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Cutting the Diamond.
jN the training of the child, the
teacher is as the cutter of the
diamond. She must cut away the
rough edges of the character. elimi.
nate the primeval savagery, and bring
into brilliant radience the jewel that
underlies the coarse, exterior.
The greatest handiwork of God's
creation is a noble man, and the seeds
of future greatness lie in the untutor
ed heart of the child. Brought into
contact with all sorts and conditions
of children, hedged around with nor
row and proscribed rules, tu Cat ter
is confronted with obstacles calculat- v
ed to try the sweetest temper and c
stoutest heart. Should she give way c
tothe natural trials of her position c
and enforce discipline with unusual
rigor, a small c';clone in the shape of I
an outraged parent descends upon her w
with imprecations and threats rang
ing from removal to personal violence. s
And the teacher is expected to con- t
ciliate the belligerent parent and pre- I
serve discipline at the same time.
It is a peculiar fact that every
mother imagines that her child is the
incarnation of all that. is good and t
noble, while other children are very I
ordinary human beings. And it is
often the painful duty of the teacher
to rudely awaken her from the pleas- º
ing delusion. t
The destiny of the nation lies in '
the hands of the children, and what
that future shall be depends upon the
training that the youths and maidens
are receiving. It is impossible to rear
an enduring structure on faulty foun
dations. It is likewi e impossi
ble to perfect womanhood or man
hood upon an imperfect character.
First impressions are the most last
ing, and the first training of tie
child is the one most likely to influ
eDce its future life. To obtain the
best results it is necessary that a per
,fect and friendly understanding pre
vail between parent anld teacher.
Neither can obtain the desired resulls
without the other's earnest co-opor.
ation.
Take an interest in what tne teac -
er is doing for your children.
Do not imagine that her duties end
with the imparting of book know
ledge. She is training them to the
best of her ability for the battle of
the future. She is erasing their un
desirable points, she is bringing their
good points to tile front. She is cut
ting the diamond. Be an aid and
not a hindrance to her. If she finds it
necessary to correct them, do not
brand her as the cruellest of cruel
women. She has reason for what
she has done. But back her up in
every way possible. Remember,
children are children-not angels in
disguise. While shle is cutting the
diamond you should be sutlicientlv in
terested to polish the stone.--Minne
apolls Journal.
Be a Booster.
3 like to see a man proud of the
place in which he live. I like to
see a man who lives in it so that his
place will be proud of him. These
simple words full of meaning came
from Abraham Lincoln, the great
man whose one hundredth birthday
the whole nation will celebrate on
February 12th. They were true then,
and are true now. No matter where
you live you will tind advantages and
disadvantages. Don't allow the lat
ter to obscure your vision of the for
mer. If you can't boost don't knock.
The man with the eternal hammer
is an abomination unto all men. Be
ware of him who has evil things to
say of his fellow men. Ninety-nine
cases out of a hundred the knocker is
jealous, and the person knocked isj
only benefited thereby. Stand with
anybody that stands right, stand
with him while he is right, and part
with him when he goes wrong. It is
natural for the successful man to
have enemies. The jolly good fellow
who has no enemies seldom cuts a ti
gure in this world. Blessed be the
booster for he shall have few enemies.
Blesged is he who promotes the in
terests of his town for he shall be
happy in his home. Blessed is he
who sees the good in his fellow men
for he shall inherit the ad.miration of
all.
The men who do things and always
lha a good word for the home tOwn
are not as numerous as they should
be..
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The White Slave Trade.
N('(OURAG I NG blows have recent
i ly been struck at the iniquitous
white slave trade in Chicago and
other cities. It is impossible to con
ceive of any infamy greater than that
of corruptling thie virtue of young
girls and dragging them down to last
ing ruin. Yet it is a trade out of
which infamous men and women have
grown rich. The heavy tine and pri
son sentences imposed on simiie of
the worst traffickers in human souls
is likely to have a deterrent influence
upon others likeminded.
It is an easy but inexcuseble thing
to run down the place in which one
lives. No talent is required to do it.
All that is necessary is to persistently
talk about its shortcomi:ngs, which
usually are few, and ignore its advan
tages,which usually are many. These
''kickers," whicL are found in almost
every place, would do well to culti
vate local patriotisim a quality that
is often neglected.
The poet says that in the spring
time the thoughts of young men anti
maidens "lightly turn to love." I(ul
the pr-,fu-sion.of valentines with their
sent iment al verse, t heir cupids, ar
rows, hearts, doves, loveknots anid
ot her emblems, shows t hat t lie ardor
of youth does not wait for spring.
We find in others that for which
we seek. If we look for bad we find
it, and if we look for t lihe good we tind
that also. To seek thme first leads to
suspicion, distrust and cynicism, to
seek the other is far nobler promotes
charity, friendship and goodness.
Congress seems to have the act of
doing not lhing pret ty fully developed.
So far this session it has done little
but mark time, but it is safe to say
tie members will have no scruples
against drawing their salaries.
MAIL B1IEn IIEtACEIg
Residents of a Community Should
Patronize Local Merchants.
GET MORE FOR THEIR MONEY
Some Suggestions by a Drummer on
Combating the Evil That Were Fol
lowed by an Eastern Merchant With
Good Results.
"I hardly knew the old place at
first," remarked the drummer who was
in a small eastern town and had drop
ped in to see Brown, the merchant.
"My, but you folks have slicked up tue
place since I was last here."
"Yes; we have organized an im
provement society lately, and we've
been busy, 1 can tell you," replied the
merchant. "It takes the women folks
to start the ball a-rolling in a thing
of that kind, and it has opened our
eyes to what can be done when all
take au interest in the work. Busi
ness. however, isn't booming to any
great extent."
"Mail order people cutting into , Jur
trade?" asked the drummer.
'That's about the size of it," sighed
Brown.
"Well, it's a shame. You merchants
pay taxes and contribute to the sup
s port of the community and are active
ill building up the town, but instead of
appreciating this fact the residents
send a great deal of their money to
the big city ste"es "
"I wouldn't -:ire so ,'', '1 if they
saved anything ti, , ,a'; of iy it or if
they got any better gouds. but they
e don't."
e "Of course they don't " agreed the
a drummer. "I sell gocd' enough to
"i know that. Somehow pet le in small
towns think they can but best through
the mail order houses., and that is
where they make a big mistake."
a "You can't convince 'em of that,"
a said the merchant.
"Well, it's as Barnum used to say
'The people love to be humbugzed.' It
stands to reason that tie wail order
houses cannot spend the millions they
do on advertising and glwe as such for
the money as you fellows at home
can, and people in many localities are
waking up to that fact. Let me give
you a few friendly suggestions while
we are on this subject," continued the
drummer. "You ought to make a
close study of just what people around
here want from time to time. Never
let them ask twice for an article if you
can possibly help it. This doesn't mean
that you must carry a million dollar
stock. Simply carry what you are
pretty sure will be .wanted-what the
mail order houses are putting out to a
certain extent. And let the community
know what you have in stock. When
they read the out of town catalogues
and see something they want they
conclude you haven't got it, and away
goes coin that should have been spent
right here at home. You probably had
the same article in stock, and for less
money too. If you don't advertise,
you might as well close up shop."
"Yes, I advertise occasionally," said
Brown.
"Occasionally won't do. It is per
sistent advertising that wins out for
the merchant. You want to spend
every dollar you can afford to in ad
vertising In your local paper and keep
right at It. The mail order houses lay
out thousands of dollars on pamphlets
and circulars and catalogues, and you
may be sure they are past masters in
the art of making them attractive.
That's how they get the trade they do.
You can do the same thing in your lo
cal paper and In other ways on a
smaller scale. It doesn't cost a for
tune to get out a catalogue. It's of no
use to go on advertising the fact that
your name is Brown an4 that i iu are
doing business on a g jtreet.
That doesn't interest the general pub
lie. Give 'em prices. Tell 'em what
you've got to sell. Make a certain
day of the week always bargain day
and give people some reason to come
to your store. You may lose money
on the venture at first, but you keep
at it and you'll get big results before
long. Let the residents here know
that they are not only hurting you, but
te f town na we.ll. b sending their mon
ey out of it.
"I'll consider your suggestions," said t
the merchant thoughtfully. "Guess I
will advertise more and try the cata
logues too."
"That's the game. Let people know
how you feel about this matter. Put It
to them fair and square and have the
stock to back you up. The mail order
houses are draining the country of
money that should be spent at home,
and it is about time the residents of
small towns realized it. Thousands of
dollars are sent away every week for
goods that could have been purchased
cheaper in the local stores. The first
duty of every good citizen is home pro
tection. Funny they cannot reason it
out that the more they spend in their
own town the more money they are go
ing to keel) in circulation there and
the more prosperous it will make the
community. Manufacturers eekitng for
a site on which to erect a plant are not
going to locate in a town where half
the stores have 'To Let' signs on them.
Why, If everybody traded out of town
just to save a few pennies, there
wouldn't be much left of it in a short
time. Well, goodby, Brown. I'll be
around this way soon."
It was two months later when the
drummer visited the store again. This
time the place was so crowded with
customers, however, that he had no
chance to bring up the mail order mut
ter, but the grateful look and hearty
handshake the busy merchant gave
him told the storJy. A. B. LEWIS.
TO TEACH POSTAL WISDOM.
School Children to Learn How to Mail
Letters and Study Postal Laws.
Postmaster General Meyer issued an
order the other day directing all post
masters to unite with their local school
authorities with the view of adopting
the most effective method of instruct
ing school children as to the organiza
tion and operations of the postal serv
ice, particularly the proper address
lng of letters and the importance of
b placing return cards on envelopes.
Postmasters are also directed to ar
range if possible to deliver personal
talks to the pupils and give teachers
access to the Postal Guide and the
postal laws and render them every as
sistance in securing necessary Infor.
HOLDING ON TO TRADE
What Country Newspapers Can
Accomplish In This Line.
AROUSE PUBLIC THOUGHT.
Teao. the People to Overcome Abuses
Founded in Centralization of Popu
lation and Trade In Large Cities.
Build Up Interest In Home Towns.
The Rev. Frank Gunsaulus of Chi
cago says that his sermons are transl
tory and unsatisfactory In effect. "A
sermon," he says, "no matter how
good, is like water that is poured
through a sieve. It is the constant
hammering tha:t produces results upon
the hearts of men; not what is learned
today or tomo)rrow, but what is ab
sorbed; a note this week and a note
next which strikes a responsive chord
in the hearts and lives of the different
members of my congregation, no two
of whom are alike in temperament, all
of whom require different treatment."
If we are going to preach sermons,
we must preach them regularly, not
alone from the columns of a trade
magazine, but from the forum where
the people assemble. And the words
must be uttered by those whom the
people know, those in whom they have
confidence and to whom they will pay
attention.
We all realize how important it is
that the tendency toward centraliza
tlon of population and trade shall be
overcome and the tide, now flowing
out, be turned and made to flow in.
Those citites which become overpop
ulated and overprosperous at the ex
pense of the prosperity and size of
surrounding country towns and vil
lages are like cancers, says Hardware,
which impoverish the blood and grad
ually devour the vital spark of our so
cial life. We have seen this work in
all ages. History brings us many in
stances where, through centralization
of power, civilization has become can
cerous and rotted to its ultimate de
cline.
Will the lessons we should have
learned from history suffice to point
the way by which we may escape the
pitfalls?
If we grow Ill, shall we persist in
treating our systems with strong medi
cines when deep breathing and the
proper diet would soon restore us?
If in the course of time our cities,
through absorbing a greater and great
er portion of the population which
comes to our shores, shall establish
unhealthy and unnatural standards of
life, shall we persist in treating the
sore spots instead of purifying the cir
culation and building up the system?
Let us not wait until that time, but,
rather, anticipate the evils which cen
tralization is bound to bring upon us.
Who will be responsible for this cen
tralization? The people themselves.
How will it be overcome? By edu
cating the people. And who shall edu
cate the people?
There is one best way to reach them, n
and that is through the nwspapers.
The newspaper is the greatest power
for enlightenment which has ever
blessed this globe.
Newspaper editors have a great re
sponsibility, as they are charged with
the task of molding public opinion.
There are hundreds and thousands of
them who have done a great work in
this line.
For some months Hardware has been
striving to awaken the hardware trade
to a realization of the opportunity
which lies within the newspaper as a
means of teaching the people and over
coming abuses which have their foun
dation in the centralization of trade in
the large cities.
Slowly, gradually, other publications
have awakened to the importance of
our plan. Retail associations have tak
en it up.
George IL. Maxwell, editor of Max
well's Talisman, says in his paper:
"There are many country merchants
who see their trade gradually slipping
away from them, leaving the country
town and going to the great cities by
the channel of the mail order trade.
"There are many country editors who
see the prosperity of their towns de
pleted and circulation and advertising
income reduced for the same reason.
'There are very few, however, who
realize that their problem is a national
one and that it is wrapped up in and a
part of the great fundamental question
whether this nation shall be perpetu
ated or shall be destroyed by the phys
ical degeneration of humanity, the so
cial unrest, industrial discontent, moral
and political corruption and class ha
tred bred in the city slums and tene
ments and certain to culminate in an
archistic crimes, riotous mobs and all
destroying social upheavals as the re
sult of some long continued period of
irndustrial and commercial depression.
"The fact is that the upbuilding of
the country town and suburban vil
lage as an antidote and safeguard
against the poisonous social, moral,
physical and political consequences of
herding millions of our working peo
ple together in the unnatural congested
life of the tenements is the one great
question that rises above all others in
importance as a problem that this na
tion must solve. Unless it does solve
it, it will sufer death from human de
generacy--the fate of so many nations
and civilizations that have risen in the
past only to be destroyed. Ours will
be likewise destroyed unless we take
heed in time.
"Then comes the question of the
I growth of towns and villages. There
s is where the country editors and mer
chants can help themselves. Once get
it into the minds of the whole Ameri
can people that the salvation of the
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Asters, 2 cents Pansies, 2 cents
Verqenas, 2 cents Phlox, 2 cents
And mauy other kinds that should be started carly
Order early any kind you want so I will have time to get
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