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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
CanicuIar Days, Otherwise Dog Days

According to some of the old alma
 nae makers in Europe the period
 known as dog days began early in July
 and continued until the end of the sec
 ond week in September" said an old
 citizen, but in this country four weeks
 of August are usually supposed to
 cover the term. I can remember when
 boys in the rural districts We're not
 allowed to bathe in pond or river dur
 ing the month of August. Because the
 ague was prevalent in August and
 In the early fall children were eau
 tioned to keep out of the sun rom midsummer until cool weather. Bath- ing during dog days was considered next to fatal. But now that we nave more science and have learned more about health conditions not so much is heard about danger from bathing In the river in August. There Is no more danger fin August than in June or September. If one keeps his liver Tn prime condition he will enjoy as good health in dog days as at any other time of the year.
 "Regarding the present summer, we had scorching days and a few hot nights in June, but this month has been pleasant. In the Birmingham district the temperature has been entirely sea soma ble-not too high for July; and the days and nights have been delight fully breezy l think we will have charming weather from now until au- tumn.
 But reverting to canicular or dog days, they were so styled in refer ence to the rising of the Dog Star Sirius with the sun. Webster's dic- tionary says:
 "'The conjunction of the rising of the Dog Star with the rising of the sun was regarded by the ancients as one of the causes of the sultry heat of the summer, and of the maladies which then prevailed. But as the conjunction does not occur at the same time in all latitudes, and is not constant in the same region for a long period, there has been much variation in calendars regarding the limits of the dog days. The astronomer Roger Long states that in an ancient calendar of Bede (died 735) the beginning of dog days is placed on the 14th of July; that in a calendar prefXed to the Common Prayer, printed in the time of Queen they were said to begin on the 9th of July and end on the 7th of September; that, from the Restora- ton Q660) to the beginning of New Style G752) British almanacs placed the beginning on the 18th of July and the end on the 2Sth of August; and that after 1752 the beginning was put on the 30th of July, the end on the 7th of September. Some English cal endars now put the beginning on July 8 and the ending on August IT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
THE BLEACHERlTE
,,. ct ro,,is Post st-Dispatch.

From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 crandstands come and go, but the bleacher we have with us forever W''n in the last five years practically all pis league clubs have bettered their p'ahs by the erection of concrete grandstanos' with many new comforts therein TOT patrons They have chased the board seat and substituted the opera chair' they have banished the bar and the uhpleas- ant scenes that went with It. lire tnere has been made as attractive as possipie' Reason: Additional dollars.
 DO you see anything like imrovementa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

York's ratification, although tardy, will have good effect.
 Except boss-ridden Pennsylvania and church-ridden Utah there is not a state in the list of seventeen that cannot in 1912 be carried by the friends of an income tax. Amend ment sixteen will be added to the federal constitution, to be followed in good time by Amendment seven- teen covering the direct election of United States senators.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE SECRET.

THE SECRET. Ihere was man in our town Who had a lovely wife, And nearly everyone opned He led happy life. But when his closest friends declared He must be free from woe, This man but shook his head and sighed You do not know! You do not knowl" Then all did marvel how t could be That one whose lot seemed fair Could ever utter doleful words In accents of despair. Again he shook his head and moaned, As one who knew the ''touch, Although I love my wife, in sooth, She spends too much! She spends too
 muchr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
Good for Alabama ~

While all of the southern states seem to be making big crops this year from all I can hear Alabama leads" said a business man.
 Alabama is being we'll advertised al- ready as the bumper crop state. We used to think we were doing well when the state made 100000 bales of cot ton We have been a little above the ,400, 900 mark, but this year the 1n- dications are that Alabama will raise ,s00, 900 bales. This is getting to be good corn state, and in few years we will be known for our big corn, as well as cotton, production. Our ag- ricultural products mean the coming Of more outside capital and more settlers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
CrOpH and RusIness

Notwithstanding injury to crops in some states caused by unfavorable wealth. CT conditions this is a great crop year," said W. E. MerSstein of Chicago and the business situation is being greatly ben- efted by the abundant harvest now in sight. The south, as a whole, has raised bumper crops, and I understand that Ala bama is particularly favored this year. While the volume of trade may not make new high record during the next F months the country will enjoy solid pros perity from now on."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post
 INROM the amount of trouble that has
 recently been experienced in vari- A ous parts of the country, it would seem high time that the important subject of kissing should be settled in some sat isfactory manner. Heartaches and heart breaks, arrangements and divorces have circled and centered about the problem. But the testimony is so contradictory as to leave small hope for a solution of the question in a way that will bring com fort to all. Even if one arrived at an understanding of how to kiss, the scarce ly less important feature of how often comes up for consideration. Thus, one lady claims that the desert stretches of long married life have not been broken by single osculatory oasis; another who looked for bushels got only pecks, and still another was smothered and suffo- cated by superiuity. Wherefrom it will be seen that with kisses, as with wealth, equitable distribution continues to be the great desideratum.
 Some one has already advocated the es- tablshment of a school for kissing. It is doubtful whether this is needed. Kissing is a thing about which even a Missouri girl does not require to be shown. True there are savage tribes that know noth- ing of the rapt pleasures of a stolen smack. But that is clearly measure of their savagery, and the fact that they rub noses is further proof that the law of evolution is at work and that they are making some progress toward the shining goal of civilization. When it is recalled that less than a decade ago the Japanese maiden knew nothing of the kiss, and the strides that have since been made in the island kingdom in this respect are like wise noted, who can doubt that its intro- ducton served to awaken that nation,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
REFLECTIONS OF BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 A man would just as lief have boils as go shopping with his wife
 It's never late enough for an old maid to mend her kittenish ways The man who longs to lead a forlorn charge in battle yells murder when his collar is too tight
 A girl judges how successful she is at taking away her best friends beau by how mad the other girl gets with her
 Morals were so queer in the old days that most of the ancestors we take so much pride in would have been hanged in these days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
A RUsE.

"Billfewer Is one of the most astute persons I ever saw"
 'Tell me about Billfewer"
 Well. whenever he has, a plumber at work on his premises Billfewer stands around and quotes poetry to the plumber all the time he is there"
 'Yes?"
 And the result is that the plumber, instead of taking three times as long to finish the job as it requires, hurries through in order to escape"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
THE PRAISE OF A SOLITARY LIFE

By William DruiliIioiu. Thrice happy he who by some shady
 grove. Far from the clamorous world, doth live
 his own Thou solitary, who is not alone, But doth converse with that eternal love, O how more sweet is birds harmonious
 moan, Or the hoarse4 sobbings of the widows
 dove Than those smooth whisperings near . , prince s rthronea4-rs= ts Which good make doubtful. do the evil
 approve, Oh how more sweet is Zephyr's whole
 some bFeath And sigh embalmd which new-morn flow
 CTS unfold. ,st c q Than that applause vain honor doth be-
 queath! How sweet are streams to poison drank in
 gold The Torld is full of horror, troubles. sights; Woods harmless shades lave only true
 delights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
The Band Concerts

"All of the open-air concerts given by Nappis band under the auspices of the Music Study club have been en- joyed by large crowds, with the possi- ble exception of one at East park last week when the weather was very threatening" said citizen who seldom fails to attend.
 AS popular as the park concerts were last summer they seem to be even more so now. The Music Study club needs 5000 or upwards. in order to continue the concerts until Septem- Der. A year ago we had only three con- certs a week; now we are having six. If only a third or fourth of the men who attend the concerts would chip in $1 apiece a total of good size would be realized.
 "The evenings are now delightfully."- cool, and we are promised fair wather for sometime to come. I think, there fore, the crowds that listen to the music will grow larger and larger"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

movement has sprung up to have the clocks roll ols 24 hours straight, and man may vet try 10 Sse his latch key at 22 o'clock which would be by no means unduly late.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

in the bleachers, except their constant increase in number? Nix, Petronius; trow not Out there under the burning rays of the 120-degree sun the rabid ones still bleach; when the festive shower comes up and stops the game the bugs gamely sit it out.
 AS proposed visitor to the gallery of a theatre, they do not freeze you out by failing to supply warmth; they do not try to drive your trade into an other part of the house by refusing to give you even the remotest verbal or printed hint of who or what the actors are, or what the play may be; nor do they permit other discomforts to multiply merely because they would rather have your s1 50 than your 25 cents. They send you to pleasantly warmed quarters. which may be high up, but which may be reached by elevators, nowadays, in mod ern plants. They provide you with an opera chair seat. and they pass you printed bill containing tAe cast of char acters. the scenes the music rendered and other things you'd be likely to want to know.
 And it's all for 25 cents. the price you pay for enduring stress of weather bare board seats and no information at alfSre- garding the teams, players, umpires or substitutions.
 Why not, for example. put rosf or awning over the unfortunates who like to he in the more open seats? Why not hand them cast of characters-a line up with the batting order and other de- tails? They can do 1t in theatre why not in baseball, which outdoes the theatrical profits many times each sea son?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

Governor Hooper of Tennessee says passes during the recent session of the legislature. This recalls the pre-Comer days of Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

The mosquitoes and the housefiies both decline to be exterminated this year. Their descendants may, however, have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

Indianapolis should name its library the Riley library. It would be pleasant re- lief from the Carnegie affairs because it would have a real literary meaning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

The members of the Hunnewell, Kan, city council sit and snicker &hen the mayoress says things, and then she pro- ceeds to put into effect what she has said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

If Senator Lorimer is turned out he pro- poses to be a candidate for reelection, no matter what the cost of putting him over again may be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

HENCE THE DAMPNESS. "I had a frightful nightmare last night''
 Tell me about it." CT dreamed that I owned a private yacht and started out to sail around the world.'
 That's not so bad" But in a twinkling the yacht became tub.'
 "Oh.'
 And the tub sprang a leak" "Horrors." Then l woke up and pulled down the window. My bed was rain-soaked"
 REFRESHING. How pleasant tis in summer time To read of ice and snow, Our favorite is a bit of rhyme Bout ten degrees below.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

s Any French aviator who has not flown across the English channel is considered too unprogressive to take high rank in his art
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

The reciprocity amendments are falling supporters to encourage a roll call.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

A part of Gov. Hoke Smiths fame in the north springs from his Christian name. ''Hoke" is considered almost a joke up there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

Governor Deneen did not see the jack pot but he is firmly convinced it once ex- isted for corrupt purposes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
ELEVATED.

sA ELEVATED. q remember when thousands of peo- pie looked up to a mere tramp" How did that happen?" q His foot got caught in d aballoon rope
 A DAY DREAM. I've never travelled round the world, But that's plan appeals to me- And fore my mortal race is run l hope to visit Kankakee.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. I've never travelled round the world, But hope, if I should play in luck, some day before lifes book is closed, To visit dear old Keokuk.
 Louisville Post. ve never been around the world, Now this is sure the truth, But some day e'er my checks I cash hope to visit dear Duluth
 St. Louis Times. ve never travelled round the world: It never bothered me somehow. yearnlng ills my soul today l d like 10 be in Iceland now
 Milwaukee Sentinel. I've never travelled round the wor,dA But there's one place, would dearly s,. please 4 ss@ Me if I could but, see 1t once # And that is Skan-e-at-el-es.
 -Springfield Union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

Mme. Emma Flames Gogorza is a July bride. In Paris July is as good as June in Chicago, or better.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

Postal savings banks are increasing in eral is really convinced of their utility
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

Weekend watching parties in presiden- tial boats is certainly new form of pol itics
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

Texas votes on statewide prohibition on July % and the campaign is a strenuous one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

James Whitcomb Riley wrote poetry until he could fill the role Of Carnegie in the library business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

The Standard Oil trust is to be split trusts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
ON WITH THE sHIRT-wAIsT!

Many cities would be glad to see cold air piped direct from the Arctic regions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

Reciprocity is taking the amendment hurdles successfully, and it will soon be law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

As the days begin to shorten the tenn perature begins to push record up to the top of the tube.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

The New York Sun dislikes Woodrow Wilson, and this fact may give him many additional votes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

Do not try to invent new excuse for going to the ball game. Any old excuse will do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
TEMPTED.

A man who had a noble mien
 And most distinguished air, And eke of strictest probity,
 Acknowledged everywhere, Ere long stole money from a bank, And here's the reason why: He saw lavish limousine
 He simply had to buy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
BUSINESS IS BusINEss.,r
PHILOSOPHY OF KISSING

like the enchanted princess, from it's long slumber?
 But this doesn't solve the problem of now or how often. Nor, doubtless, will it ever be settled. It would be best perhaps to recognize the almost endless varieties, classify them, and leave to the individual to select his or her particular kind There is the soul kiss, the second-cousin kiss, the kiss of peace, the kiss of be- trayal, that of affection, love, duty and abandon. delirium, and several thousand more. Every one to his taste as the old woman said when she kissed the COW.
 Some affect to be able to tell how often girl has been kissed by the way she does it, but those are young and boister- ous chaps. who are mussy and disagree able themselves. Mr. Kipling wrote some cynical verses on the subject, whereby the wise gink was supposed to know whether the fair maiden had been there before. A more perfect picture of the way of man with a maid cannot be found probably than in Hugo's description of the meeting of Marius and Cosette in the garden. But there is little of kissing,
 in which omission the author was wiser than if he had attempted to scale the heights of frenzy reached by Ella Wheel CT Wilcox, who told of how somebody "swooned upon reef of coral lipss'
 It might do to start the proposed school, although there would be more entrants than graduates, seeing that the last thing one would want would be a diploma. Properly conducted. the plan might work out well. It is an cumulative study, yet one that brooks no rivalry. There should be but one in the class and then the stu dent should love the teacher in order to make progress. At that 1t is like trying to master the Chinese language-the more one learns the more one finds there is to learn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

LOCATED AT LAST. i Why do you consult your watch SO ire quently? Have you an appointment?" No. I was merely looking at the woman in the case.''
 TOO BAD. sasz=..-rzs She will not swim I'll tell you why:
 She's just so slim
 She's 'shamed to try.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. She will not swim
 Why? You should know Her figures trim
 And made to show.
 Selma Times BUSINESS IS BUSINESS.'y as. T know an expert in genealogies who is getting rich" How do you account for his success 2, 'He always digs up the right kind. of ancestors"
 CONVERSATIONS Oh he doesn't mind the weather So. at least, have we been told. When electric fans are buzzing And the -watermelons cold
 PAUL COOK.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-03
Ray Brown came up from Sioux

Ray Brown came up from Sioux
City today.
Mrs. Pillar and children went to
Tyndall Saturday to visit her
daughter living there.
Henry Klatt Jr. and Editor
Craig of Trip, were in Scotland
Friday, coming in the formers
auto.
Mr.. Batus Wecker went to Woon-
socket last Thursday to look after
matters concerning his farm at
that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers of Gamma,
Mo-, and Mr.. and Mrs. Lynch OF
Granite City, ILL.,, arrived last
Thursday evening to visit their
relatives, Mrs. S. B. Miller and
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank lamps. Mr..
and Mrs. Rogers left Monday for
Butte, Mont.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-03
Notice of Teachers" Institute

Notice is hereby given hat the
Annual Teachers Normal lnsti-
tute will be held at the Normal In
Springfield, August 2lst to Sep
tem3er LIST inclusive.
Rooms may be had at the Nor
NAL Dormitory for so cents per
week. Meals will be furnished at
the Dormitory Dining Hall at
about 1925 to So SO per week.
It is the duty of every teacher
to attend the Institute faithfully
Bon Homme county expects and
demands that its teachers do their
duty faithfully.
MAUDE E. MULLER,
Co. Supt.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-03

Mrs. Rose Alair and baby of
Meeting are guests of her sister
Mrs. 0. J. Bruhn.
Rev. r.. NJ. Hartman of Spring
field was here between trains Sat
nrday on his way to Armour to
conduct services in the Episcopal
church at that place Sunday.
NJ. r. Brown spent Sunday at
Elk Point, returning Monday, &C.
companied by his son Willie, who
had been visiting there for some
time.
70 advertise my own special
ground lenses | test your eyes, fit
lenses in a good frame, all for 81.
/ will b. in Scotland August 4.
J. J. Krall, Optician.
Mrs. G. J. Tomlinson arrived
from Chicago Friday and will visit
for a few weeks with her husbands
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. K. Tom
linson, and her sister, Mrs. w. G.
Haynes. Hell husband will come
in about two weeks and will ac-
company her home.
A dispatch to the Sioux City
Tribune stated hat n day last
week DR.. Claggett of Fairfax,
while returning from a call on a
patient, lost control of his auto
and The machine turned turtle, DR..
Claggett sustained a sprained ankle
and a man riding with him was
also injured.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-03

Miss Rosa Eberle returned from
Parkston Monday.
The regular services will be held
at the Methodist church next Sun
day.
Albert Reindl put new stills under
the front of theCitizen Republican
office this week.
A fine quiet rain visited this
vicinity last night in which three.
fourths of an inch of water fell.
John Wistmayer left Wednesday
for Lodi, CAL, to look after his
grape vineyards which he owns at
that place.
DR.. Herm. Klima of Tyndall
was in town between trains We'd
nesday, coming in on the train
from the south.
Judge j. d. Elliott and wife of
Sioux Falls we're in town last
Thursday on their way to their
former home in Tyndall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emanuel Giets cf
Creshard arrived today from the
sonth to visit her brother, DR..
Robt. Jasmann.
Mrs. Agnes Gregory arrived
from Salem Tuesday to spend
aome time at the home of her, pa
rents, DIR. and Mrs. Mum.
Miss Ruth Meberg of Vermillion
was here between trains Tuesday
on her way to Springfield to attend
the Stevens-Stanley wedding
A. B. Freeman went to Trinp
Monday to make arrangements for
moving into the new hotel at that
place the last of this week.
Miss Bessie Hall of Tvndall
came ND Tuesday and visited he-
tween trains at the homes of her
aunts. Mrs. A. A. Smith and Mrs.
Russell.
Howard Frizzell has sold bis
farm south of Miller To his consin
Mr.. Arnold of Iowa. He expects
this fall to 90 on his Minnesota
land bought last winter.
Mr.. Berry of Olivet loaded a
car of household goods Tuesday to
ship to their new home in Wis
consin Mrs. Berry left Wednea-
day morning and will stop at
Lanark, Ill, to visit a daughter.
P. A. Bliss was called to Diego,
Kans last Saturday by the i'll
ness of his sister. He returned to
day. We hope our readers will
excuse any shortcomings in the
neutrality-suspicious. this week.
Fred Schroeder of Wagner was in
town Tuesday on his way home
from Yankton. His wife was in
jured in a runaway Sunday and
he took her to tine hospital at
Yankton. The doctors found that
her hip bone was broken and so
this accident may keep her con-
fined for some time.
Rev. Chas. Wilcox and family.
Mrs. VIM. Bardwell and family
and r. Fl. Treiber, who have been
camping in hangers grove at
Olivet the past two weeks, broke,
camp Tuesday and cams back To
town. During Mr.. Treiber's alb
sence Otto Schmierer has been in
charge of his jewelry store.
A. B. Freeman has been pack
ing his hotel furniture for ship
ment and expects to move to Tripp
and take charge of the new hotel
there next Monday. Mr.. Donley
has rented the Edwards Hotel to
bis two SONS, Stafford and Chas.,
who will refurnish it thruout, put
some repairs or the building and
reopen it as soon as it can be put
in shape.