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•t V ' 1 .y- f Sf1 ^ "'""•""I; /sevjv amnw/n? sr 0U5 ESMfc: COUNT 7d£sroz MCO/Z/S fwvofi/r/r //ops/. I THE GOUMR AND MM/LYON r/tfoccAsmor m 8dr«swmy THE COUNT PWMCMD W/W N/5 SON-/N -LAW TOLSTO/S riOMa. I ..J I I • LAWMAKERS •Y GEO. V. HOBART, ("HUGH M'HUGH.") An Intelligent CMtdL A small boy was playing with th» •cissors, and his kindly old grand­ mother chided him. "You rausn't play with the scissor* dear. I know a little boy like you who was playing with a pair of scissors - 4» J"st llke th^ Pair- and he put them in * t I ' 1 r " " R k * 8 e y e a n d p u t h i s e y e o u t , a n d h e could never see anything after that" The child listened patiently, and said, when rfhe got through the na** ratlve: "What was the matter with his other eye?"--Bystander. THE peasant s-of R» sia had their way in the bestowing of a title upon Count Leo Tolstoi, he would be known as the Most-Beloved Leo Tolstoi. For there is no man in the world who has so many friends among the plebeians. Still Tolstoi is immense­ ly wealthy, but that does not interfere with the great life work which has now nearly drawn to a close. He is now 8Q years (rid and while in good health ••t iiae ~Lime at - this writing, his passing is but a matter of a few months or years. There are two Glides to this great man. One is Leo Tolstoi, the ^artist, and the other--Leo Tolstoi, the man. As ' the artist he has written fearless works and the , person or clique which has fallen under the scath­ ing attack of his pen has seldom been known to s boast of It. There is no disputing his rank as the best known M3t living authors. Also he is the most generally read and recognized. He has attained the highest J pinnacle of fame In the literary field and it can- rpofc be said that he craved fame, either? Best of all, Tolstoi is a friend of all Americans. 'The traveler from the United States, visiting Rus­ sia, is as welcome at the Yasnaya Polyana estate of Russia's great man, as if he were in his own home, v America likes Tolstoi, too, for the author is the • most democratic of men. It is told of him that he'spurns all worldly luxu- +: ries, even going BO far as to have two tables set *' within Ms home at each meal--one resplendent with fancy edibles, while the other is stocked with simple food of the peasantry. Friends of his - daughters and sons are always welcomed at tlje more prosperous looking board, while in the same room, Tolstoi, seated alongside of his wife, par- ."takes of the necessities of life as an-ordinary ple­ beian wo'ild. However, his children, having been brought tip to the luxuries of life, are allowed to 'gratify their every whim, and he never allows his beliefs to step between them and happiness. In '"that respect he is an ideal father and he has been praised the world over for his broad-minded man- jooer of treating others who do not believe as he Woes. _ He is also what Americans call a "mixer," but fin an entirely different sense. He meets the poor '-of Russia on their own level, and, except for the ( fact that he often scatters money at their feet, •one would never suspect his wealth. There are aio strings Attached to Tolstoi's gifts, and thousands <of beneficences to Russians in general, while the 1»enefactor'8 name is a secret, are popularly laid At the door of this great man. To be a friend of the Russian peasant up to a tw years ago meant to be an enemy of the gov­ ernment. Upon several occasions Tolstoi's outcry against oppression of the czar's subjects has placed bim .behind the grimy walls of Slav dungeons, but lie always r<*urned to continue the work which he lias so alMy accomplished. • '£ j, He is a social reformer of the first water and ;w? '^Biany of the acts of justice which the Russian gov- <«rnment of late years has accomplished can be ?(;v|$fraced back to the work of Tolstoi. : ! As a literary artist the count is dead. His de- t r »lse was a literary suicide, and it occurred 33 years ago, when he himself declared that his great creative works were unworthy and altogether evil. Here is his own account of the split in his life: "I had tried to test science and modern cul­ ture, and I have turned from them with a feeling of repulsion because of the inability of the first to solve the really Important problems of life and because of the hollowness and falseness of the second." By becoming chummy with the peasant Tolstoi declares he turned to frankness, simplicity and essential kindness, and he says he is to-day near­ er mother earth than ever In his life. He declares the peasant, typically, is the ideal Christian. And thus since 1875 his writings have been almost ex­ clusively polemic and didactic. To-day Count Leo Tolstoi is a large, heavily- built man with unusually long arms, hanging loosely at his sides, with a wide nose, somewhat thick lips, small gray eyes, a head set on bulky but slightly stooping shoulders and a matted white beard. He possesses an air of strength that is found in few great men. The power that one finds in him is both mental and physical, and hence of the durable sort. One of this man's great themes is the Sermon on the Mount. In this he has declared that he found five laws of God and he has made them his rules for faith and conduct throughout the later years of his life. These laws are sum­ marized as follows: Live in peace with all men and do not regard any man as your superior. Do not make the beauty of the body an occasion for lust. Every man should have one wife and every woman one husband, and they should not be di­ vorced for any reason. Do not revenge yourself and do not punish oth- ers because you think yourself Insulted or hurt. 8uffer all wrong and do not repay with evil for you are all the children of one father. Never breakthe peace In the name of patriotism. What Tolstoi has done for the peo­ ple of his time In Russia is to be found in the dress, customs and habits of the lower classes of that absolute mon­ archy, but the critics say that right in his home his own teachings have had little effect. The answer which close friends of the count give to that asser­ tion is that Russia's benefactor is too broad-minded to make his home a mar­ tyrdom and to inflict his beliefs upon his wife and children if they do not care to abide by them. So while Tolstoi has spent his life o^ the greater part of It In preaching th* doctrine of poverty and non-resistance, his children were reared on the great estate and from the first their lot was that of the aristocrat. They married "well," and are said to have com­ pletely renounced his views. It is told of Tolstoi that his wife has always managed to "slip a piece of velvet under her husband's crown of thorns just when he wishes to press it to his head most heavily." That might be termed an inconsistency, but surely it is not the count's choice. The work which some of the critics of other nations scoff at has reached from the thatched hut of the poorest peasant clear to the palace of the emperor himself. For the sake of peace also, Tolstoi has accom­ plished a great work. The first Hague conference, which made history, would probably never have been called had It not been for the persistent gospel of this friend of the populace at large. Tolstoi saw that the eventual result of his teach­ ings would be some sort of a world's peace gath­ ering and he expressed gratification when Czar Nicholas called the initial session of the body over which the dove of peace was destined to perch. No church in the world, it is recorded, carried out as pfetrifled a ritual as that of the- Slav. To­ day, chroniclers tell us, there exists a tendency towards softening of the customs of religion in the czar's country. Teachings of simplicity by Tolstoi will be accorded the honor for this change If It is eventually wrought. Humane treatment of prisoners and philanthrop­ ic moves of the immensely wealthy men of Rus­ sia are also laid to the work of the count. Tolstoi tasted the bitter cup of imprisonment himself and he was well prepared to go about that work with a zest born of actual experience. Simple moral truths have been the axioms of Tolstoi throughout his later years and while skeptical persons call, his ideas impracticable their defender could, were he not all too modest, point to the works which have followed in the wake of his unique, quaint gospel. 1828-- BORN ON FATHER'S ESTATE AT YASNAYA POLYANA. 1843--STUDIED ORIENTAL l^ANGUAGES AT KAZAN. 1848--RECEIVED DIPLOMA AS LAWYER AT KAZAN. 1851--DESERTED HIS ESTATE. 1853--ENLISTED IN THE ARMY OF DAN- UBE IN CRIMEAN WAR. 1467--VI8IT ABROAD WHICH CAUSED DISAPPOINTMENT IN MODERN CIVI­ LIZATION. 1864-1869--WROTE HIS MASTERPIECE-- "WAR AND PEACE." 1862--M A R R I E D SOPHIE ANDREYEVNA BEHRS OF MOSCOW. 1890--I M P R I S O N E D FOR HIS TEACH­ INGS. 1897--THRUST INTO PRISON FOR A SHORT TIME BECAUSE OF ALLEGED ANTAGONISM TOWARD GOVERN­ MENT. SENSE OF DISTANCE \ ^ L P l e a s u r e M r . Gilmmerton Finds jlf , When He Takes His Vacation. **$? "One of the things that I go on my • iracatlon for, one" of the chief things," • a i d M r . ( J l i m m e r t o n , " I s d i s t a n c e ; t h e refreshing, reviving, expanding power v jQf distance. The change ' to new *• iRjor.es, as any change whatever is al- Utays sure to be, is helpful; but the flMCMidenlng, uplifting. clarifying effect. the effect in which we find the great­ est enjoyment and by which we store up the greateet renewal of strength for the future, we ge| through our sense of distance. "We are so shut up in the city, our range of vision is so limita|; live where we will or go where we will here and our sight stops short at walls. Then when we go away and leave the city feehnd 'a, ire get Out into the open country, where we ean see past houses, how grateful does the distance seem! ' "But I get this sense best at a quiet place where I go in the mountains, where I can.sit and look down a long, broad lake with mountains rolling away on either hand and beyond. The change, I know, from the city is great aad delightful; but the thing that gets me here, and releases me, is thA dis­ tance. "Dally, hourly, 1 come back to this view, to expel what lingering traces may be left In me of the contraction of the city and to expand anew In this great spaciousness through the sense of distance. Space has no care nor confinement, but only freedom. And what joy and relief to be where one can cast off all chains and be free! "Any change is good for us; but the greatest joy in change that comes to me is through the sense of distance." --N. Y. Sun. The man who wants gold has got to dig for it, but the trouble is som« folks don't enjoy a pick and show! linear Bunch: I've been in this burg for a few hours mingling with the lawmakers, and it isn't such expensive mingling at that--only about 10 kopecks to the hour. : This afternoon I was introduced to a couple of hand-made politicians, and they certainly did hand me a scream. These two language-killers have been political enemies for years, and every time they meet they simply stand around and throw worn-out words at each other. One of them listens to the name of Mike, and the other will squeeze up to the bar and nominate his brew if you call him Rudolph. As for their last names--well, in the interests .of good government X won't mention them. Suffice it to say that Mike bears the same relation to Albany politics that a mustard plaster does to a cold on the chest--even if he doesn't get there, he leaves his mark. When Mike reached the age of dis­ cretion he decided to beoome a great man, so he opened a saloon and be­ came. L was standing in front of the Ten Eyck talking with Mike when Rudolph, his lifelong opponent, bore down upon US. Just to show ine a good time, Mike Immediately stopped Rudolph and asked him if business was good in his lemon factory. "Ha! ha!" roared Rudolph, like an old war-horse answering the bugle- call; "I challenge you to a joint de­ bate!" "All right," said Mike; "let as go to my Joint and have it." They did so, and I followed on. Never before in Albany were there so many quick questions and loose an­ swers. Epigrams flowed like water. "Two bteers--what will you have?" Inquired Mike. "Make mine the same," answered Rudolph. "You are my opponent, I believe?" said Mike. "Your belief gives me much pleas­ ure," said Rudolph, with a tall, fat bow. "How long have you been In poli­ tics?" asked Mike. "Not so long In as to be out," an­ swered Rudolph. "Score one for Rudolph," cald the referee. "One what?" asked Mike. "Make it a beer," answered Rudolph. "Do you know Demosthenes?" asked Mike, winking at the bartender. "Yes; his first name is Abe, and he works in a seegar-store near the N. Y. Central depot," said Rudolph. Mike began to look worried. "I wish to conduct this joint debate along literary lines," said Mike. "All right," said Rudolph; "make mine the same!" "Do you know Socrates?" asked Mike. "Do you mean the guy that runs the One of Tham Listens to the Name of Mike. butcher-shop over at Troy?" said Ru­ dolph. "No," said Mike; "the Socrates I mean is dead." "Cut out the dead ones--they don't vote," said Rudolph. "Score another for Rudolph,? said the referee. "Make mine the same," said Ru­ dolph. "What Is politics?" inquired Mike. "Politics is where we get It--some­ times in the neck and sometimes in the bank," answered Rudolph. "You're full of wisdom, ain't you?" said Mike. "Yes; but I'm willing to get it wet-- another beer, please!" said Rudolph. "Time!" said the referee; "take your corners!" "Now," said Mike; "you ask me some questions." "What Is a politician?" asked Ru­ dolph. "A politician is the reason we have •o much politics," answered Mike. Much applause left the hands of those presenL "What is a statesman?" Inquired Rudolph. "A statesman is a politician In a glass case," answered Mike. A "Do you believe that all men are born equal?" said Rudolph. "Sure I do," said Mike; "but soma are lucky enough to get over It" "The joint debate is finished!" ex* claimed the referee. "What is the result?" Inquired Mike. "About eight dollars in cash and 16 rounds of beer on the house," said the bartender. This shows you what to expect in Albany, £unch, where the streets are full of wisdom and the hot air from the legislature keeps the citisens warm and happy all the winter. It is here, Bunch, that all the laws are made which govern New York city. Realizing that fact, and, inspired by the local atmosphere, 1 have written a little booklet on that subject. Go to lt, , Bunch. sad UUafc it ov#r carefully: "WHEN REUBEN TOWN,' (Or, Don't Step Off the Car Backward.) "Bugosh!" The speaker had a red fringe on his face from both ears downward to the chin, where it swayed gently to and fro In the breezes. "What is it, SI?" Inquired another voice, after Its owner had indulged in a terrific encounter with a large frag ment of Navy Plug. "Guldern it, Seth; I was thinking abaout New York City, that's all!" "Eeus!" "Makes me devilish uneasy thJnkln' abaout it; by Heck, It does, Seth!" "Eeus!" "Biggest guldern taown in this yet contynent, Seth!" '• "Eeus!" "More houses an* people aa'ttreefe PE-RU-NA AS * LAST RESORT "Cut Out th Vote,1 f"; Said Rudolph. ont cars an' sech than you could shake a good-sized stick at!" "Eeus! but we don't have to go thar, do we, Si?" "No, Seth; but havin' been elected to the Legislatur, I'll have to leave the farm of my childhood an' go to Al­ bany an' make laws to guide and gov­ ern the citizens of that thar City of New York.'.' "Eeus!" "I saw it In the Spoonburg Chron­ icle that New York City wants local option," said Seth, after a long pause. "Eeus!" "I s'pose that means suthin' differ­ ent from haow it sounds; them things always do." "Eeus!" "Well, whatever ft means. New York City ain't goln' to git It while I'm in the Legislatur. That is your opin­ ion about it, Si; do you reckon It's some new-fangled kind of a trolley- car?" SI was silent, but from the manner in which the hair on his head came down to meet his eyebrows one would surmise that his brain was being sent along under forced draught. Presently, however, Si "bugoshed," and the silence fell apart. "If it means what I think it does," said Si, bitterly, "then New York Is more wicked than I tried to find it the time I went thar--eeus!" Si leaned over and whispered some­ thing to Seth. Then they turned pale, and got up and left the room. THE END. There may be a moral concealed In this romance, Bunch; I'm not so sure about it myself. If you're ever here in Albany, you might mingle with some of the law- builders and Inquire. But when you do inquire, be sure to pick out a law-builder at least two sizes smaller than you are. Self-preservation is the first law of Albany. Yours all the while, J. H. (Copyright, 1908, by G. W. Dillingham Co.) HAVE NO CHANCE FOR GOSSIP. One Argument in Defense of Reserve of City Life. There is much to be dald of the custom prevailing in large cities, the indifference with which families re­ gard each other. They may live with only a thin wall as a separation, and never know their neighbors by sight It Is heartless, in a way, to have no knowledge of misfortune which one might relieve, but it Is rather agree­ able to be able to live as one pleases with the certainty that prying eyes are not taking stock of economies and habits. It is almost impossible to be­ gin a system of retrenchment in a town or neighborhood where there are keen eyes to inspect every movement and sharp tongues to discuss each dis­ covery. So we have families always living beyond their means because they have not the moral courage to ad­ vertise their true financial condition. It is not wise to take the public into one's confidence. When it becomes necessary to give up a home it lessens the chances of recovering from pe­ cuniary losses to allow the neighbor­ hood to discuss the matter with certain knowledge. A graceful retreat can generally be managed save in gossip­ ing places, and even there silence Is much better than confession. Long Tunnel Projected. The London Times states that the Danish government is considering the project' to construct a railway tunnel under, the Great Belt. The total length of this tunnel would be about 17 miles, of which 12 miles would be under the sea. The estimate of the cost Is put at slightly more than $7,000,000. At the present time there Is a train ferry service across the belt, but it is often handicapped by bad weather, and It is calculated that the tunnel service would be profitable, even if the cost were considerably more than the estimate given. Test borings have shown that the condition of the materials in which the tunnel­ ing work, would have to be carried put is favorable for the work. ' A Man's Last Wish. After a man has gained everything he has wished for he begins to wish he might begin all over agaifc, MR. WM. P. VAHLBERG. Mr. William F. Vahlberg, Oklahoma City, Okla., writes: ' One bottle of Peruna which I have taken did more toward relieving me an aggravated case of catarrh of tho stomach, than years of treatment with -the best physicians. "I had given up hopes of relief, and only tried Peruna as a last resort. "1 shall continue using it, as I feel satisfied it will effect an tat ire and permanent cure. "I most cheerfully recommend Peruiut to all who may read this." Peruna is usually taken as a last re­ sort. Doctors have been tried and failed. Other remedies have been used. Sanitariums have been visited. Travel has been resorted to. At last Peruna is tried. Relief ia found. This history is repeated over and over again, every day in the year. It Is such results as this that gives Peruna its unassailable hold upon the people. We could say nothing that would add force to such testimonials as the above. That people who have had catarrh and have tried every other remedy avail- able, find relief in Peruna, constitutea the best argument that could be made. COLDS FROM - EXPOSURE - to all kinds of inclement weather are of such com­ mon occurrence that they are not generally consid­ ered dangerous. This is a great mistake. Serious illness often follows in the wake of a neglected cold. DR.D.JAYNES Expectorant has been successful for seventy- eight years in curing Colds, Coughs, Bronchitis, and Pleu­ risy. It is also a standard remedy for Croup, Whooping- Cough, Inflammation of the Lungs or Chest and Asthma. Cure your cold now--go to your druggist's and get a bottle of Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant. . Three sizes, $1.00, 50c. and 25c. Dr. D. 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