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PAGE SIX THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE Bruce- Barton ™ THE RACE GOES ON You have read, of course, the story of the Frencli Revolution. Riot and jnllage swept through Europe’s noblest city; jjroud iiecks were bowed upon the block; the gleam ing knife descended; wise heads and beautiful heads rolled together into the basket. Ask alm/>st anylxjdy the ques tion: “How many met death by the guillotine?” and the answer probab ly will be: “Tens of thousands.” Recently I had occasion to look iijjon the figures. It ajJiiears that in the fifteen months from March 1793 to June 1794, 1251 men and women were sent to the guillotine in Paris. 'I'hc highest computation that we can make of the increase in the death rate in the city in that period is that it rose from 27.8 per thousand to around 30— nothing to be comjiared with what an influenza epidemic or a list of automobile cas.ualties can do in this country today. 1'ranee wat as near to Chao’s as any modern country has been at any time. Yet even through this ch;u3s we must assume that bakers rose early and fired their ovens, the butcher slaughtered his animals, the grocer chaffered with the farmers, the mothers scrubbed the face.s of their children and packed them off to school. The actors [)layed in theatres; the people walked the •Streets. I was quoting these historical facts recently to a rich and ai>o- jilectic gentleman who had been arguing that th’C United States is aboiit to come to an end. I said: “You confuse your personal for- times with the fate of the nation. You are going to lose some money, jierhaps, but the ootmtry is not going to die. People will keep on fjetting married, having babies, tell ing lies, engaging in silly quarrels and drinking too much coffee, just as they always have done. You and J, who have had things easy uj) to now’, may not be quite so com fortable. But the race goes on.” MEET A “MOST ABUNDANT LIFE” When the market crashed in the fall of 1929 1 hajtpened to be visit ing a rich man who, though still fairly young, had about made up his mind to retire. Jn four days two-thirds of his fortune was swept away; he knew that his plans for his life would have to be radically revised. At breakfast on' the fiftli day he came up smiling. “I’ll have to keej) at work,” he said. “I’ve thought the thing through, and ad justed my mind to it.” Then he added: “After all, retiring is just ^I'ne form of suicide.” 1 thought of that e.xtraordinary comment the other day when I met a man who had been retired always. He is now in his 'Carly fifties; he is married, but has no children; his health is good, and his income, probably between $12,- (KX) and $19,0(X) a year, is derived from governme.nt bonds which he bought with money left him by his father. After graduating from college he “worked” for a short time in the family business, but with no en thusiasm, and when his father passed away he promi>tly took his share of the estate and has done nothing 'ever since. In the summer he drives to New England where he has a little farm. He has ,no interest in any of the arts, pays no attention to the advancement of science, does hardly any reading, and takes no part in politics. His income being tax-exempt he makes no contributions to the ex penses of government, and having carefully guarded against the inci dence of off-spring, he has no care for the future of the race. In fact the only spark of interest he show ed during our oonversation was w'hen he told me that he had at last found why the grass would not grow around the .borders of the pond on his farm. Here is a chap who has what one might call the “most abundant life.” But why was he born at all ? What’s it all aboi:t ? He is the dull est man f have ever met. (Copyright, K.P.S) TUE FAMILY ..DOCTOR ■JOIN JOSEPH GAINES.MJ3. DROPPED COLON BETTER THAN NONE A very much alarmed ]>:iticnt came to a great specialist and said ; "Doctor, I ha\e a ‘lrop])ed colon,’ now what’s the worst thing that may hajipen and when may I ex- I'ect it?” “,lt has already happened, my dear,” said the doctor soberly; “it hai)pened when the fool tolil you his diagnosis.” .Among my present clientele there are no less tiian three elderly pa tients with dropped colons of 20 U) 30 years standing. They are neither dying, nor “running into cancer,” as the esteemed charlatan would have them 'believe. The colon has become the veritable gold mine for the medical impostor, who will stave the “cancer” off for you if you tickle liis benevolent iialm with a sufficiency of cash—in ad- v:ince. You may have a dropped colon, Treat yourself as if you didn’t have it. If it causes no discomfort, let it alone. If jt annoys you, take gentle laxatives u.'jd unload it, al ways gently. Try mineral oil every day until you get a satisfactory ef fect. A well-filling abdominal sjip-' porter, not too tight, may help. You want supijort, not garroting. See that you maintain a regular diet, avoiding hard fried foods and hcuv ily seeded berries, either in pies, preserves or jams. Seeds are bad for a>lons and so are skins of bak ed apples, cherries, plums. Swallow no skins if your colon gives dis tress. Sweet milk may ck>g (Ii'C lazv canal. If it does, switch to btittef- milk. Whatever you do that is right, stick to it. You can’t put a dropi)ed colon back in place. Neith er can the blatant quack, even if you »iaid him a hundred or five hundred dollars. And a dropped colon is better than none. B^ sensi- 1 Kii iitay iidvc a (iropi)eu ooion, COK “ptosis” we call it. Stop worrying. | ble. HOW TO "KEEP EDUCiVTED”' Read Daily the VTorld-wide Constructive News in The Christian Science Monitor An International Daily T^txcspaper It gWea alt the constructive world newt but does sot exploit crime «nd scandal. Men like tho column, "The World’s Day’*^news at a glanca for the busj reader. It has interesting feature pages for all the family. A eekljr Magasino Section, written by distinguished authorities on eco nomic, social and political problems, gives a survey of world affaire. The Christian Science Publishing Society One, Norway Street, Boston, Massachusetts Please entsr my subscription to The Christian Science Monitgb for t period of □ lyear|$9.00 □ d months $4.50 Q 3 months $2.25 □ 1 month 75c Wednesday issue, including Magazine Section: 1 year $2.60; 6 issues 2Sc Name GOOD PASTURES ARE ESENHAL Livestock Specialist Gives Timely Hints on Care Of Grazing Land Cattle get plenty of exercise but produce little meat and milk from worn out pastures,, accordmg to James M. Parks, agronomist ot the soil conservation service m iNortn Carolina. J’rojierly managed pastures con trol erosion on sloping fields and produce the cheapest of all live stock feeds. Overgray-ed pasture.s are soon reduced to a play grounc for hungry cows and mules, says Parks. (iood permanent pastures prevent losses of topsoil and the formation of gullies. Together with trees they rejiresent the only natural and in- come-producing ' means for protect ing slopes too steep tor the produc tion of clean-cultivated crops. 'I’o keep a pasture from becom ing a livestock gymnasium and to protect the soil from washing away. Parks suggests the apj)lication of these timely pasture hints: 1. Do not graze heavily in dry seasons. 2. Mow the weeds and shrubs that rob moisture. 3. Let new seedings make a good top growth bi'fore grazing. 4. Plant temporary pastures highlands MACONIAN Hill Enters Poh^ W Hill Jr. (above), grandson of tjie late “Empire Builder” James J. 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