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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-28
"lf we had woman suffrage would

III we had woman suffrage, would
you permit your wife to vote::"
Permit her to do so? My dear sir,
l would urge her to do the voting for
the entire family. I'm such IL busy
man that it is always bore for me
to have to waste time at the polls,
and l never vote except when there
is some fool scheme up that might in
terfere with my business"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-28

You do not have much faith in your
father unless you have some in his
family.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-28

Is 1t strange that the heart is
starved when we give 1t neither food
nor meal times?
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-28

q
But the scientist Interrupted him.
Il am not testing, sir. speak the
solemn truth. What is leather? lsit
not albumen and tannin? Well. when
you add milk to your tea and coffee.
the tannin OF the one and the albumen
OF the other unite. and leather re.
suits. The leather is in minutt par
ticles. Nevertheless. it is there, and
1t goes.
"All who drink tea or coffee daily"
the scientist concluded. consume in
a year enough leather to make a pair
of shoes"
The explorer sneered. ITO resume"
he said, II then ate the lining Of"
etc.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-28
Tn. Leather We Eat.

And then" said the Arctic OK,
plorc:, 81 ate my leather belt"
"Pcoh, what OF that? Every moth
er's son of us eatsaa pair of shoes /,
wear"
The explorer frowned
This lie began. lis no laugh
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-28

A frenzied tinancler says the open
season for suckers is never closed.
store.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
Worlds Debt to Fulton.

From the New York Tribune.
 Exactly century has elapsed since the Clermont left New York on it's his toric voyage up the Hudson, according to some authorities, though some writers have fixed upon August 4, 1907, as the date, and others on Au- gust II and August IT, with perhaps the weight of evidence in favor of the last-named day. Whatever the eXacr time of the trial, this season is appro- priate for recalling the work of Full ton. He had devoted his inventive talent to several other problems be- fore he took up those the solution of which gave him his greatest fame. Other men had in a measure antici- pated him, and with promising results. While he was yet in Paris the screw had been employed by John Stevens of Hoboken to propel a pleasure boat Fitch In this country and Miller in Scotland had tried paddle wheels De- fore him. His means, if not his cour- age, must have been inadequate to a final triumph but for the friendship and practical aid of Robert Livingston. Nevertheless, 1t was Fultons persc- Yerance and ingenuity which first con vinced the world that steam naviga- tion was not only practicable, but likely to become commercially profit able.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
YOUNG ALABAMA ARTIST AND HER
 PICTURESQUE SKETCHES OF HONDURAS

Miss Adelaide Mahan of Brierteld, who recently returned from an extended visit to her sister, Mrs. A. D. Baird. in Hon duras has brought with her series Of pictures, water color sketches and draw ings Of that Central American country, of rather an extraordinary interest.
 One. very typical of the coast coun- try" is reproduced in these columns. In color it is charming; the troplc blue of cloudless sky, the green of palms and light -whitened hut and ground.
 Miss Mahan is one of the Alabama girls. talented and energetic, who has achieved d pronounced success as an art ist. She is the daughted of the late Jesse W. Mahan, one of the old settlers of Bibb county. After hardly more than a years elementary work in cast draw ing. under the instruction of Miss Louise Lewis In this city, Miss Mahan carried on her work at home and at length, earning a scholarship In the Cooper in- stitute in New York, she entered that school, carrying off in two years course, the honors.
 Sne taught art in New York city for d term and continued her studies assidu- ously, being a pupil of John H. Twacht- man. R. Swain Clifford and Willard l.. MetcalE while she studied composition under Frederick Dielman, president of the National Academy.
 She spent a summer in Nova Scotia with q little colony O. artists, and com pleted there some of her best work. notably the pictures, Broad Brook and Rocks" which have won for her de- served compliment. She makes a spe- elalty of flower paintng and landscape work.
 She has frequently exhibited. and her work Is widely known in her home local lty. There is q quality most interesting, individual and strkingly artistic in every thing Miss Mahan does.
 She is young woman tremendously in earnest and deeply enthusiastic over rare workmanship. Her ,ttle studio at home Is full to overfownR with studies in oils. pastels water colors of flowers, quaint ola farm houses. erests of little hills. winding roads and paths, still places in the woods and little pasture ends of all the picture places in Bibb and Shelby counties.
 With her love for the country. her power to express it's sweetness has grown and her work gives the most genuine pleasure. Her handling has breadth and simplicity and rare charm.
 She has an interesting personality; quick and keen as by her heritage she might be. a gifted and remarkable girl.
 One of her pictures, that of the old Bibp furnace, has just been completed. Miss Mahan will probably exhibit in Birmingham some time during the fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
Didn't Overlook Main Chance.

From the New York Tribune.
 This story is well in keeping with the spirit of the age. A Bronx man tells it about his little boy. The neighbor's young hopeful was very i'll. and Willie and the other youngsters in the block had been asked not to make any noise in the streets The neighbours door bell rang one day and she opened it to find Willie standing bashfully on her front steps.
 How is he today?" he incurred in A shy whisper.
 Hes better, thank you, dear. and what thoughtful child you are to come and ask" ,
 Willie stood d moment on one foot and then burst out again. "rm orfuI sorry Jimmy's sick
 The mother was profoundly touched. She could find no other words to say but simply kissed him. Made still bold CT by the caress, Willie began to back down the steps. repeating at intervals hIs sorrow for his playmate's illness At the bottom step he halted and looked ;Ip If Jimmy should die" he asked, ''kin I have his drum?''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11

fluffy lacework of blossoms. The blossoms glowed as If the aurora borealis had been detained to light up our forests. The sugar maple in blossom gives a most satisfying and pleasing effect at a time when the dull woods need color, Next autumn it will again outdo all other trees in the display of brilliant hues But In mid summer the sugar maple is green. beauti- full green and nothing more. It con tinues green when ruffled by the wind, nor is is the tree distinguished by any no- table voice. All through the long sum mer it Is earnestly maturing it's seeds and slowly converting the sugar in the sap beneath the bark into thin layers of fine grained, hard wood.
 The spirit of the woods may be dis- covered in the myriad voices and sounds coming from the trees themselves and from the feathered citizens dwelling m their boughs. With the eye we perceive statuesque outlines and varied colors, but with the ear we come into a closer con- munion with the essense or soul or spirit of nature. Go forth under the sky and lis- ten to the teachings of nature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
Monte Carlo Unattractive.

From the Kansas City Star.
 Last winter found me in Monte Carlo and, having a long vacation on my hands. I concluded I'd stay in that famous resort for a few weeks, which Heightened into months,' said MT w. R. Rains of Chicago. at the Arlington.
 z "Everybody knows that 1t Is the greatest gambling place in the world, and that it is in the principality of Monaco. In fact, it is tn entire prin- cipality, for one can walk from one end of 1t to the other in couple of hours. The ruler of this diminutive govern ment is Prince Albert, who spends little of his time at Monte Carlo. If this potentate were not a very learned and scientific man probably he would be in disrepute because of his getting S2,4OO,- GOO a year from the gamblers who con duct their business by virtue of his pincely permission. Being a scholar and the greatest living authority on submarine life. he is welcomed at every European court.
 "The owners of the gambling monop- oly also bear the entire expense Of carrying on the government. They police the place admirably and spend money lavishly in its adornment No resident has to pay a cent of taxation. The gaming which is open to the pub lie Is not attractive from any point of view for one sees around the tables about as motley and sordid crowd as could be gath cred together. visit to the casino will dispel any romantic illusions that one might have enter tained about this world-famous place. Tn men are bad enough but the wom- en gamesters are particularly repulsive. The worst old hags of Europe appear to be in evidence there.
 But only a tithe of the gambling done at Monte Carlo is done in public. o1ft1 ha Tlan raj slttb and others. private games are carried on for high stakes. None but members are admitted. and men of wealth who love to plunge find no place that af-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11

campaign in America is himself com mitted to the doctrines of non-resist- ance. The paradox becomes greater rather than less when it is known that Haywood's library contains several of Darrow's idealistic books, and that Darrow Is, in his own way, very much of a reyolutionist. To understand mili- tant socialism in this country or in any other, or, indeed, to understand nihilism or anarchlsm or any of the revolutionary isms that are giving foods for reflection and apprehension in all countries of the old world and are invading the new, one must under stand this combination of idealism with what seems to be the world at large as reckless disregard of social rights and obligations. Even such ex- treme types as Czolgosz and Herr Most and Emma Goldman have this same idealistic strain in them. So have the bomb throwers of Russia. So had the fosterfathers of the French revolution You cannot understand radicaiism unless you understand the idealistic side of the radical leaders. They are everlastingly differing with one another and quarreling over meth- ods of setting the world right; but they all have the idealistic strain in common study of Clarence Oar row is. therefore in a sense study of all the radical leaders of social reyo- lution the world over
 For years Darrow has been a recog- nized propagandist of labor, to use a mouth-flling phrase. Twelve years ago, when Eugene V. Debs was inn prisoned as a result of his activities in the great railway strike in Chicago, Darrow became his legal champion. Three years later he defended Thomas I. Kidd and two other woodworkers who were charged with having "con- spired" through their union. ito in- jure the business" of a great lumber company in Oshkosh, Wis. His argu- ment, which has been printed in pam phlet form and which Is pronounced by no less a critic than William Dean
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
CHEATED IN THE DIVIDE?
casey's Perplexity in the Mater of a,
 Catch of Blackfsh.

From the New York snn.
 Casey was on his way home from q fish ing trip down by the bell buoy. He had a fine string of blaekfsh. so heavy that he thought he needed counterweight to balance them. Not having can with hir he had dropped in to put another weiF In the middle. where he believed 1t wo uo almost as much good.
 And ivery wan of us," he said. w ing up his story of the days fishing. ''1 away with fifteen foine olackfsh on string
 How many fish did you catch in some one asked.
 sixty said Casey; there were fo us"
 Who were they?'
 Well. l was wan. and the two was two, and Finnegan was three Finnegan, he was three. and IT there were four of us, But who tn was the other fellow''
 Casey began again.
 '@rry 1t this way" he said: Fin was wan. and the two Kelleys was and l was three, and-and. Pm biest can think who was the other wan.
 Then Casey laid down his string of and began counting off the members the fishing party on the fingers of his engaged hand.
 T was wan" he said, doubling up fl ger he went along, and the two Ke leys was two. and Finnegan was three
 But the two Kelleys were three," some one broke in
 Do you know the two Kelleys?' asked Casey. warmly. No"
 Well. then. how cap ye say the two Kelleys was three? G$ on, man, you're drunk"
 Casey stood thinking It over for min- ute and then picked up Ais string of fish.
 I'm dommed," he safd, 'if the rascals didn't do me out of-three is in sixty twenty times-out of five fshes!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
Shifting the Blame.
1e Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 Say, Charle,' remarked the shade of Washington Irving to that of Dickens, how did you happen to show such ignor- ance and crudity in treating of American affairso"
 well. Wash,' responded Dickens, you know I got my first information from that fellow Martin Chuzzlewit, and he was such an ass."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11

The approaching Saengerfest which VII be held in Birmingham September 20 to g, will bring hundreds of visitors and DreparatIons for their entertainment a'e being made. The social side will be most Interesting and a number of prominent ..,ornan have been asked to cooperate with the gentlemen's committee.
 The complete programme has not been vet announced, but the holding of the Saeneerfest in Birmingham will be made
 hctinr as chairman of the ladies com ,oittee is Mrs Henry Luhrman, who ss well acquainted with the different soeie- lies Throughout the south. She attended the saengerfest last may in Chattanooga, and her selection as chairman of the committee is considered peculiarly fortu- nate.
 Other prominence women. who have been appointed on the committee are Mrs. T. Rabe who Is financial secretary. Mre.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
"Who Is This Man Darrow?v

From Current Literature.
 It was in 1888 that Chicago first be. gan to ask the question above. As the trail of Mover and Haywood proceeded the country has been asking the ques- uOn with some degree of interest for it has been evident that Darrow is more than a hired attorney in this case. He is pleading for a cause as well as arguing for client, and the cause Is one very near to his heart. Yet 1t is one of the paradoxes of the day that the man who is defending so ardently labor leaders accused of hay ing carried on for years a terrorist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11

lords them better facilities than Monte Carlo. A popular fallacy exists re- garding the breaking of the bank Now and then some lucky player may ex- haust the capital of a single table; but as for breaking the bank, no such thing has occurred in a generation. It would be just about as easy to do as to break the Bank of England"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11

The song of the silver maple is a silver song, an alluring vibrant, satis- lying song, which dies away slowly as the wind departs. The boughs cease to roll like troubled sea, the leaves and fluent spray. ruffe and tan gled into elegant disturbance, fall gent ly back when released from the wind The leaves settling down into rest | fitness and sleep sing their own lul- laby, the sweetset song of the woods.
 Perhaps unconsciously we all love the maple as much for its music as for it's beauty. The maple shows the silver | lining when disturbed cd agitated by the wind. Nearly all trees have two colors and two voices, a color and a voice for repose and color and a voice for commotion. The black oak has a , dral< glossy green color in repose but a slight shade of saffron when tossed about by the wind The ash, very green and very stately in repose, turns almost white in perturbation. The mutability of q forests colors and it's varied accompanying sounds can but charm and delight lover of nature. The walnut quickly natures it's foi- age in the spring and thereafter no new leaves are put out. The terminal bud will do nothing until 1t passes next winter. The walnut foliage is some what flowing and the leaves give forth
 
 may forget to note in the pressure of the heavy doleful vociferation of the branches. The walnut has it's own pe- culiar color and this Is constant in re- pose or in the agtating wind.
 The shag-bark hickory gives out sort of frivolous music, the leaves Tapping idly against each other. Like the walnut the hickory sets it's full complement of leaves early and produces no new ones it's energy being devoted to wood growth and to maturing the rich nuts and the spicy aroma emanating from them
 The box elder has no bass note. It's cargo of foliage shields the branches from the wind. If you find a walnut tree and box elder standing near each other note the wide difference in the sounds pro duced upon them by the wind No two trees produce more dissimnar sounds. The box elder often has a burden of seed keys and these are heard with the foliage when the wind moves them. This tree gives the sound belonging to foliage un- mixed by the sounds of boughs. It's min strelsy is, therefore. the purest of all tree music.
 The linden leaves in a gentle breeze rub and rasp and saw upon each other, but with no painful effect. Sometimes the sound is rich and purling, an opulence of gentle noises. In June the linden dresses itself with blossoms and the landscape gets a fine russet glow while the bees find a new honey pasturage.
 The sugar maple, elegant in boise and outline, is less distinguished in midsum- mer by sound and color than any other tree For few days last spring. before any forest leaves were out, the sugar maple hung over its naked branches d
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
Sour Grapes.

From the Chicago News.
 Viewed seems to be awfully proud of his wife" said the old bachelor.
 well" rejoined the unsuccessful suitor. 'he hasn't much to be proud of. She only weighs ninety pounds"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11

The sugar maple. elegant in boise and outline, is less distinguished in midsum- mer by sound and color than any other tree For d few days last spring, before any forest leaves were out, the sugar maple hung over its naked branches d
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
BURGER DRY GOODS COMPANY
OurAnnuaISaIe OfRugS az Smaller Prices Than Any House Has Ever Offered

Figures never Ie'-the whole story in three words. The assortment is COMPLETE. Not rug made but what we have it and sell cheaper than any house in Birmingham. few eye openers:
 9Xl2 Saxony Rugs worth $6O at ........... .$47.SO 9Xl2 Arlington Rugs, worth $50, at. 4OOO 9Xl2 Royal Wions, worth $50 at....,....... at 4O0O 9x12 French Witons, worth S45 at............ $500 9x12 Seamless Wltons, worth $40, at....... 5000 9Xl2 Seamless Wilton Velvets worth $}250, at. 23OO 9Xl2 Administers worth $}0 at................ at 225O 9Xl2 Velvet Rugs worth $25, ,at............... 175O 9Xl2 Brussels Rugs worth S2O, at........... 15.OO 9Xl2 Brussels Rugs worth $15 at t............ 11.OO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11

F.. Bunker, Mrs. A. Brandx, Mrs. Behrens. Mrs. IT, Key, Mrs. H. Miller, and Mrs. A. Egts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11

Towels "as interesting as a novel. resulted in the acquittal of his clients
The Washington bee., 1907-06-22
Dick Turpin a Plain RuffIan.

Dick Turpin was really a most ro-
mantle ruffian, who first appears in
history about 1876 at Loughton, where
he threatened TO put an old Mrs. Shell
lev on the fire unless she gave him
her money, says the Westminster Ca
zette.
Turpin's sphere Of influence" was
not HounslOw Heath, but Epping For
est; and the only true part of the pop
ular myth is that he really did shoot
his comrade, Tom King.
The legendary ride to York on Black
Bess was performed, if at all, by
Swift Nick Nevison, who in 1876
robbed a sailor on Gads Hill at four
a. m. and established an alibi by ap-
bearing the same evening on the bowl
ing green at York.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-22

mission as a brigadier general in the
regular service was being prepared
when he was shot When war with
Spain broke out he was in demand
in the field, for he had enjoyed not
only a civil war experience, but a
career as an Indian fighter on the
plains of the west. One of the famous
episodes Of his career was his pur-
suit and capture of Geronimo. He
was in command of the second diYi-
sion Of the fifth army corps before
Santiago, and on the conclusion of
peace was transferred to the Philip
pines.
He captured Santa Cruz, a Filipino
stronghold, April 10, 1899, and San
IsidTO on May Is, and on June l was
placed in command at Manila. He had
begun an offensive campaign looking
toward the capture of AguinaldO when
he was killed while directing an at
tack upon the insurgents in an en-
gagement near San Mateo, about Is
miles from Manila. A monument was
erected by American soldiers at the
spot where he fell. This memorial is
in the shape of a pyramid 10 feet
high. On the top an old Spanish can
non is mounted, surrounded by four
modern shells. The brave command
er was greatly beloved by the soldiers
who fought with him in Cuba and the
Philippines, and his character was
most highly esteemed by President
Roosevelt, his COmTade in Cuba, a fact
that led the latter to accept the invi-
tation to make the principal address
at the unyeiling ceremonies at Indian
apolis.
The equestrian statute of Gen.
Franz Sigel has engaged the best eff
forts of Mr.. Bitter since he received
the commission for the work about
three years ago. The unveiling cere-
monies Will occur in October next.
The site for the memorial is Riverside
Drive. and it will be one more impor-
tant adornment for locality that has
already come to be known as the
Acropolis Of New York.
The Barry statue was presented to
the city of Philadelphia by the Soci-
CIV of Friendly Sons of St Patrick,
of which the naval hero was a men,
her II is of bronze and of heroic size
and stands in front of Independence
hall where it was unveiled on March
16 by a great-great-grandniece Of Bar
rv. i2-year-old Miss Elsie Hazel Hep
burne. Barry is often called the
Father of the American Navy" and
his right to the title was defended by
Rear-Admiral George W. Melville, re
tired, sin an address which was the
leading feature of the unveiling cere
monies. Barry was born in Ireland il
1745 and came to the colonies when IL
years old. He commanded the frs
shin that flew the continental flag aGC
captured the first vessel taken by al
American warShip.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-22
HONOR MEMORY OF AeAssIz.
Centennial Anniversary of Great Nat.
uraist's Birth Celebrated.

BostOn.-The centennial of the bril-
liant Swiss-American naturalist, Louis
Agassiz, was celebrated by the whole
scientific and educational world on
May 2S The date was the hundTedth
anniversary of the birth of Agassiz at
Motier, Switzerland Interest in the
centenary in this country centered at
Harvard university, where Agassiz
lived and labOred from 1S47 to 1873,
the year of his death. This was a
period of great growth for Harvard
The conspicuous work of Agassiz for
the university was the great musuem
which he founded, and TO which he
gave the best of his remarkable tai