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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-06-24
AN ADVENTUROUS CORRESPOND.
EMIT.

Few newspapers In the United
States are able TO command the serv.
ices Of as brilliant corps of CORE.
spoudents as the Chicago Record-Her.
AID Its choice Of Walter Wellman
TO represent IL at Washington is a
good Illustration OF its wise policy OF
getting the best there is to be had.
Mr.. Wellman has won national rep
utation ~ = magnetic and resourceful
Asws writer. And now he is prepar-
Ing to ciinch his reputation for orig.
inality and darying by trying to reach
The north pole In an airship.
Whatever may be the results OF Mr.
Wellman's daring attempt TO reach
the pole this summer In an airshlp and
ssnd the nsws Of the voyage at once
70 the Record-Herald by wireless tie
legraphy, the WellmAn- -Record-Herald
expsdition u sure to be conducted by
~. Wsllman with the same cool cour.
~ AAl whole soulcd enthusiasm that
have nAas hin IN ideal newspaper
~. WeaAunan was born in Mentor,
pAla n 1ss& ~ II he began his
lswuUaDer sxDsrteacA sstablishins At
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-06-24
POSTAL OFFICIALS
TO ATTEND CONVENTION

Two important officials Of the
United States postoface department
win arrive In Gienwood Springs Fri,
day, June Il. They are going to at
tsnA officially the Colorado State Post
masksra' convention which will be
Held At Gienwood Springs on that date.
r. H. Hitchcock, first assistant post
master general. in letter received by
the Denver postmaster, writes that
he has arranged for Il T. Bushnell,
assistant superintendent Of the divi-
sion OF salaries and allowances and
George l. Van Dyke OF Des Moines,
Ia. one Of the field superintendent
to attend the convention. This is done
in order that these officials may give
the postmasters OF Colorado informa-
tion concerning the operation OF the
new appropriation and postal laws
which will 60 into effect July 1.
This is the chief business which will
occupy the postmasters convention
this year. Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock has made this arrange.
ment because 1t is the best opportun.
ity of explaining clauses and clearing
lip difficulties not understood by the
officials OF this department of the gov
eminent throughout the country.
Under the, new laws passed In the
last session OF congress, many post.
masters and other employees of the
postoffice will receive an increase OF
salary. The question of who are elig
ible for such increases will be fully
explained by Mr.. Bushnell.
The new laws also make much need
ed provision for the employment OF
auxiliary clerks and first and second
class postoffices. 1t will be explained
under which conditionst his viii be
possible.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-06-24
INCREASED COAL PRODUCTION.

Statistics compiled for the geologi-
cal survey by Edward w. Parker, coal
mining expert OF the survey, show a
remarkable Increase in the total pro
duction OF coal in the United States
during 1906 over the preceding year.
The production in 1906 was Ala 039.-
5sl short tons of 1000 pounds, valued
at S5l2.Glo,744. In 1905 the output
amounted to 392,91e,4s1 tons, valued
at si76,756,9G3. The increase in auan.
tity was 8 per cent and in value 7
per cent
west Virginia supplanted Illinois as
the state second to Pennsylvania in
coal production, attributed chiefly to
.he almost complete suspension of min.
ing IN Illinois during all of April and
Il part OF May, when the miners and
operators were in conflict over the
wage scale.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-06-24
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
ON NEWSPAPERS.

The following was what the presi-
dent said about newspapers In his ad-
dress at Norfolk:
at IL, Of course, mere trnism TO
say that no other body of our country.
as those who write for the daily press
and for the periodicals. 1t is also a
truism to say that such power lm-
plies the gravest responsibility, and
the man exercising 1t should hold him
self accountable. and should be held
he occupied any other position OF pub
lie trust. do not intend to dwell
upon your duties today, save that !
shall permit myself to point out one
matter where II seems to me that the
need of our people is vital. 1t is es-
sential that the man in public life and
the man who writes In the public
press shall both OF them, II they are
really good servants of the people, be
prompt to assail wrongdoings and
wickedness. But in thus asstailing
wrongding and wickedness, there are
II unfulfilled. harm and not good will
result In the first place, be sure Of
your facts and avoid everything like
hysteria or exaggeration, for to as
sail decent man for something Of
which he Is innocent Is to give aid
and comfort to every scoundrel. while
indulgence In hysterical exaggerati IN
serves to weaken, not strengthen, lhe
statement of truth. In the second
place. be sure that you base your
Judgment on conduct and not on the
social or economic position OF the
Individual with whom you are dealing.
There are good men and bad men in
every walk OF life. and their being
good or bad does not depend upon
whether they have or do not have
large bank accounts. Yet this ele-
mental fact, this fact which we all &C.
cept AZ self-evident. when we think
each OF US OF the people whom he him
self knows in his business and social
relations, Is often completely ignored
by certain public men aud certain pub.
lie writer's. The men who thus ignore
1t and who attack wickedness only
when found In particular class are
always unsafe. and are sometimes very
dangerous leaders. Distrust equally
the man who is never able to discover
amy vices Of rich men to attack and
the man who confines himself to at
tackinE the sins and shortcomings of
rich men. 1t Is sure sign of moral
and mental dishonesty in any man II
in his public assaults upon iniQuity he
IL never able to see any iniquity save
that OF 4 particular class; and this
whether he Is able only to see the
crimes of arrogance ad oppression In
the rich or the crimes of envy and vio-
lence In the poor. He is no true Ameri-
can II he is respecter of persons
where right and wrong are concerned
and II he fails to denounce the dema-
sogue no less than the corruptionist,
to denounce alike crimes of organized
greed and crimes of brutal violence.
There is equal need to denounce the
wealthy man who swindles investors
or buys legislatures or oppresses
wage workers. and the needy man who
innames class hatred or incites mob
violence. We need to hold the scales
OF Justice even. and TO weigh them
down on one side is as bad as TO
weigh them down on the other"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-06-24
RARITY OF SUFFERING WOMEN

Did you ever see woman who
stuttered?"
mo; now l come to think of 1t,
| never did"
They are very rare" said the ply
sician, Il think it is safe to say that
the average person passes through life
without ever meeting suffering
woman.
There are two reasons for this.
First, woman naturally don't know
WHY'S less liable to the disease of
stammering than man. Second, il she
develops this disease, she sets out
with the determination OF cure herself
and she succeeds; whereas careless
men rather than take the trouble of
a cure, will go stammering on TO the
end"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-06-24
NATURE NOTES.

The spider eats daily twenty-six
times his own weight
The chiffon. a molluck. has 1900
separate eyes.
A bee visits $500. 900 flowers in
gathering one pound OF honey.
The green finch is the first bird
to get up In the morning. His hour
is 1870.
The skin Of the whaleboue whale.
boiled to = jelly. In favorite dish OF
Danish cpicures.
The boa constructor. Buckland. the
naturalist, declares, tastes like veal.
only nnsr and swestsr.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-06-24

Ine man who always stops to thina
oeiore speaking may not say very
much. but he seldom has occasion to
take any Of It back.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-06-24

Observing n passenger with the un-
lighted butt of a cigar in his finger,
the street car conductor requested
him TO put II out.
1T is out. you chump." responded
the passenger.
Pardon me-" resumed the conduc.
tor, "if have failed to make myself
clear. The condition to which had
reference was not of mere temperate
non-combustion. but of elimination.
the eradication. might say. of the
physical presence of your nicotine
lade remnant this process followed
necessarily by the cessation of the
odor now permeating an atmosphere
already somewhat deficient, ! fear, In
the essential element OF ozone. I'm
a humble conductor, and my aim is
to please, but you hog, you throw that
cigar through the door or III throw
you and II both. Seer"
Excuse me professor" replied the
passenger meekly and the incident was
Observation-Disclosures Public Ledger.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-06-24
AMUSING.

Mrs. Dolan (boastfully): Mrs.
Carney, the wolfe OF the rich grocer,
called on me today"
Mrs. Nolan: well, well, dye moind
thot now! Ills shame fur Carney
t be maxim his wolfe COLLECT them
bad bills. ls."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-06-24

The highest leap ever made by a
horse was Z feet s inches, a leap
made in 1899 in London by Black
Bess. thoroughbred.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-06-24
FRONTIER SKETCHES.

s"ttiement along about 1881 the peo-
pie OF the town had to go through
many of the eccentricities of pioneer
life which the weakened generation
Of the present time will never be able
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
Romance of the Fur Trade.

No more fascinating Romance Of Trade exists than the efforts of an army of adventures in the waste places, charged with the annual full production of the world, which now amounts to S5,- O0O0OO Here is the oldest industry known to man, and one beyond the reach of any trust, since any lonely trapper can throw his belts on the market at his own price. So writes William G. Fitz-Gerald in the Technical World Magazine for January.
 I will remark in passing that the fur hunters have probably done more world exploring than any other travellers. It was the little beaver that lured men from the St. Lawrence to the Mississippi, and thence to the Rockies. Again 1t was the sable that led the tribesmen of Asiatic big sea otter lured the Spanish and the English, with Russians and Americans, all round the world in crazy craft. explor- ing our Pacific coast from Alaska to Cal ifornia.
 Today Canada alone produces over &, 900, 900 worth of furs every year; and to this Alaska now adds $7500O0 of raw belts, and Labrador probably half this amount. Until a decade or so ago the Prybiloffs and other seal islands sent out S2,250,000 worth of skins annually; and then of course we have the enormous quantities dressed and manufactured for the home markets.
 This is tine introduction to an excellent article on the fur trade in general which is illustrated admirably with photographs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
HAMMERsTEIN SPLITS SOCIETY.
New Yorks Smart Set Divide Into
 Rival Factions.

From the New York American.
 Having made a huge success of his Manhattan opera house from an artistic standpoint, Oscar Hammersten Is now attracting the social set, and. judging from the present list of boxholders, so- ciety will be represented at the Thirty fourth street opera house when the sea son opens.
 Last season MT. Hammerstein was so busy giving good opera that he paid little attention to the boxholders, and as a re- suit there were only eight subscribers to the boxes That, however, was when MT. Hammerstein venture was only an ex- pertinent. Now that he has succeeded m giving New York some of the best singers 1t has ever heard, and has gathered a company second to none in the world, so- ciety folks are anxious to lend their aid.
 Just as he divided the opera singers into two rival camps last season, MT. Hammerstein promises to divide the social set into two rival divisions this season.
 Among the prominent subscribers to the boxes last winter are Clarence Mackay, Guggenheimer. r. Lancaster Robert Graves Frank Woolworth Senator w. H. Reynolds, Mrs. Rutherford Stuyvesant, James Gayley, Daniel G. Reid Frank Ril- ford. w. F. Cory, W. E. Refs, F. k. Thomas, w. s. P. Morosini, George c. Boldt Jr., Edwin Wickes. H. c. Campbell and W. B. Dickson. In all there are A subscribers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29

Nearly every woman has these miser- able experiences. and many such suffer- CTS seek relief in secret remedies, con- taining harmful drugs and cheap alco- hol. If you are doing this. stop it now, before you ruin your health completely. Your condition Is bad enough without making 1t worse.
 You need a tonic that will brace up the nervous system, cleanse the bowels, liver and kidneys, and enrich the blood. The best. purest. safest preparation to do this is Stuart's Calcium Waters.
 Stuart's Calcium Waters are not a se- cret remedy They do not contain harm flu. drugs. nor do they lose their medicI- nal power as most liquid medicines do, because these waters are in tablet or lozenge form, which cannot deteriorate or evaporate.
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 You can obtain Stuart's Calcium Wa fers in any drug store at only 50 cents box, but if you have any doubts as to the merits of these wonderful calcium waters, why send us your name and ad- dress and we will send you a free sam pie package, so you can give them fair trial and convince yourself. Write today. Address F. A. Stuart Co.,, 176 atuaafr .haadldinG. Kasshau Mel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
To Contractors. Carpenters and Builders
AN UNSATISFACTORY POST.
Expense and Ingratitude Conditions of
 the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland.

From "The "Reminiscences of Lady Ram
 dolph Churchill'' in tho January Gen.
 tury
 Accompanying the new lord lieutenant. we took part in the state entry into Dublin, which was conducted with the usual military display and viceregal et quette. The duke in uniform rode with a glittering staff about him. The rest of the family in carriages with positions and outriders drove through the crowded streets to the black and grimy old castle, which for centuries had witnessed these repeated attacks made in the last hundred years on the Irish yiceroyalty 1t Is strange that 1t still exists and is appar- ently fiourishng. But in the old days of slow travel and no telegraph. when it took a week to get to Dublin, things were very different. and one can under stand the pomp and circumstances with which the representative of the sovereign necessarily surrounded himself.
 In India, the eastern mind has to be impressed with the glamor of royalty. In the distant colonies. Canada, Aus tralia, New Zealand and others, govern- ment houses Is d great feature, and the governors men of responsibility. But what excuse can be offered for the Dub- lin court, which Is within few hours of London and in direct communication by
 
 street? The lord lieutenant. who Is not in the cabinet. is but a figurehead. q purveyor of amusementts for the Irish officials and the Dublin tradespeople, on whom he is obliged to lavish his hosp' tallty and his money, with no return and no thanks. The wives of the viceroys labor In good works. each in turn wing with each other in charitable ardor. But these philanthropic works could be ear- ried on just as well If they did not ema- nate from the castle. The ingratitude of the people must be very disheartening to each successive viceroy. However pou- ular the lord lieutenant and his wife may be, however successful their attempts to cojole. conciliate and entertain--though out of their private means they may have spent money like water-in a week all Is forgotten. The new regime is para mount: Le roi est mort: yive le roi!
 If the lord lieutenant carries out with tact and success the policy of the gov ernment. the credit is taken by the mn- ister. If, on the other hand. the policy is 8 failure, he gets the blame. or. worse still, Is repudiated publicly and told that the lord lieutenant Is of no account. have seen a good many viceregal courts. and 1t Is a marvel to me that any one can be found to accept so ungrateful A post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
When Women Invaded Parliament.

From Charities and the Commons.
 Tt was finally decided that we go to the House of Commons on the opening day; that we send in to the prime min isted. and if he would not see us, that we there in the House of Commons make known our demands for suffrage. Two hundred or 300 women from the East End of London. we told to come with us to the parliament buildings. They had implicit faith In use and came. We are ready for anything when we have the ideal before us. I knew that I had only to think of the suffering people I had seen, of all the misery of the women and children. and 1t would not matter what I suffered If only I could do soSne- thing"
 The House of Commons is really un- der the speakers orders. He had given direction to the chief of police that only % women were to be admitted on that day, so the majority, the poor women from East London were left outside. The others entered the lobby. which Is a passageway between the House of Lords and the House of Comons. and by its very atmosphere exacts deference and silence from those who enter 1t. Street meetings in fact, are prohibited within a mile of the houses. Traditions and law alike were broken that day by these women who dared things unheard of be- fore In English history. As they had agreed, they asked an audience of the prime minister, but he refused to see them. Then one of the six who had en- tered, A young girl. stood up on chair. and cried out: "I demand the rights of citizenship Then" said Mrs. Sander son, "the police rushed in in great force. We all joined hands round, and held on until she was dragged down. Mrs. Des- pard said the same words. She was I Izx.,w l.. kI- ft... came my turn. was dragged down and out Into the street" Meanwhile, the women outside were holding meet ing and they were arrested too'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
Wedding at Northport.

Tuscaloosa, December 8.-(Special)- An interesting wedding occurred in North port on Tuesday night, the contracting parties being MT. Edgar Roster of NorthT port and Miss May Smitherman of this city. The marriage occurred at the res- idence of Rev. John T. Bealle, MT. Bealle performing the ceremony. The match was surpise to the families of the young people, but they came over to Tuscaloosa yesterday, and after receiving the paternal blessing they left for Cen treville, where they will visit relatives. after which they will be at home in Northport. Both young people are quite nnnlllar-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
BILL OF COMPLAINT FILED.
Another Chapter In Mason Will Con-
 test.

Mobile. December 2S.-(Special.)-A bill of complaint was filed this afternoon in the chancery court by c. l.. and H. T.. Smith. attorneys for Mrs. Frances D. Mason, against J. Henry Mason. James s. Brown and W. A. Hopper, of the firm of Brown & Hopper; A. B. Carroll, G. NJ. Bradley. J. Pholl, William Topp Robert H. Lanier and Walter Mitchell, all but the first named being tenants.
 The property rents for s6620 annually. and the complainant asks that receiver be appointed to collect rents, handle and manage the property with due care and diligence during the litigation now in progress, all of which gives ample evi- dence that the bill of exceptions will be filed in the time allotted and the case referred to the supreme court, The date for hearing and appointment of receiver will be announced by the court later. This action adds another incident to the Mas son will contest which was so earnestly fought in the probate court last week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
Breaks Into Jail,

Huntsville, December 2S.-(Special )-Ar- thur Anderson. negro, got drunk, and, mistaking the front door of the Madison county jail for the entrance to his home, walked up and demanded admission. The demand was readily granted, and when Deputy Sheriff Miller responded to the call he found Anderson to be too drunk to take care of himself. The negro was locked up on a charge of public drunk enness and is still prisoner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
FOR RENT

Four story and basement, brick building, steam heated, electric elevator, between 20th and. Fist streets on First Ave. Present tenant desirous of mak- ing change in location if lease can be disposed of within next three days. Excellent oppor- tunity. See
 JOHN c. SMITH & co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
Girl Runs Away.

Gadsden, December 2S.-(Special.)-J. A. Walker, an aged farmer of near Noun tainboro, was in the city today looking for his 15-year- old daughted, Nora, who left her home last night came to this city and is thought to have gone to An niston She was seen here in company with an Anniston man. She Is said to be exceedingly pretty. This is the second time she has run away, having left on Thursday last, but was overtaken by her father and returned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
Mrs. BeaIIe Is Dead.

Tuscaloosa, December 8.-(Special)- Mrs. Emma Bealle, a highly esteemed woman of this city, died here on Christ mas day, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Maria B. Foster. Mrs. Bealle had been i'll for about six weeks, but her desper- ate condition was not generally known. and the news of her death came as a shock to her many friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
Vacancy On Board.

Huntsville, December 2s-tSpecial.) )-The death of James A. Watkins leaves va cancy on the board of Madison county commissioners. which will have to be filled by appointment of the governor. There are two avowed candidates for the appointment, Jack T. Gift and George Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
Nav Bore For Petroleum.

Huntsville. December 2s.-tSpecial.)- Bids for boring a well to a depth of from 2500 to 5000 feet are being received by the New York-Alabama oil company of this city, and 1t appears that the com pany has decided to make test of the prospects for finding petroleum in this lo- cality.