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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
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grows richly, yet among whose green
leaves no sign of bud or flower is ever
seen-or IL in long stretches of time a
bloom-so it is with many lives; some
thing failed them that was needed to
bring out the color and beauty. They
missed the elements that make for
soul-growth. Nothing seemed re-
CURED except what could be wrought
eled for want of the nourishment it
would have received if its powers had
felt the drawing of a great love and
had unfolded to meet it. Kept close
shut in its narrow cell. it could not
grow into beauty and vigor.
We must crush the rose petals to
get the full sweetness of their per-
fume; we must exercise both body
and brain if we would develop their
strength and beauty; and so with the
heart and soul, we must use them, We
must weary them, if need be, in active
any project, our best efforts. In other
words, we must give ourselves"
There can be no such thing as hap
piness in the performance of any OF
life's many duties, TO joy to be found
in any service, which fails to call out
the inner self, the heart power. and
this is why so much life work fails to
accomplish the best results, even when
the best is needed; and yet the one
who labored may have labored faith
fully with every power he could call
into action, and failed simply because
the heart was left untouched, perhaps
even forced back into it's secret
chamber, and the door barred by a
blind ignorance of its worth, or an in.
difference that was fatal to its best
interests.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
Kit Carson Was Quiet.

Kit Carson was a grandson OF DAN
lei Boone and was born in 1909.
Hough describes him as foilCTs:
Five feet six, with twinkling, blue
gray eyes, large and well-devCioped
head, with hair sandy and well
brushed back, Kit Carson at his pest
was the reverse of impressive. He
was simple, peaceoble and quiet in
disposition, temperate and strictly
moral in time and place when these
qualities made. one marked man.
Yet throughout the length and
breadth OF the Indian country this lit
tie man was more feared, single and
alone, than any other trapper or In
dian fighter in all the west. He was
respected as well as feared"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20

lowed to go through without permits
The caravans going both ways are re
CURED to camp under well-formed reg
ulations at either entrance until day
light ofSruesday or Friday, when they
are escorted through by armed bodies
OF Afridis horsemen. There is not
the slightest danger of any sort to any
one, but it is just as well TO &C
through the ceremony, for it Keeps
the Afridis out of mischief and lie
minds them continually of their great
responsibilities.
These caravans are interesting
They are composed OF long strings OF
loaded camels, OK carts, mules anC
donkeys, vehicles of all description.
and thousands of people travelling Oh
foot, who come sometimes from as
far west as the Ural mountains ant
the banks of the Volga river. They
come from Persia, from all parts OF
Siberia and from the mysterious re
gion in Central Asia known as the
Roof of the World"
The camel drivers and the traders
are flerce-looking men, and extremely
dirty. They have travelled a long way
and, over roads that are very dusty
and water is scarce the entire dis
lance. They took as if they had never
washed their face or cut their nair
and their shaggy. greasy black locks
hang down upon their shoulders be
meath enormous turbans. Each wears
the costume of his own country, but
they are 50 ragged, grlmy and filthy
that tho romance of it is lost. The
Afghans are in the majority They
are stalwart, big-bearded men, with
large features, long noses and cum.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
Not So East After All.

At the present time we are always
talking about the rush and hurry OF
the twentieth century. Are we really
SO rapid as we think We are? Ger
tainly few girls of IA have anything
like the amount of experience and
emotion in many weeks of life that
Juliet, Shakespeare heroine, had
crammed into five days and a half.
The time is thus apportioned On
Sunday the ball took place. and OF
Monday Romeo and Juliet were mar
ried. On Tuesday Juliet took the
draught, and on Wednesday she was
placed in the tomb. On Thursday Ro-
meo returned, and on Friday the hap
less pair committed suicide.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
DOOR OF VARIOUS RACES.
Marked Difference Between the DC.
cidental and Oriental.

Able Hue tells in his account OF his
travels in China that when he had so
completely mastered the Chinese Ian
guage, aid so transformed his per-
sonal appearance that he passed for a
native of the country. he couldnot de-
ceive the dogs, which detected him
by their sense of smell and invariably
parked at him as he passed by. He
further states that the musky odor
which may be observed in articles I'M
ported from China pervades the whole
country and is one of the distinctive
marks of the Chinese race A Jap
anese doctor of medicine returns the
compliment on the behalf of the ORR
entail by declaring that the occidental
races have an odor which is not agree
able to the Asiatics, though in pro-
cess of time they get so accustomed
to it that they do not notice it.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
Old-Time Bingham Aprons.

The little gingham aprons that they
WERE
Those dainty queens of sunny days of
yore-
One was aren't where flowers tumbled
through
Upon the bare feet padding in the dew
No bannerets of glory ever yet
Fashioned by the cunning hand OF
skill
Can hide the signal flag I'll ne'er forget.
No silken sheen and satin ever will
Displace the modest sometime tattered
thing
The little Bingham aprons that they
wore.
All; queens beyond the ransom of a
king!
All! vanish Bingham aprons of the yore!
Dear little Bingham aprons of the days
OF SANDY, paths and primrose-scented
ways;
There is a glory i'm each string and check
Heart gathers from the flotsam and the
wreck
They used to scurry DER the messy
stile.
They used to sway upon the grapevine
swing.
All. me! there was no sophistry or
guile
In een a puckered ruffle or n string
/ close my eyes-and see the merry train
Anon come trooping down the sunny
shore:
The bare feet paddle in the dew again
And flowers drift through the rents
the briers tore.
New York Sun.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
Girls Carefully Chaperoned.

The etiquette Of Holland is exceed.
ingly strict in all classes. The young
girl is most carefully chaperoned. and
she never goes anywhere, even to
church, unless accompanied by her
parents, some male relative, or other
equally trusty attendant. AT dance
the parents sit round the walls slipping
their coffee or wine, and the young
men must make the best of their
chances in the opportunities afforded
by the dance, for when it pleases the
guardians to depart there is no nelp
for it, but the girls must go, too. An
unmarried girl always takes the right
arm of her escort while the matron
takes the left; perhaps because it is
nearer the heart.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
Fought Against Napoleon.

There is living,at Tiflisky Lis.ok a
Russian aged 122 years. who fought IN
many battles against Napoleon |. An
dreas-Nicholjewi Schmidt was born
in the year 1882, at Scaulen, in the
government of Kowno, and entered
the army when ID years of age. He is
in possession of numerous orders. and
also a gold medal for saving life. In
1858 he was ordered to escort poll
tical offender to Siberia. The prisoner
escaped, and Andreas was in conse-
quence banished to Siberia himself,
where he remained for ten years. In
1868 he was pardoned by Alexander
II. and returned to his home. h has
still his sight and hearing and can
walk without assistance.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
Looking for Stars.

When it grows dark the stars begin
to appear, and the beauties of the
heavens are seen in their glory at mid
night, not at noontide. In our spir-
itual skies it is as in our natural
skies. New lights from Gods love are
seen by us, as We look up, when losses
and trials cause darkness to shut in
about us where before all was bright.
AS Carlyle says, The eternal stars
shine out as soon as 1t is dark
enough
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
SKETCH OF DANIEL BOONE.
His Physique Combined Strength and
Activity.

His Physique Combined Strength and
Activity.
In his book, THE Way to the
West" Emerson Hough gives
sketches of three famous pioneers.
OF Daniel Boone he says: Boone
was neither a tall nor thin MAJ
He was not angular nor bony. His
frame was covered not with cloying
fat, but with firm and easily playing
muscles, and he carried none of the
useless tissue of the man of civiliza-
ton. His weight was about IT'S
pounds Audubon, who met HIM late
in his life, says: He approached the
gigantic in stature. His chest was
broad and prominent and his muscu-
lar powers were visible in every limb.
His countenance gave indication OF
his great courage, enterprise and per-
severance Yet in person Boone did
not quite reach the six-foot mark,
but was just below five feet and ten
inches in stature, some say five feet
eight inches, being therefore of ex-
actly that build which good judges of
men esteem to be most desirable for
combined strength, activity and en-
durance. He was rather broad shout
dered; that is to say, his shoulders
nicely overhung his hips. All agree
that he was of robust and powerful
proportions.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
What lie Does For Us.

The same promptings come to those
who have a sense of the goodness OF
God. To say nothing of the daily
blessings which minister TO our phys
zeal necessities, the thought of the
divine grace SO abundantly given us
should awaken in us the sweetest JOY
and the liveliest gratitude. What has
He not done for us to save us from
ruin? Blinded by sin, our tendency
is to rush on to destruction One
offence leads TO another, and our per.
verted nature knows not the way OF
escape. Here the ministrations OF
the Holy Spirit come in, and we are
shown how to get back into the path
of holiness. We have lost our way
and God restores us. We have aban
doned Him. but He refuses to aban
don us. We put him out of our lives,
but He persuades us to let Him come
back. He bestows upon us love and
sympathy and graciously pardons our
iniQuities. He gives us what by ma
ture we could not have, pure hearts
and regenerated spirit. All this He
does out of His grace. 1t comes to
us as the divine favor given to those
who could not command it, given
freely and without upbraiding to
those who merited it not.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20

rud, nine miles from Peshawur, and
the terminus of the railways, where
q strong garrison is always kept. The
pass itself is controlled by powerful
semi-independent native tribe called
the Afridis, estimated at 10000 strong.
who receive subsidies from the Brit
ish government and from the Ameer
Of Afghanistan to keep them good
natured on the pretext that they are
to do police work and keep order in
the pass. 1t is blackmail and bribery.
but accomplishes its purpose, and the
pass itself. with a strip of highlands
and foothills on the Afghanistan side,
is thus occupied by a neutral party,
which prevents friction between the
nations on either side of the border.
The Afridis are fearless fighters, nalf-
civilized, half-savage, and almost en-
tirely supported by the subsidies they
receive. Nearly all OF the able-bodied
men are under arms A few who are
too old or too young to fight, remain
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
The religion of success is rever sue.
cessful in religion.
Beauty of Cody Life.

The life of self-abnegation does not
attract you. A cathedral window
seen from without, is dull and mean
ingless. But enter, and the light of
Heaven. streaming through it, glori-
fies it with every beauty of form and
color. Conservation to God for serv-
ice may seem dull enough when seen
from without but enter into that ex-
perience, and the light of the divine
love. streaming through it, shall glor-
ify your life with beauty and bles.
sedness which are Heavens own.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
Like the Summer Rose.

Ny life is like the summer rose,
That opens to the morning Sky.
But ere the shades of evening close.
Is scattered on the grOund-to die!
Yet on the roses humble bed
The sweetest dews of night are shed,
AS If she wept the waste to see
But none shall weep a tear for me.
My life is like the autumn leaf
That trembles in the moons pale ray
It's hold is frail-its date is brief
Restless-and soon to pass away!
Yet ere that leaf shall fall and fade.
The parent tree will mourn its shade,
The winds bewail the leatless tree
But none shall breathe a sigh for me!
NV life is like the prints which feet
Have left on Tampa's desert strand;
Soon as the rising tide shall beat.
All trace will vanish from the sand;
Yet, as if grieving to efface
All Vestige of the human race.
on that lone shore loud means the sea-
But none, alas! shall mourn for me,
Richard Henry Wilde.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
Lake Dealt Destruction.

There used to be curious lake on
the top of the Volcano de Aqua, in
Guatemala, $4,000 feet above the level
of the sea. 1t was not fed by springs
nor by rivers, but was caused by &C
cumulations of snow and rain-in fact
was an immense reservoir. It lasted
for centuries. Then one day the sides
of the lake gave way and down the
water rolled, dealing death and de.
struction and digging a great bar
ranca, or ravine, in the mountain size,
which is still visible.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
Thanking God For Difficulties.


God knows burdens will make his
children strong. so He says to them:
Every one shall bear his own burdens
There is thy load, carry it; there is
thy place, fill it, there is they work
do it; and as thy day, so shall thy
strength be- The route to heaven is
not over a macadamized road with
easy grades. 1t has many a Hill
Difficulty" where the climber goeth
from running to walking, and from
walking to a tough clambering on his
hands and knees. Let us not muir
muir, or yainly ask for elevators" to
hoist u.s. thank God for difficulties,
In Gods school some hard lessons
are TO be learned; and there are no
elective studies" 1t is very pleasant
TO work out problems in addition and
in multiplication; but when our Mas.
ter puts us in a painful problem of
substraction-when the income is cut
off. or the crib is emptied, or the
staff is broken-then We cry out: 20
God, let this cup pass from me-" 1t
requires great grace to be able then
to say: Nevertheless, Father, not as
we will but as Thou Wilt" For the
hardest lesson in this world is to let
God have his way.-Theodore l.. Guy.
Ter.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
In Sunny France.

At first sparkling wines were only
made in the French province of Cham
payne. in the early part of the nine
teenth century the first experiments
to manufacture sparkling wines were
made i'm Germany. The wines, how
ever. grown in Champagne are best
suited for this purpose, hence most
of the German firms manufacturing
champagnes obtain their wines from
Champagne and mix them with Ger
man wines.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
SAID CABLE WOULDN'T SINK.
Many Persons Thought Water Was
Too Dense.

When it was first proposed to lay
marine cable many intelligent people
said it would not sink to the bottom,
but would remain suspended at GER
tain depth because of the density OF
the water due to pressure from above.
OF course the pressure increases with
the depth on all sides of the cable in
its descent through the sea, but as
practically everything on earth is
more compressible than water it
is obvious that the iron wire,
yarn, gutta-percha and copper con-
ductor forming the cable must be
more compressed as they descend.
Thus the cable constantly increases
in density, or specific gravity, in go
ing down. while the equal bulk of wa.
ter surrounding it. continues to have.
practically speaking, very nearly the
same specific gravity as at the sur
face. Without this valuable property
of water the hydraulic press would
not exist.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20

Victims Glass Eye Nearly Condemn
ed Him to Death


ed Him to Death.
Stories of railroad accidents were
being told at Tuxedo. Spencer Trask.
banker and author. of New York, said
I'm certain railway collision one
OF the victims lay for long time on
his back across the ties. Finally two
men picked him up and carried him
to the station and placed him on the
floor.
He'll lie easier here, they said,
till the doctor comes
THE doctor came a little later
The poor chap is done for, I'm
afraid he said, glancing at the pros.
trate victim.
Then he knelt down. lifted one OF
the mans closed eyelids, and peered
into a dull, blank, unseeing, lifcless
eye.
Yes, he's dead all right Take
him away said the doctor
But the pale lips of the injured
man moved slightly, and a feeble
voice murmured
That was my glass eye, you
fool New York Tribune.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
God in Nature.

Not flower
But shows some touch. in freckle. streak
or stain,
or His unrivalled pencil. He inspires
Iheir baimy doors. and imparts their
hues,
And battles their eyes with nectar. and
includes
In grains as countless as the seaside
sands,
The forms with which lie sprinkles all
the earth.
Happy who walks with Him! whom what
he find
OF flavor or of scent in fruit or flower,
or what he Views of beautiful or grand
In nature, from the broad majestic oak
TO the green blade that wrinkles in the
sun,
Prompts with remembrance of a present
God. -CoWper.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
Anecclote of Icnbach.

A Berlin banker once asked Len
bach, the great portrait painter OF
Munich, what he would charge for
painting his portrait. Lenbach men
toned an unusually large sum-this
being a trick of his when disinclined
for job. to avoid being obliged to
give direct refusal. But surely that
is too much?" blurted out the million.
aire. 81 bought a portrait which you
painted OF Prince Bismarck for less
than half that price" THAT may be,
replied Lenbach, quietly. 1T was a
pleasure Tor me to portray him; but
surely, without offense you do not
imagine that it would be an equal
pleasure to me to paint your
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20

ming eyes. and claim that their an.
cestors were one of the lost tribes of
Israel. Their traditions. customs,
physiognomy and dialects support this
theory. Although they are Mohamme-
dams, the American missionaries who
have schools and churches among
them are continually running UP
against customs and traditions which
remind them forcibly of the Mosaic
teachings. They have considerable
literature, poetry. history. biography
philosophy and ecclesiastical works.
and some of their priests have large
Libraries of native books which, the
missionaries say, are full of sugges
tons of the Old Testament.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
Cheese Imports and Exports.

Imports of cheese into the United
States now exceed the exports. Dur
ing the ten months ended April 30, i'm
ports amounted to $3.50, O3O, exports
to $780, SOL.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20

No man ever yet went out looking
for misery who came home without it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
Couldn't Remember the Details.

John E. Comstock, a resident of Chevy
Chase, was in the tolls of Judge Kimballs
court this morning as a defendant on
charge of disorderly conduct.
He was fearfully drunk at the corner of
nth and U streets northwest last night"
Policeman Springman reported to the court
And had to lie on him to keep him in
the patrol wagon while going to the station
house" Policeman Waldron volunteered
The evidence against you is quite bad"
Judge kimball said to Comstock
Yes" Policeman Waldron added, when
we arrived at the station house he broke
a bottle of whisky on the floor"
Il know that L had been drinking but
had no idea 1t was as bad as that" Com
stock explained.
DO you wish to say anything more?"
his honor inquired.
NO. sir: l don't remember what did hap
PEN. was the reply.
This is more than an ordinary case of
misconduct the court commented II shall
impose fine of $40 or sixty days in de-
fault
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
Entertained by Mr.. Pinchot.

Mr.. Clifford Pinchot, chief forester of the
United States bureau of forestry entertain
ed large number of the members of the
American Forestry Association and several
of the prominent engineers of the reclama-
ton service at his residence last evening.
Among the guests present were: Senator
Bard of California, A. F. Doremus and
Judge Richards of Salt Lake City, Chief
Engineer f. H. Newell, Supervising Engi-
neers Davis and Lippincott, Constructing
Engineers Qunton and Savage and District
Engineers Fellows, Fitch, Bable Taylor.
Ahern. Weymouth, Whistler. Hydrograph-
ers Paul, Johnson. Hinderlider, Hollister,
Hoyt, Messrs Storrs Blanchard, Murphy,
barton and Bien.
Addresses. illustrated by lantern views
were given by Mr.. j. B. Lippincott of Los
Angeles, and Mr. A. p. Davis engineer in
charge of the Tonic dam, in Arizona Mr.
Pinchot. Mr.. Newell and Senator Bard also
made addresses. supper was served at
ter the speechmakng.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
Commissioner Vests Sister Dead,

Miss Alice Athow West sister of Com
missioner Henry L. West, died suddenly
of heart disease shortly before o'clock
this morning at her residence, No. 1909
LIST street northwest. Miss West had suf-
fered for some years from heart trouble,
but no Immediate danger was anticipated.
She was. in fact, preparing to leave for
her desk in the Post Office Department at
the time of the fatal stroke. which came
without a moments warning and was in
Simultaneous in it's effect. After a certif-
cate of death from natural causes had
been given the remains We're removed to
Commissioner Vests residence, No 1864
Harvard street, where funeral services
Will be privately held at 2 80 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon. Rev. S. H. Greene
DID, VIII oftciate, the deceased having
been for many years an active member
OF the Calvary Baptist Church. The in
terment Will be in the family lot in Oak
Hill cemetery.