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Evening star., 1907-10-27

get discouragcd i he viii keep up his heart and
ire everything he sees. he Is bound to hit
thing by and by.
1t a world Of surprises They fall too where
one is least expecting them When | introduced
Sellers into the book Charles Dudley Warner who
was writing the story with me, proposed change
Of Selers's Christian name. Ten years before IN
remote corner of the West. he had come across q
man named Eschol Sellers, and he thought that
EsChol was just the right and fitting name for
Sellers since it odd and quaint and all that.
liked the idea but said that that might turn
up nd object. But Warner said it Couldn I happen;
that he doubtless dead by this time-a
with name like that couldn't live ong,-and be he
dead or alive must have the name; it exactly
the right one, and couldn't do without it So the
change was made. Warmers man was farmer a
cheap and humble way.
When the book had been out week. a college
bred gentleman of courtly manners and duCal
upholstery arrived in Hartford in a sultry state 4
mind and with libel suit in his eye and his name
was EsChol Sellers He had never heard Of the
other one and had never been within thousand
miles of him. This damaged aristOCrats program
was quite definite and businesslike: the American
Publishing Company must suppress the edition as
far as printed, and change the name in the plates
stand a suit for ten thousand dollars He carried
away the company's promise and many apologies
and we changed the name back to Colonel Mulberry
Sellers in the plates. Apparently there is nothing
that cannot happen. Even the existence Of two
unrelated wearing the impossible name f
ESchol Sellers Is a possible thing.
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ton to mere smooth words and arguments He was
out stumpng the State at the time. The drumners
grouped in front of the stand, and had been
hired by the opposition to drum while he made his
speech. When he ready to begin, he got out
his revolver and laid it before him. and said his
soft silky way:
Il do not wish to hurt anybody and shall try
not to- but have got just bullet apiece for those
six drums, and if you should want to play on them,
don't stand behind them
Sherrard Clemens a Republican Congress
from West Virginia in the days and then
went out to St. Louis, where the James Clemens
branch lived and still lives, and there he became
Rebel This after the war At the
time that he was Republican | was Rebel; but
by the time he had become a Rebel | was become
temporarily a Republican, The Cemenses have
always done the best they could to keep the political
balances level, matter how much it might inCOn-
venience them. | did not know what had become
Of Sherrard Clemens; but once introduced Senator
Hawley to a Republican meeting in New
England and then got bitter letter from Sherrard
from St. Louis. He said that the Republicans Of
the North-no the mudsls of the North had
swept away the old aristoCracy of the South with
fire and sword, and it i'll became me, an aristocrat
by blood to train with that kind of swine. Did
forget that | a Lambton3
That reference to my mothers side Of the
house As | have already said she was a Lamhton
-Lanlhton with q p; f,- some Of the American
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pierce to that region, and then the property
would be property in fact as well as in name.
1t also produced wild grape of a promising
sort. He had sent some samples to Nicholas
Longworth of Cincinnati, to get his judg
ment upon them, and Mr.. Longworth had
said that they would make good vine
his Catawbas.
The land contained all these riches, and
also oil; but my father did not know that
and of course in those early days he would
have cared nothing about it if he had known
it. The oil was not discovered until about
1905. | wish | owned a couple Of acres of
the land now; in which case | would not
be writing autobiographies for living Ny
father 5 dying charge was. Cling to the land
and wait; let nothing heguie it away from
you'll My mother faVOrlte cousin, James
hampton. who figures in The Gilded Age
as Colonel Sellers, always said of that land
and SAID it with blazing enthusiasm too
There's millions III it-millions' 1t is true
that he always said that about everything
and was always mistaken too,-but this time
he right; which shows that man who
goes around with prophecy gun ought never
Evening star., 1907-10-27
Early Troubles as an Author

MY experiences as an author began early in 1907
A~A came to New York from San Francisco in the
first month of that year, and presently Charles H.
Webb, whom ! had known in San Francisco
reporter The Bulletin. and afterWard editor #
The Californian, suggested that publish volume
# sketches. | had but slender reputation to
publish it on; but ] charmed and excited 10y
the suggestion, and quite willing to it if some
industrious person would the trouble Il
gathering the sketches together ! was loath to do
1t myself; for from the beginning of my sojOurn N
where the industry ought to be. e. Ought to was
better. perhaps though the most of the authorities
differ to this.)
Webb said | had some reputation in the Atlantic
States; but knew quite well that it must be of
very attenuated sort. What there of 1t rested
upon the story of The Jumping Frog When
Artemus Ward passed through California
leCturing tour IN 1865 or 90, told him The Jump
ing Frog story. in San Francisco, and he asked
to write it out and send to his publisher Carleton
in New York, to be used in padding out small book
which Artemus had prepared for the press and
which needed some more stutflng to make II big
enough for the price which to be charged for it.
1t reached Carleton in time; but he didn t think
much of it, and was not willing to go to the type
setting expense of adding it to the book. He did
not put it in the waste basket, but made Henry
Clapp present of it, and Clapp used it to help out
the funeral of his dying literary journal The
Saturday Press The Jumping Frog" appeared
in the last number of that paper, the most
joyous feature of the obsequies, and was at once
copied in the newspapers of America and England.
1t certai iny had a wide celebrity and it still had It
at the time that | am speaking of-but was aware
that it only the frog that celebrated Il
wasn't |. | was still obscurity.
Webb undertook to collate the sketches He
performed this office, then handed the result t. me,
and | went to Caretons establishment with |
approached clerk and he bent eagerly over the
counter to inquire into my needs; but when he
found that ! had come sell a book and
buy his temperature fell sixty degrees, and the
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old-gOld lntrench chments
IN the roof of my mouth
contracted three-quar-
tcrs of an inch and my
teeth fell out. | meekly
ked the privilege ot
:. word with Mr.. Carrie
ton, and was coldly IL
formed that he was IN
his private office, Dis
engagements and diff
,ulties followed; but
fter awhile | got by
he frontier and entered
the holy of holes Nh,
noW | remember how !
managed it! Webb had
made an appointment
for me with Carleton
,therWise | never
hould have gotten over
hat frontier Carleton
rose and said hrus KY:
Well, what can | d.
tcr you:'
| reminded him that
Ccr"rae9 on page =
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as an equal.
But it was a hard night for me in
one way Mr. Phelps thought | was
the guest of honor, and SO did Count
S; but | didn't, for there was moth
ing in my invitation to indicate it
1t was just a friendly, offhand note.
on a card By the time dinner was
announced Phelps was himself in a
state of doubt. Something had to be
done and it was not a handy time
for explanations He tried to get
me 10 60 out with him, but / he'd
oalk then he tried S, and he also
declined. There was another guest,
but there was no trouble about him.
We finally went out in pile. There
was a decorous plunge for seats, and
[ got the one at Mr. Phelps's left,
the Count captured the one facing
Phelps, and the other guest had to
take the place of honor, since he
could not help himself. We returned
to the drawing room in the original
disorder. ! had new shoes on, and
they were tight At eleven l was
privately crying; l couldn't help it,
the pain was so cruel Conversation
had been dead for an hour. S. had
been due at the bedside of a dying
official ever since half-past nine At
last we all rose by one blessed impulse
and went down to the street door
without explanations-in a pile, and
no precedence; and so, parted.
The evening had its defects; still,
| got my ancestor IN, and was salts
fed
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in our friendship which shows that he was fine and
high notwithstanding the humbleness of his origin.
And it was also creditable in too, that | could
overlook it. | made no change in my bearing
toward him. but ALWAYS treated him
Evening star., 1907-10-27

scathlng languidness,
" Ancestor of mine.
But it is a small mat
ter. | have others. -
1t was not noble in
me to do it. | have
always regretted it
since. But it landed
him. | wonder how
he felt? However, it
made no difference
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Lamptons could rot spell very we'll in early times,
and SC the suffered at Their hands She
rative OF Kentucky, and married my father il
Lexington in 1925. when she twenty Years old
and he twenty-four. Neither of them had over
plus of property. She brought him two three
Negroes; but nothing else, | think. They removed
to the remote and secluded village of jamestown,
IN the mountain soltudes of East Tennessee There
their first crop OF children was born; but as | was
of later vintage do not remember an vthing about
t ! was postponed-postponed to Missouri.
Missouri unknown State and needed at
fractions.
think that my eldest brother Orion. my sisters
Pamela and Margaret. and my brother Benjamin
we're born in jamestown. There may have been
others; but to that | am not 1t a great
lift for that little village to have my parents
there 1t hoped that they would stay, that
would become city. 1t supposed that they
would stay. And so there was a boom; but by and
by they went away. and prices went down. and it
many years before Jamestown got another
start. l have written about Jamestown in The
Gilded Age a book of mine; but it from
hearsay, not from personal knowledge.
Evening star., 1907-10-27
An Interrupted Serenade

A MONG the Virginian Clemenses
\ were Jere. (already mentioned)
and Sherrard. Jere. Clemens had a
wide reputation as good pistol shot,
and once it enabled him to get on the
friendly side of some drummers, when
theV wouldn't have paid anV atten-
Evening star., 1907-10-27
Irun The Gilded Age

nothing five dollars year for the whole, and he
had always paid them regularly and kept his title
perfect. He had always said that the land would
be a commodious provision for his children some
day. 1t contained coal, copper, IRON. and timber,
and he said that in the course of time RAILWAYS would
Evening star., 1907-10-27
The Land There Was Millions In

A'A gIOn round about Jamestown above one hun
dred thousand acres. When he died in 847 he had
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-21
The Limit of Life.

The most eminent medical scien-
lists are unanimous in the conclu-
sion that the generally accepted limi-
tation of human life is many years
below the attainment possible with
the advanced knowledge OF which
the race is now possessed. The crl-
teal period, that determines its dura-
ton, seems to be between SO and 60;
the proper care of the body during
this decade cannot be too strongly
urged; carelessness then being fatal
to logevity. Natures best helper aft
er 90 is Electric Bitters. the scien-
tine tonic medicine that revitaliEes
every organ OF the body. Guaranteed
by j. c. Perry, druggist. soc.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-21
YOUNG MEN AND THE MINISTRY.

There recently press
e country rega"iDg the candidates pu
Although churches
% the only conclusion that logically reached
Va young
oome exounders the In the generation
chry only a
psrdodcas
IN candidates for the pulpit but of them ALL explanation
m he David BurrelI
UanS pastor of Westminster
Tmty.
DR BURRELI. IN THE CHRISTIAN INTEIIJGENCER DENIES
THAT THE SHORTAGE
afE GROWING LESS RELIGIOUS THE sMiLLNEss
EREACrIERs REWARD
tE FINDS 1T rs DUE BRIGHTNESS" YOUNG
MAN-ro THE KEENEss OF HIS PERCEPTION WHAT THE
PulPTT JUDGED by MANY OF IT'S MOST CONSPICUOUS oCCU-
PANTS REALLY STANDS FOR AND OF WHAT CHANCES
OF REALLY DOING ANYTHING THE PULPIT.
Urged to enter the ministry the young asks wha forT To
the lost?
lost conspicuous deny altogether
To the truth?
personal God? In pulpit
whether there
something not ourselves that makes for righteousness"
divine Christi lie
divine but merely than usually excellent
The aooementF THE idea that requires expatIon pronounced
unphilosophical therefore
Justification by fOih' From what no
rnaSo 1t there would to nothing faith
Yet II none of the doctrines regarded fundamental remains
nsht with prospective preacher
St least devote himself
Iu whore Is he HIS ethIcs9
In the nhle' 1t Is said by
ne merely n
other sacred books" essentially
young Invited to enter profession
uhioh according the teaching
ultimate
found the consciousness the individual
After lucid statement summary
Coucenng the question confronting today
sell concludes with The following question which he
with the idea of ministerial before him
"sHAIL INVEST ASSETS A PROFESSION
Ni,Ch MAS No END nut no PERSUADE MAN TO BELIEVE
WHAT PLEAsEs BE WHAT
40 Do WHAT, IN nus OPINION, WITHOUT TO
AUTHORITY OUGHT
To secular mind there is but sensible could
sonnby be expected To a question like that
" would undoubtedly be that tho ministry worth the
nothing nothing
Shange his
follows therefore that the
faith the Bible inspired
& do more for them.
churches
We ministry.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-21

Why do the winds always blow IN
a spiral or like the threads OF a right
hand serew9
Why do whlrlwinds always travel
in the shape OF a funnel from left
to right?
Why does water flow in a rotary
motlong
Why are the sandbars on a
stream always on the left bank?
when clouds form and are blown
away without precipitation, what be-
comes OF the moisture which form
ed the clouds?
When two streams flow together
and form a third, why does the
water from the left hand stream al
ways fiow over that of the right
hand, or vice versa the water from
the right hand stream flow under?
Why does floating object. such
as a log or tree. as Il travels down
stream always turn over from left
TO right? Minneapolis Journal
Junior.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-21
THE MEETING OF THE WATERS.

There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet
AS that vale In whose bosom bright waters meet;
o. the last of feeling and life depart;
Ere the bloom of that valley shall my heart.
Yet t not that nature had shed DER the scene
Her purest Of crystal and brightest green;
Twas not the soft magic of streamet HILL
o, no 1t was something exquisite still
Twas that friends, the beloved Of
VINO made every dear of enchantment dear,
And who felt how the best charms Nature improve,
when we see them reflect from looks that love-
'Sweet vale of Avoca how calm could
Hn thy bosom of shade, with the friends best,
Where the storms that feel cold world should
And our hearts, like the waters, be mingled In peace.
Tom Moore.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-21
MUSICAL ETHICS

good teacher will obey the rules of Music,, 49,
Never personally solicit canvass for n me fOOsu
Never employ agent to solicit or canvas
Never ask pupils friends solicit or oo y" pupils
Never use star pupil to especially advertise ut Pupil
give free lessons reduced rates t Or pupils
Never give favorite especially talented n" erus
Never cut short the lesson period any ppnn over tine
Never crtcise any pupil in public manner NJ any tin
Never say unund tnings OF any teacher, at anv %
Never offer free musical suggestions to anv s ny ume
try to get another teachers pupils IN any q
Never accept another teachers pupils who anOe,
Never try to teach any subject until thorougb - Sh
Never sing gratuitously except for real charity - mastered
give Voice Culture children under ,s Tue poor
GOING AROUND ' OLA,
A good teacher will need to go around ,
to give lessons, but will draw pupils to him at his s,s
pupil is in musical environment With everything ~
and the home life excluded Under such conditions 'eS
is rapid and the chances of going on with m, Sa
certain Neither will teacher need IN % =, eau
get pupils 1t is the teacher that has y,
ing up classes in smaller towns.
GOOD TEACHER
To 1t up short review the teacber A.,
should liberal education thorough vocal tran,
sing frequently in public natural teacher wiz,
sonality, forcefu organizer, real specialist with S.
with pupils all improving, in College of Music ob'
Ethics does around from house house or h
town.
CHORUS SINGING
Many singers have idea that singing in chorus ia M
the voice Not bit of It, You your voice or u WIFI
Every ought to belong choral society and choir
voice exercise to keep in singing condl
duty every singer something help build IN mr
iasm and taste for better music. No way than M
ir some choral organization
GOOD SONGS
Many singer has lost his keen appreciation for the b
dabblng with the trashy popular stuff and socaed coon m
music is catching the Smallpox obnoxious "a ns
Plague and fatal Yellow Fever. Once pupil work, a
stuff his love for good music is crowded The V
title page index of musical prostitution and It best
examine such song Your mnscal as the s
DO NOT STOP
Many singers stop singing when they get married "A
other business This is all They sing some
not only but the simple vocal exercises keep up
would be good plan to take 10 20 lessons every year
teacher available This will spur you up practice Sing
public. wait for TO to hire you work
thing yourself. Men both ought singing
years Of
FINAL ADVICE
As parting word, let adm monsh you that the
direct you. You must work 1t out yourself Every day
work. work! WORK! world of beauty and harmony
uay unfold to you study and life will be sweer
ness complete when you have good understanding
the youngest of all the great Arts. The way h
work and many dsappontments but It will than rw
satisfaction and enjoyment that receive all the
resolved to study do so at
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-21
$4,000
BEAUTY
COMING
And viii Be Here Monday Night With
Priceless Other BeutIeS

The performance given by the
Lewis & Lake Musical ComNy Co.,
and dancing girls contain all that is
best in the great metropolitan sue
cesses, such as those of Weber &
Fields and others who left the beat
en- tracks and gave the public some-
thing new. sparkling. and original.
Manager Lewis has gone them one
better, and has interjected into style
of musical comedy more life and mu-
steal numbers.
The present company comes with
the highest enconiums from the 9TH
er cities where it has played. There
Is the usual number of pretty girls,
including the American Beauty girls
who wear the prettiest of costumes,
sing bright and catchy songs, and
have a bewildering array of grace
ful dances. The Lewis & Lake pro-
ductions are original. They sparkle
and effervesce throughout, and are
clean and wholesome. The company
Will appear at the Grand Opera
House next Monday night. and will
present "A $4,000 Beauty" de-
scribed as merry. musical mix
ture.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-21
DR.. KUN
WONDERFUL CHINESE ).

|WONDEkflh o.,s.,I
win treat you with oil'. a.'..1'
and cure any disease S'''''
tion or pain. .-.rs,
DR.. Kun is known s,s .',,,
Salem, and has cursa "a =. |
Dsnt people here. He d. !
salem for 20 years, and 'ai az
"a, He uses many psa'' y
l,nown to white doctors
them can cure ea'aiIa' .ii.s \
lung troubles, rehunl.i' a..
liver and kidney dl'ss'.. -
DR.. Kun makes ..n.sIs. : 1
drOpsy and female u.. .,'s.,, 4
edies cure private "a 4
erything else iaiis ,,d Il
sress Of testimonials, az :, q
sultatiOn free. Prices =, !, ID
very moderate, PsIsoa' ,.Ss s.si
uy can IN rsnt some sfiH
get 1t from US s., sow 20 4
,sz south HisA arss''
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-21

The old Pennsylvania Dutch Dun
kard recommends Hickory Bark
Cough Remedy" Guaranteed to cure
your cough. and guaranteed to be
pure. Made from the bark OF the
shell bark or white hickory tree.
For sale by dealers everywhere.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-21

Greats1t known remedy l''|
Price 81. To express 'n
from Salem | pay 20 cenH
charges. III
For sale by all drusSlsl
Highland. oregon. Oct a,l
This is to certify that ! j
mare one bottle Of "S'0'. II
Drops" and cured ns' =
This was last winter and - -
been afflicted since.-o' va
DIR. 5. C. STONE. sAlsa
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-21
What Hoy Knows?

Why DO the winds always travel
SrOSn the left TO right or from east
eO south aud west like the hands of
a. wAtchG
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-07-12
BuYlnu Prices.

Canton, o.. July ~. 1907.
CCorreciod daily by Ball & Jonnings)
Country butter-lSc; creamery, 25c.
ERgs-l7c.
Lard lie.
AppIes-S2.OO per bu.
potntoes-60c bu.
Turnips--6Oc bu.
Onions-New. 81 &C per bu.
Cnbbage-Ncw, 800 Cwt.
Country applebutter-55c gaL
New radishes-bunchos, soc dog.
Pieplant-2C pound.
Green onions-ibc doz,
Home grown strawberries, 6 TO &c at.
Lettuce iOc ID.
Retail Prices.
onions-Ncw, 800 bu.
Ornngcs--2O and &0c doz.
Potatoes-old, 2oc PIX zoe bu; new Soc
pk: Xl.25 bu.
Spinuch-lbC 10.
Iemons-5c doz.
Apples-S2OO and $3.50 bu.
Bananas--l5 and zoe doZ.
Buttor-2oc; creamery, sc.
Cabbage-New, 8 and 1c ID,
Carrots-2 punches for &c.
Sweet potatoes-35 and i0c PIX.
Chickcns--Livo, u and lic.
Chickons-Dressed, IL and zoe.
. Eggs-lSc,
Iard-l3c ID.
Parsnips-l0c ID PIX.
LCttuco-lbc ID,
Flour, winter wheat-SLlO ana l.3O IL
bbl.
Four, spring whoat-S.S5 and I65 Ia
bbl.
Flour. blended-y.25 and l.s5 IL bbI.
Maple syTup-Sl.20 gal.
Pineapplos-lO and iSc.
Asparugras-l5c ID.
Rhubarb-3c 10.
New OniOns-5Oc pk.
Onions sots-lOc az.
Cucumbers-5 and l0c.
Home grown Strawberries-7 TO lOc qt.
New TOmatoes-lbc 10,
CantolouDs IS, :, Zoe.
Beans-Ncw, l0c per measure.
Canton Grain Markets.
Corrected Daily by Canton City Flour
ing Mills.)
Dealers pay the following prices:
Corn In enr-Nlc
Hay baled-Si5O0,
straw. bnled-SY00
wheat-SSc.
Oats-ibC per bu.
Retail Prices.
strnw-G5c per cwt.
Rrnn-l 20 per cwt.
MIdding-W Winter wheat, Sl,25 per cwt.
Pure corn and oats chop-s29,Oo per
ton.
Glover seed--sS75 per bu.
Timothy-S2,25 per bu.
Retail Meat Prices.
Beef-RIb roast lie: chuck 10 and II
l-2c; boiling and l0c; round steak. II ana
Ice; porterhouse steak, lSc. tenderloin
steak, 2Oc; Hamburg steak, l5c and lSc
per pound.
chops, Ice; shoulter chops, l6c; stew,
and loc.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-07-12
DARKEST DAYS
Are Days Of suHering-They Are Be-
coming Brighter for Some
Canton People.

Are Days Of SuHerinp-They Are Be-
coming Brighter for Some
Canton People.
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Backache eadache-Nervous tired,
Urinary troubles - makes you
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Mrs. Geo. w. Trump, Of 1910 West
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and whenever I feel an attack OF back
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and always fnd quick relief. ] think
so much OF this remedy that recon-
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daily papers. ! shall always be glad
to do so whenever ! see a sufferer
from backache or kidney trouble.
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
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Y, sole agents for the United States
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.