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COOK'S STORY Of His lip It ike Fa N?r b U BtiTel owly Frak md Opci. ? 9 TELLS ALL ABOUT TRIP "Confession," to be Printed In Hampton's Magazine, Details m Remarkable "Mind Journey," De voting Itself Largely to Psychic Phenomena. In the first Installment of his own ?tory, which la to appear In the forthcoming January Hampton*? i Magazine, Dr. Frederick A. Cook frankly confesses, as promised In re cent news dispatches, to uncertainty regarding his claim to the discovery of the North Pole. After a detailed and remarkable account of the men tal processes which ho underwent on his Arctic Journey, Dr. Cook, with a remarkable degree of self-analyslB, describes the process of conviction of final attainment which grew upon him. Instead of repeating the day by day account of his travels over miles of Ice, Dr. Cook devotes him self chiefly to what Is a remarkable mind journey. Dr. Cook'B confeeslon, which is an nounced as a human document of extraordinary Interest and import ance, Is presented by Hampton's, which published Commander Peary'B story, "The Discovery of the North Pole," on Its own merits. Coming after a mysterious seclusion for an ertlre year, during which time he has had little to do but reflect and arrive at conclusions. Dr. Cook's confession Is most remarkable per haps In that ho acknowledges hie belief that It Is absolutoly Impossi ble by scientific observations to as certain the achievement of the North Pole, and that his own conviction was not hased entirely upon such "proof." "I am told that many people who discredit my original story of my experience believe In my good faltli," says Dr. Cook. "This moves me more than I can tell. If I did be lieve In myself, honestly and Bln cerely, If I felt convinced of my claim when I reachod Copenha?en and later New York, Is It just to call mo the world's most Intrepid fnker, a common, deliberate swin dler?" Declaring a deslro to take friend and foo into his confidence, Dr. Cook, In a painstaking effort to ex plain himself? gives an account of hlR early life, his boyhood ambitions and the final focusing of his desire upon tho boreal centre. After 16 years of fruitless effort the flnal opportun ity came to him with an Invitation to accompany John R. Bradley on a Northern hunting trip. Dr. Cook says that his immediate Intention was merely to return to the North, and that It was not until he arrived .at Annoatok that he finally de termined to try for the .pole. "Most certainly we talked of tho polo," sr^s Dr. Cook, "but, posi tively and emphatically, It was not an Important Incentive to the Jour "fifcyr*' Back' In my brain, barely above the subconscious realm, was the feeling that this, however, might o""er opportunity In the preparation for a final future determination. I. therefore, without any conscious purpose, and with my last penny, paid out of my purse for extra supplies for a personal expedition should I leave the ship. "When I left New York my plans wero not at all definite. Even had I known then that I should try for the ptJo I should not upac fought any geographical HcenBe from some vague and unknown authority. Though much has been made by crit ics of our quiet department, I al ways felt the quest of tho pole as a personal ambition, a crazy hunjer I had to satisfy. "Accused of being the most colos sal liar of history, sometimes I feel that more lies have been told about me than about anyone ever born. "Ah a popular Illustration of the sort of yarns that were told, let me refer to the follsh fake of the gum drops. iSome one started the story that I expected to rench tho pole by bribing the Eskimos with gum drops f? perhaps tho Idea was that I was to lure thom on from point to point with regularly issued rations of these confections. "Wherever I went on my lecture tour after my return to the Unltel States, much to my Irritation 1 Baw 'Cook' gum drops conspicuously dis played In confectionery store win dows. Hundreds of pounds of gum drops wero sont to my hotel with tho compliments of the manufactur ers. On nil sides I hoard the gum drop story, and in almost overy pa per read tho reltorated tale of lead ing the Eskimos for the pole by dangling a gum drop on a string be fore them. I never denied this, as I nevor denied any of tho fakeB printed about me. The fact Is, that I never hoard tho gum-drop yarn until 1 oame to New York. We took no gum dropB with us on our polar trip, and, to my knowledge, no Eski mo ate a gum drop whllo with me. "Among tho mnny things which the public has boon misled Into be lieving Is that Mr. Bradley and I to gether connived for. the purpose of essaying this quest of the pole. The fi?et Is, despite published statements that not until I reachod Annoatok, and saw that conditions were favor able for a lonj sledge Journey, did I Anally determine to make a north ward trip; not until then did I tell my decision definitely to Mr. Brad* ley, , ' "Could I make one powerful dash and achieve the things that had haunted me for years?" he asks. "My former failures dogged me. It . did not try now, It wag a question whether ever again an opportunity should come to me. At Annoatok the beat hunters of the tribes had fathered for the winter hunt. Al ready Immense caches of meat had been stored. Hundreds of dogs, In prime condition, were there for se lection.; From the strong, hefty huftterrf 1 could pick the heet men to accompany me. Bvery condition was auspicious for the effort. 1 Confess Him tank seemed audacious almost to the verge of Impossibility: yet I Want to say that I had not only the determination to try, " but the pre conceive* conviction that the thing would be don*? -yee, if by a mlraoU. I would try.^I told myself;' I be lieved I should succeed." After the departure of Mr. Brad ley Dr. Cook says be began to brood upon tbe tnk which be aa ye be set himself, saying: "My life from tbls time onward was a curious com bin*- 1 tlon of outward impressions and In tiospective experiences. I want you to understand this thing was no eas ? nt with me. All my life hinred about it, my hopes were bent tpon it; tbe doing of it was part of ue, and instead of a mere physical Journey it became a psychic experi ence, a nightmare. My plana of ac tion, I want to emphasize, were not haphazard and hairbralned. Logl-. cally and clearly I now mapped out1] i campaign. It was baaed upon experience in known conditions, ex perience gathered after years of dis couragement and failure. "I aimed to reach the top of the globe in the anale between Alaski and Greenland, which had not beet tried. With Annoatok as a base o' operations, I planned to carry suf detent supplies over Scbley Land ant along the west const of the gami lands, trusting that the game along this region would furnish sufficient supplies en route to the shores of the Polar sea. With men and doge living on fresh meat, I figured that they would be In the best condition for a dash over the clrcumpolar Ice This Journey to land's end would also afford a test of every article of equipment needed in the field work md would enable me aiBO to choosc from an entire tribe of Eskimos those most able to endure the rigors Nvhich lay before us." After telling of his start from An- 1 noatok In February, 1908, with a >arty of ton Eskimos, 103 dogs, and' Mb entering Bay Fjord, where he encountered 83 degrees below zero, F. H., Dr. Cook takes tho occasion of answering many widely quoted state ments. as follows: "I have been held responsible and widely criticised for citing a tem oerature of minus 83 de?rees centi grade, which was the misquotation of a reporter who met me on the Hans Rgede off the Shaw, the north ernmost point of Denmark, before my arrival at Copenhagen, I have been quoted, by tho same reporter, is declaring that I had discovered "?nd traversed 30,000 square miles of new land. What I did report, and believe, was that in my journey I had passed through an area wherein it was possible to declare 30,000 square miles ? a terrestial unknown of wat9r '.n-4 Ice ? cleared from tho blank of our charts. I did discover what I believed to be land, on tho 30 of March, 1 908. This was an irregular mountainous line along the horizon to the westward, extending for about 50 miles between the 84th and 85th parallels close to the 102d merid ian." After detailing the supplies taken on his trip, Dr'. Cook says: "Were :>ur supplies sufficient to take us to the pole? Much criticism has been expressed concerning the mea?renes# of food. I can only say that in the final analysis, this supply barely al lowed us to keep alive. I doubt if any men ever suffered from hunger so Intensely as we did and lived. Death was, on our journey north ward and southward, a grim, per sistent companion, and only the love of life, most deep-seated of human instincts, kept us from succumbing to utter despair. Yet this privation and despair had Its mental reaction a reaction which was fortunate, for It was the b?Mef in my achieve ment that kept t.n alive in hours of direst physical trial." Dr. Cook says that his proposed journey was not one of scientific con gest, but one for which he expected only the return due a pathfinder. In this part of his story occurs this re markable statement: "My conviction that I reached the pole never was based solely upon ob servations, figures or mathematical calculations. I did take these, of course. Sometimes I tcok them has tily. again working them out with most painstaking accuracy. Some times my mind was clear as crystal again I was dazed with hunger' thirst, and cold. These figures did not serve to convince me of my achievement. They only corrob orated my Inner conviction of pro gress. They were important in work wL? P J"\of action over a trackless aunt'ih 119 a Pr?0f of the con" ficlent mUBt always bo lnsuf n?fo)Va^ lnner conv'ctlon that I attained the pole Insane? This has vvm .aBke,d' nnrl 8?KSfiBted. Perhaps. Which raises the whole problem of the gorder lines of sanity. I Wna j reel, no more Insane than any man ?i pursues an Ideal? an to Jh* ..m?ay 80em ha,r-bralned to the practical? and who finally to h'f t0 n? ?thor' ,8 8*t?8fied Jhat he has accompllnhed his desire My conviction may be beyond the bounds of reason. Sometimes now I not know!" ^ 1 d? ^ * -o fectod by^har'dsh l^an d* 7h ^Tln** a state of bodily fatigue snd mental be fhit?h!Ten J** convinced himself that he reached the pole. Dr. Cook 8,600 miles. In some direction Zll lZYner"\69 Cred,t 8o'"e have described my Journey as being ln a ie nil-circle, others admit my gofnj pretty far north. Whether I went! tlmM 4 n?rth' ?r WRB d,vort?<l Bt Six #?e" n0t' Can not' c,)ange the acts of my experience. We w?ro compelled on our Journey to go In various directions to find a way. We made wide detours nt ntimp m wa ho.i / . ni other times ..... L retrofit nnd find new n.B j*'**' P?rh,p,t |? do| *7??r,U',.d, ov?r*Ofitlmato4 " that '? " '? * now Wk n?r "n>'ono cm gottl# ' W8nl' ^owover, i! maintain it was northward, and I < m r?.r.;.pot Hmull Boy Kilted on It* II. 1 Arthur Milter, aged 13, ?on of Dora Miller, wm run over end killed about 9 o'oloek Tu?*day morning at , Gfastonla by the Southern twitching ' tnglne, which wet twitching earn * thort dittance west of the York itrett erotelbg. The boy'e body wu fearfully mangled, one arm and our leg being entirely eevereii from hi* body, and many bruise* being tot- . talned, J A SAD LIFE STORY ? ? _ ? . HOW A BEAUTIFUL LOYK SONG CAME TO BE WRITTEN. Tbc True Story of "Loren*," One of the Most Popular 6ongs of Its D?y, and "Paul Vaiie." We print below a true, but very sad love story of the long ago: i ! The years creep slowly by, Lorena, The enow la on the grass again; The sun'8 low down the sky, Lorena, The frost gleams where the flowers have been. lut the heart throbs on aB warmly now As when the Summer days were nigh, The sun can never dip so low Adown affectlon'B cloudless sky. A hundred months have passed, Lo rena, Slnco last I held that hand In I mine; \nd felt that pulse beat fast, Lorena, Though mine boat faster far than thine. \ hundred months, 'twas flowery .May, When ]up iho hilly Blope we climbed. To watch tho dying of the day And hear the distant church-bells chime. We loved each other then, Lorena. 'More than we over dared to tell: And what we might have been, Lo rena, Had but our loving prospered .well! But. ah 'tis past, the years are ?one, We'll not call up their shadowy forme; We'll eay to them: "Lost years, sleep on, Dleep on, nor heed life's pelting storms." The story of the past, Lorena, Ainu! 1 care not to repeat: The hopes that could not lajt, Lo rena, Thev lived, but only lived to ehoat, I would not caus? e'en ono regret To rankle In your bosom now ? "For If wo try, we may fnrget," ?Woro wcrda of thine long years ago. Yes. these wor's of thine, Lorena ? They are within my memory yet ? They touched some tender chords, Lorens, ?.Whl?h thrill and tremble with re gret. 'Twan not thy woman's heart which spoke ? Thv h?art wan always true to me; A duty fitern and nierrirg br"ke The tie which linked my soul with thee. It matters little row. Lorena, Tho past is with the eternal past; Our heads will scon llo low, Lorena, ?Life's tide Is ebbing out so fast. But there's a future, Oh. thank God! Of life this Is so small a part ? 'TIb duet to dirat beneath the eod, But there up there 'tis heart to heart. ? Rev. H. D. L. Webster. One of the most popular nf Amer ican sentimental sou*b la "Iorsua." a?>d nlrrost equally fo Its comnanlon, "Paul Vane: or Lorena's U?ply." T^e Bid story told In the words of this Hons: Is a true ep'sode of human life and human love. During tho Civil War It wps sunt? everywhere ? In pprlors, In concerts, on the street and In camps. It was eouallv non ular In the South P8 In the North. In portrnvlnsr the fate of two lovers It la emrt'onal to a hl^h degree, and In Its trulv pathetic tone, perhaps. Its chief charm lle3. It was po pop ular during the dark d"-vs of the war that a steamer on tho Ohio river was named Lorena, eneines on tho West ern roadB were called Lorena. 'an l many mothers called their dauehters Lorena out of sentiment for this fa vorite sonar. The author of "Lorena," Henry de iLafavette Wester, was born In Oneida countv. New York. In 182-1. His father. William Webster, was a lineal descendant, of John Web?tor, who was Colonial governor of Con necticut In 1856 and later. Henry was tho youngest child in a family of five daughters and thr^e Born. He died In Chl^a^o on %J< .ember S, 1806. In 1 828 his fat r moved lo Loaln county, Ohio, and located about three miles pouth of Elyrla, where ho worked for manv vears at hla trade, that of blacksmith. Tho author's onuortunltles for ac nuirlncr an education were limited, and pb ho grow In years bo was re quired to do his share toward tho support of tho family, fo that foil In er trees pnd work In tho forest was, perhanrj. his bent a?conipllphment. ?T3ut ho was studious and In snlto of h'a limited onuortunltles, even tually had acquired sufficient knowl edtr? to teach achool. Later, through i' urn worK in n store and at* ft tutor, ho was ablo to pav his wnv thro'jrh the cMleo'lite Institution In Colum bia. O. He attracted to somo the ological dlscuBalon. This led him to Investigate the subject, with the result that ho soon avowed himself a IJnlversalHt. laM aelrto the law and prepared himself for the minis try. In the year 1S4R. being thon 24 years of age. and full of poetry and romance, ho was enloylng h!s first pastorate In Zanosvlllo, O. His lead ing parishioner was a wealthy man ufacturer, whoso torI 'ence wps upon one of tbo hills which surrounded that smoUy town. The honso was about, half a mil* out. and tho emi nence upon which It was sotted was tho one reforred to In tho sour: " *Twas flowerv May When up tho hilly slono we ellmbod." There lived In thla family a young sister of the manufacturer's wife, who was tho leading singer In tho oholr. Rhe wan 1ft yenrs of age, small of stature, hnd blue eyca and light hair, and was not only a sweet slnyer, but she was ns full of ro mance as her pastor, and they soon became very much attached to ono another. Their loving, however. dM not "prosper woll," for the family was proud and aristocratic, snd had hlfther Ideals for tho girl than to havo her marry a poor preacher. Ar she was dependent upon them for a home, aha wan compelled to yield to their counsel, And the lovers ware Obliged to give each other up. J( jraa, however, the atronr will ind proud spirit of the slater, more thin the opposition of the brother in-law, that separated them, or rath ?r that hept Lorena from marrying Webster. The minister saw her for the last time at her home, learned of her Bister's unconquerable oppo sition. heard his fate, and took a quiet but painful farewell, very little being said. That night she wrote hlra a letter, In which ehe used tjie words, eo well remembered by those familiar with the eong: "If we try we may forget." The effect of the separation was to crush thy young man, and, writing to a friend 2 6 years after tho oc currence, ho said: I "I doubt If even to this day all dark lines are erased from my nesrt." j He resigned his pastorate and sought another field, smothering his pain under hard study and work. And the only sign of that pain the world ever eaw was the heart-cry in the song of "Lorena." In 1 856 Rev. Webster was resldlne In Iaclne, Wis., where he met J. P. Webster, the com poser, who, though of the dime name, was not related to him. They soon became very Intimate, J. P. | Webster was doing considerable I writing of muple, but had trouble finding appropriate words for songs. The Rev. Mr. Webster told him he would write him the words for a song and In twft days he produced one entitled "Bertha," a mere fanccy name. When the composer came to set the music he wanted a name of three syllables, accented on the sec ond, and the author made up the name "Lorena." The younj larjy who called out the wort's of this sentimental .song wag not Lorena, ?nor Bertha, but Ella. Ela Blocks^-n. Tbo "Lorena" of the Bong later ' r^arr'ed Judge W. W. John?on of llronton, Ohio, a member of the su I premo court of the St*Ue. Mr. Web ster srbFeque^tly married and lived j In N>""ah, Wis., where he became the editor of a local paner. j Because "I.orena" became popular dur'ng the war many people w^re under the Impression that It was composed during that period. The enrlv copies, however, bear the In scription, "Er>tnred according to act of congress, 1 857." Tho song was a great favorite with ("Jen. John B. Ma<rru'er and probiblv Rot into tho army from his headquarters In the Peninsula In 1862. The tune w-s a plaintive o?e ' and easily within the capacity of the pvernge amateur and this added to Its ro^vlarlty. I Little less a favorite than "Lo rera" v:ns the herrlpe's renlv. en t'tlcd "Paul Vane," and the history j of t^e first pong would hirdlv bo complete without the words of the | second. Paul Vnne. The years are creeping slowly by, | dear Pari, ? * The Winters come and fo: | The wln-1 ewfCB nast with mourn I fnl crv, dear Paul, | And pelt my face with snow. But there's no 3now upon the heart, deT Paul: 'Tls Summer alwavs there: ThoEO earlv lovea throw BunBhlne over all, And sweeten mem'rles dear. I tho'n*M It easy to forget, dear ?Pa ul ; Life arrow'd with youthful hopo; I The g'orl^us future gleamed jyet, r^ar Pari, I And bade vs clamber up. They frowning said "It must not ? en not be: Bronk now the hopeless bands!" Ani Pari, you know how well that butter day i bent to their commands. \ I've Vert yo uever in my heart, dear Paul, Thro' years of gord and 111; Our souls could not be torn apart, dear Paul, They're bound together still. I never knew how dear you were to me 'Till I wae left alone: I thought my pror, poor heart would break tho day They told me you were gone. Perhans we'll never, never meet, dear Paul, Upon thlR earth again; But there where happy angels fcreet, f'enr Paul, You'll meet Lorena there. Together up the shining way We'll prrsi with hoo'ng heart-? Together thro' the bright eternal day And never more to part. While "Pa\il Vane" was not as melodious as "Lorena," yet In the old days where the words of the one was found In the home the other Invariably was also found. ? Tnrlflf Fop Revenue. No definite plan of tariff revision wan arrived at at the conference In Washington Wednesday night be tween the Democratic members of the '.vnyfl and means committee, the Democratic members of the Ken tucky delegation. George Harvey of New York and Henry Watterson, ac cording to a statement Issued by Mr. Watterson Wednesday night. "Some brushwood was wot out of the way and a clearing made In the labyrinth of confusion and misun derstanding which always guard the approaches to the robber castle of protectionism," Bald Mr. Watterson. He declared that "the principal of revenue opposed to the principle of protection as the bedrock of what ever plan tho ways and means com mlttoe of tho house would adopt4' the treneral Idea of those pres ent at the meeting. He said that tentative committee on ways and means soon would confer with the newly elected members of the house and the work of collecting data, which "can not bo obtained by the government and must be relegated to experts employed for the pur pose" would be begun at once. Htriker Killed. At f!hloafco In a clash between <tr1klnR garment worker* and police, >ne workman w*a *hot dead, an other fatally wounded and several combatant* on both aide* seriously njured. Non-union tailor* em ployed by n. Knppenhelmer A Co., vore beln* escorted to a nhop and laving bnon assailed by the atrlk *+* If the Bdlsto project rails It will ne. be any fault of Mr. Lever. Me la* been on the Job ever ainoe It was proposed, and la atlH oil It. W? hop* he will jrat wli. 1 AFTER THE FAKIRS 4 ? MANY ARK ARBBSTBD FOR US ING THE MAILS TO DEFRAUD. Names of the Persous anil Borne of the Slick Schemes They l"ae<l to Get Money. Nineteen arrests were made Fri day in towns in Pennsylvania and New Jersoy in the government's cru sado against persons accused of us ing the mails to defraud. The ar rests were made by postal inspectors i and all the defendants wero given hearings before United States com missioners and held In ball for tr.al or for further hearings on charges of "using the malls to defraud." Seven of the defendants wore giv en hearings in Philadelphia. These were four officials of the Chain Shoo 8tores syndicate, with offices in Phil adelphia; two constitute the Pine Heights company, a Now Jersey land ImDrovement concern with Philadel phia connections, and the seventh 's a local physician. The complete list of defendants with the results of their hearings follow: Chain Fhoe Stores syndi cate, LouIb L. Rice, president, Phil adelphia; Andrew C. Patterson, first vice president, also president of tho Excelsior Trust company of Phila delphia; Edgar Pchllr, second vice president and treasurer; Ceo. H. Brooks, vice president. Philadelphia, each was held in $ 1,000 bon.l for a further hearing. | 'Pine HelghtB company, Robert G. Morris, Philadelphia; Harry F. Stan ton, Ocean City, N. J., waived hear ing and held In $500 bail each foi trial. Other Individuals arrested were: Dr. J. B. Hornstein, Philadelphia, $800 bond held for the court; Charles B. McKee, Huntington, Pa., $1,000 for a further hearing;' J. S. Lepsch, Ridgeway, Pa., $2, ">00 for further hearing; John- A. Weltzal, Lancaster. Piu, $1,000 for further trial; Abram Sta^ffer and Oca- A. Stauffer, Palmyra.X Pa., $4, ">00 fir court: Ira C. Webster, Newark, N. J., $1,000 for further hearing; Os car Gu8tav8on, Jersey City. $1,500 for further hearing; S. I. Sullivan Pittsburg. $2,500 for. court; Lewis Conrart, Conrad Lotze and Wm. iBlneham. officers of the Correspond ence "Institute of America at Scran |tcn, $1,000 each for further hear ing. This organization has no con nection with the International Co/ reepondenco schools. The government alleges that ihe Chain Shoe Stores syndicate Sj'-I stock through fraudulent represen tations. Dr. Hornstein, the Phil adelnMa physician, Is a^curei of Bending through the mails olrr.t' advertising a remedy and !a oh u with making fraudulent Biatrnent; in Ms literature. Conrad, Lotze an-1 Bingham are respectively the president, secretary and treasurer and manager of the C -rrespondence Institute of America. The postal inspectors allege that this concern procured lists of high school students Bnd wrote to them statins that their nnmea had been I recommenced an th^?? n' with artistic talent. On this aobount the institute offered a $42 course of art instructions for $18.50. It la s^ld that there was no faculty of artists, but there were 60.000 stu dents enrolled on the books of cae concern. McKee, who wan arrested In Hunt ington, traded as the Charles B. Mc '^ee Cammisslon company and the Huntington Fruit and Produce com pany. It is alleged that he bought produce of farmers through the malls and failed to make payment. Lepsch la a Jeweler, and 13 al leged to have defraudei the Adams Express company with a false claim for $3,000 damages. His claim was an alleged loss of $3,000 worth of jewelry which he said he had Bent to a Philadelphia Jewelry firm for ap praisal. It Is charged that Lepsch merely sent an empty box by ex press. Weltzal is accused of buying bronze and Iron castings through the mails and neglecting payment. Gustavson Is sail to have sent im proper literature through the mails. (Silverman Is alleged to have collected money for a supposed charity, using the names of prominent Pittsburg men without their consent. The arrests are, It is said, ordered ,by the postmaster general who had po3ta1 inspectors at |work on the cases fcr a month and a half. * Advance the Colors. Wo take the following Trom the 1b st Issue of The Commoner, owned and edited by William J. Bryan: Believing that democrats do not I desire to engnge In a sham battle The Commoner confidently layB down theso propositions: The democratic party must be progressive. No Wall Street candidate can hope to hold the democratic vote. Democracy must go forward and meet present day problems baldly In the spirit of Jofferson and Jackson. The democratic victory of 1910 In the result of fourteen years of democratic fight for reforms. The party cannot retire now. It must go forward. We heartily agroo with all Mr. Bryan says above. It would bo sui cidal for the Democratic party to adopt any other course In the next cflmpnlrn. Tho people havo turned to the Democratic party for relief, and If tho party falls them now, It deserves and will bo dlHastroualy de feated. Advance tho colors to tho firing line, and let. every Democrat j rally to them, and victory In sure. | Why Not Hang lllni? Whnn olghteon-yonr-old Ooorgo Hloohnn, convlctod of tho miirdor of Bterglouslaa nt Knlnma zoor, Mich., was Rontoncod to life Imprisonment ho hogRod tho offlcorH to hang him. Ho nald ho would rath er dlo than faro tho prospect of Rpondlng tho reat of hln dnyg bo hind tho har?. nioohan confoRROd ho droppod a honlrler on tho hoad of hln victim while tho lntter wn* aRloep. * Thoae people who are trying to read William Jonnln'gH Hryan out of ?he Democratic party *e?m to lo?o ?Ifcht of the fact that tho party would be doomed to defeat If they auoceed tA In their effort*. PAJJS UXDKR THE ROD. I saw a young bride Id her tx>* u t j and pride. Bedecked la her snowy array; And the brlgbj flush of Joy mantled bigh on her cheek. And the future looked blooming and guy. And with woman's devotion ?he laid her fond heart At the shrine of Idolatrous love, And she anchored her he pes to this perishing earth By the chain which her tenderness wovo. But I saw when those heartstrings were bleeding and torn, And the chain had been severed In two: Rao had changed her white robe# for the sables of grief. And her bloom for the paleness of woe. But the Healer was there, pourln* balm on her heart, And wiping tho tears from her eyee; He strengthened the chain He had broken in twain And fastened it firm to the skies. There whispered a voice ? 'twas the voice of her God ? "I love thee. I love thee! Pass ander the roi." I saw a young mother in tenderness bend O'er the couch of her dear slum bering boy; And Bhe kissed the soft lips as they murmured her name. While the dreamer law smiling with joy. O, sweet as the rosebud encircled with dew, When Its fragrance Ib flung on the air. So freBh and so bright to that mother he seemed As ho lay In his Innocence there Our I saw, when she gazed on that same lovely form, Pale as marble and Bllent and cold. But paler and colder her beautiful boy, And the tale of her sorrow was told. Out the Healer was there who had stricken her heart, And tiken her treasure away; To allure her to neaven he had p aced it on h/^h, And the mourner will sweetly obey. There had whispered a voice ? 'twaB the voice of God ? 'I love thee, I lovo thee! Pass under the rod!" 1 saw a fotii father and mother who leaned On the arm of a dear gifted aon, And the star of the future grew bright to their gaze As they saw the proud place he had won. the fast-eomlng evening of life promised fair, And its pathway grew smooth to their feet: And the starlight ?f love glimmered bright at the end, And the whispers of fancy wert swef t. Then I saw them a?aln bending low o'er the grave Where their hearts' dearest hope had been laid; And the star had gone down In the darkness of night, And the Joy from their boaomi had fled. Rut the Healer was there, and His artrB were ai-utind, And He led them with tenderest care, And oh owed them a star In the bright upper world ? 'TVau their star shining brilliantly there. They had ??ach heard a voice ? 'twas the voice of their Clod ? "I love thee, I love thee! Pasa under the rod!" ? Mildred L. Perry. What the Farm Does. In his annual report Secretary of Agriculture' Wilson says "nothing short of omniscience can grasp the value of the farm products of this year. At no time In the world'B his tory has a country produced farm products within one year with a value reaching $8,926,000,000, which is the value of the agricultural pro ducts of thlB country for 1910. This amount is larger than that of 1909 by $305,000,000, nr\ amount of In crease over the preceding year which la small for the more recent yearB. The value of farm products frorj 1899 to the present year has been progressive without interruption. If the value of that census year be re garded as 100, the value of the agri cultural products of 1900 was 106.4; that of 1 901 was 1 1 2.7; that of 1 902 was 119.1; that of 1 903 was 124.8; that of 1 904 was 129.8; and that of 1905 was 133. "The year 1906 was an extraordi nary one for agriculture, both In quantity and In value of production. The value Increased to 143.4, aB compared v.ith 100 representing 1 899. In the next year, 1907, the value of agricultural products ross to 158.7; In the next year, 1 908, to 167.3; in 1 909 to 182.8; and In 1910 tc 189.2, or almost double the value of the crops of the census year elevnn years preceding. During this period of unexampled agricultural produc tion, a period of twelve years dur ing which the farmers of thin coun try have steadily advanced In pros perity, In wealth and In economic Independence, in Intelllgonce and a knowledge of agrlculturo, the total value of farm products Is $79,000, 000, 000." Think of It. The farmers of this country In the Inst, eleven years have added seventy-nine billion dollars to Its wealth. Can you grasp theso figures? Remember that this Im mense sum of money values wns absolutely produced by the farmers In tho last eleven years. In other words, In the last eleven years tho farmers of the United Ftates have created seventy-nine billion dollars *hero not a cent existed before. Has the (Tnlted States any more valuable asset than Its farmers? Ought not the government to protect this val uable asset, Instead of holding tip the farmers who constitute It by the tariff law to be plundered of two bil lion dollars each year by the trusts, and other plundering schemes, such as the protection of soeilled Infant Industries and other pet. Institutions? It seems so to us. I Our renders will do well to read our Advertising column* and patro nlre those merchant* whoae ads ap pear therein. They went your trade and will tr*at yon rljht. A Household Remedy Which ^Worlti From Outside CHESTOL ^ (Ciiest Ointment) Will Relieve Quickly Croup. Cougbi, Colds, Pneumonia and all ? fections o( Chest and Throat It? efflelaacy has b?eo tborou*nlj ind posIOthjj pr* <y :h? large numbtr of unsolicited iMUmonialt i\vu (d??? ? aaed thli remedy. Use Freely and_RUB! RUB! RUB! Now sold by all medicine dealers. Should be in every Homf 25c Everywhere. CLASSIFIED COLUMN Wonted ? Four colored barbers. Ap ply at once. R. M. Wicker, Wades boro, N. C. Slilp your calves, hogs, sheep, lambs, : etc., to tl)e Parlor Markot, Angus- ! ta. Ga . 1018 Hroad Street. That Unexpected Gift ? You'll have to Bend one back. Send us $lo0 and we will mall In pretty holly box a fountain pen with your card. Sims Book Store, Orangeburg. S. C. "Vanlwl? Mei to t,?.ke pracMcal cotton course. *c:e;>t good position* during the fsl1 Charlotte Co"od fonu^ny Char I nte. N C < ru*h*?d OyHtrr Sheila for Poultry One Qunclro'i poutMt, sixty ceu's, Qve hunv'red pounds $2 50. Bros laner. LsoMcotU- & Co.. Waverly Mills. S. C. Hire Flour. 100 tons fresh. Rico Flour. Hay, Gr^ln, Bran, Chops, C. 3. Meal and etc.. Albert Bls chofT and Co.. 31 Elizabeth Streot, Charleston. 8. C. Agents In overy city and town; boat selling automobile specialty; large demand or guuua; success as sumed; stirt at once. Address Desk C, Box 422, Sumter. S. C. ViO.dOO yearly. ? No agency. I,eg1i Imate. 8mall capital. We start you for 2&c. Honest company This le your chance. Summerlln Co., Nevada, Texas. Refined educated lady wishes a posi tion as companion or travelling companion for Hdy. or as house keeper. Address Mlas M. R. J. P. O. Box z05, Darlington, S. C. Women, Kell guaranteed hose. 70 per cent, profit. Make $20 daily. Full or part time. Beginners In vestigate. Strong Hosiery. Box 4029. West Philadelphia, F'a. Fine Kxtrated fl??ney ? Several tons extracted honey ? thoroughly rip ened, thick and rich. Guaranteed to please ? or money back. Senn stHmp for SHinple. William Null. Pralrlevllle, Ala. The lll|(h Point Detective Agency o Columbia does a general detecllvt business. White and colored dr tectlves at your convenient Write us. W. S. Taylor. Manage) Columbia. 8. .C. Dohtw*' Kingle Comb Rhode lsi*0' Reds and "Crystal" White Orpin# tons win and lay when other, fall, stock and eggs for s^le gen for mating list. (3. A. I)obbs. Bo* B. 24.. Galneevllle, Ga. Carolina Detective Agency. Kendal) Building, Columbia. S. C., will furnish reliable detectives any where; rates reasonable. Collect ing evidence for civil suits a specialty. Geo. S. Ogg, Chief. For Kale? Well Improved farm 9 iin i I oh of McCormlck, S. C.; will sell cheap If Bold before Jan. 1 ; specially adapted to stock and Kraln. W. M. Rod?ers, Green wood, S. C. 12-17-1 Wanted ? 'Men to take thirty days practical coumo In our machine shops and learn automobile busi ness. Positions secured graduate. $2fl.00 per week and up. Char lotte Auto School, Charlotte, N. C. Wanted ? Men and ladles to take 3 months Practical course. ICxpert management. High salaried posi tions guaranteed. Write for cat alogue new. Charlotte Telegraph School, Charlotte, N*. C. North Htate I.lfe Insurance Co., of Kingston, N. C., operates only in the two Carollnas and hn<* in >re Carolina liven Insured than <i:ty . other Carolina cofpany. A<;r..'s wanted where the company Is nut now represented. For Halo 200 tons "Leader" KIcb 'Flour stamped and tagged. Analy sis higher than required by State < Lawn, $22.60 per Ion, f. o. I>. ! (Charleston. Special prices for car lots. Ij. M. Pnarlntlne & Sons,; Charleston, ?S. C. 12 17-3 In order to Introduce my high gran? Succession Flat Dutch and Wake field Cabbage Plants to those whc have not used them before 1 wll fflvn with onrh (lrnl nnlnr (or ? thousand plants at a $1 25. a do< |?r'p worth of veerM a Mo and dnn* seed absolutely free. W. R liar' Plant Grower, Knlerprlse P. O fl. C. OcmmI IjIv? -<vftnt?:1 In ov >r> town to Mill ft merltorlou* lino of mftdlclnfta nxtonnlvoly advartUed and nn?d by avery family and In th? ataMe. An nxcoptlonal opror tunlty for tha right pari.i*? to m?V? good monay. Wrlta At o hm for proportion to L. B. Martin. Bo* 110, Rlohmond, Va. (ients Wanted ? Make big money aeM lug photo pillow tops. 25c; bro mWiea. 2 o c ; portraits, 35c; oliette* 30c. Wo produce works of ar guaranteed, lowest prires, iargen studio, prompt service, credit f!? en; samples; portrait and fram? catalogue free. Hitter's Art S'? | din. 1218 Mnrjmon. PhiciKO. Ill Wanted ? Kvi-ry man, woman anc child in South Carolina to kni'? | Mint the "Alco" brand of Sa?L I Doo'.'s and Blinds are the be?' and are made only by the August* | Lumber Company, who manufac ture everything in Lumber and Mill work and whoso watchword l? "Quality." Write Augusta Lust ber Company, Augusta, GeorgU for prices ou any order, large ot small ? Rheumatism! Not one case in ten requires internal treatment. "Where there is no swelling or fever Noah's Liniment will accomplish more than any in ternal remedy. One trial will convince you. Noah 's Liniment penetrates ; requires but little rubbing. Here's the Proof Mr. W. R. Taylor, a resident of Rich mond, Va., writes: "For the past four years 1 have been traveling Eastern Vorth Carolina, where I contracted ma ?arla and rheumatism. Recontly I hav? jsed Noah's IJnlment with beneficial re lults, and take pleasure In recommena ng same to anyono uufforlng with rheu natlam." "I caught cold and had a severe at ack of rheumatism In my left shoulder snd could not raise my arm without nuch pain. I was persuaded to try ioah's Liniment, ana in less than a reek wae entirely free from pain. X eel Justified In speaking ol It In the llghest terms. A. Crooker, Dorchester, dasB." Noah'* Liniment Is tho beBt remedy or Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lame Back. ItlfT Joints and Muscles, Sore Throat, Joids, StrainB, Sprains, Cuts, Bruises. 2ollc. C r a m r> h . - <teuralKlfi, Tooth icho anrl all ?Jorvo, Bonn and rtuBcle Aches and 'alna. Tho Ren line has Nonh'n ^rk on every l aclcaRo. 25 ctB. old oy Jealern In udlclne. 8am lo hy mall tree, j oah Remedy Co., tchmond. Va, FOR SALE 1000 acres. 4 miles Thomas Ion, Ga., Splendid land and good impiovements Good renting property; $25.00 per acre. Easy terms. 507 acres, 4 miles Cuthbert, Ga.; 6 tenant houses, I resi dence; High grn ide land Rentf I 5 hales, capable o' domy much better. ( \ir price to Decem ber 1st, 1910, is $6500.00. Several fine, profit makiny larrns in Sumter ( ounty, Ga Wnte for list. i Southern Land Co., \ iiicil) Ms. < >n . ? ii'lii" ? ? ? i r I I ?? ? ? i ? ii ?. I ? . t, I . ii Chief Justice White w<u? one of ?tie "fossilized" Justices of tho 'fnltod States Supreme Court whom Mr. Itoose volt, rebuked for tho do ?ision I n i ho Knight rase. Yet at i big dinner tho oilier night. Teddy ?onstod tho President for making fuK.lice White Chief Justice, and then 'oasled Chief .hiRtlco Whllo himself. Could anything ho mom ftoosoveitlan ? h ii n that? Tho fJennan Oovornment has put i tax of one dollar per ton r>n potauh, vhtch In (mod I j? r ' V by Southern farmers This will cost our farmer* ? arood many dollars, n n I wo would llko to sen fiie tax taken off. but an )iir government taxes n good many 'Jorman made goods wo foar there in no chanco for that. Tho roports froin Washington ibout the defeneeloss condition of ?ho country will make colli eh 1 1 in %roop np the backs of tho Now Kng iHiidvra, who are always Beared to loath by war rumors, but tho1"- ""I hardly affaot tho people of any Oth?r section of th? country.