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Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
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GRAND
F the
Army
ARMY ENCAMPMENTS.
finmiitl onennipnients of the Grand
veterans served no other purpose
they would he Inviiliinble for the Influence
they exert as visible evidences of the na
tion's strength and vitality. At time
wlMjn the Mttillc is absorbed In tins contem
plation of diverse troubles, political ntid
wmnerclal. they disclose the presence of a national spirit
wfcirJi took us through an upheave! far greater niul more
tirriblr than any peril now oven remotely seen. It miij
fcr doubted whether any other event of the year does so
jiiatrK to correct our historical perspective and .enable us
n ce thing:. In tbe'r true relation as do tUs annual
rarfifoa oi the o'd soldiers.
Tht Html abandonment of the encampment., when it
fctownf necessary to discontinue them, will lie a distinct
1m to the nation, depriving It of an object lesson which
Imu fceeu stimulating and helpful and could be given In
m other way. The mere sight of the aging veterans on
nrrt Is something to stir the Imagination ami kindle
Beir the fires of loyalty and national pride. No com
memorative custom or memorial service which may be
adopted In Inter years will take the place of the. sight of
the Midlers themselves.
Then; Ik added reason, therefore, why each of the en
campments to come should be made the occasion for such
a dnnonstratlon of deep and lender Interest as that which
tin grated the veterans In their meeting at .Minneapo
1S. Not on sentimental grounds alone, but for reasons
it practical policy, wo cnnnol well inalce too much of
tlitJio meetings or cherish their memory too carefully.
Chicago News.
' EDUCATINO FARMERS' DAUGHTERS.
iIIK question of how to educate the daughter
I of farmers for the real duties of life has
I I been solved by the government of Belgium
I It'lwttk ui il Witilu Inivn Iukiii iku ( tt l1 1 ulim I ii I f
ferent sections for the purpose of giving
girls Instruction In the many branches of
agriculture and home housekeeping. (.II rls
are admitted to the schools when fifteen years old, and
kept In training for ten months. During that time they
rr expected to study and master the elements of agrl
cntttrr dairy farming, housekeeping and accounts, and
e prepared to go out In the world and practice the les-Hons-tmight.
In many Instances becoming teachers.
Kelglurn I a thickly-populated country., There are nu
merous cities and towns that tempt, the young people to
leave the farms. The daughters of well-to-do farmers
urt Inclined to take life easy and try to live above work
ing on the farm. It was to correct this growing evil that
1he new schools were Instituted. Every school admits
fifteen pupils. Every girl has a room to herself, and
most take proper care of It while she remains a student.
MM are dressed alike, and their clothing is made of ordl
JMrj material. A term of tun months generally enthuses
the-pupil with a liking for the farm, and results In keep
Staff the girls at home and benefiting the country by their
Mr of usefulness.
Modern life on the farm should be enticing to the sons
and daughters of the country. It certainly presents many
attractions not found In the pioneer days of agriculture.
There is a hope for homes and happiness in the future
"that cannot bo held out in the marts of commerce. Any
ratera of educating that tends to training the mlndH of
pupils in a different, direction Is not to be com
tended. The world of humanity must become a
.tome-loving and home-hulldlng population to insure
peace among the many families. There nre more
opportunities on the farm for getting an Interest In
the land than in any occupation offered enterprising
young people. There Is a future In agriculture for wom
en. It. lias opimrtunltles for advancement in every legiti
mate field of human endeavor. That work should not
be overlooked by any parent or guardian. .Seattle Post-0
Intelligencer.
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DIRECTORS WHO DO NOT DIRECT.
HE summer season Is usually uneventful In
the financial world, but development of
late have attracted world wide interest. The
United States has seen two demonstrations
of frenzied finance, in the destruction of a
Chicago bank and a great. Philadelphia
banking and real estate loan concern. Hun
dreds of poor people, have fopnd their hard-earned sav
ings swept, away, and the newspapers are again busily
discussing that great financial menace, "the director who
does not direct." Well known and able financiers of
Philadelphia were on tlio board of the trust company,
and regularly the lafe president showed them large pack
ages containing the company's securities -all "gilt-edged."
So said the president. Not one of thoe well-known and
able financiers ever dreamed of Investigating the pack
ages: and for ijll the directors knew the packages, rep
resenting the foundation of the whole structure, might
have contained sawdust.
The truth was at last revealed, but nut through any
;meutal efforts of the directors. The suicide of the un
fortunate president, started an Investigation, quickly dis
closing a state of affairs that might never have material
ized had the directors fully appreciated the'importance of
their trust. Tills, and many other similar disasters have
developed such an obvious moral that a new era must
come an era In which directors, whether of the Bank-of
Kngland. or of a concern capitalized at ."S.'.OOO. wlllcxer
clse a vigilant safeguard over the Interests of all who are.
dependent upon 'their company's success. .Montreal Star.
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TALK IT OVER WITH YOUR WIFE.
IlKNEVICK a man with a wife and family
Incomes a criminal, he inflicts cruel suffer
ings upon the Innocent. Those silent suf
ferers deserve the deepest sympathy. Tin
misery they endure cannot b" appreciated
by those who have never passed through
such a harrowing experience. It is lament
able that so few men observe the rule which Tacitus says
was observed by the old Germans. "In all Important mat
ters they consult their women.'' The blasting of many
a man's reputation, once fair and unspotted, might have
been prevented if he had made a confidant of his wife
in his business affairs. Defalcations, embezzlements, be
trayals of trust, and other 'Criminal acts committed In the
feverish haste to get rich quickly in many Instances
would not have been engaged in if the wife had been
consulted before the first wrongful or jtloubtful step had
been taken.
Most; women have swift intuitions lu matter. Into
which the moral law enters. Few of them are skilled
in finance, yet the foundation of the financial stiecos of
very tnuny men lies lu tlio prudent counsel and manage
ment of tlio wife. Numbers of our most successful busl
ness men owe their good fortune largely to the encour
aging or restraining advice of their wives Hi oil Import
ant crises in their affairs. As one of the chief sufferers
when a raise or imprudent step Is taken by the husband,
the wife Is entitled to take the place of counsellor and
guide whenever such aid Is needed. Philadelphia Ledger.
THE GERMAN EMPRESS IN COMMAND OF HER OWN REGIMENT.
At a review during the maneuvers In Silesia the Ger
mail empress led her own regiment, the cuirassiers of
the Garde du Corps, past the kaiser. The empress Lwore
th cuirassiers' uniform, but not the hVmncf, which was
replaced by a plumed hut. Tim late Kmpross Frederick
used to take command of her own regiment of hussars,
whosp uniform she wore. The empress takes on active.
Interest in military affairs and Is ,n great student of his
torical works bearing on the wars o.f Europe.
leFavoriteS
The Tempi-Mf.
We were crowded lu the cabin.
Nol a soul would dare to sleep;
if was midnight on the waters
And a storm was on the deep.
'Tis n fearful thing in winter
To bj shattered by the blast.
And to hear the rattling trumpet thiimfor,
"Cut away the mast."
So we gathered there, in ."Hence,
I' or the stoutest held his breath.
While the angry waves were rolling.
And the breakers talked of death;
And as I hug we sat in darkness.
Kach one busy in his prayers.
"We re lost," the Captain shouted,
Am Tie staggered down the stairs.
P. lit his Ji!l rinughter whispered,
As she took his icy haml:
"Isn't God upon the ocean.
Just the same ns on the land?"
Then he kissed the little maiden.
And we spoke in belter cheer'
And we anchored safe in harbor.
When the morn was shining clear.
-Nu than Parker.
The Grcal Old Mail
"How seldom, friend, h good great man
inherits
Honor and wealth with nil his worth and
pains !
It sounds like stories from the laud of
spirits.
if any man obtain that which he merits.
Or any merit that which lie obtains"
For shame, dear friend, renounce tiiis
' enntiug strain ;
What wouldst thou have a great good
man obtnin r
Place tith? salary a gilded chnin
Or throne on corses which his sword
Iintli slain?
Greatness and goodnes are not menus,
bnf. ends I
Iintli he not always treasures, always
friends.
The good great man? Three treasures.
love and light,
And, calm thoughts regular as infant's
breath ;
And three firm friends more- sure than
day and ni?lit
Himself, his Maker and tlio angel Dvarh..
-Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
HER LITTLE MAN.
Aid in Weight.
A young man who wanted to get on
tbc KlIce force, but was six pounds un
er weight, applied for advice to a cop
.rho had been on the force several
fears. , " '
"It 18 the eaaleit Iblng in the .world,"
said the experienced one., "Just before
you go In to ttike the physical oxiiinjna
tlon eat a lot of boiled cabbage and
drluk all the milk you can. Water used
to be the regular tiling but Jt Is not
so heavy as nillk and the stomach holds
'less of It. ...Milk and' cabbage are the
heaviest foods in the0 world. Von fan
Increase your weight five tocfcn pounds
within an "hour 0
oTho candidate followed0 the advice
and passed with two pounds to spare."
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than
An, ugly
ugly muu.
woman Is "Uglier
an
I-'rettoh Wife with Atvy Money Dovn
Mot Vnnt Hint In W'orbr.
Frenchmen would sink Into' innocu
ous desuetude,, says the Boston ITernld,
were It not for their females. Paris,
In particular, Is the paradise of. the
Incompetent and lazy good-looker.
And, really, when a young husband.
brings a lump sum equnl to his wife's
dot', our American Ideals may remain
shocked at his contented laziness, but.
we find it: hard to criticise with- logic.
Pretty little Agnes TV , for exam
ple, had a $20,000 marriage portion
from her motlyr and she was engaged
to Paul G- .
"Do you give her only .i'J0,000?" ask
ed Paul's mother. "Make it $,"0,000
and I will give Paul the same."
Agnes' mother remaining obdurate,
and Paul's refusing 1o make an un
equal bargain, the young folks dtnrled
life on $20,000 each in gilt-edged bonds,
producing the joint, income o'r$l,f00
and' hero comes the point. Paul' had
promised Agnes not to work.
"If I quit father and mother it will
not. be to live my days alone.' she said,
while to Paul she murmured : "Yoif
will rather be with me-all day than to
go out and make money V
After marrlimv iuwns np to Paul to
make good. J 0
"Hut we Jiavc only ."jU.iiOO a year."
he argued, anil being tempted of the
devil he accepted a congenial situation
at $2r per. And .his-young wife fell
sick of It.
His own mother was uneasy and ids
mother-in-law, scolded. His' congenial
occupation ought to lie to jolly Agnes.
Agues grew anaemic, pined, hat!" Head
aches and emotional anxiety.
In the end they had to spend 1.200
In traveling to got her health hack.
PauUio longer woilcs, and all ts-well. c
No other country has anything like
tills proportion of Incomes from long
faintly accumulations, -where breaking
Into capital Is considered, ii crime.
One consequence is that women quite
as frequently as men may linv their
own revenues.
Now, as Jules Simon pointed out, the
French married woman wislies, above
all, security for the enjoyment of her
"lltjln man." She fears change und is
an enemy to enterprise. A French girl
with $20,000 marriage portion will cer
tainly prefer a husband bringing the
snnfe or more on condition that lie be
"serious" say at once, obedient.
By having a sure Income of her own
of, gny, $'7o0, she will Just ,ns certainly
prefer an obedient young husband earn
ing $1(1, per week in a government
olllce with short' hours and a moderate
pension, to a hustler who might double
or quadruple- her capital. And If she
has $l,f00 per year she will still fnore
certainly prefer an obedient yo'Ung hus
band earning nothing to a wonder of
enterprise who Is always at his otllco!
This explains the Immense vogue lu
France of those professions called "of
perfect repose." The phrase refers to
repose of mind in that thef profession.
M'ldoni tempt men to risk capital In In
vestments; but repose of body fs no
stranger to their walks. They are army
otllccr, government functionary (one
French voter in feu is a government
functionary), barrister, doctor, en
gineer and university professor.
I'ngiiiceiM. either of civil or military
specialties or of private enterprises, are
quoted high, but rather spovfaf. Often
they are men who work. Sometime
they have opportunities to invest money
advantageously. It is a trifle too un
certain, too energetic, too masterful.
The mass of young Paris doctors,
barristers, functionaries professors -uud
all army officers ean be depended
on to make model French husbands. I
know the case of a young doctor whose
ambition is ti write a book on French
watering places. To my certain knowl
edge he has three fine girls with ainple
inarriage portions choslug after Iilm.
The mother of one said the other day:
"I told him I would make Berthe's
portion ?OV,000 and pay my own ex
penses If he would agree on his word!
of honor that I should go with them.'
"A dream of happiness!" her gossip
replied. "Your daughter pigeonholed
a swell son-fn-luw, with nothing to do
always beside yoirJ"'
"And the relations, my dear think
of hfs relations! (She referred' to his
professional relations.) Wo would flit
from one watering place to another;,
hotels at half price, douches and In
halations for nothing, Jump immediate
ly Into the lest medical sets of Vichy,.
Bourbouile. IJriage, Conlroxe.vlllo, Vlt
tel, Plonibiores."
"Willie ho Is writing his book?"
"Exactly, my dear! Provldwl He
doesn't write it too quickly! If. he mar
rles P.erthe I'll see-to that.!"
She- need not worry.. The young fel
low will see to It himself that book
will be his life work ; that and: rh
dally Jollying of Berthe.
JOSIE'3 ICE-CREAM..
It. was- next to the very last day of
school,, and Miss Barton's kindergarten
was all. excitement, says the Chicago
News, for there was going to be a par
ty. "What Is ice cream?" asked Josio
Czlewaki, timidly, of a little boy In her
room,, whom she met on her way to
school that morning. He stared at her
scornfully. "Huh!" ho snorted. "Huh!"
Josie Czlewskl shrank Into herself,,
abashed. Evidently It was un outrage
ous thing not to know alwut Ice cream,,
and she was sorry she had asked. But
still she wondered.
She had ou her old. faded plaid dress
which she had worn most of the year..
Some of the others were dressed up
because of the party. Josie's sinking
of the heart, which had been coinci
dent with the appearance of these en
viable garments, was almost forgotten
In her excitement over the ice cream.
She knew what Ico was like. Nobody
could cook it. Ice cream must be tlm
delicious acme of one's maddest dreams,
judging from the ruptures about her.
She was afraid to display her ignor
ance again, so she waited wth Spartan
repression.
"Von must: lie patient," -Miss Barton,
warned them, when the janitor carried,
in 'the ice cream. Josie CIewski watch
ed with eyes that, grew bigger and.
darker.. The sawdust-covered Ice al
most started the tears. Was that Ice
cream? Away with dreams-!
Cut no, a delectable, rosy,, paper
shrouded cblock of something, .appeared;
'ifiis was lee cream ! Shi; pressed her
bands tightly together, and when the
wooden plate was nit Into her lap, she
stared at it, too happy to cat.
But she soon Joined the ot burs, whoso
spoons worked with flock like rapldtty."
Never had Josie- (.'.lowskij Imagined
anything like the taste of CI.
o On a wooden chair .Miss Barton was
piling more of the paper-covered rosy
slabs. Josie felt she could eat. many,
many more slabs. But alas"! the wood
u chair was empty. She glanced at
It wistfully and started, for the paper
on tt w:ui coated with a layer of melt
ed ice cream from the burden it had
carried. She tiptoed tdward it. Sim
gave one furtive glance about tlio busy
room, and then, quicker than tt takes
to tell the shocking fact, Josie Czlews
kl bent over, and with her little pink
tongue" lapped" up the equally pink melt
ed ice cream from the chair. Misa
Barton's, eyes beheld the scene. She
wavered, and then deliberately turned
lier back on it.
"Did you have a good time, Josle'i'"
tlio, teacher asked the little girl who
had learned' thato afternoon what Ico
cream is llkei
Josie turned' starry oyos up at tha
teacher0. "Yes'm," she rtroathed,, ter-
Lvently "oh, yes'm!"
Camera Currying- Caimi-ltji "
A camel caji easily carry a weight of
one thousniid pounds on Its hack, abyu'
four times' a(s much as a horse c.iu
carry. The camel begins work at tlio
age of 1 and is useful for half a cen
tury? n The horse, as a rule. Is nearly
played out ut the age or 15. 1