The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-05-05
Copyright, 1907, by Ellis Parker
Butler

Copyright, 1907, by Ellis Parker Butler)
TT was after supper, and the little book
agent with the sandy gray SIDE
i xyhiskers walked up to the house ana
rang the bell He had hesitated mo
n,ent. for he was not quite SURE
which of the two houses the boy hau
nointed out as the minister's mousse pu.
.,.,o,, the door opened and he asked IL
A.. smith was in he was told he was, ana
.,,as shown into the parlor. He removed
rho oilcloth wrapper from his sample
copy Of Jarby's Encyclopedia OF hhowl-
edre and Compendium OF Literature
Science and Art, and opened the pooN
Mt mage 76S-Texts. biblieal-The Art oil
pulnit EIoauence-Hints for Sermons etc''
md when Mr.. Smith entered the room ne
began his talk at once.
.sur smith" said Eliph' Hewitt, Il
have here book that cannot fail to IN
terest a man occupying your POSITION
have sold 1t to ministers or the eospei
from Maine to Mexico. No minister can
,eord 10 be without II. Here on page
reo I'VE have Texts, biblical-Hints Tor
Bermons"-
L
house - said the man. 81 guess you was
loolkin' for the other Smith; for the inih-
lister. 1 amt no use for hints Tor SER
mons in my line of business. I'm Shith
the iceman.' ,n,.s
Eliph' Hewitt coughed softly behind
his hand, and turned the page OF ms
sample quickly. - az.
..Certainiy," said Eliph Hewitt, Just
as was saying. Mr.. Smith. this mar
yellous book contains between It's Two
rovers information for minister or Ice
man. without regard to which he is. one
md all find aid and pleasure in It's pages
FOR each there is something especially
adapted. Now here on page 265 we nave
tho man of the polar regions surround
Inc the pole the land of eternal Ice,
showing the furthest north reached up TO
date nv man. woman or child, with a RED
rross wherever a man froze TO death ana
blut dots wherever one got FROST ol':
Here YOU see the glaciers solid rivers OF
,aa az which the icebergs crack, like
leaves falling from the trees. each lse-
berg big enough to supply town the
size of this with ice for ten to twenty
years 1904 o,.or ord
looked at the map closely ana lhen
smiled.
..Polar regions, hey?" he said. II reckon
all the book is just as accurate as TINS
here map is, amt it ,,..
"Just as accurate said Eliph' Hewitt
promptly. mo pains has been spared 10
get il accurate. In all points 1t is just
as accurate as that map is
..Well." said Mr.. Smith, Il don't want
#. 1t may do for some, but l couldn't
never have no faith in it. / couldn't sell
ice in this town with scales that took
ten pounds one way or the other FOR
granted and | couldn't use no book that
guessed at things the way that map does
Now. there you have got the north pole
marked on the map; amt that so? That
round black spot is it, amt it?''
yes" said Eliph Hewitt, 1t appears
to be-
He removed his spectacles and wiped
them and put them on again and looked
at the round blark spot critically.
Eyes" said Mr. Smith scornfuily,
"there it is, and way down here, mar
an inch south of 1t, is the farthest north
anybody has gone. There amt NOBODY
been within half an inch of that pole, nor
ever see it, nor ever touched 1t, and yet
here it is marked down on this map!
That shows how accurate this book is.
Nobody knows where that north pole Is