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OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
The Sense of Gratitude.
GIVING nml tnkltig makes up such n largo part of
lire Unit the art of thanks Is well Worth n little
consideration. The sensation of gratitude
Is, generally speaking, a double sensation. It con
sists In pleasure produced by a gift or favor for Its own
sake, and In a renewed sense of affection or regard toward
the giver. The latter should always be the uppermost feel
ing In the uilud; though there are circumstances In which
it Is not possible that It should be the strongest. A well
expressed gratitude conveys both feelings, and every grati
tude which docs so Is well expressed, however badly It
may be worded. Occasionally only one of those two feel
lugs Is present in the mind, nnd it is a nice question of
morals how far the other may rightly bo simulated,
The amount of thanks a man receives during his
life depends very largely upon his accoiupllghment as a
giver. There are those who give with so much simplicity
thn they conciliate the proud, set the shy at their ease,
nml dull the selllsh sharpness of critical perceptions; but
the obligation of returning thanks remains the same, how
ever awkwardly it. may be laid upon us. No man has
any right to consider his creditor's clrcumstaucos before ho
pays his debt, or to keep his creditor waiting because of
his bad mnnncrs. Gratitude Is a debt which only the
worst men repudiate. The things for which we feel most
warmly grateful we can at least often repay in kind, but
the treasury of words Is freely open to the poorest, and It
is. surely worth some pains to learn how best to count
them. Loudon Spectator.
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The Decay of "Faithfulness."
E seldom hear the word "faithfulness" used
now In the old-fashioned Evangelical sense,
when it had reference, according to the defini
tion in Murray's Dictionary, "to the duly of toll
ing unwelcome counsel." Very few people now pride them
selves upon being "faithful" with their friends 1. e.,' nev
er allowing affection or a proper regard for the liberty of
the individual to stand between them and a true expres
sion of unasked opinion. No one boasts that ho or she has
been "faithful." Such severity may be at times necessary,
anil often excusable, but it is no longer admired. A ten
dency to rigorous dealing, whether verbal or otherwise, has
lost its place among the virtues, and takes rank among
minor defects of character. Of course, we all tell unpleas
ant truths and give unwelcome advice at times, but not
often of set purpose. We do it, so to speak, by accident
because we have lost our tempers, or are otherwise carried
'away by our feelings. Those who suffer from the faithful
wounds of a friend, or painfully reject his gratuitous guid
ance, do -not try, as their grandfathers tried after the llrst
moment of Inevitable Irritation was over to feel gratitude
towards him on the ground of his faithfulness; at best now
adays they do but try to forgive him for his interference.
All this, of course, is merely a part of the modern soft
ening of manners, the modern respect for the individual,
Jnnd the modern Avorshlp of liberty. For the decay of
I (faithfulness" within the circle of Intimacy conies of the
same advance In civilization which has killed verbal per
sonal violence in the wider circle of cultivated society.
Friends no longer dure to play with sharp-edged personali
ties, Acquaintances no longer search In conversation, as
Theodore Hook's contemporaries appear to have searched,
for something to hit with. Unless a man wishes to be
hated, he must use his knowledge of the weaknesses of
those around him in order to spare not to chastise them.
London Spectator.
ts Mental V.'gor on the Wane?
DISTINGUISHED British physician, Dr. n.vslop, is
quoted as saying that "with the apparent advance of
civilization there Is In reality a diminution in intel
lectual vigor, mainly due to faulty management in
economy or brain power." The assertion that there
has lieeo no Inreaso in intollcntiinl power since the
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earliest period of recorded history Is quite familiar,
but one does not often hear from an authoritative source
the statement that the mental vigor of the most progressive
races is actually declining.
Is this a fact? Do wo find evidence therefor In tho ac
tivities of the generation now holding the world's stage or
In tho work of the generation fitting Itself In school, Held
and workshop for futuro control? Hardly. In the sciences,
in tho arts, In every lino of research and invention, there
Is steady if not remarkable progress. Tho patent olllces of
tho various countries do not indicate any diminution of
mental fertility or Ingenuity. The fiction, tho poetry, the
periodical literature and Journalism of tho day, with all the
excrescences wo deplore In them, do not afford proof of
mental deterioration.
The standards of our secondary schools, colleges, uni
versities and professional Institutions are higher than over,
yet wo do not get the Impression from educators' reports
that boys and girls are unequal to the task of meeting the
tests Imposed before admission or of following the courses
prescribed.
No, there seems to bo no evidence of the wnnlng of
Intelligence alleged by tho eminent physician. Neverthe
less, there is "food for thought" In his remnrks, to this
extent at least that such phenomena as the rapid increase
of lunacy demand serious Inquiry into our systems of edu
cation. Facts are useful when they readily fall Into
classes presided over by large Ideas. An Ill-assorted collec
tion of barren facts Is of little value, and tends to "diffuse
consciousness"" and lack of continuity of thought. The
world' was never richer than It Is to-day In the raw ma
terial knowledge, but the chief function of education Is
to develop capacity for deep and sustained thought. Given
concentration, discipline and method, and the accumu
lation o'f knowledge Is relatively easy In our time. Chicago
Record-Herald.
"Catching Cold" and How to Avoid It.
F people could only get tho superstition out of their
heads that pneumonia and its invariable precursor, a
"cold," are due to cold air and draughts, the death rate
from pneumonia and the discomfort rate from "colds"
could bo cut down In a week to almost nothing. Never
was there a more destructive misnomer than calling the
fever whicli does so much hnrm a "cold."
As a matter of fact, a "cold" Is not duo to cold at all,
but to overheating the skin and a lack of fresh air In
the lungs. People put on heavy woolen underclothing,
sit In a room heated to the temperature of midsummer,
perspire freely, thus opening their pores; the moisture is
prevented by the wool from evaporating and leaving the
skin cool and dry and remains on tho surface thus ren
dered sensitive. Then they go suddenly out Into the cold
nlr, which instantly chills the moist and open pores, drives
the blood away from the surface, creates an Internal con
gestlon that deranges all tho organs, nnd a fever follows.
This, of cour.se, affects the mucous membrane from within,
and tho membrane, which has been dried nnd baked in
tho overheated room, and thus made a lodging for the
dangerous microbes bred in foul and oxygen-exhausted air.
cannot resist the attack through tho blood and becomes ai:
easy prey to the microbes from without. Then there is
suffering and, too often, pneumonia and death.
A European once asked a Canadian Indian who wore
nothing but a loosely wrapped blanket In tho northern
winter, whether he would not take cold. "Cold?" replied
the Indian, scornfully. "White man not cover his face
white man's face not cold? No? Indian all face!"
That Is the secret of immunity from colds and pneu
moula. Be all face that Is, do not wear heavy under
clothing but heavy outerclothlng which you can remove
In a warm room, breathe plenty of fresh oxygenated att
aint you can laugh the draughts to scorn, will find tin
outdoor cold much more easily bearable, and can grad
ually reduce the temperature of your home and your olllc;
to the European standard. So shall you escape pneumonia
nnd nvcmjitUH' 'death. Chientro Journal.
HOW WOMAN ACTS IN DANGER.
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Can lie Depended On for Something Un
usual When Ki-ljjtlitoned.
Speeding down Michigan avenue the
other evening In his automobile with
a feminine companion. Sidney Godham.
secretary of the Automobile Club, sud
denly spied a cat in the middle of the
toad, staring at his headlight.
"Now, I'm going to get that cat,"
he remarked to bin companion, who
earnestly begged him to desist. "No "
he persisted, "there were too many
stray cats prowling about in the world
already," and' ho speeded his automo
bile straight ahead. Within live l'eet
of the bewildered animal, which for
some strange reason had not budged,
the girl leaned forward in her Intense
sympathy for tho poor cat about, to be
crushed. Mr. Gorhnm, running Ida
machine at the rate of tventy-tlve
; miles an hour, suddenly veered to the
side. He saved the cat, but pretty
nearly lost his companion, who, unable
to preserve her poise, went pitehlug
out of tho vehicle, lie catching her by
the coat Just in time to save a catas
trophe. This is only one of the many Inol
"dents in which tho "eternal feminine"
."livid do an umiBunl or unguarded thing
' vntlie presence of sudden fright. Not
that Avomen are any mora susceptible
to los of presence of mind tltnn men,
generally. On tho contrary, from the
testimony of those who have had wide
experience in dealing with both sexes
In the presence of scares of any kind
women hold equal rank with men In
cases of llres, runaways, In burglar
frights, and In automobile scares, In
spite of tho exception given.
"In fact," continues Mr. Gorhnm,
speaking of nutomoblllng, "1 Jlnd my
wife keeps her head just na wen ns 1
do, and the same tfdng is true o pret
ty nearly nil the women I knoi,. ui
course, wo don't have much to uigut
on us. Accidents are really much nioro
rare than people generally suppose.
With confidence in their op.-.-ui.or
when they are not scared out of it, as
in the case I have just related women
do not always realize real danger when
it comes.
"The narrowest escape I over had
occurred when there were three women
In my auto. I was running down a
small hill over a narrow road with
high banks on either side and only
four feet away wen I spied a broken
bottle In tho middle of tho track. I
turned- to the side, seeking to save my
tire, when I suddenly found the wheels
sliding down the bank. I called In
stantly to the women to Jump. Then
I sat and waited. At that moment I
would have taken n hundred dollars
for that machine which I paid $2 500
for. It looked as If It still might go
over any moment, and laud at tho bot
tom of the bank upside down. I man
aged to save it, but would you believe,
when I asked these women to got out
they simply giggled. 1 know, of course,
the switch was thrown and that we
might be hurled Into eternity any mo
ment." An energetic but Inexperienced girl
will act differently from a sympathetic
or well poised woman. A case Is relat
ed of one girl out In an automobile
for tho first time, 'lue operator, who
was likewise Inexperienced, had the
lever reversed and did not, know It.
Suddenly the machine began backing,
driving straight for a curb. The ener
getic girl rose up and called "Whoa!
whoa!" much to the amusement of the
crowd watching the performance. Her
lack of reserve and loss of presence
of mind manifested Itself In the pres
ence of sudden fright.
Another energetic woman, perfectly
able to keep cool on all occasions, may
perform a deed of real heroism in the
case of sudden danger. "In lire scares,"
says Marshal Campion of engine house
No. B, "I can't Bee but a woman Is Just
nf brave ns a man any time. I pretty
nearly lost my life once, and would
have had It not been for a woman. 1
was down In the basement of an old
dance hall on the West Side, which
was In a mass of flames, and 1 had
simply lost my way. I called up In
my dilemma, and it was a woman who
stood at the head of the stairs and di
rected mc out with flames sweeping
about like mad.
"Still, women do lose their bends.
Just a short time ago one woman came
out: of a burning building with her
hat and bandbox nnd left live hundred
dollars worth of jewels on her dress
er. Aa luck would have It, though,
they were burled In the plastering and
she recovered them luter." Chicago
Tribune.
IVrfumuH ns Dtsinl'cntnntH,
It is a well-known fact that workers
among lavender beds seldom take in
fectious ailments and those engaged In
Uie perfumery trade are singularly free
from them. A good perfume In the
old days was considered nn excellent
disinfectant. Tho doctors then used to
carry walking sticks with silver or
gold knobs. These opened with a lid,
disclosing n tiny vinaigrette box, which
tho physician held to his nose when
entering rooms containing patients 111
with any infectious disease.
Doing and foiling to Ovdor.
"Ilenpeek tells his wife everything
that he does."
"Yes, and he does everything that
she tells him." Illustrated Bits,
The widower whose children watch
him closely, Is as free us. a bird com
pared with the bachelor who Uvea with
an old maid sister.
I FAVORITES
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Out llnil Wo Sonic IbIc.
0! had we some bright little islo of our
own
In a blue summer ocean, far off anil
alone,
Where a leaf never dies In tho still
blooming bowers,
And the hue banquets on through a whole
year of flowers;
Where the nun loves to pause
Willi so fond a delay
That the night only draws
A thin veil o'er the day;
Whore simply to feel that wo breathe,
that wo live,
la worth the bust joy that life elsuwhcro
can give.
There, with souls ever ardent nnd pure
as the clinic,
Wo should love in they loved hi the llrst
golden time;
The glow of tho sunshine, the balm of
the air,
Would stead to our hearts and make nil
summer there.
With affection as free
From decline ns the bowers,
Aud with hope, like the bee
Living always on .flowers,
Our life should resemble a long day of
light,
And ottr death come on holy and calm as
the night.
Moore.
Mnry of Artsylc
I have heard the iiinvls Hinging
His love song to the morn;
I have seen the dew-drop clinging
To the rose just newly horn.
But a sweeter song has cheered mc,
At the evening's gentle clone,
And I've seen an eye still brighter,
Than the dew-drop on the rose;
'Twos thy voice, my gentle Mary,
And thine artless, winning smile,
That made the world nn Eden,
Bonnie Alary of Argyle.
Tho' thy voice may lose Its sweetness
And thine eye Its brightness, too,
Tho' thy st'jp may lack Its tlcotncw,
And thy hair its sunny hue;
Still to me wilt thou he dearer,
Than all the world shall own,
1 have loved thee for thy beauty, but
Not for that alone;
I have watched thy heart, dear Alary,
And its goodness was the wile,
That has made thoo mine forever,
Bonnie Alary of Argyle.
Charles Jeffreys.
GUIDE MAY START RUSH.
How to Cure for nnd nintinvtc tho ATottt
KaeliiutiiiK of Domcaiic L'otn.
Alarrlage license clerks should pre
pare for the rush, for tho chief mar
riage handicap has been removed. As
soon as sulliclent time has elapsed for
the study of a book just published In
London called "Wives and How to
.Manage Them," they may expect a
tidal wave of young men with tho li
cense fee and the courage of their
convictions.
The author hides his fame under the
name of "One Who Knows," but that
will not prevent hltn receiving a monu
ment from tho male portion of the En
glish speaking race after ho has been
lynched by tholr better halves.
lie starts oft' by drawing attention
to the fact that "there are numerous
handbooks published whicli deal with
the management of the horse, the dog,
the canary, and other domestic ani
mals, and yet there Is no good nnd
useful text book upon the 'Choice and
.Management of the Wife,' who Is by
far the most Important, most expen
sive and most universal of the domes
tic pots."
The course of management must be
gin with the honeymoon, and the great
thing tho husband has to beware Is al
lowing his wifo to think for herself.
If you speak a foreign language and
she doe not, spend your honeymoon
In that country, then you must do the
thinking for both. "If you do not your
wife may begin to think for you. To
allow this Is the most fatal error yon
can possibly commit, It Is a habit you
may 11 ml It dlfllcult to break her of
afterwords. Let her talk that docs
no manner of harm and comes to most
women much more easily than think
ing but, If possible, prevent her from
thinking at all; In a wife It Is a most
.pernicious habit, only one degree less
terrible than that of reasoning, which
Is a deadly sin. If once your wife be
gins to reason about things In gen
eral, nnd contracts the habit, before
long she Is sure to reason about you.
Now you know quite well that you
will not bear reasoning about.
One of the few things for which a
man may be nnturnlly thankful Is wo
man's changeability. "Some unthink
ing male creatures have reproached
women for this changeability; they do
not realize that no sane man would
enre to eat boiled mutton at every
meal, year In and year out."
lie strongly advises moderation lu
tho management of a wife by means
of violence, and cites a good rouson
from the police court. "Tho magis
trate asked tho wife: 'And you mean
to Bay that that miserable wreck of a
man gave you n bluck eye?' 'Lor, sir,'
sho answered, 'he wasn't a miserable
wreck nforo ho struck me.' " The arJ
gument In convincing.
Ono thing you must do In mnnng
Ing a wife Is to Insist on her doln
as you sny, nnd then entitling your!
eyes, so that you may not seo when!
she does tho opposlle. So, and only ko,
cntt you' manage her with happiness;
for both. ',
This needs tho co-operation of tho!
wife, however, and the power to tell!
a good, convincing Mo.
Tho llnal advice Is: "Bo careful,
whatever you do, to keep up your sub
scription to yo'ur club. A man's houso.
Is Ids castle; hut a married man's cus
tie Is his club."
Hero Is a sop of consolation: "Afleri
all. marriage has Its consolations m
tong an your wife lives you cnuuotj
marry any other woman. You know
tho worst." Ch'engo Tribune.
PATHFINDER OF SAN JUAN.
Kplaode In tho Lrfo or Otto Mcnra atj
MuiHhtill l'UH8
Otto Mcnra of Saguache Is known la
Colorado as the "Pathfinder of tho San)
Junn" because of stage and loll ronda
he built through the mountains). One!
of his stage lines was over Marshall!
pass. Ho was constantly censuring)
his drivers for being slow. Tho result
was that every man was anxious to
got him alone In n stage and demon
strate that they could go faut enough
to please him.
One morning he waited at the sum
mit; of Marshall pass for the stage
driven by Henry Burns, n recklesa,
driver, to leave for tho foot. He wa
drcsscd In a black suit that wau mokl-j
cd to him and on bin head wau a new
silk hat and his linen wan spotlessly
white. He was tho only passenger.
"I'll glvo hint the ride of his life,"
remarked Burns to the station men.
Four of the best horses on tho llno
woro hooked up. Aleara Btopped into
the stage with a fresh dear in his
mouth and Bums clamored on tho box,
He cracked his whip with a volley of
curses nnd the louden) neuvly Jumped
out of tho harness. Ho sent tho four
down tho KorptmtlHo road In record
time, the stngo hanging againa tliu
tide of the mountain, grattlug the'
edges of precipices, whirling around'
sharp curves on two wheuls) and bounds
log over rocks with jara tt.at raised
the heavy vehicle threo feet und
plunged it forward with a bump that
started every bolt and nail. Tha
horses wore white with lather, but still
Burn urged them on.
At the foot of tho pa.iM Hums pulled'
up hh, foaming and woii-ulgh spent
horses nnd Aloara climbed ouL Ills
silk hat wits a bntt.ml wreck, ids
clothes were torn In dozen of places
and his har.ds and face wero scratched
and bleeding, for ho lmd Iwca tossed
about In tho stage like a pea In a can;
but Mm cljrav was still gripped In Ida
teeth. He said uothlng, however, un
til the stage was driven up to continue
on Its way, when he runmrked la
Hums:
"Henery, I tlnk 1 vlll ride on to out?
side mit you. I vus uo louosomo iu(
side I couldn't keep uvake." Chicago
Chronicle
Ti no ItichcH.
A writer in the Outlook dcrxn-lben a
ride he once took with an old fannei
In a New England village, during
which i.otuo of the men of Uie neigh
borhood came under criticism.
Speaking of a prominent man in Uie
neighborhood, I linked: "Is he a man
of moans?"
"Well,, sir," Uie farmer replied, "lift
hasn't got much money, but he's
mighty rich."
"Hits he a great deal of land, then?",
I nsked. ' t'r
"No, sir, ho hasn't got much land,
either, but he's mighty rich."
Tho old farmer, with u pleased
stnllo, observed my rmtzlod look for a
moment, and thui c::,.)lnlni:
"You see, he hasn't got much money,
and he hasn't got much !r.-:d, but still
he In rich, because he uer went to
hod owing a man a cent In his life.
He lives its well as l. want) to live,
and ho pays as he g 't-s; hu doesn't
owe anything, and he Isn't afraid of.
anybody; ho tells every man the truth,'
and does his duty by himself, his fam
ily, and his neighbors; his word Is as
good as his bond, ami every man,
woman and child in town looks up to
him, and respects him. No, sir, ho
hasn't got much land, but he's it
mlj'hty rich man, because ku'n got all
ho wants."
A On me I Ffnue.
Probably the only statue la which '
camel figures Is that of General Gor
don, who perished In the Soudan,
mounted on tho "ship of the desert,"
which was tho work of tho late On
slow Ford. After hnvlug been set up
In London it wus transported to Khar
toum, where It marks Uie tpot whore
'Chinese" Gordon so tragically perish
ed. Thn "Hollo liudj.':
Society's pet may be first In tho whirl
Of receptions and halls,
But she'll hnve to admit It's the Tele
phone Girl
Who receive tho most calls.
Philadelphia Public Ledger,
Do you aJwayw hoop an appoint
meut, or just claim to?