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Show j; Borne Circle. LIFE. Let me but live my life from year to year. With forward face and unreluctant soul. Not hastening to, nor turning from, the goal; Not mourning for the things that dis- appear In' the dim past, nor holding back in fear From what the future veils; but witht a whole And happy heart, that pays its toll To Y'outh and Age, and travels on with cheer. So let the way wind up the hill or down, Through rough or smooth, the journey will be joy; Still seeking what I sought when but a boy. New friendship, high adventure, and a crown, I shall grow old, but never lose life's . zest. Because the road's last turn will be the best. Hery Van Dyke. Folly of Morbidness. It is a great mistake ifor any one to allow himself to develop unsociable tendencies, for the results are often far-reaching and grow beyond the con trol of the individual, who, partly from indifference and partly from inherent laziness, makes no effort, to keep his friends or enlarge his social "acquaintances. "acquaint-ances. Shyness, too, is often the cause of a person holding himself aloof from-the from-the world, and also morbidness, the latter being the worst sequestration of all, as it often results in complete isolation iso-lation and estrangement from every one. Unsociability is like the rift within with-in the lute. It begins so gradually a disinclination to leave home, a half-felt half-felt dislike of encountering new people and so, little by little, and almost unconsciously, un-consciously, the feeling is fostered until I It becomes so strong that it is almost Impossible to break through the reserve it has built up between the recluse and his kind. - A person who begins by being merely unsocial often ends by becoming what is commonly known as "cranky" a number of examples might be cited in every one's experience to show how easy it is to let one's self drift into eccentricity. S Make the Children Happy. y '.There is no other duty, says a cur- i refit .writer, so exigent to -a woman as lhat of fostering and protecting the h&ppiness of a child. Through the making of the child's .happiness she shall develop, within him the seeds of goodness more effectually than if she labored sternly to repress .his faults. The world hardens and harshens us, but deep within our hearts there always al-ways lives one little oasis, where brood some memories of our childhood's happy, hap-py, days.- And when the meaner impulses im-pulses of our nature pull us hard, these, delicate memories swing us back into the,, right path, and we are better "men. arid women because once, in the long ago, we were happy children. .o n aoes mean sometning wnen we carelessly and roughly turn the bright hues of hope in a baby breast into the gloom of mourning. It means something some-thing definite and very important to his future when our little one murmurs into a tender, ear, "Mother, I've had a happy day." There are no little things in life. The airy trifles are the mighty forces which turn the material wheels of our existence. exist-ence. Who knows at what instant we are changing the tenor of a human career! ca-reer! A, light word at a wrong time: a blighting sentence when tenderness was needed: mockery when one should have been serious, and gloom when the eye should have beamed with joy all these mistakes. are the spades that dig graves for those over whom our influence influ-ence is strong.' and for whose welfare we are responsible, forever. The Hands. " Tis God gives skill,. But not without men's hands." It is better to wear gloves two sizes too large than One ize too small. The hand loses all its expression when cramped into an- ill-shaped or tight glove. Very often there is a slight difference dif-ference in size between the two hands. On account of the right hand being used more the muscles are apt to develop de-velop more than in the left hand. For this reason many fastidious women have their gloves made to order so as to insure a nice fit. As the hand is one of the most useful members of the body it should be treated with the greatest respect. re-spect. Aristotle tells us it is "the member mem-ber of members," and a modern writer says: "The human hand is such a won-' derful thing that it alone should convince con-vince the atheist that only a divine power could have created it." A Pleasing Manner. It is universally conceded that a pleasing personality is a woman's greatest fortune. That intangible thing called "charm" who shall define it? Intellectual women do not always possess it and, too, very often we meet beautiful women who are devoid of it. They lack those qualities which per meate the character with irresistible sweetness and which give their possessor pos-sessor an inimitable attraction whether wheth-er she be physically beautiful or not. Cleanliness, good taste, a ready adap- I tability combined with a delicate sense 1 of refinement, cheerfulness and thought-fulness, thought-fulness, are the requisites of a pleasing personality which hold the mystery of ! charm. Add to them graciousness and gracefulness and you have a woman who is "half human, half divine." The Volunteer Singer. -While a solemn high mass of requiem was being said for the repose of the soul-of the Rev. Father McGlynn, in Ihirriaculate Heart church in Chester, Pa., says the Philadelphia Press, a stranger appeared and asked permission permis-sion to -take part in the rendition of Onewald's production, which was about to be started. The man had every appearance ap-pearance of a tramp and one empty sleeve hung by his side. After entering enter-ing the choir loft' he was permitted to join in the: chorus. Soon it- was apparent ap-parent that he . was an accomplished singer. -He had a rich baritone voice, but took the part of the missing tenor with equal ease and purity of expression. expres-sion. ' ' ' The man said hts home is "nowhere." Twenty-one years: ago, he sang, in a choir in Manayurik, but since has do-ie so in all parts of the country. He said that.' ttt-enty-five years ago he sat up all night with Newlind, who arrang?d the tenor part of the mass, and assisted' assist-ed' in the 'work so that the score could be surtg over the' body of Bishop Hughes. He said the next time he sings will probably be somewhere in the west.' " .; How the States Were Named. A correspondent having inquired -why the. states are called by their present names, and what are their derivation and meaning, an exchange answers as follows:.. Maine So called from the province of Maine in France, in compliment to Queen Henrietta of England, who, it has been said, owned that province. This is the commonly received opinion. . New. Hampshire Named by John Mason Ma-son In 1639 (who, with another, obtained the grant from the crown), from Hampshire Hamp-shire county in England. The former name of the domain was Laconia. ( .Vermont From the French "vert" "mont," or green mountain, indicative of the mountainous nature of the state. The name was first officially recognized recog-nized Jan. 16, 1777. Massachusetts Indian name signifying signify-ing "the country about the great hills." Rhode Island This name was adopted adopt-ed in 1644 from the island of Rhodes, in the Mediterranean, because of its resemblance re-semblance to that island. Connecticut This is the English orthography or-thography of the Indian word Quon-eh-ta cut. signifies "the long river." "New- York Named by the Duke of York under color of the title given him by the English crown in 1664. -Netv Jersey So called in honor of Sir George Carteret, who was governor of the - island of Jersey, in the British channel.' .Pennsylvania From William Penn, the, founder of the colony, meaning "Penn's Woods." Delaware In honor of Thomas West, Lodivde la Ware, who visited the bay and-died there in 1610. Maryland After Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I of England. Virginia So called in honor of Queen Elizabeth, the "virgin queen," in whose first attempt to colonize that region. North and South Carolina were originally orig-inally -in one tract, called "Carlina," after Charles IX of France, in 1504. Subsequently, in 1665, the name was altered to Carolina. Georgia So called in honor of George II Of .England, who established a colony in that region in 1732. , Florida Ponce de Leon, who discovered, discov-ered, this portion of North America in 1512, named it Floridav. in commemnr- atlon of the day he landed there, which was. the Palques de Flores of the Spaniards Span-iards or "Feast of Flowers," otherwise known as Easter Sunday. Alabama Formerly a portion of Mississippi Mis-sissippi territory, . admitted into the Union as -a state in 1819. The name is of Indian origin, signifying "Here we rest." Mississippi Formerly a portion of the-province of Louisiana. So named in 1800 from the great river on the west-ernjine. west-ernjine. The term is of Indian origin, meaning "long river." Louisiana From Louis XIV of France, who, for some time prior to L63, owned the territory. Arkansas From "Kansas.," the Indian In-dian word for "smoky water," with the French prefix "arc," bow. Tennessee Indian for "the river of the big bend," i.e., the Mississippi, which is it western boundary. Kentucky Indian for, "at the head of the river. Ohio From the Indian, meaning beautiful." Previously applied to the river which traverses a great part of its borders. . i Michigan Previously applied to the lake, the Indian name for "fish-weir." So called from the fancied resemblance of the lake to a fish trap. Indiana So called in 1802 from the American Indians. Illinois From the Indian" "illini," men, and the French suffix "ois," together to-gether signifying "tribe of men." Wisconsin Indian term for a "wild-rushing "wild-rushing channel." Missouri Named in 1821 from the great branch of the Mississippi which flows through it. Indian term, meaning mean-ing "muddy." Iowa From the Indian, signifying the "drowsy ones." Minnesota Indian for "cloudy water." wa-ter." California The name given by Cortes the discoverer of that region. He probably prob-ably obtained it from an old Spanish romance, in which an imaginary island isl-and of that name is described as abounding in gold. Oregon According to some, from the Indian oregon, "river of the west." Others consider it derived from the Spanish "oregano," wild marjoram, which grows abundantly on the Pacific coast. " |