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Show bbb oo H -THE BONES OF H THE DEAD. H We do not count for much in thl H - -world, We Uvo 60 or 80 or 100 years, H dlo and are made much fuss over H .during burial. Then, with the lapse of H f a few years, wo are forgotten by all H , except those very close to us. Flnal- H '"'"ly our friends die and that Is tho end H qfmcmory so far as it relates to us. H ' -That this Is truo is emphasized by H what took placo In New York City H on Tuesday, when a contractor, exca- H yatlng for a largo building, broko H into an old graveyard an old for- H "gotten churchyard dating back to H 1312. Tho Italian workmen loaded H tho bones of dead men 'and dead H (oivomen on motor trucks, to be dumped H dnto scows and deposited on the bot; H ..torn of the ocean. H Men and women so long forgotten H as to be of no concern to any onel H - Once in the full vigor of llfo and H " playing Important parts, wondering H 'how New York could go on without H them, today they arc referred to as H bones and are treated as rubbish. H Lincoln found consolation in quoting, H r"Thls world is all a fleeting dream, for man illusion given." That great H .Statesman also found In his favorito H fc ;pocm this warning against the prldo H . of importance, "Oh why should tho " spirit of mortal be proud?" H -fi One hundred ten years from now H rfone of those who stand out so prom- H .inently today will be receiving a H passing thought from humanity. They H ''will sleep in the grave, and bc dls- H , regarded, unless they have contributed H ,in great measure to iho wclfaro of H -humanity. But they will bo Jn no H "degree disturbed, whether thttf ko H -praised or condemned. |