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THE OREGON ; SUNDAY JOURNft; PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, , 1SC3. saaye I been caused by indulgence in disslpa- tion. : it wouia not- be too mucn tosay that If there was never A drop of liquor in the army there would never be any trouble or unhspplness In . the army of tha United States,, ' . , v i' n, i , u i i r- I . . ; 1 DRINK AND' ARMY SCANDALS! : , TRUE HAPPINESS .: J ,.,.. -.. -. - A , ., , --',., . . ; . - . - - - - - f .- v;. r .it 4CuMruchUjaua. ay W. ... Beeni-l THER . - an j '" T' ATSI HERB have been many acandaia tha array. berMnt ever in nv-war-approaching the Tag- rt--ase:tn entrusting owaii. ;'o one could longer doubt, the doctrine : . total uepiavny aiirr niftuini - . -'.dene that hta been spread upon the I",' v . rororfls-of court by-Major Twgaart ) f . Wad the witnesses eubpoenaed by him. ' If the tenth part . of the accusations asatifst Mrs. Taggart were true. Major ; 'y Tuawaft ohould have divorced tier tong J iejo. ti-. for. Aorne nneflcptainen -1-ru e continued to llv with- ber and . - (Mnlst oer. as hie wife years arter ne r. v"aef Ad todubltable evldenceof "-: er-mfldelity and debauchery. rbls 'alone should plisc' him' tn , ths llst Of : -. , contemptible and dishonor Me "sneri. ; ; '? jrl'hat fcefhould v..Allowed fcer-4o compromise ner reputation una n' m" Itlu.tit dleewelns-.snd oondomnmg nor most remarkable, a man'.wonny to ... . , ... (.hr.dl )uit'cnurairft and self-re- v ""iTTT ect BaffWknitljro; -protect Me family i . --t ed fprelally his wife rronr scannai. 'r ';: ? The .nearttees Wr In wWch e fika i.'.jf kecertd. JiU srlfe'Of the (troiast 4m v -r- . ttWrrftity bij$ Hwed i ia infamous s charce o' be Aobllshed- toy the world trranfis' Mm a ' coward . and rwtfdesro niui. not Watter :1f -they-era troe.V'of svlilch-toe reobllP. it- not'the owrV b . wtona Joiibtsi!prraJly. Jiaj Ire ren' :C fn fabve bad hla aueplcloW arousal y Vmanta 'n whore sttfrles tie aoeres'to .' if. fcave had Hr.plKMt .tonfldenr Instead f fwntlnr ,ther- JmpertliMjnr aa, q bon- 7' Jbrable "wuift" would have done. ; . c-'-rtrll -wotrid -sam lmpoRklWe . jtor iny rr.?rw)ii nmir-.to-1trv en able; -t1 lead '-tha ;'.k fife Major Tafranrt iawears bla lf led . i: ;, n'r . years, . . ne - winut ' hava 4een - an '4 - Jmasen' to hava survived such tibsn . fluRed lljwlpatlon. ' J The letters . which I v rad in ronrt aod of "Which : .Z .'XiiSor Taagart admits he la the author aymtradh-t tola sworn stotateent - flatly and show his oraVon icbaracter. : - -If I understand englivh, : I shonld - - Itav that his tearimony In tanrd to drinking Irtltisrtf was to ay he least ... ikHK tlitt1eis rsetrebes'0f X;Biif- iu a Cnvadtsh Inborn tor n fsmbrirftre. RarUfid. -have - x- 'tiled the nations of tha aarth. , " "iate "bodtos. .They .are -Indeed ipvet-'. J' . ions," and It ma turn ut thkt they-re 'kllve. , Hera 'tlio writer ndylsse sxtesme W-sutlon la arriving: at any -eonclnslon at 1 -"present. -Tor, iwha.fever Bwrka iu doing. : . k". " 1s -digging round khd Very .ear tbe r -'prJilHng rott-the base tff tistttre. - -V -. v:- '- "r Ufa and its ongeftsr. iMi4 are . ' .f' tfie impenetrsble my steries jof tbe tinl- ' :-" ;"' Tha extrnct ot one pound $f taef-'wa's ,. iflissolved ln .SOtS pounds -of distiileQ '. - r- ' '' "Voter. To this 'rnlxtrtre "Waa' added 1 ?; f.er cent Hepione, one of alt jind 10 of " trelaifn. Oentle -bntJ-wa arpHd tmltl . " the fngredlertta were all dissolved. . . v The cofttpound Is called bouillon. Any ; , v erm of dlsesse -placed this will grow '." others, und these will 'arrange them- - ' elvcs Into tnnifled groupa-r?hnlns of '.-.v'.tnkTObos. Thus at the rmr in t, iouis A'v. 4he writer ;tudld lontT'rowa of glass onntalnltiR tMill; UntUl'Mol veryaiiys, melt, jrer.e, Jigain. tioiuit rtmn : 'deadlier- tlian , ntryehnia, - up -,-th"roaVh ' Jt-liolern and bubonlo plsgtie to 'cancers And tuberculosis. . . , i . ' : "-, 'Burke sterilised tbb bouillon by bent - ip to 26 degrees Fahrenheit, fit dseees totter than boiling 'Woter. -This kills -. overy known microbe. -Ths'tlOw famous , culture Is-made by ' mesne -of a ctass ' . tube containing bouillon ; elxne this. Is a tlas -tuba--maln1oa' smalt 4Hlnntity inf radium. Thi llrtle tube had a fine Mrawn-out And.-easily' broken vf by a - tiook on the end of the -wire -ping Out through- cotton wool 'to the -right. 'When the end has been: broken -Hha Vliolo drops 1sto the bouillon. 'Kotni rrtbes can i pass 'through cotton-wooL Tle luira;ed tube Is there plsoed et rest In a warm cabinet. -'In 'St boors a won drous growth appears under tba radium. y AK X ''NWriMI.?U: tr . W.' R. Het.) . --.,- -- - . I MHk mv ' mind. There Is no i Jl -.deceit la tne. My ifrlends know "-where I stand. I never mince ehsUere. I Apeak right ut" The peraon Who makes this -declara-!tlon f ber Independence Is usually t a woarsn. 'though -men are sometlmen .'given Also to airing with pride their sen ttansnts and methods in buman Inter. course, each a 'eron assarts herself (with an Affect of settling ruffled foeth lera And 'calmly awaits the compliment 'ahe capeots from the listener. 4ut should she receive a compliment? . 'Candor is . an' admlrshlo virtue. But fcaridor with a bayonet or a sledge ham Jncr in tts hands mty be a very.dan- 'ijrerous-nhitTg-'toT-enoounter. Attnovlefi one speaks the truth on every occasion ' one need not knock down one's fellows nor run amuck against the prejudices of society. ; The habit of speaking one's mind at every opportunity in whatever eompAny Aavors of a aerf esteem which Ms nearly rtmd Atinaltty as hypocrisy, fWhy trample reugh-shotl on eourlesy; Why Ignore the plain fact that It takos more th" finepsrsouio sea souw. trnlhsT Thst truth may be sn. affair 7.rviion iind tun t nun mmr smrm" .jj-utk-tsUlng. hlundarar. may .miw. on.l . .then swear to a lie.' a peri ro -of v-"y H"TT6leraTIyisure to be inopportune to begin Jai vM-lfieS this gtAtement. People re -talrt A falae Impression,' They remember ' 'only half of what they saw. ' Few mem orise are altogether Accurate as rmmes, dates and .events.. P"1.1:? "n ,"" wide-r the other makes An uhconaclmn . bias. One ef the herdest things In life t to tell the direct, absolute. Irrefutable truth. r ' -,--' - "J -' The person who Is so prood -of her plain AMklng Is not thinking of a court of law la Which she mtgnt be as fright ; : vned aa any dther novice." bttt Of tft . "family circle. .At the table. In the par lor, in the evening; when the family ( airet, to her husband,', to her children, nd ti , acqualnUncea,' she speaka her i.t-fcilnd. eMtradlotory. . He .baa acandallsed.he post ' Where ' h -.was- atattonrt when ha aweara It required SO gallons or puncn for a eina-le hop; or tha officers and .la ates-ot-tne-'post auiH.uv ou -w credible capacity for drinking punchy " It would have been an easy matter for Major Taggart, if ha had desired. o--1ive -Trangeel for-tlw rklenea Uiliut-hlir wWo to tiave been given pri vately" and thereby spar r.ls own good nameud that of the mother of Ms bovs. who must to through life with-the tlgmft: stw jiuttoron tha name iat Taggart, ntfjtaatter What the eourt ie ctdea. ... , . - ; If Mrs. Tagfpfrt Is hot lost -to al) aenae 'of self-resiiart he will wish to se freed from tier bondage to such a mam,. who-Jhas o watAqnly aworn-nway her hsroetvr. Che may base -Xlnrted And been amUty of serious Indiscretions; may have- forfeited every claim t Ma jor Tftrgnm tovc and -reHbctf her -dUr-rlpatlon may have been such as to matte it necessory-to remove hcrTrom th esr-j ltertoaltloo of wife and toreaMrng ise- nfo f tier' borne .and tor liave taken tier thlWren from ' under this' teaiwaul Inf luenoef- no inntter trhftt ha did. this pobTIc r arraignment la tnexcnsable ,1n her husband Jiad must . evfiwore .'oa a deen' -liirmiliatlon to her -ehrtdren. t-who are td enoush tounderstand that -their father as Iteld their mother tip to uni versal .icovn.i if she has- in the.-smalleat degrea 1- aressed from the tmthe of ectltttde, ft tn aily way been fHli toi r vows. J or nan n"ny jpaijner been pntrtte B8 wife . .mother,- o a lie wen . nerseir to fall 'Into leslpwed hsblln. ene -snouio be .put -r-itwr.-r But . there ' re ways ,f tnfllottng -fust swMsbment ont wromrdoers ad eaurtnr tiersons to reap the 'eVneo;iiica -of nlnful eeda 'with out provofclo!r.viiblloaotpriaty. Tlmt an -officer of our army should not va availed trtmself et aat . these wwys and -pisivntely -secured the separation he eeka 1 palrtul Wevery ly American. i - Tha army imwst -'-feel vodlrnnt tnat aa ffkr".f IWnk tf major tthould have sunk aa tow ba to blacken ia own Tha activity -acas, 4n .wo two flf His of an inch. '. ' ' . - , - The fmpresirton -bss wpreal wV the world that these minute Objects 4tmg beings. But "Surka -does not say no. Vkls 4s.whnt he sswt took some of the "growt hi" jid vlaneed bem onder . k ., Wrh-power , : mlurosnope. . 4ia anya:-''" -; - , rVy looked lca 'iltba.vwut .v they lt not give obcdKwes when tn ocu luted-'Mn Yraeh iBedln, tbey eould acurfely ht "bnctorla, : Tba piogi'ess of a(y"0( the vubcu-ltnrasaifter a month, was extremely "small, and werfaJaly too mall for .tacteTtal-Towth.ir - 1 But ope microbe irtsced Tn JbOMlllon will "divide Into twosnd these -ognln Into thou sands; by one of be ost mys- 1 tertous proresnes in waturs taumw -j-tton-Whcra an organism -begins to -con tract in te-niaaie, iTKnncir uj an ever -voti trading thread, until tbey are nit. Into 'two -epr llvlrrr-nTr.als; And aneti of tbese fnto two more. iii ao om But Burba's :obJea" tlld -nou grow wltm put Into -Olher ubs. . Mowei'er, titer were wonderful objects, thus: . . . . ?On bee tin (t the culture'- the bacte rial -tike torms omplotpry disappeared'; but only - Umoom rlly. ' f oV .' AfterVaome miilueil WL w iulunisrne. nf,- u they dtsnppAsfed between h the a 1 teles When "ovposed "to daylight or -nsn hours, but reappeared again Bfr a few days- when -kept "In the -dark.' Thus It ecnaUtte cotiolaarve tbatlmtover1 they may e their presence 1e due -to th i pnntaneous action of e rSdiumv -. , -'Photograilha,' togetner 'witn iswoiia Of aye -obaerva ttons, IndlcAte tbst W an- tlnuous growth . and "deveMpanant -mks place, followed by aegragntlon. and tbeae suest vitality. - I tinve ventured, -is order to-'diatlngtttali tnm,-rom -altbar rrvstsls or 'microbes to 'Wlva Wn AM new tvHmo-radlophobes." Tlis entire summation f the mrrfs-to tba writer t seems- to e tbey ra Wgner than' crysfala, but ;Kwr than actual living thinga;. and It i the1 borderland Iwtmeen the inanlmitte and -living. .v A O L LE R . spirits over 's deal that he has success fully carried throwgh she thrOws -col l water n ht- satisfaction, by-remlndtnti brm of formerdlKappotnUnenta. . -"Dear ' father always - said -that 'you ware not cut out for a business -roan. You Are too f-asngulae. -Anybody -can get" tl better of youln a bargain. 1 should feel much .easier If you -were a clerk.- -:;---, , . v This style of 'eonversatlontis a distinct damper on 'Jones' 'enthusiasm. A 'man whose -wife in a perpetual-wet blanket cannot anally bold bis own with other msn. 'That his wife believes in- him r in forces his enthoslBsnvand attwoa-thews his ''will. - A-Wise and discreet wife. iif she happens to have a doubt, kseps' it :o her wn bosom and Is tnr 'from thn brutal "honesty '-that ""-speaks - Us -min i when doing so cannot Affect -the matter In-Hand.- ' - i-r -.. k Wa arislMrs;''A-wrmorB than 'words can tell," said ' a -Woman moch eagsgnrl In -works-of hnrKy'. ' "After 'she-moved awsy we found It Impossible to -secure any one- who eeuld fill iter -place. H yond any one I ever knew she had the I art oi tworaing agreeaoiy vira mmn and keeping' different sorts ef jpeople n -hamvniy 'Who -would 'Otherwlse-idtlssgres. Hhe said aocH pleasant thlngik. iwhen ere was 'nothing pleasant 'lo be. aald j aiis kspt siii There Is a kind of Jfenaor-'ftoiaUlMR pe'areoTe"Mn1iJIy on edge and atarta a .1 u n yv 1 K, 1 1 An Muvh llnat 11 M - ft I a coAvefaatlon when a man Is already late for His train or a girl la 'dressed for a party and lias nor time to heng her toilet. - - - - . Plain speaking , bet smk friends when two of them sre alone," doors shut -and curtglns drawn, la sometimes necessary. .ui ii muai oe managea aaroiuyorit t may ,ieare wounds and quickly pnl barrier between former Hose friends. " A Bias of talent -and scholsriy tastes very Auroessful in a difficult and ardu oua profession took It lata- hls-hesd 't writs a. novel. J it covered- rnsay pages of paper and occupied his leisure for a year.- "When It Was Complete he brought It to a literary friend and aaked for a candid criticism. . ,, . euros. In .his fVd desire to punish the Wife wf, his bosm. And it must be ex pected that action will be taken agtflnst Major Taggart based upon his conduct, which haa assuredly bean unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, ' His-'- sccusatlons and Insinuations against' brother officers of higher and loaser fwn ba artmself will oertalnly not be allowed -to go unnotloed. He tuts ' not beei , sat lufWd . with axttMklng officers, -bat baa made shocktog 1nsmu tlona .Against arroV tadhw,!. tteotistng tbMn of ndtcstion and neglect of dvrty as 'Wives and aaathers. . for vui Da Should be severely punlimed. . s Mrs. -Taggart s-aide of the eaee lias baeir beard in 'defense Of the wonen 'of the army.- which svlll, make her -many friends lk- o er the : eiatton,' eegardlemi of mmt tw short oemlnga, 4t she has any. v- ; ''- ' ' Her J demeanor uliwe ' athe " has teea dragged tnto'th riore and -Maarehlight of the publio eye baar-won' herNfrlends, nd tur the sake ttt wwmaaklad tt 4m to be boped rbat the tnomrtvous -h6S tht siava been brought ains tower may be taprovari, and aho tnay bear -herself with o mui-h illgntty as to change -pub- llo- oplfilon from -dtswrfst to wympatby for hr on aecotmt of 4ier-misfnrtuneln having been he wife wf an -Othello. Bra. Taggart 'claimed before -appearing at ttie. trlaj 3hat .aha &kl -a. o- otlsi hr Honor for tho aaka of tier children. All good - women -wlBoerwly' tiopa " that she-may- vtndtoat tierself, as well her WMle doubtless drinking at (Kslf hn been Mfeestiy wsaiggormted durins; the proceedings-tif this trim. It should inv pri as -Hi army deeply 'amd cause t'ro sMdwrtntabtnd1aorlmlnavtabd nl- vursel aw; iof liquors -st he clubs and private houses of nfmjr Officers. 8erv stnnathtng- olse "beoide punch - at hs hprs tmri poelat Xanc tlom.ot.. tha pasli. Officers f Mgher ewnk and tH1 r -wives owe ft o.ba younge fftoera end their famllaea ,.ovetn eotawple- of kbsto; mlAUSfMWJI. r - every acandal in thearmy has v'iBut Tfystala- are wiarveUws. I have wptched them by tba hoorn process of formation -ondr fatgh-power v inltsro soopeS. Tho-rgelecolea. wheel fntobetr tinea and places wHh Inored ibis velocity Ml tweeiaton. Whenever 1 -see a Crys-tab-row It 4 a almost 'tip aeaible to es cape the tmpresslon that tnoleoules Of wnrtcer knew, wbnt to Ho and where to to. -.. , ....,':.,.,. ff itwey do, mighty resuliS follow; for We wlll cowie arouad to a -point once oo- enpted by - atnehmt . philooovhers 'wbdi. taaght for agas that the entire -onsverse is mental. Tha Bth-ke toay not actu ally havefound the origin -of life, but ha to near that lnie rotable mystery. : - I twtleve tht-en wl find, the ortgtn of Mfe-Atheso --tollers 4n theaaldafght tahoratertea. :Ttiese researches 'ooai-J blned -with- wonders, now -being-discovered in mentolotrleal laboratories -eArry mentaMats -to ' the -vrge of declaring -that; there'fs no. Mmit to- the -hums s imtnif " . I-fvinpr belngs- 'Will "be tntKhmed by t4 -band of -man lnrthe Wear future, le the opinion- of :be- writer. ' i; "sAn-oplnlonroni -one of the chief eclen tino men f Krtghuid baa Just 'een roeelved. adlvm it is pow known gives objeots are aaoossivelyi mlnote bubbles oMhls gns entangled In -the vboalllon. Again. iJie radium may action -the gela tine and orm -babbles of -carbonic 1K ewtde -or-anlphuiterd -krowen. "-He ts at a loss, however, te account for A bab ble msfjef .-another as -germ- plasmic auolaua. ' -. . . : ,. v.-'-v : ' ' The great scientist, 'tWIver . ledge. ay a: ' Hit the face of it, tt looks as if some-coaipleicwirtlecalsr aggregates bad been -iffsrmed whlch AIM probably be found on the road towArd organic evolu tlon,". .;-lr i Edward Clodd onyai SfAs there can e ao -longer any doubt 'as'trj the fimdsmentsl unity of the -inorganic and 'the orgsnlc, khe -origin of life from Whet- is slld -ths aonllvlng' follows." And- -tiow the---world awaits nn -epinlon from-Haeckel. ;v All tbeMefeets. I eas bear 'anything ex oept faint -praise " . . v h .- . . .--The friend read the oval -and found It-dull, didAcjtlo and full of obvioua plat itudes, fhe clumsy oroeucaon of an am ateur, the kind -of prosy book, thst an never -be published -ws-ceptvat "the am thorsApense. In -onfloeiMethat he would -not 'give J offense- he -Apoke "his mind unsporingly "wlU. the-tresulc -thnt he lost a delightful aoqowlntance. ' Vew meft or women -ean patiently 'nare a atab'At waaiey vAmotir propre" oner) hurt -dora tint recover. The-wound sehfi under -the near- . 'We are -oof to tell lies, nor to evad-. nor- prevarlcAte, nor xnggerate. Or, may tell a dastardly lie and not open tils fmottth tThere - are times -when to -1 silent ts'to proclaim a fameheod. B"it speaking one's mind brusqualy-ahd boor-- lahly Is no part of speaking the troth -! .AsaaneSMevt -a ataak tes. , 4-vrynm'the Pbfmdetphla Presa. ' . -Mrs. sR. F. Pttagerald ls one Of the motvlerer persons In the employ of fhe United States treasury. - It Is aald of hep-tHAt ahe-knows 'more -a Hoot na- tlonnl "bank notes than any otherper sen living. '."Fos more than XO -years she has ipeen At-:work-1n the -branch -;of 'thA redemption "divisions Which meals with sack etes,-her task being to count, end identify currency -of that ; hind. She hosto-TloTrracb mending of -ra utile led bUls. and- Bometlme the problems 1 pre seated -to her sre bf sstraordMiary' diffl-eulty.-Where psrtlt-destroyed money -Is noneerned. -On more than one ocosslon she has tdentmed botes, rendering tt possible o redeem them at -ffrre-valus. when nothing remained -of them beyond plsss ths ' etas of um's ' Ungsi null. ngrsve. deJjn.irhaps.jinly a. bit. of border, ..-gave- the renulslte eiue. -Mrs, Pits sera Id -knows the designs 'every nattoMut 4stnk -note Issued In-this coun try,: and a-mere glimpse of a comer of any -ene-of them-will tell her What bank it.esmes "'frooi. . . r'A -r.t x-x-c -From' the Atchison VOIobe.' 'The Aig newspapere arenrtnting -pli tnresof John PsiU Jones, "fsom an old portrwlt:" -1 1 seems from this' that-John Paul Jems haan't had any plctUnaa takan rscently. - ,-. .. jr.:-c J ... I " Bluffer--IfA a good rtwa I easier to tell the truth than It Is to -lie. . , Jlardaead 'Tis, shJ-WslL fas heaven's tit- "Tell taetsAka,'Uien, wndbrit' you quit working? Inadequate :t. v S a J a t xe a !T 3of Educators By Mrs: John A; J-tan. ' , : . (COpyrlckt.- M6, fcy W. A. Htarstjl. f I HB salaries of teachers and du . m . ... iruMaHVied . the foI '..theme for -many mewapaper and HAV.-,.4lM articles, .without in fluencing any enaterlal rhange or d vitncoment. ' TheoaeaaenaattoB of almost .ii . iwava-asrnera. except aeaokors,- has knot Pace with the Increase la the priced of -v-ry oommoauy. hj be so no one seems to be ble to ex plain, and yet .It 4 fact peyona wie- proof. ' .' . - ' ' ,'' Tha profession Tt iducatOTS toAalree longer and -more ,thoroh preparatldn ht ahk'h i.nnMarv forrany utar -profession or veeetknv Tkeyjmust In Addition, sttiay . wary siara -a" time -to keep efbrcast wltb he progress of the age eiod- the Ave,lopmot of science, -art and .titeretwre,. If tbey are worts v of their positions. - Tbey tnuwt tsa- human nature, the 'temperaments. gifts and individual' aaw oi :umt ni,nita tn he- successful. Thy .snust cultivate patience, , tforboarsnee aad th necessnry tactica iyr . arrnvrui - nunlla ' - '.-.- .:.'.'.' ' ,- Thev mast be careful -to a proper examnle "beroro tne j-oain imruiwo their aro. -n aH fegpeetB,"tnelroblga tlona And duties Are relentlessly aact- BuK. And yet the sUodard or remuner ation for their sorvloca la absurdly low compared .with that given for- manual andnschaiicAlarvlce. ' '. Naturally it would be "unfortunate if tho posltjoa -were--taken by- preachors and seachera that they-would Only labor tvt LJthe lghwt pecuniary rewards; that tney wouia arauge tneir mtwroi vr mt prices paW them. uch a step would seriously affect the mashes and -would cut off very many -from the benefits of schools ami -churches. And It. In' not at all -probable- that any sueh position- -will ever bo taken by those wjio are engaged Ik the -work Of educating -or redeeming nuinklndj ..'...'.'"''-'' Persons occupied an- auch vocations and profess tons -have higher ambitions and Moals. Their- neerts are- as -wiuch enllated- as . their Intellects. V They are inspired to give their beet efforts to the cultivation -of 'enlhd. and (hearts. sni) await their -reward. Therefore it is the duty of those- who Aeclde the finan cial -considers inn o e - u .and ttea erons for the moat 'importanf work that la done for the-buenan -family. The-traatees And business manage r Of great univerBltls, eolleres '- and sc4ynls. -which are so liberally endowed by generous benefactors, should see to tt -"that - the wofessors. maAtsrs and teachers receive salaries and compensa tions oommensarste arKh their labors (or tbs- advaneeasent -of the pupils and atudents'-who are tinder their tutelage. Schoolboardn who a re -empowered to fix Jjhif salaries bf the Aenchers In the public wun snoura empey - nope out ins nVi efficient,--arnd- to them-sbould be paid'liberal salaries, -for of all servants they r "the- moat worthy of their Mrs. Tha requirement of the puplls f the pnbllo- orhools nd. hslrecting T. rent, ore toe '-most . onerous -or any ciontae -m All ti worbl. - Many 'tI tbase'teaehera most Cheers rg the trutlca of -parents an well as those f teachers. Tbey must -devoto their whole tfane, Inf ana out or sobooj nours, -to some ln torent of the--school tn -Which thy Are employed. -If they -bas-e Krfde and tbeyt shouict not be engaged if they bare not they are f reiojiUy confronted "wrth the -pklnful position, oh account -of -the Inadequacy " of their aahtrles. -of -being u mtblspAcootapllalfen to uo. - a t- I have Always thought thsflf school boa rds would be snore ambitious In the Aetection f the teaokera . and-, eeetog them -fairly oowipenanted fhf f their Bhors, sad less 4n the housing and pre tentiona ABpoinssnenta -of -the school bulldmg, it would "ispeak better for their -hearts and judgment. . Imposing aohool edifices are Air very well, -and ; a community -having --them should bo proud of them; at the same time -they ahpoid know that the teaaners In those buildings are the 4est -that n be weenred, -and 'that for 'the conscien tious -olschnrge of thetrtlUHoa they Te eelve equttabloAalaries. -Brains and the Apeelsl glfli neceoasry to make -good tsaohera should be -est frosted aa of more Importance and wort h ' more 'meney than es pensive buildings. ; . Hoggsrly salaries -Are poor, stimulants to Inspire teachers to their 'beet en aeoVoro for their pulpit A -Oood sMmrtM ttotxmly unka the recipient happy,' but In tho end .go. to the sbeaefit-f -the schools,, which get the advantage -Of (the many opporlonltiea Welkpaid teachers sen secwre'-for t hvrmwlvea . And .their pupils. v WeJi-peM -teachers are -not hnreased-by -the Inevitable. dniTMndi of tha Ittgh prtoes for the-rmcenstties -et life.- -and are -consequently ,-dn rtetter aplrlts and wre more cheerful while -4n the performance-of thelr-dutles and In tercourseiwtth, puplu and- atadents. 8 -y'nre-r-IjetliAAo.i..;.;Li. VlOOndUB ampaim has 4een "St sited In several tcuropeanna- "tion -gaint the dtieL - -The flret 'atep -taken AveryV where has been' the formation of 'wntl dueling" elubs. iThe nsntl-dueling" clubs have adopted reaoratiens snd'- reanestet thegnvenments'to -helpthsm in their crusade. - . -- --.- - - --An. -enterprlsiag newspaper, La Tie Kersase, 'which .tn .-gsooV Clngllsh- means The "Happy .-Life,". J after - convincing Itself of how tiseiBss-lta 'efforts 'were to abolish the -barbarous and ut-f -date etistom.i addressed-this 'question- to Us ' Ara yeu o are' you not agalnHt duel tirg' 1 ! - -ztztzZ answers dlffer ao-mueh that, after All rar-flibleTaKeT: the gentlemen; of Im Sit Hsreose are as rirnnnni ' -eaajm inav war nnrnra a-i what the majority of the French think About the matter. . ' . ' - . I A very Intesestlng detail Is that atnonit those" Who deolare themselves in fievor of -the - duel 'Are -wounted "many women The -fslr sew of a 11 the nations and of all the times' has always admlred'cour ge. The Reman tlrcuwas the meeting place -of the'most dlAttaemlshed ladles of the world's capital. rand the knight of the -middle agea always fought tn the presence of me.ny hundreds of femlnliis admlrefsi .'' r- i " - . - Today wents'a -esnnot be preKeii -t duels, and the j regret It. ' H - fhit -lt.ls not the opinion, of women that.-we-'Aiust seek when referring--to dueling. - Among other things, becaoee thev esagretAs-tmpnnwT, -The reason T " Vary klmpfa, '8eAui s OMKi months s I was Asked to answer the- following questions: , 1.. What Is happiness! '.till' happiness within tha reach of the average person T , X. ' Is hacntneas desirable T -i-, . "4.. If happiness were possible i would. not a great- Incentive ito. numan en deavor tie reovee" i ""'.' " v . What 4a the chief aim of life T ' "HaDOtness. to rr tWaklng. . Is- the atate of tnlnd wbtoh enables aa -to b grateful for the Aeon of life, asid to se JoK-e with the HA ach sun 4as( another day; -has iawoed for ear wse. Happlneaa 1a within ' the reach M every Individual f who la willing to Ac- velop his higher tonalities awn so control his lower and-mbre eel Rah net are. .Not until he realises ihAt this 19 the fOtmda, tion of bapplnesf, tbowever, cn- we hope for thle effort-dn-the kjort-of AAe avwr- age human betnfca. iie-reat jnajority of -people lata cine - bappineas ;meaas possessions of tanhntever "the -baaisn heart . era ves.vAr the baiaan . anted .de sires. .J - . - --.. ' ' ' -.' ' A -very little kbaorvAtmn will pre re te the most casual thinker how orroneoas Is that conceptloif of tho.wordV ... . . ' - I . - Our multi-mtHionalrea, are In posses i sion of whatever they desfre. but -It would be unwise tot point, to any one as a happy man. j ' t - . The child With Its toys An Christmas morning, the Hover -and tnald tn their first tIlna; the youag bride aod groom, the mother with her firstborn, the -girl at her first belt Jall are happy ; in one sense ''of the word.. ' But it is an ephemeral' -twa "feverish "-Aiapplneas,; oftlmes, end beside U walks the sweeter, of fear,' and tho ogra of change. ' '. , The toya are broken! The lovera-are tormented with Jealousy! - The bride ad groom and the young mother fear -death or disaster, and the young girl la suc ceeded by a rival at her second ball, and happlneaa dwells ao toiiger beside any of these. . -i 't -- ,'' The -snhu w-lio vmikee a'.'fof luno by rise, of stocks is happy foi day; the warrior 1 who ' -receives a det-oration for bravery end- the scholar Who - carrlc away the -honors -of 4laclns4 IS happy. --But these -ere all passing, eonditlons. , - - --- -r FmMWORiCERQPKaTYCLERIC,? BT PRO S QRJA LONQ ef t h U tti ism f 1 S 'f HERB are -two questions involved I tn this queotioh. bo4 of which .jJ.'-'-'men as V whole eaard aa of . prlmAry-traportance- -Tet I am Afraid that when it bacons -necesAary to decide between them most yonng men would select the ocouputlen which prem ised - the higher -wages and. aa they suppose, the greater eomfoBt. s' ! Health to the -young lis a matter of minor taiportance. Tooth .almost in variably looks forward aa ago with- soma klegrae of rertalnty.-and ta prepared to discount What, could It see with tfte eyes of old men. It -would' sacrifice almost All to retain. Tonn( men -will not learn from' the! experience of others; tbey prefer' to buy; It. : - -y" .- " .. i fBrfelly, ltme any tat once that the Average clerk, could 1m realise "the-altt uatton, -would select the rural worsere Ufa instead of . his awn not - thet -he need live on the lines of the plowman, for, alt hough it Is true that -on the land a-'man can only be -master or-oervant, the- servant can In tthme days find many positions 'of - real oomtort,' value and. re spectability, -and It s always - in . bis power, 'if-'he -goes-te 'work- the right aAtAirs ag ow htmsetrana eventually - to oocupyi -or even to own a oonstderAble area o land.. - v There are rnnnw elet-ka who Are. clerks by force of circumstances and who pos sess gifts -which under- good conditions Would enable them t achieve-distinct success in aame other industry. Includ ing that of land -cultwre. ' The -cpunry. If -lb promises- a -man small pay, is liberal In Its natural gifts,. Cosy - homes "With 'gardens wad allot-, mania are often attainable At very lew rents..nd a plot of fhd in the hands Of AA Industrious And Intelligent asaa adoat-materially to a limited Income.' .-If -not wnly-irov1deB him '-with ' the medium for producing fruit -and "vege tables, but honey, eggs, poultry, t&oon and milk. . The cultivation of Ma garden and allotment and his livestock- furnish him -with the necessary experience for A '"future - when - he acquires the Uule they do not have to fight toemselves. - Ask the. men what they think of golnt to the Tleld of honor,", and II they -are alncere, you will find, that, a vast ma jority are sgalnst It. t i. .' at ' ' Many, to doubt, wfll AnAwer thAt "thsy are. satisfied .with -the existence of tn- anChmt -custom, that It m the beat way f .settirng All questions -honorably. AAaklhtm if ty -would: Aglit a dul themselves. ' and - their r'jwply "Will b rwhy.'of courser . -But if you address the -same question to the same men on the eve ot an sctuul duel-they will not bAAo Sanguine. ' 'Dueling aa It now ewtnta la stupid. ,- In formerdaya It -was batifnal 'Ad The gentlemen, of , today do -not Anrry weapons. "While -onr; - ancestors ."werA armed to the. teeth.-. - : '' V A deep Insult toy A-4oah with a sword at hla aide, to -another man .also armed With a -troAd-fmpler waa naturally folr lowed by . thrust. The offense -was avenged on-the spot.' '- , ; . But -today. -When a msn -eorryfng an umbrajla slaps -the face of another man carrying A ' wrflking cane, there Is -no reason whythe Offended party -shoi;l hand his csrd.to his assailant -and mat j arrangements to light -him, -twm o three days later. With pIstOT-Of sword. ' In 'the afielent dtielk "there twere at least'some excusea: ' That they were Im promptu, 'that -the '-combatants 'fought WhHs ntclted, 'that they "did not plan coldlv end deliberately 4as the modem duelists) to toil melr adversaries. a wslflikAU wnAwuglt. - poor always suffer. "gAl'fc Trwr" W aon'i th,nk -nothing bf running i w -' TesaAd -the -man who can affofft to own a horse runs As wn the poor fellow n A btcyele." -r i - ' "Just so: and the fellow eh the hlysla rans Htssn the. poor -chap ,who 'has 'to walk." - - - ' '" ' '(That's -it; and the mil 'whA -walk stumbles against the 'Boor erlppte -who goes pn Crutches." . - : that's the Way; and 'the cripple oh crutches spends most of his -time. Jflm mlng -hla -sticks Hewn'on other people's corns. . It's a sadlr aelflsh wnrld.". .eft. " ttelada-vi lone this eatcewslveiy hftt WeAtherr -Tvmt r.''Wr. JBntedomT -Wr. 'k.-No: I ran t stsad IU.; I Aliall fgo awartf rwajrlf 'It nontlAAes. . - - " . -Btllnda I do hope ifwHII- I hold It trus that thoughts and things Endowed with bodlesJweath and winks, And that we send theai forth to fill . The. world with gaod Tesults or lli. ' " - - -. . :T - ; ; ThAfwhlch we call cur secret ttrsugtrt Speeds to the earth's remotest spot; ; ' And leaves Its blessings or its. woes ' ' Uke Aracks behma) It as a goeai -;-- . ' i - '- , . ..a It Is God's law. Remember 4t v , - - , la your still chamber as you alt;: ", With -thoughts you would not dare hare ,' known -.. ... t.M . Afid yet make comrades, when alone.' t These thoughts bive 'life; and they will , - tiy t '; ' - t ' ' - - ( . . Andleave their impress, by and: by, '.' ' I4ka soma rnarati breese -wtoae posaened " ' breath .- : - f "V. Breathes into homes Its tevsrftd.vreath. . " - : 7,, i I And aftsr you have quite forttot -Or all outgrown some'vanlsiied fhoaght. Back to your mind, to make t home, Ardovt, or-raven,. It will come. ' '. -. ' '. ' ':'- . '-' :' Then, let your secret ihoughts be fair;, S They have a vital part and share in shaping worlds and molding : POod'a, system Is so Intricate, v pot .'-get lied atates of miod. - and they oimnot be called 'happiness absolute. Jtoat 'happiness -rausi attest -on the foundation' of unselnsbneas. . Jt anaat spring .from -the oonsckjusmjss of use falneas, and It must be ooe tth fslth. It must forgot Its own good in helping others Wflnu 4hjf4ra. ' .Only this klad -of happiness Is . desirable. ' . . -' i. vl'he -happlneaa - which means -grattfled ambition and appetites. Is not a btgh And noble aim for'any'aoul to seek. ,A.nd gratined . ambitions and aavtaflsd appe tites do Hot eesult In happiness, ut in satiety ana oieconiesi. ii an 4apM neas were possible, then, indeed, a -great lAcentlve to haman endeavor -would be y-thWrtrntoTedr foT it Is The ceaseless striving toward -other -goals - ' than .- the one achieved which spars men 'An .to new effort. - The chief aim of Ufa te regarded by tkeasanda of people as .lbs-attainment- of bappiness -perseBaJ -gratUl ca farm which he is Always hoping to oc cupy. - .- -v.. , .-, What, in the Aneantlme. is theiosL- Hon of the clerk 1,1 apeak-of -4hses of the- bumble. -order, whose education fds them mora for the routine work eof. tie pen than those -who aspire to snore lu crative poettlona -which are '.presented by banks. Insurance companies and mor chants of a leaa ordinary type. If 1 am not mistaken, the olerk teasr drees to please the employer and live with la easy reach of his office, tha taklsg , pon himself a rsspdnAlbtllty -.for-Hrent -and rals "which ,Ja beyond Ms meaaa. --His weekly expenses Include the cost of rail or tramway ear, and At 4eaat one dally meal. away from bis own table.' His family mast, 'in. Ms Judgment, ilve and dress up to his position, aad An that .; position; Is "general) Talted' be yond what la warranted, - hm pecuniary resources are al way a sirs ined, even though he is .not tn a chronic, atate. ef Indebtedness. The .life of Ah lii-patd olerk cannot lie very happy one al though there are . exceptions It snaat. Indeed, -be incomparably .less enjovable than that of a well-paid farm hand, Who holds no Mf-eleced position tn society, who does not find It.lnrumbent to dress Afmlty -well, -igho 1a content" with plain fare and who has at All tlraea the privilege of estrscting endoyment freTD his own .vine. and tig tree, v o far . the contrast ts distinctly -tn tavor ot The country life. It presents an opportunity for -the 'wntabliAhtaewt of health, -of -enjoyment 'And ,f aao- moderate as this -wiy -e, Arhleh we-oannot Attribute to the career e Paths clerk, . although In Justice It r must be Admitted that there are -clerks who oe easlonnlly win prises In spite of the dimcultleA which lie lv their way. ' . -briefly, there Is no prespect .for Ake clerk such, as be coald Oepre ; on the other hand, a man with a baslness head en- hla shoulders, .who makes a. point of learning his work that Is, how to enl Uvpte the ooll. to breed, feed and man age livestock and farm work in geaural, while - be Is 'Otlll . a servant, ..has lowly himself to hkuae Jf lie fella to snake a By -KV. "THOMAS NE of the moal ahrrmlag as well as ' ene of -the -mast -ehamaful signs of the time tn wlrleh ws live Is the arawlng -diareearfl. -of PhHdren -for thejj- parenta. - , 1 'There were never -eo many tinaratsfull f disrespectful children ?ln the world s tnsre are today and the number is atAAd llysn' tbs IncreaiA, v , - In tar toe msny instances 'Fethef " and Mother'' are being -succeeded by'tThl Old Man" and "ThsOld Woman," for whom the "htda" seam to wave bat little of the warm filial love "and beautiful filial respect that -ased ; to -eharacteriae ; tha child's -feellag toward 'the parents.!-. 'I am very glad, therefore, or the op portnnlty - of -speaking -word -or two Apon so vital a anbject as that of . on'i or fiargh-trrs fluty to father and mother-. -"How should A bey treat hta molherf" I; thAt the question I am -to -asswer? Then I answer It quickly -aad unhesi tatingly, withpnt 'a moment's hatting r doubting: ' , , . - i . ,, hA boy should treat hla another wtth A heartfelt, uniform kindness.' lie should strive to love her with All Till heart and soul end .mind and strength and to love tar that, way right. Aloag. it would not bs a -bad thing If everv kev mine land, upuii gctlllilt UT o marn. Jng, '"i bis dsy, o tiod, help -me to nearly love my TnoioEr-. I way a boy -should love his moiher "fight Along.'-' eontinaoasly, always. . ; "Oncp a mother always .a mother" As tha word that every -son sSeuld thnr- oukhlr'tH'lleve "In. .. - w wiottor -what the --mother does, no matter how long ahemay ifall no mat ter what cloud may -wattle -upon ber, she hi year mother, aad It 1s your duty to stand by her. In fact.-the feToater her Btsiress, the direr her 'troubles -and -misfortunes, the mors firmly should yeu idedleate your self to her ervtr. . . . i Even 'though 'It -Ahould -aome to the point where you eould ao -loaawr seapsot her you should keep-en loving -her -asd protecting--her.-i .- T)m oKiihecmay ein.-for wheAa human' but ehe-esm eontmlt no eln so sunk And monstrous would be conrmrrted by the O tions. The chief aim of life Inten by the -gTeatr frwtor Is tho 'perfect of. character, the bringing out of God within. The moment , a- hun bettig grssps this fsot he la on the ri to' happiness. . ror whatever gorrowH aimncnca comes to mm . be wilt l it . toward aelf -development and find happiwesa Aattke -kaowledgs that, he worajag towaro self-completion, , Only whena man knows that 'ihe never bejtappy In doing one act or Ii boriag one thought which tjry, lower I mentally or morally, or -canSmar life of another, hr be' en tho rliMit r to reul happlneaa. Wealth, so ekgc ana- Bsaoiy -pursued by the majot-lty men.- has'lHtie to do wtth'happlnea laienefa js an aosoiute jou ot tin ". No Idle man or womaflia's anV' e prehension of. taia1 .Word. - -Work. . gardcd.by- many as the cusse se4t tirl man for his sin, -4A" Instead Ood'a blJ .: Nat- drudgery, but . blessed imnl ment, which ' brings- All the -aetlvlij Into play -and gives a' seat to reofeatl weslsh-fame, power, .sucoess.. p tion,' beauty. - all of . these ere -Inoapa of -producing happlneaa unless the- s is' sek' toward the heights of Qod J the-near t iwieA With ths'attzlbutes the- Christ -love am) sytnpatky. j -. Happiness t-would -be -Impossible w anm one betntr left alone aa earth: U just a tno-aegTee- taaira- aval fa se; .rated, from the teat sf 'huoaanltvrso that, soul sacapabla. of -onjeylagi- hapl neeA whUe still pursaleg tt. jast in f measure we eel aear Ae-tsjf Tttnd i eager to. of asa are-We -augment oar ohaaoes for happiness .on earth. Oniy he who flads auca-hspplheaa earth can-o-ipect to find lt In Jveav For- bappiness laA mental atate nd d e caeuiooeo oy pur -.aoughrs, ; The d 1 preach o heaven Is' throagh tKe, pal ay . or - bapplneaA. .The- approach happiness ties in love, trust Andiservl -XiOve'for the ttnivosae. trust i in d aad service, to hotaanlty. ' " "Jk Z.. And this leads te-the hapntness whl la immortal The bapplnesa 'within tl reach of au --te happlneaa - wtitch tdealrable,' "tbe Blet,a4mv0f Mfe." t t r 1 1 y d f, O x f rd 4. ' r ;. - . . home in which be can and hla AAva where be ao train- bis children tn tho many aeerut antlea WMch are the bad It. we may suDoose that tha sai.rv the average : clerk of which -w ,wrl vasjee irom aeeo to , line , . ,-,. Irnay AAaame that the waawa,fthe c paoia i ana nana who la able to-satin an -employer varies from ti to fio wsea, omitung-the low nay to, a, fel countries, with eertarn addUlons al pnvuegea. -a Harvester, may raarn t to 40 In the harveet -month, with e tra nay during tha hay and hoetnr e at he Ja a faithful And Valued umJ Apart from a house and garden rent-frJ 7-Aad Jn-oome Alatrlote a given-aigl " wias. ana nrowood-tie w obtain tips tn money and In kind, wit privileges which Are wqual to AAonay ail whioluare wet Ao -be dssplsed. , - 1 it be-eleotatowiake pvesisan rwhUe I servant he may be piaoed tm ohas-ge of atud. promoted -es forwaaan -oK .an ou lying farm, or bailiff en an eslale. wit a cm ooues, . large .4gnrden. a horJ to tide and drive, a poultry ward, mill w-ier jwa household. bis o pikswrrAnaAeeaawnrtMNy baiurf is indeed a more indapandsnt ma thAn many a -farmer. .The rseult of this OtaewsAkm may th'u f- 11 aisrs m a man ol mwtHo ana piuok hs may And muc happier - asid more orontabla mn . the aad than at the -desk, hut he mueJ rsaitae uiat it ts nrat nr ussasi j lii aerv an apprentloeahlp to - bis new. d..ti., He must be prepared -while leesntng hi k a patient, an "T "-f vewara in -aao- aeasoii There ts. hewever and tot thle be clear! '7ooa0 -wm m ' the eoun M-yslda for yeunr w mtxn .w., ethor-oourse, . .ids, -tty habits, blac ooata top hat and Sanaa, ejl 4mllcativJ noiner sphere, mast be Abandone. V? T"04- . 'There mus rr rrr.r " ransroraMeo, nlthous the atelldlty asd mwroareawivw -m- T, aedge'a character .m He ten- behindj ZLST3 IB. CREDDST. . v nor sun ad orrew ahouM vuawaji a, 4BPBr, . , , , , . -k -iln-Awylng that -a boy ahevid tore hi mother I aay alt that At -is -possible t wmr; wto ove one's mother -At ta bJ fcmd to her. to we respsotful to. her, to etady her aenfcwt -and aeaee nd tJ every wAy. Ao e 4rue. ahd faiUiful tJ Ad,.mnely, .ki ttlwre Wthlajr ! 7 Araooer or more beautiful to toehold than the -sight wf;a grateful """ wen or-oautrnter true to mother. '' axner. loving them, devoted to them, living ta make -their eld aga com fortable and basnet " . As Ood looks dwn upon the ways ef a noiuer eight! ; . And The reward -of Ahl i -There notniog Mike tt tiaAAr'he -sun.l i a o -gnow that yeu Jaw - father and motaerr that'you have aver Areamd them with (perfect respect; that you have al ways tried to make Ahem glad. And that you, have -never railed to Oo what you -eeuld to promote tbeJr ipeaee And happi ness -to knew tMs ta to knew the- richest joy tnat tire r Affords f When the tsnwat Mtraaaau was dvlne he oa Mad. for Coweta and muelo, -eleslring to Ale in the midst -of 'sweet odorg and the rlchost music, thatany tmn can have abaatMm--1n'li wilewui death tiotir It the memory f filial gratitadci toe recol teqtion .ot tha fart that be was always true xof aiaer-ana mother, ; , From the ChJosgoTribone. tt AMD hot day. wnd the AVrayhorsS and the thoroaghbpsd earriagawtorae hap pened to we ennuis at tne same trough, "'You're a perfect fright." said the horemrhbsed,-dutag in a bores laugh, "with that bloeoaa -old Atraw that on your .heed The drayhorae looked , At hfm, hut said notnuaj. '.-. -.Thea. "With A tiroAh Of Jils ambla tall. He brushed -a fly from the onlverlna hide Of nh fanrlage.horne. . -which the latter. mm -ma www iitiis eiump-or s tail,-was UMMff to vacn,anq tupped hlg oae in you soms nypaperi . . . , . .... . ... .- -. . '.V, i-1 ' . r '
