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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-04

~ RANDMoTHER's girls, Mary and ( ~ Sue% rushed in her cozy apart O ment radiahtly beautiful, flushed with excitement incident to a mornings shopping tour in the fashionable down town shops. They had secured rare, daz- zing values, values of the first water. After adjusting themselves comfortably among the inviting pillows of the large roomy chairs, Mary said: "Now, grand mother I just want you to feast your eyes upon the splendid values we found in the shops today See these beauties. these rare values" displaying a dazzling array of feminine concets ranging all the way down the scale from milady's tiny rose turban to the daintiest evening slippers.
 2 You know I have nose for real val ues, just as my friend Jack, the reporter, has nose for news. l know value even at a side glance, and Knowing 1t l always insist on getting face value for my money. But my l am so tired. My nerves are worn to a frazzle. l must be off to bed for an afternoons rest, to be. ready for dinner, so away with all this new toggery, my good values, until l can pull myself together once more after the trying time of the morning."
 Grandmother, smiling serenely glanced over her glasses, remarking in her own peculiar drawl: "So my little girlie thinks she has a real sense of values and is never imposed upon or cheats herself in these swaps. Let's talk over this great gift of value sense. It is not an ordinary gift One must possess world of foxi- ness and craftiness to have real value sense.
 This morning you have spent in a mass of surging bargain hunters, fighting your way to special counter to buy a rare piece of cobweb like lace, or a pair of silk hose or whatever the coveted article, at a price you considered great value You succeeded in buying these treasures and they are values. Yet you came home with your new suit hopelessly crushed. mashed toes, frazzled herves and all tired out Now, after all did you, as you boasted, get value received? Nein, nit and
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glory of the Father. before the world ex- isted; and He claimed to have come down from heaven to do the will of the Father who sent Him. He asserted that Jehovah had said to David's Lord, "sit thou on My right hand. until I made thy foes thy footstool.' and He said that He (Jesu0 was the Lord" to whom Je- hovah had thus spoken.
 That Jesus represented Himself as a suffering Christ is shown from a great variety of passages. and especially from the fact that He identifies Himself as the sufferer described in the wonderful 5Sd chapter Of the prophecy of Isaiah. He as- serted, too. that the sufferings of the Christ were necessary and inevitable. He must drink the cup which His Father had given Him to drink. The Son of Man must be lifted up. Had not the scripture said that thus it must be? Did 1t not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-04
. UNDREDs of thousands of dollars are being spent in the effort to find | 4 the one-sixteenth of a second that

UNDREDS of thousands of dollars are being spent in the effort to find \ 4 the one-sixteenth of a second that is missing in the calculations of the worlds astronomers.
 A special building fitted with machinery and apparatus has been erected for this purpose.
 In the hourglass of time the tiny grain of sand is nissingi
 And the world will not be content until 1t finds that little fraction, because The worlds longitude is calculated on the suns time as recorded at Greenwich and Paris and Washington. so that every world calculation must account for the variation of the fraction.
 If 1t were not so every meridian line on earth would have to be shifted, every boundary line between states and coun- tries would have to be changed and every map of the world made over.
 And the movements of the planets would be variantI
 Now
 Do you see the tremendous importance of an instant of time?
 All there is of all time or has been or will be Is comprehended in the little but tremendous word of now.
 Now Is all we have, ever had or can ever hope to have. The past, so far as our use Is concerned, is nothingness. The future we may not have at all. The now only is ours.
 Wherefore
 We should take lesson in the impor- tance of improving the time We cannot make the sun stand still or turn back the dial of time. The present is potential. We cannot measure the value of the time we have lost, nor would 1t be profitable to do so. We cannot stop the moments as they fly. All we can do is to redeem the time now.
 The man who Is the busiest best ap- preciates the value of the present mo- ment. On his desk you are likely to find this motto:
 DO IT NOW!
 He wastes no time in regrets and never puts off until tomorrow what he can do today.
 The three little letters NOW spell op- portunity, and they comprehend all the be- RinninRs and all the endings of all the worlds work.
 Do 1t nowl
 Now you have the desire and the hope and the strength. Now you have the time.
 Do 1t nowi
 The startling and gracious announce ment is made that an antitoxin has been discovered for these awful diseases: Pneumonia.
 Blood poisoning.
 Typhoid fever.
 The head pathologist of Tufts Medical school of Boston is quoted to the effect that arrangements will soon be made to supply physicians with the remedy
 It is marvellous in our eyes
 Tuberculosis and cancer are awful dis eases. but they are slow and lingering in their tnsatate destruction of human tissue.
 On the other hand, the above mentioned three diseases are not only deadly, but sudden maladies, and, while tuberculosis selects the weakened for its victims. these diseases attack the strong and TO- bust.
 Typhoid, pneumonia and blood poisoning ravage the very flower of the race. Often times the subject is in his grave a fort night after he Is prostrated.
 Tens of thousands of strong lives go that way every year.
 So 1t goes without saying if the labora- tory workers have wrought out an anti- toxin remedy as efficacious in these dis
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Others live in a world of action.
 They are restless, ambitious unquiet, agitated. They are rowing in spirit. dis turbed, incessant. Brisk, prompt, lively, they go the pace that tells.
 Some live in the world of thought.
 Their mind to them kingdom is. They pity him who riots or him who dallies. Theirs Is the world of intellect. In that world they live and move and have their being. They are of that rare people who are good company for themselves.
 Others live in world of feeling.
 They are easily moved, though slow of action. They enjoy the exercise of their emtions. They arc ready to weep with those that weep, but slow to dry the mourners tear. Having sensibilities that are keen, every sensation gives them de- light
 Others live in world of service.
 They care for nothing better than the opportunity to be of service to their fell lows. They give to that service the best they have to give-themseves Kindness. good will to all, charity and active benev- olence are their characteristics.
 Others live in a world of sacrifice.
 These are they who find their highest joy, their deepest sense of living, in the elimination of self-rare spirits.
 In which world do you live2
 If the world in which you now live does not suit you. why not move into one of the others?
 On the 1ooth anniversary of the birth doy of Lincoln. the emancipator, 200 white slaves" were sold at auction
 W-h-a-tl
 Strange as 1t may seem these men were actually sold in Brooklyn church to any one who would offer food, shelter and employment for them.
 These 200 men. of various ages and abil- ity, were over r-the-fence- -and-out men.
 Discouraged in tho long, vain search for employment. they offered themselves to the bidders.
 In previous sale some 50 men were sold by the same auctioneer. The plan originated with a r1achinist who adver- tised himself for sale in the newspapers. He sold himself by this method to woman who sent him to run a chicken farm in New Jersey
 Among those sold on Lincoln day were several college graduates who in default of any other work had been shoveling snow for the city.
 Unlike the auction sales of slaves before the war, each man wore a black mask to conceal his identity.
 You thought slavery and involuntary servitude had been done away by Idn- coln's proclamation?
 Mstake
 Men always will, until the day of the millennium, be in bondage, some volun- tarily and some because of misfortune, some of their own volition or fault, some because they got between the upper and neither millstones.
 It may be there are gross inequalities in our economic system that cause white slavery. Certainly there is something wrong when men who are willing and anxious to work are denied that boon.
 The spectacle of men selling themselves on the block makes one grow sick at heart. L Nevertheless
 The world Is growing better and saner and more merciful-slowly. but surely Slowly, but surely, we are getting fur ther away from slavery and tyranny and injustice.
 In this connection the inspiring poem written by George Alfred Townsend some
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himself; and this, not because I enter tain any doubts as to the correctness of their views about the Master but because my space is limited and I can more than fill 1t with Christs own testimony to himself
 In John 4;26 Jesus distinctly says that He Is the Messiah and Messiah is the Hebrew word for Christ"
 In John 9:S7-3s we find him assuming the title of the Son of God and allowing him. self to be worshpped as such. In the re- port of his sermon at Nazareth duke {, 16-2O, in applying Isaith 61, 1-2 to him self, he again claims to be the Messiah. It would be easy to multiply passages of a similar import; but these are enough to prove that Jesus called Himself, and claimed to be. the Messiah.
 Now. what did He consider to be the essence of the Messahship? isaiah 61, 1,
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~ ONE years ago rationalistio writer
 of one of the "advanced" German A< schools wrote book with the some what startling title. Not Paul, But Jesus The writer's main object is ob- vious enough from the title of his work. He evidently meant to suggest that there was some sort of antagonism between the teachings of Paul and the teachings of Jesus. and we frequently hear nowadays of the Pauline Theology or "the Paul inc circle of ideas" as if 1t were an es- tablished fact that Paul lneulcated body of doctrines which are peculiar to him.
 To be sure. this Is no modern notion. It was preached, and, indeed. vigorously urged. in Pauls own lifetime. by men who wished to break down his influence and to discredit his authority as an apos-
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Gospel. or that # was a Rabbinieal hE- ment of Paul'a7
 But, once more. and finally: Christ represents Himself as the Judge of ths world. In that marvellous and majestic picture in Matthew 25. s1-46 Jesus Is the speaker, and he says that the Son Of Man will be the Judge on that august occasion which he so grandly describes. And note that the subjects to be judged are "all nations" The Judge is to sit in solemn state upon the throne of His glory. The Judge is also called the King. His decision will be final and ir- reversible. The nations will be judged, and the Judges decision will turn upon the question. How did you behave to- ward me2" If Jesus knew what He was talking about, then even Paul himself would find 1t hard to overstate Christ's dignity. or Christ's pretensions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-04

The wheat gambler has eyes for nothing save the figures on the blackboard of the bucket shop.
 Do not whip your child.
 To do so argues that you have not suffi- cent intelligence to govern it without the employment of brute force. Is 1t not SO?
 The child Is a sentient being. It can think and understand and decide. Such an intelligence ought not to require the seourge Even dumb brute is better off without 1t.
 The child is sensitive being. Its feel ings are keen. They have not grown cal loused, and it Is especially subject to fear and harshness. To beat 1t for It's mistakes or forgetfulness is the refinement of cruelty.
 You whip it flor it's own good2"
 Are you sure about that? It may be forced Into obedience to your command and cringe when you threaten it. But back of that appearance of weakness may be a swelling sense of injustice or of ha- tired. You may be drying up all the finer feelings of it's nature.
 It is a dangerous thing to thrust q ruthless hand Into the delicate heart strings of your son or daughter.
 There may be no immediate sign of re- sentfulness or treachery or outbreak, but
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years ago is apropos. and we quote from 1t the following lines; Deep the wells of humble childhood, cool
 the spring beside the hut. Millions more as poor as Lincoln see tho
 door he has not shut. Not till wealth has put it's canker every
 poor whites cottage through Shall the great republic wither or the
 infidel subdue. Stand around your great commander.
 Lay aside your silly fears, Every Lincoln carries freedoms car alone
 a hundred years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-04
How Father Looked.
rom the Delineator.

MT. Blakeslee was putting himself in readiness. clotheswise. to attend an after noon tea with his wife, when his small daughter appeared on the scene. As he slipped into his frock coat, the child looked up and said, Father, do you know when you wear that coat you look just like a minister?" Then, noticing the hatbox on the stand near by. she added: And when you put on that hat that goes with 1t you look just like hack drfver.*
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-04

The wheat gambler has eyes for nothing save the figures on the blackboard of the bucket shop.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-04-07

sstiIing day d iussnhsad, that tbs
sims has just hSriysd 70 make good.
and that they who have INSIDE the
deficiI cannot make good.
IL short whore Roosevelt seemed
enormously to win, TAFT viii yios.
icnsly lose; that i, be villEsap
lhe fruits 81 battle that WsEs
better never gained; presenting
The notnnuSnalep sctacle Of sturdy
merit paying the debts ct brilliant
but wasssful exploitation, Upon
tbisIlne Of thought 1 propose 70
I6ght our coming battle but. in
tbs oolumns 81 the Courier jour
nal The days Of Individual 40,
tiyity Outside those limits g
peciaIIy thedays q speech. making
Tor me Gre ended | have earned
my disoharge. I would cheat my
age neither 81 ito dignity, for its
repose, and / cannot better indi-
cate 4 disinteTestedness, which y
my best warrantfor obsruding my
opinions uponthe public. than BY
declining all occasions Of compli-
ment and honor. grateful 40 they
are to my sensibilitiss great ss is
my sense ofIobligation- even when
coming from you, gentlemen,
frightened BY the lightof the ire
side and sanctiiied by the love OF
home
i thank you, with all my heart,
and sntreating your forgiveness,
beg that you will take the will for
the deed along with my constant
and affectionate friendship.
Sincerely.
HENRY WATTERsoN.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-04-07
a pifHeuIt rssk.

One Of the greatest puzzles. said a
member of parliament, is how to con.
cede the most worthy and honorable
intentions to an opponent, how to pro.
fess an unswerving and unfading be-
lief in his Incorporating yeraclty
and bona tides and at the same time
to convey a distinct conviction that he
is an impostor and humbug Of the
first water and an accomplished Ana.
MAS carrying q welter OF thirteen stone
seven pounds in the mendacity handI-
cap.-London Opinion.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-04-07
Mr.. watterDon's Response.

Naples, Florida, March H.
Friends, NeighborS aud Demo
Gratis; / am profoundly touched
BY your letter Of the Oath Of Feb.
fhary, which has just reached me.
Some words Of mine, written
during moments Of sgonizing
afliolion and deep detection, and
not intended for publication, have
created the misimpression that I
am in a state bordering on despair.
It would not be true to say go.
/ am in the enjoyment Of robust
health / have no thought Of
Withdrawing from the firing line
Of my own appointed field Of duty,
or abating any interest in the af-
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-04-07
EXPERIMENTING
ON A TRAMP.

Copyright. 1905. by T. c. Mcclure.l
The widow Gregg was a natural re-
former. One afternoon she left her
farm for the village to do some trad
Ing" Ala o'clock, when she returned
and drove into the yard, strange
spectacle greeted her. What might be
called the north end Of a man was pro
trudlng from kItehen window. The
case was plain. His trousers and shoes
showed him to belong TO the genus
tramp. He had called and, finding the
house alone. had forced up thu sash
of the window and started to climb in.
At the halfway point the sash had
come down on the small Of his back.
and he was held as securely as II he
had been handcuffed and shackled.
The Widows face beamed with sat
Isfaction as she entered the house to
take look at his phlz. Yes, 1t was a
tramp. and a huIking big fellow at
that. She went outdoors with look
Of anticipation in her eyes and hunted
up q bit Of board Of just the right
shape, and for the next half hour she
was busy woman. She stood of at
Just the right distance from the win
dow, and the board rose and fell with
amazing regularity and yigor The
tramp kicked his legs about and In
dulged in remarks, but the walloping
did not end until the woman had tired
herself out. Then she took down the
clothesline and wrapped it around the
tramp's legs about forty times, en-
erred the house and tied his wrists
ecufely, and then raised the sash and
It him fall backward on the grass.
is he lay there she came out to bend
Rer him and ask;
"Well, how do you feel nowT
I'll don't exactly know" was the
reply.
"This Is an experiment on my part
/ want to bring you to q state Of hum
bleness. Do you think have accom-
plished itT
Eyes; ! feel humber than did. It's
new feelin', and you must take the
risks Of It"
"oh, III look out for the risks. Just
make yourself as comfortable and as
humble as you can, and when the hired
man comes up Ill see to your case fur
Their"
Two hours later the tramp's hands
were unbound and food set before him.
The food consisted Of bread and water.
There was a consistency in a humble
man eating humble fare. When he had
finished eating he was again made Sc
cure and dragged to the barn and lock
ed up In the granary for the night
.The next step Is to arouse your am
bltion," said the widow as she left
him, land I'll tell you my programme
in the morning. hope to find your
humbleness greatly increased by then.
Do you still feel humility bubbling up
in your soul?"
IT do, marin, and ! am sorter afraid
of It It's a new feelin', and ! don't
know what It's going to lead to. Its
an experiment, Is III"
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-04-07
OUTLOOK FOR A REfUBIICAN
WATERLOO SURF III The
YEAR 1910
Taft to Reap the WhiTlwind 81
Rooasyelps Sowing Col; Henry
Wattsrson TellE oil Ali Demo.
cratu to Raise Tho FIsg. Sill
onHthe Firing Line

Somsof the tEiends and $4,000
ates q Col. Henry Watterson pro-
testing sgainst . Fumorot bic 70,
tiIsmens from activity, and request
ing him to be theirguest alta dinner
to be rendered him on the ami.
versary Of Thomas Jeferson's
birth, have received from him .
letter which, while declining the
dinner, corrects the report Of bis
contemplated retirement, and gives
his views as TO the politicalhis
Of the near future.
The correspondence follows:
Louisville, Ky, Feb. "a, 1903
Hon Henry Watterson- Dear Sir
and Friend: AZ members Of the
Watterson Club and as your
friends We want to voice the very
sentiment so admirably expressed
in the enclosed editorial from
the current issue Of Golfers Week
". The wish Of this reflector of
public opinion is our wish -"Thet
Tor some years yet the ever gallant
writer should hold his active post"
As neigbbors and as loyal per-
sonal followers, we cannot couselt
that you should remain stranded
and telplsss and wholly unequal
to any kind of publicity" Your
friends need your inspiring and
instructive association, your city
needs your presence on the watch
tower to discern afar the dangers
that menace it's prosperity; your
state needs your brave arm barred
against the hordes of prescription
that threaten it's liberties and lite
progress your party needs your
wise counsel, your mature judg-
ment, your unselfsh and rssolute
leadership.
a. the editor Of Golfers so we'll
expressed tive should hold
soldiers like Watterson in line Of
battle to thelend." In this spirit
we ask the privilege Of rendering
you a dinner on April 1S-Anni-
versary of Jsfferson-in the name
Of those who know and love you.
1t will be in the nature Of q private
gathering, where around the
hearthstone Of good fellowship the
gentle fstters Of friendship will be
forged anew. You may choose a
subject to your liking, but if yon
please you may sit and hear what
we think Of you.
sharers with you in the grief
that has scared your heart and ever
ready to respect the privacy that
your SORROW claims, We still pre-
sumo that as friends to urge you to
accept this testimonial
Very sincerely,
JOHN B. CAsT1EMAN
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-04-07
An Odd stssple.

There Is church in the city Of Cork
ireland, which Is known for miles
around on account OF the peculiarly o.
its steepls. The steeple Is built Of two
different colored stones, two sides be
ing built in white and the other two IL
red stone.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-04-07
To strengthen EyosIsht.

/ Eyes may often be strengthened By
several times each day lightly press
ing the eyeballs. Always rub from the
nose toward the temples; also dash the
eyes frequently with cold water-ln
fact, whenever the face Is washed.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-04-07
Houl. Roofa Ia &C orient.

Eastern roofs are generally Fat for
comfort during the summer season.
The roofs Of houses In the east are
often used as outdoor gardens. The
Greeks gave the roof a slight elevation
In the middle. The Romans increased
1t to one-ffth Of the span. The high
pointed roofs of modern times are Of
German origin.