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the latter were Tennyson. and Sir Edward
Bulwer Lytton. Only few years before
the particular trouble in New York of
which I am about to write Macready
took his position as Englands leading
actor
The passing of actors from this country
TO England, and from England to the
United States. which is now so general
in those days was unusual and in dramatic
circles awakened great interest, not to
say excitement. Mr.. Macready had visit
ed America number of times. and had
taken back to his English home fortune
of American dollars. Indeed, the treat
ment that he had received should have
American audiences.
There came time when Forrest visited
the old country. He and Macready met
in Paris, in which city Forrest had an
ambition to appear, But Macready made
IL impossible for Forrest to secure an
gagement. Forrest went to London and
engaged to play at the Princess theatre.
His great success stung Macready's jeal-
ousy, and it was said that Macready
and his friends hired men to hiss the
American actor from the stage. Whether
or not Maeready was at the bottom of the
conspiracy. certain it Is that when For
rest appeared again he was greeted by
volley of Misses. This was followed by
the London newspapers assault upon For
rest and his native country. This was a
most outrageous proceeding, and a gross
insult to the American visitor.
little while thereafter Macready play
ed Hamlet in Edinburgh; Forrest was in
the audience, and during the play the
following occurred. | quote from an old
scrap: I'm the scehe wherein the prince
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He was among the foremost to enter the
Inflated fort and do deadly execution. In
his death-dealing blows, Sonata came
suddenly on a woman, somewhat ad-
vanced in life, behind whom crouched
number of children. With upraised hands,
she pleaded as did all others that she
and hers might be spared. In the wild
tide of death, while the slaughter was at
its height, the uplifted hand of Sonata
was suddenly stayed There was some-
thing in the voice of the pleading woman
that was familiar TO the ear of the saw
age, and his tomahawl1 was stayed in
mid-air. He looked into her face, and
while she did not recognize him. he did
her. and in the excitement of the carnage
that was rapmant, he dropped his toma-
hawk and led the womanaand her children
to a corner of the fort and took a posi-
ton of defense in their behalf Again
and again efforts We're made to reach
them, but he stood sentinel over the group
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The story following his return to Mo-
bile after the massacre was sad one
He went Immediately to the scene of the
hoping TO recognize his loved
ones and give them decent burial, but
the flames had so disfigured the faces Of
all, now lying charred and backened in
death, and the utmost he could do was
to aid in the burial of all, presuming
that among them somewhere were his
own loved ones.
To the rescued Mrs. McGirth is history
largely indebted for a detailed descrip-
tiun of the scenes enacted at Fort Minis.
Though an uneducated woman. she was
endowed with remarkable fund of com
mon sense, and without extravaganza gave
the fullest account of the dreadful
slaughter. Her kindness to the poor In
dian boy saved her In the direst extremity
of her life. cast thy bread upon the
waters, for thou shalt find it after many
days"
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and suffered not hair of their heads to
be touched, claiming that they were his
slaves. and must not be disturbed. 1t
was his foster mother. Mrs. McGirth.
1t SO happened that when the alarm
was first given TO the settlements to re-
pair to the fort, Mr.. McGirth was away
from home in another part of the coun-
try on business, for he was a trader and
did not return home till after the slaugh-
ter at the fort. When the horrors of
the massacre were over. Sonata mounted
his prisoners on horseback and sped them
away to his home far up on the Coosa
He feared that they should remain in the
neighborhood of the fort, even in the camp
of the Indians. he would be unable to
restrain the ferocity of the saVages, hence
their fight to the upper country Nor
did the grateful protege leave his former
foster mother and her group till he saw
them comfortable in his own wigwam be-
side the Coosa. This done. and he huc-
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Many a man makes himself; still
more are made.
Not all are endowed by nature with
the initiative, the push which sends the
man to the top. Most of us have to
get the shove from outside.
There are official showers. or such
are the teachers OF youth, the preach
ers who address themselves mainly to
adults, the writer's who try to lnculcate
the lessons of thrift, study and effort
But of all the factors in the advance
ment of man his womankind are the
greatest.
Hat off, then. to the ambitious mans
wife!
In nine cases out of ten his success
may be traced back to her.
Or it may be his mother to whom the
priase is due. In either case the prin-
ciple is the same.
The French say "Cherchez la femme"
when they want to fix the blame for a
mans misdeeds. Let us. with more
charitableness, use the same words
with a worthier implication and seek
the woman when we desire to appor-
tion praise for a mans achievements
Kippling wrote
Down to Gehenna or up to the throne,
He travels the fastest who travels
alone.
But not all of us agree with Kip
pling's rugged philosophy. We would
rather behold man and woman going
ha nd \ av,l <l,a tot of
cess.
Let us think of Andrew Johnson, later
President of the United States. taught
to read by his wife. Let us think of
his immortal predecessor Lincoln. who
said. "All that | am. all that 1 hope to
be, | owe to my angel mother
We hear much nowadays Of women
leaving the home to take care of itself
while they make careers for them
selves. The fear of the future of the
home.is largely imaginary.
Women who are wise know that they
can serve their own interests best by
standing staunchly behind their hus-
bands, encouraging them in the hour
Of trial and despondency. sharing with
gladness in the success when won.
Behind the two and enveloping them
Is the home. the greatest of human in
stitutions.
Whenever the big men of the rail-
roads gather nowadays-the men of
/ the keen. clear cut faces and the
searching eyes--and talk of the opera :
tion Of the roads one is very apt to
hear:
safety firsts speed afterward.r
| The day Of the 18-hour train between
NEW York and Chicago has passed
perhaps forever. Too many trains de-
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rallied by rails unable to stand the ter
rible pressure of steel trains passing
over them at unsafe speed-too many
smashed cars in the ditch.
Nowadays men talk of signals and
of building cars and locomotives rath-
er than of sending trains at TERRIFIC
haste around curves and on the long
level stretches of track.
| The death rate is still too HIGH but
| men versed in such matters believe it
will go down. The margin of security
is widening with the precautions be-
ing taken to insure safety on the rail.
Signs are not wanting that along the
road of life the same thing is happen
ing. Not many men speak as did the
young millionaire the other day when
he said:
when I want to get anywhere /
want to get there in hurry. If the
| order specials. l want my automobile
to be the fastest one that the builder
| can supply. That's the way to live
speed up and get there'
| While you skim along the road and
make the other fellow take your dust
speed is delectable. And it is pleasant
to get there" to be the first on the
scene.
But suppose you never get there
! Suppose your train of life is derailed
and wrecked and you are thrown dy-
ing or dead, into a ditch? Suppose the
wheel of your hundred horsepower car
dc nd
a telegraph pole, to have you name
added to the lst of victims of speed
] Slow up bit In the ride of life. The
goal is not so distant that you must
burn up the road to get there.
See the scenery of life as you pass
through it. If you keep your nose on
the steering wheel you miss the pleas
ant hills that lie between you and the
horizon. You cannot live your life as
you should If you are too much intent
on getting through with it as fast as
possible
| Pause to admire the flowers of life
that bloom along the way.
Whatever your business in life may
be- it surely does not lie within your
duties to ignore everything save get
ting finished with it.
Besides, speeding through life is not
safe. Too often 1t cuts short the di-
vine thread. Too often 1t leaves a mar
a wreck on the road while the process
sion passes him, unheedng of his
groans and lamentations as he cries:
"Oh. that had not tried to live toe
faat
Are you among the movers OF ths
world. or are you one Of the moved;
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~ UPPOSF you were 43 years old.
suppose that for almost 81 years
~ you had been helpless cripple,
with your joints becoming solid bone,
so that the movement SLOWLY, but sure
ly, became impossible.
Further, suppose that cure was out
of the question.
If you could use only your right
shoulder and the midle Joints of two
fingers on your right hand
Do you think that YOU could write
a book on patience
Thomas f. Loc1<hart of Wellington,
Mo, did so.
I.ockhart is dead after years of suf-
fering. but his example remains to the
world.
Crippled and almost helpless, he
penned the words which sold far and
wide and brought him enough' money
to buy the house in which he'lived and
pay for nurse
You who have all your facilities un-
impaired and yet complain that you
have no chance. think of Lockhart!
Think of Helen Keller: think of
Laura Bridgman reflect on Alexander
Pope most quoted of English poets ex-
espt Shakespeare, cripple from his
early years; think of Charles Darwin,
giant among scientists. working hard
amid acute physical pains.
The worlds history teens with such.
The gasoline which makes the auto
mobile engine go might be compared
to the energy inherent in the human
body, but without the oil which lubri-
Gates the engines parts the machine
could not go very far.
That Is the function of patience. 1t
acts as the oil to make the human ma
....:nery move swiftly and Dosselessly
to its goal.
If your facilities are unimpaired you
have the needed energy.
Add the patience and the engine runs.
1t is well for us that we do not
need so great an amount of patience
"a . that which unheld Lockhart through
his decades of suffering and which
enabled the afflicted great of the world
to do the work which made them fam
GUS
Theirs. was the patience to endure
and to achieve. Most of us need only
the faculty of waiting.
1t is that of which Burroughs. the
poet-naturalist sings:
Serene I field my hands and walt,
Nor care for wind or tide or sea.
I rave no more 'gainst time or fate,
For, To- my own shall come TO me-
stay my haste. make delays,
For what avails this eager pace?
l stand amid the eternal ways.
And what Is mine shall know my face.
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LtROM the general estimate of Indian
character one would be slow to
believe the savage capable of graft
tude, but even with the Indian. instances
of this virtue are not altogether wanting,
one among which was displayed at the
horrible massacre of Fort Minis. OF the
II who escaped death from that tragedy
of blood and fire, was a mother and her
eight children.
That they should have been found to-
gether by certain Indian warrior, who
was enabled to give full expression to
his gratitude, was providentia1 The
story is well worthy a place in our an
nails. Years before this terrible holocaust
at Fort Minis, an Indian boy an outcast
and an orphan, in his friendless wander
ing found his way to the home of a
Scotchman in the wilds of south Alabama,
whose name was McGirth, who had mar
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motion cons ago, in the unresting
whirl which is one of the basic facts
of existence, no one knows. But it is
not too fanciful a thought to believe
that human energy keeps it going
round.
Some men give forth that energy;
others absorb it.
In which class are you?
Must that word give you a shove to
keep you going, or do you push your
self? Perhaps you are among the
workers who not only supply the en-
ergy to keep themselves going, but
create a surplus which helps TO make
up the deficiency of others.
| In every form of machinery invented
by man some percentage of energy is
lost in waste motion, in friction,
which should be foreseen and pre-
vented The ideal engine will be one
in which no motion is lost and there is
no friction.
| Friction is loss.
The same is true of that great en-
gine. the world. Everywhere we look
we see unnecessary labor and needless
rubbing. When we learn to eliminate
these we shall learn how to rule the
earth wisely.
| In the meantime it behoovcs every
man to be a creator of sufficient en-
ergy for himself and for the supply
| ing of others who are deficinet. Until
the ideal age comes there will be mental
and moral physical deficients who will
need some force actuating them from
I
Don't be like little Joe in BLEAK
House"
Poor Joe was always being moved
on" His enemy the policeman would
not let him rest long in one place lie
was moved on and moved on until he
left London to die in the country.
Move yourself on or Ne world will
move YOU on
The world cannot wait for those who
cucumber its path. Sooner or later it
moves on past them. Too often its
progress is over their bodies.
| If you are mechanic, move on by
doing the best work. of which you are
capable. If you are housewife, keep
your household going swiftly ana
smoothly in the paths of economy and
cleanliness and cheerfulness If you
are physician or a lawyer, move on
by keeping abreast with the latest de-
velopments in your profession.
Motion is life: life is motion Stop
page and decay are death.
From Europe comes bit of news
| well calculated to make an American
grateful for his citizenship in this
country IT brings vividly and forcibly
to mind the atrocities of warfare such
as that of the Balkan states 1t makes
the old man here think of the time
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man has lost all that is dear 10 wo-
manhood, in the loneliness of a city.
She might have been saved. he might
have been redeemed. by the friendly
extension of hand
Remerber Him who said:
Il was ahungered and ye gave me
meat | was thirsty and ye gave me
drink | was "a stranger and Sc took
me in"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-14

Are you among the movers OF the
world. or are you one OF the moved? ?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-14

From Europe comes bit of news
well calculated TO make an American
grateful for his citizenship in this
country. 1t brings vividly and forcibly
to mind the atrocities of warfare such
as that of the Balkan states 1t makes
the old man here think Of the time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-30
WHITCOMB HURT.
Washburn Showing Poor Form for
Normal Game.

Richard Whitcomb. ripht tackle of the
Washburn team. is suffering with a
broken rib and may not be able to play
against the Normal team Saturday. The
broken rib was not discovered until
Wednesday. The Washburn team re
suned outdoor practice Wednesday but
the field was soft and muddy.
The varsity squad has not shown its
usual form this week. The "old pep s
not shown and the players are slower.
Coach Gray is working a large number
of the men at kicking in effort to de-
velop a star man but has not been sue
cessful in finding one that will compare
with Trobert. Trobert is a long distance
kicker but has been unsuccessful in boot
ing the ball between the uprights at the
end of the field.
The freshmen worked against the var
sity squad in scrimmage practice last
me- and the latter did not, show. it's
usual form. Coach Gray will continue
practice today and hopes to see an i'm
provement in the last hard workout be-
fore the State Normal game which will
be played here Saturday.
There is no question about the result of
the contest but Gray is anxious for the
Sons of Ichabod to make good showing
on account of the approaching contest
with Kansas
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ing most of the open cities in the
United States of more than $4,000
population.
The Manufacture railway, in
which Busch had a large holding, has
a vast terminal system in the south
part of St. Louis and has planned ex-
tensions into the southwest. 1t re-
Gently acquired q coal property on
the Illinois side of the Mississippi
river
The Busch homes in Pasadena. Cal,
and Cooperstown, N. Y, are among
the costliest residences in the United
States. These are bequeathed to the
widow. She also receives the man
sion in ST. Louis.
No additional public requests for
charitable purposes, other than those
stated in the will and in the memo
randum filed by the attorneys, are to
be made, according to the statement
issued by the latter.
Alvina Clementine Berg, who re-
ceived $4,000, was the stenogra phi er
of Mr.. Busch and Mrs. Anna Schu-
mann, who received $4,000, was the
companion of Mrs. Adolphus Busch.
With the exception of a few shares,
practically the entire stock of the
brewery here is owned by. the Busch
and Anheuser families. Adolphus
Busch, it is said, owned 80 per cent
of the stock
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JUST STORIES.
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CONTINUED from Rage Orie)


O'Clock and I'll tell you everything against
myself that can think Of"
The newspaper man had a good dispatch
every day and was praised for his work
But the paper never knew who supplied
the dope, and as for WilliamS-"well,
he used to say, II am going to help friend
whenever l can
1t pays to be the brains of the speaker
of the house. This title is given to the
man who stands at the speakers desk and
precedents and the details of parliament
tary law. Asher Kinds, of Maine. who
performed this duty. for Speaker Reed, =
Georgia, who did the work for his father,
Speaker Crisp. Perhaps some of these
upon the rolls as representative of the
house from Missouri, instead of merely as
clerk at the speakers table.
Speaker Champ Clark makes no secret
of relying upon his son for parliamentary
data. Neither did our Uncle Joe Cannon
pretend to know it all, for he would
openly ask the house to wait while Kinds
looked through the precedents.
allowed his understudy to pour knowledge
like a phonograPh; t locked look as II ne was
But Speaker Reed did not have to rely
to a great degree upon anypody. he ne
T were tines knew when he Would get caught
up on the rules he himself MADE -or the
house by Jerry Simpson OF Kansas, WHO
didn't do anything while in congress but
make a study of the rules. In those DAYS
there was some sparring between Reed
and Jerry While they used to carry on a
bitter battle over rules on the floor OF the the
house. Reed was compelled to take ms
subject - Following these daily wordy bat
ties they used to meet, after the session
each other But Jerry used to get most
Of the COMMUNICATIONS beG Ras9 haze me f naa
go++an Therefore Jerry got the most
publicity in that he had time and time
again downed Speaker Reed
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Eugene F. Kinkead.

Washington, Oct. 30.-Representative
Kinkead of New Jersey. who has been
! fighting the beef trust for number of
dence that he. has evidence in his posses
sion which win result in a criminal prose-
the Sherman antitrust law. This evil
dence he says he will place before the
house judiciary committee; and he says
to take cognizance of the matter when
the facts are laid before him.
imports e Of cattle, not only from Argen-
tine and Australia, but from Canada, has
already had its effect on the price OF
said Mr. Kinkead. The very minute the
Democratic tariff bill went into effect
Canadian beef came into the port of De-
troit alone at the rate of one carload an
hour.
1.-THE sole work remaining for congress
to perform in order to reduce the high
cost of living is to see that the sherman
antitrust law is enforced in all its full
States can bring this about if he will de-
vote nine-tenths of his time to an investi-
cation of the beef trust and the remain
ing one-tenth to the prosecution or other
trusts.
receiving full value for his money when
he pays 8 cents for bag or a piece OF
tobacco, and no housewife has any kick
coming when she pays 51a cents pound
the United states knows that he and she
is not getting full value for each dollar
invested in meats This is due M TO The
Swift and Armour concerns
IT am convinced from the evidence
to t the u judiciary a, Committee that criminal
prosecution must, of necessity, be started
against one and all of these concerns l
have no evidence in my possession that
Cudahy, Sulzberger or any or the otner
big western packers are a part of TINS
so-called gentlemen agreement aeo on5 a1 i
receive will develop along this line"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-30
Tragedy in women's Hats.

There is a tragedy in every wom-
ans hat. 1t seems almost as cruel to
pay girls who make the dainty flowers
in France a pittance as to kill the
birds of brilliant pulmage in Brazil.
Thirty cents day. 20 and 15, with
an occasional 70 for rare skill in max
ing roses, deducting for loss of time
and slack work, tells the story of
wretchedness and woe. Summed up the
average is not far from $50 a year on
which to support existence. American
lovers of French millinery will be amaz-
ed at the wages paid young women in
France gifted with deft fingers and
rare taste, especially when they take
the prices charged for Partisan hats
into consideration.-Leslie Weekly.
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Topeka Fruit and Produce Market.
sale Fruit and PRODUCED

Topeka, Kan, Get 90
| JONATHAN APPLES-Per hoy 20 ooSa
70; Roman Beauties per box, s2OOG2. %:
NMinesaps. per box s.. 0o@2. Is: Arkansas
$l.15a2OO; Ben Davis. box s15O61' *:
Genitans, box, $1.5001. rs.
NEW YORK GRAPES-Per basket e5c
TOKAY GRAPES-Per crate 81 *
CRANBERRIES-Per Dbl, sS25.
FLORIDA GRAPE FRUIT-Per hoy
IS. 25d55O OoA'
PACKAGE FIGS-Per box. SOC.
LEMONS-Per box, $500@5.50
s6.75. Pei SaoA'
XAw VALLEY SWEET POTATOES
Per bu., S5c. LIS
CABBAGE-New, per 1b., &C.
CALIFORNIA QUINCES-Per box 90 On
BANANAS-Medium sized punches. per
bunch. $1.75G2.25; large bunches 1er
bunch, $2.5o@2.75; per Ib., 3Ac Ne-
ONIONS-Per bu., S1.5O.
SPANISH ONIONS-Per crate H5o
IDAHO POTATOES-Per bu., 9oc,
WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO PO-
TATOES-Per bu, 9Oc
RED RIVER EARLY OHIO-Per IN,
CSC. "u''
EGG PLANT-Per doz., 75d9oc.
LEAF LETTUCE-Per basket on
HEAD LETTUCE-Per basket TIC
CARROTS-Per bu., S1.OO.
TURNIPS-Per bu., 90c
PARSNIPS-Per bu., 90c.
BEETS-Per bu., 85c.
S0L0KAD0 HONEY-Per crate, $3.50.
CELERY-Jumbo. zoe doz.; Mammoth
SOC doz~
OYSTERS-Stanards. per can. 4oc. New
York Counts, per can, 55c; Bulk $40
CHEEsE-1sha1sc
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OBJECTS TO The RULE.
X. C. Southern Attacks Accounting
System of the I. c. G.

washington. Oct. 30.-The uniform
accounting system established Tor
railroads by the Interstate Commerce
commission was attacked today before
the supreme court as a yelled attempt
to interfere with the internal man
a gement of the railroads. Samuel
Untermyer for the Kansas City South
ern was objecting to the rules OF the
commission which required the
charging to current expense OF the
track abandoned in relocating tracks
to avoid grades.
He said that cut down the roads
dividends and thereby injured its
credit.
Representatives of the government
defended the commission in consid-
ering such items as depreciation.