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The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal
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111 the smoking Jacket pocket.
Thu IniltiHtrlous hen Is now laying
tliu roundiitloii for many a fortune.
In vlt-w of lliu hold-ups In Chicago ,
HOIIIO means of protecting tUo defense
less police Of tllU tOWll Should IO lie-
vised.
nro all pretty well taken JtiHt
now on the water wagon , but there
will probably bo vacant places in a
week or no.
Hob LiiFollotto removed lila collar
while speaking nt Dayton , O. This
renews our faith that ho la loyal to
the peoplo'u cause.
Mongolia declares Its Independence ,
and wo hope that no one suggests
making Jt an American utatu and
giving It two senators.
From the number of diaries being
started now , future historians will
lltul ample material regarding the
ilrst ten days in January.
Dr. Sun Ynt Sen has boon elected
president of China , lie will have to
got up early mornings to shako hands
with .100,000,000 people.
The newspapers give much space to
the fact that shoes will ho higher. As
everything Is always going higher ,
there is no news in this.
That now Drexcl baby is heir to
$30,000,000. It is subject to colic just
the same and can't yell any louder
than the ordinary baby.
The red haired man who has re
celved a yellow necktie from his best
girl should be warned In time , or we
foresee a sojourn in lleno.
The most practical use we can sug
gest for the red cross stamps would
bo to seal up the mouths of the men
that spit on the sidewalks.
It costs a good deal now-a-days to
smuggle goods through the New York
custom house , but sonic people think
the publicity's worth the money.
Great Britain and Germany botl
have compulsory life Insurance laws
for the laboring classes. If it works
well in Europe why not in America ?
The New York police breathe nmcl
more freely now that the peace din
ner has got by without having to cal
out the boy scouts to preserve order ,
l\Ir. \ Taft has been asked to inter
vene between Italy and Turkey , bu
probably he has all ho can do to main
tain order at the New York peace
meeting.
The ligureu of accidents in the pas
hunting season remind one of the re
mark of an Indian about the gam
law : "Kill cow moose , pay $100 ; kil
man , too bad. "
The complaint is made that on ac
count of all this muck-raking , yoi
can't borrow any money. Nothing
is left but the awful alternative o
going to work.
In Illble times they talked of tun
Ing swords into pruning hooks , nov
the proper thing would bo to wish fo
the time when battleships shall b
turned into steel rails.
Russia now threatens to double the
duties on goods from this country.
She seems to realize the great bene
fits of removing your nose in order to
make your cheek feel better.
If Washington society should de
tect toll-tale traces of jam on Mr.
Taft's lingers , it should bo remem
bered that Aunt Delia's Christmas con
coctions are very enticing.
In view of the alarming tendency
of the people to vote as they darn
please , the nation looks forward to
the presidential year of 1912 with
feelings of apprehension.
It is a beneflcient arrangement that
gives the children a vacation Christ
mas week. Otherwise they would not
bo able to do a thorough job smashing
their toys before Noy Years.
If we felt that wo wore to bo tried
by a jury composed of women wear
ing inverted waste baskets on their
heads , wo should take great care to
keep out of the way of the police.
Mr. Uoosovolt gets 500 letters a
day. Wo trust ho shows duo Interest
in his correspondence by waiting
around the postoffice while the post
master Is popping them into his box.
Although the public seems to have
lost interest in hunting down the per
son * guilty of the Triangle Waist
lire , wo still hold that they should be
caught and lined at least $5 and costs.
It Is generally conceded that Presi
dent Tnft's political strength is gainIng -
Ing Instead of losing ground , while for
some reason , probably the revival of
the Itoosovolt possibility , the LnFoln
lette boom Is suffering at least teni-'i '
porary collapse. ;
The last tlmo who went to Europe
Mary ( linden took forty-nine pairs of j
New York shoes with her. Anyone
oslrlng to stand in her shoes must
vldontly be active with the button {
ook.
Indiana Is going In for apple nils-
ig with a vengeance. If she is as
uccessful In raising apples as she
as been In producing literature , she
111 bo able to provide apples for the
illllons.
Having looked over carefully the
ollday announcements of the book
ubllshors , wo are greatly surprised
o find that the Shooting Show Girls
nvo not yet entered the ranks of
uthorshlp.
The railroads have ordered GO.OOO
icw freight cars. They may not be
iceded to transport merchandise , but
nyway they will assist our leisure
ilass in securing transportation about
.ho country.
A Chicago newsboy died recently
caving $20,000. Another one died
ml didn't leave a cent. The moral
f this is that there is just as much
llfferonco in newsboys as there is
n other people.
The attempt to Induce Mr. Carnegie
o naino the twenty greatest women
ivas unsuccessful. The shrewd Scotch-
nan Is not going to be caught in such
\ trap us that. Ho Is trying to pro-
rent war , not cause it.
The Indianapolis jury are trying to
race the dynamiters by examining
lotel registers. If they can decipher
my of the signatures , they will be
iblo to earn high pay as hotel report-
3rs for the newspapers.
About now Mr. Lamb inarches down
nto Wall street to acquire a belated
Christmas present in the shape of a
jear skin overcoat trimmed with
jull'8 hide. Result , all the little cubs
ind calves have sheep food next day.
The best paying thing in literature
oday is the good short story. Kip-
ing gets $2fiOO for a 4,000 or 5,000
iVord story , while there are a dozen
ivrlters who command $1,000 for every
tory they turn out. Dickens and Scott
would have boon stunned at such
prices.
There remains no more territory on
.his continent out of which states can
10 made except Alaska , which is not
likely to be admitted very soon , so
with tli3 admission of Arizona and
New Mexico we are likely to stop ad
ding to the forty-night sister states of
he union , at least for some time.
King George has shown himself pos
sessed of most consummate govern
mental tact in making Delhi once
more the capital of India. Calcutta Is
essentially a foreign city in which the
people of India have neither pride
nor interest. Delhi is their own an
cient city connected with all their
proudest traditions and this conces
sion together with the gift to the ad
vancement of education in India of a
million and a half dollars from the
King's personal fortune will probably
go far toward softening India's sullen
mood.
The finding of the naval board who '
examined the wreck of the Maine is
that the explosion was caused by a
bomb placed beneath the ship , but
not necessarily by the Spanish. It is
thought more likely to have been the
work of Cuban patriots , with the
thought that the deed would be at
tributed to Spain and would precipi
tate the American intervention which
was their only hope of Independence.
While the matter will ever remain a
mystery , it is too far gone by and
Spain has been too severely punished
whether guilty or not , to need any
further condemnation.
Andrew Carnegie , with that char
acteristic assurance of his , which
makes us smllo at him regardless of
all his millions , has lately said that
the average man should be able to
support a family on $25 a week. Poor
Andy doesn't realize that thousands
upon thousands of the best families
of the land are in the habit of living
on less than that amount and thrlv
ing pretty well thank you , in spite of
high prices and the general Inclination
for high living. What such men as
Carnegie don't know about life , as
the majority of the American people
live it , would make a very large book
The greatest possible aid to em
phasls in speech Is deliberation. It
Is admitted that Phillip Hrooks spoke
at the rate of ISO words a minute
and that there are noted "gatling-gun1
speakers at the present time , like
President Vincent of the Universitj
of Minnesota , who not only speak
rapidly but have a great deal to sa >
that Is worth hearing. Out It still re
mains true that the ordinary nudlenco
wants tlmo to absorb what a man
has to say , without hurrying , and
that the average man does vastly bet
tor work , on the platform , who talks
in straightforward and somewhat deliberate
liberate manner. Wendell Phillips
perhaps the most finished and elo
quent orator that America has ever
produced , Is described as "steady
smooth , studied , slow , golden-silenced
and sllvor-tongiii'd. " William JonI
iilngs Hryan owes much of his power
as a speaker to his moderate , well
rounded Hcntencos delivered with ni
markablo | ease and evident self-poise ,
with a voice that is as rare In Its
beautiful \ tones and great strength ,
in Its geiit'ratlon , as was that of Phillips -
lips | more than half a century ago.
The American on the platform us welt
as off of It , would gain power If he
would only slow up.
A NEW FACTORY.
Everybody In Norfolk and In this
part of Nebraska will rejoice over the
news that the old sugar factory Is to
bo put to use again and that a now
.
Industry employing a largo number of
people is to bo established.
Like a ghost the old sugar factory
has stood and now that It Is to bo re
habilitated , there will be renewed con-1
lldence all around. It means much to
Norfolk to get life into the walls that
have been dead.
One thing leads to another and al
ready there Is prospect of ether fac
tories in the now canning factory's
wake , to keep the employes busy the
year round.
The New Years may bo sot down
as a happy one for Norfolk. There
is cheerful optimism in the air.
When men tell you that Taft cannot
be nominated and elected next year It
Is a good plan to hike back in your
mind to the year 18C3. Then they
said that Linclln could not be reelected
oven If ho was nominated. Hut with
in the year that followed iv great many
things happened that changed the
tables and he was reelected by a very
handsome majority. While it is not
safe to depend on the blunders of the
opposition , nevertheless , with the re-
ponslblllty for legislation in this sesj
ion of congress resting upon the democratic -
ocratic majority in the house and in-
ense differences already developing
imong the party loaders , it will bo
ernarkable If before next summer ar-
Ives President Taft is not master of
he situation , having the democrats
lopolessly on the run. We are well
iware that there are many who will
ook upon even the suggestion of
such a possibility as the figment of a
disordered brain. However , in the
'ace of these wiseacres , we do not
leem such a turn In affairs outside
he province of a strong probability. ,
The president's strength is far more !
real than apparent and underneath a.
; oed deal of the criticism that is made i
ipon him , there is a profound respect
'or his recognized intellectual capaci .
ty and his splendid personal integ .
rity.
TIIR OLD MINISTER.
The northern Baptist convention
lias taken up the question of making
-i better provision for old ministers.
They have raised $250,000 , and as an
nounced this past week expect to get
$1,000,000 endowment.
Considering the rather frivolous 1
choice by so many churches of the !
very young clergymen , It seems only
square to do something for the elderly -
ly men who are set aside by this pref
erence for youth.
It has been said that a clergyman 1
crosses the dead line at 40 , that sub
sequently ho must expect a lower sal
ary and less commanding position.
And yet in every other profession 1
a man has hardly more than acquired '
a foothold at 40.
The plight of many elderly ministers -
ters at 50 to CO is pathetic. Their
utterance has acquired ripeness ,
their counsel worldly wisdom , and 1
their heart has learned sympathy with
all kinds of people. But because they
feel a little awkward while playing
tlddle-de-winks at the Christian En
deavor social , they are condemned as
lacking magnetism. Of course , on the
other hand , the more closely a minis- ;
r keeps to his young people , the
mare he will look at things from their
point of view , and the more ho can
interest them.
THE PAVING VETO.
Norfolk people are not in sympathy
witli the action of Mayor Friday In
vetoing the paving ordinance creating
West Norfolk avenue and North Ninth
street into a paving district. The
property owners of that district hav
ing petitioned the mayor and council I ,
according to law , to create a paving
district and pass an ordinance for the
paving , the citizens of Norfolk nro en i-
titled to an opportunity , as provided
by law , to decide whether or not they
desire to vote bonds for paving the
street Intersections.
It seems presumptive , to say the
least , for the mayor to undertake to
prevent the people from deciding the
question for themselves. The theory
of the law is that a mayor and council
shall bo the servants of the people , not
that the mayor snail bo the dictator
of the city. The mayor says ho is
perfectly willing that the streets shall 1
bo paved , providing the taxpayers are
not called upon to pay the cost of
paving the street Intersections. But
just why ho is unwilling to allow the
taxpayers to run their own business ,
In this particular , is not explained.
The people of Norfolk are not in
sympathy with the spirit exhibited by
the mayor when ho vetoes the paving
movement in order to get revenge for
the recent defeat of the municipal 1
light plant bonds. They are not in
sympathy with that kind of admin
istration of city business.
Ten davs ago the mayor declared
In I council meeting that ho favored
this t paving. The council voted unani
mously i for tlu > ordinance. In the
meantime i them has been a municipal
light 1 plant bond election. The mayor
was < the leader of the movement for
the I bonds. The people of Norfolk
decided t , by vole , that they did not
want < to Invest In a light plant. So
the I mayor vetoes the paving ordi
nance i , refusing oven to allow the citi
zens toote upon street intersection
, bonds , and declaring arbitrarily that
the paving "promises much less bene
fit to the general public than the prop
osition voted down. " The people
might have an Idea of their own in
that regard , but the mayor haiono < \
.their thinking for them.
j I The matter has not yet been ac'ed '
upon by the council. It remains to
bo seen whether the councilmen will
stand by their former vote and allow
, the people of Norfolk to run thnlr
I
i own business as regards public 1m-
| '
provemont , or whether enough of
them will bo led by the mayor In his
desire to get revenge for the recent
defeat , to prevent the citizens of the
j : city from deciding for themselves
I whether or not they want to pave
their streets.
THE MODERN NEW YEAR.
Some of our prophets of decadence
think they find proof of national de
generacy In the modern methods of
celebrating Now Year's day in Now
York and other society centers.
Many middle aged New Yorkers
'
I look back with pleasure on the do-
.corns and punctilious custom of Now
! i Year's calls with the bounteously
spread table , the battalions of pretty
girl attendants , the coach loads of
j visiting young men in high hats , tail
j coats and white gloves and ties and
'boutonnlcres ' the function had the
elegant elaboration of a highly refined
civilization.
j Today New York and many other
cities witness only scenes of rowdy
ism , as women blow horns , and men
put confetti down the neck of any
pretty girl they meet in the street.
It would be interesting to specu
late why the pretty custom of New
Year's receptions , once more or less
general , has largely died out.
j An explanation frequently given
with much truth , is that people became
came shocked by its excesses. After
you made 100 calls , in each of which
your compliments to the hostess
wore done in CO seconds , but out of
which several minutes were spent at
the punch-laden table , the final exercises
ercises of the day often consisted of ,
I making courtesies to telegraph poles
and embracing lamp posts. The of f.
fice and the factory will not now tole
rate a custom that thus reduces effi j.
ciency for work.
Perhaps an oven more compelling
reason Is the dislike felt by the Amer-
lean man for functions that are purely j.
. ly formal. Never before was It so
! difficult to drag out the head of the
house for an evening of calls. The
, wife may > ay that social position
i ' depends upon an accurate fulfillment
of the obligations of the etiquet books.
The man feels that he is on very good
! terms with his fellows through his
relations on the street or at the ball
grounds or the Country club. A black
. coat and fifteen minute duty calls
I seem to him a most funereal occasion.
i The future American will bo oven
less likely on New Year's day to sock
jout his comrades amid the clatter of >
tea-tables. Enjoying snow and Ice
sports , on the golf links or motoring
down the flowing road , the crisp air
of January will suit him better than
the orchid perfumed air of the former
reception room.
THE PRICE OF MEAT.
The trial of the meat packers , at
last fairly under way at Chicago , is
even more vital than the Standard
Oil and Tobacco cases. The former
showed that a great combine can bo
split up Into constituents parts. The
beef trust trial is to show whether
Individual companies can be made
to compete if they don't want to.
It Is not probable that the government
mont can produce documents tending
to prove agreements or collusion. But
the surprising uniformity of the pack-
ing companies in prices paid foi
stock and secured for meat , have con-
vlnced the country that definite price
agreements nevertheless exist.
I There seems to bo little hope , how-
'
iever , whatever the result of this trial
that meat will be much cheaper nt
the provision store.
The Review of Reviews investigated
meat costs last year. It placed the
selling price of a steer at $90.40 , and
the packers' profit at $3.40. That is
something more than the government
estimate of 2'/2 percent on sales.
, While few people will doubt that
Uo
beef packers could well afford to (
, cut tills profit of $3.40 in two , and
sell the steer for $1.70 less , it will be
!
seen that this would reduce the price
.
1 less than 2 percent , which would not
figure out half a cent a pound to the
consumer.
The expense of distribution seems
the worst along the whole line. On
a $90.40 stcor , it is calculated that
the butcher has to add $32.29. And
yet few butchers are plutocrats. Af
ter they have paid their help , fed
their delivery horses , pocketed their
losses on spoiled meat , they do not
seem to have much left.
It costs two to five cents apiece to :
deliver a chunk of meat at your back
door. Wo warmly commend the of.
fort of the government to enforce the
law. Hut our hopes of lower prices
J for meat depend much more on the
possibility of persuading the housewife -
! wife to study the cook book more
carefully , and on Inducing the lord of
i
, the homo to carry brown paper bun-
Idles ! through the street , than on the
'results ' to bo obtained by jailing the
packers.
WHAT WILL CONGRESS DO ?
With the close of the holiday sea
son and the reassembling of congress
the real work of that legislative body
will begin. It has plenty to do.
The president has sent forward with
promptness and dispatch his recom
mendations as to what should bo dona
with the tariff. In addition to this im
portant subject there Is legislation
that Is proposed on trusts , railroads
and the Panama canal besides the
consideration of the monetary ques
tion and the passage of the great ap
propriations.
What it will really accomplish In
the face of this rather formidable
program Is purely a matter of con
jecture. It may do much , but In view
of the fact that there is a presiden
tial election right at hand It is much
more probable that the greater part
of the time will bo spent by the lead
ers In both political parties sparring
for position. The democrats have no
easy task to do that which will keep
thorn together on many of the Issues
but more especially on the tariff. Mr.
Underwood pushed through the house
some tariff bills at the extra session
that conformed in some of their fea
tures pretty close to Identical protec
tion and so gained the favor of some
of the progressive republicans. Mr.
Underwood Is now up against a situa
tion that is sure to prove trying to
his continued leadership. President
Taft has shown the way by which the
tariff schedules can bo somewhat re
duced on a few articles but he docs
not Impair the protective principle In
the least. Mr. Underwood , it would
seem , must either follow the lead of
the president , in which case he and
his party would bo obliged to share
with the executive the credit of tariff
reduction , or he must follow Mr.
Bryan into the uncertainty and per
plexity of n tariff for revenue only
,
and thus diappoint the country.
Whichever horn of the dilemma , he
chooses to follow ho is sure to be
worse off than he is now.
When it comes to monetary reform
the majority in the house is as badly
'
off as It Is on the tariff. The country
-
is aware that there is need of reform
'
in its banking system but it is HUB-
i picious of foine of the men , whose
' ability is universally recognized , who
' are at the front of the proposed re-
I serve association notably Senator
Aldrich , whose attitude on the tariff
- question has convinced the people
- however unfair to him the conclusion
may be that he is reactionary on
every great problem that has to do
with the welfare of the many. What
the democratic leaders will do on
this question is unknown but it is a
. "touchy1' proposition and liable to
prove another "live wire. "
Then there are the appropriations
which arc almost sure to kick up a
muss for the house leaders unless
they are handled with extreme care.
. Already , while the country wants to
see congress make a record for rigid
economy in the use of public money ,
f the democratic house has passed a
pension bill which Secretary Fisher
says , if it becomes a law , will require
nn extra expenditure of $75,000,000 a
year.
On the other hand there are some
ocononiies that may be undertaken
that would prove penny wise and per
haps pound foolish in their consequences
.
quences and these the country will
not approve. There is talk of cutting
out any appropriation for the building
of new ships for the navy. This
would be short sighted policy. We
must take care of the future of the
country as well as its past. America
is now a world power and it must bo
in a position to meet Its now responsi
- bilities or suffer for its neglect.
Congress has an abundance of ques
tions that confront it and demand
- legislation , new or remedial. With
lit
the democracy in the saddle it must
- show that it has leaders of a con i-
structive and broadly patriotic concep '
tion of public duty , who are capable
- of handling them wisely , or else it
, will go into the campaign of 1912 as
badly handicapped as it has for more
than half a century , with each recur
ring quadrennial presidential election.
AROUND TOWN.
Happy New Year !
What's become of the o. f. woman
who kept open house on New Year's
day , and the o. f. man who went call
ing all afternoon ?
We're starting in the Now Year
with two important developments : The
bald spot Is not so big as it was , and
we're getting fat for lack of golf.
Leap year is at hand. Hop to it ,
girls.
The disconcerting thing about these
forecasts by the weather man is that
they como true.
Got 'em all framed up to try out on
Monday ?
The trouble with these holidays
coming on Monday Is that they inter
fere with two washdays and get every
thing all balled up. Last week's wash-
ng was done on Saturday to get it out
> f the way for Christmas , and ( hen
ho Ironing had to bo put off for four
. flvo days after Christmas because
if the Christmas confusion , and the
result Is > our Undo Fuller caiuo near
not having any shirt to wear when he
came to work today. And hero's an
tlher Monday holiday to tangle It all
up again.
Has anybody seen our knife ?
Smashed 'em yet ?
\\"o haven't broken any for the
very good reason that wo didn't make
any. Wo learned by the buckwheat
cakes oxporloneo that It Is bettor to
never resolute at all than to resolute
and break.
There are two classes of people In
the world- those who believe In playIng -
Ing solitaire and those who think It's
a silly waste of lime.
Wo assume that the celebrating Is
about over until the early part of
July. Hut there's nothing like cele
brating when the celohratlng's good.
Also , nothing quite like the morn
ing after , we're informed.
What for luck would you call It ,
that just after you'd found your knife ,
there developed a hole in your pocket
through which the aforesaid knife
slipped its way to liberty once again ?
Hut wo caught the fugitive just as it
was bumping to the lloor by the Irons-
orleg route.
Started your now diary ? 'False a tip
put down in Ink some of the things
that will he read by unappreclatlvo
eyea years hence. This is an author
itative statement.
We've wrapped the record of 1011
in an envelope , sealed it up , put a
rubber hand around It , and filed It
away In the archives to collect the
dust.
Got so you can write it 1912 yet ?
It's leap year.
There's just this one word of ad
vice , girls : Look before you leap.
A January thaw must be duo about
now.
And it's only a month till groundhog
day , when we'll find out whether
there's to be six more weeks of it ,
after that.
Working for a bank or a postoffice
must be an awful snap. Here lately
they've been getting every Monday
off , as well as Sundays.
What's become of the o. f. leap
year dance ?
Wo almost forgot to acknowledge
receipt of the cigar with which to
smoke to the health of that now C-
months-old girl in the neighborhood.
Some cigar. Some girl , too , believe
us.
If wo live long enough wo intend to
take five minutes off this week sometime -
time and have the hole in that trouser
pocket sowed up so that the knife
won't slip away again. Meanwhile
we're carrying the knife and a bunch
of keys and a little matter of $1,400
in cash , in the loft pocket , and it's
awfully inconvenient to reach into
the right pocket every fifteen min
utes and get stung.
Sol came around yesterday and
wanted to go swimmins , but wo re
fused. It was too goldarn hot to
walk clear out to Taft's. We're tak
ing no chances on a sunstroke. When
we pointed out to him that it was only
1C degrees below zero , he almost
wilted. Now if he had come the day
before , when it was 18 below , wo
might have considered It.
We see by the paper that Chinese
New Years has been made Jan. 1.
After this , then , Sam Goon will have
to celebrate the same day as the rest
of us. We anticipate that Sam can
celebrate it all right , too , when it
comes to that.
For once LaFollette was on the
wrong tiack. Hy rights the senate
ought to appoint a guardian for him.
With one big new factory for Nor
folk as a starter , 1912 has the right
ring to it.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
Smiles on the witness stand are as
effective as tears if a woman knows
just when to use them.
People will continue to criticise the
supreme court a good deal until Jus
tice Hughes gets a shave.
It may also be said that very few
men need to wear whiskers to liido
their blushes of modesty.
There is enough pessimism In this
world to insure the first story of a
disaster being exaggerated.
Wo have known old bachelors who
weren't to liberal ns those in the
Christinas magazine stories.
If you don't believe in cruel and un
usual punishment , don't select a re
porter for your confidant.
When a man isn't Interested in so
ciety , it may only mean that he knows
so many better ways to have fun.
So far as wo nro concerned , no lit
erary light need spend his tlmo dig
ging up the love letters of dead
authors.
No matter how noble his speeches ,
the peanut politician eventually will
do the expedient , Instead of the right
thing.
/ 1
THE FINGER. Til1 MIKACI.E.
Text , "When Mio Itwiril of , II HUI Mm
cnmo nml touched bis Knrnietil.Mutt. .
Ix. 21.
Thu world la given as a prize to
those of faith. "Nothing venture
nothing have. " Hut fine weather's no
test. Twilight , dark and storm lo-U
lt. "A"ccordltig to your fnTlnT iho
Hlzo of your pitcher dctcrmlups how
much you may carry away. Rub your
Aladdin's lamp. Murmur "Sesame. "
Exercise your faith. Living next door
the mint won't make one rich. "Ask
and ye shall receive. " Out from
Matthew's house down to the sou-
Hhoro go the Master and his disci
ples. The crowds press , the sun Is
hot , but n cooling breeze blows In
from Tiberias. There's a motion of
the crowd , a craning of necks. Who
comes ? The ruler of the synagogue.
Tall , broad shouldered , black beard ,
eyes wet with tears It Is Jalrus.
Trouble brings him to Jesus. It Is n
great lodestone for most of us. "My
little daughter Is dying. Come lay
thine hand on her head and she shall
live. " His prayer Is short. Intense , to
the point. Crisp thinking makes crisp
Hpcakiug.
"Drowning Men Clutch at Straws. "
In that crowd , with Its flotsam and
Jetsam , Is a pale , bloodless , sick wo
man. Once comfortable In means the
physicians of Damascus and Jerusa
lem now have her all. Says n neigh
bor nt her home : "Rachncl , God bo
praised ! The Man of Nazareth Is In
Capernaum. Ho may have power to
heal thee. " "What will ho charge ?
I've lost all. " "Nothing ; without mon
ey nnd without price. " Her children
protest. "Mother , multiply not thy dis
appointments ; this healer may be like
the rest. " "Restrain mo not I'll try
once more. " Faith springs eternal in
the sick man's breast. 'Flint accounts
much for many physicians nnd patent
medicines. This woman goes In faith.
She elbows through the crowd. "How
forward Is that woman ! Think you
not others desire to see the great
Teacher ? " She pays no attention.
When was a woman ever turned from
her promise by the Jeers of a crowd ?
Now she's close. There's that great
functionary of the synagogue. Ills
family sent for Christ It must be nice
to be rich like they. She had money
once. Her thoughts are swift ; what
must be done must bo done quickly.
She won't speak to the Nazarene , of
course ; only touch that blue hem of
his garment. He will never know It
Out goes the thin trembling arm from
under her cloak and Into the poor rack
ed body , along the quivering prayer of
that outstretched finger , went strength
and healing. The most remarkable
miracle recorded.
The Power of Helplessness.
If you want anything done that re
quires quiet , persistent faith start u
woman at It. The courage and persist
ence of women In the temperance war
Is marvelous. Rachael lias got by faith
what money couldn't buy. The Master
turns. "Who touched me ? " The dis
ciples smile indulgently. "Scores , Mas
ter. How could they help It In such a
jostling crowd ? " Exquisitely sensitive
Christ ! The allied armies of hell can
not divert him. but a sick , nerveless
finger of human suffering turns him.
"Daughter ! " She'll never forget that
sound. It's the finest Instance of deli
cacy and tact in the world's literature.
How it soothed her distressed modesty
v uo'i she suddenly became conscious
of the crowd's eyes upon her ! "Daugh
ter , thy faith , not my robe thy faith
hath made ( bee well. " Say , brother of
sorrow , sister of pain , reach out and
touch him. No Incurable cases puzzle
him. Touch him. He'll respond.
"According to Your Faith"
The Hlble Is one constant challenge
to us to exercise our faith. Of course
I believe In using material things , too
bromide of potassium for Insomnia ,
morphine for paroxysm of pain , qui
nine for fevers , strychnin for tonic
but I also believe there Is marvelous
healing power In the quietness and con
fidence of the mind touched by Christ
Let the thoughtless Jeer , but the mes
sage of psychotherapeutlcs to the
twentieth century Is that the mind
may minister to a body diseased. It
may be possible to heal the body by a
thought as well as a drug. It Is the
one doctrine of Christianity which we
have persistently ignored.
If Christ said "Thy faith hath made
ihee well. " why should we gaze In
amazement at one who takes Christ
at his word and maintains that after
all faith may be a basis for health ?
Strange that the spiritual church has
had to wait for a material medical
science to tell It what its Lord lias
been telling It for centuries.
The touch of faith will work a mir
acle. Thousands thronged the Master
that eventful day. but the woman
touched him with the finger of faith ,
and quick as an electric flash there-
thrilled back into her shattered nerves
and shrunken veins and exhausted
arteries and withered muscles , health ,
beautiful , rosy , health. God given and
complete. Talk of the complexity of
creeds ! A creed Is n glittering Icicle
before a blazing hearth when In the
presence of this mighty truth. Some
day when we ministers nnd our
churches become more teachable ,
when wo lay aside our theological
differences and our hollow sounding
words , maybe the great Physic-Inn will
once again giro to his disciples not
only the ministry of preaching , but
the ministry of healing.
A want ad campaign will get you
acquainted with a lot of people who
want to buy homes and the home you
want to sell would surely null some of
them.