The Washington times., 1921-01-29

Tom Paine's Birthday.
The Bison Returns.
IS important Words.
For Girls Colds.
D. ARTHUR BRIBBAN
Copyright. iSsi.,

seoo quo uuuoi oo anu cAeug Ao~i
years ago today. Give him .
friendly, grateful thought. You
have heard that he WAS an atheist.
He was not that, but q "Doist."
believing In God, and In just gov
eminent of the universe. He did
not believe that any prophet or
religious system had a monopoly
OF God, could exactly describe him,
or. with authority, speak for him.
Thomas Paine's religion was that
OF Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin
Franklin. Those that denonpce
Paine denounce the other two.
Franklin sent Paine to this
country with letters to his family
and friends. II was in Paine's
: pamphlet, Common Sense, that the
idea Of absolute separation from
England was first powerfully ad-
vanced. He fought as q volunteer
in the war, and his words. "These
are the times that try mems souls"
became a battle-cry of the Revolu-
ton.
Paine fought for liberty-of
mind, body, and belief-in this
country, in England and France.
When Burke, gone wrong attack
ed the French revolution Paine re
piled with his The Rights of Man.
He was worth a dozen of Burke,
with all the latter's fine oratory.
England banished Paine, al
though Pitt knew enough to say:
"Psine is right, but If I encour-
aged his opinion, we should have
a bloody revolution"
In France Paine was elected to
the French convention, and had
courage and decency to oppose the
killing of poor, fat, harmless
Louis XVI, favoring banishment
or imprisonment for the King.
Paine escaped the guillotine by a
hairs breadth. Later he wrote
his Age of Reason, which caused
Paine to be hated on both sides Of
the ocean by those that denied the
right Of man to think and say
what he chose on all subjects.
Paine was praised by Washing
ton, Franklin, Jefferson. OF his
best work, Common Sense, Wash
inston said that it worked pow
erful change in the minds Of many
men." e.,..,l.. t
With all his weaknesses, which
were many, including his late. in
excusables attack on Washington,
Paine was a genius, q sincere man.
His voice and writings helped
powerfully in the establishment OF
this nations independence. Read
Moncure d. Conway's biography
of Paine, and you will side with
Washington, Franklin, and Jeffer-
son, who praised him, rather than
with well-meaning but bigoted
pentlemen that have belied him.
The American bison has come
back. Indians that told OF big
herds in lonely northern Canada
were telling the truth. Canadian
agents have photographed and
counted one herd of at least a
thousand.
Kitto, the Canadian agent, re-
ports that the bison runs instantly
when a human being approaches.
They have learned from expert
ence, which is more than you can
say for the United States human
being. A corporation can still ap-
proach them, shoot hioh prices into
them, and skin them. The people
never become corporation shy.
For business men, here are
nineteen words published by Mr..
Hammond in his excellent Byron
Times:
"Eighty-four per cent OF the
business failures of the past year
occurred among firms 'oh'ch d'a
NOT advertise"
Better than ever is the advice:
"If your business is not worth ad.
vertising, advertise it for sale"
Big profit on a sale has changed to
small profit, and many sales are
necessary. Only advertising,
which is to business what oxygen
is to the blood, can do the work.
A good local advertising medium
and a splendidly printed paper,
by the way, is the Byron Times,
OF Contra Costa County, California.
At Wellesley College, in Found
er's Hall, to cure colds, will be in
stalled a room especially built,
filed with germ-killing vapors Of
eucalyptus oil and formaldehyde.
Any young woman, feeling a cold
coming on, will enter the room,
breathe deeply for awhile, and
leave, with a good hope of leav-