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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-16
Loving Kindness.

Love is the divine law OF life.
When the Master would test one Of
his disciples he did not PROFOUND q
catechism Of a creed. He said. "Lov
est thou me?'
When asked as to the chief com
mandment, he gave two, and love is
the central thought Of both-love thy
God and love thy neighbor.
In music love is expressed by har.
mony, hate by discord.
Love somebody. Help somebody.
Lift up somebody. Bless somebody.
This Is the divine law.
Live not unto yourself alone. For.
get your selfish schemes. Get out Of
the narrow shell Of your egotism
Brighten the lives Of those around you
Make sweeter the cup of life for some
other Of Gods children. Life is dreary
enough at times for all of us. Their
how much a kind word, a good deed
helps us! Our hearts yearn for sym.
pathy as the flowers yearn for the dew
and the rain.
Love is spiritual sunshine. Make
your soul a sun that shall radiate lish,
and warmth to all about you.
Hatred kills. Love gives life. Hatred
imbitters. Love sweetens and puri
fles. Hatred degrades. Love elevates.
Hatred is the road to hell. Love is
the path to heaven.
Leave a plant without sunlight ANA
it withers away and dies. Leave a
heart without love and It becomes
stunted and dwarfed.
Love. attraction, mutual dependence
and helpfulness run through all mat
ter, all life, all the universe.
Love binds the atoms together. 7.
draws force and %sustcnance to the or.
ganism; it forms the invisible chair
which holds the worlds and suns fl
space.
With bands Of affection, Of patriot.
ism and Of brotherhood 1t unites the
nation, the family and the race.
1t is the soul Of the social system.
1t is the regenerating power of the
world.
a child needs love as much as 1t
needs food, shelter and raiment. While.
the physical comforts are essential for
its bodily growth, love is required for
it's spiritual embodiment,
Love attends us all along the jour.
ney OF life. It is with the infant at
birth. It is the monitor and guide Of
childhood. It is the miracle and.
sweetness Of youth. It is the stay 81
manhood and the protection Of won.
anhood. It Is the comfort Of old age.
Y closes down the eyelids in our anal
sleep. /,
Il = broader than family: II reaches
TO friends and neighbors. It ~ still
pEQader;; 4 extends to country. II IL
~ siEE
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-16

9 This view agrees with the funda
mental truth Of all religions. The es
sential Of you, the essential Of me, ha,
been given many names-the In
dwelling spirit, the alma, the divine
mind, the God in man
Call it bliss. heart, love, God.
I nave nc name for 1t.
It's feeling all.
Names are but smoke,
Hiding the glow Of heaven.
When I speak Of you 1 the
real you, not the personality, which Is
only a mask, only the ''smoke hiding
your inward "heaven." You are great
er than sleep or waking, than life OF
death. These are but different phases
Of yourself. You include them all,
They are but states. You are being.
In nature all things are polarized-
that is, each has a positive and mega
tive pole. The law of polarity is tina!
what we can %postulate Of one pole
we cannot postulate Of the other. One
is the opposite of the other. II one
attracts, the other does not attract.
Now, each human unit Is polarized-
at one pole matter, at the other spirit.
If we postulate that at the material
pole there is division, then at the spir
itual there is no division. If the ma
terial is subject to birth and death the
spiritual is not subject to birth and
death. If the material knows error
and disease the spiritual does not
know error and disease. If the ma
terial is a thing Of limitations the spir-
itual is not a thing Of limitations.
As man is neither wholly at one pole
nor the other, but functions between
the two, sometimes nearer to the one
and sometimes to the other, it follows
that If he would escape from division,
disease, error and other negative condi-
lions he can do so by functioning more
toward the spiritual. The beauty Of
this theory is that tits proved by prac-
tice.
My only value to you is in awaken
ing you to your own complete life. I
do not want you to initiate anybody,
but to be the full statement Of your
self. II you need a symbol to assist
you In this awakening take that Of the
Nazarene. The chief value Of a Cos
pei is to help you to read, the word in
your WI spirit. I want you to realize
the Christ In yourself. You are in the
image Of the Father. Be perfect in
that image. Know yourself, and this
means your eternal self, for the tenn
porary shell is but a passing phase Of
you. You are already ware Of all
these things I am saying-haye been
aware Of them all the time. You only
needFtolbe reminded Of them. ! am re.
calling you to the memory Of yourSelf.
Idosit because We are linked together,
by ties a. strong as God.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-16
Good Tidiugs to You.

eRSOs
Good Tidings to You.
One drop of water from the sea has
in ii the quality of the whole en-. A
grain Of sand picked up from the road
In front of your own door is as com
plete as any other grain OF sand OH
the round earth. A mouthful of air
breathed today is approximately the
same as the air breathed in any age of
the past or that will be breathed in
any age of the future. So far as
science knows, the mountain at the
back Of my house contains the same
elements that are found in any world
Of the solar system. Thus the point
called now and here, however humble
1t may seem. is the same in quality as
any other point in space and time.
We magnify the distant glory, but. 1t
is no more precious than the glory at
our feet.
1 come to preach the gospel Of your.
self, to bring you glad tidings Of your,
self, to help you to heal yourself. to
find the God in yourself, to remember
who you are. to realize that you are
one with the all Of life, to know the
Kingdom Of heaven within you.
I recently read a book by Paul IA.
rishka, in which he stated anew the
old philosophy that each unit has the
whole in quality and is only limited in
quantity. This is the doctrine OF the
microcosm and the macrocosm. the
microcosm or small unit containing
within itself in little all that the uni
verse or roc contains in the
large. Therefore within you is the
world inclosed, actively Or potentially.
You are in the image Of God. BE ye
perfect, even as your Father in heay-
en- is perfect"
A row Of electric bulbs all give out
light, the current being supplied from
a central source. They may differ in
brightness, yet each has the whole
quality Of light, being limited only in.
quantity. While the lamps do not fur
nish a perfect. analogy to, men, yet in
some degree they illustrate the life
from the central source Of God shining
through human forms. This statement
In no way detracts from individuality.
The unit 10 individual, yet merged in
the universal
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-16

To prove that the Missouri riv-
er is navigable and ought to be
improved for the purpose of COM
.merce, it has been proposed that
the delegates to the Missouri Riv-
'er Navigation Congress make the
trip from Bismarck to Yankton by
boat when they attend the con-
gress in July.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-16

Altho spring seems slow in com
ing, it will be here before the pro-
per cleaning has been done in our
city. Advantage should BE- taken
Of the cool weather and the alleys
and back yards cleared. Of the, sea
sons accommodations which are FIJI.
ed with disease producers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-16

It has been discovered that the
housefly carries disease as we'll as
the mosquito. In the southern
states laws and precautions have
been devised to prevent the spread
of malaria, typhoid fever and d.
seases whose germs are carried by
these insects.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-16

President Taft will, in the near
future, order all fourth class. post.
masters put under the civil SER
vice.. He has already made it
known that all appointments to
the federal bench will be free from
political influence.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-16

If the Austin bill goes through
there will be a federal building for
every county seat in the United
States. The bill requires the gov.
eminent to own its own postofice
buildings.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-16

The members of the game and
fish board will see that the game
law is strictly enforced. There is
no need of a dog and gun until
next fall.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-16
FRIDAY, APRIL Is, 1909.
-, ~ ~
The Ward county commission
ers have authorized a $35, 900 bond
issue to meet the needs of farmers:
asking for seed grain.

The oil recently discovered near
Ryder, Max, Bergen and Dogden
Butte, is still causing considerable
excitement in that locality.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-16
Jeffries Lectures the Money Mad.

sSAAASo 0SSsuASo tAS 2VAkSy Ao0
One of the New York Sunday papers
contains an interview with James 3.
Jeffries, wherein the champion sleep
producer says that New York men
and pretty much all male Americans.
for that matter-have taken so freely
Of the gold drug that they are los
ing bodily strength. Money madness
is putting our people into a bad way
when it carries them to such depths OF
materialism that even a prizefighter
feels called upon to deliver them Il
moral lecture on their degeneracy. And
If this ':gold drug is stunning the bod
les of men what must it be doing to
their souls!
Perhaps if such a query were pro-
pounded to the victims themselves
they would stare at the questioner, not.
understanding what he meant, for 1t
would seem that some of them have
forgotten the soul part of their ma
lures. The average stock gambler and
dollar chaser would readily admit that
n cannot serve God and Mammon,
so he settles the matter by serving
Mammon. And, as 1t ever has done
since history began, this Mammonisn
is destroying both the souls and bodies
OF Its devotees. M%aterialism ends by
demolishing itself. Even the prize
lighter can e it. He calls especial
attention to the fact that these nerve
lacked money gluttons depend on doc
tors doses to do for them what exer.
else and sane and simple living ought
70 90. But, having frittered away their
constitutions, the doctors doses have
nothing on which to build.
This must be said for Jeffries-he at
least knows how to care for the body.
A ring fighter must know that if he
stays in the game. When the erstwhile
champion temporarily quit the. ring
OF was It temporarily?-he betook him
self to the simple life on a California
ranch. Returning from the sweetness.
n~aturalness and sanity Of this life III
the open, even he scorns those who
sacrifice all the best Of life to gain
Riches they do not need. The irony Of.
u would be refreshing II the whole
ming were not 30 pathetic.
JAMES A. EDGHRToN.
Cold epring-on.Hudson, n. !.
EH4HtF.4H EIsAH& EEE.rG.YHE E&Ai- EHgt.aA+a
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-16

still broader; it embraces all humanity.
Love for God and man is the soul
Of religion. Take love out Of it and
you have left a theological husk and Il
creed. 1t Is a dead thing. for love
gave it life.
Love for country, for the flag. for a
principle, is what makes men heroes
and martyrs. 1t is the motive force
that impels the true statesman. It is
the light that Eliminates the faces of
all the great and good.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-16
Edgerton's
...Farm.

copyright, 1909, by American Press Asso-
citation. This matter must not be re-
printed without special permission.]
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-12-30
A NOOK on VERSE.

Harold Barnes, formerly of Abb.
iene but now superintendent Of the
schools at Princeton. Indiana. has
published a number Of his poems in
an attractive booklet which he en-
titles: "A Book of Verse" The
poems range from grave to gay and
many Of them will be remembered
By Abilene people as having appeared
first while he resided here. Amons
them Is the anthem used yet sung
By the Abilene high school There
ss RileyesQue touch to many Of the
verses that appeals to the lover Of
the quaint side Of life while others
have a tenderness that shows Sympa-
Thy Win the worlds deeper side. II
is q most creditable collection and
81. Barnes many friends here will
s. glad % have bis verses IN perma-
neni form.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-12-30
DR.. COOK AND THE n. Y. HERALD


when the New York Herald print
ed DR.. Cooks exclusive story of his
Arctic explorations on September 2,
It said editorlally: ls
That there should be some In.
cruedulity is not surprising. Old Her
aid readers remember the doubts
with which Stanley's story Of how
he found Livingstone was received IN
many quarters. True, that was the
Herald's own expedition conducted BY
a man selected by itself and under
its own auspices. DR.. Cooks achieve
ment Is his own and stands upon his
own word.
When the University OF Coper-
hagen made public its report the 9TH
or day, the Herald said:
That is what the Herald said edi-
torially in presenting on September
| . DR.. Cooks first story, cabled ex-
clusively to the Herald from Lerwick
in the Shetland Islands, prOclaimine
to the world that he had reached tne
pole.
The findings Of the University q
Copenhagen, published this morning
are that DR.. Cooks report Of the ex-
pedition submitted to 1t is the same
a that printed in the New York Her
aid during the months of September
and october LAST" that II is lacking
in details of astronomical opserva.
tons and practical work. and that
"the committee therefore is OF the
opinion that the material transmitted
contains no proof that DIT. CooA
reached the pole"
In other words. the opinion OF the
university is that DR.. Cooks claim
Is not proven, which is not preciseiS
he same thing as declaring that ne
did not reach the pole, although
some esteemed contemporaries hast
3 q give Il that Interpretation, whiis
others 20 still further and declare
him to be a fraud"
Commenting further on the deyel
opments in the Cook affair, the Her
aid says:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-12-30

matter? He is Santa Claus with the
big, loving. Christmas heart, for ALI
that; Santa Claus with the kind
thoughts for every one that make
children and groWn-up people beam
with happiness all day long.
And shall tell you a great secret
which did not learn at the postof-
flee, but it Is true all the same-of
how you can always be sure your let
tiers go to him straight by the CHM
ney route? 1t is this: send along
with them a friendly thought for the
boy you don't like; for Jack who
punched you or Jim who was mean TO-
you. The meaner he was the harder
do you resolve to make 1t up; not to
bear him a grudge, That 10 the
stamp for the letter to Santa Claus.
Nobody can stop it, not even a cross
draught In the chimney, when II
has that on.
Because-don't you know, Santa
Claus is the spirit of Christmas; and
ever and ever so many years ago
when the dear little Baby was born
after whom we call Christmas, and
was Graded in the manger out In
the stable because there was not
room in the inn, that Spirit came IN
to the world to soften the hearts Of
men and make them love one an
other. Therefore, that is the mark
of the Spirit to this day. Don't let
anybody or anything rub It out.
Then the rest doesn't matter. Let
them tear santa's white beard off at
the Sunday school festival and
growl in his bearskin coat. These
are only his DISCUSSES. The steps Of
the real santa Claus you can trace
all through the world as you have
done here with me, and when you
stand in the last of his tracks you
viii find the Blessed Babe Of Beth
lIehem smiling q welcome to YOU
For then you will be home.
JACOB A. RMS.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-12-30

now in the guarantee fund Is Al lhh|
can be raised. no assaaamenss can Be
levied and Il Is probable that none
Of the money on hand could be used
to pay any banks losses.
Bank Commissioned Dolley and
Governor Stubs have issued the us-
naI proclamation complaining about
the decision which spoils one Of their
ret political scliel es. Their piisn,
Is, eve can't pass any laws without
the government taking a hand and
stopping us--it isn't fair" But 70 the
average thinking man It seems 4
rather healthy sign that there y q
government balance wheel that pre-
vents states from making themselves
ridiculous. 1t may be that a guar
anty law can be framed that will be
In harmony with National law'
which the Kansas law apparently a
not-and until Kansas has such 3
law It is better OF without any, The
disastrous results Of the Oklahoma
law in encouraging wildcat banking
has proved an object lesson that doel
not add respect to Mr.. Bryan's plar
Of regulating finance. Kansas should
be thankful that II found where 4
stood early in the game.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-12-30

That the commission form OF gov
eminent does not necessarily make
perfect management is shown py
Wichita's experience with its COM
missioners who have been in charge
a year. Already is out a petition 70
recall one Of them. The Beacon says:
.Mr. Roetzel when elected was re-
garded as one Of the most valuable
men on the commission and was giv-
en- the most important department.
that Of public improvements That
he Is not now regarded as q valuable
official is his own fault, or rather
the fault Of his temperament. He Is
an obstructionist rather than con-
etructionist in public improvement
matters, and in his management OF
the street department he has added
fully $1,000 per month to the ex-
nense without keeping up the stand
ara Of service. Notwithstanding these
facts It Is not at all certaie '"at MI
Roetzel will be recalled"
In first class cities when a certain
nroportion Of the citizens petition
there is q special election to deter
mine whether or not the commission
ar shall be retained. No such pro-
vision applies to second class Cities
The experience Of Wichita does
not prove that commission govern
ment is not good thing, 1t does
show that like every other form OF
government It depends on the mar
. Three good commissioners can size
q city good government and II they
are really the right men and do not
loaf on the Job they can secure better
results than council that is not earn
est and determined. But II one COM
missioner, as in Wichita, is incompe-
tent II means a much larger injury
than II one councilman out OF eight
Il not equal to his task and the con-
sequences are much more serious
This example shows that because 9
man Is called commissioner instead Of
councilman and draws a liberal sal
airy does not insure his absolute ut
ness for the place. The commission
form has many good features and
properly managed is unQuestionably .
success but It is not a cure-all FOL
municipal ills and while human ma
ture Is as It is there is the same
chance Of mismanagement as under
any other system.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-12-30

We took ne tariff of hides and
reduced the tariff On boots and ahoea
from rs Der cent 70 10 per cent. aiid
upon sole leather from 20 per cent
to s per cent and on upper leather
from 20 per cent to IN per cent
and SO on through all the feathers
The highest percentages Of increase
we're upon champagnes and wines
and brandies, and silks and laces,
We reduced sawed lumber from
50 a thousand to s1.95 q thousand
lumber planed on one side from y
to 50, planed or finisher s2.s7N
,planed or finished on four side'
from 81 to s2.75.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-12-30
noN,T WORRY.

The Chicago Tribune thinks that
the Republican party is facing a crisis
on the tariff question. Don't worry
The Republican party isalways facing
a crisis. 1t has managed to pull
through all right in the past ana u
will pull through all right in the iu-
ture. Mr.. cummins, OF Iowa, can
not ruin the Republican party any
more than Senator Grimes, Of Iowa,
could ruin the Republican party
years ago. We saw Senator Teller
az Colorado. walk out Of the Repup-
lican party on the silver queatlon !,
but the grand old party went right
along Just as If he hadn't done y.
Don't worry. The Republican parry
q all right.-Freeport (Ill9 Journal
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-12-30
Advertised Mail.

Advertised mail for week ending
Dec. 20. 1909.
Letters: Frances BaeeA 2. R.
Barker, ]. N. ChIlders. Geo. Il. Geo.
fairy, ]. N. Landes. Miss Belle Moot,
MrA d. W. Miller. O. B. Millages
schlendsr Pepper Co. schadber, Mrs
ora stone, Frank Waters. Jack
Yates.
Cards: Mrs. H. Baker, Bonnie
Booster. Frank V. Cory ca, Dennett
Campbell. N. o. cuip. A A. Euss-
trem. Frank Eptman, Mrs. Emma
Goraman, +. R. Halk. C. Il Kerr.
w. H. Hurett. lay Harris D. Kauff-
man, Meey Martin, lirs. =. F.2isn-
borW. Bert Ross. Ms knnia nPh-
son Ma Ada Fumos. EIrn p z.
white r. wARNa, P. r.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-12-30
AnvERTIsINo KANSAS.

"Ask for our book. Kansas, 2
little story Of q great state" Y = line
seen in the advertising Of Kansas
railroad printed in the Chicago Tri.
bupe last week. This Is but one Of
msny similar Advertisements appear
inr in the metropolitan papers east
Of the mississippi. kansas . s'fs
whose resources have never been
scratc,ed.r All Of which makes
vood reading for the Kansan' who
Knows that in material resources and n.
n educotional advantages Kansas =
a great state
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-12-30
THE LAND SPECULATION.

We don't agree very well with John
Bunyan Adams Of Butler county on
political matters in these parlous
times, but in one thing we are with
him. During a call here the other
day after some discussion Of politics,
Butler county's leading Republican
regular" who is also a banker, re-
marked that the land boom In KAN
sas bears many earmarks Of the mem-
orabIe boom Of the late SOS, state
ment that can not be disputed. He
believes halt in the rise of land
prices would be good thing, and
we believe it would. The Capital
not long ago quoted the statement
Of Nebraska banker that land prices
had advanced to such an extent IN
that state that farmers were not
making s per cent on their invest
ment. The same may be said OF
Kansas. The prevailing prices Tor
land are not based on the returns,
but are speculative. Notwithstand-
ing the high prices Of farm products
the average return on present land
values is hardly per cent, and TINS
has been shown by several different
methods of analysis. 1t is the ex-
perience Of landowners who rent to
tenants that 8 per cent is nearer
the average return than 5, though
where a particularly fortunate com
bination can be made with alfalfa
and hogs, the return may be higher
Farmers have prospered and are re-
firing to towns, renting out theiI
land, or are buying automobiles and
building modern residences on thy
farm, but 1t should be remembered
that they made their money on lower
land values.
The land speculation has been 9
paying enterprise so far, but where
lands have advanced, as they nave
| in many counties, by 10 or even 10
per cent year for period Of fcul
Or five years longer, it becomes az
important question where the limit
is going to be set, and therefore a
what point and at what time tht
speculation Is suddenly going to stop
as speculation always does-sudden'
Nv and without warning, AND with
some persons totally unprepared ant
taken by surprise. We have heard
Of instances where men have bougn'
land for, say, $1,000. borrowing
$4,000 or even $4,000 to make tht
purchase, and at high prices, Such
purchasers can not pay out VIII
prevailing returns on the investment
unless the speculation continues iol
period Of years. The land specu'
lation is causing considerable uniay'
orable comment among some OF tnt
most conservative bankers of Kansas
and Kansas City.-Topeka Capital