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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-04

girl, and different from most books of that kind, the children would like this
 book There should be no need of great big stick to make the chicks read
 "The Flaming Sword"-on the contrary. Of course, as a general proposition, this reviewers opinion on children is not worth the proverbial hill ll-of-beans, still he does give it-take 1t or leave 1t, letting 1t go
 at that-for his kind always give advice on children and such things-principally because he hasn't any. .i4. Raw Gold by Bertram ". Sinclair , co. w. Dillingham; Co)
 MT Sinclair, who has written a number , of wild and woolly western stories, with a d-in-our-next atmosphere run
 ming through most of them, has prepared another effusion with Raw Gold" The scene of this story is the Canadian border, near the Pend d'Oreille, and the char
 acters are the northwestern mounted | police servants of her Majesty the Queen, together with several citizens of the United States who have lived up along the border more or less wild as ranchers, Indian hunters and buffalo kill CTS during those years of our country's life when the war-whoop and the camp fire were familiar over most of it's terri
 tory.
  this reviewer has yet seen written by MT
 Sinclair. It is really out of the ordinary western story, and while one is nearly frightened to death, more or less, as he reads, there are other compensatfons Then, too, some people, a great many i, like to be frightened while reading. To all such Raw Gold" will be winner The book is alsp written from the ground up; in it there is lots of that much abused term atmosphere" local color and so on. and taken all together Raw Gold will please the lover of the sit-up-and-t take notice adventure story with scenes in the west There have been so many of these western stories sent out it is difficult to pick out the best ones because it's tire some but Raw Gold" will stand the test, if fair. The story moves with a swing and is told in a refreshing style You would-be cowboy, take chance at Raw Gold" you can't lose!
 By Right of Purchase" by Harold
 Bindloss. (Frederick A. Stokes Co.) In his new book Mr Bindloss has re- turned to the scene of his most popular stories, the great northwest.
 The story begins with the mercenary
 marriage of man and woman hopelessly ll-suted to each other. It tells the story of the woman's antagonisms to the mode of life and habits of thought of new country to which her husband had brought her. where physical labor is the lot of all and of her forced association
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-04

with her husband whom she believes she
 thoroughly dispises, but had married
 Husband and wife experience the excit-
 ing uncertainties of wheat growing; they
 encounter the enmity of outlaws, liquor
 runners and prairie fires. It was the
 necessity of their fighting for one another in situations of peril which makes the interest of the story acute, which, added to the pent-up force and nobility of the wife's character, finally triumphs over pride or caste, and the conclusion s1s a glorious victory for both husband and wife.
 In the story the man had simply gone ahead, picked out the woman he wished to marry. bought her and took her home.
 So long as marriage has not as yet been
 made compulsory by any energetic med-
 ding legislature or congress. 1t does seem
 idle, now, doesn't it, to worry ones self
 over the sorrows or desolation of man
 or a woman who sold themselves-even
 in books. In this day of emancipation of
 woman," why, this dripping of tears
 loss of sleep O nights over a woman who preferred the bird-in- a-gilded-cage busi- ness to love in a cottage? Waste of good tears and sleep-time. is it not? Sure! MT.
 Bindloss cannot get or work up any
 weeps from this reader over his heroine who sold herself literally, in preference to going to work or marrying man she loved who couldn't furnish the gilded
 cage only cottage. But the book! That's all right-as are most of the novels sent forth by MT. Bindloss. This readers quar- rel Is only with that type of woman who sells herself in books or out of them. and then--well, she then wants and cannot
 understand why she doesn't get happi-
 ness and her price. too. Are there any like that in real life? Well, rather men and women, too The reader of this re- view is thinking right now of two or three-you know you are-but he or she need not bother to tell this reviewer about them, for he has troubles of his own, with his own little list.
 ''The American Battleship and Life in the Navy" by Thomas Beyer. Oaird & Lee.)
 This is a book on life in the United States navy together with humorous yarns as told by bluejacket himself, to-wit, MT Beyer. The book is well illustrated from photographs and contains latest tables of battleships, cruisers, vessels built and building, showing size, displace- ment guns, officers, men. etc. The book,
 written by a sailor himself. giving an ac-
 count of the real life of the men on board ships, is really a creditable and in teresting book. There are lot of funny yarns in the book, too, together with a
 lot of authoritative and interesting data as indorsed by Admiral Dewey and Rear
 Admiral Evans The book is splendid one for young boy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-04
BROWN BROS. & GO.

Account State Fair, Atlanta, Southern Railway will sell round trip tickets at the spe- cial low rate of $5.20. Tickets on sale daily, Oct. 8 to 23, ex- cept Sundays, limited Oct. 26. Trains leave 7::30 am, 4;;25 pm. and 12::30 midnight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-04
OFFICE SPACE IN THE BROWN MARX ANNEX
 FOR RENT

We are now renting office space in the Annex to the Brown Marx Building, which will be ready for occupancy on April 1st. Persons desirous of securing rooms in this building can see plans at our office. Partition changes will have to be indicated now in order to be made without additional cost.
 RROWN BROS & G0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-04

Roeblng company is justly proud of it, and MT Isaac Harby under whose man. agement it is conducted. takes the keen est delight in every detail of the city's affairs. The people living in this little incorporated town are glorously happy. Roebling is a bowling success.
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''s009," by James Hooper and Fred R.
 Bechdolt. CThe Mcclure Co)
 No. "9009" was that designating num- Der instead of name given to John Collins when sent to prison five years
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-11
PARTY OF PERFORMANCE.
Republican Organization Fosters All
Policies Tending tONIal1c the COun-
try Great and Prosperous.

The Republican is party of action.
/ 1t rests upon what it has done, and
not upon what it possibly may do
| in the future. 1t has fOstered every
| thing that has tended to make the
country great and prosperous. It
has moved with the people. 1t has
| kept abreast of the times. 1t has
ever stood ready to modify an old
policy or to adopt a new one when
the business interests of the cOun-
try have needed the modification or
the change. 1t has protected Ameri-
can industries. 1t has protected
American labor By stringent immigra-
ton laws. Ii protected the credit and
business stability of the country by
promptly declaring in favor of a gold
standard, and writing it in the stat
utes. When the time came it prompt
~ seized upon the time and the op-
portunity to begin the speedy con
struction of the great isthmian canal.
1t has never hesitated to assume 4
responsibility. When the cruelties
in Cuba threatened the interests of
America the Republican party re-
solved to put an end to those cruel |
ties. When trusts sprang up it en-
acted a law to curb and control those /
trusts. When commerce was at the I
mercy of the railroads. it provided for /
a commission to regulate them. When
shippers were oppressed by transpor-
tation companies it promptly enacted
a rate law. 1t has met every emer-
sency in war or peace, met il in
wise, prudent and statesmanlike man
aer. 1t is progressive when progress
Siveness means upbuilding. 1t is con-
sentative when conservatism means
he maintenance of peace, order and
prosperity. 1t has been prompt with
tut undue haste. Peace and prosper ;
ty at home-hOHOr and respect
broad has been, is now, and always /
ill be its motto.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-11
BOUTELL ON BRYAN.
Is His "ShaIl the People Rule?"
Simply ga Local Issue?"

~ AoNeAA AS9ANs
Congressman Henry Sherman Bou-
tell, of Chicago, commenting on Mr..
Bryan's speech in Iowa. says:
Mr.. Bryan's question, Shall the
people rule?" implies that somewhere
in this country the people do not
rule The only States where the
people do not rule are the States that
are expected to give overwhelming
majorities for the Democratic ticket.
Perhaps Mr.. Bryan thinks that his
question is purely "a local ISSUE" II
he is sincere, ! challenge him to make
a speech in Vicksburg, Miss. on
Government by the People" Let
him repeat one of his famous anti
imperialist speeches. simply changing
three words, substituting MISSISSIPPI
pi" for philippines" and BLACK
brothers" for brown brothers.
Let him suggest that we have
as chairman of his meeting
John Sharp Williams, leader Of the
Democrats in Congress, and as vice
chairmen the other members of the
Congressional delegation from Mis-
sissippi.
And after he has made his speech
in Vicksburg, If he shall have escaped
the rule of the people in that COM
munity, I dare Mr.. Bryan to repeat
his Grafton on popular government
in Charleston, S. c., with Senator
Tillman as chairman of his meeting.
Mr.. Bryan's sentiments have a pure
ly geographical sincerity His cpl
grams and startling conundrums are
especially designed to meet local de-
mands. OF this nature are all his
10. 90 49,
Mr.. Bryan's proposition that every
time a trust is formed a tariff sched-
ule should be repealed, and every
time a trust is dissolved a new duty
should be added, is too funny even
for comic opera.
If on March 4 next Mr.. Bryan
should become President, with a
Democratic Congress in both houses,
and should actually place upon the
statute books the financial and eco
nomic vagaries delivered by him in
his speech of last Friday. it would
plunge the nation into bankruptcy
and bring on Industrial chaos. If
he should begin by repeating the duty
on sugar to punish the Sugar Trust,
he would upset the national finances
by losing S60,O0O,000 a year in reve-
nues, and would stir up a revolution
in Louisiana. Utah, Colorado and
Michigan. Then, if he should repeal
the duty on cotton goods, because
some hustling manufacturers of New
England or the Carolinas were dump
ing goods in China in rivalry with
England and Germany he would di-
vert other millions from the Treas |
ury and invite still further indus
trial ruin.
But, of course, Mr.. Bryan would |
do none of these things, any more |
than he will invade the solid South |
and summon the cohorts Of Democ- |
racy to the defence of the Constitu-
ton with tho lattle cry Shall the |
People Rule?" Mr.. Bryan simply |
does not mean what he says. What |
he utters with Chadbandian JUNCTION
in the North he repudiates with Peck
snifIian duplicity in the South.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-11
BRYAN TRUE TO SILVER IDOL
BELIEF IN HIS PANACEA WILL
REMAIN UNSHAKEN.
Declaration of Faith Made to Cow
er the Past, the Present
and the Future.

If would be extremely unkind to
saw that Mr.. Bryan is fickle In MS
Dolitical belief. His best friends
would be the last to make such an
assertion, for they realize Thoroughly
that their leader, when he has once
IMPLANTED a conviction firmly IN MS
mind. clings to it like grim death.
This is especially true of Mr..
Bryan's attitude on the Silver ques-
ton through which he first rose TO
prominence. He has very lite to say
about that question at present, but
that he is absolutely certain that
It is a subject of the greatest i'm
portance and that his own particular
financial panacea is the only saTe
guide for the United States may De
plainly seen from the following ex-
tracts from his collected wisdom:
In an address at the Jefferson Club
Banquet at Lincoln, Neb., December
20. 1900, Mr.. Bryan said:
1.-THE principles for which we con-
tended in the last campaign still live,
and we who believe in them must
continue to fight for them. An cleo
ton does not change principles; u
only determines what principles shall
for the time being be applied.
In the North American Review, in
the same month, Mr.. Bryan recorded
this declaration of faith:
ITO consider this election as de-
cisive of the money question would
be as absurd as to have regarded the
election of 1896 as decisive Of the
tariff question. 1t would be more
reasonable to regard the late election
as conclusive upon the question or
imperialism or upon the trust ques-
ton, both of which were discussed
more by our people than the money
question.
1.-The increased production of gold
has lessened the strain upon gold,
and has to some extent brought the
relief which Democrats proposed to
bring in a larger measure by the re-
storation of silver; but there is no
assurances whatever that the gold
supply, even with the new discoveries,
will be sufficient to maintain the level
of prices. Favorable conditions have
given us an abnormal share of the
worlds supply of gold, but the
scarcity of the yellow metal abroad
is already leading to the export OF
gold, while the increase in the issue
of banknotes is evidence that we are
still short of money here. The Re-
publicans defend the gold standard
not by logic, but by giving it credit
for better times. When prosperity
fails, the gold standard will lose its
charm"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-11

political prairie until it is lost to
the sight of its original adherents.
am not in the race to catch that
donkey. and If you are, you will find
that you have to keep plumb full Of
a different kind of turpentine in every
campaign.
And so l received your communi-
cation with qualification and graft
tude, and so | withdraw from your
club with pleasure and without the
slightest hard feeling.
Good luck and God bless you, and
may you all be able to keep up with
your mule. Sincerely,
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-11
TAFT'S SETTLEMENT OF THE
FRIARS' LAND PROBLEM

In the whole story of Judge Taft's
brilliant and useful career as jurist,
executive and diplomat there is no
more creditable chapter than that de-
voted to his adjustment OF the contro-
versy concerning what were known as
the "Friars' Lands" in the Philip
pines. Those lands, consisting Of
some 100000 acres of the most fer
| tile soil in the islands, were held by
priests of certain religious orders, but
were occupied and farmed by native
tenants, who complained that the
rentals exacted by their clerical land
| lords were excessive. Upon the with
drawal of Spanish authority from the
Archipelago the Friars' Lands became
| the subject of earnest controversy.
The farmer tenants contended that
the property should be taken from the
priests and thrown open to purchase
in small parcels by the actual occu-
pants. There was a demand, indeed,
for the confiscation of the property
and the priests themselves, in their
ignorance of American methods, were
fearful that such course might be
adopted. ~
1t became one of Mr.. Taft's tasks
to settle this serious dispute, and he
accomplished it in q manner which
not only greatly increased his own
popularity and enlarged American
prestige in the islands, but developed
among the clerical authorities and the
tenant farmers 4 vastly more neigh
bOrly spirit, and q more harmonious
community of interest than had ever
existed before. Mr., Taft carefully in
vestigated all conditions relating to
the Friars Lands. He consulted the
clerical landlords, the higher church
authorities and the tenant farmers.
Then he went to Rome, where his
for an amicable adjustment
of the controversy received the cor
dial approval of the papal authorities.
The Friars Lands were purchased for /
a sum approximating $7,0O0,0O0. /
Clerical landlordism ceased and the |
was divided into small par
cells and sold on easy terms to former /
tenants and others DESTROYS of en- /
gaging in agriculture.
Tho real Importance OF this trans
action is appreciated only by those
with the manifold and deli
,ate problems which have been en-
;ountered in the work OF Americana
ng the Philippines. The settlement
If the affair by Mr.. Taft removed per-
nanently a fruitful source Of friction
between the civil and the religious in
erests of the islands. It laid the
for kindlier relations and
more intimate cooperation between
he civil government and the author
ties of the church. 1t set before the
high example of American ,,
and fair dealing which is
ound to exert a wholesome moral
nd educational influence for many
ears to come. In shot, it inay be
aid without exaggcTs ting, that the ?
djustment Of the controversy over
he Friars' Lands through the efforts :
f Mr.. Taft has brought into being an I
dded safeguard for Christian insti- =
ltions in the Philippines. =
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can party presents him to the people
as a statesman and patriot worthy to
rank In succession with the great
leaders of American progress whose
names, from Lincoln and Grant to Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt, are unsepar-
ably associated with the noblest
triumphs OF the Republic.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-11

Iers 10 tze TOP, and drop them at
the footlof the cog railroad which
nrca...l. Ne ...s.ttr- a,-lses ~ ~ -
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most important duties Of the com
o.-;c, n the legislature to dis
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The Harrington Union OF the Farmers Society -
Of Equity held q very interesting meeting at
on, aS1 v"n 'I Esvs Always Bought
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FOR HONEST RAILWAY FINANCE

From the Republican National
Platform - We favor such national
legislation and supervision as Will
prevent the future oYerissue of stocks
and Eonds by interstate carriers.
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urs svsr rIrsI Uu'O"~'
acted without pain: F ana :
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W. R. HEARST RESIGNS
FROM IROQUOIS CLUB
In a CIeverIy Sarcastic Letter
Tells Why He WithdrawS
With Qualification.
THERE IS NO DEMOCRACY

There IS Only Bryan Party and Its
Followers Don't Know When They
Go to Bed at Night What They
VIII Be Called Upon to Be
lieve When They Wake
Up in the Morning.
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MISERY AND DISHONOR.'
Andrew d. Whites Picture Of What
Would Follow Bryan's Election.

Just as l was again free came
w. J. Bryan's effort to capture the
Presidency, which, in my opinion.
would have resulted in widespread
misery at home and in dishonor to
the American name throughout the
world. From the Autobiography
of Hon. Andrew D. White LID,
former President of Cornell Univer-
stty and Ambassador to Germany and
Russia.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-12-25

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The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1908-09-18
SHEATH TROUSERS now.
r. Tou Are Modest Vsu May Have
Ptaits Put In Than.

" Tou Are Modest You May Have
Piaits Put In Them.
The fall and winter seasons are like
ly to see a good many Innovations In
dress for men II the designs OF taIIOrs,
haberdashers and hatters In New York
are carried out For one thing, there
Is going to be a lot Of color. But per-
haps the most striking novelty Of all Is
the sheath trousers. In these the leg
seams on the outside instead Of run
ming down to the bottom will stop at
the knee and be laced from that point
on. For those who are Of more retir-
Ing natures the seam Is not open to
expose the calf Of the leg. but is form
ed into a plat.
Then there are the new pajamas
with motber-of-pearl buttons and bead
ing with any delicate shade Of baby
ribbon, pink being preferred by the
ultra exclusive ones.
Green-full rich hunters green-will
lead in the colors Of garments, but 1t
may be relieved with stripes. To go
with the green suit one must have q
green hat. Soft hats, preferably made
Of plush, are being carried by leading
hatters. They are known as yodels
(the hats, not the hatters) and evident
ly are OF Swiss origin.
Following close In the wake OF the
yodel hat Is the Marathon tie, whose
chief point Of excellence seems to be
that its colors are fast. But the Mara
thon tie is among the "also ran" when
It comes to the automobile scarf. This
is in gold, purple and green diagonal
stripes. The man who wears one must
run the risk Of being arrested for
speeding.
But with it all the tailors preach
harmony" You get 1t, too. In spats.
There Is a shirt that's a veritable rhap-
sody in color. Fortunately the demand
for 1t seems to come from few as yet.
The body OF the garment is Of ere
tonne, with pink roses sprinkled about,
Offset by a modest, shrinking violet or
two. The b,csom and cuffs are Of green
and white stripes alternating.
In evening dress the conventional
black Is being deserted slowly for the
dark blue or gray. many Of which lat
ter colors win be worn this fall. Socks
must be OF plain shades, mostly brown,
green or purple. Sunset at sea and
satsuma effects are tabooed.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1908-09-18
Tom Walker,

Tom Walker, whose name is so afrec-
tionately lined with that Of his Satanic
majesty in the worldwide saying, "The
devil and Tom Walker" was q poor
old miser, born in Massachusetts, about
the year 1T27. Tom suddenly became
very rich and opened a counting house
in Boston during the panic which pre-
vailed in the time Of Governor Belcher.
He grew rich and richer. but one day
as he was foreclOslng a mortgage with
a poor land jobber black man appear
ed on horseback and knocked at his
ONCE door. Tom went to open It and
was never seen again. OF course the
good people OF Boston Immediately
voted that he had sold his soul to thu
devil for wealth--New York American.