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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-16

This Is the experience strlnger gave
Sr,b that afternoon, md do not mean
10 3,,so d story.tclcr's privilege in the
Narration Of TT will let strlpgcr take q. 9
the moor and speak for hltnself.fAt cannot,
pretend to have report ted MIN Vcrpatlfll,
but there is no need at least to .cinbclBf1
Mn facts, andSt viii keep as close 10 his
manner Of telling them, US can. s''S h;
"Yo,l want tho most dramatic thing l
was cyerin for2 Well, ! don't know where
TO. choose, but perhaps the LcBgc case
VIII do as well us anything
stringer produced from his pocket q
small steel Instrument, which took at
first sight for q pair Of plyets ..b';t when
II came TO examine It, | fcund II had
actually the reverse action. NV
7;t.t always fad a ht Of Il mechanical
turn and that's nh invention Of my ,ow1.
Ifiyou get thatiftoa crack OF Il door,
and givo just tn clenst little bit Of pres
sure on the handles, The door i,ns got TO
s-bes pretty sollndly locked or barred sif
III doesn't fly ! had that lltllo article
with me on the day when the Leggc case
came practically to an end and hap
pet1ed to have It about INC now ,cca use
atml OF mine, who has gone in for electro
81 plating III nm amateur sort Of way, volun.
teercd to put little coat Of silver on
It..
';'rhls man Lcgge was an American.
He came from Albany. and he was
very well.brcd, well-educated man. 1
made his Acquaintance by more hazard
one evening. when ! was getting chop
atEthe Horseshoe Tavern, Mt the bottom
OF ttle 1'ottenhani Court Road forget
now what set us talking 70 each other.
but took Il fancy to him. and, II
may say SO. he seemed 10 take q fancy
to me. We had quite n long poN'-wov'
that very first night and ] got to know
him very we'll later on. We used to meet
from time to tIrne for months before
It ever occurred 10 me that there was
the fantest chance III the world or my
having TO run him through my hands
nrofessltnally. or course. It's part OF a
detectives duty TO hold his tongue about
himself and his own business. and poor
5Iegge had no more notion Of what !
was than + had about the truth with
gard to him. s.aa
'sWo 20. to be quito cfummy together
and one night we happened TO be passing
his lodgings and he asked me in Il
4sS"I should like to introduce you TO
NV wife, says he,5 and no made some
Joke about my having been his excuse
for late hours once or twice. That did
not make me very much more Wiling
to face the lady, but I.egge was ther.
pressing. and L went In. I don't know Know;
that I ever took n greater fancy 70
new acquaintance IN my life than l DID
10 that little woman ~
tshe was Just as good ns gold 70 LOOK DON
at-a pretty littlo creature, about thirty.
should guess, but with regular child
ike ways and a sort OF an innocent,
trusting charm about her which TOOK
hold on a man IS fancy at once. III
"There was one thing about llcgge that
ought, perhaps. to have told you OF al
ready. lie was very gay and chlrpy and
American. and he was ful'5o smart.
snappy sayings. and on the whole SOW
would call him q very happy disposi toned
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-16

from tho line OF the Backbone like that
OF a yak,
This hair Is so thick and long as To
cover up completely the natural rabbit
fur, except a small patch around ths tan
and portion of tho head, hut the nat,
ural fur can be found all OYER It's body
by parting tho long hair and looking
closely IT Is the size OF an ordinary
rabbit hut the thick, long and. wayy hair
animal like the raecoon or possum. II
has the ordinary cotton tai
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-16
800. .,. e.-.--.,-

,,,,, 80 pnnyllle, va, is the guest OF
M and Mrs. Henry Y liafllsoh.
Mr.. Francis powell stage '',a ', w 49,, :
the sothern-Marlowe Ihca.rlsa. o
pany. is visiting friends H. ieSesn"t ~ SEN
ator Toe blackburn, Of Ke entHnSS ~ Is
Mr. William II. Gale, of New YORK, r. Is
st Dr K zee Pcnnci has return from WIS.,
1t to Salisbury, ND. ,,,,,a ~ =,
MRS q. w. Lake, Of Fa$eltepllie, M,,.,s,s "a,
the guest OF Mrs. HARRISON n, El,isseil.
Mr., w II. Taylor, OF NOTION, fan -
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1T ems Und 4 ar.

Mems CSC Bal. erwear, per Dc
Men s SOC ball. derwear arnent 2sc
MEMS 500 Elastic Seam Drawers, ,4sc
Mems soc Nainsook Drawers, HOO
Men,s $50 and 90 Underwear. per garment. 4sc
MEMS s125 and $3.50 Underwear. per garment. 7so
MEMS s1.7b and 5000 Underwear per go rment oso
Mems loo Black and Tan Hose. pair &c
Mems l6c and 200 Hose pal 1l oc
Mons 25c and sbc Fancy Hose. 10c
Men, u soc ana 75c Fancy Hose, pair. 400
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-16

the guest of Mrs. Janet Knox Harrlson'
The Democratic primaries for the nomi'
nation OF candidates for county oftlrials
VIII lie held in l.oudoun on August ~.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-16
RARE SPECIMEN.

A West Virginia "cottontail"
That Has Astonished All,
a correspondent Of Forest and Stream,
writing from Morsantown, W. Va. says;
one Of tie most curious freaks Of mar
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-16
.LEEsBuRG, VA,

Especial to- The Times Dlspatch.)
.LEEsEuRG, VA, July l5,-Mlss Mary
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-16
Ven s Furnishings Hats, Shoes, Etc. Greatly Reduced.
n ems Hats and ca ps.

Man = $500 Genuine Pana ina Hats g e a. so
Man a sSbO and $500 Straw Hat 4. *. "a so
Mems S260 aid 5000 Straw Hats I. =. 4. 9l .OS
Mems $500 and $225 Straw Hats. III ,4SS
Mems s1.50 and II rs Straw Hats osn
Men = 81 100 and $1.25 Straw FLATS .4So
sNIen,s Imitation Panama Hats. Zoe
Mems sl0O Brown Felt Hats Y. =. $50
Nfen,s 25c CAPS 4, !, Z. \. . 4, i. h, 100
en- "a 500 Duck and Linen Caps, &. SOC
Mems and Boys Bathing Suits.
1850 kind, per- suit
ii 90 and S125 kind per suit &. OGc
5000 and $2,b0 kind, per suit. u ..S
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
HORSE PLAYS PIANO SOLO.
The SorrePs ObIigato May Cost His
Owner $500.

Minneapolis Cor. Chicago Chronicle.
A sorrel horse owned by Simon Tur-
gison sat in the mud at Minnetonka
Mills yesterday afternoon and treated
the astonished natives to a piano solo
on the Wagnerian order.
Ahe piano is the property OF V. Y.
Joslin, and it formed part of load of
furniture that had been hauled by the
sorrel horse and another from Mime
apolis. At noon the driver, Oscar Cook,
tied the team in the rear of the wagon
and attaching feed bags to their noses,
went off in search of something to eat
on his own account. While he was
gone an automobile, as yet unidentified,
hit the furniture wagon and dumped
the piano out in the road, where it
landed right side up, but on top of the
halter rope of the sorrel horse, which,
after struggling vainly to get loose, sat
down on it's launches and paved the
air as we'll as the keyboard of the In
strument in a frenzied effort to regain
its equilibrium.
The auditors asserted that Paderew-
ski never attacked the keys with
greater effect than did Mr.. Turgison's
sorrel, but the unappreciative owner
of the instrument insists that $500 will
be about the cost to Turgison of the
sorrel's obligato.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
THE MARRIED LovE-sToRY.
1t Has Now Become a Popular Form
of Fiction.

In commenting on the decline of the
sentimental love-story, In Harper's for
August, Mr.. Alden brings up the interest
ing fact that most story writer's of the
day are now producing stories of married
life, and gives some interesting reasons
for this change:
1T Is especially noteworthy that where
love happens still to be the story writer's
theme, 1t Is in most cases the concern of
people already married rather than of
young lovers. The vast disproportion of
marriage stories at the present time is
maintained even If we exclude unhappy
divorce stories, to which writer's are
strongly tempted, because the violation of
the solemn vows are more strikngly dra-
matte than the shifting of a tickle fancy
in free field. These stories, where mar
riage is pointedly the theme, are mostly
written by married women. 1t is the
world they live in. As one of these
writer's, who has been producing this kind
of stories for a generation, and who be-
gan 1t before 1t was the fashion. writes
US, Marriage, like conduct, is three
fourths OF life.'
There Ii is, the real reason. That Pc
riod of life at which marriage is indcat-
ed Is the dividing line, physiologically be-
tween youth and maturity, the explicitly
significant portion, whether viewed with
reference to the relation between the
sexes or as to those varied manifestations
OF the human spirit which transcend
physically elemental activities and sur
vve them In historically memorable
achievements. such as differentiate one
generation from another. These manifes-
tations, pre-eminently interesting in the
individual and In society, must furnish
the most important material to the mas
tiers of fiction, If their interpretations of
life are to satisfy the demand OF a highly
cultivated sensibillty"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
WOMAN MAKES LIVING
BY SELLING BRIGHT IDEAS

T was a perfect curiosity shop that
modest HAT in a New York apart
\ ment house. In the corner of the sit
ting room stood an Arab. stately in
draped burnoose and leweled belt On
the piano was a black elephant, flanked
by cross-legged Turk on either side. A
row of camels meandered across the
mantelpiece, and black plaster heads of
Turks and Moors grinned down from the
walls, says an exchange
One whole side of the room was COW
cred with gay paper butterflies, their
shining coats of green and gold glitterng
In the gaslight. 1t was the clothespins
for these butterflies that had attracted
the writer's attention. Two thousand
clothespins went to the making of those
1000 butterflies. The writer, prowling over
the roof by night in search Of a cool spot.
came upon those clothespins, crate upon
crate of them. stored upon the roof.
"of all thingsr' she gasped, has some
body clothespin factory in this house p
Inquiry led to her presence In the queer
Turk laden room. "reminiscences of q
hundred cigar store windows peeped at
her from every corner and she was haunt
ingly reminded of "A thousand other adj
vertisements seen in streets and windows
and half forgotten.
These advertising novelties, many of
them at least, have originated in the
brain of woman who makes her living
selling ideas. 1t was ten years ago that
she found her knack, and since that she
has made many thousands of dollars. She
was working in a department store for
So a week when an idea came to her. She
made a calendar, at the top of which she
placed large painted pansy. BY a lit
tie sliding arrangement the pansy pulled
down, revealing packet of court plaster.
Under the courtplaster was the legend
''Ill stick to you when others cut you"
Below was space for an advertisement
She took this model to a brewing COM
pany. They bought 1t and paid her 500
for the idea. Since then she has not
worked any more for Sc week.
Her next idea was a parrot. The parrot
stood on horizontal bar, which in tho
original design was made of bit of
broomstick. He was gay and beautifully
painted parrot, and in one claw he held
a little card, advertising a cigar. Her
parrot stood on cigar store counters from
Boston to San Francisco She was not
paid a lump sum for this idea. Instead,
she was employed at SIS a week, with
twenty girls under her, steadily making
advertising parrots until that idea grew
old and newer one took its place.
A good part of her pay comes I'm this
way. She submits an idea, and IL 1t is
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06

accepted the manufacturer gives her an
order for so many of the articles at
specified price. Much of this work she
does alone at home. Her butterfly order
has kept her busy all summer, and tho
last of the 1000 are just being turned out.
She will get $500 for the lot. The butter
flies will be used in window decoration
by big firm.
A recent order was for thousand burnt
leather postal cards for a grocery firm
There was a picture of a grocery window
on the card. On the window pane was
inscribed: Families Supplied Cheap" In
front a gentleman of the hayseed type
gazes and remarks: Wonder what'l they
take to supply me with wife and Ave
children" She sold the cards for six
cents apiece
She works in all sorts of materials and
with all sorts Of tools-paper, burnt
leather burnt wood, plaster, paint, wall
paper, glass Autographs. She has molds
for plaster casts and tiny photograph
needles that cost her $3.50 apiece. But
some of her work Is accomplished with
absurdly feminine tools. A round plaque
hangs on the wall, with a ferocious bull
terriers head springing from 1t in high
relief. The dogs face she modelled In the
plaster with a hairpin.
Many of her most profitable ideas have
been made up of the simplest material.
certain newspaper in Chicago got out
three handsome autographed posters of
feminine figures. These posters we're
used In the windows of newsstands for a
time and, finally getting old, were re-
tired She took one of each variety of
the posters, cut out the figures of the
three girls, mounted them on large
sheet of cardboard in such a way that
they were coming down stairs one after
the other, each reading a copy of the
paper. The pictured stairs were cut from
another poster and properly mounted.
She covered the background with a plain
pale green wall paper and painted masses
of roses around the edge. Then she
framed and glazed the whole in passepar-
tout style. She took 1t to the office of the
publication, and as a result the paper
turned over some thousands of its old
posters to her and gave her several
months work In preparing them for win
dow display.
She did the same sort of work with the
old theatrical posters of company OF
five cakewalkers, receiving $3.50 apiece for
cunningly devised passepartouts of the
five figures. A certain breakfast food
company has an old farmer on all its ad-
vertislng material She clipped the pic
ture of this old farmer and mounted it
so ingeniously that they gave her an or
der for 500 of them.
One of her one hundred dollar ideas
went to a New Orleans tobacco manu-
facturer 1t was horse on pivot, so
constructed that however 1t was thrown
or tossed about on a counter 1t would
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
COMPANY EXTENDS
STREET CAR LINES
Birmingham R. L. & Power Go.
Is Making Improvements
AN AV0NDALE EXTENSION
Several Hundred Thousand Dollars
Worth of Improvements Are Now
Being Made-ReIaylne
With Heavy Rails.
AN AVONOALE EXTENSION

The Birmingham Railway, Light and
Power company Is now carrying on many
of the most extensive improvements in
, all of its departments in the history Of
ne company.
Everywhere the latest, most improved
md best machinery is being installed.
New lines of street railway are being
built in several places and many of the
old lines are being relayed. One of the
most important pieces of work is the
building of the Tuxedo extension which
runs through Tuxedo park to the limits
of the city. 1t is something over half a
mile long and will open up large tract
of new residence property.
The company also intends to extend the
Avondale line for several blocks. The ex-
tension will run out Spring street to
Third avenue and out Third avenue to
the city limits of Avondae. 1t will place
hundred or more residences directly on
the ear line.
The Highland avenue line has been com
pleted. The entire line, about three and
a half miles long has been relayed with
heavy rail and double tracked a great
deal of the distance From Twentieth
street to Buena Vista station nine inch
girder rail was used, and the remainder
of the way 70-pound T rail was used.
The Twentieth street line from Avenue
B to Avenue M. a distance of six blocks,
is being relayed. This is double track all
the way and s-inch girder rail is being
layed to take the place of the Finch
steel rail.
The Gate City line from Twenty-sixth
street to East Birmingham will soon be
double tracked. A portion of the line is
already practically double tracked, as
long switches have been built This dou-
BILE track was made necessary on account
of the increased service on the line.
This line has ten minute schedule as
far as Woodlawn at night, and between
the regular cars, specials are run to ac-
commodate the negroes going to Traction
park.
To Build Cars.
The company will soon put in loop
at the fair grounds where the fair will
be held this fall, and also side track
which will be capable of holding twenty
five cars. This will be done in order to
accommodate the people who attend the
fair and give them prompt car service.
The Birmingham Railway, Light and
Power company will build two traiiers
this fall in its car barns in birmingham
This will be a new departure and is some
what in the nature of an experiment Il
will probably lead to the company Duiiu-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
GREAT FISH,
Called the SkillagaIee, Put Up Fierce
Battle Before Yielding.

From the Boston Journal.
Eighteen feet from the tip of his snout
to the tail, the largest fish that was ever
brought into I wharf came in on the
Ida Silva, swordfisherman, having been
captured after a fight only equaled by
John Boyle O'Reilly's flight with the
amber whale" For II miles the monster
towed a dory containing Everett Dowdy
and Daniel Mcdonald, who had harpoon-
ed II thinking 1t was a swordfish. A score
of times 1t turned and attacked the boat,
a hundred times 1t sought the bottom, en-
deavoring to pull the frail dory down after
1t, and only being prevented by the length
of the harpoon rope.
The fish was styled a ski1agalee or
large billhsh by the authorities on I
wharf, but never before was one of that
species known to grow to half its size.
All day the animal was on exhibition
at the store of the Gloucester Fish COM
pany on Atlantic avenue, and a wonder
Ing crowd marveled at its proportions.
Its tall measured six feet when extended,
its side fin was two feet long and its
huge dorsal was nearly four feet. 1t had
sharp nose, about two feet long, as
hard as Roman sword, and its head was
larger than sWordfish.
Daniel Mcdonald told Journal man the
story of the capture "A week ago." he
said, in a dead calm Dowdy and l put
eff in a dory. We had rowed but a short
distance from the ship when we saw
this fish rising and as he reached the
surface l put a harpoon into him Then
! saw that he was like no swordfish that
ever lived. He tore around in the water,
creating enormous waves, and then DASH
ed at the boat. He hit 1t a number of
times with his body, but his sword was so
short In proportion that he was unable
TO use it.
Then he started to run away. The line
drew taught. and we tore through the
water like torpedo boat. Twenty knots
we did II we did one, and dories arnt
made to stand a strain like that.
After a while 1t tried to ease up, but
zach time we pulled taut on the rope.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
misunderstanding BY the Rich.

From Leslie's Weekly.
Much present social unrest and drift
toward reputation Of traditional Amer
lean views of government are due to
the greed, frivolity, and laxit of the
rich. Bishop Burgess, of the Protes-
tant Episcopal diocese of Long Island
therefore, did something more than an
ecclesiastical act when he recently re.
buked those of his church adherents
who utilize Sunday for sport and pleas
ure. He also did honorable service as
patriot bent on saving our historic
type of civilization. Europe is fast
passing into a secular socialistic mood.
and the United States also will unless
its wellto-do, cultured, and respectable
people adhere to ideals OF religion and
ethics taught by Jesus. "The Sabbath
was made for man and not for the
Sabbath" to be sure, and 1t Is useless
to try either by legislation or by pull
pit denunciation to restore the Puri-
tan conception Of Sunday. On the
other hand, the continental ideal Ia not
wanted in this country; and at a time
when in self-preservauon several of
the leading nations of Europe are re.
acting from a position of laxity on this
matter, 1t is not seemly for the United
States to give up the birthright which
it has always had. Reform should be.
gin and wise conduct should be exem.
.plified in circles with most influence
anu greatest social prestige, and men
with unlimited wealth should strive not
TO add to the burdens Of labor by de.
mands for Sunday toll.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
At Any Cost.
From Lippincott's.

fTUm LIppIncotts.
A darby preacher was lost In the happy
selection of his text, which he repeated
In vigorous accents of pleading.
"Oh, bredern, at de las day dere's
gwine to be sheep an deres gwine to be
goats. Who's gwine to be de sheep, and
who's gwine to be de goats? Let's all try
to be like de III white lambs, bredern.
Shall we be de goats. sisters? Nav,
we's gwine TO be de sheep. Who's gwins
to be de sheep, bredern, an who's gwine
to be de goats? TAX care OBJ youth souls
sisters. Remember, deres gwine to be
goats an sheep. Who's gwine to be de
sheep an who's gwine to be de goats7'
Just then solitary Irishman who had
been sitting in the back of the church,
listening attentively, rose and said:
"Oill be the goat. Go on; tell us the
joke, elder. ORR be the goat!'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06

ing many of its own cars, as it has COM
plete car shops and can build motor cars
as well as the trailers. The cars will
be similar in construction to the 2OO-class
motor cars. many Of which are used on
the East Lake line.
The work of improving the gas DEPART
ment and extending the mains is being
pushed. The gas main to Woodlawn has
been built as far as LaCross station
and large force of men is rapidly ex-
tending the main. In the fall the company
will be ready to supply all of Woodlawn
with gas.
The bottom of the tank for the new
gas holder was riveted together yester-
day and lowered on the foundations. The
tank will be constructed as rapidly as
possible as crews of men are working
day and night on the job The tank will
have a capacity of 100000 cubic feet daily,
which will be about the maximum daily
! consumption In Birmingham this winter.
| The old holder will be used as re-
| serve.
| The company has purchased a water
gas set which will be installed as soon
as possible. The delivery is to be made
In eighty days. This set will improve
the quality of the gas.
Much Small Equipment.
| A great deal of money has recently
been spent for smaller pieces of ma
chinery and equipment. Among other
things 'pusher" or machine for sending
gas under high pressure a long dis
| lance, has been bought. This will be
used In supplying Woodawn and will
give that city as good pressure as Bir-
mingham gets, although the gas mains
will be many times longer. New retorts
are also replacing the old ones at the
gas house.
The first shipments of the new turbine
| have arrived, and this will be built at
the power house as fast as the various
shipments are received This turbine will
generate an alternating current which
will be used for general lighting pur-
poses. and will also furnish power to
sub-stations on the railway system where
| 1t will be converted into direct current
| for the street cars.
All the cars of the company are built
| to use direct current and for that rea-
son the alternating current has to be
| transformed into a direct current.
The chain CRATES under two of the
batteries of boilers have about been COM
pleted at the power house, and they
will be put into use this week. AS soon
as these boilers are put in service the
fires will be drawn from two of the other
batteries and the chain CRATES will be put
under them.
| The work on the coal bumpers is about
one-fourth completed and is being push
ed rapidly. Other Improvements are be-
Ing made at the power house.
! The total cost of this years improve
ments by the Birmingham Railway. Light
and Power company will total up nearly
81 100000, as practically every department
of the company received a large annual
| appropriation at the meeting of the board
Of directors several months ago.