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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19
III LiddBe Sermon ON
DOING and Being

The persistent efforts of this person
and of that person to do Jesus did"
are remarkable and interesting revela-
Uens of our stupid Western liieralness.
1oRrdly anything else has happened in
Ahe course of recent evepls TO demon
strate how far removed from compre
hsnson of truth is the present day mind.
Ysu can never do" as Jesus did" for
you'll never be placed n anything APP
preaching similarity of circumstances
There can never be any comparison as
regards doing" The thing is ITO be-.
~ Christ was and is-to be or to become
Christlike.
In whatever environment you are paced
thu is possible. In whatever environ
sAnt you are placed the other is impos-
sgSle. The mind of man must turn from
enc outside Of life and its "doings" to the
inner side of life and its being" Doing
takes care of itself when being is cor
rected So, writes an emphatic contrib
utor 10 the New York Sun. let those peo-
pie well intentioned. no doubt. but dun
of understanding turn their gaze from
the outside world with its feeting con-
4itions. TO look upon their own souls.
their own motives, their own qualities.
Let them face themselves squarely, hor-
sstly, uniinchingly. and question them
selves sternly. nakediy, face to face.
Am l gentle and kind every iainute
Of every day?'
Am I absolutely genuine. or Is there
q bit of hypocrisy lurking somewhere
about me?"
''If my soul and my thought could ,be
seen. would I be willing to stand tight
out before the gaze Of the world and let
II be SEEM"
DO I feel perfect kindliness toward
every human belng?''
Where I best love. how unselfshly do
love?'
II each individual should study him
se1f with great earnestness as he
studies other peoples faults; II he should
attend with as strict attention to correc-
ton of his own as he does to the cor
rscting of other peoples ftilirgs: II each
one should but start out to become all
he ought to be. who can doubt what this
earth LIE would become? But while each
enc who desires to help stretches out
. long arm and reaches way over his
shortcomings to make good those of other
people. there is not mucho hope for this
poor old world.
Good morning. doctor" said min
Lster. Good morning. Are you busy"
Yes. very" returned the doctor.
That's good. That's good" said the
minister. You must be glad of that"
well, don't know" replied the doc
ts<. you know / live by the sufferings
Of other people"
"ohl we'll. we'll. You must not mind
that" continued the minister. You
knew I live by the sins of other peo
vas.''
slf-righteousness Is a grave stumbling
Mock. and just long as It Is thought
nat doing" is the way to heaven on
earth or anywhere else. instead OF be
ing" Just long will fail to make
connections with any better environment
er condition than that we are in at p.ss-
eat.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19
A SLAVE OF TOBACCO.
Love OF the Weed One OF the Weak
nesses of the Great Carlyle.

nesses of the Great Carlyle.
AS is well known, Thomas Carlyle,
the great Scottish essayist and his
torian, was a slave to tobacco. In his
home, his study or out of doors, he was
seldom seen without his pipe. and he
smoked the strongest tobacco he could
procure. During the last part of his
life he was sufferer from insomnia,
and his friend, Sir Charles Gaven
Duffy. once suggested to him that one
who suffered so much from sleepless-
ness and indigestion ought not to
smoke so constantly. Carlyle replied
that he had once given up smoking for
an entire year at the instance of doc
tor. who assured him that his only all
ment was too much tobacco. At the
end of the year he was walking one
evening in the country, so weary that
he was hardly able to crawl from tired
to tree. when he suddenly determined
that whatever was amiss with him
that fellow at least did not under
stand 1t" and he returned to tobacco
and smoked afterward without. let or
hindrance. In his latter days he used
a clap pipe made in Dublin and known
as the Repeal" He was unable to
renew the supply and Sir Charles Duffy
assured him that these pipes were
strictly reserved for believers in Irish
nationality and promised him a supply
II he qualified in the ordinary man
ner. Carlyle never qualified.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19
DECLINED WITH THANKS.
Famous Writers Who Found 1t Dimcult
to dispose of Works.

Famous Writers Who Found 1t Dimcult
to dispose of Works.
Young writers who find it difficult
to place their work have no cause for
real encouragement. II they have
ability they'll win in the end. Rider
Haggard is said to have had his enor-
mously successful work, King Solo
mons Mines, rejected by two or three
publishers before its ultimate appear
ance, when it caught on at once and
was the beginning of his fame. Still,
1t is hard to understand how book
like Vanity Fair could go to twenty
publishing houses, to be refused by
all. However, Thackeray believed in his
own work. and brought it out himself,
the result being fortune and fame.
Sartor Resartus was rejected by all the
chief publishers of London, who treat
ed 1t with something approaching
scorn. Tom Jones, the novel which
opened up a new field of fiction, and
to which Dickens acknowledged the
greatest Indebtedness, failed altogeth-
er to obtain publication until Fielding
had made a name as dramatist.
Uncle Toms Cabin was refused by a
uOZen puDIlSneTS anu IL WftS dl ichSIh
brought out in serial form by week
ly paper. Afterward small firm was
found to publish the tale at the usual
rate Of percentage. Lorna Doone went
to many publishing houses before one
firm agreed to bring it out. Mr.. Barnes
OF New York, was rejected by all the
American and London houses alike to
whom it was offered. Mr.. Gunter's
eventual decision was to publish the
story himself. 1t was an instant OF
success, and it is said that out of that
tale and Mr.. Potter of Texas the au-
thor made a fortune running into six
figures. Even the inimitable Rudyard
ktpling had difficulty in finding
publisher for his first successful work.
IL report is true, and now-well, there
Is perhaps no publisher in any English
speaking country who would not
jump at the chance of producing one
OF the great mans books always pro.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19

Hodgenville, KY. Correspondence
When Uncle Austin" Gollaher breath
ed his last up in the hills of LaRue
county year ago, it was said that the
last and only living childhood play
mate of exPresident Lincoln had died,
and that the stories still to be told of
the boyish pranks of the great emanci-
pator would be only an echo of the
dead. But still another survives.
Aged, infirm, and bent with the weight
OF SO years. Miss Sallie Castleman lives
all alone in little log house back in
a secluded portion of this county. al
most within stones throw of the lit
tie log schoolhouse where Abe Lin
coin, Austin Gollaher and she attended
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19
SPORTS in CHURCH.

Rev. Milton r. Kerr, pastor of the
Congregational church at Westville,
suburb of New Haven. Conn, is at
tracing wide attention by his unique
methods of drawing to his church
those who otherwise would spend their
leisure amid less elevating influences.
BY many the methods of the pastor
are warmly supported; by others they
are heartily condemned. A peculiar
feature in the situation is the fact that
the opposition comes largely from
members of the church who are not
blessed with an abundance of this
worlds goods. while the most hearty
commendation comes from the
wealthy, a class the methods of which
meet with Mr. Kerr's most severe de-
nunciation. The poor members are
afraid Mr.. Kerr will drive from the
church the necessary support of the
rich. while the wealthy members seem
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19

1t Is a notable fact that e
all tho lists Of the ten greatest msn
OF the century the world has produced
IAncolns name is found near the head
In all and foremost in many. The
ness. Not alone in mind was he great,
nut in heart and character. He was
typical Of the American idea Of equal
Hy OF opportunity. He was in the
fullest sense a self-made man. Not
merely that he hewed for himself
pathway from obscurity to the highest
civic honors. Other men have done
that. 1t is that he formed for himself
character upon which his fame was
builded. Born to abject poverty, to
neglect and abuse, the miseries OF his
childhood and the SORROWS of his youth
deepened the shadow with which his
spirit was endowed by wretchsd
mother. Reared in backwoois settle
ments, with the advantages Of only
one year Of regular schooling, pursued
by adversely until he reached almost
the prime of life. his strength OF mind
and heayt conquered every obstacle.
He was born to a heritage OF gloom,
but he was a capital companion and
IL good ory-teller. His quaint humo.
and wit were due to strangely orig
!nal and sometimes grotesque intellec-
tual perceptions and to marvelously
fertile fancy. He INDUCED these facul
ties as much by exercise of will in
order to throw off the depression
which weighed upon his own spirits
as for the purpose of affording enjoy
ment for others. In his later years.
when cares of state almost overbore
him, the relief afforded by this relax
alton is said to have averted utter col
lapse. In the most serious crisis he
would make some quaint remark or
tell an opposite story that would Case
laugh, and would Immediately re-
lapse into profound melancholy. But
he did not obtrude his gloom upon
others. He was always companionable
in social intercourse. He was the soul
of honor, scrupulously clean in his life
and had great, tender heart, pulsat-
ing with sympathy for every creature
in distress. He could not bear to see
anything suffer Other men have been
admired for their intellects or hon
ored for their achievements Abra-
ham Lincoln was loved for his great
heart. human sympathies and sorrows.
He yearned for peace on earth. good
will to men," he agonized over the
horrors and sufferings which war en-
tailed. hut governed by an unfaltering
sense of duty. his iron will carried him
through every trial. There was not a
moment during the four years of fra
tricidal strife that he was not ready
to hold out the olive branch If thereby
peace and union could have been Sc
cured. Destiny had foreordained that
the arbitrament Of arms should settle
! the questions at issue once and for all.
and Providence raised up Abraham
Lincoln, mighty Of mind. mtGhtier
still in the power Of common sense
strong in resolve and tender of heart
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19
License. Issued to Children.

Nearly twelve hundred boys and
girls are licensed by the city council OF
Liverpool to sell matches, newspapers,
bootlaces, ETC., upon the streets. Be-
fore the licenses are granted consen4
must be obtained of parents and guard
ians, as well as of the local school Of
ficials. The age limit for girls is from
eleven to sixteen years, and for boys
from eleven to fourteen years. No child
is allowed to peddle in the streets af-
ter o'clock in the evening. All must
be decently clad and free from physical
defects. No business must be done dur
ing school hours.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19
Pure Science and Bread.

To attempt to live by any scientific
pursuit is a farce. Nothing but what is
absolutely practical will go down in
England. A man of science may earn
great distinction, but not bread. He
will get invitations to all sorts of din
ners and conversaziones, but not
enough income to pay his cab fare.
Owen and Forbes are first-rate men
men who have been at work for years,
laboriously toiling upward-men whose
abilities. had they turned them into
channels of moneymaking, must have
made large fortunes. But the beauty
Of nature and the pursuit of truth al
lured them into a nobler life-and this
is the result. A man who chooses life
of science chooses not life of poverty,
but, so far as I can see, life of moth
ing, and the art of living upon nothing
at all has yet to be discovered.-From
1.-The Life ard Letters of Huxley" by
Leonard Huxley.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19
FUEL FROM SAwDUsT.
Austrian Firm Makes Profitable Busi-
of 1t.

ness of 1t.
The increasing scarcity and dearness
Of the ordinary kinds of fuel are lead
ing European manufacturers to the
consideration of various new products
and combinations which may serve in
place of coal and wood. The Ameri-
can consul at Coburg reports that saw
dust is being used extensively in that
country for fuel purposes. The saw
dust is impregnated with a mixture
of tar and heated to the proper tenn
perature. 1t is then passed over a
plate Of iron heated by steam from
which screw conveyor takes it to =
press, where it is made into bricks Of
the required size. One American fam
lily produced last year over 100000
of these bricks, costing about 16 centap
thousand, and selling at from -
cents to 81. This suggests the gu D
ton why the dust turned out in such
vast quantities by the great sawmills
of our numbering regions, most of
which now goes to waste, might not
be converted into salable product
for both domestic and foreign use. If
compressed into hard bricks, as in the
American process, the difficulty of
transportation raised by the bulkiness
Of the sawdust would be largely elimi-
mated
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19
A SOCIOLOGICAL TRAGEDY.

For years at college studied he,
- got his bachelors degree,
A. b.;
V4n he from college halls Withdrew.
u wondrous knowledge there they brew.
He knew:
Science dismal. science gay.
DAsnces in great array.
Snce social. science mental.
Ssfence sure. none accidental,
Arts besides in endless number.
Ordinary brains they'd cumber).
Arts most free and arts dependent.
Arts just plain and arts resplendents
Biology. philology.
Philosophy. theosophy.
Mathematics. hydrostetica.
Geology. psychology,
Cosmography. geography.
Microscopy. stereoscopy.
But why add to the grim citationS
Near all defy pronunciation.
And soon he boosted OF n wife.
Il fear me he began life
OF strife).
-Four years at college studied she.
me won her bachelor degree,
And
wondrous the things she knew.
Wise enough to fuster you,
Sciences occult and hidden.
hobbies scholiasts long have ridden,
Arts profound and arts unendins.
Arts i know not whittier tending,
Arts polite. though complicated.
Arts that much her soul elated:
Misrology. physiology.
Astronomy, economy.
Ceramics. dynamics.
Decoration. education,
Histology. cosmology.
Phonology, photolosy.
But why Increase the inventory
It's such a sad and awful story.
These two were wedded long ago.
II anything they now would know.
Ohio,
They, cooking for the when and why.
Consult vast volumes on the sly.
o myi
Their wisdom nearly all forgot,
cThey call all knowledge rot
/ woO,
Their thoughts ever given to
Nov ten per week may see them through,
Boo hooi
Nathan NJ. Levy in New York Sun.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19
kindneSs of Heart.

President Lincoln s kindness of heart
was known to everybody. His door
keepers had standing orders that, no
matter how great might be the public
throng. II either senators or represen-
tatives had to wait, or to be turned
away, he must see before the day clos
ed every messenger who came to him
with a petition for the saving of life. A
woman carrying a baby, waited three
days at the White House to sec Mr..
Lincoln. Her husband, who had sent
a substitute, had enlisted subsequently
himself when intoxicated and had de-
serted, been captured and sentenced to
be shot. On his way through the ante
room, Mr.. Lincoln heard the baby cry.
He instantly went back to his office
and rang the bell Daniel said he,
is there a woman with baby in the
ante-room? Send her to me at once.
She went in, told her story. and the
president pardoned her husband"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19

of crew of imprisoned whalers~
caught in the ice at Point Barrows IN
the fall of '97. Starting with small
party Lieut. Jarvis succeeded in doing
what no white man had hitherto ac-
complished-making his way overland
in the fury Of an Arctic winter.
through seemingly endless wastes OF
Ice and snow. and arriving at Point
Barrows in time to save the lives OF
the icebound whalers. 1t was for that
brave deed that he was awarded the
medal by congress.
Lieut.. Jarvis, whose home is in New
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19
Monolorue. Not Argument.

The late Charles Keene, the artist of
Punch, used to describe with great de-
light the method of a certain man
whom he called "a pothouse Ruskin."
This person was sitting with a friend
in an inn parlor and was haranguing
the other man on matters in general.
Finally the friend ventured mildly to
interpose an objection. The speaker
drew himself up with much dignity -
ain't a-arguing with you" said he. u
a-telling you
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19
:, oLN ,

INCOLN Day. Feb.
l2, is generally OBJ
served by Repub-
lican organizations
much as Jackson
day is the occa-
sion for the annu-
al gathering OF
Democratic clans.
The custom of cell
ebrating the ami
versary by appro-
pirate exercises in
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19
REV. NJ. r. KERR.

to agree with the pastors idea as to
the failngs of the rich in the line of
duty. One thing is certain-Mr. Kerr's
peculiar methods have succeeded in
snlarging the church membership by
forty within two and half years and
in greatly augmenting the attendance
at morning and evening services.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19

the public schools is extending as time
reveals more distinctly the magnitude
OF the work Lincoln wrought, the true
proportions OF the man and the funda-
mental character Of the principles he
exemplified
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19

to be the ruling spirit Of the times, to
temper firmness with mercy. There
was not drop Of blood Of hatred in
Lincoln's body. During the feverish
days of the civil war he was one man
whose motives were never questioned,
whose wisdom was trusted, whose
strength never failed, whose ear was
always open to appeals which his
heart was only too ready to grant
New York Ledger.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19

When asked how she passed away
the time alone, she said;
"Oh. when l am not busy with my
daily duties read the time away very
pleasantly l never get lonesome" and
going to a corner in the little room
she raised a curtain. showing row
works of the best authors from Milton
and Shakespeare down to the latest
literary works"
Miss Castleman is an extraordinarily
intelligent old lady, and talks quite
interestingly upon any subject that is
broached, her manners are refined and
her appearance rather striking
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19

The yoke was made by Lincoln when
he was on a farm near Decatur. For
several years 1t was in service about
the Lincoln homestead.
The yoke is of black walnut, and
shows evidence of hard usage. The
workmanship is rough, the iron parts
being especially crude, indicating that
they were made at country black
smith shop.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19

A recent Encouragement of relics in
the agricultural museum of the Uni
versity of Illinois brought to light the
old OK yoke made by Abraham Lin
coin and presented to the university
in the early '70s. By orders of Presi-
dent Draper the yoke was incloeed in
a glass-topped case made of boards
from the old Lincoln home at Spring
field.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19

vided he possessed the necessary
money.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19

Mrs. Statestreet-Did she marry her
first love? Mrs Stockyarde-Oh. my.
yes, Her first, second, third and fourth
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-19

Fortune seldom roosts on the hun.
~ of the faint-hearted.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-12

selling the trees. how the LOGS are con-
Quoted to mill. etc; the Mississippi river
discovery. settlement Of the valley; the
falls: the mills, the product OF the valley;
the literature connected with fhis region.
mentioning especially Longfello VS. Song
Of Hiawatha'' This is only tie general
outline of plan that may be made very
interesting to the younger pupils
Names enrolled yesterday were: Misses
F1oye MaIlonee, Ada Hlliard, Eigia
Koontz. city; Mrs. Nellie Smith. Anness.
The afternoon class yesterday took as
its special topic for discussion single
sentence in grammar, though all are az
liberty 10 bring up any question. whether
bearing on this question or not The class
is comparatively small as yet, probabl
owing to the hot weather, but the inter-
est does not flag. This win prove one Of
the most instructive classes Of the day.
Several of the teachers are taking adj
vantage Of the opportunity 10 secure in
struction in drawing. Mrs. Sweeney is in
her studio az the academy Tuesday morn
ings and Wednesdays all 6ay and is glad
to welcome new students at any time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-12
WAS He KIDNAPPED?
Little Ten-Year-0Id Boy Sud-
denly Disappears.
MOTHER Is FRUSTRATED
[ eft Home Yesterday on an
Errand.
MOTHER is FRUSTRATED

y ,- >. AIRED that the little 1o-year-old
7. Laird, teamster living at
,oo2 Santa e avenue. has been stolen
- +ranns T. te parents are almost pros
trated
The little fellow was sent up town at
20 o'clock yesterday on an errand and
nothing whatever has been seen Of him
since.
The police are making = ,diligent search,
as well as the neighbors OF the grief
stricken family, but no trace or tidings
OF the boy have ben found.
There is sickness among the other chill
dren and the parents are naturally IN
great distress Of mind.
The theory of the police IS that the boy
has been stolen by tranaps for use by
them as a hustler after food and money.
Yesterday a great many tramps were
seen in the neighbcrhood
The little fellow was not Of a disposi-
ton TO run away. He is quiet in his
manner and never has been away from
the family home very much. He has
been setn few times on errands, such
as he was sent on yesterday, and was al
ways prompt in returning.
The little boys name could not be
learned last night from the police officers,
but a description of him was obtained.
He is light complexioned, wore a dark
shirt, light, short pants and a dark
derby hat In conversation he is bright,
sc -s4hor 2. 700 frr- his q 90 and WAS Ia re-
footed VIXEN ne left home.
The people along the country roads and
Sn neighboring towns are requested TO
be on the lookout for him, especially
down IN Oklahoma, for it is thought
possible that he has been taken by tramps
bound for the new country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-12
BUILDS NEW SYSTEM
Long Distance Telephone
Connections for Winter.
COMPLETE TWENTY MILES
No Local Exchange Is to Be
Put In.

A new independent telephone system IS
heading for Wichita A p Champlin
Of Newton is building a new Iong dis
lance telephone from Newton to Wichi-
ia Mr.. Chsmplin already has establish
ed long distance telephone service be-
tween Newton and Mcpherson, saIina,
Abilene. Lindsborg and has arranged to
make connections with another inde-
pendent line at Hutchinson. The men are
now at work stringing the wires between
here and Newton. Although Nr. Champ
lin has local telephones at some Of the
above towns, he says ne does not intend
10 establish a local line at Wichita Mr.
Champlin viii be joined here by VIM.
F. Skies, owner and manager of the in
dependent telephone line at Wellington.
who has already ordered 50 miles OF poles
and wire for that distance. Mr.. Skies is
going TO run his line from Wellington to
Winfield and thence TO Wichita where
it VIII connect with Mr.. Champlin's line.
The line will be owned and controlled
by Messrs. Champlin and Skies
Mr.. Champlin said last night to an
ESaSie reporter Jnal so many OF the CiI-
ferent patents on the telephone were ex-
pir1ng that it was really a very easy and
not extraordinary thing for private par
ties now TO build telephone lines.
He also said that he had not as yet
secured an Office here but that he expect
ed his line to reach Wichita about Aug
ust; twenty miles OF the line between
here and Newton were completed.
Mr.. Champlin left last night for New
ton