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THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
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BICKELS
GREAT BARGAIN SALE.
An immense stock of seasonable footwear to be
closed out in order to reduce our extremely large stock.
I Big Reductions in All Lines.
Lidies' for trimmed feit slippers price, si.2.">, reduced to «*'
J_iidies warm lined shies. price £1 50. reduced to ■
Ladies' warm lined shoes, price $1.23, reduced to . - ■ ■ (>
One lot Ladies' $8 50 fine hand-torn md haud-welt shoes reduced to .... - -•»
One lot Ladies' $3.00 fine patent lea'htr shoes, button or lace, reduced to.. -"U
One lot Ladies' $2 50 tine Dongola stv<es reduced to '
One lot Ladies' $1.50 fine Dongola ehoes reduced to J '•
One lot Child's Canvas Boots, price $1.50, reduced to * , l _
One lot Children's fine shoes, sizes -f to 8. reduced to ■»
One lot Infante' fine shoes, sizes oto 4. reduced to -••• ••• ■
Men's fine shoes, box-calf, vici-kid and patent leather, regular pnce f-ls ( w
and $4 00, reduced to "j J| (|
Men's working shoes, regular pr'cc -r' 50, reduced to.. . .
One let Boys' tine satin calf sL es. regular price *1 >O. reduced to. ••• ••• .
One lot Little Gents' fine satin calf shoes, n yular price JO, reduced t». • _
Ladies' Lambs-wool indoles, regular price 35c. reduced to. ..... »
M aaea' and Children's Hmbs-word insoles, regular pnce 20c. reduced t0... «<>
All Felt Boots and Overs, Warm Lined Shoes and all
Warm Lined and Felt Slippers, also balance of our
stock of Leggins and Overgaiters to be included in
this GREAT BARGAIN SALE.
Repairing Promptly Done,
JOHN BICKEL,
128 S. Main St., BUTLER. PA.
Clean LJp Sale of the
Schaul & Nast Stock,
Clothing, Hats, Caps, and Gents furnishings,
Thousands of dollars worth of goods
sacrificed during the Clean Uj> Sale
rather than carry them over.
This is your money saving opportunity,
never such low pricey on Good Goods.
Don't fail to come. We don't carry
any goods over. Our Clean Up Sale
must rid our shelves and counters qf
every dollars worth of winter goods left
Low prices will do it
and low prices we have made,
PHILIP SCHAUL,
SUCCESSOR TO SCHAUL & NAST,
137 South Main Street. : - Bntler. Pa.
IKelsey, Crown, Boomer
FURNACES,
I Coal *ind Sldcl< Heaters* Gas and Coalß
Ranges and Gas Stoves. 1904 Washers, ■
Sowing /Machines, Needles for all mal<es ofß
Sewing Machines. Sewing /Machines repaired. B
Roofing and Spouting, and House Furnishing Goods. S
Henry Biehl, I
B 122 N. Main St. I'eo. 'l>horie 4«4
[keck
g Merchant Tailor. Jg
Fall and Winter Suitings
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-4 4 trimmed Hats for Ladies, Misses and Children. All 31
the new things in Wings, Pom-pons; Feathers, 31
g Ostrich Goods, etc, ' etc. 31
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Itestore3 th-? Senses of Taste and Smell.
Easy to U" . Contains no injurious drugs.
Applied into the n i-trils and absorbed
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FKOFESSIOMAL CARUS.
PHYSICIANS,
J C. BOYLE, M. D,
>F • EYE, EAR, NOSE and THROAT,
SPECIALIST.
121 East Cunningham Street,
Office flours 11 to 12 a «,.3 to 5 and
7 to 0 p. nj.
BOTH TELEI'HONES.
DR. JULIA K. FOSTER,
OSTKOPATH.
CoiiHUitation and exauiinatiotf free.
Office hours—o to 12 A M., 2 to
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ler, Pa. People's Phone 478.
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I* Koouie C and 7. Build'ng,
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Chronic diseases of genito urinary
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OSTEOPATHY.
Women's diseases a specialty. Con
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Ofiice Hours, 9to 12 ni., 2 to 3 p. m
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1/6 S. Main strett, Putier, Pa
M. ZIMMERMAN
'. PHYSIC? AN A»Q SORGEMU
At "J2< N Main Ht-
I R HAZLETT, M. D.,
L> 106 West Inamoiid.
Dr. 3raliatn's former of-ce.
Special attention g ve,. to Eye, o e
and Throat PeoDle's Ph; ue 274.
y" AMUEL M.
'J UuUi'.US ANDSI.'KCF.ON
200 West C" anin&ham St.
DENTISTS.
UR FQBli H HAVtJa,
UKNTIHT.
(iraanaW of Dental Duptrtment,
University of Pennsylvania
Office -215 S. Main Stre»t, Butler, I'a.
DR. S A. JOHNSTON,
SUUCKON
por»uerTy or Butler,
Has located opnosito Lowry Honse,
Main St., Butler, Pa. The finest work
a specialty. Expert painless extractor
of teeth by his new method, no rnedi
cintt used or jsbbing a needle in» > the
nunn; also gag apd ufl;er Uot-tl. Com
munitions f«y mail r«n»ive prompt at
tenlian,
R~ J. WILBERT McKEE,
SURGEON DENVIST.
Office over Leighner'a Jewelry store,
Butler, Pa
Peoples Telephone 505.
A specialty f\l fitiioy, g'dd .
unu tuiutc warl.
WJ HIND.MAN,
• DENTIST.
1271 South Main street, (ov Metzer's .
shoe store.)
TiK. H. A. McCANDLKSS
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Building, 2nd floor.
DR. M. V. KGTTRABA,
Successor to Dr. Jolinniop, I
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Office Xp 114 S: S» -
Q. Milltl's it«**"-" , -^er;
ATTORNEYS.
RP. SCOTT,
• ATTORNKY-AT-LAW,
Office in Bntler County National
Bank building.
AT. SCOTT,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office at No. 8. West Diamond St. Mnt
ler, Pa.
pOULTER & BAKJvR,
Vj ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office in Butler Connly National
Bank bnilding.
IOHN W. COULTKK,
T) ATTORNEY AT-I/AW.
Office on Diamond, Bntler, Pa.
Special attention xivcti to collections
and business matters.
T D McJUNKIN,
<F • ATTORNKY-AT-LAW.
Office In Keiber building, cornel Main
and E. Cunningham Sta, Entrance on
Main street.
1 B. BKEDIN,
»L • ATTO«!*KY AT LAW.
Office on Main St. near Court Hoiu<
HII. GOU'JHEK,
• ATTORNEY AT LA •* .
Office In Wl'te bmldinst
EII. NEGLEY,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW.
O.Tice 111 the Negley B'lilding. West
Diamond
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t" • ATTOHNKY AT-I.AYV. AND
I'KN.SK )S ATTOHNKY.
Office on South side of Diamond,
Butler, Pa.
MISCELLANEOUS.
|1 F. L. McQUISTION,
V. Civn, ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR-
Office near Court House
ll'. WALK BR,
J* NOTARY PUBLIC,
BUTLER,
Office with Boric mer, ne\t ilwir to P O
I) F. MILLIARD.
D. GKNKKAI, SunvEvmo.
Mines and Land Ojnnty Surveyor.
R. F D. 4!>. Went Banbury, PH.
If c WAGNER,
ARTIST PHOTOGRAPHER
18* Sonth Main St
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V 4 V V V - J". Tl' J'T
The Simple life
By CHARLES WAGNER
Translated From the French by Mary Louise Hendee
fl? Copyright, 1901, by McClure. Phillip* If Co.
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CHAPTER V.
SIMPLE DUTY.
WnEN we talk to children uu .. j
subject that annoys them ,
they call our attention to ,
some pigeon on the roof glv- j
ing food to its little one or some j
coachman down in the street who is j
abusing his horse. Sometimes they I
even maliciously propose one of those ,
alarming questions that put the minds
of parents on the rack; all this to di
vert attention from the distressing
topic. I fear that In the face of duty
we are big children, and when that is
the theme seek subterfuges to distract
us.
The first sophism consists in asking
ourselves if there is such a thing as
duty In the abstract, or If this word
does not cover one of the numerous il
lusions of our forefathers; for duty,
In troth, supposes liberty, and the ques
tion of liberty leads us Into metaphys
ics. How can we talk of liberty so
long as this grave problem of free will
Is not solved? Theoretically there Is
no objection to this, and if llfo were a
theory and we were here to work out
9 complete system of the universe it
vould be absurd to concern ourselves
with duty until we had clarified the
subject of liberty, determined Its con
ditions, fixed Its limits.
But life Is not a theory. In this ques
tion of practical morality, ns In the
Others, life has preceded hypothesis,
and there is no room to believe that I
she ever yields It place. This liberty
—relative, I admit, like everything we
are acquainted with, for that matter—
this duty whose existence ty© quotation
Is none the lesfj the basis of all the
'udinneiits we pass upon ourselves nnd
our fellow men. We hold each other
to a certain extent responsible for our
deeds and exploits.
The most ardent theorist, once out
side pf his theory, scruples not a whit
*a approve or disapprove the acts of
ethers, to take measures against his
enemies, to nppeal to the generosity j
and Justice of those lie would dissuade !
from an unworthy step. One can no (
more rid himself of the notion of mcy
al obligation than of tl\at of time or ;
space, riis as, saivly h» we must re- j
itigb ourselves to walking before we ,
know how to define this space through
which we move nnd this time that ,
measures our movements, so stirt'ly j
must we submit to pioral obligation be
fore l\f\Yliig put our finger on its deep |
hidden roots. Moral law dominates |
man whether he respects or defies it. .
See how ft Is in everyday life— each I
one is ready to cast his stone at him |
who neglects a plain duty even if W I
allege that he has not yut urrlved at ;
philosophic certitude. Everybody will •
yiy to him, and with erectiont renr.on:
esir, we are men before everything.
First play your part, do your duty as
citizen, father, son. After that you
shall return to the coum* of your med
itations."
let us tie well understood.
\Ve should not wish to turn any one
tiwny frotii scrupulous research Into
the foundations of morality. No
thought which leads men to concern
themselves once more with these grav«
questions could be useless Indiffer
ent. We simply challenge the thinker
dud u way to wait till he has un
earthed these foundations before he
docs an net of humanity, of honesty
or dishonesty, of valor or cowardice.
And most of all do we wish to formu
late a reply for nil the Inslucoi-e who
, have never tried to phllo*ophlz<innd for
' ourselves \vlien we would offer our
Qt philosophic doubt In Justlflca-
I tlon of onr practical omissions. From
! the simple fact that we are men, be
-1 fore all theorizing, positive or negative,
' about duty, wo have peremptory I
1 law to vMiiKlwct ourselves like men.
; 'J'hore is no 0 f it.
I ilU ' *.* utile knows the resources of
the human heart who counts on the
' effect of such a reply. It matters not
that It Is Itself unanswerable. It can
i not keep other questions from arising.
I The sum or our pretexts for evading
duty U equal to the sum of the sands
of the sea or the stars of heaven.
J We take refuge, then, behind duty
, that is obscure, difficult, contradictory,
j And these are certainly words to call
up painful memories. To be a man of
: duty and to question one's route, grope
! the dark, feel oneself torn between
the contrary solicitations of conflicting
1 calls, or, again, to face a duty gigantic,
1 overwhelming, beyond our strength
1 what is harder! Ami such things hap*
; pen. We would neither deny nor con
test the tragedy in certain situations or
| the anguish of certain lives. And yot
duty rarely has to niake Itself plain
\ across such conflicting circumstances
' or to be sjruck out from the tortured
i mind like lightning from a storm
, cloud. Such formidable shocks are ex
ceptional. Well for us If we stand
stanch when they come! Hut If no one
j is astonished that oaks are uprooted
j by the whirlwind, that a wayfarer
1 stumbles at night on an unknown road
! or that a soldier caught between two
I fires Is vanquished, no more should he
J condemn without appeal those who
| have been worsted In almost superhu
j man moral conflicts. To succumb un
; der the force of numbers or obstacles
I has never been counted a disgrace.
So my weapons are at the service of
those who Intrench themselves behind
the Impregnable rampart of duty HI
defined, complicated or contradictory.
Hut it Is not that which occupies me
today; It Is of plain I had almost said
easy—duty that I wWi to speak.
We have yearly three or four high
feast days ami many ordinary ones.
' There are likewise some very great and
! dark combats to wage, but beside these
I Is the multitude of plain and simple
duties. Now, while lu the great en
counters our equipment Is generally
adequate. It Is precisely in the little
emergencies that we are found want
ing. Without fear of being misled by
a pnradoxlcal form of thought, I af
firm, then, that the essential thing Is
to fulfill our simple duties and exercise
elementary Justice. In general, those
who lose their souls do so not because
they fail to rise to difficult duty, but
because they neglect to perform that
1 which Is simple. Let us Illustrate this
truth.
He who tries to penetrate Into the
humble underworld of society Is not
slow to dlscover.great misery, physical
and moral. And the. closer he looks
the greater number of unfortunates
does he discover, till In the end this
, assembly of the wretched appears to
' him like a great black world. In whose
presence the Individual and his means
of relief are reduced to helplessness.
It Is true that he feels Impelled to run
to the succor of these unfortunates,
but at the same time he asks himself,
"What Is the use?" The case is cer
tainly heartrending. Some, In despair,
end by doing nothing. They lack
neither pity nor good Intention, but
these bear no fruit. They are wrong.
Often n man has not the means to do
good on a large scale, but that Is not
a reason for falling to do It at all. So
many people absolve themselves from
any action 011 the ground that there Is
too much to do! They should be re
called to simple duty, and this duty
In the case of which we speak Is that
each one. necordlug to his resources,
leisure and capacity, should create re
lations for himself among the world's
disinherited. There are people who by
the exercise of a little good will have
succeeded In enrolling themselves
among the followers of ministers and
have Ingratiated themselves with
princes. Why should you not succeed
In forming relations with the poor and
In making acquaintances among the
workers who lack somewhat the ne
cessities of life? When a few families
are known, with their histories, their
antecedents nud their difficulties, you
may be of the greatest use to them by
acting the part of a brother with
the moral and material aid that Is
yours to give. It Is true you will have
attacked only one little corner, but
you will have done what you could
and perhaps have KHI another on to
follow yon. Instead of stopping at
the knowledge that much wretched
ness, hatred, disunion and vice exist
In society you will have Introduced a
little good among these e\iln. And by
however slow deKrves auch kindness as
yours ia. emulated the good will sensl
hly Increase and th© evil diminish.
Even wero you to remain nlone in this
undertaking you would have the as
surance that In fulfilling the duty,
plain as a child's, which offered Itself
you were doing the only reasonable
thing. If you have fvlt It so, you have
found (>ut one of the secrets of right
living,
In Its dreams man's ambition em
braces vast limits, but It is rarely giv
en us to achieve great things, and even
then a quick and sure success always
rests on u groundwork of patient prep
aration. Fidelity In small things Is at
the base of every great achievement.
We too often forget tills, nnd yet no
truth needs more to be kept In mind,
particularly in the troubled eras of his
tory nnd In the crises of Individual life.
In shipwreck a splintered beam, an
var, any scrap of wreckage, saves us.
On the tumbling waves of life, when
everything seems shattered to frag
ments. let ns not forcret that a single
one of these poor bit* may becouio our
plank of safety. To despise the rem
pauta Is demoralization.
You arc n ruined man, or you are
■trlcken by a great bereavement, or,
again, you see the fruit of toilsome
years perish before your cyew. You
cannot rebuild your fortune, raise the
dead, recover your lost toll, and In the
facft of the Inevitable your arms drop.
Then you neglect to care for your per
auu, to keep your house, to guide your
children. All this Is pardonable, and
how easy to understand! But It la ex
ceedlngly dangerous. To fold one's
hands and let things take their course
Is to transform one evil Into worse.
You who think that you have nothing
left to I'jso will by that very thought
lose what you have. Gather tip the
fragments that remain to you nud keep
them with scrupulous curt*, lu good
time this little that Is youra will be
your consolation. The effort made will
eomo to your relief, as the effort miss
ed will turn against you. If nothing
1 but a branch Is left for you to cling
j to, cling to that branch, uud If you
stand alone In defense of a losing cause
do not throw dowu your arms to Join
the rout. After the deluge a few sur
vivors repeopled the earth. The fu
ture sometimes rests In a single ltfo
as truly as life sometimes hangs by a
thread For strength go to history and
nature. From the long travail of both
you will learn that failure and fortune
alike may come from the slightest
cause, that It Is udt wise to neglect
detail and, above all, that we must
know how to wait and to begin again.
In speaking of simple duty I canuot
help thinking of military life and the
examples It ofTers to combatants In this
great struggle. He would little under
stand his soldier's duty who, the army
once beaten, should cease to brush Ills
garments, polish Ills rltle and observo
discipline. "But what would be the
use?" perhaps you ask. Are there not
various fashions of being vanquished?
Is It au Indifferent matter to add to de
feat discouragement, disorder and de
moralization? No; it should never bo
forgotten that the least display of en
ergy 111 these terrible moments Is a
sign of life and hope. At once every
body feels that all Is not lost.
During the disastrous retreat of 1813-
14, lu the heart of the winter, when It
had become almost Impossible to pre
sent any sort of appearance, a general,
I know not who, 0110 morning present
ed himself to Napoleon In full dress
and freshly shaved Seeing him thus.
In the midst of the general demoraliza
tion, as elaborately attired as If for
parade, the emperor said, "My general,
you are a brave man!"
Again, the plalu duty Is the near
duty. A very common weakness keeps
many p<H>ple from finding what Is near
them Interesting; they see that only on
its paltry side. The distant, 011 the
i contrary, draws and fascinates them.
In this way a fabulous amount of good
! will Is wasted. People burn with ar
dor for humanity, for the public good,
I for righting distant wrongs; they walk
, through life, their eyes fixed on mar
velous sights along the horizon, trend
! lug meanwhile on the feet of passers
by or Jostling them without being
i aware of their existence.
Strange Infirmity, that keep* us from
seeing our fellows at our very doors!
People widely read and far traveled
are often not acquainted with their
fellow citizens, great or small. Their
lives depend upon the co-operation of
a multitude of lyings whose lot ro
j mains to them quite Indifferent. Not
' those to whom they owe their knowl-
I edge and culture, not their rulers nor
! those who serve them and supply their
needs, have ever attracted their atten
tion. That there is ingratitude or itn
' providence In not knowing one's work-
Hum. one's servants all those, 111 short,
| with whom one has Indispensable so
j cial relatlous—this has never come luto
their >nlnds. Others go much further.
To certain wives their husbands are
stranger*, and conversely. There are
parents who do not know their chil
dren; their development, their thoughts,
the dangers tbev run, the hopes they
cherish, are to them a closed book.
Many children do not know their par
ents. have no suspicion of their diffi
culties and struggles, no conception of
their alms. And I am not speaking of
those piteously disordered homes
where all the relations are false, but
of honorable families. Only all these
people are greatly preoccupied; each
has his outside Interest that fills all his
time. The distant duty—very attrac
tive, I don't deny—claims them entire
ly, and they are not conscious of the
duty near at hand. I fear they will
have their trouble for their pains. Each
person's base of operations Is the field
of his Immediate duty. Neglect this
field, and all you undertake at a dis
tance Is compromised. First, then, be
of your own country, your own city,
your own home, your own church, your
own workshop; then, if you can, set out
from this to go beyond It. That Is the
plain and natural order, and a man must
fortify himself with very bad reasons
to arrive at reversing It. At all events,
the result of so strange a confusion of
duties Is that' many people employ
their time in all aorta of affairs except
those in which we have a right to de
mand It. Each la occupied with some
thing else than what concerns him, Is
absent from his post. Ignores his trade.
This Is what complicates life. And it
would be so simple for each one ft> be
about his own matter.
Another form of simple duty. When
Damage Is done who should repair It?
He who did it. This is Just, but it is
only theory, and the consequence of
following the theory would be the evil
In force until the malefactors were
found and had offset it. But suppose
they are not found, or suppose they
cannot or will not make amends?
The rain falls on your head through
a hole In the roof or the wind blows
to at a broken window. Will you wait
lo find the uir.u who caused the mis
chief? You would certainly think that
absurd. And yet such Is often the prac
tice. Children indignantly protest. "I
didn't put It there, and I shall not take
it away;" And most men reason after
the same fashion. It Is logic. But It
la not the kind of logic that makes the
world move forward.
On the contrary, what we must learn
and what life repeata to ua dally Is
that the Injury done by one must be
repaired by another. One tears down,
another builds up; one defaces, anoth
er restores; one stirs up quarrels, an
»thcr appeases them; one makes tears
to flow, another wipes them awuy; one
lives for evil doing, auother dies for
the right And In the workings of this
grievous luw lies salvation. This also
U logic, but a logic of facts which
wakes the logic of theories pale. The
conclusion of the matter la not doubt
ful. A single hearted man draws It
thus: Ulven the evil, the great thing Is
to make it good aud to Bet about it on
the spot Well Indeed If Messrs. the
Malefactors will contribute to the rep
aration, but experience warns ua not
to count too much on their aid.
But, however simple duty may be,
there is still need of strength to do it.
in what does this strength consist or
where Is It found? One could scarcely
tire of asking. Duty Is for man an
enemy and an Intruder so long as It
appears as an appeal from without
When It comes In through the door he
leaves by the window; when It blocks
up the windows he escapes by the roof.
The more plainly we see it coming the
more surely wo flee. It is like those
police, representatives of public order
and official Justice, whom an adroit
tlilef succeeds In evading. Alas, the
officer, though he finally collar the
thief, can only conduct him to the sta
tion, not along the right road. Before
tuan Is able to accomplish his duty he
must fall into the hands of another
power than that which sayai "Do this,
do that; shun this, shun that, or else
beware!"
This Is au interior power; It Is love.
Wlieu a inuu hates his work or goes
about It with Indifference all the forces
of earth cannot make him follow It
with enthusiasm, but he who loves his
office moves of himself; not only is It
needless to compel htm, but it would
be Impossible to turn him aside. And
this Is true of everybody. The great
thing Is to have felt the sanctity and
immortal beauty In our obscure desti
ny; to have been led by a series of ex
periences to love this life for Its griefs
and Its hopes; to love men for their
weakness apd their greatness aud to
belong to humanity through the heart,
the intelligence and the soul. Then an
unknown power takes possession of us,
as the wind of the sails of a ship, and
bears us toward pity and Justice, and,
yielding to, Its Irresistible Impulse, we
say, "I cannot help It; something Is
there stronger than 1." In so saying
the men of all tlmeu and places have
designated a power that is above hu
manity, but which uiuy dwell in men's
hearts. And everything truly lofty
within us appears to us as a manifes
tation of this mystery beyond. Noble
feelings, like great thoughts and deeds,
are things of Inspiration. When the
tree buds and bears fruit It Is because
It draws vital forces from the boII and
receives light and warmth from the
sun. If a man, In his humble sphere,
in the midst of the ignorance and fuults
that are his Inevitably, consecrates
himself sincerely to his task. It Is be
cause he Is in contact with the eternal
source of goodness. This central force
manifests Itself under a thousand
forms. Sometimes It Is indomitable
energy; sometimes winning tenderness;
sometimes the militant spirit that
grasips und uproots the evil; sometimes
maternal solicitude, gathering to Its
arms from the wayside wfrere It was
perishing, some bruised aud forgotten
life; sometimes the humblo patleuce of
long research. All that it touches bears
Its seal, and tho men It Inspires know
that through It we live and have our
being. To servo It Is their pleasure
and reward. They are satisfied to be
Its instruments, and they no longer
look at the outward glory of their of
fice, well knowing that nothing Is great,
nothing small, but that our life and
our deeds arc only of worth because of
the spirit which breathes through them.
|r [TO DK CONTINUED.)
»
Franz von Uobacli, the great por
trait painter, palutod three portraits
of the poet Adolph Wllbrandt. The sit
tings vurled from three to five hours.
On one occasion the sitting lasted
through the whole day, with Intervals
for meals. The afternoon passed, and
dusk came on, but still work
ed away without appearing to notice
the falling light. At last It grew so
dark that Wllbrandt could scarcely sec
him. lie called his attention to this,
saying that it seemed Impossible for
him to paint any more, but i/cubach
begged him, unless he was tired, to
continue sitting. "But what can you
see of me?" asked the puzzled poet.
"Quite the best of all. Excellent." Sit
still, phase." And the Kitting only end
ed with the last glimmer of light
No. 1
BALANCING KESULTS
THE LAW OF CONSEQUENCES AND
THE PROBLEMS OF LIFE.
(food or Evil la Thtass Is Dlic*T«ni
br OkifrTttlaaa of CramifMM,
Moral* Are Urt«rnla«d br tk* Cua
••qararea of Human Actions.
A reaction is the consequence of an
action; uu effect is the consequence of
a tause; a result is the consequence of
an antecedent. It la evident that the
words reaction, effect, result and eoa
aequence express different manifesta
tions of one law, usually called the
law of causation, though it would be,
I believe, more correctly named the
law of consequences.
We shall understand more clearly the
interactions in human affairs when we
recognise that" the meaning of the
words reaction, effect and result la in
cluded in the word consequence. We
may doubt the importance of reaction
In our affairs, but we shall not doubt
the importance of consequences.
We artf compelled to give considera
tion to consequences in the most trivial
affairs. One baa consequences in view
when he strikes a match, sets a pot
to boll, plants a seed, pulls a weed,
sharpens a pencil, mends a fence. Shall
I take an umbrella? I balance the
danger of rain against the annoyance
of the umbrella and decide accordingly.
Shall I change my coat? Take another
cup of coffee? Walk or ride? Each
question will be decided in accordance
with my estimate of the balance of re
sults. In considering possible advan
tage® or disadvantages, gains or losses,
we are balancing consequences, en
deavoring to anticipate and weigh the
results of oar actions.
Regret Is usually a reminder of a
neglect or mlsjudgment "of conse
quences, while repentance and reforma
tion indicate a waking up concerning
consequences. Our interest, curiosity,
anxieties, fears, hopes and ambitions
are concentrated upon consequences.
We seek advice, when we are doubtful
about consequences. Precepts and ex
amples elucidate consequences. We
work and rest, eat and drink, scheme
and plan, spend and save, for conse
quences. *
The lesson of consequences which
the Individual often learns slowly and
Imperfectly the sound business organ
isations acquire quickly an<f enforce
by discipline. The salesmen In a suc
cessful store are characterised by tidi
ness, promptness and a desire to please;
the employees of the Important rail
roads are not even permitted to an
swer Insult with insult. The Industry
that Is Intelligently managed will
avoid misrepresentation and decep
tion, knowing that a reputation for
truth and fairness Is vital to continu
ous success. The shrewdest maxims
of trade are built upon the observation
of consequences.
That mind is the strongest which has
the clearest Judgment of consequences.
The fools are those who know little
about consequences. The child must
be guarded because it is ignorant of
consequences. What we know of nar
cotic*, stimulants, antidotes, hygiene,
surgery, chemistry, agriculture, me
chanics, commerce, culture, we know
through the observation of conae
quences. The tiest rasor, plow, sani
tary system, plan of social betterment,
is that which produces the best results.
Knowledge, learning ami experience
deal wholly with cause and conse
quence. The science of astronomy
seeks to comprehend the heavenly bod
ies and their influences tipon each oth
er. The science of chemistry explains
the consequences of chemical action.
The science of political economy alms
to distinguish and mark the good and
evil results of different systems of land
tenure, taxation, trade and finance.
The science of government would de
termine what political system Is best
for a people. The science of war Beeks
to know what arms, equipments, forces
and maneuvers will inflict tl»e great
est injury upon the enemy with a min
imum of expenditure. The science of
language deals with the utility of
words, pronunciation and forms of ex
pression. And so on through the whole
of human experience knowledge seeks
to distinguish that which has the best
results from that which baa Inferior
or evil results.
Our ldeaa of right and wrong ar« doe
to the nature of the responses to hu
man actions. How do we know that
truth Is better than falsehood? Be
cause we are better pleated with our
selves when we speak truthfully than
when we lis; because truth Is essential
to understanding; because we despise
lying In others; because lying leada to
confusion, uncertainty, chaos, enmity
and to other evil consequences. And
so also wo have formed a Judgment of
loyalty and treachery, cruelty afld
kindness, virtue and vice, by their con
sequences.
Our laws, customs and command
ments would not prove to us that truth
Is better than lying If our own experi
ence did not confirm It, The Decalogue
is effective only so far as nature cor
roborates It.
Our common conceptions of morality
are the results of the observation of
human actions and their consequences
—of cause and effect, of action and
reaction. We know that certain ac
tions are right and others wrong, as
we know thut bread Is good and straw
bad for food; that light clothing Is
more useful In summer than in win
ter; that cleanliness la better than
fllthlness; that the way to walk la for
ward, not backward; that mirth Is
pleasanter than grief.
As the value of a machine or Imple
ment Is shown In Its working and the
value of a tree by Its fruit, so the mer
it or demerit of food, (lrlak, medicine,
acts and thoughts Is determined by
their results, reactions or effects—by
their consequences,—From "Balance:
The Fundamental Verity," by Orlando
J. Smith.
A Tert Maid.
The B.'a had given an Impertinent
maid notice and In consequence were
obliged to assume the duties that sho
pointedly neglected. On the last day
of Katie's stay as one of the ladies of
the family waa hastening to answer a
ring at the front door she was arrested
by an explosive whisper from the rear
of the hall, where the Irrepressible ex
maid, Katie, in most unplcturesque
dishabille, was established, "Mrs. 8.,
If that'a any ono for me, say I'm out."
Brraklai It to Hla» Qeatly. '
Mrs. Ferguson—George, dear, you
know you handed me $7.00 this morn
ing for pocket money? Mr. Ferguson
—Yes. Mrs. Ferguson—Well, I went
downtown this afternoon to buy a few
things with it. I got caught in a
crush In a street car door, and— er—lt
turned out to be pickpocket money.—
Chicago Tribune.
A Happr I"*-
The secret of a happy life does not
lie In the meaus and opportunities of
Indulging our weaknesses, but In know
ing how to bo content with what Is
reasonable, that time and atrength
may remain for the cultivation of our
nobler nature.