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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

Rathbone is out on bond, and now
he desires to be out on pardon,
when he will resume Republican poll
tics at his old Ohio stand. His Cuban
experience has not disqualified him a
bit for that.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

Colombia wants a lump sum, ST.
100000, for ii years use of a canal
right of way, the subsequent rental to
be determined by a board. Colombia
wants all this when the canal would
be clear gain to her. She should be
left wanting it.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

Yesterday was Congressman Under
woods busy day, but all days in
Washington are busy days to one
whose duty it is to keep a party In
line of battle.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

Mr.. Carnegie says the three best
American poets are Walt. Whitman,
Joaquin Miller and Edwin Markham.
Goodbye, Mr.. Carnegie.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20
Ladies' of Charity,

The Ladies of Charity will give a mus
ical and festival at st. Paurs Hall next
Tuesday night at $3.50 o'clock. A small
admission fee will be charged.
These charity workers look after the
poor and relieve their wants. They hope
to realize a good sum from the festival.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

The Philadelphia man who ate a
ping-pong bail had become tired of
eating breakfast foods" and deter
mined to try a change of diet.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

The front fence is still "in our
midst" and so is the obtrusiye side
fence, but both are doomed-both are
hideously ugly.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

Rockefeller invented the plan CT
giving a dollar to go with some other
fellows dollar, and Mr.. Smith has
adopted it in giving $4,000 towards
a young women's home in this town.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

The chief industries of this town in
the near future will be the boiling of
the water, and the study of batting
averages at West End Park.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

Julia Marlowe is said to be deadly
tired of when Knighthood Was In
Flower which she has been playing
two years.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

Italy and Switzerland are at outs,
but no feet will be dispatched at pres
ent to Switzerland.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20
ALL ARE GETTING READY.

From the Marshall Banner.
The various counties in Georgia are
having primaries to nominate county OFF,
GERS and the entire state is preparing for
the general primary. The primary plan
gives universal satisfaction in Georgia
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

The new pension commissioner
should not let his muse wander off
to Miles and Schley. The line should
be drawn at Dewey, whom he has
already sung.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20
WAITING.

From the Baltimore American.
David Bennett Hill has taken position
near the window, discarded feather beds
and put up conductor. Tho presidential
lightning may now proceed to strike.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

This is fearful April, but the tears
are making the new crops grow. This
is taking the poetry out and putting
in three square meals a day.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

Even political mud baths do not
prevent Mark Hanna from having fire.
auent attacks of rheumatism.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

Congressman Grosvenor stated the
negative only when he said the tariff
is not sacred. He should have added
that 1t is downright wicked.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

The mule industry outranks in Mis-
souri, even the Ben Davis apple in
dustry.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

Don't write it IN. Santos-D umont."
Write IN. Santos" and let it go at
that.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

There can be no real peace while
Miles and Corbin are both on guard
In the War Department.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

Cotton Is going up, but it is apt to
do this when the producer has none
of It.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

The manner of handling franchises
is upsetting bosses and their well-laid
plans In many cities.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

President Palma WILL revisit the
scenes of his youth In his own coun-
try this week.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20
THE ONE OR THE OTHER.

From the Gadsden Journal
If we don't have a primary it will be a
scrub race in November. sure enough.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

Only ten Democrats voted against
the passage Of the Cuban reciprocity
bill.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

The beef trust Is trying to make
last summers drouth scapegoat.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20

The side fence says to a neighbor,
Keep away: we want very little to
do with you. You are not our sort"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20
he ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA

The Chameleon Love can feed on the
air.
Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
Cigars in Vaults Like Wine.

Captain Charles A. Hess, who is in.
terested in tobacco raising in Cuba
and is an expert on cigars, was talking
with crowd of friends in a Broadway
restaurant the other evening when he
took the cigar from his lips and said:
Now, that was once a good cigar.
but 1t has been ruined by the way it
has been kept. You see how dry the
wrapper is? Its aroma has been ruined
The only place know of in New York
where cigars are kept right is at the
Waldorf Away down in the
second cellar of the hotel, underneath
everything, are vaulted rooms, the
floors of which are brick, and under
meath the brick is layer of five inches
of sand. These vaults are kept exactly
the same. Imported and domestic cl-
gars are not kept in the same vault. for
wherever they are kept together the
aroma of one permeates that of the 9th
er. OF course, no one is ever allowed
to carry lighted cigar into these store
rooms, and every other precaution is
taken to prevent anything from injur-
ing that delicate peculiar second
aroma which good cigars should have,
and which they lose so easily.
when a cigar is properly kept" he
added, "it grows better with age. Ii
ripens, becomes more fragrant, but bad
keeping makes the value of cigar les
sen with its age.
II would like to be turned loose in
those Waldorf cigar cellars" concluded
the captain. ''The value of the goods
stored there ordinarily is over $780,
000."-New York Commercial Adyer-
tiser.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
UTAH HAS A MODEL TOWN.
Mormons Claim Only Successful Ex

Normons Claim Only Successful Ex-
pertinent in Local Government.
There is one town in the United
States whose inhabitants do not hun
ger for the flesh pots of other commu-
mites laying claim to higher degree
of culture. The place Is named Vernal.
and it is situated not far from the res
ervation of Uintah Indians in Utah.
One of its attractions is that there has
never been any local tax levied on the
townspeople, for the reason that the
sensible system of city government
provides a perfectly adequate income
without the necessity Of taxation
Nothing is given away by the city gov
ernment of Nernal. If any franchises
or privileges are desired they must be
paid for and paid for at their full value.
Saloons are looked upon as a luxury
that can be dispensed with, but as the
town is not a total abstinence commu.
nifty the saloons are allowed to exist
by the payment of large fee 70 the
treasury.
Crime is taxed to the utmost. Fines
rather than Imprisonment are the nm.
ishment for evildoers. Instead of nri.-
oner being supported for term at tho
expense of the city he is mulcted In n
sum deemed commensurate with tho
enormity of the offense and the monou
goes to the towns excheauer In tbis
way the burden of the city's exnenoos
is placed on the shoulders of those wbo
deserve to be made to bear IL and ,ho
well-behaved citizen instead Of suffor
ing by the action of the wronpdoar IN
being compelled to support him in ia,l
actually benefits by his wrongdoing in
tne absence of taxation.
so proud are the citizens Of verno,
Vi their model town that the city off.
ciais almost invariably turn back into
tne treasury the amounts received for
salary' The only man who is really maid
py the town for his work is the citv
marshal who devotes his whole time
10 the duties of his office.
AS might be expected, the town 10
Splendidly laid out, possessing niles o. ~
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
FINDS IN ELECTRIC GLOBES.
Rare Insects Are Occasionally Killed
by the Arc Lights.

1--WE get all kinds of bugs, birds and
insects out of the globes" said one of
the men who attend to the electric
lights. in cleaning out our globes we
find little collection every time. They
are attracted to the light in some way,
and are never satisfied until they land
in the globe, where, of course, they
soon die from heat. When | get hold
of real rare specimen | always lind
ready sale for it with some of the
bug collectors here in Washington. 1t
is not often, however, that we find any
thing real rare. Occasionally after a
storm or long dry spell somethiL s
new will turn up in the globes.
The changes in the weather are sure
to bring about change in the crop of
things which get into the globes. The
most valuable bug | ever found l sold
to fellow over there in the Agrlcul-
tural Department. He gave me Il 81
bill for it. and said that it was Il bug
he had been hunting for for more than
a year. He called it by n name which
no one but n Dutchman could pro.
nounce. This bug had a head exactly
like an elephant, and its legs turned
in and out like frogs. 1t was nearly
as large rs tree frog. have never
been able to find another one like it.
These pesky English sparrows keep
us busy tearing their nests out of the
globes during their breeding season.
They can build nest in a day or two,
but they don't take any pains to make
them nice They are built of straw,
paper, strings, sticks, or just any old
thing the bird can find without hunting
around ~
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
Taking Advantage of the Situation.
member of tho military hond N. n

Taking Advantage of the Situation.
A member Of the military band at a
certain barracks came to the surgeon
recently with long face and plain
tive story about a sore throat.
Sore throat, ehT" said the surgeon,
pleasantly. Let me see Oh, that's
not bad-a slight irritation, nothing
more! You'll be all right In a day or
two. think you had better take no
risk by using your throat though, so
will recommend you for a fortnight's
sick leave"
Armed with the surgeons certificate
the bandsman obtained two weeks
sick leave. The two weeks had lust
come to an end when he met the sur-
geon on the parade ground. The bands.
man saluted. and the surgeon, recoy.
nizing the face, stopped.
"How's the throat?" he asked pleas
antly.
ITS quite well, SIR" was the repIv
That's good" said the surgeon. "You
can get back to your duty without fear
BY the way, what instrument do vou
play in the band?"
''rhe small drum, sir!" said the mn.
sician.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
n B. sp,trer stenographer Of the 2

Il. B. Splitter. stenographer OF the
District Court. tells good honest
farmer story. The farmer was sum-
moned as juryman in the trial of
man stealing money. Are you guilty
or not guilty" asked the Judge, when
all the preliminaries of the trial were
complete. Not guilty, your honor,
replied the prisoner. With these words
the honest farmer arose from the jury
box, and started to leave. where are
you golng?" inquired the Judge.
Home" said the farmer. But you
must try the prisoner first" explained
the Judge. why" said the farmer,
with a puzzled look, "he says he isn't
guilty"
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10

The recent utterances of Lord Kelvin
regarding the difficulties in the way of
navigating the air and his prediction
that flying machines that will fly are
a long way off have evoked wide dis
cussion as to the accuracy of his state
ments. 1t will be admitted that Lord
kelvin's high standing as a scientist
gives the weight of authority to any
opinion that he may express regarding
actual scientific attainments. But it is
argued that when the distinguished
scientist gets into the domain of proph-
ecy he lacks enthusiasm in the matter
of navigating the air Lord Kelvin IS
reported as saying in recent interview
that no system of ballooning with
dirigible air ships can ever be of practi-
cal use. Many other scientific men who
have given study to the problem of
aerial navigation share this opinion.
But whether the flying machine that
will fly without a balloon is "a long
way OFF, or not depends largely upon
the interest and activity that may be
aroused among inventors and scientific
men. This country, which is usually
in the lead in mechanical development
of this character, seems to be behind
England, France and Germany in ex-
perimentation upon flying machines.
The efforts of Santos-Dumont to navi-
gate the air, while accomplishing moth
ing practical in this line, have alreauy
given a stimulus to inventive genius
in the direction of evolving practical
motor device light enough and strong
enough for this purpose. A correspond
ent of a New York paper suggests that
as means of arousing interest among
inventors in this question, aerial
clubs" should be formed that will offer
prizes large enough to enable them to
20 ahead with the necessary expert
ments.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10

things" he meant much that is not or
dinarily grasped by readers of his max
inns. Many persons think that IL is the
things themselves that are not to be
scOrned, which is, i'm a sense, very true,
for natural science as well as abstract
philosophy teaches that there can be
nothing however infinitesimal, that
has not its function and its proper
place. The small things, however,
which the sage probably had most in
view are not concrete at all, or. If con-
crete, are not those which in their best
uses are complete in themselves. A diff
ferent definition would circumscribe
too greatly the profound lesson that he
taught. Many small things go TO make
up Il mighty whole. Many efforts go to
make up wonderful achievement.
You may read of geniuses accomplish
ing this, that or the other thing, at one
superb stroke. Never believe it If it
may seem to have ben done at one
stroke, be sure that many were re-
quired. For every great act, whether
apparently spontaneous or not, there Is
preparation: there are various stages of
the process of getting ready. Shak-
speare did not burst forth in day
from the obscurity of Stratford-on-
Avon as full-hedged dramatist and
poet, the greatest that the world has
seen. Every literary work of value,
no matter how quickly it may have
been dashed off in the heat of final pro-
ductiOn, is a result of many things,
many thoughts and impulses, and Is
not an independent act. One evil fruit
of rOmanticism, which ran riot in lit
erature in the early half of the last
century. was the notion that genius is
neaven-born gift which by itself can
achieve all that is achievable. 1t has
been discovered over again, If the
phraseolOgy may be allowed that gen
ius is the power of utilizing to the best
advantage the many small things that
go to make up a great whole. Genius
itself is n product of cumulative prod
ucts. The teacher meant that the day
in which time could be found for only
small efforts towards cherished OBJ
iect was not to be despised. Every
really great man knows how much he
owes to the perseverance with which
he sought to make gradual advances
towards his chief aim, when long, COM
pelling strides were impossible. The
weak soul, in such case, would have
faltered, delayed, probably given up,
or dilly-dallied until it would have been
too late to go on. Wherein genius
sometimes consists is the sense Of pow
er to command the best that little
things and earnest though often inter-
rupted efforts can afford. A few min
utes a day devoted to special study
may make one the best qualified in it
of any. No person with any claim to
culture should let day slip by with
out at least an hour of study or serious
reading. The day of little things be-
comes the day of great things in the
long perspective of time and action.
Despise it not
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10

The railroads also are planting trees,
although it cannot be said that they do
so with any special reference to Arbor
Day. \ New England company is set
ting out ten thousand catalpas and
some chestnut and black walnut sap
lings upon its vacant lands. A Western
company is about to plant more than 4
hundred thousand catalpas. Years
hence these trees will supply timber for
ties, posts and other purposes, and the
railroads are taking the long look
ahead. The country would be richer
In the future if the rest of us would
exercise some such forethought, even if
we were to plant only one tree for ev-
cry hundred trees that we cut down.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
HOMESPUN PHILOSOPHY.
Observations on Commonplace Matters
by the Atchison Globe Man,

Observations on Commonplace Matters
by the Atchison Globe Man.
Your friend is so quiet. But what a
blab your enemy is!
1t often happens that the straight of
crooked story is not very interesting.
Some people will lose five dollars for
the privilege of attending to your busi-
ness.
There is many merry ha! ha! at
your expense that you don't know
about.
When older women gossip before a
girl, 1t is one sign that they consider
her grown up.
No man has yet been found who can
use good judgment when his hair
stands on end.
The only applause a married woman
gets is that from her kin when she sue
cessfully fools her husband
Some girls have an idea that they
are truly literary If they lie on rug
before fireplace while reading a book.
Oh, well, time drags now, but think
of the time when your only way of
measuring 1t will be by the medicine
you take.
You often hear people say: "Blast
my luck! Ever hear them praise
their luck? Is there such a thing as
good luck?
We imagine that the two most grue-
some tasks in the world would be to
shave dead man, and curl the hair of
a dead woman.
A cemetery wldower IS always gayer
than court house widower. Some
how, the court house widcwer is still a
little afraid of her.
When a good woman stays away
from church, and hears \afterward that
there was almost no one there, the
burden on her conscience increases.
Count your blessings. If you sleep
In cold house, where all the fires go
out at night, remember that in the
warm, steam-heated houses, bedbugs
winter as well as summer.
story is going around that Chris
tian Scientist who has lately been
sneaking into Doctors office, to pre-
vent his wife abusing him, l1et his wife
there yesterday. whereupon they both
laughed, and backslid
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
EUROPE'S SMALL FIRE LOSS.
one-Tenth of What 1t Is Here-Build-
ings Are Almost Fireproof.

One Tenth of What 1t Is Here-BuiId-
ings Are Almost Fireproof.
Losses by fire in European cities are
less than one-tenth of those in the cities
here, though in Europe the fire depart
ments, except in one or two instances,
are almost insignificant and on a casual
survey wholly inadequate.
With a population of 100000, Paris
for years has had a fire loss less than
Boston's. Budapest, with a larger pop
ulation than Boston, lost less than one
tenth the amount last year that the
Massachusetts capital did.
Milan, with half a million inhabit-
ants, loses on the average only $1500OO
a year, and the total damage by fire in
Venice, where 100000 people live, was
only about $4,000. London's loss is
only about one-tifth that of New York.
1t is not that the fire departments are
so very efficient in any of these Euro
pean cities, but because the buildings
are planned on lines which render them
practically tire-proOf. Wood plays some
part in the construction of houses, but
brick and stone surround it invariably,
and experience has shown that elabor-
ate fire fighting forces are unnecessary.
New York Sun.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10

asphalted streets, one OF IN.
school buildings in the West ana
means for the building of mora a. !.
are needed. No breath of susnIoIa.
ever been directed at the official. !,
town. Their action in refusing !.
ceive salaries might in itself dive y
suspicion of "boodllng." The
numbers about 1000 persons ana
admirable syrem of government : !
tracing numbers to take up theI, ~
dence there it is probable that 4
emerge from comparative ohscr.']
during the next few years and No.
one of the most important cities ., N
West.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
WIVES AND BEATlNes.
Women Discuss the Amount NJ A..
Their Sex Should Endur,

women DisCusS the amount of lh..
Their Sex Should Endure.
"HOw much beating should q ".
bear before she made up her mind
leave her husbandT" was one Of /.
main subjects discussed to-day At 4
women's conference of the Inn,
Name Society in All Souls Church
Madison avenue and Goth street /
the opinion of Mrs. Louise Seymu.
Houghton, editor of a religious Dpv.
paper, the wife should submit nu.
than leave her husband to be at n
mercy of bad influences.
Mrs. Hougton said that, altbOua
there were times in the present sd
of society when a divorce seemed ns.
sary, Il higher and more ideal sul
would make such a thing impOssNl
She called attention to the stormy n
mestic life of the prophet Hosea
order to show to what extent one u5|
ner should bear with the indisCreI,1
and the sins of the other.
The sentiments produced senSts
and there was a murmur of dissent
One of those present asked Il "A
woman injured by an intoxicated ID
band should remain with him. MI
Houghton said that she had knvu|
many noble wives and mothers vha|
husbands had beaten them every Sstu|
day night. The speaker said that
would be better for the family Il d
injured wife had the grace and .
strength of mind, and, above ALL n
love for her husband, to hold to 4
family relations.
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Grannls suggea
that such treatment Of a wife On Y
part of a husband was degrading to u
marriage relation. Mrs. HOughtOn
swered that one soul could not dega|
another without that souls cOns
She said that she had known 10
lower walks of life of husbands u
had beaten and ill-treated their vin
and that, after all, they had ID
around all right; whereas, II the HT
had left their lords and masters
men might have gone irretrievabt
the bad.
What l wish to ask" said MS
thur Smith, "is, how long shoulda au
submit to beating before she Leaves
husbandT"
Mrs. Houghton, If I understand
correctly" replied Mrs. Grannis Y
there was no limit. Now, there
John Wesley, whose wife dragged
around the house by the hair o.
head. 1t seems to me that It would d
been more dignified had he RESENTED
New York Correspondence Baltn
Sun,
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10

King Edwards cook is said to draw
a salary about equal to that of lieu
tenant general in the British army, or
an admiral of the fleet. Too many such
cooks would spoil the financial broth,
even were there the treasury of Il
mighty kingdom to draw upon.