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able, because it is so inevitable as to be the enduring surprise Of history We get the relief when we must have it, when the insistent heart of humanity will no longer be denied.
 Morse and Edison and Marconi are not happy accidents. They are part of crop of fruit upon the tree of life which was due and ripened yesterday, according to the destinies long ago hidden in the sun. To curse the Creator because there are things not seen as yet is worse than im- piety' or insoence. One might as sanelv cursethe peach trees here upon the hill because their beautiful March bloom is not marketable produce. Alas, it is not going to be marketable, II needs care and brains and fierce, relentless surgery, and indomitable patience and the victories achieved In other trees to make that bloom marketable! For the thing Aas gone wild Is starved. Is eaten of worms. IL needs 10 be born again.
 All higher evolution involves the human will. Not even peach tree is made per feet without toll and care But there is no such care, no toil no progress, except by cooperation and racial contribution. Lister comes because ancestral brains pre- ceded him and he met magnetic impulses that drove him or lifted him. His father was a Fellow of the Royal society. School and college hourly vtaized him. Out of his country's womb the babe. the boy. the scientific genius is born, reborn, chast-
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generation. and a spirit of the age, with a genius all it's own. That spirit is the an swer of nature to the preceding age
 There is nothing original in these re- factions; but l find men still haunted bN scepticism and a sort of spiritual indig- nation, abhorring the God who made them because they cannot absolve Him of the charge of cruelty. Hence I answer their linbelief by pointing to a method which is as old as the universe, illustrated in every tide, in every wave of every tide that shas ever slfrged upon far prehistoric sands. illustrated by every pulse beat and every wind.
 The method of creation and progress is always the method of pain, stress. an- guish and strong crying As long ago as St. Paul ii was seen that 'the whole cre- alton groaneth and travaileth in pain to- gether," and that man is no exception. But with Paul there came the confidence that there is a purpose, sane and satis- fying end to he gained. Pain and stress are not merely individual. but racial and the upshot of fl all is racial redemption.
 Was it not said by the Master and Eel low sufferer of this upward stumbling race: Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted?" II is a law of the spiritual universe that the comfort must come because the mourning arose. Had there been no comfort there need have been no cry. God answers the soul of the race with justice that Is unspeak-
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Whoever first invented good stories was a benefactor for all the ages fol- lowing, and for him who mixed wit with his telling of the first really funny yarn, let the highest praises be! For him let memorials be raised; for him let myrtle wreaths be woven in all spring and summer lands where children are and where blind tragedy stalks Where soever vocabularies have been developed let there be lasting memorial for the first jester.
 We must go further back than the time of Aesop. or Aristophanes, or Boc- caccio, or Rabelais or Montaigne for an image of our jester-even to a time antedating the glacial period, l fancy.
 When we have found our jester let Us shrine him high; because he was the first useful pioneer in literature, the most useful citizen of primitive ages, even if he was entirely clothed in hair even if he jabhered his iest What ever he lacked in sense of twentieth
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Judge Sentenced Dog to Death

From the Cmsnnati Times-Star.
 "rt is almost as hard for me to sen- tence that dog to death as it is to sen- tence fellow being to serve punishment. but I must do It.. said Judge Fricke in police court to John Brennan, who owned a fine black and white dog.
 The dog followed a woman to a butcher shop. It is supposed she had some meat in her hand and leaped on her, his fangs tearing the skin of her arm. The wom- an had Brennan arrested and Judge Frioke ordered the dog brought to court. There the canine made friends of every one. But he had gone beyond the bounds of dog law. Brennan's eyes glistened as he walked from the court room. How am I going tc tell the children that the dog Is dead?,' he asked. md Ht sgt
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Immediately on the publication of Pas teur's work on Fermentation and Putre- faction he recognized that the bacteria explained the formation of pus in wounds, and so started the revolution in modern surgery which has made so many recent miracles possible
 Lister received in 1880 from both oxford and Cambridge the degree of I,I,. D, and was made baronet three years later, and a peer of the realm in 1897. Before that time he had saved thousands of precious lives
 "Sepsis' is the word which stands Tor rottng. decay, putrefaction, which is in fact a kind of fermentation. Anti-septlc treatment therefore Is such treatment as opposes or prevents decay. 1nasmuch as decay comes through the activity of micro organisms in the atmosphere or on instrd- ments brought, for instance, into touch with wounds. it is evident that anti-septlc methods require absolute cleanliness Such cleanliness is said to be aseptic, a condi- ton in which there is and can be no de- cay.
 One wonders what could equal the hos pitals of the time before the aseptic meth ods now in vogue were known. The imag- nation reels at the vision of needless pain, prolonged and multiplying miseries. ghast- ly putrefactions and delirium, with vast mortality. It is not cheering nor well
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HEART TO HEART TALKS-By Edwin A. Nye

of all. she was doomed for her natural life to live with Adam, the man who hid behind his wife's petticoats, so to speak.
 Also
 She was as progressive as any suf- fragist. Knowing that the penalty for eating was wisdom she took of the fruit thereof and did eat"
 She was the beginning of wisdom, Before Adam, slow moving, even ven- tured to pluck the fruit she chose wis dom. And in real wisdom have her daughters outrun their brothers
 Also she was generous.
 She divided the apple-and the conSe- quences-wth Adam. She might have eaten and kept her secret, leading her ignorant swain around by the nose. But she gave also to him. and he did eat" which. my brothers, was | A narrow escape. Above all else, Eve accepted the sit- uation as it was without whimpering or excuse. And she patiently accepted the place Of scapegoat Adam whined to the Almighty, "The woman thou gavest to be with me- she gave me of the tree, and I did eat" The woman.
 It has been the way of all the sons of Adam-laying the blame for the fam ily on the frail shoulders of Eve. She did what she thought to be the best thing for the family. She was tired Of living in a fools paradise. where the family never would amount to anything And when she gave the family chance, to say the least, it was ungrateful.
 And she?
 Without whining about the lost Eden she started a combined tailor shop and dressmaking establishment and fixed UT the family wardrobe.
 It was the way of woman
 Before Adam knew where he was at'' her quick wits noted the family needs, and her quick fingers fashioned the best
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WEDDING THE QUAINT By Rev. P West

scene, as the inevitable dance must close the festivities of the day. Their dancing differed from that of the present day.
 The only styles they were acquainted
 with were the Virginia reel and
 ''jigs' They would not have tolerated
 the modern forms of dancing, for they 'held 1t as primary axiom In domestic morality that 1t was the business of every man to hug his own wife and let other women alone and the province of the lady to submit to that delicate process only at tho arms of her husband" Blaz- Ing pine knots from fire stands" afford ed the light to dance by. Refreshments were taken at intervals during the night and thus they capered until the "ruddy glow began to 'steal along the eastern sky" then, worn out and bare footed-moccasins would not bear every thing--they retired to their homes. A day or two thereaft fter every man who was at the party returned with his
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1 goes to the right place and nourishes
 the cells of body and brain. | But
 | Introduce discord: indulge in fit of | anger or envy; agitate your mind to the
 point of worry. Instead of going to the
 right place the food goes to waste and | clogs the system. l The trouble? i, Lack of cooperation, harmony. There | is variance, dscord In the warning of the members force is lost and you are rendered liable to disease through weakness. What is true of dsges ton is also true of the nervous system. Discord will sci your nerves to dangling Hike sweet bells | out of tune" They become ragged edged jerky and nag you. The end? Prostraton.
 And so of the circulation of the blood
 and many other functions of the body Harmony is great physician. It pro
 notes digestion, thrills the body and
 mind with vital energy. steadies the nerves-makes you man alive!
 Harmony. happiness, health "A three
 fold cord is not easily broken
 Harmonize your life. Allow nothing
 least of all petty things, to move you from your poise. Science will tell you that hatred and lediousy ana Tear are real poison. It
 has been established by many laboratory experiments that they 'distil a deadly
 toxin in the blood ns' On the other hand, the higher emotions
 such as love, hope. joy, peace. courage are real blood elixirs. Harmonize your life. The possibilities Of it are within your grasp. A New York man of appreciation favors
 the building of monument to Eve, the first woman. Why not?
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on his narrow stage-we shall know him best when time weaves her magic garment about him. Not till then can we know him as comrade and friend not till then can we know how near of kin we are. l know my friend of yes terday better, now that the petty gss- lures of chance acquaintances recall his princely nature. And directly he becomes enhaloed.
 And l do not vex me in wondering what portion of the globe produced the first ministering clown. Oliver Her ford. Arthur Guiterman, Wallace IT, win Gelett Burgess give me faithful enough image of him who evoked the first gay-hearted laughter, and 1 don't dare vex me with peerinR down the long shadows to find the master of the merriment.
 Somehow have been strong for Aris- tophanes since a careful study of his difficulty with the sage of Athens. The life of Socrates would have loomed
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4 CGUST JOHNSON and Herman "A Greenwald were steeplejacks. A steepleiacks is human fly that goes up a steeple or smokestack or hagpole where no one else will ven- ture.' He courts death for pay. s.. Usually he is sailor.
 Accustomed to trihe with his destiny by clinging to a swaying mast in raging know no such thing as altitude. storm. his head. heart and stomach Usually also he is rough on the out side
 Like the structural steel worker who rides the beam up into the steel skeleton, he has become callous to danger by con stantly looking death in the face. He is kin to the primitive man. But.
 His heart is true
 For inc proof of which read the story of August Johnson and Herman Green wald.
 These two jacks who toy with the awful secret were employed to paint the lofty steeple of the North Broad street Presby tebian church in Philadelphia.
 August Johnson was working above Greenwald He lost his footing, slipped and fell.
 As he fell past Herman Greenwald the latter made a tremendous effort to save his partner. He caught hold or .Johnson's overalls. Clingng with one hand to the steepe. he essayed to swing Johnson to place of safety.
 He failed.
 Both men fell to the pavement 200 feet below, and two crumpled masses of human flesh were gathered up for burial. And
 When the bodies were picked up the heroic hand of Greenwald still grasped the overalls of his friend Johnson.
 Now
 climbed the steeple you might have called them .'roughnecks. Maybe they were. But
 In the church under that steeple the minister doubtless often reads from a big book this statement:
 Greater love hath no man than this that he lay down his life for his ,y,end."
 If so the Judge of the great day is 4 the dead hand of Herman Greenwald rrasping the garment of his friend.
 And now abideth harmony. happiness. health. these three. but
 The greatest of these is harmony.
 Because upon harmony depends both your health and your happiness. Is there discord anywhere in your mind or body? Then you are wasting energy vitality. The less you waste of precious vital force the more power YOU have to throw of disease. t-tt Fadism? It is fact of medical science When there is concord. harmony, the processes of digestion, assimilation and elimination go on without friction. Food
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With only the piece of an arm he !has won a wife, home and babies. This Is the story At the age Of nine years Sunderland was supporting his fathers family. One day while he was feeding cane mill the cruel machine took off one arm at the shoulder and the other at the elbow. ! His first words on recovering conscious ness were: Who will chop wood for you now. ma ?" sz Pluck?
 | When the boy got out of the hospital 1 he did not nope nor pose as a hopeless | cripple. He learned how to chop wood with his stub. As he grew up Sunderland save<L money by hauling wood and bought a team. Now he owns two teams and does most Of the heavy hauling business in Alton. He loads coal or sand by graspinr the shovel in the bend of his elbow. puts 1t against his side and with a body mo- ton throws the shovel upward
 How does he drive?
 He puts the lines over his shoulder. wrapping them his half an arm. And his son, Fred, says. Pa can hitch up a team faster than I can"
 His family:
 Years ago Sunderland married widow with five children He has fathered all VI AiNhis tuhtdlfu tHelll anu Srut lnein out in the world to prosper. He had 2 second flock of three. the oldest of whom, Fred. drives one of the teams
 Why shouldn't Charles Sunderland bs called Altons most representative cit- izen? This is his sentiment:
 Anybody ought 10 be thankful for being able to make a decent living, arms or no arms, and raise a family of h's own"
 And he goes his way to his work whistling and content. And you
 You have two good hands. two good arms and ten good fiugers-tweve times as much as he. And you complain, When you read the story of gritty, prosperous Charles Sunderland Of Alton, are you not just the least bit ashamed of yourself?
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courage despair and lamentation in the world?
 Seeing that there is already enough tragedy to overbrim all the tear jugs of all the yesterdays, we cannot any longer forward the tyranny of tears. Let us give large gifts to the clowns of the earth and thereby encourage clowning If necessary, let us dispense with all silk hats, all derbies and crush hats and bananas, and enact laws making II compulsory for all to wear the cap and bells. The rulers of ancient Europe apprecia ted their testers, and theirs was no small share in the building of em- pires. To the jingle of bells we, too may become constructive, fertile brained.
 love the sound of bells, far or near It is like laughter.
 And I would rather be a first-class clown than to be senator, more espe- cially in these trying days when a sen a tor can't know how long his head will last I would rather jingle bells than be chief chemist any day.
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sort of treatment brings the bad, not the good. out of him.
 To get at the heart of him foster his natural desire to do his best by encour- agement
 Because
 He will grow into the likeness of that which he desires to do or be. Stimulate his desire to be or do, and he will come to his fruition naturally, as flower grows. Even flowers must be encouraged.
 Cheer him on.
 If he tends to some bad habit change his surroundings, Association has ev- erything to do in the making or unmak- ing of boy Get him into the right sort of company, change his activities, and the bad habits will disappear by dis- use
 Do not do too much for him.
 Be careful along this line. If you do too much he will do nothing for himself. Which is fatal He must learn to do things by doing them-by experience.
 Be very firm, but very kind
 Remember that he Is in the making. Treat him fairly but justly--remember. very justly.
 As he grows older appeal 10 his pride to get on in the world Get his confi- dence and hold on 10 1t. Give impulse to his ambition Keep him in the straight path.
 Common sort of advice?
 Yes, common. but many parent is trying to force his boy 10 neglect him and then scold him into manliness. It cannot be done.
 Ever hear about Charles Sunderland of Alton, H.?
 Although he has neither fingers nor hands and only the poor stump of an arm, Sunderland is a prosperous home owner and a popular citizen. The people are proud of him because
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larger and nobler to my mind, had he not derisively referred to A-- as that comic poet" l have wondered If that ill-advised epithet got him an adverse decision from the judges. Can it be that all of the sweetness and light of the Apology" was more than counter balanced. in the judges eyes. by his careless ridicule of a contemporaneous funny man? Who can say how many jolly laughs this mirth- maker had ere ated for the stern Athenians and their little children?
 It contents me to know that all tho hloodless stoicism of the Nietzsches and hopenhauers through all the years since have not entirely repressed those springs of humor yelling up from the human heart. We may well deplore the existence of giant intellectualism in the world if it initiates in any fashion against deep -chested, spontaneous laughter.
 When men and women have no time for laughter, we may we'll despair, even
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century proprieties, of evening clothes or stock quotations or of Turkish cg- arettes, he still served his time in right noble fashion. For he bulks large against the pages of history, though you may not call his name-bigger than some of those we have duly labelled and pigeon -holed as lawgivers and sav1ors of the human race. l do not doubt that in his time he served and saved many miserable men--men without joy in
 their lives-from the sheer abyss Of despair-turned them back from mere joy for the ring in his laughter. And that ring in his laughter is still un- hushed The echoes of it are saving Noi and me from many dangerous precipices.
 Now it is the shadow profile of him that bulks large and not the mans self. X larger thing than a man is the mem ory he bequeaths-that larger part of him that posterity wins and knows him to have been. We get the truest per spectives at half-removes. Let your neighbor strut and fret ever so much
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ABEZ L. NJ. CURRY was one of the
 most noted and brilliant sons of N> Alabama. His was a long, stir ring and useful life. Filling divers sta tions of trust, he proved to be the equal of any, Statesman, soldier. minister of the gospel, educator, publicist, reformer diplomat-all these spheres were held by him with distinction. His versatility of gifts was wonderful, his accomplish ments striking. Polished, scholarly. wise, eloquent, genial, he was easy of adjust ment to all stations and relations, and bore himself throughout life without the slightest whisper of dispara cement to his character or career.
 A native of Georgia and a graduate from the university of that state. he took law course at Harvard. in 1s45. He be- came a resident of Alabama in 1S37 and after the completion of his scholastic and professional courses he entered on the
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WHO HAVE MADE ALABAMA--I L. M CUR

of life that has made his memory one to be revered by all who knew him.
 For a period of years Dr. Curry was a member of the faculty of Richmond college, Virginia. where he found oppor- tnnity for the indulgence of his literary tastes which were superior to those of most public men. While in the early part of his career he was reserved and silent, for the most part, in the delibera- tive and legislative bodies of which he was so often a member, he became In the meridian of his splendid powers one of the most attractive speakers in the country. His elements of strength as an orator were forcefulness. impressivensss and proiectility of power which carried earnestness and elegance of diction. Yelling from intensity of conviction and profound conscientiousness. men saw and felt that he was absolutely sincere, oe- lieved that which he advocated. and this gave him immense force before public assernbage.
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the whites of the south .providenttsaly entrusted with a trusteeship of these people, which obligation they should nok deny nor avoid. He was in thorough Ac- cord with Bishops Haygood and Gallo way of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, in his advocacy of the claims of the negro to justice and protection and for equipment for the greatest possible usefulness.
 There was a rotundfty and symmetry of character and of career in Dr. J. l.. M. Curry that made him avery rernari<abia' man His relations of friendship ex- tended from men in the loftiest stations of American life to. this in the lower so- cial rounds Hr .ss#sHs .t.e
 With a long life of distinguished abii- ity in 90 many directions spanning a pe- riod of three score years, it Is not to ba wondered a that when the most typical American was sought to be represented in Statuary Hall at Washington the pop ular eye was directed at oncs to Dr< Jabez Lafayette Monroe Curry.
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stoned much astonishment and favor of comment.
 In the quieter walks of life pr. Curry acquitted himself as he did while in the public gaze A polished and accom- plished gentleman, with a striking per sonage he was equally accessible to ;he learned and the humble. Absolutely free of austerity or the semblauee of arro- gance. preserving throughout a gentle dignity his demeanor was alike to all It is not a matter of wonder therefore that he was universally popular.
 TXpically southern In thought and sem timent and representing that which was highest in the life of the social south, no one of either section ever excelled pr. Curry in the interest which he en- tertained for the negro race. Some of the most striking and eloquent passages in his addresses before the legislatures of the states of the south were earnest pleas in behalf of the education of the negro. Both north and south he fairly represented the black race, and regarded
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Highly favored with fortune through out his life Dr. Curry found time and leisure to gratify his taste for literary pursuits, which enabled him to enter the field of authorship and to produce a number of valuable works Besides many small works. usually of religious character, Dr. Curry wrote ''Constitu- tional Government in Spain," Life of Gladstonen "The Southern States of the American Union," and "The Civil His tory of the Confederate Government.
 On the occasion of his death few years ago at Richmond, Va, the recall of his long and varied life and services was a subject of much favorable com ment in the press throughout the nation. For almost 60 years he had been unin- terruptedly before the public, in a varie- ty of capacities. rarely eaualled in mum Der by any one. The ability with which he was able 10 adjust himself to the de- mands of these varied stations occa-