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Show AX AII.UI.XT JtMl 11111 UDIEIir. A rraifHAi.of thoill-itclna ycaterday de not ImpriM one that the sjlrltof Iace is miking headway very rapidly against Iho plaguo of diioontent that has fallen upon the world lu rirent years. from Memphis comes tho report that onu of thu leading nun of thu Hlato la found Inn hotel chamber uu-ronclousundcr uu-ronclousundcr a dose of chloroform, bavin? Iweii held up and robln-d of what was valuable on his ptrson and lift In the condition described. In t'lilladeiphla another man of prom-luenco prom-luenco Is found munlernl lu his ollUr, by whom uoboly knows. In Detroit,' an organized gang of outlaws la dlscovelid who had set themselves them-selves up In the business of kidnapping kid-napping and similar methoda of get-Ingnnuey get-Ingnnuey without labor, from another an-other town In Mlthlgan comes the statement that n resiecled fsruur of the neighborhood had split bis grand daughter's head ojh.ii and then killed lilmaelf, becausu she hadithreatenad to go elsewliere to live. In Arkansas Cltyawomin Is frightened from her premise by threats of being si t upon byaiuystcrlousband of assassins who have been Identified with other murders mur-ders In tho samo neighborhood. In a niarlocalllyannther woman dillber-ately dillber-ately throws herself under tho wheels of a rsllwoy train, In Dourer a )oung couplu who Ind Uu married only a thort time seek volun-Isry volun-Isry death to rscaro from the horrors of domcitlo Inf. Holly, the only word of explanation to tho world they have lied Irom being tlie pathetic re-quist re-quist that the nelghlurs whose mod-dllug mod-dllug ha I wrought tho complete ruin of their llvs would permit them tu 1 "burled side by side." This Is only part of the report of twenty-four hours, and It may be estimated esti-mated that at least half r Ihrie-fourths of the record of crime never finis Its way to the ress. Huili a plcturo or horrors In the electrlu Illuminations of tlrlsalvanced period tills one with Strang apprehensions. It almost Inspires In-spires the feeling that modern irognsa Is not as progrc-slve as It might U; that If tho cud of genius, liislratlon, perjtual labor, endurance ant tacrlflcu as lecurity mil hapl. ness In other wonls n Hrfnt sntla-acllon sntla-acllon with life and Its rewards then thottruggles of science and art and ixHiuomy are by no means doing w hat la stipioeed That which consumes all energies should In perfect Justice com pass all rewards. Notwithstanding the miraculous mir-aculous achievements of this gent ration, ra-tion, It seems to be even more weighed down with discontent than the world everbeforoexerleliced, The turbulence of mind mid soul that makes life a a rpotual danger, and keejai both Hie wise und the Iguoraut lu constant terrorof their neighbors aud of theim-elvis, seems to yawn "wider than ever and to drag down a greater number of vlotlms than when tho worl I was lets educated. Willie recognising vividly this claih and conflict of human lute rests and tho ruin It Is mating of tho worlds eice, we believe, lu fact wo know, theielsn remedy. Wu know that tho splendid work that humau Intelligence has wrouglitdurlugttiepaatceutury should bring grcati r rewards to tho race thin It lias done. We know that the remedy reme-dy Is available. The ono Ihlug which would bring a perfect and complete realisation of the Juat fruits of thla struggle for liappl ness Is lobe had for lhe seeking. It La tlio tienavolenco of Christ. Thla alone would mako tho man who murders and tho man who suicides and the man who robs a peaceful and trustworthy clllten. The man who, with every comfort of life at his command, com-mand, has rmltted a morbid ambition ambi-tion for something beyond tils reach to wage ft deadly war upon his own aco of mind and the prosperity of his home, It would transform to a lllar of human reliance. In tlie community where ho lives. Of the mean, tlio selflih and tlio sordid that ore wont to cormit their Uvea and mankind at largo wllh their examples of Injustice mid wrong, It would mako men to bo loved and honored for tho abaeuce of that vlcloua trait which now polsooa every act of their Uvea. Indeed, oil that Is low and degrading degrad-ing In tho humau heart Is suseeptlble of rfect and complete revolution under tho Influence of this sublime factorof human happluess, the benevolence bene-volence of Christ. We recommend It to all who are allllcted with this dread ejldemlo of unrest. |