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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-06
GIVES LATE KINGS
 HOME RULE VIEWS 'Blazing Indiscretions" in Book of Ex-DiplOmat AUTHOR WAS IN JAIL Tells How Lord Randolph Churchill, Father of Winston Churchill, Be-
 trayed Parnell-Oakum Pick
 ing as Recreation
AUTHOR WAS IN JAIL
By F. \. CULLEN.

Dublin, October 5--(Special)--No more topical book has been published for many year than "rhe Land War in Ireland" by wilfred Scawen Blunt which has just been issued in London on the eve of the continuation of tho great Ulster bluff and almost coincident with the promulgation of Winston Churchilrs scheme for the setting up of a dozen or more local par llaments in the three kingdoms. It Is in- tensely topical, because 1t deals with the betrayal of Parnell and the Home Rule party of his day by Winston's father, Lord Randolph Churchill. and because many Irishmen and Enslishmen, too. be- iieve that Winston's scheme. which is de- clared by men of all parties to bs imprac- ticable is an elaborate red herring drawn across the path of home rule. and is in- tended to pave the way either for the indefinite postponement of home rule by the British liberals or for Winston's re- version to the tory party from which he came.
 Blunt is one of the most picturesque characters in English public life. He is now 72 years old, and his whole life has
 
 the government of the day in England. He is the representative of an old English Roman Catholic family. a great land owner. and a cousin of George Wyndham, one of the leaders of the English tories. He began life in the diplomatic service. but as his temperament was anything but diplomatic he soon retired and de- voted himself to the more consenial task of championing the oppressed nationali- ties" At different times he has appeared as the champion of Ireland. India, Greece. Egypt and Macedonia, and he actually spent two months inside an Irish jail in 1ss6
 This was for persisting in holding home rule meeting which Lord London derry, then the viceroy, had proclaimed. and according to his accounts he rather enjoyed the experience. He didn't like the plank bed, but he positively reveiled in oakum picking. and used to secrete bit of rope to amuse himself with in his cell after the regular days task was done. One of the best stories in the book Is about a warden named Denby who sym pathized with him, and did all he could to make his prison life endurable. This man said to Blunt one day:
 We are obliged to distinguish between case and case and 1t is not often we have gentleman like you here, but when we do we know how to consider him. Why, sir, 1t was only last year we had just such another case as your owE a gentleman from Dublin who had had a misfortune like yours-he had signed an- other gentleman's name thinking it was his own. and he was here with us for some months. How was he to be sweep ing out his cell? We could not let him
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few paces of his former fashionable

few paces of his former fashionable haunts."
 A London sandwich man gets enough to keep him going and that's about all. The average for full days work is 36 cents. those who do night tramping g with illuminated boards getting cents an hour more. Some of the men make 60 cents a day. but they have to be- gin work at in the morning and go on up to . late hour Such men usually are sent to the outlying dis tricts, few of the London squad mak- ing more than 40 cents a day.
 The men hate the work and if the slightest stroke of luck comes their way they will desert and leave their boards against the nearest wall, hence the owners of thesesboards offer a small standing reward for their return. Co., casionally sandwich men have inherited fortunes-others have made lucky finds in the street. This Is why every sand wich man you see has his eyes glued Co the ground in front of him. One of them once picked up purse containing S1250 in banknotes, while other note worthy finds by carriers of the boards" include portion of a pearl necklace. value $500, & gold watch with seal and a piece of chain, worth s60, and a purse containing $150 in golden sovereigns.
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instinct. The convolutae a species of worm that live close to the sea, creep high upon the shore when the tide goes out. When the tide turns they hurry back to the depths. The strangest feature of the action of this species of worms is that change of locality does not cause them to forget their daily habit. When they are transported to a distance inland they continue to rise to the surface of the earth and to retreat into thsir h.s
 rows as they did when by the sea If a lew Of the little worms are p4. ..,. < glass jar in deep wet sand, they Will be seen through She glass sides of the jar rising from the depths to form plaques of living green upon the surface resting for time and then retreatinR Into their depths. If their movements are watched 1t will be seen that their ascent corresponds to the going out of the tide, and that their descent cores ponds to tho tidal return. Yet there is nothing in the inland surroundings of the transported eonvoiutae to indicate the existence of the sea, nor anything to recall the sound of the water. The conduct of the eonvoiutae, beings of very low order of life, seems to result from something like homesiclS remefu france of lost conditions. The effect of the unknown influences is a mechanical spontaneity like the striking of a cioet Low down in the geological scale, they feel the tide in their place of exile and follow it's movement even at a distance of hundreds of kilometres from thsi: native ocean.
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10 the crown, and he seems to have been pleased. and says that home rule is cer- tain to come in Ireland, and he has even quarreled with the queen on the subject.
 Her majesty Is violent partisan on the other side. principally on Protestant religious grounds. It was she who sug- gested that certain general should re- sign his commission and lead the Orange men in her name. Lady c. heard this also two days ago from the duke of Cam bridge and there Is no doubt whatever that the general has really declared his intention to do 1t. in spite of half denials Another had himself told her that he meant to have regular massacre Of Irish if 1t came to a war"
 It is only fair to the late king. however, to say that when ths story was brought to his notice in a slightly different form some time before his death he strenuously denied it. It was always understood that King Edward hoped to see the Irish be- come the most loyal of his subjects after tho grant of home rule, but 1t was his guiding principle In life not to interfere in domestic politics. It Is possible, how ever that he may have remonstrated with his mother for departing from this rule, and encouraging the vaporings of the Orange die-hards who talked in 1886 much as Sir Edward Carson and Lord Londonderry are talking now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-06
SANDWICH MANS LIFE 0F HARDSHIP Thousands of Them Make Poor Living in London ARE IN MORE TROUBLE Lloyd-George's New Insurance Plan Is Depriving Many of Them
 of Their Own Occu-
 patton
ARE IN MORE TROUBLE

London, October 5.-(Special.) )-Proba bly no phrase that ever was coined in a burst of optimism acquired purely ironic sig nificance in so short a space of time as Lloyd Georges "rare and refreshing fruit"-the poetic description which the British chancellor of the exchequer ap- piled to the benefits which were supposed to accrue to the inhabitants of these islands as the result of his now famous Insurance act. So far, the fruits" of the act surely are of tho stoniest and most acid description. and as result the most popular pastime with that section of the British public whose ''parched lips' Loyd- George sought to refresh is to go to the nearest Fun City, and relieve their feel ings by smashing china plates bearing the chancellor of the exchequer's smiling
 effigy.
 Servants have been discharged whole sale as a result of the new legislation. workers have been deprived of their hoi- iGays because of it, and the latest section of the community here to suffer Is the sandwich men" of London--those hu- man fiotsam and Jetsam who carry ad- vertising boards through the streets from morning until night for the tniest of wages Hundreds of them already have been deprived of the pittance they have been able to earn up to now and an ad- vertising agent in Shaftsbury avenue wh 2, employs thousands of these men stated today that there was a distinct possibility of this humble industry coming to an end altogether, all as result of the precious insurance act.
 "our best customers were the London
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A Sindbad of Egypt

From the New York Sun.
 In tho Hermitage museum at St. Peters burg there is a very ancient papyrus. nearly 5oO0 years old. which contains . story reminding ono of the adventures of Nights"
 The hero. very ancient mariner. be- gins by saying that he was one of band of 150 fearless adventurers, 'whose hearts were stronger than lions. and who had seen heaven and earth" They were on their way to the Mines of Pharaoh in T ship of 150 cubits. but Ill fate awaited them. for presently the wind rose and threw up mighty waves and the ship was wrecked.
 Everyone perished but the hero. who was washed ashore on piece of wood. He found himself stranded upon an island but it was no desert There were fruits and goodly herbs and many other fine things. The sailor had been piously brought up, for after enjoying a good meal he made an offering to the gods.
 Immediately the marvels began and 1t is clear that the good character of the hero saved him from destruction, for the rlxt thing he saw was huge serpent of terrible aspect, his body overlaid with goi4 and his color a bright blue How ever. the serpent did him. no harm. but politely asked how he had reached the island.
 Being satisfied with the answer. the king of the serpents. for 1t was no less a parsonage. carried the sailor in his mouth to place where there was tribe of 75 other serpents. The ser pent king said: "If thou hast come to me it is God who has let you live. It is he who has brought you to this isle of the Blesf, where nothing is lacking and which is filled with all good things"
 The serpent then told him to be of good cheer for he would be rescued by ship from his own land in three months. Our Egyptian Sfndbad spent much of his time watching for the ship from the top of a tall tree. At last it arrived and the first thing he did was to run to the kind serpent to tell him. His surprise was great when he found that the serpent knew all about 1t, and had some gifts ready for him to take away. On parting the serpent said Farewell, go to thy home and zee thy little children once more; let they name be good in thy town"
 The sailor was very grateful for the kindness he had received and he of- fered to speak for the serpent before King Pharaoh and to return with a ship full of treasures fit for such a friend of men cast away in far-off land. But the serpent said no. they would not meet again, Tor the magical islanu would disappear and melt away when he was gone
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do it any more than I can you; a case sir, just like yours--just like yours"
 There are a good many revelations in the book about the inside workings of English politics in Parnell's time. and in particular those about Lord Randolph Churchlfs position are interesting.
 He declares that Lord Randolph was all for tory-nationalist alliance and the passage of home rule bill. and tried hard to carry his party with him. Then. however. Gladstone came round and an- nounced his home rule programme, and Churchill wrote to Blount:
 If you want home rule you must go to Mr. Gladstone. We cannot touch It."
 Tt was secret de polichinele, says Blunt. that Randolph and Salisbury and Carnarvon had intended home rule bill if they could have secured a majority" Quoting from his diary under the date of July 14. 1886. Blunt writes:
 Tt Is bad for Randolph Only six months ago he. too. was for home rule. . parliament at Dublin and all. He mas sacrificed his true opinions for the sako of keeping his place in the cabinet"
 Another entry about the same date which he quotes is: Called on Justin Mccarthy, who gave me list of English NJ. P.s favorable to homo rule. He told me that Randolph had excused himself to him for his volte-face by saying he had done all he could for the nationalists, but now that he had failed to carry his party with him he was obliged to do all he could against them"
 Lord Randolph's diagnosis of the feel ing in Ireland In 1886. as reported by Blunt, is decidedly interesting:
 "Out of 4,S0o,0o0 Irish" Churchill said. there are perhaps 2.000,000 who go fin heart and soul for home rule, 2,0d0,0o0 who are indifferent. and soo,o00 who are op- posed to it.''
 This was at the time the coercion bill was before the house and Churchill said:
 "If the present bill doesn't do there Is nothing else but home rule. There Is no middle course, and home rule 1t will be-"
 One of Bunts glaring 'indscretions' relates to the attitude of the late King Edward, then of course Prince of Wales. Here 1t is:
 Called on Lady C., who has seen the Prince of Wales lately. She gave him message about the loyalty of the Irish
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theatres" he said, ''and all but two of them have stopped using sandwich men. their arrangements not caring to go to the additional expense of insuring the men or to be bothered with all the accompany ing red tape of stamp licking and book keeping. Instead they're increasing their advertising in other directions. and many of our other customers are following suit. Rare and refreshing fruit indeed--its a bitter business for these poor devils. for carrying the boards, as you know, is the last resort of the unemployed in this country. It'll be the casual ward and the workhouse for most of those we turn off, I expect.
 They're a motley crew, arc the sand wich men of London" he went on. "A lot of those down and outs have been away up in the world--some not so long ago. They all arc ex-something-ex-army and ex-navy men, ex-clergymen. doctors. business men. actors and ever so many have university degrees. One of the worst down and cutters that ever came to my knowledge. by the way, was lifted out of his trouble partly through the agency of one of your American peeresses.
 This man had been fashionable physi- can in either Manchester or Liverpool forgot which, and had a practice worth sl5,00o a year. He got to taking drugs and went to pieces fast, finally winding up as sandwich man on the London streets. He was one of the men, by the bye, whom we sent out to advertise that American play. The Man from Mexico when it was done at the Strand last year. and with him in tho line were two army ieutenants, one army captain and one former headmaster of public school just to show you the kind of men that come down to carrying the boards in Lon don. Right on his uppers as this man was, though. he never lost sis interest in his profession. and once week. when he finished work at night he went round to chemist in the neighborhood here and borrowed his copy of the Lancet % read. Finally he was admitted into a New Thought institute down at Islesworth. near Richmond, of which the American Duchess of Manchester and the duke are patrons and in which they take lot of interest. the duchess particularly, and there got on so well that he is now house surgeon, and looks like getting back to his former position.
 "One of our regulars" the agent continued. formerly was a city mag nate. Fifteen years ago he lived in Manchester Square and drove a car riage and pair about London. Now he wears beard as a sort of disguise Tor he often has to trudge past the fashionable clubs in PaIl Mall, of which he was member. He lost his fortune in some commercial deal or other. An other of our sandwich men was a prominent London architect who used to dine daily at one or the other of the great Piccadilly restaurants He lost his fortune and then his health and finally put his neck under the yoke. Every day this man passes within
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-06
Function of Rhythm in Life
From Harper's Weekly,

From Harper5 weekly,
 Living beings are rhythmical machines. Whatever the locality. the man who has known the Sabbath day knows when Sun day comes. However well balanced men tally, the brain-worker is troubled by in- terruption of his work. Absence. change of business, strong emotion, anything that stops progress even for an instant relaxes cerebral control. creates inaptitude. and produces the effect of incipient paralysis or intellectual ataxia. The brain-w worker loses the thread of thought and the hand worker loses his dextcrity. if he halts in his regular labor.
 The basis of life is a series of har- monious vibrations. of ordered cadences Every living being is relatively welt regulated machine Man is the best con structed of machines. Dogs show that hey keep count of time. The lowest porms show the same kind of automatic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-06
The Cut

Lord Grey de Ruthyn, who is a simple rancher at Roundup. Musseshell county. Mont. Is so enamored of western life that it is doubtful if he will ever return to claim his proud and ancient title.
 "Traveling in Montana" said q New York editor. "I met Lord Grey de Ruthvn when he was Cecil Clifton. He expressed then q great scorn for your aiigtocrat or snob.
 Talking about aristocratic snobs over a pipe and glass in Musselshel the future Lord Grey de Ruthyn gave a loud laugh and said:
 "'Why. the English a1stocrat Is SO rldieulously exclusive that in shaving he will often cut himself
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25 GENT "DANDER|NE' FOR FALLING
 HAIR AND DANDRUFFF GROWS HAIR
Don't pay 30 cents for worthless hair tOnicsUse old
 reliable harmless 'Danderine'-Get results

anytime-will surely save your hair.
 Get 25 cent bottle of Knowltons Danderine from any drug store or toilet counter. and after the first ap- plication you will say 1t was the best investment you ever made. Your hair will immediately take on that life lustre and luxuriance which is so beau tfful. It will become wavy and fluffy and have the appearance of abundance. an incompara ra ble gloss and softness. but what will please you most will be after just a few weeks use, when yon will actually see lot of fine, downy hair new hair--growing all over the scalp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-06

Thin, brittle, colorless and scraggy hair is mute evidence of a neglected scalp; of dandruff-that awful scurf.
 There is nothing so destructive to I:he hair as dandruff It robs the hair Sf it's lustrc. its strength and it's very life; eventually producing fcverish- ness and itching of the scalp. which If not remedied causes the hair roots | to shrink. loosen and die-then the 2hsir falls out fast.
 \ little Danderine tonight--now--
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-05-24
Methodists Disagree on Bishop.

ncapolis.-Delegates to the gen.
eral conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church again failed to elect
q second bishop Of the eight ordered
chosen at this session. When the
seventh ballot was announced DR.. w.
o. Sheppard of Chicago still was high
with 432 votes, but 1t requires 533 for
u choice.
According to statement made to
the general conference, seven OF the
church papers in the last quandren-
mum have shown net loss Of $97,-
010.53. One paper made profit OF
$4,517.32.
The conference adopted the report
of the Episcopacy committee advocat-
ing the continuation in the active ser.
vice of the seven missionary bishops
and the division Of the United States
into zones for the purpose Of Episco
pal supervision.
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-05-24
Resurveys Are ordered.

Washington.-The commissioner Of
the General Land Office has directed
surveying parties to take the field to
make surveys and resurveys in Colo
RADIO, as follows:
Two parties in Cheyenne county,
two parties in the vicinity Of Grand
Junction. In Wyoming one party will
work in tho vicinity Of Basin, one In
the Owl Creek region, one along Bear
river, one in Crook county and one in
the southeastern part of the state.
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-05-24
MoREY ADMITS BEING HAvEMEY.
ER's AGENT IN PURCHASING
WESTERN PLANTS.
MONOPOLY IS CHARGED
GOVERNMENT CLAIMS COMPANY
IS OPERATING IN RESTRAINT
OF TRADE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New York.-In it's efforts to prove
the business of the American Sugar
Refining Company interests as mon
opoly in restraint of trade, the govern
ment entered upon its second week Of
taking testimony in the dissolution
suits by probing into the beet industry
in the West.
Chester H. Morey Of Denver, presi-
dent of the Great Western Sugar Com
pany, was on the stand and probably
will be recalled.
Although Mr.. Morey testified that
he was originally persuaded to invest
in the beet sugar business against his
inclination, he has been dominant
figure in the industry for the last dec
ade.
James r. Knapp, assistant United
States district attorney, questioned the
witness concerning the entry Of the
American Sugar Refining Company
into the West. Mr.. Morey told of the
sale in 1902 of the Greeley plant, of
which he was head, to the late H. O.
Havemeyer Of the American Company
at $125 a share.
At that time he said there were but
three beet sugar plants in Colorado, all
in active competition. The government
introduced a letter written by Mr..
Havemeyer shortly after obtaining con-
troll from the interest in the Greeley
plant to Mr.. Morey, as follows:
1T occurred to me today that you
might probably be willing to assume a
confidential relation between me and
my associates in reference to possi-
BILE purchase of the stocks Of the diff
ferent beet sugar corporations in your
state, perhaps the Lehigh company and
perhaps the companies of which Mr..
Eccles is president. You would have
to employ somebody. Of course. in your
interest Of absolute integrity to keep
thoroughly informed of the stocks of
these different properties and advise
by telegram or letter, as the case may
be, of the quantity and rate"
The witness admitted the receipt Of
such letter from Mr.. Havemeyer, and
while he declared the proposal of Mr.
Havemeyer had not been carried out.
he did purchase stocks Of him, but it
was generally known for whom was
acting"
Mr.. Morey said that when Mr.. Have
meyer acquired the controlling stock
of the Eaton and Windsor companies
he (Morey) became president of them
The witness told Of the later pur
chase of the Fort Collins plant Of the
Colorado Sugar Refining Company by
Mr.. Havemeyer, of which Morey sub
sequently became president.
Morey gave his occupation as "presi-
dent of the Great Western Sugar Com
pany," an office. he said, he had held
since 1908. He was also president, he
said, OF the Sterling Sugar Company.
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-05-24
Improve Big Reservoir.

Greeley-Important to the irrigation
interests of thousands Of farm acres a
few miles south and west OF here are
the improvements costing $4,000 be-
ing made on Union reservoir by which
1000 feet OF underground cement con
duit is to replace the present open out
let ditch Of the reservoir. The Union
reservoir Is one Of the largest in this
locality and is now almost full Of wa
ter. 1t Is valued close to 100000.
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-05-24
Wilson Asked to Explain.

Washington.-Representative Akin
of New York has introduced reso.
luton which would direct Secretary
Wilson to report to the House the cir
cumstanccs under which his son, Jas
per Wilson, was appointed at re-
puted salary of $4,000 as an employ6
OF a Colorado irrigation company.
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-05-24
WOMAN SICK
twelve YEARS
Wants OtherW Women to Know
How She Was Finally
Restored to Health.
Louisiana, Mo: EEL think . woman
naturally dislikes to make her troubles

known to the public,
but complete restor-
alton ntohealthmeans
70 much to me that
7 cannot keep from
Yelling mine for the
sake Of other suffer.
ing women.
al had been sick
about twelve years,
and had eleven doc
tors. ! had drag.
Ring down pains,