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this. They showed beyond the artihciali- ties of wealth and elegance and luxury, the pristine deathlessness of man. Dying, behold they live larger life than the seven hundred who escaped h
 The only boundless things are the things of the spirit Apparent boundlessness in the material world, apparently ilimitable and unconquerable forces in nature, vast stolid massive, malignant, incessant, sub te whatever they may be- are but the mountains and the seas over which the wind passes, the breath of the Almighty in man. Already man, the physician. the chemist, the thinker, has scared beyond them, has sunk his shafts through them has wrung their secrets from them, and gone on to subdue their kin among the dragons.
 Nothing interests modern man so much as the conquest of man by mans new intelligence There was a day, a long and stormy day when national boundaries and race differences were final and well nigh absolute. 1 know how angry the French used to vituperate the English. Only half a century ago this land was so rent with conflicting passions that chill dren were inbued with horror towards the children of other sections and hated
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the democratic candidate from New York His ability was so distinguished during his campaign that he was honored with the governorship of the state at the close of the same year.
 During his period of retirement Mr. Fitzpatrick had remained in vital touch with the existing issues of the time, and his powers were solidified in his rural re- treat. so that on his return to public life he was far more amply equipped This was at once manifest in his first message to the legislature, which message by the breadth of it's statesmanship stamped him one of the foremost publicists of the state, and he easily succeeded himself in the governors chair without opposition. So exceptional had been his dual administra- tion that a joint resolution of the general assembly approved his course as governor throughout as well as himself personally He retired from the office of governor crowned with the laudations of his coun- trymen. ,a
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Duty to the American Peepul. He seys that it Pains him, but neglects to say where-probabully in the Car bureter.
 If we air to beleeve Mistur Taft and Mistur Roosefelt both, and for once we do beleeve them both, it would ap- pear that the two feeding Republican Cannydates air neether suitabul tim- Der for the Presidinsy. They air both in fair way to disgust the Publiek, and the Rank and File of the Crate Republicon Party. And outside of the Office holders, who air all Rank, the most of the Republican Party is File, and if they get 6isgusted, it will be all off with them both, and they will nominate sum one who's record is not so. well known Enny how its Fine Bizness for the Demmoerats, and they ought to be abul to put out sum one who can lick eeither Taft or Roosefelt with ease, plastered evver as they air with all the mud and Dirt of there respective administrations. Harmun, or Clark, or Underwood can do it, Enny body can do it. Yours trooly,
 BILL VINES.
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staggers you. Passing bells ring the world over, and mourners go about tho street, but you do not mourn-till nowl You can never be happy again" Life must be nothing.
 Nevertheless
 Even while your pain cries out the inner forces are being marshaled for a defense against despair.
 There is slow but sure readjustment that permits you to go on. though it may be sorrowfully atfirst and fearfuly.
 As you grow accustomed to the load it grows lighter.
 You keenly realize, of course, that you never can be quite the same as before. You have been chastened into something different. The scar will always remind you. But
 You are still you
 Through it all you have preserved the identity of your being. You have passed under the rod and have undergone ex- undergo But
 By and by you begin to realize that even pain and sorrow and losses and wounds have their compensation: that you cannot be exempt from the common lot; that you must fight the battle of life as a good soldier; that you have been preserved for a good purpose.
 Gradually life again becomes worth the living
 As the eye, passing from the bright sunlight into sudden darkness gradu- ally adapts itself. so does the soul of man adapt itself to the new environ- ment.
 Blessed is the power that inheres in us 10 make readjustment.
 Without it we should always be chil- dren crying in the night
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Repairing to his plantation, he was summoned by Governor Chapman to the assumption of the United States senator ship to fill the unexpired term of Dixon H. Lewis. He was appointed again to fill the unexpired term of the Hon. Will liam R. King, and in 1855 was elected by the Alabama legislature to the federal senate for period of six years. It was during this period of his career that the highest honor of the senate was conferred on Mr Fitzpatrick as he was chosen by that body as president pro tempore.
 In 1860. the second place on the na- tional ticket with Stephen A. Douglas, was rendered Senator Fitzpatrick. but this he declined because of his disagree ment with Mir. Douglas on his "squatter sovereignty" doctrine, This indicates that Senator Fitzpatrick was not secession ist, for he shared in the views of pther eminent southern leaders that secession was not the remedy to cure the griev- ances of which he insisted the south
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them as the children of friends. None were more furious than the non-com- batants. A little later France and Ger many drew an imaginary line across which the fires of enmity glowed and bazed fed by perpetual resentments and injuries. Less than 20 years ago Ireland was sullen with smouldering rebellion and England more than half believed that the sister isle was a home of destl- tuition and disoyalty and doubt I have heard a sea captain speak of running down a Chinese junk and leaving the men to drown, with sort of grim satis- faction. as one dealing with final prob- lems in the only way.
 But these are race boundaries, and they are being left behind. It is impos- sible again for any race to convince itself that another is composed of devils. The gridging of distance, the community of commerce the abundance of travel, the spread of learning, have been wings for the Argonauts of today, and every boy and girl is now an Argonaut.
 Frank admiration wells up as I con template Asquith, the thinker, Churchill, the adventurous soldier, George, the sain. and the philanthropist, with their allies offering the blessings of a common liberty to nationalist and tory in Ireland.
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A chorus of praise comes from every on of those young nations which form the empire, and the old flag with It's intri- cate crosses ripples in this breath of newborn unity Clear, cold, scientific, accurate thinking has taken the place of blind and angry prejudice. French and German worlImen recognize a brother hood that no military uniform can hide. The Boer general of a recent war is the trusted counsellor of the nation he re- sisted. The conservation of man has be- come the keynote of intelligent politics and diplomacy China joins the pro- gressive peoples. The policy of Japan grows sensitive to the criticism of the church.
 And beyond these boundaries now passed, or being passed, the old suspicious of creed and party are softened. A Berg son or a Haeckel no longer can compel angry denunciatlons to blister the lips of believers. The world Is passing or has passed from the fury of hearsay and sgls- picion to the calm of dispassonate Aa- quiry. On this upper side there Are io impossible bounds. For here knowledge dwells with love in the light IL is to the ignorance, to incurable prejudice, to in- domtable greed and self seeking that even science offers barrier of blackness.
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If you will ponder them in your in- most soul they may give you new point of view
 To understand that everybody's lone some ought to foster charity, teach you appreciation of the need of others, en- able you to get closer to the lonesome hearts of humans and-thats the se- cret-put within you the potency of power.
 "There is no good reason,r says a recent writer, why man should not live to be 15o years old"
 Beg pardon, There are many reasons
 Much is being said nowadays about longevity and the art of living, and many exaggerated statements are made. Of that sort is the statement quoted.
 There are reasons why one. even though he should be able to keep soul and body together for 15O years, should not desire to do so. The reasons are inside the man-in the web and wool of his spirit
 Seldom does the man who reaches the age of 90 years have any great desire to live longer He would be appalled, at future stretching out Go years beyond. He would be unable in spirit to accomplish such thing.
 Why?
 He is built that way. In spite of the primal desire to live he would grow tired of mortal life Having suffered "the stings and arrows of outrageous fortune,' he is weary-in the very knot >ad center of his being-weary as little child at eventide-
 The aged man must necessarily be lonely man. Outliving his generation, he is out of touch with the world. His dear ones have gone before-playmates of his youth friends of early manhood. com panions of middle lfe-all gone.
 In the very nature of things he can not make new friends like the old ones. Youth must consort with youth.
 Lacking the stimulus of normal associ- ations and friendships, his spirit droops within him. It must be so.
 Moreover the aged man must neces- carily have lost the fine flush of ev- thusiasm and the fine edge of endeavor
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was his integrity. He would never yield to compromise of principle holding that principle Is indivsihle. If sternness was required to demonstrate this then he could be stern. To him justice was 6 supreme principle. He would never waver the width of hair even for the most cherished friend or kinsman. He was most exacting of the performance of public duty by public servants. and in order that he might rigidly comply with the conditions and terms of his oath of office, he familiarized himself with every detail of the duty of his subordinates. He made no pledge which he did not fulfill and committed himself to no cause which he did not execute to the letter. To him public office was a public trust, and to this he rigidly conformed. The aggre- gation of the qualities which entered into the character of Mir. Fitzpatrick made him an ideal public servant whose course in life is we'll worthy of emula- tion.
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justly complained But like those with whom he shared in sentiment respect ing secession. this did not deter him from sympathy with the cause of the south
 In every way he contributed to the cause of the south when once the clash came
 Yielding his convictions he continued a southern patriot, and when the others of the south withdrew from Congress, he sundered his. relation from tlse fed eral government as a senator and ar dently espoused the cause of his section.
 The last public function of Senator Fitzpatrick was that of the presidency of the constitutional convention of Ala bama in 1865. While always preserving cheerful demeanor there is little doubt that the results of the war. in the com plete wreckage of the industrial system of the south greatly preyed on his spirit. He died when he was about 70 years old
 Few public men in Alabama have left a purer record than Governor F'itz-
 patrick. His dominant characteristic
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of Alabama and later collector of the port of Mobile, while another was a fed eral judge in Kansas. By his marriage MT. Fitzpatrick became a brother-in-law to the Hon. Dixon H. Lewis.
 Driven by broken health from the seclu- sion of his law office, in 1927, he repaired to his plantation near Montgomery, where he maintained a princey country home In which was dispensed the hospitality for which the old time southerner was proverbial. At no period In the history of any land was hospitality more sumptuous than in the princely homes of the south during the regime of slavery, and the home of the Fitzpatricks was a typical one of the hospitality of those days now gone. For full 12 years he lived contented and happy on his fertile plantation un- solicitous of public office, but in 1S4o he was summoned from his retreat by the state democratic convention to serve as a Van Buren elector, and succeeded in swinging the state into the column of
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person. She wore a dissatisfied look. She enSied the girls who had beauty and friends. She was soured. morose, dis contented.
 Ali older woman of much experience felt woman a great secret This secret con- tained only two words, but it was fraught with significance. These were the words
 'Everybody's lonesome.
 The girl took the saying to her heart. She said the words over and over in her mind. She pondeged them until she began to understand how selfish and un- lovely she was. She began to use the se- cres, and it became a potent charm that transformed her life.
 The secret of it?
 Simply this: When you come to realize that everybody, regardless of condition, is just like you; that everybody craves companionship. sympathy, encourage ment-why, you ought no longer to envy any one or hate any one or withhold your help and sympathy from any.
 Do you see?
 This is the way the charm works when put into service: When you give out smilec and sympathy and charity you forget your loneliness; when you lose your sefishness in charity you lose your envyings; when you make yourself friendly you make yourself popular; when you make others happy you make your self happy.
 Everybody's lonesome
 The girl found it to be so. When she understood she was no longer hateful or morbid. Her dissatisfaction left her She became generous, cheerful and pop ular She was sought out for her charm of mind and heart and because of her sympathetic understanding of others
 Evcrybody's lonesome.
 Everybody's built that way
 Do you realize how true 1t is, my friend? Your father. mother, sister, brother, friend, the one who works beside you in shop or store or office or field your next door neighbor, the man or woman in the street, the stranger everybody eyerybody.s lonesome.
 Say the words over. M
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pared himself for that profession under the tutelage of the Hon. N. E. Benson. Admitted to the practice of the law when he was barely T, he rapidly won pop ularity as a lawyer by his devotion to the interests of his clients. After prac- tieing for period in Elmore county, he removed to Montgomery, where he en- tered into co-partnership with Henry Goldthwaite.
 The legal development of MT. Fitzpat- rick was rapid, and. he was elected to the solicitorship of the Montgomery cir cult, and after serving one term was again elected to the same position. By his mar riage to a daughter of Gen. John Elmore his political fortunes were greatly en- hanced. The Elmores were one of the most distinguished families of the state, a son of the general being a national senator from South Carolina, another distinguished lawyer in Montgomery. still another was the attorney general of Louis- jana. yet another was secretary of state
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A Considerate Judge

From the Louisville Herald.
 Judges were very considerate in the old days. Lord Brampton. in his reminis- cences, relates a story illustrating this.
 Baron Martin, famous English jurIst of the old school, whose native leniency and sense of fun often placed him at the mercy of the very men he was trying, was once about to sentence an oldN offender charged with a petty theft
 Look" said the Baron. with an as- sumption of severity. T hardly know what to do; but you can take six montns..'
 ''I cant take that. my lord it's too much,' said the prisoner. respectfully, but firmly. "I can't take 1t. Your lord ship sees I didn't steal very much. after all"
 The Baron indulged in one of his low, chuckling laughs before replying.
 Well that's very true; ye didn't steal much.' he said Well. then. ye can talk four months. Will that do-four months? ?'
 Nay, my lord but cant take that, neither was the reply
 Then talk three" That's nearer the mark, my lordn the prisoner said, approvingly But I'd rather you made it two, if you will be so kind"
 Vera well, then talk two" said the judge, with the air of one who Is pleased to have done the right thing at last. And mind. don't come again If you do Iu give ye-well, 1t all depends"
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|sAE hath Set bounds to their hab- itations, that they should not \ A pass over" The poet whose lords seem there to be quoted was a philosopher indeed. Apparently he was linking of race boundaries. or, perhaps. geographical barriers, or even of those |meless bounds of our physical life be- |bnd which man can barely pass in inn Eination. the barriers of death, of space, infinite distance. of primeval world Prces, against which the race has fretted |ld chafed and rebelled since the world las. sl
 We, who are of the ends of the ages fok back to the old oracle, and know bat many barriers that seemed once im-
 2ssable are actually passed. But when our pride we boast and laugh and think be highly of odfselves. promptly some hst wave of Destiny slips out Its huge bngue and lcks, the whole labor flat.''
 here is a becoming confidence and & ecoming fear begotten of the fierce ef- ort of mankind to leap it's bounds. Fall lg. failing. bruised, again it has arisen nl retrived it's assurance. Varglorious
 nd super-confident, again it has been
 ung dying in the welter of it's shattered reams and of the roaring voices of
 laos.
 Much has been written of late concern
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1 Old John D. Rockefeller shows his book where he put down his first earnings. Always there was the margin of good savings
 E. II. Hartman son of poor preacher always spent less than he earned
 James A. Garfield taught school at SIP per week and saved the money to take him through college. l In his early days James J. Hill always kept a little ready money in bank to make first payment on something he could buy at bargain.
 "Oh, you say, I'm tired of reading such examples. There have changed"
 The times have changed. but the method of getting on in the world has not changed. While stinginess and parsimony may lead to graft, yet
 Stinginess is one thing; prdudence is another. Even virtue may be extended to the extreme and become vice,
 Save some money. The habit will make man of you. self-reliance. seIf-con- trol--these spell manhood Save some money Get the habit. You will need the habit-and the money A great misfortune comes to you.
 Like most misfortunes, 1t comes un- expectedly
 The unexpected happens to us all. Be- cause unforeseen the jolt is severe. Sur prise mingles with sufferngs, of course But to you? That's different Why this is monstrous. You say you cannot endure the afflicton.
 And yet
 In the very hour your soul rises to the emergency and you begin to adjust yourself to the new situation
 Every effort is made to fit your fu- ture to the changed conditions Little by little you adapt yourself. Little by little you are reconciled. The burden Is yet on, but you have. adjusted the harness so you can bear it. It gals you some. but not as at first.
 Merciful faculty,
 great sorrow, a heartbreaking be- reavement comes, and the violent blow
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IL it possible for us to answer with any degree of certainty the question of the location of Eden and the garden in Eden? The starting point is in the clear and convincing description in the verses referred to above. Eastward in Eden must mean eastward of the place of the writer. Where was the writer at that time? Most probably in Palestine. The cradle of the race did lie eastward to the land of Israel
 The highlands of Armenia. west of Mt Ararat, about 5G00 feet above sea level. corresponds in very remarkable degree to the description of Eden as given in the book of Genesis Armenia is the orig inai seat of one of the oldest civilized peoples in the world. In ancient times they were governed by independent kings, but afterwards became tributary to the Assyrians and Medes. Armenia is high tableland on the southern slope of the
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which go with youth and early manhood. His spirit is dulled
 The aged man is disillusioned. Once he could build his beautiful castles in Spain. They have toppled at his feet. Once the mirages of life allured him on He has seen them rise, dissolve into nothlngness.
 Tired lonely, disilusioned-that is why men die when they die of old age" Like certain trees they begin their decay at the top.
 It is well that mortals should live as long as they can live-usefully and hap plly But
 Better, infinitely better, than mere stretch of years. is the life that worthily spends its scriptural span and then, when the shadows lengthen. lies down to pleas ant dreams.
 Coined money Is flat in shape there fore let it roll" says the spendthrift.
 "Coined money is fiat in shape; there fore pile it up," says the miser
 Which is it? Both!
 Money was made to be spent-wlsely It was made to be saved-wisely. There is v SNSPPiiAS 1ih'P bttNttu lAt miser and the spendthrift.
 Do you blow your money? Is your roll no bigger than weeks wages? And you despise "tightwad?"
 Well there is reasonable compromise between stinginess and prodigality It is the way of frugality. Economy is a real virtue. Thrift is a real blessing.
 Suppose you should try to save 25 per cent of your earnings? It will not easily be done. On every side there will be tugs at your purse strings. But if you are strong enough to make money you can be strong enough to save it.
 Saving is wise policy because 1t pro- duees ready cash. And ready money talks, It spells opportunity.
 The time may come when little ready cash will set you up in business. The margin between success and failure often is the margin of ready capital
 John Wanamakers first wages amount ed to the sum of sl20 per week. He saved part of it.
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long before 1t flows into the Euphrates. About midway between the sources of these two rivers rises the Araxes. which flows northeast for 1000 miles and empties into the Caspian sea. At no great dis tance from the Euphrates Is the Halys, or Phasls. which runs a winding course in northwesterly direction for 7o0 miles and pours its waters into the Black gel. Cnquestionably two of these rivers are among those named in Genesis and the Pfasis or Halys is thought to be the Pi- sor of Genesis and the Araxes. the Gihon study of comparative philology will help at this. point as 1t shows that both Gihon and Araxes mean practically the same thing and both describe the dart like swiftness of the river.
 It seems 10 be almost certain that in Ar menia, occupying the highest portions to- ward the east. was the Eden of the book of Genesis. -4aaa
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HHE study of the location of the Gar
 den of Eden has been quite an
 4 interesting one to students of the Bible, though rather fllusive. There are few questions so difficult of a satisfac- toy solution. Many views have been held concerning It.
 It is not an alegory, as some have taught, any more than the creation and fall of man Is an alegory. The location seemed to be clear to the mind of the author of the account we have of it in the second chapter of Genesis. begin ming with the eighth verse and going through to the close of the seventeenth. It is clear that the garden was cap able of being visited by him and his contemporaries.
 Luther believed that So great were the corvulsions of nature incident to the flood that all traces were well nigh ob-