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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23
THE PRAIRIE SCHOONER.

From the New York World. |.
 At the recent dinner of the Caravan club in London the interesting fact was brought out that the club pennon hies from 300 homes on wheels owned bv members and that the form of genteel gypsying which it Is the object of the club to encourage has 1000 followers Ve- hicles of all degrees of luxury fitted with living accommodations are in use. for the most part horse-drawn, motor trac- ton not permitting the detours into lanes and shady hooks which give caravan life it's greatest charm. The caravan meet which the club is to hold near Lond on in June is likely to display unioue fea- tures both from the nature of the ve- hicles assembled and the development it will typify of a new interest in outdoor life.
 No parallel to the caravan life which has attained such popularity in England exists with us. Tens of thousands of Americans get near to nature'' in sum- mer, putting up with primitive accommo- dations in fishing cabins or beach cot tages. A distinguished American social reformer has advocated caravan travel and our greatest living railroad mag nate has set the example of tent life in Texas, though with all the comforts of home. Motorcar tours have always a comfortable hotel as the objective point or the days run. Something on the lines of English caravan touring will be under taken by the actress who is planning q transcontinental trip in an automohile containing sleeping apartments and fa- cilities for cooking.
 But what the English have done is to take the old prairie schooner of the western gold-seeker and homesteader end adart ' fa e uses of Q modified form c He raVal. The growing vogue of t. fH4l " , lcation outing in England t stifaz fu tn existence of the nomadio sl i9 rfHu nsubdCed by centuries of ci ilafiau Wa have initiated rhe Eng lis In udopflg g the nouseboat as a co aaadi u sans of water travel, but 'lapd pl6 8unF here is as yet hardly in its infancy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

with terse expression and the struggle to impress was dramatic They have a sign language of commonplace ex pressions, Howdy do you dor Are you married?' How is the baby" Young lady?' etc.
 T have noticed that this class of men rarely ever have any surplus flesh. They are usually very wiry. I once had an experience with a printer who could cuss with his feet on the gritty floor
 "The deaf mute is invariably a faithful employe and some of them are exceptionally fine worxmen. They make devoted husbands and fathers and not infrequently marry in their class"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23
tADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
PEOPLE.

1t takes all kinds of people To make a world, you know And some are rather swift at times And some are rather slow; And some we love for gentle traits \ And some we much dislike, And some must walk and some will ride Along life's crowded pike. And some there be who only Strive To help themselves along And waste no time on other wights Who stumble in the throng, And oftentimes these people rise To power and to fame And pile enormous fortunes up And play a winning game And some don't have much luck, it seems, For everything they do, It matters not how hard they strive, Results in naught but rue And still they toll and hope to win. And then some day they die And pay for all lifes troubles with A little parting sish And some are great and some are not. Some strong and others weak And some think only wicked thoughts And others only seek TO do good deeds where'er they may And lend a helping hand, And on the side of right alway You'll see them take a stand. But good and bad and proud and meek, The failures and the few Who rise to heights above the crowd, Stale custom breaking through, The fair and false, the fair and true, The foeman and the friend, When that their earthly race is run Come to the self-same end. And never yet has any learned If quite, the same or not The rest of those who climb to fame And those who are forgot, Nor if lordly shaft upreared, An honored grave to show, Brings any sweeter dreams, perchance, To him who sleeps below.
 NOTHING TO LOSE. ''who Is that fellow shouting for an income tax?"
 'Loahy. His wife runs a boarding house while he talks politics."
 HANDS AROUND. Life is just a gamble, Life's 8 game of chance; Money plays the fiddle And the poor man has to dance.
 CONCLUSIVE. 'I see where an Indiana woman pointed her finger at a burglar and be f1ed.' Proves, one thing" And what Is that?" "The burglar was a married man."
 ALARMING SYMPTOM.
 Sometimes a chap
 Thinks just a smile
 Is all that makes
 This life worth while.
 A REAL OPTIMIST. Isn't Chuckleby the most optimistic fellow you ever saw?' "Yes, indeed. I believe his wife could give nine bridge parties week and he wouldn't be cross"
 so IT DOES. No sorrow ever lastsN for long The years have proved that true, And happiness sometimes, we know, Goes hand in hand with rue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
lncrease- Over Last Year.

"The signs point to an active busi- ness in our line this summer" said W. T. Cox of the Cox Shoe company. April showed an increase in the volume of our sales as compared with April of last year, and improvement Is being maintained this month.
 Our mail order patronage has grown remarkably fast this season and much of the demand is for sh oes of the higher class and of the smart novelties. The buying public is laying a heavy emphasis on quality and as our policy has always been to give full value for the money, we are faring very well in- deed. The future looks good to us"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23
Nerve Force Expended.

"On Saturday afternoons 1t Is the cus- tom for a party of deaf mutes to meet at one of the prominent corners and carry on an animated interchange of ideas" said an observant man.
 Last Saturday there were eight in the party, all bright, intelligent fel- lows, and the vigorous gesture, sledge- hammer downward stroke of the fist,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

FronN the New York Press
 A woman seldom brags about hey brains even when she hasn't any.
 A mans good deeds don't live after him because they are only his imagination
 When a man says he had lonesome evening the night before he means he stayed home.
 It makes man terribly sorry for him. self to have to stand anybody else in the family being sick
 When a man can't blame his wife for something he did and that went wrong It's because he isn't married.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23
MAYOR O'BRIEN.

From the Talledega Mountain Home
 Birmingham seems to have made no mistake in selecting Capt. Frank F. O'Brien for its mayor with out opposition. His determination for rigid law enforcement is attract- ing the attention and commendation that it deserves. and his already wide popu- larity as a citizen and official is in- creasing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23
Accumulated Savlnns.

We sometimes come across statements in the newspapers that this country is a nation of spendthrifts and that the wageworlSng class as a rule save little or nothing for the inevitable rainy day I" said a business man. And it has been remarked that here in the Birming ham district especially wagearners TOT the most part lived up to their pay. Such statements are in keeping with the loose talk of many so-ealled statistieians about all sorts of things.
 ''As for the nation at large the enor- nous accumulations in savings banks, north, south, east and west easily dis prove the statements referred to. Amer jeans, owing to the greater opportunities they have of earning money as compared with the French working classes, for ex- ample, are not constrained to live close and save the larger part of their wages but nevertheless the bulk of the money in savings banks has been deposited by men and women who work for wages or small salaries
 s"I read with interest an interview in The Age-Herald a few days ago in which
 
 said that the fact his concern sold only for cash and that sales had been greater this spring than last, was conclusive evil denee of solid thrift on the part of the people hereabouts. And regarding say inSs on interest J. E. Ozburn, in charge of the First National banks savings de- partment, tells me that not only Is the number of depositors fast increasing, but that hundreds of those who opened ac- counts before the panic of 1907 have never drawn out dollar. Spendthrifts and im- provident people there will always be, but we have in the United States mill lions of the other kind. and a good pro- portion of the savers we find right here at home Panies will come, but the ma jority of people who work for living will never go broke
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23
TWO GOOD MEN.

From the Selma Journal.
 George Ward, one of the best mayors Birmingham ever had. Is now out for sheriff of Jefferson county Frank O'Brien, one of the best sheriffs Jefferson county ever had, Is now the mayor of Bir- mingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23
tenance.

Gen. Nord Alexis, former president of Hayti, lives now quietly and unos- tentatiously at Peru, Ind, and he has no literary ambitions, no desire to sell matter to magazines at $1 a word.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

Captain Hains is serving time at Sing Sing, and his wife is singing on the vaudeville stage in order to win bread for herself and her two chil- dren
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

The King of Italy was particularly gracious to MT. Carnegie, hoping in that way to induce him to refrain from establishing one of his esteemed libraries in Rome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

The complete success of the airship would destroy customs systems and go far to obliterate national frontiers. Speed that success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

The shooting of female hippopota- mus by Roosevelt was almost as gal lant an act as the shooting of the family COW would have been.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

Henry H. Rogers often scoffed at processes, but at length he received a summons that comes to all and that all alike must heed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

The worlds exports last year totaled fourteen billions of dollars, and the i'm ports sixteen billions. The odd two billions probably went to Johndee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

REWARDED. \\ Because he kept on hoping When storms broke OCT his head And in lifes utter dark it seemed That every ray had fled; Because he dreamed of morning When night gloomed vast and drear. He lived to see the sun shine forth, A weary world to cheer. The clouds rolled by, a morrow dawned That promised him success And dreams come true and guerdons fali And days of happiness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

: One-fourth of the 100000 cars re- ported as idle belong, 1t is claimed, on the scrap heap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23
Reaardinq Temperance.


 T have long been opposed to saloons and have long been a total abstainer," said well known citizen "but I did not vote with the drys when the election was held here in 1907, for the simple reason that did not believe in the drastic meas ures that prohibition and anti-saloon leaders had in reserve.
 Prohibition apparently minimlzes the abuse of liquor; but as matter of fact there is about as much drinking in dry cities as in the wet; some close observers say there is more. While I am a total ad- stainer myself I am also a believer in personal liberty and will certainly never ally myself with any reform crusade or political movement which has for it's ul- innate object the enactment of a law that would practically seek to prevent any man from taking a drink of beer or wine as well as whisky.
 There will probably be a reaction against the present prohibition movement; but feel sure that it will be followed by a conservative campaign in favor of regulated beer and wine parlors. When three or four per cent beer and domestic wines are classed by law with soft drinks, and that is how they are regarded by our good German friends, then the majority will be ready to ask Congress to keep the screws on whisky and keep all strong drink out of dry territory. In my humble opinion no argument to show that drink ing a stimulating beverage is a sin per so will be received favorably by the majority of Americans; and l am sure that no amount of drastic legislation will keep those who deliberately make up their minds to get drunk from their red liquor.
 "Total abstinence societies have ac- complished untold good in years past but they seem to be little in evidence now. Prohibition politics has probably pushed them aside for the time being"
 Prominent Pythian Here.
 H. P. Brown of Cleburne, Tex, supreme grand chancellor commander of the Knights of Pythas of the United States and Canada, spent yesterday in Birming- ham visiting his brothers, Wilson Brown, E. l.. Brown and Charles G. Brown, and old friends in the city. MT. Brown Is on his way to Charleston to attend the ses- sions of the South Carolina grand lodge.
 
 decided improvement in general condl- tions," said MT. Brown. Tt is especially noticeable in the larger cities and I feel confident that as soon as the tariff agi- taton is over the old-time business activ- ity will return with a rush. Texas Is prosperous as always. New homeseekers are pouring In by the hundreds, and Texas Is going forward by leaps and bounds. It looks very much as though the prohibition wave. which is sweeping over the country, will result finally in the submission of the statewide prohibl- ton question to the voters, and if this Is ] done prohibition will undoubtedly win. It is not the best solution of the liquor 1 question, but the wave must expend itself before the matter can be approached in the sane, conservative way that such a l great question demands"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23
WA STE OF TIME.

"A girl called up yesterday Vver the tel ephone and asked what a kisswas." Just so And what did the sporting editor say?"
 He told her he couldn't show Ter over the telephone"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

Northern cities are expressing a de- sire for denatured Fourth of July.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

John Bull looks under his bed every night, expecting to find German spy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

Marion Standard: The friends of Mir. Blaekman, the Age-Herald artist, learn with regret that he is confined in an in- ffrmary, having recently undergone an op- eration for appendicitis. MT. Blackman has won distinction that really demanded a. more complicated operation, but as he is. doing so nicely better diagnosis may be made next time and a few rocks taken out of his kidneys, gall stones removed his liver trimmed and his stomach over- hauled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

Let it be said to the credit of H. He Rogers that however he acquired bis money he used some of it to straighten out aark Twain's affairs and to edu- cate Helen Kellar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

Carter Harrison, father and son, has filled the mayors office in Chicago seven times, and he may get next year another term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

Cuba also has deficit She acquired during the occupation many American habits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23
AND HE, s GLAD OF IF.

How would you like to hunt lions7" No use talking about it." "Afraid?"
 Nav. My wife wouldn't let me go."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

The African jungle is rapidly losing it's natural resources.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

Instead of going west to grow up with the country H. H. Rogers stayed in the east to grow up with Standard OdI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23
PARENTAL PRIDE.

PARENTAL PRIDE. Oh, he dreamed dream of glory, Oh, he dreamed dream of fame And it's all come true-you ought to See him pitch a baseball game. And his father is as proud as Any father well could be, But his mother would a preacher Her dear boy so like to See.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

Now get ready to salute the sweet girl graduate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

Uncle Joe is willing to serve his dis trict as long as he lives, and he is equally willing to live a long time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

The French poets are threatening to strike, and if they do they may call upon Indiana for aid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

An eminent sculptor complains that fashion is ruining woman's form, making it more and more unlike Greek statuary. It may become necessary to remodel that statuary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

You should have $70 on deposit in a bank in order to have your per capita allowance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23
A SIMPLE CREED.

A IoINII LII OINIHD. Live square, fight square, Bear your burdens, brother, And you'll get to heaven as Soon as any other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23
WALTER BLACKMAN.

Guntersville Democrat: The readers of The Age-Herald will welcome the news of Walter BlaclSman's recovery from his recent severe illness. His cartoons are a decided feature in The Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

Tier dear boy so like to sec.
 REPLIES.
 Maybe if Beau Riddle of Philadelphia had to work for living he wouldn't be able to tag around after Jack O Brien all the time.
 An automatic haircutting machine has been invented. A photographic attach ment would make 1t seem like a real barber
 There is no use of reading any more rules about how to live long time. An old lady, 100 years old, has eaten New England doushnuts all her life.
 It is reported that an Ohio hotel pro- prietor was crazed by hattery. Some body told him he was a wonderful bass Eiol player. Nothing was said about his hotel, which is significant.
 A Louisville man lost s255 in poker game and asked the court to give him q divorce from his wife, He must think she is a hoodoo.
 Why be pestiferous7" asks the genial Portland Telegram. Why, indeed? And yet, the more highly moral some people are the more pestferous they seem to be. By the way, what has become of Mr. Demented Snake of OklahomaY asks the Syracuse Herald. Not being as crazy as his name he continues to lie low. An Ohio man who stole 23 cents and two buttons from a church has been given years in the penitentiary. Maybe that will teach him some manners.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

The foot and mouth disease has been eradicated from cattle, but not from politicians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

Montgomery Journal Birmingham con fesses to the need of a new jail, but there are lots of worse places after alf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

Talladega Mountain Home: Birming- ham, noted for high liers, has man who has invented flying machine. and, like all other high-f1iers, is trying to raise money to fly high
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

Montgomery Journal: Birmingham has a new train to the east and is making 1t pay as an advertising proposition. The Magic City has way of getting the good out of every movement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

Montgomery Journal: Birmingham will get all it wants at the extra session, if 1t does not want too much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 14:l G street. ~. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

A REAL OPTIMIST. Isn't Chuckleby the most optimistic fellow you ever saw?" "Yes, indeed. I believe his wife could give nine bridge parties a week and he wouldn't be cross"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

Talladega Mountain Home By the time the Farmers union meets in Blrming- ham in September the papers of the Magic City will have the people believing 1t is an agricultural town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-23

so IT DOES. No sorrow ever lastsA for long The years have proved that true, And happiness sometimes, we know, Goes hand in hand with rue.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-24

According to tie Boise papers
Hartman is going to parallel the
Idaho Southern railroad. The
latter road was built out from
Gooding into the north side irri-
cation tract by the Twin Falls
irrigation people after Mr.. Har-
riman had positively refused to
build the road. Mr.. Kuhn and
his associates financed the road
for the pursose of developing
that district and giving the set
tiers an outlet to market. The
plan of building was along the
line proposed by the amendment
suggested in this state. There
are places in Idaho and in Ore
gon where Mr.. Hartman could
build railroads that would be a
real benefit, yet he will allow
those to wait while he fights the
local company because they had
the temerity to really do the
work. This doesn't look good
to an outsider.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-24

help quite materially and II Is
understood our fruit viii be very
good. Farmers should save some
of these products. not particular
" for the amount of the premi-
um offered, but more to show
what can be raised.
The premium list will be here
no doubt the latter part of the
month as it is now being put in
type by the state printer. The
premiums are increased this year
and cover a wider scope. Don't
wait until q premium list is mail
ed you before looking after poss,-
BILE exhibits, but do it now.
The speed program is the most
attractive ever gotten out in
Eastern Oregon and will attract
a fast lot of horses to compete.
Already we have horses here to
take part and some are now en-
route from California and Port
land. The business men of Burns
should all begin to boost for the
fair which will be held Oct. 8 to
8 inclusive.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-24

There is nothing in this wide
green world which makes a prin-
ter's heart jump with joy like
receiving on the first of the
month a bill for $50 or $50 for
groceries, etc., written on a bill
head which bears the imprint of
an eastern print shop. The
printer pays the bill, gulps down
a lump that swells in his throat
and then patiently for thirty min
utes listens to the merchants
roar and tear around about peo-
pie sending out of the country to
buy what they need. The mer-
chants of this county will never
get the tradd of the county until
they themselves turn over a new
leaf. They are not entitled to;
they don't get it and they will
never get it until they practice
what they preach. If grocer
sends east after his hardware,
and the hardware merchant
sends east for his groceries, and
eastern mail order houses get
orders from business men and
families for everything they do
not carry themselves, they can
expect the people to do exactly
the same thing. Il is alright to
boost for buying at home, but
the proper way to cure an evil is
first to look at it just as it is and
then apply the remedy accord
ingly. Let the merchants them
selves start to buying at home
and in a surprisingly short time
the people will follow. The ia
BILE of the crab is applicable: The
old crab reprimanded the young
crab for walking sideways in
stead Of in a straight line. the
young crab responding that if
the old crab would first show him
how it was done he would gladly
follow the advice. Blue Mt.
Eagle.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-24
DANGEROUSLY HURT.

VIM. Wait was brought to the
hospital last Tuesday afternoon
in a very dangerous condition,
the result of falling from a hay
stack and breaking his spine
close up to the neck. Heis para
lyzed from his arm pits down
and there is little hopes for his
recovery. He is a strong man
who will weigh at least 20C
pounds and he fell on his head.
He is unmarried and 81 years
old with no relatives that he
knows of. Mr.. Wait came here
something over q year ago and
took up a homestead. He has
been working at various places
when not on his homestead and
seems to be a very energetic and
honest man. His condition is
very serious.