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to the ways OF her household, and keep
fairly abreast Of all the questions and
news Of the day. She must husband her
5husba nd g resources, yet keep herself and
her children well dressed, and be always
smiling and cheerful. ready for any emer-
gency which may occur. Her children
must be watched and tended with unre-
hitting care, her house must be artistic
and bear the stamp OF individuality. She
must know how to entertain without I'M
duly increasing the household expenses,
and must pay the duties which she owes
to society and to her neighbor. In short,
she must play skillfully upon harp OF a
thousand strings, and manage all the time
to keep the difficult instrument in perfect
tune. TO do all this and do It well calls for
fully as much Intellect as does the sue.
cessful conduct OF great business. and
the man OF affairs Of the twentieth cen Z
tmrv has much need OF superior woman
as his wife. -
women who are unusually beautiful.
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ego" in her, marries fairly well before she
Is out Of her teens.
Indeed taking precept and practice to-
gether, we would. be forced to conclude
that the sort Of woman whom men pre-
fer must be an equal combination Of saint
and siren, a mixture about as possible as
that OF water and oil would be. Given MS
choice of a wife, almost any man would,
upon principle. If he had any principle.
select the saint, and pride himself upon
so doing. Then having married
her, he would in all probability leave her
at homo to look after the house and the
children while he went galivanting OIL
with the SIREN
Some years ago leading magazine Of
fercd prize for the best essay upon what
men like best in women. The success
full essay, after. insisting mildly upon
grace, beauty, daiatiness and few other
minor attractions, declared the great de-
sderatum to- be thorough responsiveness.
Nor did 1t apparently occur either to the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-31
/ 1 do lose thee, i do lose thing

n II do lose thee, do lose thlng
THAT none but fools would keep Keep
AS the foregoing verses, Ike those q
Epainlnondas, were not copyrigh 81 ~. IN,
other actor, Paterson, OF the N ,o'sa.i
Company, also undertook tc use them l az az
the last Minute.
The appropriateness of the foregoi lills
selected as has been saiu. at RANDOM.
clearly demonstrates the fact that you
have to be Johnny on-thc-spot with your
wits If you hope for recognition ts a
dying doclarntionist. There's no sucn
thing as getting graminars ana rhetolles
and unabridged dictionaries 10 heip Wv.
Whether you are hit by brick. KICKED
by a smule Or partially pulvcrlzed oy ene
impact of d thirteen Incl, shell, you tnu y.
be ready with your epigram. ana TO pe
bright characteristic or pa.ncto. your
dying saying should touch upon the CT se
Of your omforture, no mu.ter NV ny.
+ suddenly the discomforturc strikes Wv.
Plagiarism should be studiously AVOIDED,
or the encyclopedias and histories ~
most viii give you only cross references
or mere ditto"
Last, but by no means least, dying say
ings should not be premature. lt yoM
fail to pass away until t"enes-i ~.
hours after you have uttered them. the ne
remark r11elts away into utter noth''' s.
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BY
Hell EN- OLDFIELD.

who know how to cling gracefully and
.tendery. never fall to find men who adore
them. still the woman who can charm
men and retain her hold upon them to the
end has still more need OF brains than OF
beauty. Also, paroxical as 1t may seem.
the women who like men best are those
who sway them to their will without ever
appearing to do SO, who, to all outward
seeming, walk meekly behind In the mans
footsteps while in reality driving him tho
way they wis, him to so. In leash so
soft and silken that its touch is never
felt. There Is no man 80 strong az to
be. irsensIble to Difference to his superior
powers, and the clever counterfeit Is of
ten. to borrow the Irish saying. more
like thnn the original"
Men nbhorS contradiction. and hold that
for tho most part women have no right
TO argue. The observance OF this sins
ple rule Is no small item In the all-em-
bracing requirement OF responsiveness.
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cell to man. The most elaborate s'uo l''S
have been mado on the intelligence OF an
imals, from insects up to mammals ma -
the figure there is shown a rem'a7rka aA,l,
case Of a spider lifting ny. whose lWe's -. =.
was twenty times that Of Its own -
nurcly gcometrical methods.
In the cut the line !, is a W'nuooH
sas ii. and els the fly suspended ,pSiu sip,a
one foot below /. The Hplder was O. w :.
dimensions OF a pins head, and It's oo .n,
wa 10 slist the ny to she sas sash me
sp,oer,s hrst act was to descend hall Way
Il III fy-to 4-and fasten one eng O an
! l,rost invisible thread; Ills second 70 az
ocnd toithe har and run ont 10 8, where nc
ma "a fast the other end, and haullea on
nj. ruy with all his might. This bent me
i,neN1 q. q to position !, b., q and ra1sea
tn. nv to 4. Tho end Of the guy peing
lott fast at 3, the little mechanic ~ehl
II ?, exactly over tie ny att nnd spun pun
another line from 2 to the curve N Inc
.firsr line at S, where It was fastened the
iirsr line /, d 6 was now cut of, leaving
Ina ~ directly below 2. but higher TOT
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:.s,ra "a he something, or TO act pa. :.
NJ nh,id naturally steps out OF eVet iTa' ~
,rfe into world OF imaglna.'ons. ,,o,,ert
.ra not all realized the truth OF isu ..Th =
: ,ouis stcvenson's child sons, ~
: 7and Of the Counterpart. In whlch w
.;ck child sees in his bed q Vur'e'' =
TRANSFORMATION scenes? 90
| And sometimes for an hour ol %
i !, watched my leaden soldiers 60;
b win different uniforms ana orll,s'
III Among the bcdclothes' through the
hills; s,,,n. IN neets,
A A, IN and down among the shee.s,
a. brought my trees and houses ou''
MS And planted cities all about.
child truly at play forgets evcrStmns
-a,nd rim. He does not wonder
(. . = YOU are watching him, or ~hut
innression he is creating. re nus
simnly lost himself In the part nv
/ which he throws himself.
The floor is mapped out into Two NOS
d +,7e territories; the armchair is a morse
or ship. he is possessed by his idea, anu
ali else seems to him utterly lnslsnili-
VI cant and worthless. NJ, ,,,o
sometimes the latent powers which ne
vii develop are early displayed by Una
q o,,;ld we read in Charles kingsley,
ilfo how, when he was but four years
lid he used to make Little pulpit IT
his nursery, arrange the choirs LOT u
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Is England, It Is difficult 70 say jug.
what factors are at work in ENGLAND
tending to reduce criminallty' II par
It has been attributed to the exceMehl
inenal system and In part to emlgral'o''''
: n ,tyellow" literature were responslplp -
any large measure for,the increase ~
crimes of violence 1t would certainty SHOW
in the statistics in England as WEI as
in thoss OF othsr countries. II "a
The basic nature Of the criminal re-
mains tho same. though the expression
of his antl-soclal instincts may vary. tho
character of the crime 10 Determined 10
some extent by tbs degree Of his ae-
eeneracy and hts intellectual attalnments'
Grimes which require considerable ue-
gree of intelligence, the exercise or n
genuity and craftsmanship, have oln'ln-
shed while those OF violence have M
creased.
This is not fro many innate change N
tha nature OF the criminal, but are
brought about solely by varying oppor-
Unity. The more refined" II one can
a rl sucl, term to crime, efforts are
diminished because the risks have peeh
Increased and tbs certainty " PUNISH,
ment has lncarcerated 9 large proportion
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The req son firms the tenn erate WILL.
Endurance foresight strength antd ms sklsl,l-
and wthal "a dancing sha PEI an i!na VIZ
;nav y" Nor Is this last. bysany means, the
least of mans requirements Of woman:
All men like to- be amused. The most
popular people, men or women are those
who are entertaining and VINO have al.s
with themselves and with the world IN
general. We all like those who are SO
agreeable as to make us forget our own
worries and troubles in tho pleasure OF >,
a,nol,inp she need not be an actual beauty,
but she must be attractive in person. VINO 2
is witty and bright, who can laugh, ana
make men laugh with her, the, woman \
gifted with a keen sense o. hu.nor W., 40
which there is no touch OF nance. "ho
can twist men round her. little finger.
Most men like to take women as re-
taxation and delight, not as an inteiiec-
tualf exercise. Therefore, as RUE thes
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writer or the editor of the magazine that iaS;
this quality Of perfect responsiveness.
which, by the way, is one OF the rarest
on earth, includes everything ~hlch can
he desired, much less asked Tor, IN man
or woman. 10 be in complete sympathy
with all mans aims and aspirations, to
share his tastes. anticipate his wishes
and respond to all his moods demands
a versatility so Infinite as TO amount ~
oenius such a woman must play many
PARTS, must shine alike in parlor and
kitchen. and must always be ready and
willing to dance gracefully to whatever
tune her lord and master may pipe. she
must literally
IVORY only when worry,
And enjoy yourself with me-
and above all her good humor and cheer
fulncss must be of the fiber which never
ne many phases as Wordsworth's "Phan-
tom Of Delight
IA spirit yet woman, too.'
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!, RESPONSIVENESS the Kew TO Mans Heart

are shy OF women Of genius, and openly
prefer those who make no pretensions to
more brains than just enough to keep
themselves out OF the fire, forgetting that
they are wise indeed who never burn
their fingers. Often tho men who pro-
fess not to care for clever women uncon.
sclously adore them, not realizing that
the perfection of artsis to conceal arr,
and that no small amount Of intellect goes
to the folly which soothes and rests them
so thoroughly. There are fgw men VINO
do do. not object to any ASSUMPTION Of su
perortty upon tho part Of their III, wives.
Vet there is no clog upon a man ike that
ofean 5inef1lctent wife, and It takes a su-
perior woman to be truly. efficient IN the
exactIng life Of to-day.
There is no other human.being OF Wh n
SO much is required as Of the Amerlca n =
wife and mother nowadays. Sh ,,s ,nus at
understand cooking and music she mus u :
he able to organize and to execute, sno
must mend and make, she must sf2 LOOK wei
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SLIP and ignominlously get we'll. Charles
Lamb hits us hard in that essay wherein
hc renlhrks.
1"How sickness enlnrges tho Dimensions
OF a ,nan,s self to himself, lie IL his owl,
exclusive object. Supreme selflshncss 70
Incuicatcd upon him MS his only duty.
iris tho tables OF tho Inv to him. Flo hns
nothing to think OF but how to get well.
What pnsses out Of doors, Or within
them, so no hear not tho jarrng OF them,
affects him not.
But after ali, tho more | cogitatc over
this matter, tho more wildly this aues'
ton presents itself to me. Is It better to
be poor, insignificant, hungry and alive,
or honored celebrated, lnmentod and-
dead7 rs ss
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bine the two, In nothing Is man lnGon-
s,s,ency more plainly made manifest than
n the masculine idea OF what woman
ought to be. st.
For example, almost any man can dis.
course by the hour upon the beauty OF
domesticity in woman. her charms as
ministerlng angel her true vocation as
high priestess Of home. Yet for all thas
The women who embody all the domestic
virtues, who might easily sit for TINE por-
trait OF King Solomon's virtuous woman.
are frequently those who are left TO thelr
parents. while the arf who cannot tell d
round OF beef FROM 2. sadule OF mul' .,,.
.nd who prefers holes in her hose to the
tro,,hle OF mending them, but who has
mink and white prettiness and plenty OF
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tho xrent majority ofsthe sront titwaFl,e J,
snroletariat-that lie to say. when no Is
lniilicted BY the least ailment he bellows
Tor the assistance OF his coi,sort q no SETS
tho whole house ta.scnmpcrln5 AFTER mus.
tnrd riusters loo, emetics, stimu!nnts hnd
what not. No glory for hitnl At bost l'is
cuse IL like thnt Of james Whitco MI
Riley's little boy "Dicky, II, connection nee
with whose illness the poet says'
send for Doc, .ss
TO hurry up QUICK
v Atty-Q uick.atty--quock.
And heat hot brick
8Atty-brick- atty--brock.
And rikle.ty wrapt It
And clicklc.ty clap It
Against his cold feet.
weep-nty-eepaty-
There he goes, sln Q IT
-slppaty--sleepaty."
The sum ana substance OF the whole
business Is that we po'-white nonehtlt!esi
though perennially bewailins our hard
luck and depreciatlng our o ck1owledgeo
nsignificance, cling to life like leochcs
The mcrest toeacho or the first hiccougi
brings the very dross Of our cowa RACE lt
to the surface Although we insist tho no
We too would be great u the tlnyes'
opportunity came to US, we fall hopeless
lily flat when chance for O. dying say
Ing presents itself Invariably We let :
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exploits of the western bandit. study
OF these cases suggests that there IS
some underlying predisposins factor
that has led TO the development or THESE
abnormal types of violence, BY some
they have been attributed to the reading
OF a certain class Of novels which can
hardly be termed literature,
A study OF these stories does not show
that they are all bad. as one might nat.
them teach sound ethical principles.
They arc like the melodrama Of the
smnll theatre in this. that the villain
usually meets the reward OF his mis-
deeds and the hero and heroine come
into th.ir own after a more or less
trying series OF events
While this Is true Of the majority OF
such litrature, some teaching is more
& vicious. onc in fact, which Is the nor
NAL ethical standard. IL entirely SUB
merged In an artificial type. Ihe w
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u men, as we'll as women, are
more or less inconsistent. Theory
is one thing, practice another,
and few there be who per-
sistcnuy and successfully COM
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IICAGO has within the last
few days been startled By a
series OF crimes coommltted~
by young despeladoes whose
utter recklcssness OF human
igfe nuts to Shame the feeble
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&j.

FLO that has watched a
child at pay has not
realized that llfe Is to the
unfolding mind a con-
tinual drama, and this
impulse OF play comes
Fundamentally from the
The Meeker herald., 1904-12-03
NOT UNPRECEDENTED.


This il the saddest case Of ruin com
ing from success that l ever heard Of.
and the fact that the result not only
brought desolation on the person him
self, but upon his whole family, makes
the instance especially sad. says Lon
don Answers.
He was the only son OF . prosperous
provision merchant, and, with = be-
ginner's luck. won some hundreds of
pounds on the turf. Elated by his sue
cess, he CHANGED larger sums, lost all
he had won. and, in vain attempt to
recoup himself, took some of the money
collected from his fathers customers.
Shortly afterward his father accidents
ally discovered that q large account
which was owing to hiU had been paid
to his son and not accounted for. In
Quiry was made, and 1t was found that
the outstanding accounts did not
amount to as many pence as there
should have been pounds; and in add
ton, wholesale firms who were sup
posed to have been paid by the son
had received nothing. The whole had
gone in fruitless efforts to "back win
ners."
The result was that, after so years'
trading, the business wns broken up.
and the father. mother and sisters of
this unfortunate man were reduced to
extreme poverty.
The Meeker herald., 1904-12-03

Striking a. has been the advance Of
women in the medical profession Of
England. Il has been even more 20 In
the United States.
twenty-five years ago, says the
Young Woman, there were 500 lady
doctors in practices in the states; to-
day there are I, s00-0ns In Il, 900 Of the
population. Among these are few dis
tipguished homeopathists. hospital
physicians and surgeons. professors In
medical schools, oculists and electro
therapeutics, the great ma ority being
ordinary doctors. The hrst lady doc
tor In the world was an American wom-
sn-Niss Elizabeth blackwell. who was
enrolled a. physician In the Medical
Rsgister OF January !. 1919. One Of
Americas most noted lady doctors,
Marie =. Zakrzewska, was native Of
Berlin. but aha. bad TO leavs the German
capitsl In consequence Of the strong
prejudice aroused against her. That
was nanny years ago. and the lady doc-
tor b BOW tolerated even on the conti-
nent. Even the far east has its lady
doctors. the best known among them
being Chinese lady, Dr.. Hu King Eng,
drst physician to the household Of Ii
Hung Chang. DR.. Eng b Christian
and comes Of wealthy family. She
took her degree in the United States.
and il now in charge Of hospital at
Foo Chow. A to the earnings of the
lady doctor. they vary. Of course, very
largely. There are women who count
their income In Thousands, and one lady
pssctieing In the West end Of London
earns $4,000 4 year. Miss Annie Rom
berger, Of Philadelphia. has practice
worth $1,000 year, and she IL one of
many who earn n much.
The Meeker herald., 1904-12-03

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TIE JApAHEsH ARMY.


The Ostasiatische Lloyd states that
At the end Of the year the japanese
army will consist Of three chief COM
mands, the east, the middle and the
west. instead of the number Of small in
dependent commands which previously
existed. This will he apart from the
guards, who will still remain under the
direct command of the mikado. Each
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fantry, each brigade having two regi-
mentaSand each regiment three bat
teaions; II regiments Of cavalry, Of i've
squsdrons each; IL regiments Of field
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companies, to - Increased later to 80
eonpanies; - train bsttalions, Of two
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oes telegraph hsttalion, each Of three
soppanies. In edition to the 10 d.
yisaons, there are thres regiments of
e4est and two battalsons Of foot artil-
NY. The annual number Of recruits
required TO keep the army up to its
fsll strength ID froM $1,000 to 10000,
bat double the number could easily be
Obtained. Tia troops mentioned form
oaly the line With the colors; In addi-
tica there are the frat and second re-
serves, the Iandwehr and laudsturm.
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The Yale expositor., 1904-01-15
CADETSHIPS.
a Number OF Positions Vacant In Rev
cnue Cutter Service.

a Number OF Positions Vacant In Rev
cnue Cutter Service.
An examination for the position OF
cadet I'm the revenue cutters service
will be held on February %, 26 and %
and the places in Michigan in which
the examinations will be held on the
above dates are Detroit, Grand Rapids
Manistee. Marquette, Saginaw and
Sault Ste Marie. Circulars containing
the necessary information as 20 the re.
quirements for the examination, In.
Guiding the studies on which the eX.
animation Will be based, can be Sc.
cured from the civil service commits
sion, Congressman Henry McMorran
or from the secretary OF the local
board of examiners at the places DIES.
ignated. There are n number of ca.
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is $500 per annum and one ration per
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The Yale expositor., 1904-01-15
Fargo.

Judson Youngs and II. Reaves are
very i'll.
L. Hull is home from Port Huron
visiting his folks.
Fred Ross, of Kimberlin Heights,
Tenn, Is at home.
ID. Livingston Is very sick with la
grippe and IL under the care of DR..
Ardiel.
James and Florence knight are
home from IA weeks visit in Strathroy
ont. Their cousin Minnie Is here on a
visit.
There will be a public installation of
the officers elected hy the Ladies' LOL
of Fargo, also the following elected
LOL officers on the 22nd day of Jan.
uary 1904, at Spring Hill at 1880 in the
evening:-W. NJ, Geo. Losing; ID. w.
NJ, viii Jolley; Sec, W. y. Campbell;
Treas, John Ritnar; Chap, III. Todd;
ID. of c., =. +. Rider; f., :. X. Edmon.
son; /. T., Elmer Grant; PIT, -. Rob.
erts; L. of Com, L. Roberts. j. Kill
gore was elected delegate 90 the state
convention at Detroit and :. T.. Rider
delegate TO the national convention To
be held at Detroit IN June 1904. After
installation ceremonies an oyster sup
per will be served at soc per couple.
W. Spring who II go well known as II
fife player will be present. Music by
the IOI Band also.