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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1911)
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A writer states thai they do not go hy a compass In .Switzerland for they know but two directions , up and down. Germany refers to HH war agitators n "Hahre-rattlors. " Thin gives ns a now term to apply to our "Jingo" Btatosmon. Let IIH go Blow about repealing the Sherman Inw till wo know well the character of the substitute wo are going to endorse. Although llt ! ! : stone throwing suf- fragetten have buon arrested In Lon don , It Is doubtful If any of them hit what they aimed at. A Georgia court finds It .Is n crime to kill the baseball umpire. How do they expect bleacher scats can be sold under such restrictions ? The world's great pence movement seems to be working the wrong way. There have not been so many wars and rumors of wars In years as now. It's time Mr. Rockefeller was up and doing In the race for supremacy in gift giving. Mr. Carnegie Is sev eral hundred millions ahead at pres ent. Italy and Turkey arc accused of violating the articles of war in Tripe li. They violated every known article of peace before they began on those of war. As n good start has been made in the meat packers cases , we have hopes that It will be possible to jail tbo grandchildren of the present de fendants. Some people say they still believe that Doc Cook reached the pole , but tbo real test comes when they are Invited to put up 50 cents for a gal lery seat to hear him lecture. The American Bankers' association being now In New Orleans , It would seem as if a resident of that city who wished to borrow $5 would never have a moro favorable opportunity. Justice Hughes refused the offer of 100,000 if ho would act as an execu- tor of the Pulitzer will. Just before Christmas , too. Mr. Hughes must ho a man of unusual strength and char- aeter. It has been aptly said that there is this difference between a thankful and an unthankful man : The ono is always pleased in the good he has done , and the other only in what ho has received. t If the Panama canal is finished a year ahead of contract , this distressing tendency for the help to work them selves out of a Job will bo contrary to all the principles of the govern- nient service. t | ; China will never have n successful republic until it can abolish the general - oral hunger and wretchedness that prevails. Hunger and wretchedness are not a good foundation for wise self-government. Now they are experimenting to take the cold storage flavor out of eggs that have been kept in cold stor age too long , and with some degree of n success , so they say. But who wants to eat u doctored egg ? It Is considered unsportsmanlike for aviators to fly over ball games and other public spectacles. Then , too , they might bo under suspicion of gathering in one of Mr. John Frank Hn Baker's long hits. (1 i In view of the general Interest shown in Col. Roosevelt's recent piece In the Outlook , wo believe several New York papers would be willing to take him on to write Oyster Bay items at space rates. J. Plerpont Morgan has not been pleased with President Taft's adminis tration. His recent tour and the speeches made enrouto were particu larly displeasing to .1. P. This Is the biggest boom Taft has had for some time. The South African government Is considering the wisdom of removing a all port charges on ships going to tl su > d from the far east , hoping In this tl way to offer some Inducement to u steamship companies to continue their olel routes after the Panama cao nal l opened. Already the effect eif the canal on transportation Is being felt ( ] iilt ( < Ktrongly. The tiiiBtH say they can not find out what they can legally do under the Sherman law. Hut IIH they can find out by paying car faro for some emo to go down to Texas and ask Senator Halley , they should not com plain. Undo Sam Is willing to do all ho can to stop this revolting business on the Mexican border. Hut It's n' tliosomo | prospect If ho has got t < > Hpend the entire winter walking back'f and forth across Arizona and Now Mexico. China has n now national hymn which roads in part , "l et the People and All Living Things Ilcjolru as Ducks Among the Pond Lilies. " Doesn't seem te > have the grand roll of "America" te > our ears , but per- haps it moans as much. A new Industry has been started In the California state prisons , thatt of safomaklng. This is likely to servo the double purpose eif providing employment wlillo in confinement and making them more familiar with the construction of the safe so they can , lily their trade more successfully when they are given their freedom. That sturdy Scotchman who has done so much for the development of Canada , Lord Strathcoma , has Just made a trip , in his Olst year , from London to Winnipeg and back In sev enteen days. The same little leather covered trunk which ho brought with him to the Canadian wilds seventy- three years ago , accompanied him on this last trip. That's what you call Scotch thrift. While the United States has been unsettling trade by pursuing a vigor ous policy of trust busting , Germany has been following a policy of con structive trust making. It is neither wise nor practicable for the welfare of the country to put the great cor porations out of business. The whole country sees that a policy of destruc tion will not bring satisfactory re sults. Adequate regulation is what is needed rather than extermination. In Kansas many hundreds of acres of melons are raised for their seeds alone. These are sold to seed houses and medicine makers. Last year some of the farmers tried making syrup of the melon juice and found it so good that they plan to save the juice from all their melons next year , make It into syrup and place their "melon molasses" on the market along with the seeds. What's the matter with Kansas and the inven tive genius of the Kansas farmer ? There has been a decided reaction from the radical position taken a decade ftci cade or two ago that the world's best work was done by the young men un der 40 , Innumerable examples of men who have done great things after the meridian of life has been passed can bo cited. Huxley , Spencer , Agassi , Kant , John Burroughs and John Bige- low ] all did their most forceful .and ef fective work after the period In life when Dr. Osier would have had them chloroformed. Middle old life , all else being equal , is the sanest and best period , for effective work by men. A group of Brazilian planters who feel the imperative need of railroads If their business is to progress are about to import elephants from India alw with the hope of domesticating them to help In breaking the roadways through the jungles that are Impene trable to any other burden bearer , Had It not been for the elephant , rail road building In India would not have progressed to its present point. The elephant will penetrate Jungles through ] which scarcely any other Hvj Ing thing can make Its way , and Its capacity for burden bearing , loading and unloading , Is not equalled by any other animal. Ho is a good friend to mankind and If he can bo domesticat ed In Brazil it will solve many of the difficulties that have hindered the progress of that land of rich possibili ties. THE CHRISTMAS SHOPPER. Although more and more Is being Into closet shelves and waste baskets as soon as they can be safely put out of sight Such people have Christinas buying In mind all through the year. If you have your eyes open In tbat way the things you like turn up In unexpected quarters. If you wait until the before Christmas scrimmage , you almost never find what you want from the tousled assortment of pawed-over goods. The next two weeks are n golden time to buy Christmas gifts. The stores will have additional stocks which are fresher today than they over will bo subsequently. Think of that , if the tough plight of the poor clerk under the strain of the pro- Christmas week does not move your heart. FARMER IN THE SENATE. Some of us were not a little sur prised the other day to learn , through resolution of the National Grange , that Obadlah Gardner of Maine Is the only practical farmer In the United States senate , j Hero Is a problem for the attention j I s our sociologists. There Is a sprlnktl ling of farmers In the lower branch eif most Ktnte- legislatures , but they mo largely weeded out of the state HonatOH. They are srniru Inelced. as governors and ce > iiKn > ssmon. And yet when Clndnnatiis was Hindu consul of ancient Home later dictator , he was found ploughing on j ' his farm. And George Washington , ' ono of the greatest constructive poll- tlclnns of all ages , farmed the estate of Mount Vermin. j There Is no clafcs of people that Is n'w j ' better Informed , or that has a keener t I wit te > se'e the shams of life. Why ' do , ] , wo exclude the man with the boo from our legislative halls ? I The hasty thinker may say It Is because the farmer wears a hat that has grown rusty under the suns of I the cornfield , or trousers that shenv the stain of good , honest dirt. i ) I That theory we heilel to bo lucorcl rod. Nine politicians out of ton need te t ( > have their wives brush their ceiats , mornings , horny hands have always boon epmllflcattons for office , and ( nothing is more fatal to a candidate ! ( than | appearing In a "dress suit" ami plug hat. J The trouble with the farmer is that he | , Is tew contrary minded to make up te > the shabby class of unsuccess- I fills , who elo the dirtier work of polla tics , and too stubborn to do the bidding - ding of the oily boss who , in some del dusky ante chamber , does the real elh legislating , while his obedient serv ants exemplify the work under the stately pillars of the house. Instead of seeing that the heeler got the fat clerkship for which ho had demon strated hid fitness by grinding out properly tagged nominations , be would be much more likely to tell htm that applicants for charity should apply to the authorities supplying pauper relief. All which goes to show that the requirements of statesmanship hnve changed since the days of Clncin- nntus , or oven George Washington. NATION'S EXPERIMENT STATION. California promises to be the great American experiment station for the next few years. If Wisconsin and Oregon have successively followed ono another as the promoters of new and untried schemes of political prom ise California has entered the arena and outdistanced both of them. If other communities are Inclined to be slow to receive all the nostrums thafaro advertised with so much energy - orgy and vehemence for the cure of every known political and social ill , the charge cannot be laid against the golden state. California has jumped In all over , head first and taken a plunge that commits it , without reser vation , to the trying out of all the progressive and radical whimsicalities of the present chaotic political period. Everything is included that could bo mentioned and there are no res ervations worth mentioning. Not only the initiative and the referendum , but the recall- which includes the judi ciary ns well as other officers is as sented to. With these the ballot for women has been granted and in that state women as well as men will vote for every officer at the next election - tion from the presidential electors to the lowest office on the list. This strong dose of political novelties was all taken at one sitting without winks 3ng. The traditional viewpoint doesn't have much weight evidently on the Pacific states , any more than it has had in Oklahoma. These political fads and extreme measures of reform will now bo tried out on a wider and larger field than heretofore. Many of them are an attempt - tempt to make it easy for the people to rule themselves and as in similar experiments that have been tried elsewhere and heretofore there can bo little doubt that the people of Cali fornia will discover that there Is no royal road to perfect government and high j , quality of public service. The voters , whether In California with its 2,000,000 Inhabitants , or In little Dela ware with a few hundred thousand , will sooner or later realize that good government consists not In now or specially devised systems that can be learned ' In a correspondence school , | but that It rests today , as It always has 1 : and always will , on the eternal vigilance of an intelligent and high minded electorate. With these , under J der a system that may not bo the best , there will be a prosperous and happy and honest people with a gov ernment of which they are proud. Without them , any system Is hound to bo a failure. OPTIMISTIC AVENUE. If there is one day in the entire year when the people of the United State should walk Optimistic avenue It Is the day when wo are called upon by pioclamation from the presi dent and the governors of the differ ent states to render thanksgiving for our blessings. Never was there more cause to do this than in this year , 1911. 1911.Wo Wo are apt to revert to the be ginnings of this day when the band of Pilgrims "moored their bark to the wild New England shore. " It Is well that wo should do this. That the little band of men and women with their families , far away from their homes and their kindred , exiles from ho all that had made life worth living In a material sense , destitute and lonely , In an Inhospitable country , amid the snows of a pitiless winter and surrounded by hostile Indians , should find caune and time to render their thanks to Almighty God and set upart a day for this ospodal purpose ought to glvo us pau o. It behooves 'it to stop lu the iiish and utronuos- llj of these meuUrn days and reflect on > how far we have traveled since our forefathers sot the pace for us .uul established this unique day which has now become national In Its : scope. Wo , too , have reason for j I rejoicing and pralso to the Giver of al Gewd. in fact , our inerelos are sc multifarious that we are In great danger , for that very reason , of for- j i felting all His benefits. Lot im consider a few of the many that could be enumerated. Wo should bo thankful that our lot has boon cast in the Gioator America of today rather than In the smaller America of day befoio yesterday. Contemplate ? the dlt'foronce ! ( Jo back just one hundred years and mark tlio change. Ponder the contrast In the bill of fare for Thanksgiving dinner ! Then , only the thingH that grew right about HIL- New England homes that celebrated the day , could bo enjoyed. Tlio best able ol the people of that day ; could not have had for dinner many of the dishes that the ordinary families of tlio land enjoy today , as a matter of coin-be. There were then no moans of transporting fresh fruits and vegetables fiom sunny climes and preserving foods so that they would keep and could bo used at any time of year. Moreover , there were no people living in the Texas , the Florida and the California from which we draw such delicious supplies now. Again , in the preparation of the din ner , the housewife of that time had no gas or electric range or even the modern cookstovo. There were no friction matches , no refrigerators , no Ice cream freezers , lemon squeezers , double boilers or paper bags in which to do so many excellent cooking stunts. There was neither granulated sugar , baking powder , yeast cakes era a hundred and one things which are now considered household necessities for everyday use. It took longer to go from Boston to Now York than It does now to cross the continent , and modes of travel were very tedious. There were no steam railways , no electric street or trolley cars , no rub ber boots , coats or blankets. All clothing was home-spun. A stove , a bathroom , quinine , chloroform , or any one of a hundred drugs all were un known. There wore but few news papers of the most mediocre charac ter and the men on the western fron tier in Indiana or Tennessee were obliged to wait six weeks before they heard of ' ' President Madison's mess age to congress. It is hard for us to realize this. When we compare It with the world of comfort and luxury and convenience which is a part of our existence today , It certainly ought to be a cause for profound and sincere gratitude that we have been given so goodly a heritage. Three more reasons for rejoicing need emphasis. America is in this year , 1911 , a land f of plenty. The harvests have been abundant , labor has been busily employed at renumeratlve wages , our industries have prospered , our busi ness men have made gains , the cattle on our vast plains have multiplied and our mountains have given up great stores of gold , silver and other precious metals. With all this , plenty of health has prevailed in increasing and wonderful manner throughout all our borders. We are enjoying great national power , such as tiie United States has never before so fully realized. With in | , the borders of the Greater America - . ica ] ( , which not only stretches across a o continent from Eastport to San Fran cisco , and north and south from the wilds of Koochichlng to the waters of the Gulf of Mexico , but Includes Porto Rico , Panama ; goes across the Pacific , and on its way Incorporates n Hawaii and the Philippines , and turn ing north holds in its grasp the Ice bound land of Alaska with its matchless - less wealth , there Is everywhere a loyal devotion to the flag which stands for national strength and unity. It is hard to conceive of the comfort and prosperity and reverence for national authority which every , where prevails among the one bun. dred million people which pay loving and hearty allegiance to the great republic. In those ancient days to bo a Roman was to bo greater than a king. In these modern days to be an American citizen is to bo the most exalted ruler and sovereign that the sun has over shown upon. Not alone Is this power shown within the coun try. The world everywhere respects and honors the stars and stripes. No other nation in ancient or modern times has been so revered. Other do nations have been feared , but Amer ica Is the beacon light of less favored nations and peoples everywhere. Wil liam T. Ellis , the well known jour nalist , who Is making a tour of the world for ono of the widely read nt newspapers of the country , In his let- of nor , says that wherever ho has gone , whether It bo In Scotland , England , at Franco or Germany ; In Switzerland , Constantinople , Jerusalem or Pokin , has become convinced that Amer ica is today In n peculiar place of leadership and "that Its hold upon the hearts of mankind constitutes an ° " emplro more potent than any or those Ing that flourished along the Nile , the in Tiber , the Tigris or the Bosphorus. In America is nt peace , not only with- of In her own borders , hut with the whole world. Greater and more sig nificant than this IH the world-known fact that she .stands In the forefront In advocating and promoting the real peace of tbo nations. It Is the ells- tlngulshlng glory of the present ad ministration that President Tuft is pushing forward as fast IIH ho can great arbitration treaties with tin- na tions of Europe who manifest any desire to assent to them , and Is .striv ing to got other nations Interested so that there shall be an end put to war and cruelty. Surely these arp wonderful days e > f privilege and tremendous responsibil ity for this nation ! In this every American lias a share. Not only IH there an awakening of a national consciousness of our mission and our duty hero at home , but the entire globe Is being lmbue > d with the Amer ican spirit of liberty , equality , frater nity , and justice. Wo know too well that wo are a long ways from our ideals and our aspirations. The fact , however , that never in our national history wore the whole people moving forward with such a determined and Intolll- gent purpose to make good the faith of the fathers in the days of the long ago and transmute their sublime courage and noble ideals Into living actualities for a common humanity ought , Indeed , to compel us , at this glad Thanksgiving season of 1011 , to thank God and take courage for the future. AROUND TOWN. We're not hioken out yet. But .speaking of b. c. . has anybody over settled the question as to wheth er they bake 'em or fry 'em ? Wo'ro c. to k. Why does anybody ever say "widow woman ? " Nobody over has the crust to say "widower man. ' " You aren't doing your full duty if you fail , when you have a happy thought that would flash out like a diamond in the "Around Town" col limn , to put it in an envelope and send it down. We'd even agree to put your initials to it , if the sparkler was found available. And speaking of that , here's another place where you aren't doing your full duty : When you have friends visiting you , or when you go away , or when yiy your < little boy breaks his leg , or when your ( house burns up , have the thoughtfulness to telephone it to Tlio News. The News Is a mind reaelei tc a certain extent , but there are limi tations to i's capacity along that line. ItD can't read everybody's mind at once. Don't go aiound with a chip on your shoulder that says , "Oh , they never put ' my name in the paper. " Cheer up ' and telephone. The paper wants to know. Tiic city ought to be arrested and fined to the full extent of the law , under Its own orders. This week the city published a notice that any per son throwing ashes in a street , would be prosecuted. Yesterday the city dumped several wagonloads of ashes into North Fourth street. Now , how's that for consistency ? AROUND TOWN. How often It happens that just as a man gets to the point where he could enjoy life to Its utmost , that just as he attains the goal toward which he has devoted his energy for a lifetime , the hand of fate puts a period to his career. It seems that the world is out of joint when such a man as J. F. Losch of ) West Point , with everything in the world to live for , must be taken at the age of 54. He was an ideal citi zen of that substantial German type that always means good citizenship. He was a devoted husband and father , good neighbor. A man of thrift and tl excellent judgment , he was successful In business. Coming west as a boy just out of college , with no money , he took his bride to a little shack of a e > house on the Nebraska prairies and taught country school at10 a month. Out of this sum he managed to save w and when ho had $100 accumulated , he applied It on his first land pur chase. Ho recognized the fact that land values would Increase and as fast ai he could accumulate , he bought more land Shortly he took up his profession as a lawyer at West Point , almost thirty years ago. He eontln ued to save and buy land. He was a man of stounchest Integrity and his word was as good as a gold bond. J. F. Losch was deeply devoted to his homo and to his family. The fa ther of eight healthy children , he had already given five of them the advan tages of whatever university they chose to attend and was planning to is. the same for the younger children. He was n young boy with the little fellows and always looking after the l" welfare of the whole family. On the Fourth of July ho was the flfht "hoy" Hl shooting off firecrackers In the morn ing , the last to send up a sky rocket night. Weeks before Christmas 1m are began to select gifts for each member the family , never allowing anybody am else to pick what ho should glvo. And ' Christmas time he was Santa Claim personified. The night before he'd bring up the mammoth tree from the cellar a tree that he had personally I arranged for months In advance and would nail it to a box , so that KB tall ends swept the coiling. Then he'd tn fasten on the candles and the glitter- Hc tinsel and put on the teiys. And in the morning he'd line up the family 10 a double-file procession nt the top on the stairs and march down to the at lining room to where the tu-o WIIH. mil then he'd ellstrlbutu the presents. ' I'ho HlieiulH tho'llttlo eif llttlo follows was the most joyous eif all music to ! IH ! oars. Ho was a geiod citizen , llo took an Interest In ( ho wolfaio of liln town ami | , was liberal In support of public enterprisello was pieigre'sslvo. Hut his tompoiamont was distinctly Unit of the lioinc-lovur , Ho never sought political oftlcu nor was bo active in politics , llo found greater pleasure' In making gnrdon In tlio HpriniUlmo and in watching the tomato plants grow , and [ the asparagus , or In building a trapo/o for the llttlo hoys and Hhenv- Ing them how tei "skin ( ho cat. " ll lenod his neighbors and ho was Interested - torostod In his church. Hut most of all I be loved his own family and his homo. "ED. " ' HOWE'S PHILOSOPHY. ( CopyrlKlit liilliClt'o MiHthuwAtlimiH. ) Moan eild Rockefeller him boon able to do more geuiel with his loft hand than semio eif IIH goeid men have boon able to do with our right ; and that Isn't fair , either. lleipo Is pleasant oven \\heii wo know | | thoio Is nothing in It. Theio ran be nothing MO evil that opinion ' Is all on one slelo ; In every discussion ' , tboie are usually nine on a side , as in a hall game. Wo all like to ge > te > Chicago , but how wicked the town Is ! The poorer the woman , the groatoi her longing to maku a trip abroad. Some doctors profess to believe In hypnotism : , although they say only a few can bo Influenced by it. Hut chloroform will put to sle'op ovoryenu who smells it. A man who has a present need not worry much about the future , yen can't spend the money you are to make. In many newspaper offices , tin long way of telling an incident is re- gareled as editorial. To find fault with a man hurts him more than a elozon compliments ull cheer him. A nervy man is seldom called down ; it is modest people wlie ) get the in suits. The Brazilian ee > ffee glowers are about the most unblushing rascals They have not only combined tc raise the price of ce > ffeo , but the Brit zillan government is helping them We "talk about" such selfishness a * that In this'country. . You can avoid a good deal of bad luck hy working steadily during tlio day , behaving yemrself , and going to bed early. It is a rare man who will not lie about his age after passing 30. What has become of the old-fash ioned active man who was always about to bo rich , but who kept his homo in his wife's name ? When a man takes bitter medicine lie usually leaves a little in the spoon The quiet man is rarely quoted to his discredit. A man is sometimes so busy mak' ' ing money that he neglects to take caie of that he has already made. We are all inclined to waste too much powder when the enemy Is not in sight. You hear so many wonderful things that ; are not true. I know a man whose idea of chiv alry is to protect women against ev ery man except himself. The worry of today Is often the result of carelessness yesterday. The more children a woman has the : fewer theories she has. Never believe a man's own stor > ol how brave , or square , or liberal , r wise ho Is. You frequently say you can't al- ways trust people. Can you always trust yourself ? Millions of people will pay for an easy , useless remedy for tootacho In stead of having the tooth pulled. People don't even admire a man who claims he loves his enemy , to say nothing of believing him. You can only make a guess at many things ; hut at least have sense enough to make the best guess pos Bible. The average guaranty seems to be about the most insecure thing there . There will be a row about every thing forever and over amen , and the only remedy Is to elo your best , eat slowly ( and not worry- to When there Is a divorce , and the man marries soon after , some people disposed to bo Indignant. I never , for the man to carry the co-re- spondent ( seems to mo the host and quickest way out of it. Ever since I can remember , the Irish have demanded homo rule , and am In favor of It. But , now that home rule Is actually in sight , a hun dred thousand Irish held a mass liie'otlng In 3iblin lately , ajid . de scribed government of Ireland by the Irish as "a tyranny to which they lever could or would submit. " And once more I do not know whore I am SATURDAY NIGHT SERMONS THE TOUCH OF TIIK DEAD. Text , "When the man toiirbrd the bourn of Kllalm lie irvlvnl and Blood on hi * fcot.-ll KIIIRH xlll , 21. Early summer In Israel. Crops Just about rlpev Time for Membllo raiding parties. These foraging marauder * hud worke'd their elepre'dntlons until . , Ibo Israelites were panic stricken. A funeral parly IH winding Its way In solemn procession ulongslelo a hill KS Sueldeiily some onn calls , "The ? Moab Ite.s come ! " The eleael man's frlenels IIh look about where to quickly conceal his ) body and escape. They choose whether by accident Intention H Is not tolel a cuve which is the teiiiib eif the prophet Ellslui. The Jews made no use of colllns. At the enel of the tomb the body of Kllsha lay in It" graveclotho.s. AH the body eif the yeinng mini wan pushed into the sepul cher It touchi'd the form eif Kllsha The mere contact with those hnlloweel bones produced that from lOllslia which bad In life cost prayer and ox- ertleiu. The man revived , stood on bin feet and hastened homo with bin friends. Elijah had been honored Iti his death , Ellsha after bin death. The Afterglow. Llfo does not begin at the cradle nor enel at tbo grave. The sun se'ts In the golden west , but leaves a glorious twl light that leads us home. The tree falls In the forest , but In after days It burns and glovv.s and cbeerH In emr grate. The tiny coral Insect dies , but tbo reef It raised breaks the surge on the shores of a great continent. Wo shall not only live In another , a spirit world , but wo .shall llvo on here as In fluence.s and forces In this worlel. "The evil that men elo lives after them J ; the good Ls often Intoned with their ' bones , " said Mark Antony. Thai's a miserable untruth , because It \ IH a half truth. Not only does evil live ' after us , but good teio. David has been ' dead II.OOOears . , but bin Psalms \ are I ! following him. Moses and Paul centuries clnco wore dust not ev-eu their place of burial IH known but their words will sway the rexl of em pire for untold generations. They be long te > the roll call of the past , those * "who being deael yet speak. " Men die , but their work lives em. The * world IH young. I-'eir awhile wo wield trowel or pen. Brain thinks , e.\e > looks , tongue speaks. The pyramid In building. The twentieth century will not rock It down , nor the thirtieth , nor the one hundredth. Lincoln , living , was nn American , northerner , Repub lican. Today no section , no party i indeed , no nation can claim him He iI iI belongs I to humanity , to "tho parlia ment of man , the feeleratlon e > f th world. " Death and flight of years have no power to destroy them. Thoughts Expressed In Things. The Olympic and the Titanic will tell In a few mouths tbat Watts anil Stevenson still live. Marconi and the Wrights will still live when their name * ire Illegible on the tombstone. The in ventor is elead , but his busy lingers are still weaving warm texture-s for t hu mor. The road builder and the bridge constructor will walk by tbo side of he dally thousands. The death of it , wolf means a meal for the other wolves. The death of a thinker means i meal , mental instead of physical , for hose left behind. Wolves feed their stomachs ; weed our brains-ou Un load. You cannot overestimate the ouch of the eleael. They are the glass js through which we look at the past. The distant Is brought near. A writer n a garret may shout a message to. he world. Who writes n book ? The nan with a message. What are IK ontuntsThe best In his soul. 1 cI an touch the Iwnes of Macaulay 01 I incr.son , Tennyson or Longfellow , and I he Inspiration of their lives lifts me v vlien sinking , and , like the young man f the text , I revive and stand upun ny feet. In my room I have the vorld's great men talk to me hlsto- lans , musicians , philosophers , preucli ra. And they talk their best best Ictlon , best grammar , best style , best bought. Out from the Bible Moses nd Joshua and Daniel thrill me us hey thrilled the Jewish heart centuries BO. "The Touch of the Vanished Hand. " The influence of our dead Is very B rcat. We think we have lost them Bb b ) ecause we elo not see them , and we gh Oh , for the touch of a vanluhed band And the sound of a voice that Is still hen they are near to us. Death IB causing. It sweeps away the faults id blemishes we saw lu the llesh and ave.s only a remembrance that Is good id beautiful. I hnvo known cases hero a mother accomplished things * fter her death that she could not bile living. Many a prodigal has been rought home and "comes to himself" ider the touch of a mother that has one from him. I know parents who e being led by little baby fingers long since passed away. If I wanted appeal to their better nature 1 would appeal to the memory of that little boy or girl. A mother shows me the book In which the baby scribbled Wondrous skill. Here's the "little ten dog all covered with dust. " Here's the high school diploma the pale faced sober eyed girlie brought home one June day. "She ) led her class. " \ hmo mo ! Somehow I believe they are Mill with us. Life Is stronger than death Love laps l the grave. If Christ b.t here , why not they ? 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