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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1911)
TIIK NORFOLK WKKKLY NEW.S-JOrUNAL. KIUUAY. JANUARY l.'t. 1911. * J Tfcfl NoifOlk Weekly News-Journal The News , Knt bllshc'd 1881. The Journal , Established 1877. THE HU8E PUDLI8HINQ COMPANY W. N. Huso N. A. Huso , President. Secretary. Every Friday. Uy mall per year , $1.50. Entered at the postnlllco at Norfolk , Neb. , as second class matter. Telephones : Ktlltorlal Department No. 22. Business Otllco and Job Rooms , No. II 22. Where the Jury Is "hung" the murderer - dorer Isn't. Who wants to bo n silver tongued orntor when silence Is golden ? Very few family trees wore Injured in the forest fires of the northwest. Most .Idealists prefer that someone else should put their Ideals Into pruc tico. Reno's divorce mill was never pro- toctcd , because it was an Infant in dustry. A man does not talk to toll what ho knows. Ho talks to find out what ho knows. The man whoso ndvlco ia worth anything Is usually too busy to be peddling it around. When ono debates whether a thing IB right or wrong , it is generally good proof that It is wrong. Champ Clark says oratory Is in n decline. Ho might have added that it IB in ita last declension. It ia so damp at Panama that pianos nro out of the question. This would bo a marked attraction to some pee Plo. The supply of lobsters is to be in creased , reports say. It scorns to us that the supply Is dlscourngingly largu now. Chicago is fooling somewhat elated over furnishing n Now York residence with n $100,000 dinner sot. Who wouldn't ? There arc still as big fish in the sea as have over boon caught , but none as big as the stories' that have been told. Is anyone starting a diary nown days ? If so future generations will ft least know what ho did the first hnl of January. After reviewing the mistakes o : 39in , we shall bo satisfied if those o 1911 do not correspond so as to make two of a kind. A St. Louts woman testified in cour the other day that her husband neve told n lie In his life. This Is posi tlvely refreshing. If anyone includes aviators on hi list of friends , he should rotlect thn kind words before nro better manner than tlowers after. The fine collection of rugs belong Ing to the amir of Bokhara were burn cd last wook. Not enough left for a successful flro sale. They have had a ball at the white house for Helen Taft. She must be careful to clanc/j with everyone who voted for her father. . Unrest in the Portuguese republic. If they will put more gold lace and em broidered night gowns on tholr ofil- clals all will bo well. . Senator Lorlmor still has to get the consent of the senate before ho can have that dinner that Mr. Roosevelt took away from him. If King Manuel will read the board of health reports , he will conclude that longevity will bo promoted by the back to the farm movement. In advertising its $51,000,000 at this tlmo , the Mexican government offers conclusive proof that recent disturb ances in no way affected fhe treasury. Wh > clory In the power of the aero- piano to drop bombs on battleships nnd forts. Sonjeone will Invent some thing to drop on aeroplanes without delay. Ono hundred thousand drums were sold in Philadelphia Just before Christmas. The sleepy old city must hnvo waked up all right on Christmas morning. The proposal of making the republi can ticket for J912 Roosevelt and Pin- chot is "the unkindest cut of all. " Mr. Pluchot would like the names transposed. The bath tub trust men are trying to escape jail sentences. They should think moro favorably of a winter re sort which requires all the boarders to take baths. Uncle Joe Cannon is probably chuckling over the probability that the next speaker of the national house will not bo invested with the power to appoint committees. The people who defeated Roosevelt t New York nro finding out that the mile on the face of the tiger with n cnatorshlp bono to pick , Is no more ( cnevolent than of yore. Kansas City women can hu lined up $500 for hatpins with exposed olnts , but the good old time method f defense by letting tholr finger nails row Is still loft. Waterway Improvement may benefit n many directions. Hut the posslblll- les of usefulness It may offer for the uotorboat can fairly be counted on s of prime importance. President Lowell of Harvard Is op- osed to organized cheering by the Indents , They might sustain each tlier's courage by passing around Footpath to peace" motto cards. They have disfranchised two-thirds if the voters for bribery In an 'Ohio ' ounty. The sovereign people want o know why they should give away heir vote when they can sell it. A Gorman inventor has achieved a noiseless telephone booth. Let us liope there may be no long delay In ts Immigrating to America. That class of settlers are always welcome. Robin , the indicted banker , swal owed hyoscin before going to court. Strange that some mon think they can mitigate their punishment by adding ho crime of sulcido to other misdo- ngs. A general state of good feelings pre vails a few days after January 1 , ex cept with that element of the popula- Ion entertaining the delusion that people contracting bills Intend to pay them , In the last analysis the government and the railroads are both servants of the public , and if both shall serve faithfully the Interests of their client all side Issues will take care of them selves. Queer contradictious in education. Half of Wellesley college girls have to lake spelling lessons , while college courses In science and art nro put up to the primary classes in the com mon schools. Secretary Balllnger got by 1910 without resigning. But who would sit in a cabinet chair , if ho couldn't go 1 out to the pump for a drink of wa- er without fearing to find someone else there on his return ? Two Chicago hotel waiters who came to this country moneyless a few years ago , retently bought a million Tills gives one an idea of what tips waiters in big hotels receive. A gown shipped to Mrs. Nick Long- worth was stolen from the express company , but as she will probably not have to remain in bed for lack of an- rthor , we shall not ask our female iclntlves to send one on to her. As Mndamo Bernhardt made $115- 000 out of thirty-seven New York per formances , the section mon along our railroads will hardly get a chance to give her a lift in tholr hand cars , along with other theatrical geniuses. In all labor troubles the greatest sufferer IB the general public. Yet it has nothing to say .about the begin ning , continuance or end of a strike , which may ruin many concerns not in any way involved in the difficulty. A Wall street Journal says that gov ernment activity is now directed to breaking the glass trust , sinking the ship trust , waking the sleeping car trust , tanning the shoe trust , and bottling tling the milk trust Never n dull mo ment in Washington. King George and Queen Mary are making plans for a visit to India about a year hence where they will be crowned emperor and empress of India in the city of Delhi. No pre vious British sovereign has visited this distant possession. They will probably take In other British posses sions on their tour. Preparations are now being made by the government to prosecute the electrical trust for conducting busi ness in restraint of trade. It is said that the magnitude of this undertak ing will eclipse the Standard Oil pro ceedings. Lot us hope they will also be more successful. If they are not. the campaign of trust busting might as well be given up as a farce , The engineers of the Panama canal hnvo not depended entirely upon their theories nnd figures. Wherever pos sible every step in the work has been practically tested. One of the gate valves to the Gatnn locks was tested by piling 270 tons of pig iron on it as it lay on its side. This IB a far greater pressure than it will bo sub jected to when In its place upright In the lock. A novel church building Is in pro cess of erection in San Antonio , Tex A skyscraper twelve stories above the ground and a deep basement This nnd the first two stories above ground will bo used for church purposes , audl- torium , Sunday school rooms , library gymnasium , etc. Then floors will bo rented for office purposes. It IB de signed as a revenue producing build . ing to keep up the work of the Metho dist society which Is erecting It. The fact that the number of farms HIM ! farm owncis has decreased In several of our agricultural states Is not so Korlput ) a matter as It looks on the face of It In a great many In stances the fauns that have been sold have been purchased by the prosper ous farmer whoho land joined It and Instead of two fauna It becomes one large farm. In these Instances t In land ts Htlll cultivated as carefully ns before and the results are the same an before , . There has been a reduction of over .H ) percent In the number of deser tions from the army during the last year. This reduction Is not credited to greater attractions in the service , but to the prompt and vigorous pur suit of the deserter nnd severe nnd drastic punishment when caught. When even under these hard condi tions nnd almost certain apprehension nnd punishment over 3,000 men desert - sort , annually , there must be some thing radically wrong with the condi tions of army life. A new kind of freak has been found a man 82 years old who has never been shaved or used the razor him self. Ho calculates that he has saved two years of his time and $24,000 by not patronizing the barber. He Is not in possession of the $24,000 neith er has he the two years in his vest pocket ready for use when his allot ted time has passed. Most men would fool that these years could not have been bettor used than in keepIng - Ing their face clean shaven. Recent investigations prove that the muck-rakers' stories about pur chased votes are no myth , Both Rhode Island nnd Connecticut have a regular market for votes. The lat est state to bo found in this class is Ohio where over COO "freemen" have already been indicted for selling their votes , while the confessions of hundreds more lead the Judge who started the investigation to state as his belief that moro than 1,500 men will have been disfranchised before the Investigation Is complete. At the present time this country has no law for the punishment of for eign spies In time of peace and congress - gross Is asked to remedy this defect so that suitable punishment mny be Inflicted on those who attempt to dis cover the military secrets of the Phil Ipplnes , Hawaii and our home coast. When the Panama canal is opened and fortified we will have even more Important military secrets to guard and the isthmus will swarm with for eign spies unless adequate punish ment is provided to intimidate them. The census answers the question as to much of the Increased cost of liv ing. It shows an increase of some 15,000,000 people to feed and actual decreases or very small Increases In the agricultural population. The sup ply of food must be increased to meet the wants of the increasing mouths. To do this is a complicated matter as It is both a psychological and material problem. The cost of high living will have to be cured and perhaps Immi gration will have to bo discouraged unless it can be induced to seek the agricultural fields instead of congre gating in the cities. An English writer claims that the thirteen colonies rebelled without any cause other than to gratify the ambi tion of the men whom the king had re- fused honors. In other words that the revolution was Jed by men who were not in the "best society. " Does this prove anything against the move ment , even if itls true ? There never has been a revolution led by the elite of society. It was the Plebes of Rome who overthrew monarchy. It was the starving French peasantry who pull ed down the Bastile and threw Louis XVI into prison. If wo had waited [ until the so-called "best people" re belled at English rule we might have boon waiting yet The Wright brothers are unques tionably wlso building airships and ile letting other people run them. The Wrights have practically disappeared from the record breaking flying arena. t.r After Orvllle Wright's accident near Washington in which he suffered a fractured leg while Lieutenant Self- ridge was killed , the Wright brothers have shown a fondness for feeling Mother Earth beneath their feet. The Immense sums of money won by suc cessful aviators have stimulated the flying business until reason and cau tion have been thrown to the winds for the sake of the spectacular and human life has not cut much greater figure than it did in the old Roman sports. More scientific study into the measures needed for the safety of the aviator , should be made. WEAKNESS OF THE AIRSHIP. Now thnt we are killing off our avi ators at the rate of two a day , the con fident predictions that the aeroplane is to drive the automobile out of fashIon - Ion within a few years must be re vised. The airship will always differ from other moro or less dangerous methods of locomotion , in that there is nothing to fall back on if the machinery or the planes break. If the steamship springs a leak , you have airtight compartments to Isolate the tiouhle , If thcoe fall , there are the pumps , If there go bad , there arc the lifeboats and Illo preservers for n third and fouith line of defense , If the wireless has not. called sister ships lo your aid long before you desert the finking craft. Tlieie Is not oven a second line of defense In thn aeroplane. No motor over was or over-will be Invented that would not break down when It gets In an 111 humor , < i fabric as frail as an nlr craft needs to be to keep afloat In Its filmy element , will always i-rum- bio under the breath of the fiercer winds. NORFOLK'S GROWTH. Well mny Norfolk feel proud of Its .showing | u the thirteenth federal ecu- SUK. Of the cities of over 0,000 popu Intlon , Norfolk leads the entire state in percentage of Increase. Norfolk's gain Is more than 55 percent , while other towns Increased as follows : Grand Island , , ' < 7 percent ; Beatrice , 21 ; Columbus , 3i ) ; Fremont , 20 ; Hast ings , 29 ; Kearney , 10 ; York , 21. The increase1 at Ontalm and Lincoln did not compare with Norfolk's growth. WHY NORFOLK GROWS. The remarkable Increase In Nor folk's population within the past ton years , as shown by the federal cen sus , Is causing the eyes of the middle vest to turn toward this city. The fact that Norfolk's Increase In popula tion a 55 percent gain was the greatest percentage of gain made by any city of over 6,000 in Nebraska is attracting attention to the commercial hub of this rich territory tributary to Norfolk , and papers all over Nebras ka nnd Iowa are commenting , in one' way and another , upon Norfolk's good showing. Nebraska's increase in population Was very largely in the towns of moro than 5,000 population , of which there are now thirteen. Norfolk was the only town In the state which increased from below 4,000 to more than 6,000. In commenting upon Norfolk's growth , the Lincoln Journal says , "Norfolk at last Is beginning to show the advantage of Its position ns the Lincoln of the North Platte. ' " It Is not difficult to see why Nor folk has grown and should grow a very great deal more. Indeed , there Is every reason to believe that in time Norfolk should be the third city of the state in point of population. The me tropolis of a very extensive territory , the richest agricultural region in the world , already the natural hub of this big Held by reason of railroad facili ties , analysis of the situation can not fail to lead to the conviction that Nor folk is destined to become one of the nitGSGf1h3ttc ! ; "Ono-of the JmuoVt- ant commercial centers of the middle west , such as are scattered today over the state of Iowa. To the west Norfolk's territory ex tends into the Black Hills and Wyom ing for more than 500 miles ; to the northwest a pair of iron > ribbons lead out from this city almost 200 miles right now , and they're going many miles further ; to the southwest , to the southeast , to the northeast and out from each of these lines on branch roads are lines of commerce that radi ate from Norfolk. Obviously , then , there Is nothing for Norfolk to do , If It shall grow , but to take advantage of this Ideal geographi cal location , . Freight rates it needs that'will allow It to compete with oth er cities as a wholesale distributing point. And new industries that will employ labor , even though it be ever so little at the start , are the next fac tor required for the growth that Nor folk's possibilities seem to hold out for the future. The main point Is that there Is every natural advantage to start with and only a comparatively little organ ization and effort should bo required to make this produce results. It is self evident that Norfolk Is a good town to stick with. AROUND TOWN. Goodbye , Nebraska City. The days are getting longer. Winter won't last so much longer , It's been a great week for the fur- nace golf enthusiast Is your credit good with the coal man ? Then you're in luck today. Frank Gotch was champion wrestler for a long time , but he's finally been thrown. No matter how cold It gets In Lin coln , they never feel it it's so dry down there. Norfolk is a good town to own pro perty in , Just now. And now's a good time to buy It. The overcrowded condition of Nor folk schools is another sign that the town , is growing. The wool growers are going to got Into the wool of the president. Will they got his goat ? If wo keep on going at this rate , wo'll catch Fremont before another ten years rolls around. "I doubt if there are three people in Norfolk who are not suffering from a cold , " said a drug clerk. On a Norfolk sidewalk stands a bed stead for sale On ono side the pla card says , "For sale , " and gives the prlco. On the other side , by strange coincidence , In this : "Applied at Night. " Besides having made the biggest percentage of gain , Norfolk ts the llvt'kt "third city" In the state of No- hrnsliii today. Sluux Falls has a pat-king plant , af ter many years of hoping. If n pack- lug plant will pay nt Sioux Falls , on ? \\lll pay In Norfolk. After evqry real bll/.zard , there al ways come a flock of rumors about now sturnls that nio on the way , bi < t whli b never materialize. We said the oilier day that Norfolk needs two new depots "tho worst wry. " But wrn't , want 'em "thu worst way. " We hn\o 'um that way now. Governor Aldrlch makes n good sug gestion when ho tolls the legislature to "framo and pass a few laws benc- f'clal to the people , then adjourn and save the people's money. " Hold-ups and robberies of bold typo have come to bo BO common of late that they're hardly nows. There Isn't a day goes by without a lot of train robbing or bank robbing or something of that kind. The series of articles giving a "home course" in the science of how to keep your family healthy , the second end of which appears In this Issue of The News , Is one of the most benefi cial The News over ran , nnd you owe II to yourself to read them. Yes , that blonde girl found her Mvltch ; or , rather , that girl found her blonde switch. Got It the very next morning after the want ad appeared ' peared In The News. Intended to mention this before , but forgot It un I til some curious feminine voice ask ed the question yesterday. And speaking about feminine curi osity , there was another case of It in connection with that blonde switch. The woman who found it telephoned to The News that she had It. Then she said the owner could have it If she'd come after It. How was that for n bold way of finding out who It was that lost the switch ? Remember when you were 5 years old how the photographer told you to watch for the little bird ? This column played the same kind of a game on you last Saturday told you to look for the health article. Thought you'd appreciate the joke when you found that It was crowded out with other stuff. Look for It next Satur day. No Joke this time. Six vears ago the Norfolk sugar factory was dismantled and hauled awny. People felt blue. But Not folk has gone right on growing and dovel- pplngt regardless , and In the ten vea.rs iKJtween 1900 and 1910 made the great est percentage of gain recorded for any city in the state of over 6,000 population. Business in every line has grown better and better each year. Apparently the sugar factory loss wasn't such a tragedy , after all. A Good Word for The News. Niobrara Tribune : The population of Norfolk in 1900 was 3,883 and the census of 1910 gives It 6,027 , a gain of over 53 percent. A great deal of the credit for this line showing should be given to The Norfolk Daily News , which has become a household neces sity in many of the homes of northern Nebraska and southern South Dakota. It has placed Norfolk before this sec tion as nothing else could have done , nnd a great gain can be made in the next ten years if the people of Nor folk boost The News and use its col umns to advertise their business. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. What the people really want Is a $2,000 automobile for $200. Occasionally a doctor Is noted for encouraging wealthy women to be sick. Of course , it's not a sin for a wo man to spit , but how unladylike .it looks ! About the only people who are real ly prosperous now are the office holders. We find that the surest way to re member a disagreeable thing Is to try to forget it. In this hypocritical age one of the few pleasant things is to see people act natural. Only occasionally do you find a genius , and a genius is n genius only occasionally. One discouraging thing about sci ence is that it will testify on either side for money. The hardest Job in the world , prob ably , is to make a circus pay during n long rainy spell. We Hko some dogs , and hate others owing to what they do ; but we're nol crazy about them. While wo are loyal to the homo team , wo don't always believe It can beat the Chicago Cubs. What will the future bring you ? Probably another pitiful demonstra tlon of your weaknesses. When six mon are asked to act as pallbearers at your funeral , how many of them will try to beg oft ? Titles of comic songs often amuse us. A late ono is : "Put On Your Slippers ; You're In For the Night. " As a rule , no other policeman Is lulte no Important as the apodal po- Iceman who only works on big days , If wo were a drunkard , wo would irufer to go It alone ; wo wouldn't vant n wife and children crying round. When a young man nnu * n yonn.t ; Uiman have 'jcon engaged u lon.i line , they talk os rough to uiieli other IB married people. Still , you can think of n lot worse ahunltles than the alleged fact that' ho arts of oratory and letter writing are on the decline. i iI I You pick at the Ladles' Homo Jour- ml , but It Is pretty sensible. It said ately that a husband who can bo namiged Is worthless. While a boy Is away with a gun his iiother declares that If the good Lord will bring htm back nllvo , she will lover lot him go again. Wo hear some complaint of dullness. Jut think how much worse It IB In Texas. As a matter of fact , thorels * 10 boom anywhere now. It Is very common to find a man vho says wise things , and does fool- ones. But that's no reason why vou shouldn't accept his wisdom. If a woman Is patient and kind i lid sensible , her husband will fall In uve with her again after they have been married ten or fifteen years. What has become of the old fash- oned woman who said to her mm. 'Como In and change your under- lothes before they roL off of you ? " The balk billiard champion possibly can make It pay , but there Is some liiestion as to whether bo Is doing nuch to help the rest of the world. What has become of the old fash- oned woman who said to her boy when ho hurt himself : "That will Hilt hurting before you get married ? " You will observe it is never the man who Is going to be hanged who lull- nates that a life .sentence In prison would be worse than the death pen nlty. When an old lady says "I never had my help In raising MY children , " It means that her married children are Imposing upon her with THKIR chil dren. ' Eccentricity Is going without a lecktic In order to show a diamond collar button ; with a bone collar but ton , the same custom is plain slouch- ness. There Is one thing to the credit of Hie people : they are always trying to : lo better ; we never heard of a man resolving to bo worse during the New Year. . . - When a saloon keeper speaks to a man , and says he is drinking too much , It is safe to say thnt the man lias gone too far in being a good ollow. The politicians never hate each oth er so much as they let on , and there is also a suspicion that tlic-y don't love the people as sincerely as they say they do. Hand shaking Is going out of fashion. There Is no reason why people ple should paw each other over when they meet and the fashion deserves to dlo out. "It's easy to make a living , " said a woman who had never earned a cent in her life. "Why , the newspapers are full of advertisements offering agents $100 a month. " Accuse u man of doing something he shouldn't do , and , whether or not lie Is guilty , he will always say : "Well , you ought to know I wouldn't do anything like Unit. " If you think you can buy stock below - low par that will net you a profit of 40 percent onv par value , you are a fool , and cause the postofilce depart ment a good deal of worry. Children usually have better man ners than their parents ; children have their parents to switch them when they fail to be polite , but who corrects the parents for lack of politeness ? A business man said today : "I am called on so many times to give aid that I am disposed to admire the English sparrow. The English spar row is at least able to take care of itself , no one is asked to give Christ mas presents for the English spar rows. " A man gave a reporter an item to day Intended to be startling ; he says a clerk In a drygoods store chews to- bocce while on duty. We refuse to print the item unless the clerk is a girl. A girl clerk In a drygoods store chewing tobacco while at work would bo a fairly good Item. An Atchison man went intd the kitchen last Sunday morning , where' his wife was stringing beans. "Mary , " ho said , as he sat down , "you are the' only person who over lived who has' treated me like n human being , and' I want to express my gratitude. My1 mother always acted as though she expected mo to disgrace the family , and BO did my sisters. My school teacher predicted that I would bo hanged , and wherever I go , people act as though I am not up to stand ard ; that I really should bo different Therefore I have been thinking moro and moro of the fact that I always seem satisfactory to you. To a man who has been picked at as I have been it Is a great source of satisfaction to know a woman who really thinks I'm as near right as other people , and I want to express my appreclaUon. " j SERMQ REVSA : IIELWPURVIS.D.D ; : THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE. Text , "ICvcry ono ( lint cominlttoth ( In. Is the liotul norvant of nln. " (1L ( V. ) John. VIII , 34. ' Ever vlHlt n prison ? Gray stone , lron > bare , looks niul keys ; hard faced , cat footed guards ; pallid faced , lonilcu. heeled prisoners ; silence , labor , over and always a domiciling BOIIHO of ro- filralnt. The dungeon , tlio "chamber of horrors , " tbo lock stop , the strlpedi milts , ( ho aharcd hcadH , the averted' ' faces , the ever present consumptive- couch , were Just the surface things your 170 and car caught. Vou mur mured , "The way of the transgressor U hard. " Hut those things told nothing of the real horrors of thnt IIOUHO of * bondage tears , remorse , bitterness , de spair. Prison wnlla tell no titles. In spections and Investigations mean ex ternal things only. The life ami soul' ' grow smaller and smaller. The prison' * a cemetery ; the cell's n grave. A trlllo IB remembered for weeks. The coming of a new man , time up for another , a death by tuberculosis , another by sui cide , execution day with Its suppressed' ' excitement , are red letter days In the4 calendar of stone. When the "bit" Is served and once more the thin haired , low voiced , panto faced , furtive eyed1 creature goes forth be will be a marked' ' man. Police , detective and plain clothe * man wllb "shadow" him. He's n "Jail bird , " bo's "done time , " ban "n record- he will be "pinched" on suspicion , he- will bo bounded and harassed until man handled and driven ho is back la the cell. Say , wicn | you cnmo out fronx your visit you took a great big breathi of fresh air and thiinkcd God for free dom , didn't , you ? Well you might Omv of the darkest and most pathetic sto- rles ever writ In heart's blood is that of our brother In the house of bondage. , The Slave Driver's Whip. But , listen , friend ! These hundred thousand more or less of the caught and midnight ro only a few. Wo're- all bond servants of oin veritable slaves in the devil's prison house. Bondage of bad habits , temper , n p po ll te , last and greed. ' We're ofteui chained to them. Paul said , "Who * shall deliver mo from the body of this death ? " Know this figure ? Man , chained to the dead , rotting , stench- ful body of his victim. Eat , drink , or sleep , the sickening carcass Is there. Wliono sins Is compelled to * bear Its consequence. Notice the drink slave. See his master drive him out of bed at r > o'clock In the morning , walk the streets In a blinding snow storm , waiting for the corner saloon. to open. The appetite cracks the- whlp , and he tramples over homo and wife and child to answer his master. lie must obey. Ho Is a slave ! See him as an unholy passion leads him to tin ; gutcs of perdition. Hat down over eyes he skulks through the red. light district. The tiger's In his veins. For the woman with the scarlet kiiuona he forsakes respect ability , manhood , honor. He's & slave ! The conductor taps another on the shoulder. "Fare , please. " "f paid you when I , got on. " Conductor- glances at the fare register. He knows ho didn't , but what's the use arguing ? He laughs when the mer chant makes mistake In change or when he holds the hard pushed seller to an evident slip of tongue or pen. He's sly. deceitful , tricky , supremely selfish. Greed's got bltn ! Qia heart's freezing. His soul's dead. But all sin's servitude. Xo Jailer's so cruel and merciless. Sin Is flro in tbo blood. Scorpion's sting In every ncrvo coll' ' and fitter fitterChrist Christ the Deliverer. "Whom the Son makes free shnlb be free Indeed. " Ho frees nations. SIu enslaves them. "When "nations die * they commit suicide. Graft and cor ruption defeat n Spain or a Russia. , He frees mind of prejudice , falsehood , . selfishness. He helps one control hLr will , sanctify his body , master hto moods and banish fear his worst en emy. Let the skeptic mock. The/ did so at the man born blind whom. Christ gave sight. They sneered , but- there stood the man ! John Bunyan , . the swearing , Sabbath breaking tinker. . Is released from bis bondage. Jerry MacAuley , the New York river thief , . drops his chains. John B. Gough. the- hopclcss drunkard , Is released from. the bonds of his master. It's a mys tery. You can't do It by force. After the shock of war wo go back to diplo macy not by legislation. The Magno. . Charta Is given , the emancipation proc lamation is signed , the legislative en actment Is passed , but the work's Just begun ! Not even education and civi lization do the trick. Who's your Jail er , brother ? Christ's your deliverer ? Were you at the G. A. n. encampment at Atlantic City lost summer ? Great- crowds ; brass bands ; big parade. Next to the crippled and maimed tho- most eloquent procession was the ex- prisoners of wnr. Hero were men from- Llbby , Andersonvllle , Saulsbury. Belle- Island each had a badge with nam j ' of his prison on It Some had two , ( ' Bome three ! They were prisoners not , ' ashamed of tholr bondage. thought , ' of some other prisoners prisoners of , ' Christ , ambassadors In bonds , having , also fought the good flght I see another - other parade the grand army of the redeemed , that will march down the streets of the city of our God , applaud ed by heavenly throngs thousands [ upon thousands , and ten thousand times ten thousand , a mighty multl- . tude that no man can number. Pris oners from the earthly house of bond age to the heavenly mansions of light. The efficient worker Is worth hunt. Ing for worth a small "want ad cam paign " Advertise In TL < N'ewa want-ad rolnmn *