Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-04-13

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monarchs cended to an ambrosial
heavens Because their gods had been
asSuaged; the other monarch, fallen.
pierced by the javelin Of the other mon
arch. went to similar heaven because
his gods had been propitiated. And
the cause Of it all, piece of land, a.
gold-filled temple. or a producing peo-
| plel But those were barbarians.
Surely!
: Woodlawn cemetery is a colossal col
lection of tombs, bones anil decaying
human flesh. The sanitary-minded
person walking thru and observing the
vents thru which noxious gases are
escaping to the air, says the dead will
be the death of those living. The CHAT
in India seems cruel, because we are
unused to it. We have refined it and
the body is rolled into furnace Of
living fire. Ashes in a moment-a jail
holding a handful Of bone dust, calci-
UNI. lime, takes its place in the long
line. When Fear Of fire is removed
thru understanding, there will be more
incindierators built. However, we must
not forget the tomb maker, the casket
maker, and the death trappings maker
must live!
1893
The great cemetery, built on a great
rock, sinks into insignificance when the
Great Wall Of China is brought to mind.
Over mountain and valley for $500
miles it winds, and thousand bodies
to the mile are buried in ii. There
were no ceremonies at the burial. They
were worn out and useless workmen
and were buried on the job. Their
monument has stood for thousand
centuries.
$3.50
The disposition of the dead is a SER
ious problem. The graves of the early
Chinese interfere with agriculture in
that impoverished land. Land that
should be cultivated is covered by mil
lions of piles of earth; only cultiva-
ton between the graves is allowed by
the spirits. A few paper prayers on
the wheel of fate, handed out by seer
to grieving relatives has held back the
advancement Of that race.
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Right at the head of Wall Street
stands an old church; it covers block.
A little further on is grave yard and
stones indicate that early New York
settlers lived there and died in 1872,
1876 and even before that. They had
names; half of them have vanished
through the erosion of the stone. Those
churches and grave yards in the midst
of the most expensive city of the world
keep back progress. China hasn't SO
much on modern New York. In China
they are superstitious; in New York
they are sentimental.
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After all change comes slowly. All
about us are replicas Of the ancient.
People of to-day are very much as they
were five and ten and twenty thousand
years ago. Environment has changed,
that's all. Rocks and soil change more
readily than the thoughts of men,, Men
are initiating the things of the past. and
1.-THE first anthropoid ape hanging by his
tail and steadyiny himself by a pre-
hensile thumb made love to his furry
coated companion in much the same
way as the moderen flapper is enter
tanned by the ribbon-counter salesman
of modern New York.
3 81 g s.
Milukoff, former minister under Ka-
rensky, escapes bullet of assassin, but
his friend Editor Naboukoff is killed
: while trying to shield him. Old off
GERS of the car are said to be respon-
sible. Grievous as it is, it is a relief
; to know that it wasn't an emissary
: of Lenin.
1888
Shooting anyone never settled any
thing permanently. All the deaths OF
the past have but little effert on the
trend of affairs. Sparticus was stab
bed to death by a spy on the battle
+ field, and the contrary happened. Hi;
cause grew stronger Lincoln grow il
: strength after the assassin's bullet laic
, him low. Garfield was removed BY
Guitau and the nation hardlynoticec
5 lit. Mckinley was shot and stronger
man took his place.
s 1893
A railroad man said that the nation