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Womans Education
Juut as certain college professors
and magazine writers are well under
way In the work of proving that the
higher education of women is all
wrong and that the general system of
female education is defective in that
it does not teach women how to he
good wives and mothers along comes
Dr Lyman Abbott with the assertion
that it Is not the proper object of edu
cation to furnish a woman with a lan
tern wherewith to aid her in a search
for a husband We have now got
wholly away says Dr Abbott from
the idea that the object of a womans
education is to make her a better or
nament for the parlor or a more capa
ble hired servant A woman should no
more be educated to he a wife and
mother than a man should be educated
to be a husband and father She
should bo educated to be a woman
as a man is educated to bo a man
Evidently remarks the Baltimore
American the doctor does not count
the occasional professors and the mag
azine writers in when he says We
He means all the rest of the world
Hope for Central America
-The international bureau of central
American republics announces a com
mendable purpose It is proposed to
make uniform the civil commercial
and criminal legislation of the five sig
natory republics to establish a unifcan
customs anud monetary system amd to
work for the general development of
commerce and industry The success
of the effort would be seriously doubt
ed were reliance placed upon the sta
bility of central American purpose
alone But says the Boston Herald
back of this is the spirit of the inter
national bureau of American republics
and particularly the governments of
the United States and Mexico each of
which is determined for selfish as well
as unselfish interest that constant tur
moil in central America shall be
checked The five republics will be
given a chance to work out their own
salvation and good government will
be assured the moral backing of larger
powers and more substantial support
If necessary
The Good Will Habit
A habit of holding a kindly attitude
of mind toward everybody has a pow
erful influence upon the character It
lifts the mind above petty jealousies
and meannesses it encircles and en
larges the whole life When we meet
people no matter if they are stran
gers we feel a certain kinship with
and friendliness for them if we have
formed the good will habit In other
words says the New York Weekly the
kindly habit the good will habit
makes us feel more sympathy for
everybody And if we radiate this
helpful friendly feeling others will
reflect it back to us On the other
hand if we go through life with a cold
selfish mental attitude caring only for
our own always looking for the main
chance only thinking of what will fur
ther our own interest our own com
fort totally indifferent to others this
attitude will after a while harden the
feelings and the affections and we
shall become dry pessimistic and un
interesting
Folly is a fertile plant and bears
fruit for a long time The French are
discovering the truth of this in the
demoralization of their navy Mons
Gaston Thomson the minister of mar
ine has resigned from the cabinet
after the chamber of deputies con
demned his department because of the
explosion on the -warship Iena in 1907
when more than a hundred officers and
men were killed There have been
more than 30 explosions on French
warships within the past two years
and the officers ond men are said to be
completely demoralized The demor
alization however did not begin under
theadministration of Mons Thomson
but under that of his predecessor who
issued regulations which destroyed
discipline on the ships For the good
of all the commander of a battleship
even more than the commander of a
merchant vessel must be an autocrat
and any policy which undermines his
authority weakens the efficiency of the
ships crew
If the Highland Park housewife who
bought two gallons of water for floor
polish will just drop in a couple of
bars of soap and let it stand over
night says the Detroit News she will
have something that with elbow
grease ad lib will just make her
floors shine PS Slice the bars of
soap
An army officer in Washington was
convicted of disorderly conduct on a
street car the evidence showing that
it took five policemen to carry the bel
ligerant officer to the hospital The sen
tence of dismissal was commuted and
with reason for a fighter like that
would be a great loss in time of active
service
A German countess declares that
wealth is a sin and we may assume
that being clean broke is also next to
godliness
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Autumn leaves now the entire e amut of holidav eoodsi
Images t of Santa Claus appear in bas reliefs backed with reindeer and
Bisagcs capacious ciumncys ana snag nrcoiaccs aoys ana sweetmeats
run riot upon the counters and thehriggnas shopper appears rnincingly in
the long aisles of the great department stored Sjhere are yet many days for
making Christmas choices andytiieslwpperhas about her none of that mad
scrambling air so noticeable during hejast few dys of the runaway season
In the streets Santa orks aeyer corJjexTasking alms for the needy
and the sick that their Chrisrmas too may be brightened and of good
cheer With the giyirjrievfaces of thecrowd take on a happier smile
the heart is answefmgto the message oftfgdpd will on earth Inch by
inch we are drajtfa into the alerTy making the Jpustle and the spirit of the
times In our minds wpare turning overhand over the problem of what
for this deaj one ana what fory that ancVin gur list we include those who
are less apttobejoyous jdh this- day thanks ar and now comes the
Veal joy ofChrismas e doing Jofgobdhat makes our hearts singjwith
happiness I if
There is the little girrweTnetaway upinhe pine woods last summer
who will be delighted wimaprettyooKtiaellame boy who sells papers
at the corner of Hit arid Miss- streets the widow who takes in washing
out in the suburb where we Kvethe jolly boyfriend of a business associ j
ate who has so many things one cannot just ydccideT on his present the
elevator man who has met morning and night with a cheery good
morning and a respectful good night anaSiheny there are the closer ones
the mother father wife and babies
What a galaxycf needy folk for alTarel needyronYChristmasdayl
Those who do not need food or clothing or money need something that
will prove our love prove that we have hot forgotten them and that on
this the day commemorating the coming of the KingrofBethlenemour
heart is attuned totheirs in gladness and rejoicing
And now the hollyand the mistletoe appear upon the streetTcoraers
and rushing business men stop on their hurried way homeward to buy
wreaths of the green and the red to hang in the windows of their homes
cuiuirum uie cnanaeuers oi tneirmvmg rooms
On and on surges the spiritrbhristmas
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Like a misrhtv envelooine shaft of -sunshine it breaks throurfiMhe
clouds of every day mediocrity and racing across the world sends its glow
ing glory into every home Garlands hang everywhere bells chime and
merry laughter echoes through the halls of time And with the ringing
of the crystal spheres peace spreads her mantle like a cloak and plenty
sits enthroned among the merrymaking and the praise
Peace on earth good will to men
5TcEhear of Christmas early in ihecountry No sooner nave the
v days at 3 oclock than rrthrc bgfesher
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uncompleted presents for them
for Dad - Guardedly she works
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te after school she hurries thework
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occupation HowTffi the days now gone all men have strung
their hearts upon the threads and passed them awkwardly to rosy cheeked
maids with hair braided down their backs with ruby lips and eyes j that
sparkled with the first love glances
And the Christinas parties thesleighrides the renewing of friendships
with those who have been away at school and have returned for the season
of gayety and good cheer
And the stockings that are hung on Christmas eve in the country In
every home they reap their harvest year by year on Christmas morning
Reap their harvest as the Merry Christmas salutation rings throughout
the house
And it ismotherusually7 that steals iri upon the7sleepingones7and
wishes them a glad and happy Christmas
And always on Christmas morning she will do this Though she be in
tile land of bliss beyond or in the flesh of the present she will speak to us
of the Christmas morning speak to us from her loving heart and wish us
happiness -Nor time nor death nor changes nor wars nor misfortunes
ever can take from a man this Christmas wish of mothers
VA Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
From the endless aeons of the turquoise sky she 7 speaks to me on
ohnstmas morning and she speaks to you too but mayhap nearer by
for Christmas in the country is indissolubly associated with her j And for
that reason Christmas in thecountry is doubly dear to me and doubly
sacred
With trembling fingers did we weave
The holly round the Christmas hearth
A rainy cloud possessd the earth
And sadly fell our Christas eve
Copyright 1903 by Wright A Patterson
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State
Journal
ANNOUNCES its third annual bargain week dur
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out Sunday or 4 including Sunday This Bargain
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State J
ournaL Lincoln If efera
7 yearcd boy clairvoyant WHERE FERDINAND CONVENED ASSEMBLY
Remarkable Feats Are Claimed
Son by St Louis Woman
New York Declarations that her
7-year-old son Junior has been a clair
voyant from his birth accompany a de
scription of astonishing power mani
fested in her own household which
Airs Jordan W Lambert wife of a
wealthy chemical manufacturer of St
Louis has submitted to Prof James
H Hyslop of this city
Mrs Lambert recounts an instance
where a tennis ball was spirited from
a bathhouse into the pocket of her son
although the door of the building was
padlocked and she well knew that the
sphere was on the other side of the
panel
Two white roses of an unknown
species and of a delicacy that they
seemed scarcely of the world of mate
rial things were left on a table of the
room by some unknown agency
Sirs Lambert also claims to have
seen the astral body of William Han
negan who has been instructing her
son
Self Interrogation
Go to your bosom knock there and
ask your heart what it doth know
Shakespeare
DECLARES LIQUOR NOT NEEDED
According to Writer Europeans In
Tropics Are Better Without It
Transmitting an article written by
Dr Harold H Mann and published in
The Young Men of India under
the title of Is Drink Necessary for
Europeans in India Consul General
William HMichael of Calcutta writes
Europeans and Americans who
come to India do not need liquors to
keep well they will be better with
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Interior view of the Sobranje or National Assembly room showing Fer
dinands throne and royal portraits It is here that Prince Ferdinand opened
the Sobranje for the first time since he has claimed regal dignity on October
23 This event took place amid great pomp and ceremony and cheering
from the subjects as the ruler ascended his throne and read his address
out stimulants of any kind After
nearly two years residence her my
observations lead me to say that drink
ers of spirits wines and malt liquors
are the most susceptible to dispase
especially fevers either on the plains
or in the mountains of any class of
the inhabitants Proper regard for
dress to guard against sudden weath
er changes moderation In eating es
pecially meats using only filtered and
boiled water entire abstention from
alcoholic vinous and malt liquors and
plenty of sleep will almost invariably
insure to the
average healthy
per
son good and uniferm health as far
as fevers are concerned and by add
ing vaccination and inoculation -will
go a long way toward making that
person immune from contagious dis
eases
Fully Covered
The following written definition ot
the word bachelor was handed in bri
a schoolboy A bachelor Is a man
who has nn Wf nni tt 5
WJ noma no wile
nor cant get no wife 1
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