The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04
FRON OTHER PENS
TRUTH AND FACT.

There is a difference between truth
and fact. 1t is thus defined-truth is
a general law whereof facts are spe-
cific phenomena. Truth is gathered
from the facts. No fact alone consti-
tutes truth. 1t is the relation that one
fact bears to another that reveals the
truth. So one must be careful in max
ing his conclusions that one fact
should not control him. If it does it is
apt to make him very violent, angry
and vituperative. Generally the most
pestiferous people are those who make
up their opinion from one fact. They
are always intolerant and suspicious.
But the man who gets hold of one
fact and then looks about for another
of the same class, and puts them to-
gether, and thinks UP the relation be-
tween them, begins to get glimpse
of the truth, and to feel a little lower
temperature in his blood, and 10 speak
with a softer accent of the voice. The
proper use of news, or fact, or IN
formation is to afford the reader an
opportunity to extract the truth from
them and generalizing from them.
Here is the greatest difference between
men. One will use fact to get a truth
from 1t: while the other will use the
fact as if it was truth itself.
So. the way of wisdom and sanity
is to take a fact that comes within
ones range of Vision and quietly con-
slider it. What does it mean? What
lesson does 1t teach? The only way to
find that out is to call up the assist
ance of some other fact, in memory or
experience, and let each help the other
to a conclusion. That is the method
of truth. We get it no other way. If
our religion, our politics, our trade.
our social life could practice this
method, it would bring the fruit of
neace, comfort and hope. The conclu-
sions drawn from this one fact meth
cd. so universally practiced by the
ignorant, is what fills the arena of
discussion with SO much rancor, con-
fusion and error, whose exponent is
the loud and threatening talker-Ohio
State Journal.
LEMON PIE IN THE NAVY.
While recruiting bureaus are doing
for the navy, with colored posters
designed to show the delights of a
jackies life and the educational ad-
vantages of foreign travel. McKees-
port youth gives us the key to the
whole situation. This young man de-
serted from the training ship Constel-
lation and was arrested in Chicago.
When asked why he had deserted he
declared it was because he couldn't get
any lemon custard pie on board ship.
Thus Stephen Povalin furnishes
valuable pointer to our naval boards OF
strategy. If the enlistment is to be
kept up to the regulation number. and
if the service is to be maintained at the
standard of maximum efficiency, imme-
diate orders should be issued to the
pastry cooks on our battleships and
cruisers. In the vernacular of the
vulgum mobile, they should be handed
a lemon and instructed to convert it
into pie. We cannot afford to have
our marines disaffected or our naval
forces disorganized because of petty
spirit of parsimony in the culinary de-
partment. Make life worth living on
our warships, furnish the men behind
the guns with substantial incentives,
let them feel that they are not handi-
capped in a gastronomic way. In 9TH
er words, let us have lemon custard
pie.-Pittsburg GazetteTimes.