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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-06
On One Advantage of Poverty

rollin' mill disappears, an with tn mornin' comes no honest days tile. He lies there in a blessid idleness an no matther what's tn natther with him, he don't suffer half as much pain as wud in pursoot iv two dollars a day. q knowed man warst who used to take his vacations that way. Whin others wint off f'r to hunt what Hogan calls tn finny monsthers iv tn deep. he be- come seeryously i'll an took to bed It made him very sthrong
 But suppose I hadn't resigned fir m cap'n iv me precint whin I was defeat- ed. If apnything had happened to me. ye'd pick up tn pa-apers an see see ryous news about tn cap'n of tn twin ty-sicond precint iv tn sixth ward. He has brain fever. He has not. He got into a fight with a Swede an had his ribs stove in. He fell out iv tn window iv a joolery store he was burg1arizin' an broke tn left junction iv tn sizjymoid cartilage. Tn throuble with tn Cap'n is he drinks too much. A man iv his age who has been a soak all his life al- ways succumbs fto amy throuple like hyperthroopily iv tn cranium. Docthor Muggers. dean iv tn Post Gradyate school iv Osteopathy says he had a similar case las year in Mir. Hinnery Haitch Clohessy, wan iv tn best known citizens iv this city. Like tn Cap, MT. Clohessy was high liver, heavy
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dhrinker, gambler an flirt. Tn cases are almost identical. Owin to tn code iv professional eethics Dr. Muggers cud not tell tn bereaved family what ailed Misther Clohessy, but it was un- doubtedly his Past Life
 Thin come tn doctors. Not wan doctor, IIinnessy, to give ye whiff out iv towel an make ye sleep fr an hour an wake up an say I fooled ye! Whin do ye begin?' No, but all iv thim. They escort tn prisoner up tn sthreet in a chariot an tn little newsboys runs alongside selling exthry rapers- Our night edition will print tn inside facts about Cap Dooleys condition. an tn Cap himsilf with a cinematograph iv tn jolly proceedin's be Dock Lapara- tonny.' What happens to tn crim nal at first is tn same as if he was dacint wurrukin man. But whin that Is done an 'tis gettin' so aisy they tell me they'se not much diff renee between a good clam-salesman an first-class surgeon. tn lithry wurruk begins. Ye think 'tis all over whln ye say Dock. put yeer hand undher tn pillow an take what's there But not so. Tn assim- bled 0ocks adjourn to a large hall an prepare tn story iv Cap Dooley; a Stormy Career. Be wan who knows
 Upon seein' tn Cap, we at once diagnosed tn case as peritclpaliticki- pantiltisitis, or chichen bone in tn
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thing f'r tn city direchtry, takes a dhrink, talks pollyticks with tha' un- happy parent an finlly lands at ye'er he's closed that dure tn secrets iv tn inner nan is known on'y to him. No wan hears or wants to hear anything about 1t. Tn nex' time we see ye. ye come out loolzin' pale an emacyated an much younger an betther lookin' thin annawan iver raymimbers seein' ye, an afther awhile ye observe that whin ye took an what ye see whin ye smelled tn dizzy sponge, ye'er frinds begin to sprint away An ye go back reluctantly to wurruk. Ye niver hear annywan say. 'Hinnessy Is great copp'ny whin he be- gins to talk his sickness I've seen men turn firm a poor, helpless, enthusyastic invalid to listen to man tallxin' about tn Nicara gooan canal.
 But with tn great 'tis far diff Trent. I've often thanked tn Lord that I didn' t continyoo in pollytics whin I was cap'n iv me precint fir with tn eyes iv all tn wurruld focused. as Hogan says, on me, I cud niver injye tn pleasure iv a nc ment's sickness without people in far eff Boolgahrya knowin' whether me liv- CT was on strhaight. Sickness Is wan iv tn privileges iv tn poor man that he shores with no wan. WhIn 1t comes kindly to him, tn tour walls iv his room closes in on him like tent, folks goes by on tn other side iv tn sthreet, tn
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unparaIIeIed Jane Toppan.

Neither ancient nor modern history fur nishes a parallel to the case of Jane Top pan of Taunton. This woman, 3S years of age, a founding in childhood and a trained nurse in womanhood. confesses smilingly to the murder of thirty-one of her patients and gains fifty pounds while in jail awaiting her trial-so complete Is her dissatisfaction.
 Miss Toppan thinks the jury is probably right-that something is very likely the matter with her head. She can't say just what the trouble is. At any rate, she feels no remorse.
 Dumas found no Jane Toppan for his celebrated Crimes Had he discovered enc his imagination reed have rendered no assistance to the trutn
 The astounding and olsturbingg feature of the case Is that this unnatural woman, following the most womanly of vacations, was able to turn sick beds into death beds for years without arousing the suspicious even of atter ling physicians. She was as skillful with poisons she was gentle of hand. Her case reminds us again of the absolute confidence which suffering hu- manity reposcs in those who minister to 1t in its helplessness. And -- is gratifying to feel that nothing in the Taunton dis- closures can or need disturb this con- fidence. Jane Toppans, even in miniature. are rare in the nursing cult-too rare to be understood
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Well sir,' said MT. Dooley, ''ye ought to ne glad ye'ro not sick an' H. lusthrees ct tn sane time"
 Flows that?" MT Hennessy demand ed.
 Well. ye sec" said MT. Dooley, sup pose anything happens to ye now; a fellow counthryman dhrops a hammar On ye tn day afther th picnic or ye'er digestion listens :o q waiilin' dillygate firm tn Union iv Mlclzrobes an goes cut on sti rilSo. Tn polisman on tn cor ner has fh usual suspicious among gin ilemen an hits ye over tn head an calls tn wagon an sinds ye home. Tn good woman wiings her hands ar calls Eiven to witness that If ye have a tooth ache yc wako tn neiglborhood an slaps a mustard plasther on ye. If she comes back later an finds ye haven't put tn sheet between ye an tn plasther an gone to sleep, she knows lis sesryous an sinds fir tn doctor. We continyoo to have doctors in what tn pa-aper calls tn outlying wards. The ylive above tn dhrug-st ores ar practice midicine on us. down town ed;tin' tn pa-apers. Well, dock comes to yc afther awhile in a bug gy. On in way up he sets a broken leg. removes an arm, does a little some
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throat Dr. Pincers operated, Dr. Smoth- ere administered tn annysthetic, Dr. Hygeen opened tn window, Dr. Ano- dyne turned on tn gas, Dr. Aluopaine turned tn picthures to tn wall, Dr. Rambo looked cut lh' window, Docthors Peroxide, Gycal, Cephalgern, Antipyreen an Coletar took a walk in tn park an Doctor Saliclate figuted up tn bill. As we have said we diagnosed tn case as above. We can't raymimber tn name. It depinds on how tn syllables came out iv tn hat. We We're wrong although what we see whin we got in more than made up fr tn error. We made long incision fl m tn chin down an an anoth- CT ncro5t an not fir.din what we ex- picted, but marny things that ought to be kept fr m tn family. we put tn Cap back an wint on. m opration was a complete success. Tn wretch is restin an swearin' aisily We have given him a light meal iv pickles an anti-septic oats an surgical science havin done it's duty mus lave tn rest to Nature, which was not in tn consultation. bein' con- sidered be some iv us. slightly irregular (Signed) Look at our names.
 Pincers,
 Smothers,
 Mullins,
 Hygeen,
 Anodyne,
 Alicompane
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BY F. P. DUNNE- Copyright 1902, by
 SC S Robert Howard Russell >C SC

composed akelly iv impaired organs an antiseptic gauge To the end iv his life. hell niver be annything more thin an annytomical chart to his friends. His privacy is over f'river. f'r what good can 1t do annywan. Hinnissy, to pull down tn blinds iv his bed room if ivry- body knows exactly th' size, shape an location 1v his spleen?
 "No, sir, if I've got to be sick. give mo tn ordinary dacencies iv poverty I don't want amy man to know amy more about me thin he can 1arn firm tn handiwork iv Marks, tn tailor, an Schmitt, tn shoemaker, an firm tn de- ceitful expression iv me face. If I have 8 bad heart let him know 1t be me eyes. On me vest is written: Thus far an no farther Tkey'se nanny man on intimate terms with tn Impror iy Roo- shya that don't know amy more about me thin that I'm broadcloth on Sundah an serge on week days. An I don't in- tind they shall. I hide behind tn privi- leges iv me position an say: Fellow citizens docks an journalists. cannot inthrajooce ye to tn Inner Man. He's reclcose an avarse to s'ciety. He's modest an shy an objects to callers. Ye can guess what kind iv man l am but I wudden't have ye know An I can do that as long as I stay poor"
 I'm glad I'm poor" said Mir. Hennes- sy
 'Tt gives ye less to talk about but mora to think about" said Mir. Dooley.
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From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
 Years ago a small boy toiled and played and got into mischief on a farm in New York Everybody who knew him, except his parents, prophesied that he never would amount to anything, because he used to run away from his home with other bad boys and go in swimming. He was also known to steal a2rles and play jokes.
 No one appreciated him, and so he left the farm and came West, vowing that if ever he made any money he would spend it in uplifting small boys and giving them a chance. This boy was Henry p. Weaver
 He is now one of the biggest coal deal CTS in the West, and could sit down tomorrow and write out a check that would buy every farm In the county where he was raised But while he was accommodating this fortune he never for got his vow. He started a movement to erect a rural school and home for boys. One of the first men that he asked to contribute towards this was John W. Gates.
 You can put me down for s5000 as a starter" said MT Gates When l was a lad was called pretty bad youngster, and I used to say to myself if ever I got rich I would try to do something for these so-called bad boys ' And this it was with most of those who were ap- proched by Mr. Weaver. None of them had been model boys" such as the AG ,,fo i,, uTnr Sawyer. Samuel W. Allerton, John Far son, Judge Richard S. Tuthill of the Ju- venile court, and many others came for ward with contributions to aid the much maligned bad boy"
 Only few days ago a site for the in- stitution was purchased near St. Charles and within a few years the home will be a reality, for the rich men who once ran about bare-footed and did as they pleased in their own boyish way have so willed They have already subscribed S3O5 900. of which MT. Gates alone has given $32 900. It will take s1,0O0,000 to build the home, but the millionaires are ready to come for. ward with the necessary balance if it ever becomes necessary
 John w. Gates and the Bell.
 John w. Gates said he looked forward to the opening of the rural home with an acute personal interest. He knew what it would mean, he said, to the little waifs of Chicago to get smell of Gods fresh air and the odor of things growing.
 T made my subscription for this coun- try home for boys" said MT. Gates, be fore I had any idea that it would be located near my old boyhood home but when I found that Judge Tuthill. IT. AL lerton and MT. Weaver specially favored St. Charles for this great industrial in- stitution I felt like a boy with a new
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MODERN FABL LES BY GEORGE AIDE

Then sitting alone in the Gloam- ing thinking of the Absent One.
 Then an hour or two in the Li- brary with the Jovial Macauley.
 Then to Bed in the lonesome House and Dreams of Sweetie.
 He gave her schedule which she could consult at any time, Day or Night, and thereby find out what he was doing at that moment. It was just as conven- tent as sending a Marconi every hour or two.
 He held himself down until the Train had fiirted itself around the Curve, for he knew she was watching him from the Observa- ton Car. Then he threw his Hat in the air and began to do Flip Flops.
 "Oh, I suppose this Is Misera- ble," he said. q see a very poor Month ahead of me-yes-not. Me wearing all my Bells and Taking Q Hurdle every Furlong."
 He rushed to the Telegraph Of fee and sent Wire to her, so that it would catch her at the First Station up the Road It said not to worry, and to take Good Rest and everything was moving along as usual. With Love and Kisses.
 After which he went to the Brewery to see If they would not make a Reduction on Wholesale Orders.
 Hubby went up street with his Panama dipped down in Front the same as the College Rakes wear them, and his Coat was thrown wide open to show the dizzy
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been too severe upon us when we tried to play tricks on him. One day he bought a field of hay near the school house. The hay had been cut and raked up in stacks, and he was to haul 1t away
 The school house had a big loft in it which could be reached by a ladder marshaled the boys together and under my instructions each lad shouldered a hay cock and marched with it to the school. The master had not arrived yet so we were in complete control of the premises. Up the long ladder each boy climbed, still with the hay sn his should CTS. It was a mighty struggle for some of the smaller boys to get to the top, but they kept manfully at 1t with a determi- nation worthy of better cause. When each boy reached the top he dumped his load on the floor. Then they all filed down again. The floor was swept clean of every loose wisp of hay and when school was called the boys looked as in- nocent of wrong doing as a lot of oherubs
 Tt was a long time before the man who had bought the hay could find 1t, and then he stormed and ragged like madman. Ii took him and his hired man a whole day to get the hay down. He never found out who the ring leader in the plot against him was, so be took his anger out on any boy who camy- his way thereafter"
 Nelson Morris said the project of a rural home for boys had appealed to his reason as it ought to appeal to the reason of any man. He added that 1t also had appealed to his heart.
 "rhe city boy is no worse than the country boy" he said. And why should they be punished more severely? Who ever heard of a boy being sent to a re- form school because he raided an or chard? The country boy who raids an orchard is next of kin to the city young ster who filches an apple or a banana from the corner fruit stand. The coun- try boy gets thrashing If he is caught. The city boy is sent to jail.
 "How many of us grown up fellows can look back upon a youth free from all foolish tricks and pranks? How many of us would want to do so if we could These little fellows of the streets and all leys have just as much right to play tricks and pranks as we had. The trouble is that their foolishness looks more se- rious in the eyes of the citys law.
 Send the average boy away from the city's temptations and for him you will have no more need of the city's law
 Henry E. Weaver said his heart was in the work for a home for boys because the average youngster, in his opinion, did not receive enough attention and care, and that if this were true of the country boy with his healthy surroundings, how much more true it was of the lad in the city who faced temptation at his every turn. The city boy was no worse than the country boy. he said; If the city boy did not turn out as well it was because he was not in a position where nature could do as much for him.
 "I came from Western New York. Ni- agara county. he said. T lived on the farm. We boys used to wax about four miles to the nearest crock to go in swim ming. We would also run away from
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school and go to Eighteen-Mile creek. Finally we would run little further and get into the Erie canal. Whenever we played truant we got whipped at both ends of the line-once at sclool and once at home
 T know that the crowd of boys that I went with committed enough mischief to send them to John Worthy school, and I don't know but to Pontiac. Find a man that never did anything out of the way when he was boy, and when you find him you will find one that never did any, thing worth while afterward.
 T used to notice when I was a little fellow that a small boy gets very little attention paid to him, and I said then this is a fact-if I ever grow up to be a man I will take an interest in the small boy-encourage him, help him, and I am simply trying to live up to the promise I made to myself when I was a little fel- low way down on the farm in York state"
 Sam Ailerton's Boyhood.
 Samuel Allerton told in his quaint, bluff way of his own boyhood and what he owed to the freedom of country life. He referred to the unnatural environment of the juvenile" boys of big cities, sym pathizing with them as only men who have known something better can. When asked for a picture taken of himself in his youth, he explained that boys were too busy having fun and working in those days to fool around photographing shops. and, besides. they didn't have any money to spend that way" He said his first pie ture was taken when he was 32 years of age.
 q was born on a farm in York state" said Mir Allerton. 'I was a poor boy. had few opportunities to get ahead, but I had a good father and mother. Mother gave me good advice and father gave me plenty of work. In spite of. the work. however, I got into mischief. I guess ev- cry boy finds time for that.
 Now, suppose some night. when we were out playing tattoo on the neighbors windows policeman had come along and arrested us. Then suppose we had been taken into court and sent to place like the John Worthy school or like Pom tiac, and thrown into close daily contact with boys who were really bad. Do you think we would have turned out to be very good citizens? I tell you that sort of a proposition appeals to us fellows, now that we are getting along in years.
 don't suppose that I was any worse or any better than the average boy who is growing to manhood nowadays But I got good many lickings from my fa- ther because did things that I had not been especially instructed to do. That didn't mean that I was hopelessly bad. any more than it means that boys who are up to pranks nowadays are hopeless ly bad. know what 1t is to be poor, be- cause I was poor once myself.
 The only difference between me and a good many boys today Is that lived in the country, with lots of room to run about in, and I had a father who was husky enough to handle me.
 Finally I grew up and came to Chica-
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many giving things they wanted them selves. I saw that they were repaid for their unselfishness but I could not repay them for that which .-.ey had taught me. The young men I refer to were not bad at heart, you see, and if they had had the right kind of bringing up they would have come out all right. There are thousands of just such boys. I think the Rural school will give them what they need.'
 Young TuthIl's Franks.
 Judge Tuthill of the Juvenile Court, who is in the front rank of men working for the Rural Home and School for Boys, said he knew the needs of city lads al- most too intimately for his own happi- ness, and he also knew what the country. with it's fresh, health-glving atmospheric conditions, offered to them He said his own boyhood had beef passed on a farm, and that he was not any better and probably not half as good as many of the bright-eyed, clean-faced youngsters who appeared in the Juvenile Court charged with fighting, Tipping trains, breaking windows, or running away from school. He declared that nine-tenths of the lads who turned out badly in Chicago might have ben saved to upright citizenship if they had had half a chances
 Perhaps 1t would be wise for me to go into details about my own early life," he said. 'T was a farmers son, like many of these other men who are interested in the Rural School for Boys. I lived down at Tuthilrs Prairie in Jackson county. Ill. I was was full-blooded beligerent little fellow. and was more than two thirds of the time in trouble. don't mean that l was going around with chip on my shoulder looking for fights, but if any fellow imposed upon me l insisBed upon taking his measure. Perhaps that Is one reason why I am said to be pretty easy on boys who are brought up before me in court charged with fighting.
 "A certain amount of belligerency does not hurt any youngster Hard, trained muscles are an important part of the young mans equipment for life's battles. That's why I am so anxious to get some of these little Ghetto fellows out Into the country at the Rural home. The outdoor life will build them up and make healthy, stalwart lads of them.
 But fighting was not the only trick was up to when I was boy. I remember ore day I engineered plan to bring hu- initiation upon our long-suffering school master. l got full grown ram. and be- fore school opened let him into the school room, and tied him in the masters chair. "All the scholars were in their seats when the master arrived. He peered through his glasses at the ram kicking fe- rociovsly in his chair. Then he turned to- ward us. I see, gentlemen, he said. that you are fond of self-government. and that you have elected one of your own number to the chair. He bowed very grandly said Good morning. and left the building.
 Some pranks that country boys play would send city boys to the John Worthy school. remember one time the fellows I used to chum with took violent dislike to a certain farmer. who we thought had
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but the Host said it only cost 98 Gents at Bargain Sale.
 At 10 p. m. the Wife, who was in Upper Seven, referred to her Time Table and saw Papa sitting by the Students Lamp reading Macauley. She had no way of knowing that Papa had just been strung for a months rent in a Progressive Jack Pot
 In the Morning when Papa arose and looked at the cold Welsh Rab- bits and saw Cigar Ashes all over the Place, and when he had a Taste as if he were taking care of a Lap Robe, the glad Bohemian Existence did not look as it had when lighted up the nignc before. Especially as he had got the Zoop for 80 Buckerines.
 Still, there is no one case of Remorse that is going to head off a Man who wants to be Reju- venated. He pulled himself to- gether the second day and resum- ed the Merry Clip and there was nothing doing in the Macauley Line. Home did not get him until the lights had winked out in oth- CT places. He would not leave the Stag Club or the German Garden until they began putting the chairs on the tables.
 For the first two weeks 1t was Immense. In time. however, it struck hiS that there was a cer- tain Monotony in spending one's Money on lne Night Owls and showing up with the Milkman. The Poker Players were into him and he began to suspect that he need ed a Guardian.
 Like every other Man who sends