Blue-grass blade., 1908-06-14
BLUE GRASS BLADE


his ear that if he does not want the woman he
should leave her and depart in peace with his
decree in his inside pocket If he does want
her then he ought to be padded for ever
filing suit against her. Some never
know what they do want until it is everlast-
ingly too late and when knowledge dawns upon
them they wish it had gone the other way.
The value and efficacy of prayer received ex-
emplification in a recent Pennsylvania whip
ping case. j. Barton Harry, is the seventeen
year old son of w. A. Harry, residing at
Coatesville, in the state named. Like most
youths of his age he had fallen in love- AS
has happened before, is happening now, and
will happen again, other youths had fallen
in love with the same girl, and an in
tense rivalry engendered The youn-
ger Harry appeared however. to be the
most favored sutton and this incensed
the other SWANS that a dreadful pun
ishment administered. The story. as
told in the press runs:
j. Barton Harry, the lad aforesaid had
tired to his room. In preparation for bed,
he had fallen upon his knees and was in the
act of praying to god, ]. C. or the II. c., that
he, one, all of them, jointly severay,
would safeguard and keep him until the
dispeed the shadows the morrow Nat
urally he wanted to be protected from danger
and injury, all of which has tendency to
prove that young Harry dutiful be-
lever in the god myth, relying implicitly on
the text, In god we trust" But his trust
foolish and vain, and further it was in
effectual AS he thus prayed and while still
upon his knees he siezed, gagged and
bound and a severe whipping given him with
an admonition that he had better leave town.
His assailants fled in the darkness leaving
the almost insensibe youth still tied to the
bed-post where he was found by his parents at
five o'clock the next morning, almost dead.
The story is pathetic. 1t displays a breach
of confidence and trust on the part Of the al
mighty. To pray believingy does not always
imply that your prayers shall be answered.
The Blade can sympathise with the young
man in his misfortune and express the
hope that his assailants may be captured and
punished, but if ever he INDUCES in prayers
further he ought to get it again for being
such confding idiot after the experience he
has just gone through
The art of murder, and upon a wholesale
plan, still appears to be one of the chief con-
Germs OF government, as commonly accepted.
and the United States government offers
exception to the rule. During the past ten
years, or so, two great wars have been fought
to conclusion, and in both human lives
sacrificed by the thousands The first of these
was the British-Boer war, the second the
Russo-Japanese war. Both were fought in
the interest of the privileged classes but the
masses had to bear the brunt
nder the tendency Of militarism sys-
tenn that should be kept altogether foreign
to our government, the U. 8. authorities have
announced program for military manouvers
in which, at the cost and expense of the laborer
who is In the end the greatest tax payer the
two wars are to be fought over again in sham
tactics as means of instruction whereby
the participants can secure some sort Of adj
vantage should similar clash occur between
this country and some other. This is militar-
ism pure and simple. 1t is as far from tho
principles Of popular government as the poles