some of whom saw in the young man, when he was wholly without friends and means, the elements of the successful business man, treating and trusting him accordingly. In fact, in contemplating his career and in recognition of his sterling qualities, one may well appreciate that this confidence rightfully earned was Mr. Voorhees' sole capital, on which he has reared a large fortune, and his career calls to mind a perhaps parallel case.

Some years ago, an Eastern paper of standing sent an inquiry to a number of well-known men of great wealth and reputation, of this character: "To what do you attribute your success in life?" Many and varied, and of more or less force, clearness and length were the answers. The most concise and probably the most striking answer came from one eminently successful, even in that list. It was this: "To the confidence of my friends."

With this proved confidence retained, with wealth, reputation and

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the comforts and pleasures of a new home about him, with the esteem and affection of numbers of new friends, all gained in a new community, two thousand miles distant from his old home, within the short period of ten years from the time when he, an almost penniless young man, left behind him friends and home, to seek success in new fields--Mr. Voorhees may well be cited as an example of the successful young men of the West, and the example should be filled with encouragement to many others of similar abilities and hopes in older communities. And for himself, standing as he does, scarcely at the threshhold of middle life, now fully equipped in his new field with friends, family, wealth and reputation, he may be regarded as just entering on a new career-a career in business, society and public enterprises such as could not have been entertained even as a dream by the young man in New York in 1880.

A. B. MCKINLEY.

OCCASIONALLY in the progress of events that build history, there arise interests and issues that awaken unusual popular activity; occasions. when the people cast about them for men equal to present emergencies. Such was the political campaign of 1890. Though an "off year" in American politics, the general election was looked to with anxious expectations by each of the two great parties in the United States. Each made demands upon its strongest men to do the part of standard bearers. Hon. Caldwell Yeaman, of Trinidad, was unanimously chosen by the Colorado. Democratic State Convention as candidate for governor. unsought, unpurchased and unexpected. The Republican party of the State being largely in the ascendency in popular majority, the Democrats. scarcely expected to win, notwithstanding the pre-eminent ability of their candidates, yet defeat was a cause of painful regret not only to the party but also to a host of warm friends and ardent admirers in the Republican party. It was generally conceded that Judge Yeaman's ele

This honor was

vated personal character, profound professional attainments, high sense of honor, courteous address and dignified deportment which bespeak the nascitur generosus, would have rendered his administration one of exceptionable ability and courtliness.

There are not wanting instances that illustrate the force of heredity and environment in shaping personal character and directing the course of individual life. Mr. Yeaman is a member of a professional family. His father, the late Stephen M. Yeaman of Kentucky, was a highly cultured lawyer whose lineage was derived from an ancient and honorable English family which had its representation in the British Parliament and in the colonial government of this country. His mother, Lucretia Helm, daughter of the late Hon. George Helm of Kentucky, was likewise descended from a highly respected English ancestry. Christopher Helm was chancellor of Worcester in the early part of the seventeenth century, which was the time of the emigration of members of his family to the New World, who be

came the progenitors of the Kentucky Helms. In Kentucky, the name has been honorably historic from the days of pioneer adventure down to the present day. Legislators, generals, judges and governors, as also eminent physicians and theologians have sprung from the family of Thomas Helm and his wife Jennie Pope.

Of the family of Stephen M. Yeaman and Lucretia Helm, his wife, six sons survived to manhood. Each of them prepared himself for, and was admitted to the practice of the law in his native State. The fickleness of fortune and the uncertainty of human enterprises left these sons with no fortune but rich mental endowments, stern moral worth and a self-reliant spirit with inherited inclinations to excel. They therefore are self-made

men.

Self-made? Only in the sense of being true to ancestral traits. With high beating hearts and eyes fixed upon eminences worthy of their descent, they kept pursuing and achieving until they stood, and the four surviving brothers now stand, where men win victories in intellectual arenas. The brothers of Judge Yeaman are considerably older than himself and are known to the country at large. Their eminence in their callings and the honorable positions they have filled and are filling, are recorded testimonials to the worth of personal merit and the value of selfreliant effort. The West has felt the force and reaped the benefits of such

Kentuckians. The number of governors and national legislators furnished to the Western and Southern States by Kentucky has often been an interesting topic for American journalists. It will be recalled to mind by the reader that both of the candidates for governor of Colorado in the election of 1890 were Kentuckians.

Caldwell Yeaman was born in Hardin county, Kentucky, May 24th, 1849. He was only five years old at the time of his father's death. Thus, the youngest of a family of great home affections, he became the object of interest with all.

Whose mind does not ever and anon turn to Hardin county, Kentucky; the natal place of Abraham Lincoln. The Lincoln home was only two miles distant from the Yeaman homestead. The terrestrial sun that rose from such a humble horizon shines with increasing radiance, as the country it illumined grows older and mightier. Tell me, Earth and Air and Sky, did not the elements come in part from you, that prompted us to say, when Lincoln fell:

"His life was gentle, and the elements So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up, And say to all the world-This was a man.'

On the 21st anniversary of his birth, Caldwell Yeaman was admitted to practice law in the courts of Kentucky. His preceptors had been his brothers Harvey and Malcolm. The advantages of this preceptorship, inherited trend of mental habit, rare intellectual gifts and fixedness of pur