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rTrnxTirmmmmmmmmmm because neither of them gives much more thought to questions of govern ment than does a street car horse to the profits of the line the value of the vote to them is doubtful. When they go to the polls on election day they are like a baby with a butcher knife more apt to cut themselves than anybody else. "We" have no great country. The landlords have. "We" are not mem bers of the firm not yet Moral: Cut out the "We" stuff and you will learn to think straighten M. J. Foyer. HAVE WE IMMORTAL SOULS? Not long ago Prof. Paul Flechsig of Leipsic discovered the sections of the brain by which we hear, see, smell and touch. He also found that in between these four sections there were four other sections, or thought centers, with which the brain thinks and re members. One of these sections is more important than the others. It is called the "principal brain." The old idea is that the brain is only a kind of machine that the soul works with. It is said by religious people that the soul is like a hand, while the brain is only a glove. We know this is not true, because it has been discovered that if any part of a man's brain is .taken out his mind is less than it was before. If the part with which he sees becomes diseased the result is blindness. If that part of the brain which remembers be comes diseased the result is loss of memory. Men and women become criminals perhaps murderers because of a diseased spot in the brain. Such persons would not' be. "wicked" or "sinful," but sick. We know that the brain and char acter are affected by what we eat and drink. For instance, tea, coffee, wine, beer, tobacco, camphor, opium, have a certain effect! upon the hu man brain. If there was such a thing as a "soul" in our heads it would make itself known in some way, but after long years of searching and studying not one of all the great scientists of the world has found any sign of it. The universe is eternally chang ing making new worlds and de stroying old ones. Suns, moons, stars and earths come and go like , the leaves of a tree, and the human race is no exception to the great law of nature, which we cannot under stand and never escape. Max Korn, 643 W. Madison St. VACATIONS OF OFFICIALS. Who gives city and .government offi cials authority to take vacations whenever they wish? As I under stand, all federal and city employes have to record their time on the clock morning, noon and night. If they are late or even early a few minutes they receive demerits. If they cannot report for work, on ac count of sickness, they must furnish a medical certificate as proof. Why not have same system for all city and government officials? Is it because they are elected by the peo ple that they take extraordinary pri vileges? . Why is not their time re corded so that the people might find out how much work they did? Does this not show that politics is behind the government? Why are civil serv ice employes of minor importance discharged without a public hearing? Hoping that you will publish pre ceding queries so that the public may be more acquainted with the system pertaining to city officials. A Constant Reader. EX-SOLDIERS CLUB. As an m outgrowth of the preparedness pa- P rade held in this city last June, in which parade there marched about four companies of ex-regulars of the army, navy and marine corps, a number of ex-regulars met Friday night inYondorf's hall, tyorth av. and Halsted st, for the purpose of organizing a club. The club is in no j