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The Commoner.
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AN IDEAL CHARACTER
Dr. Hiram K. Jones, long Jackson
ville's foremost citizen, has become a
citizen of a country on whose borders
he had long sojourned while yet here,
and with whose Inhabitants he had
found congenial companionship and
held sweet communion.
The most gifted and illustrious
names of the near and distant pas,
the liglit of whoso transcendent gen
ius and works have come down to us,
do not eclipse the brilliancy of this il
lustrious sage nor surpass the saintli
ness of his character and life. An in
timate association with him for a
period of thirty-five years gave me
full opportunity of discovering the
rich and rare endowments and attain
ments of this remarkable man.
Able to hold converse with the most
profound scholars and philosophers of
his time, he yet was equally compan
ionable with the humblest and least
cultured. And this communion wa$
always maintained with perfect ab
sence of austerity and patronage.
k He had wonderful facility and power
of language in expressing his
thoughts. Not unfrequently he rosa
to a high plane of eloquence and at
times nis address was lijce an av
lanche of thought and feeling that
carried every one by its resistless
power.
To all his other extraordinary crffl.,
attainments and qualities he added a
remarkable purity of spirit and life.
Whatever he regarded as wrong was
abhorrent to his nature. Everything
that was low and coarse in human na
ture had been wholly eliminated. He
was robed for c sstial companion
ships nd equipped" for heavenly pur
suits and pleasures.
"What would be an occasion of un
relieved sorrowing in the case of oth
ers is, in his death, an opportunity
for gratulation on his behalf on ac
count of his promotion and certain in
vestment with the patrimony and dig
nity of a heavenly inheritance.
I have carefully compared him with
the most distinguished men that I have
personally known in the various call
ings and spheres of life, and the de
liberate judgment that I have reached
by that comparison is that, take him
all in all, I have never known his su
perior, or possibly his equal, in high
intellectual and moral qualities, united
with the simplicity, spirit and manner
of his life.
And if the comparisons were ex
tended so as to include those regardel
ae the greatest, best and most gifted
of all history he would be assigned
a high place in their illustrious ranks.
'As some tall clitf that lifts its awful
form;
Swells from the vale, and midway
leaves the storm;
Though round its breast the rolling
clouds are spread,
Eternal sunshine settles on his head-"
These lines not inaptly portray the
lofty and majestic character of our
"beloved physician" and friend. -Extracts
from funeral address by Dr. W.
F Short -
For thirty-nine years Dr. H. K.
Jones has faithfully attended the Lit
erary union, being ono tf the original
members. His long continued inter
est in the union and thj union's grow
ing interest in him give us the key
to the chief characteristics of his
mind, for wherever he was and what
ever he did the same qualities marked
Fed Your Pulse
If it beats fast, then slow skips
beats, your heart is weak and should
be$treated at once. Dr. Miles' Heart
Cure is the best and safest remedy,
told on guarantee. Rend.for book on the heart.
Dr. Mile Medical oo Elkhart, Ind.
tho man. Ho was a thinker. Gifted
with natural and spiritual discern
ment, he was eve looking into tho
reason of things. He always strove to
reach the botto of every subject; to
discover principles and causes. He
was a man who thought and kept on
thinking until his thought ripened ln
to convictions and these convictions
became the regulating principles of
his life. Ho not only knew what he
knew, but he believed what ho knew
and what ho knew and believed he
never dug up again for after investi
gation. He let it grow.
But above the thinker, abovo the
philosopher, there towers tho purity
of the man, entirely sincere and de
voted. Tho moral man In him was
greater than tho Intellectual, and that
is saying much, for he had a great in
tellect He was a well balanced man.
To the strength of manhood he added
the gentleness of womanhood. He was
pure In his words and life.
But his distinction among us was
chiefly due to a group of qualities
which went naturally together, but
which are not often found in any ono
man, all so fully developed and so
well balanced. He had the indepen
dence of self-conscious strength. He
did his own thinking, had confidence
in the results and was not afraid of
being in the minority. "With his deep
thinking he had good, sound business
sense, energy aud acourate methods of.
doing everything. One of his mo?t
noteworthy characteristics was tho
healthy interest he took In life. To do
human things, to enjoy human pleas
ures was worth while. To him life
was worth living. He was a man of
liberal views. While strong and posi
tive in his convictions, he was most
charitable in bir opinion of others.
He fearlessly maintained whatever he
believed to be right But his was
ever a sunny nature. To meet him
was like meeting a fresh breeze of
bracing air. He was a man of peace,
yet ready for war. Peace was the at
mosphere he loved and lived in, but
he would stand for truth and right
eousness at any cost.
His modesty was tho outcome of his
high Ideals. He was the last to boast
and this because he so well know how
much there was yet to be attained.
If there is one word which sums up
and expresses in itself his character
it is the word "genuineness." His
character was not gilded. It was gold.
His mirth was honest mirth, not emp
ty or false. His pathos was true and
manly. In whomsoever else there
might be sham or spuriousness there
was nothing of the kind In him.
We are thankful he was with us so
long; we are thankful for his beauti
ful life; we are thankful for his glor
ious death. One does not need to be
told concerning tie power of the sun.
We see its light; we feel its warmth.
Our friend's life has been like the sun
lighta gentle and powerful Influence
for good, seen and felt by all. The
sun, sinking below the. horizon, has
passed from our sight, but his beau
tiful light is still bright and tinges
with glory even the clouds that gather
above us.
A. B. MOREY,
JOHN H. WOODS,
T. J. PITNER,
Committee.
Resolutions passed by the Literary
union and trustees of the academy.
It was reported frpm Washington
or June 25 that the government in
tends to forward to the Russian czar
the Jewish petition regarding treat
ment of the Jews in Russia. The
opinion Is expressed, however, that
the petition will not reach the czar
a3 It is believed that the Russian
prime minister will not receive it for
transmission to him.
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CURED WrTrfOUT SU.RGERY
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This noted Chicago Oculist, known
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A Woman Engineer.
Mrs. Iva B. Tutt, of Los Angeles,
Cal., has recently undertaken the big
gest task of its character ever at
tempted by a woman. She is noted
through tho far west as ono of the
best mecluinlcal and electrical engi
neers, not only of her own sex, but
oqualling any "mere man" in those
professions. At present she Is en
gagod In a $3,000,000 enterprise In
Arizona the erection of two olectric
power plants which will supply power
exclusively for mining purposes. The
project is a big one, and bigger when
ono realizes that it moans that tho
mining Industries of Arizona will bo
revolutionized by the introduction of
a power that will cost but one-third aa
much as tho power now in use.
The schemo Is Mrs. Tutt's own.
Whllo on a visit to Arizona she dis
covered two unused water rights that
could bo had at a low price If ac
companied by a prornlso to organize
a company and proceed with tho
storage of the water and the develop
ment of electric current Mrs. Tutt
contractMl for the rights, took out her
engineering party, followed the tran
sit ovory stop of tho way back into
the mountains, where few men and
no woman had over gone before, to
tho head of Fossil creek, and re
turned with all plans formulated for
tho prosecution of tho work.
Last, but by no means simplest, was
the financing of the enterprise. 8ho
was able to form two companies, of
each of which she Is vlco president and
general manager. She has charge
of the construction work with head
quarters at Prescott, and the direc
torate Is so divided that wherever
Mrs. Tutt happens to bo, whether at
Prcscott or Los Angeles, there Is a
quorum and a meetlncr can be held.
If one asks Mrs. Tutt how she camo
to bo an engineer, she says that it
was a natural bent and that she could
not help It When sho was young sho
read engineering reviews and scien
tific papers subscribed to by her fath
er, instead or fairy tiles. If she did
not understand, her father, who was
on engineer, would explain. Thus by
degrees she mastered her subject, an1
by slow operations has come to bo
looked upon. In the engineering and
scientific worH of the great west, as
one of its most remarkable as well as
able devotees. Philadelphia Press.
Africa' Peefical Language.
The most poetical of savage lan
guages Is that of the Madagasses, or
Malagasses, of Africa. They call ev
erything by a name that expresses Its
appearance or Its meaning perfectly.
Thus, a hill is a "mountain child" In
the mouths of these people. Rivers
are "water mothers." A much-used
path the Malagasee calls . a "ripe
path."
The brain Is the "head's Innermost,"
and the pupil of the eye is the "eye
king." The grinding teeth are tho
"teeth princesses," and the fingers aro
called "hand branches." If a man
lives carelessly the Malagasses say
that he "is eating his soul." "A jun
gle of boys" is the way tne youngsters
are described when they gather In
numbers, and a very short space of
time Is denoted by the expression
"while one could roast a grasshopper."
A selfish man Is said to be "embrac
ing the crocodile," and a miser Is
said to be a "lover C the scorpion."
I a person is vain the Malagasses say
that he Is "grass that is trying to
grow bigger than a banana." The
&aucer is the "wife of the cup." Wash
ington, Post
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