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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-12-17

Uso Of Gla-, Bricks In Germany.
Glass bricks are coming into CON-
mon use In Germany 70 admit light
through walls that are required to b.
dreproof and windowless.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-12-17

CHAS. KAUFMAN & Bros, Madison's
- Big Clothiers will give away $4,000
Mink Rug muff as Christmas Gift.
We have selected set of the primest darkest mink
from the seasons catch of 500 SKINS and have had
them dressed and made up by the greatest urrier in
the country into muf unequaled for value and beauty.
perfectly they exqusiy
positively manpu
pleased with his skill tempting
keep himself.
This with fixed anything
halves and certainly gift well be
the people Lake County their
shoppers
of suitable gifts folks all Madison
think for the folks have you
have mind we have in stock.
County, prices competition equal
You are asked shopping place.
patron receiving
present choose something else place oft
Heartest, Holiday Greetings
CHAS. KAUFMAN & BROS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-09
HOW The WIND BLEW,

From the Louisville Times
Senator LaFollette, discussing certain
tariff changes at dinner in Washington,
said:
"One knows. what will happen, even II
one is not told outright A word here
and word there shows how the wind
blows. Thus Harvey Lanigan never said
he disliked his mother-in-law, but"
Harvey Lanigan's mother-in-law was
taken sick at his house one night and
helped herself to large dose of rat poi
son, thinking 1t was pain-killer
They had a frightful time with the
old lady. She had consumed sufficient
poison, the doctor said, to kill a dozen
persons. But she pulled through.
IT was close shave. said the doc
tor the next morning. She took enough
to kill the whole family, but the stuff,
fortunately, must have been in stock for
some time, and nearly all it's strength
was gone
"A month later a friend asked Harvey
Lanigan to recommend reliable drug
gist to him.
'Squills is good man, I understand
said the friend. Know anything about
himg
Well said Harvey Lanigan, slowly,
Il couldn't conscientiously recommend
Squills & Co., to you. old man. They
swindled me on some rat poison once
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-09
iron Production In September

This district has no right to remain
slnmpy when iron and steel are in
active. demand at firm prices-when
the Tennessee company is breaking
ground for new construction, and
when thirty-odd blast furnaces are
or soon will be kept busy in this
district in turning out pig iron. NO
wonder that the railroad from Bruins
wick and the sea is preparing to lay
its own rails to the heart Of this city,
for all railroads in the southeast now
lead to the heart of this district.
The blast furnace returns for Sep
tember are now at hand, and they
show that September was the high
record month in the entire history OF
the great industry The production
exclusive of charcoal iron was 1876
O3s tons. The previous record month
was October, 1907, when 2,359,69 tons
were produced. The number of stacks
in oneration was 296, a gain of IL
in single month We give below the
monthly production of pig iron since
January l, 1907:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-09
Increase In the Negro Population

The Louisville Courier-Journal Is
eminently right when 1t says the ne
gro race Is not dying out. In 1880
there we're but 6,5S0,793 negroes in
this country. The census of next April
will disclose the fact that there are
over 10 900 900 of them. In 1900 there
were S,S4o,7Ss.
The idea is prevalent that the ne
gro is relatively decreasing. So he is
in the cities, where he is the vic
tim OF low wages and poor living. The
birth rate of negroes in cities is high,
but poor food and poor housing and
Door clothing and dissolute living rem
der the mortuary rate in his race high
also. This is not the case in the rural
districts throughout the south. The
birth rate is high there and the death
rate is not much if any higher than
that OF the whites.
The truth is, the negroes are be-
coming 20 numerous they are fast
migrat rs, to states outside the cot
ton belt. Chicago is rapidly acquir'
ia a large negro population. New
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-09
COnhsnatlOn Means Prosperity

The annual report of the Louisville
and Nashville railroad has recently
been given to the public. 1t covers
the wear ended on July last. The net
earnings of the company in that year
were 1921, 1888, an increase of $4'Sso'-
$50 over the net earnings of the pre-
vious year. So prosperous had the
company become it bought railroad
1O1 miles long. extending from Yer
sailles. KY. to points in the coal dis
trict. Operating revenues, says the
report. were handsomely increased
alike from freight and passengers.
If confscation operates in this way
President Smith should court it. He
has been resisting it in Alabama al
though silent about it in Georgia,
where it has been going on long
time in even stronger form. But as
a whole confiscation is certainly some
thing all railroads need. The annual
report of the Louisville and Nashville
is convincing testimony In that re-
,,oot
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
ST. Clair County Roads.

''In the interview in the hotel Hobbies
column with Mr. Walter Blaelxman on
Thursday morning an error was made in
regard to the condition of the roads in
St Clair county" said one of the men,
bers of the pilot car party which went
as far as Gadsden on Tuesday last. LAS
a matter of fact, the road between
Springville and Ashvile via Whitney, in
st. Clair county, is one Of the best in the
state, except for one stretch Of about five
miles south of whitney. Leaving st.
Clair Springs there is a splendid road in
perfect condition for eight miles, then
there is five miles of country road which
has not been cherted or graded. This
runs up to within a half mile of Whitney
From that point via Whitney to Ashville
is an almost perfect piece of road for
something like five or six miles. The St
Clair county officials are doing magnif1-
cent work on their roads, and it will be
only a short while before the stretch
south of Whitney toward Ashville will be
properly graded.
From the St Clair and Jefferson line
toward sprngville a large force of men
are at work, and have nearly completed
the bad road which formerly existed
there. Within 80 days this will be entirely
completed and the road from Gate City
to Springville and eight miles beyond will
be as perfect as any in the south
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-09
Against Saloons.

1.-THE managers of the amender cam
paign are making strong appeals to all
prohibitionists to vote for the proposed
amendment to the constitution and are
trying to make 1t appear that a vote
against the amendment is a vote in favor
of saloons" said prominent citizen
Il voted against saloons two years ago
and would probably vote that way again
should the issue come up, but l am op-
posed to such drastic sumptuary laws as
we now have. And there are thousands
of prohibitionists like myself who will
vote against putting drastic prohibition
in the constitution. AS intolerable as the
present enactments are, the object of
the amendment is to make conditions still
more intolerable. If the amendment
should carry no wine can be made on
the farm for private use. Some OF the
amenders say that wine can be made, but
Judge Weakley, who prepared or passed
upon the amendment bill. does not say SO.
1t is clearelx prohibited by the phrase
other Intoxicating beverages. And there
are many anti-saloon men like myself who
object to the wording of the second sec
designate places where liquors may be
stored or kept
IF we had had no experience with the
prohibition managers in Alabama, we
might have been made to think that there
was no likelihood of liquor being Kept out
of the home; but those of the prohibition
party who proclaim that they will never
rest until liquor is driven out Of Alabama,
will use their efforts to nullify the inter-
state commerce law by having WHISKY
beer and wine confscated after the ex-
press company or the railroad company
has delivered liquor to the consignee. Inc
policy of the prohibition party mas been
to slip up gradually on the liberty Oh the
neople. First 1t was local option, then
statewide prohibition, then the Fuiler
BILL then the proposed amendment anu
finally no liquor at home.
''Of course, this amendment scheihe -
full of politics, but / am against II ehiei-
ly on principle. Speaking however Vi
nolitics one of my friends who Is gong
RI vote for the amendment says ne does
not like the wording of it, but that ne 10
a Conner man and is going to 90 all ne
can TO have the amendment ratified, SO as
to make sure, as he expressed IT, Oh iaho-
ing Governor Conner in the united ola'es
Senate. My friend is something Oh hero
worshipper. In his view Governor Conner
ia the greatest man in Alabama ana Ia
entitled to the highest honors That VIC
people can bestow. I myself am an au-
mirer of the Governor, but Senator BANK
head makes a good enough senator lor
me. I do not know whether or NOT inc
amendment will be defeated but II the
voters who prize their personal hoer'y
reflect / do not see how they can vote ior
section g."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-09
WHAT Ia IIFE2

A man who died not long ago left behind
a singular document in which he said that
all his life had been filed with sunshine.
He walked In pleasant ways and it was
his lot to escape most of the storms which
beset mortals who journey through the
world, Ito find at last in dust precarious
peace His was a happy career from
childhood to old age and of necessity I'M
eyentful. To most people the sheer
monotony of happiness is unbearable. But
this man it seems never got tired of the
even pace which he followed. Now, some
persons will declare that such life is
not life in its fullest sense, but mere ex-
istence. They will tell you that life is a
cup of mingled joys and sorrows, of con-
quest and defeat, panorama of con-
stantly shifting lights and shadows, days
of song and nights of despair, the thrill
of battle, the ecstasy of ambition in full
flight and a longing for the unattainable
that burns in our breasts until our latest
hour They would prefer to shoot a few
rapids occasionally, SO that the quiet
reaches of lifes stream would be more
restful in comparison they would drain
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-09
JUDGE SAM MY"
From the Athens Courier.
Judge Sammy Weakley had bet

From the Athens Courier
Judge Sammy Weakley had better hold
on to that fat lawyer job which his po-
litical boss has given him. 1t will be
a long time and a far cry between an
other fat take" like that which Weakley
and Selheimer have enjoyed during the
strenuous railroad legislation which the
Conner legislature has passed. Sammy
will miss this soft snap when the next
man comes to the office. Weakley will
never get the chance to hold the job of
governor because he hired himself out to
write all the prohibition laws and the
proposed amendment, the second clause
of which he Is finding much trouble to
explain away. That second clause Of the
proposed amendment is sufficient to
damn 1t, IL there was any virtue In the
first clause. He is boesting now that the
amendment is the child of, his wonderful
brain. He will be running from his baby
before the end of his political days are
reached.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-09
OVER IN ALABAMA.

From watsons Jeffersonian.
If the prohibitionists of Alabama are not
more temperate In some of their demands
and methods, they will suffer the usual
consequences of going too far.
This sending of deputies to break int0
private houses, tearing up the beds of a
mans wife and daughters. forcing the
opening of trunks and bureau drawers dn
the search of wine. beer and whisky, is
sheer fanaticism.
The manner in which the home of
Charles Nelson of Mobile is said to have
been entered and ransacked by deputies
recently is well-nigh unbelievable. Such
violation of the privacy of the home is
utterly inconsistent with civil liberty The
invasion of this mans house, the rude
ness Of the officers to his wife and daugh-
tiers, the insulting searching of their beds
and trunks, was shocking outrage.
The Wat Tyler rebellion was started by
the act of an officer which was little
worse than the brutal treatment of Mel
sons wife and daughters.
The first speech / ever made was a tenn
perance address; and my whole career is
l0entlDeQ with tIlS clOItS " SioSo the
barrooms. but l won't stand for this vio-
lation of the private home.
Every man has just as much right to
keep wine or beer or whisky in his home
as he has to Keep guns, pistols, powder,
dynamite, vitrol. gun cotton or spirits OF
turpentine.
It's nobody's business what you keep
in your house, so you don't use 1t for
an unlawful purpose.
The mere fact that the citizen has a
bottle of whisky in his house is no more
evidence that he intends to sell it than
your possession of gun proves that YOU
intend to murder somebody.
believe In temperance, and that's one
reason why I'm against intemperance-ir
eating, drinking, money-making money.
saving, legislation and reform work.
The extremists of Alabama are virtually
| condemning our Savior, who was the
| guest of those who kept wine in the
! house; whom the Pharisees derided be
| cause He drank wine at public houses
and whose last supper was of wine and
bread; a fact which we preserve the
/ memory of, making it sacramental, by i'm
| itating the example He set.
| The noble prohibition movement in Ala
| banla must have developed some Phar.
isees; what some Of them propose to dc
| amounts to reflection upon the daily
! habits of Jesus Christ
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-09
A SUFFERING MAN

IN the interests of suffering man tha
a sa Republican publishes the follow
Ing; ut is always the woman Tha b,,s
band of an Anthony woman faddis+ bs.
peen stopping down town nights ever
since early last winter, staying out lata
with swift lot His. wife eats initas
ton breakfast foods. fetcherizes and he
neVes In sleeping out of DOORS practical
~ as the windows of the bedroom are
always up, winter and summer she
sem her pastor to demonstrate with her
husband after her remarks failed ~ AZ.
feet. He showed concisely and conclu-
sively how his ways were closing the
gates of heaven against him and lust as
certainly opening those of the other place
Good, said the unrepentant and unre-
generate. i won't have to dress morn
ings in cold bedroom theren"
Kansas City Star
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-09
Louis James, Manager Here.

Louis James manager, Branch O'Brien
was in the city yesterday arranging for
the engagement of his distinguished star
in Henry the VIII at the Jefferson
theatre Mr. Brien used to write upon
theatrical topics for the one-time Den
yer Tribune, and likes to say nice things
about his attraction. Aside from his
loyalty to Mr.. James, however, Mr.
O'Brien is quite emphatic when refer
ring to his stars leading woman, Aphie
James, and while entertaining Local Man
ager Douglas, the enthusiastic advance
man passed out the following fiowery
words:
"The engagement of Louis James at
the Jefferson will bring before the Biz
mingham public a young woman who
promises TO shine in the theatrical firma
ment in the years to come, as a young
woman worthy OF success, hard-fought for
and well-earned. through ability rather
than sensational circumstances. Aphie
James is a young woman of brains,
beauty. grace and ambition. She has
fairly won her way by hard work TO her
present high position. She has dramatic
genius, a cultivated mind, clear and full
rounded voice. and a grace which fits
her for the ideal stage.
In marked degree she has that psy-
Geological power once possessed by Clara
Morris of making the spectator see the
picture as she sees it, and to be exalted
as she is exalted. Under her mystic spell
one finds ones self in a new world il
lumined by the light of her genius, and
for the time being one imagines the mimic
scene, the real world in which he is liv-
ing Her effort is concealed, and as in
good music, her art is lost in harmony.
Apnie James has been surrounded from
her earliest years by the refining infiu-
ences of good society Cultivated people
have been her models, and her absorb
ing love for art and literature has de-
veloped her mind and given her mental
vision a wide range"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-09
hIabama'S Vote Next Mostb

The poll tax receipts for the year
ending February 1, 1909, were s107, 150,
thus showing that there are in the
state Just about 10000 poll-tax-paying
voters. The Montgomery Advertiser
thinks there are not more than 10000
who do not have to pay poll taxes
in order to vote-exempt because of
age or military service. This would
carry the possible vote of the state
on November 20 to 10000, leaving per-
haps more than 100000 white men in
The state who will not be at that time
qualified electors.
1t is very difficult to estimate the
number of registered men over As
years of age. In the gubernatorial
election in 1902 92,194 votes were cast.
Four years later when B. B. Conner
was elected only 72,773 votes were
cast. In last years presidential cleo
ton 103,399 men went to the polls.
A good estimate of next months vote
is split between the vote of 1902
and the Conner vote. This would give
a vote of S2,9S3 out of a possible vote
exceeding 10000, for the Advertisers
estimate Of the exempts lis too low.
The registered or qualifidd lists NAV
contain the names of 100000 men, but
vote of $4,000 on the amendment
is a good guess. all thfgs consd-
J cred.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-09

York has two negro districts at least,
and the number of negroes in Phil
adelphia and southern Ohio is increas-
ingly large. The negro is not disap-
pearing. He is simply spreading over
the country, and when the negroes
number 10000, 600, as they surely will
in 1850, few states. indeed, will be
without a colored population. The ne
gro has come to stay and his dis
appearance either in the near or the
far future is not justified by any facts
gathered by the census bureau or in
any other manner
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-09
Situation In cuIIman.

''Cullman county will certainly roi ny
a majority of votes against the PROPOSED
amendment to the state constitution"
said Henry M. Vandeputte' "ah~e'
the German Farmers associatioh' VIM
was in Birmingham last night.
The city of Cullman is strong against
the amendment and it is almost certain
that the country districts Will vote iarss-
ly against it. Cullman county az who're
voted for prohibition in the local optloh
election two years ago, but many OF the
people who supported prohibition at that
time are axainst the proposed amendment
Indeed there are many strong pio"io'
ftionists In the county who OPPOSE 'ne
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-09
January L, 1907:
1851, 800 10, ssO,l4O $3.50, 49,

Total ....... 17,5l7,S6o 15,eSol4o zo'zsS''Sz
In september % furnaces in this
district produced 14s,1S7 tons, and the
,eturns from 80 furnaces In October
NAV give this district a new record.
This district outranks the Gary dis
trict. but New York has clambered
into fourth place, and it Is indeed
doubtful whether this district can re-
gain that place against the new and
large furnaces erected in and about
Buffalo. Pennsylvania comes first in
the list, followed in order by Ohio,
Illinois. New York and Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

man could go to church much more
eagerly If it were through side door.
Nearly every man can see all the beauty
of married life till he gets into 1t.
The more man could do for the public
tire mere he would want the public to do
it for him.
show of himself in an argument it's be-
cause nobody will give him the chance.
man can get more excited over who
discovered something that doesn't mean
anything u, anybody than over why he
e.ii't pay his own bills.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-09
WAR AS SUNG BY klPLING.

= iohi tno new ork World.
Wagner. Wiser, Won de Goltz, de Gruy-
ther, Gizycki, Frobenius and no end or
others have written respectfully on the
conduct of war. But even when instrnct-
Ing beginners in tactics they have been
handicapped by using heavy footed prose
through centuries of bloodshed and
rapine the armies of the world have wait
ed for a poet who could sing military
regulations and the skirmish drill. and
at last Rudyard Kipling has arrived.
they have been organizing bands of boy
scouts throughout Great Britain since the
war scare seized the nation. The young
sters are put to play at war in the parks
and fields. and the movement has had
Mr.. Kipling's warm approval 1t is
natural that he should feel the call of
duty and offer himself as the boy scouts
laureate.
Suppose now the Goth and the shame
less Hun plan an invasion and the Eng
hshman's home is in danger. the boy
scout. If he has committed his lesson in
Kipling to heart, will repeat:
These are our regulations
There's just one law for the scout. :
And the first and the last and the PIES
ent and the past
And the future and the perfect is Look
outv'
I, thou and he, look out!
We, ye and they, look out!
Though you didn't or you wouldn't
Or you hadn't or you couldn't,
You jolly well must look out.
Then when the company starts out for
the day, If the boy scouts have not got
their rhymes mixed, they will sing:
Look out that your laces are tight
And your boots are easy and stout,
Or you'll end with blister by night.
(Chorus) All patrols look out!
There are seven Or eight stanzas of the
Scout Patrols Song full of useful
information about how to locate Eng
lands foes when the blackbirds bolt
from the copse and the cattle are staring
about" with further hints about avoiding
light boots and not "jawing." 1t must
sound very charming when sung by clear
boyish voices along the sweet vernal
lanes of the English countryside but In
an Indian country IT. is not the custom
for scouts to make so much noise
However. since Mr. Kiplng says 'these
are our regulations" the youth Of Eng
land must be taught to sing them OF. the
martial spirit of the nation will die out
ana the emnire Go to smash
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-09

Richmond, Va, October S.-The grand
jury today indicted F. Fl. Osterle and
Eugene Reilly of Chicago, representing the
American Seating company in connection
with a contract for furnishing chairs for
the new Richmond High school. The
men have disappeared.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-09
HOW 1T FEELS TO FLY

the elimination of the force of gravity
affects the habits of gravity. The minds
freedom is denoted by an enormous in
crease of energy and power of action. The
gravity of every square inch of the plane
on which one stands or sits, and of every
ounceeof ones body, has been neutralized
by a buoyancy of gas lighter than
air or mechanical force and pressure upon
the air On the gas airship this feeling
Oh having overcome gravity is even moro
perceptible than on the mechanical aero
plane, just as the feeling of stability on
solid rock is more real than the feel
ing of stability on a rolling surface of
water. But no two persons, perhaps. are
anected by this experience to the same
degree
1t Is probably that ere long with the
progress that is being made with improved
alrships, thousands of people will be
travelling over air routes, and they will
then be in position to test all the mat
tiers connected with aerial navigation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-09

Joe Cannon and Tammany do in
deed constitute a team in politics that
has rarely been outdone. and Herbert
Parsons, chairman of the New York
republican county committee, is doing
the enemy's scouting.