The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-04-28

Finally. ewes more iMIsostAHt that
ability 10 vork. even more important
than ability to 6xhs NJ sAsed. " Il u
remember that th~ chief Of blessing.
for auy aAtion is that 1t shall ieave III
seed To inherit the land. The greatesi
Of all cures II the cur<e u sterility
aud the severest Of all cOndesnnati"ns
should be that visited uIsoa willfu
sterility.
The first essential In any civ vilizatiOi
u that the man and the woman shall
be father and mother of healthy chill
dren. " that the race shall Increase
and not decrease. lf this il not "a. il
through no fault Of the o.iely tb.,r.
Is failure TO increase. il is n great mis-
fortune. II the failure il due to de.
lit1erate and wiliful fault. then 1t /,
not merely 4 misfortune: il 10 one OF
those crimes Of ease aud self i,,iuI
gence. Of shrinking from pain and ef
fort aud risk. which In the long run
nature punishes more hea Willy than an,
other
II we Of the great republics. IL We
the free people who claim to have
emaDcipated ourselves from the thrai
dom of wrong and error. bring dowr
on our heads the curse that come.
upon the willfnliy barren. then it vii
be an idle waste Of breath to prittls
Of our achievements. to boast Of al
that we have done.
No refinement Of life. no delicacy OF
taste. no material progress no sordid
heaping up of riches. no sensu"us de
velopuent Of art and literature. can In
any way compensate for the loss OF
the great fundn mental virtues. and OF
these great fundamental virtues the
grentest is the races power to per
petuate the race
Mans Chief Duty.
Character must show itself In the
mans performance both OF the dut
he owes himself and OF the duty he
owes the state The mans foremos,
duty is owed to himself and his fam
lily. and he can do this duty only by
earning money. by providing what l.
essential to material well being II
Is only after this has been done tina,
he can hope to build higher super
structure on the solid material foun
dation. II is only after this has beeu
done that he can help In movements
for the general well being
1t Ia not good to excite that bitter
laughter which expresses contempt
and contempt Is what We feel for the
being whose enthusiasm to benefit
mankind is such that he is a burden
to those nearest him. who wishes t.
do great things for humanity In the
abstract. but who cannot keep bi.
wife In comfort or educate his chill
dren
! decline to recognize the mere mu
timflliOnaire. the man Of mere wealth
as an asset of value to any country
ana especially US not an asset to my
own country. If he has earned OF
uses his wealth In way that makes
him Of real benefit. Of real use-and
such is often the case-why. then he
does become an asset of worth Bui
1t is the way in which it has been
earned or used and not the mere fact
of wealth that entities him to the
credit.
There is need in business. as In mos
other forms OF human activity. of the
great guiding inteIligences. Theil
places cannot be supplied by any mum
Der Of lesser intelligences.
1t is a bad thing for nation to raise
and TO admire false standard of sue
cess, and there can he NJ falser stand
ard than that set by the deitication OF
material well being in and for itself.
The power Of the journalist is great
but he Is entitled neither to respect
nor admiration because OF that power
unless 1t IL used Alright. He can do
and he often does. great good. He can
do, and he often does. infinite mis-.
chief. All journalists. all writer's. for
the very reason that they appreciate
the vast possibilities Of their profes
sion. should bear testimony against
those who deeply discredit it. OF.
fenses against taste and morals. which
are bad enough in private citizen,
are infinitely worse II made into in
struments for debauching the com
munity through Il newspaper
Mendacity. SANDER. sensationalism.
inanity. vapid triviality. all are po-
tent factors for the debauchery Of the
public mind and conscience The ex-
cuse advanced for vicious writing thai
the public demands 1t and that the de
mand must he supplied. can no mor,
be admitted than II i, were advanced
by the purveyors Of food who sell poi
sonous adulteratiOns.
Virtues Of the Household.
The hOmely virtues Of the household
the ordinary workaday virtues which
make the woman good housewife
and house mother. which make the
man hard worker. good husband
and father. good soldier at need
stand at the bottom of character But
of course many others must he added