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TUBJtDA Y. MAY K. t»1«.
I Traitors to the Country,
I" These, But Lock Who It Is
That Calls Them Traitors!
!*: There arc. apparently, two kinds of
American conscience.
One the Roosevelt, Root, Wood kind,
L Which likes to be “awakened" by the
Bound of the reveille and can only jrrow
lafenmf and flourish surrounded by jrun
jj powder, drills, khaki and ail the “glori
panoply of war.”
The other the sort which wishes to
' go on its peaceful way. getting bom.
lißtrrying. working and dying in a hu
man, docent manner.
That this latter conscience is “spine
-Vowardly,n “supine.” no one but
I'tko narrowest bigot will believe; other
nriae the country would have gone to
:',tßß»ck and ruin long since, for it can he
no new thing, sprung up in a night.
If But it is against this sort of Ameri
eaa conscience, which has no quarrel
[ with anybody and which sees no reason
for getting ready to have one, that a cer
tiin number of voluble Americans are
Imoat concerned.
U They can see no good in it w hatever.
Jmowa, exactly, why conscience should
~fcgve a sex.
Is a “sign of decay, cowardice, low
(deals, weakness”; anything and every-
Spg of an uncomplimentary nature that
can think of.
the doom of the country for, |
'frith it, there can be “no health in us.”
J Henry Ford, Rabbi Wise. Prof. Kelch.
Os Yale. David Starr Jordan, Jane Ad
rims itand at the head of the “danger
ous” band as do many more who have
'fern the backbone of our educational and
sthical institutions.
■' "All are cowards and traitors.”
5 TO WHAT?
B ARE THEY TRAITORS TO THEIR
COUNTRY?
No; to its exploitation by a few pow
tffol trusts and monopolies which care
nothing for the HONOR of the United
States; nothing for the liven of the poor
j|Ml who must do the fighting, but desire
pplf to fill their already overflowing cof
fers with more gold.
g| These “cowards and sexless ones,”
f.JUSB “without conscience and patriotism”
in reality. so patriotic, so strong, so j
I'fible to stand up, -that they have the
Pmorage of their convictions and will do
■ feirgthing in their power, even to dying.
fm keep this country out of war.
t* They are, in reality, the same men who i
f‘;fifcDOd up in 1776 and would not be dom
fatted by the tyranny of England; but
■IRMI have changed and the tyranny
Jjttgy are facing now is on their own soil
dgiTbey fought their own race then,
m They will fight their own race now,
gbttt not with sword and muskets,
if® Much of America has emerged from
gjht brutish conception of the glory of
Epm It realises that a cannon can settle
| nothing and can merely bring death and
§Ot refuses to be put in a condition by
invite other countries to
fts shores for the purpose of
** greater military
W ;■ ■■ ,
is strong enough
unholy and wretche<l sup
find big armies,
tor the childhood of the
R ii grown and will “put
.,X .
militaristic countrymen
idind Ua in' call this great
United States
their
command, shows weakness in thom
, selves, for. after all. it ri only the bully
who must resort to such measures.
Oh. What’s the Use?
William Gerald Simpson, who a few
—a very few— —will recall as lih' ii'tf liven
a candidate in the primaries for presi
dent of the t nited States, is very much
put out, (once again), over the way we
analyze the voting in which William
Gerald Simpson played such an infinites
imal part.
We have declared and repeat that the
majority vote for Henry hord, who made
|no campaign, was an expression of 83.-
1058 citizen.- of Michigan that they are
not in favor of preparedness as advocat
ed by William Alden Smith, who made a
i campaign and who received <*hl> <7,8 1-
; votes.
But William Gerald Simpson insists
that to the Smith vote there should be
added the William Gerald Simp.-on vote,
which was 11,360. and the total of »*2,-
237 votes be accepted as Michigan’s ex
pression on the issue of preparedness,
which would show the opponents of pre
paredness 9,179 in the rear.
We were moved to take W iliiam Gerald
Simpson seriously and reply, when we
got to adding votes ourselves and dis
covered that the vote for Henry Ford
edded to that received by William Al
cn Smith gave a total of 16*1,930 as
against 1 1,36f> votes cast for VV iliiam
Gerald Simpson, and we said to our
selves: “Oh, what’s the use?”
from Another Point ot View ;
Bji C. T. 5.
A Denver mar. is sacrificing SB,OOO a
week to sene on a jury. Our sympathy
is all with the prisoner at the bar.
* • *
If it is true, as someone has figured,
that the average American eats 165
pounds of meat a year, the average Amer
ican must be very much in a minority.
« * *
TO SETTLE AN ARGUMENT
"If w« had a vacuum cleaner.
Our home would lv» '•nmplcte:
Then payment* on it 30 week*
We had to promptly meet.
Thinking when our little home
At last wa* thu* complete.
The fentive rug upon the line /
No more we'd have to bear
If you have a vacuum cleaner.
A question we would a«k.
Ho you with branch or wire affair.
Bend to the same old tafk’
In your home doe* it not. suff.ee
To clean 'em with a vacuum.
Or Just do you a* in day* of yore
Out on vour lin» still whack you em?
* • *
The western doctor who says Amer-
eat too much salt may be right, but
the fault in our own case lies with the
fellow who selis us ham.
• • *
The high cost of radium suggests
strongly the possible discovery that it
has food qualities.
• * *
Speaking of hitting in a pinch
It vu in a serve-self.
A viaiting delegate to the convention of
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen head
ed in and looked over the billboard of fare
He sue*.*ed •ome of the roast veal.
"Veal," shouted the auburn haired attend
ant.
"Wait a minute." interpo*ed the railroad
trainman.
“Back up'.” shouted the auburn haired at
tendant.
“I think I will have instead.” said the
railroader, “two frankfurter sandwiches "
“Sidetrack the veal.” shouted the auburn
haired attendant, “and uncouple a pair of
dogs"
a • •
They’ll probably book that Peru. Ind.,
minister who quit the pulpit to be
come bookkeeper with a circus, as their
great balancing act.
* * *
Ra>*c ball note: A full-grown elephant
yields 120 pounds of ivory.
• * •
Blessings on »hee. little man;
Barefoot hoy with oh*ek* of tan;
Hanger's less now when you tread
On our plant* and astor bed
• * •
Gasoline remains at 5 cent* the qt.
A FISH ELEVATOR.
In order to restore the normal habit* of flsh
that have suffered through tne building of dams
which cut off their -pawning ground, the t ana
dian government has installed flsh elevators to
enable flsh to ascend rivers tha* otherwise
would be closed to them The device, as de
scribed in Popular Mechanics, works automat I
rally at Intervals, which can he regulated accord
ing to the number of flsh. A sluiceway Is built to
a point neai the foot of the falls'or dam. and an
elevator tower erected from the sluiceway in
such a manner that the flsh cage can be dumped
at a point convenient to the upper level. The
counterbalance" to elevator proper I* a reservoir
somewhat lighter than ih<> flsh cage. When the
cage is at the bottom, a door Is left open to ad
Imit such flsh as may wander Into the * age The
counterpoise reservoir meantime is being filled
from a hydraulic ram, and when enough water
has been received TTre counterpoise sfarLs down
and the flsh elevator starts up. The elevator
door la opened automatically and the flsh find
themselves floundering down a short incline
which spills them Into the river above the dam
The reservoir is then emptied and. being lighter
than the elevator proper, ascends as the elevator
descends. In this way the action Is practically
continuous and Inexpensive requiring only the
attendance of a laborer to keep the parts otled
and adjust the frequency of the lifts to the de
MAR of the sea too.
DETROIT TIMES
The Thrill That Conies Once in a Lifetime.
i v? Kr c R.
BREATHING AND MEMORY
BY H. ADDINGTON BRUCE
Author of Th« Rlddie of Pr-xinallty," *‘P«ychitJog> an I Par-rth.iod."
Anything that obstruct* th<?
breathing i.< .i handicap on a per
son’s to remember thicg«
This it* a fa*-t not nearly as widely
kno»n a it ought to be.
It i* a fact which has be«»n v*ri
*.e<l by fcicntiftc experiment. Par-
Mruhrly in-oreptjr.g ani striking
nr? the result* of so.ne
.nude in a public- school in New York
city.
T v e e»perimer.ter wa* the prin
c:pal of the school. Arnol 1
The subjects of h;s experiments
were boy* in different grades, from
5 B through S-A. &.
In making the experiments paper
plugs were inserted in one of tv
noMrils 9l,f*very boy While wear
inx the«e plug* boys were on
j-everal oerasion* given
tests, the tests being made Increas
ingly difr.c ult »o of7-» any
tage that might be gained througu
praetjre
If was discovered that the plug
gin* of the nostrils aetefl in two
• ays to les»en meniory-po-ver- by
distracting the atten'ion so *hat th°
boy* did not adequately concentrate
on what they were told to memo
rize, and also by impeding the in
take of oxygen. The resultant mem
ory weakening was In every case
quite marked.
To quote the more .rnportant And
ings made by Mr. Arnold In conse
quence of his experiment*
“In al] cases of obstructed breath
ing from whatever source, there will
be a lo*s In the result* of memoriz
ing verbal matter of from 10 to 30
per cent
"When she work is new and dis
flcijjt. »he will run a* high a
-50 per cent
“In term* of classroom practice,
obstructed breathing prerent* any
progress through drill, and hinder
assimilation of new matter «ufn
riently to cause non-promotion of
the pupils concerned '*
Os course boy* and girl- do no* I
ordinarily study fhrir lessons with j
’h*ir nostril* blocked by paper |
plug*
But too often they do study them j
with adenoid growth* choking the
cavity back of the nosn or with the
nostril* plugged through *hecr lack
of cleanline**.
Obstruction* like these must be
removed if memory power 1* »o Im
properly developed. This i* *he Jew
son plainly ‘aught by experiment*
like tho*e Mr Arnold made.
T'ndoubtedly among my r*«d»r*
The Keep Well Column
Wrth N MONEY 18 A DANGER.
A’mo** every cherished Mol of
life h*« i>**»c deHroyed by modern
' '
du*t
from *hr family akeleton. ar«» *ome
of fho j.ml?a«lon# put upon ua If
wi wl«h to lire
To »he climax wo ar** told
that money I* a moat danxerou*
thine vt I T hat %»e ahould be eery
careful (>' li* bad Influence#, and
‘.bat wb« a we are exposed to It in
r
are many r at- nN -«1 by the
failure o' th*-;*- chiliren o re mem
her well And undoubtedly many
of these )nren ; . an ellmtn it* thi?
« au*e of v orry > *;,e sin.pie meth
od of tahmu 'tep.s to remove, and
prevent the recurrence of obstruc
tion* to tf>» of their be
iived liitl* '«r.r
Adults lik . i.*e need ro take
cautions to keep their nostril-*
open. Na-il pingginx h.t accuni.ila
tiC'O ot dust is a common occurrence
to dwellers in larg* <lt s esi • •-«al
Ijr cit;e- * hat have many factor.. .«
Also In numerous case-* adult
like children, are afflicted writjj hb
norma! t sue growth* in thr* no- .
I'mitinx the supply of osyg*— to tii»-
liinxs These growths need to b
treated by competent physician
for th -ake of the m*nt.«l as well
as the physical b'jltJ*.-
PH-ase bear ir. mind always tha f
memory power depend* on ih*
proper functioning of 'he brain.*
that no brain ran function to l f s
maximum if the ! !nod that nour
ishe* it is impure »jr deficient in
oxygen
Keep your nostril* if only
to give your brain a chance
Progressives Are
Strong in Louisiana
There are *ometimes mter#-*ting
1 >nd/exciting primary elections with
|in the Democratic party in th*-
southern state* The rerent spring
conte.-t for the governorship be
tweer f’olone! Ruffin O Pleasant.
th» regular Democratic nominee, and
John M F’irker, the nominee of the
Prorres-ive party, i* worthy of more
attention than we have seen given
to It except in the New Orleans
new-paper* John M. Parker I* a
close friend of Colonel Roosevelt
and was the Progressive leader in
I If* 1 2 in »he «tate of His
| total vote in the election for gov
1 error the other day was close to
1 -jq/iOo, whi’e hi* 7>emocraMc oppo
ne-.t received between 75,f>on ar.d
; k i.f)OU. Th'* cl*y Os New Orleans
gave Parker about 16,000, and P’eas
1 »r.’ about ooo. in the country
district of I.riuiriana Parker recejv
e«l ahntu 33.000 and Pleasant about
fT.ono The Third Congressional
district, which now has a Progrcs
•»!ve connesrman. as a result of the
flzh* over the sugar dttty. increased
it. 4 Progressive majority over 1914
The Out'ook
*inv "-*moti» t“ we should Insist upon
!ta sanitary purity before acrept
<ity it.
“Thsrc i« many a true wprd
poken In Jecf,' and therefor* tb*
public'* nitentioc should be called
*0 ’he ve«-i common habit of plac
tng mon y in the mouth.
Money nay cr-me from the most
dangernr.* pieces, from pe*t holes,
from a motitli ir which a ravaging
elsex»e has lately left Its sore*,
from rn>where.
Ref ur imprest, it on your mind
that such hablj are a positive
t'anqcr to health and life.
Pride usually get* a fall after a
•prlng opening.
By Webster.
V Judge On the
Joys of Angling.
J"dgr I'.o : -.ecu A Purch. of the
-I ptm* court, i-* very fond
r 1.-*hi u. Th»‘ j xlrc write* well,
too an! it « r* 'nf dinner of the
Kansas ‘ :»> ’’nlvrrMty of Micbican
alumni to comlned the two in a
l»Mi monoircnpb on angling. A
'art of the ptecf follows.
Man' finer.. ! have dropped an
; arti^ia 1 ftv *n of a veteran
ro.jt or ‘>a.*r lying in a i*»ol in the
j ehauow o: a •helving rock, and have
•ran him inspect it ar.d lack away
rom it like »n independent voter
.’Tom a.rartv platform. If I had
him w th genuine live
« t he * ould hav* f ;. ~n it. and al!
: y '* . ouid «v<> been put to
!•*--' in &,:<• ft :int battle
No « ro' a. vpr* !a*e fully the
N i.Tiit ’ ith which n bountiful
°rov dc n< e ..r, .. blessed the lot of
■.l.i tre it "re» in’ i fo*.Jn<r a. out on
I i u r lie r h;ch break
: or f1 ■ .pa • ' (IT of .Santa
‘ a*. Mm he l, ,& taken the Irvivhan
j* abs - ” i»h book, or until, w ith
dr.g-ed j*erseveranre and with mus
•!• of on and n* rves of te»*|, he
has n*-t the *it *■!*•*« niehe* of the
‘.v ne t ina Tl.«re is an ecstasy
1 I its own when, with tense nerve,,
nnd ba f e«J breath, you feel »he wal
lov of a gnai fifth as he strike*
tnd rustier Rival. th* % rod curving
like h *.p, the reel streaming
and th*- line cutting the water with
a hiss And then there |* ineffable
• harm in ft -h in.. with a lithe rod
in dark pools fringed with blue
senMan and white birches. or he
m♦ •rh tn< shadow- Os tall pine trees
falling a out on the placid water*
rs e not them lake in the noiseless
gliding >*» the light canoe through
opalesceni water, trolling for pick
rrrd or for rnu-kalonge in the
• -acefut ~x eej in tipprr air of the
.trfiPcla! dv before It vaults across
a froth.;;? ci-lern chiseled out of
'Oiil rock by a torrent tumbling
down the mountain Md* . and alight*.
ofllv i> thl tlidown. where, low
submerge and the prin* e|y trout I* ly
•ng. In *h» wUiftil waiting for a
tite until the mellow clow of even
n-. melt* into purple night, the ve*-
i er- of the ong bird* rears and
*he rising lireak
Into liardnar »of* and winrilriK M
J.-k»- far •li'tcc.» fi.nr».lf»l l nlug.•
f»r!ftln* cpiwn th*- rl|.pllns reach** of
the lake
‘These 'bin”;* weave magi* spell*
about M nr.:;ler until all the sel
e pne-s the *n.y. the rancor and
• )*• rio.o’is pr-de with which he
m -t co, • in th** crowd'd town are
c-rgotfen as completely hs If they
’<»d net*-*' le-en endured, and he
'"•I- ihv his own being ha* been
caught it;* by the forces of Nature
snd mingled with the woods and
waters i»ke the shining inist which
Mes liKf a sliver veil beneath the
patient nod eternal star* .'*
fioing to California.
The f.til railroad linea. of which
the (]n »: Northern and Northern
°*rllif: rV I roada are now the main
ttnlta. rr h», a* la periodically fti
mor»d. b'* extended into California
if the Vr v*rta t ’allfornfa Oregon rail
road. wM»h It In (lealred to make a
wide gaii«r line, content* to the
aicalean atlon and the change
The twentyntxth annual national
reunion of the United Confederate
Veteran* will hare Ha formal open
ing today In Birmingham. Ala.
The Daily Reminder
TUDill ANRIVKftIARIKI
, !•**—Norwegian* declared their in.
•Irpcnjence of flweUen.
UST—Athena wa* taken by th#
Turk*.
IrXA — lr ime Talleyrand, for half
a century the moat notable diplomat
tn Rurope. died in J'arls. Born there
Feb. 2. 1754.
ivti A Hr it tali force under Capt
KiPott. completed preparation* for an
attsrk on t anton. China.
U\o—a large body of Americana
under Gen. Lope* landed In Cuba
with the vtewr of wresting the island
from the dominion of Rutin.
1141 IMncovery of gold announced
in New South Wale*.
14-'s—Fort Riley, near the Junction
of the Republican and Kanaaa river*,
ratahliaheil.
IMl—The First Wisconsin regi
ment was mustered in the Cnited
titntcft Wervlce.
I'*" -Nashville. Tenn began a
celebration of the centennial anni
versary of its settlement
I *>4—Congress provided * civil
government for Alaska
ISM—Twenty-two blocks in the
business section of Muskegon, Mich.
Uestro>ed by fire.
Mufekmg relieved by Col.
Mahon, after holding out seven
months against the Boers.
I JO'J- King Alfonso XIII. of Spain
enthroned.
ONK VR4R 4«i« TOD.%V 1* THK
4% 4R
f.ord Kitrhener announced Iso.hoo
more recruits nee«led
Germans (lalmcd further advan-ea
in Southern Poland and in Gallrta
British raptured all the German
trem hes on two-mile front, with I.OVO
prisoners.
German Zeppelin attacked Kngllsh
coast towns and was driven oft and
crippled hy aeroplanes
TOIMFS NINTH I) % 4 A
Alfonso XIII. king of Spain, born
in Madrid 20 > ears ago today.
Princess Arthur of Connaught
tPrimess Alexandra. I»uche*a pf
Fife i. born In 25 years ago today-
I>r John IV. Abercrombie, con
grcssman-at-large from Alabama
born in St Clair county. Ala. 50 years
ago today.
Patrick l> Norton representat-ve
In tonaress of the Third North f*a
kota district, born at (shpemtng.
Mich, to >eara ago today
Rlshi’p Kugene It Hendrix, of the
Methodist Kptei opal church, south,
horn at Fayette. Mo., it years ago
today.
l*r. Andrew F Meat, dean of the
graduate at hool of Pnn< eton univer
sity. horn at Allegheny, Pa., (3 years
ago today
James S Clarkson, former chair
man of the Republican National com
mittee horn at Brookvtile, Ind, 74
year* ago today.
A Poem a Day
<N ho know s "The Roy to th»
s* hoolmaster. requested hv a read
er?—Th* K<litor»
FIN N It.IN TO FI- 4N N It* 4 N
Supei ’ntin-lint wus Flanmgan;
Bo«s av the sh'tion wus Finnlgin:
Whiniver the kvara got often th*
thra- k
An' muddled up things t th' dlvil an'
back.
Finnic in writ it to Flannigan.
Afther the wreck wus ail on agin.
That i*. this Pinnigtn
Report..| to Flannigan
Whin Finnlgin first writ to Flannl
gan.
He unt*i| tin pac»s --lid Finmgsn.
Kn' he tould Jlst how th* smash oc
-urred,
l Full mmnv a tsjus. hlunderln worrd
Bid Finnigin write to Flannigan
Vflher the kyars had gone on agin
| That wus how Finnlgin
| Reported to Flannigan.
Now Tanntgan knowed more than
F ; mg-n
, He' | more idJu<-atlon —had Flannigan
An' It wore m rlane an' complatcly
out
T.i tell what Finnigin writ about
in his wrilin' to Musther Flsnnigae
So he write*! back to Finnlgan
• l>..p't do slrh a sin agin;
Make em brief. Finnlgin"*
Whin Finnlgin got this from Flannl
■ e n
H* blushed rosy rtd—olid Finnlgan.
An' be **td Til gamble a whole
month's p*-a>
Thgt It will be mtnny an' mlnny a
da-ay
Befoore Sup'rintlndlnt. that's Flanni
gan.
O ts a whack at this very same sin
agin.
Frotn Finnlgin to Flannigan
Repoorts won t be long agin."
Wan da-ay *>n the slction av Finnlgin,
i m the road sup rlntinded by Flannl*
gan.
A rail give way on a bit av a curve
An’ s*.me kyars wlnt off as they made
the Shwerve.
"There's nobody hurted,'* sea Finnl
g in.
•'But repoorts must be made to Flan
nigan '*
An' h<- wmked at MrGorrlgan.
As married a Flnnfgln
He wus shantyln thin, wus finnigin.
A* minni a railroaders been agin.
An the shrunk) ol' lamp was burn
in' bright
In Finnigin'* shanty all that fig l '*-;-
B-.IMn down his report, wus Flnni-
An *he writed this her* * Musther
Flannigan;
• rff agin, on agin.
.ion. ~l«.-rj»nlgW- < w o||||U|<
j Pointed Paragraphs j
Thn supply of common sens?
never exceeds the demsnd.
One way to make friends —keep
your advice to yourself.
A miser is * *rest lover of *en
erosity In everybody except himself
Many a man doesn’t realise what
he la up to until he la called down.
It'a the easiest thing In the world
to be brave when there is no
danger.
The headache that a man doesn't
have the morning after la the on*
he enjoys moat.
Fortunate la the man who has no
time to take advice because he Is
too busy selling It.
A spinster says an old bachelor
Is a man who has overlooked an op
portunity to make some woman mis
erable for life.
The average girl would rather
hear a young man say he Is Jealous
of her than have him tell her she
Inspires him to great deed*.
Americans in the Nary. J
It Is learned from government
etatietks that the United States
r.av> constitutes the most thorough
*y American body of men In the
wo'ld. Os the &2.M1 men aboard
American warship* or serving on
shore, 47AM were born within the
coetlnertal limits of the United
*tates. and of the remainder 1.900
were bom in the overseas posnes
rions of this country.
4 TUESDAY, MAY IS, ISIS
JUSTICE.
•V OH. PRANK OKANK
(Copyright. ltlS, hy Prank Craao) '
There are many earnest sou la occupied
in trying to do people good.
There are nine million societies, more'
or less, organised to improve and to
ameliorate.
There are preachers, missionaries,
evangelists, reformers, exhorters, vinir
ers-with-pride, and pointers-with-slam
without number wrestling with sinners.’
All forms of industry are booming
these days in the U. S. A., but the uplift
business is still several laps ahead.
It seems ungracious to say a word to
any enthusiastic person who is engaged
in so laudable an enterprise as that of
rescuing the perishing, feeding the hun
gry. and healing the sick.
And yet, when you take time to thlwfc
through to the bottom of things, you
must come to the conclusion that there
is but one real, radical and effective way
to help your fellow men, and that is the
way called justice.
If I want to redeem the world I
come nearer my object, and do less haras*
by being just toward myself and just to
ward everybody else, than by “doing
good” to people.
1 he only untainted charity ia justice.
Often our ostensible charities serve to
obscure and palliate great evils.
( onventional charity drops pennies in
the beggar’s cup, carries breed to the
starving, distributes clothing to the
naked. Real charity, which is
sets about removing the conditions that
make beggary, starvation, and naked
ness.
( onventional charity plays Lady Boun
tiful; justice tries to establish such laws
as shall give employment to all, so that
they need no bounty.
Charity makes the Old Man of the Sea
feed sugar plums to the poor devil he is
riding and choking; justice would make
him get off his victim’s back.
Conventional charity piously accept#
things as they are, and helps the unfor
tunate; justice goes to the legislature and
changes things.
Charity swats the fly; "justice take#
away the dung heaps that breed flies.
Charity gives quinine in the malarigl
tropics; justice drains the swamps.
Charity sends surgeons and ambu
lances and trained nurses to the wart
justice struggles to secure that interna
tionalism that will prevent war.
Charity works smong slum wrecks;
justice dreams and plans that there be
no more slums.
Charity scrapes the soil’s surface; jus
tice subsoils.
C harity is affected by symptoms; jus
tice by causes.
Charity assumes evil institutions s»d
customs to be a part of “Divine Provi
dence.” and tearfully works away at tak
ing care of the wreckage; justice regards
injustice everywhere, custom buttressed
and respectable or not, as the work of the
devil, and vigorously attacks it.
is timid and ia always passing
'thecollection box; justice is unafraid and
asks no alms, no patrons, no benevolent
support.
"it is presumed,” says Henry Seton
Morriman. “that the majority of people
are willing enough to seek the happiness
of others; which desire leads the individ
ual to interfere with his neighbors* af
fairs, while it burdens society with a
thousand Associations for the welfare of
mankind or the raising of the masses. 1 *
The best part of the human race doM
not want help, nor favor, nor charity; it
wants a fair chance and a square deal
Charity is man’s kindness.
Justice is God’s. |
THE AVIAN DRUMMER.
On? sure sign of spring Is said to be tbs
nesrance of the •’drummer” woodpecker. Other
woodpeckers may stay with us all wtntar. bet
the ••drummer'’ rarely oome* to this latitude ue
tll the balmy sir of spring tells that mating time
has arrived. The "drummer” Is a nolay, vale
bird. Its voice is strident and raapy and th*
bird likes to hear Itself make a noise. Ia this
respect It differs little from some human beings
with a well developed ego.
•*A few mornings ago," said an amateur naV
urallst, "I was awakened by a peculiar nolan.
The Windows In my sleeping room were opip,
and the noise seemed to come from all dlrew
Hons I listened, thinking perhaps the ddir
buzzer or the telephone bell had caught oold dUN
ing the night, and had a 'frog In Its throat*
When I opened the door no-person was la sight
and the telephone operator said no on# hoi
called me. so I went back to bed.
"A moment later the peculiar nolae begna
again. This time It se-med In greater voluno, I
and I traced the sound to tha roof of the bongo.
It was then I recalled I had heard the asms nolae
last year—a sharp, quick rattle, as If a child
were besting sn empty can with a stick. Prtag
ing hurriedly, I went Into th# yard where I could
s-e the roof of the house. Clinging to a holtow,
galvanized Iron ornament on the ridge wai a
woodpecker, pecking at the ornament with nil
Us might. Its bill struck the hollow Iron with
great rapidity, and the sound produced m>
s-mbled the quick rattle of e snaredrum. Tan
p-cks wer- followed by a brief Intermission, and
thep the pecking or drumming was resumed. Th#
noise attracted a second drummer which took
Its station on the side of another ornament, nnd
soon the noise Defame a nuisance; but the drum
mer* continued their tattoo until three Mue Jays
dew Into * nearby tree and screamed derletfS
and uiscordsntly. Then the drummers replied la
their raspy voices and flow away, probahty tn
com* back on the morrow.**,