Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 139, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1914 — Living Death. [ARTICLE]

Living Death.

“The late Senator Morgan,” said a resident of Selma, “was a keen nature student, and nature faking was as abhorrent to him as to the greatest personages in the land. “I once saw Senator Morgan throw down a magazine with a eneer. “ ’Another nature fake, he exclaimed. ‘Why, these things are as absurd as—as absurd as— ’ “And then he laughed and said that It reminded him of a& address that he once heard an absent iminded missionary make. “ ’ln China, dear friends,’ said the missionary, ’human life Is regarded as of but slight value. Indeed, if a wealthy Chinaman Is condemned to death,, he can easily hire another to die for .him; and I believe many poor fellows get their living by thus acting as substitutes.’ ” ,