Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965, December 27, 1912, Image 2

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TO TEACH LOVE MAKING.
According to reports a professor In
Germany proposes to open a Bchool
wherein to teach lovo making. Bless
tho dear professor, what can ho bo
thinking about? What docs ho supposo
lore making Is that ho presumes It Is
something to be taught after tho man
ner of algebra, geography and cook
ing? Lovo making doesn't have- to
be taught, says tho Philadelphia Press.
From the palmy days In tho Garden of
Eden It has been going on all over
the world among all peoples. It has
its different methods, grading from
barbarism to civilization, but It Is
love making all tho samo. To tho end
of tlmo. If there Is to bo any end of
time, it will go on just as tho habits
and Inclinations of tho people direct
it. It s ono of those diversions, or
features, or essentials of human llfo
which no government has yet at
tempted to regulate, as nttemptfl
have been made to regulato so many
other things, and it had never oc
curred to anybody that teaching it
was necessary. Teaching boys to saw
wood and girls to mako their own
clothes is feasible enough, but teach
ing them how to mako lovo isn't. Be
sides, it's perfectly useless. They all
know how already: the knowledge
was born with them.
Roland had his Durandal, Charlo
magno his Joycuso, twin sisters of
glory, heroines of stool. Kaisor Wll
helm II. of Germany is not ignorant
of this and to contlnuo tho tradition
ho has given to IiIb sons arms upon
which are engraved glittering mottoes
of which he is tho author. On tho
sword which ho has given to llio
crown prlnco aro tho words, "AlwayB
roady to Borvo his country;" on that
of his favorito, Prlnco Eltol. "Faithful
and without fear;" on thnt of Prlnco
Adclbcrt, on one side, "For nil proofs"
and on tho other "My soul to God nnd
'Germany;" on that of Prlnco Oscar,
"Rectitude mid Intrepidity." Tho
Princes August Wilhclm nnd Joachim
Will have their swords and mottoes
when they are promoted to the guard
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A Paris town counsellor has con
colved and drawn up a scheme for
saving from tho perils of tho street,
both moral and physical, tho poor
children of parents forced to work
out late, unublo thereforo properly to
foed and caro for tholr chlldron after
school hours. Widows and widowers
In particular aro to bonoflt from the
scheme, and parents out of work, try
ing to get work, unnblo in tho mean
time to provide good food for tholr
chlldron or lu keep tegular hours.
It Is proposed to sot up a canteon in
certain avallablo school buildings and
there tho children unable to havo
homo caro aro to be kept till bed
tlmo under tho eye of n numbor of
teachers temporarily unoccupied dur
ing tho day.
There are now under construction In
.Europo 34 sea-going vessels equipped
'with lntornal combustion engines.
New and more economical methods of
producing tho oil consumed in these
englnoB havo been devised, and It is
predicted with confidence that they
J.soon will become tho standard for
locean service That Is not nil. Thero
are confident predictions that inven
tion before long will adapt tho new oil
'fuels to uso in tho propulsion of au
Uomobllos. This Is an ago of frequent
(revolutions in tho mechanical world.
The demand for celluloid in Jupan is
(yearly increasing and the amount Im
ported is accordingly augmenting, but
only as raw material, tho Import of
finished material allowing a gradual
decrease, it fuet which proves the
Heady improvement of tho Japanese
celluloid industry. The celluloid fac
tory at AbaBhi, Ilarlma, now produces
'80,000 pounds a month, and tho Snkat
Celluloid company 25,000 pounds, so
llml taking tho price of ono pound at
ono yen Jspmi produces 1.2CO.00O yen
iworth of celluloid manufacture:) in n
year. In tho near future, Hays the J1J1,
Japan will not only cease all impor
tation of tho material trom Germnny,
but will rank ns nn exporting country,
hnr first customer bolng China.
"Old yenr. you shnll not file,
Wn illd no IhukIi and cry with you,
I've half n mind to die with you,
Old yenr. If you must die."
I ME and tide wait not. And
so we are gathored once
moro around tho couch of
tho dying year, whose short
lifetime has been fraught
with new experiences and
old failures, with sorrow
and with Joy to the sons of
men With friendly feel
ings of regret wo watch his
solemn passing. Tho weary
sighing of tho winter wind
OVr the frozen wanton of
snow Is a mournful dirge for tho days thnt
aro gono, for tho Irrevocable past, t'hast
cnlng some with the heavy hand of sorrow
and woeful loss, showering blessings of
hnpplncBS nnd lovo upon others, tho year
that is "dying In tho night" has striven
mightily lobe tho friend of nil. Even
where unmerited misfortune has swamped
the high spirit and bruised tho aching
heart, tho old year's passing stirs memo
ries of regret for bright hopes fnded, and
of gratitude for tho few radiant gleams of
happiness which have illumined tho darkness
Hy a natural forco of habit, with many the
declining moments of tho old year aro devoted
to a sort of spiritual stock-taking. Tho mistakes
nnd the offenses of tho past aro canvaBsed ovor
during this "burial of laBt year's sins." and
resolutions of reformation adopted for future
guidance. It has been said that those who mako
good resolutions are only thoso who break thorn.
Too often they aro simply tho impotent prod
ucts of lingering hnblt, aroused to life In the
bewildering swirl of n customary moral houso
cleaning, and doomed to n brlnf nxlstnnen, A
momontary repentance, Induced by tho sol
emnity and associations of tho season, does not
effect much material change in tho moral ca
pacity for clean living. Generally, somothlng is
bound to give way whon now wlno is put Into
old bottles, To do ns n matter of course that
which Is right as it comes is tho truo secret of
u good life, and becomou In time a foico moro
jwrnlstont nnd effectual than the weak-kneed
habit of shipping an Ill-assorted dock cargo of
good resolutions, "whoso shifting In bad weather
will givo sorious troublo until It Is Jettisoned, or
swept overboard.
Hut hush! tho hour Is near. Tho old man is
breathing hnrd, his eyes grow dim, tho hue of
doath Is spreading over hlo hollow cheeks and
wrlnklod brows. Soon ho will bo gone, forgot
ten with tho troubl" and wirrow, the Joy and de
light, ho brought in his train. "Across tho waste
his son and heir doth rldo post-haste," and we
prepare to salute tho rising sun, to mako the
rafters ring with "Tho king 1b dead, long live the
king." And so, unmindful of "benefits forgot,"
with regret and remombrance burled deop In
tho Joy of tho moment, wo hail tho signals of
tho momontouB change tho blaring of sirens
and the boom of cnnnoti, tho cheering of reveling
crowds nnd pie mad Joyous clangor of multltudl
nous bells.
ltln out, wild Im'IIh, to the wild iiky.
The Hying cloud, thw froitty HkM:
The yi-nr Is ilyltiK In tho nlKht.
ItliiK out, wild bolls, nnd let him die.
Tho bleBsod glad now yenr Is coming, her
alded with rojolclng, and lOBplondent with hope:
"There's a now foot on tho lloor, my friend, and
All enlistments in the regular army
now aro for seven yeara instead of
four, so that each recruit who sorves
his full tlmo will bo a now mnn when
he comes out, If there is truth In the
old theory that a man's physical char
acteristics completely chango In seven
years.
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, A lecturor who advocates the paint
ilng of pears, cherries, strawberries,
'etc., to make them moro attractive,
pointedly rofrainB from including
peaches in tho Hat. Perhaps ho thlnkB
the suggestion would bo superfluous.
ETHRONKl) b Time the old Year dies
Whose life was tilled with many deeds,
Some noble, grand, some 111, ho lies
lu history with other yoars of creeds
And wars and men of fame; wo know
Dim only by the things that passod
Within his tlmo. Time measured alow
Hat found the old Venr'B doom at last
Now Year with youthful smile steps In
With scepter In his hand and claims
The Earth as his domain Within
Ills duys great men may write tholr
Nntlons inn) rlsu, may fall nnd die,
Mysteries their secretB may unfold,
Hut eiu he knows shall comu tho cry
"Now Year, thou art umoug tho old'"
Tho buttermilk (lends may now point
proudly to tho fact that tho Turks
onco contemptuously roforrod to tho
Bulgarians as "yoghurtjl," or sour
milkers. Great little diet Is butter
milk.
names, tl
Hut eiu he knows shall comu tho cry fiff
"Now Year, thou art umoug tho old'" .JQ
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A woman In California cast her first
ballot for president at the ago of 102.
She Is convinced that ult things como
to ber who waits.
Sir William Ramsey is dovlslng a
'new universal language, tho basis of
which are pictures. is one of the'
most popular characters.
Washington wants pollcowomen.
Evidently, it thinks tho Idea a capital
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h new fuco at tho door." Bacchus and Venus
and bright-eyed Hebo glvo welcome and homage
to tho newcomer, and salute the opening of his
reign with mirthful song and Joyous laughter.
The festivo celebration of the new year has been
a salient feature in the social life of all civilized
peoples, ancient and modern, and that character
istic persists in the strenuous life of today.
Tho tlmo at which tho year began varied
much among different nations. The Carthagin
ians, Egyptians, Persians and other nations of
antiquity began their year at tho autumnal
equinox, New Yt-ar'b day falling on September
22, of modern reckoning, which 1b also tho be
ginning' of tho Jewish civil year. The Greeks
chose riccomber 22, and afterward June 22. Jan
uary 1 was first adopted by the Romans, whon
Julius Caesar brought the civil year into close
harmony with the solar, In B. C. 4G, but, for
many centuries, the example was not followed
by subsequent European nations. At ono time
there were seven different dates for tho begin
vTjlng of tho year among tho Christian nations,
nnd ovcji successive popes, until comparatively
recent times, scarcely evor adopted tho same
.chronology Russia and tho eastern empire of
Constantino dated from September 1, and the
Mohammedan year, bolng dependent on tho
phases of tho moon, had and has no fixed begin
ning. Jnnuary 1 became the accepted dato of
the Now Yenr among the Catholic nations of
Europe In lf.82, when Popn Grogory XIII intro
duced the new atyle of reckoning, and corrected
tho accumulated discrepancies between tho Jul
ian computation and tho actual solar year by
striking ten days out of the almanac of that
year Hy 1700 this dato was In general ubo
throughout Europe, but It was not until 17H2
that England nnd her American colonies
adopted It
Ancient nnd modern civilized peoples, whllo
differing as to tho day from which thoy reck
oned tho beginning of tho civil year, havo agToed
in distinguishing It by special festivities and re
ligious observances Tho Romans dedicated Jan
uary 1 to tho oldest of tholr gods, Janus of the
two fnces, one youthful and ono aged a symbol
of tho wisdom of tho god who knows tho past
and can peer Into tho
futuie They sacrificed
to him on twelve altars,
and were careful no to
order their conduct on
New Year's day that ev
ery word and action
should bo n happy au
guiy of the twelve
months of tho coming
yenr Kindly salutations
nnd presents of tigs,
dfttert and HUeoluieulH
wore exchanged nmong
the people holiday dress
wns worn, and feasting
heenmo universal New
Year presents became
under tho CneBars a
sourco of great personal
, profit to the luler, and
nn onerous burden to
his subjects Tho In
famous Caligula, making
It known that his daugh
ter required a dowry at
the Now Year, walked
barefooted ovor the piles
of gold which covered
tho courtyard of his pal
ace gifts of tho terror
ized Roman citizens
How this custom per
sisted down tho nges
may bo gathered from
the fact that, oven as
Into ns the reign of
Wllllnm nnd Mary, the
English nobility wore
accustomed to "send to
tho king a purso with
mid In It, every New
Yes r's tide." Quoon
Elizabeth's w a r d r o b u
and Jewelry wero nlmost
wholly supplied from
tho Now Year contributions of her
subjects, and, although sho made re
turn gifts, it is related that sho took
good caro to havo tho balance well
in her own favor.
Tho early fathers of tho church
reprobated tho immoral and supersti
tious observances of tho pagan festl
fal, and directed that tho Christian
year should bo opened with a day
of fasting, prayer and humiliation.
Tho festal character of the day, how
ever, pertinaciously clung to it
throughout tho ages, and tho church
preserved Its religious aspect, by
making it a festival in commemora
tion of tho circumcision. In Cath
olic countries, New Year's day Is a
holiday of strict obligation, opening
. with a solemn midnight mass and the
singing of the Te Dettm. Many
Protestant churches hold a "watch
night Bcrvleo" through tho last thrco
hours of tho departing year a sol
emn servico of prayer and song and
exhortation which Is hushed Into a
few minutes of silent meditation as
tho midnight hour draws near, and
then breaks forth Into a song of praise, greeting
the first moment of the new-born year.
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Onco again a year has vanished,
To the realm of bygones banished,
Where the past years sleep in glory
Not forgotten gono bofore
And tho Now Year comes to greet us,
On tho wings of Time to meet us,
And to toll the old, old story
Of tho years that are no moro.
In the wings of Time, swift flying,
IjIpb the Old Year, sighing, dying,
Dorno to Join tho host that slumbers.
On that distant unknown shore
Home to Join tho countless legion,
Thnt have crossed that mystic region.
And aro counted with the numbers
In that land of Nevermore
Onco again the bells aro ringing,
Tidings of the Now Year bringing,
With tho blytho and gladsbmo clangor
Of tho bolls that rang of yore,
And their glad and tuneful-pealing,
nrlghtor, fnirer skies revealing,
Ilids us banish sorrow, anger,
Think of gladness yet In storo.
Iet us greet tho Now .Year gladly
Though we miss tho old one sadly
Let us hopo for bright skies o'er us,
Let our dreams bo ever fair
Let us banish care and sorrow,
Hopo for gladness on the morrow
Let us build for days before us
Hrlghtor castles in tho air
MELISSA WILL NOT BE SCORCHED
BY A SUNNY DISPOSITION.
Mrs. Merriwid came into the room
whoro her maternal maiden aunt Jane
was industriously tatting, and her
head was drooping and her step
weary. She passed her hand across
hor half-closed eyes and sank into tho
easiest chair, with a deep drawn sigh.
"What's tho matter now?" asked
Aunt Jnne.
"A touch o' sun, a touch o' sun," re
plied Mrs. Merriwid, faintly. "Mr.
Gladden has been beaming on me for
the last three-quarters of an hour and
there wasn't a shady spot In the room.
He's tho most refulgent person I ever
did see, hut basking in his rays for
moro than a half hour gives me pro
nounced pangs of anguish. Would
you mind having tho blinds down,
dearie? And I'd liko to havo Hilda
toll an imitation of a passing bell on
tho lowest cup of the gong, If she Isn't
too busy. Let's tnlk of graves and
worms and epitaphs. Would you rath
er bo buried or cremated?" s"
"How absurd you are, Melissa,"
Aunt Jane reproved.
"That's the kind of conversation I
want," said Mrs. Merriwid. "Go on,
dearie."
"I won't do anything of the ''sort,"
said the elder lady. "Some of these
days you'll be sorry you ever said
such things."
"I hope so," replied Mrs. Merriwid.
meekly " trust thcio aie sadder
days In store. You're doing nicely.
cloud up and rain some day whon I
am wearing my best hat. And If I
lose my purse with twenty dollars'
worth of monoy in it, I don't confi
dently expect to havo it returned to
me intact within twenty-four hours;
furthe-t'i'ire, I won't dismiss tho mat
ter ftuin my mind with a gay laugh.
I'm not u pessimist, nt that. I know
one Jovlu iarty, smiling, haw-hawing
optlrr t that I'd liko to see with a
ragini' i othache, anyway, and tho
last ,t of that sunny-tempered vis
1 nary's name is Gladden."
Mrs. Merriwid spoke with such un
usual petulance that Aunt Jane look
ed at her in surprise. Then Mrs. Mer
riwid laughed.
"The wretch proposed," she said.
"You don't meant to tell me!" ex
claimed Aunt Jane.
"I didn't mean to," said Mrs. Mer
riwid, "but I supposo I might as well.
Yes, lie wanted me to marry him and
ho couldn't seo anything ahead of us
but ineffable bliss. I could see quite
a number of things. I could see him
making light of nil my troubles even
If he didn't magnify his own, which
your cheery optimist has a way of
doing, dearie. It's the easiest thing
in tho world to be philosophical over
a broken leg when it's the other fel
low's, and It's cheaper to encourago
your forlorn and disconsolate brother
man with a few words of cheer than
It is to lend him money. Well, I
didn't mention all this. I merely told
him that It could never, never bo.
"'Well,' he said, cheerfully, 'I cer-
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"I Could See Him Making Light of All My Troubles."
Hut, honest, auntie d?ar, do you liko
'em as cheerful a3 Mr. Gladden?"
"Of course 1 do," Aunt Jane an
swered. "A person can't be too cheer
ful"" "I disagree with you," said Mrs.
Merriwid. emphatically. "I think Mr.
Gladden Is. Of course, being a pro
moter, he's got to be more or less
sanguine and encouraging but, In my
opinion, be runs it about sixteen
hundred fe.ot Into the ground. I'm not
a prospective investor, whatever he
talnly hoped that It could, but of
course if it can't, I'll have to make tho
best of it. Maybo it's just as well
after all.'
"If you expect me to like optimists
as far gone as that, you'ro going to bo
disappointed," concluded Mrs. Merri
wid. (Cop light, 1012, by W O Chapman.)
Depth of Meanness.
Little Jonas was the son of penuri
ous patents, and the son bade fair to
may think, and I refuse to believe that outdo them in frugality a fact that
everything happens for the best. I ) worked extreme hardship upon Bobby
want to have a presentiment that the Graves, his seatmate.
worst is yot to come, onco in a while I Bobby came home ono night looking
Here Are Some of the Tests for Determining
Normal Child.
If a child of three yearn knows his name and
can thrust a chubby finger ti his nciso, mouth
nnd oyes. when asked about those organs, he's
a normal kid. If ho can't then It's time papa
and mamma got busy with potty's llttlo think
tank, or ho'Il grow up to bo a boob
This, In plain Howeryesquo, Is the translation
of tho formula given in scientific forms by tho
medical savants of tho Mental Hyglono confer
ence and exhibit, who are holding "tests of
chlldron" In tho hall of the city college, remarks
tho New York Journal.
"A child of four," continues ho scientific for
mula, "Is expected to know its sox and to be nblo
to recognize such objects as a key, knife or a
penny, nnd to tell tho comparative length of
lines.
"At live a boy or girl should bo able to draw
a bquaro nnd to ropcat sentences. When a child
Is six we ask for definitions 1 might ask- 'What
Is n fork?' If n boy answered: 'I eat with a
fork,' it would be sufficient for that age, but if
he Inserted tho word 'something' In his defini
tion, as 'A fork Is something to eat with, It
If I wanted to take a perpetually rose
colored vlow of existence, I'd wear
pink goggles. Imagine that man as n
husband'"
"I hardly think that is a proper
thing for a lady to do," Aunt Jane
opined.
"Fudge!" said her niece. "As If n
lady would do anything else! He'd
bo ovcrlastlngly galumphing in nnd
exasperating you with his Idiotic opti
mism, no matter what happened. If
the ccok left at the most inconvenient
time, ho'd tell you to cheer up because
it would be all the samo In a hundred
years and that thcie weio just as good
fish In tho sea as over came out of it
and that care killed a cat and away
bo s with melancholy and that sort
of pillle. If the laundress ruined your
very best waist, he d grin nnd say
that there wab no uso crying over
spilled milk and that every cloud has
a sliver .lining and In trouble to be
troubled la to have your trouble dou
bled." "I'm sure I think that's n very sen
slblo way to leok at things," observed
Aunt June "Fretting over a thing
never helped it yet. nnd It's alwas
so depressed that his mother asked
the cause of his troublo.
"It's that .lone Peterbo!" buist out
Bobby. "He's just about tho meanest
thing! He eats my apples all up, and
ho never gles me oven a bite offen
bis, an' my apples aro good an" hlo
ain't very! An' today ho made mo
do his 'rlthmctic zamples, 'cause h"
didn't know how, an' ho wouldn't even
lend mo his pencil to do 'em with'"
Youth's Companion.
would place him In tho eight-year class If he hotter to bo hopeful and look at tho
said- 'A piece of tableware,' ho would be In the
twelvo-yenr class."
A child of ton Is usked what ho would do If
ho missed n train. Iloro tho answers vary Any
reply thnt Is an answer Is nccopted. One child
said: "Walt for another" Another said he
would "run nnd cntch it." Whllo a boy from
tho Bronx snld ho would go homo for tho doy
What to do If struck by a playmato was tho
moBt puzzling of all questions. Roys Invariably
looked at their mothers when tho Question was
put. "Forgive him." was tho answer only a fow
times.
Tho best examination passed so far was by
seven-year-old Donald Grant of fi07 West lSEth
street, who passed tho examination for tho child
of ton.
REASON FOR HIS GENEROSITY
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Small Boy Was Not Giving Away
Goslings Simply Out of the Good
nest of His Heart.
Wo wero flBhlng In tbu James river
tn tho OzarkB, writes a correspondent
of Tho Companion, and for thrco dnys
had floated down tho clear, swift
trcam, casting bb wo went. For llft
miles wo had not scon a human habita
tion, although occasional sounds ludt
cnted thk thore wero scattered farms
beyond 'ho fringe of timber that close
ly Uuet. the stream.
One morning, whon tho current wns
hurrying us along at eight miles an
hourJ wo saw a tow-huaded boy pop
nut pf the url--bruili on tho b.tnk
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"Goslings?" I said, surprised. "Why,
what should wo do with goBllngs?"
"I dunno," ho replied indifferently.
"What aro ou doing," I aHkcd,
"fishing?"
"No," a llttlo robelllously, "I'm
mlndln' nn old cow out of tho corn.
"Say," ho Bald, a llttlo nnxlously, ns
wo wero floating by, "you can havo
them goslings If you wont thorn. I'll
show you whero thoy arc."
No. thank you," we said. "Wo
rn iiMi't take care of them
There they are," ho leaned for-
ward and polntod down tho bank,
"right down there. You can havo 'em
If you wnnt 'em."
"That's a funny kid," remarked one
of our party, as wo drlftod by a dozon
half-grown goslings nt tho edge of
the water. "Wonder what makes him
so generous?"
Just then, loud and shrill, came &
woman's voice from tho field back in
the valley:
"John-nlo! John-nle O John-nlol
Air you keopln' them gosllu's out of
tho garden f" Youth's Comunnlon.
bright side "
"Suppose It hasn't nny bright side,"
argued Mrs Merriwid. "Supposo It's
a slub of soft coal And what a wom
an wantR lu n husband is sympathy.
If sho's lying down with a sick head
ache, she doesn't want him to Jolly
her up and tell her she just imagines
the acho part And If he can't come
ncross with tho price of a new hat
once In a while. It Isn't any satisfac
tion to her to bo told she'll be sport
ing diamond tiaras by next mil on the
strength of Ills schome to establish
aerial road houses for tho flying ma
chine trade. You glvo Mr Gladden n
patent clothes pin nnd the population
of tho United States at the last cen
hub and hoil begin to lmnglno he's
got a fortune beyond the dreams of
nvnrlco and nearly up to Morgan's,
and his wifo will find that It begins to
wear on hor In tlmo, like her last
year's dresses."
It's tho optimists that do things,"
said Aunt June.
"l know," agreed hex niece. "Hope
springs eternal and It's darkest Just
before dawn and tho longest lane
must have a turning. It's likewise an
ill wind that blows nobody good; but
you enn't make- me believe that a had
ess Is going to improve In courso of
tluio and be good, or that it won't
Happy Burmese.
The Burmese aro tho most light
hearted and care freo people in all
the world, and tho sound of merry
laughter tills all this happy laud. Ai
heart the Hurman Is, llrst of all, a
gentleman, and thougli ho is tho
proudest mortal in the world, he is
unaffected, sincere and as stmplo as a
llttlo child, and is, moreover, remark
ably freo from the vices of other
oriental races. The Hurman may be
Indolent, careless and pleasure lov
ing to a fault, but he Is always kind
ly and what he lacks in ambition and
industry Is more-, than supplied by the
energy and cleverness of ills wonder
fully capable women.
Power to Do Good.
The Increment that comes to any
human fadulty through use is tho
r.weetest of all satisfactions to bo got
out of work sweeter than material
rewards, sweeter than the praise of
ono's fellows, sweeter than purchased
oaBe. To feel that one Is steadily
growing in ono's power to do good--there
is deeper gladness In that, to
an earnest soul, than In almost any
thing else this world nffords. Pun-shion
Her Faith Lost.
A llttlo Boston girl was coaxed to
own to her aunt that she had done
something which sho ought not, and
which she Btoutly denied. Finally,
such undeniable proof of her guilt
was put up before her that she could
no longer keep her dontal. Sho turn
ed to her aunty, and said: "Well, Aunt
Ktttlo, you tan't trust anybody, now.
adays!"
Tho People Supreme.
I repeat that all power Is a trust;
that we are accountable for Its exer
cise; that from tho people and for tho
people all springs nnd all must exist
Benjamin Disraeli.
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