T1I15 NORFOLK WKKKLY NKWS-JOURNAL , FRIDAY , MARCH 17 , 1011. A
The Norfolk Wmkiy Nm-Journal
The News , KhtHbllshcd 1881.
The Journal , KHlubllshod 1877.
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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.
