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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Pittsburg capital is preparing to build a hotel in New York exclusively for the accommodation of chorus girls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

John Atwood of Kansas, who may be the democratic campaign manager, is a spellbinder himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Wall street Is not saying word about its preference. It has been re- quested to saw wood and say nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Senor Obaldia must have had good campaign manager, for he was elected President of Panama without a dis senting vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Hearst is preparing to flock by him. self in a convention made of delegates whose fare he had prepaid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18
GRATITIIDE.

0RAI DEF Though fortune wears no smile for me And glory's dream Is fled, I thank the stars of destiny For this my daily bread. At least it profits much to live Fen though in low estate; To take what cheer the world may give And make the best of fate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Kern and Governor Hughes would have been a ticket that would have repelled the barber vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Calamity howlers forget that 100,- 100000 acres are planted in this coun- try with corn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Growing cotton needs hot nights as we'll as hot days, and the present wave is just right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Both sides are talking about an in- auguration trip next March, when Teddy goes out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

The presidential campaign will warm up in September, and that will be soon enough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Political landslides do not come when any one Is looking. They come unavares. and no notice is given.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

The whales are reported to be hold ing a summer school also
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Both national platforms indulge in split infinitives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

The sheath gown at the seaside re- sorts has usurped the place of the sea serpent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Washington Herald There is said to pe an animal in Africa that never drinks water. That animal would certainly have hard time of it in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Mother Eve at any rate never wore a sheath gown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

These are the days when both par ties are full of confidence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Although Dr. Osler is now 60 years old no one chloroforms him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Washington H1ald: Down in Birming- ham these "dry" times they refer to their neighbor to the north as Grand Old Tennessee"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Mir Bryan's lawn mower will get a long felt rest this summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18
NOTHING DOING.

NOTHING DOING. When a man says to another man, I can't see you does 1t mean that his eye sight Is poor?" asked Mrs. Youngthing. No" answered her spouse. "On the contrary, 1t means that his eyesight and lis Judgment are both good"
 JUST HOPING. l like to think that some sweet day My dreams will all come true Despite the fact that cynics say Dreams very seldom do
 RADIANCE. What would you advise me to do with my voice?'
 Have it canned and then destroy the record"
 WASTE OF TIME. That man, no matter who he is, Will end his life no gainer, Who scorns what little joys there are To be the boss complainer.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. Oh, ancient fallaeyl His name In golden type is lettered Who kicks and knocks and howls until Some old abuse Is bettered.
 Cleveland Leader.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18
TOLSTOI'S CRY OF PAIN
From the New York Globe.

From the New York Globe.
 @ A6T winter an appalling execu-
 S tion took place near St. Peters - burg-one to invite the fire of the most gifted pen But the greatest of Russian writers and one of the great est of her patriots remained silent. The black figures swinging from the gibpet in the name of human liberty seemed in capable of arousing the man whose trenchant utterances had rung from the forge of revolutionary Russia time and again. Was the old man sodden? Had he become helpless, intellectually lifeless. under this surfeit of blood? But that winter deed did not stand alone For months, for years before. these exeeu- tions had been performed; during all the months since, the same black procession has marched to the scaffold. And one cannot indict the hangman, the respect able hangman. every day when "of execu- tions, hanglngs, murders and bombs peo- pie now write and speak as they used to speak about the weather"
 But the time comes when a man must summarize. And there are few sum- maries of bloody government which will compare with that which the patriarch of Russian letters, the venerable Tolstoi. has just issued. He hangs his cry of out ragged humanity upon narrow item in the daily papers-but an item that has become typical and commonplace as a tax sale notice. To-day in Kherson,' the paragraph reads, twelve peasants were hanged or an attack made with In : tent to rob on a landed proprietor's es- tate on the Elizabetgrad district It is not because 1t is done ''unceasingly for years to hundreds and thousands of sim- liar misguided men-misguided by the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18
AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE.

The faithful wife without debate.-IIen- " Howard, Earl of Surrey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18
AND NO WONDER.

"Anarchism is spreading rapidly, I am told"
 That's right Almost any day we are apt to hear a mob of infuriated persons cry, Down with the poets! D
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

-Enquirer-sun: Dry BIT mingham refers to AIabama's wet neighbor as Grand Old Tennessee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Gadsden Journal; The dog law has helped some to reduce the canine popu- laton. In Birmingham the authorities are disposing of them at the rate of 100 a day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18
NOT so WET

NUT 6U " FIT. That mountain air intoxicates, As folks say, may be true, But it won't give one the jimmies Like a jug of mountain dew.
 Houston Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18
HARD TO PLEASE.

He swore he couldn't live without her. , "A bad easen They married.'' What next?" Now he swears he can't live with her."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Have courage-the end of July is approaching.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18


 JUST A BLUFF. "Why do you frown the whole day through And seem to ponder so?' ''To see how far a fool can make A little learning go" And is that why you wear look Of dignity profound?" 'of course! If you tapped me on my head 'Twould give a hollow sound''
 REPLIES George Bailey says a St. Louis police man named Hell has been fired. Wonder who gave St. Louis that policeman? Washington bars policemen with false teeth. Yet officers are not supposed to bite prisoners The Washington Herald discusses "The Spread of Ideas" It is advanced by the spread of ink Senator Platt says he wants to pass the century mark. Nothing can make that old man tired of life.
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

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 Columbus -Enquirer-sun Dry" Bir- mingham refers to AIabamas wet neighbor as Grand Old Tennessee,
 Washington HYald: Down in Birning- ham these "dry' times they refer to their neighbor to the north as "Grand Old Tennessee"
 Washington Herald: There is said to pe an animal in Africa that never drinks water. That animal would certainly have a hard time of it in Birmingham.
 Gadsden Journal: The dog law has helped some to reduce the canine popu- laton. In Birmingham the authorities are disposing of them at the rate of 100 day
 Youngstown Telegram: A Birmingham judge disposed of his first pistol toting case by hning the offender s9O and sen tencing him to lSO days in jail That's one way of getting rid of the concealed weapon proposition,
 Jackson News: A man got lost in a Birmingham cemetery the other night and told the police that he saw SO-foot snake crawling around among the grave stones. This Is the first intimation we have had that they are selling Jack son's brand of blind tiger whisky in Birmingham.
 Anniston Star: Looks like Montgomery wants to crowd Birmingham out or that last place in the Southern league Mont gomery ought to be more consderate Of Birmingham. as the latter has been down there so long 1t would be cruel to tear the team from those old and famil- far scenes.
 Montgomery Journal: The miners strike in the Birmingham district is un- fortunate at this time. when so much de- pends upon the men having employment. We sincerely trust that the differences will soon be settled to the full satis- faction of all concerned, and that mat ters will resume their normal conditions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

What would you advise me to do, doctor?"
 T would advise you to settle for my former visits"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

very people who do these things to them;" it is not aone because they and their families suffer- but-and this is the more dreadful consequence-because it spreads depravity throughout every class in Russia that the old count not only cries out but braves and invites prison and death.
 'I can no longer endure it. write this either that these inhuman deeds them be snapped and I be put in prison where I may be clearly conscious that these horrors are not committed on my own behalf, or, still better (so good that I dare not even dream of such happiness), that they may put on me, as on those 20 or 12 peasants, a shroud and a cap, and may push me also off bench so that by my own weight may tighten the well-soapel moose around my old throat"
 But though Gorky has been imprisoned and is now an exile, though Andreyev has been obliged to fly, although Koro- lenlSo almost a score of years ago had already suffered exile four times, Russia dares not lay a hand upon the head of this man who lashes her as a government was seldom lashed before. The other day in an interview Count Witte said of Tol- stoi: "Of course, Tolstoi is the greatest artist fin the world, but his philosophy is absolutely childish" As though one might try to put out a roaring forest fire by pooh-poohing it. This Absolutely childish" philosopher must be left im- mune, and the while his absolutely childish" philosophy, by means open or underground, continues, and will con- tinue to reach great masses of noble people-and become their manifesto against the things that are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

To die, Is to be banish'd from myself.
 Two Gentlemen of Verona.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18
l know 3 man in Birmingham
WHERE IS SHE?

If you would tell him where to find A jug of mountain dew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

The political pivot is located in tn midwest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18
PAssE.

Did you ever build castle in the air and put a girl in it?'' Sure
 What became of the castle?' "It faded" And what became of the girl?', She's faded, too."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Savannah Press: The Birmingham Age Herald does not think 1t would be loyal of Roosevelt to shoot elephants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Washington Herald: Nothing works harder than idle curiosity says the Birmingham Age-Herald. Or pays less.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Columbus Enquirer-Sun: DO we eat too much?" asks the Birmingham Age-Her- ald Possibly; watermelons are plenti- Il
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Beaumont Enterprise; The Birmingham conditions as approaching normal, which Columbus Enquirer-sun: MT. Taft has tions of the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Roanoke (va.) World: "Denver's shout of welcome is a mile high" says the Birmingham Age-Herald. But fellow has to climb to the top to get it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18

Atlanta Georgian: An Indiana man denies that he is dead" says the Bir- mingham Age-Herald. Who was it? Vice President Fairbanks?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
AMBULANCE" IN RUNAWAY.
Man With Broken Leg Is Badly Bump
ed in Vehicle TAKING Him to Surueon.

AS one of the hardships of pioneer
life Gerben Jarzina, one of the home
steaders near Topbar went through an
experience last week which was try
ing enough to suit any One of
his legs was broken by a kick from a
horse. and two of his neighborS placed
him in a wagon and started for the
nearest doctor at Philip. a drive of
about twenty-five miles. On the way
the team they were driving started
to run, and the injured man was
bounced about in the bottom of the
wagon during the run of over a mile.
Fortunately the horses broke loose
from the wagon without overturnins
it, and Jarinska was obliged to remain
in the wagon alone for a couple of
hours until his companions could Sc
cure another outfit with which to com
plete their journey to the physician
and the surgical aid which was need
ed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
LIABLE FOR LOSS By FIRES.
Persons Who Starter Prairie Fires
VIII Be Sued.

Damage suits galore promise to re-
suit from the recent disastrous prairie
fires in portions OF Western and Cen
trail South Dakota
A number of the fires started from
straw stacks, which had been burned
but were left smoldering. and which
were famed into flames by high
winds which prevailed on the days the
prairie fires were the worst. Sparks
from the ~smoldering straw stacks
were readily communicated to the dry
grass in the vicinity m before the
danger was scarcely realized the fires
were sweeping over the country and
doing untold damage TO the property
of farmers living in the pathway OF
the fires.
Under the state law those who thus
were responsible for some of the fires
are subject to being compelled to pay
for the damage done. The state law
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08

upon the subject reads as follows, and
new settlers who are unfamiliar with
the destruction prairie fires can do
would do well to study its provisions:
IF any person or person shall set
or cause to be set on fire any woods,
marsh or prairie. or any grass or stub
BILE lands, in the months of Septem-
Der, October. November, December,
January. February, March. April, May
or June. except as hereinafter provid-
ed. such person or persons shall be
deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof be fined a
sum rot more than 81 900 nor less
than $40. and imprisonment in the
county jail for a period of not longer
than six months. n or both, at the
discretion Of the court. ard shall also
be liable in a civil action to any per
son or persons damaged by such fire
to the amount of such damage"
Under the law Il Dawson county
farmer IA year or W - was com
PEELED to pay damages in the sum Of
several thousand dollars as the result
Of a prairie fire which was caused by
his carelessness. Some of the suffer
erS from the recent fires now are Sc
curing evidence upon which to base
damage suits against those alleged to
be responsible. through careleSsness.
for the starting Of the fires. and in
the near future will institute actions
in the state circuit court.
While ONE Of the fires were caused
by the c~arelessness Of new settlers,
who doubtless did not realize the
danger and the extent of damage a
prairie fire al do, some of the old
timers are charged with having been
RESPONSIBLE for some of the fires.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
J. p. KIDD "a,

knew what was coming. kidder's aim
was low. and the bullet struck the po-
liceman in the knee. s%hattering the
bone. Two other policemen rushed
to the assistance of their fallen officer,
and one OF them succeeded in bring
ing kidder to the floor with a bullet.
But the plucky ranger. after he was
down, kept on firing. and succeeded
in killing both OF the policemen.
II is charged by kidder's friends
that after he was down and out and
er policemen jumped on him, kicked
him. and otherwise injured him. Kid
der's dying statement was to the eff
feet that while he lay wounded on the
floor he was brutally kicked and beat
en- and dubbed owe the head with a
rife. A post-mortem examination re-
vealed the fact that several OF Kid
der's ribs had been broken. and that
ne had several bad scalp Wounds.
Arizona papers assert that kidder
was the victim of a deliberate plot;
that he was decoyed across the inter
national line Intentionally and that
the quarrel was started to give his
enemies a chance to get" him. Kid
der was one of the best known OIL
GERS on the ranger force. and had
made some enemies across the Inc
He was reputed TO be the quickest
man with a gun on the force. and at
thirty PAGES had demonstrated time
and again that he could hit a playing
card three times out Of five.
jeff Kidder was formerly one of the
prominent young men of Vermillion,
being a son Of Former Postmaster s..
w. Kidder, who died some time ago in
California. He was gradute of the
high school there. The banner or MS
death Is no surprise to his many
yermillion friends, as it had been free
~ predicted that some day he would
get mixed up in a gun play and get
the worst of It. His daring nature
and a fondness for firearms proved
his undoing. About a year ago he
kllled a criminal at Douglass, Arlz.,
but was set free, it being proved that
ne fired in s~elf-defense.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
SAY ROAD LOSES MONEY.
Great Northern Is $27 900 to the BAD
In South Dakota for 1907.

In the railroad case presented be-
fore the South Dakota railroad COM
missioners at Willow Lakes, some
surprising information was brought
out.
The hearing was granted on the
complaint Of the towns on the Great
Northern railway between Watertown
and Huron because Of the %discontinu-
ance Of passenger trains on that line
between these two points, and was
attended by officials OF the Great
Northern and representatives from
every city and town affected, Mayor
Martin. Messrs. II. l.. Hopkins and c.
H. Stinson representing Watertown
before the commission.
An attempt to show the commission
that it had no jurisdiction in the mat
ter because the discontinued train
had been run at a loss, the representa-
tives of the road made the statement
that the Great Northern actually lost
s27, 900 last year by operating trains
in South Dakota. The board reserved
it's decision and took the cas- under
advisement.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
STRIKE ON IRRIGATION JOB.
Laborers Quit Work When Paid at
Lower Rate Than They Expected.

Laborers Quit Work When Paid at
Lower Rate Than They Expected.
One hundred and fifty laborers,
most OF them Italians. abandoned
their tools and quit work on the Belle
Fourche irrigation project near Belle
Fourche and the contractors now are
looking for other men to take their
places. Hayes Bros. OF Wisconsin.
the new contractors, only recently
took hold Of the job o Owl creek, and
the italians were imported. They
worked until they got their pay
checks, each man being paid on the
scale of s1.75 per day. The men
claimed that they had been told they
would get $3.50, and as the boss had
no power to change the checks, the
laborers declined to accept them. AL
though efforts are being made by per-
sons there to secure a settlement of
the trouble, nothing definite has ma
terialized yet.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
WILL MEET AT SIOUX FALLS.
Euttermakers' Convention Will Be
Held Oct. 21-22 Next.

Through the efforts of the CONNER
Cial club the annual meeting of the
South Dakota Buttermakers and
Dairymen's association will be held in
Sioux Falls Oct, u and %, next. The
president of this association is f. II.
Baldwin of Letcher. and Albert An
ierSon Of Savo is the secretary.
The last meeting of the association
was held at Mitchell and was we'll at
tended. Some time ago w. H.. Mon
roc one of the local boosters. brought
the attention OF the Commercial club
to the situation and gave the informa-
ton that if the proper efforts were
made the next convention could most
likely be landed for Sioux Falls. The
club went to work with a will and has
landed the prize. 1t is several years
since the state buttermakers met in
Sioux Falls.
The Commercial club has promised
the association to furnish a suitable
meeting place and also a suitable
place for the display of exhibits, and
Will also push other arrangements. IN
fact the Commercial club will render
the state association all tie assistance
possible.
The art of b~uttermaking has be-
come quite a science. and at these an
nual gatherings the buttermakers get
together and exchange views and eX-
I~eripnces which result in much good
to all concerned. The South Dakota
association is one of the most success
full in the the country. South Dakota
butter ranks up with the best on the
market.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
State News of Interest
WILL VOTE ON FREE RANGE.
Lyman County Board Decides to Call
Special Election.

The Lyman county homesteaders,
after a long fight, will be given an OPP
portunity to vote on the question of
free range without waiting until fall.
For a time. it looked as if the action OF
the county commissioners in rejecting
the homesteaders' petition presented
last fall, would allow the cattlemen to
hold full sway for another year. Az
ter the question had been carried into
court, some Of the most prominent
business men of the county met with
the commissioners and presented ad-
d@itional names to the petition, and the
commissioners agreed to act without
carrying the fight any farther. An at
tempt to fix the date of the election
on the question the same as for the
primaries was opposed on the ground
that it would be used as a club in that
election, and May Il was fixed as a
date for the special election.
Under the law special elections a
be ordered for that purpose only if
called in 1907, and there may be an
after-clap in the work, but if the de-
cision Is against the free range, the
public sentiment will be so strong
that any effort to avoid it under tech
nicalities will not be pleasant for
those trying it.
At the same meeting of the com.
missionors they pulled up more is
sues" for the voters of Lyman county
for this year. They granted a petition
for the vote on the question of re.
movaI of the county seat from Ca
coma 10 PreshO. and another for a
vote on division of the county on the
dividing line between the old survey
and the Black Hills survey.
If the county seat change and the
county division move both carry, the
county seat will be within eighteen
miles of the western line of the old
county. instead of on the border line
on the east. With the new county,
Murdo, being almost In the center of
the proposed new county and the prin-
cipal town. has expectations of being
the seat of government of one county,
the name the ulFlSLoIlSlS are dShluS
for.
The town of Lennon, which is sit
uated on the Milwaukee railway eX-
tension in Butte county, and has the
state line for its northern street,
wants Butte county divided to put
them in line for a county seat There
is plenty of division sentiment in the
county. but just what the slicing will
be is the point at issue. The CONNER
cial club of Lennon has arranged an
automobile tour of the country TO con
fer with the different towns and at
tempt to find a division plan which
will be agreeable to the majority. As
the county is almost a hundred miles
square. the club will have hundreds
OF miles to travel to Owe all the
points which will have to be consid-
cred in any division scheme which
can be carried through.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
Animals and Rain,

Lions. tigers and all the cat tribe
dread rain" asid a zoo keeper. ION
a rainy day they tear %nervously up
and Town their cages, growing and
trembling. We usually give them an
extra ration Of hot milk. That puts
them to sleep.
Wolves love a gray day of rain.
They are very CHEEKY. Treacherous
AS the wolf is, no keeper need fear
him on a rainy day. He is too happy
to harm a fly.
Snakes, too. like rain. They perk
up wonderfully as the barometer falls
and the damp makes itself felt in
their warm cages.
Rain makes monkeys glum. They
are apt from instinct, when they see
it through the window, to clasp their
hands above their heads and sit so
for hours. That attitude. you know,
makes a kind of shelter. 1t is the
primitive umbrella"