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The avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 190?-1909, 1908-12-18
Our McttoeS and Emblcms

Our McuOeS and EmblemS.
We publish ur following b., request of rorraI,, oae. &c.
saw . distant city for over The pathlcs. sea-
scene Ia the days OF nay ooyhood that awa's ccm,
grand % me
ihcd vast column approaching with banner har couisd
And read on its pure folds when sighted our motto .Io
God We Trust
zoe coumc forward the ranks both Young
Aryd In garments of splendor ssaa ofcruson and gold
There marched tn. prince and the peasant me thinks can see
As they move to the soul stirring music with the knights of
the anvil and pow
They their breasts device crossed
crossed and keys
The pen the sword and the hour glass fresh budded
rod from tree,
ON. had the bow and the culver another the serpent toed
and one dressed in Heavens rsgaa carried proudly
volume Of God
Then came al Old man bearing hard on
passed three
toteng limbs and wrlnkled Drow-hov wish could
He bowed to the tong on right and hi, he was pleas
And seemed to say as he passed Us BY Forss not o.
Forget not"
Then beautiful banner held high in its ranks decsed with
cHbems 5- liant and bright
Nartae tp. Ir.nember three golden Inns, ana
fHc top Of The Tag staff three arrows were set
Aboa them G0auu turtle dove right under tHe links u Ist
OF gold.
Was DE motto. Truth Friendship and Love
.D9a bless ODE Ofen" this said le tried keep
PACE. the ranks,
.TIe. cared .rur they Ion0red dead that
crossed JJrdah.e banks
When death ad H., band without asking they
etc attend.
Har1l He faeg come unde. GODS comA-an5 ' .'
widows and Orphans friend"
with .-..na. can. ,.c. carried him out. down who're 20.
v,at.o.ory hands they Iaid l.m ava' e.o- ". ..
mothers
uyat ua. it strange that h5uor thesa uea d" tr.. ''
and hand,
.Ia. .s order extend may flourish and EIo" and '.'
sound the gayeI reach every and
Stand tr. g our banner pure aud white Jet stain m
beautiful folds
T... truths that from rtul. elrl uF". .f
more precious than silver ard goa
Italics Of Irra" trials and a 500. .E.
nor been ly the tempest tossed.
.r.. motto. lu God We Trust .e.
Grand u.4r.r tho eros, .Iorts.rs Times
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-02

turesquely into the membership of the
local board of education in her vicinity.
Her late lamented father-in-aw was II
great and successful miner in his day and
left an estate of $500O0,O00.
Another sign of the times is the es-
tablishment of haberdasher store on
Wall street, directly opposite the
stock exchange, a section heretofore
sacred to banking and brokerage. The
many pawn broking shops in the neigh
bobrhood are not designated by the
USUAL sign. Trade is making a most
direful invasion of the financial dis
trct.
The street is trying hard to find en-
couragement in the report of the
United States Steel corporation. 1t GER
tainly had a great year in 1907, but
the outlook for 1908 cannot be said to
be wholly glowing. The orders on the
books are only little more than half
what they We're year ago, and 1t is
an open secret that of the so-called
live orders a very large percentage are
only half alive-in other words that
the corporation Is in no haste to fill
these orders so long as those to whom
the goods are to be delivered are In
no shape to make prompt payment
therefor. Still, it can be said with
truth that the prospect with the Steel
corporation is not altogether dark. Il
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-02
SIGNAL MAN LOOSES
PASSENGER TRAIN
MISTAKE CAUSES RACE FOR LIFE
WITH FAST EXPRESS FOLLOW
ING CLOSE IN REAR-ExPERl-
ENCE ON FRENCH RAILROAD.

Paris, February 1.-(Speeial cable AN
extraordinary adventure has happened to
a French train on the Northern railway.
The train got lost-literally lost It was a
train full of passengers running between
the capital and Amiens. 1t left left
Care du Nord at p. m.
At Criel, where the lines to Brussels,
Germany and Holland branch off, the
thoughtless train, owing to a mistake of
the signal man, got switched on to the
Brussels instead of that to Amiens. 1t
was dark, and it was some time before
the engine driver noticed the error. len
in a moment he saw the mistake and also
reelected that the Brussels express must
be laundering on behind him and could
hardly be more than a mile off. Then an
exciting race began.
The engine driver clapped on full steam
and tore ahead. The passengers, finding
the train racing at this breakneck speed,
became alarmed and pulled the danger
signals, but not attention was paid to
them. OF course they did not know that
a 6O-mile-an-hour express was fast on
their heels and that it was a desperate
race for life. In a quarter of an hour,
however, the lost train ran onto a juno
ton at Point St Maxence, where the
driver hastily explained matters to the
signal man and was shunted on to a sid
ing only a minute before the Brussels
express Numbered needless by.
Then the wandering train was sent back
to its proper line and reached Amiens two
hours late.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-02

themselves by the humiliation of all
that might bear witness against them.
This is harsh thing to say, but the
facts amply justify everything that 1
have put into this letter and much
more.
Incidentally, In this connection it may
be mentioned that important interests
which were short time ago aligned IN
favor of the great central bank to save
the country from financial pancs are now
Indifferent on the subject, or opposed to
the proposition. Existing conditions suit
them better. The experience Of the past 30
days has shown them what can be done
by combination of muti-mllionaires in
control of the great banks of the leading
cities of the western hemisphere. In COM
bination and without restraint of law they
find themselves able to create money fam
Inc or plenty at will, and to depress or
raise the stock market for their enormous
Individual or aggregate profit.
With a central bank to safeguard the
public in financial emergencies they would
not have this piratical field of action.
They would much prefer to leave things
as they are With a centralized authori-
ty and espionage it might not be possible
for a single banking institution to ar
bitrarily take from It's available funds.
$4,000, 900. and stick 1t away in its own
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-02

is getting new orders to the extent of
Is. 900 to 10000 tons a day, which is
about half the working capacity. This
new business, added to the really live
percentage of old business, insures a
net income at the present at rate of
81, 100000 to $10,o00,o00 a month, or
quite sufficient for fixed charges and
certain continuous dividends on the
common stock. The outlook for some
of the railroad equipment companies is
showing slight signs of improvement,
although in these special industrials
stockholders may with safety look for
a lean season. With 100000 idle freight
cars and $4,000 idle locomotives there
is abundant Working margin for the
railroads before they will be obliged
to order new rolling stock.
Wall street got the tip from Wash
ington early In the week that the
President was preparing a dynamite
boom to hurl into its midst in the
shape of a special message to Congress
on the subject of employers liability
| for injuries to workingmen. The bears
| tried their best to make capital out of
| the impending explosion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-02

safety vaults for withdrawal to buy IA
vored stocks at the proper time.
The bond market is showing signs of
recuperation How much of this is real
and how much artificial only the insiders
at this time can say. 1t Is noticeable,
however, that on every important rise
there is a great pressure of the goods,
which crowds in from hundreds and thou
sands of banking houses and bond brok-
ers The investing classes need not be in
distress. The market will be here for
some months to come, and there will not
be time when buyers with money will
be denied the right to participate in bar
gains.
1t Is mentioned as one of the signs of
the times that many among the big rich
are going back on their commitments for
the support of hospitals asylums and 9TH
err charities. AS result these institutions
are finding themselves in distress. More
| than one has closed its doors, thus in
| creasing the general suffering and priva-
! tion In one notable instance a very fash
| ionable dame cancelled her subscriptions
| for charity on the ground that she could
not afford the outlay and a day or two
| afterward gave house party that cost
! 5000 at her magnificent mansion on Long
| Island. This leader of fashion not long
ago gained conspicuity by breaking pic
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-02
SPECIAL RATES
VIA

Winter Tourist Rates to many
points in the South and Southwest at
very low rates. Tickets on sale daily
until April 30th. Good to return until
May 31st.
Special Homeseekers Rates to the
West and Northwest. Tickets on sale
first and third Tuesdays of each month,
at one fare plus $500 for round trip.
One fare plus 25c to Mobile, New
Orleans and Pensacola, account Mardi
Gras Tickets on sale Feb. 26th to
March I'd inclusive. good to return
until March 10th.
For full information, call on P. Sid
Jones, d. P. A., Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-02

II you want the bes. advertising cuts
try the Gawk, Age-Herald.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-21
y y THE EVENING STARS TWO PAGE MAGAZINE = y
WHO EXAGGERATES MOST,
MAN OR WOMAN, AND WHY?
We Are Prone to Use S~uperlativeS in Everyday Speech, and
There Is No Apparent Reason.
BY IMoGENE MASON.

= NNM mar the other day, and, mannke, he replied, Woman" as a nat
v ter of course. If a woman had beena asked the question she would
have declared, Man." with equal assuanc and emphasis but al unbiased per-
could we find one,w would have said ITS hard to tell"
simply frozen to death" and that she knows she'll die m the spot if she
doesn't go right into theh house. To her a new hat is either perfectly heavenly"
or "indescnbaby ugly" Hero children are usually the sweetest little angels"
except on he days when they are perfect little imps" She AN never" do a
thing will her hair" afer washing though it usually looks as well as the day
before thu bath. Ierh head always aches "terrfhcany," and-but that's enough
about her
A man is every bit al bad, though perhaps he does mott realize it. He
eve admits it, but you can catch him stretching a point any time yu engage
him lin conversation
1T worked like a whole regiment all day. until I'm dead % the world. This
York is just killing me-. I'm losing a pound a minute" is but a feeble speci-
men of the ordinary mans power of exagg@auon.
It appears that the average American must find a vent for excess energy in
the use of superlauve adjecuves 1t seems just a little ridiculous that we
cannot talk without going over the boundary which separates fact from what
is pretty much like fiction.
And yet, it would be tresome to say the least If We xaggerate not a
all; it, when we were tired, We said, I'm tired" instead of I'm SO tired 1
cannot see" and if, when we were pleased, we merely mentioned the fact
instead of telling how terribly happy" We were.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-21
LET IT GO AT THAT.

The pastor of a church in one of the
mining towns was examining a little
boy in the presence of Archbishop Ryan,
of st, Louis.
what is matrimony?' he said. Sc
verely.
The little fellows eyes bulged out
with fright at the suddenness with
which the question was put, and then
he said, mechanically:
"Matrimony is a state of punishment
to which some souls are condemned &c
suffer for Il while before they are con-
sidered good enough to go to heaven.
Tut, tut" said the old priest, impa-
tiently. that's the definition of purga-
tory. why
Let the boy alone, father said the
archbishop. with a merry twinkle ir
his eye; che may be right, What dc
o or I know about it, anyway?'-Chi-
Gag Journal.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-21
RIGHTS OF THE CHILDREN TO FAIRGROUNDS

In the days when the population in Jul cities was thinner and more
scattered and when the vacant lot was in evidence in every block. and when
vehicukr travel was much less there were Fairgrounds galore for youth Of
all ages Every vacant lot was a playground and the residential streets could
be used for play Conditions nav radically changed. Vacant lots are few
n far between, population is crowded, the trolley cars constitute a peril to
childhood and vehicular travel congests the streets and crowds the children out.
1t is as necessary for the physical and mental wen-being of children that they
should play as that they should eat and whent they are deprived of the vacant
lots and tn streets al Fairgrounds the city is morally bound to find a substitute
w lave been shw in fulfilling this bounden duty and should therefore make
up for the neglect by a generous provision this year. The Fairgrounds Com
mission serves without pay, and its unrewarded zeal and effort should be
backed up with a good appropriation by the Council.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-21
THE NEW STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.

The opening oft the new State Normal School at Montcair Heights with the
beginning If the fall term of the public schools will mark a og step in ad-
vance for the public school system of the State. 1t vas not without great op-
position and dihfculty that legislative authorization for the building of this
school ws obtained. Selfish and mercenary influences were active for several
years at Trenton to prevent The Trenton shopkeeper and real estate specu-
a normal school at he expense of the State was another, while sectional OPP
position in South Jersey was also enlisted. This new school will probably serve
the needs OF, two-thrds the States population, though two normal schools are
inadequat for the State There is enough work for or normal schools, and
is soon IS the State "a afford the outlay a third school should be placed in
south Jersey which la a right to demand m
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-21
Sn 2\gNtsome MOOD
OFF HIS MIND.

DO you know that I'm feeling a
heap easier in my mind than 1 was a
week ago." said the Long Island
farmer.
'Got the mortgage on your farm paid
off 2" was asked in reply.
"Noap. Haven't got any mortgage
to pay off. l was in town last week
with some stuff and heard two men
talking about the Panama Canal. I'd
read something about it, but wasn't
posted, and when they said it was to
cost $500, 900, 900 my hair stood up"
yes, that's the estimated cost" re-
piled the grocer.
II went home and told the old woman
and my son Sam. I says to them. says
L: Cit ready for the poorhouse! Git
ready for starvation! Git ready for
paupers' graves. The Panama Canal Is
to cost $500, 900, 900, and it will take the
last pigs tail on our farm to pay for
our share of it!'"
"And their hair stood up?" queried
the grocer.
1.-THE old woman tainted dead away,
but Sam he took it as cool as ice. He
hunted around for a piece of chalk
and then went out to fgger on the
! barn door. After an hour he came in
with a grin OF his face and said:
dad, I've got it down plumb fine.
and there's no occasion to be skeered.
Our share of hat 5000, 100000 is only
'leven cents
You can't beat Sam at fggers.
He'd one over it a dozen times, and
it was allus 'leven cents. I give n
yell for joy, and then 1 writ a letter to
the President, enclosing our share. and
rode three miles to mai 1t, and the
blamed thing was off my mind foreve
Yes, sir, I'm feelin' fine as silk and not
a care on my mind, and afore 1 go
home I'm goin' to look around a bit
and buy Sam the best dollar jackknife
in this hull town." JOE KERR.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-21
BRAVERY UNEXAMPLED IN
DEATH OF RABIES VICTIM
''He Died Like a Man" Is Ada Lynn's Suggestion for an Eptaph
Over Grave of Brooklyn Inventor.
BY ADA LYNN.


Act we'll our part; there all the honor lies"
ww y LILLIAN Fl. MARSH, he Fatbush inventor who became inocuhted
WW with the germs Of hydrophobia through caring for a wounded dog, me
of the pets of his family, and who was caught in the final throeso Of the
dreaded disease yesterday, died like a man.
He was told by DR. William L. Wheeler, director of the Pateur Institute.
that he had cone there too late for successful treatment and that nothing
would avail Calmly the mn asked how man. days he had to live, and calmly
he vent about he final adjusting of his affairs, though he new ht but four
days we're between him and eternity.
Then, business mattrs settled, HI went home and to bed, where the best
medical men who could be found waited and watched to stave o if the terrible
commissions which precede this frghful death Between spasms the brav mar
babe his family God by, and when the end came it was without a murmur
against III fates which took such a means t o ut him off in the prime of his life.
1t takes a brayem MAJ to die a noble death, and when he does the whole
world bows down in something akin to worship Any man could meet deatho n
the battlefield without hnohng. The shots around him. the cheering words of
his fellow soldiers and the cause for which he fought create in him a martial
much is at stake.
But for a nan 10 lie on a sckbed, suffering from h worst disease known to
science. never showing a sgn OF the white feather though realizing fully that
the hours which separate him from the long night will be fraught with agony
such a few men have fet, that is bravery so great as to be uncomprehended
by the majority. His people should be proud; proud that such a spirit should
have been related to them.
than
#4 He died like a man."
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-21

Little Johnnie, aged 6, had beer TO
church and had displayed more than
usual interest in the sermon. in which
the origin of Eve had been dwelt on
at some length. On his return from
the services, there being company to
dinner, he had also displayed a good
deal of interest in the eatables. espe-
cial1y the mince pie and cakes. Some
time afterward, being missed, he was
found sitting quietly in a corne with
his hands pressed tightly over his ribs
and an expression of awful anxiety on
his face.
"Why, what on earth is the matter9'
asked his mother in alarm.
Mamma. I'm afraid I'm going to
have a wife. "-Everybody's Magazine.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-21
4 CHANCE 70 EARN COMMISSION sALARlHs.

The State Railroad Commission in its contemplated suits to compel the abon-
ton Of fve dangerous grade -cosdngs in the State does n % more than n NUM-
cipanty is legally authorized to do under the statutes of the State Curiousy
enough, this power Of the municipality lay dormant and unknown until it was
pointed u by Mr. Joseph Cout to the Newark authorities, but too late, n
fortunately, to anticipate the payment by he city oil large sum 20 the rail-
road companies in onsdrahon Of the elevation ant depression of their tracks
within the city limits. The power existed for the municipality beforeth the Rail-
road Commission was created, and had also been invoked by Newark against
the Pennsylvania and Lehigh Valley Railroad companies The state Railroad
Commission needs to % something to give som color OF justification for the
enrolment of its members IN the payroll If the State at high salaries and if
service.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-21
HALF A BILLION FOR WATERWAYS.

Half a billion for inland waterway improvement looks big, nut thu amount
lis to cover a period of ten years, making it s5OOOoOo0 a year which is really
not much for $780, 100000 1000 country. Holland isn't ash zig as New York. Ho[
land has about $780, 100 population and al area OF 1264S square miles New
York has 5Oo0W population ant 1880 square miles; yet Holland spends In
a year three times tn amount for inland waterways proposed to be spent
annually in he United States Germany an France expend four times the
moun Compared with any European state our country is better able by far
tt AFFORD the expenditures. And for is the returns will be infinitely greater than
anywhere else in the world.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-21
W JERSEY ucE.pRsslDEN7AL CANDIDATE AT DENVER.

state convention will go before the Chicago convention as New Jerseys candi-
date for the vice-p presidential nomination. Governor Forts renewed n half
indignant disavowal Of the candidacy, which several papers in the State have
attempted to force pom him, settles that point exclusively. But while
New Jersey Republicans are bidding for the second place OF their national
ticket. what have tn New JerseyD Democrats been doing to secure the vice
resdentia ominaion at Denver for a New Jersey andidate? If 1T is polite to
ave a Jersey al to he Republican national ticket it is just al polite to give
a Jersey tail to the Democratic nationa ticket Policy dictates that thu Vice
should be taken from the east when the presidential candidate is a
nan
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-21
BUILDING AND LOAN.
tor of the Evening Star:

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
How should l go about it to start a
building and loan association? II. H.
Consult a good lawyer or else write
to David A. Watkins, superintendent of
banking and insurance, at Trenton.
When a number of men decide to form
a building and loan association they
subscribe a certain amount of stock
and employ a lawyer to have the asso-
citation Incorporated under the laws Of
the State.-Ed.J
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-21
H~ALF-pENNY OF 1904.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Please let me know how much a
United States half-penny of 1904 is
worth. Also state the value of a
United States penny of 1912. M. B.
1.-THE half-penny of 1904 is worth
ten cents in good condition. The other
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-21
NOT For HIM.

why don't we TAX a short cut whin
ye're goin' to yer work." asked Cas-
sidy.
"shure. there is no dacint short cut"
replied Casey.
"Of course there is. Ye could go
across the Country Clubs grounds
"Shure, that's not dacint. Dye think
I want to be took fur a golf player?"-
Catholic Standard and Times.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-21
O SUGGESTIVE.

Dusty Rhodes-Weary use ter jest
about live IN celery al lettuce, but
he's quit eatin' 'em now a%ltergether.
Happy Harry-How is dat?
D. R.-He found out dey was SOAP
orifc.-Boston Transcript.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-21
HI IMPORTANT POINT.

but are you sure you love me?"
asked Miss Shrude.
Il swear it, replied Mr.. Yerher: Il
value you as I value my life"
"Ah! but GO you value me as you
value your life insurance ?'-Catholic
Standard and Times.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-21
NO CURRENCY BILL YET:

There will be nc currency legislation by Congress- ant not ven a prehnse
If any. Congress will provide for a Currency Commission to report to the
XXI session. al which time the presidential election will De over and Congress
of the legislative mountain. but the country must fan accept the situation and
take the chances of another financial CONFUSION under its present currency
the worst in the world.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-21
APOTHEcARY'S WEIGHT.

I'm sure,' whispered the gossip,
that Mr.. Pillsbury, the druggist, takes
a dram occasionally"
Yes replied the bright girl. 81 be-
lieve he has no scruples in hat direc-
ton. "-Philadelphia Press.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-21
JOYS OF SPRING.

De QUIZ wonder what ails Wood
son? He wouldn't shake hands with
me today.
De Whiz-That wasn't because he's
i'll disposed toward you.
De Quiz-No?
De Whiz-No. He's been giving his
carpets their annual beating, and he
can't raise his right arm.