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s All that nature has pre
scribed for us must be good;
and as death is natural for us,
It is absurd to fear it. Steele.
4
THE LEPER BILL THEN AND
. NOW-
? -IHE WEEK has brought from
il
1 menracy
l atatrmcatt
1
Jb mmler the
fc?h. in control
a3
1' Los Angeles an agonizing story
of the death In that city of a
l leper. Mrs. Isabella Wardwell
; was the victim and her death oc-i-
curred In the county hospital. Six
months ago she was discovered wan
'', dering ina dazed condition in the
shopping district and taken to the
I: police station, where the character of
Jier malady was discovered. She
was placed In custody and detafned
i until her aged husband, the famous
-. .General Wardwell, In supreme devo
tion, kidnaped and took tier with
' blm to a lonely hut in the mountains
near Tombstone, Arizona. There
the ld soldier died and bis leper
v wife was returned to her living tomb
f. In the county hospital at Los An
' geles.i. where a, welcome death this
! week brought relief.
f i SimuJUnoous .with the incident is
" an article In the Technical World
magazine that carries to the race
"i. cheerful tidings of cures effected in
tbe Louisiana leper hospital. "Re
cent reports from the institution,"
. says the writer, "have shown that
i; the grim old theory that a leper is
v incurable la untrue." One of these
h reports, made In June of this year,
j. was the official biennial announce
rs ment to the legislative assembly. It
j announced that six lepers out of a
. total of 61 under treatment had been
cured during the past two years,
j: This portion of the report was con-
fined to 10 words, as follows: "Dls-
charged, cured, 1. Practically well
; and kept for observation, 5." No
1 explanation of the details of these
cures, and no claims for special credit
In making them we're put forth In
S. the report.
r The Louisiana Institution has been
' in existence 12 years. During this
' dozen years the biennial reports
have three times used the words
"discharged, cured." for as many
patients, and not one of -those thus
set free has had to return to the
leper colony, and this despite a sharp
watch kept on them by health of
ficials. The discharged patients
were a "boy of '13, a Woman of 50
and a woman of 30, discharged from
the home, respectively, in 1904,
1905 and 1906.
T'Vlti Ti ri vc Ir! q rta 4r r Yt n cr a r f iho
institution make no claim of new
methods in the treatment of the dis
: ease. They are only applying rem
edies recognized for many years past
as beneficial to leprosy. The im
? portant new factor introduced' has
been regularity and favorable con
T ditions under which to apply the old
remedies in the treatment of the
I unfortunate inmates. If the reports
' from this home be true, leprosy is
" stripped of much of its terrors. It
:j- seems at least to be a home where
the stricken are treated with the
consideration that ia due a human
being".
' f led in mankind's treatment of lep
ers-as exemplified in ine Louisiana
home and that of eailier times. In
the beginning of the Christian era
no country in Europe was rree iroui
the plague of leproay. Between the
sixth and fifteenth centuries the dis
ease was by far the most dangerous
infection of which any account has
' rome down to us. " All the larger
towns in Europe had an isolated
leper settlement "that was shunned
aa If It were the mouth of a burn
inr hell." savs one account. A
boundary line was set, beyond which
no leper could venture except at the
r4sk of instant death..Vlf .healthy
, stranger ventured too near the Jejjer
camp he was remorselessjy thrust
Into 4W there to spend the remainder
-of hla life. Food for the inmates
was left on some exposed hill dur
ing the daytime, and removed at
ul&ht by the inmates' of the. camp.
O.'-trai ism f rom the rent of the world
.;?-. the universal fate of' the suf-
ferer. Each camp was a living tomb
with each patient miserably. waiting
for death. 1
In sparsely settled country dis
tricts solitary lepers abounded. Each
wandered alone in the unfrequented
woods and uninhabited waste places,
he was wrapped in a sheet so that
only his eyes were exposed and car
ried in his hand a bell which be rang
to warn wayfarers of his approach.
Whenever the dismal tinkling of the
eper bell was heard all fled in ter
ror of their lives. The unfortunate
victim subsisted as best he might on
roots and berries and occasional food
left by charitable persons where he
could find it. Leprosy then and
leprosy now signalizes a world's
broadened horizon.
A GREAT AM) GROWING KVIL
T
HE ALMOST universal criticism
of tbe growing divorce evil by
the press is fully justified and
should be heeded by legislators
and courts. The secular press can-
not agree at all with the position
taken by a great church and by a
large proportion of another church
that a divorce should not be granted
for any cause, or at most for but one
cause, but the secular press is prac -
tically agreed that divorces are en-
tirely too frequent and too easily ob-jof
talned. A typical case came up in a
Portland court last week. A wife
sued, for a divorce because her hus-
band requested her not to stay down swallow a few million bad bacteria
town late in the afternoon, and on than to be constantly afraid of every
one occasion when she did so refused thing good to eat. Yet In regard to
or neglected to take the baby car-
riage into the house. As flimsy ex-
cuses are made In numerous cases,
and in many where assault and beat-
ings are alleged, it is at least to be
suspected that these stories are gross
exaggerations or pure inventions. In
trfe" case mentioned the couple had
been married only a little over a
year, and a former admirer of the
plaintiff had recently come to Port-lis
land. This may be only a coinci-
dence, but in many cases a divorce
is sought principally because of the I
wayward wanton desire of the plain-
tiff to get a new companion. This
facility of securing a divorce tends I
to lessen people's regard and respect
for their marital obligations, and
many a man and woman marry with
out caring much about the vows they
take, the obligations they assume, or
the ties they form, having it in mind
that if hot exactly suited, or if some
one appears who might suit better.
they can on almost any flimsy pre
text secure a divorce.
A recent Investigation shows that
from 1887 to 1906 inclusive 94 4,-
625 divorces were granted in this
Country, as against 326,718 for the
20 years preceding. There was a
large increase of population, but the
divorces Increased about three times
as much. In 1870 the divorce rate
was 29. per 100,000 of population,
while in 1905 it was 82 per 100,000.
In other words, in 1870 there was
one divorce to every 3441 people,
while in 1905 there was one divorce
to every 1218 people. The average
of divorces per 100,000 of married
persons was in 1870 81, and in 1905
200. In the latter year divorce
ended one out of every 1 2 marriages
in the United States, and the rate of Y. W. C. A. are comparatively mod
increase is constantly rising. Under ern institutions; when people now
our lax laws and liberal construe- elderly were young there were no
tion of them by the courts, an appli- such things; and that they now ex
cation "for a divorce is rarely denied.
At the present trend of adjudication,
a merely petulant wora, or tne oi moral progress, or increasing na
slightest manifestation of "incom- tional righteousness, of increasing
patibility," or a little variation in
taste or contrariety of disposition or
desire, will be sufficient for a di-
vorce. The Journal believes that
divorces should be granted for va-
rious reasons, when a sufficient case
is made out, but realizes the fact
that the divorce mill has become a
great national shame and scandal,
and both legislatures and courts
courts ought to set thpmselves about
checking and correcting it.
Like other evils, this one grows by
indulgence. The more divorce in
creases the more it will increase.
Every divorce obtained on trivial
grounds encourages every wanton
or loose principled married man and
woman to follow the divorcee's ex
ample. The frequency of divorces
and the ease with which they are
obtained are dangerously undermin
ing the very cornerstone of the so
cial structure, the home. Laying
the religious aspect of the case aside
all reasonable and moral people can
agree that the integrity of the home
ii absolutely essentia! to civilized na
tional life. When legfslators and
courts come to encourage or tolerate
the disintegration of the home and
to regard marital and "family obliga
tions but lightly, the very life of the
nation is endangered. And while
most people not of that faith cannot
agree with the Catholic church that
there should be no divorce for any
reason, the country is much indebted
to that church for its vigorous and
faithful warfare not only upon this
evil, but upon that other twin evil
of the time, "race suicide."
THE MENACE OP IMPURE MILK
s
EVERAL PHYSICIANS and oth
ers of Portland who have" In
vestigated tha subject to some
extent declare that much impure
and inferior milk is sold in thisoity.
If this be true, as. it probably .Ig, it
is k very Important duty of 4ae; au
thorities to put a stop to the sale of
such milk. It needs no further ar
gument to con Vlaee reasonable and
intelligent people-that pure milk, up
to the standard Jn .quality,' Is a mat
ter of the first importance.' or ec
bnd only, if to anything, to pure wa-
ter. It is as food used To some ex-
tent by almost everybody, and 1a the
I principal food 'of very young chll-
- dren, and it is a food that easily at
tracts and absorbs. Impurities and
furnishes a breeding place through
them of disease-conveying bacilli,
and these facts are sufficient to
- 1 show any one the imperative need
I of undoubtedly pure milk in the
J homes of the people.
The law requires that milk sold
- 1 should contain a certain percentage
of butter fats and solids, and no
I preservatives or adulterants. But
more important than the quality of
milk In this respect is the require-
ment that milk shall be free from
the deadly menace of dirt, of filthy
foreign substances that breed invisi
ble bacilli and bacteria that produce
disease and often death. It has been
estimated that the 2,000,000 quarts i
of milk daily distributed in New
York city contain 600 pounds of
manure and other foul stuff, and
very likely the proportion is as great
or greater here. Pasteurization is
effective, but so far this is imprac-
ticable as to most of the milk sold In
cities
The Journal Is not disposed to
echo or indorse all the representa
I tions of the bacteriologists as to the
presence in all kinds of foodstuffs
countless numbers of malevolent
I bacilli. Some of these men are
faddists, and many of them probably
I exaggerate greatly. It is better , to
milk it is certain enough that it
ought to be clean and pure, that im-
pure and adulterated milk is a eeri-
ous menace to health and life, and
that whatever can be done should be
done in this city to Insure the former
and prevent the sale of the latter sort
of milk
The Cottel ordinance may not be
the best that can be devised, but it
an effort in the right direction,
and it should be improved if possl-
ble and so passed, and not merely
objected to and rejected -without
passing something better. The coun
cil owes it to over 200,000 people to
protect them from the menace of im-
pure milk.
AN IMPORTANT EVENT
r
HE LAYING of the cornersfone
of the Y. M. C. A. building, that
took place Friday, is an event
important in its significance.
As a minor matter it recalls the
fact that the good people of Port-
land raised the money by popular
subscription for this building and
also that of the Y. V. C. A., now
finished and occupied, and that they
are literally the '"people's buildings,
and must be, as they will be, devoted
to the service, the uplifting, the
moral, physical and spiritual better-
ment of the people of this city now
and henceforth.
It is because they are bo, because
such is their purpose, that people
gave their money freely therefor,
and the fact that there is no doubt
that their destined object' will - be
accomplished makes this cornerstone
laying importantryignlflcant.
These societies Y. M. C. A. and
1st in every considerable city in the
land is at once proof and promise
cleanliness and decency of life and of
intelligence and ntorality.
It is well to build churches
though there are more varieties and
stcts than are needed; it is well to
build court houses and city halls and
bridges; but perhaps more useful
than any of these, if not so ap-
parently necessary, are such build
ings as these. They are designed to
train up youth in the way it should
go, to educate morally as well as in
tellectually and physically, to make
young men and women self-reliant,
honorable and progressive citizens
and surely no work or enterprise or
endeavor is more important than
this.
So Portland takes a proper pride
in these new fine buildings to which
its citizens can literally point with
pride for years to come. There will
center constant and considerably suc
cessful efforts for the betterment
and uplifting, along rational, prac
tical lines, of the people of this city
and of visitors. All who helped in
this good work and who will carry
it on are to be commended, congrat
ulated and encouraged.
SENATOR FULTON'S IMPOSSIBLE
PLANS
T
HE POINT has been reached
where those who are the good
frfendsof Senator Fulton should
offer him advice. He is en
gaged in an enterprise that is abso
lutely without hope of fruition. Con
templation of the senatorial situa
tion in Oregon has destroyed his
political Judgment and led him into
a course of complete un'wisdom. To
the colossal mistake of opposing the
electorate's right of choice in the
senatorial primaries, he is adding a
far graver error and one involving
far more disastrous consequences to
himself. It is an error that his
friends. In, calmer frame of mind,
must recognize, and that for his own
sakevthey should communicate to
Senator Fnlton. Hjs service to them
In times past merits as much.
It was an unpardonable error for
Senator Fulton ; to' ask the admin
istration to interfere In 'his behalf
la Oregon politics, yhat he asked
them ! on Its very face out of the
question. Because of its' character
it was inevitably foredoomed to re-
fusal. Thus Senator Fulton failed
to secure from his own party a nom -
ination for the senatorship,v ; He was
defeated for the place by, a rlvaj Re-
publican candidate. He was defeated
after an extended canvass In an open
and fair vote at the ballot box. Af-
ter such a defeat at the hands of his
own party it was an amazing pronosi-
tlon for him to go to Washington
and there ask the president-elect to
advise the legislature to do that.
which Mr. Fulton's party In Oregon
had by ballot refused to do. The
president-elect, in the nature of
things, could not order the Oregon
legislature to elect Mr. Fulton when
Mr. Fulton's own party by popular
ballot had instructed the legislature
not to elect Mr. Fulton. It was ask-
ing of Mr. Taft that which would
have put the president-elect in a
most unenviable lieht. a lieht that
would have been seriously harmful
to Mr. Taft had he acceded to Mr.
Fulton's request. For the same rea-
son Mr. Roosevelt refused Senator
Fulton's request, and it is safe to
assume that Chairman Hitchcock ine rauroaa company was not obit
will similarly refuse. The fact of Rate to anything on its part and no
having asked Impossible indorse- conditions as a consideration were
ments and of having been denied, imposed. It is well understood that
shows how grievous is the mistake
Senator Fulton is makine. It Is an
enterprise that brings him harmful
consequences for the reasons men-
tioned.
The peculiar conditions surround-
ing the Oregon situation make the
error the more grave. The rejec-
tlon of Senator Fnlton hv hla own
party voters is not the greatest of
the reasons why Washington au-
thorities could not possibly aid Sen-
ator Fulton here. The united voice
of the eastern newspapers reflects
J
another powerful reason. Mr. Taft nw w u ui-
could not, even though requested to timate ntentlom and that its prom
do so by Senator Fulton, advise leg- w, bf, kePL fVAnd, e'ther , n
telators in Oregon to perjure them- this connection or otherwise the city
selves. Mr. Roosevelt cannot and
will not give such advice. Chair
man Hitchcock Is not at all likely to
counsel such a course. Men of that
stamp would regard such advice as
political Insanity as- well as the cli
max of civic immorality. They have
a higher view of life than to profane
citizenship with libel of the truth.
When he asked them to do such a
thing Senator Fulton misjudged. his
men. He took too low a view of
their moral standards. He asked
them to do a thing against which
their consciences rebelled, and they
accordingly refused to do it. His act
constitutes one of the greatest mis
takes in Senator Fulton's political
career, and his friends who must so
recognlze it, should so Inform him.
rney snouia, as ms rnenas, strive
to save him from utterly destroying
his future career ny attempting im-
possible and absolutely discredited
political enterprises. Though kind-
ly, these are plain words, but they
are words whose obvious truth justl-
fies their utterance.
DEATH DUTIES
G
REAT LMPETUS Is certain to
be given the idea of an inherl-
tance tax by Mr. Carnegie's
new hook. The iron master.
with great clearness maintains that
swollen fortunes are in part the
product of Increased population, and
that when, on the death of the mil-
lionaire. a Dart of his accumulations
is taken by an inheritance-tax. the
state only takes that which is in re-
ality the people's. It Is av conclusion
I
. 1 AU TT uvu V V au "vm gs w I
cause It Is deeoiv erounded In hu-
man Justice.
But there is another justification
of the principle. Millionaires are a
natural order. In their makeup there
are forces that direct the employ
ment or xneir energies, ine xorces
in Sumner went to Statecraft. In
Tennvson thev went to Doetry. In
each there was a wealth of Product.
The play of these forces in Carnegie,
Rockefeller, Morgan and lesser lights
...
otthe same tlfie Js directed at money
getting. Their whole energy ls ex-
pended in accumulation: " They had
the genius for it, and employment of
that genius is an Inherent and re-
sistlesa imDulse. Possession of the I -
i hi i Tt
neaiLU us uuiuiug w mem. it la uo
. ,. . , ,
process of getting it more than the
possession of it that gives them
pleasure. In order to accumulate
th.v H ca. tQ,oa Tk wtr hnnrta
It i . , , v
up in their safes in order to cheat
the state. They hide securities in
order to avoid paying toa the state
. , . ..... " .
that which they ought to pay. By
the process they withhold to them-
aolmo that urhlnh It, tho alifo'a
n i m m I
i a
v..D "". ii. la BLcaiiuR uvui
tne state, ine result or the process
is that when dpnth onjnaa a va at
cumulated sum that has thus been
withheld from it should be claimed
uy tne state. That would be an in-
heritance tax. If this tax claimed
rn u -l ... -
50 per cent of the holdings of some
of the millionaires it would get no
more than" actually belones to it.'
Far more to the state than to the
puny and oftimes Impotent offspring
of millionairedom belongs that which
the parent withheld. Piled up mil
lions in the hands, of his offspring
Is an influence for the offspring's
harm more than for his good.- Un
deserved and -unearned money-ruins
most of those who inherit it.- Its
possession tempts them into all . the
evils of 1 ff ei:, J is destrutt lyeto so
ciety, because it demoralizes "those
who could i otherwise, b wholesome
and useful units In society. ,1t is
Idle to hold that kinship is a reason
for entailing swollen fortunes or a
) - - " 1 - '--.
Is
I reason why the' state - should be
cheated out of that which has been
withheld. One drop of blood Is as
good as another. One old human
bone is as good as another.:; Neither
should etand In the way of human
progress. Neither should stand , In
tne way or universal equity. JBoth
from ' the standpoint of equity and
expedience, Justice and, human exist-
pence would be nobly served by an
effective death- duty. It Is one of
tbe largest sources of public revenue
,n Great Britain and it ought to be
n united states,
THE CIT, THE 8. P. AND
FOURTH STREET
T
HE CITY of Portland has been
not only very reasonable but
very lenient and liberal with
the Southern Pacific company
m me-matter oi us use or Fourth
street these many years. Now that
corporation desires 18 months more
tlme ,n WDlch to make the transfer
01 fame or a portion thereof Jto
tne east Blde- The council granted
11 year but the mayor has vetoed
the ordinance on the ground that
ine company still insists and will in
8lst that the old permit to the orlg
,na! company is binding on the city
and Is' valid and vital bb a vested
ngnt or the Southern Pacific, and
ihaby transferrine a Port,n "s
t'a"i: " does not relinquish its
rlght to the use of the street This
ls a matter that must be fought Out,
It A 1 . A Tl a 1 i a i m
lu , c,ou518' " WOHm PDaoiy e
polit,c- ndeed 11 eeems necessary, to
graut the company additional time
, r1emve'f rom 5he Btre,et' but cer"
ta,nly " should be required to give
uc"' a"u "
the use of the street. This is a
matter to be settled by the courts,
and it is important that In the pres
ent or any subsequent transaction
or negotiation the city should not re
linquish or prejudice any of Its legal
rights. We often hear of the vested
rights of corporations, but It is time
to discover whether In such a case
ha
ROoSEVELT AND THE SENATOR
SHIP
i
AM FOR the people ruling and
I want you to be senator."
When President Roosevelt
in these words greeted Gov-
ernor Chamberlain yesterday at the
white House he voiced the sent!
ment of honest, patriotic citizens all
0ver this nation. The president
frankly declared in the same breath
that he would have preferred to
Bee Oregon elect a Republican sena
tor, but the people of the state had
BDOken and he bowed to their decls
ion as final and indisputable. With
his customary outspoken directness
he made it unmistakably clear that
he lends no countenance to the ef
ions to aeoaucn ine uregon legis
lature and to Induce Statement No
.1 legislators to repudiate their
pledges to the people. And the at
titude of the president is the at-
titude of honest men and honest
newspapers an over tnese unitea
States.
Apparently the president did not
pause to consider the "constitution
allty" of the manner in which the
neoDle of Oregon had expressed
their choice ror senator; ne aoes noi
FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE
A Monument to Snakespeare---By Victor Hugo
chapter V of Part III
Hugo's "William Shakespeare,"
translated by A. Balliot, 1864.)
"What do you suppose marble could
do for him? What can rone Jo
"here there is glory? Malachite and
ainhAfltpr are of no avail; genius is
i" without them. Even if all the
Btones had a part in it, would ihey
make that man an inch arreater? What
- uU lo -re indestr
.' "The Merry Wives of Windsor,"
The Two Gentlemen of Verona,"
"Tuiiii Pasar." "Corlolanus"? What
,u- ,i ..v
monument more grandiose than iean,
mo" tn" .5rhe Merchant of Ven-
jeet more - dazxling than "Romeo and
Juliet," more amaxing than "Richard
III"? What moon could throw on that
building a light more mysterious tnan
A Midsummer Night's Dream"? What
capital, were it even London, could
produce around it a rumor so Kjsantjc
ah he tumultuous soul of Macbeth .7
hat framework of cedar or of oak
wm last as long-as ""Othello" f- What
o will hA hrnnze SB mUCh aS "Ham-
lot"? Ko construction or lime, of rock,
of Iron and of cement. Is worth thel
breath - - the deep breath or genius.
which ls the breathing or uoatnrougn
man. A head in which ls an idea fsuch
J- ! "" SS effortVh.l
(edifice equals a thought? Babel is
below Isaiah: Cheops is less win ho
mw:: tne c,.llsf?m ' iVHf?,'10. !. 3u
venal, tne itichiuk vi o uwa,-
'y tna of Cervantes; St Pe-
ter's at Rome does not reach the 'an-
kle of Dante. How could you. manage
to build a tower as high as that name.
Shakespeare?, . ,
Suppose a monument.- suppose it
nnlnndld: suppose It sublime a tri
umphal arch, an obelisk, a circus with
a . pedestal in the center, a cathedral.
No people im more illustrious, more no
ble, more magnificent, and more mag
nanimous than the , English people.
Couple these, two ideas, England and
Shakespeare, and- make, an edifice arise
therefrom.- -Such a iiatlem celebrating
such a man, it will be superb. Imagine
the. monument. Imagine ' the Inaugura-
tion The peers are there, 'the com-1
mona give their adherence, the bish
ops officiate, the princes Join the pro
cession, the, queen : ls -present. - The
homage erf -Victoria repair 'the disdain
of Elijnbeth. As -for Elixalvth, ahe
probably thare also " sculptured
seem to have given a thdught to the
excuses by which Statement No.
legislators might wriggle out of per
formance of their pledge; he was
quite unterrified , by the . dangers
which might threaten - the - Repub
lican party in. consequence of obey
Ing the people's will. '
It is enough for Roosevelt that the
yoterB of Oregon have named Cham
berlain as their, choice for Benator.
He accepts the people's decision as
that of the court of last appeal. ' He
"wants Chamberlain to be senator"
because the people of Oregon want
him. and that is all that the preal
dent cares to know.
We commend President Roose
velt's attitude to the consideration
of those men and those newspapers
In Oregon that are leagued in the
effort to prevent Chamberlain eiee
tion and to plunge the state once
more into the mire of debauchery
and corruption which marked sena
torial elections in tbe past. T
There was nothing for Chamber
lain to reform, when he became gov
ernor, savs the Oregonlan. But
those who were at all familiar with
the management of the public land
business of the state for many years
prior to his election know better.
There was a very bad mess to re
form, and Chamberlain did it.
An exchange has an article en
titled, "How to act when held up."
We can better that instruction by
advising people how to act before
being held up: First, leave all your
money and your watch at home,
carefully hld;t second, stay at home
yourself.
A Poem for Today
Love and Duty.
morale Maitaev never will be known
as a great poet," but he was a sweet
ginger of many charming simple wings.
He wan born of poor parents. n-ar Lon
don, Eng., In 1828. His education wan
deficient so far as the schools were
concerned, and he fcpent much of his lire
working In factories.. He was pensioned
by the British government In 1S6S.
There lives a voice within me. the
guest angel of my heart,
And Its secret Usplngs win me till the
tears atrickltng start:
Up evermore it sprlngetn, HKe some
magic melody.
And evermore It slngeth this sweet
song of songs to me:
This world ls full of beauty as other
worlds above. ....
And If we did our duty it might do
full of love.
Night's starry tendernesses dower in
beauty evermore,
Morn's bright melodious hour bursts
But there are thousand hearts accursed
where no bright sunbeams shine.
And there are million hearts athlrst for
' love's Immortal wine.
This world is full of beauty as other
worlds above.
And If we did our duty it might be
full of love.
Dear Ood. what hosts r trampled
'mlil this killing crush for gold!
What noble hearts are sapped of love;
what anirlts lose life's hold!
Tet a merry world it would be, opulent
- rnr nil nml Ave.
With its lands that ask for labor and
its wealth that wastes away.
This world Is full of beauty as other
worlds aoove.
And if we did our duty It might be
run or love.
By Gerald Massey.
This Date in History.
1608 General Ocorge Monk, who re
stored the Stuart dynasty In England,
born. Died January 3. 16 10.
1637 Sir Edmund Andros. colonial
governor of New England, born In Lon
don. Died there February 24. 1714.
1791 George Holland, famous come
dian, born in Iambeth. England. Died
in New York. December 20, 1870.
1862 General Banks' expedition
Balled for New Orleans.
1877 Theodore Roosevelt appointed
collector of the port of New York.
1889 Jefferson Davis, ex-president of
the Confederate states or America, aiea
at New Orleans. Born June J. 1808.
1897 Attempted assassination of the
Sultan of Turkey.
1905 French Senate voted In favor of
the separation of church and state.
somewhere on the surbase, with Henry
VIII. her father, and James I, her
successor pygmies beneath the poet.
The cannon booms, the curtain falls,
they uncover the statue, which seems
to say, "At length!" and which has
grown in the shade during 300 years
three centuries; the growth of a co
lossus; an immensity. All the York,
Cumberland, Pitt and Peel bronzes
have been made use of, in order to pro
duce this statue; the public places
have been disencumbered of a heap of
uncalled-for metal castings; in this
lofty figure have been amalgamated
all kinds of Henrys and Edwards,' the
various Williams and the numerous
Georges have been melted, the Achilles
in Hyde Park has made the great toe.
This ls fine; behold Shakespeare al
most as great as a Pharoah or a Se
sostrls. Bells, drums, trumpets, ap
plause, hurrahs!
What then? a
What ls the salutation of royalty, of
aristocracy, of the army and even of
the English populace; what ls the ' sal
utation of all these groups to him who
has the eternal acclamation, with Its
reverberation, of all ages and all men?
What orison of the bishop of Ixmdon
or of the archbishop of Canterbury ls
worth the cry of a woman before Des
demana, of a mother""before Arthur,
of a soul before Hamlet?
Therefore, ' when universal outcry de
mands from England a monument to
Shakespeare, It ls not for the sake of
Shakespeare, It Is for the SAke of Eng
land.
A monument is an example. The
lofty head of a great man Is a light
Crowds, like the waves, require bea
cons above them. People may not'
have time to read; they are forced to
see. . People pass ' by and stumble
against the pedestal; they arc almost
obliged to ralsel the head and to glance
a little at the inscription. Men escape
a book; they' cannot escape a statue.
One day, oa the bridge of Rouen, be
fore the beautiful statue due to David
(TAngers, a peasant mounted on an ass
said to me. "Do you know Pierre Cor
neiller - Yea,". I -replied. "So do I,"
he rejoined. "And do you know The-
Cid'f I resumed. "No," said he.
, To him. Co'rneailewaa,
This bea-inninsr in the knowledge of
great men Is necessary to the people.
The -monument incites -them to know
more of the man. There is. 'then. In
the. execution of such monuments, pop
ular utilitr as well as national justice-
A Sermon for Today
. , In Quiet Paths.
' w. iJBJrv.Henry F-'Cope. - ' .
teri" o;dfth me beside. the still wa
fers. Psalms xxiii;3. ... .
B
Y i ar the jrreatof number of us
must Hva quiet, simple Uvea. To
the few who live In the limelight
the existence tsf thft . vnifenv v mat
seem to be , humdrum, flat, and
uninteresting. But we are all too ready
to aeasurft livingby Its externals and
to decide that the life that never leaps
into the public glare must be lived in
pitiable (loom. ' .- , . U
. Are thera not for all our lives, for
these ordinary im.i. ,i
hVf2e,.rdina.ry.: lmp)e lives of -ours.
f 'rom .Srifi V.rlne" .thBt redeem the sou
we mfv r Vlng: hh .levels to which
VZrtonT w'l!d nd know such
import! ,SS'.Ai itf'
alms and Inspiring; Ideals that mav en-
the inwiiJit V.V ?U ,th8 duI1 valleys of
moat IJjifJl! llt,er wy not ven the
most rommnnn ara w v.
with the glory of jl great sacrifice or
a splendid aim? ssai sacrmce or
Life is what i - sv
i , .-- , ii. ureamess
but f 2h2l-cHtnstnce nop of condition,
WtLt h2?JX$Z Wi. h" no known
th.t kU' hlh minds, and noble
vond theiVhmH neTer, become known be
nnt ,,nwi1Utl8 clrcle who have died,
not unwept or unhonored, but unsung
because the sounds of thefr living havS
t.ie great noisy world?
najiL a& P.0"18, ?ay oftn be the best
PP i ,We, tend to measure lives bv
their vicissitude ih, h. X... u..-I
utfLZ??ue"-, Those who make start
I.iLh Knt".'id dt.80"'" et themselves
talked about, but for the plain busines
SrKreal work. ,of the world the folks
who slay on the ground are the ones
we can count on.
thi'Jwf: Pd thtpg to be able to see
the glory In the commonplace. We are
bo easily carried away at the sight of
tbe ancient, tawdrv innnin..
crity that when true worth appears in
homespun we reject it; It lacks epaulets
and feathers We complain of fortune
because it refuses to (irem In ti..i
array.
Modern heroes are more likely to be
In jeans or in khaki than in crimson,
ami great Uvea ir. mn ifint. . ,
found in kitchens and workshops than
in the council chambers nf Wino it-
a cheap and futile way to greatness,
this plan of buying Its uniform when
iu wen us neart.
The slse and worth of your life de
pends on its aims and motives and not
on the measure of its popular recogni
tion The world needs today not so
much men and women of startling
powers, as those of sterling qualities,
nOt SO niUCh a few SrllinlB S ,non, nf
plain goodness. The worth of our day
depends more on what we arc building
into the everyday things than on what
some man may be saying or doing in
the glare of publicity.
Often it seems a weary business to
take up the dally task, the name old
grind day aft.r day. Many affect lo
iospite those who do It, but the spirits
of eternity look- down and award the
i-rowns to i nose whose toll costs most,
to those who steadilr face rni.l fear
not the awful foes of monotony and dull
plodding. Even genius ls a matter of
that steady grinding at one thing.
We ought hot to desnlsn mr com
monplace lots or the apparently dull
level of other lives. We need vision
to see how great Is any life, how much
of the real riches of life there may on
n any 101. now gloriously grand are
he meanest tanks tli linrll..) i.hnn
when love Is their motive; how the stairs
or ton Become a garment of praise when
UltJCtl 1H HIIOWT1.
When we see thiat davs am thev prtmn
alone, not as so manv hours of dull
task but as. having so many oppor
tunities for self dlscoverv and develop
ment, so many chances for the graces
and virtues, and ao many Invitations
to learn the real worth of things, then
the days are transformed from gloom
to glory. '
We need new eyes and new hearts
rather than new circumstances. Wheth
er we live in a prison of a palace de
pends not on the walls about us but on
the will "within to be either slave or
king, bound by our lot or free in heart,
whether we regard life as an Imposition
or as opportunity. The quiet part re
rich to the open heart, and no way Is
so quiet that heaven may not be there.
Sentence Sermons
By Henrv F. Cope.
The limelight does not make the hero.
Wheat
weeds.
often the best cure for
No man receives more than he be
lieves. a
No man can preach far beyond Ills
real self.
It's never wise to trust the man who
trusts no one.
a
You cannot help the fallen by pulling
down your face.
a
It does not "mak von a saint to be
able to sigh at the slums,
The ills that follow our lusts we
usually charge up to our luck.
a
The most ridiculous coward in tha
world is tha man who fears ridicule.
a
Life always disagrees with the man
who tries to take Its cake all at once.
a
Some people do not know the differ
ence between fear God and -being afraid
in ine aura.
a
When a man's rellelon rets In nn
farther than his head it all runs out
readily at his lips. '
When we sav we hate flatterv wa
usually mean we dislike to hear it in
ine intra person.
r
The trouble often is that n lltn
to the voice of conscience while yield
ing to the push of desire.
It Is a good ftlen nf uni. nn
aa of secrecy to keep to yourself the
things you do not know.
a
The saddest thine- hnni it. ,.
ministers to no nn i' that i
knows what it has missed.
(The man who ha a
the universe alway finds all tbe cactus
bunches there are In It
a
Imagmarv Ills nuiobi..
stltute something more substantial than
an Imaginary hindrance.
Charles P. Chandler's Birthday.
Charles Frederick Ch.nu.
than 40 years nrnfei
In Columbia university, was born De
cember , 1836, at Lancaster. Mass.
After studying at the Lawrence Scien
tific school and Harvard University, he
went abroad and spent several years at
Oerman universities. In 1864 he Joined
the faculty of Columbia university. He
was one- of the three founders of the
university's famous school of mines
and at his suggestion the Havemeyers
gave the school the magnificent build
ing it now occupies.. Many times Dr
Chandler has been called upon by hla
city, state and nation for the sort of
assistance which only an expert chemist '
can give, and several years ago his
services' to chemical science were gen
erously recognised across the water
when he was made president of the -British
Society of Chemical Industry.
For - number of -years- Dr,' Chandler -was
chief chemist and president of the
Health Department of Ts'ew York City.
Jj. 3. Simpson wno . receTveJTHi
unanimous support oil all factions si
the North Bend cueA for mayor has
been elected to thatl Wmmltirtn A thr.
times, having heen the first mayor ot J
the city and having been reelected tbra'?15?
terms In succession.