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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-08

MONG civilized nations the variety
 A of tastes attracts but little attention
 The vegetarians and the meat eat CTS each have their followers, and a. re- cent school advocates less food ana ieW- CT meals, while there are countless fads for the delectation of the hungry, says the Scientific American.
 That civilized man has missed some or the most toothsome dainties goes With out saving and it Is evident that preju- dice enters very largely into this. Thus, in California, the best fish, 1t is said, Is the sculpin, but in the east this fish goes begging on account of It's disagreeapie sp- pearance. In Arizona Indian childen may be seen catching ants and eating them; and in Mexico the honey ant Is eagerly sought after by the natives who eat inc well rounded, currantlike abdomen In South America the large lizard. the igu- ana. is delicacy, not to speak or the larger snakes, which In taste are like chicken. The ordinary rattlesnakes, 1t is said. is very good eating if one can overcome the inborn prejudice.
 Americans are inclined to regard the Chinese as q race Ol idt SeeS'S -N--N nounce the animal as unclean, at the same time consuming tons yearly or the most loathsome of all animais-tne hoe. The rat is careful of it's toilet, cleaning itself constantly; but the hog IS the only animal of so called intelligence that revels in filth and prefers It to cleanl' ness. The common skunk, owing to its peculiar and offensive glands, will never be popular as food, yet its flesh IS nor only good, but delicious, according to various connoisseurs who have eaten IL. That insects do not enter more ih.o the food supplies of nations IS que to prejudice Grasshoppers are eaten oy some western tribes. Ground up, they make meal that is said to be potn nourishing and agreeable. Many whit man has pressed through country, be-
 lievfng himself nearly starving, as large game was not to be had, when worms and various insects were at hand. During the flights of locusts Indians sometimes collect them in bags, wash them and cook them for . meal.
 The most singular food, in all probabii- ity. is the larva of fly common in cer- tain portions of California and known as ephydra~ This insect is found in such vast quantities in Lake. Mono. Califor- mia. that 1t is washed up on the shores in vast windrows and can be collected by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-08
We sell the Fay Stocking for either Women or Children all weights and slzes 25c pair and up

the mouth glands of the bird, is nearly worth its weight in gold. Trepang, the tough, impossible holothurian. is eaten, and it's collection is an important indus try along the Malay coast, valued at at least s1OO000 per annum.
 In France the sea anemone is used as food; stuffed like peppers and boiled It calls to mind crab or crayfish. The echi- nus of various species Is also used, cooked in the shell, like an egg, and eaten with spoon. In nearly all the old countries of Europe of the type of Spain and Italy the poor are so poor that eveSyshing in the nature of food is utilized. Absolutely nothing Is wasted and meat Is rare. The writer recalls the surprise of an Italian fisherman who landed in California after a trip around the Horn. and was amazed. not at the country, but with the abun dance of food. He found his countrvmen eating meat twice perhaps three times, day, when he rarely had 1t once a month He saw hundreds of pounds of fish wasted, and discarded merely be- cause the people did not care for 1t, when in Italy even the heads would be boiled and eaten. He saw big tunnes lowed out to sea and thrown away because they were tough, when in his own land every scrap of this fish was saved. America was indeed the land of plenty to the poor of other nations.
 Certain Indians consider earthworms a dainty. They are dried and rolled togeth- CT into peculiar flour. In Bahama and some of the Florida keys the conch IS eaten-by far the toughest food known more like India rubber than anything else, having to be beaten and pounded before it can be masticated or even cooked.
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 Hoods sarsaparlla keeps the blood nd 10 whole system in perfect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-08
Southern Hospitality.

From Harper's Weekly.
 Some years ago one B., of Keokuk county, Iowa, made wagon trip through the adjacent southern states. On his re- turn he recounted to his friends his im- pressions of his journey.
 Now, for instance" said he, T went to farmer to ask him the way to the nearest town. It was about 11:30 a. m., and l wanted to push on; but these here southern fellers is so hospitable he would not let me. He says, Light, stranger, an come to dinner So I lit
 ",rhey had a great big dish of fried po- tatoes in the middle of the table. The host pushed the dish towards me an says, Have some, stranger I took a spoonful an pushed 'em back. He pushed 'em over again an says, Have some more, stranger I took another spoonful an pushed em back. He says, Take a whole lot, stranger So I took another spoonful an pushed 'em back. Then he pushed 'em over again an says. Take d-d near all of 'em. stranger
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-08

Knoxville, and from there to Cumberland Gap. Our duty there was hard, the en- emy was smelling us, at times exploding shells in our ranks, cutting trees and limbs over us. We were on scout duty often, and it was very dangesvas. The woods were full bushwhackers
 One morning about 10 o'clock we were ordered to be ready in one hour, with three days rations, to go to Powder Springs Gap, thrty-five miles by the pike, but we had a mountain guide who would lead us over mountain trail, which was a much shorter route. It was said that there was a company of Indians blockad- ing the pike over the mountaiS to Ken lucky, the way General Bragg was march, ing. About the time we had our dough" made up the drum beat for us to fall in. so we had to dump our dough into our haversacks raw and were double-quicked off after our guards on the trail up and
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caught up I felt somewhat relieved, as the chickens belonged to the young ladies that waived the United States flags at us
 We finally got to camp played out and hungry. Hiram Cantrell, our cook, had drawn a fifty-pound sack of flour. In some way he and others had gotten into a smokehouse and had gotten a piece of bacon. We had no cooking utensils. but Hiram found at the spring a large wash pot He was resourceful. We fixed his pot for him and went to sleep. We num- bered forty odd men. About sun Up Hi- ram woke us for breakfast end showed it to us as 1t boiled in the big wash pot He had made us chicken pie with the sac, of flour, nine chickens and the bacon. We set the pot of pie in the branch to cool, then went at it. I must say that 1t was the best chicken pie I ever ate. We de- voured every bit of 1t and cleaned the not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-08
ouaht to ne Satisfactory.
the Columbus Dispatch

From the Columbus Dispatch.
 'T suppose" said the fair customer. you guarantee these corsets."
 Certainly. madam" replied the absent minded clerk, who had formerly trav- eled for a boiler foundry. We warrant them to stand pressure of 700 pounds"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-08
STATE NORMAL
 SCHOOL,
Jacksonville, Ala.

A SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS. Enrolment 436 last session from 62 counties of Alabama. Prepares for State Examination. Board 5000 per month. Tuition free. High and healthful location. Twenty-third ses. sion begins September 19, 1905. For catalogue. address.
 c. w. DAUGETTE, President 7-2-su-wed-friwky
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-08

"Our Business is Moving" everything, large or small. Harris. Fletcher Transfer Co. Phones AT. Office 2ll7, lst Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-08
Notice.

I have removed my offices from Dr. Smith block to 40S Chalifoux building.
 10-7-2t DIR. THOMPSON BERRY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-08
You get "Squder Deaw at Friedmun's Have you bought your
 Fall Hat yet?
MdMQuy 2.5O Special

A Hat we've pined our name to. Asks you to give 1t a good lookup before in- vesting in you head-gear. It comes in all the latest shapes, from a swell new Golf and Alpine to the ever-dressy Derby.
 The colors are black and the proper shades of pearl, brown and nutria. Equals any $3 hat sold anywhere-an easy way for you to make half a dollar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-08

Hoods Sarsaparlla keeps the blood pure and the whole system in perfect order. Take only Hoods.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-15

rants, and people say they like what they
get there. But the Japs must hustle to
catch up with the Chinese. The Chinese
sestaprant is no longer a novelty, the
mere incident of Summing tour or
night adventure. The Chinese rstau-
rants have come to stay, and have i'm
mensely increased in number. 1t SEEING
but year or two since there were but
three balconied places in Chinatown,
to which 1t was considered comfortable
to take visitors, particularly visiting
ladies. Now there are 20 or more fash
ionable eating places In Mott and Pell
streets, gorgeously decorated with
dragons and other oriental fiiagree
Chop suey continues to be the staple, but
there is long list of dishes, many Of
them dainty and mysterious in service
birds nssts, pike and pineapple,
shrimp salad, best and peppers, mush-
rooms. water chestnuts, star fruit, not
to mention those shrouded in weird CHI
nese names. Dinner parties, often on an
elaborate scale, are Of nightly occur
renee, and the service is excellent, the
bewildering variety Of dishes coming as
particular surprise to the lady guests
The walters display no excitement under
any circumstances. The complacent
Calm of the Chinese, proprietors and
servants, under all cireumst ances, is one
of the characteristics Of the enyirons
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-15
COOKING INVENTIONS LEAD
Nearly $500 Contrivances Have Been
Patented in England In Past AZ
Year-Umbrellas Rank Second.

London.-The classification Of sealed
patents at the patent Office rendered
necessary by the act which came into
operation on January last has shown
that the inyentiyeness Of the human
mind can be classified in 146 sections.
Cooking, 1t appears, has brought forth
in 4S years 3,575 patented inventions, an,
average Of 73 every year. Umbrellas
have been the subject Of 1,476 inven-
lions, or an average of 80 per annum.
Hats run umbrellas very close, with
1,411 specifications since 1855.
Invention runs In periodic grooves.
Thus 1895 and 1897 reflected the enor-
mous development In cycles. Now the
motor vehicle INDUSTRY is engaging
many ingenious minds. 30 marked is
the development of this Industry that
the total number Of British Inventions
in this department has doubled since
1900.
For half D century the uppermost
problem, .as indicated by the trend Of
Invention, has been that Of locomotion.
That inyentiveness 10 on the increase
5s evidenced by the fact that last year
5000 patents were sealed. Ten years
ago the number was less than II, 900, and
IN 1884 the total only reached 1871.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-15
-Ieveland Leader.
Successful Lion-Breeding in Dublir

Successful on-Breeding in Dublin
Few, If any, menageries in the world
ean show more remarkable record Of
ifon-rearing than that Of the Dublin
zoo. From the old lfon-houss, which
was recently replaced by a maghif.
cent building to which Lord Roberts
has given his name, lions bred within
its walls have been consigned to al
most every quarter Of the globe. Up
wards Of 200 cubs saw the light n
the old lion-house, and sum Of near.
~ $4,000 resulted from their sale TO
other menageries. both at home and
abroad. One lioness, whose career ia
the gardens extended over period Of
16 years. gave birth in her time to
no fewer than So cubs. which realized
the sum Of a1,400.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-15

of the system under which they worked.
But they marveled also at the number
of times a day when the department was
called upon to exercise its talents. I'VE
don't have so many fires," they said.
This is quite true. They don't have SO
1aapy No city in Europe has anything
like so many fEes as New York in pro-
portion either to the population or to
the number Of buildings. New York is
always burning. And while the losses
for fire may be very low, according to
the statistics with which the fire de-
partment and the city comfort them
selves, Ares mean danger and death.
Within the week more fremen have
been killed, and many fremep injured
Within the week there have been sew
erai deaths at fires as result Of leaps
from windows and other efforts to es-
cape. No human ingenuity seems to
have been able to make fire escapes that
will guarantee safety in building; and
naturally the average dwelling is with
out fire escapes Of any kind. Is the day
coming when every building, residence
or otherwise, will be constructed with
appliances that assure safety In case Of
are9 And why does New York have so
many fres7 10 there not q field Here for
reformatory inquiry 10 New York too
confident of Its IRE department? Does
this confidence pay?
OWEN LANGDoN.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-15
INN are to be dressier than ever.

tumn are to be dressier than ever.
have been guilty of two reflections,
anent this announcement: What about
the bathing places? If daylight decol-.
lete-ism is to be permitted, suppose
some one tries it at the beach In con-
junction with the bathing suit-in other
words, suppose she dresses like in the
French pictures The bather is we'll
robed now. She can't wear white; she
can't wear too loud crimson. She
can't wear anything too conspicuous. !"
Will the censor interfere if she tries the
decollete bathing gown?
Again, how about the men? Is the
clawhammer to come in before dinner?
Will not life be disrupted if he does?
Will not the ordinarily dressed man
look queer at an afternoon reception in
the company of extraordinarily dressed
women? 1t is nice question. Some
thing will have TO be done about it.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-15
An Atlas for Sl.0e.

The Great Northern Railway has
issued an Atlas OF Sc pages containing
.up-to.date maps OF Iowa, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, North and South Dakota,
Montana, Idaho, Washington, British
Columbia, Oregon, Kansas, Missouri,
Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado,
Alaska, Hawaii, Japan, Philippine
Islands, China, the United States and
of the World.
Id addition to thig, the Atlas con.
tains valuable statistical information
relative to the states named above, Is
printed on the very beat quality OF
paper, shows the lines Of the Great
Northern Railway, and tS In every
way a commemorate work.
This Atlas will be distributed al
the actual cost OF production and will
sbe sent to any address upon receipto1
SL00. Address r. /. WHITNEY,
Passenger Traffic Manager, Great
Northern Railw4Y, st. PAUL, MiRn.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-15

have been stricken in the past week.
The most casual inspection of the Sums
will reveal the reason, and it is an old
story. The East side is becoming more
.congested every year. The sidewalks
swarm with them. In rooms absolutely
unventilated, except by the doors,
six or eight children are sometimes
packed away for the night. Little won
der that the wretched progeny of half
fed parents crawl into Railways, to
fire escapes and out upon the roofs to
sleep. The doorway crepe becomes a
commonplace of the tenement districts.
Dirty midgets brush thoughtlessly
against it all day, and then fight for a
good viewpoint when the funeral hour
comes. The white hearse is followed by
one shabby carriage. 1t is a cheap fu-
neral, but heart breakingly expressive
affair for poor family.
This, say, is no new story. Yet it is
pity that it haste be told again. De-
spite all the talksof reform, New York
is about as badly off as ever in its tene=
| ment quarters. New tenements have
| not demolished the old ones. The emf
/ grant ships unload thousands in a day
and the East side is more densely popu
/. lated than ever 1t was. Recreation piers
punctuate the river front; the Five
! Points is a park; the Ship is razed; Hell'f
Kitchen is not SO Internal; breathing
spaces are being cleared here and there;
free baths float in many places. But the
demand greWs faster than the supply
New Works reforms Log slowly behind
the need for them. And the children are
dying" dying thus about us every day.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-15
NEBRASKA is RICH.
FARMERS ARE RusH1Na Into
THE BANKING BUSINESS.
Nearly All Institutions in the State
Started During Last Three Years
Have Had Capital Furnished
by Tillers Of the Soil.

] Lincoln, Neb.--A computation made
by the state banking board the other
day discloses the fact that the majority
Of the stockholders In the 621 state
banks Of Nebraska, meaning the banks
in the smaller towns, are farmers. Prac-
ideally all the banks started in the past
three years have had their capital fur
AisAs6 by farmers.
The high prices that wheat and corn
have brought and. the bountifuf ehafRe-
ter Of the hay crops have made big
money for most of the farmers. More Of
them than ever have retired from active
life and turned oyer their farms to the
boys In the past year. ts
At the agricultural bureau 1t Is esti-
mated that $25 an acre is fair average
Of production for piost Of the farms, and
this does not take into account the
money for poultry, eggs and butter fat,
which Is usually sufficient to maintain
family. Some Of the money has gone
into blooded stock, some has found Its
way east through being deposited In
banks that have been lending their sur
plus to New York, Chicago and Boston,
and there Is q whole lot that has evi-
IDENTIFY been. hidden away.
. The bank commissioner Of Kansas Is
quoted as saying that while there 10 no
way Of getting accurate figures, he has
reason to believe that there is as much
money hidden in socks and under car
psts or buried or carried as is on deposit,
and eommissio heF Royce; pt Nebraska
agrees with this opinion. He has hn.
ticed that where farmers have started
banks, the cash on hand or on deposit In
other banks does not often show signs OF
decrease, and the only explanation 10
that the money deposited has been dug
out of hiding places.
1.-THE last quarterly report showed
sl6Eooo,666 efdepoait ip all Of the banks
OF the state, including nationM If -
much more is In peeketbooks or buried
this wo5.s:l.4A gys per capita Of nearly
$210 in Nebraska
Several instances are related Of hc%
young men of ambition in Lincoln and
Omaha, with training in the banking
business, have gone out into some coiln-
try t9Wn aud induced active and retired
farmers to furnish the principal portion
OF their capital. They were hpknR wH
In most cases to the men to whom they
applied, but their recommendations and
the profitable character Of the business
secured for them all the money they
needed.
One successful young man said that
he found the farmers fairly itching to
get Into the banking business. One OF
these banks, started out in southwestern
Nebraska, numbers Ia former ppppIlsts
In Its list of stockholders. They. are an
republicans now, and they find nothing
SO reprehensible about the banking
business.
Country banking has become very
profitable. Six per cent. dividends are
the smallest reported. In one case,
where the owner was manager, and
combined real estate and stock buying
with banking. q clear gain Of s. pei
cent. was noted IN two years. Tiftssu
snd 20 per cg1t dividSdd5 ore cenmpn.
= y ia 8
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-15

rants, because the restaurants OF many
nationaliites, which the visitor wishes
to see-F French, Italian, Greek, Assyrian,
and so on-are very often in more OF
less respondent cellars. But the event
of the convention was not any OF the
strictly metropolitan inyasions, nor
even the frolicsome night at the thea
ter, but the might at Coney Island. The
convention bodily adjourned to Coney
Island 1t is the thing conven-
lions do in summer. And Coney
Is always ready. There is more
Of it than ever, so much of it that
a convention or two may be added and
not be noticed There are 300, 900 people
there at this moment Of writing. All
that have said as to the plans for
Coney's season are borne out by the stu
alton. 1t is no exaggeration to say that
Coney Island is the most conspicuous
feature Of New York in the summer sea-
son. It is the point most definitely
fixed in the mind of every visitor, native
and foreign. There is no class, rich or
poor, that is exempt from the hive OF
this extraordinary show place. No show
place, either In form Of national fair
or of private device for making dol
lars, ever interested SO diverse a COM
pany Of visitors. The new features-not
to speak of those added to such places
al Luna Park and Dreamland-new
places Ike the Boer War and the Jap.
anese Paradise, are prophetic Of many
more. All will flourish, for the stream Of
visitors seems to be endless. The
scores Of thousands of electric lights II
Illuminate the heavens with sensational
glare. Far at sea the incoming ships
discern glow as Of some vast conflagra:
| ton At times the ocean itself might
seem to be forgotten. Yet the bathing
hours are unanimously busy hours
| Sometimes the beach seems as hot as The
city. But the hot days find the most
people there. 1t is the tradition that II
must be cooler there, %, Of course. II
generally is.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-15
LIMBURoER TOO LOUD.
Hazieten, Pa, Board Of Health Salts
factorily Solves an Annoy
ing Problem.

!. Wiikesbarre, Pa-The board Of
health Of Hazleton has successfully
wrestled with an unusual and amusing
condition. Neighbors had complained
,of the odor Of the cheese store kept by
Alexander Kirsch. They said the linn
burger and other brands were so bad
that they could not stand It, Kirsch CON,
tended that he had right to keep and
sell cheese City Attorney ]. H. Bigelow
declared the business legitimate and
should be permitted If 1t does not cause
injury to health and property.
The board OF health then visited the
store and found 1t in good condition,
but odorous. 1t was finally agreed to
have an air shaft erected In the rear of
the store and to keep the front window
open, causing q draft to drive the odor
into the air shaft and dissipate 1t high
in the air.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-15
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COUNTY
BOON FOR TIRED HUSBANDS
New York Supreme Court Decides
/ They Need Not Take Wives to
Theater in Evening.

New York.-Justice Mccall, Of the
state supreme court, has handed down
. decision which should be hailed with
joy by married men who work hard and
Ewho are too tired to take their wives to
1.-THE theater in the evening. He says that
mo blame can attach to them If they re-
fuse to accompany their better halves to
places of amusement under those cir
cumstances.
The decision was made In dismissing
the complaint in the suit for separation
brought by Lillian Blum against her
husband, Jacob Blum. The defendant
As the head of the New York Trousers
company. In her complaint the wife al
leges cruelty and abandonment. Louis
Steckler, counsel for the husband, de-
nied that the charges were true, and in
the trial in April brought witnesses to
prove that the defendant had always
been a model husband. The wife asked
for SIS per week alimony, which Is also
denied.
One of the charges of ill-treatment
made by the wife was that her husband
did not accompany her to places of
amusement or recreation and had pre-
vented her from taking any vacation.
las to this charge, the opinion says:
This defendant is an exceptionally
Woodworking man. The hours Of each
days labor were from $3.50 a. m. to 9: 80
b. M, and as late one day In each week
as midnight, thus prohibiting him per
sonally from attending entertainments
or escorting his family to places OF
amusement; but from that fact it is diff
cult to see that any censure should be
meted out to him for his alleged neglect
OF the plaintiff in that direction"