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Arizona republican., 1910-09-25

not the women of the country engage in similar work? I think the chief trouble with country life from the woman's standpoint is due to the fail ure of the women to improve their own conditions MRS. O. D. $.
 Missouri
Arizona republican., 1910-09-25
NO REFLECTION.

Every time the baby looks into my face he smiles,' said MT. Meekins
 Well" answered his wife, fit may not be exactly polite. but it shows he has a sense of humor Tit Bits
Arizona republican., 1910-09-25

conservation and general policy IF YOU ARE GOING TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT either a savings or. checking, WRITE FOR BOOKLET NO. l. BANKING BY MAIL" 8 per cent on checking accounts. per cent on savings accounts Interest payable January and July.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
Southern Company Backed
By Southern Capital

Mr.. James A. Blainey, general man
ager of the Equitable Casualty company
of Atlanta, is a visitor in the city with
the district managers of the company In
Birmingham. Messrs. Estes & jackson.
The Equitable has completed underwrit-
ing work in all departments and is now
writing insurance in the following classes:
Accident, health, liability, plate glass,
automobile, elevator. burglary and physi-
clans. dentists and druggists defense.
The company is waging an aggressive
campaign in Alabama. Georgia and Mis-
sissippi, one which has been wonderfully
successful. The company meets the want
of the southern policyhoder. 1t is
southern company. backed by southern
capital. officered by southern men. who
are proven successes In other lines, and
is under the management Of men whose
long experience with northern and for
eign companies in this field fit them pc
cularly for the work. The fact that
the representative agents everywhere have
aligned themselves with the Equitable
proves their belief that the Southern
Casualty company has finally arrived and
further guarantees to prospective policy
holders that the company Is safe.
Mr.. Blainey will remain in Birmingham
several days. The Birmingham district
is receiving careful home office work
because of the fact that 1t is the south's
most important industrial center.
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HAS THE BOY OF TODAY AS
GOOD A CHANCE AS EVER

who went to work in a brokers' office at
$40 per week He died one of the richest
men in America and the most feared Wall
street operator He had no pull or
money at the start.
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, who heads the
Canadian Pacific railway, was a clerk In
ST. Paul when he was picked out to be
with the purchasing office Of the Canad-
ian Pacific railway. His father was a
policeman, and is now a retired blue
coat" of St. Paul Sir Thomas employees
more men on his railway and steamship
lines than live in the entire city of Bir-
mingham. His dominating force of char
acter is nerve and a tenacity for holding
on until results are obtained.
The writer of this is personally ac-
quainted with a great majority of the
following men whose success is undis-
puted and never a one of them was
given any promotion without first de
livering the sgoods." AS a rule. they lived
simple life. put away few dollars,
and when the moment arrived went in
to win.
James J. Hill, whose western lines Gre
ated homes for over 100000 persons since
he started on his empire of tracks, began
life as a clerk at SO per week. He now
spends quite little time attending exer-
cises where monuments are unveiled In
his honor.
Harry NJ Atkinson, who with sheer
force of character and steady nerve
built the Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantic to Birmingham, started as a 80
licitor for an insurance company. Later
he grasped the opportunity. His general
manager, Alex Bonnyman, was an en-
gineer at Rome. Ga, about 10 years ago.
j. T. Harahan. president of the Illinois
Central, was a section hand at Pulaski,
Tenn. on the Louisville and Nashville.
He rose to be general manager of that
made him vice president of the Illinois
Central. Later he was elected president.
Edward He wiley. who is the present
shining star in the railway armament.
started life selling eggs through a small
town He then learned he railroal Dusi-
ness from the bottom. He now controls
vast line of railroads
Judge Lovett. upon whose shoulders the
mantle of the late +. H. Hartman fell,
was a farmer boy in Texas. He carried
water to the section hands and later split
ties himself for the line. Today he is
held to be the most suave and silent rail-
road car In the world.
L. f. Larree. president of the Della
ware and Hudson. Is another Hartman
man. He started as an engineer on the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad. A boss could not
hold the men, Larree was placed In a
tight place, commanded the expedition
and stopped serious flood in q small
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city. He was made general superintend-
ent after this.
William C. Brown is president of the
New York Central lines. He calls him
self an employee. That is the most digni-
fed title to his mind within the gift
of the company His start was work.
ing on a section A strike occurred one
day when he was a superintendent. Brown
was sitting in his office and a report
was made that the entire line was blocked
with train after train load of thirsty
hungry sheep and cattle en- route to
Chicago He went out into the yards.
Having been a farmers boy, he was
touched with the bleating of the starving
sheep, and the moaning of the thirsty
cattle. He went to the men and in a
short address asked them to stop the
strike few hours and get those cat
tie to a place where they could be wa
tered and fed The strikers were touched.
In a few hours the stock was in Chicago.
Brown went to headquarters. told what
had occurred, secured a raise for the
men and himself was made general man
ager.
Fred Underwood, president of the Erie
railroad is called the optimist of all
the railroad world. He never forgets to
laugh and when in Birmingham few
years ago he dined with an old brake
man he knew out west. He started as
a flagman. He rose through every rank
until he heads the Erie railroad. He
built the greatest tunnel ever construct
ed In the world and is said to be one
OF the most capable engineers the world
has ever seen
Carl Gray. senior vice president of the
Frisco lines, was a station sweeper along
about 20 years ago. One day the sta
ton master fired him for being worth
less Today he Is leld to be one of the
most notable operating men In the coun-
try. He frequently visits the small sta
ton If Missouri where he was fired.
The old station master lives there now
and Ia still agent The worthless boy
proved to be a surprise
George Gordon Crawford president of
the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
company who will be president OF the
steel corporation In time. was chemist
at the Sloss city furnace in Birmingham
not so very long ago. He went to Pitts
burg for a wider field without friends
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IN THE GOOD OLD DAVE
How a Indy dumped" He ,o-se
When Pharaohs Refgnc.

Charles Johnston, In Harpers Weekly
Most of us make the acquaintance of
Egypt in the splendidly dramatic story
of Joseph and his brethren, and so come
to look on Pharaoh and his people as
gloomy and malign prosecutors. fit only
to be swallowed up in the Red sea
waves. Or we read of the graves and
sober monuments of the Nile valley,
with their perpetual reminders of death
and the kingdom of Night: with the re-
suit that we are hardly prepared to real
lie the gay and l,ghtsome side of ancient
Egyptian life. or to credit the thought
that these comb builders could ever
break into a smile But there was a
side of gayety and charm, and. just
as we are finding that so many of our
deeper and more philosophical thoughts
so back to the people of the delta. so
we are beginning to discover the origi-
nails of all our jokes in the buried cities
of the Nile.
That ladies were not unduly oppressed
in the land OF the Pharaohs, We may
gather from this marriage contract,
from a fourth century demotic manu-
script. but dating in form to far oldea
times:
IL" says the lady Isis. take thee as
my husband. Thou makest me thy wife,
and givest me, In token of dover, five
tenths of silver. II ! discharge thee as
my husband, hating thee and loving an
other more than thee. I shall give and
return to thee two and half tenths OF
silver. of what thou gavest me as my
dover; and I cede unto thee, of all and
everything that l shall acquire with
thee, third part, as long as thou art
married unto me-
Not even Chicago or Reno can boast
of franker marriage contract than
that; and there is something wonder
fully naive in the idea of the good lady
Isis "discharging' her lord. on the
ground that she hates him and loves an
other better. The sum she returns him,
as part OF her now canceel DOVER In
about equal to a silver dollar. So we
have still something to learn In marital
leyity and feminine imperiousness
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or money. He started to work at SIS
per month In shop Today he is recog
nized as one of the best organizers in
the country.
started out unequipped and the young
man of today who does not believe he
has a chance has only to talk to these
men who have and are doing things to
be told quietly and sincerely that as
many chances are held out now for the
bright young men as in the days of yore.
All that is required Is dependability,
equipment and work.
The most notable maxim Of the great
Emperor Napoleon was that work, COM
bined with system and perseverance
would accomplish the result in the end.
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EXAMPLES OF MEN WHO HAVE
REACHED POSITIONS OF GREAT
REsPONsIBILITY ON THEIR OWN
MERITS
BY CLYDE w. ENNIS

Two apparently disgruntled young men
whose conversation denoted socialisttc in
cllnations were talking on the street cor
ner Yesterday about the chances of a
young man in this day and time to reach
commanding positions in the world like
those occupied by some of the leaders
OF Industrial progress and railway ex-
tension. The young men argued that those
who have gained eminent positions In
the world were able to do so by exert
ing a pull or they possessed money
One of them said 1t was impossible for a
young man nowadays to struggle upward
until power was secured through sheer
force of character and a capacity for do
ing things.
The two argued that college educa-
ton was absolutely essential for proper
work in the world from this time on, and
that unless a man was a specialist ina
certain line of work little could be ac-
complished.
AS a rule this opinion is general among
young men and quite a few older ones
Such thoughts unquestionably lead to So
cialism. and not long thereafter to wav-
ing of the red flag or worse
In all the railway and Industrial world
it is doubtful whether one can find the
head of any great company that started
out with pull or money. AS rule they
have plugged along, equipped themselves
for the future and when the PROPER mo-
ment arrived were ready to seize and i'm
prove upon 1t.
The late Edward Henry Hartman, who
dominated the most extensive empire of
railway lines the world has ever seen,
was the son of a Presbyterian clergyman,
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Melted His Nerve

From the Chicago News.
The pretty girl stood In front of the
ice-cream parlor and read the big red
sign with sparkling eyes
James, she coaxed, IT feel as though
should be treated to three chocolate
sodas. two plates of ice cream and
vanilla sundae. Wilt thou?'
And James wilted He only had one
lone dime In his pocket and he wilted
like a linen collar on July day.
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OHIOVALLEY EXPOSITION
CINCINNATI, OHIO
VIA

Round Trip, August IS to September
"a. Tickets good for 10 days. 1890.
Round Trip, August "a to September
"a. Tickets limited to September 80,
$4,000. P. SID JONES, d. p. A.,
Both Phones 977. Birmingham, Ala.
211n-su-tu
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One-Day Stand

From the Chicago News.
where Is the new domestic, Maria?'
asked Mr.. Stubb. when he returned from
his office.
Indeed, ! don't know. john sighed
Mrs Stub. IT told her to dust out the
PORCH
And what happened
why, she busted out of the porch and
down the road and l haven't seen her
since"
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order of the Garter on Both Leg.

German photographers recently repro
duced an historical English picture in
which King Edward wears the Order of
the Garter. They dispatched tele-
gram after their proof had left them to
send 1t back, as they found they had
made a great mistake-they had only
given the King one garter. The pro-
duction went forth with the order on
both legsl
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-25

FNdH TOT DUDuC III NlHIH IuHIHB.
Run-Phelan.
Providence. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-1
Montreal >. 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 90
Two-base hit-Arndt. stolen
bases-Jube, Yeager. Bases on balls
Lavender, 2; off Dubuc. 2.
Struck out-By nubuc, 4; by Laven-
der, A. Double plays-Phelan to
Fitzgerald, Welday to Arndt. Yeager
to Mattress to Cockill. Sacrifice hit
-Yeager. Passed ball-Fitzgerald.
Umpires-Stafford and Halligan.
Time of game-1h. 35m.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-25
CATCHES BALL
DROPPED Off
MONUMENT 7

Washington, Aug. 25:-Catcher
"Billy" Sullivan, of the Chicago Am
orleans, yesterday duplicated the
feat of Catcher Charles Street, of the
Washington American League team,
in 1908, In catching a baseball
thrown from a window at the top of
the Washington Monument, q per-
pendieular drop Of 542 feet.
The ball was tossed from the top
of the monument by Pitcher Ed
Walsh, of the Chicago team. 1t was
only after twenty-three attempts
that Sullivan finally caught the ball,
although he succeeded several times
In so gauging the sphere as to get it
in his mitt. The speed of the falling
ball was SO terrific, however, that he
was unable to hold it. 1t is estimat-
ed that the ball was travelling at the
rate of 16t feet a second when
caught.
Several members of the Chicago
team, including Collins and doc"
White, Trainer Quirk. Of the Wash
ington team, and a few government
officials witnessed the test.
While the feat has been attempted
many times in past years, only Street
heretofore. was able to accomplish 1t.
His feat was performed during the
summer of 1908 upon the thirteenth
attempt.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-25
CLUB To
HAVE GAMES ON SEPT.5

The Scottish Games of the New
York Caledonian Club which Will
take place at Washington Park and
Casino, Grand street. between Mas
peth and Newtown, l.. l., on Labor
Day, Monday, September 5th, will
be unusually interesting this year,
as it will be the hfty-fourth year the
club has promoted these games. The
games commence az 11:30 O'Clock Al.
M. There are thirty-four events on
the program, with a cash prize list
ag~gregating $3.50. T~wenty-seven
events are "open to the world
while seven are limited to members.
Entries can be made on the grounds.
In addition to the athletic sports,
races and games, there will be an ex-
hibition drill by the Highland Guard
N Y. C. c., Captain William G,
Reid. and dancing In the two large
paviIions, from 3 to IL PM,
Forbes and Smiths bands, pipe and
drum band of the New York Scottish
Highlanders, and the pipers Of the
club furnishing the music. The park
can be reached from New York city
in half an hour by the Thirty-fourth
street ferry, and thence by electric
cars run direct to the grounds from
New York entrance to Brooklyn
bridge, which makes them especially
easy of access to out-of-town resi-
dents. The grounds can also De
reached by way of the Williamsburg
bridge at Delaney street, via Grand
street cars (Brooklyn), which pass
entrance to park.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-25
BASEBALL.
Results of Games Played In National
and American Leagues.
NATJONAT VukCrTE
LEAGUE.

At st. Louis-New York, 4; st. Louis,
2. Batteries-Ames and Schlei; Lush
and Phelps.
At Chlcago-Chicago, II; Boston, /.
Batteries-Richie, King and NeedIlam;
Curtis, Evans, Graham and Raridon.
At Pittsburg-Philadelphia, 10; Pitts
burg, 5. Batteries-Ewing and Mo
ran; Adams, Lever, Liefield and Glib
son.
At Cincinnati (ten innings)-Cincin-
natl, 1; Brooklyn, 0. Batteries-Rowan
and Mclean; Rucker and Bergen.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-25
bat" HURLEY
is TO FIGHT
MAT TT BALDWIN

Passaic, Aug. 25:-Battiing Bill
Hurley, the local lightweight, who
not long ago gave Leach Cross an
awful walloptng and last Wednesday
night beat Fighting DIX Hyiand
at the Sharkey A. c.. in ten rounds,
has been matched to go twelve
rounds with Matty Baldwin at the
Armory A.. A. In Boston on Septem-
Der 10.
Hurley Is working hard to get
into the best possible condition for
the fight. He takes daily runs of
ten miles on the roads and every
afternoon finds him in his training
quarters busy with the bells, weights
and sparring partners.
Twelve rounds will be q new
route for Hurley. The longest dis
lance he has ever travelled has been
ten rounds. In nearly every one of
these battles he was as fresh at the
finish as at the start and apparently
good for another ten. His friends
are sure that he can go twelve
equally as fast as he ever fought
ten rounds. The "Battler'' himself
says that the two extra rounds will
not make the slightest difference.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-25
BUNDY BEATS WRIGHT

Newport, r. l., Aug. 25.-Beals G.
Wright of Boston. a former national
singles champion, was decisively de-
feated in the final round Of the all
comers' singles tournament ON the
Casino courts here yesterday by Thorn
as G. Bundy Of Los Angeles, one of
the Pacific coast doubles champions.
Bundy's victory furnished the greatest
surprise of a tournament that has
been replete with upsets of favorites.
Today Bundy will meet W. A.. Larn-
ed of Summit, N. J., FIVE times ma
tional champion. in the challenge round
for the national singles championship
of the United States.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-25
MORE FISHING
TALES ARRIVE
Newark Parties Went Out
from Van PsIt's and Re-
turned Well Laden.
D0iNGS DOWN AT MORGAN

Van Peft's boathouse, in this city,
was very popular with the Newark
fishermen Saturday and Sunday, and
every man that f1shed there came
home satisfied with his catch and
treatment. Some of the catches
made there were: William Mundy,
Al; William Bunkley, 80; A. Ber-
ger, 10; H. Hildner, of Garwood,
FL; r, Lewis, 8; William Woodruff,
27; William Wolf. 20, and Charlie
Hauck and party, 35. These are all
Newarkers. with the exception of Mr..
Hilder.
If you don't catch anything In
C~heesequake Creek for the next few
days you can lay 1t all to several
Newarkers who INDUCED in a snow
ball fight Saturday night with the
feathers from the pillows In Ye Olde
Spye Inn. Commander-in-Chief of
this outfit, Willard Mckee, insisted
In telling his so-called aide-de-camp,
Eddie O~xenford, about his college
kfe while the rest of the crowd
wanted to sleep, rs they were going
fishing In the morning. McKee's
CAB could be heard all over the
hSuSd. dho ClUu NlhSSdulCy, q otC
shot, threw a pillow at Mckee,
which was promptly returned. Then
a general girls fight took place and
in five minutes the feathers COM
menced to settle on the Rurface of
the creek 1t was Gus Wfnkelhoffer
that called a halt to hOssilities by
letting about three dozen crabs loose
In the room. thus saving a few pill
lows for the next set Of fishermen.
By the way, Sunday this crowd
caught two cells, a snapper and two
lafayettes.
Charlie Lining, Of Newark, was
down to Morgan's Station yesterday
and later on In the day he was seen
out On the bay in his launch. the
Jersey. Charlie lshed single-hand-
ed and caught seventeen weaktish.
two bluefish and two turtles.
Captain Jack Willett, of Morgan's
Station, had William q. Fuerth. Jack
Whatton and William Himmel5er-
ger, of Newark, out Tuesday and
helped them catch f~orty-six weak
fish. They were anchored near the
monument and caught most Of the
fish on the ebb tide. Fuerth and
Whatton had a friendly race, While
Himmelberger proved to be the
champion eel fisherman Of the day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-25

1oLhio q q IL
*Batted for Burchell In the ninth.
~*Batted for lube in the ninth.
Runs-Atz, Rock.
Error-Yeager.
Providence. 0 0 0 0 1 O 0 IL
Montreal -. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90
Two-base hit-Atz. Sacrifice hits
ATT, Elston,, Peterson, Mattress,
Burchell. Double plays-Burchell
to Holly to Cockill; Cockill, unassist-
ed. Stolen base-Holly. Bases on
balls-Off Burchell, q. Hit by pitch
er-By B%urchell, 1. Wild pitch
Burchell. Struck out-By Steele, 4;
by Burchell, 4. Time of game-1h.
45m.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-25
Lea of Eight
Teams Will
Contest. :
AUDITORIUM

Plans for the coming basketball =
season are rounding into shape and
in all probability the opening game
will be played in the Auditorium on :
September IS. There Will be anoth-
er city league contest composed Of
eight teams. Manager Harry Fox
said today that the Owls, Goodwills.
Puritans, Marions and Dexters had
already entered and that he expect
ed three other teams would be-se~
cured within a week or SO. Basket
ball was an Innovation IN this city
last season, but despite the fact that
1t was new, proved an interesting
sport and excited mucfY~interest. to
say nothing of the crowds that at /.
tended the games.
The games were for blood and the
league this season will be even bet
ter, as the teams have last years ex-
%perience to profit by. Whether the
teams will play for a purse among
themselves, or a prize offered by the
management of the Auditorium, has
not been settled at the. present time. j
The court this year, Manager Fox
will probably surround Shy nets SO
that the games will not. be delayed
Dy louis. Inc UHbS VIII De u uiH
improvement and faster contests will
result. i
There will be running races at the
Auditorium on September 10, but as
yet the program has not been ar .
ranged Manager Fox expects to
have William Davis, the famous Ca
nadian-Indian runner here, to COM )
pete against some of the local ten
milers, The Indian is now in Jersey
City and Is In communication with
Mr.. Fox.
A few days ago Mr.. Fox received a
letter from AL. Raines, of the North .
western A. c., of New York, and
Jimmy Lee, of the Boston A. G. They
stated that they, as a..team, would :
like to run a local three nan team
fifteen miles. No deaf has yet been
made in view of the fact that Nit !
would be hard to get a three-man
team to run fifteen miles from the
local athletes.
There will be roller skating a.. the
Auditorium tomorrow night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-25
SEASON. ::
To OPEN ON SEPT. l9:
FOR
A FIELD DAY
AT HOLLYWOOD

The three-cornered match between
the Marathon runners, ~Svanberg,
Homer and QueaIl, which is to be
one of the leading features of the
field day sports at the Hollywood
show grounds, at Long Branch, Sat
urday afternoon, has taken on an
that Svanberg and QueaIl, running
as a team, captured the f1fteen-mile
C held at Washington Park
Brooklyn. last Saturday. This chap
Kueall has come to the front rapid
ly this summer. and will probably
make Svanberg and Holmer extend
themselves to capture first honors.
The gymkhana races, OF which
there will be six for amateurs. have
attracted many entries. Several of
the winners of the races held at Mar
ragansett Pier on Monday have sent
In their as participants.
Handsome silver sups donated by
the hotel-keepers Of Long Branch
and Asbury Park will be given as
prizes in these events.
The umbrella race, which will be
for professionals, has received the
entry Of ell of the riding masters
and trainers along the Jersey coast.
Next in Importance, If not the lead
ing feature of the days sport, is the
three-eornered high jumping con-
test between Billy Dryers star
cro~ss-country performer, Fred Ger
ner. the high jumping champion. and
Corners well-known dog Benny. The
contest between the fire companies
of the Jersey shore has so far re-
cefved four entries. Long Branch,
Red Bank, Asbury Park and Allen
hurst,