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The quaintness and charm of this
letter from a real Japanese schoolboy
will be appreciated and enjoyed by
the most casual reader. It breathes of
sincerity and earnestness in every
line, lt is dated at Tokio, Japan, and
is addressed to a well-known mis
sionary. Here it is exactly as it was
written:
"Dear Father Newton: I have read
your letter, and much ashamed of my
idleness In writing letter. Please ex
cuse me. But please understand that
1 am not abie to forget you and your
Kwansei. I felt always the desire to
write you, but I am sorry I have been
very busy for these several weeks, I
because 1 am entertained as an assist-1
ant preacher at Ginza church, which
is pastored by Rev. Ukat, On the
one hand, I am a diligent student at
Wa sed a University, and on the other
hand 1 must be an able assistant for
church. At lirst 1 desired to be
bellied by and also to help Dr.
Coates, and visited him two or three
times, but as he had a graduate as
sistant, and as Rev. Ukal asked me
to take work at Iiis church, I agreed
that, and now working there. We
have jus* to-night finished the
thanksgiving special deudo meeting
for whole a eek, and for this meet
ing with it preparation, 1 spent whole
two weeks at church, and I must
work to get fruits of this meeting in
future. Perhaps I must spent whole
this Bummer vacation for this pur
pose.
"And moreover 1 am going to teach
English at night school which is es
tablish by this church. So, I am so
busy that 1 have never gone to bed
before 1 o'clock at night. Rut 1 am
\ery comfortable. Hard work for
good brings always comfortableness.
And especially it is my great gladness
that T am working for the church of
Christ with all my possibilities. We
get 102 Kyndosha during this meet
ing. And yesterday T am going to
send them card to invite them lately.
1 am' working also for Sunday school
1 ".'di. Mr. Nemoto who is
lays ago member of Par
he principal of this Sun
; All the brobbers and sis
.I e much and I also love
them in Christ. I have never felt so
much a happiness as I feel here. I
have much to say to you. Rut now I
am so tired that I feel much diffi
culty to write English letter, because
time is ten past one now. Please
excuse me all, and forget all my idle
ness and acknowledge all my synsere
love and reverence to you. From
your synsere, A. Tanaka."
A "warm" bres
ready braced for ?
in a warm room.
You lose half the go
while you eat it AP
cozy meal for the whole
No smoke or smell with
to room. An ornament any
room or the bathroom.
Dealers eve,
STAND,
Washington, D. C.
Richmond, Va.
Norfolk, Va.
F RELIGION. %
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? from a Schoolboy.
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About ('Iiiiii?.
Missionary Chas. A. Leonard, of
Lalchowfu, China, tells a pathetic
and striking story. The Chinese
have a proverb which says: "When
you strike, strike dead; when youl
save, save alive." Although a con
servative people yet often they do to
the extreme what comes to hand.
The weather is given to extremes j
tn this part of China. The winters j
are very cold, with bitter north
winds and snows. Tho summers are .
just as extreme in heat, often even
Chinese dying from heat and mission
aries barely able to exist. This sum
mer there has been no rain for more
than a month. Consequently, the
crops are suffering greatly and the
people are distressed.
In their helplessness the heathen
are, of course, appealing to their
gods. Small naked boys, hearing
garlands on their heads, are visiting :
tho numerous village temples and .
worshiping before the idols. Over
nearly every door there is a sprig of
willow, and In the city all principal
streets are overhung with hundreds
of strings on which aro thousands of
strips of colored papers bearing pray
ers to the gods for rain. The old
city idol, in whom faith has waned
of recent years, has now received re
newed worship, the official bowing j
before him twice daily, beseeching j
for rain for the people. In order j
that this old idol appreciate fully |
present conditions he has been taken |
from his musty walls and placed in |
the Bun that he may get. full benefit
of the heat and realize the dryness of ,
the atmosphere. At. one village not |
far from here the people decided that I
the spirit of some deceased relative ?
was withholding the rain. So ihey ?
cast lots to determine who it was.
The collin was taken up and beaten,
and then reburied. Sometimes the ,
body is removed and beaten and
dragged about the streets.
The most interesting of the prac
tices in this immediate section to se
cure rain is the attempt of the peo- .
pie to locate a large rock that is said |
to he imbedded in the mud of the
city moat at the west gate. At that
point there grows in the mud and
water a great quantity of beautiful
lotus plants which are now in bloom.
These flowers are held sacred hy
many of the people. The rock they
are seeking is said to he among the
roots of the lotus, and if found and
worshiped will give abundant rains.
It is said that many years ago during
drought the rock waa taken out and
worshiped and rain came. The rock
is supposed to contain the spirit
which controls tito rains.
Lkfast-the kind ths
i good day's work
od of tha meal if you are s
erfection Smokeless Heati
family.
a Perfection. Easily cleaned,
where; a luxury in the bedroom
ry where; or write for descriptive
AkRD OIL. COM
(New Jeraey)
BALTIMORE
In their extremity the people are
now seeking for that rock. I went
over to see the sight yesterday. Hun
dreds of men from many villages
were working hard and had already
dug two great holes in the deep mud,
and had removed several rocks. Most
of those working were coolies, but
men of apparent intelligence were
superintending the work. Whether
the county official has any faith in
this procedure I do not know, but he
goes there twice a day, in the direc
tion of the holes dug, this probably
to retain his office.
To see such cannot but move one
to pity, and I took advantage of the
opportunity to bear witness to the
true God, and point the people to the
Kuler of the Universe who alone can
give rain. They were also invited to
the praye*r service to bo held in a
few minutes at the church where the
Christians would pray for rain, but
only a few would listen, and the su
perintendent, evidently fearing that
I would hinder tho work, began
sounding a gong. The hint was heed
ed, and 1 left the people to pursue
their superstitious inclinations.
African Boy Preacher.
Tho Christian Observer tells a
beautiful story which illustrates the
possibilities of Christian work In
Africa. Dr. William Morrison tells
of a community in Africa where he
found a chapel erected by the natives,
with a hoy twelve years obi as teach
er and minister. This hoy had at
tended a ('bristian mission school for
a brief time, and on being taken to
his home by Iiis parents, began to
teach his little companions how to
read hy writing In the sand. The
men of the village gathered around
and stated that they could not allow
the boys to learn something that they
did not know; so the boy became the
teacher of the men. Finally they
said to him: "You be our teacher
and leader, and we will erect a
chapel for you so that you can do the
work as lt is done by the Christian
missionaries." Thus this hoy was
teaching the whole village t1 knowl
edge of the gospel as he had learned
it. There are hundreds of other vil
lages where the people are just as
anxious to know Hie truth.
A Praying Queen.
The native women in the Trans
vaal are said to have a wonderful
power in prayer. They have a
prayer union of 800 members, scat
tered over that part of South Africa.
To the annual conference one dusky
delegate went as a representative of
the queen of Swalzlland, making a
difficult journey of four days In order
to attend a series of prayer meetings.
After this women's return to the
queen's "kraal," the queen gathered
some of her women together and held
a prayer meeting. The prayer move
ment, which arose five years ago, is
under tho supervision of the mission
a rles.
An Appalling Situation.
The following facts concerning the
it sends you out
-should be eaten
hivering ?n discomfort
3r makes breakfast a
Easily moved from room
; a necessity in the sewing
circutar.
IPANY
Charlotte, N. C
Charleston, W. Va.
Charleston, S. C.
province of Kwang-Si, China, as
given recently by a missionary, are '
interesting:
"The area ls 77,000 square miles.
According (o a late official report, the
population is 8,000,000. There are
seventy-two walled cities in the prov- '
ince. Only nine of these have been
opened as stations with resident mis
sionaries. Of the remaining sixty
three cities only six have chapels Jn
charge of native workers. Nor is this
all. There are 1,200 market towns 1
and 4 5,000 villages scattered j
throughout the province, only a few ?
of which have v gospel chapels.
Kwang-Si was Jormerly known as the '
rebellious province. Tue great Tai
Plng rebellion of over fifty years ago
had its rise in this province. It was 1
one of the most hostile of all, and
was the last to yield to the residence }
of foreign missionaries. Now the ?
whole province is open to the gospel."
A Note from llunna.
Speaking of her service as a mis
sionary in Burma, a young woman
said :
"We dwell not upon the external
life with its mosquitoes, frogs, spi
ders and smells, but upon the bless
ings of the inner life. Fellowship
with the Master, joy in service, the
blessedness of light-bearing, of sow
ing and reaping in the school work,
over one hundred won to Christ in
the last few years-these are some
of tito blessings."
A Macedonian Call.
A pretty little gospel story comes
from the province of Cordoba, in Ar
gentina. An Italian family there
hearing of the work of a mission sta
tion began correspondence with the
missionary in charge. Later the
missionary visited the family of the
latter, cheerfully bearing the expense
of the trip. As a result of a week's
visit, after having preacehed every
night, he baptized twelve, and, with
[one already baptized, formed a
church of thirteen. The missionary
says that thc Beeret of his success
there was the reading of the Bible
for more than twenty-five years by
the consecrated wife and mother. Of
ten persecuted and cruelly treated by
her once drinking husband, she never
gave up until the Lord gave her a
precious victory in her entire family.
They had never heard a sermon until
the arrival of the missionary.
Some Striking Fact?.
The Japan Sunday School Associa
tion was formed in 1907 and al
though only six years, have passed
since then," 32 district organizations
have come into existence with 414
schools, 1,576 officers and teachers
and 16,678 scholars.
Fifteen American missionary socie
ties have work In Porto Rico. They
report 167 missionaries, 120 church j
organizations and 9,692 communi
cants.
The American Bible Society, with
the co-operation of the Arabian Mis
sion of the Reformed church, distrib
uted 4.550 coi>ies of the Scriptures
in Southeastern Arabia last year.
During tito past year in tho
churches connected vyith the six mis
sions in Korea there were 11,700
baptisms. This includes infant bap
tisms, but the bulk of them were
upon profession of faith. In one
mission alone, 7,075 catechumens
were enrolled during the year. Also
in the congregation of this church
1,055 Bible classes, each running not
less than four days in length, and of
ten much longer, were organized.
The aggregate attendance was 43,
398.
A Consumptive Cough.
A cough that bothers you continu
ally is one of the danger signals
which warns of consumption. Dr.
King's New Discovery stops the
cough, loosens the chest, banishes
fever and lets you sleep peacefully.
Tho first dose checks the symptoms
and gives prompt relief. Mrs. A. F.
Mertz, of (Den Ellyn, iowa, writes:
"Dr. King's New Discovery cured a
Stubborn cough after six weeks' doc
toring failed to help." Try it, as it
will do the same for you. Best med
icine for coughs, colds, throat and
lung troubles. Money back if it fails.
Price 50c. and $1. All druggists, by
mail. H. E. Bucklen & Co., Philadel
phia or St. Louis. adv.
Gitrange, the New Fruit.
(Bamberg Herald.)
Cap?. W. s. Bamberg brought us a
few days ago several cltrnnges, which
is a new fruit to this sectidti of the
country. This ls the fruit which the
agricultural department, of the Uni
ted States has been experimenting
with for several years in the effort
to grow an orango which shall
be frost proof. Capt. Bamberg
has several trees, most of which are
now bearing. The fruit tastes some
what Uko grapefruit, and makes a
fine breakfast fruit when a little
sugar is put on lt. Tho cltrange also
makes good lemonade. Capt. Barn
berg's trees are all doing well and
bearing nicely.
Curt? Old Sores, Other Remedios Won't Cure.
The wornt cases, no mntter of how lon* standing,
are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr.
Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieve?
i'.nu and Heals nt the some time. 25c, 50c, ?1 .CO
Cood Bowels i
An
UROWING CHILDREN NEED A
MILD LAXATIVE TO FOSTER
RECULAR BOWEL
MOVEMENT.
As a child grows older it requires
more and more personal nttentlon
From Hie mother, and as the func
tions of the bowels are of the utmost
Importance to health, great attention
should be paid to them.
Diet is of great importance, and
the mother should watch 'ne effect
af certain foods. A food v ill consti
pate one and not another, and so we
have a healthy food like eggs caus
ing biliousness to thousands, and a
wholesome fruit like ba lanas con
stipating many, lt 1B also to be con
sidered that the child is growing,
and great changes are takiag place
in the young man or young vornan.
The system has not yet settled itself
to its later routine.
A very valuable remedy at ti'is
Btage and one which every growin.r
boy and girl should be given often 01
occasionally, according to the indi
vidual circumstances, IR Dr. Cald
well's Syrup Pepsin. This ls a laxa
tive and tonic combined, so mild that
it is given to little babies, and ye'
equally effective in tile most robu* t
constitution. At the first sign o' a
tendency to constipation give a small
dose of Syrup Pepsin at night on re
tiring, and prompt action will follow
in the morning, lt not only acts on
the stomach and bowels, but its tonic
properties build up and strengthen
tile system generally, which is an
opinion shared by John Dey, of
Bloomfield, N. J. He iias a large
family and at ages where the growth
COTTON FARM FOR SPINNERS.
English Manufactures Purchase a
Large Tract in Mississippi.
.Manchester, Nov. 16-Consul Gen
eral Carew Hunt, in a recent report,
says that ono of the largest transfers
of cotton land that has ever been
made in (he South has just been com
pleted by a British syndicate of cot
ton spinners, organized under the
name of the Deer Creek Cotton Es
tates Company. Twenty-five thou
sand acres of land were purchased hy
this company for $2,000,000. The
land is situated in Warren, Issaque
na and Sharkey counties, in the State
of mississippi, better known as the
Yazoo Delta. About 15,000 acres of
this land are now planted, and the
remainder will be at once brought
into cultivation of long staple cotton.
The land lies in one stretch, and ex
tends for 17 miles along the main
line of the Yazoo and Mississippi Val
ley railway of the Illinois Central
system.
Declare W r on Golds.
A crusade of :ation which aims
"that common ol is may become tin
common within ? ae next generation"
has been begun by prominent New
York physicians. Here is a list of
the "don'ts" which the doctors say
will prevent tito annual visitation of
the cold:
"Don't sit in a draughty car."
"Don't sleep in hot rooms."
"Don't avoid Ote fresh air."
"Don't stuff yourself at meal time.
Overeating reduces your resistance."
To which we would add-when you
take a cold get rid of it as quickly
as possible. To accomplish that you
will find Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy most excellent. Sold by all deal
ers. adv.
Tlie Baptist state Convention.
The Baptist State Convention will
meet at Bennettsville on December
9th to 11th. R. M. Pratt, chairman
of the entertainment committee at
BenneiUville, gives the following no
tice to delegates:
"AP ls known, the Baptist State
Convention will meet at Bennetts
ville December 9-11, 1913. We are
now at work trying to make arrange
ments for the accommodation of the
delegates and visitors. It will great
ly'facilitate our work, and very likely
work to tito best interest of the dele
gates, if they will notify the chair
man of the entertainment commit
tee, as soon as possible, of their pur
pose to attend the convention. Let
those who expect to come notify me
as early as possible. Please do not
wait until the last minute."
To Prevent Blood Poisoning
apply at once the wonderful old reliable DR.
[.ORTRR'S ANTISEPTIC ll KA I.I N< ; Oil,, a sur
gical dressing that relieves pain and heals at
the same time. Not a liniment. 25c. 50c. $1.00
Design
Roofs put on twenty sis years ag
have neve!" needed repairs. Wh
every other shingle manufacturer is 1
-look for the words "Cortright Re
corrugation. It is put there for yoi
For S
Ballenger Hardware a
Are
Aid to Growth
MARIE DKY.
and development must he watched.
Little Ma'le has thrived esi>eclally
well on D.\ Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin.
Mr. Dey ensidors it the right laxa
tive for y mug and old and has found
none bettor for young children.
The us< of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin wi. I teach you to avoid ca
thartics, sa'ts and pills, as they aro
too harsh fo.- the majority and their
effect is onii temporary, Syruj
Pepsin brings permanent results, and
it can be conveniently obtainer' of
any nearby druggist ai :\.nfs and
ono dollar a bottle. Results are al
ways guaranteed or money will bo
refunded.
Families wishing to try a free sam
ple bottlo can obtain it. postpaid by
addressing Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 419
Washington St.. Monticello, 111. A
postal card with your name and ad
dress on it will do.
GORED TO DEATH BY A COW.
Wife of Kami Demonstrator Near
Durham Meets Horrible Death.
Raleigh, N. C.. Nov. lil.-Cored
through the head by an infuriated
cow, her clothes nearly torn from
Stnto farm demonstrator, mot a
years of age, wife of tho United
States farm demonstrator, met at
horrible death this afternoon at her
home noar Durham.
Mrs. Fletcher was found lying in
the door of a stable by her son and
nephew, who stopped to visit ber on
their way home, ber bonnet on the
inside of the cow's stall. She was
in the ngonies of death and died a
few minutes later. Her husband was
away from home, and the supposi
tion is that Mrs. Fletcher went to tho
stable to do the evening milking.
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My abdomen was
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"Lydia E. Pink
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me."-Mrs. CHAS. MCKINNON, 1013 N.
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Women who are suffering from those
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There are probably hundreds of thou
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