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Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-15
THE TWO FRIENDS.
Timber Jake and the Shelley of
 Musrat Swamp"
A Moribund Poet-His Last Contribution to the SIarysville Gazette Its En- forced Acceptance-A Parting
 Shot-"In Print"
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 The Shelley of Muskrat Swamp lay dying in his bunk. Outside, the wind roared through the bush; the churned waters of the angry Ottawa beat against the wooden piers, their rough music calling upon the youthful Shel- ley to depart through the valley of the shadow, although he knew it not. Amid the bowling of the wind, the hoarse roar of the flood, the crackle of the logs upon the hearth, came the soft silvery tone of the invalid reciting moving composition which had occu- pied his attention for the last ten hours that is, when he was not otherwise occupied in splitting blood or coughing. The one oil lamp on wooden stool by his bunk gave out smoky light through which the boys eyes shone with unearthly brilliancy. Jake-Tim- Der Jake, as he was popularly known among the gentlemen whom he distin- guished by his jovial preference-sat on the only other stool which the log hut boasted. Timber Jake continued to listen to the poem with labored cor diality. At intervals, when he was evil dently expected to applaud, he did so with a tin spoon against battered old
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ing with slow insistence, II kinder told 'em ez I'd only to take Old Man Bangs down some native produce and he'd rear up on end an print it straight off"
 Old Man Bangs rose without word, walked to the composing case, and rap idly began to "set up' the verses which Jake had brought, his fingers flying with all the precision of mach After half an hours hard work le screwed up the type in form" took a pull" and brought it to Jake, who laboriously spelt through the words, still keeping one hand on his revolver and criticising the spelling with sub lime disregard for conventional meth ods.
 "Will that do?" growled Old Man Bangs, with sullen resentment at his enforced labor.
 Jake gazed admiringly at the poem so rapidly called into being. ''Sorter pretty, ain't it? I'll tell the folks at the Corners you ain't no slouch when you do get chance at native produce" he added, admiringly.
 He tucked the printed paper careful ly away into his vest pocket and sprang for the door. Old Man Bangs rushed forhis revolver in the drawer of the distant table, and, with deXterity acquired by long practice, took fly ing g.shot at Jake as he disappeared, then blew out the light and waited for re- prisals, but none came.
 The brown mare scented her master as he crawled slowly through the dark ness and hauled himself with difficulty into the saddle. Gently, Winny, gently, he said. Guess you'd better crawl sorter keerful; old mans planted a bullet in my arm. He alters shoots straight when he's blind drunk"
 When they reached the clearing, Jake slid out of the saddle and crawled into the hut, leaving his mare standing at the door. Seizing a whisky bottle, he drank, long and eagerly; then propped himself up on his ;Ssool by the boys bunk, and frightened his sash. ''Its sorter lucky that old coon missed the papers," he lnuttered, and waited. ''Pm all right now, my arms stopped bleedin"
 Presently ray of sunlight stole into the hut, and the shadows fed away be- fore the cheerful singing of tho birds.
 The boy awol,e with a glal lisble cry. 'Jale, where are you? Jake, I've had such dream"
 fomething white glisteaed on the rrEc blanket. ",Ia--sv ", :3:l.i'.es alive, Jake. how did this come hers2n
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-15
A DETECTIVES HINT.

It May Be of Service to Owners of Vaiu--
 able Jewels.
 One of the big sleuths in the city had been seen by citizen who had lost a diamond scarfpin, says the Chicago Herald.
 "Where did you keep it when you were not wearing it?" he asked of the loser.
 "Under the lapel of my waistcoat. Always pinned it there when didn't wear it in my scarf"
 ''Evcr have your waistcoat secured at the cleaner and dyer's?"
 "Yes, once year." Then he named the place. The sleuth went to the placx and found the missing spark. This in itself is of no consequence. But what the sleuth added may save some worry. "In city like this," he said, "where so many are accustomed to sending wearing apparel to the scourer and dyer valuables are likely to be left in a pocket. have traced number of such articles to those places. do not say that all valuables that go in that direction are recovered, but sug- gest to people who leave their apparel at the scourers to examine the pockets first. It may save a whole lot of tro11ble' '
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ostrich plumes piled upon the crown. Almost the same form of hat, by sew ing the ribbons on the under side, can be worn as flat and menacing as buzz saw, with spikes and bobs and plumes upon it. Not all the efforts of the Audubon society have availed to prevent the use of birds wings in hat trimmings. They will be worn this fall more than for some time past And, really, it's no worse than eating meat. It isn't as bad For the wing worn on hat means only the life of the bird and hurts not the wearer
 Meat, which we eat to excess, costs the life of the eaten besides harming the health of the eater. Let us return to the Arcadian simplicity of berries and milk and watercress and deck our selves in fine raiment of wool trim mings, of seaweed and yellow leaves. - Believe me, we shall be the better for it.
 And speaking of yellow leaves. Every botanist knows that spring begins while yet tis autumn, and surely every costumer knows that autumn begins upon the hither verge of spring. It is never safe in fashions to prophecy more than one month ahead. Two months is guess, three a conjecture, all be- yond that the limbo of the unllnow- able. The wise in such matters say that we shall have the sleeve for the present nearly stationary in size, and unhidden by cape or collarette; that waists will shorter grow and skirts more scant, and that you must buy right away two little side combs and one high one, to assist in training the hair low over both ears and high at the back after the manner of long ago.
 This is pleasant news enough, for no more lovely manner of coiffure was ever devised. Further NapoleoGic fea- tllres of the 1895 period will be less agreeable to short and dumpy women. Not every one can wear the garb of Empress Josephine with advantage. :
 Skirts are almost universally made plain This is the mark of the really smart gown, for any purpose. There may be the contrast of dropping sash ends, or velvet tabs with big buttons or buckles, but there should be no in- terruption of the downward line of the cloth. Flounces may hide bad cutting. In a dozen gowns of faultlcss work manship you shall not see more than nnA pitf, rr,ff1As ahnnt it And tho men-
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THE CORRECT THING.
Outing Dress as Seen at tho Sum-
 mer Capital.
Hats Like Shells of the sea-The Sense of Contrast in Dress-Hints of Autumn Styles from Europe's
 Shores.
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Sacred to the sea is Newport. The sea and it's sports and its interests and its language take care of themselves and need no champions. Golf and polo and tennis flourish in the favoring gale of British approval. Bicycling does not flourish at all among the really swell set, though the roads for it are superb and the climate cool enough.
 In the arrangement for summer wardrobe one may leave polo out of consideration, as at this royal game women can only be onlookers, can wear the ordinary gowns of summer ease and dab their noses with powder with out fear of sweating it off Tennis gowns are familiar enough, though there's room for infinite variety in de- tail, and any gown that will answer for tennis will do for golf, which is now played, suppose, on fifty different links in this country. Yet golf, which does not require running, allows greater latitude in gowning than tennis. You can play in wide-brimmed picture hat and high-heeled shoes, but folks usually don't. A Tam o'Shanter cap IS the correct head covering for golf, but that is as far as one need adopt Scot tish garb, unless she Is Blair, or Campbell or Athol, or Mcdonald, and can appropriately work in bit of authentic clan tartin. On foot one wears low-heeled, broad-soled shoes, for the game involves miles of walking. A silk blouse with serge skirt and jacket which the caddy can carry along with his bag of shinny sticks really, that's what they are-is the simplest. costume. And in a game which requires one many times to swing long stick over the head, it's obvious that a corset Is nuisance. Serge and silk are right. But l have seen a costume of linen that seemed provok-
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ingly cool ,and it's color, a reddish brown, lined the golf links, and formed fine patch of color on the shaven green turf.
 But the sea is Newport! The ten mile drive in carriages or brakes, in sight of the water nearly every foot of the way, and the cliff walk even neal CT to its green and heaving depths, are never palling delights. And what places for costumes One meets at every step along these famous thor oughfares-but not on excursion days the most beautiful of designs. Two walking dresses of note have in my memory brought home from the cliff walk the other day. The elder of gracious pair of sisters wore pale blue crepon-the skirts whereof were striped with bands of white insertion laid over black satin ribbon and fringed with jet which dangled to the knees so that like the old woman in the song the wearer made jetty twinlxling music wherever she went. And the full fronted bodice was of blue and white checked silk and round the shoulders was band of black satin improved with white lace; and lace on the sleeves and black, satin belt and paste buttons completed it.
 One uses the words black and white so many times. Black ribbon with white lace, black chiffon with white insertion, black satin with white em- broidery-it reminds me of the time honored recipe for making punch;
 little sugar to make 1t sweet,
 little lemon to make it sour,
 A little water to make 1t weak,
 A little whisky to give it power.
 --or of what the political economists say of checks and balances.
 But suppose feminine writer ought not to claim too great a famil- iarity with either illustration.
 A beautiful costume worn at fancy dress ball illustrates another favorite system of contrasts. 1 don't know what it represents, except that it has : rery fshlike look with It's fins and wings, but the colors of it are black and red, and amazingly fine. they looked upon plump brunette of smooth and youthful beauty in the great parlor of two hundred-feet-l 'scottage."
 If the breath and the brine of the sAa inst heyond surGested this fshv
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-15
Rullets Carried for Years.

Two extraordinary cases of bullet wounds becoming active after lapse of twcnty-four years are reported by German medical paper. One is that of matchmaker named IAleeman, living at Dusseldorf, who was wounded in the Franco-German war. Three years ago he had bullet successfully extracted from his right shoulder, and short time ago, after a months illness, a second bullet was extracted from his left side. The second case is that of a stationmaster who few days ago was operated upon at Bonn and had French bullet, which pierced his right shoulder in the war, cut from his right side
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-15

He fell to reading the verses with delirious enjoyment. A soft pink flush came into his cheek. "Why, Jake, they're printed Song to Chipmunk, by our gifted fellow townsman, the Shelley of MuslSrat Swampp"
 A fit of coughing interrupted him. Jake, leaning back, so that the boy could not see his face, lied with tran quill indifference. "Oh, Old Man Bangs come up after you'd dropped off"
 "Yes, Jake, yes?"
 "He printed 'em, an brought cm over, and planlsed down a ten dollar bill. Here's the money"
 The boy gave another cry.
 "Jake, Jake, that's famel That's famel Hang the moneyl No, let me see it. Where is it?"
 Jake handed him the money with diff fculty. The boy pressed it to his fever ish lips. "Jake, Jake, there's blood on iti Wha-"
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-15
FEMALE TROUBLES.
A PROMINENT LADY OF THE CAPITAL CITY
 TELLS HER STORY.

TELLS HER STORY.
 Mrs. c. c. Filler of 174 East Rich streets Columbus, O., writes to Dr. s. B. Hart man: "I suffered from nervous prostra- ton and general debility for years. 1 tried the best physicians and many medicines. :. but all failed. Pe-ru-na cured me per- fectly."
 If all the sick mothers, invalid daughters and diseased sisters in this broad land would lake the above lady's simple and direct testimony to heart and do as she has done, no pen could describe the ben- eft that would follow. There are so many women, especially married women, who drag themselves wearily around from year 10 year without any particular disease, and yet miserable beyond descrlp- tion. They ache and tremble and throb, growing more nervous, tired and debili- lated every day. For this class of sufferers Peru na is the most perfect remedy 1n ex- istence. It relieves, it soothes, it quiets, it strengthens, and no tired, overworked woman in the land should be without Peru na in the house for single day.
 Those wishing complete description of female diseases, their causes and cures, should send their address to the Peruna Drug Manufacturing company, Columbus, O., for copy of the Family Physician No. 8, which will be sent free. This valuable medical treatise should be in the possession of every woman who has any interest in these diseases.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-15


 you remember: IA sculler's notch in the stern he made, an oar he shaped of the bootle blade," for his shell craft that gleamed like silvery pearl without and glowed with purple paint within. Only this shell was pink within, not purple, and the pink was sprigged silk of lovely pattern, just redecting upon the, fair face beneath it the slightest touch of rosy light. For frolicsome hat of outer shape, can imagine nothing prettier, but one must wear it by the sea.
 Straw of pearl white, straw of pale tan, straw of golden yellow, of black, of pink, of cream-here is variety enough in hat material, even if it were not that more range of color and tex ture shows in lining of lace, of silk, of satin. Here are some fetching combi- nations:
 With tan straw, guipure insertion, black lace and roses all the way from pink to deepest red, and bandeau of black velvet or ivy leaves and berries and black silk.
 With golden yellow, loop straw. brim of drawn black net, bordered with full ruche with red roses and tiny jet ornaments for trimming.
 With pink straw, pink roses, and black net, bordered with white gui- pure-there's your whisky and water againi
 With cream straw, salmon pink vel vet and iridescent birds wings. Or, for very simple hat, wide white silk ribbon tied in a big bow and two white wings. Or black velvet with fan shaped bows of white lace and dia- mond buckle for the vanishing point thereof.
 A hat of piquant effect is an enor- nous poke bonnet with wide faring rim tilted upright above the face and brought low over the ears with ribbon ties which are used in a big bow under the chin, and big and billowy masses of
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Jake tried to raise his head, but in vain. A little later the mare, alarmed at her masters silence, thrust open the door with her velvet tmuzzle and walked into the hut. The dead boy lay on the arm of his friend, and Jake, with rude piety, natural in one unacquainted with conventional forms was conduct ing an improvised but fervid funeral service over the remains of 'the Shell ley of Muskrat Swamp"
 G. B. BUBGIN.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-15
Healthy Berlin.

According to the Glasgow Evening News it appears that the latest statis-
 les issued by the German Imperial
 calth department gave Berlin the honor of being the healthiest city in the world. The death-ratc is given as only I6.3 per 1000. Tho unhealthicst city is Alexandria, which. despite it's unvarying fine weather, its 300 foun- tains and it's soft sea brcezcs, has death-rate of no less than 5o.9 per l,c0O
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-15
THE QUAKER CITY.
Some Curious Facts About New and Old
 Philadelphia.


 Philadelphia.
 For at least two generations in the past, and for as many probably in the future, Philadelphia must essentially be regarded as two distinct and sepa- rate towns Politically there is but one, but from all other standpoints the two towns of which l speak might as well be grouped about the north and south poles, writes Charles B. Davis in Harpcr's Magazine. And yet the gulf which separates these two places is but a fairly wide throughfare-Market street it is called.
 On one side lies l. t,Apew town of Philadelphia, with it's Ne avenues, magnificent geneloG\ \and mod crn in it's every outline. On Ws other quite peacefully rests the old tow of Philadelphia, with narrow streets, N brick houses, and shrouded in the cofSs servatism which gave hencity its indi- viduality two hundred years ago. The new town has the money and progress sion of a modern western city, with the boom still on. Its men are anbi- tious, and spend their money alike on trollcvs and cables and Enew club houses. But old Philadelphia does not fancy rapid transit. It prefers walk ing, or an occasional ride on the horse car. If 1t has thrown aside the shad- belly coat and the wide-brimmed hat of it's Quaker ancestors, it cannot alto rether free itself from the blood which ran through the splendid men who once wore these quaint clothes.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-15
Marr,ed Fourteen of Her Own Sex.

The most remarkable trial on record was that of Mary Hamilton, an English woman, who was brought into court on October 7, l746. She was one of the greatest frauds of t,.o day, having sue cecled in delllding her own sex in most c-,tr2@riiinGry rlanner, it being clearly proven at the trial that she had at different tirlcs on eea r;s.rric'l not less than fourteen other women of
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swelled Heads.

A little girl of sevVen years was cut ting out some paper dolls the other day to show to friend. The lady objected that the dolls heads were too wide. "Take the scissors, dear, and trim them off," she said. "No," replied the little maid, II can't do that, they have to be wide-they're swelled with instruc- tionl"-Youth's Companion.
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ace of the overslxirt is removed. Wc are good deal nearer the panier than the oversl1irt now, though last spring we were groping timidly toward the useless draperies. Paniers, by the way, are equally useless.
 But when we get hold of the wrong thing it's best to drop. it quick, isn't it? 1 ELLEN OSBORN
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costume, land sure am that it did) perhaps the researches of the rock coast gave the key for a lovely hat which l have admired at one of the swell Bellevue avenue shops-a hat whose curved and fluted and upcury- ing shape suggested shell of the sea, and whose color carried out the idea;
 for, like the boat of the Culprit Fay,
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No Ballet Tor Turkish Students. Students in Constantinople arc forbid den from frequcnting theaters, music halls and similar public places
The morning call., 1894-12-12
THE WILD KURDS.
Turkey Must Show Them
No Mercy.
INCAPABLE OF REASONING.
They Believe the Porte Approves
Their Acts.
ENGLAND TO TAKE A HAND,
To the End, Perhaps, That the Saw
ages Will Be Treated as
Red Indians.
Incapable OF REASONING.
TO TAKE A HAND,

LONDON, Dec. 11.-Lord Rosebery had
long conference with the Earl OF Kim
berley, Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs. to-day. in reference to Armenia,
and as a result it has been decided that
the British Government will Immediately
send an independent delegation to investi-
gate the reports of the Turkish atrocities
in that country.
The Daily News to-day published a
three-column letter from Constantinople.
The writer says that from all the evidence
he has been able to gather in regard to the
number killed and villages destroyed the
Armenian outrages cannot be compared
with those of Bulgaria. The Kurds be-
lieve the Government approves of the out
RACES. and unless they are dealt with as
the Canadians or Americans would deal
with the red Indians under similar circum-
stances, they are incapable of understand
ing to the contrary. II Great Britain and
Russia jointly insist on reforms there will
be a chance of success, because in case of
need they can compel attention.
VIENNA, Dec. ia dispatch from Con-
stantinople to-day says the Turkish Cabi-
net had long meeting yesterday. at which
Armenian affairs were almost exclusively
discussed. 1t is considered probable that
the Ministry will resign.
The morning call., 1894-12-12
ALvA JOHNSON CoNFEssEs.
With Kid Thompson He Committed
Both Roscoe Robberies.

Los ANGELES, Dec 11.-Alva johnson
has confessed 10 completely in both Roscoe
train-robberies. 1t is probable that he
will enter plea of guilty in the Superior
Court tomorrow. His confession impli-
Gates Kid Thompson, who is also at pres
ent 10 jail awaiting trial on charges con-
Meeting him with both robberies.
The details of the confession have not
yet been made public, but il is understood
that it will be brought about through the
medium of his relatives. who persuaded
him to confess, in hopes of saving him
from the gsllows.
Detectives worked on Johnson's rela-
tiYes night and day for several weeks be-
fore the desired result was brought about.
1t has all along been supposed that there
was third party connected with the rob-
berries, but johnson declares there was no
one connected with the crimes besides
Thompson and himself.
The first hold-up occurred on the night
of December "a last, but did not net the
robbers much. The second hold-up oc-
CURED on the night of February II, and
resulted in the sacrifice of two human
lives. August Daley, the engineer of the
trains refused to obey the signal to stop
and the engine ran into an open switch,
killing him and also the fireman, named
Masters. Several thousand dollars were
secured on the second raid, some of which
we're Mexican and have helped to fasten
the crimes on the accused men.
The morning call., 1894-12-12

at time when the best information in the
possession of the Government indicated
that the statements made in the press
were sensational and exaggerated, and
that the atrocities alleged really did not
exist This condition very much weak
ened any motive for an Interference based
on considerations of humanity. he goes
on:
By treaty entered into at Berlin In the year
1877 between Turkey and various other Gov
ernments, Turkey undertook to guarantee pro-
lection to the Armenians and agreed that 1t
would periodically make known the steps
taken TO this effect to the powers who Will
superintend the application.
Our Government was not a party to this
treaty. and it is entirely obvious that In the
face of the provisions OF such treaty above re-
cited, our interference in the proposed inyestf.
CATION, especially without the invitation of
any OF the powers who had assumed by treaty
obligations 10 secure the protection OF the
Armenians, might have been embarrassing. IL
not entirely beyond the limits OF justification
or prUpriety.
Later, in view of changed conditions and
upon reconsideration Of the subject, IL was de-
termined to send Mr.. Jewett our Consul at
Sivas to the scene of thelalleged outrages. In
structions were sent to MIR. Jewett, and il is
supposed that he has already entered upon the
duty assigned TO him.