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THE OREGON SUNDAY-JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE 18. 1905.' P3 from God's loom. It la all on plc; tf lorn portion la rant and soiled by thoughtless hands, rry and repair and cleans It; but do-jiot gash .and soil your portion to reverig yourself upon th malsfactor who has despoiled hi How to Eliminate Anger tylanY Influence Exceeds AVomans - . . f .... By . -a i JljL b -4eyrlf St. 1S06. by W. B. Hesrat) acquaintance who believe he haa enemies and that they Ha bout him . write me he la on their track and he will never - rest until he he hi reveng. - "I am a food friend," her writes, "and a dan gerous foe; I have won the reputation of being- a vindictive enemy." Then h closes his letter Baying: "Gold help my traducerg one I locate them I" But I - feel that my j correapondent needa God's help quit as much aa do hla enemies. ;" I would rather earn tha reputation of Idiocy- than merit that of a vlndlctiv enemy to the wont ooundrel on earth. , would rather Buffer every InJuBtlc and Ignominy ,. that could be heaped upon mortar man xor on wm ii uuyj mv mind with a clan of vengeance. I 1 would rather be hated by the whoV world unjustly than to hat any on for '. one year.-. . I hava known moment of hatred in my lire; ana iney were me wiuai rnui momenta of my wbol experience. There " Is no sorrow, no suf f erlng. that csn -compare with the horrible sensation of bitter hatred. I recall three time when I was doml- . Hated by such emotion. Once - In my- childhood, when I received a punishment . I knew I did not merit. It wa utterly useless : for me to protest: - the older person who administered the chastlse--' ment waa blinded by unrsssonfhg anger, -and, email aa I was, I knew that such anger meant a phase of Insanity,- I wa punlahed, and 'humiliated In spirit, and " hurt In the flesh; and for a few mo ment I hated the person who dealt m the blows. The emotion, so new to m (for I was a notably loving and affec tionate child), terrified me with myself. . I waa a grown woman before I again felt this" lanoble sentiment. - A street car conductor Insisted that I had not I J H . I ...I. A him f kkfl - paia iv, ana wnen; invn n wwra. in sulting In his worda and manner. The car waa filled' With passengers, and I ..-.ia.a ...... .... KauaU a- preeslon. Had I been a man, I know my anger would have expressed Itself in .brute fore. I remember ,on leaving . the ear that I waa dim or vision ana scarcely able to atand, so overwhelming -wss my rage. That very day I read of . a tragedy thai took place not two Mock from where my experience had occurred, aa4 from simitar ii neonfrolleit tmmilaa , one man killed another In a moment of audden rage, over a trifle. I understood ao well how It had1 hap pened that It made me resolve to ellml- hate the . possibility,, of emStlonat In- nnf "UT- .IMH . la. Wfiat al!U hatred really are) from my nature. 1 began to try, and, of course, when we trv anvrerormatlon ' we alwaya - meet with tests of our' strength. The test - cam when a man placed hla nam to a .poem I had written, and after I made a statement that th poem wa hi and that I had atolen It. r - ., Th earn overwhelming hatred which bad seised" me . when-auhiActd...lA tha old Injustice again dominated ma. But S wna luun miiu ....... . " uiw hand and to realise that th only great evil In life la to lower our own moral .our own hearts. Bo I Substituted pity for hatred toward the -wrongdoer of earth, after that experience. Not -all at once: th mind muat be trained to weed uui iia unwon,njr lenaeociei.. uavw much of the animal In our makeup, and the animal impulses 'naturally "" assert -t , .. T3 .. . . V. w . ha a'lvlna tuvniavT.Tcra, w wai mw.w By (Coprrlght 1. y . t Hert.) A" 8 we go deeper down into Ilf w discover th' secret more and more of sorrow and helplessness. We see that many souls around vs lead 1dt and foolish Uvea, becauae . they believe they ar useless, unnoticed by II. unloved and convinced they have nothing within them that 1 worthy of loVa Rut .A .ha aaa .ha Imn. ...a com when every soul that exists rlslms his glsnce, his approval, hla love If only becauss It posaeses the mysterious gift of existence. The hour must-corn when he sees that falsehood and weak ness and -vice are but on the surface. hM hla ava ahall nfam. lt.Mn.k m rA discover tha truth and tha virtu that II Happy and biesaed hour when wicked- . ness stands forth revealed as- goodness -toereff-cf its guide- and treachery is seen to be loyalty forever astrsy from tmi highway of happiness, and hatred be comes only love in poignant despair that . ! digging ill grave, . - Then, unsuspected of any, shall It be-t with all thoae who ar near tha good, man aa It waa with the penitent thief;" Into the humblest soul that will thus have - been saved by a look, or a word, or a alienee, ahall'- the tru happiness fall the happinesa that fat cannot touch. that brings to an man ins ODiivion it gsve unto Socrates, and cauaea each on to forget until nightfall that the death. dealing cup had been drained ere th un went down. The Inner Ufa I perhapa not-what w deem It to be. There ar a many kind of inner live aa there ar of external lives. Into, these tranquil regions ths smallest may enter ay rrwaiiy awns wno I Is greatest, for th gat that lead thereto 1 not always tha gat of th Intellect. It often may happen that the man JA vsst knowledge shall knock at this gate In vain, reply being mad from within O $10,000 wns From th Nsw York Herald. 1 LTDE) i the beat camper nd WW, th hardeat working fiaher man In th world," ald a crony, speaking of L. C. Van Vleck'of Toledo, who fishing pra- pnsrnaila, valued at i .-. are.consta ered th finest In thl country. Th majority of angler ar content to devoU themselves to on fish, or per . chance two, gom men who have achieved greatness through their ability to lure wary denlaen from lake and - stream have don o beoaua they hav ''devoted yeara to studying th habit of on species until they know It and can - tak It under almoat any condition. But few fishermen ar able to flah under any. conditions and for any Kind ' of gam fish," On of th few who hav . been successful In thl respect Is Clyde Van Vleck, and It 1 because of hi lov ef angling that h ha gathered an Out ' fit aa romnlet In evsrr department a i Ingenuity can suggest. rm w-t nui . .iinr trout iiin-j, al though In th year h ha spent on the 1 -u. l J 1 . U - - . M ..kl'IT-ltuI urv'fa, iit.i. a 1 1 .1 lamwm inv Uliliai -Btates and Canada he ha killed aont of th superb speckled beauties, . ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. raor fully developed than tha other ani mals, because we have mare brain, rea aon and will power, and It we uae theae divine attribute w can exterminate whatever ia undealrabla and cultivate whatever la worth while. '' .' On of th methods I adopted In thl work of self-development waa to think of vry evildoer a a new-born Infant There la nothing which appeal more to th tender aid of one's nature than a helpless Infant So I Imagined th man or woman who atlrred me with anger or hatred a a baby - In Ha mother' arms, and then aa a little laughing child playing about th house. Each human being ha passed through this period, and I knew my mental pic ture waS'a true one. T -- . Invariably when t had-rrwtfit-my culpnt up to tha ageof 4 '1 -found my bitterness and anger melting Into pity tor trie innocent child who had, all un co nacloualy and by degrees, degenerated Into tha malefactor. , . f- --At- this Juncture 1tbecomeg "posslbl to breath from the heart and llpa theae Immortal worda: "Father, forgive -them, for they know not what they do." For in truth no sinner know th full mean- Mary A. - - On th v of her 8th birthday, Mr. Julia Ward Howe, on of th moat remarkable women America haa ever produced, wrote a poem com . memoratlng th death of "that other noted woman," Mra. Mary A. Liver -more, her life-long friend. . It la a tribute, simple In It line, but heartfelt In sentiment, and will atand aa a bit of literature beside Mrs. How' Immortal poem, "The Battle Hymn, ot n Republic," written at the does of the Civil war. . It reflecta still th tremendous genius which Mra. Howe ueed to make " the world listen to her message; as a production of ltd kind, it I prob ably without parallel In th world' history. . " ' tier la th poem; T '-""'7 v - By Julia Ward Howe. , - - f ' ..;' i:HCBByrtginv-ftl1': bTj,.M:. Hearstrii-..Jln;i L, ' The darkening of a brow belov'd, .. "" -.' ' "" ""'"" -The silence of a voice of cheer. -- -"V -That roused, reminded and .reproved-, : .". - ' ' . . ' ' For many a day, in many a year. 7", - . . . . ' "-.j; :-. . She stood beside the beds of pain ' "" J Where fainting soldiers scarce drew breath; " , ' .". She won them back to life again, " Or smiled away the pangs of death. - . ' I" .When Duty bade the woman speak, , ,,v ..'. How bravely -dwl she heed the call! ; .: With presence resolute, yet meek. She graced the temple Three decades of laborious years, Their holidayrthe light of home; TheirTecord in the past , Their promise, in the For everjTearhest word she spake Shall in Time's furrows ripen seed; . , The labor shall our world awake ; . ' To take dep "thought for human need.- We meti5n sorrovr at her" grawr - Right lovingly we say farewel . All richer for the life-she gave, All pporer for its broHn speJL,,- Goodness Bereft of Its MAURICE MAETERLINCK. by th man who know nothing, Th Inner life that I surest, .most lasting, possessed of the utmost beauty, muat needa be the one that consciousness slowly erects In Itself, with the aid of all that la purest in th soul. And ha la wise who haa learned i that thla life should be .nourished in every event of th day; he to whom deceit or betrayal serves but to enhance his wisdom he In whom evil Itself becomes fuel for the flam of love. He I wlae who at laati see in " suffering only 4he light that it had on the shadow it casts upon thoae who have sent it toward him. And wlaer still I the man to whom sorrow and Joy not only bring Increase of conscious ness, but also the knowledge that some thing exists superior to consciousness f"n T" rcsched this 'point is to reac the summit 6T whence at last we look down on the flame whose light ha helped otrr asceYrt. But not many can climb bo high," and happiness may e, achieved In" the " less ardsnt valley below, where tha flame spring darkly to Ilf. f - - And there ar existence still more ob scure which yet have their place of refuge., -' There ar some that Instinctively faahlon Inward lives for themselves. Thsre ar some that, bereft of Initiative and of intelligence, never discover the path that leads into themselves and are never aware of all that their refuge contains, and their action will be wholly tha sam as th action of those whose Intellect" weighs every treasure. There ar some who destr only good, though they know not wherefore they desire it.and have noausDlclon that good- mmm i xiw.uup.iia. sclousnesa. Th Inner Ufa begin when U soul become good and not when the Intellect ripen.- ;. It 1 aomewhat Strang that thl Inner life" cannot b formed out of evif. - S?5 Fishing Tackle Black baas, "of which Dr. Henahall says, "Inch for Inch and pound for pound he 1 the gamest flah that wtma," he ha taken In every river and atreara they hav made famous, r Tarpon, too, he seek, and ...very prlng finds him on th "Florida coast doing battle with ths flah which he con siders th gamest-the watera contain. No sport require better tool thafl rishlng. and tarpon fishing emphaalse thl. Among hi outfit Van Vlack may boast of tarpon tackle cond to none. It Include half a- dosen . rods made from selected Iron wood. Thea -rod ar not fancy In appearance, but they represent th acme of perfection, hand mad for their owner. Trie reel ar mammoth and were mad to order by a noted reelmaker. They run on Jeweled bearing Ilk a watch, and ar turned from th finest teel. - Th line used by Van Vleck for tak ing thla kind ofvsatt water gam fiah ar mad from 'Minnesota flax raised for th purpose. Each thread Is perfect and th strength Of th finished product is wonderful, , . But on hook 1 used by tarpon ffsh rmn. and It la th Invention of O. H. Ing of hi acts, whfch must Irivartsbly reflect injury upon himself. Buddha and Christ both left their Imperishable commandment to lov our enemies: we all find thla th hardeat of commands to obey; but I found pity tha next step to love, and It left hatred far In th distance. The eucceedtn Bart of th divine or der (which both great Haatera alao gave), "Do good to those who despite fully us you," became easier after pity entered In - for to do a good turn to th peraon you pity . I not so difficult aa to put yourself- out for on you de pi. I do not think w ar expected to be L"chummy' and intimate. with those we Know are liar ana micniei-manera. v a can- keep-them-t a safe distance until, by. our own well directed. -thought a an 1 - words, w change their attitude. And when an .opportunity oceitr to do them a, favor which will' help them to higher ground In any way, beatow It gladlyIt means helptng-youraelf to higher ground a wen. The next step toward . eliminating hatred-for your enemlea -ia-io-think of all humanity a a cloth of gold, woven Li ivermore and the hall. appears, days toc6mtr, " Guich No Inner life exist for him who soul is bereft of all nobleness. He may have full knowledge of self; he may know, maybe, why ha shun goodness and yet shall he seek In vain for the refuge, th trength. the-tressure of invisible glad ness . that form the . possession of him who can fearleaaly enter "his heart. For the Inner life la built up of a certain re joicing of soul and the soul' can never be happy If it possesses not and lov not omthlng lha 1 Pure. It may perhapa err in' It choice," but then, even, will it b happier than th soul to which It has never been given to choose. And thus w ar truly' aavlng a man If we Dnng it about that be love evil somewhat less than before, for we are helping that man to cohstruct deep down In his soul the refuge where against .h..n -.u r--- !-, vain. Thla refuge la the monument of cojiijclonsnfSjjDj. it may be, of love, for love- la nothing but consciousness, still vaguely" In search of Itself-gnd Terttable consciousness. .nothing but love that at last has emerged from the shadow, and it is In the deepest' recess of thl refuge that th aoul ahall kindle the wondrous fir of her Joy. And thl Are of the aoul I like unto no other Joy, and even aa material fire1 will chase away deadly disease, so will th Joy of th aoul scat ter sorrow that malevolent destiny brings. It arise not from exterior hap piness, it arises not from satisfied self love, for the Joy that self-lov procures become less as th soul become nobler, but th Joy of pur love Increases, a nobility come to the soul. Nor Is thl Joy born ot pride, for to be able to smile at it beauty I not enough to bring Joy to the soul. The soul that ha aomht. -in... Itself hasf th right to know of Its 'beauty, but to brood on this beauty too much, to become overconsclous thereof, were perhapa to detract aomewhat from th unconscious ness, of It lov. - Van Vleck. "brother of I C, who evolved It after. losing numerou fish by reason of hook bresklng.. Th hook 1 of finely tempered steel, so constructed that th train when th fish la hooked I along th line of th least resistance from th barb point to th tip of th rod -.- r Other accessories ar thumb stalls to control th reel, a th tarpon run, and without which th thumb Would soon be torn and bleeding; and gaff for landing th monarch, , In contrast to these powerful looking rod' ar fly rod for trout and bass, dellcat In appearance, the tfpa scarcely larger than a whip iaeh; yet representing tensile atrength. With these- Vsn Vleck ha whipped noted trout-atraam and lake In North America. . HI rod for th most pari wer mad Id order by a noted rodmaker, of the flneat bamboo, and arTmarvel of work manship. On of there weigh but ao ounce and a half, ': ' . . : Whem.th Bend Kay Dial." From th Atlanta Constitution. When th band - play "Dlxl" th young fellow tows their hat on high and ahout "Hooray!" and cheer th glad processions;, but . thr "Old Bo" who followed t and marched with '.Jack on' feel the thrill of It -from far and far away and look with dimmed eyea 4owj) ths phantom line and. hear th hugia'call the roll-' th drum on the "Eternal Camping ground." own. - Ther I no evildoer on earth who aet out in life deliberately desiring to be- bad, or to make unhapplne in the world. AH wrongdoing I th result of lgnorsnce and misdirected thought. By ignoranc I do not mean uneduca tlon. Many of th worst paopl In his tory hav been highly educated. 'Many Illiterate pertple are angele of light on earth. But the ignorance of God' truth, the Ignoranc of th law of caus and I effect, the Ignorance which blind th mwquu vision 10 iu .i" " - - - honesty 1 th bt policy and that noth lng pay but being true to one higher elf thl la th ignoranc which Ilea at tha-raot of U-wrongdoing. " - Th bad martrrthmen , the Jeal ous or-malilrtouB man haa alwaya th Ignorant point of view. He 1 aplritual ly BhortBlglited. And these people are tob pitied and helped up to th light. It cannot, be don by retaliation and vlndtotlv -revenge. As Buddha ald 00 year Jh-fora chrlt. ' Hal can only be killed by love." ' - ' . . However you ar msligned ad mis used 'by another, Vou are only lower ing your own etandard and leaaenlng the aura ofThorality in tha world by plan ning vengeance. ' Defend youreelf. -of course; there I no resl Jignlty in si lently ignoring a falaehood; refuta it. let him go hi way and -run hi rac. Live the truth .so aborulely In your thought, word and deed that you need do no more than deny a tat ment to be believed. That 1 th beat possible reveng to plan, for your lying enemies. When" you think of them aay. mentally: '1 am orry for you; you ar aorry, too, and you ar ashamed, and you will make reparation, peac and light and understanding of God's truth .b your." Bay these worda every ntght befor you sleep for . thos ' you bellev ar wronging you or hav wronged you. . "Peac b unto you" I a great phraes; It 1 th very hlghet wlah w can make for any one. To be at peac mean to hav an abaolutely clear conscience and an awakened spirit and a broad. under atandlng of Qod's waya and a large sym pathy with all humanity. Bo when you wish your enemies peac and light you ask for whst will mske them you friend and their own avior. If they open their heart nd receive.. It I, of courae. aggravating and Ir ritating to hav lie told about you. It mar th beautiful hour or lire io know you hav enemies who try to make trouble for you. But far worse than knowing you hav anetme la tn oonaclouanea that you ar any man's nenry. " . Bo long as you csn look your own soul in th eyes and say "Ther 1 no being on God earth I wlah anything but good; there la nofone I would not do a- good turn if I had th opportunity." then you hav nothing to fear, her or hereafter. .- It la a greater achievement to b un-. ahlr to keep your enemle than to b able to retain your friend.;:- Th moment you ar an enemy to your enemy you become your own worst foe. ' Tha moment von become a friend to your enemy he I disarmed and you are given a veritable armor which renders you invincible. When you have absolutely banished hatred from your Jieart and learned to control even th lmpulsof anger.' you will know a Joy that 1 indescribable. Your capacity to love will augment-as your hate diminishes. In the midst of hellish discord; and disorder you. will walk . in a heaven of -your -own, -yet-a heaven all may enter who will eek it by the same door at which you knocked. and by giving th password Iov. Envy. Jealousy, hatred, malic, falae hood will send their cruel shaft toward you In vain,, for they will only make you aorry for them; they cannot bring .you out of. your heaven, of pity ami love, tn- reveng yourself by their own methods. And that will be th most vere re rang you can beatow. Bine I know not fear or hate, ' What hav I to fear, O FateT -Thl la love' supreme decree,; Only good can come to me. Lov much. D reainli fc and Consciousness By lTOfor Oamlll KUnand. (Cepjrlght, IttOS. by W. 1L- Hearst.) HERB I on real distinction be tween the conditions we call dream and th waking state that when swak-I-know that '" ' "- - dream I tak no thought of th waking Stat. Awak ITcnow that I hava haan lluina TrT the fantastic drfamllfe and have com out of It lntdji real Ilf completely distinct from the other. I am In th f lnit tate. but know that there 1 a second. But when I am drssming I have- no. thought of another state thst I hav come out of and muat return to. I do not feel that ther 1 another ex istence radically separated from thla one, and I never compare th vision of my dream with th waking world, for I know nothing of It I hav th Impression of having always Uved the life I ra In, which seem natural, and even If I ask whether I am not dream ing it Is a merely verbal expression, wlt:h no accompanying sense of th meaning or ft. Another distinction and the only absulutly--olee-ne,- -t-hgt,-whti we f always awake from th dream, we never wake from th reality. . Thl-t why w bellev in th reality and not In th dream. These two differences ar difference In degree, but they do not necessarily Indicate difference In nature. Similar tact ar frequent among hypnotic. We may plunge them into a condition of eomnambulfatr) which w will call a aeo ond tat, and then, from tht hypno- htlse them over again Into another som nambulism, which w call th third Stat. Now th eurloua fact come to pas that th subject In th third atat recollects i the second stats, but when In th second atat again know nothing of th third atat. Thus ws hav the am difference between two eueoeeslv stsges of somnambulism as between the dream and walking states. But a -the stage two and three ar of th same nature, w hav a right to suppose that the dream and the waking, whoa phe nomena aa to each other are lmllc are likewise of th earn nature... . In the ordinary experience of man kind we do not awak from our normal condition, but la It proved that ther I nvr any awakening, any third state. Into which we may paae? Th-ruppositlon of soma such Stat Tnto which wr pas by death' 1 on of th fundamental of nearly all religion, and In thl na wa might contemplate th possibility of an awakening In whloh w shall b Astonished-t having given up ourselves o completely to th world of sense, at having taken a passing atat for a definite one. an ephemeral world for the sole and absolute world, a pro visional existence for th real on. . j Even hmonf mn aa w find, them w ' (Coprrlght, 1806. by W.'B. Besnt.1 " FOR om reason that nobody haa vr triad to explain women ar popUlarly aupposed to hav a monopoly on Influence.. W hear a great deal about woman' aacred Influence, but .. never about a man'. ..- , W ar never wtary of prating about a wife' lnfluenc over a ' husband, but nobody ever aay a word -about th hus band's lnfluenc over a wife. We sentimentalise by th yard over a mother influence, but we. are silent as th grav about a father' lnfluenc. Thousand of column ar printed In th newspaper overy year about woman' Influence in th home, butnot k paragraph about man's- - influence there. -On would "think th f Infl ueneeVa a distinctive. femlnlne-sttrlbiKe. such as long hsJr' or an 18-Inch waist, and the ability to lnfluenc people an occult feminine talent. Ilk the knack of being able to pas a woman on the street and tall, without looking- at her, everything she had on and what It coat' - - : I If really tru that woman Influ ence man more than h does herfXs Extravagance and Debt : - By BEATRICE FAIKFAX V-" (Copyright, 108. by W, R. Rearst.) TWO' hundred and fifty dollars for a pair of shoes and stockings. -What do yau think. 6f that, glrlaT Doesn't It seem wicked and senseless extravagance, no matter how slaatlo your pursestrlngs may be? Nevertheless I hav seen a pair of slipper ' and stocking whose combined cost amounted to that sum. Th stack ing wer white stlk Inset with medal linn of real ltfre and wer valued at 1150. . ,-. . Tha slipper were of whit satin inter woven with gold and silver thread and ornamented with buckles of quarts crys tal out Ilk diamond. I hav not th leaat doubt that both stocking and slipper were exceedingly pretty and that any woman would enjoy wearing them, did they not coat so out rageously. : ' -i It 1 Bald-that .many rich- women think nothing of ordering SO or 40 pair of shoes at a tlms, th price -ranging from (It to $100 a pair. - Think, of how many hungry mouth could b fed and half -clad feet properly shod for the coat of one pair of these exorbitantly priced ahoea. Extravagance in dreaa la one of the temptations that , women . hav to fight hardest agalnstv - " -'- . To see a pretty thing, to ant It very much and to hav to go. Without It Is hard. Isn't ItT - I know how It-feel, for I lov pretty things . myself. It Is essy to persuade y"mirserlthat ' you -need - a erlaln4hlngr- but It'a-also surprising to find how welt you can get on without It ...i -There' ho comfort tn wearing -thing when all the. while you have an uncom fortable, conscience-stricken feeling you don't need It I'll tell you a good plan. Start a bank : r Problems Phrenology Might Solve j. By MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN. ' ffi-5 ::i::::':-:r ::.' " I t I to b hoped that th experiment of th omcr of tn rauroao, in calling to thel Jtaalstanc in i nc of phranology In determining ha Htnaes of tblr employes Jot tha various branche-v of . their yolumlnoua- buainess may prov a wonaenui suo oess, and that they may make uch val n.hi. dlacoverlea by th method of ex amining th bump on applicant" head that ther may be -ewer miaiasea mn In the future In th appointment of person to positions of all kind. Uinr neonl scout th whol theory of phrenology and Inalst that ther 1 abaolutely nothing In th science: that It would be Impossible for any one to be able to feel of an Individual' head and correctly deerlb hi character. t urn Knwr"- ,r will be a fin thing if the Union I'acina orovea that th theories of phrenologists rcorrctii-valuable to them. It can be uaed by other appointing powers. They could demand of applicant an ex amination of their cranium, and if found dettcient for th .position they eek they 'could b turned down for eau. : : Under th rJsld rule of the civil serv ice we hear Of grave mistakes i for In stance, Secretary Bhaw was -unaDi to utillx th grave-digger 'a a coachman who waa certified to him in response to hi request for a competent Jehu.. There are other Instance of appointment of person to positions of very great I'm portanc which ar worss misfits. Perhaps the diplomatlo and conauiar service furnish th most glaring caaes of individual unfltnesa In th matter - appointments - meder-- Irr -th flrst place, it 1 a rar thing) for an appointee to speak th language of the country to which h is appointed, either In the dip lomatlo or conauiar , aervlc. It Is claimed that our English cousin ar greatly shocked at th manner in which se soma making an approach to a third tat, if not living In it. . 'What 1 science but th revelation of a new world different from th visible oner when we see light and -colors. they tell u"of anlnvlslbls ether with particles vibrating . with almoat Incal culabl rapidity; when w hear faint or -lira aound, sharp or grav, thy tell of th mor or leas ample and rapid vlbratlona of matter. When we perceive a -multiple or varied reality U Shows os th single phenome non of motion. Thes formuls do not. howsver, signify, as som think, that light . color . and sound do not xlat but that there I something 1 and that if w could gain new sense a nsw universe would open to . - Thl mean simply' that th sclentirio man ls4 ready half waked up front hi ordinary life and ha entered a new world. . Metaphysics 1 a waking up of thl kind. A - metaphyslelsn wh really be lleve "hi doctrine. Ilk Plato or Bptno-' sa, la already' living Id a new world and contemplating th supposed reality In which w ar still Immersed as a matter of lndlfferenc away off in th dim twilight To him what w regard as reality I only appearance, whll the eternal rain of atom or th play ft Immaterial fore or whatever h sup poses the-world to be mad of 1 th tru rellty. RelUloa la another audi awakening, By ""D OK O TH Y D IX. IUa fact that woman' lnfluenc mold th horn and oclety? . ' ,' Women bellev that their lnfluenc Is paramount In th world, and th clever est thing (and ths most selfish thing -that men hav ever don 1 ' to foater this delusion, for thereby they have given women the shadow while they took th substance and hav washed their hand of all responsibility when sf fairs "went wrong. ."You must not vote, tor Jit you do you will lose your sweet, womanly In fluence," men hav said to her, : and woman hss been content not to vote, for getting that th lnfluenc that Is backad up by th ability to do thing gain and doe not lo Jn postr, , . . Thbusanda of women hav wracked their lives by marrying drunkard, be cause they believed that a wife-'" In fluence wan a sort of Keeley cur that would keep a man from vr thirsting for a high ball again. : Thousand of broken-hearted women are waiting and, watching for a mother's holy .Influence to somehow get In its work and bring back to them th prod!-, gal aons . and daughters" who hav dis graced them and. deserted them. account and . th moment you feel tempted to buy something you feel to be extravagant hurry off and put your money in th bank. Tou will soon grow ao interested tn th growth of your wealth that It worTt be half so hard -to glv up th pretty thing. It doesn't eeem fair that one woman should spent 1250 on a pair of shoe and stockings and that . another woman should have to . pinch' and sav to buy ahoea at all. But It's th way of the world and there no use being unhappy over It - You can hav Juat a much fun In a pair of allppar that coat tl aa In a pair that cost tin, and what's more, you will be spared th consciousness of wicked extravagance. : If extravagance In any form Is on of your besetting sins, try with all your heart to conquer It. Bo much, unhapplness follows In -its train. . " ...... .... . It la so eaay to slip into debt and so desperately - hard to climb out of It ppn't let your lov of pretty thing lead you Into buying thos youan't afford or Into borrowing Money. Not 'only is S100 for a pair of shoe wicked extravagance. It I alao senseless. Th beauty Is not commenaurat with the coat ... If you keep your fee,t neatly and een albly ahod they will look Just aa well In plain leather shoes and cotton stocking as they would tn silk and satin. And Incidentally let me tell you that very few feet look well in light-colored shoes. They look fully a else larger In light colors ths a In dark Everything Is comparative and. though you are not paying tlOO a pair tor ahoea, you-may-be Inriuglng la some pet ex travagance that la quite out of propor tion to your means andnherefbreTwrong. Be sensible and live aa you can afford to, not a you might like to. 'our representatives speak th English language. . . Parent might adopt thla method to d.UrmjM thaabilltle of their children and through the medium of phrenology know exactly what each child could do and In that way aave a lot of valuable time and much money tn trying to de velop them in om special Una for which ' they hav not a single qualifi cation. .If all the money epent by In dulgent parent In trying to educate and fit their sons for profession and to make their daughter Ungulate, vocal let, musicians or artists, could hav been Invested wisely, many of them would have fine income from comfort able fortunes; who, alas, have nothing to show for th thousand foolishly x- peon-,, Borne, -fr- , thm- fflM h"!'.. thy had no .talent for th profession or accomplishment chosen for them. Others were. ttoJndolent to Jmproyth abili ties they-really had. "It ha com, to be a difficult problem to select domestic Servants, and , all would bs glad to Invoke the aid of phrenology or any other selenc -thst would enable them to chooae between the capabi and Incapable. If It were possible to collect, all th tear that hav been ahed over ineffi cient men and women who hav pro feaaed to be skilled Jaborer, and who demanded high price for their service, one would be astonished at. th actual unhsppines caused by stupid, reckless, employes. Every housekeeper could tell" a tala of wo of their worries and vex stlons trying to cops with multiple do mestio cares and ignorance of man and maid servants at th sam time, Thla vll ha become an affliction to the whole nation. -Ther 1 scarcely a de partment of life which 1 not more or less In need of orne sort of divination by which time and money could be aaved, and every, ona -forced to follow Tke Sea; Serpent Again keS From th '-Sydney Telegraph, APTAIN J. C. ROBINSON of the mall steamship Armadale Castle, -best kr.owa as th missionary ot th Castls .line, under date of December Is, 1904, makes tha following tatementl - ... ... "On her present voyage out th Arma dale Castle met with an Interesting ex perience. The ship's perpendicular atm truck a larg fish which wa very likely aaleep behind th pectoral fin. H had been doubled across th port aid and th body and tall along th tar board aid of the bow. Th violent strug gles of th creatur to free itself from and to tha devout man this llfs 1 only a provisional on, a trial, th prelude to th tru Of,' and whll he may re gard th world of Bens aa real, too. he looks forward to-superior reality, which It 1 th privilege of th elect to eon'' template, and It I some feeling. of this kind that ha sustained martyr and a Incited men of all age and all faiths to suffer, end endur and dis to what th believed. Mlllltma of devout - and credulous women hav been bringing wOmao' aa cred influence to bear for. lo, theee many year upon tha drink question and th social purity question and yet In temperance, and vice never flaunted themselves aa openly and shamelessly as they do today. . , '- . In the meantime, man ha kept eus- If. naua ..11.. akA.tk liu.iuu.ij - his Influence over woman, or hi In fluence In the bom, or his Influence aa a reformer. ... - But he doe things, and the humor of the situation lie in th fact that while women talk about influencing men, men mold women aa if they were civ In th hand of th potter. ... ' Am an doe not marry a drunken and; disreputable woman thinking that a huabane lnfluenc will reform her. He reruSe to marry any woman wno.Tia not a blameleaa character, and that on thing haa kept wumen, aa a x, free from vice. . There ar Juat a many .women, of Im moral tendencies. Juat a many women with a craving for Intoxicants, Just a many with th gambling mania a ther ar men for women ar th daughter of their father and Inherit their week nesses but th lnfluenc of man over woman haa been strong enough to mak her control herself and go atralght 'Women's Influence over men has never yet been strong enough to do this, and until it doe women are not en titled to brag about their particular brand of ; moral suasion. . r ' " It l alao-.mana inriuenc, ana noi woman', that keep th horn on a high plane. . No matter what he may do him self, h haa drawn up an Ideal eod of moral for th regulation of hla home. DU De aw a. mat Hi. wui iotiuwi iiviii,. or elss h hale her Into lb dlvorc court.. - ' ... ' Women' lnfluenc haa never been strong enough over men to even keep them at home of an evening. Aa far a th children ar concerned, the most casual obssrvatlon will show anybody that th father haa 10 time much Influence aa th mother. Th children defer to hi opinion mora than they do to their mother', becauae they know that hehaa awider knowledge of th world. They obey him better, becauae he ha tha vole and habit of authority. They hav more respect for him, because h 1 not a easily "worked" aa their mother. .' - - - It Is unfortunately too tru that th majority of father do not exercise their influence over" their children' to. control them and to.J-alse them up into being decent , law-abiding men and woman which la th .reason that ao mlnv map. rui t hat lo mnthftra ha va to depend on the weak, intangible power of a mother' influence to" savs their way ward children. -. . There- i no Toora for discussion of which 'sex ha th greatest, influence In moral questions. Men hav . already " nown mat tney nave tn ability to in- tltut any kind of reform they desire. - When they get ready to abollah drunk--enneaa and gambling and vice generally they will do In on mlnut what all th acraa inriuenc or woman has never be gun to do, and couldn't do, la all tr- nlty of time. jnaeea. tn iniiueno or woman, taking It by and large, upon th maaculln x 1 ao little, when compared with man' Influence upon woman a a sex. that It la scarcely worth considering. Tha wonder TB'that the i "myth of woman' In fluenc ahould vr hav gained such currency. . - - - -" th calling for which h or she la fitted by natur. , ' - We hava heard ministers In the pulplf trying to expound th gospel who ahould hav been breaking rock on a railroad Trialead . of pounding th desk in their lacked In genu in religion and wisdom. If such could b excluded from th min istry by phrenology or in any other way religion would not so often be aubjeoted to derision. .... Ther ar teacher In th world who hav not a elngl qualification for their vocation. The barm they hav done In causing young mind to abhor educa tion should have been prevented by a phrenological teat before they wer al lowed to do.ao much mischief. Who haa not seen the bullise masquerading wer minus th bump of tru eoldlar? It la simply appalling to think of the -bu.tchry committed under tha gula -of ' surgery, stmply becauss men ar per mitted to practice a profeulon for which they hav no God-glvn gifts. It war wall if man of thla elan wer forced to follow th vocation of better men In th slsughter-house; they could -handle th knife and cleaver of th butcher on animal of th lower order far more skillfully than th dellcat in strument of th surgeon oa forma di vine. . . . ..; ...... ., ii im ciaimea tnai pnrenoiogy can oe tct tb bump of dishonesty. Surely, if It had been applied In selecting men for positions lof trust In great financial en terprises th whol country would not have Kaa.fl atjkrtla hv flilh Bt 11 n m. r... defalcation as hav recently occurred. ' The innovation of th great corpora tion will be watched with eagerness and a fervent-wish that It may revolutionise the whole yatenr of selecting eligible professions and vocations. , Its position led to Its triklng the aid with Its tall, marking th paint and afterward enabled us to mak fairly ac (urate .measurement, giving tl feet to ha .iti. . . au. a. a . of curve a total of 57 feet- In girth the fish wa about th diameter of ship's lifeboat, gracefully tapered toward th tali.'" Owing to th contortion of th body a on could aay for certain whether It was a mammal or fish.' Th head was "blunt and barrel-shaped and th right ere appeared to b fairly larg and protruding. The body wa of a green-lah-hrowfi anion, .with i ar r. dark mnli . all over th back and sides, the lower parts being of dull white. Th engine . wer at one stopped and reverend, but It wa a quarter of an hour befor th hip wa freed, when th fien sank slowly, tail UrnW " - - A pedal Inverts. From th Atlanta Constitution. "Here's the story of a man -- ' while eating watermelons" "My. my !' exclaimed r ' brother. Tew ds Lt Moms pc'.y,- I . ... . ' . '' . .