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THE. OREGON DAILY JOURNAL.: PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING. HAY 8. lC3. c OiMAL'S,.COZI ELEAlIOa r.ULLDWCI i ; " ' 1 ' " : The fiooKshclf Th violet love eunny bank.'. Th cwllp tore th lear- The scarlet creeper love the elm. But I. love :the. , . , '. The sunshine kisses mount and raja, j The atari they tela the aea: . w I..,, Th ft winds klaa the clover bloom, . But I kiaa th, . ; : -T"' - - -:yr i The oriole weds Ml mottled mate;" '. - Tfce 41y the bride of the bee; .Heaven' marriage ring la round the . ' earth-1 ' 1 yv '" -v- Shall I wed i hl.Tr-?--Ar;T- I Bayard Taylor. . "' Out of respect to the muck-rake con ' tention. -' "Pilgrim' - Progre" haa . place today and growing out of that la " in xtraevfronv - book -enttttedMn coin' 1 Touth, and Early Manhood," by , Ward Hill Lamon, hla friend. Intimate and- bodyguard--. - .' . , , . ' Wei Jonea 1 .'reponslble"l0'thls i brief : biography! "John "Bunyan. a ( - noted jailbird: famoua also for having ' . Invented the Man With the Muck-rake ,-, .to-obltg President Rooaevelt." . L i-: i "i 1'.' V Kow - that - the" muck-rake agllai has died down sufficiently- to- admit of unprejudiced consideration of -the subject, it I a good time to aee whether , or not th president took liberties with - the eriglnal muck-rake man , and read , Into the allegory aoma things not con t em plated by " the " plow iohn.T-r ..:.. -Pilgrim'a Progress" had been a -fa. stories 'and Mother Oooae. and I have always remembered the Impression made upon nty mind at school by the dls .. ,.co very that my old favorite book took rank with the great light of English literature ana tnat extracts rrom it were claaaed"Witb other "masterpieces.1 1 Jkpew the atory of John Bunysn- kiw him m be,4ndnratad.i la tha xara- . ropjuaaaunctTj art m - Knowledge er1 reading ana wmwg. ' bis schooling stopped; end In my own . mind 1 paid tribute to-the Innate powers ef the human soul to educate itself and o the power of ohr-tTcat"boolr tike, the Bible to , refine and spiritualise com mon clay so tbst this "masterpiece" so dear and so familiar waa put Into my bands while much or the learned r. . lure"., yf . the ' scwatled educslcd-r-tay raou'dering in Ha proper eoacurity. . It will . be ' remembered that for li . years John Bunyan lay In' an Kngltah i prison to which he wA condemned for . preaching the gospel not in accordance : with - the prescribed methods' ef established church." It was during this most perfect of allegories' consisting of ' the Pilgrimage of Christian, afterward of fTintlana bis widow, her. four boys snd Mercy, her handmaiden; and after , that :. VThs Travels of Tender Con- . clenoe,'- 'which is - Tor om - reason omitted fioui the later adltlongJlf Jbjj .WOrttS. ' . N -i:....-.- '. This quotation la one of rare beauty , snd was given in the book of "master pieces" alluded, to: "Now I saw In my -" dream, that by this time the -pilgrims ! wore got - trrer- the -enchanted ground. ana enitrrj, utio pe counirr vm, nuiu, whose iir wa" vry sweet and pleasant. " their war lytof directly-through It they solaced themaelves-there for a season. Tea. here they heard continually the r" alng'ng of birds, and saw every day the ..flowers appear: In the earth and heard the voire of the turtle In the land. ... r "In this country the sun shtaeth night and dsy; wherefore this was beyond the . valley of the shadow of death, and also out of the reach of the giant Despair; ' neither could they from this place- so .much as seo , Doubting Caatle. Here .they wers ht sight of the olty - they were going id, . n'tg mi,, iiipiu this' land the shining ones commonly wslked. because It was en the borders "Now as they came up to these places. behold the gardener stood In the way; ' t whom the pilgrims said, Wnose good y . vineyards snd gardens - are these f ' He answered. They- are the King's, and v are planted for his delight and also for the solace of his pilgrims.' Bo th " gardener had them- Into the "vineyards and bid them refresh themselves wlta -"Hhp datti ties. He '-alsew-snowed them there the Klng'S'wmlk -and arbors, tl where he delighted to be and hers they tarried "dhA 'mVt.''- --1''"'- ' rl":r ' Now I beheld In my dreams that I hey ' talked more In their sleep at this time .'than ever they. did In all their journey; snd being In a muse thereabout, the gardener said even to me: -"Wherefore muaest thou at the mttert it 1a the nature t the ?ruit of the grapes of theae vineyarda, to go down so sweetly as to cause the Hps of" them .that-ass . asleep to spesk." . t ' .. But the Influence-of woman played a i ... . tonapteMoiia part in John. Buoyan.Jlfs. J It him tell thla in his own quaint style: I'Jiow therefor. I went on In sin with -' - great greedineaa of mind, still grudging '- that I could not be satlafled with It ss -Thls-contlnimd with me shout e month or mores but one day. as I was . standing at a neighbor's shop window, snd there cursing snd swearing and '- playing the roadman, after my wonted manner, there sat within the womsn of .the house, and heard me, who, though she was' , a very - loose and ungodly wretch., yet protested thst I swore snd , icnrsed.st that . most fearful rate that TrT" h' wna nds to. tremble to hear me; v.'i. and told me further that I waa the ungodlleat fellow for swearing that she ever heard In-all her life and that I by thus doing wss sole . to spoil all the j youth ef the whole town If they but fimi in my. company. ""t"A thin reproofIiwasHsllenced and , put to secret shams, and thst too., as I .''."-ttK-ngh- before he Ood -of - heaven; r therefore-while I stood -there hanging (.down my head I wished with ail. njy , heart, that I might be a little hild aaain. that my father might teach me to ' "' speak wlthout-7 ITifs Wicked " i wsyoT wrlng! for,--thought I, -1 -am., so so- ' to think of reformation.' fot-i--hr:lt - tUat could .never be.,'. .;. , . - , .'.But-Jiow-lt came le pas"t know not I ilj4-rom this time .forward so .: leave nty swesrlng that It. was a great . wstIer-4. jnysell to'jjbservslt-::- '.. .. -r -- . - ' :- Further on in his astoblogrsphy comas "the story of. Ms marrlsge: Presently after -this I Chan god "my -condition Into a married state and my mercy was to light upon a wife whose - father 1 was - counted , godly. . This woman and I. though ftm together as poor aa. might be, not having so much household stuff as a dish ' or spoon between-us both, yet this she Mted for her part.. The Plain Man'g Path , way to Heaven,' and The Practice of Pieir." whiun her father left her when be 'died. : ' - u- -vC'.--- "la these two books I would some times read, with her, wherein X als rexmd' some" things tbst were Some what pluasluf .to -sue, . 8hs also would Tageta Tailor-Made Suit" i t a i::-TLfT r i a .itsji . . ,ii m alio be often telling me what a godly, man her; fat her -was and Bow he would reprove snd correet V11:. ootn in nis house - and ' among Ms - neighbors! -and what k strict and boly life he lived "In his dsys. both In words snd deeds. ""Wherefore these books, with the re lation, thourh they aid not reachnmy heart to s waken It, -did beset within ma some 'desires to reform my vicious life -snd te-fsll In very eagerly with the religion of ths times to wit, to go to church twice a day and that too with the foremost; and there J would "Very devoutly say and sing ss others ' did. yet -retain my. wicked llfsi but wW hH was so overrun with the spirit of super stition, that J-adored.and thatwith great devotion, both the high-place. priest, clerk, vestment, service . and what else belonged, to the church." Nowtht all may judge - for them selves In the muck-rake matter let's taks: It straight from the book. While Christiana and -her Itttls -band were tng entertained In the house of the nterpreter, on their pilgrimage from the City of Desulstlon to the New Jeru-4 salem, they were shown, among other wonders, a "room where was a man that could look no way but downward, with a muck-rake In hi hand." .There stood also on over his head with a celestial crown In his hand, and offered him that crown for his muck-rake; hut the man did neither look up nor" regard, but raked to btmself the straws, the small sticks snd dust of the floor.' 'Then ssld Christiana. T persuade my self thst I know somewhat the meaning of this; for thla is the figure ef a man of this world, la Is not- good slrr " Thou riant ssid aright." said the In terpreter, 'and hla muck-rake doth show his carnal mind, And whereas thou seest him rather give heed to tk,4ip straws and aticka and the dust of the floor, - than: to what . h-say .ihatMl!g to him from shove with the celeatlal crown In. his hand. It Is to show thst beaweuJa buLasjl f l'e i! Jp?JBir. n?t tviat things here are counted The only things siibetsTitlsfc- Now whereas it wsa alsoi showed thethst- the msrt-could look no ways but dowawsrd. It Is to let thee know that earthly things when, they are with" power upon men'a minds,- quit carry their hearts away fronv Clod.'- - 'Then said Christiana, O deliver me fronrthla nuick-raks.' - " Thst prayer.' aald the Interpreter. 'has lain by till If Is almost rusty; "Give me not riches" Is scarce the prayer of one in ten thousand. Straws and sticks snd dust, with most, art the great things row looked after.'" .. - 1 j . . ' . - e ; v Evidently from this lament ef the Interpreter. President Roosevelt twisted the muck-rake allegory, a bl to suit hi own convenience. According f BHin yan, the- mnck-raker- of today - ire -the moiiey-manlans, the beneflcisrle of privilege, and not the writers for tjis msgasines. who are pointing out their big pile of 'stick, and' straw 'and dust" heaped together with their respec tive muok-rskes.f . . Tor, , eaample tksre . a -Ue bene 5 m -Siw,-: T ficiaries of the people's highway, tb rsilrosds the Vanderbllts. the Goulds, the Hills and Hsrrlmana;' the benefl--4erie-ef - the-terlff, Camegl,: liave 'meyer -and Spreckles: the -beneficiaries of the natural wealth of the earth. Rockefeller- and the coal - barons; the beneficiaries of the evidences of Inter est bearing debt In the form of stock and United States bonda Ilka 3. F. Mor. gad "and Ttnaaell Wage - " Since people have begun to look up this muck-rake business for "themselves. It would seem that the-president could have found a figure that would have gutted u' raks I something more It i a boom- erang.-, , .r r ; t--t - .' - e-e -'. Mr. Roosevelt 1 himself born to the purple of the privileged classes and per haps, unconsciously to himself, and de spite his protests to the contrary, his sympathies are with them. Not great enough to rise wholly above their sordid plan. Be is too- honest and -too r wise -to seek to condone or eoncesl all their ateallnva which, fn the Interear at Ha. cency, he would like to see carried on with a little les boldness;, but h be trays an Ingenuous and Indignant alarm at any , disposition manifested by the people to curtail them altogether, that would be funny If be were not president. .. .. : " " - ' ' One (urns f ronV the blunt, unintuitive face of our present chief executive to the sad. aerloua, rugged feature Of Lincoln, and In the contrast afforded by the two face, ona traces a reflection of their widely differing mentalities. - ' ; , Not born to the purple ef privilege, Lincoln bears the stamp of thst immeas urably higher nobility which marks the man sprung from ths loins of the people one with a knowledge of their weak ness,-but also -of -their etrengthS--on who knows from experience the poverty of their clrcumscrlbed-i-Lives andUlths weight of the, burdens Imposed upon them; , ; 1 . ,' : Folloa-ln is an eitrsct from a Ufa of Lincoln thst is In part a key to that patient, steadfast face: A postorrice waa eatsDlisned at den try v Die in 1R24 or I8IS. Dennis Hanks helped to hew the logs used to build ths first. storeroom. ". The following let ter from Mr. David Turnham presents some Interesting and perfectly authen tic Information regarding the. -village and the settlement around. It In, those early times: , "When- my father cam her Ih the spring of Ills he settled In Spencer county, within on mil of Thomas Lin coln, then a- widower. The chance for schooling was poor; but, such as It was, Abraham and myself attended the asm schools, T . . "W first had t go Ven miles to mill,: and then It was s, bund mill that would" grind from 10 to It bushels of corn tn day. There was but little wheat grown st that time, and when we did. have wheat we had to grind It on tli mill 'described and uss' It without V..',,:' .;'..-- -' 1 ' ''' ' i. ' ' . bolting, aa there were no bolt In the country. Abe and I had to do the mill ing on horseback, frequently olng twice v a vne rja&. Ths country waa very rough, espe cially in the lowlands, so thick" with bush that a man could scarcely get through on foot and abounded In game. At that time there were a great many deer-licks, and .Aba and. myself .would go to these licks sometimes and Watch of nights to kill deer, though Aba was not so fond of a gun as I was. The people In the first settling of this coun try were vary sociable, kind and accom modatlng but there was more drunken ness and stealing on a email scale, more Immorality, lea well placed Confidence," "' :';V' :' vw;"'' .' For two year. Thomas Lincoln con tinued t live along -tn-tbo old way,'-1 He dianot like to farm, and he never got much -0f hi land under cultivation. HI principal crop waa corn, and this, with the gain '-whtcha rff leman so en pert would esslly take f rdrai ths woods around him. supplied fill table. It doe not ap pear that he employed any of his me chanical skill - In romplwtrng and - fur nishing his own .cabin. " It ha already been stated that the latter had- no win dow, door or floor.,. But the. furniture if it may be called funhlture was oven wore than the bouse. ,Three( legged stools served for chair. A bedstead was made ef pole stuck In ths cracks of the log in one corner of the cabin, while the other end restsd in the crotch of a forked stick ' Sunk In tb earthen floor. On these- were laid some boards and on the boards a "shakedown" of leave covered with skms and old petti coats. Ths table was a hewed puncheon, supported by four legs. They had a few pewter and tin dishes to eat from, but the most minute inventory of their ef fects makes no mention of knlvss and fork. Their cooking' utensils were a Dutch oven and a skillet. Abraham titvT J", th- Iftfy t" which be ascended by mean vi pin 'driven into coins in I the wall. - - '-- --r:"r:r ,.At length, in the flrat day of October, the Sparrow died, and Thome Lin coln aawed into his green lumber and made rough boxes to Inclose the mortal remain of his wife's two best Snd old estjfrienda. A day or two after, on the S.nfgjcfobe 1 ilnrnln. , rgaiart.,. feSattagjbgfc--troubU. Thomas Lincoln took to his green' wood again and made a box for the mother of the future, president.- There were labOHt 8(1, pejsonast,hr funeraL They took her to the summit of deeply wooded knoll about half a mil south east of. the cabin and laid her bealde the Sparrows. If there were any burial fceremowie tnsy .were if thg-yitef esc But It happened that a few months lster an itinerant preacher-named David Elktn, whom the Lincoln had known In Kentucky, wandered into the battlement, and he either volunteered or was em ployed Jo. preach a sermon .which should commemorate' the many virtue and pasa in silence the few frailties of the) poor woman who slept in tBa" forest." Thirteen months After ths burial of Nsncy Uanka and Vnlne or . 19 months after the sole'mnltlea conducted by Elkin, Thomas Lincoln appeared at Elisabeth- ltawn. mKentupkyr la search of anothsr wire, uauy usn naa marnea jonn ston. the jailer, but was now a widow. Both partlea being- free again, Lincoln cam back, very unexpectedly to Mrs, Johnston, and opened his suit In an ex ceedlngly abrupt manner. . -.r When she got there Mrs. Lincoln Was much surprised st, ths "contrast between the glowing representation which ber husband' had mado-to her before leaving Kentucky and . the teal poverty and meanness of the place;, but. though sadly overreached.' In a bad bargain,- her lofty pride, and her high sense of Christian duty saved ber from hopeless replnlngs. On the contrary, ahe went about mending what was amine with all her strength and energy. Her own good furnished the cabin with tolerable decency. She made.. Lincoln put down . a floor and hang window, and doors. . It was In the depth of winter, and the children, as they nestled In the warm bed aha pro. vM thewi en loving the StTfttlgftJurury. of security from the cold winds of De cember, must havs thanked her from the - bottoms . their newly comforted nearta, ITic Quiet Hour "It doth not yet appear that we shall There " Is not a little conceit on ' the part Of humanity In that It considers It self the "top notch of creation - watch It is -very far fronr being, r A there are Infinite gradations below us even be yond th reach or our- mlnrosoopas, so there ere Infinite gradations above us to which - our- limitation of perception nder us Minn , But- there Is hope, for we are tlll evolving to.hlgher complexity of or ganism. " In thla column reference has been made before to the stupendous fact that science Is discovering of the vibrations of matter and ' ether and n Sir " William Crooks sdvanoes unheaitatlngly the theory that thought "finds Its place In thla universal scale of motion' at 'the sixty-second or sixty-third step , from unity," say a writer in Suggestion. Professor Crookes. with many others. believes .thatran nntensr thought, r ac companied by -an emotional 'element." la capable of setting1 waves of ether in motion which, striking a mind In the same key, so to speak, will register upon it the thought sent out from Jin other mind. . Now, since 'for every funrtlon ' there must be an organ, scientists are coming to th conclusion' that "several organs th th brain whose function are en tirely. 'Unknown to our physiological psychologists may posstoiy ds tn or gans for receiving and transmitting these thought waves. '.. :. ...,,.. Thought transferencs is no longer a theory but an assured fsct. a fact that opena the gate to. another wide field of human knowledge and brings us a step nearer to that ever-retreating boundary that" Saema - to-mark the . division be- teweenjnttrndsp!r1ti.: T5onTlerih"q'ustmrT7-hgtt we- eat and .-wherewithal shall ..We b lothedr absorb all your attention, and don't blind your spiritual, eyea and bar your mind against new Ideas. Jo new thought that Is worth entertaining will crowd out any old thought worth keep ing 'but It 1 worth while sometime to overhsuT the old. stock and aec how much outworn and motheaten stuff we hsvs on hand, and having settled . that point, promptly -transfer to the menu) junk pile everything in the shape of unreasonabls prejudice snd flaccid opin ions thst cumber our' brain, . -i. A wise forgetting Is no less Important than judicious remembering. . . ' '-' '; '-. ' . , , Home .Trtining Agociation.' Th meeting - of the association last Thursday eftemoon wss unususlly In teresting, especlslly so a the San Fran cisco dlsastsr had broken Into the rou tine work i to such an extent that no meeting was held the week previous. -Mrs. A. D. 8oper read a paper on th difficult topic, "Judicious Management I L A- nTav-f .lf MrtttnTMA A(at . ' ' f ii sva iir vv 1 1 ki. i in I'a-r . . ji in . " i H,.. as wvv ( . aaa wvvi i we j . TaffeU U much 7. '?'': "'. "' - r' -''--7--'--C; "'. J wuru im summer.. 'V-... ..---.-rT; . "-e". - - ...... ' . ' .... , i tauor maae . suit. , - , , ) I l . and . thaccom- '..',:'. J ....-e NJ .'.,.. -r -v j I I a ngnt anade of .- t . 1 ' '-' ' , " ' x - " ' I I ( gray la partlcu- ? X7 W I '-, '-::." '.' '-, ., , H-lany striking. ' . '- '" V, . ...'" . Th coat fol- - jn V1 "'' '-' "'- croalng In front N I rfS 1 ,;,'- , , , . In a, aomewhat I ( . . ; uxplloe fashion. .'' . j -whr. tt - t - ' -v v J -f-T- -'.--." 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" ..' 1 1 ---coat Fringe and fftt fll " III 111 tt V - ' ' , "tassel are a yry-ff 1 if U I - B II 'J-BlW ', 'awm new feature - hi f x JI J II . I V ;, II V III I f P " 1 " la no - prettier , X 1 I M I 1 I : .faahjanthaa-.thau- Ml jl - - lr-- Dlrsctolr coat. COfl lf .; Ijl : I I l X'Tvjj a striking eombl- fl II "-Ml, - 1 - II llliVor - tiation of-laven- I 1-, - 111 1 1 - Ml I lf Jk. I de j an .. wacic.r B" fl rir VillMimvn pot an ordinary f ll Jl".' TnVt ' aufui-f- I I ' 111 AV 1 WA- S piS mt. m - I 11 1 1 : mu ; 11 1 1 wM --..j- y Vi' a-J lf . J : - Afternoon Preai. With Directolre Coat. ! i - of fcmotlonal Outbursts."-' which ' was listened to attentively and heartily ap plauded. , . - c lira.' Sope urndyOf irmrnf-peTi sonaltty and reads with a -learnes-of enunciation that- enhancea. the value of the thoughtful and , well arranged pre sentation of her subject. ,: ' r.-1 have taken--exteats -here land "there which seem to roe complete In them- aelvea. Independent of thelr ooniieotlonJlJ 'How delightful and easy- wouldVhave been the study of physiology in college H,jy h- w lino-t-Jh same time, been ' anxiously - watching the develop ment of. the i bodies of our, precious ba bles. .."How eagerly would w have grasped th truth of chemistry. If It rsvela tlon had -come in selecting and' pre paring tb food best adapted "to tb need of our families. - . : . "Even th tiresomeness of msthemat lea would havs vanlahed In computations for .floor-covering, dress patterns and for the most economical expenditure of ih. monthly. Income, "Psychology was studlsd simply be cause it was a part of th course being voted th most uninteresting of studies; but now to us who ar mother those dull page ar Illuminated with the light of the revelation of living child hood and ' wa Interestedly . ponder the science that explains many difficulties and aid u In directing th development of th preciou live entrusted to us." Memories of childhood experiences remain with us because of the Intensity of those experiences. Let us not expect of children In thla emotional condition of life what we expect of their eldera. Because of-tha very Intensity of their natures, .because of the comparatively few disappointments suffered, because Of their limited relationship ana nar row outlook upon; life, the interruption of aa hour- anticipated play may give would-auffer from .the Interruption of an anticipated tour to Europe, and he will probably express hla dlsappolntmsnt with all the Intensity of a child emo tion. - "'"" '. "The child' idea . of Justice, based upon ths experiences of his short years, must of necessity differ greatly from those of bla-tirother and father, for "the child, ss the man. takes the limit of his own field of vision for th limit of the world." - . . --, I T have little nat lance with the nar- ent who suppresses a child' emotions, which r an Intenss expression of his views- by fear of rod or mer physical force. ' 'The course 'of amotion ha been likened to the course, of a storm. Some Idea arousing a local storm In the nerve centers of the brain, thence spresdtng from center to center, sweeping down the nerve tract-' that lead to th ex ternal part of the "body, to th skin, muscles, joints, heart... lungs, etc., af fecting respiration, circulation and man ifesting . Itself in weeping. laughing, sighing and catching th breath, when, .. . . . i -- .". , ' , . . ',- .'. 4 , .i '. a in th storm, the climax 1 reached and the agitation abate. " W accomplish moat by . reasoning -With, k ivn i i - . , i , viuiu - exver nis Nxeeiings nave neoome normal. -e strong . emotions are soures of weakness. ' Every fit of anger or unrestrained display of joy or bate or rear, every violent exhibition ef will hr common and" migarc lit glvlhg way to these we- place ourselves, on a lvsl with in lowest type of humanity.- - J"6 h'l l-rrl1ble. and nervous. tb parent must b firm and calm. ' Th unconscious raising of the tones . of th vo'co, exhibiting Irritability on'the pat- enr part -Is to lose fore to" stir up snd agitata the child Instead of calming mm. There are no .small things In life. Thing Apparently: the most Insignificant are often , the moat Im portant, cneerruines and sweetness may be th natural expressions of har monious and well-balanced natures, but they are quite a often dualities which have been developed out of unpromising sou oy wis ana juaiciou parent. ' -r . - '.-.'";; The reading of this paper wa followed by an animated discussion.-led by Mr. Hawkins, who I always interesting and entertaining. ! . s,- , ' . '- "; ',''.'. v .. , The next meeting will b as usual at th committee room of th city hall at I p. m., Thursday, May . All ar cor dially invited and children will be cared for in. the nursery. - '..-, V ttreat Xrlah Coal Find. - ' , .From th London Tribune. Success ha crowned th prospecting operations of the North Antrim Mining syndicate over th Ballycastl Coalfield area,-and th raising of a vast deposit of coal is now only a .question of time. Th task- of sinking two .shafts, erect ing; the necessary 'mch,lnery nd Othef essential preliminaries has approached -tne final etages, Th workUtgs-ase-sl uated at Ballyvoy, a little over two mllea from the picturesque watering place from which to coalfield take it nam. . . .. ; . - In a week mining operation will be gin, and when, one th work Is In-full wing the owners reckon to rslse 2,000 ton of coal per-day. In th meantime the pit-head work 1 being vigorously pushed' forward. It Is stated, on th authority of George Hill, senior part, ner-ln la firm of George Hill 4 Son of Plain.. Alrdrle., New Brunswick, that the main coal seam, "4 ft. It In. In depth. Is of. splendid quality, ., .- ' " In some Of the government ' depart ment the news. Jt I stated, ha been received with 'absolute surprise-. ' The old geological surrey,- which haa-not been revised for a very long period, re stricted the coal area at Ballycaatl to some two miles, whereas the new find I outalde that radlu entirely. Experts state that on a moderate estimate there are at least Sl.000.009 tons of coal as , - - anu inuiv i.naHijinrve times that quantity of black and Iron stone. , . . .. j v . M With Field Glass r Mrs. Cralgt (Mr. Oliver Hobb), who - ha raoaotly mad a long visit to Amer- - lea, tells the London Mall that to keep , one' self up to date on should visit ' America every two yeara. Th secret of American success, sh claims, 1 to b " found in tho fact that wa ar not. afraid -, of .experiment.;... ., . - . :' - ; . House which, critic would describe . a moderately good and comparatively new-war .rullsd down, without femora to erect better one. - . She did not ee a single drunkea man v during ber : thre 'month' sojourn in T America, .nor wa she accosted by ona' beggar, though ah v 11 ted nearly all. th ". great cities. - Mrs. Cragi was much Impressed with th high standard of living and th oult- ' ure of the working classes. Telephones were to bo found even In th workmen'"', tenement building, -' ' r Ot-Ftower" of BoetonT edltor of tha Arena, pay a fin tribute to the nine- -teenth century ' women. - In ' th 'April v Issue of . that magaJxin. he . say. "Tha civilisation of th nineteenth century In th . new . world wa enriched -by tb . Influence of tb most Illustrious group: OX public-spirited women that up to that -.. time had appeared in the lire of any ., nation.. Indeed.' they.-may.; b said to hav been tha advanoa guard that ush ered in th .larger and freLdayfor woman.: . i 7. ..'.".' :'...,- 'Th voice of most of thla "chosen , : band are silent now, but their splendid work. and. lnflueno live- and blossom la -all that la best la our clvlo, . social and domestla life and their names -will be reverenced mor and mor aa tha yeara vanish and the greatness of their work "" and the heroism f th stand they o ; oourageousl'y took In th face of a . frowning eeaservstlaaa Is more and mor appreciated." "Latrcame a noteworthy group of younger worker, who fought none th lea ably or valiantly for humanity' . weal and th moral progress of the people. ... Among the apostle of sman- clpated womanhood. France E. Wtllard "T" and-HlHM; Oougar stand preeminent. Mis Wtllard has passed from view, but' her arorfc tat mriM-tmMapiUm. left It imprint on th nation and will .r e. fa. g""-'""H yet to ' com. ' Mr. Flower then tell tb story of Mr. . Gougar's awakening to th horror of th drink: traffic "One day ahe waa .: . stmrmoneia ?!IMnw-9rxitg&rZZZ where she beheld one of those frightful tragedies that a re frq.uently witnessed in alt Christian lands, A . wonsan had been murdered by ber. husband while ho was mean through anna, xn nomme plctur presented by th dead wife, the 7 blear-eyed husband and th crushed and' terror stricken i children rouaed th ' young 'Woman.; s a '; tmmpat-oali. from heaven, v..: - :-. ..-:.---V-.t From being teacher- Mrc Gougar be- cam lawyer and waa admitted to the bar In tha state of Indiana, where th court bad admitted, women to practice law. maklna a ruling that ' logically would sustain them in th tight of .fru- chla. ' . '; ' - teat .rota' caa was threfor pushed forward and Mr. Oougar p "--pearad for th woman voter. . . Whan th case reached tb supremo court he mad a legal argument , which called forth th highest encomium from tha bench.-bar and prasav-Xor Itav-atraagth.- clarity of reasoning, consistency and logic, notwithstanding which tha cas waa decided aaalnat her. Th little man who ar th officials of th publkj library In Derby, Connect-. Icut. ar anxious to make their posterity disown them bythelr seslous bast to put Jack London' -book ont- of -tho reach of Derby readers, rni smaii. ron- ervatlv tnlnd I th same, yesterday. today and forever; tt la a blind aa a bat to th future and lncapabla f It Ing anything from t past Today tnsr 1 no more ncmoreanio iheiTSfory- of New England than. that of Lvdla . Maria Child, but there waa a time when th Boston Athenaeum withdrew from Mr. Child the privilege of It library and Boston oclety-hut it doors sgslnst hsr arid ystthls woman, was working with might and. main for th abolition of chattel Slavery and had j written a book that-brought Dr. Chan- -nlrig Into th aotl-slavsry movement. nhans -of Thomas woo. worth Hlgglnaon' lire ana, as na orten said, made him aa abolitionist. It also led Dr. John G. alfrey. who Inherited y a plantation la Louisiana, to fre bla : lave.- It 1 U1I tru that "your rather killed the prophets and you garnish -their - epulohrea"1"- -- -- ' The world wui continue u naa jus London' book deenlte tb stupid ac tion of tb narrow official Of th publlo . library of Derby. ' .Woman's Trial Th bitter trail In a woman' Ufa Is to to cklldles. 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