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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-03
Now They Don't sepak.

From the Chicago News.
They stood at the hot chocolate counter.
"You should have seen that handsome
policeman help me over the crowded
street this morning." toasted the one with
the blue plumes
II did," responded her Jealous rival
'Well 1t is not every one that can re-
ceve SO much attention from a handsome
policeman while crossing the street"
mo, indeed. And you should have
beard what he said after you were safely
over"
"Ah. a pretty compliment. I'll wager"
mo- he said he gave you just as much
attention as if you had been young and
good looking"
And then the polar atmosphere that
drifted between them almost CONCEALED
the steaming chocolate.
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vestigation will be the Association of As
sassins. which Is pledged to drive the
Japanese out of the country. The men,
bers Of this are to be found everywhere.
They wait in ambush with their guns to
pot such Japanese as get away from the
rest Of their fellows. They have killed
many stray soldiers. and some of our
missionaries have had narrow escapes.
have been warned not to wear khaki
clothes during my travels, as such col
ored clothes are worn by the Japanese
soldiers 1t was these assassins who killed
Durham White Stevens In San Fran
cisco
The New World Of Manchuria.
Leaving Corea, I shall cross over into
Manchuria and describe the changes 60
ing on there That country Is 10 times
as big as Ohio, and its population is one
fourth that of the United States. 1t is
twice as large as Japan and the japanese
are colonizing it. There are now 1000 of
them in Mukden, 5000 in Antung, 10000
in Dalny and 1900 in Newchwang. They
are swarming over the country and COB
bling up everything in the way of mines.
expect to visit Mukden and to spend
some time at that capital. This Is walled
city Of 100000 Chinese and Tartars, and
1t is military and business center. 1t
has 10000 yellow Mohammedans I shall
the other queer religions. Mnkden is
the chief fur market of Asia, and 1t has
farms where dogs are raised for their
skins.
Manchuria's new railways will form the
subject of another letter. ! expect to go
over the whole system, and to travel by
rail to the Chinese wall and thence on
to Peking The roads are equipped with
Baldwin locomotives and with American
steel rails. Those of southern Manchu-
ria are in the hands of the Japanese, and
by them / shall go to Dalny and Port
Arthur.
We are now shipping vast quantity OF
-four into north China and Manchuria.
Nevertheless that country has wheat soil
as good as that of our Red river valley,
and the people are building -four mills
to grind the grain raised there. The jap
anese are putting up mills north of Muk-
den, and the mills at Hardin turn out
enough flour every "a hours to make
loaf of bread for every soul in Chicago.
The output is about 100000 pounds per
day. The Lao valley now produces &c.,
100000 worth of grain annually, and this
is just the beginning.
The Manchurian Brigands.
During my ride on the railroad to China
the Hunghutsi. This is an organization
of outlaws who live in the mountains and
prey upon the people. They have their Sc
cret agents in every town and demand
toll of the villages. There are guards
at the railroad stations to protect the
passengers. 1t Is said that they are es-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-03
AWAKENING OF ASIA
Copyright, 1909, by Frank G. carpenter).

| Ihey are crying out for constitutional
| government and are establishing
schools and opening factories. They
| are organizing an army and by drilling
! their school children are preparing for
| the wars of the future.
A mighty change is going on in In
dia as we'll. The 300, 900 900 of Hindus,
Mohammedans and others who inha bit
that country are planning to break
away from England and the peninsula
is on the verge of a revolution
Like movements are starting in Turkey
and Persia. The Sultan's throne seems
to totter and there are rumors that the
Mohammedans may inaugurate a holy
war.
AT the same time the Japanese are NOV
ing ahead more rapidly than ever They
are fast capturing the trade of the Pa
cifc and are reaching out toward China
They have already taken Corea, and are
laying their plans toward the control of
Manchuria.
All these movements are now going on
here, and it is to write of them that 1
have come out to Asia. l shall spend some
time In Japan, and then proceed to the
other parts of the continent
Twenty Years After
In coming here, | feel somewhat like
Dumas must have felt when he wrote the
later volumes of the series known as the
Three Musketeers. You will remember
that he describes the adventures of
d Artagan, Athos. Porthos and Aramis
when they were young men of 30 and
then in later books takes up their adj
ventures at the ages of 40 or more
first came to Asia in 1888, 20 years ago, to
write up the new Japan, and then went
on to China and India. continuing my
trip around the globe.
In 1894 L came again to chronicle the
progressive movements in China, and got
, out of that country on the heels of the
Japanese war. 1 then crossed Corea,
using a bull to pack my baggage over
route which Is soon to be traversed by
railroad, and my journey from Tientsin
to Picking had to be made in a rude Chi
nese cart. This time l shall take that
trip in first-class railway car
In 1900 l again came to Asia and trav-
eled through interior China at the time of
the Boxer rebellion. l visited Japan and
the Philippines and wrote also of the
changes going on in Corea and other
countries. During every one Of these trips
| have seen great march along the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-03
Jews Appreciation Of Jesus.

remarkable story of Ghetto life in
New York, appears in the January Amer
lean Magazine. The story is by James
Oppenheim, and the following is an inter-
esting incident from it:
1.-THE Jew doctor smiled sadly. is that
the kind of a physician Miss Grabo Is
going to be?'
Why not? she challenged.
He laughed a bit.
"Well, l guess I'm an old-fashioned
doctor, he murmured, for I have queer
ideas about things. Do you know my
definition of doctor?'
"'What Is it?'
DIR. Rast looked at her queerly.
"'Why he's just an ordinary man. like
Jesus, who lays his hand on the filth of
the worlds flesh, but who lays his heart
and his soul on he paused, and held his
breath, bruised hearts and broken souls
Like JesusT she cried, shocked.
You, a Jew, say that"
"sWhy not?' he smiled. Jesus was a
Jew. Ard as doctor revere him. He
was our greatest doctor-he cured multi
tudes! I wish there was one such in these
roaring slums.'"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-03
Toxic. Japan.

Toxic, Japan
-" HIS is the first letter of series
have crossed the Pacific to write
L on the awakening of Asia. My
editors have given me one of the big
gest journalistic assignments of the
century. They have directed me to
explore a continent and to chronicle the
mighty movements which are going on
in it. The chief news center of the
world today is on the opposite side of
the globe. This, the deadest part of
old Mother Earth, has sprung into life,
and Asia is about to take the place in
our civilization to which its numbers
and resources entitle it. About two
thirds of the human race live in this
oldest of the continents. The whole
world contains about 1900, 900, 600,
and of these Asia has more than 900,-
900 ,000 There are 400, 900 Chinese
in the Celestial empire without includ-
ing Mongolia and it's other depend
encies. The peninsula of Hindustan
contains about soc, 900, 900, and Japan is
fast approximating the 100000 mark
These people own about one third of
all the land on the earths surface
Their soil is the most fertile, their UNI
developed mines the greatest in quantity
and their industry superior to that of
any other branch of the human race
1t is a question whether they are not
our equals in intellect as well and
whether, aided by the machinery of
our civilization, they cannot outstrip
us in the race of individual and nation
al life.
A New Continent.
Until within the last so years the
whole of this eastern world was as dead
as Lazarus before. his rejuvenation
Then Commodore Perry tickled Japan
in her lonesome ribs and she sprang
into life. One after another she adopted
our western methods. and today she
ranks as great world power; with an
army and navy surpassed by none With
a jiu-jitsu jerk she brought the Russian
bear to his knees, and she is now
planning commercial movements which
promise to crowd Uncle Sam and John
Bull out of the markets of Asia.
Alive to what Japan has done. the
400 900 900 Chinese are now attempting
the reorganization of their empire.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-03
Deceitful Appearances.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
81 went to the door this morning, John,
and there was a plain-looking man with
black leather bag. OF course l recognized
him at once as peddler."
You should be more careful, my dear"
II know it, love. | know that l am too
apt to judge by appearances. l said to
the man, No, we don't want anything to-
day And what do you suppose he said?"
''Tll bet anything he said he came to
pay me some money!
mo, he didn't"
at wasn't Summerlight, with the rent,
was it?
No"
well, what did he say?''
HE said: I've got some fine samples
of toilet soap here to show you at cents
box.
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The missionaries are doing much work
along these lines
China's New Army.
The Chinese are preparing to have a
great army and they are hiring the
Germans and the Japanese to drill their
troops. All the new schools are to have
military exercises and it is thought that
every boy will soon be forced to serve
in the army. There are now 300 900
soldiers who are more or less trained,
and when the present arrangements
have been completed and are in full
force China will be on the way to an
army numbering 100000.
The Chinese have been establishing gun
works. They have such now at Shan
ghai, Marking and Hankow. They are
making Mauser rifles, snokeless car
tridges and big guns
I expect to travel over the new rail-
ways which have been built in China dur
ing the past few years. There are sew
eral thousand miles in operation, and 5000
miles are projected. One can now go
from Hankow to Paris by railroad. 1 shall
enter the empire from Manehuria by the
northern system and stop at Tientsn on
my way to Picking. From there l shall go
south to Hankow by train and then by
boat down the YangtSe to Marking, where
shall get another railroad which will
take me to Shanghai. l shall tell you of
the railroads that the Germans have built
IN Shantung; and may go over them to
the birthplace. and tomb of Confucius.
The American line which Calvin Brice.
Pierpont Morgan and others were to build
from Canton to the Yangtse has now been
taken over by the Chinese. I shall tell
what they are doing upon 1t and show
how Pierpont Morgan made 300 per cent
from his investment In that road.
China's New Mines and Factories.
In connection with the railroads l shall
describe the new mines and factories
which have been recently built in many
parts of the empire. There are great cot
ton and silk mills in Shanghai and SUI
chow, and there are 10 new cotton mills
in other cities with something like 100000
spindles. Away up the Yangtse at Hang
yang there are iron works which are max
ing steel rails. and which have been ship
ping iron to Japan and the United States.
Nearby are coal mines. connected with the
works by railroad, and all the surround
ings needed for a great industrial center.
Manufacturing plants are also being
started in other coal regions and the min
eral wealth of the country is being pros
pected In fact. the whole empire is I'M
dergoing material and intellectual revo-
luton, so that, as have said, 1t is prac-
tically new world. Something Of what
this world is I hope to show in my let
tiers.
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Public PAYS FREIGHT.

Roland Phillips, in Success Magazine"
Expressed in terms of value, the enor-
nous drain for lumber. which uses up
more than half of the entire remaining
supply merely staggers belief. But put
1t on your bill as sashes. doors, blinds
floors, roofs, stairway ratings orna-
mental house fittings, office and store FIX
tures-the thousand and one items you
pay for either through your landlord or
direct to your builder then add the item
for shingles and laths, which amounts in
the aggregate to some thirty millions a
year. is 1t difficult to see why, with an
average increase of 20 to 50 per cent in
the cost of raw materials for these prod
ucts. your rent and house building cost
more, by just so much, than they did ten
or even five years ago, exclusive of labor?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-03
To Stop Hiccoughs.

F rom the London Globe
DR.. Louis Koipinsd reports the ar
rest of persistent hiccough by depressing
the tongue. A patient was attacked by
hccough which had persisted for four
days before being seen by the doctor.
He complained of the fullness in his
throat, condition which he thought
the result of the hiccough.
He was directed to sit up, and with a
large spoon handle the tongue was press
ed down and back with steady force to
allow inspection of the fauces. Firm
pressure on the tongue with the hope of
further noting the action of the palatat
muscles was continued, when to the doc
tors surprise and the patients astonish-
ment and joy the hiccough ceased. When
the hiccoush returned the patient him
self stopped 1t by using the spoon handle
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-03

pecially bad on the borders of China, and
I am. warned that I shall have to watch
out at Shan-Hai- Kwan.
The yellow Giant.
From Manchuria I shall go into China,
where are now the greatest changes Of
oil Asia The whole nation is In tur-
MOL, and innovations of every sort are
being introduced.
Among the striking things advocated
and instituted are the wiping out of the
opium evil and the doing away with foot
binding. 1t is even proposed to tax all
women who have small feet, and the late
Empress Dowager sent out an edict that
those who enter the new schools for girls
must come with their feet unbound.
AS to Opium. the government at
Picking has demanded that all the opium
dens shall be closed within six months.
and that the sale of this drug shall be
gradually reduced during the next 10
years, after which no more can be sold.
School teachers are forbidden to use
opium, and the cultivation of the poppy
will be eventually stopped. The govern
ment has a sort of Goloid or Kelley
cure, and it is furnishing antidote
opium pills. China has now more than
100,000,000 opium smokers and this
movement promises to surpass in it's
magnitude that of temperance in the
United States.
China's New Schools.
During my past visits to the great
Chinese cities, 1 have seen the exam
ination halls in which 10000 or more
students were being examined at once,
with view to giving the most success
full contestants official positions. Their
studies were the Chinese classics, and
according to their old biographies the
earth was fiat. Within the past two or
three years the government has abol-
ished that system, and tens of thous-
ands of new schools are now being
esta blished. There are 5000 new pub
lie schools in Chilli alone, and the en-
peror has ordered them started in every
Chinese village. A quarter of a mil
lion new text books are wanted, and
hundreds Of millions will be required
before the reorganization Is complete.
The great Viceroy Chang Chi-Tung is
at the head of this movement. The
new schools are to be modelled after
ours and are to teach the western
sciences. Certain Americans at Shang-
hal are now organizing publishing
houses to supply the book demand. New
colleges are also projected, and a great
educational reform Is under way
An interesting feature of this branch
Of the movement is the schools for
girls. The late Empress Dowager
founded one in Picking for noblemen's
daughters and there is another for prin-
cesses. There are also kindergartens.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-03
The Man Next Door Was Right.

TTDIn JuUSt. :
Sir requested the young man, enter
these clothes for you to press. The man
next door says you are bird at pressing
suits!'
We'll, the man next door is right re-
Piled the suit presser "only this isn't
tailor shop; it's a lawyers Officer
The Forrest City times., 1909-12-03
OUR HOLIDAY ADVERTISERS.

The Times comes to it's readers to day sparkling with good cheer and cor. dial greetings from it's scores of enter. prising patrons in every line of busi. ness, offering every conceivable kind of appropriate merchandise for Santa Claus, whose annual visit to the dear children is fraught with so much in- terest and ladened with untold hap piness.
 Everything from Jack-in-the-bo box to a house and lot is presented in this issue, for the consideration of Christi mas shoppers, and all such will do well. save much time, and perhaps little money. if they will read every adyer- tisement, for these tell the absorbing story of what, when, and perhaps at what price, suitable gifts may be pur- chased.
 We anticipate and predict d busy holiday shopping season, and the stores of Forrest City have outdone all former seasons in preparation There k no need to go or send 10 Mem phis or elsewhere for Christmas pres ents. They are here in endless variety Tn every store represented in these columns.
 We are proud of this issue or The lines Pi0ad Io send 1t o0t Into the four corners of Our Country. because 1t shows more than We can te}lin words. the enterprise and liberaity ot cur merchants and business men generally and the thrift ot our people.
 Ne desire ta thank each and every friend and patron who has in any Way contributed tathe Success of this cam. paign of advertising and for the uni form courtesy amt respect shown a#r neice. Mrs, NeG BeisS. foNha>e ,pIeu- did efforts much of tAe credit k dee. She has done nobiy in the emergency caused hy the unexpected relapse which has kept eW Mr. aaakin ean- fined to his room.
 With sincere good wishes for pros. porous season fer all our patrons. and Happy Christmas to all our readers. we are, sincerely,
 LANDy0IGT X NADAkIN.
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Anniversary Celebration.

Twelve years ago. December lst, Miss Sarah Ellen Proctor and Dr. Leonidas H. Merritt considered it the happiest period of their lives as the minister pronounced the words which bound them together as man and wife. in the little town of Walnut Lake. Besha county, Ark. But they were mistaken, for aS the years rolled round each in succession was freight ed with stronger love and sweet CT joys than they ever enjoyed. and when the twelfth anniversary came, they thought it to celebrate the joyous event by entertaining a few of their friends.
 The spacious parlors of their charm ing home were filed with guests. Con gratulatiOns were extended to the happy couple. Progressive euchre was
The Forrest City times., 1909-12-03
A Harvest Song.

We're you ever stripping pea vines. In the middle of the day When your heart went roaming gaily To your sweetheart far away And every time you filled your bag With yellow, rattling peas, lAd you murmur How love her And send 1t on the breeze: Did moments slip like rpencd peas From out the pod of.time Asyour thoughts went hunting upyour heart Till your feet tripped in a vinet With her dear face always near you How blessed the noon of day That threshes out such tender love. For your Lula far away Oh, did the peas get merry tao And kick their sheets away Then tumbling from their golden beds Roll laughing through the hay pid cartridges have wedding feasts. The grooms whistIiHg Delight /. As every little bride rushed up And chucklcd Dear Bob White" How laughter rattles deep within The heart, when joy k ripe And opening, scatter seeds of good Instead Of tares Of strife. If mankind were but golden pods. No weevil sin to stain This earth wonld seiutillate he mirth of sun be jeweied rain
 Mary T. RrdeWeH Forrest City i4pa
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Hr0bmyer.Eyans.

Just as We go to press We learn with much Joy and the utmost feelings of congratulatlon that our popular young friends, MT. Albert Grobmyer and Miss Mamie Evans, were happily married last evening at the Catholic church, Rev. Father Frome offi- ciating.
 They left immediately for Mem phis and perhaps other points on a brief wedding tour.
 Time forbids a more extended no- tee this week, but We hope to give full details in our next.
 We wish for them all the joys of life with just enough of shadow to sweeten them.
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MT. and Mrs. Walter German. MT. and Mrs. John Gatling. MT. and Mrs. Ed Roleson, MT and Mrs. F.. P Tay. Tor. MT. and Mrs A. l.. Stevens, MT and Mrs. II. A. Knight, MT. and Mrs. T. C. Merwin, MT and Mrs. Henry Euart, MT and Mrs. Jno Grobmyer MT and Mrs. Jno l. Jones, MT anC Mrs. J. O. Bridgforth. MT. and Mrs Ed Allen. Mir. and Mrs. Louis Roll wage, MT. and Mrs. T. w. Barrow
 MT. and Mrs NJ, Isaacs, MT. and Mrs A. b. Mcdaniel, Mr. and Mrs. Dia mond, Mr and Mrs Ed Schlosser, MT and Mrs Geo Jones. MT. and Mrs. Jacl Barnes. Mrs Jas Russell. Mrs. A. F. Matthews, Mrs C. NJ Bridge. Mrs J h. Baugh Mrs. Garnet Prewett. Miss es Pearl and Myrtle Davis, Messrs Robt. Hamilton and Wm. Campbell.
 Those from a distance were Mis- Merritt, from North Carolina, siste
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PUBLIC SCHOOL REPORT. Report for Month Ending Nos.27. 1909

HONOR ROLL. Requirements of Honor Roll: 925 General Average: not less than s in Deportment loo Attendance no Tar dies
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Of host; Mrs. Ted Norton, of Benton Ark; Dr. and Mrs. D. 0. Bridgforth Of Memphis, Tenn.
 Late i'll the evening the guests be gan to depart, each one leaving wishes that Dr. and Mrs. Merritt may celebrate many anniversaries. eacl one increasing in happiness.
 The souvenir score cards were great. ly admired. They were conceived and printed in The Times job department
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the feature of the evening, and each guest was presented with souvenir score card which we reproduce here with \ salad course and other dain- ties were served.
 Mrs. Merritt wore her wedding gown of twelve years ago, and was charm lngly assisted i'll entertaining by Misses ' lrginia Norton, Annie Campbell and Elizabeth Davis.
 The following were present.
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The banner was won this week by the 9th and Lower 6th Grades. They
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Stunga Tor l5 Years

by Indigestion's bangs trying many doctors and S200 worth of medicine i'll vain, E. F. Ayscue, of lngleside, NC, at last used Dr. Kings New Life Pills, and writes that they wholly cured him. They cure Constipation, Biliousness, Sick Headache, Stomach, Liver, Kid ney and Bowel Troubles. 25c. at all druggists.
The Forrest City times., 1909-12-03
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.

THE TIMES Is authorized 10 announce HON. II. BEECHER LEWIS as candidate for representative from St. Francis county in the next General Assembly, subject 10 The action of tha Democratic primary
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AYYDyNp2M2MgSs .
 FOR CONGRESS-.

THE TIMES k authorized to announce HON NJ. II. PATTERSON, of Woodruff County as a candidate for Congressman from the First congressional District of Arkansas. subject to the action of the Democratic party.