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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-01
RANDOM NOTES

The waning of summer Is so demoraliz- ing that the good effects are almost ob- liberated In retracing homeward jour neys you feel reluctance-a disinclina- ton to take up the old llfe-to assume responsibilities that were cast side during summer wanderings, when the idle days brought sense of relief from care and work. The influences of summer tend to dissipate worry and even the most industrious. to whom work is a tonie are content to yield to these subtle moods of the summer time.
 Even the books of the summer-the pile of books packed in your trunks to be read during the long, Idle days, are packed again with that deep regret that summer days are gone. And all the fa- miliar things about you seem tinged with sadness over your approaching depar- ture.
 Does the summer really transfer us and is 1t an entirely new being who The look of the old streets, the rooms you left weeks ago, your belongings that have remained untouched-everything that is essential to your comfort, has an unfamiliar air and you realize rather hopelessly that you are a stranger in your own house.
 The summer days seem far away and you wish you were back again under the trees, anywhere to feel natural, at home, to have sense of familiarity with your surroundings. The rooms through which you wander have such an air of strange ness and you surely could not have ever lived in them and touched daily the things about you.
 Your trunks come in and you find your self giving orders in these strange apart ments. If you are a woman, your maid comes in with a cup of tea and your letters. Then gradually you feel more at home, the newness and the strange ness begins to wear off and something strangely familiar takes 1t place, some- thing that means home, and that means something akin to heaven. A. K. w.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-01
tARTH'S LABORS DONE
 JOSEPH RILEY SMITH
 SLEEPS IN FL MWOOD
(contlnued on fifth paee.)

over the grave of the good man who was gone. Dust to dust; ashes to ashes," llsped the wind as 1t sti.>ed the branches of the trees ovehead. With one of Bir- minghams best and noblest men it was truly "the last of earth" And the end had come as he who is no more had willed 1t, and his wishes had not been disregarded.
 The honorary bearers were: Col. J. F. B. Jackson, w. P. Hickman, M. T. Porter, Rufus W. Cobb, Dr. T. L. Robertson, Dr. F. D. Nabers. E. w. Jones, w. S. Brown, John c. Henley and M. B. Motion.
 The active bearers were: Robert A. Ter rell, Judge Samuel E. Greene, Dr. Alfred Eubank, T. H. Motion, w. A. Porter, Arthur w. Smith, Robert Jemison Sr, and R. G. Hewitt.
 A Notable Family.
 In the funeral procession were four sons and one daughter of the deceased; twenty grandchildren; twelve great grandchildren and one brother. The sons were Joseph R. Smith, Col. T. o. Smith, c. J. Smith and w. D. Smith. The daugh- ter was Mrs. R. P. McDavid. The grand children were: Mrs. D. A. Greene, Mrs, B. R. McDavid. Mrs. R. s. Brown, Mrs Hugh Morrow, Mrs Calvin Jones, J. M Smith, H. M Smith, Henley J. Smith, Hubbert Smith, T. o. Smith, Jr., Julian Smith, Leila Smith. Joseph Smith, Robert P. McDavid Jr., Mary Virginia McDavid, Joseph McDavid. Charles McDavid, Ned McDavid, Jr., Wilbur McDavid and w. D. Smith, Jr. The great grandchildren were; Mary George Greene, Susie Greene, Rose Owen McDavid, Jack McDavid, My teline McDavid, Kate Morrow, Mamie Morrow, Margaret Morrow. Josephine Jones and Richard Brown, Jr, The brother of Dr. Smith who attended the funeral was George W. Smith.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-01

They propose to put in a cafe of 24x72 feet, with floor of mosaic tyle, the wood work to be finished in. oak, with heavy beamed ceiling, stein shelves and racks The proposed changes contemplate talk ing out the present heating system and install steam heat, provide additional storage room, servants locker room and lavatory decorate the walls and ceilings and put the club house in 1rst-class shape.
 These Improvements will it Is esti- mated. cost s13,OO0. To get this money the club proposes to make a new bond issue for $46,000, which will cancel all out standing bonded indebtedness and pro- vide funds sufficient for the improve ments
 The board of control requests the pres ence of every member of the club at the meeting to be held October 8. The ap- proval of two-thirds of the members of the club is needed to pass the motion au- thorizing the improvements
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-01
Prayer Service for Peace.

Huntsville, August 31.-(SpeciaL)-At the weekly prayer service of the Dallas Avenue Baptist church the advent of peace and the end of bloody and destruc- tive war between Russia and Japan was celebrated. The Rev. H. E. Rice. the pas tor, read appropriate quotations from the scriptures bearing on the subject, and R.
 E. Pettus made an address relative to the peace terms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-01
GREATER BIRMINGHAM
 COM MlTTEE 10 REP0R l
continued from FIfth Paael

the resolution, and 1t is set forth that this legislation can be secured at the ex- tra session of the legislature if one is held this fall
 The final clause of the resolution says that this is merely an outline of gen eral plan for extending the limits of the municipal government for the public good favored by this club, and if tha general plan be acceptable to the citi- zens, the details should be carefully con sidered and the necessary Legislation pro- cured"
 Joseph Beitman is chairman of the Greater Birmingham committee of the Commercial club, and will present his re- port at the meeting of the club this af- ternoon.
 Other Matters.
 Among the other matters of interest at the club meeting this afternoon will be the address by R. A. Mitchell, president of the Dwight Cotton Mills, on 'rhe Chinese Boycott and It's Relation to the Cotton Industry" The address will be de- livered at the request of T. H. Motion, president of the commercial club. MT. Mitchell Is one of the best posted men i nthe south on the cotton situation and the effect the Chinese boycott will have.
 The club will perhaps have several other interesting questions under consd- eration at this meeting. The committee on the proposed double track road from Birmingham to the Warrior, below Tusca- loosa, will probably report at this meet ing, and the membership committee will present a large number of applications for membership.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-01
Asked to Go to China.

Mexico City, August 31.-It Is re- ported here that MT. Conger resigned his position as American ambassador to this country when asked to go to China and to take measures to stop the boycott, the ambassador regarding the Chinese as more or less within their rights in retaliating against Amer ican treatment of members of their race on landing in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-01
Confesses His Crime.

Bristol, Va, August 31.-A requisi- tion was issued today on the governor of New Jersey for the delivery of Pearl Varbel. Varbel Is the man who con fessed to the murder of Joseph Gentry at Gate City, Va. on January 19 last. varbel fled and confessed his crime to New Jersey farmer. He is now in jail at Woodbury, N. J.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-01
Amusement Season Opens.

Chattanooga. Tenn, August s1.-(Spe- this city tonight. The attraction was the Al G. Field sminstrels. Capacity business was done at a matinee and evening per formance. It Is the general opinion of those who saw the performance that the Field show this season will eclipse any thing offered by the veteran minstrel heretofore
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-01
CLUB CALENDARS,

The quest club and the Clionian club of this city have sent in their calendars for the prize of $20 gold piece by the Alabama Fair association for the best calendar. The Quest club will study American literature and the Clionian Japan. Both calendars represent an inter- esting series of useful information and are artistically arranged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-01
FuqItlve Arrested In Jasper.

Tuscumbia, August sl.-(Special.)- Sheriff Bevill has captured Joe Gray, negro wanted here for the killing of another negro at Georgetown. in this county. The killing occurred several days since and the murcerer escaped; the sheriff followed him to Jasper, Ala, where the arrest was made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-01
Sultan Releases Prisoners.

Paris, August 31.-The French minister at Fez, Morocco, telegrapher this morn- ing that the Sultan had released the AL gerian citizen, Bouzain, but that he Id accompanied his release with a letter not giving satisfaction for the French de- mands. T,.a government is determined to press its claim until they are fully satis- fed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-01
Italians Coming to Mexico.

Mexico City, August 31.-The Italian cruiser Culabria, numbering among her officers Princse Udine, son of the Duke of Genoa, is expected to arrive at Acapul- co early next month. Prince Udne. with the officers. is expected to visit this city, where they will be entertained by the Italian colony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-01
ICE CREAM FESTIVAL.

The Christian Endeaverors of the Woodlawn Presbyterian church will serve ice cream and cake this evening from 7:S0 to Il o'clock, and will give a peanut hunt from to p. m. in the grove next to J. M. Morgan's residence. The pro- ceeds of the entertainments will go to the Christian Endeaverors society.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-01
The White Fad.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer ''Do you think Jennie looks well in white?"
 i've never noticed her.''
 Never noticed her?''
 NO. What's single foam ieck on a sea of monotonous white?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-01
Restore Programme of Festivities.

St. Johns, N. F.. August 31-Prince Louise of Battenburg having wired the deputy governor in explanation of how the misunderstanding arose in regard to his reception here next week. the local committee of citizens today de cied to restore the programme of fes- tivities and it will be carried out as at first proposed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-01
Falls to Death In Nashville.

Nashville. Tenn, August 31.-Mrs. Joella Bayless Corbett, wife of Eugene Corbett, prominent Nashville busi- ness man, accidentally fell from third story window of her residence here today and was instantly killed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-01
MUSICAL RECITAL AT 4 p. M.

The recital at the Conservatory of Music in which Mrs. Lumsden and Miss Hawkins will appear will begin at o'clock this afternoon instead of tonight as previously announced. The programme Is varied and brilliant, and music-lovers will attend in large numbers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-01
An Honest Answer.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 Agent-Does your wife use carpet sweeper?
 Man of the House-If that's the nearest thing she can reach when she starts af- Ter me--yesl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-01
PERSONAL

D. M. Shapiro of Roswell. N. M. is in the city, the guest of his parents. MT. and Mrs M. Shapiro.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-01
Mayor Very Low.

It will be a matter of deep concern to the thousands of friends of Mayor Thomas H. Carr to learn that his condi- tion Is extremely critical He Is grad ually sinking at his home on South Court street. MT. Dennis Carr. his son, said this morning that in deference to his fathers wishes the family had refrained from making public the real condition of the mayor which has been alarming for several days. His physicians give out little hope for his recovery.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-21
WHEN GEN. CUSTER SWERVED

Word was given; the bugle blew;
Boots and saddles!" IL signaled shrill.
Up and mount and each horseman flew
Astride his steed with right good win.
Hoofs were paving and necks were
Forth from the camp the troopers
marched.
In the plains they rode where dread
Lurked with doom In the pampas -grass;
Many n serpent raised its head,
Rafting death" from the tangled
mass.
Many an Indian skulked unseen,
Spying from them cruel-keen.
Not for these would the brave ranks
swerve;
Straight in the line OF march they rode.
He who would soldier must needs pre-
serve
Heart that harbors no craven bode.
Into the prairie pressed the band,
General Custer In command.
Moons sun down from the zenith beat,
Searching the earth with ruthless rays;
over the ground the quivering heat
Rose and danced in a binding maze.
Never a brook or tree was there
Serving to cool the fevered air.
Every sound to heartward went;
Click of hoof or the ring of STEEL
Sudden clank of accoutrement.
Never a soldier failed to feel!
While one step from the beaten
course
Reused to alertness man and horse.
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DINED ON SCATTERED "cRvMBs''

In front of a drinking place In Full
ton street stood a brewers dray and
the portly, prosperous looking horses
attached to 1t were at their midday
meal. Haughtily they tossed their
heads, scattering the oats from their
well filed nosebags as If to empha-
size their opulence. Other horses
standing in the street and engaged
with scantily filed nosebags from
which they struggled to extract the
last particle of grain, kept one eye
upon the naughty pair with look
which seemed to conceal envy under
an expression which said as plainly
as words What vulgar ostentation!"
Nearby stood scrawny old white
horse attached to a ramshackle cart.
His expression was one of profound
humility. His ribs showed through
his hide and his Roman nose was I'M
adorned by any bag of grain. All his
expression seemed to say was: What
a blessing it is to be able to watch
the rich enjoying themselves!" His
humility under the trying circum-
stances reminded one Of those starv-
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THINK CRABS CAUSED QUAKE

occupation is fishing. A few days
previous to the first earthquake shock
experienced in Macao the young man
returned home with couple of crabs
and few small fish.
Nothing extraordinary was noticed
at first, but when the crabs had been
boiled one of them presented pc.
culiar appearance, as on the red back
ground of its shell stood In gold relief
a design in white which resembled
Chinese character. Neighbors were
called and the wise man of the village
soon explained that 1t was the king
of the crabs that had found its way
into the old woman's kettle.
"Thereupon the village prophet pre-
dicted that some great calamity would
visit the unfortunate village. Mean.
while the crabs of Macao and the
neighborhood, having learned the fate
of their king, assembled In great mum.
bers, filling up every available hole,
and started to shake the earth. Thus
was their displeasure at the death Of
the king crab clearly shown!"
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Gallant Custer rode ahead,
Guide and chief of brave commando
ow-straight his good charger sped,
Never swerving to either hand.
Till-a touch. and the faithful steed
Veered aside In his headlong lead,
What had happened to force their chief
Out OF his pathway What dread foef
He coward? Twas past belief
Still. his way must troopers go.
III the General made detour,
They must follow him, that ts sure
So each rider, as up he drew
To the place where his chief had
veered
Slackened his pace and detour made too.
Whilst below In the grass he peered.
Wondering what he there should see,
That might battle the cavalry.
There deep-hid in the prairie grass
Lay the nest OF a meadow-lark.
Bindings wee, in fluffy mass,
Hid meath her wings SO warm and
dark.
Right In the line of march they stood;
Little mother and tiny brood.
That was all; but cen rough heart heed
Gentle acts. and these softlier beat
For their Generals simple deed.
Done for love In its dim retreat.
That was all; but in Clusters wake
Rode meek mentor q mother bird'a
sake.
Julie M. Lippman. in Boston Pilot.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-21

Roand Amundsen is the first man In
history to travel the northwest pas
sage from east to west.
In his cable message to hansen
from Fort Egbert. Capt. Amundsen
says:
"Gjoa is wintering at King Point,
SO degrees, AS minutes west. All well
Left here Aug. 10, at which time the
harbor was free from ice On Aug.
26 sighted the first vessel, the schoon-
er Charles Hansen of San Francisco,
Capt. McKenna, twenty-five kilometers
south of Nelson Head, Barring Land.
Land surveyed in the spring of 1905
to " degrees and 10 minutes north,
magnetic observation, King William
Land, finished June 1. Left Herschel
Oct. "a with dog sled and arrived here
to-day"
The Norwegian government cabled
fluctuations to Capt. Roland Amund-
sen, the Norwegian explorer, who ar
rived at Fort Egbert, Alaska, after
making his way through the north
west passage and who found the true
magnetic pole on King William island.
DR.. Fridtjob hansen anticipates that
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fox md goose get within reach of
each other, or there will be trouble.
This iule, you will find. prevents your
moving the fox from IL on the first
move, as on either or he would be
within reach of goose. 1t also pre-
vents your moving fox from 10 to Q,
or from IL to Z. If you play 10 to 5,
then your next move may be to 8
with a goose, which you could not
have played If the fox had not pre-
viously gone from 10. 1t is perhaps
unnecessary to say that only one fox,
or one goose, can be on disk at the
same tine. Now, what is the smallest
number of moves necessary to make
the foxes and geese change places?
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Very curious were some of the ex-
plantations given by Cinnamon of the
recent earthquakes which have been
felt at Hongkong, Canton and Macao.
The Hongkong Daily Press tells about
them: 1.-THE famous dragon whose
privilege it has been to give an oc-
casional shock to the earth's crust is
not held responsible for the recent
scare in Macao and elsewhere. Some
Chinese attribute the last shocks to
the waterdragon of Canton, whose
anger has been raised by the reclama-
ton works. Coolies are dumping daily
boatloads of sand and stone on the
poor dragons back, and the beast nat.
urally feels hurt.
ut appears. however, that the real
causes of the earthquakes were the
Macao crabsi Here Is the sto-y:
Close by the hot springs in the neigh
borhood of Macao stands small vii
Iage wherein lives an old woman who
has the misfortune to be the mother
of an unworthy young man whose sole
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ing Parisians who, before the French
revolution, used to accept with graft.
tude the privilege of crowding the
galleries of the royal dining room to
watch the king and his family at din.
ner.
When the brewery horses had nm
ished their luncheon their rubicund
driver appeared, took off their nose.
bags and mounting his seat drove
away. With celebrity surprising In
such bag of bones, the humble old
horse moved up to the place vacated
by the prosperous team and began to
eat the oats left scattered on the
pavement. Lazarus did not eat more
greedily the crumbs which fell from
the rich mans table than did that old,
white horse devour the grain which
fell from the nosebags of the brewery
team. He cleaned the pavement as II
1t had been gone over with fine
toothed comb and then, with sigh
of repletion which seemed to say:
Fate cannot harm mel have
dined," he settled back into his medi'
tations.--New York Press.
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Jlu.Jitsu Nothing New.

An art of self-defence approximately
equivalent to jiu-jitsu was known in
Europe in the seventeenth century
It's principles are expounded in work
by one Nicholas Peters, published at
Amsterdam in 1874, and bearing the
lengthy explanatory title: "The Art
of Wrestling, and how one can pro-
tect oneself in all kinds of quarrels
that may occur; how one can with
agility and rapidity repel all unfair at
tacks and meet ones adversary with
science" The author anticipated
many of the characteristic grips Of the
modern Japanese wrestlers.
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SOURCE OF VOLCANIC ACTIVITY

In recently published volume on
volcanoes Prof. c. Dcelter undertakes
to tell why volcanoes have eruptions.
Melted rock such as Ia flung from We
suvius requires temperature OF 1900
degrees Fahrenheit. SO that II becomes
liquid only far down in the earth, per-
haps so or 100 mics. Below the
outer crust of cooled and solidifed
rocks there must be a larger zone of
rock which still remains solid, because
its temperature is less than that of
the melting point corresponding to
the pressure under which 1t rests, and
below that again there must be rock
or magma in state of fusion; Il Is to
this magma that Prof. Doelter looks
for the primary source of all volcanic
activity, At the same time the depth
at which this primary reservoir of
magma lies and the pressure under
which 1t is confined are so great that
u direct eruption from 1t Is inconcelv-
able, but when, by movements in the
everything crust or otherwise, a chan.
mel is opened the magma may rise to
a depth where It Is surrounded by
rock at lower temperature than the
melting point. In these circumstances
solidification begins.
From all volcanoes large quantities
OF steam, Of carbonic acid and other
gases are evolved, and the course Of
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-21
COCKTAIL AT THREE FORKS

81 was standing in the barroom In
a resort at Three Forks" said trav-
cling man, waiting for the proprie-
tor to arrive, in the hope OF placing a
small order. While was waiting.
two cowboys, wrapped in fur coats,
their own dignity and reputation as
the top riders of the country which
stretches away toward the head OF
Willow Creek, came into the saloon
and, marching up to the bar. demand
ed cocktail,
"The bartender looked nonplussed
for a moment. but he was not to be
shut out, for he grabbed the biggest
glass he could find behind the bar and
Immediately got busy. If there was
anything there he missed putting into
that glass. from the salt and pepper
sauce used to favor the beer, to the
shipping from the ends OF the cigars
which he found in the cigar cutter. !
could not see it, and when he had
finally finished he had two big beer
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glasses full of the mixture.
The boys both tasted the beverage,
and 1t did not taste good. Each had
unlimbered big gun and. playfully
toying with the weapons. they Suggest,
ed that the bartender drink his own
mixture. 1t required some persuasion.
but finally, to avoid trouble, he swai-
lowed the contents of both glasses
Now. make your will, you would-be;
poisoner,' shouted the punchers and
solemnly they put their guns back
where they belonged. treated the
house to the cigars and faded away
into the distance, their horses hitting
only the high spots as they disappear
ed up the valley.
"And tell you. the impromptu bar
tender had good occasion to make his
will. For three of four hours he was
the sickest man I ever saw. and 1.
took the services of dokor... who
worked over him for an hour or two, to
bring him back to life again. ANA,
conda Standard. Il '--.-.4s ----t
-. -
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Keeps Up Eight For BUILDING.

Congressman Gambler of MISSISSIPPI
pi, just as soon as he took the oath,
stepped over to the box at the right
OF the speakers desk and dropped in a
bill providing for the erection Of a
public building in Tupelo, Miss. This
is the third time he has done so and
his predecessor, Private" John Allen,
did the same thing at each session
since he first went to congress twenty
years ago. With wit and story, argu-
rent and plea Mr.. Allen strove for
this monument to the glory of his
residential city, but in vain. Now his
successor in office has taken up the
work.