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    is Better for One Titan'
vavHEN Hark Twain appeared my
- 11 ' a driving mow atorm clad In
f I , laat winter, wtaa-acrea ahook
their heada and aagely da-
clared:
" ri knew 1C Clemens has reached hla
. second childhood. His race Is nearly
run."
" Tt despite these gloomy predictions
the i" dean of humorlats la hale and
hearty at 72 years of are; la grinding out
the best humor the Amerlean people
- ever except to read; and la delving Into
scientific work with equal ardor. Long
. liva "America's ' greaiest man! Ha la
America's greatest man, history and a
certain portion of public sentiment not
wiinBianaing. tie nas maae
- laugh: has airen the world
aspect to every man who has
of hla humorous books, and
i his. There can be no areater
than hla, the task of making merri
raan t
- MarkT Twain at home la the place to
see him If you wish to fully appreciate
( what a really great man he la. He Is
.the typical American, Independent, fear-
Taiedo. is hla bedroom. He does all
his writing reclining on hie bed in
tbese latter days, it la a ver
ry plain
5e can
room but the author declares
e author declares lie can
when there are no "fol-de-
to distract hla attention
work better
rols" about
Hi Own Story.
It'to tt. wthor'. greatest joy to Ml
how Jie achieved hla present age and
sound health. He said recently: ' ,
-I hav. achieved my 71 yjar. In th.
usual way. by sticking stricUy to a
scheme of life, which would kill any
KM, al.a , T mv.Am Kir am avAaMfi.
'?;:Jt WftSim
tlon. but that is really the common rule 21 cheaper than, the other breakfast ad worked day and night to build a lus. The truth la that even now the
for attaining old age. "We hav no per- fooaa. I was the first Standard Oil city The location illustrates the curl- people of Florida take very little inter
manent hablta until w are 40. Then trust. I nad it an. By tne time trie 0us notions of tha path blasers aa to an est in the famous humorist. One old
. w Kat4 a
harden, preaently they
iwitifVfhun hualneaa be-ina. fllnna 40
f haveTen regular about going to bed
aa oei
whea there waa not anybody left to sit'
up with, and I have made It a rule to
get up when I hav to. Thla has re-
Suited In an unawerving regularity, of
irregularity. The matter of diet which Is
SIMPLICITY, ESSENCE OF WISDOM-Power
Direct Glance of Honest, Loving Soul .
1 By Landon Carter.
(Copyright, IMS, by W. B. Hani.)
THERE are some pessimists who
probe, duplicity, sneer at virtue
and declare i that simplicity Is but
, an encouraging target for the
more worldly wise, who are over
' keen to take advantage of Ignorance and
' Innocence. Such theories, however, can
i from no standpoint be upheld, f for
" there la no human being ao totally de
'praved but that he will respond to cer
; 'tain gentle Issues, and there is n
''' quality more insinuating In Its gentle
hens than simplicity.
So far from simplicity indicating a
-' lack of Intellectual strength, it is the
essence of wisdom and Inspires condi
denoe when all else would doubtless fail.
. There is a power in the simplicity and
direct glance of an honest, loving soul
that will do more to dissipate prejudice
; and kindle, charity and faith than the
;. most elaborate and intricate arguments.
" What greater power known to man than
. BABBER SHOP DIALOGUE
In Which a Questioner LaUer Ven
tures a Prediction.
'From the New York Sun.
The man cam into the barber shop
but he wasn't after shave, haircut or
shine. He looked about blankly for a
, r, moment and then aaked:
"Where'e the manicure?"
The boss -was out at lunch, and it waa
.t the second barber who answered: "She a
not hr." - - . .
H didn't ay"8he'a not here today,"
r "She's not here any more' fwt, "She's
not-her.' i:-'4!t ; ,., .
"Oh. said the man Who wanted the'
manicure, rather. Inconclusively, that
Isn't tnurh of an answer." Then' sud
den) v. " You're not the boss here, are
YOU ' -' ' -.;
'"Ko, I'm tha second barber,' replied
tha other. . -..:-, .
"Well, that's what you'll always be,"
gald the Inquirer and Went out
"I wonder what he ment by that.!
- said the barber to the man he was shav
"ina. - "One of; thaqi. ccentrlc fellers,
t Ut
Exercise His Workroom
miiuun, , ti. 1 a., ... j V . ... ..a..
brlKhttr uullsr iuiu uuui, x nv uwu ir- 10 wutn any. Axercisa IB loiiuiome uia early oiiier.
rid on n7. ""5i.m,V l? u.'r Jt cannot b of ny benefit when you trem wouia
h didn't Bgra with m, until on or th .... . . .. . from the town
wnrv pmer or u -ot mo Deat or it. until ". ara visitor
lately I got the best of it myself. But
recently I stopped frolicking with mince
pie after midnight; up to then. I had al
ways believed It wasn't loaded. For
SO years I have taken coffee and bread
J!1flia9tAlABA.
TPL''Z? Jl. J""? A .l0del- vrI
at f In the morning and no bite nor auo
until 7:10 In the evening. I have made
rule never, t amoke mora than one
"f" " um.,J nv?r5..l5er ?J?1
.i. t v..;. .k,, ,.V
?JjLnAlnlfc--,6i2? 'Ji?.JHa iJft? lTi'
.KIT ki iur.Vn t.T
2" oth5r" ,rl2ki If,lkwbfi.,V
otherwise I remain dry, by -habit ana
preference. This dryness does not hurt
me. but It could easily hurt you, be
cause you are different, tou let it
J?.nnc; t WM seven yr. old I have
seldom taken a dosa of medicine and
have seldom needed one. But up to
i'ix StiSFtESZ
for I don't think I did. It waa for
economy's sake. My father took a drug
ItOfl tOT tL dDt AUG It mad COd llVOr
orug store waa eanaustea my neaitn
was sUbllshed. And there has never
cl the matter tith me since.
Trie Rest Care,
, w .,.f
" nTr tkn exejeise, . except
sleeping arid resting, and I never Intend
the' Influence of a slnoere, unaffected
wnman an rathar than her faith and
honesty beine- imposed upon, her very
oub auspicious chaperones would be
nnweria.a tn vart
i . Aain. aa hri.ht T&mi
i .rhaiimn nr- ifLrVwJwi-
22 ?hi- mS h-Tmi- rtSuvfX '
and this hand may be a. little child s.,
Simplicity has, indeed, stronger spec-
Iflrlua than vtrafanaa ann la nna nr tha
tacles than pretense and is one of the
nrlnr-iDal rnmnnnenta of areatness: in
deed, may it be said, that no form of
greatness or success can be achieved
without it.
Duplicity may create sensations while
for a time simplicity remains unnoticed.
However, the former quickly burns it
self out, while th latter is sewing seed
silently and unseen and eventually only
reaps what has been sown, but above
that a harvest of justice, respect, and
admiration. ' '
Simplicity Is inborn and Implanted in
every child, and according to th influ
ence nf earlv life la th result of their
maturity the result, however, largely
depends upon the original character,
miai 11x11 v 1 un rraui l. iiuwrv di . laiKci v
for some receive a larger heritage than
oiners, out uie aivine sparK is m an w -
be cultivated and clung to with endur-
ana tn tlioi-a la mnu mrhm that mnph
come from we are Human neings, in
- . . . .
lJniI:' WJUi ZliLvmi!
- id US .V vus unavHBva h asu
tne aivme simplicity witnin us mat
makea us acknowledge and correct
them. If we do not always know the
best means for correction we may at
wui ttever prove a satisfactory veneer:
whereas, simplicity and honesty, which
.moi. uukii'-j
afl.' f.p,,m .,tne ,v,n nman, will
.-vonBcience ana tne sin-
.V.i0u. .u .f "Ri . y "
?f.rhnlat-Knitk,aU Pthclea.r'
,iAh2hn-JKithtner'ie? hPPn"
-?."?, .wHh '".'ounded upon Urn-
v"; ! wnerein in
V?F-t2r lAatr!A"S t reach nor-,the
simplicity ana aepenaeno is ner rei- uw muv m numuni ui on- .cunn
cu m.n. ..midmi and irnm. tovitienta crowded - into a life's seace. "Well."
plishes natural and without effort but in the depth and Intensity of our disgust,
what hj .ainitiain rwnvan nf nitmnr- never to entov.'! lazier th
Wtlonrwh.VVvU,i.li Cb:;r,.,?-i. I-.,..-,,.' i a.-.-.h..-..
' t.......i-. -i'.. :t 'i
a mm . . -r
ma ror Its nnnnrtnnltlaa
'l?iL.'aS i Voe-for Its monotony
x,. .,iwlllru an a aounaane
M Uvloc ar incnauMd by simple taste i,
THE OREGON SUNDAY ( JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY. MORNING, JANUARY
is His BcJroom Tells in
a aeverely moral life but it would be
a mistake for other people to try it r
recommend it. Very few would suc
ceed. Tou have to have a perfectly co
lossal stock of morale and you cannot
have the whole thina and nut them In
gei mem on a margin, xou nave to
your boa. Morale Ire environment
like music, like a foreign language, like
P"1'. poaer, paralysis no man is oorn
w"h them. 1 wasn't myself. I start-
Mr??Z- ..
Twain has brought to the attention of
the world many places of far less In-
terest and natural beauty than attach
to Florida, In the eastern part of Mon-
roe county. Missouri, where the humor-
iat first blinked his baby eyes in the
sunlight I
The excitement over the discovery
or gold aDout Virginia city was no
more Intense than the feverish spirit
tnat dominated tne pioneera wno settled
Imnn ITInrMa mm rha YimnA nt rxm vl tra ti aw
Ideal towhaite.
Tha vlllao-e la on the rrar nf sv
tremendous hill, almost big enough to
be called a mountain. It la an equal
distance from the north and south forks
of Bait river.
Dallr Dsckets up these streams from
St. Ixula were the serious dream of the
considerate manners, high thought and
wholesome acts, nor are these slmDler
live lacking in fullness, for happiness
Both Christianity and refinement de-
mand simplicity, ana annougn certain
jacKs u no ibubb Binipuui . ocuitiur
Beveridge, in speaking of Serglus Witte.
when hi was president of the council
oI ministers In the imperial Russian em-
piret .na, he 1 simple man." and
-
2 U 1 Jl?' ,9jrr ll".,', Ill , .W.:WiX?t:.-- I I f J7 ' IHKH It il I g
7T 1 . Jl. 1 -. it c . '' Ill ff Jfrl I J "J.(T wll If
LEARN TO LIVE IN BEAUTY-To Every Man
Tnere Always Come Notle Thoughts
By Maurice Maeterlinck.
T
O every man there, come nobl
thoughts that pass across his
heart Ilk great, white birds. But
unfortunately they do
they ar stranger whom
aurprised to see, whom we
-
an impatient gesture. Thei
hnrt in tnunh ntir Ufa
nrt t0 t0UC,B 0UI' ""'
Our SOUl Will HOt bSOOmS
deep -searching as Js the soul or tne
. . ... ..
angels, beoauss w Wa for tfn ahort
-aw .tataii.aa. ' jA mhmA
ww """w -
ow of death or eternity, In ths radiance .
of Joy or the flames of beauty and love,
We have all known moments such as
.worthless ashes. These tnougnta must
become habits with us for they are
n.cao, a w.j w
useless when they . come only in
iiimpan. w must lemra w 'v m a
P""1'- wniwiuw. vuai a.mi. j.ni iimsure, wo are BtBruea to
befom,prL 1urMlv!!l..(i,. . a ffPi ttt M i"!"" other than tho-
I'4?I,1?J,.M cr2iuJeJl,',td?"5..wi,lcn.w are Spelled toward per-
rded tot It dotr not know what i, 'feet beauty. , -
noom ana buuiui mini 10 an, pur .
nobi and beautiful is not strong
atranstn wnmn Tlrat nr all milaf nil-
. ". .
tlvate within ourselves, and it grows
. - - -: . -;- r
iVlnThn.J ?wh h.-!J t.arn2rf t5w
J?aJe?.-n.WhS-i?h.n. !2-wfha
era traauaaUy Uua oUiarg, upon tha
t - ,
oniy .
mora
XJLtJ:
a Humorous Vein' Ho w He AcKieved His Present Age i and SounJ Healtk--Tne
The landing on either the only surviving architectural land
have been, half a mile marks of the humorist's residence In
on a level and the aver- Missouri. Huck's oottaae Is tenantlees
would add half a mile un to-
wara we bkt. xns nearest rauroaa is
eight miles. ,
.
His Birtholace.
'
Mark Twain s birthplace waa aa un-
nretentioua two-room dwalline- in the
" V. ..- v ' T..
.
" -
ed on the site.
The town consists of three or four
ordinary country stores, with high ajat-
forms in front to assist the women in
mounting their horses. There Is a
small modern building In one corner,
built of stone. This Is the bank and
what there is of It looks modern
enough.
The cltisens of Florida would rather.
talk auout the town in Its happy days
man bdoui xaarx Twain, xney only
vAmaam Kaa him mm m itaw rvmA I at Kaw
with nnfhtn Viaii( him tm KImt mi .-
gentleman remarked:
"Ht'i loft na- anrt what', tha naa nf
us making a grand duke out of htm?
If he thinks more of them people down
east than of hla friends In these parts,
let them put on the taffy."
The family residence on Hill street
and a portion of Huck Fin's house ar
li en added that all great men are un
in ostentatious and that It is only the
little fellow in the big place that puts
on airs.
Worthlpss Blan.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Two women seated together on
Spencer avenue car the other day were
Ut HWUVJM W VVtl.l.-
sava one in a tone of deen
"your husband can't be any
an mine. He stays home all
day long and sleeps Just sleeps and
sleeps.- -
ys, . Buniiiiou mo xnoi out.
He's a watchman at a factory, but all
he has to do there Is Just to sit around
all night with a lantern. Then he
comes home and sleeps all day."
heights where life absorbs th soul,
V umm'I!5,.?5AtT?.f ln,V
hlv hounrt im with math n i-.t -n
immortal. . .
""""
am.l
In "," 2 t.hountc
"lcl ura.lll;iJ to HIIU W1U1UUL VLlCb
on tne lives .or those who admit them,
It Is far more important that one's
life ahould be perceived than that it
should be transformed, fqr no sooner
rorms itself of its own accord.
These thoughts of which I speak make
-..'" iiiia- v
up the secret treasure of heroism and
on tae aay -woen m compels us to ais-
x nen n is no longer necessary tnat a
neat Un ahould. die for us to remem-
Z"K:2?"rl?
hut tha amallaaT thin a- mff I a
.., . i.u, uu iiiiui mm
nui cuuuv l7l--,,- J7"i.k ,.." '"r"r 7""s. "J?Fay.u' Himself has not achieved success.
ta in 7"-r "'"; "'?. ''. v" " wu M a. tent wnn innumeraDie iotas. riarwin waa . Rnriimi'i
' " " aesire, nver rorgetting tnat tne snadow una yet shall the least a-natur of thaaa "3rvt'T'"l.TS
it an With th. Ihn, oa V.at naa. K '.. 1. M I J- aL." T." .T OHHl. Ill U1B- JUUlll IIS UBU TCmUT
r time I. too lock or wall. U but the feUng image You must be keenly vigilant, and you ' Bit onVSay. in IT. oiS age!
' J ija 1 MVVI Ilia- UHIIUB VW ldlWrCeVUDJ LO niU. . :;' BKU l.n,t.ii.Ua .nn... A m . . j - i Ji..
, wing ofVflmmoTJaTtnrfie, 'than slumbe - In tiT. SlV"Sl: a tWhSfo
earnest ana every soul that draws near to their and arandmir
R.Vta h .-in-. ,u .
tii. P IK "I "."J
God 1 treat and that you move la . hla
" ' . ' .
hie the soul.
- - -..... -M-.v.a iw vim.;-
'and Says Rek
and aa dreary looking as the old mill
on sail river.
Bom people say Tom Blankenahlp of
Hannibal was the original Huckelberry
Finn, while at StoutsvTlle ther lay It on
Barney Farthing of Paris. The latter
is a jolly good-natured fellow of 70 and
he y be is willing to stand for any
thing In "Tom Sawyer" except "Injun
joe." ' w .'
Varied oolniona or Mark Twain's ae
lus exist at Hannibal, where Mr. Clem-
ena apent a greater portion of his bby
hood. Clifton Johnson In Outing tells
of thla:
Rcturni to Hannibal
"When I returned to Hannibal I mat
other old-time acquaintances of the hu
morlat Acordlng to two ancients whom
I Interrupted in an endless series of
checker garnet at tha back of a store,
Mark Twain's 'the most overrated man
in America.- There's about as much
truth In those sayings in his books,' I
was informed.- ae there Is in a 10-cent
novel. His brother Orion, who was a
nrinter. knew more in a mlnuta than
Bam ever did know; and yet Orion never
-mad no reputation. Aa a boy Sam was
Just like other boys, except he might
have been a little slower. He was con-
stdered blamed dull, to tell you tha
truth. It waa his peculiar drawl and c-
THE SUCCESSFUL MAN-But
A 1
Always
By John Anderson Jayne.
Y
0U ARE reading much In your
mtiunM ralatlva in tha aim-
... n
oessful man.
Tou are hearing of mn who i
have climbed from low nosltlons i
n wiuiun inuu PWH
to tnos or power being heralded as ths
men who hav captured tha elusive1 e-od !
daaa o annnaaa - ci
" ' '
iou nave read or boys starting With
nothlM ?I,r.,..
"otn,nK t good nalr, off muscular
-rms and lndomlUbla ensftfy, rising to
the place where th jrortd of ' finance
Tou hava read of hove atartlna with
the place where the jrofld,: Of finance
radianc that you will b able to live
in th bauty and fertile depths whore
v,r W-V.. :,J .,,,
day 'and night that th hands of all tha
neeaa dui an unexpeotea incident to r-
. . . . - . " . ' . --
Mm t0 - ' 1 ' -
'
Early Leap Year Story.
'
From the Indianapolis News.. ,
A mlsmated family's troubles . war
an m m. luiwrior wun, room
1. Judge MOtaater ''liatanetf to' tba '.
- i -1 i
man's story he was the plaintiff and;
naa Charged his wife With cruel and
innuman treatment. He was; a .small Hot every man can survey a I n for
.man. and his wife well.7 there were i a railroad thsough a mountain, yet he
at least apparent grounds for thewho follows that line with picti : and
charge After tha plaintiff had finished anbval( If that la what his eWeltr alvea -
his testimony Judge McMaster decided
to askTa ciiestlon.
"WWr. Tro;uWa.dtd -.you--. aat
jour wilt wno naa treataa .vou inn
. , - . ; - .
" wf.U. Judge (somewhat meekly), you
see, It s thl- ways I never did met hr.
fihe JUst kind o' overtook xae." ,
' ' - , - '
.j i . t . v, .-.
23, 1C03.
. cept that made him famous. I'll be
dogged if it wa'nt'
"But another man, one of the author'"
old schoolmates, discoursed thus: 'He
waa a mighty still sort of a boy. He
was distant, and had as a rule rather be
by himself than with the rest of the
boya. Most af us used to like to get in
a sklft after school and go off fiahln.
We'd have our polea and boxes o' worms
all ready under the schoolhouse. and
we'd grab 'em out aoon aa school was
done and go off across the river to the
sloughs and pounds and stay till dark
drove us home. But I never rlcolect
of Sam a-goln' flshln' with us or a-hunt-ln'
with us. though ha liked to go down
to the cave. .
'"He was a good talker and had the
same slow way o' speakin' he's got now.
If h was to com along thla minute and
say. "Charlie, let's me 'n' you go down
to the cave,' I'd know him just by the
tone of his voice.
- " "Whatever h told about, he'd talk so
to make sport. He'd tell things In a
different way from, what the rest of u
could.' and It sounded funny. He used to
tell us tales, and we loved to listen to
him. His father had a book, "The Arab
ian Nights," that no one elee had in
town, and Sam would get ua boys to-
? ether of, nights and tell us stories
rom that book, and we'd have been
giaa to listen at. mm an nignt.
"In the SDrlna of '68 he went on the
river to learn piloting, because then the
steamboats was more Interestin' than
anything alee, and you found people
from all parts of tha world travefln' on
kr
JYlean Ouccess m
trembles at their softest spoken word.
oU hav rad of boya like Lincoln
nnAAI. nna na. nvivinff mil aw m n
". -
warrieia, nnu coming to tne presidential
chair. - lou have said, and said trulv:
"These are successful men." '
But again you hava read of meh Who
. ,fl,t,j t,nhlno- hut mnnav
.. ,h .,nan.. t th.
and lahnr ot othera. Yon mav hnva
- known of men. multitudes of them. keDt
at nlarvutlnn that tha nnA nt
nnriaihiw tK.n mirht ha a hia tn mi an
nnanihlv tha two ml ah t be able to'slarn
Shecki for the rmiiiion. "
oftecks g"0t'n;r otf com.
m? "Mother malSm coroMo
Identify ' success with money.
-1 . ' .... ...v..v j
tnecKS ror tne minion. ' v -
identify success with money.
But money, does not or necessity
mean suceess. .
Money never spells success, no mat-
ter how you mav twist the alDhabet.
Many a man haa made "hia pile" and
lias failed In th accomplishment of
success... ':' ' f f .
.Neither can money buy success. It
t"V''"
can buy fame, it can build hospitals,
endow colleies. It cannot buy succesa.
Suocess consists In making the mosl
. i,:
He who has not made the most I
.
H1R71I1B III.
- .ironhied' hla muaical talent bv dia
use He had-not made the most of
ana diraotinn. Ant auoceaafu! aa S
scientist though he was. he' was a fall-
ure as far as fully developed, manhood
was concerned.
. . t . ' i . .
th am-eives to their utmost, are lust aa
iiiaeui ti mi f hlher."whA mabl :
Mn ot lower , cinirirv -' nan nnmr -
of themselves all that th eternal In
tended they should. ' ,. .. -1
him Privilege' of doing Is aa successful
iffS2f MitoSr siMmiI -i
,abJeotWa - aaalns-tha-llna befofe it is '
mint. - ... i , . .
.. - . , . . , - . . . . .
iiiitiK tu ma i uw. r' n a (inn
drawers of vater, H who hews the
ston and draws the water well need
not fear the consummation of hla workv
' . r -i ,
v .i iiara muit - db nawera or ainna anrr
'"Enjoys Home " Life at
Worlds Greatest Humorist
Enjoys Joke on Himself.
While Mr. Clemens enjoys a Joke a
the expenaa of someone else, he la nevel
more pleased than when It Is on himself
One of the stories which he most de
lights to tell is of the time his owl
daughter turned the laugh on htm will
a pun and at the same time saved alii
tha aznanfla.of a. box at tha thaatra.
It haDDened that a certain theatrical
manager-star who was a great admire!
of Mark Twain, met the humorist onl
day and Invited him to attend his open!
ing penormance tnat nignt. He assurei
the author that the best box in thl
theatre would be at his disposal aril
aaked him to call for the tlcketa at thl
box office. I
The humorist's party waa aoon mart I
un and that evening all made their at
pearance at the theatre. The guest ol
honor stepped to tne wicket ana inquire!
or tne nouse treasurer;
"Have you seats there for Mr. Cleo
ana?"
Tha man in tha hox office ran racldll
through tne tlcketa which had been lall
out to nil orders ana inrormea mi
Clemens that there were none. Thi
seemed strange to the author and hi
insistea tnat tnere must ne soma mix
take. The treasurer waa. a little gruf
but looked through the tickets agall
and became positive in hla denial
Knowledge or.any aucn reservation. -Misa
Clemens' was standing at hf
.father's shoulder keenly enjoying till
chagrin, witn a emue sne remarxear i
"Father, there Is evidently a markel
wane in your popularity." I
"Mark Train? Mark Twain?" shoutel
the excited ticket-seller, "why dldnl
you aay so beforeT or course tnere ar
aeata ror you nere, Mr, i wain.
A labor oandldate for a vacant sen
in the Australian parliament has hi
upon a novel Idea "young age pen
alons." on the ground that they ar
"wise and merciful, and would be conl
merclally profitable to the commoil
wealth." He adda that they would coil
duce to good citiienahip and "enable thl
struggling parenta of large families tl
brina un their children decentlv aa
with credit to themselves and the coni
munity."
" i i 'j ' '.! ... ...i
Money DoM No
Tnis World
A pint cup is not as large as the quarl
yet if it la full to the brim it 4s dolnl
tnar it i na .rt nnnn vao f . I . M
.......... ..v...
it is extiectea to ao. r
Hv! who nlanta a rosebuah an hrlnc
It to perfection is as great as a BuJ
D.anK producing nis hybrids. Success I
Simply th llvllW UD to the full meftgUr
of one's own abllltv. Tou cannot mead
ure yourself in your neiahbor'a baskel
neither should you measure him if
yours. I
every man his canacitv for worll
x -every man nil capacity t
nd when a man works to his
he Is beyond reproach. .
y y not lng In groat
producing splendid oratorios,
.1 1.HU a '
" " aynviii
ehoitisd
producing splendid oratorios, but . ?j
" , l" eep, ana iri
sleeping child, through your song, mnl
uream or eeiesnai narmonies, tnat mot
in the sfter days swell into joyM
cadnce" and delight thousands, -h v " I
Ihe violin, 'cello and bass viol, are si
smtpea somelhlna- alike, but the eH
paclty of each is different. Men f ail
built differently, "enousrh alike to
entirely different." Each must do hi
own work, sing his own song, make, hi
owr. meioay.
you cannot make a wnistia out or
P'rs tail, or- from. a ; whistle produce tl
curling appendaae that rives grace
the pig. But each In their proper
the Dir. But each in their nroner dad
may bwhI the music in orchestra of II
and make musio .that shall uplift tij
race.
Arguing for a Deduction,
From the -Touth's Companion.
Tn Vri tanhim'i . fnmll v rtri1a YA
powers of reasohlng were accounte
most remarkable and convincing. Ou,
side the family her ability to convlnu
waa not so maricea. . -: . r-
See. here," ah saio, without reieai
inr the ten cent piece for which tl
eonduetdv of -tha trolley, ear -had atone t
Bee nere.
her side, "I've only brought Willie wit
me. He's J, SO J v got to pay his far
I've left IB yra,r tnat s t ana -Nedd
that's t, at home Now you wouldn
have charged me for them, would you '
v--No. midam," said the t conducto
"Tour far please. . ..,
. "WelL theVd have Uken one seat
persisted Mrs. pham. ll retalnln
ner noia on tne un cent , new. '
cuuiun i iisvv nriu -rin ubiii. ;, i inoux
v.u lj.l , .4
of bringing them, only
Now, why can't you take
from Willie, under the cli
J - ' : :. ',
twas too ib
Off somethlti
circumstances