we can Keep ui mind their sources we shall better understand then limitations. The gov ernment of a country never gets ahead of the religion of the country. There is no way by which we can substitute the author ity of law for the vir tue of man. Of course, we can help to re strain the vicious and maintain a fair degree of security and pro tection by legislation and police control, but the real reforms which Boclety in these daya is seeking will come as a result of our reli gious convictions, or they will not come at all. Peace, justice, hu manity, charity ? these cannot be legislated Into being. They are the result of a Divine Graco. Following are fur ther excerpts from By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN RESIDENT COOULKiB delivered an address ut B the unveiling of the As __Mra bury statue in \V usliing ton that can be read with pleasure by all good Americans and with prof ; it by ad who wish to be > A come good Americans. ^ President Cool id ge spoke vith the authority of his office. Never theless, it is the address itself, more than the office, that carries conviction of its truths. Moreover, though President Cool idge's address is that of a student of his country's life and institutions, it is in effect n preaching full of the spiritual truths of the Christmas sea son. The Asbury statue is the gift to the nation of tens of thousands of Meth -odists .n the l'nited States and Can ada. For Asbury was the pioneer bishop of tl?e Methodist church in America, But no one should make fhe mistake of reading sectarianism into the address, for Asbury was also a splendid example of that striking fig ure of our pioneer days to which this country owes so much ? the "Circuit IJider!" And the Circuit Rider, quite aside from his form of religious belief, in our pion??er days was a national figure whose services to Christianity and civ ilization are known and appreciated. On tl^e other edge of the continent. Salem, Ore., this year unveiled ahother splendid statue of the Circuit Rider, rhe gift to the state of R. L. Booth in commemoration of the labors and achievements of the pioneer preach ers. of whom his father was one. "It was liecause of what BishOp As bury and his associates preached," said President Coolidge. "and what oth^r religious organizations, through their ministry, preRched that our coun try >has develo[>ed so much freedom nmj rctatribnted so much to the civili zation of the world." There is glory enough for all. Asbury 's name is im mortal la the East. So are the names In the far Northwest of Father de Smet, the Jesuit, and Marcus Whit man. the Presbyterian. , Francis Asbury (1745-1S1Q) waS "born In England, in 1771 was sent by John Wesley to IMriladclphia as a mis sionary and soon Uvas put in charge of the whole American Methodist or "Coloring" Pip33 ! Ordinarily, a pipe is boiled for color- 1 lug in a preparation of wax. which is/ absorbed, and a thin c*o:i t injr of wax la held on the surface of the pipe, and made to take a high polish Undpr the wax is retained the, oil of tobacco, which is absorbed by the pipe, and its hue grows darker in proportion to the ' tobacco used. A meerschaum pipe at tirst shonifl He smoked very slowly, and before a second bowlful is Ught An Unwatisfactory Goal Let us look our desires squarely In the face. To win riches, to have a cer tain balance in the bank and a certain rating on the exchange, is a real ob ject, a definite object ; but it is a frightfully small object for <he devo tion of a human life, and a bitterly disappointing reward for the loss of un immortal soul/ If wealth is our de sired haven, we may be sure that it will not satisfy us when we reach it.? Henry Vun Dy*e. ganlzatlon. Thomas Coke, consecrated bishop hy Wesley, came to America in 1784 and consecrated Ashury Joint bishop with himself. The 45 years of Ashury's ministry took him virtually nil through the Colonies and their western contines and Into Canada. Says President Coolidge: The prodigious character of his la bora is revealt-d when we remember that he traveled some 6.000 miles each year, or in all about 270,000 miles, preaching about 16,500 sermons and ordaining more than 4,000 clergymen, besides (residing at no less than 224 annual conferences. The highest sal ary that he received was $80 each year for this kind of service, which meant exposure to summer heat and winter cold, traveling alone through the fron tier forests, sharing the rough fare of the pioneer's cabin, until his worn-out frame was et last laid to rest. lJut he left behind hiin as one evidence of his labors 6!#5 preachers and 214,235 mem- I bers of his denomination. The vitality I of the cause which he served is further revealed by recalling that the 316 with which he began has now grown to more than 8. 000,000. | President Coolidge sees in t he de velopment of America the influence of u Divine Providence ? a conclusion ac cepted by most students of American history. He says : This occasion cannot but recall to our minds in a most impressive way the sacrifice and devotion that has gone into the making of our country. 1 It Is impossible to interpret It as the working out of a plan devised by man. ' The wisest and most far-sighted of j them had little conception of the great ness of the structure which was to { arise on the foundation which they were making. As we .*evlew thehr accomplishments they constantly admonish us not only that "all things work together for those who do good," but that in the direction of the affairs of our country there has been an influence that had a broader vision, a greater wisdom and t a wider purpose than that of mortal ! man, which we can only ascribe to a ! Divine Providence. "Appealing to the Supreme Judge of | the World for the rectitude of our intentions?" says the Declaration of Independence. "Religion and morality * enjoin this conduct," says Washington in his Farewell Address, "?that this nation, under God.!' says Lincoln in his Gettysburg Address. Says President Coolidge : Our government rests upon religion. It ir? from that source that we derive our reverence for truth and justice, for equality and liberty and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe In these principles, they cannot believe in our government. There are only two main theories of government in the world. One rests on righteousness, the other rests on force. One appeals to reason, the other appeals to the sword. One Is exem plified In a republic, the other Is repre sented by a despotism. The history of government of this earth has been al most entirely a history of the rule of force held In the hands of a few. Un der our Constitution America commit ted Itself to the practical application of the rule of reason, with the power held In the hands of the people. ? ?????? A preat lesson has )t>een taught us by this holy life. It |was because of what Bishop Asbury an'd his associates preached, and what other religious or ganizations through their ministry preached, that our country has devel oped so much freedom and contributed so much to the civilization of the world, j ? Tt is well to remember this when we are seeking for social reforms. If ?Ml ihe pipe should cool off. This is to keep the wnx ivs far up on the howl as possihl?, - anil rapid smoking will overheat, driving the wax off and leaving the pipe dry and raw. A new pipe should never he smoked outdoors 1 in extremely cold weather. -? : ' Spirit Always Needed J Young men are apt to think them * selves wise enough, as drunken men are to tidnk themselves sober enough 1 They look upon spirit to be a much better thing than experience, which Suspense Two women met o. n busy corner and, after the usual discussion of styles and other topics, one whispt red excitedly: "Oh, I heard the most thrilling scandal aoout Mrs. Van Dyne!" ?^Really!" exclaimed the other. "Oh, you must ? " .* Just then n nearby hydrant blew up. the flrst woman being so badly Injured that she was taken to a hospital for the address of President Coolldge : Perhaps, too, there is a lesson in con tentment In the life of this devout man. He never had any of the luxuries of this life. Even its conveniences did not reach him, and of Its absolute nec essaries he had a scanty share. With out ever having the enjoyment of a real home, constantly on the move, poorly clad, often wretchedly sheltered, much of the time Insufficiently nour ished, yet his great spirit pressed on to the end, always toward the mark of his high caliber. His recompense was not In the things of the earth. Yet who can doubt, as he beheld hip handiwork, as he saw his accomplish ments grow, there came to him a glor ious satisfaction and a diving peace. No doubt he valued the material things of this life, and certainly they ought to be valued greatly, but he regarded it as his work to put a greater 'em phasis on the things of the spirit. He sought to prepare men for the sure maintenance and the proper enjoyment of liberty, and for the more certain production and the better use of wealth, by Inspiring them with a rever ence for the moral values of life. What a wonderful experience he must have had. thi9 prophet of the wilderness! Who shall say where Ms Influence, written upon the Immortal souls of men, shall end? How many homes he must have hallowed! What a multitude of frontier mothers must have brought their children to him to receive his blessing! It Is more than probable that Nancy Hanks, the mother of Lincoln, had heard htm In her youth. Adama and Jefferson must have known him, and Jackson must have seen In him ? flam ing spirit as unconquerable as his own. How many temples of worship dot ?or landscape! How many Institutions of learning, some of them rejoicing tn the name of Wealeyan, all trace the Inspiration of their existence to the sacrifice and service of this lone Cir cuit Rider! He Is eiW^Med to rank a? one of the builders o?pur nation. On the foundation or a religious civ ilization which he sought to build, oar country has enjoyed greater blessing* of liberty and prosperity than was ever before the lot of man. These cannot continue If we neglect the work which he did. We cannot depend on govern ment to do the work of religion. We cannot escape a personal responsibility for our own conduct. We ennnot re gard those as wise or safe counselors In public affairs who deny these prin ciples and seek to support the theory that society can succeed when the in dividual falls. I do not see how any one could re count the story of this early bishop without feeling a renewed faith 'n our country. He met a multitude of storms. Many of them caused him sore trials. But he never wavered. He saw wars and heard rumors of war. but what ever may have been the surface ap pearance, underneath It all our country manifested then, and has continued to manifest a high courage, a remakable strength of spirit, an unusual ability In a crisis to choose the right course. Something has continued to guide th?* people. No tumult has been loud enough to prevent their hearing the stlli small voice. No storm has been violent enough to divert inspired men from constantly carrying the Word of Truth. The contests of the day have but been preparations for victories on the morrow. " Through it all our country has ac quired an underlying power of Judg ment and stability of action which has never failed It. It furnishes Its own answer to those who would defame ft. It can afford to be oblivious to those who would detract from it. America continues its own way unchallenged and unafraid. Above all attacks and all vicissitudes It has arisen calm and triumphant; not perfect, but marching on, guided in Its great decisions by the same spirit which guided Francis | Asbury. they rail col (In ess. They nre hut halt mistaken; for though spirit without experience Is dangerous, experience without spirit is languid and Ineffec tive. ? Chesterfield. Ancient English Book The first book printed in English was the "Recuyeil of the Ilistoryea of Troye," translated from the French by. William Caxton. The exact dute of its publicatton is not known, but it ap pears to be about 1474. six months. On her recovery her hus band took her for a year's tour of Eu rope for her health, hut finally she returned to the old town. There she met her friend, who looked wan and thin. "Whatever happened to you? You look so ill!" gasped the returned tourist. "I'm so glad you've come back !" cried the other. "I haven't been able to tat or sleep since you. left. What j did you hear about Mrs. Van Dyne?" [ ? Judge. I TRAVELER'S TAX FOR POOR ROADS IS BIG There Is an oft asserted statement that paved roads pay for themselves ? but how and In what coinage? Is the pay to he taken In better living con ditions that can scarcely be measured In dollars and cents or can a real money earning value be placed on them? The Arizona Gazette Phoenix Is In an excellent position to answer that question, since Maricopa county In which that dally is located has the lurgest mileage of concrete roads of any single county In the world ? a total of 307 miles of concrete. These roads were let In two contracts and the enterprise commanded nation-wide attention during their construction In 1920-23. This newspaper editorially quotes statements of Highway Engi neer H. E. Phelps of the College of Engineering, state of Washington, in which he decries the attempt to lower taxes by an "assault upon the taxes being levied for good roads." As this authority sees it, the traveler's tax for poor roads is greater than the tax necessary to build good roads. He says: "If we had concrete surfaces to drive upon, we could pay a tire tax of 67 per cent and still spend no more for tires than Is required for our pres ent road surfaces." Mr. Phelps then calls attention to the experiments that have been made to determine the amount of gasoline that is needed on different kinds of roads, saying that these experiments show that a gallon of gasoline will haul one ton 14 miles on earth roads, 21 miles on gravel and 31 miles on con crete. Taking the weight of an automobile as 1.4 tons and the price of gasoline as 20c per gallon, this highway en gineer tells what happens to your gas oline tank as the car passes over vari ous kinds of roads In the following manner: "When the car reaches, the end of the concrete and starts down a gravel surface, the extra gasoline required costs as much as a tax of 6 2-3 cents per gallon, and when It reaches the end of the gravel and starts down the average poor earth road, an added cost of ten cents per gallon is the traveler's tax caused by the poor road." In a similar veln.^ FYed R. White, chief engineer of the Iowa state high way commission, addressed the county supervisors of his state In August, 1922, telling them that highway taxes represent less than 15 per cent of to tal taxes and are responsible for only one-eighth of the total Increase In taxes since 1910. "^Whenever a cigar Is lighted," he said, "the smoker pro ceeds to born op the Mghway taxes of the average lowan for from three to six days" and also **? quarter sec tion of land taxed at $2 aa acre con tributes approximately one cent per acre to the county engineering werk." Tourists Repay Canada for Cost of Good Roads Canada has spent $191,000 in- build1 hi? good roads In the last fit* years* according to John R Harkln, Domin ion commissioner c# parks. The Dominion has received $118, 000,000 in revenue from- foreign, tour* i?t traffic In the same period/' Mr. Hark in said. ^Improvement of high ways has been a Mg factor In the de velopment of Canada's touring trade. The Dominion knows it Is not spend ing money on roads* bat merely Invest ing it. Good roods mean general pros perity. They save fanners millions of dollars in hauling costs annually." Good Road Hints The annual highway expenditures are approximately $1, 000,000, 000i ? ? ? The famous old Roman road, Vlt Appia, is 2,000 years old, and is stfll in a marvefously good state of repair. ? ? ? In the last 13 years Investments In automobiles have increased about 2^700* per cent and highway expenditures, have in the same time increased about 600 per cent. ? ? ? It is believed that the .states 1b co-operation with the federal authori ties should work out some system whereby more of the highway appro priations may be utilized in construct ing fa nn-to- market roods. * '? * Good roads, canals and navigable rivers by diminishing the expense of carriage, put the remote parts of a conntry nearly on level with those in the neighborhood of a town; they are, upon that account, the greatest of all Improvements. ? Adam S.nith. * * + > More and more good roads and bet ter motor cars are making touring one of the favorite American pastimes. ? ? ? It is felt that in order to increase the efficiency of motor truck transpor tation federal aid will have to' be ex tended to the farm-to-market roads, t ? * Remains of the first recorded roads are still in existence. They were built by the Assyrian empire about 1900 B. C., and like the spokes' in a wheel, radiated from Babylon to the corners of the empire. * ? f ? Of all Inventions, with the excep tions of the alphabet and the printing press, those which abridge distances hav? done the most for maAklnd.? - Macaulay. ' 9 ? ? In the ancient civilization of Pern streams were bridged and strong stone roads were built. Shade trees and sweet scented herbs were set along the borders of the road and at intervals, signs were erected for the direction of the traveler. Inns were built every twelve miles ? a day's jour Bey. W - - ? a* Catch 'Em Young | ? or Old Br H. LOUIS RAYBOLD L- a (Copyright.) ?? 4 ' ' -**? ? WT DISAGREE with your catch-'em young theory," said George Cole man firmly. "You maintain, Henry, that If you marry a little flapper you can mold her to your ways, while I be lieve that a woman who is already set tled In ways you admire is preferable." "Humph!" commented Henry Fow ler. "Two confirmed bachelors like ourselves discussing marriage! But I'll wager my Super-eight sedan against your new Sussex roadster that when you fall, it'll be for some young thing that doesn't know enough to go In when It rains, unless her complexion begins to run? and that I shall do like wise!" "Done !" shouted George so vehe- ? mentiy that Henry Jumped. "All right, old man," soothed his friend. "Don't get excited. Dining with the Enderbys this evening? Thought likely. Nice people." And he relapsed into his newspaper. Henry' did not know that friend George's vehemence arose from the fact that he feared the very contin gency predicted. Helen Enderby had a very flapper ish daughter as pretty as two pictures. Gabrlella her name was, and that was only one of many things about her which George did not fancy. Yet she fascinated George In spite of himself. **A nice wife for somebody," he liked to say to himself, "when she grows up." He would be too old then? most as old as Henry Fowler was now. who j was old enough to be the girl's father. Yet Henry, at that, he reflected, often took Gabrlella out and thereby roused In George a demon of Jealousy. He was to dine this evening at the Enderbys' ? as usual ? a habit started p.t the time of the death of John En derby, when he had stepped In as an old friend of the family to shift some of the suddenly Imposed burden of care from Helen's fragile shoulders. A wonderful woman, Helen! As unlike Gabrlella as an Easter lily Is unlike a giddy poppy. After supper whefl Gabrlella had de parted somewhere or other with some body or other, Helen confided certain worries to him. "I am troubled, George, T she said, "about my little gfrf. I am afraid she Is getting too fond of Henry Fowler. I don't know a finer man, bat, George, he's my age! Gabrlella should marry . a young chap. Even you are nearer her age than Henry!** "Thanks, dear lady!" And George arose and bowed. "But what ?tb we j dor "Couldn't you fro around * IfttTe more with her yourself?" Helen pot the question tentatively. "Cut In on Henry. If she really Tove* Mm, awf he la really serious, that wflT show Tt up. If not, she wilt get over what is probably mere infatuation." This was the moment for George to ploy safe and wash his hands of the dangerous Gabriella. But did he? Quite the contrary. He stood up and' squared his shoulders. "3Ty dear Helen; I stand* always ready to do you any service In my power," he assured' her gallantly. A very thorough person was George when once committed to- a- line of ac tion, and he straightaway began a complete absorption off GabrieHa'S time. Game a day when the four of them had motored to Claremont la Helen's car and were returning slowly down the drive; Gabriella, who- was driv ing, was dividing her attention be tween the wheel and the- panoramic Diver lights. Suddenly down a- steep grade at the left plunged* an unceifr trolled and' empty car. Instinctively Gabriella pressed' the accelerator. As a result, the car, in stead of smashing into the machine sideways, crashed by and over the bank, but as it did so- the rear fender engaged for a second the very end of the fender of the Enderby machine, throwing it violently across the road where; hitting the curb; It teppfed over. Fifteen minutes later Gabriella awoke to consciousness and became aware of a crowd' of people, among whom she singled out Henry and her mother. Where was George? Killed, of course. She stirred a trffte. "Darling Gabriella," came a vofce In her ear, and she found" she was lying is a man's arms. George was alive! But it was shock more than actual hwrt whleh hart affected her, and in a few days she was herself again. George, permitted to see her after a week of suspense, wondered to see how rosy were her cheeks ? how nat urally rosyt. . Just after he had slipped a plati num, jewel-studded band on her slen der finger, "How did you discover you loved me?" Gabriella asked him. "So long ago I can't recall!" de clared George fatuously and not al together truthfully. But later he hunted up Henry at the club as a man who Is In duty, bound to pay his debts. , * "You win," he said. "I'm engaged to the sweetest little flapper living! You laughed at my 'catch-'em-old' theory, and you were right. 'Catch 'em-young' is infinitely better, and?-** "Hold on," said Henry, and shook his head., "Keep your old car. 'Cati-rfv 'em-young' may be all right for you. Personally, however, I believe in wed ding a woman who Is already settled In the ways you admire. Congratulate me, old man. Gabriella's mother and I were married yesterday !" Game of Croquet Old There are no authentic data regard ing the origin of the game of croquet, which was a favorite of kings some 200 years ago. Some writers say that it was evolved from the game paille maille, which was played In Langue doc as early as the Thirteenth century. 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