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The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10

ing there in his pajamas, his face un'
| naturally white in the moonlight,
"I do / said.
con no better grounds than mere
native gup?'
ION that and on a hundred and one
things that have gone before and that
now have new meaning replied.
"'Well, don't believe n word of it,
he said sneeringly. Well talk it over
stretching himself insolently.
"'You will do nothing Of the Sort
said, and l could hear my voice vibrat-
ing with anger. You may think l am
a coward, If you like. I'm responsible
for what happens in this district, and
by God, man, you have got to do what
l say
"'Well, 1 do think that you are a
rather nervous person, but We'll see
what my wife says
Let me speak to her, please, l said.
AS you WILL he answered with a
shrug.
1--WE walked back to the tent in ST.
lence, and presently Mrs. Harold came
out to us, her tall, slim figure wrapped
in white dressing gown.
"'Your husband thinks that l am an
alarmist,' l said, but l have informa-
tion of a general mutiny of our troops
down country, and l know that the
news is true. / have left my post in
a moment of extreme emergency in or
der to bring you all in to my fort,
which is the nearest approach to safety
that l have it in my power to offer
you. Everything depends upon my get
ting back before daybreak and before
the natives know that l have left the
place; but / won't go without you.
VIII you come-now, at once?
eyes,, she said simply, bending
those grave, true eyes steadily upon
me- We will come, of course. And
| thank you. You have risked a great
deal to come to us, we understand that,
ard we are grateful
".of course chimed in Harold,
grudgingly. No doubt you did what
you thought right
Miss Harold Joined her brother in
his scoffings at the news and at its
bearer, but l cared little enough for
that. I knew the event would prove
me right; Mrs. Harold had thanked me
and had shown that she understood.
asked for nothing more.
81 rode at her side during the whole
Of the remainder of that night. The
sense of my proximity to her, and my
knowledge of the fact that her safety
must largely depend upon me, upon
my efforts, upon my wits, upon my
courage, infused into me a new en-
thusiasm and energy, and fixed my de.
termination to come out on top or die,
solid as a rock.
"Just after daybreak we came to the
outskirts of the town. A Muhammadan
mendicant in long green gown was
exhorting the people. His face. livid
with excitement and contorted with en-
thusiasm, was straining heavenward
and his long white beard flew back over
his shoulder as he poured out stream
J of fierce words and jibs that bit deer
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10
A Literary Kicker.

Charles Lamb once heard a burglar
breaking in his house. He drew on
his heavy hunting boots and with a
candle went down stairs and con-
frented him in the act Of putting the
silver from the breakfast table into
his bag. "What are you doing?" de-
manded the author. 81 am hungry and
was just getting something to eat" hes
itatingly replied the thief. "T-take a
l-leg of llamb," suffered the author
as he kicked him down the cellar stairs
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10
Never Wore Pajanas.

At function on Main street bash
full young lady was taken in to dinner
by an elderly professor who was bit
deaf. To start conversation, she said:
Professor, do you like bananas ?" Yes
my dear lady," he answered, "but
think prefer the old fashioned night
shirt"
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10
Another Version.

Mary had a little mule,
1t followed her one day to school,
The teacher got behind that mule
And hit it with rule,
Like fool
And after that-no school!
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10

moment of ala moment that might so
easily have been spoiled for her, for
me.
$50 now instead have my memories
memories of things done, and ono
priceless memory of q thing left un-
done; and now. as 1 sit here waiting
for the end, they give me all l ask of
happiness and of contentment."'-Corn-
hill Magazine
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10
Had a Strong Breath.

An 1rishman leaned over the coun.
ter in a jewelry store and said to the
clerk, "Give me one of your best we'd
ding rings" Eighteen karats?" he
was asked. 'No, ating onions, but is
it any Of your Internal business?"
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10

white man with a rifle IS with them.
The baby was thriving very well when
last heard of. He escaped from his
enclosure once, but came back very
hungry, as was evident from the raw
enous way in which he applied him
self to his food.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10
Tame Baby Hippopotamus.

A young hippopotamus, riding on its
mothers back when she was shot, was
saved and cared for by one of the
men. These animals are very danger
GUS to canoe men, for in returning to
the surface to blow they often come
up right under the canoe and upset it.
Sometimes they give chase to canoes,
and then the native paddlers do all
hey can to reach the bank, unless a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10
PostoffIce AppoIntments.

Washington, September 9.-(Special.)- James Gallacher appointed postmaster al Lewisburg, Jefferson county.
 Rural route No ordered established November 1 at Tallassee, Elmore county, serving 5S3 people and 115 houses.
 Rural carriers appointed: Greenville, route 3. Charlie l.. Perry carrier; Joseph C. Wilmington, substitute Hines, route 1. William A. Adlsisson, carrier; Joseph K. Hines, substitute. Muscadine, route 2, Charles A. Pierce, carrier; James M. Bow man, substitute. Reedbrake. route 1, Charlie O. Reid, carrier; George c. Reid, substitute. Stroud, route 2, Milton c. Lee, carrier; William F.. Lee, substitute Weo- gufka. route 1, William O. Stewart, car rier; Lewis l.. Stewart, substitute. Win field, route 1. Alexander W. Mcdonald, carrier; Henry w. Aston. substitute; route 2, Thomas c. McClesky, carrier; William F. White substitute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10
INSURANCE NOTES.

James T. Dunlap has been appointed general agent of the National Life of Vermont for northern Alabama, and has opened offices in the First National Bank building.
 The following appeared in recent is- sure of the Insurance Field in regard to MT. Dunlap:
 MT. Dunlap has seven years experience in the life insurance business, having served as cashier with the Penn Mutual for five years in iGs Atlanta general agen- cy. and for the past two years as a member of the Equitable's field staff. In March. 1903. he was appointed district manager under R. l.. Foreman, manager for Georgia, and the next year was pro- noted to inspector of agencies for tho Equitable by Vice President Gage E. Tar bell, which position he now resigns to accept the above general agency.
 "As the citizens of Alabama will soon 1nd out, if they do not already know, the acquisition of this fine old company to sde active list of life insurance writers in the state is an unusually important event, especially when It's affairs are to be man aged there by young man of such sood peTSODdl dtkdluiuollb dllu uIlllilpCdCAd1AC record.'"
 Walter l.. Sessions local manager of tho Prudential Insurance company, is ex- pected to return tomorrow from Newark, N. ]. He has spent a week or more in that city visiting the officials In the home office and at the same time taking a va cation.
 G Set Gao xxrat1 nd Eggleston of the Jemison Real Estate and Insurance company of this city, agents for the Travellers Insurance company, have gone to Hartford to attend the an- nual agency convention of the Travellers. to be held at that city on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week. P. A. Holly also of the Jemison Real Estate and Insurance company, will leave Monday night, making in all delegation of four from Birmingham. Robert Jemi- son. Jr., was the fifth delegate, but the heavy business in both real estate and in- surance departments. made it impossible for him to leave the city. All of the dele gates were self-elected. having qualified by making an unusually good record. Sev- eral outings and other features have been planned for the delegates The transporta- ton and other expenses of the delegates
 will be paid by the company.
 The Atlanta Birmingham Fire Insurance company has cancelled policies recently written on property in the congested dis trict of Nashville. It withdrew its mem- bership in the Kentucky-Tennessee board on January IS, and for that reason the management thought that it was acting in accordance with the Tennessee law when it decided to make new ratings. Insurance Commissioner Folk of Tennessee, when
 he learned that the Atlanta Birmingham was writing policies under new ratings, he decided that 1t was violating the law, and the company promptly withdrew it's business and cancelled the policies writ ten. Several other companies, 1t Is under stood, had contemplated writing business on the same plan as the Atlanta -Birming- ham. Commissioner Folk is firm in his decision that no business shall be writ
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10
RECORDS OF COURTS

The hearing of the hasbeas corpus pro- ceedings of J. E. Ryan, the Frisco en- glneer indicted by the grand jury for the murder of Dewitt Davis, was con- tlnued yesterday by the state until next Saturday morning at o'clock
 The arguments were to have been made before Judge Samuel L. Weaver, but the state was not ready. Attorney W. T. White represents the defendant and So- licitor Hefiin is prosecuting the case.
 In the chancery court yesterday con- sent decree was rendered by Chancellor Benners, directing the payment of S5OO to the complainant in the case of Lucy Bonner vs Ettie Adams ct. al. The pay- ment was ordered to be made by the de- fendant to the plaintiff to satisfy claims against certain lots in Woodlawn.
 In the case of James T. Sellers ct. al vs. Annie w. Dallas ct. al, the plaintiff was allowed to amend the bill by Chan cellor Benners.
 The chancellor rendered a decree, pro confesso, in the case of J. H. Ward vs. R. c. Smith.
 In the city court yesterday Ida F.. Webb filed suit against the city of Wood | lawn for s15O00. The plaintiff alleges to have received personal injuries by fal q ing into an excavation left open by tho agents of the defendant. Henry F. Webb, the husband of the plaintiff, also filed suit making the same allegations and asking .or s50O0..
 | w W. Byers has filed suit In the city court against the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company for $2S,OOo for 1 personal injuries alleged to have been received on Labor Day. It Is claimed that the accident occurred at the corner of 1 Avenue and Twentieth street. 1 George Pagan has filed suit in the city court against the Pilgrim Rest Baptist church, and George Johnson, s. W. Will son, J. R. Ward, Owen Johnson and D. N. Foster. The suit Is for the eJectment of the defendants from certain properly 1 in this county.
 l Mrs. M, D. Johnson filed suit in the circuit court yesterday against the Wes- tern Union Telegraph company Tor Slsoo' she alleges that the defendant failed to deliver with reasonable promptness the following telegram sent to her: Mrs. 1 M. l. Johlson, Second avenue and Fourtl street, North Birmingham, Ala;
 "A. F. Schirll got shot. Will be In on early train He Is resting well.
 It is alleged that A. F. Schirli was the son of the plaintiff and that he was car ried to a hospital where he died. It IS alleged that when the plaintiff arrived at his bedside he was unconscious from the effect of opiates and that he never iesained consciousness and that sne wa unable to talk with him before he died
 Robert E. Boyle has filed a bill in the seeking to have the title to certain prop sec kin gto have the title to certain prop erty in this county cleared.
 Judge Daniel A. Greene, senior judge oi his father He will return today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10
PRoTEsTANTs TO MEET.
inter-Church Conference on Education
 to Be Held In New York.

New York, September s.-Plans are nearing completion for the great religious gathering to be held in this city Novem- ber 15-21 under the name of the Inter- Church Conference on Federation. The meeting. which Is to be held in Carnegie hall, will be the first in the religious his tory of the United States to which dele gates have been named officially by the various protestant denominations. pre- yious conferences on missions and other topics having been unofficial in charac- ter. There will be present from 300 to 600 delegates. representing twenty-four re- ligious bodies. with an aggregate member ship of 1sooo,oOo
 During the six days of the conference the foremost men in almost every protest ant religious body in tho country will be heard from tho platform
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10
Arctic ExpIorer ArrIves.

New York, September 9.-William s. Camp, secretary to the late William zeigler. and who conducted the relief expedition to Franz Josefland, arrived today on board the steamer Cedric. Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia and the Rt. Hon. Christopher Paltes, lord chief baron of the exchequer in Ireland, were also passengers on the Cedric.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10

Wants Information.-Mayor Ward is in receipt of a communication from Mrs. Amanda Tate of College Park, Ga, in which information is asked concern ing her son, who she believes died in North Birmingham a year ago. He was a miner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10
Sentences Are Read.

Odessa, September 9.-The trials by courtmartial, begun ten days ago, of seventy-five of the mutineers Of the battleship Gorgi Piebiedonosetz were concluded today. The men were sen fenced as follows: Three to be exc cuted; nineteen, to terms of penal serv- itude; thirty three, to the disciplinary works. Twenty were acquitted. The sentences were read on board the Georgl Piebiedonosetz.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10
To Choose carmaek,s Successor.

democratic state committee met here today and decided that primaries be held throughout the state on May 12, 1s06 to select a candidate for United States Sem ator to succeed Senator E. W. Carmack, present incumbent. The Taylor men claim victory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10

Revival Servlces.-A series of revi- val services will begin this morning at the Trinity Methodist church on the corner of Avenue F and Thirtieth street. The Rev. L. D. Patterson, pas tor of the church, will preach this morning anu evening. During the week services will be held at the church every afternoon at o'clock and every evening at 7:30 o'clock. The Rev. Frank W. Brandon will assist the pas tor in the services. W. H. Maxim will conduct a special service every even- ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10

Third Presbyterlan.-At the Third Presbyterian church today the Rev. J. A. Bryan will preach at both services. The subject for his morning sermon will be ''The Riches in Christ" and in the evening his theme will be, What Shall I Do With Christi"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10
CITY ITEMS

Cases Continued.-Al1 cases in the inferior court against people charged with violating the law concerning fees to be paid for inspections of weights and measures were yesterday contin- ued until next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10

witnesses the jury adjourned without making an investigation. The body of the negro was examined by the jury the day following the accident. The jury will meet again next week and make further investigations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10

Two Alarms-The fire department responded to two alarms yesterday The first was at 6:30 a. m, and was chimney fire in the residence Of c: Hinchel on the corner of Avenue Il and Twenty-fourth street. The damage was nominal. The second blaze was about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and lae fire proved to be a small negro sAanty on Twenty-fifth street, between First and Second avenues. The dam age amounted to about $1O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10
PERSONAL

Miss Minnie Wright has returned after several weeks spent at Seneca and other points in South Carolina.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10

Forfeiture Set AsIde.-Judge Feagin in the inferior court yesterday set aside the forfeiture of the bond in the case of B. T. Maxey, charged with as- sault with intent to murder on J. A. Martin. Maxeys case is set for hear ing September Is and mistake was made in taking the forfeiture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10

Is InvestisatIne.-The coroner's jury met yesterday to investigate the death of Sam Lewis, the negro preacher, who was killed in collision between a street car and a Frisco engine several days ago. Owing to the absence or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10

E. H. Wrenn Jr.. who has been book keeper for A. A. Adams & Go, for the past two years, is now in the office of the Pacific Mutual Life and has charge of the accident department of the Birmingham agency
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10

Terhume, the shes with a pull Varley & Bauman. Agents, 1924. lst avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10
ten at the advanced rates.

Journal of Commerce figures place the fire loss for August at $11 ,435, 800, as com- pared with only s9.7l5,2Oo for the same month last year and SS, S,42S,3o0 during Au- gust 1908. The total loss since January 1 is given at s117,720.750.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10

After Johnson.-sheriff c. G. Allen of Washington county, Florida, arrived in Birmingham last night and will carry back Eli Johnson, the negro arrested Friday by Officers Disheroon and Ba- ker. Johnson is charged with assault with intent to murder another negro. He escaped from the Florida jail last winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10
s. SPIRO. The Steve Man.

When 1t prints good. 1t is a good cus The Gawk Engraving Co
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10

W. W. Byers has filed suit in the city court against the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company for s25,OOo for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Labor Day. It Is claimed that the accident occurred at the corner or Avenue E and Twentieth street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10

George Pagan has filed suit in the city court against the Pilgrim Rest Baptist church, and George Johnson, S. W. Will son, J. R. Ward, Owen Johnson and D. N. Foster The suit is for the ejectment of the defendants from certain property in this county.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-12
TREE IRREGULARITIES.

The eucalyptus tree dries up springs
rapidly.
The olive will live longer under wa
ter than any other tree.
There are forests of leaf1ess trees in
some parts of Australia.
A nutmeg tree of the largest size
will produce no more than five pounds
Of nutmegs.
Whenever plant is wounded posi-
tive electric current is established be-
tween the wounded part and the in
tact parts.
In Tibet there is a most curious tree
known as the tree Of the thousand
images. Its leaves are covered with
well defined characters of the Tibetan
alphabet.
On the island of Loochoo grows a
tree about the size of common cherry
tree which possesses the popularity of
changing the color of it's blossoms. At
one time the flower assumes the tint
of the lily and again shortly takes the
color Of the rose
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-12
Weatherwise River Men.

River men who have followed the
Potomac from youth to old age are full
OF wise weather sayings that come as
near being correct as do the predictions
of the more scientific observers. An
old river man who as master on sailing
vessel and steamer has Travelled to and
fro on the Potomac for the past fifty
years said that he had often noticed
that as the weather is on the first
three days of December in each year
so will the weather be in the three
months of winter-that is, as the LIST
Of December is SO will December be;
January will be like the I'd and Febru-
airy like the Sd. Another saying is as
the weather is on the Thursday be-
fore the new moon so will be the
weather for the greater part of the
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-12
TOenail on his Nose.

Recently. a man, while shaving
himself, sliced off the end of his nose.
and very naturally dropped the razor,
which in falling cut off one of his big
toes. A local surgeon bandaged
him up, but in the excitement of the
moment bound the end of the toe to
the nose wound, and put the nose
where the toe ought to be. The mis-
take was not discovered for three
days, when the bandages were re-
and by that time, thanks to
the wonderful curative powers Of the
recently discovered radium water, per-
feet union had taken place, and both
wounds were found to be completely
healed. The only inconvenience the
patient now experiences is trimming
the toe nail ON the end of his nose and
taking off his shoe when he wants to
sneeZe.-Ex.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-12
RICE TABLE.
The Principal Dish at the Midday
Meal In Java.

The Principal Dish at the Midday
Meal In Java.
In Java, as in most really warm coun-
tries, it is customary to rise early and
to take cup Of tea or coffee, together
with biscuit and some fruit, imme-
dlately on leaving ones bed. This is
followed by more substantial break
fast, but the first really serious meal is
served at half past ~ o'clock and is
the equivalent Of the French 'dejeuner
la fourchette" or the Anglo Indian
tit1ln. This meal is called rice table
"rystafer'-from the principal dish, a
very elaborate curry, in the preparation
of which the Malay cooks are especial
~ skillful.
The popularity of the rice table con-
sists I'm the number and variety of
dishes presented. From these dishes
the guest has to select the materials
which, together with the rice upon the
soup plate before him, are to consti-
tute his curry. It is also as well to
know beforehand that one is not re-
quired to lunch solely on curry, but
that the rice table is succeeded by
courses of ordinary luncheon dishes.
1t is case, therefore, Of "embarras de
richesses."
The second danger is that Of making
up ones curry mot wisely, but too
well" and leaving neither appetite
nor capacity for the beefsteak or for
any Of the other solid dishes which
subsequently appear and which under
these circumstances only produce a
feeling Of mingled horror and conster-
nation. It is then that one suddenly
realizes that the rice table is merely
sort of tremendous "hors d'oeuvre."
There are two dangers to be avoided.
In the first place, it is quite possible,
in spite Of the number of the dishes
presented singly, to say nothing of an
octagonal tray containing a separate
chutney in each of it's nine compart-
ments, to get no lunch at all, for moth
Ing is easier than after saying "nein''
to succession Of frivolous compounds
to dismiss the one solid and palatable
dish.-Pearson's.