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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-04-11

etriyen, must have served. must have
sacrificed for the good Of others The
ringing challenge Of the Psalnist is
call 70 every worthy soul Blessed
be the Lord my God who teachcth my
hands 70 war and my fingers TO fight
Doubtless the time will come and
that, Jet Us hope, in the near future,
when war involving the taking Of
human life will have ceased. Unques.
tionahly the yicarious sacrifice Of the
millions Of lives in the present world
war will hasten the dawning Of this
day but the problems Of human des
tiny will remain the same
II is especially pertinent, neverthe-
less, in these crucial times 10 ask our
selves what are the valid grounds
for confident belief in Immortality"
Happy the man who is content TO rest
his implicit faith on authority-that
is. on the verdict Of the Bible and that
OF the Christian Church, for here we
have the sincere and cumulative tes-
timony Of the most spiritually quail
fed authorities Of all the ages. Cor
roborating their testimony is that Of
Socrates and others who independently
have voiced the universal but dumb
conviction Of the human race.
Is il not logically absurd not to
assume that just and benefcient Gre
ator would, through inspiration, re-
veal to his creatures the fact Of their
Immortality? At the very outset it
is important to appreciate the fact
that the most automatic and funda-
mental truths, such as the existence of
God, Of the human soul, and of I'M
mortality are undemonstrable. We
apprehend these grand truths through
the higher treason Of the soul" and
hold convictions concerning them firm
err than any possible of attainment
through imperfect reason.
But many there are of rationalistic
temperament, especially in this scien-
tifc age who are troubled with intel
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-04-11

lcctaal doubt All homes, doubtcrs In
earncst search for truth will ultim.
ately arrive at conviction However,
there is often a pathetic loss Of time
and spiritual energy in the process,
Such persons will generally find OBJ
saclcs 10 clear and intelligent faith in
the grand essential truths OF life read
lily disappear after careful consider
alton Of the rational grounds for the
validity Of these intuitively appe-
hended truths II should, in this
connection. be remembered that the
chief value of such investigation is to
confirm the innate and hence more
valid convictions Of the soul
Briefly considered, then, the major
grounds for belief in Immortality are:
First, the cumulative testimony of
the greatest spiritual minds Of all
ages and all peoples. Again. il is the
affirmation of every great religion of
history. Again, Immortality is the
central theme of the greatest Of all
religions, Christianity, which was itself
the consummate revelation of people
whose spiritual temperament rendered
them the logical medium, in the Prov
idence Of history, for just such clear
and definite revelation.
Another significant ground is the
burial practices Of all ages and all
peoples, even the most primitive,
which bear testimony to the universal
instructive belief in the continued sur
vival Of the cherished dead. Several
years since ! was present at and great
ly impressed with the significance of
the opening of some so-called Bee
hive" tombs in an excavation made
several feet beneath the ancient
"Sacra Via or roadway in the Forum
of Ancient Rome. These small tombs
were the careful burial places Of a
primitive tribe long ante-dating the
earliest Roman colonists who later
built their proud city over this for
rotten burial ground. In these tombs
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-04-11
LITERARY NEW ENGLAND

The Dioscuri Of literary New Eng
land are the Wednesday and Saturday
editions Of the Boston Evening Tran
script OF interest TO those who wish
10 know what the deepest thinkers Of
our day are thinking apd Of what the
ablest writers are writing. They are
Of peculiar interest to the reader, the
student, the bookworm--to those men
who love neutrality-suspicious. than aug
ment it. adv-52Il
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-04-11

Vermont Thrift club. organized taastse
and Ghg Stamps. probably the gulstel the
organization Vermont
II intended enlist membership all
officers and viii thus
ship ." ~ve thousand and slI include per.
whatever janto
justice ie Tinted
erai commission Vermont
TIE above reproduction hee, containing the
prom
neat oGla!als than arv often
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-04-11

spiritual instinct Of man as the medi-
um through which he apprehends
knowledge of his nature and destiny.
To refuse to recognize the existence of
and the functioning Of the faith in
stinct" constitutes the serious mistake
of shallow scientific philosophy.
The spiritual instincts Of man are
his supreme source Of knowledge of
his spiritual nature and destiny. Their
claim to validity is the highest be-
cause they are innate and constitute
the very essence of his conscious be-
ing Reason and faith are not irrec-
oncilable, but complementary. Meth
er should usurp the province Of the
other. The claims Of faith within its
sphere are supreme because direct and
inspired Faith is clairvoyant. Bles-
sed are tie poor in heart for they shall
see God was uttered by one who knew
the spiritual laws of the human heart
and that purity is essential to clarity
Of vision.
Much interest has been aroused in
recent years in the MATES of system
attic inquiry into the evidence regard
ing communication with the other
world. What shall we say Of the find
ings of such eminent scientists as Sir
Oliver Lodge, Prof Hyslop, and 9th
ers in this field? Merely this, that
from the very nature Of the subject,
results of such investigation must be
indefinite and inconclusive. Such
grounds of conviction must of neces
sity prove unsubstantial. To deny
the possibility Of such communication
would be unwarranted. But one can |
but admit that articulate communica- |
with the "other world" seems most inn
probable. Providence would seem TO
have drawn a veil between the two
worlds. But just as the audience hears
through the drop curtain of the stage
the inarticulate whisperings of the
actors beyond its tenuous folds, so
may it not be possible, yes even plaus-
ible that in our own "better moments"
and inspired moods our friends de-
parted haunt still our earthly life?
Shakespeare makes Hamlet exclaim:
There are more things in Heaven and
Earth, Horatio than are dreamed Of in
your philosophy" !
In conclusion, then, we confidently
affirm our belief in Immortality, both
on the ground Of the highest spiritual
and one the ground OF uni
versal conviction through God-given
spiritual instinct. Again we affirm it
because any other conclusion is wholly
with human reason when
reason is called in 10 confirm the valid
ity Of claims Of higher authority.
Down through the ages comes the
ringing challenge Of the greatest spir-
itual interpreter Of life awakening in
each responsive soul its inarticulate
but ineradicable belief in the endless
life: "Let not your heart be troubled"
In this tense hour Of the worlds his
tory, this may not be a joyous Easter q,
tide, but II can and should be a conf I
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-04-11
LANDGROVE

n. w. Abbott is on the sick list.
Mrs. o. j. Coolidge is visiting in
New Bedford, Mass.
The listers have been on the war
path the past week
Miss Beulah Austin Of New York,
is visiting at NJ. II. Smiths.
Delmer Davis has moved TO London
derry TO help his father through sug-
airing.
Frank Slade had the misfortune to
lose one Of his newly purchased horses
recently.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-04-11

perhaps appeared before
men The first line top
of Governor Graham, who 10 president Of the Jus Ice
Watson and Senator Dillingham; while below appear
state officers and congressman
Dale Federal Judge Howe the Supreme
Judges Posinasiers members legislature Shens.
others well known
The endorsement the
the strongest possible evidence of It's Importance Of The In
thar all vTmontes exhibit
Ing the aud in that Vermont buys 1886 90
OF War Savings Stamps before December 81
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-04-11

dent Easter. In this, the greatest Of
world crises, we need to realize that
in each individual the "endless life"
has already begun, and that whether
we consider the many recent deaths in
our own community, those of neigh
bors and friends and those that touch
us more nearly, or whether we consid-
err the sacrifcal death of the millions
across the sea, with full assurance we
answer JOB in his own words III
a man die he shall live again"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-04-11
rHr ENDLESS LIfr
A Lenirn Tals Giacu by Principal
Brooks 10 The Seminary S,udenis

Brooks 20 The Seminary students
Any nc~ proBoancemcnt On thu
age long and allimportani thcme q
out of the question, but in yicw " III,
fact that 10 al thoughtful minds lh'
present Easter season appears tbs
mosi tragic and significant Of ans On
record since the hrst glad Easter
morn. an Faster recording IN the OK
grcgaie the passing u millions Of
lives. il i most pertinent TO thought.
fully and fearicssly consider the old
old question Of Job III q man die shall
he live again ?" and 10 ask ourselves
wha, are the grounds for an afiirma.
tive belief in the immortality ~
human personality
II is but natural that a world crisis
like the present should unsettle the
faith OF many for the time, at least, in
a just and over ruling Providence, II
is no, the first time in history tina,
HitttiiAf fiAf'H itsANf t'EItbh IA NAfAftAtsA
rude shocks TO positive, constructive
faith We shall greatly err, however,
IL we lose our sense Of perspective
while witnessing or even personally
suffering the consequences Of the
throes Of one Of the rc-births Of civil
ixation.
The question OF Immortality is es-
sentially the same whether thous-
and fall at our right hand or ten
thousand.
The human mind always has Crap
Piled with the problem Of evil, and al
ways will grapple with it; always has
been baffled and always will be baf-
fed, for its solution does not lie with
in the range Of finite mind
Two outstanding facts however,
persist, namely; That life at its best
is a struggle "A battle royal, and that
life at its best is vicarious The life
destined to live always must have
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-04-11
VERMONT THRIFT CLUB
1M vs. WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
S2O-SlOOO

Recognizing the need Of the Government and the advantage
Country of National Thrift Education the Undersigned
Federal and State Officials and Employees the State Vermont
individually purchase during the year ending December
81, 1918, War Savings Stamps Of Maturity Value Of not less
than Twenty Dollars nor more than One Thousand Dollars
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
Clothes Baskets $1.9a
Tea Kettles So. .49

Large size Aluminium Tea Ee
ties: extra quality. BnSement.
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
VOLOGDA HARBORS
REPRESENTATIVES
. OF ELEVEN NATIONS

VoloEda. a small city in the heart
of q Russian district of many and
divers enterprises. HIS become one OF
the most unique spots in the world.
About 300 miles northeast Of Mos
COW, now the Russian capital the lit
tie municipality today harbors the
government representatives. Of eleven
allied nations accredited TO Russia.
United States Ambassador Francis
put Nologda on the map when he de-
cIined 10 leave Russia al the coming
Of the Germans Since then he has
been Joined by the representatives Of
Japan. China. France. Italy. Serbia.
Belgium, Brazil, siam. Portugal and
Greece
Scanty cables fail 10 disclose the
character OF the "allied colony s"
housing and living.
The VoloRda district is msrshy
country with hshinE and agriculture
AboundinE. II is Junction point for
railways running from Moscow TO
Arehangel and from Petrograd TO Si-
beria. II is commercially alive and
offers strategic point for retreat
should the diplomats wish to leave
hastily
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
BREAKFAST FOOD
EDUCATION IN US.
SCHOOLS OPPOSED

NEW YORK. April 1T.-."Breakfast
food education" in American schools
and colleges was criticised by Prof.
James f. Russell. dean OF Teachers
College. Columbia University. in
lecture before the Institute OF Arts
and Sciences at Columbia on the new
Americanism in education.
According to the dean, our inSti-
tutions serve knowledge like break
fast foods-in small packages with
attractive labels. The contents, un-
liAe many predigested foods, he said'
were often indigestible. He added:
Had Il not been for the whole
some common sense OF our puolic
school teachers. | doubt not that the
German standard of scholarship ana
the German standard OF efficiency
would long ago have dominated our
lower schools as they hate controlled
the policy OF our universities. When
ever the question Is asked-'what are
the schools for the stereotyped an
Gwer is that they are for the people.
Suppose however. that when the
balance OF power in our Government
goes over TO those Who in Charies
N. Schwab's words. work with their
hands your new masters say that
the schools are not, and never have
been, intended to meet the needs OF
their children. that they were es-
tablished 10 train leaders for church
and state. that their chief function
today is 10 equip a favored few, for
professional work. That they. cater
20 an aristocracy OF highbrows and
money-Eetters- that they spend the
peopleh money TO make one OF
hundred the master of the other
: ninety-nine, and. that, in short. they
AanRn@raffr in i'm method.
OF course, the ready retort to such a
challenge is that American schools
are open to all, that public educa-
tion, like other opportunities, Is
Tree and democratic.'
THE cornerstone OF the new state
after the war will be education-not
merely instruction in things worth
knowing, but also discipline in things
worth doing"
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
AMBASSADOR TELLS
RUSSIANS REASON
JAPANESE LANDED

Landing OF Japanese marines at
v1adivostok was police precaution."
Ambassador Francis has informed
Russia through a public statement.
He made It clear that there was no
concerted action between the allies.
and State Department advices today
showed the envoy had been .srroneoTz-
iy quoted as saying that there was'Fn
international agreement for the land
ing.
THE Soviet government and tho So
Wet press" Francis said, ARE giving
too much Importance TO the landing
OF these marines. which has NJ politi-
eel significance. but merely u as a pn-
lice precaution taken by the Japarese
admiral on his own responsibility for
the protection Of japanese life and
property in Vladivostok and -he Japa-
nese Admiral KAto so informed the
American Admiral knight and the
American Consul Caldwell. in NladI-
Vostok
MY impression Is that the landing
Of the British marines was pursuant
10 the request OF the British consul
for the protection Of British consulate
and British subjects in Vladivostok.
which he anticipated would possibly
be jeopardiZed by the unrest that
might result from the Japanese land
ing.
'Ths American consul did not ask
protection from the American cruisers
in the Nladivostok harbOr. and, con-
sequently. no American marines were
landed; this. together with the fact
that the French consul at Eladirostok
made no request for protection from
the British, American or japanese
cruisers in NladivOstOk harbor un
auestionsbly demonstrates that the
landing OF allied troops is not a con-
cOrted action between the allies
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
ASK FOR POSTPONEMENT
OF MOONEY EXECUTION

SNN FRANrISCO. April 17.-An sp-
80 Sor posipnlement OF the execution
-honas !. Mooney. convicted Of
articIp- In the bomb plots here,
II Hpril -. has been ssked by Ajax
"a icSUtt. his counsel More time
r~rui-ed II was stated here today
-. - 'rh counsel r~ay prepare further
ti;iors for cor1-nutation Of The sem
I nee OF p new trial. Presi lent VT
son recently wired Governor Ste
phens, asking that he pardon or com
mUtS
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
19c Turkish Towels 15c

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The Washington times., 1918-04-17
S1.25 Silk Poplins 9Sc

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The Washington times., 1918-04-17
S9c Shantung Pongee 69c

32-inch ShantunG Pongee, aIl-silk
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The Washington times., 1918-04-17
$1.5O Boxloom
Crepe de Chine $1.25

4O-Inch BoxIoom Crepe de Chine.
a heavy. firm-woven GRADE, WIN
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Light Blue, turquoise. Nile, Corn.
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Alice. Belgian Blue. Navy Blue. and
Black. First Floor.
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
Crex and Fibre Rugs

NreX ana + lDfe Rugs
II you are in need Of floor
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come here tomorrow and select
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as you will be sure to find just
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CreX. All-Fiber and Wool and
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The Washington times., 1918-04-17
$3.50 Broadcloth $2.9S

4S-inch All wool Chiffon Rr"ad-
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only. First Floor.
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
29c Cretonnes, 22c

Choice OF our regular stock Of
Cretonnes. selling at 29c yard. in
pretty floral, stripe. figured and
bird designs. All the most sought
after coloringS. suitable for furni-
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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-06-06

that precious yellow metal sought
by men
In regions desolate.
Pursued In patient hope OF furious
Breeder Of discord. wars. and murder
Gus hate;
The victer's spoil
So Hazel quoted, leaning over her
husbands shoulder. In the bottom of
his pan, shining among a film of black
sand, lay half Q aosse Alright specIxs.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-06-06

varying from pin-point size to the big
ness of grain of wheat.
That's the stuff" Bill murmured
at looks as If we'd struck it pretty
fair. It's time, too-the June rise will
hit us like whirlwind one of these
days."
about what is the value of those
little piecesf" Hazel asked.
"Oh, fifty or sixty cents" he an
swered. "Not much by itself. But 1t
seems to be uniform over the bar
and can wash a good many pans In
days work"
"I should think So" she remarked.
"It didn't take you ten minutes to do
that one."
"Whitcy Lewis and took out over
two hundred dollars a day on that
other creek last spring-no, year last
spring, Ii was" he observed reminis-
Gently. "This isn't as good, but it's not
to be sneezed at. either. I think I'll
make me a rocker"
81 can help, can't TT she said ca
gerly.
"Sure," he smi,oi. "You help a lot
little person. just sitting around and
keeping me company"
"But I want to work." she declared
1--WE sat around now till I'm getting
the fidgets."
"All right: I'll give you job" he
returned good-naturedly. meantime
let's eat that lunch you packed up
here"
In a branch of the creek which
flowed down through the basin, Bill
had found plentiful colors as soon as
the first big run-off of water had fallen
He had followed upstream painstak-
ingly, panning colors always, and now
and then a few grains of coarse gold
to encourage him in the quest. The
loss of their horses precluded ranging
far afield to that other glacial stream
which he had worked with Whitley
Lewis when he was free lance In the
North. He was close to his base OF
supplies, and he had made wages
with always the prospector's lure OF
a rich strike on the next bar.
'In the morning." said he, when
lunch was over, "I'll bring along the ak
and some nails and a shovel, and get
busy"
That night they trudged down to the
cabin In high spirits. Bill had washed
out enough during the afternoon to
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-06-06
HAZEL AToNES FOR HER THoUGHTLESSNESS BY MAX
ING A LUCKY "STRIKE"

synopsisNss Hazel Weir stenogaphe living at Granville
under cloud by circumstances for which she
the gossip that
position schooeacher at Cariboo Meadows in
boarding house. first
B Wagstaf weknOwn character of the country
while walking woods
Roaring Bits
morning but she
woods After wandering
Roaring Bill finally admits that he Is taking
cabin in the mountains Hazel finds their arrival ut
from the wilderness before
Roaring B Hazel with the
but she refuses In the spring he takes her to Bella Cooa
takes
Wagsan
him. Roaring Bi is overjoyed and to-
and married After
decide farther into the mountains to spot
Arrived at their destination BIZ
feed the horses till spring.
chimney the stable which is
animals death by starVa
ton, s compelled shoot them.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-06-06

make a respectable showing on Hazel's
outspread handkerchief. And Hazel
was in gleeful mood over the fact
that she had unearthed a big nugget
by herself. Beginners luck, Bill said
teasingly, but that did not diminish
her elation.
AS the days passed there seemed no
question Of their complete success.
Bill fabricated his rocker. a primitive,
bOxllke device with a blanket screen
and transverse Stats below. 1t was
faster than the pan, even rude as It
was, and it caught all but the finer
particles of gold.
A queer twist of luck put the cap
sheaf on their undertaking. Hazel ran
a splinter of wool Into her hand, ahus
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-06-06

blurred hollow IA the uisla.'-. 49,,
he uttered no useless regrets. With
horses they could have ridden south
through rolling country, where every
stretch of timber gave on grass
grown level. Instead they were forced
back over the rugged route by which
they had crossed the range the sum-
DeT before. Grub, bedding, furs and
gold totaled Two hundred pounds. On
his sturdy shoulders Bill could pack
half that weight. For his wife the
thing was q physical impossibility
even had he permitted her to try.
Hence every mile advanced meant that
he doubled the distance, relaying from
one camp to the next. They cut their
bedding to a blanket apiece, and that
was Hazel's load-all he would allow
her to carry.
you're no pack mule, little person."
he would say. "It don't hurt me. I've
done this for years."
But even with abnormal strength
and endurance, 1t was killing work to
buck those ragged slopes with heavy
load. Only by terrible, unremitting eff
fort could he advance any appreciate
distance. They were footsore, and
their bodies ached with WEAKNESS that
verged on pain when they gained the
pass that cut the summit of the Klap-
pan range.
swell, we're over the hump" Bill re-
marked thankfully. 'It's a downhill