North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME XYIII. FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 5, 1903. HOMBKU HI. y s $ - -THE MILE RUN. ,- jv.-v Dy Leslie The coach laid down the. paper 01, which he had been flsurlns. and looked at the members of the track team. "To win." he said, slowly, "we must get t place on the mllo run." ' Thcro waa do rcanonso at first Over -'' hi the otq- the big football player who threw tho hammer straightened i u 11 U make a. speech. Then he. Bcemed to change his mind, and turned nlowlv .toward: another Dart of the ' toon. V "; :'.' i vwoU, Dentil" bo in lcgtng ton.., . , :J-, . . Denty, the mile runner, " shrugged his shoulders. "111 do my beat," be - declared, , llowl,- ' but you -mil know toy tlniw la the .trial -race waa no where near the record." v ' ' - The gaze ,61 the tootball player wan dered on round the room. - : : ' . "Baby Elton!" he said, sternly. Elton flushed .with embarrassment Denty won ' from me In the trial race he said, simply. , MI I " tlwe he stopped. The foe ball, player turned to the coach.': iS . -' ,. t " "Who else can run a mile?" he de- ... manded. v.-"' V "" ' know of ny otner" ton" - fesscd the coach. . "Then." said tho football player, with slow precision, "the race must be woa either by Denty or Eitoa-or oy . ' 1 the other team." - i'"Yes, that's It.' said the coach. He was glad the others were beginning to realise, the cares ot his position. see," said the football piayer. "Dcnty, can you win that race?" Denty forced a smile, i. "I might try," he laid . vaguely. ' .- - That's not 4he question," said the football player, sharply, "We do not want tb rely on mere chance. Elton, can -you win the tille run?" , Down'' la his eart Elton believed ho was capable of talcing at least sec ond place In the event Denty had beaten !:jlnii 1n-h trial race, to be sure, but of the two runners Denty . was at the time la far better condl- tlon. The reverse, however, was now . the cr&. . - .: VZ. "jnodest too modest, i llho uwr,Tin rvna of tho blaTf?M." t player embarrassed him; b flushed- ,v painfull), .fie", conscious that his J litU brftlslreipbling all over. He felt like crying out at the top of his y voice that he could win the race. In- stead, however, ho meekly answered, r - "I don't know: perhaps I could." The football player brought hi (1st down on the table. , "What we want," he eatd, "Is eonfl- - dence In Ouraolvcs. : Neither of you ' two fellows can expect to win that - wee tf you go Into It with the bare hope of capturing- a place, Why, the other team will haye runners who know positively they are going to win. They will win, too; and they will win becauso they know they are going to do It, not because they hope to get a place. You fellows' But ha stopped suddenly at a look In Elton's face. Be .. neath his " groat muscular bulk the football player had a kind heart "Our only chance to win the mile run," broke in the coach, "lies In our pulling, their runners. It la old, I n know, but a man Isn't himself In a ' ' race, and the best runner in" the world s apt to mlBjudge his speed." Yes, that's true," agreed the xoot- bairpjBTJ?- - - "ThJll, Itl thcoach with a sigh of relief, that Is BettleWEtton'you will1 do the palling' and let Denty wit the raca . Baout on the track at 4 sharp every day from now on! That's all. fellows." 'v -:; '. The members of the track team rose jtowly SraA sti towly from their lounging positions straggled out ot the little room. was the last to go. He was still thlnklnjrof the coach's decision, and 'was just beginning to realise what It meant ,r:t:r.-- i$-.rt- , . , . He, who had trained all the spring and half the winter before, was to come fn last In the mile run! Even J now he could so the race. At the . start the runnera would be off at the ' same instant and break into the same swinging gait Then he would Increase hlstpace a little and draw away from Vthe rest Bit by bit he would lengthen j,the distance until the runners of the other team would become alarmed and endeavor to gain his side. BUU he would keep up the rapid gait until his own- runner should be far to the rear, .coming, with long, easy strides In ' sharp contrast to the short, distress ing steps of the others. And then, on ; the last lap ot the track, his running partner would quicken his stride, and, still comparatively, fresh, pass him and r the others with a burst of speed. . It-was probable his opponents would by this time have discovered the trap, and have dropped back; but he knew : that It would ba too late and that they 1 would pass him, trembling and almost exhausted, in a futile effort to catch the other man, who hall harbored his strength by running throughout at the same pace be used In practice six af- terooOM week, rv ..-.; Then would come the finish. - First bis running mate would break the tape, well in advance of the others. Next the two runners ot the other team, completely exhausted, would fall across the line Into the arms ot their comrades. And last far to the rear, he would straggle on the finish, too tired to hear the laughs and taunts of those who did not recognise the sacri fice. ..t: ?-J:',:y-jf ''''.t v;''';' But It was not alone the thought of the crowd's verdict that hurt him; he was willing to make the sacrifice for But he had trained long and farwruiiy kh tne nope of winning, and V" thought that he might be dbbarrM fl0ra ven trying to do so had not eiWK"l his head. His father had wrltteiMlnt' he would come down to see him ruhVvjnd hid t .lil him with gruff Wndness fat ho was a "plucky boy." J; At home friends would hear of the race an chuckle knowingly; ! for they had laughed at Jilm when he spoke of try ing athletics, and had smiled from su 'perior head on ' bis 130 pounds of vptglit. What could a boy of his slae tlt thpy asked. 1 t M. Quit ' He had meant to show tbem bis worth some day, and had thougkt the time at hand. Now, however,: there waa nothing to do but to forget his ambitions and help win the race for his university. So be -wroto to his father explaining the circumstances and suggesting that It would hardly be worth his while to come to the meet But his father, who was an old college man himself, answered bis let' ter in a way that made Elton's heart leap. . ; . ,t. "I am proud of yon," the father wrote, "and under the circumstances would prefer having your team win the meet than seeing you get a first In that race. You have the true college spirit my boy, which is an Important element In a higher education. I shall ome to see you lose the race, and shall be glad when you do It" - The day of the dual track meet cam almost Jbefore Elton realised it The air was heavy with the soft laziness of early spring, yet thdre was a cool ness in the atmosphere that foretold fast races.-;;-;. Both universities had a large fol lowing. Each was confident ot win ning; each cheered Its men frantically. Followers of college athletes were on the field in large numbers, for the meet waa practically to decide the cham pionship of the west Down under the grand stand, In the dressing rooms, the members of the track team lounged about In luxurious idleness. ; The coaches, judges, time keeper and other officials rushed here and there In greatest haste, endeavor ing to get the great athletic meet start ed on time, It was, as usual, a full half-hour af ter the advertised time when the first event occurred. But from that mo ment there was no hitch, and slowly the spectators checked off their pro grams as each race was ended.. For the coaches there were no surprises. Each had figured out the results of the Various events from the previous rec ords of the contestants, and each saw his prophecies, one by one, fulfilled. Almost before he knew It, Elton had laid down on the great bare table, and had his muaclojaQsened by careful rubbing and kheadtng7"and .thenj 8llppenhTs funning suit and taken his place on tho cinder track. As he. waited for the etgnel he re membered the coach's last advice.. He looked now at the three other runners. Denty was on the outer edge ot the track, smiling and confident, one of the other team's men was on each side of him. Elton looked curiously at them, and wondered It they would be tooled by the simple game he waa to play. He doubted It, but ho deter mined to do his best to draw them on. Then came the sharp commands of the starter, the pistol shot and they were off, each running with a long, measured stride. For a time they ran together, with feet that touched the cinders underneath In perfect unison. After a moment, Elton, almost afraid, took a little longer step, and quick ened his stride. For a minute he feared the change in tho pace was enough to be noticed, but a quick side glance showed the other runners at his elbow.- So bit by bit he Increased his speed until he knew he must be set ting a pace that would won tire the others. And still they clung to his side. At 'the .second lap of the quarter- mile track, when tho. race was halt ended, Elton was full 60 yards ahead of the nearest man. The rnnners ot the other team had by . this time discov ered the attempt to tire them at the tart and bad droppedback. until they were midway between Elton and Denty. Just bow well the plan had worked could not be decided until the last lap, when the critical sprint at the finish took place. It seemed to El ton, however, that the two other run ners must be much more exhausted than Denty. ; Elton himself was breathing hard, and keeping step only in.a mechanical way. He was glad he waa not expected to sprint the last few yards. :V ; r.,; " As he rounded the curve of tho track at the finish ot the last lap but one, Elton took a quick glance back at the other runners. Then he gasped sud denly, lost step and nearly fell. , He could not see Denty! There was a blurred sight of the two other runners, already beginning to gain upon him, but back of them, -where Denty bad been a moment be fore, the track lay black and deserted. Had he fallen? Had he given up the race? ; There was no time,1 however. for conjectures. But one thought, was In Elton's mind; Denty was gone; he must win the -race himself. He crossed the line and started on the last lap. . Well In the rear, the two other runnera quickened their pace, and began to draw nearer and nearer. Up in -the grand stand some one yelled a word of encouragement and Elton, tried to move his legs a little faster. His breath was coming in queer, choking gasps now, and hi lips were burning hot and dry. Half-way round the track he stum bled from sheer exhaustion, and lost yard or two. -By the time he had forced his legs into the stride again, he could hear the labored breathing of some other runner close behind. With desperate energy he dug the spikes of his running shoes Into the cinder track, and leaped ahead as he would with a long stroke In skating. For an instant he lost the prodding sound behind, and .hope returned. Then once more, seemingly closer and louder than ever, he heard thu breath ing. , ,.! He faltered again and almost felt. He began to count now, out loud, that he might keep the stride, (or he knew If he lost it once his chance of win ning the race would go with It After time, when his lees were mnvlnn "better, xaiight the thud! thud! of the other unner, ' and he stopped counting and listened eagerly to the crunching tootfalls. Elton fully realized that his chance of winning was small. He had delib erately tired hlwelf out at the start with no thought Of being forced to the terrible strain of a rnirlnt on the last terrible strain ot a sprint on the last lap of the track. As he ran now, his eyes burned with Bharp pains, the mus cle In his legs jerked and tugged, his breath rushed in and out through a throat sore and parched with dust Try as he might his body refused to swing evenly and his step falterM . with growing frequency. ' He kept his eyes fixed on the track as he ran. It seemed to be rushing to meet him, and he fancied it swayed and ' reeled. . Sometimes his foot hit the cinders too soon, sometimes the track dropped down, almost out of reach. But still he forced his VS up and down, up and down, up and down, until It seemed, that the terrible, mon otonous stride must finally give way to the toddling gait of a little baby just learning to walk. ; Elton lost all count of bis position on the track until . his gaze fell upon the little holes the runner ot the hundred-yard dash had dug In starting. Then he knew the race waa almost ended, and he tried to put forth the whole strength ot his body. Could he run those last 100 yard without fall ing? . , :;;;-;,,. .,. ' Vf In the grand stand the crowd waa yelling madly. He heard his own name shouted again and again, but the sounds seemed to come from a great distance. The tootfalls of the other runner had died out now, and he won dered if It were possible that the man had passed him without hi noticing It He looked at the track ahead, half expecting to see the runner, but it was deserted clear up to the taut little string that marked the finish. So he lowered bis bead and began to count once more as his feet hit the cinders. He was close to the finish now, run ning with month open and eyes halt shut 1 He staggered from side to side of the track, only dimly seeing the crowd that lined it Then, through his half-closed eyes, he saw the tape Just ahead...:. The sight seemed to put new strength Into him. He opened bis eyes wide find fhrow hoflV hla ha,1 amtarln tita shoulders. His lees thumned ud amv down with more evenness. '0 There was one awful seo- the tape, Just aa he rue" to melt away lnto the next Instant and with a break ao, the len friends s he fell into tVs ulck sweep of air bew runner wno naa toiiowea ciu. ieels crossed the line, a good Elton lookea curiously at mm Inute, too tired to grasp the Then he blinked wonderlngly, Is eyes once or twice, and started, tosspeak. But before fhe had uttered three words, the annWcer of the races bel lowed through a great megaphone; "Result of the mile run: First, Elton; second, Denty.; third, Pastor." ' It waa true. The runner who El ton had feared would pass him was none other than Denty, his own man. Tho thing was explained simply enough. At the time when EJton glanced over his shoulder, to And his mate apparently missing, Denty had just come up rapidly Into the place ol one of the other runners who dropped out exhausted. Elton's blurred vision had been unable to distinguish faces. Instead of getting first place by a nar row margin, bis team had taken sec ond aa well. The meet was unques tionably won. For the first time since the race,- El ton smiled broadly. . His university had won the meet; he had taken first place in tho mile run. Buch a combi nation he had long ago regarded as Im possible.' . .? ..." , .:.'-,:: , :.:': - While he was still smiling, the meg aphone bellowed out some' other an nouncement In an Instant the crowd was yelling and cheering In a perfect fury. The coach of the team rushed up and grasped Elton's hand. "What Is itr asked Elton hall dazed. . . "Don't you know?" demanded the coach, with happy face. "Yon broke the intercollegiate record for th mile run." They were crowding round him now In great numbers, each, ready, with congratulations. The coach thumped blm on the back with great heartiness. The big football player scattered tho crowd right and left a he made his way to Elton's side, and slipped one of the runner' white handa Into his great brown one. . r . Buf best ot all, a pleasant-faced man authoritatively pushed his way through the group of Elton's admirers, and reaching him at last, threw an arm affectionately round his shoulders and turned to introduce blm to the men who bad followed him. "Gentlemen," he said, with proud emphasis, "this is my son!" Youth "i Companion. , ' ;' A Shocking Rid. -: Whotber any of the people who now ride on the elevated trains will bt In New York when the world come to an end la a question, but If any ol them happen to be doing business In this neighborhood they will be able to stand ths shock better than others who have nevor traveled on the "h." The sensation will ba nothing new to them, because they get a foretaste ot the final shake-up every, time th train stops. , - - .: .. There are other movement and other cessations of movement thai produce strange. Indescribable thrill In the human framo, but none send the same shiver from head to too aa the spasdomic jerking ot the elevated train when slowing up or getting, un der way. It may be tho new electric system, but, whatever the cause, the jarsengers,speclally those that happen to be standing when tho train stops nd starts again, feel as If the. ootV torn waa dropping out of everything and they aro sinking down, down, down Into a fathomless abyss. Of course, that may not be at all the way po-jple will fool on the last day, but all elevated train sufferers are willing to take oath that tticy cannot feel any worse New York Press. With wirelea telegraphy recently the Kaiser Wllhclm II spoke with the Min neapolis at a dlntance ot 21Q mllos, a record distance for communlcatloa al ea. ; . ;',.'" .r IS 1 at I secoV 1 for aV'' truth. rubbed Ti ' SEfiMOU FOR SUNDAY I AN ELOQUENT AND HELPFUL DIS COURSE ENTITLED "LOST AT HOME." The lev, Francis J, KcCobmII Fraachat Inslraetlvaly as ha Parable In Laka, Which Deals With tua Graea at Ood ;:; toward the Lost -;, Niw York Crrr. "Lost At Home" was the subject of the sermon preached Sunday evening by the Rev. Francis J. McConoeli, pastor of the New York Avenue M. K Church. The sermon was based en Luka av. Mr. UcConnell said: All the parables of this fifteenth chapter oi Lake deal with the grace of Ood toward the lost. There is the story of a sheep lost, uuHin v, mm iub. aula Nwtuci v. ,nv uw .. vtun, ,u, ... .. sons lost. The parable from which the text close to the essential weaknesses is th of the evening is taken is not the parable creed and practice of Pharisaism. The two of tne lost son, but the parable of the lost j weak words here are "never" and "corn sons. A great many of us stop at th twen- I mandment." The elder's son's thought of tp-fifth verse. We rejoice in the sound of aiusie and dancing which welcome home the prodigal, ana prefer that th story should end with the happiness of th ban quet. Th remaining verses, perhaps, seem to us somewhat out of place. The beautiful narrative is marred by reference to the ugliness of the elder brother, but if w leave the elder brother out of the parable w hare lost in large part th Master's point Remember that Jesus is speaking of th lost; He is justifying His dealing with publicans and sinners. The are lost sheep which have wandered away from th shepherd: lost coin which have eluded the fingers of the housekeeper and fallen into the cracks; lost sons who have wandered far from home to spend all in riotous liv ing. The parable was spoken in response to tb murmurs of Pharisees and Scribes. With wonderful exquisitenesa Jesus puts the Pharisees and Scribes into th parable. The elder brother is th Scribe, who can not understand the km of the Master for publicans and sinner. It requires but a moment's glance to se that in the Master's thought ths Pharisee is lost lost not in opsn prodigality and outbreaking vice, but lost in false conceptions and fal ieelings) Jesus does not say, indeed, that th Phari see is lost, but He imnlies as much. When w look at the parable in the light of the wnoi leacning ot jesua. w can sea ci the "lostness of the elder brother. Possibly it would be well to say ji wora aooui me sense in nmcn tne "lost is her used. "Lost in the means not that destruction, come- upon me soui, on the grip of forci'jj-' selves, will tmn' If the stew" onlookc dep.t' p, shoh fhe'word.K Of death bhfcft waa lost aa tnW Of course, thei ness." One man risht road than i n s n ano lost. oft the road ia lost. 1 iianse cermnuy uovuk as a dissolute spendthru. company of swine. But t. under consideration, nothii tive as outward apueara) vices that manifest themsej signs are no more deadly - spiritual vices that work quietly u. ijk. . . 1 . , Not all vice are rough and boisterouifi - Again, in the parable before na we mav fail to se the loatneaa of the eliln- ninths because he remained at home. We are very apt to think of lostness as spatial. The younger son was in far country, and whether we realise it br not, something of our thought ot his lostness has to do with his geographical position. Th elder son was at home and, therefore, safe; but the kntnass of the parable has very little to, do with spatial relation-. The father could not have saved the younger son by fasten ing chains upon him and keeping him at home. Th son waa already far away when h clasped his father's hand to say good by. Nearness in a spiritual sense is not at all a matter of physical distance. Th son who remained at home wa in a spiritual senso as truly lost as the son who wandered Into the far country. Spiritual lostness consists in false way of looking at and feeling about spiritual things. It may b that some will object that the Pharisees were a particular class of people living at a particular date in the world's history; that they have long aiue passed on, carrying all their frailties with them. Of what as to speak of Pharisees to-day t It muat b responded that this view is wholly superficial that Jesus spoke for ail ages; that in Pharisaism were certain fun damental traits that appear over and over again. Pharisaism i not yet dead; the nam is changed, but the characteristics reappear. Few men are far enough beyond Pharisaism to make a protest against the discussion of the lostuesa ol Pharisaism especially relevant t . i , . .fiff 0' all, the Uy-at hom waa lost in his thought of himself. "Lo, these many years do I surra thee." Th word "serve is not at all accidental; it is a very essen tial part of the picture; it strike at onp ueep faults of Pharisaism the inability ol th Pharisee to ris above th idea of ser vanUhip in hi thought of man's relation to God. Tb cider brother did not tako himself aa a son, but ss a servant and therefore waa lost in his thought of him self. After the prodigal among the twin cam to himself he said, "I am no mora worthy to be called thy son; make me as on of thy hired servants." The prodigal thought of himself aa lost forever to son hip and hoped only for servantship; and yet the great redeeming fact in th reck less sinner's ease was that be had com to the point where he could appreciate son nin. Upon that fact th father restored him. .Th prodigal had learned something in his disgrace. He had learned to think of himself aa one who had sinned against onshin. With that lesaoa there followed "I will arise and go to my father." 80 far as this essential realisation of sonatiip was concern the elder brother was as lost as tb wanderer Who had gon to th far country. -,', .. , . Looking at th parab! in the light Of its tternal spiritual significance, this must be aid, th man who strives to serr God as a servant and not as a son ia lost. Not thst he is a villain or given to outbreaking transgression, but so long as b merely serves Uod h is lost to all joy for himself and is a dead loss to God. 1 say lost to joy, because there is no joy in merely erring God that is, if wa fake the Work seriously. If w look upon God as a great taskmaster, s great lord over servants, t are lost in misery; for we make so many mistakes and we leave so much undone and w absolutely fail so many timrs that wt get but little satisfaction out of the work itself. If we really look upon God as taskmaster we muat honestly confess that we can never please Him. .With our limit ed insight and our blundering faculties we are lost to the happiness of successful ser vice. Tb more we strive the more we blunder, and the more we blunder the more lost we leel. As evening comes on and the hour draws near when we shall fact) the taskmaster, we look back unon all the pitiful failures of the day and cry out ia woe. Jiut, looking upon uod as a lather, see how quickly and surely all this is changed! The father is not a tiwkmsatcr, but a father.: He takes the .will for th deed; He looks upon all our doings as the expression of a filial spirit and is siitislieil. kit if the Work be Hone slavishly we have no joy in service and are a dead loss to (iodj for. looked upon merely as servonts, after we have done all we are unprofitable. True, we look upon soma thinra w have ) accomplished and we pronounce them great. We iflk about our bringing in the material kiiiiiim of God about our in VimtioHS !' ' mi. the telegraph, the mkhty railroads and' i ntccl morwters that tralhple d v the wave of the sea. If Itheva n 1 J. l- 4 a wniU of pans; if thev MOW til Wi' Is ' : ':C B.M.s to s. 1 f ! up to I ' Immemity of the Father's thoughtTOod I . muni Uka mnntma rieli?ht in them. Thrt I uv 1 in ri 11 1101 1 j v, 1 ntu.i .i,wn.M.. '-' . must take lunreme delight in them. Thri are creations of Hit children: they tukt value from the fact that the children's fin gers have toiled lovingly upon tbcro. Uod j values our doing) becauM we are His chil dren. If w oome, however, claiming to be servants and pointing to the gra things that w have done, the only response is that we are unprofitable servants. . -I The stay-at-home was lost so lonir as he I looked upon himself as a servant. The tirat ' step towards recovery wo for him to take himself as a son, The first step out of tbt lostnees of the servant life is to take son. ship for granted and to act upon the as sumption. I Again, the lost new of the stay-at-home appears from his thought of service. "And I never transgressed a commandant of : thine.". These words are no more accidental tuan the othn. The JCater is cutting i service was partly negative, and for t'at mt cunsistcu in Kvcuiug ODmmanuineiiis. The Pharisee habitually thanked Uod that he "was not as other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as the publican, but fasted twice in the week and gave tithes of all that he possessed." First, th negative aspect of th Phari saic creed. According to Pharisaism re ligion consist largely in not doing. "Never" is the blessed word. Adherence to th "never" creed cause th inert and passionless worshiper to mistake the hat leanness of death for the peace that passeth understanding. Negative piety is often sheer lifelnaness; there is not vitality enougM to break "forth m sin; Uiere 1 not strength or spirit enough to make temp' tation possible. How exasperating it is to hear a dry, withered spul declaim on the follies of youth, or a mind sluggish with stupidity boast it freedom from doubt! There is a long-lived heresy to the effect that the heart of religion la repression. No longer do this, or that, or the other! Drive oat the devils, sweep the house, set the furniture in order, buard up th win dows, lock up the door, and hid th keys! This, as of old. overlooks some thingthe skill of devils as key-flnders. Back they come with ethers worse than themselves f or. if tliev do not coma bark. I Jbe house stands empty, which is about as naq. .neaemntion really means abun dant life. The lifeless and inert seriously startinB-tnwnnl- 1 mitinn msy possibly . iii filleTV the snrif. Th Jostuc'sTtirtlirtay--hrno'm still further app-ars from his unnatural heart lessnsas. "Thy son!" These words aro doubly heartless, they repudiate brother hood with the returning prodigal and they reproach the father for not looking upon such a son aa his own. Heartlessnees al most inevitably follow mechanicalism. It is natural that it should be so. There is no heart in a cumbersome set of com mandment. Commandments having to deal imply with doings and not with feelings are in the nature of the case wooden and lifeless. If life b looked upon as some thing to be fitted into a scheme of com mandment, all the fragrance of fine feel ing evaporate. This picture of the elder broth is th perfect setting forth of th heartlessnesa-' of developed Pharisaism. The heartlessnees cam not out of delib erate diabolism, but out of mechanical legalism. In the end, however, the two ere not far apart -..-.'... ,.-, .., It would seem quite the fashion in these matter' of fact day to ridicule emotion alism. There is instead a kind of emotion alism that deserve ridicule. The piety thtt consist only in being happy is a poor Iiiety, But strike emotionalism out of re igion and religion is not religion. In John' wonderful epistle of lor much i aid about th presence of God in the life, said that presence manifest itself io vari ous forma of feelinr. Do von love the I brethren? That ia to say. do you feel the force and Dower of friendahin? A part ot the witness of God's spirit is to be ioand just here, in the quickening of those fin feeling of friendship and love which seem to com so naturally as we relate ourselves tq one another. Ia the feeling tor brothers and sisters' becoir .ng more kindly? I th attitude toward fathers and mother and children more affection ate? Is th circle of loving interest widen ing? This ia the mark of the presence of God this and that other feeling like nnto it, the affectionate going forth of the heart in the cry of "Abba, father."' Remove emotionalism of this kind and yon take the substances out of life aa well as out of religion. Life is a matter of feeling. All value at realised in feeling, and the feelingleas mortal ia an unnatural mon strosity. Any system of religious thought or practice that make men feelingless is to be condemned. Pharisaism was feel ingles?; its lostness wa et on high be fore th gasc of sll th world by it failure to feel the greatness of Jesus. It waa aa if the light of the rising sun played upon dead eyeball. A feelingless life! These words seem contradictory. A feelingless religion!. These word are aontradietory and abuird, as absurd as nnseeing seeing or un hearing hearing. Still further, th stay-at-home reveals his lost condition in his tendency to put tne worst construction possible apoa the life of hi brother. "Thy son, which hath devoured thy living with harlots." Th cider on bad no war of knowing this to be true, fie judged that this must bo ths truth beosuae it wu about the worst thing hi brother could do. . : In this world ot sunt we are compelled to make assumptions, to choose between view either ol which may be correct. 80 far as th great mass of things is con cerned, there is no way of getting absolute proof beforehand. Wt must assume and sc. Mow, concerning men and things, good assumptions and bad assumptions are possible; but as a matter of general atti tude of mind and heart towsrdthinir only one way is safe. That is, to put the very beat possible construction on tb lives of men and the working of things. This, in a' word, is Christian faith. - Chriittinr. faith does not start by proving tilings. It assumes the beat. If a man is actually bad it looks hopefully toward the Letter manhood which is, in almost. cvCrv case, a possibility. Jesus called Judss "friend, and accepted his kiss even on the night of his betrayal. Clirlstlnn faith looks out upon the working of the entire universe and assume that they are righteous. In that trust ia found peace. Suppose on were to assume in denting with men that oil men are liarn. U can not be proved beforehand that oil men ore not liars or even thai any one man is absolutely trullihi); . but how hopelessly hmt in hi dealings with rren would bo the onfl who whould start with the namn thm that all men are I in r.s ! Tho safe pa!h in the lonn run it the f nixntioa tnat thfre in fo.ul in all men nud that the Ehk1 enn la rra"i"-l nod !",!" t:i'('"i 111 iKiriienl.tr e;i:.i'i tii H n.nv f.-il. l.nt n 1.1 1 I t i 0 '$ I 1 I who, like th elder brother, hold to tn idea that the returning prodigal M nope lexeii. and irretrievably lost, is himself wandering In the wilderness far from safety. Lastly, the lostness of th stay-at-home appears from hi thought of reward. "Tho never garest me a kid." Th elder brother seems ta have been serving with the thought of. material pay. lie was doing the work for what he could get out of it. His -Thought of reward moves along a low plane. Jesns condemned Pharisaism because of its low view of reward. Th taskmaster was to pay at tb close of th day. Similarly aotne of as seem at times to think ot heaven as place of material and rather earthly prises. And again, the elder brother was lost in placing emphasis upon an extraordinary forgiveness and welcome as of more than th favor of the father's continued and ever present affec tion. It is sometimes suggested that on of tb . important lessons of this parable is its rebuke ot the Christian who com plains because the contrition of the return ing penitent sometimes is rewarded by more of ecstatic blessing thsn is his own long continued service of (Jod. .However this may be as a matter of strict exegesis, it is perfectly clear that the thought which rates the exceptional manifestation of in terest as of more vain than the con tinned favor of the father' presence, wanders far sstray. "Son, thoa are ever with me, and all that is mine is thine." This is the great reward, the favor of companionship and Krtnerahip with the Father a spiritual nefit and blessing beside which all ma terial things fall into nothinges. Th prin cipal reward is spiritual. We an. uot to think of pay but of companionship with the blessed God! Any thought of reward lower than this is lost. There is a nse in which the stay-at-home was as prompt) a his brother. With his niggardly thought of lower reward, he recklessly overlooked and wasted th companionship and love which were poured out around him. There Were two prodigals in the family. It would be rather a difficult task to decide which was th worse. - ' - Basarractlnaaf Christ, The resurrection of Christ was absolute ly necessary as a proof that His life and teachings were divine. It was not merely required as a fulfillment of prophecy, and especially of the prophecy ot Christ Him eeif, though it was needed for this, but it was also demanded as nta inspirer of hope, because no hope of lifebcyond th tomb could have sprung ouVVf the grave of a '.jfiiir Who Himsel' i'" he;u as Its vie- onjcleariv . a, lor he wrote: ' - Vn ta nil. nH.nL Jain; ye are .irJ'Snd becaue"rn(rsilint is so universal amonc Christiana is the rea son why it Is so rare to find s real saintly soul who is charged with divine sweetness of spirit Th Evangelist. - Tell-Tala anilatloas. Surface indications are sometimes bet ter guid in moral than the deeps of ethi cal philosophy. One man will tell you why th theatre, for instance, ia indispensable; another will tell you, no less logically, why it ought to be dispensed with. The deeper th argument goes into foundation prin ciple, the surer each becomes of hi posi. tio. But here, is a programme of a put play, from on of th best class of theatre. At th end of the bill are several heavy type advertisement, on of an "ale-house," ono of a "saloon," one ol a "bar," etc. all in th neighborhood. These advertise ment are not ao likely to be found on th programme of a symphony concert, an oratorio, or an illustrated lecture. - Why not? Never mind th reason. Two things, th stage and th bar, are associated, and openly proclaimed to the audience. The fact ouglit to count, if argument do not. Tendencies tell their own tale. - Dally Prels. Th entire Christian life must bear th character of a doily renewed thank-otlering to tho glory of Him who in grace bestowed a perfect atonement in Christ Jesus; a thank oflerin of willing, undivided devo tion of ourselves, with ail that is ours, to Him. For what other purpose is man. aa head ot earthly creatures, placed below in Kich, temple, sav that he, as priest, should offer such a sacrifice, daily conse crating to Ilira th spiritual offerings ot self denial, love and obedience? K. t Van Ooa terse. . . , - - - .... - ' OaoV ajimei,, It is wonderful what miracle Uod work In wills that are utterly surrendered to Him. He turn hard thine into easy, and bitter things into swset. It is not that. Ho puts easy tiling in th p-uc of tb bird, but He actually changes the bard thing into an easy on. Hannah Wbitall Smith. w-; ' : ' ' y': - " Symbol on Tombston. ! : In Scotlunt) tt wa for a long time asual to place on a man's tombstone the symbol ot his trade. Especially was this the case In Dnmblane. where In the burial ground of the abbey It baa been found that of those tomb atones which are from 100 to too year old, about, one-fourth are thu marked, the eymbols being In tow re lief. A sugar cane may be seen a showing the grave of a grocer; an ax and law, with hammer and nail, occur an the grave of a carpenter; an awl and a hammer on that ot a shoemaker. There are many other graves similar, ly marked. Stirling 01 1 lerver, ' . FRIED BEEP KIDNEY. Cut a beef kidney Into slices one-third of an Inch tblckf put them In a bowl and pour boiling water overt let stand ten min utes; lift the slice from the water to a towel and dry thoroughly; then roll In flour; put a little butter In the fry ing pan; when hot lay. In the kidney; when brown on the underside turn and brown 'he other; sprinkle with salt and pepper; arrange on a hot platter, resting one on the other; add a little flour to the butter In the trying pan; stir until smooth; season with salt and pepper; add water and boll until thick ened; nmovc; add a little lemon Juice,' train iito the ocntor ot ths platter; aorva vir y hot, with squares ot toast InjrtcTj Post optnw that It ' t elisors Iiotv uiimy nhd they lire no '"!iitoVn to tlie BILL ARP'S LETTER Bartow Sage Draws Inspira tion from Flowers. ' IS HAPPY AND RESIGNED Opening of : New Library Interest Him Greatly,' and He Makes 8ug . ' gestlona Regarding Book . that Should be Kept on Hand, I am not sick very sick but I am tired. I feel like Lord Byron did when he penned hi beautiful farewell to Chllde Harold: - "I am not now that which I hava been and my visions flit less palpably before me, and tho glow that In my spirit dwelt la fluttering faint and low." ' - But I will not say farewell to my readers. I can still feed on the happi ness of those around me and rejoice with the children and the birds and the flowers. Every day I visit the garden and gather flower for th neighbors, the sick and the bereaved. They are treasure of dll0ht and of kv and every household can have them It there Is a mother or a daugh ter there, and yet there are families who have none and care' for none, not even a vine over the door or a gate to the front yard. Would a young man be fool enough to marry a girl who was not fond ot flowers? c The Bible tells of diamonds and pearla and irectous stone; rlsons'' panaon Ing 7 a oeauuiui ui Today Is one of noBrmsrr-nuriorUnce to our community. It la the day fixed t'f the formal opening and dedication of our public library. It Is wonderful what these ladles have accomplished lit tils little town. Two years ago they organlxod a little library club which Included village Improvement and now they have a pretty park with v led walks and a fountain of gold flsh and they rented a room upstairs precious stones'anrijjoimrnj'' and began to solicit money from the!meat Ul I did so. It tasted liko good people wherewith to buy books, and then they begged a beautiful cor net lot from the city fathers and have built a two-story brick building upon tt and equipped It with shelves and ta bles and other conveniences and ev erybody Is proud of It And one even ing Mr. and Mrs. Granger, who are al ways doing something for the educa tion and refinement of our humble people, gave a reception to everybody and nobody knew what It was for, but when everybody was feeling good and generous, Mr. Granger handed an open book and called a generous friend to head a subscription for tho library, and he did so with a hundred dollars, and others came vp and were liberal, and the building was nearly paid for that night , I see that Valdosta has done the samo thing and two' gener erous people have subscribed a liberal sum for books for children. Yes, espe cially for, chlldrejia-hd young people. That Is rlghtyand I hope they will have "Georgia Scenes" and "Uncle Re m us" 'and the "Young Maroonera" and "Arabian Nights" and mix them up wltb some more solid reading.' Young people must have mixed food to make It all digest Just think of It, the "Young Marooners" has been publish ed In seven different languages, and I expect .".Uncle Remus" . In as many more. Rev. Frank Oouldlng was- a wonderful man. I went to school with his brothers, Ed and John. Their grandmother was my mother's adopt ed mother, a will be found In my last book, "From the Uncivil War to Date," 1861-1UU3. Those who want tms book should apply to Mr. C. P. Byrd, the publisher, Atlanta, Oa. If aa. auto graph copy is wanted send $1.36 to me. These Gouldlngs were a notable family. . Rev. Thomas Oouldlng, the father of these boys, was' the first Presbyterian preacher born In the state. He was in charge .of the first theological seminary and president ot Oglethorpe university. The old doc tor was a very learned and a very stern old man. He was orthodox to the core. I remember that when I was a young man I went wltb my father to Columbus. Oa, to attend synod, tor my father was an elder. A school teacher from our town, whose name was Oray, a Kmart but willful Irishman, from Dublin, wa ex amined for license to preach. He stood a very satisfactory examination and had a favorable report front tho tOUimlttceJtiThe oU doctor leaned for ward and said: "JJrotber Gray, I will auk you -pne more question, Do you feel called upon In your heart to prench the gospel to save sinners?" "Yes," said Cray, "If they pay me f r It." :' "Brother Gray," aald- the doetor sternly, "the Question of pay la no part of this tamlnatkm aor of year qualifications. - Ton are; excused, sir.'' And so Broth Oray went back to Lawrenceville and studied law. Frank Oouldlng, who wrote "The Toung Maroon ers," also wrote "Robert Harold," "Little Josephine" and "Ma nxmen' Island." Ho died In Roswell, Oa. ' Now, all such book should bo In the children's department of every library. They sow the seed that will bring fruit In due time. : Yes, we are all proud of our library, and the next work fit the ladles will be to till the shelve with good books. ; For older heads they have already provided sub stantial histories add cyclopedias. I see they have already secured a beau tiful edition of Dodd, Mead Co. last edition of "The International," which 1 In itself a library that wilt educate anybody who will study It But I must stop now, for I am weak and tired, and, aa Byron says, my ' Ions flit less palpably before me and the glow that la my spirit dwelt la fluttering taint and low. But I will soon rally and then cut flowers for the library, and especially some ebole ones for th vacant desk of the dear girl we mourn and who was chairman ot our library committee. BILL ARP. In Atlanta Constitution. HOR8E MEAT IN EUROPE. Cltlea Which Eat Thousand of Ani mal Evry Day. . , , Not only In Berlin, but hi almost all the great cities of Europe horse meat Is eatea by the lower classes. There are great slaughter housi Parle whlyhJtirt.M....lan .sn. evr" yu 1 as goua-a. Va eold, and that Bo lur rutjumauHU inis mans ramuy waa av when I caBrM,' and upon my asking ir he ate horse neat himself he took me Into his dining room, where his wife and children ' were devouring plates f soup made from horse bones. Tho children looked healthy and he told me that their bodies were largely made ot horse flegh. He asked me to sample a bit ot the tough deer, with a light .gamy flavor. I don't Ilk it but that may be owing to prejudice, or It may be that the bite . I took waa from an qrdlnary old street car plug, tougher than ordinary. , , ,1 have visited several of the bora 3 slaughter house. The first one was like a big barnyard surrounded by low, stables and fenced In at ono sldo with long buildings of red brick. At thn right of the gate stood a group of butchers, their shirt sleeves rolled np above their elbows and their baru. brawny srmn fnvrrnd yltTi blood. Each hjjjfmr had a loath? LwelKspattrirod, and looked altogether frather repulsive than otherwise. had a permit to see the establishment, and In addition gave a small fee to one of these men, so that everything was thrown opon to me. ' ' :- :' ' . ' t The first room we entered contain ed the horses that had been killed that morning. . Thero were sevoral score of them hung llko beeves from the ratters, with their heads down ward. . A splendid bay horse which had Just been killed was being dress ed on the floor, a white horse wag being skinned, and an Inspector was going over thei.varlou cola ot those hung from the rafters and stamping them. ' . ' V: - Leaving this room t was taken to another where they were killing. : As I watched them: magnificent black carriage hone waa brought In, worth, t was told, 108 marks, $26. It was not more than six years old, and a month or so ago his value was per haps $500. He had slipped on the smooth streets a tew daya before and had ao injured himself that ha would be lame for life. Frank Carpenter, In Washington Star. - VELVET SHORTCAKE. Add ' on teaspoon ful of salt to one quart ot flour; dissolve one tcapoonful of soda In one tablespoontul ot boiling water; add this to two and a quarter cupfuls of sour cream; then add this to the flour; toss on a floured board; roll out half an Inch thick; ut the str.e ot a breakfast plate; place on a hot grid dle; when brown on the under r,! ' turn ad brown on the otber; api.s,"' butter and serv hot. RESOLUTION. "You must give hint credit for ht 'i -a nan with Mis courage of his convi ticms." "Whyr ' " "If he buys a hat one year he t Hesitates elxwrt wearing It the is Washington Star.