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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

day in a vain effort to get some business the road got his shoe caught In a switch and wrenched his heel So badly that he limped painfully. Jones laughed at him. The idea that a man should go lame hunting business when he had not brought in a dollars worth of business In six months had sardonic touch of humor that appealed to him particularly:
 "He smiled every time he saw Smith limp about the office. He even walked to the window to keep Smith longer in view when Smith started away from the building. To Jones that limp was retri- bution--slight, to be sure, but form of retribution nevertheless-to Smith for the way he had imposed on Jones's concern. By this time Jones had come to con- sider that Smith had imposed on him shamefully in getting engaged by Jones.
 "One day Smith. suffering torture from his foot, was barely able to get around. He went to Jones and told him he was III and broken down. He was afraid he was going to have a serious trouble with his foot, but had been unable to go to the hospital to have an examination be- cause Jones had insisted on his steady attendance at the office from a. m. to 6 D. n., despite the absolute lack of bus lness. He asked Jones to permit him to remain away two weeks. Maybe his foot would be better by that time. Anyway he had been with Jones nearly a year ard the two weeks could go as a sort of vacation.
 "Jones looked at him and laughed. Then he told the suffering man to go along on the vacation and make 1t not two weeks, but two centuries or longer around the place again.
 Do you realize what that meant to Smith? He was at an age where he was
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of the states and partly of both co-op- erating In many ways the general gov ernment can take the lead, in others the states can do so. Why cannot these two foblems be related? No present plan of employment convict labor is wholly sat isfactory.
 Why, since prisoners make again habit able the abandoned farms of Massachu- setts and remove the boulders from the rich soil of Rhode Island, can they not reclaim the tide flats of New Jersey and the everglades of Florida? Think of the reclaimable land along the coasts Of the United States If prisoners build dikes in Europe and levees in Louisiana, why not in other states? In Europe the courses of streams have been changed, mountains tunneled and canals built by prisoners Why not adopt MT. Petit grove's suggestion and build the Cape Cod canal with prison labor? Since pris- oners have been used in reforesting the heaths in Denmark and in practical for estry in Prussia New Zealand and Switz- erland, may these not be so used here where there Is need of forestryf
 Tn many states, perhaps most of them, some one or more of these things could be worked out Of course the prisoners should be selected. Not all prisoners can be worked without walls. In most prls- ons a majority cannot All conditions must be considered. But with selected prisoners under the right kind of super vision, what could not be done7 The sug- gestions provide for the very least com petition with free labor, for doing some thing good for the state at the states expense Such outdoor labor is the kind most helpful to prisoners, is of value to the state, and seeks to provide a con- tinual exhibit of better things In the ob- ject lesson afforded in forestry, agricul- ture, improved roads and more helpful regions. In all plans for the employment of the prisoner preference should be given to reformatory methods. The product of our prisons should be men, not dollars
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shndomn of the stase
prom Harper,s Weekly.

From HarperS WetKIy.
 A representative speculator in "theatri- cal goods,' MT. Charles Frohman, re- turning to New York, from England a little while ago, supplemented his GUS tomary newspaper proclamation of his business plans-the presentation of plays aboard ocean steamships the touring oi America with portable theatres, the es- tablishment of repertory playhouses on ''The East Side" of New York city and so forthwith a somewhat amusing as- surance. which the complaisant press cir
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

useful in only one line. for he couI bridges behind him and had gone to dis , aster. And he had three helpless beinsa dependent upon him.
 tHe went from his last interview with Jones to an hospital and there his foot was examined. It took little time for the surgeons to decide. The injury was not serious in the beginning, they said, and had it received proper treatment there would have been little trouble. but with out attention and aggravated by weeks Of walking the bone had begun to rot and Smith would be a cripple.
 Smith went home and brooded over all that had happened in the time since Jones had come to him. And that night Smith put a bullet in his brain."
 Dodge had risen long before the pres- ident had reached this point in his narra- tion. The president had risen, too. Dodge's face was ashen.
 God knows had no idea of his con- ager cried.
 1T believe you,' the president replied, Tor you'd be criminal indeed. The case of Smith is a sad, but savage illustra- ton of what is wrong in this concern. The heart element is lacking. Business never can be wholly heartless and be successful. You have become a slave to the machine. Individuality has been suppressed. Men never give the best that is in them under such conditions and the business sooner or later suffers. My work here is simple Once the shackles are removed and the human element is restored the machine will work smoother, easier and with more security and ultimate profit.
 And the general manager went out realizing for the first time one of the great fundamental truths of commercial life.
 2 Copyright, 1910, by Richard Spillane)
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Smith, egged on by Jones, haunted the offices of the railroads, begging for or 6ers for supplies. To his brother-in-law to make a confession of his desperation and pleaded for anything he could give in the way of an order toeappease Jones. The brother-in-law could promise that just so soon as the skies frightened and the railroad loosened its purse strings he would give everything possible to help
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
LAW-CREATED LEISURE CLASS
Compulsory Ideness the Reward For Minor OensesPson Labor As Solution For Conservation Problem-Work
 Done In Many States
BY AMOS w. BUTLER President of the American Prison Association

try that has not reclaimed or improved marvel of richness and beauty. The black prairies at St. Cloud and the fer tie, irrigated fields at Salt Lake City speak just as eloquently of the use of prison labor out of doors as do the gar dens of the women at Sherborn and Bed ford or the farms at Hoboken and Mans field. The orchards at Leavenworth tes- tify as truly of the efficiency of open-air work as do the cotton fields of Mississippi or the cane fields of Louisiana.
 We have, too, the experience of other lands, In England, at Dartmoor. the prisoners have been engaged in reclaim ing the moorland, working even in winter. Agricultural prisons have been estab- lished in England, New South Wales, Prussia. Austria. Hungary, Switzerland, France, Russia and Belgium. At such a prison at Parkhurst, England, 100 weak inded convicts were employed in garden ing and growing flowers. In Hungary convicts have been engaged in the im- provement of marshy lands, straighten- ing streams, building roads, constructing dikes and in agriculture. The break water at Portland Harbor in England was constructed by prisoners and the Gockyards at Portsmouth and Chatham enlarged in the same way. In Prussia oonvicts were successfully employed in digging the Nordhorn-Almelo canal, in draining the Gross Moosbruch, improv- ing the prairies, cultivating marshy lands, caring for forests at Siegburg, raising vines, etc. In Austria much has been done in the improvement of streams, removing rapids, retaining in undated lands and constructing works of defense.
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Smith out. but until then there was not a penny being spent.
 Tt was useless for Smith to report. Jones knew it was true, but that only added to his wrath It was Smith and the money being wasted through him that Jones had before him all the time. Nothing that Smith could do or endeavor to do could please him. And when Smith, tramping through a railroad yard one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

The proper conservation of our natural resources and the proper employment Of convcts are two great problems that must be solved by our people and solved right. Conservation must be partly the work of the general government, partly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

rhers Is scarcely 2 prison h thls cOu.-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-14
STUBS RETURNS HERE.
Missed Train in Order to Finish
Speech at Chicago.

Governor W. r. Stubs today return
ed from trip to washington and Chi
cago. Following his arrival in topeka
at noon he related to John Dawson,
attorney general-elect. how. pleased he
was at the reception given him when he
talked before the Chicago manufactur-
erS Tuesday night.
Il began talking about o'clock. :"
said the governor, land at II minutes
in my speech. The president of the as
ISOLATION then informed me that I just
had time to reach my train as I had
expected to depart that night. 1 de-
cided to stay and finish my speech and
the reception was one of the best ever
had. There was represented in the au-
dience more than s., OCT. 900, 000.''
Governor Stubbs refused to discuss
things political upon his return.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-14


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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-14
STRIPPED A DENTISTS OFFICE.
DR.. c. e. Heer Relieved of 500 Worth
of Gold Last Night.

The dental office of DR.. C. E. Heer.
on the second floor of the building at
S22 Kansas avenue, was robbed some
time Tuesday night of about 500
worth of gold. None of the instru-
ments in the office were taken.
This is the second time / have been
robbed in eighteen MONTHS said DIR.
Heer this morning, land 1 think am
losing more than my share. The per-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-14

secured by the use of skeleton key,
as Dr. Heer could not find where
anyone had secured entrance through
windows or transoms. No arrests have
been made in the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-14

son who visited the office last night
was probably an amateur, as he did
not make very consistent search, but
I feel that he took plenty
Entrance to the Office was probably
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-14
ROUTE The REBELS
Federal Troops Capture the City
of Guerrero.
State of Chihuahua Is Cleared of
Organized Resistance.
FIVE HOUR BATTLE
Is Reported at Village Of CerrO
PriectO.
The Number Of Killed Is Report
ed as ~.
FIVE HOUR BATTLE

Washington, Dec. 14.-The Mexi-
can federal troops have completely
routed the revo1utionists in chihuahua
and captured the city of Guerrero, ac-
cording to telegram received today
by the state department from Ambass-
ador Wilson at Mexico City.
This cleared the state of Chihuahua
and other parts of the country said
Mr.. Wilson, "of all organized resis-
lance to the government
Fought to StandstiH.
At the Front, Rancho Santiago,
Near Pedernales, Dec. 12.- Via Ell
Paso), Dec. 14.-In yesterdays en-
gagement the revolutionists fought
General Navarro to a standstilI, al
though inferior in numbers all told
"a persons are known by Independent
investigation to have been killed.
Navarro took no prisoners-it is
contrary to his orders-and in his
camp today there We're no wounded
of the other side. The bayonet had
completed the work of the bullet.
A horrible instance of the barbarity
of the campaign occurred after the
battle. Every man in the hamlet of
Cerro Prieto Ozark HID was brought
before the mayor to prove his inno-
cence of participation in the revolt.
Thirty could not do this. As fast as
were taken out and shot. They are
included in the number of the dead.
General Navarro places his own dead
at one captain, one lieutenant and IL
soldiers. Twenty-seven of his men,
including two officers, were severely
wounded.
Among the latter was General Bran
don, special correspondent of the
Mexican Herald, and a resident of
Panama. A bullet hit his horse in
the eye, passed through his neck, and
lodged in the riders abdominal mus
eles. Another bullet hit him in the
wrist. Brandon is the champion mid
dleweight wrestler of Mexico.
Five insurrectos who ran out of
ammunition and surrendered were
bayoneted.
One of them who had tainted from a
bullet which grazed his temple took
the bayonet thrust in the rib and was
left for dead, but during the night he
recovered and escaped. He grined as
he told his story. When the CORE
spondent related the tale to General
Navarro today the latter laughed
heartily, as if enjoying joke on him
self. ~ La 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-14

I
nent got well, and then waiting while to if
they remained WELL telling the United Doctors
today VIII a doubter and how long waited to
take their treatment, and they said: Delays
tirely unnecessary oftentmes positively dangerous
One can always by talking with patients
whether curing them, and if you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-14

DR.. C. E. Barber is now located in
the New Englad building, rooms 215-
PIG. Residence phone Ind. 234S
White. Office, both phones 3133
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-14
Do Our Patients Stay Well?

said recently Il was sick had been sick long time
United Doctors office
would
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-14
Battle Lasted rive Hours.

suits. It began at liza m. and lasted
until 4 o. M and took place at the vii
lage of Cerro Prieto, 100 miles west
of Chihuahua at the base of two low
hills, nine miles east of here. Two
hundred reyolutionists had occupied
the hills during the previous night.
When General Navarro with $50 of
his advance guard passed east of the
hills the insurrectos opened fire but
did little damage owing to the dis
lance.
Later when the field pieces came up
Navarro shelled them from their posi-
ton The revolutionists retreated
slowly, firing from the shelter of adobe
houses which dot the mesa. At
o'clock their ammunition having run
low, thew took up a position at the
base of a range of low mountains five
miles southwest of Cerro Prieto.
There was no fighting today despite
the proximity of the two forces, which
in itself indicates drawn battle.
here tonight. During the fighting
Sunday the original 200 insurrectes
were reinforced by 230 of their COM
rades. Two hundred more arrived to-
night and it was stated that by morn
ing there would be four hundred more
from west of here.
In an interview General Navarro
stated that he expected serious fight
ing from now on. He admitted that
the insurgents were brave, but de-
ganization would defeat them in the
end.
Government Troops Converging.
1t was confirmed in his camp that
government troops are converging on
this section from Parral and from
Sonora. Navarro, contrary, to common
report, has no rapid fire guns-only
field pieces The Parral contingent,
however, is bringing rapid firers. II
the revolutionists are to win they
must destroy Navarro in order to con-
tend with the new forces.
The most serious less suffered by the
reVolutionists occurred in an adobe
house in which they had taken cover.
i a shell wrecking the place, killing and
wounding several but not before they
had accounted for a number of the
! enemy.
| The Associated Press correspondent
counted Is dead near the ruins of the
house, apparently about equally divid-
ed between the two armies. About ha.f
of them had been stripped of their
| clothing. 1t is a practice among the
soldiers to strip the uniforms from
| their dead comrades, partly for the
clothing and partly to conceal their
| identity from those who may seek to
| discover their losses.
/ Another unburied soldier, also strip
ped, was seen by the roadside on the
road from this place to the scene of the
battle. Six more were in the federal
| camp waiting burial. These We're placed
i in rough boxes and buried with mill
| tary honors in corral Two COM
panies lined up and the bugle blew
GLORY to the dead; long live President
| Diaz''
still lying where they fell on the hills.
/
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-14
A Good Watch-the Gift
That Lasts a Lifetime

For man. for woman, for boy or girl, there is no
other gift so practical and universally useful as
really good watch, yet it is full of Christmas senti
ment A REALLY GOOD watch will last
binary lifetime and every minute it ticks-it is
remembrance of the Christmas and the giver
Our watch stock is without doubt the largest in
this part of the country; it features all the de-.
pendable and high grade makes, such as Hamp-
den, Elgin Waltham and the famous imported
Omega Watch Make it watch this year and
select it here
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-01
Deadwood Demo
crat Joins Progressive
Republicans

Deadwood, March 2e.-Another
prominent South Democrat has de-
cided that he can best secure the
reforms 10 which he believes by unit
ing with the progressive wing Of the
republican party Of this state.
Hon. ". s. Elder of this city, twice
nominated for congress on the demo.
cratic ticket, has announced his inten-
tion Of working for the succes of the
progressive republican candidates.
Mr.. Elder Is one of the prominent
lawyers and business men of the
Black Hills and has been identified
with the ~upbuilding ofhis home town
and the entire Black Hi fistIid,
He graduated from Princeton univer-
sity, New Jersey, and worked for a
year IS reporter on the New York
Commercial Advertiser. He resigned
that position and In 1887 came to
Dakota and engaged In journalism In
the Black Hills, as editor OF the
Black Hills Weekly Herald. He was
admitted to the bar In the territory
and achieved the reputation Of an
able lawyer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-01
yEArs OF STRENGTH.
How the Apparently Difficult stunts
Are Accomplished.

How the Apparently Difficult stunts
Are Accomplished.
Al 10 not gold hat slitters. likewise
III tho great. splendid specimens OF
physical manhood who accomplish
wondrous feata Of strength before as
tonished audiences are not SO strong
% they appear. The more snowy the
act the more certain Is 1t to he n pure
and simple fake. Always remember
that real feets OF strength are very
seldom picturesque enough to be rel
|lshed by the lover OF vaudeville
stunts. Another hard, cruel fact ought
to be borne in mind, viz: that more
often than not your strongest man Is
the little, quiet chap who doesn't pa
1de his muscular development. He Is
not impressive, no, overweight and
height are needed by any aspiring per-
former who would play the part OF
Hercules.
When you sec a large, lovely being
In evening dress bending a horseshoe
with his hands, watch him carefully
and see how he uses his thigh as a
lever. You may depend upon 1t that
beneath his trousers he has a metal
plate on which to bend the horseshoe.
II he tear a tennis ball with his fingers
depend upon 1t the cloth on the ball
has been interfered with and the ball
punctured.
When you see a strong man tearing
packs Of cards as you would a clga
rette paper o may be sure the cards
have been we'll slowed or baked before
using. Sometimes the cards In the
center of the packs are specially pre-
pared.
The breaking Of a champagne bottle
on tho biceps Is a trick which never
fails to rouse the enthusiasm Of an au'
dience. It is impossible for any man
breathing to fracture = perfect cham
payne bottle on his biceps, yet many
have claimed the feat as within thei
powers.
The way It il managed ia this: A
small hole Is scratched in the surface
Of tho bottle, a sharp spike Is worn
on the biceps and the spike Is forced
into the hole. The strength necessary
to bring about a fracture OF the glass
with these aids IL not great, but the
audience believes that the apparently
has been accomplished.
The feats which consist OF bearing
a dozen people on a platform hanging
from the strong mans teeth. OF allow
ing q motor car to cross the body. OF
holdino tvo motor cars in check and
others Of a similar nature are ali
fakes Of an elaborate kind. That
they are ingenious cannot be denied.
The majority of them have taken a
deal Of careful thinking out. Many
are adaptations OF engineering feats,
In which seemingly eccentric efforts Of
leverage are accomplished.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-01
IRON THE FOUR WINDS.

The first submarine BOAT was tested
IN Plymouth harbor, England, in 1774.
In May, 1899, a bull was hanged
near the abbey Of Baupres for hon.
lcide.
A mans hand Is, on an average,
TX inches longer than that OF a wo-
man.
At the funeral of an unmarried wo-
man in Brazil the mourning color IL
scarlet.
Jewish players have retained the
:hess championship for the last forty
two years.
Sixty years ago the use of flint and
steel to produce a fire was not wholly
unknown.
As a protection against heat, the
Berlin fireman wears a jacket filed
with water.
Absence from church was q punish.
able offense in England In the seven
teenth century.
Between 200, 900 and 300, 900 years
Is said by experts to be the age Of
the human race.
OIL was used for burning in lamps
90 early as the epoch of Abraham,
about 1921 B. C.
More than $1,000. 900 square miles
Of the worlds surface Is taken up by
the Pacific ocean.
Living In London is 40 per cent
cheaper than In any Of the large cities
IF the United States.
There is one chance In "a, 600, OOO. 900
Of n persons finger tip being identi-
cal with that of another.
One estate beloning to the Gear
covers 100, OOo. 900 acres. or about three
times the area of England.
OF 1000 parts of the moon, 576 are
visible to us on the earth; 424 parts
remain hidden to mans eyes.
Blue. yellow, green and red are the
colors of the new bank notes to be
Issued by the Bank of France.
Special railway carriages for dogs,
lifted with hot water pipes and mat
tresses, are to be provided in Prussia.
The wear and tear on the worlds
currency Is estimated at two tons OF
gold and 100 tons of silver annually.
Sea m can live for three or
four years without any nourishment
other than that which they extract
from the water.
The Mont Cents tunnel, which lies
between Bardonneche and Modani, and
Is eight miles long, was completed on
Christmas day, 1870.
Joan Sanderson" was an old dance,
In which each lady kissed all the gen
tlemen twice, and each gentleman re-
turned the compliment.
Milk, taken In large quantities from
q neighboring dairy. was used to ex-
tinguish a fire In Shepparton. Victo-
ria, recently, the water supply having
given out. Z
Thirty thousand feet is the greatest
depth OF the Pacific ocean; 1856 feet
Of the Atlantic; Southern ocean, Is, 200
feet; Indian ocean. 1852 feet; Arc
ito ocean, 5000 feet.