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puppies one by one and hiding them
under the house. She would take one
of her children and deposit him un-
der the house and then return for an
other, and thus until all were safe.
By this time Grizell. the mother of the
drowned puppies, was set at liberty,
and was wildly looking for her babies.
Winnie went to her. They had sort
conversation In their way In which
Winnie told of the drowning and Of
the dead bodies being taken through
the gate, upon which they both Doltcd
for the gate, rush ed through and lied
with the speed OF the wind. One of
Grizell's puppies was spared. The dogs
returned from their sad search and
in the yard held another council.
whereupon Grizell went to her remain
ing puppy and. catching him by ne
neck, carried him to the Identical place
under the house whore Winnie had
hidden her little ones. There they now
live in peace, althou'Ei before the day
OF Gri2ell's sorrow Winnie fiercely re-
scented Grizelrs approach toward her
family. sympathy even among dogs,
begets kindness.
| have often observed instances Of
the logical reasoning of dogs They
certainly possess the logical faculty,
be it ever so limited. They have also
the faculty of memory and disclose
such varied emotions as love, gladness,
sorrow, contentment, fear, jealousy,
anger, and others. They have minds. =
Now, Is the mind the result of eel
lular juxtaposition. and upon the ces-
sation of brain function or following
physical disintegration does the mind
cease to be? They who assert and de-
fend the thesis of mans Immortality
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Pharisaism in any age is both conceited
To you the academic question as to the
precise meaning of formula exceeds in
Importance the love of your brethren. AS
Christian minister l am going to work
for love of the brethren, taking for my
motto the verse you misquote and mis-
understands 1.-The letter killeth, but the
spirit maketh alive" 1t is you who harp
upon the letter. You go back and open
sacred graves and trample the relics of
sainted men, in honor of the letter To
you it Is more that Lee should be among
the traitors and the disowned than that
Illinois and Mississippi should love and
serve one another as happy sister states.
You would keep the states in the sense
OF friction till all the south can be
brought hr.mbly and heartily to confess
that state sovereignty Is not in the con-
stitution, blind to the fact that the ques-
ton can never again become a question
of practical politics. You do not know
the Divine order: First Love then Life.
then Theory. Flnging the name traitor
in the teeth of your southern brethren,
you seek rather to humiliate than to win.
But I see the gray, gaunt, wistful face
of Abraham Lincoln back of you. above
you above your friend Darling, and it Is
very ,tenderly regretful that you have
not more tact, more genuine patriotism,
more tenderness, more generous humility,
in a word, more Christianity.
Truly yours. GEORGE EAvES.
Pastor Congregational Church.
Birmingham, Ala, July II, 1870
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There's bound TO be good money in
that sort of thing" went on Columbus.
"And look, too. at the present boom in
the discovery business. In my time 1t
was an intermittent and uncertain calling
that was mostly pursued when a veteran
mariner found out he'd married the
wrong lady and felt the wanderlust steal
ing over him, or when his creditors got
too active. But now it's well organized,
and nearly everybody appears to be talk
ing a more or less active hand in it
that Is to say, everybody except the
Bradley Brothers, Honest Old Bob and
Square Old Ed-who seem to have given
up financing Polar discoveries and are
now devoting themselves to arithmetical
problems In connection with a ball and
wheel at their several emporiums.
There are expeditions forming to find
the South Pole British rights reserved)
and expeditions to find the North Pole
and find out If anybody found it before.
and expeditions to go up the River Nile
and find the original source of supply
of Pullman porters; and I wouldn't be
surprised to hear of an expedition to
go to South America and find a party
answering to the name of Cook, five feet
ten inches tall, but shrinking rapidly,
who knows a good deal about lecturing
and the milk business in Brooklyn, y. Y,
and when last seen was residing at the
bottom OF a woodpecker's nest in the in
terror of Peru
'If you were back in the game, what
particular thing would you seek to dis
Govern I asked.
ANY one of my existing portraits that
looked anything like any one OF the
Others" said Columbus.
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purgatory in which we suffer for our
past SINS and | know that YOU will
have TO struggle against this one; but
you can do it, and conquer yourself like
a man.
1t may be that you are father, and
your innocent, beautiful little boy is
watching all that you do, or say, as his
ideal of greatness. Are you willing to
teach that boy to pollute his lips and
soul with an oath?
If you are a young man let me relate
to you an incident which occurred with
in my knowledge. l knew lovely Chris
tian girl. She was considered the most
beautiful girl in our city. She was ac-
complished, had a carefully cultivated
mind, and was as good as she was beau
tiful. She engaged herself to marry a
young man of some ability, and of pre-
possessing manners. One evening they
attended a reception together and dur
ing the evening, while the young man
was in conversation with some male
friends a little apart, but within the hear
ing of this young lady, he uttered an
oath; it was done in an undertone, and
it was not intended to be heard beyond
the circle of men; but it reached her
ears, and she was greatly shocked. The
next day he received a note inclosing the
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THE COLONEL-By Savoyard

gresham who does not feel that way and
act that way. At this writing it is the
news that Mr.. Nicholas Longworth is
to be chosen governor of Ohio; not that
he is man of the order of Salmon P.
Chase, but because he is the son-in-law
of his father-in-law, and in spite of the
fact that he is not half as well fitted
for governor of the great populous and
opulent state of Ohio as Judson Har-
mon.
Perhaps there is a reason for this
Governor Harmon is an shioned
democrat after the order nf Allen G.
Thurman. He believes liberty will die
whenever dislocated from her twin sis
ter, equality. He was appointed to prose-
cute q malefactor railroad for its sins
of commission against the law and he
had one Paul Morton cornered. Then
it was that Roosevelt, the Caesar, call
ed off the prosecution, and Judson Har-
mon threw his brief back into his face
with scorn and disgust. But the King
can do no wrong though, thank God,
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1T is not return from Elba; rather
it is a return from Egypt. Bona
- parte went to the land of the Phar-
aohs on man-hunt; Roosevelt was in
that region on a beast hunt. Both got
spoil but the Corsican's victories were
turned to failure by the prowess of that
heroic and invincible sea rover, Hora-
ito Nelson, and he left Egypt a fugi-
tive from the glory the pyramids look
ed down on. Teddy, the censor of either
hemisphere, came back from Africa tri-
umphant. His greeting was an ovation
such as Washington never received, and
ait makes baggarly the reception of that
grand man, Ulysses S. Grant, of thirty
years ago. But let no statue be erected
to a man while he is yet among the
living. The public is tickle. 1t ap-
plauded Cleon; it ostracized Aristides 1t
mobbed the Iron Duke" after he had
.gained Waterloo. I would have mobbed
Lincoln had not the lunatic Booth put
him among the martyrs.
And when Bonaparte, by decree of fate.
while the Sampson, Lord Nelson, lay
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It seems that Ben had offended the royal
court, that had censured him for fist
fight he had engaged IN with success
sor of John C. Calhoun on the floor of
the Senate, and Ben was denied admit
lance to the royal table. Ben, as l read
him. is not a very meek man, and he re-
scented it.
What was the result? The secret police
We're put on his track, and they found
that Tillman was rather eager to buy
some cheap lands out on the Pacific
coasy, 1t seems that in the palmy days
of the lobby, nearly so years ago, Con-
gress dined with Sam Ward ate his
Westphaiia ham, drank his whisky and
smoked his cigars, and then went and
voted empires of land to a certain rail-
road company with conditions mentioned
in the bond.
The railroad company defaulted the
contract, and there was a suit to fore
felt the land and sell it to the highest
bidder. Tilman expressed a desire to
acquire about two sections of this land,
under that decretal sale. You might
have done it. Certainly / would have
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ed furtively at me from time to time.
hesitated at first to demonstrate with
him before the boatmen; but finally 1
could stand it no longer, so / spoke
to him as kindly and gently as 1 could,
saying: Why 90 you swear so frequent
ly. or at all?' [ have been unable this
afternoon to see anything that could
possibly have vexed you, and even if
anything unpleasant had occurred, swear
ing would not have bettered it. 1t is a
bad, sinful, ugly habit for a man to ac-
quire. 1t is a coarse vice, and can not
possibly benefit; but does degrade a
man. You are not a Christian, but
assure you it is very shocking to a
Christian to sit and listen to profane
oaths.'
Christ said, swear not at all; neither
by heaven; for it Is Gods throne; nor
by EARTH for it Is Gods footstool; Meth
er by Jerusalem; for it is the City of
the Great King; neither shalt thou swear
by thy head, because thou can'st not
make one hair white or black. | hoped
to convince him, as well as the two
boatmen; neither Of whom had ever
sworn in my presence, that swearing
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supine in the lap of the Delilah, Lady
Hamilton, escaped from Egypt to France
he arrived in Paris, the idol of the peo-
pie whose armies had lost Italy that he
had conquered for France only a while
before.
Bonaparte announced that he would
not talk politics. He preferred the So
ciety of men of science and men of let
tiers. He longed for the simple life-so
he said-but when on that fateful 18th
of Brumare he seized the reins of pow
er, everybody knew what Napoleon was
up to.
VIII Roosevelt be content to remain
the first citizen of the republic? Not
bit of it. He intends to boss the coun-
try, as witness his order to the New
York legislature to enact certain meas
ure. 1t may be it is a wholesome pol
ocy. I know nothing about that and
care less; but I honor that Legislature
for standing for its dignity, and if
were a congressman I would vote for
Egypt against Canaan If the President
sought to coerce my vote.
And / would not give a snap for a con-
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damn, which he did not think quite so
becoming for one of his cloth to make
free with. 1t is said the officers had
sense and refinement of feeling enough
left to accept the deans reproof and
profit by 1t.
l have read of a very sensible humor-
list who invited " party OF noted swear
ers'' to dinner with him, and ordered
their discourse to be taken down in short
hand, which being afterward repeated to
them they were extremely startled and
surprised at their own talk. We are not
appraised of whether these men afterward
reformed their conversation and became
more decent in their lives; but we trust
that the humorists method wrought a
good work among them.
Whenever I hear a man take a profane
oath feel like exclaiming with Burns:
20 wad some powr the giftie gle us,
To see oursel's as others see u.s.,
And yet alas! She man who could write
Remember thy Creator now
swearing.
Reader, have you acquired this habit
IF SO, | beg of you to give it up. A
thoughtful writer said: IA habit is the
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say no; the mind Is a distinct entity,
and plays upon the brain as a mu-
sicians hands play upon the keyboard
of the piano. Very well. What, then
becomes of mans mind after deaths
Why. it still lives we are told All
which l most deeply believe. But why
should we say that the most important
part of man continues it's existence
after death, but that the entire being
Of the dog absolutely ceases to be?
We are told in Genesis that the lower
animals suffered through the fall OF
man and that their suffering Is TO be
perpetuated throughout he period Of
earthly time parallel with the sur
fering of man. But future of free
dom from suffering" was promised.
Does this apply only to man? Why not
to the sharer of his mundane sorrows
as well. II may be that 1t does / do
not know. ThisP however, l do know:
Science knows as much about the i'm
mortality of the Cog as it does about
the immortality of man. Yet | should
never go to science to learn the true
grounds of mans Immortality
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Trnculo, in Shakespeares Tempest.
said to Stephano But you'll lie like dogs
and vet say nothing l resent this impi-
cation. in the name of-the many dogs that
| have owned How clear the perception
of moral qualities and relations In dog
may be. there Is no way of knowing.
Certain 1t Is, that many of them have
acted as II they knew something of moral
obligations. l have seen it frequently. |
believe. however. that the vice of lying
is but little known among them. Some
times they will lie. though / had q
tcoNTINuED ON PAGE as.l
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Y IR, he's good dog and fair dog;
can there be more said? He's
good and fair


shakespeare's 1.-THE Merry Wives Of
Windsor"
Togo is dead, and the loss is not an
ordinary one; for he was not an ordl-
nary dog. He was a high type of his
class. There was not drop of plebean
blood in his veins. His ancestors of old
Yorkshire, England, were members of a
proud high-headed aristocracy. I have
the long record of his forefathers. 1t
runs back for many generations. and Is
worthy of the pride of family that, pos
sibly, Togo cherished.
While Togo was dignifedly reserved to-
ward strangers, he was at heart possessed
Of infinite amiability. Toward those whom
hA knew he was warm-hearted, affec-
tionate and tender. He had strong
will of his own, and did his own think
ing; on this account some people thought
him averse to the grace of docility,, and
called him stubborn. I admired him for
having his own views of things. He
would rarely stoop to frivolity, and had
dignified to let himself down to the
sphere of amusement.
He had great brown eyes, almost hui
man, that CLEANED with intelligence Oft
EN- his eyes seemed TO say, Gould l en-
ploy your language I would tell you what
I think of life." But he was dumb, and,
with many limitations, he had to resort
to 'sign language" Knowing him as
well as I did, understood his signs,
and answered them in words, which he,
also, understood. To know Togo well was
to admire and love him.
When a street car some weeks ago
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<<n Ut back in the golden age of
exploration and discovery
- I started to say


- | started to say
"Forget that part of it, said Columbus,
interrupting. Believe me, my young jour
nalistic friend, this is the golden age of
the discovery and exploration business
this present age is. The one to which
possibly the brass enamel age, or maybe
1t was the Brazilian diamond age. Any
how, l know there was nothing golden
about 1t that 1 seem to remember when
I look backl'
but think I said, "of what you and
the men who came after you did for
nankind-how you widened the worlds
horizon and gave new continents to civ
ilzation and-and other things of that
general nature?"
"Oh, / don't know" said Columbus, as
he crossed his legs. Ibid you ever pause
to ponder over the fact that the star
performers Of my day all made their
great discoveries on the same principle
of the cow that persists in strolling down
the railroad track. If she strolls tar
enough she's almost certain to discover
something in the nature of a freight train
coming the other way. To do this she
does not call for any very high degree
of intelligence on the part of the cow
She can't miss 1t. Twas much the same
with my crowd.
"As you may recall, was out looking
for India. ! bumped into the western
hemisphere because I couldn't very well
help it. The western hemisphere was
between me and India and so we met
as it were, casually. Ponce De Leon
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To a Certain Pennsylvania Critic:

M S;:' ': s.: = ': COPY ': OF
4 Facts: The Pen of Colonel Lee
Writes the Indictment Against the Sword
of General Lee; The Pen Mightier Than
the Sword; an Address Delivered by
Jasper T. Darling at Freeport, Ill.,, May
30, 1870"
This publication is issued by the De-
partment of Patriotic Instruction, Wom-
ems Relief Corps, in Chicago. With this
document you send an exceedingly frank
description of your feelings toward my
sermon before the local representatives
livered on May 20, last, not the Both, as
you will see by consulting the calendar
You say that in your judgment my lad
dress on that day was 2ery inappropri-
ate. 1t should have been made on Lees
birthday, and over CO the so-called
Southern Cross, as it desecrated both the
day and the American flag, on May 30
(sic), 1907 1t also appears that you do
not belong to any local post of the Grand
Army, but in some unreconstructed re-
gion of the north. Words like yours
should not publish but for the pub
1ished material accompanying them But
inasmuch as my offense, If there was any,
was public and unblushing, I make my
protest against your sectionalism Just
as public. AS you are frank so will
be. For you as soldier 1 entertain
those feelings of reverence that are due
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And Music's daughters sink so low
AS neer to utter aught that's sweet.
Also when thou shalt quake with fear
OF what is high, and fears pursue
Within thy way; the almond tree
With hoary fruit shall flourish, too.
Ere harmless insects burden thee,
And all they youthful blood shall fail
Ere thou shalt go to thy long home,
And weeping mourners tell the tale.
Or ere the silver cord be loosed
The golden bowl to atoms break
The pitcher shivered at the spring 8.
No more refreshing trips shall make.
The cistern show the broken wheel,
The muddy vesture of decay"
To dust return; the trembling soul
To judgment make its awful way.
Remember. then, thy Maker now
In days of youth ere evil come;
Then, though this earth shall pass
away,
He'll bring thee to a heavenly home.
(Copied.)
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done 1t If had had the price. It was
not very delicate on the part Of United
States senator to do that, but from my
observation of Tillman he Is not very
strong on delicacy, but there was no dis
honesty in it; yet the little henchmen of
Teddy in Washington were in great glee
and shouted that Roosevelt had caught
Tillman with the goods on him." though
not very long before Teddy was caught
with the goods of Hartman, to the
amount of $4,000, in his clothes, to be
expended for the benefit of the G. o. P.
and the exaltation of the Lord by cor
rupting the electorate of the Empire
state.
Taft is a very different sort of man.
He is a patriot without guile and with
out malice He is the only republican
President who ever recognized that the
south is a full sister in the union. He
is broad and liberal man, a great and
honest man, who knows no sections.
Unfortunately, Taft Is ignorant of the
economical principles of the tariff. He
was reared in the belief that "protec-
ton is sound policy, for his extra ction
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q ONE time ago while talking with
y a minister of the Gospel we dis
~ cussed the evils of bad habits,
particularly the pernicous habit of pro-
fame swearing and he told me this
story: II was out boating with that
man. calling him by name. I had in
vited him for sail, and If he swore
once during the afternoon, 1 am sure it
is no exaggeration to say he swore 20
times. I had never been in his society
more than two or three times BEFORE and
then in the presence of several people,
and had held little or no conversation
with him; so l was greatly astonished
ana grieved at what I took to be bad
and sinful habit. The two boatmen serv-
ing us, were plain, rough men, who had
never been blessed with opportunities
Tor knowing anything but hard service
among rough people; but had recently,
at my earnest solicitation, attended SER
vices at my church, and had listened
with respectful interest to the preaching
They were not Christians, but they
seemed really uncomfortable at the oaths
uttered in my presence. and they glanc-
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is Hamtonian, Wing. He holds that the
man raising cotton shall pay tribute to
the man making cotton ties. He is will
ling that the farmer growing wheat shall
have his binding Irvine free. He does not
reflect that the southern farmer must
pay taxes on the band iron that is used
to harvest his crop because that south
ern farmer votes the democratic ticket,
whereas the farmer of the northwest gets
free. Irvine that is necessary to harvest
his crop.
When Taft studies the question he Is
certain to come to the conclusion at
which Roosevelt arrived before he wrote
the Life of Benton-that taxation to be
honest and constitutional must be for
public purposes only, whereas the Payne
Aldrich robbery that he eulogises is for
protection mainly and for revenue incl
dentally. y
Frank MacVeagh Is a free-trader in
the sense that Carlisle Is, and l am not
without hope that the secretary of the
treasury will give his chief a few les
sons in political economy before the
term is out.
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Quaker Scotch Oats

duces big-boned, weIl-devei-
oped, mentally energetic race.
His experiments prove that
good oatmeal such as Quaker
Scotch Oats not only furnishes
the best food for the human be-
ing, but eating it strengthens.
and enlarges the thyroid gland
this gland is intimately con-
nected with the nourishing
processes of the body.
In conclusion he says
1T seems probable therefore
that the bulk and brawniness of
the Northerners (meaning the
Scotch has been in some
measure due to the stimulation
of the thyroid gland by oatmeal
porridge in childhood.
The Scotch eat Quaker Scotch
Oats because it is the best of all
oatmeals.
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In an article published in the
Youth Companion of Septem-
Der 23rd. 1909, DR.. Browne, the
great medical authority on
foods, says, about brain and
muscle building
There is one kind of food
that seems to me of marked
value as food to the brain and
to the whole body throughout
childhood and adolescence
YOUTH, and that is oatmeal.
Oats are the most nutritious
of all the cereals, being richer
in fats, organic phosphorus and
lecithins.
He says oatmeal is gaining
ground with the well-to-do of
Great Britain. He speaks of it
as the mainstay of the Scottish
laborer's diet and says it pro-