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The Marshall republican., 1909-01-29
GILLIAN

Harry Gillian began moving to
Slater yesterday, and in a short
while he will be snugly settled in
his new home. He Is one OF Che
old and broad hearted land marks
and all wish him and his family a
long and happy residence in Sla-
ter.---Will Keehart, the Mar
shall young man who was so
charmed with the beauty of Gil
liam that he made from one to
two trips here every week, has
gone to Plain View, Texas, to ling
er unit. until the blue birds return
to their bountiful Missouri home.
Globe.
The Marshall republican., 1909-01-29
Going to Texas.

Mike Jacoby, Jr. and wife wi
move to San Angelo, Texas ON
Feb. I'd on account OF the lat
ter'S health. They are among
our most substantial citizens and
we regret very much to lose
them and hope Mrs. Jacoby wi
soon be restored in health 81
that they may return to our
city.
The Marshall republican., 1909-01-29
Native Lumber

FOR SALE-Native lumber OF
Ill kinds and dimensions. Mill at
Scott and Cooney bridge on Black
water river.
j p. Jones, Napton, Mo.
Il. +. ID. 2 Feb. Is.
The Marshall republican., 1909-01-29
Going to Slater

We are pleased to state that
Chas. Brown, who several weeks
ago sold his farm at Salt Springs
has purchased 200 acres belong
ing to the Caldwell heirs
SOS, 0OO. The land adtoins Slater
on the east and is a fine farm.
The people of Slater are fortu-
nate in securing SO fine a citizen.
The Marshall republican., 1909-01-29

full information relative to Che
examination, qualifications, dut-
les, salaries, vacations, promo
tions, etc, address Immediately
G.. w. PEECHER,
Sec. Board OF Civil Service Exam
lners, Marshall, Mo.
The Marshall republican., 1909-01-29

Owing to a serious break on oar
press early Friday morning some
OF our papers did not get out on
time. Slater and vicinity were
the principal sufferers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA.

From the Chattanooga Times.
 Montgomery Advertiser: There's one comforting thought about 1t: the Geor- gians have no cause to be funny at our expense"
 They certainly can give you few dry gins in the governor line. Georgia has a real live man of good, common sense for governor; a man who appreciates the functions of the executive as being ere ated not to enable him to punish politi- cal enemies or to create a reign of dis harmony and discord by the merciless ex- ercise of the whip of a tyrannous major ity, but to measure out equality to all; to represent. in justice and moderation. all classes of his constituents to the end that peace and concord shall dwell among the people. You will never see Cover nor Brown trying to promote temperance by employing the enginery of bigotry, hate and persecution--and there's one place where the Georgians have the laugh on you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
It Is possible he should know wha he is and be that he is?
 --AlPs Well That Ends We'll.
Count Zepnelin 10 Be OnldOne

In a dirigible balloon-a gasbag- Count Zeppelin stayed in the air 36 hours and covered $50 miles. This Is the record of endurance or rather of maintenance in all navigations of the air to this time.
 The Wrights are not prone to frank ness, and they never boast of their achievements, and only recently have they stated what they propose to do. This gives greater weight to Oryille Wright's recent statement to the ef- feet that one of the Dayton biplanes can carry fuel enough to last for 9 hours. With a speed no greater than was easily developed at the final test at Fort Myer, the Wright machine could fly at least a thousand miles, and it is reported that the Wrights propose to exceed the Zeppelin record flight
 The Wright aeroplane and probably the monoplanes made in France are faster than any gasbag. In the final test at Fort Myer the Wright aero plane travelled at the rate of 45 miles an hour, although it was credited with a speed of AZ miles The difference was due to the loss of time in round- ing the balloon at the turning point. Count Zeppelin also uses motor, and the best speed he has developed was 35 miles an hour in spurts. His aver age speed in long flights has not ex- ceeded "A miles an hour. The gasbag necessarily involves resistance to the atmosphere, and the dirigible balloon cannot, therefore, ever be made to rival the aeroplanes in the respect of speed.
 This difference in favor of aero planes will be controlling after both have demonstrated their powers of staying in the air. The proposed long distance flight of the Wright brothers would, if successful, give the aero planes all the records they need. while it would practically limit, if it did not abolish, the use of all gasbags.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
TEARS, IDLE TEARS.

By Alfred IennySOn. Tears, idle tears, I know not what they
 mean, Tears from the depth of some divine
 despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the
 eyes, In looking on the happy autumn fields. And thinking of the days that are no
 more. Fresh as the first beam glittering on
 sail, That brings our friends up from the
 under world Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the
 verge; So sad, so fresh. the days that are no
 more. An. sad and strange as in dark sum-
 mer dawns The earliest pipe of half-awaken'd birds To dying ears, when unto dying eyes The easement slowly grows glimmering
 square; So sad so strange. the days that are no
 more. Dear as remember'd kisses after death, And sweet as those by hopeless fancy
 feign'd On lips that are for others; deep as love, Deer rs first love, and wild with all O death in life. the days that are no more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
General Marina'S Heavy Task

A great battle will soon take place at Mount Guruga. the center of the Riffian position. This hill is about six miles southeast of Melilla, on the i'm mediate right of the Spanish position The hill and the surrounding coun- try contain many ravines and no roads, and General Marina, the Spanish com mander, has indeed difficult task be- fore him.
 The war is not waged against Morocco-the Morocco ruled by the Sultan at Fez. for the Riffians do not acknowledge his authority and never have. They know no authority except that of their own chiefs, and these chiefs do not acknowledge the suzerainty of the Sultan. From time out of mind and almost out of history the Riff tribes have been independent. The tribesmen are armed with modern NOoPOho anu luCy nave all llle DIdNclJ and fanaticism of the semi-civilized.
 General Marina may carry Guruga mountain for he has 3S,0O0 men at hand, all good Spanish soldiers. But after he has stormed the position of the Riffians and carried it, can he fol- low them into the interior and con- quer them? The Riffs have been In the past whipped in battle, but they have never been conquered, and army experts say that General Marina can not conquer them with force of 3S,- 900 men.
 General Marina's task is heavier than General Weylers was in Cuba. No modern Spanish army has faced a harder problem, and General Marina will indeed be a hero both in and out of Spain. if he succeeds in bring ing the Riffians to terms of peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
llterurbal Trolley Lines

States like Ohio and Indiana are lines, and these lines carry not only passengers but farm products and gen. eral freight also. Some of them are equipped with sleeping cars, and all agree that they are convenient and valuable public utilities.
 This form of enterprise is spread ing to other states, and it Is not sur prising to read that a strong company has been organized to take over the Macon trolley system, to build big dam across the Ocmulgee river and to grade and put rails on the pro- posed new road between Macon and Atlanta. This would be, perhaps, the first considerable interurban line in the far south. It is a line that will command from the outset good bus mess from one end of it to the other. The corporation commonly known as the Tidewater, with headquarters in Birmingham, is the first interurban line projected in Alabama.
 It Is matter not only of hydro electric power, but also of business to meet the outlay of interurban lines. The initial cost of an interurban enter prise is about s2OoOO a mile, and it is plain that it must secure very considerable business in order to pay interest and dividends on such an ex- penditure. There are few districts in Alabama that can furnish the neces- sary amount of business, but in the course of decade 1t Is safe to as- sume that this city will become a great center of interurban lines-lines to Montgomery and possibly to Hunts vile, as well as the lines to Gads- den and Tuscaloosa already incorpor. ated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14

fly losing ground because it hasn't been taking any positive stand on pol icies. It has always waited for the republicans. That policy is ruinous, because it doesn't command any re- spect from any one and shows that as a party it hasn't the courage of conviction. It is our hope that it can be revived by calling such a conference and attempting to draw up certain positive principles far in advance of a state campaign, so that people will know what the party represents just as they did when it elected MT. Cleye- land The idea is to get those men who are not too closely identified with the machine to come together and de- termine what steps shall be taken and what are the principles upon which the party may be rebuilt"
 It is acknowledged that the demo- CfdLS nave lOSl votes III NeW 1OIh because they have had no leaders of like standing with President Taft and Governor Hughes. There are strong men in the party in New York, and the Saratoga conference will endeavor to bring them out and put responsi- bility in their hands. Such men as Tilden and Cleveland made the party powerful in New York in former days, and the Saratoga conference will en- deavor to secure competent leaders without unduly antagonizing Tammany or any other class of voters. Tammany considers the Saratoga movement a hopeful sign, for it means a new and powerful opposition party in the lead ing state in the Union, and all patriotic and intelligent citizens will applaud it on that account.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14

From the New York World.
 Golf is a royal and ancient ganes and deserving of respect as well for It's tra- ditions as because of it's excellence as A snort. But is 1t not being taken too seriously? Is not the non-golfng public treated to an undue allowance of news and gossip about the game? Championship matches in which skillful nIavers compete have an importance for a. constituency now large, and presiden- tial foursomes are not without their 1n- terest. If MT. Taft were to play first base for the Beverly nine everybody would want to know the score
 But from the reams of space devoted to golf chitchat, to the history and phil osophy' of the game. to descriptions Of tha methods of illustrious golfers, anec- dotes. advice and what not, 1t might be inferred that golf was the main occu- nation of a large element of the public. The results of duffers' contests for plated cups are chronicled with all the gravity of championship contests
 Not since the bicycle craze has there been anything like It. The hysteria seems now at its height when players choose A butter with the care they would house and discuss the points of their game with an earnestness that would be ludicrous ,f it were not so serious. Is it due to the British origin of the game that the en- thusiastic pursuit of 1t so stines the sense of b41rnOr?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
NOTES OF A TOURIST.

From the New York World.
 One of the prettiest stretches of scenery along the Erie Is the upper Alleghany valley, between Jamestown and Clean, after the river leaves Chautauqua lake For 30 miles the road traverses the Sen eca Indian reservation, which is 30 miles long and one mile wide, the river running through the middle of it. The city of Salamanca is built on Indian lands, and the Indians can't sell It, so all the build ings, shops, factories, dwellings, etc, are on leased land.
 The Indians are all prosperous in a small way and have good farms, but no very pretentious houses The tribe will soon be wiped out through intermarriage with the whites. When this land was granted to the Senecas for a reservation they were offered 30 square miles or 30 miles square. Thinking they were get ting the better of 1t. the redskins took the 30 square miles. Poor Lol
 Steamboating on Chautauqua lake isn't as good as it used to be between May vile, Jamestown, Lakewood, Celeron, the assembly grounds and other points since the old steam railroad has been replaced by trolley line. The steamboats have bankers at all the stations, with free bus rides to the wharf as an inducement, but the electric line runs double -decked sight seeing trolleys all around the lake.
 About the most expensive travelling to be found anywhere Is across the Delaware river, between Lordville. N. Y, and Equinunk Pa, on little bridge about quarter of a mile long, which is owned by a woman. She also owns the road leading to the bridge for about a mile on the Pennsylvania side, where it branches off from the public highway. This time of year cat could ford the Delaware at this point without wetting It's whiskers, but the toll Is cents for foot passengers and 35 cents for teams, single or double
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
Japanese Trade In Mapcburia

The recent Antung-Mukden railway incident is part of the general plan of Japan to control the trade of Man churia. The railroad in question was begun during the advance of the Jap anese army during the war with Rus sia and 1t was pushed to a point about 30 miles southeast of Mukden. This was in 1905. In 1906 it was extended to Mukden. The gauge of the road is two feet six inches, and it's en- tire carrying capacity is only 1900 tons day. The road was transferred to the South Manchuria Railway company in December, 1908. The journey from Antung to Mukden is about 180 miles. and the trip cannot be made in less than two days.
 The Japanese decided to convert this military road into one of commercial possibilities, thereby linking Tokio and Mukden together. The right to do this was granted by the Chinese govern ] ment in 1905. The right to connect An tung with the South Manchurian rail way is beyond dispute. Altogether the | Japanese seem to be we'll fortified by both treaties and trade, and China has accepted the situation, and the railroad | to Mukden is to become one of stan- | dard gauge.
 The Japanese got very little out of the war except glory, and there is a general sentiment throughout the world that they should be permitted to change the railroad to Mukden to one of good commercial capacity.
 After all the railroad is but one feature of the determination of the Japanese to dominate the trade of
 Manchuria. Once American cotton
 mills sold six million yen in cotton
 goods there in year. Japan has se-
 cured two-thirds of this trade and
 will soon have the remainder of if.
 The Japanese government aids the
 home mills and merchants to get it by furnishing them with abundant cap- ital at 2 per cent interest. It is the strongest and shrewdest and nearest that survive in trade, and no one can } reasonably object to Japan's trade ef : forts in Manchuria so long as she
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
Upllft of the New York Democracy

Judge Parker, Judge O'Brien, Ed ward M Shepard, Thomas M. Osborne and their associates propose to get together at Saratoga on September g some 450 democrats who are not bosses or officeholders or professional politicians. They will endeavor to start movement at that time that will attract independent voters and build up a strong opposition party
 "The democratic party" says Judge O'Brien. "in this state has been stead
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
THE DOG AND HIS CHUM.

From Fuel.
 A very ordinary looking farm horse, harnessed to an old wagon, stood by the curb; and on the board that served for a seat lay a small dog of such mixed blood that no guess could be made as to his breed. As delivery wagon passed on the opposite side of the street a large red apple fell off. Before 1t stopped roll- ing the dog bounded across the street, picked it up with his teeth. and, with tail wagging, rushed back to the horse, in front of which he stood up on his hind legs, while the apple was taken from his mouth. As the horse munched the apple he made the peculiar little noise that horses make when petted, and dcs- gie replied with throaty parks which plainly told what pleasure it had been to go after that apple. Then he went back to his place on the wagon seat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14

as a rule sellers are averse to taking on business for delivery very far into the future This is especially true in the south where a strenuous effort is being made to eonfne sales strictly to the present year. None of the large furnace interests in the south have opened thelr books for 191o
 More interest is being shown in Ohio malleable and foundry grades and num- Der of sales for early 1910 delivery have been booked at a marked advance over this years quotations. Shipments are moving literally and acquisitions are com ing in at a lively rate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
IN HOTEL LOBBlES
ThOmpson,s ExtensIua Earmlnn.

iHomPsonS Extensive Farming.
 J, o. Thompson, collector of United States internal revenue and chairman of the republican state committed not only t1lis the soil on a very extensive scale, but he is one of the most successful farm CTS in the south. He raises cotton and corn in Barbour and Russell counties and alfalfa in Lowndes.
 My cotton has improved very much Tn the last two or three weeks" said MT Thompson. but of course the crop will be less than l had hoped for In the spring. The rains in June did great dam age and favorable conditions recently have not entirely overcome the early hacl1set. I planted for 1000 bales but estimate now that I will make only about foo bales. High prices will obtain, how ever, and 700 bales should bring as much this fall as would 1000 bales had the south raised a big record crop. such as acreage called for. l have a fine corn crop; expect to gather fully 20,0OO bushels"
 Speaking of different soils for different crops, MT. Thompson remarked that he was great believer in the prairie lands Of the black belt for grass. but not for cotton. Give me a sandy soil every time for cotton,' said Mr Thompson. "It seems to submit more naturally to fertil- izing treatment than does the prariv land, and 1t better endures the extremes of drouth and rain. That is why I am raising alfalfa in Lowndes, but not cot ton For grass. there is no better land In the country than the rich prairie stretches of Lowndes."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
w. A. WHITE IN VENICE

fruit also. The meat seller handles no fish, and the fish monger carries no game. And to us the most interesting place in Venice was the fish market. The time we might have spent in the galleries improving our minds we put In at tho fish market--a great block where sea food of most varied and tempting kinds, mostly new to us. was sold. The men and wom- en there were infinitely more interesting to us than the stiff old painted figures on the canvases in the art galleries.
 As for the churches-the town was full of them. But we only went into one-' St. Marks-on a hot day to cool off. It looked like a great secondhand store filled with brass lamps and with faded pictures of rascally looking saints and with hdeous martyrs, who, though doubt less dying in a worthy cause, did 1t so unbecomingly and wthal so unmartyr- like. that we chilled sooner than we ex- pected and hurried out into the sunlight.
 We ordered an ice at F'lorian's-a res- taurant perhaps hundred years old. And as we sat absorbing the ice we were con- scious of something unusual in the square, There was a great f1uttertng of pigeon wings and great clamor of joyful little voices. Also there was @ rain of corn, and looking up we saw a large man with his back to us scattering corn from two handfuls of cones while the children and the pigeons danced about gleefully. Then we heard the great jolly roar of Omaha" and knew that he was enjoying life. When the corn of the vender was all gone. Omaha" with child's little hand in each of his big ones. went capering about and when he saw us he came over with a Hheepish grin. He saw us looking at his clothes-a whitish gray coat and trousers and hat bound in black braid with noisy sash vest over a sky blue shirt and he said
 My song and dance clothes. Got 1t in Venice this week for SIP. 40. When look at myself in the glass I begin getting ready to give myself an encore, and see myself spilling the sand to do dance turn. But boys will be boys. When you're in Venice wear Venetian blinds"
 He sat down. waved grandly to the waiter and said:
 "Lemme chose-same thing-fill 'em up e'1 Chi uP III tHo oLhOA dAcy Same?'
 The solemn waiter nodded and "Oma- ha" went on:
 "Aint Venice lovely; regular street fair and museum of antiquity under one man. agement. Say. if I had Venice out at Kansas City and had the peanut oonces- sion for the Grand Canal, I'd be wearing diamonds as big as horse chestnuts."
 When the waiter brought tho fec, "Onla- ha" sat nibbiing it. Between the clicks of his spoon he discoursed on Titian's art, the American bar in Europe, which he declared was fraud, and the phiIos- ophy of life as expounded by Mir. Emer- son.
 Speaking of Emerson,' he said medi- tatively. T saw hen this morning in the second story of one of these street fair booths, that they call houses here, and she , made me think of Emerson. He has g. 1 line Speaks all languages. the rose.' and when that dear old hen cackled in good old-fashioned Indiana, U. s. A., realized that the hen also cackles in all languages. And we're all brothers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
pr. Stauo in City.

i've are avoiding rules at the Alabama Synodical college" said President John W. Stagg, who spent last night In Bir- mingham. We will govern the boys by principle on the ground that if treated kindly and with consideration they will act as gentlemen The boys multiplicity of interpretation makes rules mighty hard to enforce.
 'I find that our ideas are meeting with the appreciation of the people. We are trying to build an institution second to none in the state. The work we propose to do IS strictly college work. Every member of the faculty is in harmony with the purpose.
 "A number of Improvements in the col lege and grounds have changed appear ances materially We will have a good enrolment and have every reason to feel encouraged"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New York Press.

The reason the average person thinks he knows so much is he knows so little.
 A girl can hardly ever learn to like a man that she can't teach to be jealous.
 A man can spend pretty much his whole life learning that the thing he thought he wanted wasn't 1t.
 Even if a girl knows better than to marry man she knows better than to run f'-e fisk of not getting married at all.
 1ife a'pr,re man would rather pIav the fool at something anybody else could do better than do what he really can.