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PURELY FEMININE
Vacation Beautify ir,g.

the over-tired Is to lie fiat on the
back on the ground without any pill
low, the legs straight and the arms
extended. One of the leading physi-
clans used to recommend this for
half an hour or so to hard workers
in preference to tea and any other
pick-me-ups. 1t Is quite true that 1t
Is as effectual.
Before you start for your holiday
treat your hair to little more cleans
ing and Strengthening hairwash than
usual, rub in some good skin food to
your face. manicure your hands with
special care, and then take holiday.
Do not rashly expose your face to
the suns too powerful rays. Wear
gauze veil. get the easiest of wash
leather gloves. so that your hands do
not unduly spread with active exer-
else and get burnt. Let your boots
have broad, solid soles that allow you
to walk in comfort without injuring
the muscles, and you will return look
ing In perfect health, with skin, hair
and physique generally at their best.
Those who rush of abroad sightsee-
ing and doing twice as much as their
strength warrants will not derive the
same benefit. That Is all very well
for those who are leading quiet lives
in the country, but to leave the hurly-
burly of the town for the hurried
sightseeing abroad only draws more
on the limited reserve of nerve pow
er. 1t may instruct the mind, but
it leaves the body lamenting. Rest
is one of the most powerful adjuncts
in beauty culture.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-08-15
A FEW MoDIsH FANclEs.
The Lord Byron Collar and easy
Tie Now Well in Favor-About
the Armlet.

The Lord Byron collar is the fash
ionable collar this year. 1t is mere
ly a turnover. not nearly as wide
as sailor collar, and in some cases
not over a finger. or even less, in
depth. 1t buttons at the front and
there may be worn a necktie. if one
cares for knot at the throat.
A Byron collar is easy to make, for
1T calls for very little skill in the
way of cut, construction or finish.
1t is cut rather low at the throat,
there is a pearl button. and then the
collar simply turns over and the
tPur-in-hand tie can be run under
death it and knotted in the front.
Very many persons who object to
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-08-15

room on the top floor ef the Kittleton
building, the crowding events made the
interval seem more like a week.; and
now the events themselves were be-
ginning to take on dres.m-like incon-
gruities in the haze of utter WEAKNESS.
Evening Argus! all about the p'lim-
mary trial of Gov. Bucks. Argus, sir ?"
piped small boy at the station exit;
but Kent shook his head, found a cab
and had himself conveyed quickly
through streets still rife with excite
ment to the Clarendon hotel.
In the lobby was the same bee-buzz-
ing crowd with which he had been con-
tending all day, and he edged his way
through it to the elevator, praying that
he might go unrecognized-as he did.
Once safe in his rooms he sent for Lor-
ing, stretching himself on the bed in a
very ecstacy of relaxation until the
ex-manager came up. Then he emptied
his mind as an overladen ass spills it's
panniers.
I'm done, Grantham," he said; "and
that is more different kinds of truth
than you have heard in a week. Go
and reorganize your management, and
M'Tosh is the man to put in Halkett's
place. The strike will be declared off
at the mere mention of your name and
his. That's all. Now go away and let
me Sleep"
ooh, hold on!" was the good-natured
protest; I'm not more curious than
have to be, but I'd like to know how it
was DONE"
81 don't know, myself; and that's the
plain fact. But suspect Marston fell
upon Judge MacFarlane; gave him a
wire hint of what was due to arrive
If he didn't give us clean bill of
health. had my preliminary inter-
view with the governor at daybreak
this morning; and l was with him
again between nine and ten. He went
over the original papers with me, and
about all he said was, BE in CASTOR
by two o'clock this afternoon, and Mac
Farlane will give you the hearing in
chambers l went on my knees to
the Federative council to get train. !"
you shouldn't have had any trou-
BILE there"
4 didn't have, after the men under
stood what was in the wind. Jarl OLE
son took me down and brought me
back. The council did it handsomely,
dipping into its treasury and paying
the mileage on a Pullman car"
"And MacFarlane reversed his own
order?"
without question 1t was the
merest formality. Jennison, Hawks
former law partner. stood for the other
side: but he made no argument"
Good" said Loring. "That will do
for the days work But nov I'd like
to know how last nights job vas man
aged"
'I'm afraid you want to. know more
than is good for you What do the
papers say? / haven't looked at one
all day"
.sThey say there was a misunder-
standing Of orders That will answer
for the public, perhaps, but 1t won't
do for me-"
Fl guess It will have to do for you,
too. Grantham." said Kent, yawnfng
shamelessly. Five men. besides ny
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-08-15
Natty Bolero Costume.
Boleros Are of Infinite Variety and
This We Consider an Excep-
tionally Good One.

Here we have another bolero to be
made in the same material as the
skirt; it is pretty pattern for wear
ing with corselet skirts, as shown
in our illustration. The body part
hangs with fulness. The fronts turn
back with silk-faced revers orna-
mented with silver buttons
The collar is of Irish point mount
ed over silk. The wrists of the puck
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-08-15

frills on the coat bottoms; a deep hem
stitched or feather stitched hem is
often preferred to the bottom ruf1e
The soft china silk lining may be at
tached to this outside all around. but
is more often fastened in only at the
shoulders and neck and falls loose be.
low.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-08-15
1t Wa. the Privilege Of a Friend.

An eminent army officer has man.
servant who has been with him a num-
Der Of years, and who occasionally
speaks his mind with candor that.
as he imagines. is warranted by his
long service. A friend of the officer,
who overheard the servitor's frank
ness. asked why such familiarity was
permitted. WELL" said the officer, 'T
hardly look upon James as valet, but
rather as friend; and, as you know,
it is friends privilege to tell you
things about yourself that you hardly
like to think about yourself. Sue
cess Magazine.
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Filmy Lace and Null.

Transparent lace is favorite trim
ming for smart tub dresses. and ba-
tiste and null embroidery is another
charming and fashionable decoration.
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cred sleeves are also trimmed with
Irish point. Large silk cuffs like
the revers trim the sleeves above
the elbow. The bolero is lined
throughout with white silk.
Material required: One and one
half yard 46 inches wide, three yards
lining silk, one yard silk, and Irish
point collar and cuffs.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-08-15
A Thick Nose.

A thick nose can be shaped by COM
pressing it with the fingers whenever
the face is washed, and persisting In
the practice.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-08-15
Marsupial CareIe.sne

MafsuPfaI CoreIessnes1.
Mrs- Kangaroo-Boo-hoo-k boo! Little
Johnny Is lost.
Mr.. Kangzroo-Well, I always. told
you that you'd get your pocket picked.
IN. z. Sun
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-08-15
Intere.tea Now.

Willard you are engaged to her?
GILL certainly am
Why! Her father was q free
bSJteri"
Il don't care, so long as he's not .
freebooter now. "-Yonker's Statesman.
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asked.
it was all he knew-and it made me
feel miserably helpless. The little 1
could get from the Argus Office was
enough to prove that all your plans
had been changed at the last moment"
"They were," he admitted; and he
began at the beginning and filled in
the details for her.
She heard him through without COM
ment other than a kindIing of the
brown eyes at the clfmaxes of daring;
but at the end she gave him praise
unstinted
You have played the man, David,
as knew you would If you could be
once fully aroused. I've had faith in
you from the very first"
1T has been more than faith, Por-
tia." he asserted, soberly. .You have
taken me up and carried me when 1
could neither run nor walk. Do you
suppose I am so besotted as not to
realize that you have been the head,
while have been only the hand?"
Nonsense" she said, lightly. you
are in the dumps of the reaction now.
You mustn't say things that you will
be sorry for later on"
81 ann going to say. one thing, never
theless: and will remain for you to
make It thing hard to be remem-
bered, or the other kind. VIII you
take what there is Of me and make
what you can of it?s
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
Wjsconsin's Primary.

The first election under the new
primary law of Wisconsin was held on
Tuesday. All voted at common polls
the republicans, the democrats, the
prohibitionists and the social demo-
Gratis. The two last-named put up but
one ticket each, while the old parties
had warm inter-party contests to set
tie. Senator Spooner supported Gov
ernor James Davidson for governor,
while Senator LaFollette supported
Speaker Lenfoot for that office. David
son was nominated by 10000 majority.
The democratic nominee for governor
will probably be John l.. Ayleward, but
this cannot be determined until more
returns are received. Nominees for
congressional and various other offices
were put in nomination, and Wiscon-
sins first primary seems to have been
a great popular event. Illinois has a
similar law.
And now comes Senator Foraker,
who says Ohio should select United
States Senators by direct yote-that
his state should pass a law similar to
the Illinois statute. He says state
statute SIS much better than amend
ino tho ron etitutiOn F."
AS a matter of clear choice it would
be better to amend the constitution,
for then boss-ruled states like New
York and New Jersey and Pennsyl-
yania would the sooner secure the pri-
mary system. More than two-thirds of
the states have at one time or another
favored primaries and the selection OF
United States Senators by direct vote,
and these reforms are destined to come
to every state, the only question be-
ing The time when and the manner of
inaugurating them. The chances are
that no state will wait for a constitu-
tional amendment so far as the selec-
ton of United Senators by direct vote
is concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
AIabama's Light vOte.

At the democratic state convention
held in Macon, Ga, the full official fig
ures of the recent Georgia primary
were presented. The full vote for gov
ernor was 1929, of which number
Hoke Smith received 1O4,796. His
clear majority was but 1926.
But this is neither here nor there.
The vote in Georgia. state in the
hands of white men-a state In which
negroes rarely vote-was 1874 ,283. The
vote in Alabama was not S4,283 The
Montgomery Advertiser admits there
are over 100000 white men of voting
age in the state. After dedueting all
republicans and cranks, there Is, ac-
cording to the Advertiser, still left
100000 white democrats who ought to
vote. Over 100000 white men in other
words are disfranchised in this state
by the provisions of the constitution
of 1901.
The plain issue that will come be-
fore the next legislature is this: us 1t
best to have in this state 100000
white men who are disfran-
chised?" This is the issue, and 1t is
not solved by declaring that the army
100000 strong DISTINGUISHED them
selves. No matter how their disfran-
chisement came about there they stand
a great body of non-voters, and the
saddest fact of all is they are chiefly
young men who are thus taught to
ignore their public duties.
Either the poll tax should be rem
dered compulsory, or else it should
cease to be cumulative in the matter
of voting. Perhaps both remedies will
be found to be safe and desirable.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
Business VS.. GAMBLING.

The difference between purchases
for investment and stock gambling in
Wall street is excellently illustrated
In the recent coup in Union Pacific.
The dividend rate in that stock was
suddenly and secretly lifted to 10 per
cent, and the insiders from Hartman
to King Edward fleeced outsiders. In
five days 1,483,S0O shares of Union
Pacific were traded in, and the entire
issue of common stock is but 1861 1877
shares. When the bucket shops are
included the chances are that more
shares of Union Pacific were bought
and sold than had been issued The
legitimate commissions of the brokers
exceeded 100000.
But the great majority of these trades
were but mere bets on the price. Pos
sibly 10 per cent of the transactions
were egitimate-were real transfers
that the transfer clerks will consum-
mate. The rest was the veriest bet
ting in which the outside lamb had no
chance of winning. Betting of that
nature is winked at, and yet betting
on horse race is considered immoral.
1t would bother any analyst to define
the moral difference between the two.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

William Allen White in Empora Gazette.
In the still watches of the night, often
one wakes up with clear vision of
things as they area vision often pro-
phetic in its dstinctness Last night was
still and hot, and far below the hum of
the bugs one could hear the corn humping
itself gently, and rhythmcally getting
nearer to ninety-b l-to-the-acre crop;
one could catch far underneath the chlrp
of the crckets the murmur of the wheat
stack as it seasoned and graded up for
the market. The tinlSle of sheep bells in
the pasture. and the lowing of the herds
in the wood lots rose above the din of
the crawling creatures, and the still night
air was vibrant with the sounds of future
prosperity.
But supposing the rain had not come;
supposing the wheat was full of bugs and
the corn stood gaunt and yellow; suppos
ing the prairie grass was brown and
curled, and the cattle were thin and thirs-
ty and the hogs had to be caulked with
mud to make them hold slop; supposing
the hens were so poor that their eggs
ran less than ten to the dozen, and 1t took
In a chicken pie suppose that the hot
winds had been blowing so long that
the paint was blistered on the south side
of the houses-then would not the repub-
leans take more interest in this campaign
than they are taking? Would the demo-
Gratis get a little sense, and wouldn't
the fellows who are riding merrily around
in buzz wagons begin to forget the smile
of the Cheshire cat that now adorns their
mugs
If this were a dry year there would be
politics in Kansas, but as 1t is there is
no use trying to get up any snap; you
can't do much shooting with wet powder.
The democrats have no sense, and the re-
publicans are playing horse; every one
Is trumping his partners trick; an ace is
as good as a deuce in the game as 1t is
played in Kansas this year. and every
thing goes. But the first dry year that
comes sailing along is going to bring the
prettiest scrap the state has seen in If
teen years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
Overcrowded Fields.

Ear be 1t from me to cast a damper
over the enthusiasm of our ambitious
youth" said a citizen last night, "espe-
cially at this critical stage when so many
are going away to the institutions of
learning under the blessings Of parents
and friends This is good and should be
the privilege of every American boy
but 1 could not help being impressed
with the sameness of ambitions of the re-
cent crop of prospective college men. 1t
strikes me that 1t has become something
of fad among the youth of this decade
to resolve to be either a lawyer or some
kind of an engineer, and while no man
questions the great possibilities of these
callings, it must be allowed that some
portion as the number of aspirants for
honors in any special field increases, the
difficulty of achieving success in that par
ticular branch of human endeavor is ac-
centuated. The pretty theory of there
always being room at the top is certainly
an admirable American principle; 1t works
all right in the case of few irrepressible
souls, but in spite of all this, We see
the great mass of mortals losing out at
the game. They present the sad spectacle
of the man who aimed too high, or rath-
err, who got sidetracked at some impor-
away at the end that by the time he had
got on the back track, he had wasted a
deal of steam that ought to have carried
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
About Forest Fires.

There can be no doubt" said a lum-
Der man last night, but that serious
situation in the matter of timber supply
is not far off. In fact, it is now almost
In sight. Within twenty years, at most
there will be no white pine and it can
be figured out when many other woods
will be exhausted. Perhaps. though by
that time such progress will have been
made in the use of cement and steel that
there will be no longer need for wood
but unless some action is taken to
prevent the destruction of the forests of
the country 1t may be expected that a
desolation like that which has over
whemed many once beautiful parts of
Europe and Asia will be witnessed in
the United States.
Perhaps the only feasible remedy is
along the lines suggested in a speech in
the last congress on the subject, for it is
certain that no legislation can secure the
preservation of forests. The proposition
was We have 5674S75 farmers in this
country. Could one-third of these be in
duced to plant half an acre each year
in forest trees, we would have nearly a
million acres year to add to the forests.
In a decade at this rate we would have
gone very far in solving problem of
great moment, and feel that we had done
much toward offsetting the destruction
and preventing the coming desolation.
THE preservation and restoration of the
American forests will greatly add to the
comfort and beauty of our homes, and
tend to keep the youth of the land in the
rural districts. free from the temptations
and vices of city life"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
President Roosevelt and His Critics.

In a personal letter addressed to
Public Printer Stillings, President
Roosevelt gets in not a few slaps at
those who will not accept at once and
without question his scheme of re-
formed spelling. He calls them ignor-
amuses in his first paragraph and il
his last paragraph he says the spelling
they favor is foolish and fantastic.
Well, he certainly has a right to reply
to criticisms.
He says he is simply supporting the
unconscious movement which led i'm
plement makers and farmers to write
"plow" instead of plough" Right
there he lost his case, for all changes
IN the language of the people should
come about unconsciously-un
tionally-the results of slow-moving
custom. The English language has
been built up in that way since the
days of william the Conqueror, and 1t
will continue to be built on uncon-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

scious lines. Edicts will not change it.
not even men of the stamp of Profess
sor Lounsbury and Professor Skeat
can change It suddenly even if aided
by an official ukase. Professor Skeat
is unknown in this locality, and we
fear his name will be linked with that
of an insect which is by no means pop
ular.
The President has practically in his
letter to Public Printer Stillings
opened a line of retreat, and when he
backs out of the spelling business he
should take Skeat and Lounsbury with
him. for they have all acted conscious
ly in a matter that should have been
left and must still be left to the I'M
conscious course of public spelling.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
Rain and rhnnderstorns.

Il have noticed for some time past that
rain and thunderstorms generally occur
about o'clock in the afternoon of a hot
day" said a weather observer.
Now. why that particular hour is IA
vorable for these rains and storms l can
not imagine, and would like to hear some
reason given for it.
"a gathering storm is one of the grand
est sights in nature When Milton want
ed a smile to represent the meeting of
Satan and Death, he compared the dead
ly combatants to an approaching storm
over the Caspian. The great black clouds
rolling tumultously across the sky are
sublimely beautiful; the vivid flashes of
lightning shooting forth like challenges
from opposing hosts, followed by the
crash and roar of thunder bowling de-
fiance at each other, until finally, rush
ing together it would seem the grand
catastrophe had arrived. And then fol-
lows calm and peace. The paroxysm is
over. Upon the tranquil scene the moon
sheds her silver beams"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
AM ERICA.

BY George Bishop Berkeley
The Muse, Disguised at an age and cline
Barren of every glorious theme,
In distant lands now waits better time,
Producing subjects worthy fame;
In happy chimes, where from the genial
sun
And virgin earth such scenes ensue,
The force of art by nature seems outdone,
And fancied beauties by the true;
In happy climes, the seat, of innocence,
Where nature guides and virtue rules,
Where men shall not impose, for truth
and sense.
The pedantry of courts and schools.
There shall be sung another golden age,
The rise of empire and of arts,
The good and great inspiring epic rage,
The wisest heads and noble hearts.
Not such as Europe breeds in her decay:
Such as she bred when fresh and young.
When heavenly flame did animate her
clay,
BY future poets shall be sung.
Westward the course of empire takes its
way;
The four first acts already past,
A NTH shall close the drama with the
day;
Times noblest offspring is the last.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
SOUTH OPPOSED.
Does Not Favor Government Owner
ship of Railroads.

Washington Special to the New York
World
Concerning William j. Bryah's advo-
cacy of government ownership of rail-
roads, Senator Simmons of North Carolina
says
Il don't think the democrats of the south
will stand for government ownership. Mr..
Bryan tried to make it clear that in
this matter he was not speaking for the
party, but merely expressing his indi-
vidual opinion. Furthermore, he indicated
that 1t is a matter which can be held
in allegiance until more pressing problems
are settled.
Il do not believe that Mr. Bryan will
seek on this question to control the policy
of the party or refuse to abide by its
decision. This is question of party pol
icy and Mr.. Bryan can yield his indi-
vidual opinion without any sacrifice of
principles or conscience
Governor Glenn of North Carolina.
says:
Il go as far as Mr.. Bryan or any
other man in favor of government con-
troll of railroads. ] believe in state regu-
lation also. But 1 do not think. unless
something in the future should make it
necessary, by reason of the oppression
of the railroads, that the time will ever
come in the United States when the gov
eminent should absolutely take possess
sion of the roads. Government owner
ship would result in one of the greatest
monopolies on earth, and the result would
be the perpetuation of the rule of the
party in power.
Il want to say that while l disagree
with Mr.. Bryan as to government own
ership of railroads, his speech in New
York was one of the greatest l ever
heard"