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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-09-23

~. 1890. 49, -. q. :. .
pclntment here sunday
vernon Rice Of Asatiesten, ~ via
lting bis uncle Jen Collinsworfh Of
lnin place.
Nancy Harmon and 9onIwere n Lou
la saturday having dental work done.
DF. Rice Of this place has moved 20
Louisa.
Con Rice, who has been visiting AZ
fotter returned home last week.
SAn.nhn bah ana wife o. Long
brnnch, passed down our creek Sum
Hopert smiths smiling face was
seen ON our creek sunday.
M.s. htNis i1nk and hifssJ sss;e
Hewlett were guests OF Mrs. Mary
stewart Monday.
800, Ae =. hlne. NJ: And
Mrs. Nolen Scott Theodore Chadwick
Hobert smith. poshie Hartman. Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Stewart and children
were out nay riding sunday night.
Mr' ana AirA Charley Bentley ana
chharen were ahopping az Fuliern
"Wednesday
q. " Hewlett fen and snaeged his
arm last week He went 10 Louisa
|pn had u dressed and II greatly linz
pfoveu.
bro. ttenfy bkers nlieu his regular
appointment sunday:
The sick Of our vicinity are better.
Mrs. Dock Stewart Of Ratclif was
calling on friends here "wednesday.
MAY stewart ana Edna Rihe mo-
tofed % failspnrg saturday.
Nsille Iaines was ne guest Of jess
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-09-23
CARTER COUNTY
FARMS FOR SALE

p The following Is few of the many
good bargains we have on our list. We
also have bargains In town property
located In the town OF Crayson, KY.
Grayson is the best school and church
town in the south. II you are look
ing for q place to educate your chill
dren and bring them up under a good
moral influence, giving them the chris
tian influence that they are entitled to-,
then Grayson Is the town. We invite
you to call upon us. We can prove
our statements.
FARMS FOR SALE.
No. IL 1870 acres, 6 room house with
porcbes. outbuildings. two barns. good
orchard, u woodland y in grass five
miles from Grayson. Il cash, balance
l, ? and 8 years
No. 20. so acres more or less. pos
sibiy more. about 40 acres bottom, /
barn. z room house fair. condition, 2
good wells, fine orchard, stripping
room. crib and outbuildings, 2 miles
from town on Midland trail ON Barrels
creek. plenty Of water for stock.
No. 6. 81 acres. room new house,
good orchard, good wen, has coal and
fire clay. Price $3.50. Terms, $500
cash, balance on time.
No. IL. 50 acres sk miles from town
has 8 room fine house. two concrete
cellars, silo, barn, smoke house, wash
house, garage, light plant, fine well
and plenty OF coal. Bargain for $4,000.
Terms. Y cash.. balance on time. The
buildings on this place are worth atl
least $4,000. Quick sale
( No. ~ So acres, 4 room house, good /
barn, good orchard. So acres In grass.
Also. two room house, 10 acres bot
'om lies hundred yards on Midland
rail. Price }26s5.oo. Terms.
No. "a. 100 acres, all tillable land,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-09-23

No other phonog aph even dares the test
which the New Edison underwent Sept.
9th, before q large audience at the M. E.
Church, South.
That fact is something for you to think
about.
The test Of comparison with living
artists is the only monograph test which
means anything It is the only way In !!
which monograph can irrefutably
prove its realism. It is the most drastic
Of all photograph tests. To sustain it,
reuires absolutely perfect realism,
nothing less.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-09-23

80 acres bottom. SO acres timer, on
Midland trail, y mi. from town. Price
$1,000. Terms, y cash. balance !, 2
and years.
No. II. 100 acres. room house not
very good Good stable, orchard, all
rolling land, Y mi. from Iron Hill. Has
5000 time timber. Price $500. Terms,
$500 cash, balance on time.
We have other farms and town prop
erty not in the above list that we will
be pleased to show prospective buy
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-09-23

some further tests of its realism. Learn
that you can have an Official Ia boratory
Model Of your own, on a very small cash
outlay. We will make a gentleman's
agreement with any music lover.
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MONU M EN- rs
Prices Reduced Is to 30 olo

friceS 1Seuuceu I'D 10 ~ OI0
The so-calIed war prices are wiped
out, and we are producing fnonGmentrl
work II the lowest possible prices.
Granite Mnrkers IN Barre, 81. Cloud,
Missouri Red, Little Falls Black, Mont
Rose, Winsporo Blue, Golden Green,
Nav England Gray and Quincy and
Blue Synito GRANTEES lottsrod complcto
and ct u cemokery go TO $50.
NOAH SHEETS, Prop.
18th Street and End Avenue
y uNTINcToN w. VA.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17
"LEsT He BECOME A DRUNKARD.'

Father 'Weibel, in his Forty Years
of Missionary Life in Arkansas" (run-
ming recently as serial in The Fort
nightly Review, writes of the use OF
whisky and opium in that damp and
ague-plagued climate. And he tells
this story of the mutual solicitude OF
husband and wife:
"Once on a very rough day, came
to Bald Knob and was Hospitality re.
ceived by a family. Soon after my
arrival, the gentleman sent his wife
into the kitchen. After she had gone
he brought out jug and remarked
Father, this is such bad weather, you
ought to take drink, lest you get a
chill. l always keep some on hand
but don't want her to know it; she
might take to drinking After some
time, the wife came back and said:
Steve, you must go to the barn and
look after the horses; they have moi
been fed.' After he was gone, she
opened a closet and brought me
drink. She always kept some whisky
for sickness and special occasions, she
said, but did not wish Stephen tt
know it, lest he should become
drunkard."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17
DUCKS AND BRAKES.

Ducks and drakes," an expression
used commonly in connection with a
person who is needless in money OF
business matters, has gained wide cir.
culation since it was first used among
the Romans.
Minucius Felix and other ancient
writer's allude to a game of scaling
oyster shells or stones on the water.
If the stone emerged once it was said
to be duck"
England adopted the game and gave
the phrase its present-day meaning.
Just when it was first applied is not
known. But it is we'll used in Henry
,Peacham's book, 1.-THE Worth Of a
Penny" published in London in 1647:
Il remember in Queen Elizabeth
time wealthy citizen of London left
his son mighty estate in money, who,
imagining he should never be able to
spend it, would usually make ducks
and brakes in the Thames river, with
shilling pieces as boys are wont to
do with tiles and oyster shells. And
in the end he grew to such extreme
want that he was fain to beg or Dor.
row sixpence, having many times
no more shoes than feet and some
times having more feet than shoes"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17
WEDDING PRESENTS MAY GIVE
BAD START IN LIFE.

"Too much silverware at the start
is a dangerous thing for young
couple" says a modern philosopher,
"for it calls for other things to cor
respond, and will keep the young man
on a. strain to keep up appearances.
I knew a pair of brass andirons to
ruin a man thirty years ago, and he
never recovered from it; for they call
ed for fender, and the fender called
for a fine rug, and the rug for car
pet, and the carpet for curtains and
cornice, and so on and so forth, and
fifth and sixth, until he got in debt
and tried to sell his house to pay out
and could not sell it; but the sheriff
came along and sold it without any
difficulty. Extravaganza and trying to
keep up with the neighbors are the
great domestic troubles in this coun-
try. They bring on financial distress,
and that causes speculation and en-
bezzlement and Acknowledgement, and
these end in whisky and suicide
There is no security in this life but
honest industry and living within ones
means. Folks who do that don't kill
themselves.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17
A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION.
IN 1414, A. D.

In the years 1414-141S A. D. took
place the general Council of Con-
stance, which happily terminated the
great Western Schism. A prominent
citizen of Constance has left us a
chronicle recording many Of the ev-
ents of those memorable four years.
Among other valuable information he
gives short record of the celebration
of Christmas in1414, which is here re-
produced.
After Pope John XXIII had opened
the council, the arrival of Sigismund,
King of Germany, was anxiously
awaited.
At last, on Christmas Eve, the king
sent word that he was approaching.
The same day he came as far as Ueber-
lingen, a town on the banks of Lake
Constance not more than seven miles
distant. He was accompanied by his
queen Barbara, and Elizabeth, the
queen of Bosnia. At Ueberlingen, the
illustrious company wished to rest un-
til an hour before midnight. They re-
quested the Pope not to begin the
Christmas services before they had
arrived. Upon this news the citizens
of Constance sent ships and men over
to Ueberlingen, and had the great
chamber of the city hall heated for
their guests.
"At two o'clock, the king and
queens disembarked and repaired to
the city hall, where they warmed
themselves for about an hour. AT
three o'clock, they went to church,
walking under two beautiful golden
canopies, the gift of the citizens of
Constance. They first assisted at the
chanting of the Mathis, after which
the Pope himself, wearing the precious
mitre, sang the first of the three
Christmas Masses, which begins Dom.
mus diTit dd me (The Lord said to
me). Next the Lauds were sung
which lasted until dawn, and the Pope
said the second Mass, Lur fulgebit
"a light shall shine). Again there
was singing of other parts of the
| Office, which took all the time until
about nine o'clock, when the Pope
celebrated the third Christmas Mass
Puer natus est nobis "a child is born
to u.s. This Mass was not finished
until eleven o'clock; the Pope and
king and all the faithful had, there
fore, been nine hours in the cathedral
Finally, the Pope gave his solemn
blessing and returned to the palace
This passage is interesting in more
1 ways than one. How primitive was
at that time the mode of travelling
even of royal personages. We easily
recognize the regulations of Breviary
and Missal still in force concerning
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17
AN INDIAN GIvER.

The expression, Indian giver," is
used in allusion to the fact that an
Indian expects an equivalent for a
gift, or it's return. The term Indian
giver" probably originated from the
Indian custom of potlatch, an Ameri-
can Indian word signifying a gift
which is used among the American
Indians Of the northwest coast. 1t
also signifies feast in which a rich
person gives away the most of his
goods to members of his tribe, as the
evidence of his greatness, a custom
among Indians from Puget Sound to
south Alaska. Among these Indians,
giving is regarded as kind of ordeal
and the recipient is expected to re-
spond with interest. Among the Ka-
wakiuti, he must pay it back at the
rate of 100 per cent. The unit is the
blanket, and this custom is helpful to
the young warriors, who borrow and
bestow blankets on their tribe, and as
the return with some tribes is three
blankets to one, they are thus enabled
to furnish themselves with blankets
after paying back the lender with in.
terest.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17

cations, Jesuits, Marianites, Danes
de St. Maur, Sisters of st. Paul of
Charities, Ladies of the Sacred Heart,
the Paris Foreign Missions Society
and others contributing their quotas
to the general result.
There have been founded a semi.
nary, an orphanage for boys and an
up-to-date leper settlement, estab-
lished by the late Father Testewide,
where some 20 cases are treated in
the hospital. In the mission there
are 43 churches or oratories. These
are served as often as the number of
priests will permit.
The Catholic population Of the en-
tire mission area numbers about H.
600, of which nearly half are in
Toxic.
In 1919, more than 1000 adult bap.
tisms were registered. The Catho-
lie schools of the mission educate
nearly 1000 pupils, and are highly
esteemed by the government. They
are frequented by many hundred
Japanese boys and girls of good so.
cial standing.
The outlook is that in the next few
years the Jesuits and the Ladies of
the Sacred Heart will have doubled
the number of those under their care.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17

the celebration of the feast of the Ma
tivity of our Lord. There are Mathis
on this day exceptionally followed by
the first Mass, while ordinarily the
Holy Sacrifice is not to take place be-
fore Lauds. The chanting mentioned
as taking place between the second
and third Masses evidently is Prime
and Tierce, just as in the rubrics of
today, the third Mass is to be said aft
er the recital of these two small
hours" These regulations, of course,
long antedate the year 1414, but it is
pleasant to see in concrete instance,
how half millennium ago the Church
of the Ages worshipped her Creator
and Redeemer in exactly the same
manner as we still do. Nor does it
make any difference if in our days
many priests are obliged to avail
themselves of the permission to
change the succession of the various
functions as their other duties may
require. Moreover, the performance of
the parts outside of the Masses is in
no way obligatory in churches which
are not especially established for the
recital of the divine Office.
But most edifying, indeed, is the re-
ligious fervor of the faithful, royalty
included, who remained on a cold De-
cember day for nine hours in an un-
heated church. No doubt, when the
Gloria in ercelsis was repeated three
times before that devoted crowd, many
an ardent prayer for peace to men
of good WILL" that is, for the unifica.
ton of Gods holy Church, rose up to
the throne of the Almighty.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17
FAMILY ANNIVERSARIES.

Little family celebrations do much
to strengthen family affection. Take
advantage of any occasion that may
prompt a gathering of the family, let
not one slip away unnoticed. Mar
riages, births, no event of special in
terest should be neglected. No ami
Versary is more personal than birth
day, be it in youth or old age. Every
body likes to know that people are
glad he is here.
In the companionship of their
friends, young folks are forming ties
that the coming years will strength
en-. And when the young people help
to celebrate the birthday of a parent
or elder person, they learn thought
fulness in making others happy. AS
the years go by and life of joys or
sorrows is left behind, the aged per-
son looks eagerly forward to the cele-
bration of each coming birthday. The
fewer occasions like this one may look
forward to the more each anniversary
means.
One who has lived many years has
found out how fieeting is the JOY in
material things, and has learned to
value more and more love, affection
and the good will that comes from
the heart. In these family celebra-
tions, expenses need not and should
not be considered. The simplest gifts,
selected with care, a flower, card or
just a loving wish, carries much that
makes the day happy. A letter or a
card to the absent one will be sustain
ing power for good when lonely, home
sick or forlorn.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17
FRANKLIN'S MAxIMS.

You may be too cunning for one,
but not for all.
Many would live by their wits, but
break for want of stock.
What signifies knowing the names,
if you know not the nature of this.
Let thy discontents be thy secrets.
AS we must account for every idle
word, SO must we for every idle ST.
lence.
He that can have patience can have
what he will.
Great takers, little doors.
A sleeping fox catches no poultry.
If you would have your business
done, go; If not, send.
Ills easier to suppress the first de-
sire, than to satisfy all that follow it
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lation by her hash. She has been
mentioned in the published recollec-
lions of statesmen.
The days of her prestige were from
1897 to 1900, when she composed corn
ed beef hash for Senator Hanna at his
home in Washington. This famous
dish was produced every Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock.
President Mckinley himself, who
had been an admirer of Maggie for
many years and had taken Sunday
breakfasts occasionally with Hanna in
Cleveland, would often leave the
White House on a Sunday morning
and walk to the Hanna residence for
breakfast.
After the hash became famous, Sen
atcr Hanna got many extra leaves for
his table, which was capable of indef-
mite extension. 1t was alleged that
the senators and congressman in. the
iron clad Republican section invented
political crises as excuse for dropping
in on Hanna early Sunday morning.
Diplomats, soldiers and sailors, at
tached to embassies were said to have
angled for breakfast invitations.
Maggie was induced to dictate her
hash formula, which was widely cir
culated in American cities and foreign
capitals. Her masterpiece, however,
was seldom successfully copied. It
was always rumored that she made a
secret of one ingredient which made
the hash great.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17
THE OLD YEARS BLESSING.

am fading from you, but one draw.
eth near,
Called the Angelo of the COM
ing year.
If my gifts and graces coldly you for
get,
Let the New Years Angel bless and
crown them yet.
For we work together; he and I are
one;
Let him end and perfect all I leave
undone.
1 brought good desires-though as yet
but seeds;
Let the New Year make them blossom
into deeds.
1 brought joy to brighten many hap
py days;
Let the New Years Angel turn it into
praise.
If gave you sickness; If I brought
you care;
Let him make one Patience and the
other Prayer.
Where brought you sorrow, through
his care at length,
1t may rise triumphant into future
strength.
gave health and leisure, skill to
dream and plan
Let him make them nobler-work for
God and man.
Adelaide Anne Proctor
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and build your nest, little sparrow
But Jesse's sparrow sat still on the
ground. He couldn't fly or build a
nest.
FLY" cried Joah to his bird. ely
and find some seeds to eat" But
Joah's sparrow sat still on the ground
He couldn't fly or find any seeds. He
was only mud sparrow.
"Fly!" cried Daniel to his bird. ely
and help to keep the worms from the
barley" But Daniels sparrow sat
still on the ground. He couldn't fly
or keep away worms He was only a
mud sparrow.
FLY" coaxed little Luke. ely
maybe there's little mate waiting
for you somewhere" But Luke's bird
sat still on the ground. He had not a
mate anywhere. He was only a mud
sparrow.
"Fly!" said the other little boy to
his bird. ely away to the blue sky
and give US song as you CO."
And-what was happening? The
little boys bird was only mud spar
row. But wonderful hands had made
him, and a wonderful voice spoke to
him. His wings quivered, stirred,
spread. Away, away he few straight
towards the glad blue sky above the
hills of Nazareth. AS he went a sweet
exultant song of sheer joy floated
back to them.
Slowly the boys went back towards
the town. They had forgotten to
climb the hill to see the far-off ships,
and the snow-clad mountains. Joah
had dropped his lilies.
A little ahead of them, straight and
slender, the sunlight glinting glory on
his brown-gold head, walked the little
boy whose bird had flown away. One
lily, fresh as when he had gathered it
for his mother, shone with cleaning
fairness in his hand.
who is He?" whispered Daniel,
who was stranger in Nazareth.
'Hush!" said Jesse, "He is the Son
of Mary and of Joseph the carpenter.
You saw His shop as we came along.
His name is Jesus!" -Cntbogc gexo,d
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17
GROWTH OF CHURCH IN JAPAN
is ENCOURAGING

The present condition of Catholic
mission activity in Toxic and vicinity
is one of great promise, and is a
tribute to the work which has been
done here during the recent past. So
well has the work progressed that
now the prospects favor a great in
crease in Catholic numbers and in
fluence If the needed facilities are af-
forded
A survey of the conditions two
years ago gives a good indication of
some of the work accomplished. 1t
was not until 1899 that the missiona-
ries were able to travel freely in the
country, and the progress that has
been made since that time is indicated
by a glimpse at the position of two
years ago, after twenty years Of work
untrammelled by restriction on the
part of the authorities.
In 1919 the number Of Catholics in
the six centers Of the capital was
given as 5189. These figures show
the results of great effort.
The work is shared by various Cath
Ollie religious societies and congre'
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17
THE "JUsT GOING TO" MAN.

He was just going to help neigh
Dor when he died.
He was just going to pay note
when it went to protest.
He meant to insure his house, but it
burned before he got around to it.
He was just going to reduce his debt
when his creditors "shut down" on
him.
He was just going to stop drinking
and dissipating when his health be-
came wrecked.
He was just going to introduce a
better system into his business when
it went to smash.
He was just going to quit work
awhile and take vacation when nerv
Gus prostration came.
He was going to provide proper pro
lection for his wife and family when
his fortune was swept away.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17
WHO'S WHOSE7

They were discussing the very
charming woman who had just enter
ed the already crowded reception
room.
How we'll Mrs. Gage looks tonight.
She is really most beautiful woman,
and knows how to keep herself at her
BEST" said Mrs. White.
Mrs. Gage? She isn't Mrs. Gage
now" her friend answered. Don't
you remember she got tired of being
Cages widow and married Jaye last
summer? She is now Mrs. Jaye"
''Oh, dear, yes!" Mrs. White replied
81 forgot. But 1 would like to know
how any one can hope to keep in
mind all the matrimonial changes now
adays. Some one ought to publish a
reference book to help us. 1t might
be called, Who's Whose%"
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DO NOT WHINE.

Do not whine because there is no
one to help you get the thing you are
after. 1t does not matter particularly,
as far as the principle goes, whether
you want a concert ticket or an edu-
cation. The point is, that if you want
it enough you can get it, whether you
have anyone to boost you or not
Young people who sit about complain.
ing that they do not have friends to
help them, forget that in resolute
will and answering determination
they have helpers that can do for them
more, than all the world outside can
accomplish together.
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GATES AND DOORS.
CA Ballad of Christmas Eve. }

There was gentle hostler
(And blessed be his namely
He opened up the stable
The night Our Lady came.
Our Lady and ST. Joseph,
He gave them food and bed,
And Jesus Christ has given him
A glory round the head
So let the gate swing open,
However poor the yard,
Lest weary people visit you
And find their passage barred.
Unlatch the door at midnight,
And let your lanterns glow
Shine out to guide the travellers fee
To you across the snow.
There was courteous hostIer,
(He is in heaven to-night),
He held Our Lady's bride
And helped her to alight;
He spread clean straw before her
Whereon she might lie down,
And Jesus Christ has given him
An everlasting crown.
Unlock the door this evening
And let your gate swing wide,
Let all who ask for shelter
Come speedily inside,
What if your yard be narrow?
What if your house be small?
There is Guest whose coming
Will glorify it all.
There was joyous hostler,
Who knelt on Christmas morn
| Beside the radiant manger
Wherein his Lord was born.
His heart was full of laughter,
When Jesus, on His Mothers lap,
Gave him His hand to kiss.
Unbar your heart this evening,
| And keep no stranger out,
Take from your souls great portal
| The barrier of doubt
To humble folk and weary
Give hearty welcoming,
Your breast shall be tomorrow
The cradle of King.
| joyce Kline,