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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-20

Be good-natured-that's all," re- marks a St. Louis paper, as if that were an easy thing to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-20
Value of the Goat.

Tn speaking of the opportunities in Alabama, I am forcefully reminded of the goat" said an observant man. who has travelled over the state.
 Tn 1900 the valuation of goatslsins brought into this country from abroad was s32,0O0,OOO or more. an increase of 70 per cent in less than ten years, and total which will interest any one to discover It was quite as large as the raw silk brought into this country in the twelve months ending July 1, 1900.
 "The point enforced Is, now that goat skins are proving so large a part of our importations, why not put in practice the lessons taught by pfotectionsts: Why should we not do something In the way of cultivating an infant goat industry and so prepare ourselves to supply the home demand in that direction?
 "The hills and valleys of Alabama would take superlatively high rank in any se- rious consideration and application of this proposition. Alabama can well afford to improve the stock and raise goats for their skins, milk, hair and flesh, and, by the way, kids are excellent meat"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-20

When one of our infant industries emits a wall it sounds like siren whistle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-20
Stronn on the Farms.

There Is really no poverty on the farms of Alabama" said an agriculturist of the hill country of Alabama.
 "We are prospering as never before in the history of thls state. Our crops are not failures, for we do not depend ex- cluslvely upon cotton. We have quit buy ing meat having learned that we cannot afford to do so. Our lands yield abund- antly, and the Alabama hill and valley farmer now buys only coffee, sugars, dry goods and shoes and we expect after 8 while to furnish In the rough all material necessary for these, except the coffee proposition; and really, we can do with out this commodity.
 We Alabama hillbillies' have really grown independent"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-20

There is always trouble enough in Russia to keep everybody interested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-20

what he is up against. we are not sur prised.
 The south's waste lands are not to be compared with the talk that goes to waste down south.
 STAY IN THE FIGHT. Oh, trouble started with the world And life's an old, old story. No time to nope. climb up the slope And sing your way to glory! Fully for Bonaparter says the Wash ington Herald, trying to talk like the President.
 DEEP SEA TRAGEDY. Why is 1t the ocean moans7 That's what I'd like to know; It may be that the lobster Has pinehed the undertow.
 Chicago Journal And maybe It Is just the pain That thrills Its bosom wide, What time 1t shudders at the bar And thinks of last nights tide.
 Cleveland Leader. Perhaps you'd moan a bit yourself If now and then whale. Escaping from a swordfish, Should lash you with his tail.
 Philadelphia Ledger. The fckle ocean wooed the moon. Then to a parson hied. The sound you hear Is only this The moaning of the tied.
 August Lippincott's Sand heas dance on oceans shore They're mighty hard to catch; The reason for the moan Is plain, How can the ocean scratch?
 St. Louis Times. I guess you'd start to moaning, too. And most unhappy be, If you had all the junk in you That's thrown into the sea. When one monarch smacks another 1t Is called the kiss diplomaticus," and 1t Is pretty poor business. John G. Saxes Sonnet to a Clam" may yet inspire somebody to write an ode to a cuttle1sh. Drawing aside the veil of antiquity, we opine that "geezer" came from the ancient city of Gezer. Do we pass? Are we asleep?" asks a contemporary. Don't know try pinchlng.
 FALTERING. Oh, the struggle Is hard and the way is long
 And hope dies down in the night, And never a hand will lift up again A toiler who falls in the fight. Rtff cto ct Ri +A l.. top
 And marks with its feeble ray The end of the road where dreams come true And the dawn of better dayl
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-20

The south's waste lands are not to be compared with the talk that goes to waste down south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-20
STAY THE FIG

STAY IN THE FIGHT. Oh, trouble started with the world And life's an old, old story. No time to nope, climb up the slope And sing your way to gloryi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-20
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
GREAT AT LA ST.

GREAT AT LAST Nobody ever thought he would Become a shining mark And make the big, bright, roomy world, As 'twere. his private park. Nobody ever dreamed that he Would pass all other men Who fight for fame with flashing sword Or wield a trenchant pen. Nobody ever hoped to see The laurel on his brow. It surely is a great surprise, For Bills a pitcher now.
 THE BOARDER. You can always spot the boarder. be- cause he invariably makes a noise like
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-20

Bully for Bonaparter' says the Wash ington Herald, trying to talk like the President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-20

Anniston Hot Blast: Sympathetic strikes and hysterical legislation keep us in mind of the fact that thls is midsummer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-20

what he is up against. we are not sur prised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-20

Washington Bureau Age-Herald 1421 G street N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-20

He, who the sword of heaven will bear, Should be as holy as severe.
 Measure for Measure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-20
THE BOARDER.

You can always spot the boarder, be- canse he inXaria bly, makes a ntalsa like
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-20

St. Louis Times: We knew Wall street would settle down as soon as 1t settled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-20

Washington Times: We shall have a new respect for the suitcase, hereafter, now that one has been found full of s470O in bills instead of rumpled shirts and mussed collars
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
SAYS RAILROADS KEEP
BOOKS %FRAUDULENTLY
Sensational Assertion Made by
Commissioners Rice at Dead
wood Hearing.

Dcadwood. :. d.. Feb. GA sensation
was sprung at the meeting of the South
Dakota railroad commissioners with
che DeadWood a2d Lead business men
here today. when George II. Rice. ,he
pew commissioners, stated thai he did
got believe the assertion of The rail
roads that only one of them in IL.
f'hte was operating AT Il profit. but
that lie did believe that such II state
ment was based upon fraudulent book
keeping.
Mi. Rice stated fu.ther That while
the powers of the commission ar. too
limited and the funds Insufficient, 10
ALLOW them to go into the matter, Yet
he believed that rate. should he re-
duced in his state.
Black Hills mining men spoke regarG-
ing h almost prohibitive rate on
cyanide Of potassium. one of the most
necessary articles for mining men. upon
the excessive rates on ore from the Bald
Mountain district and upon the dfscrin,-
nation in coal rates.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
SOUTH DAKOTA FARES
WELL IN INDIAN BILL

Washington, ~. e.. Feb .t.-South D;.-
kota Jared well III ihe Indian bill. ol-
sideration OF which vas partially com
plcted in the mate yesterday. Among
the items approved by the senate b.ll
were 800 0o for repair of buildings a.:
Pine Ridge. Sill 500 for the Chamberlain.
school. $,2.625 for the ~F'landreau school.
So. $50 for the Pierre school. including
81. 600 10 be Immediately available TO:
one building n repairing structures
recently damages. and 81. $50 to pay ii
claim of Mrs. lane l.. Waldron. For
the Sioux of different tribes, including
the Santee. of Nebraska, 1897 900 was
appropriated the am as in the house
bin. and for the Yankion Sioux Sal .0oo
was appropriated. For the continu-
tnce of the general Indian work il
South Dakota the appropriations car
,ried by the house bill were approved.
Upon a point OF order the provision
comforting jurisdiction on the court o!
claims to hea cases in The claims Q.
.Santee Sioux Indians for annuities saio
TO he due under treaties With the init
led states was stricken from the bill.
An amendment TO the bill was
adopted providing that the Chicago.
Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad az
puire by direction of the interior de
partimcnt such allotted lands of India,,s
AS ii needs for right of way, depot lands
and for its coast extension througi.
South Dakota.
senator IN put in an a~Inendmen.
10 the river and harbor bill providing
tor he Improvement of the Misscur.
river near Yanklon 10 the extent IF
$4,000.
Al the reques; of Senator Gamble
the Judiciary committee deferred for :.
week decisive actor. on The n%ominatios
of j. ID. Elliott as United States attur.
neN for South Dakota.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
WOMEN PERISH IN
SOUTH DAKOTA TORN

Sturgis. $. d.. Feb. Sword has been
received here that Mrs. Jacob Wahl.
residing ten miles from Stoneville.
froze to death during q blizzard "A few
days ago. She Went to %Stoneville for
maj and was overtaken on her return
trip by the storm and persisted. Her
body was found the next day.
from Bend comes reports of "a middle
age woman being frozen to death in
her home. She had burned up all the
furniture for fuel. She lived alone. She
was found dead in bed by a neighbor
woman who Went to visit her.
Mrs; l1agran. of Top Bar. also is re-
ported to have persisted on the prairie
during the blizzard. The body is not
expected To be found until the snow
melts.
Several schools throughout Meade
county suffered severely during Fri
days storm. Some children with their
teachers were compelled to STAY in the
school houses all night. Others were
taken to farm houses.
reports from the ranches are that
there are many dead cattle and sheen
scattered over the prairies.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
NOSE KAUFMAN is
OUT OF BREWING COMPANY

Sioux Falls. S. d.. Feb. S.-UnusuaI in
terest attached to the annual meeting of
the stockholders of the Sioux Falls Brew
ing and Mailing company. which has Just
been held in this city, for the reason that
AT the meeting Nj. Kaufmann, who for a
period of twenty-five years has been con-
nected with the business of the company.
rendered his resignation as an officer of
the company and as a director. 1t is an
nounced as his intention to close out his
interests in the company as soon as he
can in order to give his entire attention 10
other business interests. The new officers
of the company are: President, NJ. Levin
ger: VICE president. Charles N. Voss, of
Davenport. Ia: secretary-treasurer, c. j.
l.angfelt. James Jacobs will succeed NJ.
Kaufman as superintendent and manager
of the outside business of the company.
Mr.. Voss. the new vice president. is presi-
dent of the German Savings bank of Dav-
export.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14

The greatest railroad man in Canada
u Sir William G. Van Horne. chairman
Of the board and formerly president of
'he Canadian Pacific. For his eminent
services in promoting the commercial
ana industrial development of Canaua
ne vas knightcd. Sir William is a
native of VIII county, Illinois and
forty nine years & he began his rail-
road carer as a telegraph operator Oh
the Illinois Central in Chicago. Hu
continued to be connected with the
various American roads until 1882,
when he went to the Canadian Pacific
as general manager. His last position
on this side Of the national line was
that of general superintendent OF the
Chicago, milwaukee, and St. Paul.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
MAY HAVE TO BURN
WOOD AT STATE CAPITAL

Pierre. S. D.. Feb. 6.-People of tn.
state capital may have TO rustic cot
tonWood u of the snow for fuel.
Pierre liz upon the verge of a coal
canine. The supply of hard coal j.
exhausted. The Atlas people yesterday
received Il car of ten tons and having
orders for sixty tons waiting. the car
load WAS divided into 5OO-pound lots.
several cars are en- route and il Is
hoped VIII arrive i'll season TO avert in
convenience There is considerable soft.
goal on hand.
The weather bureau shows the ice
In the Missouri river last Mondav to
have been twenty inches thick at Yank-
ton. twenty-one at Pierre. and thirty
five at Bismarck. The snow record
shows he whole northwest which
trains into the river. has AN average
VI fifteen inches on the oun This
with the thick ice indicates there IL
u probability of heavy floods This
spring 1t will be well for people al!
along the river To be on guard fu, mis-
situation.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14

The fight over the Palace of Peace
at the Hag,ic is assuming a more acute
form. AS is well known Nj. Cordonn-
i.r's project. To which the palm was
awarded finally by the jury. is much
cost about twice The amount set aside
by Nj. Carnegie. 1t has been a COM
plant of Ofher .COrnpettrUrs, vino kept
inside The limit. hat the jury in ar
irving at Il decision took no notice OF
this breach of the rules. Every archi-
tect,' they reason can plan a splendid
building when there Is no limit to its
costliness. We have kept within these
limits, but others. among them Nj. Cor
donnier, did not and obtained much adj
vantage thereby"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
COURT FIGHT FOR LAND
WORTH $500 O00

Of
Ella Il. Sanford VS.. +. II. Sanford.
William e. Sanford and Frank San
ford. Involving titles to over 100 quarter
sections OF South Dakota land. is near
ing am end.
The case has been before Judge
Whiting at intervals for The past three
years, during which time an appea to
again brought before Judge Whiting.
by failure of defendants to give Il STAY
bond on the appeal. The case is one of
the land being valued AT from $500. 900
to 100000. The farms are located be
tween Kingsbury county n The Mis-
souri, river.
The case is brought by Ella X. san
ford. only daughter of the late Edward
Sanford. of Morris, Ill. who in the early
SOS loaned sums of money on lands in
what, was then Dakota territory and
when The hard times came on. Mr.. san
ford foreclosed his mortgages and
thereby acquired title to property
which is now In litigation. MIR. Sanford
died i'm 1900 and his estate went to his
four children. ELLA r., Edwin H.. viii
liam o., and Frank. all residents of
Norris. III. Some years since. Miss
Sanford appealed to her brothers for a
division of the property. but this was
denied. hence the institution of this
suit FOR partition of her fathers estate.
There are about 500 papers on file in
inns action. including receivers report.
into whose custody the lands were
placed some months ago.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14

To discover the heart of an oyster
the fold OF flesh which oystermen call
The mantle must be removed. This
is fatal to the oyster, of course. but in
the interest of science and for the bene-
ut of the curious it is occasionally
done. When the mantle has been re
moved the heart. shaped like Il crescent
or horned noon. is laid to the view.
The oysters heart is made up of two
parts, just like that OF Il human being.
n of which receives the blood from
the gills and the other drives it out
through the arteries.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14

London 10Y has six underground
electric railways (tubes) in operation,
and five more are under construction
or projected. The railways Of London.
underground and surface, carry more
than SOC. 600, 900 persons each year. Of
which underground lines accommodate
25S. 900, 900. There are nearly 600 rail-
way stations in Greater London, and
into the trunk line stations alone there
pour annually more than 800, OOO, 900 pas
SengerS.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
Put QU|E7US ON
SPRINGFIELD NORMAL
Effort Bobs UP Again in Bill
to Give Property
Away. r.Sy-
PRIMARY MEASURE is UP
Special Order But II Appears Strange
to Its A~u.hor-Senate Refuses to
Concur in House Amend
ments to Anti-Pass.

Pierre. s. -. Feb. s. Something Vii
be doing i'm the house today when the
report of the COMMITTEES on highways.
bridges and ferries. recommending that
the state lands al Springfield he do
mated to that city for educational pui-
poses. comes up for adoption. This is
.i.- outgrowth of the movement start
ed two years ago To cut of the general
appropriation for the maintenance of
the normal school at that place.
Lee. of c%odington, is the chairman of
the committee and some criticism is
directed toward him by he friends of
the school and it is pointed out that as
his county is asking for u branch of the
insane hospital he Is not in position to
advise the closing of one of the states
educational institutions. A delegation
of Springfield citizens is expected on
the first train to combat this PROPOSE
tion. which produced much bad blood
during the session of two years ago.
Primary Bill Much Changed.
The primary bill was amended So
that its author would hardly know II.
by the house, and VIII orn M r<--s
special order today at 3 O'Clock.
The house is so s%watuped with bills
TO, passage that ii is holding 4 norm
ing session to help clean the calendar.
but Will hardly reach the rate bill to-
day.
Inc senate having refused To concur
In the house amendments To the anti
pass bill Il joint committee Is wrestling
with the points of difference and both
bodies are in temper To combat any
Concessions from the bill as originally
passed by each branch. Passes may he
good for several days yet.
IA +.
powdell.s text hook hin is sin il,
COMMITTEES nf tho whole wba,. II vas
NV The san.t. vesterd.y and
its author. does nor d,,.e IN hr;na i, ont
less ii la, neremntorilv killed n VAC
the bone of contention i'm a n,r,i,m.nt
AIRY struggle with Dillon and Ry,ua on
posing il and Dowdeu snnnor,,ny +,
while Dudley of r,u Rive, so,ybf ~
increase the tanale when he,nnna5 i, in
by resort tn nnrI,,,nant,rv t,nti.s ne
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14

Having refused to remain away from
the mission field for the full term OF
his furlough, the Rev. DIR. Andrew
Watson, who has been engaged i'm mis-
sion work forty-flve years, has sailed
for Egypt. DIR. Watson is the father
of the Rev. Charles II. Watson, secre-
tary of the board of foreign missions
Of the United Presbyterian church. The
father has spent the greater part of
his life in the Egyptian field. and, as
DR.. Charles Watson is the executive
OF this department, the father is en-
ployed by the son.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14

At 81 meeting of the Academy of
Medicine. held on December 4, 1908. NJ.
Chauvel read Il pa per communicated by
M. Boigey dealing with the subject 70
blindness among Arabs. The observa-
tons therein described showed that the
principal causes OF blindness among
Arabs were, in order of their import
ance, u~ncleanliness, flies. diffused glare
OF the sun, dust. containing sandy par
ticles and the excessive use of koheul
(Sulphide of antimony.)
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14

Rudyard Sipling. Who dislikes h
winter climate of England, is blotting
out the winter months from his calen-
dar by a visit to South Africa, where
he has a beautiful house near Cape
Town. given to him by Cecil Rhodes.
In Sussex. England. where he passed
the summer. he has n farm of 500
acres to which he devotes his after
moons after three hour OF writing in
his den among the gables of his Eliza
bethan house.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
SILVER TRoWEL TO GO
TO EARlBAULT. MIMI

Lead, 5. ID. Feb. 6.-The state boara
decided that the famous Masonic silye,
travelling trowel. which reached Sioux
Falls today from Cedar Rapids, la. VIII
make u SIDE trip during the thirty
days it will be in charge OF the Masons
OF Sioux Falls. The Masonic lodge OF
Faribault. Mimi. Will on February !
celebrate it's semi-centennial. and tn.
request of that lodge for a visit from
the trowel on that occasion has been
granted. Colonel Thomas H. Brown. of
SIOUX rails mas beer selected as the
envoy who will escort the trowel To
farlbault. and who will see nat /, is
safely returned Immediately after the
semi-centennial festivities to the Gus
tody or the MasonS of Sioux Falls.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
FIGHT FIRE IN Is
BELOW ZERO Temperatures

Sioux Falls. S. D.. Feb. cit has been
to amount abou $4,000 was caused bv
hre early this morning i in the local
Yards OF the Tuthill Lumber company.
rla!ies We're fought and extinguished
by the fire department while the tern-
perature was more thar 25 degrees he
low zero.
Last night was coolest of the winter
in this section, the coolest noin,
reached by the official governInen;
MON was 25 below. while Other
and 80 below.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14

The Chinese method OF producing ar
tiicial pearls by introducing some for
eign substances into the pearl oyster is
open to a difiiculty-the oyster some
lines eXpels the object from It's shell.
a French eXperimenter has devised an
Improvement. He makes a hole in the
n introduces u little bit of
mother-of-pearl. The oyster cannot get
rid OF this. and deposits the nacreous
layers on it until it becomes a pearl.
About two years suffice. A small true
pearl may be used.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
THREE KILLED BY
BIG SNOWSLlDE

Lead. $. D.. Feb. S.-A snowslide AT
herwin. Wyo., swept down on "A camp
stnd Charles Brunnell and wife. and
Jack Reynolds. a prospector. are known
to have perisned.
The bodies of the dead are under
fifty feet of snow. The town is hrilt
mt he foot Of the mountains of exces-
sive grade. The recent thaw loosened
the frozen mass.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
ESTATE EMBRACED LAND
VALUED AT $3.50. OO0

Yankton. $. D.. Feb. S.-The estate OF
the late a. w. Howard. formerly of this
city. mas Just been closed here. and
shows the deceased held over $500 acres
of land in Yankton. Clark. Hughes,
Hand. Lawrence. Hyde. Potter and 9TH
err counties OF the state. A conservative
estimate places the land. bought in pio-
neer days at a nominal figure. at from
SIZE. COO to $780, 200.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14

A we'll known. city officer In Auld
Reekie was celebrated for his cunning
and wit. His mother having died in
Edinburgh, he hired a hearse and car
ried her to h family burying place In
the Highlands. He returned with the
nearse fui! of struggled whisky and be-
ing teased about 1t by a friend h.
said. "Oh. man, there is no harm done,
! only @ away the body and brought
back the spirit"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
FOUR DAYS FUEL ON
HAND AT ABERDEEN G n

Aberdeen. S. D., Feb. S.-If another
storm strikes this state within the next
day or two Aberdeen is likely to ex-
p%ericnce q; fuel famine. All stocks have
run low and only enough for the city
need for four days remains. Coal 10
on h way here, but it is stalled some
where between here and Monteyideo
Mimi. The possibility of his famine
mas caused some uneasiness, Towns
west will not suffer as supplies Wen,
there before the blockade.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14

A strange little creature il the North
ern ehirke or butcher bird. which come.
nearly every winter. About a.
big - q robin. the butcher bird Rener.
any travels alone. He preys on mice
locust thorns. sharp twies or the nc,r -.
@ wire fence while he makes his
meal "s
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
DUBUQUE THINKS IT
Is COLD At IA BEL Ow

Dubuque. Ia, Feb. S.-This The cold
est day OF the winter. the government
thermometer reporting IA below
Fire early this morning burned tho
Smedley Pump works causinx a loss
OF $4,000 on buildings and PATTERNS