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Duly has npologl/od to Franco. It
IH well- fir Italy.
Clilnu luih already begun to see
spots on tin Hun.
The La Folletteliooiii HUH puHHed
tluonllh of UK horizon.
When Uncle Sam Hliook Ills first In
her face , Culm subsided.
Talking nlioiil eiiltuic , potato cul
tin i > pa > n UH well as any.
Political capital IH being placed
whore It will draw the most Interest.
The young king of Spain Is a cotir-
IIKUOIIS man. Ho wears side whiskers.
Talk aliout tlio mean temperature
tliu present winter weather justifies
it.
Learning the Chinese alphahot Is
no easy proposition. It has 41.000
characters.
Some of the politicians may not
want to come hack after this event
ful campaign.
If butter didn't go down so rapidly
In so many homes It wouldn't HBO in
prlco so fast.
Dumper ciops are generally predict
ed throughout the United States this
coming season.
Congress will adjourn before the
national conventions meet. Hasten
the conventions !
Harper's Weekly Is curious to find
out whether kicking one's friends is a
stopping stone to the presidency.
Portland , Ore. , is employing its un
employed In building good roads. To
what better use could they be put ?
The man who lights a match to find
out where the gas leak is , is sure to
be surprised at the suddenness of It
nil.
There is a suspicion that the early
spring for which so many people are
looking this year may be snowed un-
dor.
The democrats who arc counting
their presidential chickens should not
forget that man Underwood from Ala
bama.
It Is said that the Japanese current
lias moved several hundred miles near
er our shores. Carry the news to
Ilobson.
Anna Held Is seeking a divorce. It
was supposed that Lillian Russell had
preempted that particular line of ad
vertising.
If straw votes could settle the ques
tion , Col. Roosevelt would be in the
white house after March I ! , 1913 but
they don't.
The democrats of the house will do
better if they try to please the people
than they will trying to embarrass
the president.
Senator La Folletle doesn't think
much of newspapers , but believes that
magazines especially La Folletle's
a o all right.
It is said that 323 American ships
were lost during the year 1911. This
Is startling , if true. Didn't know we
bad so many.
If you really want to promote the
welfare of tne family it's a great deal
more important that you be a good
winner than a good loser.
That big poultry farm which Miss
Helen Gould is establishing up in
New Yoik only reveals the Gould In
stluct for making money.
When a great party attempts to
cripple the navy of a great country
like the United States , it isn't making
much headway in popularity.
The boys in the Chicago schools
will not bo taught sewing. Is this
another cruel blow aimed at the ad
vocates of woman's suffrage ?
Having escaped from the tentacles
of Wall street , Standard Oil seems to
be after Woodrow Wilson. Chancel
lor Day has declared for him.
President Taft sizes up the discon
tent in Ohio as merely an insurrection
of political malcontents. The mulcon
tents insist that It is a revolution.
The standard of quality both in food
and clothing has greatly advanced
during the past few years. This helps
to account for the high cost of living
The report that the Japanese are
trying to establish a colony at Magda
lena bay In Lower California might
be looked into by an American war
ship.
John Burroughs says Roosevelt will
not Ignore his country's call. Some
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of his political unomlos mo inuan
enough to nay ho'll never ovoii hoar n
whisper.
Haltimoro IH getting ready for the
meeting of the national democratic
convention next June. The price of
everything Is already being raised a
notch or two.
Look out for Heverldge. The ex-In
diana senator admits that he will not
decline a practically unanimous call
l y the republican party to ho its presi
dential eundMulo.
Senator Kenyon of Iowa oulogl/.es
Taft and will support his colleague ,
Senator Cummins , for the presidency.
Votes count for more than eulogies
In national conventions.
Miss Helen Gould evidently pro
poses to increase her fortune and has
taken a sine way to do It. It Is said
BIO ! gets mote than twenty do/en eggs
a day from her chicken ranch.
Alton H. Parker seems to bo con
tent to remain a private citizen. Ho
got such an lee- cold bath the first
time that he does not care to plunge
Into the presidential swim again.
William Morgan Sinister is coming
back to America about Feb. 15 and
hreatens to tell all ho knows about
tusslan duplicity and English docility.
t Is undoubtedly quite a contract.
In a whitecapplng case In Indiana
t Is- said that seven college professors
were rejected as not desirable jurors.
Why should seven Intelligent college
men ever presume to sit on a jury ?
Taft Is going Roosevelt one better
n the message stunt. The Colonel
gained quite a reputation for sending
ono out a day. Recently his successor
ser sent two to congress in a single
lay.
Now parliamentary rules are to be
nado for the special use of women.
They say they will not agree to n man-
: nade rule which permits In a public
meeting only one woman to speak at
time.
To prove how comparatively worth'
ess a petition is , a man In Ohio went
out one day and got a thousand slgna
tnres to a paper to have the court
house moved over into the next
county.
Uncle Sam is said to bo a. poor
debtor when it comes to collecting
claims against him. The old gentle
man means well , but his guardians
demand their compensation before
they let him pay his debts.
Those troops of Uncle Sam come
mighty handy in preserving peace and
preventing largo destruction of prop
erty down in Texas. Those Mexicans
would rather revolute than eat , but
they have been warned to keep off our
preserves.
The plans for democratic retrench
ment have been shot to pieces in the
house of representatives. Like oth
ers , the democrats are far better at
preaching economy than they are at
practicing it.
Smoke prevention is a serious
proposition , especially in the large
centers of population. It is computed
that the smoke in London causes a
direct loss of $25,000,000 a year in
damages to buildings , fabrics and
works of art
The sentiment against suicide by
aviation is growing. The St. Paul
Pioneer Pi ess believes that "some
governmental supervision of flying
should bo possible , some examination
of aspiring aviators , not only in their
comprehension of an aeroplane , but
in their sanity and judgment. "
It is no longer a joke to preacl
one's own funeral sermon. A man in
Indiana has just completed his into a
phonograph. It will be kept in colt
storage awaiting his demise. This
style has its advantages. No one else
can say the mean things about you
that you are conscious of deserving.
Great Britain is establishing anoth
er naval base in the Pacific ocean or
Fanning island. England realize ;
what the opening of the Panama ca
nnl is to do in transferring the com
merce of the world to the Pacific
largely , and she never forgets to
watch her opportunity to strengthen
its naval resources.
Some of the democratic candidates
for the presidential nomination art
sighing for the backbone of Andrew
Jackson , but up to date not one o
Uiem expresses any desire for the re
turn of Jeffersonian simplicity. The >
would all rather ride to the white
house in the latest model automobile
than to go saddlesack and hitch thr
horse to the fence.
1912 A DUMPER CROP.
Every Indication at this time point
toward a bumper crop yield during
the coming season. Scientific fnrn
papers arc forecasting the greates
crop in the country's history.
Nature has prepared the soil in
Ideal fashion for abundant vegetatloi
during the summer. There has beei
nn extraordinary supply of snow to
keep the soil warm and to keep i
moist. The ground has been frozer
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loop and will get a good sllnlng when
he frost leaves It. The outlook Is
Hiirely an encouraging one.
The republicans who are seeking to
mmlllato and disown President Taft ,
md at the same time expecting to go
before the country and ask the public
'or a continuance of confidence In
he achievements of the party of
vhlch he has been the recognized
icad for the past three years , arc
simply Inviting an Inglorious defeat.
I' the republicans cannot win with
1'uft , It is a good guess Unit they'll
lot be able to win without him.
The Saturday Evening Post doesn't
lollove that either of the political
mrtics are going to ! > < > disrupted. It
cculls that In one campaign the
lomocratfl nominated Mr. Hryan , four
vears Inter the same party named
Judge Parker and at the very next
Itiudrennlul contest again nominated
"Mr. Hryan. It adds , "In the shorf
space of eight years , therefore , It cir-
umnavigated the political globe and
went from 150 In the shade to DO be-
ow zero and back again. " The Post
mini-ally concludes that a party that
an reverse Itself so completely twice
within so short a time is fireproof
igainst dissolution or death. It has
lust as much confidence In the Re-
nibllcan party's ability to conquer all
its Internal disagreements. '
NEURASKA FARM CONGRESS.
Norfolk has had a memorable
week's session of the Nebraska farm
congress and one from which there
should bo hinting benefit.
This point ought to be emphasized
in connection with this farm commis
sion's work the commission is not
trying to teach the farmer how to
farm , but is trying to improve the con
ditions of the farmer socially and
economically.
There should be no prejudice among
fanners against this commission. On
the contrary , there should bo the
: ieartiest co-operation. For the entire
work of the commission , donated to
the state by self-sacrificing , public-
spirited men , aims at improving the
life of the farmer , and if the farmer
will co-operate , there will bo genuine
results.
UNREST IN PORTUGAL.
Human nature is a variable quan
tity t and Its conclusions today cannot
1 io banked upon to remain the same
tomorrow. In Portugal we are see
ing a striking example of this at the
present moment.
It was not long ago that the people
of that country , tired of kings and
aristocracy and all that the court and
royalty stood for , determined to have
a change. They succeeded In throwing
them out of office and established a
new government to be controlled and
administered by themselves. Hut no
sooner Is the republic seemingly well
entrenched and exercising its power
beneficently , than the same people
turn around and try to overthrow the
republic which they initiated. The
two extreme elements of Portugal so
ciety , the royalists and the men who
struck on the street railways , have
joined hands in an attempt to reestablish
tablish royalty and put a king on the
throne.
It Is doubtful if they succeed in
their revolution. It will probably
prove only an insurrection. It will be
a glad day for the workingmen if they
do not succeed in their foolish mood
to strike down the very forces which
mean so much for their prosperity
and larger freedom.
Portugal's experience only empha
sizes that in order for a people to en
joy the blessings of a free govern
ment they must be intelligent , high-
minded and self-poised.
The project to divide the state of
New York and make a new state , to
be called Manhattan , out of the city
of New York , does not meet with
much favor among the people at large
in the Empire state and in the balance
of the nation. It is difficult to con
template with equanimity a political
project that would give Tammany the
absolute control of a great state hav
ing eighteen or more representatives
in the lower house of congress and
two United States senators. There
are some real serious considerations ,
however , that If they should prove
successful , under a state government ,
would mean much for the betterment
of the people living in Now York city
under the new order of things which
is proposed. At present , New York
cannot have a charter or amend it
without first obtaining the consent of
the state legislature. In excise laws
and many others which affect Its own
convenience , prosperity and order
only , must conform to general stand
ards made by a legislature , the larger
part of whoso membership of which ,
comes from country districts , and
knows practically nothing of the trem
endous problems of city life. If the
city was a state itself , its laws would
bo made by its own people , who are
so much better able to grapple with
the things which vex their civic life.
However , it may be set down as cer
tain that It will be some time before
the new state of Manhattan has its
name placed upon the map. Thu
movement for the division of the
great state must of necessity begin In
the state legislature. No state can bo
divided without the consent of its own
people. If the measure had the for
tune of eatrylug It would then ho
obliged to gain the consent of con-
grcsH before a star could bo placed In
the flag tor the stole of Manhattan.
OLEOMARGARINE.
The old controversy over the taxa
tion of oleomargarine Is to be levlved
in eongivss during the coming month.
Oleomargarine was originally In
vented as a nutritious food product
for use of poor people. When made
In good tactorlcs. it Is just as whole-
ronii' as butter. Its manufacture IM
based on ( lie theory that animal fat
run be extracted from beef that shall
be substantially like the butter-fat in
milk that makes butter.
Tin1 friends of nlcomuiguilno de
nounce the tax , which prevents the
manufacturers from coloring their
product to imitate butter. They think
their llt'lo ' deception is no more harm-
till than the many pleasing little
frauds used by the housewife , who
knew.- , that the eye must be attracted
before Hie nppc'tlte responds.
There wou'd be little feeling against
coloring oicomnrgine to represent
butter , provided every package was
clearly and truthfully marked , wore
It not that hotels , boarding houses ,
and restaurants would unbliishingly
place it on the table as the undiluted
pioduct of the churn.
The Ira ellng man would prefer a
litllo less nuignlficeir'o in cliandeliers ,
if it meant ihat those have to bo paid
for ly rsing doctored lard.
The real product of the cow is
climbing up to a point whore poor
people can't afford it. Unless they
an p. iM'iiuio ' the unemployed to move
out Info God's country and keep cows ,
a great deal more oleomargarine is
going to be used. One-ninth of all the
butter consumed up to a few years
ago , when butter was much lower ,
was of that kind.
You lead in R. H. Dana's "Two
Years Ueforo the Mast , " how the Rus
sians used to eat tallow just as if It
were candy. Probably we are all
rather absurd In insisting that butter
must have the golden sunset tinge ,
Avhicli the butter mixer of the cream
ery knows much more about than the
cow.
If white oleo looks too much like
plain demu ratio lard , why not let the
makers tint it brown , or some oilier
good honest shade ? Hut for the sake
of the traveling man , we protest
against yellow.
VALENTINE'S DAY.
This festival of cupid is a very dif
ferent sort of thing from that of yore.
The robust frankness with which the
old time and unafraid lover put down
his sentiments in black and white , has
disappeared from our pallid displays
of affection.
Years ago , if the lacey affairs lliey
sold in the stores were not warm
enough in their displays of ardor , the
lover took pen and ink and drew his
own hearts and cupids , and created
his own selection of adjectives to set
forth his torrid affection.
They tell about old valentines made
by German manufacturers , that on the
surface repiesented a bachelor sit
ting solitaiy and dejected in all his
forlorn lonesomeness. Then you
pulled a cleverly concealed string ,
showing the same man under the re
vivifying influences of marital affec
tion , wreathed In smiles.
Most grownups can remember when
you , too , used to dispatch valentines
expressing warm sentiment. With
what bashful and sheepish faces you
looked over the stock at the station
er's ! How you debated over the
choice , wanting in our heart of hearts
to send the most fervent of all , yet
not quite daring. And how , having fl-
naly dared 10 select it , it took another
effort of resolution to drop it into the
postoffice box. And then , with what
trembling engcrne&u . < , a waited for a
reply , or scarcely dared walk the
streets for fear of meeting your Ina
morata face to face !
Young folks of today have too keen
a sense of humor for that sort of
thing. Whore her mother cherished
the fond missive in her bosom , her
daughter of 1912 would show it to all
her mates , and great would bo the
laughter for many a day. And it is
just as well. Our young folks do not
do well to drop the impersonal com
radeships of boy and girl life for the
precocious sentiments of calf love.
So Valentine's day has descended
to a smaller growth of youngsters ,
who swap picture post cards express
ing sentiments which their innocent
little hearts do not recognize to be
loaded with dynamite.
THE TRAMP CONVENTION.
The tramp convention at Cincinnati
was not a great success. To most people
plo the idea of a tramp convention
seems absurd , and yet gatherings of
several thousand of them have been
held in recent years. Certain secluded
but accessible islands in the Mississip
pi river near railroad junctions , are
a more favorable place. In splto of
nil their bravado , they are little In
clined to court an encounter with the
police.
The most notable event in tramn-
dom for the past year has been the
enactment In Now York of a law es
tablishing a tramp farm colony. While
it Is admitted that authentic cases of
icformlng professional tramps have
so far been rare , yet it Is believed
that train/is / can he rounded up off
park benches and lock-up cells , and
made to quit tramping for a time at
least. HelgtiMii , Holland and Switzer
land hiu' in this way practically elim
inated the tramp.
The new colony will put the tramps
to work on abandoned farm lands , the
product of which will not cause the
antagonism among the labor unions
that Is excited by setting them at mo-
chanlcal Industries.
It is high time for some positive ac
tion , for the tramp evil Is attaining
the propoilions of a deluge. Some
estimate 500 000 men and boys are
tramping in this country. While not
over 100,000 are supposed to be "good
people" ( the name given to them
selves by strictly professional tramps )
yet the "gay cats" and "mush fakirs"
who alternate tramping with occa
sional fits of working , umbrella mendIng -
Ing , or spectacle peddling , are at heart
addicted to a vagrant life. The loss
to the railroads alone by tramps Is
placed at $25000,000 a year.
Parents who have boys inclined to
be unruly should look out how they
loaf around the tram ) ) hang-outs to
be found near all large towns. RailH
road water tanks , on which are billr
letlns of tramp Information in liieio-
glyphics } , aie often meeting places for
hoboes 1 that attract many restless
boys. There they hear glowing tales
,
from the knights of the road , the fas
cination of which drags many boys
j early Into the great and growing un
derworld.
AROUND TOWN.
How would you like to get as close
as Hook got to the supreme bench and
then get the hook ?
Hut , on the other hand , how would
you like to have your case reviewed
by 1 a female supreme judge ? That's ?
1v
where handsome lawyers could get a
return on their beauty.
We don't see as the longer days
have much effect in cutting down
light bills.
The morning sun is getting to look
more like pure gold than it did a
month ago.
A Norfolk church society held a
"birthday" party. Each member con
tributed as many cents as she had
years to her age. There were forty
present and the fund amounted to ? lfl.
That would make them average about
49 years each. Perhaps that's the first
time they ever told the real truth
about their ages In all their lives.
We can't Imagine a race war con
tinuing for fifteen minutes on Norfolk
avenue without interference , in the
reign of M. Kane.
What's become of the o. f. man who
parled i his hair in Die middle ?
Tills Is good pneumonia weather , if
you allow that sun to lempt you lo
leave off your overcoat
The shoeman just about told the
trulh when he said you'd have to buy
two pairs of rubbers Ihis winler. It's
pretty near time for the second pair.
If you want to know every detail
about every automobile that's made ,
ask a 15-year-old boy. He'll give it
to you straight.
A Norfolk woman got a telephone
message the other day that there was
a special delivery letter for her at the
postoffice. She sent a girl to the
postoffice to get it , though she
thought it queer the postoffice didn't
deliver it. The postofflco said there
was no lettc-r. Then she sent a man.
Again there was no letter. Come to
find out later , the telephone message
had boon from the grocer and had
said ho had "head lettuce" for her.
One woman is beating us to it.
She's got three of 'em made for next
Christmas , and it isn't even Valen
tino's day yet.
Forty other women are aching to
beat us. The forty who gave their
ages at that "birthday" social.
When a man is roml of salads , we
suspect him of being a sissy in other
respects.
If there isr't pretty substantial rea
son for a man's popularity , it won't
last long.
Some mothers are so anxious to get
their daughters "married off , " it is a
wonder they don't print a card of
thanks after such an event.
Everything doesn't come to those
who wait , and the loafers who say it
does should cast about for another ex
cuse , of which there Is such a largo
variety.
We are in favor of Woman's Rights
to this extent : No woman should take
in washing to support an able-bodied
husband In the luxury to which he
has been accustomed.
Been arrested yet In connection
with the McNanmra dynamite conspir
acy ? If you should see a strange man
in street clothes walk up and tap you
on the shoulder today , that's probably
what's up. Here's hoping you escape.
Did you get those violets that your
Valentino sent you ? 'Thoughtful of
him , wasn't it ?
If wo had had our way about It ,
we'd have had all our Valentines
come this year in the shape of coal.
Speaking of coal , wo no sooner got
word from the weather man that winter -
tor was over , than down came another
or five-Inch blanket of snow. Now , If
the groundhog and the weather man
will just take n vacation and not utter
( ho HllghtUHt kind of a prediction ,
imiyho wo cnii plow through this
beastly winter and got u pock at day
light.
February will plouso take notice
that wo'ro uinilng lliiough. Fore !
Yi'K , Norfolk's ono of the big spots
on that Meridian road.
Will It ever como time to take off
those stoim windows ?
What'll the rlvorn do when this
snow molts. Hero's a wugor that
they'll t roar.
Personally speaking , H can moll as
KOOH as It lilies , and stay melted all
summer.
Maybe ono would fool differently
aliout It If ono owned a sleigh.
Hut the weather man says winter's
backbone Is broken , so there's ciuiso
for cheering up. Muybo the ground
hog Is going to stick to his Norfolk
decision , after all.
The Fremont Tribune has just Is
sued a 112-page review edition , show-
nig what Fr < liimit has done during the
year , and It's a corker. Printed on
book paper , copiously Illustrated with
hall-tones and well filled with big ad
vertising , it's a number that all Fre
mont can be proud of.
There's many a slip Iwlxt the house
and the office , these days.
In fact , is ( hero anything on earth
so cunningly deceptive as a patch of
Ice covered with a film of snow ?
What's the use of February , any
how , Why not cut It out of the calen
dar ?
Still , we couldn't start Lent if there
wasn't any February. Lent starts a
week from Wednesday , by the way.
Rattier nilty of China ( o choose
Lincoln's birthday as the date for en
tering the sisterhood of world republi
cans , wasn't it ? They're not so slow ,
after all.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
One need not. unless born that way ,
bo a freak in order to prove he has
Individuality.
So often it happens that a man who
lived to be a hundred years old isn't
noted for anything else.
By reading the biography of a poet ,
one Is jsmilly unable to learn what
he did for a living.
"I once knew a man so smart ho
made a fortune during a Cleveland ad
ministration.--Rufe Hoskins.
If a robber finally gets away , It in
dicates he didn't get enough to make
a persistent chase worth while.
H isn't however , the beauty of a
fiiinrlse which gets most people up In
time to see it. Assuming , of course ,
that most people occasionally get up In
time.
A summer vacation is a great thing
in the winter ; great to look forward
to , or back. When it was hero , or
when it comes , it had or will have
faults enough , but through the soft
lights of distance , particularly when
something warm is needed , nothing
else looks quito so well.
Don't be so Independent you are un
willing to bo Ground Down by the
soap trust. |
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Some people can get money by telegraph - '
graph , but it is a slower process witli ]
most of us.
Hnbics look so much alike to a
,
bachelor that he wonders they don't
get mixed oftener. I I
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Prattling in paradoxes , you may
have observed that a high-priced ap |
ple isn't worth much.
Baseball io a great game , as proved
by the fact that none of the players
wear side whiskers.
Considering the conflicting testi
mony , there are comparatively few-
convictions for perjury.
"I have looked 'em both over , " said
Link Preston this morning , "but am
unable to say that either Stubbs or
Daw-son is the white man's hope. "
Criminals who feel that the world
owes them a living should remember
they'll have to work harder for it in
the leading penitentiaries than on the
outside.
Confessing something the coroner's
jury found out doesn't appeal to us as
evidence of an humble and contrite
heart. If a chart is essential , observe
that a coroner's jury finds out what
everyone else knows.
Still , being a good loser is no way
to support n family.
The older a man becomes the more
he prefers the word " " "
"capable" to "ac
complished" when used In describing
a woman.
Peach budn may be blighted , but the
general rule of allowing nothing to
happen to the prune crop probably
will bo observed.
Another rerogative of greatness Is
the ability to spring an accidental
wheeze or canned chestnut as the
original article In humor.
For Suffrage In New Jersey.
Trenton , N. J. , Feb. M. Senator
Gebhart introduced In the senate a
concurrent resolution amending the
state constitution so as to provide for
woman suffrage.
S/miRDAY / NIGHT
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LEFT HANDED FOLKS.
Text , "Tlis Lord rnlsoil n deliverer , ISlitiil.
a left Immlcil innn.-Jiulp. Ill , lt > .
It Isn't noccssary to go Into detail of
story of Ehud you may roail that nt
your leisure nor of peculiar fact I hut
In trlbu of Benjamin , to which ho belonged
longed , Micro were 700 other loft hand
rd men so dexterous ( hut they could
sling stones at a hairbreadth and not
miss. Neither may 1 moro than men
( Ion ( ho extraordinary fact that man
Is the only animal having two members
bors exactly alike which ho yet develops
velops differently. Not only docs ho
educate one hand at the expense of the
other , but he Is oven proud of that un
oquul development Ho cuts down his
capacity and elliclency ' . ' . " to fiO pel-
cent and Is pleased to toll it. In a day
when wo are developing every system
to its utmost , when prevention of
waste Is a science , man lots his loft
hand and the right lobe of his brain ,
which controls his whole loft side , fall
almost Into atrophy until It is but the
despised stepbrother of the right.
Meanwhile ho heaps praises on the
pugilist who "has the punch in both
hands. " Strangely enough , ho both
ridicules and pities the follow who uses
his left alone as he uses his right only.
He regards his left bunded brother as
ciiimsy. inadequate , handicapped in
life's struggle. Thus It happens that
not honor , but left handodnoss. is the
subject of my .story.
The Queerness of the Different.
A paragraph of questions in passing.
Can you answer ? Does beanstalk
wind around polo to right or left' '
With sun or against it ? With rcvolu
lion of earth or reverse ? Uo all
climbing vines wind in same direc
tion ? When you climbed Bunker hilt
or Washington monument did the
Htops carry you lo right or left ? How
do you wind your watch or clock'
In ancient times they did it the oppo
site. Why ? If you were wringing u
towel which hand would go forward ?
Right or left foot on a spade In dig
King ? Which shoestring wears out
first ? If you offer some food to your
cat or parrot or a monkey at the 7.00
which paw or claw will they extend ?
Do men butlon clolhlng from left to
right or from right to left ? Why do
women's clothes butlon just the oppo
site ? Speaking of the opposite or dif
ferent , why do bees sting n stranger
bee to death or even one of own group-
it It appears with any unusual form.
yellow tuft on head , for instance ?
Why chickens fight Iho newcomer or
dogs pounce on Hie strange canine ?
Why do you give a superior Anglo-
Saxon smile when you see Hebrew
and Chinese wrlllng running from
right to left ? Because you are "right"
and they are not ? Who told you
so ?
"Remember My Bonds. "
Oh. any ono can jeer nt the poor fel
low who happens to be different.
There's something of the wolf In the
crowd. I want to stop in the midst
of the crowd and wave a signal of
good cheer to my loft handed brother.
In judging his Imperfections I want
to remember the dllllculties under
which he works. When Paul ( inlsbuil i
his letter to the Colossians he glanced f
at hla signature , so ragged and llleiji- f
ble. Thou as the heavy chains clank
cd at his wrists he took his pun agiii : >
and added. "Remember my bonds"
Say. mot her with your little brood of
chi'ldren. your household cares ami
your poor , breaking body , we do not
expect the niceties of social technique
as from folk with ease and luxury
And you , father , trying to keep Hit ;
home together , planning for .lohnnlo
and Susie's future , starting off in the
morning with a soli in your throat and
a load on your heart , we're not notic
ing your threadbare coat and rusty
hat. And you. brave heart , born wilb
"a thorn in the tk-sb. " every day Its
pain , every night its ache , our hearts
bleed for you. Some people carry
Ihclr griefs on their sleeve , like a
patch on a boy's coal. Olhcrs hnve lo
hide tbem and try ktop smiling face
" and ! "
"One String Paganini
Remember Paganini in Paris ? A
string broke. Crowd looked Its dis
appointment. Then he deliberately
broke a second and n third. Amid the
uproar he stepped forward and suid.
"Never mind , ladles and gentlemen.
t _
one string and Paganini ! " Marvelous
music came from thai one siring. Ah.
yes. and I am thinking of Robert Lou
is Stevenson and his spasms of pain ,
of Fanny Crosby and her blindness.
Beethoven and his deafness. Pope and
his hunchback , Bunynn In prison , Carlyle -
lyle and his Irritating dyspepsias of
Oralor S. S. Preston and his clubfoot.
I am thinking of the host born with
Incomplete physical equipment , re
pulfllve personal appearance lighting
because of lack of early education and
cruel poverty. Our left handed broth
ers , or God help them one handed
ones. "Hold book lu t'other hand , "
thundered Professor Blacklo of Edin
burgh to pale faced , trembling , stu
dent. "Pardon me , sir , I" "No er
cuscs , sirrah , the book In the other
hand ! " "Sir , I have no other hand. "
and he held up a poor mangled slump.
"Forgive mo. laddie , forgive ine , " sob
bed the great Scotch tcachur. "I did
not know. " Soy , brother , many n poor
fellow Is holding life's book in his left
hnnd because be can do no other.
A want ad campaign will get you
acquainted with a lot of onoplo who V
want to buy homes and the homo you V ; '
want to sell would aureiy milt norne o ( > (
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