The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-12-21

measurement of this standard. Prog
ress is never by the process of isolation.
Progress is human. Humanity is never
local. 1t cannot be national even. 1t
is universal, international.
MAN MADE OF ONE BLOOD.
Why should it be so hard thing for
some of us to believe that God has made
man of one blood? Natures chorus
sings the harmony Of all life. The
higher birds and beasts seem close to us
in kinship to the sympathetic eye and
heart.
am personally acquainted with some
dogs whose love and faithfulness, capaci-
ties and powers, seem more than human.
DR.. Junker, the scientif fc explorer of
Africa, tells most wonderful story of
two red tailed gray parrots that became
very much attached to him. He says
that one day the king bird somehow fell
from his perch and received an internal
injury. Meanwhile the queen parrot,
who had probably witnessed the acci-
dent, came in and began to behave in a
most extraordinary manner. First she
initiated to the life all the movements
of her dying consort, then she crouched
at some little distance, changing her
position whenever he did, signing, lay
ing her head now on one side, now on
the other-in short, acting exactly as il
she were suffering from the same in
jury that had befallen her mate.
81 kept my eyes riveted on the insep-
| arabic pair, " continues the doctor, "and
my amazement soon changed to a feel
ing of deep sympathy. The paroxysm
OF impulsive imitation lasted long
! enough to produce marked effect OF
the organic functions of the little crea-
ture. Her grief, or whatever mex
plicable influence it may have been,
| caused suck profound disturbance in
the system that the vital action sudden
ly ceased while she was yet mourning
| the loss of her companion.
without heeding the risk, she had
drawn so near the FIRE that j was obliged
| at last TO remove her to q place of safe
| ty. But the end was already at hand.
| She refused the most tempting morsels,
| and within 90 minutes Of her partner g
| death she had breathed her last gasp"
Il ChltlSI IEtF JthlSI Op ALL.
George Macdonald may be right in
his hope of immortality even for the
! animal world. 1t is dull mind in
deed that, fixed once upon the thought,
cannot perceive the unity of the sentient
universe itself. And yet some of us
have always had our doubts whether
some people have a soul. We have
~,
people with strange faces, customs and
color, though made in the image of
God. were really human.
Jesus never appealed to national or
! race pride. He did not glory in being
Jew He gloried in being man. He
| called himself the Son Of Man. The
| angels that heralded his advent upon
earth gave this message of divine hu.
| manity to the world, Peace on earth,
good viii to men,"
Whether we like il or not, God is
bringing about this era of a world life.
Especially is the American city becohl
| ing the incarnate cosmOpolis.
Referring to this fact, New York
bachelor. said recently: MY barber is
an Italian. A Chinese does my laun-
dry work. Ny tailor is a Jew. |
| breakfast in an American dining room,
lunch in II German saloon and dine usu-
ally at French restaurant. My doc
tor IL an Englishnan, and my favorite
preacher is q Scotch dominic. "
But where does the Irishman come
inr" asked a bystander.
"Oh, he owns the house | live in"
The tenth census shows that New
York, Philadelphia, Chicago and San
Francisco each has residents from AZ
rica-not specified--Asia mot specified
Atlantic islands, Australia, Austria,
Belgium, Bohemia, Canada, New
Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Sco-
tia, Prince Edwards island, British
America-not speeified-Central Amer
lea, China, Cuba, Denmark, Europe
not pecifed-France, Baden, Bavaria,
Brunswick, Hamburg, Hanover, Hes
sen, Lubbock, Mecklenburg, Nassau,
Oldenburg, Prussia-not specified -
Saxony, Weimar, Wurtemberg, Ger
many--not specihed-Gibraltar, Eng
land. Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Greece,
Greenland, Holland, Hungary, India,
italy, ,9)an, Luxemburg, Malta,
Mexico, Norway, Pacific islands, Po-
land, Portugal, Russia, Sandwich Is