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OPTICIANS

| had him separated from them, and
started homeward, he would gallop
past me back to another horse.
Mother was motioning for me to
come and get saddle horse, but
though | had been running SO the
sweat was .trickling down my face,
was too angry over Foxys teasing
to obey her. I had been Dragging to
the lady by mothers side, how well
l had my pet trained. Though had
only told the truth, | knew she
would not believe me if l had to
come home defeated. Tears of anger
and modification nearly blinded me.
''All the horses were galloping
around, one had torn loose and was
fighting with another one. l was on
one side of them, and Foxy on the
side nearest home. The two large
horses seemed crazy with fury, they
were on their hind feet, biting and
striking at one another with their
front hoofs.
"Only the one thought of captur-
ing Foxy possessed me, and dash
ed under the bridge of fighting hoofs
"Just as | reached Foxy, and
threw both arms around his neck
there was loud thud right behind
me. Both horses had fallen to the
ground. Had I been one tenth of a
second later, | would have been
| buried underneath them.
"a cold chill ran down my spine
as those thoughts rushed through
me. But I was too proud over catch
ing Foxy, who was nibbling at my
neck with his soft lips, to think much
about it, until I lifted my tired heaG
from the glossy neck and looked to
ward home.
| Dear mother had nearly tainted
on seeing me rush under the fighting
horses, and the other lady was help
| ing her into the house.
Foxy followed me home willing
ly, but my pride was all gone. As
soon as had the colt locked in the
stable, / ran in to mothers room, ant
kneeling by her bedside I begged hel
| forgiveness, not alone for my dis
obedience, but also for my thoughtles.
daring, which had come near costins
my life."
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flicted summary punishment were
avowedly guilty of the most atrocious

flicted summary punishment were
avowedly guilty of the most atrocious
crimes
The news of the outbreak spread
throughout the country and embolden-
ed countless rascals to emulate Hidal-
COS example of murder and pillage.
In San Luis Potosi the criminals
were released, the city sacked and the
Spaniards butchered. Tehuacan was
besieged; it capitulated, and, in spite
of agreement to the contrary, the
Spaniards were butchered and the city
sacked. In Guadalajara Hildalgo him.
self ordered some seven hundred
Spaniards to be beheaded and the
place sacked.
And so the sickening story runs for
more than ten long years. Many of
the revolutionary leaders were ex-
convicts who found criminal joy in
leading bands of released jail-birds to
murder and pillage, and some of their
following reverted to cannibalism.
Few Humane Leaders.
But two or three of the revolution
airy leaders failed to indulge in
wanton butchery; the most noted of
these was Nicolas Bravo; and the
Mexican Liberals" have never ceased
making noise about him; but they
are discreetly silent about all the
other numerous revolutionary leaders
and their wanton butcheries and
other crimes against humanity and
decency. The Spaniards all had high
regard for Bravo, and it is plain that
if the fight for independence had been
undertaken by decent men, and with
out murder and pillage, the struggle
would have ended in sixty days. 1t
was not independence" that the Span
iards fought against; they fought to
protect the honor of their women,
their lives and their properties!
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A FABLE.

No parish affair was ever held with
out the assistance of John Jones.
When he was not secretary, he was
chairman and when he was not chair
man he was secretary or treasurer.
He was Pillar of the Church.
The Do-Nothings Saw Much To
Criticise in Johns Activities. He Had
Swelled Head, they said.
Likewise, He Was Too Officious
And Besides, Why Didn't He Give
Somebody Else a Chance?
Johns Activities cost him Time and
Money.
Nobody Ever Thought of That.
Do-Nothings seldom do-Think.
And So They Merrily Beat The
Anvil.
Merrily? Verify!
The Chorus Grew until it Reached
Johns Ears. He learned that He
Thought He Was Somebody; even
though he knew he was only an ordi-
nary fellow.
He had been Trying to Get Out of
Soliciting Ads for Programs, Donating
Prizes for Euchre, Selling Tickets for
Entertainments, Distributing Window
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DENTISTS.

the United States,'' provides that
hereafter no proprietor, manager or
employee of a theater or other public
place of entertainment or amusement
in the District of Columbia or in any
territory, the district of Alaska or in
shall make or cause to be made any
discrimination against any person law
fully wearing the uniform of the army,
navy, revenue cutter service or marine
corps of the United States because of
that uniform, and any person making
or causing to be made such discrimina-
ton shall be guilty of misdemeanor,
punishable by fine not exceeding
$780,
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GENERAL GRANT IN WAR TIME.

II received number of letters
from General Grant during the war,
said the generals cousin, Mrs. Louisa
Boggs, several years ago. ''They
discussed in loving way his wife,
children and his friends in st. Louis.
He never went into detail concerning
the great work in which he was en-
gagged. For all an outsider might
know he was quietly working out some
ordinary business matter. In one of
his letters to me he closed by remark
ing that he had a big contract on
hand and was looking forward with
pleasure to the family reunion when
he got through. The big contract
was the annihiliation of Lees army.
The letter was written during the ter
rible campaign in the Wilderness.
General Grants letters were in
harmony with his social life. When
he was home on a visit he rarely dis
cussed the tremendous problems that
were confronting him. He took the
greatest interest in the children, and
would devote most of his time to dis
cussing with them how they were get
ting along in school and other mat
ters connected with their progress. Of
course, there were during these times
great numbers of visitors constantly
calling to see him, but I rather think
| these visits bored him. Not far from
our house was large, rather impos-
ing three-story building. Most peo-
pie who came out in search of Gener-
al Grant would select that at a VEN
ture, because it was much larger than
our house. The lady, Mrs. Taylor,
over there told me one day that she
had a good mind to put UP a sign
something like this:
General Grant doesn't stop here
/ General Grant never told any OF
us what he hoped to do, not even when
his largest campaigns were under
way. We gathered our war news
from the papers, not from what he
| told us. do not recall that he was
! ever visited while in our house at st.
Louis by news reporter requesting
an interview. He may have talked
with some newspaper men, but doubt
| less they got very little from MIN II
i he did, He was one of the closest
men concerning the war that you could
/ imagine You mustn't get an idea
/ that General Grant was morose IN
/ those days. He was kind and courte-
Gus to all, and enjoyed social inter
course with friends in his quiet way.
1 never heard him use an oath or
slangy expression, nor have heard
men who know him to say he did.
IF there was any particular sub
ject up which General Grant could
have been said to be deeply interested,
aside from his military career, it was
his family. He was the most devoted
man l ever met, and as loyal to them
as he was to his country"
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you,' explained Aida, firmly. You
see, that dog keeps going into the
water and coming out and shaking
himself all over my dress; and I've
showed him the spots and asked him
not to ever SO many times, but he
goes right on doing it just the same.
don't think he's fit dog for me to
associate with, mother. He hasn't the
first idea what manners meant"
Her complaint was the exact oppo-
site of that made by another little girl
against an animal with which she did
not care to associate. The first time
she saw hand-organ mans monkey
she was terrified and fed. Her ia
Their, much surprised,-for she was
fond of pets,-followed, and endeav-
ored to coax her to come back and
make friends with the little beast,
which, he assured her, she would be
sure to like when she knew it bet
ter.
Il shouldn't! l shouldn't" she
wept, still hanging back. ut isn't
like other animals at all, and should
never like it. 1t took off his hat and
bowed to me. I'm afraid of animals
with manners!"
The daughter of distinguished
French scientist also feared too po-
lite monkey, but only until she learn
ed that it was one.
"An ANIMAL" she cried ooh, let
me feed it, that will be fun! don't
mind animals, but / thought it was
such a dreadful little boy!"
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THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
HER THoUGHTLEss DARING.

NV mother was seated in large
rocking chair, with Laura and me on
her lap, in our cozy sitting room, one
winter evening at dusk. The IRE
was the only light we had, while we
were talking over that days happen
ings.
After pause Laura said:
Mamma dear, we're still waiting
for YOU to tell us little story, before
we turn on the lights and start TO
study our lessons"
That afternoon we had received a
letter from my aunt stating that
grandma was very ill, and we both
knew that was what made mamma
so quiet and thoughtful. To Laura s
remark she answered:
mo, girls, I'm afraid you'll have
to give up your story tonight, | cant
think of any right now.
Nesting c,oso- r sympathetic I'M
derstanding, we begged:
'Tell us something from your own
childhood"
For a minute mOIner sat lOSI III
thoughts, then with sigh she told
us the following experience:
when l was about twelve years
old, my dearest playmate was a lit
tie red colt with light name and tail.
His name was Foxy. He was beau
tiful and loving, but-oh, SO mis-
chievous.
Zone summer afternoon, while
mother and we're alone, Foxy jump
ed the corral fence and ran away.
Our neighbor had not his alfalfa field
fenced in; he had over half a dozen
horses staked out in it, and that was
where Foxy went.
1T was not very far from home.
Mother and a neighbor lady, who
had just come on a visit, we're watch
ing me as / walked after Foxy. Be-
lieying I could easily coax him to
follow me home, considered it un-
necessary to ride horseback.
Il soon found had a hard task on
my hands, for Foxy and I, among
other games, often played hide-and-
go-seek and tag He just kept out Of
my reach, circling around one horse
after another. Every time thought
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ART OF LETTER WRITING.

Progress in letter writing keeps
pace with other arts, as it must in
this very practical workaday age.
Professor Reynolds gave an inter
esting resume before the Salt Lake
chapter of the American Institute of
Banking as to the part good written
discourse plays in modern business.
fetching letter is useful to every
branch of business. Business forms
and stereotyped phrases have run
their course. The letter that gets
more than casual attention must have
message put in concise terms that
go right to the point.
Neither the recipient, who may be
busy man, nor the domestic house
hold of the man who mixes hyperbole
with cold facts, will tolerate airy
persif1age in a letter beginning in
this fashion: 81 take my typewriter
on my lap to write you these few
lines to let you know that I am well
and hope you are the same; yet mil
lions of epistles were begun in sim
liar forms when the pen only was
used to address a letter. Many a
youth in bygone years found suita-
BILE language in the Handy Letter
Writer and Compendium of Business
forms for the most fearsome epistle
of his existence-and got a reply,
favorable or unfavorable, copied from
the same authority.
But customs change with the times.
The form letter is in the discard with
other antiquated business methods,
and Mr.. Reynolds truly says letter
writing in business is coming into its
most useful era and will play more
| important part in business in the
future than ever before.
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ANIMALS WITH MANNERS.

Little Aida is polite child, and
she demands like standard of good
behavior in her playmates. The other
day she came in rather suddenly from
the field where she had been playing
with a good-natured, half-grown pup
by from a neighboring farm Her
face wore an unhappy but superior
expression.
4 wouldn't come in yet, dear"
her mother demonstrated. IL Is a
great deal cooler and pleasanter where
you were. down by the brook. Run
out again and play Z
4 think I'd rather not, thank
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AFTER YEARS.
written for The Catholic Bulletin by
Dr.. James Henderson.)

What cometh to my memory after
years:
What cometh, thro' the shadows and
the tears?
There are hours of sunlight stream
ing
Thro' the living and the dreaming,
There are joys that dissipate my
StrangeSt fears.
What cometh to my memory, strange
ly blest,
Never mist to mar it, never fading
dream,
AS in life's wakeful morning soft car
Another child, a younger man l
seem?
'Tis my memory drinks from rivers OF
the past;
'Tis my chastened soul lies dreaming
to the last;
Thro' the vision the requieting,
Cross the valley the uniting
Where l know a perfect love shall
hold me fast.
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ST. NEoT AND THE THIEVES.

An old time legend of st. Neot, the
holy hermit who first suggested to
King Alfred the founding of the great
University of Oxford, tells that one
dark night came some thieves and
stole all the oxen belonging to the
monastery.
1t was most inopportune time,
too, for the monastery to be without
means of ploughing, for it was time
ground be prepared when there were
no oxen to draw the plough?
Down on his knees the holy st.
Neot went and prayed long and ear
nestly that way out of the difficulty
might be shown, and as he arose
there came from the thickets near by
a number of wild stays, that meekly
allowed themselves to be yoked even
as the oxen
Faithfully all day the stays work
| ed, and when night came they were
released, away they bounded swiftly
| to their forest home.
The next morning, however, they
came again to be yoked, and the next.
Indeed, every morning saw them
come ready for the days labor.
1t was not long, however, until the
thieves heard of this wonderful thing.
and SO impressed were they that they
voluntarily restored the oxen, and
finally gave up their evil ways and
devoted themselves to life of piety.
AS for the stays, it was said that
ever after they wore white ring
around their necks and bore such a
charmed life that they we're forever
more safe from the shafts of the
hunters.
The RosGrp magazine.
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UNCLE SANS UNIFORMS.

An act Of congress, approved March
1, 1911, entitled An act to protect the
dignity and honor of the uniform Of
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IL you open the door to a little vice,
i great one Is sure to slip in,
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Bureaux: 3O5 East Hennepin Ave

pent dams la bruno. Un pilote
francais est monte q bord ct a pris
la direction du batiment qui, dams
quelques instants, sera a pabri ct
aura plus rien a craindre dams le
| chenal duquel il approche.
Tout a coup, quelque chose
surgi a la surface de la mer. Une
masse sombre file a toute vitesse
vers le transport, tandis que reau
bouillonne derriere ellie ct qu'un
long sillage s'apercoit sur la mer.
LIE sous-marin allemand Went de
lancer sa torpille meurtriAre. Pres
de sa victime prochaine. il laisse
volr un de ses p6riscopes, qui
emerge CONNIE un gros pieu a
quelques encabIures. Mais ii a NAL
wise. La torpille fr6le le batiment
de pres, mais he le touche pas, ct
ellie continue sa course 6cumante
sans avoir pu trouver les flames du
transport.
Les soldats anglais, silencieux,
ont compris le danger qu'ils vien-
nent de courir ct chacun scrute les
flots dams l'attente de la deuxieme
torpille, qui sera peut.etre, ellie,
mieux point6e. Mais celle-ci ma
pas le temps d'appara1tre, car d6ja
lie rateau wire rapidement sur lui-
meme ct penche sur le cote telle-
ment le coup de barre a etc vlo-
lent. Sc redressant dun seul bond,
il fond dams la direction du sous
marin. don't lie p6riscope est l&, i'm.
mobile. Dams l'espace dun eclair,
Pabordage lieu. Une des roues du
paquebot frappe a coups redoubl6s
sur la coque du submersible, qui
grince. Des bruits sourds Sc font
entendre. Ce sont les aplettes de la
roue qui martelent la cote d'acier
du SOUS marin, la d6chirant ct la
defoncant. Brusquement, les Pc
riscope plonge, pendant lu'un lar
ge remous Sc produit q la surface
de la mer, le long du navire,
LIE pirate Went d'etre coule gra-
ce la presence d'esprit du pilote
francais ..qui ma pas h6site,
perdu pour perdu, a s'attaquer au
morrstre invisibte ptut0t que de Sc
laisser torpiller sans resistance.
Son audace a etc couronn6e de
success; il en- est d'ailleurs chaude-
ment f6licit6.
Maintenant, le sous-marin allie
mand, don't les autorites boches
front attendre longtemps lie retour,
repose sur le sable marin par 80
metres de profondeur. L'endroit
Oh il etc coul6 est rep6r6 ct bien-
tot peut- -etre sera-t-il, ayant etc
renfoue, remorqu6 avec son 6qui-
page qui trouv6, Ia, la mort hor-
rible quill m6ritait.
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L'APPEt DE LA CLASSE
1918 EN- FRANCE

Paris. LIE projet de loi pre-
voyant rappel de la classe 1918
provoqu6 hier un long d6bat la
Chambre des deputies ct une fran
che explication de la part du nou-
veau ministre de la guerre, M.
Painlev6, all sujet des conditions
auxquelles les Allies ont a faire fa-
ce.
NJ Abel Ferry, rapporteur du
proJet de loi, dit que l'Allema-
gne ct rAutriche avaient d6ja ap-
pel6 cette classe.
M. Deguise, d6put6 de PAisne,
s'opposa au projet, sous pr6texte
que lie gouvernenlent n'avait pas
prouv6 que les Allies de la France
avaient fait des efforts 6gaux q.
ceux de la France.
M. Painlev6 d6fendit le prolet
ct rappela q la Chambre que la
France entrait dams une phase de-
cisive de la guerre ct que "decisi-
We" ne voulait pas dire "breve.'
''La retraite est 6videmment lie
r6sultat de la force des arm6es an
glo-francaises ct de la prudence de
leur cooperation, plutot que de
paHaiblissement de I'arm6e alle-
mande. C'est la preuve de la n6ces-
site de la reunion des 6nergies mi
litaires allemandes. L'Aliemagne
r6unit une armee plus grande nu-
meriquement ct plus settlement
equip6e que jamais. C'est la Fins.
trument de guerre duquel nous de-
vons triompher. Certainement le
plus cruel sacrifice est celui de ces
milliers de jeunes gems qui Sc sa.
crifent, avant meme d'avoir vecu,
pour sauver le pays"
LIE ministere de la guerre a dit
que le gouvernement txerait la da-
te de incorporation re Ia classe ct
quill reste, bien entendu, que les
deux tiers des troupes seront ap-
pel6s vers le IL avril, ct pautre
tiers le Ter mai. Nj. Painlev6 a etc
tres souvent applaudi pendant son
discours: II a dit quill esp6rait que
la Chambre voterait le projet de
loi ct montreralt ainsi sa confance
dams lie gouvernement, sans laquel-
lie il serajt impossible de mener 3
bien la lourde tache.
| La Chambre a rejet6 plusieurs
amendments ct finalement a vote
le projet de loi.
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La Destruction
des Pirates

Un correspondent du ''Petlt Pa
risien" fait dams ce journal le r6clt
de la destruction dun sous-marin
par un transport britannique. En-
voici les principaux passages:
L'6quipage boche doit exulter,
car vers son navire immerg6 s'a-
vance un paquebot roues. Sur lie
pont, un miller de soldats britain
niques devisent tranquillement,
tapdis que la-bas les c6tes session.
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la plus equitable ct la plus lip6rale,

nion que vous venez d'invoquer ct
don't nous devons tous, a pheure
pr6sente, etre plus que jamais pc
n6tr6s3
$'Je demande au patriotisme de
mon honorable ami M. lie s6natenr
Jenouvrier de vouloir bien retirer
son amendement, pour les ralsons
que je ne r6pete pas ct que j'ai re-
dites au commencement de la Sc
ance. Je compte sur le PATRIOTS
me du S6nat pour 6carter un amen
dement,, dams le cas- Oh il serait
maintenu''.
C'est assez clair. Aussi ne faut-
il pas s'6tonner que, dams la suite,
quand deux s6nateurs de la droite,
M. de Lemarzelle ct l'amiral de la
Jaille, indiquerent que le fameux
article 7 ne serait sans doute ap-
pliqu6 que dune facon extreme
ment relative, le ministre de la
guerre ait gard6 lie silence.
Mals le plus slgnlticatlf, c'est
que, dams la majorit6 radicale, pas
une voix ne s'eleva, soft pour con-
tredire cette Interpretation, soft
pour r6clamer contre ce mutisme.
II est remarquable en- effet, que
devant ce d6bat, qui Sc prolonged
pendant deux s6ances, Particle 7
fut attaqu6 longuement ct a fond
par la droite ct quill ne fut d6fen-
du par personne; par personne, nj
au banc du gouvernement, nj dams
l'assembl6e s6natoriale.
LIE ministAre ct la commission sc
born4rent q demander qu'on lac
ceptat, qu'on le sub1t plutot, dams
lie bloc du projet. Quand aux Sc
nateurs anticl6ricaux, on bien ills
le passArent sous silence, on bien
lis Sc separerent avec energie de
son auteur. Nous prenons son tex
te, affirma Pun deux; nous n'accep-
tons pas son esprit.
Certes, il men reste pas moins
d6plorable que les sectaires de la
presse aient pu triompher ct que
la majorit6 du Palais-Bourbon
matt pas eu l'6nergie de rompre
avec les etroitesses ct les hostilites
de Iavant-guerre. Nos deputies
avaient une occasion magni6que
de manifester ct d'aferrnir rUnion
sacr6e, Pesprit nouveau. Au lieu
de la saisir, ills ont pris une attitu-
de qui semble encourager les fau-
teurs de d6sordre ct les revenants
du We'll esprit.
Mais, enfin, 81 ION compare, aux
violence ouvertes ct acharnees
d'autrefois, les proc6d6s insidieux
don't les deputies sectaires ont di1
Sc servir la chambre ct la repu-
gnance embarrass6e qu'ils ont pro-
voquee au S6nat, on est oblig6 de
reconna1tre qu'un enlargement pro-
fond s'est accompli dams les dispo-
sitions de nos assemblies politi-
ques. Les measures agressives ct
vexatoires qui 6taient vot6es den
thousiasme il y trois ans ne peu-
vent plus r6ussir que par surprise
on par contrainte aujourd'hui.
C'est trop qu'elles r6ussissent
encore; ct leur success justifie nos
plaintes ct nos r6clamations.
Mais ces reclamations meme Sc
sentent encourages par les hesita-
tions de lennemi. Soft que les
anticl6ricaux commencent a COM
prendre ce quill y de vii ct d'i-
| nopportun dams leur politique, soft
qu'ils discernent la sourde ct &C.
n6rale animosit6 don't lis sont lob
jet de la part de lopinion publique
ills afermissent nos esp6rances par
les coups memes don't lis essaient
de les 6branler 80.
/ Francois VEU1LLoT.
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