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spirit among the rising generation
Will be stimulated and greater faeih-
ties afforded in schools and colleges to
give it a concrete form. At all edu-
cational institutions where military
instruction forms a part of the cur
rieulum officers of the army are to be
detailed for the special purpose of
giving that instruction shape and di-
rection in accordance with the train
ing and tactics Of the regular army.
Not only this. but the War Depart
ment viii, in a measure, assume the
expense of such instruction by the is
suing of arms and ammunition, In
order to make the instruction as prae-
teal and effective as possible. The
officers in charge are to make regular
reports TO the department, and III col
| leges where proficiency IN military
studies Is taken account Of IN the scale
of markings, the three leading stu
dents are 10 be inscribed IN the army
register.
The War Departments new policy
cannot fail to arouse new interest /
the military training Of American
boys, and as a natural result /, n1a,
be expected to follow that iargt
number of boys schools and college
viii add a course of military trai1in,
10 their plan Of instruction.
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THE TRAINING OF VOLUNTEERS

In a country ike this, and under a
form Of government like ours, the de-
Tense of the nations honor and mate
rial interests must rest, IN ease of
war, in the hands of the volunteer
soldier. How entirely safe Is this re
lance upon the citizen soldiery has
been proved more than once in our
history, and, therefore. any -,ep is
well advised which aims at training
our boys in the duties of field and
camp. For years past the press of
the country has urged upon Congress
the need of more liberal appropria-
tons fer the militia of the different
States, and now at last there appears
an indication that this demand is tc
be needed, for at the last session meas
ures were introduced having for theiI
object more liberal maintenance OF
the National Guard.
One Of the most important steps il
the direction Of giving the country al
efficient citizen soldiery has just beer
taken by the War Department. Thai
branel of the defensive arm of thr
Government, being naturally mon
Immediately interested IN the uprais
ing of al efficient militia, has elabor
ated a scheme by which the miIitaT-
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IF I WERE YOU.

II were you. whispered TO the sun,
I'd throw few more sunbeams on the
grass;
For know you not that ere the day is
done
Ny lady down the meadow-land will
pass?
And. seeing that you reign aIoft alone.
There are so many things that you
might do;
Shake myriads Of sunbeams from your
throne,
Or sweep the hazy sky from gray to
blue
II we're you. M INJURED to the stream
That wound its twisted way 10 find
the SCI
ID leave IN every nook a tinted dream
That one who passed might stay
awhile with me.
Oh. River, Sunlight, Summer Shadows,
There are 50 many things that would
do.
such songs I'd utter to the morning
breeze.
II were you-if only ! were you!
But were I you. I said TO my Desire.
I'd borrow from the dawn frame o.
dew,
and in the sunrise write. IN words O,
fire..
Thank God that am J, since you ar.
you,
Naomi Saunders. in Chambers Journal
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KITCHENER ON THE BOERS.

In a speech which Lord Kitchener
made at johannesburg he said~
We are told that the Beers would
run away. Laughter Well. they
ran aB ~ very ofte7. bu- they always
came pack aga daughter and
cheers) We were told that they
would never holo together in any
cohesive formation and I fully be-
lieve that there is no more self
confident Of his own individual opin-
ion than the Boer Is. and yet what
have we SEEM They have subor-
dinated themselves TO their leaders
and have worked with discipline
through a long and protracted war,
We have seen them courageous in
attack and in retreat they have al
ways shown such marked ability as
to be lesson to US all"
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A NEW INDUSTRY

A new industry has developed in
Pennsylvania town. i farmer of
westchester in that state intends to
allow all the foxes on his farm to
live on chickens gratis. and has even
gone 70 the length Of arranging mat
tiers SO that it shall be convenient
for the foxes to get at the poultry
The neighbors of this farmer have
made many complaints of the depre-
dations Of members of the Reynard
family from his place, and he has
come to the conclusion that it win
be cheaper to raise an extra number
Of fowls to feed his voracious ten
ants than to pay the bills when they
eat other peoples chickens. He has
accordingly purchased number OF
fowls to stock a small chicken farm
on d recently acquired tract CT land,
and over this ground the chickens
will be encouraged to roam at viii.
so that it viii be handy for the foxes
to come and get them. It is hoped
that this will induce the furry dep
redators to let the neighbors' fowls
alone
IN this course of action the farm
er is not moved altogether by con
sideration for the feelings Of the
foxes any more than for the chick
ems. Both parties will discover this
in due time. when it is too late for
them to help matters. There is a
hunt club IN the aeighborhood, and
/ the farmer expects TO dispose OF his
/ foxes at a good price TO that and
/ similar organizations existing in dis
tricts where they have 20 be eco
nomical OF their quarry. As any
body knows. there is more sentiment
and tradition in a real fox than in
an anise-seed bag, but thus far the
bag has had to do duty for many
otherwise well-provided clubs. It re-
manned for this benevolent and long
headed farmer to start a fox farm
and save the traditions.
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TIE EVOLUTION OF A LIAR

How does one become liar? That is
TO say. how does the child discover a
lie and habituaIly make use OF it,
We can admit that at the beginning
there is absolute sincerity. writes Prof.
Camille MeIlnaud, in the Chicago Til
bune" The child through all its first
years neither lies nor dissimuIates- Its
sentiments, its desires translate them
selves into words and into acts. Its
body is the constant being Such is
the starting roint-sineerity. absolute
transparency.
How. then, does q child become a
Itar2
The first moment is the discovery Of
the lie The child is conducted TO the
threshold Of lying. and his conductor is
play. From play 10 lying he passes by
an insensible transition. This is how:
For example. a little girl who plays
doll declares that her puppet is baby.
that it grows. begins 10 talk, catches
cold, etc. From shis to lying there is
obviously but q short distance
Sometimes. in listening 10 a child, We
are caught ourselves. For example. a
child comes to Us to tell Us that a com
panion has struck ana broken one Of his
toys He wishes US to believe the story
Until the moment when he bursts into a
! peal Of laughter and tells that it was al
-'iust rIa--"
Doubtless. if we look at this from q
point Of view of morals, there is a
chasm between such 4 play and He
since the evil intention is wanting. But
from the psychological viewpoint-that
is to say. from the point Of view Of the
mechanism ard nature of the facts
the difference is almost fmperceptibIe
In the enc and the other there is al
| affirmation contrary 10 the truth
Thus, naturally. the child is led int
the discovery Of lying. He proIongs hi
game one day: he perceives that we ar
the dupe Of his fctions; he is amuse'
with our credulity The lie is reveaIet
TO him He knows that it is possible t.
lie; that he has a means of deCeiyfn;
people. that, if he finds real facts disa
/ greeable. he can substitute for them
pleasant fcticn.
The second stage is learning to lie b
example. Even in the most honest fam
lilies. where sincerity is loved. it ofter
happens that the child catches its Pc
rents in fragrant abuse OF the truth.
There are 3 multitude of little lie
tolerated which we treat as pardonabit
We tell the domestic TO say we are no
at home when We are; we compliment
people 10 their faces and eritieise theI
when they have gone; we say we ar
happy to see someone and directly afte
speak e having been annoyed \
more Is necessary. The example ha
been given
We lie to the child himself. We az
pressed by his many embarrassing Ques
tions. and in order to free ourseIve
from the embarrassment, reply Wit
what Is frequently falsehood. SON
fine day he discovers the truth, and II
evil is done. The grayest case is whe
the child is taken as an accomplice in
lie CT when his mother tells hin
T. Above all do not tell this 20 yoJ
papa. This is the ruin of morality.
The third stage is the first elcount,
of the child with societg-tEe first shoe
T with social life. The child who tells a
. he knows, sees, and hears all that
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THE LOVERS uTANY
By KIPLING.

By KIPLING.
Eyes of gray-s sodIen quay,
Driving rain and falling tears,
As the steamer wears to sea
In parting storm of cheers
Sing, for faith and hope are high
None so true as you and L
Sing the lovers litauy-
aT0ve like GUS can never del"
Eyes 81 black throbbing keel,
Milky foam to left and right;
Whispered converse near the wheel
In the brilliant tropic night;
Cross that rules the southern sky
Stars that sweep and wheel and fly
Hear the lovers IitaEy-
"Love like ours can never diel"
Eyes Of brown-a dusty plain
Spit and parched with the heat o
June,
Flying hOof and frightened rein,
Hearts that beat the old, old tune,
Side by side the horses fly,
Frame we now the old reply
Of the lovers litany-
'Iove like ours can never die!"
Eyes of biue-the Sfmla hills
Siivered with the moonlight hoar,
Pleading of the waltz that thrills,
Dies and echoes round Kenmore.
Mabel" Officers @CoOd-by."
Glamour, wine, and witcheIy-
On ny souls sincerity,
~Loye like ours can never die!"
Maidens, Of your charity,
Pity my most luckless state;
Four times cupid's debtor I
Bankrupt in quadrupIicate,
Yet, despite this evil case,
And maiden showed me grace,
Four and forty times would I
Sing the lovers Iitany-
Love like ours can never diet"
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would better have left unsaid, is called
the "enfant terrible" His parents do
not tell him TO lie, but they tell him it
is not necessary to tell ali that ne
thinks. This Is extremely serious, as it
teaches the child that he cannot show
himself as he is. Fhfs is the revelation
Of the lie obligatory Above all, among
his comrades he quickly learns TO dis
simulate. because If he is naive-ex-
presses all his joys. pains. desires-they
make sport OF him-nay, worse, they
abuse his confidence; the hopes. projects
which he has ccnhded to them he some
day sees used against him.
Thus the impossibility OF living with
out lying is revealed TO him. Society
excuses certain forms OF lying which are
inspired by . feeling OF politeness, mod
esty. shame.
The child becomes liar because al:
the world about him lies. The distinc
ton between the liar and the man o.:
sincerity is only relative. There are in
reality only two categories-those who
content themselves with the lies exacted
By social life and those who have habit
uated themselves to lying more than So
ciety wishes-to lie because Of some per
sonal interest.
An important cause in the develop
ment of lying children is the employ
ment of excessive and ilI-advised pun
ishments. The child who becomes a liar
is the one who lives in perpetual terro>
Of reproaches, humiliations. or strokes.
The lie for him IS supreme resource.
I This is no less true among adults OBJ
serve the men and women about you WHO
/ lie. and you nearly always sec that they
I commenced with irregularity of conduct.
When they go to places they ought ne:
to CO. see things they ought not to see
associate with people with whom tnes
ought not associate, they almost inevi-
tabIy lie
The first OF second time they perhaps
declare the truth eourageously. but as
soon as they find the confession painful
perhaps to spare the feelings of those
Gear 10 them CT to prevent GOODNESS
they take to habitual Justification in or
der 10 conceal their conduct.
The old saying has it that lying is TIT
parent OF all vices. This without douo
is true, but the inverse would be still
more true. Habitua1 immortality lead
TO habituaI lying We lie 10 preservl
the appearance Of virtue after we hav
lost the reality. Such, believe, is I'll,
common evolution of the liar
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Coexfstent with the investigations OF
the nature Of philosophers Stone and
the Elixir Of Life were many attempts
to turn water to wine and to oil, and TO
extract from the air a food which
should sustain life cheaply and heaithily-
The Philosophers Stone, as a Ger
tain substance the touch OF which would
transmute common metals into gold, has
long been held to be an impossible con-
cep1ion. but recent chemical theories ad-
nit the possibility that gold and other
precious metals are notifications or
chemical variations of other elements,
and Investigations are going on in sew
eraI laboratories today. seeking to find
the method by which one metal may 1e
resolved into another. The motive in
these cases is scientific rather than a
desire for sudden riches. but the ancient
aIchemicaI search for a TRANSMITTING
agent is no longer ridfcuIed as the dream
of crazed fanatics.
The Elixir of Life, as a certain drink,
comforting the doubtful blessing Of eter-
nal existence on earth to him who quaffs
it, is not seriously thought of as a pos
/ sibiHty, but many biologists believe,
/ says the American Inventor, that
within the next hundred years enough OF
natures secrets Will be discovered 70
proIong life beyond its present limit
and 10 modify If not eradicate disease
The other searches. for oil from water
and food from air, are well on the way
to commercial success. The active
principle Of nitrates is at present ex-
tracted from air bv electricity and nj
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SOME REASONS FOR THIS COOL SUMMER

The unusual number Of cool days this
summer prompted E. W Prcble, of the
Boston Transcript - to seek for reasons,
and he found some differences Of opinion
Prof. Frank H. BlgeIow. of the scientific
department of the United States Wealth
er Bureau. for instance. did not agree
with the theory Of such an eminent au-
thority as Herbert Spencer. who says
that the temperature OF the surface Of
the earth has a marked influence upon
the weather. In some localities, like
the Desert of Sahara, the sandy surface
is heated 10 such an extent that no
clouds can form above It. What he calls
"a vicious circle" is thus established,
within which the tendency is to continue
the existing condition. II the sand could
be wet and cooled, 1t would tend to the
accumulation OF more moisture. But as
1t cannot reach that state, either by 10
cal or outside Influences, the circle re-
mains unbroken and the dry weather IS
peTpetuated. jest the opposite result
follows IN other localities, where the
surface is kept cool and damp by fire.
quent rainfalls. The cooled and wetted
surface causes greater condensation of
the air. and establishes a vicious circle
favorable to more frequent rains And
until some outside influence disturbs this
circle the existing vet weather has the
tendency to persist
Prof. BigeIow, who is considered the
leading authority on the philosophy Of
the weather in this country. or in the
world-for no country can compare with
ours in accurate. methodicaI, and intelli-
gent weather study-does not quite agree
with Spencer's theory, says the PhiIadel-
Iphia Ledger and Times, although hay-
ling sincere admiration for the man ant
his great scientific and philosophical at
tainments Prof. Bigelow's explanation
Of the difference between a hot ana {
cold season. and the cause OF each in ef
feet is this: The hot season Is inaugu
rated by a large area OF nigh pressure
over the Atlantic The tendency Of th'
little wind in motion in this area j
from southeast to southwest. extending
Its atmosphere over The country Thi
large area OF high pressure is attends
lby a corresponding low pressure move
ment north Of this area, and which pro
.ceeds in whirls OF wind eastward. 4
this cooler. northern current is, how
lever, relatively feeble, II is not suh
Icient 20 disturb the area Of high pres
sure. and it continues to pile up, as
were. layer after layer IF hot air abov
the large area Of high pressure persist:
and so we have 2 Eong and exceptions
season Of hot weather.
The converse OF this takes place whe
only a small area OF high pressure !
formed over the Atlantic. For this are
is attended by corTes7ondingly stron
movement OF low pressure to the nortl
This strong and cool northern currer
rishes in and prevents the formatio
OF hot layers over the country. tn
stagnant air is swept out AID the spac
relied by. cooler air. Then We have
cool season It is, therefore, the si2
of the area Of high pressure which make
the difference between a hot and a col
season \ large area, hot weather
small area, cool summer. Why it
so. why in one case the area is sma
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AIR AND WATER AS FOOD AND POWER

trates are the essential fertilizer for
wheat. If the process, ct present carried
on at Niagara Falls. proves commercially
a success. the wheat lands OF the earth
may have their capacity doubled at
small cost, and the danger Of the con
sumption of breadstufs overtaking the
supply be put of for many years.
a German chemist claims to have dis
covered a chemical which. when mixed
with large proportion OF water, pro-
duces a liquid similar to petroleum.
which can be used for heating and light
ing purposes.
Their is nothing either extraordinary
or impossible in such 4 discovery. Water
consists OF two parts of hydrogen, and
extremely iufammable gas, to one part
! of oxygen, the necessary agent for all
combustion. All hydrocarbon oils con
sist Of various chemical combinations OF
these two gases and carbon IN this age
OF wonders. therefore. would it be SO
very surprising If a successful CONNER
+ cial method were discovered by which q
( fuel could be eheaply made from water;
I And so the old alchemy has scientific
sanction last. and what was searched
/ for bIindly and with the hope q gain II
+ the long ago is now worked 9ut in ac-
/ cordance with the lost exact rules ans
! processes Of science. It may be many
years before all the four ends are at
aimed. but many who read this will live
see the day waen some Of the ok
mysteries. until recently laughed at a!
|curiosities and impossibihties, are &C
Icomplished facts.
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ALONG THE WAY TO MEETIN

wonder if the world so wide had heard
my heart a-beatin,
With Sally waIkin' at my side along the
way TO meetin'?
It seemed to time my every step-iest
keepin' time accordin'.
An sayin'; There's no rest for yo,:
'cept t'Other side of Jordsn!''
Ia tried an tried to say the word. -"
with patientest endeavoT-
The word that might. or mightn't make
her heart with my own forever:
But somehow. when 1t reached my lips.
il seemed too much 10 utter,
With my poor heart a-keepin up that
epS-iastin' fiutteT!
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and IN another season large, Prof Bise-
low said vas a mooted question
In his opinion the cause Of the diff
ference in the area o. high pressure
now eagerly sought for by meteoroIo-
gfsts, is undoubtedly extraneous to the
earth, and is becoming more and more
connected with the periodicity OF the
sun spots. The more the matter is in
vestigated the nearer we are driven to
the conclusion that solar disturbances
take place in our atmosphere and are
among the great causes efecting changes
in the weather
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'Twuz shore NY tribuIation day-closs
by mv side 10 view her
To pull the wild flowers by the way, an
then net give EN- to her!
But. sudden comes this word from her
twuz like a benediction-
I'm thinkiR', John, this meetin' day
you're under deep convictionl1'
An then, up an told her all my heart
so sore afflicted:
i loved her more than all the world
that's how I stood convicted.
An then. as Close she come 10 me. with
sweeter looks an f0nder.
read my shinin' titles clear to earth
an ever y0nder!
Atlanta Constitution.
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HIS CHOICE.

Aren't you ashamed not 10 co any
work at all?" asked the parson.
Well, parson.' answered the lazy
one, 10 tell you the truth ia rather
be ashamed than work. "-Chicago News.
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at is far more important to a
satisfying result that some one
aim should be consistently followed
than that the aim itself should be
Of any one particular sort"
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KNOW WHAT IT MEAES.

Inquiring Child-Fapa. why do people
cry at weddings?
Papa (abstractedIy)-Mos of EN- have
been married themselves
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HOW TO AVOID STRIKES
WITHOUT ARBITRATION
By L J. CALLAHAN
Merchant and Former Member Seventy.
ByL. ]. Callahan,
Merchant and Former Member Committee of Seventy


advisers shall
their opinions any subject may up"
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CONSISTENCY THE JEWEL
NDEVELOPINO WASHINGTON
By FREDERICK LAW oLMSTED,

Of Washington Park System,
The independent