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Rsmor off HI* Victory Cause* Doubt
By Official*?lie May GWo Marine
a Ficht.
Washington, Dec. t.?Unofficial re?
ports announcing that the Zelayan
forces have been victorious at Bama
have been received here and fore?
shadow serloue consequences, as Ze
laya's success woul6 doubtless mean
sharp resistance to the United States
brae-Jackets and marines when th v
land on Nlcaraguau soil. Although
the United States Is ready to take any
aetloa deemed necessary egalnst Ze?
laya, It aas been hoped that the Es
ttrada forces would make the task
easy by cent!sued successes.
Rams Is now recognised as a cru?
cial point tn the struggle for supre?
macy between Zelaya and General
Estrada. If Zelaya defeats the revo?
lutionary forces hers, it will mean
that he again takes the upper hand,
and this means trouble for the insur?
gents and all who side with them.
It Is hoped at the 8tate department
that the rumors of Zelaya's success
at Rama are not well founded. In
the meantime the Navy department's
rlan of concentrating forces on both
Mraraguan coasts Is being carried
out With regularity.
Official reports to the State depart?
ment today Indicated that the Nlca
hsgjaauan fight In being extended Into
I W?rau and that Manuel Bollla la
Bnlng a revolution to overthrow
ftldent Davtln. of Honduras, wh >
I Kid to be a partisan of Zelaya.
?r lcr to check the effectiveness of
W% revolution Honduras has been
^^laeod under martial law. By this
means It Is hoped to check the
spreading sentiment In favor of Da
vlla.
That the trouble In Honduraj may
e?mr-kate the situation Is admttte i
here. Honduras has been long sus?
pected of being friendly to Zelaya
Held In restraint by the Washington
Peace Conference of 1907. Hondu?
ras has not beon able to defend Ze?
laya openly, but It is feared Dav.la
may take more drastic measures, de?
clare himself openly In favor of sV
isya and thereby precipitate trouble
with his enemies in his own country
and with the rulers of the other Cen?
tral American republics.
Word reached the Navy depart?
ment today that the Albany and
Yorktown had reached Acapulco,
Mexico, en route to Cortnto. Pending
their arrival the Vlcksburg will cot -
tlnue to "hold the fort" at Corlno.
remaining there watching develo it
men ts.
The Good-Will Habit,
e have ell met the habitual be
Itttler, says Orison Swett Manien n
Success Magazine, who never s?es
i.ny good In anything which does not
Immediately concern himself, ad?
vance his Interests, the man who Is
always flinging out his sarcasms,
sticking a knife into other people's
backs, making light of others' mo?
tives, finding faults and defects In
their characters and Implying that
they are not what they pretended to
be.
it is positively painful to the small
soul to bear a competitor compli?
mented or spoken well of. He al?
ways tries to minimise the virtue and
quality of the prase of another by a
malicious "If or "but," or endeavors
In some way to throw doubt upon the
character of the person praised.
The habit of belittling is a confes?
sion of weakness, of Inferiority, of a
small, Jealous, envtous nature; a con?
fession that one's life is not well pois?
ed, well balanced. The large, mag?
nanimous soul has no room for Jeal?
ousy, for the belittling spirit. It mag?
nifies the good and minimises the
bad.
A sprit of generosity and kindness
Is an Indication of greatness of soul.
Jealousy, snvy. a disposition to !<eep
from others the credit which beings
te them, are marks of a small na?
ture, a pinched mentality. A kindly
spirit always accompanies largeness
of nature, breadth of character. The
man who belittles a competitor, who
maintains a mean silence whe:i he
should praise, only exhibits tc the
world his own narrowness and iting
Inees) ef soul. A man with a really
larae nature Is generous, charitable,
even to his enemy.
The bellttler does not realise that
st disparaging others, la discounting
the achievements of competitoie, he
te oagssing the limitations of hie own
eeut. the emallnem of hie gesture, and
-hot only that, but all the time
saahtmg the person he Is talking to
?etat lees ef him. We little (marine
?hat whoa w? draw a picture erf oth?
ers we draw see of ourselvt?, a
email, saeea goal eeee oely smalt
shea* taiegn la another, a really
gjraat eaters eeet eery the good q?al?
lstes ef ethers.
TAefoeluaaiolr. men of great ability
who haeo been distinguishes for brll
?snat mtetleetual gtrto. often ?annual
mnrsses and tenacity ef purpose, men
who have really dene big thlag*. hare
erssjmmttr eeee Ineeaety fealeue aai
eejvtemi mf oaf ere, eeeeemny these m
fee name profeeeiee or best sees
Many ssasjiee aad ootoro oat. I
am sorry to say, some clergymen?
auffer from professional jealousy.
They are pained by hearing others In
their profession praised. This Jeal?
ousy is perhaps more characteristic
of professional people generally than
of business people.
I know a clergyman who would be
very popular and successful if he
were only large enough to see the
good In his brother clergymen, but
he is not. He is always emphasizing
their faults and weaknesses, especial?
ly those of men who are gaining in
popularity. If any one praises an
other clergyman, "Yes," he will eay,
"he Is a pretty good man, but he is
not always absolutely accurate, re?
liable, in his statements"; or, "He is
very free in his use of other preach?
ers' sermons; he is a great borrower
of ideas"; or he will make some oth?
er nasty, belittling remark.
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The Jews.
"If the Jews of America were all
gathered together In a community
where there was no other creed or
people they could not live by their
own efforts 4 8 hours."
This declaration was made by Sam?
uel Alschuler, a Jewish scholar, In an
address to the Kadimah, a Jewish so?
ciety of research.
"In such a community," he declar?
ed, "there would be representatives
of every profession and none of
trades. There would be a Jewish
doctor for every Jewish patient.
There would be many Jewish law?
yers, civil engineers, more Jewish
merchants than customers, and many
Jewish pawn-brokers, but where
would you find the man to drive the
nails to build the homes and till the
soil? You could not find them, be?
cause the Jewish parents object to
their children soiling their hands.
"There should be less of this spirit
among the Jews. There should be
more Jewish farmers."
Send us your Job work.
Living Omnibuses.
Oliver Wendell Holmes compared a
man to a living omnibus in which he
carries all his ancestors. Most of us
are copies of those who have gone
before us. We take up into our lives
their traits and characteristics. We
are hampered by their faults, helped
by their virtues. Our progress is ac?
celerated or handicapped by what we
have received from our ancestors.??
Success Magazine.
Flattery is the food of fools.
Swift
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