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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19
IMPORTANT MEETING TO
 DISCUSS MOSQUITOES

appliances for destroying them; and for
 continuing the sufferings which they pro-
 duce also reproducing great swarms of
 winged and armed demons for every one
 that may be slain in self defense.
 "The defenders being without the least redeeming quality the grand jury is asked to present them and their acts to the court of justice without mercy and to recommend that they at once be tried and found guilty and turned over to the National Mosquito Determination society for execution"
 This action being approved by the so- ciety, MT. Moss was directed to make the arrests It is the object of the con vention to disseminate learning on the subject of mosquitoes. Spencer Miller of
 South Orange said that while the Ano- phelian Confession of Faith was rather cumbersome, this brief statement might be adopted
 There are fifty varieties of mosquitoes. They have different habits, some being domestic and others migratory.
 Domestic mosquitoes breed in stagnant fresh water.
 Migratory mosquitoes breed in salt marshes and seldom enter houses. All migratory mosquitoes fly great dis tances.
 The Anopheles or malarial mosquito seldom goes more than six hundred yards from its birthplace. Mosquitoes attain their growth in one day and female lays eggs in three days after she is born. The insects al- though they are harbored in long grass, do not breed there.
 Mosquitoes live more than a day, of ten individuals survive the winter, and they bite more than once
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19
D'ARTAGNAN'S RIDE.

By Gouverneur Morris. Fifty leagues. fifty leagues-and I ride,
 and l ride Fifty leagues as the black crow flies. None of the three are by my side The bay horse reels. and the bay horse
 dies But I ride, and I ride To Callice We were four, we were four-and I ride,
 and 1 ride We were four, but Porthos lies God knows where by the highway side The roan horse reels, and the roan horse
 dies But I ride, and I ride To Calllce. We were three, we we, three-and
 ride. and I ride We were three, but Aramis lies Pugeoned and bound and thrown aside The dun horse reels. and the dun horse
 dies But I ride, and I ride To Calico. We were two, we were two, and ride,
 and ride We were two, but Athos lies With a lead-crushed rib and a steel-torn
 side The black horse reels. and the black
 horse dies But I ride, and I ride To Callice. All alone. all alone-and I ride, and l
 ride All alone. and an ambush lies God knowns where by the highway
 side The gray horse reels, and the gray horse
 dies But I ride. and l ride To Callice. Yes-I ride and I ride and ride and
 rida But I ride. and ride To Callice.
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Business Prosperity.

Henry Clews in his Saturday letter says:
 Tn spite of reactions the stock mar ket shows an improved undertone. Liqui- dation during the past two weeks has thoroughly tested the weak spots, and the position of the market has been ma terially strengthened in consequence. Sensational attacks recently made upon the market appear to be losing their force. having served the useful purpose of checking reckless speculation and cre- ating more healthy division of opinion.
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Children Disappointed.

T believe that nature has been trying her best the past week to tantalize the children" said the father of several little tots.
 'The other morning I was awakened an hour earlier than usual by my sons desire to inform me that 1t was showing. I looked out, and sure enough a few flakes were falling. but soon the sun came out and all prospects of snow van ished. I think 1t has showed or sleeted every day for a week. and I have never seen childrens' hopes rise so high, only to fall when 1t was seen that the snow would not stick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19
TO ADVANCE SOUTHERN CITIES

From the Manufacturers Record
 Business men of St. Louis, anxious that their city shall reap the benefits of what they have already done through the ex- position just closed, are planning for the the Million Club" with the general ob- ject of bringing the population of St. Louis up to 100000 and advancing pro- portionately It's industrial and commer- cial interests. The board of trade of Little Rock, Ark, has begun to hold stated meetings for the furtherance of spirit that will insist that all enterprises such as railroad extension, hotel building sewer construction electric railway building, lighting and heating. shall be undertaken upon a scale that will allow for the growth of the citys population to 100000 within the next few years.
 Mir. Fred Muller, secretary and treas urer of the board of trade of New Orleans has sketched a plan, somewhat similar to that of the Commercial club of Birming- ham, Ala, to establish a guarantee fund to encourage the establishment of fac tories in the city. Another suggestion on the same line is the formation of a s5,0oo,000 corporation, in which all the city's important interests shall be repre- scented, to furnish financial cooperation and moral support by investing in stocks and bonds of manufacturing companies desiring to locate there. Upon some such lines the Progressive union of New Or leans has been agitating for two or three years, and Texas cities such as Hous- ton, Dallas, Beaumont. and Galveston. are considering similar propositions. These are manifestations of very heal thy frame of mind promising, with per sistence, to advance a number of i'm portant southern commuInties.
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cbrlstmaa Turkeys Disappear.

John S. Jemison is mourning the loss of four fat juicy turkeys and coop,' said a citizen of South Highlands yesterday. Saturday MT. Jemison received four fine turkeys from his farm in Chambers county. He placed them in coop in order to allow them to get rested from their trip before having them killed for Christmas. Last night both, the turkeys and the coop, disappeared.
 "As the turkeys were of choice Chambers county variety, having been raised with special care by one of MT. Jemisons tenants, the loss is we'll nigh irreparabie."
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recommend her friends to build spinal stairway for the use of the servants hall? Everybody knows what she means. and does not carry the town around in her pocket? What if another. whose pedigree is as abbreviated as the skirts of little Nan Eddicoat of our nursery rhyme, does announce publicly:
 "The department clerks have no busi- ness to ciamor so about their extra half hour. It puts notions into all the ser wants heads. Why, my butler is demand ing an hour off at noon!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19
NEW LIGHTS IN WASHINGTON.

By Marie Columbia, in the January De-
 lineator.
 Our new Washington. with it's brand new smart set its millions it's follies. it's good nature and it's diplomatic corps. may nowadays be fairly considered a worthy rival of its sister city of Gotham. for has it not it's vanderbilts its Astors, its Goelets, and it's Four Hundred?
 What boots it that one smart leader of the town is built somewhat upon the lines of Mrs. Malaprop? What if she does
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19
PERTINENT QUERY.

From the Chicago News.
 Applicant-Oi understand yes air af- ther wantin a nurse gir-rul. mann.
 Lady-Yes. I want a good girl capable of looking after the twins.
 Applcant-Twins is it? An air tn both av thim yourn mann?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

Advertiser ran amuck recently and wrote column criticism on "The Light of Asia which was intended for a dramatic Jewel of Asia"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

The Indiana legislature is about to pass a law to prevent fools from marry ing. They need law in Oberlin, O., to prevent fools from forklng over when a charming female is doing the hold-up
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The streets of Boston were not covered with gore, and Colonel Bnl goes back to the metropolis with a shrunken reputa- ton as a bad man artist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

Roy Knabenschue, the airshlp admiral. says it Is hard to realize that one is The sensation is probably very pronounce ed when one begins to fall.
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When Bill Greene says he lost a million dollars, he simply means the Wall Street tags on his watered copper stocks had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

In the cheery Yule tidings we are told that the public will fill pr. Harper's stocking. The public will, however, act via the customary Standard oil route.
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Montgomery has discovered a poker game and thinks she has been invaded by all the gamblers from Birmingham and Atlanta.
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Hereafter District Attorney Jerome will first investigate his detectives before he investigates any gambling charges.
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sNIpE LIGHTS ON HISTORY.

From the Chicago Journal. Samson had just slaughtered few hundred thousand Philistines with the jawbone of an ass.
 There" he said. as he wiped his brow, T guess that will stand as the record till Tom Lawson gets after Wall street"
 So saying, he settled down and waited for the call of Next
 When Columbus reached the island of Haiti on his second voyage he observed that the natives used crude rubber as a medium of exchange.
 ''These people," he wrote in his diary. 'are so highly civilized that they possess an elastic currency"
 Which was intensely interesting to the financiers of effete Europe.
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Mrs Chadwick says she never received e-shonest dollar. Neither did John D. Rockefeller, if you let him tell the story.
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Chicago boasts a great orchestral hall built by popular subscription. Theodore Thomas inspired the Chicagoans to do 1t.
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Washington claims to have the worlds oldest thief. The worlds first thief has been dead for some time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

It appears that the Mormons originat- ed the union suit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

There has been no hazing in the eleoto- raj college since 1877.
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At least Amalgamated Copper has been well advertised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

Cassies favorite song is "All I want is Fifty Million Dollars"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

Bill Greene should be called on to pro- duce his commissions as colonel and as the bad man from Arizona.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

Along with its other advantages. the new Seaboard line between Birmingham and Atlanta is a scenic route.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

Colonel Lawson is great ad. writer. and Colonel Greene is a great cutter of notches on his gun stock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

The snake editors of the national press are now taking life easy There is dearth of copy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

Dr. Harper is the only person who can work Rockefeller for millions. He outranks even Mrs. Chadwick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

Papa is the most popular member of of the family as Christmas approaches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

There is fear that even President Roosevelt has turned turtle on the tariff
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

In the cheery Yule tidings we are told that the public will fill Dr. Harpers stocking. The public will, however. act via the customary Standard oil route.
 -s- The streets of Boston were not covered with gore, and Colonel Bill goes back to the metropolis with a shrunken reputa- ton as a bad man artist. Montgomery has discovered a poker game and thinks she has been invaded by all the gamblers from Birmingham and Atlanta.
  The snake editors of the national press are now taking life easy. There is dearth of copy
  The thoughtful northern wife will pre- sent her husband at Christmas time with snow shovel John D. Rockefeller would probably like to get a suit Of hair as a Christ iiieS pitStuls
 --@-.s---- Vulcan would look well as sentinel at the Golden Gate but he would get very aomesick
 Atlanta is almost as wintry as Boston with no Bill Greene to relieve the sit uation.
  A rest would be acceptable to Wall street just now. Mrs. Chadwick is now leading the sim pie life - - No one has any sympathy for the oyster
 People who held their cotton are now holding the bag. Royal Copper" Is going out of fashion.
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Mrs. Chadwick could find no such word as bail in her pocket dictionary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

There may be other judges who are indulging in small expense accounts.
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Nan Patterson deserves to secure her acquittal in her Christmas stocking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

There is no complaint to make of Pro- phet Dowie as a fnancier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

One advantage of the subway is that 1t does not accumulate any snow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

The thoughtful northern wife will pre- sent her husband at Christmas time with 2 snow shovel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

MT. Carnegie has the Ohadwickian com plaint which he calls lumbago.
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In these Chadwicl<ian days neither , borrower nor a lender be.
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St Louis has probably had enough en- tertaining to last for a while
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Santa Claus will not distribute notes signed by Andrew Carnegie.
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In high feenance the First Apostle has Cassie Chadwick beat a block.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

The Christmas problem is greater than the race problem at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

John D. Rockefeller would probably like to get a suit Of hair as Christ mas present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

Vulcan would look well as sentinel at the Golden Gate but he would get very aomesick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

Atlanta is almost as wintry as Boston with no Bill Greene to relieve the sit l nation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

L. II. Russ and J. H. Caffee are the only authorized travelling representatives of The Age-Herald in its circulation de- partment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19
COL. BlLLUPs' ERROR.

Royal Copper" Is going out of fashion
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No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

Washington Bureau Age-Heralc. 142l c Street, N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

MT. and Mrs. Walter G. Cleveland of New Orleans will spend the holidays with Mrs. R. H. sterrett, No. 1124 South Twentieth street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-19

Washington claims to have the worlds oldest thief The worlds first thief has been dead for some time. Colonel Lawson is a great ad. writer, and Colonel Greene is a great cutter of notches on his gun stock. There is fear that even President 1 Roosevelt has turned turtle on the tariff. | l Papa is the most popular member of of the family as Christmas approaches Nan Patterson deserves to secure her acquittal in her Christmas stocking.
  There may be other judges who are indulging in small expense accounts.
 
 One advantage of the subway is that fl does not accumulate any snow,  Mrs Chadwick could find no such word as bail in her pocket dictionary.
  MT. Carnegie has the ohadwickian com plaint which he calls lumbago.
 -----s------------ St Louis has probably had enough en- tertaining to last for a while.
  In high feenance the First Apostle has Cassie Chadwick beat a block. 
 The Christmas problem is greater than the race problem at present.
  Santa Claus will not distribute notes eigpad hv Andrauv Carpag;a In these Chadwickian days neither a borrower nor a lender be. There is no complaint to make of Pro- phet Dowie as a financier.  Cassie's favorite song is "All l want is Fifty Million Dollars
  There has been no hazing in the electo- ral college since 1877. It appears that the Mormons originat- ed the union suit.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-20
7 H E
KINGS

state secrets, Davie. and there is where
a king has an advantage over the COM
nloner. Some while ago the French
ambassador offered me a subsidy Now
am not so avaricious as my grand
father, nor so lavish as my father, and
told the ambassador that I would
depend on Scottish gold. / acquainted
him with the success OF nv German
miners in extracting gold from Lead
hills in the Clydesdale, and 1 showed
him my newly coined pieces. He was
so condescendingly pleased and inter-
ested that he begged the privilege Of
having his own bars of metal coined
IN my mint. in order TO disburse his
expenses in the coin Of the realm, and
also to send some of our bonnet pieces
as specimens TO France itself This
right of cOinage~I willingly bestowed
upon him; firstly. because he asked il;
secondly. ] was glad to have some ac-
count of his expenditure. When
came IN just now I examined these
coins closely. and you imagined that
was suspicious of the purity of the
metal. This was not so. 1 told my
mint master 20 coin all the bars the.
ambassador gave him, TO keep a strict
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for their return, while the necromancer
did everything to gain time. At last
there came an experiment which failed
entirely; no gold was produced in the
crucible. The alchemist begged for a
pOstDOnement, bat swords flashed forth
and he was compelled on the spot to
renew his incarnation. If gold could
be made on one occasion, why not on
another? cried the barons, with some
show of reason. The conjurer had con-
jured up a demon he could not con-
trol-the demon OF greed.
The only man about the court who
seemed to know nothing of what was
going forward was the king himself.
The French ambassador narrowly
watched his actions, but James was the
same free-hearted, jOvial. pleasure
seeking monarch he had always been.
He hunted and earoused, and was the
life Of any party of pleasure which sal
lied forth from, the castle. He disap-
peared now and then. as was his Gus
tom. and could not be found, although
his mobiles winked at one another while
the perturbed French ambassador
looked anXiously for the treasure ship
that never came.
At last the mobiles, who, in spite Of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-20
By
Robert
Barr

the Frenchman. seeing his continued
hesitation. said sharply:
you have heard his majesty's CON-
mands; get on your paraphernalia."
There" he said. indicating a spot
Oh the brow of the precipice. you could
not hnd IN all Scotland a better van.
taee point for a flight"
The terrified man stood for a moment
on the verge of the appalling precipice;
then he gave utterance to a remark
able pronOuncement, the import oi
which was perhaps misunderstood be.
cause of the chattering of his teeth.
''Oh, not here, your majesty Forgive
me. and l Will confess everything. The
gold which I pretended to"
Fly. you fool" cried the French am
bassadOr, pushing the Italian suddenly
between the shoulders and launching
him into space. With a wild scream
Farini endeavored TO support himself
with his gauze-;ike wings, and for
moment seemed to hover in midair; but
the framework cracked and the victim,
whirling head over heels, fell like
plummet TO the bottom of the cliff.
i fear you nave been too impetuoua
with him. said the king, severely, al
though as his majesty glanced at Sir
David LINDSAY the faint suspicion Of
a wink mOmentarily obscured his eye
q temporary yelling OF the royal refulg-
ence which passed unnOticed. as every
one else was glazing over the cliff az
the mOtiCnless form of the fallen man.
Il am to blame. sire" replied the
ambassador contritely. but 7 think
the villain is an impostOr and I could
not bear to see your royal indulgence
trihed with However. I am willing
to make amends for my imprudence,
and if the scoundrel lives I shall at my
own expense. transport him instantly 70
France, where hS shall have the at
tendance of the best surgeons the coun-
try affords"
That is very generous Of you" re-
piled the king.
And the ambassador. craving perniE-
sion to retire. FASTENED 10 translate his
benevOlence into action.
Farini was still unconscious when the
ambassador and his attendants reached
him, but the French nobleman proved
as good as his word, for he had the
injured man, whose thigh bone waa
broken, conveyed in a litter to Leith,
and from there shipped to France. But
it was many a day before the Scottish
mobiles ceased to deplore the untimely
departure of their gold maker.
Copyright by Robert Barr.)
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and appeared before James dressed so
berry He confessed that he knew the
secret of extracting gold from ordinary
soil. but submitted that he was not a
Scottish citizen, and therefore could
not properly be coerced by the Scottish
laws so long as he infringed none Of
the statutes. The king held that this
appeal was wen founded end disclaimed
any desire to cOeTce a citizen of a
friendly state. At this the charlatan
frightened pereeptbly. and proportion
ately the gloom on the brOws OF the
mobiles deepened.
But If you can produce gold, as YOU
say. why do you refuse TO do 500" de-
manded the king.
I respectfully submit 10 your majes-
ty,'' replied the mountebank. that I
have now perfected an invention of in
finitely greater value than the gold
making process; an invention that will
give Scotland n power possessed by no
other natiCn. and which viii enable 1t
to conquer any kingdom, no matter
how remote il may be from this land
so much honor. l wish, then, TO devote
the remaining energies of my life to the
charging of this invention rather than
waste my time in what Is. after all, the
lowest pursuit TO which a man may de-
mean himself, namely. the mere gather
ing of money" and the speaker cast a
glance of triumph at the disgruntled
barons.
Il quite agree with you regarding
your estimation of acquisitiveness,"
said the king, cordially, giving no heed
TO the murmurs of his followers. IN
what does this new invention consists"
1T is simply a pair Of wings, your
majesty, made from the finest silk
which import from France. They may
be fitted to any human being, and they
give that human being the power which
birds have long possessed.
Well" said the king with a laugh,
Il should be the last to teach a Scot
fish warrior TO Fly; still the ability to
do so would have been, on several oc-
casiOns, advantageous TO US. Have you
your wings at hand?"
yes, your majesty"
'aThen you yourself shall test them in
our presence"
But should like to spend. your ma
jesty some further time on prepara-
tion,'' demurred the man, uneasily.
Il thought you said a moment ago
that the invention was perfect
Nothing human is perfect, your ma
jesty, and IL / said so 1 spoke with
overconfidence of the inventor. I have,
however, succeeded in sailing through
the air, but cannot yet make way
against a wind"
"Oh, you have succeeded so far as to
interest us in most attractive expert
ment. Bid your assistant bring them
at once, and let us understand their
principle. 1 rejoice to know that Scot
land is TO have the benefit of your
great genius"
Farini showed little enthusiasm anent
the kings confidence in him. He had,
during the colloquy, cast many an anx-
ious glance toward the French ambas-
sador. apparently much to the annoy
ance Of that high dignitary. for now
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nothing of this mans doings. and hope
for your sake, Darie. that the gold
mine VIII prove as prolific as my own
in the Clydesdale.''
The mobiles followed the example set
TO them by the lavish Sir David. They
needed no urging from him to increase
their stakes. The fever of the gambler
was ON each Of them, and soon the al
legged italian began to be embarrassed
in keeping up the pace he had set for
himself. 1t required now an enormous
sum to pay even double the amount