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TOMORROWS-INTERNATIONAL
First Disciples of Jesus, John 1:35-46.
i
(N. C. Christian Advocate.)
Intervening Events. Our Lord's re
turn from the temptation, about the time
a deputation came from Jerusalem to
question the Baptist; John's declaration
of himBelf as only a forerunner of the
Messiah; he points. out Jesus as the
Lamb of God, and tells of the attestation
of the lioly Spirit (John 1:19-34.)
Place. In "Bethany beyond Jordan,"
according to the correct text. "Botha
bara" is due to the influence of Origen,
who did not know of a Bethany beyond
.Ionian. Various views: (1.) That the
place was near Jericho, and was also the
scene of the baptism of Jesus; (2) thai
this Bethany was in a district southeast
of the Sea of Galilee, about twenty miles
from Natareth, but that the baptism
took place near Jericho, John having
moved northward during the interval;
(3) that the baptism also is to be placed
at the northern locality. Of these views
the second seems preferable.
Time. Probably early in March. 780;
that is, A. I. 27.- This gives time for
all the events recorded as occurring be
fore the first passover.
Persons. John the Baptist and Je
sus; certainly five, and probably six,
disciples (see on verse 41), John, An
drew, Peter, probably James, Philip and
Xathanael, assumed to be Bartholomew.
LESSON IN EVERY DAY LIFE
By Charles Frederick Goss, D. D.
Looking upon Jesus as he walked (v!
38.) Glory, beauty, divinity, were writ
ten upon every feature and revealed in
every motion. But (mark you) it re
quired a John the Baptist to perceive
rhem. Not every one can see tie beauty
of a sunset or a flower, or any other love
liness or glory. One day when Daniel
Webster was walking down a street in
an Irish city, a perfect stranger gazed
upon him with a sort of awe, and ex
claimed aloud, "There goes a king!"
But there were plenty of other people
who did not even notice him as he
passed. It is said that "no man is a he
ro to his own valet," but more than one
shrewd observer has discovered that this
is not so much the fault of the hero as
of the valet. If you do not see the ma
jesty and the divinity cf Jesus Christ, it
is certainly because you lack that subtle
power of penetration which discovers
the real sublimities of life. Sir Humph
ry Davy said that "his greatest discov
ery was Michael Faraday!" It takes a
Davy to discover a Faraday, and a John
a Jesus!
And they followed Jesus (v. 37). It
would be hard to tell whether it is grand
er to be a great leader of a humble,
faithful follower. We seem born into
the world to be one or the other. la
every school yard you see some little fel
lows who are always at the head of the
procession and others tagging and fag
ging behind. The last are not always
the least No game of my boyhood left
so lasting impression on my mind as
"Following the Leader." When some
youngster a little more inventive and
bolder than the rest "stumped" us to fol
low him. It was a crucial test, but we did
it. No matter where he went, he found
us at his heels. Many a bard squeeze
and heavy fall have I had as I scrambled
around on the rafters of the old Baptist
meeting-house shed, or jumped like a
squirrel from limb to limb in the trees Of
the school-yard, or rrawled flat on my
stomach under barns, or tore frantically
through pastures where there were big
fierce bulls. But it did - me good; it
taught me obedience, pluck and daring,
and it is good training for all boys.
Sometimes a Hobson is going to need
some companions, or a Luther some ad
herents, or Jesus some disciples who will
stand by him through thick and thin.
Whatever else you do, . never turn back
from Jesus Christ. Tt may cost you
many a struggle and tear to follow him,
but go straight on. If every other person
in the community altandons him, stick
to Hia aide. It will be grand in you,
and h will be grand for you.
He flndetoh first his own brother (v. 41).
Stick to your brothers, and sister. Share
all the good things with them. Be care
ful of that little fellow whom yon have
to take to school. Don't send him home
when he tries to follow you and the "big
feMowV" off oh a long fishing trip. Give
the litte shaver a ehow. Put him up on
your shoulders when he Is tired. Keep
him out of mischief. Stand by him. You
do not know how sweet his gratitude will
he some time. 1 have big brother my
self, and there are tears in my eyes now
when I think of some of the things he
did for me.
He brought him unto. Jesns (v. 42).
This is the best thing you can . do for. any
man in the world. Yon will do him a
greater favor than by showing him where
goM grows on bushes, and diamonds in
the grass; and He will never turn you
sway, no matter whom yon bring. The
mother of a little friend ef mine has for
bidden him to Irring any more cats and
dogs home, for the house was getting to
be a sort of menageriei But when he
went down to school next day, he found
a poor forlorn little puppy, over whose
foot a wagon had gone, shivering and
whining in the awtnmn weather. There
could be no doubt that he was lost. It
was written all over Ms face, and on ev
ery one of hit four legs, and especially
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
the lame one. Billle's heart was almost
broken. He picked np the poor little
wretch, and said to himself, "-Mother
won't mind this one!" He knew her. He
was certain that when she saw the mis
erable, whining little wretch, her heart
would feel just as his did. And he wag
right. Do you think hia mother would
turn a poor little lame dog out into the
cold? Never! A mother's heart is just
a little heart of God's.
"A HEART AS STURDY AS AN
OAK."
But what is It the blood which the
heart mus pump at the rate of 10 times
a minute? If the heart is to be sturdy
and the nervea strong this blood must be
rich and pure. Hood's Sarsaparilla
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good blood. It gives to men and women
strength, confidence, courage and endur
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dyspepsia, take Hood's Sarsaparilla and
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ALEX VERNAKES, Proprietor.
Having decided to
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I offer my entire stock consisting of
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Clotting, Notion j,
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"A MESSAGE
TO CARCIA"
Lxtraordinary Popularity of an
Editorial in a Utile Magazine
THE EMPLOYERS' SIDE OF IT
An Essay of Elbert Hubbard Which Has
Attracted Attention All 0er the
Civilized World.
An essay that has been reprinted in
various forms 7,500,000 times, and that
hns been translated into French, Ger
man, Hungarian, Italian, Russian and
Japanese before it is a year old has B
romarkabk if not unheardrOf record.
Such, however, is what has happened to
the "Message to Garcia," published origi
nally in the March number of the Thilis
tiue,, and written by its editor, Elbert
Hubbard, who had no idea of its possi
bilities as a sermon. Mr. Hubbard was
requested to reprint it In pamphlet form,
und now employers all over the world
are interested in it.
Here is the "Message to Garcia:"
In all this Cuban business there is one
man stands out on the horizon of my
memory like Mars at perihelion. When
war broke out between Spain and the
United States, it was very necessary to
conunimdcate quickly with the leader of
the insurgents. Garcia was somewhere
in the mountain fastnesses of Cuba no
one knew where. No mail nor telegraph
message could reach him. The President
must secure his co-operation, and quickly.
Wiat to do!
Sotae one said to the President,
"There's a fellow by the name of Rowan
will find Garcia for you, if anybody can."
Rowan was sent for and given a letter
to be delivered to GaTcia. How the fel
low by the name of Rowan" took the
letter sealed it up in an oilskin pouch,
strapped It over his heart, in four days
landed by night off the coast of Ouiba
from an open boat, disappeared into the
jungle, and In three weeks came out on
the other side of the island, having tra
versed a hostile country on foot, and de
livered bin letter to Garcia, are things I
have no special doare to tell in detail.
The point I wish to make is this: Mc
Kinlcy gave Rowan a letter to b deliv
ered to O-arc'a; Rowan took the U tter and
did not ask, "Where is he at?" By the
Eternal! there is a miau whose form
should be cast in deathless bronze and
the statue placed in every college of the
land. It is not book learning young men
need, nor instruction about this and that,
but stiffening of the vertebrae Which
will cause them to be loyal to a trust, to
act promptly, concentrate their energies;
do the thing "carry a message to Gar
cia!" General Garcia is dead now, but there
are other Garciaa.
No man who has endeavored to carry
out an enterprise where many hands were
needed but hns been well-nigh appalled
at times by the imbecility of the average
man tie inability or unwillingness to
concentrate on a thing and do it Slip
shod assistance, foolinah inattention,
dowdy indifference, and halfhearted
work seem the rule; and no man' suc
ceeds, unless by hook or crook, or threit.
he forces or bribes ether men to assist
him; or tnaphap, God in His gnodness
performs a miracle, and sends him an
Angel of Light for an assistant. You,
reader, put this matter to a test: You
re sitting now in your office six clerks
are within call. Summon any one and
make this request: "Pkase look in the
encyclopedia and make a brief memo
randum for uk concerning the life of
Correggio."
WW1 the clerk quietly say, "Yes, fir "
and go to the task?
On your rife, he will not He will look
at you out of a fishy eye, and ask you
one or more of the following quest'ons:
Who was he?
Which encyclopedia?
Where is the encyclopedia?
Was I hired for that?
Don't you mean Bismarck?
What's tile matter with Charlie doing
It?
Is he dead?
Is there any hurry?
Shan't I bring you the book and let
you look it up yourself?
What tlo you want to know for?
And I will lay you 10 to 1 th it after
yon haw Answered the questions, nd ex
plained how to Hnd the information, and
why you want it, the clerk will go off
and eat one of the other clerks to help
him try to find Garciaand then come
back nd tell you there is no such nuali.
I Of course, I may lose my bet, but, sc
! cording to the law of average, I will
not. '
I Now, If yon are wise you will not
I bother to erplain to your "Assistant" that
I Correggio Is Indexed under the C's, not
I in the K's, but yoa will smile sweetly
I and My, "Never utsd," and go look it
up yourself.
Ami hds incapacity for Independent
action, this moral stupidity, this infirm
ity of the will, this unwillingness to
cheerfully catch hold and. .Ma. are the
things that . put pure Bocrajlsm so far
into the future. If men will hot act fir
themaelcea what will they do when the
benefit of their effort la for all? A 6rst
mate with knotted ctab seena necessary;
and the dread of rutin "the bounce"
Saturday night holds many a worker
to his place.
Advertise for a stenographer, and nine
out of ten who apply can neither speli
nor punctuate and do not think it ne
cessary to.
Can such a one write a letter to Gar
cia ?
"You see that bookkeeper?" said the
foreman to me in a large factory.
"Yes, what about him?"
"Well, he's a lino accountant; but if
I'd semi him uptown on an errand he
might accomplish the errand all right
and, on the other hand, might stop at
four saloons on the way, and when he
got t Main street would forgot what he
had litrn sent for."
Can such a man le entrusted to carry
a mvrsa'gc to Garcia?
We lave recently been hearing much
maudlin sympathy exirscd for the
"down-trodden denizens of the sweat
shop" and the "homeless wanderer"
searching for honest employment," and
with it all often go many hard words for
the men in power.
Nothing is said about the employer who
grows old before his time in a vain at
tempt to get frowsy ne'er-do-wells to do
intelligent work; and his long, patient
striving with "help" that does nothing
but lonf when his back is turned. In
every store and factory there is a con
slant weeding-out process going on. The
employer is constantly sending away
"help" tlwit have shown their incapacity
to further the interests of the business,
mill others are being taken on. No mut
ter how good times are, this sorting
continues, only if times are hard and
work is scarce, 1he sorting is done liner
but out and forever out of incompetent
and unworthy go. It is the survival or
the (it.tol. Self-interest prompts every
employer to- keep the best those who
can carry a message to Garcia.
I know one man of really brilliant
parts who has not the ability to manage
a business of his own, and yet who is
absolutely worthless to any one else, be
cause ho carries with him constantly the
insane suspicion that his employer is op
pressing, or intending to oppress him.
He. cannot give orders, and will not re
ceive them. Should a message be given
hkn to take to Garcia his answer would
probably lie. "Take it yourself."
Tonight this roan walks the streets
looking for work, the wind whistling
through his threadba'.'e coat. No one
who knows him daTe employ him, for he
is a regular firebrand of discontent. He
is impervious to reason, and the only
tiling that can im cress him is the toe of
a t luck -sole.' jig. 1 boot. Of course, I
know thatlBnf so .jaorally deformed is
no less to bTuticd'than a physical crip
ple; but in our pitying let us drop a tear,
too, for the men who are striving to
carry on a great enterprise, whose work
ing hours are not limited by the whistle,
and whose hair is fast turning whi'e
through the struggle to hold in line
dowdy indifference, slipshod imbecility
and the heartless ingratitude which, but
for their enterprise, would be both hun
gry and homeless.
Have I put the matter too strongly?
Possibly I have; but when all the world
hns gone a-sluiiuning I wish to sneak a
word of sympathy for the nimn who suc
ceedsthe man who, against great odds,
has directed the efforts of others, and
having succeeded, finds there's nothing
in it; nothing but bare board and clothes.
I have carried a dinner pail am! work
ed for day's wages, and I have also been
an employer of ln'bor, and I know there
is something to le said on. both sides.
There is no excellence, per se, in pover
ty; rags are no recommendation, and
all employer are not rapacious and high
handed, any more than all poor men are
virtuous.
My heart goes out to the man who
do his work when the "boss" is away
as well as when he is at home. And
the who who, when given a letter for
Garcia qmiiitly taki the missive wtihout
asking 'any idiotic questions, and with no
lurking intention of t-hunckrng it into
SALE OF
I!y authority of a judgment of I lie
Snperwr Court of -Wuk County, in
Special Proceedings, entitled the Mechan
icsMiiue Sav jugs Bank, executor, vs.
John W. H or ton and others, the under
signed Commissioners appointed by Ahe
Court,, will sel lo the high
est " bidder at the Court House
door of -' Wk-'mniy, on Monday,
February 20, OOat 12 e'cloek M., the
land known a the Horton property, sit
uated between :Wt and Johnston streets
Mi
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x mi .! :Nob 8. 9, raj ft
and 16, 19, ) d 82, 611-4 ft. x
9 M
the enrest sewer, or of doing aught else
lint deliver it, never gets "laid off," nor
has to go on n strike for higher wages.
Civilization i one long anxious search
for just, such individuals. Anything
siwh a mmn aks shall be grafted; his
kind is so rare that no employer can
afford to let him go. He is wanted in
every city, town and village. The world
cries out for s-uch; he is needed, and
needed badly the man who can cany
a uicsuage to Garcia.
Southern
Railway.
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Apply to ticket agents for tlms tablsi.
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f rank S. Gannon, Third Vies President
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WasillDKlOD. I) C.
tt. L. VERNON, THAU C. STURG18
T. I A O. T. A
Charlotte." N. "O. Raleigh. N. C.
North Carolina Wake County.
Iu The Superior Court.
February Term, 1U00.
To Frank It. Page:
You arc notified that Addie Page, your
wife, has brought a suit against you to
February Term, 1000, of Wake Superior
Court, for divorce from the bonds of ma
trimony on the charge of abandonment,
and that her complaint will be tiled with
in the first three days of said term; when ,
aini where you will answer, demur or .
plead to the same; and on your failure
to do so, she will ask to prove the allega-1
lion of her complaint and bare the relief
ranted by the court as therein demanded
W. M. RUSS,
Clerk Wake Superior Court.
J. C. L. Harris. Plaintiff's Attorney.
! NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION.
Having qualified as executrix of the
estate of George Washington Dunn, de
ceased, late of Wnke County, X. C.
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the said estate to presen'
them to the undersigned at Raleigh, N
C, on or before the 2nd day of January
1901, or this notice will be plead ii
bar of their recovery.
I.rrv DUNN. Execntn.
January 1. 1000.
VALUABLE REAL
and the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, j
containing about six acres, and which
is bounded on the north by the Cameron
property ou the east by the lauds of the
Raleigh aud Gaston Railroad Company,
on the south by the lands of said Com
pany, C. J. Hunter, the heirs of P. C. I
Fleming and others, awl on the west by
West street. The above described valu
able property has been divided into 22
lots, including the Horton residence, and
streets hare also been extended through
I 77V 0 I V
HQttfrON ST. 6 W&
17J ft. 185 ft. 313 ft. No 2, 3 4, 5 and 6 4 ft, x 191 ft, each, Ko, 7 70 ft
'!". e" -; Nos. 11,12 atd 13, fit J ft. x 1( OJ ft eacb. Nos 14. 15 and 16
134 feet eacb,
I SAL
in ALL P0JN1S
NORTHBOUND.
Lv. Raleigh $2 00 tin 5 1 1.72am
XT. Hcnde son ' 3 2bam 12 60pm
Ar. J ortsmoutli 7.25am 5.2Cpm
Ar Richin'i,ACX,2a.45am 27.12pm
ArWah'tu, tPU12.3ltmi 11.10pm
Ar New 1 ork 6 23pm ' 6.63am
Ar RALEIGH 2.1'Oain II I8am
gUaily.
Nos. 403 and 402 ' The Atlanta Spe
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man Sleeper and Coaches between Was
hington and Atlanta, also Pullman
slucpers butw ten I'oilsuioutb and uheB-:
ter, S. J.
Sos. 41' and oi "Tne S. A. L. Express,"
-oiid Tiai ., coacht-s aud i u. .man oiee
peis btlwetn I oilMiiouih ami Alliuta.
L.oiii,.ny tltcpcis bttwieu Columbia
and tiant.i.
b jlbtr.ius make immediate connec
tion ai rfilanta lor Wouigoiuery, Mouile,
New Oi.eaus, Texas, - aiilo.nl Mczic ,
haliaiiooga, iSusnviile, Memphis, Ma
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For tickets, bleeptrs, etc.. , apply to
ageuls, or
II S. LEARD, G. T. aud P. A.
Hale.gh, H.C.
E St John, Vice-President and General
jvl aiiHLt'i
A. W, B wlover, Tiaftlc Manager.
V. tf. McrJee. General burl.
A. b. Allen, GiU. i'ass'r. Agent.
General Ultic.es, Portsmouth, Va.
SALE OF ClTlf PROPERTY.
Under and by virtue ot the powers
contained iu a deed of trust from Rob
ert E. Parhani and Rosa II. Paruam
to R. T. Gray, trustee, recorded in liook
13!i, page 35, Register of Deeds office
lor Wake county, I will on Saturday,
the 24th day of February, 1000, at 12
o'clock M expose to sale at public auc
tion from the Court House door of Wake
county the following described lot in the
city of Raleigh, to-wit:
'J hat cerium lot or parcel of land lying
on the south side of Martin street iu
the city of Raleigh, between Blouut and
IVtsoii streets aud bounded by a line
beginning at the northeast corner of
Mrs. M. U. I.owery's lot, running thence
eastw.inlly with the south side of Mar
tin street 47 feet to the northwest cor
ner of Oetlnger's lot, theuee southward
ly by a line parallel with Blount street
U10 feet, theuce westwardly 47 feet to
the southeast of Mrs. Ixiwry's lot, thence
northwardly 210 feet to the beginning
on Martin street, being a part of Lot
No. 04 iu the plan of the city of Ral
eigh and the eastern half of the lot
conveyed to R. E. Farham by John Arm
strong by deed recorded in Book 128,
page 171 Register of Deeds office tor
Wake county.
Terms of sale, cash, but satisfactory
purchaser can arrange terms for pay
ment of half purchase price.
Time of sale, February 24, 1900.
U. T. GRAY,
Troslea.
E G. SIGGBRSrTatentT Lawyer,
Washington, D. C, publishes a valuable
copyrighted book entitled "How to Ob- ;
lain Patent, Caveat, Trade Mark and
Copyright l'rotection with Decisions in
leading patent cases." A copy will be
Dt tree to any address.
ESTATE,
the same, and will be offered for sale
at the time and place above mentioned.
The terms of sale will be one-third
cash, balance in six and twelve months
from day of sale with Interest. For far
ther particular, 'apply to
R. O. BURTON,
W. N. JONES,
Commissioners.
The following Is a diagram of the lots
to be sold:
ti