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toll TWO. THE GASTONIA GAZETTE. WEDNESDAY, JANUAKT f. i The Gasionia Gazette. 1 BBaaaiaiBaMaMiaMIllBBSaaM"SMMSaMBJBSBBaS "WIDKESDAY, JJLtCUAMT t, 1919. THE WHISTBY OF SUFFERING. Baptist Standard. ; The experience of Jesus enabled Him to sympathise vitb all who suffered. He -was touched with the feeling of our in m .l ftnnities. He know how to reinforce the teanpted, for He was tempted in all points lik u we, yet without sin. He speaks to troubled hearts the world over: "Conic aato me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ' ' '' Never before were so many of His aaiata burdened with sorrow. We scan the long casualty lists each day, but it saay be that our interest does not extend beyond those we know. We forget that for each name on that roll of honor there sue loved ones in the homeland whose day has been turned into night. We are thinking now of many homes already be reft Letters are coming to us daily from fathers and mothers telling of the supreme sacrifice made by the precious lads overseas. And we remember also oar own Texas boys who only a few day? ago distinguished themselves in battle. Very soon in some of the homes from which these brave men went stars of blue will turn into stars of gold. All alout us are other homes made desolate by the rav ages of the epidemic that has swept over our land. In many other homes hearts are heavy because of disappointments, or disease, or disaster. Kverywhere the question is being asked : Why this suffer ing Why this suffering! Why the ag onizing suspense of separation f For one thing, we learn in such hours to trust God. When all human resources are exhausted and human comfort fails to soothe the aching heart, we may know that God lis our refuge. He is nigh unto them that are of a broken and contrite heart. We may not understand but we ean trust the Father. Some time ago I received a letter from a gentle woman in to whose life a deep sorrow had come. Af- ter confessing her perplexity she added: "My poor miud cannot reason out any of it I shall wait until I see my Lord face to face, and then 1 11 understand. ' ' At a time when philosophy stands dumb in presence of sorrow, faith alone can lead to the throne where we may receive grace to help in the time of need. Faith ia God alone ran quiet the troubled heart and speak the words of assurance: "He ' that walketh in darkness andi hath no light let him trust in the name of the Lord, and rely upon his God. ' ' Then, too, we are better enabled to sympathize with others when we our selves have passed through the fires. Af ter such experiences we can speak the words of comfort, for we can say ' ' I know what it is; I have passed through it myself. " The whole world is now bound together in the fellowship of suf fering aa never before. American moth ers can kneel in spirit with French moth era and English mothers and Belgian mothers and share their suffering and their faith: "We are able to comfort them that are in any affliction through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. Lately I have thought of the deep waters to which Isaiah and Eeekial refer. Through the former the Lord speaks : ' ' When thou jiassest through the waters I will !e with thee; and through the rivers they shall not overflow thee." Ezekiel gives the pic ture of the stream flowing out from the temple that finally becomes a deep river, "and everything shall live whitersoever the river Cometh. " There is no connec tion between the two passages; yet, may it not be true that the deep waters through which we pass, supported by the Divine Companions, may flow on healing others, and "everything shall live whith ersoever the river comethf" May not suffering have another lesson for us, in leading us into more faithful service to our kingf We may have be come indifferent to His great cause. We are concerned about the world too busy to give Him the first place. Only today I received a letter from a subscriber, who in writing concerning a certain religious duty said: "I am so occupied with bus iness I do not have time. ' ' Then comes the time of suffering, when the things of the world fade away and only God abides. We cry unto God, and He hears and de livers and forgives. Furthermore the Father, ofttimes, has nis opportunity to reveal, through the suffering of His children, the power of His sustaining grace. Is Jesus real to ! us in the hour of trial f Can we say with j Him in the Gethsemane shadows through i which we pass, "Thy will, not mine be done"f Paul prayed thrice that the grievous affliction might be removed ; the answer was given : "I will not take away the thorn, but I will sustain you. My grace ia sufficient for thee, my strength ia made perfect in thy weakness." And the world knew that Christ Jejus was Wlliftl W DI1M ' TVl t7 tt i 11 nst n.inn U ; 8avior because he was revealed in Paul j once the chief of sinners and the suffering: ' eamt is Christianity's witness. So it ia today.- If suffering must come into our live, however heavy the blows, however crushing the sorrow, let us show the morlA how a Oirifttiftn Mn mfVcr. T.t na make these sorrows evaagels of the Croat of Christ We may not understand now. Our questions may remain unanswered: We nay hear the Divine Savior say: "What I do thou knweet not now but thou shalt smderstand hereafter." PROUD OF "LAST GOOD TALK Brave Little Jap Wrote Hit Record and Died as a Soldier Would With to Die. Tamato Hykaahi, familiarly known s Toko 1b the battalion. Joined up at , Vancouver. He was a bright, attrao j Te little Japanese with a Destine 1 smile and some quaint knowledge of .Knhi. niin. tlon no catch me,' he told the recruit ing officer with a wide, disarming smile. "He put married' opposite the ques tion, 'married or single,' on the attes tation form, and favored the officer with a pictorial view of his family pretty almond-aped girl and two doll like babies. He accepted the assurance that they would be looked after by the Canadian government with beams of delight Then, squaring himself as If he were going to fight the whole German army, he strode away happi ly with a sergeant to the military de pot "Togo became a Lewis gunner, the best 'No. 1' In the unit. He developed a passion for the weapon that amount ed almost to Idolatry, and during the training days astonished the Inspec tors, not Infrequently, by scoring pos sibles on Intricate landscape targets. 'Hun feel peevishly when honorable Lewis talk with a full mouth.' he used to boast, and then proceeded to spray bullets at an amazing rate and with uncanny accuracy on indicated posi tions the mnke-belleve of the machine-gun school. "The loss, in transit from Japan, of letters from the almond-eyed girl in spired conversations with 'honorable Lewis' snd, crooning, little talks that none of the gun team understood. Rut they would not Intrude upon or Inter rupt him. "The Lewis gun posts, pushed well out In the crnter area of the neutral ground, had been put out of action, the guns destroyed, and the crews mangled by a hurricane barrage all except one. Toward evening, as the German Infan try advanced to complete the work of the high explosive and shrapnel, this one gun stuttered defiance and pecked little gaps here and there In the on coming waves of fleld-gray. Its spas modic rnt-ta-tat Indicated to the anx iously listening men in the front line that either the gun or the gunner had not entirely escaped the shrapnel halL Then silence. "A bent, burdened figure emerged from a shell crater, 7T yards In ad vance of the oncoming Huns, and stag gered towards the Canadian lines. Twice he fell, but struggled gamely to his feet pursued by scattered rifle fire. It was Togo. A dozen volunteers leaped the parapet to his assistance; a hundred rifiVs held up the enemy. "They lowered him gently Into the trench, marveling at the vitality that had animated the terribly torn body. The gun he saved lay, smeared with blood, beside him. His shattered arm moved towards it, as his spirit hov ered on the brink of the shadow, a smile lighted up the drawn face. 'Him have last good talk'. Hun no catch honorable Lewis,' he said and passed out." First Patents for Steamboats. By a number of curious coincidences the United States government Issued its first patents for steamboats on Au gust 20. 1791, to Nathan Read, John Fitch. James Kumsey and John Stev ens. Some time previous to the Issu ing of these patents Read invented the necessary r.iachlnery to adapt Watts' stee-jo engine to boat and land carriages. In 1789 he exhibited to a committee of the American Academy of Art and Sciences a model of a steamboat with paddle wheels, which he designed to connect with a hlgh preaaure engine. Read also invented a multitubular boiler and still another form of boiler on the same principle as is used at the present day on our loco- j on the earth. The tank Itself rests on motives. The fire passed through ' tollers which In turn rest on the tn sniall spiral tubes, and in this way ride of the belt. It Is equipped with consuming the smoke and several oth er forms with many apartments to which the water was to be gradually admitted as fast as It was evaporated. Wooden Shipbuilding in Australia. The lack of shipbuilding and the pressing need of providing cargo space for the 5,000,000 tons of wheat and the large quantities of other products awaiting shipment In Australia Is caus ing a revival of wooden shipbuilding which was comparatively Important In the days when wooden sailing ships were the dominant type of vessel. Con tracts have been let by the common wealth government for the construc tion of 12 wooden vessels of about 2,000 tons each at Sydney and six Jt 2,300 tons at Fremantle, West Aus- tralla, with a posslbilty of arranging 'or a considerably larger number. It Bl8 Proposed to build 20 vessels of from 500 to 2,000 tons in Tasmania. Scientific American. The Simplest Way. Mrs. Flash went away to spend a fortnight with a friend, and while she was away Mr. Flash wrote to ask her where she'd put the key of the billiard room. mj bro pocket," ahe wrote Dack "somewhere in the wardrobe." When Mrs. Flash got back she found the wardrobe absolutely empty. "Where have you put all my things V he naked her husband. "My dear." said be sternly, "yon toio me that key was In your bolera pocket la that wardrobe.- I searched, and aa I don't know a bolero from a box plait I Just took everything Into the cardan, set fir fi them, and recovered the key from the ashes V Adelaide, Australia, Chronicle. BLEND FAR FROM COMPLETE Expert Finds Descendants of First American Families Little Affected by the Melting Pot Through an extensive study of mem bers of some of the oldest American families, America as the "melting not of the nations" proves to lie but a con venient expression for writers aud ora tors merely a picture drawn by those tvho do not trouble themselves nbout the precision of their figures of speech, a myth without foundation of fact. For four yenrs Dr. Ales llrdlicka, a curator of the division of physical an thropology of the United States Na tional museum, has had under way an investigation of the blending of the va rious types of humanity In America, which, though not yet fully completed, has resulted In the Inevitable conclu sion that the force of heredity Is too strong to be radically altered In a cen tury or two and that we must wait centuries longer to find a type which will Justify the statement that Ameri ca Is In reality a "melting pot" of the nutlona. Doctor llrdlicka finds that even the first material that went into the "pot" has not melted yet. Several hundred members of the old w hite American stock have been meas ured most carefully and examined in many ways to find If the people mak ing up .tills stock are tending to be come alike If u new subtype of the human race Is being formed here in America with intermarriage, environ ment and under tile pressure of out ward circumstances. Doctor Hnllieka timls definitely that, as yet. such is not tin- case. His inestlgiition shows that the descendants of the Pilgrim fathers the Virginia cavaliers, the IVimsyl vn nin Dutch and the Huguenots, while possibly not as much alike as their mf eestors i.rohuhly were, are still far fr.Mii a real blend. 1'hiladelphia Iiec onl. LIKE NOSTRUMS OF PACIFISTS j African King's Advice About as Help ful as the Vaporings of So-Called "Lovers of Peace." Senator Smith said in a V. M. C. A. address In Washington: "Germany must be crushed. Pence, otherwise, will behold the world drill ing and arming for another and more terrible war. An inconclusive pence would make things worse instead of better. "When a pacifist offers mo his nos trums. I tell him that his advice is worse than the African king's. "A missionary once visited an Afri can king. The king was well pleased with the young man and ordered that .KK) of the most beautiful maidens In his kingdom be brought before him. "When the maidens a very fine lot Indeed were gathered together, the king presented them to the missionary. "'These 500 girls' he said, 'are the flower of my kingdom. Choose a wife from among them." "The missionary, very much enihar rnsseii. answered : "'Oh. your majesty. If I. took one. think how Jealous the other A'.K) would he?' " 'That, said the king, 'is easily rem edied. Take all.'" Americans and Tanks. By Inventing the caterpillar device for motors. American ingenuity has played a Vital part In the war. says P.cvs' Life, the boy scouts' magazine. The success of the tank lies In the fact that It lays Its own track, so to and after rolling over it, picks It up. Now the track Is merely a belt made of flat links of steel.' This belt fits over large wheels nt either end of the tank, much as the chain Is stretched around the wheels of an au tomobile. On the outside of the belt rre fixed a series of broad links called frfif'L' rttn ttxi tcMeh tnL-n a Arm trfln two belts on either sWe of the car, l oth of which are connected with the driving machinery. WJien the tank moves straight ahead, both these belts are driven at the same speed. It Is possible, however, to drive the belts Independently. It usually travels at a speed of about half n mile an hour. Speed in Making Grenades. The core shop of an old British iron foundry is cited as a revelation in peed in turning out war work. Young eirls are producing cores there for hand grenades at the rate of 180 an hour, the cores, the making of which t.i' ev; :u movements of the hand, be turned out In 16 seconds. The foundry Itself Is old and by no means convenient, but by a system of stand ardization of the work and by encour aging employees to take an Intelligent Interest in their work, the output has been actually trebled. IJvery 1,000 feet of floor space In the foundry now pro duces 6.5 tons of light castings a week, working day shift only. It is the only foundry in that particular town work In" n 4S-hour week. Besides, the girls and women, who form 60 per cent of the employees, are allowed ten min utes for lunch and ten minutes' Inter val In I he afternoon. Dog Natural Pet of Soldier. Tog are a source of great comfort and satisfaction to the young fighting men from America who find In them a devotion and companionship many crave. They are amused by the antics of lively dogs but they are given much deeper pleasure by the absolute loyal ty and complete unselfishness of their pets. If there Is one place In the world where entire devotion to a comrade la more prfied than It la anywhere else that place la an army of brave and true soldiers. A Baby was born: ia Bethlehem many years ago. His parents were poor and He had no unusual advantages. He raised no army, He conquered ao kingdom,- He owned no real estate, and ' He : had ao bank account Neither did . He write books or paint pictures or compose music He was mocked at by the great and died a criminal 's death. Yet this Man , has revolt ionized the civilized world. ' Multitudes have lived and died trium- phantly by the power of faith in Him and in obedience to the doctrines He in culcated, and He has more followers in the world today than ever before. His maxims are acknowledged, even by those who reject His authority, to be the no blest and purest that have ever been ut tered, and no man has been able to piek a flaw in his character. What will you do with Jesus who is called Christ I Phillips Brooks. Beet-Sugar Industry. The United States and Spain are the enly countries which produce both cane and beet sugar In any consider able quantity. . The development of the beet-sugar Industry In the United States has been one of the great ag rlcultural and manufacturing growths of this country. From 1898 the beet sugar production In the United States Increased from 50,000 tons to approxi mately 800,000 tons in 1915. Cause of Stomach Sickness How to Relieve Stomach Distress in a Few Llinutes. Money Back if Treat ment Dors Not Overcome Any Form of Indigestion. If yt.u feel as though there was a lump of lead at the pit of the stomach, take a couple of Mi-o na stomach tablets and in five minutes vou should see that all stom ach lis!re:-s lias vanished. If y.ui have stomach trouble, nouatter from wl.at i-nuse, use Mi-o-na stomm-h tablets that are recommended to cleanse arnl renovate the stomach and put it in such shape tl at you can eat a hear'y meal without any distress. If you belch gas, have heartburn or sour stomach, you need Mi-o-na. If your stomach feels up-set the morning after the night before, take two Mi-o-na tab lets and see how quickly you get relief. If you have shortness of breath, pain in the stomach, waterbrash or foul breath, you need Mi-o-na and the sooner you get it, the sooner your stomach should perform its duties properly. ' If you use a box of Mi-o-na tablets and feel that it has not overcome your indigestion or stomach trouble, take the empty box to your dealer and he will re fund your money. That shows our faith in the value of Mi-o-na. For sale by J. II. Kennedy Drug Co. and all leading druggists. 8-22 R0YSTER' FERTILIZER' THE F. S. ROY8TER GUANO GO. Norfolk, Va; Baltimore, Md. Toledo, O. Tarboro; N. C Charlotte, N. C Columbia, S. C Spartanburg, S. C Atlanta, Ga. Macon; Ga. Columbus, Ga. Montgomery, Ala. fc .. - ....... .... -sgv Si (tv o TNI - 'If at 25 off For the next few days we will sell service flags at one-fourth off. If you are entitled to Display a Service Flag and haven t one already, don't delay longer get one and Put It Up Today The boys are coming home soon and of course you wouldn't want HIM to come home and find that you have no flag up in his honor. Come Now while you will have a good variety to select from. ::::::::: Atkins-Baber Book Co. Phone 265 "Gaitom' Quality TP AOS MARK REGISTERED. 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