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How to Go To Sleep i
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Es-e Is a & ■"•'■ ’-or O' Most Humbly.
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r’nrti'miteh 'rll •■ world. many million* of men never worry
about going 1< sle i .'■) ;h‘-y n <.! 7- to find ti’im ami a bed for
sleeping. . i I the .*!• •• l> (■ dm to tliep .
Blit to ■ Ii;. -I- '! . it,'lilt ami as terrifying '
as that other pr< idem, "how to diu"st »
It is v, 1 h I il< -> i ■■]]> si.lt these problems. For the most
u>< ful xv ■' , ! a io!" in l.e world is the work that uses up the
nerves ami . ih<- bruin, causing ple.ssness and the suffer-
ing that ae.com,>ai ms .1.
Vueh 'I n '..’ven to the man who can not sleep.
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On< i -1 I you 1' li< with your eyes shut, imagine sheep
jumping ove, ; lied: e. and count them.
yon - ■ tu from <neup to a million until
you go to sleep
• Manx ae oine more wid' awake than ever when they try
to m . ! ’ ep or l<> \«-ep track of .their counting.
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At \r ioas lime- t .i , column we have given advice on this
subject, some <■ it. i>erliaps. not utterly worthless.
F'or iiistanei il you ware up and ran not go to sleep again, you i
may. by drinking a little milk or eating a cracker, overcome your
W;1 (•fulness
b' •• • 'e-sness is e.ins I ■ mlly ' ; pressure of blood on Ihe
brain. By puttine the stom Wi to work you draw the blood from
the brain Io the stomach, and sleep follows.
This idea you will • •<• illustrated in the eases of babies and of
pnppi'e* which g< In si. passo >n as their small stomachs are filled
Another in port ant thing is to study the art of lying in bed mm
fortably. Many sleep in strained positions, with knees drawn up to 1
their eliitg. or with legs crossed, so that one set of muscles is j
sarily fatigued, or with fingers clasped, and so on. ,
Try to tind a position absolutely- restful, in which the mattress -
supports every ounce of your weight, and your muscles support I
none •
■'l’li ndva-' v,'. '■ v < vent to give you today, and which we <
. silo ; ■< ' a; •■ctwal, I . in mi< or i vo eases it
has works d very well.
on know | >, I ill - !>loo I in the brain causes sleeplessness. You
know i-i the h irt that- sends the blood there.
SI -e-:m. <m he bit sub all night is harmful, and for this rea
son: m lying on the left side tm 1 weight of your body presses on
your heart ami interferes with its action. The heart is subjected [
throughout he ni lit to unusual pressure, which is harmful
But il you can adopt the fullowing plan, we believe it way do
good. Try il ami watch the results anyhow :
\\ lien yon first go o bed. lie on your left side. The unusual
. wer. I'on Hr '.-ai "ill quiet its action and fend to decrease its
activity ttr.d dint of th, br;iii Retain this position until you find
that the world is gelting hazy, and strange, foolish, incoherent ideas
creep into you mind in <; h> words, until you begin to go to
sleep
If you van catch your.*< 11 just a* a sleepy moment comes on. and
limn turn on your right * |,-. we think \on will have no difficulty
in sleeping through the night.
this way ol inducing sb ep will soon become a habit. In some
cases it has been known to dispose of sleeplessness altogether.
Try this suggest ion. in addition to the others offered.
Reproach of Our Diplomatic
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Service
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i ■ se in the report of Repri sei tative
Flood. forei.’ii all- ir-. on the Sulzer lull, show
ing her. " i k ■■ ; ..’il- diplomats are pai'l ami liousid as com-
part d with tin ■of <>ll r countrii -
■ .< • ■ - 1 •.'■ a- rre Paris ■'■ 7. 'bi l a year.
wiiib lift s he' ■ I '.OPi'. I" Vienna, St. Petersburg,
Rotm ' i t u British ami as-udor* receive from s•'>.’>.()()() to
- i i ibl.OiM) to .7 tn.()oi> \ustria Hungary pays
her . !I,iio(i f l( st;- liu ...m from $22,0(H) to
000 !.o ■ 2o.Ci>o.
'iv s 1o the great i apitals. w here mueh i
• -i il ii' e w \ ■ ii vt. -ii mi •ni. ai v to'-red t o serape along on
salaries iu -ci w iuiain the dignity of th ir country.
Ii follo’.is th .i: yiienof ii •.’iu <in be appointed to these
posts, and : ' • .ysin ’ powers is therefore a
"i t i>ne of our most disl mguished
i '■ as ob’ig.-d !• spend more than his
'fir-' V' ar mH ■; i' -ni 1 ruishiiig a house which was in-
s colb agues. \tier two years
. d to repeat the sai|le e\pe
rience.
In the plea lor ht "ii ■■ lor < : : iinbassadors the report de
r-.laies that h' 1 uselulw ''S iian-. ,d ador w a consul depend*
upon th" respect in which he is held in the country where he re
sides In the gr at capitals ot l-ht ope the public knows the British.
I-:-cneh < , ’■i-eir \ ust - isn. Rus;" n awl i tiilian legal ’-ms. but i hose
o* 11 " I’tii "d State- ar, un! ! io" ii.
.Jr. Suiz< r ‘ -iiics h-* bill apnropria.l ing half a nii’lion for suit
ah- r-.i-itni ■in the l ity of Mi ; 1 to, r,, e io, Berne and lit ;'ow will
b' ■ ” airly ' i liiw that the l' -it . Sta es pl:iv -1 its diple
tm a service en' :■ p: i with other countrie"
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“\\ illiam, I read II al you have been presented with a lot of swell neckties by a political admirer. You’d better stop taking it easy j
and gel busy: yen i’t yet eloci dby the neekti< vote I Theodore, that appears to be a fine speech you’re making, bnt 1 wish you would i
- say it over, ami -ay it she: \ u words are having too many rear-end collisions with each other. I’ve just been calling on a friend of !
J mine who has had a t- i '-ibl accident. Poor fellow, he’s very weak this morning. I’m afraid he won’t be able to make his regular busi- S
' ness collections for some time.” '
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The Old Problem of .‘.lan and Woman
Whiit Miy Be Learned From Pref. Ferrero’s Co: i >st of the Roman Matron With the New Woman.
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By GARRET’] P. SERVISS.
T A \ l: 11V thought f:il i ; <’.i r must
S’ br greatly ini rested by the
discussion in Hearst'; Mag
azine for July of ' I'lie New Woman
and the < >ld." It is a subject which
touches the most intimate relations
of the two sexes of mankind, and
is eom erned w ith the ! isi,- of ti: ■,
!..i i>i<iness on earth.
Ferrero takes as ixpic.ii of the
woman of old Roman matrons, and
his exhaustive historical knowledge
< naj’les him to make some state
ments which will, undoubtedly, sur
prise many readers who have not
given much attention to sueh
todies. lie b ir.es out in startling
contrast the difference between the
■ onditions of married couples in an
i lent Rome and' in modern civilized
nations.
In 4iom< it was her fathet in-lavy
Hint the bride had to please rather
than lier husband. The father of
the bridegroom had the power, at
any time after the marriage, to dis
'. e its bond- in ease. for :inx rea-
■n. social or political. In w r< dis
isfied with the bride. Then he
i ■aid compel his son to : ike ah
’■ r wife more to hi- (the f:i-
- i liking.
often it was no p trona objec
i. m that the futile: -'n-l'i w had to'
b ; « son's wife, bm merelx
-on of policy, w'ich led him to
t xereise this ty mini'al right. He
would do it for want ba thought
th is the advent ■ of the : tmih a;
whole, i ■ fe OW n sot- ".lx ~n-tage
tage and
Ancient Family Was Sort
! Os Political Society.
it is vert lialica t for i-. with our
1 sent ideas, to conceive the sta«
of marri igi tn '.!>• mightiest rntjiin
that had over be-m known 2.000
years ago tn empir wit h '’as
affected thi pt ' -e of th' ' l id's
htstorx more than <nx other that
"T. ' ancient f tmiiy
was a sort of pol'tic ii society." in
polit iea 1 st rug a’t s I ■• ■ ii <- to ' to
gethei as solid units. "If tie' im
possible it was .’ thin . eel . .mix
most improbabl* am
son. or a son-in-law, to Join a p
"titer than his father's or his m
t ller-in-la ws!"
Imagine such a late of thin ■<
i xisting today! Imai. in. on. our
po I’iCal bosses compelling his sou
to turn away his wife. and the
mother of ills children, and to take
anotlwr wife from among the
d.'iuv hers of bis father's henchmen!
The American political s:< im roll. ■
m.x operati as efi'ectuill' and as
, brut 'Uy, but it is much less simple
in Its tnaehineiy.
is b it a g!..no at Ftofessor
I'• rrero's f .i- to see f'm tren’en-
1 significance of the
.tn i ii... . . .Uy, ami ;o un-
derstand that woman played as Im
portant a part in public affairs
then as nrtw, although mainly with
out volition on In r pa t. All that
was demanded of her was to take
exceeding pains no* to titrow any
shadow on the path wax' of her fa
ther-in-law's ambition. But woe
to her if he happened to cast his
eyes upon som. other woman who,
in th, character of his son's wife,
would forward I'.is purposes better
than she could!
But there is another side to the
picture. \\ ith all her submission
to the irresponsible will of the fa
ther-in-law the Roman matron
was, in many ways, a model of
marital virtues. At tiie mention
of her we think instinctively of
Cornelia, the mother of the Grac
chi, vaunting her s-ms above all the
j. weds of her worldly minded ac
quaintances. The Roman matron
::: On a Diet :::
By PERCY SHAW.
X fl' noud-'id: . lor,
i\ ' ’ 1 the fat man
I'hi't you fee] . trill heavy
And without e-q. it -corps.
ak" to fasting,
!■’. by starving 'oul .an
In it imnth or so transform you
■ nearly p< rs, .a man.
itatoes. ft- w n mt coffee,
Bp n' ■ Im« .- .nd t' its fried.
( , a 'ax eiga s and. liquors
high aiai mighty pride.
t’nrr x :r fa... ■'. • . p? .an i candy.
Put you:' ban on id tilings sweet,
whatever'? i. i't, with caution,
on nay taste, but do not eat.
"In the morning just m daybreak
Run ten :> ii■ - w ith gentie sweep.
Mow the law: before tit. noon hour,
Prink a ielan a of milk and sleep:
Cut a cord of wood by sunset.
G > to bed bx eight or so.
So you won't be wake or bothered
By the m. rrin ent below "
Thirty days th. patient suffered.
Then his temper rose within—
I ■ ■ ’ I'd ' ,' : .er
Mak- the journey fa: than thin."
■P'.-.i- • \.ats. me." said the doctor.
■ t x i .in yoi- ed h : s rage
In ext' '-sb. words rmt suited
To th. modest pr nted page
“I was ' ery much mistaken."
Said - : th a smile.
1 "Wliat you need is food a-plenty.
Ami you need it ail the while.
Take a co. kt ‘t! bi fore dinner.
Munch on candy all you can.
\nd in tl'.irtv d tys you'll find that
You'x. I" m- : .Ts. "t ai . i,."
took almost as much interest in
the commonwealth as if she had
been a free agent in managing it.
But she was not personally much
occupied with affairs outside her
family circle. Spinning, weaving,
the supervision of the children and
the household—these were the
things that occupied her time, if
she were not frivolous in mind,
and her habitually faithful per
formance of sueh duties has given
her imperishable renown and made
her a model in history.
The "modern'woman” has a dif
ferent ambition. She wants to com
pete with her brothers, and even
with her husband, in things which
in ancient Rome were regarded as
peculiarly the business of men—as
they have continued to be gener
ally regarded in all civilized lands
since Rome became only a grand
memory. Literary activity is not
mciitded in these, nor works of
charily and morality. She is a
dashing rider, a bic.x'di-i, an auto
drix;er. an aeroplanist, a public
speaker, a laborer in a thousand
occupations, and every day she does
many things which would have
C: used a great scandal in Rome. ■
Modern Woman Has
Made Herself Interesting.
Thus the modern woman has
made herself interesting from a
great number of new viewpoints,
but there are those who question
whether she will appear as admir
able on the pages of history as
dm > tiie single-minded Roman ma
tron. The modern woman has di
vided the interest of tile opposite
x whereas the Roman woman
kept it concentrated. But tiie sum
total of the interest site excites can
not be increased through such di
vision. That total was fixed at. a
maximum by nature when it de
< leer the existence of the two sexes.
And so again there will be douht
-1 <rs who w ill question w hether in
the subdivision of interest, as af
fecting herself, the modern woman
gains anything in file end. Some
will even g.» so far to suggest
that the final effect of the division
will be a loss—just as the many
faceted eye of the fly is a less effec
• tive organ of vision than the sin
-1 gle set of lenses that fills the hu-
! man orbit. In other words, the
| question is xvhether the attraction
and tiie ; "W. r of woman are not
stronger when exercised as a unit,
that unit being simple womanliness,
than when they are spread over a
b'-cader field and p> netrate w hat
i many rec .1 as alien regions.
These, at any rite, are questions
I of the highest importance, with
| which w< are imperatively called
■ upon i" ci'.-i l . and everybody ought
to give tn them his utmost powers
- , of obsi rvation and reason.
THE HOME PAPER
This identity in principles be
tween state and national government makes it necessary to defim what a
state may not do. or what acts the naiional government may perform ex
clusively.
A state may not enter in alliance. It may not coin money or issue pa
per money. It may pass no law destroying the obligations included in con
tracts, and it may grant no titles of nobility.
A state may not engage in war. It may not enter into any agreement
with a foreign power.
I hese arc some of the powers denied to a state, it being recognized that
they are held by the Federal government for impartial execution in behalf
” of all the states.
The state, then, is obligated to conform in its act- and in its own consti
tution to the constitution of the United States.
But it has its own form of government. It has the power to amend its
constitution. Like the Federal government, it has its own departments of
government: (1) legislative, (2) judicial,'(3) executive.
A state has a governor and two legislative houses elected by tiie people.
It may remove officers # by impeachment. All states, except Louisiana, recog.
nize the common law of England, ami all support a system of public schools.
Criminal acts that are committed against the authority of the Federal
government result in the perpetrator being taken to a Federal prison, while
state prisons serve the same purprtse when the law of the state itself has
been violated.
As the thirteen original colonics were subject to England, and vet pos
sessed some degree of independence, s > the pre sent states united in the Union
are subject to tiie Federal constitution, and yet are left otherwise free to
act under their own constitutions.
By the constitution, the Federal gov 'rnnient regulates commerce between
the United States and foreign nations, it also requires that no state shall
refuse to admit the products of another state. Tin question of tii'l'ie and
business between the states has made it necessary to establish tiie intei state
commerce commission. This commission is a body of seven membt rs. The
term of office is seven years, and the annual salary of each member is
SIO,OOO.
This commission und' i takes to regulate commerce of all kinds between
the states. It inv< .-tigates frelglit passenger ran . th ■ i qui.mni'nt of
carsand locomotives. It may fix rates for common carriers. It regulates the
matter of free transportation. In brief, it brings all matters arising out of
the extensive transportation system of the country under central control.
Bit by bit, the amazing complexity of our country's activity is being reg
ulated and brought under control. All recent investigation of'trusts will ul
timately result in direct control of e itain orders of business hut it will
probably be some-time’before a practical basis of i.n.i-edure and direction is
secured..
Like a Department Store.
The government, like a great department store, has its many branches
and its division of busim ss. F .eh of tliese branch's, like i stream that
flows into a river, must ultimately r 'aeh the central point.
I’he frequent condemnation of tin government for failing to exercise
pro] er di, i etion over iarg. enterprises is unfair. That is what it is trying to
klo. ami gradually it is a< eompiishing some liing toward it
Wlth affnirs 01 S° v Inn ent > w >th MTairs of your ow n life, there is al
ways something yet t" be dime, and when it is done new eondiimns will have
brought up something "Ise.
A Little Song
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Copyright 1912, by Amer. : n-.lournal-Exanrner.
Qll a groat world, a fair world, a true world I find it;
. ,\ suu that never forgets to rise.
On the darkest night a star in the skit's.
And a God of love behind it.
Oh,‘fl good life, a sweet life, a larg ■ life 1 take it,
Is what lie offers to yon and me;
A chance to do. and a chance to be,
t\ hatever we choose to mak • it.
Oh, a far way. a high way. a sure way He leads us:
And if the .journey at times seems long,
AVe must trudge ahead, with a trusifin song,
And know at the end He needs ns.
The
Education
of.
the Voter
The State and
the Nation
By THOMAS TAPPER.
1 THEN the Revolutionary war
\/V broke out the colonies
were thirteen in number.
Tftey were dependents of the Eng
lish government, and subject to the
English king.
Each of the thirteen colonies,
however, enjoyed a certain amount
of independence pf self-govern
ment-just enough. In fact, to make
it clear that they could very easily
manage all their own affairs. By
the Declaration of Independence
and the struggle that secured it
each one of the colonies became
virtually a separate nation.
Then the colonies, with freedom
won, adopted each for itself a con
stitution based more or less direct
ly upon the original charter which
had been granted to it by the
crown. In fact, Connecticut and
Rhode Island adopted their Eng
lish charter VERBATIM as their
new constitution.
From 1788 to 1790 the thirteen
independent states-became a Union,
and this Union had, in turn, to be
provided with a constitution. There
were then fourteen constitutions in
active operation.
Eronrt that time to this, new com
munities have grown up and have
petitioned to be admitted to the
Union. This is allowed when a
sufficient population is attained and
a constitution submitted that is
satisfactory to the congress of the
United States.
Officers of the Nation.
The nation as a whole provides
itself with :• president, vice presi
dent. a senate, a house of represen
tatives and such other officers as
are nei-cl. Likewise, each state
has its governor, its lieutenant gov
ernor. its senate and house (or as
sembly).
