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only preparation for another stage,
and every problem in life is achieved
only to have more difficult problem
given to US.
The whole history Of life shows that
education is itself the end of life.
The little child lies in the cradle: the
mother cares for it. the father pro-
vides for it, they tiy to educate. II,
they send it to school and to college,
and then their child goes out into the
world ready to take up life himself,
and presently he is married. and a sec
ond home begins, and little children
are given 70 him, and he trains them
in turn. and the parents wait little
while to have as grandparents the JOY
of children without the care OF chill
dren, and then their work is done, and
they depart to enter upon some other
work in some other sphere, we know
not where.
We are not in life for purposes of
probation. we are not here to be tried
70 see whether we are fit for heaven.
There is probation, but probation is
not the end of life.
No person can do a great work who
says to himself. Go to. / will do a
great work" Great work is not done
in that way All great work is spon-
taneous.
Cut of our character grows our life:
we 90 as we are. This is the reason OF
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-13
The Modern Fable of the Not
dbleS Who Showed Up at
the Football Game.

A PROUD PARENT had a Son who
y was attending a Varsity. One
Saturday the Guvnor ran down 20 visit
Harry and see what in the World he
mad done with all the Books he had
purchased Harry took him out TO see
Game on the Gridiron.
What is it. a Riot?" asked the
Father, when he heard the terrific Tu-
multi and saw the Thousands jumping
up and down.
oh, no, was the Reply. This is the
Reception for Beefy Butts, our man
eating Tackle. And now we will hoop
'er up for Fatty Finkle, the big Center
with the Chest like a Snow Plow He
weighs $50. and when he falls on the
Foe he smothers him.
And who is the Person in the Sweat
er who seems TO be the Center of an
Admiring Group2" asked the Father.
he is the Head Coach. and ] have
had the Honor of shaking Hands with
NM said the Under graduate The
other Chap who is now being Cheered
as he comes through the Crowd is
Snppery Slin1ns, who made the Long
Kun in sS BY the way. over at the
ftiShJ YOU VIII notice a small guy with
a thin crop OF Alfalfa 1 mean the one
VINO IS now hanging on to the end Of
the Bleachers.
Who is it?" asked the Father.
PreXy, was the reply. BY "Prexy''
ton
MORAL; Anyone who has a Ticket
can get IN.
Copyright, 1901. by Robert Howard
Russell.)
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spontaneous life. but which comes from
him; they are led and lighted by him
and know it not
To so through life sncoEnito. as
Christ went. unknown as God goes. and
yet everywhere TO carry this high, in
spring, quickening presence, this is SUI
preme; this is best OF all
When the orchestra is getting ready
and every artist is tuning his instru-
ment by letting it down or bringing il
up to the right key, and they are ali
consciously trying TO get their instru-
ments into tune. it is not an enjoya BILE
sound which they make in the process
BY and by the tuning is over and the
conductor stands before them and
raises the baton and gives his signal.
and they begin to work. and each one
plays the score that is set before him.
and out OF all these several scores there
arises a harmony that entrances US.
If God gives you a kettledrum and
bids you beat it. beat it and make a
noise, and endure what people cal4
fame. If God gives you the first violin
ana makes you the leader. do not fear.
put lead as well as you can.
But If he sets you at the harp and
says. Play one score of chords and
that is all, play your score of chords
and do it well. ard be satisfied.
For to be is more than to do.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-13
The Modern Fable of the
Wronged Husband Who
Went Out and Made d Pur-
chase.

ONCE there was a good-enough Eel
" low who loved a Girl and it was
not his Fault that she owned Real
Estate in the Business District But
after he Married, he could hear ePeopIe
whispering behind him and telling one
another that the Money was in her
Name. The Servants around the House
did not move very rapidly when he
gave Orders. They seemed to think he
was on the Payroll. the same as they
we're. If his Friends ever saw him do
ing the Buy, they wondered how much
his Wife had given him that Morning.
1t was supposed that he had to turn
in Vouchers every Saturday Night
Not being OF Noble Birth. it ground
the Poor Man to know that he was
supposed to tease his Allowance. He
wished that he was back on Salary
and paying his own Bills, sometimes.
One day he and the Bank Account
had a little Tiff and she reminded him
that it was her Money That was the
Last Straw. He told her to take back
her Gold and then he went out into the
Night
For three Days she had the Detec-
tlNes searching for him, but they found
him not. He was out in the suburbs
working Incog as a Day Laborer at
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By Max O'Rell

to him. He drinks health and strength
at her fountain.
In these days of higher education
Tor girls says modern writer some
very simple and useful accomplish
ments are apt to be forgotten. They
are accomplishments that one need not
attend college to learn, and yet they
are more valuable and more essential
than anything taught in the most ad-
V9nced school Without them no girls
education is complete"
Decidedly So
The fact is that if I was the minister
OF education of my country with full
power to impose on schools the cur
rlculum I liked. would have every
giri in the land know the following
thlngs, absolutely regardless of her
occupation or position in life:
She should know that 100 cents make
a dollar exactly.
She should know how to cook. how
TO arrange every room of a house. how
10 make dress, and how to be indis-
pensable in the sick room, and I
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show what men should know in order
10 make good husbands. Today 1 will
devote few lines concerning women.
on the same subject.
a woman should know that rnatri-
Hony does not consist in an uninter-
rupted series of love scenes: that a
woman can spend her life in Iove-malz-
ing but that a man cannot
She should even know that there are
moments when the most loving hus-
oand or lover must be respectfully left
alone, which is during the moments
that All his thoughts are concentrated
on his work. especially if ne be a lit
efary man, an artist. or a man whose
successful work depends on the perfect
STIFFNESS of his surroundings and the
complete enjoyment OF his thinking
powers
a woman should be very discreet and
should never run the risk of seeing her
littie attentions received with a gentle
troWn Nothing should be offered in a
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so busy that for six hours he has not
kissed her.
One is the dispenser, the other is the
receiver. 1t is easier to receive than
TO dispense. One is always ready to
receive; one is not always ready to
dispense.
The duties of a wife. important as
they are. to be sure, are not. however
OF such nature as to divert her from
the constant thought of her husband;
the duties of a husband, engaged in the
interesting pursuits of a profession or
absorbed by the trying cares of a bust
ness that demands all his energy and
all his thoughts. compel him to now
and then free himself from the tender
inclinatiOns of his mind and his heart
She should know that so long as the
community is constituted as it is now.
the man is the lord, which means in
Anglo-Saxon the one who procures the
loaf, and the woman is the lady, which
means the one who dispenses it and
go.
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Of course, If the women-righters get
their way things will be changed:
women VIII get the loaf and we men
VIII knock off and rest on our laurels
earned by hundreds of centuries of
hard work
she should know that if nature has
endowed her with beauty of face and
ngure, she has also sadly handicapped
her in the race with men by many
obstacles. Her grievances are against
nature, not against man. and she
should not constantly air those griev-
ances which man has not the power to
redress.
She should remember that a woman
with sorrows may be very interesting
but that a woman with grievances is
an intolerable bore. The sad. long
raced woman is the killer of all the
energies of the man who lives with
her
The cheerful woman is the only one
who makes her male companion sue
icess1uliy fight the battle of life. With
her at his side, nothing is impossible
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wrong moment, but always at a time
when she feels sure that it viii be duly
appreciated.
wife should be a hundred beings.
and possess enough tact to seize the
opportunity for playing all the differ
ent Parts assigned to her, Just in the
rlght moment; the study of all these
dlherent parts is hard work. but it is
paying work. for on the manner in
which she plays them depends the
whole happiness of her life and that of
her husband.
Just as a mans appetite is kept alive
Dy an Intelligent cook, Just so is a
husbands love and interest kept alive
by an intelligent wife. Constantly
change the menu. my dear lady. or your
husband viii sometimes go and dine
at the club
A woman should know that hus-
bands love is not ascertained by the
NUMBER of times he says to his wife.
i love you" but by what he does for
her. She should know that he has not
ceased to love her, because he has been
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And after his death he gave his dis
ciples their mission. and he gives it to
you; let me read il to you: Then said
Jesus to them again. Peace be unto
you; as my Father hath sent me, even
so send I you.
And when he had said this he
breathed on them and saith unto
them. Receive We the holy spirit
What does that mean2 What is the
holy spirit?
The fruit of the spirit is love, joy,
peace, long-suffering. gentleness. good
ness. faith. meekness. temperance"
What Christ tells US is this: This
spirit was in me- give it to you. Do
you want it? Now go, and so live as
to manifest il.
The fruit of the spirit is love: what
kind of lOve2 Every kind of love: be
truer to your friends. love with
wider and a more catholic sympathy.
be merciful and helpfrl to all who are
in need
JOY. What kind of joy? Every kind
OF joy. The merriment that maketh
glad like a medicine: the soberer joy
of maturer life in active living: and
most sacred of all. the joy that iiIum-
mates sorrow and gives us a song IN
our night.
Peacei Not merely the deliberate ef-
fort of a self-conscious peacemaker
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Sl-Z5 per. When he had accumulated
$3.50 on which there was no faint. he
came back to Town and bought himself
a large symmetrical Jag. Being thor
cughly Keyed Up, he sought his Home
ana just as he came under the Porte
Cochere he pulled no a Hitching Post
and heaved it through the Side Door
Then he announced in a Loud Tone
that everything he had with him was
his own and that he was a Rooster
from the High Hills. He chased old
Wax Works. the Butler, the full length
OF the Conservatory and threw the
French Maid into a Dead Faint Then
he made the boss Bluff of going up to
his Room to pack his Things His Wife
came and apolOgized for being so well
on and cried on his Shoulder ana at
last he listened to Reason
But after that she had to go slow
Tor fear he would get mad and go back
to Work.
MORAL--Goad a Man to Desperation
and he is liable to go to any Length.
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would. therefore. have her taught
ne usekeeping, cooking, dressmaking
and nursing
She should be well read without be-
ing a bookworm- If she had no talent
Tor music. I would make her drop if
aIter couple of years Of drudgery at
II; an Indifferent pianist and a bad
singer are inventions of the deyT. the
worst disturbers of peace and comfort
in this world
she should know how to dress within
ner income, and wear well made
dress OF cheap material like a queen.
II IS the way in which woman puts
on her dress that makes her look well
or badly dressed.
She should know how to make the
pest Of herself, not to please men, but
to please herself.
A little woman, always neat and
tidy, with a lively gait. a cheerful face
ana natural countenance, is the one
who makes man happy, and whom a
man makes happy.
MAX O'RELL.
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The Modern Fable of the
Fatal Album and the Leap
for Life.

- NE EVENING a Girl named
Eclair had her Steady in the
Parlor and was trying to
keep him from falling
Asleep. She had told him all the Scan
dal she could think of and Wished a
Ring on his Finger and played Philo-
pene. and at last she had to call in
that Sso2-Gap of revered Memory, the
Family Album
She showed him the Picture of Uncle
Tibbetts, who lived in Iowa. and Cou-
sin Jess. who married the Music
Teacher, etf cetera, finally coming TO
the Likeness of a slender and attract
i've Dansel in an out-of-date Costume
Why. this is Ringer for you" said
the Regular Fellow.
1T is a Picture of Mamma before
she was married" said Eclair. Every
one says I am the perfect Image of
The Young Man got busy with his
links. He had seen Mamma She
was a good, moral Woman. but she had
- 10 a4--sseeste Dill Pickles and
a shape that no Straight FrYnt cou.1
II Mamma twenty-five years ago
looked exactly as Daughter does at
present, then il is an To / Bet that
daughter in twenty-five years viii be
what Mamma is today" he said to
himself
So he jumped through the Window
and carried the Sash vita him. No one
ever saw him on that COraer again.
MURAL: 1t is not on Record that
the FAMILY Album ever proved a Help.
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cries on the future of the sun and the
earth.
AT present our sun with his planets
appears to occupy an independent
situation among the stars. That is to
say, the solar system is not a mem
Der. apparently of any star group or
cluster, and its planets own but one
solar master.
Their condition would be different if
they circulated in one of the double
or triple star systems, of which so
many are known to exist. and if our
sun. who is also one of the journeying
stars, should ever fall in with, and
become involved in a close star clus-
ter. momentous consequences to the in
habitants of the earth would probably
ensue.
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There is as yet no certain indica ton
that such an event viii ever take place,
although the direction of the suns mo-
tons is carrying it closer to one of
the greatest aggregations Of stars
known to exist in the universe.
In q broader sense than any aDper-
tanning to our personal interest as
Inhabitants of one OF the worlds in
volved in these stellar motioHs, such
studies command attention from the
light they throw upon che life and ac-
tivities of the universe as an organic
whole
Tt is but fair to assume that the
changes we behold indicate progress in
the heavens as important as that which
the processes of evolution have wrought
upon the earth
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turn at their due seasons to the same
quarters Of the sky. and the stars COM
posing them seem to hold their an
pointed places with absolute immova-
bility.
1t Il one of the grea test discoveries OF
astronomy that this mOtionlessness OF
the stellar hosts must be regarded as
deceptive The recent observations at
the Lick Observatory. above raferred r.,
emphasize the evidence that the starry
heavens are alive with motions of Won
derrul velocity and complexity.
To the eye of the astronomer. whose
science enables him to borrow at need
a million years from the countless store
OF eternity, the universe appears as a
dance of sparkling atoms. which ad-
vance, recede, whirl into companies.
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such facts as these, TO a mind accus-
tonl<d 70 the limitations OF Jewish dates,
were IKE the outside sky to a green
nolse pain The sky might be there. but
mat was nothing TO the palm 50 long
as the glass kept II in
by deficient chronoIogists varied some
where from $3.50 B. G TO 5000 p ca
very wide difference. but explainable
IL was impossible to force the historical
material OF Egypt into the old genealog-
tcal lrarnework- but without touching at
al upon the relative historical value Of
the various books Of the old Testa rnent.
We are pouiid to take the facts and see
the probable results.
IN this way one might feel II was quite
Is untrue and quite as undesirable to
Try and force the historical material \
the world into as short a space as -
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relate to the bearing of such discov-
such a direction that it is drawing
nearer the earth sixty miles every. sec
ond; yet its distance is SO enormous
that in 500 years it will not have ira
Nerseo a space on the BACKGROUND of
the SKY equal to twice the breadth Of
the moon and will not have become SEN
slDiy pIlghter IN consequence of its ap-
proach. Even il it were coming straiegb+
toward the earth with its entire veIoc-
lty OF 100 miles per second. which
amounts to 1924. 900 miles in a dav. no
less than $1,000 years would eIapse be-
fore II Numbered upon US and swal-
lowed our planet in a gust of fire.
FSlndpS the most interesting
thoughts suggested by these discoveries
OF swift motion in the celestial spaces
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dart asunder. fall into dazzling ranks
deploy in columns and circle in close
embraces on all sides
There could be no more striking re-
minder how infinitesimal is the span Of
human life in comparison with the
aeons concerned in the evolution of the
universe around US than our failure by
ordinary methods to perceive the move
ments of the stars.
The swiftest cannon shot speeding
from the turret of battleshfp would
appear to stand motionless in the air
if its velocity We're contrasted with that
of many of the stellar points twinkling
over our heads at night
The earth flying around the sun darts
onward about nineteen miles ever-v
second, but if one OF those hurrying
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the mummified arm of a princess, which
on being taken from us swathings re-
Vealed q set of bracelets of great value
composed principally - gold and tur-
quois. and wrapped IN a cloth woven Is
finely as a cambria handkerchief OF
modern times.
We have an unbroken chain Of historic
record handed down from hand to hand
from 5000 B. c., and a chain of actual OBJ
jects made and handled. going back about
1900 years more, giving US a view OF
about 5000 years unbreSen in human mis-
tory.
Yet we are far from the beginning.
There are traces which still show that
civilization must have come in from an
other countrs--but from where we nave
not the slightest idea-with copper and
fine work in flint and some stone and
good pottery.
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In the earliest graves figures of q I.aEa
of the bushman type were found. sfmsf4 p
to those found both in France and NJ
proving that the race extended over AZ
RIGA and into Europe. These were fig
ures OF women captured from the/eariie.r
race. which was probably palaeofithits
The climate was totally diffeyknt from
what it is today. and the rainfall fer-
uhzed what is now deserR and ami
mails OF which all trace is Vow lost in
haOited the country
Other lands might show an age Of man
more remote by physical evidences. but
certainty Of the age GILMAN than where
5000 years of continuous rcmains does
not bring into the vast penOis %
those climatic and geological changes
through which man has kept - the
chain OF life TO the present day.
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stars could come up from behind along
the track OF the earth it would pass
US as hurricane passes the waves rae
ing and fretting beneath.
But. Just as in a lightning flash the
spokes OF spinning wheel seem to
stand still, so in the momentary dura-
ton of a human life the rushing stars
appear to be fixed upon a solid vault in
the sky.
Another fact rendered wildly evident
by the seeming mOtiOnlessness of the
stars is the immensely of their distance
from US and from one another. The
Lick observations show that a certain
inconspicuous star in Ursa Major, cata-
logued as 1880 Groombridge, IS NOV
ing at the rate of at least 100 miles
per second, and that its course is in
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By NJ. Flinders Patrie

ranean as we'll
deduce from the heads of ancient
1ilsli and women, with fun foreheads ana
@luNine noses, as depicted on slabs of
lone, etc. that in the early man of
1-eypt We had to deal with a European
a country's pottery is one of the sim
pest methods in tracing the progress Il
. people IN art. Pottery, by the very IA
lure OF II, Is not likely to be handed
ooMn from one generation to another in
any large quantities
having haG very large amount of the
earliest pottery of Egypt pass through
ny hands. am able To present a classi-
Leo picture OF the many ointment vases
discovered in the tombs of the dead. all
OF which show in striking manner the
continuous changes of style.
In one OF the royal tombs discovered
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The Antiquity OF Man.

= WHITING Of the antiquity OF
man. one must necessarily proceed
from the known 1o the unknown.
and ~ the space Of one article it
VII oe impossible 20 enter into de-
.a-.s =. nc nlaHlles' IN which sthe date OF
- hfl sAuSttor TO show the main out
lines ana Without tntering On very exact
et4feInents tr4 70 give general idea AZ
I4f a. possible, Of the long periods 81
tlfae eerlne which man has occuDiea
IN one form Or aro,ifer OF his
would narae the age CT Shishah. esriv
- INC JEWISH monarchy. as the xxi dv-
Ft4 o. t-stpJ the age Of the Exodus
t'fpE the NIN dynasty. and the a Ee
4Isf tf,.t Ha7t aS being Certainly after the
q the kinEs of Egypt.
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The Modern Fable of the Rapid
Chances Down on the Farm

A FARM LAD wanted to escape the
Drudgery. so he went up to the
City and after he had been there for
nfteen Years he had a nice Position.
lie stood on his Feet from to every
Day, cracking up Dress Goods and aft
er he paid his Board and Room Rent
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ASTRONOMY the Lick observatory. on
the motions Of stars 'fn the line Of
sight" which means either toward or
sway from the earth.
The casual observer Of the heavens
sees nothing ia the appearance of the
stars to indicate that they are in rapid
motion among themselves.
Year after year. and generation after
generation the same consultations re-
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The Modern Fable of the Won.
derfuI Thinkogrdph.

A GREAT Inventor once succeeded
- IN rigging up an automatic,
self-registering Mind-Reader. The
&-Ray Machine and the Photograph
were simply Toys compared to this