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and in the preface to the fifth volume,
issued in 1861, acknowledgment is
made Of his services. In August,
1855, he secured a place as clerk and
copyist in the law firm of Rogers,
Bowen & Rogers, in Buffalo, began to
read Blackstone, and in the autumn
OF that year was receiving 81 a week.
In 1859 he was admitted to the bar,
but for three years longer remained
with the firm that had first employed
him, acting as managing clerk at
5000 a year; a part of which he de-
voted to the support of his widowed
mother who died in 1882. On the
first of January, 1868, he was ap-
pointed assistant district attorney of
Erie county and held the office for
three years, just at this time the
Civil War was raging, two OF his
brothers being in the Northern army.
His mother and sisters dependent
on him for support, he borrowed
| money and sent substitute to the
war and it was not until long after
the war that he was able to repay
the loan.
In 1865, at the age of %, he was
the Democratic candidate for district
attorney, but was defeated by the
Republican nominee, his intimate
friend, Lymond X. Bass. He then
became a law partner of Isaac V.
! Nanderpool and in 1869 a member
of the firm of Lanning, Cleveland
! and Folsom, practicing successfully
till 1870 when he was elected sheriff
OF Erie county At the end of his
three years term he formed a law
partnership with Lyman K. Bass, the
firm being Bass. Cleveland and Bis
sell, and later when Bass retired from
failing health, Cleveland and Bissell.
In 1881 he was the Democratic can
didate for mayor OF Buffalo and was
elected by $500 majority, the largest
ever given IL candidate in that city.
He soon became known as the "VetO
Mayor because Ofhis refusal to sign
measures for expenditures he held to
be reckless. In 1882 he was nominated
and elected Governor OF New York,
defeating the Republican candidate,
Charles j. Fol ger then secretary OF
VIC thiIti ctSttCo Nv Il
plurality of 191 So.
On July the 18th, 1884, he was
nominated at Chicago by the Nation.
nj Democratic Convention for the
Presidency. and the election was op.
posed by James G. Blaine, Republi.
can nominee. Benjamin Butler, Of
Massachusetts, Labor and Green
/ back nominee, John p. ST. John, Of
| Kansas. prohibition nominee. In
: the Electoral College he received 209
votes and Mr.. Blaine 1872. On June
6, 1888, he was unanimously renom
+, mated by the National Democratic
Convention an st. Louis, and was
defeated by Benjamin Harrison
! Republican nominee, who received
+. 2S3 Electoral votes to Cleveland.
167. though on the popular vote b,
e defeated Mr.. Harrison. the vote be
: ing Cleveland, 5,540,329, Harrison
S >, 443,S $50. At the close of his ad
: ministration he took up the practic'
n of law in New York.
In June. 1892. the National Dem
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Profit in Waste Places.
Baltimore Manufacturers Record.

baltimore Manul1cturePS Record.
Many poor soils, now waste spots
on the farm, would become profitable
if planted with the right kind Of
forest trees and cared for in the right
way. Trees will often grow where
grain and grass will not. Swamps,
stony ridges, exhausted hills and
washed hillsides need not be aban-
doned. There is money in most of
them If they are put to work prOduc-
ing wood lots and forests. But
knowledge and Judgment are neces-
sary, aid bad case may be costly.
Many trees do we'll in their soils
cone-bearing trees in particular.
The farmer is fortunate whose land
has no poor spots. Few landowners
are so well Off Fertile acres are
usually fairly profitable, but the
gravel bars, rocky knobs, marshy
swales and exhausted and eroded
slopes are not. Scarcely one of
them need remain unproductive
They will grow timber-pine, locust,
poplar, Usage orange, oak, chestnut
or some other kind. But the soil
must be studied and the species
selected to suit it. Failure might
follow the planting of walnut on soil
suited to white pine, or vice versa.
Studies OF various regions and
trees that suit them have been made
by the Forest Service at Washington.
Results and conclusions have been
published, and may be had for the
asking. The aim of these studies
has been topoiEt out how the farm 5
waste and neglected corners may be
turned into wood lots where the
farmer may grow his own posts.
poles, fences and saw logs.
1t is decidedly worth while to keep
all of the farm at work The owner
pays taxes on all his land, and is out
OF pocket for whatever is not earning
him something. Further, by grow
ing a tree crop on land that is too
poor to plow the quality OF the land
itself is improved. Forests add humuS
to the soil, lettering its character
and it has lately been discovered
that the decaying leaf litter has also
the power of gathering from the air d
certain amount OF nitrogen, the
most important of plant foods. In
| this respect the forest does for the
soil what leguminous crops, like
clover and alfalfa, do. Wood grow
ing on worn out land thus becomes
doubly profitable The land is made
useful and improved at the sam,
time
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Chronological Life of jefferson
Davis.

1SO9-Born in Christian county,
Kentucky.
1S2S-Graduated from the United
States Military Academy at West
Point.
1S31-Took part in the Black Hawk
War
1S35-Married the daughter of Zach
airy Taylor and settled near
Vicksburg, Miss
1S43-Entered politics and made a
reputation as popular speaker.
1S45-Eleeeed to Congress. Married
Miss Varina Howell.
1846-Resigned his seat to 90 to the
Mexican War.
1S47-Wounded at the battle of
Buena Vista.
1S4S-Elected United States Senator
from Mississippi.
1S52-Became Secretary of War in
the cabinet of President Pierce.
1S57-Again elected to the United
States Senate.
1S61-Inaugurated President of the
Confederate States of America.
1S65-Captured at IrwinsviIle, Ga.
and confined at Fortress Monroe.
1S67-Admitted to bail in the sum
of 100000.
1SGS-Settled at Beauvoir, Miss.
after his case had been dismissed.
1SS9-Died at New Orleans.
1S93-Body removed from New Or
leans and reinterred at Richmond.
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ocatic Convention in Chicago nomi-
mated him for the third time and on
the first ballot. In the Electoral
College he received 277 votes, Benja-
min Harrison 145 and James B.
Weaver, the Peoples. Party candi-
date, %. Of the popular vote Cleve-
land received 5,453, 142, Harrison
5,1S6,S31 and Weaver 1,O3O, 1928.
On March 4, 1897, he retired from
the White House to Princeton, N. j.,
where he has since resided.
President Cleveland was married
inthe White House On June 2, 1885,
to Miss Frances Folsom, daughter OF
his deceased friend and law partner,
Oscar Folsom, of the Ruffalo bar.
Mrs. Cleveland was the youngest lex
cept the wife of President Madison)
Of the many mistresses OF the White
House, having been born in Buffalo,
N. Y, in 1864. She is the first wife
OF a President married in the White
House, and the first to give birth to
a child there, their second daughter
Esther, having been born in the Ex-
ecutive Mansion in 1898 during
President Cleveland's second term.
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Grower Cleveland

Twice President of the United
States and Three Times
Nominee of the Democratic
Party for That High Office
Defeated the Second Time
He Was Again Elected Az
ter an Interim Of Four Years,
Retiring to Private Life at
the End of This Term.
Below is appended brief sketch Of
the life and achievements of this great
man who was SO near to the hearts
of millions of American people.
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
Grover Cleveland, three times the
candidate OF the Democratic party
for the Presidency, and twice the
President of the Uuited States, was
seventy-one years, three months and
six days old when he died, having
been born on the 18th OF March.
1887, in Caldwell, Essex county, n. j..
On his fathers side he was of
English origin. His great grand
father, Moses Cleveland, emigrated
from Ipswich, County of Suffolk,
England, in 1896, and settled at
Woburn, Mass, where he died in
1907. His descendant, William Cleve-
land, was silversmith and watch
maker at Norwich, Conn, and Rich
ard Falley Cleveland, his son, WAS
graduated at Yale in 1924, ordained
to the Presbyterian ministry in 1929
and i'll the same year married Miss
! Ann Neal, daughter of n Baltimore
merchant OF Irish birth, these two
, being the parents of Grover Cleve
! land.
The Presbyterian parsonage in
/ which young Cleveland was born hat
been first occupied by Rev. Stephel
Grover, in whose honorhe was named
] but the Stephen part fit was early
/ dropped and he was known MS Grover
/ Cleveland. When he was four year:
old bis father took charge OF tn,
! Presbyterian church at Fayetteville
near Syracuse, New York, where
Grover Cleveland had a common anC
academic education and afterward,
clerked in a country store. The fam
lily removed to Clinton. \. Y. and h,
received additional educational ad
vantages in the academy there IL
his seventeenth year he became 4;
clerk and an assistant teacher in tn
New York Institution for the. Bin,
in New York City, in which his eide
brother, William, a Presbyterian
clergyman, was then teacher.
In 1866 he started West to see
employment, but on his way stoppe
at Black Rock, now a part of Buffalo
where his uncle, Lewis +. Allen, in
duced him to remain and aid in tn
compilation of a volume of the Amer
lean Herd Book. For his six week
service he was paid $50, and after
; wards, while studying law assisted i
compiling other volumes of the worl
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He Got 1t Done.
" aterlou Observer.

Waterloo Observer.
An intelligent looking boy walked
into u grocer's shop the other day,
and reading from a paper, said:
Il want six pounds of sugar, at 6A
cents Il pound.
Yes, said the shopman; that will
be 80 cents
Eleven pounds OF rice. at six cents
II pound
''SiXty-siX cents"
-Four pounds of tea, at 80 cents
pound"
1.-Two dollars"
And so hecontinued: Five pounds
of coffee, at % cents; seven tins of
milk, at 10 cents; four tins of tOma-
toes, at 9 cents, and eight tins OF
sardines, at 10 cents"
The shopman made out the bill
and handed it to the lad saying:
''Did your mother send the money,
or does she want them entered?"
''My mother didn't send me st all, F."
said the boy, Selling hold of the bill,
''It's my arithmetic lesson, and had
to get it done somehow"
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reer has known since the world began.
Mr. Davis was born June ), 1SOS, IN
Christian county. now Todd county,
Nv. and died Dec. g. 1889. in New Or
leans. Eight months after his birth
not many miles away in the same state
was born Abraham Lincoln, who was
to play opposite" Jefferson Davis dur
in. the four years of civil war which
made both of them historical person
ages. Each in his respective sphere
served as helpless target for the darts
of vituperation and abuse from those
who Cd the one side or the other held
that the war could have been handled
better. Practically all through his
service as the Confederate president
Mr. Davis was charged with incompe-
tency by Richmond newspaper print
ed so close to his official chambers that
he could almost smell the ink. The
vice president of his own government,
Alexander H. Stephens, wrote a letter
declaring his belief that President
Davis aspired to become dictator and
in substance that his object, instead OF
fighting for independence, was the sub
version of human liberty.
AS seen through historical perSpec-
tive fifty years from now, when all the
count is made up. when prejudice and
passion shall have given place to calmeI
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Decidedly So.

Hogan-Hov We hear-rd me daush-
ter, Mona, sing lately?
Dugan-Both lately and earlier,
bedadl IT'S the foine Instrumental
music she do be making.
Hogan-1e ignoramus. Shure,
singin' amt instrumental music.
Dugan-Begorry, thin keegan
towld me it was instrumental in
causin' him t move two blocks away
from yer house.
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Judgment, the likelihood is that Jeffer-
son Davis will be regarded as one who D
did nobly and ably what it was pos 81
sible and imperative for him to do in 81
a time that tried mems souls. For the c.
present, in connection with the Gen. b
tenary of his birth, tits sufficient to set S
forth some of the salient features Of f,
his career as a man, as a soldier, as a ii
statesman and as scholar. 1t is con-
coded that his service to the United Il
States as soldier, as lawmaker and as
cabinet minister were highly credit G
able. Mr.. Davis first went to congress ]
from Mississippi in 1916. John Quincy O
Adams, the grand old man. Of the
house, who had been president of the ]
United States, listened attentively to Fl
the first speech of the young MISSISSIPPI 2
plan. +
''rhat young man." he said, lis bound '
to make his mark" II
Less than two years later the young t
man made his mark as soldier. He i
had resigned his seat in the house to !
enter the military service in the war {
with Mexico, being West Point j
graduate. He was elected colonel Of the !;
First Mississippi volunteer rifemen.
In the fierce battle Of Buena Vista. {
though severely wounded, he saved '
the day by an exploit which won the s
warm praise Of the venerable Duke of {
Wellington and other noted military
men Of Europe. That was the famous
movement. Colonel Davis formed
his forces in the shape Of v open
toward an advancing host of mounted
Mexican lancers much superior in num-
bers. When the lancers rode down in
to the Y, the American rifemen caught
them in whitening fire that moved
them down like weeds before a scythe.
A few years later Sir Colin Campbell,
at Inkerman, v shaped his feFces and
repulsed a heavy body of Russians,
taking his cue from Colonel Davis Of
Buena Vista.
4 dozen years before, when a young
lieutenant in the army, Davis had
loved and won daughter of Zachary
Taylor, his Immediate commander at
the time. The marriage was practi-
cally an eiopement. Mrs. Davis died a
few weeks after the event, her .hus-
band having resigned from the army
and retired to plantation life In Mlssis-
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SMITHS LITHIA WATER

Is sold in Henderson by
Thomas Bros, Druggists. Reg
ular shipments direct from the
spring and always fresh. Or
ders, whether for large or small
quantities, will receive prompt
attention.
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sippi. In
Until the
was an 81
and his f
Taylor wa
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the v m
clasped CO
sent to the
praise Of I
After hi
Davis wa
senator By
to fill a VI
ly elected
1850 he W;
term. whi'
to run for
estate rig
| feated by
| returned
| ing made
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| 1857 with
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Not Rroadened.

There's nothing like travel to broaden a
man
Is something you've often heard said
But sometimes fellow viii travel so
hard
He Journeys back thinner instead
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Crying Need.

knicker-lt is buggy riding season.
Bocker-Ycs. and there l., n fortune
waiting for the man who inven,s !.
foWboat that can find its own way
home.-New York Sun.
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Omar Rsxi.sd.

book of Auto Rules. under-a,L
Dough. e
a slai.ed machine, n busted tire. and thou
Beside ms lying in slushy ditch
An. siushy ditch were paradise enov,
-Lippincotts Ma.a,,na
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-07-02

Many a man has tried to shirk the
responsibility for his meanness by
laying it on the devil.-Durham Her
aid.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-07-02

IT To-: .-<l..... Ia. lie urapire
did -: ilrxisa:e.
Play ball" he commanded
Instantly the threatening rain turned
to hail.-Chicaso Tribune.
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JEFFERSON DAVIS,

,EFERSON DAVIS,
first and only presi-
dent Of the Con-
federate States or
America, was the
IN O t conspicuous
figure on the losing
side of the most
spectacular war in
human history. In
to the eighty-one
years of his life en-
tered as much ro-
nance, honor, trag-
edy and pathos as
any individual ca
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Jefferson ID
JUNE 5. 1908

One Hundred Years AGO
the President Of the Con-
federate States of America
Was Born. 81 ~ ~ ~
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HOME OF JET!

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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-13
STRIKERS CE1
THEIR DISCHARGE

Winnipeg, Man, Aug. 13.-Tho
employees of the Canadian Pacific
railway were paid in full yesterday
and all striking mechanics were no.
titled that they had been discharg-
ed.
The officials of the company took
this means of announcing that the
railroad will fight the demands of
the union to a finsh.
Vice President Whyte of the rail-
road arrived here today from the
Pacific coast. He declined to dis
cuss the strike or state what is be-
ing done to fill the places of the
strikers. When asked for state
ment, hesaid:
"This will be fight to a finish,
so far as the company is concerned"
Strikebreakers are being import
ed in increasing numbers from the
United States. No violence has been
reported today.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-13
GOODWIN SMITHS
85TH BIRTHDAY
CANADA'S GRAND OLD NAN. An.
THOR, JOURNALIST AND IN
LANTHRoPIsT. HAS REACHED
ME AND HEARTY OLD AGE

Toronto, Ont, Aug. 13.-PrOk.
Goldwin Smith, one OF the adopted
sons of whom Canada is most proud.
celebrated his 85th birthday today.
From England and from many parts
OF Canada and the United States
messages OF congratulations poured
In at THE Grange" where the gen
ial publicist and historian has made
his home for more than IS years.
Born in Reading, England, Au-
gust 1s, 1929. Mr.. Smith early
reached the high position Of rsgius
professor OF modern history at Or
ford, which he held from 1858 to
1866. In 1868 he went to The
United States and for three years
filled the chair OF lecturer at Cornell
university on English and constitu-
tional history. In that year he re-
moved to Toronto. but until . fsw
years ago he still retained nominaI
connection with Cornell. His life -
Toronto has been devoted to litsr1.
ture. Journalism. philanthropy are
all the higher duties OF citixenship.
"The Grange" was built In 1877
and was then on the outskirts OF the
little town OF York. II still has tAe
atmosphere Of an English country
house. though the roar Of traffic Of
a large city 10 about It. There ID
its spacious rooms Prof Coldwin
Smith stili spends his days In plSas-
ant labor. The years have brought
many changes and have carfie9
away many Of his cherished frien6B,
but thu saga OF the Grange still Aas
: cheerful outlook on life and sajsyS
remarkably good health for . sDaD
Of his yean.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-13
mail SERVICE
ON RIVER Line
RECOMMENDATION HAS GONE
FORWARD AND CHEF CLERK
ELWELL IS DAILY EXPECTING
AUTHORITY TO INSTALL.

Mail cars with clerks will BE-
placed on the Riparia
train as soon as authority has been
received by Chief Clerk Elwell, to
whom the Commercial club address,
ed a letter early this week asking
that the river mail service be in.
augurated.
Such was the information con-
tained in letter received today by
Secretary J. A. Cook OF the Com
mercial club. Mr.. Elwell states he
has recommended the installation of
the mail cars and clerks and is daily
expecting authority to inaugurate
the service. He states everything
has been done that can be done up
to this time and only lacks the au-
thority TO place the new service in
operation.
The inauguration of the car and
clerk service will greatly facilita te
the delivery OF mail into all of the
lower river sections. eastern Ore
gon and southern Idaho Letters
mailed in Lewiston will reach the
coast the following morning and
the same delivery will he made upon
coast mail for Lewiston.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-13
EXCURSION BOATS
IN COLLISION

Rochester, N. Y. Aug. 13.-With
the decks crowded with $50 passen-
gers. the large steamer Kingston.
was rammed about IL o'clock last
right by the excursion steamer TT.
tania, carrying so passengers. The
Titania sank and one passenger in
missing. The Kingston was max
ing the port OF Charlotte on her way
from the Thousand Islands to To-
ronto Fifty feet from the Charlotte
lighthouse pier the Titania tried to
cut across the bow of the Kingston
to make a dock in advance OF the
large steamer, and rammed her on
the port side.
Capt. Thorp of the Titania leap
ed aboard the Kingston. followed by
some OF his passengers. In the mean
time sailing yacht and boats from
the iife-saving station went to the
rescue. Seventeen persons are be-
iieved to have been precipitatd into
the water. Sixteen were picked up.
The wife Of Capt Roscoe Of the
steamer Alger is missing and Is be-
lieved to have been drowned.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-13
SOLICIT FUNDS
AMONG PEOPLE
BRYANS CAMPAIGN CoNTRIBU,
NONS WILL BE SECURED BY
PERSONAL APPEAL TO INDI-
VIDUALS IN EACH STATE.

Chicago, Aug. 13.-The Demo
cratic national campaign fund OF
1908 will be raised through appeals
to individuals for contributions in
each state under the direction Of a
national committeeman or finan-
cial representative designated for
the purpose, who will determine his
own method of raising the money.
Chairman Mack. who arrived from
Lincoln today. disclosed the plan
understood to be approved by Bry-
an and Kern and members of the
campaign textbook committee.
The financial committee, Col
Moses c. Wetmore of st. Louis
chairman, generally agreed that be-
tween 100000 and $1,000.0O0 will
be required to finance the legitimate
expenditures Of the campaign.