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"Graves tell the truth
care forty years"?
OpillS expression of Kir Thomas
Browne, tli celehrstrd English
physician and writer, It decidedly open
to question. Every reader run cite In
stances where gruves liava fulled to
tall Ilia truth In a considerably shorter
psrlod than 44) yeara. In fact, It la
aafa to aay that In ninny rate gravee
fall to tell Ilia truth at all. Death
and tha cravt often serve to magnify
tba good tmlta of a person and ralat
him to a iilnnacla of perfection In tlia
yea of tha living that ha cuuld never
have attained In Ufa.
Sir Tbouiaa Hrow ne, however, waa a
man whose greatness haa grown with
tha years. While tha people of lila
own day did nt apiirerhita hla con
tributlona to tha knowledge of tha
world, aurreedlng generations have
appreciated them and today bs la re
garded In hla true light, at a benefac
tor of humanity.
Sir Thomas waa the author of a
work, Taeudodoxla Kpldemlra," or a
Treatise on Vulgnr Errors," In which
ba acored unmercifully tha superstl
tlona and error that were popular re
garding tha aclt-nca of medicine. In
thla work ba did a great good, and It
la aafa to aay hla right to fume reata
largely on thla one book.
It la at range thing, however, that
despite tha fact ha wrote extensively
on "vulgar errors," ha waa himself a
believer In alchemy, witchcraft, and
aatrology. To blm, by some uuknown
magte process, bane metal a could ba
turned to gold; certain persons were
endowed with tba powers of second
alght and mysticism; and tha at art. If
read aright, could foretell the deatlny
of man.
Tba works of Sir Ttiou.at Browne
earned him high place among tha
learned men of hla day and be con
ducted volumlnoui rorreMndence
with other noted men lu England and
on tha continent. In HKtt ha waa
made an honorary member of tha Col
lege of I'liyaii lmii, and In IflTl ha waa
knighted by diaries II. Kir Thomaa
waa born In London In 115, and his
death occurred In Norwich In 1082.
. Wayne D. McMurruy.
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SOMETHING TO
THINK ABOUT
By F. A. WALKER
MENTAL INERTIA
-a t cAmongtke
lpTABLES
TT IS tha fine anlld aort of man or
woman, who by power or will alone
ran overcome tha varloua lina or Iner
tla which habitually rroaa bla or her
path, or atand on tha highway of life
Ilka a common bandit and about out:
"Stand up and deliver I"
It matt era not what couraa we may
ha puraulng In bualneaa or among pro
fessional callings, we are pretty aura
at aoma time or another to come face
to face with thla form of alugglahneaa
and drag along for daya and daya un
der Ita etrange epell In aplte of all the
energy wa can aummon or all the good
Inlentlona wa ran tnueter to help na
out of our difficulty. And when wa
finally emerge from the torpor, we
reallfe that wa bare been In tha
clutcbea of an inertia that had alowed
M down and frightened ua until we
were not our normal arlvea.
There la alwaya In auch a atata aa
thla, tha nice critical moment of find
ing our bearlnga, breaking tha heavy
fettera and regaining again our old
time vitality and aggreaalvenriia.
From timidity to boldneaa la but
ahort Jump, but tha man or woman
who can make tha trap, confident In
hla or her atrength, la certain to land
on aolld ground, ready to fight tha
way to victory.
Tboae dull, blunt and paiulva per
anna whoa mental facultlra function
aluwly from habit can In a little while
by well-directed, peralatent effort la
coma forcible, active and energetic.
But when they once act their facet
toward an active life of uwfulneet
they mutt not ba perauaded to turn
back to tha old dlauaa, or 'they will
never get aa Inch beyond tha boundary
Una that separatee tucceaa from fail
ure. In point of fact, mental Inertia la
one of tha moat formidable ohit mo
tive and deitructlve forcee with which
tha world haa to reckon.
It creepe In uim the mind Ilka a
thief In tha night It lurea Ita vlc
tlma to delightful hnpet and danger
out lllualona and Inter taunta them
for their llfeleta Incapacity.
Nor dora mental Inertia preach what
It practlcea, for In Ita deplorable work
It la ever alert In tha puniult of unnua
peetlng dupea, and never a moment
during tha fleeting yeara of time doet
It discontinue to dethrone and dontroy.
(A br MeClnr Ntwapapar tradleiu )
CEORG HEGEL
THK atudy of Germnu phllntnphy
and Uermnny's grenlent phlloao
phera la pecullurly ttitereatlng.
Oeorg Hegel, for Inatuiirc, preached
"tha abaoluta auni'rlorlty of tha atate,
over tboae who laid hnnila on the ea
tabllihed order of thlnga, even when
the atate runa contrary to humani
tarian aentlmenta." The atata, In hla
phlloaophy, wna aupreme; tha Indi
vidual Minted for It, Initead of the
atata Minting for the comfort and
convenience of the Individual, at
democratic Innda believe.
Hut Hegel hlmaelf did not at flrat
believe thla. lie waa a aerloua stu
dent, dubbed the "old mnn" even w hen
be waa a boy. One of hla flrat worka
waa a life of Clirlttt In which ha Ig
nored the mtraruloua facta and endod
with a query na to why thla man.
ihould ba the hope of humanity? Ife
traveled with friends through a won
derful region of wnterfulta, but took
no Intereat In the trip. He at flrat,
admired Napoleon and gloried In the
fall of I'ruaiilnnlHm', but luter, when
ha roae from poverty to become a
proaperoua and wealthy profeaaor at
Berlin,- hla attitude changed.
Then It wna, that he preached the
state and the ruling rlima, and, need
lees to any his teachings brought him
favor with the Junkert. .
Ilegel wna born August 27, 1770. Da
died In a cholera plagirt In 1831.
8 by Otarst Mttthaw Aatma.)
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Crime or Jeatf
Not long ago. a small bos with an
Insufficient addrets waa held up at an
Engllah post office. As tha addrets
could not ba found It waa opened and
disclosed a parcel of bones, estab
lUhed to be human. Tha mystery was
never cleared up. What crime it
shrouded, or whether It was a oka on
the part of aoma hospital student,
mutt ba loft to conjecture.
Honor to Dead Soldier.
Tha War department says when a
toldler la burled tha following is tha
procedure: Tha body Is lowered into
tha grave aa tha prleat or minister
reads a short service. Usually muslo
Is played or a hymn Is sung. A bugle
then sounds taps, after which a firing
tquad fires three round over the
grave. Tba guns are pointed upward,
In no partclular direction. After the
funeral party teavea tha cemetery the
cemeterlal help closet the grave.
Ancient Pennlea.
A silver penny struck during tha
reign of Ethelred II, tha Unready,
97 101. at Sudbury, England, where
at that time there waa a royal mint,
haa been presented to tha borough by
tha town clerk. It passed into bis
possession several years ago, and be
haa ascertanied on high authority that
it la genuine. The coin bas been de
posited In tha borough technical Institute.
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by the huge aums of money, aent
through thla channel. One ordinary
business letter, not stuck down, waa
found recently to contain a negotiable
check for halt a million. Frequently
banks, and even private people, send
unsealed letters with checks running
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eohoot la America. Rn4 for eur loeeeeja
C tains. Fourth Itreet near Morrises,
Portlejid, Or. leaae M, Welkerjpresk
P. N. U. No. St, 192S
Ruben's Palntinga.
Bryan in bla "Dictionary of Painters
and Engravers" ssys that tha amount
of Rubens' pictorial work was prodi
gious. A list records no fewer than
1.263, exclusive of 484 drswlngs. It
waa Rubens' practice to employ many
atudent asslstans. It Is not possible
to say exactly how many of tha paint
ings are still In existence.
Exit Cant ' '
Honor to the strong man. In these
ages, who has shaken himself loose of
shams, and Is something. For In tha
way of being worthy, tha first condi
tion surely Is that one be. Let cant
cease, at all risks and at all costs; till
cant ceases, nothing else can begin.
Carlyle.
Earnings of Laxlnsss.
Laxlness begins with cobwebs and
ends with Iron chains. rroverb.
Annspolla Gay City.
From a little aottlement on the
Sovern In 1664, Annapolis grew in
stxe and Importance until It became
the capital of Maryland. By 1750 It
was famed for its gayety and luxury
and was often referred to as "The
Paris of the Colonies."
Unable to Rescue Franklin.
Between 1S47 and 1857, 89 expedi
tion! were aent into the Arctlo re
gions to find Sir John Franklin who
set out for the North pole, May 19,
1845. Tha last one found relics of
Franklin's expedition.
How Essy the Public!
It is not notorious how small a frac
tion of society takes any Interest in
the conduct of public affairs? bow Im
portant tradea union Issues, such as
a strike, are left to ba determined by
a handful of the men who are vitally
concerned? bow great a part Is played
by catch-phrases and relatively unim
portant local Issues in our political
elections? The Bight Hon. Herbert
Fisher In the Common Weal.
Wild Guess.
The music teacher waa trying to Im
press upon her pupils the meaning of
F and FF In a aong they were about to
learn. After explaining the first sign.
she said: ."Now children. It F means
forte, what does FF meant?" "Eigh
ty!" shouted on enthusiastic pupil.
Frlsrs Left Namea.
The Black friars, tha White friars.
and the Gray friars, whose names ap
pear frequently In tha topography and
tales of London, were respectively the
Dominican, the Carmelite and tha
Franciscan orders of friars.
Ssys Brother Williams
Of course, Time an' Tide ain't goln'
to watt for you. Both of 'em has got
business to attend to, and they've got
to get there. Atlanta Constitution.
It will aid greatly In cleaning the
painted walla It they are gone over
with thin uncooked atarched water.
Fainted walls and woodwork can be
cleaned easily and well by using equal
parts of vinegar and keroaene. Waah
with a cloth and dry with a dry cloth.
The first institution for tha ado
cation of deafmutes in Germany was
opened In 1778 at Lelpslo by Samuel
Holnlcke, whose experience as a
teacher led him to devote all hla time
to the deaf and dumb.
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Simple Marriage Rite.
Marriage la celebrated in a strange
fashion In some parts of India. The
woman puts a pot of water In her
prospective husband's house, and on
hla lifting It up tha marriage ia ratified.
Not Hampered by Cold.
One of tha largest forests In tha
world, situated between tha Ural
mountains and tha Okhotsk sea In
Russia Is said to grow out of what
is practically Icy earth.
What About "PDr
What are the two most potent let
ters In the alphabet? The quick an
swer Is "U. 8." There la aomethlng
to be said, however, In favor of "O.
K." El Paso Herald.
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