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Evening star., 1909-05-22
MEMORIES OF 4 SENATE PAGE
lIS:l:l. lk:,ll. RY Christian z EckIn

tiSsSs-IS.sSb. by CHRISTIAN r. EckIOn,
Edited by Perciyal g. Melbourne
Illustrated. New York: Broadway
Publishing Company.
Mir. Eckloff. who has lived in Washing
ton all his life. a page in the Senate
during the exciting period just preceding
the outbreak of the civil war. and his rec
objections OF his experiences in that cham
her now presented in book form make in
teresting reading for those who are study
ing the records at the days before the
outbreak. \ page sees much that does
not get into the official journals or even
into tho public prints. and i'm these chap
ters dealing with the men who figured
with the Senate in lS.n,-9 may he seen
the results Of n bright boys close obser-
vation. Little stories OF the statesmen Of
the period throw side lights upon their
characters and Mr.. Eckloff gives pen por-
traits OF the men he knew in Congress.
These include Seward. crittenden. Hous-
ton Hale. Benjamin. Douglas. Sumner.
Wade. Wilson, Hamln, Johnson. Brode-
rick. Davis, Tocmbs Hammond and
Breckenridge Portraits of these states
men are reproduced from rare sources.
1acluded in the text are extracts from
Evening star., 1909-05-22

wards Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
Mr.. Bredner is an English author who
scored a wide reputation with his "Prin-
cess Maritza.' and is following up his
early success now with dramatic story
of England during the regency at the
period of Napoleons downfall, when every
F'renchman who ventured into the Eng
lish territory was suspected as a spy
and there were plots and counter-plots
against the royal family. The story
grows somewhat complicated as one viii
lain schemes against another. but ulti-
mately the best ends of justice are
served. and the notes of wedding bells
sound as a finish.
Evening star., 1909-05-22

company was able not only to pay sub
stantial bonuses to the workers and large
dividends to it's shareholders. but also to
repeatedly reduce the price of gas to the
public. There has never been a strike
Of this company's employees since the sys-
tenn was introduced.
Evening star., 1909-05-22

about wages or anything else arising
between the men and the company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
Christmas for c%
100 More Jkirts 70 Be Jacrticed
 Monday at 500

We will place sale Monday morning at o'clock hundred of those big skirt values that last Monday among the that showing The skirt section crowded last Monday with purchasers for these skirts In order to accommodate another large crowd have selected from the rush.MoNDAY ONLY s1.oo. (Second Floor)
 Suits $398 Special
 As leader for Mondays selling going to about Panama and plain boado Some few of these not the latest syles but will be highly pleased at the values of selling All be had you looking inexpensive Suit will be here early Monday and get choice
 Infants Department
 visit to the Infants department where mohers fond hopes Infants Ready Wear to be found the city Having most potent lady charge of this department who has made most line of Infants Wraps fine French seges Heneas and Bedford Cords all handsomely embroidered FOUR FIFTY Your want be satisfied inspection of the things , ,,. gSD1aWEAR s1!I M SECTION sssend roor2 . m MON, MONDAY . IL
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 SILK KMoN0s
 ufo r s with nn nhs " Holiday SILK PETT1CoxT s:I SPECIAL ssss quality 's'' sss . % 2. % ' s SIX ' @ % % s % ;ss ; s. . %
 SHIRT WAIST SPECIAL FOR TOMORROW from Thnss y be vy M s a a 1.ns. W place 1 for M0assy @ a but ' % R % ps.. snss, as hos :sa :s our r.a SECOND 2.!.s r1oos SPECIALS FOR MONDAY = ss ',s,, , - " - " " sSu S s sns t 3snsrss r oss wsa o % sss ass1 sss: s:::. sl4 s .s': ss:' @ and = 5sss:.1: = ;%s SI: % i:: " " :s.:?; sss1 s.s - | " E: New line of Infants silk Caps :. -.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
If Problem Sarly 6)M Mean a Happier
Monday Dress Goods Bargains

Chiffon Broadcoth in all coors sale Monday and worth
 $125 yard sale price 89c New Changeabe Diagonal Serges and brown red and black wistera and black and mixed A Ancnes, . .
 $125 and $50 Wool plain and stripe in all coors OH specal sale at Soc
 bargain Broacoth capes value spe cial sale .S150
 lot of fancy Silk stripe and pads worth to $50 in at yard :.
 Silk Crepe De Chne in all color and black white, worth
 89c, sale at yard .59c
 Black Silks bargain 36-nch Bengalne Peau de Soie, Cashmere de C Fai Radium Taeas worth $2O0 yard sale yard ........................$ $145 New line of More Silks in coor 9 shades best quality on sale at ............... .79c Colored Bengane in all coors, special sale at. 49c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

|L~ MI. We had attractive showing Dolls OU0 /OssS of kind very moder- ate prices $neary 20 inches high with light pretty features and closing Happyand Dolldom-nvites a visit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
Needework

 - Needlework useful artlstc will suitable gifts ready prepared and just of materials and ideas that develop yourself in very short time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

chrisfmas 4rt Goods
 Pin Cushions .26c and 50c Special Emery Bags 25c and 60c Hdkf. Bags ... .25c up to 89c.. Special Laundry Bags 25c and 50c All linen Laundry Bags, white and tan -. ..... .... .$1.00 Emb. Hoops, round and oval
 10c and 15o Work Bags, Monday 69c and 75c Special Stamped Pillow Tops 25c Pillow Girdles ... Zoe and 5Oc Embroidered Burlaps, Pillow Tops, Monday ... Doc and 75c Special Satin Pillow Tops. .89c Velvet Pillow Tops, worth $1.98 for ..... ... ... .$1.oV Special Monday Knitting Silk, 5c spool, all colors. Special Hat Pin Holders
 26c and BOG Satin Covered Pin Moulds
 2bc up $1.00 Uncovered Pin Mould
 10c up to 200 Special Monday, Shoe Bags
 25c and 50c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
Wash Goods Department


 FLANNELErTE sde kmona patterns plenty black and white patterns 1Oc MORE PopLN Just like silk moire all leading shades, fancy bags etc., beautiful patterns, sERPENTNE CREPE fancy patterns crepe FLANNEL heav ornv goods beautifully nyed aed OUTING AmosIeag quality eolors yard EDERDoWN 36 inch genuine Chincha light bue pink white WHITE finish beautiful quality regular s5e fold good quality fast coo Monday yard @ best goods made for ladies' e1dren TARLAToN For Doll and decorations wide BLACK sATTEEN Guaranteed fast black highly mercerzed EERDowN for loungng and bath Robes printed BERKELEY MADRAsght colors for men, and boys N'' poPLEngish popln all new shades excellent quality 2Sc yard DENxra heavy twied 36n wide for porteres upolster BED TICK Fancy tick Herngbone twill, feather BED quality mattress tick blue stripes 30 inches REMNANTS very best patterns and materials sell The prices much less than on the pec will you to look over the remnant
 RAG DOLL PATTERNS
 2oinch-Blonde Do blue beautifully printed drilling, LITE SIZE Wears baby clothes, printed heavy drilling doll FOXY in high coors on heavy drilling PUNCH AND 5UDY-Iage soc ae both dolls for 2Se
 Christmas scmens
 Sofa Pillows rufae good quality of silk floss, regular $5 value at $98
 
 scolloped Linen Towels size 2ox4 good 4oc value at 2sc Handsome Hemsched Table Se cloth 2x90 nches with dozen napkins to match regular $500 value $598 Beacons best Crib Blankets blue and pink 36x50 $25 value98o 3Ox40 75c value at .49c Linen Table Scarfs inches hemstched with four of drawn work all around regular 75c value at 49c S6nch round Cuny Center linen center with heavy cy all regular $5 O0 $S50 9onch Beautiful quality Art Linen, with round thread 25 value, at .89c
 Our Nohion Department
 our. spend at oni antaryH pral all at rPuses7 
 JoIe f9ents tor the '' .7d)abama 9rdestructable
 Doll"
 full shown in sToyand Third foor These dolls Alabama product Made by Aabama artistic and skilled ,derwear caheen Bros caheen Bros
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
SECOND FLOOR sPEo1ALs FoR MONDAY

Christmas Jewelry Ebonied Clothes Brushes
 60o, 98o. $160 Whist Brooms with Silver Han Ole, TOT ...... DUO Ebonied Comb and Brush Sets, from ..... -. ... ... .98c up Toilet Sets, $1.98 up to. .$11.98 Ebonied Military Brushes in Cases, for .... ..$1.76 Manicure Sets, $3.98 up to $6.98 Baby Toilet Sets from
 $1.26 up to $2.50 Shaving Sets from
 69c up to $7.50 Ebonied Hand Mirrors
 $2.26 and $3.25 New line of Jewelry Cases in sill yer and in gilt from 29c up $4.50 sILvKRWARE GIFTS Silver Tea Sets $500 Silver Coffee Sets $500 Silver Butter Dishes .$1.76 Silver Syrup Pitcher $1.25 nd Silver Syrup Pitcher
 $1.26 and $1.75 Silver Bread Tray ... :. .$1.25 Fern Dishes, from98c up to $2.25 Baking Dish .$S.75 Powder Puffs with Silver Top for .bOo New Style Braid Pins, special 69c Ebonied Cloth Brushes
 50c up to $1.50
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-16

ago, when the struggle between the
followers of the mikado and of the
shotgun was at its height. Pursued
by band Of armed opponents, the
prince took refuge in teahouse,
where he was known, and implored
one OF the geishas to hide him.
There is In every Japanese house
dust hole. AS the ground floor is rails
ed about two feet above the earth
square hole Is cut in the floor to serve
as a receptacle for the sweepings OF
the rooms With great presence Of
mind, the geisha put Ito down this
hole, which she covered with board,
placing brazier on top.
When the pursuers arrived they
found q languid girl sitting by the fire,
who expressed her surprise at their
visit and assured them they were at
liberty to look through the house. At
ter a search they departed disappoint
ed, not one Of them having thought OF
the dust hole.
The prince thereupon scrambled
out, dirty but grateful and full OF at-
miration for his preserver's GOODNESS
and promptitude. He returned many
1 times to that teahouse, and ultimately
1 the heroine Of the adventure became
y Princess Ito.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-16

duct Of every tirst-class postofice Of
the country because Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock proposes through DR..
Grandfield to inaugurate certain re-
forms in the manner and method of
handling city mail, which, If proved
by actual experience in Washington
to be satisfactory, he will inaugurate
in the larger cities of the country.
Simultaneous with the announcement
that DR.. Grandfield has been selected
as postmaster Mr.. Hitchcock
announced that the city postoffice OF
washington was to be made model
postoffice for the entire country. 1t
is to be pattern of perfection for
information and guidance OF post
masters and postal officials OF other
cities
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-16
The Lynchinu at Cairo.

Quincy Journal: Last night, two
men, one negro and the other a
white man, were lynched by a great
mob at Cairo, Ill. The crime for which
the negro paid the penalty at the
hands of the mob, was one OF the
most atrocious possible, and if lynch
ing is ever justifiable it was in that
case. 1t is reported that the victim
confessed his crime, also duplicating
another of his race, and that. there
was no reasonable doubt That he was
the murderer or one Of the murderers
of a young and innocent white woman.
The brutality and horror of the muir
der aroused the people to state of
frenzy, and ten thousand men, women
and children assembled, any and all
being ready to take part in avenging
the murder of Miss Anna Policy.
Whatever can be said in favor of mob
law may be repeated in this case.
No one can have any other feeling
than horror for the crime which
! the negro, or the two negroes, com
mitted. No one can nave any feel
| ing of pity for the man who was
| lynched and whose body was burned
on the spot where the body of the
victim of the rayishers and murder
ers was found. The crime was sufi-
cient to excite the most calm and uI-
emotional person to state of indig-
! nation and revenge.
At the same time, this lynching
business is utterly unjustifiable. 1t
! is injurious to the highest and best
interests of society It is for the
purpose of preventing such scenes
1 that courts are established with
modes of procedure for the trial OF
all persons charged with crime. Ev.
! cry person who is accused of any of
1 Tense in violation of the law, is en-
titled to an investigation of his case
according to the forms prescribed by
| the state, and is not to be dealt with
in punishment for the alleged crime
until he has been legally convicted
Any person who questions this, is, to
that extent, on the side of anarchy
The American people profess to be
lieve in law and order, AID in Civ
ing to every offender chance to
/ prove his innocence in a Just and fail
| trial If this is denied In one case
lit may be denied in another. If the
negro ravisher and murderer, and the
waite man, charged with uxoricide
may be put to death by an angry
mob, other men in the prison al
Cairo and elsewhere, may also be
/ thus disposed of, and then when Law
and order are disregarded; when mer
4 take the law into their own hands
and avenge crimes in their own way
without trial in any court, what be
comes of the liberty or the safety Of
any person who may be charged with
an offense?
The Journal stands for law, fol
q the punishment Of cnne by tho
methods prescribed by me govern
ment and deprecates mob violence
wherever, whenever and under what
ever circumstances it occurs.
Z Speedy trial and swift punishment
for the guilty, but always after a tria
such as every man charged will
crime is entitled to in civilized soci
ETY.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-16
The ART OF LIVING.


To touch the cup with eager lips and
taste,
Not drain it:
To WOO and tempt and court a bliss
Not attain it;
To fondle and caress joy yet hold it
Lightly,
Lest it become necessity and cling
too
Tightly.
To smother care with joy, and grief
with
Laughter;
To hold the present close, not ques-
tioning tae
Hereafter;
To see the sun sink in the west with
Regretting;
To hail his advent in the east, the
night
Forgetting;
To have enough to spare, to know
the JOY
OF giving;
To thrill response to every sweet d
life,
That's living.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-16
suffraqists and suffraqets.

New York Independent. We have
learned to make sharp distinction
between the two, suffragists and suf-
ragets. The one employ, to carry con-
yiction, the arguments of persuasion
and peace, the other those Of violence
and war. The suffragists use the
methods of modern civilization; the
suffragets those Of discarded barbar.
ism. The suffragists have won their
fight, in their own legitimate way,
over large portions of the Christian
world; the suffragets have not yet, In
their short career, won single vic
tory, nor have they gained anything
beyond hostility, disgust and lawful
arrest. The suffragists keep within the
limits of the law in whose making
they have no part except by silent
consent; while the suffragets resist
and fout all law, because they were
not consulted in the making of it. no
matter how necessary and beneficial.
We do not believe that the sanity Of
American women will be overcome by
the example of the violence of their
English sisters. Mrs. Panhurst is here
talking to our women, but she finds
them suffragists, not suffragets She
does not urge or devise the methods
of violence by which the English suf-
! fregets attempt to compel the atten.
ton of the masculine voters. Mrs
/ Gait and Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont do not
assault the mayor or governor; they
/ do not scream from the gallery of the
/ legislative hall or smash windows OF
hostile officials; they hire a hall, they
send to their own big meeting dele
gates from every assembly district in
! the city, make vigoroL, speeches Ii
their own meetings, and pass sensible
reolutions. This gets columns Of at
tention, evenin the midst Of ho
municipal campaign, and no little re
spect. 1t is way that helps thei
cause in this land of feminine sanity
and we notice that Mrs. Pankhurs
herself, in her campaign here for he
4 cause, invited here from England Il
help feminine suffrage, does not ven
ture to approve the methods which a
the Bermondsey by-election sent won
en- TO smash masculine ballot BIO
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-16

and destroy the ballots. Really, the
British way of counting Imprisonment
and then starving themselves to
death, after the example Of Russian
patriots, may influence and convince
British members of parliament but
it is not to be safely ventured on in
this country. 1t will not work. It is
too ludicrous. Our wome1 have some
sense of the incongruous.
TO attempt violence is simply ridi
culous, almost amusing. Violence is
not a woman's weapon. Men could
sweep women into the sea, but they
don't want to-. What Australia and
Colorado have given, the rest of oul
states will give, with fair degree Of
patience.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-16


DR.. William H. Watson of Che
banse, Ill, takes issue with d.. Kerr
of Corsicana, Texas. who was sur
geon of Andersonville prison in 1864,
that the disease which was so fatal
to the inmates that year was pellagra
instead of typhoid fever, and that it
was caused by the musty, spoiled
corn issued to the prisoners. DR..
Watson says in letter to the Chicago
Tribune that he was an inmate of An
Jacksonville from May to September 81,
| 1864, when the death rate in July and
August was from 100 to Ito a day,
and that he knows from actual ex-
perience that had one man eaten all
the corn that was issued to prisoners
inside the stockade there would not
have been case of pellagra in Ander.
sonyille, for the reason that there was
not corn enough issued to have kept
one man and case of pellagra alive
He declares that the fearful death
rate was caused simply by lack OF SUI
ficients food and protection from tht
weather.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-16
LiMRtIRGER CHEESE.

Eminent poets and prose writer's
alike have We'd with each other In
paying tribute to fragrant Lavender.
mints, sayory, marioram, and the
marigold that goes to bed with the
sum-" but it remained for an every
day newspaper man writing in the
columns of the Baltimore Sun to give
due credit to the odoriferous sub
stance known as limburger cheese.
Unlike the flowers, limburger has a
value aside from its odor. Perhaps
1T would be more correct to say that
it has value in spite of it's effect
on the olfactories. In any event, it
appears that limburger has some
mighty virtues which are just begin
ming to gain the recognition they de.
serve. 1t has long been held that
limburger is valuable as preserva
tive, as stimulant, and as an anti
septic. OF late it has been discov
cred that 1t contains certain properties
that gives 1t an important place as
a scientific food. Some of its more
Important effects are thus. limited al
| by the writer in the Baltimore paper,
THE man who eats it daily is sci
dom misanthrope and never an in
valid. 1t seems to exert not only q
benign and soothing influence upon
the stomach, liver, humerus, aorta
veriform appendix and other vita
organs. but also clarifying effect
upon the higher cerebral centers. One
aan Jrro, %<t1 4ha 11l
erundian by his rudy cheeks. his
stocky frame and his unusual affabi,
ity He is more fit than the average
man for any conceivable human en-
terprise, and he is well aware of 1t
In science, commerce. art and the
metaphysics he is an original thinke
and an accomplished disputant; an
even if his task in life be hut som,
humble thing, such as pla, Ing III,
clarinet or driving a beer wagon, he
always does that thing Der or thar
the next man. All great MUSICIANS
love limburger.''
Hail limburger! Any article d
food capable of producing such re
suits deserves high place in the es
timation of mankind Heretofore il
has to some extent been in bad odol
by reason of certain other properties
which 1t possesses which hay,
acted as deterrent in tbs
legitimate exploitation of it,
many excellent qualities, bu
these should be permitted to in
terfere no longer It's smell is only
incidental at best, and they say on,
, can actually get used to it-just a,
one can get used to being hung,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-16
SUBSTITUTE ron THE BOYCOTT.

SUBSTITUTE FOX ! he 6OVSOI u
In view of the injunctions against
boycotting, the executive council OF
the American Federation OF Labor has
recomm ended to the convention OF the
organization. in session at Toronto,
that in the future the effect Of a prac-
tical boycott be obtained by advertis-
ng the manufacturers of union-made
goods. In other words. instead of the
1--WE Don't Patronize List, there
would be We Do Patronize List, :
which union members would be ex.
pected to be conversant with in max
ing their purchases. 1t remains to be
seen what action the convention will
take on this recommendation but the
soundness of the proposition should
commend it to the delegates. Cogent
argument in it's favor is thus made by
the La Crosse Leader-Press:
In the first place, the plan propos,
ed is strictly lawful and is morally de-
feasible. The union idea is to giye
its custom to firms employing union
labor exclusively That is fair enough
and is the same principle governing
all of us in our business relations;
every man naturally feels like giving
his trade to the man who trades with
him.
There are two ways by which a
union man may confine his custom to
union houses. One is to familiarize
himself with the union goods. The
label is intended to assist him in that
direction and does to great degree.
The new scheme of the executive
council would be in line with the label
system; it would tend to keep the
names Of friendly concerns constant
ly under the eyes of the reader of the
federation publications.
"The other plan, which has caused
so much trouble and bitterness, is to
maintain fight against non-union
goods. Instead Of telling union mem
bers what to buy, Mr.. Gompers
through the Federationist. has been
trying to educate them what not to
buy The effect of the two plans, il
we'll carried out, is the same, yet the
one has the advantage of perfect legal
ity, while the other has been condemn
ed by the courts and has met crit
cism among citizens because 1t meant
an attack on business concerns which
were merely doing business in theil
own way. We have the right to hell
the business man whom we like, bu
we have no right to attempt to de
ctroy tho one whom we don't like
that is the construction general,
i placed upon the law
AS the La Crosse paper points on
above, the maintaining of fair list
instead Of an unfair list, would en-
able organized labor to do peaceabl.
and effectively what has been caus
ing constant controversy The Toror
| to convention will be wise to accep
the recommendation of it's leaders TO
the reasons stated