A TRUE ARISTOCRAT.
Applies to Followers of the Great Teacher
of Man.—Doing Good to Others.
Mr. C. F. B. Miel, in his autobiog¬
raphy, mentions the Rev. Dr. Gannett
of Boston as the best man he ever
had the privilege of knowing. A per¬
son’s hero is perhaps the touchstonS
of his own character, and Mr. Miel
says that Dr. Gannett had the highest
regard for Monsieur de Cheverus, the
first Roman bishop of Boston, and
that, he gave this incident as one of
the reasons for it.
“Abandoned in a miserable cabin,”
he quotes Dr. Gannett’s words, “not
far from Boston, was an infirm negro.
The bishop found him, and without in¬
forming any one, every evening, after
his day’s duties, quietly made his way
to the cabin and devoted bimself to
this afflicted creature, washing and
dressing his sores, making his bed, and
providing for his various wants. A
servant, who remarked that on the
bishop’s return his coat was covered
with dust and feathers, wondered
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where his master wont, and followed
him afar off on one of his excursions.
Looking between tbe loose timbers
which made the wall of the cabin, he
saw the man of God engaged in his
work of mercy.” It was not strange
that a man loving such deeds should
be surprised in no less humble and
Christian charity himself.
Mr. Miel had been told that a worn
out German teacher was lying ill in a
cold attic in the poorest quarter of the
city. The kind-hearted Frenchman
went in search of the friendless suf¬
ferer, and after a long hunt found him.
On coming near the top of the dan¬
gerous sta’rs, Mr. Miel heard a sirange
noise. He crept up softly, stopping
to listen. There was a man at the
open door of the room. He had a
broken broom in his hand. His back
looked familiar. Mr. Miel followed him
into - the room, and came face to face
with Dr. Gannett.
The squalid room wae warming with
a newly lighted fire. The invalid was
sitting in a chair, rolled in a blanket,
eating hothouse grapes which the good
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Bartolome Maso, president of the Cuban republic for the past year, has
resigned, with his cabinet, because of the impending national election—the
first fruit of the liberty gained by American arms. “Maso,” writes Go¬
mez, when the whole island was ablaze, “saved the revolution and deserves to
be called the father of his country.” Maso, now 63 years old, was promi¬
nent in the ten years’ war.
Samaritan had brougni. The mattress
had been beaten and turned, the sheets
had been put out to air, and the little
dark room had been set in order and
had an aspect of cheerfulness such as
anly a tender hand could bring about:
and Dr. Gannett was so embarrassed
at being caught in his act of kindness
that he could hardly speak.
Mr. Miel relates that on another oc¬
casion he discovered the same clergy¬
man in one of the back streets of Bos¬
ton, carrying a steaming bowl of broth
Into a miserable abode to one of his
many charges. Such unostentatious
ministrations were the every-day acts
of Christ, and this sincere, earnest
man simply and naturally exemplified
his Christianity by following his Mas¬
ter’s example.
The word aristocracy is derived from
the Greek, meaning “the rule of the
best.” Custom has perverted the noble
word to mean the rule of the high¬
born. The true aristocrat is he who, in
devotion to the world’s great Teacher,
gives himself in beneficent, untiring
service to his fellow-men. His is the
peerage of the soul, the supreme nobil¬
ity that defies the mutations of time
and finds its glory in allegiance to the
“King of kings and Lord of lords.”
LAST OF THE ROSICRUC1ANS.
Hermit Chemist of Loudon Dies at an
Advanced Age.
The pre-Faraday school of chemis¬
try, the chemistry of the elixir of life
and the philosopher’s stone, in whose
strange nomenclature metals were
known by such uncouth names as the
“red lion,” the “green serpent,” the
“blue dragon,” and invested with mys¬
terious, inexplicable properties, has
recently lost one of its last, if not its
very last, genuine disciples. His name
was George Knox, and he died the
other day in London at the age of
somewhere about 90 years, For the
last thirty years he had lived in the
quarter of the city known as St. John’s
Wood, the last place where one would
expect to find a philosopher. The old
gentleman, however, knew nothing of
the ways of his neighbors and they
knew as little of his. Though a cheer¬
ful old man and exceedingly active for
his years, he lived the life of a hermit,
his whole energies being bent on the
task of resolving the chemical prob¬
lems of the middle ages. Mr. Knox
used to call himself the “last of the
Rosierucians,” and the chief objects of
his pursuit were the elixir of life and
the philosopher’s stone. Three small
fortunes he had had left to him at
different periods of his life and the
whole of two of them and the greater
part of the third went into the crucible
and the mortar. When a young man
he had traveled all over the east, camp¬
ing with Bedouins and hobnobbing
with Brahmins and Tartars, seeking
information concerning the recondite
and occult. The latter half of his life
was spent in endeavoring to apply the
information thus gained. One fortune
went in the making of a few small
rubies and a commercially valueless
diamond. The elixir of life swallowed
up the second. Among other processes,
this latter chimera involved the boil¬
ing of a liquid in a crucible for three
years. Up to the day of his death he be¬
lieved that he had discovered if not the
veritable elixir at least something ap-
proximating ^t, and to the close he at¬
tributed his fiealth and longevity to his
concoction. The results of some of the
experiments he made with the elixir
before he perfected it were curious.
It killed his favorite cat and took all
the lubrication out of his own joints,
so that for several days he went about
creaking like a gate with rusty hinges.
To open an oyster, the force re¬
quired appears to be l,319 ] /£ times the
weight of the shell-less creature.
Words are but pictures of our
thoughts.—Dryden.
EPISCOPALIAN SIOUX.
Great Work Accomplished by Bishop Hare
Among the Different Tribes.
It was just a quarter of a century
ago that Bishop Hare, then a young
man of thirty-four, left his Philadel¬
phia home and went out to spread the
gospel among the Sioux.
In these twenty-five years he has
gathered a red army pf the cross num¬
bering over 5,000. In this mighty
band are warriors who fought with
Sitting Bull in the bloody fight where
Custer lost his life, and others who
often terrorized the pioneers in the
scattered settlements along the upper
Missouri. But those marauding days
|ire over. The Sioux rides on a deso
lating trail no more. The tepee has
given way to the house, the medicine
lodge to the church and the school.
This marvelous transformation has
come largely through the self-sacrific¬
ing effort of Bishop Hare.
The spirit of this change is striking¬
ly shown in the great convocation
which the Sioux churchmen hold every
fall. From all parts of the reservation
delegations from the Ogaliaias, the
Sissetons, the Blackfeet, the Santees,
the Wahpetons and the other Sioux
tribes journey to the convocation.
In long trains they wind over the
hills and plains, some of them being
on the road for 10 or 12 days. Now
and then there ,is heard floating above
them, not a warwhoop, but a hymn.
Each delegation has a banner bearing
its name. When the meeting place
is reached tents are pitched, and by
tbe time the convocation opens the
Dakota prairie looks as if an army
were encamped on it.
Here is Bishop Hare’s open-air ca¬
thedral. Instead of rafters the blue
vault of the sky is its roof. The chan¬
cel rail is a meridian of latitude. On
a carpet of Buffalo grass the altar is
raised, and before it is assembled the
largest number of communicants of
the Protestant Episcopal church that
gathers at any diocesan convention
or convocation in all America.
South Dakota is by far the largest
Indian mission of the Episcopal
church. It reaches 13 tribes, and out
of a population of 25,000 Indians over
9,000 have been baptized and nearly
3,000 confirmed. About 50 churches
and chapels have been built, and four
boarding schools.
The Uishop himself left fame, for¬
tune and friends behind him when he
went from his Philadelphia home out
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among the wigwams of the Sioux. He
was young, gifted, of high connoc
tions and had a promising future in
the Eastern church. He took the best
he had and gave it to the unlettered
savage. Perhaps the Indian did not
appreciate the sacrifice, but he learn¬
ed to love the kindly man who came
to help him.
Friends innumerable he made wher¬
ever he went, being beloved alike by
clergy and laymen, from the little
chape] at Rattling Ribs settlement to
the cathedral in Sioux Falls; while
fame has come to him also incidental¬
ly because of his great success in a
most unpromising field, which has
made him known all over our land and
in others as well.
FOR SLEEPLESSNESS.
A Good Cry Is Considered the Cure for
Insomnia.
Medical science is rampant just now.
We have been told not to do so many
things that if we obeyed all our coun¬
selors we should be in a parlous state.
The latest information—from a Rus¬
sian doctor—is that we must try not
to blush, laugh or weep much, unless
we want to suffer from insomnia. His
observations have led him to conclude
that persons who do either of these
three things “easily” are more liable
to sleeplessness than others. I should
like to be told how we are to help
blushing. Is not the timid debutante
always asking that question, and ask¬
ing it in vain? And is she afflicted by
want of sleep? As regards lafighter,
I have observed that nervous people
often have a bad night if they have
been tempted to excessive hilarity just
before bedtime, but as to the effects
of weeping I am not sure. It has been
said that the greatest sufferers from
insomnia are the people who rarely al¬
low themselves the relief of what we
call “a good cry,” hut rather let their
sorrows eat their hearts out in sto¬
ical silence. One does not lie awake
brooding over a trouble which may
be soothed by tears. But now let me
give you a bnand-new remedy for
sleeplessness— Dew, at least, to this
country, for it come3 from the -amoan
Islands. The natives, when inclined to
be wakeful, get up and hunt around
until they find a snake. Having caught
their soother, they confine him in a
hollow bamboo, when he emits a hisa-
ing sound, which—so we are told—is
unfailing in the inducement of sleep.
Here we have, I think, at last the an¬
swer to the famous puzzle propounded
by Josh Billings: “The reason why
snaiks wuz hilt has never yit bin dis
kuvvered.” The efficacy of the remedy,
if practiced on an American, would no
doubt depend upon the certainty that
the scaly soporific was really “con¬
fined in the bamboo.”
IN JERUSALEM.
This is a Slightly different scene
from the one which greets Chicagoans
passing by a building in course of erec¬
tion. Instead of brawny laborer in
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of lime from the hydrant this workman
at Jerusalem in his oriental garb car¬
ries the water in a pigskin.
SANDWICH GIRLS IN GOTHAM.
If there was one profession which
seemed safe from the encroachments
of women it was that of the human,
sandwich, the peripatetic advertise¬
ment that goes swaying through the
streets during the busy hours of the
day. But the blow has fallen. The
sandwich man has a feminine rival,
and as he plods through the crowd you
can see despair written on his fur¬
rowed countenance^ says the New York
Herald.
While Broadway and Twenty-third
street were thronged with busy shop¬
pers the other day the advance guard
of the newest walking signs appeared.
There were six comely young women,
who moved slowly and sedately along
the pavement, clad in a costume that
drew all eyes. Their skirts were of a
plaid—a plaid that shouted—and vol¬
uminous capes reached from shoulder
to waist. On their heads were shapes
of cavernous depth, which might be
described as poke or shaker bonnets.
As these strange figures passed men
with bundles and women with babies
paused, open-mouthed, to regard them,
and to read the words emblazoned on
their garments. Around the bonnets
and on the flowing capes were written
the praises of a new headache cure.
It was impossible to say how the young
women enjoyed their vocation. The
bonnets were deep and narrow and
their faces were hidden in shadow.
Bpt their v^alk was demure and they
paid no attention to the excitement
they were cheating.
“Shufilefoot Pete,” the dean of the
profession, was standing near Twen¬
ty-third street and Broadway when
he caught sight of one of these invad¬
ers of his territory. He rubbed his
eyes and looked, and his "sandwich”
trembled on its frame.
The news spread quickly among the
fraternity, and it is rumored that a
mass meeting of the United Order of
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Souffles.
Souffles are very dainty and appetiz¬
ing for luncheons or teas,' or even for
dinnefs, and are easy to prepare. The
essentials are a quick oven and prompt
serving, even after the ingredients
have been properly mixed. Souffles are
largely composed of the whites of eggs,
stiffly beaten, and added to the other
ingredients at the last moment. Have
all materials at hand before beginning
the making of a souffle, all the ingre¬
dients and a cake pan with straight
sides, ■which must be thoroughly but¬
tered. In Turning in the souffle room
must he left for the rising, and a band
of greased paper pinned around the top
to support the souffle as it rises. After
the pan has been placed in the oven
it must not be disturbed, or it will
fall.
After the Grip
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A Mysterious Disease.
For a disease of recognized standing
for over three centuries In the medical
fraternity remarkably little Is known
of la grippe. It has been traced bock
to 1510 by the medical fraternity, but
never has it been successfully com¬
batted. The gathering of data regard¬
ing it began when it became preva¬
lent in northern and western Europe,
in 1803. In 1812 France suffered from
It, in 1817 England, and in 1833 all
of Great Britain were visited by it.
Four thousand people died of la grippe
Vn 1837 in Dublin. In 1891-92 it cross¬
ed tbe Atlantic and came to America.
With theories of causes ranging from
sun spots to microbes, it is little won¬
der that the range of treatment is ex¬
tensive. But one fact seems to have
Impressed itself upon the medical
fraternity regarding the mysterious
influenza. They do not fear la grippe
as much as its complications. Pneu¬
monia is its most frequent ally, though
It invariably attacks the weakest parts
of the victims—Cincinnati Times Star.
COULD NOT SLEEP.
Mrs. Pinkham Relieved Her of All
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Mrs. Pinkham invites women who are
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NATIVE PHILIPPINE GIRLS*
They Have Qraceful Figures and Are Experts
at Riding and Swimming.
The Philippine maiden Is usually
very pretty, with a graceful, supple
figure. Her eyes are large and shaded
by long dark lashes; her hair is black
In color, long and glossy, nud It is her
chief pride. She gives it a great deal
of care and attention, frequently an¬
ointing it with oil of the eocoanut,
which probably gives it the peculiar
gloss. The young girl usually wears
her hair hanging loosely down her
back, hut the older women build it up
In a fanciful-knot, often adorned with
flowers.
Next to her hair the Philippine girl
prides herself on her feet. She is not,
like the poor Chinese women, forced
; to have them of diminutive propor
I tions, but she is just ns careful of
thorn. She wears no stockings, but in¬
cases the feet in elaborately embroid¬
ered slippers without heels.
Very few of the women in these isl¬
ands are well educated. Some, how¬
ever, have been taught in the con¬
vents, hut their number is very small
T.he Philippine girl is very fond of
music and is generally able to play
both on the harp and guitar. The gui¬
tar is very popular and might be call¬
ed tbe national instrument. For the
purpose of assisting them in playing
the girls allow the thumb nail of the
right hand to grow very long.
These girls are athletically inclined.
They ride and swim with great dex¬
terity. They are also very fond of
dancing. In Manila, which is a very
cosmopolitan city, many Mestizos,
who are Creole girls of the Philippines,
go into the best society. One old-time
custom now prevails in the Philip¬
pines that will undoubtedly pass away
with the beginning of tbe new Ameri¬
can life and rule, It is an old mnr
riage custom, and obliges the lover to
serve in the house of his intended
bride’s father for several months pre¬
vious to the ceremony. The marriage
feasts usually last for several days.
Then the bride, who has often not
seen more than fifteen summers, is
led away to her husband’s borne, :i
house made of bamboo, probably built
by his own hands.
The Brave Bull, <he Cruel Spaniard.
A correspondent describing a bull
fight in Spain in the Saturday Review,
says: The trumpet sounds again, and
the espada takes his sword and his
muleta, and goes out for the last
scene. This, which ought to be, is not
always, the real climax. The bull is
often by "this time tired, has had
enough of the sport, leaps at the bar¬
rier, trying to get out. He is tired of
funning after red rags, and he brush¬
es them aside contemptuously; he
can scarcely be got to show animation
enough to be decenlly killed. But one
bull that I saw yesterday was splen¬
didly savage, and fought almost to the
Vast, running about the arena with the
sword between his shoulders, and that
great red line broadening down each
side of his neck on the black; like a
deep layer of red paint, one" tricks
one’s self into thinking.
He carried two swords in ills neck,
and still fought; when at dast, he, too,
got weary, and he went and knelt
down before the door by which he had
entered, and would fight no more. But
they went up to him from outside the
barrier and drew tbe swords out
of him; and he got to bis feet again,
and stood to be killed.
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