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WORK OF ASSEMBLY
F ,l I.H OFFERED FOR .MRS. Mc-
KINLKY’S RECOIVRRY,
THE committees appointed.
OVBRTI res RECEIVED FROM THE
PRESBYTERIES,
Various Knotty Point* to Be Passed
trpon, Including “Elect Infant"
Clu*o—The Home lltulon Report
Showed Heoelpts of and
lljslmr.enient. of $411,0441 Applied
to the Snpport of 123 Minister. and
Teacher. —Foreign Mission Secre
tarv lleclines Salary of $3,000.
Uttle Rock, Ark., May 17.—At the
opening of the second day’s session of
the Presbyterian General Assembly, Dr.
j c Malloy of Owensboro, Ky., offered
a feeling and touching prayer for Mrs.
McKinley’s recovery.
Moderator Woods announced the com
mittees, including the following from
states, on synod records:
Alabama—C. E. Paxson, William Pol
lock.
Florida—W. J. B. Lloyd, B. D. Brant
ley.
Georgia—R. B. Grinnian, D. D., Will
iam R. Miller.
North Carolina—S. R. Hope, J. M.
Blaine.
South Carolina—M. S. Smith, E. Hotch
kiss.
Virginia—Rev. J. F. McKenzie, T. P.
pyron.
Judge Joseph W. Martin of Little Rock,
was made chairman of the Committee on
Bills and Overtures.
Much of the day’s session was devoted
to reading and referring overtures from
the synods and presbyteries of the South.
The presbytery of Brownwood, Tex.,
asked for a modification of the pastoral
letter in reference to dancing.
The Florida presbytery advocated a cir
culating library for the ministry.
The presbytery of Fort Worth asked a
deliverance on the question as to whether
it is constitutional to invite a minister of
a corresponding denomination to offer
prayer at installation.
There were numerous overtures protest
ing against the insertion of a foot note
io the confession of faith on the “elect
infant" clause, and they were referred to
a special committee composed of one rep
resentative from each synod.
fleport on Home Missions.
The thirty-fifth Annual report of the
Executive Committee of Home Missions
showed receipts of $55,366, and disburse
ments of $49,043, the balance in the treas
urer's hands March 31. 1901, being $6,313.
The receipts of the Home Mission Fund
were $36,915. The outlay was for the
support of six missionaries among the
Mexicans, 75 ministers in Texas, 16 in
Arkansas. 8 in Indian Territory, 16 in
Florida, and for eight teachers in the In
dian schools. The whole number of min
ister? and teachers whose support the
committee, in whole dr in part, supplied,
was 123. Two churches received S2OO to
aid in erecting houses of worship and 11
churches received donations amounting to
$1,523.
The receipts on account of the invalid
fund were $14,590, and the payments $13,-
233 to lil beneficiaries in 51 presbyteries,
aiding 32 aged and infirm ministers, and
109 widows and orphans of deceased min
is terj.
The Invalid fund claimed the untlflng
effort of presbyteries, for while the
church was doing well, “the cause pit
eously pleads for a better doing."
"The mission work of the church has
been diligently prosecuted during the
year by our faithful self-denying jnission
tries.
The Ladies* Aid Society.
"The Toadies Aid Society and Sabbath
schools have contributed for all purposes
$3,173 luring the year, besides contribu
tions by societies in the way of boxes of
valuable supplies to needy ministers and
their families. More Sabbath-schools have
given for the support of the Indian
schools than last year, and, take It all in
ail, we have much to excite our gratitude
and incite to greater effort. The only
drawback is the need of more liberal
benefactions."
r ie committee recommended the adop
tion of the following:
I hat the General Assembly advise the
presbyteries to devote one evening during
the spring sessions, or such other hour
as may be convenient, to the general dis
ousMun of the subject of foreign mis
sion.- in the presence of the congregation
among whom they meet, and that during
tne fall sessions a similar meeting be
ne.l iri the interest of home missions.
A’ the afternoon session reports were
front several ad interim com
in ittees.
Reclined Higher Salary.
I- Executive Committee on Foreign
- -- ntis went on record as favorable to
a salary of $3,000 per annum for the for
eign mission secretary, but reported that
ie secretary declined to receive more
then $2,500.
ft '• board of trustees reported as on
nan and invested, as directed by the dlf
for the various causes of the
1 ' ’ u $13,850; during the year there was
received f rom an sourccß J21,9FT!32: dls
™T m lts. $19,376.43.
- board recommends the re-election
t k P ' Haverton, D. W. Oates and
tv i harr as members.
Foo./T’, 1 ' 1 of * he borne and school at
e ... kslntr*. Va., for orphan children
-um ,or * Bn missionaries Showed that
much r have been met and
tv-s. h , 1 ,h ' l has be * n Pld off. Thlr
-atirr ? ( "'r>hans have beert given edu-
Th„ a,:l '"‘"'ages this session.
vea / J’ b ’ lort of the treasurer for the
hand. and a b * la "<* of $2,562.36 oh
Breach JF p - Rice, D. D„ of Atlanta,
■’ to the assembly to-riight.
A Woman ri ling elder.
Among the Representative* of the
< "mberlnnd Assembly.
*** p oim, Miss., May 17.—The Cumber
,rrlan General Assembly re
morning, Moderator Morris
rrqMing
the new members Is a young wo
' ianna Wolsey, who represents
li,< *' h 'i eld ' Ky., presbytery as a ruling
. ' ' ° obJeeilod was made to her on
' though the procedure is un
it <omni i>nications wero read by
Am h', ‘7 k J M ' Hubbert.
x,., ’ ~ um were memorials against a
tj. p ... 1,0 divinity school in connection
'o University; and two iM-oposi
*n ci v "’dependent assembly control of
„ , l; r " !, cnt tlieoiogical seminary at
: ’ nn - It was announces* that
i j" > of tlm presbyteries had decided
’ r ■* < oiistltutlonal amendment,
,n future, permit rotation In
’’’•Hog cMer and deacon, a
1 . "* p from the old plan,
ins homes and other committees
-d suwesafui years.
Mo,, invited next year's as
■spondlng Hecietsry W. J. Darby,
fl,„ ' 'pfesentlng the work of the edu
•’* ’ /' announced that there are
. Pr * for the Cumberland Pres
s' ministry. half of them In schools
ie and foity-nlnc In the theotog
■"■"untry. The tecelpts for mlnlste-
MANY RESIDENTS
sroarelte are thoroughly acquainted with, and know
cr afintculou. cures that Dr. Thacber's User and
xilood.STi-iip has made. In other nearby towns and
cities the same succees has been attended with those
old established remedy.
th® greatest blood cleansing organ of
1,0(1 y - When working aa Nature intended
usnouid. it removes ail excess excretions. It per
double office of separating impurities from
tne blood and secreting a very necessary fluid, the
mie. When the functions of the liver become im
paired the poisonous products are retained in the
system and promote the gravest malHdies, bilious
2nif vertigo ami Nervous De
tbene diseases are not promptly and care
luily looked after they become chronic and difficult
I 1 8 vltal importance that you give Jm-
J** 00 .. 0 hecfi to any wa ™in*r of trouble, such as
"!^ aoh^ nausea - finllow complexion, constipation,
pains under shoulder blades, coated tongue, sour
•totnaoli and diztlness.
• a , n 2 Bafo way to kee P lh !*▼* In
aporfeet and healthful condition is to use a remedy
Tioht T lach ® r * Ji* V€r an(i Bloo<l Syrup that goes
r e a r, t f v a, f f o r tP<5 Thl * rure natural and
(B .’- Dr.'Thacher s I.lvcranrl Blood Syrup
TOscher > Llrer Medicine iliryi hsve been
’hi" 'im* thousands have
benefited by using tberr
a?sSL < !f! ect,n * cures for all Liver
and Blood diseases it acts as a tonic to the entire
human system,, building it up and energizing it
inouaands of voluntary testimonials ought to be
▼aluable In proving oar remedy the best. Don t de-
I., 1 ,. 26 cents in dry form
or .H) cents ncr bottle, liquid at your druggist If he
W.'.ScL’m 11, we wl !i b * “ k s o,ir druggist first.
Wssre at Chattanooga, Tenn Thacher Medlclcs Cos
rial education were $1,489; permanent fund
$8,060.
Rev. j. H, Miller, home mission secre
tary, reported foreign missionaries in the
field, 27; home missionaries, 16; total mis
sionary receipts, $85,559.
A telegram announcing the probable
early death of Mrs. McKinley was read
and a message of sympathy was ordered
sent to the President, and the assembly
united in prayer for the recovery of the
distinguished patient.
The publishing house located in Nash
ville, Tenn., was reported in a prosper
ous condition, its assets exceeding $230,000.
The conditional commission announced
the raising of practically a million dollars
additional endowments for the education
al institutions of the church.
Springfield, Mo., was to-night chosen as
the next place of meeting.
LAWSON’S BOAT BARRED.
The Boston Man Very Hitter and Ne
gotiation* Broken Off.
New York, May 17.—The Mail and Ex
press says:
Correspondence between Thomas W.
Lawson of Boston, owner of the 90-foot
yacht Independence, and the America’s
cup committee, has reached such an acute
stage of bitterness on the part of the
Boston man, that the committee has de
cided to break off all negotiations, and to
bar that boat not only from the trial
races to select a defender to meet the
Shamrock 11, hut from all other events
over which (he New- York Yacht Club
will have jurisdiction.
The owner of the Independence was
notified for the second and final time
last week that the Independence could not
be made eligible to eompetetion in the
trials against the champion Columbia or
the new Constitution unless the boat was
transferred to a member of the New York
Yacht Club and raced under his flag.
There is a long standing rule of the
club that no yacht shall be eligible to
compete in any of the club’s events un
less her owner be a member of the or
ganization.
HI LL AGAIN PRESIDENT.
Local Tnderrvrltera Dlsenss Resi
dent Agency Hill.
Atlanta. May 17.—The Georgia Local
Underwriters finished their/work to-night.
The association took up the resident
agency bill, which was drafted in part by
W. P. Patillo of Atlanta, and passed sev
eral sections. If passed in whole, this
bill will be referred to a special com
mittee of Atlanta men, who will refer it
to a lawyer to be legally worded. The
agents have great hopes for good re
sults from the bill, and believe it will
mean the downfall of Eastern brokers,
who have been preying upon thejr busi
ness. The following officers were elected:
President—R. M. Hull of Savananh.^
First Vice President—Edgar R. Dun
lap of Atlanta.
Second Vice President*—l. W. Cabaness
of Macon.
Secretary and Treasurer—R. M. Butt of
Augusta.
The Executive Committee is composed
of F. W. Cole of Atlanta, W. P. Patillo
of Atlanta, John Jay Cohen of Augusta,
F. M. Butt of Augusta, J. B. Kimbell of
Columbus, and W. F. Train of Savannah.
After the adjournment of the conven
tion, the members were entertained at
luncheon at the Piedmont Driving Club
by the general agents of the city. The
association will meet next year in Ma
con.
AN EASY EXPLANATION.
French Mlnlsler of Jnsllce Provo.
Hi* Skirl* Are Clear.
Paris, May 17.—The attack on M. Monis.
the minister of Justice, in the Chamber
of Deputies to-day by M. Cuneo d’Oma
no, Bonapartist, from the Cognac dis
trict, failed. The deputy charged M. Monis
with making use Of his public functions
In an improper manner, but the minister
gave a simple explanation, which was
confirmed by M. Milierand, the minister
of commerce, that the publication of Ore
name of the German firm excluded from
any award by the Jury of awards on ac
count of the label on its cognac being re
garded as an unfair imitation of the la
bels used on French cognac, was a mis
take on the part of the secretary of the
jury of awards. M. Monis denied that he
was ever connected with the firm referred
to.
P. J. O’CONNOR RE-ELECTED.
Catholic Knights of America Con
clude Their Session.
St. Louis. May 17.—After ctompleting its
labors by the election of officers, be Su
preme convention of the Catholic Knights
of America adjourned to-day after a four
days’ session. Supreme President P. J.
O'Connor of Savannah. Supreme Vice
President William Blakeslee of Hallets
vllla, Tex., and Supreme Secretary Joseph
G. Carroll of St. Louis were re-elec'd. The
office of supreme treasurer was accorded
to Charles Hanauer of St. luis, and
A.lam Yeager of ChlGigo was chosen su
preme trustee.
THE CORN DEAL CLOSED.
Phillips Nells I,(MM),mm Hnshels nnd
Price Drops to 54 Cents.
Chicago, May 17. —It was reported on
the 'Board of Trade to-day that the Phil
lips corner of May corn had been brought
to a close. On top of recent heavy sales
for current month delivery, Phillips sold
1,000,000 bushels to-day and the price drop
ped from 54 centa, at which tho market
cosed yesterday, to 50 cent*. Phillips
refused to say positively that he was out
of his May deal, although he did say “It
looks as though It is all off.”
New York Bricklayer* Locked Onl.
New York, May 17.—Between 15,000 and
30.000 bricklayers In the employ of con
trhetors who are members of the Masons’
Builders Association, were locked out to
day at noon.
Rani Recovers Hl* Health.
Paris. May IT.--Count Bonl de Castel
l*ne. who has been suffering from Intes
tinal troubles, has uow recovered his us
ual health,
THE MORNING NEWS. SATURDAY. MAY 18. 1901.
UNREST IN LABOR CIRCLES.
HRADSTREET MAKES NOTE OF IT
IN HIS HEPOHT.
Otherwise Trade Is Moving Along
Fairly AVell—Collections Are Fnlr
nnd Indnstrle* Are Active—Foreign
Trnile Continues Largely In Our
Favor Print Clolli Situation I*
I nsatlsfnetory—The Selling C oin
niittee Plan Ha* llroken and Cur
tailment Has Not Accomplished Its
Purpose—Fall River Mills Expect
ed to Take Action.
New York, May 17.—Bradstreet’s to
morrow will say:
Aside from a quite perceptible increase
of the spirit of unrest in labor circles,
there are few new changes to record in
the general trade or industrial situation.
Business at present the country over is
of a seasonable re-order character with
wholesalers in dry goods, clothing and
similar lines, but the volume of business
is fair for the season, and collections are
reported likewise. The basic facts under
lying the situation continue largely of a
favorable character. Notable In this re
spect Is the crop situation, particularly
for the cereals, which Is In a high degree
promising. The backward spring and
lack of rains in some sections has mili
tated against the growth of cotton, but
improvement is noted even in this respect.
The industries are active. Iron and steel
are strong, but quiet as regards new de
mand for the cruder forms, but the fin
ished products have been heavily ordered
and the mills have sufficient business to
keep them busy from one to three months
while a large additional business is re
ported in sight. The demand of the ma
chinists is regarded as a possibly disturb
ing feature, but It is claimed that one
fourth of the men involved have already
succeeded in their demands and the fee’-
ii g is that this matter will be adjusted
with less than earlier expected friction.
Foreign Trade In Oar Favor,
Foreign trade continues largely to favor
this country and the demand for wheat to
replace possible smaller yields in Euro
pean countries has swelled the volume of
export trade which might otherwise have
fallen off from April a year ago because
of smaller shipments of cotton and of
manufactured goods. Despite the talk of
rath cutting and of expectations of u
smalier movement of goods as the spring
a<l\ances, railway earnings continue ex
ceptionally favorable, some groat sys
tems reporting maximum weekly earn
ings.
Cotton goods are in fair re-order de
mand from interior and Eastern jobbers
and retail business is apparently proceed
ing at a good rate. In first hands, how
ever, business is decidedly dull. The
print clothe situation is unsatisfactory,
owing to the breakdown of the “Selling
Committee” plan of disposal of the prod
uct. Curtailment does not seem to have
accomplished its purpose, and the Fall
River manufacturers are expected to take
some action shortly, one feature of which
may be a reduction in wages.
Raw cotton is tower, partly on better
crop advices, but mainly because of con
tinued 1 heavy receipts.
Failures for the week number 192, as
against 193 last week. 155 a year ago, 168
in 1899, 211 In 1898, and 245 in 1891.
Canadian failures for the week number
24, against 26 last week, 24 a year ago,
18 In 1899 and 36 in 1898.
MRS. M’KIXLEY’S TRIRITE.
What She Told an Interviewer
About Her Husband.
New Orleans Special to Philadelphia
North American.
After the trip of the presidential party
had been concluded yesterday afternoon,
and whle Mrs. McKinley was awaiting
on the steamer City of St. LoUls until
Mr. McKinley had finished his adieus to
the hosts of the occasion, she consented
to be interviewed.
It was the first and only interview ever
obtained from her. After she had ex
pressed her delight at the new scenes
which had been unfolded to her she be
gan to talk about the President.
“Do you know Maj. McKinley?" she
asked. "Ah. no one can know him. be
cause to appreciate him one must know
him as I do. And I am not speaking now
of Maj. McKinley as the President. I
am speaking of him as my husband.
“If any one could know what it Is to
have a wife sick, complaining always, an
invalid for twenty-five years, seldom a
day well, and yet never a word of un
kindness has ever passed his lips; he is
Just the same tender, thoughtful, kind
gentleman I knew when first he came and
sought my hand.
"I know him because I am his wife, and
It is my proudest pleasure to say this,
not because he Is the President, but be
cause lie is my husband. I read all his
speeches. I only wish that I could help
him as I should.
“But he is so kind, so good, so patient.
He gives me all the time he can; he
never forgets me, no matter how busy
WORK DON'T HURT.
Toor Selection of Food I* the Cause
of Rrrsk-Donn.
Many men and women too, feel that
their work la the cause of symptoms of
nervous break-down, but work is not the
cause, as any one can prove to their en
tire satisfaction, by leaving off the food
they have been trying to subsist on, and
taking in'its place food made for the ex
press purpose of rebuilding the brain and
nerve
other portions with sufficient nourish
ment and keep right on with the same
work and get well and strong.
An illustration is given in the case of
F. A. Whitely, Superintendent of the
Public Schools at Excelsior. Minn. He is
also a student and teacher of hygiene. He
says: "This spring at the beginning of
the last month of school, I was ve-v
much run down, and since my duties are
quite confining, I naturally ascribed my
condition to that.
I discovered that I made the same mis
take that\many do. It is no.t work, 'but a
lack of proper food that causes break
down. Wife went visiting at this time and
1 concluded to get my own meals for a
time. The grocer suggested that I use a
ready cooked food known as Grape-Nuts.
I found the food delicious, requiring no
cooking. I simply pouted milk or cream
over It and had it in that way.
I used Grape-Nuts for breakfast, dinner
and supper, and liking It so well I sim
ply lived on It for the next three weeks.
My work continued quite as arduous and
confining as before but I experienced a
decided rise in spirits and vitality as well
as In general health. Found I did not tire
as before and entirely lost that worn-out
feeling which seems to take the heart out
of one.
I am satisfied the change was due to
nty change in food, and I have been so
greatly helped and have been taught so
valuable r. lesson in food as related to
the human body that I wish to express
my appreciation In this manner."
It will pay any brain worker to dis
pense with a part of the ordinary diet an.l
use Grape-Nuts once or twice a day at
least, for the food Is made by food ex
perts, for a purpose, and that purpose is
to furnish the human systeih with the
elements, in a concentrated form, requir
ed for rebuilding the brain and nerve
rioters throughout ihe body. There I* no
sort of question of Ihe truth of the state
ment and value of the food, aa can be
demonstrated by anyone,
Men’s Blue $lO * l9
Serge Suits w sls
The meanest cloth that is ever put into suits if it isn’t good serge or is put in
wrong. But how strong and rich and cool a good serge.
Don’t “shop” for serge. You can’t trust your eyes. You don’t know the tricks
that serge can play. If you ever needed to rely on your clothier it is when buying
serge. Ask particularly to see the serge at SIS. Exceedingly beautiful.
% *" —* ——— —-——” ‘ I*■ - L—'Y —.—.7 -J.—
T'oruflll f\n>ccnrc \ffnnflAtl' Displaces at once the unsightly shirt waist for men, in
Vllltllll l/ltujtljj AHvllllUllt elegant woven fabrics, silk, Madras, Percales and Nain
sooks. Perfect fitting and genteel appearing superior to
THE FAMOUS any shirt made. Over forty years of experience at shirt
making behind it.
"Star” Neglioee Shirt $1.50 to $5.00:
s neckwear
m ■mm M J istl pajamas
v"! mJm# / IIY nightshirts
■W W e underwear
Bifcs m ▼ T s HALF hose
STRAW HATS
LEATHER BELTS
- "■ ---jjr--.. 1 ... ul.-. ■■■■— .■■ ■ .-. W! i ■ ■— —,
One Plnhi
Price Pio’ii
_ 1 *6 UI
he is. But I will be glad when he Is out
of public life. I did not wont him to run
a second time. I thought he had done
enough for the country, and now I know
that he has done enough, and when this
term expires he will come home and we
will settle down quietly and he will be
long to me."
SCEAI.ES GETS TEN YEARS.
Plead Guilty to Involuntary Man
slaughter at -lesttp.
Jesup. Ga , May 17.—The following Im
portant cases were disposed of at Supe
rior Court this week: The state, against
T. B. Sceales, charged with the murder
of John 'Williams at Atkinson, G., in
October, 1900. The defendant plead guilty
to involuntary manslaughter and was sen
tenced to serve a term of ten years in
the penitentiary. In the case of the state,
againet Berry Morgan, charged' with the
killing of Clinton Henderson, near Lula
ton. ©a., Dec. 23, 1897, the jury returned
a verdict of not guilty, and the defendant
was discharged.
This case was tried here at a previous
term of the court, and the defendant
found 1 guilty of manslaughter and sen
tenced to imprisonment for a term of five
years. The case was taken to the Su
preme Court and the decision reversed
and sent back for anew trial. The grand
Jury found thirty-one true bills.
The bazaar of the Woman’s Club, which
has been open all the week, will proba
bly close to-morrow night. The bazaar
has been very successful, and the ladles
have secured quite a nice amount of
money from different sources, to assist
them in their work.
THE MACHINISTS’ STRIKE.
National Executive Hoard Preparing
for Emergencies.
Washington, May 17.—The Executive
Board of the National Association of Ma
chinists assembled here this afternoon to
be prepared for any emergency In con
nection with the threatened general strike
and also to prepare the report to the
convention at Toronto, June 3.
Reports received to-day announce that
all of the firms at Danby, Conn., and
Norfolk, Va., have signed the nine-hour
day agreement. An address to machinists
asking them to stand by the strike was
issued to-ntght.
A NORWEGIAN TRAGEDY.
F’estlvr Occasion End* In Fninl Hre-
Explosion.
St. Paul, May 17.—A special to tha
Globe from BemidJl, Minn., says:
To-day's Norwegian festivities ended
with a terrible catastrophe. A lot of
fireworks in the steamer Shadow exploded
during a pyrotechnic display, and out of
about thirty people on board, five small
boys and several men received perhaps
fatal burns, while among those Jumping
into the lake to escape the fire, four small
boys were not rescued.
HOW McKINI.KV SHAKES HANDS.
A New Orleane Physician Says He
Does II Eagerly anil Firmly.
From the New Orleans Tlmes-Democrat.
“I had the pleasure of shaking bands
with President McKinley while be was in
New Orleans," said n local physician,
"and I was very mu''h impressed with
the way he grabbed my hand. He Is not
a timid handshaker. He gratis the hand
like ho meant It—eagerly, iltmly, and
like he was glad to grab It. Do you know,
I Judge men In this way? I utterly des
pise the dish-rag handshake, the soft,
mushy handshake. I want to feel the
muscles of the hand contract und harden.
This fishy, wilted, Uriah Heep handshake
Is an abomination in the sight of men
who pay enough attention to It lo reason
the mrftter out. Of course there arc some
good men who have a very light grip;
but nine men out of ten Who hand you
a wilted r*w are weak In th spinal
column. McKinley ha* a good grip—a
good, hard, earnest hand,
"By the way, did you ever think about
the effect of handshaking on the muscles
of the hand, the wrist, and the arm?
The muscle* of the fingers on the right
hand, the wrist muscles, and the muscles
of the arm and shoulder are more
thoroughly developed than the muacles
on the other side of the liody. The mua
<4ea and ligaments that are brought into
play by the handshaking habit are hard
ened, and this affords one of the reasons
for the difference in size between the
right hand and the left. There are ex
ceptions, however, to this rule. Some
times a glove that will slip with per
fect ease on the right hand will not fit
the left hand at all. It will prove too
small.
“I have noticed a curious difference In
the finger muscles of the right hand.
The degree of hardness seems to di
minish as you pass from the forefinger
toward the smallest digital member, but
when you get to the small finger you
find something of thg hardness which
you had found in the first digit. The
muscles of Ihe two middle lingers—that is,
the second, and third fingers—are
comparatively soft. But the muscles in
these fingers on the right hand are gene
rally harder than the muscles In same
fingers on the left hand. These fingers
are more active than the others. The
thumbs of the right hand is harder than
the thumb of the left hand, but the dif
ference between the thumbs is not so
marked, as these members are always
pretty busy. The blood veins on the right
hand and arm stand out more conspicu
ously than they do on the left, and for
the same reasons.
"Just where Ihe effect of handshaking
ends on the muscles of the right side
of the body cannot with certainty be
determined. The molecular energies start
ed may reach down through all the
muscles of the right hand, but the force
is gradually diminished as it leaves the
hand, and any difference that might ex
ist between the musoular formations on
this side of the main body and the other
would scarcely be perceptible, and con
sequently would he of no moment. In
cases like that of the President of the
United States the effect of handshaking
on the muscles of the hand, wrist, anil
arm is very noticeable, even to the man
with an untrained eye for such things."
DEATH ALWAYS PAINLESS.
Enllre Pence of Body nnd Mind, Sny*
a Physician of Wide Observation.
From Ihe Chicago Tribune,
i More material than was the Psalmist,
who asked, O Death, where Is thy sting?"
the physician of to-day no) only asks the
same question, blit answers it.
"It has none," says Dr. C. Pruyn Sirlng
fleld, who has made extended observation*
of the phenomena of death In it* many
forms. "In his last supreme moments
man has no need for spiritual or physical
comfort. The peace of mind and liody are
*hls without the aid of priest of physician
either.” Dr. Blringfield holds that disso
lution not only Is painless, but that the
dying—lf conscious at all—become recon
ciled to the approach of It. This welcome
to the destroyer may be extended only a
minute before life goes out, or the patient
may have been awaiting his coming for
weeks and months.
”1 have found that most persons under
35 years old make a fight for life to almost
the last moments." said Dr. Htrlngfield.
Beyond 36 and 40 years, something In the
contemplation of death reconciles them to
It, or else they welcome It as a release
from cares and responsibilities. The
strong young nature, making Us instinct
ive tighi against death, may be In mental
protest almost to the last moment, where
as a man of 50 years probably would real
ize his position and await the end calmly,
perhaps for hours. But In the supreme
moment of passing, eacli would find the
peace of leaving life.
Right there is one of the great myster
ies of death. Even when Ihe mind ha*
become completely reconciled to death we
find the whole physical framework fight
ing It. There It the muscular struggle for
breath, sometimes to the last. Even when
a man has been dead for hours his mus
cles will twitch and react from the Irri
tation of electrical currents. Yet the mind
of the (lying one may have welcomed
death as a boon. I<ong sickness and in
tense suffering may have much to do
with reconciling a person to death long
before It comes. Then many persons in
norma! healHi tire of living. Not for any
one reason, but because they Have fig
ured that life isn’t worth the trouble.'
Two remarkable cases of the kind ere
under my observation now. They are a
widow and her daughter-in-law. They
are not morbid. They would newer com
mit suicide, but they would not care if
death would come to-morrow. There is
every reason for their living, too. They
are wealthy, move In good society and are
unusually intelligent. Take those two
women, and other conditions being equal,
they will die much more easily than one
who has never thought of death. No acute
JUNE NUMBER
CLEVERNESS * *
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THE SI,OOO PRIZE ' t
The Middle Course MRS. I’OLLTNEV BIGELOW.
An Absorbing Story of London Society.
MRS. M. E. W. SHERWOOD contributes "The Wandering American," an
article of timely interest to all travelers and would-be travelers
HAHHIKT PREiSGOVr SPOFFORD writes a strange psychologlcal story #n
tlteld "The Conquering Will.”
EDGAR HAI.TI’S is at his best In a pyrotechnic essay, "Vanity Square."
GJBLKTT BURGESS contributes u unique tale, "The Midnight Matchmak
er." '
FIXIRA BIGEIiOW DODGE tells the humorous story of "The Man of One
Vice.”
PRINCE VLADIMIR VANIATBKY reveals the mystery of a beautiful wo
man at the Russian Court in "The American Widow.”
JOHN REGNAULT ELLYSON presents one of his most fantastic tales In
the slW> prize story, "In My Wife’s Eye."
Other notable contributions are "The Madness of Ishtnr," by Bliss Carman
"The Rose of Heart’s Delight," by Justus Miles Forman; "Of Many ’
One.” by Baroness von Hutten, and ' The Van Kuyper Verdict," by Fan
ny Gregory Sanger.
disease, either, could shake them In their
desire for death. The mind is dominant
over the body.”
Dr. Htrlngfield believes that a person
may die In full possession of his facul
ties up to within,one minute or less of
final dissolution.
’’ln the case of the man Rigby who
died in the Grand Pacific Hotel a short
time ago, he was conscious to the last
moment. He talked of Yorkshire, of his
wife and of half a dozen other things. He
eouM have lieen neked a question concern
ing any period of his life and he would
have been able to answer It five minutes
before he died. His was no unusual ex
ample .either. Sometimes it looks as ir
there was a clearing up of the brain of
a man until his faculties are keener than
normal when he Is on the threshold of
life.
"No doubt there are visions and halbi
i Inaflons Just at the point of death.
Things get far a way/ They see trees and
streams and meadows. 1 recall the case
of a woman who was dying. Her hus
band was at the foot of the lied, crying,
when I spoke to him, telling him If he
wished to have a minister present he had
better send for one.
"But the woman heard me. She started
up In fright, exclaiming that she was not
going to die; that I had no right to
frighten her so. She was shaking with
the fright of the suggestion. I tried to
soothe her, but she kept rrylng out that
she was not going to die—that she did not
worn to die. But suddenly she lay back
with closing eyes, sighing that .he hnd
found such peace. Only she was uneasy
that Alphonse, at the foot of the bed,
was getting so far away. She saw lieau
tffill meadows and flowers and birds, but
she was uneasy that Alphonse would
not come, 'So far—nway,’ she complained,
with her last breath, and was dead at tho
Instant,"
THE MAN-THINK.
He Urea Happily Without Arm. or
Legs.
From the Scientific American.
This remarkable person, who was ex
hibited in Paris at the time of the Expo
sition, is one of the rare examples of a
human being who from birth has been
deprived of his arms and leg*. He was
bom In Brittany, hi* father and mother
being In easy circumstance* and living
upon a small farm. Both the parents are
of good constitution and physically nor
mal. Their son, now about 28 years o4d,
bus no apparent trace of arms or legs,
and hence is known generally by the
name of I’Homme Trone, or trunk man.
Outside of this remarkable peculiarity,
the rest of his body doe* not present any
marked variations from the normal; the
head ie somewhat large In proportion to
the body; the caiSllary system is little
developed, nnd the head shows a pre
mature baldness. His parents always have
taken great care of him, and he lives in
a normal way (nt>ait from Hie use of
his members,) as none of the e.nllaJ
organs of life are wanting. He eats
drinks and digests like another person,’
but if left to himself he undoubtedly
would die, as it Is Impossible for him
to move his body to get or to take food.
It may bethought that his condition would
react upon the mind and that he would
be of a sad disposition and place little
value upon existence. On the contrary,
he seems to be satisfied with life. Ha
does not suffer from want of occupation,
as might be supposed, as he has various
kinds of work to keep him busy. One
of his chief occupations Is that of mak
ing small tables and chairs and other
objects by nailing pieces of wood which
previously have been cut out for him.
He takes a nail In his mouth, plants It
in the wood and drive* it in adroitly.
He also can thread a needle with his
mouth, and can take up a glass or metal
cup which is given to blm to drink and
empty It without spiffing a drop. He
seem, to he sufficiently Intelligent with
out being particularly so.
Toad, in Live*.
Rev. F. B. Meyer, in Christian Endeavor
World.
A friend of mine, who ha* a noble
house in Derbyshire, told me that on
one occasion there was a total failure of
the water supply. The house la sup
plied with water by a main which runs
under tire road in front of the entrance
lodge, and they had never been troubled
by failure. But on this occasion the sup
ply suddenly stopped, and there was not
a drop of water to be had. They went
up to the main cistern,and found that the
ball cook and tap were working perfectly.
They went through the house, and could
not discover. In any part, the cause of
their misfortune. Finally,, In desperation
they took up the Joint between the house
pipe and the main, and In the Joint be
tween the two they found a great toad
squatting. Imperturbable and stolid. The
mystery was how It could possibly have
come there. Its size was enough to
fill the orifice, and accounted for the
blocking of the water; but Its History
seemed impenetrable. Flnilly, a workman
who was well acquainted with the dis
trict said that It was not the Only case
of the sort with which he had been fa
miliar. and that in two or three instance*
a similar obstacle to the supply of Water
had been discovered. He said that al
most certainly the toad had come in a*
a tadpole, had become fixed in this Joint,
hail lived there feeding on the nutriment
which the water supplied, until It had be
come large enough to choke the pipe.
The moral of my etory Is obvious, and
1 ha've often used It as an illustration of
the way in which some little thing may
creep into a man’s or a women's life. In
significant as a tadpole, so tlriy as to he
hardly worth serious notice; hut. as the
weeks and months grow into years. It
increases until It becomes so considerable
that the whole flow of God’s grace and
life are blocked, and for some reason,
which the dearest friend may not be
able to exploin. the spiritual vitality of
some promising soul Is suddenly arrested.
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