Selections from Louptellow. Life la th i grift of God, and is divine. If you wish a thing to be well done. You must do it yourself, you must uot leave it to others! There is none, r?> visionary, or so void of sense. Hut he will find a crowd to follow him! To noble heart Love doth for shelter fly. As seeks the bird the forest's leafy shade. S|**ak, and be brisf. Waste not the time in useless rhetoric. Words are uot things. Oh, yes; a tower of strength indeed. A present help in all our need. A sword and buckler is our God. ft is good to pray unto God ; for His sorrow ing chile re 11 Turns He ne'er from His door, but He heals and helps and consoles them. The tidal wave of deeper souls into our inmost being rolls. And lifts us unawares Out of all meaner cares. I The Origin ot Some Famous Hymns The circumstances that inspir ed some of our great devotional hymns must, deepen the interest in both the song and the singer and reveal that mighty kinship of human souls, that divine sym pathy, that confers deathless fame on a few simple verses, woul-biographies living in song." "Hock of Ages, Cleft tor Me. "This greatest of hymns was written in 1775 by Rev. Augustus Toplady, a very learned English divine, who died at the early age cf thirtyeight. The hymn has the rare, wondrous spiritual ecstasy he revealed in his daily life. In his last illness he said: a. I _a-a._lla.l__ e a . a!_ . a i cannot ten uie comiorrs in.it I feel in my soul; they are past expression. It will not be long before God takes ine; for no mortal man can live after the "lories which God has manifested to my soul." The marble tablet over his grave says: He wrote " Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me." Mrs. Yanalstyne, better known j its Fannv Crosby, the blintl poet, j wrote the hymn, 'Safe In thel Arms of .Tesus," for music in twenty minutes, but into it was put the essence of her whole life J of faith. Miss Crosby, after a I day's jostling through the city | streets, guided by some loving hand, returns to her little room [ and pours forth her soul in song Of the many hymns written by M rs. Sarah Flower Adams, the only one that has survived is the hyoin, "Nearer My God to Thee," based on the bible story of Jacob's vision at Bethel, the imagery of which narrative it follows most faithfully. One day Charles Wesley was sitting by an open window, look ing over the beautiful fields, when he saw a little bird pursued by a hawk. The poor thing, weak and frightened, in seeking to escape from its enemy, flew into the room and found refuge in Wesley's bosom. As the poet was then in great trouble and needed the safety of a refuge, the consolation of help from a higher power than his own, the incident j seemed to him a divine message and, thus inspired, he wrote the' famous hymn, "Jesus, Lover of! My Soul. '?William George Jor- j dan in May Ledger Monthly. Lesson From the Flowers. One may readily find the les sons of good in common things. Common tasks and toils are not without their compensations. Common days well spent make the years of a good and happy life. Words of cheer by tne| wayside are the things which express the character within, and which make the lives of others less irk ;ome and happy. The i deeds of every day which are not sin artificial and hot-house pro duction and are not sold for money are by far the most val uable to the world. Where gen erosity and kindliness and love are made the common flowers of each day's life, there is happiness within and blessing without. We have the l>est authority for saying we must call nothing in all humanity common or un clean. Our eyes are always see ing differences among men, and our judgments drawing lines of distinction. But there was one who walked among the flowers of Palestine,and said^the com mon lily was to him more gor geously arrayed than Solomon, and in the human soul of publi can and sinner saw a child of Cod and an heirofheaven. How he loved and sought theconunon people of his land!?Central Presbyterian. Count no duty too little no round of life too small, no work too low, if it comes in thy way, since God thinks so much of it as to send his angels to guard thee In it.?Mark Guy Pearse. Striking: Contrasts?1827-1901. (Prepared by the Youth's Companion.) In 1827 the United Staten con sisted of twenty-four states? Florida, Arkansas and Michigan were territories. In 1901 the United States con sists of forty-five states, seven territories and a number oi islands in the Pacific Ocean and in the Caribbean Sea. In 1827 the vast country west of Arkansas, Missouri and Illi nois was known as the Great American Desert, and was in habited only by Indians. In 1901 there are nineteen states and four territories west of the Mississippi river. In 1827 there were few farms west of the Mississippi river. Only the states of Missouri and Louisiana and the Territory of Arkansas were settled. In 1901 the same region sup plies?to ment ion one crop only? one-fourth of the wheat consumed in the world?about (>00,000,000 bushels. In 1827 the population of the United States was between eleven and twelve millions. 'I he area in square miles was about 1,048,000 In 1901 the population of the United States and Territories is 76,295.220, and is distributed over an areaof 3,698,865 square miles. In 1827 there w ere seven thous and post-offices in the country. in 1901 there are seventy-five thousand. Ill 1 Si')7 if fnnL' fii-a ii'aoL'U fry i \ > am ? *v iuvi rv ii ? v " ccao i/u cross the Atlantic. In 1901 it takes five days and a half to reach Europe. In 1827 travel was by stage coach and on horseback. Strictly speaking, there were no railroads in America. There was a sort ol tramway with wooden rails run ningfrom Quincy to the Neponset river, a distance of three miles. Over this rough track horses hauled granite from the Quincy quarries to boats that carried it to Charleston to be used in build ing Hunker Hill Monument. The "Stourbridge Lion," im ported from England, was the first locomotive in America, and was used by the Delaware & Hud son Canal Company. The road was sixteen mites in length, and was opened in 1829, two years after the founding of The Com panion. The first American locomotive was built by Peter Cooper in 1830 for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. History says that at the trial of this new marvel it succeeded in beating a car drawn by a horse. In 1901 the total mileage of railroad in the United States is T87,781 miles?enough to circle the globe more than seven times. More than half the railroads of the world are in this country, and they give employment to 928,000 people. Some Observations. It is hard to be poor, but it is j worse to be hungry. The woman who loves often j has not a "tender," but an ad- j just able heart. The house without books, flow-j ere and pictures is not a home, i but a dwelling. We seldom recognize Happi-j nessuntil she has goneand closed the door after her. Music may sooth the savage! breast, but verily, discord mak-1 eth the gentlest savage. No home is so dark that a sun beam may not steal in in the! guise of a good woman. There is charity so ostenta tious that it is more cruel to the [ sensitive than open scorn. The reason some persons never see Hope is because they keep their eyes closely bandaged. The country doctor may lack urban polish, but he makes up in i self-sacrifice and extraordinary versatility. , If you wish to be hated look incredulous when some one de clares they "never closed their eyes all night." Pet dogs, spoiled kidlets, in quisitive old persons and offic ious youths should never he al lowed to appear l>efore guests. "Miss Prim" is not chosen when men are seeking "a royal good time," but she is frequent ly when they are seeking a wife. Dogs and youths are loyal to those who arc kind +o them. Re garding their t< ntors they p 11 is vengeful as ei bants.?Ex. The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.?Longfellow. | Dreyfus' Own Story. A powerful chapter from one | of t he most remarkable of record ed human experiences, appears in McClure's Magazine for May? Captain Alfred Dreyfus'* Own Story of his arrest, degradation and transportion to Devil's Isle, fo this story is added a portion of the diary kept by Dreyfus on the island, for his wife, and re ferred to so often and so myste riously in the Hennes trial, but never made public. A more intense and convincing expression of human agony than that found in these fragments is incouceiveable. From tirst to last it is evident that the sufferer is bewildered and maddened by what has befallen him, and that all which keepshim from insanity or death is his determination to prove that his persecutions are powerless to overthrow what he calls the "sovereignty of the soul." These dramatic passages make it clear, too, that Dreyfus was compelled to undergo on Devil's Isle every ignominy and hardship his jailers could devise, even to close confinement in a hut, enclosed bv palisades and shut out from air and light, with dou ble irons on his legs throughout the night. The book from which this re markable document is taken, con taining the story of Dreyfus's entire live years of suffering and imprisonment, is to be published by McClure, Phillips & Co. in May. Liie. O great Eternity'' Our little life is but a trust. That bends the branches of thy tree, j And trails its blossoms in the dust. ?Longfellow. The May Magazines. The World's Work, now begin ning its second volume, has won its way rapidly. The May num ber oovers important topics in Russia, Austria, England, Mexi co, Cuba, besides many American matters. Of important national interest is "The Solution of the J Cuban problem," by the man who has been most prominently con nected with the matter, Senator Piatt, of Connecticut. John Kimberly Mumford, in a strik ingly illustrated article, describes the Russian political advance on Asia. There are vivid character sketches of James J. Hill and Secretary Gage, and editorial tributes to ex-President Harri son and to General Funston. A grounof three articles, "The Pub lic Library and the Public School," "The Author and the Publisher at Peace," and "The Author as the Printer Sees Him," will have great interest for book lovers. The contents of the May issue of Everybody's Magazine are very varied. They range from a su perb character study of Chief Croker of the Fire Department, contributed by Lindsay Denison, to a compilation of opinions of prominent actors and man agers on "How to go on the Stage," gathered by Franklin Fyles. An admirable story of a deer's life, "Terror," by Maxi milian Foster, "Making Rain by Electricity," a study of Elmer j Gates' curious experiments in! Washington; stories of the news-! paper World, "Adventures in [ Newsgetting," by Allen Sangree,! a study of .Mrs. Piper, the famous medium, by Mary C. blossom. The Novel bequests, by Eugene P. Lyle, Mrs. Kasebier's photo graphs, J. P. Mowbray's "Mak ing of a Country Home"'?all will! be found readable, entertaining and informative. The contents of the May Mag azine number of The Outlook are as usual varied and interesting. Miss Mary B. Hartt's"The Pass ing of Nigara," enters a vigorous protest against the encroach ment of commerce and manufac tures on the beauties of Niagara Mr. Jacob A. Riis continues the story of his life, called "The Making of an American," and tells inyhy amusing and pathetic incidents of the struggles for ex istence of a young foreigner in this country. I>r. Lyman Ab bott's series callk, and notes of books just pu dished. EDWARD W, POU. P H. BROOKS. POU & BROOKS, Attorneys-at-Law, SMITHFIELD, N. C. Claims Collected. Estates Settled. Practioe in Johnston and adjoining counties. DR. S. P. J. LEE, DENTIST Smithfield, : : N. C. Office in Smithwick Building. Dr. J. W. Hatcher, DENTIST. Selma IN. C. Office in Hare & Son's Drng Store. i L. A. MUNS, M. D., Physician and Surgeon WILSON'S MILLS, N. C. Residence near Mr. O. F. Uzzle. office near store of Messrs. C. M. & W. G. Wilson. 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