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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10
RIc RI1sINEss

MT. Beetle has opened up large shoe store and Is doing very well, although he has only one customer"
 'T don't consider that doing very we'll" "oh. but his customer is MT. Centi- pede."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10

'I have nailed the Stars and Stripes to the pole,' proved Peary an egotist and the childish aspersions he is casting on Dr. Cook prove that he is lacking in a prime requisite of a ahero=magnanimity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10
IN HOIEL LOBBlES
Mir. Harriman's Visit Here.

When I met MT. Hartman in Bir- mingham last spring" said promi- nent citizen yesterday evening, T was impressed with his genial manner and his quiet humor. He looked like a very sick man then and I said to a friend afterward that I did not think he would i've six months. He had what I thought were the symptoms of Bright's disease But he showed won- derful pluck notwithstanding his ap- parent weak condition. I was seldom thrown with visitor for a half hour that I liked so well. As I was taking leave of him I could readily imagine that he had a host of friends and that they were closely bound to him.
 MT. Hartman told me that he spent a day and night In Birmingham in 1883. He had just been elected director of the Illinois Central and was here with the president of the road for the purpose of looking over the situ- ation with view of building into this city. He said the Birmingham district seemed then to have a fine future but that he had found here on the occa- sion of his more recent visit splendid eity-far beyond his earlier forecast of what Birmingham would become"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10
General Mccnok Dead.

Chicago, September s.--Gen. Edward M. McCook, ex-governor of Colorado. and former minister of the United States to Hawaii. died at the Chicago Baptist hos pital here today of Bright's disease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10

Fanatics made 1t possible for few tyrants to get control of Alabama af- fairs, but a very large majority of the people of this state prize liberty too well to permit present intolerable conditions to continue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10

The democratic party stands con- mitted to local option but the prohibit ton party is for prohibition. As there are more democrats than prohibition ists in Alabama there should be no question of beating the proposed amendment to the constitution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10
MAYBE.

"A woman writer contributes an arti- ole to a magazine entitled, Men I'm Glad I Didn't Marry"
 Maybe her gladness is only surpassed by the gladness of the men she didn't marry"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10
ANOTHER SUGGESTION.

From the Franklin Times.
 If the people of Alabama as a whoro were just as active in the promotion of industrial development as they are in boosting politics wouldn't our grand old state hum?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10

The constitutional amendment cam paign may not turn out to be more tempestuous or more bitter than some in the past, but the situation is al- ready the most complex ever known in this or any other commonwealth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10
Children In Factories.

"T visited a motion picture show recent 1v.n said a member of the Society TOT the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ana Animals, land witnessed picture that had the remarkable title 'sufrer hteie children to come unto me. for of such IS the kingdom of labor It depicted the employment of children of tender years in a large glass factory, and showed con- ditions that were truly deplorapie.
 "striking as the title is, it proved to DC true according to the pictures thrown on inc canvass, for the larger part Of the work was done by children. True' some of the tasks were light. such as sorting and packing bottles, yet other children were shown working in and around the glass furnaces at night. That such COT ditions are allowed to exist is rehecuon on our lawmakers, and while we have no glass factories here as yet, If such are the true conditions I am sure the district is better without them.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10

A correspondent writes the Atlanta Constitution that a camel could not subsist in Birmingham now, the lid is so tight What that fellow ought to do is to take another walk around.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10

September is nearly one-third gone but the oyster fails to put in an ap- pearance. The weather has been too warm, even if the month has an "r" in 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10

Some politicians find the fence the most comfortable resting place just now, but later on all must come down and plant themselves on one side or the other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10

The Primitive Baptists In Georgia are splitting over the instrumental music question. A congregation at Co., lumbus installed an organ recently to the great scandal of many good breth- ren who feel that church organ Is a device of Satan. It takes all sorts of people to make up world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10
Effect of Harriman,s Death.

MT. Harriman's death, while not un- expected, will be a great blow to Wall street, said John A. Caldwell. Tt has been generally known for a week that he could not live, and so far as 1t was possible a great many people in Wall street have been getting their house in or der.
 But stocks are in the air, and Wall street has discounted a full return of prosperity. His favorite stock, Union Pa- cific, above 200, pays less than per cent as an invesement, although 1t carried 10 per cent dividend. A great many peo- pie all over the world hold Union Pa- ciic in their strong boxes. MT. Hartman within the past 10 years made himself one of the greatest financiers in the world and accomplished more than any other living man. Of course, he had great fnan- cial interests with him in these large undertakings, but he was the directing genius. and his death means stoppase for the time being of plans to segregate colossal interests in the railroad world
 "whiIe 1t is true no man has ever lived whose place could not be filled in time, 1t is also true that MT. f1drii iihdh "oS NAo of the worlds greatest men in his par ticular sphere. He was not only prac- tical constructor, but he knew the wall street end of the business almost from his infancy.
 He had many friends and great foi- lowing in the street, but he also hao many strong financial enemies. There IS no sentiment in Wall street. Death has no sting for them. If his old-time enemy, MT. Keene, Is committed to the bear side of the market now 1t would be well 10 stand from under for the time being.
 "Perhaps within six months matters will adjust themselves. and we will nave forgotten MT. Hartman, but l predict the first effect of his death will result in en- forced and general liquidation of the high- priced securities and give Wall street A chill that they have not experlenceo since the panic of October year ago. Ills death will not affect general business con ditions throughout the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10
NORTH POLE COMMENTS.

From the Andalusia Star.
 Wonder if they could use an Ala bama governor at the north pole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10

There is no sight more pathetic than that of southern colonel drink ing buttermllk out of stein and get ling the stuff all over his whiskers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10

The anti-amendment conference at Montgomery next Wednesday will help to make Alabama history. It will be one of the most important gath erings of the sterling manhood of this state held since the civil war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10

There Is nothing more adaptable than an anecdote. A good anecdotc will outlive a hundred men and be fitted to a hundred more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10

When the Count of Monte Cristo exclaimed, "The world is mine!" he probably made a mental reservation concerning the north pole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10

Nobody ever thought the humble pelican would be advertised by Bwana Tumbo, but strange things happen in this day and time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10

Santos-Dumonti is not making much noise now in the aerial world. Not even faint output is coming from him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10

The press humorists are meeting in Buffalo this week. Buffalo has the sympathy of the entire country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10
PROOF

The undersized man
 Who has a large wife Is very often said
 To lead dogs life. And I guess that's so,
 For when she jerks him up He never answers back, And neither does a pup.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10

In some states political campaigns are good for continuous perform ance. It is getting to be about that way in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10
AN OLD LOVE LETTER.

According to Current Literature love letter 4000 years old has been discovered In Chaldea. The letter Is trifle formal and discreet in every way, although 1t is said that the writer's tenderness can be read between the lines. The lady's name was Kasbuya, and here Is what the early Chaldean lover wrote:
 ITO the lady, Kasbuya 0ittle ewe) says Gimil Marduk (the favorite of Morodach) this: May the Sun God of Marduk afford you eternal life. I write wishing that I may know how your health Is. Oh, send me a mesE age about 1t. I live In Babylon and have not seen you, and for this reason I am very anxious. Send me a message that will tell me when you will come to me, so that I may be happy. Come in Marchesvan. May you live long for my sake"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10

No man can be full fledged in great ness or even be noted enough for the limelight until he is cartooned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10
SUBLIME FAITH.

"Pa, what is an optimist?''
 An optimist. my son, is a man who buys a cigar from a corner fruit stand and smokes it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10

The Billikin doll is destined to be- come whole lot more popular than the Billy 'Possum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10
PAINFUL MEMORY.

of your childhood?'
 Yes, I do." answered MT. Pecksniff, but when I get to thinking about the old home place. the woodshed looms up so vividly that try to think about some thing else"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10
ATCHISoN vALoR.

An Atchison man who whooped for war with Japan, until he hasn't enough voice left to whistle for "a dog, made his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10
ABOUT PEMMICAN

which we thought we had long since left behind.
 There is good lesson in Dr. Cook and his pemmican for those of us who are weary of their food, lesson that leaves very little justification in finding fault with what the more old-fashoned among us would term plain victuals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10
AN OLD FOGY.

''Hes always airing his opinions Well, some of them are so musty they need airing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-10
ALWAYS.

ALWAYS. Always hope, Always star: Life Is worth living, Wherever you are
 PAUL COOK.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-21

Now tina the theaters and lecture
halls have opened their doors to the
throngs of seekers after amusement
or intellectual stimulus, it will not be
amiss to descant on ones actions in
any place where people c~ongregate.
| think that we owe it to our self
respect to attend every performance IN
such a way that a full recognition of
the rights of others is given. No one
has any right to regard his ticket of
admission as a special privilege to an
nov his neighbors. The fact that a
price has been paid must not blind one
to the realization that others have paid
Just as much, and perhaps wish to hear
or see more than a frivolous disturber.
The first thing that every well-bred
mar or woman insists upon is prompt
ness i'm arriving. We have often seen
a beautifully gowned woman and her
escort sweep down an aisle 20 min
utes after a lecturer has begun his
reading. We have noticed the rising
line of people and have heard The
creaking of chairs as the w late
corners wedge past the standing row.
OF course, this interruption has OBJ
structed the view, has prevented a con-
tinued hearing and has districted at
tention to such an extent that righteous
Indignation ought to be felt by the lis
teners who have. arrived punctually.
[ think that the offending picture hat
is almost extinct: for the attention of
women has been called to it so often
that innate kindness has risen to he
surface, and has given the people in he
rear a view of the thing which they
came to see. Arrangements have solved
this problem by presenting polite re-
quests for the removal of the obstruc-
tons. 1t is one of the trOuble-giving
clements that has ceased to be.
Do not speak during any sermon,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-21
EVENING
.CHT-CHAT
By...
Ruth
Cameron

climbed the hilr' and are standing
looking down the farther slope.
OF course. | haven't eve been on
that slope of the hill, I'll have to ad-
nit that, so / don't speak from my
own experience.
But I've known folks who went down
the hill Doth ways and | speak from
their experience.
For instance, one of the happiest
who began t. take music lessons after
she was rs. She had loved music all
play a note. When she was about rs,
she found herself in possession of
money and leisure that she had never
had before and promptly took up the
study of the piano. Before she died
knew, an unusually good player.
Julia Ward HoWe's daughter old me
SNNiikAN llot hCl iIoNiiCI . Nths -
gime included besides an hour or two
at the piano and music reading in Eng
fish, also the mastery Of some Greek
classic, she had not previously read
and some time at literary work. And
Julia Ward Howe is 80.
Another old lady whom / knew in
herited some money when she was ~
and, instead of getting ready to pass
it along and too a wonderful trip
abroad and tool a wonderful trip
through all the Biblical countries in
which she had always had a passionate
interest.
It's never too late to do something
you've never done before; it's never too
late to do something you've always
wanted to do: it's never too late to
crowd some more living and enjoy
ing and doing into life, while you can
still breathe.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-21

1t is not a sad thing-at least it
ought not to be-to die.
The only really sad thing abou the
end Of life is to stop living before you
die.
a too many people seem to think
that when they get to be seventy and
seventy-five and eighty years old they
must come to a standstill. They
seem to have the idea that because
their time is more or less limited they
must o take up any new or inter-
esting thing.
Suppose you were waiting for a
friend to come and take you on a
drive and you didn't know just what
time he was to come. Would you hest
tate to take up any work just be-
cause you didn't know whether you
would have time to finish it or not.
Wouldn't you probably begin a book
VI start d lelleI Wflle YOU waited anu
get just as ear as you could?
I've seen old folks who sat passive
waiting for the to come that
should call them into the other room,
and became mighty fretful and dis
agreeable while they waited.
And then, again. I've seen old folk
who were so hucy living natural lives
they didn't realize they were waiting.
If YOU wiz, you can fill your life
just as full going down the hill as
you did going UP. Make up your mind
to go on living, to go on seeing and
doing new things. to go on studying
and playing md working just as hard
as you have the power to do. while you
go on breathing.
If there arr things that you've
wanted to, bu' haven't had time to do
before, do them now.
That's my advice to the people who've
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-21

ton that it would be a great disap-
pointment to them in coming to the
stables to find no meal in their boxes.
1t pays, you know, to please the milk
cow. In flush of pasture / only feed
about a quart of meal morning and
evening. When the pastures begin TO
dry up. / have plenty of green feed,
as peas and oats. ] give this
green feed in the stable where / feed
everything to my cattle. 1t is is a great
waste of both feed and n to feed
in the yard, or in fact, in the pastures.
1 make several sowings of peas and
coming on different times through the
summer, and, when thit is eaten, I
have corn in plenty. After the silos are
filled | cut the rest and husk and FEED
it to my cows we'll into the winter. I
also store a quantity of sheaf oats,
not oat hay. cut a little green n feed
INTERESTED to my horses in the winter
when they are doing nothing. l con-
slider we'll cured sheaf oats. superior to
timothy hay for horses.
My winter feed largely consists OF
silage and clover hay. My rations for
strictly fresh cows is 40 pounds of
silage, 10 to IL pounds of clover hay.
and a grain ration of one part of meal.
one part cOttonseed meal, four parts
bran and two parts corn meal. About
five to eight pounds are fed to each
COW each day. Ny cows are not phe-
nomenal mixers, but they are q pref
ty good average and are getting bet
ter every year.
Valuable Cows Ruined.
There is no period in the life of q
cow when she requires and should
receive more attention than at the
time of f~reshening. owing to the fact
that she is so susceptible to complica-
ton of diseases such as milk fever re-
tention of the after-birth, stoppage
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-21
With the Small Farmer
Among the Cows in the Dairy

ter and manage to AVE pretty nearly
the same amount of milk at all seasons
of the year. l sell my milk right at the
farm. 1t nets me four cents for six
months and three cents for the other
six months. Farmers as a rule depend
too much upon pastures and do not use
enough green feed or grain. | do not
depend on the pastures for more than
or less meal to my milking stock every
day in the year. In fact, / do not know
that it pays to feed the meal in flush
OF the pastures. but my cows get so
accustomed to receiving their grain ra-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-21

....Exchdnge
BY MADEMoisELLE MlsFIT.

lecture or performance while others
are trying to hear. 1t is the height
of rudeness to remark about the
sneakers in tones which are audible
TO those people near. 1t is most un-
pleasant to hear a person give a brief
resume of the next act or picture when
surprise is depended upon to give de-
light. AS for people who deliberately
forget themselves and the performance
enough to gossip about a foreign sub
ject-well, their lack of needs
no extenuation.
In the dressing rooms there is
great opportunity to forget goou
breeding in the rush fsf ones wraps
Time presses and the people are
strangers-why bother to wait ones
self-respect. A consideration for others
will help you to do this.
In closing this little talk let me i'm
press upon my readers that each one
of them can contribute toward the
enjoyment of an audience. a few
thoughtless ones can lessen that
pleasure by rudeness and inconsider-
ate behavior. No transient delight
dependent upon such action can even
compensate for the feeling that the
rights of others have been disre-
garded.
Remember that behavior toward
strangers is a wonderful evidence Of
unselfishness or egoism. Our man
ners in public places proclaim to hun
dreds of people certain facts. Which
is it to be, my friends? Are you will
ing to throw the opinion of others to
the winds by ruthlessly following
your own inclinations, or are you
willing to recognize the fact that you
are units in q great mass, with power
to contribute toward the enjoyment
of the whole?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-21

a CLASSIFIED AID in The Union
statesman VIII get the result for you.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-21

or paralysis Of h bowels, mammitis
or Inflammation Of the udder and many
other diseases.
Among these mentioned perhaps the
retention of the after-birth is the
most common and. while it does not
necessarily terminate fatally, it is ex-
c~eedingly successful in running a COW
as a profit producer. The afterbirth
is oftentimes retained owing to the
fact that the cow has been given cold
water at the time of freshening, or
permitted to fresh in a cold, damp
stable or out in the rain when the
weather is unfavorable.
When the after-birth is retained it
should not be removed by main force.
owing to the fact that parts will re-
main. These parts are converted into
matter which sets up an intense in
flammation, causing a catarrhal con-
NAL absorbs the pus which forms from
the retained parts and the absorbing
of such decomposeu tissue upsets the
| entire system of the animal. This pus
, is excreted from the system to some
extent from the kidneys, bowels and
| udder, thus rendering the milk from a
COW that has retained her after-bINA
unfit for human food.
Cows thus afflicted should be given
a dry, clean, we'll ventilated box stall.
A blanket should be placed upon. them
in cole weather. They should be given
ground oats, bran, good clover or al
falfa hay, plenty of water with the
J chill taken from it and such medicine
as will AVE a tendency to ripcn ana
expel the after-birth. The genital or
gans should be washed out with an
antiseptic solution and in this way a
COW that has retained her after birth
will soon be put in a strong, healthy,
profitable condition. whereas. if she
was neglected she would be ruined as
a profit producer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-21

This is essentially a period of the
Harvest Home festival. You read OF
them everywhere-in little rustic coun-
try churches, in fashionable churches
in the city, and in barren ironwOrk and
cOlliery districts where a blade OF har-
vest has not been seen for years. 1t is
superstition and and it
dates back to the very commencement
Of our history. In the early days of
harvest homes the monk used to
take a very active part in them, but
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-21
Feeding Dairy Cows.
(By a Reader.)

(By q Reader.)
Buying grain to feed COWS is a mat
ter that takes considerable nerve at
the present prices. 1t is a question,
too, that takes lots Of thought and
study. Many are the farmers, | hear
this winter asking their neighbors
What they feed, and how much. Farm
ers of today are putting more thought
and study into just such questions as
feed and feeding. whereas 20 years
ago most any way and any kind of
feed would do. l keep 35 milk cows
right along. I dairy summer and win
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-21
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f1icting on their victims by burning
their limbs. They have murdered II
people-mostly old men and wo-
men-in the last three years. Their
usual method was to break into lonely
houses in the country which they knew
to be occupied by one or two elderly
people only. They then bound their
victims, and roasted the old peoples
feet Owe a slow fire until they re-
vealed the whereabouts of their
money. When the burglars had secured
the money they put the old men and
m to death, and burned the houses
down. Davie, the chief of the band,
did all he could to cheat the guillotine.
Twice he tried to open veins in his
arm to bleed to death, and he made
desperate efforts to starve himself.
This terrible three were said to nave
committed more murders than any
band of brigands known in recent
times. When the moment for the xe-
cution approached the excitement in
the town and the whole country
around, which the murderers had ter
rCrized, increased to a fever heat, and
a veritable orgy followed the death of
the assaSsins.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-21

Continued on Page Six
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-21
Hold a Milk Contest.

PITTSBURC, Oct. 21.-Nearly all
of the dairymen supplying milk to
Pittsburg have entered exhibits in a
contest held today by the chamber
of commerce. which offers prizes for
the purest milk and cream and the
cleanest dairy farm.