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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-29
PAYS EVEN PIRATES.
Value of Politeness in ROBBERY and
Ordinary Life.
From the washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
"As a special proposition" said Mr..
Blinkinton, II should say that pirate
could get away with it easy, if he would
observe good manners. To be robbed rude
~ is distressing to most people-it is the
familiar adding insule to injury, and that
is something that always rankles.
ut has always seemed to me that II
ever l should go about it with the great
est possible consideration for the personal
feeling of the people robbed. for people
will stand for almost anything as long
as they are decently treated; and SO with
polite treatment piracy is easy and profit
able, at least for a long time.
"But it is not alone in piracy that good
manners count for profit; good manners
give great dividends to the practitioner
in the pleasure that arises from giving
other people pleasure and sparins either
people distress.
II don't find in my experience that any
one sort of people has monopoly OF good
manners or that any one sort is more
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-29

than another guilty of i'll manners
should say that prosperity begets thought
lessness. but thoughtlessness is not neees-
sarily Ill Manners and 1t may be harm
less, unless 1t develops into Indifference,
in which form 1t may hurt US some.
But generally speaking don't find N.Y.
self any more likely to be disturbed by
arrogance on the part of the rich than
by rudeness on the part of the poor. which
is to say that | am as like to meet i'll
manners from one as from the other. The
man whom encounter in stl Get car sit
ting slowed around that he occupies
a seat and half and who declines to
straighten around for me may be COM
fartably circumstanced and well dressed
or he my be poor and poorly lresseG.
ArG in either. case the la X of courtesy
might TO &C from precisely the san.e
cause. from simple boorishness and natu-
raj i'll manneredness.
1T is fear that we may be imposed
upon. and further, that the other fellow
will think that in giving way we are
Knocking to him, that is responsible for
many and many an exhibition of il Imam
ners. We meet man coming along the
sidewalk on n rainy day carrying an UNI
brella, while we doing the same
1t would be an easy thing for either Of
us to elevate his umbrella !, little 81
that 1t would clear the other mans as VIC
pdsseu, OF IL WOuiu De eaSV 1OF. either
of us to tilt his umbrella q little, with
tie same result
'ilt we hesitate to do either for fear
ths other msn will think We are knpcs-
Ing tn I'M. And precise the same :hipg
holds. though in a somewhat more acu-elv
felt form, as to turning ont as between
two men meeting In a path wide enough
only for one, beaten down in new fallen
sTcw.
-. Used to knowca man III, IN Tuners
Falls Mass who tried habitrally TO pra,-
tice good Eianners. and he has tntl hat
in rainv-a1y encounters sun as ] haze
cited he Invariably raises his umbrella or
Tits 1t, as invariably to find tho other
man returning his courtesy in manner
corresponding. And he tells me that when
he meets a man in a marrow snow path
he always steps out with one foot, so
giving the other man half the path, and
he tells me that rarely does his corr-
tesy fail of return in the manner offered
that he has seen coming along the path
toward him bull headed end determined
men who were evidently bent on hogging
the whole path, but who. whe nthey saw
him do this, stepped out with one foot
themselves, yielding to him. that good
manners bring good manners IN return.
As. remarked at the outset. we will
stand to be pirated II the person is polite
to us; but It is in the innumerabe little
encounters of orr daily. life. in our meet
ms here and there with various people
and over little things that good marners
count And in these things they count
fer much
'lessed be the man thai first Invented
good manners; and th.i e blest is he who
makes 1t The code OF his tlaiy life"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-29
RIDING TO HOUNDS IN ENGLAND.
Expenses of the Hunt-Women Who
Are Fearless Riders.

From Town and Country.
The mild open winter has been perfect
godsend to the hunting people in the
shires and they report that there has new
err been a better hunting season. Also the
crop of accidents .-s kept pace with the
increase in the number of men ana Woni-
en- who follow the hounds
It is very difficult for an English hunt
to make both ends meet unless there is
either very rich master OF hounds or d
correspondingly prolific flow OF suoscrlp-
tions. Take the case of the Pytehiey Tor
instance, which is one of the most popu-
lar, most aristocratic and best equipped
hunts in the country. There is SUD
scription of about $4,000 which has to be
be made up by Lord Annallay, the mast
er who rules his hunt like a car
The claims from the farmers for Key
nards depredations on the poultry houses
require the constant attention of the hunt
secretary, who in these days has to be
detective even more versed in the dlscoV-
cry of shams and subterfuges than Sher-
lock Holmes Everybody In the hunting
country who does not follow the hounds
keeps chickens and ducks and geese in
the hope that the midnight marauder may
deign to pay them visit so that bill
NAV be sent in the next day to the hunt
secretary: the hunt being the legitimate
prey of the country folk. Only the other
day the secretary of a well known hunt
was called upon to pay for the unexpect-
ed demise of forty chickens which mad
been ruthlessly destroyed by fox
The secretary bestrode his faithful oicy-
Gle, and met the farmers wire by the
road side. He said: Il have called to see
about those chickens. Are you sure the
door was properly fastened?" and he was
amazed when she replied; Begin your
pardon sir, but we amt had no chickens
these ten years come Michaelmas' The
ingenious farmer who had made the claim
had forgotten to bring his better half into
the conspiracy.
The crop of accidents has been accen-
tuated this week by the distressful mis-
hap to the Countess Of Orkney, one OF the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-29

The possession of a herd at each mission
station means much. 1t establishes the.
permanence of the mission, for without 1t
the natives are from home large part r'
the time in search of food And since the
advent of the miners the tendency is TO
leave their homes and go to the mining
villages, where they live by begging and
immortality. This life would soon result
in their extinction. 1t also gives the mis-
sionaries the ability to reward industry
by establishing those SO inclined In the
reindeer industry and promoting their
well being.
A Benefit to Health.
The herd also means a supply of fresh
meat for consumption where the food is
mostly sailed or canned. This is no small
benefit to comfort and health, The rein
deer also provides the missionaries a way
of reaching the outlaying settlements.
What the camel is to the desert the rein
deer is to the far north The full develop
ment of the mining interests In Alaska
cannot be realized till there are sufficient
deer in that. region to supply the miners
with food and other necessaries and to
connect him with the outside world.
should there be no more reindeer I'M
norted from Alaska according to the pres
ent rate of increase within less than
twenty-five years there will be l,OO0,OOO
head of these animals in Alaska. In thlr-
tv-hve years the number may reach TO-
OOo,O and the United States will be re-
ceiving from Alaska thousands OF rem
deer carcasses and tons of hams ana
tongues. Before the end of the present
century Alaska will be helping to feed
100000, 600 inhabitants of the United states.
This is another instance of the pronls
which arise from the casting of bread up
ON the water.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-29
Rainfall and Tree Growth.

A report has recently been published
which shows how closely the growth of
trees is dependent upon rainfall. Not only
was this seen in the case of one and
two year old trees. but in an investiga-
ton extending over a period of twelve
years, during which time the annual
rings of growth were carefully examined.
With an annual precipitation of from
thirty to thirty-five inches a width of
ring was produced varying from II to
.15 inch. If. on the other hand there
was either an unusually large or small
rainfall in any given year this was fol-
lowed by a corresponding tree growth in
the following year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-29
ELEPHANTS GOING UP.
Prices Quoted at $3.50 Vertical Foot,
Instead of $240.

From the New York Sun.
"a five-foot elephant costs this spring"
said an importer of animals, $40, as
against 1920. for which such elephants
could be bought two years ago.
elephants, like all other wild animals,
are growing scarcer with the settlement
of the globe, and their prices tend up
ward. More small elephants than big ones
are imported because they cost less to be-
gin with and because they are easier and
safer to transport and showmen like
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-29

them, too because young elephants are
more tractable and easier to train. And
small elephants are attractive anyway.
Then. the elephant is hardy animal
IN captivity, and 1t is naturally long
lived, and the young elephant increases in
value with it's growth; and so, even with
their prices tending upward, young ele-
plants are good property"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-29
Sure EnounIn.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
"Of course, don't want to critieise, but
l don't think 1T was altogether right for
David to say All men are liars"
well, at any rate, 1t was safer than to
pick out one man and say 1t to him."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-29

You should not fail to look
over our attractive stock OF
Spring and Summer Hats.
Everything you want at the
price you want to pay-Var-
lev g. Bauman, 1924 lst Az
enue.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-29
A Gard of Thanks.

To my friends and to my wife's. friends
wish to express my sincere apprecia-
ton for the many kind expressions and
letterssof sympathy and for the many
floral offerings in my recent bereavement.
JOHN L. SEAY. M. d.
Sumterville. April %, 1906.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-07-05
SEEK MISSING GIRL
Carrie Tillotson Alleged to have Eloped
70 St. Joe with Negro Porter

Fletcherd Ti1lotson applied to the
police Sunday night for aid in locat-
ing his daughter, Carrie Tillotson,
who has been missing siuce last Fri
day. Most sensational reports have
been made in regard to the disappear
ance of the girl, as her father alleges
that she is now in company with
Charles Dodge a negro porter at St.
Joe, Mich. Dodge, who is a married
man disappeared from the city week
ago, and his wife has heard nothing
from him since.
The Tillotson girl formerly worked
as domestic in the Dodge family and
it is alleged that she had declared
that she would leave with Dodge. No
warrants have been issued for the
parties but the police are making
every effort to locate them. The
Tillotson girl is a decidedly con1ely
girl but her actions have caused her
parents no end of trouble during the
last few years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-07-05
Sales Manager for the Thomas B.
Jefey Company Resigns to
Accept Eastern Work
. STOCK IN THE KNOX CO.
II. Bennett Leaves the JefFery Conn
pany After Being Connected With
It's Many Interests for Nearly
Twenty Years.

Not only local but automobile
circles in general will be somewhat
surprised to learn that G. w. Bennett,
known throughout the country as
sales manager of Thomas .B. Jeffrey
& Company, is about to transfer his
allegiance to another accompany.
Mr.. Bennett has held close business
relations with Mr.. Jeffery in
various capacities for over twenty
years and during Ithat time
there has been no more loyal support
er of the Jeffery interests nor has
anyone been more individually
responsible for the high standing of
that company in the business world.
It vas, however, inevitable that
such man could not fill such place
without attracting the favorable at
tepticn of discerningiss men, even
though they be competitors. The
result has been number of most at
tractive propositions, one of the more
recent of which is from The Knox
Automobile company of Springfield,
Massac husetts. This comprised not
only one of the highest salaried posi-
tions in the motor world, but very
substantial slice of that company's
capital stock.
Association of years are not severed
merely on basis of pecuniary interest
but Mr.. Bennett has for sometime
been interested in the matter of COM
mercial motor vehicles and as the
Knox company are taking up that
line quite extensively ghe finally de-
cided to accept their proposition.
The early years of Mr.. Benefits
business career were spent IN the
East and he is, therefore, returning
to old fields rather than entering a
new one.
AS to the company with which he
will be associated after August first
next, the Knox was one of the first
gasoline cars equipped with an air
cooled motor, and it is worthy Of note
that their "porcupine" motor was a
leading topic of discussion at the Chi
cago Automobile Show of 1902, at the
same time Mr.. Bennett was introduce
ing the first Rambler, Model CO...
Since chat time both the Rambler and
the Knox companies have advanced
by rapid strides to high places in the
world of motors, and the latter COM
pany has just doubled its capital
stock and productive facilities.
1t is needless to state that the loss
Of one Of our leading men Of business
will be deeply felt both by his Office
and social associates on whose part
congratulations and good wishes are
unavoidably tempered with selfish
feeling of personal loss.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-07-05
GETS BOLD BURGLAR
Chiefof Police 0'Hare Nabs Albert
Smith Wanted in Two Cities
for Burglary
FORMER CONVEX IN TOLLS

Albert Smith, an ex-convict who
was released {. short time ago after
serving a three years sentence in the
state prison at Waupun, was ar
rested at Racine on Sunday
morning by Chief of Police owen
O'Hare and he now occupies a
cell at the county jail here charged
with having burg1arized room in the
Sterling House in the west part of the
city. When the rooms at tile hotel
were robbed the burglar secured a
suit of clothes and pair of shoes and
all of the stolen property was re-
covered. Smith had sold the suit of
clothes to Racine saloon keeper for
So and Chief O'Hare found the man
with the stolen property and with the
aid of Chief Pister he forced him to
disrobe. Smith was found wearing
the shoes.
When arrested Smith consented to
accompany Chief O'Hare to Kenosha
and during the trip on the car he
practically admitted his crime.
Farther he admitted that he had
broken into the Schultz clothing
store in Racine five weeks ago and
had stolen clothing to the value of
500.
The police believe that the capture
of Smith is very important one and
that before Smith is sent back to
prison that he will confess to mum
Der of attempted burg1aries in the
two cities. 1t is alleged that Smith
was in Kenosha on the night an at
tempt was made to enter the Robinson
store on Main street and it is possible
that he will be held on this charge.
He now stands che go with burg
larry in the day time, put i the local
officers find that he can be convicted
Of the Racine burglary he will be
turned over to the officials from that
city for trial. Smith will have hear
ing late this afternoon and the case
will be continued pending a further
investigation. Smith is 90 years of
age and unmarried. He formerly
made his home IN Racine, and was
sent from that county to the state
prison.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-07-05
FR0NTENAC QUITS
Business Of the Northern Navigation
Compass Transferred to Hill Co.

Afteria Alontl Of stops in Kenosha
ia competition with the Hill Steam
boat Line, the Chicago Northern
Navig alton company has sold its bus
mess to the Hill people and has re-
tired from the trade.
No reason has been given for the
move and the consideration has not
been made public. The deal was
closed late Saturday. The last trip Of
the Frontenac under the Chicago
Northern company was made Satur-
day, and today the Hill people take
charge Of the warehouse formerly
used by the rival company.
The Chicago Northern Navigation
company dies, goes out Of existence.
The Frontenac goes % Milwaukee,
where she. is 10 be used in the Mil
waukee and Manistee salt trade. The
Wankegan, Kenosha and Chicago
trade will be done by the Hill line
with the Marquette, the same as be-
fore the entrance Of the other7com-
pany.
AA~ LIS NOAA P4GlC,
the good will Of the Chicago Northern
company and all.
While no reason for their selling
has been advanced by the Chicago
Northern people, the general opinion
seems to be that their success was
not sufficient to warrant their stay
ing in the business.
While their trade here in Kenosha
was better than at first, and had
picked up, it was not nearly enough
to pay expenses. How the trade was
in Waukegan is not known, but ii is
thought it was not sufficient to pay
expenses.
The old customers of the Hill line
have stayed with them, and the Chi
cago Northern people were not able
to obtain large enough share of it.
The Northern company has been
making daily trips, and has run Sat
urday and Sunday excursions from
Chicago and Kenosha. It had given
out plans for an increasing business
that were good and should have paid
WE'LL 1t had also stated that a new
steel boat was to be purchased.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-07-05
NOT THE RIGHT MAN
somers Man Supposed to be Bradleythe
Murderer Turned Loose

There was some real excitement on
Sunday afternoon when telephone
message was received from Constable
Nelson Of Somers, stating that John
Bradley the man wanted for the MUIR
der of Clifford Smith had been located
there. Sheriff Glitch and a deputy
at once secured team and drove out
to bring in the murderer but when
they reached Somers they found that
the suspect was man who had been
employed on the farm of Nicholas
Spartz in the town Of Paris for some
time and there was no way to connect
him with the crime. He was not
brought to the city but was allowed
to return to his farm work unmo1est-
ed. The police and deputies have
learned that food is being carried out
of the railway camp and it is thought.
possible that Bradley is IN hiding near
the scene of the murder.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-07-05

A Ruling of Great Importance to
the City Of Kenosha Given
by Attorney General
FOR PUBLIC PARK SYSTEM

Attorney General L.. M. Sturdevant
has given an opinion Of great mport-
ance to the city of Kenosha, ia partic-
ular, and to all cities having 'front.'
age on navigab1e waters improbable
for park purposes.
The decision is that the state can
grant to cities control over such water
areas for park purposes, such being
public purpose.
The point arose III Milwaukee. The
Legislature allowed the city to fill in
a portion of the lake on the eastern
water frontage of the city for a lake
side drive, and question was raised
as to whether the state had the right
to do this, in view Of the ordinance
of 1887, which declared that the nav
igable waters should be. forever the
common highways of theGpublic.
The attorney generalsholds that the
law is good, and that the park project
is established upon valid statute.
George Fl. Noyes of milwaukee,
wrote to the attorney general for an
opinion, saying:
"My object in calling your attention
to these matters is this: It is only
fair to the city or its park board that
it may know at once, before further
expenditures are made in the con-
struction of the driveway, whether it
has the legal right and title to pro-
coed with the project, and if not, to
cease in such work until the question
shall be determined.
After citing number of decisions
in Illinois and Wisconsin, Mr.. Sturde-
want says:
Assuming, as before stated, that
the occupancy by the city of the SUBJ
merged lands in question will not IN.
terfere with the rights of navigation
or fishing upon the waters of Lake
Michigan, I consider that the state Is
not required to interfere with the con-
struction of the boulevard in ques-
ton
There is now a plan on foot to give
the city of Kenosha park system
and it is the intention to nse land
a1oug the lake shore so that the de-
cision of the attorney general is of
great Importance to the promoters of
Kenosha's public park system.
The farmers Of Lake county are
talking of organizing wolf hunt.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-07-05
w. j. SWIFT INJURED
Real Estate Man the Victim of a RAMA
way Accident Saturday Night

Real Estate Man the Victim Of a Runa-
way Accident Saturday Night
W. ]. Swift the real. estate man was
the victim of a bad runawaysaccident
on last Saturday night. Swift was
driving along Prairie avenue near
Pleasant street just before six O'Clock.
An automobile was coming from the
west and a farmer by the name of
Mayhem, residing near Winthrop
Harbor was driving a team from the
cast. The farmers team became
frightened at the auto and turning
about rapidly caught the wheel of the
vehicle in which Swift was riding, ov-
erturning it. Swift was thrown out of
the vehicle and he suffered a sprained
wrist, both knees were wteuched and
one of his hands was bruised and cut.
The Swift horse started to run and
the buggy was smashed When the
horse was captured it was found that
the animal had been badly bruised.
The farmer managed to control his
team
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-07-05
DEDICATE NEW FONT
memorial to the Late Laura L. Brown is
Dedicated at congregational Church

memorial to the Late Laura L. Brown is
Deoicated at congregational Church
At Sunday mornings service in the
congregational church there was a
very Interesting and impressive feat
nre, the dedication of a memorial
baptismai font.
At the time of the remode1ing of the
church building, Miss Laura E.
Brown, a long time member of the
church and a most efficient worker,
wished to furnish something for beau.
trying the auditorium, and to aid in
the service of worship. The plan
was not carried out. A few months
after the re dedication of the church
Miss Brown was called to her heaven
II home. Her aunt, Miss Mary
Weeks, who fer long time had made
her home with her, wishing to fulfill
her niece's desire and at the same
time place ia the church a memorial
TO her memory, decided to present to
the church a baptismal font
One was expressly designed by the
artists OF the Manitowoc company. 1t
is OF the very best Of quarter sawed
oak, Of dark rich wax finish. All the
handsome carving is hand work. The
bowl is OF fine spun brass. It is an
artistic piece of workmanship, and is
the embodiment of grace and so1idity.
Following the dedication at the
morning service it was used for the
first time in the baptismal part of the
Twilight Communion service.