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The Green Forest tribune., 1909-09-03
Arkansas.

Drouth has prevailed in all sec tions from three to eight weeks. Cot ton has ceased to grow except on some of the low, moist lands, and is now opening very rapidly. The hot weather has prevented picking. The yield will be light, and it is doubtful if rain would add materially to the production.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-09-03
COTTON CROP REPORTS.
Staple Product Short in All the Pro-
 ducing States.

duclhg Ststes.
 Little Rock.-Conf1icting reports are being received in Little Rock daily regarding the damage done the cotton crop during the recent unusual hot weather. Some of the f1Tmers say the drouth and heat together dam aged their crops fully 25 per cent, while others, principally residents of the river lands, say their crop is do- ing well and the recent hot winds tion.
 Reports received from the big cot ton producing states, summarized, are as follows.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-09-03
Statehouse Yard Attractive.

The attractiveness of the state house yard is a matter of much fla vorable comment. There is probably no flower garden in Little Rock that
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-09-03
Reuuisition Granted

Governor Donaghey granted the re- qnisition of the governor of Alabama for John Turner, who is wanted in that state on the charge of seduc tion.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-09-03
Guion Mercantile Company.

The Guion Mercantile company of Guion was chartered by Secretary Ludwig of the department of state.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-09-03

District Attorney William Travers Jerome announced that he will be a candidate for reelection this fall run. ming independently. In brief state ment issued. he says he has decided to seek again nomiiation by peti- tion.
 Charles Cox ('lowly bleeding to death; Edward OK arrested; a coro ner's jury verdict that the death of Reece Hucks is chargeable to Edward Cox-these were developments in the street fight at Huntersville, N. C., in which one man was killed and five others seriously shot and cut
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-09-03

n rgarded as certain that, the lI4 commerce commission will B Appeal to the United States r41e court from the decision of United States circuit court at Chi. . tn he Missouri river rate case.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-12
THE STORY.

EARIB was face to face with the
crisis of his life. AS he stood
out there under the stars he did not
know which way to turn. He feared
to go home and break the news, and
he knew he could not go back on the
pledge which he had made that even
ing, as he had stood before the altar
while the smoke Of the sacrifice was
ascending to heaven.
It seemed like a dream. and yet he
knew it was all only too true. He had
never felt quite at ease since he had
taken to wife the daughter of the rich
Gentle merchant, and when Ezra the
scribe he'd pointed out Gods law, the
awfulness of his sin had swept over
him. He, priest and n of the lead
ers among the people, had violated the
Law of Moses and the sanctity of Gods
service by his marriage to a heather
woman, and in the remorse OF the mo-
ment there had been but one thought,
and that was his sin against God.
Then ~Shechaniah, tr-ansgressor like
himself and. the others of the law, had
stood up and said unto Ezra:
We have trespassed against our
God. cad have taken strange wives Of
The people OF tl1e land; yet there is
hope in Israel concerning this thing.
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my friends what it has done for me-"
Mrs. e. HANSON, 304 East Long St.,
Columbus, Ohio.
Another Woman Helped.
Graniteville, Vt.-"I was passing
throughthe Change of Life and suffered
from nervousness and other annoying
symptoms. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound restored myhealthand
strength. and proved worth mountains
of gold to me. For the sake Of other
suffering women / am willing you
should publish my letter" Mrs.
CHARLES BARCLAY, RED, Granite
vile, vt.
Women who are passing through this
critical period or who are suffering
from any Of those distressing ills pc
culiar to their sex should not lose sight
Of the fact that for thirty years Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
which is made from roots and herbs,
has been the standard remedy for
female ills. In almost every commu-
nifty you will find women who have
been restored to health by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
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Scripture Authority-Book OF Ezra
chapter eight.
Copyright, 1909, by the Author, w 8. Edson.)

Scripture AUTHORIZATIONS OIL Ezra
especially chapter eight.
E.zra's Great Reform.-The great dis
tinctive mission which Ezra performed on
his second visit to Jerusalem was the
breaking up of the promiscuous marriages
with the heather peoples about, ana
which were in direct violation of the Mo-
sale law. and threatened the very exist
ence of the Jewish nation. His first step
was to enforce separation from their
wives upon all who had made heather
marriages, in which number were inclu-
ded many priests and Levites, as well as
other Israclites, the list Of the chief Of
tenders being given in the last chapter
of the book. All this was effected in lit
tie more than six months after his arr1V-
al at Jerusalem. showing the energy and
the intense earnestness of the man. with
the detailed account of this important re-
form, Ezra's autobiography ends abrupt
~. and we hear nothing more of him TIL
IS years afterward. in the twentieth year
of ArtaXerXes, We find him again at
Jerusalem with Nehemiah, the Tirs1latha.
AS Ezra is not mentioned after Neheml-
abs departure for Babylon in the thirty
second year of ArtaNerXes, and as every
thing fell into confusion during Nehemi-
abs absence. it is not unlikely that Ezra
may have died or returned to Babylon
before that year.
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SERMONETTE.

In order that we may under
stand the seriousness Of the con-
ditions which had arisen at Je-
rusaIem we must remember that
the marriage Of the Jews to the
GentiIes was strictly forbidden
by the Mosaic law (Deut. 7:2, 81,
and that only the lower classes
were guilty in this matter, but
the practice Was shared in by
many of the priests and the le-
vites, as we'll as leading men
of the city. This great Irregu-
larity would inevitably bring
many evils in its train; it would
encourage and increase idolatry,
as we'll as break down the bar
riers of distinction which, for
important purposes, God had
raised between the lsrae'ites and
all other people. Ezra foresaw
these dangerous consequences;
but was overwhelmed with a
sense Of the difficulty Of correct
ina the evil, when matrimonial
alliances had been formed, fam
lilies reared, affections engaged,
and important interests estab-
tished.
And the first thing that Ezra
did in the face Of that awful sin
and great difficulty was to pray.
He prayed at the time OF the
evening sacrifice when the peo-
pile would be gathered together
for worship, and he prayed so :
the Spirit that God moved on
the hearts of the people, and
some of the more penitent
Of the leaders,reaIizing that there
was but one course to pursue In
dealing with evil, suggested that
they put away the Gentle wives.
That is the only sure, safe way
to deal with any sin. 1t may be
like cutting the heart in two; it
may mean giving up all that life
seems to hold dear, but if it is
the thing that is standing be-
tween the soul and God it is the
thina which much be cut out.
Desperate diseases require des-
perate remedies, and while in
this case it seemed like a repu-
diation Of solemn obligations,
still it must be remembered that
Gods law came first, and that
no human obligation could pos
sibly come before the obligation
to God. This was peculiarly 50
with the Jewish nation, for upon
the keeping Of the nation pure
depended the coming Of Christ
himself. Personal purity not
only involves the present but fu-
ture generations.
The incident before US sug-
gests two New Testament ad-
monitions: "Be ye not unequaily
yoked together with u~nbelievers;
for what fellowship hath right
eousness with unrighteousness?"
and this: Wherefore come out
from among them, and be we sep.
arate, saith the Lord, and touch
not the unclean thing; and
will receive YOU"
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which / read, The voices of the Irish
and while / read it it seemed
to me that / heard the cry of the
jewellers by the forest of Foclut, by
the Western ocean, calling with one
voice to ME, Come and dwell with u.s.
My heart was so moved that / awoke,
and / give thanks to my God, who
after many years has given to them
according to their petition"
Thus wrote Patrick in one of his let
ters preserved in the ancient book of
Armagh, which dates from A. d. S07.
In a dream he heard the cry of the
jewellers in the forest of Foclut:
thoughts carried him back to the days
when he was a captive and a slave in
that self-same forest by the Western
ocean.
Patrick himself does not tell us the
details of his stay in France. as he is
hurrying his narrative forward to the
time of his mission to Ireland; but
there is an abundance of very early
testimony in old Gaelic and Latin
which makes it certain that he was
associated with three great men who
at that time dominated the spiritual
life of Gaul. The first of these was
Saint Martin of Tours, a native of
Hungary, son of a tribune in the
Roman armies and himself a soldier.
Tradition says that Patrick's mother
was the sister, or at least q close rela-
tive, of Martin Of Tours, though his
fathers family belonged to the north
of Britain, close to the roct OF Dunn
barton on the Clyde.
Another great man with whom Pat
rick was associated at this time was
Saint Germanus Of Auxerre. Like
Martin, he was Of martial origin and
Of a bold, warlike spirit.
The third great man OF Gaul who in
iuenced Patrick in the years Of his
young manhood--he was 20. he tells
us, when he fled from slavery in Ire
land-was H%onoratus. With his broth
er Venantius this ardent and aspir-
ing soul had set forth to the east, to
give his life to the ascetic devotion
and spiritual ~seclusion which was the
ideal Of eastern Christendom. On his
brothers death he returned and fixed
his abode on a little island on the
Riviera, within two or three miles OF
Cannes. Here, with a group of Kindred
spirits, he established one Of those lit
tie religious colonies which play SO
large q part in early European his
tory, and from which 50 much that
wae purest and noblest in the life OF
Europe was destined to come forth.
AS in all these colonies. . church
was built and made the center OF the
life of the place. The teacher and his
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! disciples, as always, were their own
builders, masons and carpenters. Then
they added dwellings and places OF
study, and soon they were immersed
in a life of profound activity, spiritual,
intellectual and physical at the same
time. To the perfect balance, self-sac-
rifice and devotion of this life is due
much of the spiritual power of the
great men who went forth from just
such religious settlements as that OF
HonoratuS.
To this settlement among the blue
Mediterranean waves Patrick came.
and here he studied for many years.
From his letters we can form a some.
what precise estimate of what he
read. Latin had been his mother
tongue; the tongue, in fact, both OF
his fathers family in the Roman. col.
ony on the Clyde and Of his mothers
people, the family of the tribune in
the Roman armies. But, Patrick tells
us, he had neglected the study OF
Latin while he was a boy, and had ap.
~parently pretty well forgotten it dur.
ing the six years of his slavery in Ire.
land, where, however, he learned to
speak Irish correctly and eve elo-
quently, as his intercourse with the
Celtic princes abundantly shows In
the Isle of Honoratus he took up his
Latin studies onc again, and attained
a fair proficiency in the tongue OF
Imperial Rome, as his Latin letters
show. His style is rugged, sometimes
obscure, but always forcible. often elo-
quent, and with the ring of entire sim
cerity and genuine faith. Patrick then
set himself to read and reread b
sacred books, New Testament and Old
Testament alike, In the very imperfect
Latin versions which preceded the &C.
cepted translation OF st. Jerome. In
his letters he quotes a~bundantly from
many books of the Old Testament.
In this Mediterranean Isle Patrick
was within the spiritual province con-
quered by the great %Irenaeus, the dis
ciple of Polycarp, the disciple OF st.
John; and it is noteworthy that we
find the followers Of COLUMBIA, the
Apostle of Scotland, likewise claiming
SPIRITUAL QSSCCut 4lOuA 0Ss vOo
A very interesting fact has been
pointed out by Mrs. Devenish-Meares.
It is that the chapel OF H~onoratus, in
which Patrick worshiped during sew.
eral years, is dedicated to the Trinity.
and is distinguished architecturally by
q triple apse, three bays in the east
ern end Of the chapel, typifying the
triune godhead. The eastern end Of
the chapel door and ceiling are. there
fore, in form like a trefoil or sham
rock: and It may well be this familiar
building which suggested to Patrick
the smile Of the shamrock to illus
trate the teaching OF the trinity. It
was in this little chapel on the isle
ever since dedicated to st. Honoratus
that Patrick prepared himself Tor his
marvellous and fruitful mission to Ire
land
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lLese MaJests.

Lese Majeste.
A teacher in one Of the schools OF
Berlin has given to the papers OF that
city a composition written by n OF
the pupils in his school on the SUD.
ject, 1.-THE Kaiser" in the course OF
which the young author says: Prince
Wilhelm was born On the kaiser's
birthday. From the dome OF h cas-
tie 101 salute shots were fired. the
old grandfather and old Wrangei
hoped into a cab and went t the
schloss, and old Wrangel said: Inc
boy is all right and the father mace
q bow from the balcony. and 1T was
awful cold. And when the boy was
baptized his father held his watch IN
front of the little fellows nose, and ne
grabbed it and never let go again. be-
cause he Is a H~ohenzollern."
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Truthful Bessie.

There had been a lovers quarrel
and 1t was his first visit IL two weeks.
II uess you know there was a DIFF
ference between your sister and my
self?' he ventured, trying to pump the
little sister.
Eyes, indeed" responded the latter
without hesitation.
"Well-er-do you think Clara will
make UP when she comes down."
Little Bessie leaned over nearer and
whispered:
"She ought to, Mr. Bilkins. She 10
upstairs making up now"
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The Difference.

Josiah Ito newly welded neighbor)
Il wish you long, happy lives; and
l see no reason since you have had
experience why you and Marian can
not pull together as steady and hap
py and successfully as a team OF
horses.
Obadiar-No doubt we could if there
was only one tongue between US
Judge.
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The Three Main Duties.

Mems proper business In this world
falls mainly into three divisions
First, to know themselves and the e
listing state of the things they have
to do with; secondly, to be happy In
themselves and in the existing state OF
things; thirdly, to mend themselves
and the existing state Of things, as far
as either are marred and m~endable.-
COlton.
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The More Lasting Remembrance.

If your name is to live at all, 1t is
SO much more to have it live in peo-
pies hearts than only in their brains!
I don't know that ones eyes fill with
tears when he thinks OF the famous
inventor of lo%garithms. but a song OF
Burns or a hymn of Charles Wesley
yoes straight to your heart and you
can't help loving both of them. the
sinner as we'll as the saint.-Ohver
Wendell Holmes.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-12

The great secret Of happiness Is t.
study to accommodate OWE minds
to things external rather than accom-
modate things external to ourselves
Dugald Stewart.
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pound q u e
change of life. NY
doctor told me it
was good, and since
taking it l feel 80
much better that I
can do all my work
again. I think
E. Pinkham's
w egetable Com
pound a fine remedy
for all wOman's
TROUBLES, and I
never forget, tn toll
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-12

When we are made a Witness Of the
power Of evil, then !. Is time to set
about measuring our own strength
Royston.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-12

A man would rather lose $25 at the
racetrack than give it to his wife to
buy a bonnet.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-12

HILE l was at home in
a vision of the night
/ saw one who seemed
to come from Ireland,
bringing innumerable
letters. He gave me
one of the letters, in
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-12
HER
PHYSICIAN
ADVISED
Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Columbus, Ohio eel have taken
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
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puRINo Il

Maude-Men r getting 30 deceit-
ful, you can't trust your best friend.
Percy-And what's worse, you can't
get your best friend to trust you.
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For Headache Try Hicks capudine.

Whether from Colds, Heat. Stomach or
Nervous troubles, the aches are speedily
relieved by Capudine. It's Liquid-pleas-
ant to take-Efects Immediately. 10, %
and SOC at Drug Stores.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-09-09

been explored and big game harnts
located, which will delight sportsmen
and extend the Esquimaux horizon.
Land has been discovered on which
rest the earth's northernmost rocks.
A triangle of 10000 square miles has
been cut out of the terrestrial I'M
known. The expedition was the out
come of summer cruise in the Arctic
seas on the schooner Bradley, which
arrived at the limits of navigation in
Smith Sound late in August, 1907"
Forced to Eat Dogs.
1--WE were now about two hundred
miles from the pole and sledge loads
We're reduced. One dog after another
went into the stomachs of the hungry
survivors until the teams were consid-
erably diminished in number, but there
seemed to remain sufficient balance
for man and brute to push along into
the heart of the mystery to which we
had set ourselves.
"The night of April was made no
table by the swinging of the sun at
midnight over the northern ice. Sun
burns and frost bites now were record
ed on the same day, but the double
days glitter infused an incentive into
ones life of shivers.
The low temperature was persist
ent and the winds made life a torture
But cooped up in our snow houses,
eating dried beef tallow and drinking
hot tea, there were some animal COM
forts occasionally to be gained.
There was urgent need of rapid
advance. Our main mission did not
permit detour for the purpose of ex-
pIoring the coast. Here were seen
the last signs of solid earth; beyond,
there was nothing stable to be seen.
Describes Arrival at Pole.
After telling of the experiences of
himself and Esquimaux guides, DR..
Cook says:
"On April 81 we had reached SO de-
grees SO minutes 46 seconds. The
pole was in sight. We covered the
remaining IA seconds and made few
final observations. told Etukishook
and Ahwelsh (the accompanying Es-
quimaux) that we had reached the
great nail Everywhere we turned was
south. With a single step we could
pass from one side OF the earth to
the other; from midday to midnight
At last the flag floated to the breezes
81 the pole. 1t was April 81. 1908.
The temperature was minus SO cent?
grade, barometer 1888, latitude 80;
as for the longitude it was nothing.
as it was but word.
crazed by Joy, But Weary.
Although crazy with Joy our spirits
began to undergo feeling of aeari-
ness. Next day, after taking all our
observations, sentiment of intense
solitude penetrated us while we
looked at the horizon. Was it possible
that this desolate region, without a
Yatch of earth, had aroused the am
bhion of so many men for SO many
c1dturies. There was no ground, only
an immensely of dazzling white Snow.
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no living being, no point to break the
frightful monotony.
ION April % we startl ID on brr re,
turn"
Sends Message to Wife.
New York" Successful. well. Ad.
dress Copenhagen. Fred"
Full of meaning If successful" we're
interpreted to indicate that he ,aad
reached the north pole, the foregoing
cable message, exasperating in its
brieTness, was received in New York
Wednesday from DR.. Frederick A.
Cook, the American explorer, whom
the latest cable advices credit with
having accomplished what no man
ever did.
The message was sent not to any
scientific society nor to any of his as
sociates interested in his expedition
from a scientific viewpoint, but to his
wife, who has been counting the days
and hours and praying for his safety
since his departure from this city on
July 4, 1907.
Wife Not at Home.
But by chance Mrs. Cook was not at
her Brooklyn home, but spending the
summer at Harpswell. Me-, so the dis
patch was received by DIR. r. T. Da.
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eminent steamer Hans Egede, which
passed Lerwick at noon en- route for
Denmark, and read as follows:
1--WE have on board the American
traveller, DR.. Cook, who reached the
north pole April q. 1908. DR.. Cook
Arrived in Upernavik in May of 1909
from Cape York. The Esquimaux of
Cape York confirmed DR.. Cooks story
of his Journey"
Director Ryberg, head of the Green
land administration bureau. said he
did not expect to receive any further
details of DR.. Cooks achievement be-
fore the arrival of the Hans Egeie at
this port, which probably would be
Saturday afternoon.
The noted explorer, Commander
Hovgaard, leader of various north
pole expeditions. was convinced that
the message that Dr. Cook had
reached the pole was true, but re-
marked that it was strange that no
mention was made in the cable as to
whether there is land at the pole. II
ie the intention of the people of
Copenhagen on DIR. Cooks arrival
here, to give him a most enthusiastic
reception.
Cook Tells of Discovery.
Paris.-The Paris edition of the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-09-09
OPENING OF CHEYENNE RIVER
INDIAN RESERVATION.

The General Land OGce at Wash
ington has designated LIE Beau and
Aberdeen, So. Oak, on the Minneapo-
lis e st. Louis r. r. as registration
points.
There will be about 1000 quarter Sec
tons allotted to settlers.
Who May Secure a Homestead.
Under the homestead laws of the
United States any person, male of fe-
male, who is not the owner of more
than 100 acres of land in any state
or territory, who is a native born
citizen of the United States. or has
been naturalized, or declared his in
tention to become a naturalized citizen
of the United States ii. e., one who
has taken out his first papers of citi-
zenship), who is over the age of 81
years or the head of a family, may
make homestead entry of not exceed
ing $50 acres of any of the unoccu-
pied public lands of the United
States.