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Show I The Martinique Disaster. THE news from the island of Mar-j Mar-j ' Y tinique is sad and disheartening. ' . Accidents it sea and on land we road of dally. Deaths from plague- ' stricken districts, through famine or from war will occur periodically, but v here nature's secret forces, pent up .since time began, explode and belch ' forth in fiery torrents, destroying all ; that comes In its path, It sets the civil ized world to thinlff. Even the ocean ' ' j waves recede before the lava river that j sprung from Mont Pelee. The death roll I is countless. Sympathy for the sur- J vivors Is universal. That sympathy f should be measured not by words, but in a practical manner. The ruler of our nation has appealed to all citizens of the United States to extend the hand of charity to those who have survived the shock of May 10. Animated with the , true spirit of charity, all should lend 1 " , a helping hand to assuage the misery I . nd relieve the distress that exists in those distant islands. True charity is ' : , an. active principle which links to gether, by its golden bonds, the whole ; family of mankind. It asks only one I ; : simple question: Are they in want? I j J j ' When assured, as all are by the presi- i; ' ; h. : I dent, all should respond quickly and j according to their means. |