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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NBWS-JOURNAL. FRIDAY. AUGUST 11 , 1011. The Norfolk Wwkly News-Journal The News , Established 1881. The Journal , Established 1877. THE HUSE PUBLISHING COMPANY iW. N. Huso N. A. Huso , President. Secretary. < 5vory Friday. By mall per year , | 1.GO. Entered at the postolllco at Norfolk , Neb , , as second class matter. Telephones ; Editorial Department No. 22. Business Office and Job Rooms , No. H 22. Many people shorten their days by lengthening their nights , With that European war cloud gone It is tlmo for Castro's army to loom up largo on the horizon. The persons who have the biggest tlmo at each carnival ralso the biggest howl about hard times. As fringes are In style at Paris , the man with the frayed trousers ought to look pretty swell for once. The Harmon presidential wave strikes shallow water when It gota as far west na the river Platto. The query Is being made "Who owns the streets ? " It Is evident that the street loafer thinks ho does. Mayor Gaynor says that no saloonc are open In Now York on Sunday. The mayor evidently Isn't thirsty. If the nd\ertising men had met in Boston before , this far reaching ignor nnco abtfut baked beans would never have existed. Ono of our exchanges gives It na Its highest idea of human luxury to bo able to "get tired sitting round the house all day. " A Chicago doctor recommends yawn ing na a dally exorcise. Says It pro motes health. Ho must read the Con gressional Record. Chicago is doing a lot at building model tenements , but the bath tub will no doubt remain a mighty handy place to keep the potatoes in. As New Jersey has a law against wearing the feathers of song birds , no woman can safely wear a rooster's feather while In that state. A woman has been appointed exam iner of the government mint , and now the goddess of liberty on our coins will have her hair properly curled. Several of the American travelers who met the queen while in London agree that she did not ask them to call whenever they were in town. While prosecuting the magazines , wo wish the government would get after them for using old-fashioned comic valentines for cover pictures. Think of Medicine Hat with a tem perature of ninety-four degrees. That was a fact last week. Must be trying to establish a reputation as a summer resort. President Taft Is supposed to cen sure Dr. Wiley , but the lemon will probably be a very little ono deftly concealed in the middle of the fruit basket. Standard OH is split Into thirty- three companies , and how the con sumer will feel If ho has to pay for multiplying the bookkeeping expenses by thirty-three. One advertising manager told the convention to deal with women shop pers as if each was their mother , but some merchants amend by substitut ing mother-in-law. Rear Admiral Bowles says a hostile fleet could destroy New York City In an hour , but they dassent do it if they saw the national guard lined up on Manhattan beach. The crews of the submarines boast of theoretically destroying the battle ships in the war game , but somehow they are not satisfied with being fed on hypothetical bacon. Jaeger Schmidt may be able to get around the world in thirty-nine days for n Paris newspaper , but could he walk two miles to the office from his homo in the suburbs ? " As the reapportionment bill Incrcas Ing the size of congress by forty-two will only benefit forty-two men and their families , there was no general popular demand for it. Upton Sinclair , the novelist , was arrested for playing tennis on Sunday. We hope it docs not become illegal to throw Mr. Sinclair's books into the waste basket on Sunday. The democrats think they have President Taft in a cavity , but the voters are looking for statesmen that spend their tlmo building bridges In stead of digging cavities. Speaker Champ Clark may have lost $1,000 In lecture dates by the ex tra session , but it was. worth that to Bwlpo Uncle Joe's steam roller and run it over the old gentleman. The validity of the two cent faro laws is being tested In Ohio , Indiana - * * . , * i . and Illinois , but the stockholders ought to bo thankful that the public did not dccido to bo carried for nothing. Now York business men complain bccnuBo the hurdy gurdlcs distract the attention of their clerks. Thus thu line arts make but slow progress against the spirit of commercialism. The farmers of the country pro duced ono hundred million dollars worth moro stuff last year than they over did before In any ono year. No wonder they are buying automobiles. If reciprocity brings with It n larger prosperity for the people of the United States , William Howard Taft will bo re-elected president by a sweeping ma jority regardless of who opposes him. Good roads have long been regarded as nn Index to the civilization of n nation. It IB complimentary to this generation that It is contending more pnd moro for better public highways. The Georgia "ad men" treated the convention nt Boston on watermelon , and from the appearance of the dele gates , It was seen that they are very clover at filling space in moro ways than one. The Importation of champagne and diamonds has fallen off heavily. This Indication and other signs of the lack of the long green on the part of the lobster , forecast a hard winter for the chorus girl. Delays nro dangerous oven In Can ada. Laurier knows It. That Is why ho has put the question of reciprocity directly up to the people. There Is every prospect that It will carry by a very largo vote. The president of Haiti has fled from the capital with his rlflo on his shoul der. Until it Is learned whether he carried the treasury in his pocket , It will not bo known whether the revo lution wns successful. Judge Levlne of the Cleveland police court sentenced a young offender to open a savings account , the other day , as a tonic for moral upbuilding. Sounds like a sane kind of sentence for a certain class of young sports. Representative Underwood of Ala bama called William Jennings Bryan n Har on the floor of the house and his remarks were received with great applause. The harmony In the dem ocratlc party constantly grows more deafening. It is estimated that there is being spent in this country at the present tlmo more than a million dollars a day for the Improvement and main tenance of roads. If this money is spent wisely and the roads are built under careful and skillful supervision t means a splendid investment for ; ho people. And now it is reported that Miss Catherine Elklns is about to be mar ried. This announcement has been so repeatedly made that her marriage would bo a great surprise. Moreover t would be another blow to the news columns of the dally press should Miss Elklna really follow Col. Roosevelt , 'Uncle Joe" Cannon , and other stars of the first magnitude where the daily searchlight of publicity wouldn't reach her. The department of Justice at Wash ington promises to keep busy In its war against Illegal trusts. It has over 1,000 complaints which are to be In vestigated and many suits will result The Taft administration hasn't made much noise about what it was going to do but It has steadily sawed wood against the unscrupulous combinations In business and is more and more giving them to understand that they must obey the provisions of the Sher man law or quit business altogether. The state of Minnesota is not acting very decently In the case of the man who bought "school land" and found that It was water. Minnesota sold that land under misrepresentation. And a great state like that ought to sei an example of fair play instead of an ex ample of small-caliber land agent trickery. If the man didn't get what Minnesota was supposed to sell him , he ought to have his money back. A great state Is in small business when It has to fleece its private citizens. Secretary Stimson is taking hold of his new work In the war department vigorously. Last month's visit to the canal zone to note the progress of the great work there , was most satisfac tory. He also paid a visit to Porto Rico , to San Domingo and exchanged courtesies with the Cuban government. This puts him In personal touch with the nearest points under his super vision. Ho Inspected the progress of the work on the wreck of the Mo which Is going on satlsfn thoufch , It will take the hulPof , the ; which It Is The passage by congress does tie all our commercTJ Canada , the most Ing of which Is the schedule. Probably this slon of congress would been called had it not urgent demand of the neyj a'tho country for free paprf There is going to bo a determined ght In Ciuuula against reciprocity on inany grounds , and It Is still uncertain vhat they will do with the measure , ilcanwhtlo the demand hero for 1m- ncdlato action on this particular chedulo grows stronger dully. The democrats lost nn opportunity to win much deserved public appreciation ivhcn they failed to act on this sched ule Independently of anything olso. VICThMS OF THE DROUTH. The fact that there are at present ionic thirty odd cases of destitution in Norfolk , driven hero from drouth stricken regions In search of work , jhows the wisdom of the organization of the Board of Charities , which was created in Norfolk some months ago. n fact , even that organization Is un able at present to cope with the Bit- nation , and greater membership and moro funds will bo required , If It Is to succeed in providing relief for the dcstltuto within the city's limits. THE "RAIN BELT. " A good many pretty well Informed people will tell you right today that the Rosebud reservation , and the Pine Ridge country , nro "out of the rain belt. " Their mythical theory will bo badly shattered by publication In The News of today of the government records showing that the Rosebud reservation out near Rosebud agency , north of Val entine , has actually had moro rain during the past five years ( the govern mcnt figures only give five years' rec ord for that region ) than the state of Nebraska. The older a country becomes , and the longer its acres are cultivated , the better use can It make of every drop of rainfall that it gets. A new coun try will bake whore an old country will moro easily form a mulch and preserve Its moisture. But with a little age and a little cul tlvatlon , the Rosebud and Pine Ridge lands are apt to open the eyes of a good many people , when it is consld ered that they get fully as much rain , on an average , as Nebraska does. CANADIAN ELECTIONS. The dissolution of the Canadian par- lament , and the order for an election to cheese its successors , to como Sep tember 21 , must Impress Americans as an exceedingly speedy way of set tling an electoral contest. Imagine an attempt on the part of our politicians to conduct n presidential campaign In seven weeks ! With us the preliminary fight for delegates to the national convention s hotly under way a year In advance of the election. Indeed , wire stringing and pipe laying are well advanced at date two years in advance. The typical Canadian Is a calmer creature than we. He may have a certain routine passivity that seems uninteresting to the more high strung American. But he Is thereby enabled to attend quietly to his business more months In a year , without falling into hysterical panics about election re suits that are characteristic of Amer ican business men. The Canadian system of irregular elections would hardly work among our nervous people. Our capitalists would be paralyzed by seeing the shadow of possible political disasters always just ahead of them. TRUTH IN ADVERTISING. The necessity of literal , exact truth for successful advertising , was given a foremost emphasis at the meeting of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America at Boston the past week. One speaker declared amid applause that a code of ethics for advertising could be made out of just one word that word to be "Honest. " To this , he said , might be added the Golden Rule The profession of advertising has within the past decade attracted the devoted energy of a host of the bright est men In our country. They have pretty thoroughly learned the princl pie that the only way to build a BUG cessful business is on the foundation of the satisfied customer. The dissatisfied customer is not an asset In fact , he is very much of a 11 ability. Any business man of keen per ceptlons would far rather that such a customer should never have entered his establishment. The slight profl that may be made off the stuff h bought is far more than offset by th left-handed advertising that he sup lies to his friends to vent his dlssatls faction. The only way to secure a satlsflei customer is to represent goods pre clsely as they are. If the goods hav defects , and the nature and extent o these defects are fully explained b the seller , the customer la never dls satisfied. Often he rather enjoys tb defects , as ho feels that they do no injure the goods for his purpose , bu have been the means of enabling him to make a saving in price. He boast of his bargain to his friends , an | Ut the faults , to show how es Ifllng they were , compare [ iction that they made poster I ter would soon have dls Ti defects , oven had th jlned ollent about them. In if he bought the good Cover believe that h Hi. mny cheats an iJtrado that th tils advertls | t his good contras nd wins a community of permanently alluded cuntomcro. TOGO. Admiral Togo , commander of the apanoso naval forces In the campaign hat annihilated the Russian ficot In no of the greatest sen fights of his- ory , has Just landed on our shores , t may bo shfcly predicted that llttlo ftor dinner speaking will bo secured rom this great commander. ' When Togo got off his sick bed to cspond to his country's call to light lussla , ho remarked characteristically 'I shall bp well when I get on the ) rldge. " When the minister of war said to ilm IP a historic Interview , "I Imvo ho honor to announce that it Is the august pleasure of his majesty the em peror to confer on you the honor of ho command ) of the united fleets of Nippon , " ho expected a response of some elaboration. But Togo just said : "I shall ex ecute your order. " Then the two dig nltarlcs sat around like awkward and blushing school boys for a few mo ments , saying nothing , until Togo clumsily bowed himself out In silence. It was feared that ho was not in harmony with the Ideas of the govern ment. But his true attitude of mind amo out later1 when ho gathered his officers in a ilnal banquet. On the table before them was a dagger , a sa cred sign in Japanese symbolism. Said Togo , "We have just bade fare well to our wives and children in a pleasant feast and to life. " Under that impassive and taciturn exterior was all the resolution and defiance of death of the mystic oriental tempera ment In splto of all this reticence , Togo is called a great master of human na turo. It is a current proverb that he controls his subordinates like the fin- ; ers of a hand. He preserves his nerve in perfect polso under the most critical strain , and abhors defeat as nature abhors a vacuum. Togo was one of the young Jap anese who studied abroad , and re ceived his naval education on the Eng- Ish training ship Worcester. There ic seemed of the like-any common place nice fellows that abound Brlt- sh'naval life. His true force of character came out the day In 1894 when ho fired on Chi nese transports carrying soldiers to Korea under the British flag , precipi tatlng the China-Japanese war. He 'elt that in a few moments the fate ellis lis country had to be decided by him and he was ready to answer with his Ife If a mistake were made. Our gar rulous American temperament has much to learn from this silent man of steel. TAFT SHOULD VETO THEM. President Taft's plain duty is to veto the grandstand revision bills whlcl : have been put up to him by the dem ocrats and their Insurgent allies. The only logical thing to do , now that we have a board of tariff experts Investl gating the cost of production at home and abroad , and trying to get at the matter from a scientific rather than from a sentimental viewpoint , Is to await the report pf that expert tariff board before taking action on revision The Insurgents have been howling for years for a non-partisan board o experts to get at tariff schedules on a strictly scientific basis. This Is Just what President Taft is trying righ now to do , and the board of experts are this moment at work along tha ( line. Their Investigation into the question will be thorough. It canno be completed In a minute. By the time congress meets next December the re port will be ready and revision can be entered upon with a clear , intelligen understanding of what ought to be done. Intelligent revision on the hit or-mlss plan Is just as Impossible now In the hands of the democrat-insurgen coalition , as it always has been In th < past in other hands. The revision bills passed by "this alliance mlgh have the political effect of satisfying the clamor against the wool scheduli of the Payne bill , but it wouldn't b < ono whit more intelligent or defensl ble. President Taft has already declared that the wool schedule is unjustifiable He has declared for downward re vision of it But ho wants to go nbou the work scientifically and with some intelligent understanding of how fa down the revision should extend. And he should have the support of the American people In that sane desire. The democrats are shrewdly al tempting to make political capital ou of the situation. ' With a majority In the house , they saw opportunity to stir up a noise over the wool schedule which had already been conceded even by Taft as a bad spot In the presen tariff law. The democrats planned to pass the bill in the house and though the republican majority In the senate would defeat It , thus giving them a chance to cry out that their efforts to bring tariff revision had been smoth ered by a "trust owned" senate. And the Insurgents , hearing outcry agains the wool schedule and not being In the habit of standing by their repub llcan president when they could make grandstand political capital for them selves , voted with the democrats and passed the bills In the senate , thu putting the matter up to Taft. If the insurgents had been slncer In their demand for n non-partisan scientific tariff board and an intell gently framed tariff bill , they would have practiced what they preached nd upheld the president in his dcslro o take no action until such n selen itic report could bo rendered. But It vns n chance to make political clap- rap. If It has been Impossible In the paste o make n tariff bill Intelligently with out scientific data , then It is just as mposslblc now and to make n tor- Iflc gash in the wool schedule , with out getting nt the true facts of the ndustry , would bo just as Indefensible as any tariff fraud over enacted. AROUND TOWN , " This Was Tactful. Imagine a man's state of mind , just nftor he'd taken out the ilfth tack of ho week to puncture a tire , when his vlfo up and asked him , in all earnest ness , to bring homo a box of tacks. Morning , Togo , old top. Welcome to our city. Somehow , wo Just can't get over oeling good about that rain last Wednesday night. What sort of English do they use n Ohio ? A press dispatch from that state says : "The death list may grow . " Could death list " " arger. a "grow" at all , If It didn't grow "larger ? " Ono of the cheapest ways of getting notoriety just now Is to flle your can dldacy with the secretary of state for president of the United States. But you'll have to hurry , for It's going to get stale awfully quick. It'll bo over done. Now that there's to be no more war , maybe the Rnh Rah boys can get out of drill easier , down at the unl. Now the dove of peace has puc tured that war cloud that Europe got so excited about. The presidency of Haiti Isn't much surer than aeroplanlng. The Union Pacific railroad officials jolong to the Ananias club , if the Norfolk depot proposition is any guide. West Norfolk Is still paved with good intentions. The North Fourth street crossing is still dangerous to life and limb and will be until the railroads are com pelled to keep a flagman there to warn the public. Speaking of rain- It's getting the habit. But what's a chautauqua good for anyhow , If it can't bring rain ? But speaking of having a button off your shirt it's bad enough any time but It's worse when you'io playing a match game of golf. To have the shirt front fall open just at the instant you're about to make n stroke , and to have the handle of the club get caught In that goldarn shirt and make you dub the ball say , that's what yoi might call tragedy. Ever notice in the pictures of sports men whether they be fishermen or marksmen or golfers or baseball stars that they always have a Jolly , con tented look about them ? It's a pretty good scheme to have some athletic dl version for a hobby. It's good medi cine. Try climbing a fifteen foot swing rope , hand over hand , If you want to know how stale your muscles have got. It'll make you sore across the stomach for four days. The Union Pacific and M. & O. have been awfully slow about it , .but Nor folk will forgive them If they'll roall > get down to brass tacks and build that new depot this summer , as they say they will. Wearing rats to make it look as if they had more hair than they had , has caused what little hair they really did honestly own to fall out , so that now when rats have gone out of style the women have to wear switches in order to have any hair at all. How many names will the Ad club add to that Norfolk avenue paving petition ? ED HOWE'S PHILOSOPHY. Three or four dull days In succes slon cause business men to become panic stricken. When a woman with a family is on the street at noon , the people are as shocked as when a reliable old mar ried man comes down town after sup per. When a girl begins to look like her mother , it is a sign of age. Country town storekeepers complain that customers are becoming scarcer and traveling men more numerous. Do you "talk" about your friends on slight provocation ? A good many do it ; and It Is a dirty trick. Most men claim that they have "done a great deal" for the town in which they live. But nowhere will you find a man who does not owe the town In which he lives more than It owes him. We're all more or less disposed to neglect much that is practical and sensible , and devote time to Higher Walks where wo cannot possibly ge n footing. Some fools are smarter than others indeed , some fools almost have sense The Wise Men do not know It all everyone knows a little. There are a few men who will no take advantage of you , if you give them opportunity ; but they are so carco that probably you will not flud horn during your short life. People never become so old that It Iocs not hurt them to bo scolded. In this .country , wo always llvo well n the present and wo diet calamity or the future. A man regards his newspaper ns ho lees his wife ; something to bo found ault with , and something ho never mtlroly approves of. What Great Wrong should bo right ed next ? Wo should Imvo nt least two grinding at onco. No ono would listen to you talk If 10 didn't know It was his turn noxt. Wo Americans have n way of worrying - rying n man Into his grave by abusing ilm unfairly and then tolling what n Good Man ho was. A candidate's promises to the people are not any moro worthless than the people's promises to a candidate , I Imvo great admiration for the wo man who can repel inquisltlvcncss or impertinence with n single look. And most women can do it. Don't show your nerve by running the risk of losing your life ; show It by quitting dangerous habits that nro shortening your life. You cat too fast ; brace your nerve and quit it. Most men are poor not because they are lazy , but because they arc care less. Carelessness is the greatest American sin. A man frequently says : "I can't do it nil. " Intimating that those with whom ho is associated put moro on his shoulders than ho is able to bear. Any man who will tell his wrongs will exaggerate them. Did you over repeat n compliment for yourself that you didn't exaggerate rate it a little ? When you invite anyone to ypur house , they always say , "Don't ' go to any trouble. " But they expect yo * to There is no get-rlch-qulck scheme equal to a poor girl worrying a rlcl man. A man always thlnHs he can , do bet ter than he does do. The real necessities of life arc in expensive ; it is the extra frilla that cost money. " The man who never attempts to sing at any other time , will break out when in a picnic wagon. Because there is plenty of business In a big tvwn , it doesn't follow that a man from a little to\vn can get it. UNCLE.WALT. The Flight of Time. , The summer's swiftly gliding by , it couldn't well be fleeter ; and soon we'l cease to curse the fly , and howl at the moskeeter. A few more busy , hust ling weeks , and summer will bo over ! The frost \\111 sparkle on the leeks the sandburs and the clover ! The sun behind the wintry clouds will sulk , Its task forgetting ; and we no moro in wilted crowds will tell how hard we're sweating. And when the snow has hid the flowers , which now the fields are thronging , we'll talk of golden sum mer hours with tears of Idle longing And that's the way we all are built ; our heads are mode of leather ; in sum mer , when our collars wilt , we long for wintry weather. And when the fires of winter burn , when come the snow and blizzard , we wish that sum mer would return , to thaw our frozen gizzard. I sometimes think that when wo leave this world of sin and sorrow we'll weary of the harp and crown ant of the snowy pinions , and seeka chance to amble down to these pro fane dominions. UNCLE WALT. Before and After. It is really rather funny how the man who's burning money finds a le gion of admirers any place that he may stray. Everything he says Is witty ; all the Johnnies In the city gather round him to adore him while there's wealth to throw away. When he grows exceeding frisky In the gild ed home of whisky , e'en the barkeeps make confession that he hag a wealtl of charms ; and the peelers , evidently love him , for they treat him gently when his feet become entangled am he falls Into their arms. O , the world is soft and tender to the lavish money spender and he thinks that people love him for his merits and his face ; bu when all his wealth Is molted , ho is hustled , he Is pelted , and the barkeeps calmly kick him from the portals of their place. And the people who were smirking when his money he was jerk ing , call him names that hurt his feel ings when he seeks a helping hand ; and the haughty cops surround him , draw their llttlo clubs and pound him , load him In the hurry wagon , and he's fined to beat the band. All the friends you gain by blowing money where the booze Is flowing are not worth a cent n dozen they're not worth the half of that ; they will shako you when you're busted and will turn away disgusted when , to buy a little fodder , you at tempt to pass the hat Alter Attell'a Scalp. Kansas City , Aug. 8.- Tommy Dlxon , a Kansas City featherweight , has been matched to light Boyo Drlscall In Memphis , Tenn. , Monday night , ac cording to an announcement today by Jimmy Hirst , Dlxon'a manager. Drls- cell Is now In Memphis , training. Af ter the Memphis bout Dlxon will go to Now Orleans to take part In an eli mination contest In which the win ning featherweight of the six entered will fight Abe Attell for the champion ship. SATURDAY NIGHT EBMONS HV omm&DJDi THE MOTHERHOOD OF GOD. , Text , "Aa one wliom his mother com- tortoth , BO will I comfort you. " lea. Ixvl , IS , . t " ' . , \ > " * " "But what's ' the use , pastor ? " n wont- nn tolling of troubles even her husband did not uudoratfliul sold to mo. "It's t Just Uio same , even Qed Is a man I" But flho was mistaken. Wo only call God "him" for lack of n bettor term. There la no BOX with God nor with an gels nor with U9 In the world to como. However , I can understand how crav ing of human heart ycarna for mother hood In religion. I can readily com * prohond the grip which a great church has on the masses by Ita veneration of "tho Virgin Mother. " She's the cm- bodirucnt of divine grace and compan- Blon. To the understanding heart the Word of God la a warm letter of affec tion from a mother to her child , Does It point to God's sheltering lovoT Then It shows the hen and her flock of llttlo ones. There's a sound of alarm to the scattered brood. Danger's near. There Is a quick call , a fluttering of tiny wings , a pattering of feet to a trusted rofugo. There's a picture for the sin ner flying for refuge , a symbol of open gates of heaven for human soul when terrors of night of eternity nro coming on. Why as Mother ? Oh , because a mother's love la BO dif ferent ! I've seen nurses at children's hospitals cuddle up their llttlo charges. Beautiful , but not quite mother love. They weren't their own. When a regi ment wns leaving Buffalo for the Span ish-American war I saw nt the armory a woman step out and Idas a stalwart young fellow. As they marched off the llttlo woman swooned nwuy. "That was Bill's mother. " Bill died In the fever camp at Chlckamauga. Every tlmo I left for college my widowed mother stood at the doorstep and waved goodby till I was out of sight Sort of provoked mo. No use making such n fuss. "Don't bo Impatient with me , my boy. You're all I have In the world to llvo for. " 'Twas n mother I saw sitting by the prisoner at the law yer's table all day long. It was she who sat with dry eyes and agonized face when the Jury brought In Its ver dict II or lips the last to kiss him through grated bnrs before his execu tion. Poor mother ! She brought him Into the world , nursed him at her brenst , mothered him thrcugh every spell of fevered sickness. Bho knew him better than any ono else. No won der she would believe In him against cvory lawyer , judge and Jury In the world. That's like God. "lie knowctb. our frame ; he remembcreth wo are but dust. " "The mercy of the Lord Is from everlasting to everlasting * " Oh , the motherhood of God ! Seeking nod Forgiving. The crowd _ gathers on the street cor ner. Big policeman has llttlo sobbing child In his arms. "Is she hurt ? " "Was she run over ? " "Naw , nobody hurt She's lost Her milior ' 11 bo along In a mlnlt" "Herit a penny , baby. " No penny wanted. "I want my muvver ! " Suddenly o woman hur ries Into the crowd. "That's my baby ! " Every one's heart thumps. The big policeman pushes her off coolly. "How do I know that ? " "How ? I guess ac tions will tell ! " Baby arms are out- flung. "Oh , mamma , " the curly head cried , "I fought I had lostod you. " "Can tell ? " "I ' you now guess you'll do , " beams the officer. The crowd cheered and laughed and cried a little the fathers and mothers In It Huml What did that woman Bay ? "Actions will telL" Say , brother , can the world tell whether you belong to God or not ? Ever read the parable of the good shepherd and the lost sheep ? That's God socking men. And God's forgive ness Is like a mother's. Boy goes wrong , disgraces family. Father Bays : "Let him go. He's made hla bed ; let bun lie In It" He's lost his job ; hla friends cut him on the street ; his fa ther will not let bis name be mention ed In the house. Who Is It gives him food and money secretly T Who Is It holds no grudge and forgives as freely , last tlmo as first ? Ever read the Bi ble , my wayward friend ? It'll grip your heart In the tendercst place. "Him that cometh unto mo I will In nowise cast out" " "Thongh your Bins be as scarlet" that sounds like a mother saying , "No maUer what yon do or where you are , remember your old mother Is your friend. " Pargetting Mother and God. I have sat in parlors when my heart ached. "Mother's busy. " I could hear the footfall of that poor drudging mother. Never mind. Some day pil grim shoes will bo loosed from those tired feet Tbo shadows will gather In that home. It's mighty doubtful If the angels will count the number of expensive floral designs when the crowd has left the cemetery. Is your mother dead ? Now In heaven ? Moth erless forever ? Remember how she pinched and scraped for you ? "No , I still have her. " Then go homo and put your arm around her. Give her n real , living , warm kiss. Tell her that you love her , that Bbo'n the greatest mother God ever mode. Insist on her having a nice bltlbf pin money every week. It's only part of what you owe. Some day you'll give your good right arm to have the chance. And her God ? Well , you can afford to tie up to your toother's God. You'll want to be with both some day. What used to oe called sometimes derisively "bargain hunting" has evolved Into the practise of Intelligent buying. The advertisements make it possible.