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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01
James surnie Beck's Story Of the
Speech That Resulted in the Great
kentuckian's Return to
the Senate.

James Burnie Beck, who represent
ed the state Of Kentucky In the Unit
ed States senate from 1876 until his
death in 1890, and was member OF
the house Of representatives from
1866 to 1874, was a man of impressive
personality. He was of powerful phys
ical build. His muscles were like
steel. His head. large, round. and set
firmly upon his shoulders, was sur
mounted by curly iron.gray hair. In
the senate Mr.. Beck was recognized
as an authority upon the tariff and
financial questions, but in the cloak.
room or In private company he was
the center of interest chiefly because
OF his. recollections of the early politi.
cal life Of Kentucky and of Henry
Clay, told with real dramatic force
and no little skill Of description.
Many times saw Henry Clay while
a political canvass was In progress in
Kentucky" said Mr.. Beck. who had
been law partner of John G. Brock
inridge, the south's presidential candi-
date in 1860 and vice-president during
Buchanan's administration. Il prac-
ticed law for some years at Lexington
SO that l had abundant opportunity
to see and hear Mr.. Clay. He was al
ways very effective speaker, but we
all noticed that in the latter years Of
his public life he seemed to have a
greater influence over young men than
with men Of his own age who had
been prominent In the Wing party.
But the finest exhibition Of his pow
ers as a campaigner which Mr.. Clay
ever made, so far as my personal OBJ
servations were concerned, occurred
In 1S48. between the time he was de-
feated by Zachary Taylor for the Wing
presidential nomination and his re-
election to the United States senate In
the fall Of that year.
CLAY lost the presidential nomina-
ton that year partly because the Ken
lucky Wing leaders would not cause
the state delegation to support his
nomination. Clay was furious at their
action. and as result these Wings
set out to defeat Clay's reelection to
the senate.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01
How James Parton Came to Write the
AnecdotaI Life Of Horace
Greeley Which Was
His First Book.

One .ot the most popular Of Amer
lean biogrzphers Of yesterday was
James Parton, a name that today
means little or nothing in literature
to the average American. But there
was time-in the late ffties and
through the sixties Of the last CEN
tury-when James Parton's Life Of
Horace Greeley" his General Butler
In New Orleans" his life Of Andrew
Jackson and his life of Benjamin
Franklin were read and discussed in
thousands Of American households
In the sense that his works have
had a larger popular sale than those
of any other American biographer. l
think am safe In saying that Parton
Is the most popular Of all his fellow
biographers," said Henry B. Stanton,
husband Of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
the woman's rights pioneer, and init
mate friend Of Parton's for years, and
himself well-known as an anti.slavery
advocate and newspaper editor. And
do you know" continued Mr.. Stanton,
ut is all due to one little idea that
Mr.. Parton enjoys the reputation that
Is his today?" The year was 1877.
Parton first engaged in journals
tic work. taking a position on the
Home Journal, the paper which Ma
thaniel P. Wilt founded In 1886.
Here he worked for number of
years. Then, one day, as a matter
OF Office routine he read some quantity
humorous stories of Horace Greeley's
life both as an editor and as q poll.
tician. He had observed that every
thing that was written about Greeley
was eagerly read by the people. and,
instantly. on reading these stories,
the thought popped into Parton's
mind that II any one were to write q
life Of Greeley, telling all the anec.
dotes possible about Greeley's boy.
hood. his early struggles and Of those
days when Greeley was tramp print.
er, the book ought to become very
popular.
1.-The more Parton thought about
this idea the more p 'suaded he be.
came that here lay great opportuni.
ty for some writer to make reputa-
ton and. probably, fortune. Finally.
the idea forcing him on. he laid plan
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01
Reasons Why Man Grows

year Is not even twice as large as It
was at birth, let alone three times as
large. Yet all the nourishment which
supplies materials for growth has to
be absorbed by the membrane which
lines the inside Of the stomach and
especially the small intestine. It ia
therefore plain that growth Of the
body as a whole must gradually sub.
side as the tissues to be nourished
gradually approach size at which
their demands balance the utmost sun.
ply OF nutrition taken up by the stom.
ach and intentine.
Although adult men are on the aver.
age larger and heavier than women at
the same age. girls between the ages
Of IL and IL are larger than boys al
that age.
Finally, recent discoveries Indicate
that the thyroid and other ductless
glands mysteriously control growth.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01

f e + Ca g
Turner Junction, now part Of Chi.
cago. saw his opportunity. He went
to Texas as salesman and soon took
enough orders to swamp the manufac.
tory for which he was working. Then
he asked for share in the profits
and was refused. He became a manu-.
facturer himself, establishing a plant
at st. Louis. and soon found himself
involved in lawsuits over patents. he
moved into another state where the
court injuctions issued against him
could not reach him. finally won his
case and continued for a time a sue
cessful career as a maker Of barbed
wire.
Gates never turned his back upon
opportunity and he saw opportunity
reckoning to him. He began organic
ing and consolidating wire companies.
He organized the Consolidated Steel
and Wire company, which was capt.
talized at $90,O00,0O0. and which he
sold to the Federal Steel company.
Then followed the American Steel and
Wire company, capitalized at $50, 000,-
600. and little later the United
States Steel corporation. with which
Gates companies were merged, was
formed. He made millions out of
these deals and other millions out Of
railway and Industrial stocks.
During his spectacular plunging in
Wall street, which he entered soon
after the close of the war with Spain,
various attempts were made to break
him. Occasionally his wings were
somewhat singed, but he was never
seriously wounded and he made the
financial interests Of Wall street reck.
on with him. One Of his brilliant
coups was the control he gained Of the
Louisville & Nashville railroad. His
control of it imperilled certain import
ant projects Of J. Pierpont Morgan
and other money kings and they were
forced to buy his stock practically at
his own price.
In wheat and corn corners he Is said
to have made millions. He had near
ly perfect system Of getting infarma-
ton Of things which might affect Wall
street. His own eyes were always
open and when he could not look far
enough ahead he. paid others to do his
scouting. After his retirement from
Wall street, in 1907. he went to Texas,
entered the oil fields and forced the
Standard OIL to abandon that terri.
tory.
Gates business training began early.
Before he was sixteen he contracted to
husk q neighbours corn and made
enough money to buy an interest in a
threshing machine. He happened to
strike a year Of bumper crops and he
succeeded so well that be was able to
buy out his partners Giving his
threshing machine as security. he
bought piece Of woodland, converted
1t into firewood. cleared $1,000 and
still had his threshing machine. And
he was not then eighteen years Of age.
Some Of Gates spectacular ventures
were on the turf. and with many sue
cesses to his credit here he invaded
England and Is said to have made ST.
$4,000 one season. He was man Of
tremendous energy. Of heavy build,
but not the least picturesque in ap.
pearance. He was not at all brusque
and domineering. but gentle in man.
ner and speech
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01
New News of Yesterday
By E. J. EDWARDS c.

door speaking, he began in concii'
atory tone. saying that he spoke Tor
the great Wing party. Gradually. ana
with the utmost skill. he approached
the main purpose of his address,
which was to attack and beat down
the Wings who were opposing MS re,
election to the senate. Soon he hao
his listeners under his complete con'
troll; they began to look around 10
see If there were any anti-Clay wings
among them, and discovering one or
two such, the Clay adherents maze
as though to attack them. and those
men were compelled to flee to a place
of safety.
THUS he held his audience spell
hound as he went from point to point.
and when he came to the conclusion
Of his speech he simply said that ne
would willingly leave 1t to the legls'
lature of Kentucky to say whether me-
as a representative of the Wing party
should be chosen to represent the
state of Kentucky in the United
States senate. That said he stood
there smiling and triumphant. and 1t
was with difficulty he escaped from
the overwhelming demonstration made
by the crowd.
THAT evening heard John ], Crit
tenden. that great Kentucky wing.
say: This speech will crumble all
Wing opposition to Clay's election to
the senate. He will be chosen by the
unanimous vote of the Wing members.
No one will care or dare to oppose
him any longer And he was so chos-
en-"
Copyright. 1911. by f. ]. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01
characteristics That Made Montgom'
ery Blair 80 Successful illustrated
by Little Story Told by
James n. Mari.

OF the members of President LIN
coins cabinet three gained fame. and
will always be prominently associated
in history with the Lincoln admins
tration and the conduct of the Civil
war-William H. Seward, secretary OF
state: Salmon P. Chase. secretary OF
the treasury, who left the cabinet to
become chief justice Of the United
States, and Edwin M. Stanton. secre-
tary OF war. And yet perhaps the serv'
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01
Turning Point In His Career

for All anecdotal life Of Greeley be-
fore his employer, Nathaniel p Willis.
Willis at once saw the probabilities of
the idea, and. Furthermore, told Par
ton that he was just the man to write
the life. But Parton hesitated, saying
that IN order to write such life az he
had in mind It would be necessary for
him to visit New Hampshire, Gree
ley's native state; Vermont and Penn
sylvania, and get the anecdotes at
first hand from old people who knew
Greeley In the days Of his obscurity.
That, Of course. would take some
months, said Parton, adding that he,
Woodworking newspaper man, had
neither the time nor the money for
such work,
Willis, however, had become very
enthusiastic over Parton's idea, and
at once replied that he would ad.
vance the money necessary to collect
the material for the book; that the
money could be paid back out of the
receipts from the life. Parton eagerly
accepted the proffer OF help and spent
weeks in New Hampshire, searched
all over Vermont for old people who
had known the great editor in his
youth, and likewise hunted up Greeley
material in Pennsylvania, so that
when he finally returned to New York
he was filled to the brim with good
anecdotal 'stun about Greeley, which
he promptly put into book form, awak.
ing one morning not SO very long
after TO find himself famous az the
author Of The Life Of Horace Gree.
ley
That life was published In 1855,
and before the year was out the book
had brought in to its author nearly
$1,000. mighty good royalty money In
those days. But the book did more
than to case its authors financial sit.
uation. The immense popularity OF
the book-its sale was helped by the
prominent part Greeley took In or.
ganizing the Republican party the
| year after It was published-made
Parton feel convinced that he could
do coed biographical work Indefinitely
80 he gave up his salaried position as
a routine newspaper man and became
a biographer and historian-probably
the most popular Of all our biograph
ers to date. because he learned how
to catch the popular fancy with the
anecdotal style Of biography"
| Copyright. 1911. by E. J.. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01
Paris and the Baths.

There are only $500 fats or pri-
vate houses In the whole Of Paris
which possess bathroom. And. cur
iously enough, Parisians battle very
little in the river In the summertime.
for II you 60 down to the Seine or
take boat and 50 along 1t you will
see good many boys who are bath
Ing, but very few grown men and
women. OF course. do not wish to
suggest that Parisians are dirty. A
daily bath Of any kind Ii rather the
exception than the rule.
Az for the public baths they are
curiously uncomfortable. The bath
rooms are mere cupboards and VENT.
lation il nil. The baths. though clean
enough, are anything but luxurious,
and there are no swimming baths Ut
all in Paris now, excepting those
alongside the river.-London Stand.
ard.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01

ican embassy at Tokyo. but now sec
rotary of the embassy at St. Peters
burg. Mr.. Wheeler ii an author Of
ability and has written considerable
OF interest and value on the> Tukudh
Indians in the Arctic regions. with
whom he spent an extended period of
time. For many years Mr.. Wheeler
was one OF the editors of the New
York Press and still contributes the
well.known paragraphs which appear
under the heading Reflections of q
Bachelor"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01
Diplomacy.

A North Dakota German farmer as
piring to ali IN appointive Office want.
ed to keep on good terms with both
parties. At ten on election night the
result was still uncertain when be was
called upon for . speech. I've meets.
be said, Ito celebrate die glorious
victory. We knows not yet vich way
II goes. Hurra! Hurral Hurra!"-
Success Magazine.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01
ODD TOTEM POLES IN alaska
Made BY Indians and the Carving 's
Often Extremely crotesque
and Fantastic.

Sitka, Alaska.-What are known as
totems. or totem poles, are quite com.
mon in Alaska territory. Some OF
these totems are shown In an accom-
panying illustration.
AS usual thing these totem poles
are of Alaska cedar, which Is very
abundant in the territory. This wood,
though Of a rather soft and yielding
fiber. is fine grained and we'll adapted
to carving. All the totems are MADE
by Alaskan Indians; the carving Is
done with rather rude, coarse imple-
ments, and consequently is Of crude,
unartistic nature None of the carv-
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01
AMERICAN WOMAN IN LONDON
Wife Of Diplomat and Writer Prom.
inent In Social Life Of
Metropolis.

London.-Among the American
women who were conspicuous in the
London social life of the recent coro.
nation period was Halle Erminie
Rives, the beautiful wife of Post
Wheeler. Mrs. Wheeler was a Ken.
lucky girl and is a cousin of Amelie,
Princess Troubetzkoy, a well.known
novelist She Is the author of at
least half a dozen novels which proved
popular and remunerative. Perhaps
her best known book Is Satan Sander.
son. 4
in 1906 she married Post Wheeler.
at that time secretary of the Amer
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01
incoln's Postmaster General

ter general from 1901 10 oepteAAOei'
1864, was In its way quite as impor'
tant as was the service of Seward. or
Chase, or Stanton, since it devolved
upon Blair to maintain and improve
the postal service in the critical years
of Lincoln's administratoin-in the
years when the postal service was
the only means of communication be-
tween the armies of the north and the
loved ones back home"
One of the men who knew Mr.. Blair
we'll was James Henry MARI, who at
the time of his death In the middle
eighties was the oldest man in point
of continuous service in the govern
ment departments. he having entered
the postofice department in Jackson's
administration and continued therein
through all succeeding administra'
tons into Clevelands.
Il knew Mr.. Blair before he became
postmaster general" said Mr.. Mari
to me one day in the early eighties.
When l picked up my paper one
morning in 1861 and read that Mr..
Blair had been appointed postmaster
general by Lincoln I was overioysd;-
by that time he and | had become
firm friends, and was chief clerk in
the Office of the first assistant post.
master general At the first opportu-
nifty ] called upon him to pay my re-
spects and give him my congratula.
lions. He received me like an old
friend. He told me to draw my chair
up to his desk. He looked at me with
little twinkle in his eye.
Mr.. Mari. he said. did It ever oc.
cur to you that the postoface is the
only department Of the government
with which all of the people all of the
time are brought into personal touch
with their country and their govern
ment at Washington? For, you see,
the postoffice is everywhere; the post.
master is the only visible representa-.
tive Of the government at Washington
that literally millions Of people are
brought in contact with. They don't
see the tax collector, because most Of
our taxes are indirect; they don't see
the soldier. although / am apprehen.
sive that they may speedily see too
many Of them. But the flag of the
United States floats officially over
every postofice in the country.
Now, don't you think. Mr.. Mari.
that you and ought to do everything
We can while we are In this depart.
ment to bring the people into even
closer touch with their government?
It's great opportunity for both Of u.s.
viii you help me? / shall need all
the help l can get!'
"That," continued Mr.. MARI, was
the way in which one Of the greatest
postmaster generals l have personally
known-and | have known them all
since 1S35-counseled with one of his
subordinates few days after he be-
came postmaster general. And because
he ran the department in that spirit,
free delivery of mail was introduced
In the cities. and sorting Of the mails
on postal cars was begun, and other
improvements looking to bringing the
people into closer touch with their
government at Washington were
made"
Copyright, 1911. by e. j. Edwards. All
| Rights Reserved.l
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01
Doctor Dies Of Chambers.

Des Moines, Ia.-Dr. Henry E. Tai
bot, Al, a practicing veterinarian. died
at his home Of glanders. The last
case Of CHAMBERS in a horse which DR..
Talbot attended was a year ago. The
disease In man Is held to be fatal in
most cases by the medical authorl
ties.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01
Couldn't Hold Out.

st. Louis, Mo.-By lying In q bath
Of hot water "a hours and being
kneaded, Edward g. Bernard stretched
himself two inches to get into the fire
department. He shrank again and
now he's suspended.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01

"A prima donna's lie. although II
seems exciting. must be quite monot.
on0us."
why SOL"
Because BY It's very nature II b .
sing.song affair"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01
A psssImlst.

A pessimist IL person who tells
you that what appears to be silver
lining in your cloud !. only . low
grade Of tinfe
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01
Babe Ate Matches and Died.

Montrose, Colo.-From the effects
Of eating a dozen matches. Pearl
Traverse, aged e months. died, after
suffering Eve days from tb> pol.
son.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01

Let Them Have Il.
Fresh air Is the best "dops" for Ii,
babies.- Chicago Newa
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-29
MESSAGE MAY DEAL
WITH TRUSTS ALONE
President Tells Callers He
Has CAL His Eggs IN
One Basket

washington. d. c., Nov. 29.-Presi-
dent Taft's third annual message
which goes to congress on 1uesoasi
viii. be devoted to the trust QuesJloIl;
me message contains from 5000 to 6O0O
words. and with the exception OF a rev
references to other subjects VIII oeal
with the question Of industrial comDl-
nations alone.
not made public 10 is understood lnat
federal incorporation, as outlined Dy
Mr. Taft two years ago, VIII De suB-
gested as q method Tor solulioL on ne
trust problem. The president mas IN
dictated his aversion to amendment OF
the Sherman antitrust act ana from
his talks with callers the lnIeI eilSe
was drawn that there is no Suggestion
of such an amendment in the message.
I've put all my eggs In one pas
ket," the president said to callers IN
sending an annual message to congress
devoted to one subject at once ina
lands precedent Later on MI 1a1t
viii send special messages to congress
dealing with important subjects.
The president intends to discuss the
tariff in tariff message later on me
tariff board, it is said, VIII not pc aple
70 make its report on the wool ana COZ
ton schedules until about December Il
Conservation, including the develop
ment OF Alaska, viii be dealt with IN
III. TAFT homes also to send in reports
Of the postal commission, the railway
securities commission, the economy and
efficiency committee, before the holiday
adjOurnment Of congress
The trust message was Ilnally re-
Fissd by the cabinet.
OWING 20 the length Of the session
there were many rumors that there
had been serious disagreement IN Mr..
TafFs official family. These were de-
MED by a majority of the cabinet and
bv the president himself Most Of the
points in the message had been gone
over before and today's session had TO
do more with phraseology It was SAID,
than with definite policy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-29
See Laurie Hardware Co.
For Perfection Oil Heaters.
Sr1pPFMF- c0nRT MEETS AT

San Ia 4 Il lA -fe1N14 L4-A---
Santa Fe. n. H., Nov. 29.-The terri
foriaI supreme court is in session at
Santa Fe. probably the last time before
New Mexico becomes a state. Motion for
rehearing was denied in the case Of
Isaiah DYE, executor, appellee, vs.. Ora
Butler Niece from BernalillO county. In
the case Of the United States Us. George
Smell. appellee, the appeal was dismissed.
In the case of Vineente MOntoya vs.. IN
known heirs Of Francisco Montez Vigil,
s. reheaTing was granted. Several cases
were set for argument on Saturday and
next week
Surveyor general John W. March today
approved the surveys of the Gen. Sheridan
lode IN the Black Range, Sierra county,
Charles Seidler and Rush TaggaTt, claim
ants; and the Lena group Of seven
claims in the Virginia mining district,
Grant county, j. G. Berrvhill, claimant.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-29
Ell PasO Readings
Today. Yesdy.
FILES HEAVY CLAIM
FOR DAMAGE IN WAR

George Laird, manager Of the Candle
laria Mining company, of Chihuahua,
is In FL PasO on business. Manager
Laird has filed claims against the Mex
lean government for alleged damages
to his mining properties in northern
chihuahua. which were caused by the
activity Of the revolutionary army.
The claims are said to amount to
more than $4,000 and have been pre-
scented to the state department Of Mex
leo for settlement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-29
SANTA FE BECOMES
COLD WAVE CENTER
Thermometer There Regis
tiers Eight Degrees Be
low Zero in Night

Santa Fe, n. NJ, Nov. 29.-The cold
est November temperature with one ex-
ceptiOn recorded by the weather bu-
reau in the past 40 years at Santa Fe,
was registered last night, when the
temperature fell to eight degrees below
zero.
This morning at o'clock it was still
one below, and this is much suffering
in consequence and heavy loss on the
ranges, the temperature being 80 de-
grees below the normal of the past 40
years.
Fortunately today is sunshiny, with
the temperature rising rapidly.
Ten Above at Roswell.
Roswell n. NJ, Nov. 29.-The Their
mOmeter registered 10 degrees here this
morning. The weather is clear and the
day is the coolest in Il years at this
time.
Alpine Has SnOwstOrm-
Alpine, Tex, Nov. est showed for
about an hour in Alpine, but no dam
age has been done. It is very cold,
but cattle are in excellent condition
to resist it.