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The Colorado statesman., 1913-09-06

ernor of the state
of Virginia, now
United s t a t 9 s
senator, ever to
find herself bereft
of means and
friends she would
have no difficulty
in making an ex-
cellent living as a
I ar m manager.
For this position
she has ably quail
flied upon her
own country es-
tate of $50 acres,
near Chatham. Va.
To those who
only know OF her
social honors and
the hospitality OF
The Colorado statesman., 1913-09-06

race for the hand
of Miss Esther
Cleveland. second
daughter of Mrs.
Thomas j. Pres
ton and the late
President Cleve
land.
Mr.. Stump is a
son of Judge and
Mrs. H. Arthur
Stump. Mr.. Ew-
ing is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs.
William Jackson
Ewing. Both are
about twenty-one
years old.
Mr.. Ewing's
friends believe he
has the better
The Colorado statesman., 1913-09-06

The wealth of gold and silver and
paper money filling the vaults of the
federal treasury
internal keVe- is due in no small
nue. Figures. measure to the
new record set in
drinking, smoking and card playing
by the American people during the
fiscal year 1913. Details of the
sources of the $344.424 ,453 collected in
internal revenue taxes during the
year ended on June 30-the greatest
in the history of the country-were
disclosed the other day
The 143,220.O0O gallons of whisky
and brandy consumed during the
year brought in s157 .542, 200; the 65,
246,0OO barrels of beer. porter and ale
SOS, 900; the 14,276,771, 900 ciga
rettes smoked, s17,846.OO0 the 1893
OBS, 900 cigars, 1923 3,O97 900, the chew.
ing and smoking of 404 1868, 900 pounds
of tobacco gave $32, 2,349 900; taxes on
33,209 900 pounds of snuff amounted
to $2,657 900. and the sale of 32,764,
1856 packs of playing cards, an In
crease OF 1.952,475 over the previous
year. brought $655,2S3.
Taxes on 4,172,0O0 pounds of arti
ficially colored oleomargarine amount
ed to 100000 and on 1873 ,9S6,00C
pounds of uncolored oleomargarine tc
$347.OOO
The Colorado statesman., 1913-09-06

Indian statistics which have been
made public by the censns bureau
show a decrease
ln0ldnS Are in the population
DecreaSinn of pure-blood In.
dians, but an in.
crease of half-caste families. The lat,
ter families are larger and more Wig.
orous than those of the pure-bloods,
the report says, and statisticians de-
clare the real red man is destined to
disappear.
The total Indian population of the
United States In 1910 was given as
265,6S3, and of Alaska, as 25,331
More than one-half are full-bloods, 35
per cent. are of mixed bloods. and for
eight per cent. information was not
obtainable.
There Is little intermingling of In.
dian and negro blood, more than nine
tenths of the half-caste being of white
parentage, and only 2.225 were OF
mixed negro blood. Only 1913 had all
three strains
Oklahoma has the largest Indian
population of any state and also the
largest percentage of mixed bloods
There are many "squaw men" in the
state, which have married Indian
women to be enrolled as sharers in
the tribal estates. Utah, New Mexico
Arizona and Colorado show more
than So per cent. of full-bloods, and
Iowa and Mississippi have large per
centage of pure-bloods in the Fox and
Choctaw tribes.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-09-06

chance to gain the victory. While
both young men have been guests at
Miss Cleveland's home, Mr.. Ewing is
still there. which leads the wise
acres" to prognosticate that all will
not be well with Mr.. Stump's suit
Both wooers are members of the
senior class at Princeton university.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-09-06

For the purpose of profiting by the
experience of foreign experts in educa-
ton and school
StuOy EURO organization, the
mean SchOoIS. United States bu-
reau Of education
has issued a statement setting forth
the advance in modern educational
methods in foreign countries.
The statement which has been print
ed is intended for free distribution to
schools and to other educational in
stitutions. The treatise pays especial
attention to the subject of vocational
training. The vocational schools in
Germany. Austria, Switzerland, Nor
way and other European countries
are described and their systems, the
bureau declares, should aid material
ly in solving the vocational problem
in the United States"
Practically every civilized nation
is considered to some extent in the bu-
reau's report" says the announcement.
Among special topics considered are,
health work in the schools of Great
Britain, schools in Denmark; the
teachers syndicate in France, educa-
ton for citizenship in Germany; in
struction for emigrants in Italy; Rus
sia's efforts for rural uplift and the
partial adoption in New South Wales
of the educational program of the la
Dor party"
The Colorado statesman., 1913-09-06

The Court Circular" is a newspa-
per established by Prince Albert. Roy
The Colorado statesman., 1913-09-06

Herman Stump and H. Gordon Ew-
ing of Baltimore, Md, are rivals in a
The Colorado statesman., 1913-09-06
SENATOR'S WIFE is MANAGER OF BIG FARM

Were Mrs. Claude A. Swanson. wife
of the former representative and gov
The Colorado statesman., 1913-09-06

The wealth of gold and silver and
paper money filling the vaults of the
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-12

Verses G-o-I.ampntatiOn.
1t was certainly a splendid victory
that was won by the lSraeli,e> oNer the
inhabitants of Jericho. Everybody felt
clad, and no one was more thankful
than Joshua himself. 1t WAS r"nrlu-
Sive proof that the Lord Jehovah was
certainly guiding his people. and it also
established the leadership Of Moses
successor. The city Of Al lay on the
route from Jericho to the heart of the
country. 1t had therefore to be cap
t,red before the invaders could go far
ther inland. y = The men of Al
repealed their attack and smote them
hip and thigh, driving them down the
valley and killing many Of the Israel
ties. The reverse was all the more
overwhelming because it was so uneN-
pected. 1t seemed as though the whole
enterprise vas destined to suffer hui
initiating defeat. The victors OF yes
terday were broken today, and Joshua
was filled with alarm and shame.
Rent his %clothes.' This was a sign Of
mourning. fell upon Ills
face in utter humiliation before the
symbol of Jehovah's presence. "the
ark" and continued thus all day until
the evening. With him We're the ED
ers." who represented the people. and
another sign of mourning was the
dust upon their heads They were
surely in n hard place. as is e from
the confession Of Joshua. "WherefOre
hast thou?' 1t would seem IS though
he was blaming God for this defeat.
SO confused was he that for the time
he could not realize that the cause Of
this attiiction might be elsewhere.
would to God. we had been content"
How very like the cowardly speech Of
the murmuring people Mt the Red sea
and at KAdesh when the ten spies
brought the unfavorable report lex.
xiv, II, -: Mum. xiv. 90. "When Is.
rael turneth their backs" Just as
Moses prevented the people from back
sliding on many occasions. s % must
Joshua learn t do and not give way to
petty complaints. He is the leader. It
was his supreme concern to stand ut
the crossways and hold up the hands
Of the people. "Shall environ us
around" His fears were quite natural
that the natives Of Palestine. whom
they had already defeated. would re-
cover themselves and even unite to
! drive out these ~Israelite invaders. Cut
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-12

Before the intercollegiate swimming
season opens some of the swimming
and water polo rules will be changed.
The association has drawn up Il tenta-
tive schedule for the championship,
and this will be passed upon shortly
by the officials Of the Intercollegiate
Swimming league. Most Of the dates
are made conditiOnally. but the first
meet will be held Dec. s. The City
College of New York will hold the in
dividual titular contests.
Clark Griffith will have seventeen
pitchers in line when the Senators go
south-Johnson. Groom. Hughes. Boeh-
ling. Engel, Shaw. Ayres. Bentley. Gal.
lia. Harper. Hedgepeth. Love. G. Will
liams. Barton. Dawson, Musser and
the ancient Mr.. .Altrock. Griff, by the
way, is the first American league a
ager to claim text years pennant.
Every one is pleased that two yachts
have been ordered for.the defense Of
the Americas cup in 1914. and now
that some hot racing is assured in the
preliminary trials no one doubts that
the two yachts will be got into the fin
est racing trim. Thus the chances of
the famous old trophy remaining in
this country for q longer period. in
spite Of the attack of Sir Thomas Lip
ton, seem brighter.
James e. Sullivan. secretary Of the
Amateur Athletic Union of the United
States. who vas formerly president Of
that organization and is the oldest ath-
letic official in America. when asked
his opinion Of the proposition present
ed by Gustavus T. Kirby Of the In
tercollegiate Association of Amateur
Athletes to have amateur and profe>
sional athletes compete against each
other. said:
The proposition is not a new n at
all. For more than thirty years those
who have in their charge the safe
guarding Of amateur track and field
athletics have had to battle with the
same proposition. heretofore advanced
by professional promoters and profess
sional foot racers.
"This history of athletics certainly
is familiar to those who have made I,
study of athletics. Professionalism
killed the Olympic games. SO the his
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-12
The Sunday School Class
SENIOR BEREAN LESSON.

off our name" Their destruction wouiN
main of their identity as a people.
"Thy great name. such a calamity
would also reflect on the character Of
jehovah. who had made himself known
as their God and whose honOr would
be seriously affected. The glory of .Ie-
hovnh was therefore involved in the
success Of his people. Compare Deut.
tx. -. =
Verses 1O-12-Condemnation.
Surely here was reckless and hasty
speaking. and it must not be per-
mitted. Joshua vas therefore reused
the emphatic words. Get thee up
There is Il time to pray. but there is
also Il time to understand what are
ones needs before he offers supplica.
ton to God. If II prayers are to be
effective they must be thoughtful. and
this is possible only as we mediate
before we supplicate. "Israel hath
sinned." Here. then, is the cause of
all the Distress. 1t is true that God
had promised to be with his people
and give them victory over their
enemies. but it was on the explicit
condition that they obeyed him. Notice
how their sin is described. a. Trans.
crossed my covenant"-showed them
selves disloyal and untrustworthy. G,
"Taken of the accursed thing in open
| violation of the clear command (Josh.
vi. 1S). ca "Stolen' in defiance Of the
eighth commandment. az "DisSem-
bled" by pretending to be what they
were not. g, Put it even among theil
w STUFF and so guilty Of misap
preparation. There could be only II
result of such behavior, even wha.
they had experienced-defeat. BE
cause they We're accursed." The pen
atty could not be escaped. "Neithe1
will l be with you any more" Eel.
lowShip is based on faithfulness. and
friendship on mutual confidence.
"Shall two walk together except they
have agreed:" (Amos iii, 81 Except
We destroy" $3.50
Verses INSTRUMENTATION.
The eyes of Joshua were opened t.
see things in the right light. and he
FASTENED to take steps to find out the
cause of all their trouble. *** The
guilty party had wrought folly il
Israel" and for this act Of sacrilege
being stoned to death. $50 Achar
made Il full confession of his guilt. and
swift punishment followed. The &C
| count is sad reading.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-12
Interesting Occurrences of the
YuIetide Season In Ancient
Times and From Time
of Pilgrims Landing.

TATHlLE few Of the big events Of
" history happened on Christ
mas day. OF the other hand
a surprising number Of in
teresting episodes in the history of the
nations occurred Oh this greatest Of all
holidays. Many Of them. too. seem to
be peculiarly appropriate to the day.
The most memorable Christmas day
in American history was toward the
close Of 1776. the eve Of the day on
which George Washington defeated
the Hessian forces at the battle of
Trenton. On that Christmas night the
Father Of His Country made his i'm
mortal crossing of the Delaware.
The next Christmas day was the
darkest and saddest in American his
tory-Washington at Valley Forge.
One battling defeat after another had
reduced the American army to despair.
Men We're dying through the camp
each day from starvation and cold.
They slept with nothing between them
and the frozen ground but their rag
ged clothes. Shoeless and half naked,
some 5000 Of them were unable to
even lift a musket.
First Christmas Of the First President.
Especially by contrast. the Christ
mas of a dozen years later must have
been n of untold Joy. 1t was the
first C~hristmastide Of the first presi-
dent of the United States, and that
president was. Of course. the same
Washington who bore the brunt Of the
terrible winter at Valley Forge. On
that happy day the home OF the presi-
dent was thrown open to the populace,
and Mrs. Washington herself saw to
their entertainment.
Going back to the early history of
the nation in a search for historic
Christmases. one comes upon the first
Christmas Of the pilgrim fathers at
Plymouth. Mass. in 1920. Christmas
day for them was a day of prayer and
of work. In small groups they knelt
on the n covered ground and offer
ed prayers for the sick. the hungry and
the dying. They felled trees and clear
ed the ground, unmindful of the coun'
trymen they had left across She water
now in the midst of-tAeir joyful cele
bration Of ChristmasS in the good ole
English way. '>~~
Nor was their secohd christmas or
American soil any different. Indeed
the stern governor of.the colony, viii
liam Bradford. ord4ted that n ont
found observing Christmas day b.
either abstinence from labor or il
feasting, should pay a fine of fiv'
shillings. 1t was not until a full cen
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-12

fury later that this anti christmas SEN
timent was relaxed. From then on
the famous old fashioned New Eng
land Christmas was developed.
Peace Treaty Of Dec. "a, 1914.
On Christmas eve, 1914. the treaty Of
peace between Great Britain and the
United States was made. concluding
the war of 1912. Early in the year
1914 it was intimated that Great Brit
ain was willing to negotiate for peace.
Accordingly both countries e n COM
missioners to Client. Belgium, a vir-
tual deadlock resulted. In the mean
time the war still went on.
Fortunately for the Americans. a Sc
ries Of defeats at last brought the Brit
ish to terms. and the treaty was signed
on Christmas eve. Though the matter
Of jeOpardiZing American commerce
and impressing American sailors on the
high seas-the causes Of the war-were
not touched upon in the treaty. it was
tacitly agreed that there would be no
more cause for complaint on these
scores. The news of the signing Of the
treaty did not reach the United States.
however. until Feb. II. 1915. and a bat
tie was fought in January Of that year
Mt New Orleans. though the treaty it.
self had been signed nearly a month
previous.
Coming down to the civil war. Christ
mas V and Christmas day. 1864. wit.
messed the bombardment Of Whining.
ton by the Federal troops. An eXpedi-
ton against Forts Fisher and Caswell
which defended the approaches to vii
mington. was organized by Admiral
Porter and General Butler late in 1864.
On Christmas eve Porter exploded q
powder ship near Fort Fisher without
injuring The Notifications, however.
Then the Federal fleet opened fire and
finally silenced the gun Of the enemy
On Christmas day Federal troops were
landed to take the fort by assault. bu'
General Butler oOn realized that his
task IA a foolhardly one and with
drew his forces to Hampton Roads.
On Christmas eve. 1851. a portion OF
the old dome Of the capitol and the
library of congress-. at Washington
were burned. More than half of tn,
books in the library, valuable paintings
draperies and over Il thousand bronz,
medals of great age were destroyed.
Baptism Of a King and His Army.
A Christmas day peculiarly signih
cant in its events was that Of the yea
49G. when Clovis. king Of the Franks
along with his army. was baptized int,
the Christian faith at Rheims. TIL,
Franks were n confederation Of Ger
man tribes, who had dwelt since tn,
third century on the right bank OF tn
Rhine and who eventually migrated t
Gaul. After many incursions they be
came masters Of the left bank Of tn
lower Rhine as we'll as Of their owl
territory.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-12

Famed in song and story. the ro-
nance Of the depredationS Of Robin
Hood. the merry old outlaw. upon the
wealthy and his lavish distribution Of
his spoils of the highway among the
poor bids fair to appeal TO lovers of
adventure for all time. But that he
died on christmas eve in the year 1241
so the story goeS-seemS not to be a
matter Of general knowledge.
Charlemagne Crowned as Emperor.
Christmas day Of the year SlO wit
messed the browning of Charlamagne.
emperor Of the west. at Rome. 1t was
the contamination Of his lifp'S work.
Born in 142. he succeeded his father as
king of the Franks twenty nine years
later. Immediately he began his great
mission Of conquering and converting
the Saxons. He welded into one great
monarchy the various races OF Ger
many. When he vas crowned emperor
Of the Romans on that Christmas day
his power became supreme.
Five days before Christmas of the
yer 100 Ignatius. the bishop. was con
demned to death by wild beasts by the
Emperor Trajan at Antioch. From
then on his %martyrdom was celebrated
in the churches Of Antioch on Christ
mas day. He was said to have been
one of the children whom Christ took
up in his arms and blessed.
He is also credited with having in
; troduced %antiphOnal chants into the
church services. having had a vision
in which he heard the angels Worship
ing God with antiphonal hymns.
A Christmas Sensation Of 1900.
One of the most sensational Christ
mas yes of history was perhaps that
Of the year 1900, when an attempt was
made upon the life of Napoleon Bona
parte by exploding an Internal ma
chine in the streets Of Paris as the
Little Corporal and his suit drove to
the first performance of Haydn's ora
torio Of the "Creation." BY sheer good
fortune the charge Of gunpOwder went
off between the carriage Of the en-
peror and the one following. in which
were Josephine and her ladies, and the
: interval between them was sufficiently
great to prevent any but minor in
juries and shock to the occupants.
Napoleon continued to the opera.
On Christmas day of the year 1O6G
William l. was crowned king Of Eng.
land Mt Westminster three months aft.
er his landing. Citizens OF Wessex
and London, after a siege, agreed tC
accept him as their sovereign. He
reigned not as a conquerOr. but as q
lawful king.
The day after Christmas. 1853. at the
death Of Henry the Plantagenet. Ste
phen. n son of William the Conqueror's
daughter, was crowned king of Eng
land. Without a following OF MOBILES
and with only his sheer personality t.
back him, he was accepted by popula
! acclaim.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-12

torians tell us, and the terms 'profes.
siOnal' and amateur come to us from
the fact that ut II time in sport anna
teurs and professionals did compete
together.
mir. Kirby seems to forget that the
present healthy condition of athletice
in America. the present playground
movement in America and the fact
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-12

that men of religion. education and the
taken over athletics are due primarily
to the work of the Amateur Athletic
union officials. who have been battling
all their lives to place athletics On .
sound, solid and substantial basis.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-12

Golden Textile sure your sin vii
find you out (Eum. xxi, o3,.
The river press., 1913-02-19

Despite this temporary cloud. Wash
fngton was yet held in such esteem by
the American people that he was be
ing urged to accept third term. He
felt, however, that he had sacrificed
enough and was determined to retire
to we'll earned repose at Mount Yer
non. 1t was at this time that he issued
his celebrated farewell address. which
was published in the Philadelphia Ad-
vertiSer in September, 1896
While this was the beginning of the
powerful tradition against third term
in the presidency, it is but just to say
that Washington himself made no ar.
guments against third term. He ex-
planned that his reasons for withdraw.
ing were personal. He would have
taken such a step earlier. but was con-
vinced that it would have been against
public policy. Now. however. that diff.
ficulty had been removed. Washington
says:
II rejoice that the state of your con.
Germs. external as we'll as internal, no
longer renders the pursuit Of inclina-
ton incompatible with the sentiment
of duty or propriety and am persuad.
ed. whatever partiality may be retain
ed for my services. that in the pres
ent circumstances Of our country you
will not disapprove of my determine
ton to retire"
AS though the first president had a
prophetic glimpse Of the future. the
burden of the farewell address was an
argument for union and a warning
against the perils of partisan division
and passion. In the memorable closing
paragraph he said:
"Though in reviewing the incidents
Of my administration am unconscious
of intentional error, am nevertheless
too sensible of my defects net to think
it probable that have committed
many errors Whatever they may be,
l fevently beseech the Almighty to
avert or mitigate the evils to which
they may tend. shall also carry with
me the hope that my country will new.
er cease to view them with indulgence
and that, after forty-five years Of my
life dedicated to its service with up
right zeal. the faults Of incompetent
abilities will be consigned to oblivion.
as myself must soon be to the man.
sions Of rest"
Both his country and the world have
certainly carried out this wish.
The river press., 1913-02-19

Mount Vernon, to private life and do
mestic felicity and. with mind op-
pressed with more anxious and pain
full sensations than l have words to
express, set out for New York"
Practically every step of the way it
was triumphal procession. If his
own sensations were painful those of
the country We're quite the opposite.
Scarcely had he got outside of his own
private estate than the professions and
feasting began. Every child knows
the story of that flower strewn journey
and the inauguration that followed.
One of the prettiest displays was at
Trenton. Here. where the great Amer
lean general had achieved one Of the
most brilliant successes Of the war,
the women of New Jersey had erected
a triumphal arch. bearing this inscrip
ton: ''The Defender of the Mothers
Will Be the Protector Of the Daugh
ters." Along the way mothers and
dressed in white, strewed
flowers in the path and sang a song
written for the occasion
The inauguration occurred on Thurs.
day. April IL. the oath being admin
fstered by Chancellor Livingston on
the outside balcony of the Federal hall,