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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15
NATURES DAY In LITERATURE

series. These works very accurately
described the life of the animals and
gave children in an interesting and
attractive form secrets of the life and
habits of the animals which they
otherwise would not have had.
Then there is what may be termed
the poetic department of nature litera-
ture. In this broad and comprehensive
field, material and animal nature has
been used to illustrate and emphasize
the sentiments and thoughts sought by
the poets to be put into such form
as will make a lasting impression upon
the hearts and minds of readers. The
dove is used to illustrate the thought
of purity, as:
"Oh to be as pure and spotless,
AS must be the heart of the dove!"
Again the fox is used as an illustra-
ton of shrewdness, trickery or deceit,
as:
Surely the doer of such deeds as
Took long and early lessons from the
fox!"
The deer is often used to fasten up
on the mind thought as to gentle
ness or Weakness, as:
"She was to gentleness bred and
born,
AS is the gentle deer"
Then when it comes to the field of
material nature, the poet has found
himself very much at home. In de-
scribing the poor man who is longing
after the things brought by wealth,
Maurice Thompson has sounded a
beautiful note as to the freedom and
beauty of nature when he says:
Though I am poor and cannot buy.
The rare, time-mellowed, things of
art;
God keeps an open gallery
OF glories for the poor in
heart"
And another poet in speaking of mis-
love of nature, says:
/ do not count the hours l spend
In wandering by the seas;
The forest is my loyal friend
Like God it useth me.
In plains that room for shadows
make
OF skirting hills to lie,
Bound in by streams which give and
take
Their colors from the sky:
Or on the mountain crest sub
lime,
Or down the oaken glade
o what have to do with
time?
For this the day was made.
Last and least of the departments of
literature affected are the historical
biogra phical and anecdotal. In this
field the Seton Thompson productions
were the earliest and have led to
hundreds of others of a similar nature.
This field has been more heavily over
worked than any other. All the ga
zines have devoted various amounts of
space to such articles and the publish
ers have issued an unwarranted nCm-
Der of books. Some of them have been
artistic gems, giving life-sized pictures
OF the animals in their natural colors.
The works have been exceedingly ex-
haustive in character. describing accu-
rately and infinitely the whole history
and life OF the animals and their species,
You are carried into the holes and
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15
THE SEA.

I stand upon the summit of my life.
Behind the camp. the court, the field,
the grove.
The battle, and the burden: vast, afar
Beyond these weary ways, behold. the
Sea!
The sea, o'erswept by clouds, and winds,
and wings:
BY thoughts and wishes manifold:
whose breath
Is freshness. and whose mighty pulse
is peace.
Pa1ter no question of the horizon dim
Cut loose the bark Such voyage itself
IS rest:
Majestic motion, unimpeded scope.
A widening heaven, a current without
care.
Eternity! Deliverance, promise, course.
Time-tired souls salute thee from the
shore.
BRowNLEE BROWN.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15

house, too, of large proportion, with
thick walls of stone, massive founda-
lions of concrete, oaken doorways,
quaint windows, solid foorings and a
most durable roof.
Every day in the week the we'll
known litterateur is busy at house,
building, from sunrise to sunset. Dress
ed in mechanics overalls and jumper,
tar hammer and saws and joins wood
work for the door and window frames
and carves and fashions interior wood
en- parts of his edifice when each is
needed. In fact he is doing all the
work on his big and solid house, as
sisted by an Indian boy, from a New
Mexican pueblo.
When days work with trowel, ak.
chisel or hammer is finished and din
ner with the family in the temporary
dwelling hard by is over. Mr.. Lumnnis
climbs the stairs in the part of Ms
house already finished. Then at his
desk In his den until a. m, he works
away at one of the five books he is
preparing under contract.
All together. Mr.. LummIs has been
hard at work upon his house some
thirty months, and upon the broad
lines he has laid out for himself he
VIII be householder for at least six
years more.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15
A PLEA FOR A HIGHER
SOUTHERN LITERATURE
BY EDWARD YOUNG CLARKE. JR.

IN MERGING from the destructive
influence of the Civil War pc
ried the South has risen to a
position of prominence in the
literary world of which it may we'll be
proud. And, indeed, there can be ad-
vanced no sound reason why the
South, from a literary standpoint,
should not be the most representative
section of our country. This side of
the imaginary Mason and Dixon line
have occurred some of the most nota-
BILE events in American history, and
the civilization of the South has at
that has blessed the world. Rich in
literary material and number and
ability of writers, the literature of the
section should be able to stand the
test of the most rigorous comparison
with that of any other and yet re-
ceive its diploma as the highest and
best American type. The precedence
of Southern writer's to-day is but an
earnest of what may come in the flu
ture, a finger pointing the way to
wondrous opportunities which can be
made to work out for the South a
name and place in the worlds rec
ord of literature of lasting endurance.
o." responsibility.
The uture literary honor or shame
of tbs South in the annals of a his
tory Wfith its writer's by their efforts
and productions are instrumental
in making depends largely upon the
self-sacrifice of Southern authors up
he alf Of l..As,,
and the highest interest of their Sec
ton. 1t is a fact worthy of constant
remembrance that each production by
a Southern writer lowers or lifts the
general grade of Southern literature.
In this day when many writer's and
publishers are rushing upon the public
so much that is the veriest trash, de-
serving the torch rather than the at
tention of the reader, the example
set by Southern author we'll deserves
the highest commentator. 1t is stated
that, after spending much time in the
preparation of novel, he finally saw
it completed, and one afternoon sat
down to read it over. When his re-
view of the work was complete, in an
audible but musing tone of voice, he
said:
II doubt not that 1 could easily find
publisher for this story, and it
would probably bring me in a neat
sum of money which 1 need But
above the love of money or even the
supply of my actual wants comes my
responsibility to my section and to lit
erature. The story is not an excel
lent one, and unless l can produce
work which will reflect credit upon my
section l will not produce any at ALL"
and SO saying he silently laid the type
written manuscript in the fire. This
little incident is a very apt one in il
lustration of the idea of personal sac
rif1ce on the part of authors. The next
day this author commenced work upon
another novel. which is considered by
the public his best.
The SOuth's Opportunity.
While others are striving to write
that which is popular" and publish
ers are eagerly awaiting it's produc-
ton by publication to fatten their
purses, the opportunity for Southern
writer's to take a firm stand in behalf
of the highest literature is both en-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15
AN ARAB PROVERB--" MEN ARE
F0lJR"

The man who knows not that he knows
q not aught--
He is fool; no light shall ever reach
him.
Who knows he knows not, and would
fain be taught
He is but simple; take thou him and
teach him.
But whose knowing, knows not that
he knows
He is asleep; go thou to him and
wake him.
The truly wise both knows and knows
he knows
Cleave thou to him and neverrnore
forsake him
london spectator
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15
AN AUTHORS TASK.

Charles F. Lumnis. author of a
dozen books on southwestern subjects,
the acknowledged man of letters In
Southern California, and an authority
on Spanish and aboriginal history In
the southwest and Mexico. Is building
IN the suburbs Of Los Angles, cal.
MS own house with his own hands
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
A Hint 70 Merehan,,.

In view Of the well known fact that
hundreds Of dollars are sent out Of
this neighborhood every month to
eastern mail order houses, the follow
ing pointed facts Expressed by cor
respondent Of . country paper may
be In place here. His communica-
tion says:
''If our home merchants would adj
vertise their goods propely, the large
supply houses would find their trade
falling Oh In the country districts.
The big department stores advertise
and give prices on every article,
while the home merchant, II he ad-
vertises at all, seldom quotes prices.
We like to read In our home papers
the prices for which we can buy goods
from our home dealer, together with
y description of the goods, 30 that we
may know what We can purchase
from our home stores. The home
merchant, nine times in ten, sells his
goods rs cheap as the same grades Of
goods are sold by any Of the big sup
ply houses, but their customers don't
know It A merchant must not think
that even his best customers are 10
familiar with his goods and prices
that the know all about It without
being informed. We can buy M
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
Lowest of the Year.

Clay Robinson's Kansas City circu-
lar says:
"Receipts of cattle the past week
have been the heaviest Of the year,
1900 head, which was about $500
Less than a year ago. Receipts Of
good cornfed beeves were probably
the smallest Of the year, but the de-
mand WAS also small. Green to
medium native stock and Westerns
came In liberal number and prices
for them have declined sharply till
prices AEe naE the lowest Of the sea-
son. The run Of cows and heifers
has been large and quotations have
declined to the low point of the sea-
son. Stock calves broke big &c.
The stocker and feeder market has
been over-supplied and prices are at
the low market of the year. Heavy
leaders declined more than anything
else. Veals firm. Bulls weak to
lower. Receipts today September
2s) were 5000 at Kansas City, 10000
at Chicago, 1900 at Omaha, 1900 at
st. Joseph and 1850 at st. Louis.
The market was 10 to 15c lower.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

+ A good joke is being told on u
yoang bachelor farmer living on
Egeria creek which, If true, takes
every pie In the pantry. 1t seems
that for the past two years he has
been wr4ting to girl in Kansas, In
tending some day to ask her to marry
him. He met her at Trapper's lake
and the summer was pleasantly spent
at the young mans ranch. The
other day he received letter and u
picture from her. The letter an
nonnced that she had been married
for a year, the picture being that Of
q baby. "My husband and I have
enjoyed your letters very much,"
she wrote, "but guess you had bet
ter stop writing, as I have to spend
all my time now caring for the baby"
-Yampa Leader.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
Who Was the Doctor.

.aTraveling on another fellows pass
is sometimes dangerous thing" said
. man quoted by the Philadelphia
Times. mot SO long ago 1 had oc-
casion to go to Pittsburg, and borrow
ed pass from friend of mine, who
is a physician, in addition to being
one Of those favored by the railroad.
The conductor took up the pass with
the others, for over night, rs is the
custom, and 1 thought everything
was al right. But about o'clock In
the morning I was aroused from .
sound slumber in my berth by some
one shaking me. looked up start
led. It was the conductor. Sorry to
disturb you, DOCTOR he said, but
there's man In the car very sick.
Won't you take look at him.
Here's pretty Ak thought !, but
I'll have to make the bluff good or
forfeit the pass So 1 got up, slipped
on my clothes and looked at the pa
tient. He WAS breathing heavily. /
felt his pulse solemnly, measured It
by watch, and then said, as though
knew just what allied him: Is there
any one here who has fiaskT
II had half q dozen offers in q minute
Give him two teaspoonfuls every 10
minutes,' said L. and bathe his head
with ice water l knew that pre-
scription wouldn't hurt him anyway.
After the first dose, the patient rallied
and 1 was just congratulating myself,
when the conductor came up with
another passenger. Here's fellow
pl.ysician, doctor, he said. Perhaps
a consultation will be In order. 1
shook hands with the new conner,
trembling in my boots. What have
you given him, doctor" he asked
sharply. i told him. Excellent he
said. The patient got better, and
the next morning when we alighted
at Pitssburg, the joke being too good
to keep, 1 made clean breast Of it to
the physician. He laughed. so
your mot q doctor at all, eh?' he said.
Then he laughed again and looked
about him cautiously. Say, old man,
he said in a whisper, that's good
one. Neither am L."
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
The Republican s.a,e CoaveniIon

The Republican State Convention
The Republican state convention
was held at Denver on Tuesday end
Judge Campbell Of the supreme
bench was nominated to succeed HIM
self.
The usual fracas between the VOL
cotites and the antis came on. but
after being defeated the antis re-
treated In good order and will fight
harder another day.
Ex-senator Wolcott was made
temporary chairman, and this fol-
lowers having captured everything
In sight received great ovation.
The Democrats and everything else
were duly damned, and the following
from . ''leader'' in the Pueblo Chief
tain, the able champion Of the anti
cause, shows what kind of ''harmony"
prevails in the Colorado G O p camp
at the present time: Il
'.The Republican state convention
at Denver yesterday declared In favor
of law and order and good govern
ment and the Republican state COM
mittee approved and condoned high
handed and outrageous fraud upon
the elective franchise and uncere-
moniously threw into the streets Of
Denver David H. Moffat, Col d. G..
Dodge, Dannis Sheedy, Mayor
Wright and II other leading and re-
preventative Denver citizens and
state builders without even the de-
cency Of according them hearing"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

There is to be n battle royal be-
tween the beet sugar industry Of
Colorado and the Havemeyer sugar
tFast. 1t is proposed to erect refin-
cries throughout the sugar beet coun-
try that will secure so large an out
put that they will be on equal footing
st least with the trust. Ttis move is
0f immense interest to Colorado, as
here the best quality Of sugar beet Ii
raised and this industry has been en-
dAngered by the encroachment Of the
trust. Men of ample capital are back
ing the proposed movement towards
the erection of additional refineries.
Real Estate News.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
s:;z: Bssss s&E g.: n, Sc: IS.

Mrs. Mollie Allen of South Fork,
KY, says she has prevented attacks
of cholera morbus by taking Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
when she felt an attack coming on.
Such attacks are usually caused by
Indigestion and these tablets are just
what is needed to cleanse the stOm-
ach and ward off the approaching at
tack. Attacks of bilious collie may
be prevented in the same way. For
sale by Strehlke Bros, druggists.
Go to Edwin p. Mays for LAUNDRY work.
AT Meeker hotel. Agency for Troy-Globe
Laundry. Also, suits cleaned md pressed.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
Colorado Midland.

1000 mile books, 5000; good on
Colorado Midland, Rio Grand West
ern, Midland Terminal, Colorado 4
Southern including narrow guage
lines, and part of the Santa Fe systsm.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
Dissolution Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the
partnership of Shankland Bros. is
this day dissolved by mutual consent.
ID. f. Shankland will assume all liza
bilities of said firm and collect all
outstanding accounts due the same.
SIMON v. SHANKLAND,
DAVID f. SHANKLAND.
White River, Colo, Sept. 10, 1903.
s19-olO.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

II Judge Overs proves as valuable
an adjunct to the Republican party
In this campaign az he did In the
last, the party will be under renewed
obligations to him for his self-sacri-
fee In running on . losing ticket
Pueblo Chieftain (Rep.)
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

For several months our youngest
brother had been troubled with tndi-
gestion. He tried several remedies
but got no benefit from them. We
purchased some of Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets and he
thirty days he had gained forty
pounds in flesh. He is now fully re-
covered. We have q good trade on
the tablets.-Holley Bros, merchants,
Long Branch, Mo. For sale by
Strehlke Bros, druggists.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

Through some unaccountable over
sight ~ the Republican state con-
vention forgot to indorse the admin-
istration Of Governor Peabody. Can
1t be that the senatorial war; Of
last winter had anything to do with
this omission?
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
Military Notes.

Judge Seeds OF the Teller county
district court ordered the release Of
the prisoners held In the military
..bull pens" at Camp Goldfield. At
first the military authorities were not
inclined to obey the orders Of the
court but Governor Peabody in
structed them to obey the judges
mandate, and they did.
Another batch Of furloughed and
new men left Meeker "Wednesday
morning for Camp Goldfield. In the
party were Bob Hendren, DIR. Kirk
patrick, e. ]. Brothers and Charles
Mcdowell. Art McNew Is to Join
the party at Rifle.
.uToughey" Meadow, who once held
the belt as the toughest boy in this
town, was one Of the men who Joined
Troop D at Rifle, and reports say he
is . good boy and a good soldier now.
The state papers are beginning to
''size" the Cripple Creek "war" up
as liable to last for several months.
That's always been our opinion.
General Chase declares that the
Cripple Creek trouble, is nearing an
end.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

a. eap at home as we can anywhere,
ad it is the merchants duty to edu-
rte his customers to that belief.
PHnter's ink is the great business ed
ucAtor."
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

Mr.. Moffat has again announced
that "there is nothing definite to an
nounce yet about the roads course
through the state, for no route has
been decided upon"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

The annual payment to pensioners
of the war with Spain now amounts
to e, 100, 600 per annum and there are
5000 applications still pending.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

Since passing into the hands Of
Mrs. Catherine P. Burgess, the Como
Park county, Record is greatly inn
proved eyeryway.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

Love Mt first sight Is often II case OF
looking through the wrong end Of the
telescope.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-12-07
Grain and Stock Judging Course at
the Agricultural College.

Next Tuesday a ten day stock and
grain judging course will be inaugur.
ated at the Agricultural College. This
course OF training will be open to
farmers and young men desircus Of
receiving instruction in judging live
stock. selecting seed grain and in
grain grading. Experts will have
charge Of the several departments and
the ten days allotted to the work will
be proftably spent. Three days will
be devoted to Judging horses under
the direction of DR. Currier of Min.
nesota. three days to Judging cattle
under the direction of Supt. o. C.
Gregg, superintendent OF the Mime
sofa Farmers Institute and two days
Will be given to judging sheep and
two to hogs. Grain judging will be
made a Part Of each days work. This
course Of instruction Is given for the
benefit Of farmers and their sons and
those who attend will be greatly bene-
fitted. The course will begin Tues
day. Dec. Sth. and continue ten days
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-12-07

The report that George B. Winship
of the Grand Forks Herald, has placed
his resignation as register Of the U.
s. Land Office at Grand Forks in the
hands Of the president, the same to
take effect as soon as his successor is
appointed, Is no surprise to his
friends. Mr.. Winship's paper is now
by all odds the best paying newspa-
per in the state and inasmuch as the
salary Of a government position is
no longer necessary for the comfort of
the Grand Forks editor and as 1t is
Mr. Winship's desire, on account of
The health Of his wife and the pleasure
Of himself. to spend the winter south,
this resignation may readily be un-
derstood to have no particular sig
nificance.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-12-07
@&@G:E>zD

1t is very kind of the Washington
correspondents tc advise the people
of the northwest that it will do no
good to send delegation to Wash
ington from u e North Dakota irriga-
tion congress. This may and it may
not be inspired by the officials of the
reclamation service in Washington.
It may he inspired by the land script
syndicate or some other interest or
faction that nas more interest in New
Mexico. Arizona, Wyoming or Neva-
da than it has in North Dakota and
the northwest But it is safe to pre-
dict that the North Dakota push will
go down to Washington just the same
This is the season of oysters and sea
food and our representatives want
little diversion anyhow-even at the
risk of incurring the displeasure Of
the officials of the irrigation service.
1t is possible that this delegation may
want to see some of the reports "cov-
ering a dozen years or more" show
ing that North Dakota has no feasible
irrigation projects They may wish to
talk to some of those competent en-
gineers of the geological survey who
have examined North Dakota so thor
oughly. 1t is strange that our people
haven't seen more of these govern
ment engineers who have been work
ing such "tho, ough" and complete"
surveys of our streams and valleys
with view of determining the feast
bility of irrigation projects. If in our
desire to retain the moneys contri-
buted ny this state to the irrigation
fund until such time as 1t shall be
demonstrated that we cannot use Il
to advantage In the state, we are
very Jealous, we feel that we will be
pardoned after proper introduction,
by the "oficers Of the irrigation SER
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-12-07

1t would appear from news tele-
grams from Washington that the Off
cials of the reclamation service have
already decided to do no work in
North Dakota. They advance sever
nj reasons for their decision, among
them being the statements that there
are no large projects feasible. and
hat what projects are feasible would
require too much money 1t is, we
believe, the first time the officials Of
the service have stopped at the Ques-
tior of money. Projects are already
in hand for southwestern states
where tunneling through mountains is
feature, and the estimated cost OF
works reaches up into the millions.