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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08

lied portion of the world; it is strange
indeed 70 look back at Carlyle's proph-
ecies of some seventy years ago. and
then think of the teeming life of
achievement, the life of conquest of
every kind, and of noble effort crown
ed by success, which has been ours for
the two generations since he complain.
ed to high Heaven that all the tales
had been told and all the songs sung,
and that all the deeds really wO, tn
doing had been done.
81 believe with all my heart that a
great future remains for us: but
whether 1t does or does not. our duty
is not altered. However the battle
may go. the soldier worthy OF the
name will with utmost vigor do his
allotted task, and bear himself as val
iantly in defeat as in victory. Come
what will, we belong to peoples who
have not yielded to the craven fear of
being great. In the ages that have
gone by, the great nations, the nations
that have gone by, the great nations,
that have expanded and that have
played a mighty part In the world,
have in the end grown old and weak
ened and vanished; but so have the
nations whose only thought was to
avoid all danger all effort, who would
risk nothing, and who therefore
gained nothing. In the end the same
fate may overwhelIn all alike; but the
memory of the one type perishes with
it, while the other leaves its mark
deep on tho history Of al the future
Of mankind.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08

FOR SALE-ThorOugh Scotch
collie pups. large strain. A r.
Richardson, Fruitvale
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08
Great Advance Made

"While freely admitting all of our
fOllies and weaknesses of today, it is
yet mere perversity to refuse to real
lie the incredible advance that has
been made in ethical standards. 1 do
not believe that there is the slightest
necessary connection between any
weakening of virile force and this adj
vance in the moral standard, this
growth of the sense of obligation to
ones neighbor and of reluctance to
do that neighbor wrong. We need have
scant patience with that silly cynicism
which insists that kindness of char
acter only accompanies weakness of
character. On the contrary, just as in
private life many Of the men of strong
est character are the very men of
lOftiest and most exalted morality, so
believe that in national life as the ages
go by we shall find that the permanent
national types will more and more
tend toward those in which, while the
intellect stands high, character stands
higher: in which rugged strength and
courage, rugged capacity to resist
wrongful aggression by others, will so
hand in hand with lofty scorn of
doing wrong to others. This is the
type of Timoleon, of Hampden, Of
Washington and Lincoln. These were
AS good men, and disinterested and I'M
selfish men, as ever served a state
and they were also as strong men as
ever founded or saved a state Surely
such examples prove that there is
nothing Ctopian in our effort to com
bine justice and strength in the sama
nation. The really high civilizations
must themselves supply the antidote
to the self-indulgence and love of ease
which they tend to produce
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08
Nav be Born Again

"a nation that seemingly dies may
the physical sense it die utterly, it
may yet hand down a history of heroic
achievement, and for all time tn come
may profoundly influence the nations
that arise In It's place by the impress
of what it has done. Best of all is
it to do our part well. and at the
same time to see our blood live young
and vital in men and women fit to
take up the task as We lay IT down;
for so shall our seed inherit the earth.
But if this, which is best, is denied us,
then at least it is ours to remember
that if we choose we can be torch
bearers, as our fathers were before
us. The torch has been handed on
from nation to nation, from civiiza-
tion to civilization, throughout all re-
corded time. from the dim years be-
fore history daWned down to the blaZ-
of ours. 1t dropped from the hand
of the coward and the sluggard, or
the man wrapped in luxury or love
of ease, the man WHOSE soul was
eaten away by self-indugence it has
been kept alight only by those who
were mighty of heart and cunning of
hand. What they worked at, providing
it was worth doing at all, was of less
matter than how they worked, whether
in the realm of the mind or the realm
Of the body. If their work was good,
if what they achieved was of sub
stance, then high success was really
theirs.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08

answered at once that | never
had $4,000, hadn't it then and
didn't know that | ever should have
It. Very wen, then said the broker.
You have some land out there ana if
you are not willing To risk $4,000 in
the enterprise. there is not much use
If our trying to go any further with
it, / could not afford to let it go that
way. Seattle was at stake. the intor-
"stS Of the territory itself were in
VOWED in the establishment of an in
dependent railway, ana l felt thar
this new line that promised SO much
had To be supported at any risk, and
SO | signed for the $4,000 in stock.
hlstoncd home and borrowed the
money from a bank at II per cent
interest. Three other citizens of Sc
attle subscribed an equal amount
The first 20 miles of the road at once
was pat under construction and when
the second contract was let I had to
subscribe for 100000 more. Forty
miles were built to Snoqualmie Falls,
40 miles west from Spokane and Il
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-08

brown varnish and wear balls of coral
and turquoise as big as marbles on
strings round their heads.
The men of both tribes look fierce. They
carry curved knives in their belts, and
when drunk carve up one another. Ihey
are said to be DULLES and wife-beaters,
and the woman has to fight for her
rights. She often marries four brothers
anC sometimes has them all to support.
| wish | could take you into their ba-
zaars and show you how business is done
in the midst Of the Himalaya mountains.
You can hear the people bargaining long
before you get to the place. Every
trade draws a crowd and the people shout
out their views as to the goods and the
prices.
The market covers several acres. 1t is
filed with traders seated on the ground
with their wares piled about them. Here
the women are selling smearcase, as we
call it out in Ohio. They have great
crooks of snow-white curds, which they
serve out to their customers in boxes or
leaves. Further on are men with chick
ems and pigs. and at the right is the
open-air butcher. who will Kill sheep
upon order and give you chop hot from
the loin. There are Tibetans with
prayer wheels, with which you can make
something like ten prayers minute. The
wheels are boxes the size of pint cup
or smaller and about twice as deep. They
are of copper or brass, and have Tibetan
characters stamped in the metal. Inside
each box is a roll of the prayers most
efficient in the Buddhist religion. The
box is pierced by wire stuck through
the center and this is fastened to handle
a foot long. BY twist of the handle the
box rolls round the wire and at every roll
the prayers within are supposed to go
up to Buddha and to wipe away the sins
of the owner. There are many Buddhist
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-08

hair. If you will keep in mind the pref
test squaw you have ever seen you may
have fair type of the native belle of
Darjeeling. You must add about two
pounds of jewelry to each ounce of flesh
and make the eyes of the squaw brighter
and her look more intelligent. These
mountain girls are loaded with jewery.
The poorest of them has earrings and
anlxlets of silver, and the beauty who
took my trunk to the hotel was so load
ed with chains, coins and other orna-
ments that she jingled as she tramped up
the hill. | see women who have strings
Of silver coins as big as fity-cent pieces
hung to their necks so that they cover
the bust, and there are many who wear
gold anklets and leglets, bracelets and
earrings. They also wear ornaments of
glass and turquoise. The turquoise is
one of the cheapest of the semi precious
stones of the Hilayas. 1t Is found in
Tibet and brought over the mountains for
sale Some of the earrings are four or
five inches long and so heavy that they
pull down the lobes. They also wear
circlets of coral. amber or jade about
their heads and have belts with gold or
silver clasps. The woman is the savings
bank of the family, and when new
deposit Is made 1t is In the shape of
gold or silver ornament for her.
The men of the Himalayas are like our
Indians, only not SO tall. They remind
one of the Mongols and other natives
alcng the borders of Siberia, leading to
the belief that the American aborigines
came from the Himalayas and went
ncrthward into America across Boring
strait Among the tribes near here are
the Lepchas and Bhotiyans. both consld-
erably shorter than our western Indian
The Lepcha women wear their hair braid
ed in tails which hang down their backs,
and the Bhotiyans paint their faces with
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-08

ers come here from Thbt, and there are
Nepalese Lepchas and Bhotiyans. There
are natives from Sikkim and the slopes of
Mount Everst, as well as laborers from
the 200 tea plantations nearby.
j find these natives most Interesting
Especially the women. You have heard
of the strength of the girls of Tibet,
where the wife bosses the household, even
though she has three or four husbands
From what ] see here I Judge the state
ment is true. These girls could handle
the average American husband and rest
between rounds. I found a score at the
depot when I arrived and hired one to
carry my trunk to the hotel. The way
was steep, but she agreed to take it up
the hill for cents, and toted 1t there
on her back The women are the drays
OF Darjeeling, and the road cars as well.
They carry the dirt for repairing the
streets, digging it out of the hills with
pick-axes and shoveling it into great bas-
exits fastened by a strap over the fore
heaG to the backs of these human drays.
Each basket holds two or three bushels,
and. well filled, will weigh more than 100
pounds. The girl stands with the basket
on her back while loading. and she may,
perhaps, have baby in her arms. These
women carry great weights, and l am told
that one has been known to take a cot
tagc piano on her back IL miles up the
mountain. I doubted this for a time. but
mo- now. Their mighty shoulders. strong
bodies and great calves and ankles are
such that I verify believe they could
move mountains. I saw one plodding up
the hills this morning, carrying a bas-
ket OF cordwood, two Of which would
have been a good load for a mule.
These Himalaya girls look like our In
dams. They have the same copper COM
plexions, the same high cheek bones,
semi-fat noses and long straight black
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-08
On The Roof OF The Globe
BY FRANK G. CARPENTER.

1Copyright, 1910, by Frank G. Carpenter.)
Darjeeling, 1910.
TAM in the attic of Asia, under the
very caves of the roof of the world.
i All about me rise the highest of the
Himalaya mountains, their silvery crowns
shining like diamonds under the tropical
sun. At the west I can look for miles
over bare granite submits against A
ragged wall of perpetual snow. 1t is the
same at the north. The mountains rise
over this wall. Here they kiss the sky,
there they pierce the opalescent clouds,
and farther on stand out ragged shafts
Of silver against the blue. That mighty
mass at the north Is Kunchinjanga, over
Ave miles in height and this morning L
stood on Tiger Hill and saw the sun gild
the summit of Mount Everest, which is
nearly six miles above the level of the
sea From Tiger Hill I could count a
half dozen peaks, any one of which *
higher than the topmost point of the
North American continent and several
of which reach above the height of any
other part of the globe. Mount Everest
measures, %, 200 feet, Kunchinjanga 2S,176.
Jsnu % 304 and Gabru 24,015. And then
there are three mountains In sight of
over 1900 feet. They are higher than
Qny peak OIL the AHucS, anu III Tic ooiiC
vicinity are a half dozen others of 1000
and more.
1t is impossible to comprehend the i'm
mensity of the Himalaya mountains.
They are SO great that you could scat
ter the other mountains of the world
through them and hardly affect the size
OF the chain. You could drop the Alps
into their valleys. and a few. miles away
YOU could not notice the addition. Mount
Everest is, of all land, the nearest point
toward heaven 1t is more than double
the height of Jujiyama, the sacred noun
tain of Japan. You could put another
Pixies Peak on the top of our big noun
tain near Denver and it would not reach
as high and the SHOWS browning Mount
Blanc are at least 10000 feet lower. If
YOU should ascend Mount Blanc and by
a flying machine go straight upward for
more than two miles you would not yet
reach the altitude of Kunchinjanga. II
IS more than mile and a half higher
than Mount Mckinley, the giant of Alas
ka, and Mount Everest thousand feet
above it, caps the world.
have seen all of the greatest noun
tains of the globe. AS a boy l walked
across the Alps from Italy to Switzer-
land and climbed the glaciers of Mount
Blanc Later / visited almost every part
of our Rocky Mountain plateau. and dur
Ing trips to Asia saw the mighty hills Of
Hawaii and the Philippines. AS a news
paper correspondent l Travelled througi
fhe Andes from Panama to Patagonia
and II was only year or so ago that
was writing letters for you on the high
lands of Africa under the shadows o.
Mount Kenia and Mount Kilmanjaro.
of all the great heights, I find thu
Himalayas the most difficult to describe
Their grandeur is oppressive and theil
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-08

priests in the market, some of them
lamas who have come down from Tibet.
They are mostly beggars who below for
aims
/ understand that the trade between
India and the tribes on the other side of
the Himalayas is increasing The recent
expeditions into Tibet have opened some
markets, and considerable business Is
now done at Darjeeling The Tibetans
send down musk, skins, tea, salt and
woods, as we'll as ponies cattle and sheep.
They take back sugar, dried fruits, cotton
goods of all kinds and also ivory, indigo.
madden and liquors Much of the trade
is carried on by Mohammedans.
Sc far there Is no wagon road between
Darjeeling and Lhasa. The goods are
carried over the mountains on yaks or
ponies. or on the backs of women and
men The most of them come by the
Jleap pass, which is less than three miles
in height. and is open ali the year round.
1t is only about five days march from
here to the pass. and once through II
Tibet can be seen. am told that a
wagon road is being planned to go over
that route. and if so Tibet will become
open to all.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-08
SpOiIing 1t

From the Chicago Tribune.
"Tve noticed that all unusually tail
women are graceful
THANK you, Mr.. Feathertop.'
"Why, Miss Flossie-aw-your not un-
usually tall you know"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-08
AuDreciatiOn

From the Baltimore American.
THAT successful poker player certainly
paid tribute to his winning game when
he selected his Handsome home
How so?"
Don't you know he built it on bluff?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-30
POINTS PISTOL IN
 MRS. MARBUT'S FACE

Mrs. L. E. Marbut, who lives in North Birmingham, reported to the police sta tion yesterday afternoon that trouble had narrowly been averted between her helf and a negro known as Charley Jones. She asked that the negro be ar rested on a charge of unlawfully present ing pistol and carrying concealed weapons.
 According to Mrs. Marbut's statement of the affair the negro deliberately pointed a revolver at her and 1t was only the interference of the men about the house prevented serious trouble. The negro, Charley Jones. is described as being about S3 years old, feet 10 inches high, Very back would weigh about 1s0 pounds.
 The following account of the affair was given the police by Mrs. Harbut: It seems that Jones lived near the Marbut home and had been in the habiet of se- curing drinking water from her well. When the family started to move to Owenton the negro claimed that the well rope was his own and refused to let them move it. When he was told that the well rope would be moved he returnd to his nome and secured a pistol, returning to the Marbut premiss and fiourishing tn pistol very freely. He was quelled by male members of the family before trou- ble resulted, but Mrs. Marbut and her children were badly frightened by the en- counter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-30
IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
 WILL BE DISCUSSED

Atlanta, December 29.-The most im- portant features of the Southern Com merciaI congress meeting here next March have been arranged and were announced today by the Atlanta Cham Der of Commerce. The programme is divided into eight topics as follows:
 Welcome and general statement; ex- ternal views of the south; internal views of the south; the world as a market for the south; making the new south understood; review of the bus mess forces of the south; section meet ings for specific topics and the south's higher thought.
 The speakers who have accepted to date and their topics are:
 President Taft, "A Greater Nation Through Agricultural South."
 Ambassador Jusserand. "Old France to New France"
 Colonel Roosevelt, The South's Ob- ligation in Statesmanship and Business Endeavor."
 Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture, "The Agricultural Obli- gation of the Soutb."
 Col. Henry Watterson. The Promo tive Power of the Southern Press"
 MT. William G. McAdoo, Developing Southern Transportation"
 Edward Hines. president National Lumber Manufacturers association, Chicago, "Perpetuating the South's Lumber Wealth"
 Asa G. Candler, "Southern Patriotism in Business Endeavor."
 Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, "The Southern Renaissance"
 A. M Harris of N. ". Harris & Co.,, "The Field for Southern Bonds"
 John Barrett, director international bureau of American republics. The South's Obligation in South America ''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-30
REMARKABLY QUIET
 IN POLICE CIRCLES


 There was a peculiar quiet at the po- lice station yesterday and last night. The silence was so thick that 1t could all most be cut with knife. Only Detective Burge had the hardihood to crack and joke and he was promptly squelched by the less happy members of the depart ment.
 There were many causes for the pecu- liar hush that overhung the quarters where everything is usually in hustle. Chief among them were these: There was not single shooting affray among tn negroes or whites reported yesterday; there was not a fight between negroes reported yesterday. For the first time in & week there were not two negro murders reported.
 It is believed that the Christmas dis orders are over and that there will be few more such weeks as the one just passed. With the exception of the raid on the "hop joint" last night there was absolutely nothing happening yesterday. But r arrests were made fin the A hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-30
NEWS OF EUFAULA
Hiram A. Davis Dies-St. James, Church
 Gives Christmas Tree

Eufaula, December 29.-(Special. .)-In- formation of the death of Hiram A. Davis. an old and highly esteemed citi- zen of Bullock county, who resided near Midway, has been received here. He was 75 years old and engaged in agricultural pursuits the greater portion of his life. He was widely known throughout this and other sections of the state. He Is survived by five daughters and two sons as follows: Mrs. J. F. Hitchcock of In- verness, Mrs. J. L. Alley of Midway, Mrs. Joe Hall of Dothan, Mrs. J. M. Black mon and Mrs. E. E. Davis of this city, w. H. Davis and James Davis of Mont gomery. In addition to these he leaves two brothers and two sisters, W. H. Davis of Pittsview and Zack Davis of Headland, Mrs. w. H. Hardwick of Mid way and Mrs. H. J. Blackstock of this city. The funeral occurred yesterday afternoon and his remains wer inferred in the cemetery at Midway.
 The children of St. James Episcopal church held their annual Christmas tree at the church last night when pleasant programme of music, recitations and other entertaining features was carried out. George W. Whitlock in the absence of l.. J. Clayton, the Sunday school super intendent, was master of ceremonies and made a short but instructive talk to the children, after which gifts were distrib- uted and all of the little ones were made happy.
 Prof. F. L. Mccoy and family have moved to Gainesville, Ga, where Pro- lessor Mccoy will soon enter upon his duties as principal of Riverside academy at that place.
 A wedding in which much interest was centered was solemn!zed at Georgetown, Ga, Tuesday evening, Rev. J. A. French of this city officiating. The parties to the contract were Miss Fannie Crumbly of that village and J. W. Castello of Quitman county, Ga. Fully 100 or more relatives and friends of the young couple witnessed the ceremony and pressed eagerly forward to extend good wishes and hearty congratulations. The bride Is a daughter of Dr. s. A. Crumbly, a prominent physician of that place. The groom is a son of J. J. Castello and is a progressive young farmer. Many hand some presents attested the esteem of friends.
 Mrs. w. A. Cargill of this city Is suf- fering from a broken knee cap, the result of an injury received in falling from the porch of her home yesterday. The in- fury is quite painful but will not prove serious.
 Mrs. J. M Blackmon and Mrs. E. E.. Davis left yesterday for Midway where they will attend the funeral of their father, MT. Hiram A. Davis, which will take place in that city this afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-30
NO INFORMATION
 ON THE SUBJECT
Conner Not Well Informed About the Gossip That He Will Run for
 the Senate

Mobile, December 29-(Special)-ln con- nection with story featured on Wednes- day by the Montgomery Advertiser to the effect that Governor Conner would be- come a candidate for the United States Senate in opposition to Senator John ston, the Mobile Register telegraphed to Governor Conner for denial or confirma- tion. The governor replied by letter re- ceived tonight, inclosing clipping from the Advertiser of the story In question. The governors letter in full follows:
 'I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram. All the information have is contained in the inclosed"
 Some light is thrown on the governors s meaning by the fact that the Advertiser story did not name any person as author ity for it's statements. Discussing the Montgomery story, H. Gordon Ashley. collector of customs for the port of Mobile, native of Alabama, and student of her politics, said today that he felt confident that Congressman Hobson and not Governor Conner would run for the Senate against Johnston. MT Ashley be- lieves that Conner will support Hobson in his race against the 1unor senator.