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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-17

helf had brought it in Thursday. He sale he had picture of two ladies on card and pointed to one saying she was his wife and that the other was his sister
 "The truth of it Is that one was Eds wife and the other was Johnstons own daughter. The editor cut the picture in two using only Mrs. shuman's photo. and sent it to Columbus to have a cut made and then ran 1t in Saturdays paper.
 Would you recognize the picture if you say it again? asked my brother.
 And then he produced another picture from the same negative showing both of the girls. The editor said it was iden- tical.
 Would Know Man.
 Would you know the man that brought it in if you saw him? asked Ed
 "The editor said he would and Ed show ed him Johnston's picture. He identified him at once He said he would print the truth of the story in Mondays paper.
 "The last seen. of Johnston was in Zanesville Thursday when reporter on the Times Recorder saw him and he said he was going to Coincinnati and get the story printed in the papers there.
 A Good Joke.
 Ed was in Coshocton Sunday morning and went up to see Mrs. Johnston and find where her husband was. She said she didn't know where he was and treated the whole thing as a great joke. In fact while Mrs. Ed and Johnston were out of Conesville, Mrs. Johnston came down and saw Ed three times and wrote him two letters asking him not to prosecute them as Henry had done the same thing before. That is the whole story as near as l can get at it, and I am not in any way concerned nor is my wife except that this fellow has used our names
 Signed Statement.
 Mrs Shuman has issued the following signed statement:
 "The entire affair is an attempt to blast my life. MT. Johnston has been trying to force his attentions upon me for some time. He has tried to see me at my home, and wanted me to run away with him. I naturally spurned him. He has sent me messages to meet him, but have ignored all these.
 "I notified his wife that he had sent me messages and wanted me to eope with him, and she told me that he was insane and that he had not slept wink for several weeks She told me not to see him, as she believed that he would shoot me. I never had any intention of meeting him, and would not have any thing to do with him.
 'I am very nervous over the whole af- fair. My friends, though, will realize that I have never had any intention of doing wrong. He has nice people, and they are at a loss to explain his wild actions, ex- cept that he is insane.
 'Mr. Johnston has left coshocton. He Is supposed to be in Columbus. l have not decided yet what steps l Will take against him. People who know me will realize the falsity of the story. His daughter and I are good friends and had our pictures taken together, and the only way I can account for his having my picture is that he secured 1t at his home. (SigneD MRS. EDWARD sHOMAN." In the Coshocton paper the womans name appears as Shoman but In the probate office in Birmingham 1t appears as Shuman.
 l The authorities in the probate ofnce have received a letter regarding the mat ter and have forwarded information to Mir. Shuman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-17
BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED.

Building permits have been issued from the office of the building inspectors as follows:
 l.. " Clark to cree. three story brick building at Nos. 214 and 2l6 North Twen- tieth street at a cost of 5000.
 Macke Real Estate and Investment company to repair one story frame dwell ing at No. 63O Twenty fourth street, north at a cost of s350.
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affair She tells us that the V he resigned and was relieved, she 4e up her mind to evade his attentions by go- ing to Cleveland to visit her sister, tell ing Ed that she thought Johnston would go away and bother her no more. "She took the Wheeling train north. After she had been gone an hour or so Johnston came in and asked the hired girl where Mrs. shuman had gone. but as she had told no one but Ed, the girl didn't know. Johnston seemed put out. and went upstairs and packed his trunk and checked 1t to Coshocton. following on the evening train. Ed. went home and found his wife's clothes gone-all of them-but she had taken only hand grip.
 1.-TWO days after she had left Conesville Eds wife said she was with her sister on the street in Cleveland when they ran against Johnston who demanded that she elope with him, and showed gun to emphasize his demand. She made an ex- cuse to meet him later and then took train and came back to Conesvile. Ar rived there, she found her clothes gone, and at once suspected that Johnston had them. Ed wanted her to take warrant for his arrest but she said she would run him down and recover her wardrobe.
 She was gone little over a week, and when she came back had her clothes. She said she had tracked Johnston to cleve- land, Dennison, Zanesville, Columbus, La fayette, Ind, and then to Cincinnati,
 where she had caught up with Johnston and gotten her clothes.
 "Johnstons son George works at the mine, and about that time l remarked to him that if were Ed I would take
 Winchester and get the old man. George coincided with me and said 1t was bad business
 About two days later l got letter from Johnston postmarked Coshocton, in which he said he understood l had said I woufd use a gun.on him if l were Ed, and went on to say he would get even with me-
 Johnston and I had never had any words. and that was the first intimation
 had he had something in for me.
 Received Paper.
 About the same time 1 got a paper printed in Birmingham and on the front page was pasted slip of paper on which was written in a handwriting I find corresponds with Johnstons Look on page at marriage licenses l turned and found one marked around with ink. It read that a license had been issued to Mrs Beryl Shuman and H. A. John ston, both of Birmingham. Later l got a letter from Johnston calling attention to the paper and saying 1t must have been other people bearing their names
 Hast Thursday he called up from Zanesville for my brother Ed but they failed to get together and Ed did not call him at in the evening as he had requested of the operator.
 ''Then Saturday came the Times Re- corder with this item in 1t and the pie ture of my brothers wife bearing my name or evidently intended to convey the impression that it was my name using Albert instead of Alfred.
 About a dozen copies of the isssue were sent from Zanesville to people in Conesville.
 Went to ZanesviIIe. Ed got on the train Saturday evening and went down to Zanesville and saw the editor of the paper. The man saic that the item was true as Mir. sS.nan him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-17
THE WEATHER

Washington, February 16.-Following is the weather indications for Alabama: Rain Friday; Saturday fair and colder; fresh southeast winds, shifting to north west
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-17
DIRECTORS:

Roden. J. II. Robinson. c. Q. Simpson, ], R. Copeland. c. o. Burns of .,ew York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-17
To Merry Mardi Gras.

Mobiie, ana return. ........ S.Oo
 From Birmingham. Dates of saie-March 1st to 9th. limit March 11th; tickets may be ex- tended until March 25th by depositing before March 11th and paying soc.
 STOP OVERS ALLOWED.
 SPECIAL SLEEPING CARS.
 QUICKEST TIME.
 DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE.
 Ma e reservations at once.  \. 2. Latinnsr, A. 3. Freeman, City Pass. Agt.. Tray. Pass. Agt.. 1925 First Ave, Birmingham. Ala.
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LocaI Weather Data.

Birmingham, February 16 D. m. Maximum temperature ................ 37 Minimum temperature .................. 12 Mean temperature ........................ 24 Normal temperature .................... 50 Deficiency of temp. since Jan. ......4. 94 Rainfall since 4 D. m yesterday .... O Rainfall since January l ..............10.47 47 Excess of rainfall since January It.. 4.05
 Weather Report.
 Temperature and precipitation as re- ported by the weather bureau for select ed southern stations during 24 hours end Ing at a. m Precip
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-17
sHRINERs. ATTENTION!

On nlrN G ND, n c'' tioLN'
 The members 2 Zlmora Temple will leav io Mont gomery on thu no Tomery accommodation |: , r m. Saturday, the 18th H.. All members and visitin7 Q los are requested to bs ' | ,' depot at 2:45 p. m will be in the hin1 i Recorder N. l.. MeWal .4I J
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CHEAP! CHEAP! Groceries, slightly damaged labels-See Orr & Roberts, 18th Street, City Hal.
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oFFlcERs:

OFFICERS: J. B. Cobbs. President; B. F. Roden, V' President; H. H. Mayberry. Treasurer; c. G. Davidson, Secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-17

Went to ZdneeVIIIe.
 Ed got on the train Saturday evening and went down to Zanesville and saw the editor of the paper, The man saic that the item was true as Mir. as-1an laiu,-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-17

Henry A. Johnson, who lives in Co., shocton, was until last December su- perintendent of the Arnold mine, which Is owned by his brothers, whose offices are in Columbus. He remained in Cones- vile during the week and went to Co., shocton Sundays, boarding during the week with my brother Ed. He became attentive to my brothers wife. the Orley Berel shuman mentioned in the zanes- ville papers, and forced his attentions on her. In fact he asked her to elope with him.
 What follows is her own story of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
nr,xhtness every three days twenty

briwhtness every three days twenty
 The observer will find Aisoi at It's faintest on October 1. a. m.. october (. i a. m. and October 6, p. m. The star I, is at it's faintest October 8. p. m. and at intervals Of three oays' t"eh- ty-three hours after this.
 Tn third type of variable stars the brightness win gradually increase, then fall Away a little, and finally increase again much more than before, after which 1t will die out until the star is as faint as before any increase began. The time that elapses between the success siye outbreaks is apt to be very varia- ble.
 The star at F, Fig ia one of these. It Is at it's faintest October 1, il p. m. and October 15. 10 p. m. and at Its brightest October 5. il a. m. and Octo- Der IS, 4. m The star at F, Fig. l. fs faintest October ?, a. m. and Octo- Der 9, noon; 1t is brightest October {. 5p. m. and October Il, Ii D. m. The star at K is faintest October 6, a. m. and October Il, noon, and at it's bright est October T. noon, and October IF, D. m. All of these stars lose about one whole magnitude or five-sixths of their light in changing from maximum to minimum brightness.
 It is certain that inconceivably vio- lent disturbances are occurring in these great suns to cause such changes in their light. It may be that each varia- ble star is composed of two suns. form ed of Incandescent. vaporized matter, and that in each revolution these suns sraze or even partially interpenetrate each other, as shown in Fig. 2. Or the second star may only pass near the first, In which case it's attraction would distort both stars Into lemon shaped figures and thus set up violent oscil- lations in them which might account for the increase of light observed
 It may be, on the contrary. that variable star is but one sun which has | sun spots on it just as our sun has l but very much larger ones. and the ! irregular increase and diminution of | the number and size of these spots may | be the cause of the changes observed. | Indeed our own sun is a slightly varia- ble star, whose brightness is at a minimum every eleven years when the 1 spots are most numerous. Its spots | are so small, however. that the varia- ton of its light is very slight. The exclamation of which is actually going on in these remote suns to cause the enormous changes observed remains yet to be discovered.
 Eric Doolittle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

sth at 4s minutes past nine in the even- ing. On the last date the aspect of the moon and Saturn will be very beautiful. the planet being directly un- derneath the moon and less than 2 de- grees from 1t. If the observer will turn his telescope back and forth from the planet to the moon he will probably be surprised to discover how very green Saturn appears when contrasted with our satellites siIvery white color By the 17th of the month, the moon will have reached the planet Jupiter passing some degrees to the south of 1t. In its eastward journey 1t will then pass between us and the Hyades, plotting out one star after another and reaching the brilliant Aldebaran at H on October IT about half-past in the morning. As 1t passes on toward the east the stars which have been hidden behind 1t suddeny reappear one after another; 1t isffrom the suddenness with which the stars disappear and reappear when the moon passes over them that astronomers conclude that our satellite can possess no air and no water.
 It should be added that the apparent path of the moon over the Hyades will depend upon tho position of the obser- yer on the earth. To observers in the Southern States the moon will pass over the north stars of the group: to those in the Northern States. however, only the lowest star. co. Fig D will be cov- cred up.
 Variable Stars.
 There are many of the stars of the sky which vary in brightness. The first one of all which was discovered to do this is the star in Cetus marked o, Zig. D. Tn 1596 this was found to be as bright as the North Star and recorded as new while 200 years later at the time of its greatest brightness it was almost equal to the star Alde- baran, at H, Fig. 1. Though usually a ninth magnitude telescopic star, 1t suddenly blazes out at irregular inter- vals of about eleven months. becoming one of the conspicuous stars of the sky. This remarkable periodic change in this great sun has been thus observed for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

four more roses, and in the midst of them sew firmly, with shoe thread, a stunning brown bird having an aigrette in its tall. This hat will be good enough to wear to church or anywhere. You cannot fail to make 1t success if you follow my directions, and 1t is an exact copy of twenty-five dollar hat I saw yesterday on Fifth Avenue
 Before I close want to give you an- other hint. This time it is on the sub ject of wedding presents. You know the fall Is quite a time for weddings. One of the daintiest gifts possible is an after dinner coffee set for two made of Dresden or French lowered china. The set consists of the coffee pot with it's long handle, the little bowl for sugar, the two cups and saucers and the pretty curved china tray. These sets may be had at all prices, according to the decoration of the china.
 As to Bedspreads.
 The clever housekeeper may beautify her bedroom greatly if she is capable of making pretty bedspreads. These cost a good deal if bought ready made, but they are really not hard to sew.
 For instance, take a spread made of wide net. The center, or plain part, Is cut square and edged with a band of inexpensive white lace insertion. Next comes the wide fiounce, also edged
 
 of the net ruffle is what makes 1t at tractive. not the amount of lace on it In the middle of the plain central part should be appliqued an effective figure of coarse lace. and the net Is cut out from under this.
 Of course the proper thing is to have some color show through this filmy whiteness and a covering of pink or blue sateen laid under the spread will do quite as well as one of silk, for the texture IS never noticeable like the color.
 If you want a really unique bedspread make one of fine batiste, ornamented all over its surface with daisies done in English eyelet embroidery. Of course that takes time, and you ought to have done 1t last summer in your leisure mo- ments.
 By the way, speaking from experi- ence about that English eyelet em- broidery. if you do it on a frame you will have far less trouble from the slits stretching and making the design ir- regular.
 A dlmity bedspread with its pale blue or pink floral design harmonizing with the wall paper may be made twice as effective If rather a scattered" pattern Is chosen. This design may be made bo1der by means of outline stitching with the same color of silk
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
Algol's Interesting Change of Color Mars Moves Across the COnstella- tfOn Sagiftarlus October Sth --Spots on the Sun-visi-
 ble Stars. Etc.

If the observer will turn toward the northeast on any evening during the month, he will at once notice a beauti- full little group of stars forming the figure of a small dipper. Between this group and the ground he will see a bright red star which is at the north ern end of a brilliant v-shaped figure. The little dipper-shaped cluster is the famous Pleiades, or Seven Sisters. the group whose rising and setting marked among ancient peoples the approach of harvest and sowing time. The " shaped group Is the Hyas,es. Both the Hyades and Pleiades are a part of the magnificent winter constellation, Tau rus. or the Bull. which is now for the first time since many months again ap- bearing in the East.
 Nearly overhead he will see the con- stellation Andromeda with its wonder
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
THE HEAVENS IN OCTOBER
BY PROF. DOOLlTTLE, Astronomer of the University sf Pennsylvania

across the constellation sagittarius. passing the planet Uranus on the sth when the latter planet will be degree 4s minutes north of the former. The only other planet visibie in the early evening is Jupiter which now shines out in the east az . brilliant star be- tween the Pieiades and the Hyades. If the observer can look Iat the sky dur ing the early morning hours however, he will then see Jupiter far up in the south. and in the east the even more brilliant planet Venus. In a small teIe- scope this planet now looks like the moon when about three-ouarters full.
 0ccultation of the Hyades.
 During the first half of the month the motion of the moon will be very interesting. It will be remembered that our satellite moves quite rapidly eastward among the stars. passing com pletely around the sky in about 27 and one-fourth days. New moon will oc- cur on the 2Sth of September, after which the moon will move steadily eastward away from the sun, passing Mars on October 9th at a. m., Uranus one hour later, and saturn on October
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

full nebula Cat N Fig. D, just south of which is the great square of Pegasus. while exactly in the south and near the ground he will find the Royal Star. Fomalhaut. This star with It's com panion Cat A and B, Fig. D. are the brightest stars of a faint group called the Southern Fish, which oddly enough is always represented as drinking the whole of the large stream of water which Aquarius, or the Water Bearer. is pouring out.
 As winter approaches. the great faint summer constellation of Ophiuchus,S or the Serpent holder. begins to sink from view in the West, while the beau tiful Milky Way with the brightest autumn groups which lie along 1t no longer passes exactly overhead but is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

also slowly setting toward the ground. The observer will notice the odd posi- ton of the Great Dipper. This now Is due north just below the Pole Star. and for the first time this year in the early evening 1t is right side up. the bowl extending toward the East and the handle right along the ground toward the West
 In the extreme southwest the bright planet Mars can still be seen, but 1t is much too near the ground to be well observed Saturn, on the contrary, is in a better position for observation than at any other time during the year. The rings are still widely opened out and it Is we'll up in the sky, so that it presents a beautiful picture in a moderately large telescope. The observer can readily find 1t. for 1t is due south and just above Fomalhaut.
 During the month. Mars will move
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
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Bookbinding for Women. .
New York.

bOOAbAnuAuB IoE "OBlcn
 Since the first woman took it up, bookbinding has received a curious im- petus.
 Each year sees a few more devotees of the art among women, who are pe- culiarly adapted for the work by their delicacy of touch.
 It takes a strong wrist and a steady hand for scme of the finer tooling-in fact, for most of the workout when A woman's hand and wrist become trained she becomes more adept, as a rule, than a man.
 There is a limited field for bookbind- ing, as there must always be with any art that 1t takes a great refinement and an almost scholarly taste to appreci- ate. Yet the women who have made success of 1t, above all, those who are able to make their own designs for covers. as well as execute them, have as much as they can comfortably do. And the work pays we'll
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
Keeping a Secret
rnnia,,illa PnSt Hp.

LUuIbVIIIe FUHI.
 A few years ago the President de- eided to appoint Mir. Wynne. now Con sul General at London, to be First As sistant Postmaster General
 How will we keep this from the newspapersT was asked by some of the advisers.
 'T think that the best way would be to take the newspaper correspondents
 This was done' and the secret was carefully guarded for month. although known all that time by fifty or more Waghinaton correspondents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

If out of health, write to old Dr. Pierce. He will send you good, fatherly, profes. sional advice without charge.
 %1NA-n~ These sugar coated little
 sNs ss@ Pellets are the smallest. the K@N~N~ easiest to take. and the eaasesS
 fin the way they act No grfD- ing. no violence. no disturbance to the sya- tenn, dict or occupAtlon. They are tho Origi. nal Little Liver Pills. first put up bv old Or. R V. Pierce over 70 years ago. They haye been much initiated but never eoualed.
 They come in vials. alwAys fresh and ralia, bles . convenient vesk-p0ckes remedy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

narrow, 1t did not take much glass and consequently the bill was small. The lower drawer she used for her siiverware. Now that the round dim ing tables may be bought for so lit- tie l can't see why any one need use a square table. I would rather have the cheapest of cheap round tables than hand carved square one. The round surface is so much easier to decorate prettily, and it adapts itself so much better to a small centerpiece Of ferns or any other inexpensive de- coration.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
A Pretty Centerpiece .


 And speaking of centerpteces, I have just seen an exquisite round embroid- cred mat to be left on the table as decoration between meals.
 It is made of ecru linen, just the right shade to set off oak woodwork. All around the edge runs an irregular application of Arabian lace of the same color; then along the inner edge of this lace application are embroidered in very heavy design greenish white grapes with their rich dark green leaves.
 Do you know how much this costs in a shop?
 Just $27, and the clever woman who initiated 1t at home tells me she made her mat (which is an exact reproduce tion) at a cost of sS.5o! The same woman wanted some hand some white china plates decorated with wide gold bands As every one knows these are very expensive. She paid 50 cents apiece for the plain white china plates and then painted in the gold bands. They were fired twice once af- ter each coat, and the total cost was exactly one-half the price demanded in the shop.
 This only goes to show that a wo- man can make her extra time take the place of money if she is clever.
 And why not do that?
 Because when you come right down to it. you know as we'll as do that most women have entirely too much idle time in proportion to their in- comes.
 And, Again, Economy.
 Aa ani 4,A TS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
stnrtlr nld Farmer.

John Fauke farmer. living near Will Transport Pa. celebrated his soth birthday last week by finishing four days of harvest InR. in which he swung a cradle and kept up with men less than halt nis age Latsr danced with his great-grandchiidren. Mir Hauke is the father of twelve. srandfather of foytv~sit and great-Erandfather of thir- ty-nine, all of whom except seven ara ssill livinR.