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CHITTENDEN ON PEACE
Gtn H. 31. Chittenden, U. S. A-,
retired, a member of the Seattle
port commission, has contributed to
th' August issue of Atlantic Month
ly a i radical and informative re
view of the various plans for uni
versal peace, with conclusions of
his own.
1' is Geo, Chittenden's view that,
whilu many of the plans anticipate
an adoption of some sovereign-relief
to become effective at once, • the
peace problem is a matter for evolu
tion, not revolution. He is inclined
to the opinion that a world
court for the settlement of interna
tionjj misundeiTStandings and, in
the beginning ,a limited , peace
lea^ro composed of Creat Britain,
the >-uited States, Japan, aud
Fraiae, for the control of the seas
and urcventiou of hostilities there
on, illicit be efficient, aud ultimate
ly supported by ail nations.
Armed peace is a useless burden
and worse than war, in the view of
Gen. Chittenden, because war is
shcrt lived and coi-clusfve, while
armed j e^ce is unending.
Ihe friends of peace are warned
against the probatd* result of a
pivmailrs- euding of the present
struggle. He writes:
"No ti'Ue friend of 't>eace
^ill sejrk to stOD the war un
til :Uc. issues shall have been
decided, if it ^ carried to
the point where real -results
are assured, where just trea
ties aud wise statsmanship re
move causes thot have' been
perennial • source of peril,
dfjlicg with the problem in
an attitude of concession,
then the war may mark a
nTghty advance iu the cause
pe'ice."
It 's suggested that the most
po-verful element in procuring the
ultimate disarmament of the na
tions is the influence cf the work
ing c.ssses. The unquestioned
sup >o.rt cf tuwe classes ia the pres
ent war las placed the diffe.-en
govcr. ni^iUs under eternal obliga
tions to them, and ttey must be
listciied to in the future as they
have not been in the past. There
is so rat- degree ot fraternalism
among the workers of the different
nationalities. Xo doubt their in
fluence, after tt'e war, will be for
disarmament.
"•Dreadful as war is," says Gen.
Chittenden, -it must proceed • to
its appointed end if lasting results
are to be reached. Principles * are
being fought for which far trans
cend iu importance to the human
race the question of African slavery,
over which our nation struggled for
lour long years."
Gen. Chittenden's review and his
suggestions are thoughtful • and
erudite, and a distinct contribution
to the literature of peace, now in
ividence.
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Vice of Earth Eating.
In certain parts of tropical America
the natives are much addicted to ge
opliagy. or earth eatlug. The Injurious
habit of earth eating Is formed almost
from the hour of their birth, and moth
ers. to quiet a squalling child, will give
It it lump of clay pulled from the wall
of their hut. As the children grow up
the longing increases, and to gratify
the yearning they will barter their
very souls for a lump of white clay,
beside which delicacy spirits and to
bacco are reckoned of no account.
This vice is, in the long run, fatal, pro
( diking dropsy in the young and dysen
| tery iu the middle aged. Those thor
oughly iu its grip are judged worthless
as servants.—Pearson's.
The Sun.
! It has been stated that no one has
: ever seen the sun. A series of con
centric shells envelops a nucleus ol
which we know nothing except that It
must be infinitely hotter than the (ierc
est furnace niul that It must amount to
more than nine-tenths of the solar
mass. That nucleus Is the real suu,
forever hidden from us. The outer
most of the enveloping shells is about
5,000 miles thick and Is culled the
"chromosphere." It is a gaseous flood.
—Exchange.
Valparaiso at Night.
The night view of Valparaiso from
the balconies of the cliff dwellers is
one of the great sights of the world.
The vast sickle of the shore lit for
nearly 200,000 people, the scores of
ocean vessels lying at anchor, the har
bor lights, the glowing avenues below
from which rises, mellowed, the roar
of nocturnal traffic, the rippling water
under the moonlight and the far hori
zon of the illimitable I'acitic produce
an effect of enchantment.—Edward Als
worth Ross' "South of Panama."
Culpeper's Remedies.
Old time physicians prescribed even
more unsavory remedies than rancid
butter, which was Emperor Menelik's
cure for malarial fever. In "Culpep
per's Herbal," published originally In
USO and reprinted as recently as 1S20,
are such prescriptions as "oil wherein
frogs have been sodden till all the
ilesh Is off from their bones," "horse
leeches burned into powder" and
"black soap and beaten ginger." Some
of Culpeflper's remedies are of a more
practical nature. 'If rcdhot gold be
quenched in wine.' he says, "and the
wine drunk It cheers the vitals and
cures the plague. Outwardly used li
takes away spots and leprixsls."
"Never Too Late to Mend."
Most of us asso late the phrase "It's
never too late to mend" with Charles
Reade's famous novel, and very like
ly some of us think be invented It. But
It Is really one of the most ancient
gems of popular philosophy. A corre
spondent uf London Notes and Queries
has discovered It In a i>etltlou from the
commonalty to the mayor and alder
men of the city In 1-133. It must have
been of a respectable age even then,
seeing that It Is quoted as one of the
proverbs of the |>eriod.
The Speed of Light.
Light holds the record for high speed
among all movlug things that have
been measured. It travels at the rate
of 3l!$,02S,800 yards * second. This is
faster than thinking, even by the most
quick wittcd person. Let any reader
try to think the simplest thought and
then with the aid of a stop watch
note how long it has taken him to
think it He will theu be able to un
derstand how slow his mental opera
tions ure compared to the speed of
light. _
tiood-Thing.
"Society Is so shallow." tuused the
parlor philosopher.
"It's a good thing it Is," retorted the
mere man. "or half the people who are
wading around iu It would get drown
ed."—Judge.
FhiS and Germs.
The number of germs on a single fly
may range from 5o0 tofi.000.000. Scien
tific tests have shown that the aver
age for 414 (lies was about 1 200.U0#
Our Advice Is:
When you feel out of sorts from consti
pation, let us say that if
do not relieve you, see a physician,
because no other home remedy will.
Sold only by us, 10 cents.
Wm. BrltU
A Philanthropist
Spoiled
By SADIE OLCOTT
Miss Margaret Lawrence was an el
derly maiden lady who, having pined
I for a mission, finally decided to take
one upon herself. She selected the
amelioration of the criminal classes.
She visited them In prison, and many
of them talked with her so persuasive
ly about the unfortunate circumstances
that had led them to become criminals
that she came to believe they were all
victims of their surroundings. This led
her to advocate mercy toward them.
Miss Lawrence, who was wealthy,
founded u society for helping Criminals
to lead u better life. Her society was
really a corps of young women who
were proud to bo her assistants. They
worked with her In the cause and
though during a term of years they
succeeded hi lifting only a very few
criminals up Into a better Sphere per
manently, they persevered.
One of Miss Lawrence's objects was
to Induce persons against whom crimes
had been committed to refrain from
prosecution and to take the offender
under th»>lr protection with a view to
accomplishing his reformation. She
found tills a difficult matter. When
one had been victimized by a confl- t
dence m'tn he was usually bent rather
on punishment than sympathy. When
u woman lost h?r Jewelry at the hands
of a dishonest servant she considered
it her duty to the state to prosecute
the thief. Miss Lawrence spent much
of her time In endeavoring to Induce
I such persons to forego revenge an 1
| help bring about a new birth In those
who had Injured them.
I Whenever Miss Lawrence saw an ac
count In a newspaper of a theft or a
robbery she would go or send one of
her assistants tc the Injured person to
Induce him or her to be merciful. One
day, hearing that an elderly butler had
been caught purloining his employer's
valuables she went to the Jail, saw the
thief, who had been arrested, and
found htm to be a man of fifty, of
good appearance and, according to his
account, the victim of unfortunate clr
| cumstances. His name was Homer
| Hawkins. When asked how be came
by the name of Homer he said that his
father had l>cen a |fedagoguo and an
admirer of the great poet Homer
Hawkins wept bitter tears over the
condition In which he found himself
and so worked on Miss Lawrence's
feelings that she went to his late mas
ter. secured a promise that he would j
not prosecute the case and took Mr.
Hawkins under her own especial care
for the purpose of giving him an op
portunity to show how cruel fate had
been to him. ,
Hawkins was made major domo pt
Miss Lawrence's household, ne seem
ed too respectable to J>£ called butler
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| Sold by all DniKcista, 75c.
1 Take Hull a Family Pills tor constipation.
)r to perform lh{ liieiiTHT derVlces oT~a
butler. The truth Is he did very little
»f anything, because Miss Lawrence
had nothing for so respectable a person
to do. He attended to the purchase
it household supplies, and slnco his
mistress paid cash for everything
she bought her major domo waB In
trusted with the funds used for tho
purpose.
Never wo" a man more particular In
rendering his accounts. If from the
multitude of payments at any one time
he was at a loss to account for a
ilme or a nickel he was so much trou
bled that his mistress sometimes ex
pected that he would burst into tears.
On such occasions she assured him
that so trifling nn amount was of 110
consequence, but In vain. He would
mourn over the fact that after the un
fortunato condition In which she had
Pound him she would surely think him
dishonest. He refused to be com
forted.
One day Ilawkins went out to do the |
morning's marketing. Ho did not re
turn at the usual time ond lu the |
meanwhile a lady called on Miss Law
rence and she sought bor kind oillccs In
the matter of a criminal who had rob
bed her. The lady was willing to for
flve the culprit, but asked Miss Law
rence to undertake his reform. The
ladles' car was at the door, and she I
begged Miss Lawrence to go with hrr
to a police station to see the prisoner.
Miss Lawrence consented and on the
way the lady told her that the crim
inal had called on one of her maids
the evening before and had gone away
with some valuable silver. He had
been arrested tn the morning.
When Miss Lawrence reached the
Jail, and the culprit was marched out
of his cell the good lady was aston
ished. Ho was Homer Hawkins. Ills
benefactress was at a loss what to |
do In the matter, but. turning to the
lady who had suffered, was about to
plead for the prisoner, when an In
spector showed her a number of ar
ticles belonging to her that had been
found In Hawkins' possession.
There was a difference In Miss Law
rence's neighbors losing valuables and
losing them herself. She turned upon
Hawkins, called him nn ungrateful
man, and then, after promising the In
spector that she would appear ngalnst
the prisoner, walked out of the office
the picture of Indignation.
This ended Miss Lawrence's Indi
vidual work In the reformation of crim
inals. She disbanded her society, but
in time Joined one In which the work
carried on was rather general than
particular. Even this organized effort
met with a very limited success.
Nevertheless Miss Lawrence found that
while particular reformations were not
achieved, the condition of the criminal
classes was bettered by the efforts of
the society.
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