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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-06

this country which will tend to relieve to
some degree the pressure on the market.
There is no reason to believe that we are
on the eve Of great panic, if prudence
and conservatism prevail, but unusual
caution should undoubtedly govern all
those who are doing business with bor-
rowed capital. Review of Re-
views for September.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-06

life given over
to study, iDves-
tigation and OBJ
servation. His
position in So
ciety has been
such that he
has been thrown
with men of af-
fairs In the
bu siness and
COVE + IL III z II Ia 1
world. w h G II
thirty-tw years
Of age he be-
came manager
of a large pub
lie farm, the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-06

Hearst says that there arei no classes
in America. If this is a fact, then his
greatest journalistic enterprises have
failed of their object. When a man of
the Hearst caliber talks in this way he
usually has the political bee buzzing in
his bonnet.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-06

The United States turned out three
and one-half billions of cigarettes in one
year, and nearly every one was smoked
in this county. If the whole mess could
be put into a great bonfire what an un-
holy stencil there would arise.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-06

In the death of the venerable and
much-loved Archbishop Williams of
Boston, the country has lost gentle
power for good, and countless thousands,
regardless of creed, join with his diocese
in mourning the decease of a good shep-
herd.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-06

to cure my kid
n e VS.. 1 d o
not think that
any man ever
suffered as L
did and lived.
The pain in my
back was SO
b a d t b at L
could not sleep
at nj g b t. L
could not ride
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-06
THE GRANGE
Conducted by
J. W. DARRCw. Chatham. N. r..
Press Correspondent Nep York State
Grange
VERMONT'S NEW MASTER.

Hon. George w. Pierce, Who Succeeded
Ex-Governor Bell.
One of the new members of the ma
tional grange will be Hon George
w. Pierce, master of Vermont state
grange. AS the grange is playing such
an Important part in the economic and
educational development of the coun-
try, its personnel is of wide interest
Mr.. Pierce comes of fine old New
England family whose names are ia
nous in the annals of their state, says
Farm and Fireside. He secured the
beginnings of an education In the coun-
try schools and has built upon It by a
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-06

1t is worthy of note that the great
Labor Day demonstrations in New York
barred out emblems of anarchy of all
kinds.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-06

Terrible plaques, those itching, poster
ing diseases of the skin. Put an end to
misery. Doan's Ointment cnres. At any
drug store.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-06
The Live GRANGE,

The live grange Is alive all through
the year. The grange that dies regu-
larly each spring viii soon forget to
come to life in the fall. The members
who drop OUT or stay away" during
the four hard work months will soon
drop out and stay away permanently,
and their grange will fall into the
dormant class. Keep the grange
busy just as you keep the soil busy,
and growth and good returns will be
assured.-New York Farmer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-06

A sluggish liver means a coated tongue,
a bad breath, and constipated bowels.
The question is, "What is the best thing
to do under such circumstances? ASK
your doctor il this is not good answer:
Take laxative doses OF Ayers Pills."
~---Msds By the =. @. Aver Co., Lowell, Msss.-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-06

The grange has done many good
things, but in our opinion, says the
National Stockman, none has been
greater than its forty years of con-
tention, declaration and proclamation
of the importance and dignity of agri-
culture. Before it has been a dispel-
ling Of that old idea that there is some
thing degrading In cultivating the soil.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-06

Would you make a good investment?
Join the grange.
Do you care for self Improvement?
Join the grange.
II you hopefully aspire
To a nobler life and higher,
You will find what you require
In the grange.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
New Years Resolutions.

while the newspaper paragraphers have their jokes about New Years resolutions" said an old citizen, "the men who make such resolutions should be encouraged. Admitting that com paraticely few of the good resolutions are kept throughout the entire year something worth while is accomplished If the topper quits strong drink only for month, or even two weeks.
 "It is we'll known fact that the saloon business everywhere always falls off the first two weeks in January. It begins to pick up the third week, eut it does not become normal before the middle of February or first of March. While some drinking men get on the water wagon to stay on it for year or more-a few for llfe--a new genera tion springs up to take the place of the abstainers.
 q imagine a larger number of Bir- mingham men will swear off December 31 than ever before. for this town is to be as dry as the law can make it when the whistles welcome the new year. Hundreds of men who have no hesita- tion in drinking in a saloon will cut out liquor rather than enter blind tiger"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
Birmingham the Hub.

At hotels Christmas week is usually the dullest of the year." said a Cincin- natl drummer. "rraveling statesmen and others who patronze hotels spend Christ mas at home if possible. The Hobbies of the Birmingham hostelries have been comparatively quiet for a day or two past, and scarcely any out-of-town men will be found in this eitys after Monday. January will find us on the road again, and the first week of the new year will bring a planty of business for the hotels
 Birmingham is the hub for this sec tion of the country, and the time will come before many years when 1t will lead every city in the south. with the excep- tion of New Orleans. An old gentleman who lived in Chicago from 1865 until he moved here five or six years ago, said to me recently that Birmingham remind ed him very much of Chicago when he first settled in that city He said Chi cago was only slightly larger then than Birmingham is today. It Is growing by leaps and bounds and Birmingham will push ahead until it gets into the million population class"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
President Roosevelt and The Panic

President Roosevelt is reported to have spoken of the October panic re- gently in these words:
 I don't care what governors and judges sav this panic had to come sooner or later.
 If I have been instrumental in bring ing it about sooner than it would have fcome naturally. it is all the better.
 The panic showed the necessity for . general house cleaning in financial cir cles, and the sooner house cleaning is started the sooner it is over with.
 This may be a natural view of the situation for man to take who is re- ceiving a big salary, but it is not the viewpoint that men driven out of em- ployment will take when they go to the polls next November. The bread winner whose plant has been closed by the Roosevelt house cleaning will desire further particulars. He will find flaws in the house cleaning scheme, and the questions he will ask will involve the republican party and It's sacred tariff scheme. The alleged party of prosperity and its pet tariff will be on trial for overriding the house cleaning act, and while MT. Roosevelt may escape unharmed, the party in power will not. and its tariff scheme will be tagged for early and thorough revision.
 MT. Roosevelt's airy and cheerful explanatio.- of the panic is that of a man in bombproof, but his party and its tariff are in nowise bombproof. They are out in the open where mil lions of voters can get at them, and what they think about the house clean. ing will be put in the ballot boxes in November.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
State of Texas

In the 266 counties Of imperial Texas the taxable values of property aggregate $1,579.659,611 as against 3373,46S,4 in the 67 counties of Ala bama. Texas has four times as many counties and just about four times as much taxable property. The area of Texas is 265,7S5 square miles, while that of Alabama is 52,QaO square miles. Texas is therefore five times larger than Alabama. Texas has more than three times as many railroad miles, but the mineral output of Alabama is four times greater than that of Texas.
 Texas has, however, but $3,9S9, 400 of bonds outstanding, and her state tax for public schools brings in $3.159,319. It is a great state, and every part of 1t feels the impulse of prosperity, for in every one of the 266 counties an in. crease in taxable values is shown this year.
 Big as she is and prosperous as her people are, yet no one in Texas dares to propose the subdivision of the state in accordance with the act of admis- sion. When Texas became state 60 years ago the right to cut the vast territory into five states was reserved, but no one in Texas desires subdiv- sion, and it is not probable that any one now living will see more than one Texas. State pride and state plans stand in the way. The state is unit and all Texans desire to see their big state stand as one great and glorious whole It is an empire in itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
Not a Discordant Note

trom all parts of the state comes evidence of the solidarity of the demo- cratic party in view of 1908. From all parts of the state come evidences of harmony. All favor the nomination of William Jennings Bryan, and the state that will be first called when a vote is taken at Denver will respond with II votes for the popular Nebras- kan. Perhaps the roll call will never be completed. for exclamation may an- tictpate a conclusion.
 The Marion County News very fair ly expresses the general sentiment of the democracy of the state when it says: "So far as we have any knowl- edge there is no opposition to MT. Bryan's nomination again by the dem ocratic national convention in Marion county. All democrats want to see MT. BryaR President, and they see now that the policies he has advocated for years are in the main correct, and some of them have been adopted by the party in power. If the democrats cannot elect Bryan there is no show to elect any one on the democratic ticket, and as he is the strongest candidate that we can name and as he is willing again to make the personal sacrifice in becoming candidate it is the bounden duty of all loyal democrats to give him hearty support and do all in their power to elect him. The trou- ble that has affected the democratic party in the past is want of proper regard for the will of the majority. We should get together, and regardless of who is the nominee of the party we should do our level best to elect him. We have enough votes in the United States to elect a President if all the democrats would stick to the nominee, and we hope there will be no deserters in l90S."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
A MAN AND HIS MONEY
rom the Philadelphia 1nquirer)

From the Philadelphia Inquirerl
 There lies dead in somervllle, aNsubmb of Boston. one Benjamin Hadley. who leaves an estate valued at S1,50O.000, much of it in bonds and stocks the rest in real estate. MT. Hadley began work at the age of 12 on farm, saved his money, branched out on his own hook in various enterprises and-became wealthy.
 Thus far the story reads like lesson to be impressed upon young boys. an ex- ample to be emulated. But-wau a min ute There is another side.
 It is said of him that he practically lived life wholly apart from that of ordinary human beings. He had not shaved for 60 years because to do so was a loss of time, and if he went to barber shop it would have cost money. He used to smoke some years ago If he had dropped the custom from moral principles he could have been commended, but he would not pay for the tobacco. He did not drink-unless someone paid for the beverage. So it was not principle that enforced temperance. If 1t had been he could again have heen commended, for in these days it is becoming to be under stood that the man who does not drink is better off in every way than the one who does-so much so, in fact, that great corporations are insisting upon total ab- stnenee among their employees. He never attended place of amusement in his life, not even the circus. He would wear necktie, but only on what he considered to be spe sial occasions. Thirty-two years ago he made an excursion into the great world--he went to New Hampshire for a few days. Following upon the heels of that reckless extravagance he took an afternoon off and visited one of the beaches near Boston. None of his neigh bors can remember that he ever took holiday after that. He was content to move within his narrow circle. He never ate meal in. a restaurant or in hotel. His street car fares could be reckoned inside of s1. Of course, he never mar rled. and he went to his grave without wife or children.
 But-he left s1,5o0,0Oo.
 What good did 1t do him? What good was he to the world?
 Instead of becoming a useful member of society-helping to shoulder it's burdens, playing the part that men who feel their responsibility toward others play-he con- cerned himself only with plling up the dollars for others to spend and he is most ly remembered, not for the good accomp- lished but for his idiosyncrases.
 We are afraid that MT. Hadley cannot be cited as an example for youth any more than can Mir. John D. Rockefeller, who also started life with nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23

is nothing new, for New York has long been the pivotal state.
 No new state will be admitted by the republican party before the na- tional election and probably not before the taking of the census in 1910. Ari- zona and New Mexico will not merge, and yet both have more population than was considered sufficient when Idaho, Montana and Wyoming were admitted. Both have never been a state 40 years. The trouble is, Arizona and New Mexico would go democratic, and so they must stay out of the union while the republican party is in power In the last census year Arizona had 122, 900 inhabitants, and New Mexico had 195,00O. This was eight years ago, and the population in both has been largely increased.
 But no matter what fair play may call for, there will be no action by Congress, and the two territories will remain territories until after the next presidential election, and the demo- crats must therefore secure 103 north ern electoral votes in order to win.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
TWO CHRISTMAS STORIES.

From the New York American.
 The snow was falling in great, soft, white heaps. Snow is usually white, ex- cept in New York and Pittsburg, but it shows close observation on the part of the writer to mention this.
 The wind was cold, bitter cold, and it swept around the street corners and cut like knife the thinly clad folk who were abroad at the hour of 6 o'clock on Chrktmas Eve, for it was Christmas Eve, this time of which we write
 Christmas Eve, and the wind whistled around the corners and cut like a knife the little girl who gazed longingly through the window of the top store. Her eyes were fastened upon beautiful doll, queenly doll with real dresses that could be put on and taken off.
 In the street a carriage fdrove rapidly toward the store. It paused before the door, and a handsome woman wearing magnificent furs, got out and walked across the sidewalk, with an Interested glance at the shivering walf at the win dow.
 Just the age of my Betty said the woman.
 Then she went in and bought the queen doll, trunks and frocks and all.
 Coming out the woman in furs again saw the trembling waif.
 Betty will like the doll, was all she said as she stepped into the carriage.
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 It was showing heavily.
 The snow lay in great soft, white heaps.
 A thin man in a shabby coat stood in front of cheap restaurant and gazed earnestly into the bright and steaming interior.
 Street cars went by slowly. automobiles went by rapidly. The snow kept falling, falling, the great white flakes dropping with a perceptible dull thud.
 The thin man in the shabby coat looked into the window.
 Slowly pulling $500 from his trousers, he showed sf99 into an inside pocket and buttoned his coat over it. Grasping the other dollar in his hand he entered the restaurant and ordered a porterhouse steak smothered in onions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
SHE WANTED A CAR

Herbert Corey in the Cincinnati Times
 Star.
 New York.-Irvn Cobb, the humorist of one of the evening papers, took his wife and his 4-year-old daughter to a cafe the other night. When they were ready to go home it was raining MT. and Mrs. Cobb decided to walk to a car. Little Miss Cobb insisted on a hanson cab. "Itll only cost you a dollar, pop" she said, shrilly, her youthful voice attracting pleased attention among the diners Why don't you be a sport, pop? If I had a dollar, I'd pay for the hanson my self"
 Mir. Cobb said: -hh-hh," placing his finger on his lips
 'I won't; so there!" said little Miss Cobb. 'I want a ride in a hanson. I haven't ridden in hanson for years and years. Don't be cheap. pop. I'll take a dollar out of my bank and pay you
 Mrs. Cobb interferred, effectively The group in the doorway of the restaurant saw MT and Mrs. Cobb and little Miss Cobb marching toward street car. Lit tie Miss Cobb held her diminutive little skirts around her plump little body at a distance of approximately two feet from the street. Her head was shaking with disappointment, and the thoughts she was forbidden to utter were evidently taking a surge or two through her youth full mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
CoNvIvlALlTY IN THE OLD NAVY.
"Boozing' Such as Was Common Then
 Wouldn't Be Tolerated Now.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 "The navy Is not what it was in tn e old days" said a retired rear admiral while on his way home from his club one evening. The amount of liquor consumed is in the proportion of d tn himble to a barrel It was not an un- common thing during my early career for officers to return drunk from shore leave, and they were permitted to go to their quarters and sleep off the in toxication. If an officer were to re- turn aboard a modern ship under the influence of liquor charges would be preferred against him Immediately.
 Why, I remember two of my ship mates who had been painting the town with convivial colors coming down to the cutter awaiting them in a condi- tion which necessitated their use of both sides of the street. They got safely into the boat. It began to rain and they hoisted their umbrellas. Upon arrival at the ship one of them slipped in mounting the ladder and fell over board. The other gallantly jumped enced in getting the first unfortunate, e, but the hero could not be pulled out of the water. FinalN rope was tied around his ankles, several men hauled away and he was hoisted on deck. As he was dragged from the water it was seen that the obstacle to his easy rescue was his umbrella, which had remained open.
 ''Why did you not let go your um- brella?' he was asked.
 "'Well, you see, it was wet there and I needed the darned thing to pro- ect me from the damp.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
Christmas Rush.

"As large as the volume of business III Birminghams retail district was on Friday and Saturday, there will be a still greater rush Monday and Tues day" said the manager of department store. Monday will De the busiest day Of the whole year, and scarcely any merchant will be able to accom- 'nodate all the customers who wish to De served.
 notwithstanding all the appeals to shoppers to make their Santa Claus purchases early in the holiday sea- son, thousands delay until a day or two before Christmas. We are praying for sunshine, but rain or shine the crowds will be in evidence"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
MERE CAUTION.

From Harper's Weekly.
 A dentist in Rochester was visited by native of Duchess county to be treated for an ulcerated tooth.
 That's bad tooth." said the man of the forceps, "and I should advise you to spare yourself pain by taking gas. It will be only 5A cents more.' And the dentist showed his machine to the doubtful person from Duchess county, explaining itsl workings-how he would fall asleep for a minute or two, and then awake with the tooth and the pain gone At last the patient consented and took out his wallet.
 Never mind paying now" said the dentist patronizingly.
 "I wasn't tn linking of paying re- sponded the Duchess county person. But thought that If l was going to sleep I'd like to count my money first.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Sufferinq in Berlin.

Notwithstanding the fact that Germany has been rated as one of the most pros porous countries of the world, thousands of children in Berlin are on the point of starvation," remarked a travelled man. The latest reports from Berlin show that in the first week in December near ly 12,0OO children attending primary schools had to be deprived of the midday meal and a majority of this number went without breakfast Relief socie- ties have been formed and food is being provided, but the funds at hand do not enable the organizations. to give eash child more than one meal a day.
 The large cities of the United States had to provide for their poor in long periods of depression, but never have con- ditions been so distressing as they seem to be in Berlin now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
MY KINGDOM.
By Robert Louis Stevenson.

By Robert Louis Stevenson. Down by a shining water well l found a very little dell,
 No higher than my head. The heather and the gorse about In summer bloom were coming out. Some yellow and some red. I called the little pool sea- The little hills were big to me, For I am very small. I made boat, I made town, I searched the eaverns up and down. And named them one and all. And all about was mine, sald' The little sparrows overhead The little minnows, too. This was the world and was king; For me the bees came by to sing, For me the swallows flew. played there were no deeper seas Nor any wider plains than these, Nor other kings than me. At last I heard my mother call out from the house at evenfall To call me home to tea. And I must rise and leave my dell. [ And leave my dimpled water well, And leave my heather blooms. Alas, and IS my home I neared. How very big my nurse appeared, How great aud cool the rooms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
Makinq Up the Electoral Roll

Counting in Oklahoma the electoral vote will be 4SS next year. It was 476 . four years ago. A majority in the electoral college will be PAP, and the south, excluding West Virginia and Delaware and including Missouri, will cast 139 votes, as follows: Alabama, II; Arkansas, g; Florida, 15; Georgia, 13; Kentucky, 19; Louisiana, 9; Mary land, &; Mississippi, 10; Missouri, IS; North Carolina, 12; South Carolina, g.; Tennessee, 12; Texas, IS; Virginia, 12 total, 1Ss.g
 It will thus be seen that 103 votes must be added to the southern vote in order to win an election-say, New York, 39 votes; Illinois, 27; Indiana, Is, and Ohio, 23 votes--total 104. A desperate struggle over New York's ,-r;, se. ':'aiinent. This. however.