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of carbonic. and be quick about it."
answered the guest. and charge 1t to,
pew 24."-John H. Sinberg. in Lippin.i
colts.
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MIRACULOUS,

"Where've you been:"
"On deer hunt" y
How'd you come out?"
Zine! Wasn't mistaken for deer
Worth Record.
The Meeker herald., 1905-05-20

First Boarder-"What bird lives the
longest:"
Second oarder-"Judging from tho
fowl We had at dinner, should say
chicken"
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LIBERAL-MINDED TO A DEGREE.

Nell-"Maude is rather liberal-mind-
ed. isn't she?"
Bell-"Liberal-m minded? Why. she
can't open her mouth without giving
herself ay."-Phlladelphia Record.
The Meeker herald., 1905-05-20

THE OPPRESSIVE MOTOR-CAR.
Pinned beneath touring-car,
Jane smelt gasolene and tar;
And she felt vague unrest
From the weight upon her breast.
Sunday Magazine.
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Pluck, Romanee (
and adventure. I
4, q q q q q q q q
FIGHT WITH A sMUGGLER.

HE immigration Bureau,
Washington, has just re-
ceived u report from In
spector Thomas Darcy,
Of Plattsburg, N. Y. which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09

in a nutshell Men in the dry goods trade. lawyers politicians. farmers, with no more knowledge of Wall street than a cobble- stone, speculate in stocks, business en- tirely distinct and apart from their own legitimate vacations, and are surprised that they should turn up loser
 MT. Ryan left the dry goods business entirely behind him when he became a member of the New York stock exchange. He joined the exchange to learn the busi- ness, to stick to 1t, and to make liveli- hood for himself and his own by 1t. In orther words, he forsook entirely and for ever the dry goods last for the Wall street last" and he has proved himself to be a mighty competent shoemaker"
 Here is the only official biography of MT. Ryan ever printed. It Is terse and to the point, and was handed out for publi- cation at the time of the Equitable pur- chase.
 ''Thomas Faulkner Ryan was born in Nelson county. Virginia. October IT. 1851. Married Ida M. Barry of Baltimore on November 25. 1873. and has five sons. He began business life in 1868 in Baltimore dry goods house, from which he gradu- ated into Wall street in 1870. He became a member of the New York stock ex- change in 1874. and afterward became in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09
Chatting in a Street Car.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 Miss Anteek Gin open trolley car)--Are you going to stop smoking? You must see how 1t annoys me.
 Mir Weed--But, madam, these seats are reserved for smokers.
 Miss Anteek-- tscornfully)-You're gentleman 1 must say.
 MT. Weed-And you. madam, are not regret to say.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09

stock Generalization had set in in many quarters over the fearful developments set forth in the Prick committees re- port.
 Ryan didn't purchase that stock for his health" said some. "Ryan's got a deep-laid plot" said others and so on and so on, and the folks who uttered these comments doubtless judged MT. Ryan by their own standards of financial philanthropy.
 When the absolute control of the Ryan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09

and which control he has turned over without reservation to the three trus- tees. Messrs. Cleveland, O'Brien and Vest inghouse, MT. Ryan found one of the great life insurance companies of the world fast going upon the rocks. He paid S2.- 500.000 for the 502 shares which can net him but $3500 annual income.
 A business transaction like this has aroused curiosity, suspicion and a spirit of incredulity. Yet financial panic was threatened before MT Ryan purchased the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09

stock was turned over to the three trus- teeo there were still some who said they knew positively "Ryan's nigger in the woodpie''
 As a matter of cold fact, MT. Ryan now has no more to do with the management of the Equitable Life Assurance Society than its humblest policyholder. He can ot take q postage stamp from the society without paying for 1t like the rankest out sider
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09
Sl.5O Slippers 90c.

Big assortment SIPS to $1.50 Misses and Child ren's Slippers in patent and plain kid, with low heels-July Clearanc Price 99c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09
WOmen's and Misses Suits

Several lots representing mostly broken lines but other wise strictly high class arranged bargain tables and marked less than half prize.
 All of White and Dotted Swiss Linen and Lawn Suits, worth up to S10 only S4.98 All of Percae and Madras Shirt Waist Suits worth up S4OO, only Sl.98 All of Brown Linen Shirtwast Travelling Suits, worth S69s, only .......................... .S2.98 Small lot of Ladies and Misses Wash Shrtwast Suits, worth S. 5O only. Sf.00 All our Misses Wash Sailor and Peter Thompson" Suits, only y....................... .S2.98 All of fine Chiffon and Rustic Taffeta Silk Shrtwaist Suits. worth up to SIS .....................S All of fine Tailored Moha Coat Suits, suitable and all fall worth up to S25, only Sll.98 All of Chiffon and Rustic Tafea Silk Suits, beautiful fall
 styles, worth up to S2OOO only ............Sl Sl0.98
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09
Shirt Waists

Marked down-way down ' especially for the July Clearing Sae
 S1 50 White Lawn Waists, embroidery trimmed $50 S25O White Lawn Waists, lace embroidery trimmed $l49 S4OO White Jap Silk Waists Si.98 $500 White or Black Jap Silk Waists ..........$2.9 Sh5O White Black Jap Silk Waists ...........S3 S3.98
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09

Most men of the world can tell yards of yarns on this feature of their careers. But up to the present day MT. Ryan has wei to record his first failure in a business enterprise. Concerning his purchase of the SOP shares of Equitable society stock, which gave him the control of it's affairs,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09
Millinery

An opportune time to buy quality and style with the price cut in twain.
 Soc Ladies' and Chidren's Sailors for. 25c S108 ChildS Sailors for Sbo s s 50 50 Ladies' d, Trimmed Trimmed Hats Hats for S200 Child's Trimmed Hats for .................9
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09
Staple Linens at Clearing Prices

24x42inoh Bath Towels the best towel you saw
 strictly sanitary 45c value e..................28 .28c 1Ox4 Bed Spread S50 value, special ..........98 98o 6o-inoh Coored Damask special yard. d............2 23c 1ox1oinch Linen Napkins 75c value. dozen 48c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09
MailOrderS
 in July Cledrdce Sale
$500 Oxfords S2.23

Entire lot of our $2.5O and $500 Oxfords, in pat ent kid and plain kid, With patent tips and Cuban heels, cut for July Clear ing Sale to S2.23
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09

Big lot Fans in neat de signs, real good Fans, Sc. Other styles in better quality with prices cut about in half, at 10c, 15c and 25c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09

Entire assortment of surplus stock arranged on tables for quick selling. Fancy and plain effects beautifully made of Fine Embroidery and Lace.
 Table No. I, the Soc and 5cquality .... .25c Table No. 2, the $1 and SIPS quality 5Uc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09
$4 Umbrellas, Clearing Sale Price $l.0S

Great assortment of Ladies' Parasols and Umbrellas gold silver and pearl handles, tape edge Union taeta S50 to S400 values, at Si.9S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09
soc White Hose 25c

A fine assortment White Hose, some plain, some embroidered, many in lace effects-a lot worth fully Soc to 75c. July Clear ance Sale only 26c
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28

and above the instrument Obviously, there
arises most interesting speculation concerning
the reflex influence which the instrument may
have upon the mind or which the consciousness
of the character of the instrument may have
upon the mind We inclined TO believe that
such influence is considerable. The English
have long been famed as a law respecting peo-
PIE, perhaps above any other nation In the
world. II is reasonable to assume that that
spirit of theirs is largely nourshed by the real-
zation OF their own power and responsibility or
government. II they had a written constitu-
tion they might be inclined to play such tricks
with law were possible under its provisions
IL they had court which could pass upon
the constitutionality of enactments they might
make laws more carelessy, leaving correction
OF errors to the courts. But they realize that
every enactment must stand, without Judlcial
review, and that every enactment is in fact.
addition or an amendment TO their consttu-
ton Therefore they cultivate a more scrupu-
lous for the character of their work. and
more reverently regard the work when it has
been performed. In brief a government by
common sense cultvates common sense. In
measure the governance of England is what it
IS because of the character of the English peo-
pie. In perhaps equal measure, we may say,
the character of the English people is what 1t is
because of the form and character of their
governance.
These specuations are not. we repeat, set
forth in Mr Lows work, which was not written
for such a purpose but rather for the general
purpose Of informing the English themselves
and the rest Of the world as to the nature and
operation of the British system, not in Its MI
mute technical details but in it's broad spirit and
tendencies While irresistibly suggesting the
speculations I'm which have INDUCED, and
many others. that might be pertinent and profit
able the book performs the direct service for
which il was intended in a very acceptable man
ner. To set before the reader a succinct, yet
comprehensive view OF one OF the most ancient,
most elaborate and most powerful systems of
human government in the world, to do so impair
TALLY and philosophically yet most practically
and directly. and to do so with an engaging
charm Of manner which wins sympathetic at
tention at the beginning and holds II to the end,
is an achievement Of enviable type; and that is
the achievement with which Mr.. Low is to be
credited.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28
ing concerning American society In 1908.
What is society?" she asks

ing concerning American society In 1908
What is society" she asks:
Are the Americans generally the least fitted,
with all their advantages, to add zest to society
of any civilized people? They now have every aid
and might with attention be as pleasing as the
Europeans. The first class although pos
sessed OF every advantage. are not more shining
commonly than the second. They feel their own
superiority in such manner that. even II they
have knowledge 1t is too great condescension to
converse with those who are not EQUALS; for (oy
the way) really think there Is more arfstocracy
in this country than in England; but, too fire.
quently having riches at command they think 1t
not necessary to make those exertions OF their
abilities which fall TO the share of those who have
fame alone to depend upon.
The second ape the first by getting smattering
OF their accomplishments, without the ease or be-
havior which makes them alone interesting. Their
conversation is chiefly novels and fashions, for
their reading extends to a history
The last and lowest are too frequently Vitlated-
the country in as great a degree as the toWn-5o
far 1t is in their power to procure these pleas
ures and dssipations. The greater part or the
farmers are very avaricious and totally devoid OF
gratitude. There undoubtedly exceptlons In
class of life but of these IL is ditcut TO as
tinguish and we must consequently be clvil 10
those who viii despse us when our dollars cease
10 be.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28
EDUCATIONAL,

MANUAL OF MEDAL, WRITING Nv Horace w
shayior and George H. shattuck limo DID ss
(Gnn & Coz ~ 90
A teachers manual. accompany the Medal.
series OF copybooks.
LITTLE BROTHER To THE BEAR. AND OTHER
ANIMAL STUDIES. BY William j. Long 19Ino Ell
1IS. (Ginn Coz ~ ~
Book V in the Wood FOLK series
THE SUPERVISION OF COUNTRY SCHOOLS p
Andrew sloan Draper LII D. 12mo. pp. AZ (Syra-
cuse; c. w. Bardeen)
discussion OF the fundamental problems OF rural
school districts - ~
THE FAERIE QUEENE. Book l. BY Edmund spenser
Edted with Introduction, notes and suggestions FOR
sd STUDY by Martha Hale shackford limo. pp. xviii
In the Riverside Literature series
MATERIAL FOR PRACTICAL. GERMAN CONyERsA
dnION By Laurence Fossler. limo. pp. XII 255
In the International Modern Languages'' series
MUERAY'S SMALL CLASSICAL ATLAS. Edited nv q
D. H'uhoy' 4to pp kill. II plates. Henry Frowde0
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28
FICTION.

THE SILENCE OF MRS HARRO1.D Rv s,r,,., \,
@aIuehhre' limo. pp 462 CHarper & Bros)
ne i rGIn:;:S9 - an actress and Of wealth
W"0 make the same woman their conndante
LA BELLE PAYsANNE Translated from the French ~
Idhle Charles Reybaud by F. Foster uI,s
trated l2mo. pp. 1888 Grhe NeaIe PUBLISHING rorn
pauy) N''''i4hs Jun
"a tale OF the love and tragedy connected with an
If1 ,W So - BY c. W. Bsrdeen limo pn
Short stories about school life
AT THE EDGE OF THE YELLOW CIV
Company NA"e NJ w Hazen
A tale Of the prsiries -'-'4
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28
TRAVEL AND TOPOGRAPHY.

FASfBLES ABROAD. By Olive A. Cotton. Illustrated
craving Company
Illustrated with photographs
THE MEDICI BALLS. BY Anna r. sheldon and NJ
Moyca Newell illustrated Svo. pp. XVII 2ST. (Char-
terhouse PresS-) 49,
graphs. f
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28
HISTORY.

A PECULIAR PEOPLE: THE DoUKHoRoRs r.
& WaGnals Company - A. DDS. trunk
An account m f OF ,he early history the sect. their
Illustrated with photographs ~ lSo2
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28
MISCELLANEOUS,

LAFAYETTE IN BROOKLYN By Walt Whitman With
an introduction by John Burroughs. limo. George
d. Smith,
Reminiscent notes given at meeting Of the New
England Historic Genealogical Society.
THE MORMON MENACE Being the confession of Tobn
Doyle Lee. DANTE Introduction BY Alfred Henry
Lewis. Illustrated. limo. pp. 36s. CIiome PTotec-
ton Publishing Company
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28
RELIGION.

A HISTORY OF PREACHING. By Edwin Charles Oar
& -
SERMONS ADDRESSED TO INDIVIDUALS BY Regf-
nad ]. Campbell limo pp. 32s "a. C. Armstrong
& SOM
THE THREEFOLD PATH TO PEACE. BY Xena 12no
90 CThe Grafton Press)
Talks about spiritual development
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28
BIOGRAPHY

THE HEART OF AsBURY's JOURNAL Edi,.a ~
Ezra squier T1pple. d. d. svo. PIP XIII 72O CFSato1
Mains) " N--@'0"
The diary of an itinerant Methodist preacher
JOHN BROWN THE HERO. Personal "Reminiscences.
BY j. w. Winkley. NJ. D. With an tntroduo+to1 ~
Frank B. Sanborn Illustrated limo DID 12S "a G,oS -
ton: James II. West Company ~ - >
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28
BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
ART,

ART AS AN EDUCATIONAL FORCE AND SOURCE OF
WEALTH svo, IL. CNationaI Sculpture Sociery !
illustrated with reproductions OF photographs
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28
SCIENCE.

THE WONDERS OF LIFE BY Haeckel Trans
lated by Joseph McCabe limo. pp. xi. ass CIarper
& Bros)
Supplementary to The Riddle OF the Universe" A
study OF biological philosophy.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28
SOCIOLOGY.

SOCIALISM. BY Henry Apthorp. l2mo nm n o~Iav.
land: Published by the authOr) -
discussion Of the relations OF capital and labor
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28
ITERATuRE.

DANTE's DIvINA CosIMEDIA Transla,., -.
" AaT Henry FEs~ssl " i-'aSos Up
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28
REPRINTS.

EARLY WESTERN TRAVELS 1T4s-1s46 Edited with
notes introducttons index. etc. by Reuben Gold
Memorable Days in America 1S19-is2O svo Do
SOo cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28

Other sales of private Libraries and CoIIec-
tiOns as follows:
Feb, Sth. 9th & 10th: portion of the vaIu-
able library of MR. JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.
Feb. 18th, 10Th. 18th & 17th: The library Of
the late EDGAR KNICKERBOCKER of New
York.
In preparation: The important DRAMATIC
COLLECTION of the late GEORGE BECKS
Also a valuable private collection of AUTO
GRAPHS, including Washington and Lincoln
letters, and other sales OF interest
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28
Books and Publications

1T is a tonic for mental
prostration, an antidOte for the
blues, provOcation for laughter. 1
1t is logical, eloquent, patheticl
and full of solid sense.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28
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New-York tribune., 1905-01-28

of Oriental empire, his naughty, domineering
spirit the unsettllng effect upon Oriental relig-
ions of the white mans missionary propaganda,
are as real a cause of the war as the direct
economic problems" He thinks the White Peril
is as threatening for the East the Yellow Peril
is for the West Mr. Okakura-K -Kukuzo calls 1t
the "White Disaster"
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28

The next volume In Putnam's Heroes OF the
Reformation Series will be Thomas Cranmer
and the English Reformation. 14S9-1556." by
Albert F. Pollard author or England Under
the Protector Somerset" 1t will constitute the
sixth volume of the series
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28

E. P. DuttOn & Co. announce a new volume of
the late Bishop Phillips Brooks's works for
February publication. 1t is to be a series of
LenteH readings selected from his unpublished
writings, and will be entitled Christ: Our Life
and Light" 1t will contain the last of Bishop
Brooks's writings that will appear.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28
Sales Begin at 3 O'Clock p. II.

Orders from absent buyers carefully executed
without charge.
Telephone, SCI Grnmercy.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28

Sidney L. Guliek. who for fifteen years has
been a resident of Japan. and is the author of
a volume called The Evolution OF the Japan
ese." has written another book, shortly to be
ISSUED by Revell, entitled The White Peril in
the Far East" Mr.. GuIick takes a stand similar
to that of okakura- Kakuzo, in ''The Awakening
OF Japan" in putting forward the idea that "tbe
aggressveness OF the white race. their progress
sive civilization. the white man's greedy dr>ams
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current Talk about Things Pres
ent and to Come.

Major Arthur Grif11ths for many years In
spector of British Prisons. has written his
"reminiscences. under the title Fifty Years OF
Public Service" The volume is pubnsheq py
Cassell & Co. and relates the adventures or a
man who has been soldier litterateur, and
artist, as we'll boss Jailer. Writers OF de-
tective stories should find this book mine or
suggestion. since for twenty years. one para
grapher naively puts it. "he was everywhere In
touch with the crime of the day" He knew
Duxblanc Constance Kent. Charles Peace and
many others of the most noted English criminals,
and continually Investigating outbreaks
escapes and cases of persistent misconduct,
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28

Doubleday, Page & Co will bring out early
next month novel entitled The Lions Skin. -
by John S. Wise 1t is to be another story OF
Southern history in reconstruction days. The
author is a son of General Henry Wise. the
famous war Governor of Virginia. and himself
an ex-Confederate Republican Congressman
from that State
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28
RULE OF COMMON SENSE.
&r. Sidney Loso'S analysis of the
British Governmental System.

AFs aovnnNANCE OF hsfSGLAND. BY Sidney
E5W M a. Svo pp. viii, SO @. p. Putnaln's $
New-York tribune., 1905-01-28

The Story of st. Paul." by Benjamin w.
Bacon. professor of New Testament criticism
and exegesis at Yale University. which was re-
Gently published by Houghton. Miffiin & Co.. is
soon to appear in English edition through
Holder & Stoughton, of London
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-25

and can afford to meet with disappoin-
ment and loss, they can do so, but the
farmer and small planter of our section
wishing to grow profitable crops,
should leave this class of work to the
experiment stations to develop, and
when they have discovered anything
of value and the trees are propagated
and placed upon the market in quanti-
ties at reasonable prices, then it will
be expedient for anybody to plant the
newer varieties.
We have plum list to day that will
keep family in plums for nearly six
weeks if properly planted and taken
care of. They are the Rockford,
Springfield, Surprise, De Soto, Weaver
and Miner. Two trees of each kind
will bear a great deal more than any
family can use.
The Rockfords have fruited with me
several years. I find them a heavy
annual bearer, fruit of good size and
quality, very mild in flavor, dark red
in color.
The Springfield or as some call it the
Lomen plum have known since 1 was
able to tell plum from a potato.
Trees are hardy and long lived annual
bearers of large plums, which measure
from 81 to Al inches in circumference
The Surprise has just started to
bear at my place. I find the fruit
large, of good quality and extra fine
color. The Weaver trees have been in
bearing several years the fruit is of
fair quality, perfect free stone and a
good market plum. De Soto is well
kown as an all around good and hardy
variety, a very good seller. The Minor
l would plant on account of producing
plums after the other varieties are
through bearing.