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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

THE ANT AND THE GRAssHOPPER. The ant worked hard but the grasshopper
 sang, And he said to his friends, Let the
 world go hangi For like to have pleasure both full and
 free, While the ant makes show of his in dustry. Tomorrow will come soon and then l
 must die And know full well how the time does fly "so I'll sing and dance while the chance remains And the ant can have all his wealth for
 his pans."
 worked on, Till the lease of the s-zssnoppers life
 was gone, And the ant likewise. stood facing death, With twings in his joints and a gasping breath, Then the ant sighed deeply and said, Oh!
 Ohl
  Just when I was ready to enjoy myself I must bid farewell to my hard-earned pelf1' But the grasshopper smiled and he said,
 Goodbye. With nothing to leave I'm ready to die. But can look back on days of dream In a field of bloom by a rippling stream, And can remember the bright suns
 rays And the charm that allured me all my
 days And the rare, sweet fancies which be-
 guile Have made me glad that lived a while, And the memory of the joys I've had Sustains me now when you're so sad And just so they died. each in his own
 way The ant who toiled and the grasshopper
 gay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

Governor Hoch of Kansas wants great deal. His annual message calls for primary elections, the 2-cent fare, a tax commission, a guaranty for bank depositors. prohibition, a new pure food law and woman suffrage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22
REFLECTIONS OF {

From the New York Prt
 People are hardly ever thing they can aford |
 A man calls it disciplir when he scolds his wife
 When a woman doesn't to tell it's a sign she is a long letter about it.
 There's not much use & buy things you need, fSI on things you don't need,
 The way to make a gil ways has a good time W you Is to get out of the J other fellow she likes con
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22
LABOR QUESTION
Senator CuIberson Directs
 tion of Case

Washington, January H.-S
 person today introduced a rt
 reeting the committee on
 speedily investigate and ina the circumstances connected suance of a restraining orde' of Hitchman Coal and Coke John Mitchell in the Unite
 cult court for the Northern
 district on October ?. 19O; whether Judge Aston G.
 III that court, exceeded his power in granting the ord -so- luton also directs the commIIree to ascer-
 tain whether any additional legislation
 Is pecessary for the protection of the rights and privileges of workingmen, and
 II so report such legislation without delay.
 senator Hale of Maine said he did not like the practice of interfering with the courts and suggestion, as this resolution does, that certain judge had exceeded his authority. T don't know" said MT. Hale, whether the senator believes such an investigation would show such intru- sion of this judge beyond his judicial
 duties as would subject him ultimately to
 the process of impeachment. Of course if
 there has been a plain case of exceeding Judicial authority the ultimate remedy is in Impeachment
 But l don't like. the practice of the Senate in interfering with the courts and suggesting that iI certain case a cer-
 tain judge has exceeded his authority
 l am old-fashioned enough not to like to see the Judiciary of the country under that feeling and under that pressure and expectation that in passing judgment the senate would take the matter up and demand an investigation" Senator Culberson said in this case he
 understood the injunction had sought to
 enjoin men from making arguments to
 their fellow workmen as to the result of
 taking certain action, which he regarded as a very advanced doctrine.
 After more discussion by several sen ators the further consideration of the rnSnlntinn 11.ar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

More decisions have been made over the troops at Goldfield than history will be able to classify. The troops are still thtre, like the flag.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

remarked to one of his generals, but il makes me sad to think. that in after years my name will be given chiefly to colored boy babies and coon dogs" Thers- upon the great man wept
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

Governor Hughes boom began to decline as soon as John D. Rockefeller II and Chancellor Day had filed in. dorsements of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22
WISHING.

I'd like to be a bowling. swell Oh, fudgei- And let the yellow papers tell Oh, slush! About the dandy clothes I wore, My capers on a foreign shore And how to me life was a bore Poohl Pooh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

The great republic of the south and the great republic of the north are now mutual friends. Hospitality at Rio did it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

Secretary Cortelyou's future wrapped in deep mystery, and not propose at present to unw
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

The women who insisted on seeing the premier in London wanted votes, not offices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

The grounding will soon supplant the weather bureau, although the lat ter has of late done satisfactory work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

Senator Crane of Massachusetts be- gins to loom up as the republican War wick
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

San Francisco, Harrisburg and St. Petersburg are the worlds three great graft centers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22
INCREASE
Startling Figures :
 road D

Washington, Janua ures appear in an a issued by the inters mission covering the gust and September,
 The report shows casualties on railroad terly period were ? killed and 21,274 in.iu. crease of 157 in the 3056 in the number 1T with the correspondir
 Collisions and derail ter numbered 4279, inc. and 2034 derailments, lisions and 222 deraili senger trains.
 The damage to cars, way by these accide 8, ,605, ,696. This shows number of collisions a GOT over the correspond
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

Assistant Postmaster General Hitch cock has subsided to some extent, and that is something to be glad of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

The Taft boom is assuming swelling proportions, and the pie-counter sec tion should not hesitate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

Paris should get over it's Japanese war scare, for Uncle Sam declines to listen to any such bugaboo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

Uncle Sam wants 10000 recruits in the army, but it never occurs to him to offer higher wages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22
OH, NO!

When youths and maidens slyly kiss You'll find that as a rule They didn't learn to do 1t at
 A correspondence schooll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

My Maryland" is accounted the best martial lyric written by any American.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

WHICH? Far, far afield he nursed His final match with care The wind blew chill and strong, t Now did he smoke or swear?
 Buffalo Enquirer The answers plain to us, For we've been there before. The wind blew out his match, He didn't smokezhe swore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

Winter Is Ioaang on its iob
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

Hartman may be led by the supreme court to the witness stand, but no court can equip him with memory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

Up in Minnesota they are having regular Fairbanks weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22


 0+a cd to see the n or $11.5o, Birl 1ointed. Instea, has become \ -es at which
 started out ol. maintain. It is P this week there W.
 dercutting, but now makers can be induced
 tions. -.
 Stocks are light and prod, small. Furnaces that were shu. several weeks ago would have tinued to run on had not the botto. dropped out of the market; but now that stacks are idle they will have to be refined before resuming operations. Thus it is seen by consumers that stocks will remain light for some time. Tn fact, there will not be large &C., emulation on the yards at any time during the first quarter, for sales re- gently made will mean steady ship meffts. The probability is the tonnage on the yards will be smaller in March than it is today. All these things point to a good buying movement through out next two months at least.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22
TRUE ELoQUENcE.
WHICH7

"Youre righti Nothing Is more eloquent than a thousand-dollar bill?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

Evelyn Nesbt Thaw is in the public eye-much as cinder would be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22
REPLIES.

Many man thinks himself great, but can he prove 1t?
 A good way to break up a cat show Is to turn few mice loose in the vicinity. The lady visitors will also adjourn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22
CAESAR REGRETS.

Caesar was crossing the Rubicon T am now entered upon the road to fame,' he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

"can a woman with s1,Ooo,oOo be old?" asks a contemporary. Not so long as she Is single.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

'"Try to be broad" says Texas news paper. Some people are just naturally built that way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
viriIe In Old Aqe.

"One of the most remarkable men of the intellectual world is Goldwin Smith,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-22

Laughter is said to be a cure for the grip. We'd like to have a photograph of man with the grip laughing.
 There must be a he'll" says a Detroit preacher. Sure! We've caught it several times. PAUL COOK.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-01

the bag. The heavy framework
started to draw the mammoth gas bag
slowly down. Mecklem realized that
he must act quickly or he would be
drowned in the bay, toward which
the airship was dropping.
Mecklem climbed to the torn part
Of the bag and while he held the
parts together with his teeth he work.
ed with his hands and had nearly
mended the rent when the airship
struck the water. Sufficient gas re-
mained in the bag to keep the air
ship afloat and he only got his feet
wet Launches ran out and towed
the daring inventor and his bag to
the shore. Mecklem said he remem-
bered seeing Tacoma, 40 miles dis
tant, and Lake Samammish, nearly
35 miles to the east.
He is not discouraged and promises
to make another ascension as soon as
the gasbag is repaired.
Mecklem is a Seattle high school
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-01
InuersoII on Glover.


In declining an invitation to q Glover
club dinner once Colonel Robert Inger-
soil wrote:
"a wonderful thing Is clover II
means honey and cream-that is to say,
industry and contentment-that Is to
say, the happy bees In perfumed fields
and at the cottage gate old Boss, the
bountiful. serenely chewing satisfac-
tons cud In that blessed twilight
pause that, like a benediction, falls be-
tween all toll and sleep. This clover
makes me dream Of happy hours, Of
chlldhood's rosy cheeks, Of dlmpled
babes, of wholesome, loving wives Of
honest men, Of springs and brooks and
violets and all there is of stainless Joy
In peaceful human life.
"a wonderful word Is clover! Drop
the C. and you have the happiest Of
mankind. Take away the C. and r.
and you have left the only thing that
makes a heaven Of this dull and bar
ren earth. Cut off the r alone. and
there remains a very deceitful bud that
sweetens the breath and keeps peace in
countless homes whose masters fire.
quent clubs. After all, Bottom was
right, Good hay, sweet hay, hath no
fellow"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-01
CANADIAN "FoURTH OF JULY"
FOrty-First Anniversary OF Nation Ii
Celebrated.

Toronto, Ont, July 1.-Canada cell
ebrated It's 41st birthday today with
all the enthusiasm which has charac-
terized past years, but, so far as re-
ports received from over the dominion
have indicated, with much smaller
proportion Of accidents and fatalities
usually accompanies the observance OF
the Fourth Of July In the neighboring
republic.
Dominion Day commentaries the
confederation Of the former provinces
OF British North America into what
has since been known as the Dominian
OF Canada. 1t was on the first day Of
July, 1867, that Queen Victoria gave
her royal assent to the formation OF
this gigantic national enterprise.
The customary observances marked
the day in this city. Thousands Of
Toronto citizens spent the day out OF
town, but their detection was made
up by visitors from other places. Cele-
brations were held in Montreal, Que
bee, Ottawa, Niagara Falls and other
cities of the provinces of Ontario and
Quebec. Winnipeg, Vancouver and
other cities in western Canada also
report enthusiastic observations Of the
| day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-01
A Blind Mans Ruse.

"My great-uncle, who was blind,"
ssld Frenchman, "once buried $4,000
In gold louis under q pear tree In his
garden. His neighbor saw him do 1t
and In the dead Of night came and stole
the money, replacing the earth care
fully.
"Some days later my uncle brought
fifty more louis down to the pear tree
for burial. He soon discovered bis
loss, and, silently weeping, he. too, re-
placed the earth.
"He knew whom to suspect, and that
night he called ON his neighbor. He
seemed thoughtful and dlstrait, and the
neighbor asked him what oppressed his
mind.
"'Well, I'll tell you said my great
uncle frankly, I have 1000 louis hid
away In u safe place, and today ten
ant paid of mortgage. and have
another 1000 louis In cash on my
hands. don't know whether to seek
out another hiding place for this mon
ey or put II where the other Is What
do you adviser
why, said the neighbor eagerly,
If your first hiding place Is safe-and
you declare It to be SOL should GER
tainly put this money there too.
my great-uncle said firmly that that
was what he would do. 1t was the
wlsest course. Then he took his leave.
"And when next day he went to the
pear tree again there. sure enough. was
his lost 1000 louis. all put back again"
Exchange.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-01
A Curious Plant.

"a curious plant" said an eminent
botanist, "is the Wild tamarlnd or juba
plant of the riverside and waste places
Of tropical America, and very strange
are Its effects upon the nonruminant
animals that feed upon Its young
shoots, leaves, pods and seeds. II
causes horses to lose the hair from
their names and tails, has a similar ef.
feet upon mules and donkeys and re.
duces pigs to complete nakedness.
Horses are said to recover when fed
exclusively on corn and grass, but the
new hair is Of different color and tex
ture from the old. so that the animal Is
never quite the same as II was. One
animal Of which | personally knew
after feeding on the plant lost its hoofs
and had to be kept In sllngs' until
they grew and hardened again. Ruml;
nant animals are not thus affected, and
the growth Of the plant is actually en-
couraged In the Bahamas as fodder
plant for cattle, sheep and goats. The
difference is probably due to changes
effected upon It in the chewing Of the
cud."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-01
A Trying Position.

An East Indian paper prints the fol.
lowing. written by native subordi-
nate In his diary while in a very try
ing position:
"Up a tree where | adhere with much
pain and dlscomposure while big tiger
roaring in a very awful manner on the
FIRE line. This is very inconslderate
tiger and causes me great griefs, as
have before reported to your honor.
This is two times he spoiled my work,
coming and shouting like thunder and
putting me up tree and making me
behave like an insect 1t is very awk-
ward fate to me, and the tiger is most
inconsiderate."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-01
The Widows Dover.

It is certain that dover" the estate
for life which the widow acquires at
her husbands death, was not known
among the early Saxons. In the laws
Of King EdNund the widow is directed
to be supported wholly out Of the per
sonal estate. Dover is generally as.
cribed to the Normans, but 1t was first
introduced into the feudal system by
Emperor Frederick H., who was con-
temporary with the English Henry ILL.,,
about 1850.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-01
HoNK! HONK! 10 HAS AUTO.
Oklahoma Indian Buys Red Devil
Wagon.

Bartlesville, Okla, July mo
longer is the hearse,. with it's waving
black plumes, the favorite vehicle Of
the aborigines In these parts. Sam
Bobb, mixed-blood Cherokee, who
has become wealthy through his own
ership Of oil lands, has set the fash
ion by buying a six-cylinder touring
car, and now every redskln in this
section who has the price is consid-
ering the indulgence of a similar fan
cy
For many years the ownership Of a
hearse, in which to take the squaws
and papooses out driving, has been
considered the acme of plutocratic
display by the Indians of the -Four
Hundred" Many such somber ve-
hicles have been sold to the Indians
to be used as carriages. Now the
style is changing and nothing less
than a red devil wagon will admit to
the inner circles Of redskin society
Automobile manufacturers will do
well to sit up and take notice.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-01

student The ascent was witnessed by
thousands of people.
The gas bag is 90 feet long by 1a
feet in diameter and holds 1900 cubic
feet Of gas. The framework Of the
ship proper is 3S feet long. The con-
trivance is worked by an eighteen
horse power Curtis motor.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-01
HIdamar snrings WIN CeIebrate.

Grand celebration Hidaway springs
July 4. Honorable ]. T. Hinkle de-
livers the Grafton of the day, reading
declaration of independence. An i'm
mense barbecue will be prepared for
visitors. There will be races, plug
uglies, dancing, swimming, etc, for
amusements.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-01
state of Ohio, City Of Toledo, Lucas cOun

ty 81.
senior partner Of the firm Of f. J. Che.
ney & Co., doing business In the City Of
Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and
/. that said firm will pay the sum Of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use Of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY,
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my
presence, this 9th day Of December, A. D.,
1885.
iseal.) A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
and acts directly on the blood and mu-
tlmonIals free
r. j. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo. o.
Sold BY all Druggists, 16c.
Take Halls Family Pills for conStipa'
tion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-01
Tho Word "News,"

On the derivation Of the word
news" which has been puzzle to
many learned philologists, there is the
following;
The word explains itself without a muse,
And the four letters speak from whence
comes ''newsi''
From north. east, west and south-the
solutions made.
Each quarter gives account Of war and
trade.
Minneapolis Journal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-01
Warninna For thA Wlaa.

You know the first signpost on the
Great Main roadl when woman
advertises that she is virtuous. a man
that he ls a gentleman, community
that It Is loyal or a country that II Is
lawabiding-go the other way."-Rud-
yard Kipling.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-01
MENDS BALLOON RENT
WHILE HALF MILE HIGH
Daring Feat OF Young Aeronaut New
CT Before Attempted-Nerve Never
EycelIed

EXcelled.
Seattle, Wash, June SO.-One of the
most thrilling experiences known to
the latter-day aeronauts occurred Sat
urday afternoon to L. G. Mecklem, a
boy inventor. Mecklem made a sue
cessful ascent from Luna park. He
rose 1000 feet in the air, reversed his
airship and at all times had COM
plete control, until the inevitable
happened
While about 1000 feet in the air
the machinery stopped. Crawling
over his framework, Mecklem started
to adjust several wires. All this time
the airship kept going up. At a dis
tance estimated at 1000 feet, there
was a sharp explosion and rent five
feet long was made in the bottom of
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-01

Hope is natterer, but the most up
right Of all parasites, for she freQuens
the poor mans hut as we'll as the pal
ace Of bis superiors. ,nstone.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-01

Dewitt's Little Early Risers. the
famous little liver pills, are sold by
Tallman & Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-01

He who fears the storms spends
many ilde days in port.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-01
NOSE PAINT"
MUST Be PURE
MUST ALSO BE
CORRECTLY LABELLED.

Simple Label "Whiskcy" on Barrels
VIII Not Due-If AduItcrated Label
Must Say So-WilI Mean Revolu-
ton In the Blending Buslness-Fear
Expressed That Ruling VIII Not
Succeed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-01

Read the East Oregonian.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-30
Coming Events

April 3o-Meeting Honolulu Baseball
League, 1915 p. m.
April 30-Annual meeting, Beretania
Tennis Club
April -Transpacific yacht race en-
tries close.
april So-Meetjng Riverside Baseball
League, 1880 p. m.
May Meeting, Outrigger Club.
May Boys Clubs field meet.
May 2-Senior League baseball sea-
son opens.
May 2-wrestIing carnival, orpheum
theater
May 2-Concert and dance. KaIihi
Athletic Club.
May 2-Portuguese Hawaii benefit
dance, Lusitana hall.
May 6.-Meeting of the 7. NJ. c. A
track team.
May 1o-Newspaper Baseball League
season opens.
May 13-Invitation tourney, Bere-
tania Tennis Club.
May 20.-Kapiolani Baseball League
meeting.
May 17-waiaIua Golf club tourna-
ment.
June ~. NJ. c. A. gymnasium
contests.
June Ie-Hawaiian Gun Clubs shoot
for club championship.
June 11-Hawaiian Gun Clubs semi
annual prize shoot
June 17--Hawaiian Gun Clubs I'M
known angles shoot.
July 2-4--Hilo races.
July MAUI races.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-30
SHIPPING NOTES.

Schooner Concord sailed at noon yes
terday for Hawaii ports.
Over two hundred totls of coal were
put aboard the Aorangi here.
The steamer Mikahala arrived yes
terday morning with S435 bags of SUI
gar.
The Union OIL S. s. Lansing sailed
from Kihei on Tuesday night for oil
ports.
The steamer Nfihau yesterday morn
ing brought $500 bags of sugar from
Koloa.
The steamer Maui. Captain Bruhn.
sailed at 1915 o'clock yesterday after
noon for Laupahoehoe and Papaaloa.
The steamer .Claudine is due this
morning from Hawaii and Maui ports
and win sail again at o'clock tomor-
row afternoon.
The Observation-Disclosures steamship
Mexican. Captain Nichols. sailed at 5
p. m. yesterday for Kahului. Kama
pail and HiIo to load sugar for Salina
Cruz
The United States tug Iroquois leaves
at a. m. today for Molokai with the
Acting-Governor and party to inspect
the settlement. She will leave Molokai
Friday afternoon.
The Aorangi sailed for Vancouver
and Victoria at S.45 p, m. yesterday.
In addition to being delayed in get
ting bunker coal aboard she had an
accident with her telegraph and hau
to repair a break therein.
The Inter Island steamer .Kinau, in
command of Captain Gregory, sails at
p. m. today for Kauai ports on the
steamer Mikahala's run. Gregory has
long been master of the Mikahala and
now transfers his affections to the for
mer flagship of the fleet Purser CRUDE
of the Mikahala goes along as purser
of the Kinau
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-30
PRESS WORK
FOR LEAGUE

There viii be a meeting of the Homo
lulu Baseball League at 1915 p. m. to-
day in the office of Frank Thompson.
Business relative to the opening of the
season on Saturday will come up.
There is a movement on foot to have
the press work of the league done b.
someone who will make the matter his
business and keep the newspapers
posted on all matters pertaining to the
league.
The minor leagues have their press
work Systematically attended to and
in consequence the games are always
well advertised. Charlie Falk has at
tended to the matter in past years 10
the satisfaction of all concerned. but
it is understood that pressure of busi-
ness win prevent him rendering a sinA
liar service to the league his year