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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-26
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U easier to perform the labor herself artlste She is clever at trimming hats artlste She is cleevr at trimming hats ana so popular is this accomplishment lhat she is a sort of consulting miliner Tor scores of her friends. Mrs. Metcalf, however, does not think that her industry IS remarkable, since the making of one elotns is an ordinary accomplishment In California.
 There is one woman in official life who mas always made her husbands shirts ana In spite of the Inducements offered py the big manufacturers, continues thls labor of love. This is Mrs. Pettus, wife or the Father of the Senate" Edmond Winston Pe.tus, of Alabama. Tn her early married life Mrs Pettus was wont to spin the flax and to weave the cloth. Eut she has bowed to the progress of the times sufficiently to purchase linen by the yard, though she still fashions the garment without the assistance of ma chine. There are several women in the senatorial set who nit their husbands socks; so that after all, society in Wash ington is not so frivolous as certain social ehroniclers would have people believe.
 
 Some enterprising scribe can make a few shekels by writing q brochure on how to address exalted foreigners or even native officials by their correct titles On social occasions, even well in- formed men get mixed and they are fre- quently much embarrassed because they do not know the correct procedure In Washington many ways hold and the ad- vocates of each one believe it correct The chief executive of the nation is ad- dressed as MT. President" and all the cabinet officers are called MT Secre- tary,' MT. Attorney General" or Mir. Postmaster General" and the same holds true in regard to the justices of the supreme court and the heads of the two legislative branches.
 Officially, the ambassadors and minis ters are dubbed plain MT. Ambassador" or MT Minister" though a few indivld- uals who like high sounding appellatlons insist that Your Excellency' is a more elegant and polite method of addressing the venerable members of the corps. When foreign princes visit this land of freedom the state department mail Is swamped with cries for help from gov ernors, mayors of cities and even from private individuals who would like to extend hospitalities. But the most anus ing apeal came to the Secretary of State when the Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs Thomas Davidson were visiting this country. It emenated from woman of Boston, who represented a powerful church association which wanted to honor the helpmate of the prelate. She asked specifically how she should word her in vitations and just what women should say on being presented Some of our ladies maintain" went on the letter, that 1t would be correct to say Your Grace" since she shares all her husbands honors. Others assert that 1t should be Mrs Archbishop while a number agree with me, that it will cover the entire premises to say q am honored to meet you, Madam Canterbury"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-26

Statistics show that of the more recent disasters the greatest calamity befell the workers in the Albion colliery, near Pon- typridd South Wales, June 23, 1904 By an explosion, to which was added the horror of fire and entombment, the great CT part of the miners were killed. There were 2S6 bodies taken from the mine when the fire had burned itself out
 In this country the most horrible mine disaster was that at Fratervile Tenn where about 200 workmen were killed May 19. 1902. The exact number of dead was never known, as many of the bodies were so deeply buried that they were not re- covered. More than POO were missing af- ter the calamity. Another mine disaster on July 10 of the same year killed 1O5 workers in the Rolling Mill mine of Pennsyvanla. third great disaster oc- cured June 30. 1903, and destroyed the lives of 175 men and boys at Hanna, Wyo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-26
BIG DIAM ONDS.
lnnumerabIe GhastIy Grimes Have
 Trailed All Great Gems.

From South Africa.
 The Premier diamond. of 9032 carats, is unlike any other gem that has ever been found It is of far greater dimensions, of course, than the Excelsior, the Jagers- fontein diamond, the 970 carats of which were split up last year by Tiffany of New York. It is unlike the Koh-i-noor. the Great Mogul or the Table of the Shah it's unusual size rnftting it either as a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear'' or as an adornment for a head that wears a crown. It is not so accommodating in this respect either. as was that veritable sphinx of precious stones. the Great King Henry ", handed the Great Sancy for safety to servant, the faithful valet swallowed the stone when attacked by robbers. and there 1t was found. in the recesses of his sagacous stomach, after his lifeless body had been denuded of everything else of value he possessed.
 Such an adventure as this is impossi- ble with the newest product of the Trans vaal mine. In bringing good luck to the shareholders let us hope that it is also unlike the Regent diamond, the cele- brated Orloff gem. the famous diamond necklace of Marie Antoinette or the Grea. Mogul, each of these jewels having dis tingushed itself in history by the i'll luck attached to it. The Pitt, or Regent. dia- mond, dfseivered by slave, was at first bought for f1000; then. having acted as the center round which innumerable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-26
DIGGING COAL IS MOST
 DANGEROUS OF MINING

have delegated members to perfect some scheme to alleviate the distress of en- tombed miners as well as to reduce the number of casualties. Safety devices so far have not brought down the average annual death roll. No satisfactory method of combating fire damp has been found. and safety devices that are used to strengthen shafts will not withstand an explosion of the gases that accumulate in collieries.
 The Chicago Record-Herald, speaking on the Bessemer catastrophe. states that an average of over 1000 persons are killed every year in the collieries of the world through explosions, fires and falling debris that entombs them beyond the aid of rescue. The number killed in coal mines each year during the last decade fs as follows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-26

The planet turns completely around in less than four hours, and the moons move around the planet with great rapid ity, so that even from hour to hour the appearance of the system is constantly changing.
 In 1897. Professor Barnard, then of the Lick observatory, announced the discov- cry of fifth moon to Jupiter, an ex- cessvely faint little attendant which is nearer to the planet than any of the other four. And on January 1. 1905, the news was telagrphed from this same ob- servatory that a sixth satellite had been discovered. The new moon is of the fourteenth magnitude, and Is hence ex- ceedingly faint. It is further away from the planet than any of the others, and 1t is very remarkable that it revolves about the planet in an opposite direction from that of the other satellites. In this it resembles the recently discovered ninth satellite of Saturn. It is exceedingly probable from this retrograde motion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-26
BY ERIC D ooLlTTLE.

As spring approaches the winter con Etellations are steadily sinking lower and lower in the western heavens. The bril- liant group Taurus with the Pleiades and Byades has now drawn so near the sun That 1t remains above the horizon for only a few hours after sunset, the mag nificent Orion is low in the southwest, and the Milky Way. which in mid-winter formed a beautiful arch passing exactly overhead, now lies much nearer the ground in the west and is far less con spicuous than 1t has been.
 This gradual transformation of the face of sky as the months pass away is most interesting and impressive. Prob
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-26
wAsHINeToNIAs, COURTESY.

From the Washington Post r
 In unlocking and erecting the statue of Miss Frances E. Willard in Stautary hall yesterday. it became necessary to move the statue of George Washington several feet. Thus place was made for the first statue of woman in that hall. 5ystander lamented such an invasion as one of the inevitable results when woman's rights have sway.
 Tut, tut" exclaimed Representative William Alden Smith of Michigan. who was passing. Tt illustrates the great courtesy of the Father of his Country. It dominates even in marble"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-26

ably everyone has noticed tha. the stars which are visible in winter are not the same as those which are seen in sum- mer. or at least that certain groups or the Milky Way are sometimes visible and sometimes not. The reason why this 's so is not nearly so generally known, how ever, and yet the explanation is very simple.
 Suns Motion Among Stars.
 It should be remembered that the earth is but a small particle, as it were but grain of dust in the immensity of space The celestial sphere surrounds 1t on all sides, below as well as above. In the night time We see but half of this sphere. that is, the half which is above the ground, but were the earth trans parent. so that we could look down through the ground, and were the light of the sun plotted out, we should see ourselves surrounded by stars in every
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-26

the ring of intensely bright sunlight be- ing visible entirely around the disc of the moon.
 Figure shows the position of the earth from which this eclipse may be seen. To all persons who are within the narrow strip A E the moon will appear to pass entirely onto the disc of the sun. To those woh are near this strip anywhere within the dotted area c M N the eclipse will be visible as partial eclipse only.
 The Planets.
 Venus is now the most brilliant ob- ject of the sky, and it will grow continu- ally brighter during the month On the 18th it will look like the moon when about five days old, but by the 31st 1t will be very narrow crescent
 Neptune is in the constellation Gemini in most excellent position for observation with a small-sized telescope.
 Saturn has passed behind the sun and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-26
4A8N1HbS
 SATELLITE

direction: that is, we should see the en- tire celestial sphere with all of the con stelations at once. both of those Of sum n1er and of winter.
 The half of the celestial sphere which is above the ground in the day time Is invisible to us simply because or the overpc wering brightness of the sun; when the leht of this body is cut off by an eelipse or by descent into deep mine or otherwise the stars become visible even in the daytime.
 Tisure 1 shows the half or the sphere which is now above the ground in the carly. evening. The sun in its yearly Journey around the sky will in time pass right across this map. It will move along the path marked A B and blot out the consultations one after another as 1t comes to them Thus in midsummer 1t will have reached the constellation Gem mi: as can be seen from the map It Will then be high up in the sky and the con stellation Gemini and the sun will both set at the same time. Evidently at that time the consultations Cancer and Leo will be low down in the west at sunset while the smaller constelations to the loft of B (which are not shown on the map). will be due south. The sun Will reach the point and pass below the equator on the 22d of September. On the Dist of March 1t is at point exactly op- posite to c on the celestial sphere; II linen crosses the equator in its upward motion among the stars and at tnls lh- stant spring begins.
 Late Winter Stars.
 The constellation Cancer, e the Crab. ~ybich Is just east of Gemni, can readily Inc traced out from the map It is one Of. the faintest consultations or the Ao- 6iac and was hence called in ancient times the Dark Sign and quaintly de- rcribed as black and without eyes. Yet ,few groups have been the subjects of more attention, for astrolcgicslly 1t was irnaained to be of great importance. TO tbe Chaldeans 1t was the Gate of Men throurh which souls descen~ed rom heaven into human bodies. while In gem ieral 1t was considered constellation or misfortune and i'll omen.
 ,rhe stars marked r and D are both ,beautiful doubles in a small telescope and the observer should not fall to ex- a mine the curious cloud-lika mass at r, which even in an opera glass is seen to be made up of more than hunareo stars packed closely together. f TO tbe east of Cancer Is the beautiful ,onstellation Leo, or the Lion, the west iern half of which is often called the Sickle. One of the most remarkable pc lc,,liarities of this group Is the large num- iyer of double stars which it contains, tbough unfortunately most of these are l~o+ visible in a very small telescope nhosa marked F and H are. however, heautiful objects even with a small glass Lrbiie the stars marked K and l. gre true aouble systems, made up ot two immense s,us revolving about one another
 rbis is the best time of the year to 4raee out the whole of the constellation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-26
Explained.
chicago News.

From the Chicago News
 You are poor barber" growled the angry patron.
 What you talk?" retorted the foreign or in tbe white jacket. T am one count 70. I see. You think you are fighting a duel with that razor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-26
FIG. 2-JuPlrER AND HIS SIX sATEL LIrEs

that the new moon did not originally be- long to the system, but was captured just as comets are sometimes captured and forced to move around the sun.
 Figure shows the positions of the i've inner satellites when these are at their greatest distance from the planet. The sixth satellite when discovered was to the right of these four times as far away from Jupiter as the fourth satellite
 Comets.
 There are three faint comets now vis- ibe; the position of one of these on March 1 is marked on the map at R. A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-26

new comet so bright as to be visible even in a four-inch telescope was discovered by Borelly on December 29. 1904. It was in the constellation Cetus and was nov ing rapidly through Pisces toward Aries. Its patch from December 20 to January 8 is shown, but unfortunately Its position during March cannot yet be predicted.
 AnnuIar Eclipse of Sun.
 The astronomical event of the year will be the total eclipse of the sun, which will occur on August 30. Meanwhile on March Q a so-ealled (annular) eclipse will occur. but this will not be visible in America. During an annular eclipse. the moon does not entirely hide the sun, because the black disc of the moon Is smaller than that of the sun. The ap- pearance then Is as shown in figure 3,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-26
New sateIIlte of Juplter.

Jupiter, the most beautiful of all the planets, is so rapidly drawing near the sun that it will not be visible much longer. In a small telescope it's appear ance is much as shown in figure 2 The enormous ball, more than S6,OO0 miles in diameter is seen to be encircled by nu- merous greenish and ,rose-colored bands while nearby are the four bright moons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-26
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We Rent Pianos With Purchase Privli=
 leges

Do you know that you can rent a new piano from us and at the expiration of six months if you buy we will allow ali rent you have paid to go towards the price of 1t, or any other piano you may select from our large stock
 This not only gives you the chance to have piano in your home for six months before deciding on purchase, but places high grade piano on such easy pay ments, so that it is within the reach Of all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-26
Our Tuning Department.

We have four competent piano tuners and in addition have the mos. complete repair shop in the South. We are pre- pared to do all kinds of tuning or repair ing on short notice, and at lowest prices. All work guaranteed by us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-26

Ursa Major, or the Great Dipper for the giant southern half of thls large grouo is well up in the sky. The star marked M has a naked eye companion which in early times was used by the Arabs as test of penetrating vision Among the other stars many beautiful doubles will be found with a small telescope.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-26

Total .............,.,......... 'SS'Voo
 This, 1t should be understood IS con servatiye estimate and does not particu- larlv apply to a man of MT. Smiths lav tsh hospitality It is more than likely that his railway house party will cost him in the neighborhood of s5o,ooo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-26
KreII-FrenCh P ianOS
The vital quality of a high grade Piano is the quality of it's tone. The KreII=French Tone Has No
 Equal
 Ha

Its delightful melIowness is always pres- ent whether the touch be light or heavy and 1t stays in tune.
 We make the rell-French. We sell direct to you. You save all profits which the jobbers and dealers must charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-26
THE HEAVENS. LIN MARCH

 Satellte-Annuar the ,Arr Icrcal l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-26
Our Pianos Are the Best Our Prices are the Lowest Our Terms the Easiest.

We take your old piano or organ in ex- change towards tic price of a new one. Let us know and we will call an, make you a proposition on a trade.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25
Birthday Party for Mrs. Early.

Mrs. L. Early celebrated her sOth
birthday last Friday at the home
of her daughter Mrs. Will Crisman
and husband in this city, in the
company of several of her old
neighbors and friends who gather
ed there to assist in making the
day pass pleasantly. An excellent
dinner was served and then the day
was passed in social "reminiscences
of the days long passed. Mrs. Ear
ly received many tokens OF love as
reminders of this happy event
which she will treasure up as valu-
able reminders of cherished friends.
The following ladies and gentlemen
were present:
Mr.. and Mrs. Wolf residing near
town, Mr.. and Mrs. Milliman, Mrs.
Houston, Mrs. Bowman, Mrs. Shrau-
ger, Mrs. Croy, Mrs. Connolly, Mrs.
Hamlin, Mrs. Wheeler who with
Mr.. Farley and Mrs. Farley made
up the party. The combined ages
OF the assembly was 954 years. Mr.
Farley eighty-five years was the
Oldest person present and Mrs
Bowman the youngest sixty.sia
years.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25
A county newspaper speaks of TIL

A county newspaper speaks of the
man who always paid for his paper
in advance. AS reward he was
never sick in his life, never had a
corn on his toes, or toothache, his
potatoes never rot, the frost never
kills his fruit, his babies never cry
at night, his wife never scolds, and
he has succeeded in serving three
terms on the schoolboard without
being criticised. Exchanged.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25

Marinatchin good sized town on
the borders between China and Rus
STA is inhabited by men exclusively.
An old law forbids women to live
there.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25
Take Notice.

The business men of Extra are re-
quested to meetin the Mayors Of
flee next Monday evening at s o.
clock tor the purpose of deciding
whether we will celebrate this
Fourth Of July or not.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25

Fabrics made of ramil, which is
grown in the south part of the
United States are stronger than linen
and have the luster of silk. The
plant is a native of Asia and until a
few years ago was found only there
but is now grown in parts of South
America and other warm countries.
China has made fabrics from it since
remote age and the ancient Ro-
mans wore robes woven from it's
silky floss
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25

j. B. Connrardy almost extracted
tooth the other day when monk.
ey wrench he was using slipped
and struck his mouth. One of the
phone workmen then took pity on
him and getting a good hold on the
offending tooth yauked it out much
TO Johns relief
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25

Honorable Frank 0. Lowden has
donated prize of fifty dollars an
nually for excellence in debate at
the Iowa State University. He is a
graduate Of the law department. of
the University. He gives prizes
for excellence in Latin, Greek,
Botany, Geology and Mathematics.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25

Manga man who stands high in
the rank got his start
Through his mother not sparing
the spanks.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25

The widow Of the famous clergy
man Horace Bushnell is more than
hundred years old. She still lives
at Hartford. She has lived under
every American President except
Washington and Adams.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25

Let us not get work mixed with
worry. Some men worry and call it
work. Tits hard work to worry. 1t
has been said that man who will
not worry is not much good. The
same may be said of the man who
will not work. We'd rather risk
work than worry
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25

The Duke OF Potland's picture
gallery covers more than a quarter
of an acre. 1t is the finest private
gallery in the world
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25

Senator Dolliver became acct
dentally mixed up in a mob in Chica-
go while on his way home from his
fathers funeral. Some Demo will
undoubtedly hold him responsible
for the mob.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25

Some men cay it don't pay to adj
vertise. They say they once ran a
whole page ad and it didn't increase
business very much. Wait. Sup.
pose all the advertising for Uneeda
Biscuit, Hoods Sarsparilla, or ".
DRY Soap were condensed into
double page ads and run in only
one or two issues of our larger dai.
lies. Would that have built up the
enormous demand these articles
enjoy today? Only continuous
advertising pays. The jerky kind
never. Everything gains by repe.
tition. Tell the people your bust
ness this week, next week, next
week and next week and the year
round, Then you'll find advertising
paws.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25

The enormous expense" of a con-
Germ that has just been shut down
in New York consisted of five dol
lars per day given in street car fare
and meal tickets. 1t was not closed
until the meal tickets were replaced
by plain promises.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25

A man by his company always i
known
Who lives in glass house should
not throw stone.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25

Ed Hensley of Tracy, MINI. anu
his sister Mrs. Vernon Deets, OF
Garvin, MINI. arrived here Satur.
day and are visiting their sick sis.
ter, Mrs. Wahlert and other rela.
tiyes
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25

Russell Sage has been sued for
5000. We don't see how he can af-
ford the expense of a suit. He will
probably Compromise by paying huff.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25

Fifty-tw volcanic islands have
risen out of the sea since the be-
ginning OF last century. Nineteen
have disappeared and ten of them are
inhabited.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25

No matter what you're working at,
Play ball!
Pull off your coat, your vest and hat,
Play ball!
If you stand around and wait
Some one else will cross the plate
You'll lose the game as sure as fate
Play ball
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25

A colored preacher may chas e
sin all his life and just as he is about
to overtake it be eluded around the
corner of henroost.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25

A Kansas editor remarks that it
is an open question as to which can
gather the most indictments Mrs.
Chadwick OF the Standard Oil Co.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25

Willie Bryan seemsto be breaking
out again just when the country
seemed to be recovering and resting
quietly.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-25

Earl Smith has been transferred
from Glendon to Monteith station
as agent with more work but also
with an increase in salary. He ia a
steady young man and we'll de-
serves the promotion.