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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-11

State St Hardware for garden hose.
tools and poultry netting so State ST.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-11

Last evening the Sego Lily Circle
gave a very enjoyable card party at
their hall. which was participated in
by large number. The ladies served
dainty refreshments
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-11

At the Armory hall over 100 couples
We're the guests Of the Ogden High
school faculty and the classicum staff,
at delightful concert and ball. The
concert was directed by Prof Coop and
reflected great credit ON those who took
part After the concert the remainder
of the evening was spent IN tripping the
light fantastic. and games were played
in the reception rooms, Light refresh
ments were served,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-11
Glasses Fitted 10 ANY Eyes.

and Satisfaction guaranteed from
81 UP. Constitution and ENamiua.
ton Free "a Drs. shores Offices
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-11
HUNDREDS WILL BE CURED IN ONE MONTH
all
OF a
BEWARE or cake
MEDICAL COMPANIES -

Did you ever hear of n genuine ro-
putable physician doing business with
the sick as fake company The
company furnishes the cloak un-
dor which any quack can practice
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-11

Mrs, r.. A. Grant was hostess Mon
day afternoon at a 400 party given in
honor of Mrs. II. H Spencer. The
prize was awarded to Mrs. Hibbs.
Dainty refreshments were served.
A bridge party wasg iven last Sat
urday afternoon by Mrs. Hibbs In hon
.or of Mrs. II. II. Spencer. Those who
won the prizes We're Mrs. Fitzgerald
and Mrs. spencer,
The engagement OF Miss Florence
TIMBER to Mr.. Chester r. West WAS an
nounced this week by Mrs. NJ. c. UNI
Der. The wedding viii take place the
early part of June.
Frank r. Williams went to Portland
Or, this week on a pleasure trip
Miss Bessie Spencer returned home
this week from an outing in California.
Prof. l.. +. Moench has returned
home from southern Colorado, where
he spent the last eight months.
Mrs. r. A. Grant gave a box party
"Wednesday evening to number Of her
friends at the performance of Mrs.
Wigs of the Cabbage Patch, at the
Grand Opera House.
Mrs. +. Allen Mcclure and daugh-
ter have gone to Kansas City to spend
few months.
George Lochhead Jr. went east
Tuesday to visit Denver, Pueblo and
other cities.
After the installation exercises last
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-11
SPECIAL DEPARTMENT FOR MEN.
WEAK MEN.

so-called weakness" In men is
merely a symptom Of chronic iunam-
nation 10 the prostate gland. brought
on by carly dissipation or by the i'm
proper treatment Of some contracted
disease. a complete and radical cure
Is, therefore, question Of restoring
the prostate gland to its normal
state, and this we accomplish
promptly and completely without
the use OF internal remedies our
treatment Is "A local one entirely, II
is original and scientific and has
been proved absolutely effective by
thousands of tests. we are convinced
that by no other methods can fWll
and permanent restoration OF strength
and vigOr be accomplished.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-06-18

For SALE-About one hundred
and fifty feet of good picket fenc-
Ing posts and gates. J. E. Mercer
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-06-18
NOTICE.

This is to warn any and all per-
son not to trade for a certain note
fnr $3.50, dated about 1904, signed
IS. Baker and made payable
Paulk. The note has
and the finder may at
q sell the same and this is
persons that it is the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-07
ENDOWED MoLLYcoDDLING.

From the New York Globe.
 The unconscious tendency of things to- ward fitness is illustrated by the fact that the Philadelphia woman who has left $3,O00,O00 to Swarthmore college on condi- tion that it give up intercollegiate sport was a spinster.
 When the full facts concerning the life of the estimable lady are brought out it will doubtless appear that she kept a large and prosperous cat, was in daily dread of mice, was possessed of an old fashioned warming pan and slept In wooden nghtclothes. was temperate in all things except the consumption of tea, and in her girlish days was leased by rough and turbulent boys The will 1t may be assumed is an expression of tenn perament rather than 6 conclusion ar rived at after weighing arguments.
 The class in ethics has a new prob lem for discussion. What Is the duty of Swarthmore in the premises? Is proffered money permeased with an ineradicabIe taint? Which is better-financial ease by acceptance of mollycoddle endowment or continued collegiate poverty coupled with freedom to play football? Which way the Swarthmore trustees will answer is foreshadowed-the money may go else where. Swarthmore is not particularly eminent on the gridiron. and her trustees. largely Quakers. have doubtless already considered the desirability of withdraw
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-07
TEST OF ITS WORK.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 The test of the work of a legislature, whether 1t is good or bad. is how 1t wears on the people. Does anybody sup pose that any of the laws enacted by the last legislature increasing the eff ciency of the several schools of the state, including the public schools, will be re- pealed by any future legislature? Has the legislature passed any laws material ly affecting the welfare of people of the state, that any future legislature dare repeal, unless they are repealed to make them more up to date and to conform with present day conditions, just as that much abused back tax law of Governor Johnston was repealed to make way for another more stringent. and more effec- tive, looking to up to date methods of achieving the same ends the back tax law was enacted to accomplish?
 When the people in years to come be- gin to sum up the good the present leg islature has accomplished and compare it's work with past legislatures. it would not be surprising to see the balance of good and effective legislation on the cred 1t side of the legislature of 190e-7.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-07
EFFECTS OF OPIUM.
From Success.

From Success.
 I heard little about the beautiful dreams and visions which opium is sup posed to bring; all the smokers with whom 1 talked could be roughly divided into two classes-those who smoked In order to relieve pain or misery, and those miserable victims who smoked to relieve the acute physical distress brought on by the opium itself. Probably the majority of the victims take it up as a temporary the mother will give the baby a whiff to stop its crying. It is a social vice only among the upper classes. The most not able outward effect of this indulgence is the resulting physical weakness and las situde. The opium smoker cannot work hard; he finds 1t difficult to apply his mind to a problem or his body to a task. AS the habit becomes firmly fastened on him there is a perceptib1e weakness of his moral fiber; he shows himself un- equal to emergencies which make any sudden demand upon him. If opium Is denied him he wsl lie and steal in order to obtain It.
 s Opium smoking Is a costly vice. A pipe ful of a moderately good native product costs more than laborer can earn in a day; consequently the poorer classes smoke an unspeakabe compound based on pipe scrapngs and charcoal Along the high roads the coolies even scrape the grime from the paclsaddles to mix with this dross. >yrhe clerk earning from 25 to 30 Mexican dollars a month will fre- quently spend from sl0 to s2O month on opium. The typical confirmed smoker is a man who spends a considerable part of the night in smoking himself to sleep, and all the next morning In sleeping off the effects If he Is able to work at all 1t is only during the afternoon, and even at that there will be many days when the official or merchant is incompetent 10 conduct his affairs. Thousands of prom inent men are ruined every year.
 The Cantonese have what they call "rhe Ten cannots Regarding the Opium Smok- err" He cannot d) give up the habit. @ enjoy sleep, (3) wait for his turn when sharing his pipe with his friends, (D rise early (5l be cured If sick, (6) help rela- tions in need. O enjoy wealth, G) plan anything, 60 get credit even when an old customer, Q0) walk any distance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-07
THIS DISTRICTS PROSPERITY

development plant Ensley have the
 
 money Had the a basis all values reached higher Birmingham prosperity company in superior quality testing premium of $1 a ton prices.
 On of old Wall Street control slowly with its of development; two a syndicate of oty Republic scheme company Street football All had mind build extensive They already $oooO  side of The steadily
 
 skilled 
 
 the district there general rejoicing business every prosperity doubling farrchng 
 Brmnghammeaning the Birmingham dstcthould not have 100000 optimistic citizens felt that strained prediction. Now the the omnys development depends
 
 in county reduced its operations would be sore embarrassed The buan feeling spirit for e backfor years.
 S the traffic with good Prohibition would not prohibit but would cripple
  the believes the election majority continuance Jefferson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-07
Nature Manifesfs Itealf

Last evening I was much amused by sightsI witnessed on Second ave- nue, said citizen. "A man and his Wife were showing the children the goods in the different windows and the effect of the display upon the children was what entertained me.
 The grown up girls stood in silent and open eyed admiration in front of the millinery exhibits of plumed hats and lace work dresses For these ar ticles one member of the party had no admiration whatever; he was a boy, aged about 10 years Shoes and suits did not interest him, but suddenly he came to full stop; stood stock still, and fairly lost himself at the sight. It was the figure of football player dressed in the regulation costume, and holding the ball under his arm.
 Ut was now the girls time to turn up their noses at the style of the ath- lete, and with all due respects to the figure and fashion. they were per fectly excusable.
 As l came along down the avenue my thoughts turned toward the con- temptation of a school system called 'co-ed,' which tries to harmonze two such opposite natures by course of studies and exercises which would be itly illustrated by putting a plumed hat on the football player and padded suit on the female fashion figure"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-07
THE EGOTISM OF GENIUS.

From the Boston Herald.
 A recent visitor to Joaquin Miller abode up among the mountains found the poet of the Sierras clad in corduroys. high boots, big sombrero hat, and fiow- ing locks. You've barely managed to catch me-" he said. "Pm only just in from Oregon where I'm running for United States senator. I'm going to win, too. I can't help 1t. I'm the biggest and best man." >sThs recalls the earlier trib- ute to himself whi4 he wrote to Walt Whitman: You and I are over the heads of the rabble We know we are great. and if other people don't know 1t, 1t IS their own fault" Nevertheless, for elo- quent and pungent appreciation of ones own merits, few utterances have equaled George Francis Trains memorable res mark that in mixing with his fellow-men he always felt like a cocoanut in bag of peanuts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-07
Cur National Guard

The military systems of the south are as rule subjected to severe criticism in the annual reports. The soldiers of Mississippi are declared to be inefficient; those of Tennessee slovenly, and those of Louisiana are poorly drilled, lacking both zeal and efficiency.
 Alabama, however, is exceptional. There is praise for Battery D of Birm- ingham, Battery c of Selma, Battery B of Montgomery, and Battery of Mobile. No word of censure appears in connection with any Alabama troops. and this certainly is a credit to our volunteer soldiery. It should induce the officers of our home troops to make still greater efforts to in crease the efficiency of the men In their respective commands.
 The volunteers are the nations de- pendence in days of war, but in days of peace the officers of the regular army can aid the volunteers to ac. quire needful training and practice. This is recommended in the official reports, and if the state requests It an army officer of the active list would probably be detailed to aid the officers of our National Guard in increasing it's efficiency The reports show that the ally well thus far, and they would certainly accept any aid that the gen. eral government could be induced to offer them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-07
cAyEsr OF HEALTH RESORTS.
Hotels In Nice Most Luxurious In Flu
 rope Except at Rome.

Harriet Quimby in Leslie's Weekly.
 There Is one particularly happy char acteristic of Nice which, unfortunately, will not be found repeated in any other resort of equal fame on either side of the Atlantic This characteristic, which one would least expect to find there, is that despite the yearly flood of moneyed vis- itors, there is still a wide choice of ac- commodations, and it does not require millionaires S income to cover the expenses of a month or two, not merely as looker-on. but as a participant in the va rious pleasures. There are most luxu- rious hotels which, with the exception or those in Rome, surpass anything In Eng lana or on the continent. There are any amount of simple inns, practical villas, and plain lodgings. lean and com fortable little flats furnished for occu- pancy rent from $160 to $500 for the sea- son lasting from November to May. Villas cost more according to location and size. There are hundreds of boarding houses where the daily expense ranges from ' to 15 francs.
 The ultra fashionable who season in Nice have, within the last year UT t"o, selected Cimiez, a suburb of the city, for their summer homes. The two large ho- tels there-the Winter Palace and the Riviera-are the centers of fashionable society and conservatism. But, as It is in Paris, it would be well for the tour ist who wishes to rent for the summer, after having selected his flat or villa, to
 1f t;,,,r l.. the hands of responsible agent; for, besides the million or more little tricks known to foreign landlords, the most in- nocent looking landlord in Nice has a million additional ready to spring upon the trusting American, who without an agent Is often obliged to resort to the law for an amicabe settlement without accompanying robbery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-07
All Should Serve

The committee appointed by Mayor Ward to investigate charges of graft against Alderman O'Neill and Alder man Burnett will meet today for or ganization and other preliminary bus mess A number of prominent citi- zens in addition to members of the City Council have been named on the committees and it is hoped that every one of them will attend. It is a public duty that the Mayor has inn posed on them and as public spirited men they can not well decline to serve.
 Let the charges be probed to the bottom. If they are groundless the committees will lose no time in vindi- eating those accused. And if there be wrongdolng there will be no white washing. The character of the men appointed by the Mayor Is sufficient guarantee that full justice will be done all parties concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-07
My stars shine darkIy over me.
 Twelfth Night.
nklahnma to Be Admitted

The people are to get square deal at the hands of the President, for he has stated that soon after his re- turn from the Louisiana swamps he will issue the formal proclamation that will make Oklahoma at once the 46th state in the union. The President does not consider himself under any obligation to frame a constitution for the new state. The constitution that the people of Oklahoma have adopted suits them, and the President sees at a glance that it is none of his busi- ness to attempt to amend, or to punish 1,400,000 persons for adopting it.
 It is a constitution full of modern ideas and full of true straightforward democracy MT. Bryan says 1t is the best constitution ever written-far bet ter than the federal constitution. But the federal constitution is an old-timer, and it is not strange indeed that 1t needs amendment now and then by the construction route
 Not since the admission of the vast empire of Texas has state come into the union as well equipped with wealth, population and energy as Oklahoma is today. It would be ab- surd to keep her out of the union sim ply because she is true to advanced democracy. The President sees how absurd such a position would be, and he declines to follow the suggestions and advice of some of his party friends.
 Oklahoma is to be considered part of the solid south, and reinforce ment is needed to make good the de- factions of West Virginia, Delaware and at times Maryland. Oklahoma will cast seven electoral votes, all democratic, and she will seat six dem- ocrats in Congress- The solid south accepts her gladly, and the truth she promises to become one of the chief cotton growing states in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-07
Plenty of Room

T don't see how the hotels of Bir- mingham are going to care for the vast crowds that will attend the State fair this week and next, for they are already crowded with the regular passing thronS," said a stranger.
 Why, sir, Birmingham always takes care of and welcomes the guests within her gates answered a bystander. 'rrhe latchstrings of private boarding houses and private homes hang on the outside and every visitor to the fair will have d place to lay his head and something for the inner man, as we'll as a day or a week of genuine enjoyment here Let them all come"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-07

that from many sovereign states had been organized one federal govern ment. Just at present the One is trying to run rough shod over the many from which 1t derived it's linn ited powers, but the chances are that In the long run the one will conform to its own seal
 The only change that has taken place since the seal was adopted consists in the war-made declaration that none of the many can secede. They must stay in the union, and they should not therefore be denied their original rights. The seal says they should not therefore be deneid their original stay, and it bears the admirable motto, One Out of Many. It does not say One instead of Many, but One from Many for special work to be assigned to it by the Many.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-07
A SOUTHERN PAINTER.
From the Nashville Tennessean.

From the Nashville Tennessean.
 An article In recent issue of Put nam's Monthly on William Edward West. an Almost Forgotten American Painter" should be of sfecial interest in this city, where many of his portraits are owned and where he spent the last decade of his life. West was a Kentuck- ian by birth and rearing, but spent the largest part of his career abroad, in Italy. Paris and London. He knew Byron, Shelley and their circle of friends, and painted portraits of both poets as wei, as of the beautiful Countess Guicciol He returned to America in 1898 and settled in New York. where he remained for some years, finally coming to Nashville to lfe with a sister. During his residence here Mir West painted many portraits. which can be seen in the older homes of the city today. He died here in 1857, and should be remembered still by a few old citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Brownie City Council.


 The Brownie Clown of Brownie town must have been hidden in the Birmingham City Council chamber last Wednesday night" said an Atlanta man at the Hillman hotel last night. Why, the little rascal went home and reproduced the whole comedy in his own village.
 T noticed in this mornings paper that Palmer Cox. The Age -Herald's correspondent in Brownietown, gives full page illustration of what the clown did after ze had returned fro fl Birmingham.
 'Phats a grafter? he asked, and the dude replied, Its honest man vat gets ketched up a tree' That set the Brownie to thinking, and the next thing we know,
 " The Brownie clown accused the
 mayor
 Of treating certain spirits unfair His honor called upon the cop To put to such remarks a stop Then some took sides and work began For clown or mayor as feelings ran. And garments that had been a pride Found small respect from either side.'
 Tt seems that they talked of graft, and liars, and guns, served hot off the bat with an egg flip just as the Brownie had seen in Birmingham. 
 "''Twas sad to see so small affair
 Become so large and noisy there
 Yet I suppose it will terminate here in Birmingham as it did in that little village.
 For law must rule the world about
 And punishment be meted out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-07
WHY JOKES ARE FUNNY

joke which the writer mentions. or ths employer. or the old stovepipe joke VIII bear repeating more than forty times to the same generation.
 Another interesting question Is brought up by our investigator. He clears up the mystery about animals not being amused by the humor of men. Why is 1t that when a man tells the latest joke to his dog or his horse. it is not appre- clated2 MT. Gilson Gardner says that this phenomenon may be explained In part by the lack of mutuality as to standards between the human and animal intelli- gence." We dare say that he is right again, and he goes farther in his argu- ment, saying that if horses and dogs could understand us and we could un- derstand them they would laugh at our jokes as we would laugh at theirs, for animals have a sense of humor. Did you never sec a horse or dog laugh when he is called upon to discriminate between the true and the suddenly presented but meretricious concept?'
 For a scientific exposition this Is one of the most luminous lately offered to the world, and we are under a large debt of obligation to MT. Gardner He has told us much that we were waiting to know. "A joke Is funny because it has assailed the citadel of credence with out success" The next time we hear the old jest about the drunken man who came home late at night and found his wife at the head of the stairs, it will be well to look after our "citadel of cre- dencen and note the effect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-07
STORY OF AN EDITORIAL

course, but the man who wrote heads over news items and read proof abandoned his work and commenced the painful preparation of an editoriali leader He had written scarcely a line when the old man came in, walking with that marked dignity which some intoxicated individuals af- feet. Without word to any one he went to his desk, took off his hat and coat, and began to go through a pile of papers. The second one he picked up was the Louisville Courier Journal. his bete noir Immediately his eyes lit up and, turning to the editorial, page, he scissored out one of those Wattersonian pert paragraphs about a column and a half long. Fasting tho clipping on piece of copy paper, he wrote line or two at the top, yelled for the foreman, said shortly, Here's the editorials put on his hat and coat, walked out, and we didn't see him. sober, for a week.
 "The foreman showed us the few words the old man had written. First there was the caption An Absurd 1Ai Q Niheh'i anu IHeh' we uo not agree with Henry Watterson when he says.' After the colon came the column and a half of printed matter, It's paragraphs neatly quoted. Print the thing? We did. We were afraid not to, even though it was only a few observations on art or some other abstract subject that Marse Henry had written. The old man thought it was a political argument. His cronies jollied him con- siderably, we heard, but he never said a word to anybody in the office about the matter"