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The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21
YEARNiNe OF THE SOUL.
Writer'S Desires Expressed in Most
Beautiful Pross Verse.

Through every grass-blade in the
many thousand grasses: through the
million leaves, veined and edgecut on
bush and tree; through the song
notes and the marked feathers of the
bird; through the insects hum and the
color of the butterfly; through the soft.
warm air and the flecks of clouds dis
solving-I used them all for prayer
with all the energy the sunbeams had
poured unwearied on the earth since
Sesostris was conscious of them on the
ancient sands; with all the life that
had been lived by vigorous man and
beauteous woman since first in dearest
Greece the dream of the gods was
woven; with all the soul-life that had
flowed long stream down to mel
prayed that | might have soul more
than equal to, far beyond my concep-
ton OF those things of the past, the
present, and the fullness of all life;
not only equal to these, but beyond,
higher and more powerful than l
could imagine; that l might take from
all their energy, grandeur, and beauty,
and gather it unto me; that my soul
might be more than the cosmos of life.
Richard Jefferies.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21
Uncle Ben Liked Her.

A Kansas City girl recently married
nearby towns, and went there with
him to live. The bridegroom was
naturally eager that his relatives
should like his bride and as one, an
old farmer, voiced no complimentary
opinion in his hearing he at last
asked:
Uncle Ben, what do you think OF
my wife,"
wal, for fact, George" responded
the old fellow, you shore outmarried
yourself. kansas City Times.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

deaf. The world is full of beauty and
full of music. Yet it is strange how
many people seem neither to see the
loveliness nor hear the music. 1t
were well if many of us would train
ourselves to see the glory and good
ness of God, as revealed in nature. 1t
will be sad to leave this world, after
staying in it three-score or four-score
years without having seen any of the
ten thousand beauties with which God
had adorned it. Consider the lilies"
said Jesus. Every sweet flower has a
message of joy to him who can read
the writing. One who loves Gods
flowers and birds and trees and noun
tains and rivers and seas, and has
learned to heed the voices which every
where whisper their secrets to him
who understands, can never be sad or
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21

it may be because of its original quail
ity or its early training, which cannot
through divine help learn the lesson
of happiness and thanksgiving. The
secret of Christian joy is the peace of
Christ in the heart. Then one is not
dependent upon circumstances or con-
ditions. st. Paul said he had learned
in whatsoever state he was therein to
be content. We know well that his
circumstances were not always con-
genial nor easy. but he sang songs in
his prison with as cheerful heart as
when he was enjoying the hospitality
of loving friend. There might be
hardships. sufferings, and want; but
in himself he had the peace of Christ;
and this sustained him. st. PauPs
secret of contentment is the Chris.
tian's true secret of happy life.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21
Mark Twain on Art.

Mark Twain and party Of friends
recently went to visit the studio OF q
young sculptor who is coming rapidly
into public notice. One of the pieces
which was admired greatly by the ma
jority of the party was the figure of a
young woman coiling up her hair.
Mark listened to the encomiums in
silence, and when urged for an eI-
preston of opinion said slowly:
ut is beautiful, but it is not true to
nature"
All expressed their surprise at this
unexpected verdict and demanded his
reasons.
she ought to have her mouth full
of hairpins, replied Tom Sawyer's
father.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21
A Riddle,

An English paper recently asked its
readers for an answer to the follow
ing riddle:
What does a man love more than life,
Hate more than death or mortal
strife;
That which contented men desire,
The poor have, and the rich require;
A miser spends, the spendthrift saves,
And all men carry to their graves?
All sorts of answers were sent in,
but the correct one was declared to
be Nothing"
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21
Tho Only Use He Knew.

The head OF the family" was read
ing the vivid account of the departure
of the Israelites from the land Of
Egypt, and the four-year-old son lis
tened with intense interest.
At length the reader came to the
passage, And Moses took the bones Of
Joseph with him." when the boy.
whose limited experience had taught
him only one use for such articles,
shocked his staid relatives by crying
in excited amazemeDt;
ITO make soup wiv?"-Harpers
Monthly.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21
What He Calls Her

Now, Willie" said the teacher OF
the primary class, ''let us see whether
you can tell us the name of this grace.
Unlocking animal with the big,
pronged horns? Hunters go up into
the woods every fall to shoot this
beautiful creature. 1t is very cruel OF
them to do so, is it not? Can't you
tell us what the animal is called ?
Come. now, think. l am sure you
know what it is. What does your IA
ther call your mother when he comes
home at night?"
He calls her Betsy. cause It
plaques her"
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21

eJQHM our highest and holiest
" Mk duties. There are in the
.HA m Scriptures more COM
S&)NZ mands and calls to praise
than to prayer. Yet few
duties are more frequent
ly neglected than this. There are
many people who are always coming
to God with requests but who do not
come to him with thanksgiving after
their requests have been granted. Ten
lepers once cried to Jesus for cleans
ing, as he was passing them at dis
tance. He graciously heard them and
granted their plea. When they had
been healed, one of the ten returned
to thank the healer, but the other nine
came not again with any word of rec
ognition of the great favor they had
received. So it is continually-many
are blessed and helped but few show
gratitude. Our Lord felt keenly the
ingratitude of the lepers who re-
turned not. Where are the nine?" was
his panied question. God pours out
his gifts and blessings every day upon
his children; and whenever no voice
of Thanksgiving is heard in return he
misses it. If one bird of the forest
is silent in the glad spring day, he
misses its song. If one human heart
fails to utter it's praise amid lifes
countless blessings, he is disap-
pointed.
Many there are who think that if
certain definite days are set apart for
praise it is enough. For example,
they will be grateful for whole day
once in year, touching then every
chord of praise in their being, think
ing that this is the way God wants
them to show their gratitude. But the
annual Thanksgiving day is not in
tended to gather into itself the thanks
giving for whole year; rather it is
intended to give the keynote for all
the years life. Life's true concert
pitch is praise. If we find that we
are below the right pitch, we should
take advantage of the particular
thanksgiving seasons to get keyed
up. When the strings of life begin to
grow discordant thanksgiving will put
us in tune.
The ideal life is one of gladness.
Unthankfulness and fretfulness are
discords in the song. We have no
right to live gloomily or sadly. Go
where we may, we hear the music of
Joy, unless our ears have become tone
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. they cannot reach the dis
eased portion OF the There is only way to
deafness. and that by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an innamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube IS innamed you have rumbling sound i'm
perfect hearing and when 1t is entirely closed Deaf
ness Is the result. and unless the Inflammation be
taken out and this tube restored Its normal cond-
tlon, hearing Will be destroyed forever: nine cases
out OF ten caused by Catarrh which is nothing
but an lnfamed condition OF the mucous surfaces
We Will give One Hundred Dollars for any case OF
Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by Halls Cetarrh Cure. Send for circulars free.
+. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo o
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21
One Way to CAGE the Brute.

II think that's a charming thing for
your wife to do" the visitor remarked
ITO sit down on the floor and take
your shoes off for you after dinner"
''It is" acknowledged her husband
"but there's method in her madness
She does it to keep me at home. She
knows that once my shoes are off
and my slippers on I'll be too lazy to
put the shoes back on and go down
town"
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21
Hat as Badge of Slavery.

With the ancient Greeks the hat
was simply an appurtenance of the
traveller. The free citizen preferred
to go bareheaded and only put on his
broad-brimmed petasus for protection
against the sun when on a long jour
ney. The uncovered head was part
of his dignity for the slaves and work
men wore always a kind of pointed
skull cap.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21
Snake in a Becr-BarreI.

A party of foreigners tapped keg
OF beer at Lake Altoona, Pa, but
could not get the fluid through the
spigot Investigation disclosed the
fact that the bunghole was stopped up
by a snake. The reptile must have
crawled into the keg while it was ly-
ing empty on the ground. and was
drowned when the keg was filled.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21
Not Till Then.

Percy-I dreamed last night that
you had accepted me. What does that
signify?
Edith-That you will marry me.
PercyZAhl When?
Edith-When you dream againl-
London Opinion.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21

no cure for me and 1 was given up to
die. Being urged, 1 used Doan's Kid
ney Pills. Soon I was better and in a
few weeks was about the house, well
and strong again."
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21
LYDIA e. PINkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

For proof OF this statement read
the following letters.
Mrs. Barbara Base, of Kingman,
Kansas, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
% For eight years suffered from the
most severe form of female troubles and
was told that an operation was my only
hope of recovery. i wrote Mrs. Pinkham
for advice, and tool, Lydia E. Pinlsham's
Vegetable Compound, and it has saved
my life and made me well woman"
Mrs. Arthur r. House, of Church
Road, Moorestown. N. j., writes:
81 feel it is my duty to let people
know what Lydia e. Pinlkham's Vege-
table Compound has done for me. L
suffered from female troubles, and last
March my physician decided that an
operation was necessary. My husband
objected, and urged me to try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and TODAY am well and strong"
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, and backache.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21

For years l was
weak and run down,
could not sleep, my
limbs sweiled and
the secretions were
troublesome; pains
were intense. 1 was
fast in bed for four
months. Three doc
tors said there WAS
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21
Can't Kill EN-.

81 wonder what becomes of all the
newspapers"
Most of them lose their identity In
the paper mills, but the jokes keep
bobbing up for years afterward"-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21

If there is any one thing that a
woman breads more than another it
is surgical operation.
We can state without fear of a
contradiction that there are hun
dreds, yes, thousands, of operations
performed upon women in our hos
pitals which are entirely unneces-
sary and many have been avoided BY
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21

Never part without loving words to
think of during your absence. 1t may
be that you will not meet again in life.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21
Important to Mothers,

Failure after long perseverance Is
much grander than never to have
striving good enough to be called q
failure.-George Eliot.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21

1t isn't safe to judge by appearances.
The man who acts ferocious abroad
may be as meek as a lamb at home.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21

Use Aliens Foot-Ease
Cures tired, aching sweating feet. DC Trial package
free. A. S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21
sEp.HoUND FOR MONTHS.
Hope Abandoned After Physicians'
Consultation.

Mrs. Enos Shearer, Yew and Wash.
tngton Sts., Centralia, Wash, SAYS:
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21
Undoubtedly.

Would you run after me and poster
me in this fashion if you had mil
lion?"
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21
THE NEWEST MODE.

Susie-What does the new baby at
your house look like? Is it nice?
Sammy-Must be the latest thing in
babies. Maw's as tickled over it as
II it just come from the milliners.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21
'I thought as much. "

IF had million dollars l wouldn't
need to, you'd be running after and
pestering me-
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21

There are no vacations in the school
for scandal.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-11-21

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums reduces IN
allays pain. wind collie Csc bottle
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-02-14

and happened to find it" lie turned
to the strangers who had accompanied
him from the ship, crying, "Serve those
warrants" and they stepped forward.
The uproar of the past few minutes
had brought men running from every
direction till, finding no room on the
stairs, they had massed in the street
below while the word flew from lip to
lip concerning this closing scene Of
their drama, the battle of the Midas
the great fight upstairs and the arrest
by the Frisco deputies. Like Sind
bad's genie, wondrous tale took shape
from the rumors. Men shouldered one
another eagerly for a glimpse of the
actors, and when the press streamed
out, greeted 1t with volleys of ques-
tons. They saw the unconscious mar
shall borne forth, followed by the old
judge, now a palsied wretch, sinking
beside his captor, very shell of man
at whom they jeereL. When McNama-
IA lurched into view, an image Of de-
feat and chagrin, their voices rose
menacingly. The pack was turning
and he knew 1t, but, though racked
and crippled, he bent upon them a
visage so full OF defiance and contemp-
tuous malignity that they hushed them
selves, and their final picture of him
was that of n big man downed, but
unbeaten to the last. They began to
cry for Glenister, so that when he
doomed in the doorway, a ragged, he
roic figure, his heavy shock low over
his eyes, his unshaven face aggressive
even in its WEAKNESS, his corded arms
and chest bare beneath the fiutterine
streamers, the street broke into wild
cheering. Here was a man of their
own, son of the northland who labor
ed and loved and fought In way they
understood, and he had come into his
due.
But Roy, dumb and listless. stag
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-02-14
CHAPTER XXI.

~ OLDIERS seized the young man,
who made no offer at resist
ance. and the room became a
49, noisy riot. Crowds surged up
from below, 'clamoring, questioning,
till some one at the head OF the stairs
shouted down:
They've got Roy Glenister He's
killed Mcnamara" at which a murmur
arose that threatened to become a
cheer.
Then one of the receivers faction
called, Lets hang him. He killed ten
of our men last night" Helen WINGED,
but Stillman, reused to sort Of ma
levolent courage, quoted the angry
voices.
"Officer, hold these people back. I'll
attend to this man. The laws in my
hands and I'll make him answer"
Mcnamara reared himself, grooming,
from the floor, his right arm swinging
from the shoulder strangely loose and
distorted, with palm twisted outward,
while his battered face was hideous
with pain and defeat. He growled
broken maledictions at his enemy.
Roy meanwhile said nothing, for as
the savage lust died in him he realized
that the whirling faces before him
were the faces of his enemies, that the
Bronco Kid was still at large and that
his vengeance was but half completed.
His knees were bending; his limbs
were like leaden bars, his chest fur
mace Of Goals. AS he reeled down the
lane of human forms, supported by his
guards, he came abreast of the girl and
her companion and paused, clearing
his vision slowly.
"Ah, there you arer' he said thickly
20 the gambler and began to wrestle
with his captors, barring his teeth in a
grimace Of painful effort, but they held
him as easily as though he were
child and drew him forward, his body
tagging Imply, his face turned back
over his shoulder
They had him near the door when
Wheaton barred their way, crying:
Hold up Il minute! It's all right,
Roy
AYE, Bill-it's all right. We did our
best, but we were done by damned
blackguard. Now he'll send me up,
but l don't care. l broke him-with
my naked hands. Didn't l, McNa-
mara?" He Knocked unsteadily at the
boss, who cursed aloud in return,
glowering like an evil mask, while
Stillman ran up, disheveled and shrilly
irascible.
"Take him away, tell you. Take
him to jailv'
But Wheaton held his place, while
the room centered its eyes upon him,
seeming some unexpected denouement.
He saw ii, and in concession to n nat
ural vanity and dramatic instinct, he
threw back his head and stuffed his
hands into his coat pockets, while the
crowd waited. He grinned insolently
at the judge and the receiver.
This will be day of defeats and
disappointments to you, my friends.
That boy won't go to Jail because you
will wear the shackles yourselves. oh,
you played shrewd game. you two,
with your senators, your politics and
your pulls, but it's our turn now, and
We'll make you dance for the mines
you Quilted and the robberies you've
done and the men you've ruined.
Thank heaven, there's one honest court,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-10-28
Greatly u Kissed al ceder Springs.

EsfSe -.
The Palmetto Leaf Published By
;facnlty and student body of the
CedarSpring Institute had the fol
lowing to say of Hon. John Z.
Swearingen's absence last week:
"Hon. J. E Swearingen- Il seems
hard not to say Johns one of our
boys History simply told is'this:
accidentally blinded by the dis
charge Of a gun when about ten
years old, a pupil here, a student at
the South Carolina University, a
teacher here nine years, State Super
dntendent of Education elect for the
State of South Carolina. None wish
ed him success more than his Cedar
Spring friends; none miss him more
than we do now that he is gone. He
did strong work here and put
hope and ambition into every pupil
that came under him. We feel in
his new field that he will be of or eat
help to our school. We would beg
him to remember that the Leaf de
aands" ar article from him just as
in the days gone BY"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-10-28
Delegates to Charleston.

The following ladies from the
association will attend
the Woman's Missionary Union
convening in Charleston November
10th to 18th:
Miss Robbie Jones and Mrs. w.
S. G.. Heath, Antioch; Mrs. J. r.
Nixon, Clark's Hill; Mrs. j. FL.
Tillman, Mrs. ]. w. Peak, Mrs.
Barnwell Jones, Mrs. ]. H. Allen,
Misses Eileen QUITS and Kate Patti
son, Edgefeld; Miss Mary Emma
Williams, Gilgal; Miss Madge
Mays, Horns Creek; Mrs. w. y.
Parks, Miss Lucy Jaro, j Parksville;
Mrs. Hugh Wates, Mrs. w. E..
Prescott and Miss Alma Ham
mond, Red Hill; Misses Carrie
Burkhalter, Julia and Fannie Joe
Strom, Rehoboth; Mrs. Kate M.
Black and Mrs. j. c. Long, Mrs.
E. L. Posey, Mrs. A. l. Webb!
Trenton; Mrs. j. L. GriAis, Red
Oak Grove.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-10-28
Attention County Schools.

= The Edgefeld chapter of the
Daughters of the Confederacy is
offering gold medal, to be awarded
as prize for the best essay on
Gen. Robt. E. Lee. This offer is
open to all pupils of the various
schools of our county, boys and
girls from the ages of Is through
the 18th year. Every teacher is re-
quested to choose the best two
papers from each school, one a boys
and the other girls and send these
two to Mrs. Julian Holstein, secre-
tary of the chapter, by December
18th as none coming in later can be
accepted. The papers sent in will be
read before the members of the
chapter by Mrs. Holstein and the
best six three boys and three girls
will be chosen by the Daughters
and these parties will be notified at
once, that they will be expected
to read their essays in the opera
house of our county seat on Janua-
ry 10th, 1909, to an audience assem-
,bled in celebration of Lees birth
day.
The Daughters of the .Confedera-
cy will attend in body and decide
then and there which essay as well
as deliveryis the best and the medn.
al will be awarded on this occasio !.
1t is earnestly hoped that the var
Gus ouilss SCHOOLS will take this mattel
up and cooperate with the U. D. c.
in trying to 'instilla love and inter
est in the Confederacy in the young
people of our county.
Veterans desiring Crosses of
Honor will call on Mrs. Griffin at
the Edgefeld Bank for application
blanks as soon as possible and have
same filled out properly returning
them to her at once. Orders for
Crosses must go in between the lst
and 10th of November as this is the
time appointed for the State Gus
todian to receive applications.
Mrs. N. G. Evans, Pres.
Mrs. J, ID, HOlstein, Sec.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-10-28
HISTORIC sAND-BAR FERRY
Owned by an Edgefield Man,
MIR. Warren Fair.

Now that movement is on foot
to abolish Sand Bar Ferry, across
the Savannah river and substitute
for tia bridge, the history. of the
old ferry is interesting. The first
owner Of the property, Col Pepper,
who in 1889, while at Fort Moore
Bluff, the eminence overlooking the
river on the South Carolina Side, OBJ
tanned charter and permission to
introduce q ferryboat from the Co
lonial Government. Gov. Bull later
transferred the charter and the
property to Col. Pepper, who in
turn transmitted them to the Lamar
family. The ,Lamars conducted the
ferry business for a number of years
and sold tito Col. Abney Whatley.
Itremained a Whatley property un-
til the close of the civil war when
Mr.. Johnathan Miller, who by the
way, is stillin the land of the living
and with faculties unimpaired, ,atan
age close toa century. purchased it
from III. FL. Hickman, administrators,
for $4,000. Mr.. Miller held it for
about ten years and sold it to Mr..
Warren Fair, who a little over two
years ago sold it to Mr.. Paul Dunbar
for 81, 900. In course af a year the
ferry again changed hands and is
now the property once more of MIR.
Warren Fair. For number OF
year before and after the war the
annual income of the ferry reached
sum as high as $4,000. The IN.
nualiincome at present is said to be
between $4,000 and $4,000. The
ferry ownership includes parcels OF
land, ten to fifteen acres, on each
side of the river, on which taxes are
paid to Richmond county and Aiken
county, respectively Aiken he
corder.