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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
Complains of Pullman Company

''When a Pullman sleeping car passen- gers grip is stolen, I think the Pullman company should either recover the stolen property and return it to him or pay him approximately what it was worth, " said a prominent citizen whose business requires him to travel the greater part of his time. Some weeks ago an elegant satchel containing articles of some value were stolen from me on train out or New Orleans. I handed the grip to the porter. When I asked him for it the next morning he, said he didn't know what had become Of it; said he supposed some one had walked off with it. After wait ing several days I put the matter in the hands of lawyer who brought suit against the company and got a. decision for damages for nearly s100. But the company has taken an appeal and an amount equal to two or three times the value of the property stolen will go for attorneys s fees and court costs. I think 1t lis as little as the Pullman company could do to be more watchful of it's passengers, and when 8. piece of baggage is stolen the company should reimburse the pas- senger without litigation. That would not only tend to make the company more popular, but 1t would be just and right"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

Philander Knox and his royal barge are parted for the present, but he may find some excuse for returning to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

SINS OF SODoM AND GoMORRAH.
 John Drew, the actor, was moved to talk about the Bible at a society dinner one evening. On his way to the club with friend later on, he said:
 Nobody reads the Bible any more. The ignorance of the average person about the Bible and biblical things is ab- solutely amazing. After l had talked my head off regarding the Scriptures this evening, a young lady said:
 :" I have enjoyed what you said. But, do you know, I always thought Sodom and Gomorrah were man and wife?'
 An older woman made this comment:
 Oh, well, I suppose they ought to nave been if they were not "-The Pop ular Magazine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

William Shakespeare died 296 years ago last Monday. It is believed he was born S4s years ago last Tuesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

Massachusetts is preparing to hold next Tuesday another 'crisis' primary. Such primaries are very common this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

William Watson says the novel of today is a fad that is bound to pass away. No one says word to the contrary except the novelists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

Connecticut is shipping widgeons to zoos throughout the country, and yet Con necticut has no monopoly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
WILDLY IMPROBABLE.

newspaper having offered a prize for the most impossible item of local news, the competition was won by a widely inn aginative genius, who sent in the follow ing brief story:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
Business District Well Lighted

"Even before the white way came into vogue Birmingham's business district was better lighted than were the business sec tions of most other cities, and now that Twentieth street is to have the white way from First avenue to Capitol park, in addition to the white lights on many of the cross town avenues, Birmingham will be the best lighted town in the south, if not in the United States said a public spirited man who has given money and time for the purpose of furthering the illumination movement.
 Another great improvement in the mat ter of illumination Is the installation of 15 lights in Capitol park. There has been a great deal of complaint about the in- sufficiency of light in the park. but no more complaint will be heard after Sat urday night. Next to good streets an abundance of electric lights in the busi- ness district makes the best impression among visitors"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

Senator Ilnute Nelson claims that the houn' dawg song is Viking song at least 12G0 years old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

See America first, and by the time you have completed the task there may be ifeboats to burn on the liners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

Senator Jonathan Bourne simply got too far ahead of the procession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

When you meet an iceberg. stop, back up and go around it at safe distance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

The managing director begins to think captain and the band.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

Ismays eyes were bad Many women went down with the boat but Ismay did not see one of them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
HIS BEST FRIEND.

He waited long on Fortunes smile,
 Which ever was denied him, And overlooked Content the while,
 Who stood serene beside him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

The lifeboat of the future should be motor propelled, even if 1t be collapsible boat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

Colonel Roosevelt is a spotlight himself. He does not need anything that throws a stronger light.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

The bold Barons are climbing pretty steadily toward their place in the first division.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

One swat of the fly now will save mill lions of swats next summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

The Barons should not be expected to take every game. That would render the sport monotonous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

The lesson of the Titanic is short and be in too much of a hurry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

After week of horror political news comes as a relief.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
WEALTHY.

Though usually cheerful wight,
 He cuts a most unseemly caper, When, waking up some morning bright,
 He finds thief has fi1ched his paper
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
SHE LEADS.

How do they get along together as man and wife?''
 "Oh. tandem"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
DANGERS OF ELEPHANT HUNTING

The staying qualities of the Taft dele gates is uncertain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
A RRoKEN vow

lie swore that he would still be glad,
 No matter what misfortunes came. Alas, an umpire made him mad
 The next day at baseball game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

for his nerve and daring as well as bril- liant execution.
 Fact is,' confessed Dorsan when lie recovered breath, T didn't know was stealing home. I was standin' there on third when I suddenly remembered I'd left my weeks pay in my Inside pocket on that lumber pile and | started for it.r
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
MANY WOULD ApPr,y

In any dry community
 A fellow could his fortune make, Who let the news get round that he
 Was owner of a biting snake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
SIGNIFIGANT

How long have they been married?" Well, they still smile at each other across the breakfast table,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
GOING TO WAIT

GOING TO WAIT. H. G. Parsons of Topeka announces that he has postponed his European trip until the International concrete bridge is ompleted.-Kansas City Star
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
LONG COuGH

I1O4NtI NJOtTI1. The tlser came toward me, believing ana grunting, and when he got opposite the screen he gave one of those fearful coughs which only a man who has been close to such a beast can appreciate. IL was Il feet long.-London Standard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
TELEPHONES

Bell (private exchange connecting all departmental, No. 4OOo.
 Peoples; Editorial rooms, 23l' pusi- ness office, 230.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

WHAT, THEN? Why not cheer up And still be gay? Suppose you were J. Bruce Ismay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

"A cabman and a bus driver came into collision in the street with their vehicles, so that their wheels were locked My dear sir, said the cabman, I'm very sorry for this accident. Will you kindly excuse me?"
 Pray, do not mention it. my dear sir replied the bus driver The fault WAS mine rather than yours And after get ting clear of each other they bowed po- lttely, and proceeded about their business With a pleasant good day "-Tid-Bits.
 MARY'S GARDEN. Mary, Mary, quite contrary. how does your garden grow?" T haven't seen it since January--its five feet under snow
 Chicago Record-Herald. Mary. Mary. quite contrary. where did you get those weeds?' They came from a congressman, and were labeled garden seeds
 -springield Union. Mary, Mary, quite contrary. how are the seeds you've sown?' Indeed, I couldn't tell you. sir, till the neighbors' hens have flown'
 Los Angeles Express. Mary, Mary. quit eeontrary, how does your garden pay?" Tt pays the grocery where I buy my garden truck each day"
 Milwaukee Sentinel. Mary. Mary, quite contrary, what arc you digging there?" ''The ground, the ground, you foolish man." she said with a weary air.
 SIGNIFICANT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

z E. Morgan and w. G. Wharton are the only authorized travelling represeh- tatives of The Age-Herald in It's clrcu- lation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

No communication will be published without it's authors name. HeJecleu manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-07-04

y Rel y Enreqoaa caQltals.
"a nervous traveller writing
to the New York Commercial,
has renewed the suagestion
that the all-trail route DO sub.
stituted for. the danaerous
water journey to Europe, Ber-
ing Straits, which 10 both mar.
row and shallow. he believes
could be bridged, or at any
rate an efficient cor ferry Ger.
vice could be maintained.
The difficulty With this pro.
posal 10 that land journeysSa are
no safer thanswater trips. Great
liners like the Titanic some.
times 60 down. But casualty
statistics seem to show tina,
they are comparatively safe,
than railroads with their nu
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-07-04

of Chicago, who, on ten dollars
a week allowance, has kept up
the home, given three children
q common school education
end dep sited two dollars every
week in . building and loan as.
sociationi
It 10 wonderful what tricks
are played With money by a de.
termined woman. Aud these
tricks are turned at both ends
of the scale. Woman 10 q re-
variable spender of wealth
and che 10 also q wonderful
saver. especially where her
children are concerned. When
it 10 clearly seen that there 10
ten dollars-and no more
coming in on each Saturday
night. problems are eugender.
ed that would puzzle high In.
ance. II 10 sometimes easier
to think in tens of thousands
than in ten cent pieces.
Some things there are that
our Mrs. Kruegers do not have
20 waste time on, such things
for instance 60 Paris gowns
and their difficult selection.
This gives more opportunity to
think where the email ends
may be gathered up.
Another thing that comes in.
to the mind in connection with
ten dollars a week 10 Mr.. Krue.
ger. On this point 'Les1ie's
Weekly says succinctly:
"Her husband 10 a laborer."
It seems clear to the most
immature thought when it
dwells on this weekly sum of
ten dollars, conscientiously
given up to his wife at the end
of each toilsome week, that Mr..
Krueger's devotion and self.
denialdemand a kindly thought
also.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-07-04

taking to earth. he might have
succeeded in the campaign
even With HE tactics.
Lee, who had succeeded the
wounded Johnston after Fair
Oaks, realized the peril. II Nc.
Clellan were permitted fully to
fortify himself, possibly b e
could not be dislodged by any
sacrifice or valor. Therefore
Lee determined to strike 40
soon as possible, before McClel-
Ian had had time to secure
himself.
Lee summoned Jackson from
the Valley. And Jackson. hav.
ing outwitted, outmarched and
outfought both Banks and FIRE.
mont, Transferred his whole
force to the vicinity of Rich:
uond withoutletting Washing.
ton or Met lellan become aware.
Tackson's Army vas put into
position to strike at the right
flank and rear Of the Union
forces.
Jackson rode across country
to confer with Lee. The two
had never met before. They
were to have q years associa
tion in tremendous fighting and
in many victories. But their
co operation, which was to be
80 perfect, did not work we'll in
the seven days of battle about
to occur.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-07-04
lnssot Bite Costs Len.

A Boston man lost his leg
from the bite of an insect two
years before. To avert such
calamities from stings and bites
of insects use Bucklen's Ami.
ca Salve promptly to kill the
poison and prevent iuflamma-
ton, swelling and pain. Heals
burns. boils. ulcers. piles, ecze-
ma, cuts. bruises. Only q
cents at all druggists.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-07-04
conqusrinu tho Mississippi.


Sixty million dollars will not
measure, it is said, the damage
actually wrought by the last
Mississippi flood, while the
prospective loss of crops, Get.
ton mainly! owing to the i'm.
possibility of planting, is also
enormous.
The Nation. which has un.
dertaken the Panama Canal,
will not shrink from the con-
quest of the River. In these
days. nothing 10 impossible to
engineering science. provided
the money 10 forthcoming. The
mastery of the Mississippi 10
merely a question of determ.
ination aud the profits to result
from ito regulation form q suf-
ficient inducement for such de.
termination.
r. r. Mccormick, formerly
President Of the Chicago Drain.
age Canal Board, suggests that
the impouuded hoods might
be diverted into Lake Michigan
possibly on the theory that
In auch case Chicago would be
permitted to take still more
water from the Crest Lakes.
HE scheme. however, applies
only to the upper Mississippi,
whereas The Missouri, and par.
ticularly the Ohio, are more re.
sponsible for foods. Their i'm,
pounded waters, of course,
would require some other basin
of drainage than the Great
Lakes. !,
The fact that no adequate 90
LUTON of the problem of the
floods has yet been wooked out
need not discourage 90. Much
preliminary study will be re-
quired. And at best the worl
will be the labor Of years.
The Mississippi Basin 10 GU,
heritage. It behooves 40 t.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-07-04

merous wrecks. The travelling
public would be slow to believe
itself safer in q dizzy tran.Si.
berian train than on q sea-
worthy chip.
The route by Bering Straits
IL doubtless feasible. A few
years ago an automobile run
from. New York to Paris by
way of the Straits was pro.
posed and partially carried out.
Of course, the journey wac not
a pleasant one because of the
lack of roads. It demonstrated
nothing but the remarkable en-
durance of the motor car.
The modern traveler wants
to get there 40 quickly 40 pos.
sible. II will be years before q
rail route to Europe via Bering
Straits can compete with swift
ocean transportation. The No.
tural human fear of the Gee 10
gradually giving way before
familiarity with ocean travel.
In spite of the Titanic more
travellers will cross the ocean
this year than ever before.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-07-04
Mcclellan Before Richmond.

Fifty years ago at this time
Mcclellan, within sight of the
spires of Richmond, was bent
upon fortifying his position.
He was bringing great guns to
the front and preparing to en-
trench.
His purpose was the next
best thing. If he had not the
determination to assault the
City, it was well for him to
maintain his position under
the City's walls, 40 It were. At
the time Richmond was not en-.
circled with Notifications, 40
Grant was to find it two years
later.
Entertainment at this stage
of the War was not recognized
40 an essential. Later both
Armies were to entrench nearly
every position they held for.
even a few hours, aud Grants
whole endeavor in Virginia was
to lure or to compel Lee to fight
In the open. q
y Mcclellan, in obedience to
his instinct for defense, con.
templated entrenchmeut. And
ifinstead of rushing Richmond,
he vas formally TO besiege it.
his notion vas correct. But
the tro uble with Met lellau vas
always that he had the right
idea too late. He did not com.
NIT positive blunders, but his
negative mistakes robbed him
OF success. s- $3.50. =.
A very enterprising comman.
der would have entrenched in.
stantly after the Battle Of Fair
Oaks. But Mcclellan only en-.
trenched gradually and nspots,
IL Mcclellan after Fair Oaks
had changed his base from the
York southwark to the James.
40 afterward events compelled
}! him 60 do, and If he had drawn
his whole army south Of the
Chickahominy. pushing ur
close to Richmond and there
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-07-04
Tho Power Of 4 Smile.

In colonial days, az the
>chronicler hath it, a hunter was
once separated from his friends
in the excitement of the chase.
Losing his way, he penetrated
deeper and deeper into the for:
eat, and finally, when night
overlook him, had to throw
himself On the ground to sleep.
Awaking with a start in the
morning, he saw a face full of
implacable hate confronting
him. The Indisn chief who
bent over him was surrounded
by braves.
The hunter took in the situa-
ton at a glance. He knew his
dire danger, yet he had no way
of averting it. He did not even
know a word of the Indians'
language. But he kept his
presence of mind and deter
mined to try what a touch of
human nature would do. So
he just smiled. 1t was a friend.
ly smile, the smile of a comrade.
Gradually the fierceness died
out of the eyes looking into his,
and the copper.co lored face
broke into an answering smile.
The chief recognized in him a
brave man and a brother. He
was saved!
Courage that smiles is the
finest courage of ell. The smile
is peculiarly human. Nothing
else in nature smiles but man.
He alone can translate the joys
of nature, the buoyant abund.
ance of life into smiles. And
he eau then 60 forth with a
heart tor any fate. The smile
10 the light in the window of
the face, sending forth a mes.
sage of brotherly love.
:Blessings on the man who
smiles! says one writer. II
do not mean the man who
smiles for effect, nor the one
who smiles when the world
smiles. I mean the unau whose
emile 10 born of an icner radi.
ance-the man Who smiles
when the clouds lower, when
fortune frowns, when the tides
ere adverse. Such q man max.
go q new world for himself"
The potency Of q smile "a
make q thing move, when II
had no intention of moving, haa
caused another writer to call II
'"the locomotive of life, q double.
compound type of engine tina,
will pull any load" It will, be
AYERS, answer the old question
about what happens when the
irresistible comes in contact
with the immovable, for II
makes the immovable movable
Family Lie "a Ten oelIars
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-07-04

improve It. improvements will
reward us more than will vast
sums spent on distant depend.
eucies.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-07-04
rhs 'evIerk.9ly'' end Tho Hen,
~ VNoQ0loNod,

ssOYOOe
Efforts of the churcbes last
winter to provide lodgings aud
food for homeless men, and of
the City Council to solve the
problem of unemployed, serve
to call attention to American
backwardness in two important
matters-the relief of honest
men temporarily out of work
and the suppression of Va.
grants.
It 10 necessary to distinguish
between tbs "work.shy" aud
the honest unemployed. The
two should not be placed in the
same class by the necessity Of
social conditions, 40 was the
case in Minneapolis when a
man who applied for more than
two or three nights lodging
was sent to the workhouse.
Labor colonies ere found in
all the Western European
Countries. In Holland the idea
dates back az far 40 1918, when
General Van Den Rosch fonnd.
ed his labor colony. In France
a hundred years ago Napoleon
differentiated sharply between
the beggar aud the vagrant. In
England. Germany, Belgium,
France. Holland aud Switzer.
land the honest unemployed
and the vagrants' have been
treated as a social problem of
threatening magnitude. Back
as tar as 1882 the modern meth.
cd of differentiation between
honest unemployed and va
grants was begun in Germany
when Pastor Bodelschwingh
founded the first voluntary Ia
Dor colony at Bielefeld. At
that time Germany swarmed
with unemployed of all kinds.
In less than twenty. five years
the number of voluntary labor
colonies has grown to thirty.
three, which in one year re.
ceived 9,113 colonists who work
ed s26,93l work.days.
The vagrant should be re.
formed, but European expert
ence has demonstrated that
this requires a compulsory la.
Dor colony. The honest unem-
ployed mau wants q job, which
requires merely . voluntary
labor colony where he can earn
food and shelter when temper:
arily In need. "
The question in Minneapolis
should be thoroughly investi-
gated to see what per cent of
the unemployed belong to each
class, and the best methods of
relief for the honest uuemploy.
ed In voluntary labor groups
doing the City's work.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-07-04
Uhe Hahpetn,, Uintrs
By E. S. CAMERON

Published at Wahpeton. N. D., on Thurs.
day of each week, and entered as second
class matter under the act of Congress, of
March 8, 1879.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-07-04

COUNTY TI0k91.
Democratic Republican
Senator 37th Dist A. F. Bonzer Vivian Morgan
Representative 18th Dist. Thomas Egan A. G. Dive
John Hagen Albert Wes
Representative 37h Dist. August Hoefs c. w. Carey
Anton I.eposky DISCARD
Auditor w. J. Koppelman ! F. A. Burton
Treasurer s. Hendrickson WI Worner
Clerk of Court August Bergman Ell RI. Peterson
County VanArnam u Jersin
Sheriff Frank Budack w. j.. Robbins
Supt. of Schools F. r. Barnes
States Attorney c. j. Kachehofer G.. Forbes
Commissioner list Dist - p E. Sletmoe
Commissioner 5th Dist. Matt Kraker w. J. Robinson
The partisan candidates for
Judge OF 4th Jud Bist G. F. Wolfe F. P. Allen
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-07-04

Family Lie On Ten Dollars 4
Week.
In Leslie's Weekly 10 told the
etory of Mrs. Hannah Krue1er
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-01-09
CHICKEN FEED
HAS SUCCESS

The Moscow Chamber of Commerce
held it's second feed today, and it prov
ed as successful as the one week ago
The luncheon was excellent. Profes
sor John. F. Nicholson of the UNIVERSE
ty was introduced and delivered fine
talk on "The Possibilities of the
Poultry Industry in Latah County,
He said that the Importance of the
poultry business was shown in the fact
that the annual aggregated value of the
poultry industry in the United States
equaled the annual wheat crop, and
was worth more than the annual crop
of horses and hogs, Corn ranks first
in aggregate value, he said, and then
comes poultry, which is as great as
the wheat crop of the nation. "Spo-
kane" he told the members, imported
100000 dozen eggs annually" Pro-
fessor Nicholson said that the average
hen would pay her owner a dollar net
per year, bigger profit than is made
on any other animal the farmer can
own, and the least appreciated He
said that the Inland Empire is ideal for
and that there was great fu-
uture for this industry.