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If. A. & B. SCHUSTER Holbrook St. Johns Whitemore HIGHEST FORM OF JUSTICE. By Defphla M. Del mas. Is It trae that an exact and rigid enforce ment of the lave Is the most desirable function of htiman tribunals in other words, is it the highest form of human Justice? And Is it true that the loftiest conception which can bo formed of a judge la that of one who, in the discharge of his office, looks at the law as It is written as his sole guide, and to its unbend ing enforcement as his sole duty 7 The most perfect conception of a magistrate is that of a Just Judge, not of a learned judge one who, knowing the law, also knows that its administration must subserve, - not thwart, the purposes of Justice.- Upon what does the fame of Lord Mansfield rest if not uion the fact that his genius liberated the administration of Justice from the shackles In which the unbending rules of the com mon law and the narrow conservatism of common law Judges held it in thrall? And is not the same true of the great Judges of our own country? One of the most eminent of judges, lawyers and law writers whom this age has produced one who still lives to enjoy In the ripeness of his years the fruit of a long and Illustrious career has left as the recorded result of his long experience on the bench and at the tar these memorable words: "I always felt in the ex ercise of the Judicial office Irresistibly drawn to the In trinsic Justice of the case, with the Inclination. If pos sible the determination,- to rest the judgment- upon the wry Thrht of the matter. In the practice of the pro fession I hare always felt an abiding confidence that. If my case is morally right. It will succeed - CIVILIZATION REACHES DANGER POINT. By F. M. Barrow. European and American civilization la now in a precarious state, and seems to have reached its zenith. The physical prowess and the Intellectual fore of man have carried it so far ; and now it la subjected to a deadly materialism, chiefly owing to the relative deg radation and servitude of women. In the old times, when politics chiefly re ferred to carrying fire and sword Into some neighbor's territory, women had little Influence, and no responsibility. But in a modern world, where politics chiefly concerns the rights and wrcngs of our fellow citizens, surely women should be made responsible equal ly with men. Consider the all-Important matters now engrossing public attention. About all these questions women's public opinion might be healthier than that of men. So many of them know exactly where the shoe pinches. While the social state required the subordination of women within the family the highest law justified It. as It did formerly that of slavery. But when the need passed, the Justification also passed. And. unless we wish to remain in an arrested stage of civilization, and. therefore, a decadent one. we must take the step that progress dtmards namely: grant woman the full exer cise of all her faculties equally with man. and make her equally responsible INDICTMENT OF THE SCHOOLS. By Samuel P. Orth. First, the pupil does not gain real knowl edge, lie studies about things In an Indefinite sort of way, but never learns the solid facts. The whole system, freni the nappy kindergar ten to the mimic-college high school, is perme ated with the haze of indeflnlteness. Sec ondly, we are told that the pupil does not even learn to use his mind. The school is an enslaver of memory Instead of an emancipator of reasoning. Originality is tabooed, and servility de manded. The curse of the lawyer, the search for prece dent. Is written onhe brow of pedagogy. Logic nud reason are not cneoaged. And. thirdly, the results of our schools are not practical. This- is heard on every band. The schools do not fit for bread-and-butter earn ing, they make a boy or girl unfit for the hard tasks of life. A fourth count in the indictment Is sometime added by the moralist, who claims that the moral traits of the child are hardly awakened, and that the boys and girls, especially those who break the ranks before the eighth grade Is reached, are entirely unfit to meet the severe demands that the temptations of Ufe make upon them. The Atlantic. CHANGE IN FAMILY LIFE PREDESTINED. By Ada Mmy Krecker. --Ages and eons and millions of years pasa aa leisurely by in consummation of the changes. hut however slowly, stupendous revolutions are surely wrought Old Mother Earth . persists. but she dresses differently and behaves dif ferently, harmonious with the alterations la her age.- Likewise all her children, mineral vegetable, human and superhuman. And the family of the present passes Into the family ot the future. The race is growing as It has grown in the past. And as It grows it is bound to need new condi tions, new habits, new environments. It Is predestined by its growth to expand beyond to-day's institutions, as a child outgrows its clothes, as a seedling bursts from the stifling ground. Changes are foreordained in the fact of evolution. The radicals see and promote them, abet them, hasten them. The conservatives are blind and Impede them. But the changes ccme. 'Welcome or not, they occur ceaselessly. The patriarchs, the proudest and noblest and loveliest of them perhaps, would have stood aghast at the thought of the twentieth century husband toilsomely earning money for bis lady wife to get gowns and culture and travel with. They would have deemed family and society morally fated were wife to be free, were homes to be partnerships. Yet twentieth century husbands vastly prefer contemporary wives and women and homes and children to the ancient. ' WJJll'KB SERVICE. In the hushed midnight of the year. To him who listens well Ehall - come the sound of twelve notes clear From Time's unfailing belL White-robed the priedtly Whiter stand And reads, the service then ; About bim, with uplifted hands, ' The trees breathe an Amen I Then in the distance, soft and sweet. Celestial voilces sing. Arise, my Heart, and run to meet The choristers of Spring! No one knew anything about the tittle widow. She moved into the neigh borhood without so much as a "by your leave.". Mrs. Clara Herford was the Inscription on her cards. It looked strange and unconventional. But by the time the ladles had decided that such an Inscription was unusual they had called and so it was too late. - She had, fortunately or unfortunate ly, a lovely face, with red gold hair, violet eyes, a dazzling complexion and small,' conspicuous, perfect teeth. It Is a little suspicious for a woman to be as beautiful as that Still, Mrs. Richard Henry Sands, the most exclu sive woman in the neighborhood, over looked this splendor of countenance and Invited her to - her first luncheon of the winter. 'The "conversation turned on Jewels ; Mrs! Keepers," a lazy-looking blonde, with a delicious accent born of tem peramental Indolence, exhibited a new ring" If was an 'opal," the color of a rlpe'poinegranate, set about' with little diamonds.'" She told "its Tiory, which was VUier"'commocJlace. ' "'You músf Invent a beti 'i"isj than that for It" cried the widow, and, holding It up where the light would play upon Its florid splendor, she de vised a wild and romantic tale to suit it The hostess, who sat next to her, led the applause. At the conclusion of the luncheon Mrs. Keepers- said as she arose: -But I must hare my ring, or I shall be leaving It You have It dear Mrs. Herford?" The beautiful widow shook her head. "I gave the pretty thing to Mr. Sands," she said. "Did I not my good hostess?" To me? No, you did not hand the ting to me, Mrs. Herford. Perhaps it was to the lady on the other side of you." But that lady gave a flat denial. An awkward pause came. Mrs. Keep ers smiled graciously. "You shall not wait here because of my ring." she said, with her slow smile. "It has been dropped. The servants will find It and bring it to me." But this gracious courtesy could not put the lost jewel out of the minds of any of the guests. The next hour was unpleasant Every one felt that in spite of the unchanged politeness of the hostess and the sweet amiability of the owner of the ring Mrs. Herford was suspected. She felt It too. There was a flash In her eyes and her lips were strained. But she stayed cour ageously till the last By tacit agreement the ladies called no more. She was bidden to no more luncheons. She took solitary walks. went alone to the matinee, sat alone by her fire day in and day out till a pallor began to dim the glow of that brilliant face and the eyes acquired a pathos new to them. Some of the women pitied her. One ventured to send her some flowers, but they were. unfortunately, white ones, uch as are sent to the dead. When Mrs. Keepers, the owner of the lost ring, passed the old-fashioned house where, the young widow lived, she made a point of look ing the other way. But she uttered no word of suspicion. It was her friends who talked. Six months later Mrs. Keepers went to Paris to find out what civilized peo ple were doing and one of her first er rands was 'to her dressmaker. He pre sented himself with many expressions of pleasure at again "meeting 'a lady who appreciated the-art'of fine dress ing.- V5- ; -: ---' - 'Madame," he said, "you" are S grand We have added to our stock Gem Ranges, best steel, large oven, complete reservoir tíJQC AA and high closet .... 4OOeUU REV-O-NOC lower action Washing dl 1 (- Machines, the easiest and best made P 1 1 OU Sole Agents: Schuttler Roller Bearing Wagons Studebaker Spring Vehicles Sealema Tobacco Dip patron. You know how to give encour agement to the artist" He lifted his I hand in demonstrative gesture, and on It gleamed an opal, quite large, the ' color of a ripe pomegranate. "Pardon, monsieur," said the lady languidly, "but. I have the effrontery to envy you the possession of a re-! markable jewel. Will you kftiilly tell me how yon camt by a ring so curi ous?" It came from your own country. madam e, and Into my possession in way that that relates to business. Such things occur." "Will yon tell me the story? I have a reason for wanting to know." "Madame will pardon me. It Is busi ness. It Is personal." Mrs. Keepers half shut her pale blue eyes. -.Monsieur, sue sa. -. sortiy, I re quire to know. Please do not deny my request again." The Frenchman perceived that the curiosity was not Idle. "Madame Insists? In confidence, then, a lady of your city sent it to me, by my consent In payment of a bill a bill which had been unduly delayed In settlement" It took not a little diplomacy to In duce the milliner to divulge the name of the customer who had done this. but he yielded finally. . "It was Mrs. Richard Henry Sands," said he. T hank you," - said Mrs. Keepers. "We will now talk of my order." An hour later she drove to the sta tion of the Atlantic cable, and she sent three messages. One was to Mrs. Sands, one was to Mrs. Herford. the widow; the last was to her dearest friend, to whom she gave Instructions to call on every lady who bad been at the un- lupky luncheon and tell the truth." - When she returned, three months later. Mrs. Sands had gone West for a tour. She was In Japan, It was said. and might return by way of New York in a year or two. As for the beautiful widow, she had opened her doors and was extending hospitality. She bad been forgiven for the sins she did rot commit and the beauty she could not help. Mrs. Keepers wears the opal on her large, white band. "I wear It to remind me of a" hum- bef'of. things," she said,"-and the re- mark.'tboush vague", carried to listen ers Its 'own significance. --iPennsylvanIa Grit - B FIRST LA RG EST A HP DESTUNE OF DRY GOODS IN HOLDROOIt Lawns, Dress Goods, Prints, Laces Ladies and Cent's Furnishings Boots, Shoes, Groceries, and a full and Complete line of all kinds of mer chandise Black Cat Hosiery for everybody Positively the Largest Line of . Up-to-date Dry Goods to Select from in the County OUR GOODS ARE BETTER PRICES LO WEST B. FIRST IS