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BY WILLIAM r. ELLIS.

| One Of the deep passions, II not the
deepest, In the heart of humanity, j
| the thirst for Immortality. That can
not be eradicated. Man, even the low
est order, has what the poet calico
"intimations of immortality" The
| Bushman and the South Sea islanders
believed that their dead lived again
! That same thought underlies all the
+, quickened modern movements fol
psychical research. Scholars are look
ing for scientific evidence that there Is
q conscious existence beyond the
grave. The blatant skeptic who cries
Death ends ALL" is given less consid
Grafton than anybody else. He is IN
array against Inconsistencies
Meanwhile, the vast body of Christen'
dom bases it's assurance OF endless
life upon a firm faith in the word OF
God, as revealed to mankind by Jesus
Christ and impaired through the holy
scriptures.
II eternity is as real as we believe
then it is supremely worth preparing
for.
The best program for life here
is to live as If for eternity.
Now is enternity. The life already
begun on earth is to be continued in
heaven, and never to end. The great
journey has already begun
All over the land people are prepar-
ing for a summer trip tbroad. They
have made their steamship reserva-
lions, have consulted their time tables
and are buying trunks and bags ana
steamer rugs and cameras and clothes.
Foreth ought Of every sort Is being
exercised A still larger company OF
people will embark this summer upon
the ocean of death. Many of them,
however are not so provident as the
travellers who take the shorter jour-
ney They are not getting ready to
sail. They give little thought to what
they will find on the other side. They
are not preparing to live for eternity.
Heaven is a prepared place: II go
to prepare place for YOU" 1t Is
meant for a prepared people. Some OF
US neglect that preparation. We are
not making ready by taking on the
heavenly habits. The things and
thoughts of eternity are alien to us.
We are like travellers who have not
themselves with the speech
or habits or treasurers of the country
they expect to visit.
There will be many persons go to
heaven who will not get the best
from heaven.
Morbid unreal and sentimental
on heaven may not be en-
God designs heaven to be
in constance with. and for the support
Of, this present life. 1t Is said that the
colored preachers in the south are
londer Of preaching Of the golden
crowns and shining robes Of heaven
than about the parcticalities Of right
eousness here below; SO that wise
counsellor OF their own race adjured a
company Of fellow clergymen against
this saying: Brethren, heaven is the
very last place I want to go!"
Sane thoughts of heaven are sweet
and profitable There are few better
spiritual exercises than to sit down
with the hymn book and read, II un-
able to sing, some of the greatest as
pirations for heaven which lofty spirits
have breathed forth. There is exalta-
lion in the strains of ''Hark! bark my
soul!" and in the sanity Demands
hymn Jerusalem, the golden" 1t
was real spirit Of devotion that
penned these hymns.
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That man is blest
Who does his best
And leaves the rest;
Then do not worry.
Charles F. Deems.

City jewellers make money, make
regulations (good and bad) make mu-
seums and subways. make charitable
institutions. make with hysteric rapid
ity, like excited spiders, more and yet
more complications in the many laby-
rinths of their lives, but they never
make each others acquaintances =
and that is all that is worth
doing in the world.-Dorothy Canfield.
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Dr.ShaIIenberqer

The Regular and Reliable Chicago
Specialist, who has visited Ottumwa
since 1909, will be at
Ottumwa, Ballingall Hotel,
Tuesday, April 5, 1910
zone day only and return every "a
days.
Fairfield. Court Hotel. Wednesday.
March 80.
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March 81.
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THE LIFE THAT LASTS.

Terse Comments Upon the Christian
Endeavor Topic for March ~ is
"0ettlne Ready TO Live Forever"
Eccl. 12:1-7. Easter Meeting.
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SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.

SEVEN DEN 6NSc 06n "0IN0s
Sometimes providence, like Hebrew
letters. must be read backwards
John Flavel.
Love all men. trust a few, do wrong
to none.-Hamlet.
Absence Of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind dis.
tressed;
An idler is a watch that wants both
hands,
AS useless If it goes as iif 1t stands.
-Cowper
Choice and service-in these are
the whole of life.-Mark Hopkins.
The blessedness of life depends
more upon it's interests than upon Its
omforts.-George Macdonald.
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tory through the panic that seized
some of the militia companies in his
little army, but he always managed to
retreat in good order, and although ap-
parently checked time after time, he
never really lost ground, but constant
" made Roadway
When Lee Joined him Greene had be-
gun the retreat that opened his great
campaign. CORVALLIS, eager to finish
the work he had done so well at Cam
den, pursued him relentlessly There was
no hope for Greene unless he could get
the beaten army to Virginia and could
place broad river between it and the
British. The legion of Lee and the force
of Col. Williams acted as a screen for
Greene. For 200 miles its province was
TO hamper the advance guard of the
enemy. Many times it seemed as If the
force of Greene were doomed, but every
time the advance guard was checked. So
desperate was the pursuit of Lees men
were able to eat but once a day, ard
were able to rest only six hours in every
forty-elght. Nearly all the time the ad-
vance guard and the screening body were
within rife shot of each other. Once
when Lee and Williams sighted large
number of campfires they thought the
supreme moment had arrived. and they
determined to hurl their little force upon
the whole British army in order to hold
it long enough to let Greene escape But
the camptires were old ones left by
Greene two days before and there was no
Greene got his army across the Dan
and was safe. Lee was in the last boa:
to cross. The river was in flood, the
Americans had all the boats and Corn
wallis had to turn back. Within two
weeks Greene, his men rested and his
ranks somewhat recruited, recrossed me
Dan and went after CORVALLIS. Lee.
with his flying column, was at its mead.
Then it was that Lee essayed to strike a
blow that would have startled the coun-
try. He planned to capture Tarleton ami
all the British cavalry. Tarleton and MS
rough riders secured the country.
Lee went in pursuit. Moving with the
greatest secrecy he got within a few
miles of Tarleton's camp on the Haw
He captured two of Tarleton's officers
who had been left behind and compelled
them to aid him in making the country
men believe his force was Tarleton's. A
little farther on Lee came upon two
tories. who reported they We're en- route
to join force of 400 tories nearby
marching to join Tarleton. Lee. posing as
Tarleton, sent the two tories with ore
of his troopers to Col. Pyle, commander
of the tory regiment. with a request TO
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years old and had been born in the
famous house of a hundred rooms at
Stratford. in historic Westmoreland- His
home was the finest mansion in the prov
ince the estate embraced some of the
richest lands in the country and his fam
iy was one of the most prominent IN
the new world. This youth was destined
To become the great cavalry leader OF the
revolution the Light Horse Harry Lee
of history the statesman. whose Grafton
at the funeral of Washington never VIII
be forgotten because of his characterize
ton of the father of the country as first
in war. first in peace and first in the
hearts of his countrymen, and he was
destined too. 10 furnish one of the strang-
est contrasts in American life.
AS a soldier he was to engage in per-
haps more battles than any other COM
mander in the service. only TO die as
the result of injuries inflicted by a mob
As statesman he was to rise to be
the second governor of Virginia and twice
member OF Congress and then To be cast
into a debtors prison-he who had been
one of the countrys richest youths And
in the time of adversely and sorrow
while he was a prisoner. there was to
come into the world son of his who
was to become one of the greatest mill
tary leaders of all time-RObert Z. Lee.
Never did Washington have better
horseman about him than his young
neighbor. The saddle came natural to
Lee. for the house of hundred rooms
had stables with stalls for a hundred
horses. and the horses of Stratford
were credited with being among the
best in America. When a small boy
he had ridden TO hounds, and he grew
up 10 be one of the best riders in the
province. At Princeton. where he went
TO receive his education, his horses
were the admiration of the college, and
wnen he Joined the army he brought
with him the pick of his stable. From
the fall of -. when he reached head
quarters. until early in 1882 there hard
ly was a day when he was not in the
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When Washington died Lee, VINO again
was in Congress, was selected as the per-
son best fitted to pronounce the eulogy.
He now was at the height of his fame
He was an ardent federalist 4 turn
came In the .-de of public opinion and
Thomas Jefferson became President Lee
retired from public life. His affairs were
greatly involved. Lead a legion he could
to perfection. but business was to him a
morass. He became involved i'm debt and
was cast into prison in Spottsylvania
county. There in gloom and sorrow he
wrote his Memoirs of the War in the
Southern Department of the United
States" Strange how bad was his judg-
nent of soldiers.
as a military man OF sublime genius He
did not, of course, know that Charles Lee
WAS a worse traitor than Arnold. Gates
he placed in high rank-6iates the incapa-
bic, Gates the man who tried To cor
rupt Gen. Daniel Morgan and who sought
to ruin Washington. OF the British gen.
era's lie puts CORVALLIS first in ability.
Willie he was engaged on his memoirs
Robert E. Lee was born.
Broken in heath and spirit Lee was re-
leased from prison. In 1914. in Balt-
more, he sought TO defend a friend, the
editor of a federalist newspaper, who
had aroused a lot of bitter feeling. 4
mob attacked the newspaper office, and
when the mob finished its work il had
done for Light Horse Harry Lee what
British troops had failed TO do. He was
so badly injured that for time his life
was despaired of. He rallied "A little, but
never recovered. In 1878 he went to the
West Indies. hoping the change would
restore his shattered health. ON his way
back he went to visit the daughter OF
his old commander. Gen Greene. at Cum
berland Island, and there he died
Copyright 1910. by Richard spi!!aneD
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a certain night and carry him from the
garden 10 TIE river.
IN case they were seen they were to
represent Arnold as a drunken sailor
they were taking back to ship. Once
In boat they were safe
Champe lOoSened the palingS between
the garden and the alley. SO that Arnold
could be carried through without noise.
and when all was ready notified Lee of
the night chosen for the abduction On
the appointed night Lee and a small
party waited on the Jersey shore
Hour after hour passed, and dawn
came, but no sign of Champe and his
prisoner. few days later letter
from the sergeant explained the failure
On the very day for the kidnapping
Arnold changed his quarters to super
intend the embarkatiOn of troops for
a southern expedition, to be command
ed by himself And poor Champe. in
stead of capturing the general, had 10
accompany the traitor. Not until nearly
able to escape Then he tramped
hundreds OF miles and joined the legion
of Lee in North Carolina, as II was
pursuing Rawdon. Great was the sur
prise of the men when they saw nm.
and greater was the surprise when they
saw how warmly their commander
greeted him. But when they learned the
whole story their admiration for the
legions one deserter knew no bounds
X x
Lee had plenty Of active service in
those trying times when Washington,
with varying success, played the great
game for control of New Jersey and
the highlands of the Hudson. but it was
mild In comparison with that which he
saw when he and his legion were sent
south to join Greene. The British had
overrun Georgia and the Carolinas.
Gates had been crushed With the eX-
ception OF the small bands commanded
by Marion and Sumter, there scarcely
was force south of Virginia to uphold
the cause of independence. 1t was a
desperate undertaking that had been
assigned to Greene. He was asked to
take the remnants of a dsorganized
disrupted army, half starved, ragged
and poorly armed. and with it recon
quer a territory held by force much
larger than his own, we'll clad, well fed,
trained men habituated to victory. No
man in the American army was better fit
ed for the task than Nathaniel Greene.
He had all the patience of Washington
and perhaps more military skill. He
had a positive genius for fighting. and
while apparently being worsted always
Gripping the opposing force. His cam
paign in the south was mastery. At
various times he lost a well earned vic
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D serve as aid-de-
camp there came
to Gen. Washing
ton shortly before
the battle of
Brandywine a
gallant youth
from Virginia,
II a rry Ia e g,
wealthy, high
born and we'll edu-
Gated. He was
only twenty-one
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SduuIc vi adventure CneTc scarcely Is
revolutionary soldier who had so
much. Before he had been on duty d
week he saved Alexander Hamilton S
life by risking his own.
The two had been sent by Washing
ton to remove some stores which he
feared would fall into the hands of
Gen. Howe. On their way they came
upon the advance guard of the British.
and to give Hamilton and four others
eral troopers holly engaged the men
nearest them. Hamilton reached the
boat and then Lee. who was sorely
pressed, sought safety in flight. With
Lee out of the way the advance guard
opened fire on the men in the boat.
Washington got a message from Lee
telling of Hamilton's peril a few min
utes before Hamilton arrived in camp
with the report that Lee had been
killed or captured. Washington smil-
ingly gave Lees message to him.
Your reports" he said. seem to an
swer each other"
Useful as Lee was as aid -de-camp
Washington thought he would be Of
force of cavalry, so he was put in COM
mand of the legion which thereafter
bore his name. This was the best
mounted force the Continental army
had throughout the war. 1t never ex-
ceeded 200 men. Most Of it's members
were Nirginians. Man for man and
horse for horse it was far superior to
the best cavalry in the British service
in America. that of Tarleton Every
time Lees men encountered Tarleton's
the British suffered severely. Despite
the belief to the contrary, Tarleton's
horses were ordinary. Lees men could
ride rings around the BritiShers
With command of the legion Lee was
made a major. At Monmouth lie led n
charge that was one of the brilliant fea-
lures of that Kaleidoscope day. Too bad
he had been sent far back to annoy the
rear guard When he reached the battle
field ii was late in that blistering hot day
and his men had been in the saddle for
eighteen hours. The horses were exhaust
ed. but there could be no thought of that
in such a critical hour. At the sound of
the bugle man and horse gave full re-
Spouse.
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Poor Lord Rawdon. worn out by the
hornet attacks of Marion. Pickens and
Lee. i'll I'm body ana mind. gave I'D his
command and went To Europe. leaving
stuart in command Greene with his
soldiers recruited. came down out Of the
hills and resumed serious operations
THESE brought on the battle Of Eutaw
Springs. This practically was the first
victory or the army of Greene in "A gen
eral engagement and the British loss was
So heavy that Stuart soon retired TO
Monks corner. which had served as the
base of supplies for several Years
Steadily and surely the Americans were
forcing the British 10 the sea All North
carolina now was freed and all of South
carolina bat little stretch along the
sea. 1t WaStthe same i'm Georgia Dav
by day the Americans drew the lines
ughter and Lee and his legion got SO
daring that once they went within a few
miles of Charleston i'm an effort to cap
ture Col Craig and his whole command
In the north the skies were clearing for
the patriots. CORVALLIS was hemmed in
at Yorktown. That he would have TO
surrender was certain. Greene, eager to
crown his work i'm the south with a great
achievement. sent Lee 10 Yorktown TO
ask Washington, immediately upon the
surrender Of CORVALLIS. to send the
french feet to Charleston. That would
mean the capture of another British
army. Washington was delighted Count
de oirasse promised but later was not 50
willing Next he declined. Lee witnessed
the surrender and then returned to
Greene, who resumed the offensive But
there was little to do in the south The
British chung to the seacoast, and Lee
worn out 10y his long service, asked for
a furiough. 1t was granted. When il
expired the war was ended He had been
in service six years, and had been in
more than leo enga gements.
FROM war he turned TO politics He
ives sent to Congress and in 119a was
elected Governor of Virginia. When the
whisky rebellion broke out i'm 1894 Presi-
dent Washington appointed him to com
mand the army sent to suppress the out
break. And Washington did more He
asked that John Champe be called to
service so that commission might he
given to him III recognition of his effort
TO capture Arnold. But John Champe had
gone to Kentucky some years before and
had died near Louisville. one OF the little
known heroes of the war for indepen-
dence.
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draw his force uD on one eide of the road
so as to allow his Uee's) men to pass
Pyle did SO. and Lee went along the line
complimenting the men on their good
appearance. At the far end of the line
he met Pyle and had grasped his hand
when suddenly the deception was discov-
cred at the other end of the line. Firing
began and for few minutes there was "A
sharp struggle, but the tories were over
whelmed. Ninety were killed and many
wounded. Tarleton was a mile away AMI
Lee planned to attack him in the morn
ing, but Corvallis. who heard OF the
route OF the tories, sent peremptory or
ders to Tarleton to join him, and in the
night Tarleton withdrew Although Lee
slaughter Of Pyle'S men had a salutary
effect upon the tories From that time
forward CORVALLIS got few tory recruits.
Next came the battle of Guilford Court
House. Greene's arrangements for this
contest were admirable, but the panic and
flight Of two battalions of North Caro-
lima militia robbed him Of victory. BY
their flight Lees Legion was left eX-
posed and in danger of being cut off, but
it escaped after lot of hard fighting.
In no battle in the south did the British
show better than in this one. They won.
but suffered SO terribly that they were
unable to follow up their victory. and
Greene assumed the offensive within a
few days. On the advice of Lee. Greene
determined to press further south, carry
ing the war into South Carolina. in the
nope or freeing that state from the Brit
ish control. Corvallis after debating
whether to follow him or march on Vir-
ginia. decided upon the latter course
leaving Lord Rawdon in command in the
south. With reinforcements that arrived
from England. Rawdon was we'll supplied
with men. but with CORVALLIS away he
had a hard game ahead.
With his independent bodies made up of
the commands of Sumter Lee Marion
Pickens and Williams. Greene then began
series of attacks upon the multitude
Of stations maintained by the British
Marion and Lee captured Fort Motto by
a combination of force and stratagem
when Rawdon was only a days march
away Next Lee captured Fort CRANKY.
In the capture Of this fort he offended
Sumter grievously.
Sumter had attacked the fort a short
time before and had retired to give his
attention to another enterprise. intending
to return later and finish the work In
his absence Lee came up and the garri-
son, after a short fight. surrendered. Lee
granted terms that Sumter thought were
much too liberal.
Next Lee captured Fort Galphin, by far
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had been employed to kill the traitor.
He must be brought to the American
camp alive and hanged.
How swiftly Lee acted may be judged
by the fact that at II pm.-eight hours
after Washington disclosed the plan to
him-Champe took his cloak valise and
orderly book, mounted his horse secretly
and decamped Within half hour
Capt Carnes, the officer of the day. no.
titled Lee that trooper had deserted
Lee, to give time to Champe pretended
to be so heavy with sleep that he did
not understand: Next he ridiculed the
idea of a member of the legion desert
ing. The captain Indignantly called out
the whole legion. Then Champe being
missing. pursuing party was ordered
Lee delayed it as much possible with
out arouSing suspicion. and at the last
moment substituted for the commander
a lieutenant named Middleton, noted for
his observation-disclosures. \ rain early in
the evening had effaced all tracks in the
the night being unusually bright and
starry, and all the legion horses having
a private mark which the farrier put in
the shoe and which was plain to the
legionaries, but scarcely noticeable to
others.
AL sunrise the pursuerS got sight of
Champe. They cut him off from reach
ing Paulus Hook, where he first in
tended going. so he made for Hoboken
Champe reached the river about 200
yards ahead of his pursuers, and made
frantic signals to the British galIeys
off shore. He had his valise and
orderly book dashed to his back, and
as Middleton's party approached he
threw away his scabbard, and with his
naked sword in his hand he jumped
into the river. calling to the gallevs
for help Boats put out to his aid. and
when he explained his situation a let
ter to Sir Henry Clinton was given To
him. That night he was in New York,
He was closely questioned and man
aged to win the confidence Of Sir Henry.
who gave a couple of guineas to him
and sent him to Arnold. who was rails
ing an American legion. Arnold as
signed quarters to him among the re-
cruiting sergeants. Champe managed
to deliver Washington's two letters.
and arranged with one OF the spies to
assist in the capture of Arnold. Champe
learned that Arnold in retiring each
night about IL o'clock passed through
garden back of his quarters Adjoin-
ing the garden was an alley to the
street. Champe arranged with two ac-
completes, one of whom had n boat in
readiness, to seize and gag Arnold on