ow CENTRE HALL PA Benin EE MEN TEACHERS. Recently there bas been much dis cussion In educational circles of the peed of men teachers In the higher grades, and some effort has been made to attract them any appreciable results be something about the calling of the teacher—either its pecuniary rewards or its range of opportunities——that is incdequate to attract and hold men who might take up this calling as a life work. The average man teacher uses his position as a makeshift, a stepping-stone and means of livellhood while he studies for the law, the medi- cine or some other profession, says the St. Paul Pioneer Press. the man teacher leaves at the earliest opportunity for more flattering and lucrative flelds of endeavor. It would seem that teaching would be the most enjoyable work for the student of books and of human nature, but the fact remains that men as a rule do not so regard it. It must be admitted that the profession of teaching does not hold the financial attractions of gions. The years of preparation re- quired, the constant study necessary, the inveetment in books and other ex- penses make a severe draln on the teacher's fncome, which is small at best. If it be true that there is a real demand for more men teachers, the chances are that the demand will be supplied when the compensation Is made commensurate with the services rendered. The statistics of the fire department of New York show that at least 25 per cent of the fires in that city are caused by the careless use of matches and of lighted cigars and cigarettes Is it not time that this awful risk to others by careless smokers should be taken account of by the law? It is not a trivial matter. The tossing aside of lighted matches and cigar butts without seeing where they land sbould be as much of a penal offense as bomb-throwing or incendlarism. A careless cigarette, as far as known, caused the great fire in Baltimore, one of the biggest in the world's history and wholly preventable. A careless match caused the recent fire in New York, with its loss of valuable life and much loss of property—also wholly preventable The careless user of a spark of fire Is an enemy of the pub He welfare and ought to be treated as such. We are as yet primitive in out outlook upon vital facts. A very pleasant prediction has been meade by a college sociologist that the United States is due for war in 1830 and that this nation will be in the wrong. as probably by reason of its wealth and importance, it will have become an international bully He bases this assertion on the evidence of history. But to offset this are the facts that the direct rule of the people is becoming more and more the na tional ideal of government, and that with the people as a whole vitally in control, the peace sentiment will be gtronger than ever. It is upon the masses, not the classes, that the hor rors of war chiefly fall, and the ele ment of self-interest will then be more engaged In the preservation of peace than ever before in the history of the world. In the meantime, potentifl academic wars need not seriously af. fect the national peace of mind Professor von Wasserman has In. formed the Berlin Medical Soclety of amazingly successful experience In treating cancerous ulcers in mice with injections of a preparation containinf cosin, telllurium and seleniulm He gays that after the fourth injection ul cerous affections almost entirely dis appeared, and at the end of ten days some of the animals were entirely cured. But he is not certain, he says, that similar results would be attain. able in the case of human beings. A Harvard professor says that di something to do with nerves. divorce unless one party gets on the nerves of the other. by eating five liberal meals per day, are we to infer that an emaciated per son can make himself fat by starving? A woman In a western city jumped upon the stage in a moving picture in the audience. There are some things more startling than an alarm of fire ————————————————————— One hundred and eighty-five mur ders were committed in Chicago In the year which ended December 31, 1911