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tured by the Shawnees at the Laekawanna
Valley massacre, when all the other
members of the family, except a Sis
ter were slain. Carter was afterward
traded to the Cherokees and married full
blooded daughter of thai TRIBE and reared
a family. The sister of Carter was
ransomed by the whites. Benjamin Wis
nan Carter, father of the congressman,
was a great grandson of Nathan Car
ter, and a captain In the Confederate
army, doing valiant service in the big
war of 1S61-65. After that struggle was
over he settled In the Chlckasaw ma
ton, though there was much prejudice
against Confederate soldiers round about.
and he was in much danger on that
account. However In November, 1866,
he married Serena j. Gay, niece of Chief
Harris, and a sister Of Chief william
Guy VINO Is now superintendent of the
Indian school at Sulphur Oak. Charles
d. Carter, the congressman, is the only
child of this marriage.
He was born in little log cabin near
Boggy Depot, August Is, 1869. In 1875
his father moved to Mill Creek Stage
Stand and there the boy attended school
in 1880, at the age of IL, his first academic
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praying publicly for the success of the
rebellion" why" said the preacher.
Il said nothing about the rebellion"
NO" rejoined the officer; you did not
use the word rebellion but what did
you mean by all that you said about the
weak struggling against the strong?"
We'll" said Broaddus, Il was talking
to the Lord, and l suppose he knows
what 1 meant"
And here are two other modern in
stances in the same line:
Old Brother Hawkins of Orange coun-
ty, Virginia, was leading in prayer at a
church meeting during the war and
among other petitions he offered the fol-
lowing with much unction: 20, Lord.
we do pray Thee to look down in mercy
and bless this tore-to pieces country"
I am not sure that the possibilities of the
English language will admit of a more ex-
pressive phrase.
The famous evangelist, A. B. Earle. was
conducting a meeting in the Walnut Street
Baptist church, Louisville. at a time
when Rev. William NJ. Pratt was sup
plying the pulpit. At the close of the
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heroic devotion to duty. Grant, Sherman
and Sheridan might be fifty compared
with Jesus Christ" It seems to me that
the editor of the Christian Inquirer might.
without much straining. add that preach
er to his list of characters
Another Baptist preacher. who was
preaching in my pulpit in New Bedfard,
said OF that professional cut-throat, old
John Brown that he might be fitly COM
pared with the Saviour Of the world Was
not this preacher a promising candidate
for the title of "a character"
The editor of the christian Inquirer
intimates his fear lest we southern
preachers, I'm Diminishing our congrega-
tons. should pronounce our benedictions
with the names of Robert E. Lee and
Stonewall Jackson substituted for that of
Jesus Christ. So far as 1 am able to
Judge I should say that we are not much
more open to this danger than northern
preachers are to the danger of giving
up the gospel of Jesus Christ and Him
crucihed," and substituting that of John
Brown and him hanged"
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sinner, but also to heal the sick. That
strated by the Christian Scientists. and
that Christ is responsible for these
seemingly miraculous cures many of
the Christian Science people firmly be-
lieve, but IL He is personally respon-
sble for these cures, we must, in all
candor and honesty give Mohammed,
Buddah, CONTIGUOUS and the craven
images that the idolatrous Orientals
worship the equal credit of performing
like miracles.
Many Christian Scientists who have
studied the worlds religions, have ad-
mitted that the results they obtain
were secured by suggestion, which Is
nothing more or less than hypnotism.
A very striking illustration of the
power of suggestion may be witnessed
by paying visit to the Shrine of
Lourdes, France
1t is one of the largest, If not the
chief place of Catholic pilgrimage. Its
fame dates from 1853 when the Virgin
Mary is reported to have appeared to
a young girl of 10, Bernadette Sou
birous The famous Lourdes spring is
credited with miraculous powers on ao-
court of the visit of the virgin. 1t has
no medicinal properties. A church was
erected in 1889 for the benefit of the
pilgrims of whom half million visit
Lourdes annually. A large barn-like
structure near these famous springs is
filled to overlooking with crutches.
braces, canes and all kinds of devices,
such as cripples use. all cast aside
simply because the pilgrims had faith
and the suggestions given were stron G..
Dowie, the late leader of the Zion
lists, had a large room full of crutches,
etc. that through his hypnotic powers
he caused to be cast aside. 1t is true
that he, like the Christian Scientists,
gave God the credit for these wonder
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has made 100000 in enterprises that
would extort the admiration of a Hunt
ington, or a Gould, and it is likely that
ere he dies he will increase his fortune
fivefold. The story of how he made his
millions is a financial romance that
wish l had space to relate.
Charles d. Carter, M c., is seven-six-
teenths Indian, mingled Chickasaw and
Cherokee. And he is proud of every
drop of that blood. The Jew would
not be other than a Jew to conquer
like Napoleon, and Carter would not
let from his veins one drop of their
Indian blood to be president of the Unit
ed States for life. But we have race
II. our country far more numerous than
the Indian, unfortunately, every son and
daughter of which, from Booker Wash
ington down, curses the pigment cell
in his body. And that is the misery
of 1t, for caste is stronger than all the
armies and all the navies of the con-
queror and prevails over all the phil
osophies of the sage and over all the
henevolences OF the philanthropist.
This Indian about whom l am trying
to write, is direct lineal descendant
of that Nathan Carter who was cap
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to father it. When it is considered that
this speech came spontaneous from
merchants clerk. a COW puncher, a bron-
cho buster, who never attended college a
day, or read a law book, it is simply a
marvellous production.
That 1t was unstudied is evident. for
the most brilliant passages are in response
to abrupt interruptions. There is a vein
of that imagery in it that shows its In
dian origin. There Is argument, conclu-
sion mingled with poetry and pathos, and
couched in a sweet and undefled English
that very few of our orators are mas
tiers Of
l wish I had space to make copious
quotations from his great speech. and
have sought to select passages from it to
crib, but | could not make selection,
for try as I would. and | did, other
passages clamored for the place.
Carter has the Gndion eye In its rich
black and fathomless depth, and yet 1t
is a laughing eye, such as the eavalryman
of romance has. What a trooper he
would have been under Forrest, what d
raider under Morgan.
In social converse he will frequently
startle you with thought entirely new TO
you.
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dead. The East Indians today do all
Of the miracles that Christ performed and
many others vastly more difficult.
Mrs Eddy correctly surmsed that the
direct application of the teachings of
Christ or I should say the repetition of
the suggestions of Jesus would be as
potent today in curing the sick as they
were when used by the Savior him
self.
When Jesus failed in curing tho sick
He would say. 20 We of little faith. +"
The Christian Scientists of today attrIb-
ute their failures to the lack of faith of
their patients.
After deep study of the life and
works of Jesus Mrs. Eddy determined to
try the experiment of healing the sick
through faith in Christ and with this
noble and worthy purpose in view she
wrote and published in the year 1875
her book entitled 1.-The Science Of Health.
With Key To the Scriptures" which Is
today the text book of the cult called
Christian Science. Mrs. Eddy founded
in Boston the Church of Christ. Scien-
fist, the title of which was changed in
1881 to the First Church of Christ. Scien-
fist. In this year she also founded the
Metaphysical college in which several
hundreds of students have been taught
the science OF suggestive therapeutics. or
hypn otism, under the name of Christian
Science.
Chief among the Christian Science liter
ature is the monthly Christian Science
Journal, the Christian Science Quarterly
and a German monthly publication called
Der Herald Der Christian Science, also
the weekly Christian Science Sentinel.
The Bible and the Christian Science
text book together constitute the Chris
tian Science pastor, but Mrs. Eddy is
designated as the pastor emeritus.
The declared principle of Christian
Science Is God, and its basic purpose is
the moral, mental and physical regen-
Grafton of mankind.
TT is Intended not only to save the
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a sermon delivered from the peak OF the
mountain Arafat, on which Mohammed
prayed. The pilgrims who visit Mecca
annually number over 100000. During the
pilgrimage christian dog enters Nee
ca at the peril of his life, although the
mosque has been entered by numerous
OF pilgrims.
Various carved gods that are wor-
SHIPPED by many of the Oriental races
have the power of curing the Stck-that
is, they have the power Of giving a per-
son who worships them the objective sug-
gestion that they can be cured II they
have sufficient falkland cure follows.
Such results are even more numer-
Gus in China than in Egypt but tho
difference In the density of population
accounts for this. A sick Chinaman will
go to the craven image he Is accustomed
to worship; his faith In this image is
great and he takes offerings that h.
thinks it will please the carved god, II
the god Is pleased the Celestial immadi-
ately gets well. If he still remains sick
he thinks that what he offered was not
acceptable so in his faith he tries again
and at length succeeds. The same re-
suits precisely as the Christian Scientist
secures only the percentage of cures is
In favor of the Egyptian Mohammedan
and the Chinese idolater.
In her studies of the Bible Mrs. Eddy
appreciated the power OF suggestion as
practiced by the Savior. as she recog-
nized in Him man of wonderful per-
sonal magnetism. He was, In fact, the
first hypnotist Of whom the Christian
world has any record, although certain
East Indian tribes (most prominent
among them being the Yogis), practiced
hypnotism thousands of years before tho
coming OF Christ Mrs Eddy appre-
ciated the fact that Jesus used very
powerful suggestions when he fed the
multitude with few loaves and fishes,
when he turned water into wine. when
he healed the sick and cured the blind.
and when he raised Lazarus from the
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full cures, but the faith in the hearts
of the afflicted ones, and the sugges-
lions given by Dowie, were the sole
agents of cure.
The Christian Scientists have what
they call a publication committee
whose duty it is to correct mistakes
Gas seen through Christian Scientists
eyes), that appear in the newspapers
and magazines. 1 suppose that this
article will be criticized by some of
them, but 1 would like to have them
understand that the writer has no
fault to find with any ones religion.
1 equally respect the Idolater, the
Buddhist the Mohammaden, the Con-
fucionist, the Pagan, the Christian and
all of Christianity's various and Au-
merous scots.
There is truth and good in all things.
and I assure the Christian that If he
will come out of his shell long enough
to study some of the other religions
of the worlds people, he will find many
beautiful things from which many
beautiful lessons may be drawn.
Through out humanity there runs a
vein of superstition that requires some
thing to worship, and for this reason
we have upon this insignificant globe
something over 10000 different relig-
ious beliefs, and the gods and saints
of each religion can be appealed to
through faith. and the proper sugges-
tive environment. and through these
two agents. suggestion and faith,
cure may be wrought in the sick.
The superstltious religious beliefs
now practiced on our planet will in
the course of time become matters of
history, for the steady advance of
scientific knowledge will reveal to the
earth's people the secret of the other
side of death, and unborn generations
will read the history of the present
and remark ".what supersitious beings
they ware"
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tor of the orthodox Congregationalist
church here" was the reply. WELL"
said Emerson. "he seems to be a very
candid sort of gentleman"
The following anecdote l can vouch for
as authentic:
During the late war when the Federal
troops were occupying Fredericksburg,
the Rev. William F. Broaddus, a decided
REBEL frequently had Federal officers
to hear him preach. The preachers whole
heart was with the Confederacy, and he
felt it to be his duty to pray for the
success of the cause which he loved. He
knew, however, that he was liable to ar
rest, and hence he was careful in the
selection of his words. He would pray
that the Lord would put down all OPP
preston and tyranny, and that wherever
the right however weak, was contend
ing against the strong arm of usurpation
and wrong, the Lord would nterpose and
protect the weak, and that the right cause
might be made to triumph" One day
after he had prayed thus a Federal OFF,
Ger approached him and said: 'sDr. Broad
dus, this will not be allowed You are
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a T a time when political affairs
~ were in very unsettled condi-
\ ton in England, many years ago,
there was, in certain quarters, great anx-
let lest there should be "a split" be-
tween the crown and parliament. Party
excitement was running high At this
juncture a certain minister, who was a
decided monarchist in his views, prayed
that 1.-THE king and ministry and the
parliament might all hang together"
Amen!' exclaimed a violent republican
who would have been delighted to see
them all hang. The preacher saw the
misconstruction to which his patriotic
prayer was open, and, after an embar-
RAISING pause, corrected himself thus:
%, Lord! l did not mean what that
wicked man thinks; I mean may they all
hang together with accord and with con-
cord" mo matter what sort of cord it
is, said the irrepresslble democrat. Just
so 1t is strong enough"
The pastor of the Park street church,
Boston. astonished his people one Sun
day by praying that the Lord would
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r YYPNOTISM Is a word coined in the
English language by DIR. Braid, an
i L English physician of Manchester.
This word was intended to embrace a Sc
ries of phenomena known by the names
of mermerism, sonambulism, animal mag
netism, and natural and physical science.
The last two words as defined by Webs
ter mean such knowledge as relates to
the physical world and it's phenomena,
the nature. constitution and forces Of
matter, the qualities and functions of liv-
ing tissues, and physical organs.
In the year of our Lord 1866 Boston
woman Mrs. Baker G. Eddy. dressed hyp-
notism in a new garb and rechristened 1t
Christian Science.
Since that time the followers of this
new theraputical means of cure nave IN
creased until today they number some-
thing like $1,000.
The statistics of the numbers Of min
listers Cor readers), churches and COM
muntcants compiled by DR.. Fl. X. Car
roll. late special agent of the United
States census office, and published In the
Christian Advocate in 1908, gives the fol-
lowing census of the Christian Scientists
In America: -,
Churches ..-...................' NO
Ministers or readers ......... l,3So
Communicates ................. oo'o5o =
Mrs. Eddy and her followers have scored
many successes, as well as many failures
in the practice of hypnotism In this new
guise. .,
Monv Christian Science practitioners
have been arrested, fined and convicted
IN the states of New York and Massa-
chusetts for treating the sick, because
under the law, they were not duly quail
ned to practice any system Of therapeu-
tics.
Hypnotism, more properly called sug-
gestive therapeutics. may bs induced by a
multitude Of methods. In recent article
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-10-22
NATIONAL APPLE SHOW
November IS to 30 Prizes Amounting
to $4,000

Among the numerous prizes offered
for competition at the second National
Apple Show in Spokane, November IS
to 20, when premiums to the amount
of $4,000 will be distributed in 20
classes, is a magnificent silver trophy
presented by the International Ship
pers' Association. The cup, received
by Rem H. Rice, secretary-manager,
bears the following inscription:
Presented to
by the International Apple Shippers
Association for the best commercial
packing and grading of apples exhib-
tied at the National Apple Show,
Spokane, Wash, November, 1909.
Accompanying the trophy is letter
from N. G. Gibson Of Chicago, chair
man of special committee appointed
by William L. Wagner, president Of
the association at Buffalo last summer,
who says among other things regarding
its disposition by the management Of
the apple show:
The International Apple Shippers
Association is representative of all
parts of the continent, and as our
officers and members are always at
work to secure better packing and
grading in all sections of the country,
our committee thought it advisable
to have this cup awarded the way we
have decided. 1t is for best packing
and grading Of apples exhibited at the
show. 1t is not so much for its in
trinsic value that the winner will prize
it, but more as coming from the
source it does.
Mr.. Rice has received assurances
from the foremost growers in the Inland
Empire and the Pacific Northwest that
every commercial orchard district west
of the Rocky mountains will be repre-
scented; and in addition there will be
exhibits from other parts of the United
States and Canada. Preparations have
been made for exhibiting 1000, 900
aDDles.
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Application No. GIeg
Notice of sale of state Land.

Notice Is hereby given that on Saturday,
the 9Th day November 1909, between the
hours of ten O'Clock I'm the forenoon and four
O'Clock I'm the afternoon, commencing mt the
hour of ten O'Clock I'm the forenoon OF said
day, in front OF the main entrance uoot 10
the county court house In the city OF Wen
atchee, county of Cheluu, state of Washing
ton, either by the county auditor of said
county or by a member of the board of state
land commissioners of the state OF wash
inRton, the following described state lands,
together with the improvements situated
thereon, Will be sold at public auction To the
highest bidder therefor to-wit:
Nv "A Of NV a of section 10, township y
north, range Is east W. NJ" containing ~
acres appraised ut 5000 per acre, or SuVOo'
subject to an easement for right of way for
an irrigation ditch heretofore granted to
the Peshastin Orchards Ditch Company.
Said land Will be sold for not less than the
appraised value above stated and upon the
terms and conditions following:
Terms and conditions of sale: Not less than
one-tenth OF the purchase price must be putu
ut the time of sale, to the officer making the
sale. The purchaser, If he be not the owner
of the improvements, must forthwith pay
to the officer making The sale the full amount
of the appraised value of the improvements,
rs above stated One-tenth of the purchase
price must be paid annually thereafter ON
the first day of March of each year, with in
terest on all deferred payments at the rate
of six per centum per annum, together win
accrued interest on any balance, at the same
rate: Provided That any purchaser may
make fun payment of principal, interest
and statutory fees at any time and obtain Il
containing timberOr other valuable m0tert-
ais is prohibited by law from cutting or re-
moving any such timber or materials with
out first obtaining consent of the contnls-
sioner of public lands, or the board, until
the full amount of the purchase price has
been paid and deed issued.
All sales of state lands are made subject to
the reservations of oils, gasses coal, ores,
minerals and fossils of every name, kind and
description, and to the additional terms anu
conditions prescribed in the act of the legis-
lature approved March 70, 1907, being Sec. 3
of Chap. 256 of the Laws of 1907.
The above described lands are offered for
sale in pursuance of an order of the Board
of State Land Commissioners, and an order
of sale duly issued and certified by the Com
missioner of Public Lands of the state of
Washington, now on file in the office of the
County Auditor of said county.
II. w. ROSS,
Commissioner of Public Lands
Oct. l-NoV.
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Drew Interest on Fund.

Spokane-C. E. Atkinson. clerk OF
Spokane county, was arrested on a
warrant accusing him of using money
under his official control for his pri-
vate benefit. The arrest follows an
indictment by the grand jury in Judge
Hueneke's court. The specific charge
is that Atkinson, as county clerk and
ex-officio clerk of the superior court,
placed money put in his custody by
litigants in the Traders National
Bank to his own credit and drew a
monthly interest on the amount de-
posted.
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Hop growers of the Northwest are
having their innings, with prevailing
quotations at 25 cents per pound. Last
years average price was 7 cents, in
1907 7 cents, and in 1906 IL cents.
The last high-priced year was 1904,
when the Northwest crop went up to
As cents, and back in 1882 there were
sales as high as SIPS per pound. In
some respects the market this year
resembles that of 1882.
Light crops all over the world are re-
sponsible for the prevailing high prices.
Washington's crop is about $4,000
bales, compared with $4,000 bales last
year, and California has about 10000
bales this year, compared to $4,000
bales last season. Oregon's crop is the
lightest since 1896, this years esti-
mate being about 10000 bales.
1t is expected this year will mark
the first OF series of high-priced crops.
This season, the next, and possibly one
or two more, will mean large profits to
growers. After that, because of high
prices having stimulated production,
more hops will be grown than are
needed and the price will drop again.