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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22

Occasionally money reaches the redemp- ton division at Washington in such con dltion as to make it very disagreeable to handle. In one instance, only a few years ago, there had been a steamboat explosion on Lake Michigan. Several people were killed, including the clerk of the boat, whose body was found floating some days later. In a pocket of his coat was a con siderable sum in cash, which was for Warded to the treasury. Not one of the clerks there was willing to touch it. so the chief himself was obliged to count it after sprinkling it literally with disin- fectants.
 Charles J. Allen, a farmer residing near Ogden, Ia, drove Into town one day stopped at the hotel, tied his horse and went in to dinner, leaving his coat in the wagon. When he came out he ex- amlned the coat and found six $5 bills missing. Without hesitation he accused a passer-by of having stolen the money. The passer-by denied the charge, decar- ing that the bills had been eaten by goat. He pointed ou the goat and said that be would pay the amount of loss if the cash was not found in the animals stomach. It was necessary, of course, to sacrifice the goat, but sure enough an autopsy disclosed the farmers ''wad,' which was forwarded to the treasury.
 Somewhat similar was the adventure of a farmer in St. Clair county, Missouri who. while stopping to feed his hogs, dropped his pocket book into the pen He did not miss 1t until an hour later, when, returning to the pen to look for it, he found it there empty. There was a prompt hog killing, which resulted in the recov- cry of the lost money-nearly $500.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22

Still another farmer, in Kansas this ter while he was engaged in chopping feed A corner of the garment got caught between the knives, and the result was a prompt destruction of $40. This case was less interesting, however, than that of q stockman named Blacknggame, near Gal weston, Tex, who sold bunch of cattle for $40 He put the amount in a wallet without folding the bills, so that their ends stuck out. Later in the day, while busy at something, he threw his coat upon the ground in a COW lot. Probably the wallet fell out. At all events soon afterward a yearling calf was discovered in the act of eating the money of which it had already swallowed all but $2i0. The only way to recover it was to kill the calf, whereupon the $2G0 was extracted from the animals stomach was sent to Washington. All of 1t was redeemed.
 Babies often chew up paper money and such cases are rather hopeless, inas- much as 1t is not ordinarily practicable to kill the infant in order to get back the missing cash. Puppy dogs, too, eat considerable quantities Of currency in the course of a year. Every now and then a partially digested "wad" comes in to the treasury for redemption, offering tc the clerks a task by no means pleasant. much less difficult than what are known as "burned money cases"
 A typical burned money case was that of a Philadelphia man who put package of banknotes and silver into a small non-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
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Blended Whistles

Our whiskies do drop of spirits or other injurious substances They of delightful flavor high in food properties and medicinal virtues
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-07-24

III could deltUer you
several bt ckS If
you care to bid"
said Plank blunuy.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-07-24
STICKING on and Sticking In.

His mother was proud Of him. and
with reason. He had just won prize
In Sunday school. and his teacher In
the public school had reported him the
best boy In her class. Consequently
Mrs. Buggins felt moral joy in dis
cussing with him that evening at sup
per the evil character of the Other
boys of the neighborhood.
"And I wouldn't go about any more
with Charlie Binks IL were you, Tom.
N.Y." she concluded. 81 was told this
morning that he was seen sticking pins
into his little sisters pug dog. But. OF
course. know you wouldn't do such
a thing"
"Tommy's virtuous eyes shone with
the calm realization of his ethical SUI
periority to the Rlnks boy.
mo. mother" he answered. "oi
course wouldn't"
'Rut." broke In his father. II heard
that you were there at the time Char
lie was sticking In the pins. You
should have struck him. my lad"
For moment Tommy's face fell. but
he soon justified himself.
II couldn't stop him. father he ex
planned. You see. was holding the
og."-London Scraps.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-07-24
A Hopeless Pessimist.

At gathering Of men and women
each one in turn was called upon to
cite the attribute he or she considered
Of greatest worth in the formation OF
character, each attribute to be fol-
lowed by the name of some one VINO
best embodied 1t. For instance. man
gave sterling integrity and as his ex-
ample Abraham Lincoln; woman,
tact, with Mime. de Maintenon as IL
iustration; another woman, loyalty
adding the name of George Washing-
ton. At last it came the turn OF very
plain spoken woman. who In loud,
clear tonea cried, Honesty, ana
know Of mo example, either living OF
deag!'
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-07-24
EARLY NEW YORK.
lts Name In the Year 1864 Was the
"Towne Of Mannados."


"Towne Of Mannados."
While many persons are aware OF the
fact that New York has not always
been so called, having for a time az
least been known as New Amsterdam,
probably not one In 10000 is aware OF
the fact that I'm early days it p ssessed
still another aud now forgotten name
the Towne of MannadoS. That this
was the case, however, Is shown be-
yond the shadow of doubt by a map
which hangs In The armory OF the Old
Guard of the city of New Tor. among
Its collection Of early Americana. the
authenticity of which is certified to by
the manuscript department of the Brit
ish museum, In whose possession Is the
original from which the copy In the
! possession of the Old Guard was made.
AS a quaint representation of early
geographical ideas of what is now
Greater New York the map In question
Is interesting. 1t Is one OF the very
few on which the name Of Towne or
Mannados is given priority over that
of New Amsterdam.
The facsimile which hangs In the
Old Guard armory, certified as being q
correct copy In every particular, Is en-
titled "a Description of the Towne OF
Mannados. or New Amsterdam, as 1t
Was In September, 1904" II, how
ever. the "towne'' ut that time existed
IN the shape indicated by the plan, ex-
tremely violent earthquakes must have
occurred since. The map. curious
Illustration of early ideas of geogra-
ply. shows New York. or, rather, the
Towne of Mannados. as a peninsula.
| jutting into an inclosed bay formed
| by Hudson river" on one side and
an unnamed stream on the other. prob
ably regarded as its continuation. To
the west lies an unexplored territory
designated as the maine land" and to
the east "Longe Isleland."
What is probably Staten Island Is de-
picted as lying due west of what Is to-
day Wall street, and the only outlet
| from the inclOsed bay into whicn the
Towne of Mannados juts Is a single
extremely narrow pass between the
"maine land" and "Longe lsleland,'
which almost meet at point In the
vicinity of what is now Sandy Hook.
On either side of this passage Is the
descriptive title Heads"
That, in brief. was the idea of the
Towne of Mannados In 1864. The plan
also shows spot marked Water Milr
at the mouth of stream which Is
probably the Harlem river. while "Ye
| Governour's House" Is located at the
extreme southeastern part of the Is
land. The territory. which was even
vaguely mapped, hardly extends above
what is now Twenty-third street. Be-
yond that on the ''plan" there lies a
vague territory much used by early
geographers.-New York Times.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-07-24

went on in silence, Leila and the ma
jor still losing heavily under the sneer-
ing gaze of Mortimer.
At last who's carrying your" he
broke out, exasperated, and in the
shocked silence Leila. very white,
made movement TO rise. but Quar-
rier laid his lorg finger across her arm,
pressing her backward.
."You don't know what you're say
.hg," he remarked. looking coldly at
Mortimer.
Plank laid down his cards. rose and
walked over to Mortimer.
'May | have word with your he
asked bluntly.
"You may. And I'll help myself to
q word or two with you," retorted Nor
timer, following Plank out OF the
room, down the stairs to the lighted
reception room, where they wheeled.
confronting one another.
what is the matter?' demanded
Plank. AT the club they told me you
were asleep in the card room. ! didn't
tell Leila. What is wrong?"
'I'm-I'm dead broke" said Morti-
.mer harshly. "Billy Fleetwood took
my paper. Can you help me outf It's
due tomorrow"
Plank looked at him gravely. but
made no answer
"Can you" repeated Mortimer yio-
lently. Haven't | done enough for
you? Haven't done enough for ev-
crybody? Is anybody going to show
me any consideration? Look at Quar-
rier's manner to me just now! And
this very day did him a service that
all his millions can't repay. And there
you stand. too, staring at me as though
I were some importuning shabby gen.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-07-24

say good night.
They kissed at parting-"life en-
bracing death"-las Mortimer had
sneered ON Il similar occasion. Then
Sylvia. alone. stood In her bedroom.
hands linked behind her. her lovely
head bent, cropping with the very
ghosts of thought which eluded her,
fleeing, vanishing, reappearing, to peep
out at her only to fade into nothing
ere she could follow where they fitted
through the dark labyrinths of mem
DRY.
The major. craning his neck in the
bay window, saw Agatha and Quar-
rier enter the big yellow motor and
disappear behind the limousine. And
It worried him horribly, because he
knew perfectly well that Quarter had
lied to him about jeweled collar
precisely like the collar worn by
Agatha Caithness, and what to do or
say to anybody on the subject was
for the first time In his life utterly be-
yond his garrulous ability.
Another matter. He had violated his
word and had been caught at 1t by his
prospective Observation-Disclosures his
pledged word not to sell his Amalga-
mated Electric. holdings, and had done
! it. Yet how could Plank dominate I'M
! less another also had done what he
had done? And it made him little
more comfortable to know he was
sharing the fault with somebody
probably with Siward. whom he now
had the luxury of despising for the
very thing be himself had done.
"Drunkardr' he muttered to himself.
"He's In the gutter at lasfp'
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-07-24

And hs ss,uuataa h nHviRevslfl ~
Apsl pgtaptIIsa ID BIB bNh sBsflyeltIl,
ibh, basAhse Il Waa lIa llgst WAN "
far As liz kiieW, tbtt ! Bslwtsliet
might ipgitlmiitels enjoy the pleasures
of holding the word OF siwafd In
contempt.
Sylvia had dismissed her maid, the
old feeling of distaste for the touch OF
another had returned since the last
mad, crushed embrace In Siwards
arms had become a memory. Now,
blue eyes dreaming under the bright
masses Of her loosened hair, she sat
watching the last glimmer amid Inc
ashes whitening on the hearth, think
ing OF Siward and of what had been
between them and Of what could never
be-never. never be!
One red spark among the ashes-ner
ambition. deathless amid the ashes OF
life! When that, too, went out life
must be extinct.
What he had reused in her had died
when he went away. 1t could never
awake again unless he returned to
awaken it. And he never would. lie
would never come again.
One brief interlude of love, OF pas
sion, in her life could neither tint nor
faint the cool. normal sequence OF her
days. All that life held for a woman
of her caste-al' save that-was hers
when she stretched out her hand for
it-hers by right of succession. of de-
scent; hers by warrant unquestioned
by the unuttered text Of the ukase to
be launched If necessary. by that very.
very old lady. browsing. enthroned.
as the endless pageant wound like a
jeweled river at her feet.
So Siward could never come again.
sauntering toward her through the
sunlight, smiling his absent smile. She
caught her breath painfully, straight
ening up. A single ash fell In the
fire. The last spark went out.
fro BE Continued
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-07-24

Presently he said: do you Know
ANYBODY who can deliver you any con-
siderable block of Amalgamated Elec-
trio at the market fguresT
81 could deliver you several blocks
IL you care to bid" said Plank bluntly.
Belwether grew red, then pale
Quarter stiffened in his chair, but ms
eyes were only skeptical. Plank's under
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-07-24

lip had begun to
protrude again.
He swung his
massive Ii e q d,
looking f 70 IN
Belwether back
to Quarter.
spool or no
pool" he COIL
tin u e d, "you
Amalga d
people will want
to see the stock
climb back into
tho branch @ $
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-07-24

Who will be the next Governor
Of Virginia.!
Who will be the next President
of the United States?
What is Congress doing!
What efforts are bling made to
regulate and control the great
c,rpora'innS!
What are the happenings every
day in this busy world!
Are you keeping thoroughly posted?
Is the source of your information relia-
BIZ? Do you read an unbiased newspa-
per-one that knows no master except
the people. whose news and editorial
columns reflect the sentiments Of the pco
ole and their interest only, without rear
,r favor, and one that is free from tie
control or influence of great individual
lr corporate Wealth.
Such a paper is the RICHMOND
EVENING JOURNAL.
This is the year that you need The
Journal. Its . year of great news hap
Jennings, and YOU will want tie see these
happenings recorded honestly and fairly.
This year particularly you want honest
news, as The political campaigns develop.
The news service of the Journal is UNI
surpassed by any paper in the State. The
price of the Journal is So year, or yeu
can 5uy it in club with this paper and
make a saving on both. Send your sub
,cription for year or less either to
this paper or to
THE JOURNAL,
;oh,nond Va
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
DRUGGING THE VOTERS.

Among the thugs. thieves and rob- bers who infest the large cities 1t is the custom to use what has popuIarly come to be known as Knockout drops" when it is desirable to accomplish their nefarious work quietly. The gun or the bludgeon might make a noise and raise an alarm. so the criminal finds some means of putting his victim to sleep. or otherwise making him temporarily helpless. so that he may be robbed without danger
 But The Pittsburg Post finds that there are knock out drops used in poli- tics. as well as elsewhere. "The voters in every national campaign" 1t says, "are drugged by the orators of privi- lege and apostles of prejudice. The knockout drops are the sophistries concerning protection, the padded re- cords of paltry Republican achieve ments. the poison of forged documents and false statements. The victims of this strategy are the great masses of the common people, humble men of hard work. small learning and discre- ton and less wages. whose scanty means are the persistent objects of trust attack and monopolys heartless toll. These voters are being drugged now wherever an agent of the privi- legged can reach them.'
 Some of the Republican spellbinders have been making free use of the knockout drops methods in the present campaign. They deceive the voters by unwarranted statements and Hull them to sleep by flattering promises and pledges. They tell them of the many good things that have come to the peo- pie through and because of Republican rule and of the many other blessings in store if that rule Is continued. Then they paint a wonderful and distorted picture of the evils that have come through Democratic administrations and draw gloomy illustration of what Is sure to come if the Democratic ticket Is elected in November.
 On many voters these knockout drops have the effect of Iulling their
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
'sLIsodaG 4Nva s9NIAvs
Slight Decrease in Volume With Larger
 Number of Accounts.

Slight Decrease in Volume With Larger
 Number of Accounts.
 New York Globe.
 The figures from the ComptroIIer's office at Washington concerning the savings bank deposits of the country explode theories recently much exploited. De- spite the depression there has been no material diminution of savings bank de- posits, nor does it appear that vast sums have been drawn from the savings banks for investment in something bringing in a larger return.
 On June 30 last, eight months after the events of October, the country's savings bank depositors numbered s.705,s4s. with $s,s60 65s, s46 standing to their credit. This is an increase of 117.0s7 in the number of depositors over June 30, 1907, and a de- crease of but $29,S25,00O in the volume of deposits. The number of savings bank de- positors actually increased during the hard times period. while deposits decreased but two-thirds of 1 per cent
 Ten years ago. 5,3s5.74s depositors had $2.o0o. 900. 900 on deposit in savings bank. and We then boasted much of the diffu- sion of wealth and tendency toward thrift thereby displayed. Now we have nearly 60 per cent more dspositors and deposits and this accumulation has taken place dur" ing an era conspicuously distinguished by the growth of the industrial combinations over which so many are exercised. These connbinations may have made money for thair stockholders, but this making has basu at the expense of popular accumula- tIon. The average man, if his bank account gives adequate evidence, has tnriVed on the robbinR.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
 TRYING IT AGAIN,

That idiotic. absurdity. an 'rAdamless Eden" which has so often been tried without success is about to have an- other inning. This time the experi- ment is to be made on Long Island, and a Russian woman, one Madame Dav- idoff,- is the promoter. It may be that her experience with the men of her own country has soured her on the entire male layout. but we. predict that she will fail If she. tries it with the women of this country. What would the original Eden have been without an Adam we should like to know. If it was not good for man to be alone how. much less good it would have been. for woman to live alone.
 We suppose snakes will be barred, and that will be another variation from the original Garden. If a real serpent should find the. way into this new venture we suspect the place would soon be vacated. and 1t won't be much better if rats and mice should make a sneak into the forbidden grounds. One of the objects of this venture is to try experiments at grow ing fruits and flowers. throughout the. winter with the aid of electricity, and one account states:
 Mime. -Dayidoff is q writer for naga- zines She says the experiments WiI be based on the theory that the growth of vegetable matter, which ceases a! sundown, will continue through the night if proper aftiicfaf- is sup piled to stimulate the developing pow CTS of plants. Fruits and flowers that are. grown in this section only in the spring and summer mouths. she te- lieves. can he cultivated during the entire year Dy supplying the necessary artificial light through the electrical process that will bo adopted.
 This is all very well, but will the absence of men make the plants grow more freely? Is there any psycholo- gical or other reason why the pres ence of male humanity will stop plant development? Men are mighty handy about the house. especially after dark, when the owls hoot, the frogs croak, the bugs fly about and the snakes and lizards sneak through the grass. And then if the average woman can't have man to boss and order around and lay all the blame on what will life be worth to her? We predict that Mad anne Dadivoff will be Madame Leave itoff in a year or two. Women without men are failures.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
IDEAL NEWsPAPERs.


 Funnc Wants Independence with n HEode-
 rate Amount of Didacties, New York Editor,'' in the October
 Atlantic.
 what the public wants is an independent newspaper. The reader will tolerate. ana like, any amount of teaching tactS,,Ilv ana modestiy offered. He will not be preached at or builied. It is really rather matter of directing public thought up right lines than of indicating new ana experimental policies. The newspaper in deed' should be critical rather than con- struetive. Our Constitution provides for three distinct functions of government- legislative. judicial and executive; and 1t is the duty of what is correctly called. In England, the fourth estate of the realm, to provide the fourth necessity, healthy criticism for all three.
 It follows that a newspaper may critt- else verdict or a decision of the courts, but must not meddle with the proper and lawful handling of a case on trial. In the same way, the newspaper should watch where corrupt legislation can be defeated, in order to drag 1t out into that dry light where the air is always too strong for his lungs. The legislators must do the rest, and 1t is the business of the newspaper to hold them to their duty.
 Tn like manner the fullest publicity is one of the most valuable checks upon the acts of any executive officer. We know that the balance was most deIicately ad- justed by the framers of the Constitution, and In this department there is con tinual tendency to usurp the functions of the other two.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
FranIxIan Pierce.

WaShtngton FosL.
 The implacable hostilitles engender- ed by party politics and sectional hate were well illustrated in New Hamp- shire last week. when William E. Chandler was compelled to withdraw in a political convention a resolution pro- of Franklin Pierce, the one President of the United States from that State. One would think that when Chand- Ter offered such paper all the tongues of opposition would be stilled.
 Franklin Pierce was the fourteenth President. and his administration was attended by material prosperity un- surpassed in the history of the coun- try. His cabinet was never changed, and an abler cabinet never sat in coun- 1t might have been said of Franklin Pierce that he was "the first gentleman of America.
 As a Senator he had been distin- guished. as soldier he had approved himself a stout captain, as a states man he was patriot. He was elected President on the proposition that the compromise of 1850" was a final set- clement of the paramount political Is. sue, and so he and his were content to hold it, until Whig Senator. the sue. cessor of Henry Clay, proposed the amendment to the Kansas Nebraska bill, leaving 1t to the people of a Ter rttory to vote slavery up or yoto lr down. Perhaps 1t was an evil moment when stephen A. Douglas accept ed the proposal and made 1t his own. and his championship of it was the most brilliant sample of parliamentary de. bate in the annals of American history.
 The Pierce administration was sim pie. honest and frugal. No cleaner re- gime ever directed the destinies of this country. Our grain had just bgun to find foreign markets; our shores had just begun to invite foreign ITnn1i- grants. and the decade. 1S50-60, judE- ed by the percentages, surpassed every other decade of our history in aug. mentation of wealth and increase of population.
 Pierce was nominated for President because Levi Woodbury had iust died He. too, was from New Hampshire. a greater man than Pierce. but 1t is safe to say that our history would scaroS have been changed if woodbury hSd been the President the term IsS3.S7.
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