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NOTES. Contentment is a virtue, but too much of it is not so good. How can we advance up the ladder if we are perfectly satisfied with the lower or middle rounds? All things with God are spiritual. They are not carnal or sensual; they are spiritual, because put to a spiritual use. All things are eternal. The man and woman rightly joined together in wedlock in this life will be joined for eternity. The union and, the result therof shall never cease. The relation of father and mother to their children shall never cease. No man is independent of all other men; no man can work for himself alone. Every action, every stroke of work, every word, affects his fellow man in some degree. Humanity, like bees in one great hive, is bound together in a bond of common brotherhood, whose links cannot be dissolved by individual choice. Let us, then, be true to one another, and see that we furnish to the world our just share of honey I During the recent visit of Apostle John Henry Smith and others to Mexico, they visited and held services at the grave of Abraham 0. Woodruff. On the train home they were requested to hold services on Sunday, which they did, many passengers joining them. They also visited Prezident Diaz while in the City of Mexico, who received them cordially and expressed a kindly feeling for the Latter-day Saints. The gospel is thus being preached in all places. Boys, why not, during the winter months, when there is nothing doing at home, turn your attention to something in the school line. The fiinancial loss will be insignificant compared with the profit you will reap doing this. Don't say you can't afford it; we know better. If you can't do any better, and we think you can, go to some district school, put your heart and soul into the work, and you will be surprised at the satisfaction you will obtain. But don't start anything you don't intend to-finish. Be earnest, and if you are earnest in your desire to attend school, you can make a way. Father and mother will cheerfully advance the necessary finances, if you but let them know your determination.—Deserc^ Farmer.

IN LIUHIER MOOD. There are other charges than those of the judge. An exchange says that Albert P. Massey, attorney, tells of a stuttering man named Sisson who was arraigned before a police magistrate. "What is your name?" asked the magistrate. "S-s-s-sis-s-s-ss," began the prisoner, and then stopped. "What's that?" demanded the magistrate. "S-s-s-sis-s-sis-s-s-s," hissed the stutterer. "His name's Sisson," interrupted the policeman who had made the arrest. "He stutters." "So it seems," said the magistrate. "What's he charged with?" "I don't know, your Honor," said the policeman, "it seems to be soda-water." It often happens that people have similar, even identical.experiences • An incident illustrating this truth is related in the Woman's Home Companion: Senator Hale tells a story of two Maine farmers who met in the road one day. They stopped their teams, and the following conversation took place: "Mornin', Josh." "Mornin', John." "What did ye give yer boss thet had the botts?" "Turpentine." "Thank ye. Mornin'. " "Mornin'. A week later the farmers met in the road again. Again they stopped their teams, and then this conversation followed: "Mornin', Josh." "Mornin', John." "What did ye say ye give yer boss when it had the botts?" 'Turpentine." "So did I. It killed mine." "Mine, too." "Mornin', Josh." "Mornin', John."