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Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-11-10
YRo4Y VEL ONE

i reported, don't think no attention was
paid to it, for it was attended to al
once. One kind hearted lady asked
| us to see that all the horses in town
were provided with hats during the
hot weather. Another that some
motherless kittens needed attention
and many others similar to these We
have worked in quiet, gentle way
and have accomplished more than we
really thought we would the first
year. During this time we have had
large placards printed and posted up
all over town and over country roads,
warning people not to overload or
overdrive their stock, and to treat
same properly, etc. We presented to
every Sunday school library, also pub
lie and Y. NJ c. A. libraries nicely
bound copy of Ralph Waldo Trine's
Every Living Creature" a book ev-
cry one should read. At the same
time we presented to each of the pas
tors of the different churches litera-
tnre bearing on humane work, asking
them to give a sermon on this subject
some Sunday morning, and to those
who kindly responded to this request
we gratefully return thanks. About
the only complaint we have to make
is that the members will not come out
to the meetings. Each month l have
to phone to about a dozen to get a
quorum, and don't always succeed
then. A member should take enough
interest at least to come out to the
meetings The society always meets
on the second Wednesday of each
month, and notices are always placed
in the daily papers. If you don't go
to the meetings you cant expect the
society to flourish. The next regular
meeting will be held at the Board of
Trade, Wednesday. November IL. at
4 p. m. AS this is the time to elect /!
officers for the coming year, the men,
bers are earnestly requested to come
out. This is important: please put
aside other affairs and come. If you
are the least bit interested in this /
work, come and join. 1t will only .
cost you S1.00 Il year. Don't wait for
some one to ask you TO join This is
not a social club. but public organi-
cation whose motto is "Kidness. JUS
tice and mercy to every living crea-
ture.' So come and help along
good cause. We need you. Remem-
GER the meeting, Wednesday, Novem-
Der II, at 4 p. m, at Board of Trade.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Henry Watts.
President.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-11-10
COMMISSIONERS COURT
Met Monday, and Will Have Much
Work to Do.

The county commissioners met in
regular session yesterday morning at
the court house. and Immediately took
up its duties. This session will be a
busy one The election returns will
have to be canvassed and the result
declared, and then will follow the
qualifying of the newly elected Off
GERS. In addition TO these duties the
regular routine of the court will have
to be transacted
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-11-10
VARSITY STUDENT WOUNDED
IN Riot on Football Field-Police
Poweriess to Quel Disturbance.

William Treuckmann of Bellviile, a
student wearing the colors of the
University of Texas, was seriously
stabbed in a general melee between
the adherents of Varsity and A. & NJ.
on the field at West End Park be-
tween the halves of the great football
game played Monday afternoon. Num-
beers of others were bruised, clothing
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-11-10
Advance Agent Here.

Ed c. Mcclure, advance agent for
the "Rentfrow Jolly Pathfinders." is
in the city, arranging for their ap-
pearance at the New Temple Theatre
all next week. Announcements of
plays and prices will be made through
this paper during the week, and on
the billboards. This company carries
a good band.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-11-10

You can trade your old buggy for a
new one. See w. o. Vandiyer about
It. lott
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-11-10

Nothing but first-class work goes
out of our shop Palestine Tailoring
Co. Phone 40. 3-tf
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-11-10

Phone 40. Try our cleaning and
pressing. Palestine Tailoring Co.
Phone 40. Aft
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-11-10

Jas. F. Brook. architect and engi-
gineer. Room 25, Link Building. If
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-16
Old Enthusiasm Dying Out

When the two platforms of the TWO big parties each demand tariff revision and trust and railroad regulation, one c;n see at once that an o1d-time party fight is impossible. The campaigning of General Jackson's time and of Tip pecanoe and Tyler too has gone never to return. It belonged to the youthful days of the republic. The party frenzy, the unbending partisan instinct, no lon~er rules the land. Public educauon, including newspapers. has driven 1t out, and its absence is what renders this campaign to a certain extent apa- thetic. Even at the corner store men no longer debate the issues. They seek information perhaps in fras- ments, but the old argumentative spirit is gone. It will never return. The public school has knocked it out. Men read nowadays, and they prefer to get their information at first hands.
 The people of the United States are rapidly becoming non-partisan. They are more tolerant. They do not take sides. They do not necessarily vote as their fathers did, and they are moro ready to do a bit of bolting than they once were.
 This takes away all partisan hys- teria. The ginger of 50 years ago has departed, and instead we have more breadth and tolerance, more freedom from party rule or boss rule. The age of reason is dawning in politics, and the politician who builds on the basis of a former generation will soon be- come A man without following. Facts are now more forceful than appeals or a party fight. Old tactics are useless, and the modern campaign manager finds his task increasingly complex and difficult, for in states that have no race problem men are "tied loose" as election day approaches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-16
Revising the Berlin Treaty

Diplomacy instead of war is to settle the crisis in the Balkans either with or without a conference. No country wants war. It is too expensive and too risky. Russia, France and England are practically standing together, while the triple alliance which lasted a quarter of a century and which is still in good working order will put behind Austria both Germany and Italy.
 The negotiations now going on look- ing possibly to conference will in= clude, it is believed, recognition of Bulgaria's independence and the an nexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Crete will go to Greece. The Dar- danelles will be opened. Austria will cease it's tutelage over Montenegro, Turkeys compensation will come in Iu6 IOTll Ol ldl 6C lOuho, anu oiiC " III be encouraged to maintain her reform policy. Sane balm for Servia will be devised, possibly the sandjak of Novi. bazar.
 All these things are feasible and all fcan be worked out, and if they are peace will reign again in the near
 west, always provided Albania and Macedonia and Montenegro do not be- come obstreperous. No country will do anything that will bring son a gen. eral European war. Austria's ambi-
 tion lies toward the Adriatic, and sne ] is very proud of Trieste and Plume, her chief ports on the Adriatic, and | the addition to her domains of Bosnia | and Herzegovina will go far toward
 making her sea power that will have 1 to be reckoned with. The Berlin treaty needs revision, and the negotia- tions are progressing on reasonable and just lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-16
Agricultural Exhibits At the Fair

The state exhibit, the Canadian dis play and the well-placed products of Jefferson, Baldwin, Shelby, Montgom- cry and Cullman counties alone ren- der trip to the Fair interesting and profitable. The exhibits mentioned constitute a genuine agricultural fair, and the horses and the hogs and the high-priced hens are additional incl dents. It is a real agricultural fair.
 The wide variety of Alabama's agri- cultural products is nicely and compre- hensively presented in the county ex- hibits. The range extends from the tangerines and Japanese plums of Baldwin to the hay and apples of Gull man. Nothing that is grown in this country is impossible in Alabama. Even from Shades mountain in Jeffer- son come fine exhibits. Shelby sends to the fair a gigantic country ham, and central Montgomery county is rep resented in large booth full of inter- esting exhibits.
 The county plan of exhibition is an excellent one, and it should be encouf- aged next year. If each one of the 67 counties in the state had man like MT. A. F. Hutchings of Baldwin the combined display of next years fair would be worth any mans time and travel in the state. The county idea is the thing. and instead of five coun- ties 25 should be induced to send to next years fair representative ex- hibits.
 And why should not each of the 67 counties be induced to send at least one exhibit of stock? Alabama stock is what all desire to see. Special in- ducements could cause the 67 counties to send to the fair next year 67 stock exhibits. The fair could in this way be made great state event.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-16
WarehOusing a Cotton Crop

The Manchester Guardian admits flat the warehousing of cotton on a great scale is feasible if the money to carry out the enterprise can be ob- tained. There is the rub, and that is why the New Orleans projectors of great cotton warehouse are endeavor- ing to make it a state scheme based on state credit.
 And even the credit of an entire country in Brazil could not make the carrying and warehousing of a coffee crop altogether successful. A good part of about 12,000,000 bags of cotree, worth from $10 to SIP a bag, was in- volved. In year when the price ol coffee fell below the cost of production Brazil undertook to carry an entire crop for her farmers until it could be marketed at a profit This valoriza- tion scheme did not work out as well as had been anticipated. It put little money in the pockets of the farmers and the plan will not soon be repeated
 What was not feasible in coffee may however, work reasonably well when applied to cotton, but the sum needed in the storing of unmarketable cotton would be immense, and no indivluua, or association of individuals would be equal to it. The plan proposed by the president of the New Orleans cotton exchange is immense in it's scope, and he speaks wisely when he proposes to put the state of Louisiana behind it. Any organization less responsible would miscarry. State credit is the minimum, and even then the workings of the scheme would be tentative for season or two.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-16
"BAD MENv WITH NERVES.
,om the New York Telegraph.

From the New York Telegraph.
 The world is not so very small after all. The other day I glanced casually over the register of hotel and read the name "Kinch West Johnson" It may be that was the only man in New York outside the person who signed the register that would have taken an interest in the sig nature. and yet Kinch West was on the point of putting my light out once. He was an Indian territory character in the early seventies, and stopped night with me when I was a boy and living under the parental roof, and he interested me greatly by telling me of his adventures in the southwest.
 Five years later was riding on railway train approaching Denison. Tex, and l saw him. Being young and foolish, hit him on the back and said: Hello, MT. West I'm glad to see you" Say, Kinch's smoke wagons were all over me in a minute. Until he recognized me he scowled, and after that he laughed heart fly. At Denison he wrung my hand and said: Goodbye, boy, and don't say anything about my being here"
 Naturally, I hunted up Kinch West Johnson. and what do you suppose he was? A drummer. A mild-mannered boy, who was glad to acknowledge that the redoubtable Kinch West was his grand father. And he confessed to me that he had never owned a gun In his life.
 One story of this kind leads to another. I recalled Frank James almost as soon as had listened to young Johnsons story of how little use he had for gun. About IA years ago happened to be present at the fair grounds in St. Louis when Frank James, along with a number of others, was vacoinated in obedience to the law Frank fainted as soon as the knife went into his flesh.
 .I ought not to have looked" he ex- plained to me. T never could bear the eight nf blOodn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-16

east-side districts of Manhattan and the Bronx.
 This law compels a voter to have a bed at the place be names as his resi- dence. He must be identified at the place of registration, and he must sign his application for registration. These qualifications were designed to cut down the democratic vote. Men who can not write are often too proud to admit before long line of men that they are unable to read and write.
 These restrictions will not reduce the democratic vote in the upstate counties. and the loss in registration in New York city will perhaps be made good in other parts of the state. The democratic managers in New York do not regard the outlook under the new registration as discouraging. They see in it simply the effects of legislation designed to reduce the democratic vote, and they are glad that the hurt fitness of such legislation is limited. Not enough voters have been excluded to change the November result
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-16
TRICKS OF MEDICINE MEN.
Claim Secrets Are Revealed to Them
 Ir Dream.

From the Denver Field and Farm
 A young Indian, who is ambitious to become a doctor, and finally prophet, learns from his father or other member of his tribe the name and medicinal properties of some herb. He can also, by presenting a sufficient number of ponies to a medicine man, prevail upon the doctor to impart the secret of the herbs to him. Frequently Indians allege that the secret is revealed to them in a dream or by bird or an animal. After procuring 1t, the novice is prepared to begin the practice of medicine. Success in their opinion Is only possible with the aid of the Great Spirit and in order to invoke the help of the supernatural they resort to ya- rious sacrifices.
 For instance, there is the practice of ascending a butte or other elevation and lying with the face to the ground for several days without food or until they are completely exhausted. During this period they profess to have been taught some song, or the Great Spirit converses with them through weed, bird, wild animal, or reptile. They frequently allege that wolves come to them and howl and that they under stand what the animals say. While treating a patient, they place tobacco in little pouches which they tie with sinew. These are painted brilliant col ors and fastened to willow sticks about the size of the shaft of an arrow but somewhat longer
 Occasionally, as substitute for these totems strips of flannel are fastened to the tops of the sticks and permitted to fiutter in the breeze. The sticks are also gayly painted, and inserted in the ground or crevices of rock on top of hill. This is done to gain favor with the Great Spirit and secure his assist ance in making their practice success ful, or curing the patient under their charge. The tobacco or flannel consti- tutes, in fact, votive offerings, and the custom is no doubt of Oriental origin. They have. of course, in the meantime given the patient concoction of medi cine made from the herb or herbs which they especially use. the offering to the Great Spirit being simply supplemental to the giving of medicine, but neverthe- less considered a necessary ceremony.
 The Indian doctors also profess to be able to dream out at will any problem which is difficult of solution during their waking hours. After a novice succeeds in effecting sufficient num- Der of miraculous cures to render him famous, he adds prophecy to his cura- tive attainments, and makes predic- tions as to events which will occur in the future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-16
Parish House Opened.

''The beautiful parish house erected on Sixth avenue by the Church of the Ad- vent congregation is an ornament to the city and will play an important part in the institutional work of the Advent" said a man not of the Episcopalian household. "The parish house has handsome front of freestone, matching the stone of the church in the rear of which it stands. It is conveniently appointed, and one of its best features is a lecture hall with a seat ing capacity of 200. and when occasion requires this room can be enlarged by pushing open sliding doors."
 The parish house was auspiciously op- ened last night with lecture on Par sifap by Mrs. Flournoy Rivers, the new director of the Treble Clef club. A large and cultured audience was present and the lecture was declared to be an intel lectuaI treat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
New County Amendment.


 Dr. J. A. B. Lovett has completed the canvass of nearly all the northern half of the state in the interest of the new county amendment since the middle of July.
 T have been presenting the new coun- ty measure before the people" said Dr. Loyett. land in all my rounds I have heard no pronounced opposition to the Ragsdale amendment to the constitution; on the other hand l have been led to be- lieye that a large majority of the voters of the state. irrespective of party affilia- tions, will be found in the column of the new county proposition on November B."
 Dr. Lovett speaks in high praise of the State Fair. This fair is ahead of any thing of It's kind ever held in Alabama, and so far as my observation goes, in the south," said he. "The agricultural ex- hibits prove a revelation to the public and make us all feel proud of the farmers of the staten
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-16
Reqardin1 Presidential Years.

"The presidential campaign has been less exciting and less disturbing to trade than many that I recall since 1876, but from now until after the election all im- portant business affairs will be in a wait ing condition" said Edward A. Rady of Baltimore.
 Not only has general trade been fairly good during the past three or four months, but when 1t is remembered that the panic of last year hit all industrial centers pretty hard, business is in a remarkably healthy state. In 1880 and 1884 business was paralyzed from the time the national conventions met until the ballots were counted. In this campaign there has been so much apathy that little concern has been felt about it's effect on trade. This has been well, for no matter who Is elect ed the business of the country will re- viye in November. The chances seem to be in favor of Taft, but if Bryan is elect ed business is not going to have the back set that republicans try to make us be- lleve.
 The jobbing trade of Baltimore has been brisk since last June The south is naturally a good customer of Baltimore and I am glad to see that all the southern towns are more than holding their own. As for Birmingham no city in the east of it's size presents such a prosperous appearance In spite of industrial de- pression, this seems to be a sort of ban ner year for Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-16
MY LIFE IS LIKE THE SUMMER
 ROSE.
By Richard Henry Wilde.

By Richard Henry Wilde. My life is like the summer rose
 That opens to the morning sky, But, ere the shades of evening close.
 Is scattered on the ground-to die! Yet on the roses humble bed The sweetest dews of a night are shed, As if she wept the waste to sec But none shall weep a tear for me! My life is like the autumn leaf
 That trembles in the moons pale ray; It's hold is frail-its date is brief,
 Restless-and soon to pass away! Yet ere that leaf shall fall and fade, The parent tree will mourn its shade, The wind bewail the leafless tree But none shall breathe sigh for me! My life is like the prints which feet
 Have left on Tampa's desert strand; Soon as the rising tide shall beat,
 All trace will vanish from the sand. Yet, as if grieving to efface All vestige of the human race, On that lone shore loud means the sea- But none, alas! shall mourn for mel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-16
ReglStratiOn In New York

The republicans are greatly elated over the result of the registrations in New York city. These registrations stand complete, and the sum total in Manhattan and the Bronx is just about 10000 below that of 1904. It is true that as rule the democratic assembly districts show losses while the repub- licap districts show gains. But these changes are not evidences of any trend in public sentiment. They are simply the outgrowth of a new election law devised by the republicans to hamper the democrats in the downtown aud
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-16
A Matter of conaratuIation.

'That four large office buildings are be- ing erected here this year is giving the city splendid advertisement throughout the country" said member of the Con- mercial club, ''and that two of the recent contracts, the Chamber of Commerce and the Empire, have been let to local firm T. c. Thompson & Bros.-is matter of congratulation for Birmingham. The Thompsons will buy great deal of the material used in these buildings here at home, and it Is a matter of pride that Birmingham men have been able to put up a large part of the money needed for the four buildings referred to.
 ''In other progressive cities skyscrapers are built in times of high prosperity, but Birmingham is the only city where four skyscrapers have been prospected and financed in a yearN following panic"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-16
PIGS.
From Life.

From Life.
 This little pig Chaving passed the bac- teroogical inspection went to market. This little pig Gin the absence of the proper certificate that the man who brought the animal invariably sprayed his beard) went home,
 This little pig Especially requiring pro- teids) had roast beef
 This little pig Carbohydrates indieated) had none.
 This little pig went: Tee, hee. hee!
 "To be modern is such fun,