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The Globe-republican., 1908-04-30
TALE !. Of TWO TOTS
HAPPY, THouoH ThiNLY CLAD
AND COLD.
Deep DrIfts and Flying Snow Of Little
Moment--And Think Of It'll
A Whole Penny 70
Spend.

They were plodding through the
snow during the storm, little tots who
were thinly clad. with blue faces and
big bright eyes. Their little baby nm
gers were peeping out Of ragged NIT
tens, wet with snow. Their shoes
were filed with snow, because the
buttons were Of at the top, and tho
tops we're loose.
One Of them was a little girl about
six years old. She wore calico dress
and her stockings were patched with
darning marks from knee to ankle.
Around her neck she wore a woman's
fur neck piece of the style Of ten years
ago. The other was a boy, and his
thin little legs were covered by trou-
sers which bore the signs Of home
tailoring. He swung his arms against
his body for q full minute.
why don't you do this?' he asked
ITS q dandy way to git warm"
"'Cause girls can't act that way
lisped the other little tot. Mamma
says 1t amt ladylike."
But she eyed her companion with
evident envy. The pair trudged along,
stumbling over drifts and shading
their eyes from the flying snow. As
the girl held an arm before her eyes
the snow was blown into her sleeve.
leaving her arm chafed red.
An automobile whisked by, and
through the glass windows the tots
saw two other children, coy and rosy
and warm.
Gee" said the boy, 1T would be
fine to ride in one of them"
But Just think If they tipped over"
said the little philosopher by his side.
And we amt got far to co."
They came to a crossing, and turned
to cross the street A prancing team
passed them, held in check by uni
formed eoachman. The little girl
skipped out Of harms way just In the
nick Of time.
Let's rum" said the boy.
And they ran through the snow,
piled high on the walks, until the girl
Jagged behind.
Geo." said the boy, you amt much
Of runner"
He stretched his little legs and ran
away half block ahead Of her. The
girl stopped, breathless, and half.cry.
ing.
The boy stopped, and stood throw
ing snowballs at signboard, trying
to look unconcerned. When the girl
stopped again he looked back. Run
ming quickly to meet her, he threw his
arms around her. half crying himself.
Geo." he said, don't cry. You
don't have to be runner. I like you,
anyway. Girls amt got to run. I've
got penny"
The girl stopped crying. Her face
frightened.
Can you spend 1t, really?" she
asked, shyly.
Bet l can. l earned 1t, shovelin'
snow"
Then | guess ! am able to walk as
far as the candy store" she said.
And away they went, the girl and
the boy, cold forgotten, hand in hand.
II like you. II you do make me run"
whispered the woman OF stY-Mjlwau.
kee Free Press.
The Globe-republican., 1908-04-30
They MIST De Hardy.

Secretary Wilson Of the department
Of agriculture referred at recent
dinner In Washington to the amateur
florists who spring up In the suburbs
at this season by thousands.
more florists, perhaps, than flowers
spring up" he said.
EN- a seed shop the other day I
heard one of these amateurs complain
about the last batch of seeds he had
bought. After he had ended his COM
plant he began to ask floral ques-
tons.
"'Oh, by the way, he said, what is
3 hardy rose?'
cit is one, growled the dealer,
that doesn't mind your wife pulling
1t up by the roots every day to see II
1t has begun to grow yet"
The Globe-republican., 1908-04-30
Helping Him.

"Jinx is dressing better than usual
lately"
yes, his wife has been helping him
to reduce expenses"
His wife? Why, man. she was d.
yorced from him year ago!"
Il know II; but she has ngzried
again, 50 be doesn't have to pay any
more alimony, Houston Post
The Globe-republican., 1908-04-30

Wanted for u. S. army: Able bodied
unmarried men between ages Of 81 and
IS. citizens Of United States, Of good
character and temperate habits, who can
speak. read and write English. Men
wanted for Philippine Service. For in.
formation apply to Recruiting Officer,
room 2. above City Shoe store, Dodge
City, Kas. tt
The Globe-republican., 1908-04-30
Set Sea Guils to Work.

From Nanaimo comes the story Of
an enterprislng government fisheries
oficial who Is enlisting the services
Of thousands Of sea gulls In the task
of cleaning up the immense number
of dead herring dropped overheard
by boats at the different wharves
where cargoes are loaded on the yes
sells.
While making his rounds recently
this party tied up his gasoline launch
at one Of the wharves while figuring
out the best method of attempting to
remove the fish. Neglecting to switch
off the power, the propeller churned
up the water to such an extent that
a large number OF dead herring came
to the surface, thousands of sea gulls
Immediately swooping down and glut-
ting themselves on the fish.
The experiment was made at sew
eral Of the other wharves, and in
every case the gulls performed the
task which would have entailed con-
siderable expense had It been done
by manual or mechanical labor.--New
Westminster Correspondence Seattle
PostIntelligencer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-19
ED9land'S Prime Minister

It is true Lord Melbourne studied for the law, and Disraeli was a law yer's clerk These variations, how ever do not upset the statement that from William Pitt down to Henry H. Asquith, in a list of 23 premiers, no name of a practicing lawyer appears. MT. Asquith is, or rather was, a sue cessful lawyer He does not come from a territorial family. His wife, formerly Miss Tennant, has a large his income in the practice of his pro- fession. This exceptional fact is evi- dence that England is fast becoming more democratic.
 Lawyers are but lawyers in England. They are not political leaders by vir- tue of their profession. They practice law as another man practices medicine CT dentistry or chemistry or engineer
 
 from the ranks of the landed proprie- tors as rule, or from the ranks of students in this or that direction from the leisure class, in a word. In this country we have no leisure class, and we resort, therefore, to our law yers, as rule, when we want political leaders.
 The difference is one of deep mean ing. It is difference that spells caste and government by the few, instead of equal opportunity and government by the many. The accession of Mr As 1 quith, a practising lawyer, to the pre- ] miership shows which way England is moving, and perhaps after while she ] may become more truly democratic than the home of the free and the land of the brave. She is headed that way at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-19
Punishment In the Army

Col William F. Stewart of the artil-
 lery arm of the regular army is a striking example of the practical work ings of the Big Stick. He is but 59 years of age, and compulsory retire ment is not possible in his case until he is 62 years old. Last summer while he was stationed at Fort Barancas, Fla, he received an order from the President to take his choice between voluntary retirement and exile at an abandoned fort in Arizona, 25 miles from railroad and 12 miles from the nearest ranch. He declined to apply for retirement, and in September last he was sentenced" to Fort Grant, Ariz., where he would have the com pany of one Sare-taker and one cook, and numerous coyotes and wolves \
 His friends have been unable to asi certain what charge, if any, Testl against him. Colonel Stewart has him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
InvestIoatino Crop Conditions.


 William L. Pryor, special field agent of the United States department of agricul- ture, who reports upon crops and agri- cultural conditions in the states of Mis- sissippi, Alabama and Tennessee, is at the Hillman. Mr Pryor is in Birmingham after tour embracing most points ot Alabama south of here.
 MT. Pryor states that he is paying par tieular attention at this time to the amount of spring blowing and spring planting done to date and the condition of meadow moving lands, spring pasture, oats and wheat. It is too early for any estimate to be made of the acreage and condition of the principle farm crops cotton and corn; but he is making diligent inquiry into the prospective cotton acreage as he makes his rounds. The government estimate of the acreage of these crops will not be made until June 1, and MT. Pryor states that he will cover his terri tory again before that report is made He is learning, however, what he can of the acreage prospects as he goes along at this time, interviewing farmers, mer- chants, fertilizer people, bankers and all others who keep up with conditions.
 From Birmingham MT. Pryor goes to Northern and Eastern Alabama. He is kept constantly on the move, having to cover so large a territory, but manages to pretty thoroughly cover the principal farming sections of his territory once each month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-19
Meat Prices Rising

From the low point made during the panic cattle have been advanced ill price $1.50, hogs $40 and sheep $2 per 100 pounds. Dressed beef is up to cents pound, hogs about as much and sheep from ? to cents. That these advances should come in the face of a reduced consumption caused by poor trade conditions is strange in- deed
 The advances are explained by the abnormal movement that followed the panic. Many feeders and farmers needed -:oney, and they parted with their cattle and hogs at panic-created prices. The arrivals were very heavy, and the result is a scarcity of matured live stock on the farms. It is estimated that the scarcity will last a year. Near. ly all remaining matured steers are in strong hands in the feeding sections and they will not be marketed until high prices are secured, for every holder understands the situation. High prices will however, operate to reduce consumption, and this may hasten the coming of lower prices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-19
Merry Widow Hats In Church

The Rev. Dr. Day recently discussed the Merry Widow hat in a public ad- dress, in. the course of which he said, among other things: T don't see how I can preach through those flower gar dens. My sermons will surely lodge there. 1 cannot understand how more than two of you women folks can get into my church at one time. Bring those things in baby carriages or wheel barrows, and then won't it be a whole lot easier to wear them in your laps than on your heads after you get here?"
 At first thought this utterance seemed to have come from our great and esteemed friend of Syracuse, but it did not. It came from the depths of a sorely-tried pastor of a church in a fashionable town in Michigan.
 The point seems to be that no man was ever known to be converted by the preaching of an evangelist who was sitting behind a big hat. Head. gears of the Merry Widow sort are not we'll calculated to put man in a frame of mind to heed the appeals of the preacher, even if the latter can be heard when he cannot be seen.
 Some churches in the middle west have organized a checking system of women's hats, and in such churches few women, indeed, are willing to let their hats take away the effect of the sermon on the stony-hearted men seated behind them. The Merry Widow hats of the present season promise to precipitate the problem, which may go on until solution is found for it in all the churches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-19
Men at some time are masters O their fates.
 Julius Caesar.
Alahama'S Dead Senators

Nearly a year has passed since Ala bama's two veteran senators passed away. John Tyler Morgan died in June, and Edmund Winston Pettus in July. The former at the time of his death was nearly S3 years old, and the latter was S6 years old. Both had sat in the Senate many years, and both were honored throughout the country for their capacity, integrity and deyo- tion to the public welfare.
 Their death in a single summer Is recalledsby the day given in the Sen ate to appropriate speeches touching their careers. Elsewhere we print in full Senator Bankhead's address on John Tyler Morgan, and Senator John ston's on Edmund Winston Pettus. These addresses will long stand as memorials of the two great senators Alabama has lost. Those who admired and loved the two aged statesmen should read the addresses published this morning.
 The fame of the two dead Senators will ever be cherished and repeated in their own state. Their careers are in- terwoven in Alabama's life and polti- ical history. And it is no exaggerason whatever, to say that their deaths were mourned by the entire nation. Few were more widely known. None were more respected. Both died poor in this worlds goods, but rich in all that the world loves to recall and to cherish. Each lived to ripe age, but the life of each was crowded with acts of use fitness and unselfishness, and each won a noble harvest in the hearts of his fellow countrymen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-19
AMONG THE HEATHER.

By William Allingham. One morning, walking out, I o'ertook a
 modest colleen, When the wind was blowing cool and the
 harvest leaves were falling 'Is our road perehance the same? Might
 we travel on together?' ''Oh. l keep the moLntainside," she re-
 piled, among the heather.' Your mountain air is sweet when the
 days are long and sunny, When the grass grows round the rocks, and the whin-bloom smells like
 honey; But the winters coming fast with foggy,
 snowy weather, And youll find it bleak and chill on your
 hill among the heather" She praised her mountain home, and I'll
 praise it too, with reason, For where Molly is there's sunshine and
 flowers at every season. Be the moorland black or white, does it
 signify feather? Now l know the yaby heart, every
 part among the heather, The sun goes down in haste, and the
 night falls thick and stormy Yet I'd travel twenty miles for the vel
 come that's before me; Singing "1i for Eskydum"' in the teeth
 of wind and weather. Lowell warm me I go through the
 Snow among the heather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-19
THE HARVEST OF STRAW VOTES.

By the middle of August the straw vote man will be working overtime" says John T. McCutcheon in the April Appletons "He will be passing the hat in every railway train. The campaign button man will be flooding the country with buttons of the candidates, and the campaign liar will be abroad in full force Every day we will see in the papers such items as these:
 " Akron, o. October 29.-Mr. James Knoblock returned last night from Wash ington. He reports having a conversation with a man who is authority for the statement that MT. Taft had said to him that the American laboring man was no good That he was making too much money and that labor unions should be dispersed by feredal troops.
 " 'Masmi, Miss, October 31.-Mr Ota Jimison reports having had a conservation with Charles w. Fairbanks on the lat ters recent trip through the south. q don't believe in the prohibition move ment" said MT Fairbanks. 'The church people are all fanatics, and I'd like to see saloon on every corner where a church | now stands"
 " Guthrie, Okla, October 30-fs Joseph l G. Cannon an infidel? That is the question l Guthrie is now discussing. Some say l he is not, but Jasper Johnson, the gen tlemanly hack driver at the depot, says that he is. Last Saturday when Speaker Cannon arrived in Guthrie. on his grand tour of the west MT. Johnson overheard | a conservation in which the republican candidate is alleged to have said he was an infide and that what this coun- try needs is monarchy. He also said he hated the Irish and Dutch and would drive them all out of the country if he was elected President.
 Way Cross, Ga, October 30.-Intense | indignation prevails here. Governor Hughes spoke last night on the perls that threaten the republic. On his way to the hotel he was overheard to say that the negro and white children should go to school together and that if he was elected President he would appoint Booker T. Washington secretary of state. He will not get a vote in Georgia on ac. count of this alleged remark
 And so on. There will be lots of cam. I paign lies and we must be on the look out for them. Don't believe everything you, read, and whatever else you do, don'1 lose your temper
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-19

self asked for any charges standing against him in order to answer them. The only reply that comes from the war department or the White House is that the artillery commander is "temperamentally impossible.n No one knows what this means. No one knows why Colonel Stewart has been driven into exile without opportunity to meet any accusations made against him.
 The case leads one to inquire, is this a republic, or is it merely a western imitation of Russia?
 On account of the notoriety of the case Colonel Stewart has just been transferred to the abandoned St. Francis barracks, St. Augustine, Fla This does not better his treatment any, except in the matter of human companionship. He must still serve three years in disgrace because he is temperamentally uncomfortable to the White House and the war department A few shots fired at Secretary of War Taft as he fits from state to state hunting delegates might elicit little additional information concerning an officer who was banished without trial and even without known charges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-19
Easter Observance.

All Christian people now observe Easter in some form as the festival of Christ's resurrection said a churchman. "The liturgical churches naturally cele- brate the day with elaborate ritual, but in many of the churches without liturgy Easter sermons are preached and in nearly all of them music appropriate to Easter is sung. In my younger days the Catholic, Episcopal and southern churches were the only branches of the Christian faith that recognized the festi- val of the resurrection. I recall services in some of the Protestant churches where the minister studiously avoided any refer ence to the day, and the only way the children of non-liturgical congregations had of knowing it was Easter was by the paschal eggs, hard boiled and home dyed.
 "A friend tells me that when he was a boy in ante-bellum times, he did not know that Easter had come until Mon day following Easter Sunday. His pa rents were very strict and would not all low the eggs to be displayed on Sun day On Easter Monday the slaves had a holiday and that was another sign that Easter had come. But as to the mean ing of the festival I was ignorant until I was grown up. All this has changed. People of all Christian communions are getting closer together and are appreciat- ing more than ever the advantage or standing on common ground so far as cer- tain doctrines of the Christian religion are concerned. I believe that this Easter will be more generally and more joy a sonata, a symphony or an oratlo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-19

1 of its cargo can be piled up and then paid out to build plants which shall make much for this district and yield returns upon the cargo which shall take fleets to carry it back annually.
 Let us be a common sense people here. Estop extremes. Be sensible to our selves and to our friends. Every man has the fight-back spirit in him. If we were living in the olden days and an In- dian with tomahawk came upon us in a full run we could not efsord to stop and talk to him in American English He wouldn't understand our barley. It would be matter of kill or get killed. I wouldn't be killed if could help it.
 Now, in conclusion, as my good min ister says when he wants to indulge in 20 more minutes of full licensed talk, there is one good realistic kick that all of us have the full right to make in Bir- mingham. That is the way all the rail- roads, with the exception of the Louis vile and Nashville and the Frisco, are treating us. The Southern and the Georgia Central particularly say times are so hard and their earnings so cur must is first that the George Central must stop it's sleeper and buffet car at Columbus, Ga, just on the state line. and let its through passengers to Bir- mingham come as best they can in pas senger cars.
 The Southern-a1ways the through and real line from here to Washington and New York-has taken off it's through Pullman car and says we must change in Atlanta. leaving us to get what we can there if we want sleeping car. In other words. the Southern railway has side tracked Birmingham and made it so that one in going to New York can go by either the Louisville and Nashville or the Alabama Great Southern, both via Cln- cinnati, and get to New York within the same number of hours aboard train
 We of Birmingham don't want to be severe in our criticism upon those who are part of us and were built up with us' but it does look like the Southern rail- way is making it's Alabama lines the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-19
Large Peach Crop.

'"rhe peach crop will be unusually large" said J. F. Leonard who has an extensive orchard in St. Clair 'The trees are heavy with fruit and the peaches are as big as my thumb.
 "Of course, fruit growers would rather see a large crop than no crop at all, but peaches will be so abundant that the markets will be glutted and conse- quently the prices will be low and un- profitable. I may take too gloomy d view of the outlook, but when peaches are over abundant, as they are almost sure to be, prices can hardly be remunera- tive.
 "The peach that will come first on the market is the Sneed. It is due about the second week in May. The next vari- tey will be the Alexander and then comes the Crawford. The Elberta will not be due until July
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 People insist on morality unless it's for themselves.
 When a woman hasn't good figure it's a sign everybody is an old cas not to think she has.
 A man can sit up all hours of night with a girl and never get bored until after they are married
 A wife calls 1t not being faithful to her when her husband thinks another womans hair curls naturally.
 Nobody should blame poor girl for not screaming at being kissed when her mouth is all stopped up that way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-19
A F Sunday morning it is my GUS
 } tom to talk a bit in this news

~ a Sunday morning it is my cus- lOI tom to talk a bit in this news
 paper column. It is always my purpose to say something to build up the community and to make life more pleas ant for all of us-and to communicate fellow spirit and a spirit of charity among us neighbors and among us peo- pie who must live together.
 I believe that we should grow roses in our front yards. and chickens in the back yards. and have eggs fresh for the children; and flowers for them to pluck; and sand piles to play in; and to invite our neighbors' children to come in and participate l believe if the neighbor needs a rose plant or bulb that will grow something that is pleasing to the eye and the sense of the artistic, to send it to him and encourage him to make his home and his surroundings beautiful.
 < %
 are great big family. Why not make each other happy? Why fuss and fight over trivials?
 In this nation every man has the right to his own opinion. He has the full right to express it, either in print or in speech.
 The laws of Alabama and of Birming- nam should be enforced; but no man nor set of men have the moral nor legal right to go outside of either law or common honesty for political or ;,tandstand pur- poses, to deprive the people of this city, district and state from reading the news papers and magazines of America be- cause they might contain, under the full law, an advertisement of Great Western Champagne or Duffy's Malt Whisky. or any other whisky claimed to be pure.
 But, enough of this It is absurd!
 We want to build up the Birmingham district.
 We want to get together and make those who are not doing the helpful thing do it; and encourage those who are help ing. We want to get hold of the long rope attached to the ship of the United States Steel Corporation which is nest ling out there on the pleasant billowy waves of good and prosperous sea and