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no denying the fact that the scarcity Of
tho animal man at the Virginia resorts
makes the favored few who appear the
most pampercd and "spolt" Of ali human
reatures. Why, editor dear, even ii.
the poorest life insurance risk, In point
OF years, in our town and the father Of
weilgno matter how many have enjoyed
the bliss OF having fluffy, goldcn-haircd
thing tell me that she liked the Cupid's
bow In my mouth, and that must have
had a small foot when was d boy.
While vanity Is as far below me as Is the
love OF wealth, and while I am Is cati-5
tIous among wlmmen folks as L., d stray
cat among boys, ] believe the Command
cr-In-Chief would be much irrltatcd II she
knew that the fluffy. golden-haired thing
ha6 ventured such remark to me. u; y rs
Il Ladies ut the springs. in addition to.
pamperlng men. feed them eternally and
swear the faitisex likes the smell OF to-
hacco smoke. They insist too, that after
the brutes have worked hard all day their
wives should give them the full run Of the
house at night, all of which Is good theol-
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ogy; but,one woman doesn't want another
woman putting such notions into her htls-
band head. Wives, are monstrous jeal-
Gus Of their Jurisdiction, and allow no
ipoachlng on their preserves. IN
2 Editor, dear, I admit--but not for publi-
cation, mind you--that life here Is as gay
as n red bandanna handkerchief Tho.
only rea.on the Queen Pee was left be-
hind was because I feared the gayety, at
this resort would mako her nervous. 1
still think the gayety would make her
inervous-especialy my own .gayety In
deed, ] believe that q realization Of the
fact that I have n Cupid's. bow IN my
mouth and that / possibly had a small
foot when young, would throw her Into
Mysteries. If there are any good points
about me she wants to discover them
I herself. She does not believe In other
women ferreting out. my charms BY noon
light alone. el. sS
There used to be at least one whole souled
fun-lovlng 1rlshman in Virginia In the
early part Of the nineteenth century, as
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Calico SULPHUR Springs, N. w.
September 3,

!
N Dear I5dltor,-With n depleted purse, a
trunk full OF unlnundered linen and Y
nlt-brown complexion. \ am about to
turn my face homcward from the vrspla
springs. During the holiday which my
boss forces me TO enjoy at the expense
OF the house, I have seen strange sights
and done strange things. Sometimes
Z have not known whether ! was married
or single or BOTH.
Society life at the springs is not i hing II
not delicious. and yet doubt Whether
any OF the encyclopaedia heroes ever.ln-
obliged In It. We have no definite lnfor.
nation as to whether Napoleon Bonaparte
played finch or not. but don't bel eye
nc did. Nor do l. fancy that George Wasil-
ington used to dance the tWo-step, or
that oliver Cromwell was ever the re-
cipicnt Of flattering attentions at water
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By Rev. THOMAS B. GREGORY

In the sense In which the term is gener-
ally used by us. 1t Is not at all likely
that He was a graduate Of the schools.
There is but little In His recorded utter
ances TO show that He was we'll UP IN
what we call "book learning.
But the great teacher had something
better than book misunderstanding that
was of far more Importance than the Wis
dom OF tho scholastic birth gift OF a
profound spiritual disccrnment
AS Shakespeare puts it: "Some are born
great, some achieve greatness and some
have greatness thrust upon Them Jesus
was born great-morally greenland hence,
to use the words of Amiel, He was cable
to set in motion the greatest subjects
of thought without any sense Of fatlgue,
His impulses came from life; they were
deep, rich. vital; they rose. out Of the IN
visible depths Of His conscous3ess as tho
mlsts rise out of the mighty abyss Of the
sea, as the clouds take form and become
the splendor and the raylshment OF itoilins
continents" ID
Thus may we understand Jesus when,
In reply to the question Of His AUDITORS
he answers: my doctrine teaching) IS
not mine, but His that sent Me-.
The message that Jesus Christ delivered
4 to men was one hat was born Wilh ftlth
and not one that lie studied out later on,
49, Vepe ID as UllCli ullS' S'.SS ''oN''..'.f
the Sermon on the Mount and some other
sermons as there Is between the NY
blooming hard by Its native stream and
the picture OF that same lily painted on
porcelain or canvas.
The difference Is that between the nat
ural and the artificial, between the strong
original and the weak imita ton.
Jesus preached. not out Of the formulas
OF college libraries. but out Of Ills own
humanity as God had made that human
ity and stamped Himself upon It. The
truths He proclaimed, Instead OF heinz
consciously formulated by Himself, were
impressed upon Hlm,Eas It We're, by the
laws of the universe,
Through Hin those laws voiced them-
selves. as the winds sing through the
aeolian harp. AZ natural as the winds,
as the grass, as the clouds and stars. is
the everyday facts Of human lfo-natural
as these and as powerful-was the simple
preaching Of the Man Of Galilee, 3
Hence His power Hence, the fact that
me~ hearing Him "marYelled =, hi y
But SO far we have considered only the
half of Jesus answer. q t6 M y ss,
Jesus, reading the minds. Of His audi
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the following excerpt from a deed on
record In the clerks Office Of Botctourt
County Atheists. Read and reflect on the
sly hur1or In the document. Here 1t Is:
N 1'''',rhis lndenture. made this 10Th day
OF, April IN the year Of our Lord 1925,
between. John King. originally an emil.
grant from the sod viz: the land of but.
termllk and potatoes, or, in other words,
the Kingdom of ireland, and now a 80,
journer II, the United States OF America,
at home everywhere and nowhere; Of
course. OF no fixed place OF residence, OF
the one part, and John a. .Blevens, OF the
town Of Salem, Of the county Of Bote-
tourt, and State Of Virginia, Of the other
part, wltnesseth: III 81
That for and In consideration OF the
circumstances OF tho said Bevens hav-
Ing lntermarrIcd With q natural daugh.
ter Of said King 8, by nam Sally, I. for
whom he has tho true Irish Affection.
and also In tho further, consideration Of
the sum OF il.oo In hand paid. the said
! King doth grant, etc., two lots. etc, In the
town Of Salem II,
VI r Here follows a description Of the prop
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SO i helps Little Duke to count up.
sells his leftovers to one OF his n now
2f tr9. at half price. and found dat he sRas
f9ltSitW9 bs cents It, t. DE- good Ie
! ior DC day, but promised to take hlm8
TO dinner, and he got well # N
Z, y omen Is queer all around. De K Kid /
care of himself, and to make 81 change; IA
made mony and had a good time butsalis
ga ga wa s nutting to Duchess. He'd lost ShiYS
a .,,nn,1 i,aangwudge. and a diamond rings
7 Wouidn been no set-off ga Inst dnt She$
4 likes money as well as q de next Frerchss
$$goll;s tink she's a bit stuck on me lIs
knew si,e = ,, "a. she swears Sby Miss Fanfle.Ss
Including yours truly---lsn't in de pro po-SS
sltionf little bit alongside of8de way
& Ouch css3 wants to see dat kid a swell sforsss
5iair; found out dat she was onlytjoll vingss
him to dc husband of her fren Julie.3W f:0#
keeps dc restaurant. ffssliiSS
w Duchess Wouldn't hear to d, kid goingas
for Miss Fannie let's us have de ilttle#
one up dere when we wants, and he eats
with us, In de housekeeper's roonl:
Fannie about de game dat night AZ andJ
Miss Fannie was anfglnterest ed 7asi II ,Sita
was her own kid dat had u lost her I Iii .%
and den i was sent for; and betorsSWsss
was settled dere was more Cuff md gas
about de proposition dan & II de 81 kid 4, had
lost his head instead of his t he Miss
Fannie votes dat he youngster8 should bes
sent to a swell lltlle school dat ls& kept
for de Kids of d 9 sma IT set folks WIKI lsJdes
divorce judges Is making vi d elr m ltd sS
weoder de modders or de ladders isBGeS
best one to have de kids. But duchess baali-s
ed She said she didn't want de kid s;iIa
aischool where he would get de woise Of Nv
because his parents was house soiyants.s
III Den Mr.. Paul settles It,. He said da the
would enter Riddle as de SON Of "a " irene
OF his. Dat wouldn't go In most schools.s
but in dis school dere was mi
dat he school teachers didn't know who
It's pa and ma was. fAll dat was twnnted8
was dat de pas and mas was respectableE
and would pay d bills. AS to res pect-&
ability, says Mr.. Paul. II think dis cubs
parents could gye cards to many Of Sem,gg;
and show to dc good at dat. AZ s,ssssMM
So weis to be let to keep Little DukeN
wit us until de school opens, and den ME-
Paul Is ito enter him. and see dat he has
a fair crack at his t h. But what's w Org
rying me Is what Twill BEDDING when soIneS
silk haired youngster gives little Master
Fadden any back talk. Mostly dat el bow
in de neck, and de heel Mt de same time
isn't teached where everything Is gaily.gg
rnlly on dc h proposition. w hen kiddieS
Strings dat proposition on de gang IsonlyN
hone il Will be out on de grass. and not
on a marble floor. for desc SIN halreoSs
boys has tin skulls SSs sss9
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SHOElNG OXEN IN TEXAS
Dangerous Task of Mailing Plates to
Feet of Steers.

|Ias. WV W SkCctSs i
II TEXAS Sn, there ar are oxen used to some
Of having them shod. Possibly some TeS.
an owners would rldicule the Idea OF,
'pla tes,' rs they are called, which is no
Of hardwnre houses kaying dealings VIII VIII
the mountain people, Mountain roads are
s son Or vs ng cc i"c
try. Hence, to pc available fur use. noun
tain oxen must be shod, n N
The process Is at once interesting, in
structIVe and dangerous First, the OK
lis roped about either his fore or hind
legs then the remainiNg pair Of legs are
act pulls the feet of the OK into a bunch,
and he falls, to the ground, u tellowrE,
squrmng thrashlng mountain OF exceed
When he has, subsidized to some extent
of stakes notehed at the top at either
end Of The p,rostrqte animal Previously
p rsseG roots. Under one Of these roots
is thrust q raj ordne,, resting II across
ho W1s'i to tho notchos Of the stakes and
With feet In the air-the order OF things
reversed, rs ~ WeFe--tne nrule is Sllou,
very much ms a horse might be. One of
t tI plates is fitted and nailed on either
side side Of the c!oyen hoof, and the process
or shaping tho plate Is omitted Occa,
sionally the OK will thrash ABOUT and
ynnk stake out cracking a mountain
skull with IT.. Sometimes. he vii! rise IN
me drs Vic WHO seeks 10 shoe him, Sometimes
he will dig a hole In the mountain side
With his horn, but at last science over
comes brute strength, and the shooting is
e' Wien the OK Is permitted to arise he Is.
to ali appearances and to all effects, as
q"k as sno s esd hsSp PnrsuSSG skev Y
He is shamed and stricken OK. and the
glory of his strength has passed from
Kin, as did that OF Samson when the
l nppers Of Dellah rendered his head as
n billiard ball. This sickness lasts for
some days h but II ia neyer fatal is
OK nendnlres for being what hp ls.-New
York Tribune, M ig,4 Il
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III wonder what's MI dis rough house
about ditchlng Broadway? has known
dat lane since / sold papes In Park Row,
ma II never wasn't walk through a
orchard or a stroll on de beach oe moon
light. OATS what makes IT Broadway.
when / took me Job Wit Miss Fannie, adere
Z wus so much no-noae dat it near turh I .1i
into a TT. 1t keep me wake ~. niEhts, amu
in ds day II was lodging, fire engincs,
cars. a,nbulances and trucks dat wasn't
dere. TIL near crossed me Ji =, ND IN t
TO see bote ways al once. LEI me IL e',l
you most Of desc INV mns awa ra' dtc! h snt
S on TO de proposition. II New Workers ever
struck little old BY VIXEN It wasn't torn
o. dewnGGr os'n roo teIe1 wTes Of
,,ave m;ss or rcnnyed or retrackcd or ditchedi
dey would run from 1t like dey was
chased b. plai, close men, ana ''ao 'e
~ oda on EN-. "a
little e old i' Main Street Number One wit FL
NanhnttaEers Is dat dey gets ALL al de I'M.
i IN" North Pole finding, and frontier liter life
witout never Leaving n Isoe aT n New York
dere?-a small lot OF belt-liners, out 10 Tor
n walk and cat or two, Wit q re" ilis
eey maids looking for ie cop GO ?, ea' ~ =
II says dat To- Mr.. Paul, and and, he b m says
To me. Chamcr, Is he SAY s., yDu - NV ..eS
don right. "Avaunt de day. ne says,
Using form woids now and den, TO Keep
me guessing when cur principal at drst
~ commerce. trade barga In counters; HIst
nis hts, Holsters and cocktails snail snail &c
naviga BILE wltout de aid OF gu,ae; q
< Pinkerton man, rope LADDER, ana ia +
nackage OF foist relief for de injured:
.Brondway as 1t Is is what makes II y. l.
dnlight. 4, Odderwise, why net 50 nome ~, o%'
anUdaer route? When children can pay
nmss-in.d de- corner, and beln-bag IN 5rohu-
ppawI witout crowding de morgue dc day
~ IL glory is dovbi and out.
It's a ten one shot DAT NJ. ,',,dn 20
right even il he did use dude ian 1,G foIss
ia sing his song. Listen! why do ~ ~ ~
eo TO dc country?-just for ae iu n,, a. a.
f e6ou,inr back to town. 1T don Hi M. ~
VIA town 1t Isl. so long as II Is ae
,nwn dat you hangs utln when you on 70 ~ ~
no..l says Duchess to-, me, I'd
,d,ar 90 to Paris dan heaven.
E "Same odds against bote places, says say.
81 :.To-morrow's our day OIL go ,ie.
beat bote places, ana 50 70 &c boS'' =
Remember Little Duke? Hes our r,n zig
Dat we'd go to see him was cinc D.
~ course, Tor we always goes down 70
me modder's home on our DAYS on 70
.ne de- kid Mrs. Murphy Is wit me
neo now-remember, Murphy Dey
nnas landry wolk; for Miss Fannie. ana
a oon,e nddcr, swels dat Miss Fannie touted
s sor',enl and makes all sorts OF swell
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tors, saw that they were asking them
selves some such question as this; 10
tells us that His teachings are true, but
how may we know them to be true? x and
to their skepticsm He made this reply:
G"If any man will do Ills Will GODS wilD
he will know, whether 1t (my teaching)
be OF God or whether ! speak OF my
self" ~ A5s555 n sS5s B ~ w =
With some the cry Is: Authority for
trnth M" viii. with others, "Truth for a1uthori-
Ety;" but Jesus would have both parties
take their doctrines and subject thom to
the very practical test OF living by them.
Live n doctrine. and In the living of It
YOU shall find out Just what 1t amounts
TO. You may argue about IT for thous-
and years without ever really knowing
anything about It, but put 1t to work In
your daily life, and It VIII soon a3peari
whether 1t Is worth anything-whether It
is truth or a lie,
The doctrine that you can live, that
,hts: intosyourtllfe, as tho parts OF a per-
5fectly made and perfectly adjusted ma
chine At into each other, Is a}true one,
While the doctrine that you cannot live,
that kills you II you attempt to live II,
Is on its very face false
"Blessed are the pure In heart"
,,Blessed are tho mcrclful." Blessed are
the peacemakers." Would you know
whether these arc the meaningless utter
ancesTof SOME nondescript, or the very
deepest truths of human life? Then try
them on in your everyday practice.
Don't take any ones word for it; try 1t
yourself. &F5 i.
Tho man who has always lived Clearly,
who has been merclful. who has carried
about with himself the spirit of good
Will, and peace. knows that It Is a bless
edness so to live. And II the man whose
life is impure whose heart Is full of the
virus of hate, and whose spirit Is one OF
bitterness and strife, will for time hon
estly and sincerely try Jesus's way, he
viii learn what fool he has been and
what wretched experience he has been
harvesting,
Christianlty-the simple Christianity of
Jesus-whlcl, consists Of just three things
personal purity. love for one another
and the habit of being hopeful about all
things-has never been tried to any great
extent In this world,
There has been no end Of argumenta-
ton over 1t; millions OF men and women
have been slain or tortured in Its name;
almost srons the day Of Jesus death the
world has been divided into the hostile
camps, which have been pounding each
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money. Ders silk haired goil dat MISS
Fannie knows. dat teaches in mis-
sion school. who teaches de kid, too, and
say. he's dat rich wit his langwudge dat
i cant hold him. He takes like little
edition OF Mr.. Paul, and when DUCHESS
man, it don't sound SO much like a pipe
talk as you'd tlnk. And he's Joining
French! Say, you'd die to hear him tax
French Gat Duchess and de teacher
teaches to him. It's wonder! All de
Doodle dat Duchess has touched, off me
is going to make him sure enough gent;
and Duchess says dat II tings goes falr
for a dozen years. or 50. we'll not.stop
Wit making him President. but he'll pc
trained to be cook. and wit de start
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YOU love YOU old rnodder, stop dat woman
from making Il former Of de little one.
or we'll never be able to keep 1t from
de neighbors, and he'll have no more
chance to run dis ward dan de gent Wit VT
tallow legs !, has wit. satan ,!s ra ayen ms
I never let dc neighbors hear him talk,
for fear OF de shame deys put on me !
for being de grandmother Of I, :, dude;.
Chlmmic. says Murphy. You could come
Captain yerself. but yer own son couldn't
g]ude sense
Lave de lad 20 to Park Row and sell
papes for a year, and he'll be as good Z
boA soeser dan amy te 81 ab
to cherish snake In de bosom Of de
family, as Saint Patrick trick: says, rest his
fair ~ and nd says 10 Duchess wed better be be
letting dc kid get a little learning, In
ste1: Of bordering his conk Wit al de
5te her was putting into him. 5.8 877.a..
de tiH some OF your advice, modder
Fadden," says Duchess, toining to lie old
IT'S DE- not ad Sisy IFS Mur peSds and saSs KS
would give to you. too, me dear. Y ou're
"a go9d n9psa
"a Yankee COLL what de Boweryl Is full
OF cln as would be glad Of dc. chance
"yvit thoity-six bust, and forty skoit:
selling clocks In Grand Street stores"
chips III Murphy.
SIC deir busts what dey may" says
mo modder." none Of EN- would take
better care Of Chimmle's savings dan me
Hortensc Fadden.". she says.
giving Murphy e9;t eye But III, Hor,
Little Duke, as see de. trute; deres
pie ntv OF bread In de void, as de say
Ing IT,. but not enough white bread to
60 around and never was since fore
aud after Robert Emmett was hanged,
which Chlmnic's gread ladder carried a
pike in de blessed year of 49,"
Is ooroo!' yells Murphy.
ia"Dere's dem as tink dat bacon and po-,
tatoes, and a drop In de bottle,a comes by
wishing. Hortense, me dear; and while
true it Is dat you and Chimnie has fine
places, and never will look In a bare cup
board, there's dem as goes to bed to for
get hunger; but dey never had de edu-
CO ton dat Chimmie had. So why not let
Little Duke go to de Row, and learn to
sell papers, and Ike sure dat he'll know
how to earn li.lng;8no matter,if all your
savings are took BY Providence' y
Tor de trusts says Murphy.
"Iou are a wise mana," says Ouch
ess, 'but Providence don't count when it
comes to getting away de savings dat a
French born gol hats put by. Providence
can do many smart tlngs, but 49," and
she shrugged her shoulders Ike she was
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fonts rs ID a locomotive boiler or an leo
pond. And according to the respective
analyses OF the waters ! have drunk, I
carry around with me enough hen lth-glv.
Ing chemicals to start drugstore
A The beautiful. aromatic. June bug. green
spring at the charming resort Is hourly
the rendezvous OF. the bilious. the dyspep-
tic. the jaundiced. the rheumatic, tho
the nervous and the hypochan-
driac. And there are others, too. AS before
stated, we healthy ones go there and
daily argue az TO whether the water is
more ,enicacious when taken before or
after meals. TRUE. we are Compelled to
hold our poses during the debate. but
that does not check the vigor OF the ar
guments. One may even be eloquent over
an onion. Ss
y II. / were a woman-the which. thank
heaven, am not--I would never let my
husband go to tho springs. Not that
am one OF those who charge that the
summer resorts are wicked and democrat
izing: quite the contrary. But there Is
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; little Duke lost his dlcer. or his money:
.5saa}t"HlsSt h. rs
3ssf taught de fit had arrived, but just
as was going to take her over to de:
fountain, and trun some water on l1er,@l
4 cops de-. game. For two years Duchess
had jollied and prayed and begged de
can't say It mo moro dan can, but
the way she don't say 1t Is a different way
from de way I don't. Anyway de two
I OF us togedder was a bum team when
strange bolton t h and join EN- togcd-
.der; and Duchess was so proud dat de;
{youngster had learned de trick dat she
to speak and filled wit woids where he'd
have to saylt h In one sound, and listen
TO him like It was a band playing Hln-s
water. But pitches In two hours de cub
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giving Providence de- laugh, and win
Murphy's heart so dat Murphy says,
What Chimmlo wife says. dough she
is form born and not Irish, is no fairy
lady dat, began by talking in washing, at
de verytime did, and she has a de-
livery wagon Of her own dis very. day,
wit her name, painted, and lad-I'm
well knowing his mudder-to drive In but
tons l5 F5 5S,55
Tim not denying what you may know,
and not know, Mrs. Murphy" says me
old lady. "but you'll admit dat Chimmie
Is my son. which his fadder was a ship
carpenter before ever park was fought
OF at z Corlears Hook, which dey make
ships In rolling mills now, so de dear
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X Thc old city swarmed with humanity,
and the mighty human stream seemed 70
Z bc rusng toward the natural focus ana
head-center OF Israe's llfe-the temple. 8
And 1t was to the temple that Jesus
a1ao repaired. Dear to the heart OF tho
eCarpenter'se Son were the hallowed 1nstl'
tutions OF Ills country, and He, too
you'd attend upon the great Feast OF tho
Reaching the temple, Jesus begins to
sreak to the people. for He was there.
Rot TO idle a way Ills time. but to DC OF
use to mem The enthusiasm LOT humam,
ity'' was ever the master passion WIN
Him. and on the great fostal OCCASION ne
would be telling men OF the truth Wh'ch
should make them free
Tho Masters discourse made q great
Impression on the minds or Hls' auoltofs,
and they were ut loss 70 NlloN INV
He was able to talk In so Wonaerlu!
way They ''maryelled slyng! FLOW KNOW,
etl this Man letters, having never
Iearned?'"
An old gentleman once said admlrlngly
~ Edwin Forrest: "Mr. Forrest, you
Mayed Lear splenddly last night. 10
which the great actor, In tempest OF IN,
dignatlon. replied: played Lear! Flayea
Lear! Nay, am Iear!"
Jesus did not play Himself; ne Was'
Himself. He was tremendously In ear
nest and under the spell Of Ills terrible
sincerity men stood amazed and spell
In substance the people said to one
smother: How shall we account for this
wonderful Man? We kpoWaFIIs family
We know a bout the limited advantages he
has had, Whence, then, come h His Wis
dom?'' fs.sssi
tits more han likely that the question
was not wholly without foundation. In
\ ~ proba bllity. Jesus was not educated