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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04
The Professions of Presidents.

q was much interested in look ing over the list of Presidents of the Unit ed States to note their callings," said student of public affairs.
 First let me say that of the pa- ternal nationality there have been 19 of English descent. TWO Scotch, five Scotch Irish, and one Welsh-Thomas Jefferson; two Dutch--Van Buren and Roosevelt
 There have been 22 lawyers in the presidential chair; four of these-Jorn Adams, Garfield. Arthur and Cleveland taught school in their young mats hood. Lincoln was at one time a farm hand and Grant was on the towpath Of canal in his youth. There have been two soldiers in the presidential chair, Taylor and Grant; one planter, Wash ington. And lastly but uniquely, one publicist-and we'll does his rated call ing suit him, for publicity Is the very pulse of Theodore the First
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04
! DTEL HOBBIES
la Inc state of Oklahoma

y. A. Mountjoy of Muskogee. okla-' formerly of Birmingham, where he was at one time associated in law with the late John w. Tomlinson, writes to k friend here that three of the Okla homa delegates at large to the na- tional democratic convention are Ala bamians," said a prominent democrat.
 Judge Williams Is one of the men to whom MT. Mountjoy refers. He says that Col. William A Collier, formerly a, citizen of Birmingham. is an alter nate and that he knows UnderWcod we'll. Champ Clark and Woodrow Will son had worked up their respective movements in Oklahoma before Under wood was known to be candidate for the presidential nomination ana the delegation is divided between the Mis- souri statesman and the New Jersey governor. But it Is understood that some of the delegates .re very friend ly to Underwood. and after they have followed instructions by which they are bound and find it impossible to nom- mate the candidate of their choice theT will go to the Alabama candidate.
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sNOWBOUND
ohm Greenleaf Whittier.

By John Greenleaf Whittier. Unwarmed by any sunset N9ht The gray day darkened Into night, A night made hoary with the swarm And whirl dance of the blinding storm, As zigzag wavering to and fro Crossed and recrossed the winged snow, And ere the early bedtime came, The white drift piled the window frame, And through the glass the clothesline
 posts Looked in like tall and sheeted ghosts. So all night long the storm roared on The morning broke without sum- In tiny spherule. traced with lines Of Natures geometric signs, In starry flake. and pellicle. All day the hoary meteor fell; And, when the second morning shone We looked upon a world unknown, On nothing we could call our own. Around the glistenfng wonder bent The blue walls of the Armament, No cloud above. no earth below A universe of sky and snow! The old familiar sights of ours Took marvellous shapes; strange domes
 and towers Rose m where sty or corncrib stood. Or garden wall, or belt of wood; A smooth white mound the brushpile
 showed,
 A fenceless drift that once was road; The bridle post an old man sat With loose flung coat and high cooked
 hat;
 The well curb had a Chinese roof; And even the long sweep, high aloof, In it's nlant splendor. seemed to tell Of Pisa|s leaning miFaele. .. N4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04
The Stnck Market

Henry Clew in his Saturday review of business and stock market conditions says in part:
 "A disposition toward wider activity and strength characterized stock market op- erations during the last few days. One reason for this change for the better was the partial clarifying of the political out look. The ex-President's open declara- tion that he was candidate for the presi- dency settled all uncertainty in that re- spect The opinion prevails that if he can- not secure the republican nomination he cannot be elected on an independent nomi- nation: hence apprehensions in that direc- tion have been largely subdued. Unless all signs fail radcalism has reached its zenith and will soon begin to give way to saner and more reasonable influences.
 indications point to more active and firmer market. if nothing intervenes. The political barometer is likley to show sharp fluctuations until the election is over. but the period of most serious urcer tsinty has been passed. and. the pd|itical situation can certainly'bs viewed swt ies9
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04
NO MORE "OLD MAIDS"

dismal spectacle And at the great age OF 25 years an unmarried woman was pop- ularly branded with the dreaded title.
 'The simple liberty of personal choice as human beings, which is now granted to women as to men. was unthought of in any past we know.
 "Of course in the savage and Oriental countries and in certain classes of so- ciety elsewhere the day of womans self ownership and self direction hats not yet dawned. But for those who have arrived there is a new freedom and q new enticement to activity and a new embarrassment of riches in personal choice which are almost an intoxication of liberty.
 Economically and socially, the un- married woman of America occupies a splendid position. She is thronging the courts of higher learning.
 She Is winning distinction in all the higher professions. She is becoming at ease in commercial spheres, in the busi- ness offices of the world. She is acting as close second to many of the greatest and most useful men of the time as sec, retary and helper. In that capacity sh,l J makes an especial success, because centuries she has been trained to be admirable second fiddle. And in scit tifc and statistical research the spins is making good In a quiet new fas, for women.
 "As for her social status. is nl very term old maid almost for in progressive communities? She does not marry is a bachelor self supporter Certainly she re no opprobrjous title ana her sociS well as her economic worth is 1! recognized. She often has her own he where she entertains as freely and frequently as any matron, and she not only respected but cordially liked a. admired by the men and women anon whom she lives"
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''The Pickwick Club" by Charles Dickens. <fK NY friends" said MT Humm.
 MI holding up his hand in dep-
 " A recatory manner. to bespeak the silence of such of the stout old ladies as were yet a line or two behind; Thy friends. a delegate from the Dorking branch of our society, Brother stiggins, attends below"
 Out came the pocket handkerchiefs again, in greater force than ever; for MT. Stiggins was excessively popular among the female constituency of Brick Lane.
 He may approach, I think,'' said MT. Humm, looking around with a fat smile. Brother Tadger let him come forth and greet us."
 The little man in the drab shorts, who answered to the name of Brother Tadger, hustled down the ladder with great speed, and was immediately afterward heard tumbling up with the Rev. Mir. Stiggins.
 He's a-comin', Sammy" whispered MT. Weller, purple in the countenance with suppressed laughter
 Don't say nothin' to me- replied sam. for I can't bear it. He's close to the door. hear him a-knockin' his head az in the lath and plaster now"
 As Sam Weller spoke the little door flew open and Brother Tadger appeared. close ly followed by the Rev. MT. Stiggins, who no sooner entered than there was a great clappng of hands and stamping of feet and hourishins of handkerchiefs; to all of which manifestations of delight Brother Stiggins returned no other acknowledge ment than staring with wild eye and a fixed smile at the extreme top of the wick of the candle on the table, swaying his body to and fro, meanwhile. in a very unsteady and uncertain manner.
 Are you unwell. Brother Stiggins ?" whispered MT. Anthony Humm
 I am all right, sir," replied Mir Stig- gins, in tone in which ferocity was blended with an extreme thickness of ut terance; T am all right, sir"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04
John Forney Returns

After an absence of several months, John c. Forney is again in Birming ham. He spent several weeks in Wash ington just prior to his return and states that the sentiment in favor or the nomination of Underwood is be- coming rampant.
 Tt Is true" stated he, that the peo- pie of Washington are more enthus- iastic over Underwood than we right here In Birmingham. We think great deal of him. but they seem to think still more.
 Tn the Atlantic coast states. there is a fine Underwood sentiment and though the delegations of several will probably be instructed for some other of the candidates for the presidency, not one of them would regret 1t should Underwood land the nomination.
 ''The belief in the east Is general that the democrats, if they act with any degree of wisdom will win the national election in the fall, and there is never a fear expressed that 1t would be other than wise to nominate Un- derwood"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04
WHY SHE. FLUSHED

T IU1Il JUuBt.
 A very pretty but extremely slender girl herself in very narrow space between two men. Presently a portly coloreo mammy entered the car. and the pretty miss. thinking to humiliate the men for their lack of gallantry, arose.
 'Aunty,' she said. with a wave or her hand toward the place she had just vacated. take my seat.
 Thank you., missy. replied the colored woman, smiling broadly; but. which gen mans lap vas you sittin o45
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apprehensions than heretofore. Very soon
 general business will begin to show the renewed activity incidental to the ap-
 proach of spring. It is an old story that shelves are bare and need replenishing. that railroads have economized to the limit and must buy equipment and ma terials. As a matter of fact there has been little diminution in the volume of business, but profits have frequently shrunk as shown in recent annual re- ports of industrial establishments. for the cost of living is becoming quite as serious a matter in the shop and the office as at home. General business is still restrained by political uncertainties and the prevail ing unrest, Until these improve no last ing betterment can be expected"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04

saccharine has been cut out Of food articles and Dr. Wiley is trying to have lead eliminated from baking powders Tama Jim Wilson and McCabe stand in the way according to their custom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04

The Germans furnish 90 per cent of the visitors to Monte Carlo. but they fur nish but 60 per cent of the losers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04

New York is swelling with pride because it's police force has run down the taxicab bank robbers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04

The government has ordered supply C the new AS star flags. Philadelphia making them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04

It is admitted on all hands that Oscar Underwood is far and away the hand somest man among the presidential candi- dates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04

Miss Molly Wilson, daughter of Wood- row Wilson. is becoming almost as well known as Ethel Roosevelt or Helen Taft
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04

The Rockefeller Bible class has marked up the income that justifies man in mar rying to $19O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04

The recall of the commerce court Is widely popular. and Congress is expected to respond to public sentiment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04

The democratic governors, ? in num- Der have not been poled on presidential preferences. They should be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04

Baltimore rises up to declare that it's No, inded, not by sl5 day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04

Belgians. In little while the great mush- room empire of Central Africa was scat tered to the winds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04

The party who said the suffragettes are "cross old thines' has trouble coming to him as soon as he is found out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04

Politicians should get vaccinated against the deadly parallel before the campaign becomes any warmer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04

Sunny Jim sherman has become Mir. Tafts right hand man and confidential adviser in this crisis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04

If Colonel Roosevelt succeeds in coming back the tennis cabinet will be reorgan- zed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04

This is a remarkable season for straw votes on a statewide scale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04

The houn' dawg song is holding its own bravely in this campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04

Tennessee has no state flower and the jimson weed is candidate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04

In Great Britain today the man with full coal bin is the true aristocrat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04

England Is just now engaged in sift- ing it's ashes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04
ATTACK UPON SENATOR DU PONT

The dictagraph is indeed a concealed weapon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04

No, one this year is sitting out on his porch flaming himself. r5o4 ts.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-07-25
JUR|ST ACCUSED, RESIGNS
GIVES AS REASON THAT HE CAN.
! NOT STAND STRAIN OF WORK.
Federal Jurist Gives Up Office While
; Impeachment Proceedings
Are Under Way.

Seattle, Wash, July %. - Federal
Judge Cornelius H. Hanford has tele-
graphed his resignation to President
Taft.
; This action, taken suddenly, brought
to a dramatic climax the impeach-
ment investigation by a committee
from the lower house of congress,
which was ordered in the adoption Of
q resolution introduced by Congress.
man Berger Of Wisconsin.
In his telegram to the president,
Judge Hanford gave as his reason for
resigning that he cannot stand the
strain under which he is compelled to
work now and that he desires to retire
while he still has some health left.
The effect of the resignation upon
the impeachment proceedings is uncer.
tain. As soon as the judges resigna-
ton was announced, Chairman Ora
ham adjourned the committee, and it
is said that nothing further will be
done until the committee hears from
the house of representatives as TO-
whether it should continue work.
The events leading up to the resig-
nation came rapidly. Following re-
ports that further sensational testi-
mony against the Judge was about to
be produced, Judge Hartford himself
and Attorney Hughes, his attorney,
appeared at the federal building and
were closeted with the congressional
committee taking testimony.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-07-25
LORIMER IN WRECK.
Blonde Boss and Party Have Mar
row ESCAPE.

Blonde Boss and Party Have a Mar
row Escape.
! Claysville, Pa, July %. William
Lorimer, the Illinois senator recently
deprived of his seat by the United
State senate, was cut, bruised and
stunned when his automobile was
wrecked one mile west of here. Mr..
Lorimer was not seriously hurt but
had narrow escape. His private Sec
rotary and chauffeur sustained
scratches. All three proceeded to Chi
cago by train.
; Mr.. Lorimer and party left Wash
ington Saturday morning enroute to
Chicago in large touring car. Short
ly after passing Claysville, fractions
horse driven by William McCoombs,
q farmer was encountered. In an ef-
fort to avoid q collision the automo-
bile crashed into telegraph pole. Tho
three occupants were thrown out. ;
The former senator was the first to
recover his feet and rushed to the aid
of the farmer, who was having dim.
Guilty restraining the frightened horse:
In q few moments the horse was calm:
ed and Mr.. Lorimer collapsed and fell
unconscious to the muddy roadway!
He was revived and helped to this
place, where his injuries we're given
medical attention. :,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-07-25

I'D Tor decision At conference %,
tween Colonel Roosevelt and ex-State
Senator William Finn of Pittsburgh
The colonel said that he had receiv-
ed word that Mr.. Finn had left Pitts
burg for Oyster Bay. When he ar.
rives Colonel Roosevelt will give his
final word in regard to methods upon
which he will insist in the selection Of
candidates for presidential electors.
Bisbee.-An unidentified man com.
mitted suicide just after boarding the
train at Russell, and the fact was not
known until the train had covered sew.
eral miles. The man entered the toll.
ct room as soon as the train started
and afterwards passengers recollected
that they had heard an explosion about
that time but thought nothing of it.
The body was discovered when an
other passenger attempted to enter
the room.
Fargo.-Pat Grant, a former men,
Der of the Fargo city police force,
was sentenced to thirty days in the
county Jail by Judge Hanson. Grant
pleaded guilty to charge of beating
his wife. The couple admitted to the
court that they have lived a stormy
welded life, but the Judge didn't think
that was sufficient excuse for man
to hit his wife with his fist and hence
Grant will work for the county for the
next four weeks.
Rugby.-Herman Schultz, who was
arrested some time ago on charge
of murder, was acquitted by the jury
after being out three hours. The MUIR
der for which Schultz was accused
was committed in the Antelope hills
south of this city and on the Surrey
Rockford cutoff, about Jan. 16, 1912.
William J. Murray was an engineer in
the railroad construction camp. It IL
said he took the first train over the
Rugby branch and was this run for
several years, making hi home ct Bot
tineau.
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or the balance Of the week

for the balance Of the week.
Judge Leighton today granted a
temporary Injunction compelling
Olof A. Olson to remove the OBJ
struction across Mouse river. The
hearing will be held Aug. 5.
After being out "a hours the jury
in the case of Nolan VS.. Sorenson
reported that they could not agree.
The took the case under advisement
shortly before six o'cock Friday ev.
ening and were not excused until
about that time on Saturday.
Roy smith was brot before Judge
Lynch charged with ASSAULT and
battery. The complaint was made
by Frank Anderson. Smith was dis.
charged. -..,..-
Co. B. of Fargo is to be mustered
out. The company showed up at the
Devils Lake encampment with only
sixteen men. ~
Ole Sandel, who has 4 fine two
acre truck garden just west Of the
city, brot the Independent a Sample
of the currants, beets and carrots
he raised this year. Ole makes a
good living off the small piece OF
ground he owns, but desires to sell
Eecause he is bothered with rheum-
atism SO badly.
Clarence Carlson, an eleven year
old 'Mapleton /1ad, while watching
two companions play ball, was
struck at the base Of the skull by
the ball aud his neck broken. The
bali rst struck the grouhdI then
Founded. The boys head was turn.
cd Just right to receive the full force
of the ball.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank P. Taylor
are spending the week at Miss ia
eel Taylor's homestead near Plaza
Frank Lyman, the land man, has
one of the finest display windows Of
the kind we have ever seen. He has
sample of many Of North Dakota
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-07-25
PUBLIC SALE

l will sell at public auction at my
home at Logan, N. D. on Tuesday,
August 6, 1912, the following de-
scribed property. Sale to start
promptly at II o'clock a. m.
Free Lunch at Noon
8 work mares-One mare 8 years,
VT. 1150; one mare 10 yrs. old, VT.
1850 lbs; one mare IA yrs. old, W.T..
1900 lbs. One sucking colt, months
old.
2 farm wagonsOne two seated
spring wagon. 2 set Of double har
ness. one walking breaking plow;
one moving machine and rake; one
new heating stove; one washing ma
chine; new plush lined robes; 500
oak fence posts; 2 bob sleighs: !
IL inch rope, 100 #. long; other
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-07-25

products from this season, including
strawberries, gooseberries, currants.
crabapple, clover, alfalfa, the var
ious grains, etc.
C. P. Brainerd Of Devils Lake re.
ports the loss of many chickens aud
believes that a two legged animal
is the cause.
The old creamery at Devils Lake
has been leased by Minot man who
will establish a central creamery.
Devils Lake has asked for the
National Grand Lodge Convention
of Elks for the Year 1000. An old
gentlemen IS years old handed out
the badges at Portland asking for
the convention stating that he
might not he there himself, but that
some of the younger "Bills" might.
Harry Feldman of the Boston store
will 20 east Sunday to spend three
weeks buying stock for his store.
Abe Gordon of the Gordon Bros.
store will leave Sunday for Chica-
go and other eastern points to spenr
three weeks buying the tall and
winter stock.
Mrs. E. s.. Person entertained a
number Of friends Friday afternoon
in honor of her sister who is visit
ing in Minot.
Dealers tell us that the cost Of
binder Irvine is bound to increase as
the demand increases. The supply
will not nearly meet the demand
unless the factories get busy at
once. Don't wait too long C place
Your order.
DR.. A. NJ. Hardaway is having
the excavation done for fine new
residence on South Main street, near
the Grant IS. Youmans' home.
Attys. John J. Coyle and j. G..
Johnson of this city returned from
, Stanley this week where they at
tended court. Judge Leighton held a
short session for Judge Fisk.
Judge Chas. Fisk Of the North
Dakota Supreme court is visiting
friends in Northern Illinois. The
Judge went from Bismarck to Min
neapolis with his auto and placed
the machine on a boat going down
the Mississippi
Atty. o. B. Herisstad is spend
ing his vacation at Lake Epsilon.
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TEACHERS EXAMINATION

A regular teachers examination
will be given at the courthouse in
Minot Thursday and Friday, August
8 and 9. Work will begin at $40
Thursday morning.
All teachers who do not hold COM
rlete certificates should not fai! to
take this test. The same program
will apply that was used in May.
e. G. WARREN,
Stlpt. Of Schools Ward County.
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AROUND THE CITY

Rev. VIM. C. Hunter will leave
Friday for Terry, Mont, where he
occupies the pulpit of the Presby-
terrain church. Mr.. Hunter has start
ed the construction of beautiful
residence in this city, the foundation
for which is completed.
Mrs. Hayford, after a visit with
her parents, Rev. and Mrs. W. G.
Hunter, left today for her home in
Minneapolis.
Rev. Mr.. Sutherland of Cando,
arrived in Minot Wednesday to at
tend the Burns picnic and to visit
his many friends. -~o~.-.' ,.-
Fred Woodwork, the popular grain
buyer from Tagus, was in the city
Tuesday. Fred says the Tagus lakes
are fairly black with ducks and the
chickens are also very plentiful.
Some black rust Is reported at
Crosby. ..--
Mrs. W. c.. Glib was in from
the Mountrail county ranch this
week, visiting at the home Of her
daughter, Mrs. G. F. Truax.
Editor Slavens Of Granville trans
acted business in Minot Wednesday.
J. G. woodruff, the architect, is
drawing plans for a new school
building to be erected in the Har
rison school district.
A $4,000 four room school house
will be built at Medicine Lake, Mont
]. C. Woodruff, the Minot architect,
is drawing the plans. Geo. L. Ry,
erson, former Minot lawyer, is a
member OF the Medicine Lake school
board.
Those who want to hear singing
that is far better than the ordinary,
should go to the Arcade this week
and hear the Hawaiian singera.
Manager Truss has retained them
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HOUSE FOR SALE

Sealed bids will be received by the
Board Of Education up till 8 r.. M, Aug.
18th, 1912, for the house situated on
Lot 2, Block rs, First Addition tc Minot.
N. Oak. Certified check for the amount
of bid to accompany all bids. Purchas-
er to remove house from school ground
by August 25th, 1912.
The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids
BY order Board of Education.
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