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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26

day always thinking would feel better the next day. I never had the raven- ous appetite that have heard so much about when people were afflicted with a tape worm.
 But 1 would feel like there was a lump in my throat, and I could not get 1t up or down, unless l would eat something. I would have a dizziness and headache a good deal; sometimes pains in the back of my head and lower bowels, running around to my back. My breath was very short at times. My breath was foul and had nasty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26

lice president, who wishes the city over which he rules to have a sedate and sober look. His right to govern the traffic and to license the automobiles, of course,
 indsputable; but his latest decree is re- garded as an unreasonable presumption.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26

Fortunately, however, automobile owners will not have to undergo any special ex- pense, as they have to give their cars an annual coat of paint for the inspection In May-unti when this 'color' law will not come generally into force.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-03-09
The Legislature.
The Result.
What Il Did AccOmpIish-Wha Il
Didn't Accomplish.

The Idaho legislature has adj
journed, and the thanks Of the
people are due to a wise provis-
vision Of the trainers OF our state
constitution which stops the pay
OF the members at the expiration
Of so days.
On the whole the legislature
has done little good, and less
harm.
The placing OF our state edu-
cational institutions on a safe
and sane financial basishas more
than atoned for the vicious
"search and seizure monstros-
ity, which nobody really wanted,
and nobody expects to see en-
forced.
Actuated by an intimate knowl.
edge of the work accomplished,
we want to compliment H. g,
Baldridge, OF this county, for
earnest and conscientious work
for the business interests of the
state. OF course We never con-
sidered him a Moses, and be
made some mistakes, but idaho
needs more like him in the legis-
lature.
Regarding the other members
OF the Canyon delegation, the
Herald believes that We are all
liable to make mistakes in select
ing material for a wagon tongue,
and the only remedy is to grin
and bear it--for the present.
We wish, also, to express the
most high appreciation OF Sena-
tor W. Fl. Hornibrook, OF Twin
Falls. Out of the mass OF legis-
lative Stag he has emerged pure
Igold. While a new man in the
Estate, he has evidenced a politi.
cal wisdom, and a devotion to
the interests OF Idaho seldom
seen even in our pioneers. and
the herald hopes that Idaho has
seen merely the rising OF his pol.
litical sun.
For the rest, the Herald Iives
in the hope that the Supreme
Power thatcontroIs the destinies
OF political bodies will give to
our people a wisdom that will en-
able them to abrogate the direct
primary, and kill Senator Bor-
abs bill for the direct election OF
senators until such result is ae-
lc0mplished.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-03-09
Democrats after
G. A. R. Vote
VIII provide liberal War Pensions
for all the Veterans.

With an eye to the next ma
tional campaign, and to do the
right thing by the old war vet
Grams, some Democratic men,
bers of the new houae of represen-
tatives in congress are laying
plans for an onslaught on the
recent republican attitude to-
ward extending the scope of PEN
sions.
Representative Cullup OF India
ma announced his intention to
re-intrduce a bill at the extra
session providing for a pensioh
Of S1.00 per day for every man
who served so days in the civil
war and was mustered in and
mustered out, and the same for
every man who served 90 days
in the Mexican. war, OF whom
about 5000 are said to be living.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-03-09

The Caldwell Commercial Club
is preparing to pull oil one oftl g
periodical smokers" for which
it has come to be famous among
the organizations Of Idaho. TIL )
time it is to be a 'county-get-to
gether" meeting ard the event IS
scheduled for the evening Of
Tuesday March 14th. The Club
is making elaborate prepare
tions, and the Secretary H. S
Kneedler, says it will be the big
gest thing of the kind ever held
in the State. Representatives
from every part Of the county
have already promised to attend
and several novel features will 70
introduced.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-04-07
Road That Led to EIdorado

much scattered Finally, two or three
top of the mountains where native
family was eating dinner under a
thatched she'd We asked for and
were served with food, and we ate
heartily, and after paying our bill
asked what kind of meat we had eat
en-. For reply our host pointed to
some chattering monkeys in the trees.
That was the only food We had for
"a hours.
THAT first day we made six miles,
at night reaching what was known
as Vanderhilt's Halfway House, a
large adobe warehouse, where the
graded road began.
Around the Halfway House ran
three sheds; the building itself was
locked up tight. We took possession
of the sheds, driving out a drove of
razor-back hogs, and ranged ourselves
as best we could for a nights sleep
with our backs to the wall and our
feet in the warm beds Of the late &C.
cupants But tired and soaked
though we were, we did not get much
rest.
How many of the west bound pas
sengers reached the Halfway House
during the night in the downpour
do not know; there were several hun
bred, at least Yet next morning, as,
with frightened belts, we trudged on
our way to the lake over the graded
portion of the road, we met many
west-bound passengers struggling
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-04-07
Insisted on Knowing In Advance What
Delegations Were Going to Say,
and Always Carefully Pre-
pared His Speeches.

While the first presidential cam
paign for the election of William Nc
KinIey was in progress, Lieut.. Gov.
Charles H Saxton of New York Wis
tied Canton, O., for the purpose Of ar
ranging with Mckinley for the visit
of delegation of New York Repub-
licans to the Mckinley home. Nc
Kinley stated that it would give him
great pleasure to receive any of his
friends from New York state. adding,
a moment later, that he imposed only
one condition. IF anything Is to be
said of political nature, anything
not purely social, then I shall expect
the remarks to be written out and
submitted to me before delivery" he
said. This is vital point. When
am going to address any delegation.
always make 1t a point carefully to
write out what I am to say"
This was a rigid campaign rule with
Mckinley Lieutenant Governor Sax
ton thought that Mckinley had taken
a lesson from the unhappy experience
of James G. Blaine, who did not in
sist upon reading beforehand the re-
marks which were made by Rev. DR..
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-04-07
Monkey Dinners. Mud and Distress on
the Route Across Nicaragua
Vanderbilt Established
for Gold-Seekers.

Vanderbilt road that nobody
mars of today is that one which the
for,der of the Vanderbilt fortunes
and fame built in Nicaragua in '49 for
+ba TRANSFORMATION of California gold
seel,ers across that country, in oppo-
s,tion both to the Cape Horn route to
the gold fields, and Commodore VIII
lam r Aspinwalls route across the
Tsthmus of Panama, which finally re-
suited in the Panama railroad, though,
at first. Aspinwall carried his passen-
gers from Aspinwall (now Colon up
the Chagres river by native boats TO
Cordona. and thence by mule across
the mountains to the port OF Panama.
The Vanderbilt cutoff to Edo
RADIO began at the Nicaraguan Allan
tic port OF Greytown. Shallow side
wheel boats took the passengers up
the San Juan river to steamer which
carried them across Lake Managua
TO Virgin Bay, and between that point
and the Pacific port Of San Juan del
Sur. across the twelve-mile wide strip
of land separating ocean and lake,
ran the Vanderbilt road proper
Transportation across this road was
nv horses in charge of vaqueros, the
animals for the first six miles from
the lake struggling through the deep
black mud of a wide graded and
ditched road, and for the next six
miles following trails along creek
beds, through mountainous country
Those six miles were never worked
by Vanderbilt.
One of the surviving argonauts who
travelled more than once over this
now long deserted and all but forgot
ten Vanderbilt road is a prominent
manufacturer in Little Rock, Ark,
Mr.. Dudley Jones.
In the autumn Of 1852, Mr. Jones
LETT the American river, near the
point where gold was first discovered,
and, reaching San Francisco, was one
of rs persons to embark for the port
of San Juan del Sur on tramp sail
ing ship. After a 45-day sail down the
coast, during which they experienced
a terrific storm and ran short Of
food, the ship dropped anchor of San
Juan del Sur just before daylight.
"As soon as possible we all went
ashore" said Mr.. Jones recently
"only to find that the passengers by
the regular Vanderbilt steamer from
San Francisco had landed the day be-
fore and taken with them eastward to
the lake every animal in San Juan del
Sur and thereabouts. AS we had sail
FED on a tramp ship, so we we're
tramps we had no claim on the Van
derbilt company, so, with our blankets
on our backs, and our little posses
sions in carpet bags, and with more or
less gold dust apiece, we started off
to tramp over the mountains in a
tropical rain that fell all day.
AS we struggled over the trails
along the creek beds we became very
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through the mud and water We saw
many pitiful sights on that six-mile
stretch. enough to make us think
lightly of our own troubles. There
were delicate women on horses. with
children tied on to other horses, all
wading through mud and water that
sometimes reached to the bellies OF
the animals. AS we were crossing a
slough we saw lady on a horse, with
her three small children tied onto
another The children were crying;
the mother was trying to keep her
courage up and urge the poor beast,
bearing her children, along. Present
ly vaquero came along and helped
them through the slough.
This was Vanderbilt's road, over
which that lady had paid her fare.
With such terrible exposure practical
ly all the way across Nicaragua It was
no wonder that so many of the trav-
elers were Frustrated with fever by
the time they reached the Pacific
steamer And of the thousands who
paid to go to California over the Van
derbilt road many never got nearer
their destination than the open field
back of the Mexican town of Aca-
pulco, which came in time to be
known as the American graveyard. /"
Copyright, 1910, by E. j. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-04-07
|Evarts Was Just a Plain Man

The evening following the great aft
ernoon of speechmaking In the senate,
the secretary of state gave a formal
dinner at his home. Nearly all of the
leading members of the administration
were present. OF course. Sir Richard
Webster was also present, and when
one of his fellow diners asked him
what his experience had been at the
capitol few hours before he at once
began to voice his intense admiration
for one Of the speeches he had heard
Then, turning to Mr. Evarts, he con-
tinued:
THE speech I have in mind was
made by Senator Conkling. / believe
he represents your own state. Mr..
Evarts."
The secretary of state nodded his
head slightly, while the other mem
bers of the administration struggled
to suppress smiles; for the antipathy
that existed between Evarts and Conk.
ling was well known to one and all.
Il have never heard an ADLER speech
in our house Of commons" pursued
Sir Richard, innocently Nor have
ever witnessed more impressive de-
livery. The man is magnificent. AS
an orator he is without a superior"
Again Mr. Evarts nodded his head,
this time ever so slightly.
And, / should say" persisted the
Englishman. "he should be your fore
most orator. presume he is a very
able advocate. He must have many
clients in your courts. Is It not 60,
Mr.. Secretary"
This time there was not even an al
most imperceptible nodding of the
secretary of states head. Instead. in
words precisely spoken, and with a
manner that was not lost upon Sir
Richard, his host replied:
II do not know whether IT is or not.
I never saw him in court, and l never
heard of his being there"
For a moment there was silence.
then Sir Richard. with commendabis
tact, changed the subject, and a few
minutes later Mr.. Evarts was once
again the charming and entertaining
host. But the other members Of the
administration still slyly smiling.
Copyright. 1910. by z. J. Edwar6s. An
Rights ReserRed-a
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-04-07
secretary of State Could Not Conceal
HIS Dislike for conkIing When
Sir Richard Webster Praised
the Senator.

Two famous men of yesterday who
were naturally repellant. and for no
|good reason that was apparent to their
lIlends, We're William M. Evarts and
hoseoe Conkling, and the intense an
4 ipathy, often bordering on downright
sfiatreo' that they bore for each other
was productive of at least one Incl
peht illustrative of how small some
Rreat men can be at times.
81 Nhen, In 1872, Mr.. Evarts acted as
me counsel for the United Statea
elore the celebrated Geneva Court
u arbitration, he made the acquaint-
Ence Of Sir Richard E. Webster. who.
- 490o, was raised to the peerage
~ the same year became Lord Chief
sustlce Of England. The friendship
zen established was continued by cor
Spondence after Mr.. Evarts had re-
q <irned home, and when the latter
Earned that Sir Richard was planning
"a make a trip to America he gave
r British jurist a cordial invita-
ou 10 VISIT him at his home in Wash
ston Mr.. Evarts was then secre-
Nry Of state.
"a due course the Englishman ar
80 at the Evarts mansion and was
Aen by his host to meet President
ays. Now, it so happened that the
~ DAY Roscoe Conkling was to
axe an important speech in the SEN
chamber The president knew
ne also knew of his secretary of
les dislike of Conkling. and. half
ene spirit OF mischief and half be-
use ne wanted the visitor from
road to hear American oratory az
IA pest, he volunteered the informa-
a mat Sir Richard ought surely TO
the senate chamber the next
erhoon. The Englishman replying
- ne would be pleased 10 do so.
remained nothing for his host
q 90 ont to exercise his prerogative
mead OF the state department and
afe his guest a good seat in that
non OF the gallery reserved for the
O foreign diplomats.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-04-07
McKinley's Campaign Methods

Burchard at the now historic recep
ton rendered to MIR. Blaine in New
York city just before election day of
1884. Had Mr. Blaine been provided
before the reception with a copy of
Doctor Burchard's remarks he unqueS-
tionably would have stricken out the
phrase, Rum, Romanism and Rebel
lion" words that undoubtedly cost MIR.
Blaine the election. Yet long before
the Blaine-Burchard incident occurred
William Mckinley had adopted the
rule Of knowing beforehand what was
to be said to him and of him by his
admirers and supporters. In fact, he
put this rule into effect during his
first campaign for congress.
Furthermore, Mckinley was prob
ably as careful In the preparation of
campaign speeches as was Roscoe
Conkling, William H. Seward or Ho-
ratio Seymour. Like those great cam
paigners, Mckinley took the utmost
pains in the preparation of political
address. Indeed, he went even far
Their than any of those men did, per-
haps because he did far more general
campaigning than any of them, fire.
quently speaking two and three times
a day during an entire political cam
paign.
Having thoroughly thought out the
argument in support of the issues
which he represented, Mckinley la
bored assiduously over reducing his
arguments to writing That task final
ly accomplished to his satisfaction, he
then carefully divided what he had
written into sections. Sometimes a
section would consist of two or three
brief paragraphs. Sometimes It would
be long enough to consume fifteen or
twenty minutes in delivery Again It
would come perilously near to EN-.
bracing everything that had been re-
duced to writing
Never was section arbitrarily
given a certain length. Whenever Nc
Kinley made campaign tour of any
Importance he carried with him a
timetable of his own making This
showed the places where he was to |
speak and the length of stay in each |
town. If the train schedule called for
one-minute stop at the next town |
Mckinley glanced over that portion |
of his speech which could be deliv- |
cred, and was prepared, in fact, for a |
one-minute address. II f1ve-minute |
stop was scheduled, then he would re- I
fresh his memory of the five-minute !
section of his speech. A f1fteen-minute |
stop caused the fifteen-minute section
to be brought forth; and where time |
permitted the entire speech would, OF |
course, be delivered So sklful, how
ever, was Mckinley In varying his
that he never seemed to
repeat himself. Practically every time
he delivered the f1ve-minute section OF !
his speech, for example, 1t would be
clothed in a new verbal dress. Yet
the meaning of the section was al
ways the same, and as clearly pre-
scented in one dress as another
This, perhaps. was the most strik-
ing of the various tricks of campaign
ing that Mckinley employed which
led those who accompanied him on
his campaigns to state with practical
unanimity that Mckinley was the most
skilful and economical user Of his
time, his voice, and his mental and
physical strength Of any campaigner
they had ever accompanied.
1910. by E. J. Edwards. Al
Rights Reserved)
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-04-07
Bad Shot.

Mr.. Bacon-This paper says that
only IS per cent. Of the real efficiency
Of ton of coal Is utilized. The re-
mainder is wasted
Mrs. Bacon-Well. I guess, John.
that you did throw at least % per
cent. Of that last ton out Of the win
dow. at the cats.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-04-07
Strictly Professional.

The Collector-You are Lawyaa
Miggs?
The Lawyer-Yes.
The Collector want to know when
you will pay this bill?<
The Lawyer-Never! Two dollars
for the advice, please.
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-25
New Scenic Road

A Denver special to the Pueblo
Chieftain OF last Sunday says:
"a scenic highway that would en-
circle the eastern range OF mountains
from Canon City to Fort Collins has
been outlined by John Fl. Porter Of
the Boettcher-Porter company aud
has been approved by President c. A.
johnson OF the Denver chamber of
commerce.
1.-The road Is to be $50 miles long.
All but $50 miles is In fair condition.
The proposed scenic highway would
extend from Denver through Brighton,
LOngmont and Drake to Estes Park,
thence to Moraiue park, Gresham.
Nederland, Hollinsville, Central City,
Idaho Springs, Confer, Baileys. thence
by way Of West creek, Woodland park
and Divide into Manitou park and
to Cripple Creek and Canon City.
Mr.. johnson, who is also president of
the Colorado Good Roads association,
has decided to commend the plan to
the board OF directors OF that associa.
tiOn."
The Ordway new era., 1911-08-25
A PASTOR unique
Speaks to Catholics, Freethlnk-
ers and Jews. -

Pastor Russell Addresses Immense Az.
disnees In London. Brooklyn and
Elsewhere - Reaches Ten Million
American Homes Through One Thou.
sand Newspapers.
To hear Pastor Russell Is the desire
of many Catholics. Protestants and
Independent thinkers. who appreciate
the published sermons Of the cele-
brated editor. author and orator Of
the Brooklyn Tabernacle.
Pastor Russell usually speaks under
the auspices of the unsectarian Bible
classes of the large cities. in public
places. where oil may assemble on
neutral ground. free from denomina.
donal prejudice. the pastor accepting
only Invitations where the seats are
free and no collection to be taken, he
in turn accepting no fee for his lee
lures.
Perhaps the most remarkable con.
gregation on earth is that of the
Brooklyn Tabernacle. over 20 nation.
alities being represented in its board
OF elders and dencons. Pastor Rus.
sell. when in America. orally serves
bis congregation on the first Sunday
Of each month. The Academy Of Mu-
sic. Brooklyn's largest auditorium. Is
now used on Pastor Rnsselrs home
days and is often insufficient to ac-
| commodnte the ever-increasing crowd.
Pastor Russell. by his defense Of
the Bible as Gods inspired revelation
to man. has won the admiration Of
the vast majority Of unprejudiced
truth-seeking Bible students. He came
into prominence in New England in
1877. Since then his field of activity
has continually broadcned. until now
over 10,0OO.O00 American families are
served by the 1000 newspapers now
publishing his weekly sermons. He Is
the nuthor OF work now in its fourth
million.
Why Hs Became Independent.
He wns reared under the strictest
religious discipline as a Protestant.
His instructors believed and taught
the old style Hell Fire" doctrine. To
save his fellows from such n fate he
went about his native city. inscribing
upon walls and fences Bible texts
calling sinners to repentance. During
the next few years, while. growing
up into commercial life he devoted
much time to the Investigation of Bud.
dhaism, Confucianisn and other orien-
tal religions. to the end that they were
found unworthy Of credence. The
thought, (which Is the true gospel7"
became living question in his inquir-
ing mind. which continually reverted
to the mixed condition and contrary
claims of Christendom. He questioned,