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'H1R NORFOLK WEEKLY XUWS-JOfKNAL , FJiJDAY , JULY 21 , 1011. The NuifOlk Weekly News-Journal The News , Established 1881. Tim Journal , Established 1877. THE HUSE PUBLISHING COMPANY W. N. Hum- N. A. Iltiso. President. Secrotnry. iSvory Friday. My nmll per your , $1.50. Entered nt I lie jiostolllco at Norfolk , Nob. , ao npc'ond class matter. Tele-phones : ICilltorlal Doitartiiiunt No. 22. Iluslnoss Ollico and Job Rooms , No. 11 22. The bust way Is hard enough. How the winners plead for Har mony ! [ i And that reminds us , to tele-phono the furnace man tills minute. Let the open air have its inning- d thefio line days. t When a man gets a "notion" In his ; , ' head , he nearly always works It to death. The tariff on false hair has been Inereased. 1'erhaps In a year or BO wo may be able to see the stage when we patronize the theater. It Is all right to do things for your country , but first do things for your home , your family , and yourself. A man was talking about an em ploye , and said : "All I ask In a man Is a little common sense. " Well , that Is asking a good deal. When you owe a man an old bill , don't Imagine that he la-ops still about It and guards your secret. He talks about it , and says you are a dead beat. Was there ever a man "big" enough to honestly admire ills competitor ? And I can't see any reason why a man should do it. If a man is to run a peanut stand nawadays , he needs to consult a cor poration lawyer to see what the gov eminent will let him do. If congress adjourns In July , how can we keep the children quiet tint ! school begins , without the Congres slonal Hccord to amuse them ? The fruits of thrift are better fo national stability than the glories o war. Germany serves as an illustrious example of the truth of this statement Watch yourself ; in all reasonable probability you don't know any more than the law allows , and are liable t < got into serious trouble. When company calls at a house , the mother hurries her little boy upstair. " to wash his face ; but before he reaches the parlor and the company his face. Is dirty again. Many a man who is considered good enough to join in the cheering at political meeting and walk in a torch light procession , is not considered ' good enough for a place on the ticket- a follow doesn't any more than hand a batch of slush for this column to the linotype operator , than nuothei sun has set and risen and it's time U grind again. A Connecticut man eight icet tal has just taken out naturalization pa pers. Ho will at once be recognized us an American citizen of the highest ; type. Dr. Wiley may be arbitrary , but. IK has stopped the food makers fron turning the American people into f "poison squad , " to use up job lots o drug store leavings. We see by the paper that they've advanced steamship rates betweei America and Europe , which we offe as one reason for delaying our antic ! patcd voyage for at least another sea son. And the llrst thing you know you' ] run up against the same propositioi with the furnace. You'll fill it up ant shake it down and carry out th < ashes , and before you can turn around 1 the job'll have to be done again. Considering the Wlckersham am Wiley charges , anyone who takes pub lie olllce nowadays must be ready t < take turns at being judge , jury am prisoner in the dock. The senate agrees to vote on reel procity , for no matter how much tin senators threaten delay , they alway linally get tired of reading the die tionary over to each other. The government is getting afte negligent bank directors. It is tin contention of the government that ! director should leave his visiting can at his bank at least once a year. There is n big kick on the price o ice in the big cities , but as the Ic * < . man is in the business from pure phi ] anthropic love of humanity , he cai not be expected to sell any lower. State Auditor Silas R. Barton ha announced his candidacy for the re publican nomination for congress fron the Fifth district , succeeding Georgi W. Xorrls , who is to make the raci ' for the senate , it is said. Gov. Mann of Virginia asked tin people to pray for rain. Whether tin . Lord answers petitions of this kind ii a matter of theological debate , bu any fool knows that it Is never an : use to petition the legislature. The Alabama republicans nro still limrrellng. but If the administration ecognl7.es the Innlloimlilo right of ivory citizen to have an oIIIco , it can irobably build up the party , even in hat state. We tiHed to think Hint the big tlier- iiotneter outside the drug Htoro Indl- ated Interest in Hclcntlllc meteor- jlogy. Now wo BiiHpect it Is u part if the Hclentlllc management of the oda fountain. Decline In the marriage rate is iomotline-H attributed to the mental uporlorlty of women , but any youth vlio walks up boldly to the Ice cream mrlor can have anything In Right for wo months now. Frank Hitchcock lias been Bitting on he lid alone in Washington , but there Bn't much to do but go around the lepartmcnts once a day and see that he clerks have not fallen over into he waste basket. Ethel Harrymore seeks a divorce after two years' wedded life. She perhaps feels she made a record for the theatrical profession in pressing her husband's trousers and frying his doughnuts for that period. And now Senator Root says he never intended the amendment pro posed to the reciprocity bill by him should pass. What would the astute senator have done if it had been fa vorably acted upon by the senate ? A dowry tax to stop our rich girls from marrying titled foreigners is asked by Representative Knhn. It Is bad enough to lose these girls' money , but it would be worse if to escape the tax their dukes and earls should come over here to live. Nature has never yet been caught mixing her brew. The raspberry and HIP onion grow from the same soil , are nourished by the same sun , wa tered from the same cloud , yet they taste not one whit alike. Dame Na ture is a clever chemist. The passing of the reciprocity pact , which is now assured , will not only be a forward step in trade relations between the two countries , but also a bond of the assurance of peace be tween the two nations. It is the stone which is destined to bring down two birds. The prices ot meat , butter and eggs have come down somewhat , but veg etables and fruits have gone up on the other side of the scale. So the ulti mate consumer is still in hard lines. Fdrtunate is that man who lias a gar den patch and a little small fruit in connection. , President Taft was privileged to re view the largest parade of young people ple which any president lias probably si ever winessed , int Brooklyn recently i- About 150,000 Sunday school scholars 'I moved through the city , which evi - dently deserves Its name of "The City of Churches. " Japanese frogs are like the inhab' o itants of the Flowery empire , very ' small , and as the Japanese have ac quired the taste for frog legs in Amer tea , they are importing the large frogs of Connecticut all that distance , with d the intent of breeding them for eat' t ing purposes. The University of St. Thomas ir e Manila celebrated the 300th anniver n sary of its establishment a few weeks a ago. It was founded by the Doinin ( if lean friars in 1011 and has continued to give instruction to those wh ( sought it ever since. It now has aboul 1,200 students. European affairs are calm am peaceful , very peaceful. England wil " not light , France will not fight , am Germany need not fight. She gets wha 11 she wants without fighting. If the timi n should ever come when she fails t ( d get what she wants without fighting e something will drop. , One of America's greatest surgeon gives it as his opinion that fully f > < | percent of human ills are due to ; J"I I lack of knowledge and the remaindei 0 to a lack of sanitation. This eminen physician seems to verify the old ad age that an ounce of preventive ii worth a pound of cure. Knowledgi and sense against pills and the knife The agitation to abolish the shor session of congress and to have con gress meet on the second Tuesday ii January each year , is along the righ line. The record shows that little o i nothing is ever done by congress ii ' ' the December session , and their com ing together Is merely a waste of the time of the congressman and the money of the taxpayer. o American millionaires and automo bile enthusiasts have a dream of i grand highway reaching across the continent from Atlantic to Pacific such as the European countries offei to automobile tourists. It would b < a fine thing for many beside the tour ists and is no greater undertaklni 0 than many that have been success fully accomplished. And it's the same way with the shine on your shoes , and watering the yearling trees and digging up the weeds in front of your house , and hoe 11 ing 'em out of the hedge , and spading up around the rosebush , and dustlnj oft the car and oiling it up and keep Ing water In the rntllntor , and every thing. Ever sot the alarm clock for 5 a. in. , Ith the avowed Intention of getting p and mowing the lawn , and then , at a. in. , get up and look at the clock , irn it off , and pile back Into bed for notlier hour's snooze ? It makes you eel cowardly and weak-willed and ( leaking , but there's u lot of enjoy- iicnt in yielding to the temptation , for 11 that.Vo suppose that's about the ay they get to feel when they hit up 10 "pipe. " The senate has lost all Interest In 10 opposition to the reciprocity bill. Vhen Senator Gronna made his long peech against the measure ho was Istoned to by two senators and eleven ersons In the galleries. It is accepted hat the pact will be favorably acted pen just as soon as the prepared. pecches of the opposition can bo do vered to the empty chairs. Paris artists have pointed the finger f scorn at modern male attire and declare that no more statues of men n frock coats and trousers will be trecled. Classic robes , a medieval leak , or knickerbockers and a velvet doublet , will be adopted as a compio- nlse. Who Introduced the frock coat ind trousers into polite society , any- ivay ? Are they not Paris institutions ? s Paris refusing recognition to the ; reature of its own creation ? Few people tnlnk of Labrador as a charming country. It has very few summer tourists. But II. H. Prich- nrd's impressions of Labrador scen ery gathered while hunting big game , are that Labrador possesses scenery , hat would be hard to match else , where in the world. If some of our wealthy globe trotters could only be nduced to look up some of the un beaten paths in their own diversified and it would tend to add to the world's knowledge of its out of the ; way places , and place some of the . money now spent in European cities where it is much more needed , on our own American frontier. The complaint comes from Canada that the American Hag is being osten tatiously and offensively displayed at various theaters and other places of entertainment. So conspicuous has the American flag been made that the council of Winnipeg lias deemed it L necessary to pass an ordinance requir ing that when the American Hag is displayed in theaters it must be pre ceded by the union jack. No American ican should object to this requirement. It shows exceedingly poor taste on i the part of theater managers to have . made such an ordinance necessary. We should not want the theaters of f any American city draped with the English colors to the exclusion of the stars and stripes. Judge Gary is a great business dip , lomat. It is doubtful if a smoother one exists outside of Japan. Accord ing to his account of the conference of the International Association of Steel Industries which met in Brussels it would be supposed that they met ' for the sole purpose of considering the best way of dealing with large bodies > of workmen , how they can best be housed and the sanitary conditions necessary for them. It was evidently an altruistic conference with no sordid ' did , selfish self interest in view Judge Gary denies that any step was taken toward forming an internation al , world wide steel trust , yet they are a remarkably well pleased lot of dele gates. Is this feeling due to the spirit of altruism that pervaded their con ference ? Time will tell. The world is quite given to sneer ing at curiosity as an undesirable and womanish trait , and all admit that II Is often allowed to lead its possessors to do disagreeable and questionable things. But the person who is abso lutely without curiosity never will dis cover any valuable process nor invent a useful machine. It was curiositj that perfected the steam engine am led to the harnessing of electricity foi sc- many purposes , and it has impellee ! all the discoverers of past and pres ent. The world would not move verj rapidly were curiosity eliminated fron it. " As curious as a woman , " is not i term of reproach but , along righ' lines , it ranks with the sayings , "the industry of the ant , " "the wisdom o the serpent , " and other terms of com mendatlon. The report that the funds appropri ated for investigating the operation ! of different departments and corpora tions , leads the thoughtful man te question whether the mania for inves tigation which lias possessed the American people for some years pas' has not about outlived its usefulness Nine different investigating commit tees , each with an appropriation ol $25,000 , have been at work under the direction of the democratic house They have unearthed some old scan dais but their most valuable report s < far made is that all the department ! are "conducting their affairs in an un businesslike way. " It seems as thougl $25,000 was a large sum to pay foi such indefinite information as thli about a single department. Apparent t ly the work of the Investigating com ' mittees will have to be investigated. It Just goes to show the constan change that's going on in this world Nothing's permanent. Get your hai I cut today and rub your hand ur against the grain where it's clipped and yon fool a deep , joyous * satisfac tion to think the job's done and that yon won't have to take time out again for over so long. And almost before ! you turn around two weeks are gone , and you're back in the barber's chair , ] with a big pink-dotted robe pinned around your neck and the clippers playing ragtime up along the base of your skull , and with little tiny hairs dropping down Inside your shirt to scratch you and molest you all day long. And then you've got to live through three or four days of hairs turned under , right arounel the edges , where the razor cut 'em too close and , they got to growing Into your hide In stead of out of It , like any respectable hairs ought to grow. Isn't it a troub lous world , though ? j ' Throe archbishops and several ' other Roman Catholic clergymen met ( . the other day in Chicago to work out ' plans for a nation-wide Catholic col onization movement. Archbishop Glen- non said of the meeting , "Thousands of Catholics of the Latin and Slavonic nations come yearly to our shores from the most civilized agrlcultur.il regions of Europe. Our plan is to have them go direct to agricultural settlements instead of settling do'vn in congested and crowded cities. ' ' It is a most wise and humanitarian ' movement on the part of the Cathol'.r j church and If successfully carried on ' will save untold suffering among the Immigrant * ' and innumerable lives. It will also eventually result in develop ing unused 4 a ml and will make these ' foreigners wo are trained to agricul- 1 tural pursuits producers of food from ' the beginning of their sojourn here I instead of wretched incumbrances on ! society. If more religious and social ' organizations would make definite ef- 'forts ' along this line it would save in \ finite suffering and add to the world's prosperity. The sources of campaign revenues have been largely cut off. Nearly all [ the railroads , since their affai w are subjected to government inspection , have withdrawn their financial aid from the political organizations In the various states and are refusing to use lobbies in the influencing of legisla tion. In short , the more nearly they come to complying with the laws , the more completely they are withdrawing from the political field. The big trusts which were charged with contributing largely to campaign funds for the republican - -publican party , will not be likely to help to keep President Taft in the white house aiibther term after the vigorous prosecutions his administra tion has subjected them to. The man- j ufacturing interests which have formerly - merly been liberal contributors are .now arrayed against President Taft's reciprocity measure , so they will not lavish their money on gaining ills re ( election. In fact , it looks as though the sovereign American voter would have the privilege of making up his mind how to vote without the nude- ! sired assistance of a lot of campaign orators. The sailor's life was once defined by Samuel Johnson as "perpetual impris onment with a chance of being drown ed. " While the lot of the sailor may have improved somewhat since ; that time , it is still isolated , monotonous , dangerous and exacting , as the fact that the average life of a sailor is only twelve years after entering the ser , vice proves. Fifty percent of the sail ors In New York are chronically un employed , owing to the decline in American shipping , and an idle sailor with a little ready money falls an easy victim to the agents of vice. A bill has been before congress for eight 1 years , introduced by the International Sailors union , providing for a stan dard of protection for life and health more nearly like that given by Euro pean countries , for a twelve-hour day for deck hands and eight hours for firemen , for a minimum of sixteen square feet of deck space to each sea s' man and some other needed reforms. There has been no sufficiently power ful friend of the sailors to push the bill into prominence and create r enough interest to get it passed , al- d though there is no question that the 3- work and treatment of sailors is far y more exacting and their compensation n is less than that of laborers in other a lines of work. They ought to be given ' a square deal , e if An eminent English doctor foretells in doleful strain that the white man's days are numbered , just because he is white. "You cannot live in the i- tropics , " says this prophet of evil , "be- s i cause your thin white skin cannot j stand the direct rays of the sun , Is ° , easily penetrated by the he-it and your constitution broken down. So accord ing to this learned man the white ' man's mission to teach what he has learned in the ages he has been per t-1 mltted to travel this vale of tears , to lf i the yellow , brown and black races 1 who are able to live anywhere , and who multiply so much faster than the white skinned race that we are soon to bo crowded off the stage by them , This is quite a well worked out the ory , yet there seem to be some weak spots In the great man's argument , One is , that there seems no impera tive need of the white race living in * the tropics in order to continue to ex < 1st. They never have made their homes in the tropical regions as n race and are not likely to choose that 11 place of abode now. There is quite n stretch of temperate zone in whlcli the white man has operated for some generations and will probably con llnno. If the white race Is shuffled off the boards , it will bo for seine graver fault than the lack of pigment' ' In his skin. MORE GOOD ROADS. The action of the Madison county commissioners in taking stops te > build four more miles of oil road on South Thirteenth , thus giving a stretch of seven and a half mile's of permanent highway between Norfolk and Madison , Is aifothor move in the right direction and will bo heartily ap proved by people of this county. There Is no one thing of greater Im portance In the development of this country right now than the building of permanent roads.Vo are just be ginning to awaken to the value of geteul roads and Madison county Is taking an enviable lead In tills direc tion. LIGHTNING BUGABOO. Wlti. the coming of the thunder storms that accompany the extremes of heat , many people are again made miserable. Nearly everyone lias some neighbor whose uneasiness begins from the moment a little thunderhead - head pokes its nose above the horizon , the progress of which across the sky is watched with fear-stricken eyes. It may comfort such persons . to know that the average proportion of deaths from lightning is five in a million. It is much more dangerous to ride on a railroad train. Of that five In a million , a good proportion of cases were preventable by ordinary common sense , by not sheltering beneath some conspicuously isolated tree , by keeping indoors and not close to windows , doors , or chim neys. The worst danger about a thunder storm is that you may have forgotten to renew your insurance policy on some isolated building. For lightning is a real danger to inflammable prop erty , if not to human beings. THE NEWSPAPERS AND CRIME. Dr. Frances Fenton gets a doctor of philosophy degree from Chicago uni versity by a paper condemning the newspapers for printing crime news. She finds that the more yellow newspapers 42 of "anti-so papers print percent - cial" news , and the cleanest papers print 18 percent. If she counted up the "anti-social" news found in the bible ; including all it tells about Solomon's wives and so on , she would find a large proportion of crime there. Anyone who tells the truth about modern life must tell many tilings that are harmful to the inter ests of society. The effect of the publication of crime news depends very much upon the point of view of the man who writes it. Some men secretly sympa thize with crime , and show an under tone of admiration for the criminal's smartness. Other men see farther into the con sequences of crime , and think of the suffering that is caused to the victims. Instead of expatiating on the clever ness of the thief , they picture the meanness of the men who preys vul ture-like on the reward of others' in dustry , often causing suffering to the Innocent. Criminals would like it vnry well to have a gag placed about the mouth of the press. Every copy circulated is a sleuth hound on the trail of the fleeing miscreant. MR. FLY ON THE RUN. The swat the fly campaign has be come a sporting event in Worcester , Mass. , and other places , a prize of $1rO having been won by a boy of the above named city for capturing 1,219- 000 flies. Over ten barrels of this form of game were taken by the youth ful competitors. The chase after brer fly is no new form of sportsmanship. Few latter day fly swatters can equal the persistence . sistence with which the American housewife of older times used to ( all upon the trail of the little varmints. One highly approved method was to lay down a dab of molasses upon the kitchen table , then allow a hundred or two greedy files to collect. While the sweetness was gurgling down their tiny throats , the mistress would creep up stealthily , avoiding each one of Mr. Fly's reputed hundred eyes , gath ering up the fluttering pests and de positing the whole bunch squirming into the depths of the slop bucket , where they soon perished beneath the foul flood. There was a certain moral satisfac tion in thus disposing of Mr. Fly. You felt that had he lived the simple life and not become engrossed in mere gluttony , iiis faculties would have been alert enough to have assured his salvation. And what has become of the fly drivers with which the ancient housewife - wife used to eject files by the dro\es ? Many of us can remember how our grandmothers used to tack strips of tough brown paper to long sticks , and with these flying ends vigorously ma nipulated , Mr. Fly soon found that he had an immediate engagement out side the backdoor. TAFT , BROWN AND WELCH. The Madison county republicans , at their convention in Battle Creek Fri day , took a positive stand upon mat ters of live interest in politics at this time , and the resolutions adopted are so clear cut and so republican that every member of the party can proud ly endorse them. Madison comity roimbllcnns nro fur ; Taft. i .Madison comity republicans nro for Norris Brown. Madison county republicans are * for Judge Welch. The resolutions were not merely passed ; they were passed ntwnlmm ly and they were greeted with ap plause. They represented the' en thusiastic sentiment of the party , as represented at Its county convention. Madison county republicans recognize nize In William Howard Taft one eif the ablest , one of the most conscien tious , one of the lilggost-mlndod presi dents this nation has had. They ap preciate the tremendous amount of progressive legislation which he lias already achieved. They're for him first , hist and all the time' . And every republican in tills nation ought to be1. Madison county republic-aim are- proud of Senator Norris Brown. They recognize In him a clean , enorgotlc , capable champion of the peopled rights. They see In him a senator who is doing big things and who will do more big things for his state' and nation. They recognize the fact that long service means bettor service. And this county is enthusiastically for Judge Welch , whoso splendid rec ord as an able , Impartial , eonsclon- tlois : presiding court ofllcor lias won him the admiration of republicans and democrats alike. Madison county republicans stand positively for these throe genuinely worthy public officials , and they're going - ing to do everything In their power to DR. WILEY. The attempt to oust from his post Government Chemist Dr. Harvey W. Wiley centers attention on one of the most picturesque and virile figures of official Washington. Dr. Wiley got through Hanover col lege at Madison , Ind. , with a room for which he paid but 50 cents a week through his four years' course. lie tramped home once a week , returning with n seven days' supply of corn meal , potatoes , bread and molasses , which constituted his living. Ho never owned an overcoat through that pe riod , and yet he led his class both in book work and athletics. Dr. Wiley began his work as head of the bureau of chemistry in a little of fice in the cellar of the old agricul tural building , with four assistants and a dishwasher , working for years on a clerk's salary. Now he has a building of his own , a staff of 800 and has the spending of $800,000 a year. Dr. Wiley is a born experimenter , and early got to work on the sugar and other agricultural industries. Hi- studied the way soils , fertilizer , rain and sun affect plant life. His experi ments enabled the Lotto la ua cane growers to increase their production HO percent , and they led to the devel opment of the great sugar beet indus tries of Colorado and Michigan. Later Dr. Wiley began to get after the adulteration of foodstuffs. He showed how maple sugar , molasses , honey , etc. , were being stuffed with glucose , and how various prepared foods were being doctored with sali cylic acid , formaldehyde , sulphate of copper , borax and benzoate of soda. He conducted the "poison squads" of clerks who volunteered to have their health broken down to test the effects of the poisons that food manufactur ers were using in their product. Dr. Wiley is a fellow who has al ways run his bureau in his own way. It would not be at all strange if as charged he had run it more or less contrary to law. He has trodden on more toes than any other man in the United States , and lie seems to enjoy hearing the squealing that results from sore corns. Dr. Wiley is a round faced , bullet headed , square mouthed sort of a man , and some fur will be distributed through the atmosphere before he quits his desk at Washington , D. C. ED HOWE'S PHILOSOPHY. f Copyright 1911 ; den. Matt how Adams. ) Tried the new shower at the Coun try club ? It's the goods. People are always complaining of annoyances they get pay for standing If it's any consolation to Mars , we'd like to remind him that he had an aero escape. ( That is , providing you get that grate fixed before next winter , and the furnace is in working order. ) If all the people in the world should agree to sympathize with a man at a certain hour , they couldn't cure his headache. Women don't kiss each other as much as they used to. Nor do they kiss the men more ; they seem to be learning to get along without It. It Is a rare married woman who does not get an occasional anonymous letter suggesting that she watch her husband. An expression you frequently hear men use : "He agreed with me ; I talked with him awhile , and he said I was right. " A woman was "fussing" about the men. "If you weren't present , " said a man , "I could say a good deal about women , too. " A man is severely criticised if he does not provide a liberal amount of life Insurance for his loved ones ; but a man's loved ones fomctimes neglect without attracting much crlti cisin. SATOMY BY M SAMUEL THE CALL OF THE DIVINE. Text , "Ho BIUV a innn nntneil Mnttliow ftnil nnlth , Follow mo. " Mntl. 1.x , ! > . Jerusalem , Tyre , Damascus and the far east meet at Capernaum. At the crossroaels sat Matthowi signing cus tom receipts for silks , precious stones , Bplccs , fish and breadstufTs. True1 , tui must extort to got rich , but be > will sot his face llko a flint for a few years , then buy a villa Homowhoro down In Judea where no ono will know him. But how about that sermon ho heard from the Nnzarene only yesterday ? Man proposes , Oe > d disposes. A voice IB calling In the window of his booth , 'Matthew ' , follow me. " John Newton , John Bunynn , Jerry MacAule-y , he-arel that voice. Matthew wasn't ashamed of his now found frlenel. Ills shnmo was that n son of Abraham was col lecting tribute for n gentile people. How show bis gratitude ? The wise men brought their gifts , Mary her oint ment , Joseph loads his tomb. Matthew Is not an artist , ho cannot paint a picture ; nor a pe > ct , he cannot wrlto verses ; nor yet n musician e > r ho would compose an oratorio for his Master , but ho Is n man of affairs he will glvo n dinner. And that dinner ! Tim Pharisees look In the window. Horrors rors ! There Is Jesus at Matthew's sldo eating with publicans and slnneirs , social and religious outcasts ! . How can ho ? Llko a proud ne > uthorner eat ing with a negro. But Jesus doesn't care , and surely Matthew doesn't The Open Door. It's a great day In any man's life when Jesus comes Into his street and speaks to htm. If the man turns , his world turns with him. Life's n little different after that. Hero you are a busy man in a world of tierce competi tion. Lots of things you would rather not do , but "business Is business. " You're a little ashamed of a number of things ; your better self often rebels. Ono day the call comes. The great world of God opens up to you. Back of the natural you see the supernat ural. Through a sermon , a book , u spell of sickness or u death you hear Christ call you for better things. It's a cle-ar cut call for Matthew , no doubt ing that , sharp and to the point. Christ didn't argue , didn't call him bad names , didn't cast up to him his dis reputable business , ho made no prom ise's. Ho just said. "Follow me. " And Matthew's re-sponso was Just as clear cut. Ho asked no que-stlons. ho of fered no objections , asked no delay , In sisted on no conditions , brought up no dmibts or puzzling ejue'stiuns. Luke ) says , "And ho forsook all and rose and j * followed him. " It cost him a good J bit-gain , luxury , future ease. The L post was a feel ! forsake-n one ; he for- J Book that. Ills associations were dis reputable , a drag to his soul. Ho gain ed good conscience , self respect , eter nity. What Docs Christ See ? The ability to see the real man la rare. To lie able to look over a squad of men or a crowd of boys and eletect latent possibilities is n great art. It doesn't grow on every bush. To the mass of pe-oplc Matthew was simply a low down thieving publican , with Just enough ability to coin money out of the sweat of honest people. To him n public oflice was a public snap. Christ saw back of all that unlikely material the great disciple , the writer of Mat thew's gospel. God looks at a vile , drunken , impure sailor and sees John Newton ; he looks at that blasphemous , swaggering barkeeper In Gloucester and sees George Whltelleld ; he- looks at that heedless boy packing boots and shoes in Chicago and sees Dwlght L. Moody ; he looks into a gypsy tent where there are five little motherless. Ignorant , half henthen children and he sees n ( Jyppy Smith. It takes love to see. He's looking nt you and your great possibilities , my brother. If you think you haven't a friend In the world , you have. If you think no ono cares , they do. If you think no ono wants you , there Is. Just give him n chance. Only God knows your possi bilities. "Once to Every Man and Nation. " This story means that for every man there's a chance for the most unlike ly , the most degraded , the most ele > - splsed ; for the people born with the devil In their blood the blood of the gambler , the blood of the drunkard , the blood of the harlot. The wonder is that some * people are as good as they are. They've had no chance. Here's a now way of treating sinners. We've known courts and prisons , handcuffs and bars , for the wrongdoer. Christ would get the perverted good out of such crude material. lie scon each soul as a cavern full of gems. Ho has the vision of the Bculptor that sees the Inner beauty and symmetry concealed In the outer Bhnpelessuess. I se > e Mat thew at his feast , proud of his guest sitting at the post of honor. I llko to watch the folks who are good to their minister. Some people find fault and gossip and make his llfo miserable. Too bad ! The average shepherd will give his life for hla sheep. Take Christ to your home. It will mean much to you , your wife , your children. You'll have more money , better health , sleep sweeter , die happier , because heaven's nearer. IB ho standing at the door of your custom booth today ? Follow him. Invlto him to your house. Your best opportunity to buy a homo will he revealed to you in a classified ad most lively ! Tno probability la strong eigb to induce you to "watch. "