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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
THE FUNERAL OF THE MAINE

Will Carleton, in Harper's Weekly. Out of the harbor she sought long ago,
 Harbor that welcomed, but served not
 to save,
 Under the clouds, bending piteous and low Crept the great ship to her grave Not from the battles tumultuous breath.
 Not from the glory of victory morn But from her travail of flame and of death, Lol a republic was born.
 Not in the arms of this Queen of the
 Lingered the dust of her far-famous Forests of palms hailed the flag on her decks
 Roses above her were spread Long had she waited her funeral day, Lying in rough state mid sunlight or gloom
 Now the worlds plaudits each step of the way Followed her path to the tomb. Full sixty fathoms we buried her low, Meath the rough sea and he ne'er- changing skies
 Far from molesting of friend or of foa Heedless of tempests she lies.
 Lies in the arms of the ocean waves pressed. With the wet sea roses over her spread. While, with the love of nation carssse6 slSpst9 SegsSsE nss aess4 =,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
THE ANT AND CHRISTOPHER

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 A merry grasshopper danced about in the sunshine.
 Spring Is here" it cried. 'We are young, let us liver
 Just then an ant plodded by carrying a tiny lump of coal.
 Mercy" cried the grasshopper, "how smudgy you are What are you doing?' ..Im laying in my next winters sup nlv of coal" replied the ant without stopping. It looks as If the mines might be closed
 But the grasshopper continued to dance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
Tariff Reform outranks All Else

The democratic party solidly de- r.ands the adoption of a tariff for revenue only. Not a democrat is standing out in favor of the protec- I've principle as Randall did many
 ears ago and as others have done ince. Today all are lined up behind Leader Underwood. There is q deep split in the republican party over the tariff issue, but none in the demo- cratic party whatsoever so far as the great and controlling issue of the campaign is concerred.
 "Ihe1e is no other issue before tbs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
REPLEcTIoNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 It's a long road 10 heaven, with lots of short cuts to the other place.
 A woman has so much imagination she can imagine it's common sense.
 If a man could escape smallpox by running into politics. 1t would be better for him to stand still
 The most artistic liar is the man who goes to a prize fight and tells his wife 1t was an uplift meeting.
 The bridge we ought to cross when we come to 1t we have crossed so many times before we came to 1t that then we try not to- ,.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
Rate Battle Begun

Washington, April 1.-The battle over state railroad rates from freigh, and passenger business began today before the supreme court of the Unit ed States. The IS Missouri rate cases were first taken up for consideration Time for argument wss extended until next Thursday,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
HOOKS GIGANTIC HOAX.

hey sweeps. reached the house at o'clock in tn emorning, followed a little later by carts laden with coal, vans with furniture, enormous drays and wagons. struggle began between the rival drivers to reach the door of the ill-fated house. By this time the whole street was aroused. People were focking to doors. and windows, and curious crowds began to block the sidewalks. Cooks and ca-. terers began to arrive, tailors, under takers-with collins made to order accord ing to measurements furnished by the facetious Hook-traveling chariots and fours for wedding couples.
 Widely known physicians and surgeons, with their instrument cases dashed up in their carriages; lawyers, clergymen. artists and tradesmen of every descrip- ton pushed their way into the now fren- zied crowd. At noon came forty fish mongers, bearing 40 huge cod and Holsters, and as many butchers with an equal num- Der of legs of mutton; and. as the con fusion reached it's height and the uproar became terrific, and the consternation of, the poor old woman of No. a bordered | on temporary insanity, up drove the great lord mayor himself, in state car riage, with his retinue in cooked hats. silk stockings, bag wigs and all
 By this time many of the wagons were | overturned and their contents strewed the street to the intense delight of ;he mob.
 The lord mayor did not wait long. but had himself rapidly driven to the police court, and a large force of officers was sent to clear the street and prevent any more people and carriages from entering. The excitement lasted far into the night. As for Hook, he decided 1t to be the wisest thing for him to leave London; and he remained in the country for sev- eral weeks until the excitement had subsided, when he returned to town again-unmolested. and more famous than ever-to his usual occupations
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Francis Herbert Lee in the Ladies' Hom
 

TdHC1S f16TDeTI Lee III lHt lSdulcS f1OlHc
 Journal
 hOOK'S most famous-and most mis-
 chievous-hoax was the gigantic
 | A "Berners Street Hoax" In 1909 there lived at No. 54 Berners street widow of means named Mrs. Tottenham. For some unknown reason she had fallen under the displeasurc of the formidable Hook.
 Tom" said Hook one day to boon companion, as they were passing along the staid and qulet little street, ''Ill bet you hundred pounds I can make this the most-talked-of street in London"
 "All right" said his friend jumping at what he considered "easy money" The next day Hook called to his advice and assistance two confederate, and the trio set to work. In the course of six weeks about 40O0 letters were sent out, inviting the recipients to call, at slightly different times on the same day, at 54 Berners street.
 | With rare cleverness and with an in innate knowledge of the gossip of the | day the conspirators contrived to intro- duce into the letters hints and allusions of interest, and by these means succeed ed In summoning potentates and fashion | able people on some pretense or other. The Duke of Gloucester. for exampls. started off with his equerry to receive a communication from a dying woman, formerly a confidential attendant on his royal highness' mother. The lord may or was summoned to receive an important deposition of the greatest secrecy and in,- portance. regarding matters of state. Revelations to be made about a compli- cated system of fraud going on at the Bank of England brought the governor of that establishment. Even the arch bishop. on some ingenious pretext, was induced to come.
 On the appointed day Hook and his friends stationed themselves at a cur tained window opposite to see the fun. The first arrivals, a company of chirn-
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now camping on tho trail o Hnaa gang.
 Stephenson owes Lorime z aa the latter will need it. a, H  The record of hoolxw,
 the country last yea. e 
 The cushion of IL ssar Hl OO seat will at time Ha aasa.
 The colonel is aas es. 70 office should this ye, zsaet
 
 Three pres to rule little Para
 A ff af TRY succinct ticle by Will
 liam a,l1n aa se in Exile in
 the r1 ca#a
 fHcr sin lar number of per sc n ansl oeal1ing lands are
 ne of life which ex-
 aIfa her-a scheme of life
 has no place at all.
 5f things obviously bad for md I for one hold the opinion h. is not altogether good for his fellowme 4
 "It is at any rate a state of things which, as a phenomenon of our time, de- serves attention and study, and with re- gard to which one may perhaps profitably endeayor to forestall the future historian . 1,I fn analUza explain 1t.
 sBetween poetry and science I can per ceive no antagonism whatever. Nor do I believe it possible for any true poetic greatness to coexist with an attitude of hostility toward the advancement of knowledge.
 '@fhe poet who is really poet, however deeply he may strike root in the past, emphatically lives and moves and has his being in the present. There is nothing of the mustiness of antiquity about him. He is, and he ought to be, the latest and freshest flower of time. And the need for him is never so great as in an age excep- tionally fruitful in scientific discovery
 With one exception, there Is not g liv- ing English poet the sales of whose poems would not have been thought contempu- ble by Scott and Byron. With the excep- ton of the apostle of British imperial ism, Mir. Kipling, England's living singers succeed in reaching only a pitifully small audience.
 "Fiction is really becoming the enemy of literature. The very word literature in most peoples mouths has come to mean scarcely anything but novels and tales We have had among us in England during the last quarter of a century some gifted novelists, but we have also mad some very real poets-poets whose names and achievement, in my opinion, would add 1uster to any age or nation. They occupy scarcely any place in the public eye They receive almost no substantial rewards and they are scarcely ever sin gled out for any sort of public honor. But they are everlastingly being told what feeble and degenerate successors they are to the poets who, now that they are dead, are called the Victorian giants. Your novelist, as a rule, gets his due re- wards in this life. Your poet, as a rule, does not.
 ''The true function of the poet is to sense of the greatness and grandeur of life-a sense without which no man ever did anything great or grand.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
SECRET OF VIM. J. BURNS SUCCESS

Affairs at Washington" Joe Mitchell
 Chapple, in National Magazine for
 March.
 William J. Burns, Americas foremost detective, thinks clearly and quickly along direct lines. He has grasp of psychology and a knowledge of human nature; he seems to know just what an individual might do under given circumstances. and he puts himself in that mans place and follows his own trail. so to speak. He seeks the unimportant details which other neonle might be likely to overlook, and has studied the habits of people as stu dents of ornithology have made study of birds. He realizes most of all that a criminal still remains a human being. Detective Burns inclines to the belief that the detection of crime is more pos- sible when one centers his mind upon chain of natural incidents rather than a startling clue. The clues picked up in casqsl-Ssgasyks spst ths 1IeIps wQHa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02

travellers and strangers. have led to im- portant disclosures. Keeping both eyes and ears open at the same time and all the time counts-and the way Burns flies over the country at times would suggest the use of aerial transportation. The basis of Detective Burns best work Is first an analysis and estimate of what a human being might do under certain circum- stances and a given environment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
THOSE UNNECESSARY QUESTIONS From Harper's Weekly,

Y ioiii 11dipeT s Weehiy.
 The damage suit was on, and Bildad's S chauffeur was testifying for the plaintiff.
 ''Now. you say" said the ponnpous law yer for the defendant. that at this point the two cars travelling at the rate of 30 miles an hour came together head on. Then what did you do?"
 The witness gazed wearily at his ques- tioner.
 Why" he said. 'I turned to my wife who was brushing the baby's hair in the tonneau, and said that thought the dumplings must be done by this rfme-,'
 'Bangl" interrupted the judges gavsl "Stenographer," said his honor, strike that fool answer from the record"
 And doesn't the question go with 1t, judge?" asked the witness meekly.
 "Surel'' said the honor, forgetting the dignity of his calling for the moment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02

The comity of favorite sons is almost chivalrous in this campaign on the dem ocratic side. On the republican side it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02

The United States Senate Is no club. If it were Stephenson would not stay after that vote of 10 to S4.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02

It Is still uncertain whether the colonel will bolt or take his medicine quietly in the event of Mir. Taft's renomination
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02

Battleships going up the Mississippi should so equipped with the wireless for land is not in sight in many places.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02

Japan holds it's general election in May, while in this country it is stretched over almost an entire year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02

The delegations from New Mexico and Arizona will be the novelties at the pres idential conventions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02

The Roosevelt movement IS now more of a panic than stampede. 1t has literally been crushed nat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02

The colonel should not kick t'o New York primary around after accepting its terms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02

Colonel Roosevelt prefers to pick his states when primaries are to be held,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02

Captain Scott may be at the south pole gathering material for one of the best sellers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02

March was reactionary. It was winter month nasquerading as one of the gem uine spring sort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02

Some men are doomed to be handed down to posterity in moving pictures,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02

This country will lead the world in ordnance if our ships are to carry l5 inch guns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02

Hunger and hardship are t aa s now camping on tho trail 0 iieu gang.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02

The fighting Aliens soon became the fleeing Aliens" and two of them are still at large.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02

The record of hoolSwo Hara the country last yea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02

Stephenson owes Lorime z1 ap the latter will need it. at t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02

The cushion of IL s.sar ao % seat will at time T. aaaa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala.' postoffice as second class matter uhder act of Congress March ., 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02

No communication will be pnbisheu without its authors name. ReJecleu manuscript will not be returned uhleSS stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
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2. E. Morgan, ". G. Wharton ana George MeMasters are the only autnU' l,,,' ized travelling representatives or me Age-Herald in it's circulation aepai ment
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-10
Land Bargains


50 acres of sno8sh land; 10 acres
In cultivation; all fenced; splendid
barn. good water; ia mile Of station.
Price $40 per acre.
fB0 acres Of good land, With 100
acres in cultivation; s-room house,
shed, barn, good we'll; lays gently roll.
ing; soil Of good quality; fenced and
cross fenced. Price $4,000; $1,000 cash
and terms on the rest.
$40 acres OF grass land: lays rolling,
plenty Of water; only ? miles OF rail
way station. Price $40 per acre.
100 acres Of fine land; 50 acres Of
splendid bottom land; ll0 acres in
cultivation good improvements; 80
acres in pasture; upland; lays gently
rolling; good orchard; mortgage $S,-
400; 5 per cent interest. Price $1,000.
gG0 acres. splendid Improvements
all IN cultivation. except 75 acres Of
fine pasture: 25 acres OF alfalfa: fine
stand; Is acres more that is good al
falfa land; terms to suit. Price SlS,
600.
Most of these farms are close tC
chiokasha or other railway stations
and are bargains.
am making the best Of terms on
farm and city loans II You have q
farm to sell list It with me and / viii
sell it.
p. c. STACY,
Office in rear Of Farmers state Bank
chickasha, Okla.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-10
Real Estate for
Sale

i60 acres Of land near Verden; 81
room frame house, cistern and well,
wind mill: 80 acres In alfalfa, 20 acres
IN pasture, so acres ia corn, So acres
in cotton; all fenced with four-wire
alfalfa fenced with hog wire. Price
$500; loan $4,000; will trade for good
city property
Z room modern house, one block
from car line. Price $1,000. Worth
twice this mou'y
4-room house, good sized lot, in
Newkirk, Okla, to trade for Chicka.
sha property; will pay difference, IT
there is any Price $1,000.
100 acres Of nice, smooth land lls
miles Of car line ana miles Of col
lege; / 0 acres in cultivation; 80
acres in pasture. Price, for quick sale,
$S5 per acre.
4-room house on West Fill; good
storm cave, gas and electric lights.
Price silO0; 5000 cash, balance SIS
per month.
9-room modern house, nealy new,
on South Hill, one block from car line.
Price $500. VIII take live stock for
part pay; balance time
/ write fire and tornado insurance.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-10
First published Dec. 5. 1922
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION,

State Of Oklahoma, Grady County, SIS
IL the Superior Court Of said County.
Sam Morris, by his legal guardian,
plaintiff, VS.. NJ. L. Gilbert, Defend
ant.
The above nautd defendant, NJ. L.
Gilbert, win take notice that he has
been sued in the above named court
upon petition filed in said court by
the above named plaintiff praying for
the cancellation OF a certain lease held
bs the defendant in and to the follow
ing premises, lying and situated in
Grady County State of Oklahoma, TO.
wit:
f 5a OF " q and w ls of sW IA OF
Sc ii, section ii, ana W Y OF NE
Ia CT NV Ia and NE IA of NE Ia
O. section %, an in township 6 north.
range west E e of sW IA OF sW
IA, section 8, and SW IA OF sW IA
and w Z OF sW Ia of NV IA, sec.
ton is, all in township : north, range
Z west, and SW IA and S q of sW IA
Of Sc II, section s. township 8 mort /
range west; also sW Ia Of NV -
Of section %, township z north. range
west, and sE IA OF Ne IA Of Sc
IA and NE Ia Of Sc ia of Sc IA OF
section s, and S q Of NV IA Of sW
IT, and NV ia Of sW IA Of S Wild w
y Of NE IA Of sW IA Of Sec ., town
ship G north, range west, plaintiff
alleging in his said petition that said
lease is void, and that the defendant
must answer said petition on or be-
fore the 18th day OF January, 1918 or
said petition will be taken as true and
Judgment rendered against The defend
ant accordingly.
tseaD W. L. MELTON.
Attest: Clerk OF Superior Court
H. BLAIR AND A. L. HERR,
Attorneys for Plaintiff. 12-5-2id
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-10
Dnn1.
Estate

For Sale-sQ acres. 3 miles of Mt.
Sheridan; small house. pecan grove.
80 acres good, tillable land balance
pasture. Price $500 cash
30 aeres-4-room house. cave. well,
stable, milees out. Price $1,000. part
terms
40 acres-25 acres Al bottom: 4
room house, 2 wells, large cement
cave. eiatern, goo bearing apple trees,
grapes, peaches, cherries, pears, one.
quarter acr blackberries; 6 miles Of
chiekasha. Price s2000 part time.
i60 aeros-s miles from Chiokasha.
well improved. Price $40 an acre;
SaO00 state loan TO run Is years at +
pen cent. This Is a snap.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-10
Our Best Bargains

rs acres In cultiyatlon fenced with
hos wire; ) room house, crib, cement
cave, good orchard, small creek that
runs all the time in bottom; loan Of
s1700 at 6 per cent; will exchange for
residence in Chickasha.
lso acres good, smooth land; no
acres In cultivation; 4-room house,
good barn, storm cave and outbuild-
ings; mortgage Of $500 at 6 per cent
interest; owner wants to move to good
town to school his children; win trade
for good residence.
SO acres near chickasha, large farm
house, barn 500 bearing Alberta peach
trees Price $75 per acre. Will trade
foc good size residence in Chickasha
CITY PROPERTY.
Modern Groom house, located in the
best residence part Of chiekasha: N
,. corner good barn, orchard; well
worth S650O, can be sold in the next
few days for $4,000.
Modern 4Toom bungalow, close In;
nearly new. Price $500; on easy
terms.
One Of the best pool and billiard
halls IN Chickasha; well located; 3 ta-
bles; fine cigar trade; making good
money; will trade for good property
in Chickasha or Oklahoma land
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-10

100 acres OF choice smooth upland,
4 miles from chickashas Groom house,
large barn, good well and windmill;
improvements worth $4,000. Price
$4,000 Terms given.
100 acres w miles from chickasha;
100 acres IN cultivation: 4.room frame
house, barn, good we'll Price s35 per
acre.
2S0 acres milo from Amber; Groom
house, nearly new. barn and outbnild.
ings; also 4-room house and barn. ali
smooth land 25O acres in cultivation.
Price $1,000 per acre.
1870 acres, miles from Chickasha: /:
III acres IN cultivation a snap at $50
per acre
so acres 1ia miles from Woman's
college 40 acres Line creek bottom;
good building site on section line.
Price $50 per acre $3.50 cash, balance;
easy terms.
TRADES.
100 acres smooth upland, miles
from Walters county. south Of Cotton
county, 40 acres in cultivation; good
l-room house. barn, cistern and other
Improvements; has loan Of $1,000 can
increase to s25OO; Will exchange for
good residence In Chickasha.
1850 acres 10 miles from Walters
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-10
A. B. THOMPSON
III SOUTH THIRD ST.
Phone 50. chlckaaha, Okla.
ENDS HUNT FOR RICH GIRL.

Often the hunt for rich wife ends
when the man meets a woman that
uses Electric nltters. Her strong
nerves tell in a bright brain and even
temper Her peach bloom complexion
and ruby lips result from her pure
blood, her bright eyes from restful
sleep; her elastic step from firm, free
muscles, all telling Of the health and
strength Electric Bitters give a wo-
man, and the freedom from indiges-
ton, baekache, headache, fainting and
dizzy spells they promote. Every
where they are woman's fayorite rem
edy If weak or ailing. try them soc
at Brown & Co.'s. Adv.d&w
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-10
COL E. ]. HUBBARD,
HUGH HALE,
| Can Sell Your Property

$50 acres X mile west of Chickasha;
fine 10-room modern house and big
red barn; all fenced and crossfeneed;
about so acres in alfalfa; can msle
a low price on this and give terms to
suit: might consider some clear prop
erty on the deal.
1SS acres one mile southwest OF
chickasha, 80 per cent bottom land
that win grow alfalfa all In ealtiga-
tion. fenced and eross-fenced, fair i'm
proyements; might consider some
clear income property, or can make a
low cash price and give terms to suit
the purchaser, This is one of the best
farms in Grady county.
100 acres u mile east Of Ghickasha;
an Washita bottom lands all will grow
alfalfa. fenced and crossfenced; fair
Improvements; can give low casn
price on this and give terms to suit.
This farm joins the Henry johnson
farm on the south.
$40 acres tx miles north Of Amber.
an in cultivation; about SO acres bot.
tom land; fair improvements: all
fenced and cross.fenced; might con.
slider some clear income property for
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-10
JOHN c. LEWIS,
Sheriff OF Grady County.
BY ]. A. THOMPSON. Deputy.
HERNDON & DURBIN,
Attorneys for Plaintiff. 11-12-30t

You will find What druggists every
where speak wen OF Chamberlain
Cough Remedy They know from long
experience in the sale Of it that in
cases Of coughs and colds it can al
ways be depended upon, and that it is
pleasant and safe to take For sale
bg all dealers. AdY-d&w