The Paducah evening sun., 1910-05-18

thing of the effect OF a fixed idea on
the brain structure. Hyde lacked
that durable character. which can be
Established only by youthful train
| Ing, so as to permanently shape ones
| life.
Be that as Il may, he Is doc
tor with a knowledge of all sorts of
drugs and germ diseases. His wife
| is the niece of Colonel Swope,
millionaire. OF convivial habits. who
made a will. so conditioned. that up
on the death Of any heir all the other
heirs would benefit out of that ones
share. Hyde got TO thinking about
thet, and the idea somehow became
associated with professional channels
In his mental processes. Now, some
Of our modern philosophers might
defend him on the ground that his
persistent. concentrated thought pro-
duced evil effects on his wife's CO.
heirs At any rate, a most peculiar
series. OF fatalities carried on ten of
the heirs of Colonel Swope, one by
ore, and DR.. Hyde the attending
physician in several cases. was most
unfortunate in his treatment. He let
one man bleed to death while trying
to reduce the pressure of his blood;
he IL said selfishly to have insisted
on drinking from a private water
pitcher while enjoying the hospital
ity OF the Swopes shortly before an
epidemic OF typhoid fever broke out
among them, and nurse swore she
saw him inject dirty water into a
young lady's arm. He seems also TO
have been remarkably careless about
carrying cyanide capsules with him
when he called on Colonel Swope
during that gentleman's last illness.
Altogether. DR.. Hyde appears to
have been transformed from a rising
and popular young physician into q
demon, Just by thinking about
money that belonged TO someone
else. DR.. Hyde's parent, no doubt,
saw no early manifestations to indi-
cate the latent fiendishness that
evolved the subtle doom OF the
Swope heirs. More than likely, he
was an amiable child in most ways.
as his crimes are indications OF weak
ness, rather than strength. II re
quires more strength to remain con
tentedly poor. than TO gain riches by
means; for the latter
amounts to nothing except succumb-
ing TO temptation.
Character cannot be developed af-
ter maturity. Discretion may; but
refraining from gross evil through
fear OF consequences is a negative
substitute for the active virtues OF
high character. and becomes especial
ly futile IL discretion is acquired at
the expense of reputation. Princi-
pie; sound ethics; high aim; appre-
citation of responsibility for natural
talents and purpose to make them
useful; self-respect, which makes a
man regard his own opinion OF him.
self as highly as he does that of
others; realization that development
OF character and self-culture are
riches which outlast material wealth
and that honor must not be con-
fused with official titles-these are
qualities OF mind that never were
found in a felon's cell or paid the
penalty for crime upon the block or
gallows; yet have more than once
converted a prison into temple
Of reform. and paid the price OF hu-
man liberties to the headsman.
Parents, who educate their chill
dren TO believe the law of the jun
gle is the true one, that the earth
Is the Inheritance OF those who can
possess 1t, and material acquisition
and comforts are the only desirable
ends in life, may be training a Hyde
for his murderous career, to write
their unspotted name on a prison
record. or end their line in an cleo
tric chair
There is nothing that modern
science has disclosed to modify the
advice OF wise old Solomon, who was
OF a husband and father
himself