The Oregon daily journal., April 06, 1907, Image 6

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brief; for It la with words as
with' eumbeame, the more they "T
ara condensed the deeper they
bunu South ey. '
ROOSEVELT AND THE "INTER
; .:, . ;, ESTS."
XHE PRESIDENT and his close
I friends make a great futore
JL about certain trusts and cor
poration being opposed to his
policies and purposes, and because
the president thinks he haa discovered
that they are trying to beat his man,
whoever that may be, for the nomi
nation for president next year, ht re
gards the information as the disclos
tire, of a great and sensational plot or
conspiracy. Bute there seems to be
nothing new or unusual about it, nor
is it anything more than what any,
body might have expected, that these
interests should combine to. control
the Republican convention and the
government "' They have been doing
this for the last 40 years, -and have
invariably succeeded. yThcj -do not
exactly like Mr. Roosevelt for he is
somewhat ' intraetible yet probably
they do not regard him as so dan
get-Otis' a man' as he imagines that
they do. 'A president. who has not a
word to say against the tariff that
fosters most of the big trusts; and
who advocates a ship subsidy bill, is
not so bad as he might be for them.
The trusts and railroads no doubt
fear Brye.; he is the man they prob
ably must beat, and of course they
want to get the best man for them
selves that they can have nominated
by the Republicans, And it is not
likely that they 'are much' afraid of
the result, unless Roosevelt should
change his mind and run again. . He
is supposed' to be ready to Vouch
for Taft as a man who will pursue his
policies, but the people will not be
willing implicitly to 'trust to his judg
ment on that point But if the presi
dent and these great protected and
favored interests should really engage
in a finish fight in the next Republi
can convention, it would be an inter
esting one, with the odds in favor of
the "interests," unless ' Roosevelt
would run again himself. Only by
doing so could he be sure of carry
ing his point f .v
A HARRIMAN ATTORNEY'S
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' R. CRAVATH.1 a ' Harriman
I attorney,, arguing before the
interstate commerce com mi s-
go ft Alton deal "had been misunder
stood both by the , commission and
the public," but it is remembered that
Mr. Harriman declined on the. advice
of his attorney to enlighten the com
mission and the publie as to the de
tails of that transaction and his part
in it However, both tbe commission
ad Jn public have found out a good
deif, about h, and the more .they
learn about it the less they approve of
any such high financiering in connec
tion with what is essentially public
property." '!
Mr. Cravath asserted that in "the
Chicago ft Alton' deal "the officials
were pursuing , a well-recogniied
method , of ' distributing money to
stockholders, and that til these trans
actions were well understood by the
financial .interests of the country ."
rossibly, if he uses the term "finan
cial interests" in a restricted or the
Wall street sense, but the public and
perhaps the commission do not ap
prove of this ""well recogni-ed
method" of pumping a great amount
. e . - , -1. .. l .
ii wsict iiuui ana unloading
tV.em by a roundabout process on the
public, nor .of a president or master
of railroads making himself and his
roads, two parties, 'and buying and
felling, both, as a private Individual
and as a railroad president so as to
r-orket many millions of money on
i e deals. Everybody knows that the
--opl have to pay interest and divi
, -vis on these millions. As railroad
esttlent or master ' Mr. Harriman
, a trustee of the people; when he
-j such a 'Veil known method to
t r llions in bis pocket he is s
is sim
to 4V
,- tiling a position of trust
1 the people .whose inttretts he
'I be bound to. serve. This
. '-w of the matter that Attorney
.' rot Seem to understand
J.,. ;h. admitted thai It was
evident the time had come when th
par value of securities should obtain
a definite relation ' to their actual
value." Indeed! This is quite a con
cession, evidently made only in def
erence to the threatened flagella
tion of the big stick. Possibly if he
were given a few smart thumps Mr.
Cravath would express - an opinion
as to what the proportion of actual
value to oar value should be. He
said "the time had coma for a much
stricter regulation of tbe stocks and
bonds of semi-public corporations.
Evidently Mr. Cravath is a lawyer
susceptible of enlightenmentbut he
was talking to men whom he knew
he could not deceive much. He ar
gued that stock watering was neces
sary, but admitted that it ought, to
be regulated; the publie ought . to
know how rauch of securities was
cash and how. much water. -"
In other words, the business, as
conducted by Mr. Harriman and
others, was a pretty bad system of
buncoing the people, and since the
victims were getting onto the game
and swinging big sticks, something
to protect them should be done, but
Mr. Harriman should not be hit 'or
he had done only what was customary
in high finance circles, and was con.
spicuous and ' the victim f attacks
because be Jiad played the game
rather more boldly and successfully
than the rest .
NEEDED WORK DELAYED-
1'
R. JAMES J. HILL-has been
: quoted as saying recently in
, regard tothe congestion of
cific railrpad: r , . ,: . -,-,
Therea t a tunnel twe and a half
mllea'lons; on that alnsla-track atrttch
of roa4 (Taeoma to Paaco). The vt
moat capacity through the tunnel la l
little a bora S00 carloads a day,- count
ing everythlnx. and yet If the North
rn Paclfle could handle tba trarne
there would ba 606 carloads a day of
lumbar alone of farad. ' ' i
This is interesting as indicating the
growth of production and business
in the Pacific Northwest and is also
sufficient fully to explain and Justify
the construction of the North Bank
railroad. 'To double his Northern
Pacific s and Great Northern tracks
would necessitate" the enlargement of
the long tunnels through the Cascade
mountains, and even then the long,
heavy grades necessary to reach the
tunnels would remain. " With the new
line completed it will very likely be
used to carry much of the lumber sent
east by rail from Puget sound, as well
as the bulk '. of westbound heavy
freight '.A' '-.'
But while Mr. Hill is to be credited
with breaking away from the "gen
tlemen's understanding" and building
the North Bank road, it is not yet
explained why' he seeing , the rapid
growth of business in his territory,
and knowing that it must Increase
fr6m year to year, did not begin double-tracking
his existing' roads, .'as
well as building this new one, years
ago -especially since for IS yeafs he
was able at frequent intervals to pay
big dividends and issue large blocks
of new stock' as presents to stock
holders. Mr. Hill will need double
tracks not only for tbe new road but
also for the. old roads, and work on
new of enlarged tunnels ought to have
been going en for years past
MRS. SAGE'S GIFT.
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HE GIFT of ld,000,000 by Mrs.
V Rnssell Sage for the improve
. ment of social and living con-
ditions id the United States is,
curiously, rather an unusual one, and
while its results may never be dis
tinctly appreciable, it is entirely to be
commended.' If the money be "taint
ed" we know of no better way to re
move thetaint than by using it to
carry out Mrs. Sage's idea. Billions
have been given by rich people to the
causes of education and religion, but
few. philanthropists: ' have devoted
money to the purpose, if we under
stand it intended by Mrs. Sage. She
calls it a ."foundation" and says (t
will be within its scope to "investigate
and study the causes of adverse so
cial conditions, including ignorance,
poverty and vice; to ; suggest how
these conditions can be remedied or
ameliorated, and to put in operation
any means to that end. . '
This gift, differs from the great
gifts of Rockefeller and Carnegie in
that it will help to Improve the physi
cal, social and moral condition of the
tower strata of society rather than to
cultivate the mentality of the well-
to-do. . Nor, like Crncg''s library
gifts, does this require the expendi
ture of an equal or larger eraount on
the part of people who are ill able to
expend it for the required purpose.
' We think this gift, if supplemented
by others and the money it handled
hy people exceptionally capable of
suchj work, will accomplish much
more practical good for the. people of
this country than the same or even
larger amounts given to colleges.
, Education 's a very good thing,
for a large proportion 'of the .people
some education, we may say, for
all? but for many who are in a bad
condition in one 'way or another
tther things are far more important
and would be of far more practical
value than an education.
In our large cities are multitudes
who could be benefited immensely
by the expenditure of some money
in their behalf, not by giving it to
them to Jet them nse it as they please,
but to help them to help themselves;
in finding them employment in teach
ing them thrift in showing them the
folly of vice, in teaching them the
value of cleanliness and showing them
how' to avoid disease, ' in rescuing
women and girls from sweatshops
and other dens that are for them
hell on earth, in helping some to get
out into the country ana secure
little piece of land, in raising the
standard anions: the poor of the
American home. '. Jf : 1. , V -
What a vast field of labor is here
outspread, one that might well cm'
pky all MrsIT SageVHtnllttonST nd
Rockefeller's besides, and to better
advantage than in giving more of our
youth . a higher . education, which
makes but a fraction of them happier
or really better off in life. v
The country is not going to suffer
from lack of higher education, nor
front lack of churches, nor from lack
of theatres, but it must suffer from
the existence of the. "submerged
tenth," more or less, people living in
poverty, ignorance and vice. They are
all Jioman beings and most of them
are suscepttoie ot Dcttermeni at no
very great expense . per individual
Ten million dollars will be a .good
foundation" for a noble and .needed
work. ' '.. ;.
. WOMEN MAIL CARRIERS.
ACCORDING to a report of the
. postoffice , department 253
women are now employed as
., carriers on 'rural mail routes,
and four or five times that number,
it is estimated, are on the rolls 'as
substitute carriers. In many cases
the wives of the carriers do the work,
and do it, quite as well as their hus
bands would. A number of instances
are on record of women going ahead
with this work in the face of ob
stacles that would have stopped an
ordinary man. During a recent storm
in Pennsylvania a woman was ' the
only carrier in that part of the coun
try to start out on a route and com
plete the trip., She drove the entire
way through drifts and over almost
impassible- roads and delivered the
usual quota of mail. The postoffice
department points to her record as
One equaled by few men. - There have
been similar instances in this part of
the country. The wife of a prisoner
in the Multnomah: county jail, sen
tenced to death for murder, is a mail
carrier in a mountain region in Idaho,
and though the mother of two young
children performs her dutj faithfully
and devotes part of her meager sal
ary to an effort to save her unworthy
husband's life. '
Fourth Aassistant Superintendent
McGraw says in his report: "We can
depend upon the women to deliver the
mail, no matter what the condition of
the weather."' .' . '"' ' '.'. ..' ;' ' , .
How can the voters of Portland
vote intelligently in the coming city
primaries until they learn what can
didates Theodore Roosevelt desires
to have elected? He gave Chicago
the benefit of his advice and it will
be a most invidious display of favor
itism if he declines to favor the me
tropolis of the Pacific northwest in
similar manner. With six or eight
candidatesfor.' mayor," a. score or
more of aspirants for the council and
innumerable patriots who desire to
serve the city in other capacities, the
people of Portland' are in a state of
painful uncertainty which cannot be
relieved until they learn -definitely
and authoritatively the wishes of the
president It is is fortunate thing for
the American people that at hey have
some one. to do their .thinking for
them. .',Vr: " V l' " "'
In order to enter' the Democratic
primaries as a candidate for mayo,
Mr. Thomas would have to file & pe
k . a. m
tition with signatures equal to two
per cent of the number of votes cast
at the last ' election for the Demo
cratic candidate for representative in
congress, which would be about, 70
names. Is it a doubt on Mr Thomas'
part whether he could Secure this
number of petitioners that restrains
him' from announcing his candidacy?
As it is proverbially easy to induce
people to sign petitions for almost
any old thing, we believe that with
considerable effort many voters
might ..be. ; induced , to ; sign Mr.
Thomas' petition. He might even
get that many votes.' '
Now it is Senator Penrose who
says it is "absolutely untrue.", Thus
does the list of liars increase. Does
anybody in high political or financial
circles ever tell the truth? v'
In sn Indiana murder case the pros
ecuting attorney discovered after then
jury was impaneled and Sworn but be
fore the trial had proceeded that one
of the jurors had sworn falsely in his
examination and was in fact disquali
fied, so the court allowed this juror
to be dismissed and another one sub
stituted, and the defendant was con
victed and sentenced to imprisonment
for life. Now the supreme court of
that state reverses the case and dis
charges the prisoner, on the ground
that the action mentioned put him inl
jeopardy of his life twice. This is one
of many instances, which show how
the technicalities of the law are con
verted into tricka to trip up justice
and serve ' the ends of rascals and
criminals...: '
. Politics was not the paramount is
sue in the recent Chicago election,
and how much figure party cut in
the result is not easily ascertained.
The people had learned that "imme
diate municipal ownership" . of the
street-car lines-was impoasible.and
desired to settle the traction question
by granting the franchises proposed
by the council If Dunne had yielded
somewhat in this respect he probably
would have been reelected, as he was
not beaten by a large majority. His
mistake was in supposing "immediate
ownership was possible under preS'
ent conditions. .
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The Thaw lunacy commission hav
ing found him sane, District Attor
ney Jerome will try to appeal to the
higher courts, , which, if the appeal
shall be allowed wilt delay the com
pletion of the trial perhaps for weeks
more. It is to be hoped no appeal
will be allowed. The public is' tired
of the Thaw case, and the ends of
justice can in no wise be subserved
by any farther legal diversions. The
fellow is sane enough to be punished
f he deserves to be and the sooner
the jury decides that question the
better for all concerned." " 77" T
As soon as a talesman, jn the Ruef
case showed that he was entirely dis
qualified and physically unable to ait
as a juror, both sides - wanted him.
man with whom nothing is the
matter is the fellow the lawyers dont
want as a juror. By the way, we
don't quite understand yet why that
deaf and dumb man called as a juror
here the other day would not have
made an ideal one, ' , . "
A Chicago woman who has been
elected a justice of the : peace says
she will not allow her husband,' an
attorney, to practice before her. His
clients will be pleased at this decision;
the chances are that she would de
cide every case against him, regard
less of its merits. -,.J' . - i
A congressman who has been visit
ing the Isthmus of Panama, says
there is no doubt of grafting" there,
in connection with the construction
of the canaL , Swat him for a muck
raker; of course the idea of graft on
the isthmus is sinlply preposterous. -
Somehow we have a feeling of pity
for that new mayor of St Johns, but
perhaps he enjoys the strenuous life.
. . ' Guilty. :
: From Tba Dallea Optimist ' -We
accuse the Portland Journal of
plagiarism and can prove It and will.
Mare are the faata, let tbe candid reader
Judge: Last weak we published an ar
ticle la which we uaad the word "and"
17" tlmsa 'and la last night's Journal
there Is a leedlnf editorial using that
word It times) Plaglarlara pure and
simple, for they gave thle paper no
credit! . It la to waap that our Ideas
should be filched with Impunity!
Boston Sclentit$ Claim to Hav
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Joyous ' Sign of the
rrr
l imcs
, - By Prince Pater Krapotkla.
A reckless prosecution of personal In
taraata, with no regard to other peo
ple's neada. is not the only character
latlo of modern Ufa,, though one might
orten real temp tad to think ao whan
raraambertDar tha tyranny of truata In
the United gtatea and of eaars In Rus-
aia,
By the side of this currant whloh ao
prouuiy elalma leadership In human af
faire, we percalva a hard struggle aua-
talned by both tha rural and Induatrlal
populations In order to Introduce etand
Ing instltutlona of. mutual aid and sap
port and wa discover In all claaaaa of
society a widely spread movemaat to
ward the establishment of an Infinite
variety of mora or laas permanent In
stltutlona for tha aama purooaa. '
But whan we peas from publlo Ufa to
tne private lire or the modern Individual,
we-dlacover another aatremely wide
world of mutual aid and support, which
only paaeea unnoticed by moat, soololo
glata, because It Is limited to the nar
row circle of tba family and personal
m-miffnilTi I, - .
; Under tha present aocial avatam all
bonda of union among the Inhabitants ot
the aama atreat or neighborhood have
bean dlsaolvad. la tha richer parts of
ma iarg towns people live without
knowing who . are their next-door
neighbora. But In tha- crowded lanea
peopls know each other parfeotly and
ara continually brought . Into mutual
ooniacu
Of course, patty quarrels go their
eouree in the lanea 'aa elaewbere, but
groupings In accordance with personal
afflnltlaa grew un. and within their
eireie mutual aid la practiced to an
tent of which the rlohar classes have
no idea. ,
It we take, for Inetanca tha ehndraa
of a poor neighborhood who play in a
street or churchyard, or on a green, we
notice at once that a close union ex
ists among them and that that union
protects them- from all aorta of mtafor-
innaa. - ;
As aoon aa a mite bends Inquisitively
ever the opening of a drain, "Don't stop
there," another mite shouts out "Fe
ver sits In the hole." "Don't climb over
that wail, the train will kill you If you
tumblo down!" "Don't coma near tha
ditch!" "Don't eat those barrlaa poison.
Ton will die!" 8uch are the first
teaohlnge at the street urchin when he
joins his mates out of doors.
How many of tha children ' ahou
playgrounds ara the pavements would
ba crushed to death by the carta and
drowned In tha muddy waters,- were It
not for that kind of mutual support t
And whan a fair Jack haa made a
slip Into tha , unprotected ditch at the
back of tha mllkman'e yard, or a cherry
cheeked IJssle has, after alt tumbled
Into the river, tha young brood rataea
euoh cries that all tha neighborhood la
on tha alert and rushes to tba reaoue.
Then cornea the. alliance of the moth-
era. "Ton eould not Imagine" (a lady
doctor who Uvaa In poor neighborhood
told me lately) "how. much they help
each other. . If a woman haa prepared
nothing or eould prepare nothing for
the baby she expected all the neigh
bors bring aomethlng for tha neweom-
"One' of the neighbor always takes
care of the children : and eoma other
alwaya drope In to take care of tha
household, so long as the mother la In
bed." - - .
As to the eharitlee and the amounts
of work for general wall being which
ara voluntarily dona by se many well-to-do
persona, ae wall aa by workers,
everyone knows the part played In mod
ern life by these two categories of be
nevolence.
Men who have acquired' wealth often
do not find In It the expected eatiafae
tlon. Others begin to feel that what
ever economists may say about wealth
being the reward of capacity, thslr
own reward la exaggerated. .
The eonaclenee of human solidarity
begin to tell. ; . ,
Mysteries of Love.
By Paolo Mantegassa, President of the
Italian Anthropological Society.
Men are amateure In love. ..Women
only ara Ite artists. Its prlesteesea.
. Woman loves - more and batter than
man. For man love le an episode of
Ufa For women It la all ef Ufa, a
truth never mora forcibly nor eloquent
ly proclaimed than by a saintly woman
whose God was her supreme love. -
8L Theresa wrote t "Hell la a place
Mhm .... . ImMf .. -
Woman In her . love eacrtflcea all
pride, fortune, honor and Ufa.. Man
nearly alwaya aaerlfleee lore to pride,
money and honor. Maa In love Is volup
tuous. - Woman In love seeks te con
quer a 'heart.
In this sublime binary com poaltlon
of a maa and a woman who lova each
other the first le an electro-negative
element. ' Here goodneaa, . gantleness,
WHEN "THE
DltcoveredThat th Boul Weigh
BE PROUD OF
B Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Copyright 10T, by Amerloan-Journal-Examlner.
Bvery toller on earth should f sol him
self or herself an Important part of the
world a machinery. -.
If you ara a laundress or an errand
boy, a cash girl or a soulllon maid, a
clerk, a seamstress, a cook or a man of
all work, respect your toll and your
self. - ' -. v -.
The world needs yon and your work.
and you need tha work and tbe world'e
respect and patronage, ' Once you fill
your mind with this thought everything
will seem easier and leas disagreeable.
Make up your mind to be prompt to be
thorough, to ba honest to remember end
to be agreeable, and as sure ae you live
five yeara you will find yourself climb
ing up tha ladder of progress and suo-
eesa ' , ; i- .
It you are a steematrees on small pay
you probably feel discouraged as you
sea the sueoess of some fashionable
dressmsker. You wonder why she has
so much you bo little, . - v .
v But If yeu allow yourself to slight
your work dawdle over your work
to work plaj-sya" biittnnhnlee and make
uneven seams to - come late . and go
early you wiU never advance in your
trade. . , ......... , , . v ,y ....
If you are one of the-beat. most skil
ful and most agreeable, seamstresses to
be found you will advance, and rise and
succeed. The advance may be alow, but
all growth Is slow. - - t.
It you deliver parcel a and are prompt
ready and bright before long you will
find better paying work.
If you are an outdoor boy aad take
ears of the tools you use and do not
have to ba told tha aama dutiea over
and "over you will make your way In
Every younar. man who la starting nnt
In a eelf-eupportlng- career is hoping to
become a euooessful man to be ad
vancedand have hla wagee or his sal
ary increased aa the first . step on
ward. . -r :
When he hears of the progress soma
Other boy le making he wondere why
good luck, does not rail to hla lot and
medltatee gloomily upon 'the Dartialltv
of fortune, . ...
It might be wise for ell such bora to
think a bit on what qualities ara moat
likely to Insure promotion or to delay
It' -- v ; . . ;
The lad Who la sent out with lettere
to poet and requested to buy postals and
stampa and stamped newspaper wrap
per and to get the afternoon newspa
per at tha corner etand ea he returne
and cornea back without tha postals or
the paper le not hastening the day of
nis promotion.
Of eouree he te "sorry he forgot" and
he .la quite willing to go back and rec
tify hie error. But he does not realise
that In going back ha Is using his em
ployere time, not hla own, and . trying
hla patience. . - ' ' . . '. . .
He baa been engaged to rua errands
he la only a boy, of eouree, and boys
are not expected to have tha brains of
elf-abandonment; there force, whloh
wills and (controls,' .
Many young and handsome men never
have been loved. . They bad na force.
All great men. no matter of what age
or- acerbity of temper. : alwaya had
women to love them. No ferocious as
sassin, no criminal haa lacked a woman
to love him, because crime ltselx la a
force. J
Mirabeau. hideous of aspect, wae
adored. Goethe, at more thah SS yeara
of age, was loved by a young woman
who traversed Europe to Implore hie
love. Uast had love until th , last
day of his glorious old age.
.The love of woman la not found In
moderately forcible nervoua centers,
which dominate or subdue it. .Woman
thinks as she loves, while man loves
as he thinks.'
In books, to - religiose opinion. In
morality. In personal character and In
habit of - Ufa lova alwaya 1 present
with woman, be it concealed or apparent.-
w . , .' . ...
It le her primary motive power. -It
le her soul in everything. v
It Is responslbls for all her -faults
and virtues. - :
'.. ' On tha Sida.'' ;-,.
- I By Wax Jones. . ' ' '
Admiral Coghlan placed a horseshoe
on the keel of the Vestal, doubtless aa a
deUoste t eompliment to the Horee
Marines.''. w
German artillerymen bvaa' been prac
ticing firing at balloone of which eeveral
were "sunk."- For a time the "rau'tls"
had hopes that In the air they eould do
aa they please no - speed limits, no
anything?-to stop them. But now a
quite common soldier with a gun can
stop ths gassiest balloon ' that ' ever
floated tn the elouda. And there Isn't
a perfectly eafe and faahlonable way to
elope. The auto Is hopelessly "pasee, I
TRUSTS" DIES
From On Ouarttr of an Ouno
YOUR WORK
men. Yet the boy Is the men tn min
lature That la tha way hla employer reasons
and when he1 finds an effloe boy con
tinually forgetting one or twe of sev
eral errands he may excuse th negll
ganee, but ha does not - advance tha
wage or promote to. a higher position'
speedily. . . .'.-'-,,' '
Another lad "with ' no s better outlook,
geta puahed up and on merely because '
he, remembered tbe things he wee asked
to do. .
He that la faithful In little things,
shall be made ruler of many things. ..
The young maa tn a more important ;
poaltlon may judge of his future proa ,
pacts by the same rule.- ; -
Older men are- watching hla method a, .
and if they are slipshod and emtio and
spasmodie he need . not count on hie ..
smartness, his luck or his "nerveT to
carry htm forward with any great ve
locity or upward with any security.
. Wlen lis finds duller and lese gifted .
companions; advanced over him he need
not blame destiny, but look to his own
short-sightedness as ths cause.
The stenographer who uses a worn out .
ribbon on her machine and "misspells fend
mlapunctuates wonders why she does ."
not get on ae well aa other gtrle who
started even with her and she thinks the .'
world very unjust and deddee tbe lot .
of a- poor girl Is a ssd one, -
It doe not occur to her-that poor. .,
work can be at the bottom of her fall-."
ura. That soma worthy worfcere ara not
appreciated properly and that loot care
less employee and unskilled workmen -
and women do gat on by hook or erook
in the world we know! but that the,
bulk of earth'a failures, reault from
carelessness. Incompetency and forget
fulness of the taaka given them to do,
I believe careful lnveetigatlon would
prove. . ' . -. ','".,-.
One thing Is certain the boy or girt
who negtecte a task .or continually "for.
gets" Is taking nlns ehsneea out of tea
of ending as- an Ignominious failure:
and tha one who makes a point of re
membering and being faithful tq amall '
matters le at least building character
for his own enjoyment end satisfaction,
and there le every good reason to be-
Here that the structure so built will ba '
recognised by the world and by Dame
Fortune eventually.
To be worth while Is half the hap
Dlness of .Axiatence. '
. . I may not reach, the height I seek. ' ,
v My untried strength may fall me, ,
. And half way up the mountain peak
--- Rude tempeet .may assail ma
, But though that height I never gain,
Herein Ilea comfort for my pain, -, . '
I will be worthy of It v ." r
' I would rather be worthy of a thing
I did not posseee than to posses a ':
thing I wae not worthy of. But I do
not believe It Is possible to fall - of
achievement that which we make our
selves worthy of doing unless death In- 1 :
terferee and transplants us to a higher ';
plane of action, and "ae tha twig le In
clined so tha tree la bent" ,-'
and nobody, not even a lover, ean be
Insensible te the menace of bullets et.
a mile above the ground. ,a ;
. . , - - . v f
. ; ' 7 Today Inflatory. t
1497 Canada discovered by Certler. r ;
16SS Marriage of the Dauphin of .
France to Mary Stuart Quaea ot Soota.
160-M3lr Francis Walslnghsm, secre
tary af Mat under Queen , Elisabeth, ,
died. - i , . ) .
, I7SS Waahlngton chosen president ati
the United States. , . -.',
- ISIS Badajoa stormed and taken by
Lord Wellington.' , . ' . .. ';
1814 Napoleon Bonaparte sent to,
Elba. . . -' : r : -
18! The Mormon church founded. .' c -
18e The celebrated Koh-t-aoor dla- ,
mond a ent as a present to Queen Vlo
torts.' ' . ;." " ; ' ' j,
18t First day of, the battle of
Shlloh. ..''. :.--.-:.
18SS Ex-President Harrison married .
Mrs. Mary Scott Lorn Dlmmlok. .
1100 Ths Kentucky court of appeal
declared Beckham governor. - , .
104 Attempt on the life of the king
of Spain at Barcelona. ; . .. . ; ,
Whirling Aronnd the Hub.
A story sy Jeannstte Cooper In the ' .
April American Magaslne contatna the
following- Information concerning; the '
whereabouts of New En glanders : V
i "All of them that don't live In Bos
ton, live In Cambridge or Newton or
Dorc heater or Roxbury or East or West .
or North or South Cambridge or New-; ...
ton or Dorcheeter or Roxbury.".
South Africa in Line. I C ;
' 1 From a Conaular Report' , '
There are In the neighborhood of II.
000,000 worth of automobllee tn eon '
atant daUy use In Johanneeburg alone,
while lathe entire length of the. reef
at least twice that value will be found.
1
to an Ounoa Nowt Itam.