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A MIRACLE AT ( By A. M. Carpenter in TI Out at. Cedar SpinIng Institute, the South 'Carolina School for the Deaf and -Blind, is Ruby Miller, a little thir teeni-year-old girl, who lost her sight and hearing at the age of two and a half years, who does not remember ev er hearing the human voice or ever seeing the sunlight or any other beau tiful thing, and yet is talking and laughing daily with her teachers and playmates, is studying English, his tory, geography and arithmetic, rak Ing clothes for her (lolls, and is lead ing as active anti as happy a life as the normal girl of her age. It is a miracle: it is nothing less. And the storv of it is a story of love aiil (I votion atiti :tinstaking effort almost, beyond belief. .lost people are famlltiar vith the achievemteits of LIaura lirtIgeian aid I.elei Kellar, th' first I(af anI blind pe'sonis inl tillSi <oulitry 14) he eIlu'at ed. illut Iaura lBridfgemian an(1 Ileleii Kellar lost their sight atii hearii.1 afler their early childlhood. anlti they -had fairly goml vovalm IIII4iiesiIS when their t'Iuention began. Rtuby liller lost her sight arli hearing in her earl iest chiih(llootl. before she col( fairly talk, anrd sie was not placed uinler' the care of the teachers at Celar Spring lunitil after she lial passedl hoe sixth year. Ily that time she had forgotten all that sie eer knew. And yet I)r. N. P. Walker, the president of.the Coiar Spring school, and his teacher s have penetl0rated the <luble veil behinti which this little girl's life was cast, atii have fotid lbhiid tli (larketss anl the silentce a bright intellect aild a lIov Iin itart. h'lese they have devel oped. step by slop ami(l today l'1iby Millet is a von(letrfully S.eet anid at tractivte child. She has a keen intc leet, a wholesoii selse of hu1mor, ani!I a h eart throbbing -with) love for h e r! teachrs anid playmnates anti for the whol world. S"he is as well informedI onl worl(I history and on Ciui'int evclts as the avoIrage child of h er age; she writes cre(itable compositions on varii oills stlbh-ts, uising a cohrimon type write' or the Braille system of raisetd leti rs w'itit Ziltal facility, anI, mi1or'e than all this, sh is Iearniig to spe-ik tlistittctly a1i corret'tly. It is won Ierfil ---it is nothin g less than a mir a--and every norial man or wo marn wio ias ever been in Iher pres enri(e has ton;e1 awivay abashrli ai(l ashamtied Antid hitumbled il Oith sight o God for failire to itmake tihe lest tus. of all ith iactiies, with whicit try hiave been e(lowetil. Ithy .\liler was born in Coltillbia, ali was a lormal child(. When about two atitl a hal' years ol( she hail a so r' illnt.a's, anli h.'lien she begani to recover she was blin( anti leal'. Plty .ticianis cotldh tio nothling fot' Iter; hter cas wa.i hto;w'ltss. itt liparetits kla:t hlr inl th'ir' h1 t til Sie wis siX ('et' Spinhg. I It. Waiker ant! his II(tt'ches bt'gani woikinig w.ithr ht'r anti rio progre'ss w'as miatle. I or imore, thian a year tirI eft'ta' - tert ini vain: they anti 'ht was aboullltt ali. At times shte wouhttli 'Ti'. way t(1 fits (If tmiwri if sih' httil watS or dlesi'ts shet haid nto way oft~ mkintg thiemrt kiiowtn. Aimore A\ft'ir sht' hadl bteen in the soo fr abotut a year .\liss Sarah links, htrseilf a gt'adutat e of' tte ,chool aniil air espe'ially' giftedl womtian, was as signedi as iht't teacher, aitui for' the past tix y'tars hats beein the little girl's cont 'ant comte.Ianioni. :iar'nis Walker, .'inipal ot' the school, says .\liss laniiks is n ti tled't to all thle ('red it for IRiuby MillIIer's tr'ainuing aind develop mieri, butt M\iss -hianiks will riot have it liat way. but d (ivid(es thle honor hr twcern lir. N. Ia'. WNalketr, tile pr'esidenrit, andl i anu I renis \\alIker, his son, t he iprin eipalI. IntI tire Walkers and NI iss hlanks always itut Rtiuby fir'st; they (1(1 niot think they have (1on1e anything es Itecia liy trmar'kablIe themisolvtes, buti they think Ilnuby is thre brighitest. ('hild they havme ever' known antd they riever' Iir'e of talking oIf her anrd her s-weet chanr'acter1 antI her hatieonce an rd ('ageri neoss t) Iea r'r. And1( Ilurby N\ilIIher doesn't thin ik slie hias don e anythIing ourt of the or'd ini'ry. 11cr ide: , and~ it is fr'equrrent Ily exiir'esse'd, is t hat everyb ody Is good~ t) heri. Shet ofiten says sire fears she is rrnale a'ideituia to'ly3( to xpress5I her lovye arnd grat itirtle, ''lhe Itatnhirs betgani Iturhy's etdtin wh' otea t''ionIC IuI nt'' Snite (t:t in the rrenerent of Ecrema. Itt er,' lmgwormn, itch, ti. Dona t becomett dittcoutragedct ht cause other tre':atment'ts fniled hut's 'Saltve has relie ved hun. Ir i'I orf t(t u ch enses. You enta't 00os' onf our Monay fitck (Guniantee. Ti y It ort our risk T''Y !ri't' 'c at L utons Dentg Co.n Innrrens, . f. EDAR SPRINGS te Spartanburg Herald. ion by trying to teach htr simple vords, using the finger allphabet. For t year they did not accomplish any hing, and 'Aliss Banks felt that her vork had been a failure anti wanted to 'esign. Mr. Walker would not hear of t; on the other hand he offered to in !rease her salary. A little had -been LecomIlishlied by the end of the see md year. and after that her progress tas been more rapid each year. Mr. Aalker said the other day that she iad accomplished more during the past 'ear than during all the previous -ears. Il1er progress now can be mark d almost daily. .\fter slt hald mastered the art of 'oelling word., oi her fingers, antid .nadiig words spelled in that manner >y others, tile next step was to develop etr vocal chords and teach her to ii er souinds anld frame the sottr 'Is into vords. With her fingers held lightly )t the lips of one speaking in an or lintary towe she learns to pronouiev lhe words herself. If she thispro ounices a word her teacliers correct her, aid she holds her fingers to tle lips of the oie speaking and iakes inother effort. Now her teachers are radully requiring her to use her vo Cal cords inl all her conversations, wiile they use the flngers in talking to lier. Scietimes in her eagerness she talks too fast aid it is dificult to uni lerstand all that she says, but this sim ple fault is being overcome. She pro ntoun1tCl's most of her words as clearly ai distinctly as ani ordinary person. She mastered the Braille alpiahlit for the blind, and ean read with flu ency books printed in that lantguage. She uses t li Braille systenm of writing with qupal ease, anld is now mastering the iew system of that language re cently adopted. Sie uses 'a collunton typewriter with skill. and writes a cleaner page than mainy experienced newspaper reporters, but site cannot read it after site has written it, and this i; a liandicap. If some genius would invent a typhewriter that 'would print a raised letter she would be greatly lielled. itiby .liller kntows all the ihutman emotions--love, fear, Jealousy and ev (-in hate, but love is her dominating passion. She loves her teachers and playmates. and she Is passionately de voted to some of them. Site dearly loves Laourens Walker, prii'ipal of the school, who has d]evoted litany hours to ier traiing, and she loves Miss Btanks, who has been her conpanion and teh for lon. .Much of herl love Is cen-tered in Loree AWalker, a little blinRd girli, who is a year or so younoger hatn Iterself. 'ITe other (lay one of her1' visitors was a magazine wvriter from New York City. Site was told that le was going to write a story about Ier for onte of the magazines. "I 'wat llim to write aboit Ioree, too, sie said quickly. "Sie is such a goodi littlet gIrl.'' Site would 1nRot rest utili assutred t ha t Loree shouldt h( avu' a place in thle story too. Onte day sotmeone asked if1 slit d il not think LaurenIi ils Wal kert was a goodt tmani. ''Yes,"' slit relli(ed qikty3, "lit is a gotod mian---he is God's mant."' Slit had beent tautght I hat (od is good, anor site knew~1 that ILaireni Walker was god~ to hit't. ther'ieforie lie wvas "'(od3 lii anR.' "I')ot's .\ir. lI,aii'enis WalIker 'e Iwhip y'oui?'' she wvas asked. A shy. swetet sile s wepht over t' i f'act, ''Not now,'' site rep lied. '"I tdot't nteed whippinig ntow, lot' I obei3 huimi. Ilut I did ntot obey' hint when' I then;t I was a regular' little hteatheni. I did not kntow God thlen. .\ r. I autremi dotes tttno t uish the clhildrent If thie 0 Noi notrmalI clilid of lier tage, ntor any gr'ownt persont, for thtat niatter, ha~s ani3 llby's5 days are dlivided into htoirt of studyI) and~ woik and~ play3. P.e haii abouIt thle samte stuldi es as thte or'dina r3 gir'l of lier age. Site uses thle or'dIaiar school text books, antd Is w~ell grouind ed in Engl ishi, antI is dloing goodi wor'l in muathemta tcs, -She dotes the ulsua prlR'llems in addIt ion, mu ttI p1lieantiot attd suttract ion with ease. Anid sh kniowYs history' atid geograpity antd h kep'lt well in formeod oniou urentt evenits D~ur ing the pr'ogr'ess of the world wa' she closed her ni iightfly .pr'ayer's with It pet itioni for' eai'ly speace. Site knev what the war' was about, and she ire .hOi'edh whien the r'ight tr iliiiumplied. Slt hter' workitig houris, witich ar plannted as di vers'ion fronm thle t iin sipent on her' hooks, and In tortdtr t keep hot' act ive littlIe mindt busy', site I miakIig janiey bagket s out of fIlre an e'vetn pine tneedlos, alnd her wor'kmnan shiip is reailly good. A few (days ag shte want ed to mnake a itew driess fo oni o (f heri tdollis andi was giv~en a piec of clothi. She ('ut the gatment antd (li all thte sowing hei'stelf, andl it was good lit. .hlny a giril 'with good eye 'outd n( Rot have (lone haltf so wvellI. Site kntows all abotut the schtool buiild ing, anid goes up anti downi the stair' and around the grounds almost as 'well as any of the other childron. A few days ago, while some visitors were present, Laurens Walker told her he would send for Loree Walker, her lit tie chum. "Let me go," she exclaimed, and jumped up and hastened out of the room and down the stairs and returned in a few minutes -with her arms en twined around her chum. "Loree Is such a good girl," she said, as 'hc came forward. "Sometimes I just get hungry to have her with me and love her." . "Introduce Loree to the visitors," said Mr. Walker Rpelling the words in to Ruby's hand. "I don't understand," was her re ply. "Why," he relied, "when visitors coeic I tell you their names and I tell them your name '' "Oh," she said, "I unaerstand now." And she carried off the introductions as prettily as anyone could havc d'nw it. "hI'at was something new for her," said Mr. Walker to the visitors, with his Oyes shining, "Blut she got away wit h it, didn't she " Many stories might' be told to il lustrate this 'wonderful little girl's aecomplishmii'ents, and the wide and varied amount of knowledge that she has acquired, but all would oily go to prove this outstanding fact: That 'with the exception of being deaf and blind, Ruby Miller is as well educated as the average girl of her age; that she has many accomlplishments aside from mere book knowledge, and that she is happier than many, many girls -who have all the faculties and who have had every advantage that friends and relatives and money could give. She has a happy disposition, 'putie faith in God and deep love for her friends and companions. Just now sit is looking forwardI to Ihe school vacatioi in the summ ri*, and she wants to go to her home in Coilumbia for her Vacation. She wants to go barefootei dur1' ing the summer, and'she wants the teaclers to let her hair grow longi "I am getting to be quite a big girl now," she says, "and I shohild not have short hair." laurenm Walker pli-tl Ised her the other day that her hair' should not be cut again Then one of lier visitors said he would send her some hair ribbons. "''lhainl yout," she said, prettily. "I won't need It for atwhile yet. but I will keep it until I do need it." There are now 250 chil1dren at th< Cedar ;ring Institute, and there art 110 happier children anywnere. 11r Walker has for yars eliminnated the word "iunfortu nate'' c1ildren from tih school vocabiulary. ilie has carefull. tauglt all these hlind and (leaf chil dren that they are not unfortunates that there is work and opportunity foi them in the world, and that tihey car make of Ihem selves what they will, Many of the graduates of the school Sone blind and some deaf, are holding responsible positions in various line, and are making the best of citizens The hildren at 'edar Springs do no feel t hatI they arme ini need of symnpath.3: anid they resent It If it is offered. Tl'i' literary departtmen t of t ho school ear' rih's pupils1 thtrough the high schioo gr'ades and lIt s t hem foir ('01llego or' un I ver'msity, w~hile' the boys are taught va ious trade's and the girls ate laugh all lbhe dlomest Ie( seienlces. (GraduatI of ('edar Spring arc .well e'ttipped fo all the dutties of life. It is a fact that shoul be ment ionei here that durIng all lhe yeairs that hi has beein at the head of' thle schIool lh legisitoure has never' r'eflused a sin il dlollar' that I)r'. W~alker' has asked fot lie mua kes uip hiis budcget yeart aft e y'ear, showing whait h(e neds andt thi 'iurpose's for whIiich lhe p ropocses ti spend it, antd thle flgurecs arie n eve chaniged. No ot heir state Inst i tutlot has ever hiad sucht trteat ment at t h hantds of the leg islatturte. Tlhiis yea tih' legislatur'e did( an unusual thinp event fotr Cedari Spt'lng, rot' it appro' priated .$7,000t fot' thle Otre(etlon of a res i dence for lbhe pre'sidlentI of the school Dir. Walker' did( not ask fot' thle applro piat Ion, and knew no1tig of it until he found the Iem' in the bi11.ll; t Walketr has tmade his home for' years Ii one Oed of the admni strtatlion hllid ini and has noveri thought of huavi ng sep a rate cptarteris, but last summer01 som tmdtiembes of the legislal ture, 'whlile vis Itinug the in sti ttion (leeiledi that I w~ouild be' a nice thing If he couild hav a home of hIs own .vbleh to speon his (declInling years and they put t~h ailproptiatlion Ii thogh without ask In him anythIng about it. Ile wa's great 15' Sur prised when lhe heatrned wha t -ha beetn done, hut lie apprieciates it, C cour ise. > hut. nothing is too good foi' a ma w ho has been for' so lotng at thle bea I of such a school as Codar Sprinug, - man who has sirronded hliself wIt a corps5 of tc'achers eapiable of t 'echIn lie deaf and blind, andI (even tela('hln a child who is -both deaf and blin I and developIng hier into an at Itractlv and accompilished yount'g woman. SFor' Ruby Millet' Is just noiw start ing. 'She has acquitred a thirst fo knowvledge, and 'her mind Is stron. nougth to nanrh' nnr teinn W~thta a .few more years she will be one of the best educated and most cultured young women to be foun'd anywhere. 'Is it any wonder that one -'who think's of what she has done, and of 'what has been done for and with her, should feel wretched in 'the realization of his ne glect of his own talents and opportuni ties? ' Is any greater lesson taught 'by any of the ciracles than is given -in the story of Ruby Miller? Feel Good AN0 Over Itelieves the Aching, Feverish feeling. Stops Coughs. Colds, Sore Throat. Loosens the Phlegm-Clears the Head and Cheat. 35c Your Druggist's. A. E. HILL Of Spartanburg Former Solicitor Seventh Circuit Announces FOR CONGRESS The "N Zig-Zag Tread - t Mechanically aind scientilcall7 (rrect for .- - greatest security mider il rW) c. n /ition . - - ito 5 and , shuled C 11c13 alternate - 0h brth sides T e of eTtrie frdT heavy tre K s o SYUdd19 i3 m donmi 't I srwi aar ousrn ca or uts eno 'Fifcf e toii i trihieciite t i t Line of ticad are ti ek,irut,! r il a ht ..I. ... .0 assist In kping t as tct sso . head 3 a ... .. . . 1 Different. codtosms emtdfeetyht i s whTe bd hree ypes of Tires for Thrree kinds of ~ Yss The rigt type afrc oor inrpups is theriner cbuiltc ~r!P::c:TcIr 00 espe rall for e tha use.frT re Y~ns - s youn use different oil in the cylinders t uan In thlre ar :o h.i osit Ity Different, coniditionis muist bie mt differenitly. 'Iliat13 Itmetimlmr ir(ril retr. DVaap~dA.I-I) iry Lee builds three types of tires for tire kitds of uses. 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