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No. 22. Business Olllco nnd Job Rooms ,
No. II 22.
There la no way to put the brakes
on the speeding BUininer.
Paris has declared against statues
In frock coMs. It may prefer pajamas ,
There arc now fifty cities under the
commlRBlon form of government in the
United States.
Dr. Wiley says that men who smoke
are liable to sunstroke. Do yout
smoking at night.
That Mona Lisa picture seems tc
Lave retired from public view ncarlj
ns far ns our old friend Doc Cook.
Why say so much about tariff ex
ports , when you can find them In any
grocery store seated upon the crackei
barrel ?
It is not true that the high tldi
nlong the coast Is duo to the lloatlnt
of the world's biggest battleship at UK
Fore Klver ship yards.
The Congressional Record has sus
pended publication until next Decein
ber. The next volume promises to be
an unusually lively one.
They propose to make the Isthmus
thoroughly sanitary. Even the fore
men on the Panama canal nro forbid
den to use swear words.
Mr. Tnft met the members of the
American Bar association , nnd not om
of them charged him $5 for an oplnloi
ns to the next day's weather.
Ninety-two thousand lobsters lmv <
been liberated along the Maine coast
but it will take far more than that t (
feed the chorus girls through one win
tor.
Frank Hitchcock recommends tin
parcels post , but ho does not seem t <
have any relief for the man who bai
to carry parcels on his wife's shop
ping trips.
John W. Gates left about $30,000 ,
000. Would any hardship be done t (
anyone , if an estate of that size was
assessed nn Inheritance tax of 25 t <
CO percent ?
There is talk of abolishing the ex
press companies and making the rail
roads do the work. That would opei
a broader field for some of our artlstit
baggage smashers.
The number of immigrants has fallen
on off 220,854 this yenr , nnd 20.85-
housewives arc standing on tin
wharves weeping because of their fall
ure to obtain cooks.
The assistant secretary of state ii
the highest olllcial in Wnshingtoi
BOW , but if ho will shako hands faith
fully with all the tourists , everything
else will run along all right.
Mr. Vanlman Is going to try t <
cross the ocean in an air ship , am
though he may not land in Europe
we are confident that ho will at leas
got as far as the lecture platform.
The news of Esther Cleveland's en
gngemcnt is denied. We must remlm
our enterprising reporters that a gir
Is not necessarily to be married be
cause she lingers two minutes at tin
gate post.
J. P. Morgan went to see ex-Senato :
Aldrlch about the monetary commis
Blon , but when he searched Mr. Aid
rich he could no longer find the Unit
cd States senate secured in that gen
tleman's pockets.
Considering the high state of polit
deal tension fourteen months ahead o
the presidential election , a person o
decided political views will posses !
but few speaking acquaintances b ;
November 1 , 1912.
With Mr. Bryan doing all ho cai
to magnify the differences in the dem
ocratlc party and Taft and the pro
gresslves getting into a family mlx-u ]
it begins to look as If the campaign o
1912 would be a warm one.
President Tnft is no longer accusei
of Incklng backbone. Doth the demo
crats and the insurgents recognize Urn
they have n large-sized man inentall ;
as well as physically to fight am
one that will rather enjoy the battle.
A man in Pennsylvania recentlj
came home from the Klondike rcgior
to find that his friends had erected t
monument to his memory. lie snyt
that , as far as he knows his memory i
as good as it ever was and ho has II
Btlll with him.
The Alps are now penerated by five
tunnels. The Loetschberg tunnel
which was commenced In 1907 , was
completed a short time ago , as fai
as excavating is concerned , but it will
not be ready for train use until 1913
It IH the longest tunnel In Europe , be
ing nine miles In length , and will cost
nearly twenty million dollars.
"A burnt child dreads the fire , " but
evidently the rule doesn't work out
the other way. Notwithstanding Hint
Clifford Plnchot was frozen out In
Washington ho Is now on Ills way to
Alaska to look over the prospects of
progressive conservation.
A peculiar custom which exists
among a savage African tribe would
often bring welcome relief to bored
audiences In more civilized countries
If It could be made binding When a
member of this tribal council makes M
speech he must stand on one foot ,
When weariness brings the other foot
to the ground the speech must end.
The Johnson family hns locked home
with the Smith family In Chicago tc
dccldo which linn contributed most tc
the population of that city. When
the count came in the Smiths were
humbled to the dust , being nble tc
produce but 5,315 to 7,749 members
of the Johnson family , which hnd , in
addition n reserve of 582 others tc
draw on , If need be , who used n "t" In
the spelling of the name.
European hotel proprietors nronbnn
donlng the baggage label as n form ol
advertising , and Instead are present
Ing their guests with picture cards
So the sultcnscs nnd trunks of return
ing travelers nrc not as liberally dec
ornted with the hotel labels whlcl
have been the special pride of tour
Ists. It is easy to predict that the pic
hire cards will not be valued half nt
highly as the pasted labels which toh
their own story of travel.
A Chicago man has recently offeree
to pay for setting out trees alont
miles of highway in his native towi
in New England. Absent sons oftei
remember their homo towns with cost
ly gifts of libraries , churches , menu
incuts and such memorials , why noi
trees ? They are certainly worthy tc
bo counted in that list. The presen
generation is cultivating a far greatei
appreciation of trees and a closei
companionship for them than the preceding
ceding generations who saw nothini
In trees except their commercial value
lie who plants a tree plants man :
good things for the future.
The art of lighting has been won
derfully developed and Improved in tin
last quarter of a century , but author !
ties on adapting electricity tell us th <
art Is still in its infancy. A conccr
room in Pittsburg has a very unlqut
illumination. Its 123 square feet o
ceiling is covered with a great varletj
of electric lights modified by screens
so as to produce the effect of a vast
glowing , harmoniously colored orient
al rug. The belief is expressed by 11
lumlnating engineers that means wil
be found to cause light to stream fron
cornices and make the atmosphere o
n large room glow without vlsibh
means of illumination.
There is general acquiescence in th <
opinion that a uniform marriage anc
divorce law would bo a most desirabli
thing. Dut the difference in the con
dltlon of public opinion in the varl
ous states , and the enormous diffl
culty of enacting any constltutlonn
amendment , however desirable , make
it appear probable that the movemen
in that direction will be a vary de
liberate one. Fortunately as civlliza
tlon advances the several states an
passing more rigid laws which no\\ \
holds the bad pre-eminence of belnf
the easiest place to undo the marriage
vows , will be led before long to put ar
end to the national scandal.
Uncle Sam Is going Into the raovint
picture show business. With the au
thority of President Taft , a contraci
has been entered by government of
ficials and a Chicago firm for the pur
pose of reproducing In moving picturei
nil the various activities of the nation
The pictures will be shown In hun
dreds of moving picture houses. Ma
rines at work , on battleships , gunnen
firing at the hulk of an old battleship
cavalry drills , mine and rescue work
plant and animal Industry , road build
ing and every single activity of the
government will be shown on the films
This will be nn advance along edu
cntlonal lines that will bo especially
beneficial to the non-reading public.
The European nations are still fight
Ing In n diplomatic way over th <
possession of Morocco. Whether Ger
many holds Agadlr as a seaport or no
remains to be seen. While it is ap
parently a small nnd unimportant liar
bor on the African coast it is in real
ity a strategic point of tremendous
consequence to the future of Germar
commerce. Franco and England rec
ognlze this nnd are very loath to give
their common enemy any further ad
vantage in the race for commercia
supremacy on the high seas. Destlnj
has a way of hovering over what seeir
to be insignificant spots nnd making
them sometimes the center of greal
world conflicts. What it hns in store
for Agadir the future only can disclose
The secretary of the treasury hat
a definite object in view In employ
Ing the best architects to design the
new postofllce buildings and othei
government buildings -which are con
stantly being built throughout the
country. That object Is to place before -
fore the people models of architectural
'
( taste and fitness. New buildings nrc
being planned In several states this
season , and for ouch of these build
ings twenty architects hnvo been re
quested to submit designs , from which
a choice will bo mode. It Is hoped to
get out of the competition several ad
mirable designs that will be useful In
building other small government
buildings , besides providing plnns for
the structures now In demand that
ll be admired as much a hundred
years hence as the work of the archi
tects of the fine old buildings Been in
the South and New England Is now.
Senator Lorlmor'H denunciation of
the Initiative , referendum and recall Is
one of the most laughable Incidents In
recent American history. Tills man
who was elected to his high position
under nn environment seething with
such corruption that It stamps him as
either a grafter of the boldest kind era
a fool of the most stupid density , dares
to talk about representative govern
ment and says he demands It. If ever
there was a case that would fully jus
tify the recall It Is that of the Illinois
senator. If he had any sense of man
hood , long ere this he would have
handed his resignation back to the
people and given them , at least , the
opportunity to say at the ballot box
whether they wanted his services any
longer. There Is a rumor that he is
now going to resign because President
Tnft insists that his longer stny in
congress ns n republlcnn senator is n
menace to future party success.
Worse than that , the presence of such
n man In the highest council chamber
of the nation , is n menace to good cit
izenship. The advocates of the recall
couldn't ask for any argument more
kindly to their cause than the opposi
tion of such a man as Larimer to do it.
The fight over reciprocity In Canada
Is waxing Intensely fierce. Both sides
make large claims of success and the
nearer the election day approaches the
surer it becomes that the outcome Is
uncertain. The opposition to the pact
Is working the cry of American annex
ation to the limit nnd creating nil the
suspicion it possibly can against this
country. It may be defeated. Even If
It is the defeat will only bo temporary.
It is one of those questions that never
will be settled until it is settled In
accordance 'with the common welfare
of the people of the two great coun
tries concerned. Its defeat now sim
ply means delay. Reciprocity or free
trade between the two English speak
ing countries , having common inter
ests , sympathies and purposes is the
only logical result of an economic law
which is unerring. Moreover , there are
no political conditions which can long
hinder it. The stars in their courses
fight for it , and if not today , some time
in the future it will be an established
fact. In connection with the campaign
which has been carried on for it ,
whether it triumphs or not , President
Taft by his Insistence in pushing its
passage through congress has given a
signal demonstration of treat con
structive statesmanship and history
will record its appreciation of his ef
forts for the prosperity and progress
of the Greater America which extends
from the Rio Grande to the snows of
the arctic circle.
NORFOLK SHOULD GET CHUMMY.
A suggestion was made at the Ad
club meeting the other night which
appeals to The News ns timely. It
was the suggestion that Norfolk ought
to pay more attention to those Indus
tries that are already established here
ought to go out of its way to make
new enterprises , recently started , feel
that they are appreciated.
It would be a paying Investment for
Norfolk business men to get more
chummy with their new neighbors. A
little social visit now and then at
the business office of a new industry ,
with a word of cheer , would help a
whole lot in making newcomers feel
that this was a good place to have lo
cated.
And It would be eminently worth
while for the whole city to adopt the
slogan of patronizing home industries
wherever possible. Let's get it in
the air that everybody in Norfolk buys
Norfolk products , whenever they're to
be had. Encourage the merchant to
patronize Norfolk manufacturing and
wholesale enterprises.
It's the spirit of co-operation and
loyalty to home Industries , that builds
up cities. We want new industries ,
but let's not forget the Industries we
already have. Let's drop In on 'em
now and then and make "em glad they
came to Norfolk.
BURYING THE HAMMER.
The town of Enid , Okla. , recently
secured widespread publicity for a
clever symbolical performance of
"burying the hammer. " A mammoth
hammer was put Into the ground , as a
symbol of the spirit of dissension nnd
criticism thnt hnd Interfered with the
progress of the town.
This little performance hns a sug
gestion worthy of attention right In
our own community.
The faculty of criticism is too easy.
It is one much affected by men of me
diocre character. A man lacking the
slightest constructive ability often
makes very Just criticisms. It takes a
Shakespeare to write n great play , but
a cub reporter might go to see the
thing and find some renl flaws that the
greatest of dramatists failed to dis
cover.
Usually this spirit of criticism is a
mere dead weight on the community.
*
It disheartens those wlio have the
power of leadership , and It falls to
substltutc anything better for th-
faults complained of. If some locnl
enterprise is proposed thnt is in the
main good , but hns a few flaws , some
men can see only the faults , nnd ut
terly overlook the benefits of the thing
ns n whole.
If we want our town to advance , let
us criticise plans for public betterment
only when some definite amendment
can be made by such criticism.
CHARLESTON'S BIG STORM.
Few persons have nny conception of
such a terrifying experience ns hns befallen -
fallen Charleston , S. C.
The dreaded tropical hurricanes of
the West Indies do not produce theli
worst effects on our const. But they
frequently give us a parting kick thnt
Is vicious In the extreme.
Dr. Eugene Murray-Aaron , n Wesf
Indian observer , says regarding the
storms he has seen In his locality :
"Had the cannon of n hundred con
tending armies been discharged , or the
fulmlnatlon of the most terrific tlnin
der claps rattled through the air , the
sounds could not have been distln
guished through the horrible howling
nnd yelling of the wind , which np
palled the heart and bewildered the
mind. "
The dwellings and public buildings
must have been subjected to a strain
even greater than that of the historic
Mobile storm of 190G. In that calamity
the average power of the wind was
but about fifty miles per hour , while
at Charleston the wind at times re
corded ninety-four miles.
The fact that islands and the lowei
fringe of the city were inundated foi
eighteen hours by the tide is a warn
ing against building too near the
shore. Sand bars and keys along the
Gulf and South Atlantic coast leave
a record legible to scientists , showing
the reach of the historic storms ol
past centuries. Many a village has
grown up on sniuls that are simply r
weather record , sure soon or Into tc
feel ngnin the grim grip of the tawny
tiger of the tropics.
These storms illustrate the terrific
power of the West Indian winds tc
lift even a small body of water. Al
the Mobile hurricane , it is recalled
that the wind drove the water of the
harbor half n mile up Into the town
causing a large part of the $5,000,000
loss through undermining houses.
After nny public calamity , the pub
lie naturally inquires what lessons can
be learned , and how the tragedy can
be averted another time. But the
deadly grip of these hurricanes Is toe
Illogical to be wholly guarded against
Tlie blast passes over structures thai
are relatively flimsy , and crushes otli
ers of the most substantial construe
tion. Fortunately such a disaster h
rare enough so that no generation SCCE
it twice in one place. But when the
blow falls.the hand of public charity-
should spring forth to those in need
with glad alacrity.
DESTROYING AD SIGNS.
The Automobile Club of America
designated September 1 as a day foi
destroying signs on highway land in
the state of New York , under a new
law in that state making such defac
ing signs illegal. Many of these nuisances -
ances were made more serviceable by
being reduced to the kindling wood
stage. Citizens of many other states
will wish thnt they hnd equal privi
lege under their la.ws to engage in a
similar hunt.
Many business people fail to realize ,
that when a man goes out into conn-
try haunts and woodland scenes , he is
not looking to Hnd the best variety ol
tooth powder , nor is his wife searching
for most stylish corsets. They left
town to get rid of all that commercial
side of life.
Their feelings on meeting this vo <
ciferous .advertising are much ns if
you escnped from your office to avoid
a pertinacious book agent , nnd on
renching home you discovered him
"laying for" you in your easy chair.
Rev. S. G. Wood of Blandford , Mass. ,
acquired a nation-wide reputation by
n campaign ngninst the nuisance ol
advertising on public highways. Arm
ed with an axe nnd protected by state
law , he tore down such signs for miles
around his parish. The advertisers
then erected their signs on private
land , but Mr. Wood persuaded the
owners to withdraw permission. Then
the advertisers put their signs high un
in the tree tops. Mr. Wood sent his
athletic son up in the trees after them ,
and at last account was ahead of the
game.
It will probably not be long before
all of the states outlaw advertising on
the public highways , after the manner
of the new law in New York. The
control of signs on private land Is a
more serious problem. Some courts
have pronounced such signs a public
nuisance , but many people sensitive to
invasion of personal rights say this Is
equivalent to dictating the manner in
which a man shall cut his hair.
The English house of commons has ,
however , passed a general law against
defacement of scenery.
CO-OPERATION BY FARMERS.
A comprehensive plan for getting
rid of thnt much bernted crenture , the
"middleman , " has been announced by
the promoters of a movement embrac
ing C2.000 farmers In Pennsylvania
and New York. They supply the New
York produce market. Plans for a
central receiving station and cold stor
age , etc. , are carefully outlined. A
convention Just held at Newburgh , N.
Y. , considered throwing out the mid-
dloninn from the dairy trade , the pro
ducers to sell directly through co-op-
cratlvo associations.
It Is more than strange that the
American farmer has been BO slow
to adopt co-operntlve methods. A re
cent magazine article tells how the
Eastern Counties association of Eng
land sells for fifty-five pounds seed
mixtures thnt the farmers hnd to pay
seventy pounds for outside. A farmer
walked Into the office of the Hereford
society one day. Ho was afraid that
they had made a mistake In their re
mittance to him for pears. They hnd
given him twenty-eight shillings per
100 weight , where previously ho hnd
sold them for three shillings.
In the Tome valley in England , co
operative associations took up the
matter of transportation , nnd got mo
tor wagons started thnt hauled freight
for three shillings n ton thnt previous
ly hnd cost the farmers live shillings.
Franco Is a great country for cooperative
erative work among fanners. There
are 30,000 members of these societies
In the province of Brittany alone.
They buy fertilizers , tools and seed at
low rates , sell all products , secure low
rates for insurance , get more favor
able freight rates , etc.
The Anglo-Saxon temperament has
a certain Independence that does not
take kindly to co-operation , particularly -
ly among a class of people having ten
dencies of Isolation like farmers.
Our English cousins have similar
tendencies , although co-operative
movements have made far greater ad
vance there than here. But English
experts feel that British agriculture Is
falling behind the continent , because
the farmers don't co-operate any bet
ter.
The consumer of course looks askance -
kanco at nny movement to enable the
producer to get higher prices. Ho
need never fear. No co-operative
farm association cnn ever got any hold
in competition with the independent
producer until it beats out the inde
pendent producer on prices and qual
ity.
STOCK WATERING.
Ordinarily you are charged with be
ing a populist , whiskers nnd nil , if you
say much against corporations. Yet
here comes so impressive nnd digni
fied nn authority ns Judge E. II. Far-
rar , president of the American Bar as
sociation , who has just told that or
ganization that "the great national
disgrace is the issuance of fictitious or
watered stock. "
The case is told of one public ser
vice corporation doing business not
fnr from New York which hnd nt one
time $32,000,000 in stocks nnd bonds ,
yet whose plant would not inventory
over $2,000,000. There are plenty of
other similar cases.
There are two excuses for this prac
tice. One is that no one is deceived ,
so long as the real value of n corpora
tion's assets are known through quota
tion on some stock market. This is
equivalent to saying that a lie Is not a
He provided everyone knows about It.
Another excuse js that a company
starting business in a growing field
has a right to assume that the growth
of the community and improvement of
the plant will eventually bring the
value of the watered stock up to par.
In so far as a corporation mnkes bet
terments on its plnnt , it is legitimate
to add new stock to represent such
expenditures. But it is hardly fair to
make the people pay interest on what
comes as a free gift.
Our big corporations will never com
mand full confidence until they are
. conducted on the same basis of rigid
truth telling as our banks. When a
corporation issues capital stock and
bonds with a par value of $1,000,000 ,
on property representing only $500-
000 value , the books of thnt corpora-
tlon have got to be doctored to corre
spond. Either $500,000 hns got to be
credited ns "good will , " or a fnlse esti
mate of plnnt valuation must be placed
there. Commonly the figures are mnde
to tell a square He.
If our corporations would issue
bonds and stock only against actual
property , public confidence would be
attracted. The old practice always
menus high chnrges. Widows and or
phans buy the stock at the Inflated val
nation , and n back fire of general stock
ownership opposes any movement to
base rates on the actual value of the
plant.
AROUND TOWN.
Last Monday there wasn't any
"Around Town" column and two anx
ious readers Inquire to know why. The
real truth is that the "Around Depart
ment" felt groggy all day last Satur
day till It came time to play golf , so
Monday's paper had to go to press
with nothing in it worth reading. And ,
while we don't like to cause 200,000
people In the entire half of two eager
states to worry , we must admit that's
apt to happen again. Maybe It'll hap
pen tomorrow. At this minute , wo
don't know any more about It than you
do , ( P. S. Our contract calls for so
many pearls of wisdom per week , so
we don't get docked , even If we do
slip a cog now and then. )
That story from California about the
298-pound fish caught on a line , al
most comes up to some of the yarns
told around this town by Ralnbolt and
Jrvln and Melcher and Hall. By
rights , people who tell that kind of
fish stories ought to be fined. They've
made us discontented with the world
we want to go fishing and can't.
We wish they'd deport all the hay
fever victims , because they're a men
ace to the community. Right hero in
the corn belt , where * the whole1 region's
prosperity depends upon n good corn
crop , every blasted liny fever victim Is
out legging for n frost , day In nnd day
out. A frost would ruin the country ,
but you can't find a blooming liny
fever victim thnt doesn't , openly or se
cretly , hope it'll frost tonight. And It
frost docs c'onu' , you corn rnlsu'rs'll
know whom to blame.
Wo don't own a chicken dog and
we're glnd of It. The usual oxporlonco
of a man who owns a good chicken
dog Is that , after ho's fed the animal
twelve months for the suko of getting
two or throe * dnya of shooting , some
other fellow comes along on the open
ing day of the season and InslstH on
borrowing the brute , ruining him for
all time to como. If wo owned a chicken -
on dog wo wouldn't loan him. But , by
the way , you don't happen to know
where we can borrow a good Irish set
ter or pointer for a day or two ?
Did you ever see anything so tricky
aa August weather ? Just ns soon ns
we'd announced thnt long ones were
comfortable , the mercury began to
sizzle. And Thursday , waw one of the
hottest days of the summer , 96. Now
that's n tight place to put a man In.
One of the surest signs that a man's
getting thin , comes when the feminine
gallery at a golf match suddenly van
ishes , fearing the player's bolt can't
be drawn tight enough to be sure of
holding 'em up.
Now who's going to put up a cup
for the first par score ? And what is
par in this town , anyhow ?
We did have some notion of pulling
down that Bradeii cup , ourselves , but
now we'll just let It go as it is.
But if D. Mathewson will put up a
cup for the first man who breaks the
present ground record , to bo held un
til somebody else sets a new mark ,
etc. , we'll promise to go out and play-
that course in 30. Wo dreamed about
it last night. Hero's the score :
I's 'i -1 3 ( 3I 51 -1 30
Bogey -1 1 ! 5 3 5 0 C1 11
Now that's what wo call playing
the game.
We see by the paper that a boy-
is going to walk from Kansas to
Hastings , 200 miles , to go to school.
Ho takes only a can of sardines , and
Is doing the stunt for the notoriety
lio'll get. Wo claim that a boy who
will do that , can't be helped by going
to school at Hastings. There's a
school at Beatrice that might benefit
him.
We don't know who she is , but by
way of complimenting her , we want to
depose and say that the girl who
wears a trouser skirt on Norfolk ave
nue , is n creature of some courage , to
say the least.
The next time somebody tells us
that playing golf on a September day ,
without any shirt on , will result in
blistering shoulders and neck , we're
going to take the tip. Cold cream
can't make you forget it , take it from
us.
Now In regard to wedding presents ,
how would n dozen golf bails look in
their new home ? We've got to bo de
ciding.
Better be there before the first bell
rings , old kid , and get your choice of
seats. It's the early bird that roosts
on the ones at the back of the room ,
farthest from the teacher's desk.
"It's a queer thing , " a Norfolk dent
ist said , "that with nothing to do nil
summer , the school children never
think of having their teetli looked nf-
ter ; but the minute school begins ,
every last one of them makes a rush
simultaneously to the dentist's office. "
When a child starts to school nt the
nge of 5 , it's a safe bet there are more
at home.
We don't blame the school teacher
for wanting a three months' vacation
each year. If we had the job , we'd
want the annual vacation to last
twelve months.
In a little town , Labor day is the
day when the capitalist who runs the
bank , takes a holiday.
We have half a notion to start a
bank , ourself , Just for the sake of the
holidays they get.
Still , they do say that the day fol
lowing a holiday the bankers have to
work just twice as hard as on ordinary
occasions.
That's an incriminating confession ,
though , because it shows that on nn
ordinary day they only work half as
hard as they might. '
Speaking of banks , they say there
won't be any "big limit" dealt at Greg
ory or Dallas during the coming Rosebud -
bud rush. We regret It , because we
had planned on going up there and
cleaning a few professionals , just by
way of diversion.
We're betting Hack'll be thrown , by
Gotch.
ED HOWE'S PHILOSOPHY.
When a man falls In a big town , and
moves to a little one , It Is hard work
for him to keep from slapping the people
ple he comes In contact with ; he has
so much contempt for them.
When we consider the great amount
of reform accomplished by the Insur
gents , it Is rather astonishing that
taxes Increase so steadily.
Most people put In a lifetime plan-
nlng for some great pleasure , and die
before they get around to It.
Next to a husband who tells her
overythlng , a wife likes a house with
lots ol closets.
SATURDAY
NIGHT
SERMONS
BY
REV.SAMUaW.PORVISJlft
THE NEST OF THE STOHK.
Text , "ChlMron nro nn hcritiiKu of ttio
Lonl.-rs. cxxvll , 3.
A flock of shwp without lambs In
It would HOOII die out. If ono had a
hundred sheep and lost tlrst ono nml
then another and another nnd another
how soon the whole flock would bo
gonel It's the dlvlno plan to keep the
present world peopled nnd fill the
place of the millions who have jrouo
to the real world beyond. A childless
world would bo not only n dreary
world , but n dying one , The hcnlthy
man nnd woman nro under the divine
command to Increase nnd multiply.
"Ho who bath children hiith given
hostages to fortune , " ny the classic
writer , which Is another wny of Bay
ing children mnko better citizens of
men nnd woman. Poor indeed is thnt
family that in childless. They may
have n beautiful house , with lawn nnd
drives nnd fountains without ; music ,
books , pointings and grandeur within.
The voices of men nnd women gmmtn
in laughter and song may rlug through
the hallB , but H'H Bounding brims nnd
tinkling cymbal whnro the prnttlo of
children Is not hoard.
Tha Hand That Rocks the Crndlo.
Only when the child nrrivcs docn
the family really begin. What do wo
menu by father , mother , homo ? Who
but n child cnn USD these thrlco hal
lowed names ? Ono day after weeks
of mystery n dark cloud hovers over
the dwelling. Its sundown nrc heavy
with anxiety , but out from that cloud
of nativity cornea n shining messenger
of God , descended from the bosom of
the Almighty , to Incarnate an Immor
tal soul. Two little feet start on nn
eternal Journey. A Columbus , to dis
cover a continent ? A Shakespeare , to
write ever living lines ? A Washing
ton , father of u country ? A Lincoln ,
savior of a race ? Who knows that the
humble river cradle or manger bed
may bold a Moses or a Christ ? Whllo
you nro rocking thnt baby you may
be rocking the destiny of nations or
the glories of heaven. The child Is
the seed which with proper soil and
care , may yield n wondrous harvest.
The child nestling on a mother's hrenst
Is God' answer to hrr prayer for
heaven. The boy walking by his fa
ther's side Is God's guidebook for that
man's life. Tlieso arc the greatest
days of your life , my fond hearted
young parents. Though your names
should ring through many nations and
yet neglect these little ones your years
would be n row of zeros. Let others
boast of their world's goods , you are
rich beyond human computation. God
hath given you keys to your paradise.
Your Kindergarten.
I say your kindergarten , not the
baby's , for while you are teaching the
baby you uro going to school to it. It
educates you. You go to school every
dny a school of sncrlflce , n school of
self denial , n school of patience , in
which you grow wiser every day. Life
is more of a mystery , a more stupendous
deus thing , since you first heard its
cry. That child is your anchor , llttlo
mother. You won't swing far from
your moorings. You are living in the
present , yet you sail off ever so far
through the years In the bark of that
cradle. And you , Mr. Man , have given
a bond for a more responsible life.
Employers say that you nro n steadier
workman than the fellow without a
baby. Bnnk officials say you've sturt-
ed n savings account the first In your
life probably. The steward of the
club says be never sees you nny more.
You stny home o' nights. Christmas
takes on new meaning now. You smile
pityingly nt the lecturer who disap
proves telling children of Santa Clnus.
Actually you renew your youth watchIng -
Ing that boy getting outside a piece of
bread nnd butter nnd sugar. You
smnck your lips hungrily. The heroic
Is developing In you too. Whnt would
you not do for that llttlo curly head ?
Storm and dnrkness , heat and cold ,
are nothing to you if they stand be
tween you and your child's welfare.
Whnt strenm will you not swim , what
battle will you not fight , whut hunger
will you not endure , for your child ?
Whnt nre weary limbs , nching bend
nnd nnxlous soul to you if its interests
nre advanced ? We've heard about the
man behind the gun. Whnt about the
babe behind the man ?
The Empty Crib.
"How about thnt empty crib of ours ,
prencher ? The little ono who'll never
agnln toddle our floor , never hear
sound of school bell , never bear our
name ? The white crib wns emptied to
fill a white casket. How do you nc-
count for that ? " Well , don't you think
the crocus , the tulip , the hyacinth , the
lilac , of the spring hnd n mission ns
well ns the perennial rose ? A treasure
wns loaned to you. A tiny migratory
bird perched on your ship's rail , chirp
ed its greeting , then flew off toward
the sunny island for which your prow
is set. Ever hear of a shepherd gath
ering up a lamb In his arms to draw
the mother Bheep toward Lome ? Since
little Bobble or Nellie died haven't you
thought more of the other land ?
"Where your treasure is there your
heart will bo also. " More than once
I've known of a big , strong man being
led heavenward because a dead baby's
fingers were still twined through his
heart strings. Gather up "tho little
tin soldiers nil covered with dust , " take
down the llttlo baby dresses hanging
In the wardrobe , give them nnd lot
them bless some orphnn children.
Your renl tronsuro IB in henvon.
Whnt used 10 DO called sometimes
derisively "bargain hunting" baa
evolved into the practise of intelligent
buying. The advprtlEements make It
poulble.