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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-17
FOR RENT.

STORE FOR RENT-Nice large, new store for rent; 1918 4th avenue. opposite new city hall; also furnished rooms in same building. Snow & Rainbow 11s North 10th street 9-2S-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-17

MT. and Mrs Henry Geissner are at ~home for the winter at 17O7 Seventh ave nue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-17

TYPEWRITER for rent Slater, phone
 a66 6-17-Wed- -fri-au-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-17
BARGAINS FOR SALE.

BARGAINS FOR SALE. $525O-45x140, with three stores. on 2nd ave- nue, near 18th street; renting for S59i per year; this is the best business prop erty bargain in the city; lot is worth more money.
 s9OO0-50x190 9th avenue, near 23rd street. $200O-6-room modern house; on car line; at Woodlawn bath, electric lights. etc.; half cash.
 s11O0-$400 cash, balance long time; house just completed; at Rising station, on new car line to Ensley; 5c fare either way; good well; everything ready to move in; call quick. se5OO-17 lots in city limits at Jonesville; a great bargain; near car line.
 S. E. THOMPSON. Telephcne No 24 22S 21st Street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-17

Mrs. J. M. Mason will entertain the Clionian club Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-17

The Edgewood club will meet Friday afternoon at o'clock with Mrs. M J. Gregg. No. 2714 Avenue F.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-17

MT. and Mrs. F. Erswell left Wednes- day for california, where they will spend a year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-17

In MT and Mrs. R. s. Mungers aut' mobile party from New York to Bostc were MT. E. G. Stevens and Miss Ali' Rumph.
Alaska forum., 1902-10-04
Dat ed, Rampant, July 26th, 1902.

Circle City, Alaska, Aug IS, 1902.
 To Charles Mcdonald: You are hereby notified that have expended $4oo in labor and in- proven cnts upon claims numbers IS and frac- tian of aAn feet between said Is aud 16 above Mining District, Circle Recording District, Dis trict of Alaska, will appear by certificate filed July 2oth Ie12 i'll tue office of the Recorder of Circle Recording District, District of Alaska ill in order to hold said premises under the prov isions Of section 2324, Revised Statutes of the United States, being amount required to hold the se for the years ending December 3Ist, 1899 and December 3rst, 1900. And if within 90 days a..er the notice of this publication, you fii! or refuse to contribute your proportion of said ex- pendeture as co-Owner, such payment to be made at the office of the Notthern Commercial Company at Circle City, Alaska, your interest in said claims will become the property of the subscriber under said section 2324
 Abe Spring attorney. Caspar Ellinger. 1st pub Sept P 1902
Alaska forum., 1902-10-04

To The Independence Mining Co. [Da.id B. Hannah, c. R. Briggs, F. D. Parks, and (. K. Bowman.
 You are hereby notified that have expended $3,6oo ill labor and improve ments onplacer mining claim Nos. g, 20, q, x P above discovery on Big Minook creek all said claims being ill the Rampant mining district, ii order to hold said premises under secsion 2324 U $. Rev. Statutes being the amount required for the years 1898, I89o 19oo 1901, and 1902 inc. and if within ninety days after .he period ofpub lication of this notice, to wit: within ,so ays from the 26th day of July, 1902 You fail refuse to contribute your share of said expenditure, as co-Awners, yonr interests in said claim, ill become the property ofthe subscriber nnder said section 2324
 Clinton DuMire. Dated, Rampant, July 26th, 1902
Alaska forum., 1902-10-04
NOTICE or FORFEITURE.
To Barney Kearn ey:

A You are hereby notified that have expended $1oo iii labor and i'm prove ments on placer mining claim number 2s above discovery on Hoosier creek, Rampant min ing district, District of Alaska, i'll order to hold Statutes, being the amount required for the years 1901 and 1902, and if within ninct, days after the period of ublication of this notice, to 1902 you fail or refuse to contribute your share ofsaid expenditure, as co-owner, your interest in said claim will become the property of the subscriber under said section 2324
 Jack Welsh Rampant, sept. 6, 1902,
Alaska forum., 1902-10-04
Mines And Miners

DUH n1uIuS unAu, oNuL uOWH AOI machinery on tbe Isom. Eppler is coming later.
 Myers & Hammond who had a lay on 17a Hunter creek, will work their own ground on the Hootla mana this winter.
 Geo. G. Belt assumed charge of the N. A. T. station here on Oct. Ben Baker will leave in few days to begin work on his lay on "a Glen. Tufty and Foley will work with him.
 It's reported that Fluga, Fancher and Beach, have struck pay on lower Hootlanana. A dump will be taken o1t this winter It is es- timated that fully one hundred men are now building cabins in that section. Wle, ever a Il ,le hls been b-drocked pay has beep found. Pans running IS hiy I as ee,;llvc been washed out, oa uppsr d,scov- cry. $50, 900 has been offered and refused for this property.
 Call on w. c. Strong next floor to t|e old A. E. building for all kinds of stove or tin work. Stoves made to order.
 A. J. Stoel has purchased the half lot off louie lv-r>o near the recorders office He will erect good building there this fall. Chas. Sdddleman left for the Mike Hess to get down raft of log for thAt purpose.
 For fine watch repairing aud jewe1ry work, call on Falkenberg. See to it.
 A Grand Vaudeville Entertain ment will be given at ]. c. Hall on Monday evening, Get ith, ul1der the management of Conpors, liar rison, and McEwan. Don't forget the date. All are invited.
 The FORUM has just received quantity of large maps of the Ram part Mining District. It is a most accurate map in every respect. We will sell these maps off as long as they last at $2 each. Secure onet
Alaska forum., 1902-10-04

John Murry to Harry Burnett and Frank Heaver H dis Hootlanaua 4b Bl Canyon "a Colorado rob Cariboo Pa Pigeon 5i, l. Butte ga Helena E DHowe to c \ Henaley dis Deadwood WB Armstronr to Joe Kaminski lower TOO if II Rhode i Joe Kaminski to E A Moore ga Rhode '
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-06
Half>Lion, HALF Tiger
Hagenbecks Experiments in Breeding Have Produced
Strange Monster.

Although the possibility of breeding
lion and tiger hybrids in captivity has
long been known, the results of the
experiments have not been very sue
cessful, the animals rarely reaching
to their full size and. development.
More recently Mr.. Hagenbeck has OBJ
tanned some extraordinary results, and
has supplied me with particulars. One
is that of a mature animal which was
born on May II, 1897, and it is now
rather more than five years old. 1t is
a male. It's height across the withers
as it stands erect is As inches, English
measurement. It's length from the
nose to the tip of the tail is 10 feet 2
inches, length which exceeds that
of a full grown lion. In May during
the present year it weighed 220 kilo-
grams, equal to 467 English pounds.
1t is an exceedingly fine, well-grown
animal, showing slightly the stripes
of the tiger, but it is not furnished
with name like lion, and as this
appendage usually appears in the lion
when three years old, it may be pre-
sumed that no name will ever be pres
ent in the hybrid. Mr.. Hagenbeck has
not yet succeeded in rearing any Off
spring from it. This animal is de-
scribed by him as larger in size than
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-06

The fondness of the American In.
dian for masks or false faces is held
by student of Indian lore to prove
that secret societies exist. among the
red men as among the whites. Accord
ing to Iroquois belief, certain spirits,
whose entity is comprehended in ugly
visages, have the power to inflict bod
lily ailments and to cause diseases to
afflict their people. TO counteract.
their evil designs, the ASociety Of the
False Faces is maintained among
the pagan Iroquois, in order to ap-
pease the evil spirits from whom they
take their name, as we'll as to effect
a charm against disease and to cure
others. When a candidate is initiated
into this strange society, the chief
False Face thus addresses him:
brothers, listen! Now you. must
know that we did not make this Gus
tom. The beginning is from Niyoh,
our creator. who is above the false
faces. A member of the False Faces
must go about among the people in
the spring and fall to keep them from
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-06
Queer Rite Of Jews.
How Dwe1lers in American Cities Preserve Symbol
of Desert Wanderings

that the finished succoth Is neat and
attractive There is but little COM
mercial element in the industry. The
employer supplies the wood or the
builder sells it to him at cost, while
for the work of setting it up his price
is nearly always fifty cents Charit-
able Hebrews will often employ two
or three builders and pay each the
same as the rest.
Here during the festival week the
family takes. it's meals and assemblies
every day for prayer. 1t is not at all
unpleasant in fair weather, but when,
as often happens, it rains, the situa-
ton is decidedly uncomfortable. On
rainy day symbolism vanishes, as
rain is practically unknown in the
stony desert where the Israelites
wandered ages ago.
Still more suggestive is the way in
which the prayers are said. Instead
Of kneeling or of clasping the hands,
the one who prays holds a. fruit,
usually a. pomegranate, in one hand
and a bulrush or water reed in the
other. At the end of the prayer each
of these is shaken twice and then
handed over to the next member of
the family. The water reeds are sup
posed to commemorate the finding of
Moses in the bulrushes, and the fruit
the promise of the Lord to give them
a land flowing with milk and honey.
New York Evening Post.
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-06

The oldest industry in the metropo-
finds employment one week of the
year in the Ghetto among the orthO-
dox Jews His WORK is done in the
fortnight which precedes the Feast Of
the Tabernacles and consists in build
ing odd little booths known as suc-
coths' in the back yards of the tene-
ment houses. The feast Of the taber-
nacle is supposed to commemorate
the time during which the children of
Israel wandered in the wilderness,
and probably also their sojourn in
the land of Egypt. During this period
they lived more or less in the open,
which fact is symbolized by the booth
having no roof, or else covering of
evergreens and bu1rushes. According
to another school, the booths repre-
sent the time when the Israelites
came in such numbers that they were
unable to get into the temple, and
SO built temporary shelters around
the sacred edifice.
The succoth should be boxlike in
shape, not less than six feet in height,
six feet long, and four feet wide. 1t
should be made of the cheapest and
flimsiest building material to Indicate
what it represents. Some of the
structures as ramshackle as possible
Others use the poorest materials, but
saw and fit them with so much skill
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-06

any lion or tiger. He speaks of it as
a monster, and. says that the two
young ones, which are now only thir'
teen months old, are larger than any
pure-bred lion or tiger of the same
age, and he thinks If they progress
satisfactorily they will grow to a
greater size than the large male.
The two younger ones, which were
a year old on the 28th of last April,
are both males, and show the tiger
markings rather more distinctly than
the older animal. In addition to pho
tcgraphs of these Mr.. Hagenbeck has
sent me another of two young lion and
tiger hybrids, male and female, born
April 20 in the present year, twelve
months after the others. 1t shows the
two little ones lying across a small
terrier, which has furnished them with
a small supply Of milk, the remainder
being given to them by bottle. The
same terrier was the nurse for the
two larger ones. These animals, thus
bred in what may be termed domesti-
cation, become exceedingly: tame and
docile.-W. B. Tegetemeier, in the
Field.
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-06
BUNDLES IN THE; CAPITAL.

You May Take Them Into the Treas
ury Building, but Not Out Of, 1t.
Among all the departments in
Washington the most strict is the
treasury. A scitizen may carry any.
thing he likes into the treasury build
ing, but when he undertakes to car
ry anything bulky out Of the build,
Ing he is apt to get into trouble If he:
does not explain with readiness.
= A1visitor to- Washington the other
lay carried a fairly large package
into the building. Nobody said a'word
to him about it when he was going
IN, but when he started cut with the
package he%wa held up, made to open
It, and to explain all about himself
and his business. *@'" 5>*.@ =,
! The good sense OF the rule is ap-
parent. At the capitol It IL against
the rules to carry any sort Of a
bundle into the building The fear
lis that somebody VIII carry In q bomb
The rule was never enforced until
the senate took up the Sherman re-
peal bill. At that time the public
mind became 50 mflueneed against:
The delay in the senate fh1t violence
was feared, and the rule ,xEas put into
asettlye operation and en,tinned ;.st Tor y:
some years. s .,.5ss {5s. # 5.
Then il dropped d a out. ]. d sight untiI
he Spanish war excit tenlent came on,
when It was again, enforced md # is
still enforced rather strcnzl al-
though during the last sesston OF
:ongress few cameras we're Allowed
sln the build ding New = Yogk 1Ial and
Exnfass. &.
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-06
TWO MONSTERS OF CHINA.
They Guard Graves Of Former Rulers
of the Fiowery kinqdom.

They Guard Graves of Former Rulers
of the FIowery Kingdom.
The Rev. Frederic Poole, who con-
ducts the Christian leagues mission
in Chinatown, said yesterday: when
I was missionary to- China I visited
the two huge elephants, each 80 feet
in height, and each carved out. of
single block Of stone, that guard the
grave in Hankow of the last of the
Chinese emperors. They are impress
i've and majestic beasts, and are
known to be over 800 years old. How
they were transported to- Hankow no
one can understand, for their. weight
is enormous, and, there is not stone
quarry anywhere near Hankow. The
backs Of the two elephants are round
ed, yet balanced nicely on them lie
hundreds of little stones for there is
a popular Chinese belief that he who
can throw upon one of them stone
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-06
SOME MAINE EATERS
REMARKABLE STORIES OF DOWN,
! ~ =. EAST APPETlTEs. I'll.
Braeins Air Of the Coast Held Re-.
sponsible for Wonderful Perform
ances-coasting Schooner Captain
"No vegetarrier."

The men who do the hard work and
breathe the bracing air of Down East
have never been noted for delicacy
or whimsicality of appetite, but some
recent exhibitions of solid food des-
truction have excited the wonder of
the natives and the positive admira
tion of visitors. The other night a.
tall, gaunt man wandered into Ban
gor, Maine, lunch room, and, after
scanning the bill of fare for some
minutes, hesitatingly asked for some
fried eggs.. He ate what was set be-
fore him and liked it SO well that he
ordered more, then more and more,
and so on until he had consumed six
orders. AS they serve fried eggs In
that lunch room the six orders COM
prised eighteen fried eggs, twelve
slices of bread and six cups of coffee. =
When he had finished, the tall man,
who was from Prince Edward Island
carelessly remarked that he was not
feeling very we'll that night. and as
he didn't fancy the boarding house
grub he had come over to town to-
get something light to tempt his ap-.
petite.
The captain of ,coasting schooner
in the port of Bangor told his cook
to buy roast of beef, some beefsteak
and some sliced ham, together with a
cabbage and other vegetables and
four dozen eggs: The cook did as he
was ordered, and served the roast
beef for dinner The captain ate until
the platter was as bare as Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Spratt could have made
it, and then, looking up expectantly,
asked:
where's all the rest O. that
| truck?"
what truck?" asked the bewilder-
ed cook.
"Steak and other stuff replied the
| captain.
I why, supposed you wanted those
things for supper orr
Supper be d-d!" roared the
skipper "Get something else for
5supper.s Then you buy grub Tor din
ner cook it, and don't be tryin' to
starve7 me to death. I'm no Vegetar=:
rier!".. ,> n,.
Down in Calais they ten of a man
who got, up hungry the other morning
and hunted around for something to
eat. He boiled. and, ate twenty-seven
eggs, and, finding that they were
good, fresh eggs, fried and ate nine
teen more, winding up with quart
Of mixed pickles and seven biscuits.
The smallest sailor man who ever
sailed out of Bangor, Little Johnny
Mills" was famed for his undertook
capacity. One day, on board the
schooner Ruth Darling; he ate his
own dinner and also the share of two
other members Of the crew who had
gone ashore and failed to come back
Then, as he sat on the rail. smoking
his pipe, Johnny" astonished the
cook by remarking: tits poor grub
and little of it ye have aboard o this
one. It's close steerin' a man has to
get a bit an a sup
":Why, Johnny, what more would
you have, on top O that big, billed
linner?" asked the: cook
a "Oh, WE'LL" replied Johnny, as he
rolled his eyes aloft. -Oh, we'll, I'm
thinkin' l could get away right now
with a good hunk o. mutton an q few
lpraties, an a plate O. puddin' an a
bit of a. loaf of rye ad:an'-an' half
Ia gallon o. ale-O-O!" - :. -..
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-06
HAD TO PAY THE PRICE:
Bibliomaniac Married to Secure >;
Rare Volume. 'l.@

M. A! Brisson, the French writer,
relates an anecdote of a! well-known
Frenchman, an: octogenarian, =, who
spent most Of his time in his younger
days in Paris :. hunting up :. valuable
books among the secondhand book
shops: He was q bachelor, andsforc a
::housekaeper~ had an tremely plain
woman, who, however, had caught
from her master the taste for old
books. One day the .housekeeper ap-
peared with parcel Of books wrap
ped IN paper. and asked her master
to look at them. Among the rubbish
was smell volume bound in red
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-06

that will lodge there will have son
for his, next child. So every day lot
of pebbles are hurled, and two or
tt rec out of every hundred stick.
Well, brother missionary was with
m e, and he, for an experiment, threw
al the nearest elephant two stones at
ohce. Both,: for a wonder stuck.
Thereupon my friend turned to me
AID said, with a look of dismay, 4
hi bpe not, Poole" "-Philadelphia Rec
ord
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-06

The youthful Marquis of Blandford
will be, if he lives, the tenth in line
from his distinguished ancestor, John
Churchill, the hero of Blenheim, who
was created the first Duke of Marl-
borough in 1902. Like a number of
future British peers, he is half Ameri-
can.
1t was in November, 1895, that Miss
Consuelo Vanderbilt, daughter of Will
liam X. Vanderbilt, married the ninth
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-06
The False Faces"
Society That Was at One Time Very Popular
Among the Indians,

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sickness, and must visit sick people al
all times when called upon. This is
all have to say.">
In report made to the New York
university in 1852 Lewis H. Morgan
thus describes the workings of this
curious order: '"When any one was
sick with a complaint within the range
of their healing powers, and dreamed
that he saw false face,' this signified
that he would be cured. A feast was
then. prepared, the false faces ap-
peared and marched in Indian file,
each one wearing a mask, and carry
ing a turtle she'll rattle in the hand.
On entering the house of the invalid
they first. stirred the ashes upon the
hearth and then sprinkled hot ashes
over: the patient until his head and
hair were covered, ending with the
sick person marching around the room
with his queer visitors. The mysteri.
Gus callers were then presented with
food, which they took away and: ate
in secret, as. they u never unmasked
themselves before the people. ,.:s.*:
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-06
But All Were Real Ladies,

The Mafeking Mail published this
extraordinary police report concern
Ing a LADY" with her head tied on:
Sophia, Michey and Maggie were
dharged with. casting Katrina to the
ground. on Sunday and beating. her
with fists and, stones. Katrina ap-
peared with her head: tied on, in evil
dence of the damage sustained, and
q jagged piece of rock about five
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-06

inches across, stained all over with
blood, was produced in court and
sworn to as one of the tools used
to open prosecutrix's head, the plan
adopted, according to her evidence.
being two of them holding her down
while the other banged her with a
stone, the husband Of the victim not
interfering as he did not know what
the row was about
, "Dr: w. Hayes, acting district sur.
geon, proved that prosecutrfx
brought him a hole in her head on
the right hand side and a big lump
on the other. After a patient inquiry
Mr.. Green fined Sophia e1, or one
month, and the other two ladies 10
shillings each, or fourteen days."
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-06

Duke of Marlborough. In September,
1897, the first Of the two children of
the duke and duchess was born. His
name was made up out of those of his
father and grandfather and of King
Edward, then Prince of Wales, John
Albert Edward William Spencer
CT 1urchill.
The Prince of Wales was the boys
godfather. AS the heir to the duke
do m he uses the second title of the
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-06

& what have: YOU paid Tor
this?@ the master gasped after look
ing at the title page. :. Thirty sous
for the lot,"' the servant replied But,
my good woman, this book, alone fl
worth 10 0os5Sfrancs!".t the biblio-,
maniac went oh, and the moment
after regretted. the unwise speech.
E.t1'n give YOU 100 francs for it, it''sy' ne
said: But: monsieur said just now
that it was.tworthss !Ooo.ss give
you ,:5OO:" No, $:.ho.s Is q Seven hun:
dred and fifty" But it was no use.
and 4to make q long story short, the
master married ls herain order sto obtain 4
the first edition. ~ d ases5s sss e sss
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-06

family, a title created by Queen Anne
along with. the .dukedom of Marlbor
ough,
The young Marquis of Blandford is
not wanting in American influence
His step grandmother is an American
woman and he has an American grand.
aunt. His younger brother, Lord 1vo1
Charles Spencer Churchill is 3k years
old. Our illustration is from the New
York Press.
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-06

The luve o. the BARN is. the maist
-unselfish in a. the weary warld..
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-06

The fellow who hides his light un.
der a bushel never blows it out. -
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-06

It's too bad that some things seem
too good to be true.
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-06

s4s 'enssa dowg Wilma bite the han
that feeds It. \: !. s =5 + s# h, . @ !,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-05-30

and leave the same night In the
harbor news was received of the St
Pierre disaster, and, lying at anchor,
was all that was left of the Roddam.
All St Lucia was in mourning and
the people were so distracted by the
news from the neighboring island that
it was not until May IL that Capt.
Cantell could obtain coal and pass on
his journey. st. Pierre was passed
at distance of about four miles and
all on board studied the land with
glasses.
THE weather was clear and we had
a fine view" said the captain. but
the old lines of st. Pierre were not
recognizable. Everything was mass
of blue lava, and the formation of
the land itself seemed to have
changed. When we were about eight
miles off the northern end of the is
land Mont Pelee began to belch a
second time. Clouds of smoke and
lava shot into the air and spread over
all the sea, darkening the sun. Our
decks in a few minutes were COW
cred with substance that looked like
sand dyed brown, which smelled like
PHOSPHORUS.
Partial darkness came upon us,
and everybody on board the ship was
badly frightened. After the stories
we had heard and the sights we had
seen at st. Lucia we did not know
but that we ourselves were to be bur.
i L.
another tidal wave, though we were
then ten miles from shore.
"'Crowd on steam,'I whistled to
Chief Engineer Parrish, and he need
ed no urging. Slowly we drew away
through a suffocatinG atmosphere,
foot by foot, yard by yard, and at last
the sun began shining. We had
passed outside the hailstorm of dust
and sand. When I looked at my