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( If you want people to represent you, and not plutocrats, cast your vote on the Socialist ballot. A, Schech ter, 561 W. 13th. WHAT IS CONSCIENCE. The teachings of the stoic philosophers or of Confucius may well be substi tuted for those of Christianity in teaching children moral values. Their teachings are as practical and applicable in this day and age as when given centuries ago. They show a knowledge of the needs and possibilities of the human soul that Christ, if He did live, dreamed not of. The teachings of Christ were often silly and impractical and often so ob scure that no one can be certain of their real meaning. Those of Confu cius are so simple that any normal child can easily comprehend them and' their beauty is unexcelled. As proof of this I will give a few quota tions from him and from Marcus Au relius also. Conftfcius says: "It is a pleasure to know the truth and a sin not to love it, and yet those who love it are not equal to those who follow its light." When asked to define true benev olence, he replied: "It is to love and deal justly with all men." "It is not enough to know virtue, it is neces sary to practice it" "Let us observe moderation in all things and hold our evil propensities and thoughts to a full account with conscience." Marcus Aurelius said: '.'If any man is able to convince me and show me that I do not think or act right I will gladly change; for I seek the truth, by which no man was ever injured." "Look within. Within is the foun tain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig." "When thou wishest to delight thyself think Of the virtue of those who live with thee." "Adorn thyself with simplicity and modesty." "No longer talk about the kind of a man that a good man ought to be, but be such." The teachings of these philoso phers appeaMa the higher qualities in man; not to his fear of punish ment or hope of reward. They recog nize that every act bears its own pen alty or reward. They do not tend to make cowards and hypocrites. The teachings of Christianity have made many cowards appear to be good. The philosophers teach a man to be good because it is a duty which he owes himself and his fellow men. A. S. Cramer. LOCAL ODDITIES. Lest The Fo rum become a wailing place for the airing of jeremiads, I should like to see more ink and effort used to dis cuss our local peculiarities, related by first-hand testimony and not from hearsay. Of course, I do not mean celestial marvels, such as the incar nation of J. C. Gawd, the Halsted street joss, whose glad tidings amuse the vulgar. For instance, Chicago harbors one man-of-war whose four heaviest guns are four-inch, 25 mm. larger than the famous French 75's. She could steam out a few miles and sack Chicago. How many know this? One May morning in 1898 American gun nery sank her in an Asiatic bay. Sub sequently she was buoyed, rehabili tated, expropriated to the American navy, and she sank again in the Gulf of Mexico in 1911. Now she is loan ed to the Illinois naval reserve, and during this winter she is passing some of her brooding veterans (no pun) alongside State street bridge, with her gun wires cut and her breech-blocks packed away. Her name still is Isla de Luzon, and she is late of the Spanish Pacific mos quito fleet Again, a Chicagoan may tell an other Chicagoan of this city's finest lake, saying that same is about three miles long by about one and one half miles wide. The second Chicagoan will gape, forgetting or overlooking Lake Calumet in the eighth ward. Bring on your facts which interest Chicago is a great little old burg; that is, if you don't care particularly. - nn-nMimM)immmmmimmm