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The Washington times., 1904-03-27

verse can come 10 no such aimless and
contemplate issue as that.
want to read you two or three more
lines for their exquisite beauty and their
powerful bearing on this thought that
1 have in mind. II avows concerning
one what each of US feels concerning
all. When Bayard Taylor died, you re-
member what burst of songfui la
mentation there was from the poets all
over the land.
Nothing finer, at that time, as l think,
was produced than this little threnody
which ! hold in my hand. written by
Aldrich. 1 shall only read you a few
lines You will understand that Taylor
was noted more than for anything else
for his journeys, going away and re-
turning again; and that his home was
called Cedarcroft, by the Brandywine.
What new strange quest has tempted
him once more
To leave US? Nainly. standing By the
shore,
We strain our eyes. But patience.
When the soft
Spring gales are blowing over Cedar
Whitening the hawthorne; when the
Along the Brand wine. and overhead
The Sky is blue as Itaiy's. he will come.
aye. he will come. ] cannot make him
dead.
Is not that the feeling that we have
concerning all those we have loved and
Iost?- We may look into their collins.
we may stand beside their graves; but
our hearts keep saying, We cannot
make him dead a"
There Is No Death.
I OFFER no argument that claims TO be
demonstrative. I simply want you 20
fasten your thought on the grand sig
niicance of this fact; that in the face
ot universal death. from the beginning.
in all time, this wonderfully contradic-
tory human race Of ours says: Il will
not believe it: life and not death is the
reality. There is no death: what seems
so is transition"
And now just one last thought. wish
to emphasize the reality of this fact. and
to hint its meaning. by pointing out the
significance OF the truth that this
growth OF hope that we set forth and
celebrate year by year on our Easter
morning seems to be native 10 the heart
OF man.
That is, IL Is real. 1t has right Ia
grow here because il does grow.
What right has the little delicate white
flower TO blossom away up the side OF
the Alps. just on the border of the snow
liner Il has the right that it asserts by
Its own existence. 1t belongs there. II
sprung out OF seed. 1t found congenial
air and soil. and so 1t is a part Of ma
ture. a part of the order Of things.
And so It seems to me. in spite Of the
lack Of demonstration that we seek
many and many a time and are not
satisfied we have found. that simple fact
that In all ages this white sweet flower
OF hope has grown In the soil OF the
human heart Is so significant as TO make
II little less than demonstration Of the
reality.
How does II happen. II there is no
reason for II. that the universe. our nd
nurse. a she has taken her child. mar,
IN her arms. and carried him all
The Washington times., 1904-03-27
PrOserpine and Pluto

y a vale called Emma in the Island OF
Sicily. is a lake eembowered in the
woods screened from the rervid
sun rays, the moist ground is covered
with Wild towers ana Spring reigns per-
petnai.
Here. enc glorious morning in the
hazy past ProSerpiae with her COM
paHions. was gathetiug vioiets and
lilies Win garland on her head,
her basket and apron filed with how-
ers, she formed picture. rare even
10 the eyes Of the gods.
Pluto. with Gupid's sharpest arrow
deep in ms heart. saw her and fell in
love Bold lovers these wonderful gods
OF Early Greece,
was le carry her on in his chariot She
.scredned for help 10 her mother. Ceres,
ana To her companions. and when, in
her-frTkht, she dropped the corners OF
her apron AID let fan the flowers she
carried there, chiIdlike, she felt the loss
Of them an additional cause for grief
Ceres. the mother OF the unfortunate
spddess searched for her throughout the
world & Bright-ha Aurora found her
searching in the morning. Hesperus,
when ne led the stars out at evening
FOUND ger SIN busy in the search.
Ceres continued IN her search, passing
from land to hand. across sea and rivers
till. at length she returned to Sicily,
wEente she had first set out. Listlessly
she walked BY the banks OF the River
Csaie,s A river nymph would have told
the goddess what she had witnessed,
but dared not for fear of Pluto.
However, she took the girdie ProSer-
pine had dropped in her. fight and
placed il where Ceres would come
across Il
Upon hnding II, Ceres. no longer in
no,ahtsdf her loss. blamed the land Tor
her sorrow,
s'BngratefuI soil she said, which 7
have gifted with fertility and clothed
with vegetation. no more shall you en-
JOY my good win
Then the seed failed to come up. the
cattle died. there was TOO much sun.
TOO little rain, the cold came. and all
was desalafsoa
Arethusa seelng this pleaded for the
land sBksip The form OF a spring,
had plunged INTO 4 cavern TO escape
the love OF lAlpheus river deity. From
the cavern she had passed into the
lower parts OF the earth and there had
seen Ptoserpine. now the queen OF
Piutos dQusalTss1--
When Ceres hesFid this she turned
s her chariot. toward Olympus and has
tened to the taroue OF Jove She told
the story OF her sorrow. and impIored
the aid Of Jove to secure the return OF
her daughter
He consented upon one condition;
namely, that PrOserpine During her stay
in Erebus should not have taken any
food Mercury and Spring were then
sent to demand the release OF Proser-
pine.
Pluto consented; but. alas for all pos
terity. Proserpine had eaten a portion
OF pomsgr2nate. the symbol OF mar
riage This prevented her complete re-
lease. but 1t was arranged that she
should pass half her time with her
mother and the rest with Pluto.
Ceres allowed herself 10 be pacinsd
restored her good win to Earth and dis
closed TO mankind the sec OF tillins
the soil ~
The allsgory OF Spring ana winter Is
more than apparent in this story OF Old
Proserpine Is sym5olicaf to the tender
green shoots Of eorns wheat and al
vegetation, as 1t hrst appears In 6hs
Spring.
The Washington times., 1904-03-27

stories from the ancient time were IL
lusions or dreams. They tell US that
the dead Osiris is still dead underneath
the sands of ancient Egypt They tell
US that TammuZ sleeps IN Syria, aud
sleeps there forever; that these divine
and human legends are only fairy tales
that the world croous over to keep up
its courage and feed it's undying hope.
And to-day we sit down by this blank
wall Of silence which. from the zenith
10 the nadir. seems TO US utterly i'm
penetrable. We listen. Now and then
we fancy we catch whisper. and then
it is gone; and We wonder whether We
only dreamed that we heard a friend
speaking to US. Now aud then we catch
a CLEAN Of face. and we rub our eyes
and wonder il we are sleeping. II il
were an illusion.
And. though the majority Of the race
has passed over to the other side. We
ask one another still whether they are
wandering ghosts thin as air. whether
they are really people Ike Us. or whether
they have utterly ceased to be.
We have learned one thing as a mat
ter and know about that to a certain
ty-that nothing in this physical world
ever dies. Not one slightest particle or
matter not one unit OF the invisible
intangible force. has ever ceased to be
This dust we tread beneath our feet
to-day, or that the wind blows in our
faces, Is not dead: II Is alive. Next
year it will come up in a grass-blade;
il viii be a part OF the tint or per
fume Of flower
Next year perchanee L viii be part
OF the bloom Of a little childs cheek
a part OF the shining OF a little child
eye, a part OF the brain that thinks
those thoughts that wander through
eternity
Nothing in this world ever dies-only
Proteus-like. changes Infinitely in its
form. disappearing, eluding us now en-
tirely. to take another shape more
beautiful somewhere else.
Poems of the Beyond.
And in spite Of the fact that We 50
often-mothers. husbands. wives. chill
dren-look upon cold. silent faces. turned
white because the flush OF life has left
them. still this face remains in the
Nheart, and II will not down.
1t Ncries out and asserts itself. and
says \ This death is not real: It is an
Illusion
The body is here, we say. but where
is the loves~Fhere is the thought; where
Is the generosity; where is the friend
ship: where isNsall that subtle combina-
ton OF qualities and powers that made
my friends7 Those are not here And
so the world moves on and marches over
graves, asserting all the while that the
graves are a lie and that only life IS.
Our hearts thrill TO the echo OF words
like these that our Boston poet Holmes.
has sung:
rs this the whole sad story of erea-
ton,
Lived BY these breathing myriads Ger
and Ger
One glimpse Of day. then blank annihiia-
ton.
A sunlit passage to a sunless shore?"
And our hearts cry out. This uni
The Washington times., 1904-03-27
Feast of Bacchus

T HE infant Bacchus was a son OF
the great Greek god zeus. As
young man ne discovered the
culture Of the vine and the method OF
extracting Its precious juice. Juno
struck him with madness and drove MIN
forth a wanderer -
In Phrygia. the Goddess Rhea cured
him, and taught him her religious rites.
The Washington times., 1904-03-27

through the ages. has whispered to him
this hope of another life. this hope OF
the final supremacy of good? Isbelieve
that the universe never hes
I believe, this whisper4is true, I be-
lieve because this, aowsr Springs out OF
the soil of the human fhsart, ard re-
jolces US with its perfume and sftH
beauty. that it has a right 10 spring
there. as being pert Of the divine or
der Of things; and that II bears In its
white bosom a seed and blossom. that
shall unfold into an immortal life,
The Washington times., 1904-03-27

ned witG the mirthful god whose Eubi-
cund countenance and rotund form one
naturally thinks OF. as clustered With
grapes. is foreign to the generally ac-
cepted idea of the festival.
None The less, the pioneer vinicuiturist
CT ancient Greece was one OF the early
saints in whose honor Easter was cele-
b4afad
The Washington times., 1904-03-27

n UETzALcoATL wasf the, great
deity OF The Mexicans god of tie
X earth and. air. a sanity ruler who
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-11-18
N. LIE St,a9It!e1NAL BRYAN.
Remarkable Career of the Great
Nebraskan, as Related In
france.

Not long ago there appeared IN a
paper published in the south OF
France, an amusing account OF the
life and exploits OF Colonel Bryan
that no doubt this gentleman fully
epj)yed.
rhe story was written by the
Paris correspondent OF a country
paper. 1t is based, so the writer
says, on Information he got from
friends of Mr. Bryan who are
prominent in Paris.
A western wag filled the French
man with startling information,
and how he.must have smiled when
there appeared the following in
cold print;
I'M lie Colonel Bryan first came
into fame as enc Of the strange,
hali.savage band of COW boys who
roamed over the far West, fighting
the Indians aud wild beasts. In
ltatlpg, perhaps, the custom of the
cowboys he bore a nick name based
on some of his exploits as hunter
and fighter, Thus NJ. lie Colonel
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10 his great speech at Louisville,
Ky, on Oct. both, William Jennings
Bryan said:
'My friends, four years ago we
quoted a prophecy Of Abraham
Lincoln. He said the perpetuity Of
this country was not in its armies,
its forts or powers; it was in the
spirit that prizes liberty as the
heritage of all people IN all lands
everywhere; be said destroy this
spirit and. you plant the seeds OF
despotIsm at your own doors. We
quoted this four years ago, and
some people could not see. They
thought the Pacific ocean was so
wide that the seeds of despotlsm
could never float across. 1t has
only been four years, and yet the
seeds of despotism have come and
they fell in Colorado and there you
have Republican governor who
has been suspending the constitu-
ton and deportipg laboring men
without indictment, trial or evi.
dence, and we cannot condemn
Peabody without condemning our
own government that for six years
has been dong the same thing IN
the Philippine islands and denying
constitutional liberty to the Filipi
nos there.
The seeds of despotism in this
country were not blown across the
Pacific ocean. They were planted
here by the men who founded
government "of the people, by the
people, for the people," and then
denied constitutional liberty" to
one half of the people.
The American men care so little
for the constitutional rights of
American women as to allow wo-
men to be classed with idiots,
lunatcs, criminals and minors,
you cannot expect them
to regard the constitutions
rights of the laboring man or the
Filipeno. There is no stranger
spectacle than that of men like
Bryan and Ex-senator Edmunds
of Vermont, party leaders, states
men, Democrats and Republicans
alike, hunting around for 1.-THE
seeds OF depOtism" in the negro
question, the labor question, and
the Philippine question. when those
seeds have lain for more than a cen
fury in the heart of what we call
the woman question.
Ida Calvert ObenchaIn.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-11-18

Bryan S title among his rough but
brave and sturdy comrades was
"Silver Bill, the Dead Shot. Af-
ter the treaty of peace was signed
with the Indians at Chicago in 1896
Colonel Bryan went out of the cattle
business and became enc OF the
bonanza farmers of the West. He
can now sit on his back stoop, as
the rear veranda is called in Am
erica, and look over the fields of
corn stretching further than the
eye can reach in every direction.
AS a result of mis- early training on
the plains, where he spent months
at time without an opportunity
of talking to another human being,
the former candidate tor President
is extremely taclturn, and can
hardly be persuaded to express his
opinions on the issue of a campaign.
He is the author of a book OF ad-
venture called The First Battle, q"
in which some Of his, encounters
with the Indians of the Tammany
and other tribes are described at
length. go,
lin. the effort to partially neutra-
lie the strength of NJ. lie Colonel
Bryan among the cowboys and IN.
dams who make up the largest
part OF the young population west
OF the Allegheny mountains, the
Republicans have NJ. lie Roosevelt
for president. M. lie Roosevelt is
one OF the leading cowboys OF
America, al d is especially famous
for once having vanquished
grizzly bear In single combat.
During the last campaign NJ. lie
Colonel Roosevelt has ridden a
series of horses all ever the coun-
try, giving exhibitions OF rough
riding, such as was seen in Paris
a year or more ago under the dI.
rection OF another American
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Philippine
Review.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-11-18
Constipation.

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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-11-18
BOOKER WASHINGTON
Gives Sensible Advice to His Race
Concerning Their Actions in.
View of Election Returns.

Birmingham, Ala, Nov. l4.-In
an address to the colored citizens,
delivered here to night, Booker T.
Washington said:
mot few have predicted that
on account OF the recent election
many members of our race would
lose their heads. would become I'M
duly pompous, self-assertive and
generally offensive. With all the
earnestness that l can command |
want to urge our people in every
part of the country to disappoint
those who have made such predic.
tons by leading life OF increased
usefulness, soberness and simple.
ity, remembering, as | have often
explained before, that in the long
run it is to certain fundamental
ideals of growth in property, intel
ligence and high characteristics,
together with the cultivation of
relations with our neigh
bors of all races, that we must look
for our ultimate success.
"The masses of our people are to
dwell for all time in the South, and
here it is that our destiny must be
worked out, and we can only sue
coed when we have the confidence
and cooperation of those about us. "
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Delaware's Vote.

Wilmington, Del, Nov. 1.-THE
official vote of Delaware cast at the
recent election is as follows: Roose-
welt, 23,7l4; Parker, 1850; Swal-
low, COZ; Debs, 146; Watson, 81.
RooseveIt's plurality, 1854. The
plurality of Preston Lea, Republi-
can for Governor, was 2,752.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-07-15
REPUBLICANS CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY.
Fifteenth Anniversary COMMUNICATED at
Monster Meeting in Jackson, Michigan.

Five thousand people assembled in
Loomis park at Jackson, Mich, to
celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of
the birth of the republican party "un-
der the oaks" in that city July 6, 1854.
1t was here on that date that the first
state convention, acting under the
name of republican" was held.
Secretary of State John Hay, who
was private secretary to Abraham
Lincoln, the first republican president,
was the orator of the day. Other dis
tinguished guests present were Speak
er Cannon, Senator Fairbanks, Of In
diana, republican candidate for vice
president; Senators Alger and Bur
rows.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-07-15
PRESIDENT HAS NAUGHT TO SAY.
Roosevelt Silent as to Action OF Democrats
at St. Louis Convention.

News of the nomination of Judge
Parker was communicated to Presi-
dent Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, Satur-
day morning. The president made no
comment either on the nomination OF
Judge Parker or any other action OF
the convention. Whatever he may
have to say concerning the demo
cratic platform and candidates will
be said in his letter of acceptance OF
his own nomination by the republican
party.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-07-15
RED ANT DEFENDED.
Government Expert Declares Emmy
Of Boil Weevil is Not Yege-
etafian in Habits.


A Washington special says: Ross
i. Clark, a cotton planter near Hous-
ton, Tex has applied for an njunc-
ton to restrain Dr. O. F. Cook, OF
the agricultural department, from
bringing into Texas the ants which
have been imported from Guatemala
to kill off the boil weevil. Mr.. Clark
says that the insects are source
of great danger to the negro laborers,
whom they sting, and it is on these
grounds that he has applied for the
injunction. But Notwithstanding this
it was stated at the agricultural do
partment Saturday that there was
no chance of such an injunction being
granted and that the experiment would
begin as soon as possible. Dr. Cook
arrived in New Orleans from Guate
mala, bringing with him, in good con
dition, eighty-nine colonies OF the mys-
ferrous insects, with which the agri-
cultural department hopes 10 exter-
inmate the bool weevil
Beverly T. Galloway, chief OF the
bureau OF plant industry, under whose
instructions DR.. Cook imported the
ants, said in an interview Friday:
All | know regarding Mr.. Clark's
proposed injunction is what | seen in
one of the morning papers. do not
think that there is any chance for
Mr. Clark to obtain the issuance of the
injunction since, for the present, we
propose to experiment with the ants
only on the government plantation.
No one needs to have them set loose
in their cotton fields if they do not
want them"
In speaking of his intention to seek
the injunction, Mr.. Clark Said that he
considered it a very dangerous thing
to introduce into the cotton fields
one insect in sufficient numbers to
exterminate another He argued that
the fields would be left in just as bad
a condition as they were before only
the character of the evil being cnang-
ed.
when Mr.. Clark argues that way
he shows that he does not know what
he is talking about. This Guatemala
ant is not vegetarian; it is a regular
cannibal ant and preys only on the
boil weevil. 1t will not eat the leaves
or any part of the cotton plant. When
let loose in cotton field the little
animals do not attack a single plant
in a body but distribute themselves
over the entire field and mount the
cotton plants in groups of three and
four Wherever we have experiment
ed it has been found that the animals
operate in a most orderly manner.
The ants are to be taken at once
to our own experimenting grounds in
charge of Professor Hunter, and will
be used on our own cotton. EXhauS-
tive experiments will be made there
until it has been learned exactly how
to handle them and to avoid any pos
sible danger. Until this in done the
work will be confined to government
land entirely, then the benefit of our
discovery will be offered to any one
who wants it."