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T1I15 NORFOLK WKKKLY NKWS-JOURNAL , FRIDAY , MARCH 17 , 1011. A The Norfolk Wmkiy Nm-Journal The News , KhtHbllshcd 1881. The Journal , KHlubllshod 1877. THE HU8E PUBLISHING COMPANY W , N. HUHO N. A. Ilimo , President. Hoe-rotary. Every Krlilny. Hy iniill per year , $1.00. Kntoroei nt tliu pOHtolIlcu nt Norfolk , Nob. , IIB soeonel class mutter. Telephones- Editorial Department No. 22. Business Oflleo and Job Rooms , No. 1122. The army moblll/atlon makes It look as If there would bo no TOXUH fruit crop this year. Mr. Bnlllnger spent $25,000 on defending - fending himself and llnds that MB rep utation Is a costly luxury. Luther llurbank has Invented a now Btrnwberry. Wo never found anj fault with the old OIICB but the price It IB to bo hoped that they did 1101 Bend thoHO troops to Texas just tc persuade- Senator Bailey not to resign ognln. Secretary of the Interior Kisher hat been n purifier of Chicago politics , am ho Hhoultl at least know a lot abom sewage. Industry may bej paralyzed by tin Mexican revolution , hut if the bill lights can go on , our tourists will b ( satisfied. The cost of sending the marines t < Texas Is placed at $ lfiOO,000 , but UK little Item of $15,000,000 , for pension ! was omitted. Pew householders can view the future turo with u cheerful heart , with hard ware shops displaying rakes and hoei at every turn. It Is a good Idea to get the marine ; down south for a while. Texas girl should take their turns at Betting the ! hearts busted. Our troops aic taking ball cartridge to the lone star state , but the Texan will be perfectly safe if they attem Sunday school regularly. The New York senatorial doadlocl ' cost the taxpayers $100,000 , but neve before have 10.000,000 people had : circus ticket for a cent each. Now the jingoes say Mexico am Japan have n secret treaty. W should hate to live next these fellow and have children or keep chickens. The Mexicans kick on our massin troops at the frontier. If they ntton to their business raising garden sas like little men , there'll bo no trouble The last session of congress spen $1,025-189C62. Ten years from no\ they will be talking about the plncr Ing economy and cheese paring c 1911. After President and Mrs. Taft eel * brato their silver wedding June IS they can sot up in the furniture bus ness with new sideboards and morri chairs. If Mr. Hryan hud bought that Texa farm Instead of running for preslden he might now bo selling watermelon to the soldiers , which would be muc better fun. Abe Rcuf has begun his fourtee years term. We are glad to hoar tha Frisco's prisons are not built solel to provide work for friends of th politicians. Considering the persistence wit which Mr. > Taft stuck to Balllnger , th ox-secretary ought at least to niak due returns by giving the president golf. ball. After running their legs off in th mountains after the Mexican insu gents , our hungry troops will war something that tastes better than on balmed beef. Rev. Mr. Aked Is quitting Rocki feller's church for San Francisco , a though several people are loft in No' York who do not favor the Ten Con mnndments. Like most of Mr. Taft's nppoln uients , the new secretary of the ii terior is a man who has done splendl work In substituting business for po itlcs In public service. About now we annually are onthus astlc for the "back to the farm" movi mem , but after clearing up the bac yard some Saturday afternoon , tow life still looks good to us. The University of Michigan is we represented In the present congres having twenty-seven former studenl among its members , a larger numbc than Is credited to any other instlti tlon of learning. This will bo the flrst week for tw years when Mr. Balllnger could s down In his slippers to read the ovci Ing paper , without having to run 01 and capture some insurgent who ha tied n lemon to his doorbell. A new type of life-buoy for use f night has been Invented. It carrlc four electric lights , two above watt 'and two below , so It guides both th swimmer In the water and the re cuers going to his aid. The Held for useful electrical appliances scents well nigh unlimited. According to the provisions of the Appalachian forest reserve bill , the government IH to spend $2,000,000 a year until 191C In pure-hatting for the preservation of water courses and In checking the doHtiuctlon of forests In the Whlto Mountains and the South ern Appalachian region. An International congress for the abolishment of Impoliteness In the homo , which Is well nigh universal , Is suggested by n well known publica tion. It would bo well to have such a reform universal , but If each homo would tuko such action Individually the same result would bo accotnp- llshcd. The British postmaster general Is probably the largest employer In the world of the bicycle. Ho has In his department 11,400 wheels , at the pres ent time. About half of them nro used by the rural delivery carriers. Each wheel travels about 10,000 miles a year and nt this rate the average wheel lasts about four and a half years. Italians in this country send homo about 250 million dollars a year and usually return to their native land af ter live years' absence. Naturally the Italian government Is not worrying over the emigration problem , since those who have enterprise enough ta go abroad and get rich , arc making n wonderful Improvement In the con ditions In Italy. Another organization is recorded in New York City. It is to be known as the "Now York Vermin Exterminat ors Association. " This formidable name * merely means "rat catchers. ' Anyway , the members of the orgunl zntlon are to have an annual dinner and the Department of Agriculture has assigned a lecturer to speak on that occasion. Success to "Vermin Exterminators. " They are engaged in a good work. China has vast mineral resource * that have been developed only In the rudest and most Incomplete manner The largest anthracite coal bedt known on the glebe arc located In tlu province of Shuns ! and extensive deposits posits of high grade Iron ore whlcl have been worked only by the prim Itlvo "hand and basket" method an also found over large areas of country The western world Is eager to get f chance to develop these dormant re sources. Mr. Asquith has made the definite announcement that the governmcn' ' will carry out a policy of full soli government for Ireland In the verj near future. The plan Includes ai Irish parliament and an Irish cxecu tive responsible to It , for dealing will distinctly Irish affairs , while the su premacy of the British parliament re mains unimpaired. Ireland has waltee and struggled long for this concession Let us hope it means better days foi "Old Ireland. " After years of agitation on the sub ject and much trouble and humlllatloi to our ambassadors in foreign lands congress has nt last authorized tin purchase or erection of suitable build Ings in foreign capitals for the usi of ambassadors and ministers. No more than half a million dollars is t < bo expended in that way in any year Other countries have already provld od residences for their representative : abroad. Franco spent a. million dollars lars on a palace for it ambofisado in Vienna. The housekeeper of today IB frc quently humiliated by having the ac compllshments of her great grand mother who "did her housework with out modern conveniences , wove tin cloth from which the family clothini was made , etc. , " related for her bone nt. It is not fair to draw these core parlsons. The manner of living ha : changed so entirely , that while tin housekeeper of today has many aid that colonial dames never dreamoi of , she also lives a complicated lifi that the mothers of that time knov not of. Comparisons are odious. CORN COMMANDMENTS. The attention of farmers Is calloi to the following list of "seven cori commandments , " issued by P. G Holden , the Iowa corn export : 1. Thou shall test every cur of th ; seed corn between February 20 am March 20 of this year , and every yea thereafter , and discard all ears whlcl show weak sprouts , dead or mould ; kernels. 2. Thou shall grade thy seed con and test thy planter to secure un form and accurate dropping. 3. Thou shall improve thy corn b ; planting thy choicest seed on on side of thy corn Hold. 4. Thou shall harvest and properl ; hang up in a dry place all thy see * corn during the last ten days of Ser tembor. G. Thou sbalt not import seed con from a distance. G. Thou shalt not follow oats o other small grain with corn. 7. Thou shalt not continue to fare without a rotation of crops. The publicity bureau of the Ornnh Commercial club Is distributing thos commandments and adding thcso sis niflcant facts : "Testing seed corn in Nebraska las year Increased the yield of the stat 10,000,000 bushels. "Tests show the seed corn to bo li better condition this year , but th ermlnatlon test applied to the seed orn this year means another big In- reuse In production from $4.000.000 o $10,000.000 of new wealth for No- raska. " A CHANCE FOR FARMERS. A chance for farmers living around Norfolk to buy high grade pure bred lolglun horses as a basis for an ex- eiiHlvo and profitable breeding Indus- ry , has been brought about through he efforts of the Norfolk Commercial lub and O. L. Carlson. These splendid nnlinuls have- Just been Imported from lelgluin and are to bo had at about mlf the usual retail cost. But If Nor- blk farmers neglect to pick up this opportunity , the horses will be sold o outside territory. The Commercial club directors bought the horses , with Mr. Carlson's isslstnnce , in Belgium , with the idea of establishing an extensive horse- breeding Industry here. They nro to bo had at actual cost , by Norfolk far mers , but the farmers will have to take them pretty soon or the Com mercial club directors will bo forced to sell the animals elsewhere. Thcro Is no luck of a market for these Belgians ; the only question is , will Norfolk farmers take advantage of their opportunity to get them ? THE SCHOOL BONDS. Norfolk people will approve the ac tion of the board of education asking the voting of $25,000 in bonds for needed school additions. The over crowded condition of the Grant buildIng - Ing and the dangerous condition of the- old east Lincoln building make the voting of the bonds imperative and Norfolk never yet has failed to provide for the schooling of Its chil dren. The Grant building Is so crowded that a portion of the pupils are unable to attend school more than half u day at a time , in order to accommodate them all. Many are compelled to walk from the extreme west end of town tc the Lincoln building , a mile and a half , on account of the overcrowded condition of this school. Investigation has proved the east Lincoln building to be unfit for use ; the floors are already rotted and In case of flro It would be a veritable fire trap. trap.Additions Additions to both these buildings are needed at once. Hence the bondc are asked. A TEST OF ARMY EFFICIENCY. The ollicial explanation of the mo bilization of 20,000 troops is generally accepted as one of those polite fictions by which governments conceal the weapons they carry about in theii dress clothes. While this can be no war game , the assemblage of our soldiers will be valuable uablo in determining how efficient oui now army system is. The country watches anxiously to see If there is i repetition of the anarchy aboul Tampa , when our troops were embark ing for Cuba. If the barrels of bacon that ought tc bo in Texas keep on going to sleepj army posts , while our hungry soldien are vainly trying to capture enougt jackrnbbits on Texas sands to sustair life , the American people will saj things. The men that can run a greal railroad could work out plans so sys temntically that the needed supplies would follow the troops as automat ically as clockwork. It now remains to be seen whether the staffs have built up this perfect machine. TRYING WOMEN FOR MURDER. A number of talesmen examined ai Albany , N. Y. , this week , for the jurj that is to try Mrs. Edith Melbor foi the alleged murder of her five-year old boy , said that a woman should nebo bo put to death. Apparently this wai not based on general objection to cap ! tal punishment , but to chivalry be tween sexes. To serve on a jury where a womai is to be tried for a capital offense must indeed bo a distressing exper ience. It Is bad enough to see a ra bust man In the tolls of angry so doty. To see a woman , prosumabl ; inoro frail , at bay with all the or ganized forces of law and governmen attacking her , indeed awakens ono'i deepest pity. But what would happen if the prin clple be admitted , that one's weak ness and deeds are to become a shcl tor from the fruit of crime ? If a man is hard up for money needs it to support his family , hi would thereby have his sentence com muted for highway robbery. Every person accepts the protectloi of law with the tacit understandini that he or she Is willing to pay thi penalty If thcso laws are broken. I such persons do not like these laws do not propose to perform their shan of the social agreement , they shouh go where these laws do not exist. Our laws regarding women are grad ually being changed so as to extern equal justice to both sexes. Peopli who do not favor equal suffrage tate this ground , not because they do no admit that equal justice should b < given women , but because they be Hove in a specialization of function , b ; which women should care for ho-mi interests and men for business an < civic interests. As the modem conception Is to glvi women equal privileges , they must ne copt it with equal responsibility. Oth orwlso , the rights of other women t ( their lives and the lives of their dea ones , will bo In danger of destructloi rom that devil that sometimes finds tself Incarnate In the heart of n wo inn. ANOTHER RAID ON NOBILITY. Tin1 latest titled victim of the smlloe of fair American girls Is Lord George lugo Oholmondeloy. But Instead ol ollowlng the customary precedent ol swapping his title for ( ho healing balm of Amorlf-nn millions , ho marries ti iretty chorus girl. Mrs. John A. Stir 111 ! ? , formerly Miss Clara Taylor. Marriages to theatrical personages are apt to pond the English parentn ! iu\fc \ up above the fever mark. Bui vhon real worth Is considered , they ire not always an unfair swap. Then s a condition of Intermarriage In tlu English aristocracy that Is mnkini he typo lone something of the force of the old English stock , which wnt originally a strain drawing its blooi from the most virile races of Europe The turgid passivity of the Englial temperament Is not unfrcquently cap tlvnted by the tricksomo sprlghtllnesi which brings many girls success h stage careers. Wheh there Is a snaj of daring about It beyond the boun darles fixed by the conventions so clety treutes for Its own protection , I becomes all the more alluring. One might well wish that all tin fledgling aristocrats could bo lurei into ii'atrlmnny with our actresses in stead of our wealthy gills. When ai iiolress takes millions across the wu tor , she becomes in time an absentee nndlord. Her remoteness from tin conditions over which she exercise : nor despotic lordship Is the same con illtlon that has been one of the grea eaubcs of Ireland's age-long discon tent. tent.The The people who control America' : sreat industries should live In America ica , so far as possible , If the worker in those Industries are to secure lui mnno treatment. We therefore hope that when ou frisky chorus girls cross the seas , the ; will make their most winsome eye and kick their highest before the atl miring sprouts of foreign titledom , am lielp stop this exhausting drain o liomc resources Into crumbling castle , and uninhabitable palaces. NO ANNEXATION WANTED. The anti-American press of Gei many seems to know all about Uncl Sum's intentions in Mexico , before th old gentleman has learned that he hai any intentions. According to our Tei tonic critics , it is proposed to reeluc Mexico to a HJato of feeble vussalng < like Panama. It would cost the American pcopl good money to give Mexico a stabl government. As it is very doubtful i the Mexicans want a good govern raent , with all the limitations on the ! individual freedom this menus , the ; would never pay the taxes necessar to compensate us for giving It to them If our troops should take the Mt toric step of marching over Into : sister state , the action would be tnkei In part for the protection of Amerlcai residents and American property There are sharp limits to the exten to which our people will pay taxes , t protect speculative Investments in foi eign lands. People who have placed money i : Mexican enterprises knew before the did so that thy were taking risks o : account of the unsettled state of th country. In return for their risks they usually got a higher rate of ii terest. It was a gamble. They coul not expect our government to assur them security of their capital thu hazarded , when there Is abundant or portunity to Invest funds safely a home at a more moderate interest rt turn. turn.This This does not .mean that there ma not arise situations whore our goveri ment would bo compelled to teac partly civilized people some elemei tary Ideas of government. Europea nations are accustomed to collect cot pens for their bondholders at the cai non's mouth. We might prefer to d the collecting ourselves , rather tha have a European army permnnentl installed in our back yard. The fundamental objection to Me : lean annexation would bo that ou people want no Mexican represent ! tlves in our congress to say how on home affairs shall bo governed. THE CANADIAN PACT. The question of reciprocity wit Canada has by the treaty now mad by President Taft with authorltie across the line been brought into th limelight as one of the most impor ant political problems of the day. I his action the president has In th opinion of many , demonstrated his ci paclty for the broadest and best kin of statesmanship. It is of course tru that in Now England and In the bo dor states like Minnesota and th Dakotas there Is wide diversity c opinion. It Is doubtless true that would lower for a time the price e wheat and barley but It would on th other hand create a tremendous ma ket for many other products that Cai ada docs not raise , and vice versa. It Is a singular fact that some ( the congressmen who as progressive have charged other men , coming froi the steel and woolen manufacturin districts who were afraid of any a tempt to lower duties on those art clcs because it would injure thos Industries , with a lack of patrlotlsn now that there is a probability c some products in which the people c their own districts are interested hi Ing lowered , are taking exactly th same position as the men whom they have BO mercilessly criticized. What Is evidently needed In thu life of the mitlon today Is a capacity on the part of its voters as well as the lead ers In public llfo to take a view of problems on broader piano of promot ing the general welfare. A great re public cannot legislate successfully for special districts any more than It can for special interests. It Is true1 of the faintly , the social life of a com munity or the inatcilul and moral welfare of a great people , that II n ogress IB to bo made that will help hem collectively there must be a wll Ingness on the purl of ( he Individual * concerned ( o promptly make entices Hlons and sacrifices. There is no cs capo from this law. When It If obeyed , however , none nro usually bet .or pleased with the happiness and on urged prosperity which is sure to foi low , than those who have been the most generous to bear the hurdcm which conduce to the united success President Tnft has now put the mestlon clearly up ( o the Amerlcai voters an to whether they want closei ; rude relations with their youngoi nit growing neighbor on the north utel come Into closer union with Can ; ulii and England , with whom the larg er part of our export trade is now ilono , or to shut ourselves inoro firmly than ever against this trade. It is i crisis that meets us in the pathwuj of progress and If it is met In a wn.\ that sbull mean the largest gemd ol the largest number It will cull foi men not dwarfed by the viewpoint ol merely local considerations , but largo sun-crowned statesmen who have caught tin- vision of the duty and the high destiny of the American nntloi in leading the different countries o the world into that federation of man kind in which universal brotherhood s-hall be no longer a dream but a llvliif and genuine reality. Reciprocity with Canada not only means in the long run larger markets and a lower price for living expenses for people on both sides of ( lie line but in its Influence on world history it has a potentiality that cannot IK measured. Congress in Its action up on this most important thing whirl President Taft has thus fur in his ad ministration called its attention to should consider It with the grentes care and be sure that no backwan step Is taken. AROUND TOWN. The groundhog won't have to staj under cover much longer. The blue birds and the robins liuve shown more nerve , and already arc on the. ground If the blue birds can come up here In their'summer clothes , and enjoy it you ought to bo able to stand i chunge. "My idea of the height of affluence would be a pair of pajamas that nren' too big in the shoulders e > r too bit aiound the waist or so long that the > . \ drag under the feet , " said a Norfoll man. The colonel is meeting pretty stroni competition for top of column , In tha maneuver stunt. We see by the paper that Presiden Taft knows n good game when ho see : one. He's playing golf down at An gnstu. Here's where he gets our vote And wo're willing to stake a littl < ( hat he can trim John D. , if the ; should clash on the links. We don't know what we'd hav < done for news lately if it hadn't beei for the closing scenes of congress am the army maneuver and the Norfoll city campaign. The meadow lurk heard our call am has arrived In full force. A Norfolk man went to Californli to get n chance to play golf , but al the golf he found In California wa : furnace golf. Back homo here the ; have been playing golf for threi weeks. We see by the paper that Taft wean a red necktie. Our bond of sympath ; grows stronger. Shako , bill. Shak twice once for the golf and once fo the reel tie. We also note that newspaper mei In Washington are planning to follov In Tnft's wake on tills red necktli game. Wo failed to find any montloi In the dispatches of the fact that Taf followed in our wake when he put 'on on. ( We always did have confidence li Taft's judgment. ) Another sign of spring : The horse are shedding. It would be a great opportunity t lay in a supply of puffs and switcher But speaking of shedding horses- the most delightful place to shed ; horse these days is at the Countr ; club grounds. Think of the two hours' bliss that I yours while the horse is in the shed. ( If it's an auto , you can put it in th shed of the old apple tree. ) It beats furnace golf , any way yoi look at it. And now that the barefooted boy I here , it begins to look as if the fui nace game was on its last legs. But here's a tip : Don't change 'en just because the birds have come You can't always take the robin's won for it. Wft tried it and caught tin first cold of the winter. Keep 'era 01 while and nwcixor. The more you tuiffor and want to seratch , the muni von can bo culm and think that you'ro" pi event Ing a cold. Why the deuce can't a man shed a little each day , like n horse so gruel- uully that the weather man can't got at him and yet so abundantly that ho wouldn't melt ? Thoro'el bo a nifty little Invention for Homebody to llguro out how n man could shoe ! gradually without tak ing cold and without feeling too warm Wliat's the use eif Inventing nero plunt'H when thoio are so many prob lems hero on earth to be worked out1' A lot of follows are more nnxloim today to go to the front than they would be te ) stay there , after six wookx of It. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Some liars are so persistent they fool themselves. No man was over so busy ho for got when payday came. Some men seem always to bo look ing out for a relief expedition. Some men are sit smart that tliev can oven sell an olel typewriter. .Many men , who e'onslder themselves MS martyrs , are merely chumps. Many people seem to think that the simple life is a geiod thing for the other fellow. "Inflammation of the digestion , " Is the way Count McGowan described his wife's recent illness. Another thing we have never been able to understand is why more jur ors don't get sick on the job. A woman likes to say of her bus- bund that she doesn't believe he ever would get up If she didn't call him. When a woman says she Is getting too old to attend dunce's her feelings are hurt If she is not contradicted. Why is it when yew are lying awake listening for the clock to inform you of the time it always strikes the half hour ? Very few men have an ambition to make gurdo.ii that grows us rapidly as the weeds do when warm weather comes. When some men begin by saying , "When I was a boy , " there are ah\ay persons who think that what they aie going to say may not be altogether true. While it is all right for a woman to visit her kin , we contend that she shouldn't insist em her husband going with-Jier. The most foolish man that ever lived in Atchison was a follov/ who oiled the grate of his stove to keep it from squeaking. What bus become of the old-fashion ed man who fastened hits watch chain to the little tab stitched " > ; ho bosom of his shirt ? "I wnnt a pair of giound grippcrs , ' said Count McGownn this morning , when he went into a shoo storo. He was after overshoes. Still , it would help the average outsider u good deal if all the big talk ers would wait till they got to the sennte before proving it. Speaking of cheap commodities , it will seurn be time for dandelion greens , the supply of which is always considered above the demand. A young man who has been polish ing up on love-making forgets the art as soon as he gets married if ho fc a respectable husband. In a town this size about the only question the women ask about the new styles in hats Is "Are the hats worn forward or back this year ? " While It Isn't necessary to catch cold in order to get free advice , you probably can secure more of it in that way than by any other known method , In the eyes of parents , croup one ] whooping cough and measles are mere trifles in the matter of raising daugh ter , when compared with the hey ques tlon. A boy's Idea of easy money Is tc walk a hundred miles , wait a month and finally trap some animal , and sell its skin. Poker , however , is not the only game you can play in which the chances are against you , and the rake off large. Marrying for money isn't as bad as murdering for the sumo purpose , if you happen to ho casting about foi an argument in favor of mercenary matches. There may bo exceptions to the rule , but most smokers are Inclined tc be suspicious of the cigar that IE heartily recommended to them by the dealer. Next to telling what a fine old fam ily ho belongs to a southerner visiting In the north scorns to derive the most satisfaction in telling how a northern negro would bo dealt with In his town. Leander Wise Is terribly opposed to the pure food law. Ho has a subur ban grocery , and spends so much time saving the country that he doesn't ' have tlmo to scrub the floor and clean the fly-specks off the show cases. AN INFANT ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD TO BE ELECTROCUTED , Paitor Runell Explains liatah Ixv , 20 Brooklyn , Mar. 5 A jour ago Pas tor Russell's audi ences were toe > great for "nrook- I y n Tabcrnaclei" nnd Brooklyn's lar gest and fluent Auditorium , the Acttdemy of Much chWUB secured. Every scat xrun filled und a few turned away on the occaMon of his last dlu- course hero February 0. Today , how ever , hundreds were unuble to gain admittance nnd are promising them- velvet ! to go earlier next tlmo. It lookn as though a still larger auditorium fthould be sought. Pastor Russell translated his text to read , "Thenceforth thorn shall ho ne > more ( death of ) nn Infant of days , nor of an old man who hath not fllleel bis days ; for the dying one shall bo but it child tit n hundred years old a Dinner a hundred yearn e lel shall bo accursed" cut oft from life. IIe pointed out from the text that this statement Is u prophecy respecting ( ho future * re Kneeling the tlmo when Messiah's Kingdom will rule the world. Tins versos following the ( e-xt , he ' . .lid , in dlcnto clearly that In linn -l.nlnu- < Epoch landlordism will be n HI'-I ' ? of the past. People will build their own houses and inhabit them ; plaul their own vineyards and enjoy ( he fruit thereof. They giro n description of ( ho period when sin will bo giving place- to righteousness ; nnd sorrow and death will be giving place to happiness nnd life perfect and lasting. Two Salvation * Taught In th * Bible. All of us In the pnst huvo misread our Bibles and not noticed ( hat there are fire salvations. One will be to heav enly conditions like ; unto the angels , where there will bo no planting , no building , etc. This Is the salvation of fered from Pentecost to ( he present time ? , to the faithful few who walk In the footsteps of Jesus and make their "culling nnd election sure. " The other salvation will bo an earthly one. It will recover mankind from sin , degra dation , sorrow and dentil , to human perfection , to earthly palaces , In it world-wide Paradise restored. But thin earthly blessing or salvation has not oomo to mankind as ye > t and cannot come before ls ( time ; . S ( . Peter tells us that those "times of restitution of all things which God hntli spoken b.r ( ho mouth of all fho holy prophets since * the world began" will begin at the Second f'oming of Christ after lit fhull have Helected the saintly few who will constitute his Bride , his Joint-heirs , in'bis glory , honor nnd Immortality his flssochitr.s In the Messiunlc King dom. Living and Dead Just and Unjust. Pastor Russell declares that God's provision for the Church will include not only tho-e nllve at the Second Coming eif Christ , but also , by n resur rection chunge , nil those who have fallen aslcop in Christ throughout this < > e > s > pel Age. These will constitute the "lirst resurrection , " mid as priests of God and Christ will reign with him n theiu .uiel yemrs ( Revolution xx , 4) ) . .Tust so nlao , thu earthly blessing * will Include not only the people living at the time of the inauguration of that Reign of Righteousness , but also , an ( ho Redeemer snld , "All that nro In their graves" the evil us well as the good. The saintly ones coming forth will have their reward Immediately beiuso ; of their faithfulness elurlmj their trial ( line , which precedes the ( rial tlmo of the world. Then the mash of mankind , aside from the Church I-IUSP. will all be brought to a knowl edge of the Truth heathen and clvi- lluul none will any longer bo allowed to grope in durkuoss or to bo bllmlecl by Satan and the attractions of eta. Satan himself will bo bound and all ( he fallen angels with him will be re strained from deluding or having anything - thing further to do with humanity. The light of the glory of God vrlll fill the whole earth as the waters cover the great det-p. Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess to Messiah fo the glory of God the Father. Hundr.d-Y r Old Children. In the beginning , before our race had fallen HO far into death , souio ol Its members lived to bo several hun dred years old , nnd that under the un favorable conditions of thu curse- thorns , thlstlcu , etc. At that time , euld the Pastor , human kind who were nly a hundred years old wcro hul OH children. Today , after sir thousand * years of experience under the fall , centenarians are rare and these are old men returning to second childhood. The restitution processes of Emanuel'e reign of righteousness will have so up lifting and blessed an effect on man kind as to bring back , not only strength of morals and of mind and of will , but also physical strength youth , vigor. Every man will have a century ot schooling , of instruction , of prepara tion for living. Open nnd violent sin , wickedness nnd injury to others will not bo permitted nt that Urno nt all. Nevertheless , there will be many op portunities for testing , proving , teach ing mankind. The disobedient will receive punishments , "stripes. " The well-doers will bo blessed , rewarded , uplifted. But after having enjoyed n century of such schooling nnd correc tion In righteousness , those still restat ing ( ho Divine regulations will bo sen- tcncexl , us sinners , to be "cut off" from life. D tw * n Octogenarian * . "I understand they sentenced him to llfo Imprisonment ? " "Well , no ; It wasn't an bad as that. He got only ninoty-nlno years ! " Puck.