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THE OHAELOTTB NEWS Jx'\NUARY 15, 1911 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ \ “The Man That Died Foi Me” | ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦>♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦ MRS. J. K. BARNEY. M.'in' years jipo I wantPd to go as ioroir’’ but iny •about, and aftrr a ‘t ' oars 1 wont tn livo on tho I’a- 'iflr ciM,,;, l.ifp was roiig'i in f'n(' ''inlitR rountr\ whc ro 1 Ih otl. and his was niy rhanf''' f'‘f missionary 'A M k. I heard rf a n-nn ovrr tbo hills '\1'o was d'int of con ^nnint’on "Ho s so v!l. tho -no >'110 ran '''and It t»> .-'ry vitb him, so tlio in)\plaoc . imo fo'd I'? him arid .!» .'Vo him !’■ r twonty foi:r hours. ' ni.'y-ll find h'm doad ‘^omo timo. ind tlio qtprl-i r thr 1 »'ttrr. Never lad a soul I £juos3 '■ 'I'lif |d;y of 1' all hannfod mo ap wont fi’inu I " wt.rk. and I triod for thr o \ ':> >:•■* .-onio imo to and ii' and Mnd '>ur if ho was in ncod "f b .f*''r (‘‘ro. As 1 : .rn'd fr.. r iln 'n. > " an. voxod at iM- indiTi ron-houiiht ramo n mo, •'V ! ‘ 1^'' r v.-u ^o ''oursolf’ Ii« roV> ii iti^ioiiar> v.i'ik. if :• ou want j: " l il net ■ h.-A ' iirh -d tho nroh- ' > ' ut’'’'u 'ii - ■ I’'' t^“i'^ oi' hi‘W 1 shr;!r>K ii"!'! • : t k !id >>1 ''‘»rk I wanted. \f I ,.;v. 1 \\ont OVOl iho Mil; tn the aihii't' cabin. It ■'' a ’ iusi (lilt- iM.>m Tlii’ diior stood .•11. and uv 'h ornor on some aw and 'I’.K' idaiiiot.s 1 fovnui '■ tliii ;! T; III J^iii had leit awful '-i k . 111. 1:-' fa't, aud if I had I - ' )■ .Uil t a :^o I ouhl iiot movo, ouui hav.‘ rotroated hastily. \- m\ sh:u|.-v foil the floor 1 it t l up and grootid me with ' . r, adiu "nth t 'H t sptak 80. my friend." 1 ‘ d ain't ' i'i’r friend," he said ‘1 ) • : :;ad any '■rionds. .tnd I don t V..',t ni-‘. i-'-w." 1 I-. .If'’;! i ■ ut. at avm’j> lons'b, tho ;-..it 1 ::id I:t"U;:ht him, uud stop- I *; t ’he duirway I asked ! h-'!iit'■, > fil'd a tender plaoe h h» a . if ho remembered his I , : . r, b'lt ho ('ur^ed h-T. I ask'^d ■ II i b= • v.r iiad :i wife, and he , :1 '.L r I spi'kf of God, and h- eui.-. d H;tn I tried to speak of , . ; ai d 1 is death for ii?, but .• sM|>-. ■? m.’ .v ith his oaths, ami r'd. "T .1 s all a lie. N>>body ever Jitd f“v • « r.- ■’ I he 1 .\ d. y I \\ent apahi. and .■'O’- f!.r f"'' fwo weeks, hut he did nii t-how the irratitude a dog uould av h.’wn \t o i-nd of ‘hat time I said, ..-'‘r, an> m-'re.” That ■■ i . n 1 wis )>utting my little 1 t > ;1. .!id not pray for tho T I 1.j>d been accustomed ' ]-^ It' ('hfrlle noticed it i nia. you did not prav . i man." . s ; worrd wirh a sigh. ■ : \ :'i giv-‘U .im up. mam- ^>t! h'Vi-n him up. mamma’’ ‘) t ' u: , > him up. mamma. i ‘ .-:a’!d ntii sleep. Tln :>■ so vile, wlfh no one » , j- . - i> and V ont away b\ my '■ . r as Ii.-- knees tdi' h- ‘ ■ r 1 w as overp'>\'. -red by • ■ ! defroti\. had been >1 i '.' I I'.ad no faith, and ’ ! • • :;lh rar*-d, beyond a ■ui •vitiniont. (,)h, the ,..11 o; my mi.'Sionary !’ ' ! .in m;. face literally a.? 1 > (' ( hr! T. give me a li'- ■ i. ,■ ... ih‘' worth of a hu- !• ' ! ' ■ : ' h’l . '*r a?k that and mean r ' ' ’ v=. !‘. If unless you are u i ; '• U!« oas(. and selfish r'‘P 'T 1;’ w p 1)0 a different thi’ *o 1 that revelation. 1 . d ■ii; ti V:n'Os until Tal- V '1 ^ : reality to mo. I can not j. ■ ' t). r hf'urs. They came and V ^ t ‘!od. but I learned tl."' i:!; lit wl'iTiT I ind never known b« M>r . w}' If i- Is to travail for a hunian '^"U' 1 p. ■' n'v l/)rd that ni-;ht a.'- i tiad n. vtr jocn him bc- f'lre. ! *' i'iie rex» mommg broucht, a lesson in Chrl-tian v,...-k I hnd never learn ed before. I bad waited rm other day>! until the aft.‘moon, when, my work b*-ing over, I could change my (Iro^put on my gloves, and take a walk wViilo tlie shadowK were on thf hillHidea. That day, the movement, n.y little bovs wont off to school I loft my work, and hurried over the hill'^. not to see' that vllc wretch.” but to \\in a soul. There was a hu man so\il in tho balance and I want ed to get there quickly. Ab I pa.ssed on, a neighbor came out of her cabin and said. “I'll go over the hills with you, I guess.” I did ni t w'ant her. but it was another lesson for mo. God could plan hotter than I could. She had her little girl with hor, and aa we roached the cabin slie said, “I'll How to Get Rid Of C a t a r rh A Simple Safe, Reliable Way, and it Costs Nothing to Try. ThOf^e wh' suffer from catarrh know its luiseries. There is no neod of thin Buffering. \ou can get rid of It Jli by a Blmple, safe, inexp nsive. h(»me treatment discovered by Dr. lUosKer, who, for over thlrly-six years, has been treating catarrh Buccessfully. HIr tn-atment Is unlike ajiy other. It Is not a spray, douche, salve, cream, or Inhaler, but is a more direct and thorough treatment than any of these. It cb ans out the head, nose, throat and luKsrs BO that you can again breahe freely and sleep without that i«topped-up feeling that all catarrh isaffererH have. It heals the diseased mucous membranes and arersts the foul discharge, so that you will not be •constantly blowing your nose and spit ting, und at th»- same time it does not ;poison the pystem and niln the stom ach. as Internal medicines do. If you W'ant to test this treatment without cont. send your address to Dr. J. W. niosscr. 79.3 Walton Street. At lanta. Ga.. and ho will send you by return mall enough of the medicine to satisfy you that it is all he claims for't as a remedy for catarrh, catarrh al headaches, catarrhal deafness, asth ma. bronchltl.s, colds and all c.itarrhal complications. Ik* will also send you free an illustrated booklet. Write him imiuediutely. wait out hero: and you hurry, wont VdU?" , , I (in not know what 1 cxpected, but the man greeted me with an a\\- , fii! ()a;h. It did not hurt me as it ' did before, for I was behind Christ. I anti I staved there. I could boar i what struck Him first. I Wiiilo 1 was changing the b.asin i of 'vator and rowel for him, thin.^^.s j which I iiad done every day. and I which ho had used but never thank ed 1110 for. tho clear lai'gh of the linlo girl rang out upon the air like a bird’.s note. •‘Whafs that?” said the man eaj? erly. "It's a little girl ontsidt? who is I waiting for mo." i "Would .vou mind lotting her in?" : he ssid in a different tone from any ^ 1 had heard before. I Stepping to tho docu' 1 beckoiird to her, aud then taking her by tho ' hand said. "Come in and see the j sick man. Mamie." She sharnk back as she saw his ; face and said. "I ni fraid." But 1 j a.^^sured her with, "I’oor sick man! he can’t get up. and ho wants to ' see you." j She stood near him. with her face 1 framed in golden curls, her e>os I tender and pitifu'r, ."nd in her hand 1 the flowers she liad picked from the ! purple -•^age brush. Bending towards 1 him she said, ‘‘I sorry for 'ou, sick mfin. 'on iiavo a nosy?'* ! He laid his great bony hand be- i yond the flowers on the plump hand of the child, and tears came to his I e.ves, as he said, ‘‘I had a little I girl once and she died. >Ier name was ."Vla’iie. She cared for me. No- j bod.v else did. (luess I’d been dif- , ferent if she'd lived. I've hated ev- i erybody since she died. ! I knew then I had the key to the , man’s heart, and the bought came quickly, born of that midnight pra.v- ■ or service, "When I spoke of your i mother and yorr wife you cursed ‘ iliem, and I know now' that they were not good women or you could not have done It.” "Good women I On, .von don’t know nothin’ ’bout that kind of women. ; You can’t think what they was." ! "Well, if your little girl had lived i and grown up with them, wouldn’t ! she have been just like thetn? ^'ou ' would not have liked to hav9 her live j for tliat. would you?” ; He had not thought of this, and his great eyes looked off fo" a minute. -\s they came back to mine be criod, "Oh, no! no! I'd killed her fust. I'tn glad she died.” Reaching out and taking the poo^' ' hand I said. "The dear Lord didn’i i want her to be like them. Ho lovod I lier bettor than you did. So he look j her away where she could be cared for ’ey the angels. He is keeping her i't)r you. Today she is waiting for 1 .\ou. Don’t joii want to sec her }a,f;ain?" "Ob, I'd be willing to oe burned alivo a tluusand times over if I could ii’.-'t see my littl'; gal oiico 'tnuie. mv little Mamie” Oil, friends, you ki^ow' what a ' i'lessed story I had to tell that hour, and I had been so close to Calvprv ■ that night that could tell it in earu- I ost 1 ! 1 r.e poor face gre washy pale, ‘as I talked and ihe man threw out his arms as though his a?^ony waii mastorin^r him. Two or thrive time.s 1 ho gasp'^d as though ’osii.j breaili. ! Thon clutching me he said. "Whafs thai, woman, you said t’ other da.v i 'boiu talkin’ to somouwdv out o' ''sight?" i ‘‘It’s praying. I tell Him what I j want.” ! "Pray now! pray quick! Tell him ! I want my little gal again. Tell him anything you want to.” I took the hands of the child and I placed them on the tremblin;' hand I of the man. Then dropping (ni my I knees, with the child in front of ! me, I bade her pray for the man 1 who had lost his little Mamie and i wanted to see her agaiti. A.s near- ! ly as I remember, thi.‘^ wms Ma- I rale’s prayer: "Dear .lesiis, this man is side. He lost Ills ’ittle girl and lie fools bad about it. I’s sorry for him, anJ ho s j sorry too. Won’t you Iislr) him, an^I ! show him where to find hi.j ’ittle girl? T)o, plea.se. Amen.’ Heaven seemed to open before us. I There stood One with the prints ^>f (the nails in his hands and the wounds in his side. Mamie slipped away soon, but the ; m.an kept saying, “Te!l him more I about it, tell him everything—but I oh: you don’t know." j Then he poured out such a torrent . of confession that I could not have I borne It but for the T'ne that was close to us that hour, reaching out after thjit lost soul. It w'as the third day w’hen the poor, tired soul turned i';'()m every thing to Him, the .Mighty to save, ’‘The Man that died for ma.” He lived on for weeks, as if God would show' how real was the change. I had been telling; him one dav about a melting and he said, "I’d like to go to meetin’ on^'e; I never went to one of then things. So we planned a meetinc, and t!io l)oys came from the mills and tl,o mines and filled the room. Now, l)oys,” said he, “got dfiwn on your knees while she tolls about that Man that died for me." i had been brought, up to believe that a w'omau shouldn 1 siieak in meeting, but I found nivs.^lf talking and r tried to tell th- ^:impl(. sior’’ of tho cross. After a while he said, “Oh, l)oys, you don’t half believe it, or you’d fry; you couldn’t help it. i^oys, rai.se me^ up. I d like tc» tell It once.” So they raised him u|», and be tween his short breathing and coughing he told tho story, and this, as well as I can recall, is a part of what he said: "Hoys,” he said, “you know hovv the water runs d«»wn ,1h> sliilco-bov- |0s and carries off all the dirt and j leaves the gold behind. Well' tho I "on right over me just like that- it I carried off ’bout everything Hut’ ii left enoiiBh for mf to sco Mamio, me. Oh. boys, can’t you love i.im''” Some days after I saw that tne end was near, and as I lef* liim i Just Good night,’’* he sari “nnrl when we meet again I’ll sav'‘(5(.(,u mornin’ up there.” The next moruiug the doo- was closed, and I found tw’o of the boys sitting silently hy a bean! stretched across two stools. Thov i.tirned back the sheet from the dead, and I look ed on the face, w'hich seemed to have come hack nearer to th#^ "image of God.” "1 wish .vou could have seen him when ho went,” the.v said. “He brightened up. ’bout midnight, an' smiling, said, ‘I'm going, bo.vs. TeVi her 1 am going to see Mamie. Tell her I’m going to see the Man tiiat died for me,’ and ho was gone.” Kneeling there, with my nand.^ over those poor cold ones that had been stained with human blood. I asked to come to understand more and more the worth of a human soul and to be drawn into deeper sympathy with Christ's yearning com passion; ‘‘Not willing that ary should perish.” Ananging Foi Big Exhibition Edinburgh, Jan. 14.—Arr^tngements for the great Glasgow' exhibition of i;«ll are be.ginning to take definite shape, and it is clear that the site of 50 acres in Kelvingrove Park, with in a mile of the centre of the city, will be the scene of a most interesting and successful show'. The scheme falls into four great sections—nation al h’siory, modern, fine arts, industry and entertainment. The exhibiis in the tiv^viKjv, v«. Ill llit^ Palace of History, and will form the largest and most noteworthy collec tion of Scottish historical portraits, lit erature, etc.. ever brought together. 'I'he represfontation of eventful scenes in Scotland’s romantic history by living pictures and pageants is being arranged on a large scale, and there are to be reproductions of a number of oil Scotti-' . buildings, so arranged as to make a picturesque facade to the slaoohs In wliich the historical exhib- it.s are housed. Exhibitors will be en couraged to assist the committee by occupyin.g these buildings and repre senting conditions of home and busi ness life, costume and indoor ar- rangeineu' of the olden time. In the place of Modern Art will be boused collections of pictures, sculp tures. and applied arts. All the pic- turts will be by Scottish artists and will represent a century of Scottish artists and will represent a cer.tury of Scottish art. The whole of the space available on the south side of the park adjoining Sauchiehall street, will be occupied by the Palace of In dustries. This building, with an in genious an’angenient of covered prom- enacle and enclosed quadrangle, will occup.v an i,rea of 110,000 square feet, and prov ide accommodation for exten sive displays of exhibits, both na tional and international in character. A -large amount of space has been SOL apart for the exhibition of electri cal api>aratus and ajipliances aud en gineering di-covery and invention and the development of electricity as an i applied science. Among the lighter features of the exhibition will be a processional na- geant of historical vessels on the riv er. Ships of all kinds, from the earl iest Viking galleys to the present-day Hauretanias and Dreadnaughts will be represented, and one s-cene will illus trate the building of the Comet, ex- Tctly lOO years ago. The pageant will be largely illustrative of Glasgow’s part in the progress of steam naviga- I tion. In regard to foreign and over sea’s exhibits it is expected that the following countries will be represent ed: Japan. Italy, Austria, Holland, France. Sweden, Germany, Canada, -\usiria. New Zealand and South Afri ca. 7 he Last Tiee of Liberty Is Gone Paris, .Ian. 14.—The last of the Trees of Liberty, several of which were iilanted in Paris to commemo rate the Revolution in 1848 is no more. - ne little tree planted with much cere mony flourished and grew to be one of the tallest in the city. Of later years the Tree of l iberty was only in theory a tree of liberty, for it was really a prisoner surrounded by houses and these year after year have In creased in height, making the strug gle of the tree harder, and death has proved the conqucrer. The roots, how ever, .spread and became dangerous to a house of eight stories so in its at tempt to rival the house in height the tree was vanquished, and has fallen to the axe of the tree-feller. How To Cure Rheuipatism Is it an Internal Disease and Requires an Interna! Remedy The cause of Rheumatism and kin dred diseases is an excess of uric acid In the blood. To cure this terrible disease this acid must be expelled and the system so regulated that no more acid will be formed In exceaelve quantities. I?heumatlsm is an internal remedy. Rubbing with Oils and Lini ment will act cure, affords only tem porary relief at best, causee you to delay the proper treatment, allows the malady to get a firmer hold on you Liniments may ease the pain, but you will no more cure Rheumatism than pain will change the fibre of rotten wood. Science has at la.'jt discovered a per fect ami complete cure, which is call ed “Hhouo?%rlik.- Tested in hundreds of cuMik. It has effected the most mar velous cures; we believe It will cure ;0u. Rtieumaclde “gets at the joints hom the inside,*' sweeps the poisons out of the Hystom, tones up the stom ach, regulaten the liver and kidneys and makes you well all over. Rheuma- clde "Htrlkes tho root of the disease and removes Its cause.” This splendid remedy Is hoIq by druggists and deal ers generally at BOc and $1 a bottle. In tablet form at 25 and 50c. a pack age. Get a bottle tolay. Booklet free If you write to Hubbltt Chemical Co., Llaltlmore, Md. Trial bottle tablets 16c by nmil. m Notice This is Strictly a Shoe Sale with noth ing excepted, called Shoes, but does not appy to our other lines. CASH IS OUR SYSTEM TO-DAY, TO-MORROW AND HENCEFORTH. OF VITAL INTEREST Shoe Wearers Take Notice! $20,000 STOCK SPLIT IN TWO STARTS JAN 17 th Not the price exactly in the middle but the stock must be cut in two. There are no cheap Shoes here at regular price, but \¥e in tend making cheap Shoes at this sale. Sale starts Jan. 17th. Everybody who buys Shoes from H. C. Long & Co. knows they carry nothing in Men’s, Women’s or Children’s, but the best makes. Here are a few makes and prices: Children’s School Shoes EVERY PAIR GOES AT A CUT PRICE And We Are Agents For “WOODS” and “EXCELSIOR SHOES” None Better. WOMEN’S SHOES AND OXFORDS One Special Lot Our Celebrated “Sorosi’s” $3.50 and $4.00 Brands Choice $2.85 No. 2 Special Lot Ladies’ Fine $2.50 and $3.00 Shoes and Oxfords MEN’S FINE SHOES ‘Nettleton’s” $6 Shoes, button and bluchers, Bought This Season. Choice $4.85 Lot No. 2. Any Pair of Our “Knox” or “Dorsch” $5 to $6 Shoes or Oxfords Choice $3.95 Choice $2.15 No. 3. One Special Lot Ladies’ Fine Shoes and Oxfords we Sell at $L50 and $L75 Choice $1.20 Lot No. 3. Any Pair of Our Celebrated “Dilworth” $4 and $4.50 Dancing Pumps, Shoe or Oxford Choice $3.65 Lot No. 4. Choice of Our “Oilworth” or “Beacon” $3 and $3.50 Men’s Shoes Only $2.65 If You Wear Shoes See H. C. LONG CO. 15 North Tryon Street
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