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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-06-09

Delivered 70 Graduating Class BY
Doctor william ]. Dawson.
SUBJECT "sCHOUL OF BlsNIkG BusH'
Great Lesson From Life II loses
The Three Symbols Of lie lII.Le
Bush Music BY Chorus.

Dawson, Of Taunton, Mss. one
Of the dozen worlds greet .l.vines.
preached the Baccalmlrca.e SER
mon to the members OF the grad
uati.g class. Dr. Dawson's SER
mon was one fully Indicating in
his life the enthusiasm whic he
depicted in his sermon. His ut
teranccs will long be remembered.
Music vas furnished by a choir Of
local voices under the direction
Of Mr.. +. Z. Cheek. DIR. Daw-
sons sermon follows in synopsis:
EXODUS ILL; 2.
"And the angel Of The Lord
appeared unto Moses in fame
of FIRE out OF the midst of the
bush. and he looked and behold,
the bush burned with fire and the
bush was not consumed
The scriptures afford US no bet
ter example Of the education of a
patriot than the story of Moses.
He is born of a race which he is
to deliver, but he escapes the Bit
terness Of their thraldom by a
turn Of events which makes him
a dweller in kings houses and
gives him the education Of q
kings son. lie grows up near
enough 10 the throne to under
stand the hollowness Of its splen-
dor and near enough to the slave
to feel for the bitterness oil his lot
Last Of all. he is schooled into
humility by being made to learn
that hardest Of ali lessons. that
people may need deliverance and
not wish 10 be delivered; and in
the last scene, he is. so to speak.
Kissed off the stage OF action,
made the derision Of the court he
has insultcd, and the almost equal
derision e the men whom he has
failed to help.
To this then he has come
keeping sheep in the desert Of
Midian-he, a man trained for
the highest task Of thought and
craftsmanship, an exile. a re-
fugee, keeping his father.in-law's
flock, eating the grudged bread
Of a relatives hospitality. An
yet he was in that wilderness o.
indian to learn his last lesson; il
was in the school Of the burning
bush that the character of Moses
completed itself. Through the
fame there came the voice that
said II am that ] AMI will be
with thee
What is Il the burning bush
really signifies. ] think VIC may
take this flaming bush In the de,
sert as the symbol Of enthusiasm
that enthusiasm for God, for
righteousness, and for the people
which has always burned in the
hearts Of all men who have ever
done anything for humanity.
The one fame that burns and
does not consume is enthusiasm.
The soul is kept alive by its cwn
burning. There arc some who
have felt at times much as Moses
fel, in that carly episode in Egypt.
You have seen around you the In
ustice and the tyrannies Of life,
naked unhcaled. with no remedy,
and your hearts have burned with
in you with anger against in-
justice. and you have struck your
blow and fed, and then you have
relapsed into contemplate citi-
zens Of indifference. Anger -
the fame that burns and docs
consume; but II is not enough to
be angry against injustice; that
Is the fame that burns and CON-
sumes. A man must have faith
in God and faith in right, and
then when that flame begins 10
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will never know what it is to see
faith fail down into tile dead ash
upan tlie altar Of the heart. He
will know that ageis. The bush
|wil' burr with a fire which will
not corsuine.
Noes in this desert might
hayc thought, as he sat there and
locked rouad upon the emptiness,
The tragic solitude Of the wilder
ness Of indian, that God had for.
gottsn him. Was it for this that
he had been trained III all the
arts Of Egypt? Was it for this
that he had a brain capable Of
abstruse tasks Of thought Was
it for this that he was now set to
look on this interminable wilder
ness, watching the sheep Of his
father-in.law, and being looked
upon as man who had failed in
life? Surely God had forgotten
him.
The souls of multitudes Of men
are thinking this morning that
they have it in them to do some
thing for society, but they are put
to hard tasks far beneath the
measure Of their real powers.
They look round the weary will
derness Of . great city, and they
say, Where is God this morning?
They believe themselves forgot
ten.
Though you are in the wilder
ress you may find the most
heroic tasks that ever man at
t,mpts or achieves. Live accord
Ing to the highest truth you know
and the clcarest duty you per-
ceive. and slowly there viii come
the answering knowledge, and in
the desert places where you are
there shall be blessings, the infinite
fire, and God will speak and say,
Il am that am"
If you want to keep young
come out Of the trivialities ofyour
life; begin to fame and burn with
some great truth or some great
purpose, aid you will find the
secret Of youth. There was a
great fame Of evangelical passion
in Wesley. He preached four
times a day, and that helped to
keep him alive, and so when he
c)mc, to what is called the close Of
his career there is no sign Of de-
cay. Eternal youth is his be
cause be lived in contact with
the eternal God. There is eter-
nal life, 10 know the only true
God.
The lamp Of duty still burns
upon the altar Of the church.
Everywhere you get the service
in the graceful sanctuary. The
limp'of truth still burns on the
altar Of the church; but there is a
third Ian p which ] think is burn.
ing down and going out, and
that IS tie lamp Of enthusiasm.
People have no passion for God.
and preachers have no passion for
souls, and the churches have no
passion for the people, and when
passion goes ou' Of the pulpit and
out Of truth and out Of church,
then. though the lamp Of duty
goes on burning, and the lamp Of
truth l. rot quite extinguished.
God has gone out Of the church
and there is left the desert place.
But here the call that comes from
that strange far.of story Of Moses
in the desert. Get back to a
vivid sense Of the personal God,
and then you will get the vivid
enthusiastic passion that will
make truth living, and will give
you back tl.at quality which alone
Is conquering force.
Ub.r , man ocfs The faith Ia
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-01

Lead A,pe Company.
Lexington NJ q Nj Co
Lexington Mining Con
Levan Mercantile Inst
l,ehi Union Exchange
LsesburE Milling and
Leeds Cooperative Nci
Leeds Mining Company
Leeds Water COMPANY
Lead M!r.uE Company.
Leesburg Milling and d
Little Falls herald., 1910-08-19
Additional Troops Sent to Mon.
tana Forest Region
Rain on The PACIFIC COAST
Forest Fires Extinguished There Ate
Causing Damage Aggreeatinq
Several Millions.

Butte, Mont, Aug. 16.-As a result
of extensive forest fires in Western
Montana two more companies of SOL
diers will report to Supervisor Bunker
of the Flathead National forest. One
will be stationed at Gary and the
other at Poala.
The condition at Wallace no longer
is believed to be dangerous.
A forty-acre fire is reported from
the Crazy mountain portion of the Alb.
saroka forest. The situation there is
not serious, but on the Cabinet forest
reserve conditions are grave.
Forestry officials have report that
twenty horses and force of men are
marooned somewhere in the Clear
water country. Their exact location
cannot be ascertained.
The Kootenai forest is threatened
by blaze having twelve-mile front.
A bad fire has broken out in the
Bitter Root forest and the state mill
tia may be called out if the situation
grows more acute.
Little Falls herald., 1910-08-19
RAINING CATS AND: DOGS.
Various Explanations Of the Origin Of
This Expression.

Various. Explanations Of the Origin Of
This Expression.
Many explanations have been given
of the origin of the expression raining
cats and dogs" One is that it is per-
version of the French 'catadoupe." g
waterfall-"it is raining catadoupes,"
or cataracts. Another explanation is|
that the male blossoms of the willow
tree, which are used on Palm Sunday
to represent the branches of palm.
were called ''cats and dogs" in some
parts of England. where they increase
rapidly after few warm April show
ers, and the belief prevailed that the
rain brought them.
Others trace the saying to northern
mythology, in which the cat Is said to
have great influence on the weather.
and sailors still have saying, 1.-The
cat has a gale of wind in her TAIL"
when she is unusually frisky. Witches
that rode upon the storms were said
to assume the form Of cats. and the
stormy northwest wind is called "the
cats nose'' in the Harz mountains
even at the present day. Then the dog
is symbol Of wind, which in old Ger
man pictures is figured as the head Of
a dog or wolf from which blasts issue.
The cat therefore symbolizes down.
pour Of rain; the dog, strong gusts of
wind, which accompany it, and so a.
rain "of cats and dogs" is heavy rain
with wind.
Little Falls herald., 1910-08-19

The Walker Pilot styles Llndbergh a
dreamer, and objects to his franking
political literature. So many great
and good men have been called dream
ers that the title is very honorable
one, and 80 many dreams and visions
of better things have finally come
true. that Mr. Llndbergh can afford to
accept the designation gracefully,
though as a matter of fact Mr.. Lind
bergh's friends and neighbors know
him to be a practical man. So far as
franking is concerned. is it not better
tc do that than to have the interests
pay the bills? The Pilot editor is too
bright and able man to believe that
the defeat Of Lindbergh under present
circumstances would be anything but
loss to the sixth district, but
he is very loyal to local interests, and
that's why he thinks he should oppose
Llndbergh. His example in loyalty
does not seem to be followed here by
the local republican organ, for reasons
we'll understood here. Nevertheless, we
believe the republicans of this county
bv an overwhelming majority will
vote for Llndbergh. The Herald Is a
democratic paper but it believes in
tair play, and that if a man has been
right on The fundamental issues, he
should be endorsed. It also believes
in fair play because c. A. Lndbergh
IS not receiving fair play from some
alleged friends in this city.
Little Falls herald., 1910-08-19
A NICERIAN LEGEND.
It Tells of the Origin Of Mans SUBJ
lection to Women

It Tells of the Origin Of Mans Sub
lection to Women.
There is quaint old Nigerian legend
that relates the origin of mans SUBJ
lection to women.
At the beginning Of things. the le-
gend runs, the world was peopled by
women only. One day the earth god,
Awbassi Mai, happened by accident to
kill a woman. On hearing this the rest
gathered together and prayed that, II
be meant to slay them. he would bring
destruction on all together rather than
kill them one by one.
Awbassi was sorry for the grief he
had caused and offered as compensa-
tion to give them anything they should
choose out of all his possessions. They
begged him to mention what he had to
give and said that they would all cry
Eyes" when he named the thing they
wished to have
Awbassi mentioned one by one all
his fruits. fowls and beasts, but at
each they shouted mo" At length
the list was nearly ended-only one
thing remained to offer.
"Will you, then, take man?' asked
Awbassi at last "Yes! they roared
in a great shout, and. catching hold Of
one another, danced for JOY at the
thought Of the gift Awbassi was send
ing.
Thus men became the servants of
women and have to work FOR them to
this day.
Little Falls herald., 1910-08-19
MAN BECOMES A BABY
Surgery Turns Injured Adult Back
to Childhood.
NOW LEARNING HIS A B C'S.

Timothy Kane, Struck on the Head.
Fast Reverting to eestiaiity When
Surgeons Knife Came to Rescue and
He Began Life Anew.
Robust, bright eyed and in the full
bloom Of what might have been man
hood had his brain retained it's bal
ance, Timothy Kane, for three years a
sufferer from agonizing diseases, is in
Bellevue hospital, New York city, with
his mental faculties weak as those of u
child and with surgeons and nurses
teaching him to speak, to read, to
write, to distinguish between the OBJ
jects about him.
Like baby with alphabetical blocks
strewn around him and pictures OF
animals in gaudily colored books, Kane,
forty two years old, has reverted to the
stage where his knowledge Of the world
must be acquired again.
In fact, the man has literally lived
two lives-one life ending three years
ago, when he was struck on the head
Little Falls herald., 1910-08-19
The Sense of Humor,

A man has a sense OF humor or he
has not. If he has not he cannot ac-
quire It; ii he has it by birthright he
cannot lose it with the passing Of
years. The only change as life goes
on in one who has this inborn sense Is
that different things appeal to it from
those that excited amusement in
youth, but in this it is like other
mental faculties. AS judgment mel
lows and ripens, so the power of dis
covering those things that excite
smiles becomes more discriminating.
Humor is not a physical attribute to
fade as the body loses its youthful
elasticity, but purely mental. Men
who possess it in goodly measure have
been known to smile on their death
beds over the very comedy Of life
Indianapolis Star.
Little Falls herald., 1910-08-19

In again coming before the voters of
the 48th legislative district, asking
their support in my candidacy for
the Republican nomination for re-
preventative, I 90 not feel that need
much introduction. Two years ago
met many of the voters and this year
I intend to get acquainted with every
one if possible, either by a personal
call or through correspondence: 1
solicit the support of the voters Of the
district and will appreciate anything
that may be done by my friends to
help my interests.
That the people of the district may
know what to expect, should they
honor me with election, l submi it the
following statement OF live issues
which pledge to support and work
to have enacted into law:
1.-Good roads, as defined in the
state platform adopted in st. Paul on
June 2. 1910.
2.-Reapportlonment with view of
securing fair representation for North
ern Minnesota.
3.-Str1ct law enforcement and
regulation Of the saloon and liquor
traffic. ---=
4.-Conservation of the natural
resources and reforestratlon, in accor-
dance with the Roosevelt policies and
as advocated by Governor Eberhart.
5.-Legislation which will improve
the conditions of the laborlng classes
and broad, comprehensive employers 8
liability bill.
Estate inspection of seeds to
avoid the destruction of our crops and
farms by obnoxious weeds.
7.-Enlarged powers and means for
tho state immigration bureau, to en-
able it to advertise the state properly
with . view to secure desirable
settlers for Minnesota lands.
Finally, If elected to the legislature,
I shall vote for the re-electon of Moses
r. Clapp to the United States Senate
CHARLES w. BOUCK. -,
Little Falls herald., 1910-08-19

and lesion Of the brain developed,
and the other beginning the day the
last of series Of delicate, astonishing
ly successful operations made him a
sensate being once more.
To Drs. B. F. Curtis, l.. B. Rogers,
I. NJ. Vanderhof and Menas S. Greg
ory belongs the credit of restoring to
some semblance of humanity what had
deteriorated from man into a mere
creature. DR.. Gregory, the Bellevue
alienist, aided his confreres with his
expert services, while they attended to
the surgical phase of the case.
Two weeks after Kane had been
struck on the head he developed epilep-
sy. Paralysis followed. Then came
motor aphasia and then loss Of speech.
The man was slowly becoming mere
animal, so far as intellect and percep-
ton We're concerned.
Kane was taken to Bellevue. Two
and a half inches Of his skull were
removed and the pressure relieved. He
recovered from epilepsy, but his right
side, controlled by the left lobe Of the
brain, was paralyzed. A few months
later all his affections returned, and
once more the surgeons tackled the al
most hopeless task. They removed GER
tain portions Of the brain, and once
again Kane seemed we'll. only to re-
lapse. He becalAe speeches and lost
the power of iHco:lot:cN.
In February tic surgeons conveyed
to him the information that another
operation might prove fntal
"Go ahead" he wrote. I'D rather
die than be this way"
They event ahead The surgeons.
after DR.. George had found Kane to be
sane, removed the top of the man
skull, performed daring feats in sur
gerry, explored the cavities of the brain
and then waited. Three days later
Kane could speak Once more, how
ever, he lost the power Of articulation.
and the doctors continued their labors.
finally replacing the pititully abrased
skull. Gradually Kane came back to
life-came out of the bllnkness, the
lethargy, the pathetic mental numb
ness he had sutfered-and now he IS
on the road to recovery.
It was one of the most unusual Sc
ries of operation known to surgery.
Kane's condition is uncanny. He
knows what a book is, can recognize a
telephone, can distinguish between
foods, yet he cannot transmute his
knowledge into words. The task now
before the surgeons is to have their
remarkable patient put through a
course of training exactly similar to
that employed in kindergarten. He
is mild, kindly looking and amenable
to any procedure elected by his doc
tors. In short time they expect he
will be able to return to his home at
1857 Third avenue, where he will be
literally "schooled.'
Little Falls herald., 1910-08-19

Every indication points to an attempt
being made to make the conserva.
tion congress q political proposition so
far as possible, which is unfortunate.
It is pointed out that not one repre-
sentative or prominent democrat is on
the program, with practically all
divided between the two republican
factions. When President Roosevelt
called the first conservation meeting
at Washington. he had the decency
and the fairness to ask W. J. Bryan,
a private citizen, to take part, and
his address was one of the features
of the occasion. He also asked Gov
ernor johnson and other democratic
governors to take part in prominent
way, as we'll as other representative
democrats.
Is not W. j. Bryan fit to discuss
some of the questions to come up at
the conservation congress? He made
an address recently before the Worlds
Missionary Conference at Edinburgh,
q conservation gathering indeed, which
was pronounced one of the most Won
derful addresses ever given in the
ancient city OF the Scots.
Is not Governor Harmon, who has
done great work in Ohio, cleansing
state departments, worthy of place on
such program?
Is not Governor Tom Marshall of In
diana, who has successfully met so
many problems, fit to speak for the
great Hoosler state? ------
Is not the energetic, able and vigorous
Governor Burke of North Dakota cap
able of Interpreting the sentiment of
his state on the great question of
conservation
Would not Mayor Gaynor, the great
executive of New York city, who is
doing work of conservation OF man.
hood as we'll as material things such
as NewYork never saw before, be glad
ly and protitably listened to by those
attendant on the conservation congress?
These are only few who could have
been asked, and posslbl even though
they are democrats, their presence
would be more appropriate than that
OF the exploiters of the public domain
and appropriations Of national and state
resources who appear on the program
along with men like Pinchot Why
men who are conspicuous as mono
pollsts and exploiters should appear
on such program at all except to tell
how they did 1t, we cannot under
stand. Pinchot did not have them on
his list
Little Falls herald., 1910-08-19
CRUSHED BY FALLING WALLS
Mayor Of Ei Paso, Tex, Killed While
Warning Others of Dancer.

warning others OF Danger.
Ell Paso, Tex, Aug. 16.-W. E. Rob-
inson, mayor of Ell Paso, lost his life
while endeavoring to warn a number
of drenen of imminent danger from
tottering wall. At the same time
Todd Ware, a fireman, was Instantly
killed and William Robinson and
Dave Sullivan, also f1remen, were in
jured.
The casualties followed a fire which
broke out in dry goods store. Mayor
Robinson, who had watched the fire,
left the sidewalk and approached the
building to instruct the firemen to stop
further work on the unsafe walls.
AS he approached the building
large portion Of brick wall buckled
and fell, crushing Robinson and Ware
and knocking the other men down
Mrs. Robinson witnessed the accident
from the sidewalk.
Little Falls herald., 1910-08-19

Governor Campbell Of Texas, a dem
ocrat, mas asked the Texas Legislature
to pass law prohibiting saloons with
IN ten miles of any school house.
This means practically prohibition.
And the Legislature is steneously con-
sidering the matter Texas is the
greatest democratic state in the Union.
Which goes to show that a democrat
can have divergent views from other
democrats on liquor legislation and
still be democrat. One man reasons
from his belief in personal liberty,
another bases his belief on his inter-
pretation of the greatest good to the
greatest number. And both have a
right to their opinions
Little Falls herald., 1910-08-19
The Flax Plant,

Linen is obtained from the fax plant,
small. delicate annual with tiny
blue flower The plant is pulled by
hand in the summer, the seeds, known
in commerce as linseed, being removed
and the straw subjected to various
processes to separate the 6brous part
which constitutes the linen. First it Is
stepped in water and then passed
through a drying and heating process
on revolving wheels until all foreign
matter is removed 1t is then reey
for manufacture
Little Falls herald., 1910-08-19

The Twin City press, and others,
have been greatly extolling the late
Harvey Scott, editor for many years
oe the Portland Oregonlan, and telling
what an architect of civilization he
was. No one should speak i'll of the
departed, and yet the fact remains
that Scott was the defender of special
privilege and obstructed every attempt
on the part of the people OF Oregon to
secure political freedom. In the great
struggle which has put Oregon far
ahead of every state except Oklahoma,
the Oregocian did not help the people,
Little Falls herald., 1910-08-19
Loss Will Reach Millions,

Portland, Ore, Aug. 16.-Until a
general rain comes to break the long
dry period it is evident that the forest
fires now raging in a score of districts
all over the Pacific Northwest will re-
main a serious menace. The loss at
present can be counted only in mil
lions, but how many can scarcely be
guessed. The forecaster gives no hope
fur ram
Little Falls herald., 1910-08-19

Kansas has long been the France of
the United States. The populism Of
twenty years ago, was the insurgency
of that epoch. Kansas was It's most
fertile ground. Although organized
populism has passed away, many of
the doctrines 1t advocated have become
embodied IN Legislation, and the pro-
gressive republicans of to-day avocate,
as the democratic democrats, many
things urged by the populists of the
uineties.
Little Falls herald., 1910-08-19
FRANCE HAS TOO MUCH RAIN
Wine Output Will Be Only One-third
as Much as Usual,

Paris, Aug. 16.-Further reports
have been made to the minister Of
agriculture of the destruction wrought
to the wine crop in the northern part
of France by protracted rains of the
last few weeks.
In many sections of Frances best
producing grape country the vineyards
will yield practically nothing this
year. These sections include much of
the famous champagne country" and
it is now believed that there will not
be more than third Of the usual out,
put of the better grades of champagne
this year. Already the price of wines
is SOARING
Little Falls herald., 1910-08-19

Every man who knows +. j.
Meighen, democratic candidate for
auditor. knows there isn't man in
the state more able or more sincere
and earnest in the advocacy OF real re-
forms. His name on a strong ticket
makes it still stronger and still more
entitled to respect. He is a banker
who owns no allegiance to financial
cliques anywhere, a farmer who be-
lieves in square deal for the farmer
and every BODY else and merchant of
independent thought.