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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-13
GOOD LITERATURE.

GOOD LITERATURE.
"Have you read Stepping Backward ?"
you mean Looking Backward
mo, I don't. I'm talking about PAM
phlet issued by a street car company for
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-13
THEN WE'LL KNOW

THEN WE'LL KNOW.
When the final round-up's held
From mems eyes the notes are
Plucked and false hearts barred, we'll
know
Who the blooming goats areI
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-13

The conversation turned on diminu-
tive boy whose size strangely belied his
16 years and little Birmingham girl
asked, WAS he a duo?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26
The Tariff.

Golfers of this week is particularly
severe on the senate, and especially
upon the juggling which is now being
done under pretense of revising the
tariff 1t says: There can be no mis-
take about the facts. In the senate
the tariff is not being revised down
ward. The people will know this a
few months hence by the prices they
pay But it is important they should
know it now Not only is the revision
being made upward in the sense that
25 per cent is greater than 10 per cent,
more devious, cunning ways are the
figures being raised-in ways that
make it possible for Mr.. Aldrich to
throw smoke around the facts, and
by sublime bluffing confuse even many
members of the, senate. He has at his
command several tariff experts, skilled
in intricacies, intimately familiar with
all the court decisions on tariff cases
1t is these men, as Senator La Toilette
has repeatedly pointed out, who are
really writing the tariff They are
able to so change the Technology OF
the Dingley bill, to SO classify the
schedules, to so word the law, as &c
get the maximum of upward effect with
the least appearance of raised figures
They know just what language must
be SO interpreted by court to give
the very highest protection.
Finally, Mr. Aldrich proposes now
as an incident to the new bill. to take
all tariff cases out of the jurisdiction
of the regular United States courts, to
create a special customs court with
the very experts who are now writing
his bill for him. Mr. Aldrich is fond
of these star chamber experts. When
he was engineering the Dingley bill
through the senate he had one who
was secretly in the pay of the wooden
manufacturers, but officially clerk of
the senate finance committee"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26

facts because publicity hurt business.
What is business that it should be put
above the law, above the enforcement
of right dealing, or good morals? Is
it a sacred thing? Are dollars all?
If SO, the publisher ought to sell his
editorial space, the councilman sell his
vote, the minister sell his conscience,
the physician betray his trust because
he can enrich himself by SO doing.
But, of course. enforcement of the
law against criminal offenders does
not hurt town. When the offenders
are rich and powerful, as are the Pa
cific railroads and the United Rail
ways agents in San Francisco, they
can make great noise and influence
4 men with whom they have dealings to
say that business is being hurt by
prosecution of guilty men. Corporate
wealth was never so ingenious as VIII en-
at bay If it can save itself by false
cries it will do so. 1t is no different
position from the man in the dock who
points to his weeping children or his
sobbing mother as reason why he
should be given his freedom His con
viction would hurt them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26
Lectured by Carlyle.

There are some amusing memories
at Kylcakin, in Skye, of visit once
made there by Carlyle. travelling in the
train of Lady Ashburton. The Ky
leakinses felt a lively curiosity con-
corning the distinguished author. and
whenever he appeared in public he
was surrounded by crowd of admir-
ing men. women and children who had
heard sensational reports concerning
his "cleverness as q scholar" Carlyle
seemed to like this hero worship until
these admirers clustered round him
while he was in the midst of his sea
bath one day. Then he assailed them
in language much more emphatic than
elegant. which soon made them take
to their heels and scamper off with all
speed out of bis sight. Lady AShbur-
ton had prayers with her daughter and
servants morning and evening. but the
sage was never present. During these
periods, Neil Machines. the innkeeper.
used to relate. "he would lead me to
the coffee room and there. laying hold
of me by the coat buttOnhole, he
would lecture to me for half an hour
on end on all sorts of subjects. and he
would be so intent on it that he
wouldn't allow me to put in word
Fancy" said Neil. that | should be
lectured to in such a way by Tommy
Carlyler-London Standard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26
British Find Us Safe.

The editor of the London Statist,
George Parish, has recently compiled
some statistics showing the British
capital invested in American railroads
and industries amount to $4,000, 900, 900
and produce 35,0OO,O0O in revenue 20
their owners. What is more imme-
dlately significant is the statement
that British investors had sent to the
United States during the past year
s67 100000 and that the tendency is
to enlarge rather than to curtail the
amount.
British investments are worldwide.
but outside of the colonies are largely
confined to government securities with
the single exception of the United
States, where they take in railroads
and industrial enterprises. This vast
sum speaks elOquently of the pa t
British capital has played in our de-
velopment and of the faith of a hard
headed people in our future. Three
billions of British money invested in
the United States is the logic which
British jingoes have been unable "a
overcome in the past and which stands
as guaranty of friendly intercourse
between the two countries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26
BURIED ALIVE BY BROTHER
Victim of 12-Year-Old Slayer Interr-
ed After BEING WoIIuded

SlctIm OF 12-N ear-Old Slayer 1nterr-
ed After Being Wounded.
Modesto, Cal, June 26-Twelve-
year-old Cecil Hopkins, self-confessed
slayer of his 6-year-old brother
Theodore, made a statement to the
coroner yesterday that strengthens
that officials belief that the victim
was buried alive on the hill where
his body was found. As he told of
the murder, Cecil ate candy and ap-
parently failed to realize the gravity
of the situation
According to his story, he killed
Theodore while the parents were alb
sent from home. The two quarreled
over their luncheon and Cecil drove
his brother from the house and shcs
him. Fearing the consequences of
his deed when the parents should re-
turn. he dug grave in the sand and
buried his brother. The cramped
position of the arms and the fact that
the victims mouth was filled with
sand tend to prove that the child was
buried alive.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26
His Preaching and Personality.

Preaching and Personality
Brooklyn
ten with and influence
He in in 1858 of Puritan ancestry At early
him the village school he worked his fathers He much
the beauty the fields loving all without hardly
phenomena spiritual and iunna-
the
impulse that dominate his life
establish
Theological which
which
him better his later
He
called 1894 Prof Central Church
held together
had endeared
Hills than
Plymouth Church
after nducement keep him with them
that flng through his ind
color
his lectures and his books
cIyrEhtu nsuei wm G.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26

garden last night. and this nnsllins- !
killed another of them If you want
another lawsuit I'll drive you to town
in my own buggy.
land you-you've shot anotherT' she
gasped.
81 have"
.Then I'd like to shoot you! You are
The meanest man in the state OF Ohio!'
''Yes'm." he replied. with bow. az
ne turned away.
Widow Jason drove to town to con-
suit her lawyer again. There was $40
I'm 1t for him. win or lose. but this tine
Mr.. Chisholm was arrested for mali
cious persecution. In his testimony he
rorarred to the plaintiff as THAT lady"
and exhibited no animus whatever, but
he also proved that he was the one
prosecuted. The widows hogs would
not let him alone. She was beaten
again. and this time stout pen was
built. and the hogs were shut up. The
farmers had of course taken sides
Some commended that Chisholm had eX-
hibited a mean and unneighborly spirit
and others that the widow had been
derelict in not mending her fences. and
there were much talk and discussion.
1t occurred now and then that the two
principals met on the highway or at
the crossroads meeting house. but
while Chisholm lifted his hat and
bowed as if there was nothing on his
mind the widow, except for her blaz-
| ing eyes. seemed carved of stone.
That pen held the hogs for long
six weeks, but hogpens have their
weak points. and patience and perse-
yerance will seek them out. The hot
| sun warped a board and made an open
| ing, and the Industrious swine enlarged
it until one night they all passed oct
and headed straight for the next farm.
They fetched up among the cabbages,
| pumpkins. squashes. melons and car
rots. and during the long hours of
| darkness they ran riot. They were
| missed from the pen early next morn
ing. and the widow sat down on the
doorstep and cried. She cried because
| she was veXed. and she cried because
she was woman. Every minute she
| expected to hear the crack of CHS
holm's rifle. and she fully realized that
any further appeal to the law would
be wasted She was veXed at the
hogs. at Josh and at Chisholm. Hel
tears were still falling when the neW
neighbor stood before her and bowed
and said:
Mrs. Jason. those blamed hogs o,
yours damaged me Il hundred dollars
! worth loSf pipbt -
And how many more have yol
killed." she asked.
'None. I've just driven 'em home
But why-why"-
Because | see how 1t is. | mus
either kill off your whole drove o
build Il pen myself. | shall come owe
tonight to talk to you about it,"
He appeared an hour after supper
and it was II o'clock before he wen
home. Even then the talk" was no
finished. AS matter of fact. it re
quired a great many evenings and Wa
only concluded one winters nigh
when she laid her head on his shoulde
and said:
IF you are really sure that you low
me. then the farm, the hogs and l ar
| yourS"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26
The Philippines.
Get rid of the Philippines!

Get rid of the Philippines!
Get rid of them as quickly as posi-
BILE consistent with the islands wei
fare!
Get rid of them before they get this
country into trouble with Japan,
The democratic members of congress
are ever urging-quietly, diplomatic
ally, but persistently-that Uncle Sam
lose not a single moment in the prepar-
alton of divorce proceedings.
Senator Newlands of Nevada has
been engaged in pressing the view
that the Philippine islands should be
kept entirely separate in every detail
from the government of the United
States, SO that when the time comes
Transportation there will be no compli-
cations. In his debate recently he
drew out Senator Root of New York
upon the question of ultimate indie
pendence, and Root declared that Ill
timately the Philippines would hold
the same relation to the United States
that Cuba does, that of an Independent
sovereignty, but with the right of the
United States to intervene in order TO
preserve order and to protect property.
This statement of Roots is note
worthy as the only definite statement
thus far of the republican position. All
that NewlandS seeks is to have it put
in the form of joint resolution, so
thatit will not be forgotten hereafter
and so that We can pursue our purpose
of training the Filipinos in selfsovern-
ment with a view to cutting loose from,
them as quickly as possible consistent
with the islands welfare.
The democrats are trying to get the
republicans to agree on some date for
separation. Twenty years has been
suggested. An earlier date. if practi-
cal, would be more preferable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26

l. wasn't Il fortnight before CHS
he house when Josh headed him off
and ordered him back He refused to
20. and Josh laid hold of him to do
the throwing act. but found himself Il
licked man in about three minutes.
While he sat on the ground with a
handful of grass to his bleeding nose
the victor passed on to the woman,
who had witnessed the fracas from
the front steps. Lifting his hat. he
said:
Madam, those hogs of yours have
been at it again-this time in my corn
field-and I've had to kill another"
Have you dared to kill another of
my hogS:" she demanded as her
cheeks tanned and her eyes flashed.
Il have. Shall bury him?'
''Sir. you are q scoundrel"'
And you are Il charming widow"
She drove TO town at once to see her
lawyer. There was $40 in the case
for him win or lose. and he advised
her to sue. She sued and got beaten
again. The defendant referred to her
in the highest terms. but he also
proved that her fences were out of re-
pair. The lawyer saw $40 more in it.
win or lose. and advised Josh TO prose
cute for assault and battery. Josh
brought his swollen nose and black
eye into court and was beaten by sew
eral lengths. He had provoked the
encounter. and. if he had got the worst
of ii. the law couldn't help him.
1t was Il month before anything fur
Their happened. The fences around the
hog lot were thoroughly repaired. and
for four weeks the porkers had tC
make the besteof their sad lot. Then
Josh left the bars down one night. and
as the widow was getting breakfast
she heard the crack of rifle. Half an
hour later Mr.. Chisholm appeared tC
say:
Coed morning. Mrs. Jason. Those
wretched hogs Of yours rooted up my
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26
Brings 1t Right Home.

The natural result of the proposed
Aldrich republican tariff measure
was brought home today in a
manner that none can dodge or
fail to realize. A New York Associ-
ated Press dispatch to The Argus
tells how, lin anticipating the effect
of the present provisions of the Aid
rich tariff bill, the prices of men S
clothing have been sent sky high
within a week" Suits that coHId be
bought week ago for $40, says the
dispatch, have been marked up to
S35, staple worsteds and woolens
having taken jump of 35 per cent
within a few days when it became
known that the restricted tariff
against foreign material was to be
maintained, or in other words that it
had been decided to revise the tariff
upwards.
Meanwhile secured wool has been
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26
The Argus Daily Short Story
Widow Jason's Unruly Hogs-By Paul Carev
Copyrighted. 1902 by Associated Literary Press

Widow Jason was the reIict of
farm after his death with even more
wisdom than he had shown himself
possessed of. She was still on the
brighter side of forty. fair to look up
on and WAS at peace with all her
neighbors until the one to the east of
her sold out and Il stranger moved in.
He was Il man of middle age named
Chisholm. and. being a widower, his
sister managed the house for him. If
the Widow Jason was one of those
who wondered what sort of man he
was. she was the first to find ii out
Among her live, stock that year were
a dozen hogs. and it was the fault of
her hired man that there were holes
in the fence through which they
made their way into the potato field
of the new neighbor. She had just fin
ished her breakfast one morning when
Chisholm was announced. He had the
courtesy to lift his hat and give his
! name. but he also had the bluntness to
add:
Madam, your Internal hogs have
rooted up half an acre of potatoes for
me. and if you can't manage to keep
EN- home I'll shoot every one of EN-
| She looked at him and saw that he
was above the ordinary and felt that
had she been introduced in the conven-
| tional way she would have been pleas
| ed to make his acquaintance. But his
rude greeting angered her. and. being Il
| woman with a mind of her own, she
| at once replied:
II can pay for all the potatoes on
your farm, and if you coJne here to
| threaten me you'll find woman who
/ doesn't scare
We'll, you keep your hogs at home
And you keep yourself i'll the same
place"
That was the first tilt The fences
were mended and the hogs were in de-
| spair when Il high wind blew Il gate
open. and the drove spent the night i'll
the same potato field Next morning
| Chisholm drove ten of them home and
said to Widow Jason:
| Madam. there are dead hogs be
longing to you in my field. VIII you
| have them removed or shall l bury
them?"
You killed them, did you?" she
asked
Il did. l told you 1 would. and
did"
"Then I'll have the law on you"
| go ahead"
She went to law. and there was 8
suit. and she was ingloriously beaten
| Womanlke. .she felt pretty bitter ovel
it. but at the same time she had t,
give Mr.. Chisholm credit for lack OF
| any bitterness He stated bis case il
the mildest manner aud. even spoke
highly of her as a ncigtbor. Wher
she returned home after the lawsuit
| she said to her hired man:
Josh. if that man Chisholm comes
Oh my land again | want you to throw
him off,"
"Yes'm. I'll do it." replied the sturdy
Josh.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26

The Omaha World-Herald, apparently
on the authority of Mr.. Metcalf, says
widespread comment was occasioned
by newspaper report sent out from
Omaha to the effect that Mr.. Bryan
had announced himself candidate for
the United States senate next year. The
report was based on a fake" story
published in the Omaha Daily News, in
which Richard L. Metcalf, associate
editor of the Commoner, was repre-
sented as having made the announce
ment The newspaper article and the
dispatches based upon it were made
out of whole cloth. Mr.. Metcalf gave
no such interview"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26
Hun1or and
Philosophy
Dy DUNCAN N. SMITH
ILLUSION.

A book. a quiet evening snake,
A friend to tell an ancient joke,
A purchase in our mind of stock,
A quiet walk around the block
/ tell you, boys. we call that sporty
When we have passed the age Of forty.
A game of cribbage with friend.
A bill we do not have to spend, -
A drink of cider on the SLY =
When tired out and extra dry
That's going some-just ask our wife"
When we are tasting middle life.
We kick our heels and blithely say
We feel as young and spry today
AS when we carried twenty-three,
But it's a bluff the blind can see.
Would we. IL that's the story straight,
Turn in along toward half past eighth
Were we of added proof in need
That old age almost has us freed
See the impatience We display
Whenxgiggling, gushing youth gets gay,
And say We do not see the use
OF acting like half baked goose.
It's no use trying to disguise.
We're growing old il not more wise,
And soon, back numbers, we will sit
And watch a generation fit.
Old Time on us has turned the trick.
There's no use kicking on q brick
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Being suspicious Of others makes 4
man boastful of his own loyalty.
Money considerations may have a
lot to do with love, but love refuses
to reciprocate.
| Losing sleep over the difficulties Of
your neighbors might come under the
| head of inordinate curiosity.
People who have plenty Of straw
| berries and cream can't understand
| why any one should starve.
Every time boy is corrected by his
| tial train robber.
Humor and Imagination are doubt
less charming traits, but they some
times make their possessor an uncom-
Portable member Of the household.
Being patient and long suffering seem
to be what some people were born
for. and they undoubtedly fulfill their
destiny.
The man who bitches his wagon to
star may get hot box before morn
ing.
When hypocrisy stacks the cards on
vanity somebody's self conceit il Sdub
to get jar. -.
| It Is hard to get turned down, but
still more heartbreaking not to be aba
to turn anything up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26
letter Cured.

A lady customer of ours had suffer
ed with letter for two or three years
1t got so bad on her hands that she
could not attend TO her household du
ties. One box of Chamberlain Salve
cured her. Chamberlain medicines
give splendid satisfaction in this com
munity.-M. II. Rodney & Co., Almond
Ala. Chamberlain's medicines are fol
sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26

boosted from 46 cents a pound to
rs cents.
In the face of these facts you had
better buy any anticipated clothing
as quickly as may be and when you
go around later on and find the price
higher, do not blame the local mer-
chant. Put the blame on Mr.. Aid
rich and his associates who are help
ing the manufacturer to soak you.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26

The Montgomery county board uf
supervisors has authorized the states
attorney to pay the sum of s. to any
person furnishing him with informa-
ton which will lead to the conviction
OF any person in a court of record in
that county, to be payable as soon as
the final judgment shall be rendered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26

The New York World says the
causes of mutiny in the Philippines are
exactly what the causes of mutiny
were in British India-in general de.
NAL of the right of self-rule; in par
tlcular, denial of high promotion of
native troops Our eastern procon.
sGlS'' have learned nothing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26

According to an eastern paper the
cost of maintaining Mrs Howard
Gould lin her station of life" explains
why some stations on the Gould roads
Fob for a coat of paint
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26

If Peary really is now at the north
pole, as his friends hope he is doubt
less free from the attentions of Is t.
hot-enoughfor-yo fiend, who has
renewed his pernicious loquacity in
this bailiwick.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26

Don't wed the men. fight them,' is
Mrs. o. H. P BelmOnts slogan
Nonsense, girls says an experienced
benedict editor. Keep right on doing
just like your mothers before you"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26
Aristocracy joins.

"a wedding is apt to lead to moro
lasting happiness when the two parties
are equals in life"
For instance, when the coal mans
son marrias the ice mans daughter"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26
Chance to Escape,

81 heard a good story today"
"What was it"
81 forget"
"Well, must be going"
"Why"
"You might remember It,"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26

Mrs. Katherine Clemmons Gould
gets but $4,000 per annum alimony.
And after she had convinced the court
that she could spend $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26
Only One Way.

If riches are possessed Of wings.
AS you have heard folks say,
Why can't they to a fellow fly
And not the other way9
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26
Lofty.

"You see, we packed up all Of our
things. shipped them, and then the firm
changed its mind and ordered me to
stay
$50 where are you living nowr
'In the air"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26
Good Thinu.

II only half our schemes would work,
Turn cut as we expect,
We wouldn't have to do a thing
But just collect.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26

Walter Wellman is again going in
search of the north pole. Is it hot
air proposition again this trip?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island Ill. IEn-
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26

"A writer says Taft has legal
mind" Let's see how he will use It
on the Aldrich bill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26
His Breakfast Choice.

His Breakfast CHOICES.
ado you vote for Shakespeare OF
Bacon?"
well. that all depends"
"DoeS it?'
Eyes; on the time Of day"
''What has that to do with itT
eff it is morning I vote for Bacon
every time"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26

A beer tree has been discovered in
Africa. That's dry country, too.