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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-07-01

Let us make the coming Fourth
the most successful one our nation
has ever seen. Let us try to soar the
eagle little higher, let each brass
band try to play little founder and
harder if possible, let the opening
prayer be interrupted by a fight in
the crowd a little oftener, let the
speaker of the day sweat a little
harder and longer and let us all
strive to gain deeper love of coun-
try and put more lighted frecrack-
ers under Our fellow countrymen
than ever before. Let us make it a
day so full of pure patriotism and
loyal devotion to our one country,
one flag and one superintendent of
rural free delivery that we won't
be able to be out of the doctors care
until some time next fall.
AS a model Fourth of July cele-
bration we wish to commend the
grand festivities that were carried
- NJ 4 4
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HARRY DANIELS
=MINOR-=
OBJ SERVATIONS
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
COPYRIGHT, 1908.

Once the grand and glorious old Fourth upon
e1nd preparing with due enthusiasm
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yourself by destroying the barriers that
divide your life from that of others and by
considering others as yourself-and loving
them. To destroy the life that dwells in
others is not In your power. The life of
those you have slain has vanished from
your eyes, but 1t is not destroyed. You
thought to lengthen your own life and to
shorten theirs. but you cannot do this. Life
knows neither time nor space The life of
a moment and the life of a thousand years,
your life and the life of all the visible and
invisible beings in the world are equal. To
destroy life, or to alter it, Is impossible for
life is the one thing that exists. All else
but seems to us to be-
Having said this. the old man vanished.
Next morning King Assarkhadon gave
orders that Laiie and all the prisoners
should be set at liberty, and that the execu-
lions should cease.
On the third day he called his son Assur
banipal and gave the kingdom over into
his hands, and he himself first went into
the desert to think over what he had learnt
Afterwards he began to go about as wan
derer through the towns and villages,
preaching to the people that all life is
one. and that men only harm themselves
when they wish to do evil to Others
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INTRODUCTION.

INTRODUCTION
1RRIBLE outbreaks Of anti-Jew-
ish feeling. more or less connived
at by the authorities. have led
To many Jews being killed and
many more being left destitute.
first az Kishinef and later on
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1 am asleep. 1t is a dream" And he makes
an effort to rouse himself. Surely am
not Lailie but Assarkhadon."
"You are both Lailie and Assarkhadon,
declares q voice, and he feels that his ex-
ecution has begun. He cries out, and at the
same moment lifts his head out of the
font The old man stands over him,
pouring onto his head the last drops from
the jug.
"Oh, how terribly have / suffered! And
for how long!" said Assarkhadon.
Long," replied the old man, You have
only dipped your head under water and
lifted it again. See, the water is not yet
all out of the jug. Have you now under
stood?"
Assarkhaden did not reply, but only
looked at the old man with terror.
"Have you now understood" continued
the old man, that Laile is you, and the
warriors you put to death were you also?
And not the warriors only, but the animals
you slew when hunting and ate at your
feasts were also you. You think life dwells
in you alone, but / have drawn aside the
veil of the deluson. and have let you see
that by doing evil to others you have done
ii to yourself also. Life is one in them
all, and you have in yourself but portion
of this common life. And only in that one
part of life that is I'm you can you make
life better or worse, can you increase or de-
crease it. You can only improve life in
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I. ASSARKHADON, KING OF
SYRIA.

The Assyrian King Assarkhadon con-
quered the kingdom of King Lailie. de-
stroyed and burnt all the towns, took all
the inhabitants captive TO his own country.
slaughtered the warriors and kept King
Lailie himself in a cage.
Lying on his bed at night King Assark-
hadon thought how best to execute LaiIie.
when suddenly he heard a rustling near his
bed, and, opening his eyes. saw an old man
with long gray beard and mild eyes.
''You wish to execute Lailie?" asked the
old man.
YES" said the King. But / cannot de-
eide how to execute him."
But Laile is yourself" said the old man.
That's not true" replied the King. II
am l. and Lailie is Lailie."
You and Lailie are one" said the old
man. 1T only seems TO you that you are
not Lailie. and that Lailie is not you'
What do you mean by 1T only seems?' :"
said the King. Here am l. lying on a soft
bed; around me are obedient men-slaves
and women-slaves. and tomorrow l shall
feast with my friends as 1 did to-day. while
Lailie will sit like bird I'm cage. and to-
morrow he will be impaled. and. with his
tongue hanging out. will wriggle till he dies
and his body will be torn to pieces by
dogs"
You cannot destroy his lfe." said the
old man.
And how about the 1900 warriors I
killed. and with whose bodies built a
mound?" said the King. II am alive. but
they no longer exist; that shows that can
destroy life"
How do you know they no longer exist?''
Because I do not see them. And the
chief thing Is that they were tormented. but
/ was not 1t was bad for them, but well
for
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ecuted my brother and seized my property.
1 knew you had gone alone to see the her
nit, and resolved TO kill yoI on your way
back But the day passed and you did not
return SO 1 came out from my ambush 10
find out where you were, and i came upon
your bodyguard and they recognized me
and wounded me. ran away from them,
but should have bled to death had you not
dressed my wound. l wished TO kill you.
and you have saved my life. Now IL
live. and you wish 1t. 1 will you as
your most faithful slave and bid my sons DO
the same. Forgive met
The King was very glad TO have made
peace with his enemy easily. and not
only forgave him, but said he would send
his servants and his own physician to at
tend him, and promised to restore his prop
erty.
Having taken leave of the wounded man.
the King went out into the porch and
looked round for the hermit. Before going
away he wished once more TO ask for an
answer to the questions he had put. The
hermit was outside on his knees. sowing
vegetable seeds IN the beds that had been
dug before.
The King approached him and said:
For the last time i beg you to answer
my questions, wise man."
why, you have been answered" said
the hermit, crouching on his thin legs and
looking up at the King, who stood before
him.
Answered? What do you mean?" asked
the King.
why, of course" replied the hermit. "If
you had not pitied my weakness yesterday
and had rot dug these beds for me, but
had gone back alone. that man there would
have attacked you and you would have re-
pented not having stayed with me. So the
most important time was when you were
digging the beds; and / was the most i'm
portant man, and TO do me good was your
most important business Afterward. when
that man ran TO us, the most important
time was when you were attending to him,
for If you had not bound up his wounds he
would have died without having made peace
with you. So he was the most important
man, and what you did for him was your
most important business. Remember, then,
there is only one time that is important
now. 1t is the most important time because
it is the only time when we have any
power. The most necessary man is-he
with whom you now are. for no man knows
whether he will ever have dealings with
any one else. And the most important az
fair is-to do him good, because for that
purpose alone was man sent into this life."
10 August, o. s., 1903
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Three Tales Written and Published for the
Benefit of the Jewish Survivors Of the
Kishinef Outrages by this Champion Of the
Lowly and Downtrodden..The Sage's
Letter Concerning Them

Those who were strongest, availing them
selves of the fact that men might die at any
time. subdued those who were weaker. kill
ing some and threatening others. And it
came about that only the strongest and
their descendants did no work and suffered
from the WEAKNESS of idleness, while those
who were weaker had tc work beyond their
strength and suffered from lack of rest.
Each set of men feared and hated the other.
And the life of man became yet more un-
happy.
Having seen all this, God, to mend mat
ters, decided to make use of one last means.
He sent sickness that when all men were
exposed to sickness they would understand
that those who are well must have pity on
those who sick, and must help them.
that when they themselves fall i'll. those
who well may in turn help them.
And again God went away, but when He
came back to see how men lived, now that
they were subject to sickness, He saw that
their life was worse than before. The very
sickness that. in Gods purpose. should have
united men, had divided them more than
before. Those men who were strong enough
to make others work for them forced them
also to attend to them in times of sickness,
but did not in their turn look after other
sick people. And those who were forced to
work for others and to look after the sick
were so worn out with work that they had
no time to look after their own sick. but left
them without attendance. Moreover, people
considered many of the illnesses infectious,
and, fearing to catch them, they not only
did not draw nearer to the sick. but even
separated themselves from those who did
attend the sick.
Then God said to himself, IF even this
means will not bring men to understand
wherein their happiness lies, then let them
be brought to 1t by their sufferings." And
God left men to themselves.
And left to themselves, men lived long
before they understood that they could and
should be happy. Only in the very latest
times few of them have begun to under
stand that work ought not to be a bugbear
for some and like galley-savery for others,
but should be common and happy occu-
patton. uniting all men. They have begun
to understand that with death constantly
threatening each one, the only reasonable
business of every man is to spend the years,
months. hours and minutes allotted to him
in unity and love. They have begun to
understand that sickness, far from divid-
ing men, should, on the contrary, give OPP
portunity for loving union with one an
other
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II. WORK, DEATH AND SICKNESS
A Legend.

This is legend current among the South
American Indians.
God, they say, at first made men so that
they had no need to work; they wanted
neither houses nor clothes, nor food, and
they all lived till they were a hundred, and
did not know what illness was like.
When, after some time, God looked to
how people were living. He saw that
instead of being happy in their life, they
had quarreled with one another, and. each
caring for himself, had brought matters
to such pass that far from enjoying life,
they cursed it.
Then God said to Himself: This comes
of their living separately. each for himself -
And to change this state of things, God so
arranged matters that 1t was impossible
for people to live without working To
avoid suffering from cold ard hunger, they
were now obliged to build dwellings, and
to dig the ground, and to grow and gather
fruits and grain.
Work will bring them together" thought
God. 'They cannot make their tools, and
sow and gather their harvests. and spin and
weave and make their clothes, each one
by himself.
''It will make them understand that the
more heartily they work together the more
they will obtain and the better they will
live: and this will unite them"
Time passed on, and again God came to
see how men were living and whether they
were happy in their life.
But He found them living worse than be-
fore. They worked together-that they
could not help-but they did not all work
together. being broken up into little groups.
And each group tried to snatch work from
another group. and they hindered one an
other. wasting time and strength in their
struggles. that things went i'll with
them all.
Having seen that this. too. not well.
God decided so 10 arrange things that men
should not know the time of their death.
but might die at any moment; and He an
nounced this 10 them
knowing that each of them may die at
any moment" thought God. they will not,
by grasping at gains in a life that may end
so soon. spoil the hours of life that are al
lotted to them"
But IL turned out otherwise. When God
returned to see how people were living He
saw that their life was as bad as ever.
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swered nothing He just spat on his hand
and recommended digging.
You are tired" said the King. Let me
have the spade. I'll work awhile for you"
Thanks said the hermit, and, giving
the spade to the King, he sat down on the
ground.
When he had dug two beds the King stop
ped and repeated his questions. The hermit
again gave no answer, but rose, stretched
out his hand for the spade. and said
Now you have rest. Let me work q
bit"
But the King did not give him the spade,
and continued digging. One hour passed.
and another. The sun began to sink behind
the trees, and the King at last stuck his
spade into the ground and said:
II came to you. wise man. for an an
swer to my questions. If you can give
me none. tell SO, and L will go home"
Here comes some one running" said
the hermit. Let us see who il isl
The King turned round and saw beard
ed man come running out of the wood. The
man held his stomach with his hands, but
blood was flowing from under them. When
he reached the King the bearded man fell
fainting the ground and only moaned
feebly. The King and the hermit unfastened
the mans clothing. There was a large
wound in his stomach. The King washed it
as best he could. and bandaged ii with his
handkerchief and with the hermit's towel.
But the blood would not stop flowing, and
the King again removed the bandage, soaked
with warm blood, and washed and re-
bandaged the wound. When the blood, at
last, ceased to flow. the man revived and
asked for something TO drink. The King
brought fresh water and gave it to him.
Meanwhile the sun had quite set and 1t
grew cool. So the King. with the hermit s
help, carried the wounded man into the hut
and laid him on the bed. Lying on the bed
the man closed his eyes and was quiet.
But the King was so tired with his walk,
and with the work he had done, that he
crouched down on the threshold and also
fell asleep so soundly that he slept all
through the short summer night
When he awoke in the morning it was
long before he could make out where he
was, or who was that strange bearded man
lying on the bed and gazing intently at him
with glittering eyes
Forgive met said the bearded man in a
weak voice, when he saw that the King was
awake and looking at him.
81 do not know you. and have nothing to
forgive you for" said the King.
you do not know me, but know you.
/ am the enemy of yours who swore to
revenge himself on you, because you ex-
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shaped mass of leaves and turf,
rising some two feet above the surround
ing ice, and capped with snow Scarcely
three feet away there ran a line of fox
tracks, and twenty yards from the shore
these were crossed by the trail of a ruffed
grouse, who, for some reason, had been
walking across the lake. The fox had not
even stopped to sniff at the muskrat house,
for perhaps no one knew better than he
what waste OF time it would have been
Reynard is very fond of muskrats. and no
doubt in winter they would be more than
acceptable. But 1t would take him a long
time to scratch through the thick walls of
such a house as l was looking at, when
they were frozen into one solid mass. and it
would take the muskrats something less
than second to escape into the lake.
through doorways which were below the
ice. OF muskrat tracks there was not a
sign at this point. but knew that should
find them somewhere along the shore, for
muskrats seldom stay away from the land
very long. Fifty yards further on, came
to a little creek. at the side of which
dark spot showed where the ice was very
thin; this was the spot which the muskrats
kept open, and where they left and re-en-
tered the water every night. From the
dark spot I'm the ice there was a well-beaten
path through the snow leading to the top
of the bank where il divided into several
paths less well defined Here the character
of muskrats trail could be observed; the
marks of the small fore feet the large.
partly-webbed hind feet. and between them
all single line, made by the sharp-edged,
almost hairless tail, as IL had trailed on
the ground behind. A single trail led up 10
a clump OF old apple trees. but the animal
which made il had evidently been on
literally fruitless quest. for there was no
sign of his having found anything eatable.
The other trails led TO a cornfield nearly
quarter of a mile from the water. and here
the snow presented the appearance OF
railway map. with lines crossing and re-
crossing each other in every direction AT
frequent intervals there were holes In the
snow scratched through TO the bare ground
by the muskrats, who sought 10 CLEAN a few
kernels of corn from the frozen earth. In
one place the snow had been cut up as
though two teams of pigmies had been play
ing football there, and found explanation
enough In the remains OF single ear OF
corn from which every kernel had been
eaten. No doubt the hungry muskrats had
found the ear under the snow. and had
hauled and pulled and fought each other In
their efforts to get share of the coveted
food.
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The idea Of the tale king Assarkhadon"
Is not my own, but was borrowed by me
from a tale by an anonymous author,
printed in the German magazine "Theo-
sophischer Wegweiser," No. 8, 1908, and en-
titled "Das Dist Du."
With reference to the tale Three Cues
tions," an explanation of an opposite kind
is needful. There is story by Leskof on
the same theme. and it might be supposed
that L had borrowed the fundamental
thought from him. In reality. however,
IL is one which was expressed and published
by me in THE Flower Garden published
by the Mediator" fifteen years ago. 1t
pleased Leskof. and he. with my consent,
made use of II.
LEO TOLSTOY.
Yasnaya Polyana. Is August. 1903.
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TO the greatest
extent possible,
the universal rule
OF doing TO others
as you wish them
to do to you; and
TO resist the gov
eminent. not by
violence { n a {
method should be
abandoned to the
government). but
by a good life, ex-
Guiding not only
all violence to-
ward ones neigh
Dor, but all par
ticipation in vio-
lence and all util-
ization for ones
own advantage of
the organs Of vio-
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lence instituted by the government.
THAT is all-and II is very old and Wen
knOwn-that / have to say about the ter
rible Kishinef occurrences.
"Yasnaya Polyana. q April, o. s.. 1903"
The following is again letter to the ed
itor of the Miscellany:
II send you Three Tales to be trans
lated into Judisch and printed in the Jew
ish Miscellany you are publishing to aid the
Jews who suffered in Kishinef.
II shall be very pleased If these tales at
all help the success of that publication.
with much respect and every wish to
aid,
"Yasnaya Polyana, 20 August, o. s., 1903"
The following IS part OF another letter
from Tolstoy to the same editor:
81 am, of course, very pleased that nom
Jewish editions should in any degree In
crease the help obtainable for the sufferers
But cannot depart from the rule l have
laid down for myself once for all-namely,
to let everybody freely print what they like
of my writings. / therefore give In aid OF
the sufferers only what l can give-the
right of first publication. Do not send me
any proofs, or else 1 am afraid / shall let
the temptation to correct run away with
me and shall delay your publication.
''Yasnaya Polyana, September. o. s.,
1903"
With reference to the question of
ToIstoy's reputation of all rights in his
publications after they have been published,
Ii may be well TO reproduce what l have
already said in the preface to the revised
edition OF ''Sevastopol:"
'Tolstoy himself wants nothing for his
works, and when the Russian original has
once been printed, he allows anyone to re-
print it, translate II, or retranslate 1t into
any language The translators have, of
course a right to their own versions, and
in how far they, like Tolstoy. may be pre-
pared to forego payment or protection of
their work Is a question OF conscience
which will be decided variously, according
to the needs, views and circumstances of
the individuals concerned"
The present translators. having in view
the publication of a collected edition of
Tolstoy's works in English. do not wish to
abandon control Of their versions, but any
profits that may accrue from this publ
cation they will devote to the relief of the
suffering Russian Jews.
AYLMER MAUDE.
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ST winter 1 was walking along
the shore of frozen. snow-cov-
cred lake, when / came upon a
muskrat house-a dark, DOME
Shaned mass of leaves and turf
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-05-13
ELECTION JUNE 20.
Bond Issue of S20,0UO will be Asked
of the YOtOrs.

After repeated attempts and fail
ures, quorum Of of the Morgantown
school board and the attorney for
the board Frank Cox get together
last night and agreed upon propo
sition to call an election on a bond
issue of $4,000 to erect Fourth
ward school building, and provide
site for new building in the future.
June 20 was set as the date for the
election, it being necessary to give
four weeks notice in all the news
papers of the town, before the cleo
tion can be held. However, it is not
expected that there will be any or
position to the plan, as there are
now twice as many youth OF school
age, as can he accommodated in the
school rooms provided. There is an
enumeration of 100 children of
school age, and only l6 school rooms
in the whole of Morgantown indie
pendent School district to accommo-
date them. This would mean an
average of more than 100 pupils to
each room We will have to either
provide more room or abolish our
compulsory school law. The present
provisions for school attendance, do
not harmonize at all with the com
pulsory lsw
So far as possible the same com
missioners who conducted the last
general election in the county at the
eight precincts in Morgantown In
dependent district will be secured
to conduct the election on the bond
issue June 20tn.
BY a provision OF the statutes of
West Virginia, Just brought to the
attention Of the board last night.
the bonds proposed to be issued,
must all be paid off in 20 years.
The first bond is proposed to be
made payable in IL years, beginning
with which 81 900 year will be
paid for five years AZ the end Of
this time the bonds for erecting the
present school building will have
been all paid, and $4,000 each year
will be taken uo on the ner issue
till it is wiped out entirely.
DR.. Brock was away at Mt Morris
last night, and another meeting of
the board will be held Thursday
afternoon IN order to sign the proc
lamation of election Dr.. Brock is
president OF the board.