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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-01
C0hio state Journalo


/ In 1887 an Ohio boy came to Washing
/ ton as an assistant messenger in the
treasury department. His salary was
$50 a month, or S720 year After six
: ten years service he resigned the other
day to become vice president Of one Of
5 the leading banks in Washington. His
salary for a month now is more than it
3 was then for a year.
When he resigned he was not an as
sistant messenger He was an assistant
secretary CT the treas ".
The career of this Ohio boy is one of
the most remarka bic in the history OF
the government He had risen. from the
lowest position in he department TO
the one next the highest. The only Of
ficer above him was the secretary Of
the treasury. He was also one of the
very few to be appointed to an assist
ant secretaryShip from a clerkSiiD.
The story of his success should be
instructive and interesting to all So
/ give. some of the most important and
unique incidents in the career Of Nil
ton Z. Allies Of Sidney. O.. years ago as
sistant messenger and but few days
ago assistant secretary of the treas
ury Of TIE United states, many of which
1 have never before been published
Learning that he secured his orig
inal appointment through the influence
of General Benjamin LaFevre, VINO was
I then a member of congress, I hunted
that gentleman up the other day and
asked him if he was responsible for the
appointment of Milton Allies 10 posi-
| ton in the treasury department six
teen years ago.
Yes sir, I am, and I'm mighty proud
of it. too, replied the old genera! ear
nestly and enthusiastically. I'm as
proud of that fact as I am of anything
L ever did in my life"
"a n fo71 Al oh he
secret of Allies great success. and. any
incidents in his career?" continued.
Yes. sir, I can replied the former
congressman, and I'm glad Of the
chance to do it."
Why. I tell you, that young Allies is
a wonder in more ways than one. Away
back in my congressional career, Allies,
when a mere boy. come to me in Sidney
one day and told me he would thank
me very much to get him a position in
Washington And I remember distinct
I ~ one thing he said and the earnest
manner in which he said it. 1t was
this: General, : want place, and I
don't care where il is or what the sal
airy is. all I want is to get inside some
building in Washington, and if I once
get in I'll never bother you any more
I'll never ask you for any other help as
long as I am there. All I want is to get
in and I'll take care of myself after
that And the little tOw-headed rascal
kept his word-that's what I like, he
kept his word. I got him a job as as
sistant messenger-nOt even messen-
ger. mind you. but an assistant mes
senger-and from that day to this he
has never asked me for a single thing
else; never asked me to help him get
promotion or a transfer, or anything.
During the eight years 1 was in
congress I was bothered almost to
death most of the time by fellows COM
ing TO me and asking me to go to some
body or other and try to get their sail
aries raised, or something of that kind;
but Allies never asked me for any help.
He kept his word religiously, and I'm
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-01
WHAT WILL THE HARVEST BEp
How an Amateur Gardner Disposed
of Seeds Sent By Uncle Sam.


His name is McFadden and he man
ipulates the wheel on the box elevator
in the southeast corner of the city hall,
relates the Philadelphia Telegraph. He
dwells in a pretty cottage out in Ger
mantown, and has a back yard latent
with Horticultural possibilities.
Somebody with a political pull told
him that Uncle Sam would furnish
seeds for the asking, providing the re-
quest came through a congressman.
Now, McFadden's servant in the
house Is the Honorable George Nc
Creary, who. being new in the business
and an altr. when il comes to serv-
ing his fel50.s man, responded with al
acrity. and in marvelously short time
the elevator operator received a big
package from the agricultural depart
ment
On opening the package McFadden's
delight turned TO disgust for instead of
flower seeds he found seeds warranted
TO grow into any known vegetable. IN
Guided and neatly labeled were Gu
cumber. sweet and horse" corn. water
melon, caulihower. spinach, egg plant.
carrot and a myriad Of other kinds of
seeds.
But McFadden is not without a saw
ing sense of humOr. and it came to his
rescue in the form Of a decision TO mix
the specimens, plant them in a bunch
in his back yard and start a guessing
contest among his friends at a nickel
a guess, the winner to take all.
McFadden's guess is succOtass.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-01
Mark Twain Asks Her Dad.

Mrs. Mark Twain was a Miss Olivia
LangdOn. When Marx Twain was return
ing from a tour of Europe. which sup
piled the material for The Inuocents
Abroad" he met Miss Langdon's brother.
For some years Miss Langd0n had been
confined TO her bed with what was be
heved to be an incurable disease. but
she was at length miraculously restored
10 health The cure was the seEsa ton
of Elmira, \. Y. and young Clemens.
as he was then known. was sent out
there, in his capacity Of newspaper. re-
porter. TO interview Miss LangdOn on her
recovery.
He obtained the interview, and an in
terest was aroused between the two that
quickly developed into love.
Miss LangdOn's parents were at first
strongly opposed to Clemens as a hus-
band for her. and the newspaper mans
great timidfty for some time stood in the
way of progress in the furtherance of his
suit.
He finally screwed up courage to speak
to Mr.. LingdOn, and one morning tlmidiy
entered his future father-in-laW S private
office, where that gentleman was seated
at work
Mr.. Langdon-have yOu-noticed any
thing - between - your daughter - end -
me2''
..Nor' shouted the objecting parent.
wheeling sharply around 50 as to get a
fun view OF his visitor
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-01
WheH the Messenger Boy Got
It lie Made a Fight That
Always WINS.

proud of the fact that got him his first
appointment.
That's the way he Eot in - continued
the general, .'and this is The way he got
en-. After he got his job as assistant
messenger he began TO study the mes
senger situation in the treasury depart
ment- He at once became a student Of
the messenger braneh of the financial
wing of the government, and in a short
time he mad mastered It practically and
theoretically. He soon knew all the in
tricacies and ramj6eat lions of the mes
senger division He was an authority
on the subject Seriously. he started in
as a messenger to succeed. ard ne was
a good meSsenge- But he did more
than this. He studied in other direc-
tons.
He began to spread out. He got hold
of some law books and studied in his
spare time After "a while he heard of
a law cierkship that was soon to be
filled- He kept on studying to get this
place. ] believe he knew more law than
many of the clerks who were filing
similar positions. but he wasn't salts
fed. He was determined to get that
law clerkship. and he wasn't going to
take any chances.
SO. when the summer vacation came
he went out into the country and took
month he studied law eighteen hours
every day. and on his return easily
passed the examination
THAT was the beginning of his sue
cess, and he rose steadily thereafter.
filing almost every position in the civil
service in the treasury department until
he reached the place Eext to the secre-
tary OF the treasury himself.
Yes, sir, I'm proud and glad that I
WAS lucky enough tn \ nU0iOf that how
He has earned every promotion he has
received-gained every one Of them by
merit-pure merit. and secured nothing
by political influence or pull
On the day before Secretary Allies left
the treasury deparmtnet for his new
work dropped in to see him, and asked
him II he couldn't briefly tell me some
thing about his career that would be of
interest to the people in Ohio. While I
was talking with him, he was kept busy
every minute, signing scores of papers,
giving instructions TO one clerk after
another as they filed in, now talking
over the phone and then to a visitor,
but always patient, courteous and calm.
TT is a simple story" said he Il re-
ceived an appointment as assistant mes
senger in the department when I was 19
years old. That was sixteen years ago.
I came here determined to do the best
I could, and if I have had any unusual
measure Of success It has simply been
because I have always tried to do
everything the best I possibly could.
Many others could have done as well If
given the opportunity. I studied hard,
tried TO master the business of the de-
partment as much as possible, and was
gradually promoted from one position
to another until, in 1901, I was APP
pointed by President Mckinley as as
sistant secretary. I believe that is all
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-01
Like Men or Like Brutes.
- York Tribune.l

The late John Sartain, the eminent en-
graver. of Philadelphia. knew Edgar Al
Ian Poe Intimately. He was free to ad-
what profligate, but he always denied
stOutly that in later life the poet was
anything like the d-Inkard gossip paints
him.
AT the University of Virginia" Mr.
Sartain once said. Poe did drink toe
much. In the middle Of his freshman
year there he gave a peach and honey
party. Peach and honey was the drink
of those days-a mixture of honey and
peach brandy that was as overpowerine
as il was sweet and pleasant.
Poe sat at the head of the table
Boys, he said to his guests, shall we be-
have like men or ike brutes2
g Like men. of course. a senior an
swered in a rebuiSinE voice
g Then. said Poo. ven all get drunk.
for that is something brutes never do -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-01
The CASE AGAINST ALCOHOL.

l. BASHFORD. writing in the Con
j. temporary Review of May, makes
out a very strong case against the use
Of intoxicants generally in connection
with an article on the consumption Of
alcoholic beverages in Germany. He
showed that the citizens of Germany
spend every year $3.50 600, 600 for wine
beer and spirits. a per capita Of nearly
So, based on a population Of sc. O0O. 00O
The Germans drink 22O pints of beer
per capita per annum-
Now. for the influence Of intOxicants
on German morals. One hundred and
eighty thousand Germans are arrested
every year for drunkenness. A govern
ment authority on prisons says that 20
per cent of all the crimes committed in
the empire have a more or less casual
connection with intoxicating liquors.
More. 80 per cent of the occupants OF
insane asyums have been drunkards
and so per cent Of the idiots are chill
dren Of drunkards.
Continuing, the writer says:
HalI the expense incurred by the state
FOR domestic asylums orphans Institutes
and the police would be saved for the
could be placed on alcoholism The in
crease of the consumption of beer in south
Germany. and especially in Bavaria. has
caused the death-rate from heart, kidney
and liver diseases to rise very consider
ably. The number of persons who died
of heart trouble in Bavaria-the so-called
beer-drinker's heart-has doubled within
the space of ten years.
The German nation seems now to be
awakening to sense of the fact that the
continuous daily and often hourly con-
sumption of alcohol Is both excessive and
deleteTiOus- In the OlGen times the early
Germans drank deeply over their feasts
and on special occasions. but their daily
pOtiOns We're not of the same strength
IS modern spirits or modern beer All
authorities in Germany on social Ques-
tons are agreed that the abuse of alcO-
hOl is casually connected in their country
with crime. insanity and the occurrence
of accidents in factories One of the state
inspectors at Elbing. referring to this
very cause. called il the workman's
greatest enemy
It would be hard to secure a more
striking arraignment of the drink evil.
And Germany is by no means alone in
the matter. The per capita consump-
ton may be greater there than else
where, but the harmful effect of intOx-
icants upon those in every walk Of life
who use them is the same everywhere.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-01

"Oru take yer weazel, SIM SEE Dan
demar to Coons.
" Phwat about the deer?' OF SEE TO
me frind Alan
81 It's too late in the day now fol-
deer. an, besides, Owe lost me gun
Don't spake av it to marin whin we
get home he sex. Av coorse OF didn' t.
but the spaIpeen Dandemar towid it all
about the neighborhOod how he got a
new rifle an a tame WeaZel widOut
pavin' A eiut''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-01

for the excessive prevalence Of dis
ease in crowded centers. and especially
TO a growing realization of the neces-
sity for a careful study and apprecia-
ton of the hygienic possibilities of his
environment"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-01
The Monument was a Misfit.
New haven Chronicle)

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A stately granite shaft had been erect
ed in the cemetery of Massachusetts,
town IN memory of man whose life had
been anything but praisewOrthy None
the less the monument was one of the
sights TO be shown to a stranger, and one
day a former resident Of the town who
had been away for many years returned
and was taken to see the granite 0belfsk
He was no stranger TO the faults and fall
ings OF the man whom 1t eulogized with
contemplation of the shaft on all sides
ne said; ''Well, II it's for goodness it's too
big. and If it's for badness its not big
enough
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-01

A very decided advantage in the new
plan of the Southern Pacific under
which two train agents are employed TO
assist the conductor Is that many more
men are given positions. It is to be
hoped that other railroads viii adopt
the same scheme.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-01

We are certainly getting it hot. if not
heavy, in the weather line. A few more
days ike yesterday would raise the
temperature average a long way above
the normal. Extremes. one way or the
other, seem to be the fashion in wealth
er just now.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-01

A contemporary. has expressed the
hope that President Roosevelt viii be
able to sit comfortably at the conclu-
sion Of his long horseback ride. This is
a distinct and unwarrauted knock"
The president is no tenderfoot.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-01

a railroad to the Thunder mountain
gold camp is scheduled for. completion
in September Let rs hope it viii be
kept busy bringing out trainIoads of
gold for lucky prospectors.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-01

Attorney c. S. Kinney evidently
doesn't care for degrees that come
eheaply. He has just turned down a
beautiful LII. D. offered him for the pa
thetically small sum of SO. By the
way, what would a man do with a de-
gree like that, anyway?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-01
Misunde rstood


cleveland Plain Dealer)
Sir YOU look like an oDtimist. You
have q happy cOuntenance. Lend me q
dcllar."
MY friend, DO you know why I look
happy? It's because I haven't any
wealth to bother ne,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-01

The real purpose for which Memorial
day was created. now occupies only a
small fragment of the day. In Salt
Lake something like an hour was given
to the hOnOTed dead, While the remain
der Of the day was spent at horse rae
ing, dancing. bicycle racing and other
amusements. The great American pub
lie viii not be denied its holiday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-01

Isn't It strange that the men who
refuse to contribute to the support Of
baseball teams and who nearly always
see games on borrowed passes do the
most yelling when the home team loses?
The man with the hammer was strong
" in evidence at Walkers field yester-
day, Notwithstanding the fact that it
was a good, clean contest throughout
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-01
A Happy Faculty.

Young Tutter Ito hostess)-I have had
a very pleasant evening But then, I al
ways manage TO enjoy myself, 10 matter
where ] am
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-10
WaIkerTOdd.

MT. Lucien E. Walker and Julia Todd were united in marriage yesterday after noon at 2 o'clock at the home of the brides parents. MT. and Mrs. Eugene Todd. at Compton station.
 The beautiful ceremony was performed by the Rev. A. J. Dickinson. The house was beautifully decorated with flowers and eyerGreens. The bride was hand sonely gowned in blue crepe de chine and carried in her hands bridal roses. Miss Bessie Todd, the brides sister and Miss Edith Uhl were flower girls. Mendel- ssohn's wedding march was played by Miss Maud Spiro. During the ceremony Hearts and Flowers" was softly played
 MT. and Mrs. Walker left yesterday af- ternoon at 4:20 for Rome, Ga, where they will make their future home
 They were the recipients of many hand some presents from friends in Alabama and Georgia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-10
Mss CulI0m Gives
 4 Vi0Icf Luncheon.

Miss Molly Cullom was the beautiful hostess yesterday at a violet luncheon in compliment to Miss Jelks. The occasion was one of the most elaborate of the winter The long table at which the guests were seated was decorated with violets, while above the basket forming the centerpiece hung a large bell fash toned of violets. The place cards were violets and the ices in the violet tint were ornamented with the initials of the guest of honor delicious menu was served.
 Miss Cullom, one of the most beautiful of the seasons debutantes. wore a very smart gown of white, painted in violets and Miss JellSs' fiower-like beauty showed to great advantage in white mousse line, with which she wore Violets. The guests included Miss Jelks, Miss Carrie Berry, Miss Fannie May Mason, Miss Mary Anderson, Miss Marjorie Catchings Miss Annie Jemison Miss Bessie Jemi- son, Miss Catherine Conner, Miss Mamie Moore Miss Alice Moore, Miss Kate Smith, Miss George Weatherly, Miss Lou ise Walker Miss Grace Hardie. Miss Mary LaLier, Miss Margaret Nixon, Miss Nancy Johnston, Miss Carrie Cobbs, Miss Dora Northington, Miss Julia Belle De- Bardeleben Miss Caroline Chisolm, Miss Fannie Dunn, Miss Alabama King, Miss Seymour Nance, Miss Lucy Dwyer, Miss Edith Lathrop. Miss Helen VanHoose, Miss Dora McLester, Miss Florence Me Crossin, Miss Mllie Nabb, Miss Lillie Drennen, Miss Lemay Caldwell, Miss Is- abel Caldwell, Miss Rebecca Hamilton, Miss Lucille Lane. Miss Anne Roberts, Miss Florence Dawson. Miss Emma Reid, Miss Ethel Clifford, Miss Bertha Eather;y,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-10
WANT M'ARTHUR REMOVED.
Superintendent of Indians Is Charged
 With Various Misdemeanors.

Washington, December 9-A petition Tor the removal of E. T. McArthur, superin- aendent of the Neg Parces Indians, in Idaho, was filed at the Indian bureau to- day by Senator Hepburn of Idaho. It IS signed by 15O allottees among the Neg Perces.
 The petitioners charge that after an- nouncing last summer that no rents would be received or dsbursed until November ], and after nearly all the Indians had gone to the mountains, Superintendent McArthur received rents and withdrew his deposits from the national bank and placed them in a newly organized bank at Cul de Sac. of which J. s. Martin, the chief clerk of the agency. is president and A. J. Montgomery assistant clerk and a director, and the petitioners believe McArthur himself is a heavy stockholder. The petition also charges McArthur with not attempting to suppress the introduc- ton of liquor on the reservation; that he makes provisos in the Indian leases that work hardshlps that he is III tenn pered and threatens to withhold rents from Indians until they send their child fen to the government school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-10
HiIiman Bazaar.

The following is the latest count of the votes for the bride doll to be voted to the most popular child at St. Marys booth at the Hillamn Hospital bazaar: Gladys Anderson CT, Lize Courtney 54 Caroline Wilburne 52, Katherine Morrow 15, Vir- ginia Jemison Il, Rosalie Joseph 8, Mar garet Wilkinson s. Leonie Loveman 7 Sarah McLester 2, Elizabeth Locke D. Mary Parke London 1, Annie Coulbourne 3. Beatrice Simpson 8, Leila Harrison 3, Ethyl Abbott ?, Margaret Lewis 1, Julia Shakleford 1.
 The contest for the most popular all derman has been called off and the hand some library chair is to be offered the most popular judge. All those who voted for members of the board of aldermen will be refunded their money
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-10
THE AGE-HERALD. THURSDAY, DECEMBER TO- 1908.

at the Thanksgiving season and there are many persons who will want to remem- Der the little friendless ones at the Mercy Home. Only small contributions are asked, and they may be sent to this of flee marked "For the Creche Fund"
 Previously acknowledged, $S9.45.
 Additional donations Birmingham Trust and Savings company Cthrough MT. Ben son, cashier), s5O; total, $9S95
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-10
Mrs. Nelson Gives
 4 DebHfanfe luncheon.

Mrs. Algernon Nelson gave a luncheon yesterday in compliment to Miss Alva Heidt and Miss Lamar. the occasion be- ing one of the prettiest of the winter. The table was charmingly decorated with white roses and the place cards were sketches of debutantes delicious menu was served, and Mrs. Nelson presided with characteristic grace and cordiality.
 The guests were: Miss Heidt, Miss La mar, Miss Nixon, Miss Elizabeth John ston, Miss Bradshaw, Miss Plosser, Miss Jennie Jenkins, Miss Grace Hardie, Miss Flora Orr. Miss Carrie Cobbs. Miss Louise Walker Miss Bertha Eatherly, Miss Anna Metcalf, Miss Rushton, Miss Chain and Miss Coleman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-10
Informal Reception.

An informal reception given by MT. and Mrs. Eugene Todd at their pretty home Tuesday evening in compliment to their daughter, Miss Julia Geneva, and MT. Lucian Edwin Walker, whose wedding took place yesterday, was an enjoyable and most delightful affair. The dining room, where delicious buffet supper was served, was beautiful and artistic in its decorations of roses, carnations and ferns, The reception room was decorated with tall vases of pink and white roses and stately palms. Those present were: Miss Julia Geneva Todd, Miss Mamie Dupuy Miss Nettie Dupuy. Miss Maude Spiro and Miss Janette Todd. Mir. Walker, MT Webster K. Keiser, Mir. A. S. Reeves, MT. Thomas P. Taylor and MT Frederick Todd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-10
WoMAN;; eNrnHrv
Southern Girls
 Give Military Luncheon.

Miss Lestra Kinney, who will arrive to- morrow from New York to spend the hol- idays with her parents, MT. and Mrs F. G. Kinney, is among the beautiful girls from the south attending the Semple school near Riverside Drive. With sev- eral young ladies at the school she was one of the hostesses at military lunch con given on Thanksgiving day to several West Point men, who were guests of friends in New York.
 The luncheon was served at the resi- dence of MT. and Mrs. T. Darlington semple, their charming young daughters, the Misses Semple, with Miss Kinney, Miss Mamie Burden of Mississippi and Miss Delland of Lynehburs, Va, being the hostesses of the occasion. Mrs. Sem pie chaperoned the brilliant party. winch included Cadets Riley, Scott, Wimberly, Daily and Blair, number of civilians being invited to meet the army men.
 Every course of the luncheon carried out the military idea, the football game that day at West Point making appropri- ate the picturesque details. The place cards were hand painted hearts with fig ures of pretty maidens and tncir beaux waving the West Point flag, cheering them to future victories over the navy These cards were pinned on the owner with silver guns. Canteens of almonds and bonbons were at each plate.
 Sorbet was served before the game in drums and there was loud cheers for West Point when the cream came mareh- ing in to the air of Army Blue in the shape of miniature soldleis.
 One delightful feature of the day was the enthusiasm with which the civilians entered into the entertainment of our future generals