The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-09-05
MODERN LIGHTS
(By :. B. Noon

We cannot help from wondering how
old the world was when the lirst COM
plant Was made abont the baseness of
the present and the glory OF the past.
The world (h We are "a bzlievc the L.
rennislly blossoming prophets If I-sSi-
mism) h fast going IL tine dogs. The
''growiers" Of to-day say that when they
were i'm their prime things were diflsr,nt
and letter. II We of this day and erne-
ration venture To doubt the corr'ctnesS of
such a view, the vials oi wrath 81 the
wiseacres are uncarked and Ne an
deluged with the fiery tnid. The ~
cellenoe Of the past ami the dcgenera.y
of the present is a delusinn that j. psss.~l
from father u son and from ,cneration
"a generation as an everlasting inheri.
tance. The wi-e father al the Yr,-~.-ni
cannot forever live uI-nn this earth. III
time will come when they shall l,:s~ l."
their reward or whatever awaits then
acro~es the dark river. Then. W. Who ar
now ii e unworthy snn- of the present
will thereupon asrenl the thrniss. os Tia
fathers and bewail the ~raknss~sq~ oi otI.
'~n offspring. We shall have the pro
found satisfaction of telling uur ~"ils that
shen We came along thc world Ma ons
hundresi per cent better than tl,r day 4"
the yOune-ter finds IT, W. shall gct on
revenge npon tle -iSing generation iul
ihe humiliation put np"n us 10y the wi-.
DID croakers of to-day, Who arr now laN
ing their innings, and NJ are taking tlr
punishment. Love II sweet. but revsnr.
Is s~eet-r, and such rr,rnls. ~ We shAl
lake np"n the yonng hOIsiulS. Wl,o shall
bud before We die-Our revenge w. say. |
sIall be sd glorious ami ssli-Suti>fy ia, |
that the glutinous revenge of lngan. tlr |
dingo Indian chief. will. ia c"mpari-.n
herewith, look like SILK mans broth
rhe p'sst will continne u lr hall"wt~
md the present tO he damned a. hong a.
lge Is ssteemed as bade,- "i " iSsi"in and
'"uth IL regarded as an nniaiiing indi
alton Of folly and ~ickeinc--.
But of truth this hoax. which eacl
plays upon ea..h -ucrxslin.
'eneration is losing ground. The wori,
: coming u realize ~ il haas never real
zed before that Of al fooi-, oil fools ar,
lac biggest fools. Maturity of mind ano
,Ody are surely les-ening the di-tanc,
which has hitherto separated the crad.
Il infancy and tine high pedestal Of man
-f.f. A
lent methods of procedure have com
ntO Icing AMI use in alnssst every line" d"
luman endeavOr, -. too, has tire ws~t,
Il the valuable year. of youth under tln
lelusiOn that the mind can not I,.- -tron,
nough for the worlds warefare until .
ertain age l. reached, grown grauall,
t-- a. the world has Progressed. TiH
Id fad II strong and H. dying har.l.
Twas auglt but this snpcrStitious rev
renee for aye that CAUSED tie farmer.
4 tine Federal Constitution t. put ia thar
Instrument the provisions requiring o
IN congress 10 H. al least /
twenty-five year old: s-nator Of al,
'nite'l states u le thirty and the pr,--i-
lent Ia lie thirty-iive years Of aye. Tie
generation that J. coming after W. will i
surely conslgn th"-e age w"rshipIing /
provisions u the rubbish pile 10y prols.r /
should tlie present GENERA
.IOn negi,st tO perform 80 ObviOu~ a duty /
4 lew years hence, and our descendants
nil regard n great Joke, that in o'u
lime "A man Ma not permitted to vot'
and ~a- not requir'~i - pay taNes INIT |
ne had rearl's-i tie great age of twenty
Dne years.