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boat from Mobile. which was to bring all the delegates from the southern coun- ties.
 The friends of the Hon. Nathaniel Terry of Limestone were intent on his nomina- tion for gubernatorial honors. and az those present were mostly from the counties north. they were anxious to pro ceed to the nomination of their candidate. There were others present. however 10 whom MT. Terry was not the choice. and they sought to have the convention adjourn till the next day, ino order 10 await the arrival of the delayed steamer from Mobile. But Terrys friends. who were evidently in the majority with the slim attendance already present insisted on the nomination being made that day. This evoked stern protest on the part Of the others. which protest was read before the body, and afterward printed and circulated to the injury of the can didacy of Mir. Terry. but notwithstand- ing this vehement protest, the nomination was made.
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have sensed the existence of God in the talk of delapidated. unl<empt men dig ging toward watermains underneath crowded thoroughfares. and l believe with Browning that
 ".... all service ranks the samo
 with God
 If now Gas formerly he trod
 Paradise) His Presence fells
 Our earth, each only as God wills
 Can work,--there is no last or first. " Sans what we call gentle blood, sans re- finement, sans the approved forms of speech. sans the full purse he is yet an important member of the family. At this moment I can think of no finer service than the ditching and draining of a city. Which of the two is the more important the business of making the laws of city, or the business Of cleaning it's streets? l give that to you bright young High School chaps for debate. Surely both tasks are fine and splendid if rightly done.
 But in comparison of the high and the low we will perhaps find ourselves making a compromise. We who have much of this worlds goods must keep our possessions because they are ou r s, by all the laws of the land. and yet we have to see that those who lack are provided for in health and sickness. In a word we have to continue our Chari- ties. even if we can find no sweeter and juster name for them.
 I know well the speech of common men, and I know well the spirit of the treadmill folk who see no light between the trees-those who handle the hot ingots of steel that we may pass from city to city on steam cars; those who burrow deep in the earth wrestling coal that we may be warmed through the long winter months--creating energy for power plants. turning the wheels of our factories.--these l know we'll
 These are important persons--impor- tant as any--the princes of economies, l may say. They stand alone. giants as they are, needing no defense. Their very existence and labor Is their own defense. Not for tbese are our Chari- ties We who know the light and the warmth of wellbeing are beggars com pared with these. They are the ones of
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the phrase, with malice toward none. but in charity for all"
 Christmas is the very springtime of that River-world. when the grasses grow and tho leaves of the wood rejoice before the King, who cometh to judge the peo- pie with His truth. And who ever con- tributed to the recognition of that spring time of the soul. whose festival is Christi mas as did Dickens? How many, many lives today arc impelled to service of their kind as direct consequence of such Dckensian characters as Tiny Tim? Who now can think of life as being the opportunity of selfish greed, since all are more or less conscious that selfishness Is the supreme sin and love the one sainthood and the only law of concord, dignity and worth? Yes, the River is pressing on the mildam, press ing at the doors where the sluices aee, eagerly pressing to turn the wheels of l'the whole life of this civilization and of this city, pressing on the heart of every citizen, of every home, of every child and woman and man. We get the conception
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mine" into "ours." An old liberal pa- per struck this spark: "In times of famine there Is no private property" We should not admit that crude utterance, but neither would we condemn 1t as all a lie. The fact is that property and possessions are. as the preachers say. ''stewardship'' entrusted to favored and tested individuals. The only real owner Is the commonwealth. And . man rises to the test when he uses his wealth or his leisure or his talent strict ly as q loan, capital entrusted to him for the whole body of the community. Whether wa like 1t or not this Is the gospel, which every Christian pretends to believe or does believe, God is "Sour'' Father. not the partial. doting. fond pa- rent of a selfish prig. Also He will educate us greatly, till we pass Ills examination, as at last did old scroogs. Is it not evident that his old rascal soul was bedewed with tears or Chris tian penltence as 1t knelt by the white soul of Tiny Tim, and prayed the same grace" God bless us every one?'
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A MILD looking, clear eyed youth, "A named Kingsley, arrived one A day, in 1888, in a wild little own in the far western end of Colorado rear the Utah line. The town had been founded by Governor Crawford of Kan Ias. who saw with prophetic eye, that iome day it would be a center of in- iustry Two roaring rivers, the Grand li1d the Gunnison, met there and joined iheir waters The site selected for the own had been a favorite camping. ground for the White River Utes and he Uncompaghres for ages before white men knew America. No more beautiful setting could man find for a tome. Near where the rivers joined. he valley broadened into a great bowl, he sides of which were formed by tow ring cliffs. To the north were the Book iliffs. to the southeast the San Miguel peaks and to the northeast the Grand ilesa. to the south lay the glorious gncompaghre range. Two hundred niles to the northeast was Denver. Midway between lay Leadville and the Continental Divide. Far to the south vas the Santa Fe trail.
 The Utes were gone Leadville was rlaying out. Prospectors, gamblers. gun men, fortune seekers and the float iam and jetsam of western humanity were wandering over the mountains ,eeking new treasure houses in the wonderful land of riches
 The town had been named Grand junction and it had five or six hun fred inhabitants when the mild-man- tered clear-eyed youth named Kings ey arrived there. He was from Vermont md had been born in Alburg. in that tate, May 5, 1857 He had known pow
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GROUND PLANS-By A. B. Bealle

C NICE we have set about bni1ding the New City. perhaps the inn
 portant thing-indeed the one es- sential thing-we have to remember Is that the city Is to be ours, and not A spoil over which We shall be continually quarreling. Nor do we need here to as sume the socialists altitude. It may be and doubtless is true, that land should be free like the Makers gifts of water and sunlight But the purpose now Is the building of the New City out of, or rather in spite of, the old wolfish no- tioro of accommodating at ones neighbor's expense-the sacredness of property rights-the devil get the hindmost the- ory of getting on in word, what Her bert Wells calls the Normal Social Life
 We are in the world of things as they are, and not as we would have them be It is the Normal Social Life we are liv- ing now, whatever splendid and robust society inspires tho pen of Mr. Wells. and we have to select and discard, re- shape or abandon such material as we find. We have not so much to como into the Great State tmeaning by that q sort of spiritual anarchy where none shall lack) as We have to reereate our social life into really habitable place for all. Out of the fine and mean ma terials We have to shape q sort of beginning place or ground plan for our new society.
 In one sense. I take if. the New City Is 10 be II T s; in the sense of the Fam fly idea. do not .snow your souls fibre and breadth, and l will not state here that the meanest ditcher welding a pick on First and Twentieth is your brother, but l do positively know that he will not be eliminated from the so- cial scheme. The only way you can eliminate a man from the social scheme --the only way to get rid of his infiu- ence for all time--is to kill him. Since we cannot cut off the heads of all those who miss our mark of social standing since we cannot ruthlessly destroy the unfit, the unashamed lawbreaker. the miserable derelict who doesn't make good" what is to be done? Nothing is to be done save to help the unfit and the social dereiicts to usefuller careers Nor am I sure that those whom we call dereiicts arc really-truIy derelfcts.
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TINY TIM belonged to no orders,
 lodge. or clan. Tiny Tim was not a
 \ politician nor a philanthropist, ieither a journalist nor a suffragist or wen preacher. But Tiny Tim admirably expresses the Spirit of Christ mas. as Dickens conceived that spirit. If the politicians, the philanthropists, the journalists, the suffragists, and even he preachers can together courageousy pray that prayer of Tiny Tim's today. we ihall come near having a really classic Christmas that would satisfy the heart If Dickens. In that case there will be Dobody forgotten. The Fat Boy and the Haunted Man and the Waiter and the families of all the Toby CraclSitts, all he Tiny Tins, and every bondman and every free man will be remembered, will De assured that somebody loves them. All The people of all races and sorts will feel .he atmosphere. Birmingham will be daughter of consolation next Wednes-
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he turned to the best account tlfat which he had In the common schools which limited training he solidifed by teach- ing during his younger years. He reached Alabama in 1919, the same year ot its admission into the union, finished his law studies. which had been begun in Tennessee. and settled at Athens to prac- tee The political stations held by Gov- ernor Martin have already been indicated. and by reason of these he took with him into the Guhernatorial office a thorough knowledge of public affairs 1t was during his administration that the Mexican war occurred. the demands growing out of which he met with off, cial fidelity. His term of office having closed, he resumed the practice of the law. and save when elected to the leg islature in 1858, he never filled another official station. For 20 years. almost, he was in the public service. and more faithful officer the state never had. He died at Tuscaloosa, on November | 1866, being 67 years old.
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Frank Andrea will not be factory hand all his life.
 The republic spells opportunity.
 As Garfield beautifully said, Our so- ciety is not like the society of Europe, where, like the strata of the earth, one layer holds the other firmly down: but, rather, it is like the waves of the great sea, where the lowest drop may rise and glisten on the topmost wave"
 Frank Andrea of Springfield. N J., is one of those drops.
 "Nothing draws like compound inter est' says a banker.
 The tables tell us that s1o00 deposited in the bank at per cent compound interest will double itself in about 12 years.
 But
 There is a bank that pays at least 10 per cent compound interest. and in some cases more.
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nominated by the precipitate few. Judge Martin did not seek the nomination. but when chosen under the conditions, he ac- cepted the popular nomination.
 The issue between the two formidable candidates was now squarely joined. the friends of Mir. Terry urging the platitu- dinous plea of party nomination, and party loyalty, but this only served to augment the popular flame This was met by the counter plea of advantage having been taken. and therefore the plea of support on account of the in- proper nomination was without force. Never before had rupture come 10 the party in the state, and this was used as reinforcement of the plea all ready named but without much avail.
 Thus the battle ragged and from its apathy. the state was aroused from con fine to limit. and the land rang with the oratory of contending party factions. Divisions and dissension became rampant Neighbor strove with neighbor. and community struggled against community. Households were divided. churches were
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THE year 1915 was marked by rent
 in the democratic party of AI,- A bama. Governor Fitzpatriek's s lerm was soon to expire. and it was necessary to choose a successor. A lapse If interest had come to political affairs the state. due largely to the defeat of he whig party the year before in failing ls the election of the President The re- ult was that of demoralization to the Shigs throughout the country, for they lad been animated by the belief that hey would succeed in capturing the presi- lency. They showed no disposition at my rate, to enter the lists for the gover- iorship in Alabama
 In May. 1Sf5, democratic convention sas called to meet at Tuscaloosa, then he capital of the state, and it was parsely attended, fact due to the polit- cal indifference everywhere prevailing However, the attendance on the conyen- ion on the fir st day would have been nuch larger but for the delay of the
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GHAvE just read two human documents
 of value.
 One is by Frederick Harrison, thc author. aged Sl, and the other by Lord strathmore, 92 years of age.
 These young old men. both active and hearty, give some golden rules concern Ing health, and both lay especial em- phasis on the benefits of walking as an exercise.
 Harrison says every one should walk at the least two hours each day.
 Why walk?
 Well. in the first place, walking raises the temperature of the body. It is like putting fuel in the furnace and opening the draft. There's something doing it. side. Waste is being carried off
 You breathe deeply.
 And that is important Most persons use only half their lungs. ordinarily, for treathing purposes. Deep breathing puss large quantities of oxygen into the blood. Muscle and nerve get their vitality from the blood. Besides, in deep breathing waste is carried off by exhalaton.
 And there's the skin.
 Millions of pores are opened up by the precipitation, and waste material is elin,- mated
 And digestion:
 Walking helps that important function. The exercise puts an edge on appetite. And good digestion waits on appetite. Moreover
 Here is an important item seldom con sidered. but of gerat importance. The doctors will tell you about the dla- phagm. The diaphragm is a sort of movable stage floor between the chest and the abdomen. It is raised or lowered by the contraction and swelling of the lungs. Now:
 When the lungs are deeply filled by walking the diaphragm goes down ana presses upon the liver and stomach aul spleen. It is like massage of these or gans and keeps them in good order. The best way to stir up your liver is to stir your legs.
 And. moreover
 Nothing is here said of the mental hem eits of walking, the exhilaration of tho open air. the joy of well lubi-icated move ment.
 Habituate your legs.
 Do not nurse your grievance
 If some one has sighted you or wound . ed you let 1t go at that. Do not let your com plaint of the injury grow chronic. And above all else, do not put your grouch on exhibition.
 Hide your sore toe
 Because half the slights you complain of are imaginary; half the injusticcs for which you suffer self martyrdom were not Intended.
 You fed those troubles until they got ripe.
 Some people put themselves into an at titude of continued suspicion of neglect or injury. They find what they are look : ing for whereat they make everybody miserable by continual chewing of the ctd of resentment.
 How treat your grievance?
 Forget it.!
 The more you dwell upon a thing of that sort the bigger 1t gets The longer you drag it through your mind the deeper you cut the channel until by and by it becomes well worn rut.
 Get out of the riit.
 Torce yourself to think of something
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scrooge looking on and listening, somehow began to conceive of Tiny Tim praying the blessing of heaven even on him. the hard. ruthless. keen, business man. loveless and alone. He also was in the everyone of Tims wide petition. And it was the first time these many years that scrooge and prayer had lived in the same heart. No wonder that old heart of his was touched and awak- ened,
 There are two sides to this. For one thing Scrooge began to guess that some where outside him was a river of love, pressing on the floodgate of his being, pressing to break through and make the wheels of his life turn and grind grist for life.
 And this is the fact. We are all of Us so engirdled, so pressed upon by the River of the Water of Life, which would turn all the wheels of our being. It's name is unselfishhess of love. the thing that used to be called "charity'--as in
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sort of necessary evil to be- borne be- cause they cannot dispense with it.
 Not so young Andrea.
 His father lost his job, and his mother became i'll. There were several other children, all of whom were too young to work.
 Frank was compelled to quit school and neip support the family. He found a job Tn factory at Newark, walking two miles 10 work every morning and back again at night
 But
 The idea of leaving school troubled him.
 He went to the board of education of ms town and asked the clerk what chance there might be to attend night school
 There was no night school.
 thless mere are sufficient number of applications to show sentiment in
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favor of it." said the clerk. mo night school will be started.'
 How many applications are neces- sary?' asked the boy.
 He was informed that II or 15 would be enough, whereat Frank began to try to get that many. In order to do so he had to convince some the working boys of their need of further schooling. And
 Strangely enough he found his propa- ganda an uphill task. He would say to the boys. Do you want to be a factory hand all your life?' And some of them said they had no further ambition.
 Frank finally got 15 of his friends to join him.
 Tt is likely" says the report that night school will be established fin Springfield"
 Surely.
 But, whether or no, it is quite certain
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conflict between the Balkan allies and the Turks. have been enacted a thousand deeds of lofty unselfishness.
 Bulgarias queen served in q hospftaI as a nurse. clad in 6 nurses sarb ana doing @ nurses work. Other women of princely birth served in like capacity.
 The facts are The whole world. as never before is be- ing stirred by the divine passion for ser vice. That passion knows no boundary of race. It Is as universal in It's scope and as cheeringi--as the warmth of the glorious sun,
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else. Make new channels for your
 thoughts. Change the subject. | Get busy trying to make others happy
 and thus make yourself happy. You will
 then have no time to bother with your grouch | That is one way. Another way which has high sanction is
 to heap coals of fire upon the head of the
 one who has injured you. Speak some pleasant word or do some
 gracious thing to him who has tried to
 hurt you, and if he is guilty and has a
 heart in him he will be sorry. l You see By this treatment of the other fellow
 you will do this: Instead of the other fellow getting you into his power by mak- ing you miserable you will have evaded his shaft and turned his malice back
 upon himself. In any event, forget Do not permit your mind to rub slight 1, wound into fostering sore. Life is too short for such abnormal cultures. Treat
 the skinned surface with an antseptic and
 let it go. Forget it,
 ITO tell the truth said my friend "f greatly prefer a book by H. G. Wells or Harold Bell Wright Co Shakespeare"
 "Good," said L | My friend is a college graduate. a pro- fessional man and a student. And, above all else. he is given to frankness We agreed he and l. that in our opinion lot of Shakespeare's stuff was bonn bastic, some of it silly, and that while | many of his utterances were sublime ard he was a matchless user of words, some
 of his plays were padded. and he wrote much vapid trash. Why be hypocritical? Why put Shakespeare's poorest on a
 plane with the highest in literature and ! make believe that it is best? 1 Myself, ] am a great admirer of Hugo and Tolstoy. but l admitted to my friend
 that Hugo often nodded and Tolstoy wan. dered. The truth is- Because certain authors have been pit up as examplars in writing many per- sons who cannot bring themselves to all appreciation cf these authors are much given 10 lying about their preferences. And there's music. There are those who will attend the recital of q severely classical programme and without understanding the music vii feisn the utmost admiration and person. ally compliment the artists. Or art You have seen some who will go into ecstacies Of encomium over a picture or a statue, concerning which they have lit- tie Teal appreciation, merely becalise Somebody has pronounced the work to be a masterpiece. Or oratory.
  It is easy to get the applause oe the
 muititudes for some sapient spouter who somehow has gained the hallmark of pop
 ular favor.
 Let us be honest
 Do not misunderstood me There must be standards. and we should always strive tor the best but
 Why should one simulate an enthusiasm he does not feel?
 Are not honesty and sincerity of more worth than a sham reputation for excel lence in matters of taste?
 Let us tell the truth.
 Not every boy Is like this one
 Frank Andrea Of Springfield. x. J., aged l5. made a school for himself.
 Many boys of 15 regard school as a
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Not every boy Is like this one.
 Frank Andrea of Springfield. N. J., aged l5. made school for himself.
 Many boys of 15 regard school as a
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
The Good Wife's Chicken.

This is one of the oldest and most
popular ways of cooking chicken in
France:
Having tied up the chicken and turn
ed the feet in. surround it with a strip
of cooking bacon. Put it in a saucepan
with three tablespOonfuis of butter or
the same quantity Of lard. Take care
that the saucepan in which you put the
chicken is of a good size. Cover the
saucepan and put it on gentle fire.
AS soon as the chicken has begun to
take a very Eight brown color surround
it with six white onions of medium
size and eight potatoes the size of
pigeons egg. Season it with salt and
pepper and continue the cooking at
slow fire for thirty-fve to forty min
utes. At this point the chicken and
vegeta bles should be we'll cooked and
have taken on fine rich brown color.
Arrange the chicken on a dish and
surround it with all the vegetables and
keep it warm. Pour three to four ia
blespoOnfuls of hot water in the sauce
pan. stir it carefully SO as to set free
all the chicken gravy which may be
sticking to the bottom. and when it is
all we'll dissolved pour into this sauce
over the chicken.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
a Bit of Railroad Historv

There is a grave in Greenwood
cemetery said an old time railroad
man, 1.-The stone at the head of which
bears only the name of the man whose
remains are buried there, the date of
his birth and the date Of his death.
Yet that man. John Raymond. built
the first mile of railroad for CONNER.
cial use and designed for locomotive
power ever put down on the American
continent.
THAT was in 1928. and that initial
mile Of railroad was the beginning of
the Delaware and Hudson Canal COM
pany's railroad between the head of
its canal at Honesdale. Pa. and it's
coal mines at Carbonate. And on
that first mile Of track the first loco
motive to turn a wheel in America
was run in August. 1929.
John Raymond was a native Of
Walton. Delaware county. N. Y. and
died In Scranton. Pa. in 1893. He
ought to have place in railroad his
tory, seems to me" New York Sun.