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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14
DELINQUENT.

In a bowery glade where shadows cool
Invite the soul to rest
And sunbeams gild hermit pool,
By branching ferns caressed,
NO sound Is heard but the passing breeze
And the rillet's limpid flow
As 1t winds away through towering trees
To seek the vale below
And there. at ease. why make pretense
OF hearing duty's call?
Held fast in the arms of Incidence,
With never a care at all.
It's good to toll with a right good will
And seek life's goal, guess,
And yet my heart leans, wistful still,
To the lure of idleness
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14
wHERE TESS WAS born

From Publishers Notes.
Now that Tess of the D'Urbervlles''
Is about to make her appearance in NOV
ing pictures, it may be interesting to
know how the story originated. Thomas
Hardy once told J. Henry Harper, author
of 'The House of Harper" that Tess
was derived "from glimpse of a comely
lass sitting in the tail end of cart
which rambled past him. Her pretty face
was SO sad and appealing as 1t slowly
disappeared from view that it haunted
him man day''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14
AN ACROBATIC FEAT

From the July National Monthly.
A man who had long taken medical
treatment for the cure of dyspepsia
was feeling much improved and telling
his physician that he felt that the cure
was accomplished the practitioner re-
piled: take a doughnut tonight just
before going to bed and if you can hold
it on your stomach we will know that
the cure is complete
The next day the physician asked
his patient the result of the expert
ment.
ut worked all right until went to
Sleep" replied the man, but as soon
as / went to sleep it rolled off,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Blrmingham,s Great Future

II have been a Birmingham booster
for several years past" said men,
Der of the Chamber of Commerce, but
am now more of an optimist than
ever.
During the spring and early sum-
mer there was more or less depres-
sion in the east. but In the Birming
ham district the pay rolls were at
their best and business activity was
always in evidence. Prosperity is now
prevailing all over the country.
Birmingham has made remarkable
strides within the past two years. Its
strides will be even greater within the
next two years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14

Metropolitan Opera company of New
York. when Grau was manager. Tam
hauser' at the Jefferson theatre by the
Savage company. and Parsifaf at the
Jefferson by the Metropolitan Opera House
company. There may have been others,
but If so I do not recall them. phe great
est wagnerian performance of all was
'Parsifal.' There was an orchestra of 60
and the star cast and full chorus from
New York +"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14
DO 1T VOW
From Life.

From Life. t
A gentleman who had been In town
only three days, but who had been paying
attention to a prominent belle, wantee
to propose, but was afraid he Would be
thought too hasty. He delicately broached
the subject as follows
'1f I were to speak to you of marriage
after having only made your acquaint-
ance three days ago, what would you say
to it?'
well, l should say, never put off till
tomorrow that which you should have
done the day before yesterday"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14
A HARD WORLD.

Who tolls till strength is waning
And, dreams till hope is gone,
And still, without complaining,
Keeps ever pushing on.
To all men doth commend him
For being brave and true,
And yet they wouldn't lend him
Ten cents to buy a stew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14
FROM PHINEAs TO JOHN HENRY

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
This is the way the new round-the-
world lin record-tim tablet looks:
Phineas Fogg (imaginary)--S0 days
Nellie Bly--72 days
CASTOR Steigler-6S days.
Henry Frederick-54 days
4 Andre Jaeger Schmidt--39 days.
John Henry Mears-33 days, 21 hours,
43 minutes and 40 of second.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14
CONVENIENT.

Mrs. E. Ay. who sells women's hats in
Kansas City, has an ideal name for busi-
ness purposes. Think of the valuable
time she saves when signing checks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14
UNMovED.

'Isn't it sad to think of poor King
Manuel having to pawn hns family jew
els?'
mo. couldn't scare up tear for
poor King Manuel if my life depended
on it,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14
HE'LL KEEP HIS MONEY.

A Kansas man, who recently inherited
$4,000. says that now his family wants
to go to the picture show every night
We could never imagine that man BURN
ing up Broadway"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14
SHE'D HEARD THAT FELLOW SING

From the Kansas City Star
A young woman in a music store in
Chanute was seated at piano, playing
one of the favorites of the great tenor.
Caruso. His picture adorned the cover
page of the selection. A customer ap-
preached and was looking over the latest
of the popular song hits. She picked
two Of the most pronounced variety and
remarked:
"That man sure can sing some,' re-
ferring to the likeness on the piece the
clerk had been playing.
'Why, where did you hear him?" the
music saleslady asked.
He was singing in a store down at
Parsons when was there last winter,
seturned the customer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14

John Lind won't drink drop of pulque
while in Mexico. Business before pleas
ure, and besides, he may be strict alb
stainer from all kinds of bug juice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14

Every now and then a wild man. is
captured In some part of the country.
Somes of them, however. may be work.
ing for moving picture companies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14

The illness of Frederick Evans, once
secretary to Garret A. Hobart serves
to recall the fact that the latter was
one of our Vice Presidents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14

Castro is said to have jumped board
bills in Europe and tipped hirelings with
worthless checks I'VE can't find it in
our heart to blame him much for his
manner of tipping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14

Mrs. Sulzer says tearfully that she ''dl-
yerted' the governors campaign funds
without his knowledge. IF that is true,
we have afforded us another example of
the weird workings of wonan's mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14
A TIDAL WAVE DUE.

"come farther away from the waters
edge, Algie"
why mother?"
"A fat woman is wading OUT
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14

The senate has voted to go to work
every day at IL o'clock instead of at
neon. The country's call for quick ac-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14

Lack of stock water worrying Kan
sas,' says headline. This. it may be.
arises from that states stringent blue
sky law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14

Cy Pieh has been signed to pitch for
the New York Americans. He sounds
like Greek letter fraternity at ST.
wash
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14

As soon as a southern man gets out
side the hot biscuit belt he begins to
have acute nostalgia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14

Governor Sulzer can now appreciate the
feelings of the man who became unduly
familiar with the buzz saw.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14

President Lynch continues to read proof
on all official action by the Typographi-
cal union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14

The evidence of the ''exprts' in the
Phagan case is, as usual diametricalIy
opposed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14
Senior Castro has ceased to be one
Of venezuela's worries.
HEADLIGHTS SEEN 40 MILES

It's the same old story. Tammany has
annexed another scalp.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14
Mind Your own Business society

/ TOUR OWn ouSInCsS Socltty
II often think of what benefit and gen.
eral good society called Mind Y our Own
Business would he'' said a man who is
the head of family,
MY wife and 1 have tried to incul-
cate In the minds of our daughters the
idea that real, sincere interest in your
friends and neighbors is commendable;
that a broad and generous view, even at
times charitable. so to speak, of impru-
You know there is an adage. Like father
like son. 1 extend it to Like mother,
like daughter for it runs in some FAM
lilies to be butting into other people S
affairs. very frequently wounding, when
not. really meaning to do so. 1t is a
pretty good, idea to keep off the grass
as to other folks affairs, great or small.
OF course. / know there are real hap
penings we cannot overlook, coming right
under our eyes; some of them acts of
indscretion that mere chance throws in
our line of vision. Still we are not al
ways justified in publishing them or in
terpreting them.
Il have myself seen, on more than one
occasion, acts of individuals that would
be construed as highly improper, but l
did not consider 1t any of my business.
1t is a hard thing, In this gossipy old
world, to strictly mind your own busi-
ness; but one can cultivate the habit
rather than to run the other way, of
concerning ones self with the affairs, the
acts of others, for often we never can
tell just what the situation, all in all, is"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14
wagner Programme Tonight


Tonight at Capitol park Memoli and his
band will celebrate the centenary of Wag-
ner's birth by a grand Wagner pro-
gramme. Selections from several of the
great composers music dramas will be
played. including the bridal march from
"Lohengrin.'' The overture to The Fly
ing Dutchman' will be one of the most
attractive numbers. In popular vogue ii
ranks next, perhaps, to the "Tannhauser''
or twice in Birmingham; not at all since
Mollenhauer's Boston Festival orchestra
played it IS or IA years ago at music
festival performance.
1T is believed that record break
ing crowd will assemble in the park to
enjoy Memoirs Wagner programme" said
an old music lover. 1.-The band is now in
splendid form and the concert will be
one of the finest ever heard in the
south.
II am glad Mr.. Memoli is to give us
The Flying Dutchman' overture. 1t is
beautiful from beginning to end. The
opera was first produced in Dresden in
1S43 Wagner encountered terrible hur-
ricane in a voyage from Riga to Paris
by way of London. The fury of the
storm says a writer, suggested to the
composer Heine's poetical version of the
legend, which he, with the consent of the
poet. afterward used
"The hero of the opera is the Dutch cap
TAIN the wandering Jew of the ocean,
and sSenta is the heroine. Says a well
known authority: The Flying Dutchman
overture is an established favorite in the
concert hall and is one of the finest por-
tions of the opera. The stormy intrpduc-
tory music Is followed by a bright and
joyous chorus for the sailors. One of the
striking scenes in the opera is the sinking
of the phantom ship. The spectral vessel
goes down, the storm closes, and in the
rosy glow of the setting sun. are revealed
the transfigured forms of Senta and the
Flying Dutchman floating toward heaven
in each others arms
Several of Wagners operas or music
dramas have been presented in Birining-
ham Lohengrn' at the Bijou ~ the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14

Entered at the Birmingham Aisl.,
postoffiee as second class matter uhoer
ACT of Congress March g.. 1873.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-08-08

of 1877 they moved to Williams anu
the following year moved to the
present home where they have re-
sided since. She leaves her husband
two brothers, r. NJ. c. Brown oil
Oregon City, and W. A. Brown ol
klamath Falls and three children
and ten grandchildren. She united
with the Baptist church when she
was u years old, and for these near
" three score years gave ample proof
of the genuineness of her conversion
the sincerity of her profession. VI
her in her domestic relations, 1t
might have been we'll said in the
words of scripture, She looked well
IN the ways of her household and
casteth not the bread of idleness'
Her children arise up and call her
blessed. her husband also, and ne
praiseth her" And of her in re-
spect to the kindly amenities OF life
"she stretcheth out her hand to the
poor; yea, she reacheth forth her
hands TO the needy"
After a brief service at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Blodgett, at
Williams, the funeral cortege re-
paired TO the church building nearby
where a large concourse Of neigh
bors had assembled to pay their last
tribute OF loving regard. The theme
Of the address was THE Believer
Blessed Hope and Comfort, the Death
and Resurrection OF Jesus Christ
At the close Of the service the
body was inferred in the Gotchel
cemetery. The services were con
Quoted by Rev. Robt Leslie, Of
Grants Pass, Oregon.
Toronto.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-08-08

where Thomson lived alone. at =,
early hour in the morning, heard N.
labored breathing of the man. ana
Investigation proved that he wa.
then very near death, and he passed
away a short time later without bav.
ing regained consciousness. An
empty carbOlic acid bottle lying oD
the floor near the bed at first was
taken to indicate that Thomson had
taken his own life, but DR.. Truay
county coroner, could find no indi.
cation of acid burns or of the fumes
of the poison, and his certificate saws
that death was caused by alcoholism
Thomson had been under the in.
fiuence of liquor for the past two
weeks, and was in an especially in.
toxicated condition Monday night
when last seen. On that day he had
sold his household goods and such
other property as he possessed and
was to leave Tuesday for Redding,
Cal. Monday evening he was around
the saloons, and in one OF them
dropped his pocketbook containing
$3.50, all he had left The barten.
der took possession of the money
and told a friend of Thomson to have
the loser call for it the next day
when he became sober.
Thomson was also bewailing the
fact Monday that his wife, to whom
he was married a few years ago,
cared more to live with her children
by a former husband in Omaha than
with him, and this, with the brood.
ing over the supposed loss of his
money, strengthened the belief that
| It was a case of suicide.
The deceased had been resident
of Grants Pass for about three years
He was 63 years. II months and one
day of age, and was a native Of
Germany. He became a naturalized
citizen of the United States in 1904,
in Coos county, Oregon.
No arrangements have been made
for the funeral as yet.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-08-08
GRANTS PASS W. X. G.
VISITS MEDFORD CORPS.

twenty-five members of Gen. Lo-
gan Women's Relief Corps went to
Medford Wednesday morning at the
invitation OF the Medford corps, who
are entertaining the w r. c. of the
valley. Those who attended were;
Mesdames Mary Hildreth, Lena Hill
dreth Rose Morris, Estella Howard,
Elizabeth Wertz, Harriet Patrick,
Mary Lewis, May Partner, NJ. f.
Taylor, Martha Jess, Alice Mallory,
Elizabeth Barden, Sarah mellow,
Mallisa Spencer, Roxanna Green,
PraXella Taylor, Hattie Lamphere,
Ida Mahan, Agnes Faus, r. N. Tur-
nell Minnie Curtis, Hida uuggerth,
''c, "owley Ella Ho' arC The G,
vas represented by one lone
survivor A Morris
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-08-08
Grants Pass Wins Friends

c. R. Sheaffer and wife passed
through the city Wednesday enroute
from Portland to Bakersfield Cal,
in their big Packard touring car.
They stopped off in Grants Pass long
enough to pay their compliments to
town and a community that they
said had won their appreciation for
its beauty and thrift, and their graf
itude for the excellence OF the coun-
try roads. From Portland to Glen
dale, they report the roads are in
very bad condition, but from Glen
dale on through Josephine county
they found the highways in perfect
shape.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-08-08
Randon Citizens Here

r. II. Rosa Of Bandon, accompan-
led by his son, Archie, and doughIer'
Kate, are in the city from Bandon'
being on the return home after an
auto trip to Crater Lake. The trio
are all delighted with the beauty OF
the lake and with the scenery Of the
upper Rogue country. Mr.. Rosa is
interested in timber lands in the
coast country, and is a booster for
the proposed railroad from the Coos
bay country to Grants Pass.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-08-08
Bear Was Shot at and Missed

The party composed OF Postmaster
Donnell, Geo. c. Sabin, Geo. Stew
ems and W. p. Counts returned Sat
urday from a hunt on upper Will
liams creek. They did not succeed
in finding the big buck they were af-
ter, the big fellows yet being In the
brush country away from the flies,
but they saw numerous smaller deer,
mostly does and fawns. They also
saw one bear, the shots that were
put after 1t doing no injury except to
the landscape. and caught plenty OF
FISH 10 conserve the bacon supply
They went by auto to point above
Stevens, on the road to the caves.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-08-08
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PERSONAL AND LOCAL

Mrs. T. II. Brown Left Monday af-
ternoon for a trip 10 I'll Dorado
Springs. Colo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claus Schmidt left
Tuesday morning for a trip OF sever
al days through the Willamette val
ley.
Mrs. G. /. Gillette and two chill
dren returned TO their home at Red
Blum Tuesday after visiting relatives
and friends in and about Grants Pass.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. b. Mckee Of Sci
ma left Monday night for Salem and
after a few days visit will 90 To
Baker City They expect TO be gone
some months.
Vim. Light was In from Grave
Monday. His daughter, Miss Clora,
who has been spending several weeks
In the city, returned home with him
Monday night.
Mrs. f. A. Barnes Of Lincoln, Neb.,
who has been visiting her cousin. c.
II, Woodward, left Tuesday morning
for her home. v1ssis
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schell OF Chip
ley, Florida, who have been spending
some time at Needles, Cal, arrived
Monday night 10 visit Mr. Schells
brother, H. A. Schell Of this city.
Mrs. Miller. OF Wolf creek, who
was operated on recently at the
Bouth Pacific hospital. has so far re-
covered that she returned home Tues
day, accompanied by her husband
John Sunderland OF Leeds, York
shire, England, who has been spend
ing week with his cousin, Mrs.
Harry Smith, left Tuesday morning
on his return home. Mr.. Sunder-
land is retired merchant and
spends considerable time travelling.
He has been several months in Amer
lea on the present trip.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-08-08
Return TO Honolulu.

Mrs. Webster and daughter Mrs.
Miller, who have been spending sew
eral months in the city, left Satur-
day afternoon for San Francisco,
from which point they will sail for
Honolulu, the home Of Mrs. Web
ster At Honolulu Mrs. Miller will
meet her husband, who is captain Of
the Lurline and will make the trip
with him to China and later to the
Philippines. Mr. Miller has a farm
few miles down Rogue river and he
hopes to make this section a visit
next summer, and when he returns
from active duty will probably To-
cate here. One of the officers on
Mr.. Miller's boat also owns property
here and interested his captain in
this section.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-08-08
Judge Jewell Returns

Judge Jewell and family, who have
been camping at the Bybee springs
about 10 miles above Rogue River
on Evans creek, returned to their
home in this city Friday. The Judge
was taken with a sudden and rath-
er severe illness on the way home,
and leaving the rig at Rogue River,
came down on the motor He was
much improved Saturday, however
and was at his office at the court
house attending to the accumulated
business
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-08-08
VI JESSE 4. GCTCHER.

Minerva G., wife of Jesse j.
Gotcher, who died at the family
home at Williams on August 2nd.
1918. was the daughter Of Peter and
Mary Hoshaw and was born in Jas
per county. Missouri, July 3ra. rS42.
being at the time of her death n
years and one month OF age.
The father OF the deceased died
whom she was four years old. and she
with her IN Nissour.
'uring II about 1864
wuon she moveu o.,- her p other
and step-father 10 Lamar Co Texas
where she was married TO Jesse Y
Gotcher April 5. 1866 With her
husband and oldes daughter She
moved to Benton Co.. Arkansas In
.1S6S. In 1872 the family moved 20
Fremont Co, Colorado where thew
resided until 1876 when they moved
to Jackson Co. Oregon In .he ss,,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-08-08
THOMAS THOMSON.

Thos. Thomson died at his home
on West H street early Tuesday
morning of alcoholism, the circum-
stances surrounding the death at
first indicating suicide as the cause.
Parties passing the Thomson house,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-08-08
Bridge Builder Now Rancher-

f. j. Tolen is in Grants Pass
from his Selma ranch. Tolen had
charge of all the steel and concrete
bridge construction for the Harri-
man lines on the west coast of Mex
leo. several of which, with their ap-
proaches, measured five-eighths and
three quarters of a mile in length.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-08-08
Saw "Everywoman"--

Among the Grants Pass contin-
gent visiting Medford to witness the
performance of the morality play
"Everywoman" last Friday were the
Mesdames NJ. L. Opdycke, Fanny
Borchert, Frank E. Wood, the Misses
A. w. Biesen, Marie Metschan, Fan
chon Shinn, Lydia White, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. F. Hanley, Paul Kinney,
Douglas Wood, A, II. Gunnell and
Thomas Calvin.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-08-08
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to thank the many
friends who were SO kind to MS in
our deep sorrow. Thanks to each
and every one for the beautiful for
al offerings for our dear Kenneth.
MRS. HATTIE l. FLOYD
AND FAMILY.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-08-08
Wedding

John Quincy Montgomery Of this
city and Mrs. Lizzi McCardle Of St,
Helens, Cal, we're united in mar
riage Friday evening by Elder ]. l..
Green. The bride, accompanied by
her l4-year-old daughter. arrived
on the $50 train and the ceremony
was performed at their new home on
west G street upon the arrival Of the
wedding party.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-08-08
Camp Meetings Successful :

Elder j. l.. Green writes the Cour-
Ter that the camp meeting OF the
Church OF God, held on the Griffin
place, near the Rogue river ferry, is
of great interest and will be contin-
ued another week. Already there are
II conversions. Three have been
baptized and others will be baptized
soon.