VOL. XXXXI.
Bargains
In Boots, Shoes K
and Rubber Goods
At Bickel's. p'Wh
If you want the biggest values for the f \ C|/|V
money ever offered come to this sale. \ 11/
A grand opportunity to get good solid p)L
footwear at a big saving.
Ladies' fine Dongola patent tip shoes SI.OO
Misses' fine Dongola pateDt tip shoes 85 &
Ladies' warm lined shoes 85 N\
Infants' fine soft sole shoe 3 18 Y\
Boys' every day shoes 90 wiA t \
Men's good working sboes 1.00
Men's fine Patent Leather shoes 1.75 wr
Ladies' fine Patent Leather shoes ... 1.75 j§
Children's fine Dongola shoes 35c, 50c, 75
Ladies' warm lined slippers 45
EXffemelyTafge slock of Rubber & Felt Goods of all kinds.
Ladies'. Gents', Boys', Misses' and Children's felt Boots and
Stockings with good heavy overs. High cut arctics in all sizes.
Large assortment of Ladies', Gents', Misses and Children s
Leggins and Overgaiters at prices sure to interest you.
At all times a full stock of Gokey's hand-made box-toe and
plain toe shoes. Gokey's high-cut copper-tipped shoes for
boys and heavy school shoes for girls.
See our line of Men's high-cut shoes. Just the kind ior
winter wear.
JOHN BICKEL,
BUTLER. PA.
» Fall and Winter Millinery. §
\\ Arrival of a large line of Street Hats, Tailor-made 3;
»!• and ready-to-wear Hats. All the new ideas and
:? designs in Millinery Novelties. Trimmed and Un- Hi
|; trimmed Hats for Ladies, Misses and Children. All £
H the new things in Wings, Pom-pons; Feathers, &
j1 Ostrich Goods, etc, etc. 4i
i| Ropkenstein's S
I •
5 Millir\ery Emporium,
j| 838 South Main
J J ±
li Jewelry, Silverware.
!• Now is the Time to select Holiday Goods.
•T CALL AT jg
] j Cleeland's Jewelry Store |
i i and look over a very fine stock of Watches, Solid ;|i
\ ? Silverware, Hand Painted and Imported China, Gold
fj f Jewelry, finest plated ware and many other new and w
!: up to date goods suitable for a nice wedding or !g
;; Christmas gift. -p
I D. L. CLEELAND, |
ii 125 South Main street, - - - Butler, Pa. & ,
TDO YOU KNOW THAT THE HOLIDAY £
/ SEASON IS FAST APPROACHING ?
> ABE YOU GOING TO HAVE A # ?
) FEW DAYS VACATION JF >
S HAVE YOU SELECTED YOUR ■ )
/ WINTER SUIT, OVERCOAT AND HAT I
\ The last ciuestion is the one we as well as yourself are interested in. /
r We sell the liest made clothing in Bntler. S
1 Yon know what the DOIJTEIETT & GItAHAM label mean*. (
v Oar snits at flfi.OO, f 18.00 and fiJO.OO are the kind yon want and the J
i merchant tailor envies. C
£ Our Overcoats are the talk of the town and the Overcoat you are J
1 looking for yon will find here at a price that you will find saving to your r
C pocket book j
1 Ilati and Furnishing* we have just what von want. v
L it costs nothing to look so come in we wifi be pleased to show ycu. /
(AND DON'T FORGET YOUR BOY. 4
J So many nice things for the little fellow wc could not attempt to tell f
I you all in so small a space. \
# Keep your eye open for our Holiday suggestions j n oar next ad. and i
r watch window display. C
) YOURS FOR YOUB NEEDS, /
| Douthett & Graham. j
/ INCORPORATED I
A Big: Purchase of
Jewelry Samples
From large manufacturers at less than
cost of making.
Sale begins 1) o'clock Saturday morn
ing, December I Oth, and will continue
until Christmas
This purchase includes a large assort
ment of Gents' and Ladies Watches,
Kings, Brooches, Scarf Pins, Fobs,
Chains, Cuff Buttons, Beads, Pins, and
hundreds of other pieces.
Send for catalogue.
Ralston & Smith,
Successors of W. E. Ralston,
110 W. Jefferson Street, Butler, Pa.
-THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Isay.XmasisNearll
YOU WILL BUY SOMETHING Wj
jtJ USCfUI for the HOIHC |
Fi pj
WA This store has the kind of Useful Presents LI
Li that lasts for years. Why not buy Furniture. Va
fA Our stock is large and assortment fine. Better
take a look at us before buying. rJ
10 How About A Rocking Chair M
4j One of the most useful and pleasing articles of the
f $ home. Never can have too many comfortable Rock
ing Chairs. We are showing at least 100 diilerent . s
rf® patterns —all kinds —inexpensive —at $2.00, 2.50, fej
3.00, 3.so—comfortable—durable. Parior Chairs— F®
polished —odd patterns at $5.00, 6.00 up to 10.00.
Fine Leather Rockers for sl2 to 20.00. T®
s PARLOR TABLES tt
fd We are shoving a large assortment. Meat polish
[L * patterns in small sizes at $1.50, 2.00 and up to m
f4 5.00. The better ones—in mahogany and oak from
kj SB.OO to 20.00. I
ODD PARLOR PIECES
In gilt, oak, mahogany —artistic pieces to tone up pj
wa —make home look beautiful —inexpensive, if you
wish, or more elaborate, as you please. pj
rJ Music Cabinets here from SB.OO to $25.00. kj
fi WRITING DESKS for the Ladies—in oak or ma
hogany —bird's eye maple —from $5.00 to 15.00. w2
VA How about u tiue Rug oi Carpet for your beat kj
room? We have them.
M COME IN AND COMPARET M
|] BROWN CO.||
No. 136 North Main St., Butler.
Jk Kelsey, Crown, Boomer
I
Coal and Slacl< Heaters, Gas and Coal■
Ranges and Gas Stoves. 1904 Washers,®
Sowing /Machines, Needles Jor all mal<es oi(
Sewing Machines. Sewing repaired.B
B Roofing and Spouting, and House Furnishing Goods. H
I Henry Biehl, I
B 1-- N. Main St. I'co. 't'lioue 4(14. H
The Great Sacrifice Sale
of Clothing, Men's and Boys' Furnishing Goods, Hats and
Caps is still going on.
Owing to the dissolution of the firm of Schaul & Nast, prices
on all goods In the store have been slashed regardless of cost.
The following are a few of the many bargains we have to offer you:
Men's fine all wool, black and blue, Kersey QQ
Overcoats, regular price sls, sale price
Men's Oxford, black, very dressy, Overcoats, VA 4.R
regular price $lO and sl2, sale price v ■ • ■ O
Men's very fine English Rain Coats, <£ Ifl
regular price S2O, sale price •PIU.£vJ
Men's fine Hodgmans Alexombrice Rain and SsQ QR
Storm Overcoats, regular price $lB, sale price *PwO
Men's heavy Rain and Storm Overcoats, OC
regular price $9 and $lO, sale price
118 pair of Men's and Boys' heavy Cassimere QRr
Pants, regular price $2, sale price C/Ou
389 pair Boys' Knee Pants (all wool) sizes 3
to 16. regular price 75c, silc price Ov/L
All we ask is for the reader of this advertisement to stop
in the store and be convinced that we make good all v/e ad
vertise. No trouble to show goods.
F»HILIF» SCHAUL,
SUCCESSOR TO SCHAUL & NAST,
187 South Main Slr««t. liutU-r, l*n.
K E (J K
Merchant Tailor.
Fall and Winter Suitings
( ] JUST ARRIVED ( )
w 142 North Main St. vy
K E O K
1 I
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1">, 1904.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
PHYSICIANS,
[ C. BOYLE, SI. F>.
FF I EVE, E\R, XOSE and THROAT,
Sf'Ef.'l ALIST.
121 Cunningham Street.
Office Hours 11 to 12 a. m.. 3 to 5 and
I T to 9 p. m.
BOTH TELEPHONES.
i IkR JULIA K. FOSTER.
1/ OSTEOPATH.
Consultation and examination free.
Office hours - 0 to 12 A M.. 2 to
M., daily except Sanday. Evening
1 appointment.
Office—Stein Block, Rooms 9-10, But
ler, Pa. People's Phone 47>.
DLI H. J. NEELV
Rooms 6 and 7. Hujibes Building,
Sonth Main St.
Chronic diseases of genito urinary
organs and reetmu treate .i by tie i. Os
approved methods.
PLARA E. MORROW, D. 0.,
V GRADUATE BOSTON COLLEGE OE
OSTEOPATHY.
Women's diseases ;t specialty. Con
sultatian and esamiuation free.
Office Hours, 9 to 12 m., 2 to 3 p. m 1
People's Phone 573.
116 S. !\ T M» n Mrctt, fut'c:, ia j
M. ZIMMERMAN
'I • PHYSICIAN AND SHKGKON
At "2' N Main Sr.
I R. HAZLETT, M. D.,
Ij. 106 West Dlamoiid,
Dr. Graham's formtr of r >ce.
Special attention y ve.. to Kye, v o e j
and Throat People's Phune 274.
OA.MUELM. BIFFOS,
PHY3ICIAN AND SC7RGKOH
200 West Cunningham St.
DENTISTS.
DR. FORD II HAYES.
DENTIST.
Graduate of Dental Department, j
University of Pennsylvania.
Office—2ls S. Main Street, Butler, Pa. •,
DR. S A. JOHNSTON.
SUKGEON DENTIST.
Formerly of Bntler, *
Has located opposite Lowry Honse, |
Main St , Butler, Pa. The finest: work ;
n specialty. Expert painless extractor j
of teeth by his new method, no rnedi j
cine used or jabbing a noedle into the
gums; J:1SO gas and ether used. Corn
mnnications by mail receive prompt at
tention.
DR J. WILHERT McKEE,
SITKGEON DENTIST.
Office over Leighner's Jewelry store,
Butler, Pa
Peoples Telephone 505.
A specialty made of gold fillings, gold
crown and bridge work.
\V J HIND MAN,
' 1 • DENTIST.
12,'t South Main street, (ov Metzer's
shoe store.)
DR. H. A. MCCANDLESS,
DENTIST.
Office in Butler County National Bank
Building, 2nd floor.
DR. M D. KOTTRABA,
Successor to Dr. Jolint>ion.
DENTIST
Office at No 114 K. Jeflerson St., over
<>. \V. Miller's grocery
ATTORNEYS.
RP. SCOTT,
• ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office in Bntler County National
Bank building.
i T. scon .
A*. ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office at No. West Diamond St. But
ler, Pa.
POIJLTER & BAKER,
* J ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Offi.-e in Butler C'innly National
Bjrik building.
JOHN W. COULTER,
'I ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Offi;;o on Diamond, Butler, Pa.
Special stleutiou given to collections
and business matters.
I D McJUNKIN,
T) « ATTOUNKY-AT-LA w.
Office in Keiber building, cornet Main
and R. Cunningham Sts, Entrance on
Maiu street.
1 It. BKEDIN,
TF • ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office on Main St. near Couit llousi
HII. GOUCHKR,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office In Wine buildinit
I: H. NKGLEY,
J• ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Oflice In the N*-jjley B'lildlug, We t
Diamond
W C. FINDLE*.
M • ATTOUNKY-AT-LAW. AND
PENSION ATTORN ICY.
Office on South side of Diamond,
Bntler, Pa.
MISCELLANEOUS.
p P. L. McQUISTION,
V. CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR
Oeicc near Court House
I WALKER,
IJ« NOTA UY PUUMC,
BUTLER,
Office with Berkmer, u»-»i d<«»r to P. O
I) F MILLIARD,
I). GHNKKAI, SURVEYING.
Mines and Land. County Surveyor.
It. F D. 40, West Snnbury. Pa.
X?!
C. F. T. Papej
I iJEWELERI \
/ 121 E. Jefferson Street. /
$350 PIANO ONLY $l4O
lloffmaaa's, SJ7 Seiithflcld SI., Pittsburg.
A handsome mahogany upright piano
with beautiful, mellow tone, worth
will»« sold for 1110, including
stool and cover. This is a high grade,
slightly used piano, in perfect condition
and an i xcepttonal bargain.
If yon want a piano and can bny one
at about half Its regular value would it
not pay well 10 investigate this oxtra
ordinary offer? If so, call or write for
full particulars
J. M. HOFFMANN CO.,
587 Hmithfield street, Pittsburg, IV
Established 1M». Sole representatives
for Sohuier, Vose and Behniug Pianos.
''tflTlTfff
§ The Simple life
By CHARLES WAGNER
{ t Copyright. 1901. by McClure. Phillips O- Co.
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CHAPTER 111.
SIMPLICITY OF THOUOHT.
IT Is not alone among the practical
manifestations of our life that
there Is need of making a clear
ing; the domain of our Ideas is in
the same case. Anarchy reigns in hu
man thought. We walk In the woods
without compass or sun, lost among
tho brambles and briers of Infinite de
tail.
When once man has recognized tho
fact that he bas an aim, and that this
aim Is to be a man, he organizes his
thought accordingly. Every mode of
thinking or Judging which does not
make him better and stronger he re
jects as dangerous.
And first of all he flees the too com
mon contrariety of amusing himself
with his thought. Thought is a tool,
with its own proper function; It Isn't n
toy. Let us take an example. Here Is
the studio of a painter. The Implements
arc all in place; everything indicates
that this assemblage of means Is ar
ranged with view to an end. Throw
the room open to opes. They will climb
on the benches, swing from the cords,
rig themselves In draperies, coif them
selves with slippers. Juggle with brush
es, nibble the colors and pierce the can
vases to see what is behind the paint.
I don't question their enjoyment. Cer
tainly they must find this kind of ex
ercise extremely Interesting. But an
atelier is not made to let monkeys
loose in. No more is thought a ground
for acrobatic evolutions. A man worthy
of the name thinks as he is, as his
tastes are; he goes about it with his
whole heart, and not with that fitful
and sterile curiosity which, under pre
text of observing and noting every
thing, runs the risk of never experienc
ing a deep and true emotion or accom
plishing a right deed.
Another habit in urgent need of cor
rection, ordinary attendant on conven
tional life, is the mania for examining
and analyzing oneself at every turn.
I do not Invito men to neglect Intro
spectlon and the examination of con
science. The endeavor to understand
one's own mental attitudes and motives
of conduct Is an essential element of
good living. Hut quite other Is this ex
treme vigilance, this incessant obser
vation of one's life and thoughts, this
dissecting of oneself, like a piece of
mechanism. It Is a waste of time and
goes wide of the mark. Tho man who,
to prepare himself the better for walk
ing. should begin by making a rigid
anatomical examination of his means
of locomotion, would risk dislocating
something before lie had taken u step.
You have what you need to walk with,
then forward! lake care not to fall,
und use your forces with discretion.
Potterers and scruple mongers nre soon
reduced to inaction. It needs but a
glimmer of common sense to perceive
that man Is not made to pass his llfo
In a self centered trance.
And common sense- do you not find
what Is designated by this name lie
comlng as rare as the common sense
customs of other days? Common sense
has become an old story. We must
have something new. and we create
a factitious existence, a refinement of
living, thnt the vulgar crowd has not
the wherewithal to procure. It Is so
agreeable to be distinguished! Instead
of conducting ourselves like rational
beings and using the means most ob
viously at our command we arrive, by
dint of absolute genius, at the most
astonishing singularities. Better off
the track than on the main line! All
the bodily defects and deformities that
orthopedy treats give but a feeble Idea
of the huinps, the tortuosities, the dis
locations we have Inflicted upon our
selves In order to depart from simple
common sense, and at our own ex
pense we learn that one does not de
form himself with Impunity. Novelty,
after all, Is ephemeral. Nothing en
dures but the eternal commonplace,
anil If one departs from that It Is to
run the most perilous risks. Happy
he who Is able to reelulm himself, who
finds the way back to simplicity.
Good plain sense Is not, as Is often
Imagined, the Innate possession of the
first chance comer, a mean and paltry
equipment that has cost nothing to
any one. I would compare It to those
old folk songs, unfathered, but death
less, which sceiu to have risen out of
the very heart of the people. Good
senile Is a fund slowly and painfully
accumulated by the lalsir of centuries.
It Is u Jewel of the first water, whose
value he alone understands who has
lost It or who observes the lives of
others who have lost It. For my part
I think no price too great to pay for
gaining It and keeping it for the pos
session of eyes that see and a Judg
ment that discerns. One takes good
cure of his sword that It be not bent
or rusted; with greater reason should
he give heed to' his thought.
But let this be well understood: An
uppcal to common sense Is not an ap
peal to thought that grovels, to narrow
positivism which denies everything It
cannot or touch; for to wish that
man should be absorbed lu material
sensations, to the exclusion of the high
realities of the Inner life, Is also a want
of g<*Ml sense. Here we touch upon a
tender point, round which the greatest
battles of humanity are waging. In
truth, we are striving to attain a con
ccptloii of life, searching It out amid
countless obscurities and griefs, and
everything that touches upon spiritual
realities becomes day by day more
painful. In tho midst of the grave
perplexities and transient disorders
that accompany great crises of thought
It seems more difficult than ever to e.i
Cape with any simple principles. Yet
necessity Itself comes to our aid, as II
has done for the men of all times. The
programme of life In terribly simple
after all, and lu the fact that existence
so Imperiously forces herself upon us
she gives us notice that sho preeedes
any Idea of her which we may make
for ourselves and that no one can put
off living pending an attempt to under
stand life. Our philosophies, our ev
planations, our beliefs, are everywhere
confronted by facts, and these facts,
prodigious, Irrefutable, call us to order
when we would deduco life from our
reasonings and would wait to act until
we have ended philosophizing. It Is
this happy necessity that prevents the
world from stopping while man ques
tloiis his route. Travelers of a day,
we are carried along In a vust move
ment to which we are called upon to
contribute, but which we have not fore
seen nor embraced lu Its entirety nor
j>euetrated as to its ultimate alms.
Our part is to fill faithfully the role of
private, which has devolved upoa us,
and our thought should adapt Itself to
the situation. Do not say that we live
in more trying times than our ances
tors. for things seen from afar are of
ten seen Imperfectly. It Is, moreover,
scarcely gracious to complain of not
havlner been born in the days of one's
grandfather.
What we may believe least contesta
ble on the subject is this: From the be
ginning of the world it has been hard
to see clearly; right thinking has been
difficult everywhere and always. In
the matter the ancients were In no
wise privileged above the moderns, and
it might be added that there is no dif
ference between men when they are
considered from this point of view.
Master and servant, teacher and learn
er, writer and artisan, discern truth at
the same cost. The light that humanity
acquires In advancing is no doubt of
the greatest use, but It also multiplies
the number and extent of human prob
lems. The difficulty Is never removed;
the mind always encounters its obsta
cle. The unknown controls us and
hems us In on all sides. But just as
one need not exhaust a spring to
quench his thirst, so we need not know
everything to live. Humanity lives and
always has lived on certain elemental
provisions.
We will try to point them out. First
of all, humanity lives by confidence. In
so doing It but reflects, commensurate
wlfh its conscious thought, that which
Is the hidden source of all beings. An
Imperturbable faith in the stability of
the universe and its intelligent order
ing sleeps In everything that exists.
The flowers, the trees, the beasts of the
field, live in calm strength, in entire se
curity. There U conlldence In the fall
ing rain, in dawning day. in the brook
running to the sea. Everything that
Is seems to say: "I am, therefore I
should be. There are good reasons for
this, rest assured."
So, too, mankind lives by confidence.
From the simple fact that he is, man
has within him the sufficient reason for
his being—a pledgo of assurance. He
reposes in the power which has willed
that lie should be. To safeguard this
confidence, to see that nothing diseon
certs It, to cultivate it, render it more
personal, more evident—toward this
should tend the first effort of our
thought. All that augments confidence
within us Is good, for from confidence
is born the life without haste —tranquil
energy, calm action, the love of life
und Its fruitful labor. I>eep seated con
fidence Is the mysterious spring that
sets In motion the energy within us. It
is our nutriment. By it man lives much
more than by the bread he eats. And
so everything thnt shakes this confi
dence Is evil—poison, not food.
Dangerous Is every system of thought
that attacks tho very fact of life, de
claring it to be an evil, IJfe has been
too often wrongly estimated In this
century. What wonder that tho tree
withers when its roots are watered
with corrosives. And there Is an ex
tremely simple reflection that might
bo made In the face of all this nega
tion. You say llf# Is r.n evil. Well,
what remedy for It do you offer? Can
you combat It, suppress It? I do not
ask you to suppress your own life, to
commit suicide— of what advantage
would that be to us? but to suppress
life, not luorely human life, but llfo
at Its deep and hidden origin, all this
upHprlnglng of existence that pushes
toward the light and, to your mind, is
rushing to misfortune; I ask you to
lupprcss the will to live tliut trembles
through the Immensities of space, to
suppress, in short, the source of life.
Can you do It? No. Then leave us In
pence. Kline no one can hold life In
check Is It not better to respect It
and use It than to go about making
other people disgusted with It? When
one knows that certain food is danger
ous to health he does not eat It, and
when a certain fashion of thinking
robs us of confidence, cheerfulness and
strength we should reject that, certain
not only that It Is a nutriment noxious to
the mind, but also that It Is false. There
Is no truth for man but In thoughts
(hat are human, and pessimism ts In
human. Besides, It wants as much In
modesty as In logic. To permit one
self to count as evil this prodigious
thing that wo call life one needs have
seen Its very foundation, almost to
have made It. What a strange atti
tude Is that of certain great thinkers
of our times! They pet as If they had
created the world very long ago, in
their youth, but decidedly It was a mis
take, and they had well repented it.
I,et us nourish ourselves from other
meat, strengthen our souls with cheer
ing thoughts. What Is truest for man
Is what best fortifies him.
If mankind lives by confidence, It
lives also bjr hope that form of confi
dence which turns toward the future.
All life Is a result and an aspiration;
all that exists supposes an origin and
tends towaril an end. Lin» Is progres
HIOII; progression Is aspiration. The
progress of the future Is an Infinitude
of hope. Hope Is at the root of things
and must be reflected In the heart of
man; no hope, no life. Tho same pow
er which brought us Into being urges
us to go up higher. What Is the mean
lng of this persistent instinct which
pushes us on? The true meaning Is
that something Is to result from life,
that out of It is being wrought a good
greater than Itself, toward which It
slowly moves, and that this painful
sower called man needs, like every
sower, to count on the morrow. The
history of humanity Is the history of
indomitable hope; otherwise everything
would have been over long ago. To
press forward under his burdens, to
guide himself In the night, to retrieve
his falls and his fiilures, to escape de
spair even lu death, man has need of
hoping always, and sometimes iigalnst
all hope. Here Is the cordial that sus
tains him. Had we only logic wo
should have long ago drawn the con
clusion, Death has everywhere the last
word, anil we should be dead of tho
Idea. Hut we have hope, und that is
why we live and believe In life.
Huso, the great monk and mystic,
one*of the simplest and best men that
ever lived, had a touching custom.
Whenever he encountered a woman,
were she the poorust and oldest, ho
stepped respectfully aside, though his
bare feet must tread among thorns or
In the gutter. "I do that," he said, "to
render homage to our holy lady the
Virgin Mar j " I.et lis offer to hope a
like re\ereuce. If we meet It In tho
shape of a blade of wheat piercing the
i furrow, a bird on Its nest, a
poor wounded \>east. recovering itself,
rising and continuing iu way; a peas
ant plowing and sowing a field that
h.u been ravaged by flood or hail, a
nation slowly repairing Its losses and
healing its wounds under whatever
guise of humanity or suffering it ap
i pears to us, let us salute it. When we
encounter it in legends, in untutored
songs, in simple creeds, let us still sa
lute it, for it is always the same, inde
structible, the immortal daughter of
God.
We do not dare hope enough. The
men of our day have developed strange
timidities. The apprehension that the
sky ivlll fall—that acme of absurdity
among the fears of our Gallic forefa
thers—has entered our own hearts.
Does the raindrop doubt the ocean,
the ray mistrust the sun? Our senile
wisdom has arrived at this prodigy. It
resembles those testy old pedagogues
| whose chief office is to rail at the mer
ry pranks or the youthful enthusiasms
of their pupils. It Is time to become
i little children once more, to learn
| again to stand with clasped hands and
j wide eyes before the mystery around
| us; to remember that, in spite of our
knowledge, what we know is but a
trifle, and that the world is greater
tlinn our mind, which Is well, for, be
ing so prodigious, it must hold in re
serve untold resources, and we may
allow It some credit without accusing
ourselves of improvidence. Let us not
treat it as creditors do an insolvent
debtor; we should fire its courage, re
light the sacred flame of hope. Since
tbo sun still rises, since earth puts
forth her blossoms anew, since the bird
builds its nest and the mother smiles
at her child, let us have the courage to
be men and commit the rest to htm
who has numbered the stars. For my
part I would I might find glowing
f.ords to say to whomsoever has lost
heart In these times of disillusion:
Rouse your courage; hope on. He is
sure of being least deluded who has the
daring to do that The most Ingenuous
hope is nearer truth than the most ra
tional despair.
Another source of light on the path
of human life is goodness. I am not of
those who believe In the natural per
fection of man and teach that society
corrupts him. On the contrary, of all
forms of evil the one which most dis
mays mo Is heredity. But I sometimes
ask myself bow It Is that this effete
and deadly virus of low instincts, of
vices Inoculated in the blood, the whole
assemblage of disabilities Imposed up
on us by the past—how all this has
not got the better of us. It must be
because of something else. Thin other
thing is love.
Given the unknown brooding above
our heads, our limited Intelligence, the
grievous and contradictory enigma of
#iiuiui destiny, falsehood, hatred, cor
fuptlon, suffering, death—what can we
think, what do? To all these questions
a sublime and mysterious voice has an
swered. Love your fellow men. Love
must Indeed be divine, like faith and
hope, since she cannot die when so
many powers are arrayed against her.
She has to combat the natural ferocity
of What may be culled the beast In man.
She has f6 meet ruse, force, self Inter
est, above all. lngratltudo. How Is it
"id scathless In
tiuwnTastof tnese dark enemies, like
the prophet of the sacred legend among
the roaring beasts? It Is becuuse her
enemies are of the earth und love Is
from above. Horns, teeth, claws, eyes
full of murderous lire, are powerless
against tho swift wing that soars to
ward the heights and eludes them.
Thus love escapes the undertakings of
her foes. She does even better—she
has sometimes known the One triumph
of winning over her persecutors. Sho
lias seen the wild beasts grow calm,
lie down at her feet, obey her law.
At the very heart of the Christian
faith, the most sublime of Its teach
ings, and to him who penetrates Its
deepest sense the most human, Is this;
To save lost humanity the Invisible
God came to dwell among us In tho
form of a man and willed to make
himself known by this single sign
love.
Healing, consoling, tender to tho un
fortunate, even to tho evil, love engen
ders light beneath her feet. She clari
ties, she.simplifies. She has chosen the
humblest part -to bind up wounds,
wipe away tears, relieve distress,
soothe aching hearts, pardon, make
peace. Yet It Is of love that we hnvo
the greatest need. And as wo meditate
on the best way to render thought fruit
ful, simple, really conformable to our
destiny, the method sums Itself up In
these words: Have confidence and hope;
be kind.
I would not discourage lofty specula
tion, dissuade any one whomsoever
from brooding over the problems of tho
unknown, over the vast abysses of sci
ence or philosophy; l>tit v.e have al
ways to come back from those fur Jour
neys to the point where we arc, often
to a place where we seem to stand
marking time with 110 result. There
are conditions of life ami social com
plications In which the sage, the think
er and the Ignorant are alike unable
to see clearly. The present ago hits
often brought us face to face with such
situations. I am sure that ho who
meets them with our method will soon
recognise Its worth.
Since 1 have touched here upon rell
glotis ground, at least In a general way,
some one may ask me to say In a few
simple words what religion Is the best,
and 1 gladly express myself on this
subject Hut It might be better not to
put tho question in this form. AU re
ligions have of necessity certain fixed
characteristics, and each has Its Inhor
ent qualities or defects. Strictly spcak
lUK. then, they may be compared among
themselves. But there are always in
voluntary partialities or foregone con
clusions. It Is better to put the ques
tlon otherwise and ask, Is my own re
llglon good, and how may I know It?
To this question this answer: Your re
ligion Is good If It Is vital and active,
if it nourishes in you confidence, hope,
love and a sentiment of tho luflnlto
value of existence; If It Is silled with
what Is best In you against what Is
worst and holds forever before you the
necessity of becoming a new man; if
It makes you understand that pain is a
deliverer; If It Increases your rospoct
for the conscience of others; If It ren
ders forgiveness more «'asy, fortune
less arrogant, duty more dear, the be
yond less visionary. If It does tbsso
things It Is good, little matter its name.
However rudimentary It may be, when
It fills this office It eomes from the true
source; It binds you to mau und to God
But does It perchance serve to make
you think yourself better thau others,
quibble over texts, wear sour looks,
domineer over others' consciences or
give your own over to bondage, stlflo
your scruples, follow religious forms
for fashion or gain, do good In the hope
of escaping future punishment? oh,
then, If you proclaim yourself the fol
lower or Huddha. Moses, Mohammed
or even t'hrlst, your religion Is worth
less; It separates you from God and
man.
1 have not perhaps the right to speak
thus In my owu name, but others bave
m> fcuukeu before iu« who ur« Kltfcttf
No. 48
I than If and notably he who recounted
I to the questioning scribe the parable
1 of the good Samaritan. I Intrench my
-1 self behind his authority.
[TO BE coirrnrtTHx]
fHE SHAMROCK.
fc-clnnd's Wood Sorrel Said to Be St.
Patrlrk'i Emblem.
There are many people who do not
know what the real shamrock is. The
plan? which is often called shamrock
and generally passes for It in Ireland
Is the Trlfolium repens, or white clo
ver. This plant could not have been
the one which St Patrick held up to
illustrate the doctrine of the Trinity, as
Jt has been known only 200 years In
Ireland and Is a cultivated plant and
not native to the soil.
Edmund Spenser says of the Irish of
1580 that "whenever they found a plot
of shamrocks, or watercress, they had
a feast. There were some who gob
bled the green food as It came, some
looked for the faultless stalk and the
bloom on the leaf." This shamrock of
Spenser's time was without doubt the
Oxalls acetosella, which is commonly
known as wood sorrel. It makes an ex
cellent salad herb, though it has never
become a market herb in France or
this country. The sorrel of Paris and
New York markets is a species of dock.
The wood sorrel Is indigenous to the
soil of Ireland and is believed by
botanists to be the original "herb trini
ty" with which St Patrick used to il
lustrate his doctrines.—New York Trib
une.
MONEY IN CORNERSTONES.
The Sirrlral of an Older sad More
Traarie Culom.
The practice of putting money under
the foundation stone of a new building
is the shadow of an older tragic cus
tom. The money stands theoretically
for the ransom of the human being
who by ancient superstition should
have been burled in Its place. Other
wise, it was held, the building would
not stand firm and endure.
There was a time when this particu
lar kind of human sacrifice bad a
rogue extending to most parts of the
world. Eren in England skeletons
bave been found imbedded in the bases
of castle walls, and there is record of
one German fortress at the building of
which a child was bought from its
mother with hard cash and walled in
to the donjon tower, the unnatural
mother, according to the story, looking
on the while. Effigies of human be
ings are still used in some parts of
Europe as harmless substitutes, and in
remoter and more ruthless places the
old custom crops out from time to time
In all Its grim reality. Within the last
half century two children, a boy and a
girl, were, it was reported, walled into
a blockhouse by some laborws at
Duga, Asiatic Turkey. New York
Times.
THE ESKIMO DOG.
He XeTer Knows tbe Luxury of s
Shelter or • Bed.
The Eskimo dog from bis birth to his
death, which In many instances is a
violent one, never knows the luxury of
shelter or a "bed. Ho spends his exist
ence outdoors and appears to be far
more comfortable in Printer than in
summer. The pups when hardly able
to toddle instinctively show an ambi
tion to run with sleighs (they never
bark) and Join with their treble squeals
tho enthusiastic chorus of hbwla with
which the Eskimo dog invariably
greets the first fall of snow. The ambi
tion of the young dogs is soon taken
advantage of by tbe Eskimos.
Tho little fellows are hitched to sleds
in company with full grown dogs, and
to prevent them from being run over
they are tied by the neck to the tow
line, so that when tho run starts oat
they aro compelled to keep up or be
dragged by tho team. This simple
though brutal method of training is
very effective, and after one or two
runs tho young dog uderstands what is
wanted of him. Even before he is fall
grown be Is thoroughly conversant
with bis duties.
DrownUt'i Modest?.
The only sou of Robert B rooming and
h|s illustrious wife was a diligent art
student when he grew to manhood. He
was believed to have a promising ca
reer, but onco when tho tether was
showing a friend some of his son's pic
tures lie expressed a fear that he might
suffer from tbe high hopes built upon
him.
"Ho is placed at a disadvantage,"
said Browning. Then ho explained
further. In a phrase as modest as any
ever uttered by a great man:
"People expect much from him, you
seo, becauso he had such a clever moth
er."
Some Old Style Bets.
The gold laced cocked hot was large
ly used In 1778 not only on account of
It* military look, but bocause it proba
bly protected the wearer from seizure
by tho press gangs, which were at that
tlino more than usually active. Tho
tint, folding, crescent shaped Reaver
known us the cocked hat was ktili to
be seen as late as 1818.
One or the Other.
Mrs. Smlthers—l called on Mrs.
Rlumpter yesterday, and sho returned
tho call today. Must think a great deal
of me. don't you think? Mr. Bmlthers
—Well, either that or abe's one of these
wlso ones who relieve the mind by per
forming a disagreeable duty as soon as
possible.—lndlunapolls Bun.
Thousands of Heesons.
"I really cannot seo what she finds
attractive about blm."
"Why, there are thousands of rea
sons for her loving him."
"What are they?"
"Dollars."—St. Louis Bepubllo.
Dlsooaroclsi Competition.
May—Your fiuucoo tells me she has a
pcrfoct trust In you, and— Ned—Trust?
Sho bus a perfect monopoly of me. I
guess Unit's what sho means.—Phila
delphia Ledger.
Hard Hearted.
■be—After ull, George, I think a pub
lic wedding would be bettor. He—Anil
give up the elopement? You
so*, pups lius refused to lend us his
automobile, so what's the uso? Judge.
Why Dnrton Committed Snlcldr.
Burton, tho vivacious author of "Tho
Anatomy of Melancholy," who had the
repututlon of being able to raise laugh
ter In uny company, however "mule
and mopish," was in reality constitu
tionally dopressedt and It is believed
that he was at Inst so overcomo by his
malady that ho ended his life In a flt of
melancholy.
A Cold Cold.
"I understand that prima donna fail
ed to give her farewell concert because
she had a eold."
"Yes," answered the manager.
"How did sho contract it?"
"Well, it wasn't an ordinary cold. It
is what Is technically known as a box
office chill."- Exchange.