m. j. (-bm t i;impiF'm''imm0mmft THE NEW AGE, PORTLAND, OREGON I Topics of i I the Times I Never Judge n twin by ttio opinion he I1118 of himself. Women use calling cards In playing the social game. Tnlk Isn't necessarily cheap when money (loon the talking. Every man who known himself knows how selfish other men nrc. A womnu doesn't thoroughly enjoy anything hIio can't cry over. When n mnn borrows trouble ho puts iil IiIm pence of mind us collateral, There aro n good uiauy noughts In tho sum total of the world's Inhabit' tint. Tho Panama canal Is being dug to music. Why shouldn't It? Uncle 0am pays tho piper. : j . . , .i After reading Uie report on the pack lug houses you art almost nshnmed to look n corned-beef can in the face. A man of tho name of Szlsz was the rlctor In a recent big nntomobllo race. How could they bavo stopped blm? the nmglo Influence of his contagious geniality cares and worries, which seemed so hoary, become light as air and mere cause of Bin lie. Ono with a Huuny, hopeful, humorous nature U Ilko a physician during a plague. It Is not possible, of course, for everybody to bo witty or humorous. It Is Just as ren honable to counsel pooplo to bo poeta or to be beautiful as to urge them to be wits or humorists. WU and hu morists ore born, not made, and thcro Is hardly anything more melancholy than the person without any sontm of humor or a grain of wit vainly striving to win applause and dulling tbo edgo of patlenco. Franklin imld that no fools are so troublesome as those who have wit, and tltoso who with uneea aonable Jests make light of sorloiu and sacred things. If wo cannot all add to tho fund of good humor by "lambent flashes" of wtt and tho beautiful, gra cious charm of an Oliver Goldsmith or a Mark Twain, It Is nevertheless with in tho power of all to tako a cheerful view of things and to cultivate our own good humor. Our temperamenta aro umdo for us, but our habits are of our own making. And good humor and cheerfulness are largely habits. A cheerful framo of mind cornea with a desire and determination to be cheer ful, and tho habit, llko all other hnbltH, grows with tlmo and ow, Whoever cultivates the cheerful habit will find hJs reward In his own happiness, which will grow as ho perceives how much hU cheerfulness and good humor add to the happiness of others. YEUir,il BROS. SA VINOS BANK BIL.L.INCJS. MONTANA Branch Banks nt Butte, Anaconda and Oardlnur Ti-ntiHttat n Qcncrnl Btinlclmr BumImosm Pay interest on Savings Account and Timo Certificates of Deposit. We start Savings Accounts witli a deposit of one dollar or more. O. C. HEINTZ, Manager. Phone Cast 57 PACIFIC IRON WORKS. STRUCTURAL. STEEL AIND IROIN Steel Bridges, Upset Rods and Bolts,7 Cast Iron Colums and all Architectural Iron. Sidewalk Doors and Lights. All Kinds of Castings. EAST END IBURNSIDE STREET BRIDGE, PORTLAND, OR f SPOKANE :iFirst National Bank of Rook sPrIns 3 Watson Drug Co. Wholesale andRetail There Is ono advantage possessed by the man at the bottom over the man at the top; he doesn't have so far to fall. Tho Czar'n atlltudo toward tho Dou iim Ik that of a little boy who owns a dog about i!0 nl7.es too large for htm. It Is said (be Standard pcoplo will furnlHli Han Francisco with water. Oil mid water may have to mix, after all. Pleast'stopnskliig concerning tho pub lic estimate of the Joy of belug 11 n Ice man In Toledo. Nobody wauU to be the Icomaii. No greut war U now being waged Riiywhoro. "Fighting Bob" Evans must regard this as a very Inferior oort of summer. A Ioiidou music teacher saya Ameri can glrto havo the sweetotit voices In the world. Wo may add that they havo tho richest fathom, too. It Is announced that kerosene oil ox tcrnnlly applied will euro snakebite. This inny cause H, II, lloger.i to taku n llrm Mtaud igalimt tho jieoplo who kill huiiUm. Tho HcliMitlNtH havo decided that tho Han Francisco irthiiiukv wan duo to ruptures In tho earth' crust. This re lieves Thomas W. Iiiwson of a lot of nisptclon. George Hernard Hlmw miya he would rather aweep a crowing tliim live In Idle luxury. Ituiwell Bngo might at leaat oucourage Mr. Shaw with n word r two of upproTul. Whllo tho girl graduates received tho iwetlc ttdvlco to keep their eyce on tho Kara, tho only advice the young men graduates had handed out to them wan to keep their eyes on the "Help Wanted" columns. Tho spoiling reform brethren now claim William Hhakspeare hi one of their confraternity and they are right. A man who comtlste utly refused to spell his own name the snmo way twlco In succession certainly must bo credited with latltudlunrliui views In the matter or orthography. The lute Michael Davltt, the Irish home ruler, who had served two or three terms In prlsou for hla opinions, bequeathed to all his friends "kind thought, to my enemies the fulleet pos Ible forglvcnens, and to Ireland my undying prayer for her absolute free dom," One does not need to agree with Davltt to admire tho spirit which In spired such a imesiigo In his will. Addison, In ono of his "Sir Hoger Do Covorly" (ketches, says: "A 11111111 first euro should be to uvold tho reproaches of his own heart; his next to escape tho censure of the world; If tho last Interfered with the former It ought to t entirely neglected. If wo may Judge fiom exiwrlenco and from tho sights and aotinds around iw, this Is scarcely the principle which directs the conduct of many of us. And yet there la an immense amount of practical common tense wisdom In Addison's dictum, for lu avoiding tho reproaches, of hfs own heart a man Is taking tho surest atop toward tho highest good happiness. IVrhons who travel aro aware that tho cako of soup for promiscuous uro liaa been growing less common lu tho wash riHiniH of hotels, and lu New York and some other largo cities has almost disappeared. Devices by which 11 small portion of pulverized or liquid aonp Is dcMslted In tho hand havo largely mi pcraeded tho cake of tump. Tho reason U the readiness with which soap re ceives and retains tho germs of disease. Physicians who tested cakes of aoap from various New York hotels found tilth and disease bacteria In nearly ev ery sampleIn those from the highest priced and most fnsldouablo hotels, as well as thorn from tho cheaper ones. Nobody contributes more largely to tho gonoral good than one with a hearty good sense of humor. Troubles dUuoittiit at hi upproach, ad u4r I'rof. L. II. Ilalley, director of the Cornell University's agricultural de partment, has been discussing tho ques tion of the cityward drift of farm boys, OHpcclally of boya who go to college, and his views are hopeful and encour aging. Ho Is certain that In the neat future there will bo 1111 excellent under standing and cordial co-operation be tween tho farm and tho college, not withstanding certain present tendencies which ho regrets. An Idontlcal letter of inquiry to Cornell students born and bred on farms or In rural sections brought I'rof, Ilalley Interesting data, which he Mimmnrlzes In the Century. One hundred and fifty-five students ad uiltted that they wero leaving the farm, and gave their reasons for the decision. These reasons are groupod under four heads, as follows: Financial rewards, physical labor, noclal and Intellectual interests, miscellaneous dUtlcultlo and handicaps on tho farm. Many of the students thought tho fanner had no op portunity either for political distinction or for social, humanitarian service. Fif teen expected to return to tho farm In the course of time, after 11 successful c.ireer In the city In business or tho pro fessions. I'rof. Ilalley Is not surprised at tho fascination exercised by the great cities, with their wealth, their In tense life, their lullnlto varloty, their social und iKilltlcal organisations, tholr amusements and artistic and Intellec tual attractions. Hut he believe that a reaction Is In course of preparation. Great fortunes made In trado and com merce have a dar.illng effect, but many of the ambitious youths soon discover that It 1 Imposslbln for evory one to got rich, and tiro professions are noto riously overcrowded. Yale proposes to make Its law school a post-graduate kchool and admit no ono without a col lege degree, and the suggestion Is gen erally commended on the ground that already there are too many lawyers In the country. Most physicians, archi tects, literary men, artists say tho name thing about their vocations. Tho farm holds out no promise of groat wealth, but It Insures mental peace, comfort mid reasonable prosperity when proper ly and practically managed. Bo far a rural Isolation Is concerned, It Is surely becoming a thing of the past, as Prof. Pulley has pointed out In a commence ment address. With tho ubiquitous trol ley, the autocar, the telephone, tho free delivery system, the construction of new railways, and we mny add the automatic piano players ami other mu sical Instruments who can Justly say the farm means dull monotony and Iso lation? The farm needs tho college, but It can In turn do much for the ed ucated youth seeking opportunities. 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