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Learning to Love the L<
Rev. John Lake.
(Reprinted from "The New :
Asked today, by the editor
New East to write an account
unworthy efforts in behalf of t
ers, and especially of what led
this undertaking, I have corni
the task, between very, very fr
calls.
Frequent calls-for, besides
work for the unfortunate le]
have the care, in Canton Cil
Province, of more than thirty c
es and chapels; and my wife
are kept busy trying to do ou:
by the more than a thousand
bers in these little scattered c
g?tions, and by our more than j
dred Chinese preachers, teache:
ble women, colporters, and si
workers-for, connected with
churches, there are more than t
day schools, .to say nothing c
Sunday schools, and the speci;
ganizations for women and fe
voung people.
But the editor's \ request br
aside, for the moment, the thing
hourly press so heavily upon
and I was a college boy again,
in my native county of Edgefie
C., and, in the town of Edge
where I spent some of the yea
my childhood and early manhoo
It was about the year 1890, ?
while I was on vacation from Chi
ton, or between my student da;
Charleston and in Columbia, tl
noticed a book belonging to the
Mr. Alvin Hart, in his place of
ness in Edgefield.
The book was entitled "The L<
of Molokai"-an account of the 1
among those sorely outcasts in
Hawaiian Islands, of the Bel
priest, Joseph de Veuster, gene:
. known as "Father Damien." Mr. ]
was absent, but one of the y(
clerk, Mr. T. B. Lanham, a fr
through all these years, loaned
the book, which I took home
"East Hill") for a few days;
there in that quiet well-shaded
top retreat, but without telling
parents or brothels or sisters v
was in my heart, I read it throv
and there I communed with 1
about work for the lepers, and
solved that if His call should c
come to me, I would be willing
undertake such a task, somewher
had already become a student vol
teer for foreign missions, while
summer school in Northfield, Ma
more than a year before.
-The thought of such an undert
ing made me shudder, I must c
fess-ah, I have shuddered over
since, and over the loathsome, rev<
ing objects that demanded my p
and help, many and many a time
but shuddering and shrinking hi
given place to the joy of such serv
for Him and for those He loved
touch and heal, in the days of I
flesh, and over whom He yearns
day.
A beautiful Bible reading on "i
sus and the Lepers" could be ma
from the three parallel passagi
Matt. 8:2-4; Mark. 1:40-44; Lu
5:12-14; and from Matt 10:7, 8 a;
Luke 17:11-16.
Strangely enough, I did not thii
of the lepers when I decided to cor
to South China, where the disease
so common, or when I first reachi
. Canton; but on my first journey
the Sz Yap country, a few wee!
later, I saw some lepers for the fir
time in my life-however, as I thre
them pitying, but almost frighten?
glances, and threw them some coin
I knew that I must now begin to*c
something for them, as I had promi
ed God I would be willing to do.
Soon after that, I visited, with D
Beattie of the Presbyterian Missioi
the leper work that was then carrie
on out beyond the East Gate of Cai
ton. And soon I became acquainte
with "Father Conrardy, "who wa
founding the leper colony at She
Lung, where I now have a chape
and talked with him about his wort
in former years with "Domien" a
he called him.
During one of my early preachinj
trips in Sunning, in the SziYap,
came across a collection of wretche<
huts where lived nearly thirty miser
able lepers. It was near Hung Ling
oh the Sunning railway that has sine?
been built. There I began holdini
occasional services, and distributing
I food and old clothing; and this I kepi
. up through the years. Every occu
pant of that wretched village has diec
. since my first visit there; but there
were always other outcast lepers to
occupy the vacant huts. In the sum
mer of 1920, a typhoon razed the
leper village to the ground, and
though it was iii August and in the
tropics, wife and I went immediately
to their relief, and helped them finan
cially in rebuilding. A few months
later, however, during serious politi
cal disturbances in the province, the
nearby villagers took advantage of
unsettled conditions in the country
and utterly destroyed the leper vil
lage, killing one of the inmates and
scattering the rest, some of them dy
ing of exposure and starvation before
the boats from Canton were again
running and we could get to them
such is heathenism!
The survivors are now gathering
in the leper village near Sunning City
and with help from the Mission to
Lepers, we are trying to make life en
durable for the fifty or more lepers
now huddled there together. Recent
ly, we sent them a member of our
church in Hongkong,. who had con
tracted the terrible disease, and he
has started a school. He and the
others are eagerly waiting the per
manent home we are now able to
promise them; and we are as eager
about it isi they are, for we have now
learned to love them, as well as to
pity them.
During the past ten years and
more,, my wife and I have found lep
ers, men abd women and boys and
girls, singly and in groups, or hud
dled in whole leper villages, from
Yan Ping City, south-west of Can
ton, to Lung Moon City, about as far
north-east of Canton-the extreme
limits of the field assigned to us two
-and everywhere they are longing
to hear that the promised home1 is
ready to receive them, and ready to
know more of Him who has called us
into this service for them. Some have
already believed on Him.
In an article to follow, I hope to
tell of' the plans for the island col
ony in the China Sea.
The Superiority of the Well
Bred Animal. y
A reader asks if a "well bred ani
mal will make more pounds of
growth on a given amount of feed
than a scrub." He says that "a neigh
bor Contends that a scrub steer will
make as many pounds of feed as a
well bred beef steer.'
.Given a scrub of good health and
vigor and a well bred animal of the
same good health and vigor it is
doubtful if the well bred animal will
make any more growth on a given
amount of feed' than a scrub, pro
vided they are of the same size to
start with and the period of feeding
is not carried beyond the stage of
maturity. The scrub will stop putting1
on weight at a smaller size than the
well bred animal and two animals
might be selected, the scrub of which j
would make little or no gain while j
the well bred animal would continue
to make growth. In such a case, the
feed necessary to maintain the scrub
at a standing weight would be a much
larger per cent of the whole feed
consumed than . would the mainte
I nance ration of the well bred animal,
to the total feed consumed. In other
{words a razor-back might stop grow
ing entirely at a given weight, while
a well bred hog at the same weight
? would continue to grow heavier. In
such a case, the feed necessary to
maintain the weight of the razor
back would be lost or there would be
no gain at all to show for the feed
consumed. To maintain the well bred
pig without loss of weight would
probably require no more feed than
to maintain the scrub at the same
weight; but for any additional feed
consumed there would be a gain in
weight to show for it, in the case of
the well bred pig.
\ The well bred animal is, therefore,
superior to the scrub, but that is not
the only point of superiority of the j
well bred animal. He eats more, j
grows more rapidly, and reaches a
heavier weight in the same length , of
time. In many animals he is also
superior, because he furnishes a su
perior carcass, one in which the bone
and other waste portions are smaller
in proportion to the total weight.
In cattle for instance, the da:iry
bred steer is in one sense a scrub for
beef making, and yet the dairy bred
steer will often make as many pouiids
of growth up to near maturity on a
given amount of feed as will the beef
bred steer. But the beef bred steer
will dress a larger per cent of his live
weight and there will be Jess loose
tallow or inedible material on his
carcass. There will also usually be a
larger proportion of his dressed car
cass in the choice or higher priced
cuts. For these reasons the well bred
steer will sell for more money per
pound live weight.
The well bred animal has better
feeding qualities, reaches a heavier
weight, matures earlier and sells for
a better price. He may T may not
make more growth on a given amount
of feed, depending on the conditions,
but he will nearly always pay a bet
ter price for the feed consumed.
Progressive Farmer.
NOTICE.
All creditors of the estate o? W.
B. Cogburn, late of said County and
State, deceased, will render an ac
count of their demands, duly at
tested; and all debtors will pay
amounts due by them, to the under
signed Executrix of said estate at her
residence at Edgefield, S. C.
LIZZIE COGBURN,
Edgefield, S. C. Executrix. <
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ITHING THAT COUNTS!
By MARGARET RAND.
(?. 1821. by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The hotel basked in the July sun,
and lu darkened rooms the guests
dozed and rested after the mid
day meal. Out in the hammock un
der the trees, Milly pretended to read,
but her moody gaze was fastened on
the distant mountains.
Presently, voices una laughter drift
ed across the air and Alita came out
on the piazza, surrounded by practi
cally all the male contingent of the
hotel. They paused as they passed
the hammock and Harold called:
"Come on, Milly, we're going over to
the Robber's Cave."
"Oh, yes, do come," gushed Alita.
"Come and help me take care of all
these boys."
"Thank you," answered Milly,
coolly, "but I prefer my hammock to
day."
As the rest moved on Harold lin*
gered a moment. "Don't see why you
will never go anywhere with Allta,"
he expostulated. "She's an awfully
jolly girl."
"That is hardly the way she Im
presses me," replied Milly, "bot'as a
movie vamp she is perfect."
"Well," faltered Harold, "I promised
to go, and I've got Alita's sunshade.
I'll have to hurry. Good-by, Milly."
From a corner of the piazza Mr. Bor
den, proprietor of the hotel, and his
wife, watched this little scene with
Indignation;
"That young good-for-nothing 1" Mr.
Borden . stormed. "Waiting on Milly
hand and foot until, this movie queen
appeared, and then running after her
like all the rest of them. Thought he
had some sense." ?
It makes it rather dull for Milly,"
said his wife regretfully.
"I've got an idea," said the old man,
slowly. "There must be some young
college fellow who would be glad of a
vacation free and a chance to devote
himself to a pretty girl."
A few days later Stanley Hall ar- j
rived, and after a long conference
with Mr. Borden was installed as one
of bis guests. He was a clean-cut
athletic young man, a fine dancer and
delightful companion, and Alita was
filled with amazement and envy, as he
ignored her charms and devoted him
self to Milly.
Late that evening Stanley had left
Milly in a secluded corner of the
piazza and gone in search of her wrap.
Presently from an open window came
the low-toned conversation of Alita
and Harold.
"Of course I'm not certain," said Ali
ta, "but lt struck me as aueer from
the first that Mr. Hall couldn't see j
anyone but' Milly Osborne. And now
this letter from Bob says one of the
professors asked him if he would like
to go to a hotel and devote himself to
a young l?dy.
They moved away from the win
dow and Milly fled to her room.
Tired out, she at length flung her
self upon the bed and slept in utter
exhaustion. Toward noon she awoke.
Stanley was lounging restlessly about
the piazza when at length she made
her appearance.
"I was afraid ypu were ill," he said
with relief. "You disappeared last eve
ning and no one knew why."
"I owe you an apology for that"
she said.
"Milly," he said, "you are adorable.1
"Surely, that speech is not a part
of your bargain," she answered.
"My bargain !" he repeated in a puz
zled tone.
"Yes," she replied cuttingly. "Did
you not bargain with my uncle to res-1
cue his wall-flower and provide her |
with entertainment?"
A dull red flushed the man's face
and neck.
"It's true, Isn't it?" she persisted.
"Yes," he ?nswered quietly. "But
what difference does that make?"'
"Difference !" she cried, choking.
"This ! That I am ashamed to look any
one in the face again. I could die
with the shame and humiliation of it
all !"
"Don't Milly," said the man In a
hurt tone.
"It is true, isn;t it?" she demanded.
"Yes, It Is true," he answered gently.
"I was told there was a little girl up
here who through no fault of her own
was having a rather stupid time, and
an affectionate old uncle asked me to ?
help him swing things her way a little,
that's all. He offered a certain pay
ment for my time, but for the rest
that I have given you he cannot recom
pense me. Only you can do that,
Milly."
"What have you given me thai he j
has noe bought and paid for?" nhe \
cried derisively.
"My love," he answered steadily.
"You-you love mel" she murmured
incredulously.
"Dear heart," he answered, taking
her hands, "do you not know?"
For a moment her adoration thrilled
her;.thea she drew away and covered
her face.
"Those people at the hotel," she
whispered; "they know. How can 1
meet them again?"
"Sweetheart," he said gently, "what
does it matter? They will pass out of
our lives, but love- will remain with
us forever. Nothing else counts, dear
est Remember only that I love you
and want you to be my wife!"
His kisses were on her hands, her
eyes, her 'ins.
"Oh," she v whispered brealhlessly,
.you are right It Is only love thai
counts."
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LIVESTOCK
NEWS j
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PLAN USING PUREBRED SIRES
Campaign Being Waged in Kansas to
Replace Scrubs in All Classes
of Farm Live Stock.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
" ment of Agriculture.)
The use of scrub sires is costing
farmers of the Sunflower state $16,
000,000 annually, say live-stock special
ists of the United States Department
of Agriculture. Less than one-tenth
of the farms In Kansas are using pure
bred sires of any kind. Surveys were
made In 20 representative counties
with results showing the number of
farms using purebred sires ranged
from 8.3 to 11.6. per cent. Many com
munities and townships reported no
purebred sires in use.
In one county surveyed there were
two townships In which not a single
purebred bull, stallion, ram, or boar
was reported. In several counties
where good purebred herds were
found neighboring farmers were still
nslng scrub sires. A large per cent of
male offspring had been sold to go to
A Scrub Cow Is Not Worth Her Keep.
other counties or states. In some com
munities an active breeder had placed
purebred sires on the farms of many
neighbors. For the most part fanners
have failed to appreciate the advan
tages of using a purebred sire to In
crease the marketing returns from
their live stock.
These conditions, announced R. W.
Riser of the extension service, Kansas
State Agricultural college, are respon
sible for the active better-sire cam
paign now being waged in 20 coun
ties and which will be extended to In
clude all counties within the year. In
every county object lessons on the
value of the purebred sire in Improv
ing farm live stock are to be found,
and often on adjoining farms. Meet
ings arranged by.the county agent
through the county farm bureau and
Sponsored by the local live-stock Im
provement associations are held on
these farms and the people attending
see for th^-n^elves the difference be
twon scmh sire and purebred sire off
mty-r H :.
County agents * directed by A ?.
Clai ., the assistant county agent
leader In charge of the project work,
and assisted by the specialists of the
extension service, are planning for In
tensive follow-up work in those coun
ties where the campaign w?s conduct
ed. Associations are being organized
for the purpose of advancing the
cause of better live stock. Bull clubs,
cow clubs, calf clubs, pig clubs, boar
clubs, sheep clubs, and stallion asso
ciations are In demand in every
county.
High land values, the market de
mand for stock of good quality, the
greater earning power of well-bred
stock, are responsible for activities in J
replacing scrub sires In all classes J
with purebreds.
GENTLENESS IS GREAT HELP
Loss Due to Digestive Troubles Caused
by Excitement and Fear Can
Be Avoided.
The practical value of treating live
stock kindly is discussed by a Virginia
live stock owner In a letter to the Uni
ted States Department of Agriculture.
"All cattle buyers." he remarks, "know
how great Is the 'drift* In shipping cat
tle. Very much of this loss is due to
digestive troubles c?used by excite
mer": and fear Incident to travel.
"Keep all live stock as quiet and
make them as gentle as possible and
your feeding costs will be noticeably
reduced. Try this suggestion with
one litter of pigs." * \
"It will abundantly repay any live
stock breeder," he adds, "to spend- a
great deal of time going out quietly
among.bis animals and letting them
make the advancements. He will bte
surprised how soon he can begin to put
his hands on them. After they realize
his bands are not to be dreaded they
will soon enjoy gentle rubbing or
scratching. When animals are shel
tered from annoying or exciting occur
rences they digest feed better and It
takes much less to keep up normal
growth and fat production."
IDEAL FOR PORK PRODUCTION
Field of Green Coen and Soy Beans
Furnishes Supply of Succulent
and Nitrogenous Feed.
Soybeans replace high-priced protein
concentrates, and a field of green corn
and soybeans affords ideal conditions
for pork production by supplylnlg suc
culent and nitrogenous feed in addi
tion to self-fed corn under sanitary
conditions. Soybeans make better
forage before the bwuw arc folly
matured, land frequently a 'farmer is
Justified In turning hogs and sheep In
to the corn before either crop has
mature*, for the sake of the forage,
even though he may sacrifice some
corn and soybeans.
(
We have a high power, fast cutting outfit forced feed-a complete po*er plant
in itself for sawing logs to any length.
Does the wo?k of six to ten men. Lever
control of blade while engine is running.
Have good assortment of Gasoline En
gines. All equipped with losch Magneto
and offered at factory prices.
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