Life — October 18, 1900 — page 9: what you’re looking at

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Incidental Glory. JX an English account of the Philip- pine war we read this: The American soldiers, after the outbreak of hostilities, were permitted to setze private car. riages for thelr own use, and consequently no carrlage was safe in the streets, On one occaston, two Mestisa ladies, driving over Paco bridge, Were stopped by & gang of American soldiers, ‘and were ordered out of their own carriage. The soldiers got {n, as many of them as poastbie, and * told the Filipino coachman to driveon. The coachman, seeing his mistress tn the road cry- ing, deciined to do #0, A soldier then raised his gun and shot him dead, pushed his body from the box, mounted It in his place, aud drove the carriage away. And why not? Didn't we own that carriage? When Mark Hanna paid twenty millions of dollars for those islands, were not the carriages and coachmen included? And who expects war to be pleasant for everybody? If we are going to “take our place among the nations,” we must not be too squeamish about these things. ‘EERE The Ravages of Time. N RS. WAILE: I'm sure the.con- 2 stant anxiety must have been terribly wearing. Mrs. Luers: Wearing? Why, in the last three years I've grown to look at least six months older ! NE alaght I was awakened by my husband telling me that our little girl, two years old, had the croup. I immediately arose, took her up and began realizing the truth for her. My husband, who ts nut a Sclentist, but who can say that he has outgrown many old beliefs, was seized with fear, and sald that something must be done for the chi.d rigutaway. . 2. . 1 requested him to read Science and Health aloud. + +4 + Afterreading two or three paragraphs, he satd, “Isn't that beautiful”, . . . Ison saw that all fear was gone, and in a few seconds the child vomited and was relieved, She soon fell asleep and was put back to Led, é Before I could get off to sleep, however, the little one began aguin that hoarse, pecullar cough. It then flashed over me that I had not given thanks to God for what had been done. I arose again and read my Bible and Science ana Health for Uttle while, giving all praise to God, My lite IF NERO SHOULD COME BACK TO EARTH. 309 one in the meantime fell asleep again, and awoke the next morning bright and happy, the claim having entirely gone. —From the Christian Sctence Journal. One wonders what might have hap- pened if the lady had not remembered her omission in the nick of time, but possibly this is provided for in some other way not explained. For the edi- fication of its readers, Lire remarks in passing that this is only a fair sample of what is appearing continually in Christian Science journals. HEN a bicyclist gets a bad fall by the breaking of the fork of his machine and is picked up by the police and sent to the hospital, let him, if he will, withhold his name, but let him, by all means, give the name of the maker of his bicycle. Folks who make, bicycles that are weak in the fork should get all the ac- cident advertisement that is coming to them, ROOKED men often cast straight shadows. comic ooks Colm