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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08

TfIE new gospel is one of Joy. of
building and of brotherhood,
= one of life, of health and of
success. 1t has the confidence of faith,
the charity of love. the buoyancy Of
hope, the catholicity of belief in God
! and man.. 1t is Americanism grown
into an outlook and a habit of thought
1t is the child of intelligence married
to accomplishment. 1t Is the creed of
those who do things. 1t has .he atti-
tude of knowledge and of mastery. 1t
believes a man will be what he wills
to be. 1t asserts that character is more
than circumstance; that environment
which Is adamant before weakness Is
fluid before strength, purpose and work.
1t breaches individual responsibility and
social cooperation. 1t has faith that
the inner world can shape the outer;
that mind is the lord of matter. 1t
stands for the positive, proclaiming that
good banishes evil, truth vanquishes
, error, health overcomes sickness and
success dispels failure in the same way
that light excludes darkness. 1t adopts
the Masters method of resisting not
evil, which is negative thing, but Of
overcoming evil with good, which is
positive. 1t affirms truth rather than
denies error.
There is a species of oak on which
the dead leaves cling all winter and are
pushed off by the new leaves in tho
spring. So old errors are pushed aside
and fall at the appearance of new
truths. Supplant the wrong with right.
Affirm all positive qualities, such as
good. truth, beauty. health. knowledge,
sanity and faith. and their negations of
evil, error, ugliness, disease. ignorance,
delusion and doubt will drop away of
themselves.
The new gospel is not one of theory
but of practice. 1t Is for use, for serv-
Ice, for application. 1t proves itself
by it's fruits. Believing that God is
good. that He Is true. that He is whole,
1t would have men become like God by
expressing these positive virtues. 1t
holds that all things are good except
In the use and the thought of man.
Evil may be but a lack of the fulness
OF good, or in human deeds evil NAV
be misplaced action. Just as dirt Is mis-
placed matter.
The new gospel Is not only for one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08

and stand at bay, but, like the snake
wriggles out of sight
The man who can bear false witness
necessarily has yellow streak in his
makeup. He would probably be capa-
BILE of any other meanness that he had
the bravery to attempt False in one
thing. false in all.
The tongue is not the only lying men,
Der. You may bear false witness by a
look, shrug or an attitude. You may
seal your lips, but lie In your heart
Your whole life may be deception.
You may be posing for the thing you
are not. If so. you are false to the
world and to your own soul
Naturalness is coming to be more and
more priced. Be what you are. Think
too much of yourself to ape another
Don't pose Don't gild your exterior
and leave your interior full of filth and
pollution. Seek rather to make your
heart right and let that shine through
and irradiate your life. Be genuine.
Live your own life. Express your own
soul. Stand for your own honest
thought.
He who maligns another hurts three
persons. He detracts from the reputa-
ton of the man of whom he speaks.
poisons the mind of his hearer and
dwarfs his own soul.
Honor is but another name for truth
and he who has 1t binds the souls of
all unto him, for he expresses in so far
the quality of things eternal.
All through the ages men have
searched for truth and at last have
learned that the only way to gain It is
to be true to themselves.
We all journey 1.-THE land of Yes
terday. The sunshine nowhere else
has the same golden tint the grass
has not the same soft shade of green.
there Is not such magic in the bird
songs. such verdure on the hills, such
Pheasant lanes and wood paths, such
sweet waters in the rivulets nor quite
such true hearted friends in any other
region as in this Yesterday country OF
course, the Yesterday we mean is that
of childhood. Since then we have wit
messed scenes famed in song and story,
battlefelds whose names are house
hold words, celebrated waterfalls.
Since then. too. we have been In great
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-24

HER FRIEND EUNICE
Nv EVA TAYLOR,


George said Leslie, you have
heard me speak about my friend
Eunlce VaneY / have just had a let
ter from her; she is coming to pay
me a visit for a couple of days, with
her two children, while her husband Is
away In New York. haven't seen
her for nearly six years. You know
We were at college together
"Then guess I'll have to spruce up
tomorrow night" answered Leslie's
hance, as he rose TO take his leave
of her. He kissed her and put on his
hat. AS he went down the steps Les
lie looked after him with a vague dis
satisfaction which she could not quite
analyze.
Lucky Eunice!" she soliloqulzed, a
little bitterly. Here we are, both
verging on thirty, and both engaged
In the same month. And you nave
a rich husband and two babies, while
/" She shrugged her shoulders and
went back into the parlor.
George and Leslie had been engaged
for nearly six years. She was a
school teacher and George a lawyer
in the same town. But Leslie earned
more than George and he would not
marry her-nor did she desire 1t
until he was earning enough to sup
port her at home. They had meant
to be married many years before, but
first Georges firm had failed and ne
had had to set up for himself, this In
volving the expenditure of all the lit
tie hoard that had been accumulated
so carefully. Then had come pc
riod of sickness, when all Leslie's saw
ings had gone on hospital and ply
sicians' fees. Finally, just when they
I had begun to put something aside for
furniture, a nationwide panic had
cut down Georges earnings to the
bare minimum of subsistence, and he
was only just beginning to earn liv'
| ing wage again.
Happy Eunice!" sighed Leslie,
And then she began to understand
why she was miserable that evening
1t was not altogether envy of her
friend. The fact was-she felt that
George and she were drifting apart
There was no longer the sense OF ro'
nance, of rapture, in their meetings
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-24
History of Tea.

The earliest record of tea being
mentioned by an Englishman was
probably that contained in a letter
from Mr.. Wickham, an agent of the
East India company, written from Fir
ando, in Japan, on June 27, 1915, to
another officer Of the company, resi-
dent at Macao, in the south of China,
asking him for "a pot Of the best sort
of chaw." 1t was not until the middle
of that century that the English began
to use tea. They received their sup
plies from Java until 1856, when they
were driven out by the Dutch, says
the Bulletin of the Imperial Institute.
At first the price in England ranged
from Sc to &10 per pound. In the
Mercurius Politicus of September,
1858, occurs an advertisement of the
China drink called by the Chineans
Tcha, by other nations Tay, alias Tee,
being sold in London. Thomas Gar
way, the first English tea dealer, in
1859 or 1860, offered it at prices vary
ing from los TO sos per pound. Not
until 1877 is there record Of the
East India company having taken any
steps for its importation.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-24
OLDEST OK CART IN AMERICA.

There is on exhibition in Los An
geles what is claimed to be the most
ancient wheeled vehicle in America,
says the Pathfinder. 1t was last used
some years ago by Pueblo Indian or
the village of Tesuque, N. M. The
tradition was that this "carreta," or
OK cart had been handed down from
father to son in the same family for
enough generations to carry its ori-
gin back into the seventeenth century.
The car, however, shows evidences OF
having been repaired time and again,
and it may be that only part Of the
original cart that is left is the holes
in the wheels where the axle goes
through
The wheels are hewn bodily out OF
huge pieces Of sycamore and are 3S
inches in diameter six inches thick at
the rim and two feet through at the
holes. The great antiquity Of the ve-
hicle is proved by the fact that there
is not nail nor piece Of metal OF
any kind used in it. 1t is built entire
ly of wood and is fastened together
either with wooden pins or thongs Of
rawhide. 1t is an interesting fact
that this cart is made exactly like the
OK carts that have been in use in
southern Europe from the earliest his.
toric times. One sees, for example,
Just such cars to this day in Thessaly
and parts of Turkey.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-24

ly that George and she would ever
marry. She had seen her face In the
mirror; she had changed even more
than Eunice, but instead OF taking on
the matronly aspect OF happily mar
rled woman she had become Queru-
lous-looking old maid instead some
day George would awaken TO the un-
derstanding OF what they had missed
in life; he would marry some young
girl, and she-well, It would be hke
those horrible breach-of-promise cases
that she had read In the newspapers
She must let George go, She knew
that he did not love her. She had be-
come merely part Of the routine OF
his life.
A ring at the bell-George's ring!
He never called at four in the after
noon. Something must have occurred
TO make him leave his office at that
hour. She fastened her hair ana
slipped down the stairs.
George followed her into the parlor
and sat down heavily. His face was
unshaven, his tie Hagged from his col
lar; he looked thoroughly detected
Leslie" he said, Il have come 10
offer you your freedom. can never
marry you"
She looked at him. a newborn pity
rose in her heart. How men had to
struggle! She had not thought before
that George, too, might be as wretched
a. she.
THE bank has failed" he continued,
in a monotonous voice. Every penny
is gone. | am at the bottom OF the
ladder again. It will mean three years
longer. Leslie, ! can't hold you. Les
lie! Why, what are you laughing
about?"
She laughed, and the tears in her
eyes were those Of happiness, She
went across to Georges chair and
perched herself upon the arm of It,
just as she used to do in the first days
of their engagement
"My dear" she said, "how would
you like to marry me without the
| house and the furniture and the new
trunks and the outfit and the trous'
seau? DO you want me, dear, or do
you want these?"
He leaped up and caught her hands
incredulously.
DO you mean that, Leslie?" he
cried. why, l have never dared to
make that suggestion. Do you-will
you? Today?"
Tomorrow" answered Leslie, smil'
ing, and then a food of happy tears
blinded her eyes.
Copyright, 1913 by W. G. Chapman)
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-24
"Why7" Asked Leslie.

And George was growing careless. lie
never asked her permission before
pulling out that old pipe of his in the
parlor. And he had said that he
would have to spruce up for Eunice
had said it brazenly, as though ad-
mitting that 1t was not necessary to
take such a measure for her!
Leslie spent a miserable night. In
me morning Eunice arrived with the
children.
Leslie was astonished at Eunice's
appearance. She had always thought
of her as the young, immature, rather
sedate young girl with whom she had
roomed at college. Instead Of which
she saw before her matronly young
woman, calm, self-possessed, with two
children, boy and girl, who made
Leslies heart ache as she kissed
them.
They found a certain sense Of en-
barrassment in their meeting They
were conscious that everything had
changed since their college days; their
interests had become divergent; they
had grown apart in many ways. And
Leslie was painfully conscious that 1t
was she who had stood still, not
Eunice. 1t was not until after
Georges visit that evening that
Eunice seemed to thaw.
$50 that is George" she said. Then
she took Leslie by the hand. my
dear, how long have YOU been en-
gaged?" she asked.
give years." said Leslie, rather
trigidly
Leslie, do YOU know that you could
have been married for five years and
had that much more happiness" ask
ed Eunice.
Leslie began to explain the cir
cumstances, the long series Of misfor
tunes. There was a touch OF envy In
her tone which was not lost upon heI
| friend.
my DEAR" she answered, 81 know
that you have made a great mistake
| should say the great mistake"
"Why?" asked Leslie. do you be
lieve in marrying before one is in
position to do SO? If George had hat
your husbands advantages"
when Philip and / got married,
answered Eunice, "he had just $50 II
the world. And we spent that on oul
honeymoon. We had no furniture, h'
had no prospects except those Of
poorly paid clerk. The first thre'
years we're a continuous struggle. A
month before Arthur was born we dit
not know where the Doctors expenses
would come from. And we have beel
very happy all through it. Philip al
ways says that If he hadn't had me HI
would never have reached the position
he holds today,
"If we had waited, as you have walt
ed-where would we be now? Dea
Leslie, do you think marriage is
thing that should come after one ha
made ones way in the world? Phil
says that it is part Of life, not the r.
ward of life"
Leslie hardly slept that night. An
on the next day, after Bunice ha
gone, she was too III 70 20 70 school.
4 She knew now that II was not lik'
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-24

arms closely bound together formed
the handle of this spoon.
The residents of Tarkhan must have
been extremely prosperous, according
to the evidence furnished by the exca-
vations. They we're provided abun-
dantly with beautiful ornaments for
their households and persons, and also
with innumerable useful articles OF
practical necessity in the kitchen the
dining hall and the boudoir. Some OF
the tombs are so well preserved that
the whole story of Egyptian reverence
for the dead and belief in immortality
can be read by glance at the tomb
In the brick wall above the grave may
be seen the little slit through which
the soul comes forth for its offerings.
The offertory still stands, as do the
piles of pottery which once bore food
and drink for the departed, and which
were brought to the tomb by the rela-
tives and friends.
Many works of art Of the eighteenth
and nineteenth dynasties have been
discovered by further clearing OF the
great temple Of Ptah, in Memphis.
From some of the excavated work
shops in Memphis have been procured
all the utensils used in the manufac-
ture of stone vases and examples of
the vases in all stages of construc-
tion. Colored stones which were
brought from the desert and other
rich stones which were imported into
Egypt for use in making ornaments
for the very wealthy have been found
in these shops.
A few miles south Of Gizeh excava-
tions revealed some unusually large
tombs Of the twelfth and thirteenth
dynasties. The excavations revealed
that a robbery had been attempted
centuries ago. The robber had en-
tered the tomb by little opening, the
result of a piece Of eXcavating on his
own account and he had gathered to-
gether a little heap of ornaments with
which he was about to make off when
the top of the tomb had fallen on him
and crushed him His skeleton was
found in the tomb by the excavators,
and close to it a hapdsome gold pee
toral inlaid with colorSd stones, of
which the poor wretch had hoped to
rob the dead.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-24
VICTORY WON BY DIPLOMACY
When Mr.. Thurlow Knew How to
Soften the Heart Of His Charm
er's Mother.

Mrs. Darnton," said William Thur
low, there is a matter which l would
like to discuss with you, If may at
this time"
Mrs. Darnton looked over her glass
es and frowned. She was the secre-
tary Of the Society for the Proven
ton of Manly Independence, and she
had a we'll defined idea Of the nature
of the proposition that Mr.. ThurloW
Wished to discuss.
well, go on" she said in her most
impressive manner what is it?"
Il love your daughter and l have
reasons to believe that she returns
my affection"
Have you dared to make love to
her without first gaining my permis-
sion?"
mo, dear lady. l have never call
ed her sweetheart or darling, or any
thing like that. / have merely gained
the impression, owing, perhaps, to
the pleasure she seemed to have in
my company, that she might learn to
care for me If / gained authority from
you to try to win her love"
Mrs. Darnton's features hardened
and she coldly asked:
What recommendation have you TO
offer for yourself? If you love my
daughter now, how am l to be con-
vlnced that your love will not be as
evanescent-kindly mark the word-as
evanescent as is the love almost every
other man has for his wife at the be-
ginning?"
Il am sure my love will not be evan
escent. | shall love Geraldine always
| know. shall never cease to worship
her for her beauty. have noticed that
she takes after her mother If may
say so, and that is a guarantee that
her beauty will not fade as the years
20 by. If l might, with permission
try to win"
Geraldine came downstairs and In
terrupted them then, but the jury
returned a verdict in Mr.. Thurlow's
favor
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-24
THE MoCnNG BIRD BEATS ORIGINAL IN ITS OWN SONG
BY /. NJ. BENNINGTON.

for that express purpose. Again and
again the robin began, only to be in
terrupted after the first few notes by
tho saucy usurper, who finished the
whole song each time, ending with a
little triumphant flourish, as much as
to say: you see l can beat you at
your own tune!"
The annoyed red-breast, astonished
and resentful, at length few a little
farther away, and began again. This
time, however, he brought down upon
himself a torrent of musical revenge,
including nearly every bird song in the
catalogue, and ending up with a series
of derisive cackles, like nothing so
much as the cries of a disturbed sit
ting hen. Thoroughly disgusted by
this outpouring, Mr.. Robin gave it
up as a bad job and few away.
The mocking bird is one Of the bold
est of the feathered tribe. Even the
impudent sparrow has a wholesome
fear of him, and is pretty careful
about building where he is in the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-24
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CON-
STITUTION OF OHIO.
ELIGIBILITY OF WOMEN TO CERTAIN OFFICES,

Be Il resolved BY the GeHeyaf Assembly Of
the State of Ohio: Threehfths Of the member
elected to each House eoneurring theirsii!nt i!nI
That for the purpose of procuring the eligibility
OF women to certain Offices, proposal shaH
be submitted 20 the electors OF this state in
the manner provided by law, on the trst Tues
day after the first Monday in November, l9lJS
10 amend the constitution. OF the stat, y
amending article XIV, section 4, thereof 50
that it will read as follows:
SEC. T. No person. shall be elected or APP
pointed TO any Office in this state unless pos
sessed of the qualifications Of an elector; pro-
vided that women who are citizens may be ap-
pointed as members OF boards OF, or 20 posr
tons in, those departments and institutions es-
tablished BY the state or any political sub
division thereof involving the interests or care
Of women or children or both
sEcIog ,.S A. such ess9# ,Ss Sa i6' baot i%enG IN
the manner prescribed by law as "ARTlCddE
W&yGMESNF &yG SFHr5oEA TO EApP6jiNTMiFHsTP IS MEN, y,
BEKH EN H5ttqPEaRTMESTS tqPEa 4UnSnS kVNEb ffNsTiTUTI0Ns
AFFECTING, OR CARING FOR WOMEN
AND CHILDREN, or in other. language .suttl-
cient to clearly designate it. and II majority iSs
of the electors voting on the same shall adops
such amendment, section hereinaboye see
forth shall on and after the first day OF Jan.
uary, 1914, become and constitute the seeuon
so amended Of article XIV Of the eonsttutimoh on n
of the state of Ohio and said original seeuon
shall be repealed and annulled.
C. L. SWAIN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
HuoH L. NICHOLS
President of the Senate.
Adopted April 18th, 1913.
UNITED STATES or AMERICA,
STATE or ONO,
Office Of the Secretary of State.
1, CHAS. II. GRAVES, Secretary of State
Of the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that re re
foregoing is an exemplihed copy, carefully
compared by me with the original rolls now now
ss Secretary of State and found to be true
and correct, of a joint resolution, adopted by
the General Assembly Of the State OF Ohiol
on the 18th day of April. A. D. 1918, anl;d ana
filed in this office on the 3oth day Of April
A. D. 1913, entitled Joint Resolution rela'
tive to- the eligibility of women to certain
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, ] have hereuntG;
subscribed my name, and affixed my, oificlal
seal at the City Of Columbus, Oho TINS IStn
day Of June, A. D. 1913.
CHAs. II. GRAVES,
Secretary OF Stdta
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-24
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CON.
STITUTlON OF OHIO.
EXCEPTING PUBLIC BONDS FROM TAXATION.

Be % resolved BY ne General ASssmbly g
the State oh Ohio;
SEcTIoR /. A proposition shall be submit
ted to the electors of the state OF Ohio, on ths
first Tuesday after the first Monday IN no
yember, 1918, to amend article XII OF the
constitution OF the state OF Ohio by the ao'
diuon Of section II, 10 read as folowsi
Article XII.
Finance and TaFatioH.
SEc. IL. Bonds Of the state Of Ohio and OF
any city, village, hamlet, county, road distfici
or township IN the state, and bonds issued IN
means OF instruction in connection Herewith
shall be exempt from taxation.
SEcTIoN q That this amendment shall take
effect and be in force from and after im
adoption. - en,,,v
Speaker Of the House Of RsPITe5sntaifVsA
HUcH J., NICHOLS,
President Of the Senate.
Adopted April 18th, 1918.
UNITED STATES or AMERICA,
STATE or ONO,
Office OF the Secretary OF State
I, CIIAS. II. GRAVES, Secretary OF State
of the State Of Ohio, do hereby certify that the
foregoing is an exemplihed copy, carefully
compared by me with the original rolls now
on file in this office and in my official custody
as Secretary of State and found TO be true
and correct Of joint resolution, adopted by
the General Assembly Of the State OF Ohioi
ON the 18th day of April A. d. 1918, ana
filed in this office on the 30th day OF. April
a. d. 1918, entitled "Joint Resolution 70
Amend Article XII of the Constitution OF
Ohio by the adoption of Section l2".
liz TESTIMONY WHEREOF, l have hereunt9
subscribed my name, and affixed my othcial
seal at the City Of Columbus, Ohio, this l9th
day of June, A. d. 1918.
cHAs. II. GRAVES.
Secretary Of StafE.