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(OBOMOOOOMMnQBQOBOOQM Fundamental | Principles of I Health^g^ I | Br ALBERTS. GRAY, M.D. f (CopriffbC 1*11. by AS. Cray) 6UNL1GH1 AND INFECTIONS. The dally newspapers recently pub llahed the following paragraph: "At a conference of the Association for the Prevention of Consumption at Leeds. England, Sir William Osier of Oxford, formerly of Johns Hopkins university, startled the audience by the announce ment that SO per cent of all people probably have 'a small focus,or area of tuberculosis.'" \ The audience wi& Tataiitled* by the assertion only because we habitually give very little heed to any matter that does not Immediately concern us Indi vidually, or that Is not forced upon us hy circumstances that compel our con centrated attention. The statement has been made by Osier and by many other authorities In substantially the same words again and again In the past, but it did net "stick" at the time solely for the reason that few happened to be In a receptive mood. It Is an undeniable fact that unless one Is In a receptive mood the moat obvious and sublime truth falls on unheeding ears, and In this fact we have a most Instructive Illustration of the beginning of tuber cular disease In our bodies, the prin ciple Involved being Identical In either case. For just as the mind must be re ceptive to be able to receive, to hold and. to develop a truth, so must our bodies be receptive In order to receive, hold and develop tnbercle bacteria, or any other bacteria. No life can pos sibly develop In an unfavorable en vironment. It Is perfectly well known among the medical profession that whatever may have been the caaae of death, postmortem examinations usually show a small area where tuberculosis has existed, but that has been "cured" by nature's method of fencing about and Imprisoning any Invading matter she Is strong enough to overwhelm. Any Invading bactetia are either devoured by the white corpuscles or are'fenced about and "encysted" if the organlam has sufficient vitality to fight; but If there le not sufficient vitality then the Individual becomes one of the 150,000 that die annually In this country from some form of tuberculosis. We have noted that white sunlight not only develops plant life, but that It also exerts an Inhibitory or restrain ing effect as well. This Is clearly proved by the fact that certain plants are found to grow faster and taller under red and blue light than they do under white light, and that they are stunted or even killed under green or j violet light ' ? We do not know why plants react In this way, bat we have positive proof that they do. And it la equally certain that bacteria generally are either quickly killed or profoundly modified by the rays at the violet end of the spectrum. It should require no great strength of the Imagination, then, to understand why we have epidemic out breaks of pinkeye. Influenza, diph theria, sore throat, measles, scarlet fever, "colds" and the Uke -following any profound disturbance in meteoro logical conditions that tend to Inter fere with the normal amount of pure sunlight reaching us. Because It mat ters not what It may be, whether It Is smoke, dust from volcanoes, excess moisture condensing Into clouds, col ored glass, or brick Walls and tin roofs, anything standing between any4 living thing and the sun must mate rially modify that life, its vitality Is In direct ratio to the amount of energy received through Its normal line of connection with the sun. We prove this with plants by grow ing them In dark rooms, or under col ored glass, which- is only a simple means for shutting out such pairs of the spectrum as we desire, and also It Is proved by the extent to wblcb large areas of growing crops are In fested with disease during long con tinued cloudy weather. It has been conclusively proved that the eum of the work executed by the animal, and of the heat which It gives out. Is exactly equivalent to the chem ical potential energy taken In with Its food, and this we know can be equal only to the kinetic energy of the sun light stored up during the production of the plant And today our Individual energy IS derived quite directly from that same source. Four factors are necessary to produce any plant crop-seed, soil, moisture and direct sunlight; and the absence of any one of the last three i factors will Inevitably reault either In I a total failure of the seed to terminate \ or In eome abnormal development i Seed and a favorable envlroment re j suit in a plant (rowtb; and a 000. 1 which Is only a very small plant. In an | organism?our bodies, for Instance | La under conditions where there must result h growth which we hare eome to call 'Infection." For the development of an Infection either the germ must be very virulent, malignant or aggressive, or the organ Ism very much enfeebled. Wa are fast coming to believe that the latter la generally the case. The success of heliotherapy on tu bercular invalids In the Alps and In France proves there IS some action through the skin we do not yet fully understand, and It is encouraging to note that the matter Is being taken up in this country. Loss of a(>petit*, loss of ambition and energy; all sorts of dyspepsias variously diagnosed as "hyperacidity," "atony," etc., may be the first Indica tion that a tubercular focus Is becom ing active somewhere. FRESH AIR AND TUBERCULOSIS. That there wa? any tuberculosis among the human race In ?? P**?"" torlc day whan men li^ wlld and rugged Uvea without fixed habitation In the mild climate where the epwelee Bret developed le highly ????*"? The dlaeaae undoubtedly made tte Bret appearance only after men began to herd together and live a Ufa; the evidence eeeme to .prove that It tende constantly to tncfease pro gressively with our advance to mater ial wealth and culture as the lndl rldual 1. mere and more removed from the fundamental source of ener "in the writing, of Hlppocratm.. the father of medicine, who lived 46 359 B. C, are directions for of a case suggestively familiar to us. for he describes something suspicion* ly like modern tuberculosis, correctly interpreting It as a fever and recom mending for It fresh air. change of ell rnstn uid hygienic living* From the fact that Celcus. a Rom an medical writer who lived In the first century A. D.. and Claudius Oah en. a Greek physician and medical writer (A. D. 1J1 to 200). approve Hip pocrates' advice In their writings, it is reasonable to assume that the pray ers and Incantations customary the priests and people generally from the dawn of history were still depend ed on In that day to combat the dls ease. Galen In his writings recog nised tuberculosis to be contagious In general from the birth of the tribe down though the centuries when the physician was half magician and half priest, and to doubt his skill wa an act of Impiety Jhe demand has been for pu^Jgg* strenuous ?upply the demand. Thi? effort will continue until an enllghtened people cease to ask the Impossible. have been bled to death end dosed with poisonous elixirs of life to no avail, but the people have held stead faatly to their faith In tQagie. Freeh air and hygienic living are the key which modern science hold, out for the release of humanity from the bondage of tuberculosis. Just recently -1 have been asked by the mother of a delicate girl If night air was safe for her to breathe, results secured among the snow cov ered peaks of the Alps In cases of sur gical tuberculosis of the bones furnish the answer to this question. Cases of undeniable tuberculosis have been carried to the point of treatment be cause the Invalid was too weak to walk and heliotherapy has been tried T. toe last resort before the amputa tion that had been recommended hy competent authority. In "^ course of a few months the victim. With the skin from head to foot tanned to the color of a piece of rare mahogany, has recovered sufficient vitality to enjoy going out In the cold, crisp air arrayed fn nothing but a breechclothand play ng garni In the snow. Good food, frih atr. and the general tone ac oulred from coming close to nature 'are what 1. responsible for the won derful results secured In those lnstl '"very obviously the lesshn to the rest of us should be that it 1. our In dividual duty to our family and the I Imunltv to make such good use ? knowledge of nature's work ? .hat we shall not become Infirm 'and a burden. No one U Immune uw 1 the trouble Is not "cured; It Is "Imply latent and ready to flare up again the instant we permit our vital power, to drop below a certain point. Loss of ambition and energy, a ca nriclous appetite, dyspepsias of -.all sorts are to be viewed with suspicion and a careful examination should be made by one competent to locate any tubercular focus one may have tucked away in some corner. RESTORED TO MAN HIS VISION . . Incident In the Work of the Anti Suicide Department of the Sal vation Army. The Lighthouse has been ba'tllng with the problem of a vast army of the sightless Derelicts from the 41 leys have poured Into ""ft The life stories of some of these are tragic. One twilight a young" foreigner sat trembling in the lamp room of the L'ghthouse. His coat collar was turned up to hide his chllarless. frayed shirt. He was an Englishman end 4 man of education. An, emte aary df the Lighthouse had found him "in a back tenement in his last stfug gle. preparing for the unknown i "You can't keep me from It," he ?aid. "Yon might this time or next ot next, but yon can't keep me from it I'm useless, and 1 don't want to live." He was Sneering a small velvet elephant which Vies Holt keeps aa I memento upon her desk. She hat casually handed It to him She ii fond of elephants I "What's that you have in your 1 hand?" She epoke carelessly, as If absorbed by the other's problem. "What's that little thing rve Just handed you?" "Why, It's got four legs and a trunk ?why, It's an elephant, of course." The man smiled. Comedy thrust her face through the black mask of tragedy. jn / "And you want to. tell me ydii'pjt blind when you can tell an elephant as quickly as all that?" Miss Holt spoke slowly: "Why, man. you've got ten eyes In place of two. Come, give us a chance to show you how to use them." I T6*1 ay thai man Is earning a happy, comfortable living as an efficient switchboard operator In a telephone i 'ichaags.?The Century. Those to Be Envied. t Those are most to be envied wh< soonest learn to expect nothl4t fo ' which they have not worked bard 1 and who never acquire the habit o 1 pitying themselves overmuch, even I ? la after life they happen to work It i vain.?Lord Macaulay. FARM REFRI6ERAT0RS AND ICE CHESTS ?? ? '? ***? - J Diagram Showing Croaa taction and Dotalla of Conotructlon of Far* Refrlg orator?A, Detail of Wall Conatruetlon and loo Bunker?B, Front eleva tion?C, Floor Flan?D, Sectional View. (Prvpervd by th? United Btntee Depart ment of Agriculture.) The coet of constructing ? refrlg orator or an Ice cheat It email In com parlaon with economic returns and the comfort they olfer the farmer. They are even of greater Importance In the country than In the city, although many of our rural population do not avail themeelvea of the opportunity to enjoy the luxury of lee. The United States department of ag riculture In a farmer's bulletin (No. 475) on "loo Houses'' outlines the manner of construction of a. farm re frigerator large enough to meet the requirements of a well-equipped farm for the storage of hotter, eggs and fresh meats and for chilling fruit in small quantities This refrigerator can be constructed in a cellar, in the lean-to of an Ice ! house, or-in any other farm building where convenient and suitable protec tion can be provided. If none of these alternatives Is possible the refrigera tor may be constructed as an inde pendent building. If built as a sepa rate structure the same care in the choice of a site should be exercised as in choosing the location of an icehouse. The construction Is shown in detail in Fig. 1. The essential feature is a well-insulated room containing an ice rack, drip pan and drain. This refrig erator is 8 by 10 feet and has a floor space 6 by 8 feet available for the storage of produce. 8uch an arrangement will require about 100 tons of Ice during the year, but It can, be used to hold eggs and butter over the season of abundant production. A supply of fresh meat can be kept by such means In locali ties where distributing wagons are not run, and even where a local sup ply Is available the producer can ar range to supply his table at wholesale rather than retail prices by killing his own sheep, pigs or veal. Instances are known where an equipment of this sort has paid for Itself nr.a single season through the advance secured by holding the egg output for only 60 | days. Dealers purchase and store eggs while they are most abundant end dispose of them during the sea [ son of less abundant production at an | advanced brlce. A well-constructed | and well-handled refrigerator of ">'? kind on thA farm will enable the pro ducer to keep this pnoflt at home. Construction of Ice Chest. Where a less expensive cooler Is desired an ice chest will be found to serve a useful purpose. Such a chest can be made from two boxes, one 1} inches longer and wider than the other and 8 Inches deeper. If the Inner box Is 2 feet wide, 2 feet deep and 3 feet long, the outer box should be 3 feet wide, 4 feet long and 30 Inches deep. The Inner box, which should be made of matched white pine or cypress, should be lined with line and provided with a drip pipe in th? I bottom near one end and a metal grot j lflg 12 inches from that end, so as tc make a cage in which to store a block of ice. A layer of 6 Inches of cork dust or dry white pine shavings should be placed in the bottom of the largei box arter It has been lined with water proof building paper. Place the smallei box on the layer of Insulation, maklni provision for the drain, and thei I pack the same Insulating materia | tightly In the space between the outei , and the Inner box. Fit a board ovei i the packing between the boxes so ai to coyer the edge of both. Then hlngi a thick, well-Insulated cover to the en tire top of the chest. Thu joints cai be made tight by weather strips' am felt. The eover should be provide with 8 counter weight and a good let chest hasp to hold It In place. How to Make Ice. Where there are no Ice ponds bloc' ice can be made easily by allowtn water to freese in cans of heavy ga vanlsed Iron provided with a heav band-iron or wire re enfbrcemer around the top. Any tinsmith ca make such cans. The cans should be of the dlmei Low Countries In Fiction. Both Belgium and Holland, In the guise of the Low Countries, as thejr used to be called, figure very promi nently In English fiction. Thackeray. In particular, placed very many scenes there, as every reader of "Esmond" and "Vanity Pair" will recall. Namnr ' deserves a very special place In llte ' rary affections from Its associations ^ with "Tristram Shandy." It was the ' 'ortlficatlons of this city that "My Uncle Toby." assisted by "Corporai 1 Trim." spent his time In constructing . * or - - ?lona of a standard cake of lea; that la, 13 Inches square at the top, the bottom being somewhat smaller ao aa to make the aides of the can slightly flaring, and the depth to be IS or 11 Inches aa deal red As soon -as settled cold weather cornea arrange the cans on a lerel plat of ground or on a level platform near the well or other water supply, nil the cans with clear, fresh water, and when a sufficient thickness of Ice has formed to permit them to be turned over, even If the shell of Ice la not more than 1H or 2 Inches thick, pour a quart or two of boiling water over each upturned can to loosen It from the shell of Ice. This will give a hollow shell of ice about 1 Inches thick on the bottom, which was for merly the surface of the water In the can, 1H Inches thick on the sides, and with only a thin shell on the top, which was at the bottom of the can. Remove this shell carefully from the can, break the- (bin Ice over the top and remove all but about 1 lnchea of the water In the cavity. Place the shell of tee In an exposed but well shaded situation and as rapidly as the water In the ahell freosee add a few quarts at a time until the entire cavity Is filled and a solid block of Ice Is pro duced. In this way, with II to 25 cans, the necessary supply for a farm can be secured at small cost In a few days, the -lme depending, of course, upon the weatber conditions and the number of cans In operation. If the cans are carefully bandied they should last several years. The Ice ob tained In this Way will be pure?free from vegetable growth, which sons times damages pond and river Ice. Be cause of Its superior quality such lee will Justify the construction of a build ing which will permit Its being stored without the urn of sawdust or shav ings. A building constructed after the plan suggested is described In the United 8tates department of agricul ture's farmer's buUetln (No. 47.6) on "Ice Houses, which Is furnished by the department far the asking. The home Ice supply la sometimes obtained by using a combination of natural and artificial means. Where an elevated water tank Is at one's command a line of pipe can be carried to perforated pipes placed on tbe cell ing of the Ice house, and during freez ing weather the preasure from the tank can be used to carry water through the perforated pipes to be sprayed into the storage chamber as long as freezing continues. By care ful use of this plan on cold nights and during freezing days a supply of tee can be built up (a place. The protec tion of such a supply la the same aa that of Ice cut and stored In the usual manner. I / ' V LITTLE LEAKS AROUND) FARM i Numerous Small Things Cut Down > Farmer's Profits?Many Are Easy to Avoid or Prevent. L. (By C. S. DAVIS.) Hers are tome of the farm leakE? I rickety gates and Blip-shod bars; tum ' bledown fences; no shed for cows on ' a rainy day; and no shelter tn -Uje f field on a hot one; ashes thrown In a I pile to leach; cabbage leaves left to > "rot In the patch when cows are near; 1 hog manure left to wash away tor r years; old boards and big apple trees ' limbs hauled away as waste Instead ? of putting them on the wood pile for 3 fuel; dish water and soap suds thrown r aside Instead of on the garden; using > good farm papers for waste instead of 1 exchanging or saving to read over; i wagons and plows left unsheltered; > and turkeys allowed to roost on fencer or In trees. k Purchase Breeding Stock. g Mow Is the time to purchaie your 1- new breeding stock while the aurpluf j poultry It being so\d. it ! n Demand for Horaee. The demand for good saddle hones i- la Increasing. In miniature replica. It wae alio "My Uncle Toby," It la Intereatlng to recall, who waa reaponalble for that elastic phrase, "Our troops awore horribly In Flanders." Lives on a Diet of Beans. One of the hardest working men ta Rath. Me., has solved the cost of living problem by subsisting almost entirely on beans. He says that he can live on ten cents a day. and shows by bis appearance that the met oy no means disagrees with bias iNiimnoNAL SONMrSOIOOL Lesson (By B. O. SKI.I.KRB, Acting Director, ol Huiulgy School Course.) LESSON FOR DECEMBER 13 THE 6RCAT COMMISSION. I.ESSON TEXT- Matt. M'.lUf. Luke Ml 10.49. GOLDEN TEXT?Lo. I >a with you al ways even unto tha ami of tha world.? Matt. ?.?. This lesson consists of two para graphs which constitute what might be termed two commissions or two parts of the Great Commission. There are four distinct accounts of the Onal com mands of our Lord to his disciples, each presenting a different phase of the work he committed to his follow ers. In this lesson we hare for our consideration two of these aspects which ought not to be confused. We will consider them In their chronolog ical order. I. The Appearance In Jerusalem, Thomas Being Absent Luke 24: 34-49. (1) The Resurrected Lord, vv. 36-43. The Emmaus disciples reported to the disciples, and those gathered with them la Jerusalem, the things they had experienced, especially la the breaking of bread. This occurred late In the evening (see Luke 14:22, 22). While they, and the others, were re hearsing the many things that had ta ken place on that first eventful day, Jesus himself suddenly appears In their midst without the opening of a door and asks them of their thoughts. Once before he had thus searched them (Luke 2:46. 47), but now the oc casion Is quite different Fear of the Jews had crowded them Into this room but no closed door except that of the human heart can keep out the risen Lord. Simon's report (ch. 24:34) and that of the Emmaus disciples were not sufficient to allay their fear. Fear at this visible evidence of the supernat ural Is true of us all, but when Jeans truly Is present there Is peace no matter what may be the turmoil with out, or the fear within. Man of Flesh and Bone. Thl? appearance waa a demonatra tion that It waa ha himself, and to add proof upon proof he tint showed them hla pierced hands and feet, and then called for flab and ate It before, and doubtless with, tbem Jeans la today a man of flesh aad bone as much as when he walked OaiUeC's hills His blood he poured out upon Calvary. The evidence of the literal, physical resurrection of Christ Is so overwhelm ing that the unbeliever does violence to bis reason not to accept it (2) The Ascended Lord, vv. 44-49. This coming of Jesus and his message of peace and assurance brought also a commission that this great fact bo told to others. The event recorded in these verses did not occur In Jeru salem but upon Mount Olivet and con stitutes ths final appearance of Jesus. As ha had done often before, so now he sots his seal upon ths Old Testa ment expressly speaking of its books under their accepted three-fold divi sion (v. 44). In these there sre be tween three and four hundred direct, not to ipeak of the Indirect, prophe cies concerning him. What we need Is to have the Holy Spirit that we may "understand" (v. 46), the purpose of hit life and death. Jeaus taught hia disciples what that purpose Is (r. 47), vis., the "remission of sins," based on the sure ground of his finished work. This, and thia alone, la the gospel and It la to be preached. In hla name unto all nations?a missionary suggestion? but beginning at home, in Jerusalem. Verse 49 tells us of that other needed preparation to make ua effective wit nesses, the enduepent of the Holy SplHt I' : Soma Dlaclplea Doubted. II. The Appearance to the Eleven in Galilee, Matt. 2S: 16-20. Thla event took place much later than that men tioned In the flrat part of the prevlona section. As we carefully read thla section It suggests that Jesus was somewhat removed from the dis ciples, yet their vision was so clear that they worshiped him, though some doubted. - Drawing near to the dla clplea he first of all emphasizes his supreme authority, "all power Is given unto me," and on that authority he commissioned them to their work of dlscipllng "all nations." Mark's ren derings! this commission (16:15, 16) is more Inclusive, "to the whole crea tion," including all of man's welfare, social as well as spiritual. For Jesus thus to claim authority and to send forth hia ambassadors and still not be "the very God of the very God" Is to ; stamp him either as an Impostor or a lunatic. Because all power Is his, therefore' the obligation and the ac companying Holy Spirit who will en able us to teach the things he has com manded. There is back of the com mission "all power" and accompany ing It a' blessed fellowship, "Lo, 1 am with you all the days." The chief value of these two sec tions lies, first, In the fact, suggested as to the perpetual nearness of )he risen Lord In the midst of our ordi nary human experiences. Patiently he bears with us In our unbelief and fear and like as he spake peace to his disciples so he would calm our rest less splrita. The second chief value Is thfe immediate and persistent re sponsibility that rests upon his follow ers. He loved all and desires that all shall be saved and yet. the proclama tion of his plan of redemption, or his finished work, he confines to human agents. ; As each new disciple is made, he Is to tell others, to witness of him to those not yet surrendered. T^ts is a constant and an endless process, his heralds dlscipllng all na tions, baptising and teaching them to observe the things he has commanded The. sad thing Is that after nearly two thousand years we here ??Triii out so poorly the great commission. WHAT IT COST TAB HEELS Campaign Expenses of Successful Congressmen Waa t>9,828.97; Defeated Ones, $13,344.46. Washington.?Now that tha election 1* orer and tha returns art la aoma facta compiled from the reeorda of the clerk of the houae about the North Carolina cougreaalonal contests may be Interesting. How much doea It coat to hold a aeat In the houae of repreeentativta or to get one there la known almost to a nicety. The total coat for campaigns to successful candidates la $9,55.97. It coat those who ran but were Mcked about $13,348.45. The reports of the North Carolina congressmen-elect follow; John H. Smith, of the Vint district, October 21, $145, and Norember 1$, $40: total, $196. Claude Kltehln, October 22, $1(5, and Norember 12, $15: total. $210. George E. Hood, May 8. $89.80; June 16. $200.76; August 17. $47( 23: Octo ber 24, $250; Norember It, $25. Total. $1,020.12. Edward W. Pou, May 21, $60, June 8. $84; October 23. $250. and Norem ber (. $248. Total, $8T(. Charles M. Stedman, May 21. $(8.78; October 21, $482 70; Norem ber 14, $50. Total, $77(.(8. H. L. Godwin, May 1. $34.20; Octo ber 22. $25. and Norember 11. $110. Total. $189 30. Robert N. Page. April 16. $10; May 8, $247.70: May 4. $3.50; May 2(. $6(5.72; October 10, $630, and Norem ber 10. $600. Total. $2,085.21. _ Robert L Doughton. October 10. $250; Norember (. $134. Total $384. E. T. Webb. May 5. $482.48; May 39. $84624; October 21. $225; No rember 10. $282. Total. $1.(15.(2. J. J. Britt. Republican, Tenth dis trict, October 23. (160; October 27. (1.023.08; Norember 16. (1,010.(8, and $3.50. Total. $2,187.45. The 10 men to represent North Carolina In the next House spent about $9,625.(7 lp their campaigns. Those who lost out In their con testa spent: Represents tire Falson, (300; Charles 8. Wallace. $(51.84; Charles R. Thomas. $1,235.(1. and O. H. Gulon. $1,060.48. In the Third dis trict: Roland F Beasiey. Democrat. $48.38. and Thogias E. McCrary. Re publican. $47.18., In the Serenth; John T. Ben bow. Republican, $20, In the Fifth. Frank A. LJnney, Republican, $367.20 In the Eighth. Jake F. New ell. Republican. $1220 In the Ninth. Walter E. Moore. Democrat, 229; Robert R. Reynolds, $3.23628; J. O. Harrison. $138.50: James H. Merri mon, $241.10. and Representative J. M. Oudger, $6.875 10. COMING EVENTS. Annual Live Stock Meeting. Statesvllle? January IS-21. HIS. TAR HEEL BRIEFS. Superintendent 3. Y. Joyner bu 1 purchased a farm of 180 acres near j Ktsstoa. "Bad" Fisher, famous Mut and Jeff cartoonist, la hunting to Lenoir coun M- _ ? _ _ _ Secretary Houston of the Depart ment of Agriculture told Representa tive Page that he will speak at Aber deen on the 10th. A meeting of farm ers and business men will welcome him there. Prom Aberdeen Mr. Hous ton goes to South Carotins and Oeor gin. The Baptist state debt on missions is $8,000. The deficit will be report ed at the meeting of the State Con vention which meets in Raleigh next Tuesday unless the deficit la raised la the meantime. President William H. Taft will de liver three lectures to the students of the University of North Carolina Msrehl7, 18 and 18. of next year, ac cording to an announcement by the university authorities. Henderson county produced 100,000 bushels of corn this year. Secretary of State J. Bryan Grimes is spending several days at his home at Qrlmesland, Pitt county, looking after his extensive fanning interests there. Thousands aiieoued the formal opening of Wayne county's new court bouse. A movement looking to the increas ing of the production of beef cattle in western North Carolina bas been started by K. C. Ikeler, representing the state department ot agri culture, and E. D. Weaver, Buncombe county farm demonstrator. Charles W. Cole, prominent farmer of Warrenton, was standing on the top of a load of fodder when the horses made a sudden start, throwing him backwards to the ground, break ing his neck. Death was instantan eous. T. 0. Cobb, editor of The Morgan ton News-Herald, has announced him self as candidate for re-election as chief clerk of the ? North Carolina House of Representatives. For the past 11 years Mr. Cobb has been a legislative clerk, having been assist ant clerk from 1903 to 1907 and chief clerk since 1907. Ma], W. Wood has resigned as stamp deputy at Greensboro ar-d' Col lector WattB commissioned W. I. Un derwood, editor of the Greensboro Patriot, to the place. Greensboro sells about $7,000 in tobacco stamps and to this Is now added war revenue stamps. The Durham Belgian relief com mittee announced that It has collect ed In subscriptions about $900. The biggest contribution was made by George W. Watts, who gave $600. B. N. Duke gave $200, W. A Erwin $100. The other contributions came in smaller amounts from $1 np to Xi An Inquiry that came to one of the State Depart merits brought out the fact that there are about 1,300 active lawyers In the state. More money was'given for charity In Klneton this Thanksgiving by fully 60 per cent, than on any preceding. Collections were taken In practically every church for lqtal charity or Bel gian relief. A charter was Issued for the O. C. Ragno Lime Company of Hot Springs, Madwlson County, capital $16,000 authorised, auu $6,700 subscribed by G. C. Buguo of Fletchers and S. P. Burton and S D. Holt of Aahavllla, V' ? ??? Pray ? ? . 1 07 REV. J. H RALSTON NWr Wbb lllliil.. Qaupo . > ' I TEXT?I wUl tharafora that man pray | avarywhara. Very itW respond to the desire of the writer of the test. The Infidel ridicule* prayer; the man absorbed In business affairs sneers at It, the formalist treats It mechanically; the ordinary church member neglects It; the average Christian only oc casionally prac tices 1L It Is left to the one In a thousand to real ise It fully. To define prayer la difficult. Her ?U.WBIWU ui law win ui uoa, sincerity. the spirit of forgiveness. defl nlteness of supplication, whole-heart edness and recognition of Jesus Christ most go Into It Prayer does not re quire definition, and the best prayers rarefy ever lit any mold of defini tion. 99100 seem to think that the chief blessing of prayer Is subjective, that It does spy one good to get Into the attitude of prayer and to talk to Qod. Granting that there Is much benefit In this, we would make the point that prayer la petition. It Is the saklng of Qod tor things desired. Men do not get many blessings that they wish simply because tbly do not ask God for them?"Ye have not because ye ask not" "* Prayer does not depend on location, attitude, or otber circumstances. If the cathedral Is not at hand, the open air will do, even a street corner; men pray lying down, standing up, kneeling or sitting; garb, social stand ing. favor or opposition of men has - nothing to do with essential prayer. It la tha real purpose of the heart that certifies Its genuineness. What Will Prayer Dof It will move lbs arm that moves the world. The philosophy of prayer Is as reasonable as that of any problem of cause and effect. If man prays as ----- he should, just what ha prays for will be granted. He stretches his hand over the sea and prays and the wa ters part; another man calls for fire - from heaven and it faBa; another prays far the sick and Immediately health returns; another prays for the redemption of the drunkard or the prostitute, and behold the former be comes an upright, honest, trustworthy cltlsen. and the latter becomes worthy to stand In any place In refined soci ety or In the home circle. "More things are done by prayer than man dreams of." Who Hot tho Right to Prayf There la only one prayer that the auto who la not right with God la Justified la offering, and that la. "God be merciful to me a sinner." That prayer la really the anrrender of the heart and Hfe to God. The man who praya moat have acquaintance ahlp with God, moat hare the right to call God Father, and no one can do thla who doea not bellere In Jeoua Chrlat Men llrlng la ain are the children of the derll aad hare no right to pray, that la, to hare communion with God, except aa the publican had. The dealro of the writer of the text waa the dealre that men might get right with God. For What Should Men Prayt Comparatively anything within the will of God la a proper aublect "of prayer, and that will la readily found In the Bible. To Pray nllly-wllly or without regard to the great moral and aplrltual laauee that may be at atake may possibly be very alnfnl. How to Get to Praying. After the CUvl war cloaed the quee tlon arose aa to how to resume specie * payments, and a wise statesman an swered by saying "The way to re sume la to resume." So we say, the way to pray la to pray. If a man has reason to belter! he la a child of God, he has a right to pray, and the obligation slighted brings guilt on him. God la the only one who can supply his need, and the thing to do la simply to ask God to supply It It en could hare the dearest objects of life met If they would ask God for them, even the salvation of their dear eat friends, even their own children. The Challenge to Prayer. When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be: When the devil was well, the devil b monk was he. __ So truthfully wrote an old English satirist That principle applies all through history. When men are proa- v porous everywhere they do not pray. When they fall Into trouble they pray and do It with an earnestness that ig nores propriety, and circumstance. Was there ever a time In this genera tion when the world aa a whole waa In greater distress than now? Men's hearts are falling them for fear. Aa ever, God la a present help In time of trouble and the call of the day la to pray. Man has failed, civilisation haa failed, half-skeptical and half hearted Christianity la threatened with failure. God la the only refnge and In God alone la the strength of man. And shall he not ask for It? The Bible In Java. Ninety-eight per cent of the Bibla Mies In Java in 1913 were to Moslems In fact, Mohammedans purchase more Christian Scriptures than any other book. They frequently return to'the colporteurs to - buy other Scripture portions after they have finished with the first. A Chinese colporteur In Java, Khu Chiang Bl, sold 11,800 copies of the Scriptures during the past year. He is aa able and Inde fatigable worker among the Moham- U5 giadan Malays A . ?: