BUB CmZHN, WEDNESDAY, JANUAItY 12, 1010.
US AT TRACE OF
DARTOE IN US
If We Come from Perfect Man
We Have Degenerated A Lot,
Says Schurman
OUR BRUTISH STRAIN IS EVIDENT
Cornell's President Criticises Ameri
can Constitution in Referring to the
Regulation of Divorce Great
Change in Religious Thought.
New York City. Whether we came
up from the ape, an Darwin reasoned,
or degenerated from perfect man, as
Wilton held, President J. G. Schur
man of Cornell Jniverslty. In address-
ing the Society for ISthlcal Culture
in Carnegie Hall, said It Is certain j
there is something radically evil In us, j
and It Is the business of modern ef- '
fort to overcome 1L I
President Schurman spoke on "The j
Development of Religious Thought." i
lie conllned himself to the period I
from, Milton to the time of Darwin, j
whose centenary will be celebrated
next month. The inlluence of these j
men on religious thought was the
basis of nls address.
President Schurman spoke of Mil-
ton's championship of religious liberty
and the freedom of religious thought.
Milton wt,, he said, its greatest advo
cate and the aspirations which he had
in that directici. were similar to the
achievements and possessions which
we enjoy to-day. It was not alone In
the British Isloo that the effect of Mil
ton's advocacy was felt but It had
a great Influence In this country.
"I am the last man In the world," j
said the speaker, "to allude to the I
regulation of divorce as a bright feat- I
ure of the American Constitution. It
is a shame and a danger In the ex
treme In which r is now operated, but
the other extreme would be Just as
bad. Milton advocated that under
certain circumstances divorce should
be allowed. We In America are en
Joying to-day some of the best politi
cal principles which he favored. . He
was away .head of his time lnNthe
advocacy of many of the things which
we possess, and among them are some
of the best things In the world.
"'Milton had dillnlte theology which
differs from the. of most thoughtful
men of to-day. Ills philosophy was
based upon the Ptolemaic theory of
astronomy, while the Copernlcan sys
tem, with th:- sun as the rontrf of
the universe, is the accepted theory
to-day. 1th the Ptolema: theory it
was easy for Milton to picture heaven
and hell as above and beneath the
earth but that pictorial repre'sennta
tlon In 'Paradise Lost' would not an
wer to-day. So Milton's philosophy
must be kept in mind In reading his
work."
In reterrlng t the change in religi
ous thought Preslrifiit Schurman said:
"In the eighteenth century there
was a great ea thquake In Lisbon. Not
only was the earth torn asunder and
thousands klllec tw the religious
thought of tje day was most pro
foundly stirred Men of the greatest
influence began to itsk how the world
could be governed by a beneficent
Provideuco If thousands of lives were
allowed ruthlessly be swept away.
Much was written at the time. The J
recent earthquake In Italy awakened
wide-spread feelings of horror at tho
loss of llfo and sympathy and kind
ness to7aru .he affllctec but I never
heard a voice raising the question
which .as raised when the Lisbon
earthquake oiXui rc .. The thoughtful
men of to-day am even the masses
have come to realize tho Cop-rnican
astronomy that the earth is not the
centre of the universe but only an
insignificant planet.
"Tho theory of Milton was that man
was created perfect; that he fell nnd
needed redemption. So long as men
believed our first parents were cre
ated perfect this theology would
Btaud but the whole scheme becomes
irrational and even superfluous if tho
first being waB not perfect, but akin
to the barburlan. I do not believe
tbet those who will Join In tho cele
bration o the centenary of Darwin,
next nonth, will contend that ho has
established the hypothesis that man
and tho ape sprang from a common
origin, but all history and tradition
tend to show that man's history Is one
of steady ascent
"As for myseit. I don't care If I
came from savages or half brutes or
from a perfect -nun. The important
point is what 1 have arrived at, not
what they were, but what I am. As
the Puritan Idea emphasizes the need
of redemption, to now It is recognized
by all, thoush we have our high Ideals,
that wo are sinful creatures and we
have a brutlth (train in us. The
problem U to got rid of this brutish
inheritance. No demonstration of
clence will deny we aro sinful. There
Is something radically evil in ui, and
it hi the bualneei of modern effort to
overcome It.
"Notwlthatanalng; the great advance
in religious thought and the discov
eries of science, the great essential
truths remain. Though the Bible 1
not regarded aa'iniplred In every line
and word, its value remains, and the
aid precept to fr God and keep His
commandments at til 1 holds good."
8moko Ceits Chicago $W,O00,C00.
Chicago. Chicago la the smokleat
oUy la the world. The Smoke Inspec
tor aays a. The annual losa to raanu
faotur4 irMt la tald to ba 160,-
111,01.
CD. 3UTLER'0 LEGS.
Lone That the Dogmatic Never Could
Refute.
Colonel Ed. Hutler, the veteran St
Louis politician, has boon in falling
health the past few yoArs. On his last
visit to Kansas City ho was talking to
an old friend, a physician.
"Doc," said the Colonel, "I wish
you would tell me wiat la the matter
with my right leg. Tho left oito Is In
good shnpe, but this right one has
been growing gradually weaker for
two yearn and nt times It pains mo a
grpftl denl."
Questioning developed that he had
not had a fall or strain, or hurt tho
suffering member in nny way. "It can
be caused by only one thing," said tho
physician, "and that Is old age. You
must remember. Colonel, you are no
longer a young man." '
"Old ngc, hell!" exclaimed Butler,
"Isn't the other leg tho enmo ago?"
The physician has never been nblo to
answer the homely logic of the "vil
lage blacksmith."
Contradictory Evidence.
"Dr. Fan," said the ofllce patient,
"ray name is Griddle. I'm troubled
lately with headache, and I'd like to
get relief. It can't be from my eyes,
for they're all right."
"Let me see, what Is your voca
tion?" "I'm a baseball umpire."
"Say," rejoined Dr. Fan, "are you
tho man that umpired the game yes
terday?" "Yes."
"I was there, and I'll tell you right
he,rc, Mr. limp or Mr. Griddle, rath
er that there's something the mat
ter with your eyes!" .
A Revelation to the Cook.
A happily married woman, who had
enjoyed thirty-three years of wedlock,
and who was the grandmother of four
beautiful little children, hsd an amus
ing old colored woman for a cook.
One day when a box of especially
beautiful flowers was left for the mls
Iress the cook happened to be present,
nnd she said: ' 'Yo' husband send
you all the pretty flowers you gits,
Micsy,"
"Certainly, my husband, mammy,"
proudly answered the lady.
"Glory!" exclaimed tho cook, "ho
suttenly am holdln' out well."
Fine Display of Heroism. -
A neighbor of ours, a portly gentle
man, has been guiltless of any strenu
ous acts these many years. Recently
his house caught fire. Volumes of
smoke rolled In from the kitchen.
Catching up his walking-stick and
clapping his hat firming on his head,
he started with firm steps for tho
front door. As he went through the
hall he shouted lustily:
"Girls! girls! Fire! Save the
piano!"
Cold Comfort.
In a country store a young boy was
under discussion by the cracker-bar-rel
committee. Jones had Just re
marked, "That boy's a regular fool.
He don't know nothing; he doesn't
know enough to come In when It
rains." Then he discovered the boy's
father, who had overheard the remark,
and, wishing to appease him, ho said:
"Wall, Sam, 't ain't your fault. You
learned him all you know."
Wisdom of Experience.
Hastus Ah done proposed t' Liza
Coon erbout a yeah 'fore yo' married
her.
Mose Am dat so?
Rastus Yassah; an' Ah had ma
rabbet's food on ma pusson at do time,
but she done turn raeh down.
Mose (sighing) Yo' all shore wuz
lucky In havin' dat rabbit foot wld
yo'.
The Small Boy Again.
Tho Suitor Johnny, your parlor
clock. Is an hour fast.
The Kid Brother I know It. But
don't tell sister so.
Tho Suitor Why not?
Tho Kid Brother Because sho
thinks you don't know It.
Disproved.
"Just think of it! One person in
every 37 in England is a pauper."
"Why, John," sho returned, "It isn't
so. I met more than 37 people In
London last summer myself, and there
wasn't a pauper In the lot."
A Strange Coin.
Nephew (Just returned from
abroad) This franc piece, aunt, I got
In Paris.
Aunt Hepsy I wish, nephew, you'd
fetched homo one of them Latin quar
ters they talk so much about.
Naturally.
Medical Professor. What Is tho re
sult, young gentlemen, whon a pa
tent's temperature goes down as far
ns It can?
Student Why cr ho gets cold
feet!
'A Fragment.
"The dress Mrs. Style wore nt the
opera was a perfect poem," said Mrs.
Howard.
"As far aa it went," no doubt re
plied her husband; "but I thought
some canto's were missing."
Obeying the Doctor.
Salesman Sblrt, sir. Will you have
a negligee or a stiff bosom?
Customer Negligee, I guess. Tho
doctor said I must avoid starchy
things.
doneulted the Beat Authority.
Miss Rogers How did you imagine
anything so beautiful as the angel In
your picture?
Artist Got aa ngaged man to de
scribe hta flaseae to .
OY TORTURED
E
While Under the Spell, Incredu
lous Witnesses Put Pepper
in His Eyes
IN AGONY FOR HALF AN OUR
Fiery Product Ptt on Young Man's
Face to Test the Genuineness of the
Hypnotist's Power Pepper Ate
Way Into the Tissue.
St. Louis, Mo. While George
Schneider, twenty years old, of Col
llnsvllle, 111., lay under the hynatlc
spell of Prof. G. L. Norwood, In a
store window at Collinsvllle absolute
ly unable to help himself, some in
credulous witness to tho exhibition
poured cssense of pepper Into his
eyes, nose and mouth. Tho youth
suffered torment for naif an hour, not
belng able to arouse himself until a
passing physician noted his suffering
and had him brought to consciousness.
When brought out of tho trance by
Norwood at the direction o' Dr. J. A.
Spiegel, manager of the Opera House
In Collinsvllle, Schneider fought for
half an hour with four men before
being subdued, such was his torture
with the peprer burns In his nostrils
and eye.
The fiery product, put on the young
man's face by somebody desirous of
testing the genuineness of the hypno
tic trance, had eaten its way into the
tissue, nnd when Schneider revived
he thought be was burning up. Half
a day's work on the part of tho doc
tor was required to restore him.
Norwood has been showing at the
Collinsvllle Opera House as a hypno
tist and mind readei. Before going
to Collinsvllle ho wao in St. Charles,
Mo., where his exhibitions were con
ducted with his wife as the subject
for the trances. Recently Mrs. Nor
wood became ill after one of the ex
hibitions, and was brought to St.
Louis for treatment at a hospital.
Young Schneider was then chosen.
Norwood announced he would keep
the lad In a trance over night. Just to
demonstrate his power, and that
Schneider would bo on view in the
window of the Klugc hardware store.
Doctor Spiegel pa.scd by the win
dow to see how things were progress
ing, and l-oticeu in one glance at tho
unconscious lad mat something was
wrong. Norwood was cahed and
brought the lad out of the trance.
This horrible crime was probably
committed In thoughtlessness and
from sheer love of mischief, never
theless the person who was gut,ty of
it should be foun'' cut and severely
punished. People who perpetrate
practical jokeswlthout regard to the
consequences to thci. victims should,
either bo sent to the Insane asylum
or punished as criminals. A Joke Is
a joke, but mere is no Joke In cruelty.
SURRENDERED 151 SKULLS.
Wild Pormosan Tribes Giving Way
Before Steady Japanese Advance.
Victoria, b. C. News of the pro
gress of the fighting and killing of
natives in Formosa by Japaneso
troops has been received here by ar
riving steamships. A despatch from
tho Forinosan capital to the Asahi of
Tokio says that forces sent to sup
press tho revolt at Kwarenko, reen
forced by 800 of the bubdued aborigi
nes, attacked the headquarters of tho
rebellious tribe and burned their
houses, capturing the supplies of rlco
and millet nnd also th'.rty fresh human
heads.
The reenforcements sent from the
capital arrived the next day and it was
decided to attempt the final suppres
sion of the revolving tribe. ,A tele
gram received at Tokio from the Gov
ernor-General of Formosa says:
Eight groups of the aborigines in
the Glraa district have been block
aded for many years and have at
length had their supplies of salt cut
off. Pressed by the advauco of the"
attacking lino since April last, the
difficulties of the tribe were aggravat
ed and on several ocaslons they of
fered to surrolidcr. The authorities
doubting their sincerity ordered them
to turn in the human heads taken as
trophies 86 a token of their willing
ness to surrender.
Finally COO of the nboriglnes. In
cluding their chief, came down tHo
hill to the guard station and surrend
cred twenty rifles and 151 human
skulls as ordered.
BROTHERS UNACQUAINTED.
Long Separation Necessitates an
troduction.
In
Isbpcmlng, Mich. Daniel and John
Ole, of Ishpemlng, ure entertaining
their brother Ole Ole, of Eau Claire.
It is thirty-five years since tho broth
era had seen each other and the two
Ishpemlng men did not know Olo when
ho walked In on thorn. Ole has been
located In Eau Claire ever slnco he
left Ishpemlng, and this Is his first
visit here since his departure.
Deer Carried Off His Hay.
Wlnstcd, Conn. Visiting a barn In
which he bad stored several tons o
hay, situated a short dlstanco from
tho rest of his farm buildings, Joshua
Hall, of North Colebrook, found tho
door4adly smashed and fully a ton
of hay gone. He soon discovered It
was the work of an antler, which
had been broken by the animal when
ho smashed the door with his head.
HYPNOTIC
THAN
to Women
Ciry Life nrder Former'a Viifo
Need Hoi Envy Her Urban Sister
Prevalent DotiefTbiit flic Former Is
a Household Drudge Disproved by
Focts Comparison of Conditions.
Dot:s the farmer's wlfo work po
hard? Is she n greater drudgo than
the city housewife? Is her health
broken by toll more quickly than that
of Uio woman of the city?
It is a prevalent belief that ns com
pared with a city housewife the farm
er'H wife has r harder lot in life. Wo
do not believe it It is truo that a
farmer's wife, particularly In her early
days of married life, works hard, but
so must tho wife of a city mechanic.
The farmer's wife works to securo a
home and a competence for herself
and her family and In order that she
may spend her declining years In com
fort and peace, while tho life of a me
chanic's wife from her wedding day
to licr death Is, na a rule, a never-end-Ins
bitter struggle to make the Inade
quate Income of her husband meet the
demands of the family.
Very fow mechanics working for
day wages ever secure a competency
to care for them in their old age. It
Is hard work down to the bitter end,
and the city housewife Is confined to
tho narrowest social limitations and
comforts of every day life.
The farmer's wife must rise early
and cook three meals a day for her
hungry husband nnd boys, but she has
an abundance for her table growing at
her kitchen door nnd is rarely obliged
to economize in food. The mechanic's
wife must rise even earlier in order
to prepare her husband's breakfast In
time for him to make a Journey of four
or five miles or even greater distances
in Mme to be at his place when work
begins, nnd often she Is obliged to
practice the most rigid economy in pr
der to provide food for her table.
The farmer's wife lives In a clean
atmosphere, In a riot of sunshine and
sweet air, while the mechanic's wife,
often during her whole, life is con
fined to three or four small rooms to
which she must climb up long flights
of stairs, and Is only able t snatch
an occasional breath of air or feel tho
sun's warmth for an hour In a .crowd
ed city park.
Modern conveniences can now be
found In thousands of farmhouses all
over the land. Equipped with brth-
tubs, hot and cold water, acetylene
gas, telephones and every modern aid
to good living, the farmers homo is
far more comfortable, on the average,
than the home of tho city mechanic.
Life in a city flat is depressing nnd
has a narrowing Influence upon the
lives of women. Tho telephone and
the trolley have banished tho isola
tion under which formerly farmers'
wives suffered and have brought them
Into as close relation with their rela
tives, friends and neighbors as that
enjoyed by the wife of the city work
er.
City life has many attractions for
women and possesses many auvnn-
tnges to people who have the money
to pay for them. But, taking the llfo
of the wife of the average farmer and
the wife of the average city mechanic,
there Is a breadth and hopefulness
nnd sweetness and comfort for tho
farm woman which can never bo at
talned,by the dweller In a city flat.
England for English Girls.
The Countess of Egerton, widow of
Earl Egerton of Tatton, whose first
husband was tho Duke of Bucking'
ham, according to report, has planned
a movement among titled English
women to resist the "Yankee in
vasion," by which the most eligible
of England's unmarried nobles are be
ing captured by the daughters of as
piring American millionaires.
, Countess of Egerton.
The plans of the countess contem
plate nothing less than a campaign ol
education among women mombers ol
tho English aristocracy, particularly
tho mothers, with a viow to securing
united and Intelligent action to Influ
onco their sons and brothers against
marrying American girls.
Under the countess' plan, It is said,
tho mothers will begin to lnculcnte In
their sons at nn early ago scorn for
American girls and women who come
in England and sell themselves for
titles nnd contempt for Englishmen
who sell their titles.
Girls In Gnutemala.
Nono of the maidens In Guatemala
aro allowed to go abroad from their
homes without the company of a chap
eron, and a lover Is only allowed to
como and court his sweetheart
through the heavily barred windows
of her father's home. After they are
married they pass along the streets in
Indian flls, the woman marching
ahead, so that tha husband can be
In a position to prevent any flirta
tions.
Only a Lion-Tamer.
He was a giant of a man, and
brought his meck-looklng little wife
before the magistrate on tho charge
of cruelty. Ho described her to the
court as being uncontrollable and In-
orrU;iblc. Ho seemed sincere. A
.nier in the New York Times tells
tiie story.
The magistrate looked the big fcl-
Ui. over carefully, and glancing nt
hie clip bf a wife, asked the husband:
"What line of business do you fol
low?"
I am a llon-tatncr," he proudly re
plied.
Among His Books.
Ei&ctly what It means to bo "liter-
iry is an open questioa. sometimes
t Implies that a person writes, some-
Jiiied merely that he Is a lover of
?ocd reading. A new definition Is Bug-
(omed In the following story from the
Denver Republican:
"Bmlth doesn't strike ine as liter-
try. remarKea a man, yet ne ue-
ui-tts that he never feels so comfort-
,b!e a3 when he Is snugly settled in
lis library."
"Oh, that's not surprising," explain-
d his companion. "Smith's bookcaso
a a folding bed."
That Depends on the Point of View.
An Englishman and an Irishman
ivore overheard discussing Miss An
jotje Kellermann and her "Diving
Venus net at the I'iftn Avenue The-
itor recently. Said the former:
"She came nenrer swimming the
-hannol than anybody ever did."
'How close did she come?" Inquired
.he Irishman.
"Eleven miles."
"Which coast?"
"Tho English, I think."
"Then, begorra, that was close
enough," Success Magazine.
Disposing of His Pretensions.
Military Germany versus pugnaci
ous Ireland appears In nn anecdote
related in Everybody'sMagazine.
'Dose Irish make me sick, alvays
talking about vat gread flghders dey
are," said a Teutonic resident of Ho
boken, with great contempt.
"Vhy, at Minna's veddlng der odder
alghd dot drunken Mike O'Hoollgan
butted In, und me und mein bruder
und mein cousin Fritz und mein frient
Louie Hartmann vhy, ve pretty near
klcckd him outd of der house."
A DOLLAR. SPENT AT HOME
Is a Dollar That May Come Bach
to Your Purse
Doctors Say Eat Less Meat"
Most people eat too much meat.
Any doctor will tell you that. It is wrong to have meat every day.
Then, meat is expensive. And it soon grows monotonous. Por there are
only a few ways to cook it.
So, for the sake of health and economy for the sake of variety you
should frequently serve something else.
And there's nothing your folks will like better, instead ol meat, than
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TRADE
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Tneie's a lull mnl for five hungry peo-
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hredded Codfish.
Yet the cost is only 10 cents.
Enough meat for five costs fully four or
five times as much.
And this is richer in food value more
strengthening and nourishing.
It contains 22 per cent protein. Sirloin
ateak only 17 percent Ham only 14.
Easier To Cook
Beardsley's Shredded Codfish is lesi
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