Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-11-27

! long life. We can fOrgi the Iuis-
takes OF youth. Bnt whcl arrived at
years Of full understanding the resl
individual should grow. We cannot
grow without education, Orsthc pow T
TO observe and assinmilate 1acts al d
information Tue child begins TO
grow rapidly into an intellectual
being after IL learns TO put two words
together to express an idea. But
\ there is not particle Of excuse for
an adult not to grow in seDsibleness
every day. We eliminate the question
Of health We disown the fatalism Of
bercdity II all the evils and imper-
| fections we're transmitted, the human
race would have long since become
extinct. There lisa partial truth In
hereditary traits and taints. But
there Is going on continuous recur-
renee 10 the divine type upon which
we were fashioned. There vas never
child born that was not purer and
more perfect that the parent that
gave IL life. False beliefs, bad cpndi-
tiOns, EVIL surroundings, vicious |
practices may have warped il and
lowered it almost to the animal. But
that IL was perfect from the hand OF |
God, created in the divine image and |
likeness, we cannot doubt IL we be-
lieye the teachings of revelation. 1t |
is the duty of the adult to correct the |
errors committed upon himself before !
the years OF fullest accountability.
Use the highest intelligence you have.
Lop of the mperfectlon. Prune the
tree even in advanced life. Graft
health growths upon branches that
yield only bitter fruit. For evil speech
substitute the good. For that which
corrupts and destroys the body substi.
tute simple food and harmless drink.
Treat the bGdy OF yourself and all
others as the living temple OF the
deathless spirit. Don't say a word to
any one, but do these things, and
more. Live by your own efforts and
within your own means. Show only
good will TO Others, and your epltaph
Is written on your own soul where you
will see 1t every day and for all
eternity. il
What married woman but envles
the independence and care-free life of
the old maid, as we call every young
woman after she is no longer an un.
ripe or premature young lady. A ris-
ing vote of the welded would demon
state that the so-called osculatorily
unblessed are universally objects of
envy at times from their married sis.
ters. On the whole,S the married
state must be better, or we wouldn't
so nearly all be ia IL. The philosopher
of New York Life" the most refined
humorous paper printed In this coun-
try, has the following effort to induce
all the old maids 70 have better
opinion o. married life:
"MY DEAR OLD MAID:-This is
strictly private, and no one need
know that l am addressing you in par
ticular except your own dear self,
You have been made more Or less fun
OF by the youth and flippant folk of
your generation, and while you are
never addressed in public by your
title. you are fully aware that IL ex-
lists, and that II Is applied to you with
great frequency when you do not hap
pen To be present. IL has made you
sensitive, and while you wo I'D lie The
last person 10 admit that your state !.
OF life is not by all odds the best, aL
the same time, because OF the gem
eral criticism which your single
blessedness calls forth from all, you
are ready to take arms for yourself. !
No one knows better OF the Opportun
titles that have strewn your path, and
because you have refused lhem all,
and prefer TO be what you are, Is, you
think, an evidence Of true greatness.
u"It IS true that there are certain nd.
yantages about your present c0ndi-
tion that are worth thinking Of, but,
belieYe ms, the disadvantages on the
other side are not nearly 81 great as
you imagine. All husbands do not
live at their Clubs, or come home at
3 O'Clock ia tbs morning, like Indians
OF the warpath, In state OF beastly
lntoxlcation. They do not scream or
swear at the sight OF the bills the
postman is Ia the habit Of delivering,
but pay them like men, aud II there
be anything left IN the bank at the
end OF the mouth, cheerfully give IL
up TO your other pressing needs IL
is true that they haye habit of !