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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-12-22

coadjutor OF the diocese of New
York. when told OF Mr.. Mitchell's
views on the divorce question. said
that in his opinion the prevalence Of
divorce was not due to the indiffer-
ence OF parents or the lack OF instruc-
tion to those about to marry, but was
a manifestation of the moral IRE
sponsibility of the day.
II doubt II the lesson Mr.. Mitchell
outlines can be taught In the way he
has chosen" Bishop Greer said. Il
am not even certain that 1t does young
people any good to teach them all that
married life means--its sufferings and
sacrifices They know well enough
what marriage is when they get
into It.
1.-THE problem OF divorce seems to
lie deeper than that. 1t rests in the
lack of moral responsibility among
our people. With the class we are
discussing, morals are question OF
convention. The desire to be con-
sidered moral Is sometimes based on
wish to be thought respectable, or
on some similar ambition or motive.
Such conventions always depend on
public opinion, and public opinion is
as variable as a weather-cock.
"The attitude toward marriage and
divorce, which we are discussing, is
sign Of the day, of lives based on
the habit OF living for the hour or the
day-in word, the attitude Of ire
sponsibility. So far as morals are con-
cerned, the people seem to be drift
ing, to lack strong convictions. Per-
haps 1t may be traced to the modern
spirit of agnosticism. It is one mani
festation of many of this spirit in
modern life"
Such as corruption in political or
moral life?" suggested the reporter.
"The spirit makes itself felt in
many ways" Bishop Greer replied.
1T is frequently seen In the tendency
to let well enough alone. and to ac-
cept life as 1t is."
Moral irresponsibility.
"Then this moral responsibility is
. disease"
Yes, 1t Is a disease; a malignant
disease that should be cut out"
what Is the remedy for this dis
ease, so far as 1t concerns divorce?"
There must be some remedy"
Bishop Greer replied, after moment
of thoughtful silence. "The law can
help, the church can help, and the
newspapers can help. 1t Is all mat
ter of public opinion, of making peo-
pie realize their responsibilities.
do not believe for moment that
/ am pessimistic," he FASTENED to add.
ION the contrary, am optimistic.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-12-22

Why do the newspapers, for example.
show only the darkest side of life
the sins and crimes and sensational
events? The pessimistic view Of life
always reminds me Of the story Of a
boy from country town, who was
brought to New York by his father on
his first visit. He had heard much
Of Broadway, and his father took him
to see the street, Its buildings, shops.
and crowds passing along the side
walks.
well, what do you think OF itf'
asked the father when the trip had
ended.
1.-THE boy was clearly disappointed.
All the people are lame he replied.
Some questioning was required to
find out, exactly what the boy meant.
It appeared that there was a lame
man In the village where the boy had
lived all his life. The boy remem-
bered him distinctly, he was so
strange. SO different from the others.
As he walked along Broadway he saw
dozen lame men. He remembered
them rather than the hundreds of peo-
ole who were sound. 80 II II with
our pessimists. They can see only
! the lame men,"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-12-22

Felix Adler. professor or political
and social ethics at Columbia univer-
sity, expressed the opinion that the
responsibility for divorces lay not
with the lack of instruction OF those
contracting marriage, but In the view
of parents that marriage Is q means
to obtain felicity and comfort, rather
than an institution having for one OF
its important objects the preservation
Of society.
mr. Mitchell has skinned a sub
ject," said Prof. Adler, (which, to be
thoroughly discussed, would require
all the reflection of work on philoso-
ply. should be inclined to go beyond
the people In the divorce courts and
beyond the neglect Of the parents to
inform their children regarding the
duties and obligations of marriage,
and to say the blame lay In the alb
sence of thought and mature consid-
Grafton Of the marriage relation In the
parents themselves.
Marriage should not be considered,
as Is sometimes the case, merely for
the felicity and comfort which the re-
lation affords. Marriage Is an insti-
tuition for the perpetuation Of the best
spiritual element In our race. A child
needs the protection, the spiritual in
fuence, and the material guidance Of
the home long after infancy is passed.
,, We see in nature the mountains, the
rocks, the rivers. They are perma-
Uya In uyl n n
the most precious thing Of all-life--
Is ever in danger of extinction. 1t Is
the preservation of this most precious
thing that should be the source of
thought and study by those who live
in the marriage relation. The blessed
felicity of marriage is a result, not
the motive, of marriage"
as the ignorance with which young
people approach marriage due to a
lack of frankness on the part Of the
parents?"
II would hardly say that" Prof. AID.
Ter replied. "A New England woman
asked me recently whether she should
tell her young daughter everything
about married life before her wed.
ding.
81 was of the opinion that 1t would
not be for the best. The mother
should tell her daughter certain
things, but If she learned everything
there would be danger that the bald.
ness OF the narrative would neutralize
the beneficial object Of the lesson.
The time would come In the young
wife's life when she would give seri-
GUS thought to the question. At such
time, other elements of married life
of affection. pride, loyalty, and the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-12-22
THE STORY.

THE STORY.
THE day on which the children OF
Israel crossed Jordan was a day
of terror in Jericho The spies which
the king had sent out to watch the
movements of the Israelites had re-
turned in haste telling strange sto-
ries of how the waters of the Jordan
had divided and the people and all
their flocks and herds had crossed
over on the dry bed of the river, and
were even now on their way to attack
the city.
In their excitement and alarm the
10000 fighting men which had crossed
the river in advance had been magni-
fed into great army, and quickly
the orders were given that the city
gates be closed tight and a double
guard be placed upon the wall. All
the fighting men OF the city were
speedily summoned and slept upon
their arms that night, expecting that
an assault might be made upon the
walls under cover of darkness.
That was a terrible night In Jeri-
cho. People ran through the streets
like mad, cursing and fighting with
each other in their wild terror, and
alternately shouting maledictions
upon the Israelites and their God, and
calling upon their gods to hear them
and help them.
Rahab and her kinsfolk gathered
with her in her little house upon
the wall listened to the tumult with
out and wondered II already the Is
raelites had taken the city. But no.
It could not be, for that evening as
the sun had set and Rahab had gone
to the window to see that the scarlet
cord, the pledge Of her deliverance.
was still In its place at the side Of
the easement, she had looked out
across the plain and had seen the
Israelites peacefully encarnped.
"But they will come tomorrow"
she thought, and as the tumult with
out increased, she turned to reassure
her relatives gathered about her,
when q loud pounding upon her outer
door was heard. Tremblingly she
went to the door, and without draw
ing the bar shouted to know who
was there and what was wanted.
The Israelites be upon US. Rahab,"
shouted gruR voice, which she recog-
nixed a. that Of the captain over the
guard which kept the wall. and who
had been . frequent visitor to her
house In times past. gF1ee into the
heart Of The elty, where Tie vomea
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-12-22
sERMoNETTE.

"And the Lord said unto
Joshua, See, have given Into
thine hand Jericho, and the king
thereof, and the mighty mon Of
vaIor."
God gives men visions Of
great victories that are possible
Of realization because his ON
impotence 10 behind them.
Men dream Of conquest. Men
plan large things apart from
} God. But the dream never be-
comes anything but dream and
the plans gang aft a-glee."
What dlsappointments life
holds for those who plan and
work and strive apart from God.
Solomon, the man Of rare
gifts, and wonderful achieve
ments, turns at last from the
sphere Of human endeavor,
which is temporal, and cries: ~
know that whatsoever God doeth,
II shall be forever"
Joshua early In his career az
leader Of the children Of Israel
caught this vision of the sure
working Of God, and to him God
gave the assurance Of victory
,along the lines Of his will.
There was Jericho great and
strong, her massive walls seem
ingly impregnabIe; there was
her king, proud and defiant;
there were the mighty men Of
valor ready to die In defense Of
the city.
This was what Joshua saw
perhaps before he sought out
the Lord and obtained a vision
from the Divine viewpoint.
But after that 1t was no long,
err the strong walled city and
the powerful king and the mighty
men Of vaIor which he saw, but
rather that city low In the dust,
that king and his army within
his power.
Such was the vision; such was
the promise Of God. But as
Joshua went out the next day
the city was still there, the king
was still on his throne, the
mighty men Of vaIor still watch
ing on the wall.
There was much to do to
make the vision a reality; to
claim the promise Of God. But
the vision and the promise were
} the goal ahead towards which
unhesitatingly and unyieidingly
, Joshua strove. He knew he
should attain, because God had
, willed II.
Look up, o Christian! Catch
the heaven-born vision! Hear
the God-given promise Of vic
tory.
There Is many Jericho In
J thy life that must be conquered
before you can enter into the
full possession Of the land God
has purposed to give you.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-12-22
Western PROGRESS.

Formerly the Kansas farmer was
known by his hickory shirt. He 10
now recognized by the honk of his
motor car. = Louisville CourierJour
nal. M
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-12-22

japanese Engagement Symbol. :
The Japanese lover, instead Of ~
engagement ring may give his future
bride . piece Of beautif4l sTlk b y
worn - Q sash
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-12-22
subordInatIon.

Who can tell why It IL that in mad
houses the idea Of subordination II
very seldom to be foundf Bedlam II
inhabited only by gods. kings. poets
and philosophers.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-12-22
TIE New York Idea
Wharfage "DNuce
Lnnkdon Mitchell the Playwright. Bishop
Greer and Felix Adler Discuss the Nat
1imonidl Views and RucfiSeS of Society

) "New York 10 bounded on the North,
South, East, and West by the
} state Of Divorce"
} "NothIng 10 final In Nature, not even
DEATH" quotes the clergyman
} from his sermon. II death 10 not
final, why should marriage be
!. finai7 -" oh, yes, an excellent
sermon. - All New York was
there and all New York went
away happy"
"What are divorces among friends?"
"a woman should marry when she
) has the within and leave the rest
to the divorce court"
; "PeopIe like us should meet on equal
) TERMS" says Mrs. karsIake, speak
Ing Of divorced women. "If peo-
) pie like US don't meet there would
be no society"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-12-22
Blood Poisoning from Thorn.

Blood Poisoning from Thorn.
William Bamber, farm laborer,
pricked his finger with thorn while
planting hedge at Allston. neas
Preston, England. Sepic Poisoning
set In, and Bamber died.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-12-22

American girls marry for nothing
and divorce for nothing, because
you are nothing"
You American girls are fine talk
ers," says the Engllshman. "You
talk and talk, but there's nothing
here, (pointlng to his heart).
once knew an American girl. She
was the incest kind Of a-boy.
These American marriages for
title have been In bad odor In
England lately. 80 Marriage In
England means three things
Honor, obedience, and three chill
dren."
~ stop at obedience" remarks
the American woman"
The Judiciary have mixed this ,
thing marriage and divorced up
so we can't tell we're married IN .
til we're divorced"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-12-22
THE FALL
OF JERICHO
AsToRY or THE CONQUEST or
CANAAN
BY the ~hishwsy esd oywsy" prsseAss.

Scripture ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. chap
ter 6.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-09-22

wood and increases the cost of the
supplies from abroad, must be aban-
doned. That is a point which Mr..
Hill does not forget" E
The Detroit Free Press thinks it
absurd to say that the mineral
wealth of this country can ever be
exhausted as 1.-The deposits of min
erals. are not bounded by our present
specific knowledge of their locations. "
According to the Indianapolis News,
MIR. Hill has indeed touched prob
lem as vital in its relation as he has
estimated it." The press as whole
indorses Mr.. Hills plea for intensive
agriculture as sound gospel.
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them, but we shall not desert them,
nor sacrifice their interests to any
spirit of tiIneserving'
The same temper shows in his reply
to the proposal of his friends to celc-
brate his fiftieth birthday, which &C.
Cured on August Is. "If," he writes.
my friends wish to mark the event
by some testimonial, my preference is
that it should take the form of some
celebration which will benefit the
movement generally rather than my
self personally"
A long apprenticeship in trade un-
ions and in labor politics has pre-.
pared Keir Hardie for the arduous
task he is so ably accomplishing in
the House of Commons. More than a
score of years ago, when he was
chosen secretary of the Miners Union
of Lanarkshire, his employer, having
learned the fact, promptly discovered
him to be "a monster in human form"
This discovery is not so evident to
persons who see Keir Hardie either in
Parliament, in drawing-room, or as
the genial host of a dinner party. A
dozen years ago it was said of him
that in spite of his workingman's
cloth cap he could give points to many
British peers in good manners. The
young miner, whose activity cost him
his job-and that he might realize the
Nervousness of his offense his two
younger brothers were also discharg-
ed-showed the stuff that was in him
by organizing twenty-three thousand
of his fellows into his union within six
he ~ NJ, Tn he
organized the Scottish Labor Party
He went into journalism, and in Iuur
years quadrupled the circulation of the
Cumnock News" Then the falling
wages of his old comrades called him
back again to union activity. He re
organized the union and wages rose
He ran for Parliament and was de
feated. He espoused the eight-houl
movement and ran again. A crowd oil
fifty thousand West Ham people
watched the returns, and when his
election was assured carried him OF
their shoulders for two miles to Can
ming Town. He was the moving spirit
in the |. l.. p, whose policy of indt,
pendent labor representation has beer
adopted by the powerful coalitio,
which has been pronounced the com
ing political party of England.
The influence of Keir Hardie is tina
of personal character. His born lead
ership is due to the total sum of hu
man worth, which men feel in hin
perhaps more profoundly than the,
can express. Another leader ma.
have read more widely and delve,
more deeply into economics. Anothe
may be superior to him in intellectual
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gifts. Yet Hardie's constructive genius
singles him out for the great task of
organizing the proletariat of Great
Britain. Indeed over sixteen years a &c
he foresaw and began to work for just
such party as the Labor Representa-
ton Committee has brought into ex-
istence.
Critics who Judge a man from his
recreations may be interested in
knowing Kerr Hardies. Possibly those
opponents of Socialism in whose mag
ination every Socialist Is wild-eyed
man of violent temper and vast ca
pacity for drink, may give pause to
such peaceful and gentle recreations
as gardening, reading, the collection
of Scottish ballads and chap books.
The poet in Keir Hardie Is evidenced
not only in the pursuits of his leisure,
but even in the arduous battle he
wages for Socialism. 1t is to this
temperamental feeling Of the many
sidedness of life and the completely
of human motives, his sense of a vast
mysterious, uncomprehended depth of
life, that holds Hardie close to people
of every different types of thought.
When Hardies was candidate for
the House of Commons, Andrew Car
negie sent him a check toward his
campaign fund in a letter expressing
admiration for his personality and
character. AS Carnegie's striking en-
ployes were at that time being shot
down at Homestead by Pinkerton
thugs, Hardie was not slow to under
stand the nature of this gift. He in
dignantly scorned the use of penny
of the money, which he promptly turn,
ed over to the strikers fund at Home
stead. Carnegie's praise has been
sung in the papers, and even in the
pulpits of many lands. When, a few
years ago. the Authors Club rendered
| him reception, more acceptances of
invitations came in than were receiv-
ed for like receptions given to we'll
known literary men of England and
America. Carnegies distinction as an
author could hardly be the ground
either of the reception or the large at
tendance. Yet, however potent Car
negies wealth may be with the news
papers and those circles, educational
literary, or ecclesiastical, which are
in some wise it's beneficiaries, or hope
to be, not all his millions nor the bill
lions of all his capitalist fellows the
world over could purchase for him
such love as the working people of
England have for Keir Hardie, or such
a demonstration as his Jubilee. Per.
haps in his secret heart Andrew Car
negie would gladly give all his mil
lions to change places, If he could
with his fellow Scotsman.
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THE BEST LOVED MAN IN ENG
LAND.
BY Tilden Sempers.

by lllueH OeInpeTS.
More than forty years ago, while
our Civil war was raging, little Glas-
| gow-born lad of seven started to worl,
| in the Scotch mines. His work began
at a quarter to six. AS it did not end
until six the little lad never saw the
sunshine except on those Sundays and
occasional holidays when the rainy
Scotch skies were clear In all his
life he had never single day of
schooling. A white stone, which he
held over the lamp at night till the
smoke blackened it, was his improvis
ed slate. AS among the ancient Greeks
his writing was done with a stylus,
but very modern and inexpensive
one, the point of a pin. With this
original educational outfit he taught
himself the letters of the alphabet.
Then he taught himself to read and
write, and now, leader of the English
Labor party in the House of Com
mons, he is teaching to millions of
his fellow workingmen and the world
the lessons he has so well learned
from the collective wisdom of his
class. The best loved man in Eng
land, respected, and even admired by
the political foes that hate him, James
Keir Hardie, because of the natural
nobility of magnanimOus and loya.
nature, must always be what he has
been since his birth, of the working
class. The bourgeois ambition to rise
above his class, which has proved the
undoing of John Burns and other Ia
Dor leaders, has no place in Keir
Hardie. With a passion and an in.
l..,. H. Ill f.at. f..N
likening him to the fire and vision of
the best days of ancient prophecy,
through almost a score of years of
misconception and abuse from Social
lists and Trade Unionists alike, he has
worked untiringly night and day for
the capture of Parliament by labor, of
which the last elections witnessed the
significant beginning. 1t was, there
fore, most natural thing that his col
leagues in the House of Commons
should choose him for their leader.
1t was natural also that on this Oc-
! casion letters and kilograms of con
graduation should be showered on him
from every quarter. The esteem 70,
the man is amply evidenced in the
variety of political opinions held by
, the senders of these messages of con-
/ graduation. That Socialists should
congratulate the veteran Socialist
| leader was to be expected, but letters
poured in also from non-Socialists
, from trade union officials and leaders
: whose language in expressing their
satisfaction with his election and Their
trust in him personally, might well
turn the head of a man less modest
To these congratulatory messages
Hardie responded by characteristic
letter in the Labor Leader" of Feb
ruary 16 last. This unpretentlous let.
ter shows the mans complete identifi
cation of himself with his fellows and
the entire absence of belittling self
advertisement. After thanking his cor
respondents for their messages, he
writes: II have given hostages to
fortune for strictly Independent Par
liamentary policy" Then he goes or
to merge himself with his colleagues
1--WE shall stand by and for the peo
pie, we shall, If need be, fall with
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-09-13

in the meditative enjoyment Of his
after-dinner cigar, out on the broad
piazza
81 s'pose you're on" he began; "the
girls engaged to that Frenchy."
81 congratulate him." said Percival,
heartily.
"a real baron" continued Hlgbee.
81 looked him up and made sure of
that; titles good as wheat God knows
that never would "a got me, Out the
madam was set on 1t, and the girl, too,
and l had to give in. 1t seemed to
be q question of him or some actor.
The madam said I'd had my way about
Hank, putting his poor stubby nose
to the grindstone out there in Chi
cago, and maxim plain insignificant
business man out of him, and I'd ought
to let her have her way with the girl,
being that couldn't expect her to go
to work, too. So Mil will work the
society end. says to the madam, l
says; All right, have your own way;
and Wen see whether you make more
out Of the girl than make out Of the
boy says. But It amt going to be
all digging up. I've made the baron
promise to go into business with me,
and though ! amt told him yet, I'm
going to put out a line OF Higbee's
thin-sliced ham and bacon in glass
Jars with his crest on EN- for the
French trade. This baronll cost me
n ore'n that sign showed you coming
cut Of the old town, ANA no won't give
any such returns, but the crest IN them
jars. printed IN three colOrs and cola.