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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-11-24
PHYSICIAN ADVISES
cUTIcURA REMEDIES

'Four years ago l had places break
out on my wrist and on my shin which
would itch and burn by spells, and
scratching them would not seem to
give any relief. When the trouble first
began, my wrist and shin itched like
poison. l would scratch those places
until they would bleed before I could
get any relief. Afterwards the places
would scale over, and, the flesh un-
0erneath would look red and feverish.
Sometimes 1t would begin to itch until
e would waken me from my sleep.
and I would have to 60 through the
scratching ordeal again.
Our physician pronounced It dry
eczema" / used an. ointment which
the doctor gave me, but 1t did no good.
Then he advised me to try the Cuti-
Cura Remedies. Al this trouble has
been In our family for years. and il
considered hereditarc-. I felt anxious
70 try to head It OK / got the Cuti-
cura Soap. Ointment and Pills. and
they seemed to be just what I needed.
''The disease was making great
Roadway on my system until l got
the Cuticura Remedies which have
cleared my skin Of the great pest.
From the time the eczema healed four
years ago, until now, / have never felt
any of its pest. and I am thankful to
the Cuticura Soap and Ointment which
certainly cured me. I always 8 the
Cuticura Soap for toilet. and / hope
other sufferers from skin diseases will
3 the Cuticura Soap and Ointment"
(Signed) Irven Hutchison, Three Riv-
ers, Mich, Mar. Is, 1911. Although
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold
By druggists and dealers everywhere,
= sample Of each. with 32-page book,
Win be mailed free on application to
~Cuticura." Dept. II K, Boston.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-11-24

Il have = clue" was the answer.
Come In here!" said the chief. lay
ing his hand on the other mans shoul.
der. and In his excitement and eager
ness almost Jerking him into the city
hall.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-11-24
The Gist Of It.
This 10 q

Two and two make four. This IL q
platitude.
Two and two make three. This is
demagogism.
Two and two make one hundred and
fifty. This is high finance.-Lppin.
colts Magazine.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-11-24

TO strive ct all involves q victory
achieved over sl0th. inertness and In.
Observation-Disclosures.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-11-24

The man who n envious Of evil
doors viii soon Be one himself.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-11-24

Wisdom. lika bowers. requires cul
lRo-Ballon
The Bourbon news., 1911-05-30

Let us figure with you on
on your next work.
Our facilities are the best, having
Just installed one of the latest i'm
proved Chandler & Price Job
Presses come around and see it
work.
Our type is new and modern
faces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-12
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
Gives satIsfaction

Jefferson county has good excise commission; one that satisfies the general public, I believe" said man who voted for the dispensary in preference to the saloon in the recent election. When the commission was announced Satur- day evening there was some disappoint- ment on the part of those who had fa- vored unsuccessful candidates. but the more the people have thoght of the mat ter the more unanimity there has been on the three names that Governor o'Neal decided upon
 Everybody who knows Messrs. Agee. Wilkinson and Moore will agree that this is game. plucliy, straightforward trio. No rough element in Birmingham can run it over the excise commission as now constituted. I thought Birmingham was to be congratulated at getting such cour- ageous excisemen. and I am more than ever convinced of the wisdom of tho governors selection"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-12
Intrigues in Our Diplomatic Service

No one doubts that a cabal forced Dr. David Jayne Hill, who is poor in this worlds goods, out of the Berlin embassy to make room for the ad- vancement to that post of the rich John G. A. Leishman, who is a spe- cial and devoted friend of Secretary of State Knox. Dr. Hill himself says he was forced to retire because of an intrigue against him. He does not name the chief intriguer, and the en- tire matter is still wrapped in mys- tery.
 The impression grows, however, in the public mind that Dr. Hill, who is eminently competent, was displaced to please Secretary Knox, who has long been an advocate of dollar diplomacy" It was he who sent John Hays Hammond to the coronation as special ambassador, and he is con- stantly seeking rich men to fill the higher diplomatic posts. The phrase dollar diplomacy" which MT. Knox supports, seems to have two mean ings. It means no doubt that only men of great wealth are wanted as ambassadors, and it means that they will be expected to promote "the in terests" in international relations. Private enterprise is to outrank the general good The appointment of the rich Mr. Kearns to Vienna and of MT. Leishman to Berlin and of White law Reid to London suffiently show what dollar diplomacy is. The dis placement of Dr. Hill and of Henry White sufficiently show that men of high equipment are not wanted in our diplomatic service if they do not pos sess large wealth.
 The country will pretty surely ask for fuller explanation of the Knox doctrine of dollar diplomacy. If it was he that forced Dr. Hill out of the diplomatic service it certainly will The entire issue will go before the people next year, and verdict or dollar diplomacy at the ballot boxes will be potential and decisive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-12

are great power possibilities in the Warrior abreast of this city.
 Then, too, money will be appropria- ted for the new postoffice building in this city, and the expectations of the people here call for a building as fine as the one recently erected in At lanta.
 Nor is this all. The bill to estab- lish a sub-treasury in this city was presented by MT. Underwood at the extra session, and it will doubtless be pressed to passage next winter. At present there are nine sub-treasuries in the United States. These are located in New York, Boston, Phila- delphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chi cago, St. Louis, New Orleans and San Francisco. The great southeast ern section of the country should have sub treasury, and Birmingham is not only the chief industrial, but it is also the geographical center of the southeast. No doubt a sub-treasury will be located in this city, and there seems to be no reason why the bill should not become law nert winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-12
HonorIng oscar Underwood

Congressman Oscar W. Underwood democratic leader in the House will be honored in many ways between now and December, and banquets, smokers and other entertainments given in complinien; to him will be notable for their spontans- ous feeling" said citizen, Some ban quets are stiff and strained, but every body who knows about him admires him. His friends are true friends.
 The Chamber of Commerce banquet to be rendered to MT. Underwood the latter part of November will be one of ihe grandest civic and social affairs ever at tempted in the south. It will be non- partisan, and all members of the Cham Der of Commerce, regardless of politics, will be expected to participate I in- derstand that a number of distinguished men outside of Alabama will be invited 10 the banquet. and the speech making on that occasion will be of high or der. MT. Underwood Is a sngularly modest man, and although he is serl- ously discussed as a presidential possr- oility his head is not bit swollen; and he would never put, on airs even if hs were to land in the presidential office'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-12
Getting Ready for the Canal

The masonry construction of the Gatum locks is nearly completed, and | by Christmas time the work will stand complete full year ahead of the scheduled time. It seems to be we'll determined that water will be let into the canal in 1913. This would be an anticipation of the opening date by something over year, for Janu- ary 1, 1915, has been from the out set the promised opening day.
 Every part of the country and the government itself are getting ready for the momentous and historic open ing of the canal. The Postmaster General has recently advertised for steamships to carry mails from Se- attle to Panama once every two weeks; from San Francisco to Pana- ma every two weeks; from New York to Colon every week, and from New Orleans to Colon every week. A com pany has been organized to build the needed steamships, and they must not be owned or controlled by the rail- road lines.
 This district has coal seams and veins of iron ore located near the canal, and the iron ana steel and coal and coke of this district can be barged to tidewater at low transportation expense. It would seem therefore that this district, above any other, should be up and doing. The federal engineers should be prodded into a completion of the locks and dams in the Warrior, and barge lines should be organized without unnecessary delay. Time begins to be an element in the coming strife for the great trade of the Pacific and the Orient. A share of it belongs to this district. This share can, however, be secured through strong and combined efforts on the part of this district, for noth- ing in trade comes without effort now a days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-12
scorn nt first, makes after love the more. Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Irregular Taft Delegates

The Alabama republican conven- tion's selection of six Taft delegates at large-two of whom are to cor respond to the congressman presum- ably to be elected at large-is at tracting no little attention in repub- lican papers. Four years ago two Cannon delegates were elected in a Michigan district before the meeting of the national committee, and before 1t had named the date and place of the national convention. When the national committee met the selection of the two Cannon delegates in the Michigan district was declared ir- regular and void, and the Michigan district proceeded to issue a second call to reselect two delegates.
 Under this precedent the selection of six Taft delegates in this state will no doubt be set aside as alto gether irregular and void, and no doubt the work will have to be done over again, and possibly the LaFol- lette republicans will organize and send to the national convention a second set of delegates. The capture of the Alabama delegation is consid- cred desirable in all national conven- tions because the name of this state stands first in any national roll. The standpat republicans will no doubt summons the postmasters to meet again. This is an easy task and the business in question can speedily be transacted again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-12
A PRUDENT SUICIDE

From the Newark News.
 Suicides often adopt ingenious methods, but the art of the felo de SC seems not to have advanced materially during the cen turtles. The modern case of heavily in
 sured broker who on a feigned hunting trip stood bare legged in quagmire for hours and so wilfully contracted fatal
 pneumonia, is matched in cleverness by one 800 years old. The following facts are
 we'll vouched for, and indeed were never questioned.
 Sir William Hankford, judge of the kings bench in the reigns of Edward Ill., Henry ", Henry V and Henry VI, and at the time of his death chief justice or England, was a man of melancholy tenn perament He seems to have contem- plated suicide the greater part of his long life and during his later years the idea became a fixed purpose. The act was or peculiarly serious consequence in those days for the reason the law treated IL as a capital crime. The offender was buried at the cross roads, with stake driven through his body, and all his goods anu property were foreifted to the crown, to the utter ruin of his family. Hankford made good. use of his wits and succeeded in accomplishing his purpose without in curing either unpleasant penalty. He gave open and notorious instructions to his gamekeeper. who had been troubled
 with poachers in the deer preserve, to
 challenge all trespassers in the future,
 and to shoot to kill If they would not stand and give an account One dark night he purposely crossed the keepers patch and
 upon challenge made motions of resist
 ance and escape. The faithful servant failing to recognize his master, followed | instructions to the letter. as was expect ed of him, and Sir William fell dead III
 his tracks The whole truth of the anaii was common knowledge. but it was i'm possible to establish a case of suicide py legal proof. The. servant was protecteo bv his instructions. Hankford had hon. orable-- burial and his estate passed tt
 those whose interests as heirs he had SC wisely considered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-12
SHARP PRACTICE

From the Washington Star.
 ..The new idea in business is honesty onenness. frankness,' said Alton B. Parker at a dinner at Esopus. We used to conceal our plumbing and very poor unsanitary work it was. We expose 1t now. and it is altogether sound, whole some and satisfactory. Well, business is like that.
 "When I think of some of the tricks that used to obtain in reputable busi- ness firms, am reminded of the seaside auctioneer.
 ..Thjs scoundrel once held up sl0 gold piece and said:
 Guess the date on this piece ol money, friends. Make guess and a small purchase, and the correct guessei takes the coin.'
 "So everybody in the crowd guessed everybody bought some worthless rubbish and the dealer netted huge profit Then at the end, he looked at the sl0 gold piece. held 1t up and said "Now for it! Who guessed 1s94?'
 Me, Me. Mev cried every man jack in the shop. The dealer smiled. "'Then you guessed wrong he said slipping the coin into his pocket. The date is 1872. "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-12
The Concert Next sunday

We are highly encouraged over the prospect of having large crowd at the concert to be given at the Jeffer- son theatre next Sunday for the benefit of the Jackson highway movement, now being vigorously pushed by the Daugh- ters of 1872" said a lady prominent in the concert management
 The cause Is one which should ap- peal to the public, and as Signor Nappi will have an augmented band as a pop ular feature of the entertainment very choice music will be heard. Ticket prices range from 50 cents to s1. The musicians are aiding us liberally and there Is every reason to expect large proceeds from the concert"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-12

points in the arc, it were easy to describe the circle. 'Posums similarly figure In limited but delightful sphere. Nature ere ated them together with small boys old negroes, and hound dogs, put the scent on the possum, the nose on the dogs. the spirit of enterprise in the primitive heart, and sent a moonlit night.
 The journey led by way of coon trail to a hollow tree in the ravine. A fringe of bristles high up in the tree, between the gun and the moons face, a shot from the gun, and a fine fight on the ground beneath. A fat 'possum is found on the way back, hanging by his tail to small sapling. No gun here, just tap on the head with a club. Then the shrill yelp of the dogs and an odor that reaches to high heaven, as the trail of a skunk is crossed. The boy sleeps in the barn for a week afterward, but mother cooks the 'possum with sweet 'taters, and sends him out his portion. while the old negro takes the coon and chuckles because he has the best of the bargain.
 Science Is very good thing in it's way; but what has science to do with 'possums?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-12
AUTUMN

By Samuel Minturn Peck.
 'Tis all myth that autumn grieves, For watch the rain amid the leaves; With silver fingers sdimly seen
 It makes each leaf a tambourine. And swings and leaps with elfn mirth To kiss the brow of mother earth; Or, laughing mid the trembling grass It mods greeting as you pass. O hear the rain amid the leaves 'Tfs all myth that autumn grieves. 'Tis all myth that autumn grieves- For list the wind among the sheaves; Far sweeter than the breath of May Or storied scents of old Cathay.
 It blends the perfumes rare and good Of spicy pine and hickory wood; r And with voice as gay as rhyme It prates of rifed mint and thyme. o scent the wind among the sheaves- 'Tis all myth that autumn grieves! Tis all a myth that autumn grieves' Behold the wondrous web she. weayes! By viewless hands her threadtis spun Of evening vapors shyly won.
 Across the grass from side to side A myriad unseen shuttles glide
 Throughout the night, till on the night Aurora leads the laggard light.
 Behold the wondrous web she weaves- 'ris all myth that autumn grieves:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-12
The Virginia Senators

United States Senators Tom Martin and Claude Swanson swept Virginia in the democartic primary last week." said member of Birmingham's Virginia colony
 Swanson was appointed senator in 1910 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John w. Daniel Martin has been sena- tor since March 4, 1895, h1et new term commencing March 4 1915. In the recent primary Martin was opposed by Congress man William A. Jones of the First dis trict, and Swanson was opposed by Car ter Glass, a representative in Congress from the Lynchburg district. The cam paign was short, sharp and decisive. Ac- cording to Richmond papers it was ex- ceedingly bitter. Jones was quite vitriolic fin his attacks on Senator Martin and Car ter Glass, who is a plucky politician, and was vigorous in his speeches against Spanson. I know all four of the gentle men. Fifteen years ago, when l used to sec good deal of Will Jones in Wash ington I thought him one of the most chivalrous men T had ever met He is a thorough gentleman in his manner and feeling, and I was somewhat surprised to find him so fierce in his manner of attack in the senatorial contest. Senator Martin is a machine politician. Personally, he is most agreeable man. He is nothing of an orator but there are few politicians | in the United States so astute as he The late Gen. Fitzhugh Lee was candidate l for the United States Senate at the time that Martin first ran and carried off the
 
 mares in those days, but a majority of the members of the legislature elected in 1893 were pledged to Lee, who was then ex-governor. President Cleveland was especially fond of General Lee, and know ing that he was without money sent him 5000 in siGo bills as an unSlicited dona- ton to his senatorial campaign fund. It was graceful as well as generous act on the nart of MT. Cleveland. happened to know about it at the time, but would not mention it were 1t not for the fact that it came out in evidence in legisla- | tive investigation held to ascertain whether Martins friends hadn't obtained certain votes by unfair means J. $. B | Thompson. well known and popular throughout the south, was at that time superintendent of the Richmond division | of the Southern railway. He was one of the leading politicians of Virginia and was an active supporter of Martin as against Lee. MT. Thompson was brought into the recent campaign when Jones charged Sen ator Martin with the use of money in the first contest in which Lee was defeated
 But Thompson showed that he was ignor- ant of any wrong doing
 Prohibition did not cut much figure J publicly in the primary contest but if played a part nevertheless l don't know whether Martin ever declared
 himself on. the liquor question. He was always temperance man person ally, but he was never politically lined up with the prohibitionists, or Anti-
 Saloon league. Indeed it was due te
 Martins shrewd political management
 that the last Virginia legislature voted
 down a state wide prohibition propo' sition. do not know how Jones stoos
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-12
Canadian Reciprocity Campaign

The election of new parliament in Canada takes place on September 21 --on Thursday of next week-and the campaign is therefore in it's closing stages. AS in great contests in this country both sides are confident The liberals, led by Premier Laurier, seem, however, to have the better prospects, for their meetings are larger and more enthusiastic, and the farmer and the fishermen are cer- tainly aware of the advantages they will have when they have free access to American markets. The tory side continues to indulge in predictions of annexation as logical result of reciprocity. Their arguments are not, however, convincing. Public sentiment in Canada is opposed to an- nexation, but MT. Borden and his col leagues do not seem to make deep impression when they warn Cana dians to beware of it. Rudyard Kip ling has reinforced the annexation ogre. He, however, fails to show that free trade would lead to annex ation when the present immense Can adian-American trade has no effect in that direction whatsoever. If the Kipling argument were sound, a Chinese wall 5000 miles long would be ,Canada's true protection against annexation. MT. Kipling is out of his element in economies. He should stick to the imaginative world, where he is supreme and superb.
 r In short, Premier Laurier, leading the liberals, appeals for votes because reciprocity offers prosperity and trade advantages, and Leader Borden of the conservatives is unable to meet this argument, except with anex- ation talk. The plain common sense voter sees the difference between trade advantages which are real and an annexation which is unreal. "Loy- .alty" to the King is balanced against higher prices for products. The lat ter will win. The election of a lib- eral house of commons means the re- tention of Premier Laurier in office and the ratification of the reciprocity agreement. The election turns solely on this issue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-12
BLIGHT OF THE BOOK

From Men of Letters in the Sixty-second
 Congress By George Henry Payne. in
 the September Bookman.
 Some years ago when the writer was young enough to be restless under the im- presson that the future of the country rested on his taking an active part in politics, his name was presented to a con- yvention held in the reception room of a district club as candidate for the New York state assembly. In the course of the usual eulogistic recital of the writer s ancestral and individual claims to the of- flee, the kind friend who had prepared his speech (with the candidates assistance), laid marked emphasis on the fact that Ee had written a book, dwelling on this further reason for sending the candidate to Albany with so much enthusiasm as to suggest to the eulogised one-who was listening in an ante room of course--that the orator had read the book and was thus squaring accounts.
 When the time came for the rival can didate's name to be presented a faithful ward worker mounted the platform and in his first few sentences showed how ir- reparable was the damage done by the first speaker, by pitching into this ob- vious defect in the literary candidate s character.
 The speech happily was preserved stenographically.
 T aint got nothing to say" he began, against the other candidate who's father seems to have won all the battles of the civil war, but what we want is men who do things. My candidate, MT. Levy, is a home man and has three children. Has your candidate any children?'
 (Civil war candidate in ante room writhes and admits to himself with curses that he is not even married)
 And then this book business My can didate is practical man, the kind that we need in the community--he is a real estate man--he rents houses. We all have to live in houses, don't we? And that s why we want to send MT. Levy to the legislature. What use have we in this district, where lot of hard working peo- ple live, for a man who writes books What could he do for us in Albany? If we want books we can go to the library, can't we? etc."
 It is hardly necessary to say that the real eseete man with the three children and homes to rent won.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-12
Birmingham Before Congress

When the long session of Congress
 Is convened in December three Bir- ,mingham bills will certainly be
 brought before it. There will be a bill for the regulation of the water power at the 63-foot dam in the War rior at Lock No. IT. The entire ques- tion as to the use of the power cre- ated by the great dam was turned over to the regular session, the extra session authorizing simply the cree tion of the dam. Many believe there