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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02

A schooiboy can hardly be persuad-
ed to believe that he is not immortal,
so far off and unreal seems the final
ity of death. But no man passes the
age of thirty without feeling within
himself strong and almost resentful
recognition of the certainty Of death.
Ii is probable that in the time OF life
which Immediately precedes middle
age the consciousness of the tneVita-
bility OF death is more powerful than
at any other. After middle age the
idea becomes tolerable, because the
mind is familiar with 1t and partially
reconciled to 1t; and, when old age
deepens about man, he busses him.
self with thoughts of death---by one
of the most kindly of natures para
ioxes--hardly more than a little child.
A very old man may be dreadfully
perturbed If his dinner is late, II an
expected letter does not arrive. or IL
trusted clock stops. but he is by no
means perturhed by the perceptible
approach of death. There is a gen.
tie and merciful siackening OF the
senses. He is little more sensible OF
the removal OF those few OF his con-
temporaries who have remained that
he is of the certainty that he must
soon join them. There is scarcely
such thing as a shock for a very old
man. for a shock postulatess the nsr-
vons power to be shocked, and he IL
almost without that. THE sting of
death" seems to US to be a phrase
with an exclusively moral import. 1t
In so used in the New Testament 20
death. where is thy sting % 1t has
none for those who believe In the con-
tinuance OF personal identity.
The circumstances OF death are fun
of awe. yet there is mo passion of the
mind OF man go weak but 1t masters
the power of death" Thus "reysnrs
triumphs over deathi love Sights It:
honor aspirelh TO II: grief fiieth to
it 1t is as natural to die as to be
born. And. when all has been said
death Is but death. To cultivate what
Matthew Arnold called an almost
bloodthirsty clinging to life" is not
only unbecoming. but ridiculous. With
the proper approach of death. his
sting, II he have one. may be drawn
Littell's Living Age
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02
Life and Service.

He has not learned the lesson of
life VINO does not every day sur
mount a fear.-Emerson.
Shun questionable company. Re
member. wealth is no surety for char
acter. Giided sin is not holiness, and
the world knows it, Keep good com
pany or none.
The soul that has felt the touch of
the living Christ in the use of the
means OF grace does not need to de-
pend upon mere argument for the
reality Of religion and the divinity of
Christ.
When Israel's singer put into a song
his prayer for the peace of Jerusa
lem" he felt what millions of souls
who love the church now feel. Bless
ings on them all Let them sing out
their songs. so that all the world may
hear.
Let the redeemed of the Lord say
So The voice of such praise and
testimony is heard as glad music in
the courts of heaven. II you have
been redeemed from sin, from daily
difficulties, say so into the listening
Ear that waits for every note Of
gratitude.
Whatever changes the years bring
TO us. We must ever keep our ewes
on the living Christ. He will always
he all We need. There win never he
an experience through which he can
not safely take US. We need not be
afraid 10 go forward, Ii we 60 with
him. r. Miller
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02

"My young friend. you are fashion
ing crutch for by-and- by" said a
college professor To one OF hts stu
dents who was forming the bad habit
of using dishonest helps in doing his
work THE time will come when you
will find you cannot walk without 1t.
The result of such methods Is to make
one incapable. In the end, of doing
an honest and thorough piece OF work
for himself or any one else
This was a stern Arrangement OF the
young man, but what the professor
said was true and Just. Every had
habit we form is crutch for the flu
ture. Ii enfeebles us by depriring us
of the power TO do right The iishon-
est Job Is n erutch---a poor makeshift
for right and fair dealing with others.
As the habit of dishonest works grows
upon US we Lose the power to walk
with vigorous uprightness In the path
way OF human service.
So il is with every bad habit: 1t
takes away our capahility for living
rightly The evil personal habit in
times makes MS incapable OF living
normally. With what wretohed
crutch the drunkard, for example. has
to hobble through iife' How he liter
ally chains himself to it, and what a
pitiful spectacle he makes Ia his alb
Ject slavery to It.
Clutches for by and -by--yes. that is
just what our bad habits are. Do we
realize how surely and UNANIMOUSLY
they make moral as we'll az physical
cripples OF us7--Zion's Herald.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02
The Box Tortoise.

= live In the pine woods. and spend
my time crawling about over the slip
perry needles. / breakfast on crickets,
dine on grasshoppers and sup on fire.
flies. How l detest the water! Strange,
isn't IL? For there IL nothing most
of my turtle relatives love better than
swim or mud bath.
! am not afraid of any living crea-
ture. except boy. You see, | have :,
fine suit of armor, and If I see fox or
hawk approaching let down my
head and tail and leg covers. Then,
with my top shell for roof and my
under shell for floor. | am shut tight
In danger proof house. But boy
he sometimes takes a box tortoise
house and roasts him right In his
shell; so YOU see there Is no esea ping
that cruelty.
Did you ever notice your mothers
beautiful shell combs and fancy hair
pins. with the dark and light shades
that you can almost see through? Do
you know that it was one of my cou.
sins. the true tortoise, who gave his
she'll to make those ornaments for
mothers hair? He makes his home
about the islands in warm southern
waters. His suit of armor Is In sep
arate plates, which overlap each 9TH
err. and is very Margaret
w. Leighton. in The Children's Hour.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02

To thee, my Master, offer my
prayer: Feed mo. water and care for
me, an. when the days work Is done,
provide me with shelter, clean dry
bed and a stall wide enough for me TO
lie down in comfort
Always be kind TO me. Talk to me-
Your voice often means as much to
me as the reins. Pet me sometimes,
that | may serve you the more gladly
and learn to love you. DO not jerk the
reins. and do not whip me when going
up hill. Never strike. beat or kick me
when | do not understand what YOU
want. but give me chance to under
stand you. Watch me, and IL | fail
to do your bidding, see II something IL
not wrong with my harness or feet.
Do not check me SO that ! cannot
have the free use of my head. II you
insist that | wear binders. so that 1
capnot see behind me as 1t was in
tended / should. l pray you be care
full that the binders stand we'll out
from my eyes.
DO not overload me, or hitch me
where water will drip on me. Keep
me well shod. Examine my teeth
when ! do not eat. ] may have an
liberated tooth. and that. you know,
is very painful. Do not tie my head
In an unnatural position, or take away
auitoes by cutting off my tail.
j cannot tell YOU when / am thirsty.
so give me clean. cool water often.
Save me. by all means in your power.
from that fatal disease-the CHAMBERS,
| cannot tell YOU in words when ] am
sick. SO watch me. that by signs
you may know my condition. Give
me all possible shelter from the hot
sun. and put blanket on me. not
when I am working but when l am
standing In the cold. Never put a
frosty bit in my mouth; first warm 1t
by holding Ii moment in your hands.
] try 10 carry you and your burdens
without murmur. and walt patiently
for you long hours of the day or
night. without the power TO choose
nay shoes or path. l sometimes fall on
the hard pavements which I have
often prayed might not be OF wood.
but Of such n nature as TO give me
safe and sure footing. Remember that
must be ready at any moment to
lose my life IN your service.
And finally o my Master. when my
useful strength Is gone. do not turn
me out TO starve or freeze. or sell
me 10 some cruel owner. TO be slowly
tortured and starved to death. but
do thou. my Master. take my life in
the kindest way. and your God will
reward you here and hereafter. You
viii not consider me irreverent II I
ask this in the name of Him who was
born in a stable. Amen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02
Little Side Street

Why are some streets so different?
The kittens all are long and thin.
/ think they have more flowers there.
But broken things TO grow them in.
Why do they like the house so high.
And such a little of the ground p
And do you think they ever see
The moon before it's old and round
Why won't ! like to play tLere too p
With all the funny things to eat
And all the little carts with bells,
And children dancing in the street
And II / can't. then why DO they
Stay out the whole evening"
Why do they always seem to have
Just not enough OF everything?
Why won't you come? Why can't 1
go?
1t isn't fair What makes 1t so,
If they don't like it? Don't you
know
Why do You always never know?
--Harpers Weekly.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02
I6,IINnnn Land.

Close your eyes. little boy,
And take hold of my hand,
Then you may go with me
To Lollypop Land,
Where peppermint canes
Are the trunks OF the trees.
And chocolate cigars
Are the branches. with leaves
OF golden brown taffy.
There's every known brand
For children to choose from
In Lollypop Land.
The houses are fashioned
OF caramel bricks.
With rafters and beams
Made of cinnamon sticks.
There's an ocean with waves
OF vanilla ice cream,
And big soda fountains
That give out a stream.
With glasses and spoons
You may feast on the sand
That's formed Of white sugar
In Lollypop Land.
Every flower that grows
Is bright candy drop,
with marshnallow lilies
And almonds a crop
OF iawbreakeys striped
To roll on the grass,
That's made of spun sugar
And sparkles like glass
And everything sweet
VIII be yours to command,
SO jump in the dream-boat
For Loilypop Land.
Irene Elliott Benson.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02
The Peace of Gaiilee.

Next day we rode down to the sea
of Galilee. Nothing else in Palestine
touched me so much, nothing else
seemed to me so intimately to retain
the fragrance OF the most beautiful
spirit our world has known, as Galiiee
and it's shore.
AS rode slewiy down to II over the
hills covered with Wild flowers and
plants and grasses that lifted them
selves almost to the knees of the
horses, / felt at last This is indeed
the Holy Land"--the land dreamed of
by the Russian pilgrim in the icy
North. and the little Breton boy on
the sun -scorched African upland; the
land toward which hearts turn from
the uttermost parts of the earth. the
unique land of promise and of fulfill
ment The gesture OF the Breton
boy came back to my mind as he said,
II shall see the Holy Land" Surely
in mystic dream he had looked on
Galilee. On those quiet waters. far
below me, as still as glass. green,
hedged about by thickets Of Wild
oleander and by myrlads of unknown
flowers. the miraculous feet had walk
ed II was, as if the touch Of those
feet had given TO them peace forever
that marvellous peace at which l
now was gazing.
The calm of Gslilee on 4 perfect
morning of spring is like no other
calm haze ever known 1t is
gentter, sweeter shan the wonderful
calm of tn. desert There you seem
TO be coming into the vary presence
of God the Father. As you draw near
to Cables. it is as il. with the hand
fuI of humble fishermen. you drew
near to God the Son. Galilee takes
your hand as friend, and draws you
10 il. 1t seems to breathe upon you
and give you peace.--R Robert Hickens,
in The Century.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02
Impressions Of Ober-Ammergua
THE CHRISTUS AT HOME
BY the Rev. George Cooper. D. D.

she replies. Son, thjnkest thou, dy-
Ing, OF thy mother" sees the heavy
blows of the clubs on his body and
the spear open the breast. Tears
blinded our eyes. and our very breath
ing was punctuated by sobs.
Do / advise any one to see II? Yes
and No. II you go in the spirit of
devotion, unprejudiced. willing to see
the Interpretation of the Gospel mar
rative by simple country people who
are still poor peasants and wood
carvers. and who, as Mr. Lang and
his wife did to me. resent the sug-
gestion of gain afforded by the null
titudes, II will help you into a clearer
conception of Christ the Redeemer.
When 1T closed In the HalleiuJah eho-
rus, The hero hath conquered the
might OF tile Zoe" my heart prayed
that the seeing of 1t by some might
be the opening of their hearts to the
love Of God In His thorn-crowned
Son, and to their redemption by hif
sacrifice.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02

Twenty-four representatives OF the
protestant Episcopal church-twelve
ministers and twelve laymen--haye
established the Christian Jrnity
Foundation" whose professed purpose
In to bring about a union OF ali the
branches Of the Christian church.
Protestant and Roman and creek
Catholic. Bishop David H. Greer q
New York. one of the members Of the
foundation. recognizes that ..many
years. perhaps several centuries. Of
work will be required I'd effect the
task" The foundation viii gather in
formation concerning the faith and
works of various bodies. and win aug
gest practical methods Of corporation
by the various bodies
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02
The NfinIstry of Af,r.h

Half the world take their life too
seriously, and half not seriousiy
enough. To which half do you be-
long? Or are you of the, number of
those who try to nj the mood to the
need, yet often wonder at the close
OF day whether they nave kept the
balance true?
Taking the world seriously is. OF
course. the duty Of every Christian
Thou hast not made the world in
Jest" cries Mohanmed. Until we
are convinced that man ID sent into
the life we know with 1 sober pur-
pose, religicn can be nothing more
than a system OF soul insurance, d
police force for the unruly or an
amusement Mr. the poetic soul. The
idea OF an airniess world In an nm
peachment OF God On charges of
frivolty. A. cAreleae- minded nam
raakes hi rod a. m 8WK imaSs.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02
where Ca,s arc welcome.

The city OF Yokohama. Japan. was
much alarmed a short time ago over
It's small and decreasing cat popula-
ton. A census of the cats was care
fully taken by the Japanese officials.
and II was found that there were but
1000 able bodied feiines within the
city's limits. This number was thought
to be far too small for the health ana
serenity Of the great metropolis, and
steps were at once taken to tncrease
the number of cats 10y saving the kit
tens.
To encourage cat raising bounty
every kitten grown to maturity. The
number OF cats nearly doubled in I
year. a. the last county showed about
$4,000. It 10 supposed that many wefe
izanorted Greu. distant ,ps=.s ~ ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02
Fretting.


There is one sin which Is every
where underestimate and quite too
often much overlooked in valuation of
character. 1t is the sin OF fretting. = 1t
is as common as air. as speech; SO
common that unless IL rises above its
usual monotone, we do not even OBJ
serve 1t. Watch any ordinary coming
together of people, and see how many
minutes 1t will be before somebody
frets. that is, makes more or less
complaining statements of something
or other which most proba bly,, every
one in the room, or in the car, or on
the street corner. IT may b, knew
before. and which probably nobody
can help. why say anything about II .?
1t is cold, 1t Is bot. 1t Is dry; some
body has broken an appointment, ILL
cooled a meal stupidity or bad faith
has resulted In discomfort. There are
plenty of things TO fret about. 1t is
simply astonishing how much annoy
ance may be found in the course of
every days living, even at the sim
plest, il one only keeps n sharp eye
out on that side of things. Even Holy
Writ says we are prone to trouble
las sparks fly upward" Bus ever to
the sparks that fly upward. III the
blacklist smoke. there is a blue SLY
above, and the less time they waste
on the road, the sooner they viii
reach IT, Fretting Is ali time vast
cd OH the road" Herald Of Peace. ="
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02
f;tfts 10 the BlbIe sfrletx

The million dollars which the Amer
lean Bible Society has secured by the
cooperation Of It's friends with Mrs.
Russell Sage. who gave one-half the
money. was subscribed by 1885 In
dividual contributors, CLASSIFIED as fol-
lows: 4.125 persons have subscribed
IL; 1898, -: 2.o71. from 81 to SIS:
100; a.. from 500 to $50, 81 from ron;
1850 to $500: q. from $500 to 1850:
81. $1,000: :. $2.0ooi ., 5000: ..
100000. and .. $4,000. In addition
to this, s.iS2 churches and 164 aux
Hilary Bible societies made offerings,
which. Of course. included thousands
ana perhaps ten 1T thousands OF small
Individual donations.C Christian Ad-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02
4 Human Problem Of Poverty.

Miss Jane Adams entitled the July
instailment OF her "Autobiographical
Notes at Hull Houee." which Is ap-
pearing in the American Magazine.
Problems OF Poverty" In the course
of her description OF some of these.
Miss Adams relates the following
tragic story.
II was detained late enc evening in
an ONCE building by prolonged COM
mittee meeting OF the board OF edu-
cation. AS / came out at IL O'Clock
] met in the corridor OF the four
teenth floor a woman whom / knew
on her knees scrubbing the marble
tiling AS she Strengthened UP to
greet me, she seemed so wet from
her feet TO her chin that l hastily
inquired the cause. Her reply was
that she left her home at s o'clock
every night and had no opportunity
for six hours to nurse her baby. Her
mothers milk mingled with the very
water with which she scrubbed the
floors until she could return at mid
night. heated and exhausted. TO feed
her screaming child with what re-
manned within her breasts"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02
Prohibition In China.

The most successful prohibition
campaign on record 10 that Of the
government of China against the rais-
Ing and the use OF opium. In the
province of Sxchuan. which produced
half the opium of China. practicaily
none 10 now raised. and the land Il
given to useful products. Raising
opium has also nearly ceased In Shan.
81 and Yunnan, the next largest pro.I
ducers In opium. All this ias been
achieved in three years. And it siaows
that the way to stop the se,s and usa
Of Intoxicating liquors Is I prohibit.
their manufacture
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02
A Nfinister Policeman.

Probably the only minister police
man In the United States is Rev. Ar
thur e. Whatham. rector OF Trinity
Episcopal church In Louisville. KY.
who took his oath OF ONCE last week
and was presented with his badge of
authority on which was inscribed
Private Policeman Trinity Park"
Mr.. Whatham says that he has be-
come policeman In addition to mis-
other duties for the good OF the boys
who play In Trinity Park. with my
authority ~ . policeman. / think that
i will be able 70 handle any black
.sheen that shauiA Attempt ~ LEAD nay
ncck &strs5.' 4. ~ sid
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02

When roses romp with wind and
weather,
And toss their fragrant heads together.
The humming bird declines to finger,
The bee wifhdraws her greedy finger.
The clutching rose-bug fees to cover.
And soon the ground lies thickIy over.
With fallen sports zimmerman red:
Metropolis, my rosary bed
The rose-tree droeps I'm isolation.
10th TO impart her sweet oblatior.
--Rena Hurd Inghau.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02
President 1aft's Story.

lone time" said President Taft to
some newspaper men not long ago,
three ministers wanted to cross the
Mississippi river to attend revival
at a place which boosted of no regu-
lar ferry. Brother Styles and Brother
Beamish were fine specimens of hu-
manity--at least two hundred pounds
apiece--but their companion was a
mite OF man. weighing scarcely one
hundred and twenty-five. They got a
boatman to take them over. but In
mfdstream a severe thunder shower
came up and the. waves threatened
to capsizs the boat.
Brother Styles said Brother
Beamish. I think we had better join
in prayer
do you. though shouted the
boatman. Wall. ] say you don't.
You two big ones come here an lend
hand at the oars--an' let the skinny
fellow pray"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02

Tennessee Paper on Late Election.
Never again will a man begin his
canvass of Tennessee for any Office,
and certainly not for that OF COVER
ror, by insulting in the grossest man
ner the preachers of the State. who
stand for law and order. for right and
righteousness against corruption and
wickedness In high places.
We felt ashamed of Davidson coun-
ty. Let 1t be known, though. that the
result here was obtained by the votes
of the ignorant and vicious negroes,
who were marched to the polls like a
drove of hogs. all wearing the badge,
Straight Democracy" 1t was enough
TO disgust every decent white man
and decent negro as well. But for
the votes of those ignorant and vi
cious negroes. both the free and un-
trammsled judiciary ticket and the
law engagement ticket OF this coun-
ty would have won by good MAORI
ties.-Baptist e. Reflector.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02
Words Of Warning to YOUNG Man.

Young man, II 10 not the ugly devil
stalking about with horns on his head
showing his cloven foot, his long,
forked tail and blowing Gre and brim-
stone from his mouth and nose that
you need fear: but Il II the devil In
the form of nicely dressed. oily tongued
young gentleman who offers You ci-
gar, invites you 10 take a walk with
him after night that he may show
you the city," politely proposes to treat
you to glass OF beer. offers TO ac-
company you into a gambling den or
brethels that you may See the sights"
etc.--that IL the devil you need fear az
you fear the mouth Of hell. He has
overcome and lured to their ruin hum
dreds and thousands Of young men who
were once just as innocent and Just
as intent on living honest, upright
lives az you are. II he had come to
them as roaring lion," they would
have taken alarm and Stunned him.
To- day II liz the devil In the garb OF
a gentleman. q friend. an angel of
light. that you need fear and ever keep
a sharp lookout for.---Religious Tele.
scope.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02
The Peace of Galilee

On this side our Puritan forefathers
were wholly right. Frivolous minded
mes makes men impervious to the mes
sage OF Christ. There must often
come something in the nature of a
shock--sorrow or deprivation. or the
thunder of the law--to wake men up
to the serious purpose for which they
were created
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02

One of the longest Of Londons pas
torates has come to an end. For If
ty-five years Rev. 8. A. Triple has
preached in hts little ivy-ciad chapel
at Norwood. John Ruskin was one
Of his most frequent hearers when
he resided at Norwood. and almost
any Sunday morning ne might be seen
toiling up the hill to the chapel. and
he spoke Of Mr.. Triple as ''one OF the
greatest masters of pulpit prose In
our time During his sermon on
Sunday Mr.. Triple made no reference
to his retirement. except TO say that
he and Mrs Triple would sit in the
vestry on Tuesday evening for a
leave-taking interview" with the mem
bers of the church and congregation
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02
- N N Conducted div
~ age DeVOIeQ 10 I\eHglOuS VldIl61S RevR.

sake of the premium offered for them.
At any rate the city breathes easier
and considers the money well spent.
for the cats are OF greet assistance to
the health department in preventing
rats from spreading the germs of
many diseases. Dumb Animals.