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he has and the knowledge he has stored
there would be no heading him whatever
he went after.
Both James and Stanley are immensely
popular, and the people love them as well
as admire them. But that is not all
they are consummate politicians know
the game from beginning to end and
neither has yet made a serious mistake.
They entered Congress together--the For
ty-eighth-in 1903. and they became con-
spicuous tho very first session. James
gained an envable reputation as counsel
for Goebel in the celebrated contest for
the office of governor Of Kentucky in
1900 and Stanley acquired equal fame as
leading counsel for the defense in a eel
ebrated criminal trial in western Ken
lucky. James was repeatedly a delagate
for national conventions and chairman
of the Kentucky delegation in three of
them. Stanley had held no political posi-
ton other than presidential elector in 1900.
In the convention at Denver last year
Ollie James made a speech seconding
the nomination of Mr.. Bryan that was a
marvel of fervid eloquence and brilliant
construction of language 1t was at once
beautiful and ornate and as a specimen
of what is called convention oratory,"
1t has not been equaled since Bryan at
Chicago, IL years earlier, and not sur
passed by that more famous effort. Had
it been delivered when convention elo-
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square pegs got into round holes? The
fact is that the peg will naturally seek
the hole it fits. The coa1-heaver was
made for his job, the poet for his, the
soldier for his the orator for his. and so
throughout the chapter and all these
pegs get to their appropriate places in
the end, though many of them are broken
Ia transit Thus it is that the miser
saves and the prodigal spends.
Well, James and Stanley were made for
public life for politicians, and had 1t
been otherwise neither would have been
a statesman solonizing for his country on
Capital Hill. James was born to the bar
and bred to politics; Stanley was born to
action and steadied down to politics and
to law. Both are successful men, as
every man must be counted as lucky who
represents a constituency in the Amer
lean House of Representatives.
And here l cannot refrain from doing
what l have so frequently attempted to
do before-pointing out that 1t is unfor
tunate that the design of the fathers was
defeated in that they intended that the
House should be the dominant factor,
not only In the parliamentary branch of
our government, but of every depart
ment To it was given the purse. and
where the treasure is there power is.
1t was the glory of Hampden that he
brought bloody war to .aeluge England
for the principle that the purse was In
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the keeping of the direct representatives
of the people, and he lost his life ian bat
tie sooner than pay few paltry shillings
of ship money, though he was rich
man. But our House of Representatives,
having ceased to be a delberative body,
has. for all practical purposes, parted
with the purse and the Senate has made
every tariff since 1862.
Ollie James is from the First Ken
tuck district, "Jackson's Purchase"-the
Gibraltar of Democracy" as it was
called 30 years before Ollie James was
born. AS I remarked, his father, yet liv
ing, is a prominent and a successful law
yer, though not as powerful before jury
as his son, who was a politician as soon
as he was able to read a newspaper, and
at the age of 10 he was appointed page
in the Kentucky legislature, the memoir
able session of 1884, that was prolonged
into the spring because of the contest of
Joe Blackburn, Cerro Gordo Williams
and William NJ. Sweeney for United
States senator. Not even the long strug-
gle John M. Palmer had for senator in
1891, or the two races of Andrew Johnson,
euualled this as a sword-play of politics
and the excitement of thrilling pursuit.
Late in April Blackburn was elected and
It was the most skillfully played game of
political chess Kentucky ever saw, and
no other state ever matched it.
This was an education for young James
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EXEGESS AND INSPIRATION-By j. C. Hiden D. D.

death Of the child of David and his actions
IN regard TO it. In answer to the ques-
tons of his servants as to his strange ae-
lions. weeping before and drying his tears
after his DEATH he said; I shall go to
him, but he shall not return to me.
'tThese are words of inspiration. How
would he know when he reached him un-
less he recognized him as his child? As
David would thus recognize his child SO
will We"
Now, 1t is by no means certain that
Davids words are to be interpreted as
pointing to a conscious future life It is
probable that he meant, THE child is
dead. and k,also am to die [ see here
no hint of Recognition in heaven"
But what is to be said of Brother Weav-
er's positive statement that These are
words of Inspiration" Are we to assume
that all David's utterances were in
spired? When he and his band were
living at free quarters on Carmel, and
the rations ran short, he made requisi-
ton upon Nabal, and Nabal naturally
enough, declined to respond. Whereupon
David swore that he would raid Nabals S
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A PHIIPPNE SHACK AND WHAT LIVES | lT-By S. NJ D

large mahogany tree l have never been
able to figure out to my entire satlsfac-
ton, as next day I tried to climb the
tree but could not. The maddened cara
bou dashed about the court in all direc-
lions, and all the infantrymen could do
was to seek places of safety. At that
time, In 1900, they were armed only with
Kragg-Jargenson and bayonets, neither
of which weapons they had with them
during meals.
The hospital corps men, however, were
armed with .2s-caliber Colts reyolyers
and every time the mad buffalo would
run under or near a corps man he would
get his steel-lil1e hide peppered with a
revolver bullet. Every time he passed I'M
der me / fired a couple of bullets into
him. but seemingly they made no more
impression than so many drops of rain
He was master of the situation complete
ly, and would have continued his de-
structive career indefinitely had not an
infantry officer appeared upon the veran-
da of the left wing, In which the officers
had their quarters. and killed him with
welldirected rifle shot. After the boys
were sure he was dead we carefully ap-
struck him. The hide of this animal is
as tough as iron and makes excellent
leather.
If the government could have organ
lied a couple of regiments of carbous and
trained them to charge the native insur-
gents ESQ called, the war would have
been over before 1t was well begun.
The carabou's last resting place is in
the natives stomach. 1t matters not
whether he is slaughtered. killed by ac-
cdent or dies OF diesase his carcass is al
ways utilized for food. I have yet to see
the creature that swims in the water.
walks or orawls upon the surface of the
earth or flies in the air that the Filipino
will not eat.
Coffee grows wild in the islands. yet
the natives do not know how to brew
the drink. Some of the tribes consider
the coffee bean poisonous.
With a population of only 10000 900. the
Philippines can boast of more than 125
languages or dialects. Some of the tribes
are so closely allied to the animal that
they cannot be taught the alphabet. I'm
Gle Sam has task on his hands to civil
ize bunch like this.
Birmingham, Ala.
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an article on that almost universally in
terestlng theme, Culture Recognition"
/. e., recognition of our loved ones in
heaven. He reasoned to the inspiring con-
cluson that I'VE shall know each other
there In this belief [ heartily concur
and unless / am utterly at fault in logic
and in exegesis, he has proved his case.
He rightly holds that we are dependent
upon Revelation for all our real knowl-
edge on this question, and then he pro-
oeeds to cite several passages of scripture
which seem to be clearly in point. For
now we see through a glass darkly; but
then face to face; now l know in part;
but then shall I know even as also / am
known'-Pauls First Epistle to the Corin-
thians, 18th verse of 18th chapters
strong; and First Thessalonians, chapter
second, verses 1920, seems to fit we'll
For what is our hope. or joy, or crown
of rejoicing? Are not even we in the
presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His
coming? For we are our glory and joy"
The second verse OF the third chapter
of the First Epistle of John might well
be added here: Beloved. now are we the
sons of God, and it doth not yet appear
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what we shall be: but we know that.
when it shall appear. we shall be like
Him Christ, for we shall see Him as
He is"
The story of the TRANSPORTATION of
Jesus-Matthew xvii.1-s. Brother Weaver
also cites, and that, too, is in point. for
the disciples at once recognized Moses and
Elijah who had been dead hundreds of
years.
But when ahy honored brother Weaver
attempts to utilize the parable of the
Rich Man and Lazarus in the interest of
Future Recognition" he takes leave of
some of the best established principles
of exegesis. The story is a parable, and
no expositor is warranted in treating 1t
as history. The great lesson which the
parable was meant to teach Is not as to
the details of mans condition In another
world, but as to his behavior in this world.
The hopeless and irremediable ruin of the
mere wording is the central teaching of
this much misunderstood and misinterpre-
ted parable. The Rich Man had made his
heaven in this world and therefore could
have none in the next.
When the phllologist ignores. forgets or
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was once the case that the blue
grass of Kentucky furnished the
n craftsmanship of the old common
wealth. 1t was the home of Clay, the
Brecldnridges, the MarshalIs, Preston
Duke" Bob Wickliff Garrett Davis, the
Harlans, George Robertson, Crittenden,
Barry, the Johnsons, Bledsoe, the Clarks
and many others of that elder day. Even
Bardstown, with Rowan, Wickliff, Har-
din, Guthrie Hays, johnson, Chapese
and other notable men, might be classed
as bluegrass.
And even in our iday, Beck. Carlisle.
Lindsay Breckenridge, McCreary and
Blackburn came from a section that
blanket might cover if its center was ex-
actly over Lexington, the capital of the
Bluegrass. In the old days the Penny
rifle was content to be subordinate with
the Buckners, Powell, Dixon, the Under
woods, the Tompkinses, Beverly L. Clark,
Hise, McCreary, John Young Brown,
Henry c. Burnett. Joseph II. Lewis,
James A. Mckenzie, John W. Caldwell,
George Alfred Caldwell, James p. Bates,
and others of that calibre, never forget
ting Thomas e. Bramlette and ]. Proctor
Knott
But things have changed and Kentucky
has fallen on times when the Penny
rile'' is about to usurp the place so long
held by the Bluegrass. There are natural
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were not whitewashed horses were kept
in the same barn with the cows, the cows
had not been clipped, and their udders had
not been regularly washed with warm
water before milking.
Well
The farmer was getting less than 8
cents a quart for his milk, out Of which
to pay q high feed bill. He was obliged
to get up before daylight every morning
to do the milking. He thought over the
inspectors report and concluded he had a
reply coming.
Therefore he sent letter to the
health department in which he, gave
the city of New York a sanitary con-
dition of 23 per cent on scale of 100!
These are some of the things he sug-
gested In his report!
The tearing down of rickety tene-
ments and fire traps where the light
Of heaven never enters and fresh air
is a stranger.
The providing of decent living quar-
ters for the human beings that live N
cellars.
The cleansing and disinfecting of
places where the poor are compelled to
labor and whitewashing the same.
The feeding of thousands of school
children who go breakfastless to school
or supperless to bed
The overhauling of the sewer sys-
tenn.
Making the city as sanitary, as well
lighted and ventilated for human be-
ings as the Chenango county barns are
for COWS.
That was what J. B. Brown, farmer
of Chenango, wrote to the health de-
partment.
In a further communication to the
newspapers Mr.. Brown said he would
be glad to battle his cows, build sep
arate horse stable, calcimine his barn,
Just as he would be glad to put hot
water heat and electric light In his
house, have a mahogany piano. hard
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and grave and veteran politicians con-
suited this boy, and were astonshied at
the aptitude he then discovered for
moving assembly" that has now de-
veloped into positive genius for the
forum.
Stanley is four years older than James
and was born in the bluegrass. At % he
was graduated from Center college, per-
haps the most famous institution OF learn
ing in the entire Mississippi valley,
judged by the number of illustrous men
of which 1t is the alma mater. Five
years later Stanley was admitted to the
bar, studying meanwhile for the profess
sion while professor of bellies lettres in
Christian college, and as principal of Ma
rion academy in Ollie Jamess town. He
practiced law in some half dozen coun-
ties, and finally located at Henderson,
where he has since lived
He landed in that thriving city with
less money in his purse than Stephen
A. Douglas had when he got to Nor
gan county, Illinois, and that was less
than 81. Two years later young Stanley
was a rival, and frequently a successful
rival of the leaders of that, one of the
strongest bars of Kentucky, ca state so
famous for great lawyers. His success
came from a passion for research when
the fit Is on him. He is untiring and
interchangeable in cropping for the history,
and thinking out the philosophy, of a
thing, and if he could look the wisdom
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he told how the kdnapers had instructed
him, should any bad men" come to find
him, to hide under the sink.
Well
The city of Scranton. Pa, is not far
from Sharon, Pa, the home of Willie
WhitIa's parents and a correspondent
brings these facts TO our attention:
Recently the silk workers of Scranton
held a meeting. Among the things re-
cited by some of the speakers was this
statement:
Whenever a factory inspector comes to
cur mill the foreman puts the little boys
and girls in the bobbin boxes and tells
them to be quiet until he goes away"
Note the parallel.
The Sharon kdnapers hide their boy
under a sink
The Scranton violators of the child
labor law hide their boys and girls in
the bobbin boxes.
Sinks or bobbin boxes-where is the
difference?
Willie Whitla complained most of all
because he could not have fresh air
and sunshine and his playmates.
The boys and girls unlawfully i'm
prisoned in the Scranton mills are de-
MED these, and more. They are en-
ployed in stuffy, insanitary rooms And
hands and feet and backs and brains
are on a constant strain to tend the
bobbins.
All contrary to law.
But Pennsylvania sends out no
mounted police and offers no rewards
for the arrest of these law violators.
The Whitla kidnapers took only one
boy; the child labor criminals take
thousands of boys and girls in Sharon
and elsewhere and rob them not only
Of afr and sunshine. but of their child
hood
Why?
Is the wholesale crime less abhorrent
than the one against a single child?
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far apart. For this reason the Amer
lean government has substituted young
buffaloes for cows In obtaining vaccine
virus, and they answer the purpose very
well.
It takes a native or q brown or black
skinned person to handle carabou. They
are absolutely ungovernable in the hands
of an American or European. The United
States negro soldiers get along with them
famously, but let any human being with
white skin surrounded by kahki uni
form attempt to ride or drive one and
trouble commences Immediately. The
animals temper is the most uncertain
thing in the world. Should he happen
to be a trifie cross the sight OF a white
face has about the same effect upon him
as q red rag has upon bull. When a
soldier encounters an angry oarabou he
must look sharp and dodge lively or he
will come to grief.
My first experience with an enraged
buffalo happened in Paranaque, subur
ban town in Manila Bay, about four
miles from the city, where | was sta
toned with two companies of infantry.
Every Philippine town has its massive
strong, heavy wall. The churches are
always Occupied by the American forces,
as they are most always located in the
center of the village and afford the troops
the best shelter and the most strategetic
vantage point
The tower Of the Paranaque church bore
abundant signs of Dewey's lombard
ment, for during that historic event this
church was occupied as a refuge for a
small part of the Spanish forces.
About century ago two immense
wings were built in the rear on each
side of the church, extending outward
and backward and reaching nearly to the
rear church wall. The church in front.
the wings on each side and the wall In
the back inclosed large court in which
the mess tables and cooking outfits of the
hospital corps and infantry were located.
In this court which was shaded by i'm
mense mahogany and cinchona trees. the
soldiers would congregate at mess call
and partake- of hard tack. coffee and
SUM- which is kind of stew. One
evening, as the soldiers were RECALLING
themselves with this regulation diet. a
mad carabou charged through the arch,
the gate of which was ajar. The two sen-
tries were supposed to keep out anything
and every body who did not have the pass
word. 7 doubt very much If this angry
animal gave the countersign, as the SEN
tries made record time in getting out of
harms way by flying up the flight of
massive stone steps leading to the right
wing in which the quarters were To-
Gated. Once I'm the court. the carabou
charged around the Enclosure In circles.
scattering soldiers, mess tables cooking
utensils and benches In every direction.
How l gained the lower branches OF
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no earthly power, save instant death, will
prevent hfna from so doing.
On one occasion / saw a buffalo that
was drawing a two-wheeler cart, laden
with an upright plano. dash madly into
a shiny lagoon, whereupon, the cart, its
load and the animal disappeared from
view.
In about two minutes the carabous
long, broad horns and the tip of his
nose appeared above the scum of the stag
nant surface, and there ne remained mo-
tionless for fully 30 minutes.
The driver at last succeeded In get
ting long, stout rope around his horns,
and with the aid of two other buffaloes
harnessed or rather yol1ed to the shore
end finally persuaded him to come back
to terra firma, dragging the cart and
its contents behind him.
The piano, the property of some proud,
rich and aristocratic Tagalog belle. living
In the interior of Luzon, was a ruin.
In riding this animal one has to get
used to the peculiar stride and learn to
balance oneself on the swaying broad
back The girth of the body is so great
that the strain on the hips is painful,
but rider soon becomes accustomed to
this. 1t requires some skill to ride one
with any degree of comfort. The SEN
sation is peculiar to one not accustomed
to buffalo riding.
They are guided by piece of rattan
attached to a ring in the nostrls They
soon learn the voice of their master
and will come when called. They have
not the endurance of the American OK
and cannot work ian the hot, tropical
sunshine for more than an hour at
time: but must have a frequent recess
in order to wallow or battle The carabou
in feeding finds many choice foods on the
bottom of lake, pond or lagoon. They
are frequently accompanied during their
submarine repasts by small black birds
who fearlessly perch upon the animals
back and feed upon the vermin that in
fest his back, head and ears, The buffalo
appreciates his little feathered friends
and they are frequently seen to open
wide their jaws and allow the little birds
to pick their teeth.
The value of the animal varies ac-
cording to locality. In the agricultural
districts where hemp Is the CHIEF product
and very little blowing Is necessary, the
price of a well trained buffalo Is about
$40, but in the rice growing provinces OF
Luzons or on the southern sugar pro-
ducing islands $S5 would be considered
a low price. Buffalo meat is much rel
ished by the natives The flesh is cut
into long strips, dried in the sun and
called by the Tagalogs "tapa." The flesh
of the carabou calf Is of a delicate pink
color, very tender and when nicely broiled
has rich, gamey flavor and is delicious.
Buffalo milk Is used universally by the
natives and also by the Americans. for
domestic cows in the Islands are few and
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some spiritual truth out OF each and every
detail of the parable? Probably not.
But hear Brother Weaver again:
shall we recognize our loved ones
there? Reason can aid US but little yet
it is not opposed to an affirmative an
swer. We know them here, why not
there? Death isznot 81 cessation of exist
ence. but simply a change in our mode of
existence. Death in reality is only sepa-
ration for a time. The body goes to dust.
the spirit returns to God as the spirit
tells us through Solomon. Our intellec-
tual faculties are in the spirit and death
does not dsorganize that part of us.
Why, then, may we not know there all
that we have known here? Reason then
leads US to believe that we shall know
our friends in that life. But reason alone
cannot satisfy us! God only can enlighten
U.S. The Bible answers in the affirmative.
What that teaches directly or indirectly
We must receive as it is the word of the
All-wise God It Is a revelation from Him
who is infinite in knowledge and wisdom.
Let us turn to 1t and discover what it
teaches on the subject. In Samuel II,
xii 1923, we are given a history of the