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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-15
LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES.
Arrangements and Programme Will
 Soon Be Announced.

May 27 and 2s have been set as the dates for the third annual meeting of the Ala bama League of Municipalities. and the sessions will be held in the city hall in Birmingham.
 Mayor Blackwood of Gadsden. secretary of the organization, will come to Birming- ham within the next few days to confer with the president, Mayor E. B. Joseph of Montgomery, and Mayor W. M. Dren- nen with regard to the arrangements for the meeting and the programme to be fol- lowed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-15
On charae of Burglary.

John Backston, a negro, was arrested last night by Patrol Driver Mingea on a charge of burglary and grand larceny. He Is supposed to be the negro who broke into and robbed the residence of D. D. Ray. at Kingston station. recently. The burglar got some clothing and gro- ceries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-15
THE HUNTER CASE.
No Developments Expected Until su
 preme Court. Hears Appeal.

The attorneys representing William A. Hunter alias William Hunt, charged with being fugitive from justice. and who is now in the county jail, stated yesterday that they did not contemplate mandamus proceedings to ascertain why Sheriff Bur- gin holds Hunter in Jail as he Is not charged with capital offense.
 It is not thought that there will be any more developments in the Hunter case until the Supreme court hears the ap- peal.
 The bills of exceptions in the habeas corpus proceedings were signed in the second division of the City court yester- day. and have been sent to the Supreme court. It is thought the case will be considered by the higher court early in June.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-29
INCL HIRAM Oh cITY LIFE.

UNCLE HIRAM ON CITY LII (.
Yes. its lively in the city where they've
got their 'Iectric lights.
And the people soon have wrinkles from
their stayiu' out o. nights
They've got shows and things 20 keep 'em
from a-gittin' lonesome there
AND they look aH-dred stylish in the costly
clos they wear,
But guess they have their troubles just
the same as me and you,
And l reckon that they're often ruther
worse'n ours, too.
We've got wood piled in the woooshed
that'H last a year er SO,
And there's more out where that come
from and more saplin's still 10 grow,
We amt worried over coal strikes, let the
cold winds blow away;
We can carry In the billets and not have
cent TO pay.
While they're shiverin' up yonder where
they've got so much 10 see
We can heat up fer the babies that the
LORDS sent you and me.
There is always somethin' dom to make
city people sad;
II It amt sausage famine, why you'll hear
the waters bad
When the strikers stop the street cars then
the dickens IS TO pay,
And the people have 20 foot II, gittin'
dubbed along the way,
And the fever epidemics and the smallpox
every year
Keep the city people stewin', and I'm glad
TO live out here.
oh, it's quiet in the country and there's
few uncommon sights
And Gods moon and stars up yonder have
to DO fer 'leetric lights.
But with 'taters f. the cellar and with
wood piled, in the shed
When there's hay stacked In the haymows
fer the stock that must be fed,
They can have their noisy city, with the |
sights up there to see.
And the kind old quiet country will be good |
enough fer me.
s. L. Kiser, in Chicago Record Herald
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-29

EYour husband is a foorwalker In
a department store, isn't he?
Eyes"
Then, why don't you have him get
NJ and walk the floor with the baby
VIXEN she cries2''
Il can't wake him up. When ]
shake him and tell him what's the
matter he mumbles something about
soothing strip in the drug depart
ment three aisles down, and then
goes TO snoring again. - Chicago
Tribune.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-29
PbeIr vindIetiveIessn

"A few years ago, when we had a
spell Of Iiveliness on us said The
landlord of the Pettyville tavern, e
trihe pessimistically, 1--WE tried to get
the insane asylum located here; but
Rustletown beat our best efforts and
secured the institution. However,
our people are not resentful, and the
fact that the asylum didn't come to
Pettyyille don't prevent some Of us
Pettyvllains from goin' to the
asylum, once in awhile. Puck.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-29
A Card.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree tc
refund the money on 50-cent bottle oil
Greene's Warranted Syrup of tar il it fails
to cure your cough or cold. We also guar
antee 25-cent bottle to prove satisfactory
OF money refunded.
II. G. Allen, Randolph.
j. w. Fargo, Randolph Center.
j. w. Parmenter, Brookfield.
f. g. Bachelor, West Braintree.
+. ]. Clafiin, Braintree.
W. II. Sprague. East Brookfield.
A. G. 0sgood, East Randolph.
L. J. Prince, South Randolph.
ID. l.. Nichols, Roxbury.
G. A. Tilden. Roxbury.
Drew q Leonard. Randolph.
r. r. Bryan, Randolph.
G. H. Bigelow & Son. East Brookfield.
Mrs. r. G. Morton, Randolph.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-29
what Ping-Pong Is like.

"Ping-pong" said the lady in the
golfng skirt, sis just like golf"
ut is just like tennis declared HE
lady in the linen suit.
You're both wrong" observed the
heayyset gentleman who was wiping
his brow and breathing with evident
effort Its just like hard work -
indianapolis News.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-29

allow do you get the reputation Of
being So much richer than you ?"
asked the intimate friend.
Every easily. wear my old clothes
a long as possible and never admit
that I have any money that ! could
lend People take it for granted that
] must be prosperous Washington
Star.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-29
At Home All Day.
Y meenest lion. woman?"

"Why weepest thou, woman|
''My lord will be buried this day."
"My wife was buried yesterday. To-
morrow l must get me another"
Whereupon the widow shook the
ashes from her shining hair, dried heI
eyes, and, looking into the face Of the
widower, smiled.
81 viii be at home tomorrow all
daY.n She said.-Smart Set.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-29
why Lot Went.

Lot, upon being notified that his wife
had turned to salt, was observed to
shed tears.
why in blazes couldn't she have
turned TO coal?" he muttered angrily.
But this vision Of a sudden fortune
having been speedily shattered, he re-
sumed his cary march onward.-N. Y.
Times.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-29

Kansas is show mad this year. Near
" every town is holding a street fair.
a carnival, or something Of that sort.
1t is said that the demand is so great
that the snake-eaters can't get snakes
enough, and that the fat woman has
become positively thin from the rush
and hurry of keeping her appoint
mentS.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-29

'You gave that peeler a whole lot o.
wrong clews. What did you do it for?"
asked Bill de burglar. "You hadn I
nothing to gain by it."
81 know it," said Muggsy de crook.
TITS a heap O. satisfaction to outlie a
detective. Chicago Tribune.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-29

Reginald-Ah. Maudie, when we are
married therel be no more Of those
lonely nights when used to sit and
sew on my own buttons.
Maudie-No, darling; I'll be right
there by your side to thread your
needles for you.-N. Y. journal
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-29

Mrs. Fimly-You say Mrs. Noodle
Is a fool
Mrs. Bimly-Fool? Why that won.
an will go to a church fair and &c
home with the idea that her invest
ments were all bargains.-Town Top.
les.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-29
NEVERSLIP CALKS.

Neverslip calks are made and
used for the purpose Of giving
a horse a secure foothold on icy
and slippery streets, Hill climb
ing or any work requiring per-
feet footing, the particular merit
lying in the fact that your sheer
can remove an old set and insert
a new one in a few minutes
without the loss Of time former
ly consumed by removing shoes
and rough sharpening. With
the Neverslip you always have
sharp horse and are always
ready and safe for any kind of
driving.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-29

Since poets are born and not made,
The world might be far less forlOrn
If some OF them only had staid
Not only unmade, but unborn.
Catholic Standard and Times.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-29
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mont 81. Boston. Mass.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-29
Things We
Like Best
Often Disagree With Us

Because we overeat OF them. Indi.
gestion follows. But there's way to
escape such consequences. A dose of q
good digestant like Kodol villa relive you
ct once. Your stomach is simply too
weak to digest what you eat. That's all
indigestion is. Kodol digests the food
without the stomach's aid. Thus the
stomach rests while the body is strength
sned by wholesome food. Dieting is I'M
necessary. Kodol digests any kind OF
good food. Strengthens and invigorates,
kodol Makes
Rich Red Blood.
Prepared only by Z. O. DEWITT a Co, Chicago.
The q bottle contains21s times the SOC. siEel
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-29
Can't Stand 1t.

Mr.. ]. r. IT. Townsend, Of Townsend
Bros, carriage manufacturers, Of ~ Jeffer.
son street, Beddeford. Ne, says I'VE used
Doan's Kidney pills IN our family, and
found them a most valuable remedy. There
are so many useless remedies on the market
that when one is found which experience
proves does what Is claimed for IL, II Is a
pleasure 20 endorse that preparation. /
procured D0an's Kidney Pills az John Ber-
rvs drug store, under Hotel Thacher, and
the satisfactory results obtained warrants
me In making the above statement"
Doan's Kidney Pills sold at all drug
stores; 80 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buff
falo N. y.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-29

Prepared only by Z. O. DEWITT 4 Co, Chicago
The q bottle contains ~ times the SOC. slEe.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-06
Instinct in Birds.

A flock of English sparrows disap- peared for day or two while spar row hawk frequented a tree near a correspondents house, but they showed no fear of crows whereabouts, and they fraternize with robins. ''How do they know their enemy?" the correspondent asks. For countless generations their progenitors knew the sparrow hawk of Europe as foe, and were on friendly familiarity with crows, even occupying old nests of these sable birds.
 But new experience would be sufd- cient. Animals quickly form associa- tions and these are transmitted as in- .stincts. A few years ago the Revue Scientifique gave an instance of the t'form ation of an instinct" A flock Of geese were badly frightened by curi- ouE dog, while entering their night in- closure at twilight. Ever after those geese and their descendants exhibited the same fright at the same place and hour, though the dog attack was never repeated. Quick and lasting associa- tions far surpassing those of man and better than reason for animals, are the wonderful endowment often mistaken for animal ntelligence.-Americ h. ventor.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-06
CELTIC TREASURE ROMANCE.
PrehistOric Relies in the British Mn Seum That Are Wanted by the
 Dublin Academy.

An attempt to dispossess the Brit ish museum of certain Celtic orna- ments which they recently acquired will be made, says the London Ex- press.
 The disputed articles in this extraor- dinary case which the treasury brings against a state institution consist of half dozen beautiful examples of Gel tic work in gold, including 3 massive bowl, a model of a war galleon fitted with seats, rowlocks and oars, and a wonderful collar of twisted gold wire such as was worn by the kings and leaders of men nearly 2,ooo years ago.
 These had lain buried for centuries in the northwest of Ireland when a. farm laborer turned them up while blowing in 1896. They passed from hand to hand, until theBritish museum bought them for g 600.
 On these relics the Irish academy in Dublin asserts that 1t has first claim. but whatever the means of possession the British museum cannot dispose of any acquisition, unless it be a dupli- cate, except by act of parliament
 The British museum declares the articles are treasure trove. The Irish academy declares they are not. Even if they are not treasure trove, rejoins the museum, they are not necessarily Irish. It is quite possible that they were carried back to Ireland by 8 pre- historic freebooter after one of his periodical pillagings of Saxon cas- ties.
 Finally, a parliamentary committee advised treasury action.
 In the meantime the Irish academy is pauper compared with the British museum, and complains that the lat ter competes unfairly with it. What ever the outcome of the pending trial, policy of sympathetic cooperation between the museum authorities of England, Ireland and Scotland is likely to be enforced by the government.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-06
HINTS ON JELLY MAKING.
""o oAts or Information Intended for the Progressive Young
 HOusekeeper

The secret of successful jelly making lies in the careful observation of. a few simple directions which must be fol- lowed exactly or the jelly will be cloudy, ropy and thin. In the first place, use only perfect fruit and fine granulated sugar. Over-ripe fruit and cheap grade sugar will never make good jelly, says Good Housekeeping. The kind of bags used for straining the juice Is another important point. Three kinds are needed, made of mos- quito netting, cheesec1oth and fam nel. The mosquito net should be doubled, cut in a square of about 15 inches, then stitched on the machine into 8 three-cornered bag with a double seam and turned-in edges. A strong tape should be fastened to each side to form loop across the ton. The cheesecloth may be cut into squares and trimmed or made into tri- angular-shaped bags, and the flannel "a 50-cent quality-shouId be tri- angular in shape, and hemmed with double sea ms. Use porcelain lined or granite ware kettle, which is lighter and easier to handle than the old-fash- toned preserving kettle, quart meas ure, cup. strainer, two good-sized china pitchers, wooden spoon and wooden potato masher and scales for weighing the sugar. The jelly glasses should be washed, dried and placed on a convenient shelf or table, in rows, all ready for the hot jelly. Good strong kitchen tumblers, costing two or three cents apiece, make satis- factory jelly glasses. Tin covered tumblers have proved troublesome in my experience, as the tops corrode, are hard to remove from the glasses, and often the jelly has molded underneath the tin. Where jelly is to be packed and sent distance, tin covers are de- sirabIe. otherwise paper cover is bet ter.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-06
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

When a British ambassador Is ap- pointed to France he is allowed $20, ,0oo for outfit.
 Ham burg and Bremen together have s4 per cent. (55 and 2s) of Germany's steamship traffic. ,
 The Egyptian pyramids cannot vie in size of stones with the ruins at Baal- bee in Syria. The stones of the latter are 60 feet long and 20 feet square.
 The German emperor has more serv- ants in his employ than any other mon arch. Altogether they number over 5000, about two-thirds of them being women.
 A German book of etiquette dated 154o has these among it's rules: 'Do not use your thumb to spread the but ter on your bread;" When you drink, raise the cup with both hands," "Do not suck the marrow out of bones, or gnaw them like a. dog;" Do not drink the soup from the plate."
 Not long ago when King Alfonso was shooting in the royal park, known as ''El Paras," he was arrested by two igendarmes for violation of the close season. The king's attendants were indignant, but Alfonso, acknowledg- ing that the gendarmes were in the right, handed over his bejeweled shot gun and announced his readiness to pay the statutory fine.
 Justin Mccarthy once wrote the fol- lowing about the first appearance in parliament of Joseph Chamberlain, who is now occupying such general at- tention: Judging from his political speeches, the tories had set him down as wild republican, and they expect ed to see rough and shaggy man, dressed with an uncouth disregard for the ways of society, a sort of Birming ham orson, who would probably scowi fercely at his opponents in the house and would deliver his opinions in tones of thunder. The man who rose to ad- dress the house was Q pale, slender, delicate-looking and closely shaven parsonage, very neatly dressed, with short and carefully brushed hair and wearing a dainty eyeglass constantly fixed in his eye. He looks like g. ladies doctor one stout tory murmured. Seems like the model of head clerk at west end draper's,' observed an- other. Certainly there was nothing of the Orson about this well-dressed, well-groomed representative of the Birmingham democracy"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-06

lstwoMAN, HAVE I BECOME DRIvEnINa
 IDIoTp"
 found in old pastures or clearings in the forest. The little girl spoken of was probably on her knees on the ground"
 "Your recollectfons don't amount to putty. was gathering May apples before you were born. They grow on trees, and you will generally find three or four trees together. Didn't fall out Of May apple tree when I was twelve years old and break my legT'
 Mrs. Bowser should have dropped the subject right there and let MT. Bowser go on hugging his deiusion, but she didn't. She was impolite enough to say:
 My dear. you are thinking of thorn apples or crab apples or something else. May apples certainly grow on vines, something like strawberry vines, I gathered them hundred times as a girl"
 Thorn appIesl Grab apples!'' shout led MT. Bowser as he rose to his feet with his face growing red. "Woman.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-06
THE ISLAND OF GUAM.
Climate, People, Etc, of This Far OR Laad of UneIe Sam's.

An interesting account of the towns, people and conditions of the island of Guam will be found in the following taken from letter by Massachusetts boy to the Boston Globe:
 The island of Guam is only about 2s miles long and from to IS miles wide. It is approximately 5000 miles from San Francisco and 1,5oO miles from Manila.
 There is really no dry season in Guam; never a day passes without shower. As Guam is unprotected on all sides, it receives the full benefit of every little shower that rises over the water. It also receives, on all sides. the cool sea breezes; and, for this req son, Guam is much cooler than Manila, which is farther north.
 The thermometer ranges between "A and Ss degrees Fahrenheit. At noon when the sun is directly overhead the reflection is very glaring, compelling one to wear a wide trimmed hat or to carry an umbrella. Fortunately the nights are all exceptionally cool, so cool, in fact, that one is often obliged to sleep under blanket.
 The island is volcanic in origin, and is all hills and dales. Like most of the islands in these waters, it is surround ed by a coral reef. The soil is not very productive, but if the natives only had some American agricultural imple- ments, it could be made to produce great deal more than it does at pres ent. Guam boasts of one American blow,
 Outside of town, the natives all own small tracts of land, which they call their ranches" These 'sranchos" are not as pretentious as the name would imply, but are actually nothing but mere garden plots. Here the Chamorro raises corn, yams, sweet po- tatoes in several varieties, bananas and one or two other tropical fruits. He also raises quite few pigs; in fact, pigs are almost as plentiful in Guam as children.
 The island is covered with brush, and there is some little bamboo, also. There are several varieties of hard wood, but not a large amount. These woods are so very hard that it is i'm possible to drive nails into them; and, as 1t takes so long to work them, do not make good building material.
 There are several towns on the is land, but Agana is by far the largest, as the following list will show;
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-06
British Honduras.

One of the least known, most thin1y populated, and altogether insignificant portions of the British empire is Brit ish Honduras, south of Yucatan. With an area of 7,5oo square miles, a soil of unsurpassed fertility, an equable climate and unlimited natu- ral resources, it con tains population of only 2sooo, nearly all crowded into the towns of Belize and Corosal, and a few scattered Carib and Indian vil- lages. Four-fifths of the entire area of the colony is owned by few great English land companies, one London corporation alone owning l,5o4000 acres. Chicago Post.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-06

have become driveling idtot2 Don't I know enough to go out to the gate and back? Tn one hour can show you a hundred trees loaded with May ap- ples, but you wouldn't know lem from cocoanuts or pumpkins"
 The family cat purred and the fam lily clock ticked, and there was an in- terval of suspense. Then Mrs. Bowser said:
 Perhaps am mistaken; so let us say no more about 1t. Did you see about the oilcioth for the kitchen table today?"
 Don't try to oilcloth me- he sulkily @1etorted- You have made certain statements here. I want you to prove them or apologize. may be in my dotage, and perhaps don't know a washing machine from bobtailed dog, but am going to have this May apple question settled before I sleep. Do they grow oza vines or treesT'
 What do we care where they grow? They are nothing to us."
 tThey are everything to us, and care if you don't. I want an answer to my question"
 ''Let it go tonight"
 ssNever! I want to know whether I iam the biggest jackass in America or still have some sense in my head. Is t vines or trees?'
 Mrs. Bowser had walked into the trap and must take the consequences, but when driven to 1t she replied that May apples grew. on vines. and she could prove it.
 ''Now let me tell you something,' 7 said Mr. Bowser after a long glare al her. a0ne of us doesn't know enough to pound sand. If it turns out to be me then I'll go to the idiot asylum tomor-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-06
Copyright. 1903, by c. B. Lewis.1

~AY Y George" exclaimed MT.
 Bowser as he sat smoking O and reading one evening in
 May, "but when read such items as this wonder if the writer is a fool or a lunaticr'
 'What is it2" naturally asked Mrs. 'Bowser.
 "Why, it says that a little girl in Ohio who was gathering May apples in the woods put her hand on snake and went into fits and 6ied of fright" "WelI7"
 'sWell, in the first place, May apples do not grow in the woods, and in the next the snakes of the United States do not climb trees. If the girl was after the fruit she was up a tree, and if she had fit she would have fallen It is a wonder that such asinine items are allowed in print"
 s'Did you ever see May apples grow ing on treesT' quietly asked Mrs. Bow ser.
 tsWhere else did ever see them growing? Of course they grow on trees: Do you imagine they roost on picket fences?'
 My recollection Of them is that they grow on vines, and they are generally