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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-08
THE BEAUTY OF GROWING OLD.

BY DIR. r. b. KINGsBURY.

That wise, fertile builder of aphor-
isms, the Frenchman La Rochefou-
cauld, said that "a few people know
how to be old" This rnaxlm may have
suggested to that very gifted and dis
tinguished woman, Madame de Steal,
her well known saying that 1T is
difficult to grow old gracefully
While doubtless true, Old Age is not
necessarily gruesome and growing
and pessimistic. 1t has its sorrows.
its disappointments. its cares, and
still 1t enjoys the sunlight of heaven
and the beauty of the natural world
about it, for it has its joys its con-
solutions, its peace, and its blessings.
If with one person, and this repre-
sents millions in this fair green world,
mature in him stands on the very
verge of her confines" it is not a
cause for lamentation and despair He
may retain much of "his manly sense
and energy of mind" and what is
above all apprehension and estimate,
he may have the abiding presence of
his Savior and the full comfortings of
the Holy Spirit. Because ones head
is befront with heavy frost there
may abide in the soul the joys that
any God can impart, and there may
be always with him that peace of
mind that passeth all understanding"
The man who builds on God. and
serves him daily with pure heart
fervently' need not fear the grs : o.:
the act of dying. He has been taught
OF God that
"whate'er thy strength of body.
force of thought,
In natures happiest mold however
cast,
To this complexion thou must come
az Ia cfp
"a hoary head is a crown of glory
when it is found in the way of right
eousness.'.
In the faithful. believing soul there
is rest in Heaven after the sufferings
of this life are forever, ended-that
as sure as God is God and truth is
truth. "after many changes may sucs
coed Life which is Life indeed"
Many an aged person may feel and
say
81 have climbed to the sorrows of
Age,
And I gaze at field in the Past"
And there may be blessed peace and
hope I'm the heart while loyalty and
love to God continue supreme shap-
ing and blessing the life remaining.
You see your dear daughter or the
wife of your heart lying in the en-
brace "of the alabaster arms of
DEATH" and yet as some gifted wit
has sung so rapturously-
"She is not dead, but sleepeth! Well
do we know
The form that lies to-day beneath the
sod
Shall rise what time the golden
bugles blow.
And pour their music through the
courts of God
Hear what Jehovah saith to his be-
lieving children: Verify, verify |
say unto you. he that heareth my
word. and believeth on Him that sent
me, hath everlasting life. and shall not
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-08

come into condemnation; but is pass
ed from death unto life.'-John' S
Gospel. SPA.
A few weeks after passing my sew
enty-seventh birthday in August last
the above line of reflection came to
me. Quite recently while meditating
as I walked my porch as the even
ing approached, the following flashed
through my mind, as / thought of the
rapidly of life, and what a short time
ago it was l seemed a joyous lad filled
with ebulient life: What a swift
arrow flies from the strong boy Of
Time.
There has been most commenda-
BILE and important awakening in North
Carolina within the last fifteen years
in the direction of gathering material
for a State history, and especially in
biographical sketches and incidents.
There has been more biography pre-
pared in that time by tenfold than
was probably written in the hundred
years preceding. A prepared Bibli-
ography of all this written would be
matter of surprise. / recall that
nearly four decades since l was re-
curing to the few who had blessed
the State then by their labors in his
tory and biography. l referred, in
Rev. DR.. F. l.. Hawks, Ex-Governors
Graham and Swain, Hon. George Da-
Wis, ~ NJ Hooper. Esq, with whom |
had held many interviews concerning
the leading spirits of the eighteenth
century, he having so greatly obliged
me with personal visits to my room
on the second floor of the old South
Building, situated Immediately under
the old Dialectic Societg's anti
chamber, DR.. Caruthers, DR.. Calvin
II. Wiley and some others, as having
rendered important service to their
people in bringing to light so many
neglected or forgotten facts and Incl
dents illustrative of the early settle
ment or the noble deeds of the men
of our dear old North Carolina. These
did we'll surely, and their admirable
patriotic examples have been emulat-
ed by many other writer's since. They
deserve praise. and through their eff
forts q grateful pOsterity will know
perhaps how much they owe to the
services OF the men of the past whose
names might be otherwise unknown
or be more obscured by the mists of
time.
Not long after the villainous war rag
ed against the South by the grasping,
overwhelming North, had ended. I
published an article calling upon some
son of North Carolina with the rare
literary style ITO prepare history for
those living. and for the unborn gem
erations. that might be read with alb
solute delight. [ have a small part
of that article before me. | wrote
then, and if showed my understand
ing of great need, and the char
acter of the work;
Who will undertake the task at
once? What gifted North Carolinian
will essay the grateful duty of COM
memorating i'm stately and lucid pc
RODS the sufferings and yet unsung
glcries of our people? Is there not
sonic Clarendon or Macaulay to do
for North Carolina what those great
writer's have accomplished for Eng
land? If that is asking too much,
have we not some Froissart to chron-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-08

The North Carolina Way.
(Gastonia Gazette.)

That Danish fellow up in Brooklyn
who is trying to raise perfect boy
in a room in town, feeding him on
oatmeal and exercising him with
dumb bells, doesn't know a thing
about the business. He has never
heard, perhaps, of the country, of
buttermilk. corn bread, and sweet po-
tato pudding, and big corn hominy,
sorghum molasses, pumpkins, and
ground peas, wild strawberries peach
es, apples, and apple cider, chicken
pie. fried ham for supper. persimmon
beer, ginger bread. plain hoe-cake,
hickory nuts, walnuts, and haws. and
such useful exercises as chopping
wood, stacking foder hauling corn,
calling hogs, going in swimming with
lot of watermelons, chasing flying
squirrels from hollow sassafras trees
in the woods, setting flutter-mills
tho branch, and breaking bull-calvcs
to a sled. Cubs brought up on diet,
exercise. and recreation like that will
out-class all of your scientific ba-
bieS.'
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-08
WHAT BIBLE READING DOES.
1t Makes Many People less Common
and Broadens the Horizon.
CNew York Evening Post.)

(New York Evening Post.)
at often seems to me that the
world of my girlhood was a
simpler, more dgnified, more
genuine world than that to which
our age of progress has advanced
US today. II was Il striving world
then as now. a faulty, narrow
minded world, yet many of its
common people were less radically
commont than the same class of
the present generation, simply be
cause they were moro diligent
students of the Bible. because they
built and founded themselves
more broadly on the influence and
Inspirations of that wonderful
classic. Martha Dunn Baker, in
Atlantic Monthly.
Curious testimony men and women
give of the results of reading the Bible
wholly apart from any directly reli-
gious influence. 1t would be worth
while to coIlate, if only as q literary
the words of men who re-
gard its lofty incompatible form OF
expression as q, guide to literary per
lection and put them beside those
who use the story of the GOOD
al an incentive to humani-
tartan effort. IT would be a varied and
gathering. these utteranceS
of every type of human thinkers and
doors. who bring forth their illustra-
tons on every topic, as from an mex
repository.
Those to whom the Bible is only .
noble book. talk to you of the "Hebraic
Poems; Ruskin and Tame and then
ilk acknowledge with enthusiasm their
charm and their influence. and com
mend Isaiah to tho student as won
g
interlards his charge to the jury with
Biblical phrases. the philanthropist
all his arguments with
S,cfintt1re n11nfa tinnS and the MAY.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-06
A BARGAiNi

A nice home in Versailles for sale
cheap. 1t consists OF two and one
halt acre, Of ground, newly fenced
a fine two.story house Of cigh,
rooms, good ciatcrn and cellar, and
other Improvements necessary t.
make a comfortable home. This
property is located only four blocks
from the court house, and has a
perfect natural drainage. Title per.
feet. For further particulars On.
quirc AT this Office.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-06
A HIGH COMPLIMENT.

w recognition Of the efforts made by the publishers
Of THE DEMOCRAT to produce valuable information tor
the public whenever the opportunity presents Itself
with reference to the resources OF oar town and Coun
ty, the following complimentary letter from Mr.. Fred
Kelsey. Publisher at the State University, shows in
plain language how favorably such matters are looked
upon outside Of Morgan County by men OF intelli,
gcncc, Read it:
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-06

Charley Clark Of Tuscnmbia, County Clerk Of Mil
Ter county and travelling salesman for a clothing house,
has found time between trains to repair ''Thc Holy
CITY" by making other words chime TO the tune and
calling it The New Missouri. Charley is all right,
even though he does mix the Holy City with Repub
liCan politics.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-06

Several Missouri negroes are out for appointments
in the Republican end of the legislature. Now let
the new members who owe their election to the colorcd
man show their love for the negro by giving him a
legislative job. Watch and see how it pans out.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-06
University Of Missouri, }
Columbia, Dec. 81, 1904.


MORGAN County DtMoCRAT, Versailles, Mo.
Gentlemen congratulate you on the splendid APP
,carance OF the recent supplement | sent you. Your
yritc-up Of Morgan County is an excellent one and
ought to do "A world Of good for your people. | must
confess that have learned a great many things from
# ohou, the resources Of Morgan County and am
su,e every one will that sees II. This work on your
r,rt has added much to the value Of the side we fur
nished you and / assure you we appreciate 1t,
With compliments Of The season, ! remain,
Very truly yours,
FRED KELSEY, Publisher.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-06

Or. i. Hendy, pastor Of the First Presbyterian
Church of Jefferson City has announced his candidacy
for chaplain Of the Missouri State Senate. DR.. Hcndy
has many friends in this section who would be glad to
see him made chaplain Of the Senate.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-06

J. r.. McClain, passenger and ticket agent for the
Missouri Pacific at Scdalia, has figured S29,O7S.OO as
thu total amount paid by the people Of Sedalia for
transportation TO the Worlds Fair. IF Agent Nc
Claim had figured on towns outside Of Sedalia, he
would have run ont OF figures.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-06

Monday Governor Folk Will De inauGuratcd at JEFF.
icrson City, and many prominent men from different
parts OF The country VINO are interested in our reform
norcrnor viii be present, among them viii be VIM. J
BRYAN Of Nebraska.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-06

The Worlds Fair didn't make the stockholders any
dividends, and the shareholders are lucky they didn't
have to "chip IN" ON "A deficiency. twenty-five nil
ion is a big wad, remember.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-06

The Japs are proving themselves TO be fierce hand
io.hant fighters as well as good gunner, in the siege
yi Port Arthur. The Russians have lost all hope a.
the laps pushed them in the last ditch.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-06

Next week the skirmish for the L. S. Henatorshir
viii begin at Jefferson City, and the Republicans are
in it the first time in Thirty years. Col. kcrcns will
Je on hand with his barrel.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-06

The people Of Windsor voted on the question Of
water works and the proposition carried with a whOop.
Dniy fOrtylhrcc .otc5 were cast against IT.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-06

For Hprairs bruises. burns, schlIs
nrd similar Injuries, there Is nothing 50
good ~ Champerlaiu'~ Plain hlam II
soptncs the wound aud not oLly gives
instant relief from pains but causes
the parts to heal IN hbont one Third
The tins required by the usual treat
'panL Sp.d ny A. ~ Nurilel
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-06

Hubbard < nnyanaugh in the Court
House.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-06

Joseph rigG, Of near Springfield, claimed he killed
ninety rabbits III one day, and didn't pretend to be
hpggish, either.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-06

The only complete set OF Abstract
Books OF Morgan County ut Hubbard n
K~avanauGh'. Office in Count House.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-06

Sow that Port Arthur has hllcn and the Russians
are vanquisled, what next
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-06

bod Castor Tho pert ~paragraphcr
,l the Topeka Capital, observe,
mat the election Of Col kcrcns as
/ ui,cl States Senator in Missouri
apu,3 hove At least one beneficial
eject II would put more money
q, REGULATION
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-20

Last Wednesday A Craig. general
passenger agent of the o. X. & N,
with J. H. ONeil. travelling passenger
agent, and other high officers of that
road, arrived in this city in a hand
some private car, says the Dayton
Courier-Press. The party is on tour
of inspection of the road.
On being questioned regarding the
railroad company's attitude relative
to the proposed irrigation scheme, Mr..
Craig said;
II wish to state distinctly that our
road is acting in perfectly good faNh.
both with the people and with the
government. Circumstances so ad-
justed themselves that we were
placed under obligations to the people
long before the government ever
thought of considering an irrigation
proposition in that region.
'The o. r. & N. company, however,
has already offered to take the track
out of the coulee, provided certain
conditions are met by the Palouse ir-
rigation promoters. In short, they
have practically agreed to abandon
the coulee If the government will fur
nish them road on the northern
bank"
Another gentleman said:
"As a result of a preliminary sur
vey run by the engineering corps OF
the company 1t was found that II
would cost fully $4,000 to remove
its tracks from the bed OF the coulee
10 the bank on the north side. In
addition to this, the railroad company
claims that by reason of this change
and the impossibility of the farmers
on the south side getting to the track
on the north side with their grain
there would be a large annual loss in
wheat shipments, on which, under
present conditions, the railway com.
pany gets its long haul into Portland
THE railway company has said
however, that 1t is willing to stand
this loss, also the increased price OF
operating a line on the north side
with its heavier grades and long
bridges If the government would pay
the cost of removing the track from
the bed of the coulee to the new To-
cation. This amounts to about $780,
900.
"On the other hand, the reclama-
ton engineers say that to pay this
amount voyld raise the cost of re-
claiming the acreage which could hs
brought under this canal to. such an
extent they would be unwarranted in
completing the project, and they In
tiuetS +s:at the government would
be willing to pay something like
100000.
ut is further claimed by the gov
ernment engineers that the irriga-
tion OF the Palouse tract would brint
considerable new business to the o
r. & n. But this is disputed on th'
part OF the railroad company.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-20
Trial Of Monte Delayed.

By mutual consent of District At
torney ]. H. McNary and the attor-
neys for the defense, the trial of Har-
ry Wright and Charles Monte, who
are charged with the crime of murder
in the first degree, has been con-
tinued to the regular July term of
the circuit court, an order to that eff
feet having been made by Judge
Burnett at the adjourned session of
court held yesterday afternoon, says
the Salem Statesman. The judge also
made an order discharging the jurors
drawn at the April term from further
duty. The jurors had been excused
until May %, on which date it was in
tended to take up the case against
Wright and Monte, but the trial of the
accused men having been postponed
there was no further use for the jur-
ors, as a new panel will be drawn for
the July term of court.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-20

the beginning of a much vaster devel-
opment of that section as the needs
grow apace.
Already the agricultural worth OF
this to-be famous valley has been ade-
quately demonstrated in the results
which have followed the irrigation
works already established. 1t has
been successfully proven that all kinds
of agricultural products grow in great
abundance wherever irrigation is
used. The soil is naturally rich and
needs only moisture to make 1t yield
prolifically. The Great Northern
railway furnishes adequate transpor-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-20
A HORRIBLE IDEA.
rhe Thought That Made One Man .
Temperance Advocate.

The Thought That Made One Man q
Temperance Advocate.
An easterner, riding on mail stage
In northern Colorado, was entertained
by a dialogue which was sustained
upon the one side by the driver and
upon the other by an elderly passen-
ger, evidently native Of the region.
"I understand you're temperance"
began the driver.
Yes, I'm pretty strong against liq-
nor" returned the other. 1--WE been
set against it now for thirty-ive
years"
Scared it will ruin your health?"
Eyes. hut that isn't the main thing"
Perhaps it don't agree with your
ventured the driver .:.
well, it really don't agree with any
body. But that amt it either. The
thing that sets me against it ls hor-
Tible idea"
"a horrible ideal What is it2"
"Well, thirty-five years ago was sit
ting in a hotel in Denver with friend
of mine, and l says. Let's order bot
tie of something And he says; No,
sir. I'm saving my money to buy gov
ernment land at S1.25 an acre. I'm 60
ting to buy tomorrow, and you'd better
let me take the money you would have
spent for the liquor and buy a couple
Of acres along with mine says. All
right So we didn't drink, and he
bought me two acres.
"Well, sir, today those two acres are
right in the middle Of a hourishing
town. and if I'd taken that drink P6
have swallowed city block, grocery
store an apothecary's, four lawyers
Offices and it's hard to say what else
That's the idea. Amt 1t horriblcT-
Youths Companion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-20

Because we put your grain In the
sack in ONE OPERATION.
Because by handling the grain put
ONCE there is no waste.
Because we reduce the expense OF
harvesting to less than ONE DOLLAR
per acre, or another way to figure:
we put the grain in the sack at the
same expense it would cost to head
1t with a Header, and thereby save
the threshing bill, and from two to
four bushels more per acre.
Because you have no worry with
large crews of hired help, four men
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-20
Holt Brothers Sidehill
Combined Harvester
Over Three Thousand Combined Harvesters
in Use on the Pacific COast-Why are
so Many of these Machines
being used?

do all the work-just as easy as plow-
ing or seeding.
Because we operate on SIDE
HILLS the same as on LEVEL LAND
by a simple devise the Separator ie
always level on the hills.
Because we have the simplest, hight
est draft, most durable and success
full machine on the market. Improved
model for 1905. See a sample.
Send for Bulletin No. Has. Write
us and we will have representative
call and see you.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-20
MILK RIVER PROJECT.
Montana VIII Be Benefited by Gov
ernment Irrigation.

Montana is coming in for big
share of the general prosperity of the
country, and It will only be few
short years when she will rank with
any of the Northwestern states in
agricultural greatness.
The recent act Of the interior de-
partment of the United States In set
ting aside $1,000,O0O toward reclaim
ing three or four hundred thousand
acres in the MIX River valley Is but
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-20

tation facilities, its main line practi-
cally cutting the valley in two.
The fact that the government has
decided to begin immediate opera
tons will prove a great incentive to
the people of that section who have
always believed in the future Of their
country, and will open to settlement
vast area of rich land to the home
seeker and investor.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-20
THEY CANNOT AGREE
BONE OF CONTENTION
OVER PALOUSE SCHEME

o. r. & n. Officials Outline Their
Side OF the Controversy With the
Government in Relation TO Chang
ing Their Route-There Is a Differ
ence OF $3.50, 900 Between the Rail-
roads Estimate Of Losses and Ex-
pense the Change Would Incur, and
the Governments Estimate.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-20

James Rummell. OF Roxy Ann pre-
cinct, Jackson county. is said to have
killed rs bears while a resident of that
county.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-20

OF the land that will be put under
ditch by the klamath irrigation scheme
146.400 acres lie In Oregon and 90,-
600 acres In California.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-21
BADLY BURNED IN EXPLOSION.
Naphtha Fumes Ignite and Two
Women Narrowly Escape Death.

PLAINFIELD, Oct. 21:-Naphtha
fumes, igniting from the fire in a
stove, caused an explosion at the
cleaning and dyeing establishment Of
Miss Mary A. Brown, in West Second
street, this morning, seriously inJur-
ing two women and wrecking the
building.
The conclusion vas terrific, and
was felt throughout the business sec
ton of the city. The debris caught
fire afterward, but the prompt ar
rival of the fire department prevent
ed a confiagration.
Miss Brown was badly burned
about the head, neck and arms, and
half the hair was burned from her
head. Mrs. l.. G. HURT had three
ribs fractured and sustained internal
injuries besides burns. The women
were removed to Muhlenberg hos
pital.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-21
DYNAMITERs GET TEN YEARS.
Prisoners Who Blew Up Somerset Co.
Jail Convicted on Three Counts.

SOMERVILLE, Oct. 21:-Convict-
ed on charges of highway robbery,
burglary and Jail breaking, Hack
Lahey, Dennis Harrington and John
Regan, the three men who dynamited
the Somerset county Jail in an unsuc-
cessful tatempt to escape, were today
sentenced by Judge Schenck to serve
ten years each in the state prison.
The men, who are the most desper-
ate prisoners ever confined in the
Somerset county jail, were brought
into court guarded by a large force
of c|onstables and special officers.
After the sentence they were taken
back to jail and shackled and locked
in cells. Sheriff Cooper will remove
them to the state prison.
The trial occupied the Somerset
court for a week, and the prisoners
were convicted on three of the five
indictments handed up against them.
The genius of the trio. who laid sew
eral clever plans of escape, and final
ly blew out the side of the jail with
nitroglycerine, which, it is believed,
he manufactured while in prison, is
James Regain. who is said to be col
lege bred and Of a good New York
family.