING of IT he entered the
service of the confederacy. He had pre-
viously enjoyed all the facilities afforded
in a country school, near Auburn, and
was in the sophomore class at the uni
versity of Georgia, when the call to arms
reached him. Youthful as the boy soldier
was. he soon became lieutenant in the
Forty-sixth Alabama infantry, which dis
tinction he won for galantry on the field.
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FUNDAMENTALLY life is trage-
dy. and at its heart the tragedy
l assumes all shapes and colors.
We get the impression from our studies
OF the past and the present that vast
intelligence and love are haunting the
air man breathes, pressing upon the gate
WAYS of his beias, arousing within him a
poetic and artistic ideal for which he is
compelled to strive and reach and toll
and cry. But We get everywhere the
Refusal that has become normal. ordi-
nary inevitable" as we say, made pes
simistie by experience To yield ourselves
to that divine afflatus and pressure is toe
costly. Hence we hug our poverty and
huddle in our spiritual rags, and make
rev notes of cur depravities, while the
clear intelligence still patiently pours IT,
self upon us, generation after generation
and the vast wings of the infinite love
pulsate upon our racial brain and heart
Out of this idealism, this hunger, this
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HEART TO HEART TALKS-By James A. Edgerton

IL sometimes happens that a few dealers
corrupt a whole trade. Using crooked
methods themselves. they place their hon
est competitors at such disadvantage
that these feel that they must use crooked
methods in turn or be driven out Of busi-
ness
The only way is to stand up for honesty,
pick out the crooks and go after them.
II graft is a disease that affects the
Whole body polite or any considerable
portion of it, then we are in a bad way.
1t is time for honest men to band them
selves together and expose and correct the
evil.
And let them remember one thing:
Before graft can be permanently driven
out OF politics it must also be driven out
os business
Singing "Onward, Christian Soldiersl"
2tr Sunday school children in Chicago
marched In good order from their smoke
filled classrooms.-Ne item.
Fire drills in our schools and elsewhere
have saved many panics with consequent
disgracefui scenes and loss Of Me.
We must all learn the lesson OF orderly
retreat.
A beaten army that maintains Its for
1nation and discipline can withdraw from
tic field with. little loss. But the army
that fees IN terror and confusion is cut
r. pieces.
Perhaps In the past more people have
lost their lives i'm the maddened traV-
ping and crowding of fire panics than
Il ON the actual flames.
A little presence of mind, concerted ac-
tion and orderly retreat would have saved
ell this.
That spectacle Of the singing children
marehing like soldiers out of the smoke
niled classroom is as inspiring as some
Of the wild rushes of their elders have
been shameful
n child shall lead them. In this work
We must let the children lead us in the
discipline of sanity. common sense and
organized cooperation.
Orderly retreat is good for other places
tnan fires.
There comes times when every one OF
l.s must withdraw from certain situations.
enterprises or assertions. Let II be done
Gecently and in good order.
When besiegcd army must give up a
stronghold its generals ask that II may
50 cut with the "honors Of war'-that
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der comes another deputation. threaten
ing Him with death. because He has IN
vaded their monopoly of temple traffic.
5. And so at last the story reaches its
climax, and the soldiers shake the dice
box beneath the cross. and quarrel as to
who should own His clothes They left
Him naked there, laughing as thoy
turned away, cackling because the inter-
ests had won His last thread. even tho
thread of blood that triehled from His
side.
The danger of today is that we shed
tear over the old pathetic story and
then repeat the tragedy. 1t is in Brming
ham that the issue lies for us, and the
Man is poor Mr.. -, whose wife and
children, with himself, are sick and In
need OF ministry: but we say that we
cannot find space to receive them, be-
cause the Interests will be affected. AMI
We want all the space for a park