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ter expressed this in q few words than N
tnose exquisite lines on The Rhodorss
that we all know so well:
| -hhodora! II the nges ask thee vhv
, Tell them. dear. that II eyes were m1Ss ~
ing.
Then Beauty is Its own excuse for being.
DO we ask for something that shaIl puf -
In touch with the beauty of nature. fust ite
inenahle, untranslatable charm? Turn 10
ms wood Notes" It seems AZ II the voice
Of nature itself were speaking as he eays;
For Nature beats in perfect tuns,
and rounds with rhyme her every runA
Thou canst mot wave thy STAR In air.
Or dip thy paddle in the lake. :,
but 1t carves the bow Of beauty there. :
ana the ripples in rhymes the oar forakas
But have kept the best for the last. ana
the one that Is most often quoted. have
said before and say IT again, take the whole
world OF literature. 80 far as I know my
thing about 1t, and ask me what four lines
best convey the pith of ethical religion. and
l should have only one answer.
80 nigh is grandeur to our dust.
30 near Is God to man.
When VIII Duty whisper, low. Thou mna.
Emerson's direct teaching il In his e.
says. Local students Of him have con-
densed his philosophy as found in his nu-
merous prose works Into four selections
from four essays. These. II IL urged, con-
tain in epigram the spitoms Of his life
work.
They are from h Esaay ON Nature.
Man, the Reformer.r and The Essay on
Worship"
The four follow:
ILLUSTRATIVE PASSAGES
FROM EA1ERsON,S ESSAYA
FREEDOM.
l. Why should MOTIVE also enjoy an orig
inal relation to the universal
Why should not We have . poetry and
philosophy Of insight and not OF tradition
and q religion BY revelation TO Us, and not
the history Of theirs?
Emhosomed for season in nature
whose foods Of life stream around and
they supply to action pruportioned 10 ma.
ture why should We grope among ths drY
bones Of the past, or put the living gem.
GRAFTON into masquerade out of its faded
wardrobe? "a
The sun shines to-day also.
There n more weol and max In the nsldA
CONTINUED on FOLLOWING IAa1a
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of all finer sensibrutie., trained only 70 chase after the
dollar. As q matter Of fact. the American people are
capable Of q degree Of enthusiasm and hopefulness that
Germans might do we'll to aspire to, while. generally
speaking, the sense of Justice and propriety is more highly
developed in the American masses than with US in Ger
many. In American playhouses I have often seen vast
audiences acclaim virtue and raise an outcry against per
sons and scenes depicting vulgar. mean and bad charae-
tiers or situations.
MEN AND wOMEN-The Americans Ideas about
women are peculiarly his own. To him woman is neither
an angel nor a domestic animal. His anglo-Saxon self
consciousness prevents his falling victim to feminism, his
love is superior to that Of the old-time 'minne-singer" or
hysteric Frenchman. His wife is supreme ruler Of an ON
pire most appropriate for her talents and inclinations:
The house. the bringing up Of children. ethics and beauty.
He thinks It mans hrst and supreme duty to protect
woman because she is physically weaker than himself.
but in all other respects he accords her the fullest
equality.
SOUTH AND WEsT-America will shake off European
influences more ana more. as her sphere Of culture spreads
toward the West and gathers additional strength In the
South. The West, with its untold riches-hidden treasure
boards far excelling those of California. sravitates toward
Asia. the New South toward South America
AMERICAN 0PTIMIsM-The American is . born
optimist, but his optimism II Of a sterner kind than that
of the slave nations. which is little more than straw IRE
In the American character enthusiasm and perseverance
are happily balanced.
The German is more original ana scholarly than the
American, but the latter excels In many-sidedness, in
Quickness and alertness.
American temperament IL
best portrayed by the national humor. the pepper and
salt Of the country's great newspapers. A budding pol
itician without humor might a. well give up. Humor IL
the magnetism that enlivens banauets and the lecture
platform, even the pulpit.
AMERICAN FATRIOT1SM-In Germany. patriotism II
the distinction Of the few: in America It IL general, SELF
evident. Unpatriotic parties. such as we have in Ger
many. would be impossible across the water. American
patriotism is all-comprehensive: the American loves his
laws, his institutions, even the faults OF Government
forms and parties. III it's American, it's good" is his
motto. Tho American IL a patriot waking and asleep. at
his meals. whether he drinks water only or INDUCES in
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stimulants. Tho first cry Of the newly born is a trtum-
plant hymn for America.
MANY NOBLE cHAR1TIEs-The American becomes
sentimental in the face of sickness, where the weak or
unprotected are concerned. Nowhere in the world are
esylums, homes for children, the blind, the deaf and
dumb. the aged, SO well provided and SO easily accessible
as In the United States. Nowhere Is charity SO generous.
30 free and SO all-comprehensive. Americas poor need not
humble themselves or profess virtues they do not have. in
order to gain aid. There a man need not profess religion II
he wants to go to a hospital; to what denomination he be-
longs. has nothing to do with his momentary wants. And
whether or not he is q church member in any sense. man
ner or form, is %nobobdy's business. In a good many cases
charitable institutions are supported by churches of dt-
ferent creeds.
BIG ROBBERS EsCAPE-The American easily for
gives and forgets. tho after history Of every war the
United States ever engaged in proves that abundanty.
To my mind the ways Of the American courts are far
from ideal but l make haste to edo that their mode OF
INJECTING punishment Is most humane. America imposes
nns and Imprisonment upon criminals, not to ayenge the
wrong done. but merely with q view to protect society.
while full Of compassion for the erring brother.
As to the enforcement OF laws In general. the great ma
jority of them are on paper only. Petty thieves are pun
ished. the big robbers escape. The Lumber Trust. for In
stance, is allowed to rob the nation of one Of its most
precious possessions-the forests; but no Judges arm is
long enough to reach the great capitalists that sow i'll
wind for millions ana again millions Of men and women to
come.
MONEY IN THE UNITED sTATEs-The hand that
heaps up miliasds by most esoststical and often unlaw-
full exploitation Of commercial conditions, IL equally ready
to endow universities, asyiums. libarfes and similar In
stitutions for the public good. Tho American dollar is not
always clean. but nisgardness. at least. cannot be laid
at Its door.
The American IL not really money money
is a sport with him. The alertness and energy born in
him ekes him pn continuously to bet and try. to gamble
and speculate. Al the same time he II not a good house,
keeper. neither H. his wife. And As to heirs, the average
man seldom thinks Of them. Again. many illonaires re-
fuse to leave fortunes TO their sons for fear of encourag-
Ing them to idlsnsss. For that reason he prefers leaving
his money for educational or charitable purposes.
THE SMART sHT-rhs vagaries and tomfoolerles Of
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insight his way Of Interpreting the uni
vsrsal rsligfon, aud his answer H.:
Out from the heart Of nature rolled

insight, his way Of Interpreting the uni.
versa religion. and his answer is:
Out from the heart Of nature rolled
The ourdens Of the Bibles old:
The litanies Of nations came.
Lihs the volcanoes tongue OF fame
Up from the burning core below
The canticles OF love and woe.
We ASK Tor something that shall comfort
10 In death. that shall give US peace Of mind
whatever theory We may have. something
that shall touch the core Of our being and
speak for our most innermost selves.
Silent rushes the swift Lord
Through ruined systems still restored,
Broacsowing. bleak and void to bless,
Plants with worlds the wilderness:
Waters with tears Of ancient sorrow
Apples Of Eden ripe tomorrow.
H0uee ana tenant 20 to ground,
Lost In God. in Godhead found"
30. too. there is lurking in our souls tho
thought OF Justice. and the query. Does JUS
tfce m can you prove II. what shall
Keep our faith In it. what shall uphold US
In hours OF encouragement? Over and over
again l have said those lines to myself, as
] have recited them here to you:
'stainisss soldier on the walls.
Knowing this-and knows no more
Whoever nghts. whoever falls.
Justice conquers evermore.
Justice after rs before"
We should like to rave faith In ourselves.
Z belief that things come out right come
how. On the surface they seem to come
out wrong. We aunot argue out the aues.
tion. prove 1t, settle 1t in the way OF geom-
etry. Yet those who are strong and brave
feel It. and I wonder how many have found
comfort from those other familiar lines:
MANS the elm and Wealth the vine.
stanch and strong The tendrils tvins:
Tho, The frail ringists thee decisive.
None from IT. stock that vine can rsava.
Fear not, then. thou child iufrm.
There's no god dare wrung q worm.
Laurel crowns clsave to deserts,
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BY BARON yoN =

II BARON Won POLENZ.
POLENZ'S ADMIRATION NOT UN~LIMITED-Some-
body has called America 'The land Of unlimited POSSIBLE
ties' In my opinion, there is a limit to all things. even
TO admiration for the United States. but inasmuch as Ger
many and America may night some day. It would be as
foolish to underrate the enemy As to give him credit for
more than he can do.
WAR NECEssARY-Ths more I saw Of America. the
less I sympathixe with our German 1ingoes. but I do hope
that the United States may some day be forced to tight
fer her very life. Tbs victory over decrepit old Spain was
far too easily won. The national heroes. that unpleasant
ness set up on the public PEDESTAL. never went through the
Ars-haptism Of real danger and real misery. Az q conse-
Quence. 5ingoism and empty Dragging are more alive than
evsr.
WHERE AMERICAN CHARACTERISTICS CAME
ER0A-Ths foremost American characteristics originally
came from the oak forests Of Germany, the bog lands Of
Hoistsin, the villages and hamlets of England and Ireland.
from. tbs lonely Scotch mountains. But 400 years Of persist
ent warfare with nature and elements wonderfully de-
vslcDsd. enlarged and Influenced them. The village Is the
nursery Of the race everywhere. The Amricans. too. usd to
be q people Of farmers and planters before they branched
out to b merchants. industrials and world-hnancisrs.
EXPANSION OVER CANADA AND MExICo-Unless I
am very much mistaken about the temper, the ambitions
and the political destiny OF tho Americans. their admirable
talent for asstmiist ion and for attracting other peoples and
countries, WIN result in the annexation Of Canada, Mexico
and all the neighboring island world. Already they
aaAleved commercial and industrial supremacy in Mexico.
It seems to be the mission Of the United States to create
m empire radically different from any Europe ever pro-
duced.
rUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATTON-The excellent and
even education offered by the public schools to all. makes
true American Of boys and girls alike. They learn hard
" any history, asids from that Of their own country, and
~ . general thing an American boy or girl does not
care to know the Classic Ages and the Middle Ages.
MEN-sMART MES-In Germany the army oncer
fspreseneF the highest type OF manhood; England has her
'gsntlemen." America her captains of industry" and
smart men. II the expression be permissible. The smart
man is q near relative OF the gentleman, only that he is
descendsd from the aristocracy of business. instead Of
birth.
Germans are very apt to picture the American as q
cold. calculating business person. a brutal egotist, bereft
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rank in the midst Of action. yet the imperious North
triumphed over the sansuine South in the end And whom
as IL nothing was happening; nay, more, it increases in
volume. The building Of the great Pacific Railroad con-
tinued while war ragged all around-do you want a better
proof Of admirable energy and resourcefulness?
DOES HE LOVE worst enemy Of
Americas natural beauty is the American, who decimated
the Indian and abolished the buffalo and every other kind
Of game
WANTON FOREST DEsTRUCTIOy-But the wors, Of
all is the objectionable crime Of forest destruction carried
on almost Systematically South and North, East and
West. Railways carry the stranger through miles upon
miles OF forest-cemeterieA tree-cadavers on both sides, a.
far as the eye travels. Picnickers think nothing OF set
ting a forest afre. the farmer allows his pigs cows and
goats to ramble in the woods and devour the young treea
On every stream sawmiis. cutting up the kernel of>ths
wood only. The rest. which in Germany and France
would be esteemed Of high value, Is wantonly and crimi-
nally burned up.
Those heaps of tlaekened ashes in til. .awmill yards
will como high to the next generation. and hieher sim
to the one following.
EDUCATIONAL scientists are
as diligent pushing and successful as her merchants.
while her schools and universities are in no way behind
ours. The vast majority Of college boys and girls are ideal
students. much superior to the European article. Thsy
have more earnestness, more ambition and quicker Per.
ception.
PROGRESS IN literature N
progressing nobly on the lines Iaie down by Emerson and
the Concord school,. and Is emancipating itself from SEN
sationalism and conventionalities. Walt Whitman IS its
prophet. and Herbert Spencer. Tolstoi and Maeterifnck
are the foreigners exercising the greatest influence.
me Americans have made more inventions than any othsr
nation They have taught Europe, the whole world. how
TO i've better and more comfortable lives, how to save time
and health, but for themselves don't know how to live.
They have not yet discovered the real relation between
money-settins and moneyspehdins. Wholly ABSORBED
with the production Of material wealth, they have not
given culture q chance.
Real culture needs two things which the American al
lows neither to himself nor to others: Time ana concsn.
tration.
Copyrighted. 1905. by H. W. Fischer.
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the smart set, 30 called, should not be regarded Is typi-
cal. The Newport set, which has been criticized SO much.
is not American at all. but international, being made up
of board-of-trade men. speculators. sportsnen. fashion
able beauties and similar characters belonging to an I'M
recognized leisure class. Among eighty millions of peo-
pie. notable for abundant mental and physical health.
personal honor and superior diligence. this handful of
seml-mad men and mad women is too insignificant for
mention.
ARIsTOCRACY FORMS sL0wLY-There are snobs.
Of course. loads Of thern-thos4 democratic airs every true
American delights in cannot conceal the fact that an
aristocracy is forming slowly but surely. The Sunday
newspapers in Baltimore. st. Louis. Washington. Chicago
and other great cities mako a specially Of printing coats
two grandfathers thinks herself far better than the lady
who Is only sure Of one. And those marriage contracts
between dollars and foreign ttlss-ars they not the es-
sence Of organized snobheryf
FIGHT AGAINST ALCOHOLISM was astonished
and pleased seeing evidence Of Americas fight against
alcoholism on all hands. A drunken person in the streets
Of any American city 10 q curiosity. There Is something
great and elevatng in the idea Of whole States, parties,
societies and classes Joining hands against the most popu-
lar Of observation-disclosures
w~ELL-EDUCATED -MEN-American young men arc
singularly well bred for obvious reason that they are
brought up with the girls and under the influence of wom-
en- of refinement. education and energy. German young
men ll-compars with their American brethren. How could
they. seeing that they receive their social education at
the beer tarle7
PUBLIC WORKS A DIsGRACE-That . people boast
ing Of SO many grand and epochmaking works in the line
Of engineering. allows it, streets and public works in gen.
sral. to resemble those Of ill.nanagsd Oriental communi-
ties Is no less . disgrace than . pussls to tho foreign
observer. Most OF the great American cities are nothing
short Of prototypes Of sovenliness and nlthy habits.
They have splendid hospitals. the medical profession is
Of the highest character In the United States, yet the
mortality Ii far above what It should b.
AMERICAN ~ARMY-Disciplins in army and navy In
VIGOROUSLY Lag. yet the critics Of these organizations
should not forget that they have been victorious in every
war they ever engaged In.
During the war Of secession mistakes succeeded mis-
takes. many battles were lost. Generals deprived Of their
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EMERSON EPIGRAMS CHOSEN
AT RANDOM FROM ESSAYS.

All men live by truth and stand in need Of expression.
A beauty not exphcabs IL greater than . beauty " an zee tn end Of
Tue etyInchgist nnds the desdsst wmd to ave bea n . brilliant picture
IAnsuaSe n fossil poetry.
The epAnt Of the world. the grat calm presence " hi Creator. comes not
forth "a the sercsis Of opium or wine
The rsuG1eus q b world are thu calculations OF Q fw imaginative men
Every Mp h q romantic object except that ws sail In
Nature and eeeks belong 70 the Eye that zee them
Spirit y matter reduced % IN extreme thinnesl
Lac = . suss Of surprises. and would not b worth taking " keeping Il 1t
wer not
Nest o. LIE seems to % mere advertisement Of faculty
The unisusvs n ths bride u the soul
II = sH . raauu that any power Of sehsn - b based No institution win
b bAtsr thGn the tnsututer
Thsss No I'VE to the future must always appear s.inh to those. who live to
tn pnent
Tho bass ssnnh II the point In which Romance and reality meet
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stlmulants. Tho first cry Of the newly born is a trium-
plant hymn for America.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-02-14
An CRu Of the Great Auk

Recently ut an auction sale In Lon.
don which was judlciously advertised,
IN egg of the great aux was put up
which after some lively bidding was
knocked down for $1,000. That IL said
to be very good price. But aux eggs
have been sold In London for us much
as $1,000. The reason for these enor.
nous prices Is naturally to he found
In the scarcity OF the egg. The bird
Ii extinct, and not over seventy Of It's
eggs are In existence.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-02-14
Electricity In Dentistry,

Electricity Is taking the place Of gas
and ether In dental extraction. The
current. which Is Of the form called
high frequency, Is applied to the jaw
where the operator desires to render
1t insensible by means Of heat appa-
rntus. and the patient feels nothing
more than a slight heating Of the af.
Eected part This method Is much
safer than gas, cocaine and other anes.
thetics.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-02-14
CHAPTER VI,

Very slowly Dnssed tho d,v. NJ M,
..coni wcuh. for INV mind was const.ntiy
dwelling upon the importnnt Thnrsdnw
which came nj Inst. md. with more ,h"n
nsuni cnre. I dressed myself for scI,,oi
snor,Inv a nnie blue.onL. white mu.i,n
which mo,her sniL I mu.t wonr oniv m
great o"cnsion. M nom went lawn IN
. c,s.r s"r;"~ T., ~. wool. srI ,ho..,
v,va a fsw .",oo,hinc touches =" mo- ,o,.
lot I'm mo rc,wrm ~, IN" schooi hn,,s., !
rc"ros,od ono ~ Nh. ,rvor ,,,r,s :" .,,oo,,
,I,a aoor NJ ,,n,n ma sha no.sihi,, .,",Ji
,,,,,,o ,,vo "r ,hro. ~ Flo h"vs NO., ..',',
of,cr sows rrson h,m,hS :, hnn, nvn. IN"
:, ,niow. "N" $3.50"
..I',, ,'.. ,,o m. ,,,,,, >, hasa o,,,,
,onv.I ,hov.h, so hi. ,,orn,no ho,
s.e Tho schooiuo'.m nil drcsssI nm +"
whisnercd ono IN nno,har
Tn ,.,. ,,,,rv,.. ,ho fo,, Elm. n,..,.
,,,.".a,, ~. ,.. "",,,~., $50. Ino'. a,,, T.,
49, 1 .,T ",, ' "m% ,,San ! ssw h"" " co..,
I"hn .rh"m"s,r tool h,ms.IS ho". ,r...
learning the news. I inyolunt.rilv fell M
n some eyii we're impendinv-n nresanti.
ment which proved correct. for not lonv
after school commenced there came n
gentle ran nj the outer door. which cans.
cd a great STRENGTHENING up among the
scholars. and brought me instantly TO my
feet. for | supposed. of course, he lind
come. What, thcn, was my surprise
when, instead Of him, l met a naughty
looking young lady, who, fnwninv ma.
jestically upon me, introduced herself AS
Miss Thompson" saying she had come
to visit the school.
I Ind never before Ind M yoo,l n ,,iov
of her. and now, when 1 saw how digpi.
fed she appeared. and that there really
was In her manner something ele.nn,
and refined. l not only felt myseIf yre"tIy
her inferior, hut ! fancied that Doctor
Clayton would also observe the differ.
ence between us when he saw us toyetl,.
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Lazy.

"Perkasie Is a very lazy man." said
Triplett to Twynn.
us he?"
Eyes; he won't even let his friends
work him."-DetrOit Free Press.
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When boy owns stray dog, b,
says he picked II up on the streets q
few days sfter dog show left town
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-11
RATHER AND SON HAVE RABIES
Hydrophobia Inoculated From Anotn- CT Son Who Died of the Disease

Hydrophobia Inoculated From Anoth-
 CT Son Who Died of the Disease
 WiIliamsport, Pa, Sept 11.-Sufering from hydrophobia inoculated from son, Andrew Marks, aged 60, and Syl- van Marks. his son.. aged B, both far mers, are on their way to the Pasteur institute in New York. They arrived at Sunbury tonight and at once made application for their admission. Both show the early symptoms of the dread disease.
 Three months ago Clinton Marks, another son of Andrew, was bitten by a dog. The wound healed and noth- ing more was thought of the matter until a month or so later, hydropho- bfa developed. He grew rapidly worse and died in agony. During his illness the father. who was his con stant attendant. was asked by the son for a kiss. He granted it, and the foam from his mouth, it is thought, inocuEdted the father, for recently he developed unmistakabfe signs of the disease. While treating the wound, Clinton used a syringe and some med icine. Sylvan. his brother, was in jured in the leg a little later. On the advice of the father he used the sy- ringe, and now he, too. is suffering with the disease They left for New York this morning.