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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02
GOOD FOR HER

There was man in our town,
 Who knuckled to his wife; And while he didn't win renown, She kept him straight for life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02

The recall is the most popular political method that has been devised in a gener- ation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02

The anl.let has as good right to exist as the bracelet, and all the fuss made ever tn e1ormer is uncalled for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02

In the last analyses the war maneuvers are a dash on the treasury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02
A GUILTY CONSCIENCE.

A GUILTY CONSCIENCE. Lets get away from here quick" What's the matter?" q noticed that old codger looking hard al my umbrella" {" Well what of that?' q don't remember now just where got it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02

The coal man is about to transfer his smile to the ice man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02
PREFERABLY STRAW.

"Ad writers are using great deal of slang these days"
 That's so. I see where the proprietor of a hat store is strongly in favor of put ting on the lid"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02
RECKLESS GIRL.

'Erminia is perfectly scandalous." What has she been doing, Gladys Maude?"
 'she said she would like to meet Nat Goodwin"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02
PASSING OF THE ROLLO BOOKS

Washington. But 1t was good genera stion ago.
 Then there were the "Franconia
 Stories s'-"Malleville," 'Wallace," Mary
 Erskine," Mary Bell eBeechnut" and
 ''Rodolphus." '"Beechnut" wasn't his
 name, of course It was foreign name,
 and heaven only knows what 1t was l Beechnut used to carry it around with
 him written on card, and so when he
 made one of those memorable journeys
 down from the Franconia Hills to Boston
 or New York, he used to go to the gen.
 eral delivery window at the postoffice and hand in his card to the clerk, who wouldn't have recognized the name to hear it.
 They used to have great times up there in the Franconia Hills. Was there a youngster who read the books who 1 wouldn't have given the very jackknife
 out of his pocket to get up there with Ro-
 dolphus and Beechnut and the ship Gl- braltar that they navigated the pond
 with? It was pond, wasn't ite And they
 got marooned on the island. didn't they? l And Marco Paul, too. Marco Pauls Adventures in Pursuit of Knowledge was the general title of the series. Very likely 1t explains why the books aren't read today. Adventures in pursuit of knowledge aren't so popular as those in pursuit of big game But Marco was full
 of interest to the boys of other days. Do you remember how he sailed over the Erie canal-in pursuit of knowledge, of course and explained all about low bridges and | locks? Didn't you fix up canal of your own after you read about it, and use up two or three cigar boxes in making the | locks?
 l Surely, youth will not be denied, and If | the Jacob Abbott books are decreed to be | passe, it can't be helped. But at least l myrtle may be planted on the graves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
CASUS BELL

CASUS BELL "So the Gribbles have separated?" 'Yes. They had a big row." What was the trouble?" "Gribble told Mrs. Gribble what she really looked like in harem skirt"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02
THE LAST STAGE

"A self-made man, you say?'' "Yes. And now he is giving himself the finishing touches"
 What do you mean?"
 "He is learning to play golf"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02

In the world fill place which may he better supplied when I have made it empty.
 As You Like It.
Arizona republican., 1911-03-06

The determination of the board of supervisors to lay a railway track across the Center street bridge will undoubtedly receive the approval of all taxpayers. That there will be a track there is certain, and that it it can be constructed now at less cost than after the floor of the bridge is completed is in favor of its present construction. In fact. it is estimated that the cost of laying it now before the layer of sand and gravel has been put in place will be only little more than half the cost later. Moreover, it win he well for the county to maintain control of that track, since the time is very likely to come when more than one railway system will seek an outlet to the south side. A rental for the use of the track. the charge to be based upon the cost of construction. would be perpetual source of revenue to the county.
Arizona republican., 1911-03-06
YOU MUST MEAN MORE.

You must mean more than just this
 hour.
 You perfect thing so subtly fair, Simple and complex as a flower, Wrought with such planetary care; How patient the eternal power That wove the marvel of your hair. How long the sunlight and the sea We've and remove this ripping gold To rhythms of eternity.
 And many flashing thing grew old Waiting this miracle to be; And painted marvels manifold. Still with his work unsatisfied, Eager each new effect to try, The solemn artist cast aside, Rainbow and shell and butterfly As some stern blacksmith scatters
 wide
 The sparks that from his anvil fly. How many shells. whorl within whorl, Litter the marges of the sphere, With wrack of unregarded pearl. To shape that little thing your ear; Creation. just to make one girl. Hath travelled with exceeding fear. The moonlight of forgotten seas Dwells in your eyes, and qp your
 tongue
 The honey of a million bees, And all the sorrow of all song: You are the ending of all these. The world grew old to make you
 young.
 All Time hath travelled to this rose To the strange making of this face Came agonies of fires and snows; And Death and April nights and
 days
 Unnumbered. unimagined threes. Find in this flower their meeting
 place.
 Strange Artist. to my aching thought Give answer; all the patient power That to this perfect ending wrought Shall it mean nothing but this hour. Say not that it is all for naught Time brings Eternity a flower. Richard Le Gallienne, in Harper's
 Weekly.
Arizona republican., 1911-03-06
WOMEN AND STREET CARS.

| Gee whiz
 If there be anything that is
 Quite like a woman getting off a car
 Will somebody stop us and state what it are? Through years that we have had them And women, from the first. Got on them and got off them, Their getting offs the worst That ever happened, only To make it worse than worst
 They get off just as badly
 Today as at first. They've never learned the simple
 And safe and easy plan That marks the easy manner Of their inferior, man And, now?
 Wow,
 Can they be taught how? Oh, woman, WOndrous woman. God bless you as He may.
 You do not ask assistance Save in your own sweet way You scorn such education; You've always done it so, And if there's any other It's not for you to know, Although you break your lovely neck. Or twist limb off. say, You do not care a darn, so long As that is d woman's way HOw's that? You know where you are at? And it's your own affairaif you tumble
 down flat? Oh. very well. dear ladies. Get off as suits you best, But men if half so awkward As you would never rest Until they learned a method Of getting off a car That didn't look like Hades And give themselves a jar. Oh, say,
 Can't you get off some other way? Won't you ever learn Not to turn
 Wrong end to As at present you do? My scat, Is it psychic that makes you do like
 that? Or is il that you scorn mans way And wish to show that you Will never get off a car As your interiors do? Huh? Chicago Inter Ocean.
Arizona republican., 1911-03-06
Work of the woman's Club.

Something is going to be done about the evil of impure food. and especially milk. adulterated or diluted.
 There have been previous crusades in Phoenix against the crimes of pur- veyOrs but they have always been conducted by men. sometimes in a spasm of official activity and some times in response to popular agita- ton against more than ordinarily sg- gravated offenses by dealers. But the activity has hitherto been spasmodic and the results have been only tenn porarily good.
 The Woman's Club of Phoenix has now become interested in the matter. and we believe the club will conduct the crusade against impure foods with that thoroughness which has distin- guished its work in other directions for a better Phoenix.
 It has already proved a valuable factor in civic progress. Street clean ing and the removal of unsightly growths and accumulations from va cant lots is going on under the stimu- Aus given by the Woman's Club.
 A few years ago this was thought to be mans work In consequence. towns and cities in this country were singularly untidy-a thing not now to be wondered at when we consider that the average man is untidy.
Arizona republican., 1911-03-06
An Elementary Fact.

The Arizona readers of The Repub- lican being the educated. well informed people of the territory. we did not consider it necessary yesterday, in the statement of the present status of statehood. to dwell on the elementary fact that congress cannot enact legis- lation without the approval of the president-except by passing a meas are over his veto, and that to over ride his veto requires two-thirds majority in each house
 In stating that the new congress can do as it chooses with reference 10 statehood, regardless of the terms of The existing enabling act, and that We might expect action at the extra ses- sion, the necessary cooperation Of the president was assumed as a prerequi site
 We understand. however, that one or two Of the local lawyers, who must bear their share of responsibility for the present disagreeable position of Arizona, are saying that congress can admit a territory independently of presidential action.
 IL seems worth while. therefore, to emphasize the fact that if Arizona gets into the Union while MT. Taft is president, it must be under conditions that he approves.
 U may be safely taken for granted, We think, that a majority in each house Of the new congress may be inclined to admit Arizona without any stipulation as to approval Of the con stitution at Washington.
 But il is utterly absurd to figure on a sufficient majority in either house to pass a statehood bill or reso- lution over the presidents veto.
 If Mir. Taft disapproves the present constitution, it will be, of course, a rejection after mature deliberation-a deiberation in which the future policy of his administration as to statehood has become fixed.
 Having decided on the lines under which he would approve the admission of this territory, the president will stick to that policy.
 Accordingly. if at the extra session il is found that the president has dis approved the constitution, the only sensible, practical course for the real friends of statehood to pursue will be course of conciliation-the adoption of program adjusted to the condi- tions as we find them at Washington.
Arizona republican., 1911-03-06
SPRING GOWNS.

Some of the chiffon on evening gowns will be almost entirely covered with heavy embroidery. Rose and a deep red, pink and blue will be the most popular colors in these em- broideries There will be a touch of black in nearly all the trimmings for handsome evening gowns. Sometimes this touch of black is introduced into the trimming band and on other gowns it appears in the shape of a black sash of chiffon. Black and white evening gowns will be very fashion able.
Arizona republican., 1911-03-06
BULLY.

An Irishman and his English friend were out rabbit shooting. They had been very unsuccessful and were re- turning dOwnhearted when they saw q hare dart out of the hedge.
 Mike, in amazement, failed to shoot, and the hare escaped.
 Why didn't you shoot it?" asked the Englishman
 'Shure," said Mike, "I didn't see it till it was out of sight t'-Ideas.
Arizona republican., 1911-03-06
EVERY PREcAUTIoN TAKEN.

During a recent smallpox epidemic in Alabama special precautions against the disease were taken in the mining camps. In one of these camps the president of the mining company paid a visit of inspection and came upon an old negro leaning against the side of a building.
 Jake, asked the president. "are you afraid Of the smallpox out here?''
 Some may be. sah." Jake replied As fO' me. l ain't scahed Is jest gwine toh get me some lime an Innate nah house: an den de doctah he's cOmin' up an 'SaSsinate mah fambly; so dat. den. sah. if we do git de smallpox, 'twon't be celluloid.' -Woman's Home Companion.
Arizona republican., 1911-03-06

We have no sympathy with thieves, but we cannot help thinking that the man who stole S130.0 900 worth of jewels from Mrs Drum- mond will take better care or the baubles than she did.
Arizona republican., 1911-03-06

There is no way of knowing how it would have turned out. but a bet on Speaker Cannon in a bout with Repre- sentative Johnson would have been a good one. The speaker. anyhow. would have kept his head. and in that respect he would have had the advan- tage over his more "beefy" antagonist
Arizona republican., 1911-03-06

Achilles was a much more persis- tent sulker than Senator Bailey proved to be.
Arizona republican., 1911-03-06

A letter mailed in France seventeen years ago has just been deliver ad to the addressee. Yet we on this side are given to vain boasting of the ce- lerity of the United States postal ser vice
Arizona republican., 1911-03-06
HEARD IN THE LOBBIES

Every now and then one meets a person who has been everywhere. or l least a person who says he has been
 everywhere. Start to talking about Mel bourne. Australia, and this widely
 travelled individual reminiscently re- marks. Dear old Melbourne" as though
 he had spent half his life there Its the same thing over and over again. Mention any place you can think of He has been there. He knows all about IL. He is as familiar with all far
 away places as you are with your home village-and the unfortunate thing
 about it is that this bluff can so sel- dom be called. Of course everybody
 knows he hasn't been in all these
 places. but they can't prove it. and
 whats the use Of starting a controversy
 when his mendacity is sure to come off winner? The philosophical way of dealing with such a person is to ac-
 cept him, accept him at his own estim-
 ate, and let it go at that. His lies won't keep YOU out of Heaven. The other evening the reporter was hanging in conspicuously about the Ford lobb-'.
 trying to scent out a new story when
 his ear was caught by the dulcet tone of verbose guest who was modestly making statement to the effect that he had lived five years in Shanghai" sir, take off my hat to you." thought the reporter. who immediately cata- loGued the speaker among the many travellers for whom the path of truth is too narrow and restricted T have also been in Tokio." the loquacious one went on. It was evident that this man was no ordinary falsifier He was an artistic raconteur of unreal happenings T have also been in Colombo. Cevlon." Matters were growing worse. There seemed to be no limit to the speakers imagination. IL was the opinion of the reporter that he would have made a poet. T have also been in Yokohama" |" This was too much, and the curious scribe interposed to ask the traveller what he meant by imposing upon his credulous and unsophiSticated hearers with such battery Of improbabilities He received a punishment for his un- just suspicion when he learned that the speaker actually had been in all these places. That his name was A T. Ken yOn. That he represented NJ J. Bran destein & Co. Of san Francisco. New York and Yokohama, importers of tea. coffee. rice and mattings That Mir Kenyon had represented his firm in China for a good many years. and was as well acquainted with the broad ave nues of Shanghai as Phoenix citizens are with the lovely boulevards Of Mesa The reporter apologiZed for his hastily formed opinion, congratulated Mr Kenyon on being such a globe trotter and left for the editorial sanctum sane forum.
Arizona republican., 1911-03-06

Tally-ho parties are becoming a
 regular Sunday occurrence at the Adams Annex. The guests of the hotel
 have to get up early in the morning to get seat for the Indian reservation,
 the ostrich farm. or for whatever des-
 tination Count Deubel, master of the
 itinerary. has chosen as the party's ob- jective point. and it is understood on as good authority as MT. Harry Welch
 that the people who go on these parties have jolly time of it. Yesterday
 morning the following persons made up
 the crowd that filled the tally-ho:
 Harry Welch, Count Deubel, General Hazard Stevens John C. Eagan, Mir Butterfield, C. F. Dutton. C. w. Wymer F.. K. Foltz J. T. Rider, J. A Colvin.
 Florence Kelley. Mrs. Golden. Mrs Clements. Mrs. A. Gordon Burns. Mrs Jack Morrison. Mrs. M. A. Smith. and
 Miss Coments. The party went to the
 ostrich farm and had a good time un- til the rain came up. It is understood that one of the party tried to pull a feather from a female bird, thinking | that she would be too lady-lille tO kick | in public. but this proved to be mis- conception. Some parties are intending
 to look closely at MT Harry Welch
 this morning to see if he walks with a limp.
 MT B. Schuster of St Johns, Ari-
 zona. registered at the Ford hotel yes 1 terday and will be here for two weeks or longer. Mir Schuster has been in the mercantile business for thirty years | in Arizona and knows the country as
 thoroughly as any man in it. His com | pany. the A. & B. Schuster Mercantile company. operates stores at St. Johns White River and Holbrook. and Mir
 Schuster says business is holding uT ! better than ever before.
 How is this for poetry?-
 l am required to plant a grove | To please the lady whom l love,
 This ainple grove to be composed 1 Of nineteen trees in nine straight rows; 1 Five trees in each row I must place, Of shall never see her face. His chance of ever seeing her face ! looks rather slim according to the mul- tiplication table This little gem was taken from a book of Mental Nuts circulated by J. C. Cohen of New York city. who stopped at the Annex last
 week. Mir Cohen was pleasant enough fellow. but he ought to know better
 than to give away a nut without nut
 cracker.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-02-23

The efficiency Of the musical de
partment of the State College at
Brookings was demonstrated by the
glee club and orchestra concert or
Monday night. The members of the
organization aside from the three
professors, are all students or grad
yates of the school, and had their
training there. The concert gave the
best of satisfaction and doubtless won
new friends for the college.-De Smet
News.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-02-23

Last Friday evening the State Col
lege Glee and Orchestral Club gave
an excellent concert in the opera
house before an exceptionally large
and ap%preciative audience. The club
had lust returned from an extensive
concert tour, which had been very
successful, and this fact made the
local entertainment all the nor in
teresting to the college and city peo-
pie. The concert consisted of glee
and orchestral selections, vocal solos
with violin, piano and cello accompan-
iment; violin solos, vocal quartet Sc
lections and trombone and cello solos
with orchestral accompaniment. The
glee club is under the direction of
Prof. Ender, dean of the music depart
ment, and to him is mainly due the
credit to the glee club being n OF
the best organizations Of its kind in
the state. Prof. Christensen is di-
rector of the rchestra and he is de-
serving of much praise for the excel
lent merit Of the instrumental part
of the concert. The entertainment
was we'll received and reflected much
credit upon the music department oil
the college.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-02-23
~TINkERING WITH LAW.

Every two years the legislature has
a great time tinkering with the game
law and it keeps hunters busy keep
ing themselves informed on the lat
est phase of the law. This year the
state game warden recommends that
the open season for ducks be from
September Z to April /, which does
not meet with the approval of Brook
ing sportsmen. In the first place Sep
tember Z is entirely too early, for at
that time the birds are young and
cannot fly strong and if they ever
need protection it is then. Again, the
closing of the aso on April is
all foolishness. Not ono in ten years
is there any shooting in this state be
fore the first Of April and if the in
~tention is to cut out the spring shoot
ing the closing date might better be
fixed at January /. 1t is hard to tell
however, what those legislators VIZ
do and we car only hope for the
best.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-02-23
TO PANAMA

E. G. Olson and wife departed Tues
day morning on an extended southern
trip. They went first to Sioux Falls,
where Mr.. Olson looked after some
business in connection with the new
Model store, proceeding from there to
ST. Louis. From there they go to
New Orleans to attend the Mardi
Gras, after which they will sail for
the Ishmus Of Panama to spend about
three weeks. returning here about the
first of April. They will be accom-
panied on the trip by DR.. and Mrs.
Jackson of Rapid City. Mrs. Olson's
health has been poor during the win
ter and 1t is thought that the trip will
be beneficial to her.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-02-23

are about fifty members from institu-
tional counties who will probably stand
together for specials.
The general appropriation bill will
be in the middle of the week. 1t will
carry about $4,000, 000, if all requests
for money + listened to. The state
revenue for the two years with the
four mill tax will be about three mill
ions. 1t costs the state $4,000 per
year to keep up the state house. North
Dakota spends $50 ,000 for a smaller
building. The senate has passed a
special bill giving the capitol commits
sion 100000 to improve the. state
house grounds during the next two
years. This will include a large lagoon
at the east end of the ground, cement
walks, retaining walls, shrubbery, etc.
one month of deer hunting in each
year is all the house game committee
is willing to allow in a bill introduced
Monday, and after the hunter has Sc
cured his license for the month he is
limited to one male deer for his hunt
ing right, with a heavy penalty for
killing a doe or fawn at any time.
The bill is intended to give protec-
ton to the big game of the state, and
attempts to keep the deer hunting and
other large game for as long a time
as possible.
The senate passed its bill eliminat-
ing the Office of scale inspector, cut
ting down the list another notch.
Several new bills We're offered in
the senate, one of them being a bill
to distribute insurance statements
without using them as political patron
age, all papers to share, and the other
to make the Office of secretary OF the
State Historical Society a%pointive by
the governor.
The right of attaching the emer-
gency on bills of all classes as at
tackled by Treber in the house on the
bill to authorize payment for adver-
Using farmers institutes, as such a
bill does not come under the consti-
tutional intent of an emergency.
Harry A. Robinson.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-02-23
NO MORE INSTITUTES.

A. E. Chamberlain, superintendent
of farmers institutes, returned home
Saturday. The institute work for the
rest of the season has been cancelled,
as the senate refused to appropriate
any money for its continuance. Mr..
Chamberlain had institutes scheduled
for a large number of towns, but was
forced to call them of. Just why the
legislature should pursue a short.
sighted policy Of this kind is hard to
see, but 1t Is difficult job to follow the
workings of the mind of the average
legislator. They can generally be de-
pended upon to do the wrong thing
at the right time.