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Show TALKS ON TIMELY TOPICS. I BY THE MAN IN A CLUB WTWnn , " EVIDENT ROOSEVELT struck ,M right note when he said . oth r things, nt Philadelphia, tlie training K'ven In the public ,mu,t of tourse, be not merolv o Zg in intellect, but a tralnlns In icounta for Infinitely more thnn Mt tralnlns In character " i than thirty Jears ago Simuel rot "Intellectual culture has Mur r lntlon to purity or ex-' ex-' e Pf harnctcr. . . . Not that rf is I be despised, hut It must llieJ to goodness. Intellectual ca-' ca-' i, sometimes found associated tre m most moral chnractei---1,1 servility to those In high ' an t arrogance to thoc of low i old George Herbert says, Imdful of 801 ,lte la worth K ,,ef 1 rnlng" This Is h utllltnr-;P utllltnr-;P a i the tendency of much of !f.tf i of education In ni;uc Is to Ire )iun , peuplo to ho "successful" ,, ii ii us by success the ability ;,,, , n illh and bodily comfort ' ,,ini of the Intellect Ii niged us nmoUii important e, but even this mltrd " the study ' subjects hav-,comn hav-,comn iclal Milue In the prepara-toraf prepara-toraf rl,er Studies which mere. ,e a I iritis upon the formation ittrllnc '"I 'I character are cither tti or c lelesated to a suhordl-.msUIoii suhordl-.msUIoii h' the curriculum Prnh-iii Prnh-iii to thf number of yards of car--milr rt to cover a floor, or the In dons ks and bonds, nre deemed rjr Imr "' ,ncc than the teachings Morlu greatest philosophers and lWts lluslness Integrity Is of I tlu appirently, as compared isuslm i shrewdness Aptitude In rjthe host of a bargain Is more to wired than commercial honor The -, psilmlst iU scribed the rlght-,nnn rlght-,nnn ni one 'who sweareth unto tljhbor and dlsnppolnteth him not, though It dp to his own hln-.' hln-.' The voting man of today, in out on the world at an earl n rustle and hustle' for himself, i learns how to evade promises and ,1 out f losing contracts through ileal loopholes and subterfuges notion Ihit money Is the one and mind worth striving for Is fostered mr trk lly practical Ideas of edti-n, edti-n, ntiile man a duty to (Sod and ftllonmm Is lost sight of Een hgher ulturo of the mind Is neg-,1, neg-,1, since the Intellectual powers ate Jr directed with a Mew to the nc-Itlon nc-Itlon of material heneflta It Is not I the pursuit of wealth Is In Itself it If the means employed are Ironic Iron-ic and It every liner Instinct and KilK of the higher nature be not ed to this end. Them Is no sin ptwslng money, provided It bo jtr honestly and worthily expend-The expend-The evil consists In subordinating cut Is best and noblest, all that Is t worthy of deelopment to a mere It money-grabbing ambition. It Is money, hut tho Inordinate !oe of i? which Is said to be tho root of Irtl and education which tends to Suite money as the one great oh- of youthful endeavor Is not only Sclent, but Is a. pronounced source irt. fOIlK for the love of work was I also the theme of Mr. Ttoose-n Ttoose-n remarks. He thoroughly believes lie maxim "work hard and play i,"and Is himself a very successful spls of the healthfulness of the -tlce. "The man or the woman who i work worth doing Is tho man or 3a who lives, who breathes, who Hthat work, with whom It Is ever nt In his or her soul, whose nmbl-i nmbl-i Is to do It well and to feel reword-br reword-br the thought of having done It " These are words which ought M emblazoned on the walls of every 1 In the country. They are tho dsof a man who does not believe In ily performing a. modicum of work, i the least possible expenditure of 1lon for the sake of the material ird In dollais and cents. That re-I re-I may be lirgo, or It may bo small, hatever It Is It should not be the principal Incentive to action. . well and conscientiously done for sake of the work Itself, Is at once n rewind and a guarantee of Its mIc excellence. It Is a builder of icier a nurturer of self-respect, I tic Ing to the world. The man is woman who regularly performs I solid work, day In nnd day out, timed the light to play when the of rccrcitlon arrives. It Is very tin that such a man or woman will I healthful, rational nmusement-ln proportion to tho effort put forth 'eexe utlon of tho dally task. MAY safely ho ufllrmed that work, (ire and simple, rarely brings about ludd n and dlHustinus destruction m human machine. Work will wear oi j- inlsm In time as a matter of " hut If the mechanism be prop-treat prop-treat d allowed reasonable periods "! aid lulnlcatcd at regularly rc-J,iir rc-J,iir intervals by a fair nmount of iilin there Is no reason why the ill. lut Piocess should not be oc-' oc-' n i i lowly nnd without shock ire Hung Is to havo work which m I that Is, fitted to one's phy-1 phy-1 i nrnlul abilities It Is a tru-cviry tru-cviry one lu adapted by na-' na-' t kind of labor, whether per- ii the hands or tho hraln, and ""' of hucccni consist In a "ne ure In making a wise choice I fc work It Is not within the " Jf verybody to make such a however, and too often the work i J lnan "ml not tho nin the The urgent necessity for linking Won foi tho dully wants, tho llml-i" llml-i" of locality, tho opportunity nr (,?, "f'P'irtunlty of acquiring the rai elucntlon, the law of supply "fni ml which Inexorably governs 1 nor market, ull have their Inllu-ufn Inllu-ufn Hie cholco of an occupation. "M tint a person has the ndvan-.'' ndvan-.'' Inrtlng nut uiilmndlcappod, '"J with work for which ho or she "", , nilaptod hy nature, well Wfl 1 y mental and physical train-""'"flu train-""'"flu specially to bear upon th.it iir pursuit, there deems to be no y such a person should not in ny hours every day, for the '" ri t of uii ordlnnry lifetime, "t iiirurrlng Injurious fatigue or J 'mm n hreakdovvn of the ss-"li ss-"li a woik Is eongenlal It Is moio irn i"rid, and Is cheerfully, oven '. rfornud, '" i happens that an occupation "" not congenial at first becomes ."?" Ii a ralthful determlnallon to i,.1 -eiy detail, for when the J'1 completely within tho graso ' ,ki that he Is not afraid to i,Vm .' ""' 'ikes an cvcr-lncieas "'We , lB performance, there Is lire of worry and Irritation ' jnduies to health und longevity r 'ir tho healthful labor which nut slowly und mluially than ,?"y that corrodes, and the Inuo-lnil Inuo-lnil riista out Die faculties. "Hi murderous ruffians who nro w"v of tho nightly hold-ups nro ''rangers how nro we to account "Ir presence In the city, and why '" "i readj to mike this the ir. tnc,,r "Iterations J I he answer ,,f ."bvlous It Is beciuse the city "i known to bo most Inadequately '? and this more In point of nuni-"iiii nuni-"iiii of tho finality of tho men now " forre The imiy f men to whom "runted tho duty of protecting the "" and pioperty of cltliens Is ab- TZ "cTy1,a,naThron,, ,he " oinelsHtS: -S lterlV'e" one nvnMnii '" nln'lls In theory of touch. In t", knon to the crooks nnd lions. There seems to be but one re.... f'1' ," 'hit Is to InerenVthe ?ore at ns'nkftr''' Unl" ' l'" some! Pomlinii l.h6.,,ame moporllon to the Population that the police deiartineVit me" '"erean,1""'", 'tlg round"! ' th0BeHt" "nJ othPr k"P"l'r om-cers om-cers tho average number of men nvall. bnotrrBn"lce .O".b,ot 'hould proba-piy proba-piy not fall sho-t of one for everv looo Piacthoable ," na " "te"5 E',tt UtopUn sort of proposition iv wCn i f "!"". h"1 ,hc nuestlon rhlnl 'ue?Vl " "'"-half oi one. third of whit Is found necessary in a1?rn, ,cl,lwr an thing wo need 2t til LiZ n rr,n,I'orl"'n. on iccount ,pt tho relatively wider area to be trav-crsed trav-crsed over unpivel and In nianj Instances In-stances dimly lighted streets evrtaln wnnM iCtpenn'' nf "-r""nK he force wo Id bo well repaid In the protection H lie?A PfpertJ nnd the restoration ot contldence No amount of pecuniary Jv Ing can compensate for the reign of terror which exists here at present A I.T good citizens desire tho best welfare of the city and aro will-Ing will-Ing to work to that end We all want to see bait Lake grow In size, wealth and Importance We hope the popu-litlon popu-litlon will doube within the next few years, and we would like to attract the best kind of people here people with brain Ideas, money and an enterprls-Ing enterprls-Ing spirit What have we to offer them In the way of Inducements? Slany things, doubtless. In the line of openings open-ings for capital, but that Is not enough We must be able to show among other things that we have a Iclty where the spirit of the peoplo Is progrcwlv e, where the laws are firmly administered, adminis-tered, where life and property are safe, where the schools are conducted on broad and unsertnrlan lines In short, we must have the practical proofs ne-cessiry ne-cessiry to satisfy people thinking of moving here that we possesi the main elements of a modern up-to-date city. The feeling of alarm and uncertalntj which now prevails must first of all be allaved at whatever cost Wo must have more police of fleers to patrol the streets, not only lu the business but also In the residence districts Wc must have more mounted men to assist as-sist In protecting tho outlying sections We must have detectives who hy their alertneis and acquaintance with the criminal class can quickly run down the local crooks nnd highwaymen, and also locate suspicious characters from abroad as soon as they land In tho city. We must bo In a position to convince people who may be planning to break up their homes In other States and remove to Bait Lake City with their young and growing families, that we can offer them not only religious educational and social advantage of the highest order, but also the same measure of protection for person and property to which they have been accustomed ac-customed elsewhere. THE WOMEN are taking commendable commend-able Interest In the approaching school election, and were out In encouraging en-couraging numbers at the conventions It Is believed that they will all turn out In force at the polls and do their whole duty as American citizens. A more 'practical question never engaged tho attention of the Ladles' Literary club than this making choice nf fit and proper persons to fill the Important duties du-ties of members of the tichool Hoard. The women realise to the full the Importance Im-portance of securing men of Integrity and ability, who will bring to the discussion dis-cussion ot educational affairs the same energy, patience nnd common sense with which they are wont to consider their own business affairs We need on the School Hoard men of weight and prominence, whose presence can be relied re-lied upon at all meetings, and who nre willing to sacrifice personal convenience conveni-ence In order to perform their duties And we need men who can rise above party politics and sectarian prejudices nnd take n broad, progressive view in keeping with the modern spirit of tho age. It Is to be regretted that we are not likely to havo women on the new board This la duo to the natural dls-llko dls-llko ot women to put themselves forward for-ward singly, nnd there does not appear ap-pear to have been anv attempt to or-ranlze or-ranlze for united action In this regaril. Ono can well understand how a lady would hesitate to allow her name to be mentioned as a candidate, even with unusual probabilities of being elected. If she had reason to believe that she would ba tho solitary woman-member on tho board. Considering tho very Important part which the women fill In the educational system It does rtem as though they ought to be more generally gen-erally lecognlzed In the election of trustees Women nre the natural Instructors In-structors of the oung, they are occupying occu-pying most Important positions as principals and teachers', and It Is no more than fitting that they should also be found in the governing bodies which control the policy and destiny of tho public schools. If It were the custom to send ono woman from each ward It would bo no more than a fair piopor-tlon, piopor-tlon, and the custom would have the good effect of Inducing women pcssen-Ing pcssen-Ing the necessary Intellectual and social so-cial quallllcatlons to offei themselves for this most Important woik. Huih women would bring with them to the board-room u spirit of earnestness an 1 solf-sacilllce, and In general a non-pir-tlsan attltudo which could not fill to exercise a most elevating Influence upon up-on their confreres nf the baser sex, and be u splendid augury of faithful and efficient performance of tho duties of their position. EXPEWENCE has demonstrated many a time that there is danger In tho proceedings of socalled ecclesiastical ecclesias-tical courts, unless trained secular counsel Is called In, lest Injustice ho dono to suitors through the Ignorance of law nnd Ihe rules of evidence which should govern In such cases. There mny be nnd presumably Is no Intention to do an actual wrong, but every lawyer knows very well that It Is next to Impossible Im-possible for the ordinary lay mind to distinguish between what Is really evl-denco evl-denco such as should be accepted In a court of law, and what Is mere hearsay hear-say The proceedings of moat church courts show that testimony Is constantly con-stantly admitted which in the terminology termin-ology of the Har Is called 'Incompetent, 'Incompe-tent, Irrelevant nnd Immaterial ' while evldenee which should bo accepted Is either rejected or Ignored This statement, state-ment, bus bien verified over and over again In the cases tried before eccleal-astlcul eccleal-astlcul tribunals of evory church. In eveiy country and every ago. Not only on-ly is Ignorance of law and procedure to be apprehended, but there Is nhwya the danger that witnesses of a certain faith, who are desirous of keeping In the good graces of their splrltuul su-perlor. su-perlor. will eltncc consciously or un- l'ng8toThe5;rCi.,e.? "anlnK " W "orS vvhd.n,0om P'""" to those sure, the r hnJnimilnP.,ne ro, of JU,1B'' niUaf ''..I?', ""'""d th8 ru, ' to Illhnn?UB,ln.cl? Iawj'r attached to the nllnSPn! Urt ,n lhe r'Py "f ehnn-ca ehnn-ca e.l .."""r n" he '" sometimes pre. LnV'.r"1"3 tn'' rlht reverend laHmTi.S' ,nc courl ,n milters re-BiV1"1 re-BiV1"1 "nstructlon or propound-of propound-of ..i.ii CHno.n !aw' ,h admissibility ri.Ji en? ln-' "l0 "PPllcatlon of pre-" pre-" "' n this wav serious legal er- IXrY Is'necr' ,h '" 0t A JOTIIKU example nf the Iniquitous ppictlcc of compounding felonies for financial considerations comes from ion a An absconding bank clerk got a with J.000 of the depositors' monej He was anesleil and lodged in jail all the time making no denial ot the charges brought against him lHv- ng propers of his own worth moon he turned over the same to the bank and In return for this he was released from Jill nnd allowed to leave the !. T!,.ur' !"?. n 'omprnmlse of flfty minis "J the ,loll"r' n tr'mlnal Is per-of per-of i,V. """'P?. the Just punishment Sh."1 r r,.mc ,,Thl"" must have been rrlmi facie evidence of the man s guilt "r,l'"f" extra lltcd from Missouri on requisition from the tlovernor of town nnd In fict he never denied It, a ml his action In offoilng to eompro- ., " " ""'',f proof "flclent to condemn him It Is not mhi to un-fl'rstnnd un-fl'rstnnd bv what species of legal Jug-gicr Jug-gicr the prison door was opened and a confessed felon allowed to go free without trial or even the bare formalllv or an nppeannce In court Suth nn action on the part of the bank emour-nged emour-nged by the depositors and abetted bv the public servants ot the Stite may appear to be a piece of shrewd financing financ-ing Inasmuch as It secures the return of halt of the stealings and mves the count) the expense of n trial but It s an nltense ngilnst public pollc and business mnrnlltv and Is certain to re act dlsaatrouslj sooner or later on the community where such a failure of Jus-tlce Jus-tlce Is permitted A CAP.ELEPS mail-carrier and a nervi thief formed the unlucky combination-which led to the robbery of the Chlcigo postofflce the other day, Two registered mill sacks were quick-ly quick-ly and deftly abstracted from n waiting wait-ing wagon while the official a back was turned, and It is estimated that about J10 000 was stolen Whether this amount Is In cash nnd negotiable vnlui-hies vnlui-hies Is not slated, the probability Is that much of the plunder Is of no special spe-cial value to the thief, hut may be tho cause of lot and Inconvenience to the lawful owners. It Is difficult to understand un-derstand how, with anything like a proper regard for the regulations, such a daring crime could have been committed com-mitted It looks as If tho carrier or driver had become accustomed to tako such chances, and so had finally got to think there was no special risk In leav-Ing leav-Ing the mall vvngon unprotected. If the postofflce emplovec was wanting In vigilance It Is eertaln the thief was wideawake. Now that the sacks havo been etolen, the wagon will be carefully careful-ly guarded, and a repetition of this particular form of robbery may not occur oc-cur for some time to come. All the same. It Is well for persons charged with the custody of money and valuables valua-bles to bear In mind that the dishonest and lawless ere slepless In their efforts, ef-forts, and the safe.! of portable property prop-erty can only be ensured by the exercise exer-cise of Incessant watchfulness, |