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The colonel's two big appointments
charged up lo Nebraska were 1'iuil
Morton nuil U. E. Tlioiupsoii.
As of 'JOIN-BO you can't cut lee with
any comfort In cold weather , thoj
prlco of Ice will no doubt lie higher' '
iioxt Htiininor.
Why expect people to devote time
to the Btinly of lltiM-aturo , when tlioy
Imvon'l yet road over the hist tclo-
liliono directory ?
AH It Is proving wholly liiefTectl\c
for Father llryan to spank congress ,
ho will have to try putting thorn to
bud without any supper.
The recuperative uffoct of freotloin
IH ono of this most wonderful things
on earth. The case of Mr. Morse , to-
contly of Atlanta , proves this.
After onreful reading of the con
gressional proceedings wo fall t sec
anything about the advocates of a
subsidy. Have they subsided ?
Secretary Kimx In visiting the Car
ibbean roiiuhllcs , must bo gaining HO
ninny Ideas on the most efficient
methods of promoting revolutions.
It IH coinplaliu'il that Dickens said
meuns things about America. I'-ut
this country was a kid then , and few
youngsters learn table manners with
out outside assistance.
From tin , way people are getting
ull hot up over polities , svo expect to
HCU one or two hanging around this
office the night of Nov. 5 to learn If
the people have gone ami done II.
In u few years the Chinese republic
nmy be questioning whether it is bet
tor to be. beheaded by the Maneliu
dynasty , or have your Insldcs squnMi-
ed out by the political steam roller.
Already members of the Ananias
club are anxious to bestow the presi
dency upon the man who Initiated
them. They're willing to give him
three terms or a term for life , for
that matter.
The republican party may not have
gone ahead as fast as it ought to in
removing tariff sinuses , but it reali/es ,
ns the democrats do not , that Idle
mills would create more suffering
than tariff evils.
Mr. Sinister may have handled the
I'erBhin treasury successfully , but wi
would like to see what ho could do
In one of our cities with the alder
men of each ward hollering tor sew
ers and sidewalks.
The express companies cannot low
er rates because so much of their profIts -
Its go to the railroad companies , and
the railroads cannot reduce rates lie-
cuuco so mm h of their profits go to
the express companies.
The government is to investigate
the lumber trust. The lumbermen
cannot be expected to remember
much about their own business , but
they should at least recall their own
names and where they live.
We learn that peopledon't go to the
white house receptions until 90 : ; ! to
11 p. in. , and they stay until 1 a. in.
Tactful persons would reflect that
Mr. Taft may wsint to get up at 0.0 : !
and shako down the furnace.
Koosovelt is on record as favoring
President Taft's I'ayno-Aldrleh tariff
bill , and helped to write its endorse
ment into the New York state repub
lican platform , lie also approved of
the Canadian reciprocity measure.
If he has a profit-sharing contract
with the Outlook , which ho unques-
tlonably has , the colonel can well af
ford to take a beating for the sake
of increased circulation that the cam
paign will give his magazine. Bryan's
found It a pretty paying proposition.
It is proper to ask presidential can
didates to discuss such subjects as
simplified spelling and rotation of
crops , but stirring them up on the tar
iff , woman suffrage , ad the trusts , Is
about like gossiping about their fnm-
lly skeletons and poor relations.
\\'e see by the paper that T. II. is
emulating 0. Washington In ono way
at least. Ilo's chopping treos. Hut
all trees are not cherry treos. In con
nection wltfi 0. Washington's tree-
chopping episode , ho said oh , well ,
any school boy can toll you what 0.
W. said.
Col. Roosevelt In his lotor of Juno
17 , 1011 , said : "I hnvo said'always I
would not bo a candidate In 1912 my
self and that I hnd no intention of
taking any part In the nomination for
or ngalnst any candidate. " Vet ho
now denies over having given any
body the Impression that ho wouldn't
run.
When one remembers the number
of tilings thpl. nro now considered nee
CAB I ties whlcli were unknown n few
> ciirs ago , llioy realize how fnut the
world IB Raining In a clvlll/.utlon thnt
moans comfort nnd protection. Per-
Imps nothing brings this to mind
moi'o vlvldlv ( linn ho progress of the
wireless. It was only a llttlo more
than three years ago when Jack
Minna gained n deathless fame In
flashing I IIP C. Q. n. signal from the
deck of the Ill-starred Republic nnil
brought , by so doliiR , the Baltic to the
rescue and saved the lives of hun
dreds of ItH passengers. Today the
Pnltod States , Canada and most of
the European countries forbid ships
of any nationality of any sl/e taking
passengers unless they nro provided
with the wlreh'88. If our expenses
arc growing wo must admit thnt it Is
to take rare of many things that ndtl
to our comfort , convenience ami
pleasure , thnt were not conceived of
In the centuries and years thnt nre
past. If life costs more to maintain
In these days It Is largely because It
Is worth veiy much more than It ever
was before.
THE VOTE ON ARUITRATION.
On March Bin , the United States
senate has agreed to vote on the mtl
fication of the arbitration treaties.
There Is every Indication that the
senate will approve them. It Is prob
able that ns soon as these treaties
with England and France nre ratified
that Germany and the other great for
eign powers will come ncro-m and join
in nn agreement for arbitration of all
international disputes. If this proves
true to history it will bo ono of the
chief glories of the Taft administra
tion that such a magnificent and long
stride has been taken In limiting the
armaments mid in establishing the
eventual pence of the entire world.
PRESIDENTIAL PATRONAGE.
Ono of Col. Roosevelt's statements
serves particularly to emphasize the
type of administration that President
'I aft Is giving us. The colonel de
clares that any president , by u : Ing
the federal pnuonnp.e , can rcnominate
himself. And It brings home the fact
Unit Tuft Is the first president who
ever had the courage to set In motion
a plan to rob the white house of po
litical patronage * by placing HIP entire
government , from heads of depart
ments down , on si civil service basin.
No man ever used federal patron ,
age to perpetuate himself of his can
didate in the white house , more
shrewdly that Col. Roosevelt , lie first
renominated himself and four years
later ho renomniated his secretary of
war , W. II. Taft.
And it remained for Taft to recom
mend putting the government work
entirely on a civil service basis , as
it should be.
STIMSON FOR TAFT.
The acquisition of Secretary of War
Stimson to the Taft column is n not
able incident in the present cam
paign. Mr. Stimson wns Roosevelt's
candidate for governor in New York
two years ago. Stimson was nomin
ated through the popularity of the
colonel. Naturally Stimson has rea
son to feel under deep obligation to
Roosevelt and naturally he personally
regards the colonel very highly.
When Stimson entered the Taft cabi
net he did so with a distinct under
standing between himself and Taft
that he would be In no way bound to
take part in the president's campaign
for ronomlnation. So his voluntary
pledge of support to the president ,
as the greatest progressive of them
all , Is significant.
Secretary Stimson entered public
life under the Inspiration of Theodore
Roosevelt. 15ut he believes these who
are forcing Roosevelt , against ills
original Intention , Into the arena
against Taft , are jeopardizing instead
of helping real progress. He believes
that President Taft has faithfully car
ried out the republican platform
pledges. He believes Taft has been
falsely villified and abused. And he
cannot follow Col. Roosevelt In his
judicial recall plan , which lie declares
"would bring the courts down to the
welter of politics. "
ROOSEVELT IS EXPLAINING.
Col. Roosevelt is on the defensive
a disadvantageous position for any
political candidate. Day after day he
is busy issuing new statements ex
plaining why ho Is doing what he
said he wouldn't do. Ho rehashes a
good deal of the same story over
again but now developments constant
ly demand now explanations.
First the colonel told us ho would
not accept another nomination. Now
ho explains that what ho meant wns
that ho would not accept another
"consecutive" nomination.
Then the colonel wrote letters to
dozens of people saying ho "would
not bo a candidate In 1912. " Now ho
explains that it is "perfectly true"
that he did write such loiters , but
"utterly false" that ho over said ho
would not be the nominee in 1912.
What ho meant , ho now explains , wns
that ho would not "sooU" the nomin
ation hut that ho would accept It if
It was thrust upon him by overwhelm
ing popular domain ! . Ho "was finally
obliged to como to the conclusion
thnt there was a real demand. " So
he told the agents of thnt demand
the seven politicians who had been
elected governors In seven states
that he would accept the nomination.
. . established lavish bond-
I1.- i'.i- ' ni/w
. . 14 In the Munsey building inS
\S uchltiRtnn , thousands of dollars nro
being poured Into his campaign fund
and he lias selected tUc loaders In
hut fight for the nomination but ho
"Is not a candidate In 1912. " lie Is
Just "willing to Uo the nominee. "
And the colonel's manager now ov
plnlns , In n reply to n statement that
Munsey , the magazine man to whom
It menus millions to defeat President
Tuft's recommendations for nn In
crease In pdstnge rates , Is furnishing
Roosevelt's headquarters free of rout ,
that "we elected Taft four years ago
In the harvester trust building In
Chicago without paying rent. " Who
elected Tnft ? Who was running Toft's
campaign ? Who selected Taft in the
first place for the presidency ? Does
Olknn menu thnt Roosevelt Is tnoroly
getting the same help now , In his
own behalf , that ho enlisted for Tnft
four years ago ?
The colonel rhrelv Issues a slnlo-
ment in which he does not charge
thnt under our system of choosing na
tional convention delegates , the "po
litical lenders try to thwart tlm pub
lic will. " It was under this same
convention 'system ' that Roosevelt
nominated himself In 1001 and nom
inated Taft four years later. Were
those cases of thwarting the popular
will ? The statement Is hardly borne
nut by post experience. It's pretty
hard to thwr.rt the popular will In
America.
Roosevelt's manager , Dixon , de
clares Mint he Is ready to shoot any
qmntlty of personal animosity into
the campaign. Nobody who has
watched the colonel's entrance had
anticipated anything else.
"If the people do not wish mo to
serve , " the colonel says , "most cer-
. taluly I do not wish to serve. " Which
Is really a very Interesting and philo
sophical view of the situation.
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T. R. WOHLD SUPPORT TAFT.
' There could be only one -possible
condition thnt might be construed by
Col. Roosevelt as warranting him in
r
asking the republican nomination.
That condition would bo the absolute
uiffllness of President Taft for his of
fice.
And If President Tafl were unfit for
the office , then It would be the duty
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of Col. Roosevelt , as a cttixeu , to use
. his utmost efforts to prevent Tnft's
. leturn to the white house.
j Out Col. Roosevelt has declared that
if Taft IB renominated , he "surely"
! will support the president in his campaign -
'
' paign for rf-election.
If Tnft Is worthy Roosevelt's sup
port for re-election , what possible ex
cuse is there for Roosevelt's demand
ing a third term , except his ambition
i to hold offke or his desire to punish
Taft because Taft chose to run his
own administration without dictation
from the colonel ?
One thought that comes to men's i
minds In the present political crisis
Is this : Out of 90 millions of people ,
have we only one man to whom we ,
I can trust the government of the
'united ' States ? Is Theodore Roosevelt
{ the only man in America to whom it
Is safe to trust the presidency ? Tlio ,
' call" of the seven governors Inferred
as much. Roosevelt's willingness to ,
heed that call , implies that this must
bo his opinion. And Is there any
charge involved in that theory , that
we are unfit , ns a people , for self gov
ernment ? Then why not elect a king
and be done with It ?
Lawyers throughout the country arc
eagerly awaiting the opinion of Sena
tor Root as to Col. Roosevelt's new
doctrine for the "reversal of judicial
decisions. " Root Is regarded as a
great lawyer and his words will be
elo.ioly read. Ono exchange Inter
prets this new theory as a "to hell wltli
the courts of justice" plan. .It is n
radical departure from the constitu
tion and It Is theory that not oven
the populists in their palmiest days
dared to advance. Senator Lodge ,
Roo.-evelt's lifelong friend , finds him-
relf unable to follow the colonel in
this new scheme and many newspa
pers believe that the colonel uttered
It not In the thought that It would
ever come to pass , but In search fern
n political issue upon which to make
a campaign for votes.
Col. Roosevelt has been for years
the apostle of the "square deal. " And
nuii'y ' people are wondering today
whether he has not temporarily put
it aside , In his ambition for n third
term. Roosevelt owes much to the
republican party. He has been lion-
| ored by thnt party as few men In his-
lory hn-ve been. By n word ho could
h ve Insured the success of his party
at the polls next November. If he
hnd turned a deaf ear to personal am
bition sind had endorsed his old friend
Tuft , who in all fairness has been a
constructive president , he could have
absolutely ceiuented the republican
party together nnd could have made
a continuance of republican principles
nn assured fact. As It U , he has cre
ated a condition which will render
victory In November a very difficult
matter , to say the least. Has he giv
en a square deal to the republican
party ? Again , Roosevelt owes much
to Taft. Taft , In the Roosevelt cabi
net , did n > urh to help make the Roosevelt
velt administration popular. Has ho
given a square deal to Taft ? And
even La Pollotte now charges that
Koosovolt urged him to run nnd prom
ised him Hint ho would not outer the
conflict. 11ns ho given n srptnro deal
to Ln Follcltu ? These are some of
the questions that people ore thinking
about.
Col. IloosovoU has declared that
any president can , by using the ma
chinery of government , leiiomlnate
himself. What assurance have we
then , In cnso Roosevelt should be
elected for a third term , that ho would
not use this government innchlnery to
perpetuate himself In office for a
fourth term and a fifth and so on ,
just as Diaz did In Mexico ? And this
Is no silly question as might appear
at first thought. Any stntement made
by Roosevelt now to the effect that
he would not run for a fourth term ,
would bo absolutely without weight ,
lie has gone back on one pledge of
that kind , and no utterance that he
lould mnko would now bo convincing.
Verily , there may have been some
Round common-sense in George Wash
ington's Idea , after nil , that It Is wise
to limit the presidency to two terms.
If Roosevelt had disregarded per
sonal ambition and the temptation to
seek for n third time the power that
goes with the presidency , If he stood
firmly upon his former declarations
that he would never accept another
nomination because he still believed
as ho believed In 1001 and in 1007 that
It is a "wise custom" that limits si
president to two terms ; if he had for
the moment forgotten his personal
animosity toward Taft over Tafl's in
dependence in framing his cabinet
and given earned credit to the presi
dent for the constructive things that
ho has done ; If lie had refused to turn
his popularity into a means of again
seeking office In n country which had
already bestowed upon him every pos-
nblo honor and had retained the pres-
i tlge and independence that such an at
titude would have given him , he could
have carved for himself a name and
a fame such as is possessed by per
haps no man in American history ,
live possibly Washington and Lin
coln , and could have been while he
still lived the greatest power among
! > 0 millions of people shaping public
opinion , in fighting public evils and
in influencing logishition. Having
tossed his hat into the ring an an en
deavor to once again taste the wine
of office holding , he has forever sac
rificed' much of the prestige that was
his for the taking and having reimdi-
ated his former declaration not to ac
cept another term , his words have
become those of the office-seeking po
litician rather than those of the great
moral leader , unswayed by personal
ambition.
ROOSEVELT IS EXPLAINING.
Col. Roosevelt's latest statement ,
explaining why lie entered the race
{ for n third term after he hud said he
would never accept another noniina-
tion , is even more disappointing to
may of his former admirers than was
his letter to the seven governors
launching his candidacy. The now
btntoment seems too full of the belief
on the colonel's part that he Is the
only man in the country able to cred
itably fill the job of president.
His reason for enteiing the race ,
:
1 the Oyster Bay dispatcli reads , -was
that men sharing his political beliefs
"convinced him they needed an effec-
.live leader. " It rather goes against
' the grain of Americans to have any
man come out in so many words and
toll us that he is convinced that lie
is the only effective leader. Some
how it doesn't seem quite ns modest
as we might desire a great political
loader to be.
"Col. KousoNoIt expressed the opin
ion that on a popular vote he would
lie the choice of his party by a big
majority , " the dispatch continues. He
may be right about it and he may be
wrong. Hut right or wrong , the Amer
ican people don't like to have any
man , big or little , arise and tell them
how popular lie is. It's too much like
boasting and boasting is not a trait
that the American people , as a rule ,
arc ready to applaud.
"Col. Roosevelt s-ald ho supposed a
treat many people would not believe
it , but that ho had not wished to enter -
tor the race , " the dispatch goes on.
And'that pu/upraph will cause a smile
to spread over the continent. He sup
poses a great many people will not
believe it , and his siipnositlou 1 * cor
rect. A great many people \\l\\ \ \ not
believe it. The circumstantial evi
dence will make It impossible for
them to believe the sincerity of that
remark. Col. Roosevelt himself laid
the foundation for public distrust in
his utterances when he violated the
pledge that ho never would run again.
So ho can't blame the public if he is
disbelieved now in his effort to ex
plain. In fact , in another Oyster Hay
dispatch on the snmo day , the colonel
is quoted ns saying that In his letter
of June 27 , 1911 , ho certainly stated
that he would not refuse the nomina
tion. That was a year ago and , sic-
i ording to his own word now , he had
fully decided at that time to accept
the nomination If ho could get it.
Yet ho would give us the Impression
that not until the seven governors
> -ent him the "call of the people , " and
then only after two weeks' careful
deliberation , did ho finally decide to
toss his hat In the ring. That doesn't
'iipport the colonel's declaration that
be has been ' forced In against his
will. It rather supports tlto bollof
i hat he has been planning over nltieo
he left the white IHIUBP ovt'r ulnce
I'aft decided to select his own cabi
net to get into the race for n third
term , either In the hope of personally
winning out again or of defeating Tnft
ind the republican party.
The colonel says lie thinks ho could
tie nominated If it were left to popu-
ar vote , but ho doesn't know how he
ran succeed against the presidential
edernl patronage machine. He keeps
insinuating that Taft Is using unfair
nouns of getting support. lie real-
i/es that there Is no way to disprove
his statement that he Is the most
popular mnn In America , because in
unity states delegates are chosen In
onvenlloiis. And he might be able
' work up sympathy by such argu
nent If It were not for the fact that
: e , himself , when In the white house ,
mod that same machinery thnt he
now complains of , to renomlunle him
elf and then to nominate Taftnnd
in those days he called It popularity
'iistead ' of maclfine power thnt hud
'ironght ' the victory.
The colonel says "many supporters
had come lo him and represented that
liuy needed a leader and that there
> vas n widespread demand for him. "
\nd who were these "leaders ? " They
were the disgruntled politicians and
office seekers who , sore at the ad-
'iilnlstration for ono reason or nn-
other , had everything to gain and
nothing to lose by Inducing the col
onel to run. They were the Plnchnts
who were "tinown out of the Taft ad
ministration for Insubordination and
impudent violation of orders ; the
( iarflelds who fulled of appointment
under Taft ; and the little band of sev
"ii governors self-constituted agents
of the people who were being left off
I'aft. delegations and saw a possible
. 'banco for state leadership or fat ap
pointment in case Roosevelt could
win. This was the "widespread de
mand" for the colonel to go back on
his word and seek a third term. It
was a "spontaneous" uprising , for
press agent purposes ; yete find
that for months a well-oiled Roosevelt
machine had been under consmiction
In eveiy state In the union , the lead-
i rs always in close personal touch
with the colonel. And upon Ills re
turn from Africa we find him hiring
.1 r-pccial train for a swing around the
i Irclc from New York to San Frau-
i isco , for speoclimahing purposes. At
the time it wns a sort of farewell
tour , but it apparently was only the
lirst farewell tour , like those of Sarah
Mernhnrdt.
Yes , the colonel Is right about it.
There will be a great many people
who will not believe him when he
boasts that he was dragged into this--
t-ampnign by widespread popularity ,
ugsiinst his will. He lias excellent
basis for piesuming that there will
bo some little doubt as to the slnceril.N
of that statement. The colonel's for
mer reputation for absolute voracity
has been considerably diminished
within the past few days.
AROUND TOWN.
All of which leminds one that
Easter bonnets are under construc
tion , soon to be occupied and that
one Easter bonnet may represent the
price of two or three tons of coal.
It is perfectly true thnt we said
we'd never again play golf on March
1. Hut in case of overwhelming de
mand , all promises aie off ,
Here llttlo lamb ! Here little lamb !
Come on in don't bo afraid. That
lion's asleep , lie won't hurt yon. And
besides , his teeth sire worn out or
at least they ought to bo by this timo.
Wo see by the paper that one. of
Teddy's own brothers-in-law is against
him. Now thuro'd bo genuine human
interest if some reporter could only
get the inside of THAT story.
What's become of the o. f. barber
that played the fiddle between
shaves ?
Wo see by the paper that u Norfolk
mail carrier hns twenty-one miles to
his credit every day. And "twenty-
one miles" ought to bo a winning hand
almost any old time.
Tlio great problem of the hour Is
.this : Will Washington , I ) . C. , a year
from today , bo a golf town or a tennis -
nis town ?
Roar , you lion. Roar your lungs
out. Then remain forever silent when
the llttlo Iamb does begin to bleat.
Speaking of lions , It wns three years
rue this month thnt that famous lion
hunt , just now re-entorlng the llmo-
light , was undertaken.
To show you how bad the storm In
Norfolk was Saturday , there wasn't a
j
street car running In the entire city
at uny time during the day.
Make a record of It : On March 1 ,
1912 , two Norfolk golf enthusiasts
went out and played two holes of golf.
Or would "enthusiasts" bo Just the
word ? Tell who tlioy were ? Not on
your life.
Isn't It queer how there are
more fish jumping on the otlior side
of the rlvor ? The grass Is always
ereener just over the fonce. Two
families of movers met In Norfolk
Saturday. Ono ivns headed from n
South Dakota town to n Nebraska
I own. Tlio ether wns headed from j
that very Nebraska town to that
Identical South Hnkoln town. Moth
looking for bettor conditions. Iioth
dlsKUtlsfled With their lot where they
Ud been living. Uotli saw ni-eeiier
fields across the state line. Isn't It
queer ?
Many of our 'lO.OOU dully readers
him * accused us of either being Impli
cated In , or having guilty knowledge
of that game of golf that n played
ii mid the bleak snowdrifts and fields
of Ice on the Country club grounds
hist Friday. Hut we refuse to be
smoked out. We won't dim-lisa It-
Not a word for publication. Wo neith
er deny nor affirm.
P. S. Our hat Is In the ring and
you'll hnvo our answer tomorrow.
Wo see by the paper Hint Snndow
rut n bud fall and had Iho wind knock-
id out. of him. Snndow ought lo lake
ii course , ) f ( raining under Home poli
tician.
llow the deuce can n fellow wear
shoes with holes In the soles through
mountainous snow drifts for three
months , and escape taking cold ?
When vou're well you sometlmesi
II.Ink what n snap It would bo to be
sick for a day or two how , with nil
your idle time , you could do a lot of
leading that you ought to do , or sew
ing , nnd sew on and sow forth but
when you act a little fever all those
dreams vanish Into thin air. Another
case of nntli Ipatlon nnd reall/.atlon.
Of course , there Is such si thing ns
being lee easily satisfied. Personally ,
when we're playing billiards we be
lieve that's the greatest game ever
Invented. When we happen to 'lie
playing golf , we're convinced that
that's got all the rest bii'-ked off the
map. When we're pla.\ng ! tennis , we
feel equally enthusiastic about thfit.
Maybe Hint's a ease of one's being
too easily satisfied but after all ,
It's n mighty comfort a bin feeling.
Speaking of tennis we understand
thnt we've been drafted to play as a
side partner to S. G. M. In a game
against .1. S. M. and H. M. , as soon as
weather permits , and Hint there's a
new hat staked on the result. We
anticipate that S. G. M. will win
c rown. Ther 's another ease where
"the hat's In the ring. " Or would you
say the lint Is on the net , In Ibis
case ?
T. R. is gating several million del
lars' worth of advertising n day. if It
were charged up at space rates.
Wo promised our answer today
about that golf game. Here It is , in
one word : "Guilty. "
Hut never again on the first of
March.
We promised you we'd not smoke
the pipe during Lent. What wo meant
was that we wouldn't smoke It con
secutively.
Speaking of pipes , wo presume that
now. following that fatal stabbing
\\ilh si corn cob pipe at Cleveland ,
every man found carrying one in his
pocket will bo arrested for carrying
a concealed weapon.
A Norfolk man broke his wrist
cranking an automobile. These
cranks do now and then got violent.
Kngland with Its million men idle
; .s a result of strike , with its suffrag
ettes hammering windows and prop
erty to pieces in their intelligent cam-
puign for the ballot , with its attempt
ed assassination of Rothschild , with
its homo rule controversy , etc. , etc. ,
really doesn't seem to heaven , just
at this time , that it is sometimes
painted by loyal former subjects.
We see bj the paper that rattle
sake venom will cure tuberculosis.
AIIU of course we nil know what to
take to counteract the rattle snake
venom , fiee , but we've got a bad
cough today.
ATCHISON GLOE3E SIGHTS.
How wo all love to hoar our jokes
lepenlcdl
No soup Is good enough to warrant
making a meal of It.
Life Insurance ngents are apt to be
just a trifle too friendly.
So many men are 'willing to worry
themselves to death with the Cares of
public office.
Some men are agreeable because
they are too la/.y to argue.
Another reason there are so many
Upllftors is becaiiso It pays.
Very few mashers nro so bold they
don't require encouragement.
Speed the departing guest suffi
ciently so ho won't miss his train.
It can't always bo said of a candi
date that ho is running for office.
One doesn't hnvo to bo so awfully
well known to get booze circulars.
Sometimes a Prohibitionist makes
the mistake of thinking nil sin Is wot.
A loafer who thinks the world owes
him a living , doesn't usually llvo very
\TQll.
Sometimes an automobile burns up
nnd wears out n llttlo foster than
usual.
Konio women mnrrv for love , and
others got a divorce for the saino rea
son.
A girl , you may Imvo observed , de.
votes n lot of her ontliualnHin to add-
Jectives.
TIIK PORT or MISSIM. sun's.
Text , "Ami tin- i " "I " 'i'1 ' ' ' " ' " " ll"1'
Into Hgypi Hftnln In MI i' ' " " " "Mil.
OS.
This marks fearful prophecy njjniiM
the faithless , renegade .lew "t nil'lent '
times. Then mine fulfillment "hen
mimhi'i's of cnptlveM were seni Imdt
by sea to the bomhme and liarsline M nf
Egypt. They were sold for sliMes ul
a vile price. 'I'linusmnN perNlied Inim
want. A multitude weie netcr henril
from again. Castaways of faith they
were. Recently I saw that linol. of
unique tllle , "The Port of Mlsimg
Ships. " The "llui-cnii Verltns" ol I'm-
Is with Its neeunilc record of casunll-
ties at sea shown 1.101 HI earn nnd ill-
Ing vessels lost em h year. Hie sea'- *
toll of over three a day. Some go nut
from port with Hags Hying mid crews
cheering. They're never beard fmm
again. "Missing" Is the sad me suce
to waiting ones. They are somewbeie
-yes , at the port of missing ships
We talk with wonder of cu-can's trens
im < burled beneath the waves , Imt
who can tell the treasures hidden in
the deeper , darker sen of human life
gone down In the wnles-s of defeat ami
death ! Oh. the wasted gifts , long lust
hopes that are now hurled beneath ihe
surface of our belter selves ! Now and
then we get a glimpse of them when
the reefs are left luire by receding
tides , squandered treasures , pearls mid
gems of life that have gone down In
the sen of our past.
' The Voyage of Life.
We are not at rest. Imt on a Jour
ney. Life is a movement , a ceaseless
progress toward an unseen Imrlmr.
What Is our haven'/ Where Is Hint
port ? What is the end toward whii Ii
we are either steering or drifting ?
Since our life's ship was llrst laiim li
ed on Us sea we hnve been sailing
somewhere , but where ? I've waielied
vessels leaving .New York hnrlinr lor
Scandinavia. Itrltain. southern F.urope.
I've watched iliein go out the ( iohleii
( into on to the ho om of the great
Pncllle. Some arrived at their de.Mmil
lion : some are missing.
Where are those comrades of boy
hood , those friends of youth ? Where
are Hie honor men of your class at
school or college. the e brilliant fellows
who carried oil' medals and prizes' :
Some have arrived ; some have disap
peared. Your alumni catalogue does
mil hear their name. Out of your busi
ness friends only 1 per cent arrived ;
! ) S per eenl failed Some weakness. In
temperance. ilMionesty , Instability ,
some uiieuiiipiereil sin , has wrecked
their comse. l.i'ie ' Hartley Coleridge ,
they write ( heir own epitaph :
I hnvo losl the nice 1 nvvur ran.
Napoleons paeing the beach of tneir
St. Helena with their Waterloo lost.
Life's Lost Ports.
In one sense all life is a losing.
Every aillumn says so. Itut to lose 'K-
nobly ! The most pitiful .sub I hear
from the wrec-Us in the nlmshouscs ,
iiiMine asylums. prlMin cells. Is , "My
life has been a failure. " Men who've
missed the murk ! Some who are slop
ping In lime's purgatory on the way
to eternity's hades. However , not ev
ery storm tossed craft fails for eterni
ty. LonUc'1 ' as If .loiiah had reached
his hist port when he was Hung over
tlie gunwale , lint Nineveh was yet his.
MOM-S stood on Pis-rah's lofty height ,
life's ( lram nnrenlixecl. Failed ot his
port ! We know now 'twas far more
Important to malic pidllUc chariu'ter
than the land of milk and honey. Many
another has been railed by death lie-
fore he has made what lie intended to
lie the port of earthly success. There's
pathos in Robert E. Lee's teaching
school after the Army of Northern Vir
ginia is no more. I stood , hat in hand ,
tear stained cheek , before the monument
ment marked "Appomntlox" in tin- old
Virginia town of Alexandria. Some
thing In the sad , weary , dejected lace
of the Confederate piivate made me
think of my own lost causes , on the
day the executioner's ax fell on .lobn
Hie liaptist and Paul the Christian it
looked like failure. Friday afternoon ,
April 7 , A. D. liO , the man on the cross
gasped. "It Is Unlslicd ! " Failed of his
port ?
The Lait Port.
God pity the derelict ! I've met him
on the high seas , mast less , half sub
merged , a menace to navigation , no
eye on the compass , no hand < > n the
helm , driven with wind and losM-d.
rinudrifting. . Ills craft the ImrU ot
skepticism. No freight reai lies nis
port. ' No passenger descends y.ing-
plnnV to greet joyous friends. "Hyn.i-
mite the derelict" Is the order I rum
every nation's capital. Without rmit ,
It la Impossible to please Cod or Mess
man. Say , mariner , don't drill into
that unmarked , uncharted wildivn.-
of wate/s that Inlldcllty spells. | i < n't
drift out of track of home ships \vtiv
from Hlhle. prayer , church. Coil. Sny.
sinner , huve you been sailing away
from ( Jed off toward the cold north . .t
sin and unbelief ? Turn home. It's s.- '
tlng late , eight bells , d-ig watch , start
home though colors torn , rugged aii-
battered hulks. Make port. Tlictv win
be waving of hands and tears ot i.n
What boots It if start of journev i. . .
pleasant , middle portion smooth ana
sunny. If In end craft Is wrecked , ear
go sunken , crew drowned ? Too iu- :
now ? No ; send out the "S-o S"of di > -
tress. God's mercy will tlntl you. Ttu
pilot of ( iiilllee will steer yon limn-
Out beyond the sky line MIH - :
land of heaven. Make your port. > tr.
your anchor ; you've reached your M-U >
haven.
The real estate ad that Imprest. * *
you nrlgnt is apt to be well wont r. ,
*
ther Investigation. Ami you n > ' n , -
BWered a real estate ad wit bom ' <
In * ; Norni-thlUK or