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The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24

What man mas ,one. u1aw c8n Bo.
ran swiftly through Wi,listou's brain.
and with no idea Of abandoning his
search until he had probed the mys.
terry. he mounted and rode northward.
closely examining the edge of the
precipice as he went along for any
evidence OF possible descent. Pres.
emily he came upon n cross ravIne. de-
void OF shrubbery. too steep for a
horse. but presenting possibilities for
a man. With unerring instinct he fol.
lowed the cross-cut westward. Soon
n scattering OF scrub oaks began to
appear. and sumach already streaked
with crimson. little farther and the
trees began to show spiral wreaths Of
woodbine and wild grape. Yet little
farther. and doubtless there would be
outlet for horse as well as man.
But Williston was growing impa-
tient. Besides. the thought came to
him that he had best not risk his
buckskin to the unknown dangers of
an untried trail. What II he should go
lame? Accordingly he was left behind
In slight depression where he
would be pretty well hidden, and VIII
liston scrambled down the steep In
cline alone. When foothold or hand
hold was lacking. he simply let him
self go and slid. grasping the first root
or branch that presented itself in his
daredevil course.
Arrived at the bottom. he found his
clothes torn and his hands bleeding;
but that was nothing. With grim de-
termination he made his way through
the ravine and struck across the sand
trail with sure realization of his
danger, but without the least abate-
ment of his resolution. The sand was
firm under his feet. The water had
receded sufficient length of time be-
fore to make the thought of quick.
sands an idle fear. No puff OF cloudy
smoke leaped from n rifle barrel. II,
as he more than half suspected. the
island was a rendezvous for cattle
thieves. n place surely admirably fit.
ted by nature for such unlawful oper.
ations. the rustlers were either over.
confident of the inaccessibility of their
retreat and kept no lookout, or they
were insolently Indifferent to expos
ure. The former premise was the
more likely. A light breeze. born OF
the afterglow, came scurrying down
the river bed. Here and there. where
the sand was finest and driest 1t rose
In little whirlwinds. No sound broke
the stiffness of the summer evening.
What was that? Coyotes barking
over yonder across the river? That
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24
MODERN DEMAND FOR SILENCE.
German Newspapers Protest II 10 Be.
ing Carried to Extremes.

How the times change!" says a
writer in the Frankfurter Zeitung. In
the days of our fathers no description
of homelike. cosy room was COM
plete without reference to the tick
ing clock. 1t was this gentle sound
which emphasized the quiet of the
place. People had no nerves In those
days. To-day the thought of a ma
chine ticking off the seconds and strik-
ing the hours Is source Of worry and
distress. Time Is going. but they do
not WISH to be reminded Of 1t continu.
ally; no clock is better than the tick
ing machine. And now to meet the re-
quirements of the nervous, people,
factory at Schramburg Is making
noiseless clock" In an article on the
same subject another paper. says:
"The anti.noise craze has made disa-
greeable and uncomfortable some OF the
noises which once were music to US.
and soon we will find way to silence
the birds and to mufiie the sound OF
the rustling leaves"
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24
Frank II Not Complimentary.

Her brother, aged IT. had been made
captain OF a high school football team
and consequently had become sudden
ly popular with the girls in the neigh
borhood. Because of this the man
ager of skating rink presented broth
er with a season pass. Sister, who
had attained the tremendous age of
20. was truly flattered when brother
asked her. rather than some of the
younger bellies of his acquaintance, to
share the privileges of that skating
rink pass. But brothers explanation
removed all danger OF the immediate
growth of sisters vanity. You see,"
he told her with frank simplicity, I'm
not used to skating with girls. I'll
practice on you for a month or two,
and then when ! can do it real we'll
I'll ask some OF the other girls"
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24
See Things az They Are.

For the cultivated man there is no
virtue in either optimism or pes.
simism. Some people think 1t IL a
duty to be optimistic. and for some
people it may be a duty; but one of
the great uses Of education is to teach
us to be neither one nor the other.
In the management of our personal
affairs. we try to be neither one nor
the other. In business. persistent
and uproarious optimist would certain
ly have poor credit. And why? Be-
cause in business the trustworthy
man, as everyone knows. is the man
who sees things as they are; and to
see things as they are, without a
glamour or illusion. is the first condi-
ton of worldly success. 1t is abso-
lutely essential in war, in finance. in
law. In every field of human activity
in which the future has to be thought
of and provided for.-E. L. Godkin.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24
Turned and Faced Squarely the Spot
Which Held the Watching Man.

alien sound. A mans laugh, curse. n
heart.breaking below Of pain. Willis
ton parted ever so slightly the thick
foliage Of underbrush that separated
him from the all to familiar sounds
and peered within.
In the midst of small clearing
man.made, for several stumps were
scattered here and there-two men
were engaged in unroping and releas-
ing red steer. similar In all essential
respects to bunch of three or four
huddled together little to one side.
They were all choice. well.fed animals,
but there were thousands of just such
beasts herding on the free ranges.
He owned red steers like those. but
was there a man in the cattle country
who did not? They were impossible
of Identification without the aid OF
their brand, and 1t happened that
they were so punched as to completely
battle Williston in his eager efforts
to decipher the stamp that would dis
close their ownership. That they were
the illegitimate prey of cattle rust
lers, he never for one moment doubt
ed. The situation was conclusive. A
bed of glowing embers constantly re-
plenished and kept at white heat
served to tighten up the weird scene
growing dusky under the surrounding
cottonwoods.
Williston thought he recognized In
one of the men-the one who seemed
to be directing the procedure OF this
little affair, whose wide and dirty hat
rim was so tantalizingly drawn over
his eyes-the solitary rider whose un-
expected appearance had 80 startled
him short time before. Both he and
his companion were dressed after the
rough, nondescript manner OF cattle
men, both were gay. laughing and
talkative. and seemingly as oblivions
to possible danger as II engaged In the
most innocent and legitimate business.
A little to the left and standing
alone was an odd creature OF most
striking appearance-a large. spotted
steer with long. peculiar'looking horns.
II was quite impossible to mistake sucn
a possession II 1t had once been yours.
It's right side was turned full toward
Williston and in the center OF the hip
stood out distinctly the cleanly eau.
terised three perpendicular lines that
were the Identifying mark OF the
Three Bars ranch, one Of those same
big, opulent. self-csntered outfits whose
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Deserved Only a Nickel.

A prominent charity worker of New
Yord said the other day about Miss
Gladys Vanderbilt:
When this good and charming girl
goes to Hungary as the Countess Szc-
chenyi, | know of certain hospital
wards where she will be missed"
He paused and smiled.
But let me tell you" he said, "of
an incident that befell Miss Vanderbilt
last year. There was a children's hos.
ing fruit and flowers to the little pa
tients, and in certain ward a boy was
pointed out to her one day as a very
bad customer.
:" oh. he is incorrigible,' sighed tho
nurse.
Miss Vanderbilt talked a while with
the little chap and when she rose to so
she said:
"a See here. have heard bad re-
ports about you. Now. l want you to
promise me to be good. II you are
good for n whole week, I'll give you
81 when | come again next Thursday
THE boy promised to try to be good.
This promise, though. he did not keep.
On her next visit Miss Vanderbilt. 60
ing to his cot, said:
I shall not ask the nurse how you
have behaved this last week. I want
you to tell me yourself. Now. what do
you think-do you deserve that dollar
l promised you. or not?'
"The boy regarded Miss Vanderbilt
with a troubled frown. Then he said
" Gimme n nickel.
in low voice:
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24
The CUTTING Retort.

"You don't have to brag OF success
declared the big woman when she
had listened to the little woman's ac.
count of how well she was doing with
her work; at shows for ITSELF" And
YOU don't have to tell outright Of the
decline of success once you have been
successful," remarked the little WON.
AN. who had listened first to the big
woman's talk; ut shows In the bitter
ness with which you complain Of ex.
istin. circumstances"
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24
Real Sport.

What will you have. sir?" asked
the waiter in the ultra-fashionable res.
taurant.
"I think I'll take some ale," drawled
Uncle Dewberry. as he gazed in awe
at the electric cigar lighter.
I'VE have some very fine old musty
ales, sir?"
"Musty? Gosh all hemlock! Give
ne the freshest you have. young man.
I reckon / can afford to pay for good
sting when want It."
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24
In Luck,

Dennis-Hinnisy is the luckiest
divil that liver walked
Patrick-How's that?
Dennis-Faith. an he promised to
pay me the Ave dollars he borrowed
next week-an' he up an died yester.
day.-Smith's Magazine.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24
DANGER Of Il.

Mother. mother. mother. turn the
hose on mel" said little Willie. az his
mamma was dressing him this morn.
ing.
What do you mean ?" she asked.
you've got my stocking on wrong
side out" he said.
We fear Willie will grow up to be
newspaper humorist.-Cleveland
Leader.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24

George n. Wade, sculptor to King
Edward. has arrived III New York, to
study our men and women. He will
remain in New York n short time and
then go West. There is only one piece
of the sculptor's work in this country.
That is drinking fountain ordered
by Frances Willard and set up in Chi
cago.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24
$500 In Gold, Free,

Send us the names OF your friends
who want piano. and If we secure an
order as result we will give you IS
in gold for your trouble. Send all the
details you can and write plainly. Tho
knisht-campbelI Music Co., 1625.31
California St. Denver, Colo.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24
Hjs Present state.

"What state does the young fellow
belong to who wants to marry old
pillyuns' daughter?" Judging from
his appearance when saw him come
out Of the old mans once should say
q state Of collapse"
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24

Above is sufficient seed to grow IS bu.
of rarest vegetables and thousands of bril-.
liant flowers and all is mailed to you
POSTPAID FOR 12c.
or If you send l6c. we will add package
Of Berliner Earliest Cauliflower. John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. X. & W.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24

FITS, St. Vitus Dance and all Nervous
Diseases permanently cured by DR.. kline's
Great Nerve Restorcr. Send for Free 500
trial bottle and treatise. DR.; r; Fl. Kline,
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24

The elevator boys in New York's
forty second story Office building will
be able to reach the highest office n
the land.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24
Stork Left Heavy Baby.

A 16-pound baby was born to Mr.
and Mrs. John Reichenbach Of Brook
line, Pa. 1t is the third largest baby
ever born in Pennsylvania.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24

Happiness lies in the consciousness
We have Of 1t, and by no means in
the way the future keeps its promises,
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24
On the Contrary.

Eph Green-Ah desires to purchase
ah raZzer.
Clerk-Safety?
cial usage.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng, softens the gums reduces in.
nammation aays palm, cures wind colio. 2sc bottle.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24

Brains can make money, but money
can't make brains.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24
Something New Under the Sun.

A lady in Illinois sent us l2c a year ago
for our remarkable collection of vegetable
and flower seeds and sold 1916 worth
therefrom, or made 3lI9o. That's new
Just send this notice with l2c and re-
ccive the most original seed and plant
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24

Tombs Of Cement.
An enterprising American has be
gun to manufacture cement tombs.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24

PILES CURED IN TO Il DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any cas-
of Itching. Blind. Bleeding Protruding Piles 1
to IL day or money refunded. Soc.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-24

Wise is he who knows when not to
be patient.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20
SEX REVEALED IN COUGHS.
mrs. F'atdwelIer EnIightens Mr.. Flat
dwel!er on the Subject

Mrs. Flatdweller has a bad cold:
one of those long, lingering colds: and
lately she has had, to add to her dis.
comforts. some coughing spells; and
Mr.. F1atdweller has tried to be very
sympathetic; and when he hears
somebody coughing in the fat over.
head he says:
Hello. there's somebody coughing
upstairs. now"
Man or woman" says Mrs. Flat.
dweller.
Man or woman" repeats Mr.. Flat.
dweller. why, how should l know 90
And he adds with what is intended to
be pleasant good humor: Il can't see
through the ceiling and the floor. you
know"
You don't have to-" Mrs. Flatdwel.
Ter says. Il should think you could
tell by the sound of the cough: they
don't cough anything at all alike
They don't?" says the astonished
Mr.. Flatdweller, whats the differ.
ence?" and then says Mrs. Flatdwel.
Ter:
why, one coughs with a mans
voice and the other coughs with a
woman's voice."
And at that Mr.. Flatdweller said
nothing aloud; but he said to himself
that that was the first time he ever
knew that the sex of an unseen cough.
er could be told by the sound of the
cough.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20

about the size of lady-apples. Yes.
everything is small. I never felt so
much at home in my life.
Japanese art has had many admir-.
ers and many detractors The latter
have likened their china. sprawlinS
with dragons and alive with grinning
faces. to a fit of the jim-jams; their
suntlOwers to jellytish and their chrys-
anthemums to cartwheels.
Its admirers claim that all you have
to do is to study up it's symbols, anG
then so ahead. But it strikes me that
by the time you've learned the SYM
bols it would be time to die. For in
stance. when a Japanese artist draws
a picture Of an April evening, a dys-
peptic moon. a nightingale and a cou-
pie OF plum trees. and asks you it's
meaning. I'll wager that If you stood
first on one foot and then on the other
for two mortal hours you couldn't give
the fellow an answer. It's dollars to
doughnuts you couldn't tell the night.
ingale from fishhawk, and you
couldn't tell what he was doing on the
plum tree, or on the moon--it don't
matter which--if they gave you the
whole business-the hawk, the plum
tree. the moon and the April evening
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That you'd begin 70 see thfneb!
Stopping of At that corner nights has
done tt knew 1t would!-A plum
hawk! Oh, Archibald! that you
should come to this! Oh, OIL" $500
And there you are!-hysterics; the
telephone; the doctor; and, let US
hope. quick curtain" as they say
at the theater.
You prop the casus belli on your
knee and thus apostrophize it:
'You call yourself a moon, do you?
Why, half-baked soda biscuit is a
queen to you! And you're a night
ingale, are you? Why, you splay-foo
ed, wry-neck, hollow-back, shark-nose
Nightmares! . setting hen with the
wind-cackles is bird of paradise to
you! What did that idiotic Bilkins,
with his internal symbols. mean by
letting me in $25 for this? Yes, $25!
and what's the result? Maria throw
ing fits, and the doctors bill another
twenty-five, and nothing to show for
the fifty but this dumbasted Japanese
brain storm!
"A symbol of happiness, eho Well,
it hasn't brought much happiness to
my home! A plum tree! Looks more
like a gooseberry bush. I'll bet the
plums on it would sour a barrel Of
molasses!
Patriotism said that ass Of a
Bilkins, is sometimes indicated by a
spray of cherry blossoms Well, I've
seen it indicated round the 18th of
March by a sprig of shamrock, and
more times round the Fourth of July
by a red, white and blue rosette, but
nobody needed an interpreter in either
case to tell what they were the sym
boil of.
Grace and quietness are indicated
by the willowy tree and the swallow,
eh? Very well; admit the willow
tree. For gracefulness she's all to the
good. But the swallow for quietness!
Well, I've seen some swallows that
wouldn't go in that class-not for
nickels. One swallow don't make a
summer, but two will get away with a
whisky straight in a second and a half;
and three more will make a mans
tongue 60 like mill-clapper, while
three more will bust up all the quiet
ness left over from a generation of
country Sabbaths.
And this little game cock perched
on drum signifies good government?
Well, that's a stretch of imagination
with vengeance! Looks more like a
sparrow on q pancake.griddle. Good
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government, eh? I reckon they don't
need any over there, or they'd get
something bigger than his drumsticks
for a symbol. His purple nibs hardly
looks equal to the job. / should say
scratching worms in the back yard
was more in his line.
We'll, I've had an alcoholic suff1-
cheney of Japanese art; my reputation
for sobriety with my wife is gone to
the four winds; I'm fifty out of pocket,
and nothing-absolutely nothing-to
show for it but you! you brain-twisted,
colicky. jaundiced paranoiac:
Its the furnace fire for yours!"
On the other hand, no style of art is
so fascinating to occidental minds.
The daintiness of conception. the
charm of color, the spring time fresh
ness of atmosphere that pervades each
and every effort of the oriental work.
man possesses a charm wholly indi-
vidual and one which it is difficult to
resist.
AS have said. the scheme must be
studied. the symbols learned; but to
the dilettante this is ever wellspring
of pleasure, and one that will never
so dry.
THE system Of threes" or of "ones,"
once learned, captivates the fancy
for things artistic are nothing if not
fanciful in this oriental land-and holds
the imagination in spite of oneself.
The art-etiquette, so to speak, of a
Japanese interior is enchanting, when
one has learned it. There is only one
bunch of flowers-sometimes only
single expressive blossom-in a room.
There is but one picture. But this
oneness must be at just such time
and in just such place. Can you not
understand why? Love is not always
responsive to loves demands. Soil
tude, at times. is sweeter and more to
be desired. So the picture is hung;
the flower placed.
Every flower has a meaning. Ger
tain flowers must never be seen to-
gether. Certain others must never be
seen apart. Then, again, everything
goes in threes-blossoms, boughs, or
sprays. Even furniture has a mean
ing. The details of this etiquette are
endless and, to the occidental mind,
bewildering unless one has magma
tion," or at least an esthetic sense to
which its poetic features can appeal.
In the matter of coloring alone JAP
anese art leads the world; the secret
is their own. Their slides, etc., nota.
bly, those by kimbei. Japan's greatest
colorist, are unsurpassed by any here
tofore attempted.
Though Japan is the land of beauti.
full bric-a-brac, none is ever displayed.
The precious vase, rich with gorgeous
lacquer; the picture, beautiful with
poetic symbols; the carving, that has.
taken years of patient cunning to
create, these are never displayed on
wall or cabinet, but locked away in
safe or storeroom to be brought out
as a special honor to guest or visitor
whose coming their host wishes to
celebrate with the highest rites of
eastern hospitality.
If we had our precious treasures
always before our eyes," they say,
they would then become too common.
and we should tire of them, and that
must never bel"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20

Let ns caution IN Who are inter.
ested IN psychic development to frst
count the costs. It u much easier 10
awaken the subjective power than It IL
70 control Il. All IL well 80 long Is the
objective has control but not 70 when
the subjective gains supremacy beyond
the power Of the objective to. say
thus far and no farther
:" Not long ago well.known educator
In this state California; extended his
Investigations to tho extent that he
heard. or thought he heard. voices, He
lost his mental balance, reason abdt.
Gated her throne and he ended life.s
atful dream by his own hand. Thus
DR.. Jekyl changed himself into MI.
Hyde once too often.
! Possibly the greatest stickler in the
minds of spiritists Is the query 80 Of
ten propounded by them, viz: If two
embodied spirits can. communicate
with each other by means Of telepathy
why cannot disembodied spirit com
munlcate with ap embodied spirit In
the Same way"
in1s Is usually supposed to be 4 set-
TIER: 1t Is, from the viewpoint of tho
sp1rtt1st because his mind is settled
wnen ne asks 1t. No amount Of argu.
ment can ever convert a deep.dyed-in.
the-wool spiritist.
in1s important question is best an.
s"ered In DR.. Hudson's own words:
AS Tor myself, I do not know why
they cannot-I do not even know that
tney cannot-so communicate. Tho
question is. Do spirits of the dead com.
mun1cate with the living through me.
diums?"
throughout the who field Of investi.
Satlon' including every phase of spirit
ism extant. and with unbiased judy
ment' have sought and sought in
vain for the proof that spirits do so
communicate. have been personally
acquainted with the very best and
most prominent mediums in this coun.
try' out l have yet to meet one that
mas oeen able to give me any intelli.
gent or definite message of the beyond
from that bourne whence no trav.
eler returns"
nave every reason to believe that
Christ had full, accurate, intuitive
knowledge of every attribute of the
human soul. l further believe that in
the parable of the rich man and Laza.
rus we have full, clear, concise and
oennlte expression as to His view OF
spirit return.
Note the following expressions and
see how significant and unmistakable
are the utterances.-"between US and
you is a great gulf fixed: so that they
which would pass from hence to you
cannot, neither can they pass to US,
That would come from thence" Also.
though one rose from the Dead. etc.
marx well that word though" and
see what it implies. What is the con.
clusion to which we must naturally
arrive? l believe it will be the gen.
eral consensus of opinion that If Christ
considered it possible for spirits of the
dead to commune with the living He
would have taken this occasion to i'm.
part the information. Not having done
So the import of the parable is that
1t Is neither possible nor expedient.
for any purpose whatever, for spirits
OF the dead to communicate with the
living.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20

Consumption
fire which destroyed Duncombe park
He
the climbed his window
blanket
scorchd by the flames bursting
injured 80
Of Lenser
Edward Fitzgerald the
English police died Newgate
hed them Lady Fitzgerald who survived
orally believed
leans father of King Louis Philippe
famous French autho
Philippe
Lady Edward the mnv
lists and including