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Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-05-09
When a Small Bore Preacher Wants to
Make Hit He Always Lights on
Thomas Paine.
(By Charles IL. Schwartz.)

We hear SO often or intellectual tom
TITS, who must needs take fall out OF
thomas Paine, that / feel a few words on
the subject CT the twitterng tom-tits will
not come amiss. 1 have particularly IN
mind little Methodist dominee over in
Indiana who INDUCES in these twitterngs,
whenever two or three or gathered togeth-
err and he among them.
The Rev. Occur de Asinus, which by the
way Is not his name, is one OF the noisiest
of these intellectual tom-tits, that feel it
their duty to misrepresent real men. Be
hold the live jackass that kicks the dead
liOn!" said the Rev. Minot J. Savage few
days after the death OF Col. lngersoll, in
speaking of those who were befouling the
atmosphere with their abuse of the great
agnostic. .,
The Rev. Occur "scorns to read the writ 4
ings of Thomas Paine" so he says. In
that case, how in the name of the Christ
ne glorifies does he know anything about
Paine? Isn't it obvious to even a careless
reader that such a man could kneel at the
door of a ladies convention for hours, if
uoI uioCoNeISu, iOCh tuIOuSH the KEY
hole with both eyes at once?
Marrow minded" did you say? Oh, just
a few.
l have so far tried to give the Rev. the
benefit of the doubt that is to say to ad-
init he had not read Paine, and therefore
did not know any better. On the other
land, | am inclined to believe he has read
the Age of Reason and that he does not
know it is irrefragabe; that it has never
been refuted, and that it is the most dan
gerous criticism ever written of the So
called holy bible. The Rev. Occur de AS
mus knows full well that should his con-
gregation read the Age of Reason without
fear or favor, that is to say, without pref
udice, he would no longer be able to
Sail through the world on fowery beds
of ease,
While others toilrto bring to him his daily
bread and cheese"
In the very beginning of the Age of Rea-
son, which was written during the stormy
period of the beginning of the French Re-
public, Paine tells us he Is writing the
book to preserve religion,-that the total
abolition of the whole national order of
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-05-09
BLUE GRASS BLADE
whitening of Tom-tits

49, priesthood lenders sucA worh lice
Osse..y, .esL Lne seLerai "recn ~ supef-
we Iose sisn. VI nioraII.y, Vi human
lLy, au>. ~ .neOIosy Lnal 10 Lrue.
ue.lvve ole uou, aliu 40 more; ana
Aope lor nappiness Leyonu ,n.s lac.
a uei4eve Lne equdnty man. ana
1 LelieVe mat reIs,ous uuLles .ohsiSC GA
uoI,.s Justice, lov.ns mercy, anu ~Aueav'
CriLs " .iAaAe our iei,ow oreaCures nappy.
Anen ADDS, tnaC les. We accused
vi ueiIeVmg many things All aud.tion W
these, must also nen.lon u lew Things
uoes noI believe:
4 40 no. pe,ieve III the creed prolessed
Wy jewish, homan, ureeA, 4 urA,sn,
rro,estant, Oh any vnurcn hnow ny
NINA 10 my own cnurcn.
1t necessary Tie happiness OF man
InaL ne men,alIy Iailnlu. 70 nimsen.
'lnnutLuy Goes hot CONSIST III De.ieving
or uiSDeievms; II consists IN processing
20 believe WAT one does not ueneve.
beware, pr.. Asmus and Others! 1 tear
. lest ye are even as one Oh tnese-lnidels.
q Ine contention OIL ali puiplI donkeys ana
, .lelr Iohowers is mat raine was an Atne-
lsl, ana InaL Atheism tended 10 lower, Al
not aesCroy, the moral status OF mankind.
Inis contention iJsen Is hypocrisy, Ior all
VINO reau ms WORKS know Iuli Wei that he
was no Atheist.
Thomas Pane believed that ali religion
was the result OF necessity, weakness and
Tear. That the institution of churches
appeared no other than human inventions
set up to ensIave mankind, and monopoliz'.
power and profit"
The fact that the revenues OF the Ro-
man Catholic Church, in America alone.
reach the enormous total Ut 500, 100000 a
year, would seem 10 prove the truth of
his belief.
Thomas Paine believed thai no form OF
life could create itself; this implied belief
in creator, or as he says, first cause,
and this first cause man called God.
"Desm teaches Us without the possibil-
ity of being deceived, all that is necessary
or proper to be known. The Creation is
the Bible of the Deist. He there reads in
the handwriting of the Creator himself the
certainty of his existence and the immuta-
bility of his power, and all other Bibles
and Testaments are to him forgeries."
The notion Of a Trinity of Gods has
enfeebled the belief of one God A multi
pication of beliefs acts as a division of
belief and in proportion as anything is
divided it is weakened"
1T is the duty incumbent on every true
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-05-09

The true Deist has but one Deity. and his
religion consists in contemplating the
power, wisdom and benignity of the Deity
in his works and in enleavoring to initiate
him in everything moral, scientifcal and
mechanical"
IF ever a universal religion should pre-
vail, it will not be by believing anything
new, but in getting rid of redundancies
and believing as man believed at first
Adam, if ever there was such a man. was
the first Deist; but in the meantime let
every man follow as he has right to do,
the religion and the worship he prefers"
What is it we have learned from this
pretended thing called revealed religion?
Nothing that is useful to man, and every
thing that is dishonorable to his maker.
What is it the Bible teaches us?-rapine.
cruelty and murder What is it the Tes-
ttament teaches us?-to believe that the
Almighty committed debauchery with
woman engaged to be married, and the be-
lief of this debauchery is called faith"
Yes, there is Word of God; there is a
revelation. THE WORD OF GOD is THE
CREATION WE BEHOLD; and it is this
Word which no human invention can coun-
terfeit or alter, that God speaketh univer-
sally to man."
Note the respect shown the Deity and
all pertaining to him, in Paine's fluent use
of capital letters throughout the Age OF
Reason. Is this not proof of his reverence
for Almighty God, as he understood him?
And if there is one note of msincerity in
the whole work, | have failed TO find it, 1t
seems useless to write more on this sub
jsct, as the quotations given should be
sufficient for the purpose of this article.
The average Freethinker is familiar with
the writings of Paine, but this paper may
fall into the hands of some who do not
know, for there are many who do not know.
A neighbor, when told what the subject of
the Crapsey- Mangasaran debate was, said
why, | didn't know anyone ever doubted
that Christ actually lived"
If the class of people who listen to the
brayings of the Rev. Occur de Asinus. and
the equally large class who absorb with
avidity the hypocritical spoutings of The
odorus Bombastcus Rooseveltus could
induced to give the Age of Reason the
time for careful reading thousands of
these purveyors of cant and credulity might
become desirable citizens, and engage in
the manufacture of potatoes, pumpkin
cabbages and other condiments, instead of
this dead sea food for the soul
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-15
THE INTENSIVE GARDEN.
Lessons From Small Plots Cultivated
 by French and BeIgIans.

From the Youths Companion. If we would live by gardening we must study the days of gardening. It was a shrewd old English farmer who used to say to his sons, Put the horse to, and let us drive round to see what our people after after"
 The French market gardeners about Paris are the most skilful growers in the world-except the Chinese-and the aver age garden of an acre or two titled to the eyebrows" as they say, shows the following returns, given by our consuls and business men interested in the matter: There are of course exceptions, where the total income from one acre Is S6OO0 year, but as a usual thing the gardens yield but $500 to the acre, and the aver age annual profit of the gardener is not over S1000."
 How many ministers and college pro- keepers artists and literary folk are there making healthy living and putting 5000 year in the bank besides?
 The common French gardener makes this by intensive gardening. True, he begins with certain advantages. For gen. erations before him his family have been gardeners. and the instinct for the best methods run in the blood. Within ten- mile circuit of Paris are 20O0 market gar dens, models of care and culture, some of which have been held by the same families for 2G0 years. These gardens are not large; the largest Is said to be not more than four acres, common gar dens are not more than two acres, and not the smallest profits are taken from plots of quarter acre, titled with the finest care.
 Their very name, the marais gardens, comes from the fnarais or marshes of the Seine which were drained four gener- ations ago to get at their rich black soil These plots are tucked away in angles of the old fortihcations, or backed by the city walls, which protect them from north and east winds. Or else the garden has its own walls, eight to fifteen feet high on the north and east sides, giving eli mate of its own.
 Old gardens dating from Louis Philippe's time and before have hollow brick walls with heated fiues to force winter fruit on trees trained against them. A border two and a half feet wide along these walls will yield more fruit of the finest quality than we commonly take from half an acre of orchard In winter leanto or span roof shelters of glazed sash protect the black Hamburg and chasselas grapes. or tho peaches, red and perfumed, which weigh 10 ounces apiece. By May these glass houses can be taken down and the trees rest and grow strong in the open air all summer.
 The skilled French or Belgian gardener takes four to seven crops in a season from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-15
RESPECTFUL BEVERLY FOLK.
The Courtesy Maintained by Villagers
 Toward the Presidents Wife.

From the New York World.
 Beverly.-The Presidents wife may be met upon the fashionable driveways in the vicinity Of Beverly every afternoon that fancy does not lead her to take sail on the Sy1ph. On all of these little outings Mrs. Taft Is accompanied by Mrs. Louis More, her sister. who is Spending the summer with Mrs. Taft, paying brief visits to her own place near by.
 ? Beverly people received the White House family with a respectful courtesy, which has been maintained ever since. Down In the square there is statue of soldier. Upon the base supporting the figure is an inscription setting forth the duty of a "soldier and a citizen" It is not pointed out that this duty is to mind ones own affairs. yet the sugges- ton might have been cut in stone, for this particular admonition Is carried in the heart of every man, woman and child in Beverly, and 1t never occurs to the good people of the quaint little old town to question in the slightest degree Mrs. Taft's right to spend the summer in the way she has chosen. So the town harlSs back to It's dreams for the most part, and leaves Mrs. Taft to her own comfort and enjoyment.
 Mrs. Tafts rapid recuperation is due to her own vitality and recuperative powers and exhi1aration from the air and picturesqueness of Beverly. In any di- rection in which Mrs. Taft may look from her summer home she is confronted with a beautiful scene. During the past week the U- s. s. Salem has been an chored off Burgess Pont-which might we'll be called the Taft front yard-in attendance upon the celebration of "old home week" in the ancient little history laden town of Salem. About the Salem have been dozens of saucy little motor boats and gleaming white sailboats, each taking a merry party out to the big ship.
 So peaceful and unobtrusve is Beverly that the coming and settling down upon its aristocratic little shoulders has caused small concern. In the mornings one meets nobody in Beverly but tradespeo- pie and transients. Beverly draws it's blinds with the first peep of dawn, and there they remain until way In the mid dle of the afternoon, when the whirr of autos in the streets alternates with the soft swish of the harbor waters as they lap and whisper to the coast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-15
be able to tell what size of suit . man needs merely by looking at him.

Then it is regarded as equally opposed to modern business methods to question a customer closely concerning the shade' the cut and the price he wants to pay. The customer must not be worried about such details. He Is there to look for what he wants, and the experience of the salesman should not only supply that, but be able to inform him as to the customers measurements and the amount of money he is likely to spend.
 Nothing else in advanced salesmanship equals the directions given to the women that sell cloaks and suits in one depart ment store: They are the holders of the best positions and the pay for their work is highest. There is regular set of rules that these women are trained to follow.
 Find out as nearly as possible with out asking too many questions what your customer wants" Is the first thing the head of the department teaches her assistants "and then show them a few suits Don't let them see too many colors or too many styles at once. That only confuses them
 "Be polite, but don't act as if you were their servant. for then they would lose confidence in your opinion right away. Watch their eyes. If woman glances in the direction of blue suit show her one rlBnt dWdy.
 linen take her over to the dressing room with the suit laid carefully over your arm Don't throw 1t there as if 1t were not worth any trouble at all. How can you expect your customers to pay good prices for a suit when you act as if it were not worth handling with care?
 "When you are waiting on a woman don't talk too much. If she gets to wandering on about styles and you en- courage her there Is likely to be less interest in the buying. The only way of talking styles with her is to bring out what you have when she mem tions 1t.
 If a woman betrays that she likes a certain style of suit. show her what you have in that line and try to keep her down to that. Don't waste time and scatter her interest by showing her something else when she may stop at that if she is not diverted.
 Don't try to sell her what you think she ought to have. If your advice Is asked, however as to which of two colors is more becoming, you may say what you think. All the time you are engaged in selling a suit or cloak to 6 customer look in her eye. Then you will be able to tell when she is satls- fled whether she says q word or not and you may say few more good things for the suit, then ->ut 1t over your lert arm and reach your hand for the money.
 When it is paid and the parcel is being done up. then you may talk with your
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-15

,customer all she wants about any sub- ject she suggests. But until you have made your sale there is nothing to be talked about but the suit-that the custo- naer Is going to buy'
 This is a summary of the principles taught to every woman who goes to work in place where the daily sales in the season are enormous. It seems as If with such rules the sales ought to be big.
 As if these rules were not enough to catch the most wary customers. new species of salesman has been developed even rules governing the psychological moment as to when the turnover is to be called in.
 "The turnover" explained the man. ager of a shoe store, 'is the salesman especially kept to bring the hard cus- toners to terms. When 1t Is impossible for the ordinary men to sell him any thing, although he is plainly in the mood to buy, he Is handed over to the turn over.
 This is adroitly done so as not to let the purchaser see he is being looked after in this way. The clerk who Is looking after him Is called to the telephone, or another customer must speak to him or some pretext is found to have the turn over man get him.
 Here we have no fixed time in which to call him in. In the busy clothing stores he is brought in after three suits that fit him have been tried on and the salesman has failed to pull 1t off. The woman are allowed more time, although there are some regular customers in the cloak and suit departments that have the turnover people put on them right away, so difficult are they to manage. It is the business of this man to see that they don't escape without a sale, and usually he is able to manage that"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-15
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the same dead rich soil. There is no magic in it. The maraicher, or marsh gardener, turns over the old mushroom beds of the season before, forks them up roughly so that the air works among the clods freely to carry off the acrid gases of decomposition--''to sweeten the soil," as he says. In a few days 1t grows powdery and is beaten and raked to a level and three to nine inches of fne soil, not too fine, are sifted over 1t to make the seed bed.
 Then radish seed, turnips or carrots of the small, tender, quick growing sorts are tbinly sown and pressed gently into the earth. On this same bed 25 lettuce plants with leaves the size of a half dol lar are set out, very likely with four or five caulifiowers under the same glass In the rich warm soil, with plenty of W water, the plants have nothing to do but totgrow as fast as possible and get out of each others way in succession.
 The radishes are fit to pull in three weeks, the turnipS and carrots in five to six weeks, the lettuce being headed and cut fortnight before Then the cauli- flowers have room to spread, with melon vine or cucumber in the middle to riot over the whole three by four feet en-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-15

Blowing up Battleship East Lake tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-15
A Useful invention.

From the Lucon Gll.) Journal.
 The latest invention to hang in the family dining room Is the gum board. It is a neat little circular board, plain or decorated, fastened to the wall. The name of each of the family is painted on the circumference and marks the spot where the gum is left until wanted This saves carrying the gum to bed or getting 1t in one's hair or swallowing it in the night. It is obvious that the gum board supplies a long felt want, and he who invented the new fad will have the best wishes of the young ladies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-15
TIE SCIENCE IF
 SELLING GOODS
Rules Developed By Competi-
 ton In Business
INSTRUCTION TO SALESMEN
The Most Effective Way of Making Customers Buy-PeopIe Not Pest cred, But Led Gently to
 Things They Want.

In these days of competition in busi- ness more attention is paid to the science of selling goods than ever before. The rules laid down for the guidance of sales men show that the purchaser is regard ed much In the light of the trout that the sportsman wants to land He may be difficult, he may wriggle away from one salesman, but if properly attended to he Is handed over to a specialist ca- pablo of dealing with stubborn cases. Here, for instance, is set of rules which firm of haberdashers distributed to it's men:
 size him up mentally.
 If he seems robust and full of ginger he will stand being taken in rather an aggressive manner and rather like it. IIe will pay good price and stand for a kood live style of being dealt with. You may be able to sell him twice as much as he wants If you handle him right.
 If he seems in poor health or shrinking and modest you must go at him more quietly, but firmly. Show him rather neutral colors. You may be able to sell him gloves. mufflers and such cold weather articles even in the summer if you manage him we'll. Keep on the side of the things that are warm, healthful and hygienic rather than fashy and up to date.
 If customer be accompanied by a lady devote all your time to her. Show her the goods first, ask her opinion of them and let her see you have great confidence in her judgment. Don't an- tagonize the man, but be sure to keep the woman on your side. Don't get gay as to what the relation between them may be and make any cracks as to 'your wife" or your son. or your friend" Cut all that out, and if you please the woman you are going to sell twice as much.
 Don't send man away with anything he has complained to you about. Try to get something he likes, however trouble some it may be. If he has a green tie with yellow stripes and says he wants red get 1t for him.
 Above all things make your customer think that you would rather please him than anything else in the world Don't yawn In his face. talk in the interim of your conversations with another sales man and don't appear to be having some joke with the other men. Nothing is so disturbing to customer and such treat ment Is likely to make him walk out on you. Be interested in giving him what he wants, even if you are successful enough to make him end by taking what he doesn't want
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-15

From tlA Delineator.
 Walter is small boy from tho mill district. who became member of our Sunday school after Christmas tree to which he had been invited sswalter. do you know the Lords Prayerys' his teach- CT asked. "Nome." replied small walter. You do not know Our Father Who Art in Heaven ?'' "Oh. yassun,. that's Miss Marjie's prayer" 'vMis' Marie" Is Wal ter's weekday teacher. After expiaininr the prayer Miss c. asked, Do you know what amen at the end meansy" Walters face brightened as he replied. "rassum. hit means now you done, git up''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-15
A Leading Question.

From Judges Library.
 Broker Browns office boy had been ex- cused the afternoon before. and when he returned the next morning his em- ployer greeted him kindly.
 Well, Billy he said. did you go to your grandma's funeralT'
 ''Yes, sir" replied Billy with quiv- ering lip.
 Was there a large attendance7''
 ''Yes, sir.'
 "What was the score?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-15

A great bargain on our odd and end counter; 200 Suits at $7.35; former prices $15 to $20. They are real Jim Dandies. Get one. Varley 6 Bauman Cloth ing Co.,, 1910 3d Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-15

Take your pick of these. A $20 Suit for $1S.S5; an SIS Suit for $12, and s1O will get you 8 $15 Suit. Come now. Var ley & Bauman Clothing O., 1910 Sd Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-15
TAKE NOTICE

We understand someone is soliciting and TRYING TO DO typewriter repairing, claiming to represent the TYPEWRITER EXCHANGE, and that the work is not satisfactory. Don't be swindled, but tele- phone us when in doubt and make sure. We have made a careful study of type writer repairing. do all overhauling jobs IN OUR SHOP and guarantee ssame against defects for ONE YEAR. MT. Chester O. Harris Is our authorized so- iicitor and when WE do your work it is CORRECT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-15
It's Meaning.

closed. when the caulinower heads ara set out again in the open field.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-01-20
"THE GOVERNORS DAUGHTER"
Is One of the Big Hits Presented BY
the Emery Musical Comedy Co.

Speaking of the Emery Musical
Comedy company, to visit Palestine on
Friday and Saturday of this week
the Oklahoma City Times of June 16
1908, says:
Regardless of the cloudy weather
another large house turned out to see
the Emery Musical Comedy company
in the Governors Daughter" which
proved to be very pleasing comedy
with some twelve musical numbers,
all of which received encores. Dainty
little Phyllis Daye, as the daughter,
added to the hit made Sunday night
and her style of work was entirely
different Tonight the company pre-
sents Sierra, the Mascot" musical
comedy in two acts, with twelve new
musical numbers, also specialties be-
tween acts. This company makes
complete change of play and special
ties each night.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-01-20

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breathe this balsamic air through a
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kills the catarrh germs. Bratton will
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THE use of Hyomei cured Mr.. Cut
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ly endorsed the use of Hyomei in
many instances, and we are glad to
go on record regarding this marvel
Gus catarrh cure, and endorse it,
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tie Creek, Mich.