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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-10-30
CHAPTER xxx.
In the Rain.

Shirley stood looking out at the
rain. 1t was falling In no steady
%downpour which held forth promise
of ending, but with a gentle constancy
that gave the hills a look of sudden
discomfort and made d~isconsolate
miry pools by the roadside. The
clouds were not too thick, however, to
let through a dismal gray brightness
that shone on the foliage and touched
with glistening lines of high-light the
draggled tufts Of the soaked blue
grass. Now and then. across the drip
ping fields, fraying skeins of mist wan
dered. to lie curdled in the flooded
hollows where. here and there. cattle
stood lowing at intervals in q mourn
full key.
The indoors had become impossible
to her. She was sick OF trying to
read, sick Of the endless pacings and
purposeless invention Of needless
tasks. She wanted movement, the
cobwehby mist about her knees, the
wet rain In her face. She ran upstairs
and came down clad In a close scarlet
jersey. with leather CATERS and a soft
hat.
Emmaline saw her thus accoutered
with disapproval. "Lawdy-mercy,
chile!" she urged; you amt goin'
out? It's rainin' cats en- dawgs!"
Tn neither sugar nor salt. Emma
line" responded Shirley listlessly.
dragging on her rain-coat. and the
walk will do me good"
On the sopping lawn she glanced
up at her mothers window. Since the
night of the ball her own panging self
consciousness had overlaid the fine
and sensitive association between
them. She had been full of horrible
feeling that her face must betray her
and the cause OF her loss OF spirits
be guessed.
Her mother. had. In fact. been
troubled by this. but was far from
guessing the truth. A somewhat long
indisposition had followed her first
sight of Valiant. and she had not
witnessed the tournament. She had
hung upon Shirley's description of 1t.
however. with IN excited interest that
the other was later to translate in
the light OF her own discovery. II the
thought had fitted to her that fate
might hold something deeper than
friendship In Shirley's acquaintance
with Valiant. 1t had been OF the
vaguest. His choice Of her as Queen
OF Beauty had seemed : natural hon.
age to that swift and unfiinching act
Of hers which had saved his life.
There was in her mind q more OBJ
vious explanation of Shirley's altered
demeanor. Perhaps it's Chilly Lusk."
she had said to herself. Have they
had . foolish quarrel. I wonder? An.
we'll. In her own time she will tell
me-"
There was some relief TO Shirlsy's
overcharged feelings in the very dis
comfort Of the drenched weather: the
sucking pull OF the vet clay on her
boots and the firt Of the drops on her
cheeks and hair. She thrust her dog
skin gloves into her pocket and held
her arms o~utstretched to let the wind
blow through her fingers. The mois-
ture chung in damp wreaths to her
hair and rolled In great drops down
her coat a. she went.
The widest. most secluded walks
had always drawn her most and she
instinctively chose one Of these today.
It was the road wherein squatted Mad
Anthony's whitewashed cabin. "Dahis
- man Ewine look In dem ewes. honav.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-10-30
MRS. THOMSON
Tells WOMEN
How She Was Helped During
Change of Life by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Philadelphia, Pal am just 81 years
Of age and during Change of Life | suf-

tered TOR SIX Year,
terribly. | tried sew
eral doctors but none
seemed to give me
any relief. Every
monththe pains were
intense in both sides,
and m d e m e SO
weak that I had to
go to bed. At last
a friend recommen-
ded Lydia E. Pink
hams
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-10-30
VIII Lecture In America.

Celestin Demblon, whose books n
deavor to prove that the plays attrlA
uted to Shakespeare were wrtttea y
Lord Rutland, will come to this -
try 70 lecture on his theory. He y q
deputy and professor Of n~teratuso G
Brussels university.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-10-30

should be ashamed to say some of the
lhings you think.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-10-30

Asks Little o. Himself.
"Gadson is q man whose distingutA
ing trait IL self-apprOval."
i understand now why everyDolu
says he Il easy to please"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
The Rank of Vice Admiral

There, has been agitation recently
FOR the establishment of the rank
of vice admiral in the United States
navy and Congress would do well to
accede to the request Of Secretary
Daniels when he carries out his an
nounced intention of asking that four
be named.
The present situation in which Eu-
ropean naval officers take precedence
over Americans by reason of the fact
that there is no rank above rear ad-
miral in the United States is humll-
iating not only to the man personally
concerned but to the nation as well.
International ethics say that in a
case where military forces of more
than one power are called upon to act
in concert the ranking officer present
shall take command. American naval
officers have been compelled to re-
1lHQulSD IHc ullCNOiVll VI "a
ton of troops in actual fighting by
reason of the fact that practically all
European powers have officers out
ranking the rear admiral.
The present situation in Mexican
waters is a good example of what Sec
retary Daniels is attempting to OBJ
viate. Despite the preponderance of
interest of the United States, should
Joint action become necessary the
Englishman, Sir Christopher Grad
dock, would be technically entitled to
assume command. That he would prob
ably waive his right would not lessen
the embarrassment of Admiral Fletch-
er and might hamper him seriously.
There are several naval officers of
the United States sufficiently meritor
ious to be made vice admiral. Congress
should act at once in order to avert a
possible delicate situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
Rare Celestial Phenomenon

A few citizens of Birmingham, es-
pecially those residing in West End,
were treated last Thursday to a view
of rare celestial phenomenon known
rs sun dog. This condition of the
sky is tenchnically called parhelion,
or mock sun, and is an intensification
of a circular space in a solar halo,
generally in prismatic colors and fire.
quently dazzlingly bright.
1t usually occurs when the sun is
near the horizon and two or more
discs in close proximity to the sun are
always visible. Variously arranged
white circles, arcs and bands inter
sect the halo or lie tangent to it at the
same points.
The halos are produced by the re-
Fraction of rays through suspended
ice crystals which tend to fall in one
or more special positions and parhelia
are due to the excess of crystals SO
situated These prisms are generally
hexagonal in shape.
Some mythologists have connected
The dog suns with the legend of Cas-
tor and Pollux, who are said to have
appeared at the battle of Regulus and
turned the waning tide of war in favor
- the Romans. After the conflict two
this upon white horses appeared at
Fons Sudans, near the Coliseum
Rome, where the gladiators bathe,
/ laved their blood and dust soiled
lies. Afterwards, having revealed
I ir identity to some of the popu-
rs e, they ascended into the sky.
t. is contended that the supersti-
as Romans mistook the sun dogs
divine heroes and supposed them
be the Dioscuri
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
An Era of Possibilities

To the close student the advent Of
the present year marks the entrance
of new era pregnant with social,
political and economic possibilities.
During the last decade we were pass
ing through a crisis, and while it is al
ways difficult for those engaged in
the thick of the battle to note the
contour of the line of advance; yet to
the observant it is apparent that the
trend has been in favor of the rise of
democracy and the amalgamation of
the government and the people.
With the little red schoolhouse on
the hill as its motor power this silent
yet uplifting force has awakened to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
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GOLFING DE LUXE.

From the Wall Street Journal
The public is familiar with the golf
ing proclivities of John d. Rockefel-
Ter, and 1t has a hazy picture in its
mind of the old gentleman rising early
In the morning and taking his way to
the dewy links where, after prelimi-
nary warming up, he drives off and
trudges through the sparkling grass
after the ball, up hill and down dale,
finally landing at the last hole, and
thence to warm breakfast, after
which the price of gasoline is boosted
up cent a gallon.
The truth of the matter Is THAT John
D. drives off, then hops on a trusty
bicycle and whels after the ball, with
one man carrying his clubs and an.
other showing the oil magnate. Mr..
Rockefeller believes in doing the
brainy work and apportioning to 9TH
ers the physical burden of the day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04

4 n many respects Socrates is the most
n familiar figure in ancient Greek his
II tory. No one else stands out before
sonality of his own. OF the greater part
of Socrates life we are almost completely
ignorant, yet we know sufficient of him
to class him as one of the most celebrated
philosophers of all antiquity.
Socrates appeared like the rest of his
countrymen in the field of battle; he
fought with boldness and intrepidty, but
the character of Socrates appears more
conspicuous and dignified as a phiosoph-
er and moralist than as a warrior. Plato,
who was one of his disciples, revently
entitled him, 'the best of all men of this
time. the wisest and mcst just of all
men,
One of the most interesting trials of
| ancient times was that of Socrates He
was indicted in 399 B. C. before an ordi-
nary Athenian criminal tribunal for not
believing in the gods of Athens and for
corrupting young men. The court that
sat in judgment consisted of sol jurymen
who were very animated audience ana
appreciation or disapprobation of the
arguments addressed to them. There was
no presiding judge. The Indictment was
preferred by an obscure young poet named
Meletus, backed up by Lycon, a rhetori-
clan of whom nothing more is known, and
by Anytus, the real mover in the matter.
All three accusers therefore belong to
classes which Socrates had offended by
his unceasing censure of men who could
give no account of the principles of their
profession.
The form of the Indictment is as fol-
lows: 'Meletus, the son of Meletus, of
the deme Pitthis. on his cath brings the
following accusation against Socrates
Socrates commits crime by not believ-
ing in the gods Of the city. and by intro
ducing other new divinities. He also COM
mits a crime by corrupting the youth.
Penalty. DEATH.
The time assigned to the trial was di-
vided into three lengths In the first the
three accusers made their speeches. The
second was occupied by the speeches Of
the accused (and sometimes of his
friends) Then the judges voted and
found their verdict. The third length
opened with the speech of the prosecu-
tor, advocating the penalty which he pro-
posed-in this case death.
The accused was at liberty to propose
an alternative penalty, and he could then
make a second speech in support of his
| proposal. He might at the same time
bring forth his wife and children and SO
appeal to the pity of the court.
! Then the judges had to decide between
the two penalties submitted to them, of
which they had to choose one. In Soc
rates defense he divided his accusers into
| two sets. First, those who had been ac-
cusing him untruly for many years,
among them his old enemy Aristophanes,
and second, Meletus and his companions.
The philosopher took these accusers one
! by one and most numerically flayed
them. He refused in his speech to ap-
peal to the compassion of the judges, as
he believed such conduct would bring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
THE TRIAL OF SOCRATES

disgrace upon him as well as his beloved
Athens. At the conclusion of his speech
he said: with these words 1 commit
my cause to the judges and to Cod.
AT this point the judges began voting.
Socrates was condemned by vote of 2sl
to go. Then Meletus began his speech in
support of sentence of death, which was
followed by Socrates speech in favor of
his alternative penalty. Socrates expected
that he would be condemned by much
larger majority.
The trial ended with the sentence to
death, but Socrates insisted on address,
ing some last words TO those who had
condemned him and to those who would
have acquitted him. The former he
sternly rebuked for their crime, and fore
told the evil that awaited them as the
consequence of it. To the latter he said
he wished to talk about what had be-
fallen him, and death. To the latter he
said: You must be of good cheer. No
harm can come to a good man in life OF
in death. Death is either an eternal or
dreamless sleep. wherein there is no SEN
sation at all; or 1t is a journey to an
other and better world where are the
famous men of old
Xenophon tells us that Socrates might
easily have Sawed himself il he would
have consented to concilate his judges
with prayers and flattery. The philos-
opher was compelled to spend long time
In irons before he was executed Friends
wanted to assist him in escaping but this
he refused as he believed 1t would be
wrong to return evil for evil. He said,
"A city in which private individuals set
aside at their will the judicial decisions
and laws of the state, cannot continue
to exist 1t must be destroyed" Socrates
was put to death the latter part of tho
year 39S B. C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
Politics and PrnsnerifY

"One naturally hears a great deal Of
political talk these days in Alabama" +"
said Joseph Beitman, the well known
cigar man.
Il have recently been In every part of
this state, and 1 can say truthfully that
Mr. Underwood as a candidate for the
United States Senate is steadily gaining
strength. have always felt sure that
he would be elected, but his friends are
working to roll up a great big majority.
I was in Pickens county the other day,
one of Mr.. Hobsons strongholds. and /
was told by friends of mine noted for
conservative Judgment that Underwood
had gained many supporters there within
the past few weeks. I think it safe to
say that Underwood will carry Tusca-
loosa. He is very strong indeed there.
"As to business conditions in Alabama,
the country merchants are wonderfully
prosperous. The farmers have never been
as well off as they are at the present
Not only did they get big price for cot
ton, but they raised more corn and hay
than usual Alabama has a splendid fu-
ture. The farmers will vary their crops
more and more, and will in few years be
rolling in wealth.
"a new industry that is attracting at
tention in the gulf section is the culti-
walton of the Satsuma orange. About 10
years ago Mr. Davis of Ivorydale, on the
Louisville and Nashville, not far from
Coden, started a Satsuma orange orchard.
Last year he sold his orange crop, /
understand, for about $4,000. He will
keep on increasing his production, and
l would not be surprised TO see him clear
$4,000 on his orchard this year. When l
first knew shim he was poor and strug-
Cling. He is n wel-off man today. What
Mr.. Davis has done can be done and
will be done by other men of intelligence
and pluck"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
TIE EASIEST WAY

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Congressman Daniel ]. Riordan of New
York smiled the other night when an after
dinner speaker referred to the sweet
sex, and declared that it was wise to let
them have their own way. The congress-
man said he was reminded OF the man
ner in which a trolley conductor re-
Gently yielded.
The car had stopped at street inter-
section in a metropolitan city and a
woman, pushing her way through the
crowd on the rear platform, attempted
to get off on the wrong side.
1.-THE other side, if You please, madam, :"
remarked the conductor
II wish to get off on this side!' re-
turned the woman In an impericus voice.
Pardon me, madame" said the con-
ductor, kindly, ''you can't do it,
"Sir!" angrily exclaimed the naughty
woman. II wish to get off on this side
of the car
"All right madame responded the
conductor, turning to the crowd. Cen
tlemen, please step aside while the lady
climbs over the gate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT KlCKERS AND
COMPLAINERS AND SUGGESTS RENEDIES

TN HERE is too much politics and per-
sonal pickering in the state of Ala
= bama.
The candidates for office are abusing
each other and the weekly newspapers
and few of the dailies are saying as
many unlxind things arout the candi-
Gates they oppose as it is possible to
put in type without bringing about libel
suits.
Newspapers should he big enough to
praise the virtues of the man they sup
port without going into viliheation of the
man they oppose. Vile words and unfair
charges against opponents never cost
them votes There are more human and
generous people in the world than there
are mean ones; and human people are
naturally prone to take sides with those
who are unjustly imposed upon and
abused.
Newspaper writer's, if they expect their
productions to be read and respected,
should be fair and just to all men. Why
abuse man because he is a candidate
and because you are i5oing to vote for
another man?
Few men there be VINO have not vir-
tues predomnating over their weak
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04

an unusual angle from which to view
the twentieth century woman with her
craving to enter pursuits of men and
her seeming obsession to shake off
home limitations.
The protection of the female of the
species, says Professor Stiles, is of the
highest possible Importance to the de-
velopment of the race. The scientist
has enunciated great truth but he
is apt to call down upon himself the
wrath of the suffragists. What he has
said would be regarded by many as a
powerful weapon in the hands of an
opponent of equal suffrage.
Women physically and mentally it
has been pointed out often are the
equals of men only in exceptional
cases. A fundamental principle of
biology as given by Professor Stiles
is that women must be protected and
this presupposes their inferiority when
it comes to coping with the world.
But most men will be constrained to
disagree with Professor Stiles in some
of his contentious. When he says wom-
en- are not getting a square deal he
can hardly be referring to the great
mass of women who as yet have not
been caught in the so-called uplift
movement; who still think that wom-
ans greatest joy and privilege is
motherhood. Women who complain of
not receiving a square deal are proba
bly, those who have thrust themselves
into a mans world asking full share
of the duties and opportunities, only
to find after all that they did not
want them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04

new ambitions and new yearnings
while the arts, sciences, capital and
the industrial world are lending every
energy to requite the ever-increasing
demands.
1t is the vogue to speak Of the day
as the era of social unrest, but God
pity the self-satisfied man; and as it
is with the individual SO it is with
communities or nations. Despite the
so-called increased cost of living, oft
en- due to higher standards or thrift
lessness, desire for material better
ment has brought about a condition
which has enabled the average man to
enjoy today as he has never enjoyed
it before.
The atmosphere is full of optimism;
public conscience has been awakened;
public abuses are being permanently
eliminated; legislation is directed to
channels looking to the elevation of
the masses and science and society are
uniting for the Improvement of moral
and hygienic conditions, while human
itarianism is treading a wider path
than it has ever traversed in the past.
There is no occasion to cavil and he
who will with unbiased vision gauge
his environment will have less reason
for pessimism than has obtained in
the last two decades. The present year
bodies much and it rests with the in
dlvldual to destroy or make good that
boding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
Christmas savings Clubs

'The American Trust and Savings
banks Christmas club of last year proved
so popular and successful that prepara-
tions have been made, | am told. for
great rush Monday January ), when the
Savings club for 1914 opens" said a MEM
Der of the Chamber of Commerce. THE
Traders National bank started Christ
mas club recently for this year. 1914. and
it has already enrolled large number
of members.
Officers of the American Trust are en-
thusiastic over the outlook for that bank 5
club this year. Last years club started
in the spring-in April believe-and al
though it was novelty here the amount
disbursed on December Is, according to
the plan, amounted to about $4,000. As
the club starts carly this year my guess
is that the amount of the money to the
credit of club members in December next
win total something like 100000
1.-The Christmas club has a far-reaching
benefit, in that it teaches the savings
hank habit. Instead of spending the
money the bulk of 1t will be redeposited
in the regular savings department where
interest is aceruing night and day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
WelI-TrnIned Chnrus

Those who have attended Rienzl
Thomas Treble Clef and the Arion re-
hearsals of the Messiah" are looking
forward with keen interest to the rendi-
ton of Handel's great music at the First
Methodist church this afternoon.
THE Treble Clef has long been famous
for the excellence of its intonation and
shading and the Arion chorus, a new
organization, is made up of experienced
young singers said an old concert-goer.
In joint chorus work they are wonder
fully effective. Although most of the
singers are too young to have been mem-
bers of Mr. GuclSenberger' chorus yet
the Messiah performance will recall
those happy musical days of years gone
by. Mr.. Guckenberger gave the Messiah
several years in succession. think, dur
ing Christmas-tide."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
Always Well Advertised

Birmingham is much and 1avorably
talked about in the north and west said
A. C. Dunnell of Chicago. "As for that
matter, it is, I assume, talked about
everywhere
II seldom visit the east but am in
nearly all the western states once or
twice a year. and wherever 1 go 1 hear
people discussing Birmingham as steel
center and as the city that has a greater
future than any other In the south.
Birmingham seems to have grown very
rapidly since l was first here not quite
three years ago. 1t Is a handsome city
and will always be well advertised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
Professor Stiles Address

The address of c. w. Stiles, profess
Of zoology and prominent in the
tied States public health service,
ivered before the American Asso-
ton for the Advancement of
ence, is full of interest. Professor
les said number of things peril
1t to the south and made statements
ich will attract wide attention.
He charged by inference that men
lay are not properly protecting
men from unnecessary sickness,
rry and other ills. This is rather
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
MONOCACY.

Monocacy loved, fair nymph of the wood,
catoctins own wand'ring child;
Oh, soft is thy name, yet softer thy
flood
And mellowed thy music and wild.
Not as Potomac whose historic fame
Forever oblivion bars;
Not as Potomac, whose historic fame
Forever oblivion bars;
Nor fair Shenandoah, whose musical
name
In Indian is "Child OF the Stars"
Art thou ever sung, immortal in verse,
Where painters and bards love to
dream.
Yet better by far, unknown in thy course,
love thee, my own mountain stream.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
RLAME TT ON DAD

From the Chicago Record d-Hehald.
MY dear, I think it is your duty to
marry him."
"But, mother. I'm sure l never shall
learn to love him."
For goodness sake, do you expect to
have love and money, too? You must
inherit your absurd ideas from your
father. He always is expecting the i'm
possible to happen"