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fiction with a tear in the corner of his phan baby in cloth of gold. It is the spirit of Lon Jm's vanished m,ner, gons foolish in her ghostliness. but'Ejrdng 1t in spite of Jims shooting irons and long mustache.
 Altruism easily becomes tlresome, when the fad is all there is to it. Profession al altrusm Is perhaps the most pharisa- cal thing on this continent. It IS bent on reforming something at the ex- pense of someone else. It is only a new and subtle form of the old habit of men wherein they perpetually impress their fel- lows for the task of cross-hearing. It proves that if greed lays the cross on children, on girls. women, men, as it has opportunity-gives them poor housing. mean streets, wretched food, insufficient leisure, and expressions of 1000 sorts in like manner spiritual pride Is equal ly expert in cross making, equally tyran- nical in laying the horrid burden on the other man.
 We'll there can be no question about the vast supply of human griefs. The new thing not yet quite fully recognized, but that which men and women are dis covering is that life consists in some how getting personally in between the other human and his grefs, helping him carry his cross. It may seem woefully crude but is it not fact that the only Kingdom of God conceivable is cordi- ton in which altruism will be hobby?
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o. you modern Mir Bagnets. Why not tell her so? Has she not deserved the praise? Could it in anyway make her less faithful? Would it destroy one ray of life'sa sunshine for her? Would it make her cares and domestic duties one whit greater?aIs 1t to help her. that you do not tell her sop No: you are too much interested in yourself. MT. Bag net, to think of ( what a little praise would doafor her. Have you not noticed, MT. Bagnet,r that an appearance of wear mess has settled upon her face. and that her step is not as elastic as it used to be? and did,you not see. only a few days ago. that life seemed harder to her after a sharp word that fell from your lips Why, Bagnet you are blind. and can't see that the little, woman is dying or starvation. Her life is one long hunger for loving appreciation.
 I used the phrase Sharp words" Isn't 1t curious that men,, who are uniformly courteous among strangers. and among their business friends and social .acquaint- ances, are often grossly lacking in this gentle grace under their own roofs and to those who love them most? Yet, such is the case, often. t4- sf
 we have kindly words for the stranger, And cheer for the sometime guest: But oft for our own the bitter tone,
 Though we love our own the best"
 The bitter tone may seem to have no immediate effect upon the home. but it has. It thins out the very atmos- phere that constitutes the home, and if the habit of the bitten tone" con- tinues, it. will ultimately destroy the home utterly. shattering 1t. from roof to foundation. -., Much of this evil grows out of
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HOME-Second Paper-By Dr.. w.. E. Evo

words of cheer, are sure methods of pois- oning the atmosphere that makes home. Sympathy is thus destroyed, and there can be no love left when sympathy dies.
 think men are more likely to be culp- able than women at this point; yet, have known women who were not guilt less. Nothing so helps man as to be considered a hero and stccessA By the woman he loves. Nor is the woman gen era1ly slow to express her pleasure and delight at the success of her husband
 But men are often forgetful of the fact that women need the inspiration of the loving word of admiration. Therefore, the compliment, the word of rraise, is shut up in the heart; while all too often the word of complaint easily slips from the lips.
 The reader, I'm sure, knows MT. Bag net the acquaintance was formed in a certain Bleak House." and the aforesaid Mir Bagnet was presented by one Charles Dickens. MT. Bagnet. had a wife of many fine qualities. She had accompa- nied him in all his campaigns, she ren, dered him all manner of valuable serv- ices. and loved him sincerely. Says. ex- artilleryman, Mr. Bagnet to his old friend George, You know, that it is my wife that advises, and I always take her ad- vice, but never tell her so.'' "She is a treasure" says MT. George. 'She is more,' says Mr. Bagnet. "She is like a fine day, which grows finer as it ad- vances. I never knew her equal. But I never tell her so.' Mir. George ventures
 "She Is worth her weight in gold" ''In gold,' exclaims MT Bagnet, There's no metal that can be weighed against her.
 Think of her as high as the rock of Gibraltar, and you will think too low of her merits. But | never tell her SO"
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silence is the speech of love-"

silence is the speech of love- Nor even to that silence which fell between Matilda and the duke, which Owen Meredith describes in one of the worlds sweetest narrative poems, Lu- cile:
 "rh ere are moments when silence,
 Prolonged and .unbroken,
 A More expressive may be. ..
 Than all words ever spoken.
 But mean that silence which is main tained when words of loving comrenda- tion should fall from the lips as surely and softly as the light falls from the star, or as the dew falls upon the fragile grace of a flower. a.
 Everybody likes to be complimented sometimes. How graceful to one who has appreciation; or, if failure has followed endeavor. to hear the cheery word. I'm proud of, the effort you made, and glory in what you attempted. But ever to try and yet never to hear a reference to the heroic purpose; to dwell within four walls with one who never breaks the silence except to criticise. to find fault, or ito sheer, or to contrast things in the present home with "the way my mother used to have them." or call attention to the bet ter way in which Mrs. x keeps house. to live thus. Is to live in purgatory; ex- cept that purgatory is believed to perfect one, while this manner of life is likely to develop the worst things within the nature. sf' s
 Silence, when kindly words should be spoken; or harsh words uttered when the soul spoken to. is longing for loving
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be the seat of the greatest nation on earth. He spoke of functions" he had attended and the impressions he had made over there. and he even went so far as to say that the ideal gov ernment was an absolute despotism. tempered by assassination.
 All the while l was seeking my in- teryiew. but he got out his weapons and l have no doubt that he was the America. Later he installed a loaded cannon in the very hall in which we sat, the muzzle pointing to the doop. He told me of his terrific personal en- counters and described minutely one in which he slew his adversary. T never saw such man." He must have been a terror when young. At the time I dined with him he was about 80 years of age.
 In youth he must have been exceed ingly handsome. of gigantic physical strength and most approved physical courage. His moral coura ge, too, was extraordinary. while his intellectual capacity was of a very high order.
 We shall not look on his like again. The civilization that made him is as dead as that which produced a kindred spirit, the terrible Albert of Hapsburs. whose creed was: I'm the friend of God and the enemy of man..
 But Cash Clay never nominated any body for President but Cash Clay him self. He didn't think anybody else was fit to be President.
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"HERE are two agencies In addi-
 tion; to those already mentioned
 x that hold within themselves the promise and potency of home destruc- tion. I mean not. as one of them, sor-- row. Sorrow indeed, has often united hearts that were estranged,. and re- established relations of love and kind ness which are essential to: the. exis- tence Of a home. Byron, who. knew by saddest experience. said: ~ "Withouf hearts there is no home" And with hearts there is no home, except as those hearts truly love. Sor- row has over and over again spoken dead love into life and brought back the tenderriess of sympathy that was lost long ago. Sorrow. therefore. is not a destroyer of home
 Nor is loss of fortune destructive of tn @ esstional clements of home un- less one be willing that it shall be-. There are many instances of families, who, because of reverses. have been obliged to vacate the splendid mansion end make their abode in humble quar- ters. and, in their less pretentious mode of living, they have found the home atmosphere. to which they had formerly been strangers.
 { The two things to which refer as home destroyers are:s Silence and speech. I do not think. paradoxes are interesting, therefore I'll say at once what do not. and what I do, mean. I do not mean the quality of silence that Rossetti had in mind when he wrote of w -'r .s t.e-f' "silence more musical than any song."
 Nor that of which stoddard wrote.,
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 Miserere over the dead. Tears of the present atone not for the past What is left? Memory.
 70, death in life, the days that are
 no more."
 Yet all tn at an outsider may do 10 10 mqralize. The dsappointments of hearts and the problems of home must be settled by those most concerned. '"The heart knoweth it's own bitterness, and stranger doth not intermeddls herewith"
 When David Copperfield was planning for his future home and happiness his old aunt gave him the following philo- sophieal counsel. Said she: You havc chosen freely for yourself;" a cloud passed over her face for moment, thought. and you have chosen a very pretty and effectionate creature. It will be your duty, and 1t will be your pleas ure, too, of course. I know that to es- innate her, as you chose her. by the qualities she has. and not by the quail ities she may not have The latter you must deyelope in her If you can. And if you cannot. child" here my aunt rubbed her nose. you must Just &C., custom yourself to do without 'em. But remember. my dear, your future Is be- tween you two. No one can assist you: you are to work it out for yourselves. This is marriage, Trot: and heaven bless you both in it, for a pair of babes in the woods. as you are"
 To point out the evils that destroy home IS completely as Poes "Houss of Usher" was demolished is at the same time to indicate those gracious elements that maintain a home in it's integrity and happiness. -sf
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tnelr lives, .but under the pressure of the, higher law. will--instantly or delib- erately, as4 the case may be-,fiing their lives away. M .rf |..
 Man is more than animal
 He Is the offspring of God.
 And he partakes of the divine nature. He betrays his lsinship. \, As the divine mature Is of the essence of love, so.man, put to the supreme test of choice between self and lovs, chooses to be like God. . m
 Said mother 4s,ss'4a
 T am afraid all our children play too much. They get too much pleasure. When they grow up they will not want to work" What a mistake,
 Play is work. The joy of it disguises the fact that 1t is iwork-usualI; hard work. And the truth is the child that plays with the most zeal is apt to work with the most zeal.
 Play is joyous activity. .e
 It makes muscle. Better than all the gymnastic exercises you force upon the child is the natural activity of health ful play. Play is the expression of the body in joy.
 Play strengthens the brain. In all ac- tive games the child must think quickly. It must choose, decide, weigh things in stantly, make up Its mind what to do.
 Play develops the emotions. Watch the children at their games See hope, fear. courage, patience and self con trol chase themselves over their bright faces. sf tN
 Well, then fc
 How shall you better develop the child's body mind and spirit?
 One of the great students of the child mind has wisely observed that children ere young because they play rather than that they play because they are young. The child that does not play Is old-prematurely old.
 And men and women also grow old when they stop playing ,5s
 Watch men at play-at ball game. say. Watch women at playeat party or church festival. Note how young their faces appear.
 We Americans do not play enough
 One of the most beautiful things you will see in Germany or in France is tho family picnic. From granny down to the smallest mite they rest and play play as the spirit moves them-let duii care slip away for a day. .s
 And these family excursions are fre- ouent.
 We need to hold on to the adage. sell
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HEART TALKS-By Ed1u;,, 4. Nve

asked him why he had not come to SC, me and invited him to lunch. The, poor fellow looked down at hi clothes and his voice broke as he said My God, do you think there is an, hope for me?' I assured him I stil believed in him and would help him He turned to go and said. "Wher you see me again, shall be clothed and in my right mind." ai That was years ago. sa
 One of the delights of my life is tc receive letters from my old friend, now successful business man in an east. ern city. And before me are his words You can tell the world that 1t wa. your belief in me that raised me iron the ditch.'
 Hold on to your friend, However low he goes, hold on!
 F ',Bhe old adage says tt
 "self preservation is the first law of
 But thatsis untrue. A bowling blizzard swept the praries Of the northwest the other day. It was the sort that makes you lose your, way and travel in circles, perhaps in sigl.t of your home.
 Two Yankton Indian women. each with a baby on her back, were caught in the storm far from any human habitation. y What did they do? tr, s,su
 They took of the blankets that kept them from freezing, wrapped the papooses snugly inside them, crooned the babes to sleep. and then tA e- |, Lay themselves down and deliberate ly froze to death. .-
 The babes were found.. alive and well.
 No. The sordid law of self preserve ton is not the first law of nature. There is a higher law, and it reigns even in the savage breast. .4
 It Is the law of love.
 In Chicago recently business man saw a little child toddle in front of an en- zine It was not his child. He saw and knew that if he saved the child he must give up his own life. taa
 He did not hesitate. s.s ,s. -... ..,
 He, leaped after the child and flung 1t to one side of the track. The engine passed over him and mangled his body Into shapeiess mass.
 Doe you want more such stories of the heroic sort where men and women obey the higher law? ., ... '7 Read the daily newspapers.
 Self preservation Is only one of the laws of nature. Men and women love
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King George at Home

Windsor Castle is all beautiful within says the English Gentlewoman, and ev- cry one who has seen what changes have been effected at the desire of their majesties cannot speak too highly of the taste which they have shown in their cnoice of this and that new color scheme CT other arrangement.
 The library has been augmented by . number of nautical works collected by the present King, and which includes some valuabe books. now out of print. which his majesty had difficulty in get ting hold of, Volumes on sports, too. hs has contributed.
 The present sovereigns are bookovers and they delight in the Windsor Library. An ardent devotee of the library was the late Empress Frederick, who, when she stayed at the castle, could hardly be lurcd away from the book shelves.
 King Edward, although not great reader. often visited the library, and it may interest many to learn that the last book he ever read there was one. pro- fuseiy illustrated, on the navies of the world. The most precious voiume of all. perhaps, in the collection is the copy of Spenser's "Faerie Queen,' that had be- longed to Queen Bess.
 With regard to the royal farms. King George, who has good deal to say on farming matters, and struck out uu.te u new line years ago when he bought a stock of black pigs for his Norfolk do- mains. shows every intention to keep up all former traditions at Windsor 1t is said that rat catcher had been included in the lis. of royal servants for centuries even in the days of George IlI but was dismissed toward the end of that mon. arch's reign. Even now there is q royal mole catcher in the Great mark and he receives the amount of 20 shillings week for his services.
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A N average bhicklayer will lay i A about 1000 in one day.
 s'Z X The same man working, under improved methods will lay as cany as 27007bricks in one day. .ss
 The difference?
 finder the old methods there is too much lost motion. The. bricklayer must make some eighteen motions in laying one brick: also in bending over to lift the brick he lifts not only six pounds of brick, but about 100 pounds of brick mason. See? I.f In lifting 1000, bricks. under the old system. he lifts 100000 pounds Of brick mason.
 Under the new efficiency methods an | unskilled laborer Is hired to put the brick where the mason will mot be compelled to stoop to get it,
 Again. under the old system brick mason must toss the brick in the afr, turning it over suntile his touch teiis him which is the top. Did you know a handmade brick has a top? Under the new method the bricks are. carefully piled in front of tho mason right side E up. ttn .N.
 Moreover, under the old way the mason taps the brick several times to make 1t settle properly. The new way provides that the, mortar, shall be thinner, so that the brick settles into place its, own weight M '1 Little things sAF Yes, but they make up the difference between laying 1000 bricks and 27e0 bricks in one day, and 1t Is easy to see how impossible 1t would be for a con tractor under the old system to com pete with a contractor under the new. Lost motion-that measures the dif- :. ference. - t-s5szi ..sT Is there such thing in your bust ness or profession? Maybe 1t is be- cause you or your employer still bend over to get the brick that your conn petitor down the street Is getting the better. of you. There is lost motion with you He cuts out every unneces- sary turn. .sl,, Lost motion. Any of that in your life? How about your health? Is there lack of har- rlony, of efficiency, of exercise. of regularity in the care of your health? Are you lifting yourself, like the brick mason too many times day? <. Z Lost motion. s@i
 How about your mental health! Do you keep the bricks piled up in front of you. or do you waste many pre-
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cious hours dabbling at this and that. You. cannot expect your mind to build itself. up when you lose efficiency in turning the bricks right side up. Lost motion. Your moral health? Are you build ing up the wall of character steadily! How, about the mortar7 Is it too l thick
 Are. you the victim of lost motion, Ff'A newspapsr writer compares the human will to the magneto of an auto- mobile. 3.stas ass,~4~., ''t
 Which is apt. sc.
 You know gasoline when mixed, with air has great explosive power. But some thing must explode the gasoline.
 The magneto does that.
 It is a little machine that makes cleo | trfcity and supplies the spark that ex- plodes the gasoline. The rapid explosions drive the engine and send the wheels of the auto going.
 The magneto only needs to be started going by ''cranking' the automobile. and Fit goes on making sparks as long, as the engine runs. s
 We'll .-a | That mysterious thing up in ycar head that we call will power is your magneto. It makes the spark that sets your whole machinery going and Keeps it going. | The mental magneto, which is sup piled to every human being, explodes the force that resides in the gray matter of your brain. The nerves carry that force to whatever place 1t is needed.
 Because of that magneto you can go where you want to go. up hill or down, and do what youswa to do. l Is it not wonderful?
 Modern science has revealed no fact of greater Importance than that of the tre- mendous power of the human will. ,s l The will is supreme - .t, ! If there be in you the desire to do or be you need only: crank your brain ma chine, set the divine spark to going, ex- plode the force that is in your brain and l -awayi you go. .- ,~i sa. Of course accidents may sometiqnes hap pen. You may get puncture in ono of your wheels. or something may 80 wrong with your ''trensmission.' or you may steer so badly that your machine will so to smash. Butt 4,se l.. The power. is there, If only needs tae spark to set the ma chine going and care in oiling and clean ing and guiding.
 Write 1t upon the tablets of your heart,
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1 dom heard nowadays. but sound one, All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
 | Play useless and unfit? | Why, it is the greatest boon human | ity is blessed with, and it is a pity we do not carry over into our work the As matter of fact, the best work is done in that spirit. Urge the children to play.
 Soon enough will come the evil days when they shall fall into the plodding. joyless iabors of so many adult hu- mans.
 Here is wonderful thing On January the news came from Lon don and from New York that the seis- mograph had recorded an earthouake somewhere on the globe On January , the. newspapers of the world told of an earthquake that shook cown the huts of traders and the tents of tribesmen in far off Turkestan.
 Science has so bound the world to- eether that tremor in one part is in- stantly noted and then reported inside of "A hours r.
 Ours is conscious world
 Tne seismoeraph is a symbol of tha- rev world senstiveness which records every tremor of suffering or of pleas ure. We feel world emotions. Every shock runs along thousand nerves from land to land. ft NO man liveth to himself"
 Humanity is one
 And this oneness of humanity must be reckoned with.
 When the nobility of France rNfused to recognize the oneness of i.s blood With that of the starving poor the kin ship was answered by the guillotne.
 When the kinship is denied there IS always the answer, though not always m the shedding of blood
 on being asked to do something to relieve the condition of the poor in his neighborhood a naughty rich man said:
 VI will no nothing for those cattle"
 The answer? One of the cattle" won the rich mans only son and dragged him with her down to the depths.
 The world is kin.
 Scarlet fever carried away two love ly little girls in a Boston mansion. The cause was traced to a pile of rugs sent from the mansion to sweatshop to be cleaned. sweatshop girl had slept on the rugs. Ss.
 Humanity is one.
 If the avenue refused to recognize