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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
lii Is Just 400 Years Since
4 luther Broke With Rome

God had been their messengers" The
hierarchy was speedily brought to a con-
clusion that decisive steps must be taken
Luther had burned the bull of excommu-
nication in the public square at Witten-
berg. He had aroused a great company
Of students and citizens TO enthusiasm
But through action of the German princes,
who, though loyal to the Romish Church,
believed Luther to be too sincere thinker,
too learned a scholar, too famous theolo-
gian to be condemned unheard, the great
reformer went under safe conduct to
Worms, where he assembled a pulpit and
threw down his memorable challenge to
the Church of Rome.
What is the secret of this surprising
and unprecedented movement? The Rev.
Or. Remensnyder offers a summary under
three heads:
/. The republication of the Gospel.
2. A new definition of the Church.
3. The personality of Luther.
OF the latter he writes:
"Luther's genius was original learned
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
NEW work on pain and pleasur

TN A NEW work on pain and pleasure
("The Sense Of Pain and Pleasure,
u Our Senses Series, Mofat, Yard q
Co.. Henry Thomas Moore, Pm. D., as
sistant professor of psychology at Dart
mouth, discusses in an interesting and
popular manner various aspects OF an I'M
portant psychological and physiological
question. He has chapters devoted to the
varieties Of pain and pleasure, to the prob
able origin and development of these two
sensations, their bodily effects and nervous
basis, as well as chapters on the diagnostic
value of pain, on aesthetic pleasure, pleas
ure in play, the paradox Of pleasure-seek-
ing, etc.
Perhaps no portion Of the book is more
practically significant than that which
addresses itself to a consideration Of the
effect of pleasure and pain upon digestion.
Professor Moore writes:
"The first step which the body takes in the
direction of effective digestion is in starting
the secretion Of saliva. Now IL is a
pretty clearly established fact that pleasant
{ associations Of any kind tend TO make the
| moistening Of the mouth proceed easily
/ whereas pain and unpleasantness make II dill
! ticult or even impossible. So regular Is this
/ connection that some savages, as for example
J the Australians, express admiration by smack
1 ing and clacking the mouth. Children often
! add TO the expression Of their Joy by various
/ gurging and trickling sounds; and even In
/ adults the warm smile always carries with 1t
a certain suggestion OF moistness. dry
/ mouth, on the contrary, is fairly con-
slant accompaniment to marked unpleasant
ness.
after salivary secretion the next impor-
tant process in preparation for digestion Is
the secreting of gastric juice. And here again
we find a very definite antagonism between
! pain and pleasure effects. Almost every one
has noticed more or less clearly that in some
strange way food eaten under pleasant sur
roundings is assimilated with more than ordl-
nary ease and without harmful after effects.
The German beer garden and the French cafe
: chantant flourish for this reason. In our own
dyspeptic country this knowledge has been
capitalized on an extravagant scale. The
dominant theory Of the big New York hote!
to-day is that rich patrons will spare no price
/ if every consideration of elegance, daintiness
and personal comfort is provided in addition
to good food.
"The direct stimulation Of pain nerve Is
most effective, and even the discomfort OF
dog in new surroundings, or his annoyance at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
The Effect of Pain and
Pleasure Upon Digestion
"Beffer dinner of herbs where love Is, fhan
2 sfaJIed OK and hatred Herewith. "-Solomon

being tied, will often suppre" the gssths
flow. In children mere vexation at not osins
allowed 10 eat when they want TO may renosS
them incapable Of digestion even though
hungry.
"An important part Of the total process OF
digestion is what may bs referred to as the
mechanical factor, /. e., the contrsctions OF
the stomach and intestines, This is the hnai
process by which food 4 :arried from one
region to another in the nentary canal. on
this depends the assimil. ion OF food which
has passed through the preliminary stages OK
digestion. When this movement ceases, fooa
inevitably stagnates.
"The story Of the effect Of pain and pleas
ure on digestion is one that is simply told'
for the effects are direct and constant. Inc
practical deductions are therefore so PLAIN
that he who runs may read, and yet untor,o-
nately their plainness does not guarantee tho
reading Their importance Is, however, IN
conceivably great. Dearborn has sptly said
that dyspepsia in the long run is more mo-
mentous than war. Year in and year out its
destruction probably amounts to even more
and vet it is certain that a very large Fer
cent of its ravages could be eliminated by
rigid enforcement Of the following rule;
Always force yourself to 80 without food
rather than eat when annoyed, anxious, hur'
red or in severe pain.
"Eaicacious as this simple regime would
undoubtedly be, IL Is amazingly hard 70 put
into effect in everyday life. One OF the many
things that die hard is the Illusion that hav'
ing eaten means being fed. A safety hrss
campaign directed toward dispelling this illu.
sion would rank in public service with any OF
the welfare movement. which social workers
have fostered The business mems luncheon
Is probably the meal at which the soul Is moss
consumed along with the food. II sou-gnaw'
ing is a necessary feature OF noon life In
METROPOLIS then a glass of water Is the ideal
luncheon Of the future. Perhaps an increased
skill in relaxation may be made 70 save the
day, but if not, the alternative is plain.
"The relation between pain and digestion
will serve 70 make clear one further point.
The readiness of the neurasthenic TO md IN
his stomach a prolific source Of trouble can
hardly be a matter Of surprise. Whatever
the original character Of his difficulty, fancied
or real, it would take no great amount Of dis
agreeable thinking to have a substantial ef-
feet in thwarting digestion. When eating
proceeds under these conditions the way 70
real trouble is not far ahead. What per cent
Of dyspepsia is nervous it Is difficult 70 say,
but It can be readily seen that there Is prac-
tcally no limit to the power Of pleasantly OF
unpleasantly toned ideas 70 further or hinder
the assimilation Of food"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28

his way. They come one by one. One by one
they circle the city, drop their bombs, scuttle
off into the stars.
THAT lovely line of Henley's-'The ways
of death are silent and serene-it is unex-
pectedly, sardonically, In my mind as ! edge
out along the dank reaches of the calle TO
the nearby massiveness Of protecting arches
on the brim of the moon-flled Piazza. Silent
and serenel
"The noise is lunatic-has maniac shape'
He is here at last-the frst-comer. The
anticipated dread of Him is ove-. We're in
for it now-in for it with adventurous, in
solent, appalling curiosity
Romance gone shrieking mad. Voluptuous
soft airs blown to bits Of hell. Venetian
splendors. Internal carnival Of shrapnel
and shel-iron and fire and blood. The en-
chanted city bristles with gun bores-rifes,
machine-guns, anti-aircraft guns, cannon.
The racket and roar and rumble are so ter
rife that they are almost comic. In the gasp
ing pauses OF cannonade one catches the i'm
perturbable rhythm of that damnable plane
circlng the city The bedam redoubles.
There is heavier crash in the midst Of it,,
crash and horrible gulp. The falling
bombl Another-Lord God Of Battle, is this
war Another! What have they got? San
Marco? The Palace? Santa Maria? That
hospital Of half-dead soldiers?
"Then the sick, jaw-set interval.
Here He is now-the second. There's the
throb, throb Of his machine. At Him, you
guns! Venice shakes again and heaves and
screams and sobs and curses. Out Of it all,
over IL all, those solemn Clock-Tower bells
richly striking the passing hour The
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around the fire paying US no attention.
"What you got there in my lunch pail,
DAM" asked Howard.
"Some dynamite that I'm returning to
the store" said Dan. Zone stick was
enough to loosen the drill-stem." Then
he added, Where do you get the idea
that's your bucket?"
Guess | know it by the dent in the
top" said Howard. "I1l have to ask you
for it."
Dams voice grew a bit louder. look
here, once and for all This is my pail,
full Of my dynamite, and no freckle-faced
mud grubber is going to get it away from
me-"
The mossbacks around the stove were
listening now. 1t looked like things
might take an interesting turn. l was
aghast-never before had the men ex-
changed unfriendy words.
Howard stepped forward, his fist
clenched keep your powder sticks" he
said slowly, "but, to save trouble, give me
my pail"
Dan was white. Howard" he said
grimly, you're plumb mistaken. You
can't have that pail"
The room was quiet, except for the
heavy breathing of the excited specta-
tors.
Howard, silent and tense, stared grimly
at Dan. Suddenly he stepped forward
and spoke sharply. DAN" he said, mo
body but me is going to have that pail"
and he grabbed for it.
Dan thrust out his arm. "Then no
body'H have til" he roared, and, stepping
back, he opened the stove and threw in
the pail.
Crash! The chairs Of the charmed cir
every head hit the floor at the same in
slant. Men began to run before they got
to their feet. Some took no time to rise
but scuttled for the door on their hands
and feet. Bill Edwards took three steps
in the same spot in the sawdust-covered
floor before he got traction enough to be-
gin to gain any momentum. Nobody said
word-there wasn't time. Adams went
through the window--or would have If his
foot hadn't caught. | was too scared to
run-until | looked at Howard.
Howard was laughing-more than
laughing. He was hystercal. He pointed
wabbly finger at Henry Adamss shoe
hanging TO the window sill and, bent
double with merriment, laughed himself
breathless. Dan sank into chair, and his
big bluff roar Of laughter brought the
scrambling mob at the door to their
senses. And it was the contagion Of his
laughter, together with the presence Of
mind Of the barkeeper in Setting them
up" that prevented the massacre of the
practical jokers.
When | meet Dan again, we'll sure
squeeze a lot of JOY out of the recollec-
ton Of that night.
THE END.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
Those Who Drill for Gold

verified their suspicious. The property
was turned down next day.
But there Is another way to salt.a drill
hole-even a cleverer one. A California
property was once drilled. The results
ran a trife under ten cents per yard
Just enough to put 1t in the doubtful class
in those days. The owner tried his best
to get the option taken up, but the COM
pany which did the drilling was undecided
They determined TO drill more closely to
Danish their doubt
From the very start the new holes were
better. 4 heavy concentration on bedrock
was reported by the panner. Check holes
were put down six feet from some Of the
former holes. The same unusual values
on bedrock appeared. Another mining
engineer was sent to the property in con-
there also-in evident anxiety as to the
results. He kept away from the casing
only peering into the pan at times. He
was unobtrusive, and, while sailing was
thought of, no one really suspected the
man.
One day a hole was Just being COM
pleted. The panner was at work on next
to the last pumping. The owner stood
idly by smoking q cigarette, looking into
the pan. Suddenly the drillman leaped
over the sand pump and grabbed the
cigarette out Of his hand. The owner
turned white, then, without word, turned
and walked quickly away. Examination
proved what the driller had shrewdly
guessed at--the cigarette was rich with
gold dust. The ashes, innocent enough
in appearance, falling into the pan, had
doubled the real results.
That ground is now being dredged, but
the values are under ten cents.
Ny last Job with Dan was in q little
Oregon town. The story Of our parting
will bear telling. / was to leave first;
the others were to drive the drill to the
railroad. The stage was to leave at
o'clock in the evening, and had packed
and gone downstairs in the hotel to the
room that was office, bar, cardroom and
parlor all in one. 1t was bitterly cold
night outside. The entire male populace
Of the village was close to the red-hot
alright stove. Henry Adams, the team
ster, whose uncanny craftsmanship with
tobacco juice fascinated me in spite OF
myself; Bill Edwards. whose wife sup
ported him by working in the hotel
kitchen; Sven Matsen, whose beautifully
stained whiskers set the standard even in
this bewhiskered community; Gus Leber
who did odd Jobs at blacksmithing back
Of his little bakeshop-all formed q
charmed circle around the stove and saw
dust box.
| leaned against the bar, waiting for
Dan 70 return. But it was Howard who
blew in with gust of chilly wind. He
Joined me and, with mysterious twinkle
in his eye, started to speak. Just then
Dan came in, lunch pail in his hand.
We three chatted together, the group
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28

Y ii VIE ld!lSsJ CHllIlNcy III lNe NOrlus
according to Popular Mechanics"
has recently been completed in
Sagonoseki, Japan. AS described, it is
"of reinforced concrete and stands $40 feea
high, on hill 430 feet higher than the cop
per smelter with which it is connected, so
that it discharges its poisonous fumes 900
feet above the plant. The chimney Is ~ feet
in diameter at the base and its inside
diameter at the top is 26A feet. The founda-
ton Is 95 feet in diameter and contains 200
cubic yards of concrete. The first $50 feeo
of the chimney has a concrete lining sepa-
rated from the outer wall by 5-inch air
space. Four hundred tons Of steel were used
In the whole construction. Only by compar-
ing the photograph Of the completed struct-
ure with that showing the base alone which
contains an arch 81 feet high, can one get
an adequate Idea Of the dimensions OF this
great chimney. long zigzag fue leads from
the smelter up the hill, to the base Of the
structure.
"The reason for making this passagewsy
so irregular was TO thoroughly battle the gases
as they passed on their way to the great
upright vent"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
French Achievement in Surgery
and Medicine

methods Of preservation for certain foods BY
heating and sealing
ITO the French, then, We owe the develop
ment Of modern medicine and the knowledge
Of the cause and the prevention Of disease,
a knowledge which now controls the fevers,
plaques and infections that formerly deci-
mated mankind, especially the destruction OF
armies. Because of these discoveries our
soldiers are immunized by serums and vac
cines against typhoid and paratyphoid fever
before going into service. The ravages OF
tetarus among the injured is checked by
serum. ny making effective the laws Of SAM
itation ard hygiene the health OF the soldies
Is maintained"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
//TTIS all inTolably here, and yet 1t Is,
strangely, not here-the fine, fan

II
strangely, not here-the fine, fan
~ tastic wonder of Venice that one
has been SO wont to touch and CHERISH
writes Emery Pottle in "The Tombstone"
Mr.. Pottle paid recently visit to the
beautiful Italian city, which lives in daily,
or rather nightly, terror of enemy air
raids. lone has the impression" he says,
"of having come the day after death, so
immense is the sadness Of Venice" And OF
the extensiveness of damage already done
and imminent he writes:
"Of the many bombs which have fallen on
the city-huge they are, most Of them-the
greater part have wrought but little ILL.,
Little i'll, indeed, is a large phrase. where
every loosened stone, every shattered cornice,
every humblest broken wall is a unique
treasure lost Many Of the bombs fall into
the canals. Many do not explode, mercifully.
Rut what guarantee is there, after all, for
tomorrow? For the grim months to come
What but chance-or the implored miracle
spares the expectant city"
Mr.. Pottle thus describes a vivid night
raid:
The sea-blown air is all at once shrieking
with alarms Screaming steam whistles, bel
lowing cannon, hysteric bells. Startled by the
signal. we're on our feet for fight to shelter.
We run like rats. Suddenly there's horrible
silence. II is the minute Of suspense. The
raised baton before the crash and clangor
Of sounds over the salt morasses He's on
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Creeds
.HE Rev. Joseph Fort Newton, D. Lift,
of City Temple, London, writes In
"The Christian Work.:

TINE Rev. Joseph Fort Newton, D. Lift,
of City Temple, London, writes In
"The Christian Work.:
-Time was when the task Of the Church
vas 10 win bad men; now its task is TO re-
tain the good ones. Once the Church sup
ported men, upheld the weary and sorrow
bound; now men are besought TO support
Tie Church Why is this so? Who are the
men who hold aloof from the Church? Not
simply the low and evil-minded. but many
Of the lofty Of soul. the upright Of character,
Who have the future IN their hearts, and
Nose service TO humanity puts many a
saurchman 20 shame. When asked
WY, they sag that casting their lot with the
Church implies the acceptance Of dogmas In
Which they cannot honestly believe.
1vhat. then, shall we dol Throw the his
'oric dogmas Of the Church out the window
and over the wall and devote ourselves to
he gospel Of sweetness and light! Such q
method has often been tried, and as often
hued. No mere CONNECTION Of rosewater
.sntiment and intellectual beauty will satisfy
ns deep cravings Of our nature and the
leeds that gnsw at our hearts. Something
pfstoundor Is needed II IL lie TO reach the
hSrnsn soul and heal the infinite pain that
arobs IN Il forever. From religion OF
'ssstness and light men will turn, in their
efe perpleXitieS, 10 the crassest supersu-
t''h, TO the orudest dogma, accepting won
asis which the intellect rejects for the So
ace which the intellect cannot give. No. 1T
ell matter OF Interpretation. Dogma,
Md Phillips Brooks. is Truth packed for
Evaporation and IL Is of little use along
As way. II must be unpackod and the living
might that gave 1t birth and made It worth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
vHEN Martin Luther nailed up his
95 theses upon the door Of the
Castle Church at Wittenberg on

-THEN Martin Luther nailed up his
~ IS theses upon the door Of the
w Castle Church at Wittenberg on
All Saints Eve, October 81, 1917, four
..nturies ago, he brought about world
u,;se reformation. This reformation has
b,en called an epoch second only in i'm
nor+ance to the birth of Christianity.
The Rev. Junius b. Remensnyder, D. D.,
RI. D.. writing in recent issue of "The
Cburchman" regarding the worlds debt
n Luther remarked:
oft is often taken for granted that the
v,orld vas ready for the Reformation. and
Rat is considered a prime cause for its sue
..ss But this seems a mistaken opinion.
abuses had always been known TO exist IN
the Church. and had been sharply criticised
nv Nous men. But this was no more the case
in The sixteenth than in the preceding CEN
tures.'
But had there been no pre-reformers
who paved the way? No, the writer finds,
Il appears not THE mystical writer's"
he says, were little concerned with the
Church as such, and had been so vision
sry, with a tendency to extreme individ-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28

Church" for October co.
VJXIHEN two men find fault with the
w same thing, but the one accuses it
Of excess while the other charges 1t with
defect, it is most likely that the object Of
their fault-hnding Is the golden mean. So
when one party accuses Christianity Of max
ing forgiveness an unattainable ideal, and
the other accuses 1t Of emasculating the for
giving man Of all virility then the Christian
may be sure that the Christian doctrine Of
forgiveness is true, and its opponents are in
error. But most Of US have an uneasy feel
ing that, consoling as it is, such a conclu-
sion provides little comfort to the man who
Ia searching his conscience concerning his
own practice Of this Christian rule of con-
duct. He not nfrequently ends the contro-
yersy with a patient shrug Of the shoulders,
and shelves the question, hoping that what
he has done has been right after all.
"The war has forced attention to the prob
lem. IL is obvious that state OF warfare
between nations, so long as it lasts, takes
away the power Of exercising forgiveness TO
our national enemies The foe cannot be
forgiven while he stands in arms against US.
The pacifst quotes the injunction TO turn
the other cheek to the smiter. Common
sense seems TO say, Hit him back till he
learns that two can play at that game The
average man grosns at the conflict Of prin-
ciples. follows the crowd and tries to do
the best he can, leaving the responsibility
for taking up arms 10 those who gave the
order to mobilize. But in so doing he has
not esined any clearer idea of the Christian
doctrine Of forgiveness. He has in fact
exercised quite another virtue, the virtue Of
obedience. And he Is the better man for
IN. exercise Of this much questioned virtue"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28

Christs confidence in us is urspedk-
ably touching. He felt the
tgorld tCas safe In our hands. He tCas
Gtcay, bit we Could be Christs to IT;
the Light Of the toorld tCas gone, but
He tgould light a thousand lights, and
Leave each Of us as one to illuminate
one corner Of its gloonl.-Dr1emnrond.
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packing brought into the light. No dogma
was invented Every doctrine Of the Church
was an effort to utter and interpret deep
and vital reality of experience. Its terms
may be obsolete but the truth remains, and
our duty is TO find the truth it was trying to
tell and interpret that truth to-day"