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^1 YOUR FACH m ay be y o u r fo rtu n e . T a k e c a r e o f i t ; k ee p y o u r co m p lex io n good a n d clear. S en d for B o o k le t <J o n m assag e, c o m p le x io n a n d s h a v in g c re a m s , ro u g e, p o w d er, etc. M A R IK J E A N E T T E B R O W N L enox H o tel, 628 S u tte r S t., S an F ra n c isc o A g e n ts W a n te d . LYING ABED IN THE MORNING. B y S e le t t B u rg e s s . ' 1 1 i T here Is an old story ab o u t a h ard w orking t l m an who w ished to be so rich th a t he could af- i ' l ford to have a negro se rv a n t call him. every f .J m orning and say, “Seven o’clock, m assa; It’s all KW right, don’t get up unless you w a n t to.” ¡jr T here a re more reasons to be discovered for A lying abed In the m orning th an I care to tnbu- jK . late. I spend the first th ird of my try s t w ith a colloquy betw een tw o of my selves, who consum e th e ir energy In an arg u m en t over a sem l-unconsclous ego. My health, says one, requires th a t I should sleep, for I w en t to bed late; and he argues w ith fatu o u s zeal of the necessity for rest. T he other describes the early morn lng freshness, the Joys of m atu tin al splendor, and points o u t the fact that, once bathed, I will forget th is crim inal listlessness. And so back and forth the sh u ttle of thought w eaves a seem ingly logical fabric, w hile th a t delicious, In e rt som ething which Is my body tran q u illy aw aits the final a rb itratio n . I pledge m yself to arise a s soon as I shall have counted ten, and l proceed, w ith m echanical precision, to beat the tim e. One, two, three— I allow m yself In th is last m oment of grace to close my eyes, as a condem ned crim inal is per m itted his choice of food—four, five, six, seven—I try to forget w h a t is to happen, a s the victim drow ns bis despair In drin k —eight, nine— I brace m yself for the ordeal—It Is th e a d ju stm e n t of th e noose. T en —I spring from bed w ith gladness. I have suffered a resurrection, and the Joy of living floods my soul. I am th e sinner come to repentance, I am th e butterfly th a t has Ju st craw led from Its chrysalis! I t Is over, a u d I am alive again! • THE KNOWLEDGE POWERS OE ANIMALS. B y D r . A n d re w W ilso n ■ — - SI in f ] /y W i . L ately a w riter has been discussing anew th a t highly in te restin g question. “ W h at A nim als know.” T here seem s to be no doubt possible that. In the case of higher anim als, th eir educa- tion, and th e ir ability to perform a cts allied to those w hich are the outcom e of reason Itself, m ust be regarded as the re su lt of the gradual ac- qulrem ent and rem em brance of definite lmpres- sions. W ith them , as w ith m an, there m ust be, In o ther words, a storage of experience. If I teach my dog to beg for his biscuit, he m ust accum ulate ideas which a re founded definitely upon the association betw een his a ttitu d e and the rew ard for his perform ance. T he young a n t or bee em erging from Its chrysalis state requires no train in g In respect of th e often In tricate duties It perform s. It inherits the whole an teced en t experience of Its race. A certain environm ent excites certain acts, and th ere th e m atter m ight seem to end. B ut as a g ain st this view, or a t least, as Increasing our difficulties, w e a re m et by the fa c t th a t a n ts dlflTer m aterially in respect of th eir mode of life. T here are species w hose existence Is m an aged on relatively sim ple lines; o ther species have learned to m ake slaves and servitors of o th er kluds; others utilize the aphides Insects as cows, and milk them of the sugary fluid they produce; while one species, a t least, actually em ploys a certain caterp illar as a living sew ing m achine, to ta g to gether the leaves of which the a n t abode Is made. D arw in m akes the rem ark th a t a m an who train ed m on keys, and who used to m ake p urchases a t the London zoo. offered to pay higher prices If he could be allowed to retu rn those anim als he found Insusceptible of being educated. P olar oxen a re uot very difficult to shoot, but they are highly valued gam e by the arctic explorer. In pursuing « sm all herd, Otto Sverdrup, a u th o r of “ New Land. F our Years in the A rctic Iteglons,” noticed the follow ing evi dence of m aternal affection In a cow for Its calf: As the herd sta rte d I noticed th a t one of them had a newly born calf. T he herd w ent up a steep snow d rift, eight o r ten feet in height, and the calf m ade a brave a tte m p t to follow, b u t w hen It had alm ost reached the top. lost Its footing and rolled dow n to the bottom again. It fell so badly and helplessly th a t I thought It w as killed, b u t to my surprise It rose to Its feet a n d began to scram ble up once more. Ita second a ttem p t to scale th e d rift w a s no more successful th an the first, a n d again It cam e rolling down. It frie d piteously. I felt so sorry fo r It Ifeat I w as Juat sta rtin g to help It up BAD DEBTS COLLECTED T his Incident only Justifies the assum ption, known to lovers of dogs, th a t there exist m arked degrees of Intelligence am ong Individuals of th e sam e race or breed. If one could “select” and produce a race of, say, dogs, w hose m em bers would be by Inheritance well provided w ith brain power, some Interesting results m ight be forthcom ing. EVERYWHERE SEND ItlEM IN- MERCHANT! PROTECTIVE A UN r»A*<n a i u*t a t *Ar, a * m i x . SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH T H K D A I S Y E L Y K I l . I . K I t d"«lniy« all th e TWO MENACES TO SOCIETY. B y R o y. R o b e r t A. C o lly e r . I worked nine y ears a t th e anvil lu P ennsylva nia. W e m ade ham m ers, h atch ets and axes by the dozen. W hen my em ployer, Mr. H am m ond, found he m ust e u t dow n w ages a little he alw ays called us Into counsel, explained th e necessities of the situation and asked us If w e w ere willing to have the schedule reduced. W e Invariably agreed to gether upon w h at could be done. Wfcen th e tim es w ere b e tte r a n d Mr. H am m ond could afford to pay us more, be called us together again. Of course we alw ay s agreed to the Increase a little m ore readi ly th a n to the decrease. B ut the point la this—there was no trouble In th a t shop d u rin g the nine y e ars I w as there. W hen the labor unions and em ployers of labor come to gether, as they surely m ust and will, and settle their differ ences of opinion by a rb itra tio n Instead of attem pting to force each o ther Into line, a g re at step In advance will have been taken. Divorce, the o ther g re at th re a t a g ain st society, perpetu ally underm ines the san ctity of the hom e,and we shall have to find our w ay to som e solution of the problem. A man cam e to me not long ago and w anted me to m arry him. I began to ask questions a n d found he had obtained a divorce from his w ife the day before. I said, “ I will not m arry you,” and I did not. In m any cases divorce la sim ply a countenanced evil of the m ost debasing kind, and we shall have to m eet the situation and handle It w ithout gloves How we are to do th is I do not know. One thing I do know —the m inisters m ust be m ore careful. T h a t Is w h at I am try in g to do. I do not refuse to m arry all people who have been divorced. I do, however, look very carefully over th eir papers and find o u t all I can. If th e explanations given to me seem good I m arry th e couple. If not, I re fuse. I hold th e option. I think I h ave thait r ig h t THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF THE FUTURE. B y H u m s A . H e rrin g to n . W hat will be the w orld language of th e fu tu re? T h a t It will be E nglish Is th e prediction of m any scholarly observers. T he probabilities are th a t It will p a rta k e of the best featu res of all .modern tongues. I t Is a safe proposition to as sum e th a t th e race w hich dom inates the com m erce of the w orld will im press its language upon the world. The Engllah-speaklng people are to-day th e leaders In th e w orld activity. As result the E nglish language Is spoken by more people to-day th an Is any other civilized tongue. The recent action of G erm any In giving the E nglish language preference above all o ther foreign tongues Is for mal recognition of the fa c t and not th e m ere a rb itra ry expression of a choice. Tw o-thirds of the people who speak E nglish live on this side of the A tlantic, and th e ir Industrial and comm ercial conquests a re m aking th e tongue fam iliar In every q u a rte r of th e habitable globe. F rench Is still regsrded a s the diplom atic and "polite” language of th e world, b u t English, as expanded and reju v en ated by A m erican transplantation. Is becom ing the universal business tongue. the d rift w hen suddenly It occurred to me th a t the old cow m ight m isinter p ret my m otives, and w h a t then? I m ight risk a b a ttle w ith her. and It would be a pity to have to shoot her In self-defense. I decided to rem ain w here I w as, and a w a it the tu rn of events. A t last the m other heard the cries ot distress, and cam e tea rin g down the hillside, the snow flying behind her. H eaven help th e person who had m ed dled w ith h e r calf then! She would have m ade It hot fo r him. I t w as both am using and touching to see the tw o together. T he m other caressed the calf aa If to com fort It, sniffed It all over to see If It w as still whole, gave It a push now and again, and then sta rte d gently up the d rift, but not the w ay the calf had gone In follow ing the herd. She carefully chose an easier and leas steep way. W hen she had got It across th e drif she ran a few steps forw ard, not very fast, b n t too quickly a t any ra ta for the c alf to follow her. T hen she tu rn ed back, and pushed It from behind w ith her muasle, so th a t It w ent a little fa ster. Again she ran a few y a rd s forw ard, but still th e poor little thing could not keep up w ith her, and she retu rn e d to her old pushing m ethods. So they w ent on all the w ay up until they reached the herd. T hen she took her place in I t th e c a lf crept under her, a n d w as entirely bidden from sight by her long hair. A W e d d in g lile s a n d a f fo rd s c o m fo ri to e v e r y h o m e -in d im * * ro o m , s le e p i n g ro o m a n d a ll p la c e r w h e re flie s a r e t r o u b l e som e. C le a n , n e a t a n d w ill n o t s o il o r in j u r e a n y th in g . T ry th e m o n ce ' a n d y o u w ill n e v e r b e w i t h o u t t h e m , l i n o t k ep t by d e a le r s , s e n t p r e p a i d fo r2 0 c . 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