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-VOLUME XX. FRANKLIN. N, C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1905. NUMBER 51 Have you any rheery greeting? ' ' Tell It out today: .While yo wait the friend and mesaage. , , May bar toot y. let tin on who ilghn for comfort ' Peel hand I rasp true : -It will cheer the way, and surely .... Can't Impoverlih you. f EXPRESS MESSENGER'S STORY. Br MARO About eight years ago, w'-.sn I had ot railroaded as long as I have now, I was employed as messenger on western railway. I dont think It Is necessary for me to say Just ; what . line It was, but I will call It the R. T. 0. R. R., Just to save myself the trouble of pronouncing the whole name. :, , v. . i l nad not been on the run more ' than a month previous to the date of the occurrence of which I am going to tell you. I had been running on nranch route for more than a year, : and I might have stayed there Rood deal longer, if I had not been chosen to take Paxson's place when ; he went off. Two or three attempts had been made to rob the express car, and at - last, at the end of a long night run, raxson was found dead in the car with a bullet hole In his head. But the safe was closed tight and secure though an attempt had been made to blow it qpen, which had proved In effectual. But the strangest part of It all was that the key was missing from Paxson's pockets, and It was not Toand till a good six weeks afterward. Then It wag discovered at the side of the track, with a card tied to it, on which was written that robbers were In the car, and he expected they would murder him if he refused to give up the key. He was true to the Ust Well, ou may suppose that I felt Just thy least bit squeamish about ac cepting such an unlncltlng berth; but the superintendent gave me my or ders, and I always meant to do my duty, however disagreeable it might be. Then the pay was larger than I bad ever received before; and as I was acquainted with a good girl who was ready to help me Inhabit a house whenever 1 should be able to own one, that was quite an object to me. I can assure you. Well, everything passed off smooth 1y enough for several weeks, and t bad become accustomed to the route, and made a doien or 'bo "of .very rtttls- ani acquaintances, and 1 was growing "to bo pretty well contented with my life. I had almost begun to think the robbers, whoever they might be, had Riven up all thought of ever making anything out of my car, and had ought another field of operations. One day I was Informed bv the gent at R that some time with u m tjt-r nuuiu ubvb lu lane charge of about 180,000 in specie In tU transit over our road, on Its way from Washington to San Francisco. The officers of the express company had been advised of this Intended ahlpment, In order that they might xerclse redoubled vigilance in view of the great risk Incurred In the . . .. . u 1 .. I 1 I, VI 1 1 III. II U (CIUIUIC consignment. The evening after my conversation with the agent he called me Into the office, and told me that the specie was to go over the road the next day but one. He produced an envelope and handed It to me, saying as he did so: "There, Bill, are your orders, direct from the superintendent, with his own Ignature attached. Read them care fully, and obey them to the letter; for a little mlsmove might cause a1 great loss to the company, and cost you your position." "I ahall do my duty to the very letter," I replledy "I am sure yog mean to do so," re turned the agent, "but you can't be too careful. Borne desperadoes are aa smart as lightning. The plans they can't devise ain't worth thinking of, and they are as fertile In expedi ents as the evil one himself. I thought I'd just put you on your guard In a friendly way, and " There was a slight sound at the door. Tf the depot hadn't been de serted by every one except us two, and the switch engine hadn't been up at the head of the yard, where we couldn't hear Its Incessant pulling, I don't believe we would have heard the sound at all. But we both no ticed It at once, and aa I looked out of the office Into the large room be yond,. I saw a man standing Just In side the outer door, with his head Inclined toward ua as If he were try ing to overhear our conversation. He saw me about the moment I first no ticed him. I knew it from the little start of surprise he gave as his eyes met mine. ' - , He was all over his awkwardness In a , minute, for he -ew his face Iowa Into an expression of the ut most unconcern, and came boldly for ward to the window of the office. through which the agent always tran sacted any business he might have with persons outside. , , - He was a very fair appearing man, apparently about 40, though he might have been' a little older. He was dressed in black, and wearing a high hat; he might have passed very well for a clergyman, v If hi nose hadn't beea'"just a trifle luminous ' The only other peculiarity I noticed about the man was that he had a queer, red looking eye. It appeared" flxed and taring, and, as he came nearer, I conjectured that It was glass. It was so strange and unnatural In Its ex pression that I thought I -should know It If I should see It peering at me over the top of the great wall of China. ,:-v,-.;; - "Is there a .mrtill package a ere for Isaac 8. Van Scoter?" he asked. In a business-like way, in answer to the Inquiring glance of the agent-A ' ;' The agent referred to one of the big registers on the desk, and answered In the negative : :, '" - "Oncer." said the man with the red NOW. We am all the time tegrettlag When It la too late, '''' . And dome heavy heart baa broken While we healtatt. . Uvea are human, though M often! We dlsRuW our pain : Some ire hungering (or your comfort, Hire and (Ire again, E. II. Shannon, la CbrUtla Advocate. C0 O. ROLFS. ye. "It ought to have come yester day. Have you read the Evening Chrc role!" And af tor. this abrupt interrogation, tne .stranger stood quite motionless; eying the agent intently, for as much as a minute, We both answered "no." The man took a paper out of his pocket, and spreading It open before us, put one of his slender forefingers upon the following paragraph. "Fatal Accident This afternoon, at two men, named respectively Henry Van Bcotet and C. H. UriggS, Were at work chopping timber In the pineries near Scrantou, a tree fell upon them, killing Van Scoter instantly, and In flicting Injuries upon the person of Griggs, from the effects of which he died In less than an hour. They are residents of O . and It is under stood that their remains will be tak en to that place for burial." "Henry Van Scoter wai roy only brother my twin brother who re sembled hie very much," said the stranger: "and Charles Griggs was my sister's husband. It's a sad blow. I don't know how my poor sister will hear It. It's about this sad affair that I came here, chiefly. I want to send the two bodies through to 0 by express Thursday, by the 11.40 train. What will be the charge!'' "The charge will be $25," an swered the agent. ' The stranger only bowed solemnly in recognition of the reply. Then he was silent for a minute or two, during which time he appeared to be strug gling with his grief. The bodies will be here Thursday morning," he said. "I hope you will make all arrangements to prevent any delay. I guess my package won't come this week." The agent assured him that there would be no delay, and he mjght fie pend on having the bodies go through to G with the greatest possible expedition. The man bowed again politely; then he said: Is The - telegraph office near? I must break the sorowtut'uefcs to my poor sister, I suppose, though it's any thing but a pleasant duty." told him how to reach the place he sought, and with a polite "thank you," the sad man with the red eye walked out of the office, and In a cou ple of minutes the sounds of hjs foot steps died away in- the distance. "A queer sort of a chap," said I. "A little odd," answered the agent. "I wonder If he heard us talking about the specie?" I queried. "He seoms honest enough." "Yes," said I; "but I'm sure he was listening to our conversation when I first saw him." Are you certain of it?" the agent asked, eagerly. Well no," I replied, "not alto gether certain ; but It looked very like It, I can tell you." Suppose you go to the telegraph office and see what sort of a message he sends," suggested the agent. No sooner said thsn done. I hast ened around to the telegraph office and as I went In the man came out. He didn't seem to remember me at least, he didn't look at me and I though It prudent not to appear to notice him. Did that preacher-looking chap send a message to 0 ?" I asked of the operator, when I -had gone Into the little office and closed the door after me. "Yes. Why do you ask?" "Oh, only out of curiosity," I re plied. "Was It anything of Import ance? The man said his brother and brother-in-law were both klHed this afternoon." The operator took a copy of the message from a file on the table and laid it before me. It was addressed to Mrs. C. H. Griggs, 0 , and signed Isaac Q. Van Scoter. It read: "Henry and Charles are both dead. Their bodies will be sent home Thurs day." Everything seemed consistent, and any doubts which I had entertained of the good Intentions of the strang er were speedily dispelled. I didn't go back to the express office, but turned my steps toward my boarding place, thinking as 1 walked along, that Thursday would be an uncom mon day . with me., with two corpses and 180,000 in specie in my car. The money was safely deposited In the car an hour before th time for the train to leave Thursday morn ing, r It was securely locked In two strong, Iron-bound chests, and when they were stowed away In the' large safe and the heavy doors made fast, I thought everything was well fixed. A few minutes before we pulled out two wagons paused by the car. one of them containing two coffins and the other four, men, who were' evidently acting at pallbearers. I looked around tor the bereaved brother with the pe-' culler eye,. but. he was nowhere to be seen, I though It a little strange that he should be absent at such a time, but I forgot all about It In a moment The coffins were placed at one end of the car, and after It had been ar ranged that one of the men should come Into the car and take a look at the bodies when we( arrived at Red wood, be shook bands with the other and entered one of the cars. As the door closed on him. the bell rang and we went steaming away. I was pretty busy for an hour or more, and we had passed three or four stations before I had time to cast i mora- than a casual glance toward the quiet passengers at the end of the car. But after a little, when I i bad more tenure, aa uneohtroilable wish took possession bt me to. look at tne faces of the two dead men. it wasn't mere morbid curiosity, and I cant describe It In any way better than to say It was a sort of a vague desire which t could not quiet with' out satisfying It . I noticed that the lids were not se curely fastened down. My next dis covery was that .the screws wera gone, This etruok me as being strange, for t was sure I had noticed them when the coffins where lifted Into the tar. t remembered that t had given the attendants permission to arrange the caskets to their own satisfaction, and that they had been a long time doing it. If they had re moved the screws unobserved af that time, what possible object could they have had In doing so? With this ques tion in my mind, I raised the upper portion of the lid of the- coffin near est me and took a good look at the face of the occupant He was a young man, with a full face and Bquara features. His cheeks Were not sunken, and. he had a decidedly fresh Appearance for a man who find been dead rearly two days, i thdlight. Replacing the lid, t passed .to the. other boffin. Here a hew add start ling surprise met me. The matt In the coffin was the man whom t had Been In tho express office! That red eye was staring straight at me, and I was not mistaken! For a moment my consternation was too great for words. I could not have uttered a sound, had my life depended on it. This man, who was alive ahef the) accident which the paper said caused the death bf Van Scoter and Griggs, and who bad made arrangements for the transportation of their remains, was now here in this coffin, to all ap pearance dead! Then I remembered that the bereaved stranger had said that bis dead brother resembled him self very closely. But two brothers are not apt to both have red glass eyes! Such a coincidence as this was beyond the pale Of reasonable proba bility. While I yet gazed at the supposed corpse, the other eye opened a little, and I was sure it was looking at me! I was convinced there was fraud here, but to show that I had discov ered it might cost me my life. So I very quietly replaced the lid of the coffin, and took a moments time 16 ththk the matter all over. I remembered mv conversation wltH the express agent, which we feared had beeA overheard by the clerlcal- ludking stranger, and could only come to the conclusion that the whole thing was a deliberate plan to murder me and gain possession of the, $80,000 in my charge. There was no denying that the man with the red eye Was alive, and I had no Hot! lit the dlhef man was, also. Kneeling down, I placed my ear close by the side of the coffin and could hear him breathe quite dlstlnct- Iv I remembered that it was the in- - ' ten4JooOflhe attendant who had boarded the train. 6 efrffl? theVCHT at Redwood, ostensibly for the pur pose of soelng lo the bodies; and t could not doubt that the three men Intended to attack me after the train pulled Out of the station, and rob the car before our arrival at the next stopping place. There was but tint station between us and ttcdwddd, and I knew we Would be there In ten minutes more. I had no more for hesitation. Instant action was my only chance for safety. If I could se cure myself against an attack until we reached the next station, I felt that would be well. In one Instant I had decided upon a plan of action As quietly as possible, I piled sever al heavy boxes of merchandise on top of the two coffins, add then I knew I was safe. Scarcely was this accom plished when we ran into the station. I immediately found two officers First the man In the car was se cured. He was highly Indignant that ho should be disturbed on such a sol emn mission. But his remonstrances were unheeded. He was handcuffed In less than two minutes and marched out on the platform. It was an easy matter to secure the two quondam dead men. They were taken greatly at a disadvantage, and were deprived of all power of re sistance almost before they became aware how their nice little scheme had terminated. All three had been well armed. Bound and guarded, the three mis creants were taken to Redwood and lodged in the county jail. Before 1 left I took a good look at them through the grated doors of their cells. When I paid my respects to the man with the red eye, he smiled a little and remarked Patronizingly. "You're pretty sharp, young man. It takes a middling keen boy to out wit us." "Permit me to sympathise with you In your sorrow at the loss of your dear brother just a little," I said. "and more at your failure to get that $80,000. They all broke jail In less than week, but not before one of them, the youngest corpse, was recognized as a notorious western desperado, named 81lppery Allison, who afterward met a sudden death while endeavoring to plunder a mail train in Arizona. New York Weekly. . Trade Advantage's. A shoemaker is a whole-soled man and generally well heeled. A baker can always raise the dough. A butcher can usually contrive to make both ends meat . A hatter la sure to be a block ahead of all other men. A huckster has no trouble with the police in making a good living out of green goods. A baby-carriage manufacturer never fails to push bis business. A hairdresser, as a rule, does a thriving business In combination jocks. , . A newspaper man rarely fails to get nis paper on the street. An electrician Is always posted on current topics. Baltimore American. j Girls by Paresis Post i A woman of Lancashire. England. sent this note to the local post mas tor: !WU1 you please send me word if I can send two girls to (a Yorkshire town) py parcel post, and now much wilt it tost?" ERESIDENrS BEAR HtJNT? ROOSEWELT WRITES THRILLING NARRATIVE OF COLORADO - ; : ;-V. OUTINQ. The "Killing of the Big Bear," Once of His Most Exciting Feats Is Describ ed by Him In' Most Graphle tan gug IntlmaU Knewltdgs Of Brulrt It Shown. President Roosevelt; la Scrlbncr's Magazine, has written a most enter taining story of his famous Colorado bear hunt. It Is entertaining not only as a thrilling narrative of a bear hunt, but also, as giving an Intimate knowledge of the habits and dlsposi tion of the Rocky Mountain bears. The killing of the "big bear" was xroe of the president's most exciting feats. He tells the story as follows; "The volume of sound Increased steadily as the straggling dogs join ed those which had first reached the hUhted animal. At about Wis timet to oiif astonishment. Badge) Usually a stanch fighter, rejoined Us, followed by one of two Other hounds, who seemed to have had enough bf the matter. "Immediately afterward we saw the bear, bealf-way up the opposite moun tain Bide. "The hounds .were all around him, and Occasionally bit at his hindquar ters; but he had evidently no inten tion of climbing a tree. When we first saw hllii he was sitting UjJ ofl a point Bf rock surrounded by the pack, his black fur showing to One advan tage. Then ho moved off, threatening the dogs, and making what In Mis sissippi is railed a walking bay. "He was a sullen, powerful beast, and his leisurely git It showed how lit tle he feared the pack, and how con fident he was In his own burly strength: "By this time the dogs had been af ter him for a couple of hours, and as there was no water on the mountain side we feared I hey might be getting exhausted, and rode toward them as rapidly as we could. "It was a hard climb up to where they were, and we had to lead the horses. Just as we came In sight of him, across a deep gully, which ran down the sheer mountainside, he broke bay and started off, threatening the foreniost of the pack as they dar ed to approach him. They were all around him, and for a minute I could not fire; then, ns he passed under a pinon I got a clear view of his great round stern and pulled trigger. "The bullet broke both his hips, and he rolled downhill, the hounds yelling with excitement as they closed in on hlni. tie could still play havbc wlti the pack, and there was need to kill him at once. I leaped and slid down my side of the gully as he rolled down his; at the bottom he stopped and alsed himself on his forequarters, and with another bullet I broke his back hntweph thn ahnntriera. -r7KnS53rsn tor tnougn not run grown it fnrrv thn rrrn .hilt .hTrratarT1''')'0.'''! Mbhood, be ng probably worry tho carcass, while their savage baying echoed to loudly ill the nar row, steep gully that We could With difficulty Hear one another speak. It was a wild scene to Idoli Upon, fU we scrambled down to where the dead bear lay on his back between the rocks. Ho did not die wholly un avenged, for he had killed one of the terriers and six other dogs were more or less injured ; the chase of the bear Is grim work for the pack." Of another kill, the president writes: "The bear was some thirty or forty feet up a tall spruce, It was a big she, with a glosity blafik UrowH Coat. I wan afraid that, tit our approach she might come down, but she had been running bard for some four hours, had been pressed close and evidently had not the slightest idea of putting herself of her own free will within the reach of the pack, which was now frantically baying at the foot of the tree. ' i shot her through the heart. As tnu Duuet struck sne climbed up through the branches with great agil ity for six or eight feet; then her muscles relaxed, and down she came with a thud, nearly burying herself In the snow. "Little Skip was one of the first dogs to seize her as she came down, and In another moment he literally disappeared under the hounds as they piled on the bear. As soon as possi ble we got off the skin and pushed compward at a good Rait, tor we were a long way off. "Just at nightfall we came out on a bluff from which we could overlook the rushing, swirling brown torrent on the farther bank Of which the tents were pitched." To tho zoologist President Roosevelt has given this treatise. It shows a re markably Intimate acquolntance with Bruin: "Bears are Interesting creatures, and their habits are always worth watch ing. When I used to hunt arisslies my experience tended to make me lay special emphasis on their varia tion In temper. There are savage and cowardly bears, Just aa thers are big and little ones, and sometimes these variations are very marked among bears of the same district, and at oth er times alt the bears of one district will seem to have a common mode of behaviour which differs utterly from that of the bears Of another district Readers of Lewis and-Clark do not need to be reminded of the great dif ference they found in the ferocity be tween tha bears of the upper Missouri and the bears of the Columbia River country; and those who have lived in the upper Missouri country nowadays know how wldley the bears that still remain have altered In character from what they were . as recently as the middle of the last century. . . . This variability has been show a in the bears which I have stumbled up on at close -quarters. On but one oc casion . was I ever regularly- charged by a grizzly. To thit animal I bad given a mortal -wound, and without any effort at retaliation he bolted In to a thicket of what, In my hurry, I thought was laurel (it being compos ed In reality, I suppose, of thick-grow-ing berry bushes). On my following hlra and giving him a second wound, he charged very i determinedly, taking two more bullets f unoui nincning. "i just escaped the charge by jump ing to one side, and he died, almost immediately after striking at me as be rushed by. This bear charged with his mouth open, but made very little noise after the growl or roar with which he greeted my second bullet "I mention the fact of his having kept his mouth open, because one or two of my friends who have been charged have Informed ms that id tbclr cases thfcy particularly noticed that Ihfe bear Charged With his mouth shut. Perhaps the fad that ffiy bear was shot through the lungs may ac count for the difference, or It may simply be another example of in dividual variation. "On another occasion, In a windfall, I got up within eight or ten feet of a grizzly, which simply bolted off, pay ing no heed to a hurried shot which I dellvored as I poised unsteadily on the swaying top of an overthrown dead pine. On yet another occasion, when I roused a big bear from hid sleep, he nt the first moment seemed to pay little br flo heed id me, and then turned toward ihe Id a ieisUfely Way, the oltiy sigh bt Hostility he be trayed being to ruffle up the hair od His shoulders and the back bf hla neck. I hit him square between the eyes and he dropped like a pole-axed steer. "On another occasion got up quite close to and mortally wounded a bear, which ran off without uttering a sound until it foil dead: but another bf these grizzlies, which i shot froni ambush, kept squalling and yelling every time I hit him, making a great rumpus. "On one occasion one of my cow hands and myself were able to run down on foot a she-grizzly bear and her rub, which had obtained a long Start of us, simply because of the fool ish conduct of the nlothef. 'The cub or more nrotierly. thd yearling, for It was a club of the sec ond year ran tin far ahbad; and would have escaped If the did she had not continually stopped and sat up on her hind legs to look back at us. "I think she did this partly from curlouslty, but partly also from bad temper, for once or twice she grinned and roared at us. The upshot of it was that I got within range and put a bullet In the old she, who afterward charged my etJmpanlfm and m&a kill' ed; and we also got the yearling; 'One young grizzly which I killed many years ago dropped at the first bullet, which entered Its stomach. It then let myself and my companion ap proach closely, looking up at us with alerf curiosity, but making no effort to escape. It was really not crippled At all, but we thought from its actions that Its back wad broken, and my companion advanced Id kilt it with his pistol. "The pistol, however, did not In- Blct a mortal wound, and the only effect was to make the young bear jump to its feet as If unhurt, and race off at full speed through the about eighteen mrttlths did. tiy de- sperateVfunriirig i succeeded id get ting anoh(cr shot, and more by luck than by anfftWg else knocked It ov er, this titrie pltnSiacjntly: "Black bears are not'Trlrdcr normal conditions, formidable brutes. do charge and get home they maul a man severely, and there are a number of Instances on record In which they have killed men. Ordin arily, however, a black baar will not eharge home, though he may bluster a good deal. "I ortce shot Crle very close tip-! Which made a most lamentable odl cry and Beenied to iose Its head, its effort to escape me resdltihg III Its' bouncing about among the trees with such heedless hurry that I was easily able to kill it Another black bear, which I also shot at close quarters, came straight for my companion and myself, and almost run over the white hunter who was with m, "This bear Blade fld sdUtid whatevet when I first hit it, and I do not think it was charging. I believe it was simply dazed, and by accident ran the wrong way and so almost came Into collision with us. However, when It found itself face to face with the white hunter, and only four or five feet away, it prepared for hostilities and I think would have mauled him If 1 had not brained it with another bul let I for t was myself standing but Nil feet or so to one side of It "None bt my bears shot dtt this Coi Oradb trip made a sbtrnd when hit: they ali died silently, like so marty wolves.1' Not less interesting than the presi dent's own story of how he killed the bears, and his treatise on the ani mals. Is bis description of the country through which they rode; his tales of the men and beasts that made up his party. He devotes considerable space to the dogs. Skip was a favorite of the bear-huhtlng president, and the feel ing waa mutual. Skip rode most of the time on the president's horse, sometimes In front of the saddle and other times behind. When tha hunt was over Skip woa brought back east, and now is the playmate of the young er children at Sagamore Hill. A Paw Stray Thoughts. -Better meet fatlm-c In making wor thy effort than to make no effort whatever. ' . r , The captain of finance Is the man who uses his brains to secure 110.62 In labor for $1.42. i Many towns have failed to prosper because of the bad condition of the roads leading to them. . The man. who always keeps on the ground cannot well know the sensa tion of falling from a height It Is not always that the man of the hour Is the man that Is going to stand the shafts of public criticism. The man who uses self as a stand ard by which to Judge other men. Is generally wrong In his measure ments. . '.' .' ' Some men are forced Up to posi tions that nature never equipped them to occupy, and aa ' a natural result when props are knocked away, they take; a swift tumble. Home Tradt Advocate. Members of the London Stock Ex change are not allowed to advertise THE PULPIT. AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON B'l THE REV. JOHN DOUCLAS ADAM. Subject i Moral Lbiummm. Brooklyn, N, T, The ReV. John uougins Adam, the pastor of the Re formed Church on the Height, preac nea Bunddf on "Moral Lsme noss," front the' text: Act ill Hi "Then Peter laid fcllrrr anil snM. Uti 1 none; but such as t Jiave give I Untq inee; in tne name of Jesus Christ of isazaretn rise up ana walk.' He laid Our text introduces Us to a lnme man tvuo lay day by day at the gate or tue temple 13 Jerusalem, begging for sufficient money to keep him lu life. This Is a very common scene in the isew Testament, where we are constantly meeting the tame, the halt, the blind and the lepers, and there is no wonder, fdr we must bear In mind those were the days when there were no hospitals; bo svientlfle medical schools, hr hornet for Incurables', not1 any societies of aid. Since that flay Cbrlstihnlty, Without boastfUlnesa, has" hnd a magnificent Share 1ft the crea tion of those centres of relief. We see no such spectacle on our street as did the Syrian of old upon bis. -our Chris tian sentiment nnd Christian love have provided the hospital, and our liim men are sent there. And not only the hospital, but we have to-day enlight ened scientific effort, societies of char ity nnd helpfulness on all hands; and because the modern method of dealing with slcknfis is not the same as that of dm snostles. never think thrtt it it not Christian, for tho same Christian, spirit plnys about the treatment of physical ills to-dny. We have to be delivered, it seems to me, from the idea that God Is only In the extraor dinary, That He is only In the large. It seems to be bard upon our reason to comprehend. God is as much In the ordinary as In the miracle. It is the snme Odd, And God Is as much in the hospital. In His spirit, find lu the modem methods Of curing Sick ness. God is there Just ns truly as He was In the days of old. So Christian ity has lh h large" measure solved the question of the physically tattle man. I nm not golug to speak this niortl Ing of him. Wo have practically dis posed of him. I shall talk of the morally lame mnu, and when I speak of hi in let us understand each other. The morally lame man may be physi cally equipped with the physlquo of fi tdtimphant ntlilete. He may pay tvery debt. The morally lame man Is the mriri who is inhie ill his will, nnd he knows it. Hl9 will does hot work with health toward bis duty. He Is lame In his conscience; It Is de fective. He Is lnme In his nffectlous. His emotions In the higher reaches are tame. His Imagination does not bound toward Its goal, for the goal of the imagination is God nnd the infinite. The morally lame man falls down be fore his Own self-respec't in the develop ment Of his character. He fails In his own conception bt duty and In bis relations as a son, or husband, or friend, and lu his relationship to town and country. He Is not a" factor in the moral progress of those about him or the community. He contributes nothing, but rather takes away. This In ins nun in the story lay begging. There live physical nnd moral beg gars, but the worst tmnperlsm is taoral pauperism: The man who larks sufficient force to pilot himself .through life and never creates optimism and morai stamina out of his own life would, If the world were to surrender Its moral power, commit suicide. If notice, the chief contrtnutors to s sustenance were tne perdue ay to the temple. They gave to blm sul!M"t to keep him alive and then passed onMPWorshlp. And I Mk h .r .tuPHlie chlef.contrlb- utors to the sustenance tKteni0''ollT tamd Hittrt. 'Thta tmnr fpllnw nuNLPae Inmrliwi lit his sleeve at the re devotees ns they passed on, and the true, earnest men ana women are tue people who nre supporting morally hose who sometimes even sneer at Ibeir moral earnestness. It is those who are maintaining the rest of tho community. Man lives not ny rreaa alone, but. as he Is sustained physi cally through the Industry of thoe who produce bread and the necessities of physical life, and without which there would be physical famine, so we live by moral bread and we are much more dejiehdent en that In the last nnnlys's of life thsrt oil the physical, for a nation like this lives upcra idoati and love more than on any material thing. Take these away and all our boasted material progress falls like a bouse of cards, as did the glorious ma terial wealth of Rome because there was not behind it the manhood to sus tain it. Our world lives through the industry of the truest men and women in It in the moral sphere, and If there Is no love being generated by unsel fish hearts and no faith by pure minds and bo morai Inspiration by brave souls, a nation is doomed. There nre those who not only do not contribute moral strength, but there are those who take away the moral bread baked by the labor of good men in tne nery furnace of trial, and throw it away and sneer at every pore and divine thing. They are the infamona .de stroyers of that which Is the pillar of power. Our problem to-day Is the lame man. It Is a patriotic, economic and relig ious one, than which there Is none more practical. The problem before the church Is to set the lame man on his feet so that he can make bis own way in things of the heart and become a contributor to the moral health of the world. Let us ebserve how Peter and John faced the problem. First, they faced it squarely. They did not dodge it They were not too anxious about getting to the temple. While worship has its supreme place in the religious lire or every man, went is something else. They did not criticise the poor fellow; they helped him. And our question is how they helped html They did sot give him money.' They bad none, and they did not feel the pressure of the limitation either; they felt they could solve the problem without It The silver and gold in the moral sphere are not good and con genial surroundings, congenial work and good, advice and Ideals. The Chris tian Church does uot stand merely fot philosophic help and the gospel ot good surroundings. Peter and John six months before would not have bees morally equipped to face this problem; they did not then possess God nor did God' possess them. They were com panions of Christ, but they did not possess His spirit. But now they were wholly possessed by the Spirit of God, and that was the first step toward the solution of the problem before tbem. And it Is the first step to-dny. You and I can never help the lame man until we not only possess God but are possessed by Him. i t I Another element In the solution of the problem was that the two were lu perfect accord. Six months before J'eter had forsaken Christ, while John alone ran the gantlet In the terrific blnst of passion in the city of hate, but Peter never again shirked !)' duty. John hnd been smbitious fof the supreme plnce among the spos ties, but hOW he bad grown in grace and lost the fjftsstrm for prominence. Friends, the same tmidltlons are neces sary to-dny In solving the problem of the mornllv lame on the part of the Church of God ns were manifested on that day. w The love of prominence must go, whether It be of individual or church, or denomination. Passion must cense. One of the reasons why the church of God is not omnipotent Is because there Is still this lust for prominence on tho part ot individuals. ? churches and denominations, and instead of self abandon We Sre fltsdlufely too! Self-conscious,- every one Of USi Again they solved it in giving the power of riiriKt lo tli mani "In the' name Of Jesus Christ rise up flftd walk." The communication of ideals will never save men from moral lameness. Ideals most live In personality. That Is the difference between Christianity nnd everything else. It Is the communica tion of power, the touch of God the touch of divine power in the heart. Let us feel It this morning. "In the name of Jesus of Nflfctveth, rise up mid walk." Let It tonoli upon your weakness. It is here. Let it flo for you and me what it did for that lnme man. It breaks the power of cancelled sin, And sets the prisoner free. That Is what Peter nlld John did. Tlilnl; of It! There was the lame man; Ihei-o wflsi the critical public; there Wits Hie memory at their own past fuilmvs, and there was the power of Christ. Ii cuiKiuered them nil, nnrt tho man anise, and stood up. Not only did he stand, but the solution of this problem InoHitUil every other. He can r.irn Ills own living now, and needs not assistance, KverV problem of life Is bound tl) In t lie problem of the lnme iiiiin being straightened and strengthened. It Is smooth snil- 1 utr after thnt. Lastly, Ihe man be came n benefactor nnd praised God. He inspired the faith of men. Before, his very presence evented" pessimism; now it was fnlth autl praise. The at mosphere of tho ninn became a factor and an asset in the progress of the world. We are either contributors to or exhausters of the moral life of the world. Whieb is It? My slilijeet gathers round these two points: First, the Innie mnn, and, second, the men who through the Instrumentality of Jesus Christ cured liim, We ns Christians stand In the apostle's place. Let us, under Christ, cure the lame, nnd if we stand in the lame man's place Christ will make us whole. May we, like Teter and John, help the lnme man to prnise his God nnd inspire otir fellow men for Christ's sake! h toward took. It Is of no use to tell nip to look forward." said one in great trouble. the other rtav. to a friend. "Ihe worst of my trouble, I know lies ahead. To look hnek upon the past, before tins shadow caine, simply adds to my ng- onv. I can only sit in me uiiinura, anil shut my eyes to everything, nnd bear as best I may." There Is always one way left," sala the frleud, gently. "When we cannot look forward or backward we can look upward. I have been in every whit asJ hard a place ns you, ntl 1 sat n long while In the darkness netore? nnoing the way out. Try the upward jook It is meant for just sueli sorrows ns this, which seem to shut ill the soul inexorably. If we look up, we never ook In vain. Time alone can help such sorrows ns yours, sniit n woman who i-uiieu herself n Christian, to n bereaved friend lately. There wns no Upward Innk siiffirested there. A heathen could have snld na much. Tunc only can dull the edge of pain; the upward look robs suffering of its sting surely and Inst imrlv It Is always possible to lift our eyes to the sky; and though nt first, perhaps, we see oniy me nuuus, shall find it true oerore long mai II our tears God's rainbow bends.' Clod' Wat of F.icape. The steamer plied its way among the Thousand islands. Often its course nns toward a rocky height or 'n wooded shore. Surely unless the en gines were speedily reversed the ves sel would be wrecked, One turn of the pilot's wheel, and before Uf spread the glory of the Inland sea, and unim peded wns the channel to it. With not before or alter-the temptation or trial He provides a way of escape.- Pacific Wtntist .... MOST UNIQUE OF MONUMENTS. Marks Scene of Fatal Accident to English Earl. Monuments there are to commemo rate all kinds of sentiments from those of the greatest splendor and beauty, to those of the simplest and humblest, from the glorious Taj Ma hal of India, to the slip of shingle placed by a little child in its garden, to commemorate the loss of some lit tle pet. In the woods, which form part of the demesne of tbs Karls of Darnley; wfcose seat is at Cobham Hall, Kent, England, there stands a monument which perhaps Is unique, and is known locally as the "Toe Monument' The present earl's great grandfather, while walking In his woods, came across a woodchopper at work, on the site of this strange monument- The earl took exception, to the way the man was doing bis work, and, taking the axe for the purpose undertook to show him the right way. He made one cut, and severed the big toe front one of his feet He was car ried with all possible haste to the Hall, doctors sent for, but in spite of all aid he died of lockjaw the nexti day. The "Toe Monument" was era-' ed by hla successor to mark the' of the fatal accident, Moral tor ultra crepldam." Coughed lio Two , Aftar aitirnrlnar for wf Illness which baffled h Mrs. Bridget Mangan rr coughed up a frog f Dr. William Haggert alcohol, and will set school. r Mrs. Mangan h severe pains In tl eral weeks. Six (' constant .thin;' coughed up a s The same ' last night wl came to light. Dr. Hugger have swaliot drinking water and that It developed In Nashville American. WHYT Why. moTW. why . Did God pin the stara up o tight lo tha kyV . Why did Ihe cow -Jump right ovar the moon'j An' why did the dlh run away with tha HIKIOO? 'Cauaa didn't he Ilk It to tha cow tjl Why, niuvver, why J . . Why.' imivvrr, why Can't little soya Jump to the moon If they try!' - An' why ian'r they swim Just Ilka Babes an' llnus? An' why doea the live little bird In have wllliTH. An' live little boys have to wait till they dle ;.. w Why, ninvvcr, why? Whv. mnvTir. why Was all of voe blackbirds all baked in ., pie-? Why i-ntiirln't v-e have one If I should aay, "PipflKeV An' why riiM-s If worry when little boyi traw ! An' why rfln't lings ncrer be nowbut binip-by'f Why, ntavver. why? . Whv, niuvvpr. wbv I loos little Imyn fronn always ache when they rr.r? An' why dees it Htop wht-n they're cuddled lit, ClflKP? ,, An' what rim- the sandman do days, do yon H'ltnueV An' whv dn-ynii (ink he'll be noon coialn by'; Whv. muvvpr. why? Kthel M. Kelley In "In Lighter . Vein," In tho IVnlury. JUST FOR FUN Holiliiewhat's bluntness of speech, dad? Dad Saying sharp things. Judge. Tommy (caijRht in the act) I I must say, gran'ma, that these pre serves is jest like the ones mother used to make. Town and County. "Money talks," said the man of trite Ideas. "Yes," answered Mr. Dustln Stax. "Hut II shouldn't Insist on Writ ing for ihe magazines." Washington Star. Mistress IlridKCt, have you ever made lobster a la Newburgh? Brid get No, mum; I nlver worruked far ther up th' Hudson) thon Nyack." Puck. Pauline What do you do for the blues, Penelope? Penelope Oh, I think of the things In my life which he different If other things bad been different." Brooklyn Life. Said the old colored deacon: "I ain't bothered 'bout whether dars life on de moon or not. How ter keep iife gwinc on the earth is what gits me!" Atlanta Constitution. "So your' first fiancee threw you over! Do you think she ever re gretted It?" "I'm beginulng to she did. I married Immediately, she never married at all!" Deti Free Press. "I thought, senator. thatTTi going to insist on being vindicated Tiptop ailury." "I was. But my law yers have been fortunate enough to find a flaw In the Indictment." Chi cago Record-Herald. "Yes," said Miss Passay coyly. "It it true that Mr. Duniley and I are to be partners for life." "Well, well!" exclaimed Miss Jcft, "what responsi bility for you, being the senior .part ner" Philadelphia Press. Lady (to her traveling companion, who has just had his finger nail pinched badly) "How horrid! I al ways think anything wrong with one's nails sets ones teem on eage an think and ro 3 down one's back!" Punch. . I like whenever vou OJelnyournes motor car?" "My mSnallWvl'Sred 1 Mr. Scudds, "you mistake, I am , merely the owner. I am not the.:, chauffeur." Washington Star. ..... First Suburbanite "Are you sure you have all your packages? I thought I saw one on a seat In the car. Second Suburbanite Well, I don't think It's mine, but I'm never sure until I get home. Brooklyn : Life, "John!" whispered John's' Nrfl I'm thoroughly convinced there's ' a burglar downstairs." "Well, dear," replied the husband, sleepily, "I hope you don't expect me to have the cour. age of your convictions." Philadel phia Ledger. '-r She Miss Gabble's such a bore! When she started talking I noticed " He Gracious! I didn't thlrik, you were that old. She What do you mean? How old? He Old enough to take notice when "- she started talking. Philadelphia Led ger. H "Do vou pay poets?" asked the long-haired bard aa he timidly ap- proacbed the editor. "Sometimes," re- f piled the editor, without looking up. "For what size poems?". "Don't pay ; them for poems. . Pay them for wash- Ing the windows and scrubbing the floor." Chicago Zi'tJ,r "My teacher J fooL'Xos woman, and , i . i Slip Y to you was." hereditary Tb ! I k
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