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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-05
Catching a Jaguar.

A w. Rolker in February McClure's.
 To capture a jaguar simpler contri- vance than the pitfall is employed. This is the huge live-mouse-t p for use in catching lions and tigers, Young trees four or five inches in diameter are felled and trimmed, end cut into six-foot lengths, then sharpened and dr-sen two into the ground to form the bars of the tran, which when complc cd will form cage just wide enough for the animal to stand up in. Then the bar are notched and secured with cross bars and roof bars. A gate weighted with one or two hundred hounds of rocks and boulders Is suspend cd so that when tho jaguar grasps the bait-a monkey or .. small dog-a catch is relea sed and the beast has caget itself.
 Caught in the narrow prison, where the cantive barely finds room to turn or to raise a paw. he .s incapable of light, and cars thrown back, lirs arawn upward and snarling. he crouches in an ;t.utude or fnrv. ralxing with a paw through the bars to grasp his tormenters with outstretched, da gper-like talons. The transfer into nermanent cage of steel is simple. The cage door open. is set and lashed against the side of the trap. tie bars of which are afterwards pulled out; his new nome which is loaded on a bullock O. donkey cart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-05
Other Peoples Ways.
.ome the Chicago News:

Prone the Ch1caBo NeNs'
 When Japenese commanders announce a victory they never fail to ascribe thelr success to the ''ilustrious virtue of the Emperor" According to a Japanese authority 1t is considered that this is no empty phrase but has a sound basis in latter-day fact as well as in national tra- dition. While the Emperor, as the son of heaven" and as the l2lst Emperor or Japan in direct lineal descent, constitutes for the Japanese the delegate of divine authority, his majesty in his own person. ality since his accession in 1SGS has worthily prosecuted the benihcent ob- tects which he then placed before the nation and has thereby enabled it to achieve what it mas done in the comity of nations. On this basis, then, the Japanese reference to his majestys 'illratroGs vir- tue'' as responsible for all the national victories at once becomes intelllgble
 Largest of all bibles In the world Is the .leqIuL Jo sInldIos lsIqppna 10 '.nGu5eN which consits of 10S volumes of lOOO pages each, each volume weighs ten pounds and forms a package twenty-six inches long, eight inches broad and eight inches deep. This bible requires a dozen yaks for it's transport and the carved wooden blocks from which it is printed need rows of houses, like a city, for their storage. A tribe of Mongols paid 1000 oxen for copy of this bible. In addition to the bible there are 325 volumes of commentaries. which are necessary for it's understand ing. There is also a large collection of revelations which supplement the bible
 In the Val de Rose in Italy a popular custom which is known as ''the offering has been repeated for centuries on Christ mas day. Crowds of the faithful convey to a shrine gifts of oranges and pome- granates gathered from each worshiper's s own farm and place them at the foot of the altar of the Redeemer,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-05
TIMELY TALKS
 IN REGARD TO BEN M.JABOBS& BROS | FURNITVRE
QUALITY
"If It Came from Ja-
 CObs' It'S Good"

The above quotation is what one purchaser of Ja- cobs' furniture said to an other in this city.
 It Is so true to our hopes and aims-that is, it is our constant endeavor to main- tain our high standard of quality-that we have adopt ed the sentence.
 We purchase for our stock only what we can guarantee 10 you. Consequently you cannot buy anything from us but what is good.
 The day is coming when manufacturers will not make subterfuges for furniture but it rests with you to bring this about. Give your buSi- ness to the store whose in- terest ranks with yours to Se- cure the real values Wheth-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-05
Foot Ball.


 During my stay among them football was introduced, and in this they appear to take more interest than in any other game. The bladder of a walrus was well blown and covered with leather, making an excellent football.
 Ut was a novel sight to see them play ing. Men, women and children all took part in 1t and no quarter was allowed, A woman carrying her child on her back
 might be seen running at full speed after the ball, and the next moment she would be sprawling at full length with her child houndering in the snow few feet beyond her
 "A minute later the child would again be in its place on her back; and nearly choking with laughter, she would elbow her way through the crowd after the ball again.
 Catching trout in the summer by dr!v- ing them into trap made of nets and stones affords great amusement to the children. Wild with excitement, they pursue the unfortunate fish into a shall low stream. The boys also spend a great deal of time in making small spears and other implements of chase and practice with one another in throwing at mark.
 Girls have their dolls, and, like girls of civilized parents they delight in playing  til they are married, for often groups of girls of all ages may be seen sitting in some sheltered spot in summer each hav- ing house formed of a ring of stones a few inches in diameter, in which some short pieces of stick were placed flat while other pieces were propped upright. These pieces of stick represented people, and the girls made them visit one an- others houses, keeping up a continuous chatter on their behalf all the time."
 Oldest Game.
 The Esquimaux of Greenland play a game of fox and geese on the snow. It Is almost identical with parchesi and other variants of the game known to all American children. Fox and geese, indeed Is the oldest game in the world, and is found in some form or other among nearly all peoples It is played all around the Arctic Circle. | Various dice games are also popular in Greenland. The Esquimaux like most barbarans of the Arctic are extremely fond of gambling. They do not use cubi- cal dice, but a number of bones of diff ferent shapes and sizes.
 They have also a skewer game. which tests the steadiness of hand and eye The skewer has to be thrust through several holes pierced in walrus skin. The children have a curious ceremonial dance in the snow at night when the Northern Lights first appear. and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-05
PRICE
"Centigrade Priced"

CT it will be in an elaborate or a plain design piece.
 Centigrade is the degree at which water becomes ice, or at which ice becomes water.
 Likewise Jacobs price is the "Centigrade," or stand ard, at which Furniture can be purchased with safety. PAY MORE, and you are buying at a fictitious value, or paying more than a legltl- mafe profit. PAY LESS, and you are being deceived as to quality or the condition Of the piece. Many say we are high-but they return, con vinced-after other eXPerl- ence-to buy.
 Jacobs Furniture is Cen tigrade Priced" It is true absolutely true. You'll find it so, sooner CT later. Let us hope it will be soon !
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-05
The Origin of the Phrase,

From the flew Orleans Times-Democrat It was during the Sepoy Rebellion. One of the native prisoners was just being led in front of the cannon.
 Well. I'll be blowed.' he exclaimed in astonishment. realizing for the first time. he was to be blown from the cannon's mouth.
 And he was.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-05

who is represented by a boy holding globe, and surrounded on all sides by ol- i've branches, wax candles and Votive lamps Every officer wears the typical costume of the valley and the men assume the traditional headdress This rite Is said to be connected with the visit of the mari tn Rethlehem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-05

women play kind of basketball, tossing the ball through loop and then making a combined rush to see who can catch it in the air.
 One of the principal amusements Of these Greenland Esquimaux is a peculiar form of trial by combat. When two men of the tribe have a serious disagreement they do not resort to any judicial court or fight out their quarrel With lethal weapons. They meet before the assembled tribe, and with drums in their hands sing songs at one another by turns.
 These songs are biting satirical and recount all the misdeeds and follies of the enemy. The man whose invectye is the more bitter and who can make the crowd laugh at his opponent moro than they laugh at him is adjudged the victor.
 Explorers who have lived among the Esquimaux say that even serious crimes such as murders are frequently punished in this manner. The penalty may seem inadequate, but an Esquimaux is extreme ly sensitive to ridicule, and being laughed at is one of the worst punishments that can be inflicted upon him. Many men have fled from their village and lived in solitary exile after losing a trial by song.
 But if it Is hard on the loser, the trial makes great fun for the onlookers. Some times mock trials are got up and two champions with notoriously abusive tongues contest for a prize.
 Native dances which consist of series of burlesque contoitions, wind up the revelry Some of the Esquimaux can dance reels and horpipes which they have picked up from the European and Ameri-
 The Kamchadales are also fond of gro teque dances, but the wandering Tun- gueses of Siberia dance, when they dance at all, in a stately and decorous manner that recalls the old fashioned minuet.
 The man gives his right hand to the woman. lowing gracefully, and they move round slowly In circle, keeping time to the cadence of an impressive chant In another dance of which the Tunguses are fond a large company of men and women form in circle and move around slowly, holding one another by the tails of their fur coats and swaying backward and for ward in time to the monotonous rhythm of a folk song.
 The Tunguses are a numerous and wide ly dispersed people. One branch of the tribe herds the reindeer; the other lives by fishing The former are wealthy and far more civilized than most of the dwell CTS in and around the Arctic circle.
 They are passionately fond of chess, which they play continually during the long Arctic night. It is supposed that they learned the game from the Chinese, and Russian explorers who have played with them testify that they are remarka- bly, expert. They carve their chesmen very elaborately out of mammoths teeth.
 The reindeer Koryaks. another tribe of fearless independent nomads, who bear a remarkable resemblance to the North American Indians, are exceedingly fond of wrestling and foot races. They are in veterate gamblers. and will stake all their belongings, even their wives' on their strength and skill in those sports.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-05

Have you learned about the Etchoplatsen, fer your best girlP Call or write the "GAWK." Peoples phone 276, Age Herald building Gawk Engraving Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-05
FRENCH JOURNALS
 FAVOR RUSSIANS
North Sea Commission Said to
 Doubt Captain CIado
TESTIMONY Is NOW ALL IN
Some of clado's Statements About Seeing Torpedo Boats Are at Variance With Principles
 of Naval Science.

Paris, February 4.-The close of the testimony before the international com mission inquiring into the North sea in- cident has been followed by rather noticeable diminution of the confidence in British circles connected with the case, and a corresponding elation on the part of Russians.
 The French press, which is strongly pro-Russian gives marked prominence to statements that the Russians have vir- tually won their case, the usually con- servative Temps and Journal, asserting positively that the majority of the court now favors the Russian theory that tor pedo boats attacked Vice Admiral Rojest- vensky's squadron. However, inquiry Tn well informed quarters does not show any real basis for these reports. On the other hand, intimations are made that the ten dency within the court is rather in the opposite direction. The reports favorable to the Russian view appear to result mainly from the positiveness of the tes- timony of Captain Clado and other Rus sian officers that they saw torpedo boats attack the squadron, whereas the strong  est British witnesses did not swear that no torpedo boats were there, but merely that they did not see them.
 The impression seemed to prevail among the audience in the court that the com missioners were likely to accept the di- rectness of the Russian witness, rather than the qualified negative given by the British fishermen. However, those intl- mately familiar with the commissioners, say that this impression is not warrant ed, as the commissioners being skilled naval technicians, are disposed to differ from Captain Clado on number of the most important technical points. These pertain chiefly to his ability to see a tor pedo boat at night two miles away, and his statements concerning the effects of searchlghts.
 It is known that some of the commiss sioners consider Captain Clado's state ments to be at variance with the accepted principles of naval science. How far this will influence their ultimate verdict is not yet clear, but 1t appears to show that the commissioners do not share the pre- valling impression that Captain Clado' S testimony was decisive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-05
POPULAR
 IN ARCTIC REGION
How ESquimaux of North Amer
 ica AmuSe Themselves
THEY ARE LOYAL SOULS
Women Participate in the Ball Game. Little Girls Have Their Dolls and Delight in Playing
 House-Dice Games.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 Probably no people on earth have harder life than the dwellers within the Arctic circle-the Esquimaux of North America and the Koryaks, Kamchadales. Tunguses, and other tribes Of northern Asia. For a great part of the year they usually have a hard struggle for exist ence
 Yet these people who seem to have so little cause for mirth are joyial souls. They have their pleasures, their games, and their sports, and they do not take them sadly.
 In the American Museum of Natural History in this city there is a collection of toys used by the Smith Sound Esqui- maux in playing games in their igloos or snow huts during the long winter night of the Arctic. The articles were pre- sented by Lieut. Peary, who is looked up- on by these Esquimaux in the light of father.
 One of these toys called "ajagag," is leg bone with a hole bored through each socket A thin stick (ajautang) is tied by short string to the bone. The latter is tossed into the air and caught in either hole by the string The game is much like the English cup and ball. l The "hieqtaq" or bull roarer' is flat bone in the shape of an hourglass or figure eight with looped string passing through it's middle. The Esquimaux children twirl the bone on the string but the exact nature of the game does not seem to have been discovered by any ex- plorer who has dwelt among them.
 Another toy Is the familiar cats cradle "a string which is drawn by the fingers into fantastic shapes which are supposed to resemble animals and other objects
 When Lieutenant Peary dwelt among these Esqumaux he found that the vil- l lage had one large empty gloo which was used by the youngsters as a playroom All l the children of the tribe would collect there until the crush was so great that l there was hardly room for any of them to play their games.
 When a hunter happened to have larg- CT supply of meat than the other men, he would give feast in this gloo and issue l a general invitations. After the feast there would be an entertainment con- ssting of songs and dances
 The dancers were usually two in number and they used alternately one drum which was made of seals intestines stretched upon an elluipical bone frame. The drum l stick was a walrus rib
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-05
Merchants Take Interest.
Pasturing.

There is in this. as in all other matters. difference of opinion as to the value of alfalfa as a pasture crop There Is no question. however, in the mind of the writer as to its value for pasture for most stock. especially for hogs horses, goats and poultry. It will furnish pas ture for from fifteen to twenty hogs per acre and double the amount of pasture that any other crop will give.
 But where grown for hay or dry feed it should naver be pastured. but if pas
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-11-28
WRITE US a hETrE..

freely and fraIkE-, teiEng US all your
troubles. We WIZ seIEi Free Advice Gin
pain, ssaIcd envelope). Address: La
dies AdvfaeT>, Dept. The CkattanooSs
Medicils Co., Chattan68ga, Tenn.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-11-28
Points About People.

Though his is distinctly Scottish
family, the duke of Abercorn is
also a peer of the two other part
ners to the Unico and holds,
indeed, four Irish titles as well as a
French dukedom.
Mrs. Gertrude Massey, the
painter of miniatures, has received
twelve commissions from the king
and queen of England, and not
long ago painted picture of the
queens Japanese spaniel, Marvel.
President D. J. Meyerpeter of
the Western Coal, Coke and Fuel
company of Denver. leaped from a
street car and thrashed one of his
drivers, G. A.. Brandon, who was
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-11-28
MAKING ROUGH HOUSE.
Even the Records of Texas Cities Are
Embalming That Term

In spite of the fact that the
literary men of the country are
supposed according TO the books
on grammar and rhetoric to
supervise the growth of the Ian
guage one expression that original
ed in Texas and is used wherever
Texans are found seems to intend
to stay in the vocabulary even if
it is so conspicuosly slang it can
never be sanctioned by those who
pass on what should be in good
use.
He made rough house" How
exactly descriptive it is of exactly
what he did do? How suggestive
of the condition inside the rooms
if one has the situation in mind.
One would not think that very
expression is used in the records
of the City of San Antonio. Yet
a look into the books will prove that
if the MISREPRESENTATION do
not know what that expression
means they will not understand
the charges against persons who
lived in the year 1905, A. D.
On the police records of this
city one may see Charged with
making rough house.
The word mob" was once
slang; so was the expression
garden track" There is some
chance for the slang Interpretation
of the word tough" to some day
be in good use, but there is little
hope for rough house,
1t has been in use in this State,
as the ranchmen say to dismiss the
argument about an indefinite
length of time, longer than the
oldest citizen can recollect. "
Slang it is, and slang it will
probably always be, but it has
proved valuable addition to the
vocabulary and been honored in
its old age by a place in the i'm
perishable records of the State
whose citizens invented and used
it.-Express.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-11-28
How This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Ceney for the last IS years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and f.
nancially able to carry out any
obligations made his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, ..
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon
the blood and muco@ surfaces of
the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price IS cents per bottle
Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-11-28
"EVERYTHING BUT pEATH

SUFFERED wrikeS Virginia Robson,
Of Easton, Nd, until took Cardui,
which cured me so quickly it surprised
. my. doctor, who di1est knew i was
taxing ito
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-11-28
Please Take Daniel Out

A clergyman, recently engaged
with another of a different belief
in a controversy regarding a ques-
ton of religion, sent to a newspa-
per office a long article.
About midnight the telephone
bell rang furiously, the minister at
the other end asking for The editor.
I am sorry to trouble you al
such a late hour" he said, but !
am in great trouble. .
What can ! do for you?" was
asked.
In the article l sent you today,
l put Daniel in the fiery furnace
Please take him out and put him
in the lions den.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-11-28

abusing one of Meyerpeter's teams.
The president of the coal company
then examined the drivers slip,
learning the destination of the
load, and, climbing on the driver s
seat. delivered and unloaded the
coal.
DR.. Karl Won Ruck of Asheville,
N. =. disputes the claim of Dr.
Emil Won Behring of Germany to
the credit of discovering a new
remedy for tuberculosis. DR.. Won
Ruck declares he was the first to
use the treatment now employed
by DR.. Won Behring. He takes the
position that he related the results
of his own experiment to DR.. Beh-
ringi in 1902 at Marburg, Germany,
and sent him literature and reports
on the subject, yet the German
savant fails to give him any credit
for this.-Exchange.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-11-28
success.

TEE silence Judge James B. Wells
unaineaius will probably be brokeN
soon, ana then there will be
hurrying to and fro among the
candidates for Governor and
politisians generally Referring
to the Sage of the Lower Rio
Graade, the Denison Herald says:
Judge Wells seems to be a sort
of receptive candidate for the
GevsrHorship. Without wasting
either time or money, he is being
looked upon as possible candidate.
Later, if the signs of the times are
propitious, ne can shy mis- castor
in the ring; if not, he can keep
out of the race entirely" Judge
Wells has stated all along that he
regarded it as rather early to get
in TIE race, and many of his
friends believe he is pursuing the
proper course in letting the other
fellows do the skirmishing this
far il advance of the battle. When
Judge Wells does speak, however,
there will be something doing all
along the line.-State Topics.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-11-28

name, postofice address and the
number of years you are owing for
the paper. He will admit you.
You will advance to the center of
the room and address the editor
with the following countersign:
Extend the right hand about two
feet from the body, with the thumb
and index finger clasPing $40
bill, which drop into the extended
hand of the editor, at the same
time saying: Were you looking
for meP" The editor will say,
You bet!" After giving the news
you will be permitted toretire with
a receipt for an obligation properly
discharged. Exchange.
Remember that what pulls the
strings is the force hidden within;
there lies the power to persuade,
there the life there, if one must
speak out, the real man-Marcus
Aurelius.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-11-28
Remove the Cause

Tommy Atkins, on the sick list,
was reporting himself to the med
ioal officer. as usual.
What's the matter, my mani"
asked the NJ. o.
81 dunno, sir,' says Tommy.
I eats well, I sleeps well, and 1
drink well; but directly the ser
geant says Work I comes over
all of a tremble. -
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-11-28

Parties wishing to enter the
printing Office at this season of the
year should be governed by the
following rules: Advance to the
inner door andsgive three distinct
raps; the devil will attend your
alarm. You will give him your
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-11-28

THE Riverside, dated at Browns
vile and printed at Laredo, by J.
w. Canada, made its appearance
in BnaWnsville yesterday.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-11-28

TEE Stockdale Advocate, a new
paper edited by Jos. o. Boehmer,
of she Floresville Chronicle, has
been received. SIf the first issue is
the standard, the people of Stock
dale are to.be congratulated, and
Boehmer has our best wishes for
e,,ocaoe