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! .,'. THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. FCr.TLAND. SUNDA1 riOni.TTIO. MAECU T. .- r Starved-Lives of Some Vomen 'Wtfycre, tlis ; Jaimccs'hzoxoti to Die Bravely; I TLc Books By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. By PROFESSOR OKUEU-HA. - i - - v 2 It,);: lara Coyrift 1MB, br t InalMr.) difficult for- woman living in large cttlea or progressive A inert can towna to realise, the condition '; ' s. oi thousand i tneir sex in more v m'nti rnitntnr nla'aas ' '. . .. ' la spit i of th prodigaUty o&.Mr. Car- - tivai v-waj ' vi.-kivnffni au - iu mit. ' " the MUD. - jtaftv Iimimmm "m f which ponetrate into distant nooks and , cornera of our land, whol communltle : of American women exist today in woe- ;' ful Ignorance of anything beyond their . . vwn UEiiuuuruwnL' nam wiut, mm women are well-to-do In worldly good , and amply able to procure booka and pe- ' riodlcala. did they not consider the sav B V m irvun vi iuii o iwi4 vmusim IBM .' the cultivation of their minds. ... , There area a woman who worked tn her own home, for more than a score of years, rrom dawn until a o clock at night Im neriae tit 1aln fiuaHanji rr it m nl,l enough money to ouiid a new nouse and .. mmnn it netter man ine nouses ox weir t. neighbor. . Never was there, a. book ; taken in her hand other, perhaps,' than . she grew ill and needed rest, but the ' 'would not employ help,- though amply 4 able to do so, beoauae the habit of aav , Ing -had become a "disease.'. .. : . . fil Hvit M U. ItM MAW fc-M,a and to die In the "snare room. Elrntaan months afterward a vouns- wife took ponwioi wi me noma vdkd eoox ner . Visit the Interior of almost any atate and you will find women occupying fine ' , homes- who are utterly ignorant of the literature of the world, and who do not eea take time to read a monthly raaga- tine or newspaper. , . These women look old enough to be the mothers of city women of their at. Petty worries, petty cares, petty ambi tions have radicated all - beauty and youth from their faces, a Visitor from a larger world assisted suoh a woman In her work one day and urged her to take an hour of rest, tit the afternoon. . , : Bilt the poor slave to economy Bald It would be a "bad habit" to form, aa aho might want to reat another day. Bo aha remained awake and talked1- about the money aha was saving for ' ' the future. ' ' - ,' ' -. -And what la , he benefit' of money aaved at such a sacrifice? , Daring a journey to the St Louis exposition the writer saw a patbetio Illustration of the results of such, economy. ,. A woman who has Worked Indoors and out for a lifetime,, and who had not been beyond the limits of her farm for SO years, occupied a compartment In the sleeping ear. ' 8b was perhaps iO years of age, to Judge by the appearance of her husband, but . her face .was as old aa that of many town-bred woman of : Her body was stiff and awkward: her clothing, bought for the occasion, worn '-with evident discomfort.: She was 111 at ease in the oar, yet anxious to In form her , chance associates of her wealth. .'.' -'."".-' "My husband has often traveled In his business," she aald, "but I always staid at homo and looked after thtnga Now wo are well off rich In fact and I mean to see a litUo of the world." But bow much Better nad ana aeen a little of the world; -a aha went, along, , -i , . , . i and accustomed herself to Its ways and Ideas, . .: ... .' No husband Is doing his duty by his wife who encourages her In suoh starved and mercenary Ufa No woman la using the life Ood gave her to Its best advantage-who -works year la and out with no food for mind, eye Br soul My Childhood By LADY SOMERSET (Oeprrlght, looB. by W. B. Beaiet) save be thought that aho la saving I f-p h standard of literature for the money, Better live In, the old house to the end and make it bright with memories of - happy hours spent In books and music, make and keep It a novelty by glad returns from . vacations Jaunts, than. to live a starved existence that some other - woman or your ' : own wrecked 'self may "move. Into a -' new mansion.. ' t"5 Subscribe for ' one ' or : two . good magsalnea, buy the dally papers, take a vacation, from- home at least once each year, and take an hour of relax ation ana rest at-jessi eaca asy, Give your mind larger subjects of 1 young has changed alnce we older-- folks were ' children. changed ' not so much, .because children's tasu haa altered, but because of a truer' ethical perception -of what children ought to learn. I amnnt, sure, however, that although the moral of the book Is better, it la clothed In bet ter xorm. The stories of today seem, to mo to be too sentimental, often too sad, and not strong and bold enourh for a child's liking. A - child's taste la downright. he admires sharply defined lines, intrl cats psychology does not Interest him. however true to Ufa" Good 'must be An American WUai otne Simple Life tossyruAt, ltd, sy tse asMriess-JearasV ' xasusOT.l . .-. T am reading tne -nimpie Lire. en ' I ' neither Charles' Wagner nor any- . I Wj else can teach me -touch about It. , ; . J. X am a Quaker, and I net only believe , in it, out i live it, ana Anincui win never bo happy unUl thtrl learn that ' tha almnle life la net onle- tnterasfln to read about, but Is tha'only life to live. - u ... f t If I had my Ufa tOf live over again and could choose what It would, be, I , would have It even plrapler than It haa been. I'd hare no, truateea, lawyer or ' executors la It . I have not done at all aa I bare wantAd ta in Hi . Ufa hut erh Anmal The struggleof '-getting r a' fortune doesn't compere with the-struggle of , keeping ' one " Uoet of the cares and worries that bars come Into my life . came . with the. fortune which many ' claim toisnvy ma . The business, life I lead X did aot VHUWV iW atlBVIa eV esluajSlfV (Ut mw a A fortun wm0 left my by toy father. ana' I hats to iook alter it. JLXft Ae JtiA kanv aas.eait1s.aB M awsa sb ewsh sa ea iouj aiie? ss;e mwui a ws ihw w gj vr aay - the office so often to see about tblnga ( that I aaw t might aa well stay- there a -altogether. ' : Thar BullTusrsettled In Boston, and , which 1 have been fighting for so many j m i m, waa ivuu, hv ,w hivuw. aa mnr nin wini, uui ,v wajp ir m principle and a promise made to- my father before Be died to see tnat jus tice was dona . . 1 have been asked my Ideas of the xuiure i ue. ' J odd i ooiwr nr una lng your- duty- and the best you know . bow hero and now. , ., ,. .s . , 1 By sCRS. HETTT , GREEN; 1 like It here. I know where t am. but I don't know where I am going to and don't think anybody else does. A good conscience and a good appo tlte are aa near happiness as we can get In this world. . ' Judging for other people 1 foUy.J believe In minding your own business if you -want success. I never advise - people. I tell them wha 1 would do, but 1 don't expect theia to do it unless they want to. , We've all cot to Uve and learn. We abouldn't criticise each ether. "We're all bora, but we are not buried. " i Just think what a lovely world thla would be If people would all mind 'their own business. , That: la the reason I get alohg with people aa well as I do.' . -People -are alwaya Ulking about se crets of sue diss there Isn't any secret to it uoesss Is doing tho right thing and aUcklng to It. ' If everybody would, do their little nart. lust their best, even if It len t much, just as a blade of grass does, the. world would M a pester piece, inn thing of waiting to play elephant la not Wise. . . I have been asked what Is more av ailable than being the richest woman In the world. There's Just one answer to that It la. to be tho beat woman tn the world. -7-. - ; An Ideal woman? I know but one. She vu i Philadelphia Quakeress a relative of . William Pens and waa highly educated. .-:.',.'::--; She preached, and was aa near porfeo- tlon as anyone Tv over aeen. She- waa unselfish a womanly woman and a devoted mother. She charmed everyone about her be cause she didn't think "How can I make tkairiit and Mnvanatlnn than nalrh I good, and bad must be bad. - The hori- borhood happenlnga and sat higher " of big mind Is wide, the objects must goals for your soul- than , a heap, ofltnrBfora be clear and distinct, ths Is- ODVIOUS. ' . I look back over the impressions made on my mind by books which I read at a very early age. and I realise- in com moa with many others how to this day I find traces Which time cannot oblit erate. Who can forget the Interest and awa with which we read "The FalrchUd Family," waiting with eager excitement to see how these ingenious young mis creants would break one commandment in each chapter, and to this day the mla- oeeos oi Henry ana Kmuy ena iucy are aa vivid aa the day when I read of their iniquities by the nursery nrertde. Years afterwards.' I found - the book agalsvaad the -feat that struck me moat was the absolute brutality of the par ents, whoae righteousness X bad never questioned. : , Tho sixth commandment, for instance. la Ulusrated In a gruesome manner, by Mr. Falrchlld when he takes his young family to walk in the wood In order to point, out and moralise upon tho dead body of a man hung on a gibbet I can remember the thrill of horror, which came over me when I read that Incident but It never struck ma aa a brutal out rage upon tho - children's feelings, but only aa aa awe-inspiring lesson. The authora vlewa of the love of earthly parents are quite consonant with her oonoepttoa -of -the - divine. Emily, money. ; , Learn a little each day about . the people who have lived In the world before you and those now Uvlng In It under oondltions different . from your own. .- - Give your body good ears ana ao not bo ashamed to try and keep youth tn your-face and heart There la no -exsnse lor ignorance or tigUness or 111 health w the world today..' ' The woman Who haa allowed herself to bo Ignorant unkempt or 111 Into middle life,- is a pauper, no- matter. If the owns mllltoae of money. these' people useful to mer" but "How can I make them happy?" ; She waa tho moat unselfish person X ever knew, and real unselfishness la a rare thing. A great aaahy selfish peo ple give away dollars. Real generosity Is giving yourself, your own Ideas, flesh I after atealing the Jam. endeavors vainly and blood, aa this woman did. i, I to wipe out tho traces of her crime, but - If I were solns to nalnt mv Idea of aa I catches a cold which turns to fever, and angel I'd make It look Ilka her. : When aha sailed aha looked radiant She had very dark hair and .eyes. I keep her picture and X look at it long and often. I believe the Lord Intended women to be wives and mothers before all things. A helpmate to some man. , . Borne men want women for orna ments, some for comrades and some for oooka I don't beUeve In the 'die-away kind of love. It la moonshine, and most peo ple who marry under the - spell rve known lota of them would sell each other for 10 cents after the honeymoon. . I don't believe la divorce. A promise Is a promise, and if you have made a bad bargain, why. just make the best of it and evervone will raanawi voa. All the courage and andnranoe tn this Prple Jar at a drugstores, the present worm un c ouiDiavea on ine nacuexMua. i - ends with the awful experience of the "dreadful eye." which. watched her cease lessly aa aha lay upon her bed. I think it .la Madame Sarah Grand .who aaya that many a time aha haa aeen In lmag InatlOB'that name horrible vision since she too read that libel upon God la days long1 gone by. The terribly unjust use which par ents made, with a hypocritical ; sm blance of righteousness, of their wider and maturer experience, is one of the great flaws to my mind ,ln tho story books of that data, Miss Bdgeworth a Well known story of Rosamond and the purple Jar la an instance . of thla. I rarely see a chemist's shop with Its three globular colored bottles tnat I do not think of that tale. Rosamund, re jecting wiser suggestions I never saw anybody or heard of any body who waa perfectly happy or satis fied.' Juet doing our duty Is the nearest we can get to It i - I believe in enjoying things Just as tney come along.. J think, too, that lfs a wotnan'a duty to taae care or herself and be as nice looking as ahe can. I was pretty whep I was a glrL and I kept the young men guessing then, just like I do tho lawyers now. . .-. " - Tea, Indeed, I believe In the almnle life a life with no lawyers, executors or truateea tn It Looking at the story in tho light Of today her taste appeals to na. she bad an eye for color, a love of tho beautiful which outweighed the natural love of pleasure, which might be ministered to by. toys or dolla, or. a youthful appetite for a wests and cake, or by utilitarian fancies for -work boxes or thimbles, aoch as her-urstber would have thought a signj oi aracv. ,i.vior aiirveira nv. am now sgaln we have the inhuman parent woo NOTHING , imports the Jap haa been of ao great Importance In developing! in panose people the spirit which) saaficarrled us to suo- aa the religious doctrines, Con fucianism was first introduced in me Imperial household; according - to the moot reliable accounts, in the reign, of the fifteenth omperoa A. D. I4, but ions before it - reached the - court the learning of the celestial empire bad made its Influence felt among the people of Japan, through, the swarms of Imml- arrants flowlns In from China Confucianism, pure ana simple, as u Tcame to us" was nothing more or less than a collection of ethical ideas con sidered In their application to dally life. The great teacher, neve' allowed himself to be considered aa tne expounaer oi religious or metaphysical ideaa. - Abstract reasoning bad little charm for the mind of Confuclu filial piety was the keynote of hiW teaching and was thus especially oongenial; to the Jap- temperament out not .until ine introduction of Buddhism from Korea in A.' D. its did Confucianisni, take , deep root In Japan,. " Paradoxical as it-may made the teachings of tho Chlneae aagvi the ruling factor in Japanese society. - . The aosoel of Buddha was accessible only in Chinese translations And the study of these necessitated a previous knowledge of the written lana-eas of tho Middle kingdom, whoso - liters Cure saturated ' with . the teachings of Confuelua. -. , : ; - The warlike ' ancestors of modern Japan In thoee daya poaaeased no litera ture but only . legendary lore, and on their ' untrained - oyea the elaborate Chinese system produced a great, Im pression... y . . . i, .... .!' Buddhism found nothing aatagonlstle to Itself tn tho teachings of. Confucius which contained In a alightiy different form the five commandments of Buddha. The first bloeecmlng of Japanese eivlllaation occurred la the tenth century after Christ and then tho Book of Filial Piety waa a general posseeelon all over tho country. . Taoism, or more correctly Lao lam waa enunciated B. C 104. In Laotae was to be found the perfect opposite of Con fucius. The principles advocated were la many respeota tho same of which Count Leo Tolstoy is the powerful ex ponent today.. He taught that the salva tion or humanity was to be effected by the abandonment of. artifice and a re turn to nature by. the surrender of the individual will and the auppreaaion of the ego. "Leave," be aald, "the ao-ealled aaint llnese and wisdom alone, abandon the so-ceiled mercy and rigbteoueuess and the people will return to filial devotion and lova? .. ; . -- . . , . ', ,v. ., . This doctrine has" very Uttlo to do with the cult of Taoism now ao pre valent among the Chinee e. in which the metaphor! oai statements of the teacher have been given Interpretations never Intended by him. -; '-v.. .v..' Tho MambloBoo between the true Lao Ism and the higher" forma of Buddhism la vary striking. ' Both the higher and tho lower forma of Buddhism have been adopted In Japan tho philo sophical form by the higher classes and the other by the greet masses of the people. Tho doctrines have been taught oy a namner or aeeta. of which tho Zen -has exercised tho greatest Influ ence on tho Japaaese spirit and charac ter. - Zea. means abstraction, which - fat one of the way of arriving at Nirvana, It may, aeem strange that a system which recommends pure contemplation- took, such deep root In Japan, of whlob, tho spirit has alwaya been., as It It to day, one of prompt action, but In tho aga when, ta country 'was torn by Interniclne wars a religion waa needed that would teach every man and woman . how to pass from glowing life Into Icy death with a smile, how to meet the hardest fate with atolo fortitude. At the beginning of-the seventeenth r century Japan at last paaaed out of tho period of internal disturbance and by ."' that time the contemplative school had had ample opportunity of asserting its Virtues. . , . ' ... t 'The only external Invasion which ; ever threatened Japan waa that of Khubla Khan, who assembled a mighty armada for the conquest of the Islands. But when his preparations were com plete, a great typhoon, known to this day among the Japanese aa "the divine storm." burst over the China seas and destroyed the fleet of tho would-be in vader. j . .What won" for Buddhism Ita atrang popularity la Japan waa not Ita' promise of Nirvana, but its power to nerve tho heart to face any ordeal at a moment's notice. Another charm It possessed for the Illiterate middle ages was Its ays. tematio neglect of book learning. AH the features of the Japanese char acter of today are the product of the direct or . indirect -influence -of . the Buddhist doctrine aa taught by the Zen prleets. The Japaaese love of nature and aense of purity . took under the teaching of that sect a new develooment showing in art a strong dislike of loud ness. In form and eolor and a preference xor simplicity with a fullness of m lag- behina it , Are We yio Sanction - Polygamy? B y . If R 8 v J OHN A. 10 G AN b allows- the child to go in and. bujrVtbif 't revolting and nefarious ceremonies Scaiodl Boy s Story of StxideniT Riots Br F A. ll'KENZIE . axrika AR8AW, POLAND, nb. .-- All the higher school hoys or Poland, numbering betweea 40,00 and to.Ou. are now on A few have been killed in , eonfllot with the Russian military au- - thorltlea. and quite a aumoer. nave neon 'arrested as political prisoners, and are confined la the citadel of Warsaw or ' elsewhere. . 'i - . : Here la the story of ths strike, as related to me by one of tho students, a .tall, strong lad of II, of German type, with - light hair and merry eyes. He apoca WHB uveiy gwiur am- waur laugh, as though it were a xooioaii "nerunf he was describing rather than 'tho uprising of the youth of tho na tion. "i belong to tho Commercial school,' be said. Our strike started at half i past It oa Saturday morning. . Wa had all. talked the matter over with tbe students of the gymnasia the day after ' the arreat trouble In St Petersburg. We IWU BWIUUU s" wa sasssauas- mm, - - ea- happened in Warsaw wa would neip. "BO on Baturaay morning eome omer : fellow cams outside our school and . mmAm - a WA all mat n and de- aoanded that our professors should let - ua go. Hit down, you ' rimer ana ' thieves, one professor said. But ha bad ho chance of abusing ua any more, for one student went right up to him and slapped his face. All the ntue renows in the small boys' class rushed at their professor, punched him in the ribs, ; alapped him and beat him. We all got , out la the big passage, and went for the Aaa waa lAfkedl hnt mm braka It .nnan and got our eoata Vhan we were going out we found the director (the headmaster) standing half way up the stair, and he ordered 's back. 'Down with the director!' we all shouted. - Those behind shoved those 'In front forward, and In a. minute we had pushed the director down ataira, and "werewll out la tho street Then we went to the girls school and shouted outside It. The directors Ihere" sent "6ut "to" khow"whst We de-" mended, we toia mm we wanted an tne gtrla to leave achool, , ao he very po litely let them all out ' ' . - "The rtrlo Joined ua. and we marched to the Fifth Gymnasium. . The workmen In the streets stopped and cheered as w passed. We took the Russian signs -N. V out of -our cap, and struck np tho . Socialist eong. Tho Red Banner.' 1 tell you. It waa a great time. The dots of tho gymnasium opened their windows and ahosted to us that they were all dreeeed ready to go, but were locked in, and eould not get oat So we starch eft around to ths back way. An officer of pollea stood there, and when we sum be drew est a revolver sad pointed it at us. At first. wa draw berk, but one of . our fellow made us go ee. There caa only be oa sacri fice among aa,' -ho aald, H may kill ana, but thea wa will shoot htm with hia own weapon; Let ua rash ,. the beast When the officer heard this be was much alarmed and lowered hia revolver as wa rushed. One of us caught his wrist forced the revolver round against him, pointing right at hia head. Tou servant of 'the osar, the boy aald, shoot yourself.' . But we couldn't manage to break opea the doors of the srymnaaium. ' . Then we went to other achoola. They bad aent for the police, and the soldiers came. too. When the soldiers cams w called after them and told them they ought to be ashamed of themselves for acting as bobble. I tell you, tho sol diers didn't like that Some of tho offi cers bluahed Ilka glrla Then a lot of policemen came up, and they cut through us, ao a to split us up Into one big party and on email lot of about II. A policeman caught on boy by tho ' coat The boy unbuttoned hia coat and slipped out of It running off while the policeman stood keeping hold of the empty coat Another started run ning after one of ua, when on of our fellows caught the policeman' coat to stop him. The policeman pulled out hia sword and slashed - the atudent right across hia face.' ." - , I "Another of our etudente-wa caught one of the smaU lot and w tried to res cue him. But there were many police now. and they drew their sworda They got away with our. man, and we have seen nothing -of him alnca, :I suppose they are keeping him in a fortress as a prisoner. Now we got properly to work, . : All the schools cam ou,t.Jhst morning. "Wa told the girls to go back homo when thing began to be, rough. Ton ' don't want glrla about when the gendarmes are drawing their swords and arresting people, do you? We looked out for all the Russian official notloea eye eould find and tor them from tb walla Then we looked for Russian signs of all kinds and tried to get rid of them. Some of pur students.. grit tught in-the, erowds when the. cavalry - were charging, . and II or SO were killed.. Some were shot but most were cut down by haesars. Many of the older atudent have been arrested during tb paat few daya The polio usually com to ths boos at night tlm when every oa is aaleee. Berore tb people know properly what Is the matter the student who la wanted I eeua-ht and taken away. We know a lot must have been taken, because they are missing, and are not amoog the deed. ; " . '. On of our atudent got ahet aoci- -dentally In a fight bet arson the working men and the troops, v. Tim working men carried hi body bom and offered to wash It and lay It out But hia mother replied that ahe had other eons to do that-They had, barely- don It before the poile earn to and took the bod to Jar, but wheit It la brought borne- and emptied the color has vanished, for th mother never told her th liquid waa pigment and the jar white glass. Her Illusion gone, she realises the blttef truth that although bar mother allege! no reason against her choice, the fact that ahe did not recommend It abouU have been sufficient And ' thus ah learned her lesson, bat It never occurred to ' Rosamund or to Mia Edewworth't reader that th aaother was cruel -iri withholding her knowledge. When I was II years old, a deUghtfu! woman, a eousrn of my father's, cams t stay with us, and asked permission to read aloud a novel of Walter Scott and so I heard "Keanwartb" and Th Talis man," - and the world waa for a whth) people with knights and ladles, and mini th station hou. They kept It there a day or two and thea bent it back horn, saying that ths parents might bury It but mast have a.qulet funeral. On Sat urday they aent a number of Infantry to I host was a recognised personality, ant accompany th funeral, to prevent a I rnars an nencnmn ziiieo in ine oaca demonstration. On th way th om-1 un VZJ'TV,)? mllHMl r9 nnltA. .nHul K.u I -- " - ' "" " I a1aaa am nt ia nU. lyynnanfa ,.uwaN cuwuiaw iv iui Tha ansa Fanfllv Robinson" wai wreatn, with aa inscription, Uacrlfloed i another book which was tb f oundatlot to th Ruaalan antocracg.' "He stopped I of nearly all oar games. Ths anrealitj the funeral, and had th atreamer torn of the story never struck oa. but th practical us ox very-oay uinans was constant delight - It belongs to th cate gory of books which la later Ufa w classify as ridiculous oommon sense Nevertheless, steeped In the spirit ol tho young adventurers, tho hollow trees, th hedgerows, tb woods, were all teem ing with the poaalbUitles, th chest nut that gleamed In the grass wer ear- erly sought th toadstools classified and the herbs tested, as though our food really depended upon our own sustained effort I believe It I a book that will alwaya be of value In the training of children . observation . in common thing. , , Then cam th delightful period when Charlotte Tonge gave children her en. chanting booka To this day I can al most repeal- passages rrom - The Little Duke" and "The Daisy Chain." a fat brown volume worn to shreds In our schoolroom. Bat tha book which per haps held me moat of all waa "Uncle Tom'a Cabin." My sister and I read It rrom tha New Tork Herald. , I and reread it ' we cut it in half ao that During th last two winters th mun I w- n-a mw "-' r turn. Dot off th wreath.' "Now. tell ma" I interpoeed, "what are you making all tha trouble about? What are you students striking for?" '"We want the right to use oar own language, W say that la Poland th Polish stodents should have the rjght to go to classes spoken In their own tongue, although there may be other classes In Russian for those who pre fer it Then we want the liberty to get together librarlea of Polish book. Our libraries at present have to be all Run- slan. Wa de aot want to have th offi cial agent' wf the Ruaalan government controlling an our school - And we want some liberty. W want to be al lowed to form our own societies, to de bet freely among ourselves, and to think for ourselves. . AU th achool In Poland are Joining ua In ur protest (Oasyrlgbk, 1Mb, by ' the AaMneaB-Jearrul-' H-.' Kxasuaer.) ,t -.. swesawHK Smoot Investigation haa been .1 , one of - the' moat remarkable 1 case that has been before con- rrea la the importance or tn developments - that bav been mad through, th testimony that has wrong from willing and unwilling wit- by - th acumen of tha distin guished committee. ' Th disciple and - apostles - of fM Mormon - church -. have incriminated themselves and th church. .President Smith. ' In hia unblushing and defiant testimony, proved that th moat glar ing outrages against decency, civiliza tion and .weak humanity had been per petrated with Impunity; that th gen eral - Impression that the majority of Mormons regarded' the tenets .of - tha Mormon church ss - paramount' to ' the government and. th law of tha land was correct; that their l6yalty to the church took'; precedence over- -their loyalty to tho government and that they were not at liberty to disregard th orders of th chureh, even though tbey might conflict with a man's duty to his country. President Smith ' admitted the most wicked and gross violation-of th law himself by his polygamic marriages and his inhuman treatment of hia numerous progeny. In that he felt no responsi bility (or their care, education or main tenaaoe, sacrilegiously 'claiming thath was carrying out a divine taw and fol lowing the teachings had examples of holy men of Biblical time. Hia bold defense of th "Endowment Hons" and wa aimply disgusting. President Smith la and baa been on of Mr. Smoot'a most devoted friends, having had the votes and loyal sup. port of Mr. -Smoot aa president of th church, notwithstanding Mr. Bmoot knew that Mr. Smith bad plural wlvea and that ha persisted la violating th law. President Smith's evidence was followed by that of others equally as tonishing and which has established th feet that Mormon ism, with aU Its fate ful principles and oeremoniea. is only held In abeyance by th strong arm o tha lav and tb vigil an oe of tho officers of the government and that they bav had -ret difficulty la ths apprehension of offenders and th dlsoharg of their duties through th conalvaao of such powerful magnate ss ths apoeUea f tbe church. . - Fortunately th. committee - baa been able to bring bef6r them witness who bav revealed the secrets of th "Endowment House," and have pro duced the garments which are a par of tow .uuquiioas wvBwaisai'-.- - . Mr. Smoot'a memory . touching hi pea sous! experience In going through tho 'TCndowment House" was s exceed ingly treacherous, oonsldering th Im portance and Mersey attached t th oeremony. He seem only to bav re membered that b dare not lift the veil that hide th aldeoua secret With him ft aeema a sort ef Mason le obliga tion, which he most keep In viola ta He gave an evaslv answer when' pressed with Inquiry whether there was a penalty attached te tb dlvulgenoe of the secrets of the "Endowment Hooee." That there I has been proven by other witnesses. Mr. Smoot'a aqul vocations were , either from deference to con science or fear of the vengeance which he did not deny r confirm would fol low a revelation f that unholy cere monial. . a.. -- . . Mr. Smoot demonstrated In hia own testimony hia . ability. . aubtlety and throdgh training in th art of evasion. Hia repeated profession of hia politi cal . faith ahowad that he appreciated that a majority of th ootamttte be fore whom ba waa being tried was of tha nam poUUeal party to which h claim to belong. - i . "Surely It wQl not take the commltte long to report that Mr. Smoot is in eligible to hold th position of United States senator, as evidenced by his own -testimony. For him to retain hia aeat In the light of all that ba beea ad mitted and proven. Mormon would be Jnatlfled la claiming a great victory. It would eartatalr enable Mr. Smoot to serve th eaua ef Mormon&tm more ef feotuaily than be could aa aa apostle and priest He ha been sect on mis sions abroad and seem to have tb oonfldeno of the church and hia co workers In th unholy cause to which he has devoted hi whole Ufa -It-would be impossible for him to eerve church and atate faithfully, and ss bis church claims hia Brat duty, h should not be entrusted with th re aponslbl dutle of a United State sena tor. Ha la not entitled to recognition beoanse bo I not a polygamnrt -It may not salt his convenience or th tamper of the Piessut Mrs. Smoot with her enlightenment for hha to suggest bis taking No, t, l or 4. r - - Th present eivuwauoa I destined to dee troy polygamy, but we do not wish to see th new state of Utah turned over to th clas of men who have ad mitted that they bav givso their sup- port to polygamtata for th highest place la th - churoh, and who bav en aooessory In perpetuating Ignor ance and superstition. . Roberta was r- Jected by th house; certainly th sen- , at cannot manifest any less regard for ' th dignity of th upper body by admit ting ao astute and Influential an anoatla " of tb Mormon church as Mr. Smoot . . -ill V : . . r By REV. THOMAS B. QREOORY. ' V- 1" the ilfe-etory of W. H. Nwman ther is that -which abould powerful inspiration to every young man in, thla great ooontry. Thirty- five year ago Newman waa a brakemah on a southern railroad at a wag of 11 a day; today he la president of th great Vandcrbllt system with a salary of f 130,- Nl a year, a palatial rasldwnc in New Tork aad a private oar a sumptuously appointed that a King might envy tt Like a tale rrom th araoiaa Night" reeds th story of thla men's sooosaa. - Watch him moon ting the steps leading Bp to his splendid triumph. Brakstnaa on Texas ruing rauway. Station agent . : ( ... Local freight agent . .. General freight agent , 1 Traffic manager of th Missouri ays- ha played so Important part in cos tume that it may not be uninteresting to know, what It part ba been la the dree of former time. In many of the portraits of the , sixteenth century one simply chang haHrrs when w earn to tn middia I still vividly remember a verv eel. bra ted man lunching st my father's nouse ana apenKing ugnuy or the author He had met Mra. Beecher Stow at Duni often see a strip of rich, soft fur wound I robin castle, and repeated some diaper. around the wrlat 'of a aobl dame. This wa used to cover the neck or fulfill tht function of th muff, and to It waa oftan attached . a small animal' head or a skull, cunningly wrought In metal and adorned with precious toner Ai "was th caa with so many article of dress, th muff was first th exclusive prop erty of the nobility, and waa carried by tbe courtesan of Venice aa well aa by th women of , the highest . rank. The first Venetian muffa,wr very email, made of a slngls piece of velvet bro cade or silk, lined with fur, th opening enriched with gold or silver button eet with precious (tons. By IKS th aging remark which a member of her family was apposed to have mada aa to tn accuracy or tn detail 1 was horror-atrnck. It neemed to me a aacrl. lea. To thla day I can still feel the riero natrea wnicn possessed mv llttia out; and although forbidden to express my feeling In public, I anathematised him In th schoolroom afterward. There waa another American bonk Which waa almost as great a favnrtta and that waa "The Wide, wide World," Everything tn the book still remains as a delightful recollection, the vivid 4a. script Ions of farm Ufa the quaint humor. tns minaih v m,', migivua leech ing, are still, quite clear In my mind. Indeed. I remember when I first went lo AiMrwa, isjnnf quit disappointed wnen i louno nm mvfnm cee were not muff seem to have beea recognised a tha necessary adjunct ef the- ward- J tta' J?hto l lB vlyB'a a recognl-ed form of eooUl enjoyment ai a,u.Bia, wnura ai in is l Ttae mckreoa nets ma . tlmev numbers of gowns, bodices, aho Oliver Twist" was the"Tlrst I ever reali buckles, perfumed glove of mbrt and I or hi. wmrk. then "David rn. 2 chlcksn skin to wear at night "to keep I Rut aide by aid with all thee books or her hands plump, soft and white." and rather Interwoven with them, was Hans aiso, wree meire or ermine, aabl and I Cbrlstlsn Andersen, tn best frisnd of grajr". are numerated, - ith chUdrea of ail tUaa I can never Third vice-president of th Chloago A Northwestern railway. Second vice-president President of tho Lk Short eV Michi gan Southern, ' President of tb Nw Tork Central. President of th whole VanderbUt sys tem, with ita 100,000 employes and ita 20,004 mile of trackage. i It is by ail odda the most brilliant ea In th entire annaia of American raiiroaamg. it te a plena ef success to ba proud of. and If Mr, Newman la today a thoroughly happy man, no one abould. """" ws mm or oegruags him l lota of hi aplendld satisfaction. ' - But let ue ee about the naarnlfloent pna tnat has eomo to thla man. But no; that Is not th word I tntend d to uee. a "prlB" la something that on draw la a lottery, something that fall to on by ehanca ; But Mr. Nw msn'a victory did not com to him by chanoa H worked for It Prom th beginning tq th end of this marvelou story aot aa element of c nance la to be aoen. With tha man whq ha won thla grand euoo It was from tho atart a simple problem la mathemat ics so much industry,- duty, -devotion, painstaking care aad nnconquorabl wIU power for ao much success, . Th young brakmnaa 1 handled the brakes conscientiously. - He ewor to himself that he would. If possible, do th beet braking of. any man on th road juat aa Epamtnondaa, when elected street commissioner of Thebes.awore that ha would attend to hia Job better than any other man bad over attended to It Ton may mark it down as being ab solutely certain that this man ba al ways been temperate, honest strictly attentive to tbe duty that be owed hi employers, a true gentlemen, invariably civil -and courteous to all, and above everything els a lover of bis work and an unfaltering believer in the proposl- ' Hon that what We ought to do and earn estly desired to do be would b enabled to da- ... . The) young brakeman didn't wMwe' ho worked. He didn't get th "blues" and any to himself. "Wbat'a th user He bad faith la himself, and looked on th bright aid a b straggled on tn hia battle with tb world, . Now, It la perfectly true that ther are not railroad ptwaidenoi enough to rive . on to every young man tn the land;', bat thl much may be stated dogmatical lythat every young man who succeed In any direction must do so by catching tha spirit and purpos of thla auccessf ul' railroad man. Do wall today tho teak that ' today : brings; work conscientiously, manfully, lovingly at that task, and tomorrow will ; bring a larger task with larger honors and emoluments... ' Above all else, be cheerful, be honefuL believe in your star, keen your fac to- , ward that star, and all will be welt , recollect th day when h did not draw m and hold me with hi wit and phll osophy and bla pathos, although' I could have given no adequate reason for my love for th dear Dan Th Littl Mermaid" was perhaps my favorite, and many a: tim on th seashore X bav stopped digging la the sand aad looked out to where th sun turned tb waters Into gold, for I know that ther was the dome of th palac where th mermaids lived In the blue crystal depths ever ao deep under the waves; that they cam up at sunset to sing and comb their hair. If only. I could- see one Juat one I And even new. so strong was tho Impression, I often watch th still summer sea and wonder if the golden light la a glint on their floatln hair. Hans Andersen's stories are tender and true, and by and by life teaches aa th meaning or ine myth and w a with eye trained by hia lnalght . . r - '' Km X UamttttlOBBi. ' ' Prom th Chicago Tribuna "It seems ta ma" said tb old rooster. "you ar not attending to bualneaa thess daya" ' "What's the use 7" clacked ths Old ben, "If you think I'm going to lay myself out to beat a trust and a stock of 41.000,000 gg la cold storage, you va got another guess coming. I may be a small operator, bat I'm no fool." harpenlng her Mil on a projecting nail la the. fence, ah attacked th frosen. garbhg ptl ftfaln, ' . . , ; By PROF. EPOAR L. LARKIN. ,' . , . U8T now a mighty cyclonic storm Is raging on th sua. Th disturb ance la composed of tl spot a, ssr . rounded and crossed by numerous bridges, tongues. Jet, filaments, wlsns and finer aprny of white-hot matter. The ar now pouring Into th abysses th black chasms below. Th length of th cluster of spots from extreme end to end ia 115,000 miles, and width from 10, uv to if.voo. The ntir area la one atupendoua aosn of turbulence, uphaaVal and unrest' ' .j. -. " . Th 11 spots ar debris or remnant from a glgaatld spot Tb large spots, each about 11,000 miles in dlamstsr, la eluding penumbra! shades, ar still In a atate of activity; but they, too, are being rapidly aubmergad- Two Jets were seen ex tending acroe tha larger of the pair. They wer M00 and lOOf mile wide, respectively. Tbelr ends, at terrific beat were already dividing Into smaller reached th other aide of the dark central umbra. - Th si of thla black center la equal to that of tb rth. - ' Tb other spot was also In tb clutch of JeU and trtoJ&era. . j ' , ;-; v ' ' : '-, " ' , But tb wildest sea ia between th tw ' ' large spots; it la 10,000 mUsa from apot -to spot across thla scene of indescrib able confusion. Pour little spots, one ' fourth th diameter of tha earth each, are In th appalling whirlpool of melted and gaseous metala, with Iron, jtnagne slum, calcium and sodium predorainat- lng, with mighty flood or hot hydrogen 4 exploding round about .. ;' . Th flrart signal that a spot Is about to r eome to an and la Jet of filament start ing over ft from one aide. . -. But th who! area now in turbulence -between the spou as w writ I crossed In many directions by Jets and bridge. " These show that th spot at first waa about 10,000 mile tn length, th two now seea being the ends. Nineteen smaller spot ar around tb edges of th troubled aa. aad seven ' : more ar- msdtistant regions It In alt Tha greatest number ever aeen by th writer at one time was 110. It i to be regretted that th storm could not hav been aeen at Its begin- its rury ia nearly axaanated bow r - t:
