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New-York tribune., 1908-12-13

handed out since / began
wearin' shoe leather; but
somehow l don't seem to
have been in line often. l can
remember Christmases when
I've been doin' this or that
and some Of EN- I'm tryIn to
forget,-but when YOU get
right down to the real, selvage
marked. blown in the bottle
Christmasing, with the fam ly
around, and friends runnln
in. and the kids goin' google
eyed in front Of the tree, why,
/ only know 1t by hearsay,
and | reckon there 5 some
overdue JOY comm to me.
And say, I'm ready to col
lect. Maybe l haven't had
sense enough to know what
I was missin' before. Maybe
I've let on that such stunts
want excitin' enough, and
taken my Christmas fun IN
the shape Of a hotel dinner,
with a vaudeville or a visit
10 some boxin' club to end
the day. But all the while
[ must have felt inside that
that was only a kind OF lone
some apology for the real
ching Else why the rubber
IN at the tree hangin's. But
It took havin' a youngster and
q home of my own to bring II
out strong. And at that Sadie
mas to tell me what's what.
Once | got my bearings,
though. | cuts loose on the
fair. Outside of tippin' the
carrier. I'd never done much
now | lays in presents for ev
Whalev to Pinckney. Most
last week YOU might have see
ment store, wedged IN betv
with my hat dented in and a
face. hangin' onto something
begin Miss Hocksteiner TO
nave it done up. Amt the,
though. them salesladies.
But | was haVin' the time
around wearin' one Of then
smiles. beamin' on eVerybO,
plaster of Paris Billlkens brou!
Didn't | have a Macgregor
wait for Pinckney, and a box
writin' paper for Swiftly, and (
for Mother Whaley, and
list now. | didn't leave anyh
times / was plannin' stunts fc
1t was while | was sittin' W
desk, wOnderln If It would no
hang the outside Of the house
New-York tribune., 1908-12-13

the inside. that the office door
opens and in blows my old
reg'lar, Pyramid Jones, him
with the stone Crusher Jaws
and a record of havin' pro-
NOTED three busted trusts.
Behind him, all done up in a
sable lined ulster, IS an under
sized. sharp nosed gent, with
a pair OF slit sized squinCh
ewes peerin' oJt through
thick glasses, and a thin
Tipped, puckered up mouth
that looks more like a stabbed
lemon than anything else L
ever saw. Yet somehow 1t
struck me l must have seen
him before.
Hello, Shorty" " says Pyra-
mid; and then, turnin' to the
fur lined gent, Mr.. Rimmer,
this IS Professor McCabe, that
I've been telling YOU about.
Shorty, Mr.. Rimmer-
What says |. " You
don't mean r. H."
The corners Of them thin
lips wrinkled up, and them
slit eyes open and close like
a camera shutter, and | sus-
pect that the great R. H has
Shot over what passes with
HIM for a smile.
Yes, those are my ini-
tials, says he, and he lets
loose one of them surprise
voices YOU sometimes run
across in men Of his weight,
New-York tribune., 1908-12-13
FACING LIFE'S MISTAKES
By William George Jordan

THERE are only TWO classes Of L&R4P1
l. people who never make mis- 9G7t[IIH
takes-thtV the dead and the S.tUS
unborn. Mistakes are the inevitable ac- 81
compartment of the greatest gift given x"
10 rlan-indviduaI freedom of action. If
he only pawn in the fingers of Onnipo-
tenCe, with no self moving power, would
never make a mistake, but would he degraded to the
ranks Of the lower animals and plants. An oyster
never makes a mistake it has not the mind Let
be glad Of the privilege Of making mistakes
glad Of the wisdom that permits realize them.
glad Of the power that enables their light
a glow of illumination along the pathway Of our
future
Mistakes are the growing pains Of wisdom the
assessments we pay on our stock of experience, the
material of error transform into higher
living Without them there would be growth, no
progress, conquest Mistakes the knots, the
angles the broken threads, the dropped stitches
the web of our living. They the misdeaIs III
judgment, the unwIse investments IN morals, the
bypaths from the straight road of truth-and truth
IS but the accuracy of the soul Human falhbilitv,
weakness pettiness, folly and sin are all stakes
They TO be accepted mortgages of error to be
redeemed by wiser living, never weakly taken as
JustifyIng bankruptcy Of effort Even a great mis-
take IS only an episode never a whole life.
The Purpose of Life
+ IFE IS simply time given to man To learn how TO
- live. Mistakes always part of learning The
real dignity of life consists in Cultivatiug fine atti-
tudc toward our own mistakes and those of others
Man becomes great, not through never making them,
but by proftlng by those he does make. by being
satisfied with single rendition of unwIse act,
cnCOring II into a continuous performance; by get
ting from II the honey of new, rcgenerating luspra-
ton with no irritating sting of useless regret 10y
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3E1SLJ~ JS1XhG2 building glorious to-day the
QA9p2TAx1f89fF ruins of his yesterday; and by
pXLIHNhSpT rising with renewed strength finer
HOEIN& y purpose, and freshened courage every
"SVW time he falls.
~ If we have made error, done a wrong.
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Not Worth the Offer.

II was standing out in front one
night" said theatrical manager
"when ragged little urchin came
along with a dog under his arm. The
dog was yellow cur of the mangiest
variety had ever seen.
"'Are you the manager of the show:
asked the boy.
81 told him was.
".Well,' remarked the lad, want to
see the show. but | hain't got no
money. I'll tell you what I'll do. II
give you this dog if you'll let me in
II looked at the boy and then at the
dog, and my heart melted. You can go
on in said, but never mind giving
me the dog. Take the dog along i'll
with YOU
"The lad went in with the yellow
cur under his arm After the perform
ance | was standing out in front and
happened to see the urchin come out.
"'Well, sonny remarked, how did
you like the show?
"'Oh, pretty WE'LL he said, but I'm
awful glad didn't give you the dog y
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Where They Keep Things.

\ New England clergyman was TAX
ing breakfast one Sunday morning In
hotel in little western town. 4
rough old fellow across the table called
over to him. ":Goin' to the races,
stranger?" The clergyman replied, u
don't expect to-"
Coin to the ball game"
NO"
"Wcl, where are you goin '?ezsgrs
I'm going to church"
"Where do you come from"
"New England"
ooh, that explains it! That's where
they keep the Sabbath and every other
blamed thing they can lay their hands
on"
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Truth and Bubbling Springs.

Truth! Truth! There is nothing but
truth. The spring of eternal youth
Ponce de Leon sought was truth, the
spring which bubbles deep down in
the heart Of man-though often never.
never reached-and has bubbled there
from Adam to Washington, from Ga
lilei to AIarconi With the elixir OF
truth-the most sustaining Of all the
tonics-man can never grow old. But
he who gives himself to truth must
not look for Office. for riches or even
for popularity. = Louisville Courier
Journal
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Under Marshall Law.

Onder MaFShail Law
When james Watson Webb of New
York made Tom Marshall Of Kentucky
target for his editorial lance. he
struck a tartar. Marshall challenged
and insisted upon duel, which was
fought near Wilmington, Del. The
principals were stationed ten feet
apart and exchanged shots without
effect. Marshall insisted upon another
shot. and both men fired simultaneous
ly. Colonel Webb staggered, his sec
onds laid him ON the ground, and the
surgeon announced that he was
wounded below the knee.
"That was the lowest act of my lite.'
shouted Marshall. Stand him III
again for another shot"
But Webb was unable to stand. tic
was taken to hotel. where be was
laid up for several weeks, saying tc
his visiting friends, 81 am confined tc
my bed under Marshall law"
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crates. who had been circlins the camp
for q week. II WIS Il narrow escape,
but they got away unharmed.
After ii was over the general said to
the colonel. well. what do you think
of war now:'
SIS Wheeler in this nechborhood
mych rf the time: replied lie ole
ne pv.i:;irGly.
"All the time. He is here. there and
everywhere What do you think of
the prospects"
We'll" answered the colonel refec-
lively, 81 wonder whether there ism t
some way this internal thing can be
COMPROMISED"
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A Warm Corpse.

Some Irish body snatchers had rifed
grave and hid their booty in cor
ner of the churchyard when it oc-
Cured to half tipsy fellow. who had
been watching them unohserved. that
it would be pleasantcr to be driven
back to the nearest town than to walk.
He accordingly secreted the dead man
under hedge and lay down in his
place. He was duly transferred to a
cart. but when about half the journey
was over one of the men who had
touched his hand screamed to his
friend. Good heavens. the body is
warm
Hereupon. in deep voice. the sup
posed dead man remarked, III you had
been where I've been for the last two
days, you'd be warm too!'
In moment he was left in full pos
session o.. t.!c veiliCle,-Sir NJ. &.
Grant Duff's Diary.
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compromised
Sure of the Verdict.

Sure of the Verdict.
a thug with a political pull in New
York was indicted for stealing truck
load of hams. The trial came. The
evidence against the thief was over
whelming. His lawyer leaned to him
and whispered:
"You are gone goose. There is
nothing for me to do"
But the prisoner replied:
Just you get up there. please. ana
make a speech abusing all the wit
nesses. Considering the size of your
fee you lose heart pretty quickly.
So the lawyer made most abusive
speech But the judge summed up
powerfully against the ham stealer
After an absence of five minutes. how
ever, the jury brought in verdict OF
mot guilty"
"Well. can't understand it" said
the prisoners lawyer lis be left the
court arm in arm with his client.
81 can" said the other. with calm
smile. Every man on that jury had
one of the hams"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-25
Peace on Earth.

Have ycu ever thought seriously of
the meaning of that blessing given
to the peacemaker? People are al
ways expecting TO get peace in heaven.
But you know whatever peace they get
there will be ready made. Whatever
making Of peace they can be blessed
for must be on the earth here. not the
taking of arms against but the build
ing of nests amid its ''sea Of troubles"
Qike the halcyonS).
Difficult enough, you think? Per
haps so, but | do not see that any Of
us try. We complain Of the want Of
many thinGS--we want votes, we want
liberty. we want amusement, we want
money. Which OF us feels or knows
that he wants peacc?-John Ruskin.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-25
MORN.

In what a strange bewilderment do we
Awake each morn from out the brief
nights sleep!
Our struggling consciousness doth srope
and creep
It's slow way back. as if it could not free
Itself from bonds unseen. Then nlcm-
ory
Like sudden light. outflashes from its
deep
The JOY or grief which it had last to keep
For us. and by the JOY or grief we see
The new day Gawneth like the yesterday;
We are unchanged. our life the same we
knew
Before. wonder if this is the way
We wake from, deaths short sleep. to
struggle Though
A brief bewildermcnt and in dismay
Behold our life unto our old life true.
Helen Hunt Jackson.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-25
When Webster Dcdged.

When Daniel Webster was secretary
of state our consul general at Shang-
hal, having on his hands hundred or
more refractory sailors aud no prison.
sent the whole lot to the native go'-
ernor to be confined. They stayed tll'"''
little while and then marched on! Of
the prison and down the river roaG u
front of the consul's Office. each cIe
bearing on his shoulder 4 pole which
he had taken out Of the prison Stuck
ade. The consul wrote about the "''''e
to Mr.. Webster. giving the facts an'l
urging upon his attention the disgrace
attending the situation. He got his an
swer:
l have received your dispatch OF -
date In writing 10 the department here
after please use cap paper. leaving a
margin one inch wide all around. Yours
respectfully. DANIEL WEBSTER.
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Declaration of Intention to Apply
For Charter.


For Charter.
South Carolina Orangcburg county
The undersigned petitioners mere
Inv give notice that after legal notlce
of ;his Declaration, they will appiv
10 The Hon. Secretary oe State 70" =
Ch",ter for The Morgan Mi:Hag
Company, composed Of R" So h..
MORGAN. J. T. Corbett an rank
Whinn, all OF Springfield, s.. a.
That the cash capital Of = Il cor
nora;on shall be not less than '~elVe
Hrn5.ed Dollars. with the riFHt TO
iuc-,,.ye same to Twenty-Five Hun
Dr., dollars.
~, place of business shall be
tEr miles cast of Springfield.
NIT the purpose of this company
shat We ginning cotton. saving luih-
be-. s,nd;ns corn and a general
milin- business.
TIL he number of shares shall
not lr 'rss than Forty-Eight, OF
par value of Twenty-Five Dollars
each.
B. H. Morgan,
]. T. CorDett,
Frank White.
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For SaIe-

Five Six room houses, one three
room house and one small store
house.
PAYMENTS on easy terms will eX-
change for Country property.
They will rent for siXty-flve dol
lars a month.
Five of them was put up this year
right new houses on Calhoun, Meet
ing. and Wiles Streets, right in the
heart of the City.
Apply to j. D. Bolen. Calhoun,
Street No. 5. 1-1l-3nCS'
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-25
The
Scrap Book
The
An Antieilstive Burial.

- So, 20; .r.,:. all hA%iSh liE :
notified the deathwatch steward. an
Irishman, that main had died IN stare
room 45. The usual instructions to
bury the body were given. Some hours
later the body was still there. He
called the Irishman's attention to the
matter and the later replied:
~ thought you said room 4G. wint
to that room and noticed wan Of thin
in a bunk. Are We dead: says |. No,
SAYS he, but I'm pretty near dead
$50 l buried him.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-25
An Open Letter .
Theodore K0hr1.
Orangcburg, S. c., August 22nd, 1908

TO OUR CUSTOMERS;
That we may acuaint coming styles for Fall
nd III
In recent fomo our Sol KOIn who is now in NeW
York. purchasing this we have reason t" oee'e
that the following won'en
apparel.
Following the Paris fashions the pronounced type
Dicore, sheath effect This Goes not "hN Apply
to the making accessories well ie
that it will have quite as much re's" as
did the aIclry of this last Spring and Summer
Drectore Gown will be entirely too eSf"'asan'
for American ideas but moderated all other
styles
Buttons about the sizes of oc ana oo
pieces lead in dress trimmings Inc Fa'' s"aDes WI"
he Cbevon blue and Taupe
of green Diagonal stripes popular We have
inst received quite number especially in but
tons neckware and goods.
The new "s,eath Comb Grecim effort to
the Couture is now ON sale through which drawn
taMeta ibbonro or each end
tendency is the patent leather with garter '0ps "
color nearest to the dress lace
shoes can be worm We just Boston,
wl,cI, we will be glad to
\, far as we can ascertain millinery trimming
oyua velvet qul and pumes crowned and some of
them have the crown surrounded large feathers which term
ed a "Eandeaux'
Nanish effects for tailor Mr. Kohn
writes rs that he has ,n particularly good line
Of the necessities.
In stating the few the highest autto
t in our line We ask consider Kons im-
pium as the authorities all kinds for this section of the
State Our reputation many uifes this statement
With homes of seeing their Fall and ""e3
j
EMPORIUM
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Willing to Compromise.

Willing to Compromise.
About the middle of the civil war a
freshly appointed colonel with Il :icw-
ly enlisted regiment joined the Federal
forces in the far south. One morning
word WAS received that Il small detach-
ment of General Whceler's cavalry
men WAS on the other side of the hill.
and force started out in pursuit.
The next day the Confcderates were
reported miles distant in the opposite
direction. The third day the new colo
rel and veteran hri%adicr started out
for 4 pleasure ride. \ mile from camp
they rode into the fugitive COnfcd
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-25
Sort of q Reproaeh.

4 Yorkshire Gk,nglanO farmer was
asked to the funeral Of neishbors
third wife, and IS he had attended the
funeral of the two others his own wife
was rather surprised when he declined
the invitation. On being pressed he
gave his reason with some hesitation
"N-ell. thee sees. lass. If makes
c,ar feel Il VT awkward IKE 70 - a.
lus accepting other folks civliltleS
when he never has nowt o t sooart or
his avn to ak 'em back to"
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COLLEGr VI CHARLESTON
Charleston, S. @.
124th Year begins September .

124th Year begins September %
Entrance examination will be
held at the county Court House on
Friday, July 8, at a. m. All candi-
dates for admission can compete in
September for vacant Boyce Scholar
ships which pay S10O year. One
free tuition scholarship to each coun-
ty of South Carolina. Board and fur
nished room in dormitory Sill.
Tuition $40. For catalogue, address
Harrison Randolph,
President.
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T and For Sale.

81 acres of Land North OF or
angeburg and within thirty MINUTES
drive of the Court House, 100 acres
upon ely sub-soil, remainder WOOD
land Will sci as a whole Or in
tracts. Apply to L. P. zeigler,
7-21-tf Neeces, No. 2. S. G..
~~~~~~~E~~~~~~
NeVeT saw die! Try l.. l.. l..
Buy Lowman's Liver Lifters.
Take Lowman's Liver Lifters.
Use Lowman's Liver Llfters.
TRY Lowman's Liver Ltfters.
Harris Lithia Water. For sale oy
Lowman & LoWman..
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All Poit Eor.

All Paid For.
EliZabeth's mother did not teach her
little daughter much that she should
have learned about religion, nor did
the father.
The other day 4 guest said to the lit
tie girl. Elizabeth. does your father
say grace at the table,
What grace" returned the girl i'll
noccntly.
"Why. thanks for what YOU have to
cat"
oh" replied Elizabeth. now cn-
lightened I'VE don't have TO thank
any one for what we have: we always
pay cash"
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At the MilIiner's.

"Yes. | like the nat immensely, but
I'm afraid my husband won't care for
it,
"But Such love of hat, madam
Eyes; l know. Oh, will you put it
aside until tomorrow and III bring my
husband in"-
"Impossible, madam. You had bet
ter take it now. 1t is much easier to
get another husband than another hat
like this one"-Woman's Home Com
panion.
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THE BANK OF SPRINGFIELD.
Undivided Profits. =. =. 100000
Capital. ..$3O,0OO.oo

Officers.
L. NJ. Minis, President; Jno. Mob
Bean, v. P; ]. B. Smith, Cashier.
Edith Phillips, Asst.
Directors.
L. NJ. Minis. Jno. Bean, Joe. A.
Berry, L. B. Fulmer. y. P. Hut
to, J. W. Jumper, H. A. Odom,
T. L. Gleaton, o. c. Salley.
All business intrusted to US re-
ceives careful, official attention.
Leave your Surplus funds with ne
at four DER cent interest.
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For Sale.
Mason porcelin Lined Fruit Jars
with extra caps and rubDers' Can
make prompt shipment at low prlces'
send us vOur orders.
I. NJ. pearlstine & Sons,
2O1 and 2O3 East Bay ST.
Charleston, S. c.
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Text of the Lesson, ! Sam. xvi. 17-25.
Memory Verse, 21-Golden Text, Luke
wi, 27-Commentary Prepared by Rev.
D. NJ. Stearns.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-14
WHEN FALL ARRIVES.

elicit information about the part play
ed by the Mine Workers Journal in
the furtherancc fthe alleged boy
cotL
For years have been followed
about the country by detectives" Nit
cheu testified
Samuel Gompers characterized the
course against him as an attempt to
assassinate my character He said D.
did not know that the publication OF
the stove companys name in the Fed
erationist was in violation of the o.
der which hal not become operative
Gompers said that iu keeping the
name ur the company on the unfair
list. 30 was more The intention to sup
port the aTailiated bodies than 10
iniure the company
The word unfair Is a notice Of the
difference between employer and cm-
ploye- The term -We don't patron
ize- is a ,ratemeat Of fact and does
not affect The business of the employ
er. explained the witness. The hear
ing was adjourned until THURSDAY
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-14
THOUSAND MILE RIDE
Must Be Made in Ten Days BY D.
cyclist TO Get College Tuition
Free.

New York. Sept. 13-An endurance
test was started today by James y.
Roy. Of the Newark Physical Culture
Society. who will endeayor to cover
Leoo miles on a bicycle i'm ten days.
Seven years ago he was pronounce q
an incurable consumptive. The same
doctor examined hi mthree months
ago. and while expressing astonish-
ment at his healthy appearance wal
stiil Of the opinion that Roy was not
rid Of the disease
The latter intended taking a nv.-
year course in a medical college. and
wagereI 10 ride a bicycle 10 that place
On condition that IL Dee accomplished
the feat in ten days the doctor would
pay bis tuition f,e.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-14
FORMER MINERS PRESIDENT
TESTiFiES IN BUCK STOVE
BOYCOTT CASE.
EVADED ALL QUESTIONS
Des ened to Elicit Information About
Part Played BY Mine Work
ers' journal in Furthsring
Boycott.

Washington, Sept 10. Dim Nit
! che!l former president Of the United
/ Mine Workers. who with President
Gomrcls and Secretary Morrison Of
the American Federation of Labor, is
charged with contempt Of court in the
injunction case against these officials
for boycOttng the Bucks Stove and
Range company, testified in his own
defense today Sunday before Albert
Harper, special examiner
Much Ct Mitchels testimony rela-
ted to his movements leading up to
the mine workers convention in Jan.
uaIy last when a resolution was adopt
ed placing the stove company on the
unfair list and imposing a fine of
So on any member buying q product
of the concern
Mitchell said he took no part in the
drafting Of the resolution. nor did he
have any knowledge Of the subsequent
distribution of the resolution among
the 100000 mine workers. Mitchell
parried all questions designed to
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-14
OPPOSES SUNDAY
SPEECH MAKING
BPYAN REFUSES TO TALK BUT
SHAKES HANDS WITH LARGE
CROWD.
FORBADE HAND CLAPpINC
Eut as he Deprated People Violated
Promiee and AppauGed him Lib
eraIly--Hias Busy Week
Ahead.

Deer Park, Md, aelt 13 VIM zen
iniuss Eryan put the stamp Of disap
ImCyal on Sunday political speeca.
making when, Without his knwIadg
the residents around Mountain Lake
Park We're notified to assemble there
to hear him talk over twelve hun.
dral gathered while Bryan at Deer
Park was protesting to the local ccm
mittee that he would make no speech.
H finally was prevailed upon to
take the three mile drive and shake
hanIs with these in the assemblaga.
vita the understanding that he should
not speak and There should be no
hand clapping. The people gave ey-
cry evidence Of their pleasure at
meeting the Democratic candidate for
President, even though they were dis
appointed at net hearing him, and as
he departed they violated their pledge
aad aEplauded him literally
The day was one of absolute quiet
aud rest, with the exception of the
short journey to Mountain Lake Park.
and in consequence Bryan prepared