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Show ' BEAVER PRESS wr wfe r Twelve Years Mayor and Going Strong! bshi raphes i w OTM a man who haa been r,t . Ki:r ritv fnr twelve words years finds out how to live, his are worth listening to. E. N. Kirby of Abilene, Texas, discovered the. simple way to health about ten years ago (he is now 64.) "I am now a new man, and as ' active as a boy," says Mr. Kirby. and time rarely all eel the fine "I have an ache or a pain, although for twenty-fiv- e years I suffered with rheumatism, and sometimes was unable to Btand or walk. I would not give up my simple health discovery no, not for five thousand dollars In goldl" That discovery was Nujolt That's the wonderful thing about Nujol. Although it is not a medicine and contains absolutely no drugs, its ' l.-i- b infomnl liihrirat.ion seems to make people feel better and look on the brighter side of life, whether they are old or young. Of course you can understand why Hon. E. N. Kirby, for twcWe years this is so: we all of us have natural Mayor of Abilene, Texas,' who us make poisons in our bodies that in our has discovered secret of success. feel headachy, sick and low minds. Nujol, which is as tasteless and colorless as pure water, helps to much as any other machine. After a absorb these and carry them away, few days you will be surprised at tha difference in the way you feel. You easily, regularly as clock work. In and of Instead irritating can get Nujol in a sealed package drugging rn KvJv ttrith nills. CBthartlCS. any drug store. Nujol may change your whole outlook on life.! Get a laxatives, and other habit-formibottle today and give yourself a drugs, give your ooay me iniernm . lubrication which it needs, just as chance to be welll or H i Naturally SCOTT WATSON history Is full of "ifs" In stances when tne iaie or me nation seemed to hang In the balance and when its destiny might have been different If certain Individuals had done other than they did. While It is an Idle pastime, no doubt, to speculate upon . what might have been, it Is. nevertheless, an Interesting one. Consider, for example, the case ' of the man of whom it has been "Renegade, drunkard, governor of two mittenof a republic. United States senPresident fates ior Wend of the Union, father of a Confederate where emplre-bullde- r wldier poet, lover, duelist, In the Houston Sam like It there another figure of any other nator American history, of Wes been add-ion?" And what if to that list there had 'President of the United States"? For Sam not Just once, Houston might have been President Lord Chesterfield was commenting on one of the most recent of our international matrimonial matches. "I think it's an outrage," declared Lady Astor. "The woman hasn't a single thing to recommend her but her money." "In that case," smiled Chesterfield, "age will add interest to her charm." By ELMO MEBICAN -- uw;?4i 1I4V Traveling Ver is poetry of motion T What Tigg that's always going kind The Ragg from one editor to another. The government pays a bounty of 1(1 cents for each fish caught of any species which preys upon salmon in certain districts of Alaska. d lot twice, "if" . And If he had been. Virginia would have had reason for her title of "Mother of just one more countPresidents.1 For he was born in Rockbridge In the Old Dominion Just 137 years ago. March y Another important event, 5, 1703. was the date. On in Sam Houston's life took place on March 2. his birthday he was one of the signers forty-thir- Declaration of Independence which the Republic of Texas free from Mexico. pro-clalm- of the Having done that, the members of the convention in chief of the armies of lpcted hlra commander the new republic. All he had to do now was to make good that declaration and for that purpose ht was provided a force of less than five hundred men to lead against the' army of 7,000. commanded by Goneral Santa Anna, the llexican dictator. March 2 Is celebrated as a holiday In Texas, not as the birthday of Sam Houston tat as Texas Independence day. But the Lone Star state also celobrates April 21 because It was on that day that Sam Houston won his astounding victory at San Jacinto which made good the declaration those James and published by the com- Bobbs-Merri- Critics and historians have hailed It as one it the outstanding biographies of the past year, (one even going so far as to call It a masterpiece") and their verdict is that it Is by far the most readable, as well as the most scholarly, of Houston's life that has yet appeared. A a youth Sam Houston was pot to work in a store (after he showed a pronounced distaste for agriculture), but he soon discovered that be pany. ac-oa- nt "preferred measuring deer tracks to tape" and the "wild liberty of the Red men to the tyranny of his own brothers.' Such was Sam's own way of his fondness for fishing hunting, "id loafing with the Cheiokee Indians whose country was across the Tennessee river from the Hooston home. Finally he ran away from home nd spent three years with the Cherokees. to as adopted hnppy as a son by Chief H given the Indian name of The expressing Raven. Bnt when the War of 1812 broke out Sara reto his own people and enlisted under Gen. Andrew Jackson to fight the Creeks. The story of w heroism at the terrible of the Creeks amed slaughter pe ka In northern Alabama is a familiar His reckless gallantry there nearly cost hlra Hfe, but it also won hlra the approval of "Old Hickory" an(j ,hnt wa8 t0 mean gowning when w Plred to political honors. Army life proving """some after the war was over, he obtained a "wimlRslon as an Indian agent and was largely JPonslhle for overcoming the objections of the Wierokees l being removed to the West. Returning to Tennessee, Houston went Into politics and mm m H.t.ni i rinmrwrftf t t ! elects n tei i i To-h- o .m 1827 t "is career Particularly tne national legislature was distinguished but there were In PWer things ahead for him. Jack-"By this time star was rising rapidly In the political nr,d Tme, he had been defeated for the Presl "en-In 1824 the by John Qulncy Adnms and-- so jpsonlnns asserted a "corrupt bargain" with et"7 Clay. But Jackson's friends wera still S!4nnfg to make him President and Houston " one of the trio thnt Jackson dubbed his bureau' from the amount of writing they prykeep the OeneraCs candidacy before the uitry," s,, ju,k?(on.il friendshjp helped elect .U'r"1 Knvemnr of Tennessee n" when to fall. Jivksm'i health VHted h, th, dpatn of hI Moved Rachel. ' nb'mer DPPnn 10 speculate upon who aa i be ''ls "accessor. "Houston's name took Its p,ace n the Inevitable list of 'possibilities' Fr"n distant L of the country the of otmorvera fell ptyts In npon the rising figure We. Idol of the politically consecrated rtonn " e. 2. SAM HOUSTON AT THIRTY-THRE- E Mill Jacktary hero, congressman, protege of Andrew son and Tennessee's young Man of Destiny. (A Wash-Ingtominiature on Ivory painted by J. Wood In 1826. The earliest known likeness of Houston. At various times In the possession of Houston's sister, Eliza Moore, Eliza Allen, General Jackson and Mrs. Robert McEwen of Nashville. Houston's Reproduced by courtesy of General A. John of Houston.) Robert Mrs. granddaughter, REPUBLIC-S-am 3. PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS repro1838. miniature, 1837 or (A in Houston General duced from a photographic copy owned by Hous- Houston's grandson, Franklin Williams of of March 2. dates come around this year, Americans In other states may well feel Inclined to Join with Texas In honoring the memory of Sara Houston, especially if they have read a book It is "The Raven a Biogrrecently published. written by Marquis aphy of Sara Houston. And when A photograph by Frederick 1. SAM HOUSTON of New York city, made In 1856 when General Houston waa a member of the United States aen-at(Copy from the original plate, by courtesy of Maj. Ingham S. Roberts of Houston.) that the new Texas republic would attract the slave states out of the American Union and thus lead to a comfortable balance of power in North America. The Federal authorities were completely deceived by Houston's maneuvers and in a sudden diplomatic panic voted the annexation of Texas. So Houston was happy to replace the Lone Star flag with the Stars and Stripes and sengo to Washington as the first United States ator from Texas. His career as a senator proved that the lesson 1" of "The federal onion It must be preserved was Jackson Andrew from which he had learned well learned. He showed little enthusiasm for the war with Mexico. He supported the compromise of 1850. At the completion of his term as senator he returned to Texas in 1859 and wag elected lleved (An ENSIGN HOUSTON AT and first reproengraving approved by Houston 1846.) His and Republic," Houston In "Sam duced ambaasador as Sam Houston 5 THE RAVEN to the seat of of the Cherokee Nation of Indians miniature painted on the Great White Father. (A Washington, hotel, Queen Indian silk at Brown's Houston to Phoebe March, 1839, and presented by from th original Reproduced niece. hia Moore, Mis owned by General Houston's granddaughter, Houston.) of Williams Lea Marian . " to he the Man of lace of Tennessee. He seemed were looking for." His at mnny t Destiny by his marriage .early hint, was further Increased rich in 829 to Miss Eliza Allen, daughter of weeks later Six family. and powerful Tennessee by resigning his Houston astounded the country his bride and deserting no, Ition as governor, Mlsslssipp . the across Cherokee the Presl- for thrown away bis chance He had ' 'reasons for doing so were for a long time mitery. Throughout his lifetime Houston r ?uSd to discuss the matter, other than to sa, hlra. !ho! it matter of personal honor to Mr Jm that reXer has suggested than called his book "Honor." ratheran em-of "the Is story It " because notion. of was won because of one man's Ihonor: " The scandalmonger immediately got -f- used to affirm or deny any re-w- Sr. S SS ftt T Z fact he left her. en! the lowest r. . ebb The next three ye jepre , Js the career of this rf soon a on the Cherokee! he o Cn t,flnhVd,ptedPn1ember of Drnnk A vp t'c . irao t'u"-renegade whhe mnn. and ne the Cherokee tribe a u n Then his rehab went to Texas t famlar story career hi. of erty. That part -' llte appolnwneui rmy which . dere gnnta Anng Sa "I jBCln, .uhllf I ou" 'on next proved himself be an the new T e fear- an able diploma Nrth. Jted Wat. bu th, of nexed by the Cn ex.enslon ,y,lkewarnl towflrd ,Dg the northern man. wa Van Bnren ,ha, Idea president ... er;o . and nis rpa puna from ii.aion. concealing and ni- French ft solicits tsew Arlr.ona. conqner him tier" of Mexican states. It was PJ.t The man who wouldn't drive bis motorcar half a mile when it's out of order, will often drive hia brain all day with a head that's throbbing. Such punishment isn't very good for one'a nerves! It'a unwise, and it', unnecessary, A tablet or two of Bayer Aspirin will relieve a headache every time. So, remember this accepted antidote for pain, and spare yourself a lot of needless suffering. Read the proven direction, and youH discover many valuable uses for these tablets. For headaches; to check colds. To ease a gore throat and reduce the infection. For relieving neuralgic, neuritic, rheumatic pain. answered that question years ago. . governor. It is not. Some folk, still wonder if And once more "Governor Houston" was talked it really does relieve pain. That', of as a Presidential possibility. In ISM the Demsettled! For million, of men and him for ocrats of New Hampshire had "endorsed women have found It doe. To the to endeavored stampede and the Presidency cure the cause of any pain you must had General "the but country for his nomination" consult your doctor; but you may 1S00 In chances the But him." behind no party People used to wonder if Bayer always turn to Bayer Aspirin for looked better. Political sentiment throughout the As a immediate relief. Aspirin waa harmful. The doctor. country was divided In many directions. Stenominated Democrats result the "regular" southern "bolters" nomphen A. Douglas. The inated John C Breckenridge. The new Republican natty nominated Abraham Lincoln. of SaUejrllcadd jpli!a U th trade mark of Bftycr Uanutactur of Monoortieaeidtr But there wns another new party which called One who runs an employment buItself the National Union party that was yet to When an old man fall, in love it 1. reau always has a job. mnke Its nomination. The choice of name was a likely to be a hard fall. happy one. National Union expressed precisely voter-grou- p the sentiment of the vast. Independent, One who I. afraid of ghost, will I Evil company doth corrupt good manners. Bible. whose Ideas had not been met by any of create his own. the three nominations preceding. "Houstoa was the logical candidate of this group because hl Texas triumphs were fresh In the public mind. He had strength In every part of the country. Lincoln. Douglas and Breckenridge were, each one, the choice of a section.' But the Whigs, who had Joined the National Union party, rallied behind Senator John Bell of Tennessee, a man with "a good mediocre record, but in no sense a national leader or a figure of national caliber." The Houston manager seem to nave been outmaneuvered by Bell", supporters who took the leadership in the new party and tried to candidate. play safe by putting np their colorless a as result. and. Lincoln, nomination won the He the unknown candidate of the radical Republican secession party, won the election and southern was assured. "If" Sam Houston had been nominated. It Is almost certain that he would have been elected. And "If" he had been elected, secession and Its terrible aftermath of civil war might have been averted. So Houston returned to Texas, his hope for consaving the Union defeated. When the Texas Baby ill. and ailment, teem vention voted for secession. Houston refused to twice til a. serious at night A sudswear allegiance to the Confederacy and allowed den cry may mean colic. Or a a. govhimself to be deposed from his position sudden attack of diarrhea a conernor rather than to turn against the Union. He dition it is always important to did not live to see the Ufjlon saved, for he d!d check quickly. How would yotf of pneumonia In 1S03. Ins'de the ring his mother meet this emergency tonight? tion always on band. But dont war was gave him when he enlisted for the Creek Have yon a bottle of Castoria keep it just for emergencies; let aid. Its gentle found engraved a single wDrd "Honor." His life ready? There is nothing that can it be an everyday the the influence will ease and had been an exemplification of that word. He take the place of this harmless had risen to the heights end dcended to the but effective remedy for children; infant who cannot sleep. Its mild will help an older child depths but be never broke faith with any human nothing that acts quite the same, regulation man or woman. Thlte or has quite the same comforting whose tongue is coated because of being, Indian or Mexican, and he was true to himself. He nr htii.-sluggish bowels. All druggurta effect on them. Uiuu v. once said of himself that he was "the last of hi. of your wee have Castoria ; the genuine bear. the For protection - He spoke truly for be was the last of . Chas. H. Fletchcr'a signature on race,one for your own peace of mind the wrapper. reliable race of giants. preparakeep this old, &IPIIIHmRJ en iillft.' -- nf -- his am; ess et De- - are upset u |