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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-30

Those who know the story say that
IL any direrence can be discovered
among the three sons. IL ID only In
this, that the returned prodigai In
still. after years At home. the most
faithful OF the faithful three. For
he loved much because he had been
forgiven freely and without reproach.
And So" said the man who told
the story. that good old story OF
the prodigal son keeps repeating 1T
self In varying forms. and II 10 good
to know that every now and then 1t
turns out quite as well as Ii did In
the Bible"-Exchange.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-30
TOMORROW.

Tomorrow. o the glorious Tomor-
rowi"
The soul forever cries:
Balm it will bring for every hurt
and sorrow
In the fair land that lies
Just yonder. hidden from our earth
~ vision.
But waiting, waiting there
With fullest corporations. joys ely
sian,
Nor blight OF dole or care,
To-day on shore and sea the tempest
RACES,
The Wild winds never cease:
Tomorrowi-Ah! the thought OF II
assuages
The storm till all La peace:
"And 10. a rainbow spans the mighty
highlands
And lights the forest gloom.
The foaming sea. the far-of. lonely
islands,
With It's celestial bloom"
Ne idle dream, but prophecy eternal,
This rapture OF the soul
This grand outreaching for the life
supernal
Though whelming pillows roll!
It doth not yet appear what worlds
benigner
Within Gods cons bide.
But, oh, forever, days will dawn d.
viner,
And we be satisfied
Edna Dean Proctor.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-30

"But for the Grace Of God-There
Go IT,
In the December Woman's Home
Companion there Is a most interest
ing talk on charity. Following is an
extract:
"One anecdote especially, / reck-
on to have increased my charity ten
fold. It was that one told of a
great man who, seeing a poor and
drunken wretch Keeling along the
street, said with keen wit and still
keener charity to his companion,
There, but for the grace of God, go
l.
Perhaps that does not seem to
you SO striking an anecdote. 1t did
not seem SO to me when / first read
1t, but it came back to me again and
again, and each time it enriched me.
For again and again, when l saw
some one doing what I would have
considered beneath me to do; when
/ saw some one a prey to some
weakness not mine, the gentle toler-
ance of that great man would point
out to me that but for the grace of
God, but for the better advantages,
the greater blessings, the lesser
temptations in my own life, l, too,
might be even As this person was.
Over and over it came to me to re-
member, But for the grace of God
there go L.
81 have heard a good many SER
mons on Charity, but this little in
cident in a great mans life seems to
me better sermon than them ALL"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-30
THE ROY'S COMPANIONS.

Where is john" Father, who
had just returned from his days
work, made this inquiry concerning
his five-year-old son.
81 thought he was out in front
watching for you," mother replied.
81 did not see him.
HE must have gone down the
street then. / cannot keep track of
him any more. He is off every chance
he gets"
He'll be back in a few minutes"
father remarked indifferently.
Why be concerned about the child's
absence? There was no danger. The
street was quiet suburban one, with
no cars and few vehicles.
No danger? All! but John is more
than physical body. He is mind and
soul as well.
John returned just as father said
he would. He had been in g neigh
boris house, and there was no harm
done.
No harm? Then why did John
hurry so with his supper and leave
the house SO quickly when the meal
was ended?
All, we'll, the neighbors liked him.
Or course they did. Who could help
it? His absence had its advantages
also, for father had time to read the
afternoon paper and mother to do her
evening work.
Where is john"
Five years later father asks the
same question.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-30
A MODERN INSTANCE.

A young widow had been left with
one small son and about $4,000. In
time she remarked. Her husband
cherished the son as tenderly as the
two who we're born later. The boy
received a good education and bust
ness training, but as he approached
manhood he refused to be restrained,
and on his twenty-first birthday de-
manded the fortune his father had
left him.
The stepfather advised the young
man not to withdraw it. He offered
to make him a junior partner in his
own business if he would remain at
home; but the young man insisted,
and the older man made an account
ing ON a most generous scale.
Said he: when l married your
mother, l told her that the money
left her by your father should be in
vested for you. and that l would
take care Of her. l have done So.
The business in which | invested the
money has prospered, and your $1O,-
900 is now $4,000. Unless you
have some definite plan for the use
of it, should not advise you to with
draw it all"
It was nearly five times what the
young man expected, but he demand
ed it all, and it was paid. He left
home, and wasted his substance in
riotous living.
After time friend wrote to the
stepfather, saying that the young
man was doing badly, and nearly out
of money. The stepfather replied
that the time had not come for him
to interfere. And so the young man
went his way, and a number of years
went by.
But the inevitable end came. The
money was gone, and the young
mans hopes wers gone. And then
he wrote home for money to return.
The stepfather sent the money.
ans met the young man at the train,
The young fellow was in shabby
clothing and looked forlorn enough
The stepfather said: Your mother
is very anxious to see you, and we
will send word of your safe arrival
and that you will be at the house
in an hour or two" Then he took
the young man to the barber shop
where he had a bath and a shave
and then to clothing store, where
he was suitably attired. When he
entered the home he was we'll dress
ed and no longer a prodigal in ap
pearance.
Each attempt on his part to bring
the conversation to a point where hs
could tell the story Of his wrong do
ings was skilfully turned aside. HI
was shown room in the new an(
larger house where the family the1
lived. 1t was ready for him. and b,
was told that it was his own room
and in it were some of his old fur
nishings. But by no word was b,
reminded of his sins.
After a day or two the stepfathe
said to him: Your two brother
are now my partners, but there il
room in the business for all four o
US. Would you like to go in will
us?"
The young man had come HON,
with a. bitter heart, ready to stee
himself against the reproaches b,
knew he deserved, ready to resen
any advertised act Of kindness or at
tempt at his deeper humiliation; blu
for this kindness he was totally IN
prepared, and he could no longer b,
restrained. He broke down and wept
The words of gratitude and sorrow
poured forth, and he promised to b.
faithful.
The years have gone by, and TIL
partnership continues. The tire,
SONS are still with the father, am
it seems as Il it had always been SO
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-30

Let the beauty of the Lord our
God be upon US; and establish thou
the work of our hands upon us; yea
the work Of our hands establish thou
it.-Psalm 90:17.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-30

A man, he seems, of cheerful yester
days,
And confident tomorroWs.
-Wadsworth.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-30

God puts a burden on every mar
fit to carry one.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-30

But for the Grace of God-There
Go /"
The Washington herald., 1911-10-29
Four Thousand Rescue Workers.

Four thousand evangelists in America
give all Of their time to rescue mission
work, and come into contact annually
with not fewer than 10000 men and wom-
en- who reckon themselves, or are reck-
Oned by others. to be down and outs.
These evangeIists. grouped in many res
cue missions in every principal city, are
formed into national federation, with
an executive board. National conferences
are held the last one in Washington,
when 1t will be remembered the delegates
were received by President Taft. 1t has
just been decided to hold the next con-
ference in Boston in the spring of 1872
Rescue mission work had its start in
the whole world in the Jerry MCAuley
mission, at 3l6 Water street. New York,
in 1917. Since then missions have been
founded in England and France. In Lon
don there is one mission called the ''3l6
Water Street" after the location OF the
original American one. Methods of work
among this submerged tenth have vastly
improved within the last decade, and to-
day a very large percentage, compared
with former years, OF men and women
attracted to the missions are helped and
held. Every city in America has its
prominent pastors. educators or busi-
ness men who were rescued through the
efforts of these evangelists.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-29
War Unites Church and State.

Since 1870 no event has occurred which
has so united church and state in one
common cause as the present war with
the Turks for the possession Of Tripoli.
At first the Vatican was silent; no opin-
ion was expressed either for or against.
Then the official clerical newspapers be-
gan to devote several columns TO news
Of the preparations for war; one by one
the priests came forward to offer them
selves as chaplains to the troops who
were being sent to the scene OF action:
little by little il became evident that
the Roman Catholic authorities were
arousing themselves. Bishop Bonomelli
was the first to take decisive and prom
inent action. He sent out a letter to
his clergy and people, in which he ex-
pressed noble and patriotic sentiments
He said: AS an Italian citizen, second
to none in love for my country, I re-
jOiCe exceedingly over the advantages
we will obtain in the occupation Of Trip
oil. l must also, as bishop, rejoice for
another ana very noble reason. Beside
the Italian tricOlor, I see the cross
raised; beside the advance of CiviIiza-
ton, | see the spread of religion At
this, the close of my life, l. as bishop
Of Christ and an Italian citizen, turn
my weary glance upon you soldiers who
go forth to fight l salute and bless you
from the depths OF my SOUL
Cardinal Ferrari just before leaving
Milan for Rome for an audience with
the Pope, addressed a letter to his clergy,
requesting them to use the collect for
times Of war, when mass was said, and
auguring victory to the Italian arms
These examples have been followed by
many bishops and priests The most re-
markable incident, however, occurred in
Pisa. Cardinal Maff, one of the young
est members of the sacred college and
prominently mentioned as candidate
for the pontifcate. is known TO be one
of the most intransigeant of the cardi-
nails 1t was he who once ordered the
Italian flag to be removed from the ca
thedral in Pisa.
The Twenty-second Regiment of Infan-
try left Pisa a few days ago for Naples
and TripoH. King Victor Emmanuel is
spending a month at his estate Of San
RossOne. near that city. He came into
Pisa in the morning, reviewed the troops,
and bade them godspeed. In the evening
5000 persons crowded the Church of the
Knights of st. Stephen, where many tro-
The Washington herald., 1911-10-29
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD

mating a presidential candidate to rep
resent it. Failing to find an available
man in its own membership, the con-
vention surprised Mexico by indorsing
Madero. 1t is declared, however, that
Madero gave no pledges, and that liberal
Mason, and supporter of Protestant work,
he is free to carry forward MeXico's
movement toward absolute religious lib
erty, which has not yet been attained
Protestant missionaries in. Mexico con-
denim in strong language reports circu-
lated in the United States to the effect
that MeXicans are essentially in slavery,
most of them, and guilty OF sins against
civilization such as slaves might commit.
These missionaries say the people are
poor, and that the recent agitation is to-
ward democracy, and better improved
land. commercial, and moral laws. No in
justice is charged by Protestants against
the dominant church, but with President
Madero and the new laws and new sem
timent 1t Is to be a thing of the past,
they believe.
The claim is made that 100000 of the
100000 people of Mexico are not touched
in any way by the Catholic Church. Prot
eStants, therefore, urge the claims of
Mexio as a mission field having a right to
expect American assistance. Methodists
are in Mexico. with 5000 members, upon
such invitation as il is believed was
never given to an American body by any
foreign field. A committee of native
Mexicans, wholly upon their own initia-
tive. went to New York and formally
asked them to come into their country.
Aiming solely to reach with the gospel
MeXicans who are not now in any church.
Protestants of all American names are
making plans to enlarge their work. They
believe the present to be an opportune
time. Methodists, Presbyterians. Bap-
fists, and EpiscOpalians are already there
in strongest numbers and best organized
form. An Independent Presbyterian
church of Mexico has been created with
in recent years. 1t is said in several exec
utive committees Of the great Protestant
missionary societies that their appropri-
adons for work in Mexico will probably
be much increased when their next an
nual budgets are made.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-29
Boring Hole. in GIn...

Quite a crowd collected early yester-
day afternoon in front Of the windows
OF the Fessenden News Depot to watch
a man drilling some holes in the big
show window. He used what looked like
an ordinary bit brace and did not have
the slightest difficulty in boring round
holes in the glass. The facts Of the case
are that somebody either leaned against
the window or kicked It during the pre-
vious night and started some cracks in
the lower right-hand corner. As Is well
known, when a crack starts in a win
dow II always keeps right on to the top
unless Il be checked by boring a hole
ahead OF IL in the glass. This was done,
and the tool the man used handled the
job with the greatest Of ease-Portland
Press.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-29
NEW BOOK ON SUN
FROM SMITHSONIAN
Fresh Data Issued by Charles
G. Abbott.

A book on the sun has just been pub
lished by Charles 6. Abbott, director Of
the AstrophysicaI Observatory Of the
Smithsonian Institution. which is intend
ed for the general reader as we'll as for
the scientist. He begins with an intro
duction covering the various branches OF
solar investigation. and follows with more
specific discussions we'll illustrated by
photographs and drawings.
According to the authors theory, the
sun is composed Of a gaseous or vapor-
Gus substance. except in the spots. He
holds that the temperature is too great
to permit its being in a solid or liquid
conditions. AS the temperature attributed
to the sun. $500 degrees, absolute. would
melt any known substance, 1t seems only
reasonable to believe this statement He
further states that the specific gravity is
too low to permit the suns mass being
other than gaseous.
Besides the general subject Of the sun,
treated from a purely astronomical point
Of view, the book contains considerable
information concerning topics depending
thereon, such as botany, agriculture, phy-
sizes, and engineering. For example, in
one chapter. the author shows the neces-
sity OF sunlight and heat on plant life,
including, the chemical charges brought
about in their growth by one or another
Of the suns functions. II is interesting
to note that plants raised in darkness are
not well developed. neither do they be-
come green, but remain white or pale
yellow. The physicist and erAineer will
find matter OF interest in a chapter en-
titled Utilizing Solar Energy" in which
many old experiments with solar heat
are reviewed, some modern schemes, such
as solar heaters, cookers. and engines,
are explained. and some data for use in
design are advanced
The Washington herald., 1911-10-29
Knights of Malta After Turks.

The Count of Thurn, grand prior OF the
knights of Malta. lives in a splendid
palace on the Via COndotti, in Rome He
has Just sent a representative to Naples
to give his farewell greetings to a body
of the knights, led by Prince Prospero
Colonna, former mayor of Rome, who are
going to Tripoli on board the hospital
ship Regina Margherita. The expedition
will be paid for by small contributions
from each knight OF Malta. There are
thousands in all parts of the world, but
the headquarters are in Rome. The
knights wear military uniforms. and on
their breasts are the Maltese Cross and
the royal crown of Italy. 1t was is 1913
that a group of merchants from Omalfi,
Italy, obtained a piece of land near the
Holy Sepulcher at Jerusalem and built a
The Washington herald., 1911-10-29
Religious Outlook in Mexico.

The new President of the republic OF
Mexico, Francis 1. Madero. jr., is not a
Roman Catholic and does not, it is said,
favor Catholics above other bodies. Be
fore entering upon the revolution as lead
er he is known to have contributed money
to Protestants in Mexico. and in one in
stance TO have enabled American Meth
odists in Mexico to secure some real
estate at nominal cost. He is a Mason
and devoted to it and liberal religious
thinker. ..F
Catholic leade " Mexico held a ma
tional convention soon after the end of
armed difficulty in the field and the de-
parture Of President Diaz, with the aim
Of creating q Catholic party and Of nomi-
The Washington herald., 1911-10-29
Cardinals Demise Imminent.

The Roman Catholic College of Cardi-
nails has contained many grand old men,
but few cardinals, indeed, Italian or
other, have been more beloved than
Cardinal Capecelatro. Archbishop of
Capua. At this moment he is i'll unto
death, as is believed. and in all likelI-
hood will have passed away by the time
this story of him is printed. His death
will reduce the college to forty-five, a
lower number Of members than records
show for a 1000 years 1t will also di-
minish the Italian strength of the col
Iege, already so small that it could not,
If there were really any attempt to elect
a Pope not an Italian, control the situa-
tion.
The cardinal is almost eighty-eight
years Of age. For years he has been
known as the great scholar of the Catho-
lie Church. His writings are among the
ablest any Catholic writer ever put forth
They are on theology, biblical research
and Catholic Church history. The famous
cardinal has known how to use tact in
dealing with different elements in church
and state, without compromising his po-
sition. One of the last acts he per-
formed was to bless the troops leaving
for Tripoli. He is a statesman, a
patriot, a splendid type Of Christian
manhood, and a literary genius
His literary works are written in such
perfection of style that even Conducci
the great Italian poet, pronounced him
among the greatest authors of his time
Probably his greatest single work was
the life and writings Of st. Catherine of
Sienna. Only few days ago, he wrote
70 friend in Vienna urging the neces-
sity OF revival Of Christian art on a
broader and more refined basis. He
eio5eo the letter with these words:
we should try to persuade the
Cstnohc people that the celestial light
or beauty, which emanates from our
works OF art can ennoble and sanctify.
Nhat beneft would come TO our souls
How much easier It would be 10 draw
The Washington herald., 1911-10-29
A BILLION SPENT
FOR AUTOMOBILES
More Spent on Them Than
on Dreadnoughts.

To the man who has just paid for new
tires. a carburetter, a couple Of springs
and a new pair of lamps, the cost of
automobiling as a pastime is apparent.
But II is doubtful II, even at the mo-
ment he unfolds the bill and first views
it in all its magnitude, he realizes that
automobiIing has already cost the United
States more than 1000 100000, enough to
wipe out the national debt or to pay
twice over for all the Dreadnoughts ever
built or building for the navies OF the
world.
Even this figure hardly expresses the
cost which the world is paying for its
joy ride The number of machine own
ers is increasing at an astonishing rate.
Ten years ago, there were only $500 cars
owned in the United States. At the end
of 1909, there were $4,000; now there are
100000 In 1908 only 5000 cars were
manufactured in this country. The
following year the number increased to
$1,000. In the ten months Of 1910 to No
yember /, $4,000 machines were produced.
Automobiles were exported to the value
of S11.l9O,220. Two companies were in
corporated, one with a capital of $50 Co.,
900, taking over twenty subsidiaries, and
the other with s16.0OO.OOO. bringing to-
gether eight or ten smaller producers.
The public has been staggered from
time to time by the naval construction
plans Of the great powers. AS the cost
OF a man-of-war has lifted steadily from
50, 900, 900 to S100OO,000, the people have
continued 10 shake. their heads at the
dreadful outlay. The British Dreadnought
was thought to have been the last word
in leviathan construction with it's II, 900
tons displacement and its staggering cost.
But now Great Britain has fourteen
ships of equal or greater tonnage and
armament in commission or laid down.
Germany has twelve, the United States
eight. Russia four, Brazil three, Spain
three, Argentina two, Italy two, France
two. and Japan two. Figuring these
ffty-two Dreadnoughts at a cost Of S10,-
100000 each, gives a totai of $50, ,0OO, 900.
But this grand total does not look
large when placed beside the total Amer
ican expenditure for automobiles and
their maintenance during the last ten
years, approximately S1.O65. 100000. The
American JOY rider, had he chosen, could
have built the entire navies OF the world.
from battleships to dingies.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-29
The Cross and Tricolor.

The Archbishop of Lucca uttered a
sentiment recently such as has never
been before issued from the lips Of a
Roman Catholic prelate on a public oc-
Casion since Italy became united under
one ruler. The Franciscan monks OF
Lucca, after a religious service. held a
banquet. attended by a larger number of
guests. The archbishop, NJ. march,,
in his address, spoke of the fact that
Padre Guistino, martyr for his religion
in Tripoli, was a Franciscan mony from
Lucca. He added that now, in Tripoli,
they were fighting for civilization. for the
cross. and for the tricolor." The SOL
diers." he said, ARE going there to Ital-
ianize the Musselman land; they fight for
the cross and the triColor. And l have
invoked the victory OF the tricolOr. which
is also the victory of the cross, and ask
of God that the shadow of the cross may
protect and bless the tricolor which con-
quers, and the young King of Italy.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-29
Indians and Missionary Societies.

An appointment of a Washington
churchman counsel for the Home Mis-
sions Council, in which are represented
all principal Protestant home missions
societies. is of special interest. The coun-
Gil has retained former Commissioner
Henry B. F. MacfarIand, of Washing
ton, to represent it in United States In
dian affairs. The councils secretary de-
nies that there has been or will be any
lobbying, or any attempt to induce gov
eminent officials to reverse or to make
new rulings.
Among Indians, Presbyterians are
spending $4,000 a year; CONGREGATIONAL
lists, $4,000; Episcopalians, Sc, 900; Bap-
The Washington herald., 1911-10-29

chapel and sanctuary there. where pill
grims from the Western countries could
have house.
They increased in wealth and power,
and a century later, in lIla, were recOg-
nized by Pope Paschal IL as an order.
and RaimondO Due Puy was appointed
prior Since then the knights have held
many conflicts with the Turks. and for
two centuries resisted the attacks Of the
Musselmans. Charles V presented them
with the Island OF Malta in 1873, where
they remained until they were driven out
by MuSselmans Since then they have
been a peaceful body, devoting them
selves to the good of mankind
The Washington herald., 1911-10-29

phies OF war seized from the Turks sew
eral centuries ago are preserved. Car
dinal Maffi made an eloquent and thrill
ing address. recalling former victories
and appealing TO the soldiers to fight
faithfully and bravely in the cause OF
their country and their church.
Soldiers. go. With you go our prayers
and our love. The Lord is with you
May you be victorious through Him"
The war between Italy and the Turks Is
called here the holy war" the renewed
conflict between Christianity and Islam
ism