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Show PECULIAR BUT FETCHING METH- i'l OD8 HE EMPLOYS. Uses the Blunt But Forceful Language' fiH of the Plains to Bring Hard- ll ened Sinners to Repent- ll Seattle, Wash. In tho courso of an hour's preaching nt tho Volunteers of America mission, Snmuol S. Dqttes, tho "Cowboy Preacher," roped, ' , throwed nnd hog-tlcd Baptists, Meth- odlsts, Presbyterians, Catholics nnd " quite u number of other religious bodies. After getting his rawhide so-. curcly around tho orthodox denomlnu-Hons denomlnu-Hons ha proceeded to brand thorn with mnrks not exactly familiar (o tho cat-' tie ranges In Texas, wbcro tho -cow-boy preacher used to.rldo tho round-' '. , up. Kcttcs, who says tho prefix "Hay." . Is tho grease some mtfdBtcrs uso''to ' slldo Into heaven with, faced n mixed but entirely rccoptlvo audience when ho lnunchcd, or rather rode, full speed, into Ills discourse. Thoro wns o usual Bhoutlng coterlo ot Volunteers, but tho rest of tho hall was packed ' with men from tho strcots, who' wero ' attracted by tho flaring nlgns outsldo tho bnsoment cntrnnco, advertising tho "Qowboy Preacher," and by tho uproarious chorus of cries that varied ' tho singing. Tho preacher got somo enthusiastic yolls when ho dollvcrcd himself of especially caustic epigrams. A few of tils cholco ones woro as follows: "You nover hear of n man bnck-sliding bnck-sliding from tho Prcsbytorlan church, because ho had to backtilldo to get "Some people talk about tho Metbo-dlsts Metbo-dlsts converting 'sinners. Why, I can 'H hog-tlo any Methodist In catching sin- ?H "I'd rather bo n religious fool than jJ a dovlllsh sharp." jH "Tho hard shell Ilaptlst may got to heaven, but If ho docs he'll find out 'M l what an awful old fool ho wns on a "Religion Is n good cure for dyspep- iln. Tho man who cursos generally , has n stomach ncho coming -to him." "No true Christian will smoko n clg-urette. clg-urette. A cigarette Is a fool at ono and, n flro nt tho other, somo paper and dust In between." "Some Seattle ministers let their hobbles run away with them. They 'H need a religious bronco buster." "Long hnlr don't lot a prenchor through tho oyo ot tho ncedlo any easier than long legs." Incidentally, Mr. Bcttcs wears n 'H : good deal of hair himself, which he 1 ' I tosses back on his fofehond when he gots woll under wny with his plctur- ' esquo sormonB. lie took for his toxt, ' 'M "Who Ib she that lookoth forth as tho - morning, beautiful as tiro moon, ch;nr tia tlm aim ntttl tnt-rlliln na lit. nrnu' IliliV with banners," which ho snld wns " .M fronj tho Songs of Solomon, 0:10, Before tho sermon' began one of ' "''l tho Volunteers' nroso nnd asked for .M contributions. When tho pinto camo back to the platform, Bettos arose and iemnrked that ho needed 12 moro do- H lar3 to pay fur n now suit of clothes, H but tho 2 wcro not forthcoming. H His sermon denlt chiefly with tho 'H glories of unorthodox religion. Ho fl cnlls himself a free-will Ilaptlst, and JB frequently broko off short In his talk , to hand out somo scathing dcnuncla- ,M tlon of certnhf aspects of present-day flSG rollglon. Striding back and forth on JfiK! tho narrow plutform, his long Iron-gray hair falling In disorderly ninssos mffi ncross his brow, his fnco flaming red w and perspiring. hlB nrms waving, lists , , . iiJRu-: often clenched, ho poured forth a tor- jHw rent of words, at times ascending to In' holghts of uncouth eloquence, nt otl- jHfJS er times dropping buck Into slang or . vmd tho grotesque language of tho plains. Hi Onco ho stopped short In tho mid"-' Wti dlo of a talk about tiro beauties of tho story of salvation, leaned forward rf;-. over the edgo of tho platform and jSei' shouted at two glrla oil, the front so'at, r jkv' , who had boon wlikmorlng: "Shut WH I want you to shut up as long ns' I'm Jw talking. 1'vo got something to say, and. you, old curiosity, box1," addressing . 'wffi1 the girl who nppnrontly had started 3BT the conversation, "you wnnt.to know iKi how your hat looks, I suppose." ' The cowboy preacher has been In 'J9 Soattlo for n week, and It was stntud - 9H that ho will bo hero a weak longer. H Ho has preached nil over tho United sH States. Ho used, to bo a cowboy In Texas and herded cattle for six years. TlB H |