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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-11
Heart To Heart Talks
By EDWIN A. ME

1 find happiness, cultivate the outward
 looking, the forward looking mind.
 When you stand with your back to the
 sun your shadow Is in front of you; face
 the sun and the shadow is behind.
 The way to keep warm is not by put
 lIng on more clothing. That simply keeps the cold out. Do you seer
 The way to warm yourself properly
 and naturally is to- Fire up the inside furnace. The Inside Furnace | Catching cold? Why? | Because you have let the furnace 20 down probably; not the furnace in the
 basement. of the house or the heating stovs-the furnace inside of you. l Didn't know you had a furnace inside I of you? l Where did you suppose you. bodily heat l came from? It comes from combustion.
 And the combustion takes place in your
 iungs in the burning of the oxygen that you pump into your lungs.
 Take pair of bellows and blow on a fire. How the flame flares mp! It Is just so when you pump large quantity of air into your lngs, Ths combustion Is more rapid than ordinarily There is more warmth. The oxygen in your lungs and the assimilared food in your blood literally burn without flame and your body Is warmed. Therefore the importance of feedins this fire that is within you with plenty
 of good oxygen.
 Many persons only half feed the fur
 nace inside of them. One almost won.
 ders that the fire does nor go entirely out.
 Hence poor circulation, c,ld extremi-
 ties and "catching cold'' | Most persons use little more than hal,
 thei, lung capacity. The diaphragm-that great bellows which nature has provided-isa barely
 moved; therefore the draft is poor, the
 fire burns low, there is little heat in the l furnace. Take strong, long, deep drafts of ali: through the nose-never through the | notwithstanding the diaphragm down tc
 the bottom of it's well at every inhala- ton.
 Take the afr in slowly and exhale il | slowly. Take in as much as you can hold. Take dozen such deep, full drafts one after the other. | Be sure the air is pure. Wien you do this simple exercise, work | Ing the bellows made for tle purpose,
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badly off you may be, you ought to know that many other persons who are now fairly prosperous and contented have passed through just such expe- rience as yours.
 NO matter how dark your day, the clouds. will brighten by and by. Wait. Do nothing rash.
 "If you are really hungry there arc many places like the Humane society or the Associated Charities or tho Salvation Army where they will give you food and welcome. Nay, they will put a roof over your head If need be and give you a chance to look around and gather fresh courage.
 If you are really sick there are the free hospitals and dispensaries which you may patronize without losing your self-respect. 'The chances are you are not i'll. You are simply worn of body and faint of heart. Wait. Rest a bit. Take a full breath or two and make new start" 1 But, alas
 The girl was alone, driven to bay, des- perate. In her moment of bopeessness 1t seemed good to destroy her body to ease her mind.
 And pity tis she is only one of thou sands such.
 "euicide is confession"
 It is as if the actor should rush from behind the scenes and plunge into the llmelight before his call How will he ex- plain lis presence there? And what must ] he his confusion? Should he not expect to be hissed from me stage and put to further embarrass- ment?
 It is better to wait for the caller and set ones cue before coming on.
 + Is time enough to be called, trem- nilhe, hesitant, to say ones lines when Lis turn comes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-11
Men and Dollars

How much-in dollars and cents-is a plan worth to his world? It depends. of course. Tn the days of slavery an able-bodied colored man would bring at the auction block about 5000 to $12OO. aoung Greeks brought to this country sen themselves in peonage, it is said, fo. soVo for term of five years. A shrewd Scandinavian who owns large farms In the northwest brings boys of 15 10 lS from the old country and puts them on ms farms. He tells me that by the 'lfne the young men learn the American language and ways and begin to do for themselves they are worth sz500 to him.
 sdid 10 a friend of mine. a prosperous lawyer. How much are you worth?'' He | replied, "One hundred thousand dollars" expressed surprise. He sa,d Well. I earn per cent on s10O, ,000-s5aO0 a year ana therefore I am worth that sum of money"
 And so 1t goes. l.. but the experts figure on averages, and tiiey have made elaborate calculations to get at the value in cash of the aver. age man.
 Fer instance, Dr. Farr of England says the net value to Great Britain of the average man at the age of o5 is 5000. He gets this by subtracting the cost of hrs Keep from the mans probable future earnings.
 But Americans are worth more than Enghshmen because of theic better op portrnities of earning
 Professor Irving Fisher says an able- bodied American at the age of 20 is worth tc the United States $40O0. However you estimate. 1t is true that ne most valuable assets of this or any other country are its men.
 And If this be true why should this country be stirred to It's depths over ''the conservation of our resourc-s"-the saw ing of the nations timber and water power and minerals-and 50 little over the conservation of its men and women:
 Why should our government be con cerned about it's coal and 50 little about the monstrous destruction of it's men
 m factories and on railroads and children included?
 Why was 1t so difficult to ass pure food law?
 Why the indifference of the state te
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Fools names. like their faces, Are aften seen in public places.

Children should be taught . proper ap- preciaton of the property rights of others and that infringement of such rights and the imposition on the public of inappro priate writings and carvings is species of barbarian.
 Destruction of property is no joke.
 And the state of mind of the child who eestI oys the property of others is likely to lead that child some day to do more than that.
 Keep your child from vandalism.
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Wait for Your Cue

A St. Louis girl of 1s wrote brief note. closed down the windows and turned on the gas. The not read: T am sick and tired and out of money. There is no hope. Goodbye"
 The poor lassie evidently believed self destruction would be the door of escape from all her troubles.
 But would it?
 If you should be miserable and unhappy in some county in the state of Indiana would you become contentei and happy merely by moving over into some county in Illinois?
 Death is only a change of venue.
 Which way I turn Is he'll" says Mill tons Satan. Myself am hell." That ,r. You carry the wretchedncss in your self, and no shifting of the scenery will suffice
 What pity this poor child in St. Louis. driven to despair, did not have some one near to say NOW, my dear, 1t matters not how
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the furnace heat will flare out through the body and your temperature will go lip.
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the insanitary surroundings of our mill lions?
 When will statesmen learn that the greatest resources of a nation are It's flesh and blood?
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Brave Singer 1 Jesus, lover of my soul,
 Let me to thy bosom fly, While the nearer waters rol While the tempest still is high. Thus sang Mrs. Rene Cooper, con-
 cert singer of Chicago, on board the | Comus, vessel from New Orleans bound
 to New York. | On the trip last month, with 300 pas sengers, the vessel ran into .he heart of
 Cuban hurricane where the waves
 leaped mountain high and the wind blew | nearly 100 miles an hour. | The ship came to port four days over
 due t. Running through the storm the captain | could do no more than to keep the ship | in the vortex of the hurricane. | The storm grew in volume. and panic | spread throughout the vessel. The ship | rocked in the trough of the waves until she was on her beam ends and to venture on deck was certain death. | The terrified passengers c,ung to the i stationary fixtures to keep from being hurled to death, and every moment threatened to be their last. | It was during the worst of the storm that men and women knelt for hours | and prayed that the vessel might be l guided safely to its port. Then was heard the glorious voice of | Mrs Cooper. Above the flashing of the wind in the
 rigging and above the roar of the awful
 req rose the voice.
 Other refuse have I none, | Hangs my helpless soul on thee. Hymn after hymn was sung. They were | old hymns, hymns that have bcoyed mor- | tals and launched souls to eternal rest
 It was a brave voice, vibrant with
 clinging trust and lofty faith. When the
 nomentary possibility of death faced the despairing people sweet and unfaltering | sang the voice.
 The singer, however great her future,
 will never again sing as she sang that
 day.
 Women erouched about her, touching
 her hands and kissing her garments They looked upon her as tle angel O. | their deliverance. And when he ship was | safe they pressed their ga.sful thanks | with tears of joy. Art?
 There may have been, but there was | much heart in 1t.
 Like priestess of the people the singer | offered on the altar of stracted souls
 the increase of a beseeching voice.
 After all, what true instinct that
 leads man in his direst peril 10 turn to
 something higher, stronger, gentler than | himsef
 | And when prayer itself seems power
 less and hope is gone the soul will some- | times rise upon the wings of gracious
 song, which seems the only vehicle that
 is it to voice trembling trust. I
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tials in a public place by quoting that old time couplet:
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A Brave Singer Jesus, lover of my soul, Let me to thy bosom fly, While the nearer waters roll, While the temnest still Is high
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~O you remember the legend about that ancient Greek from whom Az Apollo took the backward look
Evening journal., 1910-08-20
STUDY AND HIGHER WAGES.

HERE are very few persons in Wilmington
who do not have TO earn their own living in
some way or other. Some earn far more than
is necessary for their daily wants. Some earn suf
hcient to provide them with all the necessities
and few of the luxuries of life Some earn
enough to live comfortably but have nothing left
over for rainy day, while still others earn bare
ly enough to supply their daily wants and in
fard times are likely to become objects of char
ity. 1t may be admitted, of course, that some
are getting larger incomes than they actually earn
but in general it can be, said that a persons in
come depends upon his own efforts, and his ef-
forts will be remunerated in proportion as he has
natural ability and thorough knowledge of his
business. The second qualification is lust as i'm
portant as the hrst No man can make the high
est success in life without close study and knowl-
edge of his means of livelihood
Some are fortunate enough to have an excel
lent education, which always enhances ones earn
ing power and can Supplement general educaAion
WITH sqeflal courses in their chosen line of work.
BY far the greater number, however, are con-
strained by restricted income to leave school be-
fore they have sufficient general education or any
special training for a life work. They have TO
get work at once and for most a regular ttead-
mill of life ensues Not having the necessary edu-
cational equipment, they fail TO rise to the top
OF their chosen line of work. Very few ever con-
slider the possibility of continuing their educa-
tion after leaving school, or Of getting more
knowledge and new ideas concerning the business
in which they are engaged, yet the means of doing
so are at hand, and the cost is nothing
There is in this city an institution which not
only enables every one to continue his general
education, If he has had to leave school early in
life, but also enables him to become more pro-
hcent-and therefore more valuable TO his eul-
ployer-in the business, trade or calling in which
/ he may be engaged, matter what it may be-
This institution is the Institute Free Library
Hundreds of young men and women are using
1t, are learning more about the world and more
about the work they are trying to do; are max
ing themselves better citizens and larger wage
earners and they are doing it through the books.
magazines and papers file in the library Some
of them consult the librarian about what they
shall read The Librarian and his assistants are
always glad to answer all questions.
Evening journal., 1910-08-20
COLUMBUS STRIKE.

HE street car situation in Columbus o., has
- been one of the worst that any ci;y in the
country ever had to contend with. There has
been a carnival of lawIessness which caused tie
authorities to send twice for the militia. The
police force has been unable or unwilling to main
tain order and the remarkable spectacle was wit
messed of rebellious policemen refusing to obey
orders to guard the cars. Public sympathy ap-
pears to have been entirely with the strikers
until, as a result of the lawless acts of sympa-
thizers, some of those who demanding arbi-
tration changed front and insisted that first Of
all the law should be enforced. Many innocent
persons have been injured and the loss to both
the men and the company has been frightful.
campaign is on in Ohio and the authorities
have been accused of playing politics" in deal
ing with the strike The management of the street
railway company seems TO have been unusually
stubborn just as the railway managers in Ches-
ter we're during the disturbance in that city 'fhe
Columbus managers will probably find when they
look at their balance sheets that il would have
been much better had they submitted the ques-
ton to arbitration. And it would be infinitely bet
ter for the company and the men we'll if the
street railways of the city we're under the super.
vision of public service commission.
Such commission could have considered the
demands of the and the ability of the COM
pany financially or otherwise to meet these de-
mands If conditions did not warrant the increase
in pay and the other demands Of the men, the
commission would have found it out. Any strikers
who would go against decision of fair public
service commission in such contingency would
be flying in the face of public opinion. For pub
lie opinion is gradually moulding itself so as to-
regard the public service commission as the best
and most effective method Of dealing with all prob
lens appertaining to public service corporations
Many of the corporations themselves are see
ing that such q commission, instead of working
har shin for Them, is really benehtting them as
we'll as the public Public service corporations are
naturally monopolies. Competition between them
is ineffective, and il is far better to have monop-
oily regulated by commission than alleged compet-
ing companies in public service utilities for the
competition is only temporary
Evening journal., 1910-08-20
Editorial Opinion
ParceI's Posts.


Milford Chronicle.
After long and bitter fight on the
part Of the banking interests of the
country, congress finally at its last
session passed laws providing for the
establishing of postal savings banks,
and 1t will be put into effect all over
the United States where a bank is
asked for by the people. about. the
close or the present year. The banks
fought this step of the national gov
ernment bitterly and only in differ
ence to an Overwhelming popular
sentiment which amounted to a de-
mand was the law finally enacted.
But while postal savings banks are
boon to few parts of the country.
yet the whole of the people will feel
or appreciate their need or estab-
fishing, as In states like Delaware
where banking facilities are excellent
there will be little demand, IL any for
postal savings banks for many years
to come. There is however a question
in which the people of Delaware are
deeply interested. and that Is the
question Of establishing parcel post'
delivery through the malls of the
United States. This question has been
persistently fought by the great ex-
press companies now monopolizing
the parcel carrying business of this
great country, and by which untold
millions have been poured into their
monopoly Golfers. In each instance
when advocates Of parcels post have
been spoken the express companies
through their agents especially paid
for this purpose, have by newspaper
articles craftily written, effectively
squelched the growth OF any or ali
sentiment in favor of this absolute
necessity to the people. Their stock
phrase has been parcels post will
ruin the business of the country mer-
chant" and straightaway the country
merchant has set up a howl to the
local congressman. and SO far has
been able to hold In check any effort
OF the common people to have a
parcels post" established which
would be a blessing not only to
them, but to the merchants all over
this great union of states.
When rural delivery of mail was
established the local merchants all
over the country saw disaster for
them through that great convenience
but 1t has proven a blessing and a
great means of increasing business,
and il will be the same way with a
parcels post. It will be necessary TO
fight the great express companies to
a standstill before this benefit can
come to the people themselves for
the express monopoly will not grace
fully give up their rich source of
profits.
Evening journal., 1910-08-20
Personal and Pertinent

The youngest sailor lass who handled tiler and
sheets about Narragansett Bay has appeared before
admiring members Of the fashionable summer colony
in the person Of Miss Mzabeth Morgan, daughter of
Commodore and Mrs. Edwin d. Morgan. Miss Eliza
beth is only IL years old but she is absolute com
mander Of the thirtyfoot catboat Puck, one OF her
fathers fleet Every morning she is about the bay and
harbor AS the sails go up she observes the weather
conditions and decides her own responsibility
whether full canvas reefed shall be employed AS
she gets out into the open is her hand that close
of all the mysteries of how TO the last bit of
push out OF breeze, and she has become so expert
that her small craft beats many larger boats handled
by more mature sailors-Boston Post.
Evening journal., 1910-08-20
Chauy Stories OF the Day

Senator La Toilette Of Wisconsin dropped in a short
time ago for chat with George NJ Bowers, Commits
sioner Of Fisheries in the Department OF Commerce
and Labor.
We'll, Mr. Commissioner, how's everything with you?'
asked the Senator
"oh, with me- replied Bowers. "eyerythings swim
ming. Popular Magazine
Evening journal., 1910-08-20
Broom sickness To ~ExceIIent HeaIth,

From Sickness To "ExceIIent Health"
SO says Mrs. Chas. Lyon, Peoria,
ILL.,: Il found I'm your Foley Kidney
Pills a prompt and speedy cure for
backache and kidney trouble which
bothered me for many months / am
now enjoying excellent health which
! owe to Foley Kidney Pills"
n. b. Danforth, Market and Second
Sts., Wilmington, Del+
Evening journal., 1910-08-20

Speaker Cannon in address at the old settlers
reunion in Illinois the other day declared that the
coming campaign would be his last fight for Con-
gress. And IT is probable that the speaker will oc.
cupy seat on the floor at the next session.
Evening journal., 1910-08-20

porter always interests us. No bar
Der shop porter seems to last more
than a month. For the first week the
barger shop porter is jewel, but
after that he begins to fall of. In
two weeks the proprietor begins grum-
bling, and in a month new porter
appears. Then the old porter walks
the street looking for Job. (Since
the porter wants a job why doesn't he
keep it when he gets oneD Why
don't YOU do it? Why do YOU fall
Off" after you have had place a
while? We all do it, more or less. q.
Evening journal., 1910-08-20

The fact that Nicholas Longworth from Beverly
delivered the first shot of the administration at
Speaker Cannon may show that after all there is
an understanding between Roosevelt and Taft.
Evening journal., 1910-08-20

Direct primaries have the effect Of bringing out
~ ~ candidates for Office. Politics
in Illinois is said TO be at the boiling point with
all records shattered for the number of candidates
for the legislative nominations. The entries have
closed and there are $50 asprants for legislative
nominations in the State. Direct primaries seem
TO stimulate great interest in political campaigns
for il is felt that by this method of nomination
every man has chance TO show what he can do
Some of the legislators who were smirched in the
: evi~e for yindication and
shey should 20 down IN defeat
Evening journal., 1910-08-20

On Monday Mr. Edwards will tell
"AnOther Version of the Public be
Damned Story"
Evening journal., 1910-08-20

The New York World thinks that the Republi-
can Stateoconvention of New York will wind up
by nominau7p Roosevelt for Governor That
would be happy outcome of the turmoil
Evening journal., 1910-08-20
Acute or ChronIc-WhIchl

No matter If your kidney trouble is
acute or chronic Foley's Kidney
Remedy owill reach your case. Mr..
Claude Brown, Reynoldsville, ILL.,.
writes us that he suffered many
months with kidney complain which
baffied all treatment At last he
tried Foley's Kidney Remedy and o.
few large bottles effected complete
cure. He says, 1T has been of in
estimable value to me-"
N. B. Danforth. Market and Second
streets. Wilmington. Dell
Evening journal., 1910-08-20

After a man gets about so old, this
may frequently be heard; Let me
seel what became of him? Did he
die?"
Evening journal., 1910-08-20

Many years ago I quarreled with
a friend and he died before l made
up with him. admit / was as much
to blame as he was but he made me
mad and I couldn't get over II. It's a
mean disposition, but have that
kind, and can't help It. And, although
the man has been dead for years,
still worry about The quarrel and be-
cause I refuse his advaces to make up.
What a lot of regrets We accumulate
with years And how they humiliate
us in spite OF everything we can do"
-Parson Twine.
Having been shaved In barber shops
many years We know a good deal
about BARRIERS and barber shops. The
Evening journal., 1910-08-20

OSAWAToMIE, Kan, Aug. 2O.-The
famous battle-ground of John Brown
will be dedicated as a park by Colonel
Roosevelt on August 81, and at the
same time the monument erected to
Browns memory will be in its new po-
sition facing the road as 1t is now
surveyed. The park consists Of about
twenty-five acres and was purchased
and presented to the city by the wo-
men Of several societies. Besides the
dedicatory address of the former pres
ident, there are to be three days Of
festivities, the last of which will be
devoted largely to political utterances
of various candidates for state and
county offices.
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EQUIVocAL.

Linckajinck-I beg one thousar
pardons. Miss Slmpkins. for coming
late.
my dear sir. you can never come too
late"
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FAMILY FiNANcIERING.

Mrs. Grabitail--When postal banks
are established hope we can put away
n postal card with every penny.
Old G.--I don't know You'll be
sticking money in the stovepipe just
the same and burn It up as you always
Evening journal., 1910-08-20

More money is put into mining and
politics than is taken out
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Women like to say this: "The only
thing a can cannot forgive in his wife
is her mental superiority"
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KANSAS VIEW OF LIFE
AtohisOn Globe.

Every automobile owner loves to
tell how he lately took a ride in a
buggy and how slow Il seemed
Evening journal., 1910-08-20

ONE THAT ROLLED BY.
Ruth-Jack. that singer named Cloud
that you like so well has killed him
self because he had no money
Jack-why didn't ne use his silver
1aufng>
Evening journal., 1910-08-20

Tho United Pub
fishers Association
through It's preai.
dent, Mr.. Arthur
Koppell has exam
ined THE JOUR
NAILS circulation
and Mr.. Koppell Of
fers TO wager $1,000
of his own money,
and undertake TO
prove that THE
EVENING JOUR
NAL has the largest
paid circulation OF
any pager printed In
Wilmington.