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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-12
HEART TO HEART TALKS-By Ed1u;n A. Nye

of the theatres for a living. Determined to be an actor, he began at the bottom He said of the plays he wrote that they would live after him. And they will as long as the English language lives.
 Perhaps you have not the brain these men had, perhaps you have, but
 You can do as they did. They did their very best always and everywhere.
 Angels can do no more
 Let it go till Sunday and I'll fix it''
 That was the frequent word of a farmer for whom the writer worked for a time when a boy. He employed his Sundays in the mending of harnesses and in sucl odd jobs.
 It was his day for the solution of the weeks farm problems. Drudging the six days, he piled up the leftovers for the seventh.
 For time this farmer prospered, but gradually wore himself out trying to gel rich and died in middle life
 As the strings of violin cannot al. ways be put upon strain. so a man can. not forever put his faculties on the stretch without losing his buoyancy and vitality.
 For, look you
 The institution of Sunday is more than day of rest set apart by civil and re- ligious authority. It is week end va cation established by the experience oi the race for the benefit of the race.
 Civilized man has discovered the fact that periodical rest and relaxation is vi tai to the health and sanity of human be- rgs.
 My Illinois farmer wore out his body by his incessant demands upon it. And he wore out his mind by monotonous em- ployment, refusing relaxation or change of occupation.
 The mind is no caged creature. It craves freedom.
 While his neighbors took their families to church on Sunday morning this far. mer made no difference in days, driving himself and his family to incessant la bors.
 For him and his there was no change of the deadly. even tenor. no refreshmen, of soul. no spiritual vision.
 He became like his Norman horses and died like one of them.
 Do not spoil your Sunday.
 It is part of your sacred heritage and the oldest institution of civilization save one-the family. r
 It is holy day not only in the sense
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loves good things to eat. In that par tiaular Baltimore is unrivaled by any other city of our hemisphere. except New Orleans. Besides, the prices are always reasonable, and. compared with some other towns. ridculously cheap. A great many clerks and other employees of the departments in Washington reside in Baltimore. and save money thereby, though daily they make trips on the rail- road to and from the capital. But then Washington Is the dearest town east of the Mississippi river in which to live. The reason Is that it is distinctively salary town, and income so derived does not stick to the pocket like the wage of labor or the dividends of investment. By all means let the democratic con- vention be held in Baltimore. Grant was nominated in Philadelphia in 1872. Mo- Kinley was nominatel in Philadelphia in 1900, and In the Pennsylvania city Roose- welt was nominated in 1900.
 The republicans found good luck on the Atlantic coast. Why should there l be none of it for the Democrats there?
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Phoebe and Boy. Indeed, nearly all the kings and the queens of the ages have had their faithful footed friends, who ever remained loyal, when courtiers proved false.
 The kings and queens in literature and art have always loved and valued the friendship of their dogs. Recall Byron, and Boatswain; Landor, and Gallo; Sir Walter Scott, and Maida Charles Lamb. and Dash; Sir Isaac Newton, and Dia- mond; Landseer. and Brutus; Pope, and Bounce; Mrs. Browning, and Flush; but the list is almost endless. The reader will find some pleasant lines written to the memory of Flush, in Mrs. Browning s poems. I think a pleasing paper might be written on the subject of Dogs In Sir Walter Scott's Works" and he who might write the story, would not overlook the splendid hound, Bevis, In Woodstock, nor famous old Roswal Sir Kenneths friend, in the Talisman. In note 10, at the close of Woodstock, Sir Walter gives an interesting little sketch in connection with the identity of grand old Bevis, who in old age lived only ito lie by Sir Henrys feet in the summer or by the fire in winter, to raise his head to look on him, to lick his withered hand or his shriveled cheek from time to time"
 The affection of a good dog terminates on1 at his death and If dog has req so believe that his master has ceased f him and has bestowed his love
 other dog, he will grieve himself
 -,r in short time. Many illustra- lions are there of this fact.
 We had A cOllev black and gliStenfnP He was the special property of one mem- bcr of the family At the foot of her bed, on the floor, he slept. His devo- ton to his mistress was extraordinary. She was his idol, if dogs have idols. There came a day, when a friend of Bosco's s
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mistress presented her with Dalmation hound The Dalmation hound is popu- larly called the "coach' dog. Bosco re- new comer by remaining away from his mistress He was hurt" In a short time the Dalmation had to be sent to hospital, and about the same time Bosco's mistress left home for visit to relatives in New York. Bosco seemed to think, that his mistress had gone away with the Dalmation. He, therefore, showed every sign of wounded sensibili- ties. His food was neglected, the bright ness of his beautiful eyes fled. and he wasted away to shadow of his former self Yet, day and night he would seek his place at the foot of the unoccupied bed. A member of the family, going into the room one day, and noticing his distressed loneliness, called him to come down stairs. He could scarcely walk. In the library he was litter to a sofa. beside which, she who had helped him up, quietly did her sewing. Finally she called him. But he did not answer. He was dead. He had died of broken heart. He-had no disease, and no ailment; except that of grief for the absent one, whom he supposed had gone away with her new found friend, the Dalmation.
 Bosco illustrated the love of dog for his mistress; here is an illustration of the love of a master for his dog.
 Professor Wiley, of the law department of the University West Virginia, had a valuable dog, named Bob, which some secret enemy had poisoned. His master spoke of him to the law class thus, and every man who has d good dog will ap- preciate the sentiment expressed about Bob:
 ''TIe has met with the law class here regularly for the last four years. He Is known, and his name Is familiar to the hundreds who have come in and
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more and nominated William Wirt of Virginia as the anti-Masonic candidate for President. though he was a mason of the "fellow-craft" degree. In 1892 he carried Vermont for president and re- oeIved eight votes in the electoral col- lege.
 So it will be observed that Baltimore
 was the scene of the first political na- tional convention that put a ticket in the field a presidential year. In December, 1881, the national republicans" held a
 national convention in Baltimore, and
 nominated Henry Clay of Kentucky, for
 President, and John Sargent of Penn sylvania, for vice-president. And in May, 1882, the democrats assembled in conven- ton also In Baltimore and nominated Andrew Jacksonaof Tennessee. for presi- dent and Martin VanBuren of New York for vice-president.
 Subsequently, VanBuren was twice nom
 mated for president by the democratic
 pal ty-1S3e and 1S40-and both times the
 national convention sat in Baltimore. It was in 1886 that what Is become known
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is quite probable, that the Jews called the dog an unclean animal, because the Egyptians unduly, and with sacrilege, exalted him. as, indeed, they did the cat.
 The ancient classic people who first outlined the cancellations for future ages, placed the dog amoung their fam tastical conceits of figures and scenes among the starry worlds. The most brilliant star in the heavens is Sirius, the dog star; while Procyon is the great est star of the smaller dog. Bootes three syllables) is a huntsman; in his right hand he holds a club, while with his left he holds by the leash two greyhounds with which he pursues the Great Bear around the north pole. Hercules clutches a club in his right hand, and with his left he controls the ferocious dog. Ger berus.
 All that we have in the constellation may be found in mythology. and very much more. in regard to dogs. It is true, also, of classic stories generally
 From an early period, in many coun- tries, dogs have been employed by their masters. In Greece and Rome they were used in battle, at one time. When equipped for warfare, they wore massive collars of metal that bristled with long spikes of iron, and were sometimes pro- tected by arnor The terrible damage that great numbers of dogs could in- f1ict thus panoplied. was illustrated at ancient Corinth. Fifty dogs attacked a landing army while their martial masters Were aaleeD in their garrison They fought like wolves, the taste of blood exciting their ferocity. They were all killed, except one. and that one man. aged to escape and awakened the sleep ing soldiers. l suppose that Shakes peare alluded to this dog when he made
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TT is near midnight, and the world is
 asleep. There is only one sound that J breaks the universal silence, and that is, the barking of distant dog. The bark Is low and hoarse. Each note is pro- longed until it becomes a winding howl, painful to hear. He may be paying the moon, which is far better for dog than some other things are for men, accord ing to Brutus, who declared,
 .I had rather be dog, and bay the moon. Than such RomaE.''
 Why the. far off. dog harlls so 'dismally I V have no means of knowing but he has set me to thinking. and my thoughts I commit to paper
 The origin of the dog is not positively known. Darwin, in his work on 'Domes- ticated Animals and Cultivated Plants, " says, Our various domesticated dogs are believed to have originated from several distinct wild species. because in every part of the world the native dogs resemble some wild wolves of the same country. Thus, perhaps, several species of wolves and jackalls were domesticated in very early times, and from species derived from these, crossed and improved by selection, our existing dogs may have descended" But even Darwin can but say what is believed and what is proba- ble. Remains of dogs have been dis covered among the deposits of the pre- historic ages.
 On the oldest Egyptian monuments there have been found engravings of the dog. Among those ancient people the dog was sacrificed to one of their deities, and the body was embalmed. A number of em- balmed, or mummied dogs have been found by excavators during the ages. It
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gone out over the state. His face Is familiar in all the class pictures of that time. He was my best friend.
 You say he was but a dog. But he was more than a dog. He was of a noble character. There never was a better friend in the world-a truer, more loving friend in this world than Bob. He would have died for me.
 'Yes, Bob was more than a dog. He was more intelligent than some men more sympathetic, more appreciative, more responsive, more companionable in many ways. He was always interested In everything I did-observed 1t closely | and intelligently, andshowed his satfac- ton with the result
 "He knew the English language as nc other dog ever did. I conld talk to him with the same freedom that I would 10 a person. He looked me intently in the eye till he understood me perfectly. If he were lying on the rug in the parlor and the conversation turned on him he would raise his head Hutil he was sat- isfied.
 ''I loved that dog, because he was worthy of love. And the more I com pare him with men. the more love and revere the memory of Bob. And the man who gave Bob poison will go to q worse place than Bob has gone. I hope and believe l will meet Bob somewhere in the great beyond but do not want to meet the man who murdered him we could not live in the same place.
 Speaking of the death of his dog, Prof. Wiley said:
 with my hand on his heart, I felt the final throb. And I said 'Goodby, Bob, do not know where you have gone. but I will look for yOu and search for you among the mysteries of the hereafter. It cannot be that so noble a creature Is snuffed out like a candle. "
 Professor Willey's hope of immortality for Bob excites an interesting question. that is do animals of the lower orders
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there are those who would do so if neces- sary rather than wabble through life, craven and a recreant
 Young man
 If you succeed in life 1t will be only by hard work.
 Do not fancy that you can escape drud- gery. The greatest men have been the hardest workers. Of these the writer names five-Archimedes, Sir Isaac New ton, Michelangelo. Beethoven, Shakes peare--and says they are the greatest men who have ever lived.
 One might make different choice, but all are fine illustra tions of the genius of hard labor.
 Archmedes set the pace in science for 1000 years. He worked out many prob lems of practical mechanics. One day in his bath he was thinking diligently about the comparative weight of metals and other substances. It would seem one might rest his mind at least while talk ing bath, but Archimedes worked inces- sanity Suddenly the solution came to him, and he jumped out of his bath and rushed down the street, crying:
 Eureka! Eureka!'
 Sir Isaac Newton gave the next great impetus to science. Year after year he pondered the law of gravity, set to the solution of this law by watching an apple fall to the ground. In the beginning Newton was a poor clerk, but he did not complain that he had no chance to do big things.
 He patiently worked on.
 Michelangelo, according to some, was the greatest painter. greatest sculptor, greatest architect of the worlds his- tory. When mere boy he took block of rejected marble and carved out his great statue of David. The dome of St. Peters and many masterpieces of paint ing attest his tremendous accomplish ment.
 Why?
 For a like reason Beethoven made him. self great-by great labors Born a drunkard's sons he was cruelty disap- pointed many times, buffeted and mis- treated. Finally, to cap the climax of his woes he became entirely deaf. And yet much of his matchless music was written after he became deaf.
 And Shakespeare?
 Born poor boy, beaten for poaching. maltreated, he fled to London. where he ran errAnds and held horses in front
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Who would not climb thes five steps of a ladder for perfectly good money!
 We took the shelf heretofore as a substitute, but now many sof us will go up of choice because
 A half dollar is 50 cents. Have you never clung to the upper like wrecked mariner to his storm tossed raft, through the weary vigils of the night, the lurch of the car making the plane of your recumbency first this bias and then that, the toy of the track, and in instant fear of be- ing shot like a projectile through the circumambient atmosphere?
 in that hour what was your chiefest regret?
 Was it not the memory of the extor- tion paid at the Pullman ticket win dow as the price of your parlous vo, age?
 Herein was your grievance:
 Your grouch as a guest of the Hotel Pullman was not so much that you had to go to cot in the top hall, but that, occupying the place next the rafters, you paid the same price as the lodger on the parlor floor.
 Moreover
 Many a time and oft, with the price in your inside pocket, you have en- dured the martyrdom of the callous threatening upholstery of the chair car or doubled your indignant legs to the stubborn furniture of the day coacn, and yet
 Rising in the early gloaming felt that you had not sufficiently punished greedy corporation.
 But now
 Shall we not gladsomely go to our loft on high chanting blithsome ditty to the accompaniment of the clattering rail? Resting upon our marked down bargain, shall we not accentuate the rhythm of our echoins snores7
 Verify.
 And neither shal lthe pillow, alfalfa stuffed, nor the excelsior mattress, noi the scant horse blanket. disturb our dreams of the discontinue of the Pull mans.
 What patient people are we Anleri- cans! We are like the docile mule that takes the goad for years-until he gets chance to kick.
 A popular writer characterizes a cer- tain class of persons as "wabble folks"
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introduced as the solution of the race problem.
 Many of these colored peoole, after working for time Oh their little patches of ground. drifted into the towns or left the state.
 Grove stayed.
 He worked as hired hand. And this was observed of him-that he would work only where potatoes were grown. He seenied obsessed with the potato notion He studied potatoes, talked potatoes, dreamed potatoes. Now it Is a good thing to have a practical hobby and ride 1t whenever you can get astraddle.
 Grove had saved a little money. and he rented few acres and started rais- ing potatoes his way.
 That venture-it was 20 years ago came near breaking Groves back fi- nancially. He raised the finest potatoes in the Kaw valley. but unfortunately the price was 50 low there was scarcely enough to pay for the rent and the seed.
 Nevertheless
 Next year Grove had another crop of potatoes. Potatoes were scarce and he got big rrlce. He bought his acres and rented more ground
 The fat and tie lean years seemed to alternate, and Grove kept on in the potato business.
 Now, should you ever happen to be in the vicinity of Edwardsville, Kan, be sure to visit Groves big potato farm.
 You will see more power machines for planting, blowing. digging and sorting potatoes than you ever dream ed of. In the busy season you will see white men working Groves ma chinery.
 And the neighbors say it will take at least six figures to represent Groves wealth.
 Where did he get it?
 Just potatoes.
 There are lot of things that Grove does not know. but he knows how to raise potatoes in the Raw valley bet ter than any other man. and he fnows he knows it.
 duced the price of its uppsx berths.
 The cut was made. 1t Is true, at the end of an order from the powers that be, and the reduction is not as big as barn door. but 1t will do.
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will talk, you know
 Surely. And if they talk 4 about you never mind


 J about you never mind. They cannot harm you.
 Noisy, barking dogs seldom bite. The chatter of the gossip signifies but little. The man who would stoop to injure you by innuendo or covert sheer is not a strong man. And you need not fear what weak man may do. He is likely to . injure himself more than you.
 Lies?
 Lies cannot permanently hurt your reputation, because they cannot harm your character. What you are counts in the long run, not what is said about you. ss4. You are you. -.-45s Whatever may be the gabble of the gos- sips about you only you can make you what you are to be. You know your strong and your weak points Only you can injure you.
 People will talk.
 Let them. If you should try ever so hard to please everybody you would be sure to fail. No one can stir himself to action without stirring up the inactive and the critical. Whatever you do some body will find fault
 Let people talk.
 If you are not strong enough to go ahead aud do what you deem right and proper let some one halt you by an in- situation or stop you by small talk why, throw up your hands and be donc. Envy loves a shining mark.
 If you do not try. to do much 1t will not try to injure you much. If you seek .o go higher up 1t will follow you re- lentlessly The tongue of hatred is the tongue of him who has not the nerve nor the power to climb.
 Let the gossips rage.
 If you have made up your mind to got cn and up you will have no time to fritter away in defending yourself from the venom of small minds.
 Give your full strength to your task. Ignore the noisy prattle of the nevious. Drive on!
 His name is J. Grove and he lives on his own farm in the Raw valley of Kansas.
 Grove is a colored man.
 He came up to Kansas in that strange exodus from the cotton states which some would be philanthropis'
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"Auld Ayr, whom ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonnie lasses"

s'Auld Ayr, whom ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonnie lasses.''
 TT tends to spread inspiration to the democratis heart to hear that Bal | timore is seeking to secure as guests the delegates who will make the demo- cratic platform and name the democratic ticket In 1912. It reminds one of old times, when the democratic party was long dominant and triumphant, and the Mary land. metropolis dstinctively the conven- ton city of the Union.
 Prior to 1892 political parties nominated their national tickets in congressional caucuses or by resolutions of the state legislatures, and these were reinforced by mass meetings throughout the country. The anti-Masonic party, a creation Of Thurlow Weed, was the inventor of the national convention. In 1880 that or ganizaton held a. pow-wow in Phila- delphia to launch the new party and sail 1t on the tempestuous seas of national politics. The following year in the, month of September, delegates met in Baltt-
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Glory be!
 The Pullman Car company has re- duced the price of its upps< berths.
 The cut was made. 1t Is true, at the end of an order from the powers that be, and the reduction is not as big as barn door. but 1t will do.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-09-20
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Lake Elizabeth, Sept. 18-A large
number Of Lake Elizabeth people
took in the Street Fair last week.
Mrs. Albert Olson and Mrs. Hill
mer Stenberg spent State Fair week
in Minneapolis.
A baby girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Harris Johnson, Thursday,
Sept. IA. Heartiest congratulations.
Miss Hattie Forsberg spent Sunday
at Andrew Paulson's. ,..
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Stenberg called
at August Olson's Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Norell and An
drew Norine Of Kandiyohi made an
auto trip to Lake Elizabeth Sunday
forenoon. --.-s..
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Russell of
tennessee spent Sunday at Axel
Bjur's. ).
Miss Alma and Fannie Danielson,
Sam Gronberg, M. E. Jackson and
son Grant autoed to Willmar Sat-
urday to take in the last day of the
fair.
Ruth Olson made short call at
c. E. Johnson's Sunday.
Helen Blur spent Sunday at Nels
Peterson's. -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-09-20
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The seats were changed and ar
ranged in alphabetical order Monday
morning. The seats that the pupils
occupy now will be permanent. We
are all SO pleased with them, espe-
cially Happy"
William Digman enrolled as a
Sophomore Monday morning.
The piano has been moved into
Room for the music class.
Foot ball practice Monday night.
First and Second teams. =
Rebecca taught the Cicero class
Monday afternoon
Oh! The tiny Freshies! .
Olga Quale was absent Friday
Of last week.
Did I hear, "Rac-a chic-a Boom!
Rac-a chic-a Boom! Rac-a chic-a
Rac-a chic-a Boom, Boom, Boom!
Rip Rap Ro, Rip Rap Rol Willmar
High SCHOOL, Rah! Rah! Rah! Hoo
rayW any time during the Street
Fair.
Twenty new seats have been added
to the assembly room.
The chemistry aprons have ar
rived.
Ella Burns of DeGraff has en-
rolled as a Freshman.