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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-10

I the world?' or, in compliment to the man-teacher, What wasteful- ness! That splendid embodiment of talent engaged in the trivial past time of teaching!'
 No greater evidence can be offer l ed in proof of ones misconceptlon of the teacher and his work than to hear them say that he who teaches was destined for a higher work, that he is misappropriating his en- ergies and resources. So often do we hear the fate of the teacher con- doned, his cratic choice commiser- ated and his unfortunate condition pitied. A great mind should not 1 be confined to the school-room, a i learned soul should spread it's pin ions in higher flight than the en- vironment of the teacher affords, so , declares the world. When man of superior qualifications, of az gressive disposition and of noted l family deliberately casts his oppor- l tunities for developing his greatness aside and condescends to don the toga educationis his friends go in mourning saying, "What flower wasting it's fragrance upon the des- ert air.
 While the poor, misguided arbi- ter of mans fitness for a select pro- fession pretends reverent re- speet for the nobility of the child trainer, and idealizes the greatness of his work, yet he feels great sor- TOW for the man engaged in the propa agation of knowledge as an eX- elusive occupation.
 "A parent is quick to see the inn portance of sending his child to cir GUS on account of the educational value in viewing the animals, and the circus manager is accorded warm place in the hearts of the peo- pie. The everyday and most effect ual means of education must go beg ging, and is begrudged what few pennies it does secure.
 Two Reasons for Misdcmeanor.
 "There are two reasons in main for this grave misdemeanor and the teacher is largely responsible for the existence of these reasons.
 "First, men regard the oversight and development of children labor too trivial, too inconsequent to en- gage much of their time thereupon. The immature mind of the child is deemed worthy of no mans serious attention. To shut out ones chance of advancement in commercialism ad confine ones time to the instruc- tion of the child is generally con- ceded to be suicidal to ones highest interests.
 '1t is advanced that the teachers mental growth is stunted by con- stant contact with the child mind, and that if men would be men, they must draw swords with men, if man would realize his proper sphere, he must act and think among his equals. Suffice it to say here in ref utation of this argument. that there is no more fallacious argument than this, even from psychological standpoint. In the attempt to lead out the child mind, the instructors mind is forcibly acquainted with it's deficiency and is greatly melted to attain it's maximum.
 Second, men are now taking rank according to their financial worth. In the professions. salary has become the criterion. In com merce, capital and profit have al- ways been the deciding factors of success and we'll they might, for. the logical and just reward of in- dustry, economy and business acu- men is corresponding income. An extravagant. improvident and short- sighted business man can not ex-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-10

Professor Seth R. Steele, rrinci- pal of the First Ward school, has written very interesting article in defense of his profession, which the Graphic publishes today The paper is of unusual length, but it's excel ience merits it's full reproduction. The paper follows:
 Inconsistencies in human con- duct and thought afford constantly re. turing stimulus for human en deavor expressed in literature, in personal ministrations and on the platform. If no mental alterations, idiosyncrasies or human frailties were voiced, the author and the or ator would have weak incentive to action.
 ..To recall to the mind of the reader one of the most calamitous mistakes of the age is my intention by writing this paper. This mis- take may be ascribed to the lack of consistency or the considerateness of those who sit in judgment, and may be described as false impress sion degenerating into a criminal neglect which, though apparently negative and unintended, yet is more positive and damaging than if openly acclaimed. Furthermore, this mistake amounting to an in- justice when analysed in the light of rational judgment and candor is found to be but the dust which the strong winds of truth may easily scatter
 "I speak of the time-honored but disdained pedagogical profession
 Tn a beautifully rhetorical and high sounding fashion the public applauds the teacher and his work. but when the teacher is discussed as man and as citizen, the public seeks to modify it's generous verb age and applause When the sub- stantial support of the public is needed to advance the welfare of the teachers realm, the public shrinks like the hordes of the miser upon the appearance of the tax as sessor When it is question of according to the teacher the rank he should have, the worlds estima- tion becomes as sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal."
 Prom the beginning of pedagog- ical work, aspersions have been pro- fusely showered upon the head of the belabored pedagog. He has been regarded as an eXcresence up- on the. professional and commercial world He is not to be considered when the real enactments of life are taking place, when society is at play, when fortunes are being gath cred, when the mechanical forces are executing the principles of na- ture discovered largely by the de- spised pedagog, and when legisla- tion is in procress of formation.
 While one would not often speak disparagingly in public of the man-teacher because of a professed but light regard for his work even as an irreligious man would not pro- hibit his good wife from attending church protesting high regard for her devotions and for God, yet in reality blatant iconoclast destroy ing by his coolness and indifference the Christian ideals his children erect out of the influence of their mother, but this same one by his failure to properly estimate the teacher as man, by his blindness to his own good, works far-reach- ing harm to himself. to his con- temporaries and to his posterity.
 Waste of Talent.
 How sickening is the remark of the world, What does the teacher add to the thought and goods of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-10

PINE BLUFF IRON WORKS
 General Founders and MachInIsta
 Brass and Iron Castings and Ms chine Repairing. Stock of all Atand ard goods and castings carried n stock all the time. Locomotives. nn zines and Boilers Repaired. Lon, distance telephones, day, A76; nigb. 334. Pine Bluh, Arkansaa. Note We operate our machine shop botl day and night
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-10
In Defense of His Profession;
 Professor Seth R. Steele Writes

Principal of The First Ward Public School Says The
 Profession Is Degraded by Teachers Themselves What Essentials Are Necessary for Good Teaching Compares The Minister To The School Teacher and
 Salaries - Reviews School Work. and Says The
 Circus Assists in Educating Children.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-10
Future of The Teacher.

When the mind of man halts in it's mad haste to grasp the glitter ing, deceiving and ephermeral things of this world, and considers the sources from which the best citizenship arises, not as the stan dard now is, but, as it.. should be, then will the teacher and his work take rank second to none, then will the teacher not be tossed about 1 by every interruptions adjustor whose brain has become affected by political fallacy guarding his pop 1 ularity as the western prospector { would his find, and then will the l laborer receive the worth of his 1 hire
 But in the face of the para doxical condition of the age relative to common school work, granting that men openly avow a lofty re- gard for such and secretly pities the poor fellow who is so forgetful of his welfare as to engage in the business of building up the fortifica- tions of his country to prevent it be- ing overwhelmed by nation stronger intellect, yet the teacher need not to be discouraged and think his work in vain.
 Minister and Teacher Alike.
 What is true of the teacher, is in most respects true of the minister. Their aims are nearly parallel. their scope of the same dimension, and the minister's treat. ment at the hands of his constitu- ents not much more eonsoling than the teachers reward. Both have a reward that fadeth not away 1 The occasion for the dearth in the ministerial ranks is revealed i, the shameful fact that the mint try as profession is beneath the extensive reaches into life that one should make. Even the shop. the 1 farm or any line of commercial ac- tivity is held up before the youth as being more worthy of his at
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-10

oiLLtEY FOUNDRY COMPANY,
 Logging Locomotles, roaa an( 1S engines. boilers saw and planiD4 mab machinery, iron and brass easttnsa and machinery supplieA
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-10

QOeS, ne SHOulu Hot pe dppld"u0N' for his profits or capital are but the result of chance, of inheritance or of dishonest effort.
 Salaries Larger Elsewhere.
 Some ministers make much boast of their salaries, and their worth is large4y estimated by their stipends, even if their appointments depend upon the judgment, some times incorrect, of the bishop.
 "All professions and trades out pay the pedagogical work, hence the teacher must bring up the rear as an incidental part of the great army of men and when he would be fed, he must take the leavings.
 q do not wish to be understood as saying that all men are actuated by the same motives and aims. The brave physician does not undergo the rigor of climate and suffer the inconvenience and discomfort of life, merely to amass fortune, but through his love for suffering hu- manity, and perhaps for his interest in advancing the medical science out of pure intoxication of the work. So with the minister and lawyer. Nor does the man of commerce at all times engage himself merely for gain for gains sake. The rapid fire of competition nerves him for the conflict, and the spirit of adven- ture prompts many to embark in business careers, but in general the foremost aim of all men is to gather coin, in order to realize hap piness, thus erecting false stand ard of manhood, of success and de- stroying the happiness for which they labor.
 Having deduced the reasons for the direful disregard for the didac- tic profession, we find that it is the pursuit of false ideas that lead to this neglect The monetary al- lurements, the glory of office-hold- ing raises mans sight far beyond the vital and most important is sues of life.
 Not like the noblest, the most successful and the most useful of men, The Man of Nazereth, do men aspire to be, for He avoided the applauding multitude that would have crowned Him King, summed the coming of this earthly honor, shallow and feeting, that He might serve man in an humber capacity, capacity in which His influence for good would be more extensive and where it might not appear that this influence emanated from Him as man, but from The Heavenly Father whom He represented.
 Christ thought it not a waste of time to go out of his way to point the Samaritan woman to the Wa ter of life. to dine with the rich man and to attend to the individual wants of many with whom He came in contact. He took time to inn press deep lessons upon man by direct and single contact He did not at all times seek the masses that He might propagate His Cos pei, thus having His ears famed by the comforting breezes of world applause. Who dares to say that His life was failure or that His life was not the most fruitful of any yet lived?
 Future of The Teacher.
 When the mind of man halts in it's mad haste to grasp the glitter ing, deceiving and ephermeral things of this world, and considers the sources from which the best
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-10
BUSINESS DIRECTORY

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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1907-11-15
Everybody Has Met Him.

The melancholy man looked more
than usually downcast-so depressed,
In fact, that one of his acquaintance
was rash enough to ask him what was
the matter
"Oh, everything!" replied the melan-
choly man.
Market been against your
moo, not exactly" was the re.
joinder, "but I'm considerably worried
over what may happen next week"
sickness at homer
"Not yet" replied the melancholy
man, though I'm afraid that I'm get
ting ready for my regular touch of
malaria about this time of year.
"Forewarned is forearmed," returned
the other with as much cheerfulness as
he could summon up under the circum-
stances. II see. Some one of your
friends is in trouble, and it's preying
on your mind"
"Friends?" shifted the melancholy
man. much good it would do my
friends if gave them advice. Think
Of them? OF course do, but for all
the benefit they derive from what
tell them ! might as well never give
them any thoughts at ALL"
"Well, what in thunder is it?" asked
the other, coming back to first prin-
ciples.
"Oh, everything" replied the melan-
choly man as he despondently turned
away.-New YORK. Press.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1907-11-15
DON'T MOVE" SAID GENTLE VOICE.

DON'T MOVE, SAID GENTLE VOICE.
the picnic he should meet Miss Knowl-
ton, and meeting Miss Knowlton had
almost become an obsession with him.
He climbed over the stagings and plat
forms with light heart as he imagin-
ed the manner In which they should
meet. He rather fancied an introduc-
ton under the trees. He would ad-
vance with barred head and bow low
over her hand. Then she would give
him one of those sunny smiles that al
most seemed to be her habitual express
sion, and they would go walking to-
gether In the leafy shade. Over and
over he mentally rehearsed this scene
until it became almost real to him.
But at the last moment there came
a complication at the factory, and 1t
was after II when Travers finally got
away. He lost his way trying to
drive out in livery buggy. and when
at last he came to the lake lunch was
over and the merrymakers had scat
tered through the woods.
The minister and his wife insisted
that he have something to eat, and
then motherly Mrs. Rumford took him
in charge and introduced him to every
one In sight, but Ada Knowlton was
nowhere to be seen.
He made himself agreeable to the
others, but his eyes continually sought
a sight of the pink dress and golden
head that had been the attraction. He
had seen them drive past on their way
to the lake. and he had carefully noted
the dress, but not glimpse of 1t did
he get until well along in the after
noon.
Here and there the surface of the
lake was dotted with small boats and
canoes, and in one of the latter he
saw the flash of pink that seemed to
communicate its color to his face. Miss
Knowlton, and alone! And she was
padding in to the landing!
With assumed carelessness, he d.
rected bis steps toward the tiny wharf
to which the boats were tied. He
would be on hand to assist her from
the canoe, and perhaps after he had
introduced himself there might be q
chance for the walk after all.
He had Just reached the dock and
the frail craft was but twenty yards
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1907-11-15
Knowing
Miss knOWltOn
By MARSHALL LEONARD.
DOWNRIGHT 1S07 NV Uiu,or, parcv
Copyright. 1907. by william Darcy.

1t seemed to Travers that life really
began for him when he came to Lester
to superintend the building of the cleo
trio works, for until then life had been
uneventful, and he had not known of
Ada Knowlton.
Even now he merely knew of her,
for Travers was not a ladies' man. He
was too terribly In earnest to shine in
society, and, though he had been in
Lester for nearly two months, he seem
ed as far from his goal as ever Every
Sunday he went to church and sat
where he could watch the choir where
Ada sang, the stained glass forming
background for the shapely golden
head. The Rev. Josiah Rumford watch
ed approvingly the expression of rapt
interest that was upon Travers' face
all through the sermon. He could not
notice that the keen blue eyes of the
young contractor were upon the choir
rather than upon the pulpit, and he
felt gratified that he should hold his
auditor SO well.
So it happened that the Rev. Josiah
stopped at the new factory one morn
ing and extended an invitation to
Travers to join a church picnic the
following week.
1T is almost a family affair."" he ex-
planned as Jimmie's hand went down
into his trousers pocket II am not
selling tickets. 1t is purely by invita-
ton and only for the members of the
Sunday school, but l thought that per-
haps you might like to meet some of
the young people and get acquainted"
Jimmy beamed upon the kindly old
man as he thought of Ada Knowlton
and accepted the invitation with an eff
fusiveness that caused the minister to
wonder at certain comments he had
heard regarding the unsociability Of
the newcomer.
He is most cordial" he told his
wife. II am sure that he needs only
to get acquainted to be decided addi-
ton to our little society. l am sorry
that did not look him up earlier"
Travers echoed the same sentiment
as he went about his work. Surely at
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1907-11-15
The Wisdom Of Dorothy.

Dorothy does not relish being left
alone to go to sleep. One night after
she is tucked in bed by her mother,
who then leaves her. she calls to her
fSther and asks e he isn't coming to
bed after he finishes his dinner.
Eyes,, I'll go to bed as soon as ny
dinner digests."
"All right; come upstairs now. Your
dinner will digest upstairs just as well
as down. argues the young hopeful
Judges Library.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-18
WICKED BOSTON.
Chicago Denies Being The Worst Il
 

Chicago Denies Being The Worst In
 America.
 Chicago Special to The New York
 Chicago is not wicked, no. Boston has every other city beaten in sin Statistician Hugo Grosser has the fig ures.
 From the annual reports of the po- lice departments of thirty cites he has compiled his figures. and Classic Bos- ton showseup as the wick edest city in the United States. In the first six months of the year s9.4 arrests were made there to each 1000 of population.
 Chicago heads the list with only 44.6 per thousand for 1908. and based on the records of the first six months of this year Chicago has improved in goodness, and will at the end of the year show only 29.8.
 More than half the arrests made fin the various cities are attributed to drunkenness. and Mir. Grosser declares 1t is of interest to note just at this time that the more rigid are the rules for the conduct of the saloons and the closing of the saloons on Sunday the larger is the number of arrests for drunkenness. In Bostof. where d rigid rule is enforced. he shows that 55.5 per thousand of It's population were arrested in 1905 for drunkenness.
 Next to Boston, Nashville has the highest record, with Pittsburg next.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-18
No IntoIernnce.

Birmingham Ledger.
 Already some papers are saying that the men who want to fight MT. Bryan's nomipation should get outside the party. They should not. We do not want anybody to go outside the party
 Any Democrat has the right to con tend for the nomination of any man he likes and a perfect right to oppose the nomination of any man. It Is no treason 10 the Democratic party to ad- vocate the nomination of Daniel or Culberson oTA Chanler or Gray. If any Democrat wants to advote anybody. or oppose anybody, let him do so to his hearts content. There must be no in- tolerance.
 The Democratic party is not to be While they are high class Democrats there are not enough of them to elect a President. It is not time yet for the original Bryan men to take charge and give admission tickets to the men who have voted our ticket for forty years but who have not always favored Bryan.
 Furthermore, if the. idea gets out. as some of the original Bryan men are giving 1t out, that only the Bryan Democrats are to be considered, after the election, we may as well not go into the campaign. We want every vote, and we will treat all the ele- ments fairly after we elect our Pres ident. A mans fool friends can do him irreparable harm and they must not do 1t, in this campaign.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-18
DRIFT " OOD
BY PHIL H. ARMSTRONG.
TAe sentinentaI Saistletoe

The Sentimental DlistletOes Oh. the jolly Christmas season.
 Everybody should be glad, And there isn't any reason
 Why all shouldn't be but Dad. Its enough to make you hOller For the police when you go And pay a silver dollar
 For 2 bit of nistletoe. Oh, the mistletoe looks pretty
 Hanging from the chandelier. Under which your daughter Kitty
 Is to blush in bashful fear, When Archie starts to collar
 Her around the neck you know But its tough to pay a dollar
 For that bit of mistletoe. I Look out. .Partridge," don't you get personal just because there's a game ,ss,, strangs ,ns but % m the deb. of sratitud. is
 Because the Methodist Conference met in Houston last week, the price of chickens was advanced several preachers love chickens SO e much bet ter than do other mortalsf :. Of course we suppose Houstons big fire was hotter than the fires of any other cities in the world. Wonder if it started from her famous red-headed widows?
 A New Jersey girl at a dance recent Know of the accident until 'i the ''Sa bali was over That kind of a girl could just die waltzing.
 At wedding up. in Pennsylvania in throwing rice at the married couple several grains struck so fdrcibly the ear of the bride- groom that a painful operation was necessary. Such strenu- ousness Is inexcusable. Much safer is hints about the brides clothes.
 judge in St. Louis reduced a fine because prisoner swore that beer started. is stronger than that made in Missouri.
 D. K. Gilmore. of TalIadega. caught a buffalo fish weighing twenty three co Creek with hook and line.
 The financial strinsency doesn't seem to be effecting the newspapers of xAna Alabama nna as as they nearly all carry A prominent health journal advises women to keep their mouths shut when they go out on the street to avoid too ihbCu CViu
 But when two of 'em happen to meet in front of millinery store the advices Is never needed.
 A woman can rush around store and raise more sand with five cents than a man could with $50.
 Now for the flood of Santa Claus let ters.
 +
 Brewton is to have a public library soon. Carnegie?
 Ii this theatrical murder trial business keeps up, most of our popular actresses will be shootfng-stars.
 + Hoorah for the bright boys and rosy checked girls of Old Alabama, as they fetch in the holly and mistletoe for the Christmas fixin's, and fling merry jests and si1very laughter in the tace of Old Winter Time, until he shakes his hoary locks and Is coaxed in to a smile as his sunshine floods the tree where the mocking- bird is singing and the banks where the vioIets are dream Ing!
 + <
 Where a woman refuses to wear a dress is it modesty, moles, or just a fear of revealing the family skeletonT'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-18
WEDNESDAY,, DECEMBRE IS, 1907.
Some of our neighbors on the other

Some of our neighbors on the other side of ~the Chattahoochee are allow ing themselves to be worried over the Georgia Legislature. They naturally remember what happened on this side of the river from a like cause and feel as if they'd rather not risk it, but latest reports indicate that Governor Smith will call it. We don't know what he has up his sleeve, but maybe it is an "enjoinder proof" law.