News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-04-10

good. In a prison in Shanghai,
China, were two convicts, one a MUIR
derer, the other an opium fiend, the
son of a physician living in Balti-
more, Md. Life was torture to the
American without opium. He told
the jailer he should die without it.
Who would care? replied the iailer.
Nobody, said the unfortunate man,
life to him was unbearable, he could
neither eat nor sleep. The other con-
Wet heard the groans of agony from
the opium eaters cell and for days
and nights he thrust his hands
through the iron CRATES that separ-
ated them and held the hands of the
victim of opium until he finally re-
covered his senses; when his time ex-
pired he was well and healthy and de.
clared be had no desire for opium.
What god given element of the hu-
man mind made that man, MUIR
derer, feel for another's woe and in
duced him to save a fellow prisoner
from the fortunes of a self-inficted
punishment? How divine thing it
is to truly feel for another, to send a
ray of hope, healing balm to the
poor weary soul, sore distressed and
oppressed
But prosperity often leads men and
women with divine missions into these
heavenly by-ways and rough places.
No one with great wealth can live
wholly to himself. Nature don't ia
vor that sort of thing. The law of
reciprocity forces men to help each
other, and although they may draw
themselves into themselves, away
from the love, sympathy and magnet
ism of the great throbbing heart OF
mankind, into the aristocratic knot
of the -four hundred" they no doubt
live to some purpose and do much
good in the world; but we can hardly
see what some of them have to show,
at last, except their glitterlng gold
and diamonds.
We should not be too hasty in our
judgement. These society people who
apparently seem to live within them
selves, furnish employment for thou
sands of people, and they have a re-
timing influence, which makes a good
impression upon those less favored.
Their gayeties, decorations and fine
artistic surroundings make people
happier, and sort ofsmooth thorough
edges of life and give the more hum
BILE ones a keener relish for the pro-
prieties and civilities required oil
them and at last these people, "The
smart set" will have more to show
at the summing up of life's labors
than we apprehend.
When man like Jay Gould leaves
his hard earned money in the hands
of such person as Miss Helen Gould
we think that he has done much to
benefit mankind and feel grateful that
he has transmitted such noble quail
ties of heart and mind, to one of such
exalted worth as Miss Gould. Her
generosity to the soldiers and sailors
and care for destitute children have
endeared her to all classes. The mere
mention of her name calls up
the most grateful memories. She
says in letter to a friend, "ThOse
who have more money or a broader
culture owe a debt to those who have
had fewer opportunities" She contin-
ues, latter all sympathy and good
will may be a greater force than
wealth and we can all extend to
Others a kindly feeling and courteous
consideration that will make life
sweeter and BETTER"
Let us heed these words, coming as
they do from one who never knew adj
versity, but whose goodness of heurt
flows out spontaneously for the sor-
rowing and suffering everywhere.
Her munificence and benevolent deeds
are too well-known to be here por-
trayed, but the material aid she rem
dered our government during the
war with Spain when we needed most
OF all battle ships, cannot be too often
called to mind.
Mrs. Hearst, who has given millions
for the cause of educationin Oakland,
CAL, and for free kindergarten
schools, says: Il find great happi-
ness in caring for these little ones. F."
One of her greatest gifts has been to
the University at Berkeley, Cal, where
she provides dormitories for $50
women, beside giving millions to the
University.
Mrs. Leland Stanford of San Fran
cisco, who has together with her hus.
band, given many millions for the
promotion of education and for the
establishment of timber kindergar-
ten schools says in writing to a friend
in New York, Il bave come to look
upon suffering as a blessing just as
tenderly given, as wealth or hehlth or
happiness, often times it is the pivot
that turns an empty life into a useful
one, a frivolous girl or boy into a
thoughtful man or woman. 1t was
through suffering that l saw the
misery that could be alleviated
When my son was taken away the
blackness of despair, the sense of
cruel injustice for time wiped out
every other feeling. Since then have
awakened to the real duty my life
was to hold" AS we recall at this
late date, the estimable and noble
fna be. IF IT, -. L L.