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'Shut Your Troubles Into Your
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Desk When You (Go Home
' Don’t Take Them Home With You. Don't You Suppose That
We are all unconscious of our own moods, though conscious
enough of others’ moods. The husband and father who keeps
his wife and children anxious because of his fits of ill temper is
usually unconscious of this defect of temperament and thinks
himself a very fine hugband indeed.
The husband who worries his wife about trifles, who expects
only encouragement and flattery FROM HER and uses up his
remnant of energy in the evening telling her of her faults really
imagines that he 15 a fine man giving a woman the benefit of his
superior intellect.
Most mothers who have spent the day largely in straighten
ing out the troubles of their children would like something bet
ter for evening pastime than straightening out troubles for a
peevish husband.
We simply put it up to any married man whose wife and
children depend so much for their happiness upon kind treat
ment if he cannot look at the matter from an ordinary common
sense or even a BUSINESS point of view.
He knows that in his business—whether he be boss or em.
ployee—the most important thing is to get along pleasantly with
people with whom he has to do.
He makes it his business to smile at a customer. It is good
business to smile at the boss—or if he is boss, to smile at the men
under him, and so lubricate the ways of getting best results.
If you saw a man, no matter how ugly or disreputable he
might be—no matter how tired or worried you might be—you
would find it possible to be cheerful and smiling when you met
him IF YOU KNEW THAT YOU COULD GET OUT OF A
BUSINESS DEAL WITH HIM A PROFIT OF A THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
If you can make yourself cheerful for the sake of business,
then make yourself cheerful FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR WIFE
AND CHILDREN. You ought to do it, unless you put business
ahead of wife and children.
The really good man can examine himself, and see his own
defects.
A man too often excuses himself for being ''out of sorts’’ at
home because he has a ‘‘hard day'’ at the office. But because
he has worries, is there any reason why he should try to make
somebody else bear them? And especially why should he pick
out his own family to shoulder them upon?
The best thing that a man can do is to shut his worries down
with his desk, forget his business on his way home and try to
be agreeable to those who are most dear to him. If he earns
their good opinion, it may compensate him for some little losses
downtown.
But all the good opinions a man can earn in his business life
will never make up for the loss of love and respect of his family.
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A Great City Builds Houses for
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Workingmen
It Is Buenos Aires. Could Not North American Cities Do This?
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American contractors, builders and manufacturers of build
ing material in North America are examining with great inter
est plans and specifications that come from South America.
This is the story:
The City of Buenos Aires, a truly intelligent and cosmopoli
tan city of the Argentine Republic, has appropriated TWENTY
SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD HOUSES FOR
WORKING PEOPLE.
The idea is to build these houses in a healthy, desirable
neighborhood, make them attractive and sell them to the work
ingmen on the installment plan at a fair price—the cost to the
city plus interest.
We have seen the plans of these houses, comfortable inside,
dignified in appearance outside.
There is no doubt that the city could sell them more rapidly
than they could be built. This idea will give homes and new
ambition, with new interest in life, to thousands of workors.
And it will increase the prosperity of these workers. For the
mere fact that thousands of men simultaneously building houses
and living together adds to the value of every house thus built.
American contractors are asked to bid on these houses that
Buenos Aires has decided to construct.
The first step will be the building of TEN THOUSAND
HOUSES. The desire is to build two thousand each year for five
years. And contractors of the North are asked to make their
bids according to the specifications laid down.
The Argentine people are called the Yankees of South
America. In this case they deserve to be called something else.
The Yankee is energetic and cunning, but thus far he has not
done very much for workingmen or used his energy to any
great extent for anybody EXCEPT HIMSELF.
The enterprise of the Argentine Republic should be reflecte
here in the North, where we consider ourselves superior without
being any too sure about it.
What the City of Buenos Aires is doing some of the big
railroads ought to do.
If the New York and New Haven Railroad managers, in.
stead of stealing everything outright, had chosen to spend part
of the company's money in building workingmen's houses, sell
ing them at cost and taking their profit in transportation, they
might have left a few pennies in the pockets of the much ad
vertised ‘‘widows and orphans’’ holding their stock.
1f the City of New York Chicago, Boston, Atianta or any
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ANY things are made plain
M by motion pictures which
scan not be so well com
prehended in any other way,
It would be possible, by taking
photographs of a growing plant
at intervals of a few hours, or a
few days, and then |»zm|filng them
~in swift succession through 4
lantern. so as to throw them in
a continuous series on a screen,
to SKEE the plant develop as if its
history were concentrated into
the space of a few minutes,
This principle being understood,
it is easy in imagination to rep
resent the growth of the earth as
if itg hundred milllon years or
more of history were concentrated
into an hour or two. In this way
one may get a wonderfully clear
conception of the great facts of
geology and astronomy,
Let us suppose that we were in
possession of a series of pictures
of the earth taken a thousand
yvears apart, and extending back
ward indefinitely into geologleal
time I.t us also suppose that
these plctures could be run
through a cinematograph lantern
at the rate of sixteen per second,
&0 that, as with ordinary motion
pictures, they would blend indis
tinguishably, each dissolving into
it] sucCcessor
The consequence would be that
we should beliold 16,000 yvears of
+ the earth's history vassing before
our eves every second, and in
the space of about two hours the
moving spectacle wonld present to
us an animated panorama of all
the geological revolutions that
our planet has undergone in the
course of one hundred and fifteen
million vears!
But vou may ask. “How are we
to get these pictures, even in an
imaginative form?™"
They must, of course ‘he sup
plied by the studies of geologists,
who find in the rocks, and in
inalogies drawn from the condi
tions of other worlds studied by
astronomers. materials with which
it is possible to construct a more
or less detailed history of our
glohe There can be no doubt
that, in their main outlines, tae
nictyres of the remote past thus
supplied by geology are very good
representations of whai once
really existed As we read about
them in books they are present
ed separiately to our minds’ eves,
and we do not get from them a
lively SO S of the ceaseless
changes by which they have been
ected
But with our IMaglinary cile
Still Sitting on the Egg!
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geological epochs ™ savs the great
T'rench geologist, De Launay, "the
place oceupied by l‘f’.r’is has been
covered by the waves®of the sea,
only to emerge again. There is
not a spot on our globe which
may not. like Atlantis, he invaded
by the ocean, after having been’
inhabited, for a moment, by ter
restrial beings.”
And again he says: “The bot
tom of the ocean is that labora
tory where future continents are
Science Questions
‘IF a weight of one pound
e on earth be taken to the
planet Mercud; wauld it increase
its weight there three-fourths:
and if taken to Neptune would it
not decreasge?”
A. A stone weighing one pound
on the earth taken to Mercury
would weigh 14 ounces and to
Neptune 14.4 ounces
Q.—“ What diamelor 1n feet
and inches does {he sun’s disk
appear to possess to the arverage
cne? How larae docs the disk of
the moon appear to the normal
eye?”
A. Roth disks—those of the sun
and moon -—at the average of ali
days in the vear, subtend 32 min
utes of an are, or angular meas
ure. Never given in feet or
inches
Questions Answered
“jSH KA BIBBLE.”
READER.—"Ish ka bibble” is
of Yiddish-German origin, and
means “I don't care,’ or, if you
please, “I should worry." In
other words, “1 am not worrying
a bit.” The phrase is probably a
corruption of the German “Nicht
gefledelt,” which, literally trans
lated, means, “Not fiddled.”
THE AFRICAN‘BOERS.
H H P -—You are mistaken in
vour contention that the Boers of
South Africa have been “enslav
ed” by the British Government
elaborated (worked out), as well
as the tomb wherein are pre
served, like mumniies, old conti
nents that have disappeared.”
It i only necessary to reflect a
little upon such statements in or
der to construct for oneself
cinematographic films covering
the past ages of creation, the ex
hibition of which, by the acceler
ating stereopticon of the imagi
nation, will show a motion pic
ture wherein the earth becomes
an actor infinitely more change
abel than Harleguin,
Q.—*ls it not velocity that
produces gravitation? If we
thraw a stone against a window
of sufficient resistance with too
little veloeity, it acill not break;
hut if we throw it with suffi
cient veloeity the awindow will
hreak ?”
A. We do not know the cause
of gravitation, nor of anvthing:
but the increased speed of a stone
thrown is not the canse of grav
itation; it is the cause.of mo
mentum, which is a product of
mass mmultiplied by velocity, *
Momentum would be the same
if the stone were thrown close to
the earth, where its full attraction
of its gravitation would be felt,
or out in space trillions of miles,
where the earth's gravitation
would be almost i{nfinitezimal.
That Is, the glass would break
by increasing the speed of the
stone, as here on earth.
The Transvaal Colony is now a
part of the British Empire, in the
same way that Canada, or Aus
tralia, or Rhodesia is. The Boers
are treated precisely as the other
people of the Empire are treated:;
and unless the Canadians and
Australians and others are slaves,
it can not be said that the Boers
are. The Transvaal Colony has
local self-government, subject to
the Imperial Parliament in Fed
eral matters; and the same may
he said of al!l the other British
Colonies
THE MOME PAPER
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Our Last War With Mexico
How It Started, How Tt Was Fought; What It Cost in Lives
and Money and What We Gained by It
By REV. THOMA
Written Especially
This concise history will be com
pleted in sir installments. g
CHAPTER V.
ENERAL SCOTT arrived off
Vera Cruz with the larger
part of the forces assigned
to him, on March 9, 1847, just two
weeks after Tayvlor's brilliant
vietory at Buena Vista. He had
about 12,000 troops, including the
divisions of Generals Worth,
Twiggs Quitman and Pillow.
The City of Vera Cruz at the
time contained a thousand housea
and seven thousand inhabitants.
The houses were built of stone,
two stories high. with flat roofs
and parapets, It was situated
on a dry plain, behind which rose
sand hills, cut up with many
ravines and covered with clusters
of thick chaparral.
The city was entirely surround
ed by a massive stone wall, two
and a half miles in circumfer
ence. On this wall there weré
nine bastions, mounting one hun
dred guns. Another hundred
guns and mortars were in the
city ana in the defenses outside
of the wall
Within the walls were flve
thousandc troops, hesides the citl
zens, most of whom were well
armed. On an island about a
mile in front of the city was the
famous stone castle of San Juan
d’'Ulloa. built by the Spaniards
in 1582, and the foundations of
whose wallg, laid deep in the sea,
had enabled it to withstand the
waves and storms of three centu
ries.
The Surrender to Scott.
The American line of invest
ment was completed by the 12th,
and each division and regiment
was given its place. Immediate
ly the battle opened from both
sides. The cannonading was
practically incessant, the Ameri
cans steadily getting the better
of it, and on the 26th, as Scott
was about to order the final as
sault, General Morales informed
him that he was ready to surren
der.
On the next day the articles of
capitulation were drawn up and
signed, and General Scott sent on
to Washington his historic dis
patch: “The flag of the United
States of America now floats tri
umphantly over the walls of this
city and thee Castle of SarmaJuan
d'Ulloa.”
“On to Mexico City!” then be
came the crv of the Americans;
and while the Americans were
shouting that slogan, Santa Ann 3,
who had worked up a revolution
in the Capital and got himself
elected President, was making the
welkin ring with the ecry, “On to
Vera Cruz, to drive uot the Grin
gos!™
The mutually advancing forces
the Americans on their way to
Mexico ity and the Mexlecans on
the march to Vera Cruz—met at
Cerro Gordo, a strong position
some 60 miles inland, April 18,
After a stubborn fight of half a
~ day’s duration, the Mexicans were
~ routed, retiring in great disorder
toward the Capital.
} The forces were: American,
8,000: Mexican, 14,000. ILosses:
~ American. 430; Mexican, 1,200, In
~ addition, the Mexicans lost 45
‘ pieces of artillery, a vast amount
. of ammunition and 3,000 prison
‘ ers. ineluding five generals.
Peace Offer Spurned.
Following the victoryv at Cerro
Gordo, General Scott offered the
Mexicans peace, but their answer
was, “War without pity, unto
death.”
Resuming their advance, the
Americans, on May 15, reached
Puebla, a city of 80,000 inhabi
tants, where they remained until
August 7, awaiting * reinforce
ments. Leaving Puebla on the
7th, they gained the summit of
the Cordilleras on the 10th, and
down below them, in all its en
chanting beauty, lay the City of -
Mexico, toward which they be
gan an immediate descent.
The City of Mexico, while not 2
walled town was defended by
gevera! formidable works, which
required capture if the place was
1o he entered. Chief among these
fortifications were the Hill of
| Contreras, the convent and bridge
of Churususco, and the immense
ly strong fortress of Chapultepec.
; Two of these—(Contreras and
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| A Great City Builds Houses for
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| Workingmen
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Continued From First Column,
of the great cities wounld follow the example of Buenos Aires,
disease would be cut down, enterprise and energy would be en.
couraged and the country would have the satisfaction of know
ing that something is being done apart from the mere selfish
line of personal profit.
When the building of workingmen's houses by the cities is
suggested we are told, of course, by the conservative—including
judges on the bench—that such a thing is not constitutional.
But we have learned by now that when the people are IN
EARNEST whatever the people WANT is constitutional.
It is constitutional enough in all cities to spend any amount
of money to oblige those who already have money enough.
It could easily be made constitutional to give the people
permission to use the city’s credit to build homes, let the people
buy and pay for those homes—and repeat the operation over
and over indefinitely.
Intelligent men used to wonder that nations that had plenty
of money for jails had no money for libraries.
We ought still to wonder that nations with plenty of money
to build lodging houses and police stations will not use their
credit to build homes and help make families independent.
S B. GREGORY.
for The Georgian.
Churubusco--were disposed of on
August 20,
The Hill of Contreras, with its
powerful intrenchments, was de
fended by 7,000 of the best troops
in Mexico, It was attacked by
4,500 men under General Smith,
with the usual results. The en
emy was defeated, with a loss of
700 in killed and wounded, 800
prisoners, and thousands of small
arms. Incredible as it may seem,
the American loss_was only about
50.
The dificulty presented by
C'hurubusco was negotiated in the
same successful manner. And
Churubusco was a formadible dif
flculty., The fortification was the
thick, high wall of a haclenda,
forming a square with a stone
building higher than the wall,
and a big stone church with lofty
tower, the whole combination
pierced with loopholes for musk
etry.
Outside the walls were two field
works mounting several hatteries
of artillery; while the surround
ing fields were well filled with
sharpshooters. Assaliled by
Twiggs' men, Churubusco was
handsomely taken, though at a
heavy loss to the American
troops
City Almost Within Grasp.
The. City of Mexico was now
almost within the grasp of our
army, but still another obstacle
needed to be removed, That ob
stacle was Chapultepec.
“hapultepec is an isolated rocky
hill, crowned by a massive stone
building, once the Bishop's pal
ace, but later on converted into a
strong fortress, heavily armed and
garrisoned. A little way from
Chapultepec, gless than half a
mile, was Casa de Mata, the cita
del circled with intrenchments
and deep, wide ditches, so ar
ranged that its garrison occupied
two lines of defense.
At the very foot of Chapultepee
was Moling d=l Rey, a nunyer of
stone buildings that had been
used as a foundry., It guarded
the only approach to Chapulte
pec, and had been made as strong
as possible to protect that fort
ress,
On the morning of the Bth of
. September, at break of day, the
Americans Bttacked the Mata and
Molino del Rey as preliminary to
the main assault upon Chapulte
pec. the grand objective of their
efforts, Before the inpetuous
charges of the infantry, assisted
by the fine work of the artillery,
the positions were carried, though
at a terrible sacrifice.
It was the bloodiest day for the
~ invaders of the whole war. Seven
hundred and seventy-eight Amer
jcans were killed and wounded, 58
~ of them being officers.
| The Mexican loss in killed,
i wounded and prisoners was over
| 2.000,
American Colors Raised.
At dawn on the 12th the Ameri
can batteries hegan pounding
Chapultepec and kept at it all
day. The next day two assault
ing columns, each of two hundred
and fifty pkicked men. selected
from the divisions of Worth and
Twiggs, bore down, from opposite
directions, upon the grim old
fortress.
The garrison, realizing the su
. preme importance of the position,
poured forth a haii of shot and
shell upon the advancing columns,
but it did not deter them Pillow's
men rolled up the rocky ascent,
while from the opposite side Quit
man’s column kept steadily on,
and by the help of scaling ladders
the Americans were soon inside
the walls. Those of the garrison
that stood their ground were soon
overpowered, and the American
colors were soon flying from the
ramparts.
Chapultepec had fallen—and the
~ way into the Mexican capital was
’ at last open.
On the 13th the Mexican forces
‘ began the evacuation of the city,
-~ and by 1 o'clock on the morning
~ of the following day all that was
‘ left of Santa Anna’s army was in
bivouac at Guadaloupe Hidalgo.
About 8 o'clock on the morning
of the 14th of September, General
Scott and staff rode into the an
cient capital of the Montezumas
Along the “Avenida de San Fran
cisco™ he rode to the “Plaza de la
(‘onstitucion,” entered the Palace,
ordered the flag raised from itas
towers, and the war was over.