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CUTTING OUT MIRACLES
If congress or the supreme
court, or city councils or the in
terstate commerce commission or
any other authoritative body
should promulgate a resolution or
a decree that miracles were barred
and that all workers of miracles
or their beneficiaries or intended
beneficiaries should be fined or im
prisoned or otherwise subjected to
P& ns and penalties, it would
amount to less than a pub
lic calamity.
What a discouragement it would
be to millionaires who buy dukes
for their daughters, if their belief
in miracles were to be destroyed.
Millionaire papas and mammas
and daughters have been fed on
miraculous fairy tales, and when
<4 Prince Charming” along,
comes
even though he may be needy and
in debt, with a breath like a gar
bage dump, a constitution like a
barrel of sprouted potatoes and
a reputation as frazzled as a
tramp’s trousers, they take him
upon the hope that a miracle will
transform him and that he will be
the one exception to the titled
wife-hunters who come to the land
of the free and the home of the
brave. 4l
In the same way the cutting
out of the possibility of miracles
.
would discourage that very laud
able and philanthropic impulse of
many young girls who marry
young men of tough morals, but
correct shape, in the hope that
after marriage some miracle will
bring shape and morals into uni
eon.
In some business affairs there
would likewise be a great slump,
if miracles and the hope and ex
pectation of miracles were to be
cut out.
From the time of the tulip ma
nia in Holland, and even long be
fore that, through the south sea
bubble craze, down to the latest
sure ten-per-cent-a-month or wire
tapping scheme, people have been
looking out for financial miracles
and investing money upon the
theory that they are about to hap
pen.
The man who threw a chunk of
Toefc at a recalcitrant mule and
thereby discovered a $20,000,000
gold mine, afterwards erecting a
million dollar monument to the
mule, or the man whose pet goose
came home with a craw full of
■uggets are their favorite char
acters in financial literature.
They are full of hope that their
poverty, real or imaginary, may
be changed to opulence by similar
miraculous happenings.
The expectation of these and
thousands of similar miracles are
means of buoying up the hopes
of millions.
Hence the crop of stock swind
lers and suckers.
AID FOR STUDENTS
In co-operation with Chambers
of Commerce, Rotary, Kiwanis,
.
Lions and similar organizations,
the student friendly relations com
Mtttee during the past four years,
fcas been aiding thousands of des-
titute students abroad as well as
in this country.
Tie fund for this work is main
tained in a large measure by the
students of American colleges, and
generous contributions from for
eign sources.
Just at this time the visiting
students in this country include
2,060-Chinese, 1,000 Japanese and
3,500 Filipinos, with, lesser num
bers from India and other coun
tries.
It is a wonderful work with far
reaching results both for the ad
vancement of Christianity and
peace in the world.
th;e cause of war
The publication of the note
books of Georges Louis, former
French ambassador in Russia, has
created a sensation, not only in
Europe but in America.
The notes charge Raymond Poin
caire, then president of France,
was largely responsible for pre
cipitating the world war.
The notes charge that he trav
eled in Russia, secured the press
by means of secret funds and
pushed Russia into a declaration of
war.
Other French ambassadors in
Russia are severely blamed, nota
bly M. Pateologue and M. Del
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The notes provide new material
for those who believe in divided
responsibility for the war, in the
shape of definite opinion by a
distinguished French Ambassador
supported by two qther ministers.
M. Poincaire has issued a denial
which is expected to counteract
the publication.
THE AIRCAB HAS ARRIVED.
A New York automobile
er is reported to have ordered 100
airplanes designed and made in
France, that will alight either on
land or water.
He claims that a Wall street
firm has placed orders for several,
to form an aerial taxi service for
financiers and business men who
live in the suburbs, and for trips
to Washington, Philadelphia, Bos
ton and other nearby cities,
These air taxis are to travel
100 miles an hour, will carry five
passengers, and at a rate on a
P ar with that now charged by
taxi.
Of course there will be more or
l ess risk and danger, just as there
was risk and danger traveling be
kind the first railroad locomotive
or on the first steamboat, but all
that is a simple matter of devel
opment.
This is an age of speed, and
the auto in. cities is admittedly
slow, cumbersome and overdone.
The air is the only place re
maining for real comfort, and the
aircab seems to be the real thing.
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WORM TURNS.
The truth of the old adage “the
worm will turn,” is illustrated in
the determination of railroad com
panies to sue for damages to their
property as the result of automo
bile
A western road has filed suit
to recover $4,500 damage to its
train when it struck a motor
truck.
And it is a a poor rule that will
not work both ways,” especially
as against those who persistently
break the rule to stop, look and
listen.
She had just returned from the
barber shop, where she had ex
changed her heavy tresses fo:
a shingle.'
“I simply could not stand the
weight of ail that hair on my head
another day,” she explained to her
angry husband.
“I always thought your head
was weak,” was his only comment.
Jake Jackson, n nntive of Geor
gia, was summoned to court on an
assault charge. The state brought
into court the weapons used—a
huge pole, a dagger, a pair of
hears, a saw and e. gun. Jack
son’s Counsel produced as the
complainant’s weapons an ax, a
shovel, a scythe, a hoe and a pair
if tongs.
The jury was out bit a short
while and returned with the ver-
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
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“CRIMINAL'S CASE A MEDI
CAL ONE," SAYS SING
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SING’S CHIEF PHY
. SIC1AN.
The proper treatment of a crim
inal is a medical one and a train
ed psychiatrist should be attached
to every, court so that judges
might have, before sentence, the
benefit of skilled opinion upon the
mental condition of convicted
criminals, is the opinion of Dr.
Amos O. Squire, chief physician
at Sing Sing. The opinion was
expressed in a paper read before
the society of Medical Jurispru
dence, and made available gener
ally through publication in the
Medical Times.
Study Cases.
“I am impressed more and more
every day by the fact that the
treatment of the crimnial is a
WHO’S WHO
THE PAY 3 NEWS
BRIG. GEN. DAVID L.
BRAIN ARD.
In the latest American army
register appear the names of 16
general officers who rose from the
humble grade of “buck private in
the rear ranks. »»
An example of the arduous du
ties performed by these 16 gen
erals who rose from the ranks
is found in the the record of
Brig. Gen. David L. Brainard, re
tired, who now lives in Washing
ton, D. C., after 48 years’ service
in the army, the first 10 of which
were served in the ranks.
Cavalry at 19.
Born in Norway, N. Y., 68 years
ago, Brainard enlisted in the sec-
ond United States cavalry at the
age of 19 and after serving eight
years in the cavalry transferred
to the Signal Corps as a sergeant.
The move was a lucky one, for it
led to Brainard’s assignment as
first sergeant of the Lady Frank
lin Bay Arctic expedition under
Lieutenant Greely.
2 Years in Arctic.
This expedition spent more than
two years in Arctic exploration
work, reaching the highest point
north ever before attained and
gathering the first authentic scien
tific data on the hitherto little
known polar regions.
Of the 25 men who set out o*
the expedition only seven were
alive when Captain Schley’s re
lief party rescued the nearly froz
en and starved survivors from
their pitiful camp at Cape Sabine.
It was for distinguished and
meritorious services with the
Greely Arctic expedition, 1881-84
that Sergeant Brainard was com
missioned as a second lieutenant,
October 22, 1886.
General Brainard’s fame as an
Arctic explorer has almost eclip
sed his record as a soldier, al
though he participated in numer
ous Indian campaigns, the first of
.
which ^ok place in the first year
of his enlistment, when he was
wounded in the face and right
hand in action against the Sioux
at Muddy Creek, Mont.
DIPLOMAT.
Helen: Have you seen Brown’s
fiancee? Would you call her pret
ty?
Fred; I might if I were talking,
o Brown.
THE GIFTIE.
”Wha’ brand b’ bacca are ye
smokin’, Jock?”
“I dinna ask him.”
diet: Resolved, That we, the jury,
would have given $5 to see the
fight.’
The prisoner was not profes
sionally represented. Before pro
ceeding with the case, the judge
said:
“This is a very serious of
fense you are charged with, If
you are convicted it means a long
term of imprisonment. Have you
no counsel to look after your de
fense?”
The prisoner, in the most confi
dential manner, leaned toward the
judge and replied:
“No, your honor, I have "no
counsel; but I have some very
good friends on the jury.”
Jar Dastur C. Pavry, who is
dest ined to be high priest of th e
Parsis in Bombay, and as such
spiritual head of more than 100,
000 Zorastrians in India, is learn
ing Bis future duties in the United
States.
He is the son of the present
high priest of the Parsis, now 72
years old.
a I was sent here,” Mr. Pavry
explains, “by the leaders in my
father’s community of 50,000 who
considered A. V. William Jackson,
professor of Indo-Iranian lan
guages at Columbia University,
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Dastur Pavry in student attire.
greatest authority in the west
world on the religion of the
I think Professor Jack
knows more about Zoroastrian
than anybody anywhere in the
Thus, an American professor, a
is a tutor in their own
to the son of the high
of the Parsis, and the final
on it in the eyes of the
Only Priests May Marry.
Zoroastrianism, derived from the
prophet Zoraster, or Zara
was the religion of Per
before the conversion of the
Persians to Mohammedanism. The
is a dualism, teaching
that Ormazd, the lord of light
goodness carries on a cease
less war against Ahriman and the
hosts of evil spirits who dwell in
It holds that Ormazd
created man to aid him and even
tually the good kingdom will be
realized, The faith is, in essence,
a doctrine of future life.
The Parsis of India are the far
children of those Zoroastrians who
medical one, and that the only
hope of success lies in careful,
thorough and systematic study of
each individual case, and not by
haphazard, slipshod examination, J9
Dr. Squire said in discussing the
a Physical and Mental Makeup of
Criminals.’,’ “It has been our cus
tom for some time,past to make a
careful physical examination of
every inmate upon admission, and
wherever we find an inmate suf
fering from any physical disability
which may be corrected by surgi
cal interference the condition is
corrected at the earliest possible
moment.
No Criminal “Type. ■ I
Speaking generally, Dr. Squire
does not believe there is such a
thing as a “criminal type,” either
physical or mental. He is “satis
fied that the mental condition of
the men in Sing Sing compares
favorably with that of men out
side of prison who occupy like
positions. The average mental
age of men examined by draft
boards during the war—13 years
and six months— is identical with
the average intelligence of white
men in Sing Sing.
Under the present methods,
however, Dr. Squire believes it to
be impossible for a judge to make
an examination under usual con
ditions, which will establish the
past mental record of the men
who come before him.
<4 I have come to the conclusion
that one way to lessen crime in
the future is to pay a little more
attention to our own children.”
Future High Priest of India's
Zoroastrians Learns Duties in U. S.
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A Zoroastrian must not marry
out of his faith, but a priest must
marry. Asked about his intentions
in this respect, Mr. Pavry displays
a photograph, but says his choiee
was not actuated by Obligation.
He sees good in many religions
and thinks the priest of one faith
should study the faiths of
others and not condemn them.
He is giving at Columbia a
course in his religion, and among
his pupils are prospective Chris
tian clergymen from a nearby
theological seminary.
Mr. Pavry, 25 years old, and
one of the most unassuming young
men walking the university campus
will have in his own community a
distinction absolute and unap
proached.
In New York, in his leisure time
he swims, walks, reads; studies
western customs and visits Chris
tian churches.
DRY AGENTS FOR
Philadelphia, Nov. 29.—'The dis
appearance of seized liquors from
the prohibition warehouses amount
ed to criminal acts on the part of
the prohibition agents having them
in charge, Federal Judge Thomp
son told the special grand jury
which convened yesterday to in
vestigate the unexplained disap
pearance of $40,000 worth of li
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quors belonging to James N.
Neeley, a former saloonkeeper.
The jury impaneled especially
for the investigation of the disap
pearance of the Neeley liquor will
include an inquiry into the loss of
large amounts of seized liquors in
numerous other instances.
Sensation.
Judge Thompson caused a sen
sation when he ordered the mem
bers of the jury to make an ex
haustive inquiry into the source of
“bootleg whisky and gin on the
bootleg market, which he said un
doubtedly could be traced to manu
facturers of denatured alcohol.
These manufacturers, the judge
said, are allowed to withdraw
enormous quantit.es .... of , alcohol, . . ,
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part of whicih, he added, <rsj
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That I shall leave no day of life behind
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\ With empty hands, but may I always hold
Some evidence of work and duty done.
This is the day! Whatever I may hope 4L]
To make of life demands attention now!
His dreams of harvest-time come true alone:
For him whose careful hand directs the plow,
i This is the day! My chance to win is here,
And opportunity points out the way;
Let me remember just one golden truth: Ora
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parently being diverted to “boot
leg” channels.
Difficulty.
The judge pointed out to the
venire that they would experience
great difficulties in trying to put
•» their fingers on the guilty par
ties. •»
He directed them to indict all
those men they found were part
of the scheme to keep the flow of
whisky and gin on the market.
ENGLISH CLERGY VOTE
TO ELIMINATE “OBEY
London, Nov. 29.—The house of
clergy of the Church of England
today voted 86 to 78 to remove
the word “obey” from the mar
riage ceremony, Instead, both
bride and bridegroom would agree
to “cherish and serve” each other.
Their recommendation must be
approved by the church assembly
and parliament.
COULDN’T.
He: I was afraid you’d scream
I kissed you. ,
She: I didn’t dare. Mother was
the next room and might have
me.
YE8, INI) EED.
“ Did y°“ k " ow Pol, y W8S Ket '
ting married?
„ No> WhQ , 8 the lucky man? »
»|j er father.
U. S. CONSULATE CODE
AND DISPATCHES STOLEN
I London,
Nov. 29. The Ameri
can consulate in Riga, Esthonia,
has been robbed the second time
this year, says a dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Riga. The diplo
matic cipher code and a large
quantity of diplomatic correspon
dence were stolen. Russian so
■vtet a g e nt s - are-susp ected. ~
HONOR" PRISONER LEAVES
Atlanta, Nov. 29.—While work
ing on his honor' outside the
walls of the federal penitentiary
here yesterday, George Walker,
27, serving an 18 months’ sen
tence for violating the interstate
commerce laws, escaped, prison of
ficials announced. Walker was
sent here from Charleston, W. Va.,
and only four and a half months
of his sentence remained to be
served.
Ninety-eight per cent of the al
monds grown in America are pro
duced in California.
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