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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-01
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE
 WILL BE RESUMED
Between Birmingham, Ala, and Sa- vannah, Ga. on June 1, 1908, Over Central of Georgia Railway.

The first car will leave Birmingham for Savannah at 4 p. m. May 31. First ear will arrive Birmingham from Savannah at 12O5 D. m., June 9 Thereafter Pull man buffet cars will be operated daily between Birmingham and Savannah On schedule as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-01

This may be corrected by dragging the earth towards the center of the road twice, and away from it once.
 There is no question as to the economy of this roadmaking implement, either in first cost or in operation. In six counties in Kansas in 1906 the cost of maintain ing ordinary earth roads, without the aid of the split-log drag, averaged SAP. 50 mile. These figures were furnished by Prof. w. C. Hoad of the University of Kansas, who secured them from official records of the counties.
 Some figures furnished by F. P Sanborn and R. H. Aishton, general manager of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, have revealed the wonders of this simple device MT. Sanborn said: "fhe least eX- pense per mile per annum for spit-log dragging was s15O, the greatest a little over $6, and the average expense per mile for five and one-half miles a little over $3. I have lived along thIs road all my life and never in 40 years have l seen it freer from mud and dust, de- spite the fact that during the season we have experienced the extremes of weather conditions"
 The testimony of MT. Ashton is equally strong. Learning that township in Iowa had been making an investigation of the spht-log drag and had been experimenting with it for year on 2S miles of highway, he sent an agent to secure information. l. was reported that although the town board had paid the cost of making the drags and of hiring men to operate them, the total expense for one year average but $40 a mile, and the roads were re- ported to have been like a race track" the greater portion of the time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-01
MEMORABLE DAY
 FOR EDUCATION
ACADEMY BUILDING IS DEDl- GATED AT LIMESTONE, TENN, AND WILL BE SUPPORTED BY FREE WILL OFFERINGS.

 Thursday was a most memorable day m the history of Limestone, as it marks ths beginning of a most needed beneficent institution in this locality. although the academy has been in existence four years near Jearoldstown. The ceremonies were conducted by the Masonic Order of this place under Grand Master Robert Bur row of Bristol and were most beautiful and impressive Rev. Mir Wallin of John son City pronounced the invocation. Rev. c. A. Duncan, D. D., of Knoxville de- !ivered the address which was one of the masterly efforts of this eloquent di- vine, the central idea being God is the Master Builder''-of nations, states, churches, schools and homes.
 This building will cost s22,OOo, will be three stories high, and will accommodate five to seven hundred children. The foundation of the Girls Home is lad. This building will be two-stories and basement and will accommodate 50 girls. The office building is about ready for occupancy In addition to these three buildings, six other buildings will be erected. The entire plant as now mapped out, will cost $13O, 900. The central kitchen end dining room will accommodate 500 students. boys industrial building, girls industrial building, central steam heating electric lighting, pumping plaat and water works will be installed as soon as possible Twenty-four men and women will be connected with the institution as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-01
Conditions Vary Greatly.

Conditions are so varied in different To- calities however, that 1t is quite impos- sible to lay down specific rules. Certain sections of a roadway will require more attention than others, because of steep grades. wet weather springs, soil condi- tlons, exposure to sun and wind, washes, etc There is one condition, however, In which special attention should be given. Clay roads under persistent draggings fre- auently become too high in the center.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-22
NOT A PUBLIC NEED
SILLY TALK ABOUT INSURANCE
OF BANK DEPOSITS.
One of the lnnumerabIe Panaceas Just
Now Being Put Forward - OF
Course 1t Has Sanction of Per-
petuaI Candidate Bryan.

Three or four bills have been in
troduced in congress within the last
few days providing in various ways
for the insurance of national bank de-
posits. Presumably the authors of
these measures think there exists
public demand for such a guarantee.
If so, why has it never been in evil
dence before? Why have depositors
been perfectly content to put their
own judgment to select established
institutions of good reputation under
the control of safe and conservative
bankers? 1t is always assumed, and
with justice, too, that where there is
a real demand private enterprise is
ready to satisfy it. Why has no in
surance company entered into the
field of guaranteeing bank deposits?
On practically everything in which the
risk is sufficiently large for the pub
lie to desire insurance against 1t a
policy may be obtained. The fact is
that the chance Of ultimate loss
through bank failure is negligible, and
depositors realize that it is. If a
company should enter the field, offer
ing to write policies on bank depos-
it's, it could not hope to obtain any
patronage, even though it could do a
profitable business at tenth of one
per cent. If such private insurance is
impracticable, why, supposing there is
a public demand for insurance of de-
posts, have not banks themselves rec
ognized it and accordingly formed as
sociations for the mutual insurance OF
one another's deposits? If there
were any desire for such a guarantee
the members of such mutual associa-
tons might have easily outdistanced
their uninsured competitors in obtain
ing business.
The demand for a guarantee of de-
posits, then, is not sufficiently strong
to invite private company into that
field of insurance, nor to commend it.
self to the consideration of banks in
the intense competition for deposits,
nor even to keep alive the practice
when once established. The device is
just now simply an after-panic sugges-
tion-one of the innumerable panaceas
with which a host of volunteers are
offering to cure incurable ills. 1t
comes duly labeled from the intellec.
tual laboratory of our greatest finan.
cial quack, who demonstrated his abil'
ity to show the country how to get
we'll quick just after the previous
panic, in the most famous year in the
annals of uackdom-to-wit, 1896.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-22
Wallace and the Canning Industry.

Mr.. Wallace, the Arkansas free
trader, who got several undelivered
speeches printed in the "Congression-
al Record" ending with prolonged
applause" said in one of them:
1.-The tariff duties which keep out
canning factories cost the farmers
fully $50 per family per year for
wasted products"
Mr.. Wallace should examine the cen
sus bulletin devoted to the canning in
dustry. He would learn great deal
in the astounding advance it has made
under the Dingley law, and he ought
to be told that within few days a
single order was given to the Ameri-
can Company of Pittsburg for $780,
100000 tin cans, and this order came
from single fruit Gamers associa-
tion of one state.
The trouble with Mr.. Wallace Is that
he not only does not read his speeches
in congress, but that he evidently does
not read them in private. IL he did he
would not be caught fathering such
ridiculous trash.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-22
GOOD TIME FOR ECONOMY.
Country Will Indorse Prudence and
Retrenchment by Congress.

1t is reported from Washington that
the congressional leaders are in an
economical mood this winter, and that
prudence and retrenchment will be the
watchword during the present ses
sion. Certainly the latest treasury
statement is calculated to confirm
them in that laudable determination.
The first half of the present fiscal
year closed with deficit of nearly
S10,000,000. A year ago there was
surplus of receipts over expenditures
of the corresponding period of about
$25 ,000 900. For the month of Deem.
Der alone the treasury deficit amount
ed to about $s,5OO.OO0.
The decline in the revenues of the
government is due, of course, to the
financial stringency of November and
December and it's effect on our for
eign trade. The receipts from GUS
toms showed little shrinkage in No
vember, but that was attributable to
the preparations for the retail holiday
trade and the withdrawal of merchan
disc that had been ordered earlier in
y
in customs receipts caused the treas
ury loss of $7,000,000 as compared
with the receipts from the same
month of the previous year. There
has also been considerable decrease
in the internal revenue receipts, and
on account of the same general bust
ness conditions.
Secretary Cortelyou estimated in
the recer.. report to congress a surplus
of $42 100000 for the current fiscal
year. He was frank enough to say
however, that he regretted the legal
necessity of making estimates that
were for the most part problemat
ical," and the event has justified this
remark sooner than he expected, per-
haps. Though everybody confidently
predicts rapid revival of business in
every direction, there is no likelihood
of q SAP 100000 treasury surplus for
the fiscal year which will end with
next June.
No reasonable man, it is true,
favors a large annual surplus, which
simply means excessive taxation Of the
people. 1t is also true that the treas
ury is in a very strong position in
spite of the tendencies of tie Last two
months, for the years of prosperity
and expansion have enabled it to ac-
cumulate large balance. Finally,
had not the expenses of the Panama
canal been paid until lately from cur
rent receipts there would have been
no deficit at all for the six months
ended with December. At the same
time If congress, in view Of the steady
increase in government expenditures
shown by the treasury's reports, has
decided to be more careful and eco
nomical this year, and avoid necessary
and wasteful appropriations, its good
resolution will be generally approved
and praised.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-22
PLAYS AND PLAYWRIeHTs.

Austin Strong, who is nephew of
What Happened Them" for De Wolf
Hopper. has in his home tiny theater
which just fits the top of large table.
1t is completely equipped as to scenery
and lighting effects, and in this thea
ter he puts on with casts composed Of
pieces of pasteboard the plays which
he afterwards takes to the managers
Richard earle works without proper
ties OF any kind. For instance, it
was between a matinee and an even
Ing performance that he COM
posed the music of IL Picked a
Lemon in the Garden of Love-" the
words of which he had bought for $50
More than 100000 copies OF the song
have been sold.
In David Belasco's new theater, the
Stuyvesant, there is an elaborate suite
OF offices for the personal use of Be
lasco. but he does his playwriting far
from the madding crowd of actors who
are looking for engagements. Some
other writer's for the stage have the
same habit of getting into a remote
aud quiet corner when they want to
work
There are few men in the country
why know more about the history OF
music and the lives of musicians than
Victor Herbert. He is always writing
scores for musical comedies, and now
in addition to his other work he is
composing a grand opera for Oscar
Hammerstein. He also directs his or
chestra, which plays often, and he still
has time to hang around the Lambs
club. He is a tremendous worker and
gets over his work rapidly, and he is
one composer who really seems to
care as little for money as did that
fictitious parsonage, the musician In
THE Music Master"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-22
Sanity i'm Respect of the Currency.

Senator Aldrich's bill is a simple
one and does not aim at anything like
currency reform. IL provides that the
treasury may issue currency up to the
amount of S250,0O0,000, secured by
the same class of obligations at pres
ent recognized as lawful in the case of
savings banks in this state and in
Massachusetts, said issue to be taxable
at six per cent. The prudential slip
ulations and restrictions are adequate
and the whole measure impresses us
as wisely conceived and ably planned.
II we might be permitted to offer
a criticism, and we do so with the ut
most diffidence, it would be that the
tax of six per cent. does not adequate
~ differentiate this reserve from ordi-
narily current money on which the
legal rate conventionally stands at
the same figure. The rate, We venture
to think, ought to be seven or eight
per cent. At the latter figure the pos
sibility of imitation is negligible
New York Sun.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-22
cisSIE LOTUS REWAiLs FATE.
Actress Says She Was Born Under an
Unlucky Star.

Cissie LOTUS is much discouraged
by the failure of "The Lancers," in
which she was a co-star with Law
renee D'Orsay and tells Charles Rarn-
ton, dramatic critic of the New York
World, that she was born under an
Hniucky star.
Il am sure of it," she says. 81
talent, yet the managers will not be.
HeVe it, | know that l could play a
serious part, a fine part. Modjeska,
Ellen Terry, Sir Henry Irving and
Mr.. Sothern have said to me: 'Cissy,
you can do anything But the man.
ayers seem to think / can do nothing
but limitations My limitations have
kept ME from getting a good part. If
/ had stayed in vaudeville for couple
81 years | might have made enough
money to get a play of my own. But
/ didn't, and | haven't any money.
am fearfully improvident. 1t is only
when / have bills to pay that money
means anything to me. / am always
horribly in debt
THAT is why l am back into vaude-
vile from time to time. Unfortunate
ly, | am obliged to earn my own liv-
ing, and so there you are! If the
stupidity of managers will not permit
them to see me in anything but 'imi-
tstions, have nothing left but vau-
deviiie-for | prefer vaudeville to
musical comedy"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-22
Mrs. Pat Campbell's Husband.

Mrs. Patrick Campbell's husband,
Sergeant Campbell, was killed while
campaigning with Lord Bethume in
the Boer war. He is said to have been
q modest, quiet man, from whom his
brilliant wife had grown away during
the last years. Not many of his COM
rades knew that he was in any way
connected with the woman whose
name was famous among Englishmen.
Once in camp, just after the mail had
arrived from home, the soldiers were
gathered around the fire reading let
ters and eagerly devouring the papers.
In an illustrated paper somebody
came across a picture of Mrs. Patrick
Campbell and an article telling of
one of her latest successes
Il say Campbell" said one of his
men, jokingly. II suppose this actress
isn't any relation of yours, is she?"
shes my wife," said Campbell,
without looking up, and his mess went
silent.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-22
GOODWIN VERSUS COLLIER.
Nat Objected to WilIie's Opinion oil
His "Shyiock."

Nat G.: Goodwin is to be seen next
ington and Harry Leon Wilson, the
authors of The Man from Home"
which will be called Cameo Kirby"
Goodwin, it may be remembered, re-
nounced the stage last spring, and de-
cided he would build up d new life as
a gold miner. Two months ago he
returned east and took it all back
Not that there wasn't gold out there
in that mine he had bought.
Il know there u.s." he announced,
for | put it there myself"
Goodwin has definitely given up
Shakespeare, and there are not want
ing those who insist he was led to
this decision by Willie Collier. The
two sat together in the Lambs club
in New York on the Sunday before
New Years.
Nat" said Collier, I'm firing of
this comedy business. I'm going to try
Shakespeare"
Good lad said Goodwin. What
character? Bottom 'Falstaff,' OF
what?"
mix on the comedy" said Collier,
I'm for 'Shylock.'
What rot" returned Goodwin.
"You can't play 'Shylock,' Willie"
rs that SOP" demanded Collier.
with some heat I'll bet / can get
as many laughs out of him as you
did"
Kind friends dragged them into sep.
arate rooms.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-22
Woodruff Saws He Still Is a Bow

They are calling Henry Woodruff
the immortal boy" in San Francisco.
why should we not look just as
young as we feel?" he demands. "At
40 I do not feel day older than did
at 49,
And about Booth. tell me what you
played with him and where"
Right here in San Francisco at
the old California theater / played the
duke of York in Richard Ill with
Booth. I also played at Booths the
ater, New York, with the great TRACE
dian in Macbeth Don Caesar Rich
elieu' and Hamlet / was a regular
member of Booths company, playing
all the boy parts in New York during
his last season at Booths theater."
"And your favorite role?"
LAS Orlando in As You Like IT."
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-22
A Free Ride.

A man who evidently hailed from
rural parts walked into the Ellsworth
building the other day and asked on
what floor a certain firm was located.
They're not in this building" said
the elevator man, but get in the car
anyhow, and III give you a ride"
The countryman got in and the ele-
vator shot swiftly upward, to his inn
mense delight.
When the car was again on the
ground floor the farmer got out and
reaching in his pocket said: That was
a fine ride. How much is it?"--Chi-
cago Record-Herald.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-22
Applied Psychology.

Any theory to be remarkable the
DRY must have a workable basis.
Psychology is nothing If not practical.
OF what benefit is the soul-power with
it's wonderful intuitive intelligence IL
We cannot make use of it in the every
day affairs of life? 1t is for that pur-
pose that 1 desire to call your alton
ton to the following eight psychology
ical principles, the combination of
which, properly applied, will unlock
the door of success to any line OF
business for which one has any natural
aptitude:
1. Confidence.
2. Concentration.
\ 8. Passivity
/ 4. Unloading
5. Positiveness.
8. Impulsion.
IL Clinch your thought.
8. Control conditions.
Confidence.
Unless you have confidence in your
self and confidence in your undertake
ing how can you reasonably expect
successf
Thought is Migratory and your
thought will affect the one to whom 1t
is Voluntarily projected or the one
who comes within its radiation.
Thefc'ore. If the shadow of a doubt
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-22
BRYAN Has Firm Hold.

Eastern Democratic papers of indie
pendent proclivities are vibrating be-
tween suggestions OF George Gray,
Woodrow Wilson, Joseph W. Folk and
Gov. Johnson as possible Democratic
candidates. The fact that they skip
from one to the other so readily is the
best evidence of the slight chance
any one of them has of prying Bryan
ionsa
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-22

A New York Democrat has vagered
S., 900 that Gov. Johnson of Minnesota
will be elected IL he is nominated and
If Roosevelt doesn't run against him
Mr.. Bryan will be likely to lean to
the opinion that there are a good
many "ifs" connected with this mat
ter,
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-22
Rough on the Experts.

If Ananias, who has been deceased
for some little time, were now alive,
he would. we fancy, hold himself out
as an expert witness.-Law Clerk.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-06-12
| ne pouvait pas dOrmir. Mr..

III ne pOuVdlt DdS dOrmlr. Mr.
A. Forterelle, de Decatur, Mich,
6crit:: "J'ai souffert pendant long
temps dune maladie nerveuse qul
me tuait petit a petit. Pendant
deux ans je ne dormais que peu ou
pas du tout. Quat1e bouteilles du
Novoro du DR. Pierre me rendirent
la sant6. Ma maladIe est partie ct
je puls dormlr ct me reposel la
mutt CONNIE ]e faisais avant d'etrs
malade. J'en suis tres reconnais-
SAINT"
LIE Novoro du DR. Pierre res.
tau1e Pactivlt6 naturel]e aux orga.
nes, il construit, fortitie ct renou-
velle le systeme tout entier. Pour
etre plus pr6cis, il vous rerd bien
portant. Seules les personnes qul
Sc portent bien peavent trouver lie
repos ct jouir dun sommeil rafraf-
chissant.
LIE Novoro du DR. Pierre nest
pas un 1emAde de pharmacie. C'est
un vieux remede herbeux qui etc
en- usage constant depuis plus dun
steele, mais qui ma 6te que peu
annonc6. Des agents sp6ciaux le
fourniesent au public. Sill ny a
pas d'agents dams votre voisinage,
6crlvez aux proprietaifes, le Dr.
Peter Fahrney & Sons Co., liz
l18 So. Hoyne Ave-, Chicago, Ill.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-06-12
Geographic

Louis Honor6 Fr6chette descen-
DAFT dune vieille famille franchise,
venue s'etablir dams la Nouvelle,
France, de- lille de Re (Saintonge)
Ne a Lewis, Que, le 6 novembre
1889, il fit de brillantes 6tudes au
S6minalre de Quebec, puts q celui
de Nicolet, Oh lon remarqua bien-
to: le talent du grand poete quill
devait etre un jour.
Admis au bureau en- 1864, il par
tit l'ann6e suivante pour Chicago,
Oh il fit du journalisme ct devlnt
secr6taire correspondent du DE-
partement des Terres du chemin
de fer Illinois Central, en- rempla-
cement de Thos Dickens.
Revenu au pays en- 1871, il pra-
tiqua CONNIE avocat a Quebec. C'6-
TAFT un franc liberal ct il fut 6lu au
parlement federal en- 1874, sous
administration Maskenzie. Dorion
D6fait on 1878. avec son part1, puis
en- 1882, il sc ccnsacra aux lettres
ct au journalisme.
En- 1899. le gouvernement Mer-
cier le nomma greffier dn Conseil
L6gislatif de Quebec, position
quill occupait encore a l'heure de
sa mort.
M. Fr6chette fut r6dacteur au
journal de Quebec" l861-62;
au journal do Lewis" I864-65; q
'L'Am6rique," Chicago, l868-7O.
Of 3 Ia "Patria 73S4-S5. TT colla-
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-06-12

Un lecteur dun grand journal
australien sjadressait r6cemment a
la r6dactlon de ce journal pour
une reclamation. On lintroduislt,
au bout de quelques jnstants, au-
pres du r6dacteur en- chef.
Monsieur, lui dit-il,j j'apprends
par votre estimable journal que je
viens de mourn.
-Si c'est mon journal qui Fan
, nonoe, r6pl1qua le Journalistic avec
une certaine hauteur, le fait est
vrai.
-Mals ie vous afirme que non
puisque me VOLTA devant vous, bien
en- vie. Aussi j'attends de votre
Journal une r6tractation.
Impossible, monsieur, aous ne
corrigeons jamais une ligne qui a
pa1u dams notre journal.
dependant.
! Pour arranger les chooses, con-
clut le r6dacteur, ct pour vous
montrer que je ny NETS pas de
mauyaise volont6, je.vous ferai pa
para1tre sur la liste des nais SAN
ces. .....
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-06-12
A Pfopos des Pretres Elus

LIE "Bulletin des aEciens 6l6ves
de Saint Su!plce" 6voque le eouve'
mir dun Sulpicien qui fut nomm6
il y quelque cent ans, deput6 q
lAssembl6e legislative de Wash
ington, dams des conditions assez
originates. NJ. Richard, l'apotre du
Michigan, s'6tait laiss6 entra1ne1
par sa charit6 ct await achet6, pour
nourrir les plus indlgents de ses
fdeles. II venait d'etre mis- en- pri-
son, scion la loi pc l'Etat, lorsque
la pauvre population de Detroit,
incapable de le d6livrer par un SO.
cours p6cuniaire, s'avisa de lui Of
frir ses votes pour lie rendre a la
llberte. II fut 6lu repr6sentant du
Michigan ct rendit d'importants
services, pendant les trois ans que
dura son mandat, non settlement a
PEtat qui Pavs1t choisi, mails enco-
re a rEglise entiere des Etats-
Unis.
M. Richard 6t6 le seul pr6tre
catholique elu d6put6 au Congress
federal. Une statue lui a 6t6 Gle.
wee devant photel de Vile de Dc.
troit.