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TI1K NORKOMC WEHKLY XKWS-.IOi'UN'AI , . KKIDAY KKHltM'AHY ! > . l ! > 12. The Norfolk Weekly Ncws-Journal jniK JOC'KNAU i : t iiii iH'ii ISTT rim nrsi : r-i iri.ism.Mi cmii'\\v , W N III SI' ' . . PriMlilcnt V III HH. \ lee I'roxldi-iit X A. lll'Si : , Hcenitary lC rr > I'rliln ) . l | > mull , | MT ) rnrfl.ni _ ) Knti-ri-d at I hi pi IMII f flee at Norfolk , Tclnphotirs I'Mltorlul Iiiiartniunl | NoliniHlta , UN H > 'i > iuiil-elaNH inattnr. Hell J2 , Automatic 1122 Huve you planted your tomato seeds The law of supply and demand has not yet boon lopcnlcd. The Now York Amorlenn makes this Interrogation : "T. U. , It. U. or R. If. Not ? " That proponed new collar trust wants to ho careful or WlekeiBliam will tukt ) Iho starch out of It. The Italian soldiers at Tripoli , It Is said , endorse the viewpoint of Gen. Sherman In regard to what war Is. Nearly fifteen million dollars was spent lu Iho United Slates last year in the warfare against the white plague. Champ Clark as a presidential can didate , Isn't , making much of u ripple. Ho talks lee much without saying any thing. The most offocllvu use of the aero plane In war so far is to give one to the enemy and persuade his soldiers to go up In It. The time Is rapidly approaching when the candidates will bo telling the dear people what will happen If they are not oloctod. The Lorlmor Investigation Is tlio congressional knitting work that can bo picked up Indefinitely when there Is nothing else to do. With China and .Japan both forging to the front in the progress of civiliza tion It would look as If the vegetarian was coming to his own. Mrs. Paul Sorg of Now York had a $15,000 sable coat stolen last week. Times are certainly hard when it costs that amount to Uoop warm. W. Clark lltiHscll , who left a for tune of a $100,000 , was very successful in extracting gold from the ocean waves. Ho wrote sea stories. The potato crop having failed , people ple aie urged to eat rlco. Newly mar ried couples can get several meals from the offerings made at their wed dings. Kx-Presldont Eliot of Harvard was omitted from the list of forty Arneri can immortals , but ho might have kuown It when ho canio out against football. The total foreign commerce of this country , exports and imports , last year amounted to $ Hi2r ( > , : ! Ori,002. It was the greatest in the history of the Unit ed States. Congressmen who are anxious for a nice Hummer trip begin to prick up their ears when this international commission on the cost of living is mentioned. I No danger that the Irish players will have to walk the tracks. If their friends keep on persecuting them , they can well afford to travel by spe cial trains. Possibly the reason why the ground hog retires so speedily is not on ac count of the weather , but because ho catches a glimpse of the farmer's boy and Tow-/or. W. H. Hearst has engaged eighteen rooms tor the democratic national convention. As ho can go to bed in hut one at a time , this Is just seven teen too many. A terrible blow has been given the Harmon boom from which it is feared it will not recover. It has been dis covered that Judson Harmon 'once wrote n poem. President Tnft is going over to Ne wark to dine with Ex-Gov. Murphy. Feb. 12 , Sn spite of the report that Mrs. Taft was going to have ice cream for dinner that day. There is a largo grain of truth in the statement from an exchange which says : "It is the tendency to make necessities of hiMiries that is sondllug prices skyward. " The real William Howard Taft is emerging and as ho comes to view the people will understand him better nnd stand by him in his defense of consti tutional government. The commerce commission is in vestigating the express companies. There is a general feeling that they could cut rates and still have plum pudding for Sunday dinner. Princess Patricia must have enjoyed the 28,000 violets placed on the table In her honor , hut nursing half a dozen loots in her own back yard perhaps gives her more satisfaction. President Taff did Cuba a great kindness when l-y - his threat of Ameri can Intervention ho stiffened Gomez' backbone nnd frightened the insurec- tlonlsts t HO that they have not boon heard from since. flov. WIlHon has boon visiting fiov. FOHH of Mi'ssneliiiHolts , hut It Is not probable that they decided the quos- tlon of who should tun for the presi dency by snapping up a cent. There Is nothing to Indicate if Thomas Ryan walked up to Tammany hull with a campaign contribution , that they would throw the money In dignantly Into Now York harbor. ( ' The government proposes to save $ riUO,0iO ( by abolishing sixteen army posts ' , utterly Ignoring the tact that a number of gracers supplying those losts will have to go out of business. An Oregon baby hold Its breath for Iftoon minutes and lived. The St. i'aiil Plonooi Press doesn't believe hat there aio many politicians that ould do the same stunt and come out of It allvo. H Is rumored that the express com mules may be required to reduce rates on packages. II would confirm their reputation as philanthropists If the coon came down before Uncle Sam bln/es away. Andrew Carnegie Is reported to liavo said "the making of money is one of the most mediocre forms of genius. ' According to his own dollnltlon An drew is one of the most mediocre gen iuses yet discovered. They arc talking of putting a chil ( Iron's bureau into the department of commerce and labor. Wo hope Mr , Taft looks into it occasionally and makes the children keep their toys and underclothes In order. Gov. Colquitt of Texas is going to stop the .Mexicans from shooting over the border , but sportsmanlike Mexi cans will not he satisfied with gun ning for their own countrymen whet they can bag gamy Americans. The suggestion has boon made that instead of organizing Now York City into the state of Manhattan , as has been proposed , it be made and kept a territory until its inhabitants demon stratc their capacity for self-govern mend. The letters of Col. Harvey ant Woodrow Wilson proved dellghtfu reading and showed that there are real gentlemen who can agree to dis agree even over politics without call ing each other such delightful epithets as "liars. " A St. Louis woman believes that i is only asking what is fair when she demands that every woman have a fighting chance. It was for that rea son that she obtained a divorce fron her husband as soon ns she found he was bald headed. Kaiser William lias just passed hi fifty-third birthday anniversary. It i a singular thing that the man win dotes on military glory and prides him self on being called "The War Lord has given to the German empire twei ty-threo years of peace and prosperity Presidential candidates that want bomb proof record should never dwel on themes that irritate the publi mind , There are plenty of subject like the French and Indian war an the Shakespeare-Hacon controvers ; that can be treated without arousin all these hard feelings. The arrivals at the port of New Yor' In 1011 wore less , by I'.OO.OOO than the were the year previous. Commissione Williams believes that we have com to the ebb in our tide of Immigratioi It will bo just as well to give us a res for a while from the enormous limn gration that has poured in on thi country and give us a bettor chance t assimilate what we have. Sioux Falls , S. D. , has started out courageously to tackle the public dance proposition and seems to bo making some headway. They have ap pointed , in that city , a censor to have charge of places of amusement. Boys or girls under IS will bo sent home un less attended by father or mother. Im proper dances are designated and blacklisted. Any one guilty of rowdy- Ism or Improper conduct Is expelled from the hall for the rest of the sea- sou. It looks as If paramount issues would be scarce in this campaign. In 1S9C the money question was the tre mendous issue. In 1900 wo had "Im perialism" and since then there has not been any. Whether It will be the trusts , the tariff , or plutocracy de pends on many things. There can bo only ono paramount issue that Is at all likely and that only in case Theodore Roosevelt should bo nominated by the republicans. In that case the "third term" would loom up as the ground of serious contention between the two great parties. During the twenty years In which he has directed the foreign policy of Ger many , Kaiser William has succeeded In having England and France form nn offensive and defensive alliance , gainIng - Ing the dislike of Russia , having Italy swing off from the Triple alliance , and having Austria In a very Independent mood toward the German government. If his people love him for the enemies that ho has Hindu then Emperor Wil liam should bo very highly regarded. Ho has coitalnly made n great suc cess at getting the suspicion , dislike and positive hatred of a hit go part of the rest of the European countries. The democrats are not commending themselves to the country at large In their attempt to belittle and destroy the tariff board. Hero comes the Sat urday Evening Post , which cannot he rightfully accused of having leanings towards high protection , and says In its Issue of Jan. 27th : "The demo crats In the house cannot afford to turn- the tariff board. The country as had more limn enough of mrperll- lal , partisan , ex parto tariff Invest- ! intlons. It wants something different a comprehensive , disinterested , in- olllgent inquiry Into the Important 'acts. ' There Is no good reason to cmbt that the tarllf board Is willing .ml able to supply this want. " In trying to arrange so that Interim- lonal disputes may bo settled by arbl- ration President Taft has commended IniBelf not only to the other nations f the world but to the people of his wn country as well. It may be thati ol. Hoosovelt enjoys lighting but tho' sreat mass of his fellow citizens will tot agree with him about the treaties. They believe that a nation that will' lot permit its disputes with another to go before another friendly nation is tot an honorable nation and Is an out- aw In the eyes of every nation where' hristlanlty Is supposed to prevail. The African lion hunter Is a man of valor' and personal courage but In his do- 'enso of war and opposition to arbltra- Ion treaties ho shows mighty poor udgment. A WORLD-WIDE SITUATION. The international investigation of ho cause of the high cost of living , suggested by President Taft , would bo a timely Inquiry and ought to unravel enough of the causes to enable the ul- Imato consumer to at least rearrange ! ils spending schedule. The analysis that might be brought out ought , if nothing more , to furnish suggestions as to ways and moans of best facing he situation , even if it did not reduce prices. Another result of the conference would be to establish the fact in tlio eyes of the public that the present high cost of living is not peculiar to America , but that it is worldwide , and that neither the Taft administration nor any political conditions In thi ? country can be hold responsible for it. The fact that the entire civilized world s complaining of the same predica- nent takes the matter entirely out of American politics. And just what the cause is , as the president remarks , no body seems to know. That's what ho wants the international conference to llguro out. INAUGURATION DAY. The movement Is again taking shape at Washington for an inaugur ation day to come at a time that shall bo reasonably safe from blizzard weather. Elsewhere It is of very little Import ance whether the inauguration takes place in a snow storm or a summer thunder shower. If a lot of our states men , by standing around bare headed I in cold weather , contract pneumonia , the conditions are bad. Hut all the public necessities of tiie case could bo met by having the exercises take place Inside a building. In most of the states the inaugura ' tions take place about Jan. 1 , which permits the now officers to get about their work promptly. The present arrangement by which congress does not meet , unless called for a special session until thirteen months after It is elected , did very well for a time when traveling was by stage coach and when the business could be handled In n six weeks' ses sion. Whatever is done about inaug uration day , the time is probably not far distant when it will become the regular custom to assemble congress early In tlio spring. If that were done , there would bo less objection to com ] plying with Washington's desire for a grand outdoor picnic to begin the new term. TAFT AND TIIE TARIFF. There has been formed within the past four years a very appreciable sen timent for downward revision of the tariff , without doing away with the principle of protection. And in connec tion with this fact , President Taft's stand on this proposition must not be overlooked or forgotten. It was President Taft who fathered the sentiment for a downward revision of the tariff. President Roosevelt dodged the question all through his ad ' ministration. Ho never discussed it 1. never recommended a revision. And [ 1 a year before Roosevelt's term ended. Mr. Taft , then secretary of war , made a speech at Hath , Me. , advocating downwardlsm. Revision of the tariff always involves the party attempting It in dleultles , but Taft Invited the hot water and tackled the issue. This in spite of the silence of Roosevelt on the tariff question even to the end of his days In the white house. It was President Taft who recom mended a revision as soon as he was In ofllce. ilo signed the Payne-Aldrlch hill which , as ho later explained , while not perfect , was yet a general gain in downward revision. It was President Taft who got the nnn-pnrtlsaii tariff hoard Into action and , when Its report was made a cou ple of months ago , recommended fur ther revision , In accordance with the findings of this board. Whether or not tlio democrat Ic house will act on the president's roe- oniniciidntlnn , remains to be seen. Hut It IUIK been Taft and nobody else who has got behind the tariff re vision movement and pushed It along. LAFOLLETTE'S IILUNDER. They gave him plenty of rope and Senator LnFolletle did the proverbial j thing. A man who has no more judg ment than to occupy two hours of time at a banquet , after midnight , with his Ono weary auditors continually Inter- nipt Ing him and trying to make him quit talking , has not anywhere enough judgment to bo entrusted with high public olllce. And a man who would undertake to gain favor with the mag ' azlne publishers by maliciously and untruthfully assailing their rivals , the newspaper publishers , at a banquet where fun was the order of the night , shows unlltness which , as Don Soitz , I ' the toastmaster declared , "has wiped i him off the map. " | ' Aside from the lack of tact and the , III taste displayed. LaFolletto made j such foolish statements about the in- j ' sincerity of the press of the United States , as to make farce comedy of his speech. There may be dishonest , and Instil ' < ore newspapers , as there are dishon est and Insincere human beings. Hut | ' the public1 at large realizes pietty wel that the press of the United States , Ii the main , is lighting the battle of the people according to the principle's which each paper honestly believe * , ought to bo followed In the conduct o government , and all of the tearing o his pompadour that Mr. LaFollotle , might do , wouldn't alter the situation As a purely business proposition , i is pretty well established that only those newspapers which are honostlj 'j conducted and sincerely edited , eve | gain enough public confidence to make them financial successes or polltlca powers. Apparently any paper tha isn't for LaFolletto for president , is n traitor to the public welfare. WHAT HAWLEY COULDN'T BUY The death of Edwin Hawley , the rail road magnate , at the comparatively early age of 01 , adds another to the list of captnlns of industry who have broken down before their time. At iirst thought , Mr. Hawley might bo regarded as a hum-drum personality , with his hermit like de votion to business , and consequent avoidance of social life. But lVs ! dally commuting back and forth from the New York suburbs , jostling elbows with an army of clerks and salespeople , has a certain air of de mocracy which few of our men of great wealth suggest. To us the most striking aspect of Hawley's caieer is not the Indomit able tenacity that gave him so big a grip on the business world. Rather It is the negative side of his life , the things his money could not or did not buy. Hawley's premature death follow ed a long period of nervous Imllges- tion. Any of us who ever had any trouble with that down trodden creature , the human stomach , know how uncomfortable this old worm can make a human being when once ho turns. j Years ago dyspepsia was common. I The libraries of professional and business people commonly had books of medical advice , tolling how to jolly along this obstinate member. There wore elaborate theories of diet nnd i doctoring , by which the contrary crit ter was to bo drilled into harness. But nowadays , does any one have dyspepsia any more ? The working man never had it much , because his manner of life forbids it. People who 5live sedentary lives have largely learned that this trouble is not cura- bio by blue pills and dreary dieting , but by active energetic exercise out of doors. Most of them have learned how to apply the cure. I But hero is the pathetic case of n'Hawley. ' with his $50,000,000 , able to buy railroads wholesale , but who fail ed to acquire that simple gift In the reach of everyone who can walk , play golf , drive an automobile , or ride a j bicycle a normal stomach , iWhen wo go shopping in the great o' ' marts of life , who would not rather o'buy ' a good stomach than a railroad , even at the same price ? ' AROUND TOWN. Now what are you going to do about It when the groundhog sees his shad I ow everywhere except In Norfolk ? Ac cording to the myth , that ought to give spring weather to Norfolk while winter roared on In the balance of the solar system. Is the groundhog a lo [ cal or a national institution ? Does he come under state or federal law ? If he doesn't make good his contract | with Norfolk ho ought to be prosecut Ctl President Taft's high c. of I. conference - once ought to investigate these "organ i socials. " "My wife gave an organ so cial , " says a Norfolk man , "which net ted $2 for the church organ and cost t mo $5. " Apparently Mr , LaFolletto is ono of the people who don't know when to stop talking. A new canning factory to use the old sugar factory , built by the Oxnards ; incl a now $2ri.00i ) addition to the hotel mined for the Oxnnrds yes. Norfolk s going some In this year 1912 A. D. The led neektlo movement Is gain- tig. A praeher In Illinois has de- larcd for that policy. Thoio's ; ; new story starting In this Issue of The News , "Tho Hronzo Hell. " It's n weird mystery. Don't full to read the opening Installment In to day's paper. You young fellows ought to bo ishamod to allo\v \ old men to carry iway those golf cups. We never did have any faith In these ornery little groundhogs , any way. We don't remember of but one year when ho didn't see his shadow , and that year it stayed cold for ten weeks after Feb. 2. So what's the use wor rylng about the groundhog , or paying the least bit of attention to him. He Isn't worth setting a trap for. Again the president Is taking his cue from this column. Haven't wo been hollering about the c. of 1. for weeks and weeks ? Now he's going to hold a worldwide conference to Investigate it. Ilo likely got alarmed when ho found wo Intended to vote for anybody for president who could cut down the coal bills. Now that the ground hog did NOT see his liadow , Ice men are planning to harvest another crop during the next ( wo months. Wo'io just a little discouraged about this golf business ( "Huslnoss" is right. ) After playing at It ( working at it , rather ) for throe years , and with lour different tournament cups hung up , we didn't get within gunshot range of a single one of 'em , as is proved bj the list of lecipients at last night's event. Still , perhaps ono in the fam ily is enough. ( For purthcr partlcn lars see picture of golf winners on an other page. ) Speaking of the high c. of 1. , there's some satisfaction in tlio fact that yoi don't have to put a 2-cent revenue , stamp on every check you write , as you did in war times. Reverting to the weather and what else is there this winter to revert to- u Norfolk man says that during the recent cold ssap he set a pail of boiling water on the back porch and it froze so quickly that the ice was still warn when he found It. P. S. There's nothing warm anon ice that freezes in an automobile rad iator. We see by the paper that the firs funeral dirge has boon sung at Ossin ning prison. We thought that it liat always been Sing Sing there. LOST One full-fledged January thaw. Finder please return to Not- folk and receive reward. What's become of the o. f. house keeper who had cookies on the tabh for every meal , year in and year out' And the o. f. mam who said "says I1 and "says ho , " when he talked ? Here comes another holiday for the bankers. A week from Wednesday will bo Valentine's day. All of which goes to show that if w < wait long enough and patiently enough spring will arrive. And there's some consolation in the fact that every morning you find yourself ono day nearer than you were the day before to the chirp of the robin and the bah bling of the Elkhorn. Wouldn't the song of a meadow larl sound good about now ? The greatest harm in billiards , i seems to us , is the temptation it put in front of a man , when ho makes : scratch shot , to claim that that wn the way he Intended io play it. The annual February dope about baseball league for this vicinity , i going the rounds. ( Another sign that spring's on til 'fiver know this column to fail tc locate lost articles ? Here's that Jan uary thaw , found again. It's getting too muddy for goo sleighing , which is another sign tha its backbone Is broken. But we're only three weeks away from the first of March , so why shouldn't its back begin to gro\ weak ? On the square , It's about time fo somebody to sight a robin. If we re member correctly , the first robin i generally seen around Newport. You'll know within a few day whether or not you were indicted by the federal grand jury at Indianapolis for dynamiting. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. A man who likes severe cold weatli or is apt to fuss when It gets hot. I wasn't Intended that one man shoulc occupy the Himalaya of happiness nil the time. A lawyer's idea of a good time isn't greatly enjoyed by ti witness ; n law- yer's Idea of a good time so often seems to consist of harpooning said helpless witness , There is a coolness between an Atchison man and his wife because the latter trained a postcard which reads as follows : "Kiss mo , kid , noth ing makes mo sick. " 'A man Is no longer entitled to his wn opinion. If ho doesn't agree wtih Is neighbor he Is a icuctlonnry and n obstructionist. You may be getting along well and aylng up moro money than your lelghbor but you are not a progresHhe mless I you agree with him. It Isn't , however , the coinpaiathely ow price of divorces which makes nany people believe they can afford to get married. A woman shouldn't marry unless she knows enough about housekeeping tot to expect tlio Hras.sdust twins to lo all her work. Also , tha futunlo of the species is infer than thn male when she has lo go to court for it. Some people are so grasping they want to realize on an Investment lie- fore they make It. Some men who want revenge an. ) p'au I ' to gel It , are i.l'rald to take M when opuci ( unity oners. So many fools have money ( hat part Ing them from II will continue to be a jirolltablo occupation. Some women marry for money , and others wed Nat Goodwin and got a divorce for the same purpose. Until In1 has worked a week or so. an optimistic gardener is willing to seed catalogue's word for it. He It ever so good , no man enjoys a dinner so formal ho doesn't know which fork or spoon to tackle first. It takes toothache to send moot people ple lei the dentist. There are sicknesses a man doesn't die ol , but wishes he would. Sometimes the caloiisos on a man's hands are mndo by golf clubs. Comparatively few tips are paid cause the service is worth it. You may 1-avo observed that a guil ty man often accuses himself. Still , saying yon have heard it be fore you won't stop some story tellers. If an editor is Interested in politics he Is apt to think everyone else is. If frying sausage doesn't Improve your appetite , you should see a spe cialist. Sometimes a boy is late to his meals , but it isn't his work that de tains him. Whiskey you can buy for two dollars lars a gallon costs a good deal more than that. A tax payer knows he is paying for his rights , but he isn't sure he is get ting them. What has become of the old fash ioned man who wore a red bandana handkerchief One needn't be an athlete to throw the bull , although many pugilists train Hurt way. Hoys care so little for personal pul- ( hrltude that most of them are proud o ( scars. We have always wondered if the laundries got any rakeotf from the col lar factories. A NEW ROW ON. Situation In Agricultural Department Similar to Wiley-McCabe Scrap. Washington , Feb. 7. A new situa tion in the department of agriculture closely resembling ( lie- famous Me- Cabe-Wiloy episode , was partly dis closed at a hearing before the com mittee on expenditures in tlio depart ment of agriculture when a decision was reached to begin an early investi gation into the office of experiment stations , relating principally to tlio proposition to drain the Florida over- glades. Representative Frank Clark of Flor ida charged that Chief Engineer C. G. Elliott and his assistant , A. D. Moore- house , who had made a reverse re port of the drainage of the everglades , had been dismissed from the depart ment on technicalities involving u transfer of government funds from one account to another . The chief ac countant of the office also has been indefinitely suspended. This action was based on the opinion of Solicitor McCabe , who also acted in the Dr. Wiley case. Representative Clark asserted that private interests exploiting In Florida lands had used officials of the depart- ncnt of agriculture to further their schemes , and that ono company alone had sold millions of dollars worth eland land that was now under water A TIN PLATE ASSOCIATION. Pittsburg , Feb. 7. Representing a capitalization of $100,000,000 the Inde pendent Tin Plato manufacturers of the United States were granted n charter In common pleas court by Judge Thomas D. Carnahan under the name of the Association of Sheet and Tin Plato Manufacturers. H is said the various manufacturers of tin plate in the country consulted leading corporation lawyers of the United States for the purpose of fram ing up an association which wotrld combine the Independent concerns for their own protection , but In a manner that would not conflict with the Sher man antl-trriEt law. No attempt will be rnado by the new association to fix tlio price of products , it Is stated. SATURDAY/NIPT / SERMON& REV. SAMUELW. PiifiVisD.D. . . , . . GOD'S FOR.WARD SIGNAL. TrMhen , Iliou Khiilt hrnr u MMinil of nmrrhliiR In the top of the tmilhorrv trfos thoii tthnlt BO out to liattlc " t Cliron * lv. IIi David was at war. Tlio Philistines wore hedging him pretty olo.so. He linil his troops marshaled and arrayed for bnttk' . Then 1 hero's a hush. K > - nipinlier tlu night Ix-foro tlio battle back In tlio sixties , oomrado ? Many a good soldier weal Into Ills tout and laid his sword at IlioToet of tlio god of battles. After the eonaell of w.ir adjonrnod ninny a division , corps anil army commander humbly awaited an answer from Iho Lord of hosts , bo Pavld walte < l and was told to ( also liH place near a grove of tuulhorry tree.s. and at daybreak when ho heard the tramping and marching , not of the riilllstlnes. lint of ( he movement of the angelic armies of henven , then the moment for the decisive blow had ar rived. 1 do not Know just what I > : i vld heard clatter of horses' hoof thunder of chariot wheel , clash of nr mor I only know that when he h.ul ' done his all' he went ti > headquarter. " and from there came the signal from ( Sod to pi forward to victory. Cal < - ! the significance. O clmrch of God' Not the arm of llesli and blood , but of omnipotent God. Makes one think of Kllshn's servant going out In the morn ing and seeing the mighty host of the Syrians Hear him cry. "Alas , master , what shall we do ? " Ever ask th.it question. Christian , when some Mii'er ing critic asks. "Who Is ( Sod ? " "Where Is he ? " Then comes the opening of your eyes , and the mountain is seen alive with the allied armies of God "The Tumult and the Shouting Dies. " Ten mile * , of warships In the liar bor ! Twenty-live- thousand lighting men , soldiorb and bluejackets , In line' Hands playing , banners Hying , tri umplml arches and reviewing stands' \ We're fond of trooping Hags and muss Ing bands. Hashing gold lace and rat tllng gun carriages They're visible symbols of national preparedness , and our eyes glow with glory and our bodle.4iilver ] with pride. Oh. yes. and our God Is there too. Hut back of the warrior and orator , back of high power guns and walls of steel , stands what ? They who reckon odds In number and sl/o take account of battleships and armies , but men of larger world vision look back of : i courier wounded , a rain falling , a bridge swept away and sec the hand of him who moves men ns pawns on earth's chessboard. And those of us who would win battles for eternity shall not we sen our God standing In the shadow and recognise that a grain of faith may sometimes outweigh an army ? When God calls his church t > a forward movement let the brave ad vii nee. We'll sound tlio loud timbrel o'er Eiryptv dill k fcea Jehovah hath triumphed ; his people am free Fluttering Signal * . Has there boon an ebb in the tide of the church ? Are newspapers ami mag a/.In c.s asking "What's the matter witli Christianity ? " Is there a decrease in the numbers of those added to tln > church ? Are Sunday school statist ! ' alarming ? Do stalwart young men re fu--e to enter the ministry , baying , "It is no longer a man's job ? " Ai'o the 1'hillstinos boastful and sneering1' Then a revival in Us real meaning , "a renewal of life. " is needed. Men are- anxious for a revival in buslne- When does a church need a .spiritual quickening ? When prayer mooting * are a je-M and Sunday evening attend mice Is slim , with church bazaars ciowded and animated. When shorter sermons ami mote music , Ming per Imps by nngtidly choirs , Is called for When P.IUIc is forgotten , private pr.iy- rrimii-ual. the lord's Siifipi-r loi'Miken When worldly men control tinchuMi and the minister fears the wealthy sinner nor In the pew. When social pro-Ugi- mark the church' * ambition ; when form and ritual ami church millinery mean more than the sharp , definite procla mation of the gospel of salvation through .Jesus Christ. When the church of the living God falls asleep with dy Ing sinners in its arms. Then comes God's call for a forward movement. The Sound of Marching. Stand bud ; ye timid. God has not forsaken his world. Come. Elijah , to Mount Carmel. ( Sod Is going to an swer by lire. Prophecy to the winds. Ezoklel. over the valley of dry bones Take your stand by ( he .1 urchin , .lohn the Baptist. Assemble yourselve.i. ye faithful , for a Pentecost. Let the An jrustluos. I.nthors. K mixes , Wesley. . Foxes , Flnncys and Moodys take then- place by the grove of mulberry trees. God's signal Is flashing Are you con temptibly few In numbers ? God does not deal In majorities , big figures are often ciphers. Fling scorn upon wenp ons of flesh , accept God's challenge Iteinember Gideon , with his little rosii inent charging ( lie host of Mldlanlte . Jonathan with a single companion nt larking an army of Philistines. Mag nificent figures these. Man made su perman. vie tory In their voice , tri umph In their face. Say. lonely , dls plrlted. heartbroken pastor , do you hear the signal In the tops of the mul berry trees ? Then go forward In the name of your God The time of his ad vance Is at hand God goes before his people The Individual and nn tlon that march along the highway of righteousness shall see the pillar of fire nt night and the cloud of pro tection by day. A want ad campaign will get you acquainted with a lot of. people who want to buy homes and the homo you want to sell would surely suit some of them. V