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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-04-11
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Eyes, yes u they roared, all together.
And won't you kindly sing that
song or another as good for us, Miss
Howard?' he continued.
She made no answer, staring straight
at the red embers, her cheeks pale.
II say, Miss Howard, don't you
hear?" exclaimed Crowder roughly.
Eyes, l hear" she replied, "but I'm
sorry l can't oblige you. l can't sing
any more "
''If you can sing for that id rebel
there " continued Crowder, 81 should
think you could sing for us, who are
good and loyal English like yourself"
She was silent again.
Didn't we rescue you?" he con-
tinued. Aren't we your saviors? Don't
you owe us gratitude?'
Still unanswered, he swore an oath
and said to his comrades;
Here's gratitude for you, lads. Well.
if she won't sing for US, we can sing for
her. How do you like this, my lady?
It's called I'll Owre the Muir to Mag
gy, and it goes very we'll with the song
that you sang.'
Then he sang the old song, which,
like the girls, was Scotch:
"And I'll owre the muir to Maggy-
Her wit and sweetness call me-
There TO my fair I'll show my mind,
Whatever may befall me.
IF she loves mirth, I'll learn to sing,
Or, likes the Nine to follow.
I'll lay my Tugs i'll Pindus spring
And iuvocate Apollo.
"If she admire martial mind,
III sheath my limbs in armor;
IF to the softer dance Inclined
With gayest airs I'll charm her;
II she love grandeur day and night,
I'll plot my nations glory,
Find favor in my princes sight
And shine in future story.
"Beauty can work wonders with ease
Where wit is corresponding,
And bravest men know best to please
With complaisance Astounding.
Ny bonnie Maggy love can turn
Me to what shape she pleases
If in her breast that flame shall burn
Which in my bosom blazes."
His voice was not unmusical, and he
The sun., 1901-05-12
CarCH ANIMATED PANCAKES NOW.
The Founder Fishing Season soon to BE at Its
Best Around New work.

The angling Of the poor man in April and
May in nearby waters is largely confined
10 tho capture of founders Now and then he
catches hacknsh but his main reliance for
fun basket IL he animated pancake
The founder j. not an arstocrat among
the fish Of America, but belongs TO tho lower
or middle classes He IL ubiquitous fellow,
being found almost anywhere on the North
American coast except IN the ice cold ocean
of Alaska, gracefully unduiatng his way
over sandy bars and pebbly beaches in search
Of food And he il 4 sly fellow. too, devilish
sly At the approach Of danger he buries
himself in the sand. leaving only his eyes IN
sight The quiCkneSs with which he Conccals
himself ls one Of the marvels Of ichthyology,
50 the scientific men say His color IA an
ot her safeguard with which nature has kindly
endowed him. when lying on the sandy
bottom Of the sea he is almost indi4tingusha-
ble from his inHnmate surroundings
The founder has tho distinction NJ being
the only known vertebrat" having both eyes
on the one side Of his body-the top side
when a founder arrives al maturity he swims
iiatwise as barrel head would float. but from
the time of his birI h until he Is month old
he swims on edge, as II were
When he is born his Dyes are on opposite
sides OF his head, but soon after his birth
ono eve begins to travel around his head
until II makes half circle. leaving a channel
in the flesh which can be distinctly seen
This statement l. vouChcd for by Eugene
Blackford and other scientific mon
Another curious fact about the founder
is that he is brown on the back and dirty
white on the under part ol ms bodF some
fifteen years ago the cause OF lhs p"Clharliy
was discussed among sclenuhc tngli'hn"n
Several founders were plnced in tank in
which by skillll arrangement of mirrors
hight was reflected from below The eG-
peyineut WIS continued for several months
Some OF the founders died n others no
marked effect was produced Bur Ia some
eases The whole s'ir!ace became marked
| over with pigment THIS eTpeL LIm"ut seemed
10 show that the fish would b" colored on
tho under side also II that wor" exposed
| to the light like the upper side
| There are $50 vnrites OF Eat-nsh known
| to science Among these are tho various
! kinds Of soes famous for thelr 'ue favor
| About ten years ago Eugene Blackford brought
over from England dozen tutbot. cousin
| and several hundred soles These hsh were
| released alive I'm Long Island waters Mr.
| BlAckford has never heard OF one gr these
var e.ics being caught, but he would not be
captured, especially i beam-trawl were
used This Is H fishing contrivsnce used
| in England with deadly effect
a, hi. bsst in New York wators Most Of
| the enormous quantity OF founders CON
| sIirsd in New York are caught with hook
| and line The customary method used by
the anger who hshos ior iport y TO take 9
| Ssginning to Ash. The founder then be-
| comes an easy victim. as be IA q voraciou.
feeder and will devour any kind OF bait
The sun., 1901-05-12
CHASING AFTER FIRES NOW.
A New wrinkle In the Insurance Business said
to Paw We'll.

The latest thing for hre insurance agents
n do IL to he on the spot looking for new
business while old business is burning up.
One Of the canvassers of New England
company began 10 make money so rapidly
a few months ago that some Of his Compet-
tors tried to ind out how he did il
They learned that he made a specially of
following the fire engines, and If the fire
happened TO be In tenement house or fiat,
he waited until the flames were subdued and
reaped q harvest by insuring tho other ten
ants and neighbors. Most people are apt
to be 40 badly scared by "A fire near their
home that II not insured they are glad 20
take out policies on the spot II didn't take
the other agents long to cntch on, and n Ia
said that the other day after a FIRE twenty
one agents wrote seventy policies in the i'm
mediate neighborhOod
1t ia a great scheme" said one OF these
agents Yesterday All one has 10 do IL 10
hit the iron while II is hot. Don't talk in
suranCa tn any Of the tenants or neighbors
while { . fire Ia going on, because they are
likely 10 be too excited TO think Of anything
but their personal safety When everything
is quietod down and the fire ell gines are going
away IA the time to jump in with your propo-
stiOn. or course none of the larger COM
panies permits agents to get business in this
way, but there are countless small under
writer's who never question the source from
which an application comes 80 long as the
risk is NOT unusual This chasing after fires
Ia one Of the new wrinkles OF the fire insur-
ance business proita bic one, too"
The sun., 1901-05-12
BEWARE or THIS FOREIGNER.
He wants to he Directed So mewhere ana Also
Has Designs on Your Property.

Beware Of the seedy foreigner who doesn't
know English and wants you 10 decipher a
written address for him II is no common
panhandler's trick It has the same marks
that distinguish an old master from chrome,
only YOU don't notice them until you've had
time TO think about II
The seedy individual comes up 10 you,
say in Madison square, and mumbes some
thing He has the sinking manner and
husky voice Of the professional beggar and
you hurry along That II part Of the game
just before you get by him you are con-
sciouS of bit of soiled paper that he ia half
holding out to you, and IL suddenly occurs
20 You that although You do not know what
he Is talking about he ia not begging Then
you Immediately feel ashamed Of your in
Civilty and stop short lie hands you the
soied paper and mutters something like
NO spik lnglees You know eemy
You puzzle out the paper and IND II Is
an address down somewhere on the lower
East Side Then you start in to make up
for your previous brusqueness and by means
of gestures and pigeon English TO set The
foreigner on the right track You get little
excited In your earnestness He makes
gestures too and your arms collide and get
a bt tangled hut he doesn't understand
Then when you're beginning TO grow dis
couraged light seems 10 break over him all
OF sudden and he knows Nactly what YOU We
been driving at So hs thanks you and goes
his way
And then on the next corner or perhaps not
until you get home you find your watch gone
or your jewelled scarf-pin.
The sun., 1901-05-12
he INVENTED THE DENTAL DRILL,
But Nelson Stow Received Little OF the Great
PROFITS Of His idea.

BTNGHAMToN MAY II Many man whls
seated In a dentists chair with the drill buzz
ing in jumping tooth has said 10 himself.
How I'd like to catch the inventor Of this
Internal maohinel"
The inventor lives in this city. Though
II Is calculated that the invention has made
for Others about 5000. 900, tho inventor him
self Is poor to-day Other men have taken
the money. and the present condition of the
old man would mollify even the tiercest Of
the dentists victims He is constantly at
work on some new invention by means Of
which he hopes to retrieve his fortunes. but
30 far his efforts have not been successful
Nelson Stow when a young man succeeded
I'm business so well at Center Village. a small
place near here. that he owned a large part
OF the town and had many men employed
under him in various Industries Thinking
10 nnd larger field for his activity. he came
to Biughamton and started a whip factory.
which proved a money making venture
lie conceived tho idea Of building a street
railroad here and after consulting Orow
" Chapman and other prominent men. con-
strlIcted tho first street car line ever built
In BnghamtOn The project was a failure
Nelson saw that he was losing money and
tried to better himself Having given con-
siderable attention 20 dentistry he deter
mined TO attempt the invention Of machine
To do away With the clumsy methods then
employed in cleaning out cavities in teeth
IIo worked upon his invention twelve years,
and long before he had IL finished his railroad
line and all his other property were in tho
hands Of others But success came ut last
and the flexible shaft drill was completed
Its advantages over the old method was
The sun., 1901-05-12

10 be Craddock's. though betteve his neigh
bors wondered how he could have fallen
into the hog pen -
Craddook was alive In cuba that he had eithef
murdered his caller and after e1cbangin ina
clothes had thrown his body Into the pen,
he had dirnterred and thrown into the pen
some newly buried body for the purpose OF
concealing his flight.
There. gentlemen" c2ncluded the drum
II II well known In western Kentucky and
when / heard Il from the lips Of fnen whose
fathers we'll knew H}mllt o and the cfrcum-
stances attending his trial resolved never
again To believe uncorroboratsd clrcumstan-
tlal evidence. Now, gentlemen. name your
poison
And the party adjourned 70 fhs bar and
again.
The sun., 1901-05-12
TIE BUrcHKR's WRAPPING PAPER.
why the white Roll Has supplanted the Old
Brown sheets.

A man who few years ago carried home
from the butchers once In a while brown
paper covered parcel as carefully conceal
ed as broad overcoat sleeve or convenient I
newspaper made II possible went into a
butchers the other day and asked what had
become Of the brown paper which was formerly
used for wrapping up meat
why In 1t you never see that kind OF paper
at your butchers now?" he asked
You mean what they call straw paper. Of
COURSE said the butcher. "Oh. yes, that's
a back number almost Youl find il some
times In a country butcher store. but hardly
ever nowadays in a city store Why is IT.
Oh, the white paper is cheaper and more con-
yenient
You might not think so, but that is true
Ten years ago We had nothing but the brown
paper II came in sheets and reams and II
required lot Of handling and IL was always
IN the way Now almost every meat store
has rolls Of white paper, from which the clerks
can tear Of a piece of exactly the right size
The brown paper was more porous than
the white As n matter of fact the white
paper IL almost waterproof, whereas the old
brown paper used to be soaked through in
almost no time
"lt was partly on that account that people
didn ike the brown paper Men didn't like 10
wrappngs Nowadays We can put up a
piece Of meat in neat compact bundle Of
white paper ana slip that into a fresh clean
paper bag and its pleasure TO carry It home
That helps us. of course
There are a few places in the city where
you will still find the brown paper Those
places are the big Wholesale houses and the
only reason they keep II Is that the drivers
use the paper as sort Of carpet for their
wagons The white paper. however. is some
times used for that purpose
1T might surprise you 10 know il, but We
have calls for the brown paper once in n
while now The calls come FOR the most part
from persons who have young children IN
the family Somebody discovered while
ago that YOU could make excellent banda ges
or poultices out Of this brown paper soaked
with vinegar We have to refer all appl-
cants for the brown paper 20 some whole lc
paper house Yes, the times are changing,
and not always for the worst. by a long shot.
The sun., 1901-05-12
EGG-STEALING CROWS.
Court Cricr Breeze Thinks He Has Found the
Thieves OF His Turkey Fruit.

ROCHESTER, May II james II Brecze,
crier of the Rochester courts, found his turkeF
eggs disappearing so fast hat he got the
hired man to watch for the thief There was
an insane man in the vicinity OF Parma. MIR
Breeze's home, at the time and he Wa su~-
pected Of stealing them After he was taken
back TO the asylum the eggs continued 10
disappear The hired man found nothing
Finally Mr. Breeze got tired oi paying
double wages without apparent Results and
decided to be his own detective H." dis
covered that the thief was only black GROW,
after all Mr. Breeze one day came upon an
egg which he knew was newly laid stand
ing beside the ivorv-white egg was blai.S
crow. and the crow was eagerly dcvourinN
tho egg The next day more turkey rggs
disappeared and the Cawing OF tn" crows
back Of the house irritatcd the court Crirr
more than he could tell Then the hired man
irritated him still further by saying hat the
crows were pulling up his young gram
Mr. Breeze was told by one Of the nelghbors
20 soak some corn in StryChnine and XIII the
crows with II He tried II, bur instead of
the crows dying two turkeys gave up their
lives after eating the poisoned grain. His
next experiment was 20 insert quantity
Of strychnine In turkey eggs and strew them
around the yard In two days the bodies
Of ak black crows adorned the back field
So Mr. Breeze thinks ho has proved that
crows are egg thieves
The sun., 1901-05-12
PLAIGOERS FORM ; ;tLa
II Is Based on the similar Organiyn alton which
Now Esi,ts In London.

The playEocrs' club wa, recently formed
in this city and expects soon 10 be- established
IN permanent quarters OF 49, own Tn" club
was formed two week. ago ar Rlccadouna's a
and a meeting for the election pl members
will be held during II" present week ~ 100
| lniyersl'y place The new organization
is modelled on tine FlHvgoers' liIn oi Lou-
don The Secretary ui the club j. ! Phil
hp, he said Yesterday 70 a SIN reporter:
The object Ot the club I> of course chiefly
so'igl although thor" viii 20" a more serious
side to It's meetings here viii no after
the production Of new plays meetings held
topic, will be gwen 10y authorities oA ths
subject and every subject connected with
the theatre will come up tot treatment The
rights Of the public will be- kput ~ view and
managers viii be- made 10 rr.Ji.c that their
patrons hdN" To- be considered IT," success
OF the playRoers' club IN London, whore it
has come 10 have a real influence on the
drama. has LED " " be hopeful Of equal sus-
cess hayAs
The sun., 1901-05-12
A sso.pound sturgeon Caught Near Albany.

ALBANY. May sA sturgeon Weighing
$50 pounds was netted of Lagoon Island
in the Hudson River, three miles above Al
hany. TODAY Nothing like this IN weight
has been seen in Albany for fifteen years
past IL was towed TO Albany alive by the
ms hermen. who were required 20 man two
row boats Hundreds viewed the specimen
OF Albany sturgeon. The head weighed
las poundA
The sun., 1901-05-12
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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1901-05-21

Organdie Lawns, very sheer, in
stripes and figures, light and
dark grounds; sell regular at
10c-Sale price,. -. =. ...7s4c
Dresden Jaconet Lawns, very
sheer, neat figures, light and
dark grounds; sells regular at
15c-Sale price,. -. -. ..... loo
Javan Madras, "a inches wide, very
sheer, in neat stripe and check
designs, light grounds; 18c quail
ity-Sale price,. -. 49,. $50. 15c
Mercerized Chambrays, in all the
popular solid colors; 35c quail
ity-Sale price. -. -. ...... 25c
Mercerized Madras Shirtings, in
stripes and plaids; excellent for
shirt waists and entire suits;
35c quality-Sale price,. $50. 25c
English Batiste, light and dark
grounds, all size stripes, polka
dots and Persian designs, wash
able; tic quality-Sale price. 15c
Three-cord Irish Dimities, very
sheer and strong, washable, in
neat, dressy designs; 20 and Csc
quality-Sale price,. :. 49,. 15c
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1901-05-21
WATER FAMINE.
Bursting of Dam at Pixies Peak Causes
Serious Trouble.

Colorado Springs, Col, May 90
-Four towns in the Cripple Creek dis
trict are threatened with a water fam
inc by the bursting of the dam at the
Victor reservoir at Pixies Peak. They
are Victor, Golden Clad, Altman and
Anaconda.
Mining operations are affected and
several mines may be forced to shut
down. The dam contained 65,000,0 900
gallons of water, and when it collapsed
raging current twenty feet deep and
at places 800 feet wide burst down the
mountain, carrying wreck and devasta-
tion through West Beaver valley to
the Arkansas.
The big trestle over West Beaver
creek on the Colorado Springs and
Cripple Creek District Railroad was
swept away. No loss of life is re-
ported.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1901-05-21

Woven Spot Crepe, in all solid col
ors. desirable for entire dresses;
25c quality-Sale price. ........ 1sc
Embroidered Swisses, in all color
grounds, two hundred different
designs to select from; makes
very stylish dresses-Sale price 25c
Mercerized Bonita Silks, all new,
stylish designs, an exact repro
duction of the French Foulard
Silks, light weight; 35c quality
Sale price,. -. -. -. 25c
French Dimities, the sheerest DIM
ity made, in light, medium and
dark grounds, neat designs
Sale price,. ...'...... 25c
Silk Stripe Crepon, in all pastel
shades, light weight, soft and
clingy; 35c quality-Sale price. 1876
Embroidered Polka Dot Swisses,
in light and dark grounds, wash
able; 29c quality-Sale price,. 1876
Imported Swisses, As inches wide,
with embroidered silk designs;
$500 quality-Sale price. $3.50
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1901-05-21
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature sssss sss Of &szZzZu
KILLED HER CHILDREN.
Woman Gives Her Little Boy and Girl
Morphine.

st. Louis, Mo-, May 20.-Mrs. Elmer
Quinby, living five miles south of this
city, last night gave morphine to her
two children, boy aged Z and girl
aged 8, and both children died early
today. Mrs. Quinby then took eighteen
grains of the drug herself, but the
dose was so heavy that it acted as an
emitic. and she will recover. She is
under arrest.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1901-05-21
In Society.

Invitations have been received by friends
in town to a recital Thursday morning.
May %. which Will be given by Mr.. Wal
ter Drennen in Boston. Among the num-
bers to be given will be several compost
Mrs. Ferd Frank and Ferd Frank, Jr.,
eminent song writer, Mr.. Homer A. Nor
ris.
The annual summer outing to be given
by the Southern Club will take place
Tuesday, May %. The club members and
their guests will go to Talladega Springs
for the day, and return Tuesday evening
Every effort will be made to make the oc-
casion happy one, and it is being an
ticipated with more than ordinary pleas
ure by society.
tons written for Mr.. Drennen by the
Of Gioe Gadsden' are the guests of Mrs. N. B.
Mrs. ]. ]. Gray of Sheffield and her sis
ter, Mrs. J. M, Rogan, are visiting Mrs.
]. ]. Garrett on West Twentieth street
The marriage of Miss Hattie Eubank to
Mr.. ]. w. Minor will take place tomor-
row afternoon at oclock at the Ensley
Baptist Church. There will be no cards.
Mrs. Robert Jemison returned yester-
Gay from Atlanta-
DIR. B. d. Grey will leave this afternoon
for Georgetown College, KY, of which he
has accepted the presidency. Mrs. Grey
will leave Birmingham the latter part of
the week and will go to Mississippi to
spend several weeks with her parents be-
fore going to Kentucky.
Miss Lucy Dwyer and Miss Katie Smith
will be among the bevy OF beautiful young
girls who will visit oxford during COM
mencement at the University of Missis-
sippi. They will be the guests of DIR. and
Mrs. G. c. Ferrall.
The Thursday Evening Euchre Club will
meet at the home of Mrs. e. T. Schiller
in place OF Mrs Tillman's.
The ST. Agnes Guild of the Church of
the Advent will have charge of the soda
fount at the Adams drug store all day
Thursday.
The meeting of the High School Alum
nj Association has been postponed until
Wednesday afternoon
Miss Anna B. Hartwell lie now the guest
of DR.. and Mrs. A. c. Davidson
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1901-05-21
FOR RENT,

FOR RENT-One cool furnished corner
room, first floor; two gentlemen pre-
ferred. 2301 7th ave. Phone lit. 5-3-tf
FOR RENT-For the summer, desirable
residence on the Northside, close In;
fully furnished; large yard, with shade
trees; gas, electric light and all con-
veniences. Apply at 1923 ". 18th st.
FOR RENT-Two nice unfinished rooms
with bathroom. suitable for light house
keeping. 416 North 18th st. 5-N-ot
FOR RENT-Store. Second avenue, be-
tween 10Th and Goth street, the great re-
tail center. Possession October l. ]. r.
Adams, 20S1h 21st St.. 5-5-tf
FOR RENT-Furnished rooms in private
family. 70S West Goth st 5-2-7t
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1901-05-21
Important Notice.

Mrs. John G. Murray. treasurer of the
Hillman Hospital building fund, requests
that all persons whose pledges are due to
leave their checks made payable to her
at the Birmingham Trust and Savings
Company.