The St. Mary banner., 1907-12-28

In England the source OF the supp"
of eggs has become question OF ma
,ional Importance, AYERS the Christian
Register.
In a recent address, DR.. K. 5. NC
Arthur, Of New York, was speaking
with much greatness in his thought
and utterance of Americas place
among the nations of the world. he
spoke of the Mediterranean as the
great Midland Sea of the activities OF
the ancient world. OF the modern
world the Atlantic has been the MS
tory-making Midland Sea, while in the
future, he declared, the westward
flight of the worlds activities would
make the Pacific the great Midland
Sea, and on it the East and west
would meet. The thinking man VINO
looks ahead can hardly escape a feel
ing, believes the Progressive Farmer
that the United States have mission
to perform for the world in the "a
cific Ocean and whether there should
be a war or not, it can better perform
that mission by being able at all times
to protect its every interest.
The American people love their ora
tors, says S. p. Orth in The Atlantic
Monthly. No other people flock as we
do to hear sonorous sentences, well
rounded periods, plausible epigrams'
multiplied ALTERATION. and picturesque
metaphors. Nowhere else is resonant
voice so potent as in America. Where
else in the world, and in history, could
be re-enacted the scene that witnessed
the nomination of an obscure news
paper reporter for the highest Office III
the gift of great nation, because ci
the full rotund of his voice and the
what greater tribute could be paid to
man than was youchsafed by the as
cembled thousands gathered from
every state at the eastern gateway OF
the continent to greet the necromancer
of words as he returned to his native
land from world tour? 1t is not
BRYAN the statesman, nor Bryan the
sage. nor Bryan the politician, but
Bryan the orator, whom the masses
adore.
Professor Arrhenius. of Sweden. re-
nowred physicist and Nobel prize-win-
ner, in new book about the origin
and formation of worlds, expounds
new and consoling theories, remarks
Harpers Weekly. For reasons that hs
sets forth, he concludes that the sun
is not burning up, nor the earth cool
ing, nor the machinery of the universe
wearing out in any measurable degree.
Things celestial are likely, he thinks.
to go along as they are, not for few
million years, as Lord Kelvin COM
puted, but for millions Of millions OF
years. A world without end, this
learned man thinks ours is, and there
are shreds Of consolation in his con-
viction about it, and in the stiffened
realization that if the railroads, trusts,
and all of us other sinners are not per-
fected in good conduct before next
New Years, there probably will still,
in Heavens mercy, be an extension OF
opportunity, and we can 60 right on
laboriously climbing the golden stair.
Maybe we can even rest minute or
two and knot our broken sandal;
strings and take drinks out of our
gourds, but as to that the learned
physicist does not say.
In his recent admirable address be-
fore the Syracuse members of the Hol-
land Society of New York, Professor
A. c. Flick of Syracuse University.
showed how great have been the con-
tributions Of the Dutch to civilization,
and paid fitting tribute to the bravery,
patience, independence, and heroism
which made them leaders of political
liberty, democracy, and religious free
dom. Incidentally, states Leslie S
Weekly, he criticised Washington Ir-