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It's foolish to try ami bent back a
flood.
I'liiniiim pi onilses to lie America's
Kit-lit winter rosoit.
The politic 1 atoam whistle should
not absorb all tinpowoi. .
When tin v nailed It golden butter
they bulldeJ buttc r than they know.
The biiHcbnll fans at Panama ate
polling o\ci the first game of 191U.
The scotl catalogue In having its
Innings and growing phcnomonnl
oropa.
Col. Hoohuvelt'a band wagon seoniB
to bo well died and aa ready to inn
as ho la.
An oxehanno well snyn : "After all ,
principles rind not men aie of flrat
Importance "
They are talking of an early ad
journment of congress. Kverybody is
perfectly willing.
Who said that Koosovelt would
never bo u potential factor in Ameri
can politics again ?
If the bathtub Must men try for an
Immunity bath much longer , they will
get Into hot \\ater.
Although congress has been In ses
sion since Doc. 1 , no garden seeds
have as yet been locelved.
The best way to do honor to Geoige
Washington Is to emulate his example
and be n true , steadfast American.
Gentle Anne is ot the opinion that
the spiing time is coming so aie the
most of us. And it's almost here
Small Dcinhault says her ait is
dealer to her than anv thing else on
eaith. Some of her patterns tool the
same way.
Nobody Is any Conger asking if
Roosevelt is a candidate for the presl-
'i-ncy. The campaign is slowly mak
ing headway.
The Milwaukee breweries are going
to incieaho the pi lee of their prod
ucts. It bo.its all how the necessities
of life aie climbing.
It is said that the price of the aero
plane will teen be in the reach of
e\ery one. It usually Is after n fellow
gets a tumble in it.
One of the unique and unexpected
things of tin1 campaign would be the
appealauce of Senator La Toilette on
the T.ift bniid wagon.
It is gencially agieed that if Gift
Pinchot had been around when G. W.
chopped the cheiiy tree , things would
have been different.
It is rumored that there may be a
few delegates in the democratic con
tention who ne\er asked permission
of .Mi. Hiyan to ha\e seats.
Col. Bryan is looked upon as a com
bination in restraint of trade by some
I
of the aspliants for the democratic
nomination for the presidency.
On those blue days when you eles-
paid of the future of the republic , just
.
try washing the office windows , and
see how much better you feel.
The Lorimer tiial bids fair to out
rival that of Warren Hastings. It
has alreadv consumed two jears of
time and the end is not in sight.
It seems l.ko quite a big thing to
Introduce a bill in congiess , but as
only one in ! ! ! 5,000 become law , it at
tracts less attention the nearer you
get to Washington.
The piedictiim is made that the
lallroads aie going to spend millions
of dollars throughout the country In
improvements this year. That cer
tainly ought to help some.
The stiawote is now getting in Its
deadly work. For the most part , how
ever , It Is a very harmless amusement
and signifies little except as a good
space killer for the dally press.
The Missouri supreme court has
ruled that you can not only print the
facts , but the inferences therefrom.
That's fortunate , for it usually taken
the inferences to make good head
lines.
If young people are seen reading a
book of Browning's love poems , there
is nothing doing ; but if you catch
them with a book of house plans , it
is time for dad to clear the house at
10 p. in.
The Taft men at Washington are
confident of the piosident's nomina
tion at Chicago The Roosevelt men
at Oyster Hay and several other
points Uiroughout the country arc
equally > ure that their favorite will
be chosen. It's too early in the game.
That battle ) Is not fought It Is to he'c
won.
Tlicio seems to bo a feeling on the
part of our Mexican bietlueti that
the > ( ought , bled and died to get ltd
of Dla/ , and have not had a single
revolution since then to give VIM the
worth of their money.
You can't get the tarlir question
settled before electon , because the
politicians don't like to commit themselves -
selves to anything definite , and you
can't got It settled after election , he-
cause then they don't have to.
.Senator Ciimmlns may wlthdunv in
laver of Roosevelt. Everything In
dicates that It is to be a battle royal
between the man who made Taft
president and the president whom
Roosevelt so enthuslantleally en-
clorhcd.
In the work that Is lielng done by
the government to protect the birds ,
Uncle Sam IB only encoui aging his
own self-protection. Wherever the
birds docioase the plant lifo and
crops suffer greatly at the hands of
warring insects.
Cy Young has .signed his 191U con
tract. Ho declares that he never has
felt better .since he started In the
baseball business , Cy IH young by
nature'as well as in name and the
chances of his ever growing old aie
exceedingly remote.
If the government sleuths will In
vestigate , we believe they will find
that some of the dissolved fiagments
of the Standard Oil company have
been calling up each other by tele
phone , i ml i.ossiblv have exchanged
letters through the postoffiee.
Chicago and Baltimoie aie vying
with one another in promising through
their newspaper that the liveliest and
biggest political fuss will bo in their
precincts next June. The indications
aie that both the great national paity
conventions will he hummers.
A boy wiio ran away fiom Cleve
land twenty-five years ago , has return
ed home with a million dollars. Ills
father not only killed the fatted calf ,
but had an eight-coin so dinner ready
for him when he spun into the yard
with his auto.
The lepoit is that tashlon will fa
vor thin men this year. That is a
knockout b'ow not only to Taft , butte
to Roosevelt , Bryan and several other
gentlemen. However , come to think
of it , fashion has very little to do
with presidential candidates.
The Detiolt Fiee Pi ess says that
having money to deposit in the bank
in the middle of the week would look
to It as leal piospeiity. There are
many otheis who would think pies
peiity uas heie if they had money to [
put in the hank at almost anv old : '
time.
The United States is the greatest
coal-producing country in the world.
If the story of our neighbors , about
how much coal they have severally
and collectively used this winter , can
be acctedite'1 ' are true , this country is
using more coal than some wanner
pllmatcs.
A million sacks of potatoes , on
which a duty of over $700,000 was
paid , have been impoited into the
United States from Km ope this sea
son. It is ceitainly a serious com
inent on the lack of producers when
this great country with its fertile
acies cannot even supply its owr
spuds.
The vaudeville stage Is attracting
some of the best talent. Sarah Bern
haidt is to appear foity weeks on the
vaudeville stage in this countsy ne\
season. Some of the most brilllan
and mo-t w idely known politicians ii
the United States have alieady signed
a contract to appear In the same role
this jear on the political stage am'
are alieady doing stunts that insure
their success in catching the crowds.
THE NEED OF PAVING.
At this scafaon of the year , mor
than any other , the great need o
more paving In Noifolk becomes ap
parent. Just at present all autouio
bile taxlcab service Is out of bus !
ness because there is no paved stree
from the South Norfolk depot to Nor
folk avenue. With such a street , ant ;
paving into the west end , auto traffii
could go on uninterrupted the yea
around.
That , of course , is only one featur
of the situation. People who attcmp
to drive buggies find going aluios
impossible. In case of fire , it vvoult
take many extra minutes for the de
partment to arrive. Delivery servlc
from the stores Is badly crippled. Al
of which causes general inconvenl
enco to the general public.
With a ILtlo more paving , Norfolk
would bo so equipped that quick serv
ice would bo possible to all parts o
the city.
THE GOVERNMENT IN BUSINESS
The United States government i
carrying on a retail business on tin
Isthmus of Panama on a much large
and more successful plan than tin
great majority of its citizens hav
anv Idea of The big retail enteiprlsi
Is conducted at Chrlstobul. Lieut. -
'
Col. Wilson of the tegular aimy with
ten assistants , has the matter In
dint go. There are- radiating out fiom
Chilstobnl pbout twenty retail stoics
at dlffeient points on the Isthmus ,
ouch of then , as huge as our largo de
partment stoics and slmillaily carried
i.ti. One tan get almost nnvthing at
these stole * . From Chrlstobal thoio
tlg1
goes every morning a tialu of twont.v-
ono ears lorded with supplies for
these , different stations. A full-fledg
ed | delivery > stem Is maintained by
inch of these meicantlle Institutions
and the telephone bilngs the goods to
the homes or quarters of the pin-
chusois.
Not only 1 ? there a big retail tiade ,
but at Christcbal theie are five whole'
tale ' departments , where immense
numbers of gold storage , warehouse * ,
diy goods , groceries and boots and
shoes and clothing supplies nro on
sale. The government goes n step
further than private enterprise can af
ford except in lare instances and
maintains a large number of the most
Improved manufacturing plants. There
are laundries , ice plants , Ice cieam
factories , bakeries , coffee roasting ,
beef corning plants , hamburger steak
factories , laboratory and experiment
kitchens.
Moieover , this big scheme has thus
far been conducted under the most
carefully guarded financial system ,
and there has been no opportunity for
graft.
COLLEGE ATHLETICS FOR ALL.
The attitude of college government
toward athletics Is much like that of
he man who had a bull by the hoi us.
le can't hold on , and he can't let go. ,
[ 'he thing has become as essentially
part of college lite as the class
oem work , and no power can change
t. It is simply a question as to how
ho power tan be made most useful
nd least h.irmful.
A recent repoit of Coinell univer-
ity offeis ? ome suggestions. It tells
low at that institution gieat attention
as been paid tow aid engaging nil the
neii in athletic work. During the
t year some 00 contests woie
leld outside the intercollegiate com-
lotitions. These weio interclass and
nteifiaternity matches , and those be-
ween other socities.
The essential weakness of college .
Athletics is that the vast majority of
he boys get no physical training , oth-
r than that given by cheeiing and
saving banners in the grandstand.
The few who play on the teams are
o oveitiained that the.v often suffer
ihy.sical stu'in ' , and at best can give
but secondaiy attention to study.
The college pioblem is how to get
he spoit , when his body is in his
class room , to put his heart for u lit-
le time into the ical woik of life for
which he went to college to piepare ,
and how to get the bookworm away
'loin his midnight lamp and out Into
he athletic field. Cornell seems to
lave done something toward the hit-
'ter end , at least.
Two sugge'tions might well be of-
. fered < to our colleges. The first is
11 to encourage a host of minor con-
I tests in which all might take credit-
I nblo pait , as Cornell has done. Theo
second is to encourage games in
w hich a few men can play in an im-
piomptu manner.
In the latter way no sports aie
more valuable as a means of develop
ment to the average man than tennis
and golf. Tennis is particulaily valu '
able , because the equipment is tola- '
lively so inexpensive , and the play is
to vigorous. The man who wants the
fellows of his alma mater to become
stiong and healthy could do more
good by offering $100 a year in pii/es
for tennis , than giving $1,000 a jear
for coaches lor football.
COURTESY IN BUSINESS.
Much comment has been caused by
the lecent action of the Keystone
Telephone company of Philadelphia ,
in ordering its operators not to say
"please" to the subscribe ! s , and asking -
ing the Mibscilbers not to say
"please" to the operators. It is esti
mated that the u.se of this little sweet
ener of business life costs the public
and the company five days in a year
of time.
Arguing fiom many such incidents ,
some writers think they see a ten
dency to cut courtesy out of American
business life. And yet , if so , this Is 1
n tendency that many of our big concerns -
corns are fighting very hard against.
A recent magazine writer speaks of
hearing a prominent American manu
facturer , In the courtyard of a Swiss
hotel , commenting on the charming
courtesy that pervaded the place , and
saying that he would give | 10,000 if
that courtesy could become the habit
in hs } home office and salesrooms. He
added that his foremen were much
more inclined to swear than say
"Good morning. "
The position of telephone employes
may possibly bo exceptional. Perhaps
words of courtesy do clog the process
es of shifting lines and switches ,
which need to bo conducted at n high
rate of speed , and a celerity of con
nection will perhaps smoot the pub
lic's over sensitive fur better than
anything manners can do. But if so ,
there nro few other modern business
relations where courtesy Is not an asset - |
| set of a high value.
A democratic people are peculiarly
given to stni'ding on their rights and |
their dignities. The unshorn and
t.grimy man who marches up to your
desk to aal < a business question , may
not look us if he weto woith eoiisld-
eiatlon. Hut he Is an American. If
you make him stand ten minutes
while while you finish dictating a so-
Hal letter to your atenogiapher , he
will piobably tcHcnt the assumption
that he is not given as piompt atten
tion as the man In the store clothes
who came ahead of him.
If later It tut us out that ho had
some offer to makc > that might be
valuable to your business , it will take
higher bids on .vour pnrt to win him
away Horn your ilval , who good nnt-
medly gave him a. smile and a chair
and a heating without needless de
lay.
ROOSEVELT IN THE RING
At last Col. Roosevelt has formally
announced his candidacy for the le-1
publican presidential nomination In
opposition tj Piesldent Taft. In his
reply to the seven wostein govoinois
who met In Chicago. Col. Roosevelt
has piobably taken the most ctitical
stop in his career-a atop which Is
bound to be of historical moment and
one whleh IE likewise bound to be a
pivotal point in his life. There are
those who will contend that this step
will mean added fame for him and
added usefulness to his country , just
as ) there me those who will contend
that In It he has made his gioatc.st
mistake. Illstoiy alone can determine
|
mine which contention is light.
The situal'on is one In many ways
unprecedented ' in the historv of this
government. It is filled with diamatlc
sidelights We have the man who
made Tift piosldent and endorsed
.
him as one of the ablest statesmen
lit
the countiy had produced , now enter
ing the aiena , within thioe yeats , to.
unseat the man whom he had so'
stiongly nn.l so confidently lecom-
mended for his successor. And we
have a tleteimined movement to pre
vent electing to a second toim a ie-
publican piosident another unusual
procedure.
veil came , it is sold , over the leap-
pointment ' ot Gai field as hccietary of
the Intel lor. It is dcelaied by people
on the inside at Washington that
Roosevelt demanded the leappolnt-
' of Gai field and that when Piesi-
.
dent Taft declined to accede to this
demand , Roohevelt became angry and ,
leaving 'lie white house on inauguta-
tiou day , never retuineti.
Many lepublicans , admiieis of both
Roosevelt and Taft. had hoped that
Roosevelt would not debeit Taft in
his campaign for renomination. They
had seen in the situation an oppoi-
tunity for RotNevelt to fix himself in
delibly in history by declining that
ho was for Taft , that the time had
come when lepublicans must unite in
battle for republican principles
against the old foe ot the demociatic
paity , and that lie meant what he
said on the night ol his election , Nov.
8 , 1001 , when ho decl.iieel"The wise
custom - , \ hitli limits the picsiclont to
two teims , legaidb the substance and
not the tonn and under no circum i-
stances will I bo a candidate for , ir
accept , another tenn" Those who
hoped for this climax and they in-
i eluded aident admiiers of Col. Roosevelt
velt as well as staunch friends of
President Taft's administiation saw ,
under such a solution , a united re
publican paity absolutely sure of sue-
cess at the i-olls in November. And
with Col. Roosevelt doing battle
against his old friend lor the nomina-
tion , they see a divided paity , no
matter what the outcome at Chicago ,
with a haid fight for election , icgaid-
less of whether the nominee bo Taft
or Roosevelt.
There are republicans who believe
that conditions demand Roosevelt's
election to the piesideiicy , icgardless
of precedent , and that he is the only
man with whom the paity can win in
November ; just as theio are those
v > ho contend thai no ciisis exists 1Co
justify Roosevelt in asking a third
term , that President Taft is an able ,
honest , constructive statesman who
has can led out the pledges of the re '
publican platlorm and that ho Is by
every line of reasoning entitled to
the endorsement of his party and to
re-election.
In many Quarters It Is believed that
the tariff and the tiusts will bo the
paramount issues of the campaign ,
And while Roosevelt's pro-convention
boomers will attack President Taft
because ho signed the Payne-Aldrich
tariff revision meabtiro and vetoed
the democratic reviblon bill , and be
cause the cost of living is high , Taft's
friends will reply that Taft has done I
more than Roosevelt ever did on both
tariff revision and the trusts ; that
Roosevelt dodged the tariff revision
issue for eeven years , never once
mooting the situation , but leaving it
for Taft , and that President Taft's
enforcement of the Sherman anti
trust law has been very much more
aggressive and more effective than
anything that Roosevelt did to solve
the trust problem during his seven
years in the * vvhito house.
Direct issue may bo found between i
the two candidates , slnco Roosevelt's i
Columbus speech , on the recall of
judges and the Initiative and roferen-
dura , Roosevelt having taken the I
stand In favor of these doctrines !
while the president has all along been
against them.
It Is said that Col. Roosevelt In pri-
vato conversation has of late been
veiy bitterly assailing the' ptosldotit
and from the veiy natttie of the col-
otiel's tepudlatlng hla foimor filcnd ,
tlu > fight la llkel.v to become a blltci
one- , tenting the icpuhllcati party
apait lather than btlnglng It more |
solidly together. Already a move
ment IUIH been bc'gun to have him-
elieda of thousands of badges printed ,
be'ailng this alogatr "Waahington
wouldn't , Grant couldn't , Roosevelt
shan't. " Airl that , of com so , Is onl.v
a beginning of a campaign that promises -
ises to become veiy ( unset beloie II
ends.
Many believe that Taft could bo
nominated but not elected ; and that
Rooaevelt cmild be elected If noniln
at I'd. Otheia see In Taft the only
hope of the party. They bellovo that
If the republicans cannot win with
' Taft , on his lecoid , they cannot win
with any candidate ; and that with
Roosevelt's help , the party could win
with Taft vvhoicns. if the party goes
to ( l defeat In November , they will hold
Roosevelt lesponsible , In lepudlating
Taft , for the beating.
But the die is east Roosevelt's "hat
is ' ' in the ling. " Whether It bring
him ' gie-ater fame or pioves to bo a
gieat mistake , remains to be seen. In
the mi-nntimo , as Mr. Bryan .says , "It
will be'in Inteiestlng fight for demo
crats to watch. "
AROUND TOWN.
Millions of out leaders have be
come gieatlv exercised over the biev
Ity of this bpaikllng column dining
the last few days , and w outlet why
the poaila of wisdom have been sc
fi w. And in answer to the flood of
telegiams and special dellveiy lettei
peitiilning to the tragedy , we might
. explain thai the tinth ol the matter
' Involves that billiaid toiunamont
We've' been training lor that mate !
witli ,1. L , mid consequently all sucl
minor matters as woik have had to
be neglected. We've been tialning
to play.
Hole's the schedule we've been pui
suing Rise at 7 a m Shower ball
and alcohol rub Grape fruit , toast
bacon , two boiled eggs and tolfee fo :
bioaktusl. Then walk thirteen miles
in the countiy to got the noives ii
jiibt the light form. a. llglil lunch , r
nap , a. wet Uoiit in the gymnasium , a
iiihdovvn , a big steak lor dinner am :
a few boms' cue woik. Enilv ie
tiiement and the next day lepeat
Once dining the week ivc got al
most overtrained and had to tak <
drastic meas-uies to bieal : the spell.i
We've followed the theoiy that if
woik inteifetes witli plensmo , one
should cut out the woik. How else
could one ever become a shaik ?
The o. f man who paits his halt ii
the middle has been discoveied. II
blew into town last night. Ho weai
tan shoes.
We got by George's bhthdny all I [
light and St. Pat's the ne\t man to ) ,
bat.
Wo wouldn't mind owning that
Moon , oui selves.
Theie's this that must be admitted
about red neckties Yon can't weai
one more than ten weeks without get j
ting it solk'd. If you will wear led 1 .
ones , jou'll 1'nvo to expect to icplen-
Ish your supply by buying a now one
eveiy three months at least.
When the Norfolk high school
toathei.s objected to the methods
adopted by the seniors in the junior-
senior class color fight , they got the
hose turned on 'em.
Bulletin' We got made mincemeat
al in that billiaid match that we'd
tiallied for for a week. JncK just ate
us up. Flrbt ho stabbed us with his
cue , then he hung us up on the line to
dangle while he went on i mining out
100 billiards.
All of which demonstrates what
ovei training can do to you.
And likewise that it takes centuries
lather than weeks for a ie.il , Mire-
enough ahaik to grow. We don't
wonder all billiard sliatkb aie gray
haired men.
We'd still like to take Jack on.
though , lor n little round at golt
Showing that it makes homo dlffei-
enco which long green one gambols
I Having been mincemeateil , however ,
we hope Jack will find easy sailing
.
the rest of the way , to a triumphant
finish. i
i
A woman visiting in Noifolk found
automobile taxicab fares so cheap ] 1
that she wanted to walk to the South
Norfolk station just to get a chance
| to rldo back uptown for a quarter.
Do you believe in groundhogs ?
Wo almost forgot to mention one
approaching holiday. Friday will be
moving day. Wo presume the banks
and postofflce will have a vacation.
But why do they have moving day
on Friday ? Who'd want to move on
a Friday ? It would almost bo safer
to pay rent.
Who's ready to go down and take
.Juarez once more ?
It puts Nick Longworth In rather
Inn embnnasslng position.
It's almost hot enough , these after
noons , to require awnings on the west
windows ,
How time does fly. It's almost time
for the north Nebraska teachers to
buck to Noifolk fet ( heir an
mini convention.
We presume John O. Velum- would
be In line for ambassador to Englander
or ) aomethlng like that.
The gioundhog was on the job , aft
tr all. Noifolk was the only spot on
he map wheio ho didn't see lil
Hhadovv , and thla was the only pint
if the middle west that missed that
' ill//attl ' of Sunday night We'll take-
tack ovoiythlng we'vesaid about him
One IOIIKOII why wo lost e > ut In the
illllard , match Is a new i tiling which
bi : > ars masse shots. What chaue'o has.
a ; i man against a itile like that ?
Wouldn't voit call It tough hit k to
lave .vour shoulder begin to bother
you just two weeks In advance of
jj he golf season ? Here , too.
Speaking of the approach of spring ,
lon't forget to wear youi fur cap this
w oek
T. R. is aim ting in to play favoiltes
with the nunning papers Why did
ho desecrate- the Sabbath by giving
ml that Htnte-inont Sunday night ? Why1
couldn't he have given it out bright
and early .Monday morning , foi tho.
evening e'tlltions ?
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
If a man likes to talk pretty well
ho l.s apt to get the notion that he i'
a Born Loader of Men.
Women alwajs Know the stores that
chaigo the highest pi ices , and many
of them undo theio a good deal.
Dry fanning lias Its drawbacks ,
hut it yields moio at harvest time
than anyone ever got out of the wilt
oats industry.
Possibly a big league baseball scou
thinks an army officer vvoiks lor !
living , but not many people feel tha
way about It.
Fannois may be pessimistic abou
crops , but they usually think the
countiy school teacher should save ;
good bunch of money.
You mav not loam anything else
but joti will know for "a dead moia
certaintv , " as you giow oldei , thatyot
can't always have things jour way.
The dove of peace is all light , bu
it's the blul that lays eggs that has-
the ical lasting popularity.
Get many evidently believes in be
ing i piepare'l to compel peace , over
if i she has to fight to do It. Th
twelfth dieadnnught with 24,000 tonnage
nago and costing ( lie immense sun
of | $11,888,7.10 , lias lecently beei
launched.
A natuially peaceful and docile bus
band tvill hate any man his wife ie
teis to us an Old Flame.
One of the ciuel facts that U in
o'd man doesn't get out ot the vvaj
in this vvoild he will bo inn over.
It Is said that the honied iiibbit
aien't good to eat. But why this Mm ;
tat ion to th1 horned vailetj ?
The mos' disgusting poison is
man who thinks he's diunk at
ter he lias taken just one ill ink.
Men come in pietty ninth all shape
but we don't lecall that we ever sav
ono built to lit a hunting coat.
Meing a music toucher may moan
CM i e > er for a glil. but theie ib apt t
be moie money In the diossmakln
business.
No one on the fiont bide of th
( ountei cvor beats a slot machin
enough to stint a bank account on th
clearings.
Pbually a man will show more p :
tienco waiting for the limber to go
leady to shave him than he will wal
nig for his wife.
One should always be kind to clii
dren and dumb animals Not forge ;
ting that old lolkb ate entitled t
some consideration.
Having pietty manners helps n 11
tie gill , but all a little boy gets on
of pietty manneis is to have the otr ,
or boys call him "Sissy. "
Judging from the present tcmpetii
turo of hot towels In barber bhops , b ;
101. ' ! barbers will have abandonee
razors and will be burning off th
slubblo fields.
Sometimes a man marries his Sou
Mate but he doesn't otten live will
her long.
As a inlo the toad to success run
up hill vvheie It l.s hard to make spec
records.
A doctor who tells a man smoking
won't hurt him , is almost as great i
solace as tobacco.
It is also possible for a boy to b
a pretty good boy without joining th
Boy Scout movement.
Trvlng to raise a crop In a drj
country probably Is the most unsatls
factory form of gambling.
It Is our theory that n inountali
climber doob too much hard work fo
the privilege of risking his life.
Ono can't always tell ; tome , me :
are ruined because they can't go
credit , and others because they ran.
Down In Arkansas women member
of the fine old southern arlstocrac :
dip snuff , mid spit In the fireplace
from any point In their spacious man
slons.
REVSAMUElWPURVlSD.D. ;
TREE CHRISTIANS. '
Text , "He slmll ' " M" tre " -I'ii I l '
Kino llguru this The rlghcous ( ar '
compare-el to many ( hliigs In holy vvrn
but none itiitc ] HO .iiggostlvo as tli.
ttt-e. The Hllilo is nwnvo with tree J
. inoro than any other sacred booli t
| Fiom the lost paradise , "park of trcva '
where Adam and Kvo stood undi-t I
their t shadow yielding to the-lr flrn J
temptation , to the lost paradise regain
cd. wliiTc Ibo ( reo of life stands with
its leaves for the healing of the m
( ions. Abrnm entertaining angels MI
der ( ho oaks of Mninre , Moses oust I u
the branch into ( ho bitter waters >
Mnrnh , Absalom's beautiful hnlr oat r (
ing in the branches by the road Hid-
Klljah under the Juniper ( rce. Jon i
under ( he gourd , Nathaniel under ( in
flg j , Xacchaeus in the sycamore. In Hi.
inimitable drama of Job when tii
grand old hero is In deepest gloom h
strikingly elecliires that Ills life hcein >
. .
le-ss than that of a tree "Thero Is h > ip >
of n tree If it be e-ut down that it wi
. * * * but mandleth
sprout again. , jci
glveth up the ghost , and where In he
Christ's * figure of judgment against u i
fruitful disciple Is staitllng , "nv.-r >
tree which brlngeth not forth g ' i
fruit is hewn down and cast into t'n
lire. " Kver see the way toots grip du
earth and twine about locks ? I'm
knew what he was talking about \vli.-i
he bpoke of being "tooted and gion M
eel in the faith" You and I are Ilk.i i
tree. What kind "f a tree do wo rv
resent ?
"De Not Like Unto Them. "
I know a Christian , and he is llk >
a weeping willow fet ever wliimnir
drooping. He-.s been "going home' f i
jeais , but has outlived three wive *
He's a pessimist , anil the times are > it
of joint. He weeps In fear the woi i
won't last the year out. When I as
him for money he tells me all b
troubles hince he cut Ills first tee' !
IIo has hung his limp by the willow-
and his lashes chip with teais. Slstei
Black IH a wild cherry , small , sharp
cjnlcal , not bad looking , beais cm
sldcrnblo fiult , but , oh. my. she i
bltlngly acidic She can cook wei
enough for men ami angels , but when
her little Johnnie bad the ineas e- .
the preacher foigot to call. Shoo
He tiptoes In her presence yet. Broth
er Sharp is a thorn tiee , suro's youi
born. You'll handle him with glove- ,
or wish you had Not a bad fellow at
heart , but has a case of perpetual
giouch. The wicked nourish like tn ! >
uiecn bay tice. the Kciiptmo clot-Kin. *
It pu//.lcd the psalmist to fcuo the
prospcilty of thewicked. . Ills big red
touring car. palatial } acht , prlva i-
Pullman hotel car , puzzle us yet , but
when the cold waves of eternity strike
that tree It falls with a crash
Kings of the Forest.
My neighbor minister is an olive tree
Ho helped < ettle a trolley .strike. Ho-
a peacemaker , the William Penn nf
our town "Blessed aie the pcacemik
ers ; they shall be called the sons of
God. " No Iiironsideiable tree the olive
I like the pine , healthy , evergieen , are
matlc. I have some pines In my ton
Ric'iation They'ie fiagiant with iht
he-allng intluencc of a strong sympu
thetic natuie. Men like to bieatho the A
ntmospheie that sweeps through their
branches Pine. tir. spiuce. cedar /
laich. all belong to ono fa ml ! } arc /
ever jriouii summer and winter : grow
an.vvvheie. fiom sweltering heat of
tropics to icy region of arctic 7one
mountain or plain , seashore or desert
None but kings and princes could
dwell In houses of cedar. I've one ofli
elal who is an oak. He's grown slow
ly , but he lasts. Rugged , gnarled
some , but upright , linn , powerful
Many .veais of storm and sunshine
have tested him Men of his tun >
have tome and gone. lie stands like
home pioud. gigantic king of the
greenwood A geneiatlon of grand
children aie sheltered beneath Ins
branches Yes. sir. he's a royal oak
Wo need more oak In the chinch
Theio aie too manj brittle poplars
covered with caterpillars and insects
of vvorldllncss. The palm wa honor
ed of l he ancients. Utility had 100
uses , fruit food for men. stems fur
camels , sap a beverage , leaves hcc.inn
hats , mats , baskets. ( Joel also st-ml
us useful Christians ! Palm's a tjpi
of victory. "You should have seen
that athlete In his palmy days' " "Don t
hiss that orator. In his palmy day *
ho led all. " The palm Is sculptured
on tomb of martyrs. They greeted
Christ with palms. May angels greet
you the same over yonder.
The Tree of Life.
I stood before a giant sequoia ( a
Yosemite , one of God's sleepless senti
nels of time , flow old was he ? One
day a tiny seed blew Into that rKb
Sierra Nevada soil , it was a sprout
when Abram left Ur of Chaldee
One hundred years later Abram dies
That tree Is a sapling of a ccnturj
Three hundred years later Isaac , Jn
cob and Joseph arc gathered to their
fathers. Centuries pass. Solomon i
In his glory. Greece and Rome have-
not yet begun. That tree is still lift
Ing giant arms to sky. Ono thousand
years more. Babylon , Nineveh and
Carthage have passed away. Thlrt.v
generations pass. Christ has lived
ellenl and risen. Cltlos. nations and
c'lvlllzntlons hove risen and fallen , v
new world Is discovered and settle'd
A mlKht.v lopuhlie has grown aronml
It Anil this giant still lives and will
aland nfte-r you and I are world for
gotten. It Is M typo of the tree , ' of life
We shall he eternal
The real estate ad that Impresses
you nrlgnt is apt to be well worth further -
thor Investigation. And you never an-
aw rod a real estate ad without learn
ing something of yalua.
