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The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-18

The theatre Of my last summers
outing was the eastern boundary Of
San Bernardino Valley 1t is the most
picturesque section Of Southern Cali
fornia. The lofty and rugged Sierras
form horseshoe, studded with three
peaks, each more than two miles high
San Bernardino, San Groganio
(Grayback), and San Antonio Gold
Baldy). A fourth peak that tops the
two-nile line is San JacintO, a score
of miles southeastward
One afternoon I was slrolling lazlly
in the foothills at the base Of San
Bernardino peak 1t was near the
mouth of Santa Ana Canyon, whence
flows the river whose water irrigates
the larger part of the great orange
belt. The foothills thereabOut are
cation difficulties. A few energetic
ranchers surmount the obstacle, how
ever, by developing water in gulches
in higher levels and leading 1t by
bitches to their land.
A small hillside ranch attracted my
attention. Somewhat weary and quite
thirsty by reason Of long travelling,
with gun on shoulder, I approached
the ranch house. 1t was cosy little
cottage, embowered in vines and
flowers, with a large adjoining garden
showing a profusion of fruit trees and
vegetables.
AS I reached the cottage, my at
tention was attracted by queer little
stone enclosure, perhaps six Or eight
feet square and about five feet high.
In the middle of the square was a
very large boulder. Part Of the face
Of the boulder had been rudely dress
ed and thereon was fairly-Well cut
inscription, thus:
i: In Memoriam
Canas Latrans
$780,
The oddity of the memorial and par
ticularly its sudden reminder Of col
lege days and classic" wrestle, gave
added interest to my call at the cot
tage.
A stalwart rancher, apparently a
little on the sunny side of forty, was
sitting on the cosy porch. He arose
and met me cordially as introduced
myself and intimated that thirst was
the primary cause Of my call, and
curiosity the secondary cause, alluding
to the memorial. Responding 10 MS
invitation to be seated, I caught a
glimpse through the doorway Of a
tidy woman within and also a pretty
girl of perhaps sixteen or seventeen
years.
After a little verbal skirmishing
drew from the rancher the story Of
which the memorial was the visible
reminder Here it is:
The rancher was "Yale man." as
he expressed it. AS a prominent fig
TIRE in university athletics he had in
jured his health. After graduation
he developed incipient tuberculosis
and was advised by his physician to
lose no time in getting to Southern
California and adopting the "close to
nature" life in the dry atmosphere
near the mountains. He hOmesteaded
a Quarter section Of seemingly worth
less hillside land and built a shack
on the site Of his present cottage. E.
The change Of environment soon re-
stored his health and he was so great
ly pleased with the new life that he re
turned to his eastern home for a life
partner, to whom he was engaged
when in his senior year at Yale. Back
to his mountain-edge home he came
with his bride, sensible Yankee lass
who shared his love for the "close to
nature" idea. In due season the pres
ent cottage displaced the shack, just
in time to accommodate the arrival
of the stork with bouncing girl baby
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-12-18

tracks, there is a set of gates to be
lowered while a train passes So
that in this, at least, the govern
ment appears to have more regard
for human life than in America.
Probably when the people in Vermont,
and elsewhere, insist on such things they
will get them We remained in Zurich
over night, visited the large city Hospi-
tai in the morning, and went to Lucerne
at p. m, and took the boat for Fluelin.
@This is another unequaled trip. The
lake trip is about rs miles long, and the
lake is from one half to three miles wide,
and bends and twists in and out among
these high peaks, so that you see all sides
and one end of all of them. There is only
one man l think of just now, whom |
could expect to do this subject justice in
words, and some day when 60 back, |
am going up to the Library and try and
get him to do it. l know few adjectives
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-12-18

Leaving Fluelin we go on to Milan
and arrived there at II p. M, we pass
through the famous st. Gothard tunnel
on this trip. This tunnel is 91a miles
long. l was asleep when we passed
through it but they said it was there. l
was in frame of mind to believe any
thing that day, after what we had seen.
Cramton vouches for half hours trip
through it, so l conclude it is there. We
stayed at Milan over night and Sunday
morning were very fortunate in falling in
with New York architect, who went
with us to the Cathedral, and we gained
many points in the beautiful OF architec-
rure from him. He says this Cathedral
in his mind is as fine as anything in all
Europe. 1t is all marble, 500 feet long,
288 feet wide, and about 400 feet high.
There are 1000 statues located in the
walls on the exterior. 1t certainly is a
most imposing structure, 1t will hold
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-12-18

like marvellous, stupendous, sublime,
ETC., but they don't convey anything. 1t
is far and away beyond me, so | will not
attempt it. 1t is sight, however, which
puts away plate in ones brain, where it
can never be effaced, and years from now
| am sure we can lie down at night and
with closed eyes see it all again as it was
on that beautiful November day. when
we saw it for the first, land probably, only
time we ever will see it. The human
brain is, so far as memory of such things
is concerned, simply an enormous col
lection of developed photographers
plates, filed away, which will last until
He, who arranged the gallery, sees fit to
efface it ALL so far as human knowledge
goes. When one views the natural
wonders we have seen in the past three
days, he is more and more impressed with
the fact that he is mighty small potato
in the bottom of the basket.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-12-18

orthopedic surgery that we ever saw. 1t
is situated well up on hill outside the
city wall, and is equipped with every
thing modern. Bologna is an old walled
city, and is especially noted for its ar
cades. These are miles in length, and
nearly every rod of sidewalk is covered
by them There is strange looking old
church here begun in 1890 on grand
scale, too grand. in fact, for even
Catholic organization to complete. So
they put up about rs feet of it in good
shape, of stone, and the rest of its walls
are of brick, rough, and not at all hand
some. The whole effect is to make it
look like the Mcleod grain elevators in
St. Johnsbury. The interior is, however,
fine, and very rich in sculpture and
paintings.
There are two leaning towers in b.
logna quite near together The Tore
Asnelli was built in 1109, is 800 feet
high, and leans about four feet. The
Tori Gorisendi is 167 feet high and
leans 10 feet. These are both i'll public
square, near the center of the town. The
little cafes, where one obtains bread,
butter, cheese and wine for 20 cents, are
very common, very neat, and the old
ladies who run them are very agreeable
and entertaining.
We saw but little of Florence. The
Piazza dello Signoria is the historic and
business center Here Savonarola was
hanged and then burned in 1893. His
tory does not state if he was embalmed
and finally buried, to take no chances.
But he gets his reward for undergoing
these little attentions, as he now has
fine monument erected to his memory.
OF course we had glimpse of the cathe-
dral and the beautiful Campanile, 292
feet high, coated with many colored
marbles and adorned with statues by old
masters. This was erected by Giotto,
the cathedral by di Gambia, helped by
Giotto. We had short look in at the
Uffizi Gallery, where is the hall known
as the Tribune, called by Hawthorne
the richest room in all the world"
Raphael, M. Angelo, Titan and
Correggio are well represented in this
building by their works. Across the
river is the Pitt Palace, begun about
1850, and only completed in our own
day.
All IUcSe lldlldH CLUES are UOltu, C6tCu
for some form of fine artistic work
Venice for its glass and wood carvings,
Florence for its mosaics. and Naples for
it's coral, shell work, etc.
Venice, Dec. 3, 1907 ]. M. ALLEN.
A Savings Bank Conducted on Right
Principles.
The Bristol Herald believes that the
Hyde Park Savings Bank is conducted
on right principles and gives its reasons
in the following language:
The Lamoille County Savings Bank
and Trust Co. of Hyde Park is one of
Vermonts banking institutions that is
worthy of increased patronage from the
citizens of the state. It's money is loaned
to residents of the state to foster and
increase Vermont's institutions and
industries. The fact that it has just
passed the million dollar mark in assets
shows that it is conducted on right
principles. The state needs more such
banks.
The Bank pays 4 per cent. compounded
semi-annually on deposits of 500 or
more, remaining in the bank one full
year.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-12-18
The Trip of a Pair of Docs.
From vienna to Rome, through Inns
bruck, Zurich, Fluelin, Milan,
Venice, Padua.


leaving Vienda for Innsbruck on our
way to Bologna University in Italy, we
90 through some of the finest scenic
country we have yet found. Two miles
ont we saw the summer palace of the
Emperor. 1t is a wonderfully fine place
and we would have been glad to have
inspected it, had time allowed. The trip
from Vienna to Innsbruck consumes
about 10 hours. Innsbruck is town of
50 1000 people, away up in the so-called
Austrian Tyrol, and is 1000 feet above
sea level Its situation is like the bot
ron ola huge platter with very high
sides. All about are mountains, several
thousand feet nigh, and all snow-capped
now. On on trip up we passed snow
banks six feet deep and really felt at
home for time. We found a lovely
little city, with fine University and
a hospital of $50 beds, and some fine
pnblic buildings and monuments. We
were surprised to find the surgeons here
talking very good English, and we were
given seats of honor at the clinics the
day we attended.
We left that afternoon for Zurich,
Switzerland. Zurich is town of 49,
900, the largest in Switzerland, most
delightfully."- situated on the shores OF
lake. AS we went in in the evening on
the train it looked like fairy-land from
across the lake, where our train was
passing along. The mountain scenery
from Innsbruck to Zurich is the grandest
i ever saw. The engineers who put the
railroad through were good ones. There
is a river about the size of Sleeper's river
in the valley; there is strip of titled
land one-fourth of mile wide on either
side, and then by lying on your back
you can almost see the tops of the
mountains. Some of the hills are high,
Others higher, and others, we'll it would
take profanity to tell how high they are.
They are all snow-capped now and in
the sunshine of the clear day, which we
were favored with, made a sight we can
remember as long as our illness with
measles. There are great number of
short tunnels along the route. The rail
road is finely ballasted affair, and the
cars are very comfortable. l am ready
Ito go home and vote with w. J. Bryan
on his railroad proposition. We have
|up to now ridden over about $500 miles
|of government owned or controlled rail
roads, and they are far and away ahead
|pf the Boston & Maine, at least. We
have seen only one man pull out pass
| n all this time. One thing very noticeable
Is the fact that at every country cross
road, where the highway crosses the
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1907-06-27
SzcZesliWy texan

Pan E. w. Goodloe z l07 sSt
Louis I'll. Dallas lex. m6wi, NV
~przesz}em roku by}em uszcze sliwio~
ny przez Ora Kinda New life -=pi~
gufki i laden srodek przeceyszcxa-
jacy jake kiedykolwiek przedtem
uzywalem tax %skutecznie ME uwol
nil mule cd maleryl l z61ciowosci'.
One ME o~szczedza ami grypy 25cu
MI. Kowalewskiego aptckarza.
MS :
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1907-06-27
Magianr. 3.

Numer try jest to Guido WY mass.
kot ola Geo. H. Parrlsa z Cedar
Grove Me. odpowlednio do listu
skt6ry brzmi; ,.Po d}ugiej chorobie
ma 1atrobe i nierki .zostafem wielce
zniechecony zawodem aby odzyskac
~polepszenie spa6bowafem Electric
B%itters, ijako rezultat jestem dzi-
siaj zdrowym mezczyzna. Pierwsza
butelka polepszy}a a Try butelki
dokonczy}y kuracyi." .Gwaranto-
wane "a najlepsze W 6wiecie ma 10
}adek, watrobe i nerki przez M J..
Kcwalewsklego aptekarza SOC,
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1907-06-27

IVY" SoAyD
sz1o O dobro Walka, ME zas
10, Barliguntego. do kt6rego
czufa navel wstret i pewna
Ipogarde.
Ale ten biedny rusza
sie!,..- .doda{a - chodzmy
do niego.
I owszem, idz do ME-
leo. ia p6jde po doktora, ably
przyszed1 i uspokoi1 mas, DO
mnie sic zdaje, re moi Wio-
lentini ma sic znacznie lepiej.
! 49, Przeciez on ma ME z{e
serce!.. %pomy6lala sobie
dziewczynka, I cicho stapa-
LAC, zblizy}a sic do rannego.
Lecz on us}ysza} i oczy
zwr6ci1 ku idacej. Patrzyl
ma MIA z uwaga, patrzy} d1u'
go. Kleka PREY jego }oau.
Ranny potar} czo}o reka, kt6'
ra ledwie m6g} ~podzwignac i
nagle oczy MI zaja6nia}y.
Snadz sobie zacza} przypo-
mina6. I usmiech wystapi}
ma blade usta, i reke wycia-
gna} ku niej, a ustami poru-
szy}, lecz CLOS jego by} je-
szcze bardzo s}aby i urywa-
my.
49, To ty R6ziu?... ia Gle
poznaje!... ia Gle juz widzia-
lem tamil. la tym koniu!.. !
p6zniej podobno!.. ale moja
g1owa TAXA s}aba.
- NOW wiele!.. ia jestem
R6zia!. kt6ra jeszcze pamie-
tasz, kt6rej przynosi}eS zaw-
sze kwiatki polne i male pta-
szeta!. pomietasz Waikiki?
- Pamietam!. ty R6ziu
by]ac zawsze ola mnie mai
lepszs!.
- Bo mnie ciebie zal by
10 serdecznie. Pc CO mas po-
rzuci1e6?
49, Elem zrobi1! i Bog mnie
s{usznie skara}; 6wieta Jego
MECH bedzie VIOLA. Ale co ty
(rocisz?.. tax dalego cd ma
szych borrow kochanych.
R6zia zacze1a mu rozpo-
wiadac, ale PREY %pierwszem
s}owie zapfaka}a rzewnio,
a vice i Walek sic sp}a-
kali.
- l ia teraz sierota! 49,
:mowi1a dziewczynka. Ro-
dice W jednym roku pomar-
Ii: ojciec z okropnego wy
podku, DO mu dab sciety no.
&c prze}ama}, a matka "a Oh
Gem z rozpaczy Bracia roz-
biegli sic pc 6wiecie, starsi
.pracuja ma sic a m}odszych
wzie1a siOstra matczvna. !
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1907-06-27

zia, jak szambelance kazano
tn brac kapiele i 20 Jul
chcia}a wyjezdzac, kiedy sic
cd niej dowiedzia}a o okro-
pnym wypadku, jaki spotka1
Walka.
- Dowiedzia}a sic, ze ia
skoczkiem!.
- Me m6wmy JUL o tom!
dosy:, re, dowiedziawszy
sic, postanowiia tn zostacie-
szcze.
- ZostaG tn ola mnie?.
- ia ME WIEN, co Ona
my6li, ale re CO.'S. bardzo
byla zamy6lona moja dobra
PAM, to pewna!
- Vice ia toxic wezystko
winien dobra R6ziu!
"A ty by6 ME zrobi1 te-
20 Waikiki ola mnie.
I biedne a szcze5liwe ra-
zem W tel chwili dzieci
sieroty, usmiechneli sic do
siebie, i W tel chwili, jakby
jedna my6la poruszeni, spoil
rzeli ku g6rze. Oni czuli po-
trzebe podziekowania dobre-
mu Bogu.
(Ciag dalszy nastapi).
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1907-06-27
Walek z laSQ.
Powieec J6zefa Dxierzkowskiego.

lCiag dalszy).
Ola umyslu i usposobienia
Szambelanki bylo, to cos tax
:nadzwyczajnego, ze przecho~
dzilo zupeinie jej pojecie.
On skoczkiem!...
m6wi1a dalej z oburzeniem
- I ty 6miesz mi o MEM
movie.
49, Ale on biedny!.. ranny!
mole smiertelnie ranny.
- A toz znowu co? - "a
pvta}a Szambelanka, W kt6'
rel tym razem ciekawosc
.~=przewaza}a.
R6zia opowiedzia}a, co
wiedziala, to jest i to zdarze-
ME W budzie, jak go ona
odrazu pozna}a, jak on taxi
3e sic ma MIA wpatrzy}, jak
skoczy} nieszcze@liwie, a gdy
upad1 krwia zbroczony, jak
ona by}a przekonana, ze ten
poczciwy towarzysz jej lat
dziecinnych JUL ME zyje, jak
on dot4d W ciag1em jest
niebezpieczefstwie i nedzy
zupe}ne]. ~Opowiadanie dzie~
wczynki bylo proste, ale wy
mowne szczerem uczuciem.
w nedzy?... - pre-
-m6wi}a Szambelanka pol
glosem, a " tym g}osie ME
bylo JUL nj oburzenia, nj SUI
rowoscl. - w nedzY!... bic
dine dziecko!... trzeba go "a
towaG.
Pc chwiIi namys}u doda-
- w takim razie Zabawi-
my ieszcze kilka dni.~ Ty i'm
. zaniesiesz pieniedzy. I chcia-
labym sic dowiedziec.. po-.
myslic!. moze on "a pare
dni bedzie zdrowszy i be-.
die m6gf m6wic!. DO wi
dzisz! Ale najprz6d!. masz tn
.pieniadze. Idz do niego!.
Dziewczynka uca}owa1a
reke poczciwej Szambelanki,
a SERGE jej zadrga}o radoscia
i wdzieczno6cia.
Gdy R6zia wbieg}a do bu.
dy, zasta}a Walka JUL obu-
dzonego. Oczy mia} otwarte,
a spojrzenie zupelnie przyto-
mne, Dziewczynka odda}a
naprz6d Barnabaszowi przy-
niesione spieniadze, Barna-
basz ledwie oczom swoim
chcia} wierzyt, .widzac kilka
aztuk zfOta.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-13

so still it must be said, The judg-
ments of the Lord are true and right
eous altogether
There is no evidence that Mr.. Lin
coin had become a gnostic, or that he
had a comprehensive scheme of the
universe, or that he had either wrought
out system of theology for himself
or accepted any that had been wrought
out by others; but there is abundant
evidence that he had learned in the
four years of tragedy a lesson of de-
pendenee and trust, that he had in
sensibly put together his belief in
supreme Power and his faith in right
eousness, and that thus there had been
born in him faith in supreme right
eous Power, whose will we may help
to carry out, and on whose wisdom
and strength we may rely in achlev-
ing it. 1t is thus that the life of
Abraham Lincoln illustrates both how
a reverent agnostic may be deeply
religious and how the life of service
and self-sacrifice leads through doubt
to faith. L. A.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-13
= LINCOLN AN AGNOSTIC
sA.A gA;gA9 A&AgAsA&s&
The Outlook.

! earlier habit of thought: las already
expressed, Mr.. Lincoln had no faith.
In order to believe, he must see and
feel, and thrust his hand into the place.
He must taste, smell, or handle before
| he had faith or even belief" Or COM
care Mrs Lincoln's expression concern
ing her husbands religious opinions, as
quoted bv Mr. Herndon: Mr.. Lin
coin had no faith and no hope, in the
usual acceptation of those words. He
never joined a church; but still. as
believe, he was religious man by
nature He first seemed to think about
the subject when our Willie died, and
then more than ever about the time he
went to Gettysburg; but it was a kind
of poetry in his nature; and he was
never a technical Christian"
Religion is always ii kind of poetry.
Faith is kin to ina gination; both faith
and imagination look upon the unseen
and refuse to base life merely upon
the senses or upon mathematical form
ularies like the law of the inverse
squares. This poetry is often quite
ASSOCIATED from philosophy, CIR is even
inconsistent with the philosophy which
the individual entertains. But Mr..
Lincoln's early philosophy prepared
for his later religious experience. Mr..
Herudon reports him as saying: There
are no accidents in my philosophy.
The pass is the cause of the present,
and the present will be the cause of
the future. All these are links in the
endless chain stretching from the in
finite to the infinite With this phi
losophy of fatalism was profound
faith in justice, a profound reverence
for it, and an uncompromising obedi-
ence to it. At first he did not put this
philosophy and this faith together. He
who does put them together, that is,
he who infuses this philosophy in an
overruling cause with this faith, which
is kind of poetry" in the supremacy
of righteousness, comes to a faith in
a righteous God, who deserves our rev.
erence, not because he is great, but be-
cause he is good.
When Abraham Lincoln began to feel
the burden of the Nation resting upon
him, and felt it too great a burden for
him to carry unaided, he wanted the
sympathy of all men and women in the
country who with him believed in a
Power directing the course of human
history greater than the actors in it,
and who also believed in eternal JUS
tice; and he asked their prayers. AS
the conflict went on and the burden
grew heavier and heavier, his faith in
more and more infused
his belief in superhuman power and
it into belief in right
eous God; but it was, till the last, a
belief in a God of justice rather than
a Christ of pity, even as it phrased |
itself in that most religious utterance
of his life. his second inaugural: |
''Fondly do we hope, fervently do we
pray, that this mighty scourge OF war |
may speedily pass away. Yet if God |
wills that it continue until all the |
wealth piled by the bondsman's two |
hundred years of unrequited toll shall |
be sunk, and until every drop of blood |
drawn with the lash shall be paid |
with another drawn with the sword,
as was said three thousand years ago,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-13

Ny dear DR.. Abbott:
You are quoted in the New IorF
Press of October Is as having referred
in your Yale sermon TO Abraham Lin
coin in the following terms: "Agnostlt
though he was" Are you correct IN the
implication? If so, should greatly ike
to know. as it is a subject in which
am much interested. J. G. Holland
saws, in his life of Lincoln, page 81 II.
He believed in God, and in his per-
sonaI supervision of the affairs of men
This unwavering faith in a divine PROV
idence began at his mothers knee, and
ran like a thread of gold through al
the inner experiences of his life; ano
much more to the same purpose. YOU
are doubtless familiar with his words
on leaving Springfield for Washington:
"He washington would never have
succeeded except for the aid of Divine
Providence upon which he at all times
relied. on that same Almighty Being
place my reliance. Pray that l may
receive that divine assistance without
which 1 cannot succeed. but with which
success is certain" The first inaugural
would seem TO indicate a most pro-
nounced Christian sentiment. Not to
consume TOO VI SOOA A--No--
refer further to Nicolay and Hay S
Life, the following passages: Vol. VI
D. 539, which contains a statement of
Lincoln's religious principles; also
same volume, PIP. 1923, ga, S27, 32S. BAL,
342 r. A. A.
The life of Abraham Lincoln appears
to me to furnish a very striking iluus-
tration both of the difference between
theology and religion and of the way
in which religious experience is often
developed in the life of true man,
and is accompanied by real though
generally quite unconscious change In
theological opinion. Mr.. Herndon, in
his Life of Lincoln. portrays the earlier
religious faith of Mr.. Lincoln, Nicolay
and Hay his later religious faith; neith-
er biographer is able to find that he
ever formulated his own creed, neither
is able to formulate one for him. Yet
between the religious convictions OF the
period when he wrote an essay against
which, fortunately for his
wise friend threw into the
fire, and the period when he wrote his
second inaugural address, there is diff
ference which cannot be measured by
the mere lapse of years.
Agnostic? What is an agnostic?
invented the phrase to define
his own position in contrast with that
Of his friends whom he called gnostics
because they had each a theory of the
universe and he had none. He more
specifically defines the basis Of his no
theory of the universe in pathetic let
ter to Charles Kingsley Oife and Let
ters. Vol. H., PIP. 233-239): 1T is no
Use to talk to me of analogies and prob
abilities. know what 1 mean when /
say / believe in the law of the inverse
squares, and I will not rest my lifelong
hopes upon weaker convictions. 1 dare
not. if l would" Compare with this
Mr. Herndon's measure of Mr.. Lincoln's