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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-09
A MILLION FOR A PAINTING 2
The Fabulous Price ee3A TO Have
Been offered For n Tftinn

The Fabulous Price eesA TO Have
Been offered For n Titan.
The preposferous report that some
one had offered 100000, or 81, 200. 600.
for Titian's celebrated painting of
Sacred and Profane Love-" in tho
Borghese collection at Rome, Is due,
In all probability, to the universal
hunger for astonishing people, al
though II may have some color OF pos
sibility to the Imagination of kinder
garten financiers. Insens8te prices
have been paid for Raphaels, that in
the national gallery especially, which
came from the Marlborough collection;
also for the works Of other old mas
ters, but never any such incredible
price as this. Yet it would be a hard
matter to set the exact limit of value
in the case of a sale of Titan, more
particularly such an example rs the
absurdly misnamed Sacred and Pro
fame Love" II there exists in the
world picture worth $1,000. 900. who
would be bold enough to deny the right
OF Titan, the potentate OF painters, TO
be the author OF that work? AS to the
picture known by the title OF Sacred
and Profanc Love"-a title which II
tan did not give IL, and which has
needlessly puzzled many eommenta-
tors-it is now generally considered
simply as fanciful or romantic COM
position.
But Franz Wickoff, n German critic
has evolved theory, which has good
deal to recommend IL, that this picture
represents an incident In the seventh
book of the "Argouautica" Of valerius
Flaccus, the Latin poet, where II is
related that Medea, the enchantress.
daughter OF Ectes, king of Colchis,
unwilling TO yield to her love for the
Greek Jason, is visited by Venus. who
pleads for the lover and endeavors
to persuade Medea 10 follow her into
the wood where Jason is waiting.
Titan has represented this scene as
taking place IN the open air; the dawn
Is just breaking aud rosy streaks ap-
pear on the horizon. a young woman
richly dressed is seated on one side
OF fountain. on the edge OF which
she has placed n costly cnsket Her
right hand is In her lap and holds
bunch OF magic herbs. Deeply moved,
she gazes fixcdly before her, lending
ear the while TO the persuasive voice
OF another woman seated near. The
form OF this woman. around which
flutters a red mantle. is OF n marvel
Gus beauty. She rests her right hand
upon the fountain edge and with her
left holds on high n vase from which
issues light smoke. Between the two
women the god of love is splashlng In
the water with his chubby little hands.
Mr.. Wickor maintains that In the
beautiful nude figure Venus Is easily
recognizable even were her son not
there TO Indicate her presence. The
woman to whom she spoke aud who,
though unwilling to yield blindly. still
feels herself drawn by an irresistible
power is Mcdea, who betrayed the
king. her father, and followed Jason,
the stranger and enemy OF her people.
Boston Transcript.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-09

"Boys VIII be boys" Even as far
away as South Africa they prefer com.
pound fractures TO simple fractions.
Says Mr.. Richard Harding Davis, writ.
Ing from Pretoria TO the Boston Her.
aid:
There are many boys In the Boer ar.
my. -Four OF them are sons OF ReItz,
the secretary OF state. His father told
me proudly OF how the youngest, who
was 10 years old. covered British
Tommy and called upon him to hold up
his hands AS his comrades had al
ready surrendered the Tommy threw
down his gun and said to the boy:
Il don't care. I'm blooming well sick
or this war anyway. Amt your"
"Oh, no." protested young Reitz sim.
ply, for father says that when the
war is over he's going to send me back
to school,"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-09
Is This Church vIs,brer

The MiddleseN probate court. at East
Cambridge. Mass, has been called
upon TO decide whether or not n GER
tain church Is visible" II seems that
IA deceased member OF the independent
Baptist church OF Woburn left trust
fund Of $1,000 for the benefit OF her
fellow members. the interest 10 be paid
to them so long as the church "maIn-
tanned Its visibility and the doctrine of
the old school Baptist principles. :"
The residuary legatees. to whom the
money was 10 revert IL ut any time the
church should forfeit the title to Il.
claim that the society no longer main
tains Its visibility" II has only nine
members. only one OF whom lives In
Woburn, and II does not support n
preacher. On the other hand, the So
tiety claims that. according 10 Its doc
arines. II Is still n church within the
meaning of the testator.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-09

peculiar accident occurred ut Mid.
dleport, o.. the other day, and the full
effects OF Il have just dawned upon the
Injured parties.
The big iron safe In the Middleport
shoe factory refused 10 open, and the
bookkccper, Louis Jaquith, and Engi-
neer Walter ii. Rice conceived the idea
that they could burn out the combIna-
ton by use OF carbon and electric wire.
1t took several hours TO accomplish
their purpose, but they finally succeed
ed, but not until they had stood for sew
eral hours In the glare OF the electric
light. taking turns Mt holding the wire
and carbon. When the work was over,
both complained OF dizziness and
pain In the head, which increased as
the hours passed, and in n short time
both went suddenly blind ut about the
same time.
All efforts TO restore their sight have
been unavailing. for while the eyeballs
appear oil right the sight is DESTROYED.
columbus Dispatch.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-09
vonvnf..d the conr.r.,..

At the recent session or the Gcnesee
Methodist Episcopal conference In
North Tonawanda. y. y. the Rev. DR.
James X. Day. chancellor OF Syracuse
university. made a speech OF great en-.
ergy In behalf OF collegiate education,
be grouped together the names OF
judges OF the supreme court. governors
or states. ministers OF different denomI.
nations and other leading men and
said. ".All of these were college gradu-
ates"
Then he turned around to Rishop Me.
Cabe. who was presiding, and said.
From what Institution were YOU grad.
dated, bishopT receiving the prompt
response. "FroE Libby prison"
The suddrnH"ss aud atness of this re-
ply from the odd Chaplain" convulsed
the conference. There WAS round after
round OF applause aud much laughter.
so that II WAS difficult for DIR. Day to
complete his address
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-09
She Looks Not Upon STA.

For The last three years Miss Sarah
Cunningham OF Vancouver. u. G.. has
Diindfoided her eyes wheacver she
steps outside the door OF thc little cot
tiGe In which she lives all alone she IL
woman about so years OLD. For years
her conscience was troubled by the
sights OF sin and immortality every
where visible as she walked the streets
OF vancouver. Finally she decided thai
she could stand 1t no longer. If she
could not put stop to the wickedness
which oppressed her. she could at least
shut out the outside world. Conse-
quently, she bandaged her eyes. Since
that day. In 1896. her eyes have never
looked upon the earth. AS result she
reports that she is becoming cheerful.
The bright side OF life now occupies
her mind, and. though she is aware Of
the fact that there is still sin I'm the
world. II does not trouble her as IL for.
merly did.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-09
THIS PHONoGRAP1 WELLS.
"A Whisper on the Record become
StcRtorinn when Let Y,oue-

a Whisper on the Record necome~
stentorinn when Let Hoose.
A phonograph that shouts SO loudly
that every word Gun be heard Mt a dis
lance of ten miles has been tested Mt
! Brighton.
You can whisper u sentence into the
machines small funnel shaped mouth
piece, and 1t win repeat It In tones that
are more dcafening than the shric.Ss OF
n liners steam siren, yet every word is
| perfectly articulatcd, and a shorthand
writer ten miles away can take down
the message as easily as If you were
dictating to him in small room.
The machine is the invention OF Mr..
Horace l.. Short OF Brighton. In ap-
peorancc II is merely an ordinary pho
nograph, with large trumpet mcasur-
ing four feet in length. Inside this
trumpet there is small and delicate
piece Of mechanism that looks some
/ thing like a whistle. This is the tongue
OF the machine.
Instead OF the records" being taken
on wax In the usual manner a sap
| phire needle Is made to cut the dots
representing the sound vibrations ON n
| silver cylinder, and when the needle
travels over the metal n second time
the vibrations cause the whistle to pro-
duce series of air waves, and the ma
| chine thus becomes talking siren
which transforms the human voice in
| to deafcning roar.
The experiments were made near tho
| Devils dixie, Brighton, where the in
ventor has his workshops. The instru-
ment was placed on the roof of the lab
oratory and was made 10 repent a num-
Der OF sentences. At a distance Of ten
miles the sounds were plainly heard by
n large number of people, every word
being perfectly distinct, and mt sec
ond trial, with favorable wind, IL was
found that an unknown message could
be taken down in shorthand ut a dis
lance OF II miles. Over the water the
sounds will carry still farther, and un-
der favorable circumstances they might
easily be heard by persons on vessel
10 miles out at sea. Placed on n light
house or lightship. the photograph
would give verbal warning that
would be infinitely more effective than
the fog horns and detonators at present
IN use.
The possibilities Of the machine are
practically endless. 1t will render loud
selections In the open air that cnn be
listened to by thousands of people, or
ii Will shout news messages that could
be heard high above the roar OF the
traffic and the thousand noises of big
| city.-London Mail.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-09
Polite Harsea

Occasionally an English writer needs
editing. Witness the following. taken
from a prominent London magazine,
the writer being in the midst Of de-
scription of the queens garden party:
presently Lord Pembroke and Sir
Ponsonby Fame managed that tho vast
concourse OF men and women In the
grounds should form two long lanes,
and between them the queen and prin-
cess passed slowly In their carriage,
drawn by two grays bowling right and
left "-Philadelphin Ledger.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-09
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a Japanese Giant.

A soldier of gigantic stature and
enormous strength has been presented
TO the emperor of Japan. He is Private
Jamashita, of the Third regiment al
the Nogoya Field artillery. He enlisted
In December last and is now % years
OF age His muscular strength is such
that he can carry a fieldpiece on his
shoulders and climb mountains with II
where horses are not available. He reg
ularly receives two mems rations Of
food and his uniforms are especially
made to fit him.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-09
An EngIIrh Eleet,nn sto.x

The following story Ia told about
Northampton and Mr.. Labouchere:
"One or my mates has little Invalid
girl that's very thoughtful. and the
questions she asks are most surprising.
Shed often heard Bill talking to the
missis about the war ana who was to
blame for It, and one night she says:
Daddy. did God make l.ahhyY
And Blll he thought bit and says:
Yes. love; suppose So
80 she thought bit more, and she
says:
What for. daddy?
Bill was never so staggered. He
put his considering cap on, but 1t was
no good.
ITS surprising what hard questions
children can ask" birmingham Gu
zette.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-09
Modern prcnchinn

"One OF the serious defects OF mod
ern preaching" says The WatchinaD
BaptisO Of Boston. as that 1t Is too
practical in the sense of being too par
tisular. The minister feels called up-
on to tell the statesman, the business
man. the employer and the employee
just how they should act In the nature
or the case the minister has only the
most superficial knowledge OF the spe-
cial conditions as to which he is giving
directions"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-09
FALL SCHEDULE.
WEEMS STEAMBOAT CO..

baltimore, Fredericksburga and
RappabannOck River Routes.
Norfolk and Rappahannock
River Route.
DO and after THU sdsy, November Sth,
steamers Richmond, Lancaster ana
Essex will leave Pier 2. Light Street.
Baltimore, every Tuesday and FRIDAY at
4:.0 p. IN. for Fredericksburg and all
wbarves on the river. Returning. will
leave Fredericksburg at 2:30 %. IN. (tide
permitting,) Monday, Tuesday and
Thursday, Leedstown at 4:3O a. m. Tues
day, Wednesday and Friday for Bal
timOTe
Leave Baltimore Sunday at $50 p. m,
Wednesday and Thursday at 4:30 d. m,
Tor Tsppabsnuock and all wbarves be-
low, except Bay Port. Returning will
leave Isppahannock at 8 q. m. on Mon
day and Thursday for Baltimore.
WIN not call at Merry Point and MIL
lenbeck on Thursdays trip from Balti-
more.
viii leave Tappalannock for Freder-
icksburg at 8 a. III. Monday, Port Royal
at p. m, arriving at Fredericksburg at
>. p. m.
No Freight received for out going
steamers after p. M. on sailing days.
NORFOLK ROUTE.
Will leave TsppabaDnock for Norfolk
at IL m. (noon) Friday, stopping at all
landings. VIII leave Norfolk st @ D. m.
Saturday for Tappahannock, calling at
all landings.
HENRY WILLIAMS ACT. Baltimore.
w. ID. SCOTT, Agt., Fredericksburg.
KEY COMPTON. Agt., Norfolk.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-09

ing.
steamer Ida will continue on regular
schedule.
Freight rates named to all points on
application to the Agent. Other infor.
nation upon application.
w. III. Brown, Agent.
L: A. JoYNEs, Supt. Steamer Lines.
WILLARD THOMPSON, General Mgr.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-09
RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG
~ POTOMAC II. r.

10 POTOMAC II. r.
Schedule in Effect June 3, 1000.
TRAINS LEAVE FREDERICKSBURG,
NoRTHwARD:
II a. m. daily, no local stops.
z w a. m. daily, no local stops.
III 10 a. m. Sundays only, stops at Brook
and Wide Water.
III 4O a. m. daily, except Sunday, no local
stops.
80 M. daily, except Sunday, no local
stops.
z 53 p. m. daily, no local stops.
8 so p. m. daily, stops at Brooke and
Wide Water.
SOUTHWARK:
q % a. m. daily, Atlantic Coast Line
train. Stops at Milford, boswell
and Ashland, week days All local
stops on Sundays.
IL ~ p. m. daily, Seaboard Air Line
trains, via boswell and G. &c. O. to
Richmond. Stops at boswell.
l "A p. m. daily, except Sunday. Stops
at Milford, boswell and Ashland.
as p. m. Daily, Atlantic Coast Line
train, stops at boswell and Ash
land.
81 p. m. daily, makes local stops.
40 p. m. daily, Seaboard Air Line
trains, via boswell and C. & o. to
Richmcnd. Stops at boswell.
ACCOMMODATION TRAINS. Daily. FScFpr
SUNDAY.
90 a. IN. for Richmond.
10 81 a. m. for Quantico.
~ 49p. m. for Ashland
90 p. m. from Richmond for Freder-
icksburg.
@. G. Cox, Agent.
w. Z. TAYLOR, Traffic Manager.
Z. t. d. MYERS, President.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-09
Potomac River Route.

Beginning Tuesday, June 5, steamers
northumberland and Potomac will leave
Pier 8, Light Street, Baltimore, every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 8 D.
M, for Alexandria and Washington.
calling at all of the usual landings. Be,
ginning Thursday, June z, will leave 9TH
Street Wharf, Washington, at 4 d. m,
Thursday, Sunday and Tuesday, going
as Tar as Leonardtown on these even.
inSs. viii leave LeoDardtown, at 6 a.
m, kinsale at IL p. m, Millers at D. m,
GrasoDs at p. m and Bacons at 6 %. m
Monday, "Wednesday and Friday, arriv.
ing IN Baltimore early the following
morning. Freight received daily in Bal.
timore.
HENRY WILLIAMS, Agent,
Baltimore, Md.
STEPHENSON & BRO, Agents.
W. Washington, ID. q.
VIM. III. REARDON, Agent,
Alexandria, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-09
The Washington Steamboat Com.
pany Limited.
POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS
Winter Schedule, In effect Sept. Is. 1900.
STEAMER WAKEFIErn

Winter Schedule, In effect Sept. Is. 1900.
STEAMER WAKEFIELD
Leaves Washington, d. c., Seventh Street
dsys nari' mondays, Wednesdays and Sat
Mondays for Fort Foote, Fort wasb,nv to,
n lrsn nal HaIi, Glymont, *Indian Head Liver,
poor Point, Clifton Beach (Smith Is pr b sSfifrs
somerset Beach, Stuarts, swans fRiyersiaaS
nathlas Point, Oils QLower Cedar Pr wiz
hersons, Colonial Beach, Bushwood, Rock
sons, Deep Point, Mount Holly. Nomini'
net9rning leaves Coltons at a. m on Tues
ior river landings, and arrives at Wash
Wednesdays for Fort Foote, Fort washing-
Ton, Marshall Hall, Glymont sIndian Head
s.aSv.,earSool Point, Clifton Beach tSmiths Ply
Suns, Somerset Beach, Stuarts Swans
}hiyerside), Matthias Point, DiIl's tIowa1
CEDAR PtD, Wilkersons, Colonial Beach. Bush
WOOD, Rock Point (Lancasters), CoItona
Beales. Thompsons, Deep Point, Mount Hol.
Returning leaves Nornini Thursdays 3 D. m
ior mount Holly, Deep Point, sThompson
Beales, Towards, Cobrums, Stones. Cojsons
bushwood, Rock Point Uancasters) Colonial
nneaaeen, WIIkersons, bills lLower Cedar PIT.
Somerset Beach. .stins, Clifton Beach aSmiths
Pointl, Liverpool Point, Alexandria
s Sr1rivdng at washington Friday morning.
Marshall Hall, Glymont, sIndian Head Isvo,
pool Point, clifton Beach lSmiths Pt.), sStifrs.
1 afbias p Beach stnarts, swans RiyersideI.
6ersons. Colonial Beach. Bushwood. Rock
Point SLancastersl, Coltons, Beales, si'homn-
Retnrnipr rH IenYss Ms oIean holy Nomini
i Tor river landings, and arrives at washin eton
Landings marked thus rel are boat. tide or
fair weather landings. Va
N. b,LAii schedules subjectto change with
c. W. RIDLEY, GENT Manager.
G. p. johann EN. Agt. eth 81 Wbar,
j. IL. PADGETT. Aet.. Alsxa ndrfa. Va
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-09

.tHItFN Ut DNEtItlOrG % u. IN.
On and after June 90, 1900, Steamer
Ida VIII leave Baltimore, Pier No. 5.
Light Street, Tuesday and Friday OF
each week At p. m, arriving above
landings on Wednesday and Saturday of
each week. -
Schedule OF extra steamer In effect
September 10th, 1900.
Leave Baltimore every Wednesday and
follows: 80
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-09
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Attain
tic Railway Company.
Piankatank River Lin.
schedule, in effect June e5, 1900
STEAMER IDA

Read carefully important changes have
been made.
Commencing June %. 1900, the steam
er Ida will leave landings named below
on Monday and Thursday of each week
arriving at Baltimore on Tuesday and
Friday, as follows:
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-09
Steamer owen billiard

Mail and passengers to and from White
Stone, lrvington, Wcems, Millenbeck
Merry Point and Urbana, daily (except
Sunday "ep'
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-09
SCHEDUI.H.

Leaye-White Stone, 2 a. m; Iryineton
I.s6; Weems, S.15; Millenbeck. o: Merry
Point, $50; arrive Urbana, II. so a. m.
Leave-Urbana, 2 p. m; Millenbeck. q
merry point, a.SO; Weems, 4.3O; Irvington
0; arrive White Stone, p. m.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-09

"e "icn Ufouiiu the Dall0t box tS
no reason why Christian men should
retreat from the arena The last time
you ought to give up your child or for
sake your child is when Ii is surround
ed by company of Choctaws, and the
last time TO surrender the ballot box ia
when 1t is surrounded by impurity and
dishonesty and all sorts of wickedness.
Daniel stood on a most unpopular
PLATFORM. He stood firmly. though the
demagogues or the day Kissed az him
ana tried to overthrow him We must
carry our religion into our politics. But
there are great many men who are
In FAVOR o! taking religion into nation
al politics who do not see the impor-
lance or taking II into city politics. MS
though man were intelligent about
the welfare of his neighborhood az.
had no concern about his own home.
HonorH OF Heaven.
My subject also impresses me with
the fact that lions cannot hurt q good
man. No man ever got into worse
company than Daniel got into when he
was thrown into the den. What n rare
morsel that fair young man would
have been for the hungry monstersl If
they had plunged at him. he could not
have climbed into a niche beyond the
reach of their paw or the snatch of
their TOOTH They came pleased nil
around about him, as hunters hounds
nc the well known whistle come bound
ing to his feet. You need not 90 to
Numidia to get many lions. You all
have had them after you-the lion or
financial distress. the lion OF sickness.
The lion OF persecution. You saw that
lion OF financial panic putting his
mouth down TO the earth. and he roar
I'll until oil the banks and all the insur-
ance companies quaked. With his nos
ri he scattered the ashes on the do
nestle hearth. You have had trial aft |
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-09

success.
Decision of Character.
Again. my subject impresses me with
the value OF decision of Character I'm
any department. Daniel knew that If
he continued his adherence to the re.
hgion Of the Lord he would be hurled
TO the lions, but, having set his COM
pass well, he sailed right on. For the
lack OF that element of decision Of
character, so eminent In Daniel. MANY
men are ruined for this world. and
ruined for the world To come A great
many at 40 years OF age are not set
tied in any respect, because they hive
not been able to make up their minds
Perhaps they viii go west; perhaps
they will go east; perhaps they will
not; perhaps they Will go north: per-
haps they may go south; perhaps they
will not; perhaps they may make that
investment In real estate or In rail-
roads; perhaps they VIII not They
are like n steamer that should go out
or New York harbor, starting for
Glasgow, and the next day should
change for Havre de Grace, and the
next for Charleston and the next for
Boston and the next for LIycrpool
These men on the sen OF life everiast-
ingly lacking ship ana making no
Roadway. Or they are like man who
starts 10 build a house in the CORN.
THAN style and changes Il 10 Dor!c
and then completes II in tho Ionic.
the curse OF all styles OF architecture
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-14
SELF-MASTERY.
How Grandeur Of The Rockies
Impressed a Providence
Woman.

Editor OF the News
am writing from the land Of roses and
oranges. southern California, among the
Six days journey from Providence
brought me to Los Angeles. the city or
the Angels"
Passing through the mountains of Colo
RADIO. was even more impressed by the
wonderful power of man to overcome dif-
ficultes and TO make the forces OF nature
his servants, than l was with the magni-
hcent and awe-inspiring scenery. Ana
when an electric searchlight was thrown
upon our train from the beautiful iliu-
minated grounds of the Glenwood Springs
Hotel. I'm the heart OF the Rockies. l was
can now carry even his luxuries into
what were once the most inaccessible
places I'm the world.
New worlds are colonized by people
who have found life intolerable I'm the
old. Even in the conquest of the world
within man, the same rule Is found 10
hold good. Those who have attempted
and To some extent achieved the mastery
OF the mental and spiritual forces within
them, are those who have found life un-
endurable or even impossible without
such a conquest. Only individuals of in
tense and lofty aspiration have ever
achieved this conquest. except through
the compulsion, at least at first. OF stern
necessity. What. II is asked. is the nature
OF this mastery, so important TO many
and so desirable TO all? IL is simply ex-
tending the self-control which we all
learn more or less i'm matterssof impulse
and passion and selfshness until II takes
in every slightest thought and wish and
every bodily effort produced by thinking
and wishing.
To bring every thought into captivity
TO Christ Is not self-repression, because
the power OF the Christ ideal il an ac-
tive force working within I'm a joyous,
free, spontaneous and loving service 10
the Master who said that nasmuch as
We serve even the humblest of our fell
lowmen we are serving him. In this name,
the name of Christ, and love for hu-
manity like his, and thus alone we may
dare TO undertake so great an achieve
ment as the conquest OF self and the con-
troll Of all the life forces.
HARRIET B. BRADBURY.