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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-24
Vote for Alex T. London for the legislature.

l am now ready to fill your wants in all kinds of shop work at 222l Second avenue. Peoples Phone ll6. s. Spiro.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-24
CITY ITEMS.

Petitions in Bankruptcy-Pet Petitions in bankruptcy were filed yesterday by Will Ramsey and A. Mel. Barr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-24

The Rev. pr. Tnomas.-The Rev, Dr. J. M. Thomas of the First Baptist church of Pittsburg, Pa, will preach at the Baptist church of East Lake this morning at Ii o'clock. Dr. Thomas has the reputation of being a strong preacher.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-24
DIR. o. T. DOzIER.
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND FIX.
 PERT SPECIALIST.

Treats successful ly all N YOU 8, Blood, Skin. Rec t e l, We n e r e a l Genito-Urinary and Chronic Diseases. Female Complaints and Delicate Disor- ders of Men and Women. Nearly all operations of surgi- cal character done WITHOUT P A I II to the patient.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-24

Marriag Llcenses.-Mafriage licenses were issued yesterday to James Baxley and Miss Fannie Mick les, George Cunningham and Mrs Lethie Powell, R. J. Thompson and Miss Mamie Chaney, Joseph Ellis and Miss Phoebe Proven, A. J. Bailey and Miss Alice Mcdaniel, w. P. Smith and Miss Mae Corleey, L. A. Keith and Miss Lurenda Johnston.
 Twentieth Anniversary.-Col. and Mrs. p. L. Higdon will celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their mar riage on Friday evening, September 12. A mistake was made in reporting the reception, it beings stated that it was given last Friday night. Invita- tions have been issued to the affair and it promises to be one of the most enjoyable entertainments of the month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-24

t.e, IT, B. sTEGALL.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03

less blue patches on the skins OF Ger
tain tribes OF monkeys. am the only
man on earth who knows how TO de-
stroy them.
With the whoop OF wounded savage
the American leaped TO his feet.
Listen to me. Mr.. Wokes." said DR..
Bennett sternly. a fortnight ago
Elsie. You refused, knowing well that
we love each other. | would have mar
ried her without your consent. for
never wanted half-penny of your
dirty money: but Elsie Is dutiful
daughter and would sacrifice her happi-
ness and mine to a mistaken sense OF
duty TO you. You. for the sake of graft
flying a vulgar ambition, would accept
the poor girls sacrifice and ruin her
happiness forever, to say nothing of
mine.
MY love for her is greater than any
other passion or ambition of mine
have no desire for success in my call
ing, no wish even TO continue living
without her. What have done, II you
choose to give your secret to the public
will most certainly blight my career;
but for that | don't care fig.
I'm a secret drawer of my writing
desk is the paper dealing with the COM
blnatiOn of colors and focus of the light
rays which alone can destroy the living
| organisms which thrive upon your
countenance. If you insist upon spelling
Elsie's life and mine, by heaven I'll
spoil yours, and send you from middle
age to the grave a blue-faced baboon!
| can kill the organism in six hours If
desire
Hear me out" he continued hastily,
as the American made movement. II
d! know well enough that men of your
type look upon love as mere nonsense.
You think that human affection should
be second to human vanity. You are
wrong. | love Elsie and can make her
happy. If you do not consent to our
marriage | VOW to heaven that paper
shall be burned to-nightw
DR.. Henry Bennett now appends F. r.
s. to his name He has no more ardent
admirer than Silas B. Wokes, million
aire, unless it be his pretty wife, Elsie.
| Utica Globe.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03

Roman antiquities. and consequently |
have never bothered much about them
but have always believed that the
backward races had something in them
that was very little understood"
Does Canada treat its Indians better
than the United States does thers2"
well, Canada partly does. and she
partly does not. The people of the
United States have slowly changed
their ideas toward us. There Is scarce
ly respectable home in the United
States without a picture of some cele-
brated Indian chief. The United
States is now proud of its association
with the Indian tribes, but Canada Is
scarcely so. From the point of general
treatment there Is not much to choose
between either country.
"In both places the Indian tribes are
on the increase. There are more In.
dlans in Canada now than there were
when Christopher Columbus first land.
ell in America. The idea that the
backward races must die out is now
exploded. 1t was because people were
trying to shove form of civilization
down our necks which did not suit us.
When we got to the real foundations of
civilization then we began to steadily
increase. In Canada we are all under
the Ontario school system, and from
the education that Indians are getting
today, | maintain that there is big
future before them in every walk of
life.
I'VE shall always maintain our tradl-
tions as a separate race, and we are
taking steps to print the old legends
and traditions. They must never die
out Longfellow's 'Hiawatha' is beau
tiful story, but 1t is not the true Indian
legend. When we print the stories of
our race, we shall give them as they
are, without alteration"
If Mr.. Brant-Sero is an average speci.
men Of the educated Indian, his conten-
tion is decidedly true. Burning Flow.
er" speaks like an educated white man.
and in addition, has the impenetrable
reserve and tremendous energy which
characterizes his race.-London Ex.
press.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03
A DISAPPEARING RIVER.
Stream in Utah Flows Into Enormous
Hole in the Ground.

Hole in the Ground.
f. II. Hitchcock, of Washington, one
of the subchiefs of the Department of
Agriculture, lately returned from a
17,O00-mile trip down the Atlantic
coast, into Mexico up the Pacific coast,
and finally home across the northern
part of the United States.
He was one Of party from the de-
partment on an investigating tour.
They discovered many remarkable
things, he says, but the most astonish-
ing was river which disappears mid
way in its course during the summer
season.
The river is known as the Dry Fork,
in northwestern Utah, a tributary to
Ashley Creek. So far as is known, his
existence of the stream.
About fourteen miles from its source
in the Uinta Mountains the stream
reaches q large basin or sink. whose
walls are from seventy-five to 100 feet
high. The pool is apparently bottom
less and the water in it revolves with
slow. circular motion, caused either
by the incoming flood or by suction
from below. The only visible outlet to
this pool is a narrow rock channel,
from which a little water flows, but
which is soon lost to sight few hun
dred yards below.
A measurement of the main stream
just above the pool showed a volume
of ninety-six cubic feet of water pass
ing each second, but this entire food
disappears in the basin. The stream
bed for miles below is perfectly dry
About seven miles below this inter-
esting pool are several springs, some
times empty sometimes full. 1t is
thought that the water which disap-
pears in the upper pool flows under
ground deep below in the gravels which
form the bed of the stream, says the
New York Times, and In times of rain
fall heavier than usual appears again
in part in the large springs below.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03
Named for Sigsbee

The deepest valley in the Gulf of
Mexico is named "Sigsbee's Deep" af-
ter its discoverer, and the scientific
name of Sigsbeia murrhina is given to
one of the rarest species of deep-sea
fauna 1t was Sigsbee, too, who dis
covered near the Moro light, not far
from the spot where the Maine now
lies, many beautiful specimens Of the
pentacrini. or sea lilies. and who, while
in command of the Blake placed at the
disposal of scientific investigators the
first extensive collection of this ancient
genus. Thus has Captain Sigsbee as
sociated his name with the harbor of
Havana, both by scientific investiga-
tions and by exhibition of the highest
qualities of command. We have the
authority of Prof. Alexander Agassiz
for saying that the success of the sci
entific party on the Blake was largely
due, not only to Captain Sigsbees ca
pacity as a commander and to his ac-
tive interest in scientific investigation,
but to the numerous improvements in
the apparatus for deep-sea dredging
and sounding originating with him.
New York Independent.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03
HIS PERMANENT TITLE.
British NobIeman Surprised to Find
Irishman Something of a knight.

British Nobleman Surprised to Find
1rishman Something of a knight.
A little company of men. among them
Mark Twain and a few of the most
prominent members of the New York
bar We're slipping their after-dinner
coffee at the Lotos Club the other even
ing when Mr.. Clemens, who for few
seconds had relapsed into a reverie,
suddenly drew himself together and
related the following:
Although | could vouch for the au-
thenticity Of this story and might men
ton names, feel little delicate about
toying with titles even in this demo
cratic assemblage. Therefore when
have finished do not consult Burke's
peerage.
"A few days ago scion of the Brit
ish aristocracy paid his first visit to
New York. He was accompanied sim
ply by his valet, and after transport
ing his luggage from the ship engaged
a suite of rooms at a prominent up
town hotel, not above 34th street. As
he had simply taken cursory view of
the city from the cab window he Jared
forth after a hearty dinner to see the
sights. Reaching Broadway, between
oath and 23d streets, he stopped to look
about him, and as each new feature of
the scene struck in upon his attention
he breathed Abr Still gazing he pro-
duced a cigar, and searched in his
pockets for match. Finding none he
crossed over to the entrance of the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, and accosted a
red-haired, rather fashily dressed
young man:
But, me dear man, could trouble
you for bit of fireP The red-haired
individual produced a match and po-
litely offered it to the Englishman, who
soon was putting his cigar with evident
tinued the conversation:
"'Bah Jove! This is a wonderful
city. 'Tis marvellous city. But dye
know. me dear man, that the most i'm
pressive thing to me is the absolute
lack of interest taken in me personal
ity. Now, in dear old Lunnin, dye
know, | couldn't walk a block along
the Strand or even on any byway of
the west end but I'd be saluted: "Ah,
Sir James-a very clever morning." or
the like. 'Twould be the same in Paris,
Berlin and Vienna But here I'm a to-
tai stranger, dye know. 'Tis deuced
queer. Beg pardon, me dear man, but
i forgot. l am Sir James Knolly,
knight Of the Garter. Knight of the
Bath, Knight of the Iron Cross, Knight
Of the Double Eagle, and knight of the
Golden Fleece. On the other side, dye
know, | am a person of consequence.
There was an intense pause, which
Sir James finally interrupted:
"'D'ye mind telling me, my dear
man. what is your name?
'The ed-haired individual addressed
drew himself up to his full height"
said Mr.. Clemens, according to the
New York Times. 'and in a deep, rich
brogue replied:
Me name is John Maginnis, night
before last, night before that, last
night, tonight. an twas an will be
every night plain John Maginnis'"
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03
MONEY AND MICROBES

"a 81 r. SILAS b. WOKES, the cele-
lm brated Chicago millionaire,
ooS thrust his hands into his pock.
cts and planted his feet firmly on the
hearthrug His back was to the fire,
and his face displayed obstinacy.
Il tell, you, Elsie, won't have it''
he snapped. You know my move, and
l don't reckon on being checkmated
by slip of a girl"
But, dad, dear"
"Ta-ta l don't like veneered caress.
es. know l amt very dear to you
just now, because you can't have your
own way. Now, don't cry!" he added,
with the air of a man who was forcing
himself to be bearish. Crocodile tears
are as bad as-as the other thing.
You're my only daughter Elsie-my
trump card, dye see? SO | guess I'm
going TO play that card for all it's worth
and that's title in the family. by my
calculation. A baronet's easy, even
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03

the tent. The sharp eyes Of the lizard
followed every movement with intense
interest
Nothing unusual could be seen, and
the miner lay down again. lie was
scarcely asleep. however, before the
lizard walked him again. and losing pa
tience, he seized the creature and In
the darkness tossed him from the bed
across the tent.
In his involuntary flight the little
animal struck the tentpole with con-
siderable force. and half of his tail
was broken off-a matter of no very
great Importance to n lizard. perhaps.
but still a discouraglng reward for
well-meant warning. Nevertheless,
the MANNED little reptile returned to
the bed, kept close to his master, and
continued restless and excited all the
rest Of the night.
At daybreak, when the tents were
struck. and the bedding rolled up.
ready to be placed on the cart, the mys-
terry was explained. In the scrub and
fern thrown underneath the bedding.
to keep II from the bare ground, huge
tiger snake with several young ones
was discovered
The tiger snake is of n kind much
feared by the colonists, and. like most
snakes, has pronounced odor. which.
no doubt, had made the lizard aware
of its presence. 1t had probably crept
into the tent after the lizard had made
its evening inspection Of the premises.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03

chances on lord, and it amt 10 to l
against an earl-a real. live, belted earl,
Elsie What dye think brought you
to England for? To marry that pale
faced wisk of sawbones?"
II should think, dad" Elsie said, with
her eyes flashing through her tears,
that as I'm your only daughter. your
move might have been to make me
happyr'
Happy? And why shouldn't you be
happyr
DO you think a girl can be h-happy,"
she sobbed, ''if she can't marry the only
man she can ever l-love?"
Lover" he rOared. "DO you dare to
say you love that lemme look -at-your-
tongue puppyg'
He isn't puppy. He's clever-ev-
erybody says so-and do love him! So
there, dadw
Mr.. Wokes swallowed his rising
wrath
Very WELL" he said at length.
you've had your say, Elsie, and now
LII nave mine. l reckon you can choose
your own husband, so long as he's got
handle to his name. l can't say fairer
Than that. But if you marry pestle-
ahd-mortar I'll disown you'll cut you
on without penny! In this matter,
once and for ALL I'm going to have my
wayw
The following day Dr. Henry Bennett
made a formal call and asked the
Anefcan for the hand of Elsie.
i love your daughter Mr. Wokes"
ne said simply, land my income is suf-
hcient to allow of our living in COM
tort, Though not in luxury"
Now. look here, my lad," said the
American with his han. in his pockets
ana ms back to the fire again, Il talked
this over with Elsie yesterday. and
tell you plainly I'm sorry, but it's quite
Impossible. 1 reckon I've other views
concerning her"
"Hlgher views, sir, presume?"
Possibly" said Mr.. Wokes laconi-
cally.
The young DOCTORS face flushed lit.
tie.
IF that is youi final decision sir, u
he said, evidently .ndeavoring to stifie
some sudden emotin which had seized
him, II suppose must bow to It,"
The American grunhed. He could not
help liking the. Straightforward young
fellow.
"Of course" said tn, younger man.
with stiHed smile. 81 s,ould not think
of marrying Elsie witlDut your con
sent; but if you-that Is, II mean II
ever you should give your consent, sir
I suppose you will never again with
draw it?"
'1f ever I consent" said he million
aire, grimly, "I-well, l promise you
won't withdraw It,"
The conversation of the two mel
dropped into ordinary topics. After
while DIR. Bennett arose, and. holding
out his hand, said:
"You will excuse me. l hops Mr.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03
school for soubrettes.

Somewhat like American dramatic
schools, but specialized in accordance
with the German tendency to speciali-
zation in everything. is the school for
soubrettes in Berlin. Here these
sprightly and entertaining persons are
taught everything that belongs to their
art upon the stage. They learn how to
dance, how to make up, how to pose,
how to talk and how to do the myriad
things that make an entertaining and
artistic sOubrette a very valuable fac
tor in the plays and comedies in which
they appear.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03
As Green Saw Grant.

After memorial service in WestmIn-
ster Abbey at which General Grant,
then travelling In England, was pres
ent, Dean Stanley asked John Richard
Green, the historian, to go into the
deanery 1t was to Introduce Mr. Green
to the American general. The presenta-
tion took place. Grant shook hands
and said, "Mr. Green" in u dry voice.
and said no more. This moved the
Englishman to write to friend: II
think Grant seems almost to rival the
man who can be silent in eleven Ian
guages,'" and to tell story of another
taciturn man, Moltke. A young sub
altern found himself put by error Into
the same compartment with the Prus-
sian field-marshal.
Pardon, sirr' said the subalterB,
when he entered, and Pardon, sir!''
when the train stopped, and he could at
last retire.
What an insufferable praterw said
Moltke.
In the course OF the conversation that
afternoon, Dean Stanley talked OF the
ex-President's laying down the scep-
ter" which Green thought hardly
republican phrase, but Lord O'Hagan,
to whom he repeated 1t, promptly said:
Grant must have laid down some
thing; he had no crown to lay down.
and he certainly would not lay down
his pipe"
Grant is a short, square, bourgeois
est draper" is the finishing touch to
this unaffected sketch, which has been
taken from Green's Letters" "Stih
he could take look OF dignity when
one was presented and did not for
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03
WARNED BY a LIZARD.
Miners Pet Received Poor Reward
for It's Trouble, However.

Miners Pet Received Poor Reward
for It's Trouble, However.
Stories OF pet animals which have
rendered some important service to
their masters are not uncommon. One
is apt. however, to associate such SER
vices with creatures of high order of
intelligence, and would hardly expect
a lizard to play the part of monitor;
but the Leisure Hour describes an in
teresting incident of that kind which
happened in Australia.
A gold-digger had tanned a bright.
eyed Australian lizard. which made
his quarters in the miners tent. and
was an object of interest and attention
on the part of all the men in camp.
On the march he made his home In
his masters serge blouse, running up
the arm of the loose garment, or round
the full front above the tight waist
band, as fancy took him. When the
camp was pitched for the night he EN-
ployed himself by making the most
careful inspection of the immediate
surroundings within and without the
tent. He made himself acquainted
with every stone, turf. stump or hole
within what he considered his domain,
eventually retiring with the sun to the
blanket on his masters bed. where he
invariably slept.
On one occasion he became restless
during the night and began to run rap
idly backward and forward over his
masters face, making at the same time
low, splitting noise. like that of an
angry cat. BY this means he at length
aroused the sleeper, who gently pushed
him away several times, speaking
soothingly in the hope of quleting the
excited little creature.
But the lizard would not be soOthed; !;
on the contrary, having attracted at
tention. he continued his rapid move
ments, until at length his master. con-
vinced that something was wrong. got
up. struck a light and looked round
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03
THE VIOLET,

Oh, some may sing of the roses red,
And some OF the lilies pale,
Others may sing o. the daffodil,
And some of the wild flower frail;
But | will sing Of the violet,
The tender violet,
The fragrant violet,
That grows in the dewy vale.
The red. red rose has many a thorn:
The lily is cold as snow,
The daffodil has no sweet perfume.
. And the wild flowers blooms soon 90
But the dearest flower is the violet
!, The sun bathed violet,
The star kissed violet.
That shines VA the mosses grow.
80
All hail the flower we love the best.
The first in the spring we greet;
II modestly smiles wherever we go,
Close down by our hurrying feet,
The sweetest flower is the violet
The purple violet.
The gOd-eyed violet
pemure and pure and sweet.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03
NOT A DYING RACE.
Mohawk Says the Indian Has a Great
Future.

future.
j. o. Brant-Sero, otherwise known as
Ojijatekha, which is Mohawk for
Burning Flower" is a Canadian In
dian who lectured recently at the as
sembly rooms. Longacre. on Indian life
In Canada.
Mr.. Brant-Sero is a full-blooded No
hawk, plus the education of an intellec-
tual white man. He lectured to the
British Association at Glasgow, by spe-
cial request on the manners and GUS
toms of the Mohawk tribes in Canada.
Last night he said to a press repre-
sentative: II started to travel when
l was II years old, and | have been
pretty much over the world since then.
Ny line of study is the backward races.
l don't care much abou: Greek and
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03
Wonderful Dancing Eeat.

A wonderful feat in dancing Is re.
corded from Berlin. At recent ball a
prize of a gold ring was offered to the
lady who waltzed the longest without
stopping. Twelve couples competed.
They began waltzing at 12:30 a. m.
and it was 5:45 a. m. before the winner
and her partner stopped waltzlng. BY
2:2O five couples dropped out, and at
4:15 another lady tainted. Two more
couples dropped out at 4:45 and at 4;5O
only two couples remained on the floor.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03

Don't accumulate too many side is-
sues. Notice, some day, how much
time you devote to side issues that are
not important.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03

A man will be very much interested
in his wife's gossip, and then scold her
for repeating such talk
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03

Man may be made of dust, but hs
doesn't always settle.
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