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The Harvard freshman coxswain
IIIIH tlie mumps , but Harvard men us
ually have a lot of cheek.
Each party In congress Is spending
BO much time trying to put the other
in a hole , that it IB almost out of sight
itself.
Charlie Taft was hurt pole vaultlngi
but If he is ever going to climb ns
high as his father , he must have a
vaulting ambition.
Mr. Toft is now worrying about
where he can exchange thoee dupli
cated silver wedding presents without
the givers knowing it.
Gospel meetings have been held in
front of the New York stock exchange ,
but we doubt if the gospel was per
mitted inside the door.
An asbestos company In the east
has been burned out. We have hcnrd
of similar instances where Ice com
panies were frozen out.
George V will be glnd when be bas
a right to put his crown on , and not
have to walk out bareheaded in the
chilly days of an English June.
The hotel men in convention at Bos
ton sang "It's nearly time to hit the
down. " We doubt If any of them ever
admitted that the time bad fully come ,
The steel trust probe shows J. P.
Morgan has great power. The Amer
ican people won't do anything about
it if he allows the ball games to go on ,
The Japanese are anxious to entei
Into n peace treaty , and to prove theli
alncere desire for peace they have Just
ordered four battleships and a cruiser ,
The senate has been in session onlj
eighty-two hours , and probably ball
that time was spent in coaching the
new members on "senatorial cour
tesy. "
Mr. Taft at Yale commencement
Will he have the self control not to gel
put with the old grads , when they g <
round in the night singln.g "How drj
I am ? "
It Is stated that a shipbuilding com
pony , capitalized at $10,000,000 , has
been organized In Canada. It will no1
be their fault if Canada does not hav <
n navy. i
Eighty-three students get dlplomai
at West Point , and unlike most othei
graduates , they do not have to spenc
n year sweeping out the office am
washing windows.
Mr. Taft declined to perform th <
marriage ceremony for a New Jerse ;
man , but no doubt he can get Teddy t <
officiate at the christenings If they ar <
numerous enough.
As it seems to have cost the govern
ment $2,450 to get an $850 portrait o
Secretary Day , It would pay to estal
llsh a tintype saloon to retain tbi
likenesses of high officials.
New York City kicks on the noise a
night of the garbage carts. The ;
would kick still worse if they invadei
the forenoon hours sacred to sleep ii
metropolitan sporting life.
Jack Johnson is being cheered i :
London streets. Over here the soun <
of " $10 and costs for auto speeding
was more frequently heard than th
acclaims of the populace.
A Texas man has sued for divorc
on the grounds that his wife holds
poor opinion of Senator Joe Bailej
Here , at last , Is an unanswerable ai
guinent for woman suffrage.
Gov. Deneen of Illinois has vetoe
the bill to keep the newspapers fror
publishing the crime news. He fel
that citizens naturally want to knoi
what the legislature is doing.
We have always been told that th
mills of the gods grind slowly , bu
could they grind any slower than th
mills of the United States senate an
continue to do business at all ?
The general acceptance of the trus
decisions Is a wonderful testimony t
the success of the two past admlnii
trations in dealing with the most con
plex problem of modern politics.
Mrs. Taft was unable to receive th
guests at the silver wedding. W
wish Aunt Delia would stay on 1
Washington and relieve her of th
arduous duty of making the pies.
There Is talk of establishing a sun
mor capltol for the president , but th
representatives of forty-five out of foi
ty-slx states will vote against any pai
ticular selection that may be made.
Germany has gained over 4,000,00
in population in the last five yeari
Since tnis increase is not due to 1m-
nlgratlon , there need bo no anxiety
about race suicide in the fatherland.
A Japanese bellboy In n Boston bo-
el has become a college professor.
This Is probably one of the cases
where hotel employes are able to af >
ord costly luxuries out of their tips ,
Descendants of former presidents
were at the Taft silver wedding , but
f they had not been wearing the an <
ccstrol tag , you could not have told
hem from Tom , Mrs , Dick and Miss
larry.
We now have a real American navy
Ninety-five out of every hundred iner
ire citizens of the United States. DC
sertlons linvo decreased as the ratic
of Americans In the service baa ad' '
vanced.
The only republican congressmar
from Virginia Is having his scat con
ested on the ground of fraud. . No re
nibllcan ever got into congress froir
Virginia by fraud. It must have beer
a miracle.
Mr. Taft attends the July 4 celebra
tlon at Indianapolis , where they wll
show him a head on locomotive col
islon. Why don't they entertain bin
with a toy rattle and Crandall build
Jng blocks ?
The government could make monej
selling the wreck of the Maine to sou
venlr hunters. It could also make
money selling George Washington1 !
monument to a circus side show. Bui
it won't do either.
They are trying to popularize th (
Congressional Record by making th <
price $1 a year. We should like t
subscribe , but fear that the childrer
would abandon all serious reading foi
this frivolous literature.
They won't keep Cip Castro out o :
Venezuela If he really wants to gei
back. He won't stay long watchlnf
the gome on the bleachers , after bav
ng had sole and undisputed tenanc ;
of the box office all these years.
Justice Howard of New York tolc
the graduating nurses that high heeli
are as heathenish as nose rings 01
tattooing. This is what happens whei
a man makes a speech without gettlnf
his wife to look over the manuscript
There is nothing like having a per
petual reason for your attitude. Las
session Senator Lorimer refused to re
sign because he bad been vindicated
This session he refuses to resign be
cause no man should resign under fire
It has been pertinently suggested tha
the fire be put under him.
Representative * Sulzer of New Yorl
proposes that the wreck of the Maim
be made up into souvenirs and sold a
a dollar each , Instead of towing it ou
to sea and sending it to the bottou
once for alii With proceeds of thes <
souvenirs Mr. Sulzer would have i
memorial bridge built across the PC
tomac from Washington to the nation
al cemetery at Arlington. The me
morlal bridge is all right in itself , bu
the means of securing it suggestei
are objectionable. People have ' Re
membered the Maine" plenty loin
enough. It better be allowed decen
burial and the oblivion of the grave.
It is rumored in European circle
that the venerable Emperor Franz Jc
sef of Austria-Hungary Is about to n
tire in favor of the heir apparent , hi
nephew , Archduke Franz Ferdlnanc
In case of the younger man's EUCCCI
sion to the throne a question arises ate
to the status of bis son , in the futun
Prince Maximilian Charles should b
the legal successor to the throne afte
his father , but his succession is Jn
periled by the rpevaillng unfair mai
riage law , which excludes the sons t
rulers whose wives are not of loyi
blood from succeeding to the thron <
The Archduke Franz Ferdinand ma
ried the Duchess of Hohenberg , wh
is not of royal birth , so their marriag
is pronounced morganatic.
While archeology deals only wit
the deadest of materials , it is one <
the llvest of sciences and is constantl
bringing new things to light out of th
dead past Dr. Peters , at Nippur ha
uncovered a civilization going bac
6,000 years before the Christian en
and DeMorgan at Susa has found
bronze age al least 10,000 years oil
Inscriptions as commonplace as ov
newspaper advertisements but writte
in characters utterly unknown hav
been deciphered and translated an
proved. Few records of sclentif
achievement disclose the power (
mind and trained human intelligent
which these discoverers of the burie
past have employed. They make th
long past seem a living reality iustea
of a myth.
A large advertising agency had tl
following Interesting and inspiring ai
> ertisement In a recent issue of a po ]
ular magazine. It shows not enl
what kind of a man that firm wanl
but the kind of men that the world a
ways has a place for. The ad reads
"We want men whose training , edi
cation and outlook on life is clean , oj
timistlc , cheerful and courageous-
men who believe in work and in then
selves , but not to the extent that tli
experience or ability of others counl
for nothing. Wo are bringing to
close the biggest business in our fort ;
one years , and wo are only beglnnin
to commence to start. Wo need goo
men to aid us as we never needed
hem before. Literary fellows with
no respect for business hours or busi
ness standards need not apply. "
Senator Root IB a very large man In
many ways. Ho has the mind to be a
arge man always , but in the matter ol
he reciprocity agreement , which his
settlement of the old disputes with
Canada paved the way for , he is tak <
ng a small and selfish attitude He
knows that to push his amendment to
he reciprocity agreement is quite as
strong opposition to the agreement n
o openly work for Its rejection. He
knows that not only the commercial
expansion and prosperity of the coun <
ry depends largely on the acceptnrcf
of this agreement , but the commercial
and social unity of this continent , even
he peace of the continent. Yet in
spite of all these arguments for the
agreement , which no thoroughly be
leves in , ho is Imperiling its accept
ance to gain favor in the state of New
York. If he would turn his powers ol
mind and ability to explain a mattei
clearly to the public , to converting the
state to the agreement , he is capable
of overcoming all opposition to the
nensure. It is a great disappointment
: o the people when a really large mar
takes a small and selfish attitude era
a matter of such vital importance tc
the welfare of the nation.
OUR SHARE OF RAIN.
It's been dry all over the United
States for two years , but northern Ne
jraska and southern South Dakota
have fared , even at that , mighty pros
perously. This section seems to have
lad more than its share of rain , wher
the dry weather that has prevailed
over the balance of the United States
B considered.
In New York City they have quit
sprinkling the streets , because of the
water famine which bas taken Croton
dam down sixty-five feet below nor
mal. Pennsylvania , Minnesota , Wis
consin , Indiana , Ohio , Oklahoma , New
York all parts of the country have
been dry.
Yet in the territory around Norfolk
west and northwest , crop conditions
at this moment are flattering. Corn
never was better and with reasonable
rain , small grain will be a good yield
The rain man seems to have got
twisted up. In Europe there hav
been many heavy floods , but In New
York state , America , there hasn't beer
normal rainfall since 1901.
A NEBRASKA LYNCHING.
Nebraska has been disgraced by the
unwarranted and uncivilized murdei
of a Cherry county ranchman bj
white men. The state has been giver
a tremendous amount of the most un
desirable type of publicity- a result
of this barbarous tragedy' and the
only amends that can be made , in the
eyes of the civilized world , will be the
speedy prosecution and punishment o
the guilty parties.
This is no longer a half savage com
monwealth in which mob law and vlg
(
ilantes committee can run amuck am
take human life at will. This is ai
organized state filled for the mos
part with law abiding and law respect
ing people and the action of a llttli
mob of half civilized human beingi
who have no more regard for th <
rights of the state than to wantonly
take from his bed a man who has ap
parently done no crime and string bin
up to a telephone pole on the prairiei
must bring humiliation to every loya
Nebraskan.
It is up to the authorities havini
jurisdiction over this case to exercisi
the greatest possible speed in bringini
to Justice the'guilty parties.
IN SEARCH OF A JOB.
The first taste of the cold realitle
of life comes to many school and col
lege graduates flow. Hereto a provl
dence known as Dad , who by som
magic has collected money in a m'ys
terious fashion in a place known a
the office , has attended to tradesmei
who have a habit of demanding con
pensation for your clothes and othe
necessities at inconvenient moments
But somehow , Dad , for reasons no
clearly stated , feels that the time ha
come for a change.
When our fathers were brought u
on a farm , they could do carpenterln
and raise potatoes by the time the
quit school. They were about read
to get a man's pay.
The modern youngster , unless h
attended a technical school , never di
anything that is of assistance in a
office or a factory. How then may h
convince the proprietor thereof that h
can do anything that needs to b
done ?
Let him reflect that when he make
an application for work , his prospei
tive employer is keenly scrutinlzln
him for surface indications , as t
whether he , as raw material , can b
developed Into anything worth payln
for. To bo five minutes late at a
appointment , to wear shoes not we !
polished , to appear with his chin 01
namented by the downy fringes of a
Incipient beard , will hurt him mor
than he can be helped by nil the atl
letic and scholastic laurels that a hi
man being can capture In a unlverslt
course.
THE RECIPROCITY AGREEMENT.
The American people for some Urn
have been demanding a non-partlsa
tariff board which would frame ou
tariff schedules without any of th
old-fashioned log rolling practlc
which permitted one section of th
country to trade its support to ai
other provided its particular Interests
were taken care of. President Taft
has framed a tariff agreement alone
such broad lines as this and if the
American people are sincere in their
cry for reform the only consistent
thing for thorn to do is to adopt the
present agreement.
With the president on the ono hand
declaring that the reciprocity measure
will bo of tremendous benefit to the
entire country and with a few special
nterests on the other hand declaring
that the measure will bo injurious , the
public must necessarily find some con
'uslon In making up its mind as te
the merits or demerits of the proposed
pact with Canada. Under the clrcum
stances , however , It is a pretty safe
plan to take the word of the president
who occupies a highly responsible po
sltlon In the matter , in preference tc
the word of a few special Interests
seeking larger profits for themselves
Another point to be borne in mind h
this : President Taft is taking respon
siblllty for this agreement. He Is tell
Ing us , the American people , that the
measure will 'be ' beneficial to us ; he
s practically staking his chances fet
re-election upon this agreement ; he
must feel pretty sure that It will worlf
satisfactorily to the public or he
wouldn't assume such sponsorship
And indeed If the Canadian reciproc
ity agreement should prove to be un ,
satisfactory to the people of the Unit
ed States It could easily be terminated
and the present condition restored.
So long as President Taft is willing
to accept the entire responsibility foi
this measure and to stand or fall by
its results it would seem that the least
the American people could do is to rat
Ify it and give It n trial.
SIGNED EDITORIALS.
Every once In a while someone bobs
up with the proposition to require all
newspaper editorials to be signed ,
Just at present such a proposal Is be-
'ore the New York legislature , in the
form of a bill introduced by Senator
Grady. But it will get no farther there
* " "
than elsewhere.
The peculiarly anonymous character
of newspaper writing is both a protec
tion and a handicap to the newspaper
worker. It has been a fixed custom
for generations , and hence must be
based on some reason inherent in jour
nallstic work.
It often seems' a hardship to some
brilliant writer , that his work must be
buried in the graveyard of the journalistic -
nalistic "wevhere _ no one knows
whether he or the office boy did it.
Many a man possessing gifts of de
scriptlon worthy of a Dickens wears
himself down to a pencil stub in this
blindfolded authorship , his true gifts
as unknown to his townsmen as if he
were the elevator Boy. * '
But on the other band , a newspapei
is more than the men , who conduct it
at any given time. Its policy is more
than the views of the man who rattles
the typewriter or wields the blue pen *
cil. Its course is the concensus of s
number of men , often times influenced
by past precedents.
It is an institution which the com
munity has helped to make , and whicr
helps make the community , both act
ing and interacting on each other. A
signed editorial gives an impresslor
that merely one .man's personality if
back of it , which is all wrong.
So when a man comes along am
asks editorials to he signed , it is verj
likely because he wants to limit theii
force. In that way the public woult
constantly be misjudging the power o :
an editorial opinion. Just as they wil
laugh at a minister who wears ret
stockings or a shiny coat , even thougl
the words of eloquence and truth preceded
ceded from him , so Jhg would denj
'
the wisdom of utterance 'if they die
not happen to like the manners of th <
man who made it.
The newspaper is a mighty orgai
for the uplift of public opinion. In si
far as it says true things it will hi
effective. Its utterances should be al
lowed to stand or fall by their owi
weight , regardless whether the publli
likes or dislikes the man that for tin
time being is the mouthpiece of thl
institutional force.
WATCHING THIRD STREET.
The news that the movement t
pave South Third street has been a
least temporarily abandoned will b
received by Norfolk people wlh cent
slderable disappointment. The neei
of a good road to the south side ha
never been so pressing as it is HOT
after the Northwestern railway ha
begun to build a permanent $65,00
station at the foot of Third street
Never was the south side on such ;
substantial basis as it is with this pei
manent improvement- going on am
with other important additions to tha
part of the city already In sight.
The people of the south side hav
long realized the great need of a pei
manent street to the business part o
the city and have shown their prc
gresslveness and their enterprise b ;
giving to the Third street paving pe
tition more signatures than it reall ;
required. Such enterprise as thl
should stand as an Inspiration to th
balance of the city.
Some slight misunderstanding seem
to have arisen at the last moment eve
the cost of the proposed paving and i ;
order to maintain harmony among th
property owners interested in Tnlr
street , the people who had been worl
Ing for this improvement have tempoi
arily withdrawn the petition from th
city council in the hope that the mis
understanding as to rest may b
cleared up and the paving go forward
as originally planned.
The abandonment of the project tc
pave Third street just at this time
would bo a misfortune. Norfolk is at
n vital point in Its paving history and
upon the successful termination ol
the Third street project largely depends -
ponds the success of future paving ef <
forts in Norfolk. The completion ol
the Third street project would be an
inspiration to the balance of the city
and improvement along this line
would unquestionably be rapid. The
defeat of the present movement , how
ever , can mean only discouragement
to those contemplating paving other
streets and thus any effort to permanently -
nently block the present Third street
movement would work positive dctrl
ment to the upbuilding of Norfolk.
There is no portion of the city in
which there is a laiger percentage of
home owners than in the south side ,
and let it be said that no more enter
prising or progressive prpperty owners -
ers Hvo in Norfolk than the residents
of that portion of the city. They real
Ize the need of a good street from the
new depot to Norfolk avenue and with
commendable enthusiasm they have
succeeded In getting enough signa
tures to a paving petition to assure
the paving.
All Norfolk Is watching Third street
today and is hoping that there will be
no backward step.
A new evidence that China is really
waking up , is that for the first time
on record in the history of her deal
ings of other nations , she has demand
ed apology and Indemnity for her sub
jects which have been unlawfully
killed , in the late Mexican fracas. To
be sure China chose a weak nation
from which to demand her first indem
nity , but if she is successful in get
ting her deserts from Mexico it will
encourage her to exact them from
stronger powers. It looks as though
the amusement that has been so pop
ular In almost every country of drag
ging Chinamen around by their queues
and killing them from time to time ,
without being called to account for It ,
Is a thing of the past. The Germans
In Shan-Tung still treat Chinamen
with less consideration than they
would bestow on a dog , but they are
not heaping indignities on the Japan
ese nowadays , nor Is any other na
tion. International justice is still
largely a prerogative of the nations
with the heaviest battalions , or what
amounts to the same thing , the most
money. If universal peace and inter
national justice is ever enthroned , the
life and dignity of a yellow man will
be Just as sacred as those of the sub
jects of proudest empire.
'AROUND T6WN.
We see by the paper than Hon. Taft
says , in case he should quit his pres
ent Job and in case congress doesn't
do anything for the ex-presidents , he'd
have to go to work again in Cincin
nati. Why not pawn s > ome of thobe
presents ?
There's a man In Norfolk entitled
to a Carnegie medal , whether he ever
gets it or not. His wife's away and
he got a letter from her telling him to
go home , pick the cherries , pit 'em
and put 'em up. And that's just ex
actly what he did.
Yesterday was the one perfect day ,
"On what grounds do you object tc
chickens ? " asked the first Norfolk
man. "Anywhere on my yard , I don't
care where It is , " the second Norfolk
man replied.
How would it do for us to suggest
today that you cut a few weeds around
your property ?
And swat a few files ?
Whenever we need rain in Nebraska ,
we get rain.
And when we need a downpour , we
get a downpour.
This time we needed a deluge and
deluge Is the name of what hr.ppeued
And It was a seventy-five dollar del
uge , if it was worth a red cent.
It sure did help the grass seed , and
secretly we've a hunch that 'that's
why It came.
Incidentally , too , it helped the bull
frogs.
Ever notice how quick a bull fro
can come to life , after he's been deac
for six months ?
Not only one , but a hundred thous
and of them , right under your window
and all tuning up in concert at the
same time.
There's some consolation in theii
song , though. It gives you a feellnf
that , if everything else failed , yoi
could make a living catchlne the frogs
and selling frogs' legs to the elite east
What's become , by the way , of th <
old fashioned Norfolk boy who usei
to make dollars at that very game ?
We see by the paper that June
brides are scarce In Norfolk. We ris <
to remark that June brides can't be i
bit scarcer than June grooms.
Norfolk held one good depot anc
has Just drawn a pair of 'em , maklin
It three of a kind. That's a ham
that's hard to beat.
We've resolved to abide by Joht
D's. plea , and not interview him.
Aren't they mean , though ? There' !
a girl Jn Norfolk they call "Plgeor
Toed Mildred. "
And that reminds us , can you tell a
toadstool from a mushroom ?
Some train of thought , that , don't
you think ?
The longest day of the year comes
this week , and we'ro half way around
the circle toward Christmas again.
( So do your shopping early. )
These are the days when you ought ,
theoretically speaking , to live on veg
etables out of your garden , and spring
chicken out of your own incubator and
without any expense for furnace golfer
or Tungsten rays. But if you'll look
closely , you'll probably find your bank
account about as short as It is in the
shorter days of December. These
June suns seem to molt salaries Just
as the icy winds of winter blow 'em
away. Confound it , what's the use-
any way !
Did you ever dream that you went
to the postolllce one day and found a
letter which said : "I am sending you
by freight today an automobile1'
Well , sometimes those dreams come
true. It did with us. And maybe you
think we don't love that uncle.
Cut the weeds.
Going to the Ad club feed Friday
night ?
It always seems as if we had just
begun to enjoy strawberry season ,
when it up and comes to an end.
It helps some , though , that the can
taloupes are here.
We suppose the new king Is practic
ing before a looking glass and asking
the queen , "Is my crown on straight ? "
What's become of the old fashioned
phonograph In public places , with two
little rubber ear tubes , which played
when you dropped a nickel In the slot ?
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
It may be said for the dog that he
doesn't enjoy dog days very well.
A lazy mule accomplishes a good
deal more than an energetic pup.
The last strawberries are almost as
much of a disappointment as the first
cantaloupe.
Old men are sure a man is not as
old as he looks , and hope he Is not as
old as he feels.
The mule has his faults , but no au
tomobile has ever been required to
haul him to town.
No woman of this day seems to have
much luck In inducing her daughters
to wear sunbonnets.
Cottonseed ol may not be the equal
of olive oil , but those who have tried
it say it tastes just as bad.
Barring the man in touch with the
gate receipts , nearly everyone overes
timates the size of the crowd.
When a man has a firm determina
tion to go to the devil , his friends
shouldn't detain him so much.
Nearly every man likes to hear the
songs that were popular when he was
young and thought he could sing.
At the weary close of one , no holi
day seems sufficiently Important to ex
cuse printing its date in red ink.
Most men form their conclusions ns
to the cause of a fire after they hear
how much insurance was carried.
Aside from the coat of tan , other
coats in hot weather add more to a
man's grouch than to his dignity.
When a woman compliments an
other woman it is a sign the other
woman is near enough to hear her.
Confession : "The biggest He the
writer ever told was when he once
said that nothing ever worried him. "
One never takes his thirty-third de
gree in newspaper reporting until he
learns to work all day without his
lunch.
There Is no denying that it is some
what discouraging to an industrious
man to see a loafer inherit a fortune.
Eastern people are gradually getting
over the notion that every westerner
should be able to ride a bucking
broncho.
Considering what poor swimmers
they are. flies are rather too persistent
about using the cream Jug for a nata-
torlum.
Every young man confidently be
lieves he will some day be so import
ant he will have to employ a private
secretary.
When a man begins to carry an urn-
brella as protection against the sun's
bright rays , it is a sign he is getting
olden than he wants to be.
FAST TRAIN IS WRECKED.
Chicago , June 20. Officials of the
Chicago , Rock Island and Pacific have
been advised of a wreck of the fast
Denver-St. Louis passenger train that
left Denver last night. So far as they
know now , there were numerous in
juries , but no fatalities. The wreck
occurred between Wabaunseo and Me-
Farland , Kan. , shortly before 2 o'clock.
MAKE THE MORMON COME.
Washington , June 20. The subpoe-
nae of the house of representatives
today was sent to the United States
marshal at Salt Lake City to be served
on Joseph F. Smith , head of the Mor
mon church , requiring bis presence
before the committee which is investi
gating the so-called sugar trust.
DLOOD TELLS !
Text , "Visiting the Iniquities of the fa
thers upon the children , " ExoJus xx , C.
The longer I Hvo the moro I bollcve
in blood good blood , bad blood ; hum-
bio blood , proud blood ; honest blood ,
thieving blood ; heroic blood , cowardly
blood. The tendency may skip a gen
eration or two ; then out It comet ) . 1
know n little fellow who doesn't look
like his father or mother both could
deny him easily but stand him under
the portrait of his Revolutionary great
grandfather and you arc startled by
the resemblance. There's a law writ
ten in your blood that determines your
height , weight and girth. It tells the
very form of your toes and shape of
your fingers , color of your hnlr , bril
liance of your eye , quickness of your
step and tone of your voice. Wo cull
it heredity. When you've Bald that
you've said nearly all you know. You
can't locate it. No man can say "Lo ,
beret" or "Lo , there ! " We hear of roy
al blood and common blood , patrician
blood and plebeian blood , but the biol
ogist with his microscope knows no
such things. Ho simply finds red and
white corpuscles. Yet wo know wo
are Uio heirs of the ages. Past gen
erations are living in our veins. "Man
is an omulbuB in which his ancestors
ride. "
"Wh t' Born In the Bone"
Life is n loom. "We are lilt and
miss rag carpet , made up of the va
rious yarns of our forefathers and foremothers -
mothers , woven in the loom of heredity
by the weaver Time with a warp of
our own Individuality. " Blood tells !
Four seeds dropped Into same neil ,
eamo sun , same dew , name air , same
care one a Illy to please the eye , ono
a crimson rose to please tlie nostril ,
ono an apple to please the taste , one
a thorn to prick the touch. Same neil ,
rain , heat , moisture , but all different.
Like begets like. When you sny of a
girl , "How she favors her grandmoth
ers ! " or of your boy , "He's a chip off
the old block , " or you say , "Her
mother bad consumption , " "His father
drank himself to death , " you are sim
ply saying , "Blood tells ! " "Eclipse ,
the racer , sired 334 racers , which won
$800,000. " Herod sired 407 , which won
over $1,000,000. Only another way of
eaylng "Blood tells" with horses. If
blood makes one horse worth $25 and
another $20,000 it's time wo began to
etudy man blood. We have borso
shows , dog shows , chicken shows. The
crowd attends. Newspapers give col
umns of space. Society approves. A
baby show is a matter for ridicule.
Society with a poodle on its lap blushed ,
looks shocked , thinks it isn't more
than half decent
Men Vereue 8hMp.
A gardener studies laws of heredity
when he plants n cabbage bead. Isn't
a human head as interesting as a cab
bage head ? More attention Is given
to improve the strain of the hen that
lays the egg than the child that cats
it. There is more said and written
about how to improve the wool on the
back of the sheep than to improve the
man who wears It when woven. Christ
said , "How much better is a man
than a nbecp ! " Is not a man better
than a cow ? It might be as well for
our women's clubs to study the influ
ence of the notorious Juke family with
its generations of criminals and pau
pers and the Jonathan Edwards fam
ily with its generations of learning and
culture as the influence of Ibsen or
Browning. One of the saddest pages
of literature is in Barrio's "Sentimen
tal Tommy , " where the little girl Grl-
7x > l , daughter of the painted lady , finds
out there's a taint in her blood and
rushes to the doctor crying : "The bad
thing that's in my blood. Oh , please
cut it out ! I shan't stream ! I prom
ise not to scream. " He tells her It
can't be cut out ; she must bear it al
ways. It's indescribably awful. Young
man. see that your child doesn't rise
after you screaming , "There's some
thing bad In my blood ! " Don't damn
your innocent children.
Ar We Feted For III ?
The world is stuffed with drugs. The
pantry shelf is lined with medicine
bottles. Sanitariums spring up like
toadstools after a shower. Every pi
geon , every butterfly , looks up and
Bays , "How perfect are thy works , O
Lord of hosts ! " Man coughs apolo
getically and asks , "Who hath sinned ,
this man or his father ? " Any hope ?
Yes ! Man has two creators , God and
himself. Heredity and environment
do not decide your destiny. How was
Eden for environment ? Who were tbo
ancestors of Luther , Lincoln and
Shakespeare ? Know anything of the
parentage of Moses or Paul ? Ever
hear of John Bunyan , Jerry McAuley ,
John G. Gough ? And you and I ?
Mixture of good and evil neither
sheep nor goat , half virtuous , half vi
cious ? All right. Even the half breed
has a chance to make good. No man
ever committed a sin that ho did not
feel afterward that ho need not have
done it ; it could have been otherwise.
Any man or woman In your town who
can compel you to sin ? No , by the
Eternal ! Any dentl ancestor compel
you ? The glory of will power is that
wo can stand , like AJax defying the
lightning , and say , "Not all the blood
of my ancestors from Adam down to
my father can compel me to do some
thing I do not will to. " Your boat's
on the stream. Will you drift or row ?
Honor nnd fame from no condition rise.
Act well your part There all the honor
lies.
A classified advertisement will In
troduce you to the loser of the article
you've found an introduction of mu
tual importance.
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