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Col. Watturson IB on tlio firing lino.
Oklahoma leads thutn all when It
COIUOH to political vaudeville ,
No mutter what kind of weather has
been predicted we're getting It.
President Tuft'H threatened spank-
lug seems to have done Cuba good.
The I'hllutlelphlii Ledger maintains
that President Taft Is the party's best
asset
American-made automobiles are
finding an Incramlng market In all
parts ot Europe.
Senator Ixirlmer says ho was forced
Into the United States senate. Ho
may bo forced out.
Some of the democrats arc trying to
find a dark horao that will be gentle
and easy to handle.
The benefactions of American cit-
IZOUB for the year 1911 amounted to
more than $260,000,000.
As long as the Installment plan of
buying things continue slavery will
never be done away with.
If things keep on this way , wo shall
feel like taking the butter down to the
safe deposit vault nights.
Senator LaFollette Is spoken of by
some of his enthusiastic adherents as
"a promoter of political ozone. "
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat thinks
that if the republicans cannot win with
Taft they cannot win without him.
In view of the protest from our gov
ernment , the Cuban congress may not
pass a law giving every Cuban an of
fice.
Many people would receive larger
dividends if they knew IOBS of other
people's business and more about their
own.
Wilson called Watterson a "nice old
gentleman. " This would make most
people madder than calling them a
thief.
It is one thing for a nation to be
large and quite another for it to be
really great. Russia Is an example of
this truth.
United States Senator Warren owns
a great many thousand sheep. He has
been called "the greatest shepherd
since Abraham. "
The socialists are strong in Cologne ,
Germany , and also In the Chicago
stock yards district. They are at least
getting a smell.
If our manual training schools
would only add instruction in broom
making how useful it would be when
the boys get into jail.
The meat packers have had to open
a padlocked book , but does the govern
ment know the combination that will
unlock their mouths ?
The $1,000 cow has come to stay , it
is said , and the college graduate who
con earn but $2 a day must feel a
sense of failure when he looks at her.
Col. Harvey has put on the eoft
pedal at Wilson's request , but prob
ably the governor would bo willing to
lot him do a few five finger exercises.
J. P. Morgan paid $29,000 for a Bi
ble , but almost any Sunday school
would give him one for nothing if he
will attend every Sunday for a year.
The subsidiary oil companies and
the independents have put up the
price of oil , too. It is still possible to
meet and talk over prices after dark.
Henry Lahouchere made a fortune
of J4.000.000 by publishing "Truth , "
but if he printed truth , he must have
needed a good corps of lighting edi
tors.
As Dr. Wiley is sustained by the
congressional committee , it would
seem imprudent to put out any more
mince meat consisting of cotton wool
d in brandy.
Canada proposes to take over by the
government all the telegraph and tele
phone lines. The prospect is that it
will bo done without one's making
much fuss about it.
Now there Is a movement afoot to
divide Now York and to make a sep
arate state of New York City , giving it
the name of Manhattan. It is being
seriously considered.
President Taft surely cannot be
charged with wanting to control pat
ronage when he sends a message to
congress advising that body to take
away most of that which he has.
The National Piano Dealers' asso
ciation is to burn 300 square pianos at
their coming convention , but we be-
Hove jou can keep tin * neighbors
awaku equally as well wtlh an upright.
As the- Washington ladles may got
their ball gowns snowed on If they
keep on Inaugurating presidents In
March , the public business should be
set aside , and ( ho date put off to April.
The war department has granted
permission for an army ball team to
go to Japan to play Toklo university.
In time , no doubt all International dif
ferences will bo settled in this man
ner.
It is doubtful if Cuba will ever get
a stable government until its climate
is reformed. There will always be
revolutions In a country where you
can always sleep out in the woods
nights.
Wall street note : It having been re
ported that Woodrow Wilson was seen
wearing a red necktie , profound de
pression pervaded the street , and the
bottom seemed to have dropped out
of the market.
Under President Taft's administra
tion there Is a surplus at the end of
the third year of his administration in
the postofllco department for the first
time in nearly thirty years. Credit to
whom credit is due.
The bath tub trust IB ordered to ap
pear In court. The trusts must liavo
that homey feeling when they get into
court now , and no doubt put up their
feet on the mantelpiece as if it was
their own living room.
A Yukon miner shocked New York
by hanging a red flannel shirt out of
a hotel window , but if ho had sold a
million of fake mining stock , no at
tention would have been paid to any
thing so commonplace.
If the Duke of Connaught had mere
ly discovered the cure for some dis
ease thus saving thousands of people ,
or had made some great invention re'
ducing the cost of living , the curiosity
seekers would never have blocked the
sidewalk.
The Plttsburg housewives are boy
cotting butter for thirty days , but the
makers of railroad sandwiches have
boycotted butter for many years , and
it did not make the cows feel any bet
ter natured.
George Bernard Shaw says all de
cent people are arrested in America.
George would not be so bitter If he
realized how many worthy persons
are thus given a winter's board who
could not get it any other way.
Andrew Carnegie is going to get
$28.70 for testifying before the con
gressional committee , and in view of
this liberal compensation it would
seem as if Andy could have afforded
to give them a little more real Infer
mation.
Now that the high cost of living is
the one subject uppermost in the pub
lic mind it Is well to remember that
William Jennings Bryan in the cam
paign of 189C declared , as one of his
favorite arguments , that what this
country needed was an era of rising
prices. We've got 'em.
Gov. Harmon is telling what he
would do were ho made president in
enforcing the trust law. This same
man was attorney general of the Unit
ed States at ono time ana the Sher
man law was then in force. What the
people will want to know first Is
"What did you do about it then ? "
South America presents the great
est trade possibilities In the world.
This is recognized by other nations.
Great Britain has invested three bil
lion dollars in South America and Ger
many more than a billion. Thus far ,
etrange as it may seem , Uncle Sam is
the laggard in the race. It is high
time that ho got into the game.
THE Y. M. C. A. BUILDING.
A final effort is being made to raise
enough money to finish the beautiful
Y. M. C. A. building that has been be
gun in Norfolk. And it is to be hoped
that the effort may meet with success.
Norfolk needs nothing more than it
I needs a wholesome place where the
i boys and young men of the city may
spend their Idle hours pleasantly. A
Y. M. C. A. affords such a place , and
more. It offers gymnasium equip
ment which would mean a very great
deal not only to the boys but to busi
ness men as well. At present there
Is no place provided for winter exer
cise among the business men of the
city , and such an establishment would
prove of genuine value , In dollars and
cents and in longer lives , to the com-
munlty.
It is said that if those who contrib
uted in small amounts two years ago ,
would repeat their contributions now ,
the building could be finished. As it
stands now , the building represents
some $25,000 and is doing no good.
Another lift of $10,000 would make it
available for use and would get ac
tion on the Investment already made ,
OPENS TAFT CAMPAIGN.
Nebraska should feel honored by
the fact that the distinction of openIng -
Ing the campaign for a renomlnation
for President Taft , should fall to a
Nebraskan. United States Senator
Norris Brown , at Indianapolis , dellv-
ered what is regarded aa the keynote
of the Taft campaign , and In his ad-
drcHH he reflected credit upon himself
and upon his state Ills npeoch was
a concise , clear cut statement of the
big achievements of the Taft adminis
tration and can hardly fall to cause
the people of this country to pause
and reflect over the remarkable
achievements of a very large caliber
that must be accredited to the presi
dent.
The corporation tar , giving the
government power to look over the
books of gigantic corporations , the
law giving the Interstate commerce
commission power to prevent an In
crease In railroad rates and the en
forcement of the anti-trust law , which
had lain Idle for twenty years , were
featured by Senator Brown In his re
view of President Taft's three years'
administration.
Ho paid a compliment to Col. Roosevelt
velt and said that he had no faith in
the theory that the former president
would bo a candidate for another
term. "Every man who doubts that
statement now impeaches his integ
rity , " said the senator , referring to
the often-reiterated declaration made
by Col. Roosevelt during his last ad
ministration , that be would not ac
cept another term. "I have honored
and trusted him too many years to
Insult him now with the thought that
ho says one thing and means anoth
er. "
The senator blamed the press of
the country for trying to create senti
ment against the president. And this
campaign against Taft , particularly In
the magazine , unquestionably has
been responsible for many Americans
falling to completely understand a
great president and a man whose sin
cere interest in the welfare of the people
plo at large , can not be Impeached ,
even by his enemies.
OLD TIME RADICALISM.
Many of our conservative people feel
now-a-days that the foundations of the
world arc being shaken , by such laws
as the inheritance tax and others af
fecting property rights. They regret
the passage of good old days when our
statesmen all stood without hitching.
There is interest , therefore , In the
article "Convictions of a Grandfather , "
in the February Scribner , by Judge
Robert Grant , to learn that Inherit
ance taxes were used as far back as
the times of Emperor Augustus A. D.
C , and that the Romans borrowed the
idea from the Egyptians , who prac
ticed it still earlier.
This idea running so far back into
history is getting a strong foothold on
our systems of taxation. Many honest
property holders feel that no other
system of taxation works with such
absolute justice. The tax on the liv
ing man's stocks and bonds will al
ways bo dodged. The honest man
would rather pay a heavy impost on
such property when he inherits it ,
than pay a fair tax by driblets while
his neighbors are lying out of their
burdens.
BUYING SUBSTANTIAL GOODS.
One of the principal differences be
tween retail business in such a town
as Norfolk , and the business of the
great metropolitan department store ,
is the substantial character of the
stock which the home merchant
keeps.
The merchant who depends on the
patronage of his townspeople must
keep his customers satisfied or lose
his trade. He rarely puts an article
in his stock unless It will stand the
strain of wear.
The great metropolitan store , on
the contrary , uses an enormous
amount of second grade goods. They
have to offer an appearance of unus
ual bargain in order to get people to
buy by mail order , or under the in
conveniences of a great department
store. The margin is not greater than
their tremendous expense for rentals ,
catalogues , and high salaries. Consequently
quently they give orders for a select
ed class of second grade goods , which
can bo finished to please the eye , but
have serious defects !
The tendency to consider price at
the expense of quality has built up
the great mail order houses , but the
vogue that it has given to shoddy
goods is ono of the causes of high
cost of living. Better buy near home ,
where the merchant will tell you just
what an article is.
WILL THEY NAME BRYAN.
Will the democrats nominate Bryan
again ? Stranger things have hap
pened.
Woodrow Wilson , who a few months
ago seemed to be the strongest candi
date in the democratic camp , has vir
tually been put on the shelf by his
record with regard to petitioning for
a Carnoglo pension and by the Harvey-
Watterson incident , in which it was
shown that Wilson was an ingrate to
the man who launched his boom and
that ho had authorized Watterson , ac
cording to the latter's statement , to
sollclty funds from certain high finan
ciers. Certain It Is that considerable
money has been spent by Wilson
boomers , patent insides of hundreds of
country newspapers containing half
page "booms" which unquestionably
wore bought at so much per Inch. All
In all , Wilson stock has gone down.
Then there's trouble for Harmon in
his own state and In the general im
pression that he has been allied wtlh
the moneyed Interests.
Folk and Clark are fighting each
other In Missouri , weakening the
chances of both. At that , though ,
nclther's chances were very strong at
any time , Clark having weakened himself -
self when he got between Bryan and
Underwood on the wool schedule. j
Underwood of Alabama Is another
man whom Bryan has attacked and I
his position as speaker of the house
may or may not help ' " . In case there
] hhotild be an opening for him. Itj
might make him and it might break
him.
him.But
But despite all his defeats , and de
spite what have been termed by cer
tain democrats as his distatorshlp ,
William Jennings Bryan still stands
out pre-eminently as the livest possi
bility In the democratic field. Every
candidate for the nomination fears
him. None of them has the hold upon
the masses of democrats that he still
possesses. And with one of his old
fashioned ringing orations in the Bal
timore convention , there need be no
surprise if the democrats stampede for
W. J. B.
ROOSEVELT IN THE RACE.
The question as to whether or not
Roosevelt would accept another presi
dential nomination if It were offered
to him. has been answeied at last by
a letter which , while it is not signed
by the colonel , comes from the Out
look offices and was written at the
suggestion of the colonel himself , fol
lowing an interview between him and
Ex-Gov. Stokes of New Jersey. Roosevelt
velt will run , as this paper declared a
week ago he would , if the nomination
comes to him. He will not refuse.
The letter , written by Lawrence Ab
bott , ono of the editors of the Outlook ,
says that Col. Roosevelt would no
more decline the nomination if there
were popular demand that he make
the race , than he would decline to en
list in the service of his country in
case of war.
Mr. Stokes held an interview with
Col. Roosevelt at the Outlook offices
a week ago and suggested to him that
he either write or have written a let
ter setting forth his attitude as to the
nomination. This letter to Mr. Stokes
from a fellow editor of the colonel's ,
is the result. It may therefore be ac
cepted as word direct from Roosevelt
himself.
The authoritative or semi-authorita
tive announcement from the colonel
that he would accept , will be no sur
prise to students of politics. It has
been apparent for some days that
Roosevelt had no intention of decile
Ing to make the race if the
tion should come to him.
The letter clears the atmosphere of
the uncertainty that had been noted
in the political arena. It squarely puts
Roosevelt out as .a candidate against
President Taft for the Chicago nomi
nation in June. It may be expected
that Senator LaFollette will either
drop out of the race voluntarily , or be
dropped by circumstances , as a result
of this Roosevelt letter.
This letter , too , will mark the be
ginning of a sharp fight between
Taft's friends and Roosevelt's sup
porters for delegates. It promises a
battle royal in the Chicago convention ,
without any ceitain forecast as to the
outcome , possible at this time , but
with President Taft still the logical
candidate.
THE GULLIBLE PUBLIC.
Safe breaking and second story
burglary are getting to be an obso
lete method of crime. They bear the
same relation to twentieth century
swindling that old fashioned hand
work does to modern labor saving ma
chinery.
The report just presented by R. S.
Sharp , chief postofllce inspector , says
that the gullible American public gave
up $77,000,000 last year to get rich
quick men.
The ease with which these gentle
men work the great American sucker
is simply astounding. A Canaan of
financial milk and honey lies before
the man who possesses nerve , imagin
ation , and a $5 bill.
One favorite method of making a
million on $5 is to organize a com
pany to promote a summer resort or
suburban colony near some large city.
You get an option on some abandoned
farm. No cash need bo paid , the lib
eral allotment in the stock of the
dream company is enough. You get
some Impecunious draftsman to draw
plans of a hotel and cottages. A few
shares of stock requites him.
The first expenditure of cash other
than a few postage stamps , comes
when you walk up to a newpaper of
fice and insert an advertisement in
"Business Opportunities. " This may
cost you the sum of $1. You adver
tise for some gentleman with $10,000
to Join you in a conservative enter
prise paying five hundred per cent.
From the many replies you will get
enough cash to take a suite of rooms
in the best hotel in the city , establish
a fat bank deposit , acquire financial
testimonials , and incorporate your
company. Fifty per cent of the sale
of shares goes to advertising , and
fifty per cent you can salt away in
some bank in Buenos Ayres or Mel
bourne.
The postofilco even more than the
newspapers is the means by which
this modern safe breaking is per-
formed. Mailing lists , technically
Known as "sucker lists" consisting of
names of people who hnvo money but
no financial judgment , have been
valued at $100,000 by these people.
Sonic of them send out 2fiO letters
each to as many as 10,000 persons.
The moral of all this for the farm
er , the mechanic , the widow with the
llfo Insurance policy , Is Don't buy
any kind of stock or bonds unless
your home banker says it is all right.
AROUND TOWN.
Biyiin bus been elected president at
last president of the Wlnona Assem
bly and Bible conference. All things
come , etc.
We had just about decided to
change 'em when the weather man
came along with that cold wave bulle
tin. That just showB what a contrary
cuss ho is.
PerhapB Michigan can't bo blamed
for dropping Nebraska from her foot
ball schedule for next year. Ann Ar
bor was so badly outplayed at Lincoln ,
that they might naturally not run risk
of defeat next year. Just a bit cow
ardly , though , don't you think ?
We see Abe Martin's back. Morn
in' , Abe.
It's about time to begin worrying
over spring Hoods.
Also time , with this cold wave on
the wing , to order more coal.
Back to your nests , little robins. It
was all a false alarm.
"Wo'vo been treated rojally , " said
the Duke of Connaught , in leaving.
How else could a duke be treated ?
Why is it that a man always smokes
too much on Sunday and feels logey
.Monday morning as a result ?
Our cold this year is starling in several
oral months ahead of the one a year
ago.
ago."A
"A handkerchief ! A handkerchief !
My automobile for a handkerchief ! "
A Norfolk woman who never did be
lieve in 'em any way , and who put 'em
on just because her husband made
her , has changed' em without his find
ing it out , and to that change accredits
the fact that she is not suffering fiom
a cold.
How long does it take you , after you
maku up your mind you need a hair
cut , to go and have the job done ?
Same way here.
If wo were Billy Beck we wouldn't
ever want to see a railroad train
again.
The Y. M. C. A. are they going to
put it over ? The town needs it badly
enough , that's a cinch.
When we at last become ically and
genuinely bald and the bald spot's
getting balder and balder every mln
ute wo don't know whether we'll
shave our few remaining hairs close to
the head , like Mart Kane used to , or
let the fringe surounding the bald spot
grow out long , like Jim Nichols.
Hello , hero's another Hist of the
month up to bat.
We're for anybody for president
who can cut down our January coal
bills.
We've served notice enouhg on coal
men , however , so that they ought to
be pretty well buffaloed by this time.
The first one that shows his head in
that door yonder on the morrow , gets
a broadside from the gatling that will
put him in a place where it's hot
enough without burning coal. ( At
least we suppose that's where all coal
dealers go , sooner or later. We know
they ought to. )
We aren't so sure , now that the coal
bills are about due , but that we'll wear
those shoes with the hole in the sole
another month.
There's one satisfaction in the forth
coming month for the man on a salary
it's a short month.
But not so short , at that , as it ordi
narily is.
Confound these presidential years ,
anyway !
But there's the usual silver lining in
the cloud. Just beyond the 1st of the
month comes the 2nd of the month ,
and with It the groundhog and a
chance to learn whether this Is going
to keep up six weeks more or whether
we're going to be able to go out and
bat the little white ball around the
pasture right away. So after all ,
there's nothing in the situation that
would justify dropping too darn deep
In the slough of despond , or in the
pond of deslough , or whatever It Is
that you're apt to fall into if you don't
cheer up.
Can't wo tlo anything without that
man Taft imitating us ? A few years
ago we took to wearing red neckties
and as soon as he heard about it , red
neckties began to adorn the occupant
of the white house and then all Wash
ington fell for 'em. A few days ago
wo developed a cold. And now , just
as night follows day , the president has
a cold. Say , how does ho get the word
from Norfolk so quickly , anyhow ?
Well , that's nil right , old top. You're
welcome to the cold , and here's sneez
ing at you.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
The pace that kills Is seldom de
voted to hard work.
Bragging on your friends usually
will help you more than praising your
self.
There are many words which sound
HOI HO thmi "alllnity" but mean about
( tin name.
While u Hick man may appreciate
sympathy , a remedy IB what he Is
looking for.
About the rarest creation is a wo
man who can use perfume without us
ing It to excess.
If you sign the cheeks you natur
ally BOO thlngH from a different angle
than most other peoplo.
Even If you don't core much what
the bosa say It's a good scheme to
listen while ho Is talking.
A dog may not reason , but a man
would have to do a good deal to get
along with as little work.
An agent Is so well equipped in that
respect that he isn't likely to suffer a
nervous breakdown.
Good soup IB desirable , but a cook
shows poor judgment In making It
the best part of the meal.
When a man swears off from smok
ing and then chows a pound of Battle
Ax a day , that isn't reform.
On the other hand , women lead men
into a lot of trouble oven If they don't
have to pull very hard.
When we do stay up late at night ,
the entertainment Is more interesting
than an eclipse of the moon.
Most men like to have you ask them
questions If they are able to hand
down the correct answer.
There Is a good deal to be said in
fa\or of a country as long as people
prefer abusing it to leaving it.
You will observe that man takes
more pride in his pioneer ancestors if
they got rich selling town lots.
Life in the Open isn't often as sat
isfactory as It looks on the calendars
sent out by the arms companies.
In these prosperous times , it IH an
unusual girl who hasn't more rings
than the greatest show on earth.
There are many men bores , but wo
men who entoitaln a good deal , piob-
ably pay most for the privilege.
A jealous woman doesn't usually
need to employ a detective.
Don't you hate the person who is
always trying to catch you in a He ?
Anyone who thinks whiskey will
cure a cold is apt to die of pneumonia.
It Is said no men have been put' '
back to work in the shops at Falls I
City.
Your views are not so Important
that giving them constitutes philan- '
thropy.
A good deal of allegiance is given
for the purpose of getting the right'
of suffrage.
Quite a number of people who mar
ried for money find they have sold at
a low figure.
Time is such a speedy gent ho
should carry a mowing machine in
stead of a scythe.
A jackrabbit is as much worse than
a cottontail as it Is bigger.
If a man has a mean disposition his
folks are apt to find it out.
How doth the busy little bee get
through a hard winter without work ?
Doubtless ono reason so many people
ple like to work is because they have
to.
Too many people start down on the
theory that they have a round trip
ticket.
The mere fact that a suffragette
can raise a beard doesn't entitle her
to vote.
Some men would do better if they
were willing to be a little lonesome
occasionally.
It costs a lot to fight tuberculosis
but unlike most wars , the fight is
worth the price.
Probably a squeaky shoe seems to
make the loudest noise ; other sounds
might carry farther.
Think how long a girl has to practice -
tico on the piano before she can call
her playing a recital.
Strange to say , not everyone who bo-
believes heaven is right here on earth ,
is a resident of California.
One trouble with the man who is
looking for n fight is that ho is apt to
be hard to whip.
A country man's idea of hardship is
living in a flat.
An engaged man who is henpecked ,
ought to run while the track Is good.
Some men who seem Important
wouldn't if they didn't have a private
office.
A social favorite must feel tough to
think he has to get to work on time.
Remorse so seldom gets busy until
It Is In a position to advertise its work.
Ono should quit drinking whiskey
before It begins to taste better than
the chaser.
Failure to sneeze when one has n
hunch In that direction , Is a Great
Disappointment.
SATURDAY
NIGHT
SERMONS
BY
THE LAD WITH THE LUNCH.
Text , "Thnro U a lad her * which hutli
flve bnrley lour * * and two email flMimi '
John vl , 9
Bunsot and evening star among Hie
hills of Galilee. Tabor is blazing to
ward the great eea. Gonnesarct in
the distance aoftly heaves and nlglm
and moans. Mighty multitudes follow
Jesus. Oriental crowds are a nnil
night even on n gala day. Christ HLH-H
thorn ono vast , pinched , pitiful fnoe
of suffering , ( starring humanity. Nltfht
is coming on. live thousand people
are tired , hungry , BueUerlcus. "Sonrt
them away , " said the disciples. Tlmt
oundo modern for education to the
tate , for healing to hospital , for com
panionship to club , for entertainment
to theater , for religion to Saltation Ar
my. "Give ye them to eat. " ChriHl
believed In nolvlng sociological proli
loms not by n tract , but by a dinner
The disciples look dismayed ; only &V
In treasury. "What have ye ? Go and
Bee. " "Pwan the first ways and mean *
committee of the church.
The Day and Hi * Deiket.
Andrew went out and found a boy
Little Ben Ezra has lunch basket lit *
mother packed for him in the morn
ing. God ban Htningo cupboard *
bread from heaven , water from a rr > ek
honey from a lion , a ravcn'o In-nlc. a
boy's basket. Andrew hnd brought SI
mon to the Lord , now this boy. There
roust have been nomethliig congenial
between the two. HoyH don't fritter
nlro with everybody. Perhaps Andrew
bad made him a bout or showed him
how to catch bnsB. There arc more
ways than ono of winning the henrt of
a boy. Ho didn't lecture the lad on Un >
history of fishes or the growth of
wheat. He brought htm with bin Imp
kat In faith to the I/mi. I call that
pretty big work. Every boy carries
basket of possibilities and n genuine
Andrew will bring basket and boy to
God. The boy In that crowd was a
needle in a haystack , and Andrew
found him.
To be able to see small thing" ! nitd
unnoticed things IB a sixth sense. Tb *
ability to set a small diamond well
Isn't common. To take child material ,
to arrange and beautify it , to grasp
problems that perplex the boy , to not *
the day when Juvenile literature fnlK
to hold , to answer questions without
prejudice. Indicates qualities that don't
grow on every bush. I stood by : i
grave In Oakland cemetery and read
an epitaph over the headRtono of Call
fornla's first klndergnrtner. 1 wish 1
might have Buch eulogy when I die
It read , "She loved llttlo children. "
Christ's Arithmetic.
"How many loaves have you ? " He-
Isn't asking for bread , but for faith
Moses' rod , Joshua's trumpet , Gideon's
lamp , David's pebble , Mary's vase of
spikenard , show not how much but
how vrllllng. Wo frequently have t
start to do that for which wo have no
present ability. The impossible Is
achieved that way. "Bring them to
roe. " There's a hush. Ho who placed
fish In the sea , gave growth to wheat ,
raised his hand for silence. Ills eyes
are turned heavenward. His auburn
locks glint like copper in the setthig
sun. Every eye Is on him. What wlil
he do next ? "Whnt is he doing , neigh
bor ? " "I cannot eeo myself. " "Down
In front wo want to see too. " He
breaks. It grows. He who can ere
ate from nothing can Increase that
which is. Earth's arithmetic says ,
"Give and grow poor. " Heaven's sa.v.s.
"Give and grow rich. " Strange mathe
matical Christ adds by subtraction ,
multiplies by dividing. We think giv
lug is subtraction , he sayK that It Is
multiplication. Rome taste skeptically.
"How was It done ? " "Is It real
bread ? " Yes. best ever made. I'an
It around. They're done. "Are you
all fed ? " "A.\e. aye. " answers Unit
first century "bread line. " None neeil
ever leave God' * table hungry. "Gath
er the fragments. " Twelve baskets
over ! Whenieach dlsclplo la done sen-
ing his basket U still full ! Goupei
measure ! God's way of giving.
"Greater Thinfli Th n Theie. "
The world is still pressing and hun
gry. Humanity and divinity are still
face to face on life's hillside. Not clad
in turban and gabardines , but twen
tieth century garments. They're hun
gry too. God says to you and me ,
brother. "Give them to eat. " "What"
tts ! " "Why , we haven't" Yes , you
have ! Bring what you have. Every
layman cannot be n Moody , every minister
t . . . . , .U * j
ister a Chapman. Ben Ezra wasn't
Andrew , nor was Andrew Christ , yet
Andrew and the lad made possible Hi * ,
working of n mighty miracle. Goil
asks for what you have plus your faith.
The greatest and most intense game In
the world Is the bread game. Wbul
are you going to be. a bread winner ,
bread giver or bread wauter ? On
which side the bread line will yon
etatid ? Don't be too finicky explain
ing about your gospel. It satjalioy
hunger ! In the world's bread Hue
they're not asking about the iron ,
starch and phosphates In the loaf-
only "For God's sake , food ! " Menu
while keep eyes open for boys ami
tholr baskets of possibilities. You're
dealing In futures. When they're do
Ing nothing but wearing
carpet remember that "an Inch of boi
Is worth a million yards of carpet. " A
young woman who had a class of
street boys said. "My bo.vs are like
hyacinth bulbs , brown and dirty , but
some day lie.-iity will grow forth front
them" One became a state governor ,
another an honored Methodist hl hoo.
A want ad campaign will get you
acquainted with a lot ot people who
want to buy homes and tha borne yon
wani 10 sell would surely null some of
thorn.