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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01
A Working Girl Wife

Working Girl Wife
X/oUNG Mr.. Knox son of the secre-
tary of State, ran away with
Young girl who worked for liv-
ing and married her.
The couple eloped because the parents
of the young man objected to his marry
ing the gill.
Well-A great fuss was made about the
matter 1t was not expected the young
man would select somebody below the
salt Some girl of aristocratic breeding
from upper Fifth avenue or Newport
would have filled the bill.
Meantime Knox. Jr., has gone to work
to support his wife.
4 Good
If some such thing did not happen once
In a while in "the upper circles OF our
American life we might begin TO feel as
If part of our population had lost its
red blood.
In all likelihood the Knox family VIII
not need to go very far back in its his
tory to find wives and mothers who
worked for living.
The most of us are now on earth and
in the enjoyment of reasonable health be-
cause of working fathers and mothers,
and we are proud of it'll
Mr. Knox, ST., himself is an able man.
No doubt about that. But he got his
healthy body and his keen brain from
some strong, wide-hipped, sensible and
hardworking grandmother, a grandmother
either on this or the other side of the
sea.
And the boys brain came in like way,
as shown by his strength of purpose and
sturdy independence.
And this is true:
You will find the mothers or grand
mothers of the future presidents and state
secretaries and successful business men
among the working girls in the kitchens
and shops and fields. Quite certainly you
will not find them in the eongenial So
ciety of lap dogs or smoking cigarettes.
Good for young Knox.
To say nothing about his being in love
with his girl an all sufficient reason for
marrying her, he may be thankful to
her all the days of his life because to
get her he had to become a self-respect-
ing, self-supporting worker, owing no
man anything save good will.
And he willsget in his working girl wife,
no doubt. just what he wants-a devoted
loyal, loving wife and a good mother of
his children.
What more could a man want in a wife,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01
Heart To Heart Talks
By EDWIN A. NYE

given to those women who have plenty
at home, but who are not able to with
stand the lure of pretty things.
II am guilty" she said
Asked her motive for taking the things,
the sobbing woman replied to the court:
Il wanted a little home. | took table
linen and goods on that order to furnish
the little place
OF course, had Mrs. Standish been a sfch
woman the goods would have been re-
turned or paid for; there would have been
no arrest, no fine, and nothing said
But her husband had turned his back
upon her because she had "disgraced
him." her friends had deserted her. and
there was nothing to do but to throw her
self upon the mercy of the court
The fine was $50.
It took nearly all her meager fortune
leaving only enough to get back to her
Michigan home.
The fragile little woman staggered from
the police station to leave forever the
turmoil and temptations of a great city,
Her earthly belongings packed In worn
suit case, she started for the depot to
join her aging parents on a Michigan
farm.
Sordd story of foolish woman?
Foolish, yes, but not wicked. Shall /
say she sinned because she was good at
heart? She had the normal longing of
every good woman for little home Of
her own and TO furnish it. Shall | say
she sinned because of her virtuous de-
sire?
Did you ever think how easily ones vir-
tues may lead one astray?
Put an innocent young girl under sub
tie temptation she does not understand
and her very innocency may prove her
undoing.
The Iauda BILE desire of young man to
get on In the world, carried to lengths,
may ruin him.
Push a virtue too far and you have a
vice.
Which fact of our complex being ought
to make us very kind to those who sin
not out of wicked but out OF innocent de-
sres.
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they ought to be led up to condition
In which they could receive the treat
ment accorded to the white man. Mixed,
marriages were the last things he adj
vocated, because he believed them to be
utterly base and wrong. q
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

II people would eat right. there would be no
use for Digestt, the natural remedy for lndi-
gestion Dyspepsia. Heartburn and stomach dis
orders But unfortunately we don't eat right
and never will. There will always be weak
stomachs and stomachs that fail to secrete
enough fluids for proper digestion. And there
will always be need for Digestit. 1t stimulates
the stoma Oh observation-disclosures all the food that
Is burdenng your stomach secretions-digests
all the food thct Is burdening your stomach.
There Is nothing harmful In this simple remedy.
1t contains only elements necessary for the
digestion of food
After meal of rich foods two tablets of.
Digestit will give Immediate relief. That full,
heavy feeling will quickly pass away and there
will be no more discomfort. The surplus food
that the stomach cannot handle will be digested
by Digestt. and It's continued use will strength
en- the digestive tract tone the stomach muscles
and cure the most stubborn case of Dyspepsia
or Indigestion. Dgestit is sold In Birmingham
by Gum Drug Co. and the Gum Gambill Drug
Co. soc per package. Your soc back II Digestit
falls
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

Deserted by her husband, forsaken by
her friends, her dream Of a coy little
home rudeiy destroyed, Mrs Frank Stan
dish, a frail little woman of Chicago,
stood weeping in the divorce court.
l-She had stolen few articles from
department store.
Size was not "kleptomaniac,' a name
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01


The flavor of the peach, the perfume OF
rose, is a subtle thing. You cannot
weigh the flavor or the odor.
But flavor is a real thing
So of the favor of ones life. 1t u
subtle. but real The flavor of your life
is what you really are, your personality.
What you say or do. the opinions you
hold, the position you occupy the clothes
YOU wear-none of these things counts
when put beside your real personality, the
flavor of your life.
"Your actions speak so loud l cannot
hear what you say" said the native to
the missionary.
| know a minister who breaches better
sermons out Of his pulpit than In it,
When l am with him ! feel like virtue
is gone out of him into me.
Why?
Because of the flavor of his life.
Because what affects me is not what he
says as a minister, but what he Is az a
man.
The flavor of the fruit is part and par
eel of the fruit. 1t cannot escape from
the peach or the peach from it, 1t per-
vades the fruit and Is of the essence
of It.
so of the flavor Of your life.
1t is part and parcel of you. You can
not assume it and throw it off at will. 1t
perVadeS you as SuDtly. rDut as really
as the perfume of the rose.
Personality-we call it that for want of
a better TERMS the flavor of self.
Great men are great because of person.
atty, the flavor of character. They DO
not pretend to be great or assume their
greatness. They are great. The flavor
| is of their real essence.
Lincoln, Grant, Lee, three great men Of
| single epoch, had the flavor of great
| ness There was nothing artificial about
them. They were single in motive, not
posers They were genuinely great, and
| the flavor of their lives was genuine
flavor Their personality exhaled great
ness because it belonged to them.
What Is the flavor OF your life?
| There is nothing complex about It, II
you appear to be kind and courteous and
i Just there is no flavor to your life unless
you really are courteous and kind and
| just.
| You cannot create favor of life by as
| Stunning to be strong or honest or loving
| You must be honest and strong and Low.
i ing or there is no real favor.
To put 1t scripturally, favor Is the
| salt of character
But if the salt hath lost it's SAVIOR
wherewth shall 1t be salted?''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01
wrote about. There is only one great

wrote about There is only one great
est thing.
Take that out and life would not be
that lightens the way, the way which
to all of us sometimes grows dark
and dreary. And love is eternal.
1t lives in the hearts of the old as
we'll as in the hearts of the young.
Youth is its budding season. It's bios
som and it's fruitage come with the
passing of the years. Love grows the
stronger as hearts grow older.
Love is a tender blossom.
Like a delicate plant, it needs the
sunshine. If 1t grows and thrves Il.
must be nourished. If you shut 1t
away in the dark and silence it will
wither as the flowers wither. And
It will die as the flowers die 1t must
have attention. 1t responds to care.
And yet love does not ask so much.
It is easily satisfied. 1t will treas
ure up the memory of single kiss
for long. For many a day 1t win still
feel upon a weary shoulder the touch
of a loving hand tenderly laid. How
it thrills at the meaning smile, and
how eagerly 1t responds to the spoken
word
We let love grow dumb for want
of expression.
Contradiction of human nature! We
allow the trivial things. the vexations
Of the day, the small annoyances OF
the moment, to stand in our way
while the hearts we love slowly starve
for want of the language of love. Is
1t not so?
Worse than that
Sometimes. when we forget, we al
low ourselves the bitter tone. the
harsh spoken word, even the deliber-
ate and studied unkindness and neg
lect-all this to those we love the
mostl
But for our own the bitter tone,
Though We love our own the best.
Why do we do this? Why select
our own, only to remember when 1t
Is too late how much we loved them
Life is so short! And without love
| it is both barren and bitter. Why, q
| soul of man or woman, should you
Willingly lose so much of your little
day?
Let not the sun go down on that day
whose eventide brings no recollection
of tn oughtful kindness, kiss, a smile
a tender word, to those you love.
| Do not wait to wall out over a cof-
| fin lid your regrets of those things
you might have done, the words you
might have said.
| In the Making
| In one of George McDonald's books
Ia this scrap of conversation:
| Il wonder why God made me-" said
Mrs. Faber bitterly. I'm sure l DOM
know where was the use of making
me-"
Perhaps not much yet replied Dor
othy but then he hasn't done will
you yet. He is making you now, and
you don't like It,"
We are in the making.
| What we shall be doth not yet ap
lpear, because we are only in, the pro
cess of completion. r
1t is difficult, looking into the loon
and seeing but the one side, to proph
esy what the pattern Of the perfected
weaving will show.
Nor can one Judge the picture by tn
first few strokes of the artist on hi
canvas.
Nor can one sense the flevor of tn
fruit until 1t is ripened.
If we could get these facts firml.
fixed In our minds we could bear witt
better grace our painful experiences
better understand the meaning OF GU
failures and better content OF rselves Il
the midst Of imperfections
The fruit II not yet ripe. The pic
ture is not painted. The weaving
not completed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

Once upon time an Englishman
wrote a book entitled THE Greatest
Thing in the World"
OF course you know the theme he
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01
MAY lArarnge DinicuIty

Brussels. April cial)-According
to the Soir, Great Britain, Germany and
Belgium are on the eve of an understand
ing In regard to the Congo.
St. Tammany farmer., 1910-03-19
COURT is 12o YEARS OLD
Supreme Tribunal Comes on Day That
22,00oth Case Was Filed In
Washington.

The supreme court Of the United
States had notable birthday Febru.
ary 1. 1t was 120 years old and by a
coincidence the last case docketed on
that natal day was the twenty-five
thousandth one since the court was or
ganized.
February /, 1890, the court convened
for the first time In New York. The
minutes of that meeting show that
there was not a sufficient number Of
the justices present to transact busi-
ness and those present, as the first
official act of the court, adjourned
until tomorrow at one of the
clock"
On the first day "the Hon'ble John
Jay, Esq, chief Justice; the Hon'ble
William Gushing, the Hon'ble james
Wilson, Esq, associate justices" were
present. By the next day the Hon BILE
James Iredell, Esq, associated JUS
tice" appeared and the court was
opened.
It was on that day that It appointed
the first "crier'' for the court. In the
first few years not many cases were
brought to the court as compared with
the present day. Now between 800
and 1000 come up for consideration
every year.
St. Tammany farmer., 1910-03-19
Rush Of the City.

/ remember when many Americans
picked their nostrils, haEttually played
with their wh;skers or mustaches.
spat anywhere at any time, put their
feet on chairs and tabaes, fdgeted,
loved quarrels and grievances, and
sought and found them everywhere
Lawyers wrangled ana swore and
threw inkstands in open court. Most
OF those things are done away with.
Still, we rush hither and yon, like
madmen. When a drawbridge is be-
ing swung over the sweet Chicago
river every rude Corinthian within
blocks will wear his liver and lights
out to be first across. Once across
he will stop and idle away minutes at
any trifiing sight. On cur ferryboats
and cars we see the same rush and
stampede of wild asses, all the time,
all the time. Boore mistake this
noise and rush and bluster for busi-
ness, whereas 1t is only silly, child
ish, british. undisciplined. impulsive
waste of time. energy and good ma
ture.-New York Press.
St. Tammany farmer., 1910-03-19
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Early Experiences MotOrist
copyrighted by Short Stories Co.. Ltd)
By E. P. WHEREFORE

1t was the hot weather in August
that brought the vague suggestion to
settled point. AS Sophia says. zone
must get about" and getting about
entails something to get about in, legs
being no longer OF much Importance
In the human economy The dust was
very dusty and the hills very hilly,
and Sophia discovered that her pony's
knees were going wrong. He had
Norfolk, and there he had been full of
energy and purpose, but Devonshire
hills had taken all heart out Of him.
II think" said Sophia, as the pony
recovered himself after an unmis-
taxable stumble, "that we will send
this little beast away before he falls
down"
EYES," said I, "and then"
And then we will get a motor car.
You see it will be lot cheaper in the
long run"
l hoped SO then, and hope so still;
but perhaps the car has not yet run
long enough.
1T must be cheaper" Sophia re-
peated. Petrol costs only" and
then followed statistics showing the
comparative advantage Of the me-
chanically propelled vehicle over the
horse-drawn. The idea had been SIM
mering for some time before this, and
we had both studied the optimistic
views of the papers devoted to motor
cars; but Sophia is born statistician,
though weak in the multiplication
table. and always fells me when she
quotes figures. In the end it was set
tled-Sophia settled it-that I should
write about steam car that very
night. Steam, we both agreed, was
the power for us.
There is no incentive to courage
more powerful than ignorance, and
few days later when the car arrived at
our Devonshire cottage Sophia and I,
with scarcely qualm, embarked on
our first voyage alone on steam en-
gine. I had had rather less than halt
an hours instruction in driving
Sophia had had none-and when
look back can only marvel at our
audacity.
Tt is quite simple" said to Sophia.
I had lit the fire with much difficulty
and bad language, being still unused
to burns, had eventually got up steam,
and was feeling little proud and SUI
St. Tammany farmer., 1910-03-19
WOMAN GETS THE LAST WORD
Martha Washineton's Picture to Be
Placed on Return Half Of
Posta! Card.

Designs for the new postal cards
to be issued by the government have
been approved by Postmaster General
Hitchcock.
A novel and pleasing innovation
has been made for the double, or re-
ply, postal card. On the first half
will appear portrait Of George
Washington, while on the stamp on
the second, or reply, half will be a
likeness of Martha Washington.
On the ordinary card the head Of
the late President Mckinley will ap-
pear, as now, but a much better like
ness of the martyred president has
been selected. On the new small
card, intended for index purposes and
for social correspondence, a likeness
of President Lincoln will appear.
The two-cent international card will
bear a portrait Of Gen. Grant.
St. Tammany farmer., 1910-03-19
IN THE SENATORIAL MAIL
One Man Would Down Cannon While
Another Wants to Get Rid Of
Bed Bugs.

A touch of fun-unconscious fun
often relieves a tense situation. It
strikes ray of light through the
gloom of hatred and enmity. Here's a
sentence from a letter that down
state Ohioan sent to Senator Burton:
what we want is Down with Cam
non and - for postmaster"
There is, indeed, nothing like de-
fining big issues and bravely facing
them.
Here's another brief letter that the
Senator got. It's from Cleveland:
"If 1t is possible for you send me
information or data on the best and
surest way Of cleaning house of bed
bugs. / have considerable trouble
with my tenants on that account. I
have tried many things without suc-
cess; would you also send year book
of agriculture for the years 1907-'08'09
Thank you for any favors."
St. Tammany farmer., 1910-03-19

The Squirrei SITS up TO Scruttnlze Us.
perior in consequence. "You see, all
you have to do is to push this handle
forward and the thing starts; when
you pull 1T back it stops. Here's the
brake under one foot and the bell un-
der the other, and this lever to steer
with
"Yes," said she; 'but If you want
to go to the right do you push the
lever or pull it?"
"That," said I, 'I forget; but we
shall soon find out on the road"
Doubtless" replied Sophia; "but
what are these other handles for?"
'Oh! they are to do with the fire
and the water" answered airily. T
don't exactly know what they do, but
we will try them ali presently"
And so we started. The engine did
exactly what was expected of it. The
bell rang merrily in response to a
sympathetic pressure of the foot, and
we sailed down the straight road
towards the blue hills that screen us
from the sea.
We picked up quite lot of informa-
ton about the steering on the occa-
sion Of meeting our first wagon. We
found that pushing the lever one way
sent us into the horses, and pushing
it the other sent us up on to the bank.
That point settled-and the runaway
wagon well out of stght-we decided
that Sophia should try her hand at
driving. r
We changed places, and with a face
like Spartan woman's she grasped
the throttle-lever. On we went again,
our erratic and zigzag course pleas
antly punctuated by "Ohs!" in cres-
St. Tammany farmer., 1910-03-19
proximate Or exceed the $1,000,000 ap.
propriated for the work.

proximate OF exceed the $1,000,000 ap
propriated for the work.
Also during the past year reports
have been received involving over S3,-
100000 in timber trespass. Suits
have been filed in most of these
cases, and other suits are filed as rap
idly as the facts warrant.
OF the Alaska coal cases prelimin-
ary adverse reports have been re.
ceived covering about 700 entries. The
Cunningham group of 33 entries. upon
which payment was made in 1906 and
1907, are now in hearing upon ad.
verse report Of special agents.
Final reports have been received
upon about 100 entries, upon a large
number of which the general land
Office has recommended criminal pro
ceedings: adverse proceedings to can
eel entries have been directed upon
most of the entries finally reported
upon by agents. None of the Alaska
coal lands has been passed to patent.
St. Tammany farmer., 1910-03-19
East Sides Up to Date.

maybe you think the East side isn't
up to snuff when it comes to STYLE
remarked the East side woman. my
Bavarian neighbor across the little
hall came in to see me this morning
before she started out shopping. She
had on the smartest gray gown you
ever saw, long coat and everything.
Where did you get:' asked her
after she had turned around and
around. s .s.55 ss III.
On Avenue A. she said Where
you t'ink? New York Fress.
St. Tammany farmer., 1910-03-19
Has Stamps Worth sss, $4,000.

There are now on hand in the In
ternal revenue bureau at Washington
24S, 100000 stamps, valued at $56. .914,-
900. This is disclosed by count just
completed by committee Of the office
force. Two years ago, when count
was taken, there were 10000. 600
stamps on hand.
St. Tammany farmer., 1910-03-19
What Becomes Of Grain cro,

In the year 1908, when the total
crop was 2.eS6,oo0,OoO bushels, 241, ,OOO,.
600 were consumed in -four and grist.
mill products, 100000 bushels in the
manufacture of starch, 100000 bushels
for malt liquors, 100000 bushels in
the production of distilled liu.,ors, 4O,.
100000 bushels for glucose. 100000
900 bushels for export and 100000
bushels for seed, making a total of
518,000,000 bushels, or 1913 per cent.
Of the entire crop. The remaining
SO.7 per cent, or 2,118,00O, 900. bushels,
seems to have been used almost en-.
tirely for feeding.
St. Tammany farmer., 1910-03-19
Men Who Earn an Increase.

Senator Burkett has proposed an
amendment to the post Office appropri-
alton bill increasing the pay OF car
riers on rural routes from $75 to s1Oo
per month. Such an increase Is de-
served, as these men certainly earn
their pay. --
St. Tammany farmer., 1910-03-19

p a ra tive sum-
mary Of the re-
suits of public
land investigation
covering the last
five and one-haif
years, which is
extremely inter-
esting in view Of
the charges which
have been made
against the land
administration in
the department Of
tha interior
St. Tammany farmer., 1910-03-19

Talking for Christ sho.Ild never be
done with frown on the face.
St. Tammany farmer., 1910-03-19
LAND OFFICE IS BUSY
PROSECUTIONS AND MONEY COL
LEcTioNS ARE INCREASING,
SAYS REPORT.
One Hundred Convictions, 3,1tf En-.
tries Cancelled, and Big Sums
Collected in 1909, Which Was
Heaviest Year.

Commissioner Fred bennett of the
general land Office has made a com.
St. Tammany farmer., 1910-03-19

You know they're
best; so do a few
others I But tho
general publicare
they informed? Tell
then1l Don't keep
it q dark secret.
St. Tammany farmer., 1910-03-19
DR.. ]. +. PIGoTT.

*o1tngGon, La.
.ssldencs In the Exterstein kaised
sse, two blocks west of public
public. ei ,'1 ss7rVices 70 the
,.wh; nce ~ the City Drug Store on Ca.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-06-18
Visiting Girls Honorcd.

The charms of pretty girls and the
 extreme pleasantness of the weather
 made the dance at Forest Park last
 evening one of the most enjoyable given in the city for some time
 Frank Foster and Ed Williams, two popular vc.,ng men, gave the dance to their friends and especially com- plimerred Miss Pearl Boger, of Con- cord, N. C., Miss Henderson, of Sar- dis, Mss; Miss 1rma Culbert, of Lit tie Rock, and Miss Kate Wilson, Of Caruthe rsville, Mo-. visiting young ladies in the city. The park on this evening presented very pretty sight. Lights had been placed on the front and sides of the theater, in which the dance was given, and these gave sufficient light for the strollers during the intermisslons. The dance was led by James Hud- son. No one passed an uncomfort- able evening, for electric fans had been placed inside. Among those who attended to do honor to the vls- iting young ladies were Miss Emma Hummer and MT. Norris, Miss Mary Banks and w. E. Parmelee, Misses Jessie and Allie Banks and Dawson Lide. Miss Ali May Howell and Harry Miller, Miss .Rexie Parker and Edgar McCamrlon, Miss Jo Hart and Hun ter Atkinson, Miss May Ware, o1 Arkadelphia, and Zack Tankersley Miss Pearl Boger, of Concord, N. C.. and Ed G. Williams, Miss Irma Gull bert. of Little Rock, and Harvey Gil