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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.
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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 ?
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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.
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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
