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The times., 1898-10-24
THE DEFINITION OF MAN.
Rev. DIR. Reeds Analysis of the
Human Creation.

At the morning services in St Johns
Church yesterday Rev. DR.. J. Sanders
Reed. of Watertown. y. Y. spoke on the
text. What Is NAM"
Dr. Reed handled his subject in mas
terly way. and his remarks We're listened
TO with great interest. He analyzed man
from the point of view Of the chemist.
the scientist. the philosopher. and the
Old and New Testaments.
''As viewed by the chemist, man is "A
mixture of earth, air. water. and some
of the Constituency of the stars As an
alyzed by science. man is developed
beast, a thinking. reasoning. and self
conscious animal. Man is an infinite
abyss. A whole universe is afiOat within
him He is world within himself, and
there is a self within him that remains
untouched by any human intimacy No
depths can penetrate it and no possibility
is too great for it
Man is declared to be the image of
God; eternity is his measure. Eternity
must be the output of life An ideal
Creator could not put us to moral con-
fusion.
Remember these things. and when Il
foolish person prates that man is but a
mote in a sunbeam or a grain of sand
on the shore. take up your parable and
say, Thou fool; define If you can a mote
that thinks and fees and reasons: 4 grain
of sand capable of self-sacrifice: a mote
with affinity for the Maker of constel-
Iations and firmaments''
The times., 1898-10-24
The Case Is Complete.

An additional reason why America
should not hesitate to assume full SOW
ereignty over all the Philippines was
not needed. Every consideration of hu-
manity and consistency as we'll as of
our own commercial and Industrial in
terests, point to this as the only sane
solution of the problem. To restore to
the oppressive rule of Spain the people
who have been held in ignorance and
poverty. while dwelling in a country
that can be made to support them all
in comfort: to diappoint their expecta-
tions of freedom and make perennial
revolution their one futile hope. would
be to outrage the sentiment that led US
to make war in behalf of the Cubans.
who were afflicted by the same malev
olent power. The feelings of a vast
majority of our countrymen are unal-
terably opposed to such an idea.
1t is now definitely ascertained that
The times., 1898-10-24
ON BEING HUMBLE.
Bishop Cheshire's Sermon in st
Andrews Episcopal Church.

The sermon at the morning service in
CT Andrews Church was delivered by the
Rt. Rev. Joseph B. Cheshire. bishop of
the diocese of North Carolina. who took
his text from the First Gospel of Mark,
lila. "And as he went out of the temple
one of his disciples saith unto him. Mas
ter, see what manner of stones and what
buildings are here? And Jesus answering
said unto him: 'Seest thou these great
buildings? There shall not be one of them
left one stone upon another that shall not
be thrown down. The building referred
to was the temple of Jerusalem. The ar
gument of the discourse was to show that
God was not a destroyer but n builder up
of things. This was illustrated by the
fact that while the temple of the Jews
was thrown down 1t was only in order
that the great temples of God might be
The times., 1898-10-24
The Family in Chinn.

From the New York Evening Po.t)
One of the most striking elements in Chinese
life is its solidarity As is well known the fam.
lily has much larger function than with us. The
marriage of a son does not break in upon the
family life, but enlarges ii, the daughter-in-l
becoming incorporated in the family Of her hus-
band. Several generations may be welded together
in home. the authority of tie elders becoming
the more absolute with time. Growing old is Ger
tainly robbed in China of some of the terrors it
has among The older man grows the more
weight is accorded TO his wisdom. A girl may
be worse than yaluelesS; young wife is the hap
less servant of her mother-in-law. but a mother
is sure of honor which increases with the years.
and grandmother rules the generations with a
rod of iron. In the clan the family idea is again
extended. and society compacted. The leading
members of clan held largely responsible
for the conduct Of the rest, and often punish
ed for their crimes. although noDone may suspect
them of personal completely with the wrong
doers
The times., 1898-10-24

nearly all the leading insurgents prefer
annexation to Independence. while there
has never been the least doubt as to
the same preference of the great body of
residents of all colors and of whatever
origin. Nobody. not even the Spaniard
who owns property in the islands.
favors a restorationo of Spanish author
perative reasons why the instructions of
the President to the Peace Commission
if they are correctly reported-must
be discarded and a definite demand
made for the surrender of Spanish title
to all the archipelago. Any failure to
exact all would cause indignation that
has its paraIlerronsy in that which fol-
lowed the abuse of our soldiers by in
competent and neglectful officials ap-
pointed through party influence.
The acquisition of Porto Rico and the
Philippines is the legitimate result of a
costly war into which an amiable and
inoffensive nation was driven by the
spectacle of Spanish tyranny in the
hemisphere of which We are the chief
power and for the preservation of which
to an enlightened and civilized politi-
cal system we are responsible-a sys-
TEN that it is essential to our own well
fare to bestow on every part of the
hemisphere. To abandon our just
claims would be to become blamable
for the future maltreatment and final
degradation of the peoples who appeal
to us for help in the name of our COM
mon humanity. Even though the ma
terial rewards should not be commen-
surate with the cost and trouble of their
emancipation. it would still be our plain
duty. as We fully and before all the
world recognized it when we entered in
to war for the freedom of Cuba. That
the benefits will, in fact, far exceed the
cost. leaves us without a single excuse
for rejecting the opportunity bought
with the blood of our heroes.
The discovery that of the Filipino del
egates to the insurgent assembly fully
| five-sixths are opposed to an independ-
! ent government-which would mean a
destructive, perennial revolution-and
favorable either to complete annexation
or some form of American administra-
| ton, though not of grave Importance
completes the case of the American
people, more than nine-tenths of whom
are eagerly waiting to hear that our
Peace Commissioners have included al
the Philippines in their demands. We
can imagine no excuse or explanation
the President can offer if there is the
! least failure in this.
The times., 1898-10-24
The Acceptance of Doctrines.

Bishop Cheshire, of North Carolina. oc-
cupied the pulpit at the Trinity Episcopal
Church last night and delivered a very
strong sermon on the necessity of a Chris
tian accepting the doctrines of the church
in full. Following out the theme Of the
discourse the speaker held that ii was
necessary for a person TO accept in all
their fullness the tenets of the Christian
religion in order TO become a consistent
follower of it.
The times., 1898-10-24
Church of the Incarnation.

The Rt. Rev. William E. McClareD.
bishop of Chicago. delivered the sermon
yesterday at the morning services in the
Church of the Incarnation. There was a
large congregation present. and after the
sermon the sacrament of holy communion
was administered.
DIR. McLaren took his text from
Luke. I:li. He that exalteth himself
shall be abased, and he that humbleth
himself shall be exalted"
The times., 1898-10-24
A Smart Boy.

CFrom the Boston Commercial Bulletn)
A Boston broker boasts of rather bright office
boy One of his friends dropping in at the office.
dispatched the lad TO some cigars, giving him a
dollar bill to pay for them. The boy returned with
four CIGARS The caller me d Ii m fjr purchas.
ing such good ones, and passed them around.
Shortly after the broker was left alone in the
Office when the shrewd urchin handed him six
cigars with the remark: :. Ere's the rest of them
cigars Mr. MarCin''
The times., 1898-10-24

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The times., 1898-10-24

1t is very plain that the Spaniards are
bent upon getting something out of US, by
way of compensation for the Philippines
and the Spanish debt, in case public
opinion in this country should happen to
cancel the surrender. and readjustment
deal. Perhaps we ought not to be desper-
ately hard on the enemy Let us offer
them little something. Suppose we
make over Hanna, Alger, Edmunds. Reed,
McCook, Plat, Atkins and few others
and call 1t square. That would be liberal,
and we should never feel the loss.
The times., 1898-10-24

We are little bit afraid that if the
French government should continue to
bluster about not wanting peace at any
price 1t will be regarded in Washington
casting a studied reflection upon the
position of the Hanna Administration last
Spring The interests of the Spanish
bondholders in Paris ought to suggest
great politeness to foreign influence do
ing its best to fulfill the engagements OF
which NJ Cambon is confidentially aware
The times., 1898-10-24

Why Monsignor Ireland should be
worried because several Protestant de
nominations have arranged TO send mis-
sionaries to Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines is something that we are at
a loss TO understand. This is especially
true as TO our Eastern archipelago. The
distinguished theological Republican poll
tcian of the Northwest is fully aware
that there are plenty of Philippine islands
where no form of Christian religion has
good fat missionaries would be appre-
ciated by the natives. To feed the hun
cry is noble aspiration. and why should
he be particular as to who does it?
The times., 1898-10-24
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

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The times., 1898-10-24

Communications intended for publication in
THE TINES should be tersely and plainly written.
and must in all cases be accompanied by the
name and address Of the writer. Rejected COM
n,unicst;oEs will not be preserved. and only man
uscripts of obvious importance will be returned
to their authors.
The times., 1898-10-24

York Herald accuses the yellow jour-
nails" of America of having driven the
United States into war with Spain by
means of scare headlines" 1t occurs to
us that if they could also use the same
means successfully to prevent the Ad-
ministrati tion from surrendering the fruits
of war they would be doing the nation
and humanity an additional service.
The times., 1898-10-24

A St Louis reformer, who shows that
he is so in the smallest detail by chang
ing the 81 in his name to "" he being
a Smyth, advocates a novel and, perhaps,
commendable scheme for the publication
of society in his native village. His plan
is to have the wickedest man in each
ward annually elected by ballot and i'm
mediately inaugurated by hanging at the
hands of public eXecutioner to be
named by the mayor. We can only OBJ
ject to the proposition on the ground that
it is merely local. Such reform should
have national basis. If, for instance,
there were n national plebiscite once a
year, to determine who WAS the wickedcst
man, with the certainty that success at
the polls would be equivalent TO death,
the suspicion cannot be escaped that we
should see little of Alserism. while peO-
pie like Hanna, if caught at all, would
be discovered acting as monks in Siberia,
The times., 1898-10-24
Chivalry.

A pretty girl.
A crowded car,
Ten men stand up
And there you are.
A tired woman
Enters car:
Men remain
Right where they are.
Chicago News.
The times., 1898-10-24

THE TINES. in all its editions. Morning. Even
ing and Sunday. will he mailed TO address
for FIFTY CENTS per month. Addresses changed
as often as desired.
The times., 1898-10-24
Peace CROSS UNVEILED
ImpressiyeServices on Mount
st. Adams Height.
PROPOSED CATHEDRAL SITE
The President of the United States
Responds to the Address of We'll
come Delivered by Bishop Satter-
Iee-1IOquent Speech by Bishop
DOane. of AIbany-BIshOps Whip
pie and Dudley Participate.

On the summit of Mt. st. Alban, in the
northwestern limits of the District. over
looking the glorious beauties of the ma
tion's city, the silvery windings of the Po-
tcmac River and the green-topped hills
that kiss the horizon far beyond the
first services in connection with the Epis-
copal Cathedral of SITS. Peter and Paul
were held yesterday afternoon.
Only tlag-wrapped granite cross served
to mark the spot on which the great edi-
flee. "A House of Prayer for All People. -
Is to stand, and 1t was to fittingly COM
memorate its unveiling and the signifi-
canoe of the time and place that the Presi-
dent of the United States. the bishops
and clergy of the Episcopal Church and
many distinguished laymen gathered in
the open air and mingled their voices in
the songs OF praise of Him whose house
they are TO build.
The event will live in the memories of
those who participated In it and those
who were fortunate enough to witness it
until their allotted spans are run, and its
history will be as enduring as the granite
shaft itself The services were grandly
impressive; the environment was inspir-
ing. There is no more beautiful spot
around Washington than Mount st. Alban,
and few in all the country that present a
more picturesque panorama of vivid
changes.
Far below, to the southeast. lies the
Capital City, the public buildings standing
out like bas reliefs in marble and the
brilliant whiteness of the Washington
monument presenting a striking contrast
to the colors Of earth and sky that inter
vene. Still farther south the waters OF
the Potomac creep from the curtain OF
concealing trees and wind along the pleas
ant valley until lost in the hills on either
side
The times., 1898-10-24
Renuties of the Site.

From the beauties of the vista the eye
turns to the wealth of natures colors
close at hand St Alban's Church is in
the center of a wood. the cross being situ-
ated in a small cleared space on COM
manding eminence.
The hues of Autumn were everywhere
yesterday, the gold and brown and Grim
son of the dying leaves showing brightly
through the masses of green of pine and
cedar. The sky was clear as the wa
ter of a spring. and the slanting rays of
the afternoon sun shed glowing ra-
diance over all.
Higher up on the mount the little
red frame Church OF St Alban
built fifty years ago. whose his
tory, centuries hence. will have
become a hallowed tradition. rivaling in
beauty the memories that cluster about
the infancy of many cathedral of the
mother church of England. stood in the
center Of a group of trees. The rectory.
also of frame, was near It, and beyond
We're a dozen tents. erected for the ac-
cOmmodation of the clergy and the $50
members of the choirs from various city
churches who were to participate. Facing
/ the yelled cross a platform holding seats
/ for about 100 people had been erected.
The cathedral close had been roped off
i and only those holding tickets were ad-
/ mitted. They were many, however. and
/ long before the hour of 3 o'clock. set for
the beginning OF the exercises. the in
! closure was crowded Cars were run ev-
/ cry three minutes from Thirty-second and
/ NJ Streets to Tenleytown, and it is es.
/ timated that nearly 5000 people witnessed
! the ceremonies
The times., 1898-10-24

A Symbolic Suggestion.
81 ask you just to take the symbolic
suggestion of the circumstances and of
| the hour. 1 count it a symbolic sugges-
ton that there is represented here today
that only union. thank God. that ever can
| be between the church and the state in
this free country, where the belief is in a
| free church and free state, namely the
side-by-side fellowship of the temporal
and spiritual rulers in America. so that
| there will be no intrusion from the
church into the state except by the per-
petual and prevailing power of her pray
| ers l ask you to think again of a sug-
| gestive symbolism. 1t is called a peace
| cross. You know we used to hear in the
| old days of men who made a truce and
| called it peace. / think they were wise
| men compared with the men of today in
| the lazy peace of self-satisfaction and in
diligence in material prosperity miscalled
| peace I~maintain 1t is no contrary
! thought and no inconsistent thing to put
together these two words. peace and
| cross.
| ''They belong together in the mainte-
| nance of intimate conference and ascend
ency, because that cross stands as the
cross of Him who is our peace; stands
| for the redemption of humanity: stands
| for that great strife that is going on In
| all the world today between the powers
| of good and evil; not merely flesh and
| blood, but the spiritual powers, princi.
palities and the rulers of wickedness. 1,
stands for that incessant battle that is
| going on in the soul of every humar
being in the world between the higher
| and lower nature. and there is no peace
| until that better nature stands as in th'
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-31
HOW SOLDIERS SIZE UP,
The Yankee Is tho rnilcst, tho Jap is the
Shortest Both Good Fighters.
ESt. T,o,1is '(IlOho. .Domoor,t I

st. Louis Globe, Democrat.
Tho Yankee is much bigger man
than the Spaniard, and that is an
important advantage for the Ameri-
can in this war. With all his pride
of race tho naughty Don is little
fellow; in stature he is least among
the Europeans, averaging only five
and one-half inches over five feet.
The soldier who fights under tho
Stars and Stripes averages five feet
seven and one,half inches in his
stocking foet; bo weighs ten pounds
more than the Spaniard, and his
chest girth is nourly two inches
greater, These arc points that
count.
OF course size IS not everything
in Il soldier. Never IN history has
it counted for SO little as it docs to.
day, inasmuch as modern warfare is
conducted chiefly by machinery, bat.
Ties arc fought ut long ranges and
hand to. hand encounters arc rare.
Tho japanese are smaller than tho
Spaniards, but there arc no tiercer
fighters; tho American Indians, on
the other hand, arc superior in stat
ure to the Yankees, But, other
things being equal, the bigger mau
has an advantage. The Yankee is
the tallest of civilized mon. In Eu-
ropo only the Norwegian approaches
HIM nearly in this respect, and tho
Englishman is q full inch shorter.
During the present war much at
tention will be paid to the gathering
of statistics Of all sorts relating to
tho soldiers. This was done to some
extent during the civil conflict, aid
some Of tho most interesting facts
noted had to do with the varying
stature Of recruits from different
parts of the country. Tho biggest
men came from kentucky, averaging
Is trifie over five feet eight and one
half inches. Close behind was Kan
sas, with Minnesota, Missouri, Cali
fornia and Nevada following in the
order given. The mon from oil these
States averaged about five feet eight
inches. Maine, Illinois and Michi.
gan fell two tenths of an inch below
that mark, and next camo Ohio and
Pennsylvania. Massachusetts and
Connecticut were at the foot of the
list, the volunteers from the latter
States averaging only five feet six
end one. half inches. ...
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-31

Editors are the first to hear of
gossip or scandal, indiscretion of
men and women, things unfit for
publication, lntrigues, clandestine
meetings, night buggy rides, young
girls gone astray, firtations of mar
ried women, amours of married men,
and in fact all neighborhood scand-
ais. Editors generally know all the
naughty doings in community, no
matter how secret; If one half they
hear was published, divorce suits
would follow in some cases, social
ostracism in others, shotguns and
gore, Imprisonment, lynching, desc
lao homes, shame, humiliation and
misery The editor learns much ,f
the shame and hypocrisy of life, and
it is a wonder that he believes any
thing on earth or in tho hereafter.
People who abuse the editor loundest
sometimes owe their standing in
society to his forbearance.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-31
rHE NEWBERR.Y HERAr1D AND NTGWs, NTAY 81, lses.

oliaa, Col. elliott called to present
tothe President q letter from tho
Roy, a. Toomcr Porter, president Of
the Porter Military Academy, Of
Charleston, rendering one hundred
scholarships to be bestowed by tho
President upon the sons Of officers
and enlisted men who may be killed
in tho ponding wal. The awards
are restricted 70 poor boys in need Of
assistance in procuring military
education. Tho President was very
much gratified at the offer, and will
make u formal Acknowledgement Of
the same to DR.. Porter.
Col. Elliott called at tho war do
partment today to urge that army
appointments be given to Mr.. w.
St. Julien Jervey, Jr., and Major
Willis, Of Charleston. Mr.. JeA ey
desires a captaincy on tho staff, aud
Major Willis aspires to a captaincy
in the quortermaster's departing t.
C'l. Elliott also presented tho name
OF the Rev. Mr.. Hartzell, of Mount
2, P,easant, for q chaplaincy. Secre-
tary Algor has talel these names
under advisemcnt, and will confer
with tho President on the subject.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-31

abused women. Our condemnation Of
some European institutions Is doubtless ali
right, but we had better save little of our
pity and lavish it right here at home. The
American wife and mother who labors
morning, noon aud night, lii the close con.
hnenlent of the home Is In some respects
worse off than tha abused Peasant-womaii,
Inc latter enjoys fresh air sunlight and
outdoor exercise and retains that most
precious endowment, her health.
American women, ever busy in the close
contiles OF the home, get delicate and soon
huuer from weakness and dcrangement of
the delicate feminine organs. Confinement
10 the house runs down their health and
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