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In CO.. iMi TllWNa - M Muuuuk KUUI ance and when Its destiny might have been different If certain Individuals had d"ne oilier than Used and Slightly Used they did. While II la an Idle pastime, no doubt, to speculate upon PHONOGRAPHS what inlslit have been, It Is. nevertheless. an InirreMlng one. All Maks Consider, for example, the raw VICTORS of the man of whom It has BRUNSWICKS erltten: "Renegade, drunkard, governor of two COLUMBIAS states, I resident of a republic. l'nlti-- States senSONORAS ator, friend of the I'lilon, father of a t'onfodernte EDISONS soldier, poet, lover, duelist, empire Imltiler where Former Frit m Is there another figure like Sam Houston In the High os $250 pages of American history, or of nny oilier na lion!" And whut If to that list there had heeu addfWOE INCLUDES ed "I'resldent of the United Stales"? I'or Sun PHONOGRAPH H Dm. Bi.wd. Houston might hne been Iresldent. not Just once, Baatfr. wd Pfrckifr D. but twice. If" . . . ! Statmi ImrialUilmj Han tk mud yam amt And If he had been. Virginia would have had IntMMM one more reason for her title of "Mother of Just $3.65 Cash $1.00 m Wk Iresldent. For he was born In Itorkhrldgo counDAYNES-BEEB- E MUSIC CO. ty In the Old Dominion Just 1.17 years ago M.treh So. Mala SL. Salt Laka City 2, 1703, was the date. Another Important event In Sam Houston's life took place on March 2. On ORDER THEM BY MAIL TODAY his forty-thirbirthday he was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence which Ha Just ShanUd Coal the Republic of Texas free from Mexico. A negro applying for a soldier' Having done Hint, the members of the convention bonus In Baltimore, told examiner ba elected him commander In chief of the armies of vraa not aura whether or not he waa the new republic. All he had to do now was to overaeaa during the war, aa the Baltl make good that declaration and for that purisme more Sun tella the ctory. he was provided a force of less than five hundred "But didn't yon go on a boat?" an men to lead agntnst the army of 7.0(10, commanded hy (ienerul Santa Anna, the examiner asked. "They led me Into a big black hole Mexican dictator. March 2 Is celebrated as n holiand banded me a ahovel and told me day In Texas, not as the birthday of Sam Houston to ahovel coal. hnt as Texas Independence day. Itut the lame "Didn't yon aee any water!" Star state also celebrates April 21 heeause It was All the water 1 aaw I drank." on that day that Sam Houston won Ills astoundCappera Weekly. ing victory at Sun .luclnto which made good the declaration of Mnrch 2. Something Original And when those dates come around this year, If Interior decorators have ucb fine Americans In other states may well feel Inclined taste why hasn't one tried the expert to Join with Texns In honoring the memory of ment ef furnishing a place to look like Sam Houston, especially If they have read a book n home? life. recently published. It Is "The Itaven a Biography of Sam Houston." written h.v Marquis Power gradually extirpates from the James and pul llshed hy the commind every humane and gentle virtue. pany. Critics and historians have hulled it ns one Burke. of the outstanding biographies of the past year, (one even going so far as to call It "a masteIf one le not a good loser, he may rpiece) and their verdict Is that It Is hy far the most readable, ns well ns the most scholarly, acyet be a good dissembler. count of Houstons tife that has yet appeared. As a youth Sam Houston was put to work In a store (after he showed a pronounced distaste for agriculture), hut he soon discovered that he preferred measuring deer tracks to tape" and the wild liberty of the Bed men to the tvranny of his own brothers." Such wns Sam's own way of expressing his fondness for hunting, fishing and loafing with the Cherokee Indians whose country was across the Tennessee river from the Houston home. Finally he ran away from home and spent three happy years with the Cherokees. He was adopted as a son hy Chief ka The and given the Indian name of Raven. But when the War of 1812 broke out Sam returned to his own people and enlisted under Gen. Andrew Jackson to fight the Creeks. The story of his heroism nt the terrible slaughter of the Creeks In northern Alabama Is a familiar at Deal Promptly with KidIBs reckless ona gallantry there nearly cost him ney Irregularities. his life, hut It also won hi in the approval of "Old F bothered with constant backache bladder irritations and getting up Hickory and that was to moan something when at night, help your kidneys with he aspired to political Itonors. Army life proving Doan's Pills. horesonie after the war was over, he obtained a Used for more than 40 years. Encommission as an Indian agent and was largely dorsed the world over. Sold by responsible for overcoming the objections of the dealers everywhere. Cherokees to being removed to the West. 50,000 Users Endorse Doans: Returning to Tennessee. Houston went into pot Jam.. A. McClard, R.tlrad Merchant, Jackson Democrat Ities and as a whole-hearte906 Hobson Avanue, Hot Springs, Ark., My kidney, didnt act right and my was elected to congress, serving from 182.1 to nyr back ached tat quite a spell. The uae of 1827. His career in the national legislature was Doan a PlUa quickly rid me of this attack. not particularly distinguished but there were greater things ahead for him By this time .lack-sonstar was rising rapidly In the political world. True, he hRd been defeated for the Brest dency in 1824 by John Quincy Adams and so the Jacksonlans asserted a corrupt bargain with Henry Clay. But Jacksons friends were still planning to make him President and Houston was one of the trio that Jackson dubbed his Tsbe MATVWK'a KEMKDT literary bureau' from the amount of writing they W tonight. Youll be fit j did to keep the General's candidacy before the end fine by morning j So Jacksons friendship helped elect country. tongue clear, headache gone, Houston governor of Tennessee. appetite back, bowels acting j And when Jacksons health began ' to fail, pleasantly, bilious attack forgotten. For constipation, too. Better than aggravated by the death of Ills beloved Rachel, any mere laxative. observers began to speculate upon who political A druggists only 2Sc. Maks tit tat tonight was his successor. to be Houstons name took TAKE TEEL USCE A tULUOU. its place on the Inevitable list of possibilities From distant parts of the country thp gaze of observers fell upon the rising figure In akMJI riJlTadm the West, Idol of the politically conseeraed popu G)d) larndeM. Ntusea Weak Motherhood During Pocatello, Idaho a Ncve Bad Ix-e- d d d d Bohlm-Merrl- Help Your Kidneys d , wm -- "During one of my ' expectant period my health was very poor, my nerve were in bad condition, I wa nauseated. I was o weak I had to give up and go to One of my had uvd Dr. Favorite lion and thought it was the only thing for me to take. After taking it for a while I wa able to get up and do my own work. 1 kept well and strong the remainder of the time, did not experience any more trouble." Mr. Cora Whcctock, 107 Wilson Ave. Fluid or tablets. All dealer. Write to Dr. Pierce Clinic in Buffalo, N. Y, for free medical advice. Send 10c for trial pkg. tablet. 9 i A photograph by Frederick SAM HOUSTON New York city, mad In 1856 when General Houston waa a member of the United Statee senate. (Copy from the original plate, by courtesy of MaJ. Ingham S. Roberts of Houston.) 2. SAM HOUSTON AT THIRTY-THREMill tary hero, congressman, proteg of Andrew Jack-soand Tennessee's young Man of Destiny. (A , miniature on Ivory painted by J. Wood In 1328. The earliest known likeness of Houston. At various times In the possession of Houstons sister, Eliza Moore. Eliza Allen, General Jackson and Mrs. Robert McEwen of Nashville. Reproduced by courtesy of General Houstons granddaughter, Mrs. Robert A. John of Houston.) 1. ct n Vash-Ington- 3. PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS REPUBLIC Sam HouGton In 1837 or 1823. (A miniature, reproduced from a photographic copy owned by Ceneral Houstons grandson, Franklin William of Houston.) 4. ENSIGN HOUSTON AT (An engraving approved by Houston and first reproduced In Sam Houston and Hie Republic." 1846.) 5. THE RAVEN Sam Houston as ambassador of the Cherokee Nation of Indiana to the seat of the Great Whit Father. (A miniature painted on silk at Brown's Indian Queen hotel, Washington, March, 1839, and presented by Houston to Phoebe Moore, hie niece. Reproduced from the original owned by General Houstons granddaughter. Miss Marian Lea Williams of Houston.) luce of Tennessee, ne seemed to be the Man of His eligl Destiny that many were looking for. hility was further Increased hy his marriage early In 1S20 to Miss Kliza Allen, daughter of n rich and powerful Tennessee family Six weeks later Houston astounded the country by resigning his position as governor, deserting his bride and re turning to the (herokees across the Mississippi He had thrown away his chance for the Rrel dency ! IBs reasons for doing so were for a long time a mystery Throughout his lifetime Houston re fused to discuss the matter other than to say that It wns a matter of personal holier to him (One reviewer has suggested that Mr .lames rather than might have called Ills hook Honor. The Raven. because it Is "the story of an empire that wa won because of one man's notion of honor.) The scandalmongers Immediately got buv but Houston refused to affirm or deny any of the reasons which they assigned for Ids action although he did offer to fight whenever he heard of any aspersions being cast upon the name of his wife Despite all the legend that has garh ered around this Incident It now seems clear that Kliza Allen was persuaded hy an ambitious fam lly to marry Houston instead of the man she really lined and when Houston discovered that fai t he left her The next, three years represent the lowest ebb id the career of this Man of. Destiny-- " Among the Cherokees he soon won the nickname of Big A political outcast, he gave up Ids Amer Drunk lean citizenship to become an adopted member of the Cherokee tribe and a renegade white man Then Ids rehabilitation began In 1832 when he went to Texas to aid In the fight for Texas lib erty That part of his career is a familiar story his appointment as commander In chief of the little army which defeated Santa Anna at San Jacinto and his election as the first president of the new republic. Houston next proved himself an able diplomat. He desired that Texas he an nexed by the United States, but the North, fearing the extension of slavery by the addition of new southern tetritory, was lukewarm toward that idea and Van Ruren a northern man. was President. So Houston, concealing Ills real plans from every one, solicited French and British support for a project to conquer Arizona. New Mexico and the Northern tier of Mexican states It was be that the new Texas republic would attract New Us for Paper Bag the slave states out of the American Union and A new use was recently discovered thus lend to s comfortable balance of power In North America. The Federal authorities were fur a common article when a large completely deceived by Houston's maneuvers and American automobile was brought In a sudden diplomatic panic voted the annexaback from u tour of tbe continent In a tion of Texas. So Houston was happy to replace lurge paper bag. The cur was lifted the I .one Star flag with the Stars and Stripes and out of the liners garage, completely go to Washington as the first United States sencnvelopeu by the bag and protected ator from Texas from ail dust. IBs career as a senator proved that the lesson of The federal union it must he preserved I Sympathy or Ssrcaim whh !i he had learned from Andrew Jackson was Just imagine; my wife tells me well learned, lie showed little enthusiasm for the sbe trusts me only ns long as she has war with Mexico. He supported the compromise me In sight." What a pity that she should also (f 18.10. At the completion of his term as senator he returned to Texns In 1S.10 and was elected he nearsighted." governor And once more "Governor Houston was talked of as a Ire.ddeti'lnl wsshllity. In 181(1 the Democrats of New Hampshire had endorsed him for the Presidency and endeavored to stampede the country for his nomination hut the General had But In I UK) thechnnces no party behind him. looked better political sentiment throughout the enunfj wns divided In many directions. As a result the "regular" Democrats nominated Stephen A. Douglas. The southern "bolters" nominated John G. Bretken ridge The new Republican party nominated Abraham Lincoln. r ft Ta But there was another new party which called Itself the National Union party that was yet to make its nomination. The choice of name was a happy one National Union expressed precisely the sentiment of the vast, independent, voter-groii- p w hose Ideas had not been met by any of the three nominations preceding. Houston was the logical ci ndldate of this group because his Texas triumphs were fresh In die public mind. He had strength In every part of the country. Lincoln. Douglas and Breekenrldge were, each one, the choice of a section.' But the Whigs, Your health is too important I who had Joined the National Union party, ralYou cannot afford to experiment lied behind Senator John Bell of Tennessee, a with your delicate bowels when man with a good mediocre record, but In no coated tongue, bad breath, headache, a sense a national leader or figure of national gas, nausea, feverishness, lack of caliber " The Houston managers seem to have appetite, no energy, etc., warn of been dut maneuvered h.v Bell's supporters who constipation. This applies not only took the leadership In the new party and tried to to grown people, but more particuplay safe hv putting up their colorless candidate, larly to children. Thats why a lie won the nomination and. as a result. Lincoln, family doctors laxative is always the ui. known candidate of the radical Republican the safe choice. party, won the election and southern secession Dr. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin is was assured TP Sam Houston had been nomtoday under strict laboraprepared Is almost certain that he would have inated It from fresh laxative supervision tory been elected And IP he had been elected, seherbs and other pure ingredients, cession and Its terrible aftermath of civil war and exactly according to Dr. Caldmight have been averted. wells original prescription. So Houston returned to Texas, his hope for Today, millions of families rely saving the Union defeated When the Texas conon Dr. Caldwells judgment in the vention voted for secession. Houston refused to selection of their laxative. For swear allegiance to the Confederacy and allowed Dr. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin, in himself to he deposed from his position as gov bottles ready for use, sold in all ernor rather than to turn against the Union. He drugstores, is now the largest selldid not live to see the Union saved, for he died ing laxative in the world of pneumonia in 1803. Ins'-Ithe ring his mother gave him when he enlisted for the Creek war was found engraved a single ward Honor." His life A Household Remedy had been an exemplification of that word. He For External Use Only had risen to the heights and descended to the never lie broke faith nut with Hanfords depths nny human being, Indian or Mexican, man or woman, white WSyrr man r black, and he was true to hiinseif. He None; bock for first LI III If not su'lti III dssiert. once said of himself that he was the Inst of ills ru-e- . He spoke truly for he was the last of a race of giants. W. N. U, Salt Lake City, No. lleved 1 Balsam of fi |