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OF THE LATEST BOYS IN THE
PINE TREE STATE.
future greatness as could be found in

future greatness as could be found In
Maine.
Certainly he showed no signs Of apt
ress as politician nor qualities Of
leadership among boys or men. He Just
barely escaped being unpopular. While
not exactly Quarrelsome, he was by no
means averse TO trouble. There was
strapping young fellow named Crow
ell at Bowdoin who had served an APP
premiership as a blacksmith before en-
tering college He was a good natured
sort Of chap, but Reed managed 10
get into a dispute with him. and in the
heat of the argument called him a liar.
Crowell drew back and let Tom have Il
from the shoulder. The blow caught
him under the ear and the future
speaker Of the House went down and
out. He avoided any future arguments
with Crowel and they became fairly
good friends.
At the boarding house young Reed be-
came angry during a political argu-
ment and hurled a glass OF water al a
student who disputed one OF his state
ments This missed the mark and
drenched two innocent boarders and
Reed was forced to make an apology
These incidents are related not for the
purpose of throwing an unfayorabe
light on the young student but 10 call
attention TO the fact that successful
men are much the same as ordinary
mortals In their boyhood.
AT this period Reed was a tall, lanky
awkward, long haired boy of eighteen
or nineteen. He was not particularly
fond OF sports while In college, though
The paanrHu chou ha ho
OF the Bowdoln Boat club. He was also
a member OF the Pantagon club, a mus
teal organization. and was the leader in
series OF entertainments given by that
society. II was, however, as a debater
father than as student, athlete or mu-
stefan that Tom Reed excelled. Ma
turaliy dispulatious, he was possessed
or logica, mind and a sarcastic
tongue. Naturally an orator, and by
temperament cool and collected. he was
an almost invincible champion on the
rostrum. When once assigned to a side
IN debate he would put aside his
habitual Indifference and apply him
self assiduously 10 the task in hand.
He could do almost anything he set
out to DO" says a man who was his
fellow student but the trouble was
that he was generally too lazy TO want
to-"
The young college student Tom Reed
was bitterly opposed 20 college secret
societies, and this did not add TO his
popularity among large section of his
classmates. He steadily refused TO Join
any of the orders, and remained dur
ing all the years at college an "ouder,"
or nobody or nothing. In the vernac-
ular of the students A letter written
TO a friend who had also refused to
join one of these societies is evidence
that Reed had very decided views about
secret fraternities in those days. IL
reads as follows:
Dear Emery-lf you knew the anxiety
with which have watched your escape
IRON the weariest fishermen of college,
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alive, susceptible to the influences that
come from the Father So In the eter-
nal worlds There will be Immortality
to all the sons and daughters OF God,
whether they are suffering for sin or
have been redeemed whether they are
In the celestial, terrestrial or celestial
worlds; but only those who attain 10 the
celestial glory, and the power and do
minlon and exaltation, and the gift OF
everlasting increase, wherein their pos
terlty will be multiplied worlds without
end, have the real gift Of eternal life.
All their powers will be developed to
the full. They will pattern after the
works OF their Eternal Father
and their Elder Brother while
eternal ages roll along. and
they will be in harmony and n
communion with them, and will partic-
pate with them In the glorious work
Of the extension OF the universe and
dominion OF God throughout the vast
domains OF space; and while eternal
ages 90 and come they will Increase
and multiply in light. in wisdom, in In
telllgence, In knowledge. In power. and
in glory, and the extent Of their pos
sessions and dominions In the worlds
that will be created will be from ever
lasting TO everlasting. This Is what
you and | are striving TO obtain. my
brethren and sisters. one of the things
to aid us in attaining to this great sal
walton is to labor for the salvation OF
others.
| cannot prolong my remarks The
time has expired. ! did not expect to
be called upon 10 speak for a moment,
but can say this afternoon that re-
joice In this great work In II are
all my aims and ambitions. II | have
any l love II with all my soul. de-
sire to labor In II while ] dwell on the
earth. and when I pass away into the
other world. rejoice IN the knowledge
that God has enlightened my soul and
given me to understand the truth, TO
some extent at least. as II is In Him. |
know this work is His and that II will
prevail. / know Il will overcome all
opposition. and stand and endure. /
know II will bring about the salvation
OF the living and the redemption OF the
dead. and that all who are faithful and
abide the conditions. by the power OF
God will be raised from the dead. and
be clothed with the gift and power OF
eternal lives In His presence. | re-
joice in the teachings that we have
had. feel that we shall yet have the
outpouring OF His Spirit during the |
remainder OF our conference. exhort |
my brethren and sisters 60 treasure up |
In their hearts continually the words |
OF eternal life, and to live by them.
and bring these things down TO the |
practice OF their every day lives. and /
they shall have Joy in this world and
salvation. honor. glory and exaltation
In the world TO come. May God bless
us all and enable us 10 do this, for
Christ's sake. Amen.
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let's, bays and shoals OF Casco Bay in
search OF fish or adventure. Tom was
a good sailor and his parents had little
fear OF mishap. More than that, he
kept the family larder well supplied
with fish. His favorite fishing grounds
were near the rocks around Portland
Head Light, several miles down the
harbor. Many were the generous catch
es made by the youthful fisherman, and
as he pulled at the lines or strained at
the oars he dreamed of the day when
he should be in command of a boat
with towering masts and a spread Of
white canvas.
When the schoolboy had mastered
the rudiments of the three RS he be-
came an Omnlvorous reader Unlike the
good and successful boys in the story
books he did not devote his time TO his
tory, and seemingly had no intent to
improve his mind His favorlte books
were dime novels, and he read and re-
read the wonderful output Of Beadle
and other publishers Of lurld literature.
With gun on his shoulder and Buck
skin joe in his pocket he would wan
der out into the woods and spend the
day in hunting and reading. There Is
no evidence to show that In these
years he did anything to contribute to
his own support except as hunter and
fisherman. He was sentimental,
dreaming lazy and purposeless boy.
The neighbors were OF the almost
unanimous opinion that he would never
amount to ANYTHING. The elder Reed
gave the subject little thought, and
evidently assumed that the boy would
become a sailor
A great revival spread over Portland
when tom" Reed was about fourteen
years old. In company with hundreds
of others. he got religion" and joined
the State Street Congregational Church.
He renowned the dime novels and be-
came a constant attendant at church
services and an earnest worker In the
Sunday school Life became more seri-
Gus with the boy and he devoted him
self 10 his studies with zest which
gratifed his teachers.
He was a leader among the young
men of the church In all entertain
ments and social affairs. and soon dis
tinguished himself as a speaker in the
various services held under church aus
pieces. The good leaders of the church
recognized in the boy the spark of genl-
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Of receiving the truth in this present
state OF existence. We obtain that
much OF step In advance Of those who
do not receive the Gospel.
UNIVERSAL REDEMPTION.
II is very gratifying to us who de-
sire the salvation OF mankind. and
whose work II is to labor for their up
lifting, who have been specially called
OF God and appointed TO work under
the Captain of our salvation for the re-
demption OF the whole human race, to
know by the revelations OF God that the
time will come, In some future state OF
existence II not In this. when every soul
that can be redeemed will be brought
out OF darkness and sorrow. and hell,
and death and be placed where they
can enjoy existence TO glorify God and
obey His commandments. We do not
know how long II will take for some
people TO obtain this redemption. II
is certain. however. that justice will
claim itg own. Our God Is a merciful
Being. His name is love. He is full
OF longsuffering. kindness and charity,
and He desires the salvation OF His
children. But lie governs Himself by
law. His word Is law. He lives by
the precepts which He administers and
reveals TO others We shall find that
He sets the example. as Jesus Christ,
His Son our Elder Brother, did.
Therefore there can be no salvation for
the transgressor until he shall repent
and be willing 10 be obedient The
laws Of God are eternal: they are for
ever and ever; they are iniiexible; and
II is only by obedience 20 law that ex-
aitation can be secured. In this con-
dltion we are learning TO be obedient to
law-such law as God has revealed;
also TO the wholesome rules and regu-
latlons that are established in the gov
ernments under which we may live.
VARIOUS DEGREES OF GLORY.
We have been divinely charged with
the duty Of obeylng the law Of the land
as well as the laws Of God. All
people must eventually be brought into
obedience 10 law. In order 20 be saved:
aud their exaltation, their glory, their
power and dominion. n they have any,
viii be IN proportion 10 their obedience
TO those things that God reveals. He
that cannot abide and obey the celes-
tial law. cannot abide q celestial glory.
That Is written. II Is the word Of the
Lord. II we desire 10 obtain the great
salvation, II We desire TO obtain the
crown In the presence Of the Father,
n We desire 10 have the gift Of eternal
lives (which means endless increase in
power. dominion and glory forever, we
must abide the conditions on which this
glory Is predlcated. we must be ODE
dent 10 the divine commandments. and
devoted 10 God. We must not only be
baptized In water. but baptized Into HIS
Spirit. and into the spirit Of obedienee
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and the other race deplored the pros
pect. For though the Maori IN his
primitive state vas savage. and Civ
en- TO eating as well as killing his en-
envy, he had some fine qualities. He
had a gift Of logic and another of
poetic imagination; he was eloquent as
well as brave; and his code of conduct
was not without lines Of nobility. He
loved the soil on which his ancestors
had fought and devoured one another:
and he lonsCu with a pathetic inten-
slty That his people might always live.
when the two races became reconciled.
the white New 2ealander also wished
that his 1usky eountryman might be
spared. lie treated him handsomely.
To tire fullest extent possible he adj
mitted him to the rights and privileges
or citizenship, And the Maori respond
ed to British Kindness and justice. Only
the microbes threatened his survival
LeT US hope that the Improvement dis
closed by the census announces that
the race is getting the upperhand IN
the struggle. The survival Of the Maori
VIII make picturesque history"
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us and interested themselves in his be-
half,
The statement has been repeatedly
made and denied that the women Of
the church raised the money with
which Thomas b. Reed entered Bow
dom College, with the purpose of edu-
eating him for the ministry. II Is said
that the young man soon discovered
that he did not wish to be a preacher,
and accordingly earned enough money
teaching school to repay the women Of
the church who had interested them
selves In his behalf As a result of this
step Reeds name was dropped from
the membership Of the church. This Is
the story they tell in Portland II Is
certain that the young man intended
to join the ministry. but changed his
mind and has not since been active in
church work.
NOT A WORKER AT COLLEGE.
Reed had hard time at Bowdoin.
The spirit Of industry which landed
him there soon subsidized and he re-
lapsed into his old habits. He had Il
room In a house owned by one of his
mothers relatives and his expenses for
board and lodging were small. He
f"nrd u eaev to earn enough to pay
tut ion fees and other expenses by doing
Oud jobs and by intervals Of teaching
school, Most Of his spare time was
spent In reading, and he was yet fond
OF trashy and sensational literature.
The room was filed with paper COW
cred books and he spent much time I'm
their perusal, AS a result he made
very poor record during the first three
years at college, He was fond Of
Thackeray, and found some pleasure I'm
the writings Of other standard authors.
but he much preferred that light and
sensational stuff which appeals to the
passions rather than TO the intellect.
In his studies he was fairly good In
history. grammar and rhetoric, but sad
ly deficient In mathematics and scien-
tifc and technical studies He did not
like them, and was too self-indulgent
to make the necessary effort to mas
ter them. The boy had not yet reached
that age when the world was more than
place In which to seek and find
amusement. He had no special ambi-
tion. At the age of nineteen "Tom"
Reed was as unlikely a candidate for
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|. . THOMAS B. REED,

that he was bright enough, but he was
so uncommonly indolent and ease low
Ing that no one believed he would
amount to anything. Grandfather
Reed was a sailor and at one time rose
to the command of q small sailing YES
sci.
Reeds father was also a sailor at one
stage in his career, but he abandoned
that life for the ideally sedentary one
Of Waterman In a sugar factory. lie
was a good citizen, but he never was In
line for presidential nomination. lie
married Matilda Mitchell, superior
woman, who was accused by her rela-
tives of throwing herself away" when
she married Tom Reed, and 1t was con-
fldently asserted that she did so In a
fit OF piQue caused by paternal Inter
ference in a love affair. BE this as 1t
may, II is sure that the traits which
have forced Thomas Bracket Reed TO
the foreground come from his mother,
and from his maternal ancestors.
HIS HUMBLE BIRTHPLACE.
The house in which Thomas b. Reed
was born Is Of type common in loca-
tons dominated by docks, railroad
yards and factories. His parents were
poor, and were content with the humble
apartments In Hancock street. The
building yet stands exactly as II did
sixty odd years ago More factories
have crowded In around II, but glance
at the surroundings Is sufficient to indi-
cate that 1t has always been a poor
neighborhood. The rooms are small
and few in number There is no front
yard and only an excuse for back
yard, The infant Reed probably played
more In the dirt than on any grassy
lawns. One hundred yards 20 the south
are the railroad tracks and beyond
them the wharves and docks. Up the
hill to the west Is the famous old East
ern cemetery Of Portland, within whose
moss grown walls the rude forefathers
of the hamlet sleep"
Az has already been intimated in this
sketch. the boy Reed was not fond Of
work. His fathers COW was the bane
Of his youth, She interfered with hunt
ing and fishing and swimming, and in
a general way demanded an amount OF
attention from Tom which was irksome
in the extreme. The COW gave milk,
the milk cream, and the cream had TO
be churned, and that meant more work
for Tom. II Is but another proof Of
the innate sayagery OF the male Of the
human species that all boys regard
work as something degrading Indians
and other savages hold the same views
and relegate all work to squaws and
superannuated warriors.
Being a normal boy, Tom Reed thus
looked on work and liked it not, He
regarded 1t as a punishment and not as
a blessing. One day his mother tied an
apron around him to keep him from
getting his clothes soiled and set him
to work churning butter. II was a
fine spring day with southeast wind
and the founders were biting out in
the bay. He was proceeding reluct-
antly with his task when a number Of
boys came along and jeered at him.
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OBEDIENCE ESSENTIAL
TO SALVATION.
u delivered at the General Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tabernacle Salt
City, Saturday Afternoon. April o, 1901, by
ELDER c. w. PENROCE.
n"ho IN the Image OF God-Every Soul is mmortal-Obed-
sne 10 Law Essential Redemption
Glory TO be Regulated by Merit

lhh Is a most magnificent sight to
TX "heh ! looked upon the congre-
nuon This afternoon and saw the un-
covered heads OF both brethren and
A'eh' ! thought OF the saying of
scripture that God made man in his
wa mage in the image OF God Great
y ne Elm male and female created lie
U'h also thought OF one remark
'-'le 0y President Snow in his open
~ ADDRESS, that every one Of us is
.-u'''al' that the spiritual part OF
w beng Is the offspring Of God, and
matter how long we may have ex-
A''a before we came into the world. or
-' H lhe mystery Of our origin. we
immortal beings, and while ages
anu come and changes win take
f't IN The worlds that God has Great
!. 1na In the beings who Inhabit them.
-. --' We snail live on forever and ever.
y. "'re viii be no end to our exls-
- ana to the development Of the
., mat exist within US as the sons
uSughiers Of God. What a grand
! ~ snnoOling thought this isl that
Ign We now are weak. clothed
a .''Aa with mortality. and subject TO
"H'ihi'les OF the flesh and the
a -Ae'ses that we have inherited
a long line Of ancestry, who
-'aiy respects have transgressed the
sAahdments Of God-notwithstand-
o'r frailties. and that with which
nave to contend through our en-
\. "'lsn' and the influences Of the
az eternity is before us. There
m enl 10 our existence, and there
h.,s no end 10 our advancement.
i,.r.. person upon within | look i'm the
4 .nsauon this afternoon Is immort-
NJ ss.e VIII be an opportunity in
isr,ei,,as. 70 come, II we DO not avail
tir, ~ o. Them In the present. 10
f,,b., Ne mind and will OF our Eternal
M ~ ., ana 70 come into harmony with
Ora - ~ WIN His divine purposes. But
VA ~ receive the truth In this life.
na,ss ~ themselves OF those oppor-
.ts,r1e,s. ooul Which We have heard this
J n ~ Who receive the truth as il
D. 4. eniist Jesus, enlist under
"a sssf tight the good fight OF
w, 4. overcome, will obtain the
NJ ~ % me kingdom Of the Father. |
b 49, and ever they will be in |
u m, sn'e Of those who fan TO OBJ. |
,.t,.,, !. blessings who fan 10 be |
'rtAr :, 70 ne Lord and are not found |
isn,, " Inherit this far more and |
!" rb,sh az exceeding weight OF glo-
~ n. . those can attain 10 who |
So'pel That is the advantage |
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The butter was in that stage when 1t
demanded steady and unceasing agita-
ton. Young Reed churned away, his
anger rising with every motion Of the
dasher. He looked for stone or a
brick, but saw none In sight, II he left
that butter he knew he would catch a
whipping from his mother.
III youl wait until / get this butter
churned I'll pound your head off, as
serted the boy, as he sent the dasher
down with a splash which speckled his
mothers apron with buttermilk The
boys We're obleing and consented TO
wait There was no fight They all
went fishing, and on the way found
pleasure in haunting another boy who
was roeing potatoes. This ls true
story and has no special moral.
When Tom was six years old he was
sent to school He first went to school
on Bracket street. He was then tow
headed little fellow with fat cheeks,
and his eyes We're round as buttons.
There are many people living In and
around Portland who remember him as
a schoolboy He was attentive and
fairly studIous for the first three or
four years, and the reverse from that
time until the latter part Of his college
days
The first public appearance Of Thorn
as y, Reed as an orator was when he
was primary pupil in the old Bracket
Street school. Every Friday afternoon
there was session devoted 10 the
reading OF ESSAYS and TO declarations.
Thomas committed 10 memory and re-
cited in most earnest manner the
following
"Old Jim Crow came a-riding by;
Says !, Old man. your horse will die
Says he, II he dies | will tan his skin,
And II he lives I'll ride agln.'
"And that's all | know" concluded
the round faced Tom Reed. as he made
a clumsy bow and returned to his seat.
WANTED TO BE A SAILOR.
When yet q lad of twelve he came
into possession Of a fourteen foot boat
which drifted ashore near Fort Allen.
His father patched the craft up and
Tom became the proud owner OF a real
boat In short time he managed to
secure enough canvas for sail, and
for years that craft explored all the in
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Strong Drink and Crime in the German Army
d'nJuTrnrnuulrlJlnr

The misguided creatures who
through their action In abolshing the
army canteen. have driven hundreds
Of our soldiers to drunkenness might
pause awhile in their exultation
and study some statistics cited by a
writer in recent Issue Of the Kreuz
zeitung Of Berlin. According to this
showing, in 100 army prisons through
out Germany forty-six per cent OF all
the murderers committed their crimes
while under the influence OF drink.
Sixty-three per cent Of the cases OF
manslaughter seventy-four per cent OF
serious injury to the preson, and seven
ty-seven per cent Of criminal immorali-