1T.ANKLIN. N. C, VEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 16- 1C33.
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THE CAPTAIN,
Tbo. Story of tho Ton Tkoutani Dollart Boquoathod ty ttamot
' Luit Sanchiz, of Santiago do Cuba, to tho Poof of Hit City.
- By ALLEN FRENCH. :' v '. , ' V
. The men lay and ; watched the
thickets across tha - clearing. ' to
gray Laired captain walked, up sua
down, up, and down, behind the Una
In khaki. :. -;;;: r'YV!i'S;":v
Of all the men there he was the
only one that knew war. He had oen
Gettysburg. And yet he was the most
nerrouv His , officers, alert and young,
came ! and -spoke to him easily. The
men hoped Tor the sound of shooting.
He alone feared the attack, and waited
Impatiently the order to withdraw.
"The extreme advance poet,' he
muttered, "with unseasoned men! Not
a regular to support us. If I had my
old company, 1 shouldn't care, but It
these boys break and run my reputa
1 lion goes, and every chance of promo
tion." i '. '
Promotion!. At flfty-flve he was still
a captain, transferred, by a " grim
chant , without change of rank, to
nurse volunteers In Cuba. He knew his
physical defects; he felt that he was
wearing out In the climate. 8un was
always hard on him, ever since his
-stuistroke in the lava bed It he was
forced out of service his halt pay
would not maintain his '; family-all
girls. To become major before he was
mustered out, that -would he salva
tion! He stopped by a figure that squatted
In the grass behind the line of soldiers.
"That's right," said the man. "I
wanted to speak with you."
The big American looked down at
the shriveled Cuban. "You followed
on yonp oiivu risk, you know.'.'
hnvr. - The. Jlttlfl- man's laca
At w I amTkajrriKe
my country. There will be snot
' Ids &
soon. Oh, how I feel! .And you
Americans I honor you!" i
- "That all right, said the captain.
"Dont bother about us." : .
"See, .you, captain," said the Cuban.
He drew a wallet from bis breast and
opened It carefully.
The captain saw crisp greenbacks,
"Put It up,, man," he said. - -
"But look." said "the Cuban. "They
are American money thousand dollar
bills. Ten, Do you see? My whole for
tune. ' Spain has taken the rest"
"I see," said the captain, astonished.
"You BpoKe of risk,': said he Cuban.
"But you risk your lives for us. I risk
mine, tod It I die you take, this
money. Seer' '
. "Yes," said the captain, '
"The money Is for the poor of San
tiago, my. city, which we all besiege.
It Is to. rec instruct you understand!
" A legacy from ise. The money, you
Uke It if I die.! Yon wee that It Is
properly used. No .dm f else knows.
Understand!" , ' "
"I understand." ' "" J i
"You are an American. I dont ask
to promise Ah, look out!" . .
- "-racking began la the thick
' across the clear
""Jj tMt.jnen
r fuel. But
visible In
, oegan to cut the
.ptaln's bead. -,.
itched his trousers.
. .i said. . "Foolish ' to
uown."
captain shook his bead. The
; imn wem -looking at him;., hi could
t not afford to betray nervousness. The
' lieutenants came for orders, "Shall we
Iflrer" Not yet The captain studied
the woods In front, and searched them
with his ' glasses. . His worries van
fished as he called into play his mill
ntary faculties. He noted the tacreas-.
fflng (to, as. from a gathering irregular
force. Then his orders came clear aad
cool ;j He spread out his line, to "'"
, tha, Impression, .of greater' numbers,
and gave the word to kurn the Are.
The Cuban was tha first to shoot In
his excitement his gun spoke often. He
f looked at' the captain with Shining
' fat e. "THIS hT gloriousf" he rte4..;'i
fight for my country." " i . - '
The fire became hotter. The oppoa-
. ing force grew ever larger; the re-'
spouse of the Americana seemed fee-
. ble. The captain knew that his
strength would be revealed. ,He feared
to be outflanked. But of the courage
of his aien he soon had no doubt They
. fought well, r And the Cuban whenever
. the captain came within sound of his
voice, called: "This is glorious!" -
'' In the half hour that followed, the
volunteers learned to know themsel
ves and to know their captain. They
bad been proud of him before; now
' they loved him. A Sudden attack,
made by men slipping forward under
cover of tho grtas he taught them to
repulse. That pleased and elated them.
And yet at the end It might have gone
hard, for the Spaniards Were begin
ning to creep around the flanks; but
an aide came hurrying' through the
' woods. 1
"All right!" he cried. "We've done
' what we came for. Fall back to the
main body." . '
The captain drew his men back skil
fully. The Bpanlards pressed so close
that the company turned often to
-T itS-frSJJie pursuit.
The; Culiuii followed the surges bat
and forth, ., to earn arqtmint
uiv e: "This Is i ' iii!ii" hut at last
lie came mnniij to his frlond.
ii'.'' ho critul. 'i
Hnlilt over Jits li. ;n t
aili! fi ll. ' I die for niy r
w;t3 half admiration, h-s
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CKY BALLAD.
The true phllotopker tt one
Who wallet o lime tn (retting
O'er tome One peach, bro&d bit ft
But llket the trait het t,tting.
So tet't be wise la our ahalra,
"! sad, cleverly tf ulilng
' Dane Fortane't rrowa, sjo op tad
Thla goos old world a-tmillBg.
Waterman, In Womits lion Comp
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? But the Cuban was dead. That night
the captain stood by his grave. And
from that time he carrieo about witn
him and ever Increasing weight There
was a Joad on his breast and In hisv
mind ran ever a formulae "Five per
cent on ten thousand dollars Is five
hundred dollars a year. Five hundred
dollars will pay rent at home and a
servant's wages. Five percent on ten
thousand dollart is tva hundred dol
lars a year. Five hundred dollars will
pay rent" Oh. heavens! To get rid
of the Idea anything! He atleadcd h a
duty rigidly, spared himself no work.
But always the Idea forced its' return.
He even woke himself In the night
with the words: "Five percent on. ten
thousand dollar to five hundred, dol-i
larsayear." , ;,U , fir;
"Tom." said his colonel, "what's" upt
You're not right In your mind." -
"Oh," said the captain, "it's nothing.-
. It's Just business. ; Home af
fairs." The colonel looked sober. "Home
afTalrs.' old lad, have no place for us
just now. . Haven't we enough., to, do
as it ht What's up? Are the girls tick?
font Mary-wall.'' - r i ., T i,,. ,. , t
"They're aU right" said the captain.
"Their letters are very cheerful, But I
can't . help thinking, you know, wt at
u i",' i tu!!!:;.!
"Yes," snid his classmate, looking
bin) In the eye. "I know the old sub- ,
stroke, this cursed climate, and all the
rest . Look here, : Tom Strong, may I
say a straight word to youT"
"Of course." , I
fWelL if you meajAotflfltSSihe ch-
IjfSlU. quit wopyfT, Get MarrW"1
the trlWuTyour mind, look cheerfiL
Bxaay uuroeil in guuu tpirtio. 1 ue
climate wont breaK you down as fast
as. you are breaking yourself. Since
that little skirmish the other : day,
when you u.d so well, you've gone
about moping. Bee here,, that Cuban
that . was killed was fond of you. u
isn't the loss of him that weighs on
your.:' ' ' ' ' :
"Her Oh no! Ha, hat Oh, no!"
Well, go'easy now, old fellow, Give
yourself a rest'' vv-rsvv$6Vi'a;:
; The.- colonel went away. Within
throe minutes the captain, left alone,
was saying to himself; "Five percent
oa tea thousand dollars' He went
out to the trenches, and for tha vici
ous pleasure In it tried his hand at
sharpshootlng. .
, Those weary days before Santiago
were terrible to him. The new of the
naval victory scarcely made him smile,
"Five percent on ten thousand dollars
And In what should he Invest the
money? "For Heaven's sake, s Tom,"
cried his colonel, "the whole Spanish
fleet wiped out and yet you say never
a word!" , - " '7 :
'It only," thought the captain,
"there could be another skirmish, and
I could get killed. The money would
be Jound oa me; no one would know
whence It came. It would go to Mary
and the girls."
But, he was In no more skirmishes.
The elty surrendered. The captain was
among the troops that took possession,
la a day he saw enough of Santiago's
poor to realise What might be done
with the money In his pocket "Real
ly," said his colonel to himself, "Tom
Is growing terribly haggard. Come, old
man, he said "we've oft duty. Let'
stroll about the place."
They stood before the city halt,' and
heard the words of one of the generals, .
speaking with the Cuban Mayor, "We
will do what we can. But we need
money, much money, immediately."
"Alas," said the Mayor, "w? have
little. There will be much misery,".,
The captain stepped forward, sa
luted with ashy face, and found him
self extending a packet to the general
"Here," he was : saying hoarsely,
"here. The general took It It was too
late for ihe captain to take it back.
"Ten thousand dollars," said the
general la surprise. "What Is this
torr
"It Is for the city. From Ramon
Luis Sanchei"
"Ramon Luis Sanchez!" exclaimed
the Mayor. "One of our exiles!" .
"He to dead," said the captain.
"His name shall be placed on a
tablet of, bronze," cried the Mayor.
"And yours, too, my friend."
, "Never mind me," said the captain.
He saluted and turned away. The col
onel followed and caught his arm.
"Tom" T
The captain shuddered. "That la
over. I have been a coward!"
"Colonel," said the general from be
hind, "I must speak with you." Tha
captain weut to bis quarters alone, . .
It seemed hours before the colonel
entered. "Tom," he cried, "I under
stand." He held out his hand.
The captain refused It "I've been
a coward."
"Come," said the,colonel, "do you
suppose I would have been any better,
or. as goodMJon't I know the fear of
starvation half pay? Even as colonel
I've been no better off than you as
caotaln. My family Is larger than
yours."
"I know," said the captain.
"But thank heaven," cried his com
raile, "It's all right now, It I'm retired
to-morrow! Congratulate me, Tom!
1 ae geuprul gave sin the news tlua
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Old Reliable Varieties.
Do not abandon the old reliable va
rieties. Try all the novelties that are
brought out for some of them may
be excellent, but do not venture on
them until entirely satisfied that new
varieties are adapted to all soils, cli
mates and conditions.
Ventilation Needed for Fowls,
It seme to me that the chicken busi
ness Is getting demoralized instead
of revolutionized. Instead of the big,
long and wide sod bouses, straw houses
or log houses, poultry keepers must
have thin wall houses made tight as
a drum, with the notion that It Is
the right way to keep out cold. It
they don't open up their poultry
houses, let In some air and tear down
the fences around the prisons. In a
few more years the constltutioa of
the great American hen will be broken
down so that roup will be a Urn
thing alongside of hen tuberculosis
and a dozen more constitutional com
plaints. J. Hefner, la Orange Judd
Farmer, - -
' Notea on Pig Feeding. j
ri3 should be well, but not overfod,
A good bacon pig of 12 atone ought
to be produced In seven months from
its birth. It should not be crammed,
neither should It be half-starved, but
fed steadily and regularly. Pigs fed,
steadily and regdlarW will glvenhe
raoGt fatiafactorx results; to the toedef
when weighed In the factories. A hog
which has been half-starved at any
period of- his life, even though well
fed afterwards, will not do so. Feed
three times a day at fixed hours; never
leave food in the troughs after the
pigs have finished. The flesh of the
pigs is soft and flabby if fed on brew
ery or distillery waste or on turnips
of beets, aad in comparison to their
size their weight In the scale Is mis
erable. They may deceive tha buyi
who buys by "guess," but they wOUS
deceive tho acale-Welght,, , ( 5 1 f
jft M Chickens inhBrd '
, As all fruit Towers asree that the
young orchftO' must be cultivated dur
ing the Sfmmor, some put the soil Into
vegetflfio, vhtch g not objectionable
Key do not draw too heavily on the
1 fertility! one good way of tuni
ng this work to profit is to permit the
ung chicks to use this orchard as a
run. There will be sufficient growth
of the trees to provide shade for the
chlckk, and if light cultivation of tho
toil ljdone the chicks will pick up
many ltkatSA It Is a good plan to
do some vWiia-'graln feeding for the
chicks In this) orchard, scattering a
small quantity of grain over consid
erable space, immediately after cul
tivating, so that the birds will need
to do more or less scratching to get
the grain. Have some plan of supply
ing water near the orchard, or la it,
and the chicks will grow wonderful
ly fat while the orchard will In no
way be injured by the chicks being'
there. Indianapolis News. , , '
Ce-Operatlva Egg Belling. ,
At tye present day. there are In the
province of Hanover, Germany, 95 ,
co-operative societies for the sale of
eggs, of which 36 are connected with
poultry-breeding . societies, ,12 with co
operative 1 dairy ? societies, ' 10 with
agricultural societies and twe with
societies for the purchase and sale of
agricultural produce, 36 being ; tnde'
pendent of it her organization. The eggs
are mostly sold to wholesale dealers.
The sale of eggs by mall to private per-J
Bona ha not answered expectations,
the quantities to sent, added, to those
sold to private Individuals on the spot
being scarcely Ave per cent of total
sales. So far, only a few societies have
been in a position to sell eggs by
weight; nevertheless, nearly all buy
In that manner, a least weight being
fixed as a guarantee against under
sized egga. This manner of selling
has, nevertheless, been adopted by
Other German towns With the best re
mits. For packing the eggs, wooden
boxes, ' with cardboard apartments,
are used. - The result of this co-oper-Wive
'method has been to Increase tha
price received by producers of eggs. ;
; , When a Queen Bee Is Lost ' ;
. It Is very Important to be able to
learn at once when a queen Is lost
during early summer. , The loss of a
queen from a hive, even for a single
day, will make a marked difference In
the strength of the colony, for a good
queen will lay from 3000 to 3000 eggs
in a day at this season. Whatever
yon do be careful and not drop the
queen off the combs when handling
them at this time of year, and do not
interfere with her work by changing
combs about to expose brood.
By-a little attention you may be
able to detect a queenless hive by
the manner In which the bee act on
the outside. When they stand around
in a care-for-nothing manner and no
bees going in with pollen, it would be
well to open the hive and take a look
at them. If you find eggs and worker
brood you may be quite aure the queen
Is there; If not, go ahead and find out
if there Is no queen. Finding none
proceed at once to take a. frame of
brood from another hive and watch if
they start queen cells in about 34
hours. If not, then they have been
some time queenless, and If such Is
the case, give them a queen It possi
ble. George H. Townsend, In New
England Homestead.
Speak Softly.
It Is a mistaken lilca that some
drivers appear to entertain that tho
horse Is deaf. They must think so by
the way they address him. It Is not
tineornon to hear a driver speak to
Ms horse In a voire resembling a fog
hom. K';mri!illv tfl tTiig i.,l I, .-. i.ln j
the j irt f t ' I i ami 1 1 mi n
There aro men tvu will pit In a v it
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better than to yell their commands.
They know that it is a useless wU
of words and physical energy. They
speak to the horse In ordinary tones.
Vsually the horse In the ring however,
does not obey the word of mouth, but
the motion of the whip. But suppose
the ringmaster In a towering passion
should yell and swear at the horse.
Need any one be told there would be
no performance; that the horse would
lose his head like the maoT. In many
places In . this country horses are
driven to the plow without reins.
Tbey are guided entirely by the word.
The horse understands the different
words of command and obeys them
Implicitly. We have worked a team
day In and day -out. to plow and har
row without reins, simply by the word,
and we did not yen, either Newark
(N. J.) Call.
' Importance of Cleanliness,
' We do not Intend to repeat any
further how essential a feature of
successful dairying Is the observance
of proper cleanliness, but at the last
meeting of Eastern Ontario Dairymen
Dr. Connell gave some fresh figures on
the question which afford further con
firmation of the position held by all
progressive dairy workers. ; :
The doctor gave the results of an
alyses of milk taken from cows under
the different conditions as to cleanli
ness. In one case where the cows
were brushed before milking, the ud
ders wiped, the stable kept in a thor
oughly sanitary ' condition, and the
person of the milker was also clean
tha milk still showed 4,300 bacteria td
18 drops of milk. In another case milk
was taken from cows the udders of
which had been wiped, which were
kept In a fairly clean barn, that were
milked into clean palls (but pails-that
had not been scalded) , and by
whose bands had been wiped, butnot
washed. In this case the numb,Voi
wnere eqwa. weni, BWi; the
average condlHgayJf, prevaiied-on
the 0TdlnajBlj tnjs nuri,ber of bac
terijBTao.OOO to lfi'drorja. The boc-
tu- l ivhtr ftairAfi vrnm
VMilU au , V"VJ Uil I V. iSMVVW iivut
cows .under the best possible condi
tions as to cloanllnoss, were. It Is be
lieved, for the most part Just Inside
the teat before, milking begun. The
old practice of squirting , the first
stream of milk outside (ho Vail has a
scientific basis to rest Upon.
Absolute cleanliness In the stable,
cooling of the milk after milking,
sterilization of utensils by scalding,
cool curing of cheese, and no more
sending home of whey In milk cans,
are pointers - which may also b
Strongly insisted upon.
In touching on the question of wa
ter supply, it was stated that no fac
tory ahould be considered ; properly
equipped that Is without pure water.
The' Maritime Farmer.: I-::
v Tending Young Turkeys. . .,''
A little bona meal added to the
dough mixture- promotes growth and
Is a preventive of diarrhoea,' but If
the food is always given sweet and
fresh the latter complaint should not
appear. - When about 10 days old. the
last meal of tha, day should consist of
cracked wheat or corn, and, when they
are big enough to eat whole corn, the
latter may be substituted; millet and
barley can all be given, and also buck
wheat if procurable. Up to the time
they develop the fleshy protuberances
about the head, which ' Is called
"shooting; the red," they need a good
deal of care and attention, but once
this stage Is reached they become
hardy, and are only liable to that form
of roup termed "swelled head" If over
crowded at night or made to sleep in
a badly ventilated house. They "shoot
tho red" when from two to three
months old. A sharp lookout for lice
should be kept for If these Infest the
poults they Jail to thrive; their coop
should be moved dally, and the poults
reared by themselves. Fresh water Is
a necessity, and they need grit or road
sweepings, , To prevent their getting
wet they should be cooped at first on
short grass, and the herbage round
the coop kept short It Is not safe
to let the hen or turkey mother have
her liberty at first when rearing them,
as she will run them off their legs.
Let the coop have a run In front, and
keep them In It the first week or so.
"yif'sW- bylflp-latwelvedbbvt sua
To hasten growth, some meatmeal and
green food added to the soft food hi to
be recommended, though they should
be able to pick up natural meat food
In the shape of Insects for themselves.
Wheaf the critical time is over, give
them a well ventilated house, and feed,
them four times a day twice oa grain
and twice on soft food. Mf It Is safe
to let them be out at night, let thou
sleep In shrubs or trees; when they do
this they ait sure to be healthy. If
spc.ee is limited, or the ground much
used 'for other poultry, turkey-rearing
should nott be attempted; they
need space and sweet ground to thrive.
-American Cultivator. '
. An Object Leason,
I don't see bow you can say I've been
neglecting my home and wasting my.
time attending' club meetings," pro
tested Mrs. Dares "Vou men are
so sordid In your views you can't see
good in anything urJuw there's money
in It."
"Well, what good Is there In that
club of yours that . keeps you from
home most of the timet"
. "Intellectual (rood, my dear," re
turned his bettor half; "something
more to be desired than all the money
In the world. For instance, our club
has gono in for nature study, an 1
havo learned all about the habits cf the
Interesting little creatures of the In
sect world."
"You have, eh?" sneered Dorcas
"Well, all I can say la that if you'd
kijt away from your old club nd stud
led insert Hfo at home, I would have
boon spared tho shock I recelv il on
opriiing tin wanlrolio and HikIImk all
my best clolhi'S full of moth holes."
The Fv; rf of the Gee-Cee.
Nine hiirM wl horsi-a were roH re.
k"v fit. n;i a n i.i. l i fil'i In rnn!..ii.
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'AEZRIIO TOU SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED
"PRESENTOAY INCARNATION."
The Bev. O. K. MiNally OWet Ax
wer to the (mention, " What Alls the
Chares, T" She Hat Forgotten Her
Heel Statu In the WorM.
Nw Yobk ClTV.-Tho Rev. Charles R.
McNally, the pastor of the Sixth Avenue
Baptist Churrh. preached hit drat termoa
in hit new- pnlpit rjundny morning. Hit
subject wat "Frcseo; Day lncarnetion."
He took hit text from First C'orinthient
xii:27: "We are the body of Christ . and
eeverally membert thereof." Mr. McNally
Mid:
Throughout tne land. witi. somewhat el
a wail, the question it being asked, "What
till the church? "That (he.ts tick eeemt
to be a foregone conclusion. The reliipout
periodical! and tome othen are quick to
give a diatrnotii of the ee. It it becattte
the pew ba been elevated educationally.
It it because the ministry hat lost telf-re-tpect
tnd prestige. It it becauee men
everywhere are too busy to attend to the
concern of the soul, or because Chnalian
ity it to "other worldly" it it not sufficient
hr practical for the practical life of to-day.
Many other reasont are given for why the
church lacks power . - - .
. It this charge tgalnst the church Jutt?
If ttatittict may be trusted, it it. I he last
religion! return! for the nation disclose the
lamentable fact that Christianity hat made
no gain that even her warmeat friend! can
call proportionate to the increase of popu
lation and the mighty development of com
mercial interest. In the eity at well at in
the rural dLttricta, the preacher of the gun
pel are finding it hard to get enough pro-
?le to take a hold of church affairs to make
he church live with a commanding influ
ence in the community. The land it full
of report! of man't greed, hit trickt ot
trade and other disregard of tacred obliga
tions. Men are looking to the church to
item the tide of moral recklessnem.- It
must be frankly conceded that tho church
hat teemed to be powcrleit to arrest tn
i r . . ,1. ........ I, a,-
itrift Tim tnanaei of the Deonle Dots hci
doort or rarely enter. II er hold boon pul
I lie pierali dot! not teem to he very ttrong.
I Urf ability to mold the ethical life of the
-rwnrkt Anem not teem to be adeauate to the
need. If the condition! are what tlrv
teem to be. if the church is really failing to
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W.VIB, .UU IB. HIV. M. M""Ji'
awaken to a realisation of hr real eon (li
1U .haul B A I 'I
lt km, and take meantret to strengthen her
bold upon the life of the nation.
Where does the difficulty lit? I believe
In this: The church hai too much forgotten
what her real itatui in the world it. Hhe
hat in her effort to solve tlw mighty prob
lem! that the last few generation! have
presented to her, son tway from the tim
ple teaching and eimple method of Christ,
her founder. The ministry hae too much
given ittelf to the work of education, ol
culture, of reform. The pew hat too much
demanded these things. The result it the
hearts of men have been ipinrually starred.
Many who would have waited on the tnin
ittrationt of tht church hive forsaken her
because their spiritual nature were npt
eatisfied and developed. Education, esthet
ics and reform they could obtain from tht
schools and the papers of the diy. ,
It must be remembered thnt Christ,
while incarnate, gave Himself to none of
these things. He devoted Hit entire min
istry to lodging in the minds of Hit disci
ples the fact that He wtt in the world for
one purpose and that to save men from sin.
To the end that He might save the tinner
from hit sin He devoted til Hit time. He
five all Hit energy, and sacrificed His life,
he mittion of Christ was primarily not I
mission of iucation or reform, it wtt a
mission of salvation. "I come to cell tin
ners to renentance." "The Son of Mat it
come to seek tnd to save that which wat
lott." "Thu it a faithful laying and wor
thy of all acceptation, Christ Jesua came
into the world to ttve tinner!." When tlie
church will concentrate her efforts npon
this one thing the saving of ainful men
and women from the 4iwer of tin tht
question! of education and reform will take
care of themselves. ?:,.,. r:.'-:-l-r'
Tht status of the church in the world It
pointed out bv Paul in the words of our
text, "Ye are the body of Christ." and sev
erally members thereof. If Christ gave
Himself while in the fieih to taring men
from tin by manifesting to them the life of
Ocd, can that body the church in which
He it willing to incarnate Himself, do net
ttr that to devote its undivided attention
and energies to the salvation of men. by
the manifestation of the life and will of
God? The church it the body of Christ.
In it He hat Incarnated Himself. What
Christ wat in tht world while in the flesh
thtt the church most be in the world to
day. What Christ did fur the world whilt
in the flesh thtt the church tnntt do for
tht world to-day. "Yt," at a church and
at individutl membert of tha church, "are
the body of Christ." Yt mutt be Christ
to tht world. Except the church at a hotly
and the several members thereof at inni
ridualt live at Christ in the world,, tht
world Will never know Christ.
Paul, the master mind, could use snch a
figure with mch potert power. Of til hit
figures there it pernant no ether more elab
orately worked out er more carefully apt
plied. . The body it not one member, hut
many, and the man" members only ant
body. So it it with tht church, and the
church it the body of Christ. '
Observe that this figure permits of t de
tailed analym. While the enured is the
body of Christ, It h only the body, that in
which Christ bat incarnated Himself.
I. Christ is tht lift of the church. ITe
It the inner vitalising spirit which ani
mates and directs. The church? which ree
ogniset this hat by this very recognition
msrveloutly vitalised itself.
There are two kinds of churches tht
man-led and the Christ-led. The man-led
c'jurch gives ittelf to hero worship and
leant on the arm of flesh. The Cbr'it-led
church givet itself to the worshin of Christ
and leant hnrd on the arm of Uod. You
may be able from the history of your eity
to aupply an illustration of the fact that
there nave been churches where the preach
er hat been the church. When tha preach
er hat gone tht church hat gone. Mark
tuoh a church at one that hat been man
led. The church hat looked to itt pastor
for Vitality tnd to lead it. What tht heart
it to the body that it Jeaut Christ to Hit
church. From Him through the agency of
the Hob Spirit it receives the impulse of
itt life. The quickening, vitalising power
can no more be imparted to the heart of
man by the visiting physician. ' Christ it
that inner muscle tt whose every pulsation
the life blood of spiritual power it made
to surge tlirough the body. To it Christ
and Christ only can give life, color end
beauty. This should be t self-evident fact.
The fact ia. ho- ever, tlutt it U not to self
evident tt it ought to be.
Never has there been a time when tht
churches tat to much ttore by the man,
their leader, is to-day. Hero worship
runt rampant. The church when it seeks
a leader searches for t lie oratnr, the schol
ar, the man of executive parte, tnd upon
the man they depend. Many a church gcta
all these, but docs not get any ri'i'-'iieintic i
of its life. The reason Is clear. 1 hey have
looked to the wrong eouret for life-giving
power. Christ alone can give it. Ijpon
Christ, church and minister alike are de
pendent fur their tuiritiuii vitality. It it
only a! they are toother animated by the
warm impulse of lu life thnt t.."- live at
all.- When the church will look to the
Ivord of Life for iis hie, then, and not un
til then, it throb from head to foot
with real lue and ii.uver.
knt enly is Christ t''fl heart of the
clmrrh, lie is its liffttl. Vve rend tlmt lit
wni given to be hern! ever all tlimirs to His
chtn. il. j i ei is toe lii jul of the t.n iln.il
bo.ly the hen.:! is tlie "ovc o iog or o .-u-isiiig
powt-r of tlie boily. Auimi ton h.ii'l
rmiii-B Hie riiinio-'a thnt .give dirs-Miim t
t'.n in.-. 'J fie ivi'l sways 0" l t .reels ail.
'ihe t'.iveriii.ifnt nn.1 nr iiio.M ot a
.11 lit t
...,s it. 'I 0
k we i.
..f . ir...
of i
V. ho b i.ts aiol l:
. i" I -i ion by v i.
lilVO. ,.".M t
i .. .iini. ,i I ! -
i it
, ' 1
qualify men and women In Drin' ng to nnss
this denred result r it so t i . v,....-.
and has a legitimate lilace W the ch-.Kh.
The thing the church should do st all timet
in nil iU narts is lo discover tu thought
of the head. Tbst is the most perfect
body which most perfectly responu. u "
direction of the rain. That It the best
. . l L... i ii. if MIllllOUSlV
to know the ihoui,ht and purpose ' t-nrist,
. 1 . kw..a.1 M.MH1I1I to that
ana wok u mw I" ul" H - ' . . .
thought end purpose. No man, minister,
deacon or any other bat any sulhorily to
tie head ol the church. Christ is the head.
The chief business of the church it t
know the mind of the Master. .
Let a church rerognixe its vital connec
tion with .Teens Christ as its heart, its
head, its life giving and directing nowcrt.
and its success as an agency in extending
the kingdom is already assured. . bucli a
church will be found much In prayer seek
ing to know the will of itt Lord at every
point. It will not be content with testing
itself In toftlv cushioned pews once a week
with the feeling that it hat fulfilled itt re
ligion! obligation!. On the contrary, yeij
will find it seven tlayt in every week out
searching the hishwaya and hedges trying
to moeolstt tht life of tlie I-oril into a Jin
lick world. As the growing ltd cannot hut
express the sunera hounding life leaping
through hi veint, no more can a church,
tingling with the tnpersbounding tpiritnal
life of Christ fail tt give expression its
HttW church hat recoguited only half
tho truth when it has come to know that
Chriat ia the life of the charrli.s Iht other
half it that while Christ it tht heart and
the head w are the body. - '
II. The church ia tht body of Christ.
Whv the Creator saw fit to confine these
spirits of ours in a material body wt can
not know. Tht fact remains that the soul
must work thronvh the body to and eg.
pressitm. Why Ood ws nlessed to give
expression to Hit spirit through the
church or His body we cannot tsr. He
hat done it. We are the body of Christ.
Thtt organism throuirh which He works,
bv means of which He finds expression to
the world. Christ exalted is seated tt the
right hand of tJod, but Chris incarnate it
In the world to-day. He livet in and works
through Hit body tht church, '1 his should
be a deeply solemn nnd invoreasivt thought
to every church of the Redeemer. ' od
tke manifested Himself in Christ, mani
fest te-dav only through tlie church Hit
bodv. This is why the church fails m her
mission tnd lacks power! Blie has failed
to realised bcr status inthe world.-1 fene
has not sufficiently appreciated her respon-
I ,U- Jl..:- tnitv Which It
siniuiy n " .-v rr An
Hit truth, tongues to tound jorintsssj.
. ,L A .. i. U: U I f'l-.at ..MB in.
inilO SOU Ulier ills MniH. V"-
carnated Himself in yes. . Through. you
men must come to know Him. -'
Except the church manifesto the lift of
Christ it is no true church, except it per
forms His mission it is not a church sf tlie
Redeemer.- As tha body it one and hath
many membert, and all tht membert of tht
body, being many, are one bodv, to also Jl
the church. Tht body of Christ -ens
though mtny, Snity in diversity. .All the
membert ire necessary In order that the
symmetry may be complete, and itt utefuj
neat unimpaired. .
Independence It the cry of our time la
dependence of the nation, independence ol
the individual. Thit spirit teen everywhere
hat found a large place linthe church..
Within limits this is well. Within hmitsi
I sty, for just as toon st individuality be.
comet obtrdsivt or obstinate, it hss passed
the limit where it etn be of the most ave
to the world. Within the church thit is
especially true. It it one body-;! It
Christ in the world, each part matt be in
tlosett union with every other part. Mors
and more the church mutt work together,
more and more the denominations must
work at one in manifesting the life ot (iod
to the world in the transformation and sal
ration of men. ' . '
You have before bow teen a couple of
pupt get s hold of an old rope and then,
at though life depended en the process,
one pull one wsy while the other tugged
the other. I have teen churches whose
condition would not be unaptly illustrated
by the dogt. Luck of unity in elm tnd ef
fort it a treat aourot ot weakness to tht
church. The tpirit of independence, good
in itseif. runt riot, until concerted action
to s definite tnd it impossible. When in
dependence thus errs against unity it at a
curse rather than a blessing. AU the mem
bert of the body must work together, vital
Used bv the heart, directed by the head.
One of the most betutifnl tights in tht
world it a tymmetrical and responsive hu
man body. One of the most beautiful
tlghta to the spiritual eye it the body of
Chritt the ehurch harmoniously reap on
sire to His thought aud purpose. In the
light of Chritt't mission whilt incarnate
ia tho flash the. church can make
no mistake tt to her mission. Hhe must
save tools. . In the light of thit purpose
every petty difference t.iould drop out of
light and tha whole Christian body be
come one mind in retard to tha chief aim
of their e-xietence. The educator will take
cart of the education of tht rommunity,
tht aesthetic will look after the culture,
the reformer will lead refomit, but the
church must save men from ain and mani
fest the life of Ood to the world.
-1 have teen in one of the great mills of
ear country two great wheelt. Note one
point, they fit etch other. Moving in
ceaseless unison. If a single point be bro
ken off the machinery grates, if a number
be broken the wheel inns tnd the wlio'e
network of machinery ia helpless. -Jtafh
membert of tlie church bat his place. If he
fails the "bodv it hampered In itt efficiency.
But while then it to he anion in diver
sity, there It also to be diversity in unity.
Individuality is not effaced by the Gospel
of Chriat. This givet tht widest possible
scone to the churches' ties which msy bo
included within the charch. There i t
place of usefulness for til. Rach one is to
find hit or her piece and then in anion
with tht whole body, work for its highest
efficiency. " " '
When the church of Christ awakens to a
full consciousness of its status in tht
world, no longer will men call he sick.
Withia her borders there will bt cries of
joy over many sinners that have repented
end tested the power of Christ to save..
This church will realise her highest useful
ness when she writes over her activities,
"We are tht body of Christ Christ incar
nate in the present dsy-aad severally w
art members thereof."
; i ... t ?.
Weakness sd strength. .
It becomes us to know onr weakness
at well at our strength. The man who
frelt thtt he can do more than he has
the strength to do often fails. Mo wt sea
the necessity of preparing ourselves in our
special weaknesses. In order to accom
plish anything in life we must exert our
strength, but we must not overestimate it.
We must be true to em-selves to accom
plish all the tasks before us. Tho Kcv. U.
V. Miller. - j ' . ; ! . , '
v Parenral lov.. f .,.,,.'
' God loves you not because yon are
clever, not because vou sre good, but be
cause He it your lather. Andrew Alur
ry. , Mr. Carnegie recently said In an ad
dress to a British audience, while com-
oaring their countfir to' ours: "Your
rate of Increase In population muat
soon br'gln to diminish. You are al
ready full up. We are only beginning.
We have plenty of territory entirely
unexplored, whore there will some day
I, a great population. Your colonies
are Dot Inereanlng. Aiirttra'.ia seems
full. It Is a mere rind around an emply
Interior. South Africa Is not a white
ntnn's country, and your government's
polit y of euwunv.'ng e :""Rt!un there,
frfhiVf of w!h-u, la almost a
cr:i!.."
T':: - r-i-.i .',!... t at lwwy tmlven
pvt. a ia ti.e tV.ii d P.-! ei
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. INCLOSURE OP 8T0NEHENGE.
Speculation ss to tht Meaning of the
.,, ; ' - Megaliths.. "'
, We may not know exactly what
Etonohenge originally was; but wa are
all convinced that It was cither a place
of worthlp, a place where rites thought
to be pleasing to some higher power
were performed, or a place of burial
for the Illustrious dead, or Ple
tribal meeting, perhaps for tho crown
ing of fclugs. or, as Is very probable,
a place used .for more than one of
these purposes. It Ib also quite cer
tain that; of Its kind it was a place
of ithe,. hiBhest ' importance. It may
be regarded as the Westminster Ab
bey of some tribe or race which in
the neolithic agw spread over the
south of England. ;pbvlousljr, It must
have been a place of resort for a
whole nation of people the one place
of all others to which publie highways
would load. , No one would suggest
that; a street leading to the doors ol
""ostmlnster Ab,bey was not "a publlo
highway because H stopped there." It
seems to be equally absurd to say that
a road Is not a public road because It
stops ' at - Btonehenge.'1 No doubt
changes of r!t, changes-" of I faitH,
changes In the distribution of popula
tion, might have relegated Stonebenge
to obscurity, and might hav led to
such1 disuse ot the ways loading to
tt as to have amounted to practical
ooatructloa, ,put H happens not to
have been sol So remarkable 'Wss
Stonehonge tnitt when ft ceasett t be
used for worship meeting or ; sepul
ture, it became. a wonder In itself, and
rontiniK.4 to be a place of resort front
one motive of another, ; ftroughotrt the
cenlurle. 'Indeed, it Is not Quito clear
that there has not, been; something
In the nature of a continuing rite pert
ft', mod at Stonebenge from age to gv
Popular tradlt ellng ; strani
about thesASBj-,... -
. n-iw t...- im ..
WeygT .t,.,lmtoW .ininnnets(t
I .UOHfUlP U . . 'V ..... J Uhv..uu.
TJhrlstian Worship, though' soms.
lies, adopted SBd.y bleeaed, by th
priests, are observejbefora many a
prehistoric . stone. 'At .Stonebenge
there island has beetf beyond living
memory: an assembly t persons on
the longest 4ay of the year to se the
sua rise over the top of the Friar's
Heel and strike the altar stone. The
modern View of Stonehenge is that It
was a temple of jtha sun; If so, this
gathering on June 21 Is obviously a
remnant of sun worship; : Cad there
be any better reason for the existence
of iads tban that they lead to a place
so remarkable fiat year, by year It
brings people many miles to take part
Jn a gathering the origin and signifi
cance at which lave.passed into pp.
llvlonl Is ft not Idle, In the face of
such facts, to suggest that there can
not be a public right of way to Stone
henge bee ants Its stones were placed
thore by man and may be removed by
man As a matter of fact, they, ar
older than anything else I" the nature
ol a building which- tha British Isles
can show. Removable they may be?
but centuries have seen them standing1
in the same place, and centuries have
Seen them an object ot Interest and an
object, pf resort. The megaliths of
Stonehenge saw old Barum grow Into
a groat city: they saw It deserted;
they saw its buildings tall to pieces;
tbey have seen It for centuries a mere
series of concentric earthworks
lsburr
have' seen the new city of Sallsbur'
(now old, as British cities gojr,rtse
mushroomlike-: In 1U stead. If any
structure of man can. claim ' perma
nence, It Is Stonehenge." If tha public
character of a road depended in any
degree upon the permanence of the ob
ject to which It leads (ss a matter ot
law, It does not), assuredly no place
could lay as god a claim to be a worthy
terminus of a .public road M Stone
nenge. Nineteenth Century. (
. 'i, MlMtary Oeesa, i, , 4
Kven the geese In Germany march
With military precision, which may ba
the reason why the famous drill style
of the German Infantry Is allad the
"goose itep." (rt4-.f'-'f'V'v:V''Jt!
' A, writer. In Travel thus describes
the great goose armlnes' which are lo
Interesting to the - health-seekers at
Bad-Nenhoim:- . .l ',4 '',--
" "It ja, worth whlit to go to Ober
Moerlen at 6 o'cloci lb the afternoon
to see these geese 'returning borne
from the fields. ,Thej village is ,wlM
with them; hundreds and thousands,,
regiments and ' brigades of geese,
marching alone- with military i iwtv
cision. ' t-' ; t ;,ijirii. r' vf
"As they near home they separate ot
their own accord; 16 to the right,5 11
to the left,' a detachment up a Jane,
and so ob all quacking loudly, but
bearing themselves with that, keen
tense of order ana discipline 'which
distinguishes the Vaterland." . a "
-rtv , A .liiiii r' i. ... i, i.i iii , ?;.,,": ;
J Finding a Hesl Treasure Chest,
A real treasure chest was discovered
a few weeks ago In Frankfort, Oer
many, In the ; most nnrapected of
places no lobs f place than the city
poorhwiie. . .. .. , ' ' . .
'For many years a huge IroA Hiest
had been stored In one of the attic
rooms. The key to K was missing, and
so '.t happened that nobody ever
bothered to try to get at it until re
cently, when a general housecleanlng
caused the officials to hnve It broken
open. . i , , . 71
It was like breaking open a pirate's
hoard. When the lid was lifted, mag
nificent silver cups and 'ornaments
wera revealed. Experts soon found
that they dated back as far as 1650
aud that they were the work of fam
ous silversmiths ot the seventeenth
century. ,
A Child's Self Possession.
Thore was a remarkable exhibition
of coolness anil solf-possesslrn by t
rlii'd In Park tow the other nllit. It
was in the rimh hour rvh.n tlioiiKands
were tluoiifjng to the Tvi.' ,a sntranre,
Tha only ono In t!ie throng who di.ln't
loern to he In a hurry wim a little girl,
bur. Ii. a.!, il mill with two pli:lnlis
liniM. ,1 down her hark. Sho ronldnt
b;ivo bi'en niore tlmn 9 yours old.
As
she
n!ii:cr, with the
li.'i Kchciil priii
k in hi-r I'-rt t
h,vl ta- 'tt h -r,
(..! .;. ' ... ...
i .(!..'!.
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Jam
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r I.
80NQ
OF THE CHESRFUL
HEARTED. : "'
1 love tht sun, I love the showers, -
Thoy both bring hsnny, tolly hs t. ii
, i'nll, rain! fblne, sua!
Whatever tomes, thett t still I great fun.
t love tht boys, I love tho glrli .
With danohigtyes sod curling ourts.
. Come, girls I come, boys I
The world would aust your merry nolst,
Hovetheblrds,Iloythoflowert
Bo gay their songs and brlKbt their Dowers, n
- Lome, flowers! oome, blrdal .
Your worth can at'er be told la words. . t : n
I love the) world, I love Its ways, , ,( ,
lit ohsogefol sad aad happy days ".
Come, lovo I come, pain i t
Though thoiue ltTimall let't sot oomptalo. '
Whatever it f like that well. ' ,t .!(
There' I trood In all, on that I'll dwell
W Wkat ooBtJ, that ; v ,..J
The best of it, 'tit wise to make ' ' .
. , . : . Hum's Horn, ,
. -e-g.'l-i ' - " " '; ' ... ,'-J!,k intt
, HUMOROUS. . ftj u if
Mrs. A My hMsband must, think a
great deal of me. He'says Iln abfrl
L Mrs. fc-Yes;-1 heard he tnatrted yoa
for a'lark. .ra!'..'.;te:4 , ut j ..'t
WUl8he Stakes. very mail shoe,
doesn't she?, Nell Oh.,je-, 'IU .
What sitet 1 Nell Two steea'smtiiler'4'
than her foot -t'M.'-
Blobbs So Borr'oweit doesnt strike
you favorably, ehf . Slobbsr-No, quite ,
the contrary, t He struck me for ton
,. and didn't get 1L ' ' - " V ' '
Tommy Pop,' whaf Is a promoter-,
Tpmmy's Pop A promoter,, my son,.ls
a man who makes a living by sepa-
f rating (he fool and hlsmoneyyt.
'Have5': ydu ' ever ' fceeti marrtsdr"
aakedi tha, taagistrat,k fHof j3plleil
the prisonef athe b,ar of Justice; "but,
I've been blown up by'dyna bfle.'
' Customer I ' want a 1on1J of 'cw
Dealer Yes slr.'wbat ivt e
it, isn't asking too,,muca.
I'd Jlketo have ,b S10(XI-pound ton.
,'ToundthekeyB baa remarkable' must
cat ability; ' rie" iilayf lry - iear, re'
marked .the PhllcismpHe'Na bgo
nUne,' wtorteti
Knox Why da yoa; always put "dic
tated" at the bottom A your, letters?
You -have o sUBOgrapher, Knlsv
WellKou, i;m jjkrynoorspeller
Naggsby Dq ,jto ' believe, absence
makes the heart grot fonderf Waggt' ;
es; tmt I've found that WHt moat glrla
presents are a good 4es4 Bkora effeos
MVV vAw.t('at, Jl ' m,,f , a
, "Mamma." moaned the pale, limp lit
tle boy on a lounge in the main saloon.' .
of the steamer, "do people ever die of
seaslcknestfv f No. dear.".! fI,-,wUl,
Sharps Do you remember that bull -dog
that was always snapping at peo- .
pie? :,WeIlji b has-lQstA his teetlj.
Whealton You" don't sayf I suppose -he
kaa a soft snap now. t
Hi Mrs. Muggins They say (be Is a
remarkably well informed '' woman,
Mrs. Bugglns iNothlng of th sort'
Wb, she doesat know halt the gossip;
ot the neighborhood. -ts.., -,,.r ., .W
- "I ant like this rug whispered ,dhe
gushing youth, ,"si ways at your feet"
"You. do remind! me ot the rug,'" saM
the beautiful girl. ! "Paps' is going to :
beat it the first chaace be 'gesii"v ,Liri
"Oh, yes, I propoaed, but whaa J
got through she shook her bead." "But.
surjMVTfESiSfflUUJ t discourage you"
bo, not a&vmuelij as "the fact
'that h.
.
hey father came alongabout that
time aad shook his fist."., , .V; ,
- "Wt havtv the; most progressive . (ia
tlon In the world,", exclaimed the pa
triotic South American." "You' surety
have, replied tr ' -kveler;. tt pro
gresses eo fast outsiders caa't keep ap
with half Its changes. Who's your
prsaideat tXHtajr :. k ,"
"Bridget' saidfMrsf Hires, sternly,
"I met on the street trSday that police
man who sat In, t a kitchen syltrt yon
wa long last Jilght, J took the advan
tage of the opportunity to 'speak to
him.-' 'i0hye eednl think thatH
maks me Jealous, ma'am," repllsdj Ike
tek..f,;:01 Jsay ot; lnj;inf hejtj all
right." ., i ' .,
f! 'Tvva Kisses and OM-'Ootiar.t
- On the Kronprirrti (WUbelm.r one .
noonltght May night, a' youug man
and a girl . were 4icoyered making
love. The, news of this discovery
spread among " the passengers, ' and
many a joke v1 sisnihtil' But Sen
ator N. B, ScoU of West, YlfgTurgTr4
In the smoking room:,,, 9 A' "
"There Is nothing to lauglr at liere.
Innocent lovemaklng rs'fiatural' tn e
young. This fact wat .VeQ .brought
out by an adventure that. happened, to
a friend of mine years ago, In the
mountains ot West Virginia.' ,
"The young man was hunting. 3l8
came to a lonely cabin, and,-being
thirsty, he knocked at .the door for
a drlnk."Th drlhlt was handed to him
by a girl set icharmlng that, with a
smile, he oald:
" 'Would yoii be ahgry 1t 1 should
offer you a dollar for a kiss TV 5?
'No, sir,' tbajrlrl answered, with
a tittle blush. , k
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then be gave , the muldim the dollar.
She balanced it In her hamd a, moment.
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all this moneyr- :"9 t wtJ-.
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dear.' said my friend.
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give It baek to you, and take another
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A Solemn Reflection.
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