The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-02
Sel6shness andUnsel6shness


gliding blithcly and carefree down
mountainside In it's course to the ocean
On the way IT passed n stagnant
pool, which asked whittier 1t was go
ing. The stream answered that II
went to contribute it's cup of water 20
the vast ocean.
Follow My Example.
Wait" said the pool. why give up
all your substance to the ocean, which
has no need of it? Follow my example
ana hold on tight to what you have.
Soon the hot season viii be around
and the glowing sun Will shrivel you
up"
but the streams unselfshness for
bade such n course, and 1t flowed mer,
itself together more closely and set
tied down TO its position of selfish ease
and comfort.
The Time of Test.
Presently the hot season came. and
the sun scorched everything beneath
Its blazing heat. But the little stream
flowed securely beneath an archway
branches of which sheltered IT from
dangers and distractions.
And the sun pceped through tho
AZ could not harm such an unonendinE
Ching. And the BIRDS came to sip of
gtts refreshing waters. while the sweet
Showers bloomed along It's side. The
farmer in the field looked kindly upon
IT. the COWS stood ankle deep and
;quenohed their thirs, from It's wave
happily, blessing everything and be-
Ing blessed.
Dissemination of EVIL.
But not so with the pool The sun
Elared down on IT. drying II UP and
making il repugnant and uuwhole
some. And the breezes. kissing it b,
mistake. carried Its unwholcsomeness
away in the form OF malaria
Everything Summed the pool which
because of its selhshness and inertia
became a murky puddle. reekin9 With
the germs of OWL
Bnck TO It's Mountain Home.
But the stream emptied its water
into. the ocean. from which It was
borne, aloft into the clouds and car
ried hpck to the mountain SUNNI,
whencs IT came, there 10 begin again
It's joyous course.
Given over 10 ScIrshncss.
Romola. In George .Eiiots book Of
that name. gave TO Titos son. after
calamity had overtaken the boys faith
er, the history OF that father ns u
man given over to mis- own selfish
ness.
She said: There was man to whom
great deal OF his life. who made
almost every one fond OF him. for no
Was young and clever and beautiful.
and his manners to all were gentle and
81 believe when 1 first met him. he
never thought OF anything cruel or
base But because he tried to slip
away from everything that was un.
pleasant, and cared for nothing else so
much as his own safety, he came al
last 10 commit some OF the bases,
decds--such as make men infamous
He denied his father and left him 10
misery; he betrayed every trust that
was reposed in him, that he might kee D
himself safe and get rich and pros
porous"
Futile Anger.
The camel has one very bad fault
lie likes 70 pay hack. and IL his driver
has injured him In any way he will
not rest until he has gotten even,
The arabs. people who wander about
great deal. know about this fault OF
the animal and have queer way OF
Keeping themselves from getting hurt.
When a driver has made his camel
angry. he nest runs away out of sight
Thnn choosing place where the camel
OF his clothes and likes them so that
the heap Will look like e sleeping
Pretty soon. along comes the camel
end sees the heap. Thinking, Now
dl os got ss siWR; he noune cess, on the
OF this and has turned away. the ;riv-
er can appear and ride him off with
out harm.
The Ringing of the BELLS.
H. r. Haweis. in an interesting ar.
ticle on Bells" cuiled from the Eng
iiSh Illustrated Magazine, says that
bell, school. factory and jail 6eiis.
small cupola spring bells. safety cleo
tric bells baby's coral and bells. bell
tinct fools cap and bells. and fouls
wand. with It's crown of jinglinE
baubles' we seem never TO hear the
Bells are the landmarks OF history
as well as the daily ministers to secu.
lar and religious life. The bells tongue
It tolls for the kings death. lie roll
est est mort IT rings in his successor
he haI1
NIL led wife after wife to the altar
The loyal bells rang out for the birth
Of fd,,c Charles ila,n T. and the disloyal ones
The bells of Chester rang a deep peal
for Trafalgar that alternated with the
toll for Or the death Of Nelson. st. Paui's
neral passed up Ludgate Hill. Tho
long. green bell which announced to
4 the Pisans that the wretched Ugoline
starved to death in the bottom dun
= geon. had at length ceased to breathe
= still hangs in the famous leaning tow
~ er OF Pisa.
At the ringing the sicilian vespcrs
~ In Easter. OF 1882. 5000 French were
: massacred In cold blood by John Of
&8Procida. The midnight bells of Paris
gave the signal for the massacre of ST.
Sartholomey's Day, August "a. 14T1,
hen 10000 Protestants arc said to
~ The great towers of christendom
ave all their eloquent bell tongues
"a as we pass In Imagination from
m 10 she G Iefr,,n we p9t only Gateh
8 IT floats up from the fleeting genera
8335f ms or men. but we may literally
pm those lofty sumnilts contemplnt e
IZ,6E22 the Kingdoms of the world and tho
~ ry of them.
Idish Judges.
tS4{M mother thinks that children are
llible Judges. She says that as
as her children were very small
lived at peace with her faults and
habits. Perhaps they were an
nS to others buth they caused the
Ter no uneasiness.
since her children have grown
XXI she is ashamed to meet their
8&& for she knows they judge her. OBJ
her attitude, her manner of act
~ fE83 md measure her words
58 mother is conscious that Moth